iraq. between iran and iraq, we picked iraq. when iran went to the united nations to say, hey, the iraqis are bombing us with mustard gas and nerve agents, isn't the world supposed to care about that? isn't that illegal? the united states said nothing to back them up, even though we now know our government had plenty of evidence to back up what the iranians were saying, but we didn't say anything. iran's envoy to the united nations in january 1984 brought actual soil samples and rocks and part of a tree and some shrapnel to the united nations building, itself. he brought this stuff to new york and held it up in the united nations building. he held up all this stuff then had to rush out of the room saying, "i have to wash because my hands are burning." he said his country would not testify the samples, themselves, but he said he knew the u.n. could and that was why he brought those samples to new york so the u.n. would study those things. and the united states through all of that said nothing even though we know that what he was a

iraq and that it has been u.s. policy to support an agreement which has not been implemented in iraq. following up on another question, i would like to give you the opportunity to explain why should the united states sell arms to iraq when, in fact, many people to leave the lack of political reconciliation is-- believe the lack ofcontributing to some of the violence today? thanks. >> thank you. political reconciliation is the key issue for iraq, for the stability of iraq. i think all the key leaders believe that this is the way forward. with the hydrocarbon law, with normalizing relations with saudi arabia, with turkey, and all the questions have been appointed questions about the core issue in iraq. the political reconciliation is moving. it is not stagnant. i mean, look at the representatives of the sunni community or from parliamentary blocs. they are represented in the parliament and in government. they may feel they are underrepresented or this is a fair call. we could do more about that, definitely. but really, the lessons that came out of this local election was very, very important. many people believed they could do with the majoritarian democracy or political majority government, one sect or one group can

. >> 70 people were killed in a wave of car bombings in iraq. iraquse were celebrating the end of ramadan. violence has been on the rise since the government crackdown on a protest camp and april. 18 u.s. embassies closed because of the terrorist threat. the embassies in yemen will be remaining close. closedbassy is staying because of the continuing concern about the threat for potential terrorist attacks by al qaeda. the consulate will also remain close. it was shut down due to a separate threads. around theding lincoln memorial, crews remain to remove green paint from the statue. it was vandalized a few weeks ago. authorities believed several monuments were defaced by a woman. with steve rudin with a look at what is to come. forecast.bad for the a big change on the way in the outlook. head over to doppler radar. for the most part, it is quite and draw. if you showers beginning to creep in on the south. look at the bottom of the screen, scattered showers at the time. lingering showers around fredericksburg and quantico in the early morning hours. 68

iraq. iraq's involvement and in david cameron's own words poisoned the opinion of british public opinion. >> where does this leave britain's relationship with the united states i think we had cabinet members who stated that it could jeopardize those ties. >> i think it could, in recent years it's been perhaps america's most steadfast ally. and now that parliament has prevented david cameron from moving forward with intervention along side the united states against syria makes britain a much diminished figure in washington. i think we'll aid the united states on communication, intelligence but there is no chance that david cameron could push ahead with military involvement in an intervention. >> we're looking at u.n. security council it was the british who were bringing forth this further motion that david cameron said could potentially lead to military action if he deemed it necessary. any strategy seems to be in disarray from the british-u.s. side. >> it's worth noting that britain was leading calls for intervention in syria for a while up to this point. i spoke to american colleagues who said it was william hague who harass really driving the agenda in washington. and britain has led oh far on this issue has now had to set back. it will be very difficult for president obama who was leading from behind. how can they lead from behind if no one was in front of them. until now, britain played that roll. >> just quickly, jeremy, do you think the mps based their opinion from the streets that any intervention would have been very unpopular. >> if you look at the polling, indeed. knew as we're looking at a much more restrained intervention in syria the level was a third at most, and a lot of them consulted with their con sit wents and heard a pretty clear answer, we don't want to intervene again. >> reporter: plenty of repercussions to be hammered out in westminster, but back to you, stephen, in doha. >> thank you very much. the japanese government has once again condemned the use of chemical weapons in syria. the chief cabinet member said that the government won't tolerate the use of poison and added japan's position on the syria crisis remains unchanged despite the u.n. against intervention. the china said u.n. investors must be able to complete their investigation. all parties should avoid pre-judging the results and not push the security council to take action. syria's closest ally is send two navy ships to the mediterranean. president putin said the ships are needed to secure military presence. they've had a presence in the region for decades. >> reporter: it was the height of the cold war that the deal was struck. in 1980, the leader brezhnev led agreement with the then syrian president. it was strategy that immediately turned the soviet union and then later russia into a major player in the tinderbox of the middle east 04 year 40 years ago. what does russia get from the deal today? they have a naval base and russia's only military base outside of the former soviet union. lucrative arm sales. 10% of all russian arms going to syria, $1.5 billion a year. and lastly unparalleled access to syria's military apparatus. little surprise in the u.n. security council that russia has consistently voted down rug resolutions regarding sakeses against syria. but one voice was silent. >> i don't think that putin has something to say just now. to come up and to say that this attack will be wrong and a mistake and a crime and don't do it while i think everybody knows that it will happen any way. it doesn't make any sense for putin. i'm sure he will appear after the strike, and he will strongly condemn. >> reporter: as for the russian people polled, 39% had never even heard of the war. >> no, at the moment i'm occupied with other things. i don't follow the news. >> reporter: they entered iraqand then it turned out there were no chemical weapons. it's the same story now. they'll use this as an excuse to launch attack. >> reporter: what is important to the kremlin not to bend to u.s. pressure. and to that end two russian warships were deployed to the mediterranean as tensions continue to rife. naval forces gathering in the area, and this is not solely an american pawn. so one man, vladimir putin, who has enough clout with assad, remains fundamentally opposed to the military action that could bring about these news talks in the first place. al jazeera in moscow. >> thousands of people continue to leave syria, to try to find refuge in neighboring countries. many head to northern iraq, many of the refugees are sinnan kurds. we're live now, all the talk over the 24 hours about military action and the vote against it in the british parliament, have you talked to the refugees there, what do they think about the possibility of military strikes? >> they have mixed feelings here. the

iraq iraq the government granting them immunity from prosecution is something that the obama administration was trying to negotiate around the same time bradley manning leaked all those are opening files president obama would have not announced a review of n.s.a. surveillance programs if it weren't for edward snowden and whether or not that review is just a symbolic gesture is a question worth asking of course but still we wouldn't be even having those conversations if it weren't for the supporters of bradley manning saying what's at stake here is not just manning future but also the future of journalism and the public's right to be informed on the actions that their government is taking on their behalf in washington i'm going to check on him a potential as one of the activists who's been campaigning in support of bradley manning he says the u.s. government has just declared an all out war on whistleblowers. it is quite extraordinary that bradley manning has got thirty five years for telling the truth and exposing us war crimes lies and cover ups while the people who committed these criminal acts have walked away scot free they have never ever been prosecuted it is a notable fact that president obama has heritage and chased and prosecuted more whistleblowers than even right wing republicans like richard nixon and ronald reagan that is a pretty damning indictment of president obama and his democratic administration whistleblowers are not criminals they are the canaries in the mine who warned us about danger they warned us about untruths about reality that people in power don't want us to know whistleblowers are essential to democracy. still lots more to come on the program here on r.t. for example while the main goal for many in egypt's revolution was to see the former president hosni mubarak behind bars as reported in a short while the leader could be walking free within hours of correspondent explains why in just a few minutes. but for now on the program the u.n. security council says an investigation is needed into allegations of a deadly chemical attack in syria meanwhile this just in the french foreign minister has threatened action over the alleged attack should the security council fail to act and the opposition there is accusing outside's forces of gassing hundreds of people on wednesday the allegations that have been refuted by the syrian government details now from our new york correspondent marina porter. deputy secretary general john ellison was also on hand the closed door security council consultations he said that there is no confirmation of the use of chemical weapons and he says that this needs to be underlined meanwhile britain's foreign minister william hague said that the alleged attacks should be an eye opener for all those who support assad his comments leave no options open to the fact that an opposition or terrorist group who would be responsible for the alleged use of chemical weapons now it may be no coincidence the syrian opposition is making these allegations latest allegations against the syrian government just a few days after a team of u.n. inspectors arrived in damascus to examine previous suspected cases of chemical weapon use in the war torn country meanwhile officials from the russian foreign ministry say that reports by biased regional media unquote about the alleged chemical weapon use near damascus might be a provocation planned in advance russian foreign ministry saving its sources said that a homemade rocket carrying unidentified chemical substances may have been launched from an area controlled by the opposition now the incident reportedly took place on territory surrounding the syrian capital although the region on the outskirts of damascus is known for its opposition inclinations and has been the site of past clashes between government forces and the rebels experts say an al qaeda affiliate has had a long time presence there and the area has faced sustained military pressure for months. and abroad but there is the director of the un to war so coalition he says the very timing of these allegations costs a huge question mark over the. completely root ludicrous that the syrian government would use chemical weapons at the very moment that the un is a launching its investigation about chemical weapons and especially since the syrian government has its advantage but none of it matters what really matters is what the intention is of the white house in their or their friends in london in terms of escalating their own intervention i think the big goal of the those who carry out the stage provocation is to disrupt any sort of negotiations that could lead to a positive outcome for the existing syrian government meaning that the forces of the civil war had not succeeded in this lodging the assad government that's their plan because they know without western intervention without escalated foreign intervention there is no possible way they can succeed on the syrian battlefield they don't have the popular support in syria and they don't have the military wherewithal to defeat the syrian government in the meantime of the kurds have been fleeing the ongoing violence in northern syria according to the u.n. more than thirty five thousand refugees have entered iraqsince last thursday and the kurdish minority has been hearing heavy attacks by al qaeda linked groups the jihadist forces have been taking advantage of the ongoing civil war to try to gain control over parts of northeastern syria. are still to come here we're not seeing imagine having a job but with no idea when you'll believe that you'll be paid for it that is regrettably the situation for a million brits cloyd on so-called zero i was contractors i'm all that story and the rest of the world's top headlines for this hour just about. what defines a country's success. baselessly years of economic growth. for a factual standard of living. others in the. picture. just turning. of course the urge to topple egypt's former dictator hosni mubarak of course was the key driving force of the twenty eleven revolution but after being sentenced to life in prison for ordering the killing of hundreds of protesters in the uprising and a successful trial appeal that followed mubarak could actually be wa

going to be fasting during the day anyway from sunrise to sunset and as a respect i mean this is iraq iraq ironic but the americans are not force feeding people during the day they're doing it now during the night when the people are not fasting but the of course that's only for the people that are hunger striking and the hunger strike will i believe recommence as soon as ramadan is over because this isn't about. this is about a concept for justice that these people have been fighting for which they have no choice but to hunger strike to the point which they're ready i believe to even die while the plight of hunger strikers has caught the attention all over the world from human our right our kids and a journalist there but the u.s. military continues to force feed the inmates why are they not listening to the world community is criticizing this measure well it's it's really sad because it looks like they're not even listening to obama because obama reiterated earlier this year that he wants to close guantanamo because of the height of the hunger strikes and he responded to that again sayin

program looks at america's own murky parts from deadly agent orange in vietnam to depleted uranium in iraq iraq. also ahead goodbye to guantanamo two algerians a retired created from the infamous prison facility we ask what's going to happen to many more who were cleared for release long ago.

iraq war in 2003 was connected with 9/11 and the american people signed up for the war. >> the context of syria is connected to eight years of iraq. that's all. >> i think syria is a vastly different question. it's a country torment pd. there's a an issue and distinct time. >> it's not true of hussein? >> saddam was everything bashar is and worse. again and again we need to stay with syria. we can't revisit iraqelitigate. >> i agree with you. we don't want to draw false equivalents. all we know is what we know and iraq is our most recent one that we can draw comparisons. >> especially in light of what was done today. the key question is american support for military action against syria. if we take it as a given that really it would be a great idea to get rid of bashar assad and for the u.s. to get involved then you need a whole lot more american support that exists. >> stand by. we'll talk much more about this. i want to get to this because i think it's really important as well. we're talking about cyber space. the president said the u.s. would be vjustified by punishin the regime. what kind of reaction could we expect? one threat is a cyber war putting us all on the front line, all of us. here is brian todd. >> reporter: server not found. a screen designation that many new york times website customers had to deal with for 20 hours. the website of one of the largest newspapers taiken down. w

. ♪ this is including iraq iraq, afghanistan, egypt and bahrain and of a doubt be due to increased security. how high are the threats? we have john bolton former ambassador and fox news contributor i wonder when we hear about these things a public and is it more or less serious with they keep it secret if it is more dangerous or does it mean it is so dangerous they tell us ? >> i think it is straight forward there is a real risk they closed the embassies and consulates on suay whicis in the muslim world is a working day and excluding those facilities also world wide travel warning that gives more information than they releed with the embassy closin they say the threat comes from al qaeda and its affiliates and the threat of atack is highest dawn or bian peninsula and the travel warding to all private citizen la through the end of august is a broad wording , and very threat so precisely to tell pele things long and hard about yur situational awareness and your need to travel to them. melissa: how long do you think this will last? >> a travel warning goes for one month remembers september 11

we had a little coverage about the afghanistan war before we went into iraq. iraqe hadinto barely any coverage about afghanistan. the news media, or the mainstream news media, never reports on the war on drugs, the secret wars, flying drones and , the white house declaring war on prescription painkillers. nobody seems to make the connection between vietnam and flow of heroinhe that came into america. now that afghanistan is winding down, you are once again having a huge problem with heroin flowing into america and becoming the new drug of choice, or old drug of choice. even the little pakistani girl that got shot in the head by the i watched, trying to find her speech to the united nations all over. i spent the entire day being a news junkie. and all it talked about was the george zimmerman trial. i eventually had to look it up online and watch the 17 minute speech on bbc.com. let us go to elizabeth on our republican line. let us see if we can get jimmy. wonder if taxpayers are interested in where their money is going to fund all of this. dod.gov is a great source

iraq. in iraq in spring of 1941 the british decided to overthrow the iraqi government led by the prime minister rasheed ollie, the charge was that he was proactive and hoping to make iraq an outpost for german or an italian military forces. the american state department was dubious of this charge. the american officials had worried that the british never made a distinction between being pro axis and anti british. these were not one and the same thing, american officials said perfect legitimately anti british in the middle east. the british had been there as a hegemonic power since the first world war and in egypt, substantially before that. but it didn't necessarily imply you were pro axis. this confrontation which led to the overthrow of prime minister rashid valley in 1941 occurred several months, months before pearl harbor. america was not in the war yet so americans were in a difficult position, very poor leverage to actually press the british about this and we were always torn. americans felt we want to press our political objectives but we shouldn't do anything that jeopardize is the war effort so when the british heard this formula they immediately set basically

deep the engage but we have been hyper in cage for a decade in syria and egypt and ivory and, as iraq iraq afghanistan will remark -- demanded a component of our time in to be successful in asia requires us to do much more for a spate -- sustained period of time. we spend more money in one day, today's in afghanistan in the entire foreign policy budget. just to give you a sense so any sense of a dramatic move we are at the very early stages which barely has been a diplomatic set of emissions over time that the court is not just money by people we have very able people in our government most of whom with a current environment focused on the middle east. i could identify 10 or 15 senior generals foreign policy players, those who know everything there is to know about post conflict reconstruction efforts. there is nothing comparable to compare it to. >> the secretary of united states is preoccupied with the mideast. it comes back to the question of the special armed forces then use been the amount of time. >> secretary kerry has made a very profound and deep personal commitment. >> it is a st

iraq. almost to conquer iraq by providing iraq with satellite photography and turning a blind eye to its use of chemical weapons including sarin gas we had famous picture of dollar. shaking hands with saddam hussein you know what happened the day after the first public announcement that the iraqis had used mustard gas to go see any and so ok so blind eye well you go in spades the problem really is that. we know what was going on and you know the geneva convention against the use of chemical warfare our top leaders knew it you question is you know had no conscience and they no shame. germans are living in the countryside to speak out against their hulking noise that may be coming up a scandal of a giant wind turbines springing up in the people's backyards keeping them awake at night just after the break. your bank. account with. some of. the consents to. the opinions that you think are great. choose the stories get him. to to speak. thank you. for watching r.t. for more international news the secret register of more than sixty thousand sex offenders is a maintained by police in england and wa

know very little. >> what we know is we were researching iraq information in preparation for this segment, iraq is calling it al qaeda and iraq, the prospect of a resurgent al qaeda in syria as well as iraq, that's a whole completely different facet. >> this is why we've avoided arming the rebel factions largely to this point. we're so uncertain about where the weapons will end up, in whose hands. the other option is a no-fly zone. for various reasons we got rid of that. now we're looking at a limited stra teej cal -- this gas back to the same point i'm making time and time again, the cupboard is very bare. there's little options other than to put boots on the ground which no one would support at this juncture. >> it also goes to the point of the war ont terror, right? he gave the speech at the university saying at some point we need to return to a pre-9/11 not mentality but we cannot wage an endless war. >> you can tell the war is -- >> i'm sure the white house would take -- >> in our sort of -- we have a slate france outlet. sister publication. they had a french language publication based on french military sources where th

syria would not be like iraq, that the ghost of iraq from the selling of the war on false premises to its execution hovers around any decision about action on syria. and the ghost of iraqs international leaders as well in describing the effect the iraq debacle had on british lawmakers' rejection of prime minister cameron's request for military action, a tory legislator said the prime minister knew that the well had been poisoned by iraq, but i don't think he realized how much that was the case. great quote. and the wording in this "washington post" piece, the main bar piece this morning on the british parliament's rejection shows the degree to the deception of the last war that sold the iraq war has become baked into our language. quote, many of his government, that's the british government, attributed the vote loss to the legacy of british participation in the 2003 u.s.-led invasion and subsequent occupation of iraq based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction. michael scherer is "the o washington bureau chief. and josh rogin, senior correspondent for politics for "newsweek" and the daily beast. gentlemen, you watch and see how the boilerplate changes and h

iraq is considered a huge factor in driving down iran's favorable ratings. back in 2004 the first time we pulled on this question who is the winner and iraq? guess who comes out the winner in the arab world? iran. in 2006 it was even hired in 2008 it was even higher in 2012 they clearly think that iran was the big winner because iraq was defeated and saddam hussein who is the biggest nemesis to iran was defeated and i run was emboldened in the broader region. it goes beyond that though. they see iran's role which some think here in the west is just a matter of saudi propaganda but arab public opinion seems to think iran is involved. whether it is or not the perception -- i would say mom i wasn't doing anything and she would say it doesn't matter. people think you're doing something. take a look at what you are doing. the iranians it's not real and public opinion believes that it is real and the nail in the coffin in our public opinion for iran is serious. 17 of the 20 countries that are negative and it's a big factor in their judgment of iran. so there was a gap at one point between arab public opinion and arab leadership. arab leadership opposed iran and arab support in iran and the gap has now been erased. that is something that whether one likes it or not they have to pay attention to that because it matters. i

iraq. has steadily who been at the heart of iraq's developments these last 10 years. he has been leading the foreign policy for iraq. he is a voice that is welcomed in washington. people understand him, they trust him. he is a real friend of somebody that is not tell you what you want to hear, he tells you what you need to hear. consistenten his voice. here it's here now at a time to help us understand that this is a very challenging time in iraq. the conflict in syria is having a very negative implications for iraq. we don't appreciate that. we don't understand that. his visit with us is to help us understand what this ally, and i say this word distinction lay. -- with distention. what the valet of living through and what we can do to help. i want to say thank you to the foreign minister for his leadership not only in iraq but in washington. will you please welcome this remarkable statesman, foreign minister zebari. [applause] >> thank you. much for your great introduction. and thank you, john, also for inviting us to the csis. and with this distinguished crowd, i know many of you in person. i worked with some of

iraq. we lost 10,000 people in iraq and spent a trillion dollars. >> we're hearing through reports out of israel that it's the syrian government. we don't know that for sure. listen to axelrod describing the difference between syria and iraq >> this is no different than iraq, because there's visual evidence that everyone has seen, there's a broad consensus here. and i don't think you're facing the same kind of skepticism that there was for iraq where the weapons of mass destruction were used as a justification for an attack. there, clearly something happened here, something dramatic, and the president feels he has to act. >> skepticism? what skepticism? we had our allies with us. we had the u.n. with us. we had had their former secretary of state hillary clinton who voted for iraq. the proof was there. we're not going to debate iraq on this. if we get involved in this, it will be iraq on stare oids. it will be a proxy war. did anybody see what happened in the british parliament? cameron pecks up the white house and says sorry, you have to go at it alone if you want to. i hate to say it, but president obama is a huge narcissist and this is all about him. this is all about his red line. and it's a pr stunt. it is just a ver

more you're wrong about the nature of the war going into iraq if you listen to what osama said he said when after we went into iraq he said iraq is the center of the arab world it's the tent pole it's the millstone around which the whole village builds and we have now turned them into an ally. and if the americans when we lose everything so they have largely because the people that if you are allowed there we will that way too early for a gazans that prefers at the last to officially open in baghdad was the bank of iran who are partly correct on this i'm totally correct if the fight goes on perpetually but you notice which president was the one who was the would do our forces from iraq radley meaning exposing bradley manning and some of the lawyers even ministry i can actually go to jail people who did those crimes should i go to yes bradley manning i'm sorry i was a man who murdered those those civilians you're going to get very two separate issues let's talk about bradley manning i was on active duty i had a security conference one thousand nine hundred six you understand what that means of having that kind of bradley mannin

iraq war. the iraq war looms large over the british debate, and the people fear britain could be dragged into a civil war in the region. still, it is expected that the government will win today's vote, just because apparently a lot of touring mp's do not want to grant victory to the labour party. >> at one point, it seemed as though air strikes were imminent, but now things seem to have slowed down a little bit. >> david cameron has been under enormous pressure by his own mp 's but also by the opposition. the labor party leader has demanded the human inspectors who are in serious at the moment should be waited for -- the united nations inspectors who are in syria at the moment should be waited for. his concession was that there is another vote on possible military action. that is expected to be in not earlier than next week he cause this weekend, the united nations weapons inspectors are expected to present their findings. >> tank you very much for that. >> president barack obama will have his eye on developments in london. he is still hoping to marshall brought support. a white house spokesman said obama had spoken to chancellor angela merkel by phone and reiterated that the u.s. would be ready to act without a human mandate. >> unfortunately, what we are seeing right now is pressure repeatedly block efforts at the human -- the united nations to hold the assad regime accountable. it's disappointing, but the president says he will not allow that obstruction to prevent him from making decisions in the best interests of our national security. >> for more from washington, we are joined by our correspondent. is the mood in washington changing? >> i'm pretty sure that president obama does not like what he sees for a long time. the british, and we have to confess, the wrench governments have been in favor of military intervention and have put pressure on washington. it seems now they are getting cold feet. the united states will not act alone. to make it even worse for president obama, there is a growing resistance in congress over military intervention. there are concerns over getting involved in another conflict like the war in iraq. a group of 116 members of congress sent obama a letter urging the administration to seek congressional approval before taking any further action. >> we have heard that the united nations security council has begun to meet in new york. what can we expect their? >> the five permanent members of the united nations security council are meeting right now. this time, it was russia that said talks were necessary, and this is, i think, particularly interesting because moscow is serial's main supplier, and they have vetoed action. ban ki-moon expects to see -- to receive a support -- expects to receive a report on sunday. after that, he will make a recommendation. >> to some economic news, spain toss economic minister forecast the country will stop growing, -- start growing in the second half of the year, ending nine consecutive quarters of recession. >> he projected the country's economy would start to expand before the end of the year. the recover is mainly driven by exports. fannish consum

iraq, we lost 10,000 people in iraq and spent trillions of dollars. >> we don't know who is doing it. we are hearing through a report that israel, it's the syrian government. we don't know that for sure. can we listen, this is axelrod saying, describing the difference between syria and iraq. >> this is no different than iraq because there is visual evidence that everyone has paid a broad consensus here. i don't think you are facing the same kind of skepticism that there was nor iraq where the weapons of mass destruction were used as a justification for an attack. clearly, something happened here, something dramatic. and the president feels he has to act. >> skepticism. what skepticism? we had our allies with us. we had the u.n. with us. we had their former secretary of state hillary clinton who voted for the war in iraq t. proof is there. we are not going to debate iraq right now. but if we get involved in this, it will be iraq on steroids, a proxy war with iran, a proxy war with russia. by the way, did anyone see what happened in the british parliament last night? the memberings told david camm ron, no way. he calls the white house and says, sorry, you have to go out on a loan if you want to. i hate to say it, but president obama is a huge nars cyst, this is all about h

iraq. everybody seems to be looking at this through the lens of iraq. >> you're exactly right. the shadow of iraq hangs over this. but everybody has overused iraq. i'll give you one precedent which barack obama would opt for, and in a way it would see us to a proper conclusion, a good conclusion. look at kosovo in 1999. it was waged by a dove. bill clinton has never been viewed as a warrior. bill clinton and tony blair went at milosevic and we bombed serbia for 78 days. we destroyed the serbian war machine. there are many other models. everybody jumps at iraq as the only template. it's the only template, iraq looms large because it looms large in barack obama's mind. >> christopher, you don't buy it with kosovo? >> i was on the ground for most of those templates. i was in belgrade, and it was a very different kind of situation. can you imagine this administration or any administration now mustering support for 78 days of bombing, 38,000 bombing sorties? i don't think so. also, syria clearly is not serbia or kosovo. and all that was following on what happened in 1995. when you had the croatians ro

iraq to invade iraq from saudi arabia the king of saudi arabia had had osama bin laden arrested at the iraqi border because osama bin laden was coming in to attack the reality also this that's . their only hope that there were four other countries that backed up our intelligence this was not random intelligence they were not blatant lies that was a lot of evidence that shows intelligence was wrong the israelis told us there was always a lot of evidence as the intelligence was down how to fairly straightforward the enemy of my enemy is my friend osama was an enemy of the us the us it was and then we have. sold only. because israel is a guy who loves a deal is going to ride it and the great advantage of all this is that in the end it turns out that now sadam is dead iraqis reason. i'm making a step forward and what is more you're wrong about the nature of the war going into iraq if you listen to what osama said he said while after we went into iraq he said iraq is the center of the arab world it's the tent pole it's the millstone around which the whole village builds and we have now turned them into an ally over here and if the americans when we lose everything so that's likely because he pulled out if you are allowed there we will that way too early for a gazan of that prefers at the last to officially open in baghdad was the back of around who are partly correct on this i'm totally correct if the fight goes on perpetually but you notice which president was the one who was the would do our forces from iraq bradley manning exposing bradley manning and some of the lawyers the ministry i could actually go to jail people who are those crimes should i go to yes bradley manning i'm sorry i was on those those civilians you're going to get very two separate issues let's talk about bradley manning i was on active duty i had a security clearance and one thousand nine

iraq under u.s. control during the u.s. war in iraq. the second part tells the story of two men from yemen including one who was a driver for osama bin laden. miss poitras is still working on the third installment in that trilogy which is about u.s. surveillance of phone calls and

iraq franks yes iraq and afghanistan and elsewhere but the killing that is making him because he always believed in the prophets rather than the prophets peace be upon them and he is making a killing now by cashing in on the crimes that he committed earlier and this is an incentive to given by big capitalist corporations and brutal dictatorships as an inducement to the existing crop of politicians today's leaders can look forward to the kind of life of riley that tony blair is no living at least in financial terms so it's. a good inducement to them to follow policies that don't challenge the big power and don't challenge the financial power of the of the oligarch it seems like in politics that the goal is to have a crowning achievement maybe being a prime minister or the president and i state now something on your resume on your way to getting your real job that you really want work bill clinton or tony blair or of barack obama seems like a completely empty suit just using the office to get to his real job is really big bucks on the other end it's absolutely right british prime ministers indeed senior ministers used to retire with the title to the countryside and sedately sagely give us their advice from time to time usually with a speech in the house of lords no it is as you say those are evolving door you come out of downing street out of the cabinet office and into the corporate offices and then blitz case on to the payroll of a series of dictatorships which become ever more laughable the latest one being mongolia mr tony blair. is no the consultant to the sovereign wealth fund of mongolia as well as quit and many other countries that i should say for the documentary so it's a double whammy really we suffered from the bad policies that he followed whilst in office and he is now profiting mightily from those bad policies so none of the lost money on a property in his link which was very hard to do is know something like twenty five million pounds per year this phrase blood for oil which you heard during the iraq war and blair vehemently denied it and yet if you look at his post iraq war track record it seems pretty much as a tire wealth arrives from oil that some argue comes exactly from from blood or from war. it was a case of. you know what's done a lot of times as you'll just spit back at somebody what they accuse you of being in the hopes that they them down the aisle somehow turn it around i mean was it isn't this exactly blown for oils and mike well in shakespeare's macbeth of course lady macbeth looks at this spot which all the perfumes of arabia will not expunge and i think that blair has the sport in her case it was a red sport his case it's a black sport but stained with red its oil its banking its the dictatorships the cells have a sovereign wealth fund because of oil and he is literally raking it in and hiding it behind thick head jets of obscurity with offshore locations and a myriad labyrinth of financial layers and protections but we are on his trail and we intend to get to the

iraq. like iraq both times in 1991 and in 2003. anyway thank you, jim. appreciate it very much. casey mulligan will stick around. a lot more economics to talk about. we now go from stocks to the economy. today, unfortunately we had a terrible consumer spending and income report. i don't see a second half rebound. we have to ask this question, should you rush to fill up your gas tank now? where is the oil trade go as we wait on some action for syria. we'll try to get you some answers next up on "the kudlow report". [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ >>> well, of course, as tensions in syria escalate oil prices remain volatile. aaa average gas price sits at $3.59. will high oil prices hit an already weak economy. let's bring in an exert, dan dicker. casey mulligan, economics professor from the university of chicago is still here. dan, give me your wisdom on this. i don't see how you trade this syrian thing no matter what asset. >> i think most of the traders are using the outline they saw in libya in 2011 and that is to buy product at least until the bombs fall and everybody feels that they are going to be able to get out. in fact the day that bombs begin to fall. in that i think they are going make a big mistake. there's a lot more going on in the middle east than just syria. this is obviously the flash point that everybody is could be scene at any rating on right now. we should know there's a civil war that's been breaking out in iraqe rebel force -- >> let's hold there. civil war breaking out in iraq. >> that's not 300,000 barrels that syria is about. >> that's a key point. >> people forget about that. in libya there are alternate factions that took control of certain pipelines and trying to extort from the government release that supply. that's a million barrels. >> i want to get casey in. let me ask you. do you have nyad vice for people who are trading? >> i'm of the belief that all the risks to toil wi s ts to to bombing, without a bombing, that's what's going on in the capital markets. as long as the stock market looks like every rally needs to be sold at least for now, as long as the taper talk keeps the bond market skittish, as long as gold is not having the kind of year it's had for the last 17, tropical system one hard asset where everybody is rushing in. >> you got a point there because oil prices, i was checking the charts, oil prices started rising well before. >> exactly. there's been a lot. >> so mayb

iraq has worked in cooperation with the islamic republic of iran and the european union to hold the meeting of the 5+1 group in baghdad last may. iraq will continue its efforts in the area and cooperation with the countries. as the fifth nation in our neighborhood to abandon weapons of mass destruction, iraq recently chaired an international conference. just imagine 20 years ago where we were. we seek a middle east free of nuclear weapons. toward that goal, we support efforts to convene a u.n. conference. iraq seeks to force friendship with our neighbors and a strategic partnership with the united states. together we can build a future of peace, prosperity, and democracy worthy of the sacrifices of iraqis and americans in our time. and the hope and dreams of generations yet to come. i thank you very much. [applause] >> mr. minister, thank you very much for that statement. i think it is a sign both of the complexity of your agenda and the skill with which you handle it. the minister has agreed to take questions, but i ask that you wait for a microphone and that you will identify your self, and that we only ask one question until everybody has had a chance so that we can work our way around this rather full room. we will start right here, if we may. >> thank you. i am a palestinian journali

iraq. >> not a repetition of iraq, which i know a lot of people are worried about. >> more than mindful of the iraqxperience. we will not repeat that moment. >> it's a certain suspicion of any military action post iraq. >> no one wants another iraq. but is there a moral need to get involved here? joining me melissa harry's perry and e.j. dionne. both for your time. >> thank you. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> melissa, this is a big debate there is no question the attacks in syria are awful. but what is your take on going to work? >> look so, this president we know is a student of history. and so he has two examples in recent history. he has president clinton who did not intervene in rwanda in the context of genocide. and of course he has samantha power and susan rice there from that administration. so undoubtedly, he is weighing that. he is also of course got the most immediate president who took us into the war in iraq on faulty -- >> right. >> at best, faulty intelligence, and embroiled us in a decade-long war. and then he is also a student of a longer history. we heard there from secretary

run up to the iraq war the media also diligently repeated what the white house said we know that iraq and al qaeda have had high level contacts that go back a decade we've learned that iraq has trained al qaeda members in bomb making. and poisonous. and deadly gases before the u.s. steps came washington's claims that the government which was about to be attacked did not cooperate thus this crediting any u.n. investigation that was underway some. hussein and his regime are busy doing all the possibly can to ensure that inspectors sixteen finding absolutely nothing. well they found nothing because there was nothing but it was an argument that couldn't be heard through the deafening sound of war drums iraq is not the only example when the u.s. effectively rendered a diplomatic solution obsolete. serbian leaders on the other hand refused even to discuss key elements of the peace agreement before the us started a two month long bombing campaign of the former yugoslavia the us love government had accepted proposals for the near independence of kosovo within the republic of serbia as well as an international peacekeeping force in kosovo but the agreement that nato put forward h

iraq. >> right, and. >> and it didn't work. >> let's take several phase ms. iraq. going to washing in iraq. at was based on mistaken intelligence, and it's highly debatable as to the basis of which the decision to go to war in walk was held. secondly, there was a misinformation of what was going on and we lost control of the situation on the ground in iraq. third there was a surge in iraq. it was stabilizing, there was an election, and the u.s. presence was key to the continuing stability. fourth, that u.s. presence was yanked out and the situation again has destabilized from there. in the case of syria i don't think you can draw every direct parallel there but you can make a couple. one of them is if you're going to involve yourself in syria you got to have a longer term strategy, not short-term. and secondly, it has top inclu includesive of all the communities so they have an opportunity to find of way of functioning together, so it's not just one dominating another. that's what happened when the u.s. got out of iraq, and one of the reasons why we see the difficulties among the shia, the s

iraq unraveling, iraq, syria returning to al qaeda influence to a large degree, we are losing all across the region, and one of the reasons is, is because there's no credibility on the part about the united states actions. >> so you think that the president has been weak when it comes to dealing in the middle east, has not followed through? you know, what is your sort of description of u.s. policy? >> there is no policy. and there is no strategy. and, therefore, we react and we react poorly. again, one of the best examples is syria, where the president said if bashar al assad uses chemical weapons, it will cross a red line. he's used them and we have done virtually nothing in response to that. the centrifuges in tehran continue to spin. iraq unravels. tremendous uncertainty about afghanistan and what our forces remaining will be there. we can go through country after country and compare that to the president's vision for the middle east in his speech in cairo in 2009. we are much -- we are much more hated and much less respected. >> senator, quickly -- >> than we were in 2009. go ahead. >> i've got two quick questions for you. the first is there is talk now that the u.s. -- that the egyptian military, the egyptian government might outlaw the muslim brotherhood. what will be the net result of that? >> an algeria. it won't be a syria situation because they have the capability to repress. but when a third -- roughly a third of the people of egypt support the muslim brotherhood at least, and by the way, they would lose a free and fair election. you're going to see insurgency all over egypt. the muslim brotherhood has been underground for years. they know how to behave. i can see a long period of unrest in egypt and repression

iraq but touched on both of those points during his speech to parliament and you can see there is a certain defensiveness about this. >> barack obama is a man who opposed the action in iraq. no one could in any way describe him as a president who wants to involve america in more wars in the middle east. he profoundly believes an important red line has been crossed in an appalling way and that's why he supports action in this case. >> again, iraq coming into the forefold and the u.s. has direct interest and what happens in syria and what happens there affects the price of oil, also military involvement and hitting military families already stretched thin from more than a decade of war in afghanistan and iraq and what is done in syria could hurt or help u.s. enemies and the allies in the region. want to bring in barbara starr that joins us from the pentagon and elise abbott from the state department. barbara, we'll start off with you. the president promises in what he says is limited tailored approach, a clear and limit way of sending a shot across the bow saying stop doing this. can the military afford another mission, even a limited one? >> well, i think there is no question that they can. i don't think it is really going to affect military families at all. this is going to be if it is ordered a cruise missile strike, no just troops on the ground and navy ships out in the eastern mediterranean that would be on deployment anyh

iraq. meanwhile, they hoped to set up an autonomous region similar to the one in iraq. this tide to the council who has rejected any proposals for autonomy. >> we end this week in israel where scientists have come up with something that could be simply life changing for the world's visually impaired. a pocket ear peeze points to something, the device will explain what it is. developers say it will help people cross bidsy streets, read newspapers, and buy groceries unassisted. >> like having a permanent helper. it could prove to be revolutionary. a group of scientists in israel have developed a device which can recognize images, people, colors and texts. to read newspapers and cross the road and getting on the right bus unaided. >> the camera understands the visual field. and if a bus is approaching the camera understands that there is a bus approaching. in that case what the camera provides is not information that the bus is approaching but provides information what is the bus number. >> the founder has no doubts about the quality of the product and how advanced the tec

iraq to do in iraq simply because they don't like their g.m. there they used to lie or when i'm out of this tragedy means that they are allowed to vent. no the problem is the. vacuum on top of the word politics when. time china was rebuilding its economy to building its politics so they exploited this vacuum in order to invade iraq and also the use the same vacuum nobody is challenging them and so the invaded afghanistan. we have come to the same point that it is the use of violence for political means we are quoting to president obama the united states is no longer wants to do it now in this same speech that i mentioned earlier mr obama talked about. the need to win their hearts and minds of their local populations he sad that america can no longer rely on for so long let's listen to what he had to say so the next element of our strategy involves addressing the underlying grievances and conflicts that feed extremists from north africa to south asia. essentially what he's saying here that we we have to address these underlying grievances and later on in this speech he's sad that those underlying grievances include mainly poverty and sick tearing hatred but he of course made no mention of the american military and do you think the americans the white house administration can win the hearts and minds of the local

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that's quite a sudden turnaround, but iraq has increased its production, assuming the pipeline that goes from iraq through turkey, iraq is producing as much oil as thif in i don't know how many years. >> that's true but, you know, with the world prices of oil, the brent and wti benchmarks reacting to all this tension in the middle east. iran and the nuclear program in the background. there's a risk premium that's been built into the price. that's got to come out for prices that eventually come back down and they were trending down before the syrian gas attack. >>> we'll leave it there. addison and patrick, thank you very much. >>> middle hassan has learned his sentence. cnbc's josh lipton has that story and more for us, next up. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. >>> seems like jpmorgan is a pinata, and federal regulators are the kids with the sticks. everyone ge

iraq in two thousand and nine half a year later he was exposed to the world rather to a video showing u.s. troops killing civilians in iraq his arrest the following month didn't stop the revelations though the iraq and afghanistan war logs as well as diplomatic cables were released by wiki leaks amid a blaze of publicity he faced twenty two charges including aiding the enemy which carries the death penalty united nations said manning's confinement can. dishes were inhumane as he waited the court martial which started in june but the judge didn't allow the un inspector to testify finally he was found guilty of nineteen of the charges against them and they were related to the leak which was seen at the largest in u.s. history wiki leaks spokesperson christian preference and believes manning's case will lead to even more confidential information seeing the light of day he is obviously facing a long time in prison especially when you think about how this trial has been carried out by a judge lindh one is not filled with any optimism only last week. to allow the prosecution to change so what the charges are on the last stage of the trial. the trial has been closed off to journalists journalists have

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of -- [inaudible] there has been demonstrations and sit-ins in iraq in provinces in western part of iraq and some sunni provinces in iraqthe last eight months. and they have -- [inaudible] they have obstructions, but the government has not resorted to the same methods the egyptian recently used or deployed. to disperse the demonstrators. all the political parties have accepted election as a method of power sharing and peaceful change. iraqis want to decide their own future with voting, not violence. on the economic front, we are growing and diversifying. we have the world's fastest growing economy, exanding by 9-- expanding by 9.6% in 2011 and 10.5% in 2012. according to bank of america, merrill lynch. we will grow by 8.2% this year beating china for the third straight year. on the energy front, our oil production has increased by 50% since 2005. iraq expects to increase oil production to 4.5 million barrels by the end of 2014 and 9 million barrels a day by 2020. as international energy agency has reported, iraq is poised to double our output of oil by the decade of 2030s. we will emerge as the world's second largest en

syria would not be like iraq, that the ghost of iraq from the selling of the war on false premises to its execution hovers around any decision about action on syria. and the ghost of iraqaunts international leaders as well in describing the effect the iraq debacle had on british lawmakers' rejection of prime minister cameron's request for military action, a tory legislator told a "new york times" reporter, "the prime minister knew that the well had been poisoned by iraq, but i don't think he realized how much that was the case." great quote. and the wording in this "washington post" piece, the main bar piece this morning on the british parliament's rejection shows the degree to the deception of the last war that sold the iraq war has become baked into our language. "many in his government," that's the british government "attributed the vote loss to the legacy of british participation in the 2003 u.s.-led invasion and subsequent occupation of iraq based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction." michael scherer is the washington bureau chief for "time." "unhappy warrior" about president obama's choices in syria. and josh rogin, senior correspondent for politics

iraq in two thousand and nine half a year later he exposed the world to a video showing u.s. troops killing civilians in iraq his arrest the following month didn't stop the revelations the iraq and afghanistan war logs as well as diplomatic cables were released by wiki leaks amid a blaze of publicity he faced a twenty two charges including aiding the enemy which carries the death penalty the united nations said manning's confinement conditions were inhumane as he waited the court martial which started in june but the judge didn't allow the u.n. inspector to testify finally he was found guilty of nineteen of the charges against him with the leak seen as the biggest in u.s. history general counsel at the national whistleblowing center david cole opin toe believes that government agencies are now keeping a close eye on would be whistleblowers. there over reaction to the bradley manning case has been just to clamp down on or types of whistle blowing and that that's unfortunate there have been some advance moments in the law in the non national security or intelligence area but that's being to wharf by the overreaction to this and also there's been an attack on the media not just

iraq wars a disastrous invasion of iraq. the problem with this is what is your end point. outrage at the atrocious behavior of the asaad rah jet stream. outrage is not a strategy. >> and there you go. one reason why members of parliament today seeing no end in site to this. now some poll numbers to keep in mind. 2-1 against military action in syria. and here at home the most recent poll taken the week of the chemical attack that was last week, shows that only 25% of americans would support military strikes. >> that's a pretty significant number. on the subject of popular support, there is reason for president obama to tread cautiously here as well. joining us from seattle, is the washington state congressman, he is one of 21 democratic representatives who have asked mr. obama to get congressional approval if he does decide to go forward. congressman, i want to ask you about that motion of popular support, and whether it is there. you are home with the constituents. do you see any indication that there is that kind of opposition that we saw today. >> we have not had one phone call in attacking syria. everybody is opposed to going into action. that's not scientific, but that's the experience in my office. and i think that having been through the iraq war, and the build up to the iraq war, this feels like deja vu all over again. we have people telling us they have absolutely proof that this happened and that happened. but a lot of us haven't seen it. and when we saw what they did in iraq, we kind of dubious about our own government's willing to tell us the truth when they seem to want to go to war. now, the question is what is the dpoal? do they want asaad gone, or do they want them to say i'm sorry, we used chemical weapons, what is the goal? what is the threat to the united states. if you are going to attack a country. >> congressman, you know the inspectors are expected out this weekend, but they are already warned to understand what the results are it may take weeks of evaluation. what can we afford to wait for. is there a point in which the u.s. has to go based on the knowledge that it has now? >> the attacks have already occurred. the people have died. now the question is what is the next move, and we should move very careful