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Russian aggression and war making. and no president has ever made the choice to send pilots into air combat against russian pilots in the middle of a hot war. and so, so far, no one who is urging president biden to do that has explained how we can be certain that the most unpredictable russian leader of the nuclear age would not go nuclear. tom nichols will join us next, his latest piece from the atlantic is about the risk of trying to impose a no fly zone in ukraine. and the agonies we will all...

Efforts are underway to make cars in Bangladesh by Pragoti Industries, said Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun today. "Not just assembling cars, we will produce cars in Bangladesh as well. A memorandum of understanding has already been signed with Mitsubishi Motors to set up a factory in Bangladesh," the minister said in a programme. The industries minister also

In the setting up of the international criminal court, which was established by the statute in 1998. do you think that has really helped prevent crimes ——by the rome statute in 1998. do you think that has really helped prevent crimes against humanity, war crimes? do you think its stopped these crimes being committed with impunity? it has helped, but not enough. certainly, the existence of laws prohibiting certain behaviour has some deterrent effect, but we have to bear in mind that, for cent...

Effect, but we have to bear in mind that, for centuries, we have glorified war—making. ever since david hit goliath in the head with a rock, we have glorified, the parades, the marching. no politician appears without his flags flying on all sides, and the bands going, and marching. and i was a soldier, and they gave me all the battle stars, and they gave me all the decorations and all that stuff. weve got to reverse those thousands of years of practice, because the world has changed. were not ...

Against humanity, war crimes two do you think it is stop these crimes being committed with impunity? it these crimes being committed with impunity?— with impunity? it has helped, but not enough. _ with impunity? it has helped, but not enough. certainly, . with impunity? it has helped, | but not enough. certainly, the existence of laws prohibiting certain behaviour has some deterrent effect. but for centuries, eversince deterrent effect. but for centuries, ever since david and goliath in the he...

More effective than in dispensable nation work. >> yeah. lot of important points here. i think what we are going to do, i will let john get a final word. we are awaiting the press conference but theyre clearly running over. i think were going to do a quick hurricane update, another important story in america. may come back to some guests. john, go ahead, final word. >> katrina talked about next steps. we have been debating authorization and use of military force in these wars several years now. ...

Critical moment. if the united states had said we are going to take this little group of people and maybe a few hundred to a few thousand allied troops and contractors and leave them there, then that would have posed the taliban with the question of whether to escalate. and i think we would have gotten trapped into a whole series of the kinds of dilemmas president obama faced in 2008, 2009 when the situation was moving in the wrong direction and we had to either escalate and surge or accept that...

He warned leaders on capitol hill this is a threat to american democracy and it is ongoing. lets listen to him right here. >> did you think this was a single attempt to get involved in our election? or do you find evidence that they will do this again? >> theyre doing this as we sit here. and they expect to do it during the next campaign. >> stthat was a warning. and despite that war making, the republican lawmakers defeated a referendum. mitch mcconnell #moscowmitch. how important is that this ...

Basic issues of right and wrong. it is worth listening to wise words from justice robert jackson from neuronberg. if we can cultivate the idea that aggressive war making is a way to the prisoners dock rather than the way to honors we will accomplish something toward making peace more secure. or we can do the opposite. undermining americas moral leadership in the world. making it less secure at the same time. thats your reality check. >> really valuable, john, to hear the words. thank you very mu...

Power. it never happens. whats going to happen this time? >> so theres legislation on the floor right now that would withdraw funding for any pre-emptive strike against iran. and at any time, even if we havent authorized a military action, the united states congress can pull funding. >> right. >> we have the powers of the purse. >> purse. was it bipartisan? >> but as you point out, congress doesnt have the willingness to do it. the republican leadership in the senate seem willing at this point t...