it's a story of decline and all 2 months over rule, all bo county, middle east iraq, we today called grady or whatever the middle east that they lost. you know, how did it happen? how did they these guys who were running, damn, what did they think of all this? these are also this side subjects. the other subjects, the rise of nationalism at the end of an empire when the empire is collapsing, every want to say, well actually i'm not an auto mom. i am this, i'm started me and i am bo gary and i am great. i am a syrian, i am at all times lost all this hub in a way i'm in my sentiments are close to or 2 months here. you know, i live in the stumble, my family lived in the summer of did it feed, and i'm against ever putting on ottoman system on a pedestal. i just wanted to see clearly, and i'm critical of auto moneys in view our to getting from the government from air go on. i believe turkey should be secular and look for its future in europe. it rings the bell and it hits home when you say about the ottoman empire because a lot of people. busy and possibly it territory is still the same ab

what would happen if we go to war to these nations of course in the middle east, the iraq war, afghanistand so forth. that's a much bigger conversation. that being said what do you make about stopping these with payments to basketball? which will obviously increase oil prices even higher than they've already gone. you have to have conversations with saudi, as a congressman talked about. the united states saying, you're gonna have to open up the faucet and give to the countries in need. because we're shutting down raw russia to squeeze moscow and make sure that they don't advance. >> i agree fully with congressman sherman's approach to this. the sanctions so far severe, they really are, but they are penalties. if you were to stop swift from russia being able to transact to swift, you're on the road to crippling the russian economy. and that is a strategy. should you cripple the russian economy? we're talking energy shortages, we're talking oil shortages. you're really cutting them off in the russian people. and that create enough political pressure to moderate the behavior? that's a big gam

i mean the us invaded afghanistan and iraq in order to, to gain control of the middle east gain control of oil resources to, to get rid of unfriendly regimes. so i guess in that way, it's comparable to what potent is doing in, in the ukraine. but of course the iraq and afghanistan were not on the us border. they posed no threat whatsoever to us security. where as russia has had legitimate concerns over the threat posed by, by the ukraine, once again, that's not an endorsement of what russia has done. well, those security concerns were legit legitimate. well, what difference is an attitude? you see what's happening right now compared to the reaction in previous devastating conflicts in the middle east and elsewhere. the western press couldn't have cared less about the casualties. i mean they were, they. busy were. busy they. busy were thrilled over the use of, of us weapon was the 111 nbc corresponded, referred to the beat to the beauty of our weapons. i mean, they, americans enjoyed the american journalists enjoy the shout. if it was great fun, if there was a wonderful display of us fir

iraq. i've been the middle east bureau chief for the new york times. i speak arabic, i spent 7 years in the region like most arabic. i understood that the invasion of iraq in these endless wars was perhaps the greatest strategic blunder in american history. you could argue, but you didn't want to hear it. so even those of us who came with that kind of expertise were shut out and it is beneficial to these networks to ratchet up the fear level. they did it for 2 years with a molar report. every night these kind of breathless reports, you would think that molar was going to storm into the white house and hall donald trump out in handcuffs. and they're doing the same thing here because it's about ratings and it is about fulfilling their traditional role in a time of conflict, even if that conflict is hyped and manufactured. that's what always happens in war . you can go all the way back to the crimea. philip nightly grade book. truth is the 1st casualty kind of document that there is no difference. so that's what you're seeing, unfortunately, as deeply resp

the winds pick up again in the middle east was certain parts of it running down from iraq through q 8 dash tours. rain katara new a that is shamal, seasonal when ringing dust with it. but probably nothing else there. it does drop temperatures. oh, the with sponsored by casara ways. frank assessments for china. good. well, banish it from the 0. call it strategy. if the rest of the world cannot get to get informed opinions at all costs, bucker's needs an upright thought of that statement. critical debate, why group would claims that native constitutes an interest in chill threat to russia? but it's precisely his actions that we did this insecurity in the region in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera. ah, the hello are you watching? 0, i'm emily, angling reminder about top stories this hour. you as president is wanting things in ukraine could go crazy quickly. is there g americans to leave immediately as concerns grow that moscow could invade the country? foreign ministers of the us lead quoted group have met strongly in security block includes japan an

middle east. when you look at what's happening and libya, when you look at what happened in iraq or yemen, you know, the need to maintain that petro dollar in order to back the dollar. because the piece in the middle east is a told a lie, like if there were a piece in the middle east, we would have a problem maintaining the reserve currency status. so they're saying it out loud that that this is actually their policy that mean all excellent points and, and also keep in mind when they talk about big coin being used in criminal activity . the use of bitcoin incremental activity peaked several years ago at 1.5 percent of global criminal activity, and it's crashed. it's now point 15 percent of criminal activity that was probably go to 0 because no criminal in the right mind would use bitcoin in a criminal activity because it's totally transparent on the open ledger, the block chain. so that says that to categorically patently false, what they've said they're, that's their lead statement. and then everything else that they imply is equally fallacious. indeed. and of course we at cover this in a previous

bourne an incredible burden as a result of our endless wars and the greater middle east and era -- in africa whether it is iraq, afghanistan or somalia and niger. the other day there was an american servicemen injured in mali. you've had a community that has bourne the butte -- the burden and cost of repeated deployments of their brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, wives and husbands coming back from deployments injured or wounded, the stress placed on families, if they are in the reserves or national guard, the stress placed on businesses and nonmilitary careers. and, it is important to note as well that our military is increasingly staffed and many of our recruits come from serving families or families that have already had somebody serve. these wars, for many are becoming multi generational. you are having fathers that are seeing their sons deployed in the same place as that they did earlier in the global war on terror. i had a marine who served in iraq and he had the same experience. his son deployed to the same base for the reasons we were deployed in iraq 10 years later when the united states inter

middle east. also the middle east throughout the wars in afghanistan and iraq. 50% of the total force operated reservefrom the units we have a large contingency of that. you tell me how your employed regarding this responsibility. >> i have observed her national guard and reserve has tremendous capability it could help offset the impact on the active duty force as well. >> in the defense and things of security, you're using the nationalth guard and your own forces. >> we've used the national guard in all my experience in the middle east. ally with your own forces? >> senator, we've used the national guard in all my experience in the middle east. >> well, let me say thank you. i appreciate very much. i yield back my time. >> i will recognize senator hawley, please. >> general, congratulations on your nomination. thank you for being here. let me ask you about disturbing reports in "the washington post" today. the headline is documents reveal u.s. military's frustration with white house diplomats over afghanistan evacuation. "the washington post" has been able to see a 2,000-page army investigative repor

special envoy to the global coalition to defeat isis, former ambassador to iraq and turkey, and now chair of the wilson center's middle eastam. ambassador jeffrey, you know better than everyone how dangerous al-qurayshi was. what is your reaction to his death? ambassador jeffrey: this is a victory. as the reorter said, it is a victory. it is strategic. the group will continue to be a threat. but it is one of the many blows we have struck. it is particularly important for its significance at a time this administration in the west is facing as well as threats in the ukraine and with iran and china. this shows the american military cap abilities and the president's intentions. those are all important. laura: so you think this raid is also sending a message to president putin as russian forces mass on the border with ukraine? ambassador jeffrey: i think the decision to go in with ground troops rather than a drone strike was in the very tense situation we are in with the ukraine. laura: but if we return to al-qurayshi's, is the islamic state actually now resurgent in syria? ambassador jeffrey: it has never gone away. it has bee

middle east and africa. nice to see you. we've got some cloud drifting around northern areas of the middle east that may generate some showers into northern syria in iraq. but other than that, it's fine and dry. we go in round the gulf, we see a southerly flow of air here. so over the next few days, that's going to pop up the temperature and re added stellar forecast here. but then that wind shifts back to the northwest so that drops you down your temperatures to more line with where they should be for this time, the year through pakistan, things are fairly settled. here are a few showers, not too far away from the horn. in fact may plague the hor, off to iran in afghanistan. few clouds floating around here is wall. now leftovers of what was storm dudley's start to sink into turkey. moving west to east. we've got snow over the higher ground and a quick shot of some showers for is stumble with the high of 13 degrees. central africa looks like this. we can find heat from juba into bungie. read through to a boot. boot may hit 40 degrees on friday. okay, now we've got somewhat weather here with leftovers of cycle loan slamming into central, northern mozamb

it's looking more unsettled, however, across parts of the middle east, thanks to a winter storm system that's pushing its way across iraq, into iran, behind it, we're going to have a shemelle that's going to pick up blowing down the gulf. and it's gonna bring the temperature down into by, by wednesday for the weather, sponsored by katara ways, from international politics to the global pandemic and everything. it did not respect poor people and pure our planet promised to ensure the safety of women. what's happened, the just the systems are pulled back, that people actually have more feel. why is the u. k. feel hostile to transfer? the big 3 to all of us. join me if i take on the live, dismantled misconceptions and debate the contradiction. hardly get up put on al jazeera. ah ah, the orchard is it a reminder of our stock? so top stories, the seller, ukrainian military says rush about separatists of ford artillery on more than 30 areas in the east of the country. the multi nation monitoring agency, the o s. c. e, has set of recorded almost 2000 c's, foreign violations and saturday. russia says hypersonic missiles have bee

it's looking more unsettled, however, across parts of the middle east, thanks to a winter storm system that's pushing its way across iraq, into iran. behind it, we're going to have a shemelle that's going to pick up blowing down the gulf, and it's going to bring the temperature down into by, by wednesday. ah, the day you decide to do something for the 1st time and make day anything bigger. with blue the me wondering, i'll just have a reminder of our top story is this, our ukraine military says rushing back, separated the fight artillery on more than 30 areas in the east. the multi nation monitoring agency, the o s. c. h said it recorded nearly 2005 violations on saturday. russia says hypersonic, this house have been launched during what are described as strategic nuclear drills overseen by president vladimir putin kremlin denies the wargames will further increase tensions. ukrainian president, columbia gmc has filed not to respond propagation by russia. speaking of the munich security conference lot of landscape says this country is committed to peace for world powers are failing it. 12 truck drivers remain missing as e

we've got brighter skies coming into northern parts of the middle east over the next couple of days. little area cloud here, sliding across iraq into iran, pushing into afghanistan where it will bring some snow fall chassis, some rain as snow to just around the turkish mountains. northern parts of syria could catch a shower or 2 over the next few days, but for many, it is got to be fine, dry and settled back down at $24.00 celsius though. ha, also at $24.00 degrees. we have got a shamal wind blame at keen a north wesley wind will continue as we go on into our wedding, stay by wednesday. possible as here, some wet weather coming into that eastern side of the mediterranean for much of the event. and the middle east. finally, dry, pretty much sums it up. not so far and dry in 2 central parts of africa, of course, right across the tropic, tropical belt, we are looking at the usual seasonal range, just rolling through. i suspect the heavier showers are going to be in to where southern parts of tanza, near northern areas of madagascar. we'll see some very heavy rain wet weather pushing it in more than parts of mozambique. but the so

the winds picking up again in the middle east will certain parts of it running, danced from iraq through key weight, turned towards a crane cutter and a new a. that is the shamal seasonal when bringing dust with it. but probably nothing else, though it does drop temperatures. oh, the weather sponsored by katara always. i care about how the u. s. engages with the rest of the world. i cover foreign poles, the natural purity. this is very much a political in house. here. the conflict, how do we illustrated, are we telling a good story? will people get what we're trying to do here? they're living outside and make. this is not the way any family wants to raise their children. we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to actually feel as if you were there. ah, this is al jazeera ah hello, this is in use our on al jazeera. i'm fully back to go live from our headquarters in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. we're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. history, very different situation, and thanks her go crazy quickly. you as pre

it's not just whether in the middle east, all kind of local insurgencies historically. so in both iraqthe islamic state basically taps into mountains of grievances by sunni communities. let me give your viewers a glance -- a glimpse of what we're talking about. you still have tens of thousands of sunnis in iraq who are treated like criminals because isis functioned within their own communities, they are placed in detention camps, they are excluded, they are treated like basically criminals. they are collectively punished. so isis, even though it lost the khalifa, the territorial khalifa in 2017 in iraq, it has been able to find a refuge within these sunni communities in iraq. in fact, your question is so important because there is a growing evidence now that isis or the islamic state has been able to renew its ranks with younger recruits from members of families who have had ties to the islamic state, and also members internally excluded and angry sunnis. this is in iraq. in syria the kurdish-led militias who basically control the prisons where you have thousands of islamic state fight

that by the fears that he wants to buy as well from the middle east, could this bound us tighter to those arab countries, whether it is iran, iraq, sa, to ravia, and would that have an effect on our foreign policy has it in the past, it has in the past and we're going to go back to having to neil to their whims, to get our oil. when, as boat points out, we've got plenty, we've got our own. and the only thing that has changed is that we went from energy independence, when the valued ministration came in back to energy dependence. and now they want to make us even more dependent upon the middle east faction, the, the global factions that we can't control. we need to immediately reopen that. i find we need to immediately reopen the fracking and the opportunities to get to our own oil and gas and coal, and make ourselves energy independent and energy exporters again, why don't we make a profit off energy instead of having to depend on the shout? saudi shakes, and others to, to give us the oil that we're having to pay too much for. and keep in mind that this is not a new problem, but we had solved it until the valued ministration cam

it's looking more unsettled, however, across parts of the middle east, thanks to a winter storm system that is pushing its way across iraq, into iran. behind it, we're going to have a shemelle that's going to pick up blowing down the gulf. and it's going to bring the temperature down into by, by wednesday, ah, talk to al jazeera rios, do you believe that the french invasion of ukraine is currently the biggest threat international peace and security? we listen, we are focusing so much on the unitarian crisis that we forget. long term development, we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the store restock matter on al jazeera, we understand the differences and similarities of culture across the world. so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you to take the ships to democracy's active history corporations control of the message is crucial. lead for public opinion pull, proffered the listening close, examines the vested interest on the container. you can, you are now just here. oh, i russia is expected to end its joint military exercises. valerie, the tension continues o

we've got brighter skies coming into northern parts of the middle east over the next couple of days. little area cloud here, sliding across iraq into iran, pushing into afghanistan where it will bring some snow fall charts of some rain or snow to just around the turkish mountains. northern parts of syria could catch a shower or 2 over the next few days, but for many it is got to be fine dry and settled back that at $24.00 celsius. no ha. also at 24 degrees, we have got a shamal wind blame at keen a northwesterly wind will continue as we go on into a wedding state by wednesday, possible as here some wet weather coming into that eastern side of the mediterranean. but for much of the event and the middle east, fine, a dry, pretty much sums it up. not so fine and dry in 2 central parts of africa course right across the tropic, tropical belt. we are looking at the usual seasonal range, just rolling through. i suspect the heavier showers are going to be in to southern parts of tanza, near northern areas of madagascar. we'll see some very heavy rain and wet weather pushing into northern parts of mozambique. but the southern part of m

middle east but not in europe. as far as saying putin we got it wrong in iraq, let's judge by action and not word.have surrounded, surrounded ukraine with troops, tens of thousands, more than a hundred thousand troops on all sides. they are engaged in missile and nuclear exercises. you know, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck. it looks to me that we have good reason to be concerned. is he going to do it, it doesn't make any sense, it's going to bring problems raining down on him but he by action, by action he is acting as if he plans to do it. arthel: no one wants war. how do we stop it from happening? how do we stop it from doing? the potential domino effect of russian invasion is very complex. it's far-reaching and not to mention so many people will die. is there a last-minute 11th hour way to prevent this? >> you know, i think it all depends on putin. i don't know why he doesn't declare victory and go home or wait for another president. he's determined to invade, there's something that we can physically to do about that because he had an advantage of geography, he's alre

middle east. have a listen. >> but this isn't a place, with all due respect, you know, like iraq or afghanistan that has seen conflict raging for decades. you know, this is a relatively civilized, relatively european. >> i'm sorry. it is really emotional because i see european people with blue eyes with blond hair being killed with putin's missiles. >> now the unthinkable has happened to them. and this is not a developing third world nation. it is europe. >> ayman, first off, europe has been home to some of the worst war crimes in history, like the holocaust. second, when they say civilized cities and in another clip well dressed people and this is not the third world, they really mean white people, don't think? we should care about ukraine. but not because they're white europeans. >> that's what's so disturbing in all of this. not only that, it is trying to make an excuse why the west should get involved. listen, let's be clear. you should encourage and actually help refugees because they are fleeing a war. i don't know if you saw this. there was an op ed today in which the writer, danielle hahn non, said that these

middle east hang tight, will get africa and one sec. but 1st the pitcher rounds of rain through the levant, northern areas of syria, iraq, and that is dropping down to the south. in fact, to wait, may see some showers. we go in for a closer look. 2 things i wanted to point out here. southerly flow that's pops up the temperature ria, 26 same goes for q 8, but look, there is some of those showers that may leak in there, the risk of it, and maybe even some funder downpours did see quite intense downpours in karachi. also a suburb $150.00 millimeters of rain within hours. so all of that to say water logged roads were certainly an issue that energy has shoved away. so we're back into the sunshine and temperatures are lifting. for example, in karachi, 27 degrees a high for you on thursday, while wet and windy conditions we had in is stumble, but that energy has shifted out toward the east were also seen. it pushes into the caucasus as well on thursday. take it to africa, we're talking about the potential to break some records here. shark, the red, the hired, the temperature jew, but $42.00. the record for february is $43.00 degrees. we have pourin

middle east. you pulled out of afghanistan. you pulled basically out of syria. you pulled out of iraq or about to. so, all of that perception that we're pulling back and we're pivoting to asia has sent the signal that they're worried we cannot be relied upon. i don't like the fact they haven't responded in a positive way. i understand why. but if they're going to continue to really not make a decision on this, not be helpful in this, then it's going to call into question the relationship we have with them going forward. it might be what they're planning on. it may be russia is ready to move in quickly but i think we have to call upon our allies and say are you with us or the russians? because the russians don't believe in the rule of law. frors you can see what they're doing now. they're punishing, killing innocent people that pose no threat to them. if you want to align yourself with them, you don't have any room with us. >> and to be clear. we have about 30 seconds left. you were talking about secondary sanctions. sanctioning some of our closest allies if they don't crack down on russia as well?

middle east, central africa. >> general hertling, you knew this person from your time as commander in northern iraq or knew of.l about his importance in isis after al baghdadi was killed? >> i can tell you history in northern iraq when i was there in 2007 and '08 is he was one of the deputy amirs of moezal. as you remember, it was spook central in terms of what was going on with isis and the evolution of al quaeda into isis at the time. he was captured in 2008 by joint special operations command, interrogated multiple times, and gave actually some false information back and forth, was imprisoned and then later released by the iraqi government. he then became al baghdadi's deputy and has watched al baghdadi until he was killed in 2019 and then took over. but he is a theological leader -- or was a theological leader within isis. he had a degree from the university of mosul. so, he was a guy who took sort of a contrary view of what isis could be from a strategic standpoint living under sharia law and ensuring that it was executed throughout the global environment. so, i think -- i kind of disagree with peter a li

iraq. and held a senior post at the pentagon where she oversaw policy on russia europe, middle east and africa. congresswoman, thank you for being with us. pleasure to have you here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> i'm sensing there's some si possibility, despite the fact that bipartisanship is hard to come by on congress. there's some potential for bipartisan action in the coming days ashe there has been, as it relates to russia and its incursion into ukraine? >> absolutely. i was actually was just at the munich security conference this weekend with a warren delegation of senators and members of congress, you could feel the feeling in the roomfe was, look we have a lot of differences between us when it comes to deterring russia, pushing back onte russia, we were tag teamin in our meetings, and the sanctions were were discussing and legislation, it's a good and comforting thing. >> there's a lot of things we can agree to do in pay bipartisan fashion and then the issue ofon troops. 43 members of the house sent a letter to president biden today urging him to receive authorization from congre

middle east, we've got this southerly push of era here. so that's popped up. the temperature react $26.00 and q $825.00, but some showers for northern areas of iraq on thursday. that's a snapshot of your weather. ah, the weather. sponsored by katara ways into different worlds. but creatively, philosophically and 9 a world explore the surprisingly, between the addiction islamic scholar mohammed abdul and russian novelist, d o t o. in the french, audrey and literally asian thinkers, answer me on al jazeera. ah ah, your child, is it a reminder of our top stories? this are leaders of germany, france and poland, discuss ways to deescalate tension ukraine's border with russia, speaking in berlin, they all agree. their common goal is to prevent war in europe. schools in connecticut state in southern india. how in order to close for 3 days because of growing anger about a banner muslim girls wearing head scarves. y'all positions accusing the willing b j. p, which controls the state government of discrimination. public healthcare workers in sri lanka have begun an indefinite strike to demand higher pay and a failure system for promotions. only emergency and critical c

administration, so afghanistan, we had iraq still, we had isis fighting in the middle east and then we. so, we should have, at that point, started a global campaign, but i don't think all is lost. i think this is an opportunity now for this administration to do that. >> greg, can you speak to sort of the intensity of activity on the part of the administration? i mean, the pentagon is briefing on this all the time, as is the state department. white house fielding questions. but there's still a sense that this isn't something that's on the radar for most americans. do you sense that the administration would ramp up those efforts, that there would be a broader or more in-depth public engagement? i mean, what is your sense of the preparations for communicating with potentially a broader audience here at home? >> right, i mean, they have been pretty vocal. we see it from the white house, from the pentagon, from the state department, but as you mentioned, i'm struck talking to people who may not be following this blow by blow. they're still asking, is russia going to invade? pretty surprised

bourne an incredible burden as a result of our endless wars and the greater middle east and era -- in africa whether it is iraqafghanistan or somalia and niger. the other day there was an american servicemen injured in mali. you've had a community that has bourne the butte -- the burden and cost of repeated deployments of their brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, wives and husbands coming back from deployments injured or wounded, the stress placed on families, if they are in the reserves or national guard, the stress placed on businesses and nonmilitary careers. and, it is important to note as well that our military is increasingly staffed and many of our recruits come from serving families or families that have already had somebody serve. these wars, for many are becoming multi generational. you are having fathers that are seeing their sons deployed in the same place as that they did earlier in the global war on terror. i had a marine who served in iraq and he had the same experience. his son deployed to the same base for the reasons we were deployed in iraq 10 years later when the united states interve

i think it was one of the first in the middle east and may be the only one, i'm not sure, and multiple units rotated through our wars with both afghanistan and iraq. 50% of the total force of c-130s operated by reserve component units and we have a large contingency in west virginia. can you tell me how you think strategically when employed the national guard is your area of responsibility? >> senator, i have observed as the centcom chief of staff our national guard and reserve provide tremendous capability into the aor and can help offset the active duty force as well. >> in your planning operations and defense and things of that and security you are using national guard and their abilities basically with your own forces? >> senator, we've used the national guard in all my experience in the middle east. >> well, let me say thank you. i appreciate very much. i yield back my time. >> i will recognize senator hawley, please. >> general, congratulations on your nomination. thank you for being here. let me ask you about disturbing reports in "the washington post" today. the headline is documents reveal u.s. military's frustration with white house dip

could bring them out like what do we do about iraq if there's one place you don't wantt to get involved it's the middlele east. and if it's one place in the middle east that is like graveyard for all western values, it's afghanistan and so i think that he would be very supportive and stated that what we need to do is not look for scapegoats but figured out how we made this mistake in the first place. the understanding of why britain makes the biggest mistake in 1775, 76, we understand that now in a way that we couldn't before. to step into a quagmire that is unwinnable and unnecessary. we should know about that. >> we don't have interests as an independent nation. we beat back people who simply were not disrupting the balance of power, world war ii but not world war i. the ground we ask we have an air force base but we don't need to get into the level of that detail right now. if we are attacked what do you do. given the apertures of the time and where it begins. i don't know if he could have imagined. to finish with regards to the foreign policy, if you are attacked then we respond with an open-ended commitment rather than a limited objective d

bringbl him out like my readers want, what would you do about iraq, if there's no place on the planet you don't want to get involved it's the middle east. the middle east is like a graveyard for all western values, it's afghanistan. and so, to bring you up-to-date i think would be supportive of biden's decision to get us out and he with that what you need to do is not look for scapegoats but let's try to figure how we made this mistake in the first place. and i think that in some sense our own understanding of why britain makes the biggest mistake in its history by making war on the united states in 1775-1776, we can understand that now in a way he couldn't before. how does the world recently arrived world power brimming with confidence, certain of its military and economic supremacy, step into a quagmire that is a war that is both unwinnable and unnecessary? we should know about i that. >> there's a lot i agree with but lenny push back for just debate sake. >> i saw a grimace on your facee so i knew you were going to push back. >> first of all the core of what you think is exactly right, they can be summed up inly a number giveaways o

middle east hang tight will get africa and one sec. but 1st, the pitcher rounds of rain through the levant, northern areas of syria, iraq, and that is dropping down to the south intact. she waits, may see some showers. we go in for a closer look. 2 things i wanted to point out here, southerly flow that's pops up the temperature, ria, 26 same goes for q 8, but look, there is some of those showers that may leak in there, the risk of it, and maybe even some funder downpours did see quite intense downpours in karachi, also a suburb 150 millimeters of rain within hours. so all of that to say water logged roads were certainly an issue that energy has shoved away. so we're back into the sunshine and temperatures are lifting. for example, in karachi, 27 degrees high for you on thursday, while wet and windy conditions we had in its stumble, but that energy has shifted out toward the east were also seen push into the caucasus as while on thursday. take it to africa, we're talking about the potential to break some records here darker the red, the hard, the temperature jew, but 40 to the record for february is 43 degrees. we have pouring rain falling fr

iraq? if there's one place onthe planet you don't want to get involved in its the middle east . and if there's one place in the middle east that is like a graveyard for all western values, it'safghanistan . and so to bring it really up-to-date i think he would be supportive of biden's decision to get us out. he would say what you need to do is not look for scapegoats but let's try to figure out s how we made this mistake in the first place . and i think that in some sense our own understanding of why britain makes the biggest mistake in its statecraft history by making war on the united d states in 1775, 76. we can understand that nowin a way that we could before . >> we have a world power brimming with confidence, certain of its economic supremacy into a quagmire of a war that is both unwinnable andunnecessary . we should know about that. >> there's a lot i agree with joe, let me push back just for debates sake . >> i knew you were going to push. >> but on two points, first of all i think the core of what you're saying is right. it can be summed up in a number of different ways

iraq? if there is one place on the planet you do not want to get involved is the middle east.nd one place in the middle east that is like graveyard for allll wwestern values it i afghanistan. and so, to bring it really up-to-date i think you'd be very supportive of biden's decision to get us out. who say what you need to do is not look for scapegoats but let's try to figure it how we made this mistake in the first place. and i think in some sense our own understanding of why britain makes the biggest mistake in its history by making war on the united states in 1775 -- 76. we can understand that now in a way we could it before. how does a recentlyec arrived world power brimming with confidence certain of its military and economic supremacy step into a quagmire that's a war that's both unwinnable and unnecessary. we should know about that. >> there's a lot i agree with joe lamy pushback for just debate sake. >> i see aus grimace on your fae i knew you're to push back. >> on two points. first of all i think the core of what you're saying is exactly right but it can be summed up i

iraq, attacking in syria, attacking in pakistan, as you say, and afghanistan. the u.s. is out. what is fueling the terrorism we are still seeing in the broader middle east?hia? what are the roots of this terrorism now? >> well, the u.s. war on terror actually bred terrorists. i can tell you from pakistan's example, because pakistan, by joining the u.s., we had 80,000 people dying in this joining the u.s. war on terror, and we saw the war as it went along, it produced more terrorists. and i am convinced it's exactly the same what happened in afghanistan because these night raids in afghanistan, the drone attacks -- drone attacks, really the united states must review this policy. we watched what happened there. they were telling people in the u.s. that the drones were very accurate and the people -- they actually got the terrorists. bombs exploding in villages, you know, how -- how would they only get the terrorists? so there was a lot of collateral damage and i'm afraid people in the u.s. did not really -- the public didn't know the amount of collateral damage. we bore the brunt because what happened was we were considered collaborators of the u.s., so al