about how to do that. the united states, which i think has created a real vacuum, a real power vacuum in the world will get the europeans to begin to try to send a message to putin that there is a protective barrier around much of europe, and we re not going to allow him to move further. they ve been sending that message, they have the sanctions, two rounds now. the message isn t being received. in moscow, he s like this, he doesn t care. what type of strong message can we send? should we reinstall that missile defense shield in poland and the czech republic. absolutely, i think here are some of the things we can do. we can reinzaul the missile defense shields in those countries, we can provide military assistance to ukraine. we have to stop cutting and gutting the u.s. military budget. this is going to be a dangerous 21st century. we can send a serious message to
the hawks approach things necessarily. i don t think there s anybody out there calling for boots on the ground in crimea right now. but the question is do you try to demonstrate strength so you never have to use it in the first place? there s a sense and i think this is what republicans are trying to criticize that a demonstration of weakness before is what has allowed putin to think it s okay for him to get away with this. what complicates the matter is is the party is completely divided on national security and foreign policy issues so, while former vice president dick cheney saying this morning he would restore the missile defense shield in poland an other eastern european nation, does that mean the so-called new leaders of the republican party will follow? maybe not. senator graham and mccain are the only voices who are hawks on the party left, who are making the case for a robust internationalist posture. and at this point senator marco rubio is trying to be one of them. but w
must make you feel good. it does. it s an honor. what about where we are with putin, crimea, ukraine, the president s reaction, and also europe? they seem so dependent on the energy from the ukraine they re incapable of standing up to putin either. what would you advise the president to do at this point? well, you re absolutely right. i think one of the things we have to understand, putin said one of his greatest disappointments of 20th century was the collapse of the soviet union, you have to understand he s not done with the crimea peninsula. he s going to look to other places. the most important thing we do to send a message, have to go back and look at that 2009 missile defense shield we canceled and look at implementing that. look at extending nato security agreements and arrangements with the baltic nations and others that could be threatened. we need to look at how to put in
must make you feel good. it does. it s an honor. what about where we are with putin, crimea, ukraine, the president s reaction, and also europe? they seem so dependent on the energy from the ukraine they re incapable of standing up to putin either. what would you advise the president to do at this point? well, you re absolutely right. i think one of the things we have to understand, putin said one of his greatest disappointments of 20th century was the collapse of the soviet union, you have to understand he s not done with the crimea peninsula. he s going to look to other places. the most important thing we do to send a message, have to go back and look at that 2009 missile defense shield we canceled and look at implementing that. look at extending nato security agreements and arrangements with the baltic nations and others that could be threatened. we need to look at how to put in
do to change the geo political make-up of what s happening right now. get them nervous around their borders. build the missile defense shield. make friends with russia s the southern countries, the farmers, the soviet union countries. make good friends with them. the other thing is energy independence. you have been on this from the very beginning, especially as an economic boom to the united states. there s a geo political geo strategic situation with the united states. if we can push down the price of oil, if it goes below $90 a barrel, they are on their knees. let me throw this to lani, i would argue that k.t. is 1,000% right. if we sign on the keystone pipeline tomorrow, we have more oil, more natural gas, more fracking opportunities, more oil