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Moments tyrrell venture on the team are standing by in their washington studio if youd like to keep them company just people watching. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business im show business ill see if that. Greetings and sal you take us you know what the last president ial debate now finally upon us in the 2020 president ial campaigns entering the final stretch it has become clear that there is one topic one topic that neither us President Donald Trump or his challenger former Vice President joe biden wants to touch with a 19 and a half foot pole and that my friends is the u. S. War machine most specifically the longest running war in u. S. History afghanistan you see well Foreign Policy in general has been largely ignored on the campaign trail save for the hilarity of you know both sides hating on china spinning paranoid fantasies of evil foreign nations interfering in our elections. The republicans you know theyre screaming about iran and the democrats as usual are screaming about russia its the crickets surrounding our almost 20 year long war in afghanistan that is truly beyond the pale especially when stars and stripes is now reporting that years after they fought in afghanistan u. S. Troops are now watching as their children deploy to the same war yes my friends 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 father to son and mother to daughter here in the United States to the story of Master Sergeant trevor de boer who 1st deployed 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 its also served in afghanistan. And 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 pointedly 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 in a city street you want to see the missiles which see the crisis you always stay ill see you slice this great city desolate systemic deceptions late show which i will so please just as. A welcome everyone watching the parts i am Tyrone 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 in afghanistan 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. I know it if they drag me on my mind was not a figure at this point i would i would know it now. Which is before i started looking but i. I also didnt expect to be here paying years after resigned still talking about that actually 11 years and are still talking about the afghan war so no no idea that this will be billed multigenerational the anecdote will go up 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 wives and of course now the wars are just not a rock in afghanistan they literally are wrong on the part of the land you know mali in 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 that have not been affected by war by refugee crisis by chaos by. Its that iraq and this is all with all of us policy and that. Really is the Jimmy Carter Administration and so while we talk about our sons going to afghanistan because weve been there for 20 years you have to remember for the asking in wasnt more years so their sons are fighting again and it was their grandfathers that fought the soviet union and then in the 1980. Or not just the americans many millions of people whose the generation the worst 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 it a time soon again for the moon and. Western africa all the way to pat. And matthew Time Magazine reports that pentagon data shows that 80 percent of recent troops 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 kind of impact do you think that 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 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 to take or indeed balis i can tell you just personally example when people i know are the idea of it is speaking to them because they understand the moral and intellectual honesty or but all they do they understand why their children are joining the military many are joining the economic benefits to get Health Care Benefits to get the education benefits as well as to be good or to the lineage and you know let me think thats one of the great prices we have in america right now there are few occupations across the board that offer a learning 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 of the. You know they need to organize a murder. For many there is this. Resonance and was in america i think it. Was really. That. Needs absence of things to be proud of and. Will find that in the list there weve got a couple minutes left i want to ask you with the news that the New York Times and the ending there kind of out war section there for him and how much of this lack of Media Coverage and this kind of accepted acceptance of neverending war weatherby in afghanistan and iraq and all the places you mentioned earlier that were out war how much of a role has that played in the century everyone ignores the fact that were at war on this campaign trail. It is you know i mean to get into much bigger issues right guys. The idea that. In hollywood and the arms industry. You know are all owned by the bank that own 90 percent of the s. And p. 500. 00. No really these wars to me are election of our Economic System the banks that own the again 90 percent of the s. And p. 500 the top 45 and i really think theyre really Asset Management firms like blacklock in bangalore and h. P. They have the principal shareholders in the Weapons Company and theyre the principal shareholders in the fossil fuel industry in a critical shareholders in hollywood as well as the news media you know what the exception of lugar and Washington Post there are only a handful of media organizations out there that arent connected to the weapons in the street because theyre owned by the same banks those are me it goes beyond this idea that were not talking about the war equal arent paying attention work isnt everything were wasting really in the dollars were saying we cant afford health care we can afford a Public Education because you know a. B. C. But were just spending a true about it comes out to you every year about a trillion on the order dollars annually of United States spending on the military on the wars we all those of the veterans budget the Defense Budget Nuclear Weapons logic Homeland Security budget plus all the interest we spend on past wars and military spending about one of the war trillion dollars each year and that is making a lot of people a lot of money though when you understand that nexus when you understand how all these industries are tied together by the same banks that own them you can understand how an organization like the New York Times and say you know its really not that important for us to convert wars any you know i think youre laid out perfectly rather i got to say thank you because i think its very rare that you up someone really put all those pieces together of eloquently of your day and i hope people really Pay Attention to what you just said because its important for them to know that thank you so much for coming out of a mouth. And educating our audience as you always do its always a pleasure having you on sir. And even the nation they beat around you guys healthy and even well now 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 the 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 in operation since the early 1990 s. In the last 24 hours clashes between the 2 sides of 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 of god. 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 that Human Rights Organization says that at least 12 of those killed on tuesday were at 2 separate gatherings where Nigerian Security forces fired upon Peaceful Protesters in the countrys largest city lagos. With a lesson many keys he says so many incidentally these are the ones that i mean it seems and i certainly didnt and then if it finds that the numbers could be much higher nigerias army has called the allegations you. 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 got to our own i was there for. Others a 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. An 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 protestors evidently even the most direct kone in measures are not able to silence the voice of the people are watching the hawks im alex mileage. All right is going to remember that you can also start watching the hawks on the man to the 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 Court Justice Nominee amy connie barretts a spot on that most important events and what her reign in that court would mean for equality and justice in the United States stay tuned for watching the whole. Please. Observe. L. Look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. I robot must obey the orders given to by human beings except where such a conflict with the 1st law should your identification or should be very careful about a person intelligence at the point obesity is too great. Evidence here. Tonight on various shots and with Artificial Intelligence will summoning the demons. A robot must protect its own existence as. Sputnik 5 has the world. Just like its namesake the original sport. The farce craft of off to leave. 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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 berry 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 in the election that could likely remove both the president to 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 baird is her a long history of support for organizations that unraveled their progress as well as some problematic opinions it 2900 issue opinion of beards 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 what. Barrett though is an equal opportunity offender. Community speaking loudly against her and for good reason in the county barrett was formerly 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 community this time 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 is 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 jamie Coney Barrett is going to be seated on the Supreme Court thats pretty much a fact at this point what does this mean for elocution she 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 particularly nervous when it comes to judge parents nomination and all from a 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 dating back at you know like grandma mcconnell were going to break the fast track this nomination and confirmation process next week particularly when it comes to the. We already knew how perilous a deal lasts from the use of the word sexual preference and actually we have someone mixed in or on l. Who will correct it or just least in the disrespect and use of the term preference because that does indicate that there are. Better choices also allowed in their actual didnt sell to people in the county barrett into the ultimate meeting and we are you know we go have now you know many of us were able to get out insurance due to the Affordable Care act which shes made it quite clear that she wants to overturn shes also made it quite clear in my estimation that she wants to make sure it will no longer a law that for sure be just what these dancer question not during the hearing itself but late its over but im just we worry about what this could mean for oil its not only in the workplace but what it really means that we can bet there are civil rights in the grid and i think we all are and i want to ask you know with things like discrimination in the workplace specifically geared towards transgender workers come someone like a macone beret it was accepted roles limited 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 are more original or stop all the constitution but can we really trust thats what or she is going to go with this or is it going to be all personal all the time. In my view most people d would sure as its all over regional is are its all in your personal viewpoint and to be clear the idea of originalism untouchable ism is deeply rooted White Supremacy if were talking about the actual text of the Us Constitution we know what was written for in mind why 8000000 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 riginal i am always always d ready to be on guard because i know that they are not are checkmarks 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 you from employment discrimination so near as we would simply pass the women hundreds from a nation act in the house and the senate thats failed every single year practically and most of the chamber its might actually make things so again there are several protections and thats true even with the case that say in ethos the county so again we need that 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 watched the confirmation hearings as many of us did. He had a letter that was written and read during the hearings and they denounce aint coming there 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. The civil rights organizations understands that any honey berry it will not be a friend to people of color just as you mentioned earlier on the policy director for urging which night for we put up with gender equity so a bulk of our work is not Reproductive Health rights and justice which includes the right to have a child the rights and 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 concerned 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 still for people who have presents and dish and will likely not be a friend to us for people who actually are pregnant and may want to think before chinky 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 6 eat like to loose a province but that one in the right like the moyers immediate other to continue its placed it out against the nomination going on there and again we saw from the very beginning that its going to be a rush process all of this and it will break its own felt today rushing works well when there were do you remember about more of your Party President s and we know this nomination on the ultimately be confirmed this upcoming days and so again its problematic its personal because now stop thats have to resolve anything the really fast track should have supreme or when again in the last president ial election president obama couldnt even get one through 6 or the american arlen so this is intentional its corrupt its undemocratic and so we need to consistently push against the nomination of and on the air about what i want to ask you about a minute left of 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 bunch making laws. I dont ever want to a lot of people just bear will be going for judge there will be confirmed because the democrats its not happy. Numbers theres minimal things that the democrats in other people who are all parents confirmation can do however that is not in which its up we have to call in our standards and thats true actually in battleground states like North Carolina iowa maine alaska West Virginia in places that we know some of the standards to be trust that much to uphold the nomination must continually push back call our senators activate our base thats whats really important to leave on this note its really really community protected because we know regardless of when the or we are who we are who we have to act each other and so always trust the community and definitely make sure always contactors and heard 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. 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