RUSH EXCERPT:
SMITH: “Well, that’s the reason I said, well, I mean, look, to practical about this, in America we have this belief we should stand up to people, no one should tell us what to do. You should be able to get along with people in the world. We don’t want a full on war in eastern Europe. It’s not that we have any sympathy for Putin or the way he has approached governing Russia or interacting with the world. We don’t want a war. Like I said, to the extent that it looks like the former, you know, soviet socialist republics and even parts of eastern Europe are pushing away from Russia ask aligning with the west, that could potentially provoke Russia, also said they should be free to make their own choices. NATO is a broader issue. Right now I think trying to bring Ukraine into NATO at this point is very dangerous thing to do. We want to discourage warfare.”