asset is there is well the anything is as we noticed in countries of north africa that you lose a libya egypt all these people who could be opposed to the local power of course very quickly removed and replaced by radicals because they have the financial support they have the means of persuasion and in syria it's going to be the same if tomorrow bashar al assad is kicked out it will not be the moderate opposition that will take power it will be the islamists the power they will be supported by the united states why because the u.s. has an interest in the fact that this part of the world knows chaos the usa wants to allow the americans to justify a wide scale military operation that will have as its a model to kick out of power so-called terrorist governments this is the problem today this is obvious i don't understand why we don't realize it more than it is the case today them and therefore we have to fight this situation because we risk to go towards a world war and this scares me a lot because with as much manipulation this is very dangerous and peace is in danger. now you said that he beli

whether it's syria, iran, libya egypt, iraq or syria again. apparently new violence broke out while i was listing those other countries. and it's almost impossible to choose which middle east country i should cover so tonight i turn to a time-honored editorial process: the imploding muslim country of the week booth. [ cheers and applause ] welcome. to the imploding muslim country of the week booth brought to you by sabra hummus. serve sabra at your next party and your guests will be chanting "death to hunger." now, i have written the name of every middle eastern country on a different strip of colored paper from allergy i can't to zebra-stan. i will get into the booth and grab one at random to report on. jimmy, let's serve up some baba ga-news. and the winner is... that took way longer than it was supposed to. turkey! [ cheers and applause ] yes, yes. turkey. jim? >> violent antigovernment protests have exploded throughout turkey. >> demonstrators say the prime minister is a dictator and they want him to resign. >> more than 400 people have be

libya. the muslim brotherhood in egypt and is now banqueting the free syrian army in syria. we see that catalog is trying to control the region we saw this in libya and egypt and of course in syria cats are his goals qatar is part of a plan that wants to change the arab world but not towards democracy in the arab profits because cats are itself is not a democracy and people there have no freedom. and from the sidelines the u.s. commie watch is keeping mum because of its basted interests in khatam the military base oil and defense corporation it's not that the israelis on aware of what is happening across the border they know full well khatami's financing anti israel activities white under the noses but with the us keeping quiet prime minister netanyahu doesn't really have anyone to complain to point to see on t.v. tel aviv. well europe today here on r t and up next everyone martin will be breaking the sad on gay marriage so stay with us. i love life but there is a lot of sick stuff going on on this planet for example according to bloomberg a hospital in chicago has been accus

and promoted to the islamist opposition forces that overthrew moamar gaddafi in libya that the muslim brotherhood in egypt and is now bankrolling the free syrian army in syria. we see that cats are trying to control the region we saw this in libya and egypt and of course in syria qatar has goals qatar is part of a plan that wants to change the arab world but not towards democracy in the arab profits because cats are itself is not a democracy and people there have no freedom. and from the sidelines the u.s. calmly watches keeping mum because of its vested interest in qatar that outdated military base oil and defense cooperation it's not that the israelis are unaware of what is happening across the border they know full well qatar is financing and israel activities right under their noses but with the us keeping quiet prime minister netanyahu doesn't really have anyone to complain to policy r.t. tel aviv. is approaching help us nine here in moscow and up next here on r.t. is oksana boyko. with well it's a pun. i love life but there is a lot of sick stuff going on on this planet for example according to bloo

>> look at what is happened in libya and egypt. this arabs ring has become a bit of a winner. we are seeing the safe havens pop up across the region. my point was syria is that we need to take a very hard look before we start throwing our weapons and resources in their. -- in there. there are great antiaircraft capability. my concern is who are these rebel forces. i cannot get a straight answer. it is something like 60 martyr -- moderates. can you guarantee that if we give them the modern arms of the will not go to the jihadist? what are we really talking about? we're talking about using using our weapons that will eventually harm the jihadists. we saw it play out with men like jean where they turned it back on this. we have to be careful before we dive into something like this. they could really blowback on us. i am not saying that maybe we should not at some point back the mode congress has a role. congress has been shut out. that is what our bill calls for. congress should be looking at this before we go to another war. atwhat is your personal view what point we should be g

>> look at what happened in libya and egypt. the arab spring has taken place. it is a bit of a winner. the safe havens popping up all throughout the region in northern africa. my point with syria is we need to take a hard look before we start throwing our resource in their, our weapons, and no-fly zones which syrian air force has great anti-aircraft capabilities and much greater than libya. our men and women on the ground, my concern is who are these rebel forces must mark when i asked that question, i cannot get a straight answer. 60% extremists. he guarantee if we give them the arms -- can you guarantee it will give them the arms, it will not go to the jihadists? we cannot. they are supposed to be our enemy. we sigh history play out where they turned that back at u i experienced that in afghanistan. with to be careful before we dive into something like this -- we have to be careful before we dive into something like this. i am not saying maybe we should not at some point back moderate forces, congress has a role the process. it is what our bill calls for. con

counting number one iran is coming out of the tunnel and we certainly do not want to become the next libya or egypt. two iranians have a long history a track record of political evolution in the sense of a variety of events that occurred so why wasn't she done for her preference for international chess mind you need to lose the support of western governments just engage with the iranian society as it is with the iranian authorities try to build goodwill why do you need the involvement of the western governments here the governments that and never did anything good really for the year for the people of iran they all their history of intervention was well very strong. in terms of. realism and objective analysis i think confidence building has a lot to do with transparency and sticking to your commitments whether it is signature to treaties or principles or in fact in your behavior don't you think that the world has given this regime for enough chances to come clean to come transparent but. if you really looked. historically the regime of the islamic republic and i'm not a spokesperson for for that re

counting number one iran is coming out of the tunnel and we certainly do not want to become the next libya or egypt. true iranians have a long history a track record of political evolution in the sense of a variety of events that occurred so why wouldn't you. reference financially challenged why do you need to lose the support of western governments just engage with the iranian society as it is with the iranian authorities try to build goodwill why do you need the involvement of the western governments here the governments that never did anything good really for their for the people of iran they all their history of intervention was very strong. in terms of. realism and objective analysis i think confidence building has a lot to do with transparency and sticking to your commitments whether it is signature to treaties or principles or in fact in your behavior don't you think that the world has given this regime for enough chances to come clean to come transparent but. if you really look historically at the regime of the islamic republic and i'm not the spokesperson for for that regime but if you try

counting number one iran is coming out of the tunnel and we certainly do not want to become the next libya or egypt. true iranians have a long history a track record of political evolution in the sense of a variety of events that occurred so why wouldn't you. reference financially challenged why do you need to lose the support of western governments just engage with the iranian society as it is with the iranian authorities try to build goodwill why do you need the involvement of the western governments here the governments that never did anything good really for their for the people of iran they all their history of intervention was very strong. in terms of. realism and objective analysis i think confidence building has a lot to do with transparency and sticking to your commitments whether it is signature to treaties or principles or in fact in your behavior don't you think that the world has given this regime for enough chances to come clean to come transparent but. if you really look historically be regime of the islamic republic and i'm not the spokesperson for for that regime but even if you tr

>> the lessons from libya and egypt, to what degree, if at all, have they informed assad in terms ofperhaps of what he might be able to succeed in getting away with by remaining in power. >> one again, from a humanitarian perspective, you know, we're not in a position to analyze lessons learned from any government action. our position is that regardless of the actions of any government civilians ought not to be targeted. and if they are getting in danger that the author the ability to fully and find safe haven. >> poll, for you, would you comment the collision that was originally put the ian, how will the kurds recent de facto governance of change if the rebels secure reins of power and/or if the regime unveils? in what ways, if any, are we still too soon to say, how the events in turkey in the last week impacted one way or the other, turkey's role in humanitarian matters, or security issues speak with well, i'll take the turkey question first. it's just beginning situation where i don't think it's clear what's going to happen with this. of course, it wasn't exactly clear what was go

but the russians are very touchy about actions we've seen across the board in libya, egypt and elsewhere. they're very concerned about western influence in the eastern mediterranean especially considering the fact that they felt they should have been consulted when it came to cypriot issues regarding how the eu handled the fact that cyprus was basically going bust and there was a whole host of russian assets there. they were incredibly touchy about it. it is important to note that not only is britain hosting the g-8, but russia is hosting the g-20 later this year. despite the fact there are big concerns and there is a lot of diplomatic hurdles to go through, it's in putin's interest as well not to be with lagerhans. everybody's seen the negotiations on both sides. >> the g-20 summit in 2009, we had these leaked documents which was computers and phones monitored by the britain spying agency. how will those revelations impact this meeting? >> reporter: as of yet, there's been no comment. it will be very embarrassing for any leader who has to speak about those as well. clearly it was a diff

it was not clear when the first demonstration that began in egypt and libya and syria and other countries. it could be a simple demonstration. it could be a discussion of political differences. or it could spin it into something else. there is a huge difference between turkey and these other countries i mentioned. erdogan was elected. he is not a dictator. this is in many ways a maturation of the society in turkey. people are speaking their minds. it's happening in a small grassy space in turkey. where is this going? i do not know. turkey has a powerful military. they will be able to handle different things at the same time. if this starts to spin out of control, turkey has to start looking inwardly for awhile. it is a serious concern for them, particularly when a missile start killing turks by the border. what was the other question? >> whomever would like to respond to these questions. "the new york times" reports today of advanced israeli preparations for the possibility of a third lebanon war, which israel souces say will be a total shock and awe war. please elaborate on the role of s

is pressuring them through their support of the the arab spring uprisings in libya in tunisia and egypt and now putting all their might into trying to topple the regime in syria and directed toward iran which are the links to the secure oil supply lines for china's economy and so there are very well aware and i think what's significant about this sea visit. balmer is the sequence of it he became president in early spring this year and his first visit as a head of state was to russia's pooter the second visit was to south africa for the brics summit and several african countries tanzania and congo then he comes to the caribbean mexico and costa rica among them before he meets with the president united states ten fifteen years ago that would never have happened quite down the pecking list as you say there is one of my girlfriends very much for your thoughts thanks being on the program. but as place a gunning for the online pirates even if they just point people to where they can download content they're clamping down data on torrent websites that put up hundreds of thousands of links to c

is pressuring them through their support of the the arab spring uprisings in libya in tunisia and egypt and now putting all their might into trying to topple the regime in syria and directed toward iran which are the links to the secure oil supply lines for china's economy it's the designed by washington by the obama administration to put pressure on china at a time when the u.s. is doing just that would be so-called asia pivot which is really a china pivot that obama announced in australia back in two thousand and eleven to redirect the american military force posture toward japan with the missile defense which is directly against china and there could be another front opening up to in the side of a conflict between the u.s. and china with predictions of a trade war child is about to date to complete the deal which could become its biggest takeover of a u.s. company as katie pilfering from r.t. business explained to me in a gesture year earlier. these guys have been in serious competition for a long time now we know china is set to take the top spot by as soon as twenty twenty somethin

leaders of egypt, iraq, and libya were entrenched in power. barack obama was an illinois state senator, and arnold schwarzenegger was a movie actor. 10 years ago, most americans had never heard of a credit default swap or mortgage-backed securities. lehman brothers had celebrated its 150th anniversary and in 2001, mark zuckerberg was captain of his high-school fencing team. borders bookstores had $3 billion in annual revenue and meanwhile, kindle something you did to a fire and nook was merely a small corner of the room. most americans knew little about osama bin laden or al qaeda. at the time, i was u.s. attorney in san francisco and i myself being out here paid little attention to those terrorist attacks that were occurring overseas. today, our world can change in the blink of an eye. the effects of that change are felt more rapidly and more broadly than ever before. consider the current economic climate. when companies fail to recognize and adapt to change, they can go out of business almost overnight. law enforcement and the intelligence c

tunisia, egypt, libya, they have gone through transformation.ght direction. you're much better being enganged with a post-assad syrian government than what you have right now, which is civil war, threatening the entire region. above all, one of u.s.'s clowest ally, turkey. >> great to see you. >>> a deadly explosion happened in louisiana today. that tops our look at stories around the "news nation." louisiana state police confirm one person died from an explosion at a chemical plant 20 miles south of baton rouge. they sat fire at the plant is now out. 30 people are said to be injured. early tests indicating not dangerous levels of any chemicals around the plant. however, manufacturers are -- it manufactures highly flammable gases. residents in that area are being told to stay inside, having their windows closed. >>> in philadelphia 10-year-old sarah murnaghan is recovering after having a lung transplant, coming ten hours after the judge sided that they she should be placed on the adult waiting list. >>> we'll bring you a live update on nelson ma

my bill said that libya and egypt and pakistan would get no more foreign aid for the u.s.y must be turned over the assassins that killed our ambassador and pledged and verified that they will protect our embassy. overwhelmingly we were voted down. is it any wonder that congress has a 10% approval rating? yet washington has not figured this out. in egypt and pakistan, they burn our flags. not one more penny should go to countries that are burning our american flag. even when we have tried through good intentions to make the world a better place, our actions have often backfired. over a quarter of a million iraqi christians fled iraq. make no mistake. he had a relatively safe place for christians. however they now fear the new government worse than hussein government. so the government that we have put into place has caused christians by the hundreds or thousands to flee iraq. we are talking about arming islamic rebels. it makes no sense to me. i have a friend of mine who was in my wedding and i asked him to be in my wedding and i asked how long he had been a christian. and

i don't expect the president to be volunteering a lot on egypt and libya. >> at the same way there are some curious stages on the table in terms of democracy building and trade. almost certainly the visit with mandela will overshadow the whole trip. >> it certainly will. everybody's praying for him obviously but this has already changed the week for president zuma in south africa and it will change the whole nature of the trip if not the itinerary of the trip for the the president. >> dana, luke russ sart here to bring it back to the dirty political hacks. pretty symbolic trip that we all know about. today the immigration bill is on the floor of the united states senate. yesterday there was a monumental ruling regarding doma, the voting rights act the day before. president obama and africa, has he really become president bystander when it becomes to domestic a snars it seems he has not much of a role in any of these things right now? >> he's a bystander and an important commentator. obviously we care to ask him more about voting rights and immigration than we do, say, trade ties with t

the leadership in tunisia egypt, finally libya was swept aside. results, of course, are still a great deal of turmoil in all three of those countries. they were considered fragile disliked corrupt regimes and syria would be no exception. but syria has proven to be something of an exception. >> cenk: as you know at this point we're looking at 60% of americans opposing any kind of american involvement with this conflict. and while we've armed rebels in the middle east before, as you know sir, with decidedly mixed results, i guess i'm wondering what do you think as someone who has lived here is the best outcome we can hope for with syria at this point? >> i lived through the lebanese civil war when i was still with the government in the state department. it took them 14 bloody years to get to the end of that, and it wasn't done by any brilliance of outside diplomats. it was because the warring factions got exhausted. they were tired of fighting. they were worn out. we're not there yet with either the rebels or with the government. i'm not optimistic

of what you're into now i think turkey of today is in a totally different position than egypt or tunisia or libya in two thousand and eleven. the prime minister with all the criticism that i think he deserves has been elected three times democratic elections on the other have the comparison with the occupy movement to a certain extent. is correct i mean they're occupying a small piece of land that's happened in other parts of you know in the states with the occupy movement there they're reflecting or they're voicing concerns about the present government shared by many people outside of the park but i think you're actually hearing a very important point and that's where i think the big protests are so different is because during the occupy protests and actually in some of the arab spring protests as well the main grievances for economic of course there were some political slogans but people were primarily concerned about the economy inflation unemployment but turks cannot really complain on this front because that economy exceeded all their expectations so this is really the first round of protest

of what you're into now i think turkey of today is in a totally different position than egypt or tunisia or libya in two thousand and eleven. the prime minister with all the criticism that i think he deserves has been elected three times the democratic elections on the other hand the comparison with the occupy movement to a certain extent is correct i mean they're occupying a small piece of land as happened in other parts of you know in the states with the occupy.

start of what you're into now i think turkey of today is in a totally different position egypt or tunisia or libya in two thousand and eleven. the prime minister with all the criticism that i think he deserves has been elected three times democratic elections on the other hand the comparison with the occupy movement to a certain extent. is correct i mean they're occupying a small piece of land that's happened in other parts of you know in the states with the occupy movement there they're reflecting or they're voicing concerns about the present government shared by many people outside of the park but i think you're actually hearing a very important point and that's where i think the the protests are so different is because during the occupy protests and actually in some of the arab spring protests as well the main grievances for economic of course there were some political slogans but people were primarily concerned about that economy inflation unemployment but turks cannot really complain on base from because that economy exceeded all their expectations so. this is really the first round of protes

start of what you're into now i think turkey of today is in the totally different position egypt or tunisia or libya in two thousand and eleven. the prime minister with all the criticism that i think he deserves.

the american narrative, all these events, from egypt, to libya, now to syria, is this is about democracy. this is an era of democratic -- remember, russia's part of the islamic world. russia's narrative is, no, it's not about democracy. it is about the destabilization of the most volatile region in the world which is bringing closer and closer to power terroristic jihadist movements. and you, the united states, are embedding this mortal danger to us and yourselves. let me quote somebody with whom i often disagree. i studied with him once and we've argued a lot, but he was quoted in "the new york times" yesterday of saying he didn't understand what obama was doing. talking about getting militarily involved. and then he went on to say this is is not a struggle in syria about democracy. it's a struggle for power. is that something we want to be involved in? until we have that debate in this country, that discussion, your shows and others, whether the russian narrative has merit that is not about democracy, it's about something else, then we're not in a position to make wise policy decisions

same thing, if you want to do the same thing in another five years in a place like tunisia or egypt or libya you probably have, much harder time because the people who are interested in living people's access to the internet are learning from these incidences even as we are learning to use technology better so it is going to be an interesting decade in terms of internet security for sure. >> specific thinking -- >> nieces and nephews growing up in china and go to international school and for teenagers there are lots of ways to get around a great fire wall and they know how to do that. i don't know about average chinese, how easy it is that there is an assumption that somehow chinese people need to be on our social media and platforms. the u.s. has three hundred million people, that if you add 1 billion, that is china, why would they want to be on a platform based in another country, another culture, other customers, why is there a knee-jerk assumption they ought to be on our platform? if the russians developed a really neat social media software program would you gravitate toward that or do