The fact that Tillerson will give that answer to Putin before he gives it to NATO is not the signal we want to be sending, we have a lot of skittish allies out there. The optics are all wrong, and unfortunately the optics matter. Julianne Smith More Quotes by Julianne Smith More Quotes From Julianne Smith For Americans the answer seems obvious, we simply have to try and do it all and be prepared for multiple scenarios. But for small countries that have very limited funding and a public that's a little skittish right now, it's a much tougher question to answer. Julianne Smith world A lot of these countries are saying, I'm sorry, if I'm sitting in the Baltic States or if I'm Poland -- the only thing I really care about right now is the Russian bear, and I want to insure that the Russians don't come for us. Julianne Smith world
