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Woodruff the trouble in belgium came on a day when the president of france appealed for religious tolerance, in the wake of the terror in paris. And, some of the victims of the attacks were laid to rest today. The casket was carried out to applause, and covered in cartoons and messages drawn by Charlie Hebdo staffers. Hundreds gathered at the funeral of bernard verlhac, known as tignous, one of 12 people gunned down at the satirical weekly last week. translated we will continue to draw cartoons of the victims and we drew on tignous coffin. Well try to continue to laugh with them where they are now. Earlier, at a memorial service, the wife of tignous urged on the cause of Free Expression. translated there is a phrase which i find a bit silly but ive said it a lot he should not die for nothing. I think its fundamental. The cartoonists are, today messengers of hope. Woodruff funerals were also held for two other Charlie Hebdo staffers, and for a policeman who helped protect them. The killings were condemned today by pope francis, traveling in asia. But he also called for limits on Free Expression when it comes to religion. translated many people who speak badly about other religions, or religion, who make fun of them, make other peoples religions a joke, well, that is a provocation. You cannot provoke, you cannot insult other peoples faiths you cannot make fun of faith. Woodruff and in pakistan, from protests in the street to a vote in parliament, there was widespread condemnation of Charlie Hebdo for publishing another cartoon of the prophet muhammad. Back in france, president Francois Hollande sought to calm religious tensions, vowing to punish any acts against muslims or jews. translated we should also remember, and i did it each time i made a trip to the arab world, that islam is compatible with democracy. We should reject all prejudices starting in france. French people of muslim faith have the same rights and have the same duties as all citizens. Woodruff meanwhile, the French Military reported islamic hacker groups and others have attacked 19,000 french websites since last weeks attacks. Secretary of state john kerry flew into paris this evening. He said he will convey american sympathies for the paris victims, at a town hall tomorrow. Ifill in other news this day, turkey and israel intensified a war of words over the paris attacks. First, turkish president Tayyip Erdogan criticized israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu for linking the bloodshed to islam. That prompted the Israeli Foreign minister to brand erdogan an antisemitic bully. Today came a new exchange, this time between turkeys Prime Minister and the israeli leader. translated netanyahu as the head of the government that kills chilling playing on the beach with a bombardment of gaza and storms a humanitarian aid vessel sailing in international water, he committed a crime against the humanity just as the massacre in paris was committedded by terrorists. translated the severe words of turkish president erdogan were compounded today by the words of his Prime Minister. Until now i have not heard condemnation from the International Community from these unacceptable words. I want to say clearly that if the International Community does not condemn those who support terror, the wave of terror that is sweeping the world will only increase. Ifill relations between israel and turkey have gone downhill since 2010, when ten turks died during an israeli raid on an aid convoy trying to reach gaza. Woodruff pope francis arrived in the philippines today, marking the first papal visit to asias largest catholic nation in 20 years. He was greeted in manila by a wind gust that blew off his cap and also by hundreds of children. They performed a mass, coordinated welcome dance with multicolored umbrellas. Later, hundreds of thousands lined the streets as the papal motorcade traveled to the vatican embassy. Six Million People are expected at an outdoor mass on sunday. Ifill the longstanding american embargo on trade and travel to cuba starts to ease tomorrow. The Obama Administration formally announced it today, under a diplomatic reopening to havana. U. S. Companies will be allowed to export more technology and make limited investments in cuba. Additional travel will be permitted, although general tourism remains banned. Woodruff five more prisoners have been released from u. S. Military custody at guantanamo bay, cuba. The five, from yemen, were captured in pakistan, and held more than a dozen years as al qaeda suspects. They are being sent to estonia and oman for resettlement. 122 detainees remain at guantanamo. Ifill a big name witness testified today in the trial of a former c. I. A. Officer accused in a highprofile leak. Former National Security adviser Condoleezza Rice told jurors she was stunned when the New York Times reported on a mission to disrupt Irans Nuclear program. The government says jeffrey sterling leaked the information a charge he denies. Woodruff president obama opened a new push today for giving paid sick leave to parents and others. He signed a memorandum directing federal agencies to provide up to six weeks of sick leave to care for newborn children or ill relatives. And, he followed up later, in baltimore. There are 43 million americans who dont get paid sick leave, which when you think about it, is a pretty astonishing statistic. And that means no matter how sick they are, or how sick a Family Member is, they may find themselves having to choose to be able to buy groceries or pay the rent or look after themselves or their children. Woodruff the president will raise the issue again in his state of the union address, next tuesday. Republicans announced today that freshman senator joni ernst of iowa will give the g. O. P. Response. Ifill and wall street, weak earning at big banks pushed stocks lower again. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 106 points to close at 17,320; the nesdaq fell 68 points to close at 4,570; and the s p 500 slipped 18 to 1,992. Woodruff still to come on the newshour. The aftermath of the Counter Terrorism raids in belgium. A provocative look at Americas Armed forces and the debate it has sparked. The little diversity among this years oscar nominees. An economic rap on new wealth inflation and struggles for a rising middle class in china. Hitching a ride in a driverless car. And, the stories not trending online and why they are important. Ifill we return now to the hunt for terrorists in europe. Todays raids against armed militants in belgium, highlights the trend of european muslims travelling to syria and iraq to fight. Europol says that as many as 5,000 europeans have joined the conflict there. Hundreds have returned to europe, where authorities fear they may use their military training to launch attacks. For more on this, im joined by Lorenzo Vidino of the European Foundation for democracy. He studies islamism and Political Violence in europe and north america. So Officials Say there is no direct connection to the paris attacks, mr. Vidino, but they seem awfully similar. Yeah, absolutely. What we see right now in belgium is two different situations. It was allegedly the arrest of the individual who provided the weapons to khudobin, the man who attacked the supermarket in paris, but they also allegedly thwarted a plot which traces its routes to syria to carry out attacks in belgium. So a very tense situation many belgium with two ongoing situations. Ifill is the syria connection particularly problematic in europe where the borders are so porous . Oh absolutely. First of all, the borders are porous when it comes to turkey. Its very easy for europeans to go to turkey. In many cases you can travel to turkey without a passport and its easy from turkey the make your way into syria. And its equally easy to come back from syria to turkey and European Countries and its very easy to go to one country and another. There is no border between European Countries. One travels like you travel from state to state in the u. S. The problem is the police do not have the same power so there are borders. So French Police cannot investigate and operate in belgium or spain, but the terrorists move freely. Thats a big problem for europe. Ifill youre in milan tonight in italy and you work in belgium. From the people you talk to on the continent, is there a particular nervousness, tension about the potential for these kinds of attacks or plots to spread . Yeah, obviously you do see a larger presence of police in many potential targets. I dont think theres panic in terms of population but obviously thats what people talk about. Its in the media. And you do see some tensions in society. So obviously these are tense times. Theres nothing new in european history. We have dealt with islamist terrorism for the last 15 years. Weve had other forms of terrorism, right wing, left wing nationalist in the past, so its really nothing new. At the same time obviously there are some tension, and its a new form of terrorism which is in some way particularly insidious. So its problematic indeed. Ifill in brussels lately and in belgium in general, there have been. Theres a history of attacks recently. There was indeed another attack back in may where another french individual who was radicalized in prison, traveled to syria fought for one year in syria and then came back to europe, managed to get an ak47 and went to a Jewish Museum in brussels and killed four people. He was then subsequently arrested. A lot of the dynamics that weve seen now with france and belgium were already visible back then. We do see these sort of dynamics throughout europe where there have been several plots thwarted in many countries from u. K. To even peaceful switzerland and sweden. It is a problem. The numbers you mentioned are particularly problematic, up to 5,000 individuals. Thats a huge number that creates a lot of problems to monitor them. Theres a will be of manpower and obviously there are legal problems in monitoring all these people. Ifill is there a distinction between Islamic State militants and al qaeda militants in terms of trying to trace the source of all of this activism and terrorism . I think theres obviously an importance. We know the two groups are at odds. They are actually in competition at some level and at the leadership level, there is a bit of a rivalry between the two. In a way the argument is one is trying to outdo the other by carrying out spectacular and symbolic attacks. I think at the Grassroots Level when it comes to aspiring terrorists, aspiring jihadists, for them those distinctions dont really make much sense. People who want to sort of get involved and embrace this ideology and want to mobilize to them al qaeda, the Islamic State make little sense. Its a distinction that doesnt matter. They want to do something, whether its in syria or here in new york. Whatever happens to al qaeda and or if its the Islamic State, it matters very little to them. Ifill Lorenzo Vidino of the European Foundation for democracy, thank you very much. Thank you. Woodruff now to a critique of americas warfighting apparatus thats making waves in defense circles and beyond. Journalist and author James Fallows raises hard questions about this countrys defense establishment in a cover story the atlantic magazine titled, why do the best soldiers in the world keep losing . The tragic decline of the american military. Fallows thesis that its time to examine why the best funded trained and most professional military in the world hasnt achieved lasting victories over Insurgent Forces in the post 9 11 era. We will have more on the reaction to his piece, but first, we hear from fallows himself. He spoke a few days ago with margaret warner. Warner jill fallows, thank you for having us. Thank you, margaret. Warner you contend after 13 years of war in iraq and afghanistan, in which we overthrough samaria Saddam Hussein and the taliban and drove most of al qaeda underground, that we essentially lost those wars . If you look strictly from a Military Point of view, the one clear victory the United States had was killing Osama Bin Laden but by having this last 12 or 13 years of openended war in iraq and the surrounding countries, i argue that from almost any perspective, that is use of money, loss of life, taking of life, strategic changes in americas image and reputation around the world erosion of american values, this has been an era of defeat rather than victory. Warner but critics like former u. S. Ambassador to iraq jim jeffries argues that winning a war is forcing the other side to cease operations and basically gaining control of territory, that the United States has won most of these engagements. Theres another classic military statement winning battles losing wars. A north korean said said kouachi its irrelevant when an american said youre never beat us on the battlefield. Engagement by engagement, u. S. Troops are nothing less than competent brave heroic, enduring losses and all the rest but as a strategic question of how we apply our will around the world and this military thats so much larger than anybody elses around the world, i argue that its been ineneckive and often counter productive. Warner you apportion a lot of blame, military leadership, some political but you also say its rooted in something thats happened to the American Public and culture and you sum it up with this phrase chicken hawk nation. I use that word knowing it will be provocative. This was a term popular when the iraq war was being debated. People were egore to go to war as long as someone else was going. I argue that if when historians look at this era of our america, theyll Say Something similar was true of the country as a whole. We are always at war. We spend twice as large a share of our gdp on the military as the world does in general, the longest sustained period of openended combat in our nations history and yet the country as a whole is barely affected. We have halftime ceremonies honoring the heroes. We let them get on the commercial airlines earlier, but we dont think seriously about what theyre doing the missions were asking them to undertake, as a result from my view weve embarked on a series of unwinnable wars. We call people heroes and send them to do things they cant do. Warner so you say this adulation almost that the American Public feels for the military is dangerous. I think that its unnatural in addition to being dangerous. When i was a kid in the 50s and 60ed and older in the 70s, american pop culture was familiar enough with its military to make fun of it at times. You had shows like gomer pyle, hogans heroes, worse of art like South Pacific and movies like m a s h respected the importance of the military but it was still made of real people w