this and the wider picture in egypt let's talk to jake wood he's the president of the future of freedom foundation well every year since egypt's revolution brought a barracks regime is this the start of another uprising all just a continuation of last year. but that's a fascinating question in and it's it's difficult to know where this thing's going to come out. but the whole situation is very intriguing near that you've got this military dictatorship that has been in power for some three decades it runs hotels it runs commercial enterprises it has been accustomed to be in the governing force in egypt and so now you've got and they obviously thought that by giving up and bury people would be happy but now you've got the protesters who have figured out that a genuine democracy does not entail military rule because the military dictatorships taking the position that as long as they let people get elected everything will be fine assuming of course that the military is the ultimate power the protesters are saying wait a minute that's not a genuine democracy a genuine democracy is where the people who

the part of the west you in stark and a pro freedom pro democracy regime this is about empire is and always lives right check up weinberger founder and president of the future of freedom foundation live with us on the line from virginia they have broadband thanks for. you want to. also ahead for you this hour the war crimes court and libya fight it out over gadhafi is most influential the hague claims alice is being assaulted in cost city as libya refuses to hand him over insisting you strive. also don quixote's of our time the residents of california rally against wind turbines which they say are damaging the environment and in danger in wild by. first a deadly shooting and produce has ended fresh fuel to the fire of the debate about immigration and radical islam in the e.u. presidential hopefuls in france picked up on it trying to score political points ahead of the vote later this month and that's making the country's muslims feel increasingly isolated as are so they explained this may be a film about the struggle to live in the french suburbs but this. is reality. the shooting of seven people in the loose by a frenchman of algerian descent was the latest incident to intensif

which i got hornberger from a future of freedom foundation serves the syrian rebels and washington mark of their pursuit of regime change. if you have a cease fire where the rebels are under that cease fire and say ok we're we're in we're no longer going to engage in violence against this regime then what was the point of starting the rebellion in the first place and so it's very likely that the rebels are going to use any kind of a cease fire to consolidate their position and continue with their goal the u.s. for example is pressuring the assad regime to relinquish power they're doing it under this are a democracy in freedom well this is just hypocrisy we know that the u.s. loves dictatorships they just sent one point three billion dollars to the gyptian dictatorship they supported the dictatorship in bahrain because of the u.s. military base there what's involved here in syria is a dictatorship that is not pro u.s. and so the u.s. sees this as an opportunity for regime change this is not some glorious cause on the part of the west you in stark and a pro freedom pro democracy regime th

arming the rebels because it could ask away at the crisis take a porn burger from the future of freedom foundation first syria's opposition and nato want regime change not a ceasefire. if you have a cease fire were the rebels honor that cease fire and say ok we're we're no longer going to engage in violence against this regime then one of the point of starting the rebellion in the first place and so it's very unlikely that the rebels are going to use any kind of the cease fire to. consolidate their position and continue with their goal the u.s. for example is pressuring the assad regime to relinquish power they're doing it under this aura of democracy and freedom well this is just your partner see we know that the us loves dictatorships they just sent one point three billion dollars to the egyptian dictators you know they support the dictatorship in bahrain because of the u.s. military base there what's involved here in syria is a dictatorship that is not pro u.s. and so the u.s. sees this as an opportunity for regime change if we can get rid of this dictator and install a pro u.s. military dictat

shoulders with islamists and joined in a common cause jacob kohlberg the president of the future of freedom foundation told me a little earlier that he had hoped for democracy following hosni mubarak's fall is still some way off. obviously things are moving toward trying to collusion here the military doesn't want to give up its privileged position in society but protesters want a genuine democratic system where this thing is headed to impossible to know you've got this complex force taking place there you've got the military dictatorship funded by the us doesn't want to relinquish power you've got a whole range of protesters out there we go over centers to do you know i mean say we want a genuine democracy in this country the question is who is ultimately going to control the rate then reign of power here and the military is making it very clear that this isn't just a temporary transition to civilian rule they've made it very clear we're here to stay we're the ultimate power we will permit elections to be to be had but under our ultimate control we maintain the ultimate power in this society how is t

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