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>> AT LEAST IT WILL COST HER HER
JOB.
JON: THANK YOU.
JENNA: GROWING CONCERNS RUSSIA
WILL TAKE OVER MORE OF UKRAINE
TODAY AS THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO STOP VLADIMIR PUTIN FROM
FURTHER DESTABILIZING THE
REGION.
OUR POLITICAL ANALYST SHOWING
TOO MUCH SYMPATHY PARTICULARLY
ON THE DEFENSE CRIMEA USED TO BE
PART OF RUSSIA?
OUR NEXT GUEST HAS INTERESTING
IDEAS WRITING IN THE "WALL
STREET JOURNAL."
MR. PUTIN IS PURSUING HIS
INTEREST AS RINGLEADER SITTING
ON THE TIMEBOMB THAT IS A
COMMODITY-BASED ECONOMY.
BEST U.S. POLICY WILL SEEK TO
LEAD A FUSE ON THE BOMB,
STRENGTHEN ALLIES AND CONTAIN
FALLOUT.
JOINING ME NOW, COLUMNIST THE
"WALL STREET JOURNAL."
YOU SAY LIGHT THE FUSE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> WE WANT TO ACCELERATE THE
PUTIN REGIME.
THAT SHOULD BE THE PRINCIPAL
GOAL OF AMERICAN POLICY.
PUTIN PRAISE ON HIS OWN MIDDLE
CLASS, ON HIS OWN PEOPLE AND AS
WE KNOW HIS OWN NEIGHBORS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKE TO DO
IS LOOKING AT $70 BILLION WORTH
OF CAPITAL FLIGHT.
WE WANT TO PENALIZE THE
OLIGARCHS HANDLING A LOT OF
MONEY.
MOST OF ALL WE WANT TO BE
INCREASING NOT ONLY THE SUPPLY
OF NATURAL GAS AND OIL AT HOME,
BUT ALSO OUR TRADE WITH WESTERN
EUROPE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON THE
RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPORT.
JENNA: IN YOUR COLUMN YOU WENT
THROUGH SOME OF THIS HAMMERING
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN
JUDGE VLADIMIR PUTIN.
WE WENT INTO IRAQ AND OTHERS
CALLED IT.
THERE IS AN EQUIVOCATION OF
THAT.
>> SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE A
DISTINCTION.
A 12 YEAR CRISIS, VIOLATING ONE
U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL AFTER
ANOTHER.
WE WENT IN, TOOK OUT AN EVIL
DICTATOR, WE SACRIFICED 4400
AMERICAN LIVES FIGHTING
AL QAEDA, TRY TO STAND UP AS
PERFECT AS IT IS A RELATIVE
GOVERNMENT THAT DOESN'T THREATEN
IS PEOPLE, DOESN'T THREATEN
THEIR OWN NEIGHBORS.
HOW IS THAT REMOTELY COMPARABLE
TO PUTIN USING A BOGUS PRETEXT
TO SEIZE A PIECE OF TERRITORY
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN RUSSIA BUT
IT WAS TURKISH BEFORE THAT.
JENNA: IT IS GREAT WE CAN HAVE A
DEBATE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN
THE WORLD, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE
CAUSE AS WE CAN JUDGE
VLADIMIR PUTIN?
>> THERE IS A MORAL
EMBARRASSMENT THAT TAKES PLACE
THAT SAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE SINNED
AT THIS OR THAT JUNCTURE, WE
CANNOT STAND UP AGAINST NAKED
AGGRESSION AND MAKE A STATEMENT
ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS SIMPLY WRONG AND PLAYS
INTO PUTIN'S HAND.
HE WANTS US TO SAY I WENT INTO
RUSSIA JUST LIKE YOU WENT INTO
IRAQ.
THERE ARE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT
COULD HAVE HISTORIC CLAIMS,
POLAND COULD HAVE A HISTORIC
CLAIM.
POLAND IS A MODERN DEMOCRACY
THAT DOES NOT USE HISTORY TO
JUSTIFY AGGRESSION.
JON: THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
SPEAKING IN 60 MINUTES TO HALF
AN HOUR, HE WILL HAVE A SPEECH
THAT ADDRESSES UKRAINE AND TALKS
A LOT ABOUT EUROPE.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TOUCHED ON
AS WE WRAP UP IS JUST THE SIZE
OF RUSSIA AS A COUNTRY.
HE COULD BE IN POWER FOR WHAT,
ANOTHER 10 YEARS LEGALLY AS
PRESIDENT?
WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID ESPECIALLY
IN THE SPEECHES COMING UP BY THE
PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS THE
SITUATION?
>> HE HAS TO PERSONALIZE THIS.
THIS IS ABOUT OUR POLICY TO MAKE
SURE A REGIME THAT IS STEALING
FROM ITS OWN PEOPLE DOESN'T GET
A PASS AND ISN'T ALLOWED TO
REWRITE SOVEREIGN BORDERS.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE PUTIN AND
HIS TEAM REPAVE.
JENNA: IS THERE A REASON HE HAS
TO SAY THAT?
>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED