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Use of presence and partnerships like this so it's not a direct front to russia. clearly putin doesn't see it this way. he could care less about this. what we're interesting in doing now, the right move, to make sure we're linking arms with our partners. >> general marks, what do you make of what's happening on the ground now in crimea? the idea of a referendum. it seems to complicate things. if crimea votes to join russia, couldn't the new leadership in crimea argue that ukrainian military bases in crimea are no longer legal and valid and ukrainian forces must leave? yeah, that's got legs t...

How quickly could this lead to miscalculation? a chance for misinterpretation of a move could lead to something bigger? >> jim, this is a difficult, tense and complicated situation. that's the biggest challenge of all. not that there is a war of words, but several countries in the region. the possibility of a miscalculation is very real. the problem is you escalate the tension and there's no real plan to de-escalate. we saw that before, as was pointed out in april of 2001, with the downing of the spy plane. it was very difficult to de-escalate. we just don't have the kinds of plans that would ...

Light. and how is this for timing? the disclosure follows the firing of major general michael kerry, the number two man in charge of air force nuclear weapons. for undisclosed weapons believed to involve his personal life. so these are some of the folks in charge of our nuclear weapons. and the bad news is there's more. general james marks, u.s. army retired, cnn military analyst and former commanding general of the u.s. army intelligence center. general marks, what is the worst that could have happened here when these nuclear -- they're called missileers started napping with the blast door op...

Those forces. degrading can mean destroying. >> general marks, whatever happens, the first step is the u.s. strike assuming it happens. then we have no idea what the response by assad is going to be and whether that is going to necessitate a counterstrike or another kind of operation. so on one hand you could say it's understandable where pentagon planners would be planning for a larger operation. >> anderson, they would have to be planning for a larger operation. the key thing is, the construct in which the planning is taking place is action, reaction and counteraction. that's how you walk th...

Described in a way that politically suits the president to gain support. >> christopher, putting aside the abc news reporting, you look at the draft resolution in the senate and see language that has mission creep or seems larger. >> look, you could conduct the entire kosovo air war within the terms of that senate resolution. first of all, look at the time that's allotted. we're not talking two, three days or a week. we're talking 60 days plus 30 more days. 90 days. if you have a sustained bombing or standoff cruise missile campaign, that's an awful lot of armaments raining down day after day ...