CNN Anderson Cooper 360 March 5, 2014 06:33:00
Going free and put ukraine in the category. ukraine was not just part of the soviet union, a 75-year period. ukraine is part of the russian empire for 300 years. crimea has been part of the russian empire for 200 years. and as you say, the gas lines chris cross through ukraine. all ukraine's industry is in -- to put it crudely, the pro-russian eastern half of ukraine. so, were there to be trouble, secessionist movements, ukraine would not be viable as a state without rush why's encouragement and finally, anderson, we don't want to rush ukraine out of rush why's control and make it have to live...