CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper February 19, 2014 21:07:00
The united states can't determine many the near term the outcome on the ground. in all of these situations it really depends upon whether the security establishment is able and willing to deal with protesters and if the government stays strong and united and, to be blunt, is willing to kill their own people, then they will prevail in the short run. and then perhaps over time the economic sanctions and differentic isolation the united states and the e.u. could introduce could have some effect. mind you, though, russia would not likely try to undermine it through giving economic help of its own....
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