must remember that as deplorable, as reprehensible character as he may have been in libya, like mr. assad in syria, like you might remember in iraq a few years ago, these governments fought against the rise of islamic fundamentalism. they contained it. >> i as i of that endorsement extends to the assad regime. >> i think that diplomacy and notably russian diplomacy, have made progress, which might allow an exit from the syrian conflict. what would be on the other hand in the catastrophic in my opinion would be to help islamic fundamentalists to brutally overthrow the government of assad. if they take control of syria, they will impose sharia law and persecute minorities. we cannot just do whatever we want in these countries, and breaking off relations with bashar al assad is senseless. on the other hand, guiding democracy in the country would be much more successful than what we are currently doing. >> paintings, books, and plays often contain clues as to the artist or writer's state, but what about a cross word? a master of the art of the cryptic cross word has something very important t

in the united states the washington the ministration believes that mr all assad is one is way out it reminds me of the last stages of the conflict in libya in two thousand and eleven when the opposition refused to negotiate with mr gadhafi because they thought he was on his way out as washington and the saudis see it they won't be able to remove mr all assad from power forcibly everyone knows that the locomotive behind the opposition is al nusra front which in gauges and terrorist tactics and has no need or no desire for elections since they plan to shoot their way into power obviously washington is rather complacent about the participation in the syrian conflict of al bruce refract so-called al-qaeda in iraq and their terrorist means including car bombings that killed women children and senior citizens just a few days ago just as they are very complacent about the rise of so-called islamic fundamentalism in north africa as a result of the overthrow of mr gadhafi they either unwittingly or wittingly or pushing those forces into power in damascus. well some other news for around the wo

candidate the newly formed wiki leaks party has not yet registered with the electoral commission so mr assad has been for senate is seen as a possible political move to help him escape from the ecuadorian embassy in london where he has been since june nineteenth under australian law a songe is allowed to run for office without being physically present in the country but must arrive within two months of winning the seat in order to accept it . well fresh out of his congressional confirmation hearings newly confirmed secretary of state john kerry has committed his first diplomatic slip of the tongue listen close and see if you catch it. we were some of the most dangerous places all over the earth they do it for gardeners of it we are stronger partnerships with countries that share our commitment to democratic values and human rights they fight corruption in nigeria they support we declared robo they should cover great institutions and coups and stay out of drug. degenerates john kerry praised diplomatic efforts in a country that in fact does not exist the secretary apparently confuse the poor

rather than sweden serious odds are it could happen before granting him asylum and we had studied mr assad just case for a few weeks finally we concluded that he had every reason to ask for it so we are satisfied of his request went well so. we may say that it wasn't only you who won last night. in the victory as well returning to his homeland you were a monk the first who came to visit him in cuba dedicated your victory to mr chavez how would you describe his current health and when do you think will he be able to get back to work. even if you had seen him prior to the operation which was beyond all doubt extremely complex it wouldn't have occurred to you that he was sick you would have found him in his normal state and in a cheerful mood and moreover he looked fine but the operation was extremely difficult and we all knew that as far as we know he's now recoveries and the fact he could make it back to his dear venezuela is such good news in that he loves cuba but venezuela is his homeland here and so i'm pretty sure this will be the best remedy for hugo better anyway we wish him the spee

>> it's always too early to say good-bye to mr. assad.e beginning of the syria civil war said he's going to be gone in two weeks, two months, he has lifelines to keep himself in power. at the end of the day, we think he will go and the quicker the better. >> would the region be more stable if the united states stepped in a bit more aggressively and supplied weapons to assad's opponents? >> we're not going to get involved in making a policy recommendation to syria. we ourselves will not support the opposition. >> what about unnamed third countries, if unnamed third countries supplied weapons and support to assad's opponents, would that not make the region more stable? >> if unnamed countries supplied weapons to the wrong country, it would have a boomerang action. the longer this goes on the longer the islamist imprint will be there. we're aware there are dangers and whatever happens outside syria could bring in very unsavory people including people aligned with al qaeda but if he falls, if and when he falls, it will be a huge blow to iran

assad must go. the russian foreign minister mr lover off said exactly the opposite. in a sense that. there cannot be any insistence from outside and that the leader of syria should go this is not how. a compromise will emerge in syria that mr glover of also said something quite significant which is that there cannot be. an intervention by force to change the regime in syria without the expressed. approval of the united nations security council and that's where the real diplomatic battle will be fought if there is to be a change in in syria the part really good to hear your thoughts on this deepak capacity audrie research fellow at the university of roehampton in the u.k. thanks for your time thanks for joining us live here on r.t. . reports of extra judicial killings by the modern army have escalated all the way to the un the block's anti genocide envoy says he's deeply concerned it claims by activists that the army which is largely backed by french troops is committing ethnic reprisal attacks and other atrocities this comes as faso or land is on a visit to the north african country

assad must go. the russian foreign minister mr glover off said exactly the opposite. in a sense that. there cannot be any insistence from outside and that the leader of syria should go this is not how. a compromise will emerge in syria mr glover off also said something quite significant which is that there cannot be. an intervention by force to change the regime in syria without the expressed. approval of the united nations security council and that's where the real diplomatic battle will be far to be if there is to be a change in in syria if not really good to hear your thoughts on this deepak capacity audrie research fellow at the university of roehampton in the u.k. thanks for your time thanks for joining us live here on r.t. . reports of extra judicial killings by the modern army have escalated all the way to the un the block's anti genocide envoy says he's deeply concerned it claims by activists that the army which is largely backed by french troops is committing ethnic reprisal attacks and other atrocities this comes as faso or land is on a visit to the north african country whe

to go shoot with president assad step or to the assad government could also be willing to talk that's according to its ally iran this morning mr was presented as egypt's sponsored islamic summit however there are splits within the opposition that make stability i'm like the even if they bring down the assad regime says that a serious tribe you in the editor in chief dr of the muslim it doesn't want one because i mean it's just like the rules that we'd be going through and the song will be nicer ones different than it is now and that's not the very you have to do the come out actually called victims in detroit even when the you guys. listed facit on it's a black list the not of defending it because they know they cannot control it. will not be because lucian is dreaming of the believe that they can control the groups are. singing and the most important part is that these are the princes and they will if you please of people they are not full of the shows they are not fight those for freedom they are just war princes and the coalition will only be able to do what its founder and main financing. entity will ask them to do and if

. >> should the arab league put greater pressure on ba shash al assad to -- >> we are disassociating ourselves. >> mrster, you may disassociate yourself from syria, but syria is not disassociating itself from you. you're getting thousands of refugees every week. >> we are disassociating from the area. we are receiving them and they are most welcome and always we have to do. it's an obligation and we are ready to serve. >> but you don't want to get involved in the politics. >> in the politics we don't get involved because god knows how it's going to finish. >> now, you may have noticed that all the guests on my panel were men. there is not a single female arab head of state. so i asked my guests about the status of women in their countries starting with the new prime minister of egypt, hesham mohammed qadil. it got a built feisty. listen in. there are a number of egyptian women who have told me that they believe the situation of women in egypt today is worse than it was under mubarak. >> well, i'm not sure, you know -- i have five daughters myself and my wife, so i don't think they agree to that. >> w

mr. biden spoke about syria and the civil war there. he call would for bashar assad to stip down. he is no longer fit to lead the syrian people but that assad appears to be a tyrant hell bent on clinging to power. >> molly thank you very much. >> and joining us with reaction to the story. fox military analyst . welcome, thanks for having me today. >> what about the timing of the remarkings from the vice-president. >> very interesting. i would say that you think we would have learned by now. it always is in the iranian court and we are noting to deal and iran does not. they are modernizing the uranium and march in the direction they want as a nuclear weapon . i don't think talks will solve that problem unfortunately. >> stow the fact that he is saying this now is it nothing out of the ordinary except he is making it in a time when people are concerned about what the future holds as iran holds the ball in his court. >> he is in a conference of a national security in europe and all of the europeans there . a feel-good conference in all honest i and trying to send a signal . all we ha

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deprive president assad of his superiority where he has in the air and his forces on the grounds that he is using to slaughter of the citizens of his own country. >> yes, sir. >> thank you, mr. chair. my time is expired. my thanks to each of you for your extraordinary service in the past. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank general austin and general rodriguez and their families for your extraordinary service to our country. i want to follow up on what senator blumenthal discussed. we worked on this no contacting with the inari provision that has given authority to d.o.d. to cut off in may -- contacting authority provision that has given d.o.d. authority to cut off funds that go to our enemies. i appreciate your commitment on that. i look forward to working with senator blumenthal and both of you to make sure that happens. when senator donnelly ask you about you having been through the process of deciding what a follow on process should be, that was in iraq, right? >> yes. >> what was your recommendation on the troop levels the should remain? -- that should remain? >> i provided a range of options to leadership. i have never made public with my recommenda

mr. speaker, with several nuclear warheads. who knows where they might be now. and where would the world be today if syria's assad had managed to complete his nuclear bomb making efforts? therefore, mr. speaker, the only viable u.s. policy is one of preventing iran from going nuclear, not this delusional notion of containing a nuclear iran. indeed, prevention is the stated policy objective of this president and his top advisors. the problem is not with the stated policy, but with the strategy that is supposed to achieve it. mr. speaker, the facts on the ground reveal that our policy objectives are not turning into reality. nearly all previous red lines demarcated by america and its allies over the nuclear iran's nuclear ambition have now been crossed with very few repercussions to he show for iran's defiance. iran is now enriching uranium in quantities, enrichment levels, and facilities that would have tried -- terrified the entire free world only a few years ago. needless at this very moment a defiant iran is forcing ahead with ballistic missiles, detonators, and other components essential to nuclear weaponizati