York times is now reporting my friends that when it came to the justification for the late december airstrikes that killed 25 members of an Iraqi Militia group in the assassination of reign in military leader general case im still the mahdi the United States may have gotten it wrong. Remember when we were originally told by the u. S. Military Industrial Complex u. S. President donald trump u. S. Secretary of state might and most of our lovely u. S. Mainstream news media that the original rocket attack on the k. One military base in iraq that wounded 6 and killed one u. S. Contractor back in december was conducted by an evil Iraqi Militia group with strong ties to iran you remember right all right well now according to the times a rocky military and intelligence officials have raised doubts about who fired the rockets that started that spiral of events saying that they believe its unlikely that the militia of the United States blamed for the attack by hezbollah carried it out because the rockets were launched from a sunni muslim part of Kirkuk Province the tory is this province is notorious for attacks by the Islamic State a Sunni Terrorist Group which would have made the area hostile territory for these shiite militias like the top hezbollah from in fact some of those same iraqi intelligence officials well they dont have direct evidence believe the attack was more than likely carried out by wait for it. Because not only did isis carry out 3 attacks near the base just 10 days prior but a key yeah pickup truck used in the attack was found less than a 1000 feet from an isis execution site. You know it did reminds me of something its its almost like the United States government was ignoring the on the ground evidence in order to justify military action against iran. Like they did with the rock and im a lover. Like i said on a long enough timeline the truth will always come forward now lets start watching the hawks. She wanted. On a city street. Or so you would see. This is joyce state. Rice grace suggests least systemic deception is the late show which. Brings up the old. World woman watching the hard Tyrol Bonjour and joining me today to discuss this new twist is what a democratic strategist crossing we should thank you very much for coming on boy oh boy this is an interesting twist to that story weve been told over and over again right its absolutely interesting but not exactly surprising what would have been surprising is President Trump coming out in proclaiming that this was instigated after saying bad he had eradicated i think thats a really hard thing to do when youve spent this entire administration especially the last 2 years talking about how if this is no longer a threat and that isis has been destabilized and that the caliphate is gone and we all know these things to not be true but this administration continues to tell it and he had to felt like he had to sell an argument as to why he killed so the money as you know and many of your viewers as well there was a lot going wrong for the president around the time that he decided to take money out one of the main issues was the coverage of the impeachment and he got tired of having it over his head over and over again and wanted to give his give his campaign give his supporters Something Else to focus on and there isnt a better thing in any republicans mind to shift the focus then getting rid of any type of terrorist cell anybody who they can link to terrorist activity its interesting because you see that play out a lot in response to this new twist the president of the national rainin American Council here. Actually tweeted that al qaeda attacked the us on 911. 00 and we went to war with iraq if this report is true isis attacked the us and we nearly went to war with the wrong and i have to wonder is this to get another one of those examples with the United States government kind of manipulating evidence to justify a war that they want to commit politically but its not actually justified by any kind of real hatred a real threat to the United States or the soldiers that we have around the world i absolutely believe that is the big difference between 911 and today is the fact that now americans know just how much we didnt know during 911 there were a lot of people who were onboard because of what the government with telling us today looking back in retrospect as to how much was given to the it was given to the American Public that turned out to be faulty information by those intelligence agencies today we know that that was a problem and the lack of trust that exists is really high so to have this Administration Come out and say that solar money was an imminent threat and then to not tell us what that imminent threat was or why for different administrations across 2 different Political Parties all said no be mindful that the money has been on a watch list for many people at the white house for decades at this point and everyone has not pulled the trigger it wasnt that this administration smoked him out of some hole or knew how to find him everyone knew exactly what he was and what he was doing and what it was that there was no reason to go in and take him out may think that this president this administration has a lot of explaining to do they do they do and i think i think you raise a good point too is that i think that the a lot of people mel both at least maybe not mainstream journalism but outside of you know a lot of independent journalism were much more liable to question we want to say ok is this really what youre telling us pentagon is this really what youre telling Us White House or are you again feeding us false information just to achieve your own ends and i think that that level of cynicism is important given what happened with 911 in iraq interesting this week also saw the u. S. Congress step up and pass bipartisan new bipartisan war powers resolution. Quote would require trump to remove u. S. Troops engaged in hostilities against iran unless Congress Declared war or a specific authorization for the use of military force theres a coffee out obviously that says that if we are under direct threat we can the president can make that decision still without having to go to congress but is this a one off like political links i know theres a lot of republicans who jumped over the original democratic legislation is this a one off or are we seeing a change in attitude where Congress Actually is going to do what theyre constitutionally constitutionally supposed to do which is control whether or not the u. S. Decides to go to war or not i would like to believe the latter but 20 twentieths in Election Year and what this is the whole lot of people understanding that the American Public no matter what side of the aisle youre on does not want to go into war at all so i think that this was very smart of republicans to finally jump onboard with democrats on this but i also cant say that they did it because this is them being bound by the constitution they have a great a great understanding when they want to use the constitution when they dont and i think that in this case they saw the writing on the wall boaters dont want to go to war they dont unless there is something that is a grave injustice done to the American People if theres a direct attack against us which everybody understands then the president can you know obviously declare war we dont have to go through the process of congressional approval outside of that they dont want any president to have that level of power to walk us into a war again a lot of that goes back to what we saw during 911 i dont think that the american understanding or vision is totally is totally invisible at this point we know what that looked like and they dont trust any president democrat or conservative to move into this without having that level of congressional oversight i would hope i mean thats why they thats why they did congress of oversight but you know we choose to ignore that and it makes me you know makes me sad because it also points out the fact that if someone in the us or against this then why does congress and all of our elected officials still kind of very like you know warhawk liason into. The economy right there are but hang on because next story is really interesting and youre going to love this lets move now from the war at home with the war and water world to the sporting world of the Human Experience as the u. S. And world prepare themselves for the valentines Weekend Edition of this years n. B. A. Allstar game its the College Sporting news that actually is catching a lot of our attention 1st to the great state of ohio where 2 Ohio State UniversityFootball Players were actually punished actually punished by the University Sports program for their conduct off the field i know its shocking its being reported the defensive backs a mere wrap and jason when were kicked off the team after being charged with rape and kidnapping meanwhile the Associated Press is reporting that while the u. S. Congress considers whether to allow College Athletes to receive endorsement money the n c double way and its allies spent at least 750000. 00 just last year lobbying lawmakers to shape any reforms to the organizations like 750000. 00 on lobbying just to keep kids making you hundreds of millions of dollars from getting paid endorsements interesting joining us now to break down these 2 stories is r t america sports producer regina hamm always a pleasure thank you wow so a lot of we you know horrific news in the world of College Football with these 2 athletes and what theyre being charged with what happened with ohio state and does this highlight the problem with how schools specifically have let it departments handle such will so allegations allegations are you know sad this girls 19 years old these are 2 senior players on the team and they not only one of them actually agreed initially to have consensual sex she agreed and then took that consent back when she had every right in the world to do and then he proceeded to rape her and then his friend came in and its are a horrific thing this is not new in the College Sports world baylor had a decade long incident with nonsexual sexual assault. And great this is not new for athletic programs at ohio states case they say it kind of stood out in the way of their head coach ryan day did not sit around go oh well see how the investigation turns out he acted theyre gone from the team theyre on to their program now if you want to compare that to baylor wear head coach art briles and name a ring a Bell Ken Starr thats an a in the wiring political and sports bells they were only fired after all this investigation happened half of these players on the baylor team were convicted till after the fact so youre seeing the teams eager realizing you dont want to you dont want to be the next baylor you want to nip this in the bud and oh how sick can be commended on that for this poor girl there may be other girls out there at a high state where these players maybe arent going to get the punishment they deserve. For. The governing body of College Athletics and also came under fire for lobbying of all things when they appear on capitol hill to talk about athletes receiving payment for their name image and likeness is their concern the deep pockets of the are going to shape the debate were seeing to Police Headquarters or actually in d. C. Fun fact what. They do have a base here they actually of course are further out west so the name engine likeness came about last year they wanted to actually start paying Athletes Division one athletes out of the 3 divisions of College Athletics are the only ones who actually get full athletic Scholarships Division to get partial where the financially meets it on an athletic basis and then if you go down to division 3 they play for love of the sport they do not get any sort of financial package from the scholarships partial or full they just get whatever maybe academic grants or the they are met other Financial Aid so the answer is trying to push that thats enough for these athletes it when youre ready to do 3 its not you your names going to be on sports where youre going to be the promotional item for the game of the week why cant they make money off this goes well its going to the amateurism is a problem these numbers up here are ridiculous for to see 1000. 00 a lobby and then to have a lot of conses big 12. And the a. C. C. Is going to totals 300000. 00 in lobbying and the journey 14000000000. 00 so this is almost a drop in the bucket for them even to give kids a chance to earn that kind of money its ridiculous its extremely problematic in regina a bigger issue for me and this is bad. If youve ever worked in government you know that lobbying is a part of that but beyond that it is where and how much the really is doing in terms of the timeline because the infield delay has received federal funding for very long time the colleges that they represent have received federal funding for a very long time so it makes sense for them to have lobbyist the fact that they have doubled in lobbyist and it shows in some of the Major Players in the lobbying world over the course of the past few months in anticipation of this legislation passing in various states is a problem it is a huge problem that youre seeing these athletes especially that are benefiting at a duet school get about 20025000 in this type of person master as an athlete which does sound like a lot of money when you take and remember. This time thats a long time and its ridiculous thats not enough one of the things that really jumps out to be about this is maybe we need to really step back and say you know given everything that weve seen with student loan abuse and things like that maybe its time to step back and say you know what are these universities all these colleges lets stop looking at the much Higher Education looking at them what they are there in the business of education their job is to make money not to enlighten kids that its out there in the hall used in that sense unpaid employees i guess maybe theyre interns at that point. Well bridget i want to say thank you so much for coming on always a pleasure having you on same great always have a new one look forward to having you on again all right everybody as we go to break watchers dont forget to let us know what you think of the topics weve covered on our social media be sure to check out the watching the hawks pod cast available on spotify awful music and everywhere you look in your favorite or not so favorite pod you can also start watching the hawks on the man through the brand new t. V. Which is available on smartphones through google play on the Apple App Store searching for the coming up in the shadow of Bernie Sanders recent victories we seek to have a better understanding of socialism where the economics of economics richard evolve as we discuss his new book aptly titled understanding socialism stay tuned to that you bill. Lovely kid in mexico on the big with the palm trees playing in the monkeys chattering special guest with us today alex petroff see i. Bit fury there rocking it out in the mining space. In this community there are people who believe that its ok eat this up or actually its really hard there are no jobs and you see that ive got kids and ask and as a parent. I can come up with lots of arguments theres a lot of conflict within the game and between the teams most of the conflict i would say throw balls around and. Close one on the childrens cosimo each other is Good Business the state of california makes 6000000000 dollars you have to prison complex just to get some point in your life where. You dont care and one of my hair is a monster so your hair might anything. I cant show you my face but im going to teach you must story. This man was sentenced to death. Charged with capital murder even though he didnt have the gun didnt pull the trigger didnt intend to kill anybody mention the behavior thats the debate with the senate for 23. 00. I doubt that had to be but it added to the ad. Confined within. The footnotes using. The leave defense room 7. All right welcome back everyone in light of the current to stay popular vote winning streak by vermont senator Bernie Sanders in the democratic president ial primary you know i think its time to talk a little socialism ought watchers yes you know that strange and magical word that causes corporate cable news anchors and pundits from fox to m. S. N. B. C. To lose their composure babbling on and on about communism and potential loss of freedoms i mean am i somebody Chris Matthews upon just hearing the mere mention of the idea of having a possible democratic socialist president in british standards for 4 years made this rather curious leap in logic. I have an attitude about i remember the cold war i have an attitude towards castro i believe that castro and the reds had won the cold war there were executions in central park and i might have been one of the ones getting executed and certain other people would be there cheering ok so i have a problem with people like the other side i dont know very very sports over these years i dont know what wow chris chris goes right through his own execution central park apartment during the word socialism so is this aeros 21st century democratic socialism going to lead us down to the path of stalin and communism and death and destruction oh well thankfully economist Richard Wolfe answers these questions and those years a long long and a whole lot more and a whole book and his new book aptly titled understanding socialism and he joins us now from new york city to help us understand socialism a little bit better richard thank you for coming on the day always a pleasure thank you for having me lets just start with the basics to get all of the mass in the confusion out the way and all the mis take away all the mystery surrounding the concept in the world what is todays 21st century version of socialism what is it what is it today. Well the only way the answer is i wish i could give you a simple summary but really its too big a phenomena to do that of 150 years ago nobody had heard of it today socialism exists in every country on the earth socialist newspapers socialist Political Parties and if you grow that quickly in that short a period of history you have many different interpretations and so Socialism MeansDifferent Things to different people just like all the other important things in life too and if anyone tells you this is it talk to somebody else because theyre not being straight with you so let me try to summarize as quickly as i can there are 3 basic theories or kinds of socialism one of them is an idea that the government should step in and regulate what is still a private economy but to make sure that theres a minimum wage that people pay taxes in such a way that the more you word the bigger the pie you have to make up for the collective things in this society that its good to have a public park its good to have mocked extremes of wealth and poverty and that kind of socialism is what you see in the scandinavian countries in places like germany and italy and france as well as in other parts of the world theres a 2nd car there things the 1st one didnt go far enough they dont think you can get the society they want one thats roughly egalitarianism unless the government doesnt just regulate industries but really takes over and runs them in the way that weve come to think about the soviet union and earlier parts of of china its not that way anymore but then theres a 3rd one which is very critical and dissatisfied with the 1st 2 which believes that what Socialism Means or should mean is a radical change in how we organize our work we shouldnt have a small group of people. Pull in the company telling everybody else what to do employers are a minority employees are the mad giora d. And that problem the undemocratic nature of enterprise is what the current and growing kind of socialism is all about it wants workers to become their own bosses to be able to run their own businesses as a collective as a community and not have the endless struggle between the few at the top who make all the decisions and everybody else who has to live with those 3 kinds of socialism exist and they go in Different Directions and they have pretty heavy debates among themselves just to give you an idea of the diversity of thinking that is modern social that you know that is faster to get out i think you actually broke that ballot as well as anyone could given like as you say you do many different iterations of it but this 3rd one that you mention the idea of the you know the workers and getting that large group of workers their rights you know thats really captured a lot of the imaginations of this generation of voters especially here in the United States you know why do you think that is why why is that particular branch of socialism so popular here. Great question and there are 2 basic answers the 1st one let me be very brief the 1st one is look we have to be honest i was born in ohio pretty much the middle of the United States ive lived here all my life my entire life 70 years roughly of the last 70 years of my life which is the last 70 years of this country i have been subjected as a student as a churchgoer as whatever i did to a barrage that socialism and communism are the sum total of horrible its the kind of thinking that made Chris Matthews lose it there in the way of the clip that you showed and so its not so surprising that people of their. Re leery when they hear about the government regulating or the government taking over so its not so surprising that as a new generation finds reasons to think we can do better than capitalism that it goes to that 3rd one but the other reason why people go to the 3rd one in the United States is that its an exciting idea of democracy i think most americans take that idea seriously they want that they want the decisions that affect them to be decisions they can participate in the way we do and we elect our political officials at the very least and they want that in the workplace why they ask if democracy is as good as everybody tells us it is why didnt it go into the workplace look after all as adults thats where we spend 5 out of 7 days the best hours of those 5 days if democracy is valuable which people like young people interested in socialism certainly believe it is they want to see it in the work place they wanted to be run as a democratic one person one Vote Community and thats a direction that said track is that doesnt get you into those old stale debates about what the government should or shouldnt be doing because it really focuses somewhere else and i think thats why youll see they particularly younger people in America Today are finding that the capitalism theyre told to accept leaves a lot to be desired and this kind of socialism leaves a lot to be attractive i think i couldnt agree with you more and i think i think your so i think it is a very popular way of looking at it because it is a kind of you know were all brothers and sisters we all take care of each other and we make you know and it makes more efficient work you know and i mean you do your job better when you know were seeing that tutor in that kind of work or coop Style Society that youre kind of referring to there and how does you know is that the future of socialism are we going to see a kind of driving more of that direction as we move forward without expands our beyond just the employer employee relationship but into other facets of our proverb of our lives. I think so and i think to be fair there were a lot of things that in russia and china didnt work well to put it as politely as i know how the you know the early experiments in socialism which is what russia was it was the 1st country in 1917 to try to go in that direction they made a lot of decisions which i as a young person would never want to do again i think there are lessons from the soviet union of what we shouldnt do that are just as important if not more than the lessons of what we should do but let me remind everyone capitalism didnt spring from the past fully formed all worked out a lot of experiments in trying to build the employer employee and system of capitalism had to be tried many failed before they kind of got it i think russia china cuba they did things which we have to learn not to do alongside things which they did well and this work a coop which only was a cage and only tried in those societies and never allowed to really develop is the direction that people who think we can do better than capitalism and im certainly one of those thats a direction i think we want to go in and i would predict to you and i dont do much prediction but i predict that that kind of socialism is going to be catching more and more attention just like weve been surprised by the millions of americans attracted to Bernie Sanders despite his label were going to see more and more of it i see it in my classes as a professor i couldnt agree with you more i really think thats kind of the future of where politics and where this economy is going to thats the only way we can kind of keep this economy survives richard always thank you for coming on definitely check out the book understanding socialism always a president with pleasure richard will thank you so much sir thank you. All right its valentines day this week oct watchers and if i were you i would hold your loved one close this friday evening because saturday morning well could be a doozy because according to the great minds working at a Massive Center for near earth object studies we are getting a very close call this saturday morning at 6 o 5 am Eastern Standard Time from a planet killing asteroid by the name of 1633732002 p. C. 39 now while that may sound more like an x. Box game code its in actuality this 3250 foot in diameter asteroid and if it were actually to collide with earth its game over man game over as hogs and a mass extinction level event but thankfully thanks to the incredible mathematicians at mass this asteroid is expected to be a near miss at 3600000 miles at least i hope they are incredible math either way make your significant others and others feel special this valentines day because as i tell you everyone we are not told in this world beloved enough so i tell you all i love you i roll them for a keep watching those dogs have a degree in that if. You. A 3rd whistle blower costs further doubt on the chemical weapons watchdogs investigation into the alleged chemical attack in syria claiming he faced to. Be a good military police is over. Germanys foreign minister says the days of american policing the world have come to an end. And a blind eye for too long the comments come on the 1st day of the munich security conference. 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