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In the fall. >> there is one person not piling on obama for being too weak. former congressman ron paul criticized the president for being too hard on vladimir putin. quote, just days after the tragic crash of a malaysian airlines flight western politicians and media joined together to gain the maximum propaganda value from the disaster. it had to be russia. it had to be putin, they said. here is the thing -- >> with friends like that -- >> hear's the thing i'm wondering. ron paul's son has been trying so hard to make in-roads with the neocons who never liked ron paul because he says things li...

>> othe ukranian security services, the sbu, claims to have intercepted these communications. the first one that was released today features a man called eco bezler. this man's voice is very distinct. >> did they release the audio tapes? >> they did, and my team has interpreted it. >> they've listened to it? >> yes. what's interesting about this, bezler attended a quote, unquote, meeting, and it had the aura of theater, something that was staged for propaganda value. essentially it was the russian director accusing bezler and not seeming to know he was talking to a leading ukranian separatist ...

He participated in a press conference last week, presided over by a russian theater director claiming to be from the civil society. wink, wink, nudge, nudge, clearly a representative of the kremlin. this was a very interesting thing. it had the aura of theater, something that was staged for propaganda value. essentially it was the russian director accusing bezler and not seeming to know he was talking to a leading ukrainian separatist of cowardice because the separatist had just lost the city of slovens in ukraine. they admitted that russia had sent tanks and armored vehicles to sloviansk. he ...

The targets where they are about to take out to warn the civilian population around there. they find their cell phone, call them and tell them to leave. on the other hand you have hamas which not only indiscriminately seeks to kill israeli civilians, but as of earlier last week, was on tv, a spokesman, and told its own civilian population to ignore those warnings. why? because the more civilian casualties within gaza of their own population, the more propaganda value they get from that. to an american audience, to those who believe in kind of civilized discourse and civilized warfare, that's a...

Ground up there. no question about that. . they seem to be taking the kinds of things that they can use, things that won't slow them down. again, i don't know much more about the scud missile. but it is a concern. the amount of gear they've been able to capture. >> this is a big deal to see something like this. >> we've spoken. to other military experts who said their best assessment, you're looking at videos that it looked old and didn't look operable. hard judgment to make in the field. there's also the question. there was a question early on whether helicopters might be captured, whether th...