for more on this and are joined by the show is the director of the center for research on globalization in canada thanks for joining us in r.t. what we've heard this joke between robert gates and general petraeus what do you make of it coming from such high ranked officials at this time. well i think we are in a very dangerous course for awards because. essentially the united states and nato are supporting an armed insurrection. in eastern libya with a view to eventually just a prying a humanitarian intervention now there's evidence they're back so you allied forces are already on the ground we've seen reports of the british as c.s. we've seen other reports that say that in fact the number of full of special forces and intelligence agents on the ground is in the several hundred. and the question one has the us with us anita ability advisors and special forces. theoretically helping the rebels what the supply in terms of international law this is this is an interference in their fares of a sovereign country whatever one's views are with the with regard to get out here. this is not a prot

and that was michelle something ask a director of the center for research on globalization and i want to take you now to one last live look in japan it is morning there saturday morning the sun has come up after what has been certainly a treacherous disastrous and certainly tragic twenty four hours for that country of course we're talking about the earthquake that hit an eight point nine earthquake and then triggering.

is actually going on in this country we shall show that off very interesting to talk to you thanks very much indeed for joining us director of the center for research on globalization from canada joining us there live in montreal thank you very much. well coming up in just a few moments differences of opinion over the libya crisis top the agenda. joe biden. as the vice president of the united states arrives in moscow the big question is will the two sides be able to reach a mutual understanding of the situation in libya. that's still to come but first several british universities have come under pressure over their controversial links with the libyan government public and private donations from the gadhafi regime to the london school of economics has forced its director to resign one of gadhafi sons started at the university and. has more now from london. more details of these connections are emerging all the time the most recent one is another son of gadhafi is his fourth son who was taught at the school of oriental and african studies also known as us the us then following his student ship that announced a very lucrative deal with a libyan university where they w

un as they work to try to take this over and shall toss it off he director of the center for research on globalization and owner of global research cia well one week ago the united nations security council adopted resolution one thousand nine hundred three this green light for the u.s. led coalition forces to launch air strikes into libya as we've been talking about and as we know a no fly zone was established and countries were authorized to use quote all necessary measures to protect civilians from moammar gadhafi and his forces america britain and france blazed in like western cowboys that six days into their bombing campaign the allies well how to clearly explain what exactly they're doing or how the war they started will to at the end archies more important reports. operation odyssey dawn struck with quick mind. france and britain campaigned for the military offensive into libya but it was america that led the way. firing hundreds of tomahawk missiles against president moammar gadhafi stakes compounds and libyan air defenses nearly one week after waging war no country has been able to clarify a c

what i can now get more analysis from michel chossudovsky he's director of the center for research on globalization joining me live now from montreal in canada thanks very much indeed for being with us here on our team this intervention started imposing a no fly zone and now we're seeing ground attacks on tanks and armored vehicles is this military campaign a humanitarian issue to save lives or is it now a terrorist attempt to be interested mission. this is a new wall it's an extension of the us. military agenda we had a good press and we were all. iraq. and what has happened is that bay has over the walls here to know about it is no humanitarian operation it is deadly will it using a buzz military material and just say that this is to save the lives of civilians since when do these bombers and save the lives of civilians. is directed not only against military targets it will also also commits. of civilian targets. this is a very serious crossroads which we are today because it opens up a new warfare. with devastating consequences for the arab world but also for why everybody at this new whole thea

as they work to try to take this over and shelter director of the center for research on globalization and owner of global research that's ca now on to an invasion of a different kind the invasion into israel by could be presidential candidate and the theory united states there are palin is the latest one but she follows rudy giuliani mike huckabee mitt romney haley barbour and george pataki and visits to the holy land all over the last few months are doing more or less hours in our new york studio and learned all of that of that wishing your credentials in tel aviv is as vital as a thumping right here in new hampshire. it certainly seems so but though in the case of sarah palin her people said the trip was personal and not political but yet it was the american jewish coalition who was in talks with her for her to make this trip and they report that they've made requests to all of the republican politicians who have been rumored or said to have possibly be contenders in the two thousand and twelve presidential elections to make trips to israel to be they meet with israeli leaders they

now michel chossudovsky who's the director at the center for research on globalization believes the operation in libya is not a humanitarian mission but an act to overthrow gadhafi. here there is no humanitarian operation. deadly will it using a military material and just say that this is to save the lives of civilians since when do these fighter bombers and save the lives of civilians well it's certainly a war which has the jets of a regime change this of course was not mentioned of the security council resolution but prime minister stephen harper of canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the objective of this operation is to unseat gadhafi so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war no becoming entirely clear. is that in fact this military coalition has already violated. the resolution which they themselves have forced on the so-called international community article nineteen zero zero zero zero the resolution the united nations security council resolution says to go on on weapons on to. to libya where in fact what are they doing then bringing in weapon

i still will implode like a baby right michelle's off the gossipy director of the center for research on globalization and that's going to do it for now i want to thank you so much for watching and christine for as i will be back in ninety minutes. issues that so much there's a huge decision. in the markets in the middle east in the making as the west on the past the focus on security over democracy in the region and here's. the thing. the thing that the things the same. reason you believe just in something instance acknowledged some of. the future coverage. can't. stand. alone and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the new middle east in the making has the west gotten past its focus on security over democracy in the region and as the west particularly washington learned anything about the process of change in the arab middle east over the past three months. can. you discuss the events in the arab world i'm joined by a bellicose lifer in cairo he's a professor emeritus at the american university in cairo in paris we have so i had my job he is a professor of middle east studies at the american uni

director of the center for research on globalization. hey there michelle and many would argue that saudi arabia is one of the most serial abusers of human rights in the world and yet we hear very little from the u.s. government of course this is not unique to the obama administration all u.s. presidents seem to be wary or afraid to speak out what's going on here well first of all. for us protectorates or. the like you put. they are very much the. oiler called the abuse they're very strategic but it's local and so your radio has been installed so it protects the interests of the united states. so. well he bore her me so or rather her real protest all there was there were protests eastern. saudi arabia or merely the she. were being. discriminated against. there were other parts of this protest which were never reported and that's the protest of migrant workers that has in effect a raid in the gulf states. the local population which constitutes perhaps fifty percent of the work force. other than fifty percent of the filipino sri lankans. an

reporting from brussels for our team now michel chossudovsky who is the director of the center for research on globalization believes that the operation in libya is in fact an act to overthrow gadhafi. it is not a humanitarian operation it is they believe all that you were seeing was military material and just say that this is to save the lives of civilians since when you do these fighter bombers and save the lives of civilians. a war which has the jets of regime change this of course was not mentioned of the security council resolution prime minister stephen harper health canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the objective of this operation is to unseat khadafi so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war you know we're coming entirely clear aspect is that in fact this military coalition is already imply a way to. the resolution which they themselves have balls. the whole international community to call nineteen zero zero zero the resolution the united nations security council resolution says to go on the weapons on to. to libya but in fact what are they doing they're

update mine in central moscow well the show as you know ski who's director of the center for research on globalization told me a little earlier that the operation in libya is not a humanitarian mission but an act to overthrow gadhafi. it is no humanitarian operation it is deadly war it you were seeing was military material and just say that this is to save the lives of civilians since when you do these fighter bombers and save the lives of civilians well it's certainly a war which has objected to regime change this of course was not mentioned of the security council resolution but what i. see with the whole of canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that. this operation is to unseat gadhafi so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war becoming entirely clear now that aspect is there it's in fact this military coalition is already implying lately that. the resolution which they themselves have. on this and will is there some community article nineteen zero zero zero zero the resolution of the united nations security council resolution says to which it involved go on and o

kate on the snow joining us live there in the state thank you for your analysis on the situation there in libya well a little earlier. he's the director of the center for research on the globalizationtold me that the operation in libya is not a humanitarian mission but an act to overthrow gadhafi. it is no humanitarian operation it is deadly what you were seeing was military material and just say that this is there to save the lives of civilians since when you do these fighter bombers and save the lives of civilians well it's certainly a war which has no chance of regime change this of course was not mentioned of the security council resolution but prime minister stephen harper of canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the objective of this operation is to unseat khadafi so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war becoming entirely clear aspect is that in fact this military coalition has already reply only to. the resolution which they themselves have falls on the so-called international community article nineteen zero zero zero the resolution of the united nations security council resolution says so when it involves go on the own weapons on to

for the u.s. and for the global economy i'll speak with dean baker the co-director of the center for economic and policy research. let's not forget that we had an apartheid. i think. either one of the well. we never got the shows here for him to say so get ready because of the freedom. charter here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. new website with twenty four seven live streaming news times what to do about the ongoing financial hard unlimited free high quality videos for download. and stories you never saw on mainstream news. in the media so. we listen. closely more until such time as. you guys welcome to. shelly tell me alone a show we've heard our guests have to say on the topic now i want to hear. just like you seem to video response or twitter reply to the question simply post on you tube every monday and on thursday to show your response to. playboy. ok it's time for tonight's tool time award tea party wing nuts and possible presidential candidate michele bachmann made her first trip to new hampshire this weekend on the minnesota congresswoman is flirting with a run for the white house next year but anybody out there in the hou

now say the andras has direct effect on oil prices and global economic recovery the russian public opinion research center asked citizens about their prospects for russia's economic situation forty four percent believe it will experience positive trends during the next twelve months however another twenty eight percent do not see this in such a positive light how will these attitudes change in light of for the oil prices hikes as protests grip the north africa and the middle east and will eventually do real the global economic recovery. ok michael before we went to the break we're talking about the strategic impact of all of these changes in the arab middle east oil producers and you want to jump in and maybe extrapolate or continue with something that william was saying if it's say for example of saudi arabia were to go off the rails. yes well i i wanted to test the notion that the united states was some have no behind what we see or seeks to benefit from this my sense is that washington the fault position is to favor authoritarian governments in the middle east whether the cut off a version or the mubarak version or the king of the rule of ver