Will continue to see episodes of tactical convergence between the United States and iran and cooperation but for his personal interests we will continue to see this strategic enmity between the United States and iran not because it is in the interests of either country or something pushed by the u. S. Government but the parochial interests of the Supreme Leader to maintain this strategic enmity. Thank you for that pessimistic but realistic appraisal of where things are headed. We will turn to questions in the interests of time, three questions at a time. Please identify yourself and your affiliation and keep it to a question and very brief. My question to anyone who would ask, in february of 2014 u. S. Treasury issued in which they sanction Companies Including a couple of cooperative, treasury stated these operatives bringing fighters from afghanistan to syria to al qaeda. It doesnt make sense. Al qaeda related groups including isis. Can you shed some light and turn this . With knowled
Never even showed up in the results. What is that telling you . People want results. And if people, you know, do not see results, they are not going to cast their vote blindly just because of some Islamist Party or just because its the party and who is the party that is one . A new party, not mrs. Or progressive led by an 86 you old man formed only two years after the revolution, right . And it was able to succeed the largest islamist organized party in the country which has been operating since 1981. The message is clear. From now on performance is going to trump ideology. This is a war of values i think that need to be fought in the arab world. Its not being fought. Other than tunisia we have very few countries, if any, that understand that the real battle is a battle for pluralism and for inclusion, not a battle between secular and religious elements. Thank you. We will open out to questions from the audience. Please put up your hand and wait for the microphone picked a list of who
The turks have taken a significant role in trying to crack down on that, and we are an ongoing conversations about other things that might be done as part of the coalition, but as we speak right now, there are Kurdish Forces and Free Syrian Army forces moving. Thanks to a land bridge established by the turks, again, bringing pressure murder from the Iraqi Kurdish region and britney in free syrian force is going to turkey. I think that is up premise, there is some conflict. They have played a lead role in making this happen. As a result, the real forces detonated to help of fall lawn are coming into place. So, again, turkey is a close, close ally and the critical part of the coalition. Michele. Michele done from the carnegie endowment. Some of the arab members of the coalition against isil also have different definitions of tourism, and some of them have either passed or are in the process in el a passing new counterterrorism laws. There are some positive aspects to stop foreign fighter
Real money. Midterm elections are coming up. Democratic control of the u. S. Senate is in danger in the best of times. The party in power in the white house loses ground in both houses of congress during the midterms, even when the economy is doing well. Sure, more jobs are created, and housing in most markets are doing well. Many americans feel left behind six years after the recession. Im looking at the Economic Issues and how they playing leading up to the vote. Here is a look at benefits and concerns voters have about Immigration Reform. Home of passing Immigration Reform is dead. Its alive and well as a polarizing issue in the election. I oppose amnesty. Doubt the border patrol. Its getting worse. Reporter americas foreign born population reached are 40 Million People or 13 of the total. 11 million are believed to be undocumented. More than half that number, 6 million, are thought to come from mexico. The debate over u. S. Immigration breaks down into two camps those that want to
To train and arm moderate Syrian Rebels to fight Islamic State of iraq and the levant, the Islamic State group. The house approved the bill yesterday. It now heads to the president s desk. Here is the president. Today the u. S. Plans to build a brood and International Coalition to degrade and ultimately destroy the group known as isil. France will join in air strikes. France is a Strong Partner in our efforts against terrorism and were pleased that french and American Service members will once again work on before half of your shared security and our shared values. More than 40 countries have now offered assistance as part of the coalition. This includes support for iraqi forces, strengthening the Iraqi Government. Providing humanitarian aid to the iraqi civilians and doing their part. Here at home, im pleased that congress, majority of republicans and democrats have now voted to support a key element of our strategy, the plan to train and equip the opposition in syria, so they can pus