His basic view is what you do is your problem as long as you leave us alone. Ivo Daalder More Quotes by Ivo Daalder More Quotes From Ivo Daalder Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has embarked on a systematic challenge to the West. The goal is to weaken the bonds between Europe and the United States and among E.U. members, undermine NATO's solidarity, and strengthen Russia's strategic position in its immediate neighborhood and beyond. Ivo Daalder beyondchallengesolidarityrussia Putin wants nothing less than to return Russia to the center of global politics by challenging the primacy that the United States has enjoyed since the end of the Cold War. Ivo Daalder endnothingpoliticswar Syria is a signature to the Geneva Protocol of 1925, which bans the use of chemical warfare. Syria has violated that international norm. For the United States to act in response is the right thing to do, is a legitimate thing to do, and is necessary in order to uphold this very important international standard. Ivo Daalder the-right-thingactrightimportant I follow the Cubs. Only when they play the Nationals do I have a conflict. Ivo Daalder followonlyconflictplay I think when the military ousts a sitting president, even if the sitting president is deeply unpopular, that's the definition of a coup. Ivo Daalder thinksittingmilitarypresident I think George H. W. Bush, who I had lots of disagreements with, remarkably managed the end of the Cold War in a way that history will look back at and say, 'Wow.' Ivo Daalder lookthinkwarhistory
