. >> not so long ago, a mere 13 years, serbia was the target of nato bombs during the kosovo war.he country that was once part of yugoslavia has just been made a candidate for eu membership. a big step for the serbs, but the candidacy also entails big challenges. >> kosovo has since declared its independence, which serbia still will not recognize, but it has to. it is one of the conditions to join the eu. the question of how to deal with it is also made an issue in the current election campaign. many young people have enough of political squabbling and are now taking matters into their own hands. >> a few photos to show the folks back home. students are touring the serbian parliament in belgrade. their visit would have been unthinkable just a few years ago when kosovars and serbs were archenemies. she is a serbian city, a member of an organization that promotes reconciliation between the former enemies. >> i think only direct contact can help reduce fears, mistrust, and prejudice. it is an investment in the future of my country on its way into the european union. it is my small, p

in 1999 with kosovo, we had the air intervention. one of the complaints on this side in washington was why no ground troops. in bosnia, we were arguing for air strikes. in rwanda for radio jamming and for other things. you see the kind of tool kit that people have on offer that they can dip in to in the face of genocide, that the upstanders argue we do open and start to experiment with. then it gets much more expansive and we are more creative on what it is the u.s. government can do. the u.s. government tends not to take that. >> is he the father of f.d.r.'s secretary of the treasurer? >> his son was greatly influenced by his father's experience. that sense of impotence. i think one of the reasons that henry jr. was as punitive as he would become -- of course, he was the oughtor of the pastoralization plan where it was a plan to wipe out german industry after world war ii, very much against the sort of vision for recoupe raeugs. but i think he had grown up with these stories of these crimes and had a sense like my god, if we don't p

american military action ended war in it bosnia and the second term when we did the same thing in kosovo, the primary victims that we sought to save were almost all muslims. and i thought it was very important to prove that the united states meant what we said when we said everybody is welcome here. and we believe in human rights of people all over the world. and it was just fortu tis that it was sad for them, but it was a fortuitous opportunity that it was our responsibility to stop the ethnic cleansing of european muslims in bosnia and kosovo and she was great at it. [ applause ] >> i want to ask you. you need to fill in the blanks of the introduction i gave you. a lot of people would hear your story and say, my goodness. the woman was taken out of afghanistan with a child. and she went back. then she gets out and graduates from mount holio, a very distinguished american university. she could have done anything and she goes back home to one of the poorest places on earth where most people think they have poor political prospects. i have always thought that when people say afghanistan i

look now at some more of friday's world news for you syrian anti-government rebels have turned to kosovo for advice three high ranking activists are on a visit to the breakaway republic they aim to hold meetings with kosovo's former rebels and learn from their separate war with serbia late one nine hundred ninety s. the anti also opposition has been criticized for its inability to present a unified front having a number of splits since the start of the thirteen month long upright. a major shopping street in london has been cordoned off amid reports a man is holding four people hostage inside and also block police are at the scene at tottenham court road after claims that a man was throwing furniture out of the window for the reports are just that he entered the building with gas canisters threatening to blow it up. pakistan's prime minister as challenge the opposition to unseat him a day after his conviction for contempt of july told parliament he had no intention of resigning he was convicted for refusing to reopen a corruption case against the country's president and was given a token

explicitly did not approve the intervention in kosovo. looking back on it, most everyone would think that the intervention of basically the native coalition into the balkans was a very good thing, both for the balkans and for the world. but under international law as many people currently interpreted, the u.n. has to approve all uses of force in self-defense, international actually becomes a barrier in obstacle to the achievement of improving the welfare of the peoples of the world. one could interpret the charter so it doesn't mean that, which somehow faking traits you or it may be that the u.n. security council system is obsolete for the kind of challenges we have in the world, particularly when two of the five permanent members that can veto any use of force are authoritarian take it or ships, which should not have an interest in allowing intervention to stop civil wars and terrible humanitarian disasters. the one example and really left with is our failure to intervene in rwanda, or a small detachment of american troops could have sou

. >> thank you kosovo city and japanese definitely was force. >> navy spokes people said upgrades to the vsel me it the most capable ship of its class. the uss has been on water since the late 1990s. they rely on the iraq war. they can use the vessel to help with relief efforts following the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. here in japan, they will merely be used for the carrier of the new helicopter and they trained it. the deck has been reinforced and that hasn't put an end to it. some people say the helicopter is not safe. they had a series of crashes. the latest happened early this and two american marines died. he is quiet in october as the u.s. air station in okinawa, western japan. the sbas in an intensely populated area and they have been protesting the arrival. u.s. navy leaders didn't talk much about that today. they instead focused on talking about their updated ship which would be used to draw in tons of conflict. >> we had the most capable flat form for the defense of japan and to provide stability in the region. >> that's a new focus for the united states government. the amer

kosovo. they start immediately. we want to have our own legal system and our state, our islam the state. because out of the goal of being a muslim is to live under an exact state. in europe now, i'm very worthy. we could end up having a chechnya and friend. we could have a kosovo in india. we could have a chechnya in america in 50 years. by chechnya, what i mean this syndrome of, i'm not saying all muslims want this. a lot of muslims okay in escaping. i'm one of them. we don't want that. but, unfortunately, muslim organizations are controlling a good portion of the muslims already, already demanding. they are fighting every bill in any state that wants to make foreign laws difficult. they are spending a lot of money. now today, that's not 50 years. they are fighting me because i am trying to alert america about chechnya. eventually if they congregate in one area, and they become very powerful from oil money from saudi arabia, which is financing all of these groups, all the university departments of islamic studies,

its forces from the street are you saying that would be impossible for him to do so because of nato kosovo. forces already controlling the ground swelling well i think the opposition forces are retreating and it would be very hard and wise for the syrian armed forces to have to withdraw at this moment from from those areas that cease fire is possible but it any event i think we're not dealing with the opposition is not an opposition there's a bunch of parts and terrorists and that piece by the western military alliance this is so well documented at this stage that the trust cities which are blamed on the government are committed by by a by the free syrian army and ultimately the free syrian army is on the pier all of the western military alliance for some time that is the truth but just what's happening there is ethnic cleansing directed against the syrian communities of major cities in homs that was is well documented it's not by accident but that the pope has allocated financial assistance and so the christian community in syria and not not against the government but you know took but be

kosovo. we want to have our own legal system and islamic states because the ultimate goal of being a muslim is to live under an islamic state. in europe i am very worried. we could end up having chechnya and france. we can have kosovo in england. we have chechnya and america. by chechnya what i mean, this syndrome -- i'm not saying all muslims. lot of muslims are escaping sharia. i am one of them. muslims organizations controlling a good portion are already demanding sharia. they're fighting every bill in any state that wants to make for laws illegal. they are spending a lot of money now, today, not in 50 years. they are fighting me because i'm trying to alert for america about chechnya. if they congregate in one era and become very powerful from owing money to saudi arabia which is financing all of the mosques and all the university departments of islamic studies, and the culture, kids are so anti-semitic and so in tolerance, every campus, every few months i am invited, come. because our sys

ground very discreetly and there really hasn't been much of a need for a peacekeeping force but in kosovo for example the board started mentioning tonight and you want to picture again in june it has lasted better since. the nato presence has been absolutely disastrous he was in prisons in view of anywhere up to sixty thousand peacekeepers. we've had a massive at one hundred fifty thousand plus people displaced from their homes destruction of churches description of destruction cemeteries in terror villages in greece columns on the scale of kristallnacht taking place in two thousand and four and need a peacekeeper sippin either unwilling or unable to do anything about this so peacekeeping record is the size of the mix and allegations that there's a bias there that they have been taking sides as well i waited and who should be there to keep the pace all those hot spots. well usually you see when he's curious little helmets and we raised it were a little sister pcp's it was bosnia that changed that because both need displacement of to you went throughout the conflict western governments wou

president clinton acted exactly this way in kosovo with congressional leaders like senator lieberman. everywhere we look, we are presented with opportunities for american leadership to help shape a better world in this new century. and we have to view these opportunities through the context of the fact that in every region of the world other countries look apprehensively at the growing influence of newly emerging powers in their midst and look to the u.s. to counterbalance them. and in some instances these emerging strategic realimts are not inevitably destined for conflict. for example, if china chooses to conform its rise to the international order, there is much to be hopeful for in the pacific region. on the other hand, there is no reason for opt niche about iranian designs regional dominance in the middle east and it's indeed in that region will multilateral cooperation is most urgently needed right away. whether in bringing an end to the bloodshed and assad tyranny in syria or in helping egypt over come economic hardships and move towards the establishment of a true democracy, o

soil are currently serving time for convictions of supporting terrorism in kosovo bosnia and chechnya something that he's trying. appealed but we're not actually talking about the case we're talking about how it was that he was treated here in the u.s. in two thousand and two india was detained after returning it to the u.s. from egypt and was accused of collaborating to build a dirty bomb he was then detained at a military brig in south carolina for four years now almost three of those years he was held without any charges and during that time he was deemed an enemy combatant by the bush administration and according to could be as attorneys he was kept in a blackout isolation cell he was shackled for hours what are known as stress positions exposed to noxious fumes that extreme temperatures and threatened to be said to guantanamo bay so all of these things amount to torture and his mother in a.c.l.u. would want somebody to be held accountable for it especially because he's an american citizen and as a c.l.u. puts it it's hard to conceive of a more profound constitutional violation th

president clinton act add exactly in this way in kosovo with the support of congressional leaders like senator lieberman. er from we look we are presented with opportunities for american leadership to help shape a better world had this new country. and we have to view these opportunities in the context of the fact that in every region of the world other countries look at newly emerging powers in their midst and look at the u.s. to counter balance them. in some instances these emerging strategic realignments are not ineffectively destined for conflict. for example if china chooses to conform its rise to the international order, there is much to be hoped for in the pacific region. on the other hand, there is no reason for op timmism about iran in the middle east. ing whether in bringing an end to the blood shed and assad tyranny in syria or in helping egypt overcome economic hardships and move toward the sfaebment of a true democracy, america shouldn't try to solve any of these problems alone but neither will any of these challenges be addressed without strong and creative american leade

eastern europe, kosovo. they start wanting a separatist movement.we want to have our own legal system in our islamic state, because the ultimate goal of being muslim is to live under an islamic state. in europe now, i'm very worried. we could end up having a chechnya and france. we could have a kosovo in england. we could have a chechnya in america in 50 years. by chechnya, i don't mean the real chechnya but this syndrome. i'm not saying all muslims want wanted but there a lot of muslims who have escaped sharia and i and one of them. but unfortunately and muslim organizations who are controlling a good portion of muslim organizations in america already demand sharia. they are fighting every bill in the united states that wants to make foreign laws illegal. they are spending a lot of money, now, today. that is not in 50 years. they are fighting me because i am trying to alert america about sharia. eventually, if they congregate in one area, and they become very powerful from borrowing money from saudi arabia which is financing all of these groups and

bosnia and kosovo and serbia and kuwait, were they a good thing? >> i don't think so.e people, wonderful turnout in iraq and mess in afghanistan. this long term consequences but the rule of slaw more important than a token success by bombing people and killing a bunch of people. who knows what would have happened if we had not been there. i think we have to protect the rule of law and not allow president go to war without the consent of the people without a declaration of congress. >> john: thank you dr. paul. i admire your stamina. i want to say the last time you were here if you were fired of this, you only thing you minded you didn't get exercise. i said how often do you like to exercise? >> twice a day. i like to walk in the morning and ride a bike in the afternoon. when i don't get adequate amount of exercise i get very grouchy. [ laughter ] >> john: coming up, some people want govern government to do more. that the demonstration someone held up a sign, government is awesome. we'll show you how awesome it is when we come back. [ applause ] when bp made a commitmen

anna, who i met in kosovo, now lives in the hague. democracy is an action. she adds, if it wasn't so sad it would be quite funny. yeah, i respond to something is afoot but it isn't going anywhere. i go to the process. it is still unseasonably warm for moscow which means it is cold and miserable. temperature around freezing and pouring rain. who is going to break this kind of weather to fight the homeless fight for democracy? everyone. at least everyone i know. i am approached the park with a protest is led to take place with two friends, and as we walk people attached to her small, two of my former reporters, the one she took turns calling him from the scene of the siege disaster nine years ago. one is now a radical art activist and has spent a fair amount of time into. the other recently quit his editorial job in a dispute over pre-election censure. he had been instructed to exclude critical articles. as we draw closer, we can even make up the metal detectors from the crowd. then word spread, the cordon office area has filled the. the police will not be let

we've seen it in el salvador, guatemala, eastern europe, in kosovo, in bosnia. it has happened, it's taken place in many different areas of the world. an we sustained that the assault weapons ban in 2004 coincided almost exactly with the beginning of the harshest, the beginning of the harshest period of violence we've ever seen during my government. we have seized over 140,000 weapons in four years. and i think that -- the vast majority have been assault weapons, ak-57s, he thinks, and the vast majority were sold in gun shops. along the board of the u.s. and mexico. there are approximately 8,000 weapons shops. if we do our accounts, that means that there are approximately nine weapons stores for each walmart that exists in the united states and mexico. so a good deal of our discussion did touch upon this. but i recognize at the same time, the administrative effort that has been undertaken, particularly by president obama and his administration so that the agencies' control of illegal actions curb this export of weapons in mexico. we've seen a much more active ef

. >> i heard that same argument about tunisia and libya as well and bosnia and kosovo.ut also i think we should point out the longer it drags out, the more likely it is that foreign fighters and radical islamists come into the fight. really these people rose up peacefully. that's a direct repudiation of al qaeda who believes in acts of terror. so the fundamentals of this movement have nothing to do with radical islamist individuals. it has everything to do with people's desire to get out from under a cruel and despotic regime. part of the arab spring i might add. >> senator mccain, appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> let us know what you think on twitter. what should we do in syria? what can the u.s. do or the international community do. >>> we're following other stories tonight. isha's here with the 360 bulletin. >>> two more members have resign and that means of the 12 members in the prostitution scandal in colombia, all are being forced out. >>> and a bp person has been identified and he's accused of intentionally destroying evidence requested by invest

we went to kosovo because ethnic cleansing and massacre was going on. that was under president clinton. we regretted we didn't do what we could to stop the massacre in rwanda. well, the massacre is is going on as we speak. >> schieffer: let's talk about another major development that happened this week, and that is the north koreans defied world opinion earlier this year. we thought we'd made a deal with them to give them food in exchange for them dialing back on their nuclear program. they fired, basically an intercontinental missile which could be used, most people say, to put nuclear weapon all the way to the united states' west coast if that happens some day. i mean, we hope it never does. but the thing blew up on the-- shortly after taking off. have we handled this right? >> for 20 years now, we've been going through this groundhog day exercise. confrontation followed by negotiations followed by aid followed by confrontation. i mean, it is-- it is remarkable how many times we have seen this movie. and, meanwhile, the north koreans continue to make

what we see in eastern europe, kosovo.ey start immediately we want to have our own legal system and state islam state because the goal, in europe now i'm very worried we could end up having a chechnya and france, we could have kosovo and india, we could have india in 15 years. by chechnya on not saying all muslims wanted, there are a lot in america who could seascape. they don't want to live under sharia but unfortunately the organizations controlling a portion in america are already demanding sure via, they are citing any state that wants to make illegal pending a lot of money it's not in 50 years there citing because i'm trying to alert america about sharia. if they congregate in one area and they become very powerful from owing money from saudi arabia financing all of the mosques and a love the university departments of islamic studies, our campuses now or so anti-semitic and so intolerant of the apartheid state in the campus every few months i am invited to come help us. the jewish kids are feeling terrible. our system

very much struck by the war on kosovo and the libyan intervention. you may remember, the war on xhosa though, president clinton led a coalition of countries to intervene to stop ethnic cleansing in the balkans. the u.n. explicitly did not approve the intervention into goes of o. i think looking back on it most everyone would think that the intervention of the native coalition in the balkans was a very good thing, both for the balkans and the world. but under international law as many people currently interpreted, the u.n. has to approve all uses of force of self-defense coming international law actually becomes a barrier, an obstacle to the achievement of improving the welfare of the peoples of the world. one could reinterpreted you in charter so that it does not mean that which some have, i think, try to do. it may be that the un security council system is obsolete. the kind of challenges that we have, particularly when two of the five permanent members that can veto any use of force are dictatorships, china and russia which often do not have an int

what we see in eastern europe, kosovo.ey start immediately we want to have our own legal system and state islam state because the goal, in europe now i'm very worried we could end up having a chechnya and france, we could have kosovo and india, we could have india in 15 years. by chechnya on not saying all muslims wanted, there are a lot in america who could seascape. they don't want to live under sharia but unfortunately the organizations controlling a portion in america are already demanding sure via, they are citing any state that wants to make illegal pending a lot of money it's not in 50 years there citing because i'm trying to alert america about sharia. if they congregate in one area and they become very powerful from owing money from saudi arabia financing all of the mosques and a love the university departments of islamic studies, our campuses now or so anti-semitic and so intolerant of the apartheid state in the campus every few months i am invited to come help us. the jewish kids are feeling terrible. our system

i'm just saying it's fascinating that we went into kosovo. we went into bosnia.went in -- >> sure. >> -- to libya. and now that we have something that is in our direct strategic interest, we're pulling back. >> with one of the reasons you shouldn't articulate global principles. >>> coming up, marlins' manager ozzie guillen slapped with a suspension. >> ozzie. >> after he just sort of -- >> ozzie. >> yeah. that wasn't good. >> luke russert has sports. they have names like idle time with free enterprise punsfee like hugh and crye, and smash records. and one saturday a year small businesses remind a nation of the benefits of shopping small. like the way david kaplan at shell lumber shows you how to use a chop saw. then invites you back when the warehouse becomes the community theater. or the way camille russler of ever after travels the journey from despair to bliss with every bride to be. on small business saturday 100 million of us joined a movement... and main street found its might again. and main street found its fight again. and we, the locals, found delight a

kosovo force, staff judge advocate for the first armored division and the multinational force, iraq. he was a rhodes scholar, graduating with first honors, a graduate of harvard law school, magna cum laude. he also holds an mlm in military law and masters in military strategy. he has numerous awards, including the defense superior service medal, the nato meritorious service medal, the department of state meritorious honor award, the legion of merit, the bronze star, twice, the army meritorious service medal and others. so it is a great pleasure and an honor to have you, general, to join us, and to speak with some authority, with great authority, about these matters. welcome to the institute. [applause] >> thank you, john, for those generous remarks. great to be in this historic building this esteemed institute, having a conversation today about reformed military commissions and the challenge and the project of legitimating that institution which i believe is a very important institution for our national security and our entire justice process. and as john, the president here mentione

he also served as the operational plan team leader for allied force in kosovo, senior planner for operations in bosnia. as you have heard, the major- general clearly meets the standard to command at the highest level. also, on a personal note, i've never served with general toolan before. however, i met with a friend last week and i said i was going to be introducing the general. his name was paul -- sir, i don't know if you remember him. >> [inaudible] >> well, we spent several hours swapping stories. the most important thing that paul said to me is that he would follow the general into hell and back. as a fellow entry officer, and he has a lawyer, by the way, so there is a high tolerance -- >> [inaudible] [laughter] tolerance for approval, and i take his word. one day i wish i could serve with general toolan, but it speaks volumes that an individual like that, a friend of mine, and i am a sure at many other marines and nato service members feel the same way, sir. for today's event, the sequence -- the general get up and cover some introductory remarks. he will play a video that will run 12

we have seen it in el salvador, guatemala, eastern europe, kosovo, bosnia.taken place, in many different areas of the world. and we sustain that the expiry of the assault weapons ban in the year 2004 coin sided exactly with the beginning of the harshest period of violence with overseeing during my government. we have seized over 140,000 weapons in four years. and i think that the vast majority have been ak-57s, et cetera. and the vast majority were sold in gun shops in the united states. there are approximately 8,000 weapons shops. if we do our accounts, that means that there are approximately nine weapons stores for each walmart that exists in the united states and mexico. so a good deal of the -- of our discussion did coach about this. but i recognize the administrative effort undertaken by president obama and his administration so that the agencies for control of illegal actions curb this export of guns and weapons to mexico. we've seen a much more active effort in this sense than in any other time in the past. i have a great deal of respect for the secon

bombing, the bombing of japan, afghanistan come to 78 day bombing of yugoslavia over kosovo was no u.n authorization. there are. site that when the tentacles of empire extended by democrats and normalized for a lot of the population were in one of those. straight now. i think it's a real uphill battle and i think it's in large part because obama has effectively convinced a large portion of a space that this is the right way to go when he can stand dried down in iraq and afghanistan so people have the perception it's sort of coming to an end but in reality it's a shift in tactics. >> i wanted to say some mean. bill hartung by the way who has done a wonderful book about lockheed martin and has been toiling in the fields of turning out good information for a long time. and i want to say, i think we have to take a longer view. as i sat here and listen to you, i was remembering, you know, a month back or whatever ways, i was standing at the edges ducati part of a whole bunch of union people -- it was a march and they simply appeared and i was surrounded by these guys and there is a big guy

to deal with the things you did not expect to have to deal with, like the incoming fire in bosnia, kosovo, what have you. and you have to go through both congress and bureaucracies and deal with resistances in foreign countries. if you want a foundation -- or your like them with their ideas, -- if you run a foundation, you wake up and you start with one thing and you see how far you can walk in and out, how big you can make it. we started out with a very modest proposal with aids drugs, and out at our foundation, we negotiate contracts to give 4 million people, about half of all the people in poor countries in the world, the least expensive high-quality aids medicines. [applause] as think that in some ways runningany kind of non- governmental work gives you more flexibility and more creativity and ability to build from the ground up. it is hard to help as many people as you can help as president if things are going well and you're not spending your time bailing out a boat. but it is immensely personally rewarding. for example, a couple of years ago i visited this reforestation project whe

we've seen it in el salvador, guatemala, in eastern europe, in kosovo, in bosnia.s happened, it's taken place in many different areas of the world, and we sustain that the expiration of the weapons ban of 2004 coincided almost exactly with the beginning of the harshest, the beginning of the harshest period of violence we've ever seen during my government. we have seized over 14 o 0,000 weapons -- 140,000 weapons in four years, and i think that the vast majority have been assault weapons, ak-47s, et, and many, the vast majority of these weapons were should in gun shops in the united states, along the worlder of the u.s. and mexico. there are approximately 8,000 weapons shops. if we do our accounts, that means that there are approximately nine weapons stores for each walmart that exists in the united states and mexico. so a good deal of the, of our discussion did touch upon this. but i recognize at the same time the administrative effort that's been undertaken particularly by president obama and his administration so that the agencyies for control of illegal actions