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Now. >> well, this is a clear message that the united states is prepared to really erode whats been an asymmetric advantage for iran and its proxies throughout the region. the united states military has been attacked by iranian proxies since we invaded iraq. this is nothing new. ive ducked and covered from far more iranian rockets than i care to remember, all the way back in 2010. these strikes really show that the united states is no longer willing to tolerate this onslaught of iranian rockets ...

Horse to break into major u.s. federal agencies and more than 400 of the fortune 500 as well as some of our electrical utilities. and we still have no indication that those hackers are out of those systems. so, just with that recent history, we have to assume that russia might have access to our critical systems. and we know they have the capabilities to disrupt and destroy those systems because weve seen these series of attacks that have pulled out on ukraine over the previous two years. the at...

Focus in other areas. the fact that he was working on getting out of afghanistan and in the meantime, hes been working on his own domestic policies her at home. right now mr. putin has followed this and decided this is the right time in which he can push his agenda. unfortunately were not doing as much as we could be doing without actually encumbering any of our troops. just to give you an example, if we would have started with our defensive capabilities in ukraine earlier, that might have made ...

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He would like nothing better than for nato to not exist anymore. hes testing and pushing to see if he can find the visions inside the alliance to make it less united, less solid. hes having the opposite effect. hes making us want to add more capabilities on the eastern flank and his western flank. as for his designs, we said we dont know exactly wa hes planning to do. hes probably planning some military incursion or activity inside ukraine. let me talk do you about that because over the weekend,...

Which we have not looked at before or even considered as far back as 2014 we do not to lose that deterrent effect. the other thing we the russians talk about where the passing so it is a strong and bolstered a nato on their western flank if he does another invasion inside ukraine thats exactly what the going to get. theyre going to see the united states and our nato allies bolster our capabilities on the eastern flank of the alliance for. >> im glad you brought up nato that something at once ask...

>> clearly is providing himself many options, lots more capabilities for exactly what purpose? we dont know right now. because we dont know exactly what his purpose is, we want to make sure were ready on the nato front to defend our allies. >> martha: john kirby talking about vladimir putin in that sound bite. the pentagon giving orders to 3,000 troops to deploy to eastern europe as satellites show the build-up with tanks, missiles and 125,000 russian forces on the border. john ratcliffe joins u...

Training seriously. that is not the case. but as we do anywhere in the world, we do the same in korea. we constantly evaluate and review our training exercises, our training events, training in education and adapt it as conditions warrant. and thats no different than what youre seeing on the korean peninsula. >> reporter: the south koreans want additional deployment into korea to defend against the north koreans threats. are you considering this? >> we are constantly consulting with our south ko...

>> if that have that type of manpower, military enablers that are available to them, they could find tonight. if youre looking for a time line, it could be tonight at dinner time. they have the artillery and rocket forces that are pre-positioned. you maintain your battle readiness in advance of launching an operation. clearly, its speculation but based on capabilities the threat is capabilities and intentions. we talk a lot about the intentions. his capability is very clear. he could do that ton...

More than the ukrainians to be right about this. nobody wants to see this escalate into conflict. were also looking at this very pragmatically. mr. putin adds to his military capabilities. no sign of deescalating the tensions, no sign of sitting down and taking a negotiated path forward. that is all alarming to the west and to the nato alliance. we have to treat this seriously and look at it pragmatically. >> martha: a lot of people are looking at other areas, too. what is going on in iran, they...