live from the center here in central. syria rebel groups are calling for a no fly zone with moscow stressing it would only make matters worse that's is the presentation of a plan created by the west for a syria with. court rules the army is not guilty of killing american activist rachel corrie run over by a military bulldozer in two thousand and three with her parents calling it a sad day for human rights. and britons cracking down on illegal immigration after authorities were left red faced by the disappearance of some one hundred fifty thousand people living without permission in the u.k. the home secretary is trying to put

a stop to sham marriages and other false benefit claims. while next to an author and scholar at a major washington think tank living exposes the pitfalls of the american electoral system and barack obama's for. in the white house. we're sitting down with an author professor of philosophy and currently a senior scholar at the institute for policy studies injure a 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 past. they dashed at the expectations of virtually every constituency that supported him because really in vision and the 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 by now he pledged to withdraw 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 expand a little bit on afghanistan you argue that ghana standing particular certain to 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's going to have 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 was parked 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 bye bye bye bye in law for 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 to the eruption of the war remains real hasn't it 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 and 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 on balance being. given up 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 heart 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 has the steward of the empire can't say that and so he also said well i gradually gradually to get out 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 and a cozy relationship between corporations and politicians of a limited contributions to political campaigns which many 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 work the way that they used to be in terms of policy making what in terms of policy making probably not. least with this administration so far but there was a backlash the took 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 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 what actually is 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 horse race studied established effectively do you think americans. have that much of a choice when electing

a president it's sort of like. coke and pepsi and the level of integrity is there and 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 like an advertising it's become 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 a 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 two very 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 if that ever happened and they don't have their candidate. really we have a very profound disconnect between what people want in any recognized meaningful and recognizable sense of the term and what the political process offers in the way of all of alternatives by the way that the party system

has evolved especially in recent years that makes it. 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 living ok thank you.

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dot com. top stories this hour doughty is fighting rages in syria rebel groups are calling for a no fly zone with moscow stressing it would. only make matters worse that's as berlin hosts the presentation of a plan created by the west for syria with. an israeli court rules the army is not guilty of killing american activist rachel corrie run over by a military bulldozer in two thousand and three with her parents calling it a day for human rights. and britons cracking down on illegal immigration after authorities were left red faced by the disappearance of some one hundred fifty thousand people living without permission in the u.k. for trying to put a stop to sham marriages and false benefit claims. with the news team with more on those stories for in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime sport is next with paul.

thank you very much but welcome along with to the world of sport here is what is coming up. hungry for success summary of a eases 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 after a starter in stuttgart to deny moscow are looking to come from to nail down to beat the bundesliga side on aggregate and look at placing euro police first round proper . chops away russia proves its dominance once again as moscow highspeed fall to you world helicopter championships. but first let's start with the hard courts of flushing meadows where day two of the u.s. open tennis is underway with several first round matches currently taking place in

the men's singles world number two and reigning champion novak djokovic starts the defense of his title against power and see that it's only a little later on american a twenty eight c. . patrick ryan williams the sixth seed comes to the czech republic is currently taking on belgium. you can see the czech took the first set seven five to one up in the second. in the women's half of the drawled russia's new no particular one has just been blown away by an in-form second see progress going to advance the opponent six one six one the dominant school and later russian ridicule and killed by south african should she puts on a limb pick champion serena williams takes on competitor at coco van the way. well elsewhere in the first round on monday maria sharapova eased into round two as she seeks a second u.s. open crown the russian disposing of hungary and melinda sink in 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 the results showed that she was not sure after the hitting five aces in a dominant six two six two victory taking just over an hour to wrap up the way in. montreal are just supposed to play in practice there. are. some. probably rustam. texts and i think it's just you. now moving to football and eight is a do or die for the number moscow is the russian a premier league side that currie taking on stood guard in the second leg of the europa league third qualifying round goalless at half time of the can make the

stadium in the moscow region because men lost the first leg to kneel in germany after veda the base of the bosnian scored twice a week ago. meanwhile russia. goalkeeper fascist lead modifier has decided to retire from international football in order to bring up his children the thirty three year old saying he wants 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 kept twenty eight times since making his debut in two thousand. dollars russia's u.a.e. twenty twelve campaign a disappointing campaign but was dropped for fabio capello's first friendly game in charge against the ivory coast. elsewhere the goals followed in monday's sold russian premier league clash a six two school line in favor of cuba as they crowded our side condemned vulgar to

their fifth straight defeat the game. marking your second match in charge of the russian bt manager so his side a bounce back after last weekend's two one loss. with three nil up before the end of the first half we have a bell day with the last of which a minute from the break marcos but sally would continue the rout notching his second of the clash moments into the second period that seemed to a vulgar are with the news mean after all alpha letting their first fifty three minutes in it was a penalty of their off the cool customer converting they would add another later on but to further strikes from the home side including a second would put the result beyond doubt six to the final school i'm applying to the top half of the table volga meanwhile except for a difficult season. now staying with football in lucca moderate 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 croatia playmaker saying and i quote it is happy 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 moderate to ride to spurs in two thousand and eight from dinamo zagreb making over one hundred fifty appearances for the north london side scoring a seventeen goals tottenham also announcing on the day that they are entering into a working partnership with ray i'll. now engulfed the biannual ryder cup is looming large next month europe captain jose maria olazabal naming his wild card picks for the transatlantic clash nicholas called certain ian poulter impressing enough to be selected meaning big names such as two time british open winner patrick harrington missed 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 it. now in boxing nonito donaire is looking to follow in the footsteps of filipino manny pacquiao by securing the honorary w.b.c. diamond belt the r.b.f. and w b o super bantamweight champion also putting both of those belts on the line against japanese to a new yorker on oct 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 to some sad news from the world of athletics javelin throw has gone fatally wrong at a youth competition in germany a judge was killed after being hit in the throat at the vilhelm games seventy four

year old details throughout becoming victim of the stray projectile in front of some eight hundred spectators he was taken to dust hauled 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 fourteenth world helicopter championships have hit russia some of the world's best pilots did battle this weekend with the host nation proving their dominance for a ninth consecutive year as nikolai child reports. 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 so if you want to

see good flying this is a good place to keep. using ten sorts of helicopters over five days of competition the pilots take part in five different events navigation precision fender riggin slalom and freestyle for the ninth year 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 war even more spectacular for example helicopter racing is not yet officially included in the compound three program of the world championships it was in then in russia with the aim to create more interesting events. meanwhile freestyle is considered as a separate trophy where pilots perform 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 though she is sacred she

was and helped ensure britain finished behind russia on the podium with germany but in this case the taking part was as important as the result is famous. family. although it seems now each other. out of the family. the pilot. is a big happy family so our kitching tournament to speak to it is we're also treated to a spectacular phenolic military helicopter is made to guest appearance to beat farewell to know the year's competition hosting the world championships is not only an honor for the russian organizers what's also a testament that the sport which originated from this country has still quite a lot of things to offer for the world of aviation. moscow region. all from the world of sports now i'll be back with plenty more in just under two

hours time here on r.t. including news of how do now moscow get on against a. qualifying round second like carney no mail. on the us in sport in two hours time here and i mean that. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom are welcome to the big picture. sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything mission to teach creation or why it should care about humans

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