Positive. He was really shocked. Then he asked me to manage his trip to iran to speak with president rafsanjani. Rafsanjani gave him Carte Blanche to go for Regional Cooperation system in the persian gulf. It was in 1990. It was not in 19 2000. It was right after the war. He was almost shocked. He came to washington and washington decline. Therefore you can see from the beginning the iranians have been seeking a type of Regional Cooperation. The foreign minister in 1991, 1992, 1995 he paid a visit to all the gcc countries. That time i was in Foreign Foreign Ministry and he raised iranian willingness to establish such a cooperation with their neighbors. But gcc was not in position because of the u. S. Position, opposition. I really dont believe iran is going to have a dominant role in the region which is the conventional understanding care. Iran has more Regional Cooperation with the neighbors including saudi arabia. Jeff, what i said about the u. S. Departure from the region, i never m
With those of you are unable to get your questions asked. Anchorage you to buy books. Did you find more books . Excellent and i urge you to read it. It is an excellent book. I want to thank him for being such a wonderful guests tonight and all of you for asking questions. [applause] thursday night book tv in prime time featuring but fares and festivals. On feminism from the Los Angeles Times festival books at nine from 2014 freedom fest they debate American Foreign policy. At 1010 name his childhood in miami. The top facebook. Com booktv book expo america. And later at 10 30 p. M. , the Chicago Tribune printers row led faced. Her book about vietnam. Book tv in primetime of this week at 8 00 p. M. Eastern here on cspan2 pitbull. On that next washington journal Foreign Policy and the socalled Obama Doctrine the foreignpolicy initiative. We will also be joined by luke was yeah, Investigative Reporter for the washington examine it to focus on a recent series of articles on congressional in
Hawk. This years proposal just reversed it and wants to retire the u2 and keep the global hawk. When you flipflop completely within one year it doesnt give you a lot of confidence these poem proposals have been thought out. If you talk to commanders in korea they want to keep them both with the volatile young leader now in charge in the north. But the other reason im not willing to accept many of the administrations proposals is that im not willing that we have to accept that we have to have a smaller military or a smaller role in the world. Most republicans and Many Democrats are not willing to throw up our hands in retreat and resign ourselves to a smaller military and smaller role. Because we know as the United States retreats others will fill that void and those others will not move the world towards greater freedom and greater prosperity. The United States is exceptional and it is exceptional in a way that no other country in the world is. President also accuses republicans of wan
System in persian gulf. It was in 1990. It is not in 2014. It was right after war. And gensher was almost shocked. He came to washington, and washington declined. Therefore, you can see from the beginning, iranians have been seeking for a type of Regional Cooperation. And the foreign minister in 1991, 1992, 1995, he paid visit to all gcc countries. That time i was in foreign ministry, and he raised iranian willingness to establish such a cooperation with the neighbors. But gcc was not in position to agree because of u. S. Position opposition. I really dont believe iran is going to have a dominant role in the region. What is the conventional understanding here. Iran is preferring more Regional Cooperation with the neighbors, even including saudi arabia. I never mean its immediate. Its gradually within ten years, 15 years, this is to my understanding the u. S. Is going to have a gradually decreasing its role investment in the region, which would take five, ten, 15 years. Its not going to
To go back to europe. If it could happen at all, the allies first had to recruit the enormous armies, train them, build the planes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, artillery pieces, and above all the would need to build the ships that would carry 2 million americans across the ocean and channel with all the supplies and ammunition. Then they would need more ships to protect those transports during the crossing. More ships would keep them supplied not only with arms and bullets but also with cocacola and hershey bars and newspapers. Cigarettes. And then more ships that could take that force and bring it across the channel and landed on an opposed beach. Apart from all that, they would still need more ships, thousands of more ships, to fight another war in the Pacific Ocean halfway around the world against the japanese. That voracious demand for shipping in particular was the singular greatest pediment and bottleneck in allied planning and execution of dday landing. Without the ships, planning for