saudi who lost in iraq are trying cut to the road to iranians and separate their influence between iraq and iran. especially that they lost iran. and thank you for a great presentation. >> i have a question on the -- on the resolution and the u.n. if we get back to that for a minute. the -- the reaction to that, that i have heard and it's based more on popular press than academic press is that russia has personal ties to the assad family and they are more concerned about that than they are the syrian people and nobody could explain why this chinese joined the russians in the veto. it seemed obvious to me that the russians and chinese both go against interventions in internal matters, what they consider internal matters because they do not want it used on them. so i wanted you to comment on that. >> we are going stop the questions. last final word quickly and then we will have to have wrap up at 2:00. >> i hope others jump in on this as well. py any in terms of the tunesia conference, this is largely an agenda setting meeting with one principal -- with one principal item on the agenda an

iraq. the unit made 73 dangerous trips between kuwait and iraq. they drove nearly 4 million miles. the convoy was one of the very last to leave iraq. the war was over. and today, captain barton's wife, kelly and their daughter, m myly is with us. thank you, kelly. thank you myly. thank you captain barton and thank you to the members of the illinois national guard. you're our hero. [ applause ] i'm very proud to be the commander in chief of the illinois national guard and i'm proud to be governor of our state, illinois. it was almost three years ago to this very day that i took the oath of office at this podium during one of the darkest moments in illinois history. one former governor was in jail. another was under arrest, impeached and removed from office. both of my predecessors disgraced themselves and brought profound embarrassment to the people of our state. at the same time, our nation was in the throes of a national economic crisis based on greed and unbecoming conduct on wall street. our large and small businesses in illinois were reeling. our automakers were in dire straits

i think it's very easy to make this iran iraq comparison between you know the leading up to the iraq war based on false premises and what's going on now but we should mention to this negative talk this fear mongering about iran is not new it's not new in the last few weeks it's not even new under obama it's been going on for decades has to say this is just sort of more of the same. well rand was on the list that tony blair said dick cheney had that wesley clark said the pentagon had a decade back it's been on the list of the project for the new american century and the neo cons in this country it's been a target since the one nine hundred fifty s. and since the revolution in the late one nine hundred seventy s. it is not at all new that iran is the target but we have successfully persuaded the american public that it would be another iraq that we were being lied to for many years now and this campaign to get us into iran again has failed you public relations terms for several years now we have to keep up that campaign david swanson author of war as a lie joining us from charlottesvil

iraq which developed after the u.s. forces pulled out of the change in iraqi government policies relations between bucker in iraq have always been good historically speaking. but the statements we'll hear coming from iraqi politicians and regional governors aren't in line with our tradition i was referring to specific threats to the cooperation council nations there are also certain hidden threat to stability and security in the region and these have to do it but arrange relations with the allies such as the usa the e.u. and russia we'd like to have a clear strategy and clear mutual understanding of problems of regional stability and security with all of our partners we're trying to make our region safe for foreign trade vessels and contribute to global economic growth if we and our allies had a clear cooperative strategy we would have no problems with security has to belittle in a region where we can achieve that by establishing open and transparent relations with all of our partners and that's what we're in a full. on is the gulf countries peaceful nuclear program intended to counter iran's nuclear program or would you ha

iraq into kuwait. their unit had made 73 dangerous convoy trips between kuwait and iraq. they drove nearly 4 million miles. their convoy was one of the very last to leave iraq. the war was over. and today, captain barton's wife kelli, and their daughter myleigh are with us. on behalf of a grateful nation and a grateful state, thank you kelli, thank you myleigh, thank you captain barton and thank you servicemembers of the illinois national guard. you are our heroes. [applause] [applause] i'm very proud to be the commander in chief of the illinois national guard and i'm proud to be governor of our state illinois. almost exactly three years ago to this day, i took the oath of office at this podium during one of the darkest moments in illinois' history. one former governor was in jail. another was under arrest, impeached and removed from office. both my predecessors had disgraced themselves and brought profound embarrassment to the people of our state. at the same time, our entire nation was in the throes of a massive economic crisis, caused by disgraceful conduct and greed o

iraq it's. a direct clash between the u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china on the one in on the other side much more than it was in libya in libya russia and china and even that the other brics and germany as well they said ok maybe this is not the red line yet so let's give them the benefit of the doubt i mean the french and the brits and the americans the country was destroy syria you cannot do that because first of all they're going to have to fight the real army even if they're not very competent but they are battle hardened there's been two wars in the middle east the syrian army it's a smaller country there's more population you cannot simply landings asian is out of the question because they don't go all over the place the repercussions to turkey to jordan to iraq to saudi arabia so nato spread is to foment civil war and that's it's like it was echo what they are doing. well and also another i should say middle eastern country you know we report on there later this hour specifically on how security forces crac

between the she i can't and sunni. there will be people coming in from iraq and it will turn into a greater conflict between the united states, russia and china and we'll veto any action. and it's an ethnic conflict with the others seeking to break away. this could be almost like the spanish civil war was in the 1930s. >> cue does to the congress for doing something on the bipartisan basis and extending the tax cut and the unemployment benefits. but once they get that done, they will give the president plenty of reasons the do nothing congress. they probably will not even get a transportation bill done which is a serious issue for infrastructure. >> i have a prediction for you today. the artist will win the best picture at the oscars and the best news for a silent hilariousness. >> is it 60 minutes. >> i think it's longer than that. i think it's two hours. >> others predicted it. >> i think it's a long shot myself. but we'll see. my prediction, look for the caucus system to be questioned this year after iowa and maine. will have been questions about count. unlike the regular primary system where you have professionals

really showing the whole picture you know i think the difference what you have with with between iran now and iraq iraq twenty years ago and iraq in two thousand and three is that you don't have an administration that is purposely manipulating news and the information flow to create you know a result here you you have an administration that is probably stumbling around trying to find it. the way and how to deal with this problem and it is a problem but it is not a crisis and then the media the corporate media coming in primarily t.v. networks and chipping at the edge of the story which is the fear factor and you know here's a situation where ironically you might want the administration not to control the flow of information but the stand up and say look look let's let's get a message out here that this is important and this is somewhat scary but this is not the giant following bogeyman that everybody is creating and you know we are not pawns of israel we are looking at you know the the situation carefully there is you know you saw leon panetta you saw the chief of staff and then but what happens t

sky is open between iran and syria of iraq and road is open and the iraqi regime you know did not done any conflict with the syrian regime because they have come and arrest and everybody knows the. influence of iran and also they can be provided by help from going on maybe because iran will not go into civil war because they keep on if there is no change in the regime and see it here unless it could be changed any peaceful way because by force by supporting that assertion that is no foreign intervention at all you know and even even trickier know that not stop to talk about. that of foreign intervention foreign intervention or not obviously there are a lot of external player playings going on here whether it's under the guise yes of a revolution as you said a civil war certainly there are some outside influences going on with dr i wish we had more time for this middle east expert thank you very much for joining us on our see today. thank you. iran says it will soon reveal some major advances in its nuclear program speaking on the thirty third anniversary of the islamic revolution presi

that and the saudis are trying to come to the road with the iranians and separate their influence between iraq and iran. especially the iranians lost bahrain, and there is not much they can do about the iraqi government. and thank you for a great presentation. >> certification? >> -- sir? >> i have a question on the resolution in the u.n., if we can get back to that for a minute. the reaction to that that i have heard, and this is based on popular press rather than academic press, is that russia has personal ties and they are more concerned about that than the syrian people, and nobody can explain why the chinese during the russians' veto. it seems to me that the chinese and russian vote typically go against what they consider internal matters, because they are afraid of something being used on them. i wonder if you can comment on that? >> [unintelligible] >> absolutely. we are going to stop the questions. last, final word. then we will wrap up at 2:00. >> i will end on this as well. in terms of the two new jets conference -- tunisia conference, it is largely an agenda-setting meeting with one

but the fact is, it's because there was a midwife there that was rusted iermeary between thearties that iraq has a chance today. and, again, i don't know how big but has a chance for some kind of decent outcome. think of now syria going through the same process that josh landis talked about without any midwife and that's going to be very comicated. >> rose: what would be the midwife for you? >> well, here we are in the obamaian world, this false choice, eithe boots on the ground or head in the sand. one of the two. >> ros i thought the plan was someho.. >> that's exactly what anne-marie was talking about. there's a lot that could be done. there's qatari money, there's saudi money, there's turkey. the turks keep, in a way, betraying the syrian opposition. they're always about to do something against the regime. erdogan has toyed with the syrian opposition has he has toyed with the obama administration because we defer to him all along. we thought this is the man who know it is scene. he understands the game. we have to break up, if you will. we have to put it to the turkish govement >> re:soh

. >> after decades of stability in syria, wedged between war-torn lebanon and war-torn iraq, who would be a little afraid of the future now? but the more the regime plays on those fears and the longer the violence goes on, the greater the risk that those warnings of civil war will eventually become self fulfilling prophecy. >> albert einstein said he did not know which weapons would fight the third world war, a bit -- but the fourth would be fought with sticks and stones. cybersecurity experts think they do know that wars will be fought in cyberspace, with armies of hackers on each side. we have already seen traditional conflicts in the middle east spread to the online domain, and iran pose a nuclear program was set back by the highly sophisticated attack discovered in 2010. so is the age of cyber warfare already upon us? our science editor reports. ♪ >> there is a silent battle under way, a virtual conflict with powerful forces on either side. from online activists to organized crime to nation states. cyberspace is the new front line. all around the world, cyber attacks are hitting th

we fully support the mou signed in december between the united nations and the government of iraq. and it includes commitments from the iraqi government for the safety and security of the new camp where the relocation is taking place. as you know, there were 397 residents relocated on february 18th. there were complications. but it was peaceful. there was no violence. the safety so far has been protected and we're watching that very closely. we continue to work on our review of the mek's designation as a foreign terrorist organization in accordance with the d.c. circuit's decision and applicable law. i would note that not every resident relocated to what used to be camp liberty, is now camp perea, may be an mek member. the organization's structure and history dictate that we take a serious look at each individual, not prejudge membership or the condition of that person's presence at ashrof. once again, the unhcr process will be expedited. so no government has raised the fto issue with the department of state as a bar to receiving individuals. and we're going to continue to work to

iraq into kuwait. their unit had made 73 dangerous convoy trips between kuwait and iraq.they drove nearly 4 million miles. their convoy was one of the very last to leave iraq. the war was over. and today, captain barton's wife kelli, and their daughter myleigh are with us. on behalf of a grateful nation and a grateful state, thank you kelli, thank you myleigh, thank you captain barton and thank you servicemembers of the illinois national guard. you are our heroes. [applause] [applause] i'm very proud to be the commander in chief of the illinois national guard and i'm proud to be governor of our state illinois. almost exactly three years ago to this day, i took the oath of office at this podium during one of the darkest moments in illinois' history. one former governor was in jail. another was under arrest, impeached and removed from office. both my predecessors had disgraced themselves and brought profound embarrassment to the people of our state. at the same time, our entire nation was in the throes of a massive economic crisis, caused by disgraceful conduct and greed on

there is a very serious wall of mistrust between iran and america because of america's past performance and actions in iraq. they wanted was a very stark reminder that they were isolated as iran was being pounded in and. the western powers were giving arms and weapons to saddam hussein this has been the root of most of the ones mistrust were dressed the. political gut. it all you express ourselves through rap music in the motor that we talk about things we see in real life. to those good old boys such. as comes from nationalism and i'm from the love of our mother. and we're trying to reach people and have our words heard not just in iran but by people all over the world hopefully will have a positive effect even if it's just a small was. cut cut. cut . i always wanted to own some homers to melodies of their learned in my childhood and use them in my work ira our. current. it's all silence at the end and so much to a lecture the village that was bombed by saddam hussein and was wiped completely. lunar. her. it's the history did i think it's one of the common in our century a leader and doing this to so many

militants leaving iraq to join the rebellion against president assad in syria has also been acknowledged by iraqi officials the free syria inscription on the palm of this gone mad at the border between the two states speaks for itself all the army of free iraq once fought against u.s. troops in iraq and have now vowed to help the syrian neighbors to fight against the government baghdad says weapons and fighters are regularly seeping into syria adding more fuel to the violence for a state it's a professor of middle east history at west chester university believes the voice of peaceful protest. in syria has been lost amidst a bloody uprising of some activists the i think that the the people who are picked up the gun in syria are largely foreign funded and some of them are in fact foreigners and some of them are in fact deserved errors from the syrian army who have no real option of going back now so i don't think that there is going to be much room for negotiation between that group and the government what the constitution no document is an attempt to do is to satisfy the really large numbers of nonviolent protesters who have seemed to be co-opted now who are displaced by these armed