And so we kick up sanctions and we increase to a sectoral approach, meaning the banks and the financial sector. And then the Europeans join in, bring his economy to his knees. But we need to do more than that because economic pressure requires rationality on his part. He might be rational, but he really will respond to action. I think you have to, like you say, you've got to provide defensive weaponry. (13:15–13:20)
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Argues that economic pressure on Putin requires his rationality.
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