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
Says, i dont know who that is. So i published this in the daily beast that the foreign minister doesnt know one of irans most famous Political Prisoners. And it got picked up from there. Thousands wrote him on facebook a lot of pressure they released him on furlough for about a week. And then when the media pressure died down he was put right back into prison. 15, k interesting was my 20 minute debate confrontation with the u. N. Ambassador at the time when i approached him about the same issues, i said why is it that the foreign minister gets to post on facebook when its banned in iran and he said, word for word, are the facebook and twitter band in iran . I assured him that they were. And i list add whole bunch of Political Prisoners. And i said when will they be free . And he says i dont know who that is. Then i sad have you heard about this one . And he said shes the only one ive heard of because her name is in the media. I think hes lying about the others but its a testament to th
Dissident movements inside authoritarian countries by speaking out in supporting them. This help gives them the power to rise up. That is another issue that the west does not understand. I agree with michael about missing the conventional wisdom of the arab spring. Tois fantastic to look back supposedly smart people in 2009, they said the best thing was a wise, charismatic leader call bush a alassad. They said he was a partner for these, prosperity and stability. An israeli newspaper said syria was an island of stability. Others talking about egypt is a rock of stability. All of these were falsehoods. Dangerously wrong. They werent listening to these dissident movements and the fact of double thinkers is always bigger than we think. The number of true believers is typically lower than we think. Im going to push you on a little bit. Thats not mean less emphasis on the nuclear issue. Regime has nuclear weapons, the amount of progression oppression would make whats going on now seems smal
Thank you for watching. We will see you back to tomorrow morning 7 00 a. M. Eastern time. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] quick live at brookings for discussion on u. S. Nuclear arms control policy with remarks expected from undersecretary of state for arms control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller, also expected to touch on the progress of the arms reduction treaty with russia and should get started here at brookings in just a minute or two. A lot of International Foreign policy in news with news that american allen gross has been released from a cuban prison after five years. It also includes the release of. Hree cubans jailed in the u. S. Senior u. S. Officials are say today the Associated Press reports Officials Say gross was on he was government plane bound for the u. S. On wednesday morning, this morning, so
That . Soon saudi arabia, iran, our own government . The ceo of chevron on that and more, as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. Secretary john kerry in egypt echoing what he said last week in paris. The purpose of negotiation with iran is not just to get a deal but to get the right deal. Now hes voicing skepticism about doing that. Thom tillis joins us right now. Senator, good to have you on the program. Good morning, maria. Out of this deal with iran . Well look, i think we need to go back and look at the foundation. Were talking about an administration thats gotten the strategy wrong in syria, the strategy wrong in iraq, dangerously going down the wrong path in afghanistan. I dont think theyre negotiating from a position of strength. Whether its making sure the duration of the agreement with no sunset, whether or not we have proper provisions in place, it seems tha like the administration is missing it. How confidence are you that the congress will get to see the makings of the