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Of moscow. and jennifer griffin is here today. is there any military solution for the west in terms of the crimea? not if you talk to officials at the pentagon. we are not going to go to war over the crimea. this was echoed by robert gates this weekend on fox news sunday. there are not any direct military options that we have. i think that some of the sanctions being discussed and the actions being taken, whether it is limitations on visas or travel or potentially freezing assets of specific individuals, frankly, i don t believe are going to be any deterant for putin. reporter: gates was defense secretary when russia sent its troops into georgia as well. also sending the uss trucks in. ....
Believe crimea is russian and not coming back? no, i do not believe it is russian. in fact i believe this is blatant violation of a treaty the russians signed in 1994 that guaranteed crimea as part of ukraine and that territorial integrity of ukraine. this is blatant violation of the treaty they signed, much less. you know, you hear about, i hate to go back in history, majority of the russian population, that is because stalin exported, deported the entire population. bill: a lot of them are coming back too. you listed a number of things the administration could do. they are not yet moving on any of that. i asked you whether or not would bring crimea back into the ukrainian fold. you said no but now you re saying crimea is still not lost. i ll trying to figure out and pin down precisely your position. i continue to hope it is not lost. i will continue to hope parts of georgia are not lost and part of moldova are knot lost but i think we have to look at it ....
Do. as far as dealing with vladmir putin and russia, it is a total, absolute misreading and failure to understand who vladmir putin is. by the way president bush also did not read putin well. bill: in 2008 on the georgia matter you believe. right. bill: either put teen doesn t care or he is not listening or both. what is it. putin does not believe there is any price to pay. that s why, i watched the sunday shows, including fox. well, sort of happened. this sort of happened, you know. stuff happens. it is all got to do with putin s conviction that, confirmed belief which is verified, he can do whatever he wants to do and i predicted this back many years ago. in fact i said exactly, watch crimea because he was not going to give up that major russian naval base which gives russia access to the mediterranean. ....
thank, chris. that is definitely a motive. sign up for chris newsletter at fox news first. the prime minister of ukraine says he is going to come to new york city and address the un security council and visit the white house. russia is tightening its grip and sending in a new wave of troops. russian president says he is just making sure the russians are protected. but experts are warning this is part of a bigger plan i think it is part of putin trying to re-create a russian block where they have economic, political and security relationships with these countries that make them all lean toward, or do the bidding ....
Bill: you mentioned the sunday shows. robert gates was on with chris wallace. he was asked this question right here. i do not believe we re going, that crimea will slip out of russia s hand. you think crimea is gone? i do. bill: is it lost? i m afraid so. i m very afraid. now watch bill: if that is the case what comes next as a result of that? have to be very heavy prices to pay. by the way, watch eastern ukraine. i m worried putin after he has been so successful may have some kind of defacto partition of eastern ukraine. i don t know the answer to that i predicted crimea. i don t know exactly with will happen. restart the missile defense system that obama canceled in order to placate putin in the czech republic and poland. have military exercises with our baltic friends. they re under enormous pressure from putin. ....