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Latest from ukraine, jared morgan joins us from kiev. what's going on there. >> what's going on here? well, people are sleeping. it is 2:30 in the morning people have been watching developments today especially with a visit from john can kerry. developments. we are very much in a phony war. almost military game of chicken. nothing has really happened. >> do you have a sense that the people in kiev are aligned with the united states of course in the crimea area it is russian-speaking aligned more with russia. are people supporting the u.s. where you are? >> people are looking to both the u.s. a...

Then i go he's aping it for some kind of phony war where nobody gets hurt, like a phony war in world war i, the so-called phony war where nobody really shot at each other. is that what he's aiming for? do you know what the president's aiming for? i can't figure it out. a transition peacefully where putin goes off to russia or perhaps iran? how does this thing end according to the president? what is he telling you people? >> listen, i acknowledge the president is in an impossible situation here. if he does nothing, it appears he is essentially endorsing the murder of civilians. if he does somet...

Resignation from the cia. the new york times put this piece out, a phony hero for a phony war, lucien trustcot, and then david petraeus in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts, no matter how good he looked in his biographer-mistress's book, it doesn't make up for the fact that we failed to conquer countries we invaded and ended up occupying undefeated nations. >> that's an attack on petraeus and salute from slate magazine, a book coming out called the insurgent, spent a lot of time with patz and questions and problems with him, but on the other hand, trustcot's piece was over the top. david petr...

Resignation from the cia. the new york times put this piece out, a phony hero for a phony war, lucien trustcot, and then david petraeus in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts, no matter how good he looked in his biographer-mistress's book, it doesn't make up for the fact that we failed to conquer countries we invaded and ended up occupying undefeated nations. >> that's an attack on petraeus and salute from slate magazine, a book coming out called the insurgent, spent a lot of time with patz and questions and problems with him, but on the other hand, trustcot's piece was over the top. david petr...

Sure. >> okay. i want to ask you about the media's reassessment, if you will, now of david piskuetraeus. an article how i was drawn in to the cult of david petraeus and then a phony hero for a phony war. as i am looking at these i'm skrim bling with an ouch. they say he created a myth of himself as hero general and his accomplishments, iraq iraq and afghanistan are possibly failures. what do you think of the media reassessment and is it fair? >> i think when you look at petraeus' reactions when he realized this affair was going to become public and his decision to resigns reflects the man we h...