billy the rest of the world despises well that's the message of peace from cartoonists rule and is taking across the u.s. to promote his new book. sat down with the outspoken war critic. but she's sitting down with award winning editorial columnist and cartoonist ted rall ted thank you so much for meeting up with us today thanks for having me let's get right into it right now you're on a tour for your new book which is called the anti-american manifesto clearly that name is bound to tick off some of the political establishment here in the u.s. for our viewers give them a little bit of a sneak peek into the main message of what it's all about it's a call to arms it is addressing the fact that neither the democrats nor the republicans are able or willing to address the biggest problems facing the united states today which are the economy the environment health care and the wars and now you have to ask yourself as an american do you want to tolerate the system do you

want to tolerate a system that is unresponsive and not going to go anywhere or do you want to change it the anti-american manifesto is not anti-american it's anti the american government or more specifically this american government we can do better and that's what we want to do what i want to do now you're a big critic of america's wars and occupations both in iraq and afghanistan a call to arms really seems like you know an aggressive way to respond to the aggression that the u.s. government is involved in the reason i oppose this particular regime is because it is so in aggressively violent. as the rest of the world knows the united states is always involved in some kind of war of aggression it rarely goes spends an entire year without invading some for some foreign country and that's only part of the story i mean there's the overall economic system that the united states provoked presides over that is incredibly violent and unjust so i'm talking about taking on

this monolith this violent horrible disgusting system that is brutal and is willing to do anything you're going up against them you can't fight these guys with one arm tied behind your your back. probably going to lose anyway but you you have to you have to be serious let me follow up on that we have the united states really liking to criticize other countries and really try to get involved one way or another how come if all the things that you say are true we're not hearing more voices of criticism from across the globe well anti-american ism is rampant throughout the world obviously and not just in the muslim world and much of it is justified unfortunately due to u.s. foreign policy and you know in terms of other countries let's face it you know if you're the president of brandon republic somewhere in central asia for instance are you really going to challenge or criticize the united states government which is the sole remaining hyper power in the world the largest exporter of arms and

possesses the large a bigger military presence than the next ten countries combined no i don't think so the rest everyone's afraid of us because we're a bunch of bullies would you say that u.s. military presence across the world is basically the number one priority of american foreign policy well it's certainly the number one. priority of us federal spending fifty four percent of us federal tax dollars go into the military nineteen percent is just the paying off the interest on old wars that are over and we're not fighting anymore so what the united states is all about is about invading other countries and in and exerting foreign military power whether it's through military bases of which that nobody even knows how many there are if you call the pentagon they can't tell you if it's seven hundred eight hundred nine hundred or thousand bases they don't know how much you know how many people they have under arms somewhere between two and three point five million directly or indirectly using

foreign using mercenaries i mean it's a crazy monolithic roman style empire and nobody talks about it including anywhere in the world or here it's not allowed when you bring up a quote from your book the u.s. . terry would not and could not have killed a million plus iraqis if the people who live in the united states had done anything they could to stop do you really think that's the case what could the people have done considering the fact that many americans were opposing and still are opposing these wars and still nothing is being done for the most part the american left has been dormant or nonexistent some of the early one nine hundred seventy s. and the big exception was the opposition to the war against iraq and two thousand and three hundreds of thousands of americans marched in the streets there was vocal opposition even members of congress were against it and yet in the end nothing changed and you have to ask yourself what could have gone differently i mean let's say of the million plus americans who marched in the streets during the winter of

two thousand and two to two thousand and three had been more aggressive let's say they had refused to go home let's say they had clashed with the police let's say violence had broken out i think that then the congress would have been required would have been forced to take pause because they knew that this was an unjustified war of aggression it was an optional war it wasn't about defending american interests it wasn't about protecting the united states and therefore it didn't necessarily have to help and you say in your book that the story of the united states is drawing to a clause close and you call the u.s. is the army empire and especially in the light of the recent elections when we see republicans again enjoying their power it really feels like a circle of republican democrats republicans democrats where will that change come from that you talk about well it's certainly not going to come within the existing system what we're seeing now that you just referred to this flip flopping the two parties are so close together on the overall ideological framework from left to

right that there there's not enough differentiation so big swathes of the population are not don't feel represented at all which is why are voters. turnout is among the lowest in the industrialized world the change is not going to come from the d.'s and the r.'s the democrats and the republicans and the fact that people are constantly shifting voting against the party in power is a symptom of that people are frustrated the message they're sending is not right now we support the republicans nor was it in two thousand and eight we support the democrats the message is we hate them both so we're voting no story of the united states government as the twentieth century invading bullying imperialist stick economic and political empire that is coming to a close it is unhealthy for us and it's obviously terrible for the world but you also claimed that it's very likely that the united states could become

a fascist state and this is clearly a statement that is bound to get many people outraged what do you see these traits well i don't think that we're going to see you know brown shirts and not stepping in the streets but we have elements of proto fascism in american culture today whether you look at the vague nature of the politics of the tea party where you know vagueness political vagueness and a lack of ideological specificity is a trait of extreme right wing politics the cultural back basis of so many americans particularly in the middle of the country and in the south is centered around extreme forms of right wing christian fundamentalism and that religious force is is very nativist racist bigoted zina phobic and anti-feminist anti-gay it's a very it's very narrow minded all of these attributes not to mention the major

attribute of being so militaristic is are elements that we saw in traditional fascism in germany and italy where there are civilian rule. the military is to is not worshiped you know we don't have all this rhetoric about the heroes have fallen another fallen hero this is not to say that we should disrespect the military but americans have especially since nine eleven have come to fetishizing the military you get a lot of criticism especially from channels like fox news they say you're not a patriot because you are against this widespread military presence of the united states. are you not a patriot i am more of a patriot than those people ever will be i care about the american people more than i care about about the american government the american government is supposed to be here to serve the american people and because of its leading role in the world also the people of the world we have

a tremendous responsibility because of our political and economic power and we are we are just completely acting irresponsibly and insanely you know i want to ask you one of the latest articles of yours is called obama was bad from the start realistically which his promises has he kept in the in these last two years has he kept well that's well that's to be a short short answer well he did promise to escalate the war against afghanistan and he has he did try for health care sort of but health care reform turned out to be really creating a system that's even worse than what we have now he hasn't kept many promises i mean he promised he would close guantanamo that he would end torture that he would end extraordinary renditions that he would ramp down and pull out of iraq all he did was rename the troops who are in iraq from combat troops to something else assistance force those he is he's

a very cynical guy i want to ask you about following up on afghanistan do you think it could become the graveyard of the u.s. is an empire like many people are predicting since there's not really an end in sight we know the pentagon has come up. with twenty fourteen as the timeline but not a deadline what does that mean decades more i thought two thousand and eleven was supposed to be the deadline and now it's two thousand and fourteen and who knows how long this goes on i mean there are so many threats to america's continued status in the world that it's hard to know exactly what will bring it to an end all we know is that it's unsustainable you know it's kind of the united states it's kind of like a wild man who uses drugs and drinks and commits crimes and beats people up and everyone hates him all you know is it's going to come to a bad end you really can't be sure how but something bad is going to happen you know you've cited the enormous amounts of money that is that is being spent on the

military and u.s. defense if there's so much money available how come it's not being spent to create jobs for millions of jobless people and why do we continue hearing that the country is in a recovery yet it's really crazy you know i mean if you took the one point four trillion dollars that were initially spent just to bail out the banks and you would redistributed that money among all the millions of americans who were who were having problems paying their mortgages and who had just lost their jobs in the previous year or two i remember doing the math and back of the envelope determining that each one would receive a check for three hundred fifty thousand dollars the reason is because the u.s. government does not serve the people and it's not afraid of the people and even though it knows that its actions are shortsighted and will ultimately lead to its demise they cannot help themselves they cannot stop stop themselves ted rall thank you very much for your time and thank you.

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they're all going it's all their preferred and his latest online video blog address is called for more competitiveness in russian politics the system same signs of stagnation. a terror threat hangs over the christmas holidays in europe as belgium arrested twenty six radical islamists specs are being linked to international terror organizations and chechen militants. students all over the u.k. are taking to the streets protesting for the government's plans to increase university tuition fees and cut projects across the channel workers are crying out against crippling with terrorists it's. all those stories to calm of the top of the al but close calls moved occasionally. for mel the big night of european action does in the end some russian interests are less yes that's right rubina's taking on copenhagen and really must win this match to keep up any hopes of reaching the

champions league knockout stage or not that's next. hello and thank you for joining me for the sports news and this is a taste of what's coming off. last chance rypien aim to keep their champions league last sixteen hopes alive as they host copenhagen i can't believe the tie. while under pressure rafael benitez into milan prepared to host the side f.c. twenty in group by the holders are on a five game to mystic flight. day four after federer to come on the group roddick burdick nidal and talk of it doing battle group play on a night of top tennis at the world tour finals. start with football and on the second night of champions league group fixtures rubina taking on copenhagen in a crunch group the battle in needing a victory to save their slim chances of reaching the knockout stage the danish side

a second in the group but only for the russian team with them within a point of their opponents however in two weeks' time rubin would still have to go to meet as possible over and get a better result in copenhagen post fourth place and the one i calls meanwhile back to wednesday's games and in group b. tell of eve who are bottom face and feet but n.p.r. and best of sport in group c. . and elsewhere in group a defending champions into milan are preparing to host f.c. twenty and perhaps the dutch side to get to face rafael benitez man at the perfect time the italian side are in the middle of the mini crisis having not won in the last five league matches and a ninety nine points behind syria pacesetters the trials ac milan bus despite being hit by injuries to key players such as wednesday night a goalkeeper julius is out and defend the icon into milan manager believes in his players. which are. physically strong very good in an active ball today

and counterattacks so have to be very careful. but as i'm used to saying if we're dirt job well you can beat any team. well meanwhile tottenham agreeing with confidence heading into wednesday's other group a clash at home to the brave and an impressive three one home when over into white hart lane in the last champions league outing left lead despairs well sets to go straight to the last sixteen and three points against further on wednesday will guarantee their passive stage the knockout stages and the joy of manager harry redknapp. it would be a great achievement you know we will draw was made i looked at the draw of it was a tough draw into malayan vertebrae and twenty good show i did with no weak teams in the group you know one of the children groups you look at and there's a few games that are very almost give me games you know but the initial group is always going to be difficult and if we could come out of it would be it would be a great achievement would be very pleased. and in the meantime in group b.

the disney on go to second place shocker on the french side will qualify for the last sixteen if they win it would draw will be enough for them this third place and seek out fail to beat happy well meanwhile shout at could also go through with a victory over that they would also need to lose either way at the top of this tight group there's plenty of incentive for both sides to go for the win. to win the game that was the case when it faced been figured out ahead of that encounter i predicted in an open match i don't think there would be so many goals but certainly also must try to win and also have the firm intention of returning home with the three point two rounds to go in the group but let's forget the last game since we have a chance of reaching the next stage now we must seize that opportunity to get a grip see manchester united will be looking to clinch top spot as they go to glasgow to take on rangers wayne rooney should be back in the starting lineup

tonight to help his side down to a place in the next round the previous encounter between the two teams at old trafford in september cinch goalless united have been solid form since them. done well done already and it's no problem was a goal here and hope that survives to model. the performance and go in so it was. good user experience very well known and bursaspor were put up to first class control the much. and finally in group d. leaders barcelona are hoping to go through to the last sixteen is the three time winners target victory at fourth place alison michaels the greek side have recorded just two points from four matches and desperately need to be said to revive their light last a campaign while pep guardiola side are a point clear of copenhagen at the top the manager will have to do without injured defenders gerard piqué and got real military we have been suarez returns after recovering from

a back complaint and guardiola says his team's goal is to finish top of the group. and mislabel were lame to be the best team we haven't qualified yet so we'll still need to qualify we'll try to be the best possible team in order to win the game and we didn't know how kind of the night goes all the other teams would fare well i knew that they would be very difficult teams like last year and that would have to make much effort to not have to qualify. well meanwhile on tuesday's must say ended spot x. hopes of reaching the knockout stage for the first time in fourteen years after the french side tribes three nil over valerie carbons ten man team at the luzhniki stadium in moscow a point against masai what have left needing to be bottom side schillinger to qualify but the visitors opened after eighteen minutes through why nothing derek plenty capitalized on a deflection and both posts to make it to nel after fifty four minutes on the home side well after the nonsense of time to strike a valid summer sent off ten minutes later brandow quickly made it three nil and

that's how it finished ensuring last a progressed as runners up behind chelsea better head to head back toward. what will surely you see were a lot stronger on the beach and they played with class their squad was better we didn't have key players like alex and pressure of luke so it's not surprising that my c were physically better and they won what we need to do now is work harder. well else chelsea confirmed top spot in green's best with a two one victory over two. enough to finish bottom leaving sponsor accept to finish qualify for the round of certainty in the europa league elsewhere former champions wales madrid and i've seen them on advanced into the last sixteen following respective wins at the i.x. and include j. francesco talkies scored the eighty fourth minute winning penalty shot as roma came from two goals down to win three two at home to group the leaders by and that close to the next round the serious side now just needs

a draw with bottom side crucial the last one at ball and shots all have gone top of group h. after the eighth try and three nil at underdogs parties and asked no slip to second after they were upset to nail a way to braga the gun as was now a big part is that in two weeks' time to ensure they get through. with greater going to do more refused to. lift the board one to catch us on the control. with a lot of positions you're not sharp enough to create your car chances are very different did were used every single trick to steal the game go on what did well. ten is now on thomas burdick has claimed his first victory in group a or the a.t.p. world tour finals in london the wimbledon finalist sort of eight seed andy roddick on the fourth day of the competition the czechs took the opening set seven five and he was more confident in the second set to win it comfortably and the match meanwhile ace out world number one rough valladolid to take on the about just

a bitch the number three decided to take command of the group after both men won their opening matches. while on tuesday roger federer produced a masterful performance to outlast britain's andy murray and take the world number two one sixty six to get more than sixteen minutes to talk to think great a and b. and a man round robin competition advancing to the semifinals address is now focusing to go through the armory may need to be doubted farah and his final much on thursday. up in so doing has boosted his chances of reaching the last four after he defeated farah and two sets this was a close one affair did a lot of pressure on settling the spaniard save three set points in the first set but it was the swede who controlled the long rallies and eventually won it seven five seven five he also smashed a total of twelve aces i was the outcome of this group the match means that you qualifiers will not be decided until the final round on thursday.

moving across to the n.b.a. now where the new jersey nets have snaps their three game losing streak with a victory over the atlanta hawks in overtime the hawks were playing catch up right from the off and never actually managed to take the lead but lopez did the most to keep atlanta in check the center top score for the nets with thirty two points which was also the season what devin harris added twenty three of his twenty seven points in the second half. however jamal crawford sank a three point i was just a minute left to put atlanta live in a basket in the cockpit three rows of them said they go into overtime but again the home side are in control and that's when you're one hundred seventy two hundred more and. while it was a good night a homicide in america washington falso needed overtime to edge philadelphia the l.a. lakers won their fists match on the balance between the chicago bulls ninety eight ninety one and there were also victories for indiana new york and dallas.

finally sailing where russian team synergy have failed to reach the semifinals of the luby's on trophy currently underway in dubai synergy turned out to be no match for team new zealand in the second round robin stage at least winning comfortably by one minute and eighteen seconds that lopsided race was a far cry from the before final of the previous stage in italy five months ago and there's even just edge russia by some to score line also making the cut in dubai were leaders b.m.w. oracle italian entry moscow's only latino and the french german vote for one semifinals it used to begin on friday. and that's all for now but we'll be back with another update in just under two hours until then five minutes. hungry for the full story we've got it for us has the biggest issues get the human

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