The Fox And Th Hound

 Meet Tinni (the dog on the left) and Sniffer (the fox on the right).

They are truly the BEST FRIENDS who live together in the Norwegian Forest ..

Photographer Torgeir Berge is Tinnis guardian and has watched the
development of his dogs incredible relationship with this wild fox.

Torgeir and his writing partner Berit Helberg are planning on publishing a
book for children and adults full of fairy tales and Berges beautiful photos.

These two must have been destined for friendship!

The author and the photographer agree that some of the proceeds of the
book will be donated to an organization that combats fur practices that

harm animals like Sniffer.

As Helberg writes, in this way we can be the voice of the animals.

One thing is abundantly clear:
Sniffer and Tinni LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH.

They love to play.

And they love to rest.

They could talk for hours.

They have similar interests (traipsing, jumping, stick carrying, hanging out with

each other).

Berge explains that while Tinni and Sniffer might seem like an unlikely duo,
they are actually very much the same.

And anyone who looks at these pictures can see the affection and understanding

that they share.

If only humans could all be as kind and accepting as this pair.

Love is love.

And when youre the best of friends, the rest of the world stands still.

 

Sending Emails through Your Fridge

Don't Laugh.

I persinally accessed the internat through somebody's printer a few days ago. The following.

If one reads CONTELCOPRO you will find that every appliance in your house has not only internet capabilities but many have the ability to produce Holograms - like a Talking Jesus - on top of your stove.

The following actually happened: and is very scary:

Somebody Hacked A Fridge To Send Spam

Is nothing sacred?

By

Colin Lecher

Posted 01.17.2014 at 4:45 pm

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A Probably-Not-Hacked Fridge

Flickr/Greencolander

Have you heard of the Internet of Things? It's, like, the most important Internet since the first Internet.
It's a series of connected devices. One day soon, when your alarm clock goes off, your coffee pot will turn on. When you're having a rough week, your toaster will deliver life-affirming aphorisms to your Kindle, probably. But there is a dark side to this Internet.
A team of security researchers at Proofpoint uncovered a botnet--a potentially malicious team of infected computers--used to send email spam. The botnet infected 100,000 home gadgets, including televisions, routers, and "at least one" fridge, according to the company. Three-quarters of the emails were sent from regular computers, but the rest were from Internet of Things stuff, like the fridge.
A botnet isn't a new form of attack: by controlling computers from multiple IP addresses, hackers can make spam more difficult to block. In this case, no more than 10 emails were sent from each IP. Most of those devices were inflitrated for simple security reasons, like users failing to change default passwords on devices, Proofpoint says.
So the idea of a hacked fridge might be silly, but it's not so far-fetched when you're essentially stuffing an email-capable computer inside of an oven. Perhaps now try responding to all Nigerian prince letters asking if they are an appliance.
[Business Insider]

Two Monkeys Pain Unequally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Go8tnl21MU

Currency Collapse Around the World

Are We On The Verge Of A Massive Emerging Markets Currency Collapse?

Michael Snyder
Activist Post

This time, the Federal Reserve has created a truly global problem.  A big chunk of the trillions of dollars that it pumped into the financial system over the past several years has flowed into emerging markets. But now that the Fed has decided to begin "the taper", investors see it as a sign to pull the "hot money" out of emerging markets as rapidly as possible.  This is causing currencies to collapse and interest rates to soar all over the planet. Argentina, Turkey, South Africa, Ukraine, Chile, Indonesia, Venezuela, India, Brazil, Taiwan and Malaysia are just some of the emerging markets that have been hit hard so far.  

In fact, last week, emerging market currencies experienced the biggest decline that we have seen since the financial crisis of 2008.  And all of this chaos in emerging markets is seriously spooking Wall Street as well.  The Dow has fallen nearly 500 points over the last two trading sessions alone.  If the Federal Reserve opts to taper even more in the coming days, this currency crisis could rapidly turn into a complete and total currency collapse.

A lot of Americans have always assumed that the U.S. dollar would be the first currency to collapse when the next great financial crisis happens.  But actually, right now just the opposite is happening and it is causing chaos all over the planet.

For instance, just check out what is happening in Turkey according to a recent report in the New York Times...

Turkey’s currency fell to a record low against the dollar on Friday, a drop that will hit the purchasing power of everyone in the country.

On a street corner in Istanbul, Yilmaz Gok, 51, said, “I’m a retiree making ends meet on a small pension and all I care about is a possible increase in prices.”

“I will need to cut further,” he said. “Maybe I should use my natural gas heater less.”

As inflation escalates and interest rates soar in these countries, ordinary citizens are going to feel the squeeze.  Just having enough money to purchase the basics is going to become more difficult.

And this is not just limited to a few countries.  What we are watching right now is truly a global phenomenon...

"You've had a massive selloff in these emerging-market currencies," Nick Xanders, a London-based equity strategist at BTIG Ltd., said by telephone. "Ruble, rupee, real, rand: they've all fallen and the main cause has been tapering. A lot of companies that have benefited from emerging-markets growth are now seeing it go the other way."

So why is this happening?  Well, there are a number of factors involved of course.  However, as with so many of our other problems, the actions of the Federal Reserve are at the very heart of this crisis.  A recent USA Today article described how the Fed helped create this massive bubble in the emerging markets...

Emerging markets are the future growth engine of the global economy and an important source of profits for U.S. companies. These developing economies were both recipients and beneficiaries of massive cash inflows the past few years as investors sought out bigger returns fostered by injections of cheap cash from the Federal Reserve and other central bankers.

But now that the Fed has started to dial back its stimulus, many investors are yanking their cash out of emerging markets and bringing the cash back to more stable markets and economies, such as the U.S., hurting the developing nati ons in the process, explains Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist at BlackRock.

"Emerging markets need the hot money but capital is exiting now," says Koesterich. "What you have is people saying, 'I don't want to own emerging markets.'"

What we are potentially facing is the bursting of a financial bubble on a global scale.  Just check out what Egon von Greyerz, the founder of Matterhorn Asset Management in Switzerland, recently had to say...

If you take the Turkish lira, that plunged to new lows this week, and the Russian ruble is at the lowest level in 5 years. In South Africa, the rand is at the weakest since 2008. The currencies are also weak in Brazil and Mexico. But there are many other countries whose situation is extremely dire, like India, Indonesia, Hungary, Poland, the Ukraine, and Venezuela.

I’m mentioning these countries individually just to stress that this situation is extremely serious. It is also on a massive scale. In virtually all of these countries currencies are plunging and so are bonds, which is leading to much higher interest rates. And the cost of credit-default swaps in these countries is surging due to the increased credit risks.

And many smaller nations are being deeply affected already as well.

For example, most Americans cannot even find Liberia on a map, but right now the actions of our Federal Reserve have pushed the currency of that small nation to the verge of collapse...

Liberia's finance minister warned against panic today after being summoned to parliament to explain a crash in the value of Liberia's currency against the US dollar.

"Let's be careful about what we say about the economy. Inflation, ladies and gentlemen, is not out of control," Amara Konneh told lawmakers, while adding that the government was "concerned" about the trend.

Closer to home, the Mexican peso tumbled quite a bit last week and is now beginning to show significant weakness.  If Mexico experiences a currency collapse, that would be a huge blow to the U.S. economy.

Like I said, this is something that is happening on a global scale.

If this continues, we will eventually see looting, violence, blackouts, shortages of basic supplies, and runs on the banks in emerging markets all over the planet just like we are already witnessing in Argentina and Venezuela.

Hopefully something can be done to stop this from happening.  But once a bubble starts to burst, it is really difficult to try to hold it together.

Meanwhile, I find it to be very "interesting" that last week we witnessed the largest withdrawal from JPMorgan's gold vault ever recorded.

Was someone anticipating something?

Once again, hopefully this crisis will be contained shortly.  But if the Fed announces that it has decided to taper some more, that is going to be a signal to investors that they should race for the exits and the crisis in the emerging markets will get a whole lot worse.

And if you listen carefully, global officials are telling us that is precisely what we should expect.  For example, consider the following statement from the finance minister of Mexico...

"We expected this year to be a volatile year for EM as the Fed tapers," Mexican Finance Minister Luis Videgaray said, adding that volatility "will happen throughout the year as tapering goes on".

Yes indeed - it is looking like this is going to be a very volatile year.

I hope that you are ready for what is coming next.

This article first appeared here at the Economic Collapse Blog.  Michael Snyder is a writer, speaker and activist who writes and edits his own blogs The American Dream and Economic Collapse Blog. Follow him on Twitter here.

The Cure For Diabetes Update 2

Let's switch. to a really positive story now.

Over the last 18 months we have watched 7 people regrow their pancreas and eliminate the nasty blood sugar disease called Diabetes.

There appear to be two types of people: Those who really are looking for a better life and those who just do not care, go to the doctor, and die broke.

About 95% of America seems to be the latter. Let us focus in on the former and discuss how you can stabilize your blood sugars and "Cure" Diabetes.

What we mean by "Cure" is that you eat the right food sand your body heals itself - if it can. In a few rare cases, about 2% (2/100) this proves to be a challenge - but for the other 98% following these steps has proven extremely effective in eliminating blood sugar problems.

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1) First - stop eating GMO food. No wheat, no corn, no soy bean oil, no Canola oil, no beat sugar. No White Rice Noodles - only organic.

2) Eat meat grown without grain.

3) No dairy. Hey - it's your body. You want to get well you follow these steps. I love cheese so this one was very hard for me and I still eat some form the Loleta Cheese Factory in California.

4) You can eat Spelt Bread - Spelt was the original wheat - but be careful. I buy Famous Dave's Spelt Bread.

5) Eat 1000 MG Gymnema per day - not the extract, but the Gymnema. Himalayan or R-U-Ved are good brands. Studies have shown that eating this herb helps your body regrow it's Pancreas - the organ that makes Insulin. It's an herb - so you get your daily greens.

6) Eat Sea Weed - .1 OZ per day.

7) Put a teaspoon of cinnamon in your coffee or tea in the morning and at night. Cinnamon has been shown to help control blood sugar levels. I use 1000MG Cinnamon with Chromium form Purity Products twice a day.

8) Eat 30-45 drops of Immusist per day. This food grade surfactant makes all of the above possible. Without it you will struggle forever like I did with little to no results. Start with 1-2 drops per day and work up.

I encourage you to go to Ed Skilling's web site and also to check out Patch Adams Book - if you are feeling down maybe you need to join him in a clown trip or help him open up his next non profit hospital.

By the way - APFN readers - it is YOU who have helped him fund his two free hospitals - than you.

http://www.immusist.com/

http://www.bing.com/search?q=gesundheit+institute&FORM=AWRE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=gesundheit+institute&id=73721A4102D49DFB10EAEA1B3DC30964C9A52E49&FORM=IQFRBA

http://edskilling.com/

Today I ate some chocolate and my blood sugar level are great.

Yummm - Chocolate - guilt free.

Dr William B. Mount
253-686-6290

Hitler of Obama - You Decide

Following is the summary of private conversation with a particular politician.

You must decide whether this is President Barack Heusein Obama or Der Furher Adolf Hitler.
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"The wholesome aversion to the colored races in general, including the Jews, the existence of popular Injustice, and the naivete' of the average American but also the skepticism of certain intellectual circles who have found their wisdom in vain, scholars who have studies immigration and have gained an insight, by means of an intelligence test, into the equality of all races - all these strains are the insurance that the United States will awaken.

Our struggle against the English and French Lords and our struggle for the NEW WORLD ORDER is one and the same.

We cannot set limits here or there as we please.

We shall succeed on making this new political and social order the universal basis for life in the world or we will be destroyed in the struggle against these who currently hold the power and the treaties they never bay.

Nothing will be easier than to produce a bloody revolution in North America. No other nation has so many social and racial tensions.

North America is a medley of races. This ferment goes on under the cover of Democracy, but it will not lead to a new form of freedom but the process of decay to contain all the disintegrating forces. America will soon be no threat to any one."
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Was the above said by President Obama to the New World Order in Davos (Switzerland) a few days ago or was this a private conversation between Hitler and the US Ambassador to Germany right after Hitler took power?
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For You Intel Geeks

1) President Putin: As you read this there is an American man in Bagdad selling machine guns, rocket launchers, pistols, rifles, ammo... to the Sheite's and Suni's to the tune of Billions of Dollars. He is supported by the American Mission in Iraq and US troops still in Bagdad. Delivery will be withing a few weeks, if not a few days. The weapons are off shore.

2) Jon Shapirro, Ast Secretary of State, US, 1 June 2012: The Purpose of the State Department is to sell weapons.

3) These weapons will then be brought north in truck caravans to both Eastern Syria to kill Syrians and then north to the Dagastan region in Russia via Iran and Eastern Turkey.

4) May I suggest, Russia, you "Encourage" the Turkish and Iranian governments cut these route off immediately to arms smuggling. Please be specific concerning Rasht and small planes flying over Hakkari regions.

5) SVR: If you fail to protect the Olympics effectively I will be all over you like stink on poop. Your psychics and others desperate for money or to stay out of jail have proven fairly useless. GOD has the answers you seek. Ask.

6) Russia: Put ONE man in charge of the entire security force and keep the Irish, French, UK, US Union (I F/UK/US U) out of the security network.

7) As for the Super Bowl - nothing has changed. You screw up on this one FBI and I again will be all over you like stink of poop, and so will the entire internet. Every body knows.

8) The Nuke the NCIS and Euronews talid about 21 Sep (I told you about in June) was real.

9) The Nukes going off 3 October in the Atlantic causing a 4.5 Earthquake in Charleston (SC) Senator Nelson talked about, along with the Euronews and DC and SC papers talked about -- I warned you about.

10) The Nuke that the CIA retrieved from the Swedish Embassy on 6 December that was sent in the mail I warned you about what - 90 days earlier?

11) Yet you are stupid enough to listen to your psychics and criminals instead of GOD?

YOUR SYSTEM IS COMING DOWN FEDERAL RESERVES YOU VIOLATED THE UCC - IT IS FALLING AND YOU CANNOT PICK IT UP, SO SAYS THE I AM THAT I AM.
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EVERY REVOLUTION BEGINS WITH ONE MAN AND ONE IDEA - I AM THAT MAN AND GOD HAS GIVEN THE IDEA - FREEDOM.

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Please pray that you are not hurt in what is coming.

You heard this first here on APFN

Dr William B. Mount

Well - was it Hitler or Obama?
 

Dumb Dumb John Kerry Admits US is Paying for Syrian Terrorists

his Dumb Dumb John Kerry is so drunk or stupid that he openly admits the US is behind the destruction of the legitimate government of Syria and we are finding "Our Friends" to support those who are killing Syrian civilians.

Unbelievable but True.

Following is complete interview with this idiot and murderer Dumb Dumb John Kerry:
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Secretary Kerry: January 2014 » Interview With Rima Maktabi of Al Arabiya
Interview With Rima Maktabi of Al Arabiya

Interview
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Davos, Switzerland
January 23, 2014

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Date: 01/23/2014 Description: Secretary of State John Kerry laughs with Al Arabiya Correspondent Rima Maktabi before they start an interview amid the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2014. - State Dept ImageQUESTION: Hello, and welcome to this exclusive interview with Secretary of State John Kerry on Al Arabiya. Thank you so much for this interview.

SECRETARY KERRY: My pleasure, happy to be with you.

QUESTION: Mr. Kerry, you’ve just come from Montreux. So when will we see this new Syrian governing body with all Assad’s powers transferred to it?

SECRETARY KERRY: Well, this is a very difficult negotiation, obviously. Yesterday, you had 40 countries and organizations, all of which with the exception of one were talking about a transition government and the need to have a change in Syria. The one that refused to talk about it is obviously the Assad regime. So everybody understands this is going to be a painstaking, difficult negotiation. But in the end, because the Geneva I communique requires a transition government by mutual consent, there is no way that the opposition is ever going to consent to Assad being part of that future.

So if Syria is going to find a political solution, it has to find it through a transition government, and Assad needs to put Syria in front of Assad. Assad – this should not be about one man, one family. This should be about all of the people of Syria and the future of Syria. And Assad right now is the one person who stands in the way of peace and of the future for Syria.

QUESTION: You can say the reverse: It’s not only about Assad; it’s about the Alawite minority, it’s about the Assad regime. If the opposition won’t agree to a government with Assad inside, Assad will not agree to the government with --

SECRETARY KERRY: Yeah, but you see, that’s not – the fact is that Assad has to decide that he is prepared to put the future of Syria ahead of himself. Everybody is prepared to protect the Alawite. Everybody is prepared to protect the institutions of the state of Syria. Nobody is talking about destroying the institutions. People want the government to be whole. They want the capacity of Syria to stay whole and to stay secular and to be pluralistic and to protect all minorities.

So Assad – people within the Assad regime who don’t have blood on their hands could clearly continue to be part of a governing transition process as long as they receive the consent of the other side, and vice versa. The other side has to receive the consent of the – of people within the regime.

But the key here is for people to find the personalities in Syria – and they exist – that everybody respects, people who have government experience, people who have business experience, people who are well known and respected, people who have the ability to be able to look beyond sectarian divisions and be able to heal the wounds of Syria.

QUESTION: So there is an alternative to Assad?

SECRETARY KERRY: Absolutely, there is.

QUESTION: Is he ready and open to (inaudible)?

SECRETARY KERRY: Well, obviously, he’s not ready, no. He’s not ready at this point in time. But I think over time, providing Russia, the Saudi Arabians, the Turks, the Qataris, the Jordanians, the countries in the region, and even perhaps Iran could contribute to a reasonable process by which Syria is protected and the people of Syria are protected.

But the way it’s going now, you have one man fighting to hold on to power; directing all of the people, the army, and the security forces of Syria; dropping bombs on innocent people; killing children, women, university students, doctors; using Scud missiles against innocent people; using gas against his own people. This is a man who has committed war crimes and still somehow wants to claim legitimacy to be able to govern the country. It’s beyond my understanding of the people of Syria that I’ve met through history that they would want or ever cede legitimacy to somebody who is engaged in the activities that he has engaged in.

QUESTION: How will you engage Iran? It’s – Iran was not present in Geneva II. President Rouhani’s statement today was all about extremist groups. He totally overlooked the presence of the Revolutionary Guard in Syria, didn’t even come close to mentioning Hezbollah fighting in Syria. How will you engage Iran?

SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Iran has to be engaged realistically and on a basis of honesty. Iran understands that the Geneva I communique calls for a transition government with full executive authority by mutual consent. Iran could have come to Geneva, but they refused to embrace that standard. So what Iran needs to do is either show that it’s more than words, that its actions are willing to join the international community, or it will be very difficult to have Iran be part of this.

But Iran clearly has an impact. Iran has IRGC personnel on the ground in Syria conducting military affairs. Iran is the principal supporter of its client, the terrorist organization called Hezbollah. Hezbollah is not just in Lebanon; Hezbollah is fighting in Syria. Hezbollah is the principal difference in the fighting that has taken place on the ground in Syria.

QUESTION: They say they are protecting the Shiites, the Alawites, and probably --

SECRETARY KERRY: The way to protect the --

QUESTION: -- this is the most – this is the first statement we – on high level that we hear about the minorities. Are you going to send international troops to protect minorities in Syria? How are you going to do it within Syria?

SECRETARY KERRY: If peace could be made in Syria, if there is a peace agreement, there are many countries that have already offered to step up and be peacekeepers in the new Syria. There is no question but that we are all prepared to help provide protection for all of the minorities. I say to any of the Alawite who are fighting with the belief that somehow only Assad can protect them: That is not true. Assad is putting them at risk today. Assad is putting all of Syria at risk today. Assad is responsible for the potential disintegration of Syria. And the way – and Assad is the single biggest magnet for terrorists there is. He is a one-man super-magnet for terrorism.

QUESTION: So you would send American troops to protect the minorities?

SECRETARY KERRY: That is not what I said. I don’t think it would be appropriate. I don’t think anybody believes that American troops should be on the ground. But there are many countries whose troops could be accepted and that would be willing to be able to be there as peacekeepers. I have no question of that.

QUESTION: You asked the FSA to fight al-Qaida groups in Syria and al-Qaida affiliate groups. But New York Times and Wall Street Journal mentioned that Western agencies are dealing with the Assad security apparatus to also coordinate over European fighters who are fighting with al-Qaida affiliated group. We are confused here. Is Assad your partner in fighting extremists?

SECRETARY KERRY: No.

QUESTION: Or is it FSA?

SECRETARY KERRY: No. I don’t know where that comes from. I don’t know what disinformation that is. But we are not coordinating with Assad. We are not working with Assad. Assad is not the protector against terrorists. Assad is the magnet for terrorists. Assad is the single biggest attraction for terrorists. Before Assad started killing his own people, these terrorists were not in Syria.

QUESTION: What about your European allies?

SECRETARY KERRY: And the fact is that more and more terrorists keep coming because Assad keeps killing and Assad keeps directing his people to engage against innocent civilians. And when people see innocent people being killed in the broad numbers that they are on a sectarian basis, which is what he is doing, then that attracts the most radical of those sectarian parties.

QUESTION: What about your European partners? Are they dealing with the security apparatus?

SECRETARY KERRY: I have no knowledge of it. I honestly don’t know.

QUESTION: Will you arm the FSA in its fight with the al-Qaida groups?

SECRETARY KERRY: Well, not in the current circumstances, obviously. But if we had a transition government, and if the transition government was moving towards a democratic process where the people of Syria can choose their leadership for the future, it is conceivable that in those circumstances, the Free Syrian Army would become an instrument against the radical extremist elements.

QUESTION: So they will be left alone to fight now?

SECRETARY KERRY: No. The Free Syrian Army is currently fighting at the direction of Assad against its own people, and so the opposition is clearly fighting against them. What I’m talking about is what is possible if you made peace. I believe that a peace can protect all of the minorities – Druze, Christian, Ismaili, the Alawite – all of them could be protected, and you can have a pluralistic Syria in which minority rights of all people are protected. And if you have a transition government with full executive authority by mutual consent, then the Free Syrian Army does not have to be fighting its own people; it can direct its attention against the radical extremists.

QUESTION: That’s clear. Probably you’re perceived one of the most ambitious foreign ministers for the U.S. You want to bring a century-old peace process back on track, put the Syrians together and get a resolution, and also strike a deal with Iran. So for the coming few questions, it will be really passing the insecurities and the skeptics of the GCC and the Arab world.

SECRETARY KERRY: Sure.

QUESTION: So you are perceived as a country that for 40 years were against Iran, you had allies in the region that helped you in that, and now you left them in the dark, struck a deal with Iran.

SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I --

QUESTION: The deal is not even clear or very – or made public with its details and specifics.

SECRETARY KERRY: Actually, the deal, Rima, could not be more clear, and we have not left anybody in the dark.

QUESTION: How?

SECRETARY KERRY: We are extremely diligent in working with our friends in the region. I have just made, I don’t know, maybe my 14th – 20th trip to the region, many of which were to Israel, Jordan, to the West Bank, to the Palestinian territories. But sometimes, I’ve traveled exclusively just to the Emirates or just to Saudi Arabia or to one of the countries in the region. And the reason is because we have been extremely energized in making certain that our friends know exactly what we’re doing. We have briefed all of our friends in the region. We are talking with Iran about a nuclear program, that’s all. We are trying to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon which would change the balance of power in the region.

What we are doing is profoundly in the interests of our friends in the region. I am absolutely certain beyond a reasonable doubt that Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey – all of the countries in the region are safer today from the threat of an Iranian nuclear weapon than they were before we made the agreement that we made.

Now, under the agreement we made, Iran has to undo all of its 20 percent enriched uranium. They have to take it to zero. That makes everybody safer. They have to limit their stock of 3.5 percent uranium. That makes people safer. The stock cannot grow.

QUESTION: They will remain a nuclear-capable country.

SECRETARY KERRY: But they cannot finish the Arak reactor during the time of this preliminary first step. They have to have inspections.

QUESTION: The Iranian deputy foreign minister said --

SECRETARY KERRY: Let me just finish.

QUESTION: -- it will take a day to resume enrichment (inaudible).

SECRETARY KERRY: They have to have inspections every day of Fordow. They have to have inspections every day in Natanz. We didn't have that before we made this agreement. Now, yeah, if they broke out – if they decided they’re going to throw this agreement away and go start enrichment again, sure, they can turn around. But guess what? If they do that, then the military option that is available to the United States is ready and prepared to do what it would have to do. So I don’t think that would last very long. I don’t think that’s a wise choice for Iran. The fact is that the United States – the President of the United States has made it clear: Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.

Now let me just finish. We have kept all of our friends in the region completely apprised of this. They know exactly what we’re doing. We will brief them regularly. We will not make a bad deal. A bad deal is worse than no deal, and we won’t do that. But we are convinced that we are on the right track because clearly – clearly – the world would rather see us settle this peacefully rather than have to have a military confrontation.

QUESTION: Mr. Kerry, for the GCC countries it’s the same Iranian regime, and for the GCC countries they don’t want to see a nuclear Iran. But they also see Iran that meddles in Bahrain affairs, has Hezbollah in Lebanon.

SECRETARY KERRY: Absolutely.

QUESTION: Has Hezbollah in Syria. Destabilizes some of Yemen. All the Iranian ambitions in the region, is this okay with the U.S. as long as Iran is not nuclear?

SECRETARY KERRY: No. And we’ve made that clear. Of course it’s not okay.

QUESTION: How will you solve it?

SECRETARY KERRY: Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. Iran is sponsoring Hezbollah. Right now, Hezbollah is engaged in the violence of Syria. We find that very objectionable. And there are other ways in which Iran is engaged in support for terror within the region. We don’t agree with that. No, we don’t. Nor do our friends.

But you have to take one step at a time. This is diplomacy, and we are working through the diplomatic process to end a significant threat that, if it isn’t ended, could create a confrontation within the region, will certainly see other states seek nuclear weapons, and you would have a far more dangerous Middle East than you have already today. So one step at a time. We are focused on the first step, which is the nuclear program. We are prepared to engage with Iran on the other issues.

QUESTION: Well, then you would ask them to disarm Hezbollah, for example?

SECRETARY KERRY: Absolutely. We believe they should stop supporting Hezbollah completely and totally. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, and they should not support terrorism in the region. End of issue.

QUESTION: Okay. If things are positive, the deal works, will you withdraw your naval forces from the Gulf waters? Why do you need them if things are okay with Iran?

SECRETARY KERRY: Because there are many issues, unfortunately. We’re fighting al-Qaida, we’re dealing with problems in Yemen, with uncertainties in other parts of the region. The United States will do what is necessary to stand up for the freedom of navigation, for the free movement of oil and products in the region. We will stand up for our friends in the region who are threatened, and we will continue to have a presence in the Middle East for as far as I can see in the foreseeable future. But we will continue to work for peace. That’s why we are also working in the Middle East peace process.

Everywhere I go in the world, wherever I go, or when people come to see me in Washington, almost the first thing out of their mouths is: What can you do about making peace between Israel and Palestine?

QUESTION: Mm-hmm.

SECRETARY KERRY: This has confounded people for ages. And if we don’t succeed in m