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rhetoric ahead of the presidential run off saying france could quit the shingles on . the contradictory statements from the israeli leadership on the iranian nuclear issue and showcased how tension around the issue has soared when next turn r.t. we discuss the situation with retired u.s. colonel macgregor. we're sitting down with douglas macgregor a retired army colonel who fought in the gulf war and was referred to by some officials as the best fighter the u.s. army has got mr macgregor thank you very much for joining me good to be here president obama has put forward an ultimatum for iran either make progress with negotiators or face consequences consequences meaning war some say a strike may happen within the next few months in your opinion how realistic is that should we expect the war in summer topical question right now in washington

d.c. i think the answer right at the moment is no president obama is not remotely interested in waging war against iran so let's be clear about that no one at the top of the united states military establishment is interested in waging war against iran and the intelligence community has made it abundantly clear that iran is nowhere near the development of a nuclear warhead or the capacity to deliver one so we had those things up it's very very obvious that at least in the places that count the white house the department of defense there is no interest in waging a war on iran and let me say something that's so great there is a great push from israeli in close quarters of president obama to just back a potential strike and as you said they had ministration says the iranians haven't even decided to build a bomb so all this war talk is based on what it's based really on i think the american israeli public affairs committee and it's a subordinate elements or affiliated elements they represent enormous quantities of

money that over many years have cultivated enormous influence and power in congress and you simply are talking is just to appease the lobbyists well i think you've got a lot of people on the hill who fall into two categories one category that is interested in money and wants to be reelected and they don't want to run the risk of the various lobbies that are that are pushing. military action against iran to contribute money to their opponents colonel macgregor some say these trade leadership sees this summer as that window of opportunity that they don't want to miss for two reasons one iran has very few friends in the wage and syria its closest ally is a mess right now and second presidential elections coming up in the u.s. some say israel is going to use their leverage over president obama and it's going to be very hard for him to say you know what do you think about that window of

opportunity for israel well if you were to launch a strike in the summer this would cause a dramatic downturn in the economy just consider that we had a rumor that supposedly iranian commandos had destroyed a pipeline in saudi arabia other fanciful nonsense and eventually it was denied by remco the saudi arabian oil corporations. but in that short period of time or oil skyrocketed on the market up beyond one hundred fifteen dollars a barrel but the point is just the rumor of action was enough to send the oil through the roof so we had a foretaste there of the dramatic economic consequences for the world if we move ahead and support israel in its desire to strike iran that's why i don't think president obama is remotely interested so they you don't think that the israeli leadership sees this as a window of opportunity though they may but look don't count out the israeli population let's not assume that everyone in israel is anxious to see iran

destroyed i think that's misleading there's more division of opinion in israel than we think so again how long can mr netanyahu and mr barak play this game of the century trying to bully president obama and push him into an action that he would otherwise choose not to take did ministration is basically saying all they need is evidence that iran has acquired a nuclear weapons capability and here's what i want to ask you about this capability issue because it's very vague i mean it means being capable of doing something but not necessarily doing it yes how do you see it was deliberately vague it's deliberately ambiguous so the various people can define it as they like what is a capability to do something in terms of weapons nuclear weapons development well how much in rich geranium are we talking about is it just in rich in uranium does it involve packaging the enriched uranium does it involve a test of some type no one has been very specific and i think that's purposeful

because you could if you're sitting in the white house right now and you're sitting at the cia n.s.a. or in the pentagon you can always say well we said capability we don't see it yet so is the purpose of that to to keep the sway at least in this in vagueness well president obama is preeminent concern is to get reelected. and that's a very dangerous proposition right now for him depending upon what the israelis do if they launch a strike but a say on their own without consulting us independent of us entirely and they do it say late october shortly before the election obama then can say well you know we're obligated we have to help our israeli friends and he looks good if they do it earlier then the consequences could be very profound for him because it would certainly tank our economy we would be in severe difficulty here in the united states this select we have a very needy a will so only an interventionist elite inside washington that operates

independently of the american people that thinks of itself as being morally superior and justified in taking action anywhere against anyone that it deems appropriate that's the problem and the iranians are justifiably concerned about that but they have not reached the point where they can weaponize anything they don't have that capability and we do have the ability to detect that know it and respond to it they know those things what we need to do is move beyond this ridiculous confrontational setting that both of us are trapped in and that's very hard to do in an election year when everyone is pandering to various elements of the electorate for money and votes colonel let's say world powers p five plus one negotiate something but the results don't satisfy as well and the west and they do go to war in summer as some predict what kind of immediate backlash should they

expect iran struck a chord is subversion. the ability to subvert so that we tally ation would be in the form of terrorism it would be in the form of what i would call asymmetric attacks in other words high payoff low investment in other words use what you can beyond your borders in populations friendly to you to attack the other person's interests now we shouldn't underestimate how much damage that could involve and remember we know the difference since hizbollah as well as other as iranian elements are here in the united states so we know that we would sustain losses here at home there would be damage here in the united states how many bombs would you have to explode in public malls to do enough damage to awaken everybody to what's going on my point is you know those are the kinds of things that i would expect but a direct military confrontation would be a losing proposition for them they might be able to inflict damage on our forces

and our naval forces but not on the scale that would make any difference to the outcome they they would sustain enormous damage and enormous losses what about long term the fact some say even if your way is haven't decided to build a bomb they sure will if attacked well i was something more important that we talk about what they will do if they are attacked i think we should look at the rest of the world what will the rest of the world do if israel attacks iran remember this is an unprovoked assault. did the israelis can claim otherwise and insist otherwise and paint this picture of enormous danger represented to israel but the truth is no one buys that my view has always been that if you do this if israel does this that iran will very definitely have nuclear weapons they won't have to build them they'll get them people will provide those to them they will have more help than they know what to do with any iran will grow more hostile and more bitter and more angry and more dangerous than it has ever been i want to ask you about syria the

obama administration has kind of ruled out a military intervention saying it's too complicated what in your opinion. keeps the u.s. from attacking syria there are several things first of all there is a quiet recognition behind closed doors that if assad is removed however much people do not like hoffa's or assad that the government that succeeds him will be a radical islamist sunni muslim government hostile to israel hostile to the west hostile to shia islam in other words. not a good development from the standpoint of the united states or europe. so i think that's understood secondly there's an understanding that syria actually has despite the fact it's much smaller than iran what twenty to twenty three million people i think very good armed forces it does have an integrated air defense structure that

would take some time to dismantle but its ground forces are actually very good and it's of the arab forces i would describe the syrians is probably being among the best if not the best best disciplined best officer what would be the main argument that you would suggest for the u.s. not to attack iran right now we see iran through one lens in one way we see this as a unchanging theocracy that is very of the american anti western incurable if you will another words it's fatally stricken with this theocratic disease of religious fanaticism i don't i think it will change and i think if we can back away from this iran will evolve differently over the next ten years and we don't have to have this hostile relationship or confrontation that would be i mean are you that's one of my organs see another was don't look at you want to change for the better you look at the future look at what is driving iran what is what is iran's principal interest internal modernization economic

development what do its people want israel to focus of everyone's hatred in iran absolutely not most iranians could care less about it in fact most iranians are not very friendly towards arabs so the bottom line is why are we doing what we're doing we're looking at things as though they will not change my point is that nixon had the foresight to understand china was at the beginning of a long period of change my point is that we're going to discover in the next few years that iran too is at the beginning of a long period of change thank you very much thank you. we will go into the future to talk about one mean cleaning machine from university labs to the outer reaches of the stratosphere the russians are going to find eco

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thanks for watching the spall good to have you company and these are the headlines heroes come home k.c.l. champions dynamic touchdown in moscow with the gar in the cup after an amazing comeback against. schweinsteiger kicks by and into the champions league final after a dramatic penalty shootout win the dritte and ruining the way russian cash and european expertise have become a new force on the high seas. the first garren cup win it's now moscow have received a jubilant homecoming after claiming the k h l title hundreds of fans turned out to greet them after their triumph over god in siberia their plane touched down at the nuke the airport just hours after that one the deciding the title decider one day old to claim the best of seven contests four games to three it's the first time in

the competition for your history to have won the gaar and caught an improbable victory today which saw them come back from three one down in the series the number four during the school once in this series was playing into the air by fans and he also revealed a picture drawn by his young daughter had inspired them to victory. in a charity and a lot of friends gave us great support but the most important came from my girls my princess when we were losing that series to do was one of them for me to speak it was with me for the rest of the series i showed it to my teammates and told them the most important thing is about our families believe in us and tara think it's possible. obviously a lucky charm or just hours before the team had lined up in arms for a winner takes all clash on guard fans packed their team's arena but despite that numbering the blue and white support is very little could separate the sides and it wasn't until the final period so. many before the fall that the nominee grabbed the

win and just a clear peace between goalkeeper kathy it and i was seven minutes before the final buzzer. that best to find an equalizer i'm a place a cake with an extra man for a final fry of the dice but they couldn't find a way through and the nama was crying champions. you're getting cup it's unbelievable feeling at the elbow to say it's the toughest rabbit. with all season the best so. there's to most of the below you're the most important to go for it there's not that much. gave me really get there by myself first shot wasn't good but. no matter what i'm on the get up internet. i mean it rionda trade on penalties at the been a back to set up a champions league final with chelsea the german side held a two one advantage from the first leg but that was likely to end in the first

fifteen minutes in madrid christiana when out of scoring from the spot early on the fullbright being another to put reality in the driving seat but by half time this time i was again went out and robin scored a penalty himself to make it three three and i got it and that is highly stay so penalties were needed and when she lost. sebastian schweinsteiger converted to put vine in the final which will be played at that allianz arena against chelsea. white . against his former club. and i wouldn't say the drama today was at the highest levels but that's what makes football interesting there are wonderful players goals tension to the very end extra time penalty shoot outs you know throughout my career i've seen many games but when i think about the fact that we can play a final in our own stadium this is something to go absolutely crazy about it's such a great objective that we have achieved and this will be something unique.

of course i want to but with a lot of respect for the reds. i just want to. see was there were heroes yes to the. heroes that. some people that they sing they're the monsters of the game. chelsea the same way they criticize two years ago but. me martin ited is the europa league which takes center stage and there will be at least one spanish team who will make the final letter came with great travel to see it with a healthy four to advantage from the first leg in the spanish capital away goal from join us and ricardo costa have given valencia some hope twenty ten winners are looking to reach their second finally in three seasons and camera lie on the gulf of striker falcao i was twenty seven goals in twenty seven matches.

obviously we need to win and by two goals we have to take into account the potential. we need to take into account the abilities of both the team as a whole and the individuals or well for there to be an all spanish final athletic bilbao will have to overturn a two one deficit from their first leg with sporting lisbon the portuguese side welcome back my ties fernandez for a two game ban but we missing fabien we do know we do and alberto rodriguez three when three although at this stage sporting are the favorites to make the final in bucharest. boxing now where floyd mayweather is moving up in me moving up in weight for the first time in five years to try and playing. w.b. a simple light middleweight title in last. may well there's a last bag before he has to ninety days in jail for domestic violence and the thirty five year old is under faded in forty counties but faces

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a simple boat lately to sail together as one under the european flag events of course as more. emirates new zealand a lengthy switzerland stars and stripes one does not need to dig too deep to see which part of the world got to celebrate their boat success of the americas cup and other competitions but a whole continent of sailing fans have had a reason to join together and celebrations lately they watched as the estimate europa boat crossed the finish line first and numerous competitions while representing the entire european union the team is really an all star crew of renowned sailors skipper by two time america's cup in three time olympic champion villains schuman and supported by the world's largest natural gas extract and gas for. nothing short of high tech brilliance would do for such a cast of characters with a boat fittingly being considered the fastest supermax the model haul in the world the twenty four international crew members have seemingly been able to get every

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a goal for the future for you as you know our skipper your can sure man has won the event twice but never the less the answer. it's europa project is getting ready for everything with the america's cup of all of ocean race. over a possible european cup race seventy on the project's founder now hopes he can bring about smoother sailing when it comes to cooperation in other areas the super bowl aiming to make waves on the continent by promoting superior business and diplomatic unity vonzell gorski r t. nothing pictures tell you so that's a little for the i'm back a little later on with.

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