Welcome back. We didnt solve all the problems in the last pane panel so we wiy to solve them on this one so there will be an easier time when he comes. Right now we are going to shift over it to thinking about some of the more diplomatic aspects of the problem set and one of the things we heard from the Previous Panel is a lot of Solutions Come from the diplomatic toolkit we have another remarkable panel to help us think through the. On the right from your perspective, ambassador patterson is the former assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs. She was ambassador to four different countries, egypt, pakistan, colombia and el salvador and she was also the assistant secretary of state for national law enforcement, the aptly named drug and food portfolio than she was the acting ambassador and deputy ambassador to the united nations. Next, we have ambassador doug silman of the institute in washington. He previously served as the u. S. Ambassador to iraq and kuwait and was the d
Joined by a faster of iranian studies at stanford university. Professor, we appreciate you coming on here. We learned these new developments out of iran and iraq. Is this the response that you expected to see from iran . This was that response that i had hoped iran with that make because i hope that they would show some prudence and weight. But given the kind of rhetoric from trump in the 24 hours, it seemed like the iranian leadership had literally boxed himself in the corner where something other than this could have been seen as deceitful. Professor, were dcu things going from here . I think it depends on whether american lives are going to be lost in this. We dont know how much damage has been done. We dont know how they intend to continue with this and was originally dont know what there certain response would be. The president decides to carry out the threat that he has made, i think we are in for a major confrontation and it will definitely be very, very costly for that region o
Iranian ears tracks in iraq last night the onlyly iranian retaliation . Also coming up, more than 170 People Killed when a ukrainian passenger plane crashes near tehran airport. All passengers a and crew aboard the plane e died when it went dn shortly after takeoff. And a treasure this moment, because there will not be many more like them. Britains prince harry and his wife meghan are to step back from their royal duties. Has life under the media spotlight become just too tough . And the former nissan boss carlos ghosn hits out in his first public appearance since escaping from japan. He accuses what he calls vindictive individuals of conspiring to smear him, leaving him no choice but to flee. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. Tonight, a retreat from the brink. President donald trump says that iran appears to be standing down in its confrontation with the United States, while trump himself has not threatened any further m
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Admitted that what haj Qassem Soleimani did to defend the region and to prevent isis from achieving its evil goals there is nothing. Time will not go away from the memory of the Kurdish People , it is still in the memory of the people of iraq, the people of Iraqi Kurdistan , how haj Qassem Soleimani and iran defended them against the enemy , and we have these effects in other neighboring countries as well. What the message of this promise is true is that those who read against let the Islamic Republic stand up, we will stand up to them with the full strength that exists in this country, thank god. Those who want to be friends, we will be friends with them, this message has this message, so we never left the negotiation table, always from the beginning our government has built that every time the discussion of negotiations. Ok, lets go and express our logical, rational and completely defensible words there. We will never be at the negotiating table in this government. The one who broke