there's an abundance that the russian government is involved in with the violence and encouraging these young men to take the buildings. again, there's got to be a stronger pushback by europe and the united states against what putin is trying to do. >> general marks, i want to read this to you. it's from a cnn op-ed. here is a portion of it. fortunately, full blown civil war in ukraine seems unlikely because one side, the ukrainian government is unable and unwilling to fight. it's not hard to sketch a scenario which war is an outcome and invision a further scenario which is u.s. finds itself drawn into a direct confrontation. what do you make of that assessment? >> very unfortunate if that were the outcome. going back to what they