president. and that escalates the risk that putin would act much sooner in order to gain a piece of the ukraine or estoppia which is 40 percent russian. commander, the fore fear is would nato say no to vladimar putin? it is always hard to attack a guess or predict what nato will do in the face of aggression. it is a good question to ask. they are on the front lines. i agree with the general. we could move powerful assets on positions on the chessboard that would not do harm, but then the greater context of the ambassador, are we willing to do anything with it? are the words when our leaders
opportunity to stable otherwise the ports and in light of what happen in keef cove or is this the first of many steps that we expect him to rebuild back the old soviet empire? i don t think he can build back the soviet empire. the port that the black sea naval are using was there as part of a long- term list. that was nothing he risked losing. what he was concerned about was the political changes in cove keef in which he thought he had a president in yanukovych who would support russia and join russia in the economic union that president putin wants to build and saw it fall apart in a way he didn t countenance.
says there is a dup dippic path. president obama said the u.s. is upholding security and democracy for the european and nato allies. major bob scales and former lieutenant commander roeshg denver join me now. thank you very much. general, the uprising that we have seen, is there and military option or contingent that the president needs to publicly put out there to this ukranian situation? is that to me, governor. yes, this are, governor. there is several steps that we could make far and beyond a few fighter planes. first of all an option to move s
say we are using aggressive conversation in these negotiations. and you confirm by saying that we are using aggressive words that you are not by saying. that if you were, you wouldn t need to back it up. that s what aggressive words will do. i lolled footballing to get a only have 30 seconds left. if president obama hadn t fumbled in egypt and syria and iran would we be in a different position with putin? absolutely. i think he has the measure of the man. i think bad leaders in the world have as well. and the next three years for the potential enemies is a prime opportunity to continue to elevate the threat against
one of the concerns would be that in order to do that and make it work, you have to have a president that the other believes is willing to pull the drugger is necessary. does putin believe that this president would pull the trigger. you never pull a gun unless you plan to use it? first of all, if we7c pointe a gun, put up would back down. he is facing 5 million men and women in nato and he would back down. the strategy that putin is using is call thrust and pause. grab a piece of territory and pause. six times since the russian aggression in georgia. he realizes his best opportunity is before america elects a new