The book in the name of god the khomeini decade, how much influence do you think the iran relationship with this country has had on this country in the last 10 years . Robin oh, i think its had not only an Immediate Impact of the trauma of the hostage ordeal the impact of the confrontation between the u. S. And iran in the persian gulf, the shooting down of the iranian aircraft i think its had a much broader impact, and that is it, along with vietnam, proved that the United States was not invincible; was, indeed, very vulnerable, and that third world powers could not only stand up to us and defy us, but occasionally could even defeat us. And so i think its had an impact on our National Psyche and on our policymaking apparatus. Brian did they laugh at us behind the scenes over there . Robin no. I think theyve always been a little bit frightened of us. Theyve always given us credit for having more power and more planning, more conspiracies than we deserve. I think that they were proud an
Approach him ocracy demonstrators defied a police baton to march through the city on. A landmark election in tunis the voters choose a new president in snap elections this could be the 1st transition of power from breeding a mix of leadership to free the elites data in the country ways the arab spring began. Im christine one got welcome to the program. Drone attacks on saudi arabias in august oil profits have slashed the worlds days supply of oil by 5 percent but while who the rebels from given have claimed responsibility the United States has blamed iran for the attack raising tensions yet further between washington and tehran. One of the globes most crucial commodities going up in smoke the result of twin drone strikes at the heart of saudi arabias oil industry state media say the fires that erupted after saturdays attacks were quickly brought under control but Officials Say that production at the apple cake Oil Processing facility the largest in the world and the courageous oil fiel
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You thing to nations have become disillusioned with democracy and what difference do you see the selection wreaking thats a great question certainly the case that tunisians are frustrated with the pace of democracy with what many see as a lack of progress and inability to deliver on important Economic Reforms but that doesnt necessarily mean that tunisians have given up on democracy there are still many people turning out to vote the day is not over the people that i did speak with and see at Polling Centers around the capital were treating this as an emotional an important day and another step forward for tunisians democracy so you know well wait to see what the turnout final turnout numbers are but i think tunisians have not yet given up there but they certainly are frustrated 4 years into theres been a clear divide between secularists and islamists is that still the case today and you know no matter who wins this election what do you think will be the key challenges for the next pre