Ussr to rush at the beginning. No one knows. There is a lot of love and hate. Cubans have one of the highest awareness is of u. S. Brands in the world and one of the highest preferences in the world so if u. S. Companies launching into cuba comes with less cost than some other marketplace that makes it attractive so and thats because the folks do have, the people of cuba many of them have access. We saw what no one expected with fidel. Most people, most of the modeling done in the u. S. Government was fidels speaking, he drops dead worries in his office and people drop dead and people know where they dont know but no one expected a succession and then a transition from brother to brother. I would say dont expect raul dies and its a switch. Its going to be more of a wave. Thank you. Bill lane. Good morning. Bill lane with caterpillar and first of all i want to thank you for a Great Program and great timing particularly the fact that this is two days away from the big anniversary. Some o
U. S. Cuba relations and wonder how much of the ideas heard the word thought id never thought it would be a good place to be. [laughter] but were glad you are here. But it is consistent with the other cuba related events but over the years cuba has captures the imagination i remember back when we were trying to get support for the west colombia Free Trade Agreement that enjoys a lot of support from clocks on this panel with columbia represented the generating interest now in that was limited compared to cuba which seems to capture the imagination and. Is not on the politics of the u. S. Cuba relations we dont have time to go through the long history but it is an emotional issue. There are families to have the property confiscated whose families were attended and have strong views with the current government in cuba but today we will focus on the president s announcement and what the perspectives are from the legal and Business Community i want to mention in that category of great timin
But its got to be led by the commanderinchief. Frankly, thats how the system works. Thats how its worked every time. Now, id like to switch gears real quickly. U. S. Back. Syrian rebels linked to al qaeda. Time is running out for obama and syria. Westernbacked Syrian Rebels are in danger of collapse before help arrives. All of these are wellknown media experts and they are on the verge of collapse and they are getting beaten very badly. One of the major reasons they are getting beaten very badly is because theyre subject to bombing and air attacks from Bashar Al Assad. So i guess my question again is and by the way, ambassador James Jeffrey says time isnt on our time. Reconsider the no combat formations on the ground decision because you may have to either renege on that or you may have to fall off your very Important Mission of destroying isis. Theres a gap between the two. Ambassador ford, isis is not something which drone strikes or f16 strikes is going to contain because the Islami
President obama, remains an important and i would argue essential concept to bring people together around. Now, im well aware of everything thats going on right now and the increasing tensions that are existing in the region in israel, in the west bank, to say nothing of the continuing aggressive behavior by hamas coming out of gaza. But i am one who believes that the absence of negotiation leaves a vacuum that gets filled by problems, bad actors, threats, other kinds of behavior that is not good for israel and not good for the palestinians. So i think that, you know, the efforts that were undertaken in the last several years, you know, when i was secretary, now with secretary kerry, are very much in the interests of israel and very much in the interests of the palestinians. I hope it happens, but well see. As secretary of state, what is the one thing you wish you had done differently . Oh, my goodness. Is there a list or what . There were a number of things, and i write about a lot of
The same as gorbachev has been a real throwback for me. I can those days after one dictator after another emerged, they all had very human aspects. They liked jazz. Music, anddixieland so there is a kind of Human Element to him. Rouhani is a man of the system. Ease up your product of the system he is a pure product of the system. And lived age in it in at all his life. And now here he is at the top. People dont talk much about what he is really all about and what he really wants. Why does he take all of these different positions . Because the main game that is being played inside iran right among the various factions is who is going to succeed khomeini. Khomeini is believed to be sick. I mean, its true. He should have died long ago if he is a six at if he is as sick as some would say he is. But no one would be surprised if he dropped dead tomorrow. Characters,f these the rouhanis, the ahmadinejads, the rafsanjanis, etc. , they are all maneuvering for succession. Theyre all trying to ma