i'd like to welcome my guests to the program. out of hamilton, ontario, from hamilton coalition to stop the war. ken stone, out of johannesburg, south africa. attorney activist and political analyst here. well, thank you both for being with me. i'd like to start this off uh with. ken, i mean, your analysis of the role the united states is playing in this genocide and its continuation. well, the us is continuing its traditional role of enabling israel to commit horrific war crimes. the us uses israel as a proxy state to try countries in the arab world under its thumb, and instant, by... has publicly supported israel uh by refusing to call for a immediate ceasefire or lifting the siege of gaza, so publicly the us administration is supporting the israeli line, and the other thing that they're doing is they are sending massive amounts of firepower to the middle east area, west asia, four carrier fleets, which is half the operation national surface fleet of the united states, plus 200 marines, plus tons and tons of war material in dozens of cargo planes, plus funding, so the us is trying to