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as night falls, men with guns stand guard across syria. there is little reason to think that they would accept the idea of the cease-fire. the road ahead is likely to see more bloodshed and death. >> inspectors from the united nations' nuclear watchdog have concluded that iran has increased production of higher grade uranium. iaea officials say that they are concerned about where a large amount of uranium has gone. >> the iaea says that iran is ramping up its sensitive nuclear work. it says that iran is increasing uranium enrichment at its main plant and at its underground site. enriched uranium can be used for civilian or military purposes, something that worries the best. iran says its nuclear work is purely peaceful. iaea inspectors recently held talks in tehran and they were met at the airport by protesters. the reports say there is no agreement on how to clear up the question. they said that iran dismissed the concerns as unfounded. the report is likely to heighten the tension about iran. >> not only have they increase their ability t
as night falls, men with guns stand guard across syria. there is little reason to think that they would accept the idea of the cease-fire. the road ahead is likely to see more bloodshed and death. >> inspectors from the united nations' nuclear watchdog have concluded that iran has increased production of higher grade uranium. iaea officials say that they are concerned about where a large amount of uranium has gone. >> the iaea says that iran is ramping up its sensitive nuclear work....
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and the veto on saturday. >> dramatically undercut the transition in syria. assad is operating on a premise with at least the constituencies that still support him where he says, you know, we can outlast this because basically we have an insurance policy and that insurance policy is provided by the russians and that insurance policy ensures that it won't be a kind of intervention. it ensures that there's a limit as to what can be done for us and so, stick with me, we'll be able to outlast this. i think had the russians and the chinese gone along with this resolution, i think the message in syria would have been quite different. i also think it would have had an effect on our side. >> onsee our side as hiding out and somehow, you know, with no electricity and no water and i don't see us that way. i think if our side saw that the real balance of power was changing and from the outside it would have an impact further on the inside, i think that you could see a potential change there. >> the more you created a sense of inevitability, the more -- stt idea as spend
and the veto on saturday. >> dramatically undercut the transition in syria. assad is operating on a premise with at least the constituencies that still support him where he says, you know, we can outlast this because basically we have an insurance policy and that insurance policy is provided by the russians and that insurance policy ensures that it won't be a kind of intervention. it ensures that there's a limit as to what can be done for us and so, stick with me, we'll be able to outlast...
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who will be the leader of syria? >> he also expressed concern that the ongoing arrest in syria could lean into weapons falling into the hands of hezbollah that is hostile to israel. said that israel cannot ovlo siatnshathat the military balance in the middle east. he has suggested that israel might take some sort of military action to safeguard his security. >>> the head of japan's nuclear safety commission says he acknowledges for safety are insufficient and need to be reviewed. made a comment dealing with th fukushima iichi accint. system on the way bringing in more rounds of heavy snow. strong winds accompanies that as well. that can mean low visibility. back across the continent that is going be quite settled and dry. these are going to intensify into friday. down here, showers from vietnam as well as cambodia and heavier rain is going be focusing once again that will be upping the risk of landslides and for flooding to occur. it is a very foggy morning for you. into north america, a couple of snowstorms here, to
who will be the leader of syria? >> he also expressed concern that the ongoing arrest in syria could lean into weapons falling into the hands of hezbollah that is hostile to israel. said that israel cannot ovlo siatnshathat the military balance in the middle east. he has suggested that israel might take some sort of military action to safeguard his security. >>> the head of japan's nuclear safety commission says he acknowledges for safety are insufficient and need to be reviewed....
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can simply apply their own rules, it simply hasn't worked in syria. >> los angeles times. >> i would like to ask you to go back to iran for a moment and spend a little time deciphering the various israeli warnings of the potential military action that you've almost gone through mood swings. is it unresolved? is it a message for the united states, for the p-5 plus one and if it's a message for iran and if it is, is it possible to decipher which message arrives at iran? >> i think you can have -- one of the things you know for certain particularly in international relations, but particularly in today's world, is that you can have audiences when you communicate things, but it doesn't mean when you have a message that even if you have multiple audiences, and put multiple messages that they need to be competing. one of the things is you want to see crippling sanctions and now you see for the first time crippling sanction are being adopted. one can ask the question if the rest of the world wasn't convinced that israel might take military action, would they have been as likely to adopt crip
can simply apply their own rules, it simply hasn't worked in syria. >> los angeles times. >> i would like to ask you to go back to iran for a moment and spend a little time deciphering the various israeli warnings of the potential military action that you've almost gone through mood swings. is it unresolved? is it a message for the united states, for the p-5 plus one and if it's a message for iran and if it is, is it possible to decipher which message arrives at iran? >> i...
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i asked him a question about the nature of the opposition in syria. the question going not to what the assad regime would be capable of doing, which, by the way, director, i thought you laid out in very understandable specifics, but, really, what is on the other side of the picket line, who are they, how much of this is domestic, how much is foreign, what is the regional dynamic? and he made one comment, i'm going to give you a partial quote, and he said syria is a much better situation than we saw in libya. it presents a very different challenge in which we all know other regional actors are providing support rebelling against an oppressive regime. we all know this, you made some comments about this as well. i asked him about the reports in the media last week that al-qaeda was involved in some of the assassination attempts in syria. he would not reject it offhand, he said he didn't know. but one of the things that general dempsey was very clear about was they were still attempting to analyze the intelligence information, to come to some sort of conc
i asked him a question about the nature of the opposition in syria. the question going not to what the assad regime would be capable of doing, which, by the way, director, i thought you laid out in very understandable specifics, but, really, what is on the other side of the picket line, who are they, how much of this is domestic, how much is foreign, what is the regional dynamic? and he made one comment, i'm going to give you a partial quote, and he said syria is a much better situation than we...
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we have this report from tunis. >> defense of syria conference was hoping to put more pressure on the syrian president, but it produced little agreement on how to do it. the syrian opposition says it needs weapons. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton favors an embargo on syrian oil. the conference was not set up to discuss the possibility of military intervention, but at the end of the meeting, france's foreign minister refused to dodge the issue. >> some people have raised the hypothesis. we continue to think about what concerns us in the security council. in the and, if the situation does not improve quickly, of course, all possibilities could be taken into consideration. >> in syria itself, that suffering continues. this video of homs uploaded to the internet appears to confirm reports that the city is under constant bombardment. the city is surrounded by government troops. activists say civilian deaths are a daily occurrence. like other rebel strongholds, it is running out of food, water, and medicine. help from the international community is seen as the only hope by many syri
we have this report from tunis. >> defense of syria conference was hoping to put more pressure on the syrian president, but it produced little agreement on how to do it. the syrian opposition says it needs weapons. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton favors an embargo on syrian oil. the conference was not set up to discuss the possibility of military intervention, but at the end of the meeting, france's foreign minister refused to dodge the issue. >> some people have raised the...
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the international consensus to try and see the situation in syria end. as you said, there are hundreds of things on our agendas at all times, and we keep in constant touch so we can deal with only some of them at every meeting. the situation in serbia kosovo, of course, is very important to the european union, because you do believe as you say the future lies in the european unit. the team at the moment are working closely together to try and support both into their future. i hope that both will be able to work on the plan that we've got to them that will enable serbia to become a candidate and enable kosovo to move forward with visas, with trade, with economic support, and eventually to see its future as well with the european union. thank you. >> madam secretary, lady ashton, thank you. the iranian letter refers to a readiness for dialogue, talks at the earliest possibility, and also significantly no preconditions in it for those talks. yet, you seem somewhat hesitant to embrace this. is it that you think the letter is not sincere, and what more do you
the international consensus to try and see the situation in syria end. as you said, there are hundreds of things on our agendas at all times, and we keep in constant touch so we can deal with only some of them at every meeting. the situation in serbia kosovo, of course, is very important to the european union, because you do believe as you say the future lies in the european unit. the team at the moment are working closely together to try and support both into their future. i hope that both...
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despite the danger, he plans to return to syria despite the dangers -- he plans to return to syria for more pictures. >> that is the "journal." we will see you next time. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--
despite the danger, he plans to return to syria despite the dangers -- he plans to return to syria for more pictures. >> that is the "journal." we will see you next time. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--
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the point is here, the question of syria is -- we are pretending that this is just about syria, it's about syria but it's also about a very important hurdle in the middle east to achieve a renewed domination or what have you and the objestacle is hezbollah and iran. the target of the attack is a resistance to any form of rule at the state level in the region. that is what is not being discussed. there are two major camps in the region now, the one camp which can be called the resistance camp is manifested by three actors, and a lot of people who support resistance in the region against arab countries domination as well as israel do not necessarily support the syrian regime or the iranian theocratic regime and not necessarily hezbollah, so it's important for us to not take this at face value as i shared and look at what is motivating a lot of people to support the syrian regime or the status quo in syria and try to oppose the opposition, but there are things at stake that are making the trade off horrible. most of the people in the region do not support the syrian regime and also, do
the point is here, the question of syria is -- we are pretending that this is just about syria, it's about syria but it's also about a very important hurdle in the middle east to achieve a renewed domination or what have you and the objestacle is hezbollah and iran. the target of the attack is a resistance to any form of rule at the state level in the region. that is what is not being discussed. there are two major camps in the region now, the one camp which can be called the resistance camp is...
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the political opposition inside syria. they have had a difficult time agree on whether military force should be used and whether or not they can be united. there is an effort in the estimable to bring these groups together. -- in is a symbol -- in stanbul -- istanbul to bring these groups together. >> how many more serious will be killed before this army is given the means to overthrow this regime and protect the citizens of the cities that are against the assad regime? >> that could make the violence even worse. >> we are already in a civil war. to pretend the violence can get worse is unfair at this point. they are committing the same atrocities that were committed by the father in 1982. there is no number of people that will be killed in preserving this regime. at what point do you say enough is enough? >> is the assad regime bowling to pressure? >> i do not think so. i think it is all tactics. this regime has adopted the thomas jefferson. that we either hang together or separately. whether or not they see to the delega
the political opposition inside syria. they have had a difficult time agree on whether military force should be used and whether or not they can be united. there is an effort in the estimable to bring these groups together. -- in is a symbol -- in stanbul -- istanbul to bring these groups together. >> how many more serious will be killed before this army is given the means to overthrow this regime and protect the citizens of the cities that are against the assad regime? >> that...
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ambassador to syria. you were there three separate times, has obama ruled out military intervention? what are the options for the u.s.? >> there is a range of diplomatic and economic options. the good news is that we have 13 countries in the security council, the arab league is with us. the secretary of state has talked about the friends of syria group that we might form. it would allow for a lot of coordination between key countries. and the sanctions on syria will cause their economy to collapse. the syrian town has already lost 40% of its value. the regime is under a lot of diplomatic and economic pressure. >> what you think the calculation is going through the president assad's mind? >> he is desperate to crush this nascent pre-syrian army. the more and more conscripts are defecting and joining these groups, this is a very uncoordinated kind of uprising. but he knows that if he doesn't put it down, it is going to take on a sense of inevitability. the u.s. is trying to get the sense that this regime is
ambassador to syria. you were there three separate times, has obama ruled out military intervention? what are the options for the u.s.? >> there is a range of diplomatic and economic options. the good news is that we have 13 countries in the security council, the arab league is with us. the secretary of state has talked about the friends of syria group that we might form. it would allow for a lot of coordination between key countries. and the sanctions on syria will cause their economy to...
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there are those fighting inside syria and the political opposition inside syria. they have had a difficult time on agreeing whether military force should be used and whether or not they can be united. in are efforts in istanbul to bring these groups together. >> if the opposition can be recognized as such, and if the syrian rebels were armed, is that something you think should also happen, arming the rebels? >> i think it is absolutely essential. how long will we witness this foreign fighting by body count? how many syrians will be killed before the syrian army is given the means to overthrow the regime or at least protect the syrians rising up? >> could arming the rebels make the violence worse? >> we are already in a civil war. to pretend that the violence will get worse is inappropriate and unfair at this point. the asad -- assad regime is committing the same atrocities that were committed by the father in 1992. there is no telling how many people will be killed. at what point do you say enough is enough? >> do you thi the assad regime is bowing to pressure? >>
there are those fighting inside syria and the political opposition inside syria. they have had a difficult time on agreeing whether military force should be used and whether or not they can be united. in are efforts in istanbul to bring these groups together. >> if the opposition can be recognized as such, and if the syrian rebels were armed, is that something you think should also happen, arming the rebels? >> i think it is absolutely essential. how long will we witness this...
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let me jump in with syria. we told americans to get out. your thoughts on the deteriorating relationship with syria and what is happening inside the country? >> these are very difficult, delicate, and complicated issues. did the united states or any one nation does not have the ability to change or control of events, and i think we saw about over last 12 months in tunisia and egypt as well as libya and bahrain, but what we can do is continue to work with our allies representing the middle east, the arab league, the united nations, working with our very close nato ally and friend, turkey pure against -- turkey. these are interconnected dynamics said do not present an easy way out. the only way to do this is continue to put as much pressure through every control we have to bring this to a peaceful conclusion, and i think the is going to require assad is removed from his position of power governing that country and hopefully bring new stability back, which will take time. >> there are some asking tonight, why not go into stereo? if there are 6
let me jump in with syria. we told americans to get out. your thoughts on the deteriorating relationship with syria and what is happening inside the country? >> these are very difficult, delicate, and complicated issues. did the united states or any one nation does not have the ability to change or control of events, and i think we saw about over last 12 months in tunisia and egypt as well as libya and bahrain, but what we can do is continue to work with our allies representing the middle...
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or iran. >> charlie: we're back to syria. i'm sorry. >> look, there's no formula. too many sirians have already died. one civilian dying at the hands of his or her own government, you know, for simply protesting peacefully is one too many. it's unacceptable by any standard. the question is what are the most effective and available leavers to halt that and in none of these circumstances is there a magic wand where you can wave in the next day and it's all done. if its with that easy with we wouldn't have dictators killing around the world but in syria we have an increasingly united international community. it's not just united states, turkey or arab coutries but latin and asia saying it has to stop and but for russia and china we would have had a resolution passed from 13 coutries from all over the world saying on behalf of the international community in effect there has to be a negotiated solution where power is transferred and a democratic syria emerges. that was the mission. >> charlie: is there evidence the russians and ch
or iran. >> charlie: we're back to syria. i'm sorry. >> look, there's no formula. too many sirians have already died. one civilian dying at the hands of his or her own government, you know, for simply protesting peacefully is one too many. it's unacceptable by any standard. the question is what are the most effective and available leavers to halt that and in none of these circumstances is there a magic wand where you can wave in the next day and it's all done. if its with that easy...
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the political opposition outside syria. i believe they are doing the right thing and they will be able to bring greater unity to the opposition and syria. >> to promote the syria national council as legitimate representative of the opposition. to ramp up economic sanctions against syria, to close embassies, and to pre position humanitarian aid just in case president bashar al-assad ever agrees to a cease-fire. behind the scenes, it was chaotic disagreement about whether to arm the rebels. britain has always been against it. the americans hinted they might consider it. sitting next to hillary clinton, the saudi foreign minister said he was all for it. an excellent idea, he called it. >> what do you think about foreign aid to syrian opposition? >> i think it is an excellent idea. quips one thing -- >> the failure of the outside world to stop the violence in syria is not to do with their own lack of political will, but the fault they say of russia and china. they have blocked any u.n. approval and refused to turn up to the con
the political opposition outside syria. i believe they are doing the right thing and they will be able to bring greater unity to the opposition and syria. >> to promote the syria national council as legitimate representative of the opposition. to ramp up economic sanctions against syria, to close embassies, and to pre position humanitarian aid just in case president bashar al-assad ever agrees to a cease-fire. behind the scenes, it was chaotic disagreement about whether to arm the rebels....
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i wish to see strong syria, the people of syria is very clever people, very friendly people. and i believe syria could be a very rich countryith a culture, with the tourism. it's a beautiful country. it's a beautiful cotry and i would likeo see syria for all of us to have a peaceful place where people can meet and people can spend their holidays. that's one thin. and the second thing i hope this does not take long. the third thing, we are not enemy for anybody, even the people in the government, even the president. we have friendship. but we are in a difficult position at the moment. we are in a difficult position. >> charlie: people are dying in the crises. >> exactly. >> charlie: thank you for taking this time. it's good to see you again. as always it's a pleasure to see you and to have a conversation that is vital i think not only to your country but also to the world. thank you very much. >> tnk you. i hope next time when we come we have lunch together. >> charlie: i look forward to that. >> my pleasure. m captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media acc
i wish to see strong syria, the people of syria is very clever people, very friendly people. and i believe syria could be a very rich countryith a culture, with the tourism. it's a beautiful country. it's a beautiful cotry and i would likeo see syria for all of us to have a peaceful place where people can meet and people can spend their holidays. that's one thin. and the second thing i hope this does not take long. the third thing, we are not enemy for anybody, even the people in the...
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i i.e., what's the plan if syria falls? >> that's a great question, because who would succeed, what would succeed assad is a mystery. we certainly don't know -- i don't -- what would ensue. as a quote that i read in my -- my oral remarks here at the outset of the testimony quoting the roman historian tacitus where he said the best day after the rome emperor is the first day, and after that it kind of goes downhill. there is no identifiable group that would succeed him, so there would be kind of a vacuum, i think, that would lend itself to extremists operating in syria, which is particularly troublesome in light of the large network of chemical warfare, cw, storage facilities and other related facilities in syria. >> i agree, and now i have fears that iraq is moving toward syria and -- >> certain organizations are in fill tragt the opposition groups, sometimes unbeknownst to those opposition groups. >> i know there was contact made about information gathering. can you tell me what they're doing to prevent breakdowns like the
i i.e., what's the plan if syria falls? >> that's a great question, because who would succeed, what would succeed assad is a mystery. we certainly don't know -- i don't -- what would ensue. as a quote that i read in my -- my oral remarks here at the outset of the testimony quoting the roman historian tacitus where he said the best day after the rome emperor is the first day, and after that it kind of goes downhill. there is no identifiable group that would succeed him, so there would be...
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two western journalists are among those killed in syria. american reporter marie colvin and a french photojournalist dies when their hotel is shelled. >> this is a sad reminder of the risks journalists take in what is happening in syria. >> tension flares in afghanistan. sketching the struggles in iran, one graphic novel on the web is reaching audiences in the hallway. -- in a whole new way. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for yet another day, the syrian city of homs came under sustained assault and this time, 8 feet western journalists were among the victims. reporter marie colvin and photojournalist remi ochlik were among the victims. -- this time, western motor photojournalist were among the victims. >> it has been like this every day for almost three weeks. syria's regime is trying to crush the revolution. this district is holding out but only just. houses have been reduced to rubble. this one was the base of the few foreign journalists here. many people died when this building was hit, among them marie co
two western journalists are among those killed in syria. american reporter marie colvin and a french photojournalist dies when their hotel is shelled. >> this is a sad reminder of the risks journalists take in what is happening in syria. >> tension flares in afghanistan. sketching the struggles in iran, one graphic novel on the web is reaching audiences in the hallway. -- in a whole new way. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for yet another day, the...
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and, of course, on going tensions between syria, iran and israel involved in all of this. by the way, the entire hearing is available at c-span.org, part of c-span's video library. this is washington today. democratic leader nancy pelosi critical of republicans for a lack of female witnesses at a birth control hearing. the story is available online at the hill.com "slamming republicans for holding a nearly all male hearing today about the white house birth control mandate while democratic women staged a walkout. here's what happened earlier in the day from democratic leader nancy pelosi. >> [ inaudible question ]. catholic church in washington, d.c. should the catholic church in washington, d.c. be required to pay for these morning-after pills and birth control? do you find that morally objectionable? >> you're talking about birth control, you're talking about women's health. i firmly remove, i want to remove all doubt in anyone's mind where i am on this subject. this is an issue about women's health. and i believe that will women's health should be covered in all of the i
and, of course, on going tensions between syria, iran and israel involved in all of this. by the way, the entire hearing is available at c-span.org, part of c-span's video library. this is washington today. democratic leader nancy pelosi critical of republicans for a lack of female witnesses at a birth control hearing. the story is available online at the hill.com "slamming republicans for holding a nearly all male hearing today about the white house birth control mandate while democratic...
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the european parliament debate the situation in syria today. did anything substantive, out of that debate? >> not really, except a lot of frustration at the billiard of china and russia to support sanctions against syria. anchor against the assad regime, and a sense, i think, of evidence, too, about what europe is supposed to do. european parliament has passed three resolutions condemning syria and demanded the replacement of president assad. tomorrow, there will be a fourth resolution. it will probably say much the same, but i think anger was the overriding sense of emotion at the 1.5-hour debate today, with everybody buying -- vying to condemn russia and china for not backing sanctions against the regime and also wondering what europe should do or has to do next to try to get the leader in syria to back down. >> some commentators say europe should not focus so much and trying to change syria but should focus more on trying to change the thinking in moscow. >> yes, but i think there is no real chance that is going to happen. as i say, everyone
the european parliament debate the situation in syria today. did anything substantive, out of that debate? >> not really, except a lot of frustration at the billiard of china and russia to support sanctions against syria. anchor against the assad regime, and a sense, i think, of evidence, too, about what europe is supposed to do. european parliament has passed three resolutions condemning syria and demanded the replacement of president assad. tomorrow, there will be a fourth resolution....
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iran has a major stake in syria. that's their top arab ally. >> so do a little try angulation. >> part of the problem is that nato overstepped the bounds of the mandate protecting the libyan citizens. and that basically scared off russia and china from signing on to something like that again. that was the downside. >> when the french came out and said, listen. we need oil, so the french were like -- >> the idea that we're playing with go politics and talking about people being hypocrite call is naive. no one functions on the broader morality. >> that's going to change as shared information goes on. >> the russians and chinese allowed for the protection, but nato overstepped the mandate. now they won't go down that path again. that's it the blowback from that decision. so regardless of what the outcome was. >> let's assume we have this entrance jens. when you have a situation like this, we have had the benefit of being able to rely on mubarak in egypt when cairo was the middle east. you could go to mubarak and say, we
iran has a major stake in syria. that's their top arab ally. >> so do a little try angulation. >> part of the problem is that nato overstepped the bounds of the mandate protecting the libyan citizens. and that basically scared off russia and china from signing on to something like that again. that was the downside. >> when the french came out and said, listen. we need oil, so the french were like -- >> the idea that we're playing with go politics and talking about people...
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on syria, the recent voeto by te united nations security counsel has bolstered the assad regime and has regrettably demonstrated the willingness of china and russia to support regimes seeking to crush individuals who are seeking a better and a freer life. we hope that the directors here will share with the committee what we know about the individuals seeking to overthrow the assad regime. what do we know about who is supplying the assad regime with weapons? what the regime's intentions are, and what we know about the willingness of the syrian military to continue to kill and maim their own country men. relative to iraq, despite the political, economic and security challenges that confront iraq, the government's leaders appear to be willing to work generally together, to resolve issues politically rather than through violence. while there is much this new democracy needs to do to build a true stable and sovereign nation, we would like to hear our witness's views on the iraqi progress to date, and their outlook for compromise. we also look for un -- in what is the iraqi government's commi
on syria, the recent voeto by te united nations security counsel has bolstered the assad regime and has regrettably demonstrated the willingness of china and russia to support regimes seeking to crush individuals who are seeking a better and a freer life. we hope that the directors here will share with the committee what we know about the individuals seeking to overthrow the assad regime. what do we know about who is supplying the assad regime with weapons? what the regime's intentions are, and...
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there's no oil in syria, we're never going to syria. we're going to iran where the oil is and where we can make more money off of more disastrous war that would last longer and cost a lot more money. really, as you can tell, it disgusts me. i'm not saying we should go to war in syria. i'm not saying we should use military force there. whenever you turn on television, everybody's talking about it is one place we should take action is a totally separate country iran. when we got attacked on 9/11, they came from saudi arabia and based in afghanistan obviously we should attack iraq, a totally different country. i've seen this movie before, and i hate this movie. when we come back, we'll show you how one piece of the media fox news does nothing but propaganda on iran, against the president and all for the benefit of the republican party. we'll show you how. >> they have been linked to barack obama, as you know. it gives me a healthy scalp and great looking hair. does it do anything else for you? no? no? yes. [ male announcer ] head & shoulde
there's no oil in syria, we're never going to syria. we're going to iran where the oil is and where we can make more money off of more disastrous war that would last longer and cost a lot more money. really, as you can tell, it disgusts me. i'm not saying we should go to war in syria. i'm not saying we should use military force there. whenever you turn on television, everybody's talking about it is one place we should take action is a totally separate country iran. when we got attacked on 9/11,...
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russian foreign minister sergei lavrof is in syria for a meeting with the president. he's believed to have called on assad to hold a dialogue with antigovernment protesters. they arrived in damascus on tuesday. a crowd of people waving russian and syrian flags gathered to welcome them. lavrov brought assad a letter from president medvedev. it's likely to have urged him to hold dialogue and promote political reforms. russia has friendly ties with syria, and hopes to win a breakthrough by negotiating directly with the president. >>> western leaders are focused on another dilemma in the middle east, how to deal with iran. israel is reported to be planning an attack over the iranian nuclear program. u.s. leaders want to weigh in. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton met in washington with israeli foreign minister. it carried a serious sub text. "the washington post" reported earlier this month that leon panetta thinks israel may launch an attack within months. president barack obama expressed his preference for a diplomat i can solution. the state department hasn't
russian foreign minister sergei lavrof is in syria for a meeting with the president. he's believed to have called on assad to hold a dialogue with antigovernment protesters. they arrived in damascus on tuesday. a crowd of people waving russian and syrian flags gathered to welcome them. lavrov brought assad a letter from president medvedev. it's likely to have urged him to hold dialogue and promote political reforms. russia has friendly ties with syria, and hopes to win a breakthrough by...