Page 515 - Pretext News Today

Citizens, i.e., native russians, or ethnic russians on the other side of borders. that is going to create a pretext so organizations like al qaeda will say, well, we can help our brethren in places like chechnya, and the islamic parts of the russian federation. >> we should say we have not independently verified that video. but it is, by most experts, looks like an authentic al qaeda video. thank you very much. >> thanks. >> good to see you. and last night, a frightening reminder of the boston...

Because the interim government of ukraine doesnt want to give moscow more of a pretext to do what theyre already doing. but i cant imagine that there isnt plenty of room for additional nonlethal aid. i think you reported on your show that neils ready to eat mres going in, no toothpaste, no socks, no sleeping bags, that kind of thing. theres a lot more that we could do that would have practical use for the ukrainian military, but would not be lethal. the other thing about the ukrainian military i...

And trucks and body armor, you are escalating. you dont want to give the russians a pretext for a provocation that says, look, the united states is arming the opposition, the cia director was just there, were going to go in with a full-scale invasion. we dont want to do that. we dont want to provoke them right now. we need to be strong. i think our biggest lever is economic sanctions. and if they happen in the energy and the banking sector, which is being contemplated, thats where the russians w...

Stirring up the trouble. and it is setting itself up potentially for a pretext to make an incursion. but inside these buildings that ambassador told me are women and children as well. outside the buildings are what he described as peaceful demonstrators as well as the militants. and therefore it is very difficult for the ukrainians because youve got the russian, president putin, the russian ambassador to the united in public basically saying if theres any violence its your fault, ergo, were goin...

It remains to be seen how strong the military fight would be. ukraine looking for u.n. peace keeping forces. cant imagine theres much appetite in the united states to contribute to anything like that. theres already sanctions levelled against russia here. and they are taking these stoep ls. where is the help that ukraine is going to get to force russia to pull back in a situation like this? >> lets be frank. they have bad options. the government in kiev has very bad options. if they do nothing, ...

And around that region that has very much become the hot bed of this sort of dissent, where a lot of that occupation that control has been consolidated by these pro-russian groups. the intention of the ukrainian forces isnt entirely clear just yet. is this just a show of force to try to make some of these occupiers think twice about the buildings that they are claiming to be their own at the moment or is it just potentially the beginning of a more direct confrontation? there are no good moves fo...

Those buildings back that could provide the pretext for the us ares to say that the ethnic russians rights are being violated. the ukrainians are in a very difficult situation. they have to show firm inside but also have to be restrained enough so it doesnt lead to too much violence. >> phil black, ambassador nicholas burns, thanks to you both. still to come in the "newsroom," last april 15th, three innocent lives lost, hundreds more injured when two bombs exploded at the boston marathon. bost...

Thats basically all that they have left on the table are these wider sanctions that the europeans are loathe to support because they would hurt their kpi and even united states lawmakers have doubts about it because they could harm our economy. the ones we need to be watching right now are the ukrainian leaders. russia will use that as a pretext to begin a more conventional occupation of this territory. >> george. >> charles mentioned nato. i think putins aim, to be really historic, is to do in ...

Land and see the level of hostility that they experienced. thats the first move of the ukrainians that weve seen deliver force into this area. its not an easy task. its not that consistent or coordinated and certainly the statements were hearing out of kiev, jake, one saying in fact they have already started an operation to retake one of the towns, we went past it recently and there was no size or noise of a substantial operation. its going to be a messy operation at best, jake. >> i wonder whet...

It remains to be seen how strong the military fight would be. ukraine looking for u.n. peace keeping forces. cant imagine theres much appetite in the united states to contribute to anything like that. theres already sanctions leveled against russia here. and they are taking these stops. where is the help that ukraine is going to get to force russia to pull back in a situation like this? >> lets be frank. they have bad options. the government in kiev has very bad options. if they do nothing, it w...