>> i would say aside from syria, very little whatsoever. why syria?d by a shiite minority. and also the syrians because of their relation with hezbollah, iran would like to maintain a good relationship with hezbollah. the only key to that is syria. syria and iranian relationships are the closest in the arab world. besides that no other arab country is willing to give iran the cover or the leeway that it would like to see in the middle east. >> let's talk about syria. do you think if the west, if the united states asked, that somehow syria would somehow try to use its influence with iraq? >> i thing the price will be the golan heights and the shiba farm. if the westerners would pressure israel to sign a peace agreement with syria, then we'd see the syrians more willing to use their leverage with the iranians on the nuclear weapon and also on hezbollah. >> all of this seems to go back to the question of whether israel may or may not have nuclear weapons. and that is an issue for much of the arab world as they face the prospect of iran with a nuclear wea

there figures tend to point toward syria. we would like to wk with the iraqis on what evidence they have. we would like to share with the iraqis what evidence we have to try to come to try to understand precisely what happened and then get on with dealing with that and improving the relationship. syria is obviously has been a troubled neighbor for iraq but i think in the lonrun iraq needs to develop this relaionship. prime mister are maliki spent 18 months of is like in serious so when one lks to prime minister maliki about syria you have to do it in aay that is respectful of the fact thate knows a thing or twabout syria. >>hank y mr. ambassador. senator lugar. thank you mr. chairman. ambassador, americans read the newspapers about a tax now in iq the question is raised in a common-sense way. after withdrawal of our forces in the cities on june the 30th, what is the outlook of the ordinary iraqis citizen in the cities about his or her surity or about their homes, their neighborhoods. in essence there was rejoicing that we hav

prime minister maliki spent 18 months-- years and is live in syria so when one talks about syria youave to do it with respect that the fact that he knows a thing it to about a. >> thank you mr. chairman. ambassad, as americans read th newspapers about the tax now in iraq, the question is ised in a common-sense way. ter the withdrawal of our forces from the cities on june the 3h, what is the outlook of the ordinary iraqi citizens in cities aut his or he security, or about their homes, their neighborhoods? in essence there was rejoicing that we have fulfill their commitment and we did so, and yet even the people that we have tried to train have left-- seem to be inadeate for that task. granted the numbers of casualties are dn andhe number of attacks by any statistical measurement but@ nonetheless, life has to go on inn ordinary way for peopl with or withouthe united states. what is your prognosis of the curity arrangements iraqis are providing for themselves and the perceptions of their citizens about that? .. >> yeah. i think with regard to perceptions, obviously, there are concerns a

the prime minister spent 18 years of his life in syria. when one talks to the prime minister about syria, you have to do it in a way that is respectful. >> thank you, mr. ambassador. senator? >> thank you, mr. chairman. ambassador, americans read the newspapers about attacks in iraq, and the question is raised in a common-sense way. after a withdrawal of our forces in the cities on june 30, what is the outlook of the ordinary iraqi citizen in the city's about his or her security? about their homes and neighborhoods? of in essence, there was rejoicing that we had fulfilled our commitment and that we did so, and yet even the people that we have tried to train and left to provide this security seems to be inadequate. . and left provide the security seem to be inadequate for that task. granted, numbers of casualties are down. the number of attacks by any statistical measurement. but nonetheless, life has to go on in an ordinary way for people. with or without the united states. states. and your prognosis of the security arrangements iraqis are

the ly key to that is syria. sya and iranian relationships are th closest inhe arab world. bedes that no oer arab country is willing to give iran the cover or the leeway thatt seekin the middle east. >> do you think if the united states asked tt syria would somehow tr to use its influence withiraq? >> i thing the pice will be the golan heights a the sheeba farm. ifhe westernersouldpressure israel tsign a peace agreement with ria, then we see the syrians more willing to use their leverage with the iranians on the nuclear weaponnd also onhezbollah. >>ll of this sms to go back to the question of wheer israel mayr y not he nuclr weapons. and that is an issue for much of tharab world as ty facehe prospect of iran th a nuclear weapon, right? >> yes, indeed. i believe this ought to be looked at from two lars. the first i the arab pple or the arab street. the arabtreet is very gered by teir governments us or statements the utter because they're not talking about an iseli nuclear bomb, ten they're talking about potential iranianuclear bomb. when it comes t imsing sanctions on israel

their fingers tend to point toward syria.we would like to work with the iraqis on what evidence they have. we would like to share with the iraqis what evidence we have to try to come to the -- to try to understand precisely what happened, and then get o . syria is obviously a troubled neighbor for iraq. i think that in the long run, they need to

take even more difficult because if they were try to do it alone it would mean probably flying along syria/turkish airspace and would have to reposition refueling aircraft. i think in their place it would be much more harsh. if i could add, that's the value of this proech of the u.s. government under president obama. it has put the military option on the back of the table. it's actually then taken a step toward what's most important, building a strong international coalition that can apply diplomatic pressure on iran as well as necessary sanctions because it took aboard what the national intelligence estimate of a year ago said by our cia. it says iran approaches its foreign policy decision in a cost-benefit way. it's not a rush to have a weapon. rather takes into account the cost, economic, political and diplomatic. that's what the president is doing. >> yeah. i thought he handled it extremely well today. congressman, let's talk about the israeli reaction here. this vindicates them. they've been saying all along these folks are cheating and building and not paying attention to anything el

we should also make perfectly clear to syria that better ties with the united states will require no neighbor's affairs. the administration made a major unfortunate to reach out to syria sending a number of delegations to damascus and making clear that better ties with the united states are possible if syria changes its ways yet we should recall it has been just four years since there was an emerging on the political stage after there was a suicide bomber that crossed the syrian border into iraq and syria maintains its hostility to israel and its close ties to the government of iran. it must be clear there must be real change on these issues in order for syria to enjoy significantly warmer relations with the united states. some americans might reasonably ask, why? why should we care about freedom in the democratic a as operatios oaspiration ofthe lebanese peop? don't we have enough problems at home without spending time and attention on the affairs of a small country far from our in answering this, i would like to return to the team in which i set up to say these remarks. the instabi

what they really wanted was to settle scores with syria. the assassinations could have been turned into the united nations as well. the general assembly is now under the presidency of libya. this is our right. libya hopes that he would assist the world -- libya hopes that you would assist the world to move from one stage to another, from a world that is scattered and fraught with crises and tension to a world in which humanity prevails and in which tolerance prevails. i will personally follow up on this issue with the general assembly, with the secretary general. it is not part of our courtesies or habits to compromise when it has to do with the destiny of humanity. the struggle of the third world, the struggle of small nations should live in peace until the end. god's peace be upon you. i think my brother, the leader of the revolution, and the chair person of the african union for his statement. >> tomorrow, the republican strategist and a democratic strategist will discuss the political news of the week, health care debate, and the war in

so you can either list it as syria or leave it blank.500 people, virginia, quickly joined the group in protest. facebook actually changed its settings. residents can select israel or syria as a home country, but this dilemma has come up in the past, as you may remember. facebook says it deals with this on a case by case basis, i should say. users in the west bank, for example, can identify themselves as being from palestine or being from israel. still the change, virginia, actually doesn't mean a lot because we are now being told that facebook has been banned by the nation's government anyway, but it is kind of a philosophical debate that is going on right now. one, frankly, of identity and how that plays in with social networking and technology. >> absolutely. not easily decided. good to see you. >> you're welcome. you too. >>> listen to this. a mother says a company tried to repossess her car with her 4-year-old son still in the back seat. she says she was in the driveway when someone got in her car. she said she screamed, said she was

and to visit all the borders and all sides of israel and to look out into whether it was jordan or syria or lebanon, places where, at one time, or different times during their short history, where missiles rained from and mortars came down on men, women, and children in the state of israel, it's a country that is very familiar and lives every day where defense is is on their mind, and a stong defense. it was in particular, in -- in particular, it was striking to me when d striking to me when we were down looking over the gaza strip, all the borders are relatively peaceful right now but at the gaza strip, outside the small forming community of ste rat -- of storat, where the israeli people gave up what i thought looked like a pretty good piece of real estate that sat along the mediterranean sea, the gaza strip. they moved the citizens of rail out of there and into other -- relocated them in other places in israel in hopes of obtaining a lasting peace and a long peace for the palestinians and in exchange, what they received was about 3,000 missiles and mortars that came raining down on the

. >> china, russia, syria, north korea, iran, and cuba as being likely developers of biological weapons is there evidence that terrorists groups that the united states and allies are funding, whether taliban or al-qaeda, or others, are working on bioweapons? >> we know they're interested in developing these types of weapons. there were statements from members of al-qaeda there are interest. we've seen manuals posted on line. but what we've seen of their capability is very, very limited. >> in developing a bioweapon is one thing. delivering it is actually another. what are some of the challenges associated with taking, you know, the technology even if pu develop a good spore, or what have you, and then developing it into a functional weapon. >> the key obstacle in the weapon process, is developing a cloud of the right particles of the right size, one to 10 microns range and developing a cloud in that size range that are also viable organ nichlts and these are living organ nichlts, fragile, they don't like to be exposed to high levels of heent humidity. this process tends to be very trick

we he 500,00 children in our school systems in jordan, syria, lebano west bank and za. it's not ju in the palestian territory that is irael occupiest the moment. but what we'redoing is introducing it as a compulsory part of the cric limb elsewhere toake sure there is a full unrstanding of where the universal dclarations come from >> andrew whitle thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> finallytonight, our signature segment, e final chapr of our origina series on wom in the muslim world. tonight we look at an acvity that most of us takeor granted, the desire to py soccer. as youngsters here, boyce an girls often py together on coed teams and later young women often play in their ow league, that is t the way it has been inturkey,on overwhelmingly muslim country where wom have had to break new grounto play the sporthey love. "worldcus" producer gizem yarbil who is turkish heelf, turned home and went to one town whe women's soccehas beco more than ju a game. >> this girl has been playing soccer sin she was a little girl. that was nrly 20 years ago. but growing

talks are focused on security, elections, syria and the u.s. troop withdrawal. also yesterday, insurgents fired mortar shells at the city's green zone. two civilians were killed. bumrbiden was not in any danger. >>> a pakistani man involved in the raid in new york city, denies he has any terrorist connections. officials confirm that naji, who was visiting from his home in colorado, was under surveillance for ties in colorado. >> of course, i have nothing to do with any al qaeda. and any link with al qaeda. and tomorrow, any question you have, feel free to ask me. >> zazi is from pakistan. he plans to hold a news conference today. >>> now, for this morning's weather from around the nation. stl stormy across the south today, with thunderstorm, heavy rain and ongoing flooding from east texas, and oklahoma to florida. some of the showers extend up the east coast, all the way to new york. heavy downpours and flooding in colorado and new mexico. >> 99 in phoenix. and 99 in boise. highs in the 70s for chicago and detroit. most of the midwest will climb into the 80s. co

russia about an attack on iran and president ahmadinejad, the possible russian arms deal to iran and syriathe disappearance of the arctic sea cargo ship suspected of carrying russian-made s-300 anti-aircraft missiles bound for iran that went missing last month. >>> and now to our weekly roundtable. tonight we're going to look ahead to the major foreign policy claelgss facing president obama this fall. iran signaled again this week it is pushing ahead with its nuclear program, and russia says it won't back international sanctions.sqc what options does that leave the president? and house speaker nancy pelosi says it is unlikely that congress will support any plan to send more american troops to afghanistan, even though top military leaders apparently want to do just that. for more on all of this we're joined by garrick utley, president of the levin institute of the state university of new york and former nbc news foreign correspondent and anchor. also with us is charles sennott, a longtime correspondent for the "boston globe" and is now the executive editor and vice president of global post.

we have 500,000 children in our school systems in jordan, syria, lebanon, west bank and gaza. it's not just in the palestinian territories that israel occupies at the moment. but what we're doing is introducing it as a compulsory part of the curriculum elsewhere to make sure there is a full understanding of where the universal declarations come from. >> andrew whitley, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> finally tonight, our signature segment, the final chapter of our original series on women in the muslim world. tonight we look at an activity that most of us take for granted, the desire to play soccer. as youngsters here, boys and girls often play together on coed teams and later young women often play in their own leagues. that is not the way it has been in turkey, an overwhelmingly muslim country where women have had to break new ground to play the sport they love. "worldfocus" producer gizem yarbil who is turkish herself, returned home and went to one become more than just a game. >> this girl has been playing soccer since she was a little girl. she was o

reports of iranians being in north korea and north koreans being in iran, north korean reaction, in syria, all go to show the nuclear proliferation problem is not just a north korean problem on the one hand or an iranian problem on the other, these are very closely linked together and not in this administration or prior administrations, have we clearly taken that into account. you can't solve north korea without considering the iranian nuclear program and vice verse va. >> jamie: and the question is what to do. i know pj crowley said today, u.s. state department spokesperson, that there may in fact be direct talks with north korea, in fact, south korea's foreign ministry says bring it on. the u.s. should sit down and talk, but do you think that returning to six-party talks should be a prerequisite for any conversation with north korea. >> i frankly don't think it makes any difference whether we talk bilaterally with north korea or do it in the context of the six-party talks. negotiations are not going to succeed in north korea given -- giving us the nuclear program and i think in effect w

we should also make perfectly clear to syria that better ties with the united states will require no neighbor's affairs. the administration made a major unfortunate to reach out to syria sending a number of delegations to damascus and making clear that better ties with the united states are possible if syria changes its ways yet we should recall it has been just four years since there was an emerging on the political stage after there was a suicide bomber that crossed the syrian border into iraq and syria maintains its hostility to israel and its close ties to the government of iran. it must be clear there must be real change on these issues in order for syria to enjoy significantly warmer relations with the united states. some americans might reasonably ask, why? why should we care about freedom in the democratic a as operatios oaspiration ofthe lebanese peop? don't we have enough problems at home without spending time and attention on the affairs of a small country far from our shores? answering this, i'd like to return to the theme with which i set out these brief remarks. we have

nancy pelosi met with syria's bashir assaad against the request of president george w. bush, in this climate where there is no good or evil, any right or wrong anymore, i mean, good heaven! i mean, acorn was talking about bringing people in across the border 13 years old and having them engage in prostitution, and the people in congress this week are still sitting on their hands on this! it makes you wonder sometimes, whose side are we on, but let me tell you something. when it comes to the police officers, when it comes to the troops, i stand firmly in their corner. i think the american people know who side with their own. we stand with the troops and the police officers and mr. president, please, if they're not the right guys, if you disagree with their mission, if there's a problem, let's face it right now and get it done. give them the tools to do their job. give them the men and the women that they need or bring them home, please. there a lot of important stories in the news, stories, i mean, it's like "sophie's choice" each day looking at the news and wondering wh

iraq and syria looking to ease tensions. foreign ministers are getting together now in a meeting hosted by turkish officials. relations became strained after suicide truck bombings killed at least 100 people in baghdad last month. the iraqi government said iraqis behind the attacks were being sheltered in syria, a charge the syrians denied. >>> many economists believe the recession is over, but most americans do not share that feeling. the latest cnn opinion research poll finds an overwhelming majority of us, 86%, in fact, think the u.s. is still in a recession. now, traditionally, economists have declared recessions over before the public has felt any relief. for more on how your neighbors are doing in these economic tough times, check out cnn's "money & main street." you can catch it tonight, 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific. >>> and of course, we always want to hear from you, so today, our blog question is exactly that. do you think the u.s. recession is still going on? tell us why, tell us what some of your personal experienc

also, he will sit down with the leadership of syria and jim jung il and just chat about things.t kind of makes you wonder what category reputs fox in, doesn't it? tonight i decided to ask the president some questions and then use the answers he has provided already because he won't give us anything new. the entire hour, one on one, me and barack owe balm massments it's an interview you won't see anyplace else. it is kind of an exclusive. no one else is putting this stuff together. of course, they don't have to, because he will just drop on by at any time. i keep hearing people say, oh, barack obama he ran as a centrist but now he is running from the left further than anyone expected. really? i maintain that's not true. i contend that barack obama told us everything he intended to do and he still is, he every step of the way. people just didn't listen. they only heard what they wanted to hear. well, do this before we start. ok. it's working, because we're about to give you another chance to hear it. i mean, listen this time. really hear barack obama in his own words. ready? have

he says it's a darn shame the syriansad to carry this all the way fm syria to put it here on the iranian border. that's the party line from the o-team. we're not saying tt about the syris now bus we want to hav dialogue with the syrians. i got asked a question by a reporter about the release of the libyan terrorist who blew up pan am 103. having spent fair amount of my li around this environment, i don't get it. i don't understand why we don't put everybody bit of information -- if we released half as much about the iranians as we released aut blackwater, the papers would be full. all that stuff that has been leaked out, the hemorrhaging of classified information is' that americans. how about leaking information about the enemy that has killed americans. i don't get it. i saw a hand over here. time for one o two more. right there. >> on the lighter side, i want to know if you can confirm this. you were involved with a certain senator, won't be named here, of virginia, whether -- >> that's true -- i won. [laughter] [applause] by the way, he never won a championship. >> all the tapes were

syria, venezuela, korea, i would meet with them and meet with them without pre-conditions. >> god damnca! not god bless america! >> reverend wright, as imperfect as he may be, he is like family to me. i can no longer disown hix him as i can my wife's grand mother. these people are part of me. glenn: you don't want to miss it. that is monday night. i mean, he wouldn't give an interview. i think he is a little busy. i think it is union vision, isn't it? i mean why would he come to fox? bo

we should also make perfectly clear to syria that better ties with the united states will require no interference in neighbor'r affairs. the administration made a major unfortunate to reach out to syria sending a number of delegations to damascus and making clear that better ties withhe united states are possible if syria changes its ways yet we should recall it has been just four years since there was an emerging on the political stage after there was a suicide bomber that crossed syrian border into iraq syr maintas its hostility to israel and its close ties to the government of iran. it must be clear there must be real change on these issues in order for syria to enjoy significantly warmer relations with the united state some americans might reasonably ask, why? why should we care about freedom in the democratic a as operatios oaspiration ofthe lebanese peop? don't we have enough problems at home without spendintime and attention on the affairs of a small country far from our shores? answerg this, i'd like to return to the theme with which i t out these brief remarks. we have learn

they were recruited some or all slyke syria or egypt or the palestinian liberation and dies and moved over been handed over him to gives them ready for the big martyrdom. that has happened to rethink the number is 854 90% it is up there. those lt week prior to the elections in afghanistan and most of the victims of those devis are not american allies or coalition fces they are simple civilians to drive over one of these silly things and itlows the whole family to pieces or goes up in the marketplace andills dozens of muslims. the brutality is mind-numbing when you thin about it. most of the victim's our fellow muslims. interestingly enough, not to getoo far but the people who have responded wit the most vividly to e american military action, not the words but the wayhey were and act, are the women. if you think about it americans for flak jackets certain date and iraq and in afghanistan. and with a respond to this kind of thingnd 60% of the last election zero people voting were women. this is not a sexist comment but they' not wanting their sons to, to be a suicide terrorist. so what

sean: are we supposed to be friends with syria, are we supposed to be friends with saddam hussein, hezbollah, hamas? >> hold it, sean. sean, i know you need ratings. i know you need ratings, but just hold it. sean: i have ratings. >> i'm not saying we should be friends over there with anybody. i'm saying we should be objective. we have developed serious enemies from a one-sided policy. and, yes, i believe israel, through their lobby, has manifested total power of the congress of the united states. sean: total power. total power. >> and my concern is the taxpayers and the citizens of the united states should control their government, not a foreign entity. sean: to suggest, as you're doing here tonight, that they control our congress, that, quote, they are influencing and the sole control and influencing of our domestic policy is an absurdity. it sounds like you are a kook. >> sean, you'll not suggesting it, i'm telling it. yes. i believe they manifest a great power over america. let me also say in the last four years there were two separate incidents of apex spying on america. we even conduct

each time we go, i include not only 11 on and jordan -- lebanon and jordan and syria but the people in gaza and the web site -- in the west bank and when i can get into it, because of. the incredible destruction of that small portion of land in the holy land that is inhabited by 1.6 million palestinians, they had their schools, their hospitals, business establishments, almost every business in gaza has been wiped out. their farmland is off-limits for the fathers -- farmers. the israelis and not even presented a sack of cement or a board of lumber or a blade of grass to going to repair approximately 50,000 homes, according to united nations. they've been destroyed by the israeli bombs and missiles. we're deeply concerned about because of -- about gaza. that is where hamas rules, and we're working behind the scenes to bring about eight reconciliation between hamas and thfatah. we're also working in no columbia, -- all columbi- colom. bolivia as another troubled nation. we have had a full-time presence there to make sure that the transforming form of government, it is for the first time b

like north korea, like syria, like libya in the '8, i think these are all tiny geopolitical events makey little affect on the market for anything more than a day or two. >> mike, do you agree with that and also ask you, is wall street really expecting anything big out of g-20? >> i don't expect anything big out of g-20. in regards to iran it is part of the increasing, adverse, geopolitical cycle we have been experiencing since 2001. if we look back, we find there is 16 to 18 years of good geopolitical situations and about 16, 18 years of adverse. and we started adverse in 2001. we think it is going to continue to increase, just one step along the way. >> paul, let's talk profits and the economy, let's get your update. were you informed by today's numbers? are you a bull or a bear, my friend? >> larry, as you know, i've been bullish for a while. and i think on balance, over the next year, we are going higher. in the inter rim, i think the best chance for the first significant correction since the bull leg began in march is coming up early to mid okay, last four to six weeks and go down 7

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and there's places i can never be a citizen and if you don't want to be in syria, you know and if you're a jewish n egypt 50 years ago you're forced out of egypt and then you're probably in the united states or israel. but the point is that israel has to live by a different standard, you know? because it's got an ideal and the ideal is kind of the golden rule. >> rose: how do you think the present political dilemma is going to work itself out? >> one state is just code word for no israel. you might call it israel, but it won't be israel as we know it. >> rose: because the demographics are simply against it? >> exactly. and probably what would happen in the long term is what happened in lebanon. it would be a nightmare, okay? so basically what israel's in the process of doing is having to undo, i think, what they did after 1967, which was take control of large arab population centers. and that's what aerial sharon was doing. you know? ariel sharon moved the israeli settlements out of gaza. i think he next would have moved them out of the west bank. >> rose: because he foresaw the dilemmas

if we stand by and force israel to respond like we have done in times past, whether it be syria or the nuclear power plants in iraq, if we put them in that position, then we really failed the whole world because that will inflame the passions of the entire arab world and set us on a path of great contention. mr. king: reclaiming my time. as i look at this and the strategic location of israel and 12 to 14 minutes for a missle to get from iran to israel and 12 to 14 months for iran to have the capabilities to do so and the odds of being able to slow iran's development of nuclear down because of any diplomatic maneuverings that might come from sanctions, threats, blockades, have diminished dramatically because the club has been laid down -- the shield has been laid down by president obama and sends a message to iran, accelerate your efforts on the centrifuges that you have. so from my view, it puts israel in a position where they may have no choice and if they wait 12, 14 months to make their decision, the decision may be coming too late that period of time. mr. franks: the israelis will

sire i can't -- syria, toss the coin because syria will go either -- could go either way but i think it will stay out of the fight because president netanyahu should just tell assad if you do one thing, i'm going to put an armored division in damascus in four hours. and he can do that. brian: keep in mind, too, they did nothing when israel, a year ago just about, took out what was beginning to be their own nuclear facility. correct? >> precisely. in addition, remember in 2006 when they had the fight in lebanon and hezbollah fired. the fact is israel has different leadership. president netanyahu gets it. he understands -- brian: absolutely. >> the threat to their society. brian: and so do the rest nations and possible opponents. why does this matter so much to the world and so much to america? what comes through there? >> 40% of the world's oil comes through this strait. and the fact is people think that iran can can close it. i do not believe it. it would be a tough fight. but the united states navy and allied forces can keep it open. yes, there would be a lot of fighting there. in a

syria refuses to cooperate and denies hiding a nuclear program. >>> police in florida say a 15-year-oldled. he's accused of asking a 13-year-old friend to ambush her friday night in the droi. police say the boy slashed her with a kitchen knife and ran off when it broke. she wasn't hurt. local media reports that the son allegedly told the friend that it would be a club initiation. >>> the president's back from vacation. he wants to jump-start health care reform. richard lui's here with what's new for you in this next hour. >> that is the big issue this week. health care. some are saying this could be the make it or break it time. we'll take a look at how the white house is changing its strategy. >>> and it looks like iran has landed a great big safety net, oil, in case the u.s. decided to turn up the heat. >>> and things could be changing for u.s. troops overseas. they may have to face new rules that treat them like professional athletes. >>> what tips do you have for maintaining your self-esteem? that's this week's question in our morning sunshine contest. today's winning answer came fr

[applause] as we pursue this goal we will also pursue peace between israel and lebanon, israel and syriaeace between israel and its many neighbors. in pursuit of that goal we will develop multinational participation alongside bilateral negotiations. i am not naive. i know that this would be difficult. all of us must decide whether we are serious about peace or whether we will only land it that service. to break the old patterns and cycle of insecurity and despair , all of us must say publicly what we have a knowledge in private. the united states does israel no favors when we fail to couple an unwavering commitment to security with an insistence that israel respect of the legitimate claims and rights of the palestinians. -- respect the legitimate claims and rights of the palestinians. nations with in this body do the palestinians and no favors when they choose support of an attack against israel over constructive -- over a constructive willingness to recognize israel's right to exist in peace and security. [applause] we must remember that the greatest price of this conflict is not paid b

>> the problem starts in turkey where iraq's key reverse start in turkey and flow through syria.s taking the boat. negotiations have been going on to try to negotiate an increase of water flow into iraq. the iraqi government says the turkish authorities are simply not letting up through. there was an agreement in place just a few weeks ago, but that agreement is only temporary. it expires october 20, and fears are that once that happens, we could see an even worse crisis. gregg: thanks very much. jane: our mission in afghanistan could fail without more troops on the ground. that is from the main general there. but it is a critical and difficult question to answer -- was that strategy for the war? i tt b ng me g wofrat.as akel co mes d a wofranthi mnnerr viman lyeron m haogaberl lets. llmebee toe tmybeow isngtrd tiy ose. wiy r r n' toe vblmee. i'anrnd ind in gissi we. (anc thntme fba gregg: a new battle is brewing in washington over the war in afghanistan after a blunt warning from the commanding general in charge of u.s. and nato forces. general stanley mcchrystal says without mo

now, as we pursue this goal, we will also pursue peace between israeli and lebanon, israeli and syriapeace between israeli and its many neighbors. and pursuit of that goal, we will develop regional initiatives with multilateral participation alongside bilateral negotiations. now, i am not naive. i know this will be difficult. but all of us not just the israelis and palestinians, but all of us must decide whether we are serious about peace or whether we will only lend it lip service. to break the old patterns, to break the cycle of insecurity and despair, all of us must say publicly what we would acknowledge in private. the united states does israel no favors when we fail to couple an unwavering commitment to its security with an insist ns that israel respect the legitimate claims and rights of the palestinians. and -- and nations within this body do the palestinians no favors when they choose attacks against israel over constructive willingness to recognize israeli's legitimacy and its right to exist in peace and security. we must remember that the greatest price of this conflict is n

over the last five years, the israelis have bombed lebanon and syria and slaughtered huge numbers ofivilians in the gaza strip. by contrast, which is the last time that iran invaded any other country? you have to go back several centuries. the last several years attacking iran militarily. if you want to look who the threats are in the region and who the aggressors are i think a hard case to make that iran is a unique threat because of crazy rhetoric that its president engages in and not -- never possibly carrying out. i think that's what needs to be the focal point is what is the reality of these countries' capabilities and what are their actions. >> a crackpot saying something is different than somebody doing something. >> just quickly, i think he is more than a crackpot, ahmadinejad is incredibly impressive and incredibly rational. is there no way we know what they are going to do next. i think the steps to be taken to have facts as opposed to rhetoric is a very legitimate way to proceed. >> jonathan, do you have a question? >> i had a question for the other guest. >> glenn? >> gle

applause ] as we pursue this goal, we will also pursue peace between israel and lebanon, israel and syria, and a prouder peace between israel and its many neighbors. in pursuit of that goal, we will develop regional initiatives with multi-lateral participation alongside bilateral negotiations. now, i am not naive. i know this will be difficult. but all of us, not just the israelis and palestinians, but all of us must decide whether we are serious about peace or whether we will only wind up with lip service. to break the old patterns, to break the cycle of insecurity and despair, all of us most say publicly what we would acknowledge in private. the united states does israel no favors when we fail to couple an unwavering commitment to its security with invis tans that israel respect the legitimate claims and rights of the palestinians. [ applause ] and nations within this body do the palestinian nos favors when they choose tax against israel over constructive willingness to recognize israel's legitimacy and its right to exist in peace and security. we must remember that the greatest price o

remember what happened in syria, building this nuclear reactor, came to the united states, said we havetake this thing out. president bush, the man who made preemption the part of our central policy, no, you can't do it. they wait a few months and israeli did it anyway. >> they did it in 1981 to saddam hussein. this time, they would be flying over u.s.-controlled air space. >> is it a legitimate question to ask, what do we do? >> that's right. and this question came up when the israelis asked last year, as i discussed in the book, they asked for the weaponry for the refueling capability and for the overflight rights over iraq to be able to strike this facility if they decided to go ahead. and president bush turned them down on all these. but the debate inside the bush white house at the time was, okay, supposing they call us up and they say we're starting this operation in an hour, what do you tell the usair force to do? shoot down israeli planes over iraqi territory? i don't think that's happening. >> that's not going to happen. >> the only option, at this point, is to convince the isr

passing no resolutions condemning human rights violations by the regimes in iran, in syria, sudan, cuba, zimbabwe or many or dictatorships. true to form, the council appointed a panel recently released a report accusing israel of war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity for defending its citizens against rocket and mortar fire from islamic militants in gaza. when it comes to the council's biases and backwardness there's no end in sight, there's no change in sight. yet, the u.s. silently nods and sends millions of our taxpayer dollars with no questions asked. there's also unrwa, the united nations relief works agency, the u.n. discredited biased agency for palestinian refugees. this year alone we have given unrwa a record of $260 million. in return, unrwa continues to compromise its strictly humanitarian mandate by engaging in propaganda against israel and in favor of hamas. in fact, unrwa's head says she doesn't even consider hamas to be a foreign terrorist organization, and her predecessor even admitted that members of hamas were on the payroll of unrwa saying, i don't see that

. >> could you tell us any of the meetings that have to do with cuba, iran, or syria?f any meetings related to cuba. with respect to iran, this is a topic that i think will come up in a number of different meetings. we have talked about taking stock of where we are with iran without partners in a period of time. that will happen not only in the format of p5 plus one -- russia, china, france, uk, u.s., plus germany. but there will also be discussions at the g-8 level. nope. -- no. are you doing this, or do you want me to -- >> does the president expect any concrete advances or agreements, anything you can hold in your hand and say this is what we accomplished during the three days? >> yes, with respect to the united nations security council summit, we are expecting the agreement on a meaningful, comprehensive united nations security council resolution on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. >> that will be the only thing where we will see a resolution of sorts? >> that is the only place we could get a resolution. >> bilateral -- anything concrete or negotiations le

. >> i am relatively sure that the systems will be wrong if we have a good bet for syria. the intent is to develop a system that has since this is a sufficient agility to accommodate that. -- the intent is to develop a system that has sufficient ability to accommodate that. >the question is how many do we need in what areas, what is going on in europe, what is the political situation, is there a threat against a particular country? on a day and in death cases, we're looking for a -- on a day- to-day basis, we are looking for areas of interest. we would surge additional ships and part of what is in the budget is to get us a sufficient number of ships to allow us to have a global deployment of this capability on a constant basis with a surge capacity in anyone theater at a time could >> i would remind you that the fiscal year 2009 budget would have [unintelligible] >> on afghanistan -- >> let's do more on missile defense. >> israel was mentioned a couple of times earlier. there is concern that israel may attacked iran preemptively with this system -- preemptively. would the

did in iraq on necessarily, and what israel has done in syria, lebanon, and gaza, and israel has nuclearweapons that go undeclared, and israel refuses to sign the nonproliferation treaty, and israel bangs on the war drums in regard towards iran and makes unsubstantiated claims as well as people in the u.s., you would be terrified. i would be terrified. while iran signed the npt iraq signed it and then did not have nuclear-weapons. will the bush administration -- oh, bush, sorry. quite frankly, i felt like president obama was acting like bush when he made those comments about iran. we did not see anyone held accountable for any of the false intelligence. will we wait for the iaea to verify these unsubstantiated claims at this point? guest: well, first of all, there is no rush to a military option in this country at all. i think secretary gates and president obama have been clear that that is not at the top of the list. secondly, they are being very cautious in their intelligence assessments. "the new york times" today reports that there is still no agreement within the u.s. intelligence c

we can go into afghanistan and get control of the region, but it will pop up again in turkey, in syrian iran. that is what makes it so dangerous and illegal. we're playing the strategies of world war ii. we are americans. we should learn from our own history. the revolutionary war was not one by the british with their way of -- was not won by the british with their way of doing wars. it was won by americans through guerrilla warfare. the blended in with the population, they could hide out. they could attack from behind. i do not know why obama is sticking with these leaders like gates. they are just repeating the same mistakes over and over. and i have a personal reason for commenting on this. my son is in the marines. i do not want my son's life and needlessly wasted. host: we will go to steve in st. albans, n.y.. you are saying just the opposite, a war of necessity. why is that? caller: good morning, i think that we need to win in afghanistan, but i only have one problem. my problem is that i think that if war, whether you call it a war or wherever you are doing, passes more than two