thank you very much for your insight there paul waterless professor of peace studies at the university of bradford and consultant thank you very much thank you and tomorrow we'll assess the effects of a post nine eleven world both all the us and all those in afghanistan where many still don't know the reason why they were invaded in the first place. afghans. think about nine eleven times and. never. know. if i just got here would be surprised if you've been here now for six months from a stone ages where we are. now the tragic jet crash has overshadowed a major political event taking place in the city of change plans including those of president medvedev well speaking of the second and final day of the global policy forum he touched upon the major challenges russia is facing what is unease about why is there for us. almost certainly a lot of debate and discussion took place at this two day forum just by the tragedy nevertheless the president felt it was the right thing to do to begin his keynote speech with a moment of silence but. our citizens were killed in the crash you as well as citizens of s

thank you very much for your insight there paul rodgers professor of peace studies at the university of bradford and consultant thank you very much because that's a more of the effects of a post nine eleven world goes all the us and all those in afghanistan where many still don't know the reason why they were invaded in the first place and. think about nine eleven it's times. that i've. never seen you know. if i just got here i would be surprised if it did you know this is my son it's from the stone ages where we are. now the traffic judge. has overshadowed a major political event taking place in the city of change plans including goals of president medvedev well speaking of the second of our final day of the global policy for its actions one of the major challenges russia is facing. is there for us. almost certainly a lot of debate and discussion took place up this today for to spite the tragedy nevertheless the president felt it was the right thing to do to begin his keynote speech with a moment of silence but you believe. our citizens were killed in the crash as well as it is ins of several o

afghanistan was an understandable decision says paul rogers he's professor of peace studies at the university of bradford in the united kingdom but a decade on he believes it's become obvious there was and still is a more effective solution pursuing through policing international legal means would not have had the effect that we've had with the war in the in the pulling of prosecutors in september nearly three thousand people died since then for every person who killed eight people two hundred twenty five thousand in the ruprecht minister and elsewhere and it looks like the united states may still have troops in afghanistan in another twelve or fourteen years time we're into a kind of never ending war so while it was very difficult to consider any alternative at the time given the horror of the atrocity there's a curious thing here is an extraordinary thing is that the more troops have gone in over three years the more the violence has actually escalated it seems to be a counterproductive move as i say this may be understandable in the context of the appalling attacks ten years ago but the reality is it

afghanistan was an understandable decision says paul rodgers is professor of peace studies at the university of bradford in the united kingdom but a decade on he believes it's also become obvious that it was and still is a more effective solution pursuing through precision international legal means would not have had the effect that we've had reports war in the in the appalling atrocities looking september nearly three thousand people died since then for every person killed there eighty of the two hundred.

been missed some joyed live from london i pulled off as professor of peace studies at the university of bradford thanks very much mr rogers thirty on the program and i just going back almost a decade when emotions were high tempers were high and all that mattered was bringing those responsible for nine eleven to justice was there really no other choice but to invade afghanistan and iraq i think it was a choice being seen as an appalling example of transnational criminality rather than the start of a war i think it would have produced a very different result pursuing through creasing an international legal means would not have half the effect that we've had with the war in the in the appallingly atrocities in eleven september nearly three thousand people died since then for every person killed there eighty to two hundred twenty five thousand in iraq afghanistan and elsewhere and it looks like the united states may still have troops in afghanistan in another twelve or fourteen years time we're into a kind of never ending war so while it was very difficult to consider any alternative at the time gi