When i look at the current debate, syria has fallen off the radar. A racket is taken dominance in public and policy iraq has taken prominence in public and policy debates. The public has not well analyzed there is not great interest. Look at the number of journalists who have written about that compared to the cover job syria. Dangerous lot more place. On balance, what is happening inside syria is not getting enough coverage and policy attention it deserves. I will spend most of my time doing that, because i think it is fundamental to understand what is happening there. The reasons for the conflict are there to last many more years. The spillover cannot be contained. Containment is not the strategy. It is an avoidant strategy actually. Fewme start by making a points of warning. The first one is there is a tendency to embrace broad narratives when it comes to syria too easily. The narrative was that the rebels were winning and the region was collapsing. In recent months, it has been the
The jordanians have limited capabilities. They have been helpful. The area of desert is vast. It requires a lot of capabilities, strengths. Where we have questions elsewhere, it was a political motive. We said we do not see that beyond the call of duty to protect iraq from jihadist. That is what we are talking about. Ok. Yes, sir. Ambassador, the main problem between the Iraqi Government and krg is article 140. A week ago, it was said [indiscernible] so, what is your understanding of that statement . Ok. Yes, sir. Please. Youve talked about how isis is this transnational threat and how it cant be solved in just one country. Do you believe any military action against isis needs to include some form of action in syria as well as iraq . Ok. Another. Yes. Please . Good morning. I have a couple of questions. The first one is, where is the european role in all of this, and if you see a role in all of the conflict going on right now, what would you like it to be . The second question is, what
Guest it would be easy to buy a drone that has a camera. It would be easy to buy when they can fly 500 feet. To have someone read it with a weapon and fired from Remote Control, that is a military grade weapon. Just like people in the United States cant buy tanks, cap by fighter jets, there would be restrictions on that. This is not the kind of thing that someone would be able to cook up in the garage. I am sure the authorities would have concerned about anybody flying a weaponize drone. There would be a stop put to that very quickly. By the end ofid this year they will introduce proposed rules for flying small drones. They mean it five pounds or less. They mean 55 pounds or less. This is where the burst in market will be. They dont need to fly at high altitudes. Aircraft youind of can fly. Here is where you can fly them. Here is who can fly them. It will take another year or so to take them Public Comment and finalize the rules. That will be the first days that we will see in the next
He had high dollar vehicles. He had four of them. He had built an addition on his house. And there was a photo of one of my agents driving one of these high dollar vehicles out of the driveway, and he said, eric see that picture . I said, yeah. Do you know what happened when i drove it down the street . I said, no. He said, the neighborhood came out on the street and they were clapping. This is a high volume drug dealer. Thats the kind of people we represent. Thats when the agent drove down the street . He took the corvette out of the driveway, and they were lined up clapping. We represent some of the most vulnerable people, the poor, the elderly, the young, the addicted, and they have no voice. They have no way to sell their home and move away when a drug dealer sets up shop in a neighborhood and the Property Values drop. So, quite frankly, i am personally offended when i hear charges of racism. The laws are race neutral. We go where the battle is hottest. We represent people who are
To a safe and sound operation in the early 90s when Interest Rates were 13 or 14 for home mortgage. You had states which prohibited the enforcement of clauses. 30 year mortgages, thinking they would have an average life of seven years. Funded by shortterm deposits. Loansrohibited those under Consumer Protection, transformed those loans into 30 beingow yielding assets funded by highcost deposits. This is one example i have. Many examples where you have state laws designed to protect consumers in particular states without the strong ability to have Natural National laws that are necessary to protect National Banks. It is critical to the National Banking act. You. You have each listen to one anothers remarks, what did you agree with and what did you disagree with . I would be glad to take a stab at that. I agreed with everything he said. Banks are special and they serve a unique function. Transferring longterm assets into shortterm liabilities, which is critical to our system. Reference t