Afghanistan is not only the war that never ends and it goes on and on my friends it is now become generational multigenerational were fighting there has been passed down bother to son and mother to daughter here in the United States take the story of Master Sergeant trevor de boer who 1st applied to afghanistan back in 2002 and recently told stars and stripes quote when we started this people asked why i was going and my response was so my sons dont have to fight this war well through no fault of Master Sergeant aboard that mission has clearly failed as his son payton slopes has now is also served in afghanistan even at the very same Forward Operating base that his father served at this never ending war has even outlasted the New York Times special at war a section dedicated to covering it the times of war editor Loren Katzenberg took to twitter to announce that the paper will be ending its at war forum. Nibley commenting that there are fewer and fewer spaces that exist to examine the experiences of war and the toll theyve taken on both americans and the citizens of other nations for whom the cost of recent conflicts is almost insurmountable yet too often forgotten and that my friends is why when it comes to americas war there was only deafening silence on the campaign trail because war in this country has become a permanent part of the United States experience now lets start watching the hawks. If you want to know whats going on on a city street you want to see. The missiles which see the rises joyce state ill see you rice mass graves see desolate systemic deception is to late show which. Some brings up the bill as. A welcome one watching the parts i am Tyrol Ventura and joining us today to discuss this now multigenerational running war in afghanistan and the silence of Foreign Policy on the campaign trail is iraq war veteran and senior fellow at the center for International Policy matthew all of matthew thank you for coming on as always. Matthew 10 years ago in 2009 you you resigned from your post not down to stand with the u. S. Department of state over the continued escalation of the Afghanistan War in your worst nightmares did you ever imagine that war would now become a multigenerational one. Though it it makes you have me on my mind its not a big year it is when i would i would know enough. He wants to come up and. I also didnt expect to be year in years now i still talking about actually 11 years all right well talk. About the afghan war so no no idea that this will be billed multigenerational the anecdote you spoke of earlier darrelle about the soldier who had done in iraq my sons dont have to go i remember hearing those exact when i got to rocking the d wives and of course now the wars are just not a rock in afghanistan what they really are strong. The part of the land you know mali nigeria all the way. To pakistan in the last 40 years or so to this question left leaders are not there been very few nations have not been affected by war by refugee crisis by chaos by. Its better off and this is all with all of you with policies that its and that. Really is the Jimmy Carter Administration and so while we talk about our sons going to afghanistan because hes been there for 20 years you have to remember for the asking when wasnt worthy years so their sons are fighting again and it was their grandfathers that fought the soviet union and then in the 1980 so for not just the american many millions of people whose has become a mobile generation the worst youve got the mass suffering and the trauma that you know just really meets the last generational lines and its something that you know i dont see an end to what a time soon again for the 1000000 people thats in. Western africa all the way to pat. And matthew Time Magazine reports that pentagon data shows that 80 percent of recent trips come from a family where at least one parent grandparent aunt or uncle sibling or cousin has also worn their nations uniform as a former soldier what. Of impact do you think this will have on our veterans where now theyre seeing their children fighting the exact same war they did. I think there is that you know if you look at the polling thats been done pretty much consistently for the last 10 years on attitudes and actions and activities theres members toward these wars in afghanistan many times there are negative opinion of the war saying these wars have not been worth fighting out. Of the general public the more active Duty Service Members and more veterans are saying these wars are not fighting civilians are ending the civilian category we have you know if the 70 percent who are opposed these wars though i think through a lot of family members seeing their children going off now to take or indeed ali i can tell you just personally example plenty of people i know are the idea of it is making them because they understand the moral and intellectual honesty. But all they do they understand why their children are joining the military men are joining the economic benefits to get Health Care Benefits to get the education benefits as well as. Order the lineage and you know let me think thats one of the great prices we have in america right now there are few occupations. The board that offer a lenny offer or share a kitchen and thats what u. S. Military portrays to people rightly or wrongly i think its the. You know its motivation to go to the killing so devoted to organize murder but for many people there is this patriotic resonance with it and within america i think that many of our it was. Really me have adapted. Many absence of to be proud of and rightly. Equal mind that in a little we got a couple minutes left i want to ask you with new was that the New York Times now i am being their kind about war section or forum and how much of this lack of media coverage. And this kind of accepted acceptance of neverending war weatherby of afghanistan iraq and all the places you mentioned earlier about were out war how much of a role has that played in the century everyone ignoring the fact that were at war on this campaign trail. It is you know i mean this gets into much bigger issues right guys. The idea that the media and hollywood and the arms industry. You know are all owned by the st bankers that own 90 percent of the s. And p. 500. 00. Really these wars to me are election of our Economic System the banks that own the game 90 percent of the s. And p. 500. 00 or 5 not really banks there really Asset Management firms like black rock in bangalore and. Getting out of the principal shareholders in the Weapons Companies and theyre the principal shareholders in the fossil fuel industry in the principle shareholders in hollywood as well as the news media you know with the exception of. Washington post there are only a handful of media organizations out there that are. Doing the weapons in the street because theyre owned by the same banks though for me it goes beyond this idea that were not talking about were equal arent paying attention work in every overseas were wasting really ins of dollars were saying we cant afford health care we cant afford Public Education because you know a b. And c. But the same time youre just spending a tree about it comes out to you every year about a trillion and a quarter dollars. Annually in the United States is spending on its military on the wars me all of those things together the veterans budget the Defense Budget nuclear weapons. Homeland Security Budget plus all the interest we stand on past wars and military spending about one in order trillion dollars each year and that is needing a lot of people a lot of money though we understand that nexus and you are seeing in how all these industries are trying to gather by the same profit seeking banks that own them you know understand how an organization like the New York Times in saying you know its really not that important russ he of are wars any you know i just you laid it out perfectly brother i got to say thank you because i think its very rare that you have someone really put all those pieces together as eloquently as you did in the hope people really paid attention to what you just said because its important for them to know that thank you so much for coming on today matthew in educating our audience as you always do its always a pleasure having you on sir. And even the nation thinking around you guys healthy and well youre too. Widespread protests have gripped the country of nigeria in recent weeks as activists and protesters have taken to the streets demanding an end to Police Brutality and harassment of citizens of the african nation and they have faith that but theyre used to this and has faced at the hands of a special anti robbery squad policing unit that has been an operation since the early 1990 s. In the last 24 hours clashes between the 2 sides have resulted in chaos and reports of fatalities nigerias president now is appealing to all of his citizens for quote understanding and calm here as arties alex mahela bitch with this very complex story. Its a scene weve watched with pete around the world. At least brutality and in nigeria it can lead to death according to Amnesty International at least 56. 00 people have died during 2 weeks of widespread protest including 38. 00 on tuesday but Human Rights Organization says that at least those killed on tuesday were at 2 separate gadget. Rings who are Nigerian Security forces fired upon Peaceful Protesters in the countrys largest city lagos. Their lesson many can see that so many incidents that these are the ones and i mean it seems on us and i think if its nice to do not try to nigerias army has called the allegations fake news nigerians have been protesting against Police Brutality in particular they are calling for an end to the special anti robbery squad or sars police unit sars was set up in the 1980 s. To tackle criminality but is accused of kidnapping torture and killing the protests started online after an undated video showing what appeared to be sars officers attacking a man was shared widely on social media echoing the demands of nigerian protestors voices from around the world have condemned the action of Nigerian Police some of those supporting the demonstrators in the african country are average people on the streets as far away as london godmother d for was others are prominent figures such as the un secretary general so its time for all countries to understand and i hope nigeria will be able to do so that police will tell you he needs to stop and those without his counsel for the facts. Of such. That emetic violence. Amid the countable the and these is essentially essential everywhere although nigerias president Muhammadu Buhari disbanded sars last week the protests have continued the nigerian public has become accustomed to broken promises by the government and have taken this opportunity to campaign for wider social change the nations government is famous for corruption the country remains poor and lacking in infrastructure while billions of dollars pour in from oil revenue so far tuesdays violent crackdown has done little to stop the. Protesters evidently even the most direct tony and measures are not able to silence the voice of the people are watching the hawks and alex my luggage. All right as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on the man with a brand new portable t. V. Which is available on all platforms coming up were joined by georgetown law professor and civil rights advocate Preston Mitchum to break down senator Lindsey Graham and Mitch Mcconnells latest moves to secure a Supreme CourtJustice NomineeAmy Connie Barretts a spots that most important fans and what her reign on the court would mean for equality and justice in the United States stay tuned for watching the whole. Thing. Even after rushy 8 was debunked as a hoax this Conspiracy Theory in fact it appears to become far parcel of our political discourse if you will post someone or an idea all you have to do is play in russia no facts necessary slurs in fact lets claims now suffice. The maturity to. Go in and you may never get out some sort of people this is. My teenage gang rules here. I dont want to go to my then let me my little bro you know you were there with but. Name you will be. Told. Im you. Know im seeing her here. And now its looking for the new you. Well the one now with. You im looking a little amused when i see. You as President Donald TrumpSupreme Court nominee amy county barrett is being fast tracked it appears that her appointment to fill the seat left vacant after the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is inevitable despite voters being just days away from president ial election day. If voting patterns provide insights we know that trumps hold on the presidency and the republican hold on the senate could all in in just a matter of days Amy Connie Barrett is a lightning rod for the Supreme Court but not solely because she trumps pick but because of what democrats in the majority of American Voters are calling an illegitimate process republicans are literally rushing her nomination while an election is going on election that could likely remove both the president nominate her in the Senate Majority likely to confirm her but i think thats the bigger issue the bigger human rights issue civil rights to rights activists have with barrett is her a long history of support for organizations that unravel their progress as well as some problematic opinions it 2900 issue opinion of barretts came under fire during her confirmation hearing in the 29000 Workplace Discrimination case bear found that the use of the n. Word in the workplace did not create a hostile or abusive working environment. Barrett though is an equal opportunity offender. Community speaking loudly against her and for good reason any county barrett was formally a trustee at a private school with. Policies the school board admission of children with same sex parents and made it Crystal Clear that openly gay or lesbian teachers werent welcome in the classroom. And just a few days ago during her confirmation hearing barrett used the term sexual preference to describe the l g b t community this term has been deemed highly offensive and outdated as preference implies that Sexual Orientation is a choice this type of rhetoric has been used to advance dangerous practices like conversion therapy joining us now to unpack all of this as president preston the policy director for united for reproductive and gender equity or urge welcome preston. Thank you so much for having me well preston we always count on you to give it to us straight Amy Kone Barrett is going to be seated on the Supreme Court thats pretty much a fact at this point what does this mean for as usual he writes acknowledging barretts past comments and known policy stance is already deemed harmful and discriminatory by activists scholars and civil rights advocates. First of all thank you so much for inviting me back and i am its really nervous when it comes to judge their its nomination and also the confirmation process we already knew from the very beginning that its going to be a process that was rocketed through the Senate Judiciary committee and started day that you know like grandma mcconnell were going to break the fast track this nomination and confirmation process next mean particularly when it comes to the. We already knew how parrot was the last time the use of the word sexual preference and actually we have someone mixed in our own will correct it or just least in the discourse use of the term preference because that. Or that choice also allowed. To people in the 20 barrett into the aisle to be unique we are going to go now you know many of us were able to get out insurance through the Affordable Care act which shes made it quite clear that she wants to overturn shes also made it quite clear in my. The mission she wants to make sure were going to fail is no longer a law that for sure we trust you with these dancer question not during the hearing itself but late its over fell but im just we worried about what this could mean for al its not only the workplace but what it really means that we can bet there are civil rights and the green i think we all are and i want to ask you know with things like discrimination in the workplace specifically geared towards transgender workers can someone like a macone beret was accepted roles limited in the rights of l g b t q individuals be trusted to rule accordance with the constitution and not her personal leanings i mean thats were really comes down to she claims im original or stop all the constitution but can we really trust thats what or shes going to go with this or is it going to be all personal all the time. In my view most people would sure as its all the original is are its all in their personal viewpoint and to be clear the idea of originalism untouchable ism is to make the movie White Supremacy if were talking about the actual text of the u. S. Constitution we know what was written for in mind why 8 racist land owners we know were transit nonbinary people were not consider people we know all black people were not consider people in other people of color we know the history of this country we know all the history of the United States and how White Supremacy its all been and just average every single day just so when insurance stands there regional i am always always ready to be on guard because i know that that means are not for text march a last minute east when it comes the particular question or relation to transponder people we already know that in the United States dont have a national law to protect its all from employment discrimination so near as weve attempted to pass the women on its from a nation act in the house and the senate thats failed every single year practically and most of the chamber its mighty many states so again there are several protections and thats true. Even with the case the slate in weve lost the county so again we need the jurors who will protect and defend the rights of marginalized communities and of course that means transgender people and we cannot depend on that person we get into a very. Impressed and i know you watch the confirmation hearings as many of us did. He had a letter that was written and read during the hearings and they denounce me be air its nomination what do you think are some of the reasons why the organization is so adamantly against her becoming the next Supreme Court justice. Because and im a lazy pena like so many civil rights organizations understands that any honey bear it will not be your friend to people of color just as you mentioned earlier on the policy director for urging which night so we put up with gender equity so the bulk of our work is not Reproductive Health rights and justice which includes the right to have a child the right to not how much child the right to raise the children we have been states environment and the right to not only autonomy so we can talk about what it actually means for a judge like any tom garrett to be confirmed to the supreme or whatever but we must also discuss that in tandem with conversations around Reproductive Health care and other access to the Health Care System so for people who have trees its an addition and will likely not be a friend to us for people who actually are pregnant and they want to be reporting to know that shes not going to be a friend to this and so again actually its not it is important that organizations white and only 68. 00 like to loose a province but that want the rights like the more years immediately other to continue its placed it out against the nomination going on there it again we saw from the very beginning that this was going to be a rush process all the senate rule bridgets today rushing works well when there were do you remember about where you are the president s and we know this nomination on the altar would be confirmed this upcoming days and so again it problematic its personal because now will stop thats have to resolve anything in the really fast track should have supreme. Or when again in the last president ial election president obama couldnt even get one through on the american arlen so this is intentional its corrupt its undemocratic and so we need to insist that we push against the nomination of and on about what i want to ask you about a minute left this one jump in here is ok liz person gets assigned to the Supreme Court what is the moves that people can do what are all the moves that these groups can do to kind of push back against this person whos going to be sitting on the bench making laws. I dont ever want a lot of people just bear will be going for judge there will be confirmed because the democrats its not happening numbers there is minimal things that the democrats in other people who are both parents confirmation can do however that is not up you have to call the nurse to nurse and thats true actually in battleground states like North Carolina iowa maine alaska West Virginia in places that we know the most interesting we trust that much to uphold the nomination we must continually push back call our senators activate our base thats whats really important to leave on this note is to really trust community protected because we know regardless of when the or we are who we are who we cast at each other and so always trust in community and definitely make sure always contractors are great things thank you so much preston for joining us always a pleasure having you on the show sir thank you very much i did on mine thank you. Part of what about is our show for you today were in this world we are not told that we are loved enough so i tell you all i love you i am i robot interrupt and im a mystic rocky bottom watching all those hawks out there are never great day and night everybody. Kind of financial survival job today was all about Money Laundering 1st to visit this cash in the 3 different. Oh good its a good start well we have our 3 banks all set up here maybe something in your something in america something overseas in the Cayman Islands or do we do all these banks are complicit in their tough talk or say we just have to give him a call and say hey im ready to do some serious Money Laundering ok lets see how we did while weve got a weve got a nice luxury watch for max and for stacy oh beautiful jewelry and how about. Luxury on one bill again from that you know what Money Laundering is highly illegal thank you so much kaiser of course. In the 1920 s. And thirtys several 100 africanamericans moved to the soviet union and many of their descendants still live in russia. Or going at the coast because you know no rush for us though up our stuff yes it got worse you called things on your way. Back home but i can merican suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. Is acting up a smug real life be a losing show one by elsa store or by doing. So they decided to leave everything behind and start a new life in a country about which they knew almost nothing at all from a very earthy rear troops who were through here in the united. Around great crowd. Moulay of golf you know going to go through them. And now almost a 100 years later the history is repeating itself my great grandfather george time went through russia. Probable worst try to go anywhere why not me. When i come here. An entire village in alaska has had to move if another country trying to wipe out an american town. We do everything in our power to protect the. Water then escaping Climate Change is the same threat right now alaska has seem some of the fastest coastal erosion in the world we lost about 35 feet. 35 feet of ground in just about 3 months while we were measuring. Is fast and that means the river is 35. 00 closer to the power than was. I think were part of a murder 1st for. Join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and ill be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Terror strikes again in france as a knife man rampages through a basilica and nice leaving 3 dead and several injured the suspect was wounded by police and is now in custody. Frances antiterrorism prosecutor reveals the attacker came from tunisia north africa and arrived on european shores just last month. According to the elements we have he entered its Levi Lampedusa on september 20th. 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