other point of view if you look at the middle east putin and russia are very strong supporters of bashir assad in syria the european union the united states would like assad to step aside and another leader to take over so therefore that's one point where they'll be conflict libya russia's change tried to libya and so on but in the arab world they need to play a role they always played a role and i think they'll be looking to play a greater role but from my point of view the greatest challenge to russia is really trying the economic political and military growth of china is a great challenge to russia in many ways the united states is not a threat. to russia china is potentially a threat in the long term. some of russia's entire ways it can now be peace and that it has repeatedly told corruption and creating a better investment climate in russia but are they really making any. six trimly difficult to do that because if you look at any country if you look at britain there's corruption if you look at the united states is corruption corruption is it really difficult to pay to remove one city. int

there is no way bashir assad can do this by himself and he is not receiving any proper assistance from the united states or any european power that would be able to offer conflict resolution sanctions are not the answer sanctions only hurt the syrian people but. if bashar assad will would be wise he would quickly invite a russian delegation to come in and help the syrian government resolve this problem the west though want sanctions the west thinks that sanctions are the way forward to try and force the syrian government stands you're saying categorically you think that is not the way to go. syria sanctions freeze the situation so that diplomacy is stalled it never works it is a bad bad strategy and it means that they lack ideas for advancing problem solving the syrian people need real changes and real reforms and someone need a third party mediation is critical to helping bashar assad's government go forward . i had the advantage of working with the syrian diplomats at the united nations and we all knew that in a time of crisis. governments begin to become paralyzed of course they mak

bashir assad ought to go. when we talk about the era spring, i think they know what that means in it has generally been welcomed as a genuine change in the region. but we need to evaluate these developments. each and every one of these countries is different and needs to be dealt with accordingly. >> next question. over there in the front. >> i and the average citizen here. when do we know the we won the global war on terror? >> when do we know we have won the global war and terror? it is not similar to a conventional war, where we get the battleship missouri in tokyo harbor and all the guys sign a document say that they are going to quit. that is not going to happen. there is evidence out there that we're making significant progress. i think getting osama bin laden is very useful to demonstrate a part of that process. but also, it may be the kind of thing that will gradually fade over time. i do not think that there is likely to be a aha moment where you can say is done. we will take a couple more. >> if i co

dictator who was in charge in using vaster kind of preserve his power and most of us can agree that bashir assad ought to go. so we need to make those kinds of judgment. when we talk about the arab spring, i think i understand what that means. and i think generally it has been welcomed as a fundamental change and reform if he wills to the region, but i do think it's important to keep in mind as we evaluate these developments that each and every one of these countries is different and needs to be dealt with accordingly. >> next question. yes, over there in the front. >> allison, i am the average citizen here. i do question, when do we know we've won the global war on terror? >> when do we know we've won the global war on terror? well, it's not similar to what we think of as a conventional war, where, you know, we get the battleship in tokyo harbor, that's not going to happen. and i think there is evidence out there that were making significant progress. i think getting osama bin laden was very important and very useful demonstrated part of that process. but i think also it may be the kind of thin

. >> what goes through your mind when they support bashir assad. >> looks like he is on his way out becauseat has been occasioned by his own people inside syria. he is one of the least popular leaders in that part of the world. it's the middle east. and stuff happens in the middle east. you know it. you've covered it for years. i don't think you can make a case that the world would be better off today if saddam hussein were still in power. >> no regrets about iraq? >> i think we made the right decisions. >> cheney is on a impa tour for his book "in my time." >>> up next, volunteers could be a cure for the job crisis. we talk about that live next. >>> a gunman opens fire on people eating breakfast at an ihop. four people dead and a question about the shooter's motive. that story in 12 minutes. improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno. ♪ apply fixodent once, and it holds all day. ♪ take the fixodent 12 hour hold challenge. guaranteed, or your money back. ♪ >>> one of the biggest concerns o

of all these videos and all that evidence, members of the regime, all the way up to the top to bashir al assad have been telling us what is brutally plain to see isn't happening at all or isn't what it seems. the denial is systematic, and it is staggering. but for tonight for one member of the assad regime, it is over. >> i the attorney general of hack mad announce my resignation from my position in the state that is shadowed by assad and his gangs. >> adnan al bakour, his whereabouts now unknown. his videotaped resignation surfacing on youtube. he said he could no longer stomach the regime's brutal treatment of protesters in hama and refused to lie what he himself has seen. >> i summarize the causes of my resignation by the following. one, the killing of the prisoner in the central prison of hama on sunday, july 31st, 2011. their number is 72 prisoners of the peaceful demonstrators and political activists. they have been buried in mass graves near the village of al haladea beside the military security branch in hama. >> this by the way is video from hama on the 31st. as you can see, the killi

supporters of president bashir al-assad stoned an embassy convoy and threw tomatoes and eggs as ford arrived for a meeting with a syrian opposition leader. the ambassador was trapped inside the building for three hours until syrian security forces escorted him out. the incident drew sharp criticism in washington from secretary of state clinton. >> we condemn this unwarranted attack in the strongest possible terms. ambassador ford and his aides were conducting normal embassy business. and this attempt to intimidate our diplomats through violence is wholly unjustified. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, syrian tanks and guns kept up a barrage of several towns north of damascus. an umbrella group for activists reported at least 41 people had been killed in the region in the last 72 hours. nato reported today that insurgent attacks in afghanistan have fallen slightly this year. that followed a u.n. finding that violent incidents have risen about 40%. the u.n. numbers included insurgent attacks plus assaults by nato and afghan forces on taliban fighters. also today, a roadside bomb killed three m

of all these videos and all that evidence, members of the regime, all the way up to the top to bashir al assad have been telling us what is brutally plain to see isn't happening at all or isn't what it seems. the denial is systematic, and it is staggering. but for tonight for one member of the assad regime, it is over. >> i the attorney general of hack mad announce my resignation from my position in the state that is shadowed by assad and his gangs. >> adnan al bakour, his whereabouts now unknown. his videotaped resignation surfacing on youtube. he said he could no longer stomach the regime's brutal treatment of protesters in hama and refused to lie what he himself has seen. >> i summarize the causes of my resignation by the following. one, the killing of the prisoner in the central prison of hama on sunday, july 31st, 2011. their number is 72 prisoners of the peaceful demonstrators and political activists. they have been buried in mass graves near the village of al haladea beside the military security branch in hama. >> this by the way is video from hama on the 31st. as you can see, the killi

charge and using violence to try to preserve his hold on power, and most of us could agree that bashir assadht to go. you need to make those kinds of judgments. when we talk about the arab spring, i think i understand what that means, and i think generally it's been welcomed as a fundamental change and reform in the region but i do think it's important to keep in mind as we evaluate these that each and every one of these countries is different and needs to be dealt with accordingly. >> next question? over there in the front. >> allison epierson, your average citizen here. when do we know we've won the global war on terror? >> when do we know we've won the global war on terror? well, the facts are obviously, it's not similar to what we think of as a conventional war where, you know, we get the battleship missouri and steam it in to tokyo harbor and get all the guy there is to sign a document saying "we quit," and that's not going to happen. i think there's evidence out there that we're making significant progress. i think getting osama bin laden was very important and very useful, demonstrate