dr. kissinger earlier tonight. dr. you, sir. >> always good to be here. >> greta: how do you describe the current state of relations between the israel and the u.s.? >> it's strained, because there are assurances given, but the relationship is aloof. it's not really full confidence on either side. and as the situation develops, that has to change. >> greta: what happened? because we used to be on very good terms with israel. at least i think there was trust back and forth. >> well, there are a number of issues. i think we agree about the nature of the danger, but the israelis feel a greater sense of urgency that -- a greater surge urgency we do, and that there's a timeline that needs to be as netanyahu said at the u.n. today. we believe we should permit diplomacy to develop beyond a further beyond, but the fact of the matter is that i would say within a year from now the question has to be answered, where is the iranian program? secondly, what do we define as unacceptable? and third, what are we going to do about it? a

dr. kissinger, a pleasure to have you with us. thank you so very much. i want to ask you about the president's policy now contrasted to what he said in the cairo in 2009 speaking of a new beginning with the muslim world. your thoughts? >> well, in 2009 it was understandable that a new president would offer a new beginning to the muslim world. since then there has been the overthrow of the government with which we then cooperated with some american cooperation in that overthrow. and so the dominant element now with egypt is the muslim brotherhood and, in turn, more radical elements. so the aspersions that were made about the conduct of islamic governments will have to be viewed through the perspective of the behavior of a group like the muslim brotherhood and the more radical groups that want to establish islamic law as the only, as the basic, the underlying basis of the government. and that is the challenge. what these demonstrators are trying to do is to impose on the united states a censorship of pronouncements that are made by any group because that v

dr. kissinger and i asked how we were perceived around the world. he said one word, weak. unfortunately, it is no wonder that the leader of north korea set up long-range missiles one week after he said he wouldn't. >> [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i appreciate the idea. on a typical day like this when i do three or four things like this, i get a number of foreign policy questions. the american people are not concentrated at all on china or russia or iran or iraq. it is unbankable to let 20 or 30,000 troops to stay in iraq. we had the hostages in i ran and we had the two helicopters crashed. that was talked about. if something of that nature presents itself, i woke will work to solve the problem. >> [inaudible] how do think the palestinian problem can be solved? >> i am torn by two perspectives. i have had one for some time which is that the palestinians have no interest in establishing peace and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish. it is said the palestinians should set up their own country. the conflict between is

dr. kissinger in new york. you're not eating. i saw dr. kissinger. i said how are we perceived around the world? he said, one word, that's how this president is perceive by our friends and unfortunately by our foes. it's no wonder people like king jungung the -- kim jungung the new leader of korea said he wouldn't -- what's this president going to do? if you can't act don't threaten. [inaudible] >> i'm going to ask you. >> i think it has to do with the fact -- [inaudible] >> i appreciate the idea. one of the things that's frustrating to me is that typical day like this when i do three or four events like this the number of foreign policy questions i get are between zero and one. and the american people are not concentrated at all upon china, on russia, iran, iraq. yet in the jimmy carter election the fact that we had hostages in iran, i mean that was all we talked about. we had the two helicopters crash in the desert. that was the focus. i'm afraid today [inaudible] something of that nature presents itself i will work to find way to take advantage of