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Continuing to take military action. >> do you think president obama should -- there have been some who suggested president obama should suggest nato forces go to the polish/ukrainian border to draw a line or send a message. is that too provocative? >> it's not. we did prepositioned equipment, and rotational training battalions just as putin is doing exercises along the ukrainian border, we can do exercises as well. this is a new ball game. you're there on the ground involves the lives of people all around the ukraine and beyond but also involves their freedom, anderson. >> general ryan, where ...

>> jim, appreciate it. good to have you on the program again. we talked to john mccain a few minutes ago, you heard him say there is no viable military option here. and just about everybody says there's not a military solution to this, there has to be some sort of a diplomatic solution. i want to talk about the military's of ukraine, russia and the united states. what the options are, retired army brigadier general. kevin ryan here. james jeffrey joins me as well. general ryan, i appreciate you being with us. in terms of the military options for the united states, do you agree with senator joh...

>> do you think president obama should -- there have been some who suggested president obama should suggest nato forces go to the polish/ukrainian border to draw a line or send a message. is that too provocative? >> that's not too provocative. we did prepositioned equipment, and rotational training battalions just as putin is doing exercises along the ukrainian border, we can do exercises as well. this is a new ball game. you're there on the ground involves the lives of people all around the ukraine and beyond but also involves their freedom, anderson. >> general ryan, where does nato fall in ...

Anderson. >> general ryan, where does nato fall in all this? obviously ukraine is not a member of nato, could nato play some sort of a role here? >> well, i think ambassador jeffries suggestions are great, and i didn't mean anything by my earlier comments to suggest that we shouldn't be doing those things, it's just that those things are not going to immediately aspect the outcome in ukraine. certainly nato has the capability of increasing readiness. moving forces around within nato, the united states itself could move forces from the united states over to europe, but these things are going to...