{"id":1112985,"date":"2021-12-12T23:29:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T04:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112985"},"modified":"2021-12-12T23:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T04:29:09","slug":"abcs-martha-raddatz-putins-added-at-least-10000-more-troops-near-ukraine-after-call-with-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abcs-martha-raddatz-putins-added-at-least-10000-more-troops-near-ukraine-after-call-with-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC\u2019s Martha Raddatz: Putin\u2019s \u2018Added At Least 10,000 More Troops\u2019 Near Ukraine After Call With Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabcs-martha-raddatz-putins-added-at-least-10000-more-troops-near-ukraine-after-call-with-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112985&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>ABC News\u2019 Martha Raddatz said on Sunday that Russia President Vladimir Putin has added more than 10,000 troops to his military build-up near Ukraine following his call with President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia\u2019s ability at this point \u2014 and 175,000 troops, think of that,\u201d Raddatz said. \u201cWhen we went into Iraq, we were nowhere near 175,000 troops. But also remember back to 2014 and this point about Russian troops. There were reports that Putin set up mobile crematoriums because he was burning the bodies of those who were killed, so the Russians would not see caskets coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has to be thinking about that. But they could move in swiftly. Look, the administration and officials are telling me they are not faking it. Putin is not faking it, but that, on the other hand, he may be really good at not faking it. I mean, he is moving in those troops,\u201d Raddatz continued. \u201cAfter that call with President Biden, they added more troops. They added at least 10,000 more troops. So, if he\u2019s bluffing, it\u2019s a very, very good bluff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce responded to the clip by tweeting: \u201cTo my point that it\u2019s *dangerous* having Biden speak directly w any consequential person on the world stage. All it does is *confirm* how feckless, weak &amp; diminished the American president really is. Every day the charade continues, the Dems put this nation in extreme danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT AND ABC \u201cTHIS WEEK\u201d CO-ANCHOR: Well, I think you have heard the administration, you have heard Biden say how tough he was in that call and minced no words.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But Vladimir Putin, I\u2019m told by U.S. officials, was equally tough. He did not back down. He played the victim. He said he was the aggrieved person, and stop with all this democracy. So, he was very, very tough. That\u2019s the way it was described.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC \u201cTHIS WEEK\u201d ANCHOR: And, Ambassador Taylor, is there any real mystery here about Putin\u2019s intentions? He insists Ukraine is part of Russia.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He published, what, a 6,000-word essay this summer talking about that. Heading toward almost 200,000 troops on the border. We just saw those Ukrainians say they\u2019re not too worried. Are they complacent?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WILLIAM TAYLOR, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE: I don\u2019t think they\u2019re complacent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You also heard those Ukrainian troops say they\u2019re ready to die. They\u2019re ready to defend their land. And they are. They will fight fiercely. They have fought fiercely, as you say, for seven-and-a-half years. They will continue to do that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But no one knows, in answer to your question, what\u2019s in President Putin\u2019s mind. No one has figured that out. He might be bluffing. He might be just moving these troops up for purposes of getting, trying to intimidate President Zelensky or President Biden or NATO. Or he might be serious about taking over Ukraine. He is\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wouldn\u2019t he invade?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>TAYLOR: Why wouldn\u2019t he?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Because it would be \u2014 rationally, it would be very, very costly, not just the economic sanctions that President Biden is talking about. The number of Russian troops that would die would be very large, and Ukrainians as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He would also lose, for example, that pipeline that is so important to him from Russia to Germany, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. It would be a very bad move for him and very costly. And that\u2019s why \u2014 that\u2019s why he wouldn\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: On the military front, Martha, what do we know about the Russian capabilities and the capacity of the Ukraine to respond?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>RADDATZ: Well, as the ambassador said, the Ukrainians have a lot of combat experience. They do. But they would be crushed. They truly would.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Russia\u2019s ability at this point \u2014 and 175,000 troops, think of that. When we went into Iraq, we were nowhere near 175,000 troops. But also remember back to 2014 and this point about Russian troops. They \u2014 there were reports that Putin set up mobile crematoriums because he was burning the bodies of those who were killed, so the Russians would not see caskets coming back.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He has to be thinking about that. But they could move in swiftly. Look, the administration and officials are telling me they are not faking it. Putin is not faking it, but that, on the other hand, he may be really good at not faking it. I mean, he is moving in those troops.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After that call with President Biden, they added more troops. They added at least 10,000 more troops. So, if he\u2019s bluffing, it\u2019s a very, very good bluff.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC News\u2019 Martha Raddatz said on Sunday that Russia President Vladimir Putin has added more than 10,000 troops to his military build-up near Ukraine following his call with President Joe Biden.\u201cRussia\u2019s ability at this point \u2014 and 175,000 troops, think of that,\u201d Raddatz said. \u201cWhen we went into Iraq, we were nowhere near 175,000 troops. But also remember back to 2014 and this point about Russian troops. There were reports that Putin set up mobile crematoriums because he was burning the bodies of those who were killed, so the Russians would not see caskets coming back.\u201d\u201cHe has to be thinking about that. But they could move in swiftly. Look, the administration and officials are telling me they are not faking it. Putin is not faking it, but that, on the other hand, he may be really good at not faking it. I mean, he is moving in those troops,\u201d Raddatz continued. \u201cAfter that call with President Biden, they added more troops. They added at least 10,000 more troops. So, if he\u2019s bluffing, it\u2019s a very, very good bluff.\u201dFox News contributor Tammy Bruce responded to the clip by tweeting: \u201cTo my point that it\u2019s *dangerous* having Biden speak directly w any consequential person on the world stage. All it does is *confirm* how feckless, weak &#038; diminished the American president really is. Every day the charade continues, the Dems put this nation in extreme danger.\u201dMARTHA RADDATZ, ABC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT AND ABC \u201cTHIS WEEK\u201d CO-ANCHOR: Well, I think you have heard the administration, you have heard Biden say how tough he was in that call and minced no words.But Vladimir Putin, I\u2019m told by U.S. officials, was equally tough. He did not back down. He played the victim. He said he was the aggrieved person, and stop with all this democracy. So, he was very, very tough. That\u2019s the way it was described.GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC \u201cTHIS WEEK\u201d ANCHOR: And, Ambassador Taylor, is there any real mystery here about Putin\u2019s intentions? He insists Ukraine is part of Russia.He published, what, a 6,000-word essay this summer talking about that. Heading toward almost 200,000 troops on the border. We just saw those Ukrainians say they\u2019re not too worried. Are they complacent?WILLIAM TAYLOR, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE: I don\u2019t think they\u2019re complacent.You also heard those Ukrainian troops say they\u2019re ready to die. They\u2019re ready to defend their land. And they are. They will fight fiercely. They have fought fiercely, as you say, for seven-and-a-half years. They will continue to do that.But no one knows, in answer to your question, what\u2019s in President Putin\u2019s mind. No one has figured that out. He might be bluffing. He might be just moving these troops up for purposes of getting, trying to intimidate President Zelensky or President Biden or NATO. Or he might be serious about taking over Ukraine. He is\u2026STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wouldn\u2019t he invade?TAYLOR: Why wouldn\u2019t he?Because it would be \u2014 rationally, it would be very, very costly, not just the economic sanctions that President Biden is talking about. The number of Russian troops that would die would be very large, and Ukrainians as well.He would also lose, for example, that pipeline that is so important to him from Russia to Germany, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. It would be a very bad move for him and very costly. And that\u2019s why \u2014 that\u2019s why he wouldn\u2019t.STEPHANOPOULOS: On the military front, Martha, what do we know about the Russian capabilities and the capacity of the Ukraine to respond?RADDATZ: Well, as the ambassador said, the Ukrainians have a lot of combat experience. They do. But they would be crushed. They truly would.Russia\u2019s ability at this point \u2014 and 175,000 troops, think of that. When we went into Iraq, we were nowhere near 175,000 troops. But also remember back to 2014 and this point about Russian troops. They \u2014 there were reports that Putin set up mobile crematoriums because he was burning the bodies of those who were killed, so the Russians would not see caskets coming back.He has to be thinking about that. But they could move in swiftly. Look, the administration and officials are telling me they are not faking it. Putin is not faking it, but that, on the other hand, he may be really good at not faking it. I mean, he is moving in those troops.After that call with President Biden, they added more troops. They added at least 10,000 more troops. So, if he\u2019s bluffing, it\u2019s a very, very good bluff.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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