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more news today violence has once again flared up. in these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are the day. right to it turkey's call for a no fly zone in syria fails to get support at the un as rebels in the country declare civilian. targets warning international flights to stay away. iran that welcomes a chorus of support for its peaceful nuclear program. dealing

a blow to u.s. moves to isolate the islamic republic. the republicans freshly nominated presidential candidate mitt romney. faces criticism for flip flopping on previous policies. successfully fends off. five billion dollars out of his fortune. was a fundamentally unreliable. to author the upcoming us presidential election the troubles with america's political system. we're sitting down with an author professor of philosophy and currently a senior scholar at the institute for policy studies and your living thank you very much for joining me you contributed to

a book it's titled hopeless barack obama and the politics of allusion what was the allusion 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 buy now he pledged to was draw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he is 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 standing 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 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 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 is 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 the past so the danger of some that events could transpire which would lead to. which would reignite the danger and maybe even lead to what to look at 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 and for supporting him especially for supporting him and to say yes to cli 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 has the steward of the empire can't say that and so he also said well i gradually gradually to get out there's a gradual to go. but that's different from going out now which was what even though gingrich said 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 it 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 is the spring is coming to 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 of 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 you can say you can say that and then he can go right out and not keep wall street and soon americans will face choice between mitt romney

most possibly and 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 the fact that we 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 entire doubt of the exist in the places where those things are manufactured and marketed but 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 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 two right 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 wrote 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 it and by it. indefensible jurisprudence which has made it increasingly possible for. corporations and for very rich people effect of late 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 levin. thank you.

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week's top stories are t.d. turkey calls for a no fly zone in syria and fails to get support at the u.n. as rebels in the country declare civilian airports. warning international flights to stay away. iran welcomes a chorus of support for its peaceful nuclear program at the nonaligned summit in tehran dealing a blow to u.s. moves to isolate the public. the republican. presidential candidate mitt

romney promises a hard line stance against russia faces criticism for flip flopping on previous policy. successfully. to carve a five billion dollars out of his fortune. he was a fundamentally unreliable witness and now the latest news from the world of sports you're watching. hello welcome to the sports here are the headlines. fighting for our revenue so makes it to interest test our winning one millet plaza about to go within a point of top spot to the russian premier league club a defeat spots in the dog. while much for robin van persie miss is

a penalty but nets a hat trick as manchester united come back to snatch a last gasp three two win in a thriller at southampton. i'm stalking mclaren's jenson button wins and crushed it belgian grand prix from pole to clinch the fourteenth victory of his career. but first a football and says sky have overcome their shock midweek europa league exit to bounce back and win one there like thousand dollar to keep up the pressure on the top two in the russian premier league on the odd teenage wing the ultimate muso scored his second really go in as many games to ensure there needs to speed side stay but moved to within a point of the meet into russia defender of a semi but as its key was the provider for this one the all the men have now won their last four matches to stay within touching distance of top sport. while there is more misery for rock bottom deny most go as down to trust you side threw away one goal lead to lose again to one in stoppage time at his form so i can phone damo

went ahead to see a christian about this point strike right before the break trying to feed his powerful free kick leveled matus midway through the second half much to the trust most complete discussed and is released next to the winner from outside the box three minutes into injury time ask the band condemns dynamics' their six defeat from seventy games so far. while few sittings and he maintains that push for a european place with a two one win including a set of defender chris summer. beauty to the visit is ahead way through the first half the box was seen for setting up this one and the scene a try all right next to his second goal in as many games early in the second to give you a comfortable lead though the bios code and late go back to the home side g.'s home once a victory to you on. the wall rim on publishing that came off the bench to score the sixty six minute when i was lucky much if came from behind to beat spots act to want in a moscow da they miss you can borrow to 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 on three two one win after being. put to the visitors ahead thirteen minutes and the chance trike a lift off cross from pure. did find requires only grace through the second half some on a long long with the finish but mother made me to snatch the we're not in the dying minutes to get to that level on points with the heat isn't it even worse for revealing they had it salvatore book actually sent off after 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 in a stroller a plucky southampton with twenty minutes to go and the score at two one kelvin davies saved on percy's chance to equalise from the spot but the dutchman then

scored twice in five late minutes to send saints to the bottom and united fifth new voice sunday got thought out and lukas podolski scored off his first me goals of the season as they won two new livable and hasn't been all things that he wanted to go as newcastle came back to draw one one with aston villa. formula one now and jenson button has claimed his fourteenth career win and his second of the year following a dominant fly into flanked. splay at the belgian grand prix the briton catapulted himself into contention for the title after also winning asked the person raising the strain from three in launch but it was a day to forget the standings leader and a long so despondent crush not at this bar circuit response and so as you perez and rome grows you are 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

grid to finish second ahead of can you when i came in and the german was arguably the biggest gainer as the red overtook team mate mark webber into second in the overall standings that is now twenty four points behind along the top. ten to sound 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 outclassed a frenchman julian bennett so while spanish fourth seed that would fare overcame a slow start to beat two thousand and one champion lleyton hewitt. athletics now 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 a 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 at these games raising the question how much of this progress to improvements in technology and how much is down to not troll ability has 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. steve pond 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 gone and 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 you deb has all day best technology has been implement always been modified. and athlete. is not able to put forward it will. never succeed or be the best athlete so it's all about. determination does it clean integrity in the. church and 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 per static 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 athletes. artsy london. and finally with almost a year gone since the tragic plane crash of a which killed the entire look on what if i saw same what 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 of those who are most of them 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 with of the way i looked at the some of that i would open a charity match from an open heart each of the teams if you get any molecule any yes i want you taking to the icing on the fellow sportsmen and celebrities alike this is common at these events because floats with many famous names getting to school shit i just was a good 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 all caved in and give our supports to the families of the former local players. however the most and to supply a tit 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 turnin 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 hokey game. but i think it was an

interesting match to watch everyone who took part in they tried to play outstandingly and show his best hockey then there is all that 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 done but not forgotten. marty most. cultures that so much about taxpayers' money maintains a show me because my people are very forward to a lot of my stuff on the eve of the meeting of the asia pacific economic cooperation regional group to what degree is the global economy now.