typical or cynical to understand that actually behind the noble motive is self-interest if we look at what happened in egypt the west backed mubarak right to the very last and then was no longer possible to back him when it was indefensible they dumped him and the same with the president of tunisia and then they moved very very quickly on libya what was happening in libya that was actually terrible in many cases in the name of human rights they kind of attacked libya the same with syria you know it's kind of it's it's a protest movement it's democratic change and reform which are very worthwhile motives to support but there is another agenda there which has to do with broader global and regional strategies what has the libyan scenario failed in syria will the western powers change their tactics i think that libya was the template for syria they kind of went to the u.n. they got the no fly zone resolution and that opened up libya to aerial attack and i think they thought that they could repeat this in syria but it didn't prove to be

possible largely because of russia actually because russia made it plain that it would not support another no fly under the north was a resolution in the security council so this left the government of britain france and the u.s. in particular with you know they had to work out what policy they were going to pursue you know still think they would like to intervene in syria but they realize it's not the same as little or nothing as libya is a different situation altogether thanks so much for the risk is much greater the danger is a much greater because intervention in syria how do you describe or whether you're talking about a buffer zone only to american military humanitarian causal as the french foreign minister does it still adds up to the same thing as the invasion of another country and syria would resist that around to get involved actively get involved so it's hard to take the fallback position i think is to support. certain activities inside syria which are calculated and in the downfall of the assad government and its

replacement by. government will be formed presumably from exiles from the agitating against their prison would take take over in your book the unmaking of the middle east you chronicled alone and bloody history of western invasions in arab lands with all the efforts by the u.n. and arab league the dayton row of arab league is the threat of foreign ministry invasion for syria is in the past right or not yet of course is still a possibility of course as to the possibility of poor border rather because it's so risky for intervention would be so risky however it was done would be to kind of maintain the support for what's happening inside syria on the side of the opposition and their calculation would be that sooner or later these precious if they maintained would result in the collapse of the assad government well as compare syria with the lead and iraq to what extent the syrian national council

similar to libya's national transitional council or iraqi national congress rocky national congress was almost a fiction the leader of no support inside iraq whatsoever he lived outside iraq for a long long time and he was pumped up because they wanted to create this exiled body called the iraqi national congress so there was an iraqi voice in the propaganda war against saddam hussein the libyan situation the lives of the libyan transitional council as you know basically would affect us from the governing tripoli jump ship when it got too hot and they took it really for me even with the benghazi and the transitional national council for all of whom we didn't know we knew someone from although they said we can't pass the syrian national council. is largely composed with a mixture of people who have their roots who are inside syria but a dominant i think by exiles abroad hungover you know he's been in paris for

a long time like read one. who's based in washington and has very very close ties with the state department you know now what kind of clout what kind of hold are these people have inside syria i would say not much so there are similarities between these councils and of course you know that the transitional national council for national transitional council in libya. recognize the syrian national council as a legitimate representative the syrian people it's not that simple as that but so it's kind of part of the the campaign against syria which that that that now the lip what is now the libyan government is now part and actions at various levels countdown to go in in syria with more had so what do you think will russia al assad remain in power as a result and we're very very dangerous situation in syria which could have exploded into a very very nasty. part of breakdown inside the country and could lead to regional war. in this context let's see if this you give me

a few months and see how the crisis with the us does have. a base of popular support so i don't think you could say that the party would be doomed the moment they call free elections that could do well what do you think human rights watch talks and foreign media neglect the damage done done by militant groups in syria it's somewhat of a mystery to me it's a mystery and mystery has made some pretty. provocative claims in in with regard to syria one of them is that i think it was military people dressing up as doctors in homes hospital doesn't use any verification of that you know it's a claim made on the basis of unnamed people right and similar kinds of a made by other human rights organizations human rights watch the arms u.n. human rights council its committee is all one way is all about what the government is doing and making very very strong claims the government response for the death

of two hundred fifty six children for example for four thousand five thousand have died there was no desegregation which is what the critical reader would want you know you see these figures where they're coming from doesn't even know how many people have been killed in syria so far in its report. the human rights council report said four thousand but there is no reflection of africa where they go fast. a few days later navi pillay who is the u.n. human rights commission pieces of this is the security council and it's five thousand. and causes i think it echoes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination is five thousand people being killed by the syrian government by security forces by another whatever whereas in fact i don't think is any doubt at all that a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs about

it but fact is so what we actually need to do is to dis aggregate these figures like how many people have been killed by the syrian army how many of them were innocent and target innocent how many of them were men who pick up arms. how many civilians have been killed by gangs so forth and so on you need to break the whole thing down but these figures are not broken down since we are in turkey let's talk about turkey a little bit took a definitely wants to be associated with the changes in this region to be seen as a leading player in this movement so make use of this moment to its advantage turkey the foreign policy for the last seven years of creating zero zero problems on the borders ok and that meant kind of dealing with iran dealing with syria and turkey and syria had a rather complicated relationship over many many years. and so these problems were resolved and they did lead to very good stable balance relationships with syria and

with iran a particular goal sudden that policy was reversed instantly like turkey did a sharp right hand turn i think the turkish government seemed to think that the syrian government before the protest movement is got up and running and i think the total govern calculated that's only a question of time before the syrian government goes and therefore i think it's more the put to be it want to be riding a wave ok put stuff on the crest of the wave the quest of the wave of reform and change in the middle a sin to be seen as a leader of this movement. to make decisions but the fact is that the theory as as i will tell said. this is not libya if anyone interferes with us like across the borders to hold earthquake in this region so the stakes for everyone including turkey in this situation is very very high but turkey made his decision that i think that as a blogger therefore we support the opposition therefore we support the syrian

national council but the office space and stumble therefore we support free syrian army do you think that was a wrong decision in doing so they have antagonize iran they've antagonized iraq. because now rockets come out quite strongly in support of syria and of course a living his government still not by his book is also be very very critical of turkey so the change in foreign policy has kind of that dump a zero problem policy and what they've done act is create problems now if if if assad goes ok then so what us but if it if if if he doesn't somehow manage to ride this out. well then i suppose it's going to be made on someone's face you know and they'll have to be a pullback from a position that you had to create and actually is not really tenable any longer you've got to deal with government here like it or not is turkey being sincere in its intentions saying it wants to polluting in syria and stability in the region

the line the soap with with qatar with saudi arabia with united states britain and france that's where it is that's what happens and so the rhetoric about humanitarian intervention a buffer zone humanitarian strip has been a conversational thing in discussion about syria over the last six months or people along with that but they know the dangers they do of course i know that this that if there was a move across the border if turkey somehow were talking to taking the lead. it would open up a pandora's box of problems you know and i. you know turkey itself has said you know there's no question of intervention but it seems to me it is definitely a bit of ambivalence over this issue like it's an option that somehow has to a bit however might be carried out.

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company and this is what is coming up with the next e-mail three in. liverpool three in the ultra right play at the top of the english premier league. while title rivals manchester united have the chance to get level with a trip to newcastle. boss the ball came kings him fondly beaten after a fourteen month winning streak in russia's top saw. that start with the city have beaten liverpool three nil to get three points at the top of the english premier league city had lost to sunderland just forty eight hours before this match but put that disappointment behind them with goals from see ya toure i added gangs milner penalty the only blip the sending off of city midfielder gareth barry in the seventy minute liverpool was playing with that striker luis suarez after deciding

not to appeal against his match ban for racially abusing manchester united's patrice evra elsewhere spurs a six points behind city after their one nil win i will west brom and sunderland continue to impress under new manager martin o'neill with a four one victory i wish struggling with the city who are leading the way. but. we were. all. we did four months to look at your school he reflects a really good way though obviously. with this afterward. i think the lesson. from. the door for no clinical we're going to

suffer. there's a lot thanks. rick. well tonight everton take on bolton and manchester united have the chance to get back on level terms with city they travel to newcastle both sides looking to bounce back after disappointing defeats at the weekend. yeah well although you know the clubs like ourselves you know. the big clubs come along and you've got to get itself up and ready for. looking forward to tomorrow you know it's the off the back of a disappointing result fancy there be more might be fired up for as we are after game be more livable so. i think you could go well players from the russian premier league are still enjoying their winter break at the moment so it is an opportunity to look back at the pick of their gold from twenty eleven where they met but we're going to go along.

i. i i. i. i. i i i. i. i. i. i i. feel. like. some crackers there including a couple from cabana who are currently managed by former chelsea star. he called

them promoted to russia's top flight and earlier in the season he spoke with constantine patel path done you left chelsea three years before i bought the club do you feel any regret that you weren't there when salaries went sky high and the blues finally won the league. yeah i think it was about time for me to leave the club but i didn't know at the time that a bit of which was going to come and also. in this time i was not in the good relationship with the coach who was relieved and i had to leave but i was sorry for sure because after two years i left chelsea won the championship you spearheaded team which played in the champions league so why did you decide to make a move to combine a team which has been just relegated the owner of the club and the governor to the region. especially in a manner for me three times in my house on the street to come here i think that was

fantastic season and then the club i was working i was sure it is going in the wrong direction because they finish the money and in this moment disklabel need to disappear from for good and i think i did the right thing to move in the right time before they come to bonn and they had five coaches in on a year and i was due to be scared about the situation but they said they want to change something and leave even though in the last three games in the road and there was the pressure a little bit last year i know that the owner of the club said. that risk want to be the new york fed was sort of the bomb and shield asked me do you think that the world cup or twenty teams can change something in this i'm sure i'm kind of percent sure after the world cup russia will be much better not just in the national team but also in the club competition and they will learn a lot from this and it's good for the country because it'll be a new stadium of snow airports new streets new hotels i think it's fantastic for

russia the world cup will be here and i wish after the world cup i'll be russia because that will be the time to be here. manager done professionally speaking there with constantine to top off in the season now revenues russia have reached the finals of the under twenty world ice hockey championships beating heist canada six five an hour. real thrill in calgary the russians have been six one up from you but the host then stormed back with a full goal within five minutes in the final period to set up a really tense finale however russia did manage to hold out on the defending champions when i face sweden in the final they came down to beat finland three in a shootout. i went to the tennis courts where defending champion or two federer has brushed aside two thousand and ten when it. to move into the second round at the cats. also beat the russian in last year's final an early clash between the two of them proving lopsided says are able to bring in said to me twenty two minutes

taking six to jank i was unable to regain his composure for start there with federer taking the match sixty six taking in just under an hour or so to squeeze continues his run for four. elsewhere p.h.p. he was among those watching six the. genius the russian getting. the landry all seven man one. set seven five but a lot of them began the resilience which. bordered the twenty eight year old making its with turn around in the second set to close out a five seven six four six two when. i. was rafael nadal is staying on track to become the first danny that it would have been the top seed that paid to be heading for an easy victory after winning the set against pretty kohlschreiber that was the second in the dow the tempo when the

two eventually grind out three set win in just over two and a ha. i. have suffered death firstly defeat in russian basketball for over fourteen months but it was by the narrowest of margins to. hoped for so i could see korea getting a sixty eight points to sixty seven victory in the league it seemed like business as usual for him key at first as they rolled to a fifteen point lead after the first quarter of the tally food scene leading the charge to be too high sixteen points but the men from some are kept chipping away at the deficit thanks largely to brian rush knocking a game high seventy haymaking led by four tough times couldn't hold off a surge from the visitors the sides back back in full in the final quarter but missed korea sixty eight sixty seven wins. while the memphis

grizzlies rediscovered their rule. following a thirty point loss to chicago on sunday right through to get a twenty three points to help the side put away the sacramento kings and sam young another solid contributor to the home team's efforts adding twenty points off the bench that steel and making the school's ice in five six three four grizzlies dominating under thirty nine hundred six the final school as the kings have now lost several out of their last five after winning the season. so we've got time for for the moment the weather is coming up next here on out. world. technology innovation hall believes developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

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on the air and online twenty four hours a day you're watching on t.v. . the u.s. says its warships will continue their missions in the persian gulf in response to iran's warning to keep the aircraft carriers one of the away from its waters but tensions rose as the u.s.s. john stennis passed through an area where iran that was holding ten days of naval wargames in the job began their realm threatened to block a key oil supply route if new u.s. sanctions hit its exports but later back the drill also saw a number tested which were some of the range of the russian military says iran cannot produce intercontinental ballistic missiles iran is under increasing pressure from western countries which believe it might be developing a nuclear weapon asia times correspondent. says the new sanctions adopted by the us over the to.