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Economic relationships skpr ties. those are the things that will have seismic effects on the geopolitical landscape. everything needs to be done to avoid this. were at the tipping point. it should be a full-court press on the pressure track. the pressure track includes weapons that probably wont be militarily deterministic but will start to affect the calculus. very potent, powerful sanctions. this bill that signals u.s. support, bipartisan support from democrats and republicans led by the execu...

And we shouldnt be just be considering a diplomatic track. theres also a pressure track that makes a lot of sense. we have very anxious allies along ukraines western border. those allies are gonna want some insurances that mean something. we have allies that have already said theyre ready to pony up weapons and support to ukraine. that already is some seepage to nato not being involved, at least bilaterally, or unilaterally. they are going to make some commitments to ukraine, because of their ow...

Drag the u.s. into another major confrontation in europe. thats what were facing. i think its just not going to be that simple. i think we should be doing a lot more and we shouldnt just consider a diplomatic track. theres also a pressure track that makes a lot of sense right now. allies along the western ukrainian border. theyre going to want assurances that article five mean something. that already is seepage to nato not being involved, at least bilaterally or unilaterally. theyre going to mak...

Weve actually -- the united states and nato have been pretty successful with conducting a diplomatic campaign and enabling a pressure track that vladimir putin could buy into. the fact that there will be significant costs, that the seams between the u.s. and nato alliance and the seams between u.s. and eu are not as big as they thought, as the -- as big as the russians thought, that the u.s. is not going to be weak-kneed in responding, that weapons will come into ukraine, and now hes also seeing...

Thats part of it. also in russias calculus, that triggers a security dilemma. do they keep pushing toward a scenario that increases for structure in europe they dont want. you know, i think weapons are another thing thats important. all these things together on a pressure track will be important. on the engagement track, you also need those face-saving measures and off-ramps. those on the margins could be the security assurances but not unilateral, bilateral, something that services both europea...

Obviously, there is a greater risk that something will happen, even inadvertently, that can spark a conflict. what is putins out? what face-saving measure can he have to pull those troops back here? he has made it clear how he feels about ukraine, where it should stand, and hes drawn a line about ukraines involvement with nato. if the west isnt willing to give the assurance, what happens? >> face-saving measures are part of the formula to get out of the situation, but it is probably not what is ...

Was pressure on iran. and i even think that he wanted to bring about regime change in iran through the use of military force. president trump has a different view. and time and time again he undermines the more comprehensive pressure track that john billion ton was supporting by saying the only issue here is about nuclear weapons. and if he was willing to give the iranians money to get an iran nuclear deal, that is back to square one, that is actually just exactly what they were criticizing the ...

Containment. we have through the hard work we have undertaken with the international community imposed toughest set of sanctions, international and bilateral on any country. we know its having an effect. we have a great deal of evidence about the economic impact that the sanctions are having on the iranian economy and therefore on the political and clerical leadership. now, part of what we have to continue to do is keep them isolated. keep all the countries, including russia and china on board a...

We have, through the hard work weve undertaken with the international community, imposed the toughest set of sanctions, international and bilateral on any country. we know its having an effect. we have a great deal of evidence about the economic impact that the sang shctions on the irania economy and the political and clerical leadership. we have to keep them isolated, keep all the countries, including russia and china, on board. so weve said from the beginning were open to diplomacy. were doing...

To keep the pressure on them in the pressure track and making it clear there is not going to be any alternative but to deny them a nuclear weapons program. >> greta: im not suggesting military action against them. i am looking this from afar but i see a country, yes, we have sanctions but we do give waivers to some countries. some countries get to do business with them. they do get some relief. they are behind problems with syria, problems with hezbollah, with hamas. they are destabilize go to i...