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Responsible Statecraft.

We've been ranging through 20th century history. We come now to the 21st and right now

Vladimir Putin in making a speech at Victory Day which is the remembrance, 79th

remembrance of the victory over the Hitler rights, largely a product

of the sacrifice of the Russian people. The present president of Russia now inaugurated for his fifth term,

made a speech that is directly provocative and meant to be provocative about strategic forces.

Strategic forces is a euphemism for nukes and it's translated by the BBC and everyone

else covering this story.

Again, this is a question of partisanship ending at the beginning at the water's edge.

And I told just quickly because, and I toldole the Vladimir Putin has used that strategic forces line before.

Our forces are always ready or they put their forces on practice alert.

Who is the audience for that?

Is it Europe?

What is he telling us about his point of view?

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