By the thanks for joining us this is asking. The u. S. And the taliban are poised to sign a peace deal which may bring washingtons longest war to an end both parties have confirmed an agreement is expected to be negotiated on saturday or the u. S. Initially betrayed as a major success has outstripped 4 president ial terms. Looks back at the years of war. Back in 2003 u. S. Officials were telling a story of success when it came to afghanistan listen to Donald Rumsfeld were at a point where we clearly have moved from major combat to a period of stability and to blues asian and reconstruction activities the bulk of this country today is permissive and secure it is clear that that is the case by virtue of the fact that we see people returning to their country from all across the globe in large numbers but 17 years and 4 president ial terms later one of the great powers of military history is about to sign a peace deal with the taliban warlords theyve been fighting all this time and the peace treaty looks an awful lot like outright surrender so 1st we have to be realistic and proud of our gains but our generals have determined that this war is unlikely to be won militarily with tremendous Additional Resources all sides are tired of fighting for the past years youve heard nothing but reports of progress u. S. Officials were seeing a happy song and also replacing one another were making progress right now an array of areas that are critical to our combined success with afghanistan the progress is real and importantly that progress is sustainable make no mistake the progress there i think is very rolls my cessna. And its very substantial 2016 has been a significant year for afghanistan and progress has been made but this was all just hype documents reveal interviews with people that were actually on the ground and the material ironically labeled lesson warrant seems to present a narrative of the u. S. Defeat in afghanistan the operation is described as a self looking Ice Cream Cone u. S. Officials giving reports of progress were telling bold faced lie the problem is there is a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to law there is an old. Her of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity in who bruce the original plan was to defeat al qaeda in afghanistan and overthrow the taliban that was sheltering al qaeda all of that was arguably achieved but then washington moved on to the nation building phase at a cost of billions of dollars and at that point it starts to look like no one had a clue what they were doing would trying to do here we didnt have the full goose newsham they would ruin the taking there is a fundamental gap in distancing of the front end of the stated objectives and grew lines in the military and the lack of understanding of the resources necessary and then the drone started flying many instances of success were recorded on that front but in many instances things also went terribly wrong. Somewhere along the way it seems like some folks have just had enough in the coming months all announced the next phase of our drawdown and by the end of next year americas war in afghanistan will be over needless to say it was not over a trillion dollars spent and over 4000. 00 u. S. Military personnel and contractors killed and at this point the taliban still controls a little less than half of the country and under the new peace deal the taliban will be part of the new government theyll be in the government just like they were you know before the us invasion back in the eightys i was in charge of. Military affairs for the middle east back then i could have gone over i could have i could have rented a motor scooter and i could have. Given all over the middle east in relative safety you dont do that today i dont think you can identify any particular thing that we have done where we can say this is a real achievement this is really brought about a change for the better in some way and they talk about you know its so difficult to get out and all of that the best way to get out is to leave. Interspaces deal follows a week long reduction in violence agreement between the 2 sides succeeded in the juicing hostilities however afghans view the expected peace deal both with skepticism and hope. We hope this peace deal will be permanent not like before and which this peace deal of been signed 10 years ago thousands of our people were killed many more wounded disabled and also many women were widowed. Girl devoted were happy about the u. S. Dollar bill and peace agreements but i wish the species deal had been signed when the u. S. Came to ghana stern but now it is also not to wait we called the taliban to stop the conflict you want the us to leave our country as soon as possible. Push an issue that us we will be happy if the deal brings peace but i wish this peace deal had been signed 10 years ago because back then most of our brothers and sisters hadnt lost part of their bodies and they were well i myself lost my leg in a bomb explosion. And now were gone both the us and the conflict so that we. Can live in peace we were born in war and we dont want to be huge by the war anymore. The u. S. Invasion of afghanistan was launched in response to the tragic 911. 00 events it was aimed at depicting al qaeda and toppling the taliban which harbored terrorists but it thing is on and it is the longest war in u. S. History the 1st the campaign was victorious within a month the taliban and al qaeda been mostly defeated in the country Afghan Interim Administration was established but it took 10 years the founder and leader of washington still has thousands of troops deployed in afghanistan they account for a half of all International Troops that are tasked with preventing terror we spoke to a 911 survivor who says the walk should divan did years ago. Well mixed feeling number one because as a survivor of 911 we when theyre looking for osama we. Actually with the taliban was basically they were supporting alqaeda both at the same time you know we killed Osama Bin Laden many years ago we should have been having this occupation for so long as a survivor i didnt need these actually we didnt have remember when we were going to war we went to places we were in you know afghanistan and then we went to iraq and iraq didnt have anything to do with 911 and they try to the idea that the the rocky people would walk without it wasnt so a a d. C. Way of what were doing right here in afghanistan we were in the year when your main purpose that main purpose was a change of vibe or i want the award to end and not only because of the people that we lost but of the people that were killed in the process because there were many civilians that were killed in afghanistan during our occupation of the contrie. Heading to the u. S. State of montana where a total of 4 City Council Officials have now asked the Prosecutors Office to drop charges against the whistleblower Brandon Bryant he lifted the lid on civilian killings in u. S. Overseas Drone Operations there for 13 have been charged with threatening city officials in each video hes currently in detention in the past few months it ended multiple City Council Meetings criticizing the way tax money was being used and the mother though claims that his incarceration is politically motivated shes launched a campaign in the hope of raising 100000. 00 for his bail. My son was the u. S. Air force whistleblower who broke the code of silence on the Drone Program now hes in jail in the basilica county to syllabi he has no criminal record and yet he is being held on 100000. 00 bail under detention he is isolated from this family. Friends. Me indeed. I am. On the bronze serves as a u. S. Air force drone operator from 2006 until 2011 having left the military he began exposing cases of what he alleged to be civilian deaths with those who from u. S. Drone strikes on command this often prioritize the elimination of a target over accuracy so resulting in innocent people being killed is revelations when im a german whistleblower award in 2015 and also intensified debate over the use of the german base by American Drones that brandon described his experience to 2050. Actually talked with a weighty whose husband. Was killed he was has been in brother was killed in a drone strike or talked to or face to face and she asked me why her husband and brother had to die and they werent bad guys and i just looked at her and i said i dont know and thats not really the best thing that i can tell someone who is asking questions about why someone that they cared about was killed and they need to know the answers and the really true hard answer to say is that im sorry that. The mistake happened and im doing everything that i can prevent further mistakes from happening. Authorities say bryant was arrested on a felony charge after he diligently exhibited threatening behavior during City Council Meetings on top of that they threaten to eliminate his members in the. Former f. B. I. Agent a whistleblower Coleen Rowley believes bryants current predicament is connected to his past revelations. This does seem to be more retaliation for his having spoken out about the Drone Operations and the fact that they were killing innocent civilians more so than what hes now done typically with the whistleblower they look back in your personnel file 1st to see if theres anything bad that they can use to discredit the messenger and if they cant find anything bad bad in someones background or personnel file then they wait for the whistleblower to you know make a small error or a mistake and the drone was so low or so are in a fragile emotional state already as you can see with all the veterans they suffer from p. T. S. D. And we know from many other cases of retaliating and persecuting was of lors that that seems to be that the standard ammo the government is in perpetual war and so the war goes on for ever that means that even if you speak out even years ago and if specially if you continue to speak out about the wrongful actions and the war crimes its going to continue this is not to negate the fact that brandon certainly he erred if he made any threatening remarks or comments he certainly should be corrected any should receive more treatment but i dont think he should be punished the way hes being punished. Me such as americas Mit University how found the report into irregularities during the blip in election didnt provide sufficient evidence allegations of Election Fraud sparked massive protests which led to president obama all his quitting reports came from the organization of american states and i looked at the bolivian general Election Results in november when i was a break in voting and it appeared that were all this was significantly in front of his rival the report found the regularity so claim that the Election Results were talk of it one of the mit things such as williams explained what made them doubt the findings. We. Wanted to specifically look at the portion where they claim that there is significant difference in the results following the interruption and then also in the last 5 percent of results of the unofficial vote count. During this process me and my colleagues were unable to find the evidence that the oas had created here results are out there and you know having an effect on the World Without any methodological or even like even just the code that they used to produce the results that they created we find it extremely difficult to naturally find the breaks that they found and then used for their results so really we would really appreciate if the oas would share their. Both larger fact fill in the release of the oas report some Media Outlets of Election Fraud like it was a proven fact and audit indicated there was a clear manipulation in the countrys elections last month accusations of irregularities in last months president ial election theres a lot of americans put out a report saying that. They felt that. The whole city would actually. Which leads again believe the media in a position u. C. L. A. s reports. The statistical claim was the one that was able to be tied to the results and to claim the results that were being presented were illegitimate and thats what the Opposition Party and that the media is also used to justify the people knew that there was problems with the oas research but maybe didnt have the Technical Expertise to would center for economic and policy research had released a report prior but it had not gain much traction among especially the media so i think that they really wanted someone to evaluate this and take it seriously. It seems like online fund dies or the death this week. On internet killjoy and the latest bout of. Dear diary what a wreak of distressing stories theres new evidence suggesting that back in the seventys buddy was a loony rate from casus a disappointment on his visit to India Donald Trump managed to vote but he must every single engine that came his way and alexandra because there cortez were 500. 00 sequined dress during the day but the thing that really got my anxiety levels peaking was this tweet to be so. That someone somewhere is doing the shoe joyousness of these people who seem to hold these pilots. Should be kept as far away from cultural power as possible joylessness is this a joke this is a classic case of conservative Debbie Downer is raining on our parade theres so literally no evidence to support it. Yes ok the university of arizona is basically begging students to run each other out effect being aggressive triggering insensitive well youve gotten i know some would say that fosters an environment of power noir censorship and soul sucking depression but i just dont see it and yes a school in seattle said easter egg should be renamed spring spheres displaying spirit. Count me in my past you think its got a real fun ring to it. But youre going completely out of. It isnt funny. Im sure i did read about how now its not ok to expect people to turn up some time because in some cultures time is a fluid concept food in you i just hope for the people who signed up for this lesson and witness in time to get the most out of it all so they could have the d. C. Tell mr robertson enough to walk up such a sweat and im. Trying to tell. Them they also flight heading the bible the wild passion it says a comping down on parings no longer for white people apparently so gone others have 3 days we sauntered along here in the gentle worship yahoo and the way. Ok not the best news for me argent approaches out bad because Oxford University did account for all clapping but why are people making such a big deal about it there are notes of all the ways to show your appreciation like. Jazz hands super fun but wait on the culture appropriation. Weve got a problem. New studies found that minorities are twice as physical in the u. K. Television screens as on britains streets that story after the break. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often skeery Dramatic Development only really going to exist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. The world is driven by shaped by one person and those words. Bears thinks. We are here to ask. New reports in the case found minority groups are being overrepresented in the media black asian and other ethnic minorities have twice the presence on t. V. That they actually have on the streets of britain the same also applies to the Community Center for c. E. O. Claims this may go list to reflect modern diversity in its output the b. B. C. Says they are pleased to represent minorities on screen more needs to be done on screen over critics say its all gone too far grobe characters to reflect demographics or wont provide. You know what else is over represented on t. V. For hate for white people thats even worse there are 4 characters here well 2 have to be nonwhites and one must be gary the country isnt 50 percent nonwhite and a quarter. We put this issue for debate is new York Observer columnist andre walker and human rights activist pins tatchell. This highlights the ludicrous idea of having quotas for everything i genuinely believe that in Television Like in all the rest of life you should have the best people for the job but you know what if you can have quotas that when white middle class heterosexual men are under represented then youve got to throw somebody else out but we dont have a quota system in british t. V. There are attempts and have been successful attempts according to these statistics to redress the marginalization exclusion and collect past decades and i think thats a great thing to celebrate because it does show that we are a more accepting understanding Inclusive Society this is about normalizing the fact that we live in a Diverse Society this is not about diversity it ought not to be about diversity what it should be about is the best person for the job television is bad to tell humans so you pick the best guy for the job or the best woman for the job who acts in the best way all the social change that Peter Tatchell is talking about all of this lets get a gay person because the gay or black person has a black its just a load of 970 s. Rock im certain that all those black and gay actors are chosen not because of their race or sexuality because they happen to be good actors we need to fight discrimination we need to ensure that people who are disabled or gay or black are not discriminated against but the idea of just lets just pick this person whoever they are just in order to fill a quota is not doesnt so pretty that everybodys doing the right. They choose good after you get a piece of pizza i love you to pieces if youre out of date. In moore this scene by some is a landmark free speech case an Appeals Court in the u. S. Has ruled in favor of you tube and its Parent Company google in a censorship lawsuit filed by conservative Media Company the university addressing the 1st amendment claims the panel held that despite youtubes ubiquity and its rule as a public facing platform it remains a private form not a public forum subject to judicial scrutiny under the 1st amendment. In the lawsuit crazy you claimed you tube violated the 1st amendment by barring the company of its right to free speech after some videos were deleted from the platform creates you suggested you tube should be viewed as a public forum blade them fold the ties in as a platform that supports free speech the Company Believes that their clips were banned because of the conservative nature of the content that the court rejected those claims. To the Court Decision google the Parent Company of egypt also stressed that there was no political bias involved in the procedure used claims were meritless pretty you maintains the tech company has become dangerously powerful. So it appears as if even the 9th circuit is afraid of the line of google were not done fighting for free speech and we will keep pushing forward this is a significant decision because the effect of it is that the court of appeal is stating that social Media Companies such as google and facebook have arrived to make a decision. What people are going to be exposed to the reach of those companies is unprecedented but without reach theres not been an equivalent in imposition of responsibility the risk of course is that those companies will be able to control the political agenda so in order for this to change the rules be a need for additional laws to be to be brought in in order to ensure that social Media Companies are not placed in a position where there are effectively controlling the entire political system. When it comes to dealing with the threat of coronavirus you think Scientific Literacy would be not just a plus but actually a must that it hasnt stopped us Vice President mike pence who has little time for an evidence based approach to health it is from being put in charge of americas response to the crisis. I think this is great because mike has had a lot of experience in this area hes been quarantining himself from women his whole life i why is my players in charge what is this plan to stop the virus abstinence. Just by this theory from the Political Class and the media smoking doesnt kill. It and. It. Condoms are a very very poor protection against sexually transmitted disease. Im going to go home and prey on it. And it. Is being made. To. Be a. Greatest threat to Public Health since spanish flu 917 sure why not put the guy no one wants working on anything in charge there is another person who doesnt have anything else to do press secretary can you imagine how. Were all going to dawn. Lets stay with the international youve got up to date so ill be more here with more on our top stories in half an ounce to. Thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the countrys military and the decision little shattered lives every song came to a complete. The day i was raped ill be instructive here you know. Told to shut up well theyd kill me and i see how it destroyed my life then he screamed at me and he made me come in and he grabbed my arm and he write me with his birthing curia if you take into account that women dont report because of the extreme retaliation and its probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military rape is a very very traumatizing thing to have happen but ive never seen trauma like ive seen from women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is more likely to get the victim punished dont be offended i had an almost 10 year career or chose very invested in and i gave that up to report a sex offender who was not even going to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of our in violence male sexual predators for the large part of target whoever is there to prey upon whether thats a man or woman. Would hope to. Put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president or injury. Or something want to. Have to do i would be 1st this is what before 3 of them or 10 people get. Interested in the waters in the. Flesh should. Join me every thursday on the excitement and ill be speaking to get a feel of the world of politics sports business im show business. I am max kaiser this is the kaiser report maxim states you are in las vegas a lot of political things are happening here lets get the lowdown states well we are in political season max in fact when you and i landed here in las vegas who was on the runway the president doesnt show him literally on the runway but is Plane Air Force one was on the runway and that was our meeting our arrival here in las vegas saying air force one again weve seen it of 2 or 3 times on our travels and its very impressive its a great prop when youre running for president and thats some of the all that what you have when you are president is the bully pulpit and thats going to weigh heavily in this 2020 election well in the nevada debates there was something that Bernie Sanders said on stage when he was you know going back and forth with mayor bloomberg when mayor bloomberg imploded on stage you know they were talking about billionaires and the problem with billionaires d and should billionaires exist i tweeted that him i said is the u. S. Federal reserve bernie you cosponsored an audit the fed bill talk about the cantillon effect how did bloomberg go from a net worth of 3000000000. 20 to 60000000000. 00 in 2020 at least half of that gain in my opinion is from q. E. The problem is that nobody really knows anything about money its hard to explain money i remember back on this very show 7 or 8 years ago when we talked to activist groups like greenpeace about the money they had 100000000 euros in the bank and
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