confidence. that ll help them pay as much attention is when russia threatens ukraine again. the point jake sullivan threatens ukraine again. the point jake sullivan made threatens ukraine again. the point jake sullivan made in threatens ukraine again. the point jake sullivan made in the - threatens ukraine again. the point jake sullivan made in the last - threatens ukraine again. the point jake sullivan made in the last hour was that if there was an invasion, than obviously the us would be magnifying its presence in eastern europe, on the borders of poland and romania. do you think if the russian troop deployment on the ukrainian border remains they are in the new year and grows border remains they are in the new yearand grows in border remains they are in the new year and grows in size, do you think they ll take that action anyway? i think they will. i think if the russians don t pull their forces back to what s a regular deployment for them on the border of ukraine, then there
burns, how critical is angela merkel? she s a central player.un burns, how critical is angela merkel? she s a central player.n burns, how critical is angela merkel? she s a central player. burns, how critical is angela merkel? she s a central player. she gave a speech yesterday which was quite strong in warning putin because of these mobilizations of russian s forces on ukraine s border not to go forward with incur gents into eastern ukraine. if putin went beyond crimea and sent troops in to other city, then i think we re being look at fairly substantial sanctions. let me ask you both quickly then a couple of other points that we touched on. am babassador burn, we mentione may toe forc nato forces conducting trainings. anything that particularly concerns you you? i think nato is doing what it should do. nato has not opposed militarily what putin has done. but inside nato territory, nato is building up air support for poll land in the baltic states with f-16s and f-15s.