the biggest issues get the human voice ceased to face with the news makers. here with r.t. live from moscow our top stories this monday iraq's hit by the worst violence since the u.s. officially ended its military campaign in the country three car bombings killing thirty six people have raised doubts over whether local forces can ensure security . just as online the internet in russia is becoming the new front line in the fight for fairness a growing number of people are getting a global audience on results when they expose crime corruption and. south is said to be a march twenty years since the declaration of independence from georgia since one thousand nine hundred ninety the republic's been plagued by violence and to the sea

tries to bring it back under its control. now concentrating troops in afghanistan and spending hundreds of billions of dollars on trying to hunt down al qaeda is a deeply flawed strategy that's the view of x. marine officer matthew hoh an outspoken critic of u.s. policy in the country he thinks washington is being inconsistent in its military pursuits as he explains the artes guy nature can. does the goal match the cost that is something many americans are asking when it comes to the u.s. strategy in afghanistan and members of the of ghana's then study group call on the president to bring the majority of the u.s. troops home abandoning the strategy of defeating the taliban and matthew hoh is heading that group he's a marine officer who resigned from the state department in protest over obama's

policies the in afghanistan it happened last year and day he's here with me now thank you so much for joining me in that matthew so the war in afghanistan is the longest and it has cost a lot poorer to the united states who are saying american interests at stake in afghanistan do not warrant this level of sacrifice please explain why. the wars cost us about four hundred billion dollars it's lasted for over nine years american dead or close to twelve hundred there's been fallon's of afghan deaths. we're spending one hundred billion dollars a year next year will spend about one hundred twenty billion dollars a year according to the congressional research service in a country whose g.d.p. is only fourteen billion and knowing that according to our cia there's only fifty to one hundred al qaeda members in afghanistan so you're talking about spending one billion to two billion dollars a year on each al qaeda presence in afghanistan matthew i know that you had been

working in iraq for a while before going to afghanistan was that war worth it was that war programatic no i mean we've seen from where rock was a few years ago yes the country has stabilized you know you've gone from four thousand civilian deaths a month down to a few hundred it's still by no means a story and i don't know if i will ever say it was worth it. i don't agree with those who believe that we needed to be. iraq in order to make the middle east a safer place or a more democratic place and certainly if you look at the reasons why we were given for going in there ties to al qaeda that wasn't true what was a mass destruction that wasn't true. you know saddam was was effectively contained as i saw it he was in no threat to this to us or to his neighbors i don't see the expenditures you know the over the forty five hundred american dead near trillion dollars that we have spent there the near one hundred thousand iraqi dead i don't

see that in any way justifying the invasion of two thousand and three the other thing too is that since we're talking about iraq and afghanistan one of the larger problems i think with us foreign policy particular national security policies are not consistent if they're if we are in afghanistan because of al qaeda and if there are only fifty to one hundred members of al qaeda in afghanistan then why are we pulling out of iraq where there are one thousand to two thousand members why do we see and we need to keep. hundred thousand troops in afghanistan when those operations come out of somalia and yemen as when and pakistan yes so that consistency is not there in our in our foreign policy particularly in our now security policy and that's very worrisome to me because you don't have consistency if you don't have good critical thought if you don't have a degree of intellectual honesty in your policymaking you are going to have bad policy and you're going to have things like iraq we're going to find yourself nine years into afghanistan entangled in

a civil war spending one hundred billion dollars a year for a purpose that does not make the united states safer matthew you've been saying that stabilizing the government in afghanistan does not defeat al qaida and and that it's like using a flash hammer to kill a fly do you think it's such a fly and if not a sledgehammer what should be used to kill that fly you know i mean sure of fly can buy this sort of fly can affect you he could get in your. refrigerator make your food moldy or what not but you try and kill with sledgehammer you end up wrecking your house and if you look at our successes against al qaida they have not come from occupying afghanistan yes it was based in afghanistan when we showed up they fled to pakistan they dispersed around the world they became this near virtual decentralized loosely form militarisation that uses individuals and cells and doesn't rely upon large physical tracks so plan our successes in.

against al-qaeda and there's a good new yorker article not too long ago about this. have been through more of a police or a law enforcement or intelligence role and we capture of khalid sheikh muhammad then by the fact that we've got tens of thousands of u.s. troops occupying. two muslim countries out also suggests that we need to look at our strategy in the sense of that our policies have been counterproductive and we've turned to using military occupation as a tool to beat a terror network that is more similar to a mafia organization or a criminal organization and that is only composed of a couple thousand or a few thousand members worldwide well let's get back to the taliban are you saying the u.s. should not be afraid of taliban afghanistan i don't believe so. i'm not i'm not one to apologise for taliban you know and i don't want to be accused of that or be seen as that but we have to recognize the taliban is not a monolithic movement the taliban is composed of many different groups within

afghanistan that have diverse motives supporting taliban a lot of times that being financial financial the sense of now i'm going to give you ten not because i give you ten dollars to put a bomb aside because in your valley ana give this group a couple thousand dollars and that's going to make that group the most powerful group in that valley a lot of the groups that support the taliban have very vocal concerns. things are not going to affect you and i here in washington d.c. or other folks throughout the united states also to the ties between the taliban and al qaeda are not really there there or certainly elements of the taliban that have ties to al qaida but you can you can isolate them do not because there is ten or fifteen or maybe even twenty percent of taliban that are irreconcilable or do have links to transnational terror groups does that does not mean we should not do our best in the go see it with and work with that other eighty percent or ninety

percent of taliban that is reconcilable and that we can get in the ghosted settlement with because they don't have ties to al qaeda. messages and also said that ghana stands neighbors say china russia have actually more to lose from the instability in afghanistan that the united states and i would have more reason more and more reasons to get involved in keeping afghanistan quiet and you think countries like to take turns saying waging war thing afghanistan oh do absolutely not i think it's an. every other nations interest to see a negotiated settlement in afghanistan it's been a proxy war or. a real war in one way or another for the last thirty thirty five years in afghanistan and it has improved nobody's economy has approved nobody's way of life i think for nations like the central asian states for russia for china to have issues with their own ethnic minorities or muslim minorities i

think it's important for what's happening in afghanistan not to spread across boundaries was the biggest issue for russia is the drug inflow the argument you know that's that's a great point i believe it's about ninety percent of the drugs that leave afghanistan go to russia or to europe to huge huge issues but you're not going to feet that you're not going to feed the drug trade there and to you stabilize the country until you stop the war until you stop one side from having incentive to utilize that drug trade to you know provide the money to fight the war until you take away the aspect of the war itself you're not to be able to address any of these issues and that goes for the drug trade that goes for women's rights that goes for other ethnic or other human rights and that goes for development as well in terms of i mean it's a very it's a incredibly poor credibly desperate country it needs a lot of assistance it's not going to develop it's not going to grow without there

being instability so for so many different reasons but if someone were asked to keep them stable they can do it on their own are all the money they have to ultimately they have to do it on their own as long as you have outside powers backing up one side or another and putting one side in a position where it's trying to subjugate the other side you will not have stability the situation as we can see in afghanistan is as bad as ever the corruption is rampant and the casualties way to put i guess thirty one percent right are you saying that the u.s. should go. wow out should pull out now known saying a well we're not saying about afghanistan study group is not saying abandon afghanistan unfortunately when you get these conversations you kind of get it it gets characterized you're all in or all out war you want to cut and run that's not the case we're saying. the problem is inherently political not country so utilize political solutions. take the foreign troops out of the places where they're a catalyst for the violence whether

a catalyst for people to join the insurgency engage regional nations find a better way to do economic development it's important the way we're doing it now is not working and just doubling down the effort is not going to work and prioritize the u.s. interests u.s. interest in that region and pakistan's nuclear weapons so have a policy that goes after al qaida and helps stabilize pakistan in the region so that those nuclear weapons are never put in jeopardy and that's what we're advocating we certainly are not advocating wave a magic wand and disappear tomorrow but afghanistan figured out for himself well thank you very much it was matthew hoh with me here in washington d.c. who resigned from his job where the state department because he thinks the u.s. is fighting for the wrong cause in afghanistan and paying too big a price for that i.

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it was. iraq's hit find a worthwhile and u.s. official he ended its military campaign in the country three car bombings killing thirty six people have raised doubts over whether local forces can ensure security . justice on mine the internet and russia is becoming a new frontline in the fight for fairness a growing number of people are getting a global audience and results when they expose crime corruption and. class sound sets your marks twenty years since its declaration of independence from georgia since one nine hundred ninety republics been plagued by violence sensitivities to try to bring it back under its control. roma is waiting for us there hi there roma now we understand you have more on this

historic gymnastics world championship that's being held in moscow this very week in fact it's a rhythmic gymnastics that yourself in the balance and russian vent of this discipline but this is the first time the country is hosting the world so it's a very big deal for the athletes and lovers of the sport i've got more on this and much more in just a moment so stay right there. a welcome back to the sport of art scene coming to you every day from the russian capital i'm wrong call spread and let's start with the headlines. boards are all russian premier league leaders zinni failed to score a terry could say after a title chase in serbia and one late at the. blue ribbon events of the thirtieth world championships in rhythmic gymnastics get underway in the russian capital. and just one more step serbia reaches its first ever

davis cup final. and. let's kick off with the russian football premier league whereas you need st petersburg fails to risk their six point advantage at the summits however his men have managed to keep their unbeaten run in after a goal is draw in chechnya against local outfits girl's name now both sides guilty of being wasteful with chances throughout the lackluster match much to split the surprise would have expected nothing but a win against seventh place ceric however the host looked the more aggressive side towards the end and their last gasp effort was the closest either of the sides got and scoring extra buck amounted to an aerial ball but it hit the post right at the whistle and nil nil was finished. but there is also a clash of two sports. game is also taking place in south or russia and it's the visitors who are in france at the moment brazilian arre for the muscovites and third place

a scar at home to rock bottom seeds field goal this and this one with halftime. rubin's quest for a third straight russian championship receive the boost on sunday the men from secured maximum points against on g. with those should be the final to complete game hesitation a plenty in the free kick build up but with good reason as these parties rifles in the winter on ninety minutes relief the overriding emotion on the face of the manager. of the full time whistle blowing seconds later sealing the way for the champ is still a lot of work to do though it's hard to retain their crown leaders and maybe just four points in front but they hold two matches in hand. here on sunday luck and what's even f.c. tell them could be separated in solves a lot of things falling for a local five minutes from the break a youngster found himself in and i'm like the present. but the. one scores teammates again by it seem to have tried too hard in this next episode as he found

the back of his own thousands next to make it one one and that's how both sides. we're debating that say the. russian rhythmic gem that have been a dominating force on the global arena since that certain of the century but it's all in now that the country has been given its first ever world championships the sports lead doing their first routines on monday right here in moscow but before the action began a spectacular opening ceremony was in order a demolition piece arena fifty six countries are taking part in the tournaments she's being held for the thirtieth time the host enter the championships as a red hot favorites and will be able to bounce back from their bronze medal finish in the group all round events and that two years ago it's they are the defending champions russia had triumphed at the five previous outings their former front woman i leave that cup by a watch the opening gala and did little to conceal her joy at what she saw. you know the opening ceremony was great magnificent it was world class i knew and

it's very much the girls did a great job eating the chance you'd have all of them there in top form i liked it so much i couldn't help smiling. she must. have come from behind the czech republic and reached the finals of the davis cup for the first time in their history the czechs were two one off in the best of five. and it was. in sunday's first singles match but world number two. managed to find his rhythm. off the following for. just over three hours so it went down to the wire. getting the crowd it's the telling of it. on route so a six seven six six four victory awaits. france if the people there speak of

argentina and sunday there. are no. now let's check on the latest scores in the kontinental hockey league where seven games were played on sunday. after the season at the hands of. the home side eventually when the shootout in the. local. home. for. the final score. three games took place on sunday were. game four of six this season by way of. overtime there as well and finally in. a shootout to determine the winner victory and two points.

cycling now and after coming into existence just last year russian protein kudzu shall have captured their first major title as they won that simplicity cation as the last of the three grand sores of the season. got to show up to local favorites as the parnate to the coveted title by twenty nine seconds and were no small debts and cambridge riggins who incidentally hails from spain with thirty one year old finished fourth overall while also placing high in the points being of the mountains and combination classifications russia's carpets also contributed to the two for success after clocking the thirteenth fastest time individual honors went to the way of its island and chance in the body there he is winning tying his forty one second lead out of the symbolic stage twenty one in madrid briton mark cavendish triumphs in the sprint category as me through your eyes. in multiple g.p. there's been a race of firsts at the inaugural aragon grand prix former champions cases stoner

and nicky hayden posting a first win and first podium finish of the season respectively stoner started from pole in spain and was closely followed by in form down at the droll so for most of the race but the two thousand and seven champion pulled away towards the end to be the old favorite by more than five seconds leader of the race so looked on course for a third place finish but a stirling last lap by american hayden solar renzo slid down to for his first finish outside the pole in thirteen grand prix so far this season the skier however since a huge hit to six points clear of the at the top of the standings with just five more races to go stellar is now third overall he may be out of contention but still relished the well deserved when. we're able to get the bike working almost the way we wanted it to you know how little slip off this morning which was a little bit boring going into the inner staying away from everyone i could and i want to get too close but yeah we were able to pick up the pace when we needed to

during the race and you know. for the team for everyone who stuck by me in you know i'm sorry it took so long. and gold spaniard jose manuel lara has gained the upper hand in a tightly contested final rounds of clinch the australian open title the thirty three year old guarding a sixty four to catch up with a joint over night leader david len the two words side at seventeen under par after seventy the halls it was lara who would. soon to be the first extra hole in the englishman bowl good but lara made par on the replay eighteenth to claim only his second victory on the european sor his previous title coming three years ago in hong kong that he would it who share the lead heading into the finals a bold get his last three holes to settle for joint third place in the u.s. open champion graeme mcdowell and alexander noren all sweet sweet. and finally it's still four years to go before the next world cup but fans in the football crazy

brazil are already being treated to some international action as the homeless world cup got underway at the copacabana beach to give hope to those in need as the name suggests the annual global event only features players who live on the streets it was designed to promote changing lives and helping the homeless get back to work around told there's for more than sixty countries including women are taking for this year's tournament teams consists of three players plus a goalkeeper with four bore players in reserve to play matches that only last four to the champion will be known at the end of the week but organizers say it's what's being done on the pitch that matters the most. we do research every year what has happened to the players many of the players nearly seventeen seventeen if you have got jobs have got housing come of jobs some very have. gone to college. some even stay in football become football coaches and so on interestingly some of the managers who are here homeless people so they've changed their lives completely so

for me it's all about impacting change game is beautiful we have some very exciting football which will happen during this week to watch but the important thing is what happens afterwards and you. received the word that spartak moscow doubled their lead over in the logic and the score is sunil and the score is are you once again so there is a brace for him and that's all for the moment some more stories from russian around the world can be found on our website r.t. dot com take a look when you get a chance thank you for watching. issues that so many women in their youth a share of the time in the marketplace or the overwhelming majority of muslim populated countries governed by either democratic regimes or unstable democracies

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