Bart Marcois, a former career diplomat and Energy Department official, now hosting the podcast “A Minute With Bart,” joined NTD to give his analysis of the U.S. Western Hemisphere strategy. He said that Russia sent an escort of a warship and submarine for this oil tanker, the United States responded with even more ships, and Russia backed down. This sends a clear message to the world that the United States is escalating from diplomacy to confrontation when it comes to activity that doesn’t support a peaceful international community.
