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eland senior fellow it and append it institue and that does it for now for all the stories we covered that r.t. dot com slash usa and follow me on twitter at loren lester's to get you through it so you can come right back here for more news. the history of this place runs through the centuries. a paradise for archeologists zoo ologists and ecological tourists. what one sees all nice shops destroyed the life. how this republic got its life by. holding dreaming and retreats. can. start. to think. along well come across talk i'm people of all the obama doctrine is there such a thing over the past few months we've seen the u.s. waffle as change rages across the arab middle east some western backed dictators remain firmly in power well the same time forced regime change is happening in libya all when is this a new doctrine or just muddling through. can. still. discuss whether there's an obama doctrine i'm joined by phyllis bennis in washington she is project director at the institute for policy studies in paris we have on this album artie he's a libyan political analyst and another member of our crossfire p

result because it weakens the pressure on israel's government to improve the living standards we report at r.t. dot com. let's go back to our top story where s. and p. has downgraded the u.s. its credit rating from a triple a to an a plus so let's get more inside from investor from asia and offer a dream broader thank you very much mr rogers for being on the program so as if he has downgraded the u.s. many were saying that it expected to happen too soon but what about now the other big agencies do you think we're going to see further downgrades. this united states is not going to aaa credit for a long time the only people who don't know that apparently are standard and poor's and moody's and u.s. government the united states is the largest debtor nation in the history of the world who cares what the rating agencies say we all know that it's no longer it's no longer valid we don't pay any attention to them they've been wrong about everything for ten years so why is it calls in. such a big move or have life if you will wave there if no one really cares what the agencies say how important is how significa