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YOU'VE GOT A BIG MAP.
THERE WHY SHOULD THE U.S. BE
CARRYING AS MUCH AS IT DOES?
>> THE UKRAINE IS NOT SOME
DISTANT LAND.
IT'S RIGHT IN EUROPE HERE.
JUST A REMINDER, THESE KROCOUNTS
NEIGHBORS EUROPE, ROMANIA,
HUND
HUNGARY, THIS IS NOT A DISTANT
LAND.
TO HAVE THIS VIOLENT DIVISION
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF EUROPE
CAUSES INSTABILITY.
IT'S A REAL WORRY TO THESE
COUNTRIES AND TO THE U.S.
BECAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THEM.
WHY DOES RUSSIA CARE?
LET'S LOOK AT THIS NEXT ROUND.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
SEVASTOPOL.
THIS IS THE BLACK FLEET FOR
RUSSIANS.
ALL OF THE WINTER PORTS UP HERE
ARE OFTEN NOT ACCESSIBLE.
THIS IS KEY BECAUSE IT GIVES
THEM ACCESS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN
AND THIS IS THE KEY NATIONAL
SECURITY INTEREST WHEN IT COMES
TO UKRAINE AND CRIMEA.
THAT'S WHY WHEN 6,000 TROOPS
MOVED INTO THE CRIMEA, THIS DEG
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES.
>> YOU KNOW, JIM, THE WHOLE
COUNTRY OF UKRAINE IS PRETTY
DIVIDED AND I WANT YOU TO
EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS HOW THAT
UNFOLDS HERE IS 75% THAT SPEAK
RUSSIAN.
ALL OVER 50%.
ONCE YOU GET INTO THE RUSSIAN
SIDE OF UKRAINE BOARDING THESE
NATO ALLIES HERE AND HERE, WE'RE
LOOKING AT ONLY 5% ETHNIC
RUSSIAN UP HERE IN THE WESTERN
PARTS OF UKRAINE AND THAT'S
REFLECTED IN THE POOL BETWEEN
EAST AND WEST.
MANY PEOPLE FEEL THE PULL
BETWEEN RUSSIA, DEEP HISTORIC
CULTURAL TIES.
MANY PEOPLE HERE FEEL THE PULL
TOWARDS THE EU AND THE U.S.
IN 2010 WHEN VOTERS WENT TO THE