Find precedents for them the war has spread so much radiation here that unless it is cleaned up generations of iraqis will continue to be affected but if you think the problems of the u. S. Military bases are confined to the far away corners of the world think again stars and stripes is now writing that the Government Accountability office has warned that here in the United States more than 100 military installations are vulnerable to water shortage risks due to Climate Change issues and theyre saying just those bases like site 51 in nevada now this is affecting bases ranging from a Naval Air Station in key west all the way to the Joint Base Lewis Mcchord in washington state. So with the reach of the us empire quite literally turning toxic i think its time for us to start watching our next. Story. That i got. Going on the watching ox i am Tyrone Ventura joining me today is investigating journalist the creator of truth and media one always a pleasure but. You know other problems that were seeing on these this is a fascinating bit of you know empire gone wild in my opinion are the problems were seeing ultimately examples of the u. S. Military empire being stretched too thin using these wrong munitions the i mean were seeing now deformities in these kids in iraq its heartbreaking it is heartbreaking its but when maybe one of the worst things about the ongoing war on terror right which is that beyond the millions of people who have died the destruction of countries around the world which have generational impacts in addition to that we are now seeing the generational impacts of these munitions that you were talking about depleted uranium used in them this that is in them which is eventually causes horrific and very serious birth defects and what so unbelievably sad about this. Is that beyond the actual suffering that these children are going through is the fact that our military and our government wont even recognize it discuss it talk about it or accept that this is a reality of again the ongoing consequence of these wars it and thats a great point that you bring up because they they dont discuss it i mean you you you have to twist arms just to get them to talk about the after effect. The burden pits in iraq are caused on veterans who have come back and the amount of neurological damage and other strange diseases there and lets just talk can we just mention something about it because the burn pits are important for viewers who dont understand this so the u. S. Military when theyre in these locations have these pits where they burn chemicals and they burn all kinds of. Toxic items theyre thrown into this and the inhalation from those burn pits causes not only birth defects as well and serious issues but chronic issues in u. S. Soldiers as well so you know one thing that rarely gets talked about anymore is something called gulf war syndrome right to go back to the 1991 gulf war the original one right 250000 veterans who served in the gulf war of the 600 and i think what Something Like 697000 who served have gulf war syndrome now when you say go for syndrome that even sounds like a p. T. S. D. Kind of thing its not these are physical defects these are chronic headaches and migraines and then again the birth defects that can come from that as well so going back to the original go for we still have veterans who are suffering from that and you know those numbers pale in comparison to the number of veterans who will suffer as a result of these wars that were in right now its true and thats the thing that you know when i read these stories about you know you have kids being born you know iraqi children being born with these birth defects just 10 kilometers or you know and under away from these bases the thing with them immediately springs into my mind having known about gulf war syndrome and the issue of the burn pits is are we now going to see us soldiers who served in these areas now come home and suddenly this rise in birth defects i mean is that a real issue that we have to see i think it is a real issue as i mentioned because we seen this with the gulf war now we havent seen the same kind of issues in terms of birth defects as as were seeing with the issues the soldiers themselves care of the veterans themselves are carrying severe issues in terms of what they come back with but the children who are in iraq right now this next generation. Iraqis were talking about thousands who have not only the birth defects as a result of the uranium but then would pass that along to their children very possibly as well so again its a multigenerational and this is whats so frustrating i think when you cover the war on terror is the fact that everything is viewed in the mainstream you know kind of viewpoint as being the right now and whats next and very little looks at heres the consequence of what were doing you know veteran suicides we talk about it quite a bit right its a major issue just as the Health Care Issues were talking about trillions with a t. Trillions of dollars in health care that have to go to the u. S. Veterans who have served in these wars and were not even slowing down there is no appetite in washington to say lets slow down and recognize the consequence of this for generations to come its hard enough just to get washington to recognize the consequences of the 1st responders of 911. 00 let alone the blood let alone the constant but Health Consequences thats happened to the veterans over the years because they dont theyre very quick to always parade the veterans out and maybe theyll give them a little bill here and there just to kind of say hey look at how great we are but theres not any real long lasting real hard core look at what the issues are because you dont make money off right you cant make money off the veterans and what theyre going through but you do make money off continuing to build weapons continue to send those weapons and no interesting but its also the general Accountability Office as i mentioned is claiming that the effects of Climate Change are now directly affecting the Water Supplies here at the bases here in the United States and their domestic installations is that one of those things that we could suddenly see like oh oh now here at home were being affected because everyone likes to wave the military flag when were on the campaign trail could that actually kind of backdoor politicians and the putting up some infrastructure to fight Climate Change even regardless of whos responsible for right you know what i was going to decent but do you really think thats going to have it i mean of course not i dont talk about that but he had asked me do you think its a good question right now is there an appetite that i dont think there is here heres whats amazing to be. So i come from the desert grew up in el paso which has actually the physically Largest Military installation in the entire country and you tell us which is fort bliss and White Sands Missile range all of that kind of combined together whats fascinating is that fort bliss has seen a humongous influx of soldiers over the last 10 years but what they did to prep for that because el paso doesnt have water right its a right its in the when does it just doesnt have it there were some incredible facilities that were built at the time that allowed for basically detoxifying water and repurpose in water right they built this enormous plant to do this and this was you know many 30 years ago that this was 1st designed put together and and if you go through the list of u. S. Military bases right now that have water shortages fort bliss is not on that list interest it should be of all these different places it should be and its not so i think more so then just recognizing that ok theres theres a lot of water in these places because the u. S. Military uses massive amounts of water is how do we use technology in a smart way to resolve not just around military installations but in general how do we how do we fix the problems of water shortages for the populations because it shouldnt just be fixed with a military installation no because theres always people who live around that know exactly what nestle pump and how much water out of the tributaries of the great lakes and everybody looking to you know abuse fresh water and even even the waste that we see in our Waste Systems in this country of the waste of fresh water this is a major issue and all that anyone is really paying attention to is how valuable freshwater is going to be in the coming future and again this isnt about the debate of whether or not who what creates Climate Change and that we see that somethings happening so we need to react to when there is a very quiet process is taking place because the next great wars will be water war yes they absolutely will be a lot of people dont know this but the Israeli Government goes around the world buying up water reserves in countries all over the world including countries in latin and south america like in chile the you know the Israeli Government owns water reserves there so. What you know were going to see in the future are wars over water its the most important resource and it is becoming more and more scarce next to air and water and air is probably neck and neck or for the most of the order i think it would be somewhat but always a pleasure because of what they can without regard to. Geoffrey dobb student creepy uncle the one percent is back in the headlines again yes a new lawsuit filed this week by 9 different users against is the state claims that up steves sexual abuse of children began as early as 1985 targeting victims as young as 13 years old or to emerge as rachel bloodworms has been following the story old the here is her report. The estate of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been hit with yet another lawsuit and this one alleges that his abuse of young girls started nearly 35 years ago the last day was filed by 9 women who were identified as jane doe one through 9 and they say they were between the ages of 13 and 23 when they were sexually abused by epstein and his associates at least 6 of the women claimed they were raped by epstein and the timeline of the abuse dates back as far as 1985 and last up until 2007 the lawsuit claims epstein abused young girls in just about every location where he owned property including his homes in manhattan and palm beach his massive ranch in new mexico and of course his infamous island in the u. S. Virgin islands now this lawsuit is also notable because it is one of the 1st and which we have seen epstein accused of targeting much younger girls past victims of said they were 16 or 17 and epstein led them in with a promise of careers and modeling their dance but the latest lawsuit claims the victims were as young as 13 and 14 meaning they were children and were still in middle school now these women join more than a dozen who have filed lawsuits against epsteins a state which is estimated to be worth more than 577000000. 00 abstain curiously signed a new will just 2 days before his death. In which he moved his assets and who were trust creating concerns that it would be exempt from lawsuits filed by the woman he had used then last month executors of epsteins estate asked a judge in the u. S. Virgin islands to establish a voluntary Restitution Fund to compensate his victims however many of these women have said that it is not just about the money they want to see the Close Friends and associates of epstein who enabled and joined in on his abuse actually face consequences but we have yet to see any arrests tied to the lawsuits that have been filed by epsteins victims and his Close Friends like sean looper now and going maxwell have seemingly disappeared leaving many to hope that the onslaught of lawsuits will of bench really make a difference for watching the hawks Rachel Blevins archie. All right as we go to break or quarters dont forget to let us know what you think of the topics weve covered on our social media be sure to check out watching the hawks the podcast is now available on spotify up of years ago and everywhere you go see your favorite or well not so great for progress coming up we delve into the latest news surrounding a new travel ban being levied on the president of venezuela because of the doro by the United States and 14 other countries in that american hemisphere a black alliance for peace is now freeman joins us to discuss these 2 to watch. The European Unions tendency to believe that. It represents europe has long been a major gripe for russia but as the e. U. Experiences significant internal difficulties it is studied to reassess what it is and what it stands for what does that process mean for the countries sharing the continent with. My feeling with this world its what now is were so confused and fearful and the certain generation thats controlling all the Politics Around the world still when that generation dies off and children that are brought out of the smooth movie are less materialistic dont really care about these things dont even more automobiles want to live by the side job want to ride a bicycle this movement its global and its going the world is going to has to go this direction and its going to change. In the special case somebody who can benefit a citizen of the middle. But doesnt get us a little bit also if. You talk to home dont think in russia think was over for get it. Through a couple of pressure we have them all still some of the muscle so that is. Russia methods eligibility for the International Competition says that state list includes events like the Tokyo Olympics and the fifa world cup in qatar if i am in the early as last. Year when you can one of those just as it was 4 years ago in moscow antidoping plavix at the center of the scandal so who tampered with the doping samples database and one does greegor you want to give have to do with it and you know shes stupid but as we start to pull zameen you know. About the little spokesmen that used to push on the issues you will ship by to expose me emotion thats a little too little so the bullshit in usenet. All right welcome back my friends lets move on now to the nation of venezuela where the United States and its allies are continuing to make life as difficult as pos. For Nicolas Maduro and his government yes the u. S. And the Trump Administration still have not given up on their dreams of regime change in the south American Country whose socialist policies of long been a thorn in the u. S. Corporate interests in that region reuters reporting the 15 countries who are part of the interim american treaty of reciprocal assistance or t. R. Agreed on tuesday to ban 29. 00 venezuelans including the Oil Producing countries president Nicolas Maduro and his close allies from traveling within their borders as part of diplomatic efforts to push him to step down t. R. By the way is an accord between these members of the organization of american states that promises a mutual defense among them but while there were bans being dropped on venezuelan political officials bans were being lifted in the name of baseball is reuters is also reporting that the u. S. Treasury department has created an exemption from its venezuela related sanctions allowing for transactions with the countrys local Baseball League this moved out paves the way for players under contract with the u. S. Major League Baseball teams or their Minor League Affiliates to participate in the Venezuelan League known as the l b b p so baseball good socialism bad and all the venezuelans are trapped in between joining us now to discuss is a coordinating Committee Member of the black alliance for peace not for freeman knepper always a pleasure having you on sir thank you so do you recently returned from venezuela what do you think the effect of this travel battle will be for those 25 as whalen is affected by it and the president Nicolas Maduro so again is going to its going to. Increase the isolation of the country and people tend to look at these bans on individuals as not so harmful as is something you know this only targeting people who are guilty of something but they really meant to impede the ability of country to create deals and to do Different Things and i mean people just need to be able. Travel in order to make to work things in this global interconnected world so its going to actually have some tough implications along with that deal that they made along with this. This agreement was also that if any of these people can be extradited those officials could be extradited if they happen to be one of these countries that is greece to or somewhere else that agrees to this this this thing i think its important for us to understand whats happening in these countries there and its important also to look at the countries who are doing it brazil colombia. Argentina and and so these are countries that are in the right word shift they are you know and so now with the United States is doing is up in the ante against trying to assert its interest in the region its a solidification of what we call the black alliance for peace the pen european nato e. U. Axis of domination and so its not just in like in the opening its not just the governments socialist policies it is that largely but