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On what station you look at you could be looking at a very different country and im looking at like fox versus like c. N. N. Very different views of the world its getting to a critical point it didnt happen in two thousand and seventeen i think its going to happen in two thousand and eighteen what your major takeaway picture so in two thousand and seventeen is dictated by a russia syria and their allies against terrorist organizations that period for years against isis aghast and mostly against other others and this is really a game changer not just for syria but for the middle east as a whole but i dont think its over yet two thousand and over again by the severity very major step and its a major setback for the United States and their allies mark if you take away from the viewpoint of. Living in russia the Russian Media and perhaps the media the left in the us this is been a year under siege a year of. Constantly having to battle back Neil Mccarthy narrative that not only intends to
In the year that was im joined by my guest mark sloboda hes an International Affairs and security analyst we also have he is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have dmitri bob it is a political analyst with Sputnik International or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated before we go to our our viewers questions id like each one of you maybe i will start here to kind of sum up some of the most important things that happened in the last twelve months and i think im going to kind of end the year in kind of a dramatic note i think we face in the United States a constitutional crisis its really very much coming to a head we have a congress that is not answering demands. And we have Good Department of justice and the f. B. I. There are not answering demands from congress we see an outright media war depending on what station you look at you could be looking at a very diff
A leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have dimitri bob which is a political analyst with Sputnik International all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate before we go to war our viewers questions id like each one of you maybe i will start here to kind of sum up some of the most important things that happened in the last twelve months and i think im going to kind of end the year in kind of a dramatic note i think we face in the United States a constitutional crisis its really very much coming to a head we have a congress that is not answering demands. And we have Good Department of justice and the f. B. I. There are not answering demands from congress we see an outright media war depending on what station you look at you could be looking at a very different country and im looking at like fox versus like c. N. N. Very different views of the world its getting to a critical point it didnt happen in t
The viewpoint of. Living in russia the Russian Media and perhaps the media the left in the us this has been a year under siege a year of constantly having to battle back a neo mccarthyite narrative that not only intends to target trump but intends to silence voices of opposition with the left media syria as well its far from over but at least regime change is off the table but we have a whole new middle east destabilisation with truck playing games in the clearing jerusalem to really get it over with our viewers questions i think two thousand and seventeen was a year a year or inconclusive to the crisis i think in syria ok the the u. K. And france dropped for the moment the demand. To go but the states remains there so the war is not over yet unfortunately but the crisis is over you know it seems to me in. And on that before we go to the questions it seems to be a crisis of leadership i mean as i was going to the studio here we have. Been flip flopping again on a sign i mean we go back