Putin Thinks U.S. ‘Attention Deficit Disorder’ Will Help Him Win War: CIA – By Jason Lemon (Newsweek) / July 21, 2022
The director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said that Russian President Vladimir Putin believes the U.S. has an “attention deficit” problem and will eventually lose interest in supporting Ukraine.
Putin launched Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost five months ago on February 24, drawing widespread international condemnation. The U.S., along with NATO allies, has strongly supported Ukraine, providing billions of dollars in military and humanitarian assistance to the country amid the unprovoked aggression.
As the war drags on, however, and both sides dig in for what many analysts believe will become a long and protracted conflict, Ukrainians are reportedly concerned that support from the West could wane. CIA Director William Burns said Wednesday that Putin is factoring such a scenario into his strategy.
“Putin’s view of Americans is we always suffer from attention deficit disorder and get distracted by something else,” Burns said during a question-and-answer session at the Aspen Security Conference taking place in Colorado.
