scapegoats, the natural scapegoats. he apparently had some of them burned as human torches in his gardens. he had others wrapped in animal skins and set wild dogs upon them in a public setting. and so this is the first persecution of christians by roman emperor. the reason christians were persecuted early on was not because it was illegal to be a christian. they were persecuted because they were known to be troublemakers. among nero s victims were the two most important leaders of the early christian church. peter had been living and preaching in rome. paul had been living under house arrest. now they were both condemned to death for their faith. peter is not a citizen of the roman empire, and so he is able to be crucified. then he s crucified upside down
the christians are the scapegoats, the natural scapegoats. he apparently had some of them burned as human torches in his gardens. he had others wrapped in animal skins and set wild dogs upon them in a public setting. and so this is the first persecution of christians by roman emperor. the reason christians were persecuted early on was not because it was illegal to be a christian. they were persecuted because they were known to be troublemakers. among nero s victims were the two most important leaders of the early christian church. peter had been living and preaching in rome. paul had been living under house arrest. now they were both condemned to death for their faith. peter is not a citizen of the roman empire, and so he is able to be crucified. then he s crucified upside down
follow our own procedures or someone along the line didn t follow their procedures. there s a lot of investigation to figure out what happened. any loss of life or injury is very, very serious. one of the things that s been talked about a lot in the united states is the deliberate efforts by u.s. forces to reduce afghan civilian casualties to make amends when casualties happen. what is the equivalent of that when it is military casualties? do you take extra effort to establish and reestablish confidence? partnering and getting it right is about trust, mutual trust. when it happens, there s going to be trust issues. do we trust the nato forces or sometimes when the opposite happens. so, you have to get down there and talk from the leadership from the top and get all the way down to the first line supervisor of the afghan
noncommissioned officer in afghanistan. command sergeant, thank you for your time. it s an honor to have you here. it s good to be here. let me ask you about the friendly fire incident richard was talking ability. i m not a military expert. it seems there are a bunch of different, simple things that try to prevent friendly fire incidents from reflective patches and tape to gps beacons, that sort of thing. how is it that the afghan troops weren t identified as friendlies? we sent an assessment team out. the system is in place. for whatever reason, the system didn t work. we killed friendly troops. we will relook at the system to figure out what happened. i don t think it s communications problem. you will find the standard operating procedures weren t followed. that s my opinion when these things happen. it s almost always we didn t
there. how much times have you said you got a guy? i got a guy. the emeralds are good. they are not always that clear. how much are these per carat? per carat $120. which is still pretty inexpensive. i m not that familiar with the emerald market but i believe you. thank you very much. this is the chicken street. there is obviously other things. animal skins. animal skins and me without an extra carry on bag. you get a sense of what it looks like and a sense of what kabul is like. so when you see carpets here, they are not necessarily afghan carpets. some are. they are not necessarily from here. they could be from kazakhstan. the carpets show the weaponry? those are famous.