BETTER IS EXPAND THE BORDERS.
PRESIDENT PUTIN SEEMS TO BE
DOING THAT.
>> Tucker: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
UKRAINE WHATEVER ITS SCALE, IT’S
A TRAGEDY BECAUSE WAR ALWAYS IS
A TRAGEDY.
THE CLOSER YOU GET TO TTHE MORE
HORRIFYING IT SEEMS.
IT’S THE UGLIEST THING THAT MEN
DO.
VLADIMIR PUTIN STARTED THIS WAR.
SO HE FIRED THE FIRST SHOT.
HE IS TO BLAME FOR WHAT WE ARE
SEEING IN UKRAINE. HOW SHOULD THE UNITED STATES
HOW SHOULD THE UNITED STATES
INTEND RESPOND TO WHAT HE’S
DONE.
PEOPLE ARE LEVERAGING THIS FOR
POLITICAL GAIN BUT WE WILL
IGNORE THAT BECAUSE THERE IS TOO
MUCH GOING ON THAT MATTERS.
THE MAIN THING THAT MATTERS IN
ANY CRISIS IS DECIDING WHAT IS
MOST IMPORTANT.
UNTIL LAST NIGHT THE MAIN
PURPOSE OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY
WAS TO PREVENT RUSSIA FROM
INVADING UKRAINE.
THAT FAILED.
WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHY.
WHAT IS OUR TOP GOAL NOW?
THERE ARE SEVERAL.
THE FIRST THREE.
FIRST, AVOID A FULL SCALED WAR.
FEW PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON WANT
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WAR WITH RUSSIA IS A BAD IDEA.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE WON’T HAVE
ONE.
THINGS ESCALATE AND THE NEXT
THING YOU KNOW YOU HAVE MANY
THOUSANDS DEAD.
NOW THAT SHOOTING STARTED IN THE
UKRAINE IT’S IMPOSSIBLE THAT
AMERICANS COULD WIND UP GETTING
HURT IN EASTERN EUROPE.
WE SHOULD PREVENT THAT BUT IT
WOULD REQUIRE WISDOM AND
EMOTIONAL CONTROL.
ALL OF WHICH ARE NEVER IN
ABUNDANT SUPPLY IN WASHINGTON.
EVERYONE IS UPSET.
MARK WARNER THE HEAD OF THE
SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCED THAT RUSSIA COULD BE
CLOSE TO TRIGGERING WHAT IS
KNOWN AS ARTICLE-5 OF THE NATO ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE. IF RUSSIA LAUNCHES A KISHTCYBER
IF RUSSIA LAUNCHES A KISHTCYBER
ATTACK THEN EVERY NATO COUNTRY
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DECLARE ON
RUSSIA.
>> IF RUSSIA UNLEASHES ITS FULL
CYBER POWER AGAINST UKRAINE,
ONCE YOU PUT MALWARE INTO THE
WILD, IT KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES.
IF THEY TURN OFF THE POWER IN
UKRAINE IT MAY TURN OFF THE
POWER IN EASTERN POLAND AND
ROMANIA.
THAT COULD EFFECT OUR TROOPS IF
HOSPITALS ARE SHUT DOWN.
IF AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE A CAR
ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE STOPLIGHTS
DON’T WORK.
WE ARE SUDDENLY IN AN AREA,
ARTICLE-5, WHERE ONE NATO
COUNTRY IS ATTACKED AND WE ALL
HAVE TO COME TO THEIR AID.
>> Tucker: THAT HYPOTHETICAL
COULD HAPPEN WITH A CYBER ATTACK
ON UKRAINE.
IT COULD AFFECT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE EASTERN
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THAT’S A CRIME.
THAT’S A CRIME.
ARTICLE-5 IS NOT A MECHANICAL
MECHANISM.
HUMAN BEINGS HAVE TO INVOKE IT.
IS THIS WORTH RISKING A NUCLEAR
CONFLICT OVER?
THAT’S SOMETHING WE SHOULD PAUSE
VERY DEEPLY TO THINK ABOUT IN
THE MOST SOBER, POSSIBLE WAY AND
WE HOPE OUR LEADERS ARE. NOT ALL OF THEM SEEM SOBER.
NOT ALL OF THEM SEEM SOBER.
SOME SEEM RECKLESS AND IGNORANT.
THIS IS THE LAST PERSON YOU WANT
NEAR A NUCLEAR BUTTON.
HE INFORMED US THAT RUSSIA’S
SEIZURE OF THE CHERNOBYL PLANT
MIGHT TRIGGER ARTICLE-5.
THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
ADAM HASN’T THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
THE QUESTION IS NITTYOT WHO IS A
FAULT?
THEN WHAT?
ONCE CONFLICTS STARTS AND IT’S
TELEVISED IT’S HARD TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT.
ANYONE WHO THINKS THE INVASION
OF UKRAINE COULD NOT BECOME
A WORLD WAR EITHER LACKS
IMAGINATION OR IS LYING TO YOU.
IT COULD BECOME A WORLD WAR.
THAT’S THE FIRST GOAL NOT MAKING
A TERRIBLE THING MUCH WORSE.
THE SECOND GOAL, KEEP THE ENERGY
FLOWING.
CHEAP ENERGY IS THE BASIS OF ALL
WE HAVE.
NO ENERGY, NO CIVILIZATION.
A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF EUROPE’S
ENERGY COMES FROM RUSSIA AND
UKRAINE.
IN GERMANY ONE OF THE BIGGEST
ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD MOST OF
ITS ENERGY WITH NATURAL GAS
COMES FROM RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.
YOU DON’T HEAR THAT MUCH ON
TELEVISION.
THE FACT IS THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN
HAS THE POWER TO SEND EUROPE AND
THE UNITED STATES INTO AN
ECONOMIC DEPRESSION.
PUTIN AS THE POWER TO TURN OFF
THE LIGHTS.
WHERE DOES VLADIMIR PUTIN GET
THIS POWER?
IT ARE A LOT OF REASONS, BUT THE
CLIMATE PEOPLE GAVE HIM THIS
POWER.
THANKS TO PRESSURE FROM ZEALOTS
LIKE JOHN KERRY EUROPE HAS BEEN
SHUTTING DOWN POWER PLANTS.
IF YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT
TEMPERATURE RISES AND GLOBAL
WARMING YOU WOULD EMBRACE
NUCLEAR ENERGY.
OUR LEADERS HAVE DONE THE
OPPOSITE.
WHY?
WHATEVER THE REASON, IT’S
BECAUSE OF A SERIES OF VERY
SPECIFIC DECISIONS MADE OVER
TIME THE WEST IS DANGEROUSLY
DEPENDENT ON VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR
ENERGY.
OUR LEADERS MAY ACT LIKE THIS IS
NOT A BIG DEAL.
IT’S DEFINITELY A BIG DEAL.
AND FINALLY A TOPIC NO ONE
BRINGS UP:
WE MUST PROTECT THE U.S. THERE.
AMERICA’S POWER DERIVES FROM ITS
WEALTH.
RICH COUNTRIES GET TO DO WHAT
THEY WANT.
POOR COUNTRIES MUST OBEY THEIR
MASTERS OR GET INVADED.
WE JUST SAY THAT HAPPEN.
IN THIS COUNTRY CONTROL OF THE
U.S. DOLLAR IS THE KEY TO OUR
WEALTH.
OUR DEBT-BASED ECONOMY RESTS ON
ISSUING WORLD’S RESERVE
CURRENCY.
IF THE U.S. DOLLAR IS REPLACED
WE FOR TROUBLE.
OUR GOVERNMENT WILL GO BANKRUPT
AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WOULD
BECOME POOR IMMEDIATELY.
THIS IS THE MAIN THING WE HAVE
TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.
IT’S A GREATER RISK NOW THAN
EVER BEFORE.
SANCTIONED
SANCTIONS ARE WAY A TO PUNISH
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
NO ONE IS AGAINST SANCTIONS, BUT
THE QUESTION IS:
DO THEY WORK?
CLEARLY MULTIPLE SANCTIONS DID
NOT PREVENT LAST NIGHT’S
INVASION OF UKRAINE.
LET’S START THERE.
AT THE SAME TIME, SANCTIONS GIVE RUSSIA AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
RUSSIA AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
ACROSS THE WORLD AN INCENTIVE TO
DUMP THE U.S. DOLLAR WHICH IS
THE MEANS BY WHICH WE ENFORCE
SANCTIONS.
LAST SUMMER RUSSIA IN RESPONSE
TO SANCTIONS REMOVED THE U.S.
DOLLARS OFFENSE FROM THEIR
NATIONAL WEALTH LINE.
THE CHINESE NOTICED AND
UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS.
THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF IT.
CHINA IS TRYING TO BECOME THE
FIRST MAJOR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
TO ISSUE SOVEREIGN DIGITAL
CURRENCY.
THAT WOULD BE A HUGE LOSS FOR
THE UNITED STATES.
IT WOULD CHANGE THIS COUNTRY
FOREVER.
MORE THAN AN INVASION OF
UKRAINE.
WE SHOULD BE WATCHING ATTACKS ON
THE U.S. DOLLAR AS INTENTLY AS
WE WATCH THE COVERAGE ON
TELEVISION OF THE HOT WAR.
IF COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD
SEE THE CHINESE PLAN AS A STRONGER CURRENCY THAN THE
A STRONGER CURRENCY THAN THE