Tony Blinken
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It's do they know how to use it, which means you've got to train them on it. Can they maintain it, which means you've got to put that in place. Is it part of a coherent battle plan? All of those things, you know, the Pentagon was looking at, we were looking at, try to make sure that when we were doing something, it would actually work and make sense.
It's do they know how to use it, which means you've got to train them on it. Can they maintain it, which means you've got to put that in place. Is it part of a coherent battle plan? All of those things, you know, the Pentagon was looking at, we were looking at, try to make sure that when we were doing something, it would actually work and make sense.
Are there things that, you know, I would have liked to have seen done sooner or faster? Sure, there's always something. But by and large, this was done in a very deliberate, very systematic way. And the result is a country that shouldn't be around given the totally disproportionate force that Russia could bring to bear versus Ukraine is still standing.
Are there things that, you know, I would have liked to have seen done sooner or faster? Sure, there's always something. But by and large, this was done in a very deliberate, very systematic way. And the result is a country that shouldn't be around given the totally disproportionate force that Russia could bring to bear versus Ukraine is still standing.
Are there things that, you know, I would have liked to have seen done sooner or faster? Sure, there's always something. But by and large, this was done in a very deliberate, very systematic way. And the result is a country that shouldn't be around given the totally disproportionate force that Russia could bring to bear versus Ukraine is still standing.
You know, on one level, you say to yourself, there's pretty much everything you'd wanted. There's something about everything you've done. Oh, we could have done something a little bit different here, a little bit better there. There's no question about that.
You know, on one level, you say to yourself, there's pretty much everything you'd wanted. There's something about everything you've done. Oh, we could have done something a little bit different here, a little bit better there. There's no question about that.
You know, on one level, you say to yourself, there's pretty much everything you'd wanted. There's something about everything you've done. Oh, we could have done something a little bit different here, a little bit better there. There's no question about that.
And I think the thing that will eat at me for a long time is obviously the Middle East and Gaza and the horrific human suffering that we saw on all sides. And we've gotten to a better place faster than we did, which ultimately we did when we left office. But unfortunately, that's also something. that seems to have been dropped. But as I'm looking at the really big picture, what I'm seeing is this.
And I think the thing that will eat at me for a long time is obviously the Middle East and Gaza and the horrific human suffering that we saw on all sides. And we've gotten to a better place faster than we did, which ultimately we did when we left office. But unfortunately, that's also something. that seems to have been dropped. But as I'm looking at the really big picture, what I'm seeing is this.
And I think the thing that will eat at me for a long time is obviously the Middle East and Gaza and the horrific human suffering that we saw on all sides. And we've gotten to a better place faster than we did, which ultimately we did when we left office. But unfortunately, that's also something. that seems to have been dropped. But as I'm looking at the really big picture, what I'm seeing is this.
President Biden came to office with probably the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the worst global health crisis in at least 100 years, relationships with our allies and partners that had been badly frayed, if not torn apart, and of course, profound divisions at home. And what he handed off
President Biden came to office with probably the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the worst global health crisis in at least 100 years, relationships with our allies and partners that had been badly frayed, if not torn apart, and of course, profound divisions at home. And what he handed off
President Biden came to office with probably the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the worst global health crisis in at least 100 years, relationships with our allies and partners that had been badly frayed, if not torn apart, and of course, profound divisions at home. And what he handed off
at least, when he left office, was an economy that the economists called the envy of the world, even if people were not feeling some of the benefits as much as they needed to be. Obviously, gotten through COVID in ways that everyone's now forgotten. And we had the strongest relationships and partnerships with allies in Europe and Asia and well beyond than we've had in as long as I can remember.
at least, when he left office, was an economy that the economists called the envy of the world, even if people were not feeling some of the benefits as much as they needed to be. Obviously, gotten through COVID in ways that everyone's now forgotten. And we had the strongest relationships and partnerships with allies in Europe and Asia and well beyond than we've had in as long as I can remember.
at least, when he left office, was an economy that the economists called the envy of the world, even if people were not feeling some of the benefits as much as they needed to be. Obviously, gotten through COVID in ways that everyone's now forgotten. And we had the strongest relationships and partnerships with allies in Europe and Asia and well beyond than we've had in as long as I can remember.
And that put us in a position of extraordinary strength to deal with all of these challenges that we see around the world. Unfortunately, that's all been torn up in the space of 100 days.
And that put us in a position of extraordinary strength to deal with all of these challenges that we see around the world. Unfortunately, that's all been torn up in the space of 100 days.
And that put us in a position of extraordinary strength to deal with all of these challenges that we see around the world. Unfortunately, that's all been torn up in the space of 100 days.