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Friends. he understand the long game. we have to stopping what our finger saying you are not with it. got the wrong headline, guys. get with it. martha: angela merkel said this is not essentially gorbachev we are dealing with. vladimir putin she says is not dealing in reality. she says hes quote in another world. general keane until we understand that what chance have we got with all this? >> the most important thing i learned my entire life as a military person. you have to understand your enem...

Second time in the 20th century that the russian state had collapsed, first time in 1919, so to recreate stability, prosperity, greatness, whatever that means in russia, at home, and in the process, restore russias traditional national security on its borders, that means ukraine as well. he did not create this ukrainian crisis. it was imposed on him and he had no choice but to react. thats where we stand today. >> you say hes actually one of the most liberal rulers of russia in its history. >> i...

Russias traditional national security on its borders, that means ukraine as well. he did not create this ukrainian crisis. it was imposed on him and he had no choice but to react. thats where we stand today. >> you say hes actually one of the most liberal rulers of russia in its history. >> i wouldnt put it that way. i mean i wouldnt use the word liberal. what i would say if you view putin in the context of the last 400 years of russian history, with the exception of gorbachev, and possibly the ...

Presidents imper it i have to speak of personal responsibility to come from, perhaps his impulse to try to see both sides. i can deal with less of the personal responsibility scolding and more of the boldness of say ronald reagan telling gorbachev to tear down this wall because structural racism feels like an invisible berlin wall. i want our president this president, to tell america to tear down the american berlin wall that keeps black men separated from opportunity. that sort of big brother i...

Release capsules waiting out there that all could go off at different times. one can go off six months from now, three months from now, a year from now. this is something thats beyond his control except he can make nice and hope that the jury pool out there will have some impact. i dont know how he changes reality. nixon went -- he went with gorbachev -- im sorry, at that time brezhnev. he met with anwar sadat, that great man. he went big parades down into alexandria in to egypt. big crowds. he ...

U.s. attorneys in new jersey, maybe in new york. hes got the u.s. senate committee look agent this. of course the democrats controlling that committee down in trenton are looking in this. theyre all lawyered up. all the people he has pointed the finger at called liars and called stupid. theyre all lifeguard up. this to me reminds me of watergate in this sense, in this sense. this has got a lot of time release capsules winning out there that all can go off at different times. one can go off six m...

Called stupid. theyre all lifeguard up. this to me reminds me of watergate in this sense, in this sense. this has got a lot of time release capsules winning out there that all can go off at different times. one can go off six months from now, three months from now, a year from now. in is beyond his control, except he can make nice and hope that the jury pool out there will have some impact. i dont know how he changes reality. nixon went -- he went with gorbachev -- im sorry, at that time brezhne...

Ridiculous. >> why is that ridiculous? >> a lot of presidents led up to that, particularly and including the nuclear weapons placed in europe by the united states and they knew -- >> ronald reagan did -- >> he put 2,000 troops in lebanon, got more marines killed in one single day than anybody else, reagan did invade grenada and saved 400 rich american students. >> we had a 30-year cold war going back and forth, when ronald reagan developed sdi, whether it was real or not, strategic defense initi...

Which would be for them in the long run because it would build them up and open the doors for them. a father can make that decision. >> it was very touching. it showed a real kind of strength and good judgment on her part. and i thought that showed me something. >> reverend al, you -- >> what i found amazing as a city council woman she was responsible for the berlin wall coming down. i thought that was more of a reagan thing but, seriously, she was going to a cowboys game and gorbachev, lets tea...

Building, one of the cold wars most feared agencies, the gkb. secretive, powerful. by the late 80s vladimir putins employers, although he wouldnt admit he was a spy. >> translator: he said he was in the special police. >> sergei is a friend. president putin at that time never talked about his work. i was interested in the kgb, their intelligence officers, it was very romantic. he immediately told me in intelligence, the less they know about you, the better. >> mr. gorbachev, open this