Sunni, become head of the country, all the minorities will be slaughtered. So long as there is zerosum game in the middle east, the sum will always be zero. And i often say in game theory theres also whats referred tos two as a variable sum game saying there can be many , winners. Whatever we do there, however much humanitarian aid we provide there, however much military support we provide in the middle east, internally, the leadership that we get behind, the United States, the leadership that we support, have to embrace, they have an obligation to embrace the Minority Community because well be sitting here five years from now, ten years from now, 20 years from now, well be having the same discussion with no progress whatsoever. Again, thank you very much for your testimony. Ill yield back. Rep. Royce go now to mr. Chris smith of new jersey. Christopher h. Smith thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Thank you for calling this very, very important hearing and our distinguished witnesses fo
When we were forced to leave we didnt orb our children became without any education, without school. So a congregation we care a lot about education as dominican. We start opening kindergartens. So we had 135 children in one of the kindergartens, we handed one of the classes we hand them papers to draw on the paper. Amazingly, most of the children they draw back home their hometowns. They draw some their beds church homes, that they relate back home. When we asked them why did you do that . They said we miss home, we want to go back home. We want to live normal life. 5yearolds, stood up and said i dont feel like i am home here. When i was home, i used to go to the kindergarten i used to go to church with my family. I used to play with my toys with my friends. That was a normal life when we were back in our homes. We used to live normal life we have education, our parents brother, sisters if they are employed would go to work. Now its the opposite. People are jobless. Women do not have
Were abandoned. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. We know that isil doesnt discriminate. Youre either with the terrorists, or theyll destroy you or sub ji you. Thank you. The two most powerful forces in the area are the Shiite Alliance in iran on the one hand, and the extremist sunnis on the other. Weve seen our friends, saudi arabia and others move toward what theyll expect as quote moderate islam, or acceptable islam, and embrace the brotherhood, turkey qatar and part of al qaeda. Had we done more to strengthen the more reasonable sunnis earlier in the process, perhaps saudi arabia would not be taking that action. The good news is there are reports in the last half hour that the number two commander in isis has been killed. I hope thats true. Well see. Mr. Chairman, you commented that isis has all this iraqi currency. Iraq should, of course issue new currency, making its own currency invalid. Many countries have done this. This is a process that is hated by corrupt politicians and d
The tax commissioner, a quick reminder that we have about two weeks to file your federal return, it is due on april 15. More live coverage this afternoon. Deputy secretary of state and tonytony blinken will be speaking. President obama has vetoed a congressional measure today that would block the national reliever National Labor relations board. The rule is set to take effect on april 14. The white house saying that thereir talks with iran could extend past today. A short time ago the white house spokesperson josh earnest updated us on the negotiations. Josh overlong negotiations over the course of the day today they are going to continue these conversations tomorrow, as long as if necessary, and as long as the conversations continue to be productive. We president has been very clear that we have been having this conversation for over a year now and the International Community onset of United States is seeking very specific commitments from the iranians to shut down every path with a h
Ill leave that question hanging there, i think. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] did we get anything right . Um, well, i think that what did the get right in the middle east, well, lets just try and end on a happier note. I hope this doesnt sound frivolous, you know, but there is this, there is this earlier history of a welcome, benign presence of United States in the middle east, you know . The era which saw the creation of institutions. Fine, important institutions like the American University of beirut. [inaudible] excuse me . [inaudible] a lot of good stuff. Well, its and i think, you know, its worth remembering that moment. And i refer anybody here who isnt familiar with the work of medici to a historian of that relationship at Rice University to his work. Its a really fascinating moment that is less known than it should. And on that somewhat e evasive response [laughter] ill say thank you very much for your questions. [applause] for more information, visit the authors web sit