mission has turned from a military operation into a diplomatic one. state department spokesman that price. so the u. s. is waiting to see how a new afghan government is formed, how it will function and what the composition of that government will ultimately look like. further he said the u. s. is keeping a close eye on the taliban and how it's living up to its various commitments. including the potential for any forms of assistance will be the action, the actions of any new african government that is safe passage, respect for the rights of the people of afghanistan. including women and girls and minorities, a government that is inclusive, a government that follows through on its counter terrorism commitments and a government that respects the universal international norms. now asked about the u. s. influence over the taliban price went on to say that the u. s. does have some influence and it includes holding. busy onto the ask in central banks $10000000000.00 in reserve funds currently being kept in the federal reserve, the u. s. federal reserve in new york city along with the commitments that the tal

ongoing around the vaccine summit at we're also getting use coming and says, now that the french presidents and the u. s. president have have that phone call, of course the us and, and france at full. and i wrote the rules about all this deal, that security packed between the u. k, the u. s. and astray leah, which had rather side lines the french james this the details have just been a nines in the last few minutes. and so we do understand that the the french president, defending his envoy, back to the us sometime next week. and there's going to be a meeting between the, the french president and the u. s. president sometime next month. what have you been hearing about this, james? and just your general magic editor. this has been quite striking really just how bad relations had been between france and the united states over the last few days. while i think the 1st thing to say is significant, the statement came out in the last few minutes came out from the white house and the leaves a palace. it wasn't a white house version and a french version. this was a joint statement by both presidents. so they've

and he said that any foreign engagements by the u. s. in the future should be guided by 2 principles, one that any missions should have clear and achievable goals, something that he thought that the u. s. got away from the last many years in afghanistan, he reminded the american people that the u. s. went into afghanistan to get some a bin laden and to extract ok to that was done, but then the u. s. stayed there and got bogged down in afghanistan for many, many years as we all now know. and joe biden also said number 2, that any foreign missions by the us now need to be focused on the fundamental national security interest of the united states and not any other country. he thought the u. s. got away from that as well. and that's a lesson from the last 20 years in afghanistan, he said that he mentioned both china and russia, saying that that the u. s. needs to focus more on immediate threats. and he pointed to beijing and moscow. and also even mentioned cyber threats as well. he said that both beijing and moscow would like nothing more tha

now in cobble, many of suggested that the u. s. intervention overreached that it evolved from dealing with a terrorist threat into nation building rather. and we've obviously seen that play out elsewhere. iraq to does this outcome. now draw a line under washington's nation building project. do you think it's it a strange way? i'd say it's too early to say simply because i think that the regime that we have in power in cobble is not in a state of librium. this is not the final state. and i found this done. certainly so much of what the us tried to do and promised on, and that which the us is african partners tried to achieve currently lies in ruins. but they, the regime in cobble really is so narrowly based on enjoys. so that will support out from the population on is about to face unimed credible economic crisis. that this is not the end state. i think we're gonna have to suspend judgment still. so well, in the meantime though, these details that emerged about that drone strike seems quite the punctuation market and the us presenc

that is the most important problem in the world right now. the u. s . over spending and relying on the military for their economy, they need to diversify a perfect way. and this program that we've run out of time, gentlemen many, thanks my guess in budapest and in sydney. and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at our to see you next time. and remember cross talk both the the ah, with me work is a little bit here, a little girl and i don't want the cars. the choice of insurance underwood while your community, it's not no mac or pc, you can listeners. can easement leave to the join me every thursday on the alex salmon show when i was speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then in the catalog separately, the colors put, the mom is released from custody in italy, but it's expected at an extradition hearing that next month. it follows his detention overnight after almost 4 years on the run from the spanish government as european lawmakers brand, the arrest, a disgrace. canada's largest province out

u. s. there were so many different ways of trying to combat terror threats. and this idea that the u. s. could intervene abroad and try to prevent threats from occurring domestically. it suggests that the power intervening has some idea that they live with more civilized standards of behavior right now, over the last 20 years. we've certainly seen the global power dynamic shift. so who now gets to decide what civilization is? i mean, i think that's, it's up for grabs. we've seen, you know, the united states is very divided about all of these things. and, you know, i used to write, i wrote a piece once and said, look, we have to understand what terrorists are trying to do. terrorists are performing on stage for an audience of people that they want to look legitimate for. so when they strike, when they kill, when they take the actions they did on $911.00 that were applauded in some parts of the world. it was because there are parts of the world that were feeling deep grievances, you know, over, over various issues. and my comment was let seduce the audience. let's, let's make the audience l

the stock piles that the u. s. and other high income countries have, and we just saw reporting this week that the u. s. is sitting on a stock pile of at least 150000000 doses, which is more than had been the, had ministered across the entire african african continent. so far, i would say we should follow the science and the science is becoming a bit more clear that the vulnerable population will see a significant benefit from boosters. we don't have to use a 1000000000 shots to boost everybody in high income countries. but our projections of the supply right now show that it should be possible in the coming weeks to months to do both boosters and get doses to low and lower middle income countries. we keep hearing from the white house that it's a false choice. i think really what we need to see is action to prove that it's a false choice. and that can start by making sure that we see hundreds of millions and up to 2000000000 more doses of vaccine to low and middle income countries. by the end of this year, that's rea

also saying that the, the u. s. was counting on french and european engagement in the, in the pacific region bite. and also saying that the u. s. supported stronger you defense. that's quite interesting because the whole idea of bolstering you defense has been somewhat controversial with the u. s. in the past, it was certainly something that ruffled the feathers of donald trump. but thought again is by doing make. and you can say a concession to the french person tomorrow, micro macro, who for a long time has been saying that that you must bolster its defense and strategic capacities. because the you can no longer necessarily rely on the united states as a partner on the international stage. well, the 2 leaders it seen have agreed to meet in europe in october. we don't have a date yet, but i think what is clear from this very cool is that both micro and bite and look, they know it's in the common interests of both the us and frauds, to improve the relationship and rebuild some of that trust. it doesn't mean of course

they need to be on top that has to be challenged and defeated inside the u. s. for us to be in a more safe and secure world. yeah. but i agree with you. but george, you know, i did a stint in finance and you know, there's, there's one thing that's more powerful than fear. and that's called greed. greed is more powerful than fear. and so, you know, when we look at this, the sub deal, which joe is actually right that they will be delivered until 2040. i mean, think of what's going to happen between now and then. but you know, also you and i have talked endlessly about the, the korean peninsula. i mean, the, the status quo satisfies a lot of people because it's one of the biggest defense outline. i'll lie for the defense of our but they don't want to see that go away. oh, we got a new alliance here. you know more ship feel. the thing is this green here blinds people to geo politics and what's, what's good for you around security here. we see that hope this whole shenanigans going on with ukraine need more arms. they need more on the us. how that's going to help you

u. s. military that deal with the u. s . military. actually asking the taliban mostly affect any stranded americans during the evacuation of combo. bring them gently to the britain. am i 6 by the pound key now talking to the taliban? to awesome. not to let any terrorist set up camp. there wasn't that the didn't threatening the taliban at the u. n. and then asking for their help on the ground. getting caught, trying to rewrite reality. not a good look off the 2 decades about that stuff doesn't make the hollywood version or hundreds of american citizens and ask guns with phases left stranded in afghanistan, washington promising to look at all possible options to not leave them there permanently and looking out for its own people isn't the only thing the u. s. is botched and it's 20 years and i've got this done. i use the taliban now has more black hawk helicopters than 85 percent of the countries in the world. ah okada and ices k still exist in our growing gamma stand and eventually they acquire these weapons. ah, the majority of every

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u. s. was the responsibility to take care of the refugees, especially the mass number that the u. s. is now taking into her own borders. well, the question is typical one, not that simple, but we are responsible. yes and no. in regards to the afghan people, we made a lot of promises to our allies. the problem is betting them to see who actually deserves to come to united states, vetting them is a very difficult task. and inevitably, a lot that come here may be hostile to the united states. i definitely believe that we are going to have some people in here to hate america. and if they don't hate america, by the time they get here, just have them in the public school system for a couple of years. well, i think there's the reason because terrell, you know, russia is not taking any of the refugees from atkinson he and with the president vladimir putin actually saying, we don't know who the they are. we can't possibly vet them. how confident are you consider is asking if we do have terrorist cells that are all around the region? how confident are you in these refugees actually being allowe

that by managed it. so what sort of political fallout is they're likely to be well, the u. s. president is facing calls to resign by his republican critics. the problem is that with each passing day there becomes new scrutiny and new information about what the president knew. and when he knew it, some new reporting seems to indicate that the, despite the claims by the president, that no one could have predicted how quickly things could deteriorate. in fact, there is evidence of a phone call back in july where the u. s. president was warning african leaders that things were deteriorating quickly. so these are the problems for the president that have his republican critics, which you'd expect to be pointing fingers calling for a congressional investigation. the problem is, is that members of his own democratic party are also and satisfied with some of these answers. and they're particularly unsatisfied with the fact that the president claimed that anyone who wants to get out of afghanistan would be able to . and yet that's clearly not the case. all right, kimberly how get repor

but it's actually much more meaningful to use the stockpiles that the u. s. and other high income countries have, and we just saw reporting this week that the u. s. is sitting on a stock pile of at least a $150000000.00 doses, which is more than had been the, had ministered across the entire after african continent so far. so i'm not sure if example is repeated. it's kristen, some of the idea of booster dose is it, is that something that should be essentially shelved by countries where they already have a high vaccination rate? you'll hear yeah, i would say we should follow the science and the science is becoming a bit more clear, the vulnerable populations. we'll see a significant benefit from boosters. we don't have to use a 1000000000 shots to boost everybody in high income countries. but our projections of the supply right now show that it should be possible in the coming weeks to months to do both boosters and get doses to low and lower middle income countries. we keep hearing from the white house that it's a false choice. i think really what we need to s

u. s. she is now set to be released. that's according to reports that she agreed to or deferred prosecution agreement with the u. s. department of justice. while she is expected to admit some wrong doing washington has agreed to drop the wire and bank fraud charges against the wall way executive, allowing her to return home to china. a similar deal was offered by officials in the trumpet administration last year. but miss meng argued she did nothing wrong. her team has repeatedly called out the u. s. government for the methods used to secure her arrest. the chinese government has also called for her release and refer to the case as purely political. it's another tough day for bitcoin as the world's largest crypto currency fell 8 percent on friday. thanks during announcement from china, declaring that all crypto currency transactions are elite all in a statement posted on their website. the peoples bank of china called for increased power to be given to local governments in order to monitor their regions and report any activity.

i think that in the u. s. where, where you're going to see the crack downs on electricity and always of course take the form of green energy and how do we protect the environment and fight climate change and all that good stuff. the problem, of course, is we talked about many times before the hypocrisy and that because of the fact that, you know, the banking system uses far more electricity than the crypto money. so again, having said that, you know, there are a couple of things that are important here. one is there is an entire movement within the crypto industry to move toward renewable energy as the sole source, not electricity, but renewable energy as the sole source for mining crypto. it's happening right now . if i know a guy who just established a mining facility in the united states using only water power, a fuel by a river that used to be used for sawmill and they completely converted the entire thing. they're using nothing from the grid and so that it is happening right now. there is a movement that's

the difficulty is that china is not trying to be a global hedge mom. and the u. s. is trying to maintain its position, so they, that imaginary part is all about what the u. s. perceives which china does not agree with. okay, well, i can understand you. i live in russia. i know what it feels like, sarah, let me go to you in knoxville that the problem is here is that china is rising or returning depending on how you want to look at it. and it's the very fact that it is rising is a threat or a challenge to american hegemony. and that's why i said in my introduction, it's time to start negotiating. this is a reality, chinese market is suddenly stop developing and it's certainly, and it has no reason to listen to what the united states says, particularly when it comes to its internal affairs. so, i mean, this is the quandary we all have. china is rising and the very fact that it is rising is from watch events perspective, a threat to it's a gemini, why the u. s. should be hedge a monic? well, that's a different question. go ahead sir. yeah, you know, china is rising. it i

here we see now this deal that took place here in the trailer and in britain and in the u. s. was really big news here in australia before was even mentioned in the u. s. because they are, they're joining the big boys in the united states. we see now that france was cut out of the deal. they weren't even told until they read it in the papers that they're deal. if i had with a trailer from submarines had been disregarded and torn up by the australian and they were now, the strands are not going to get these nuclear power subs built by the u. s. and the u. k. what happened is that france now is even talking about building up the european army. there was a story in the daily telegraph this week that france was willing to give up its seat to create a european union seat up. the un security council that had been discussed for those per spun and un for 25 years. that was an old discussion from more than a decade ago. but of course, britain would never give up its veto, and france would not give up a treat. now, britain is no longer part of the you, it will never lose ill, keep its ve

that finger pointing is going both ways. there is a report out a briefing by the pentagon in the u. s. essentially blaming the u. k. for the devastating bombing, or at least some of the worst aspects of the bombing applicable airport, saying that they had advice for one of the main gate to have been shot that was leading into the airport. that the british had kept it open in order to a d evacuation f. a. despite that briefing, say that there were intelligent signals that an attack was imminent. so all sides now engaged, seemingly in a briefing war and trying to perhaps if not when the public relations war. because that certain the, there's not willing that i need try to rid themselves of as much responsibility and public eyes as possible. the breakup of afghan, a stan is in nobody's interest. that's the message from vladimir putin whose describe the us control process as a catastrophe. the russian president was addressing a major heck and make form, which is currently taking place in the russian far east and city of radical stock district. just what's happened in afghanistan is indeed a catastrophe. slower, it's not

u. s. that is the equivalent for every one shot they put in the arms of an american. they give me 3 shots to people all around the world. they are hoping that by doing this, they're going to encourage others, and i'm sure there was some tough talking when the media were excluded from this virtual meeting to do the same. president biden made it quite clear that he doesn't want other nations to sell. vaccine doses he wants them to donate if he wants the rich world to donate this to other parts of the world and he doesn't want any strings attached. he doesn't want anyone to say we will give you backs in doses in return for trade deal will give you vaccine doses. if you change that policy, no, no strings attached is what is needed. he says, and i think you just need to listen to what the un secretary general said here over 24 hours ago. to understand why this is needed, he made the point that 90 percent of people in africa still haven't had one dose of covered 900 vaccine. he said that was an obscenity. yes, he was certainly farming and all felons. there's when he opened t

u. s. tried a relationship right now. i think there are plenty of issues that the u. s in china can actually work on human rights. not one of the hong kong is also like out. it's not something that the 2 countries can come to an agreement, but some issues they could agree on are in the area of technology or trade and so on. so that's where they should start to see what we can agree on, because there's a lot of work to be done in those fears, right? exactly, but there is what i know. let me go diner in beijing here. but there is what we'd like to talk about what you can't talk about. ok, let's be very clear about compromising a country sovereignty, hong kong, irrespective of how you feel, what hong kong, that's part of china, that's their affair. and the, the process of the united states and china exchanging diplomatic embassies is that taiwan is part of china. it's very clear, a very simple look at the documents. ok. it was explicit and implicit here where you wouldn't know that from the mainstream media whatsoever. so let's go to pepe it or when you take a look at tha

u. s. military. that deal with the u. s. military. julie asking with ton of mostly gun effect, stranded americans during the evacuation of combo. bring them gently to be written . am i 6 by the pound key now talking to the taliban to ask them not to let any terrorist settle camp. there wasn't that the didn't threatening the taliban that the un and then asking for their help on the ground getting caught trying to rewrite reality. not a good look off the 2 decades about that stuff doesn't make the hollywood version. biden's supposed person gen saki hasn't always stepped aside from private and diplomatic conversations, although she has insisted his have chemistry phone call was private. back in 2019, she gave a very different reaction to trump's leak to call with ukraine's president vladimir landscape. it is not just the cold transcript that was the lower complaint would likely have more details. we need both and not just the call. and trump was accused of soliciting a foreign leader to dig up dirt on by ahead of the election. a transcri

and finally, i'll say that, you know, biden has long said that the u. s. felt that the u. s. should get out of afghanistan completely. in fact, when his vice president dough to brock obama, he advised, then president obama to pull troops out of ghana stand. obama did not take his advice, kept troops there by and always said, if i become president, i will pull out all us troops map, ganna. stan, he became president, he did exactly that. and you could tell from his very defiant speech if you will, that he has no regrets. when he, thanks for that. gabriel alexander there for us in washington d. c. united kingdom says it's in direct talks with the taliban to secure safe passage out of afghanistan for british nationals and african allies who remain there. the talks involving u. k. officials and senior. how about members all taking place in doha versus mission came to an end on saturday, flying more than 15000 people out in the past 2 weeks. or the foreign forces gone from afghanistan. the taliban are now looking to the future. hours after the departure of the us taliban leaders sp

u. s. that that's, that's the interest payment on our federal debt would be 40 percent of all of our revenue. joe, it's untenable to believe they're ever going to be able to raise interest rates very far. i'm not saying that i'm saying that it's not gonna take very much for the next crisis to occur because the level that creates chaos goes down down, down. and i don't think we'll ever be able to really exit queue we fully before the next credit crisis to and then you're going to have a big problem because the phase is going to have a chance time. where are they going to lower interest rates will already be 0. so the credibility, the next time we have a crisis and will be at $30.00 to $50.00, maybe even the 80 percent drop in the stock market. i just want to hasten to add that people have to look at history and in other countries. you know, the japanese stock market, 99 for 2 decades. it fell max, don't i gauge o price you spell by 45 percent, or 20 years after the big epic for their spot market,

that the u. s. actually attacks. how reflective is that now of what's happened to the way that warfare is being conducted? post $911.00. well, it just shows the limit of the all knowing all seeing cyber world that we've built, that there are real human lives and they don't always match up with what intelligence thinks it's, it's, you know, an atrocity. these are the kinds of things that one would never imagine the united states doing a kind of, you know, i'm sure that people regret and have great regret for, for what occurred. but it is symptom that can i found this, you know, when we saw a lot of what was released in wiki leaks that we saw so many innocent families that had deaths and the families had had assassinations. people that had been killed during the war and that information hidden from them in certain parts of the wiki, leaks that came together. this is not just something that happened days ago. it's been happening throughout these wars. and i think when you ask about the reflection, the consciousness of th

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u. s. just 2 years after the u. s. that corporation of independence and 1778 france formerly recognize the strange new nation. and in fact it and it's war against the british in all of the years since then. this is the 1st time for french for a ministry it ever recall. if i'm back to the, to the us, it's proof of how angry francy is right now. and this is why and so friends, august is bowl a new enhanced trilateral security partnership between australia, the united kingdom and the united states. on wednesday, australia the u. k. and the us on vail orcus, it's a defense agreement aimed at countering china in the, in the pacific path. it cuts france out of a 2016 deal to build diesel power submarines for australia in favor of nuclear power attack from the u. k. and us it li, frank, tens of billions of dollars poorer, and it's being seen by paris as a gross deception by friends and allies. you muscle therapy lies. yeah, there has been duplicity. there has been a major break of trust. there's been contempt. so it's not going we

it's not new, but what many now feel is that the u. s. unreliable partner and this is one idea, gaining traction. me to the hamas, go the u. s. is tired and doesn't want to be the guardian of the world anymore. so that's where the war enough goes done. there's a light. the americans lied to the people side and the european unanimous improve your defense as a feeler inside nature. fine it is. we have to know the limits or capacities and very carefully analyze the you possibilities, though with voices only echoed what you need is being saying. now there is a deep sense that you must find a way to have more told me which could mean no more cozying up to the us. we do not need not to search just political event to rest, that you must twice for greater decision making to autonomy. it's greater diversity for action throughout. we must reflect openly and clear on a new stage in collective security and defense tip abilities. while they might be, you were whispered over and you all knew even a common defense policy. how likely is it? well, coveri

the chinese media was expressing that the u. s. is looking for creating imaginary enemy out of china, and it was actually said during the high level meeting, what does that mean, imaginary enemy, could you explain that to our audience? well, china, that feels very sad. i mean, on the, almost a daily basis. this is kind of drum b to china's this that, and the other thing, there's very little proof, lots of allegations. so, i mean, china has, sees this as a situation where trying the u. s. is trying to play king of the hill. in essence, you know, try to cut down a competitor that's rising. the difficulty is that china is not trying to be a global hedge, amman, and the u. s. is trying to maintain its position, so they, that imaginary part is all about what the u. s. perceives which china does not agree with. ok, well, i can understand you. i live in russia. i know what it feels like. farrah. let me go to you and knoxville that the problem is here is that china is rising or returning depending on how you want to look at it. and it's the

i think, you know, that we see with taiwan, the u. s. has been providing extensive arm sales to taiwan and trying to counter china. so that seems to be that the focal point right now. and you know, they want to extract themselves from middle east. so i do have this question 2500000000. you're right. that is a lot of dollars and a lot of money that i think here domestically in the u. s. that could be used in places, but to $5000000000.00. what is actually being? is that money being used for in ukraine? can you see it on the ground? what are the ukrainians doing with $2500000.00 or $1000000000.00 worth of american taxpayer dollars? well, i think you raise afghan stands a similar situation where the money is kind of going into black hole. i mean, the war and eastern ukraine is like the war and f. galveston. unwinnable war it's going on for many years now. it's kind of a quagmire. ukrainian military is not really committed to fighting it. that's why they have these private militias. so, you know, a lot of it's going into things like surveilla

u. s. military. that deal with the u. s. military. julie asking with ton of mostly affect any stranded americans during the evacuation of combo. bring them gently to the written m i 6 by the pound key. now talking to the taliban to awesome. not to let any terrorist set up camp there. but wasn't that the didn't threatening the taliban at the u. n. and then, asking for their help on the ground and getting caught trying to rewrite reality. not a good look off the 2 decades about that stuff doesn't make the hollywood version. speaking of gen saki, she hasn't always stepped aside from private and diplomatic conversations, although she has described by them have chemistry phone call as private. back in 2001, 900. she gave a very different reaction to trump's lead to call with ukraine's president vladimir . so landscape, it is not just the cold transcript, there was a lower complaint would likely have more details. we need both and not just the call. when trump was accused of soliciting a foreign leader to dig up dirt on biden, ahead of the

you know, we've talked a lot about that again and then what's happening there. obviously, the u. s. has lost a lot of face in terms of that exit from afghanistan, which has gone very poorly. the u. s. has looked pretty weak in the midst the bad leaving behind $90000000000.00 in military equipment to the taliban has made us look weak and incompetent. and so right now, china is leaning into that and saying, well, let's see, what you will do is test some of this and see just how strong the united states is . and i think for that reason also, it was important for president biden to call and say, well, let's slow some of this down because some of this rhetoric could wind up creating the military situation. and i don't think anybody wants that. right. and i know that whenever biden was campaigning for office, he was saying that he was going to bring diplomacy back. so now christie, the white house is once again talking about competition with china instead of conflict. so what does that look like? well, according to the official statement, this conversation was held pretty much in order to

s balance sheet because that's hit all time highs. i think it's a point 65 trillion euros, a greater percentage of g d p than the u. s. fed the u. s. fed as under 40 percent, which is still the biggest in history and the u. s. right. and the of the u. s. fed and in the euro's own, it's double that. so you know, it's over 80 percent of g, the debt to g, d, p on the, on the balance sheet of the e. c. b. so they're piling on that debt for sure. and how it ever gets on wound a miss, an ongoing lockdown and cove and sort of cry. fisk, who knows? well, i think the hague is still up and running the court of human rights. i think this is christy and the guy who said it, when we finally do an accounting and understand that this was a massive fraud and the people were absolutely disenfranchised to benefit a few career criminals. all right, we're going to take a break and when we come back, much more coming your way the me ah, ah, look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except when the shorter the conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we sh

i mean, is that really considering how much money the u. s. just finished spinning in afghanistan, there were supposedly going to get it not have to spend anymore. it's like, is that budget free, you know, could, does this actually show that ukraine? where does it fit into the bottom ministrations realignment where the us global commitment is, the u. s really standing behind ukraine like it might look like at initials an initial site. i mean, i think so since 2014 on the out of the pro ration present us is committed over think 2500000000. so that is a lot of money. i mean, i could find a lot of teachers infrastructure here in the united states. so, i mean, i think it's pretty significant commitments. and i think we see that the, by the ministration is focused on china and russia, the major adversaries of the united states. and we're going to see more of this, i think, you know, we see with taiwan, the u. s. has been providing extensive arm sales to taiwan and trying to counter china. so that seems to be that the focal point right now. and you k

u. s. to the world court in the hague. and the world court found by a 15 to 0 margin that the u. s. had violated nicaragua was right, and had committed crimes against humanity by mining harbors in nicaragua. so the u . s. has a historically hostile attitude towards international court, unless those courts are paid for by the united states, like the special us tribunals that tried milosevic junior, flavio, or people in rwanda or of course, the targets of american imperialism in the middle east. so the i t. c, when it boldly said that they were going to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity last year or the year before that the u. s. committed in afghanistan. as you heard in your earlier segment, mike pump pay when the trump administration imposed sanctions on i t. c. officials and their families and sending a clear message that we are top dogs, we irrigate to ourselves the right to punish economically and socially punish anyone who tries to hold the u. s. military to account for its war crimes. just one fact that i think is so important in 20182019 the last 2 years of ac

but it also feels speculation in the you that the u. s. is becoming an increasingly unreliable part of that is something the many and you believed under the trump era, of course that will be reconciled to feel that that is the same with joe biden. a recent events suggest that could be the direction that the u. s. is taking and that will also bolster some parts of the you. we've heard for example, in the past from emmanuel micro, those who believe that they you simply needs to be more autonomy and rely less on the united states that hash about live with the latest from paris and that natasha . thank you. i. the taliban has denied reports that its leaders are embroiled in a major power struggle following the announcement of, of kenneth stones, interim government. the group says the claims are aimed at the stabilizing the country and discrediting the taliban after it took power. last month's fashion held by the has more now from the capital capital pledging allegiance to the taliban tribesmen, dignitaries, and members of the former government