i served with the russian army in kosovo. we talk about iraq. yeah. we have been moving east for a long time in regards to nato expansion. when we took kosovo, the russian paratroopers were in in five minutes. we modified the army because of it. i served with them on the serb border. they re out there shooting dogs. they re a third-rate military. anything to do with u.s. expansion east, it makes putin nervous and reacts with the idea of going back to the old school soviet dynamic. this is coming to us, interview with nbc affiliate, knsd, president obama says united states will not get involved in military excursion in ukraine. john, your response to that? yeah i think that s accurate. there s absolutely no support in the american public for this. the republican rhetoric, it bothers me. last week, ed, there was a bill in the senate supported by every