first, if a dhs works with our allies to prevent terrorist attacks. second, they cooperate in particular to prevent terrorist travel. third, the visa waiver program provides incentives to maintain high security standards in deep cooperation with the united states. my first point explains how dhs works. to that end, dhs is nearly 400 employees in europe working daily with government, the travel public, the aviation industry, cargo shippers and others. it is dhs's goal to expedite legitimate travel and trade, both of which are critical to the u.s. economy, while preventing the flow of illicit goods and people and lessening illegal activity. much of this activity takes place at the operations level, combatting human and drug trafficking, screening u.s. bound maritime cargo containers, assessing airports and air carriers, conducting passenger screening and forcing u.s. customs and immigration regulations and investigating cybercrimes. on my second point, terrorist travel represents one of the greatest threats to european and u.s. security, and therefore,

certainly the allies did not think they could be trusted. i am just not qualified to answer. >> i think if i know my history correctly, the role of israel after world war ii was the implementation of the belfour treaty or agreement, what was eisenhower's view of the reluctance of israel to withdraw? >> you're not asking about the creation of israel? >> no. when he was president and they were going through how israel takes over the territories that were not involved in the agreement, what was his feeling about that? >> if you talk about the balfour agreement i only know about the suez situation i am not qualified to speak about the rest of it to. but he certainly put enormous pressure on israel to withdraw after the suez crisis. he appealed to the congress on february 20, 1957 for support for that and congress turned him down. he turned around at night and went to the people with a televised address and behind-the-scenes according to his memoirs, he threatened to cut off private contributions from american jews to israel which at that time wa

we've been working with our european allies and others in the friends. of yemen process and including partnerships with france and others to constrain the relationship of al-qaeda in which they operate by strengthen governments in other regional partners. such work helps us deny safe havens to terrorists which is absolutely vital. to deal with the terrorist threat and identify individuals preparing to commit violence, information sharing is essential of the the united states and e.u. are committed to sharing information and cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of terrorist related offenses. we work on the issues through the united states treasury finance tracking program. the department of homeland program passenger name program, and presidential directive six. there have been some concerns raised in europe about these programs, but we know our approach is to protecting privacy have more similarities than differences, and we share a strong commitment in protecting civil liberties. i'm confident with a common sense of resolve, we can achieve t

first, if a dhs works with our allies to prevent terrorist attacks.cond, they cooperate in particular to prevent terrorist travel. third, the visa waiver program provides incentives to maintain high security standards in deep cooperation with the united states. my first point explains how dhs works. to that end, dhs is nearly 400 employees in europe working daily with government, the travel public, the aviation industry, cargo shippers and others. it is dhs's goal to expedite legitimate travel and trade, both of which are critical to the u.s. economy, while preventing the flow of illicit goods and people and lessening illegal activity. much of this activity takes place at the operations level, combatting human and drug trafficking, screening u.s. bound maritime cargo containers, assessing airports and air carriers, conducting passenger screening and forcing u.s. customs and immigration regulations and investigating cybercrimes. on my second point, terrorist travel represents one of the greatest threats to european and u.s. security, and therefore, att

are allied with the americans. they have the ability to learn and improve. for the people on the fence, they may be getting good at this and maybe now is the time to make a decision to get closer. for our allies, most of the people woke up on monday and said, what are we going to do today to make sure that we are alive at the end of the day based on a treasure trove of information that we may have gotten out of the compound. it provides the kind of opportunity and redefining of the u.s.'s image in terms of competence and confidence as we move forward which will then -- we can build off of what is going to happen. this was this talk about an accelerated withdrawal of troops in afghanistan kind of scares me. we should not be pulling out. we can enhance the image we've built over the weekend by what we do this summer in afghanistan to show again, we are persistent, we're confident, and we are confident we are going to be successful and put the resources in so we can be feared and respected because of our capabilities.

the allies from both sides decided to celebrate the meeting. the american intended william robertson and the soviet lieutenant alexander soon vanished became friends the picture of the two men hugging became a symbol of the end of the second world war. we were both illustrating and i was grinning rather happy to meet each other. we were happy to know that we were the victors. the first link up of american and soviet troops could have taken place much earlier had the british and americans opened for a second front not in one thousand nine hundred four but when they first agreed back in one nine hundred forty two. thoughts on the establishment of an anti hitler coalition began on june twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred forty one a year later the soviet union the united states and great britain signed a declaration on the opening of the second front in europe. but one hundred forty two thousand nine hundred forty three passed with no second front to relieve pressure on the soviet union in the east. plans to open a second front were made. but

what others shared the sacrifice between the allies others don't even know who was at war with food how should we treat the world war two and what is the most balanced. here's the president of the moscow school of social and economic sciences. shortly after the liberation of paris not in forty four held in france show the people consider the soviet army as their main liberators now almost seventy years on people in europe seem to have a different viewpoint on this. believes there are a number of reasons he says while some countries value the world war two legacy the others nearly forget it so is the world war two becoming an. interesting only for historians here's our guest. you're welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us today. well first of all speaking about the history a world war two is it interesting today only for historians or should it be a matter of interest for why the pope was it should be definitely. true. public opinion if this assessing. about about the. future extent it actually happens it's an argument that. people who know quite a lot of things there a

in which nazi germany was defeated by allies that were trying to understand why people today don't have enough knowledge back then which should be well in the very beginning you said that they should and people should study that one isn't it time to forget for example you spoke about people telling the stories my granny never told me the stories about who she was that the french were she was in moscow she was under the shelling she she she saw people die next door in the streets and she never told the story and she never watched war movies she said i want to forget it i want you to forget it then she like this attitude towards tragic moments in history you know think it's along. on the home of a german or sings we would both of you but it is not good for us to forget it is not to know and to lose beauty to understand the future and clues are disturbing. in this sermon so to sing lost of the scholars. this is the kind of company to get a long might. here. he. said the face of that is the feeling that you have to know because then you are. able to understand it of today and also. against

the three threats i'm going to speak about are those posed by saudi arabia, al-qaeda and its allies. taking these three threats each of which is based in the persian gulf, let us first look at the smallest, at least threatening threat that which comes from iran. since our terrain embassy was seized in 1979 and america was humiliated for more than 400 days the islamic republic of iran has been the bedouin noir of the u.s. elite. the hostage holding created a hatred of iran among ordinary americans that is easily exploited by u.s. politicians, journalists, academics and pro-israel organizations. so successfully have these scare mongers have been, so successful have these scare mongers in hyping what they often call a nazi-like iranian threat, in fact, that in all of american history, there probably has not been a nonthreat like iran that has been more feared by the average american. look at iran and what you see. first, we see a relatively small island of shia muslims surrounded by a sunni world that despises them. and would rather kill them than all the americans, britains or israelis

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we went to war against al-qaida to protector citizens, friends, allies. over the last 10 years thanks to the tireless and road work of our military and are professionals we made great strides in that. we have disrupted terrorist attacks. afghanistan we remove the levant government around the globe we work with their friends and allied sought to capture or kill terrorists including several who were part of the 9-eleven plot. yet osama bin laden escaped across the afghan border into pakistan. a look at the continued to operate from the border and through its affiliates throughout the world. last august after years of pan staking work i was briefed on a possible leak to osama bin laden. it was far from sir, it took months to run this the ground. and met repeatedly with national security as we develop more information. finally, last week by determined we had enough intelligence to take action. we authorized an operation to take osama bin laden and taken to justice. today at my direction, the united states launched an operation against the compound in pakistan

and allied troops. right now if we were to pull them out we would have a karzai government sort of defending its interest i think you would see the major tel dan advances. >> nobody has said pull out. they sit reduce. islamic if you can hand over to the afghan forces and we maintain an advisory role that will continue all the wood isn't as strong as the government that actually has at least some taliban as part of it so that there is in fact some kind of settlement. >> i think the model that you're suggesting is much more realistic. but we are going to be able to negotiate the afghans themselves will be a will to negotiate broadbased government with the discrete power sharing arrangement seems to be highly optimistic and it's perfectly acceptable but particularly the local list tradition of afghanistan, the central government that isn't necessarily representative. and call them what you will have considerable influence again in the south and east of the country and if they are able to abide by certain r

allie. >> reporter: well, good morning. the state department has issued a worldwide alert for all u.s. citizens living and traveling abroad. and that alert warns that there's an enhanced risk for anti-american violence in retaliation following the death of osama bin laden. here at sfo as you mentioned security levels remain unchanged. when i talked to the duty manager this morning he says the airport has not received any instructions from the tsa to do things any differently than they were 24 hours ago security-wise. it is a different story at other u.s. airports in new york, new jersey and los angeles the airports there do have a noticeably increased security presence. now some of the air passengers we spoke to this morning say they're relieved to hear about bin laden's death but they don't expect it to change security at the airports long- term. >> it probably won't because there's still other terrorists out there. but the main person is out of the picture now. >> i think the system is more better now. >> reporter: now ju

, allies like his older brother. he learned how to relate, most importantly, to the man on the street. his family was not especially pork, but when you have nine mouse to feed, money is always intent supply. he could certainly relate to the american middle class. well, by the end of their assignment to camp needed ike and george had become close, close personal friends. ike and his wife were frequent guests at the patton house, and the girls love to play together. but in 1920 the army broke up the tank corps. patton went back to the cavalry from whence he came, and ike went into the infantry to remain with the tanks a little while longer. well, the final side of the triangle dropped into place in the mid 1920's when colonel patton, stationed at the homeland division, organized a trapshooting team to the division. a young and none major named omar bradley showed up to try out. one of the army's great shots, huntington see was a young child, a crack shot with the springfield rifle, and hit 23 out of 25 in a row. that w

. >> y aqui sufren los animales callejeros quienes estÁn allÍ por falta de acciones concretas para evitarron un nuevo refugio por 14 millones que tendrÁ un espacios y tambiÉn serÁ una clÍnica veterinaria y equipada recuerden, adopten con compren para salvar a los animales y una negligencia mato a una joven que tenÍa todo para triunfar. desde el salvador nuestro corresponsal. >> stefany era el rostro de la felicidad. > si lo era, el alma de la familia. >> pero hoy , esa mirada y su alegre sonrisa son cosas del pasado. hoy apenas pronuncia su nombre y por eso su unico deseo es volver a ser la joven alegre y sana de otros tiempos, la que hace tres aÑos ingresÓ al quirÓfano para unos operación de pocos riesgos sin saber que su mundo se haria pedazos. fue un coma inexplicable dice su madre porque era extirparle una hernia inguinal. >> paso que se pasaron de anestesia y el aparato que sirve para medir el oxÍgeno, para ver que respirar no servÍa. >> habla del oxÍgimetro aparentemente fallÓ y no los medicos no se dieron cuenta de si esto pudo ser causa del daÑo en el cerebro que intentar restable

that took the allies by surprise. virtually everybody. in the published version of patton's diaries he had an entry of nov. twenty-fifth, 1944 where he says furthermore, the first army is making a terrible mistake in leaving the eighth course status as it is probable the jurors are building a piece of them. in fact what happened was the germans were building up east of them. the eighth corps was the epicenter of the great bulge attack that took everyone by surprise three weeks later. patent -- patton had a sense what the germans were doing. but we look at the hand written page in the library of congress. the right page has the quote about the first army making a terrible mistake, patton's published or typewritten version in box iii of the patton paper. one of the patton papers have the hand written diary which contains no entry about the first army about any mistake of the first army or the a score or the germans building up there. it is hard to find the genesis of the discrepancy. obviously at some point patent new -- patton new is diari

accept a proposal backed by the un and russia but such a suggestion from the jewish state's closest ally was met with have a criticism going back to the nine hundred sixty seven borders will force israel to give up illegal settlements inside. do you land something tell of the was not ready to surrender human rights lawyer a new card says washington's calls for peace. action. when he spoke on thursday his top speech basically said that he wants to negotiate from the pre nine hundred sixty seven borders with lance wops which already assumes that there would be a recognition of the settlements that existed at the settlements would go anywhere this by their equal status under international law but notice that it is a package as he doesn't say anything different he says that it will not be the one nine hundred sixty seven borders because of like slops lancelot's means nor return to sixty seven borders but your islam and the surrounding settlements that are illegal around jerusalem will become facts on the ground as israel has once it is try to meet reality with the creation of an addict natio

see which continues to suppress dissent and learn its cluing that's consistent in losing one of his allies in the region it has been reported that iran has provided the syrian authorities with probability price in dealing with quite scared dissent all the while washington is watching we are watching very closely what iran is doing in the region. we hear praising the uprisings in the middle east and north africa. except it doesn't praise what happens inside iran and it doesn't praise what is happening in syria it is a further example of the hypocrisy of the iranian regime both concerts a visit using the other of their crissy there are fears that the sunni and fear divide will intensify even further and cloned. did much of the revolutionary. yes. political sense of course. there are critics and arab spring. steps however the story of the recent protests. as to what. crosstalk are. all right so i always go to the person that gets up earliest for the program that's you in california so i'll go to you first here how is the standing of the united states in the region now envious of the iran beca

on terrorism and law enforcement and the many different areas that we cooperate with our european allies, i often see russia included in some of those agreements and relationships that sends a signal that russia is helpful and a partner on a lot of these issues. i have -- i would just like to get your take, both of you, on issues of russia, how they are on issues of piracy, and if they've cooperated with us. and i'd like you to also address the role of organized crime in russia, and we're not hearing as much about it as we did maybe five years ago. i think it's fair to say, just in terms of press coverage -- i don't know if that's because it's become so routine or maybe it's decreased -- if you could comment on the role of organized crime in russian society today and how that impacts, if at all, the official russian government's cooperation with us on counter-terrorism and things like piracy. so i would welcome your comments on that. >> thank you very much, sir. i confess in the counter-terrorism environment, we have put aside the issue of piracy. i would welcome a debriefing on that. i

hard to keep track but we don't have any allies in the war on poverty any more than we've created with all the jobs overseas and you know south korea that's about game and i like it's north korea colombia it's about getting an ally in south america for the war on drugs panama and another like you know bahrain and the treaty we have barrera you know who is you know oppressing its government i mean it's government dissidents. and you know we trade is we're. absolutely and we get nothing in return yeah it seems like we're sort of stuck in this big or bigger political foreign policy system but i have to ask you know yeah it's easy to say that the companies are the bad guys or you know corrupt politicians aren't being honest but there are people like you and i to blame as well i mean like i don't really want to pay more for this i'm sure my company doesn't really want to pay a lot more for this fancy t.v. screen that we have behind us i mean we like the cheap crap that we get from china and vietnam or wherever else i don't know if americans are really willing to pay more to keep those jobs

who are allies. what is going on?to show a video from a journalist and a middle east expert. this is what he had to say on iran government press tv. watch. >> america, britain, france, economic difficulties. but it means the americans in particular and the british are prepared to use military power to offset their economic decline. >> glenn: the military power -- just, i want you to know who this guy is. first, this is a guy who last month resigned from the british socialist workers party after 32 years of membership. i guess being the expert of socialist worker paper qualifies him as a journalist and an expert on the middle east. so here is a socialist communist marxist revolutionary talking about the government as a socialist communist, marxist revolutionary. saying you know what? they're going to go to war. is this what our country is set up for? i don't think so. the iranians believe that. it's the way when people hyperinflate that's the way they get out of it. i want the show you what is happening to our country.

are working round the clock and pulling out all the stops to allow competitors against the taters allied. energies close of team heads to the hometown of europe's largest hydroelectric station and finds out how locals are trying to repair decades of damage to the river is the fishing industry of all grab . in the russian capital you're watching r t with me rima joshie welcome to the program the libyan rebels have failed to gain official recognition from the u.s. government's top rebel official was even denied a meeting with iraq obama in washington on friday mahmoud jibril is the first senior member of libya's national transitional council to visit the united states after meeting american officials to brill said the rabbits are having trouble getting washington through these kind of an obvious frozen assets. the administration had earlier promised to hand over some of the multi-billion dollar funds to the libyan opposition journalist patrick a rebel allegiance with the west is only alienating its. robert gates he's cautious about understanding who makes up the opposition and for an exten

ally alliance is under scrutiny. for. several decades and more is later it's still the question that's top of mind when it comes to the world's largest military alliance many people i think today wonder after the end of the cold war yeah nato lo and behold they have you said nato is busier than ever. set up to counter perceived threats from the soviet union the north atlantic treaty organization has plowed ahead without an enemy after the end of the cold war. some favorites that the alliance cost its region. instead what happened in fact and in violation of even the accords and the agreements at that time was nato aggressively expanded. and a larger alliance that once promised peace is instead pledged bombs in troops to afghanistan going on a decade. and in its latest endeavor the largest air strikes into libya despite uniting a new strategic goals back in november libya has launched the allies did discord some countries don't want to actually you know shoot ground targets some. air targets which are not. amidst the infig

guess in the united states pointed out the americans are playing a role here and so are american allies in lebanon. really is is is fun being groups within syria and the saudis are deeply involved in all of this but as i pointed out earlier i wasn't saying that the opposition to the syrian government is just some method but what i'm saying is that the concern in turkey is that the overthrow of the government would have very negative consequences for them that is how they apparently feel about it but i don't think the americans i think that as pointed out the americans and their allies they've had a role in the us in syria and i'm not saying that the syrian government is is that you know ordinary people who are killed that's a good thing but the fact that there are soldiers who are also being killed show that it's not simply a revolution or an uprising in the sense and i think again your. job you're going to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on iran state with r.t. . says . it's one. download the official t.m. placation phone the i pod touch from the

and its allies have learned a lesson from former conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. well you know my position was one of the thirteen members of parliament who are against the war in libya i do think that here it's very interesting that america is absolutely in the rear guard of this action france and the u.k. have been in the fore and america has been really a reluctant allies saying well we feel that there's an obligation to be with you here and of course we very few people would support colonel gadhafi the crimes that he has committed over the past forty years on his own people have been pretty horrendous. but america has not been at the forefront it really is almost repaying past debts and the americans have seen that they they have to go with britain on this one yes but some people say america hasn't been at the forefront because it's getting others to do its dirty work for it many people. say that britain is just being a lapdog and it's a one sided relationship with the u.s. that really would be a mistake and i stress again that you know i voted against this th

well the very ones french and british allies have been flying over libya. is it the opportunity to oust the gadhafi regime that is u.s. policy that gadhafi needs to go and prop up one more favorable to us foreign policy interests. of course to screw. up a so-called humanitarian intervention that critics argue was never warranted but which now may be causing a humanitarian crisis we didn't start a bloodbath but we are prolonging and perpetuating the suffering of civilians in libya the suffering that is now washing up on the shores of nato allies by the boatload of refugees though the united states has seemingly stepped back for libya he was the number one contributor to nato and therefore many would see the u.s. really as being nato now this comes at a time when the conflict in libya on the ground more and more people are calling a stalemate and it's the allied in-fighting as well as rising costs in every sense that same question people have been asking for decades comes to mind if. yeah nato lauren lyster r.t. washington d.c. so leave you in government clai

syria unstable for a possible regime change is there just maybe the united states and its allies are just looking for it playing out a number of different options simultaneously and seeing which one is most attractive when they get to a point where they find it is attractive it's not contradictory to have different different approaches. that's for sure i mean it would not be very wise to have just one plan they always have a prime b. and c. but they the united states clearly failed when he was when he invaded countries and made it back right now is trying to much cheaper way of undermining the regimes that are not friendly towards it and in fact in two thousand and ten head of israeli security interests can ask then said that syria is the biggest threat to israel and if they continue on the path they're continuing they would. send israel back to this nine hundred sixty seven borders and so syria is a huge concern if israel's for one thing they want the golan heights back and israel will not negotiate on that and i think any analysts that would agree that the united states foreign pol

and its nato allies literally couldn't afford to let that happen nor and that's not . what the international criminal court is probing allegations of war crimes committed by kidnappings forces in libya but now african officials also want the prosecutors to investigate the alleged use of branded weapons by nato from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris says the criminal court has a history of being biased. i'd be very interested to see how the international criminal court reacts to this i wouldn't be at all surprised if the allegation is true but what strikes me mostly about the international criminal court is that as ever it proves itself it has shown itself it is showing itself to be the handmaidens of western policy the international criminal court prosecutor has been in new york this we can only guess to date he confirmed what again i have long suspected namely that he intends to launch a prosecution against colonel gadhafi and other libyan leaders in other words he is marked string in lockstep with the western powers just as he did over iraq he rece

word i think would you would you think it's fair to say that these ideas and the idea that we're allies considered friends have now moved mainstream. yeah i think that's unquestionable i mean the notion of jabbing against a federal reserve was extremely fringe and eccentric and now there's a national mass movement consisting of you know people in the streets chanting and the fed and of us from all over the spectrum are recognizing that federal reserve policy contributed to the crisis ron paul now heads the subcommittee in the house that actually you know covers the federal reserve is right on that as she was been amazing and you have a point in years ago nobody knew what the federal reserve was and now i mean most people yeah absolutely no pun intended easing is or at least know that that is a term that exists that's had something to do with the economy hopefully they know a little bit more than that but that set aside from the ideas that could ron paul be a viable presidential contender. well we're seeing some reason to believe. a c.n.n. opinion poll this is actually kind of staggering

would pursue its interests and stand by its allies. but admitted there must be more. >> the status quo is not sustainable. society's held together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time. but they are built along fault lines that will eventually tear asunder. so we face an historic opportunity. we have the chance to show that america values the dignity of the street vendor in tunisia more than the raw power of the dictator. there must be no doubt that the united states of america welcomes change that it vances self-determination and opportunity. >> he said human rights and freedom of speech are essential. he admitted u.s. allies also needed to respond to demands for change. >> but if america is to be credible we must acknowledge that, at times, our friends in the region have not all reacted to the demands for consistent change -- with a change that is consistent with the principles i outlined today. that is true in yemen. sala needs to follow through on his commitment to transfer power. that is true in bah

is not applied to cia which is to suppress dissent is cluing not interested in losing one of its allies in the region it has been reported that iran has provided the syrian authorities relevant prize when dealing with wide scale dissent all the while washington is watching we are watching very closely what iran is doing in the region. we hear and praising the uprisings in the middle east and north africa. except it doesn't praise what happens inside iran and it doesn't praise what is happening in syria it is a further example of the hypocrisy of the iranian regime when both countries are busy using the other of hypocrisy there appears that the sunni and shia divide will intensify even further and close to the arab spring to do it most of the revolutionaries with basic wounding is both a political and social course is attractive the projections the arab spring will eventually spread to iran and dinner giant. steps remember the scale of the recent protests cannot be compared to what's going on in egypt maybe but not yet and that's a bit stronger for crosstalk. all right so i always go to

applied to soon as we speak to is to suppress dissent is cluing not interested in losing one of its allies in the region as has been reported that iran has provided the syrian authorities with their level of prize in dealing with by scale dissent along our own washington is watching we are watching very closely what iran is doing in the region. we hear iraq and praising the uprisings in the middle east and north africa. except it doesn't praise what happens inside iran and it doesn't praise what is happening in syria it is a further example of the hypocrisy of the iranian regime while both countries are busy using the other crissy there are theories that the sunni and shia divide will intensify even further and closer to the arab spring did much of the revolutionaries to its power would basically do years both politically and such of course has attracted the projections the arab spring will eventually spread to iran and to her dinner germs will follow in the barracks footsteps number of the recent protests cannot become passed to what we saw in egypt maybe but not yet and that's a trauma f

it does not change the fact that the united states from its allies, -- that united states, its allies, and the world will have to deal with those inspired by his actions. knocking out the biggest symbol globally is enormously significant. >> indeed. who do you see as taking over the al qaeda command structure? how big a blow is this for al qaeda? can anyone step into his shoes? >> there is also another potent symbolic force. he is not in a command position. there are forces in yemen and other places that do not take hierarchical instructions from them but were nonetheless inspired. the question is whether the various separate cells -- i would say in yemen you have the most potent franchise operating without the direction. it continues to be extremely important. it is trying to take advantage of the tsunami of change in the middle east and position itself to maximize its ability to create regional and global have oc. the command center is decentralized. bin laden.was in londo you have groups modeled after them. they will continue whether they are around or not. >> thinks you for your i