Former acting CIA director Michael Morell asked, "What's Vladimir Putin's pain threshold?"

Michael, here's the thing -- what's Vladimir Putin's pain threshold? How high is he? And how high is the survival instinct of the Ukrainians? How long will it all take?

- We should not underestimate the Russians' willingness to endure pain. Their whole history convinces us of this. For the sake of victory, they are willing to endure a lot and for a long time. The fighting in the 2nd Chechen war lasted 10 months, while the Russians were dealing with it for 8 years in total. It wasn't quick in Syria either. So they are willing to endure. We here in the West can't even imagine how long.

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