east so looking at had this son the divisions will be a big part of what's going on in the middle east if you what do you think i mean i use new york colonialism you seem to agree he didn't. this is not a green i think this is just semantics the u.s. is behaving just a. imperialist new clueless but we're so this isn't changing regardless of all we made try to see things differently the u.s. is trying as much as it can to gain influence i wouldn't agree with with the saying that the u.s. is effectively trying to retreat from syria over the middle east and concentrate on the gulf you know to some extent perhaps in egypt but the u.s. is trying to gain a lot of ground. you know trying to the outcome of the crisis in syria to the advantage of the jihad and the and the armed opposition josh are you afraid that syria is just going to explode we had libya imploded but syria could explode and then again let's say with the sectarian issue well i'd not sure i think that has been overblown the sort of first world war in the middle east because syria sectarian problems are just going to sweep over

jewish nation in the middle east. not because of the lens we so-called occupied. it is the value we are working upon them in israel and the values of our democracy following very carefully their election here in the united states and beginning to be interesting. but we do father and we do to the american people and the american values. sometimes too much. for example today of independence in israel, a big celebration you'll find people in the israeli flag and the american flag. i don't like it. i put on my car only the israeli flag. why do people do with? to democracy and values of the american people. one of my main point in my book is israel is not america. even though we love america, we are not america and we cannot make mistakes because if you make a mistake, you pay a price, but you are able to correct it. if israel makes the mistake, we cannot correct it. we saw in the past. the main point of my book that israel must make decisions according to israel. we do not have to think or to try to satisfy anyone. even i

the shiites in the middle east has effectively led to a sort of the goal is ation of the shiites in iraq. he was to a certain extent standing up to iran and so i would not agree with the. you know saying that the shiites in iraq are somewhat more shiite than they are arabs because as we know you know they do have a history of being having fought you know the main rank and file of the iraqi army during the the the war with iran was basically a shiite army and this is also true today so while there is a certain affinity towards iran in iraq today. iraqis were to a certain extent more willing to compromise with the americans and with the worst but this this policy by the u.s. has effectively caused the shiites and throughout the middle east to become alienated and to join the certain axis of resistance to western interests and what do you think about that axis against western interests. when blame the united states for the sectarian divisions they have existed in the middle east for hundreds of years and they were exacerbated by the iranian revolution you have. a theocracy in iran that

not only american, but very visible presence in the middle east. there is no more high-profile example of america's involvement in the region in the presence of uav. >> this american university put in beirut on purpose? back in 1850s, what was beirut like? >> a ruthless and still is a multicultural cosmopolitan international city, were east meets west. then and now, muslims and christians on mexico exist to a different degree and the american missionary presence in the middle east was significant in beirut and it became sort of launching pad for creating what became the greatest university in the region because of this action. >> at the university happened but in another middle eastern city and survived? >> perhaps, but the american presence was no greater anywhere else in addition to being ambition is an visionary and practical and compassionate come was very picchu radically american. he wanted to create a school that was not going to be controlled by other nationalities or other interests. he wanted a score that represented the american model of

shiites in the middle east has effectively led to a certain radicalization of the shiites in iraq. as we know nobody in maliki was to a certain extent standing up to iran and so i would not agree with the. you know saying that the shiites in iraq are somewhat more shiite than they are arabs because as we know you know there is they do have a history of being having fought you know the main rank and file of the iraqi army during the the the war with iran was basically a shiite army and this is also true today so while there is a certain affinity towards iran in iraq today. iraqis were and were to a certain extent more willing to compromise with the americans and with the worst but this this policy by the u.s. has effectively caused the shiites in throughout the middle east to become alienated and to join the certain axis of resistance to western interests and what do you think about that axis against western interests. why one blame the united states for the sectarian divisions they've existed in the middle east for hundreds of years and they were exacerbated by the iranian revoluti

we know that this is a time of revolution in the middle east. it started with a fruit sell seller in tunisia and toppled a 230-year dictator that spread to egypt and the egyptian revolution was concern to the united states. egypt has long held incredible importance to u.s. policy in the middle east. the u.s. reaction to that revolution was unclear. there were some that said this was a good thing that this would only lead to democracy. there were others who insisted that mubarak was not a dictator, which might be an insult to dictators if he spent 30 years securing that grip on power. the revolution in egypt has taken many turns. the muslim brotherhood has come to power through the ballot box but has been marred thanks to edicts by morsi. earning him the title of morsilini. or mubarak with a beard. revolution is going. syria is teetering, jordan is burning and the future is yet to be written. the question, will there be elections, will islamists win, will it be one man one vote or one man, one vote, one time. with that, we are going to debate the

markey is looking better and better in the middle east. if there is one country -- monarchy is looking better and better in the middle east. if there is one country that has figured it out, it is morocco. >> my basic argument for the proposition on our side of the debate is an argument for reality. open your eyes and seeing where we are today, two years into these uprisings and changes. in region of the world just narrowly focused on the middle east, which has about 20 countries, the vaccine political change in four of them. -- you have seen political change in four of them. we're at the start of a process. our response from washington has been very philosophical and intellectual, but not very operational. this process is moving forward. when you look at the demographic, social, economic pressures that these societies face -- as some of these countries, political islamist forces will come to power. politics is becoming much more complicated in the middle east. what worries me the most in washington is that we ourselves do not have a functi

east so looking at had this son the divisions will be a big part of what's going on in the middle east if you what do you think i mean i use neocolonialism you seem to agree he did and. this is not a green i think this is just semantics the u.s. is behaving just start a. new clueless ball we're so this isn't changing regardless of all we need try to see things differently the u.s. is trying as much as it can to gain influence i wouldn't agree with with the saying that the u.s. is trying to retreat from syria over the middle east and concentrate in the gulf you know to some extent perhaps in egypt but the u.s. is trying to gain a lot of ground. you know trying to the outcome of the crisis in syria to the advantage of the jihad is there and the and the armed opposition josh are you afraid that syria is just going to explode we had libya imploded but syria could explode and then again let's say with the sectarian issue well i've not sure i think that has been overblown the sort of first world war in the middle east because syria sectarian problems are just going to sweep over the rest of

welcome to the middle east. the israeli commander of the paratroopers, the founder of the paratroopers, who parachuted into the pass was none other than ariel sharon. to this day, there is a controversy over whether sharon moved his troops, exceeded his orders by moving them into the pass and engaging a far superior egyptian force and in the process incurred a great number of casualties, the greatest number of casualties in the entire war were from that operation. to this day, it's a form of controversy. >> how old would he have been? >> he was a young man. early 30's. >> some of the other personalities involved. yitzhak rabin, where was he in 1956, leading to the 1967 war? >> he was a commander in the northern district. wasn't involved in the war. >> where was moshe dayan? >> he was the chief of staff. >> where was myere? >> she was the foreign minister. >> lebeshkov? >> a finance minister. >> who were some of the other leaders? >> we had a dual capacity as the ambassador to the u.n. and united states. >> was h

, studying the middle st east, making connections andeast friendships in the middle east for a quar ater century. the r why that's important is, of course, he knows of what he knoo speaks. spe there's so many people who woule like to write about a region without understanding thet under players, and lucky for us that the professor knows quite a bith about what is happening in syrih and can answer some of the verym akportant issues that are takint inace today. in fact, this past month lingsba there's been a lot of activity is go there he'll touch on. i'm the host of idea lounge on co-op radio, and we both would like to thank the book festival in texas for inviting us to be here.adio professor, welcome. >> thank you. [applause] festival for inviting to us be here. [applause] >> thank you. >> just as pint of housekeeping, we're going to be conversing for a half an hour, and then we'd like to invite you to join the discussion because we are live on tv, the microphone is placed over there in the center of the tent, and way'll have 15 minutes for q & a. i know there are a lot more questions th

next the latest edition of peter novell's crosstalk debates the few saw the middle east and if. you mean isn't this true even for specialists a voice can produce several sounds it warms to do lenience the art of throat singing comes naturally picked up like a language. a language of communicating with nature it said that's where throat singing originates from the unions believe not only animals but also all surrounding objects like reverse forests and even stones of souls and by imitating the sounds they believe assumes to capture the power of nature. through our special instruments that accompany the singing give gainey says there is even a legend about his instrument a gill it says he wants to leave to poor shefford who had the best horse that won every competition but jealous people killed the horse was revived as an instrument that was it of so pitiful is because of the spirit of the horse coming to his dream he said make an instrument from the tree the sounding board from the leather of my face the strings. and to remember me make an engraving of my head part of the instrum

eisenhower makes its way back from the middle east on board about five thousand sailors. ike as it's known as one of ten aircraft carriers the u.s. navy now has been commissioned the massive military ship has an estimated worth of four point five billion dollars over a thousand feet long i can carry eighty to ninety aircraft that includes planes and helicopters soon drones will be on board ike and other aircraft carriers like it before returning to its home base here in norfolk virginia the u.s.s. eisenhower was one of the largest instruments of power in the persian gulf as part of the fifth fleet there was ready to respond in the event of an emergency in the middle east for six months the u.s.s. eisenhower was tasked with keeping the peace in the waters of the middle east we completed a six month deployment over the mediterranean european go the indian ocean there we executed our mission to set the conditions for economic prosperity and maritime security part of that means patrolling the strait of hormuz a critical waterway through which twenty percent of the world's oil

the middle east and especially libya was chris's bandstand. he knew the members gained through collaboration and personal approach. i want to share one last memory. our daughter maggie was born in 1994 with profound life threatening problems and required many surgeries and long hospitalizations during the first few years. "the chronicle" ran a story in 1996. chris's momma -- mom mary cut out that and sent it to cairo. chris took his time to write a thoughtful note expressing his concern and wishing us well, commenting on how cute maggie was. he closed that note as follows. as they say in this part of the world, and you will forgive me for butchering the arabic. may allah make things easier for you. this is my wish for chris's family and friends today, as we mourn his loss. the world will never -- the world never saw a kinder, more resolute and enlightened soul. his integrity, character, empathy, his courage, his tolerance were ever present, unchanging, even with all his success and fame and in the face of every challenge. we feel so sad to hav

in the middle east can be. we had to the violence extending as far as bangladesh and i wonder through the lens that you have developed in the book, the analytical approach, what you say to policymakers as they try to figure out how to respond to an islamic world is just exploding with vinegar and instability. >> i would say that communications technology has collapsed but rather than the eight geography is in its preciousness as now you have people in indonesia that care about what they did interrupting the flotilla and you have crawled in bangladesh and i'm sure tomorrow we may see in malaysia and indonesia and elsewhere enraged about the movie a was made in california but while rage can spread around the world, it is a starting point. once you start to analyze what is likely to happen in egypt next and in syria you get different scenarios based on the legacy of geography. geography shows libya was in the country but a geographical expression with triple the oriented than tunisia or alexandria and egypt so it

he says make a shift in the geography of the middle east is now on the horizon what they're discussing next on the future of an independent kurdish state. fifty feet it's. easy to. see. wealthy british style scientists are not on the tireless. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much cause or there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our cheap place. the show would be so much brighter if you knew about songs from fines to pressure. to start on t.v. don't come. on. below and welcome across time to tell the kurds would seem like a fantasy only two years ago could become a reality very soon with a strong sense of identity and spread across the middle east the kurds are making gains towards the goal of creating their own state while the arabs fight among themselves for the kurds planning. to cross not the kurdish issue i'm joined by my guests in washington edward joseph he's an international conflict a democracy expert and we have that's the bill again he's the executive director of the rethink insti

picture discussion in the middle east also isn't it a failure of the so-called free market would be a boil companies are allowed to run around polluting our environment at the expense of our health and lives that and more into night's big picture rubble and drones are supposed to be used in combat situations with our enemies and yet we're using them against people in nations that were allies with what kind of precedent are we setting for the future of drone warfare across the globe share my thoughts into that steely take. tonight we have a special bigger picture discussion on the middle east history was made in new york city yesterday as the united nations general assembly approved a resolution that implicitly recognizes palestinian statehood in a vote of one hundred thirty eight to nine with forty one nations abstaining the u.n. elevated the palestinian authority's u.n. observer status from entity to nonmember state so what are the ramifications of that un decision and what are the key issues preventing peaceful and constructive negotiations between israel and the palestinians join

we are spending billions in the middle east. every exercise, every military exercise is $100 million, probably. every aircraft that we finance to give to a country in the region is money spent. the bases that we run, the presence we have in the region, all of these add up and they're big. how about the intelligence capabilities we have? but is billions right there. -- that is billions right there. this is the yen and the gang. -- yin and yang. the programs that are trying to build and norms, established codes of conduct within chemical and biological institutes better try to make sure the nuclear power plants -- their very important. >> in terms of hard core national security stuff, and what to shift from this paradigm where we imagined iran building a nuclear weapon, putting it on a missile, firing it into your or israel, and ultimately getting a icbm technology, being able to reach the united states? this is a classic paradigm. wmd terrorism. what are the real risks of wmd terrorism and throw their significant risks. -- terror

an authority already in the middle east. a fine student of arabic. much more. he gave me careful and cogent advice and council as we wrestled together with the many growing problems that even back then were en endemic to the country's work. i learned about benghazi, as the critical changes in libya began to unfold. his leadership there at a time of great importance and danger was a tribute to his courage and bravery. his skill and dedication as a diplomat. to his commitment to a new and better libya. benghazi in a real sense, as you have heard today, became his city. as it is with a deep sense of fate that in benghazi he and his colleagues gave that last full measure for his country and his many friends in the city where he died, continuing to defend and prosper their hopes and their aspirations for the future. many have commented since on chris's salient commitment to the people of benghazi. john thorn writing in the christian science monitor noted that when he passed in the street, the young men would call out, hello, chris. they knew his face. would laugh an

bahrain is caught up in big forces of work in the middle east. the pressure for change. the interest of major powers. perhaps most of all, religious sectarianism, which is causing unrest and violence across the region. collected -- and connected by a 25 meter causeway is saudi arabia, bahrain fifth big brother. the saudis sent troops across the causeway last year to help crush the first phase of the uprising. sunni saudi arabia believes that shia iran is making trouble in bahrain, which means it is a proxy battle field in their cold war. the u.s. faces a fleet here. all of that puts the bahrainis deeply inside the middle east pressure cooker. >> there are other forces and other people doing things that have deepened what has happened. there are national forces. >> you are saying iran? >> it can be iran. it can be others. and dissemination of sectarianism and hatred. we are doing our best to stop this. >> and bahrain is a barometer for the gulf. if the crisis cannot be solved by the country's politicians, bahrain will export trouble to the region, sharpening sectarianism

the basic rule of middle east policy. you can always get nuttier. >> yes. >> so the big issue is that the center left coalition is not really a coalition. >> what is she doing? >> she is running this party, then this one leaves that party because they don't want to be in that party so you have a lot of formidible politicians in the center and left but they hate each other so they can't seem to form an effective counterbalance. netanyahu will be the next prime minister anyway barring some unforeseen disaster for him. >> is there an alternative political coalition to him? >> not right now. >> not right now. amazing. quickly, morsi, what's -- wow. mubarak with a beard as they say. right? >> is that the reputation he is getting? >> what is so interesting is, and this is the important thing to remember, is that he's not mubarak with a beard because the people aren't allowing him to be that. >> he would like to be. >> well, i mean -- >> that is a leap. >> but you haven't seen much in the way of a democratic sharing, cons consul

asia and the middle east. the conflict in syria is bringing and violent end to a regime that harbors a large stockpile of chemical and biological weapons. and extremists seek to destabilize a nuclear arms pakistan. increasing military spending by rising powers in the asia- pacific region and turmoil across the middle east in north africa are altering the strategic landscape. at the same time, the nature of military conflict is changing. because of the new technologies like cyber and proliferation of missiles, we are seeing potential adversaries, state and non state actors alike acquire more advanced, hybrid and high- end capabilities designed to frustrate the conventional advantages of our armed forces. this means the military services must remain vigilant and strong and appeared to . to operate in a way that differs significantly from the past. we will continue to face terrorism and deadly attacks by ied's, but we must also be ready for more capable adversaries to attack our forces and homeland in cyberspace.

the developments in the middle east peace process. senator kasey hayes traveled to saudi arabia, kuwait, iraq, israel, the west bank, lebanon, egypt where he met with top officials. he met with u.s. troops in iraq and kuwait, and in iraqi mess with vice president biden and the general ray odierno, commander of the u.s. troops. more recently, senator casey has strong support of israel during the fighting in gaza last month. senator casey has said, quote, the u.s. must continue to support vigilance and the resolution with hamas. israel is the right under international law to set up a naval blockade, chief weapons from being sent to hamas, and the responsibility to protect its homeland. hamas is a terrorist organization that denies israel's right to exist. it has 5,000 rockets at israeli citizens and towns. it's a proxy for iran and the main impediment to peace in the region and, quote, then he goes on to say, israel's citizens deserve to live without fear as we move forward we must continue to do all we can to strengthen the unbreakable

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would its use be enough to push unraveling middle east over the edge? for insight we turn tt brigitte gabriel, terrorism expert and president of act for america. welcome to the show. >> thank you, melissa. melissa: this is certainly frightening news and frightening reports. from what you've seen do you think this is what syria is doing? >> syria is moving chemical weapons in a way they have not done before. they usually move these things around but the activities of the last 48 hours show they are up to something and the concern here is that bashar assad says if he goes down he will take the whole middle east down with him and i believe his last resort will be using chemical weapons in, if in fact he is losing. the rebels in the last 48 hours gained really good ground against the assad regime and there were reports that came out of syria yesterday, two different reports said, some said he died. another one said he fledded country. melissa: great. >> neither report is confirmed. if this is a fact he is losing he will not hesitate and use chemical weapons

they have a vested interest in the middle east. that's why they are working with him and also let's remember the iranians and russians are working together. they have a relationship. they want to assist us because assad is working with the iranians he is an ally of the iranians and he is defending that philosophy. >> walid if assad gets to the point where he either takes asylum or let's assume he uses the chemical weapons what will happen then. >> first of all depending on the scenario he may use that weapon if he is pushed to as we jewsed ea -- discussed earlier. if he is in damascus and they come to get him he may use it so he can exit and go to the western part of assyria. there's another scenario that may be of great concern. if he and the iranians are coordinating aattack in our interest as a region in a whole to stop the national intervention in syria this is where it becomes very dangerous for us, israel, turkey and syrians themselves. >> what is the arab world doing about syria in you have this guy who is a monster killing

this is the sum of all fears, this is the middle east. it went through five or six examples when the post war period we've already seen the government in the attacks and thousands of people killed i don't think anybody in this room needs a lesson on the kind of regime and the kind of terrorist organizations that are in the middle east and that come out of the swamp that is the middle east and so i would assume as a layperson that we must be spending billions in fighting the middle east nonproliferation. actually i do not know because as i explained, they are so desperate, -- >> does the congress know? the congress doesn't know, the executive branch doesn't know, do you know? >> they are in the conditions of -- >> part of our -- as a part of our report, we talk to a lot of people to try to get a handle. we know that overall on the cooperative reduction and the non-proliferation programs and the world that the billion dollars a year is being spent most of it in the form of the soviet union. folks in congress asked the congressional research

eisenhower makes its way back from the middle east on board about five thousand sailors. ike as it's known as one of ten aircraft carriers the u.s. navy now has been commissioned the massive military ship has an estimated worth of four point five billion dollars over a thousand feet long i can carry eighty to ninety aircraft that includes planes and helicopters soon drones will be on board ike and other aircraft carriers like it before returning to its home base here in norfolk virginia the u.s.s. eisenhower was one of the largest instruments of power in the persian gulf as part of the fifth fleet there was ready to rip bud in the event of an emergency in the middle east for six months the u.s.s. eisenhower was tasked with keeping the peace in the waters of the middle east we completed a six month deployment over the mediterranean european gulf the indian ocean and we executed our mission to set the conditions for economic prosperity and maritime security part of that means patrolling the strait of hormuz a critical waterway through which twenty percent of the world's oil

and this book is, of course, not about the arabs who comprise the largest culture in the middle east. the arab states are responsible for their own substantial shortcomings on the peace front but also for a legacy of hatred and incitement against israel that has to be dealt with in advance. it must be said the arab leaders have shown a deep hostility to the idea of jewish nationhood, and unlike their forebearers, they have shown little empathy for people devastated by annihilation and holocaust in europe. so this book is about israel's political culture. and it's most pointedly a biography of a modern sparta, the story of a military society and a powerful defense establishment, a ruling elite who have found it very difficult over the decades to engage in the processes of peace and who have enter a warrior kind of ethos that overpowers every other institution in national life. the ruling elite in israel is not a large class. there have been only ten prime ministers since david men giewr onif you do the double counting, and so it is possible to introduce them as characters in a group bi

[applause] >> secretary of state hillary clinton on this id to which in the middle east. after that, a congressional tribute to late senator warren redman then another chance to see first lady michelle obama showing the white house christmas decorations to military families. tomorrow on washington journal, paul weinstein, the former senior adviser to the simpson bowles commission, on the wall the commission's recommendations are playing in the ongoing negotiations concerning the fiscal cliff. from the government accountability office, they discussed the state of the facilities at guantanamo bay and the factors to be considered in moving detainee's stateside. and what did it did for near east policy, the latest from egypt after president mohammad morsi granted himself hoarse above the court. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public-service by your television provider. >> now secretary of state hillary clinton talks about her recent travels to the middle east to help broker a

middle east to his assignment. his exemplary gift for making personal connections was invaluable as his role as specific representative and ambassador to one of the most complex and challenging regions of the world. therefore as we join in recognizing ambassador stevens am myself midst a sober outpouring of praise from his family, colleagues, fellow americans and the leaders of this nation, we remember also that chris stevens was beloved by many libyans as well. therefore on behalf of the residents of northern california and our entire state, we join president barack obama, secretary of state hillary rodham clinton, democratic leader nancy pelosi and expensive network of people in saluting ambassador chris stevens who will be remembered for his strong sense of dignity, his humility and his generous service to others. he will be truly missed by all who loved him and by all he served throughout the magnitude of his life's work. thank you for this honor. [applause] >>> members of christopher stevens family, ladies and

chaos of back drop incivility in parts of the middle east. former vice president dick cheney is now lashing out at president obama over his foreign policy our allies no longer trust us and our adversaries no longer fear us. when the the president can make bold statements and bold talk as he did in the last couple of days about developments in syria, but i don't think they care. barack obama isn't just dealing with his budget problems, he, in fact, is restricting the future capabilities of the next president two or three times down the road in terms of our capacity to be able to deal with fundamental threats to the united states. >> laura: of course, not everyone sees it that way. joining me now are former u.n. ambassador to the united nations under president clinton nancy and nile at the heritage foundation. all right, nancy, let's look at your reaction. dick cheney comes out and says we are not respected and not feared. chaos everywhere. and we're not really seeing leadership from washington. what's your reaction to that? >> he is just out o

i think it's time for him to swing for the census, middle east peace, something he hasn't touched in years and how he goes about trying to assemble -- chris: looks like he's getting ready to do that? >> no. >> i wish we could end on a positive note. chris: your chance is now. >> they are so preoccupied with the middle east, iran is part of that but on the national security side, it's iran, the state of egypt, syria. there's a ton of stuff he has to look at. chris: should we warn our grandkids that in the news when you're getting older there will be a topic called middle east peace process. >> in the history books. chris: it will always be there. >> i'm with the first one. i think he has a huge task, mountain to climb in selling his party on entitlement cuts. he's ready, he says, the party is not. the caucuses are not ready. it will be a huge story and very soon as to whether they will accept this half of the bargain. chris: why are democrats so protective of medicare and medicaid? >> it's a mystery to me where the other party is ready to raise rates. they have to give ground. chris:

voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state a middle east correspondent paul asli reports no one how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions from now on. it might should be no foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred fifty eight voting in favor nine against look at me forty one abstentions it's sort of political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations the national law and its violations of the rights of the palestinian people especially on. the expansion of illegal surveillance palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced to peace building three thousand more homes in the west bank a sure sign that the situation on the ground won't change overnight. it's not a step fo

we have moved to jabber he is an expert with the center for middle east studies and public relations and in washington we cross to our resident nader he is a senior international policy analyst at the rand corporation right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want josh if i can go to you with the security and difference here between the sunni and the shia have been around as long as islam itself virtually but how is it different in the arab spring and what events being played out in the region and we can't forget about iran. well it's become very politicized ever since the iranian revolution one nine hundred seventy nine america was boozed was kicked out of iran and went to saudi arabia to build up its major center of power and to keep its hands on gulf oil saudi arabia has become the armored base of the united states and increasingly the u.s. has has sided with the seventies now that the other big factor was going into iraq when the united states actually sided with the shiites thinking that they would be more arab than shiite but today by put

alejandro was on his fourth middle east deployment as part of the 82nd airborne unit. while is company was station the near kandahar, alejandro, on foot patrol, stepped on a roadside bomb. the explosion cost the soldier both hills legs. since the accident, he and his family vp been living at walter

i mean i invented the term invented virtual water because i had to explain in the middle east. the place where countries were running out of water in the fifty's sixty's and seventy's all of them by nine hundred seventy why despite running out there was no conflict i was a scientist to try to understand the water issues in this region and it was only when i looked at the food imports of egypt that i realized that what you did was quietly go into the world market for food because of the u.s.d.a. that's yes to your ways of running agriculture in the european union way running agriculture staple foods around the world market a half cost so if governments face this crisis of running out of food because it would run out of water it didn't matter there was no politics or tool all we did was import hard cost who's there how fast food so if you want a problem your food problem without politics all struggles and economics it's the next stage when you are there actually running out of also for other activities other parts of the economy that the politics get very intense and we could per

there will be time washington's lambaste dismay in middle east partner over those settlement plans saying they're ruining the peace efforts but prime minister benjamin netanyahu brushed off criticism today vowing to press ahead anyway and continue construction but jeremy corbyn told me he thinks televisa risking losing its. netanyahu seems simply to have not cottoned on to the fact that the vast majority of the rest of the world support the right of palestine with just support the right of palestinian recognition and therefore not of occupation of the west bank two state solution is something that everyone is wonderful signed up to but the reality on the ground of still not having complete free movement in and out and the huge number of settlements across the west bank of the settler roads and of course the problems of east jerusalem suggest that it's quite difficult to achieve it unless there's a real will to withdraw the settlements and allow palestine to develop and i don't see that will at all with netanyahu if he can't even rely on governments that are basically quite sympathetic to

obama administration's collectible middle east policy. egypt right now on the grip of the worst political crisis since the fall of the president two years ago. and in syria, increasingly desperate measures to counter an insurgency that is slowly but surely pushing closer to control of the capital city of damascus. we will take all that up there with the fox news military analyst, new intelligence report that concludes america's time as the lone superpower is nearing an end. john negroponte joins us to discuss our nation's future as a superpower and the challenges we surely face. and president obama ignoring immigration reform in the first term only a matter of time before he makes new proposals should republican party takes the lead on the issue. when will it be enough to lure latino voters in that is their purpose. egypt is worsening. clinical crisis shows no signs of easing as the new muslim brotherhood leadership tries to silence opposition. so far the obama administration is trying to play both sides respecting the countries efforts a

i invented the term embedded virtual water because i had to explain in the middle east the place where countries were running out of water in the fifty's sixty's and seventy's all of them by nine hundred seventy why despite running out there was no conflict i was a scientist to try to understand the water issues in this region and it was only when i looked at the food imports of egypt that i realized that what you did was quietly go into the world markets for food because of the u.s.d.a. that's us to call like the culture ways of running agriculture in the european union way running agriculture staple foods around the world market a half cost so if governments face this crisis of running out of food because it would run out of water it didn't matter there was no politics of tool all we did was import hard cost foods that have cost food so if you want to problem your food problem and without politics all struggles and economics it's the next stage when you are there actually running out of also for other activities other parts of the economy that the politics get very intense and we cou

weapons in the black market in the middle east and as far as the ukraine is we already know we have to analyze the picture of missiles at the border with that too late just how high why do you usually hear only u.s. officials for chemical weapons being deployed both of our shots are just completely absurd hype are you saying that they are ready weeks you look not only the components you mix the one you already have a weapon already loaded with this components which are kept separate and then the chemical reaction south happens inside the riffle after it has been or your body is mixing and is saying at the moment what we need to speculate but with a certain degree of reason is that the league moving some of its chemical weapons so the won't be captured by some of this is not missed gangs in fact beacher missile isn't that attack weapon is not a deterrent and also especially considering that the syrian army would never launch missiles across the border against turkey because the normal they will be attacking our nato allies. supporting the rebels as one thing but pursing sparks in our so

main middle east partner over those new settlement plans saying they're damaging longstanding u.s. israeli ties but prime minister benjamin netanyahu brushed off the criticism today vowing to press ahead and continue construction anyway british m.p. jeremy corbyn thinks television risking losing all its allies netanyahu seems simply to have not cottoned onto the fact that the vast majority of the rest of the world support the right of palestine to exist support the right of palestinian recognition and therefore not of occupation of the west bank two state solution is something that everyone is wonderful signed up to but the reality on the ground of gars still not having complete free movement in and out and the huge number of settlements across the west bank under circular roads and of course the problems of east jerusalem suggest that it's quite difficult to achieve it unless there's a real will so withdraw the settlements and allow palestine to develop and i don't see that will at all with netanyahu if he can't even rely on governments that are basically quite sympathetic to isra

one conference on a new free middle east israel denies it has nuclear weapons but refuses to provide proof that it doesn't always point to sleep or try to live the veil surrounding israel's atomic program. it's a story that has all the ingredients and in truth of a hollywood blockbuster nucleus nagging a hollywood producer and an israeli prime minister it's a story that here in tel aviv the authorities don't want to talk about but two israeli americans have put pen to paper it's probably be. best kept secret in the world on center stage as are known mulch and a hollywood producer and israeli undercover agent who is alleged to have smuggled nuclear triggers from the united states into israel a california engineer richard kelly smith says he was recruited by most in the early seventy's smith was later convicted in the united states of running an american front company to help move. the story first surface to be i files released at the end of last year and enjoys of goldman's tell all book confidential but this was a very limited operation in fact when the crown which is the hebrew acro

i mean i invented the term invented virtual water because i had to explain in the middle east. the place where countries were running out of water in the fifty's sixty's and seventy's all of them by nine hundred seventy why despite running out there was no conflict i was a scientist to try to understand the water issues in this region and it was only when i looked at the fully enforce of egypt that i realized that what you did was quietly go into the world market for food because of the u.s.d.a. that's yesterday culture ways of running agriculture in the european union way running agriculture staple foods around the world market a half cost so if governments faced this crisis of running out of food because it would run out of water it didn't matter there was no politics of tool all we did was import half the cost who's the health cost food so if you want to problem your food problem and without politics all struggles and economics it's the next stage when you are there actually running out of also for other activities other parts of the economy that the politics get very intens

me i invented the term invented virtual water because i had to explain in the middle east the place where countries were running out of water in the fifty's sixty's and seventy's all of them by nine hundred seventy why despite running out there was no conflict i was a scientist to try to understand the water issues in this region and it was only when i looked at the fully enforce of egypt that i realized that what you did was quietly go into the world markets for food because of the u.s.d.a. that's yesterday culture ways of running agriculture in the european union way running agriculture staple foods around the world market a half cost so if governments faced this crisis of running out of food because it would run out of water it didn't matter there was no politics of tool all we did was import half cost foods that have cost food so if you want to problem your food problem without politics all struggles and economics it's the next stage when you are there actually running out of also for other activities other parts of the economy that the politics get very intense and we could perhaps b

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welcome back to our bigger picture discussion on the middle east on our panel tonight. dr hussein and let's get back to it there was the cease fire that preceded the u.n. vote and all these other things and i'm curious your thoughts on. how that's going to hold and what you know hamas is clearly has a role in all this and that kind of freaks out the united states you know what words that go well what i think is the case is that. the entire issue was totally recontextualized by the war between hamas and israel the fact that hamas claimed victory because a weaker party confront a stronger party and survives they always claim victory big claim with egypt to have won some concessions on the blockade which seem to be illusory they don't seem to actually be taking place and i'm. surprised by that israel never israel has denied they made those concessions and i don't think they did frankly but it doesn't matter how a loser it is there's always this moment of intoxication you know for policies or for any oppressed people when they when they're confronted the enemy and survived

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i invented the term invented virtual water because i had to explain in the middle east the place where countries were running out of water in the fifty's sixty's and seventy's all of them by nine hundred seventy why despite running out there was no conflict i was a scientist trying to understand the water issues in this region and it was only when i looked at the food imports of egypt that i realized that what you did was quietly go into the world markets for food because of the u.s.d.a. that's yesterday like the culture ways of running agriculture in the european union way running agriculture staple foods around the world market a half cost so if governments faced this crisis of running out of food because it had run out of water it didn't matter there was no politics or tool all we did was import hard cost foods the health cost food so if you want to problem your food problem and without politics all struggles and economics it's the next stage when you are there actually running out of also for other activities other parts of the economy that the politics get very intense and we coul