i do not think we have a constitutionally declared war since world war ii.s far as the money goes, i know the arab league is behind the scenes, but what is the actual amount of dollars? we have the technology with the printer drones and all that stuff -- with the predator drones and all that stuff. how much were they backing us financially? they pay off their own citizens so they do not go off into the streets and revolt. i think it's the equivalent of $50,000 per person. it's unbelievable. dictatorships -- we threw off taking in 1776, but we support the biggest kingship. how much are they chipping in? host: henry on the line for democrats. go ahead. caller: i did not listen to the president's speech last night. i was reminded by was secretary gates said, to be cautious about what's going on in libya. politics supports a vacuum and i think we are creating a vacuum. finally, a foreign policy that involves a lot of wars -- usually a distraction from the very weak domestic policy. i am a democrat. why was the president so apparently weak on a domestic policy? w

and also create this is a war there's no intervention without a cold war. and so it can be very hard crust passed over control of the french were through the british because this war needs. certain things that happen in order to move forward and only the united states can make those things happen well let's talk about what those things would even mean and you know there are reports that four thousand marines have now left off the coast of virginia and are making their way towards the mediterranean and they haven't really said anything they just said there there is backup for operations but there's ease on what does that mean and how those who are really into those four thousand marines are standing up and active ready reserve means they're going to be doing grid squares are going to be on a boat actually just going around in circles in the med waiting for the call to get uplifted i would i would call to go go boots on the ground the reason india is because i mean if you look at every single intervention by a foreign country so going back to eight hundred si

didn't approve the war debate the war even hold hearings on the war how are the american people supposed to know what the purpose of this war is and how to win it and without these answers are we in danger of facing another military disaster regular rock joining me now to answer these questions as congressman charles rangle from new york congressman rahall welcome back to the bridge thank you sir you are you yourself are a doubt decorated war hero but you've been there you've done that you have an understanding a war that that i think many of this generation in particular of americans lack how worried are you that this in gauge with libya could become the next iraq or vietnam or pick your metaphor. this is country on my mind because you may know it's mostly people do know that when i went to korea the president at night they cleared war against career in that united nation of a geisha is something that has been very difficult for me to explain but you know when you get to the bottom line and someone is involved in some a mission like this as they have for eight years been involved in the

war still and that's why you only go to war when it's an absolute interest to your national security it's one reason why coalition forces do battle with an information war to fight alongside the real one playing out on the ground in afghanistan for example so it's not widely known by these milestones the longest war to american history we have surpassed the soviet campaign there we have spent sectional a lot of money but instead carries this message good morning afghanistan welcome to the new day of hope and reconstruction in the war torn region which would each conflict with loans for peace that's the nato version told in this promotional film it was given to international journalists like myself at the annual nato summit presumably to spread the message public relations after it's like these are nothing new and commander of the nato forces the united states spends billions of dollars alone to market its version of the war to the world including p.r. at home and abroad u.s. funded media as well as psychological operations for example a leaked classified cia document revealed a plan

even going back under kosovo war. i guess one big problem i have with this particular intervention is that it's being sold as a humanitarian intervention but at the same time it appears that we some of the coalition partners are interested in regime change and they really want to get out so it's not going to protect civilians you know. and it's unclear and i'm not supposed to be the humanitarian mission for the war but it's unclear how the war until is supposed to be achieved humanitarian effect we're going to create a partition in libya or to throw it are you working do something else. that my biggest problem in terms are referring to this as a humanitarian by now i think we should honor to take everything with a grain of salt however they try to label it for us right we found out there are no w m d's in iraq you find out that there wasn't necessarily genocide there was a civil war going on in kosovo and here also you have to question yeah quick point i mean there is a great lawyer within the american political tradi

the war women the war on gays the war on the environment the war the internet the war on the sick the war on democracy the war on atheists. and all these wars and conclude that republicans are get right back to the work to look at it in the effects of the war in libya either that or they'll draft scott walker to revitalize their nation wide war on unions my money frankly is on that bet. all right coming up a class action suit is being rolled out against the world's largest retailer details on why women employees are claiming unfair treatment. you know somebody should see the story and see so. you think you understand it and then you give them something else here so you see the part of it and realize that everything you say you don't. think. are right well it's been called one of the most important civil rights cases of our time and it could be the largest dog discrimination class action suit in u.s. history and talking of course about the case of versus wal-mart which yesterday finally put him before the u.s. supreme court now the retail giant that keep in mind made fourteen billion d

more difficult if it is a war such as the war in afghanistan for example will be it will help you war where it was not of a popular war and if we just started having the rows of soldiers deciding on their own that they were no longer going to become a member of the united states military apparatus we have a problem and so there are very harsh penalties to laws. including the possibility of their. mainstream media in the so-called coalition countries are not in a hurry to give andrea say even the major corporations like a big season and then what would happen is that if i say anything that was controversial it would go against the government line it would be completely censored andras says he's ready for the backlog he's launched claiming there was no just a vacation for the war in iraq which he had meets he's honestly pretty slim extended virtual r.t. but now i'm teams in germany. pickering's you have to drink from the news desk arties moscow program is coming your way to first let's talk the business news with dimitri after a short break. in a warm welcome to business the arctic expl

our three wars and iraq and afghanistan let's not go to war in another country you know we did this in afghanistan the first time around but of supporting those rebels there were no fighting this time around when we've gone back for another expensive war. i'm a conservative who was against nation building in both iraq and afghanistan i want to go and cut off the heads of the government and leave and leave a note saying whatever emerges from the march remember how you got here we'll be back if you mess with us again so i'm certainly hazard and i agree with jamie completely that he's going to send troops in harm's way i'm going to support him fully but that being said he said two weeks ago three weeks ago you must stop and i don't think i can ever recall another time when the u.n. acted with greater speed and determination than the united states and it happened here and that to me this is the whole point of the u.n. is that we are not under attack if the united states is under attack we have every right to defend ourselves his or the u.n. libya has not this is with us except for our oil

this is a war. who says it isn't a war? everybody talks about the afghan war. was the war declared? of course not it wasn't declared. there was a resolution passed that said the president at that time under the emergency of 9/11 could go and deal with al qaeda, those who dealt and brought upon the 9/11 bombings. but al qaeda's not there anymore. so we're fighting the taliban. the taliban used to be our allies at one time when the soviets were there. taliban wants -- their main goal is to keep foreign occupationers out. they want foreigners out of their country. they are not al qaeda. yet, most americans, maybe less so now, but the argument's -- but the arguments here on the floor is we have to go al qaeda. it gives incentive for al qaeda to grow in numbers rather than dealing with them. the money issue. we're talking about a lot of money. how much do we spend in a year? probably about $130 billion, up to $1 trillion now in this past decade. later on in the day we are going to have two votes. we're going to have a vote on doing something sensible, making sense out of our foreign poli

and we are losing that war i'll be very blunt in my assessment al jazeera is winning. the chinese have opened up a global english language and multi language television network the russians have a productive english language network i've seen it in a few countries and it's quite instructive we are cutting back and the b.b.c. is cutting back some five years ago western media outlets including v.d.c. and c.n.n. had a near monopoly in the coverage of world news things have changed since then more and more viewers across the world tuning in to various foreign media to get a fresh take on events clearly the united states feels on the fences in part because it can no longer monopolize not only the terms of you know the soroti in these countries but also the terms of the debate there's other information out there there are other points of view and those points of view are profoundly damaging to a country that believes that its point of view is the only point of view or should be the only point of view r.t. presence on you tube is one example almost three hundred million views

sometimes these wars don't go as smoothly as as they tell us i recall on your playing the iraq war it would last just a short while and the oil would pay for all the bills and and we don't have a stable government there and we've been in afghanistan for ten years and we've been working hard a coalition democrats and republicans we've been working to try to and some wars but here we are just falling into another one i i just think we have since world war two gotten into too many wars carelessly and that we should reassess our foreign policy completely with regard to the u.n. my sense of it was that we took it to them as much as they took it but i think the larger question here is article eight as i recall a section of section one of the constitution that gives the specific powers to congress says in addition to renewing funding only every two years keep it on a short leash that only congress has the power to make war and this is clearly an act of war even if it's been internationally sanctioned by the u.n. didn't in hasn't congress forsaken its responsibility when when john boehner and

ray bristow as president of the british gulf war veterans association helped kenny duncan get his war pension he is also a d. you victim. troops. he's so c.h. and hasn't managed to get the courts to rule the day you is the cause of many veterans illnesses fifteen years after the first gulf war veterans are still fighting a legal battle with the authorities there's never anything to do with depleted uranium they mislead people by no say. what. depleted uranium it was actually used who had to follow areas where. really bristow is in very poor health like kenny he's tested positive for do you poisoning but the government has refused to acknowledge that it has anything to do with his multiple illnesses. in the united nations so committees declare that. it comes under the definition of a weapon of mass. and discriminate destruction because if they at first health of facts. it will have on the combatants of both sides after the war the civilian population and the environment so. i would suck him out some somebody pay no criminal. it's much worse as is it what happened with asian origin me t

doesn't want the war should be a bunch of kids who don't want to go to the war after the war and somehow get people to be against the war never struck me as a gift that way i'm opposed to the war i don't want any of our soldiers dying in some sand frat for reasons i can't quite how to handle we're never properly explained i don't understand why that's a good thing to send more people over there i don't want anyone over there i understand the logic it's sort of is in your face if there had not been a draft in the sixty's and you wouldn't see me as i were demonstration let me let me give just a shout out again you know this is the anniversary of the iraq war whether you supported or opposed it the united states military has given the iraqi people a chance a real chance democratically million of democratic allies place. you know that was the also the terrorists inside. the mind of anyone else. in the back instead of the bad america gave a real chance for freedom in iraq and the soldiers fought bravely battle badly you know nobody i don't think wants to put down our soldiers leave the capabi

arms manufacturer profit every single day there is war in times of war they profit of course it's in the interests of b.p. who have huge interests in the region having a another thing about imperialism is it doesn't just invade countries it actually makes maps so in terms of dividing the country and keeping the country divided time when there are genuine revolutions in genuine are praising is happening next door in egypt and tunisia and imperial presence in the country and an indefinite foreign presence in the country will really work as an influence and in effect attempt to co-opt the revolutions which are taking place next door which have taken place on the still in the process of developing next to the so what's going on libya is definitely quite a difference from the arab spring and the actual revolutions that we've seen going on you know throughout the middle east and north africa versus bunning are way into it but what do you make of the idea of arming the rebels of course it's a little funny to start arming rebels when it was western governments that aren't khadafi to begin wi

war pension he is also a do you victim. troops. this so ca sion hasn't managed to get the courts to rule the dui is the cause of many veterans illnesses fifteen years after the first gulf war veterans are still fighting a legal battle with the authorities there's never anything to do with depleted uranium they mislead people rhyno say. what. you preach dear amy i'm was actually just who had to follow aries where. ray bristow is in very poor health like kenny he's tested positive for d'you poisoning but the government has refused to acknowledge that it has anything to do with his multiple illnesses. in the united nations some committees declare that. it comes under the definition of a weapon of mass. indiscriminate destruction because surf the health effects. they will have on the combatants of both sides after the war the civilian population and the environment so. i would shut them out so somebody you know criminal. is much what it is and what happened with asian or in germany then i did for a long time and then they sudde

during three wars in the last twenty five years first it was the iran iraq war then operation desert storm finally this is where anglo american troops began the invasion to overthrow saddam hussein. there are no official statistics on the amount of d. human emotions used in iraq but estimates are between four hundred and four thousand tons and now long after the two thousand and three bombings geiger counters still detect radioactivity from spent the human ish ins in areas outside the city. according to u.n. recommendations and u.s. military regulations vehicles hit by do you mean a shins should have been removed from the battlefield and the whole area decontaminated this was not done. for or is in charge of the environment apartment in basra and has produced a map of radioactive contamination has discovered that radiation levels are quite high. our instruments detect high levels of background radiation made and we take samples for analysis by a gamma ray spectrograph. this is bad for a university hospital it used to be called the satin hussein hospital and recently it's been renamed

official is now drawing new battle lines in the war of information. and since the international media seems to be winning band war the us starts its bid to catch up and get down to crow about its best act so what exactly is that place and. what so problematic with what the f.b.i. is it is that it came in and destroyed the community cohesion it destroyed the functionality of a community and because of that claim the a.c.l.u. and care are launching a lawsuit against the f.b.i. here how one american muslim community says it was unfairly targeted and even tracked as if it's religion. it's a thursday march third five pm in washington d.c. and christine for is out there watching our t.v. . it's the war of the words and according to secretary of state hillary clinton the u.s. is losing losing to whom you may ask well according to her really losing to international media like al-jazeera and yes even our team is a far cry from the good old days the good old days according to many in the cold war when the u.s. won the war because they simply have the best messa

one of the chief costs of that war to the u.s. economy was the damage that it did by causing oil prices to go through the roof and if you look at places like afghanistan where there's not significant oil reserves even being in that country is costing four hundred dollars per tank of gas for the u.s. military so it increases the demand for oil was drives up you know the price for it but it was this broader concern with the united states trying to find what it amounts to a military solution to every part problem around the world and we just can't sustain that on the budget that they're telling us we have to live in the united states now what do you make of this sort of let i guess in the obama administration because i'm sure if they were president bush going into libya the left would be up in arms and yet you have you know a lot of folks that sort of cut their teeth on the bosnian crisis where they suddenly discovered that there's such a thing as so-called humanitarian award is right so you don't have as much of the criticism from t

all but you get war you can't save people's homes but you're going to have war so i think we have to start changing our priorities maybe we should focus on jobs and housing going to cation and health care and retirement security and come home and start taking care of things here at home and started telling people around the world that we have the solution to their problems we will bring to market sort of them or we will protect them as they strive for democracy and i don't i think that's beyond our capability frankly and what is within our reach and it's taken care of things here at home and maybe we should start to focus it on the congressman and with all due respect i mean you've been saying similar kind of message for quite some time from iraq to afghanistan to today do you have any sense that you are not alone place on the hill for this i don't think about a lone voice but i'm probably a more vocal voice because you know i come from cleveland ohio a community that's been wrecked by a double dip recession where we've seen industries lost and people are just struggling to survive a

war in afghanistan for example war in iraq war where it was not a popular war and if we just started having droves of soldiers deciding on their own that they were no longer going to become a member of the united states military apparatus we have a problem and so there are very harsh penalties for wife and clothing the possibility of their mainstream media in the so-called coalition countries are not in a hurry to give andriy a say either the major corporations like the b.b.c. c.n.n. what would happen is that if i say anything that was controversial or would go against the government line he would be completely censored andras says he's ready for the battle of his life claiming there was no just a vacation for the war in iraq but he had meets he's honestly pretty slope. archie but now i'm keen germany. business is next here in our. day with us. thanks and he said the arctic exploration an asset swap deal between oil majors b.p. and russia's state run rosneft announced in january it has been blocked by a so-called arbitration tribunals the case was brought by a.a. are the russian shar

war in afghanistan for example the rocky war where it was not a popular war and if we just started having two rows of soldiers deciding on their own a pair were no longer going to become a member of the united states military apparatus we have a problem and so will a very harsh penalty to life including the possibility of their. mainstream media in the so-called coalition countries are not in a hurry to get andre is saying he that the major corporations like to be the c.d.c. and then what happened is that if i say anything that was controversial it would go against the government line it would be completely censored andras says he's ready for the battle of his life claiming there was no just occasion for the war in iraq which he had meets he's on a c three slope extended show our teeth but now i'm keen germany. lets me through will be here in a few moments with the latest news from a broken foot. washing business out so you're going to have your company the arctic exploration an asset swap deal between oil majors b.p. and rose now it has been blocked by a stockholm arbitration tribunals t

congress alone has the power to declare war or authorize war in the constitution. >> is this war? >> if you attack a country and kill its soldiers, those are acts -- and gets said these are acts of war. >> what do you think about this? >> do you accept gaddafi says it's americans killing civilians. >> if he's going to be impeached as a newcomer, impreached, it's a low bar. but is it war? you can talk about war or is the -- kennett eck clash of some kind? that's just system attics. obviously, it's war. as pat said, robert gates said it when trying to talk e president out of it. >> you can -- let's put that to the test. what are the odds zero to 100 that obama will be impeached? >> zero. >> zero. >> over this? zero. >>> issue two, hot rods. >> the bottom line is that there clearly appears to be a challenge keeping that spent fuel filled with sufficient water. >> japan's nuclear reactors at fukashima dai-ichi continue this week to produce dangerous levels of railed agrees. exposed nuclear fuel rods emit radiation unless they are submerged. so workers are trying to contain the radiati

we are in an information war and we are losing that war and winning hearts and minds abroad hillary clinton asks for more funding has brought us message overseas as more people turn to alternative sources for news. and the russian law enforcement gets a make over in a bid to regain public trust major reforms see the force renamed and officers retrain. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is our g we're glad to have you with us take a look at our top story first to libya where british soldiers were released after being seized by gadhafi forces as more western world ships and planes moved closer to the country at least six special air service soldiers were in the eastern part of the country escorting a diplomat who was supposed to negotiate with the rebels the opposition leadership said they were outraged by the incident seeing it as a foreign intervention into libya's internal affairs this comes as the country slips closer to civil war with fighting intensifying and reports of airstrikes and heavy weaponry. as more. on saturday the libyan leader moammar gadhafi launched

of his presidency trying to end the wars started by his predecessor until now the u.n. security council passed a strong resolution but demands an end to the violence against its. authorize the use of force in the timeline of recent history there have been some glaring similarities when it comes to the use of force by u.s. president none have been in response to a military attack or even threat of an attack on u.s. soil and none have ever been formally declared wars we had to protect thousands of innocent people in kosovo from a melting military offensive we are determined to knock out set of hussein's nuclear bomb potential we will also destroy his chemical weapons facilities self defense is not only our right it is our duty the definition of duty often changing the results eerily parallel thank you god bless you. god. thank you very much christine r.t. u.s. congresswoman that is considered says it's time for washington to think of diplomatic methods to ease tensions in the muslim world rather than cultivate war conflicts that we are in a fourth war here a fourth front

secretary of state hillary clinton has been talking about another war recently a war of words and according to her the u.s. is losing losing to al jazeera international media outlets even our team that's a far cry from the old days when the u.s. won the war because they had the quote best propaganda artie's guy in a chicken has more on the word words. war declared the us is now officially in an information battle with foreign media which provide alternative views on world news views which often run in contrast to the coverage of events by the us mainstream media we are in an information war and we are losing that war i'll be very blunt in my assessment al jazeera is winning. the chinese have opened up a global english language and multi language television network the russians have opened up an english language network i've seen it in a few countries and it's quite instructive we are cutting back and the b.b.c. is cutting back some five years ago western media outlets including c.d.c. and c.n.n. had a near monopoly in the coverage of world news things have changed since then more and more v

we are in an information war and we are losing that war hillary clinton asked for extra funds to spread u.s. media propaganda abroad as a growing number of people turn to other countries news outlets to get a fresh new on world events. and u.k. citizens are wary of the upcoming nationwide census and its connection to a foreign armies manufacture this program calls for a boycott will boycott personal data calling into the wrong hands. it's five pm in moscow time that treasure bring you today's top stories and a lot back at the week's news here on our t.v. our top story begins in libya where those reports of greater soldiers have been seized by anti kadafi forces as more western warships and planes move closer to the country the eight special air service officers said to be involved were in the eastern part of the country escorting a diplomat who was supposed to negotiate with the rebels the protesters said they were outraged by the incident see it as foreign intervention into libya's internal affairs this as the country slips closer to civil war with fighting intensifying with reports of

we are in a fourth war here a fourth priest got a compact plus iraq and afghanistan. we do these wars and the united states does not have unlimited power we should be trying to find a way to effect. with the muslim community worldwide which means getting out of afghanistan out of iraq out of. away from the explained current and pakistan doesn't mean ceding to terrorism and work with the world community and this is a massive intervention already in the name of a no fly zone which isn't like telling people you just can't park in this space it's really a massive attack on the defense structure of a nation we're in a war. history of u.s. involvement in conflicts over the years suggest the future is bleak for colonel gadhafi and matter whether the libyan people bumpus or not that's one opinion voiced and peter novell's to pay child cross talk coming up in around twenty minutes. our mission is to remove gadhafi either dead or alive let's face it that is the deal by then is in the atlas guys if the u.n. resolution though see this is what i'm getting it's not the u.n. wrote y

during the cold war and there is. that force is the front for the national salvation these are also part of the so-called rebels and they're backed by other western agencies like the national endowment for democracy works and personally there so this is really a very manipulated so-called conflict with the people of libya the real true free popular uprising people of libya are going to suffer the most and it won't be very long once they don't get out the before the people true popular uprising realizes they have no control over their country because the united states france and italy . or russia has described the international military action as graphical foreign ministry using. everything they can to stop civilian suffering and to create an immediate cease fire because all of the cross reaction in moscow. russia has expressed regrets over this international intervention into libya and a statement by the foreign ministry they called on all sides to stop violence as soon as possible well russia has been against interna

we are in an information war and we are losing that war. the u.s. state department says it needs billions of dollars to fight off the old school with global media outlets that simply getting. funded all russian series will take the needs of the ancient city of yaroslavl which has a story taste to draw. a very warm welcome to you this is seen live from the international criminal court is launching an investigation into the actions of libyan leader moammar gadhafi and some of his supporters for alleged crimes against humanity the first time the court has launched a probe into an ongoing offense meanwhile the battle for the oil riches continues with reports of as strong as they are the town of rageh wherever. claim they took one hundred percent hostage during the fighting began three witnessing the most deadly of all be arab revolts with over two thousand reported killed during more than a fortnight of fighting the international community has condemned the harsh methods used to crackdown on the opposition this can bring us deploys troops to warships al

of war are we looking at a form of propaganda here. i say back in two thousand and one tillman was coming off the best year of his career he was picked for sports illustrated's all protein and he just turned down a nine million dollars contract to stay with his team the arizona cardinals pat tillman was tough and he was loyal then came nine eleven. had respect for the unfolding tragedy the n.f.l. postponed a week of games but tillman went further than that he joined the army rangers my great grandfather was a pro harbor and a lot of my family has given up and i have been a strong foreign wars and i really haven't done a damn thing this was the real deal a pro football player giving up a lucrative career to serve his country in the field of battle a true patriot and a true american hero news of another american as republicans to attention to me obstruct replies and service. will be able to a multimillion dollar contract in professional football has been killed pat tillman was dead his memorial service was aired on national television th

me is sally not or is a war excuse me going to discuss with sally mcnamara senior policy analyst in european affairs at the heritage foundation and scott horton contributing editor on legal and national security matters for harper's magazine i want to thank you both for joining me tonight now let's get something clear here right if we look at this entire operation and we look at the fact that it's turned into more than just a no fly zone we also now have some of these low flying. some of our own low flying technologies on the ground which are helping the rebels so it's no longer just about saving civilians i think initially the immediate reason for going in it looks as if the end goal is he was going to fall it looked as if the opposition was going to be totally overrun and we have ten twenty thirty thousand dead bodies on the street and the u.n. took immediate action they passed the resolution and there was this no fly zone but if you think about it i mean i think of all this was one of his weaknesses he needed to be honest from the start what is the point of trying to restore a st

there was no diplomatic diplomatic activity this is an absolute war of aggression it's just another war and the world should really be frightened of the nature of nato and american power attacking their own dictators well there's a popular uprising components of the uprising where the rebels attacked there's also a genuine genuine this is an insult there's also islamic radicals proxy forces there were backed by the united states during the cold during the cold war and there is cia backed forces the front for the national review these are also part of the so-called rebels and they're backed by other western agencies like the national endowment for democracy works and personally they're so this is really a very manipulated so-called conflict the people of libya the real true free popular uprising people of libya are going to suffer the most and it won't be very long once they get done with get out and before the people the true popular uprising realizes that they have no control over their country because the united states and france and italy have again. russia has describing the nationa

one the myths of war the u.s. is also no doubt in the middle of an economic crisis and one man i spoke to earlier says it's due to corporate interests being that above all else and behind it all as a group he says well in drug cartels now there you don't have to love i'm not endorsing it but we do think it's important to hear what you have to say here is part of my conversation with dr matthias rath of dr rath research. you have drawn parallels between what's going on here today in america in two thousand and eleven to what's happened what happened in germany in one thousand nine hundred thirty three we put together some bullet points of your argument and i want to lay them out and have you then explain them now you say there is a concrete strategy to turn democracy into a corporate dictatorship and evidence lies and things like corporate interest taking over the economic crisis that we saw rising unemployment financing of the takeover confusion preaching hatred deception and politics now you say these events are

yourself and that's why you only go to war when it's an absolute interest to your national security the pentagon sells it to mainstream media advertising and the public buys it but do the people have buyer's remorse when it comes to read more. and more money may create more problems and one of our world without currency one man things that would solve a world of problems we'll take a look into this right guys movement. and it's been asked before how do we not see the economic collapse coming well i'll speak with a man who says he's got the answer and it all comes down to capitalism and what we weren't talking about it. is friday march twenty fifth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for working our team. on out of the situation in libya where after six days of intense negotiations among its member states nato has agreed to assume control of the no fly zone there this was of course authorized first by the u.n. security council resolution one nine hundred seventy three and is known as operation odyssey dawn now over the last day western warplanes have continued airstrikes in the lib

war in afghanistan for example will be your war aki war where it was not a popular war and if we just started having rows of soldiers deciding on their own that they were no longer going to become a member of the united states military apparatus we have a problem and so there are very harsh penalties to wife including the possibility of death. in mainstream media in the so-called coalition countries are not in a hurry to get andrea say either the major corporations like the b.b.c. some and then what would happen is that if i say anything that was controversial or would go against the government line we would be completely censored andras says he's ready for the battle of his life claiming there was no just a few cation for the war in iraq but he admits he's honestly pretty slow extended version of our team there now in germany. it's coming up to twenty one minutes past the hour let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world protesters in syria plan to hold a day of dignity on friday to expand demonstrations across the country but once calm despite president

so not only was our war a moral cause, their war was with profoundly immoral. and could we have won? yes. we definitely could have won. the problem was that lyndon johnson didn't want to win. and by the time nixon came in, a guy who could have won, the whole equation of the war had changed. i mean, at that point we were pulling out, so there was really no chance. but even at the end when we had the paris peace accord framework where we were just going to give air support and material support to the south, we still could have won if we had kept our agreement, but we didn't, and we cut our ally loose, and that was it. very shameful episode. >> hi, dr. robbins. i'm really interested in a contemporary sense about your comments regarding the hacker network's attack on the iranian nuclear program and kind of the feedback from that from a private internet association affecting a nation in that way. >> oh, the attack on the iranian nuclear program? that's fantastic. it's great. i mean, these people are geniuses, whoever did it. you know, how did they get it inserted in

a war which itself followed a war to end all wars. now once again we stand poised at a precipice, forced to the edge by an administration which has thrown caution to the winds and our constitution to the ground. it is abundantly clear from a careful reading of our declaration of independence that our nation was born from nothing less than the rebellion of the human spirit against the arrogance of power. more than 200 years ago it was the awareness of the unchecked arrogance of george iii that led our founders to carefully and deliberately balance our constitution, articulating the rights of congress in article 1 as the primary check by our citizens against the dangers they foresaw for our republic. our constitution was derived from the human and political experience of our founders who were aware of what happens when one person took it upon himself to assume rights and privileges which placed him above everyone else. but where, asked tom payne, in his famous tract, "common sense," where's the king of america? i'll tell you, friend, he

war in afghanistan for example would be a war bucky war where it was not a popular war and if we just started having the rows of soldiers deciding on their own that they were no longer going to become a member of the united states military apparatus we have a problem and so there are very harsh penalties up to life including the possibility of their mainstream media in the so-called coalition countries are not in a hurry to give andrea a say either the major corporations like the big c.c. and then what would happen is they could buy say anything that was controversial or would go against the government line it would be completely censored andreas says he's ready for the battle of his life claiming there was no just a few cation for the war in iraq but he admits he's on a slippery slope in the pressure of r t but now i'm keen germany. and coming back to the situation in several un members including russia have expressed their concern over the risk to civilians as nato forces continue their bombardment and as our season associates are going to reports the events in libya nato bombings i

our interests are not served by starting wars. this is a preventive war. this is going and in saying we're going to prevent something from happening as if he knows exactly what would happen and even if we do know is actually where did the authority come from. i am projected to the other wars we have been pursuing but this one might be a little worse because there wasn't even an attempt to inform the congress and say this is what we're going to do. so i think we're taking one more step further with the congress giving up its responsibilities and prerogatives and biving them over to the executive branch, and i don't like the trend. tavis: i hear your point but didn't obama just take a page out of bush's playbook and didn't bush take a page oust reagan's playstpwhook this isn't the first time a president has done this. >> yes, i think bush did, senior and junior did go to the congress, even though i want satisfied with that and voted strong glins it, not only because i thought the war was unwise. i thought if you go to war, you're supposed to declare war and

longer than world war i, world war ii, and the korean war combined. this war has cost more than $100 billion per year, and some of america's brightest military minds about the war is even winnable. tonight, a conversation of what has become the longest war in u.s. history with former assistant secretary of defense and vietnam veteran bing west. in his book, he offers a speeding critique and says the u.s. military should not be in the business of nation-building. his new book is called "the wrong war." our conversation with bing west coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning m