and for more on this we're going to be joined by two men with a rather different perspectives michael prysner is an iraq war veteran and antiwar activist who joined us and joins us from the los angeles studio and here in washington we have the founder and president of less government seats and mostly now gentlemen we have quite a bit of time for this so i do want you to express everything you have to say but one at a time please send and i want to start with you bradley manning villain or hero overall and for sure if he's guilty. of mind there were if he's convicted of what he's been accused of he should be executed for sure that is a capital offense the amount of information some of the high security some of the admin some of the information but yes i definitely think it is if he's guilty of all these things he should definitely be executed michael prysner same question villain or hero. well absolutely he's a hero what bradley manning has revealed is this web of lies around the wars in iraq and afghanistan and around us foreign policy as a whole and i think i think it's very important for us

government should withdraw troops this summer as a regionally planned michael prysner veteran and member of the antiwar answer coalition agree there is a sense that afghanistan is a popular uprising of afghans from all walks of life from all backgrounds in every corner of afghanistan who rightfully see the occupation of their country as an empire trying to gain a foothold in the region that's of strategic importance for resources and for dominating the region and that in the hearing some signs that transition in kabul could be in the works it is afghan police who are the face of security on the streets is the afghan army a bit further out there as security responsibilities in every given night in that city so what's the purpose of these hearings well what fred inside these walls is meant to give lawmakers inside a progress report so they know how to best vote for the future of what happens in afghanistan or what could become increasingly difficult for them next messages when what they're hearing from general petraeus continues to differ immensely from what they hear from reports in five

interesting discussion that would see in motley president of left governments and iraq war veteran michael prysner in our los angeles studio now that does it for now for more on the stories that we've covered go to our t. dot com slash your say i check out our you tube page it's youtube dot com slash r t america also feel free to follow me on twitter at floozy capital and we'll feel right back here and a half an hour. earlier . today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of kandahar. charlie corporations are a. little. they'll they'll. they'll the milk milk . the web site wiki leaks what's kept upping. its name is chili and salt which felt better i think that counts for detention and what kind of a bag which exists under attack. he says he has a dream a world without secrets the first step in the for the state is through to get information out of the real world today anyone can find out what information the government the military and bankers of kept under lock and key secrecy is the biggest a little bit of democracy that is wiki leaks the dream o

then coming home to a situation described of homelessness of unemployment and substance abuse michael prysner is an iraq war veteran he recognizes that war can destroy both body and mind of a soldier something seldom mentioned as the media has tired of showing america's wars americans are becoming more disconnected to their troops in battle and losing sight of the consequences of the growing number not just of veterans but of homeless veterans you know that when i had a job i got laid off and that was it i've lost my wife. is lost when he tries to remember what it was that finally landed him on the street the army veteran proudly fought in the first iraq war and now feels like he and many other vets are being trampled on by trying to go to be. and they said was on take time like two or three years four years five years back to school. i mean you start thinking about the veterans that day home. these days veterans are ending up homeless sooner than ever so you want to get off the streets. out of the station on the do it four years ago marion robert lee hunter was serving his country in iraq to