and, and within yugoslavia, slovenia, croatia -- this treaty accounted for the sovereignty of nationsnd the protection of minorities. it turned out to be ephemeral for several reasons, but not least for the reason and took -- that totalitarian systems emerged. and the brink to occurrence was the emergence the third reich. it led by an aggressive ideology and, an ideology of revenge, and nazism questioned the whole heritage of european civilization. during the years 1933-1938, this system was a party to attempted treaties fostered by afrance and great britain. already in the 1930's, poland proposed a pre-emptive strike, and this proposal was not taken up. therefore: i nonaggression treaty with german just as it had a similar treatment wit -- a similar treaty with the soviet union. and these treaties cannot be in any way compared to that between them concluded 60 years later. the nazi policies led to the annexation of munich. munich is a pact that we should reflect upon. as winston churchill rightly said, the powers chose between disgrace and dishonor -- they chose disgrace but they wil

criminal tribunals for the former yugoslavia and for rwanda led the four-man investigation mission. this afternoon in new york judge richard goldstone of south africa presented the findings of his 574-page report. >> there is strong evidence to establish that numerous serious violations of international law, both humanitarian and human rights law, were committed by israel during the military operatio in gaza. the mission concluded that actions amounting to war crimes and possibly in some respects crimes against humanity were committed by the israel defense force. turning to the palestinian armed groups, there's no question that the firing of rockets and mortars was deliberate and calculated to cause loss of life and injury to civilians and damage to civilian structures. the mission found that these actions also amount to serious war crimes and also possibly crimes against humanity. >> reporter: the bulk of the report focuses on alleged israeli defense force violations of international humanitarian law. it found that the incidents and patterns of evidence in the report were the resul

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recognizing and giving kosovo to the muslim faction in the former yugoslavia and in bold, did the u.s. advise georgia to proceed with its actions. >> can i take the second question first? absolutely not. we never gave georgia a green light to do anything. a lot of russian propaganda has alleged this. it's quite clear that the leader acted in defines of u.s. advice. secretary of state rice privately told him to sign a nonuse of force agreement. publicly we gave no encouragement to attack and so that's just a kinard that was raised by russian and pro-russian sources. the russian government claims the kosovo serves as a precedent. now, obviously you can make that case if you want to. i don't think the reason that they attacked georgia in 2008 and i'm on rub publicly as having said that the war was a provocation despite the disorder that characterized russian planning, that the leader fell into the trap because of kosovo, but rather because of nato enlargement and because of the fact of the immense antagonism between the russian government and the leader personally as well as georgia, so

while at the state, he led efforts to create the international criminal tribunals for yugoslavia and rwanda and the u.n. compensation commission for gulf war claims and headed the u.s. delegation with the rank of ambassador to the u.n. negotiations on conventional weapons. he has written the book on the u.n. security council in the post-cold war period on international humanitarian law and recent conflicts, as well as multiple articles and other pieces. i would note that professor matheson currently has a consultant contract with the state department if the am of $20,000, concerning the kosovo case before the international court of justice. however, he is appearing here today in his own capacity and not as a representative of the united states government. next, we have dr. ken katzman of the congressional research service. he serves as a senior middle east analyst for the u.s. congress with a special emphasis on iran, iraq, and the persian gulf states, afghanistan and terrorist groups operating in the middle east and south asia. he's a busy -- he's a busy guy these days. he's also wr

also, yugoslavia. the germans and russians respected him because it was impossible to fight this man. it is impossible to fight mountain people and people who can run across the border. imagine yourself if the germans could have ran every time across to switzerland, france, in spain. that war would have gone on for another five years. host: "usa today" this morning on a domestic story that the president wants a 2% cap on federal cost-of-living raises. this is richard wolf this morning. host:. host: one more call on this, fairfax, va. caller: good morning. i called because i disagree with what most of the callers are talking about today. two simple reasons why we are in afghanistanone i. one is the pakistan the holding the islamic bomb. if we get out of afghanistan, the kids in this country will not be safe. çó==two, afghanistan does not d more troops. itÑneeds a legitimate government. unfortunately, the iÑir --ñrçó leaving and scan thexdçói -- it is no need to even talk about leaving afghanistan. host

i found my wife and former yugoslavia.ad been waiting for over four years and i cannot believe -- is used to be allowed before if you were a green card holder, the fawning citizen -- but i cannot bring my wife who i have been married to for seven years. i have a five-year old and i cannot get her here legally. you are promoting all this stuff for illegal immigrants. i want to send money to my family but you are doing nothing. guest: thank you. i think we have your point. you are from indiana? i would suggest you contact the office of senator lugar and byah. we worked on many cases like this for residents in missouri. if you contact your congressman or senator, we can do a lot to try to help. you have to have a privacy release, you need an agreement that they can get the information. we cannot go into it on television, but i understand and i certainly hear your pain. i hope these two fine centers can help you. host: next phone call. minnesota. caller: i had a question. we know the trouble is iran. they have terrorists all o

for example, if yugoslavia had nuclear-weapons, the u.s.would have been less likely to attack over coast of low -- over kosovo. i do not share your views with how the world is working, and i do not think anyone is trying to cover up another problem. there are too many problems. host: that to get your reaction to this headline in "the financial times." "the u.s. and its allies are stepping up efforts to push through sanctions that provide -- through sanctions toward companies that provide iran with insurance following the revelation that tehran is building an undeclared nuclear facility. guest: what is the question? host: what are your thoughts on that? what kind of impact could it have? guest: it is hard to know for sure, but traders in oil can get around a lot of regulations. whether china is buying gasoline on the world market and shipping it to iran. how does that all work? it is not always easy to trace where they are coming from or for that matter to try to actually implement and enforce sanctions on that. i am sure there is a lot of c

because they know we are the peace keepers of the world so bosnia, kosovo, all the troubled area in yugoslaviatates to play the role and we are proud to see the stability has finally come to that part of the earth. ♪ >> the national guard bureau of i can say without any reservation how proud i am of the contributions of the members of the national guard. their outstanding soldiers and outstanding airmen. there well-trained, they are well lead, they are professionals, they are dedicated and very patriotic and that is why we are the successful force that we are. >> that is kind of a quick review of current events and we don't define our history beginning on september 11, 2001 and we define our history before we were a nation and then as our nation found itself and build its constitution founding fathers said we should have a militia, we should have governors of our states, territories, appoint the officers of the militia and some members of the national guard kerry to commissions. one in the army and the air force, the federal force of the united states and a commission in the state or territory