in all the persona of a violent bully the rest of the world despises who says that well it's cartoonist ted rallies taking across the u.s. to promote his new book that's the message he's promoting artie's innocency sat down with the outspoken war critic is that chat now. 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-americanism 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 branding 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 to 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 or 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 but 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 since the early one nine hundred seventy s. and the big exception was the opposition to the war against iraq in 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 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 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 republicans 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 shift to 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 the story of the united states government as the twentieth century invading bullying imperialistic 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 nazis stepping in the streets but we have elements of proto fascism in the 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 fetish eyes 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 of he has promises has he kept in there 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 of the 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 as 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's 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 on follow up 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 to do all thank

you very much for your time with us thank you i. they faced it this is not a provocation but a warning that. they force it and we shall see just everybody assured us of a critic responsible they have no idea about the hardships that we face. plate wanted for this is a lot of them to loose and for any army the life of abusing other men is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully you have to live

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need to be taken to night and realistically barcelona in a fortnight to get. to play for isn't quite literally over you the latest. hello and thank you for joining me for the sports news and here's a taste of what's coming out. last chance rubin aim to keep their champions league last sixteen hopes alive as they host copenhagen in the clownish group. while under pressure rafael benitez into non prepare to host dutch side trying to. hold us on a five game domestic side. on this day four off to federal took command of group benteke roddick while nidal awaits talk a little later in group a the world too often. i know. there's always football and on the second night of champions league group fixtures rubina taking on copenhagen

in a crunch group the battle and needing a victory to save their slim chances of reaching the knockout stage the danish side a second in the group that's a win for the russian team would put them within a point of their opponents however in two weeks' time rubin would still have to go to leaders barcelona and get a better results in cavan trade and who host fourth place kind of and i thought we march back to wednesday's games and in group b. happy well tel aviv where bottom faced ten feet balanced and that's the score in group c. . randall's wearing group a defending champions into milan up and if the twenty eighth and perhaps the dutch side get to face rafael benitez minute the perfect time is now inside in the middle of a mini crisis having not won in the last five league matches and not nine points in syria a place that is and arch rivals i say milan west despite being hit by injuries to play players such as wesley schneider goalkeeper julius is out and defender micron

into manager believes in his players. such as well enough. she turns out physically strong very good in an active ball today shins and then counter attacks so we have to be very careful but as i'm used to saying it with her job well and can lead any team at the level which will be to the british army more told them a brimming with confidence heading into wednesday's other group a trasher time to further graeme in an impressive three one home when i were intertwined hart lane in the last champions league outing left me to spurs well sets to go through to the last sixteen and three points against bird on wednesday will guarantee their passage through to the knockout stages much to the joy of manager harry redknapp. it would be a great achievement you know we will draw was made i looked at the drop it was a chuffed interval and bremen twenty good show i didn't know weak teams in the group you know one of the children groups you look at them and of the. very well most give me games you know but in this group it was always going to be difficult.

if we could come out of it would be it would be a great achievement would be very pleased. in the mean time in group b. leaders they all go to second place shell as the french side will qualify for the last sixteen if they win that would draw will be enough for them if third place then seem to have failed to beat help well meanwhile shelf could also go through with a victory over little but they would also need benfica to lose either way at the top of this tight group has plenty of incentive for both sides to go for the win. where to win the game that was the case when it faced been getting account types for addicts in an open match i didn't think there would be so many girls but certainly also must try to win and also have the firm intention of returning home with the three point three rounds to go in the group but let's forget the last games since we have a chance of reaching the next stage now we must seize that opportunity to. grips a match tonight it will be looking to clinch a top spot as they go to glasgow to take on right when ronnie should be back in the

starting line up for united to help his side guarantee a close in the next round the previous encounter between the two teams is old trafford in september thinnish told us a united have been solid for them since then. well the job isn't well done well done already and it's no problem was a goal we hope we had survived to model. the performance and go in so it was always . good to use that experience very well known and bursaspor we put up a first class to control the march. on the final in group leaders barcelona are hoping to get through to the last sixteen as a three time winners target victory at first place kind of like the greek side have recorded just two points from four matches and desperately need to be faster to revive their lackluster campaign that guardiola side are a point. at the top the manager will have to do with out injured defenders gerard piqué and. we have from suarez returns after recovering from about complaint

guardiola says his team's goal is to finish top of the group. members of your lame to be the best team we haven't qualified yet so we'll still need to qualify as people try to be the best possible team in order to win the game and we didn't know how come the night goes over the other teams would fare well knew that state would bear the very difficult teams like last year and that would have to make much effort to not have to call it part and meanwhile on tuesday i must say ended spotlight's hopes of reaching the knockout stage for the first time in fourteen years after the french side tried three nil over the larry coppins ten man to the stadium here in moscow a point against whatever that sponsor needing to beat bottom side still enough to qualify but the visitors opened off their eighteen minutes three match why not very clemmie capitalized on a deflection and closed posts to make it to the office fifty four minutes and hindsight reelected

a mountain to climb the striker ballots and sent off ten minutes later grandad quickly made it three nil and that's how it finished ensuring last a progressed as runners up behind chelsea due to that better head to head record. should new messi were a lot stronger on the pitch and they played with class their squad was better when you have key players like our last impression of luke so it's not surprising that when i see we're physically better and they won what we need to do now is work harder in your boy. and elsewhere also confirm top spot in grief after the two one victory over jelena who finished bottom leaving spartak set to finish third and qualify for the round thirty two in the europa league elsewhere former champions rail madrid and ac milan advanced into the last sixteen following respective wins that i axed and i was there in great francesco to talk to you scored an eighty fourth minute winning penalty shot as roma came from two. down to win three to two going to be just fine and to get closer to the next round of syria as side now just

needs a draw with bottom side no one at basel and shot all have gone top of point page after they try it strain under carter is an awesome step to second after they were upset to melt away to blogger regardless what's now being partisan it's time to ensure they go straight. to great adventure jim refused to play and left us to board one to catch us on the contract talk. with a lot of push and we're not sharp enough to create a pure culture and she's very defended where the used every single trick to steal the game down what they did well. tennis noun thomas but it has recaptured the form that saw him reach the wimbledon final as he rode it in straight sets to pull himself back into contention at the a.t.p. world tour finals the powerful check showed outstanding attacking and defensive skills to close at seven five formal conflicts in the second six three his first match of the finals in the level with group a rivals rafael nadal and novak

djokovic late on wednesday however that roddick now needs to beat djokovic on friday to have any hope of reaching the semifinals but it faces an adult in his final round robin match. moving across to the n.b.a. now where the new jersey nets of snaps that's three game losing streak with victory over the atlanta hawks in iraq time the hawks will playing catch up right from the off never actually managed to take the lead lopez did the most to keep atlanta in track center top school for the nets with thirteen points which was also a season high devin harris at age twenty three of these twenty seven points in the second half however jamal crawford signed a three points out with just a minute left of his round so we're going to boss chris up with three tries and sent the game into overtime but again the home side were in control of her and that's when one hundred seven two hundred one. one of the big night behind slides in america washington also needed overtime to edge philadelphia the l.a.

lakers won their first match on the balance between the chicago bulls in ninety eight ninety one and also victories indiana new york's come dallas. has made to the ice now and in the only game in the chaos on wednesday adopting from just their chest leaving outside about to be lively for want struggling that's an odd number because nets we send out are do not check back with that issue and also on the scoreboard is not to be called friend and not to speak to fossilize false and recent conference with forty nine points. cricket now in both australia and england sets to field their first choice eleven's in the first ashes test in brisbane on thursday. australia skipper ricky ponting declared batsman michael clock fit to play on and that the series i met at the gabba the vice captain appears to have recovered from the back problem which prevented him from trying with the rest of the squad here this week. mark a close call through his work particularly well the last couple days about a long solo bet in the nets again today with the against the bowlers and with the

coach after watching them are going to see a lot of feel good. and finally sailing where russian team synergy have failed to reach the semifinals of the leery of its all trophy currently underway in dubai so as you turn down story no match for team new zealand in the second round robin stage he was winning comfortably by one minute and eighteen seconds out not side a race was a far cry from the closely fought finals the previous day it's of the five months ago even just edge russia by three two scoreline also making the custom to buy what lead is the end of the oracle title and she must also any latino and the french german vote for one seventy finals inclusive again on friday. and that's all for that but will be replaced with another update that. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get

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