my time this was. in the me too hubby. didn't like what we've been doing if you want to learn. to love you. big business against tells. us the president. of the us operation in the country but the. previous pledges about american involvement. with the. us political divide claims both sides trying to exploit its political game.

with people deprived of basic amenities as government forces and large scale offensive. city. life with me. thanks so much for joining us this. president trump has announced a complete reversal of his plans for afghanistan instead of getting out he's expanding what's already there in a much anticipated speech he said there's no deadline for withdrawal but any change in troop numbers will be kept secret. we will also expand authority for american armed forces to target the terrorist and criminal networks we will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans for further military activities president trump has announced his long awaited new afghanistan master plan saying that the u.s.

strategy under his leadership will change dramatically however the policy he outlined seems like more of the same with promises to fight against terrorism in the country obliterating i soul crushing al qaeda preventing the taliban from taking over afghanistan president trump though did say he will not be setting any deadlines in afghanistan and that future action will depend on conditions on the ground adding that a rapid exit would be unacceptable as it would leave a vacuum for terrorists to fill a hasty withdrawal would create a vacuum that terrorists including isis and al qaeda while trump refused to specify how many extra troops if any would be deployed he called to u.s. allies to increase their presence we will ask our nato allies and global partners to support our new strategy with additional troop and funding increases in line

with our own we are confident they will after trump's remarks u.s. defense secretary jim madis indicated some sort of increase was on the cards saying in a statement several u.s. allies have also committed to increasing their troop numbers one thing is clear after sixteen years of u.s. operations in afghanistan unfortunately there is still no end in sight to the conflict. sixteen years and counting the afghan war continues to rage with. over a trillion dollars that have been pumped into this war including eighty billion. afghan forces. there are over eight thousand u.s. soldiers in the country that's off the trump predicts that barack obama's troop numbers there from a peak of nearly one hundred thousand obama campaigned on a promise to bring american troops home and repeatedly said he does not support the idea of quote endless war but we've heard pretty much the same from. the policy of

intervention and as he puts it must come to an end this destructive cycle of intervention and chaos finally folks come to an end we will destroy radical islamic terrorists took over a mess and we're going to. make it a lot less messy but according to some reports the taliban are in control of between ten and forty percent of the country out of four hundred districts the taliban dominates forty eight three more than in june that what he's really talking about is a kind of a surge like we saw in anbar province in iraq that at least temporarily superficially stabilized the situation and many people here in america want to say great we have now achieved victory and of course we hadn't achieved any kind of victory we've simply kept a lid on things for a while but the fact the matter is that afghanistan whether the current government

stays in place or whether the taliban win will be a hardline intolerant sharia ruled government and really the united states has been not has been for the as long as we've been in afghanistan fighting to make afghanistan for sharia and this doesn't change that. now the major change in u.s. military strategy in afghanistan comes amid a shakeup in donald trump's in a circle his controversial chief strategist steve biden was the latest to head through the exit doors as caleb maupin reports the president's foreign policy decisions with his new team white house surprise the very people who voted him into the oval office so you want to be an american president what gets you elected is it pledges of more wars or the opposite we've been moving from one reckless intervention to another kid libya syria iraq iran this destructive

cycle bad decisions we cannot be the policeman of the world polls show that promises of peace were key for trump voters more than half of americans said they would prefer that the next president curb u.s. involvement in military conflicts and trump isn't the only president to have gotten the job of writing hopes of peace but as we confront a vicious adversary that abides by no rules. i believe the united states of america must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. that is what makes us different from those whom we fight he got it they even gave obama the nobel peace prize preemptively but by the time he left office he had droned bombed and intervened even more than his predecessor many hoped that the donald would make a difference however it looks like he may be set on a similar track with words of love being replaced by war take afghanistan for example. the twenty

one thousand pound bomb the most. the largest non-nuclear bomb it's ever used in combat but thinking out of policy is pretty far from a one man job here are some of the people who help think out and develop trump strategy you know the one that got him elected well they're all gone except for one meanwhile the white house routinely invites people who have a pretty clear interest for wars to go on people voted for trump because they knew hillary clinton was a warmonger and that she had wanted to destabilize the middle east as she did with libya the people in charge of the white house are now jared kushner trump gary gary cohen h.r. mcmaster paul these are all very pro-war people and those are trumps close advisors i think that most people who support trump hope that he'll keep to his promises but they do recognize that all of his closest advisors are now opposed to

the agenda that got trampled. and britney from. new york. claiming trump's used his major policy speech on afghanistan as damage control for his previous remarks about they leave violence in charlottesville that was last weekend he's issued a call for unity after he came under fire for his alleged reluctance to single out the role of white supremacists in the clashes divisions in us society resulted in confrontations over the weekend between groups on the right and left was it was the was with was. he was he was he was.

one of the aides has one of the sides rather has upped the ante by launching a petition on the white house website calling for anti fired to be dubbed a terrorist organization more than two hundred thousand people have already signed in the last five days and now the administration will issue a response on his jacket and google looks at how the opposing sides have turned divisions into a tool for political gain. political tensions are reaching new heights in america and both sides of the divide the left and the right are trying to paint the other's most radical violent elements as being the true face of their whole movement. politicians are happy to pour gasoline on the flames as well trump has made it clear with ban and gore can the white house and the klan in the streets it is now the white supremacists house the hyperball that vitriol from the left has spurred

threats amount action without historical power but violent extremism within political groups is far from a new thing for the u.s. except earlier they didn't appear as tools in a political debate take timothy mcveigh a white supremacist who actually blew up a federal building twenty two years ago killing one hundred sixty eight people at the time politicians draw a line between his political leanings and his actions motives to me of course is irrelevant no political motive is worth the life of a child or an innocent human being so this appears to be a domestic terrorist act but that sentiment of motive being irrelevant is suddenly no more nowadays after the recent near enough the attack in virginia both motive and blame were placed at the feet of president trump by the mayor of charlottesville he should look in the mirror and he made a choice in his presidential campaign the folks around with them to you know go right to the gutter to play on our worst prejudices and i think you are seeing a direct line from what happened here this weekend to those choices the same goes

for the other side in one thousand nine hundred nine some forty thousand anti-globalization the city of seattle into a battleground or protesting a world trade organization conference. right by what some may today branded the left were exactly used by the right to make a political statement this was the reaction and we really never saw any. it was going on in the streets and i think frankly much of the media focus and attention on what was going on on the streets from the fact that most of the serious meetings were going on behind closed doors a similar left leaning crowd wreaked havoc in berkeley earlier this year and scale it failed to match samples events and the political outrage had a very clear target what the president timing and as well. if you see the does not allow free speech impressions this violence on innocent people with a different point of view no federal funds this is been kind of an evolution of

things throughout the past i'd say two or three presidencies where it's easier to divide people and make them feel like everyone again is against them on the opposite party so when you start playing with identity politics you start looping in hate groups with that identity politics game it's not going to go away and it's not something that started with trump it's not something sadly that i think will end with trump they stablish it might tell you politically motivated violence is something new but it's not maybe the bigger picture is that it's just now being exploited for political gain. r.t. washington d.c. . to have as much or activist as come up with a solution to racial inequality in the united states should helmed the movement's organizer in kentucky wrote this article making ten suggestions for white people the first says they should leave the property to minorities if they don't have any descendants but it's also just reduced to record people who make racist comments in the workplace and get them fired last tell me about the initiative final sort of wanted comment from political activist. one of the later numbers of the ten

suggestions was to essentially seek out nazis in the workplace and get them fired and the word nazi has been so watered down lately that i don't think anybody really knows what it means anymore let's remember where the word nazi even comes from it comes from people who are who proclaim to like have the superior race that's what white supremacy is that's what white supremacy is in the us we are talking about a systemic economic barrier that prevents black and brown people black and brown people who are already on this land from even up painting really and in various different rays the main issue we're talking about here is there's black people who have never been slaves asking for money from white people who've never owned slaves and so it's difficult for me to be able to wrap my brain around owing somebody something when i clearly don't owe them anything and the notion that the that the

list of ten things wasn't racist when it's when all it's doing is talking about race the list is essentially implying that black and brown people are incapable of achieving economic growth and as a result white people need to give them economic advantages i think it's very racist against black and brown people to essentially tell them they're not capable of this i think that is dangerous in this sense to say that what i wrote was they was was a racist or dangerous because it wasn't in the least none of what i wrote was dangerous and i think was dangerous is the backlash that i am personally receiving from it in one of the points you even say something to effect of you have hands colin use them very much harkening back to this overused phrase right now about punching nazis and we talk about nazis and plenty of nazis we are talking about white supremacy why is that purposely did deal some of the most deadliest types of

genocide that our world has. thing so i we're not talking about something that's just in a ten a list of things i want to talk about using your hands because nazis are violent against perpetuating a lot of this racial tension it's furthering the divide between races which i think if anything we should be trying to come together and it is encouraging some level of violence and experience even to act like you don't think it. is a nation's was warmed over a massive civilian exodus from the i saw held city of tal afar as the iraq always offensive gains momentum well not at all the stories. when almost seemed wrong. just don't. let me. get to shape out these days after. and in detroit because betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. what politicians do you ship to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. wanted. to go right to be this is what. three of the more people. interested in the war.

welcome back to the program iraqi forces backed by the u.s. led coalition have announced a new operation aimed at retaking the city of tal afar which has been under islamic states control since twenty fourteen recent weeks the city's been extensively bombed both by iraqi aircraft as well as coalition forces on sunday iraqi prime minister had a body issued the following ultimatum and the town of tal afar will be next in the march of liberation heroic security forces preparing to liberate this region i say to islamic state you have a choice surrender or die. following the announcement the un secure when it's our own body issued a statement calling the situation inside the city very tough thousands of civilians are expected to flee the area as a result of the operation while there are also large numbers reportedly still trapped there the u.n. says there's an acute shortage of basic supplies and medicine. thousands of civilians or expected to flee from iraq stella far and surrounding communities

during the iraqi military operation earlier we spoke to jan egeland who's an advisor to the u.n. special envoy for syria and also the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he told us conditions are horrific for civilians from being. in a weak refugee council we are in the first line really of reception of said billions from tel afar conditions horrific forty five degrees celsius need day eight people have to go through in long areas from a mixed state you know control these people are really court and i think crossfire urban warfare and especially air raids are always massively risking civilian casualties in other developments the pentagon is now working to declassify it struck targets in mosul where many u.s.

bombs failed to explode the movies however i don't sit with american law which the plate such details should be kept secret for at least twenty five years at the u.s. commander in iraq and if that general stephen townsend says the information could be vital to help make the city habitable again every army if you find a root piece of ground you leave a dot bombs don't go off will find a way to help them i think it is a public relations exercise to try and show that they are taking new issues civilian.

eunice abuja cooper was one of twelve men it appears in this terrorist cell that police are now saying has been in some ways neutralized in other ways they have been detained but there still is an ongoing investigation looking for any other accomplices they performed what were several incidents over the course of nine

hours first driving in a van that runs along la rambla right in the heart of barcelona hitting at pedestrians knocking them down west thirteen people died and over one hundred twenty were injured he then fled on foot through korea which is the main and famous market just all fly around and police have been hunting him ever since meanwhile later in the thing there was also an attack in count brill's which is a coastal town not far from barcelona about one hundred twenty miles away where several men were in a car that rammed into pedestrians on the promo not where a woman was later died means on the police then five of those men were shot by police they were also wearing what police believed to be explosive belts which were later proved to be false also a day before that been an explosion in a house in our canal which is also one of the coastal towns where there been an explosion and several men have died there too and they're also believed to be part of this terrorist cell and also there is a belief by police and in the reports coming out that a gas explosion

a bigger explosion was meant to be second place in the meantime what happened what unfolded in barcelona campbells was when the men subsequently took more actions into their own hands so so far it's a police investigation that's still ongoing as they say of the twelve men that were what they think in the initial terrorist cell have either been killed or they have died in the process where they've been detained and it's still an ongoing investigation after last thursday's attacks. thought the suspect may have fled to for. christmas market and soccer escaped it's really all people linked to terror attacks were found in belgium also the cause used to run over people and just hours off the ball. had reportedly been spotted in faults just a week ago at a breeder who is an attorney specializing in a national law and religious terrorism believes that open borders play into the hands of terrorists all the growth reports have now come out that the barcelona cell has contacts with another cell in another country where the country's not been

released we can probably guess it could really be any of the twenty eight european countries european union specifically can wake up to this can wake up to the fact that they've allowed open borders people have not assimilated they've been talking they've been discussing and with each attack they get smarter and how to subvert national authorities who would try to be investigating to try to listen in to what's going on they're going to know better how to do it secretly in these smaller villages in smaller towns so the threat is still very high there are still many people there that likely had here to radical islamist ideologies and this is information i've gotten from my contacts in the middle east when i travel there these are muslim moderates who are saying you have to fight radical islamic jihad is you have to do that they're trying to sneak into europe and the europeans are not listening to them they're mainly not investigating they're waiting until something happens all in the name of more liberal value. for a smoothie in austria schools control develop as the saudi moderates into the mix.

once again i'm calling for a boycott of true fruits i think that's very very wrong for big profits the reds promote the product by all means principle what's that. and i think this is politically incorrect here in austria unfortunately seventy five percent of austrians associate the color brown with heads up the extreme right. i cannot find anything bad in this shit missed business to know. some of you were worried or annoyed probably out of ignorance and or simple stupidity we could have turned to the right other come from the right and celebrate

our campaign for wrong reasons and or from stupidity you could have just said i'll get a that was a bad idea where robin of the campaign and fired the p.r. agency but now you go on. to say this billboard does not have any impact on me it does not look nice at all i've seen it in the newspaper but i don't have any feelings about it is new ok nice but that's it. in times like those we have today when the politicization between people is catching stronger and when we have so many problems with people from different nations i don't think the slogan should be put on a billboard. thanks for watching here on all the international that's the rundown for this i will be back at the top of next hour with more headlines from around the world and of course you can get more on all stories on our website or on

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greetings and salutations there is a dark shadow creeping its way across the land here in the united states and no i'm not talking about magnificent celestial event we saw earlier this week i'm talking about the four hundred military installations crisscrossing the united states some active some long closed whose use of toxic chemicals over the years have contaminated or are suspected of contaminating the grounds and drinking water of the communities that surround them in fact almost forty per day almost forty percent of those military bases the pollution is so severe that the environmental protection agency has declared them superfund sites but but. i thought we cared about our soldiers and the communities that support them i really did i mean after all the pentagon paid top dollar to the national football league

to show us how much we care with all those amazing halftime soldier in the crowd gimmicks and national anthem jet planes stadium fly overs. according to the troubled water investigation from news twenty one the contaminating agents range from toxic paint to explosives to cleaning solvents to firefighting foam lovely but what about the clean up us clean up happening well a research study from the berkeley school of laws found that even though the d.o.d. is made significant strides in identifying investigating the level of famine nation at the mess the base cites the pace of actual cleanup has been quite slow and the government of governmental accountability office g.a.o. recently found most of the time and money has been spent studying the problem yes studying the problem to the tune of eleven point five billion taxpayer dollars and study in cleanup costs so far meanwhile residents living near those four hundred base.