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know now so today we want to take a look back at the history and look ahead to the consequences david swanson is a campaigner with roots action he's in charlottesville virginia to help us dissect this david let's start with libya one year later what was solved there. it is remarkably that we have so many wars that the anniversaries chyle up on top of each other now if they don't want the ten thousands of deaths in the war in iraq to go without charmant by any rational calculations over a million deaths we have to include the iraqis along with the americans in libya we indeed saw a war launched without congress with a with an intent on avoiding any authorization from congress whatsoever over easily if it had a war launched on the basis of a un resolution that did not authorize regime change but it was used for regime change so that we now have a humanitarian warriors pushing for war in syria and elsewhere arguing that the un nato into libya for regime change when it did no such thing we have libya held up now along with kosovo and the first gulf war as a good war as a humanitarian war no expla

there where i could as david swanson says bombing campaigns for humanitarian purposes don't pay our. a war launched on the basis of a un resolution that did not authorize machine change but it was used for regime change so that we now have a humanitarian warriors pushing her war in syria and elsewhere arguing that the un got nato into libya for regime change when it did no such thing we have libya held up in our on with kosovo and the first gulf war as a good war as a humanitarian war and no explanation of the the number of lives killed by nato and by the u.s. in the process the lawlessness of the war well lawlessness of murdering the the ruler of a country and the che os that resulted so that there is no expectation in the forseeable future of a stable democracy with protection for human rights in libya as might have been predicted from the fact that we could never achieve such a thing with our bombs before. stake a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe a series of lives have rocked almost a dozen the iraqi cities killing thirty nine people and injuring mo

or war i could as david swanson brings bombing campaigns for humanitarian reasons never. a war launched on the basis of a un resolution that did not authorize regime change but it was used for regime change so that we now have a humanitarian warriors pushing for war in syria and elsewhere arguing that the un nato into libya for regime change when it did no such thing we have an india held up now along with kosovo and the first gulf war as a good war as a humanitarian war ends with no explanation of the number of lives killed by nato and by the us in the process the lawlessness of the war the lawlessness of murdering the the ruler of a country and the chaos that resulted so that there is no expectation in the first or future of a stable democracy with protection for human rights in libya as might have been predicted from the fact that we can never achieve such a thing with our bombs before. you can visit our home page r.t. dot com for more news and videos online twenty four seven here's a taste of what's a click away right now. inferno after enraged football fans clashed w

of iraq began and ahead of next week arab league summit to be held in dad and he will campaign david swanson says that despite u.s. efforts iraq is a country in tatters. demolish their country we've destroyed what was one of the most advanced civilized countries. standard of living in that region we've destroyed it per for over twenty years we've had a pair of wars and in most bombing in sanctions and it's we saw in million six lives just in the past nine years we've killed over a million people in creative four million refugees refugees in the world or now from iraq or afghanistan and we've ruled their infrastructure trillions of dollars worth of damage to the infrastructure to the natural environment. as you know the answer then hiroshima everyone in given birth and asked the same first question is it normal only we have to strongly that chantry. and watching are a lot from moscow an afghan it human rights report indicates that torture in the countries prisons is widespread and detainees handed over by america are subjected to abuse u.s. officials said they are looking into the allegations

began and just ahead of next week's arab league summit to be held him back and see war campaigner david swanson says that despite u.s. efforts iraq is a country in tatters. the mileage their country destroyed what was one of the most advanced civilized country split the highest standard of living in that region we've destroyed it for over twenty years we've had it here of wars and in lisp our meal and say cheese in between in millions of lives just in the past nine years we've killed over a million people in three to four million refugees the refugees in the world are now from iraq or afghanistan and we've ruled there is for structure trillions of dollars worth of damage to infrastructure to the natural environment. as you know your appearance or your ocean want every woman giving birth as the same first question is it normal any we have just really natural untreated. you're watching r.t. now afghan officials have now denying rather findings by human rights groups that point it took wide spread torture in the country's prisons and the claims also stated that some of the detainees subjected to a

began and ahead of next week's arab league summit to be held in the back of the antiwar campaign david swanson says that despite u.s. efforts iraq is a country in tatters. we demolished their country we destroyed what was one of the most advanced civilized countries. standard of living in that region we've destroyed it hurt for over twenty years we've had a pair of wars and endless family and sanctions in between in million six lives just in the past nine years we've killed over a million people in created four million refugees and the refugees in the world are now from iraq or afghanistan and we've ruined their infrastructure trillions of dollars worth of damage to infrastructure to the natural environment. as you know you're a cancer patient here ocean or every woman giving birth that's the same first question is it normal any we have just strongly that chantry. now afghan and human rights groups are pointing to widespread torture in the country's prisons and the claims also state that some of the detainees subjected to abuse were handed over by america despite a ban on transfers and that wa

and he will campaign david swanson says that despite u.s. efforts iraq is a country in tatters. he demolished their country will destroy what was one of the most advanced civilized country split the highest standard of living in net region we've destroyed it for over twenty years that a pair of wars and in lisp are mean and sanctions and it's we lost in million six lives just in the past nine years we've killed over a million people in created four million refugees the refugees in the world are now from iraq or afghanistan we've ruined their infrastructure trillions of dollars worth of damage to infrastructure to the natural environment. as you know higher to answer than hiroshima everyone in giving birth asks the same first question is it normal any we have to destroy they're trying to treat. human rights groups are pointing to a wide spread torture in the countries prisons the claims also state that some of the detainees are subjected to abuse were handed over by america despite a ban on transfers adopted last summer these allegations which afghan officials deny comes just wee

will scale back its drone program david swanson is a campaigner with roots action and is in charlottesville virginia. there david let's even forget about scaling back the program i mean from what i understand the pentagon is growing the drone program are there any chances but that changes. not in the foreseeable future short of a popular movement here and in resistance and legal actions from abroad but we saw the attorney general today make a speech defending the legality of murdering anybody including u.s. citizens in particular describing incidents that have been accomplished with the use of drones as it says it has been established as bipartisan except in respectable behavior in the government in washington and they are not at all worried about whether the cia does it the pentagon does it congress finds out information about it i mean it's purely in the hands of the president we saw the attorney general elaborate on how the president personally will will accomplish due process for anybody and be judge jury executioner so it's not on washington's radar screen at the moment to change these