You don’t have to be on an Intelligence Committee to see it. We talked about the point of no return a couple days ago, where Putin was at a place where even if he did withdraw, the sanctions and war crime charges would be too much for Russia to overcome anytime soon, and that he was more likely to ramp up the intensity than withdraw. Fast forward 2 days and Russia is well on their way to short term economic collapse, Putin is embarrassed, Russia is embarrassed, and the world is quickly losing respect for what was previously thought of as a world power. Rubio is simply alluding to a “bully’s” tendency to make a big splash in order to gain back that fear and respect. Putin finds himself in that corner and he’s too big of a narcissist to simply take the embarrassment.