to unify the country is there any or is this just a useless exercise we want to talk to dr paul craig roberts about this because he is such a spicy saucy voice on the matter he's also an economist and former assistant secretary of the treasury for economic policy under ronald reagan so it's so nice to see you happy new year dr roberts thank you so let's get straight to this with the exception of ron paul who i know you've written about positively is there anybody that you see in this g.o.p. race that would be better then brock obama. they're all the same the obama and the republicans are all. the only exception is ron paul you know which really depression is. the united states constitution has been repealed obama's legislation repealing the constitution and no one is concerned about it except ron paul and i want to get to all of that but i want to go back because you're saying ok no none of these guys are better so i want to talk about leadership and if any of them could lead the country could unify the country because many would argue you need leadership in order to be a successful president

world players and could this be the beginning of a cold war well to dig deeper into this now dr paul craig roberts former reagan administration official an economist and columnist joins me now welcome paul so we are shifting this military focus from the middle east to the asia pacific why this shift in this global military strategy. the united states is disturbed by the rapid economic rise of china and by the predictions that china will see. the united states is the major economic power you see washington has bought this neo conservative idiology world who jimmy and so it wants to be able to prove it the rise of a challenge a challenging power and that that's what lies behind this is what lies behind washington's war preparations against iraq. and you know as the us for the past decade we've been kind of distracted focusing our resources time effort in iraq and afghanistan and the middle east so in that time china has had it time to expand their their influence and the region so i mean so is now the time that the u.s. is recognizing this and saying hey we need to do something about this. yes they'

to dig deeper into all this i spoke to columnist and former reagan administration official paul craig roberts i asked him to give me his take on the reasons behind the u.s. is shifting global military strategy take a listen at the united states is disturbed by the rapid economic growth of china and by the predictions that china will see. the united states is the major economic. you see washington is a. neo conservative. world who jimmy. wants to be able to live the rise of a challenge a challenging and that's what lies behind this. washington's war preparations against iraq. and you know as the us for the past decade we've been kind of distracted focusing our resources time effort in iraq and afghanistan and the middle east so in that time china has had it time to expand their their influence and the region so i mean so is now the time that the u.s. is recognizing this and saying hey we need to do something about this. yes there they are directing their attention mania against china's independent access to energy that was what the united states organized nato attack on libya was about it's a

warrants it we're going to talk to former assistant treasury secretary under ronald reagan paul craig roberts to talk about if there is an option for the american people thank you lauren for giving us that update that is coming up next and that is going to do it for the news for more of the stories we covered go to r.t. dot com slash usa and check out our you tube page it's youtube dot com slash r t america i'll see you right back here and a half hour. for . download the official anti happily cation your i phone or i pod touch from the i.q. exams to. one job teach life on the go. video on demand atienza live broadcasts and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the t.v. dot com. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster in washington d.c. the iowa was circus oh i'm sorry i meant to caucus is tonight forget the republican horse race though we asked what real options do the american people have to positively affect their financial future not to mention democracy it doesn't look to us like there is any leader who can unify the country after obama did three years