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as a country destroys any notion it's been politically isolated by the us with a massive international something. the all of the wealthy. in bad times by london based tycoon. need to cut a little slice of his multi-billion dollar fortune. and the republicans freshly nominated presidential candidate mitt romney promises a hard line stance against russia faces criticism for flip flopping on previous posts. on the upcoming u.s. presidential election and the troubles with america's political system as we talk to author andrew living. we're sitting down with an author professor of philosophy and currently a senior scholar at the institute for policy studies andrew levine thank you very

much for joining back you thought of writing when 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. 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 by now he pledged to was draw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what peter 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 argued against any particular surname to the 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 to it will look defeated in that and that's not a recipe for success for someone who has worked 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 experts even in the was government say so crazy idea. well it looks now like obama has dodged that bullet at least until november by basically buy buy buy buy in lawful 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 may be 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 the past so the danger that some that events could transpire which would lead to. which would reignite the danger and maybe even lead to to let the eruption 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

before 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 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 he'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 said well i gradually only gradually to get out there as a graduate to get. but that's different from getting out now which was what even though gingrich served 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 a limited contributions to political campaigns which may be seen as legalized corruption do you think their voices were heard. in the general

differently diffuse cultural sense i don't think the. 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. 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 the 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 his leader of the union address for example he would say that you know there is a need to keep the last reading that it needs to be better regulated so you don't say all those words you can so you can 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 will 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 he'd 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 entire doubt of the 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 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 in one thousand nine hundred two very that was in one thousand nine hundred ninety two 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 right 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 war of alternatives by the way that the party system has evolved especially in recent years that makes it it and by its. indefensible jurisprudence which has made it increasingly possible for. corporations and for very rich people affective way to control the political process and under those circumstances that doesn't matter that much what people want or even that much how involved people are thank you very much thank you dr

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the week's top stories here on our turkey's stab at military intervention in syria gets the cold shoulder with a new u.n. peace envoy arguing any such interference would make it impossible. because of support for iran's peaceful nuclear program as a country destroys any notion it's been politically isolated by the u.s. with its hosting of the math of international something. the wall build wealth.

as if that's what would be the bag legal attempts by london based when bar is to convert a slice of its multi-billion dollar fortune. and to the republicans freshly nominated presidential candidate mitt romney promised to the hard line stance against russia faces criticism for flip flopping on previous policy. and now it's time for the latest sports news a stay with us. hello and welcome to the sports headlines. fighting for new so it makes it to into as tesco when one thousand dollars to go within a point of talks fall to the russian premier league. spots in the dog. while much paul robin van persie misses a penalty but nets

a hat trick as manchester united come back to snatch a last gasp three two win in a true. i'm stalking jenson button wins a crush belgian grand prix from pole to clinch the fourteenth victory of his career . but first a football and cisco have overcome their shock midweek europa league exits to bounce back and win one their like thousand to keep up the pressure on the top two in the russian premier league on the out teenage wing the ultimate muso scored his second really go. in as many games i'm sure they need sits beside state but moved to within a point of the meet and russia defender of a city but as its key was a provider for this one the all the men have now won their last full matches to stay within touching distance of top spot. while there is more misery for robots and deny moscow as down to trust you side threw away one goal lead to music again two one in stoppage time and his form side to phone number went ahead to see a christian about this point strike right before the break actually feed is

powerful free kick leveled matus midway through the second half much to the trust most complete discussed and this really has netted the winner from outside the box three minutes into injury time ask dan condemns dynamics' their six defeat from seventy games so far. while his siblings and team maintains that push for a european place with a two one when it clearly is a bit of defender christened a beauty to put the visit is ahead way through the first off the back pursuit for setting up this one and seen a try all right next to his second goal in as many games early in the second to give comfortable lead though the bios code and late go back to the home side g.'s home once a victory to our. wall rim on publishing that came off the bench to score the sixty six minute when i was lucky much of came from behind to beat spots back to white in the moscow dobby dimity canberra had put the night emery's man ahead after six

minutes before dominate and do it paul lockyer level on the hour. while on a saturday said i continue their remarkable starts to the season going joint top it's an eight off or a two one win every been killed in dallas so the visitors ahead thirteen minutes and the chance try can lift off a pinpoint cross from shadow edition we did find to be closeted race through the second half some on the run down with the finish but my the made me to shift. snatched the we're not in the dying minutes to get to that level on points with me does an eight even worse for redeem they had it salvatore book actually sent all off to too late. now overdoing the new signing robin van persie missed a penalty but still scored a hat trick as manchester united came back to snatch a street in injury time when a plucky southampton with twenty minutes to go and the score at two one kelvin davies saved example as his chance to equalise from the small to the dutchman then

scored twice in five late minutes to send saints to the bottom and united this new voice sunday got thought out and lukas podolski scored all smiles first meet goals of the season because they want to know liveable and captain ben all think that if they wanted to go as newcastle came back to draw one one with aston villa. for me to on now and jenson button has claimed his fourteenth career win and his second of the year following a dominant flank to flank display at the belgian grand prix the briton catapulted himself into contention for the title after also winning at the person raising the strain three in march but it was a day to forget the standings leader and and although responded crushed out at this bar circuit response and sergio perez and roma grows up also retired frenchman was handed a one race ban on a spectacular pileup on the first corner pastor maldonado also bad that early on however reigning champion sebastian vettel clawed his way out from tenth on the

bridge to finish second ahead of can you when i came in and the german was arguably the biggest gainer as the red bull man over to team mate mark webber into second in the overall standings that is now twenty four points behind the top. ten is now a defending champion novak djokovic has cruised into the fourth round of the us open the serbian second seed didn't face a breakpoint for a second straight match to see out of class to frenchman julian bennett so while spanish fourth seed that unfair overcame a slow start to beat two thousand and one champion lleyton hewitt. athletics now in defending champion oscar pistorius has set a new world record in the two hundred meters at the paralympics in england the south african who also competed after the london olympics shaved more than half a second off the previous best finish in the time of twenty one point three seconds at the paralympics the sprinter is also defending his one hundred and four hundred metres titles his new two hundred meter mark is one of many records that have been

set in these games raising the question how much of this progress to improvements in technology and how much is down to not trust ability is more on that from london is wrong possibly. south africa's oscar pistorius is arguably the most famous paralympian in the world the sprinter became the first man in history to participate in both events of the summer games following his exams at the size of the earlier this summer pistorius is achievements has brought him to debates whether paralympians good suit outperform their able bodied counterparts as the purse that sixty knology advances each year. stickpin takes care of the russian paralympic team's prosthetic limb stock and contrary to the critics he believes that technology has little to do with the actual improvements of results. of course the manufacturers of all this equipment are competing between each other always trying to improve something but i want to stress it's in the end everything depends on the athletes and then mooney represents the african nation of garner the

paralympics has come a long way in sports starting with the amputee football at home and now road cycling in london and he probably knows better than anyone that state of the art technology comes a distant second to strength of character youth how yes all day best they've been implement always been modified. and atlee to him or herself is not able to put forward it will do you us you never succeed or be the best athlete so it's all about pace of your own determination does it clean integrity in the. churchyard intelligence given back passion and we need oscar pistorius prove to his fellow athletes with disabilities that competing at the able bodied the olympics is not an unachievable dream naturally they cannot do

without artificial limbs but one thing's certain paralympians are the driving force behind the advancement of person product. so what's in store for the future of technology for people with disabilities are we ever going to see a so-called blade runner the one hundred meters faster than the same bolt well the answer to that is still not sure prosthetics manufacturers have already made a huge technological leap in large part thanks to the efforts and courage of paralympic athlete ramon koester of artsy london. and finally with almost a year gone since the tragic plane crash yes level which killed the entire latif ice hockey team and i shall see getting malkin and let's two teams in a charity match to commemorate the players' lives and help support their families. as well. on september the seventh russia will commemorate one year since the tragic

plane crash which killed the entire committee for a slower ice hockey team to mother the tragedy of this year's annual pre-season charity match will see all the profits donated to the victims' families but that others must come on this game unites people from various professions under a single aim remembering all those who died in that crash because i'm sure that memories of our most important things in our lives both of the way i looked at the some of that i would open a charity match from an open heart featured the team so you get a multi-million yes i want you taking to the icing on the fellow sportsmen and celebrities alike this is common at these events because flourish with many famous names here to underscore she it i just was a bigger boatman i told the legend which is life it is so i figure skating wall champion and you have are both find in the net to the amusement of the more school fans. it is that i really enjoy the atmosphere

here how much is very warm and kind and we need to find the spectators for that of course that for us participants it was also an opportunity to show our passion for who came and gave our supports to the families of the former local players. however the most into separated here is on the ice where the two captains n.h.l. stars give a chicken mole can lead their charges into countless attacks and counterattacks times producing not only goals and assists but turn in the knights into a real show. i after the sixty minutes the battle was started fourteen men in both sides had five penalty shots apiece to try and seal victory but even penalties couldn't separate the two sides both teams scoring two out of five sixteen sixteen was the final result in this quite extraordinary kooky game. i think it was an interesting match to watch everyone who took part in it tried to play out sending

lee and show his best hockey then there is looks logical the only thing which could win such a game is friendship friendship between all of us. the night raised more than half a million dollars for the families of the victims but the more important outcome proven that they're gone but not forgotten. marty must go. and that's over i'm supposed to ask. the question is that so much about taxpayers' money maintaining it is a charade if my people are very forward to a lot of us up on the eve of the meeting of the haitian pacific economic cooperation regional to what degree is the global economy now. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from

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