tonight, sir. thank you. while washington scrambles to counter president putin, a number of experienced russia watchers are wondering why anyone is surprised by these events. many feel they have been laid out quite clearly for many years. simon marks is a former bureau chief. simon welcome. you just heard the back and forth i had with congressman engle, and john mccain and president obama. they re talking about international law. who does putin care about any of that? i think that s the real question, martha. if anything good comes out of all this. it may be a fundamental misconception that one can argue has dogged russia for years, it s finally smashed. the misconception being that vladimir putin craves international respectability. you can hear john kerry talking about it in kiev several years
tonight, sir. thank you. while washington scrambles to counter president putin, a number of experienced russia watchers are wondering why anyone is surprised by these events. many feel they have been laid out quite clearly for many years. simon marks is a former bureau chief. simon welcome. you just heard the back and forth i had with congressman engle, and john mccain and president obama. they re talking about international law. who does putin care about any of that? i think that s the real question, martha. if anything good comes out of all this. it may be a fundamental misconception that one can argue has dogged russia for years, it s finally smashed. the misconception being that vladimir putin craves international respectability. you can hear john kerry talking about it in kiev several years