indeed his preference. but we have to be realistic about this, and what the landing ground for any negotiation would be. at the moment it is zero. on the one side you have got the russians, who would want to annex large portions of ukrainian territory. ukrainians, not only want that not to happen, also they want to regain territory lost in 2014. virtually no is a four agreement there in a diplomatic solution now. the time that you might see a diplomatic solution as we are one side militarily knows the game is up, knows it has lost. given the support ukrainians are currently getting from nato, and given the resources the russians have behind them, and also the necessity to present some kind of victory for president putin and his political survival, no side is going to think the game is up, no side is going to be coming to the negotiating table, because they have to at this point, so i do not think a diplomatic solution is coming any time soon. thank you for the latest. our correspondent
bill: charles krauthammer claiming the president is putting his legacy ahead of our troops. president obama wants us to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. virtually all u.s. troops will be out by the end of 2016. pete, what do you think of the reaction of charles krauthammer. i think he s on to something. this president has been all about withdrawal deadlines, setting deadlines ending these wars no matter what. it s always seemed to be around elect years. in 2008 it was deseeing the success of the surge. in 2012 it was all about getting out of iraq as quickly as possible and not sign aggrastat us of forces agreement. today we see civil war. in 2016 we are hearing a