be any more proof of the longstanding neo-con plan to invade iraq consider this in two thousand and one right after the supreme court installed bush in the white house dick cheney's secret energy task force was mapping out the locations of iraq's oil fields the war on terror was just an excuse the neocons wanted to topple so. hussein all along in two thousand and three they finally got their wish when american led forces invaded iraq that invasion and the eventual overthrow of saddam hussein created a vacuum that radicals and extremists were eager to fill today those extremists are as strong as ever al-qaeda linked forces are spilling over from syria and linking up with homegrown militants in anbar province ready to do battle with iraq's shia government and willing to kill anyone who stands in their way the freedom the bush promised the iraqi people now looks like the freedom to die in a region wide sectarian civil war that's rapidly spiraling out of control for more on this i'm joined now by robert parry estimated journalist and founder and editor of consortium news robert welcome back

there are certainly people who would argue quite strongly that there's a one word answer to why we invaded iraq and a one word answer is oil. i don't think

were going to come out and bite you and that's what we did when we invaded iraq you know three in al qaida hoists is a band of soviet ways of iraq as a washington of the world helped by imbeciles and on just a forces on the predicting and bloodbath. and syrian rebels turn on each other in a mostly turf war with over five hundred fighters killed in a slum of clashes ever just one week smoking a change of heart among some of their foreign backers. while the month before the winter olympics starts of the home city is putting a priority on security to make sure the games remain safe and undisturbed. blasts confidence in the easy leaders has never been that larry walked into a new poll east in the heart he had to areas of governments us solutions to an entrenched economic crisis. it's sunday it's time for the weekly here on r t international you with me to be on with say the black flag was this week raised to eva true iraq's cities which are now under the control of jihad and on creating a new islamic nation but the real bloodletting is yet to begin one expert says the iraqi army and trib

there are ip will who would argue quite strongly that there is a one-word answer to why we invaded iraq and the one-word answer is oil. i don't think that's true. i do think it is true that were it not for the fact that we have a culture and economy that demands immense quantities of cheap energy combined with the fact that at least until quite recently, in the persian gulf region contained the largest oil reserves. we never would've cared much about what goes on in that part of the world. but that, i would argue that the ambitions and the rationale membership in this nation or why they reached the conclusion that invading iraq was necessary, go far beyond simply wanted to get the oil. in some sense -- in some sense, i thought they did was want to get the oil, that actually might make them seem somewhat more reasonable. but what they really thought was to undertake a project of transforming the islamic world that was going to put the united states in a position to somehow direct the course of events in this massive swath of territory. they had so much confidence and their own wisdom and

even if you look at the al qaeda in iraq to be al qaeda has been in iraq since the united states invaded iraq flows to iraq you took advantage of the presence of the united states now the war shifted more than against followed occupiers but then take a look at the bus for i agree with you that's history but if we look at syria right now again the united states to one degree or another is supporting groups that a take the mantle of al-qaeda and because the united states wants assad to go i mean i just don't get this here ok there's some good al qaeda in there some bad al qaeda. well that's what's funny peter. and i think that we go ahead like you are i'm speaking answer this one i will go quickly back to dan you go ahead sir go ahead first of all the united states you know the u.s. has been criticized all over the united states and the president is reluctant to be involved in syria in order to avoid inflating the support for al qaeda because of its invasion and he's being criticized i think the united states is very cautious not to interfere personally in the. conflict in syria and be it there

they invaded iraq without a basis in international law. it overthrew the government.t abolished the military. it pursued a vindicative policy of having sunni members of the baath party fired from their jobs. it abolished the state factories, hoping some miraculous magical hand would create an entrepreneurial class. it through people in unemployment and upset the social order. the message to the sunni in iraq from the united states, they now were unemployed. they might get to be janitors if they behave themselves. and the sunni arabs in iraq were elite, and they're not going to put up with being treated this way. nouri al-maliki prime minister sent a s.w.a.t. team to a member of the sitting parliament. they arrested him, dragged him off in shackles because they met resistence from his guards there was a fire fight, and his brother and possibly his sister were killed. then 44 members of particle part have sent in their resignations. some of the important part of the structural problems must be laid at the feet of the united states. >> we're going take a short break. whe

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there are certainly people who would argue quite strongly that there's a one word answer to why we invaded iraq and a one word answer is oil. i don't think that's true. i do think it's true that were not for the fact that we have a culture and economy that demands immense quantities of cheap energy, combined with the fact that at least until quite recently the persian gulf region contained the largest oil reserves, we never would've cared much about what goes on in that part of the world. that said, i would argue that the ambitions and the rationale within the bush administration for why they reached the conclusion that invading iraq was necessary go far beyond simply wanting to get the oil. and in some sense, in some senses it all the did was to want to get the oil, it might make them seem somewhat more reasonable. but what they really saw was to undertake a project of transforming the islamic world that was going to put the united states in a position to semi-direct the course of events in this massive swath of territory. they had so much confidence in their own military power that they serio

are going to come out and that's what we did when we invaded iraq you know three. washington up on the old help and all it's just a false predicting and bloodbath. and turn on each other. war with a hundred killed in a table just the week smoking a change of heart among some of the foreign back. for the month before the winter olympics starts well how does putting a priority on security make sure all the games remain safe and on the destroy. us.

if you ask me what i would have done differently i wouldn't have invaded iraq and i said so publicly at the time. to say somewhat less than universal applause now given what we already discussed about the recurring pattern of an american foreign policy and i know that been many of your previous interviews you stated that clearly the united states hasn't achieved its objectives in iraq despite wasting all those billions of dollars and thousands of five american lives do you think the prospect of restoring the war in iraq is possible given that i guess i'm erica still has interest in that part of the wild well i think the american people are quite weary of war in the middle east and you could see that with the last minute. calling off of a proposed limited strike on syria the problem in iraq is that the united states catalyzed a sectarian struggle between shiites and sunnis and also added to the differences between kurds and arabs with the result that the society is greatly divided and very violent and it has not been. able to achieve any kind of domestic tranquility or stability and i

alone because if you kick it they're going to come out and bite you and that's what we did when we invaded iraq you know three and it can bite not just somewhere far in a war zone but here in the u.s. american intelligence and counterterrorism officials now say islamic extremist groups in syria with ties talk to recruiting and training americans who have traveled there to get them to carry out attacks when they return home there are dozens of extremist islamist forces that are operating both inside syria and over the syrian borders walk has been a breeding ground for extremists since the u.s. invasion now residents of other parts of the country are bracing themselves for the iraqi army's assault as it attempts to drive militants out of seized areas the u.s. is supplying hellfire missiles and other weapons to help the iraqi government in the fight the last thing for me is as more missiles we heard the u.s. government say they decimated al qaeda is leaving but the groups that continue their cause expand and what they thrive on best is chaos the worst part chaos to iraq and in syria washington sup

along because if you kick it they're going to come out and bite you and that's what we did when we invaded iraq you know three and it can bite not just somewhere far in a war zone but here in the u.s. american intelligence and counterterrorism officials now say islamic extremist groups in syria with ties talk to a recruiting and training americans who have traveled there to get them to carry out attacks when they return home there are dozens of extremist islamist forces that are operating both inside syria and over the syrian borders iraq has been a breeding ground for extremists since the u.s. invasion now residents of other parts of the country are bracing themselves for the iraqi army's assault as it attempts to drive militants out of seized areas the u.s. is supplying hellfire missiles and other weapons to help the iraqi government in the fight the last thing for needs is more missiles we heard the u.s. government say they decimated al qaeda is needed but the groups that continue their cause expand and what they thrive on best is chaos the u.s. backed chaos to iraq and in syria washington s

come out and buy it and that's what we did when we invaded iraq in oh three and eighteen by two notches somewhere far in a war zone here in the us american intelligence and counterterrorism officials now say the islamic extremist groups in syria with high skill high of recruiting and training americans who traveled there to get them to carry out attacks when they return home. there are dozens of extremist islamist forces that are operating both inside syria and over the syrian borders. iraq has been a breeding ground for extremists since the us invasion. now residents of foliage and other parts of the country are bracing themselves for the iraqi army's assault as it attempts to drive militants out of c's periods. the us is supplying for any sars and other weapons to help iraqi government and the fight to the last thing fallujah needs is more missiles would hurt the us government's anti semitic al qaeda is needed the groups that continue their calls expect and what they thrive on the us is keen on us. the west of chaos to iraq and syria. washington's support for armed opposition has been

plane headed nations colors that it shot down and use that as a pretext to invade iraq so this thing goes on all the time still and bush the father of bush in kuwait way yeah why do you think the losers are a false flags and more historically explored in these provocations kind of the use of these false provocation to start to look for this but we're excited especially to try to expose this to national security archives putting out great documents about these things so people know some of this but it's at the heart of our story because we're telling the other side of american history the dark side all that intervention is the assassinations the dirty tricks the psychological warfare the torture still to get the arrogance it's behind and once you have those two it's always bombs and you're able to drop them on japan and get away with it successfully by calling it a moral victory and saying that it ended world war two then you adopt the attitude that because you want you were right and because you're right you're good that's what follows and therefore you create your own moral code oh

is it the rest of my life that the decision made by the bush administration to invade iraq was an unbelievable mistake cost americans thousands of lives cost trillions of dollars that it certainly caught on iraq is a whole lot more of these. now it's going to order and you know what's what they would clap when we had it before well not much though. it was in the wizard was armed with our vision of billion. i think we strategically absolute. thank you so much for sharing ej tells her to clinical research at the university of birmingham. well another day another leak about the national security agency and its broader global reach to the headline that read in new york times readers this weekend. it turns out the nsa has implanted software and nearly one hundred thousand computers around the world that allows the agency to spying and also to create a digital highway to launch cyber attacks. this comes in the wake of the recent revelation about the agency building a quantum computer and another revelation that the nsa could we not nailed to the office is so they can't use of malware is a computer c