there seem to be a lot of exceptions i know i recently interviewed california congressman dana rohrabacher about the fact that china has been given a waiver times one of the few countries has been given a waiver you know even though china does still import oil from iran i want to play what he said when i asked him about this. it is a horrible double standard that we have. we have heaped on russia all kinds of requirements and restrictions and mandates if they're going to get anything even if it's the repeal of jaxon van eyck which should have been done twenty years ago which less most favored nation status while china has had no liberalization at all and russia's had enormous liberalization their churches are full now and you have opposition groups and opposition papers in russia you've got nothing like that in china whatsoever. you know since so let's not focus on china let's just focus on the fact that even when the u.s. makes rules regarding iran there are always exceptions to those rules look the hypocrisy here right now is that level eleven because for instance even mr rohrabacher him

of us with headlines here in r t next i want are you with us congressman dana rohrabacher has some strong criticism of washington's foreign policy especially towards china. we are saying that one congressman dana rohrbacher u.s. representative from california forty sixth district also a former official with president reagan's administration congressman thank you so much for sitting down with us i want to focus today on some foreign policy issues so let's start right away with china i know you've been a staunch critic of the way the u.s. relationship with china has evolved how would you rate that relationship today well we're getting our just rewards for having those stupid policy we have built china into a major economic power without demanding to any type of political reforms we've given the most favored nation status when we want a free trade we permitted them to steal our technology they get away with murder quite literally economically or figures certainly economically but quite literally . you know in reality when they're murdering dissidents and taking the people religious dissenter

congressman dana rohrabacher from california. thanks and that's right. more news today violence is once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all today . the. line in motion would be so much brighter if you knew more about song from phones to the pressure and some of. these fine stunts on t.v. don't come. top stories this hour on r t syrian rebels threatened to kill forty eight iranian hostages they kidnapped told saturday if the ascent regime doesn't stop at shelling the opposition fighters claim three iranians have already died and continued shooting. explains government faces the flak for cracking down on dissent is accused of sacking journalists failing to toe the party line over sweeping cuts being pulled on the people in return for an e.u. bank bailout. and deadly terror strikes in russia's republic of chechnya with the suicide bombers attacking an army checkpoint want to call bombing claims of more lives. i'll be back with a news team with more on those stories fo

dedicated to overthrowing the iranian government but relies on terror to accomplish its goals mr rohrabacher is one of a number of officials including officials working for the romney campaign who is taking the same speaker's fees from this group from a group that is designated as a terrorist group in order to advance their political agenda and at the end of the day it's money that's driving these things it's politics it's you know with the m.e. caves ample it's not getting the same type of scrutiny because this is an organization that supposedly wants to overthrow the iranian government and because of that because iran is this bogeyman the enemy of our enemy is our friend so somebody like dana rohrbacher can go ahead and speak for a terror group like that that's my last question really i mean when we talk about this book a man of iran this is nothing this iran has been you know kind of the bad guy for it not years but decades here so our presidents our lawmakers are simply passing the buck when it comes to actually dealing with iran i think so i think that this is really an example of how t

to afghanistan i know you recently had a trip planned there president karzai thought congressman rohrabacher is not welcome here what had you planned to do when you went and why do you think president hart i don't want to see you well president karzai is a stooge of the pakistanis all right he is their boy in afghanistan and by the way our state department. just kisses up the pakistanis it has been doing so for the last thirty years which is one of the major reasons we've had problems down there but isn't that one of the major reasons that that the u.s. needs to do that is to keep the borders open to be able to get you know the flow of goods to afghanistan where the troops. who wants to be in afghanistan i mean why should anybody the russians should understand how that that is a rotten place for people to station their foreign troops. they're not going to make any friends and the afghans traditionally when they open their eyes and they see foreign troops around them they say i don't like them and i don't want them here in my country and. what we've god is afghanistan has been manipulated pol

within the american political establishment later this hour our teener views us congressman dana rohrabacher who shared his views on washington's actions and iran's neighbor of ghana city and here's a taste of what's coming up. i think that right now we should get our butts out of afghanistan as quickly as we can so that is few americans or lose their lives in afghanistan as it is. as as possible when the united states leaves the most important thing is that those people who have opposed the telly are not left vulnerable and we can do that we can do that very easily could make sure that. we do not leave. for example we can work with those in the northern alliance that defeated the taliban originally and make sure they can defend themselves. join us on his mother has met the president of ecuador to plead for her son's cause as the whistleblower waits for the south american country to decide on his asylum plea artie's spoke to christina sunshine and they could dorian capital for interviews coming up at twelve thirty g.m.t. but here's a preview. raised by the move of intelligence and know usual

congressman dana rohrabacher about washington's foreign policy and a candid conversation he also gave us his take on the u.s. presence in afghanistan he can watch before interview in just over an hour here's a sneak peek. carson is a stooge of the pakistanis all right he is their boy in afghanistan and by the way our state department. just kisses up the pakistanis and has been doing so for the last thirty years which is one of the major reasons we've had problems down there who wants to be in afghanistan i mean why should anybody the russians should understand how that that is a rotten place for people to station their foreign troops. and they're not going to make any friends and the afghans traditionally when they open their eyes and they see foreign troops around them they say i don't like them i don't want them here in my country but we should get our butts out of afghanistan as quickly as we can. as a number of dead in the syrian conflict mounts both the government and opposition are racing to replace fallen soldiers with fresh recruits while the rebels allegedly turn to mercenari

congressman dana rohrabacher who gave us his view on the difficulties that president karzai continues to face. the government that this was a stablished after nine eleven and afghanistan does not reflect. the values of the afghan people themselves and so it's a totally different structure it's a centralized system where afghans demand more centralized authority in their village and tribal leaders and karzai of course has no basis support so as i'm pointing those things out and the fact that he's so tied into the pakistanis. as i don't want me around so he exercised his prerogative. and you can watch that and if you in about an hour and ten minutes from now here are not for the time being though and let's get to the will start in america where i have identified the man who shot dead six worshippers at a sikh temple in the u.s. state of the sconce and the man's name wade michael page it was also revealed the forty year old who was killed in a shootout with police was an army veteran page who was said to have held a radical white supremacist views and at the temple on sunday morning and

congressman dana rohrabacher who shot his views on washington's actions in iran's neighbor of gonna stand and here's a taste of what's coming up. i think that right now we should get our butts out of afghanistan as quickly as we can so that is true americans or lose their lives in afghanistan as it is. as much as possible with the united states leaves the most important thing is that those people who have opposed the taliban are not left vulnerable and we can do that we can do that very easily could make sure that. we do not leave. for example we can work with those in the northern alliance that defeated the taliban originally and make sure they can defend themselves. to rid our solders mother has met the president of ecuador to plead for his son's cause rare has assured the south american nation is really considering the whistleblower as a sign employee assad has taken refuge in the country's embassy in london while swint seeks him of a sex assault allegations if he is it means him ending up in the u.s. on trial for a spanish over a massive leak of secret files however getting asylum alo

congressman dana rohrabacher who shared his views on washington's actions in iran's neighbor of gonna stand and here's a taste of what's coming up. i think there right now we should get our butts out of afghanistan as quickly as we can so that is few americans are lose their lives in afghanistan as it is. as much as possible when the united states leaves the most important thing is that those people who have opposed the telly are not left vulnerable and we can do that we can do that very easily could make sure that. we do not leave for example we can work with those in the northern alliance that defeated the taliban originally and make sure they can defend themselves. julian assange has met the president of ecuador to plead for his son's cause as the whistleblower waits for the south american country to decide on his asylum. has assured christina sound his country is family considering the request he has rated rated that the decision won't be influenced by pressure from the u.k. sweden all the u.s. still home seeks a sanction of a sex assault allegations but he fears he will end up in

congressman dana rohrabacher who gave us his views on the difficulties that president karzai is facing fanaa a quick preview of that discussion. this was a stablished after nine eleven and afghanistan does not reflect. the values of the afghan people themselves and so it's a totally different structure it's a centralized system where afghans demand more centralized authority in their village and tribal leaders and karzai corps has no base of support so as i'm pointing those things out and the fact that he's so tied into the pakistanis. cars i don't want me around so he exercised his prerogative. or you can watch on that in an interview in its entirety later this hour here on r.t. for now though straight to the we go some of the global news for you in brief and we'll start with egypt now where israel has reportedly found the bodies of eight gunmen captured in an attack on a security checkpoint on the border with egypt the assault had left at least sixteen in god's killed and eight injured both sides blaming the militants for the attack since early last year and is the most belonging to