free europe. neil: thanks, senator wicker. the defense secretary for his part did seem to kind of rule out a military-type action. take a look. i think there s always until something happens, i always believe there s a chance to resolve it in ways other than force. neil: all right. bob mcguinness here with us on that. colonel, what do you think of that? we don t know what is going on hand thescenes. what do you make of where we go from here? our national interests are questionably at risk here. we don t like to see a democracy fall. keep in mind, there s 40 armor battalions lined up tag ukraine. there s 2900 infantry fighting
i m wondering whether the strategy of imposing more sanctions is the answer. russia is among the most sanctioned planets on the country right now perhaps saving iran. i wondering what they would do? i don t think sanctions will deter putin. he probably has a special deal working with president xi and regarding taiwan. i think they re collaborating, neil. they do. they ve had meetings here recently, they have common agendas and they smell weakness. mr. biden, unless he comes through with something that is far more stronger, they ll take advantage of this. kind of the tail wags the dog here. if you look behind the armor battalions, the infantry battalions and troops, you see a lot of supplies building up. that communicates to someone