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Ramped up the operations in syria, but look where we have been in the last couple of months. i mean, the u.s. has armed ukrainians, jordans, they attacked u.s. forces in syria and we literally tumbled them into the ground. from a hard-power perspective, it's been almost two years since putin had anything that looks muscular or impressive. he actually looks like he's on the defensive. what we have seen late of the russians is a bunch of disinformation, small active measures and really these kinds of propaganda speeches to make him look powerful and strong, if you look at action versus action, t...

With iran, for instance and impose those nuclear sanctions if you could use that term, the banking sanctions that stops russia from banking anywhere in the world. >> that's right. i'm sure that's exactly the debate in the white house today. and all of those companies and i know all of those companies well, are making exactly those arguments, that the world economy is too fragile right now to get into this escalate tri war with russia. and there's no question in my mind that decision makers in the white house and the rest of the u.s. government are weighing the pluses and minuses of comprehensi...

Argument. the debate right now centers around the idea that taking action is less risky than not taking action. this way of framing the debate is actually extremely problematic and off.ways, firsts eliminates the possibility that there is another action. it absolves the u.s. from taking another action or another choice because the debate is being framed as action versus inaction. no, there is another course of action, and that is as we have been listening to many people saying, i've been saying several times on various media, that there is a solution to the conflict as much as we think it is d...

Region of the world. i think we have to be very cautious and understand completely what all of the possible implications are of military action and particularly if it's not in concert with other nations around the world and to think what message that sends to the world as well. so i think this is a hard question. there is no easy answer but we -- i applaud the president for proceeding with caution for engaging with congress, for consultation and look forward to the hearing tomorrow to have more questions answered by secretary kerry and secretary hagel. >> congressman cicilline thank you for be...

Happening now, north korea's strongman may have crossed the line with a crucial ally, we'll talk about the china factor with the former u.s. ambassador to china, jon huntsman. north korea brazenly threatens the united states. action versus bluster? and with a possible missile launch looming in the coming days, north korea finds some shady ways to bankroll its muscle flexing. i'm wolf blitzer. this is special report "north korean crisis." china taking a tougher line against north korea right now. over the weekend, chinese president pointedly complained that no country should be