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Others are supportive but not providing arsenals. how strategic or helpful would it be for saudi arabia to offer support? it would be nice if we had arab support somewhere. they don t have a lot of capabilities in the standoff move, launching cruise missiles. the saudi arabias don t have a lot of capability but nice to have token support. right now, looks like just us, one french frigate, a defensive ship. nice to have more involved. makes a nicer show in the arab world. we will be portrayed as the americans once again, imperialist, doing things once again to an arab country. are you talking about moral support or offering air fields or perhaps ports for our military? exactly. exactly. material support, some sort ....
What do you russia will do? will putin sit there like a puppy and take the humiliation? will he act in ways he knows and we will know that hurts precisely what we re attempting to do in the region? i m betting he does something. he s not the kind of person who sits and thinks and pouts. he acts. finally, iran. what will iran do when we attack another shia-led country? its number one and actually only friend in the region. do we believe the people of iran, the secular more modern part of the society as much as the more traditional and religious will think that the united states is behaving like an imperialist? i do. when the pictures from the hospitals hit television sets throughout the arab and islamic world, throughout the globe, does anyone think the united states will not be rallied against, hated once again as we are each time we decide to strike in an islamic country? does anyone sane on this planet not think the pictures from the hospitals are not coming within hours of our attac ....
Of conventional rockets? what do you russia will do? will putin sit there like a puppy and take the humiliation? will he act in ways he knows and we will know that hurts precisely what we re attempting to do in the region? i m betting he does something. he s not factually the kind of person who sits and thinks and pouts. he acts. finally, iran. what will iran do when we attack another shia-led country? its number one and actually only friend in the region. do we believe the people of iran, the secular more modern part of the society as much as the more traditional and religious will think that the united states is is behaving li an imperialist? i do. when the pictures from the hospitals hit television sets throughout the arab and islamic world, throughout the globe, does anyone think the united states will not be rallied against, hated once again as we are each time we decide to strike in an islamic country? does anyone sane on this planet not think the pictures from the hospitals are ....
Other plane. i can imagine there s serious economic consequences for taking in one of america s most wanted fugitives. what are the pros and cons for taking in edward snowden. reporter: well, the pros would basically be defying americans. a lot are the three governments are governments that have that are very antagonistic to the united states. venezuela, they ve called the u.s. an imperialist nation for a long time and would give them public support in those countries at least they believe. the consequences of that could actually be bad economic relations with the united states and, of course, the united states is by far the most important trade partner for most of these countries and the state department has said that it s in contact with all the countries that so far have said they d be willing to take snowden in and told them this would have serious consequences and serious long-term consequences. this wouldn t be something that would be blown over so certainly that is somethi ....
To offer him political asylum. he s been one of the big supporters of edward snowden. he is, of course, also fiercely anti-american and he did have a big anti-american rant when he announced that he would give snowden asylum, let s listen in to what he had to say. translator: i announced to the governments of the friendly nations in the world that we have decided to offer the international humanitarian right to protect edward snowden from the persecution that has been unleashed from the most powerful imperialist in the world against a young man who only spoke the truth. reporter: so, there you have nicholas maduro s view, and now the big question now that he said that if, in fact, snowden is go to go to venezuela how is he going to do that? we believe at this point in time he would probably try to take a commercial flight out of moscow that would probably go through havana. there s not a commercial flight today. there is one leaving in the early afternoon hours tomorrow, but still ....