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>> russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. this could be a violent event that russia will bring on ukraine or an outrageous accusation that russia will level against the ukrainian government. russian media has already begun to spread some of these false alarms and claims to maximize public outrage, to lay the ground work for an invented justification for war. >> like clock work, russia is manufacturing something that could be used as that pretext for war. they are fabricating claims that russian speaking citizens of eastern ukraine are the victims of genocide. today, they brought...

Him try to pursue with russia. >> richard haass, tell us what you think about the administration's strategy of really publicizing every piece of russian -- every russian move, every russian plot that they uncover, you know, that they may be -- they may match a pretext for war by claiming that the ukrainian government is tracking down on insurgence in eastern ukraine. this strikes me a very considered strategy and very different from what happened in afghanistan where they were accused of having been caught surprised or unprepared. they seemed determined to show this time that they will not be ...

Ukraine for the conflict. he, again, alleged mistreatment of its russian-speaking citizens, which is something many believe is just using as a pretext for war. the pentagon today said there are now more than 100,000 russian troops in the area, with more arriving every day and more is exactly what ukraine is preparing for tonight. as cnn's melissa bell who is in ukr ukraine will document for us in our next hour. here is a preview of what they want the world to see. >> suddenly, the apparent calm left behind by the 1986 soviet era accident is broken. ukrainian forces run drills in what remains a...

What is fueling the terrorism we are still seeing in the broader middle east? is it all sunni versus shia? what are the roots of this terrorism now? >> well, the u.s. war on terror actually bred terrorists. i can tell you from the pack stand's example because pakistan by joining the u.s., we had 80,000 people dying in this joining the u.s. war on terror, and we saw the war as it went along, it produced more terrorists. and i am convinced it's exactly the same what happened in afghanistan because these night raids in afghanistan, the drone attacks -- drone attacks, really the united states must...

Well, he won't even mention the pipeline by name, and he avoided a direct response both during the news conference, and later in an interview with my colleague jake tapper. at the news conference, he chose to, instead, reiterate what he had already said, quote, we are acting together. we are absolutely unified. and while there is a lot of hope for a diplomatic resolution, russia's vladimir putin, after meeting with the french president today, again, blamed ukraine for the conflict. he, again, alleged mistreatment of its russian-speaking citizens, which is something many analysts believe he is ...