join russia in its invasion of ukraine. can we expect the same kinds of sanctions against pell russ? i don t know that much about the economy of that country. would it be effective? it would be effective. but let s consider them already to have been a proxy state of russia. so it was already operating pretty well puppet strings. and we could have expected this to come. it was not neutral grounds for zelensky to meet on. let s seat where they meet. geographically it s to the north of kyiv. so that s another age the of attack for russia to use about it was to be expected. jon: the u.s. promised military aid to the ukrainians. how quickly can it get there. it can get there instantly.
crucial. bret: greg palkot live in london. thanks. iran s u.n. ambassador rejecting any suggestion that tehran is playing a nefarious role inside iraq. he blames the hostile policies of the united states and its regional allies, especially the zionist regime that have turned the region into a tinderbox. that statement is not easing the fears of many in the u.s. national security correspondent jennifer griffin watching the situation. now that isis controls less than 3% of iraq, the u.s. military must figure out how to keep iraq from breaking apart while also preventing iran from turning its neighbor into a proxy state. nearly every threat to peace and security in the middle east is connected to iran s outlaw behavior. the shia-led government. the u.s. finds itself in the middle of a potential three-way
fueling this thing up. in terms of the nuclear test in a military response, i honestly think that china is looking at this and saying look, how far are we willing to support this proxy state in north korea? if the u.s. conducts a military response, china risks two things. one, they risk having a unified korea that s a western ally. number two they ll risk all the refugees pouring into china. that they don t want to contend with. i think china has to be considering almost military action of their own at this point and if kim jong tries another nuclear test i think we ll see china do something much more than we ve seen them do in the last 10 years and i think they might even consider military action unilaterally. shannon: that s a big, bold statement. we ll see. ben, great to see you. thank you for your service and thanks for joining us today. bill: that would change things. lawmakers on the hill right now striking a trillion dollar deal
ukrainian government and support all efforts by putin to make ukraine a proxy state of moscow. what s the most pressing concern you have right now about the trump presidency? well, my most pressing concern is the threat to the united states of terrorism abroad. if donald trump sticks on his plan to ban muslims from the united states, even if he doesn t achieve it through an act of congress. if he continues to talk in a way that makes muslims in the united states make them feel like they re not part of the collective, i hope the smart people can say the way we protect ourselves against lone wolf attackers is to build communities. not to continue this talk that every muslim in the united states is to blame for the threats presented to this country. so clearly, acts of terrorism are the most important threat to the country right now. and many of us have long worried that the kind of rhetoric that
obviously, maintaining the nuclear power. talking about russia nationalism and also being a player on the world stage. so the influence that they have right now, as we were talking about the hand they show up for at the meeting with president obama, on american soil, but they have the stronger outlook for the conversation we had about siyria and crimea. the russians were with the united states during the iran deal. you know, in russia s point of view, which is a two-way street. you needed us to back you in what you wanted to do with iran. we did. we weren t a disruptive force. we sort of, okay, now it proves we re part of the world that, you know and now we have a syria problem. this is something we care about. this has been a proxy state of ours for to long time. he won t say it that way. you have to deal with us. look, from putin s point of view, he could say, you ve had four years. you ve had plenty of time. i ve stayed out of this mess. you guys were going to do something, it