it was going after al-qaida and punishing the taliban. now we are trying to build a functioning nation state there. when americans thought the purpose of the mission was to prevent al-qaida from carrying out a 9/11 attack they supported it but it is now a nation building mission. >> i hear we are gutting the military. washington post blog reads. obama cuts defense to the bone and then some. supposedly cutting 500 billion. >> we are grown the military budget over the last 15 years, it doesn't represent a gutting. in fact, even if the most cuts under sequestration. budget act. >> failure of the super committee. >> automatic cuts and terrible and going to destroy our military. >> takes us back to 200divide levelings. that was not a leann year for the pentagon . continue to grow. >> we do have one graph. this shows projected military spending if something done and this line shows after obama's charges and both are still going up. why is there all of this talk about cuts and cutting defense to the bone and then some in the washington post of a

it was going after al-qaida and punishing the taliban.ow we are trying to build a functioning nation state there. when americans thought the purpose of the mission was to prevent al-qaida from carrying out a 9/11 attack they supported it but it is now a nation building mission. >> i hear we are gutting the military. washington post blog reads. obama cuts defense to the bone and then some. supposedly cutting 500 billion. >> we are grown the military budget over the last 15 years, it doesn't represent a gutting. in fact, even if the most cuts under sequestration. budget act. >> failure of the super committee. >> automatic cuts and terrible and going to destroy our military. >> takes us back to 200divide levelings. that was not a leann year for the pentagon . continue to grow. >> we do have one graph. this shows projected military spending if something done and this line shows after obama's charges and both are still going up. why is there all of this talk about cuts and cutting defense to the bone and then some in the washington post of all

do with nine eleven so all of these these situations pile on and they add up and what happens is al qaida and other terrorist organizations and using this video and they put it in their recruiting videos end up on you tube and across the jihad of web channels and they end up reading anti-american sentiment and all over time this is a way to radicalize and recruit young people to join in the suicide terrorist activity and it should be in the it should be absolutely. spoken against by the department of defense and. right now i think they have been kind of incompetent they say well we're looking into it no they just simply need to say this is absolutely horrible and we're going to go after these guys. jake i want to bring up a couple of recent statistics about relations between people from muslim countries and western nations in the u.s. about half say that the relationship between the two groups is generally bad but about forty three percent say it's generally god but in places like pakistan and lebanon and much smaller amount of people think there's a good relationship but the last other i

you're the dominant side or the weak side and you could take i am and i was really the number two al qaida and you could and adam gadahn and the rest them you could give them a million dollars and send them out to a camp yard in the middle of iran and they could try to imagine the best way to to recruit more more al qaeda members and we could give them nothing better than what we do when we have incidents like abu ghraib and this situation here this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do that anybody can do and where really what it shows is that the utility of open ended war long force. open into war and long occupations the utility of it is has very real limits and so the united states ought to take. the advice of people like me who have been there and bring the wars to an end it's in our best interest and it's in the best interests of the people over there as well so you know but what you're saying is the u.s. trying to fight terrorism but images like these are all encouraging it. yeah it's absolutely right and the reason is because images tell a bigger story images do gre

and paneta said the country must done it to fight against al-qaida. >> have we defeated al-qaida. no there is still al-qaida out there and we have to put pressure on wherever they are at. >> tensions rides in iran. pentagon is workog upgrading weapons and new bases to increasabilities -- increase capabilities over seas. >>> that's right. uma. there appears to be a sense was urgeency on the part of the pentagon. we are talking about the uss -- this ship was scheduled to be decommissioned. and then the navy had that ship converted in a mother ship and floating dock for small navy boats that ferry ops teams and navy seals about. it was issued on a rush order basis. fox news confirmed that the retrofitting is moving to the persian gulf and quoting from a pentagon official in order to fulfill a request for an afsb. propositioned floating dock to be located in their area of responsibility. they will delay its scheduled decommissioning to serve. >>> and in addition to that. the pentagon is upgrading the powerful bunker busting bombs it built to take out targets . the bomb cannot destroy

of it here also triggered a phase it will encourage more young people to join the town about an al qaida afghanistan war veteran jake to have better sense that coupled with previous abuses this latest scandal is simply helping terrorists recruit new members. just to remind people of a few incidents that occurred a while back there was the burning of the koran that happened with. jerry jones and then there was a great incident and before then there was the decision to invade iraq that had nothing to do with nine eleven so all of these these situations pile on and they add up and what happens is al-qaeda and other terrorist organizations and then using this video and they put it in their recruiting videos the end up on you tube across the jihad of web channels and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do that anybody can do and nobody in the united states military is trained to pee on dead people this is the behavior of ill discipline soldiers under my opinion are probably also separate from of severe amount of p.t.s.d. for a lo

web channels and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do it's on fathomable how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't been brought to it and like obama said he was going to do and what we're seeing abu ghraib happen twice now in afghanistan. well not everyone in america is outraged by what the marines were filmed doing and you can find out on our web site part two dot com c.n.n. contributor praises the troops actions as a cool thing she would do the same in their position also online. violent clashes in romania watch out footage as frustrated in iraq overall sturdy cob and low standard of living. this week the anniversary of the world's most controversial prison at guantanamo bay was marked by public protests on both sides of the atlantic demonstrators called on president obama to honor his election pledge and shut down the jail for starters laura smith reports many cite a new law that allows america to detain anyone it deems hostile as proof that obama's promises were empty once. one pro bono one. abdel moneim am ab

repeatedly underlying the connection often militants there present here in the north caucasus with al qaida but despite a number of a successful anti terror raids and dozens of terror attacks that were prevented by russian special forces still the problem terrorism remains here and search operations continue it. well some world news in brief here the first two night jiri aware days of sectarian violence have killed at least forty four the latest attack occurred when the radical muslim sect. targeted a church service in the country's northeast killing at least fifteen on the violence comes after the group promised to kill christians living in nigeria's largely muslim the. president has declared a state of emergency for areas affected saying the unrest is worse than the country's civil war which took place in the one nine hundred sixty s. . an afghan investigative commission says the american military abused detainees at the country's largest detention center inmates program prison say they were tortured and held without evidence at the u.s. run facility prison karzai has demanded the u.s. ha

repeatedly on july the connection often militants there present here in the north caucasus with al qaida but despite a number of a successful anti terror raids and dozens of terror attacks that were prevented by russian special forces still the problem alpha terrorism remains here and search operations continue an artist. from the caucasus region thank you. so more world news in brief for you this hour first nigeria where days of sectarian violence have killed at least forty four people while latest attack occurred when the radical muslim sect boko haram targeted a church service in the country's north east killing at least fifteen the violence comes after the group promised to kill christians living in nigeria's largely muslim north clashes continue despite the country's president declaring a state of emergency for areas hit by the sect. an afghan investigative commission says the american military abused detainees at the country's largest detention center and made said bob graham prison say they were tortured and held without evidence at the u.s. run facility president hamid karzai has

a web channel and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do that anybody can do nobody in the united states military is trained to pee on dead people this is the behavior of ill disciplined soldiers under my opinion are probably also suffering from a severe amount of p.t.s.d. from a long ended war and what happens when you suffer me t.s.d. you and dehumanizing other human beings in the battlefield and it is unfathomable how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't been brought to an end like obama said he was going to do and what we're seeing abu ghraib happen twice now in afghanistan. well not everyone in america is outraged by what the marines were filmed doing as r.t. has online a c.n.n. contributor praises the troops actions to. do the same in this situation. a leaked cia report shows that the war in afghanistan is and still meet the taliban determined to make a comeback as soon as nato troops leave is that dogs with the recent optimism from the defense department twenty fourteen maybe with go date but an american thin

jail encouragement all young muslims to join radical terrorist groups like they turn it down or al qaida and. afghanistan will that try to size that base latest scandal along with previous have he says is the perfect at vast mental recruiting terrorists just to remind people of a few incidents that occurred a while back there was the the burning of the koran that happened with you know it jerry jones and then there was the great incident and before then there was the decision to invade iraq that had nothing to do with nine eleven so all of these these situations pile on and they add up and what happens is al-qaeda and other terrorist organizations and then using this video and they put it in their recruiting videos the end up on you tube across the jihad of web channels and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do it's unfathomable how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't been brought to an end like obama said he was going to do and what we're seeing abu ghraib has happened twice now in afghanistan. but everyone in a

among the dead, four regional al-qaida leaders. no word on who is behind the strike. democrats looking into operation fast & furious say their year long investigation has turned up no evidence that high level officials at the justice department planned or directed the botched gun tracking program. mocrats on the house oversight and government reform committee releasing their report this morning. it's expected to differ sharply with the conclusions of congressional republicans who are grilling attorney general eric holder about fast & furious and his possible role on thursday. brand new 911 calls just released revealed the terrifying moments before a deadly chain reaction crash in florida. it happened after heavy smoke from a nearby brushfire made it impossible for drivers to see. >> that fire now being investigated as arson. but no arrests have been made. what's wrong with this picture? no, your eyes aren't fooling you. that light pole on a runway at denver's international airport got knocked on its side. the culprit -- the wing of a southwest airlines jet. the pilot

or web channel and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do it on fathomable how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't been brought to an end like obama said he was going to do and what we're seeing abu ghraib happened twice now in afghanistan. well not every one of america's outraged by what the marines were filmed doing as you find out on our website r.t. dot com the c.n.n. contributor praises the troops actions as quote cool saying she'd do the same in their position we think about that we're going to comment that we thought would read up more on why also passengers on board that luxury clues cruise liner which ran aground off for italy tuscan coast say it was like a signal from the movie titanic over the search and rescue operation around the capsized cost of korea without online video coverage from the get. in israel the heated dispute is gaining momentum over the controversial boycott lore there it outlaws any criticism of the country's policy including its settlement construction in the west bank activists are pu

repeatedly underlying the connection often militants there present here in the north caucasus with al qaida but despite a number of a successful anti terror raids and dozens of terror attacks that were prevented by russian special forces still the problem terrorism remains here and search operations continue. it's been a rough start to the year for the eurozone with some of its countries believed to be in or heading into another wave of recession two of europe's in order economies italy and spain a facing a crucial investor confidence test next week as they race to raise public funding italian prime minister mario monti met french president nicolas. cosey in paris on friday to discuss the spiraling debt turmoil which threatens to engulf their economies he called on other member states to show more confidence in the single currency the meeting comes amid fears of the crisis knocking at the door of the heavyweights meanwhile greece has warned of a disorderly default in march if it cannot secure more bailout cash economic analyst overbuilt says that greece is exit from the euro zone is inevita

the united states conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al-qaida. usa.sa. i was happy when bin laden was killed. justice had been done and killer had been killed. but i was not comfortable with the cheer my libitarian friend from the freedom watch knows more about the constitution and rule of law and he's a why. and you did call that murder. >> i did call that murder. the government can't take life, liberty or property against any person. it said any person without due process of law. and certainly can't kill someone just because it is it popular to doing so. >> this guy admitted his role in murdering 3000 americans and it makes sense that we should be able to chase him down and kill him. >> it makes political sense. >>> and emotional sense. it was a great relief and release when this monster was dead. but he was not in the act of engaging in war at the time he was killed by u.s. troops. he ought fobe arrested and put on trial. why would we make an exception for him and try richard speck who admitted he murdered 29 nurses in a chicago dormitory. >> becau

, as the president pointed out in remarks last week before the presentation, we are out of iraq, al-qaida, to use the phrase has been decimateded and we are ready to draw down and turn over responsibility in afghanistan. so in effect what we are doing with this strategy is putting the post9-11 bush strategic priorities behind us and looking to the future which means first and foremost pivoting to asia. >> one thing the president laid out right up front as a fan is channeling president i sen hower and saying -- and it strength. >> we all know that ultimately the economic basis of national security is critical. there has been a tendency to focus on the deficit as the national security problem, but it is not. it is a manifestation of the economy. the economy is a national security challenge. >> and it applies on the other side of the ocean. our main issue is chai china is not a military buildup. >> it is -- if this administration cannot close the gap between chinese and american economic growth rates over the long run it won't matter, china will dominate the western pa glisk but still americ

a web channel and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do that anybody can do nobody in the united states military is trained to pee on dead people this is the behavior of ill disciplined soldiers under my opinion are probably also suffering from a severe amount of p.t.s.d. from a long ended war and what happens when you suffer c.s.b. you ended dehumanizing other human beings in the in the battlefield and it's unfair to the mobile how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't been brought to an end like obama said he was going to do and what we're seeing abu ghraib it's happened twice now in afghanistan. well not everyone in america is outraged by what the marines were filmed doing as are yours online a c.n.n. contributor praises the troops actually cool thanks she would do the same and they're patrolling. now after ten years of war in afghanistan the u.s. recent numbers are dubious milestone as the world's most notorious prison chalked up ten years of existence quantum obeys anniversary was marked with worldwide protests

web channels and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do that anybody can do nobody in the united states military is trained to pee on dead people this is the behavior of ill disciplined soldiers under my opinion are probably also suffering from a severe amount of p.t.s.d. from a long ended war and what happens when you suffer from p.t.s.d. and the dehumanizing other human beings in the in the battlefield and it's it's an it is unfathomable how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't been brought to an end like obama said he was going to do and what we're seeing abu ghraib happened twice now in afghanistan. explore all our stories and apps online at www dot com and there's much more lined up for you there. so don't try this at home through travel from moscow to get his work on the roof of russia's fastest train see more of the nerve jangling video on our website. and here's another roof surfer this snowboarding crow was caught enjoying the pleasures of the ski season he didn't need a lift pass though so check out this

as also syrian authorities released a top al qaida. and they say in retaliation for washington's has to take a assad government nor can we expect if the situation going to just get more bonus highwood west and pressure i think so when i think that and sacked it you know when you when one one of these dictatorships becomes the target of u.s. regime change it actually can solidify its power by rallying people to it's caused by saying look here we have another instance of a us intervention in our affairs and that's why i say the best thing the u.s. could do which of course it's not going to do but the best thing you can do is just butt out stop being the world's policeman because we all know what the aftermath of this is that the u.s. doesn't care what kind of regime comes into power after that we saw that with the iranian regime change operation in fifty three they oust most attacks from power a democratically elected prime minister they install a brutal dictator called the shah of iran and they support him for the next twenty five years

web channels and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do that anybody can do nobody in the united states military is trained to pee on dead people this is the behavior of ill disciplined soldiers under my opinion are probably also suffering from a severe amount of p.t.s.d. from a long ended war and what happens when you suffer the you and the dehumanizing other human beings in the in the battlefield and what is done fathomable how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't brought to an end like obama said he was going to do and what we're seeing abu ghraib happened twice now in afghanistan. before is the business let's go to the world update here on r.t. some other global headlines in brief for you let's start with nigeria it's where oil workers issued an ultimatum to the government and threaten to hold all oil and gas production on sunday over a decision to eliminate fuel subsidies which doubled in prices in one day a nationwide strike is now into its fifth day in talks between the unions and president have made no brea

web channels and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do it's unfathomable how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't been brought to it and like obama said he was going to do and what we've seen abu ghraib has happened twice now in afghanistan. and not everyone in america is outraged but would the filmed marines are doing as you can find out on our web site. c.n.n. contributor praises the troops school saying i should do the same in that position also my. violent clashes spread across romania watch on footage as a stereo the anger and frustration with the government boils over into these treats for a fourth consecutive day. polling booths across concepts time have now closed and millions of people caused their votes to choose the country's new parliament and those votes are now being counted the elections come a little less than a month or work at staging a prolonged strike of a poor pay well looked in fatal clashes with security forces the elections were set to take place in august but the president dissolved parlia

web channels and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do that anybody can do nobody in the united states military is trained to pee on dead people this is the behavior of ill disciplined soldiers under my opinion are probably also suffering from a severe amount of p.t.s.d. from a long ended war and what happens when you suddenly see you and the dehumanizing other human beings in the in the battlefield and it's unfair to the mobile how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't forgiven brought to an end like obama said he was going to do and what we're seeing abu ghraib happened twice now in afghanistan. if you want you to explore all of our stories in depth or online on our website on the dot com so much more lined up as well just don't try this at home the thrill seekers travel from moscow all the way to some petersburg on the roof of russia's fastest train have a look at more of this nerve jangling video that's on our website r t v dot com. and yet another roof suffered this time it's a snow boarding crow seemed to be

al qaida militants have seized control of the yemeni city around a hundred miles south of tampa some not overrun only positions and laid siege to no prison two hundred inmates some of whom took up arms and join the fight al qaeda have previously to. control of a string of towns in the country so the touch of grants them foothold closer than ever to the full. and violent demonstrations continue to rage in the remaining capital against government austerity measures demonstrators and caressed her to be crushed since thursday sixteen that are to persuade us and threw stones and problems of officers to point to point of a public wage cuts slashed benefits and widespread corruption in the government. every single day at least ten children go missing in india's capital new delhi many end up as slaves or forced to work in the sex industry there's pressure to discovered figures are actually an improvement over previous years. with almost seventeen million people packed into its crowded city streets new delhi is the perfect place for people to get lost but some don't just get lost they disappe

web channels and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do what it can do nobody in the united states military is trained to pee and dead people this is the behavior of ill discipline soldiers under my opinion are probably also separate from of severe amount of p.t.s.d. for a long ended war and what happens when you're so. you ended dehumanizing other human beings in the battlefield it's. it's unfathomable how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't been brought to it and like obama said he was going to do and what we're seeing great it's happened twice now in afghanistan not everyone in america is outraged by what the marines were filmed doing as our team here is all mine them and you should get our praises the troops action as school thank you went to the same and their families. elite cia report shows that the war in afghanistan is in stalemate with the taliban determined to make a comeback as soon as nato troops leave it's at odds with the recent optimism from the defense department twenty fourteen may be that withdr

obviously in the interest of pakistan for example when pakistan taliban leaders are killed or when al qaida leaders are killed both of those organizations represent a threat to the pakistan state and i think pakistan is generally not happy when that happens the problem is of course when either civilians are killed which is we believe happens fairly frequently or with other militant organizations with which pakistan itself is friendly come under attack and that places pakistan at a significant. all goodness really with with militant organizations within its own borders i wish we had more time for this our chris woods a senior reporter of investigative journalism many thanks for coming on the program . i let's go to the r.t. was up it for you or some other headlines more around the world in brief first to the iranian capital that of terror on where one of the country's nuclear scientists is being killed by a car bomb mostafa reportedly supervised that apartment of the once a year radium enrichment plant the authorities have pointed the finger at israel mother sharon is the fourth scientist to

interview he said the country has to deal with its security issues before voting can start it follows al qaida seizure of a town hundred sixty kilometers south of the capital as militants continue to take advantage of the unrest that is calling for president sunday to quit. thousands of children disappear from new delhi's packed city streets each and every year many are abducted in the never heard from again indeed some even their organs removed and sold well as artie's priests read reports next the desperate families have been shut out by police who say they're overburdened and understaffed. with almost seventeen million people packed into its crowded city streets new delhi is the perfect place for people to get lost but some don't just get lost they disappear that's what happened to raul kumar's twelve year old son ravi he went missing one year ago when he left the house to get his bicycle but never returned. i don't know who took my son away i look for him everywhere but i couldn't find him . and robbie's far from the only one in delhi alone anywhere from two to five thousand children go mi

this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do that anybody can do fear is the latest u.s. military scandal surrounding a video karalee showing american marines desecrating out again bodies is doing the job of terrorists recruits for the.

fighting in afghanistan and al qaida is not there it's not keeping us safe for terrorists but the u.s. can serve a role rather than a combatant or a belligerent in a conflict as a mediator. the problem is going to be is this as you said we're in the middle of g.o.p. campaign and so even though ron paul got twenty twenty one percent of the vote in iowa yesterday which you can say hey look a republican got a strong anti-war vote. you still have all the other front runners who are going to pound the table and say that obama is appeasing that he's giving in to terrorists etc so i think this may real difficulties on the u.s. side in terms of keeping up their part of any bargain or any type of negotiation. strategy that we get into well in that sense do you think that obama's putting himself in a risky position let's say that something implodes i mean at the moment this is we said we're going to set up a political office who knows how long it might be until that actually happens but let's say that something really bad does happen and it looks like these negotiations a failed is that enough

assessment that the institution the cia and that in fact he was not the committed geodes or member of al qaida that we had a system to be and again as a retired cia agent i know that everything you write has has to be cleared by publications review board. don't have the same first amendment rights that i do i thought it was really interesting that when you submitted your book to the board or when you wrote about in the board and many it for publication you decided to keep in the book the parts you were forced to blackout rather than just cutting those portions were showing pictures of the book right now with those blacked out why and why did you decide to do this. well it was a debate i had with the publisher actually i was concerned that it might distract the reader and some readers have been distracted to get stuck or blacked out passage where really what all one needs to do is to jump over and keep reading the narrative flows they were kept in however to show the average citizen that. the censorship of my book was quite extensive the government legally the cia legally has the mission to pro

cut back on what's happening abroad and you know this is basically asymmetric war the taliban and al qaida in their fighters they know that because the united states is a high tech army they can get the united states to spend lots of money and you know having some sort of response to what they're doing and so it creates an asymmetry the actually it doesn't work in our food they are we see in the numbers i wish there was some way to really quantify what it meant this defense spending for quality of life i'm sure it would you know that rather more americans how much we're spending switching gears though speaking of spending and the fed is trying to tell congress sent him a paper saying that they were thinking congress could help with housing and they gave them some ideas using fannie and freddie which the taxpayer own to get cheaper loans to those same taxpayers interestingly speaking the fed on your blog you. actually posted an article talking about how credit card a.p.r. are in the eighteen percent which are record highs while the fed funds rate is at close to zero percent what are we goin

the muslim brotherhood but you have the soffits office will have and the bath at least worked with al qaida or the band in public once established a sherry on a stage where women would have less rights in the past they used to send fighters if that is so there is a lot of clouds out there that needs to be dissipated before we know exactly in what direction if you egypt is going to go that are. looking now i had i mean what are your predictions for what does lie ahead for the country that is now under this transition. look egypt is basically the largest arab country the most a brotherhood in power for the first time they are going to maintain as much as they can a friendship with the united states to get the donors of the united states basically military egypt but below that level what we're going to see is a push by civil society by the actual people who began their revolution and lost it and i'm talking about the people that google people to facebook people that middle class or lower class labor unions all these forces of reform actually have lost their evolution and those who are in charg

the approach that shia groups in the iranian government used towards terrorism versus groups like al qaida and other sunni militant groups and the sunni groups tend to go for sort of large massive theatrical large scale events mass casualty the shia groups are very targeted they want to spend to use force and violence this on a very particular message and i think what we saw with the saudi ambassador here in the united states is part of that signaling that they're doing of course the real question is what's the state of command and control inside the iranian government who's in charge of the mullahs in charge of the roads lover illusionary guard or in charge is the government in the parliament in charge my guess is some of those folks are in charge of different things on different days of the week depending on who they happen to be meeting with what do you think there is a report in foreign affairs today that essentially started looking back at some of the history claiming that you know since two thousand and one there are members of al qaeda that were in. iran are being held there but now