u.s. military operates around the world and it's more widespread than ever before comes the u.s. military footprint it seems that the u.s. has its boots eyes ears and drones on the ground in almost every country in the world back in two thousand and eleven when congressman ron paul famously said that the u.s. is under great threat and no not because of our freedoms but rather because quote we occupy so many countries one hundred and thirty countries we have nine hundred bases around the world the sad reality is that the u.s. government is openly engaged in overseas contingency operations and every corner of the planet for example in the middle east the u.s. has ongoing operations that range from ground forces to aerial drone strikes and routine surveillance and nearly every country in the region most recently news just broke up a secret drone base in saudi arabia one that news outlets knew about for years but didn't report on because of their fear of violating quote national security moving on to africa u.s. military presence ranges from advise and assist troops throughout the con

u.s. military operates around the world and it's more widespread than ever before comes the u.s. military footprint it seems that the u.s. has its boots eyes ears and drones on the ground in almost every country in the world back in two thousand and eleven when congressman ron paul famously said that the u.s. is under great threat and no not because of our freedoms but rather because quote we occupy so many countries one hundred and thirty countries we have nine hundred bases around the world. the sad reality is that the u.s. government is openly engage in overseas contingency operations in every corner of the planet for example in the middle east the us has an ongoing operations that range from ground forces to aerial drone strikes and routine surveillance and nearly every country in the region most recently news just broke up a secret drone base in saudi arabia one that news outlets knew about for years but didn't report on because of their fear of violating quote national security moving on to africa u.s. military presence ranges from advise and assist troops throughout the con

u.s. military ships planes and personnel all in addition to the routine war exercises between the u.s. and its closest regional allies but when it comes to latin america the u.s. military footprint is more like a blanket of counter-narcotics operations being launched from bases all over the region. this is especially true in central america where the resulting clashes have turned the region into the most dangerous place on earth further south however countries are less exposed animal colombia and brazil aid the us in their drug operations countries like ecuador of simply refuse to allow america to build bases on their land here in north america the mexican government acknowledges that u.s. intelligence and military officials are deployed in the country however we have no idea to what extent since the information is being withheld because of again national security i haven't heard that one before but let's not forget our closest allies in europe or several countries are willing participants in the cia's expansive torture program in fact check out the countries that are hosting overseas

u.s. military operates around the world and it's more widespread than ever before comes the u.s. military footprint it seems that the u.s. has its boots eyes ears and drones on the ground in almost every country in the world back in two thousand and eleven when congressman ron paul famously said that the u.s. is under great threat and no not because of our freedoms but rather because quote we occupy so many countries one hundred and thirty countries we have nine hundred bases around the world. the sad reality is that the us government is openly engage in overseas contingency operations in every corner of the planet for example in the middle east the us has ongoing operations that range from ground forces to aerial drone strikes and routine surveillance in nearly every country in the region most recently news just broke of a secret drone base in saudi arabia one that news outlets knew about for years but didn't report on because of their fear of violating national security moving on to africa u.s. military presence ranges from advise and assist troops throughout the continent to ac

u.s. military operates around the world and it's of more widespread than ever before comes the u.s. military footprint it seems that the u.s. has its boots eyes ears and drones on the ground in almost every country in the world back in two thousand and eleven when congressman ron paul famously said that the u.s. is under great threat and no not because of our freedoms but rather because quote we occupy so many countries one hundred and thirty countries we have nine hundred bases around the world. the sad reality is that the us government is openly engaged in overseas contingency operations in every corner of the planet for example in the middle east the us has ongoing operations that range from ground forces to aerial drone strikes and routine surveillance in nearly every country in the region most recently news just broke of a secret drone base in saudi arabia one that news outlets knew about for years but didn't report on because of their fear of violating national security moving on to africa u.s. military presence ranges from advise and assist troops throughout the continent to a

u.s. military footprint it seems that the u.s. has its boots eyes ears and drones on the ground in almost every country in the world back in two thousand and eleven when congressman ron paul famously said that the us is under great threat and no not because of our freedoms but rather because quote we occupy so many countries one hundred and thirty countries we have nine hundred bases around the world the sad reality is that the us government is openly engaged in overseas contingency operations in every corner of the planet for example in the middle east the us has an ongoing operations that range from ground forces to aerial drone strikes and routine surveillance and nearly every country in the region most recently news just broke up a secret drone base in saudi arabia one that news outlets knew about for years but didn't report on because of their fear of violating quote national security moving on to africa u.s. military presence ranges from advise and assist troops throughout the continent to actual bases in egypt djibouti and

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u.s. military ships planes and personnel all in addition to the routine war exercises between the u.s. and its closest regional allies but when it comes to life in america the u.s. military is footprint is more like a blanket of counter-narcotics operations being launched from bases all over the region this is especially true in central america where the resulting clashes have turned the region into the most dangerous place on earth further south however countries are less exposed. animal colombia and brazil aid the u.s. in their drug operations countries like ecuador of simply refuse to allow america to build bases on their land here in north america the mexican government acknowledges that u.s. intelligence and military officials are deployed in the country however we have no idea to what extent since the information is being withheld because of again national security haven't heard that one before but let's not forget our closest allies in europe or several countries are willing participants in the cia's expansive torture program in fact check out the countries that are hosting over

u.s. military ships planes and personnel all in addition to the routine war exercises between the u.s. and its closest regional allies but when it comes to latin america the u.s. military is footprint is more like a blanket of counter-narcotics operations being launched from bases all over the region. this is especially true in central america where the resulting clashes have turned the region into the most dangerous place on earth further south however countries are less exposed animal colombia and brazil aid the us in their drug operations countries like ecuador of simply refuse to allow america to build bases on their land here in north america the mexican government acknowledges that u.s. intelligence and military officials are deployed in the country however we have no idea to what extent since the information is being withheld because of again national security have entered that one before but let's not forget our closest allies in europe or several countries are willing participants in the cia's expansive torture program in fact check out the countries that are hosting overseas

u.s. military ships planes and personnel all in addition to the routine war exercises between the u.s. and its closest regional allies but when it comes to latin america the u.s. military is footprint is more like a blanket of counter-narcotics operations being launched from bases all over the region this is especially true in central america where the resulting clashes have turned the region into the most dangerous place on earth further south however countries are less exposed animal colombia and brazil aid the us in their drug operations countries like ecuador of simply refuse to allow america to build bases on their land here in north america the mexican government acknowledges that u.s. intelligence and military officials are deployed in the country however we have no idea to what extent since the information is being withheld because of again national security i haven't heard that one before but let's not forget our closest allies in europe or several countries are willing participants in the cia's expansive torture program in fact check out the countries that are hosting oversea

u.s. military a american forces both the military and the g.a.a. were stationed there and helped train the colombians and bring them into very active counter guerrilla and counter-narcotics program that shifted the thrust of the drug trafficking trade to mexico in turn the united states launched what was called plan mary in mexico which brought billions of dollars to mexico. a substantial american involvement with the mexican military mexico is the now the largest recipient of u.s. military aid in the hemisphere here and that has meant now that the drug trade has shifted to central america so we saw last summer. u.s.d.a. agents involved in violent incidents in honduras hunder us is receiving one point three billion dollars in new u.s. arms. sales in this current year this is a country this is a small country. doing a massive amount of intruder infusion of american arms weaponry so what happens what changes in the drug war is not the basic premise that military and law enforcement are the central way to fight the drug war but rather the location whe

u.s. military there aligning themselves with the u.s. military taking money from them and essentially training them this is something that's concerning if you look at things and something that some yale students brought up with listen military intelligence no matter how you get it is used toward strategic global ends and these are things that we don't essentially know what we're getting into beforehand so immediately say yeah with the u.s. because we happen to be on u.s. soil and we're getting nearly two million dollars from the u.s. military we're with that i think that a lot of people are concerned about that there's certainly been a few petitions to say you know at least let's talk about it a little more yes i mean how much transparency about the issue so people are saying whoa whoa you're just going to have there's enough indoctrination as it is going on at universities and for this to this project going to lend itself the u.s. military for those and goals is definitely there called a question thank you for investigating and bringing

u.s. military to focus on the basically public relations abroad this element of it where basically the pentagon wants the military not just focus on the way the operations are on the ground are conducted but essentially making sure that both americans here at home and foreigners abroad in the countries where the wars are being fought are are clued in the best way to describe it is basically the u.s. military will now also have to play an important role in tempting to inform and influence the people watching what exactly the pentagon is up to so on a saucy let's go ahead and talk about that because you did mention that they're both trying to inform as well as influence now obviously there's a distinct difference between the american public and foreigners and the types of information that they're going to disseminate between the two groups what is the goal for the rest of the world when it comes to influencing how are we planning on doing that and is the difference between informing and influencing really that different. well let you know i think you're right there is quite a distinct difference

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u.s. military occupation the u.s. still has tens of thousands of u.s. troops in south korea it's an occupied country just the way iraq is or was. during that time if you said anything nice about north korea if you said that was a good regime you went to prison for ten years i went to north korea in one nine hundred eighty nine i traveled with a twenty one year old south korean woman from north back to her home in south korea at the d.m.z. she was arrested by u.s. soldiers and given five years hard labor for having dared to visit her relatives in north korea and the u.s. as well there is a bastion of democracy why because the u.s. uses south south korea as a puppet it is an occupied country and i think a lot of people also think you know that south korean support the demilitarized zone that they support that the vision i mean is this also. propaganda i mean i'm sure the vast majority of them want to be reunited with lost family and friends on the other side you can't have a more emotional issue than then the question of family division in korea the korea

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u.s. military that's what backs the u.s. dollar tax revenue in america is crashing wages are crashing people can't afford donalds anymore people can't afford even to go to wal-mart anymore food stamps are soaring and then of course the inflation coming to the energy complex including gasoline is going to help going to hurt the u.s. military because they buy two hundred fifty million dollars worth of gas every day to fund the pentagon's war machine when the price of gas continues to go up as it is hitting a record prices in california and other states the pentagon won't be able to afford to fill up their gas their tanks and their other vehicles of destruction so it's a double edged sword so that dollar is going to zero the goal is going much higher germany will ask for their gold and i'll be given a receipt for worthless dollars or a horsemeat burger from findus. there are reports that say a government plane has been shot down in the northern part of syria's capital damascus killing up to twenty people meanwhile activists say

u.s. military occupation the u.s. still has tens of thousands of u.s. troops in south korea it's an occupied country just the way iraq is or was. during that time if you said anything nice about north korea if you said that was a good regime you went to prison for ten years i went to north korea in one nine hundred eighty nine i traveled with a twenty one year old south korean woman from north back to her home in south korea at the d.m.z. she was arrested by u.s. soldiers and given five years hard labor for having dared to visit her relatives in north korea and the us as well there is a bastion of democracy why because the u.s. uses south south korea as a puppet it is an occupied country and i think a lot of people also think you know the south korean support the demilitarized zone that they support that the vision i mean is this also propaganda i mean i'm sure the vast majority of them want to be reunited with lost family and friends on the other side you can have a more emotional issue than then the question of family division in korea the korean peop

u.s. and south korean military exercises happening. peninsula really has you really have to ask you know who's really running who in the region of north korea was carrying out massive war games and staging the mock invasion of the united states a long long island people would be up in arms that's what the u.s. and south korea are doing today after north korea absolutely thank you so much i think a lot of people fear north korea because they don't understand it at the close off and say in terms of the. people there i think opening the dialogue talking about it and really understanding the complexities is very important thank you so much brian becker director for the answer coalition thanks. you feel like you see so far check us out on a blue blue dot com slash breaking the set there you can watch the latest episode of our show like yesterday which featured cancerous capitalism that sells brain disease and the u.s. education system you're also scroll through and watch every show something middle of december so go to who favored out and c

u.s. military in foreign policy this is news come from the military courts media liaison person apparently in the last going to count a correspondent in washington d.c. is across this for us other ghani you won't see admitted to him what could this mean for his sentences obviously already spent time in prison for a number of years what's he going to be no. that's right thousand years. excuse me a thousand days while bradley manning is pleading guilty to i'm sorry. ten out of twenty two charges against him every county pleading guilty to could land him in prison for two years maximum so if convicted on those charges and no others he would receive a maximum sentence of twenty years behind bars however the big question is if the government decides to drop charges of aiding the enemy because this is one of the charges that he's facing in the most serious one if convicted this count could allow the judge to sentence the judge to sentence. bradley manning to life in prison well bradley manning himself pleaded not guilty to this charge so he is also slated to go before a military court martial th

u.s. military. they were particularly active during the gulf war, and they've killed dozens of people since the '70s. they finance themselves by robberies and extortion. experts don't rule out they may have been subcontracted by another group. in fact, i was reading the newspapers a short while ago, shep. there was an article that said this was a splinter group of a larger organization backed by iran and syria. now, we don't have any confirmation of that, but again, there's always the possibility that they were subcontracted by someone else, the u.s. saying that they're following turkey's lead at this point but so far, turkey is just saying that it was this leftist group. >> shepard: amy kellogg in london. thanks so much. experts call ankara one of the safest cities in the region but consider turkey's neighbors, iran to the east, syria to the south and united states among the countries sending powerful patriot missiles to help turkey protect itself. less than a week ago nato reported that at least o

u.s. military but on the other on the other hand i mean i note that police helicopters in the united states could be but are not weaponized we've had the technology both helicopters and army helicopters for some fifty years and as a policy decision police helicopters in the united states have not been weaponized so i think that that counters the to some extent of the possible becoming reality ok ray is that comfort for you. you know it's really more a question of how they're already being used now i think chris you swore this same solemn oath when you get out of the u.s. military academy but when i was commissioned a second lieutenant the united states army i took a solemn oath to support and defend the constitution the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic i take that both very seriously it has no expiration date the fifth amendment of our constitution says and i quote no person doesn't say no american does it say no citizen says no person shall be deprived of life liberty or property without due process of law and for the executive in this country now to reverse seven hun

u.s. military depends on massive net with for operations and logistics. as in our personal lives the ability to communicate 24/7 has made people dependent on electronic capabilities. the challenge is how best to protect these net with and continue operations if they're ever jammed or destroyed by enemies. our panel discussion made known the importance of these but also highlighted there isn't one senior person in charge. it's time to designated a senior advocate in the pentagon to everysee critical ew and cyber capabilities to ensure the services plans are synchronized in this era of fiscal austerity. thanks for joining us for this. this i'm vago muradian. watch on-line at defensenewstv.com or e-mail me at vag two at defensenewstv.com. i'll be back next week at the same time. >>> right now, 150 ways to cut medicare costs. will any of them work? i'm steve usdin. welcome to "biocentury this week"." >>> your trusted source for biotechnology, information and analysis, "biocentury this week." >>> congress has postponed the debt ceiling crisis. now the focus in

u.s. basically to support the american military and largely it's been the countries that are under u.s. military protection or have military bases all over them that are buying this stuff so russia is one of the countries that's calling it like it is some they've said like this is this is there is no real difference to the american military power in american finance. if we want to resist one we have to resist the other you mentioned foreign policy and she's a lesser ship between this money printing and the rise of the petro dollar and of course that has really been the basis for so many wars recently in the last ten or fifteen years the iraq war and afghanistan and what's happening in africa it's a mad scramble for resources and that oil industry that since nine hundred seventy cents when the u.s. close of gold and there has been a concurrent growth in both credit and oil export rationing of the links and on big capital and big oil of grown up together we enter into a period now where. the credit seems to be falling apart due to the banking collapse and so the money to go out there and g