the clinton claimed i was a network we have larry king and hillary for which and michael maloof we're talking about usa optics how we look to the rest of the world and we'll get right back to it after this quick break. this is also very important. to those who can influence. the nature and. in the. churches today just decided to show max. hope for the rest of the life in the ball. boy iraqis now they should we have had a much better 17 years could we could have had a much more prosperous iraq a stable iraq yes as their. mistakes happen absolutely. things about by far they could've should've have made it better but that does not take away from the flag i was stood up to romney dictator who was bloodthirsty participated in the mud and killing of hundreds of thousands of iraqis are millions of more of them iran then the invasion of kuwait and so on. this is the big picture on r.t. america holland cook in washington we have larry king at r.t.e. and l.a. and michael maloof and hilary ford which are here with me in washington democratic presidential debates have produced enough noise that t

usa prepared for what happens next let's ask our tea contributor and longtime pentagon oficial michael maloof welcome thank you following is acquittal the president wasted no time in the 1st victim of his revenge call was a decorated colonel alexander vin men who was frog walked out of his national security post in the white house after his damning impeachment testimony in trumpet suggested that then men could fleece disciplinary action michael the military culture is steeped in saluting the boss how does stuff like this play with men and women in uniform but generally they're fairly conservative and they're going to follow the. commander in chief's orders to a point if it looks like it's an unlawful one then you may have some drop outs and you may have some that are. some may go along but i mean take the example of secretary mabus who is the general. at one time i really decorated but he disagreed with the president's policy on syria whether that was a policy issue it had nothing to do with it legalities as such but if the soldiers are told that they they only obey lawful orders and now when

you know it is states however abstained former pentagon official michael maloof thinks that such a decision could escalate u.s. tensions with other states the trump administration's decision just adds one more layer of. tea to warfare and encourages it it's very difficult to determine. what where these mines would be laid and and how they could be deactivated even though the they claim they're going to be fielding a new and new type that can deactivate on its own but that's not sure certainty the obama administration however had agreed to. even though it would not sign the ban it agreed not to deploy them except. along the demilitarized zone in separating north and south korea i think the land mines are just terrible they they they affect civilians primarily and i don't think there's any foolproof way of developing a what i would call a smart land mine that could deactivate itself. even remotely or on under a particular time timeline. coming next that's dogged by dog or the documentary shuttle exploring the reality of puppy mills in the united states we're back in 30 minutes with the latest