air this as russia's president dmitry medvedev refuses to take sides in the conflict saying talks are the only way to peace. of the decade the fall of the nine eleven attack was marked by wars waged under the flag of ridding the world from terrorists lawrence wilkerson a former u.s. official in ministration of george w. bush told r.t. that america thinks it's exceptional and abuses the power it no longer has. i. after nine eleven america did not just go after those who perpetrated that tragic vicious attack it only for the campaign donations that had nothing to do with nine eleven we're talking about iraq where hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians have died since two thousand and three america's been in constant war since nine eleven in different countries are we talking about one of the most profound over reactions in military history to talk about that i'm joined by

colonel lawrence wilkerson whose service call in powell as chief of staff colin powell secretary of state under george w. bush colonel wilkerson thank you so much for joining me thanks for having me more than six thousand american servicemen have died in the last decade of war spawned by the nine eleven attack. tragedy worth remembering and knowing no doubt but why in all those speeches delivered by american officials i never hear about hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians dead in the wars waged by the united states and other countries like iraq as a collective entity we seem to think were exceptional and so exceptional that we don't have to think about other people well as i said that's a position you can maintain as long as you are as powerful as we were powerful as roman in its day post world war two but we're no longer that powerful in our powerful recedes even as we speak here today some of the people who were at the

helm back then are now writing books saying everything they did was right including guantanamo including everything else i'm talking about dick cheney first of all president under george w. bush and at the same time they're all blaming each other for something why all this confusion and should one be worried about the general picture that's being created of the last decade of war because they're all trying to blame each other and trying to get out of some of the blame and yes we should be. why are they trying to blame each other let's let's face a factor for a moment that most americans don't even think about. nine eleven happened on george w. bush and dick cheney's what. they allowed the greatest killing of americans on american territory since were are but. a lot of their rhetoric and aggressive actions post nine eleven was to hide that fact and also to keep it from happening again because if it had happened again they probably would have been impeached on the spot thrown out of office so we spent four trillion dollars to counter an attack by bin laden's

a lhari that cost maybe half a million that's not very cost effective that's really bad it's bad business so you have to understand that first of all about the bush cheney administration the second thing you have to understand i think is that we have made a cottage industry if not a much more than a cottage industry out of the what my former boss colin powell has called the terrorist industrial complex lots of people are making lots of money off of this so-called global war on terror you're saying that you had lots of doubts about building this case for war in iraq was it possible that some point. to stand up and say no we have doubts we're not writing this speech where we're out of it we all did key points in the preparation of old pals presentation on some of those occasions george tenet and his deputy john mclaughlin said ok ok we'll roll that out of the cia head of the cia and the director of central intelligence at the time

. will throw that out and they threw it out the real essence of that presentation that they preserve they being george tenet and john mclaughlin and i think under some strong influence from the vice president's office they preserved and that was the mobile biological laboratories that was the active nuclear program as symbolized by the aluminum tubes and it was the existing chemical stocks and. next sions hard connections between al-qaeda and baghdad those were the real faults of goods in that briefing that george tenet and john mclaughlin the representatives of not just the u.s. intelligence community but of israel finance britain jordan and a host of others who were feeding intelligence into us. that's what they said was sacrosanct they said that is the case that is what saddam hussein is doing only later did we learn that even those elements of his presentation were composed of

half truths false woods even and i think today after doing more research outright lies lies created in the defense department under undersecretary of defense for policy doug feith and his special iraq team lie and lies created in the vice president lying in your opinion because they wanted for the same reason that in the summer of two thousand and two i have discovered that b. emphasis on enhanced interrogation techniques changed suddenly from being to try and find out if another attack were coming after all a lot of time expired for another attack or a coming it would have come. in the summer of two thousand and two it shifted suddenly to enhanced interrogation in order to find out if baghdad had contacts with al qaida so we were actually torturing people not under the so-called smoking gun argument that we might have another attack so it was justified we were

torturing people so we could attack iraq and convince the american people we should do so. that's how drastic it got now ask me why they want to go to war with iraq and i'll give you a half a dozen answers if it's douglas feith it's protection of israel if it's paul wolfowitz the deputy secretary of defense it's a little bit of israel it's a little bit of oil and it's a little bit of bringing peace and democracy and freedom to the middle east if it's george bush who i fear the nexus between al qaida and baghdad which cheney had convinced him of i'm sure george tenet had convinced him of it george tenet didn't think there was that big a nexus. with dick cheney i think it was all iraq right now is sitting on probably two hundred billion barrels maybe three hundred billion barrels that's a racks on oil report that surpasses. the record. if iraq is sitting on three hundred billion barrels of oil if that turns out to be true it will be more than saudi arabia now you know why dick cheney went to war in iraq it also was the low

hanging fruit north korea was far more dangerous but too difficult one hundred thousand casualties were predicted by the pentagon on both sides seoul would be destroyed iran was too difficult seventy million people not fractured like the iraqis and the sunni and shia and christian and other so the low hanging fruit was a right to just use the moment in the wake of nine eleven they use the moment and in the wake of nine eleven to divert from afghanistan our real target should have been our real target and go to iraq that's exactly what they did you said they would testify if they put someone like dick cheney on trial and out what would you accuse them off i think he's already done it no one needs to accuse him of anything he has admitted publicly it is on videotape that he condoned waterboarding that he would still waterboard then he does not believe waterboarding is torture waterboarding is torture there is a ipso facto case the man's guilty but they're saying they did it in the best

interest of their country it seems to be the ultimate reasoning which can't be confronted what would you say to that i say that the in never justifies the means. and the question is does the lesser evil ever justify itself because it prevents a greater evil there are some real problems with that argument the logical problems as well as philosophical and what i would call value laden problems first is you can never know a hypothetical you never know if your lesser evil action actually prevented the greater evil big cheney spends hours on television and elsewhere and in this book trying to say that his actions prevented a greater evil another attack on the united states and so forth well that's his interpretation my interpretation of the bureaucracy which is probably far better than his because i was buried in it i heard people talking about it every day so bottom line is i know what dick cheney doesn't know because he was in the ivory palace and he can't know horse soldiers surrounding cheney the people who

surrounded cheney or david addington and john hannah and scooter libby and they tell dick cheney what dick cheney wants to hear george tenet told dick cheney what dick cheney wanted to hear oh yes it's working mr vice president we're getting great information and we're stopping terrorist attacks that is utter bull they didn't stop anything through inherent enhanced interrogation techniques i have that from some of the most respected people in the f.b.i. and the intelligence community so i can't fault big cheney for not knowing the truth because he couldn't know the truth he's trapped he's trapped in his own military but the truth is the methods don't work and they rebound to your discredit and they recruit as you said for your enemy dick cheney is asked what would happen if an american were captured in iran and what would happen if they waterboarding because they thought he was a threat to the state of iran and so forth he just skirted around the question what

he really said was if you listen closely americans are better than anybody else in the world. americans shouldn't be waterboarding but anybody else we can waterboard especially if we're americans doing it that's essentially what dick cheney said now here's the kicker about forty percent of america agrees with you poll you look at the polls that have been done about forty percent of america at any given time they think that americans have the right to torture other people and other people don't have the rights to torture americans for various reasons most seven think it's that way because we have a bigger gun that's why they think we can get away with it and do it because we have a bigger gun that's why i say the reckoning is coming the reckoning when we are just another country in the world and that a is coming it may not come in my lifetime but unfortunately i think it's coming in my children and my grandchildren's like time and this is going to be

a hard time for washington because we no longer going to have the money where no are going to have the economic might we're no longer going to have the military might and so forth to say to the world we can torture you but you can't torture us many say that america's response to nine eleven was one of the most profound overreactions in military history but your grave with that i think initially it was proportional it was rational it was fairly well supported in the international community and it was a sadness that yes the initial reaction what we should have done was gone to afghanistan as we did did what we did about six months later said ok here's your government karzai you've got it go ahead and run your country as best you can we'll give you economic and financial support from afar we are going home oh by the way footnote if you entertain terrorist in this country good will come back and do it again in what way could that overreaction backfire. i think it already has

and this is a profound change really that's happened since world war two it's been creeping up on us and now with libya it's here we have a an executive power that is beyond any check by the people by the congress or by the courts for war we can go to war to drop of a coin it matters not that the obama administration and i have to say i voted for president obama it matters not that they have protested rather futilely and idiotically really that they were involved in hostilities that the war powers act was not relevant and so for that certainly was any time you kill people for state purposes the war powers act is relevant and the constitution is relevant we've reached a point now where the president the united states can kill people for state purposes any time he or she would feels the need james madison said very eloquently

when you compare combined the power to initiate war with the power to execute it you have achieved tyranny that is a very profoundly worrying situation in this that's happened in this country. it was to. this sense. of a. look back at nine eleven to see. today's news and

this week's top stories that you. commemorates its worst terrorist attack but divided the world the nine eleven assault ten years ago prompted america to launch a policing mission that many experts claim has made the globe more dangerous. russia bid farewell to the players of a top national ice hockey team who perished in a plane crash the jet went down shortly after taking off and jaroslav region killing forty three people on board. moscow is to sand a fact finding mission to syria to get firsthand information about the crisis the air this as russia's president refuses to take sides in the conflict saying talks are the only way to peace. time to take a look at what's happening in the world of sports natasha's here.

hello welcome this is live sports of dayton are two things watching the headlines. richard branson to the u.s. open decide. on all made walls and the saucer and serena williams will do battle for the ladies train the plush. premier league leaders and see their eyeballs on the away from home and second season also lose on south. by family friends fans and dignitaries pay their respects to the. players who were killed in the plane crash this week. began with the latest from flushing meadows where searing a williams knocked out carling was not a u.s. open semifinal the american is through to the championship decider with these winning six two six fool over the top seed meanwhile some of the stalls are advance to his second career grand slam final in the earlier clash between surprise all gaily kick in the rain delayed much stall so stalled and strongly taking the

process. six three body and see the german pulled back to level the game in for a textile the decider was one sided though with stossel running away five love and then securing a six three to six six two way to reach the final she's now in ming to become the fastest train in movement to win a major since yvonne gould dongs nine hundred eighteen wimbledon victory. chance of the french open and. wasn't i would it take it in you know now on this have given myself another today see just go out there and you know use a little bit of that experience from last year really go after it in see what i can do but it would be you know it's a major highlight of my career. on the men's side don't joke it's defeated told to federer in the second meeting of the season the match one to a full five center with the joker coming from two sets to love down and saying too much points to eventually get through six seven four six six three six two and

seven five and decides upset by what a federal lost at the same stage and to the same man at last year's us open while the top seeded is now hoping for his third grand slam title. but. it's always important to. be calm to stay positive and to believe to believe that you can win i mean since you're already in the fifth you sorry for the marriage it's only one breaker difference so make the break back in the marriage as well. so only rafael adult now stands between djokovic and the cho fear all for defeating the falsely then dean martin six. three six and six two in the second semifinal once again to nine spots hopes of a major success the galveston djokovic show will be airing much of last year's final one by the sea and the battle between the world's top two players.

in football on saturday so that's all for russian sides in that action as the day started with a shock so it has to cross a to draw bulls did not mind if as much without national team goalkeeper taking fifty four picked up in the jury a fortnight ago and they have seen as well as a glaring one on the eve of her own in the open for the visitors thirty six minutes and more misery was then hate on says counts deputy goalie said again chip to go just three minutes late they came in on you the man make me two zero does not much . has defense remained although it's essentially for the rest of the game down to fit a non this now taking advantage of it made way through the second helping who want to kick and then late substitute alexander cup who would and would round out the fools zero upsets on the stroke of full time. but they wasn't simply this big as well who could have ended the day on top of they had avoided defeat at looking might see but it was beyond them which on a split dismount throwing away

a two goal advantage to lose four to dunk and then examine the heart of both striking in the first off to prison in the driving seat but the local fullback in the second hall some of signing big that being the launching become bag just off the break. and now the new arrival felipe because say the tide proceedings right on the alamo and yet one more man who is just stuff of your style would look at mighty one of course there was left to make the difference the portuguese bagging a brace with thirteen minutes to complete the food to scoring for the committee. are being made well have slipped from fourth to very disappointing three one also. open for the has been a sin following a handball in the box there are many national easily putting the ball away. now straight to the side hall where they have steve double delayed through an exam. as if i'd have off for a free kick. from the spot with four minutes to go giving the visitors a hope for

a joy. enjoying his teammates up front hoping to score in the dying moments but those managed to deal with that threat and joy xenu broke up with the school beyond doubt and injury time and now to give the premier league new boys a well deserved three one win over the four russian champions. now look at my c.v. i have pulled out of wise hokies kate chelan till next season it was expected that all the teams were the players to the grave stricken team but local officials say they will take one year break sound today saw thousands of people come out to pay their last respects to the players coffins laid out in like my team's home arena following wednesday's crash which occurred just after takeoff at the airports all of the forty five people on board just to survive and the crew member and they are

in a critical condition in hospital now around thirty five thousand mourners came to the stadium in a while that. has been renamed. in memory of the dead which i hope you will be called tested on monday be due in the. last day as well as a lot. of coach both of whose agreed to return and manage the club gave his own tribute. to the boys have accomplished a lot in the world sadness and mourning is left friends and family and friends find strength to leave through time at least in some way. will remember them always. irreplaceable. moving to other news now and australia have started strongly of their own the world beating heavy on the dogs in sunday's clash the game started at six all the time before the wall of his school twenty six announcer points in the

second period for the final result of thirty two to six great for one of the two of them and favorites joined in russia's pool see where i learned say twenty to ten holes on sunday and the late game seen south africa take home is wales that simple d. . in the meantime england secured their first boy and so the world cup on saturday although look without a fight from argentina that penalty for a multitude of gigas five minutes after the break gave the pool was nine three advantage but one moment was to change the course of the game determined from the english and the scrum allowing ben youngs to pick a hole in the argentine defense will be only troy of the match sixty seven minutes to go and going on to add points following a seem to mind victory. over to boxing now where school defended his w.b.c. heavyweight title by beating polish content. on saturday nights before to old

ukrainian edging his opponent with a technical knockout in the town through with the wind has extended he is record to forty three victories forty of those with just two defeats which go claiming off to the bout that his next goal will be finding break from david haye the last of it on these younger brother. this year. in formula one defending champion sebastian vettel has secured his staff but all of the season ahead of the italian grand prix later on sunday championships jim only waiting until late on to post the boss the style moving in front of mclaren do you do this hamilton and jenson button twice f one champion fernando alonso will start from the second row for red bull had never before claimed close nor a podium friend. yeah the story mourns the track tell a teammate mark webber have now security for each of the thirteen races so far this season reno's russian without a paper all from in a while didn't have a bad day either with this one this time but it is a tell who is the man took

a huge weight to say. because this is very good here the balance this is perfect even though you know for most of the people except those two we don't carry a lot of wing around and low downforce is very slippery but still we're quite quick in throughout all the three sectors and i was able to put it together so i'm very happy today and finally ukraine's victoria to show while individual gold that they're more than pentathlon world championships in moscow while the combined russian women as a result a team bronze medal and one course that have watched the latest finals for us. four out of seven russian women qualified for the finals on the modern pentathlon world championship in moscow and judging from their opening performance it seems one of them might even get a place on the podium you have don't get a good start of the second event with the best results from earlier fencing tournaments well what's important or you can say you know who to ask you know

wasn't third this woman competition so both women relinquish their leading roles with dropping to fourth and who are asking are all the way down to thirteen. in the thirty events which is show jumping give the get her horse made only one mistake and climbed up to third place going into the final phase which is running and shooting at that point she was the only russian left with a chance to claim a podium spot as her other teammates slipped away below thirty. become blind events which is a little similar to by half long where athletes run a three thousand metre distance stoppages units are gets separated the coolheaded from the rest. though the russians result wasn't enough to win an individual medal the fourth place finish still earned it you have the key a good place on russia's olympic team. despite the fact that you've posted to

personal best results the fan since women she still couldn't win the bronze this shows that women can tough them is her competitive now and to win a tournament and the third must out to himself the tournaments will continue over the next few days with the men's women's and make steam relays still to come as well as the men's individual final. cost for of artsy moscow. sports so now say tuned for the world weather update.

today's news and this week's top stories in the violent aftermath of nine eleven the world commemorate history's deadliest terrorist attack but criticism of washington's resolving war on terror refuses to go away. forever young a rush of bids farewell to the players of a top national ice hockey team who perished in a plane crash that killed forty three. and moscow was to san a fact finding mission to syria's president to be head of refuses to take sides in the conflict saying talks are the only way to peace. watching our team coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program it was a day the changed history americans and the world were shocked by the worst terrorist attack in history ten years ago.