What MAY have happened is that the CIA Dir explained slowly and calmly that, yes, CIA and NATO and Europe are all aware you are testing allies defenses and that you may engage in active warfare sometime soon, and we think it's a very bad idea for everyone.
And the .ru people may even have said that they agree and, of course, they would never do such a stupid thing, ha ha ha, and how is White House ballroom going?
But, again, both sides know the real decision is made in the Kremlin.
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