impossible to try to achieve at this stage. and then there was a mass funeral in syria. what took place there? that happened in the southern province. if you remember, this is the prove convince where the uprising all began. there were pretty intense shelling that killed at least 19, 20 people, and another funeral going out for them that was streamed live by activists. this is where one really must admire the opposition. even though they re in the process of burying someone, who was killed at hands of government forces, for voicing their desire for regime change, they still, while the fine rals take place, capitalize on that to make it opportunity to call out against the government. this is the kind of determination we ve been seeing from the onset of this uprising, but it it s also the kind of determination that has polarized the syrian uprising to a point where getting both sides to any sort of negotiating table that would result in a peaceful resolution are again, incr
responsibility is the right approach to take for, i think, not only the united states but also for europe. okay. republicans are saying you re blaming the europeans for the failures of your own policies. the truth of the matter is that, as i said, we ve created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private-sector is doing fine. where we re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government, oftentimes cuts initiated by, you know, governors or mayors who are not getting the kind of help they got in the past from federal government and don t have the same kind of flexibility as the federal government in dealing with fewer revenues coming in. and so, you know, if republicans want to be helpful, if they really want to move forward and put people back to work, what they should be thinking about is how do we help state and the local governments and how do we help the construction industry because the recipes th