when it let nato deploims into forces. nato asked do we need these weapons and not make it contingent on what russia does? another problem is that the ddpr is unclear when nato stands in the issue of negative security guarantees. it sounds like nato has documented a policy, but when reading closely, it appears that nato's acknowledging different positions of the three countries. the u.s. and the uk give the guarantees, france does not. such a policy is not a good foundation for nuclear posture. and finally, faced to ask the crucial question about the role of nuclear weapons, especially what nonstrategic nuclear weapons have fallen. it cannot provide the answer as to what appropriates -- nato still needs to ask appropriate for what. to have failed on that count is a real indictment of 18 months work. have a got time for -- >> a couple. >> don't ask me about the next steps and this is the really difficult question. because one of the aspects, of the way the ddpi has been conducted is that the alliance has painted itself into

and what is the role of nato's nonstrategic nuclear weapons and why in fact does nato need them? after a suitable break not too long i hope nato needs to get back into the process of talking about these issues with an educational focus that is why the nuclear committee that i spoke about is really important. and speaking as a european and this is my very last point then i can say this sithes also time for the u.s. to take the lead and to seek the influence the central europe peans. the united states has had a background decision in this and has basically left it for the europeans to sort out the issues on these matters. but european allies will never agree on anything unless there's a crisis snapping at the heels or some very clear leadership exercised by the united states. so there you have it. i can say it. i'm european. so the nato needs to get back to its traditional way of dialogue and persuasion under american leadership in the committee of nato in the nuclear group and in the committee that hopefully will get a name and hopefully will get a mandate. thank you. >> thank you

nato countries, the u.s. and the u.k. give the guarantees, france does not. such a policy is clearly not a good foundation for coherent nato nuclear posture. and finally the ddpr completely fails to ask the crucial questions about the role of nuclear weapons, especially what nonstrategic nuclear weapons are for. as it does that, it cannot possibly provide the answer for what constitutes an appropriate mix of conventional nuclear and missile defense forces. nato still needs to ask, appropriate for what. sadly, as this was exactly what the ddpr set out to clarify, to have failed on that count is a real indictment, i think, of 18 months' work. now have i got time for -- >> a couple. a couple. >> a couple of the next sneps don't ask me about the next steps, and this is the really difficult question. because one of the aspects or one of the effects of the way the ddpr has been conducted is that the appliance has basically painted itself into a corner and it's not a very good corner. i don't actually see any constr

nato wants to build a strategic partnership with russia. last week marked two important a anniversaries in our relationship, on the 27th of may, it was the 15th anniversary of the signature of the nato russia founding acts, are the document which sets out the framework of our relationship. and on the 28th of may we marked the tenth anniversary of the creation of the nato russia council, the forum where we meet as equals to discuss all topics. we have come a long way since those two agreements. we are building practical cooperation in many areas where we have common interests. afghanistan, counterterrorism, and the fight against piracy to name just three. our goal is to take that corporation to the next stage, to make nato and russia true strategic partners. but to do that, we need to improve the level of trust, transparency, and predictability in our relationship. we welcome our cooperation with russia and we want to strengthen it, but we are concerned by some reason russian statements including on military deployments close to nato borders

they joined nato in 1990 rather than a nato that is ready for the security challenges of the 21st century. so if i was to draw a score sheet, list pros and cons, then i would suggest the following positive aspects. first of all, it's positive that the document was made public. this was by no means a certainty and it was only agreed shortly before sig. secondly, it's positive that the document makes rhetorical reference to the possibility at least of reducing or withdrawing nonstrategic nuclear weapons. thirdly and this i may be stretching it here, but it's positive that the weapons of mass destruction control and disarmament committee which was established as part of the process, will be replaced with a new committee that can function as a consulttative and advisory forum because nato needs to have that. however, this may turn out to be a victory as the committee mandate has to be agreed, which could take a very, very long time because france is basically against this committee. it's also positive that the ddpr contains a commitment to maintaining transparency vis-a-vis russia and it's po

i think nato is about to repeat the mistake of the 1980s when nato deployment -- nato simply asked, do we need these weapons or not, and not make it contingent on what russia does. another problem is that the deep ddpr is completely unclear where nato stance on the issue of negative security guarantees. it sounds like nato has dodged the policy of nato's security guarantees document, but when reading the document closely it appears that nato simply as acknowledging different national positions between native countries, the u.s. and uk to the guarantees, friends did not. such a policy is clearly not a good foundation for coherent nato nuclear posture. and, finally, the ddpr completely fails to ask a crucial question about the role of nuclear weapons, especially what nonstrategic nuclear weapons are for. as it does, it cannot possibly provide the answer to what constitutes an appropriate mix of conventional nuclear and missile defense forces. native still needs to ask appropriate for what? thirdly, this was exactly what the ddpr said, to fail on that account is a real indictment i think

at the nato summit in chicago a few weeks ago, the allies reviewed an appropriate mix of nuclear and defense i have forces that nato will need to turn the defense against future threats to the alliance. focusing on the elements, the allies reaffirmed their commitment to recreate the condition for a world without nuclear weapons, while remaining a nuclear reliance for as long as nuclear weapon exist. the review found the alliance currently meets the criteria for an effective deterrent and also defense posture, and that the circumstances in which any use of nuclear weapons may be contemplated are extremely, extremely remote. the alliance acknowledged the importance these independent and unilateral british and french negative security issues have in discouraging nuclear proliferation. looking to the future, allies reiterated that nato is prepared to consider further reducing its requirements for non strategic nuclear weapons in the context of resipry kol steps by the russian federation. leaders agreed they should issue two related committees. first, the developed concepts for ensuring t

to allow for significant reductions in nonstrategic nuclear weapons assigned to nato. nato expressed its support for continued mutual efforts by the united states and russia to promote stability and enhance transparency and further reduce their nuclear weapons. the allies reiterated their interest in developing and exchanging transparency and confidence building ideas with russia, with the goal of developing detailed proposals on and increased mutual understanding of nato's and russia's nonstrategic nuclear weapons deployed in europe. now, let me turn to conventional arms control, which in my view has not received adequate attention in recent years. we're spending a lot of time focused on the future of conventional arms control, and its role in enhancing european security. there are three conventional arms control regimes that play key roles in european security. the open skies treaty, the vienna document 2011 and the conventional armed forces in europe treaty, or the cfe treaty. each regime is important and contributes to the security and stability in a unique way. wh

and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so than in the exact opposite is really the reality of the clan but the united states could ever protect the civilian population. we're going to live from moscow still to come in the program the pirates riding a wave to success while their mutiny on the political ship in germany as the pirate party uses economic crisis in a friendly face to first step of the ladder to power. plants as the trial of america's most famous army whistleblower gets going in court it turns out it's the u.s. government that's hiding skeletons in the closet. health of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has worsened dramatically comes just days after the eighty four year old was jailed for life for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising a former leader is currently in intensive care suffering from shock high blood pressure and severe depression with a run off looming on

recently we worked through the nuclear policy issues that are important and relevant to our nato allies. at the nato summit in chicago a few weeks ago, the allies proved the deterrence and defense posture review. focusing on the elements of the ddtr, the al lie three affirmed their commitment to create conditions for a war without nuclear weapons while remaining a nuclear alliance for as long as nuclear weapons exist. the review found the alliance's nuclear force posture currently meets the criteria for an effective deterrent and defense posture and that the circumstances in which any use of nuclear weapons may be contemplated are extremely, extremely remote. the alliance acknowledged the importance for an independent and unilateral u.s., briptish and french u.n. security forces have in discouraging nuclear proliferation. leaders agreed that it should issue two related task to the appropriate nato commissions, first to develop concepts for ensuring the broadest possible burden sharing, including in the event nato decides to further reduce its reliance on nonstrategic nuclear weapons bas

that's on top of the nato part. it will be about $243 million this year to build landstuhl which is fine. that's a priority of ours. i am for that. but the other half, $113 million is for new schools, elementary and high schools. now, obviously, if our troops are there, we need to furnish the schools that are good. but my question is, the troops that are there, are we overspending the military construction for the amount of troops that we have there and are we looking at the future on whether, in fact, it might be the rotational forces that you mentioned is more of the strategy in the pacific that maybe we would start doing that in germany and other places and cut back on this enormous military construction cost. >> i'll ask general dempsey to comment on this as well. we're doing exactly that. we're bringing two brigades home. one of the things we intend to do is emphasize more of the rotational presence that we have there and to be able to do exercises. we do have some important infrastructure there. it's very impo

others raised the question of nato's budget. apparently there is a financial crisis within nato. how do you explain this? second question, several months after the fall of gadhafi's regime we are still waiting for the operational report from nato. how is that coming on? >> there is no financial crisis within nato. quite obviously there is an economic challenge. but i feel that we have found responses to that at the chicago summit. the solution is indeed our smart defense initiative. we are going to promote cooperation on a multilateral basis and, as you are aware, we have adopted a certain number of multinational concrete projects and this is a very compelling response. this is the path to be followed in order to avoid that the financial crisis will become a security crisis so there is no financial crisis within nato. we are, indeed, facing an economic challenge, and we have found a solution to that challenge. would you mind reminding me of your question on libya? several months after the fall of the gadhafi re jagime we haven' had a final report of operations in libya. why not?

and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so the exact opposite is really the reality of the claim but the united states could ever protect the civilian population. well silicone for you the program the pirates riding a wave to success there is a mutiny on the political ship in germany as a pirate party uses the economic crisis and a friendly face to take a first step onto the ladder to power. plus as the trial of america's most famous army whistleblower gets going in court it turns out it's the u.s. government that's hiding skeletons in the closet. the health of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has worsened dramatically comes just days after the eighty four year old was jailed for life for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising the former leader is currently in intensive care suffering from shock with high blood pressure and severe depression and with the run off looming on june the

the head of nato said that he hopes the situation wouldn't escalate any further however nato did stop short. of claiming or deeming the circumstance an armed attack against turkey this is according to what many people are saying is what turkey was actually. hoping to receive from this meeting because if nato were to have considered it an armed attack on syria an unarmed tucked against turkey went when downing its plane then it could have put nato in a position where it could have struck strike struck back at syria that did not happen it seems by all accounts that's what turkey wanted in the aftermath of the meeting that turkey turkey's prime minister said that the rules of engagement with syria have changed and now any military element that approaches turkey's border from syria or poses any security risk will be regarded as a threat and treated as a military target so clearly this is not easing a very tense situation already taking place in syria for more than sixteen months now you have attentions even mounting between syria and turkey so this international meeting scheduled for satu

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and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so the exact opposite is really the reality of the claim but the united states could ever protect the civilian population. fortunately live from moscow still to come in the program the pirates riding a wave to success while their new to the on the political ship in germany as the pirate party uses economic crisis in a friendly face to first step to the latter to power. plants as the trial of america's most famous army was lowered gets going in court it turns out it's the u.s. government that's hiding skeletons in the closet. health of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has worsened dramatically comes just days after the eighty four year old was jailed for life for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising a former leader is currently in intensive care suffering from shock high blood pressure and severe depression where off looming on june the sixt

we, nato. we, the nato training mission, afghanistan. we've taught 200,000 afghan soldiers and policemen to read. now, they're not going to go write a novel like marcel prous. but they are functionally litera literate. they are hungry for this knowledge. when you are a man or a woman in afghanistan and you can read, you put a pen in your pocket. and when the graduates of the reading course, again, 200,000 so far, about 70,000 in classes now, when they graduate, we give them a pen to put in their pocket. that is an extraordinary moment to watch a young afghan man or woman take that pen as a symbol of literacy. now, we are also teaching them to fight. that's our job. but we have to take a broader, more comprehensive approach to try and create security, and this is an example of it. next, please. another way in which our security sector is trying to be helpful to diplomacy and development is the use of hospital ships. i could talk quite a long time about this. this was from my three years as the commander of southern command. i was statione

of europe's main players this week on a trip taking in paris germany and france he talked tough on nato expansion u.s. missile defense shield and moscow stance on the ongoing violence in syria. has the details now. was it would since first stop was in minsk which many saw as an indication that that russia's foreign policy now will focus more on its closest neighbors and the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit as the beginning of the supposedly plan of economic and eastern bloc now off you went afterwards to berlin on a whirlwind visit which lasted for only hof the date was going to put an end german chancellor angela merkel who seemed to see eye to eye on the matters concerning syria now earlier in the week u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said that russia is aiding to the troubles in syria by continuing to support the regime of president bashar a loss to which of course their action president prepared a response so we can see it but russia is unilaterally supporting the assad regime . we have longstanding good relations with syria but. the conflict if the situati

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nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so been in the exact opposite is really the reality of the claim but the united states could ever protect the civilian population. well still to come for you in a program the pirates riding a wave to success there is mutiny on the political ship in germany as a pirate party uses the economic crisis and a friendly face to take the first step on to the latter to power plus the trial of america's most famous army whistleblower gets going in court it turns out it's the u.s. government that's hiding skeletons in the closet. that is coming to you later in the program before that the health of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has worsened dramatically well comes just days after the eighty four year old was jailed for life for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising the former leader is currently in intensive care suffering from shock high blood press

the plans for creation of a missile defense shield in eastern europe a plan much hailed by nato and the united states as being very much needed by countries to counteract the supposed a possible strikes from the likes of iran in north korea now these plans of worry moscow very much and moscow has been adamant in its demands that nato and its allies present written guarantees that this missile shield will not be used against russia. in the past we've often been promised they wouldn't explain and then we were promised that need to wouldn't put military hardware in the russian but we've seen it expand and its bases spread you know we need guarantees but i'd like to say we're not going to escalate this discussion we've been ready and willing to help out is to engage in dialogue it is natural that all of these issues of course will crop up during the russia e.u. summit which kicks off in st petersburg today and although we probably cannot expect a major breakthrough to be done it is clear that a lot of people lot of observers as well as all of the european leaders involved are hoping that so

in the past we've often been promised you wouldn't expand then we were promised that nato wouldn't put military hold when the russian. expand and its bases spread no we need guarantees but i'd like to say we're not going to escalate this discussion we've already invited our partners to engage in dialogue it is natural that all of these issues of course will crop up during the russia e.u. summit which kicks off in st petersburg today and although we probably cannot expect a major breakthrough to be done it is clear that a lot of people a lot of observers as well as all of the european leaders involved are hoping that some sort of movement forward will finally be made at least in some of these topics . but clashes in lebanon between the groups for and against the regime across the border of that nine people dead and more than forty wounded and independence u.n. panel is to investigate last week with a massacre in syria in which more than one hundred people including many children were slaughtered damascus and government forces are blaming each other for orchestrating the attack. is now d

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and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so been in the exact opposite is really the reality of the clan but the united states could ever protect the civilian population and you mentioned the plans to be out by twenty fourteen aside from special operations forces what do you think the chance will leave behind if indeed they ever do really leave. well what they're going to leave behind is a civil war between the. population on one side led by the. taliban and the northern alliance are representing the non costume ethnic groups of afghanistan on the other side and this is a civil war that has already in fact been underway for some time because of the fact that the u.s. sponsored army the national army about afghanistan has been unable to successfully . really find people to join with the the afghan army from southern afghanistan in the pashtun areas and so increasingly this has become an army that is dominated by the no

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and nato who are creating a civil war in syria in terms of arming commando mercenaries flood. in the country with weapons doing everything that they can to destabilize syria and the latest massacre in houla is just one more example because it's this exact scenario that the u.s. has used to justify quote humanitarian intervention in the past and after they create total destabilization send in all sorts of mercenaries and armed groups and they claim that they're going in in order to save the situation it's absolute hypocrisy and ford and they've done it with the u.n. security council support and they've done it without u.n. security council support and we've seen this in the past and it's clear that the u.s. is not interested in a diplomatic solution they are in every way trying to move toward military intervention which means massive destruction of the entire country but they're already responsible for great destruction. what has the strife in syria drags on the rebels are being sustained by a constant flow of alms from neighboring lebanon but this deadly trade is also a matter

in the public, it's very difficult to go out and say, well, now we're friends with nato. nato has been painted as the big devil and it will continue to be the big devil in russian publics for a long time to come. so there are some quite severe restrictions. so the relationship with russia i think will probably get better. that's my hope, anyway. on the cost with the missile defense, well, i think the europeans think that the americans are going to pay most of it. and that is the main benefit of it. and then there is the option for different europeans to contribute towards it. but that is only an option. and this is where my argument is that the option would then to be to show commitment by actually buying into the missile defense system. it may be a complete waste of money. i can't judge the technical details of it. but i think that is the thinking that is going on. >> i would just say -- i think trine is exactly right on missile defense. we placed it within a nato context at the time which we viewed of a great step forward since this is a missile defense program to prote

nato allies will remain seized of developments on the southeastern border of nato. and let me make this clear. the security of the alliance is indivisible. we stand together with turkey in the spirit of strong solidarity. >> bret: nato secretary-general speaking today about standing up for turkey, after a turkish military jet was shot down by the syrians. the syrians are saying now publicly that it was an act of self-defense. turkey is not saying that. they are obviously increasing the tension between the two countries as violence continues in syria, at amazing rates. we're back with the panel. charles, the fighting rages on. it seems like this tension adds another development, another side to this. >> i'm impressed by the way the president of turkey is handling this very slowly and methodically. when his plane was shot down he could have retaliated in open way and he was smarter than that. what he has now done, he made a declaration today of any approach of the troops to the border of turkey will be seen as provocation and met presumably with a military response. a

it more than kosovo clashes between serbian protesters and nato led peacekeeper. have left at least six people wounded vocal substrata prevent troops from removing barricades that set up last year on the border because of those roadblocks were in response to the ten by i think obeyed in the thirty's to impose boardroom customs controls now nato troops used tear gas and small arms on protesters who responded with stones in hand and gunfire serbs in kosovo rejects the area's two thousand and eight declaration of independence from serbia political analyst alexander belgrade says the presence of foreign troops only stirs up trouble. the nato forces which are being called peacekeepers are actually trying to use force to force the course of the serbs to accept living in an independent kosovo which they won't accept and that's the whole root of the problem they've actually profiled live ammunition at people trying to keep the barricades and they're trying to keep the barricades to prevent the calls of all baiting regime from priest or not to get a hold of the north north

and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so the exact opposite is really the reality of the united states could ever protect the civilian population. also at home for you the program the pirates riding a wave to success there is mutiny on the political ship in germany as a pirate party uses the economic crisis can a brand we face take a first step onto the ladder to power. plus as the trial of america's most famous army whistleblower gets going in court it turns out it's the u.s. government that's hiding skeletons in the closet. but health of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has worsened dramatically comes just days after the eighty four year old was jailed for life for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising the former leader is currently in intensive care suffering from shock high blood pressure and severe depression with a runoff looming on june the sixteenth hundreds of thousands

some of europe's main players this week while a trip taking in germany and france he talked tough on nato expansion u.s. missile defense shield plans and moscow stance on the ongoing violence in syria parties ridiculous guy has the details there. wasn't putting his first stop was in minsk which many saw as an indication that that russia's foreign policy now will focus more on its closest neighbors and the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit as the beginning of the suppose at the land of economic and eastern bloc now off you went afterwards to berlin on a whirlwind visit which lasted for only half the day was going to put an end german chancellor angela merkel who seemed to see eye to eye on the matters concerning syria now earlier in the week u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said that russia is aiding to the troubles in syria by continuing to support the regime of president bashar al assad to which of course the russian president prepared a response so we can see it but russia is unilaterally supporting the assad regime . we have longstanding good relations with syr

in the public is difficult, we are friends with nato. nato has been painted as the big double land will continue to be the big double in russian public for a long time to come. the relationship with russia will get better. and the cause of missile defense, that the americans are going to do that, the main benefit of it and the option for europeans to contribute towards it but that is only an option and this is where my argument is that the option will be to show commitment by actually buying into that. it may be a waste of money. can't just the technical details of it but that is the thinking. >> trine is right on missile defense. we placed it within a nato context which is a great step forward in the missile defense program, and the old plan. ready economic come down is on delivery capability. multiple european countries will spend a lot of money on the most expensive fighter planes as a member developed, the budget is nonsensical. the united states will be in a position where we argue on one hand get your economy in order but on the ot

and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so the exact opposite is really the reality. that the united states could ever protect the civilian population. well still to come for you in a program the pirates riding a wave to success mutiny on the political ship in germany as the pirate party uses the economic crisis have a friendly face take a first step onto the ladder to power. as fall america's most famous army whistleblower gets going in court turns out it's the u.s. government that's hiding skeletons in the closet. now the house of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has worsened dramatically comes just days after the eighty four year old was jailed for life for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising the former leader is currently in intensive care suffering from shock high blood pressure and the severe depression where the runoff looming on a june the sixteenth hundreds of thousands

what's nato and the e.u. and the u.s. are doing they're using the power vacuum in belgrade to try to are to establish a new reality on the ground in costs for this new president was sworn in on thursday during is an organization. called kosovo integra all part of serbia and pledged to preserve his country's sovereignty and shortly before the ceremony he told his close of a divorce and said he's open to talks there with the breakaway republic. because of this that i'm ready for dialogue but not with hashem touching because there is suspicion that he committed crimes against the evil he cannot negotiate until the investigation of his case finishes but i will speak with other representatives after the bombing of serbia in one thousand nine hundred nine we left nato in the territory of course of opal we gave them civil and military power we have a administration in full communities in northern kosovo and the e.u. has asked us to abolish these serbian institutions we responded that we cannot do that because we have a universit

and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in mid-flight. the exact opposite is really the reality of. the united states could ever project as you know your population. or some other news making headlines across the world the south hundreds of workers rioted at the chinese factory foxconn produces apple devices dozens of protesters detained employees clashed with security guards for in reports of an attempted theft fracture at previously came under fire for forcing stuff to work excessively long hours for low salaries. the pretrial hearing for bradley manning cases taking place meet tense plans to call several u.s. state department workers to assess the damage done to american foreign relations disclosures before old man is accused of aiding the enemy by publishing hundreds of classified u.s. cables on the recent web site. but our top story now the reported massacre in a serious as both governments and the rebels apportion blame for th

the secretary-general of nato, mr. rasmussen, seems to feel it's his duty to assure everybody that it's no possibility that nato will be involved. my friends, that's a far cry from the 1990s when we went to bosnia on behalf of muslims who were being ethnically cleansed. it is a far cry from kosovo when without security council approval we went to help muslims who were being slaughtered by milosevic. so all i can say is mr. rasmussen in particular, but our nato allies have been a great disappointment to me. i'm sure they're absorbed with their economic crises that they lurched from one day to the next, but i have very little optimism about nato, but all of these things could change to some degree if the united states would lead. it used to be the united states leads from behind. now the united states does not lead at all. >> my in-laws were there. and my son's wife's parents -- sorry. i didn't mean -- >> you mentioned briefly, the kurdish situation in turkey which has been going on in its current form for over 30 years.

at various points in history we have been promised that nato. not exactly and then we were promised that nato would not place its military facilities. around russia but we have seen the alliance expand since then and we have seen. military bases sprout. along our perimeter now i'm going to we need. words or words but if you think we'll go with them you know this is childish. and i would like to retreat and i can tell you and all your other colleagues we're not going to escalate this discussion but we've already told our american partners in our european partners we are inviting you to engage in dialogue and it seems to me from my discussions with them mr president that such dialogue with france and with other nato states is possible. sure that. part of the fourth. or up brought up with the piece or she could go on the recording. that they felt sorry i spoke about the conditions in chicago that i believe are necessary in order to go ahead with missile defense and one of these questions is dialogue president putin's russia question president. use

and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so the exact opposite is really the reality of the claim but the united states could ever protect the civilian population. so the county in a program the pirates riding a wave to success there is mutiny on the political ship in germany as the pirate party uses the economic crisis and a friendly face to take a first step on to the ladder to power. plus as the trial of america's most famous army whistleblower gets going in court it turns out it's the u.s. government that's hiding skeletons in the closet. the house of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has worsened dramatic comes just days after the eighty four year old was jailed for life for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising the former leader is currently in intensive care suffering from shock high blood pressure and severe depressions where the runoff looming on june the sixteenth hundreds

and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so the exact opposite is really the reality of the claim but the united states could ever protect the civilian population. well some other news making headlines across the world this hour. prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a far right member of parliament what are his attack on two female leftist deputies during a live t.v. debate this considering this through a glass of water in the face of an m.p. of the she brought up his alleged involvement in a mugging case five years ago television debate came ahead of the country's parliamentary election in ten days time. hundreds of workers have rioted at the chinese factories foxconn produces apple devices and dozens of protesters detained employees clashed with security guards one in reports of an attempted theft in the french a previously came on the bottom also start to work excess began hours for the salaries . the pretrial he

now turkey as you said is a member of nato how do you think that could affect the situation if these reports are confirmed. it's explosive it basically creates a built in mechanism for a nato war against syria if if that is the course that is decided upon in the relevant countries as we've seen with other incidents whether they're internal like the one massacre and so forth in syria what's important is for the incident to occur to the end and the accusation to be made it's not really necessary that those facts be substantiated to war and whether later they proved to have been not as they were depicted initially if an incident occurs on the border and as i say one could easily be staged and the accusation is made that syria is responsible nato could vote on a war with syria in a very short time now let's talk about the situation inside syria reports are claiming the u.s. it could be helping steer arms to syria's rebels suggesting the operation involves syria's muslim brotherhood there what does that tell us if anything. well i think it tells us an awful lot there have been more or les

but even with hindsight after the nato bombing of yugoslavia all ruin the alliances the strikes in libya last year history isn't. been prevented from repeating itself again and again with this seven images coming from syria and making world headlines everybody agrees there is who are guilty must be punished but the reaction from the international community has been so sweet and so cardin ated the risk is that punishment will come before even those who are truly responsible wrecks and that could mean not just a loss of justice but also huge loss of life. grace nor should our t. reporting from syria. meanwhile moscow is stepping up its efforts to mediate a diplomatic solution in syria it wants an international contact group to persuade damascus and the rebels to halt violence and begin talks but russia says some external players of provoking the syrian opposition to continue fighting despite kofi annan peace plan. when we hear reports of another massacre in syria and currently we see such atrocities almost daily with many international media outlets place the blame entirely on damascus the

military and the nato. that's let's talk about for a minute we complained about the u.s. drone strikes they don't choose they say in the alliance acts against international law is markedly similar doesn't it to what western aid is accused syria's president of doing kind of double standards own them. i see no one has been really undermine the international system in the twenty first century the first decade now of course we're in the second decade of the twenty first century no one has undermined the international system more than nato and the united states and this is very very dangerous i mean this might sound a little alarmist or romantic maybe but if we go back a hundred years ago the early years of the twentieth century the very reason the world went on to extreme armament didn't weaponization and of course endless wars is because of the mistakes committed by the western powers and i'm very concerned to see these very same western powers sort of messing up and really planting chaos in our region and we will pay the price for what these people are doing here and and i

military and the nato. that's let's talk a bit about for a minute complained about the u.s. drone strikes they don't choose they say in the alliance acts against international law is markedly similar to what western aid is accused syria's president of the kind of double standards own land. i think no one has really undermined the international system in the twenty first century the first decade now of course we're in the second ticket of the twenty first century no one has undermined the international system more than nato and the united states and this is very very dangerous i mean this might sound a little alarmist or romantic maybe but if we go back a hundred years ago the early years of the twentieth century the very reason the world went on to extreme armament didn't weaponization and of course endless wars is because of the mistakes committed by the western powers and i'm very concerned to see these very same western powers sort of messing up and really planting chaos in our region and we will pay the price for what these people are doing here and i think i think good

to force regime change in damascus though the syrians may have deliberately been sending turkey and nato a message like back off. to cross talk syria turkey relations i'm joined by ryan morrow in new york he is the national security analyst of radical islam dot org and a fellow with the clarion fund in london we have patrick case he's a journalist and political commentator at spike magazine and in beirut we cross to joseph key he is an author and columnist for gulf news all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want just if i go to you first in beirut we sing a game of chicken being played out here because this story of this the shoot the shooting down of this turkish jet there's a lot of questions still to be answered here i mean are there elements on both sides looking for a showdown and if there is a showdown how do you think it will play out. well we don't know exactly what happened as of now there are claims on both sides clearly what we do know is that turkey has sent one of its jets it's very questionable that a single jet like this will

to force regime change in damascus though the syrians may have deliberately been sending turkey and nato a message like back off. to cross talk syria turkey relations i'm joined by ryan morrow in new york he is the national security analyst of radical islam dot org and a fellow with the clarion fun in london we have patrick case he's a journalist and political commentator at spike magazine and in beirut we cross to joseph key he is an author and columnist for gulf news all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want just if i go to you first in beirut we seeing a game of chicken being played out here because this story of this the shoot the shooting down of this turkish jet there's a lot of questions still to be answered here i mean are there elements on both sides looking for a showdown and if there is a showdown how do you think it will play out. well we don't know exactly what happened as of now there are claims on both sides clearly what we do know is that turkey has sent one of its jets it's very questionable that a single jet like this woul

and nato who are creating a civil war in syria in terms of arming commando mercenaries thugs flooding the country with weapons doing everything. that they can to destabilize syria and the latest massacre in houla is just one more example because it's this exact scenario that the u.s. has used to justify quote humanitarian intervention in the past and after they create total destabilization send in all sorts of mercenaries and armed groups and they claim that they're going in in order to save the situation it's absolute hypocrisy and ford and they've done it with the u.n. security council support and they've done it without u.n. security council support and we've seen this in the past and it's clear that the u.s. is not interested in a diplomatic solution they are in every way trying to move toward military intervention which means massive destruction of the entire country but they're already responsible for great destruction. what are the strife in syria drags on the rebels are being sustained by a constant flow of alms reportedly coming through neighboring lebanon but this deadly tra