corporation today. thanks for joining us here on our just in time for the headlines as fighting rages on in syria rebel groups are calling for a no fly zone. that will only make matters worse. the presentation of a plan created by the west for syria without. cracking down on illegal immigration authorities were left red faced by the disappearance of some one hundred fifty thousand people without permission in the u.k. the home secretary is trying to put a stop to show and other forms of benefit claims.

egypt is taking a step towards the east as the country's new president travels to china to seek economic assistance mohamed morsi will also be the first egyptian leader to visit iran in over three decades. by next year and speak to a scholar at a major washington think tank. he exposes the pitfalls of the american electoral system. four years in the white house. we're sitting down with an author a professor of philosophy and currently a senior scholar at the institute for policy studies and you're living thank you very much for joining me you contributed to a book it's titled hopeless barack obama and the politics of illusion what was the illusion in your opinion and how did it get hopeless well obama of course

campaigned on the idea of hope and the possibility of change but he was skillful in turning himself into something like a rorschach figure which anyone could see whatever they wanted to see the changes were not certainly ruptures with the paris review. and they dashed at the expectations of virtually every constituency that supported him because they envisioned. transformations of american domestic and foreign policy that were far more far reaching than what obama actually even attempted let alone achieved as far as foreign policy you're writing that president obama's wars could come back to bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his buy now he pledged to was draw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing

in what way could they bite him well they could all fall apart. if the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george bush faced in his final years was not to lose face i'd like you to expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that ghana stand in particular certainly into a face saving operation for the president how is he handling that. well to the extent that he can develop a consensus in the political class in the united states to get out as soon as possible which seems to be happening not particularly through his own initiatives he will get out but unless that develops he is going to happen is going to have to be a continued presence there of some sort which is going to continue to wreak murder and mayhem and not to achieve any of the official objectives that the united states put forward in entering into that conflict in the first place if that explodes then

obama will look bad because the united states will look weak and it will look it will look defeated and that will and that's not a recipe for success for someone who is marked on an electoral campaign aside from the wars already on the u.s. plate you wrote that by far the biggest bullet for president obama to dodge is a war against iran do you think it might actually happen i mean expert even in the was governments a crazy idea. well it looks now like obama has dodged that bullet at least until november by basically by by by buying off israel with our arms what do you think about the president's approach with regards to iran when he's trying to cater to to everybody in a way to the israelis by saying that he would be ready to go to war and to everybody else by saying that he actually doesn't like the drums of war and there's still a chance for diplomacy to work i think the result is that although he maybe have

succeeded in avoiding the war between now and the election and maybe even afterwards one could hope the rationale for the war remains intact and so so the danger that some events could transpire which would lead to. which would reignite the danger and maybe even lead to what to look at the direction of the war remains real and obama hasn't effectively addressed that issue i think this is an instance of a general problem with obama's presidency and it's partly why it's very hard for anyone any of obama's supporters to come up with any reason for. it for supporting him especially for supporting him enthusiastically in the upcoming election other than that the alternative is so much worse. because whatever he's accomplished that could not on balance be. given up but

a plus it's always in cumbered by negatives that are very nearly cancel cancel out the benefits the contenders for the republican nomination they have a pretty scary rhetoric when it comes to foreign affairs everyone minus ron paul they don't seem to have words political solution in there with capillary right and yet you called president obama the most hawkish of the lot why well who's the most hawkish of the lot with. respect to some issues there not with respect to to all issues his position on afghanistan. is at least momentarily probably more hawkish than that of mitt romney they they. they have all of them said that now is the time to get out and obama as the steward of the empire can't say that and so he also well i gradually gradually to get out

gradual to get. but that's different from getting out now which was what even though gingrich search on a different note related to domestic politics i want to ask you about the occupy wall street movement and where you think it's heading these people took to the streets to protest the culture of revolving doors in washington the cozy relationship between corporations and politicians of all limited contributions to political campaigns which we see as legalized corruption do you think their voices were heard. in a general differently diffuse cultural sense i don't think. that. wall street banks to us are cultural heroes anymore the way that they were the way that they used to be in terms of policy making what in terms of policy making

probably not. what this administration so far but there was a backlash the talk create a forum and that went to a kind of awakening kind of consciousness raising and where that goes now as the spring is coming and a new forms of struggle are likely to emerge and how that will interact with the political campaign which he has to respond to which i mean fortunately the union address for example he would say that you know there is a need to keep the last reading chair that it needs to be better regulated so you don't say all those words he can even say that and then he can go right out and not keep wall street and soon americans will face a choice between mitt romney most possibly and barack obama candidates from two parties democrat and republican you wrote that romney's and i quote here awfulness will win the election for the democrats i want to ask you about the two party

system and the two horse race that established effectively do you think american. have that much of a choice when electing a president it's sort of like. coke and pepsi and the level of integrity is out of we exist in the places where those things are manufactured and marketed at the level of underlying political vision or underlying political orientation there isn't that much difference and romney would probably be perfectly happy doing what obama does we have a media which is so thoroughly controlled and all the institutions that manufacture opinion are so pervasive and our electoral system has become basically if i can advertising it's become a sales promotions there are brands and there are people trying to sell different products one of two products. and it's. a pressure

that's not all it's not so much the pressure that's hard to resist it's a pressure that most people or most people aren't even aware that there is an alternative and can't be measured but i wanted to ask is there a chance for third product to somehow get into this well historically that only seems to happen to some small extent when the third party product is backed by a huge amount of money when ross perot was running for president and. the greens can't do that and they're not going to have one thousand nine hundred to three that was in one thousand nine hundred ninety two you know you know according to. one of the latest gallup polls a record number of americans forty percent of americans identify themselves as independents that ever happened and they don't have their candidate. effectively we have a very profound disconnect between what people want to in any

recognize a meaningful and recognizable sense of the term and what the political process offers in the way of form of alternatives by the way that the party system has evolved especially in recent years that makes it it's at and by it. indefensible jurisprudence which has made it increasingly possible for. corporations and for very rich people effectively to control the political process and under those circumstances it doesn't matter that much what people want or even that much how involved people are thank you very much thank you dr levin ok thank you.

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the headlines on. fighting rages in syria rebel groups are calling for a no fly zone. only make matters worse. the hosts the presentation of a plan created by the west for syria. down on illegal immigration authorities were left red faced by the disappearance of somewhat one hundred fifty thousand people living with in the u.k. the home secretary is trying to put a stop to show. other forms of false claims. egypt is taking a step towards the east as the country's new president travels to china to seek massive economic assistance mohamed morsi will be the first egyptian leader to

visit iran in three decades. by let's get some action here and now it's time to pull the sports. thank you very much for and welcome along to the sports headlines here is what we've got for you. hungry for success summary a shop of easy is into the second round of the u.s. open tennis with a comfortable straight sets win over hungary and melinda sink in new york. odds against a starter in stuttgart stood on the moscow have it all to do in the russian capital if that's overtime the two know all deficits and reach the first round proper of the europa league. chops away russia proves its dominance once again as moscow hosts the fourteenth world helicopter championships. but let's

start with the hard courts of flushing meadows where day two of the u.s. open tennis gets underway on tuesday with several first round match is taking place in the men's singles world number two one reigning champion novak djokovic starts the defense of his title against paolo n.c. of italy american twenty eighth seed andy roddick place compassionate ryan williams while sixth seed thomas verdict of the czech republic will take on belgium is driving off it. on the women's side of the draw russia's new faces a tough test against second say that nascar were the brunt of poland but compared to america olenka play south african chanel ship is an olympic champion serina williams takes on compadre it took over on the way. well elsewhere in the first round on monday maria sharapova he didn't around two or she seeks a second u.s. open ground the russian disposing of hungary melinda sink in a straight sets the twenty five year old showing little sign of a recent stomach ailment which had led her to undergo an ultrasound to determine if

she was pregnant she wasn't dropping the hated five aces in a dominant six two six two victory taking just over an hour to wrap up the when. you're in montreal interests of the players practice their. next. few days off and hearing. tests are. set. and. probably rest. texts america is just. elsewhere russia and then it's in pieces by goalkeeper vice just like modify of has decided to retire from international football in order to bring up his children the thirty three year old saying he want to spend more time with his family after his wife marina died in a car crash in march last year he remains open to the possibility of returning to the national set up at some stage caps twenty eight times and make. his debut in

two thousand and three played in all of russia. but was dropped from. friendly game in charge against the ivory coast. elsewhere after securing their first win of the domestic season at the weekend to moscow have it all to do with their to reach the first round proper of the europa league later on tuesday they trailed to knowing when his new decides to go out after the first leg in germany last week. and know they have a mountain to climb in the russian capital the russian a premier league the bottom team however gave themselves a timely boost on saturday winning three city rivals welcome ot the game ending their five match losing streak in the top flight you know if they need to continue that rich vein of form in front of goal to reach the group stages of european football secondary competition. we need. the team to play for. the game against the quality of course is totally different

much you know because in europe in the last the first game to you. we cannot afford to lose two worlds like against lokomotiv very easy to stumble but we will try to play football this is richer while still got manager and his side will be striving to hold off and hold on to your advantage like now must be hoping to use european success as a springboard for their domestic campaign the bundesliga outfit lost. on saturday. elsewhere the gold also flowed in monday seoul russian premier league clash six to school i'm in favor of as the president our side condemned volga to their fifth consecutive defeat the game marking your across the jan second match in charge and the russian beating manager so his side bounce back after last weekend's two one loss adeline year. three new up before the end of the first half he would have

a ball day with the last of which a minute from the break marcos would continue the route not you second of the clash moments into the second period that seemed to evolve garage with the new get out the net in their first fifty three minutes in from the penalty spot sharmell daughter of the cool customer they would add another later on but two further strikes from the home side including a second to put the result beyond doubt six the final score keeper and i went to the top of the table. difficult season. staying with football look a moderate chance signed a five year deal with spanish champions real madrid the midfielder completing his transfer from tottenham for a fee of forty seven and a half million dollars the crozier playmaker saying he's and i quote happy honored and proud to join the league of giants who have claimed just a single point from the opening two games this season twenty six year old margaret arrived in two thousand and eight from the numbers are grab making over one hundred

fifty appearances for the north london side scoring seventeen goals also announcing on the day that entering into a working partnership with a way out. now in golf the biannual ride a car presuming large next month europe captain jose maria laughable naming his wild card picks for the transatlantic clash nichols called sultan ian poulter and pressing enough to be selected meaning big names such as two time british open when a project harrington miss out. i know he's a great player i would have loved to have him in the team the same way i would have loved to have paul casey over costs on various things and i mean those great plays but you need to be playing good you know simple as that he. well i think he took it well. and there was a. boxing nonito donaire is looking to follow in the footsteps of fellow filipino manny pacquiao by securing the honorary w.b.c. diamond belt the i.b.s. be a super bantamweight champion also putting both of those belts on the line against

japanese. new yorker on october the thirteenth i've always dreamed of becoming undisputed with the w.b.c. diving bell that dream can be realize as well as in the show christine can be realized of becoming the best so this is an all out war between the show and i now some sad news from the world of athletics and a javelin for has gone fatally wrong at a youth competition in germany a judge was killed after being hit in the throat at the games seventy four year old teacher struck becoming victim of the stray projectile in front of some eight hundred spectators he was taken to dust off university hospital but died shortly afterwards the fifteen year old athlete who threw the javelin is receiving psychological counseling to cope with the tragic accident now finally the fourteen world helicopter championships have hit russia some of the world's best pilots did battle this weekend with the host nation. a dominant straight year

arsenical edge. one hundred kilometers south of moscow teams from eleven countries have come together to prove they were the best pilots on the planet at the renowned a field of jerk you know as it played host to the fourteenth annual world and equipped to championships in front of packed crowds i think it's fantastic that to engage ordinary people to see what helicopters can do and i think they enjoy watching the competition and the standard of flying is excellent if you want to see good flying this is a good place to camp using ten types of helicopters over five days of competition the pilots take part in five different events navigation precision fender riggin and freestyle for the night here running russian pilots with the board in the first four and they're very mean to take helicopters to another level that crashes trying

to make this even more spectacular for example helicopter racing is not had official included in the compound through program of the world championships it was invented in russia with the aim to create more interesting events. meanwhile freestyle is considered as a separate trophy where pilots perform their robotics combined with understands the legendary world freestyle champion quinten smith returned to the competition after an eighteen year break and still shared top honors with a sacred she was and helped ensure britain finished behind russia on the podium with germany third but in this case the taking part was as important as the result is a much. a family. that seems know each other. we know each other we know the family we have a fight it. is a big happy family so after another by catching tournament the spectators were also

treated to a spectacular phenolic as russian military hello. cook has made to get the periods to beat farewell to know the year's competition hosting the world championships is not only an on off for the russian organizes what's also a testament that the sport which originated from this country has still quite a lot of thrills to awful for the world of aviation nicolo and shows. moscow region and that is all for now from the world of sports the wild weather is next here we're not saying. well with. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

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