we don't have to be terribly skeptical 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 absolutely 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 no fly zone of 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 so much little or nothing as libya is a different situation altogether stakes are much higher the risk is much greater the dangers are much greater because intervention in syria how do you describe that whether you're talking about a buffer zone or you talk 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

this replacement by. government will be formed presumably from the exiles from that agitate against of the prison would take take over in your book the unmaking of the middle east you chronicle the lawn and lead a 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 military invasion for syria is in the past right or not yet of course is still a possibility of course as to the possibly put the body rather because it's so risky for intervention would be service be 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 is national transitional council or iraqi national congress rockey 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 government tripoli jump ship what they got too hot 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 for although they said we can't part say the syrian national council is largely composed of all the mixture of people who have the roots who are inside syria but the dominant i think by exiles. 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 know what kind of clout what kind of hold of these people have inside syria also not much. you know so there are similarities between these councils and of course you know that the transitional national council well national transitional council in libya. recognize the syrian national council as the 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 are counting on 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 are very very dangerous situation in syria which could have exploded into a very very nasty. probably breakdown inside the country it could lead to regional

war. in this context let's see if this you give me a few months and see how the process works for us does have. a base of support so. i don't think you could say that the party would be doomed the moment they call for elections that could do well what do you think human rights watch dog stand for media neglect the damage done done by militant groups in syria it's somewhat of a mystery to me it's a mystery and the city has made some pretty. provocative claims 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 it's a claim made on the basis of unnamed people. and similar claims have been made by other human rights organizations human rights watch the. u.n. human rights council it's committee is all one way is all about what the government

is doing and making very very extreme claims the government response for the death of two hundred fifty six children for example. far four thousand five thousand died when there's no desegregation which is what the critical reader would want you know you see these they get where they're coming from there's anyone know how many people have been killed in syria so far in its report. the human rights council report said four thousand but there was no explanation of africa where they are now a few days later navicular the un human rights commission pieces of this security council is that five thousand. and could 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 use 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 turkey 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 of got up and running and i think the calculated it's only a question of time before the syrian government goes and therefore i think it want to put it to be it want to be riding a wave ok put itself 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 so to make decisions but the fact is that. syria is as i would just said. this is not really a. if anyone if each of us like across the board has to cause an 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 in istanbul 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 the lebanese government stomach by his blog has also been 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 if if if if he doesn't somehow manage to ride this out. well. you know.

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. nexus the latest sports with enter from. hello there welcome to the sport and these are the headlines three uneasy managed to city beat liverpool perineal to race clear at the top of being leashed premier league. while title rivals manchester united have the chance to get level with a trip to newcastle. and basketball kings him off on the weekend after a fourteen month winning streak in russia's top flight. but first russia have reached the finals of the under twenty world ice hockey championship speaking hosts canada six five and a real thriller in calgary the russians had been six one up after a hard turn from you can you please not itself but the house then stormed back with four goals in five minutes in the final period to set up

a really tense finale however russia managed to hold on i'm defending champions will now face sweden in the final after they came from downing to beat finland three two in a shootout. well on to the football where manchester city have beaten liverpool three nil to go three points clear at the top of the english premier league city lost to sunderland just forty eight hours before this game but put that disappointment behind them with goals from sergio where ya touré on the james milner penalty the only blip the sending off of sitting midfielder gareth barry in the seventy minute liverpool were playing without striker luis suarez after deciding not to appeal against his eight match ban for racially abusing manchester united's patrice evra elsewhere spurs the third six points behind city after their one now when i have a west brom and sunderland continue to impress under new manager martin o'neill with a four one victory over struggling wigan but it is city they were leading the way.

we were very lucky that the game tonight that in that all three four we had some problem in this it on doubt we did a good performance a most assuredly schoolboy reflects a really good way though obviously it's. the same with this afterward and. i think the lesson that we've led from today's. we do it for no clinical we're going to suffer. there's a lot of things out today that really we can correct well to not have it in take on bolton amongst united have the chance to get back on level terms with sitting there trying to newcastle both sides looking to banks back after a disappointing defeat at the weekend. here with all that you know the clubs like

ourselves you know. the big clubs come along and you've got to get yourself up and ready for and we're looking forward to tomorrow night and i said of the back of a disappointing result fancy there be more might be fired up for as we are after game being more livable so i think you could go well played from the russian premier league is still enjoying their winter break at the moment so it is an opportunity to look back at the pick of their goals from twenty eleven with a net bulging.

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i. i am. some crack is there including a couple from cabana who are currently managed by former chelsea star to tresco he got them promoted to russia's top flight and earlier in the season he spoke with artie's consenting to top off don you left chelsea three years before i'm on about the club do you feel any regret that you weren't there when salaries went sky high and the blues finally or 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 really them i had to leave but i was sorry for sure because after two years i left chelsea won the championship you spearheaded the only 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 out of the region come specially in a manner for me three times in my house on the street a computer i think that was going to cities and in the club i was working. i was sure it is going in the wrong direction because they finish the money and in this moment this club need to disappear from football and i think i did the right thing to move in the right time before they come to bottom they had five coaches in on year and i was going 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. but it's going to be the new role for the sort of the body and he'll trust me do you think that the world playing twenty teams can change something in this i'm sure i'm kind of percent sure after the world cup that i shall be much better not just in the national team what also in the club competition and they will love my lot from this and it's good for the country because there will be new stadiums new airports new streets new hotels i think it's fantastic for russia that 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 and i was about manager down pressing speaking with artist constantine patel for of in the season let's switch to tennis in the castle open my defending champion roger federer has brushed aside twenty ten win in a kind of a. it's reached the second round the swiss maestro also beat the russian in last

year's final missing period again this time around federer able to breeze through the getting set in a mia twenty two minutes taking it sixty seven genco was unable to regain his composure after that poor start with federate taking the first round match sixty six two in just under an hour this was saying to win the capital title for the fourth time distance elsewhere yes to coach poland a lot he was among those watching six the. junior the russian getting a comeback win over phillip overland three also in round one the tally won the open set seven five but all of them began to show the resilience which earned him a two page motion of the year award the twenty eight year old making a swift turnaround in the second set to close out a five seven six four six two when. while rafael nadal is staying on track to become the first spaniard ever to win the katter open the top seed appeared to be heading for an easy first round victory after winning the eight

being set against felipe call schreiber the german veteran however was able to take the second thing down the tempo in the third to eventually grind out three set win in just over two and a half hours. i am we will end with basketball where him ki have suffered their thirst league defeat in fourteen months in russia's top flight but it was by the narrowest of margins top four so i could see clearly getting a sixty eight points to sixty seven victory in the big league seemed like business as usual for him he at first his day ruled to a fifteen point lead after the first quarter to tally for his then leading the charge of getting high sixteen points but the men from south america kept chipping away at the deficit thanks largely to brian rush not to me again high seventy pinky led by four at half time but couldn't hold off a surge from the visitors the size went back and forth in the final pool to be. was korea to emerge sixty eight sixty seven when you. while the memphis grizzlies

rediscovered their role i really n.b.a. following a thirty point loss against chicago on sunday really gave north you twenty three points to help you so i put away the sacramento kings hat how you sam young another thought a contributor to the home team exasperates adding twenty points off the bench that steal lie and lay out making the school a two five six to four hundred degrees and i can dominate seeing one hundred thirteen ninety six the final school of texas the kings have now lost four out of their last five after winning the series and i know. that's all we've got time for with the weather coming up next.

the us see wrongs demand not to bring its aircraft carrier back to the persian gulf while the standoff sparks fears of a looming military disaster also. its foreign policy is varied still from the other candidates but republicans also. within the general. antiwar advocate wrong paul comes third in the first caucus to pick a republican presidential nominee with his views being blamed for failing to win over party members. meanwhile the popularity of democratic president barack obama appears to be dwindling even among hard core supporters. was written to gang culture why london's youth say they have nowhere to turn but the

streets. is three pm here in moscow this is coming to you live on need to know with our top story this hour the u.s. says its warships will continue their missions in the persian gulf in response to iran's warning to keep aircraft carriers well away from its borders tensions rose as the u.s.s. john stennis passed through an area where a wrong was holding ten days of naval war games when the drill began the wrong threaten to block a key oil supply route if new u.s. sanctions hit its exports but later back down the drill also saw a number of missiles tested which were said to be long range though the russian military says iran cannot produce intercontinental ballistic missiles iran is under increasing pressure from western countries.