We encourage the stupid provocations, quite dangerous in the current heated situation, and continue to genuine diplomatic efforts aimed at european security. what does this tell you. it s not a surprise the russian statement would be like that. they are masters of not only disinformation but of sort of the me too-ism and claiming the west is doing exactly what they, themselves, are doing and acting provocatively. it s provocative to send 130,000 troops to your neighbor s border for no apparent immediate reason. this is a manufactured crisis. i would say that this is part of the russian playbook that goes back to soviet times when it comes to seeking to install a pro-moscow puppet government, exactly what the soviets did when they marched into hungary during the cold war, when they
Come crawling back to the table. instead, it provoked iran to retaliate. the status quo sanctions is hard enough on tehran that it feels it has less to lose. by acting provocatively, even dangerously. there s also the domestic politics within the islamic republic. the iran deal was unpopular with hard liners in the u.s. but also with hard liners in tie tashs ta tehran. they predicted washington would renege on its promises. there is a line that jim mattis has flft coined about allies. nations with allies thrive and nations without allies wither. it s striking that america embarked on this new risky strategy toward iran with support from few allies. trump treats european allies poor to begin with, it appears to be the main reason that mattis resigned as secretary of defense. they, too, have a vote and far
Released t.v. images of ukrainian soldiers detained in waters off the disputed crimea region they said that ignored russian orders to stop and had been acting provocatively ukraine says the statements are coerced russia seized three ukrainian warships last weekend saying they had entered its territorial waters. u.s. president trump has threatened to cut subsidies to general motors a day after the carmaker announced plant closures and massive job cuts buyers of electric cars in the u.s. receive thousands of dollars in tax credits. nasa s in sight lander has sent back its first images from the surface of mars team members say the probe is operating as planned its solar arrays are opening and recharging its batteries the craft will investigate the martian soil and gather data on the red planet s
Acting provocatively, they better stop them. there is a huge disconnect. bill: it s as if we are dipping our toe in the water but not getting fully subject morninged. dick durbin we are getting fully submerged. dick durbin supports your position to give light arms to the ukrainian military. i assume he passes that word to president obama, then what? this president does not believe in american exceptionalism, america s role leading the world. that doesn t mean we should have boots on ought ground everywhere or anywhere. but we have to understand that vladimir putin will take whatever he can get while we are saying oh, gee, going to geneva, geneva is a metaphor for do
Jenna: and this is getting personal now. we heard reports yesterday that approximately is confirming that this russian fighter jet was buzzing around our ships and not responding to communication from the ship and acting provocatively. it seems that the margin for error in that is very small and it includes, you know, our ship and our men and women out there that are serving. what do we do now? how does the calculation change or should change and what should our actions be? well, first off, the russian pilot and the navy, u.s. navy ship, are operating should be operating under an incidence at sea agreement that was signed in 1973 between the united states and the soviet union. that agreement, and i have flown under that. i have flown by russian ships under the rules of that agreement and it allows you two passes, 1,500 feet horizontally and a minimum of 1,000 foot altitude.