the war in yugoslavia to cover for the new york times the war in yugoslavia was caused by the economic meltdown of yugoslavia not by ancient history kate that we can because i was happy for the world over and over and over it open the door for lenin in the bolsheviks i mean in the roman republic the really out there you go there it's it's it's a grim analysis we're going to continue our conversation with chris hedges here still ahead of the big picture. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decision. made who can you trust no one who is human view who would have noble mission where we had a state controlled capitalism in school that he's when nobody dares to ask we do you are t. last gen more. for. with us chris hedges his new book pulitzer prize winning author and reporter. renaissance man his new book death of the liberal class an extraordinary work chris we've been talking about the descends into now was a descent into a permanent underclass neo feudalism. are we seeing and i keep looking for historical allegories and maybe there aren't any good it's

condo and yugoslavia's slipped into civil war. 100,000 died. yugoslavia went into separate countries and millions of died in the congo. somehow, the speculator got the right for this. the vulture paid $300 million but wanted more than 30 times that amount. we went to see how the vultures got their hands on this debt. two players are these men. first, an american and second, bosnia's former prime minister. these were made at a state owned company. the company would like the powerhouse of the economy and now police are investigating how the assets were stripped leaving the country in ruins and thousands of unemployed. 10 years ago, this company was being run by the prime minister but he had to quit after he was indicted for corruption. this team is the one that took down the prime minister. >> this cost him his job as prime minister. >> what happened? >> the government brought this department for $200,000 and he said he did not need it. >> how much did he pay? >> he paid $800. >> weight, the governor paid 240,000 and a week later, he picked it up

meltdown of yugoslavia not by ancient mr cater it's we can because our stars happened over and over and over and over again open the door for lenin the bolsheviks i mean the road republic the river there you go there it's it's it's a grim analysis we're going to continue our conversation with chris hedges here still ahead of the big picture. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decision to move it that it made who can you trust no one who is human view with a global missionary zeal where we had a state controlled capitalism and score that he's when nobody dares to ask we do you r t question more. think. through. with us chris hedges is new book pulitzer prize winning author and reporter. renaissance man his new book death of the liberal class an extraordinary work chris we've been talking about the descent into no ism the descent into a permanent underclass neo feudalism. are we seeing and i keep looking for historical allegories and maybe there aren't any it's seems almost like we could wander into a long stagnant period like europe did in the dark

has been a part of serbia for a long time and kosovo and serbia did very well together with in yugoslavia until tensions were you know stirred up more or less by u.s. intelligence. well our team has been covering events in the north of course of since the protests first up this summer you can find our correspondents reports and analysts opinions on our website that's not a dot com also online. from rising started down in out out her hand and once ran for governor the u.s. ended up sleeping rough crane where he'd gone looking for not. think underdog support rather than saddam hussein came from stars of video advertising check out the full version of the at and t. dot com. it's been one of the toughest weeks yet for the european union as markets italy recently on fit to weather the storm and the current economic climate interest on italy's debt has hit seven point eight percent unimaginable just a few months ago but both of them with a straight downside of the e.u. that its ratings agencies have been forced to act on a grim figures downgrading hundred portugal's debt to junk status warning

and kosovo serbia did very well together within yugoslavia until tensions were you know stirred up more or less by u.s. intelligence. but he has been covering events in the north of possible since the protests first played out the sun you can find our correspondents report sound honest when i website about iraq. also unlike rising star three down and out point out man who wants to run for governor us sleeping rough in ukraine. looking for love. the likes of the dark prince and the same become stars of video advertising got the full version of the other party dot com. it's been one of the toughest weeks yet for the european union as markets team italy creasing the unfit to weather the storm of the current economic climate interest on italy's debt has hit seven point eight percent mashable just months ago both of devil with a streak of melt downs among other e.u. members ratings agencies have been forced to act on the grim pleas downgrading hungary and debt to junk status warning of want to come the time banks also hit the rating of e.u. leaders promote more austerity to combat the crisis

and kosovo and serbia did very well together with in yugoslavia until tensions were you know stirred up more or less by u.s. intelligence. and you can find more on the unstable situation cost when our website r t dot com to go online to get the latest updates as well as the background to the serbian causing conflict and you can also find a number of stories by our correspondents reporting from the scene all that is available on our website r t v dot com. now russia is ready to pull out of the start nuclear arms reduction treaty if the u.s. continues with its plans to deploy a missile defense shield in europe present a major event of war and that moscow may move its sound offensive missile systems to its borders in response well it's now cross lifestyle correspondent i mean so now we're for more on this sony's a president it has made russia's position clear what are the details of what he said. progress is reaction to the active development of plans for this missile defense shield in eastern europe came in the form of an announcement from president of egypt where he highlighted five s

that was developed for you know it's the united nations and developed for that which happened in yugoslavia after the west decided to pick. it apart so there is a legal basis you know the shore for this but the legal basis comes more or less at the point of a gun i really don't see a justification for what's happening i just see one more act that's a pattern of blatant international aggression by nato in the united states cos of all has been a part of serbia for a long time and kosovo and serbia did very well together within yugoslavia until tensions were you know stirred up more or less by u.s. intelligence. it's been one of the toughest weeks yet for the european union as markets deem. fit to weather the current economic storm interest in italy's debt has hit seven point eight percent on just a few months ago and above the level that triggered about downs and other eurozone nations shockwave saw ratings agencies downgrade hungry and portugal's debt to junk status. as well to. tighten banks were also dealt a ratings blow as e.u. leaders pledged more cuts to combat the crisis but in the eur

and kosovo and serbia did very well together with in yugoslavia until tensions were you know stirred up more or less by u.s. intelligence. you can find more on the unstable situation consul in our web site r t v dot com so go online to get the latest somethings as well as the background to the serbian qassam conflict and also find a number of stories by our correspondents reporting from the scene and all that is available at our team. russia is ready to pull out of the starting plea arms reduction treaty eve the u.s. continues with its plans to deploy a missile the fan shilling you are a president of the trinity and if war in the moscow name move its own offensive missile systems to its borders in response i guess any so now we would ports. some very harsh and direct words from president meets made it on the development of plans for the u.s. nato and their eastern european allies to build and develop that missile defense shield in eastern europe just outside russia's border he pointed out five steps that the russian federation would take if nato the u.s. and its allies don't reconsid

struck that was developed for you know the united nations and developed for that which happened in yugoslavia after the rush decided to pick it apart so there is a legal basis you know the shore for this but the legal basis comes more or less at the point of a gun i really don't see a justification for what's happening i just see one more act that's a pattern of blatant international aggression by nato in the united states kossovo has been a part of serbia for a long time and kosovo and serbia did very well together within yugoslavia until tensions were you know stirred up more or less by u.s. intelligence. he has been covering events in the north of course since the protests spread out the sun you can find our correspondents reports on this opinions on our website. and also online i see started down an out and out her man who once ran for governor in the u.s. now sleeping rough in ukraine but he'd gone looking from the. likes of the martin tough incident hussein and stones of advertising. seem to come. as the deadline approaches for the u.s. to withdraw its troops from iraq looks like it's n

works for you know it's the united nations and developed for that which happened in yugoslavia after the west decided to pick it apart so there is a legal basis you know the sure for this but the legal basis comes more or less at the point of a gun and so it's kind of hard to you know it's one thing to talk about a legal basis pro forma and it's another to talk about a legal basis the fuck go i really don't see a justification for what's happening in terms of the actual facts on the ground i just see one more act that's a pattern of blatant international aggression by nato in the united states kosovo has been a part of serbia for a long time and kosovo and serbia did very well together with in yugoslavia until tensions were you know stirred up more or less by u.s. intelligence and we can find more on the unstable situation in concert on our website r.t. dot com so go on line to get the latest updates as well as the background to the servian possible conflict can also find a number of stories by our correspondents reporting from the scene all that energy dot com. russia is ready to pu

that was developed for you know it's the united nations and developed for that which happened in yugoslavia after the west decided to pick it apart so there is a legal basis you know the shore for this but the legal basis comes more or less at the point of a gun i really don't see a justification for what's happening i just see one more act that's a pattern of blatant international aggression by nato in the united states kosovo has been a part of serbia for a long time and kosovo and serbia did very well together within yugoslavia until tensions were you know stirred up more or less by u.s. intelligence. art has been covering the events in north of kosovo since the protests first flared up this summer you can find our correspondence reports and al and alice's on our website r.t. dot com here's what's also online from rising star to down and out by the whole a man who world once ran for governor in the u.s. ended up homeless in ukraine where he'd go looking for love. the likes of moammar gadhafi and saddam hussein become the stars of a t.v. commercial check out the full version of the ad at

and kosovo and serbia did very well together within yugoslavia until tensions were you know stirred up more or less by u.s. intelligence. you can find more on the unstable situation in acosta on our website r.t. dot com and go online to get the latest updates as well as the bad ground to the serbian cause of the conflict can also find a number of stories by our correspondents reporting from the scene all of that at our team dot com. russia is ready to pull out of the start nuclear arms reduction treaty if the u.s. continues with its plans to deploy missile the fan shield in europe president dmitry medvedev warned that last may move its own offensive missile systems to its borders in response argues that he's now he has more. first his reaction to the active development of plans for this missile defense shield in eastern europe came in the form of an announcement from president it's major where you highlighted five steps that the russian federation would take if the u.s. and nato don't reconsider their plans first of all activated immediately will be early radar warning stations in kali

there has never been anything like this in serbia or the former yugoslavia. >> dragan markovic has beenkably successful since the end of the yugoslav wars. he claims he never carried a weapon. boxing has been enough. that line has become a favorite joke among his colleagues. weapons were a serious matter in the early 1990's. people checked them before entering a restaurant or club. in 1993, the party of serbian unity was founded. its leader was a notorious paramilitary leader in the croatian wars. he was assassinated before he could face trial for war crimes. dragan markovic was also associated with the party. >> your viewers should know i did not spend a single day at work. i was not a member of the militia. i never had any military function. >> journalists have discovered that much of the money that he doles out comes from the serbian reconstruction fund, reserve for things like flood damage. >> in this budget reserve is earmarked for those things. resourceful mayor see things -- sees things differently. he treats them as his toy. >> that does not bother him. he has been seeking to bo

it was at heart based on the fact that we both had served in yugoslavia. this by the time i met him before he was turned to ambassador. we both spoke -- that in itself may this unique. we first met when henry kissinger was preparing to become secretary of state. while retaining his position as national security advisor. he brought larry back to help him, and i was henry's deputy at the nsc. that was an intricate and complicated set of relationships to work out, and larry and i were in daily, frequently hourly, contact making that unusual relationship a successful operation. when we left office -- excuse me. during 1974 when henry took his shuttle diplomacy to the middle east, president nixon wanted daily reports of henry's travels and meetings. security communications at that time between washington and the middle east were insignificant to nonexistent. so larry and i used to discuss the daily activities and croatian so that they could not be intercepted. and this was a serbo-croatian, not even a native yugoslav would have comprehended. but it was a daily

he appeared before the tribunal of the former yugoslavia, and charles taylor, sperm court for sierra leone. this is the first case in which he's been brought before the i.c.c. judges. but the prosecutor says mr. gbagbo is the first to be brought to account. there is more to come. and the i.c.c. has faced criticism in its even-handedness, but mr. campo says investigations are continuing and other cases will be brought before the judges irrespective of political affiliation. that's crimes committed on both sides in ivory coast. >> we were just seeing some of the charges, including murder, persecution, rape among them. where is all the evidence coming from, peter? >> the i.c.c. has been gathering this evidence during the course of this year. this relates to the period after the elections, exactly a year ago, up until april when mr. gbagbo was taken into custody and placed under house arrest. it's quite a short period, four months at the beginning of this year when there was a lot of conflict on ivory coast. he's facing four counts of crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, othe

the same thing our party demanded during nader's yugoslavia containing. russia must not allow any country in the world to get bombed no military intervention should be authorized except for somalia maybe. the whole world is faced with somali piracy with ships being hijacked brazenly secondly it is unacceptable that russian citizens should be arrested and incarcerated anywhere outside russia such as the latest case in the jigga stand where an unfair verdict and an eight year prison sentence were handed down to people whose actions had nothing to do with border violation of smuggling finally russian women are sometimes deprived of their children not only in islamic countries but also in places like norway or france therefore we feel russia should be tougher and more steadfast and assertive in its foreign policies as well as more explicit in stating its interests how good for w.t. org session for one shouldn't be such a soap opera with deadlines constantly shifted and everything depending upon george's consent. it leaves a bad aftertaste you know. but still

and kosovo and serbia did very well together with in yugoslavia until tensions were you know stirred up more or less by u.s. intelligence. but r.t. has been covering events in the north of course since the protests first letter of the summer you can find the correspondence reports and lists opinions on our website articles. also online today from a rising star to down and out point out how a man who once ran for governor in the u.s. ended up sleeping rough in ukraine he'd gone looking for the. likes of the dark when saddam hussein became stars of advertising the full version of the politics dot com. as the deadline approaches for the u.s. to withdraw its troops from iraq looks like it's not just soldiers leaving the country billions of dollars are reportedly been stolen from iraq during a military campaign. justice system is chasing petty crime by a ranking officers the people at the top to be immune from investigation. not everyone leaves the war zone empty handed the number of people indicted and convicted by the u.s. for bribery fraud and there in iraq and afghanistan has never be

yugoslavia bombing instead of accepting nato powers all over the territory. it's a common complaint across the world political correctness has gone too far so our laurie hartman has to central new york to ask people whether there's just too much you can talk about in public. a recent poll indicated that people are starting to feel like political correctness is having a negative effect on society how do you feel about it this week let's talk about that it's been carried overboard. people are getting a little crazy with being having to worry about every word they say whether it's actually politically correct or not well if you live in this country you should be politically correct because this is your country what does that mean that is so you can have to censor what you say you should think about what you say you should you should take time to use the correct words before you say something that you don't mean us and i mean we've got a thing in england where comedians have been pulled off on political correctness where i think you've just got to realize special

roads that will be opened to thirty let's not talk about the situation when you took part in the yugoslavia war as i said those many years ago back in one thousand nine hundred nine as a nato officer law i understand that now you're apologizing to the serbian people for what happened what are you sorrier about and who was to blame. well bill i have to correct you i have not yet written a book i am in the process of writing a book. on march twenty fourth. here i went public on serbia national t.v. and apologized to the serbian people. as a poor man a two hour for not being able to protect serbs and albanians in. the for many years i had felt a collective responsibility. we were not able to. protect the minorities but it became very close up and personal when i met cost of a third. my country had sent back. so i think we lost the line here why do you think no to everything you're saying just tell us why do you think briefly you failed in that mission to protect serbs and albanians during that time. can you hear me their cards can you hear me well i'm sorry it looks as if we have actually lost

success of the would be an operation we followed by for the humanitarian was like we saw in former yugoslavia over a decade decade ago and nato is going aggressive role here is portrayed as a peacekeeper but it's an aggressive role in the missile defense shield is an aggressive act it's aggressive toward russia it's aggressive war china is aggressive towards iran why why i think why isn't iran being transparent and open and allowing investigators to and inspectors to check the facilities and also of course you mentioned israel the threat from israel a little earlier iran's got every reason has it not to develop a nuclear deterrent. well firstly around it claims that it's developing nuclear program for peaceful purposes personally i'm against all you quote weapons but i think it's a bit rich to be way around to be lectured by the likes of washington london and tel aviv on nuclear weapons when these are the people as i said the americans are the only people to use those weapons these are the nuclear pose and hypocrisy he seems to be here is that these countries the western countries can can hav

didn't care where nato forces bombed countries like iraq or the former yugoslavia causing heavy civilian cute casualties so what do you think is changing now. i think the controversy around the bombing of libya in the first place the fact that it's been under forensic media examination ever since it began and the very credible reports from amnesty and other human rights groups such as human rights watch about abuses of civilians by both the gadhafi forces the pro-government forces i mean the by the going to transitional national council i'm very very disturbing reports about the treatment of african mercenaries or african workers who were in libya at the time of the bombing by the nato forces so i think there's going to be some very serious investigations undertaken interest in the russian command to. the i.c.c. investigate all aspects of this particular conflict and all the allegations but nato would say simply this is a case of war and accidents do happen they didn't deliberately target civilians in the way that these troops. well they were they no doubt will say that there will be peo

with the balkans we call it yugoslavia and that broke apart in violent conflict you cannot create a united states of europe without the consent of the people that consent has never been sought so what we should be doing it will make sure that europe is free from wars and free from some of those awful conflicts that we've seen is to make sure that we foster democracy democratic mature european nation states do not go to war with each other and what we are now doing is we're imposing upon people through the euro and other measures but a new political union that is undesired and wanted what's happened just in the last few months is many of the old eminences have flared up again we're headed in the wrong direction i don't want to get more to that but i want to bring up the another concerned that was the e.u. was born out of that was of course to contain germany after the devastation it caused in world war two you say that mature democracies don't go to war but you as an opponent of federalism are you afraid of germany and when i say that i don't mean literally germany perhaps i need the reemer

some rest there cannot be solved by internal political process since the track record shows from yugoslavia through libya through most any case you care to mention that an international presence the tooting even in so-called dialogue invariably. upsets the balance and causes for example the rebels in the case of syria to have undue expectations handed strength artificially so by admitting a foreign presence if i were if i may just i'm sorry to interrupt you we're running very long time here on r.t. but we've just had reports recently that at least five regional factions in libya now refusing to work with the national transitional council there of course we have this second wave of unrest was ousted in egypt is it possible we're seeing a second wave of arab revolutions in the making could arab nations such as tunisia and libya follow suit do you think. that's a big question i'm not an expert on the middle east but i think we all know don't we that these countries certainly is the case of libya are very heterogeneous societies which have been kept together for good or ill by very strong to pu

. >> narrator: and like tito in yugoslavia or hussein in iraq, assad also knew how to use force. his baath party repressed any ethnic or religious challenges. >> the baath party promised to get rid of sectarianism. he demanded, and for the most part, the syrian population was receptive to this faustian bargain, that the syrian people would accept a little bit less freedom and liberty in return for stability. >> narrator: assad also secured his power by taking in millions in soviet military aid and welcoming thousands of soviet advisors. but in 1979, there was a revolution in iran. the dynasty of the shah was replaced by an islamic state under ayatollah khomeni. in syria and across the middle east, islamic fundamentalists rose up. >> and there were attacks against the regime. it was essentially almost a civil war. >> narrator: a bombing campaign targeted government buildings and alawite military officers. the attacks went on for several years. >> and in 1982, the regime basically said, "that's it. that's enough. we have to deal with this once and for all. we have to show that we'r

that's where a separate the maphead from dimond maphead to read what is the former yugoslavia and now a member of the e.u.? right here. >> very nice. where are ellsworth land, polar land? i heard it somewhere. way in the back. [laughter] one row. hopefully c-span did not catch that. what city [inaudible] >> right here. front row. very nice. that was my dad. the was a terrible throw. that wasn't an error. cleveland ohio is on what side of the great lakes? somebody here was quick. you again, sir. you don't want to be sitting up in front here. i feel your pain. but canadian territory has the name our land? over here somewhere first. there's a rally in every year. somebody over here first. two things of nerds. the cardinals connect the mediterranean with what other -- black sea, somewhere over here. you think the people in front of you are getting too many? is it like the speed of sound or something? the four large islands of japan which is the furthest north? over here somewhere. call them in, ladies and gentlemen. we are in jeopardy co-conspirators. also, seattle's best jeopardy [inaudi

i'm not sure we handle the breakup of the former yugoslavia very well. that was perhaps the greatest challenge. >> as secretary of state, what were your experiences with the fall of the berlin wall? >> well, we were fortunate to be in power when it happened. and i credit every american president, democrat and republican, going all with back to the beginning of the cold war, the fact -- for the fact that america was triumphant in the cold war, because every president, democrat or republican and every administration was steadfast in fighting the cold war on behalf of the american people. that is why we ultimately prevailed. i happened to be hosting a lunch in the dining room of the state department for corazon aquino when i got a message from the under secretary of state for political affairs saying that the east germans were going to let people go through the wall. i could tell that was going to be big stuff. by nightfall, it was huge. so i picked up the phone and called president bush and went to the white house and we spent the rest of the day talking a

i am not sure we handled the breakup of the former yugoslavia very well. that was perhaps the greatest challenge. >> as secretary of state, what were your experiences with the fall of the berlin wall? >> we were fortunate to be in power when it happened. i credit every american president, democrat and republican, going all the way back to the beginning of the cold war, for the fact that america was triumphant in the cold war. every democrat or republican in every administration was steadfast in fighting the cold war on behalf of the american people, and that is why we ultimately prevail. i happen to be hosting a lunch in the dining room of the state department for the president of the philippines when i got a message from the undersecretary of state for political affairs saying that the east germans were going to let people go through the wall. i could tell that was going to be big, big stuff, and it was. by nightfall, it was huge. i picked up the phone and called president bush and excused myself from dinner, went over to the white house, and we spend the

yugoslavia, a triumph. he said that clinton was right about rwanda, israel.mor, which i don't know if he knew anything about, didn't matter. i think president clinton got it right. if herman cain had said i agree with president obama, let's talk about my 9-9-9 plan, it would have been much better. >> ari, you agree with that? >> what i agree is it's very hard to run for the presidency and make it your first time you hold elective office. i said this about herman cain for a while. he's an exciting outsider but he needed to have more strong credentials by having run and won. and it would give him a different approach about how he gets ready for substantive issues. that's really the problem here, anderson. >> take a look at what this new cnn poll found. almost half the country doesn't think he should even be in the race at all, even among republican, almost a third say it's time for him to go. i mean, is this the tip of the iceberg, is this a downward trend now? >> well, downward trend, yes, herman cain has been on a downward trend since the allegations broke ag

they all come from the former yugoslavia. scenes, and they speak their native language in the film, which will be released with english subtitles. angelina said she wanted to make the film as realistic as possible. >> jolie: we all spoke about every speech, every scene and made sure that it was right and true. so everybody helped to educate me, and we all adjusted the script together. >> can you see? >> uh-huh. >> simon: while we were there, angelina gave the cast a sneak preview of the film's trailer. >> zana marjanovic: wow. >> simon: and they thought it reflected the reality of their war. goran kostic and zana marjanovic play the two lovers. >> marjanovic: people i know, and my friends and their families never thought in their life that everything they had could be taken away from them. >> goran kostic: it goes to the core of who i am and where i am and what we are, i suppose. it's very personal. >> simon: others might find the plot implausible, an affair between a muslim prisoner and the serb commandant of the prison wher

they've already voted in the duma to unilaterally abandon sanctions against yugoslavia. and i think this country was so deeply humiliated by their loss of superpower status that they've gotten to the point where they think they don't have too much to lose. c-span: what's the best thing about russia, when you go back? >> guest: our friends, without any question. these people love us, and we love them. many of them helped us pull off many of them helped us pull off this wedding, you know, at some at least political risk to themselves. and you know, the thing that distresses me so is that they are still in a situation where they have to live under just terrible political and economic circumstances. for many of these people, i wonder how they look at their lives, wondering how it is that they should have ended up in this period of history at this particular time. c-span: what's your next book? >> guest: well, the next book i'm doing in spare time. it is not related to the field in which i work. i'm doing a book on my grandmother, a biography of my grandmother for her centenn

the handle the resolution in 1999 against yugoslavia appeared against russian objections and it was anembarrassment and a lot of people saying here we go again. here we will follow and assurance and what happened is quite different from what we expected. i am not presenting this as an argument that the libyan decoration is wrong. i am presenting this as an argument that eat very different narratives. and when we think about an american foreign policy decisions, we have to think also about unintended consequences, how decisions would be viewed at their nations, particularly by azerbaijan powers and we make a decision about libya, which was an important decision. but i don't think that most people view the decision to send in effect give. u.s. relations with powers like russia or china that are afraid of the conduct of the u.n. security council resolutions. i do not think -- at least i am not sure that we put the decision in the broad strategic context. we clearly are dealing with a country who is different worldview, who has different values and not only on the part of the russian leade

just remember and consider the horrible tragedies of cambodia, of rwanda, darfur, the former yugoslaviaarmenia many decades ago and of eastern europe 60 years ago. we said after the second world war never again but you know what happened to never again? it has become again and again and again and again. this time we must keep our collective humanitarian promise. the world is now on notice. it has no excuse and the holocaust happened every but he said we didn't know then the genocide we didn't know. when the cambodian genocide was occurring people are telling us it was propaganda. we didn't know. rwanda, darfur, we didn't know. we know. we have been told. we had been warned. [applause] the conscience of, we know we are on notice. we must act now to protect these 3400 vulnerable individuals. if we fail to do so, the blood of innocents will be on our collective hands and there are specific life-saving steps our government can take immediately. you've heard some of them from our distinguished speakers. we should appoint a special envoy to lead the efforts to the peace resolve to matter. we

just remember and consider the horrible tragedies of cambodia, of rwanda, darfur, the former yugoslaviaarmenia many decades ago and of eastern europe 60 years ago. we said after the second world war never again but you know what happened to never again? it has become again and again and again and again. this time we must keep our collective humanitarian promise. the world is now on notice. it has no excuse and the holocaust happened every but he said we didn't know then the genocide we didn't know. when the cambodian genocide was occurring people are telling us it was propaganda. we didn't know. rwanda, darfur, we didn't know. we know. we have been told. we had been warned. [applause] the conscience of, we know we are on notice. we must act now to protect these 3400 vulnerable individuals. if we fail to do so, the blood of innocents will be on our collective hands and there are specific life-saving steps our government can take immediately. you've heard some of them from our distinguished speakers. we should appoint a special envoy to lead the efforts to the peace resolve to matter. we