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All. >> britain would certainly follow us, england would certainly follow us and france i believe would follow us. germany, they are wishy, washy, but i think you can put pressure on them. that's the way to go. now, mr. whiton, you were involved with the georgia thing, all right? where in august 2008 only three months before president bush left office putin tried the same play, all right, in georgia. but the georgians shot at the russian troops there was excuse-maker there and eventually putin pulled out most of his troops there do you think that's what's going to happen in ukraine. >> i don't...

Of the obama administration. how is it different when russia took part of georgia in 2008? >> that happened under president bush's watch in august, 2008. president obama when he came into office, quite sensibly, tried to reset with russia. he had some success initially. president putin, he is the person that said that the greatest calamity of the 20th century was the fall of the soviet union. he saw a threat and ukraine even thinking about a trade in investment relationship with the european union. he tends to see global politics in a 0 fashion. he wants ukraine beside russia and not integrate...

Don't forget, vladimir putin is somebody who lied to the president, said he was not going to do exactly what he ended up -- what he ended up doing. so it's hard to kind of figure out his motivation here. i c engli i think the big problem is, how does the u.s. lead a response that's strong and can have an impact in the long term. i'm not sure there is much of an impact you could have on the short term. >> the key right now is to stop the russians from moving outside of crimea and move towards other parts of ukraine. you remember in august 2008, that's when russia en eninvaded, and president oba...

Russia has long not been a democracy. it's time for the other seven to stop giving russia a pass on that. and they make it as a pent for this action. >> so big picture here, is the united states' current relationship with russia the most fractured it's been since the fall of the soviet union? >> you know, up until a week or two ago, i would have argued that as bumpy as the relationship has been in the last couple years. it still didn't get that low point of august 2008 that far the georgia/russia conflict. unfortunately, i think we're about to hit a new low. >> come see us again. great analysi...

They ki it killed 28 people and injured hundreds others. protestors say there is more dead in the violence. >> oo the president says the sichlt strong-- the u.s. strong condemns the bloodshed. >> we are watching carefully and expect the ukrainian government to show restraint, to not resort to silence in dealing with peaceful protestors. there will be consequences if people step over the line. >> experts predict a president could threaten ukrainian leaders with sanctions if they don't stop the violence. critics argue he hasn't followed through with his threats in the past. >> nobody believes th...