now well i think that one thousand nine hundred fourteen was fundamentally different in that imperial germany was a remarkably powerful country and i believe it was bent on dominating europe and i believe it was prince will be responsible for the july crisis and world war one. today we're dealing with a russia that is remarkably weak compared to the soviet union compared to nazi germany compared to imperial germany the idea of trying to contain russia doesn't make any sense to me because you're not talking about a country that is bent on widespread aggression in europe yes they took crimea i find that hardly surprising and i think if they tried to take eastern ukraine that would be a huge mistake i don't think it's going to i'm sorry gentlemen this is one of the best cross talks we've ever had a many thanks my guest in new york and in chicago and thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time and remember last time. you like. to think i'm going to. tell it. like. this is. sometimes for nothing. just still. if you see. to the state it looked to be. but other than. the like

sorry back clean water to drink the notion that that somehow al qaeda is the equivalent of nazi germany or imperial japan is is foolish it's time to recognize that that's not working and to look towards something else like policing and. incorporating people into the political process better. programs that development that will lift people out of poverty and give them alternatives if we when the people of tribal areas to our side we win the war because the strong enough to take with take care of the militants the people in tribal areas almost eight hundred thousand to nine hundred thousand but these drones and pakistani military operations up pushing these people. over to the militant site it is clear that the president's strategy to contain this violence to contain these militants these terrible men of violence has not succeeded we need to stop letting. our public servants be our public masters hard to know the options from the minute i don't see. who this is. going to be. to dramatic and emotional but this is a muted their mood the to know that there isn't much they don't share. pungo decided that

it happened in significant part because the pressure for democracy in germany from the pressure to transform the imperial political system which was authoritarian into a parliamentary democracy such as in france and england at the same time, unfortunately, this pressure came almost entirely from one political party, and this political party was the socialist party in germany. and this was very, very unfortunate because it meant from the outset that for many, many, for most germans the idea of democracy was tainted by association with socialism. and this taint was a very heavy taint, indeed, because the socialist apparently in germany -- at least in its rhetoric and in its formally-stated program -- was quite radical. they called for revolution. they called for an end to the capitalist system. they called for an end to private property. and for almost everyone in germany outside of the industrial working class which was the base, the constituency of the socialist party, the socialists were terrifying. compounding this problem in its impact was a second issue, and that is that democracy simply came to germ

imperial advances. >> we stand up to people, too. germany. >> i understand. that was when we were at our best. >> but why don't you think about the good when you think about what america -- >> i do often think about the good. but i wouldn't call myself an american exceptionalist. i'm a human being. i believe we should be struggling with the question, what does it mean to be human in the 21st century. we're all human. we're 5% of the world's population. we should be part -- we should think of ourselves as people among people. not as exceptional people. because then you say actions that are done by us versus other people are different depending on -- >> an unusual attitude -- >> exceptionalism doesn't mean a different moral standard applies. by and large, foreigners who come to america going back to tokeville, i've grown up in america. i see things in america that you wouldn't see anywhere else in the world. right now, if you took the power that america has of the world, the sole superpower and gave it to russia or china, they would use it far more expansively

imperial advances. >> we stood up to some people too. germany. >> i understand./11 -- >> then why do you go to the bad? why don't you think about the good. >> i do often think about the g i wouldn't call myself an american exceptionalist. i challenge that in anybody. i'm a human being. i believe we should be struggling with the question what does it mean to be human in the 21st century. what is required of us? we are all human. we're 5 -- america is 5% of the world's population. we should think of ourselves as a people among people, not as an exceptional people. as soon as you start saying american exceptionalism, actions done by us versus other people are different depending on -- >> that's an unusual attitude. >> right. >> exceptionalism doesn't mean a different moral standard applies. by and large foreigners who come to america are going all the way back to toekville, i grew up in different culture. i know america is exceptional. i see things in america that you wouldn't see anywhere else in the world. right now if you took the power that america has of the wo

imperial advances. >> we've stood up to people too, germany. >> i understand. and that was us at our best.t you think about the good when you think about what america is? >> i do often think about the good. but i wouldn't call myself an american exceptionalist and i would challenge that in anybody because i'm a human being. i believe we should be struggling with the question what does it mean to be human in the 21st century. what is it that's required of us? we are all human. america is 5% of the world's population. we should be -- we should think of ourselves as a people among people. not as an exceptional people. because as soon as you start saying american exceptionalism, then you say actions that are done by us versus other people are different depending on who does them. >> this is not an unusual attitude. >> exceptionalism doesn't mean a different moral standard applies. by and large foreigners who come to america are going all the way back to tokeville, i've grown up in a different culture, i know america's exceptional because i see things in america that you wouldn't see anywhere e

form of government, if any, could function in germany and could allow germans to come together and govern themselves as a society because the old imperial system had collapsed at the end of world war i. the democratic alternative that had been tried for 15 years up to that point also seemed to have completely failed. the way forward was entirely unclear, and the situation was dire. and yet within only a few short years, hitler seemed to have solved all their problems and appeared as the savior of the country. i'll give just two examples. the first is he comes to power in '33, unemployment is 30 be %. only four years later germany has returned to full climate. employment. in our country unemployment remained in the double digit until war production kicked us out of the great depression. germany was the only major industrial economy to climb out of the great depression in the 1930s. that alone won hitler a great deal of admiration. but a second example in the spring of 1940, german forces invade western europe, they conquer france, they drive the british armies off the continent of europe. in only six weeks of fighting and at the cost of

whether the chinese are justified or not is beside the point of germany was justified to carve out a place with the imperialthrone in the first decade and a half is beside the point. it will happen in. the status quo will have to figure out a way to accommodate china. happen either peacefully or by war. i will leave it at that. [applause] >> i was not given the first world war but my of gold was as the british officer he was gassed and died when he was 48 that we all know the disaster of the war but the greatest the solid discredited western civilization coming out of the first world war one of the statements is you cannot make an omelet without breaking a sweat that massive killing was partly the discredit of western civilization and other system would work better if it was justified its 20% of all british officers were killed 12 percent of the soldiers at of every 20 englishmen at the end the three were dead and five were wounded. the devastation cannot be measured by had the opportunity in the crimea i went to the battle site i always wanted to see the charge of the brigade i saw the valley brett have be

imperial tobacco laming they have been eyeing. i will be delving into smoking and slimming. more on those deals a little bit later. back to germany. >> thank you so much. we will be looking at how angela merkel is trying to seize control of this spy scandal by expelling the top u.s. intelligence officials here in berlin. it is a remarkable story. we will have more on that later on. for now, i will hand it over to elliott. >> day 4 of israel's operation to stop rockets being fired from gaza into israel. it has called up more reservists as it appears -- as it prepares for a possible ground operation. 90 killed soabout far. and the first rockets fired from lebanon into israel. israel responding in kind. i will have the details in about an hour's time. we are watching this morning. european markets, we are just starting. we had a situation yesterday surrounding portugal. two-way risk is back in the market now read or is it? buying opportunity yesterday? let's find out. let's see how the markets are opening up. lex futures a little bit higher this morning. happy friday for me. the stoxx 600, the worst week since june of last year. con

imperial tobacco laming they have been eyeing. i will be delving into smoking and slimming. more on those deals a little bit later. back to germanywill be looking at how angela merkel is trying to seize control of this spy scandal by expelling the top u.s. intelligence officials here in berlin. it is a remarkable story. we will have more on that later on. for now, i will hand it over to elliott. >> day 4 of israel's operation to stop rockets being fired from gaza into israel. it has called up more

imperial government in 1911 and recaptured tibet and made them part of the prc. they knew limits and were prudent and careful. the soviets allied with nazi germanywhen it suited their interest and then they allied with the united states when necessary to oppose the nazis and survive. the chinese communists allied with their ideological brethren for a time and then and turned to united states when they began to fear the growth of soviet power. these regimes were cautious and flexible by contrast to hitler's germany. fourth, they had a significant asset that was an ideology that purported to be universal, that applied to everyone everywhere. this ideology was able to gain adherents in other places that the regimes were able to use to advance their object is, at least for a time. -- their objectives, at least for a time. the most profound weaknesses of the chinese and soviet communist regimes were internal. they served a certain purpose at a certain period and they were successful, albeit at great cost, enforcing industrialization. these centrally planned regimes also ultimately chokes off incentives and choked off innovation. they fell further and