NBC’s Richard Engel: Obama Administration Has Done Nothing To Deter Putin

‘He got away with Crimea, and he could very well get away with Eastern Ukraine as well’

Richard Engel: Obama Admin Has Done Nothing To Deter Putin (Washington Free Beacon)

NBC’s Richard Engel says Vladmir Putin has no “interest in de-escalating” and the Obama administrations weak response to Putin’s Ukraine aggression has done nothing to deter him.

“I don’t think he has any interest in de-escalating. Vladmir Putin, based on all the conversations I’ve had with many analysts over the last several months is a person who likes tension, he thrives under stress, he likes the brinksmanship,” Engel said Tuesday on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co.

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