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ALL A MESS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
MADE.
JOINING ME IS ED ROYCE,
CONGRESSMAN, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY ARE
GOING TO USE EVERY TOOL AT THEIR
DISPOSAL TO ISOLATE RUSSIA
DIPLOMATICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY.
IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH?
>> WELL, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THEY
MEAN BY ECONOMICALLY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE IN THE HOUSE AND
IN THE SENATE ARE USUALLY QUITE
FAVORABLY DISPOSED FROM
CRIPPLING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
WHICH WOULD REALLY IMPLODE AN
ECONOMY.
REALLY HAVE AN EFFECT.
AS YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION
IS USUALLY PUSHING BACK ON
SANCTIONS.
I'VE BEEN IN CONSULTATION WITH
MR. MENENDEZ ON THIS ISSUE AND
JACK LEW AND WE NEED TO MAKE
PUTIN FEEL THE HEAT OR THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY, FEEL THE
KINDS OF PRESSURE THAT IS GOING
TO COME IF THEY DON'T CEASE AND
DESIST ON THIS HE ABOUT HAKIND F
>> WHAT DID YOU AND MR. MENENDEZ
TALK ABOUT?
>> HE SAID TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO
TO MAKE LOAN GUARANTEES.
AND I THINK WE HAVE GOT TO WORK
AND LEAD WITH EUROPE IN ORDER TO
REALLY CREATE A UNITED FRONT
BECAUSE IF THIS THING GETS
FURTHER OUT OF HAND AND IN THESE
CITIES AND IN THE EASTERN
UKRAINE, AND IF IN THE CITY HALL
THEY HOIST RUSSIAN FLAGS, YOU
CAN END WITH AN INSURRECTION
ACROSS THE UKRAINE.
>> DO YOU THINK VITALY CHURKIN,
DESCRIBING THAT THERE ARE MOB
SCENES ON THE GROUND THAT ARE
NOT EXISTING, THEY ARE CREATING
A PRETEXT, A REASON FOR RUSSIA
TO GO IN THERE AND TAKE CONTROL,
A REASON THAT NOBODY WHO IS
THERE SAYS IS ACTUALLY REAL, DO
THEY BELIEVE IT?
ARE THEY BEING TOLD THIS BY
OPERATIVES?
>> THEY ARE BEING TOLD THIS BY
PROPAGANDA IN RUSSIA.
AS YOU KNOW, HE'S CLOSED DOWN
EVERY OTHER AVENUE OF
INFORMATION IN THE COUNTRY NOW.
THIS IS WHY IT WOULD BE VERY
IMPORTANT, I THINK, AND SAMANTHA
POWER DID A GOOD JOB IN HER
SPEECH TODAY AT THE U.N. BUT
WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS
BRINGING UP A SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION THAT WOULD NOT ONLY
ISOLATE RUSSIA AND MAKE RUSSIA
VOTE AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY BUT ALSO PUT OBSERVERS
DIRECTLY INTO THE EAST SO THAT
THEY CAN REPORT BACK TO THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND SORT
OF ADJUDICATE THIS ISSUE.
IS THAT PERSECUTION GOING ON?
YOU AND I KNOW IT IS NOT.