is actions in ukraine. why is that? ah ah, ukraine's president zalinski suggests that nato has been too faced in its approach to his country, telling him privately that ukraine could not join any time soon while publicly keeping the door open. i'm being told that every day move and move such trophy weapons, fall in the hands of the russian troops. archie takes a look at 8 years of western arms apply to ukraine, believed to have fuel, the conflict in the country. you countries are split over whether to impose an embargo on russian oil. as politicians say, the measure would severely impact the blocks economy and rules for the but not for me. as western politicians are quick to castigate. russia over the

ukraine conflict, but are conspicuously silent about beat exponentially more devastating us war in iraq as it's 19th anniversary passes over the weekend. ah, broadcast live direct from our studios in monica. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. glad to have you with us as we recap what's happening in the war in ukraine. now, ukraine's president zalinski says nato revealed in private that his country wouldn't be able to join any time soon while the same time projecting a public stance that it could join. i requested them personally, i to say direct please, if we're going to serve you in to new york or nato in a year or 2 or 5 and the response was really clear ridge. we're not going to be in a tour member, but publicly wasn't the doors will remain open. so basically,

it turns out that there was a chance of avoiding this conflict altogether. zalinski saying that nato has essentially been bluffing about the possibility of accepting ukraine into the military alliance. all this time comes as a real shock. basically, the west could have potentially stopped this whole situation of an escalation of tensions and 2 armed conflict between russia and ukraine. if it just told moscow the truth, and let's not forget back when joe biden was actually a senator, he also warned against the further eastward expansion of nato, he said it could have possibly lead to an open conflict between russia and the west . and in 1990 nato actually promised the soviet union that it would not expand any farther east than the older river in central europe. and since the western media began its hysteria, campaign late last year, rushes main negotiating point has been to hold the military alliance to its promise . lucille knew conflict with juno, one's owns conflicts of bloodshed. we want to resolve the situation where political

and diplomatic means we should at least have some clear and understandable legal guarantees. this is the purpose of a proposal which has been written and sent to brussels and washington time and time again. moscow has said that accepting ukraine and to nato would be a violation of several treaties of the council for security and cooperation in europe. agreements that specifically states that a country cannot enter military alliance at the expense of another country's national security. in response to this washington just called that a non starter and negotiations. and of course, moscow itself was not very happy about that. and he will know they literally put the principle of freedom of choice, of alliances at the forefront. completely ignoring the conditions that were agreed at the highest level on the, in admissibility of infringing on the security of the state to show some has been a negative response to our security proposals about the non expansion of nato eastwood. this cannot satisfy us. they maintain the rights of any country to choose,

join and change alliances. it's non negotiable. after the once gives recent statement, we now know that ukraine never had a real chance to become a member state of nato. but if russia knew that it's very possible that diplomacy could have diffused this situation that's exploded into a serious escalation. and the don boss, conflicts that are already been going on for some time. now, instead, nato just decided to tease everyone. basically, those door remains open. the enlargement of nathan has been a great success. it that helps to spread democracy freedom. we will not compromise on our core principles. when these hostilities with russia broke out, the washington said no to sending troops that said no to opening a no fly zone. it basically said no to any serious direct helped ukraine and basically left to fend for itself. we heard from ukraine expert and investigative journalist alex rubinstein, who believes that nato use ukraine to increase tensions with russia. they're kind

of dangling the nato membership in front of zalinski. and at the same time, just using him as a pond to, to increase hostilities of russia as i, as i wrote in my recent article for the gray zone for foreign policy leads across the united states. and, and in europe are making statements to the effect of this being kind of a long war. and the goal of that is, is an afghan style operation, where they use this proxy conflict to chip away at russian morale, the russian economy, the russian military, et cetera. the one thing that does distinguish this, and i think that this, this is an effect of their just being so much a animosity in the west against russia. is there doing this all out in the open with operation cyclone enough canister and the see i head it for years. the same thing with timber site, the more in syria here, it's being done in the open because they can i and that's, that's really the scary part about it is because it shows that the, the great power competition is an accepted doctrine for the west. they don't want

to have international cooperation. i mean, they're the long term foreign policy, international relations consequences because of, of these actions that the united states has taken against russia have not been examined. the people of russia are seeing their currency, the valued, and their remembering the pain of the 990 s that the united states brought. so i think that long, long term planning was not something that was considered because what we see now is that the west is shooting themselves in the foot. while western powers have said they cannot enforce a no fly zone, they are sending lethal weaponry to ukraine. in fact, hundreds of millions of dollars of it from the u. s. and you, the latest package was announced just a few days ago. the united states delivered $650000000.00 and military equipment to ukraine. it is more than we've ever provided to ukraine in the past. it is a significant amount of assistance that we have expedited the delivery on and we

will continue to do exactly that. and we're not doing this along, or ours and partners have stepped up to revise significant shipments of security assistance and will continue to help facilitate these deliveries as well. russian armor versus american missiles, ukraine, once a country. now the world's largest test site, where the u. s. and allies are duking it out with russia who's weapons and more lethal. it's to weapons buffet for the ukrainian military from small arms to advanced anti tank and anti aircraft missiles. american go seemed eager to make, keeps every request come true. western made weapons are in such abundance. the ukrainian forces have no 2nd thoughts leaving them behind on the retreat. like a trail of breadcrumbs. well and here you have the infamous american made javelin an anti tank single use miss. i'll here it's will, little brother,

the german made panza faust, the same panza vows just there a better, a more modern version of the same unit of the same missile used by the nazi germany against soviet troops. back during the 2nd world war. arguably, these world complex as these missiles, they cause the most problems for the russian army. but i'm being told that every day, more and more of such trophy weapons fall in the hands of the russian troops. the factory packaging even contains this panza, faust, anti tanks, weapons, passport, and that's when the unpleasant truth about its foreign origin comes out. apparently, this particular p g was decommissioned by germany all the way back in 2013. now americans, thing a missiles are a common threat for russia's helicopter pilots. as we flew over enemy territory in a call 50 to helicopter, the enemy fired from the ground. the aircraft was hit when stinger missiles are

detected, the aircraft on board defense system in gauges and fires decoy layers. it's a reliable technique and let you get out of the situation. in fact, some pundits are concerned of a looming security catastrophe, potentially caused by such a flood of indiscriminate weapons in ukraine. as the u. s. increases its weaponry supplies to ukraine. some experts say washington is using t of to wage a proxy war against russia or to kill him up and accept a story. it appears that us officials have been mulling over the idea of setting up a proxy war with russia and ukraine since 2014. and now with joe biden, one year in the office, it looks like the plan is being put into action. and so there are a number of things that we would expect to have seen it that we just haven't seen. and the russians really have hatch. and that's presented from problem. so many

other assumptions have not, not proven to be true as a, as they entered the fight. it looks like the plan moves ahead with $13000000000.00 being sent to ukraine along with a new cache of weapons. the idea for a proxy war having been in the works for a long time, is now confirmed by a former us secretary of defense. we are engaged in a conflict. here is a proxy war with russia, whether we say so or not, that effectively is what's going on. and the way you get leverage is by frankly going in and killing russians. congressmen adam shift has further expounded upon the idea most critically. the military aid that we provide ukraine helps to protect in advance, american national security interests in the region and beyond. america has an abiding interest in stemming russian expansionism and resisting any nations efforts to re make the map of europe by dint of military force,

even as we have tens of thousands of troops stationed there. moreover, as one witness put it during our impeachment inquiry. the united states age ukraine and her people so that we can fight russia over there and we don't have to fight russia here. there's nothing particularly new about the idea of getting russia bogged down in a long term proxy conflict in a country along its borders. that concept goes back to late cold war geo political strategist is big new brzezinski. if the major cities say carpet, se kia were to resist in street fighting became a necessity. it would be prolonged and costly. and the fact of the matter as, and this is where the timing of this whole crisis is important, russia has not yet ready to undertake that kind of an effort. rodzinski also made some interesting predictions about ukraine. you said they will never join nato. but at the same time, there should be clarity that ukraine will not be a member of nato. i think that is important for

a variety of political reasons. for urgency, also bragged about what he called the afghan trap. setting up a situation where the soviet union felt obligated to intervene in afghanistan and then bogging them down with a long term war. he bragged about giving the soviet union a quotes vietnam to weaken the country. so apparently us leaders claim to care about ukrainians while they're setting the country up for a long term war. caleb martin r t new york. these images show a shopping center in the ukranian capital, devastated by selling local authorities say 8 civilians were killed and nearby buildings were also damaged. he was mayor, has declared a curfew to keep civilians office streets during potential nighttime attacks. in response to allegations that russia targeted a residential area, moscow's defense ministry released drone footage, showing a ukrainian armed vehicle parked at the shopping center. and even firing from their

russia says the shopping center was used by ukrainian forces, not only for firing heavy artillery, but also for storing ammunition. the defense ministry said it wouldn't target civilian infrastructure without a justifiable reason. but that appears to be a common tactic among ukrainian troops, allegedly using civilian areas as human shields. to ukrainian touch k u ballistic missiles, were reportedly intercepted by air defense forces of the done yet republic. a fire was recorded in the area of the fallen missiles and a number of buildings have been damaged there as well. local emergency workers have set up a refugee camp in a secure part of the dynamics group, public supplying it with heat and electricity, and providing food and medical assistance to civilians who take shelter there. and staying in the area done at republic, russian forces are continuing to help civilians flee to safety. hundreds of people have been evacuated in just the past day from mario pal to

a secure village about 30 kilometers away. in the danielle republic, we heard from some of them ha, i to see you, lou with high feelings of children the with the, with, with, with these how do you sit with one it was more than what you thought was or didn't finish with the didn't you have to pull up and then you put out that is my re did the dollars that but you could have all the thought it was that there was enough the building a good that included them of a family looted a school left me a plan with you officials have disagreed on whether to impose sanctions against

russian fuel imports. germany and several other countries have expressed opposition to an embargo on russian oil saying that it would seriously harm the blocks economy or to correspondent charlotte davinsky reports. you ministers met on monday with cracks already beginning to show in that wall of unity that they seem to have forged with unprecedented sanctions against russia in recent weeks. now countries like poland and the baltic states and gone into that meeting, calling for an outright oil embargo as a next step to ramp up the pressure on the kremlin over its invasion of ukraine. however, other countries, particular countries, like germany, have been very resistive to that. and that's because the heavily reliant on russian energy imports now german missed visible so wound of the catastrophic impact that that could have if there was an embargo,

immediately with talks of mass unemployment. and also poverty as a result of that. so they have wanted to sway away from this idea of an outright oil embargo. they might be and little bit of sanction fatigue setting in use if burrell, this is the use foreign affairs. she said that energy was being weaponized, but it just wasn't the right day to make a concrete move on this ministers and a lighter situation and decided to, to continue and making decisions. today was not the moment with a concrete decisions, but to have a look at where we are all member to stage, remain extraordinary united in supporting ukraine. we will continued isolating russia to call out for gore grimes,

a war crime, a may. she woke crime committed by to russian armed forces. he gains ukrainian people and this cannot go and answer it earlier on monday, the kremlin had said that you were a put beat hard hit by an embargo on russian oil. and there were suggestions that had that been announced that moscow would have been ready with its own retaliation. and that some suggest it could have been to close a gas pipeline to europe, to give you a sense of how important that would be. the e relies on around 40 percent of its gas from russia, so such a measure would really hit the pretty hard. however, the meeting of a human this is did achieve one specific goal. they approved the strategic compass . this is a block wide common defense strategy that would create an e u rapid deployment force of around 5000 soldiers. a pause

historic 1st for the block. it's a plan that's been in motion for many years. but while some suggested that this could be a move towards an e u army, which is favored amongst some european leaders like president mac on a france, that is not what it is said. beryl is not about creating him european army, but we have to work together closure. we had to coordinate better. i was spend a dra, we have to be able to react. and one of the ways to react rapidly is this rapid deployment capacity that has been great. we were conductor life at your site as to whether it has never been happening, never. and we will better tools to fight the hybrid effects high become pinch, cyber threats, and for any interference and manipulation of information. because the battle fields

of tomorrow had also on the networks. this conquering mind, she'll get people sure there's a big work to do. not with guns, that would work with ideas. the plan has been in place for some time, but it does seem as if the crisis, the conflict in ukraine is given you members a sense of urgency to finally put this plan into action. and use burrell was very stern when he described the need for a saying or neighborhood is in flames. there are a circle of challenges, and we have to face them as western powers roll out sanctions against russia, accusing it of being the aggressor in ukraine. there's another long running conflict about which there's a conspicuous silence. the us led war in iraq estimated to have killed about 200000 civilians and for which no western power has been held accountable parties. ritual blevins comments. it has been 19 years as the u,

as in its allies invaded iraq. b anniversary comes at a time when the architects of the iraq war and the politicians who supported the u . s. occupation of the country in the years to follow are now expressing their concern over the well being of civilians in ukraine. ah, i used to work intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime. after all the destruction of the past 3 weeks, i find it difficult to conclude that the russians are doing otherwise, ah, from britain, which rightly prides itself on democracy in the rule of law, the message must go out. at nuremberg, we held the nazi war criminals to account 8 decades on we must ensure there will be a day of reckoning for putin. but those concerns were nowhere to be found back in 2003 when the bush administration launch. it's quest for weapons of mass destruction, a launching of these hit into

a rock widget proudly described as shock and awe. shutting the country down would entail both the physical destruction of appropriate infrastructure and the shut down in control of the flow of all vital information and associated commerce so rapidly as to achieve a level of national shock. akin to the effect that dropping nuclear weapons on hiroshima and nagasaki had on the japanese and make no mistake about on the bush administration's, a deadly approach was widely praised by the media at the time we had to do. we did, i think was the smartest thing, george bush did. he restored confidence in america, didn't know that to the they can execute these missions into baghdad and have everybody come back safe and sound is a testament to, as frankly, the professionalism of these people. and also waiving to the troops as they went by giving them the films up and the. busy soldiers themselves feeling a certain sense of relief waving back. so the only thing of a shout back and forth between the 2 was a sense of gratitude, apparently had it seemed to have gone reasonably well. and if i didn't see any

civilian casualties, it caused the term shock and awe became so popular. in the aftermath of the invasion that trademark application for, for everything from energy drinks to video games. but the reality of the iraq war was far, far different than the media coverage. hundreds of civilians were killed and thousands wounded by the us led coalition and incidents involving the still yet to be you know, personally band w, m. d, 's. according to iraq, body count which maintains the largest public database on casualties related to the invasion. while the killing of civilians was rarely shown by the media, it was made public by weak helix, which published the raw footage of u. s. apache helicopters, firing indiscriminately on civilians in july, 2007, killing over a dozen people including 2 orders. journalist weeki weeks also released cables revealing the u. s. military terrific treatment of iraqi detainees. along with the evidence that they failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture,

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any data? millions of no. so what do you like to watch like a hospital told you talks like a hospital with and for those who did survive, many are still dealing with the consequences of the invasion to this day, which included ongoing health issues as well as continue to report the children being born with the dear birth defect, but even though the united nations secretary general declared that the us invasion of iraq was illegal and violated the un charter back in 2004, the architects of the iraq war continue to walk free to this day. and it's not just

iraq over the last 20 years, the u. s. and his allies have dropped more than $337000.00 bots on other countries making for an average of $46.00 strikes per day. doing the same politicians that supported one or after another's suddenly claim that they care about civilian casualties. all the biggest question becomes why now in washington, rachel, robins, archie, we discussed the issue with a former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who says the conflicts are relatively in, comparable as the u. s. had a much more heavy handed approach to iraq. there's no doubt there's the bach receive, there's nothing new hypocrisy is the name of the game when you have you do political flows of, of this nature, but know the united states a today trying to paint russia as a nation that violates international law by, you know, carrying out an unlawful war of aggression. there's no comparison knob. there was

no analogous situation, a rock um that it to what had been transpiring in the don bus for 8 years up there the, there's just no comparison between the 2 might say in the united states when it went into iraq. i intended to commit war crimes. no, i'm just saying that they had much more heavy and it approach which focused more on the destruction of military objectives and less on reducing the impact of war on civilian populations, rushes more morally grounded in its defense of the russian speaking cynicism on bus were subjected to 8 years of unrelenting violence by the ukrainian government, they had much more justification in going to their defense in the united states had in pursuing a falsified claims of weapons of mass destruction in iraq. and that does it for me, this our stay with us throughout the day as we have continued coverage of the war

in ukraine, the 5th or international ah ah, i look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such order that conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. the point obviously, is to rate trust rather than fear a job with artificial intelligence. real summoning with

a robot must protect its own existence with awe. more than a century ago marked when remarked that god created war so that americans would learn geography and few use officials have done more to put that into practice than my guest today. former us national security advisor and former us ambassador to the united nations. john bolton has supported all recent american lab wars. he's absolutely appalled by russia's actions in ukraine. why is that with a

situation, forces can overwhelm, can dominate even the best of us. ordinary people put in a bad evil environment can become transformed to become part of that negative environment. and it's any of us, or in fact, most of us the office of naval intelligence, it was a pretty consistent cut out front for cia. they funded much of this research and i don't know if there was a yield that they, they produce a yield for this cruel science. i don't let's, it's maybe i'm wrong. i just don't think they do it might play out spectacularly in the military. so the connections would be much further down the road. it would be particularly in the iraq

war and in the setting up of get mo and all of that. and by the time you get to 2001, it's already this cultural artifact. and so it is going to be picked up by by anyone for any purpose. mm. mm. or i know people hell, the animals are not there because they stole the color. they're not common criminals in their enemy combatants and terrorists who were be did change for acts of war against our country. and that is why different rules have to apply and do the continuity is extraordinary. if you look at

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