, get his hands on the persian gulf are keeping iran out of the soviet lots of hand was very critical. iran is almost by consensus when the cold war began. so you have a young man, comes to very critical throne in a troubled land with the rise of communist movement, supported by the soviet union. so while this made it very interesting and critical. >> host: you mentioned shakespeare a couple times. dr. milani come you begin each chapter with a quote from king richard. why? >> guest: they are is first of all i love shakespeare, but i found striking similarities between both the characters of this vacillation between authority when he felt powerful and absolute weakness when he felt besieged. going from one extreme to the other with almost no in between, that's usually the carrot or the shaw house. because from the height of his power, where he spends 150, $200 million to invite all the heads of state coming remember the 2500 year monarchy in iran, where he literally threatened president ford verbally to someone within a year and half couldn't make a single decision without prior approv

billions millions we don't know coming from qatar and saudi arabia the american allies in the persian gulf so the dangers are everywhere to be seen and of course the other dangers of the blowback which may be currying even now some of these militants returning to their home countries in europe and perhaps to the united states to fight their jihad on european american soil. well close look at that story's available for you on our website and also there today shame and disgrace you experts reveal the ugly truth is really on the tactics including using palestinian children as human shields and military operations online store these house. also on the

billions millions we don't know coming from qatar and saudi arabia the american allies in the persian gulf so the dangers are everywhere to be seen and of course the other dangers of the blowback which may be currying even now some of these militants returning to their home countries in europe and perhaps to the united states to fight their jihad on european american soil. well close look at that story's available for you on our website and also there today shame and disgrace you experts reveal the ugly truth is really on the tactics including using palestinian children as human shields and military operations online store these house. also on the you tube channel stunning pictures from the paris air show cutting edge examples of russians military aircraft the skies. terror attacks constant drone strikes and vicious sectarian strife stuns newly elected government faces many ugly challenges amid the outbreak of violence many other issues such as in advance lack of energy left on the sidelines and over even when the government starts looking for answers to the shortfall it stands on a whole

billions millions we don't know coming from qatar and saudi arabia the american allies in the persian gulf so the dangers are everywhere to be seen and of course the other dangers of the blowback which may be occurring even now some of these militants returning to their home countries in europe and perhaps to the united states to fight their jihad on european american soil. with some other news happening this hour in santiago riot police had recently suppressed a rally by students demanding education reform clashes reportedly broke out when some of the protesters trying to march beyond the authorized rate stones the police responded with water cannons and battens chile has experienced a recent wave of education protests over soaring cost on affordable loans and poorly trained teachers. people have been killed in a powerful explosion at a fireworks factory montreal a massive fire and further blasts followed reducing one of the buildings to rubble the accident forced the evacuation of dozens of nearby homes and businesses because it's currently being investigated. security forces have clashe

billions millions we don't know coming from qatar and saudi arabia the american allies in the persian gulf so the dangers are everywhere to be seen and of course the other dangers are the blowback which may be occurring even now some of these militants returning to their home countries in europe and perhaps to the united states to fight to their jihad on european american soil. terror attacks constant drone strikes and vicious sectarian strife pakistan's needy elected government faces a lot of challenges but amid the outbreaks of violence many other issues such as an immense lack of energy are left on the sidelines however even when the government starts looking for answers to the shortfall it stumbles upon a whole host of hurdles. business is far from booming at this textile mill in pakistan several times each day the machines come to a halt there's simply not enough power to keep them running forcing them to sit idle for up to fourteen hours a day the mill has resorted to burning wood to keep up production but for a factory employing four thousand people it's an unsustainable solution th

3,000 german experts working in iran and then to suffer the defeat within to connect with the persian gulf to the caspian to move says this young man at the tender age of 22 almost reluctantly became the king. >>host: reluctantly? >>guest: i think so because at that time was not anticipating he would descend to the throne. he was not anticipating a of a virtually occupied country and to and so it was not by inclination. he was not someone who had the drive that his father had to grab the throne and he was very weak but also pretended to be very strong. and make bad politicians and reluctant but modernizing leader who came to power at a very crucial time with this very critical piece of real estate, i ran, fdr, eisenhower, kennedy , and nixon, of virtually all the president's had said this is one of the most important countries. remember the days of the cold war and iran head 2500 before the soviet union that was known do you try to get but trying to keep it out of the soviet bloc in their hand is almost deserted river began to hear a. >> but but supported by the soviet union. this made it

the road ends at our file on the banks of the persian gulf the end of our journey. from this is the outback oil terminal rising from the water far from terrorist attacks and under constant military surveillance where iraq's fortune oil flows in and out. the country's fortune and perhaps misfortune two. wars here have always been closed in the same color black. and foul was at the mouth of the shuttle our best during where the tigris joins the euphrates forming the border with iran. on the iranian bank a gigantic portrait of the m.m. how many is there to taunt us a reminder that americans have gone leaving pandora's box wide open. been especially on me personally i never thought an old collaborated with the americans. just what chile i work to be i am and always have been a taxi driving us here. i still can't cross the country north to south from south dakota and follow all taxi i go wherever i can find work i have that i don't hesitate god be praised all i want to still live my. twenty days on the road perhaps one hundred checkpoints. with my friend khaled we've cro

destabilize the region, did make weapons of mass destruction and one time, was found out after the persian gulf war in 1991, stop for a while. wheels of does -- he was going to up probably return the weapons of mass destruction. the other ingredient i think, some would argue and have argued that saddam hussein's motive was one of the necessary preconditions with the arabs bring. it took place years later, ten years after the american invasion. on the other hand, as a necessary condition it showed the arab world that the dictator could be moved. it could happen. consequently i think historians will be fighting it, just like it will any other controversial issue. the origins of the civil war or the vietnam war, for example. any great decision was always going to have supportive attractions. probably would have been better to avoid it, once it was done we cannot go back. and we cannot replace history to say what might have been had we not injured. so it's going to be a very difficult question. and it is a political question. supporters of the former president george w. bush will have varying viewp

how do we provide stability in the persian gulf? how do we keep the sea lanes open?hey're not doing that stuff. we should recognize theorizing. we should be respectful. we should try to get them to help us uphold this open world economy and this open world system and, you know, for now and for a long time for the future the united states remains the guarantor of peace and stability in the world and we need china to come in. >> there is one area where we are clearly lacking, and that's infrastructure building. i mean, the other week we had a bridge collapse which went beyond the bridge claollapse. it is system bol i can. he would stand in front of bridges and talk about the need to rebuild infrastructure. it is not happening. that is critical. public investment is necessary right now, and it is not happening, and there is no real focus on it in washington. >> and ties into the earlier part of the discussion. the single biggest way you can produce jobs, real jobs in this economy is an ambitious plan along the lines of what arianna is saying, build out our infrastructur

sells high style protective gear from high profile clients all the way from south america to the persian gulfer the sandyhook school shootings in connecticut this colombia businessman said he was flooded from calls from american parents so he created a new line. m.c. kids. >> we have to adapt the product to reduce the trauma of the children. >> reporter: he says the bulletproof backpack is a best- seller. >> it provides a lot of protection, it can take sustained multiple shots with pretty high caliber weapons. >> jeff: timothy hogan is with elite sterling security. caballero denver u.s.-based distributor. since the march launch hoggan says they have sold 300 plus backpacks nationwide at $250 a piece. >> we look at it as additional safety measure, no different than wearing seat belts in your car. it's just one more level of protection that can help take care of our kids. >> at a nearby park four-year- old alex phillips looked the backpack. his father zack wasn't sure. >> i don't know how much it would have prevented or if it would have been helpful in any of these cases but i suppose it's not

the military historian talk about world war ii, the iraq war, and the persian gulf war. he's -- authored six books including "an army at dawn" which received a pulitzer prize. >>> rick atkin son, what is the lib rail trilogy? >> guest: a project i began fifteen years ago, it's an account of the liberal of europe particularly from the perspective of america and other western allies. the first volume begins where the liberation began the innovation of morocco and algeria. the second volume is north across the mediterranean to the the the invasion of sicily. the third volume is the innovation of normandy. rome is fallen and d-day and normandy is june 6 within 19 44, it tells the final chapter of the story through d-day. >> host: why north africa? >> guest: that's when it begins. the decision was made to not the army was green. the green commanders. we didn't have the landing craft in other material necessary to undertake that enormous feat. so roosevelt, contrary to the advice of almost of all of his senior military commanders agreed to invade north africa. it took place on

iran additionally the us is in the midst of a major buildup of american military forces in the persian gulf more warships additional attack aircraft and most recently a laser weapon systems have been deployed to the region in two thousand and ten president obama struck a ten year sixty billion dollar weapons deal with saudi arabia and despite bahrain's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters the u.s. has reportedly continued to provide tens and tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons ammunition vehicle parts and communication equipment to the country now critics accuse the u.s. of conveniently turning a blind eye to human rights violations in the gulf region for its own interests and geo political purposes. when it comes to. police who has been running. thirty years there is. jails people toward murders. no repercussions only. so the bahraini government are not meant in them all sorts of. you know to enforce their brushing. who is it's silent in the united states most americans do not know we are supporting this all referred to as long as the gulf states continue standing under am

million cubic feet of gas to pakistan each day from iran's offshore south park's field in the persian gulf. this is the single best thing which has happened to box on the last sixty five years of his existence it will be a major step towards providing cost effective solution and a solution which will allow pakistan to be actually connected to the global energy guest recess but there are serious doubts about how pakistan could finance the one point five billion dollars needed to build its portion of the pipeline and there's another hurdle washington has threatened to slap islam abroad with sanctions over the project if this deal is finalized for a proposed iran pakistan pipeline it would raise serious concerns under our around sanctions act we've made that absolutely clear to our pakistani qana parts the americans are pushing for a rival plan for u.s. backed pipeline from turkmenistan instead but u.s. opposition isn't the only hurdle really sticky i don't think that's ever going to happen because if you look at the geopolitical you look at the forces that are opposed to it it's not just the

states has alliances with members of the gulf cooperation council countries which look across the persian gulf to run those countries are even more distrustful of iran. the ones we've been talking about like united states but as we discussed earlier trust a mistrust is something that is especially in the area centrally in the eye of the beholder you cannot control or in fact i don't think you can influence how much trust or mistrust any given party have has in relation to you but since you want to move on. you know that iran is to hold presidential elections pretty pretty soon and one of the top presidential contender is. really the country's top nuclear negotiator was here in moscow a couple of months ago and i had a chance to sit down for an interview with him and i want to play to you something that he had to say. why does the international community that claims to live under the rule of law except the situation we need rules are violated and countries seeking to exercise their judgment or discriminated against so what essentially you hear him saying here is that iran really wants to be tre

for me this is a summit with some of the persian. gulf. played a family jazz band together. hijacked a plane together. most of them from music to terrorism. twenty five years old the question still remains. just bad hi jack. when you take three. three. three. three. three. three balls video for your media. free media r t v dot com. this is that we can all see welcome by some thousands of people gathered in the american city of baltimore in support of bradley manning on the evil while the most decisive days of his life the soldier faces dozens of charges often eking top secret files including footage of a u.s. helicopter attack on civilians during the country's iraq a campaign then no anticipated military trial is expected to begin on monday blake was at the rally. we're reporting in maryland in baltimore on monday the court martial against by the first class bradley manning will finally begin private manning twenty five year old army intelligence officer is accused of the biggest leak in the history of the united states according to army prosecutors manning is responsible fo

billions millions we don't know coming from qatar and saudi arabia the american allies in the persian gulf so the dangers are everywhere to be seen and of course the other dangers of the blowback which may be occurring even now some of these militants returning to their home countries in europe and perhaps to the united states to fight their jihad on european american soil. that top story today our russian president vladimir putin is hosting german chancellor i'm going to merkel instant petersburg right now an annual gathering of the crime of the world business and to have a range of issues to discuss let's have a listen to them right now it's a very violent reaction it's not markets around the world but particularly in emerging markets what countermeasures are needed by russia but if you search a bank governor. bush growth if there is that much worry about the reserve board policy particularly in a country like this. most of the those. russian congenial street you do in order to. growth has been discussed in my speech in my remarks and the reaction to the statement of mr bernanke statemen

billions millions we don't know coming from qatar and saudi arabia the american allies in the persian gulf so the dangers are everywhere to be seen and of course the other dangers of the blowback which may be currying even now some of these militants returning to their home countries in europe and perhaps to the united states to fight their jihad on european and american soil. yes the cream of world business is in scent petersburg looking for ways to boost economic growth reform with global financial system and strengthen trade. openness at the forum looking into the most burning issues dominating the agenda on the event second day. if there's a mess to get caught i made it very much in full focus today we're going to be talking about market volatility how to address that as well as making bossa almost friendly place to come and spend your cast improving infrastructure and something about investment into the culture i'm now joined by tim does then you've been walking in russia five or twenty years as the at t five president all that so all the oil companies that we come to find basis what

have maintained a substantial numbers of military personnel in the persian gulf. question is in a post afghanistan environment and we have little to no presence in afghanistan was the right size of our presence in the persian gulf? right now most of that is being handled by a rotational force. their forces that are not permanently stationed in the permit -- permanently stationed in the persian gulf. long they stay in the field is one year. it is starting to be pretty substantial. the last question was the status on bases versus consulate. is that considered u.s. soil? guest: our bases are not u.s. territory. acquisition at the -- and there at the acquiescence of the host nation. that is important when military operations are being planned. we need to negotiate with the host nations the kinds of military operations they are willing to permit from the soil. that changes all the time. it is a constant source of discussion and negotiation. i read about historical cases where that acts as has not been tillable the united states wanted. it can change. host: we're talkin