places he knows well. is that the drums of war we hear? certainly from some corners. how does the iran-israel showdown end? i ve got a great panel. i ll also bring you an amazing story. free and fair electrics in china. i ll explain. first, here s my take. president obama has been trying to cool down the war fever that suddenly gripped washington earlier this month. prime minister benjamin netanyahu s visit and the flurry of statemen surrounding it have created a dangerous dynamic. it is easy to see how things move toward war. it is difficult to see how they don t. the pressure is building on iran, but there are no serious discussions of negotiated solutions. israel has already discounted the proposed new talks. republican candidates will denounce any deal no matter how presencive the inspections. either iran suddenly and completely surrenders or israel will strike. and bebe netanyahu knows that the window presented by the u.s. political season is closing. if he were to strik
i ll also bring you an amazing story. free and fair elections in china. i ll explain. but first, here s my take. president obama has been trying to cool down the war fever that suddenly gripped washington early this month. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu s visit and the flurry of statements surrounding it have created a dangerous dynamic. it is easy to see how things move toward war. it is difficult to see how they don t. the pressure is building on iran, but there are no serious discussions of negotiated solutions. israel has already discounted the proposed new talks. republican candidates will denounce any deal no matter how comprehensive the inspections. so either iran suddenly and completely surrenders or israel will strike. and netanyahu knows that the window presented by the u.s. political season is closing. if he were to strike between now and november, he would be assured of unqualified support from washington. after november, the american response becomes les
complex countries. the former head of saudi intelligence, prince turkey al faisal, talks about the osama bin laden he knew and much more. finally, how this man became this man. the most wanted man in the world. an unbelievable story. first, here s my take. i was in germany this week, and the mood there is pretty grim. europe is facing its most severe challenge since 1945. if the greek crisis morphs into an italian crisis, italy being too large to bail out, the entire structure of post-world war ii europe could unravel. finally european leaders seem to recognize that their strategy of kicking the can down the road has not worked, and they will come up with some package. the result will not be a dramatic solution, that is not how europe works, but a series of steps that together will be more comprehensive than anything done before. but they will not address europe s core problem which is a lack of growth. the europeans, by which i mean the germans, are trying to find some
first, here s my take. this was u.n. week, and there was some drama over the issue of the palestinian bid for statehood. but the real action is taking place now as the world s finance ministers and leader meet to talk about money. i think it s fair to say that we are confronting the worst economic moment since the days after the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. growth has slowed in europe and the united states, and it is slower even in the bubbling, emerging markets. some european countries now have deep problems with their debt burdens that appear unmanageable, and that problem is spreading to major european countries like italy. europe s banks have too little capital and too much bad debt on their books. they are posed for a lehman-like event. and here s the worst part in light of these problems, key governments are doing almost nothing. the real culprits are the leaders of europe. they have been kicking the can down the road for two years. they now have to face the f
was some drama over the issue of the palestinian bid for statehood. but the real action is taking place now as the world s finance ministers and leaders meet to talk about money. i think it s fair to say that we are confronting the worst economic moment since the days after the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. growth has slowed in europe and the united states, and it is slower even in the bubbling, emerging markets. some european countries now have deep problems with their debt burdens that appear unmanageable, and that problem is spreading to major european countries like italy. europe s banks have too little capital and too much bad debt on their books. they are posed for a lehman-like event. and here s the worst part in light of these problems, key governments are doing almost nothing. the real culprits are the leaders of europe. they have been kicking the can down the road for two years. they now have to face the fact that the euro was badly created. mixing together