for example, terrible gang violence as you know. we meant the and helped them. they have come a long, long way in colombia. we re spending ten times as much on the border as we are trying to help end the violence in these three countries. dan, do you see that as part of the solution? some people are going to roll their eyes at that and say look, is it our job to be trying to work on the violence problems here in the united states. it is our job to be working on the gang issue in el salvador? it s partly our job to be working on it. but it s also our job to encourage the salvadorans, the guatemalans and the hondurans to be working on it. the united states spent $8 million over a decade in colombia. the colombian government spent 10, 15 times that amount. and the economic elites stepped up to the plate and sided with the governmentment one of the problems you have in the central american governments is the elites tried walling themselves off and have not been particularly concerned a
countries. do you see that as part of the solution? is it our job to work on the violence problems here in the united states, is it our job to work on the gang issue in el salvador. it s partly our job but it s our job to encourage them to work on it. david raises the example of colombia. sure, the united states spent $8 billion over a decade on colombia. the columbian government spent ten, 15 times that amount and stepped up to the plate and sided with the government. a real problem you have in the central america countries is the elites have wallied themselves off and not concerned about the levels of violence and lack of economic development and there is so much the u.s. can do to help them if they are not willing this to help themselves. that s a balancing act. they are trying to engage and work with them and trying to encourage them to do more to help themselves. there is a role for the u.s., but we really need partners in that to make a meaningful difference in countries that
i don t have anything against university of chicago or university of illinois. you talk about his legacy, and you think about the far south of chicago where he started his career. i first met him about 1985, i believe it was. he wanted to help the displaced workers that hes why he pass the health care legislation because it all started right here in this community. for one thing, the south side of chicago needs all the kinds of positive industries and anything that will bring revenues to the south side. we are beset with a lot of issues, and something that powerful, that worldwide attraction could definitely be strong for us. now, you know, chris, what do you say to people who say, listen, the south side of chicago has a lot of violence problems, crime problems. it s not the right place to put a presidential library. what do you say to those people? that s everywhere. that s everywhere.
given should have been a lot more like what netanyahu was giving, a serious, sober speech laying out the threats of the country and the western world is facing. on the contrary, i think he put it to our quote, allies, if egypt is still an ally and we seem to be changing our mind about that every minute, but he put it to them, do not try and ask for our assistance or want us to stay and help you if you don t take care of your violence problems. your violence problems, not ours. and so effective that president morsi accused us of having a war against! and did the one thing he was supposed to do, which was to make sure that american personnel and property was protected in egypt after an hour long conversation that has been covered pretty much by the media. rick: if you see something that shows evidence of a media bias, e-mail us at news watch.
sit down and talk, you will stop doing it. they don t care. the argument was completely wasted and the speech he should have given was more like netanyahu was giving which is serious speech playing out the threat to the country and western world. on the contrary i think he put it to our allies if egypt is still an ally. he put it to them. do not try and ask for our assistance offer wanted us to stay and help you if you don t take care of your violence problems. it was so effective that president morsi accused us of having a war against islam. the one thing he was supposed to do is make sure that american personnel and property was protected in egypt after an hour long conversation, that has been covered pretty well by the media.