in one point victor lebanese totally riot i think communism in hungary was not really. changed there was no learning curve on sis but we got out of this is this which from community extended to two more chrissy immediately i think even if those who were not as the new government which was an old communist government then i'm going to put down the budget books and the program was finished it's not yet finished i think you need some time to consume and to get step by step other well he certainly cannot change societies by political declarations and i think there are lots of studies these days about values in many pos communist societies and you see a very significant change on many social issues like the algae bt migration abortion and many similar issues there is a divide between in western europe and eastern europe and up until recently i think the position of the western europe has been that you guys have to play by you know you have to be like us you have to accept our values. that's pretty much it don't you think that's what we are seeing in poland in hungary maybe e

lebanese politics and not american footprint in syria. talking some real news i'm joined by my guest mark he's an international affairs and security analyst we also. victor leverage is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have some euro con she is an r.v. international correspondent based in washington d.c. or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it's new let me go to you first because you're a international correspondent but you're based in washington d.c. what is your reaction to this whole foreign episode i would say for a farce when it comes to free speech well as you can see the conservative and liberal free speech warriors are totally silent and it's bipartisan russia hysteria in this current political climate we think that it's just liberals or spewing anti russia rhetoric but unfortunately that's not true this anti russia sentiment is deeply embedded in u.s. political discourse be it clearly because of that it's damaging free speech or i mean i think we have this this is the weaponization and normalization of censorship in the media an

lebanese politics and about american footprint in syria. ross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have victor allege is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have samir a con she is an r.t. international correspondent based in washington d.c. all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it samir let me go to you first because you're a international correspondent but you're based in washington d.c. what is your reaction to this whole far episode.

lebanese civil war was resolved in 1989. it was on the basis of what was called the agreement and no victor, no van gish. think they can control the arab world alone, they are fools if the saudis think they can push back the iranians and not have their influence anywhere, they are fools until they come together, the whole region will be destabilized. >> nbs have the unequivocal backing of the military? >> the defense minister controls the military. >> never be any chance they are not on board with this >> i don't think so. >> head of the former national guard. >> and these decisions final. >> he's eliminated all rival power centers. >> want to switch gears we have two minutes and you had an interesting take on what's happening in the u.s. economy and you mention in your book. >> i think in addition to all things we were talking about, deregulation and tax reform, i think something is going on in the world of business. five things have come together with the combination of ai and big data every company now can analyze, that is, they can find needles in the haystack through the data, as the norm, not the e