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Terrorists among the chechens. what do you think is 0 going on in putin s mind in dealing with the islamic state? i think he s taking advantage along with his military commanders the delay while the investigation goes on to plan out what their response will be. and i think at this point it s far too early to predict. it could be one massive retaliatory strike to prove the point and then move on to something else. it could be more sustained. we just don t know at the moment. but i think that a very strong response by russia would have an impact far beyond this one terrorist incident. i think it would help bolster the assad regime in syria, which is what russia s most recent intervention was intended to do there. i think a really effective retaliation against isis would stand in stharp contrast to the weak american response to isis over the past year. i think this would play into ....
Putin s larger strategy of becoming the dominant external power many the middle east, replacing the united states. do you think that s possible? look today at the front page of the new york times, says that the coalition against isis is almost basically falling apart, that some of our arab allies have just peeled away. well, the coalition was never that much to begin with, and i think what the saudis in particular are worried about is the chaos in yemen at their back door with houthi rebels backed by iran with another isis cell right there in what used to be yemen along with the headquarters of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. i think they believe that s far more urgent from their perspective, although it is also an indication of the lack of effective american leadership to keep the coalition together. coalitions don t come together without a lot of diplomatic effort and they can fall apart when the leader of the coalition, in this case the obama administration, doesn t ....
Pay adequate diplomatic attention to keeping it together. so finally, if indeed a bomb is finally found to be the kacae of this and putin takes action, how do you see this playing snout. well, as i say, i don t think we know whether it will be one strike or something more sustained than that. but i think putin will respond strongly, and i think it will be viewed and certainly he ll promote it as a symbol of russian strength, resolve, determination, and it will help him in his campaign to break egypt away from the united states, too, given that this happened as a result of a problem on egyptian territory. so i think, as i say, isis has made a bad mistake, if they are the culprits, and the russians will benefit. russians will benefit from this tragedy. ambassador john bolton s prediction and warning. thank you as always, ambassador. eric, meantime, some tough words from defense secretary ash carter. the pentagon chief raising the alarm on russia and china, ....
Thus far. reporter: russia announcing friday it was suspending all flights to egypt, today it s saying it had flown some 11,000 people back from egypt to russia. as the investigation continues, is it a joint egyptian/russian investigation. however, the new york times reporting that the fbi is also lending a hand with forensic evidence. so that investigation continues now with some american help. but right now nobody a week after this crash is saying with 100% certainty, arthel, that it was a bomb, but that certainly what it looks like. conor powell, thank you very much. all the officials i ve talked to, i think everybody is very much pointing toward the fact this was an isis-related attack with a bomb put on the airplane. the question is, how did the bomb get on the airplane? there s a lot of theory that it possibly could have been an inside job at the airport to put ....
Government, or other possible terrorist groups. i think it s important to keep it open. but let s assume it s isis. i think it s the worst mistake isis has ever made because, for plenty of good reasons, domestic politics as well as international affairs, i think vladimir putin would respond very harshly with a strong military retaliation against some part of the isis network near its headquarters in syria. putin, of course, has had a lot of experience dealing with the radical islamic terrorists, che che che checheei chechians. this could be the death nail, predicted, of isis. putin has a spectacular track record of crushing terrorists, they write, suggesting that if it turns out the metro jet was bombed the terrorists can count on paying heavily. putin s cause should be to completely destroy the operation the same we he destroyed the ....