so by the administration's definition the wall that is the battlefield with me today is brian becker with the answer coalition brian thanks for joining brian you have president obama saying in his national security speech that the u.s. is not engaged in a boundless war and yet you have this vast military presence across the globe does it look like the u.s. this really seeking to limit itself in the use of military force no in fact the policy in the institutional policy is for the united states then it would be prepared for endless war but to being engaged in all of the activities that would lead one to believe that they are an endless war there's one point three million u.s. military personnel three hundred to four hundred thousand of them are overseas there's nine hundred military bases the united states spends not five hundred twenty five billion which is the defense department budget but really about a trillion dollars on warfare that's greater than the next sixteen nations combined we see an integrated network of bases now drone bases growing increasingly this is to have a full sp

goose so by the administration's definition but wall that is the battlefield with me today is brian becker with the answer coalition brian thanks for joining bryan you have president obama saying in his national security speech that the u.s. is not engaged in a boundless war and yet you have this vast military presence across the globe washington post cited a senior administration official who said u.s. special operations forces were active in seventy five countries to that you had the drone strikes and new drone bases does it look like the u.s. this really seeking to limit itself in the use of military force no in fact the policy in the institutional policy is for the united states then i would be prepared for endless war but to being engaged in all of the activities that would lead one to believe that they are an endless war there's one point three million u.s. military personnel three hundred to four hundred thousand of them are overseas there's nine hundred military bases the united states spends not five hundred twenty five billion which is the defense department budget but really abo

so by the administration's definition the wall that is the battlefield with me today is brian becker with the answer coalition brian thanks for joining bryan you have president obama saying that his national security speech that the u.s. is not engaged in a boundless war and yet you have this vast military presence across the globe does it look like the u.s. this really seeking to limit itself in the use of military force no in fact the policy in the institutional policy is for the united states then it would be prepared for endless war but that being engaged in all of the activities that would lead one to believe that they are an endless war there's one point three million u.s. military personnel three hundred to four hundred thousand of them are overseas there's nine hundred military bases the united states spends not five hundred twenty five billion which is the defense department budget but really about a trillion dollars on warfare that's greater than the next sixteen nations combined we see an integrated network of bases now drone bases growing increasingly this is to have a fu

and will it and here it ought to be we've also got our some reaction from across the atlantic brian becker from the anti war on so coalition he believes such violence could have been predicted ever since the u.k. first embraced america's military actions abroad. this was a disgusting attack a terrible assault a murderous attack one that people are sickened by throughout the u.k. and all over the world but when we look into the broader context we have to i would say no to particular things one is there is an escalating cycle of violence that is predictable and was predicted the british along with the british meaning the british government not the people. joined george w. bush in the invasion of iraq support the war in afghanistan were principles and demanding the bombing of libya along with the united states and france and nato are arming the same rebels in syria so the british colonial past and its current legacy of intervention in war is undoubtedly a factor the other thing though that we have to think about is will this lead to the targeting of immigrant populations black populations mus

and maps and sims james bond doesn't exactly have much competition right now anti-war activist brian becker has been closely following the spy scandal and says the u.s. is running a continuous covert operation in russia the russian government is calling attention to the fact that the us is doing something of a full court press on russia a shadow war so to speak they have the using the n.g.o.s and the penetration of russian society by us soft power through the n.g.o.s at one level trying to carry out many many intelligence operations to get russians to defect kind of trading russian society i think also you watch the u.s. media very favorable coverage to the russian opposition any protest that takes place in russia even if it's small it's enormous front page coverage while here protest movements in the united states get almost no coverage you see the general scenario being played out of hostility to the russian government even if there is still a magic overtures at another level. well it's been a turbulent week for the digital currency bitcoin which has seen the funds of its major operators

consultation with the government there but certainly not the people i'm going to check on me today was brian becker with the answer coalition from our studio in washington thanks for watching. but we return to our top story where russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will meet in paris later on to prepare a conference on syria which is planned for next month we can talk more about this with artie's tom. the u.s. and russia have had very cliched differences haven't they on the issue in the past with in particular washington in the past expressing vocal support for the syrian opposition do you think that in any way will hamper today's talks and any hope for progress. hi there andy yes the two foreign minister sergei lavrov and john kerry meeting in private today in paris the chief discussion. that we know about will be syria all about syria this discussion however u.s. officials who wanted to remain anonymous said that this discussion would continue discussion held by kerry and lover of when kerry visited moscow on may the seventh that point there were man

well for more on this some larger and by brian becker he's from the answer coalition in washington brian what impact could this have now on u.s. russia relations which looked pretty good after john kerry's visit to moscow last week. or they appeared to be pretty good this reminds one of the old expression that diplomacy is nothing more than a form of perjury you have john kerry meeting with the russian foreign minister talking about an international conference on syria we've had many proclamations by the obama administration recently that there'd be greater coordination with russian security about terrorism but in fact the united states government is carrying out espionage and spying in russia all countries do it to each other but in the case of the united states effort towards russia it's got a larger political motive i believe not simply to steal industrial secrets or learn military secrets but to promote weakening of the russian government because in fact the u.s. government identifies the putin government and the russian government and its position on international issues as still an