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Nikita crews chief, your father knew the iconic value of using the u.n. in a different way. for theater, whether pounding the table in protest or disrupting a speech in protest. he used confrontations to command attention. take a look. >> none of us particularly were welcome in our countries, a large number of officials. a large number oaf physicians from abroad. a large number of -- [ inaudible ] >> i'd like it translated if you would. [ applause ] >> perhaps most well-known disruption was the legendary shoe incident when he removed his shoe and pounded on the table. the only photographic inc...

That the u.n. resolution will not include the use of military force or the threat of military force against syria as a consequence for noncompliance. politics makes strange bedfellows but as cold war history has shown, our history with russia is -- it would be an overstatement to call it a friend. it's no overstatement to say that president obama and his team need to deliver on this one in syria which won't be an easy task considering russia's temperament. as winston churchill famously said. i cannot forecast -- enigma but perhaps there is a key, that key is russian national interest. now that...

President. it is a desire to be seen as sharing equivalence with the united states. both in terms of refusing to accept that american democracy is a superior political system. >> is that a bad thing for the world or us? >> it's certainly a bad thing for the united states, no question about that. you see a united states that is embarrassed on the global stage after the events of the past ten days. a united states whose government seems weaker on the world stage than before. >> we were weak before the russians came along. we were weak because the american people were not interested in a war in s...

Country. went to the pot belgrade, they spoke there. they resolved these problems. still it was their way of maintaining attention between them but it was no such crisis. now we lost this culture of g h negotiation with enemy. >> i think if the united states were willing to negotiate with honestly with assad by, we'd get this thing done. unfortunately our negotiating position su die. that's not a very good negotiating position. thank you, professor cruise chef from brown university and simon marks for joining us. up next, i'm going to answer your twitter questions up in a minute. this is "hard...

American people were not interested in a war in syria. not because of anything to do with the russians. >> you're weak because you're being consistently outmaneuvered. the russians outmaneuvered you on the. >> professor khrushchev, do you accept the fact that simon marks just made the argument that a lot of this has to do with ego and the desire of the russian lead to re-establish global equality with the united states? >> i think that the putin realistic and he understand that russia no more the great power. it is not the superior power. it's not a regional power. the putin position is just t...