outcomes. the best outcomes is that putin takes one of these off ramps and agrees to move his troops back and allow international monitors to come in to guard against any supposed attacks on russian speakers there, not that there is any real evidence of that. the more likely is the middle, muddling, uncomfortable, unsatisfying, status quo situation where russian troops remain on the ground and the west has a hard time trying to dislodge them. >> what does that mean going forward? how does the u.s. negotiate that reality moving forward as it deals with syria, as it deals with iran and so many of these world issues? will it be able to continue to talk to russia, have russia at the table? if it's troops are still effectively occupying crimea. >> that's why it is an important crisis for the white house. not just about one place or one country. it is about syria, iran, middle east peace. russia has a role in all of these different foreign policy