sponsored broadcast into the middle east. our guest is brian conniff who overseas radio tv. >> host: this is week two in u.s. government's sponsored broadcast p systems. last week we talked with david ensor of doa, and now talking with brian conniff, and keach is joining us again this week. what is the mission of the middle east broadcasting networks, and what are the networks? >> guest: okay. that's a good place to start. the nbn, middle east broadcasting networks is the corporate name for the stations. their mission is the same of all broadcasting which was to broadcast accurate news and information, and news about america that dispels some of the distortions that exist out there. we're a generallistic organization, and funded by the u.s. government, but we're not the government's mouthpiece, and we're not a propaganda organization. we use a variety of different programs to accomplish our objectives. as i described al hora is tv, and they reach the audience in the middle east. >> host: what's the budget, how many employees,

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what a year 2011 has been for freedom in the middle east and north africa. we have seen what may have well been the first arab revolution for democracy, then the second and the third. in him and people are demanding a transition to democracy they deserve to see delivered. syrians are refusing to relent until they can decide their own future. i want to single out someone who is here with us tonight. when our ambassador to syria was mobbed, salted, and threatened just for meeting with peaceful protesters, he put his personal safety on the line to let the syrian people know that america stands with them. he said he was inspired by his bravery. as he drove into a city under assault by the regime. the people of that city covered his car with flowers. please join me by giving a warm welcome to ambassador robert ford. [applause] thank you robert and allison for your dedicated service to our country. i have met people lifted by the sense that their teachers actually do belong to them. in my travels in the region i have heard purpose and new- found pride i have also

diplomacy and worldwide attention away from the middle east and south asia towards east asia and china? >> even away from india. >> i think he is, john. but you have to realize politically in the year 2012, the middle east and israel will be a very, very big issue. but there's no question the center of gravity of the world is to asian the pacific, that region. >> center of gravity is moving there as pat says, but the center of trouble is still in the middle east. we've got the -- iran approaching nuclearization, and you have the arab spring, awakening now really churning every government there. and so as much as the president may want to refocus from that region, the fact is the middle east has a way of yanking you back. >> right and i don't think we should be overly -- by china. they've got problems, millions of people and basics sustenance and a housing bubble that is yesterday to break and is about to break some it's that saying, the bigger you are, the harder you fall. i think china is not necessarily the big cool oses we're making it out to be. >> it's changed the debate, with thi

there are so many arabic stations in the middle east. they are not interested in explaining america. giving people that accurate information about america -- it is no secret that america's foreign policy is criticized in the region. we explained how it happened. how is debated. we present different sides of the story. people want that. they do not just want to know what the official press release from the state department is. how did this come about? how did secretary clinton asked to go in front of a house committee and answer questions. that is a fascinating concept -- the separation of branches of government like that. part of our mission is to explain the american democratic show. >> how do you deal with the topic of israel and the palestinian territory? you know your audience is going to be critical of what the american policy is? . do you carry any of this criticism in your broadcast. >> we covered it in a journalistic sound way. as you can imagine, a lot of the media and arab world does not cover israel in a full, balanced way. as

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this so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that the middle east and. north african countries which have come through with changes have they really become more democratic gyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape and libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of made up the day the country is in ruins because of those by means not because of. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were in the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the group holt's kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so all the instigators of the conflicts turned who seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers if you know look at libya will they be able to restore your morality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially the p

in the middle east or northern africa right now is basically an attempt are on the behalf of the united states to keep its came up very much so the. plan was first announced by george w. bush when he was president just after the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three at a g eight meeting and it was called the greater middle east project and that project he published a map of what they had in mind was the control and the. democratization as they call it of the entire islamic world from afghanistan pakistan down through iran syria. the persian gulf area the oil producing states there and across north africa all the way to morocco and the events the so-called arab spring had been planned years back and the instigators of those the so-called spontaneous protests that he's put a revolts in cairo and tunisia and so forth over the last months have all been. organized deciduous leaves some of the people leaders of the protests have been trained in belgrade in serbia by oh poor activists financed by the u.s. state department. this thing has state department and u.s. intelligence all over it.

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eight meeting and it was called the greater middle east project and that project they published a map of what they had in mind was the control and the. democratization as they call it of the entire islamic world from afghanistan pakistan through iran syria. the persian gulf area the oil producing states there and across north africa all the way to morocco and the events of the so-called arab spring have been planned years back and the instigators of those so-called spontaneous protests these twitter revolts in cairo and the tunisia and so forth over the last months have all been. organized to sid you are saying some of the people leaders of the protests have been trained in the belgrade in serbia by old poor activists financed by the us going to prop and. this has state department and u.s. intelligence all over it. and why why are they doing this well two things in my view one. there is vast wealth in the hands of the leading circles in the arab world vast wealth sovereign wealth funds of countries like kuwait to other countries but also just the resources and one of the agendas is to

the so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that middle east and. northern african countries which have gone through with the changes have they really become more democratic gyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of nato today the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of could offer. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were and the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts will turn seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especi

who he thinks is behind the uprisings in the middle east and north africa. today we're talking to f.o. him and all the author of several books among them gods of money wall street and the death of american century and he is also a political risk consultant so we're going to discuss several more several of the most burning out political and economic issues in the world today mr engel thank you very much for joining us to be here to start off basically a never never before has the world faced so many economic and political problems all at the same time would you say that these conflicts which we're seeing today. here in the dollar situation and what's happening in northern africa and in the middle east do these conflicts feed off each other are they somehow related or not particularly what i see all these conflicts the decision to libya the crisis with the dollar the crisis with the american economy and the conduct of american foreign policy in the last period is all part of a breakdown of the entire super power structure that was built up after being under th

this is one more status quo in the middle east that cannot be sustained. this brings me to my last and perhaps most important point of all. for all the hard questions i asked and try to answer on behalf of the united states, the most consequential question of all are those the people and leaders of the region will have to answer for themselves. ultimately it is up to them. it is up to them to resist the call that demagogues, to build coalitions, to keep faith in the system even when they lose at the polls, and to protect the principles and institutions that ultimately will protect them. every democracy has to guard against those who would hijack its freedoms for ignoble ins. -- ends. our founders and every generation since have fought to prevent that from happening here. the founding fathers and mothers of the arab revolution must do the same. no one bears a greater responsibility for what happens next. when deputy secretary bill burns addressed the national endowment for democracy over the summer, he recounted the story of an egyptian teenager who told he

the so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that middle east and . northern african countries which have gone through with the changes have they really become more democratic gyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of nato today the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of could offer. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were in the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts will turn seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers if you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especiall

the so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that the middle east and. north african countries which have gone through with the changes how they really become more democratic egyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombings of nato the day the country is in ruins because of those moments not because of. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were in the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the reports kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts all turn was thinking you know the united states and it is on the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore now latina's countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think give a moment's thought to normality your normalization i think big what their concern is especially the pentagon is mi

the so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that the middle east and. north african countries which have gone through with their changes have they really become more democratic gyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of nato today the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were and the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the reports kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so all the instigators of the conflicts all turn seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially the pentagon who

the so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that middle east and. northern african countries which have gone through with the changes have they really become more democratic gyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of nato today the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of could offer. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were in the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts will turn seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especia

of middle east, it is a key to a different kind of middle east. now, any student of international politics from the time that i was your age and in college which, admittedly s a long time ago, but from that time when you took a course in international politics, people started it with the most volatile renal in the world -- region in the world is the middle east. and that's still true today. so people have been trying to do something about that for all of this time. the israeli/palestinian issue is one of the core issues that need to be resolved to get rid of that volatility in the middle east. >> and every administration has struggled with it. >> every administration has struggled with it. >> do you see hope out there? >> i do. i describe in the book that ehud olmert who was the prime minister of israel when i was secretary of state and mahmoud abbas, the current president of the palestinian authority, were pretty close to a deal in 2008. a very good deal put on the table by olmert. olmert was in political and legal trouble, so abbas did not take

in the middle east or northern africa right now is basically an attempt are now at the behalf of the united states to keep its came up very much so the. plan was first announced by george w. bush when he was president just after the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three at a g eight meeting and it was called the greater middle east project and that project he published a map of what they had in mind was the control and the. democratization as they call it of the entire islamic world from afghanistan pakistan down through iran syria. the persian gulf area the oil producing states there and across north africa all the way to morocco and the events of the so-called arab spring have been planned years back and the instigators of those the so-called spontaneous protests these twitter revolts in cairo and tunisia and so forth over the last months have all been. organized the city was saying some of the people leaders of the protests have been trained in the belgrade in serbia by oh poor activists financed by the u.s. state department. this thing has state department and u.s. intellige

who could be pushing the middle east and north africa towards the political change that's in our special interview next week. today we're talking to f.o. him and all the author of several books among them gods of why the wall street and the death of american century and he is also a political risk consultant so we're going to discuss several more several of the most burning our political and economic issues in the world today mr engel thank you very much for joining us to be here to start off basically a never never before has the world faced so many economic and political problems all at the same time would you say that these conflicts which were seen today. if you were in the dollar situation and what's happening in the northern africa and the middle east these conflicts feed off each other are they somehow related or not particularly what i see all these conflicts the decision to libya the crisis with the dollar crisis with the american economy and the conduct of american foreign policy and the last period is all part of the breakdown of the entire super power structure that was built

east is a fever pitch we understand that the middle east peace process is locked in stalemate him last week that's despite the fact that all sides of the conflict are really trying to find a solution and it's now the situation we someone started threatening anyone with military action those but could trigger very grave problems that can escalate into the conflict usually once when i think we need to take aggressive with some remarks and continue constructive dialogue on all needle eastern problems including iran's nuclear issue is not threatening any kind of show of force that could lead to a fully fledged war which would result in a catastrophe of the middle east slowly if well you have a you just heard and heard him yourself a russian president calling for a peaceful resolution for constructive dialogue but i mean and as a bit it seems that there's. this push for war is happening right now who do you say status to benefit from going from another complex and the middle east. well it's the speed usual suspects remember obama in the beginning early two thousand and nine where he was tal

perhaps we could broaden this out to the middle east. china has important in -- interests in iran and more broadly in the middle east. you could think about how china factors in to those relationships when you answer this question. i think people find this somewhat puzzling. you could also give us your thoughts on what you may not have been able to get across and we can wrap up for lunch. >> as to what are the three or four priorities for chinese national security, top of the list is always domestic issues which is always more important than foreign issues. as far as foreign policy, the top priority for chinese national security is always the united states. it is the u.s., the u.s., and the u.s. in the past weeks, china has been completely absorbed into the u.s. plan in east asia and southeast asia. the tpp proposed by the u.s. is considered a u.s. conspiracy to replace china's leadership in southeast asia. they see the u.s. trying to consolidate its relationship with south eastern countries and contain china. i was said the u.s. is chin

middle east when everything shakes out but quite frankly we don't know when things are going to look like when they shake out it's my opinion for what it's worth that in fact aside has this potentially under control. that's interesting because some will question whether assad really does have control or easy under pressure from the military and other influences a lot of international pressure but is that where the pressure should be well look when i say that side i mean that regime ok but i don't let alone i think that the regime will always come out on top in this struggle. that whether that means a lot more bodies potentially but if. the americans or the europeans start to play around you then we get more dead bodies in you so so you know in libya they claimed it was a humanitarian role but it turns out that the air airstrikes killed many many more people then it was alleged. you know could that be where it's going to do in bad guys so you know it's just a lot of propaganda and it's very difficult to to make that humanitarian claim when in fact your actions. lawrence davis and than

the so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that middle east and. northern african countries which have gone through with the changes have they really become more democratic gyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of nato today the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of could offer. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were in the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts will turn seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think the give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especial

the so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that middle east and. northern african countries which have gone through with changes have they really become more democratic gyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of nato today the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of could offer. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were and the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so will the instigators of the conflicts who will turn who seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to over store normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is

east studies at the university of haifa and in london we cross to karl charo he's a middle east blogger all right this is cross i mean we are all more my guest can jump in anytime they want but first marcia is egypt's revolution regressing well events are changing fast and it's hard to say right now but tension in egypt has remained unrelenting for more than a week now the country's health ministry says at least forty people have been killed and almost two thousand were injured in clashes between security forces and protesters calling for the end to the military's heavy handed the riot some of the fiercest since the ouster of president hosni mubarak last february has plunged the country into the kind of turmoil that market early days of the arab spring unquote vision of the good things in those in charge in egypt would be well advised to take people's political demands and justify concerns seriously and to act fast to create the right environment for the upcoming elections so shot from but several political parties have already suspended their electoral campaigns while protesters say th

in the middle east or northern africa right now is basically an attempt on the behalf of the united states to keep its game up very much so the. plan was first announced by george w. bush when he was president just after the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three at a g eight meeting and it was called the greater middle east project and that project they they published a map of what they had in mind was the control and the. democratization as they call it of the entire islamic world from afghanistan pakistan down through iran syria. the persian gulf area the oil producing states there and across north africa all the way to morocco. and the events the so-called arab spring had been planned years back and the instigators of those so-called spontaneous protests these twitter revolts in cairo and tunisia and so forth over the last months have all been. organized the city was saying some of the people leaders of the protests have been trained in belgrade in serbia by old poor activists financed by the u.s. state department. this thing has state department and u.s. intelligence all ov

who could be pushing the middle east and north africa towards the political change that's our special interview next on. today we're talking to a foreign named all the author of several books among them are gods of money wall street and the dearth of american century and he is also a political risk consultant so we're going to discuss several more several of the most burning our political and economic issues in the world today mr engel thank you very much for joining us to be here to start off basically a never never before has the world faced so many economic and political problems all at the same time would you say that these conflicts which we're seeing today in terms of here in the dollar situation and what's happening in the northern africa middle east these conflicts feed off each other are they somehow related or not particularly what i see in all these conflicts the decision to libya the crisis with the dollar crisis with the american economy and the conduct of american foreign policy in the in the eyes period is all part of the breakdown of the entire super power structure th

american policy in middle east is stumbling, it's faing part. while their strategic allies are collapsing one after another they are afraid that iran is going for fishing in this area. iran is gaining. >> rose: okay, syria. you're supporting the government of bashar assad, correct? >> well this is very uncorrect reading of our position. we are supporting the movement of the middle east people toward democracy from day number one anywhere in the middle east rses. >> rose: and how would you describe the movement in syria. >> exactly. >> rose: exactly, how would you describe it, the movement for democracy. >> definitely. >> rose: and iit being put down by e syrian army? >> the whole complication of the problem is here. we are against impiecing, infiltrating and invigorating violence in all of these countries. unfortunately, i syria, in yemen, in bahrain the there is a tendency which from united states and allies to invigorate violence and incite violence. the violence will definitely dicalize this movement. >> rose: would you, by that definition do

east studies at the university of haifa and in london we crossed a karl he's a middle east blogger all right this is cross i mean we all know my guess can jump in anytime they want but first march it is egypt's revolution regressing well events are changing fast and it's hard to say right now but tension in egypt has remained unrelenting for more than a week now the country's health ministry says at least forty people have been killed and almost a thousand were injured in clashes between security forces and protesters calling for the end to the military's heavy handed the riot some of the fiercest since the ouster of president hosni mubarak last february have plunged the country into the kind of turmoil that market early days of the arab spring from both mission to give thousands in those in charge in egypt would be well advised to take people's political demands and justify concerns seriously and to create the right environment for the upcoming elections so sharp and but several political parties have already suspended their electoral campaigns well protesters say the parliamentary el

risings in the middle east in north africa. today we're talking to f.o. him and all the author of several books among them gods of money wall street and the death of american century and he is also a political risk consultant so we're going to discuss several more several of the most burning out political and economic issues in the world today mr engel thank you very much for joining us so to be here to start off basically a never never before has the world faced so many economic and political problems all at the same time would you say that these conflicts which we're seeing today. if you were in the dollar situation and what's happening in northern africa and in the middle east do these conflicts feed off each other are they somehow related or not particularly what i see in all these conflicts the decision to bomb libya the crisis with the dollar the crisis with the american economy and the conduct of american foreign policy in the last period. is all part of a breakdown of the entire super power structure that was built up after be end of the world war

east you've got people from the middle east coming here saying really why you are attacking us why are you attacking libya when you really need to be saving that money from what we see for health care for education back home because we're seeing on our television screens you've got problems in your own backyard what are you coming to us of pulling us from certain reasons when you should be dealing with the problems at home. and daniel this is day one task can you tell us maybe what to expect in the coming days. yes there's a lot of programs loaned out for the next four days in fact as soon as the g twenty summit will start in terms of also festivals the music because there's also the protesters want to get the message across they really coming across and saying we don't want violence the police are prepared for this sort of canceling or trying to get us into areas where they want us to be but that's not our point we're not coming here for violence we're really coming here to get our message across as you say the anticapitalist really a message that is getting stronger here and that is

east studies at the university of haifa and in london we cross the carl charo he's a middle east blogger all right this is cross-eyed i mean we all know my guest can jump in anytime they want but first march it is egypt's revolution progressing well events are changing fast and it's hard to say right now but tension in egypt has remained unrelenting for more than a week now the country's health ministry says at least forty people have been killed and almost four thousand were injured in clashes between security forces and protesters calling for the end to the military's heavy handed rule or the riots some of the fiercest since the ouster of president hosni mubarak last february have plunged the country into the kind of turmoil that market early days of the arab spring unquote mission to get things in those in charge in egypt would be well advised to take people's political demands and justify concerns seriously and to act fast to create the right environment for the upcoming elections. but several political parties have already suspended their electoral campaigns while protesters say the

and egypt and turkey and soon you will have a massive nuclear arms race in the middle east with a lot of terrorism you will there's not one country could get i do in the way i do want to show you this is one country in the region the turks have nuclear weapons and it's israel go ahead we shall again record university go ahead look at first the first first eat on has. responded in detail those courting called studies that dealt with the building a nuclear device or weapons of you know a big military assault that has been ordered the way i see. that he has those important nations that he creation why is iranian nuclear weapon anywhere is what you do russian but that's when the strenuous exercise in all i said everyone would get if you cannot see that you go do it why don't they just give them up my friend my friend you don't you cannot tell a country not to do any of studies for any reason when they tell a country not to the world it is not open to building it i mean it's all done that is of course is the world he lives in you are not the only energy julian gentlemen not only there's a

and egypt and turkey and soon you will have a massive nuclear arms race in the middle east with a lot of terrorism you know well there's not one country could get i don't know if i do want to show you there's one country in the region that does have nuclear weapons and it's israel go ahead hooshang rector's university go ahead look at first first first it on has. responded in detail those courting called studies that dealt with the building at nuclear devise or weapons of the military itself that has been ordered the i see. that he has those important . that he creation of what is iranian nuclear weapon anyway. so you do russian no that's what he was trying to it's a sorry old i said i mean what we're going to do i cannot get us to go and why don't they just give them up to my friends my friend you don't you cannot tell a country not to do any of studies for any reason at the fact that they tell a country not to develop nuclear weapons it doesn't mean they are building it now i mean it's all done dennis of course is they'll be wise in iran i think the only energy julian gentlemen mode

it has a vision for the middle east middle east alone that some democratic lines the tekkie turkey's point of view do you think that has any weight in it whatsoever would would you think that is a valid vision for the future of the middle east. the turks have dreams of restoring the ottoman empire for centuries they ruled over the euro zone regarded the arabs as inferior. newer of the day is going to welcome the returns of turkish rule over them the turks are not even arabs anyway so as much as i love you know i've been there many times and will be people dearly i do know what the current leadership is one very interesting to hear your thoughts paul sheldon for professor kind of want to state university franks for your time thank you very much indeed. a new round of violence has flared up in the course of a survey a border with nato troops using tear gas once dismantling barricades put up by local serbs opposed to border checkpoints and representatives claim that the nato command in the breakaway province has broken agreements with them after promising on wednesday not to take unilat

so reinstituting an american policy in the middle east or instituting an american policy in the middle east, we followed everywhere else. freedom and instability ultimately are friends of one another is posh. >> i were described in the book the bush doctrine and urn asked an important question by the president, should we go after state-sponsored terrorism. and we have approximatecy wars funded fund iran and they would fund other groups, they are lighting the fumes everywhere they can, and now the iranians maybe nuclear weapons soon, by all accounts. it seems to me the united states is coming to a very important decision d we join with israel and take out their nuclear sites or is that too aggressive? >> i think there's still room to put enormous pressure against the iranians regime. >> i don't think they fear president obama. >> i hope they recognize whoever the president of the united states is has a lot of firepower at his disposal and will use it. but the way to deal with the iranians right now is continue to put pressure on the regime, on the economy, shut them out of the internati

the so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that middle east and. northern african countries which have gone through with changes have they really become more democratic gyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of nato today the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of could offer. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were in the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts will turn or seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers if you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially

the so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that middle east and . northern african countries which have gone through with the changes have they really become more democratic gyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of nato today the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of could offer. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were in the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts turn seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially t

can we can we can see that the situation in the middle east is a fever pitch we understand the middle east peace process is locked in stalemate that's despite all sides of the conflict already trying to find a solution and if the situation someone starts threatening anyone with military action could trigger very grave problems with this conflict that's why i think we need to take a breath relax and continue constructive dialogue little eastern problems including iran's nuclear issue is not something any kind of should force law could lead to a fully fledged war which would result in a catastrophe on the middle east. so you just heard from the russian leader yourself he's calling per peaceful solutions a diplomatic resolution to this conflict. as we just saw from that report there are organizations that do you think to be pushing that's probably more. in your opinion who do you think sansa benefit from going to another war in the mentally but i want to say i don't think that it's a matter of going to war at this point it really is wielding the military threat to push for increased sanc

american policy in middle east is stumbling, it's faing part. while their strategic allies are collapsing one after another they are afraid that iran is going for fishing in this area. iran is gaining. >> rose: okay, syria. you're supporting the government of bashar assad, correct? >> well this is very uncorrect reading of our position. we are supporting the movement of the middle east people toward democracy from day number one anywhere in the middle east rses. >> rose: and how would you describe the movement in syria. >> exactly. >> rose: exactly, how would you describe it, the movement for democracy. >> definitely. >> rose: and iit being put down by e syrian army? >> the whole complication of the problem is here. we are against impiecing, infiltrating and invigorating violence in all of these countries. unfortunately, in syria, in yemen, in bahrain the there is a tendency which from united states and allies to invigorate violence and incite violence. the violence will definitely dicalize this movement. >> rose: would you, by that definition d

in the middle east or northern africa right now is basically an attempt on behalf of the united states to keep its came up very much so the. plan was first announced by george w. bush when he was president just after the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three at a g eight meeting and it was called the greater middle east project and that project they they published a map of what they had in mind was the control and the. democratization as they call it of the entire islamic world from afghanistan pakistan down through iran syria the persian gulf area the oil producing states there and across north africa all the way to morocco and the events the so-called arab spring had been planned years back and the instigators of those so-called spontaneous protests these twitter revolts in cairo and tunisia and so forth over the last months have all been. organized seducing some of the people leaders of the protests have been trained in belgrade in serbia by old poor activists financed by the u.s. state department. this thing has state department and u.s. intelligence all over it. and why why a