u.s. administration was offered by michael o'hanlon then paul wolfowitz there join proposition it's called plan afghanistan alluding to plan colombia that was authorized and sponsored by u.s. administration dating back ten years ago plan colombia essentially means shifting did gear in the reverse back to the rumsfeld idea of the light footprint that he tried in afghanistan well there is nothing wrong with this idea of this light footprint the only question is why did it take more than ten years however the most striking feature about this brand new old plan afghanistan is the fact that both authors have painstakingly failed to mention even once the most successful part of american operation in latin america that is aerial eradication of the drug fields that could and should have been replicated all mass in afghanistan. take a look at some other stories making headlines across the globe nato is winding down its mission over libya today that's after the u.n. security council voted last week to remove the country's no fly zone and the coalition's campaign to libya's interim leadership will as

u.s. administration was offered by michael. and paul wolfowitz very join proposition it's called plan afghanistan alluding to plan colombia that was authorized sponsored by u.s. administration dating back ten years ago to colombia essentially means shifting the gear in the reverse vector to the rumsfeld idea of the light footprint that he tried in afghanistan well there is nothing wrong with this idea of this light footprint the only question is why did it take more than chain years however the most striking feature about this brand new old plan afghanistan is the fact that both authors have painstakingly failed to mention even once the most successful part of american operation in latin america that is aerial eradication of the drug fields that could and should have been replicated all mass in afghanistan. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe after months of heavy floods nearly a third of thailand remains waterlogged bangkok's commercial sector is largely escaped the flooding role some large

u.s. administration who know they shouldn't do such a thing. >> bret: iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad thinks the u.s. wants to go to war with iran, but as you heard, thinks that the economic situation is diverting the attention of the warmongers in the u.s. this is as iran is apparently having major problems with the nuclear program. evidence perhaps that sanctions are working on that front. and it is sending mixed signals whether it will investigate the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador. the foreign minister saying they would investigate. the president saying no. we're not. we're back with the panel. charles? >> what is so interesting are the reports about how the program, the nuclear program in iran has been so devastated by the strange occurrences. the virus, which read about is unbelievably ingenious virus which slowed down and destroyed a lot of equipment inside iran. also the mysterious assassination of some of the nuclear scientists. the irony here is everybody looks at the war against terrorism as us, big guys, goliath, held down with heavy weaponry. nimble under the r

u.s. administrations. all of them found excuses to do little or nothing above why it had this horrible system in place. if you want to give a little bit credit, you could say that jimmy carter was a little bit less supportive of the apartheid regime than the other u.s. administrations. going beyond the government, you could give robert kennedy some credit. but the point is that washington was pretty supportive of the authority of the regime until when things got really bad and the free south africa movement said it was wrong for this government to be on the wrong side of this issue. so this is very much an issue that was dominated by racism. the second one cover is a pretty long space of time. rhodesia and mugabe, once again, the united states, when it came to the independence of zimbabwe and the rhodesian war, it took the usa long time to be on the side of the freedom fighters in rhodesia. finally, when the u.s. had no choice, it decided that independence in rhodesia and zimbabwe would be tolerable. but t

u.s. administration, which was putting egyptian military aid in question. >> there was a traditional -- transitional military government. leon panetta has promised stability. the direction that leadership will take remains unclear. >> the military is in a dilemma. on the one hand, it was to be free of active political responsibility. on the other, the military wants to keep its veto power within the government and is afraid of losing its privileges. >> democracy and freedom of speech have failed to materialize. military courts convict civilians in summary proceedings. one case was of any edition blo -- egyptian blogger accused of criticizing the military. demonstrators accuse the generals of orchestrating the recent escalation of violence between christians and muslims that left 26 people dead and hundreds injured. >> i cannot imagine the generals have an interest in this escalation. it would make them even less popular and put an even bigger question mark over the role of the military. >> that is why many of service in egypt fear continued unrest in the run-up to the election in november. >> what i

u.s. administration reconsiders its position and takes a more positive position in the discussions that will take place in the security council regarding our. look at the start of. an englishman in new york mr tony blair the quartet representative criticize the palestinian bid for the place in the united nations by saying i quote you can parse whatever resolution you like at the united nations or the security council but it doesn't actually deliver you as state on the ground in the west bank or the gas of strip and quote do you still consider mr blair to be honest mediator after after this side he openly with the israelis now. just no we haven't chosen tony blair to be the quartet representative. he was chosen by the quartet itself and we agreed to deal with him since he was chosen by the quartet i. do know however we do have some observations on the performance of mr tony blair as well as the statements made by haim which we conveyed to him directly. for instance he has made some statements which differ from the one you just mentioned. he stated in some meetings that go into the un is a leg

u.s. administration strongly believes in the case against this iranian born man also u.s. citizen mounts or are both sierra who's accused of trying to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador in washington the u.s. attorney general said the men admitted being directed by quote high ranking you raney and officials and on these grounds washington says it will hold the reigning government accountable for the plot to kill the master also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stage two bombings at these really embassy and the saudi embassy in washington denies all of the about all of the above are saying it's a childish game that you are playing possibly to divert attention from their domestic problems this is what they're saying meaning the ongoing protests across the u.s. but the saudis on the other hand have taken the allegations seriously and have things to u.s. authorities for for preventing the alleged assassination attempt very rarely anyone here is touching upon the possible motive iran might have had for trying to kill the saudi official seem to take the acc

u.s. would divert people's attention but i don't think the obama administration thinks that. releasing this attack would would do that but of course it certainly would it certainly helps the administration in saying what we're strong on security but they've already proved that with the the killing of bin laden and al locky so i don't really think the administration really needs much help what they need is the economy to turn around here and it doesn't look like it's going to so but i don't see the them. you know they may they may certainly have crowed about this to get some political points but it's certainly not going to have much of an effect and i can't imagine that the. administration itself would think that it would have much effect ivan thanks very much indeed ivan eland from the independent institute in washington. and there we ask you at our website r.t. dot com what you think about the thwarted iranian plot uncovered by the u.s. and so far more than half the believe it was nothing more than an american ploy to smear its enemy little less than a quarter think the stor

u.s. administration officials are not talking about a military action yet but they keep it very vague at the moment saying all options are on the table whatever that means today we're heard about a new round of sanctions that the u.s. is imposing on iran's those include sanctions on the new raney an airline which according to american investigation investigators flew members of an elite force linked to the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. vice president joe biden hinted that the u.s. actions could go beyond sanctions let me remind you that the state department has listed iran as a state sponsor of terror since one thousand nine hundred four and mania experts say it's been washington's longtime goal to undermine the government in iran and have to be fresh accusations in the u.s. mainstream media you constantly hear various experts say quite literally we need to undermine the ukrainian government and that's the state of mind here the question about the motive that the iranians might have had when the allegedly plotting to kill the saudi ambassador in washington is very imp

u.s. administration dating back ten years ago plan colombia essentially means shifting the gear in the reverse back to their run still idea of the light footprint that he tried in afghanistan well there is nothing wrong with this idea of this light footprint the only question is why did it take more than ten years however the most striking feature about this brand new plan afghanistan is the fact that both authors have painstakingly failed to mention even runs the most successful part of american operation in latin america their aerial eradication of the drug fields in colombia that could and should have been replicated own mass in afghanistan. take a look out some other stories making headlines across the globe after months of heavy floods nearly a third of thailand remains water logged bangkok's commercial sector has largely escaped the flooding while some parts of the thai capital are still under waist deep water the red cross and other relief organizations warn of secondary risks from flooding that presents including widespread disease residents have been forced to wade through deep waters

u.s. administrative center is because that's the only interest the u.s. government has in afghanistan it's not helping the afghan people it's not bringing democracy it's not protecting our friends and family here in the united states it's having another outpost of u.s. military interest in what is the most important region of the world for the u.s. empire because of its resources and because of the position next to so many other rising powers and oil rich country but what's the prognosis. what's the message that they're trying to send one of those insurgents going to go from here on in do you think. well the attacks that occurred on the anniversary of nine eleven and actually many of the dramatic spectacular attacks that have happened. in recent history i mean this is the resistance forces showing that they are the ones that are in control they are the ones that have the upper hand and even the generals and the politicians admit themselves that they cannot win with militarily in afghanistan while they're telling all of these soldiers that they must fight

u.s. administration strongly believes in the case against this ukrainian born man also u.s. citizen monsoor are about to see are suspected of trying to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador in washington the u.s. attorney general says the man admitted being directed by quote high ranking ukrainian officials and on these grounds washington says it will hold the ukrainian government accountable for the plots to kill the ambassador also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stage two bombings that the israeli embassy in washington and saudi arabia in washington iran's denies all of the about saying it's a childish game that the u.s. is playing and that they have fabricated the case the saudis on the other hand have taken the allegations seriously and think u.s. authorities were preventing alleged assassination attempts so going to washington already mulling over possible sanctions saying they could also take it to the u.n. security council. what's washington claiming all the motives behind the circle that are some notion of war. but very rarely anyone here is touc

u.s. administration strongly believes in the case against this ukrainian born man also u.s. citizen monsoor are bobsy are suspected of trying to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador here in washington the u.s. attorney general says the man admitted being directed by quote high ranking ukrainian assertion and on these grounds washington says it will hold the ukrainian government accountable for the plots to kill the embassador also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to true bombings that the israeli embassy in washington and at the embassy of saudi arabia in washington denies all of the above saying it's a childish game that the u.s. is playing and that they have fabricated the case the saudis on the other hand have taken the allegations seriously and they're think u.s. authorities for preventing alleged assassination attempt the grounds of war are beating up on all mainstream channels they definitely take the accusations brought up by the u.s. justice department at face value when the main question they ask is will the u.s. retaliate or not there is there is q

administration. it forced congress to obligate the u.s. government and corporations to support by sanctions black south african workers. it prescribe the emergence of new legal doctrines, including the corporate and organizational duty to divest their stock in corporations that were doing business in apartheid south africa. it prescribe the legal doctrine that trade with a racist, a systemically racist country is indeed to give assistance, prohibited assistance to that country. and it prescribe the sullivan principles, and the sullivan principles which set up the standards from reverend sullivan's baggage point, which set up the first standards to regulate corporations along the human rights set of standards for treatment of their overseas workers, which led to further growth in international law, along the lines of greater liability of multinational corporations for human rights violations. this became, in other words, the sullivan principles became a template for an opening in international law to regulate multinational corporations unde

u.s. and administration cannot be seen to predict the recession. their jobs bill is a fiscal expansion and this is being blocked by congress. >> in the eurozone, how has this become a banking crisis? are the banks better able to weather the storm this time? >> they have been in trouble for some time. what we have not seen is the collapse of the banking system. we have seen people withdrawing money, atm's running dry, that kind of panic. clearly what has happened over the past couple of years is that lenders had a huge amount of debt and that was taken on to the government balance sheet. the governments did that by borrowing from investors, particularly the banks. they are now looking like they cannot repay their debts. basically, the bird in goes back to the banks again. this is a question of this going back and forth between the public and the private sector. this looks like it has run out of space and therefore the banks are under pressure. >> thank you for joining us. now to the ongoing violence in syria. the turkish prime minister said that his

u.s. and administration cannot be seen to predict the recession. their jobs bill is a fiscal expansion and this is being blocked by congress. >> in the eurozone, how has this become a banking crisis? are the banks better able to weather the storm this time? >> they have been in trouble for some time. what we have not seen is the collapse of the banking system. we have seen people withdrawing money, atm's running dry, that kind of panic. clearly what has happened over the past couple of years is that lenders had a huge amount of debt and that was taken on to the government balance sheet. the governments did that by borrowing from investors, particularly the banks. they are now looking like they cannot repay their debts. basically, the bird in goes back to the banks again. this is a question of this going back and forth between the public and the private sector. this looks like it has run out of space and therefore the banks are under pressure. >> thank you for joining us. now to the ongoing violence in syria. the turkish prime minister said that his

u.s. administration bhow qaddafi was killed, and do you think there should be some sort of investigation, international investigation? >> we're still trying to catch up with the facts from on the ground there. it's quite haze neterms of what exactly happened. we're concerned about the situation in libya. that's why we took the steps we did from day one as related to the president's courageous and bold, frankly, decision to lead the international community in the effort we did earlier this spring. as it relates to precisely what happened yesterday, we're still getting some of the details. we're waiting to hear additional details from nato. but i'm not going to get ahead of those facts right now and announce any particular decisions from the administration, margaret. >> warner: deputy national security adviser denis mcdonough. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: libya after qaddafi's death; shields and brooks; and nations still reeling from the financial crisis. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: qaddafi's dea

u.s. administration.nd then there are other forces that are saying, no, no, we can degrade the taliban, kick them in the face, knock them down a little bit, and then we can negotiate from a position of strength. but your strength will never be stronger than it is now. it's declining all the time. >> jonathan, we appreciate your candor and your willingness to speak very directly with us on a subject that is central, really, to the integrity of our nation and, obviously, our foreign policy and our identity, let alone our respect for our own soldiers and our own national coffers. thank you very much, jonathan. jonathan steele. ari, krystal, we'll see you next friday. toure stays. he's going to do a little rant. i think i know what this one's about, but i won't give it away. >>> straight ahead here, you saw us bring him our petition to get pun out. well, now we have a get money out foundation with jimmy williams. well, we also brought that paper and a flash drive, since what we're building is a digital wave.

u.s. and the administration of president hamid karzai. the backlash against the united states and disappointment at the afghan government is growing. this resentment is playing into the hands of militants. last month the u.s. embassy in kabul came under a sustained attack. the u.s. accused the taliban group which it said had ties with the pakistani government. kabul government is also pointing the finger. it said the killing of the former president rabbani was carried out in pakistan by a pakistani national. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general john allen, urged islamabad to review its ties with militant groups. those ties were forged more than 30 years ago when the soviets invaded afghanistan. >> for us, we're doing the analysis to determine whether the isi in collusion with the insurgents inside pakistan are causing problems inside afghanistan. pakistan has to make decisions about its own relationship with those insurgent groups. >> reporter: the security situation in afghanistan continues to deteriorate. the kabul govern

u.s. and the administration of president hamid karzai. the backlash against the united states and disappointment at the afghan government is growing. this resentment is playing into the hands of militants. last month the u.s. embassy in kabul came under a sustained attack. the u.s. accused the taliban group which it said had ties with the pakistani government. kabul government is also pointing the finger. it said the killing of the former president rabbani was carried out in pakistan by a pakistani national. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general john allen, urged islamabad to review its ties with militant groups. those ties were forged more than 30 years ago when the soviets invaded afghanistan. >> for us, we're doing the analysis to determine whether the isi in collusion with the insurgents inside pakistan are causing problems inside afghanistan. pakistan has to make decisions about its own relationship with those insurgent groups. >> reporter: the security situation in afghanistan continues to deteriorate. the kabul govern