trial offer. >>> and we are back with peter beinart, the author of "the crisis of zionism," and bret stevensf the "wall street journal." we're talking about israel, palestine, iran. on iran, bret, i wanted to ask you -- ehud barak, defense minister of israel, former prime minister, said to cnn that he thought president obama had done in terms of actual military assistance and intelligence assistance more for israel than any previous administration. in that context, do you think it's fair for romney, republicans to suggest that president obama is soft on the iran issue? >> look, what is ehud barak supposed to say? that the president has not met the test of what he requires -- those comments are a little bit -- should be treated as purely political comments. look, the worrying thing is that -- about the obama administration's attitude toward iran is that it has gone through a succession of measures. the attempt at diplomatic engagement, attempt at covert activity, racheting up slowly sanction, and the effect from the point of view of iran's nuclear programs has been relatively -- relatively ne

we have bret stevens and peter beinart who i'm sure will have different perspectives on this. >>> laterbal warming skeptic, who became a believer. he'll tell us why. >>> also, if you're a liberal, you will probably find it impossible to understand a conservative's mindset. why? i will have a fascinating conversation about political beliefs. >>> and china is infamous for stamping out any and all protests. recently they relented and gave these protesters everything they asked for. what in the world? >>> first, here's my take -- culture makes all the difference, said mitt romney at a fundraiser in israel last week. he was comparing the country's economic vitality with palestinian poverty. certainly there is a pedigree for this idea about culture. romney cited david landis, an economic historian. he could have cited the great german scholar mo made the claim in his book, "the protestant eethic and spirit of capitalism." the problem was that he singled out two cultures as being particularly prone to poverty and stagnation. they were china and japan. but these have been the world's fastest gr