would be a definitely on the agenda for nato. and i think those nations would be very much likely to do that. kimberly, how about sanctions? is vladimir putin afraid of stiffening u.s. sanctions toward russia. sanctions could hurt but once they are on it is hard to unpick them and that is why the biden administration has said we have to hold this in reserve. but they are not the only one in place. germany has stepped forward and the prime minister said they might top the nord stream 2 that would double the amount of russian gas sales to germany and if vladimir putin did innovate any part of ukraine, that could give the german government an excuse to go over beyond the german court that would try to fight this move because it is a private owned enterprise, but it would allow the german government to call a halt to
capabilities are and one way they do that is by showing force and moving a lot of aircraft in that direction. other thing that one could say, this particular development over the weekend is one in which the chinese are possibly responding to u.s. deployments in the south china sea. there are two carrier battle groups that the u.s. has that are active right now in the south china sea. the chinese of course see that as a provocation to them. and that is probably why they re also demonstrating their capability, at taiwan at this point. colonel and kimberly, we appreciate the analysis. thank you. you bet. well former attorney general bill barr has spoken to the january 6 committee. what did they learn? and a stunning threat from former speaker of house newt gingrich. he said january 6 committee members could see jail time if republicans win back congress. and u.s. markets are getting hit hard. look close to 600 points off the
and cities and you re seeing on ukrainian television, if the russians do come in we ll pick up our guns and we will fight. so there is a sense that the country is sort of bolstering itself for something to happen. okay, mangu chance, thank you very much for that update. with us to discussion is kimberly doger and colonel cedrick layton. kimberly, how do you describe where the united states and russia are at this hour? well putin is great at playing a weak hand by souping up his power with his willingness to take risks and trying to scare everyone else away from the table. what biden is doing, both practically and thee thee at rickly, in recommendation to all other americans to get out, he is signaling his willingness to put boots on the ground, not in
already started working through afghans, especially outside of urban areas like kabul so as not to endanger the people who were working with them. but, you know, this is one of those moments where you ve got to take a deep breath, watch what the reaction is going to be and hold your patrols, hold your missions, and see what the afghans are going to do. okay. so if, kimberly, we ll pivot to politics in just a moment. but if we see the mission as a way of helping afghanistan evolve into a safer place, a better place, if that s the mission, aren t these two latest events a sign that that can t be done? i hate to say that after ten years, but i know there s a lot of people who have put their lives on the line for this mission and there s an incredible amount of respect we need to have for our troops, but isn t there a reality being played out here, as well? well, what you hear u.s.
fellow troops in afghanistan after american officials say he went on a nighttime massacre over the weekend killing at least 16 afghan civilians as they slept in their homes. a coalition spokesman said the rogue shooter abandoned his post at a military base and walked to a nearby village and opened fire in three separate homes killing as many as nine children. five other civilians reportedly injured. president obama who was attending his daughter s basketball game in maryland personally called hamid karzai. and he said the incident does not represent the u.s. military. but karzai is demanding answers saying, this is an assassination, an intentional killing of innocent civilians and cannot be forgiven. kimberly, what are your concerns as we move forward?