on your border? general kimmet? i deplore what he s done but not go too far on that suggestion. we did the exact same thing in panama in 1989. we had a strategic interest, that of the panama canal. america took swift, decisive action to maintain its strategic interest in the panama canal zone and the american people inside. i don t see much of a difference of what happened there and what happened here in ukraine. okay. fareed zakaria, i can see you shaking your head. why do you dispute a comparison in the way general kim december met outlined? all nations have interests and interests outside their borders, great powers have interests. but the fundamental putin is facing we did not at panama is the people of ukraine by and large don t want to be dominated by russia. that s what set the dynamic
happened here in ukraine. okay. fareed zakaria, i can see you shaking your head. why do you dispute a comparison in the way general kim december met outlined? all nations have interests and interests outside their borders, great powers have interests. but the fundamental putin is facing we did not at panama is the people of ukraine by and large don t want to be dominated by russia. that s what set the dynamic going and why bob legvald is correct saying this is a nightmare or putin trying to keep up with the pace of events but the real movers, the real actors in this story are not washington and obama who are strict putin or not putin who s done a power play. this is the way we describe it or the heroes of the story are the ukrainian people who took to the streets, overturned a government they thought was a vassell of rush why and trying