i think it's very possible to call vietnam an imperialist policy. they built their entire position on the vietnam war on american imperialism ands that a factor and a theme in the political conversation about what the meaning of vietnam was. i worked with political groups who used those kind of arguments. i was not entirely convinced if vietnam wasn't imperialist enterprised, but i definitely could see how that kind of analysis applied to the situation that we were protesting from the standpoint of vietnamese who was seeing these farmers come into their country and first one set of them and then another set of them and then the wars just go on. it certainly must have had an imperialistic aspect from their point of view. so i can see how that argument raised. now how i employ that as a historian, that's a different part of the issue because as a historian, i'm outside of the context of personal activity. so i try and analyze the motives of states and state power, but from that perspective, vietnam looks and feels different. perhaps it's because sudde

it certainly must have looked -- certainly must have had an imperialistic aspect from their point of view, so i could see how that argument weighed. now, as how i employ that as a historian, that's a different kind of an issue because as a historian i'm outside of that context of personal activity, and so i try and analyze the motives of states and state power, and from that perspective vietnam looks and feels different. perhaps it's because suddenly you're looking and feeling it from the standpoint of washington as opposed to the vietnamese village. so you see american concerns about security in the western pacific, our ideas about cold war challenges, and our fears that an anti-communist ally might fall in south vietnam. so a whole different set of factors applies from that kind of a standpoint. >> jeff, you wanted to say something? >> yeah, i'd like to address that. i think it's an important question. the problem is that the word imperial has been politicized too much. if you -- so you have to define it. it seems to me if you look at the sweep of history from 59,000 years ago, the

>> i think it's very possible to call vietnam an imperialist project. they have built their entire opposition to imperialism and that was a factor and a theme about what the meet meaning of vietnam was. i work with political groups who use those kinds of arguments. i was not entirely convinced that vietnam was an imperialist enterprise but i definitely could see how that kind of analysis applied to the situation that we were protesting from the standpoint of vietnamese who received these foreigners come into their country and first one set of them and then another set of them and then the wars just go on. it certainly must have looked -- it suddenly must have had an imperial list stick outlook from their view. now, as how i deploy that as an historian is another issue. because i'm outside of that context of personal activity and so i try and analyze the motives of states and state power. from that perspective, vietnam looks and feels different. perhaps it's because suddenly you're looking and feeling it from the standpoint of washington as opposed to th

satellite and radar shows what weather situated off the coast for imperialists set looks like in the bay area we are drive for national and relatively mild. into the afternoon, this is what your highs will look like. your 7 day around the bay forecast shows today will be a dry day but as we head into tomorrow we do have the potential to wake up to showers. by i'm that if athletes and to the rebels in north of the gold indeed become more widespread. we expect. the moderate-heavy rainfall. we have the potential for on and off showers as we head into the weekend. >>justine: here is a look at your ride on a 92. we do not see any major delays as the head towards hayward or foster city. >>da: there was no new evidence in saturday's search. the search lasted for about eight hours, it was the fourth and largest search. deputies will not be conducting another search on sunday. this is a new development. last sunday her backpack was found in a field with a clothing inside. deputies have submitted the clothing to the county crime lab for further testing. they are trying to see if they are able

politics, the other side was thomas carlisle, he brought to his side charles dickens, thede the more imperialist minded members of parliament to defend eyre from prosecution. mills succeeds using this evidence and bringing governor eyre up on charges but the jury influenced by carlisle's counteractivism refuses to indict. but meanwhile menard himself has seen his stock rise as a leading light of the cause of freedom almost worldwide. he is quoted in the british anti-slavery society's newspapers, he's arrived back in new orleans as well as and he begins to notice very quickly that the johnson administration's commitment to civil rights in the united states is very lacking. this particular quote, he compares governor eyre to president johnson and says the only difference is follows event, while the latter with an ignorance minkled with ambition and makes and temporarily controls them. in new orleans menard with the fire in his chest to fight this injustice enters politics and decides after all maybe we should continue to stake out our claim in the united states for a fair and equal-minded future w

they've been blocking reformist and democratically for on earth if we were the good we have of their imperialist and get us where we are those reforms so it seems to me that the united states has been quite the opposite of. a mean thing in peace because even i mean these days of good david lee by waging war and in day hopefully very provoking here and again it's very early in the region let me jump in here but i want to the way to quote what is there in the middle east which is going to mean ok we're getting a little after getting off with getting a little half brother if your legs were getting a little after we heard what is the west's interest in syria and we keep reading this all the time what is the interest or is it another word for iran i don't think that the west has any specific interest in syria except that a defeat of assad would also be a defeat of iran it's interesting that in the conversations that take place with the united states seeing the villain in this interpretation of this rather naive interpretation of history iran hasn't been mentioned nor has of course nine eleven been me

the past year and a pace which has never been seen before along with an anti interventionist anti imperialist anti colonial in and so forth foreign policy which is not among anyone in the republican field or obama or think that maybe ron paul the only heard been. putting forth a dialog that differs at all from him there it is that we heard from both sides or go along now and the continuity of magenta that we've seen bush to obama has in my opinion this allusion to many americans from the two parties has been completely though i think the only viable truly buyable all party of is the one. thing that is completely absent from the platform above the mainstream republican and democrat party so well i think it's a good point so you know you brought up a lot ron paul let's talk about him he's running as a republican but as you say when it comes to the what you know what he's calling for he's very very different from now on any of those republicans i want to show you an interesting poll this is a recent rasmussen poll that shows if ron paul or to be the nominee he could actually be president obama w

they have ambitions basically they want to become a hegemon of the middle east it's religious and imperialistic at the same time and if you think that endangers them, and god knows what it would make them feel but there are elements of irrationality in their behavior it's clear. if the president of iran says that the maddy who passed away a long time ago, in my judgment it's not irrational. and if he's being called a supreme leader, it's a situation. so i wouldn't measure them without with our measurements because that's a different sort of phenomena. and i would be very suspicious. >> how serious do you see the rift between president ahmadinejad and the supreme leader combny. >> there is such a rift. the depth of it i don't know and nobody knows. even if all the information if you cannot measure seriously is what is taking place behind closed doors. but they are extremely cold to their own people. they hang people without trial many of the positions are in prison. i mean, why should ahmadinejad go say to the great man... the president of israel but if they are great in their own ways i wouldn'

fleet street press newsletters--newsmagazines published an article denouncing me as an american imperialist. c-span: he--here's one that i always wondered what it stood for, and i was quite surprised when you say it in the book--you can't see it very much on the screen, though. it's s-i-p-a. what is that--what's the... >> guest: well, that's shorthand for a wonderful turkish journalist. it's--it--it's pronounced sipa, and his named is goksin--g-o-k-s-i-n--sipahahiolu and he actually has a--a show on in paris at this very moment. i just was at the opening last week. but sipa is--is short for sipahahioglu. c-span: and it's an agency that he has? >> guest: it's an agen--his own personal agency. he's a wonderful, charming guy who goes--whose fortunes go up and down like a--a roller coaster. c-span: and who is nick utt from ap? >> guest: well, nick was a--a--an ap stringer, perhaps a staff photographer, i guess, in--in vietnam. and that picture, i wa--i happened to be picture editor at the new york times the pi--the day that picture came over the wire. the little girl was stark naked, of course,

black people have participated in american imperialist ventures. black people today, some, unfortunately, have participated in the racist taunting of people of middle eastern ancestry. black people are people. and so, you know, black people have done wonderful things, just like people of all backgrounds have done wonderful things. black people have done terrible things, just like people of all backgrounds have done terrible things. and that's -- seems to me that is a point that needs to be underlined and when black people act out badly, mistreat people, act in a racist way, enact a way that shows disrespect for people based on sexual orientation, when black people act out badly, everybody aught to call them out, including other black people. ... his first speech, a great speech, first speech as a civil rights champion in announcing the boycott, he talked about the calls on black people to band together so that when the history books were written, historians would talk about the greatness of black people as a people. he was speaking very specificall

black people have participated in american imperialists ventures. black people today, some unfortunately have participated in the racist taunting of people of middle eastern ancestry. black people are people. and so black people have done wonderful things just like people of all backgrounds have done wonderful things. ..ust like people of all backgrounds have done terrible things. and that's -- seems to me that is a point that needs to be underlined and when black people act out badly, mistreat people, act in a racist way, enact a way that shows disrespect for people based on sexual orientation, when black people act out badly, everybody aught to call them out, including other black people. .... >> i respect john rawls but praenl -- frankly if i had to grapple with this race man idea the person i would choose would be martin luther king, jr.. martin luther king, jr., also had a struggle within himself. there were times when he was the race man. montgomery bus boycott, his first speech, a great speech, his first speech as a civil rights champion in a