the world, everywhere from china to mexico, kenya to lebanon and pakistan. they've been marketed as detecting everything from explosives to elephants and drugs. and they're still being used despite the risks that they pose. >> that was all for this week. from all of us here, goodbye. >> find the story that interest you at bbc.com/news. >> funding for this spreppings made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation and union bank.

and whatever is under the responsibility of lebanon's government. the lebanese government has to make sure and i believe the international community has to make sure that 1701 is followed and that -- >> that's the u.n. security council resolution? >> -- put handcuffs on the hands of hezbollah or dismantle them. >> let me ask you again about iran and the constantly raised military option that you all say every option is still on the table. your former chief of the idf, general halute says israel lacks the military means for a preemptive strikes against iran's nuclear facilities. that israel should not be the flagbearer for the entire western world. and he said, not just some passerby. i've had information that gives me levels of information that the general public does not have. in other words, you can't do it alone. >> i respect him very much so, and i clearly said that at this stage, we believe it's still the time for sanctions, but i repeat my accommodation, to others as well as to everyone else, not t everyone else, not to remove any option from

he is very concerned over another war with israel after much aggressive rhetoric involving israel, lebanon, and syria. >> there are threats every day. my only threats, but we have seen what happens on the ground, in the aerospace, all of the time over the past few months, every day they are entering israeli airspace. this is something that is really dangerous. >> there has been a legal blow to the british government in their attempts to hang onto documents pertaining to a terrorist and guantanamo bay. they say that they knew he was being tortured while he was held in a secret prison for seven years. china says that members of creatine tow are on trial for robbery and stealing secrets, including three chinese nationals and an australian citizen. this arrest has caused political friction between china and australia. the harlem globetrotters have been showing off their usual combination of athleticism and comedy, but this time it is on ice. they have played a game on the central path from the proper competitive team, over the years developing the routine, more entertainment than sports, some

a.d.e. 651 and the gt-200 have been sold around the world, everywhere from china to mexico, kenya to lebanon and pakistan. they've been marketed as detecting everything from explosives to elephants and drugs. and they're still being used despite the risks that they pose. >> that was all for this week. from all of us here, goodbye. >> find the story that interest you at bbc.com/news. >> funding for this spreppings made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> i'm julia stiles. >> i'm kevin bacon. >> i'm kim cattrall. >> hi, i'm ken burns. >> i'm lili taylor. >> i'm henry louis gates jr., and public broadcasting is my source for news about the world. >> for intelligent conversation. >> for election coverage you can count on. >> for conversations beyond the sound bites. >> a commitment to journalism. >> for deciding who to vote for. >> i'm kerry washington,

demonstrating our continued support to a sovereign and independent lebanon.rnbçóñrin syria, he will meet wh president asad and foreign minister mualem, reflecting our continued interest in further dialogue with the syrian government on all aspects of our bilateral relationship. and then on to turkey for meetings with senior officials to discuss the 2006 shared vision framework for our strategic partnership, and then he will continue on to azerbaijan for meetings on february 19 with president aliyev to reinforce our bilateral relations, and he will also be meeting with civil society members there. administrator for usaid raj shah will be in haiti tomorrow, traveling there with general doug fraser of southern command to meet with haitian leaders and review humanitarian and reconstruction relief efforts. obviously, and he will be able he'll be there during this period of mourning and provide our thoughts and prayers on behalf of the american people as we reflect on the 30-day anniversary of the earthquake. and special envoy scott gration will travel to chad and

were doing were currently for the lebanon tribunal and i worked further international tribunals. >> iwanted to follow-up on the question about the possible prosecution of people who were involved in the torture memos and so on. you express the suspicion that it's not going to happen in the united states courts, but other courts around the world might find under universal jurisdiction or some other arrangements that they would want to take on those people. and so constraining these people's freedom to travel, that sort of thing. a >> part of the compliance pull of international plot is this new fear that people have that if they violated they may not be prosecuted domestically but when they travel abroad they could be prosecuted under what's known as universal jurisdiction, the torture convention and the geneva convention say that any country that gets its hand on someone who committed a violation has the authority to prosecute. what we've seen our our investigations and indictments in several countries. the most recent thing happen in this area is that the united kingdom has just anno

jesse, joining us from lebanon, tenn..s waiting for you guys to say something about congress stepping in, which is what i feel needs to be done. all of these people take money from corporations. it shouldn't all be reined in. senator mccain, as you know, was featured in "usa today" with bob beckel and cal thomas, who is a liberal against conservatives. again, is senator mccain going back on his word? just like he did with gays in the military? not going to vote -- going back to the right, not being the maverick that he said he was? we know that he got screwed over by president bush in south carolina. host: charles, independent line, chicago. good morning. caller: the morning. this is sending the united states straight into an all agree. -- oligarchy cal. as we speak, grassroots organizations are forming to fight against this, leading directly into a form of socialism that i do not think anyone wants to think about, which was what marxists organized to start communism. this is absolutely the worst decision ever brought upon

it has close the like -- alliances with groups like hezbollah in lebanon and hamas.her is in power in tehran. host: what do analysts such as yourself see in the green revolution? guest: green movement is in many ways the most vibrant civil disobedience campaigns any world -- anywhere today. it is not just turning out on the streets in days of protest but also what isw3 happening in the background. that in many ways shows the scope of the green movement, which is the largest position movements since the 1979 revolution. it is also creating a different kind of model of people power for the middle east, for theq islamic world, which is the last block to hold out against the democratic tide that has swept the rest of the world since the 19 seventies. -- the 1970's. whether marking the currency was anti regime slogans on national bank notes, whether it is boycotting goods advertised on state-controlled television as a signal that we don't like you are supporting the regime. there are a vast array of things people are doing in the background to signal their discontent with

when the americans withdrew from lebanon after we bombed the barracks, that showed me that they were week. we could attack the americans and not be attacked in return. he said this in interviews. and that is what kramer was yelling about for 50 years. so it is not a dismissal of doctrine. it is not wrong either there is verification but the problem is whether this is the answer. i think it is not but it is a very seductive dr. and and one that is easy to hook onto and you can see where it works out and that is part of the reason that it is so provocative in is just fascinating to me to see the speeches of donald rumsfeld when he was president ford's chief of staff he would say one thing then gets to the pentagon 1975 come with rear four weeks later he comes out with a doctrine of provocative weakness and other things that kramer has been saying for years. when he left office 1977, the farewell speech was that when he left office 2006 he said i am sorry i have to go back to the same themes of 1977 leash cannot display weakness because that will invite and amaze to attack us. it is a v

the undersecretary will be traveling this week to lebanon, syria, turkey and azerbaijani.onstrating our continued support to the sovereign independent lebanon and in syria, he will meet with the president and foreign minister continued dialogue with the syrian government about all aspects of our bilateral relationship. then on to turkey with meetings with senior officials to discuss the shared vision framework for our strategic partnership. people continue to foster by sean with the president's -- azerbaijan to meet with the president. the administrator for usaid will be in haiti tomorrow to meet with haitian leaders about reconstruction and relief efforts. we will provide our thoughts and prayers on behalf of the american people as we reflect on the 30 day anniversary of the earthquake. the special envoy will travel to chad and sudan in the upcoming week for discussions with members of the liberation movement including the president on resolving the remaining issues around the implementation of the comprehensive peace agreement and he will be in hartoum for by little meet

says supports terrorist operation in iraq, lebanon, afghanistan and the revolutionary guard controlsn's moral police. which is blamed for the most violent retaliations against the protesters, that followed last year's election and the revolutionary guard is not completely mono listic -- mon listic and, the man who ran against him last year is from the revolutionary guard. uma: and the third day the massive offensive against the taliban strong hold of marjah is continuing and u.n. and afghan forces were brought by helicopter forces into the town and troops are moving through surgeon neighborhoods taking rocket and mortar fire from taliban fighters and the mission face aid set back yesterday when two u.s. rockets slammed into a home, killing a dozen civilians and nato commanders general stanley mcchrystal suspended the use of rockets for now and we'll get more from mike emanuel at the pentagon later on here on "america's newsroom." bill: and from pakistan, we are learning a suspected u.s. drone firing into a vehicle in the northwestern part of the country, at least three are said to be

jesse, joining us from lebanon, tenn..ler: i was waiting for you guys to say something about congress stepping in, which is what i feel needs to be done. all of these people take money from corporations. it shouldn't all be reined in. senator mccain, as you know, was featured in "usa today" with bob beckel and cal thomas, who is a liberal against conservatives. again, is senator mccain going back on his word? just like he did with gays in the military? not going to vote -- going back to the right, not being the maverick that he said he was? we know that he got screwed over by president bush in south carolina. host: charles, independent line, chicago. good morning. caller: the morning. this is sending the united states straight into an all agree. -- oligarchy cal. as we speak, grassroots organizations are forming to fight against this, leading directly into a form of socialism that i do not think anyone wants to think about, which was what marxists organized to start communism. this is absolutely the worst decision ever bro

decision, there could be a great deal gained in terms of having syria stopping the destabilization of lebanon, stopping the support of hamas, stopping the support of hezbollah. and it is a different world today than it was in 1967, when israel took the golan. it's not the same strategic importance. the point that i make is i think diplomacy is the way out. but sometimes there has to be a carrot and a stick, and i think we have come to the point where sanctions do need to be imposed. that is why i have joined the effort. i think that the president has given fair notice to iran, that they come to the table by the end of the year, and we're a little past that. and we obviously have problems with china on a number of fronts. we have problems on the taiwan issue on our sale of arms to taiwan. we have problems with them with respect to tibet and our issue of human rights. we have very serious problems on trade. we have broader issues on human rights and china's emerging as a tremendous world power. we're challenged at every line. but i do believe that the logic of the situation is that it is in chi

lebanon, that would be the country where hezbollah, the iranian spawned terrorist group with sponsors our back yard an latin america has its hooks right into lebanese politics. very interesting, okay. we see. we see the problems in all sorts of ways. the u.n. has been the place, the go-to place since george bush walked away from it in 2003 and then came back. dealing with rogue regimes the united states was worried may be trying to acquire weapons of mass murder. where has that gotten us? really precisely nowhere at this point. it takes years to refer any real problem to relevant bodies, as they call it. you end up with a problem that gordon chang outlined earlier today where china sits on the security council says i don't really think we need sanctions right now. while they're going through their shadow play, the u.s. has signed on to this deal. so what does the u.s. say? well, what can we offer china so we can get them to come our way? this thing is being framed by u.n. procedure, as well as realities that would be difficult enough without that. then there's a second level that's ju

president ford and there is dick cheney in the broom, during the -- in the room, during the evacuation of lebanonp-secret meeting. one of my friends call this a meeting of the godfathers. reagan said that nancy and he would take everything west of the mississippi. this was when he was governor of the california and later ran against ford. this picture was what kept ford of the best dressed list -- off the best-dressed list. [laughter] this was a " given to president ford -- ball will " -- a coat that was given to president ford, a wool coat. that is an morse adopted -- anwar sadat. there is a little explaining. this was a state dinner in kyoto, the kind of state dinner clinton was built for, no doubt. this geisha. [laughter] mcneely knows that is true. [laughter] henry kissinger. [laughter] this is not his favorite political photo. backstage at the convention where court had just beaten reagan for the republican nomination -- this is what i saw outside. bob dole was his running mate. this was a very sad moment after mrs. ford -- she is being a cheerleader in the moment where jimmy carter was cong

north korea is now well documented as having built the tunnels in lebanon for hezbollah to make it so difficult for the idea to get at them during the 2006 war. they've also provided small arms to hezbollah including rockets that are fired into israel. the evidence points to the dealing with hezbollah continuing to go on right now. the north koreans have dealt your hezbollah largely through the searing and in the iranians. but especially through the iranians and particularly through the ir gc, their key intermediary. so let's get to that. and the quesadilla ray nance, the north koreans have dealt with hezbollah primary through the pier this is gone on for several years now and is ongoing. the north koreans also deal with and collaborate with the scuds on the propriety of arms deals with iran. the scuds is well-known for this. dusk, when it comes to supporting terrorism at the north koreans are either providing support for or collaborating with two documented terrorist or terrorist supporting groups hezbollah and the irgc. this is well-known and continues today. so it is rather disturb

of this contribution, $30 million will support the unrwa's core services in jordan, syria, lebanon, andmillion will support un -- the unrwa's emergency appeal for the west bank and gaza, including emergency food assistance and job creation programs. in 2009, the united states provided over $267 million to the un relief and works agency. and finally, before taking your questions, we certainly wish a safe journey to tai shan as he departs the united states for china. he is a dual citizen, u.s. born of chinese parents. he'll always have a close link to the united states and to school children across our country. but he is a tangible and furry manifestation of cooperation between the united states and china. >> wow. so that's what you've got going for you? you're got a panda? [laughter] you can't get them on iran, you can't get them on anything else and you have to give back the panda. >> i knew that was going to get grumpy's attention. [laughter] >> can you talk about this deal with romania that's been done -- >> sure. >> -- on missile defense? >> sure. >> and are there other agreements in

i'm sure lebanon is one of them and he can pick up a ballot and he can vote. no one is going to intimidate him in that process. >> i'd like to ask you, i know you spoke a lot about the debaathification, the process. but i just want to ask you, the point have a statement from yourself from general odierno that iran is influenced ahmadinejad in this process, puzzles questions for iraqi's that how this can go on and these candidates have been banned and elections but in terms of legitimacy and transparency, do you think anyway this is going to affect voter turnout in people's confidence in the process? and if i may very briefly, just ask you about the status of detainees, iraqi detainees with the u.s. forces. i know this is something to have been working to reduce. could you give us the latest numbers and if there are any problems in reducing the numbers? thank you. >> first of all, the numbers are coming down, and releases are being made. they move past lower than 9000 last summer, and i want to say 7000. [inaudible] >> six or 7000. and it's a process that's con

i'm sure lebanon is one of them and he can pick up a ballot and he can vote. no one is going to intimidate him in that process. >> i'd like to ask you, i know you spoke a lot about the debaathification, the process. but i just want to ask you, the point have a statement from yourself from general odierno that iran is influenced ahmadinejad in this process, puzzles questions for iraqi's that how this can go on and these candidates have been banned and elections but in terms of legitimacy and transparency, do you think anyway this is going to affect voter turnout in people's confidence in the process? and if i may very briefly, just ask you about the status of detainees, iraqi detainees with the u.s. forces. i know this is something to have been working to reduce. could you give us the latest numbers and if there are any problems in reducing the numbers? thank you. >> first of all, the numbers are coming down, and releases are being made. they move past lower than 9000 last summer, and i want to say 7000. [inaudible] >> six or 7000. and it's a process that's con

i'm sure lebanon is one of them and he can pick up a ballot and he can vote.ne is going to intimidate him in that process. >> i'd like to ask you, i know you spoke a lot about the debaathification, the process. but i just want to ask you, the point have a statement from yourself from general odierno that iran is influenced ahmadinejad in this process, puzzles questions for iraqi's that how this can go on and these candidates have been banned and elections but in terms of legitimacy and transparency, do you think anyway this is going to affect voter turnout in people's confidence in the process? and if i may very briefly, just ask you about the status of detainees, iraqi detainees with the u.s. forces. i know this is something to have been working to reduce. could you give us the latest numbers and if there are any problems in reducing the numbers? thank you. >> first of all, the numbers are coming down, and releases are being made. they move past lower than 9000 last summer, and i want to say 7000. [inaudible] >> six or 7000. and it's a process that's continui

iran supports terrorist groups and insurgents in iraq, afghanistan, lebanon, gaza and elsewhere as ameans to expand its own influence. frustrate regional rivals and impede u.s. strategy across the region. and invest heavily on developing ballistic with better actors in new payloads. with more than a thousand insults and her visions are gone now house enough enriched uranium for nuclear weapon if it further in which dan processed. china's military modernization continues with the acquisition of growing numbers of very sophisticated aircraft, warships, missiles and the personnel required to employ these capabilities. china seeks military security on its periphery with focus on traditional military advantages and air in evil power projection and in space. north korea remains unlikely to eliminate its nuclear weapon weapons capability for the foreseeable future. believing the weapons serve as a strategic deterrent and leverage while also counterbalancing logistic shortage as, aging equipment and insufficient training debt plagued its conventional forces. russia is proceeding with ambitio

stopping syria from continuing the destabilization of lebanon, which syria denies, but i think happens to be a fact. for syria to stop supporting hezbollah and hamas could be very important to israel security. and to try to drive a wedge between syria and iran would be helpful not only to israel in the context of the iranian president wanting to wipe israel off the face of the earth, but would be good not only for the region but for the entire world if we could find a way to contain iran in their determination to acquire nuclear weapons. secretary of state hillary clinton testified yesterday before the foreign operations subcommittee, and i asked her if she would consider a recommendation to have the president call the israeli leaders, prime minister netanyahu and the syrian president bashir assad to the oval office, be an intermediary there. the office of the presidency has great -- could have great force, some great weight, and the secretary was noncommittal. and the record will reflect the exact words which she used. the trip was very worthwhile. i find that when we leave the beltwa

we traveled to lebanon in the fall of 1982, following the deployment of u.s. forces as peace keepers to that country. we stayed in the very same marine barracks that six months later were blown to smithereens. during our trip in june of 1987 to geen la, it was chairman -- to angola, it was chairman murtha successful of securing the release of a downed u.s. pilot from his congressional district. later that august, that same year we traveled to the perg gulf in the u.s. reflagging operation of kuwaiti ships. a few years later we traveled to somalia, following george herbert walker bush, december of 1992, dispatch of u.s. troop there is in order to establish order and ensure the success of our humanitarian relief efforts. the bottom line in all these travels, of course, as so many of my colleagues can attest is that around this world, our service men and women, young women and men, know the true character, knew the true character of jack murtha. they knew the back bone of jack murtha. a veteran a dedicated public servant, an individual who was never too busy or n

it has close the like -- alliances with groups like hezbollah in lebanon and hamas.rorism. so, between its vast oil and gas resources to its influence and a part of the world where the u.s. has the political and economic interest, iran will always poor into the denied the state to weather is in power in tehran. host: what do analysts such as yourself see in the green revolution? guest: green movement is in many ways the most vibrant civil disobedience campaigns any world -- anywhere today. it is not just turning out on the streets in days of protest but also what isw3 happening in the background. that in many ways shows the scope of the green movement, which is the largest position movements since the 1979 revolution. it is also creating a different kind of model of people power for the middle east, for theq islamic world, which is the last block to hold out against the democratic tide that has swept the rest of the world since the 19 seventies. -- the 1970's. whether marking the currency was anti regime slogans on national bank notes, whether it is boycotting goods

if you look at haiti or bay rich lebanon or look at places where the system breaks down it reminds youow important this system of self-government and the rule of law, because without it this whole system could collapse overnight. [applause] but it is really clear to me that the inherited system of the post world war ii era, the lobbyist, special-interest group, paid consultant, campaign models already dead and. they can't produce the results we need as a country. part of the reason is they narrow everything down. this is true in both parties. u.n. dup with people who spend far too much of their time raising money because the current campaign laws are all fundamentally wrong. we have a very simple campaign law that should say, because they are very first amendment to the bill of rights says we are guaranteed the right of free speech without being regulated by congress and the founding fathers did that deliberately because they didn't want to constrict citizens from criticizing incumbents and of course every incumbent love something like mccain-feingold because they don't want you to hav

our borders -- tetralogy of sweat starting to loom over the horizon hamas and gaza, hezbollah and lebanon and the jihad, iran and so on the only superpower on earth the agenda is overbuilt with both domestic and foreign strategic challenges and israel finds itself at the focal point of historic struggle on two levels. the challenges presented by nuclear, military proliferation and wrote and failing states and on another level we see islam now tufty date and tough struggle between the radicals. the consequences of this struggle on its two levels will shape the geopolitical landscape for the next decade. i prefer to start with opportunities other than script and it was already set up the region that in the middle east the pessimist was an optimist experience. [laughter] i prefer the option of chilean observation that the pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity like the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty i prefer the churchill version attitude towards events. clearly opportunities here and i do believe that the israeli leadership is at the uppermost responsibility i

peacekeeping missions including lebanon.ost recently, it decided to offer 200 plus peacekeepers and $10 million in emergency assistance to haiti. . . south korea is helping bring broadband through innovative partnerships with groups, they are bringing broadband to african countries and they are integrated into the international community and not merely set pieces in global development efforts. we're looking forward to the november 2010 g20 leader summit in sole sole. -- seoul. seoul and south korea has played an important leadership role during the financial crisis by joining the financial stability board and undertaking swift financial reforms to ensure its economy would be able to weather the economic challenges of the future. similarly, we're working with our partners in japan to sustain our crucial alliance. a few days ago, i had a chance to reflect on those challenges and opportunities. and today simply want to reiterate that we welcome the fiber of dialog with japan's new leaders as exemplified with secretary clinton.

iran support terrorist groups and insurge ens in iraq, afghanistan, lebanon, gaza and elsewhere as a means to expand its own influence. frustrate regional rivals and impede u.s. strategy across the region. and invest heavily in developing ballistic missiles with greater accuracy and new pay loads. with more than 8,000 installed centrifuges, iran has enough low enruched uranium for a nuclear weapon if it further enriched and processed. china's military mod eshization continues with the 5:groug numbs of aircraft to employ the capabilities. china seeks military superiority along its periphery with military advantages in nar and naval power projection and in space. north korea remains unlikely to eliminate its nuclear weapon capability for the foreseeable futures. believing the weapons serve as a strategic deterrent and leverage while also counter balancing the logistic shortages, aging equipment and insufficient training that plague its conventional forces. russia is proceeding about ambitious military reform. the effects of the global recession and asian industrial base, corruption, mi

it has close the like -- alliances with groups like hezbollah in lebanon and hamas.th many of the extremist groups. it is the top ofq the list of state department state sponsors of terrorism. so, between its vast oil and gas resources to its influence and a part of the world where the u.s. has the political and economic interest, iran will always poor into the denied the state to weather is in power in tehran. host: what do analysts such as yourself see in the green revolution? guest: green movement is in many ways the most vibrant civil disobedience campaigns any world -- anywhere today. it is not just turning out on the streets in days of protest but also what isw3 happening in the background. that in many ways shows the scope of the green movement, which is the largest position movements since the 1979 revolution. it is also creating a different kind of model of people power for the middle east, for theq islamic world, which is the last block to hold out against the democratic tide that has swept the rest of the world since the 19 seventies. -- the 1970's. whethe

iran support terrorist groups and insurge ens in iraq, afghanistan, lebanon, gaza and elsewhere as a expand its own influence. frustrate regional rivals and impede u.s. strategy across the region. and invest heavily in developing ballistic missiles with greater accuracy and new pay loads. with more than 8,000 installed centrifuges, iran has enough low enruched uranium for a nuclear weapon if it further enriched and processed. china's military mod eshization continues with the 5:groug numbs of aircraft to employ the capabilities. china seeks military superiority along its periphery with military advantages in nar and naval power projection and in space. north korea remains unlikely to eliminate its nuclear weapon capability for the foreseeable futures. believing the weapons serve as a strategic deterrent and leverage while also counter balancing the logistic shortages, aging equipment and insufficient training that plague its conventional forces. russia is proceeding about ambitious military reform. the effects of the global recession and asian industrial base, corruption, mismanageme

sierra leone, lebanon, etc. in the business setting we worked on questions of the iran u.s. claims tribunal, now in its third decade. the u.n. compensation commission, the nafta tribunal. and we've taken positions in a number of domestic litigations, most recently the brief that we filed along the office in the salmon tar case which will be ar gud on march 3rd. now, i think there's been a pattern over time. john bellinger noted this when he was himself legal adviser of the justice and state departments taking positions in many cases involving foreign policy issues, but not necessarily a novel or significant foreign policy interest of the united states. just to remind you, back in 1964, in the sabitino case, the supreme court famously said, often the state department will wish to refrain from taking an official position, particularly in a moment that would be indicated by the development of private litigation or which might be inopportune diplomatically. in fact, if a private case raises a particular set of international law issues doesn't necessarily mean that the u.s. gover

we follow carefully what happens in lebanon. and i see that the time has come to deal with it in a much more straight and real manner. the essence of 1701, the u.n. security resolution following the last war in the north in 2006 was to put an end to this animality of the existence of hezbollah in lebanon. and instead of serving the parliament and just allowed it to become more complicated. there is a bizarre anomaly there. lebanon is a member state of the united nations. it happens to the militia. a militia had 12 members in parliament, even ministers in the cabinet with a veto power over the decision of the liberty government. now it is supported in the script i other states of the united nations. syria and iran. technologically with equipment and many civil servants in uniform and without uniform of both member states of the united nations are serving in lebanon with the chain of command of hezbollah and giving orders come as canning not out of the lebanese people, but other players. and happen to be the militia doesn't just h

he would say when the americans withdrew from lebanon after we bombed the barracks, that showed me they were weak, and we could attack the americans and not get attacked in return. he had actually said that in interviews. that's what kramer had been yelling about for years. so it's not wrong, either. the problem is whether this is the answer in every instance, and i think it suredly is not, but it's a very seductive doctrine, you can see where it works out, and that's part of the reason that it has been so provocative. just fascinating to me to see how the speeches of donald rumsfeld, when he was president ford's chief of staff, would be saying one thing. gets to the pentagon in 1975 and three or four weeks later is coming out with with -- with the doctrine of provocative weakness. when he left office in 1977, his farewell speech was that, and in 2006, he said, i'm sorry, i have to go back to the same theme i hit in 1977. we have to -- not to show weakness because that will invite our enemies to attack us. just a very, very seductive and important doctrine. it may by simplistic but does