the turks the gulf allies the u.s. has wants the u.s. to support i said on the basis of being in those countries in the regular basis that the u.s. gets this flack again and again that why are you supporting the syrian opposition and the u.s. isn't that said the russians and the iranians are actively supporting the regime and there's an there's an imbalance there and it's worth addressing that imbalance rather than pretending that somehow the u.s. is involved in arming the opposition when it blatantly nakedly is not america you want to jump in. well i just well i mean i agree that the discussion should be you know. whether age should be increased even though you know i agree with ed that i don't think the u.s. is providing direct military support to assad's opposition that said i don't actually think it's worth you know actually providing aid to the opposition in that way even with their own and russian support for the assad regime but i don't know if lynch happens to agree with i don't know if went to go ahead jump in look i think i thi

now the u.s.government has said it doesn't want a rivalry or a confrontation with china so why is washington trying to achieve with its increased focus in the asian region. i don't think the chinese government is looking in this way all full. appearance the the us the north appearing to be very aggressive and assertive but. i'm looking that in this way since president bar obama is being and tangle by a serious of internal domestic issues such as the feast call and but issues the control issues and also he's being untangled by the middle east and also the israeli policy issue and in fact the u.s. has to outsource. anti terrorism work to friends in places such as my leniency in africa so in east asia in particularly in the pacific side of asia you could see the u.s. has been outsourcing containment to japan and that has been make. a lot because of the territorial dispute with japan on these and the chinese side because the island. now briefly the u.s. is also stepping up arms sales to many of its al

and the u.s.would not have the whole of them and the other factor of course is the opposition in bahrain and these other gulf states in the shiite of the solution and these would be likely to be very friendly with iran be the ultimate nightmare. all right well thank you so much weighing in on all those issues there regarding a secretary of state john kerry's visit journalist neil clark. actually. staff at iberia are set to ground more than a thousand of the spanish airlines flights as they protest against the job and pay cuts the firm plans to lay off around a fifth of its workforce in the latest blow to the struggling euro zone member spain already has one of the highest unemployment rates in the block parties test arcilla reports now. the staff of the iberian airlines one of the national carriers has taken this to heart taking it personally there's been a rise of the anti british a sentiment there and now this. as well as job cuts it has been a result of iberia merging with british airways formi

un pelz urge the u.s. to prosecute officials connect with torture or expose classified information they really have no power to do anything if you haven't noticed the un is very happy to section and punish certain countries bernie if you out there are naive enough to think that they'll sanction the usa or send a peacekeeping mission to stop the human rights violators in washington not a chance the un really has no business meddling in the affairs of sovereign countries but they do it all the time but there is a zero percent chance that the un will stand up to the bad behavior from the us government no matter how much it's investigators whine and plead and beg but that's just my opinion. for the past ten years colombia has welcomed foreign capital with open arms in his turn the new president juan manuel santos places mining at the center of his development model in bogota be independent expert cleo farrow denounces an incestuous relationship between the multinationals and the colombian political class. know

the u.s. dollar. in fact, harry dexter white, the u.s. treasury representative, markets hand man at bretton woods told them, i quote, dinner at the national monetary fund he was determined to senate was designed for a special purpose and that purpose is to prevent depreciation against the u.s. dollar. and in order to do that, they were going to create a system of fixed exchange rates that would be sustained by this international monetary fund. it may seem rather strange in the current context when the united states is battling other countries and china to adopt flexible exchange rates and to stop pegging the u.s. dollar. the motivation was the same coming to get a more competitive dollar. in the 1940s, all the pressure was separate in the, so countries linking to the u.s. dollar kept the dollar at a high level, whereas today most of the pressure from important emerging market countries in particular, most of the pressure on their currency is a person united states flexible exchange rates to ge

u.s. of siding too much with the islamist rulers. u.s. soldier bradley manning pleads guilty to leaking secret data to wiki leaks but the prosecution's ready to jale him for life for what they say was aiding the enemy. and it's bye bye benedict the pope comes becomes the first catholic leader to quit in six hundred years leaving behind a church mired in child abuse and corruption scandals. you're watching the weekly this sunday here on r t with me and you so now way good to have you with us first to our top story and egypt has given the visit a u.s. secretary of state a fiery reception with a show of public anger against american support for the muslim brotherhood the opposition accuses the ruling islamists of stifling democracy and sees the u.s. role as unwelcome interference in their country's affairs true now reports. it was . from the people here in egypt we saw with protests outside the foreign ministry and people actually burning pictures of john kerry saying that he was supporting t

said that the u.s. is a violating international human rights law indefinitely holding prisoners at guantanamo without charge the human rights council is urging washington to quote bring an end to these illegal practices by either prosecuting prisoners in civilian court or releasing reporting from new york. r.t. . human rights out. mr calling for action to resolve the crisis that guantanamo about amnesty international usually a prominent voice hasn't joined the chorus r.g.s. an amnesty spokesperson why they're not buying the claims of lawyers who recently been to guantanamo not having access to detainees is a problem for a human rights organization is something we raise with the operatives we have access you know when when there is a true so-called military commission trial we're allowed to go and observe. trials but we have no access to the detainees themselves and yes of course it's a problem so we have to wait until the detainee is released and so we can speak to this of course leads to yes the report

u.s. classified documents to wiki leaks we take a look at how his case could affect whistle blowing. china's new leader officially takes the reins of power with priorities to boost defense spending and make the country one of the world's military giant. eleven am in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the catholic church has itself a new leader argentine cardinal jorge mario bergoglio has become the first pope ever from the americas and the first from outside europe in more than a thousand years his election greeted by tens of thousands cheering in st peter's square in the vatican. white smoke finally seen from the rafters as the cardinals voted for a fifth time during the second day of the conclave that will be marked as one of the fastest in years the group had to choose a new leader for more than a billion catholics after the previous pope benedict the sixteenth step down or he's peter all over has more on the new pontiff and what his leadership might

while the u.s. and china are in just sizing up to each other's military relieve the two poles also moving closer to a digital wall off to barack obama promised beijing tough talk allege a cyber attacks that says the u.s. military is creating special units to launch offenses in cyberspace in response to for the attacks on. the reports on this digital conflict build up. a bigger threat than al qaeda this is how washington officials now describe the legit cyber attacks coming from china u.s. stopper delegates officials now rank the threat of computer large foreign of sorts higher than terrorism transnational organized crime and weapons of mass destruction for the first time since nine eleven washington has long accused china of stealing military secrets and intellectual property from hacking president obama's facebook page to cyber attacks against u.s. flagship media like the new york times but a recent u.s. congress report warns of going beyond online vandalism chinese penetration of defense system th

the u.s. marshal's service and former new york city commissioner. he said drones could help police in manhunts, hostage situations and other difficult situations. i agree completely. if someone is being held in harm's way, if someone is being held and threatened, absolutely, drones are a great idea. it's not that i am opposed to the technology. i'm not particularly excited about them hovering outside your window, looking over your shoulder at what magazines you read, whether you're reading any "free market" magazines that might be offensive to government officials. so i think that they really -- we don't want people looking into your activities in your house without a warrant. but i think in situations where people have already broken the law, there is lethal force being exposed and there are people that are in danger, why wouldn't we want to use a drone versus a policeman to save the life of a policeman going into a difficult situation, so i think those probably will come to fruition, and tha

michael good evening the u.s. invasion heralded didn't it the goal of setting people free from a dictator saddam hussein's goal of the people to free from his repressions that was at least a success when it. well it certainly that in itself was a success there's no question about it but what was the price that was paid for to achieve that success. as i you know i spent fourteen months over there in baghdad and also traveling around the country and the iraqis i worked with i was an advisor to the ministry of defense which was being newly recreated after paul bremer disbanded it and which is a big big issue. and the insurgency of course that followed the invasion and the iraqis i work with would say to me they did they'd say mr mike that's you know everybody's called mr and then their first name oh you know we understand that mr bush wants to fight the war on terrorism but why did he have to pick iraq to do it and that they really did say that to me that's not making that up and when they would ask me that question

if a u.s. citizen on u.s. soil is not posing an immediate threat to life or bodily harm, does the constitution allow a drone to kill that citizen? >> i wouldn't think that would be appropriate lethal force. we would deal with that the way we typically do. >> with all respect, general holder, my question wasn't appropriateness or prosecutorial discretion, it is a simple legal question. does the constitution allow a u.s. citizen on u.s. soil who doesn't pose an imminent threat to be killed by the u.s. government? >> i do not believe, again, you have to look at all of the facts. on the facts you have given me, this is a hypothetical, i would not think in that situation use of a drone or lethal force would be appropriate because -- >> general holder, i have to tell you, i find it remarkable in that hypothetical which is deliberately simple, you can't give a one word, one sill balance answer, no. i think it is unequivocal, if the u.s. government were to use a drone to take the life of a u.s. citizen on u.s. soil an

pals urge the u.s. to prosecute officials connected with torture or expose classified information they really have no power to do anything if you haven't noticed the u.n. is very happy to section and punish certain countries birdie if you out there naive enough to think that they'll sanction the usa or send a peacekeeping mission to stop the human rights violators in washington not a chance the un really has no business meddling in the affairs of sovereign countries but they do it all the time but there is a zero percent chance that the un will stand up to the bad behavior from the u.s. government no matter how much it's investigators wind and plead and beg but that's just my opinion. oh man shows are this is the is the report you know numbers can tell a different story don't get fooled by the station over tells more yes max in the past week we've had the dow jones hitting all time highs and everybody of course celebrating that the jobs numbers look good they came in better than expected but check out t

the u.s.promised to unseat a rogue leader find in obtain all weapons of mass destruction and rebuild a broken nation ten years later only one of those promises was kept a war to end the alleged deceptions of saddam hussein's regime muddied the reputation of the world's most powerful nation the iraq war was supposed to be a lot of things cost effective for one office of management and budget estimated it would be something under fifty billion dollars how that side estimates say up to three hundred billion baloney but there was more meat to that argument than economists and the bush administration thought the latest estimates put the total cost of the iraq war at eight hundred twenty three billion dollars with reconstruction efforts in the country totaling over three hundred billion but it wasn't only the financial costs the bush administration underestimated it was also the human toll some of the higher end predictions that we have been hearing recently such as the notion that it will take seve

and the u.s. policymakers give up trying to avert a debt crisis leaving america's staring at one thousand five billion dollars budget cuts now with a run for patience will be felt beyond the united states. good morning if you just joined us this is our t. is just after midnight in moscow one is kevin first u.s. army whistleblower bradley manning could get twenty years in prison for what he describes as an attempt to reveal quote the blood lust and disregard for human life in the american military manning pleading guilty to ten lesser charges out of twenty two he's facing for the biggest leak of state secrets in u.s. history it could though help him escape the most serious charge of aiding the enemy which carries a life sentence or to america's andrew blake was in the court. they spent over one thousand days as detainment since he was first picked up in may two thousand and ten and charged with releasing all this material and since then he's had to undergo so much just completely agree just treatme

pals urge the u.s. to prosecute officials connect with torture or expose classified information they really have no power to do anything if you haven't noticed the un is very happy to section and punish certain countries bernie if you out there i even have to think that they'll sanction the usa or send a peacekeeping mission to stop the human rights violators in washington not a chance the un really has no business meddling in the affairs of sovereign countries but they do it all the time but there is a zero percent chance that the un will stand up to the bad behavior from the us government and over how much its investigators whine and plead and beg but that's just my opinion.

the u.s. is looking to tighten the screws on iran with yet more sanctions in a couple of minutes we'll look at what's really behind the pressure coming from capitol hill plus we talk to one of libya's revolution leaders about why year after toppling the previous regime his country still in chaos and disarray. live. feed that street. feed. her few. close. look. at. the good. luck. that really. are. a fresh attend to solve the impasse over iran's nuclear program early this week failed to produce any breakthrough six world powers offered to relax some sanctions if to run scale back its uranium enrichment but iran which insists its atomic ambitions are purely peaceful refused the deal will supply u.s. political advisors told things the risk though of a nuclear iran is being blown out of proportion. the iranian civilization has been around for five thousand years certainly longer than most western civilizations or any western civilizations and they're not suicidal. they know that were they to use n

come placed for the u.s. not to be a nation war any longer that's a great question and it's one hundred thousand asked by my countrymen were war tell me when i'm finished let me know how i've won i understand and and i know there will come a point at which folks like me with my background and my experience need to go to our political leaders and say you know folks the war paradigm served us very very well but it was not without its own cost it was not without its own effects. and now i think we have pushed this threat down to such a level that the war paradigm is no longer that useful to us and we need to move into a law enforcement or an international cooperation kind of program now to round this out i think that will come someday that there's not today you served as director of the cia for nearly three years and you were still in that position when u.s. president barack obama took office there were reports that he was on about using drones excessively and you had to persuade him. tensions possibly running h

plus the u.s. says it's beefing up its missile defense systems on the west coast after a threat from north korea but should we really worry about north korea and is killing yang trying to pick a fight with washington party questions more. it's monday march eighteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . tomorrow marks the ten year anniversary of u.s. aggressions in iraq in the decade since the war began a lot has changed in this country here's a rundown of the things we know the u.s. and gauged in misleading the public check the bush administration said time and again that iraq was dangerous because it possessed weapons of mass destruction it was the very foundation on which the entire war was built today the bush administration and the world knows otherwise lack of transparency check the fact that the government will not disclose concrete numbers of how many iraqi civilians were actually killed during the years of aggression or even the true economic cost of the

the u.s. economy is expected to have added another modest number of jobs last month, not enough to have significantly lowered the unemployment rate. >>> china added to the upside as numbers surge 20%. >>> the world's biggest economy bottomed out as the fourth quarter number comes in flat with the minus 1% estimate. >>> and passing grade, the fed says all but one of the biggest u.s. banks met capital thresholds in its latest round of stress tests. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >> ross and i are together sort of today. 50i78 here on set in london. ross, it looks like you're in upstate new york. >> yeah. do you like it? i think it's a little nicer than upstate new york, even on a gloomy, dreek, damp day in italy. if you're wondering where i am -- >> there is something to be said for being there on the coast of the eitalian shores, is it not? >> yes. lake como. >> tell us a little bit. there was some back and forth with nourie

u.s. secretary of state's visit to cairo opens a floodgate of criticism from opposition leaders who say the u.s. is too heavily involved in egypt's internal issues. the syrian opposition rebels are preparing to receive millions of dollars in aid plus direct support for the group's regime. with their foreign. private bradley manning pleads guilty to. military data to wiki leaks to show the public the true cost of war u.s. authorities will pursue the more serious charges of aiding the enemy possibly landing him behind bars for life. for the first time in six hundred years with reputation spiraling and. taking a chainsaw to america's economy with eighty five billion dollars and potentially hundreds of thousands of jobs. thanks to republican democrat politicking. broadcasting live from our studios in. with the weekly recapping our week's top stories. now america's top diplomat john kerry was faced face excuse me a wall of criticism and public protest during his visit to egypt some of the count

u.s. secretary of state's a visit to cairo opens a floodgate of criticism from opposition leaders who say the u.s. is too heavily involved in egypt's internal issues. for the syrian opposition the rebels are preparing to receive millions of dollars in aid direct support for armed groups fighting the assad regime. with their foreign backers. private bradley manning pleads guilty to. military data and turning it over to wiki leaks saying he had to show the public the true cost of war but u.s. authorities will pursue the more serious charges of aiding the enemy. leader lives with a hope standing down for the first time in six hundred years leaving the church's reputation spiralling amid. accusations. and the sequester kicks in taking a chainsaw to america's economy with eighty five billion dollars potentially hundreds of thousands of job cuts thanks to republican. from our studio in. recapping the week's top stories glad to have you with us america's top diplomat john kerry has faced a wall o

they say the bellicose record only deepens the isolation in the u.s. and the u.s. remains committed to its allies, and demonstrated it. fromuclear capables flew missouri to the penninsula of korea. china appealed for calm. nobody believes north korea will launch rockets but a small incident could escalate. >> sergei lavrov saiys unilateral actions could mena it could spiral out of control. he may have meant north korea as much as the u.s. >> the war of words is part of the relationship with washington and pyongyang. it has been a vexing problem and the obama administration has had trouble engaging north korea without looking as if they've caved to threats. >> for more on the tensions i spoke to former ambassador bill richardson. he's been there on private visits and was inside the country in january. >> governor richardson, is this bluster or should the u.s. be worried? >> we should be worried. the bluster and bellicosity and the threats have never been as intense and you couple that with a new leader who appears to be manipulated and handled by the hard-line eleme

and frankly, u.s. investors -- u.s. portfolio managers benchmark themselves against the s&p 500, not the dow. so that's really the clear component that most investors should focus on, and it would be a really key element with respect to the longer-term strength of the u.s. market. >> you said that bull markets go up and down and along the way. what could jolt this market? >> we think from a macro perspective, it's employment. employment's the great circle of life. that's why housing's come back. that's why the stock market's come back. that's why the economy's come back. if we see some sort of bump in the road with respect to employment, i think that could really surprise people. now, from an historical perspective, the job gains that we're seeing relative to history are very slow. that's why we like to talk about the construct of the u.s. market in a bit of nursery rhyme-type situation where it's the little engine that could. we continue to kind of climb higher and trudge higher, slow job growth, slow gdp growth, slow

u.s. officials in the mainstream media dismiss any ignore allegations of a life threatening prices at guantanamo where more than one hundred detainees are reportedly on hunger strike force the second one. is forty two years of violence and seventy thousand lives lost in syria some western nations are ready to send more arms to the rebels including antitank and empty aircraft weapons. and the once in a decade policy shift is complete in china with a new president and prime minister said to pose political policies that will shape the world. at seven pm here in wasco you live with us on our t. with me to one with say lawyers are for more than one hundred detainees on a hunger strike a gun tunnel base a many of them are close to death the situation has become so desperate representatives of the captives have made direct appeal to the u.s. defense secretary but u.s. officials deny the allegations and much of the mainstream media remains unmoved as artie's granted she can report. guantanamo deta

the u.s. for decades but now he will govern parts of syria controlled by rebel forces. members of the syrian national coalition met in istanbul, turkey. they voted to elect hitto who moved to turkey last year to help coordinate the opposition. the coalition plans to launch an interim government for northern syria which is under rebel control. 70,000 syrians have died in two years of fighting between rebels and president bashar al assad's forces. analysts say some in the coalition see hitto as an outsider. they also doubt rebel groups which are not part of the coalition will accept an interim government. >>> u.s. military leaders are showing off some high-tech hardware they could use against north korea. pilots taking part in a joint exercise with south korea are flying missions using b-52 bombers. the aircraft are capable of launching nuclear missiles and can simultaneously strike multiple targets. the u.s. military has b-52s at its bases in south korea. defense department spokesman george lit

u.s. is siding too much with. u.s. soldier bradley manning pleads guilty to leaking secret data to wiki leaks but the prosecution's ready to jail him for life for what they say was aiding the enemy. benedict the pope becomes the first catholic leader to quit in six hundred years leaving behind church modern child abuse and corruption scandals. good evening this is are you watching the weekly a roundup of the big stories of the last seven days with me kevin now in first egypt given the visiting u.s. secretary of state of reception with a show of public anger against american support for the muslim brotherhood the opposition accuses the ruling is the mists of stifling democracy and sees the u.s. role as a welcome interference in the country's affairs is out his belt true. there was a lot of anger from the people here in egypt we saw with protests outside the foreign ministry and people actually burning pictures of john kerry saying that he was supporting the muslim brotherhood and u.s. inter

u.s. secretary of state's visit to cairo opens a floodgate of criticism from opposition leaders who say the u.s. is too heavily involved in egypt's internal issues. a boost for the syrian opposition rebels are preparing to receive millions of dollars in aid plus direct support for armed groups fighting the author of regime after rounds of bickering with their foreign backers. private bradley manning please guilty to handing military data to wiki leaks saying he had to show the public the true cost of war but u.s. authorities will pursue the more serious charges of aiding the enemy possibly landing him behind bars for life. also the catholic world becomes leaderless with the pope standing down for the first time in six hundred years leaving the church is reputation spiraling amid child abuse and corruption accusations. and the sequester kicks in taking a chainsaw to america's economy with eighty five billion dollars and potentially hundreds of thousands of jobs to be caught thanks to republ

has made that it wasn't made in the u.s. in fact a lot of our most iconic american products aren't being manufactured here so let's bring in comedian dan wilbur to talk about this hey there dan do you care where your beer is from should it be does it and does it matter really if budweiser was made here in the u.s. or abroad it matters a great deal i drink beer like water and therefore i wanted to taste. a little like water and that's why i drink budweiser but if we move it over to belgium the quality control be all off kilter you know they might start making it taste sweet and delicious and more like beer and then what are we going to drink we're going to actual water i bet you were really disappointed when you found out that they weren't actually watering down that beer now but what is or isn't the only and all american product being manufactured elsewhere and in fact out of all the many of the i can many of our iconic brands share those dirty little secret arty correspondent on a stasi a church going to actually did a repo

two u.s. congressmen are here as well as 33 heads of state, all expecting a massive state funeral tomorrow. the government has decided that so many venezuelans want to pay their last respects to hugo chavez, to see his body lying in state, that they are going to extend this period that his body is lying in state indefinitely. the balmy -- the body will be embalmed. it will be put in a glass casket so that venezuelans can file past and see the man that they loved so much. it has let the situation for the funeral up in the air. we think there will be some sort of official ceremony tomorrow, but not actually a funeral. the best laid plans of the government have been overturned by the will of the venezuelan people. this crowd is as much a celebration of hugo chavez's life as it is a funeral dirge. it is extraordinary, this queue stretches to four kilometers. you cannot see it. there are mothers, children, grandparents, all taking part in their final farewell to hugo chavez. they benefited from his

begin today with a look at the state of transparency in the u.s. former u.s. assistant secretary of state for public affairs p.j. crowley resigned from his job after publicly speaking out against the pretrial treatment of bradley manning the army private is accused of the biggest military security breach in american history here's part of manning's testimony in february . well many say that the military treatment of manning less harsh and can even be considered torture including crowley he called the treatment of manning quote ridiculous ridiculous counterproductive and stupid shortly after that statement he resigned p.j. crowley joined us earlier to discuss this and other pressing foreign policy issues . i'm actually a firm believer. in the case against bradley manning his release of hundreds of thousands of documents some of them classified you know to wiki leaks has done serious damage to the united states national security and the national interest you know that said in a pretrial setting where anyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law i did

u.s. president obama's previous term in office so frosty relations with israel's recently reelected prime minister benyamin netanyahu however expectations of a breakthrough on the most pressing issues appear low even among u.s. officials and many see the much trumpeted visit as a p.r. stunt artie's poor slayer reports when former american president george bush visited israel his trip with clear skies pope benedict the sixteenth was cloaked white road now it's a bomb has turned. the visit down she could be alliance it is a sign of the extraordinary relations between israel and the united states. so extraordinary that the prime minister's office invited the public to choose one of these designs as the trips official emblem but relations between the two leaders are strained and many believe the positive p.r. is nothing more than clever spin there are policy differences. issue on the i think the words the rise of islamist forces in countries like egypt where you see from jerusalem nearby not w

u.s., nations in europe and emerging economies in asia. he said if japan misses the opportunity to join the tpp, it will inevitably be left behind. the man who has previously served as general counsel of the office for the united states trade representative made a positive comment on japan's decision to join the tpp talks. >> i think the united states has long wanted japan to join tpp. there are benefits for us from a strategic point of view from the standpoint of u.s./japan alliance. there are strategic benefits. and i think there are economic and trade benefits as well. since it will lead to a more dynamic japanese economy. that's good for u.s. exports and trade. it will lead to the removal of long-standing barriers. that's good for u.s. industrial and financial services and agricultural exports. >>> meanwhile, the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson expressed concout tpp expanding without participation of china. she stressed that the process of integrating the economy in the asia paci

the storming of the u.s. embassy in tehran in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine was life on the road why they rushed to help supply a european space agency expedition to try and show the light on the mystery stay with us. are you an investigator ben emmerson has decided to not let the sins of the recent past go he's demanding that the u.s. government release documents about the cia's program over addition and secret detention of suspected terrorists and recent believe that there is now credible evidence that shows that black sites were used to extradite suspected terrorists with neither charges nor access to a lawyer you know nothing says protect a democracy like snagging people in foreign countries without even charging them with a crime this huge investigator may have good intentions but the thing is that no matter how much. he and his un pals urged the u.s. to prosecute officials connect with torture or expose classified information they really have no power to do anything if you haven't noticed the u

and then the u.s. would help them deep in them to people who had very high expectations from my experience there was a split in public opinion some people actually do believe that these schemes and they did want to give us a chance to go and change the fiftieth of themselves all the people including myself thought that iraq should be given a chance to change to change that. then you know have the u.s. . to help them to pace themselves and even though there was a split in public perception at the time when did it kind of shift because obviously there was a lot more opposition very quickly as we realize that the war was not accomplished in the three months that bush had claimed it to be i think a few months. specially when the command was shifted from to pull there was a complete shift in. me start the infamous. process and. complete the action so people started getting nervous from that time because a until that moment everyone thought that the u.s. is leaving within three months. of destruction wasn't