end up being very important in history it has been and still going on here from the washington institute for policy studies. and if you see one slot was europe's fastest growing economy many people have to rely on charities for the bare necessities coming up. sanctions against iran have come under fire from moscow russia's foreign ministry said the move falls outside the scope of the latest u.n. restrictions and undermines collective efforts to resolve the iranian nuclear issue on monday the e.u. adopted tougher sanctions against iran's energy sector in an attempt to prevent the islamic republic from acquiring nuclear weapons the measures include a ban on the sale of equipment and technology iran denies western feels it's trying to build an atomic bomb so the round ball should say the new sanctions are not likely to make the country cooperate on its nuclear program either. as it is there really any need to be unilateral sanctions like those adopted by the us and the e.u. when they are already un restrictions russia has been warning against unilateral moves if these can only further alienate around and make

washington d.c. well for this bennis is from the washington institute for policy studies she joins me now to provide more perspective on the latest pentagon scandal and its consequences. as we've seen from that report the previous week a week exposing american soldiers killing civilians in iraq hasn't changed us tactics in war other reasons to believe this latest incident will have any greater impact do you think. i think there's a very good chance that the latest impact will come in the form of the response of civilians not only in the united states but around the world in countries like in europe in canada in australia in turkey the countries where troops are being sent to afghanistan to fight in the u.s. war i think that there is going to be far greater outrage than we've seen so far as a result of these these new available documents and i think that that's going to lead to new an increased pressure on all those governments to pull their troops out much faster so that's the effect that i think we will see first of all i ask you for your thoughts about the author whoever he or she was of this repo

as opposed to phyllis bennis from the washington institute for policy studies she told me she believes classified military records a strategy to hide the failure of the war in afghanistan from the public. i think that things get kept secret for a reason often that reason is to prevent political embarrassment to prevent the american people in this case from finding out that this war is a losing war a failing war and has been all along that's what's key here this has been a failing war all along many of us said right at the beginning that this war was never going to quote succeed if i succeed we meant transforming afghanistan into something it never was and will not be under under the boot of american soldiers people need to know in this country what is being done in our name by our young soldiers with with our tax money and for which we are being held accountable but we don't know we don't have the information and if this first people to more opposition so that the war can be brought to a to a halt sooner i think that that's a heroic act and it will it will end up being very important i