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Negotiations. all the money, upwards of 600 million dollars from us. all the money, all the territory was based on that pledge. >> sean: that means every other penny they have is spent -- look, iran is fighting a proxy war through hezbollah and they are funding other terror organizations to attack israel. why does the u.n. even allow ahmadinejad to take the podium, why? virulent anti-semite, who is calling for the destruction of an innocent country. >> im more concerned with what iran is doing a...

Capable, the most well armed, best deployed around the world. prior to 9/11 hezbollah killed more americans than any other terrorist group including being responsible for the beirut barracks bombing in lebanon in the 80s. and so what youre afraid of is hezbollah is largely bank rolled while theyre in syria by iran. and what the united states is not wanting to do is get dragged into a proxy war with iran in syria. i think hasad has left them little choice. they have to now say this is unacceptabl...

of important developments in the middle east and north africa. most of them troubling. the brutal regime in syria declared general amnesty today but human rights groups and the obama administration are quick to label it a sham. designed they say to distract attention from a bloody crackdown. in yemen, civil strife spread after a cease fire agreement between the government and opposition forces in the capital city collapsed. the regime of moammar gadhafi in libya defiantly today again v...

Now, i dont believe, to answer your question, that we can achieve what weve set out to do, namely to create a government to which we can turn over all the responsibility for security. on the other hand, im worried if we suddenly pull out there, that will then lead to a proxy war between pakistan and india. and so i have urged, without success, that we involve the surrounding countries in a discussion of the kind of structure that they all will support, but i dont think we can -- weve set a deadl...

Transition are very concerning in the short term. >> agree with that. thats why i say they need more time. they ought to slow this process down. i know its difficult. this is a revolutionary system. they need time. the tunisians are doing a better job. in the m terrify rim well have to deal with these things about an outreach to iran, outtreech hamas. there will be problems for us. >> i want to talk about syria because so many people say this is dangerous, this has all the potential for a proxy ...

Syria is much more strategically important to us. its irans back door into lebanon and israel. it is the way that arms have been shipped into hamas and to irans proxy hezbollah which is in southern lebanon, targeting israel. i agree with what you just said that this could be the scene for a proxy war. israelis dont want to change in government in syria because they are afraid could it be worse. but we may be seeing in the next 24 hours a mass massacre where troops are moving in. i think that is ...

Syria is more important to us. its irans back door into lebanon and israel. it is the way that arms have been shipped into hamas and to irans proxy hezbollah which is in southern lebanon, targeting israel. i agree with what you just said that this could be the scene for a proxy war. israelis dont apartment change in government in syria because they are afraid could it be worse. but we be seeing in the next 24 hours a mass massacre where troops are moving in. >> stephen, i have to ask you to come...

Press and were going to stand on the sidelines with syria. its being drawn into a proxy war with iran, who clearly will act to support the assaad regime. >> and the u.s. ambassador to the united nations saying that these attacks are foreign, but really tough words at this point, can the administration do anything to change what is taking place on the ground unless it actually decides that its going to send in u.s. troops? >> well, the president was very clear in libya, he had no intention of sen...

Corporate money to keep funding the union stripping effort in that state. in wisconsin, in the electoral proxy war, who helped fund the scott walker side it? who helped fund the union stripping side of it? in large part it was a group called citizens for a strong america. citizens for a strong america. seriously? who are they. the center for media and democracy connected the dots on this one. turns out citizens for a strong america are a mailbox at a ups store in wisconsin, through lots of diggi...

Tonight in wisconsin, with 100% of the precincts reporting, the liberal-backed candidate for the wisconsin supreme court, joanne kloppenburg claimed a victory over scott walker, the incumbent conservative judge, david prosser by 204 votes out of the nearly 1.5 million votes cast. her campaign had become a proxy war for the governors attempt to eliminate collective bargaining rights in the state. her seat on the state supreme court will be the decisive vote on whether wisconsins anti-union bill i...