Guyana kenya libya madagascar mali mara tanya niger nigeria senegal somalia tanzania and tunisia and that more than 14 percent of u. S. Commandos deployed overseas in 2019 were sent to africa thats the largest percentage of any region in the world except for the greater middle east. All of this in the name of this supposed war on terror that was started almost 20 years ago 20 years and 3 president s ago that has no clear end in sight. And it appears that u. S. Africa command or africa for short hasnt exactly been the best of houseguests in these 22 african nations not only has violence spiked in africa since the us military came to its shores and thats according to one of the pentagons own actual studies but we can even treat the ceremonial podio what weve been treat the ceremonial photo op gifts we received from host nations with this respect as nick turse lays out military documents show that former africa cheap general thomas wall houser regularly put gifts he received from African Leaders into the trash. The tunisian peace tree a ceremonial sword from djibouti is defense chief a plaque from the tunisian armys chief of staff all thrown right into the gutter seems the u. S. Military is the cousin eddie of our National Lampoon of a Foreign Policy in africa which means i think its time to start watching the hawks. You want to go on a city street you want to. See this joyce state see. This great city this least systemic deception is the late show which. Some real. World are going to watching. Because you know me so when we look at i think 22. 00 countries out of the entire continent of africa were seeing u. S. Special forces deployed. Is the war on terror really so great that we need to be in 22 countries of africa because in my mind i think thats 22 too many my swift answer is absolutely not i am searching for justification because thats almost 2 dozen countries and the reality here is there honestly isnt a justification there isnt one that its being given and other than just pilfering away resources and trying to take advantage of africa in the way that the u. S. Has always done i dont see any other necessity for having that that much of a presence there it really does boggle the mind and i think the i think it all gets routed back to the war on terror at the end of the day is that we have we have essentially sent our troops all over the world under the guise of fighting the war on terror a war that like i said is about almost 20 years old and there is no how do you win terror and what do we have to show for it the biggest argument has always been that the war on terror was a farce to begin with but in addition to that weve been trying to fight in idiology militarily which we would never win and its pressure because the more we go down this path and weve seen it administration after administration there is no end in sight no and this is like a left right problem because look i mean at the end of the day you know africa arm ramped up during the obama mr. Trump has shown no signs of slowing it down i mean weve heard some rumbling on the hill earlier this spring of like oh we need to draw up or come back but then you then you had bipartisan senators come through your congressman come through and say no no no we need to prevent that and to me its like yes its a reflection of like when you really strip it away its a reflection of chinas there russia is there weve got to have a presence there but rather than coming in and Building Infrastructure and trying to you know help assist african nations it seems all we can do is drop bombs and cause violence and militarizing the developing world has never been a great idea to what you what you mentioned a moment ago we know that there are severe structural issues and things that we could actually assist in through funding models through mechanisms that help to provide more education theres so many Different Things and even helping them to amass more of their bible resources not meeting pilfering them off and selling them and collecting the money ourselves but making sure that it actually goes back to the people who live in the region i think that there is so much that we could be doing that would actually benefit them and were just not seen i want to bring in the member of the Coordinator Committee for the black alliance for peace mr netflow freeman has been a lot of time researching africa in in the in the continent of africa and he believes very strongly that we should be pulling out what is the real reason the United States military is so why are they so interested in africa why are you a sport a special forces now operating in 22 Different Countries there as recently as 2019. But man are i will have a little technical difficulties thanks to the lovely world of covert. Hopefully will be back with us and we can continue this conversation one of the things i also want to get into not just with with nothing but due to this report that came out of the intercept by mr turd by this reporter terse it below. My mind the were throwing away these gifts you know that when you look at these 2 documents and papers that was their freedom information act of says you know gift after dipped after dip was ended up trash no they got ahold of the intercept of those articles published and said well no its not just present but they didnt offer the intercept any proof to say what actually happened to these gifts is that just kind of the ultimate spit in the i mean you know we all know that like as a leader you know were doing these kind of things and the gifts and should treat them respectfully for the photo op and things like that but roman the trash when you get home it seems like there are so many other things you could do with that i think that it is a slap in the face its extremely disrespectful its also one of those things where i question how how what is what is the value that you have when you receive the gift and then you get rid of it in that manner because there is a lot of hoopla after gifts are received oftentimes and like you said theres the photo op sometimes theres a release theres a lot that comes along with that who as theyve just magically disappeared you know i mean i remember when my father was governor you know hed have to accept official gifts from what different groups of things are but i mean these are you know. These are the times leaders meeting with our leaders saying hey here is token of our esteem thank you for bringing even if they didnt want to share a secret and isnt that also part of a diplomatic strategy that the whole point is that youve done something that theyve been positive you guys are working together so now im going to give whatever this thing is to you that means something great to my nation what does it say when you are just willing to toss it away bad mojo bad mojo i havent heard he threw away gifts from current u. S. Senators including the u. S. Flag. You cant even. Get. You a secretary of state might pump ayos now floating the idea of imposing sanctions against following the states heavy handed response to opposition protest which authorities in belize now confirm has led to 2 deaths during an interview with Radio Free Europe pales to both sanctions and trade penalties were on the table as washingtons were. The crack he also suggested the u. S. Could haul Oil Shipments to the Eastern European nation its interesting because the last time the u. S. Scaled back penalties was 2015 after bellers president Alexander Lukashenko 3 a number of Political Prisoners there are to use donald quarter brings us the story. In bellerose having the title or daddy means youve got the most populist position in the entire post soviet sphere and for the recently reelected president Alexander Lukashenko hes held that position for decades. The lives of the russians have to hold on to look even in the most critical situation as a drowning man who catches the straw that you just took my racing to be 90 percent tomorrow will be with you like we all know it is not for you to decide for. Themselves i envy myself i am the last and only dictator in europe. Im not going to hold this position for a lifetime this soon as the people refuse my services ill take my bag under my arm and im god. Was on board the populist train before it was cool before politicians like steve bannon and donald trump probably even knew the meaning of the word one of his most recent populist stunts involved the dismissal of bell or agricultural minister after the ministers cows failed to gain approval but. Why did you bring me here so why now tell Security Service to put you in handcuffs if a person does not understand that this is auschwitz and you put him in charge of the holding who did not understand. Look i shant go as a man of inspections meetings with bureaucrats and reprimands of government officials when the cameras are watching of course this puts a smile on the faces of ordinary people who struggle daily with bureaucratic red tape its also the main reason why they call lucas shank obama for many baka is also a strong man who created an enclave of the soviet union within europe its been a popular stance for years but now look at those image is facing some big problems. Sure look i shant go claims he won the election it seems like the Security Forces are on his side and for a while he only faced small pockets of pro western opposition but based on the brutality used by the police to control the situation arrests made of journalists and the death of a protester it seems like the entire countrys view of the government is definitely turning sour. That its possible lucas shank those recent anti russia statements alley and made it his main base of support those who want closer cooperation with belarus is eastern neighbor we need to address the Russian Media reduce them not to say you know incidents if you would you need to get into the situation with dignity no gilsey good we have no goal to discredit the country clues to us arresting russian journalists didnt help the situation either. For the west hes always been europes last dictator even look at shankar himself said he knew people would dispute the Election Results whatever the case the bell arrest. The president will need to father more support if he wants to remain at the head of the table. All right im going to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand through the brand new portable t. V. Which is available on all platforms all platforms you have no excuse not to pick it up once again portable t. V. Good stuff definitely check it out all right coming up for the 1st time in history you miss eunice is providing aid to us children and then my friends are to america sports producer regina ham has the latest on the n. C. A. A. Versus kobe had 19 and how that is actually also affecting United States journalists who do not want to miss this so definitely my friends stay tuned. Join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and ill be speaking to guest of the world the olympics Small Business im show business ill see you then. And this is just not. Just one thing it was. My 1st question is ali. Before she. Was back to you guys a report summer solution series next that was daisy harbor and today were going to be talking about the pending sell money stop it seems self cost and stop lying. Joining us great quickly became a sort of keystone cost of. An entire village in alaska. If another country trying to wipe out an american town. We do everything in our power to protect the. Water they escaping the Climate Change is the same threat right now alaska seems some of the fuss just coastal erosion in the worlds last about 30 feet. 35 feet of ground in just about 3 months while we were measuring. Is fast paced the river is 30 closers how long. Was the earth or were part of a murder 1st from across. The river. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often spearing Dramatic Development only personally im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to Human Security everywhere famous words uttered by guy in diplomat former secretary general of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Prize winner. His powerful words continue to resonate across the globe the United NationsChildrens Fund or unicef is a special program of the u. N. Devoted to aiding National Efforts to improve Health Nutrition education and the general welfare of our children a huge undertaking. Especially in a world where the Child Poverty rates continue to explode and the coronavirus pandemic is only making things worse. But when most people think of unicef and Child Poverty they picture underdeveloped nations in south and Central America or even africa if you look to the developed world but in dimmick Child Poverty also exists in the richest nation on earth according to a report by the National Center for children in poverty 15000000 children in the us live in families with incomes below the poverty line and thats why unicef is launching its 1st ever aid program for u. S. Children the agency will be investing 1000000 dollars this year one of the mission is to help u. S. Cities become more child friendly cities like houston minneapolis and San Francisco where the 1st to commit to the program marylands Prince Georges County is said to be the next in line and if youre still wondering why unicef is investing in america look no further than us that usa is president and c. E. O. Michael minas for your answer. Quote children in our country dont fare as well as children in other wealthy countries around the world so we have a lot of work to do then you magnify the reality of that with the covert crisis and the issues of Racial Injustice and you say somethings wrong. Well a lot of something is wrong 40000000. 00 American Families receive food stamps and if it assistance just to provide a basic meal for their kids for america to even come close to the exceptionalism our leaders spouse state local and federal governments need to do more to support the nations most vital resource its children who are couldnt agree with you more blows my mind that i would live long enough to see you having to come to the u. S. And feed children here and i think it really shows what weve been seeing over the last few years were 2 words since covert start and what a lot of us have been kind of yelling from the whole top for a long time was there are Serious Problems with poverty in this country that nobody seems to want to really tackle for decades report after report i dont honestly know how much our nations leaders as well as state and local leaders need to see before they recognize that Child Poverty isnt just an informational that we see of children in india or children in the middle east its happening right here and many of those children are in our nations Public Schools my hometown of chicago for instance chicago Public Schools has over 60 percent of its young People Living below the poverty line these are students who qualify for free or reduced lunch these are students who had to have a meal since of them after you know covert hit and they were no longer in the classroom because there was no food in their homes so when we talk about this we also also have to take into consideration whats happening in the United States because our Child Poverty rate isnt getting any smaller despite a lot of the argument weve heard from President Trump prior to 1000 about how great our economy is and to be honest a lot of the a lot of information that america and American Media happens to project towards other nations that our country is so rich that our country is doing so well and. If you come from minority background you live in an Underprivileged Community youre an immigrant you know that that story is not the story that you your family or those neighborhood actually live at all and even those coming from Rural Communities i mean theres major food business so there you know. Going to help i mean theres a 1000000 dollars seems like a low number to me it doesnt think its extraordinarily low im also interested in why the cities got chosen that didnt and what that what their framework was but i do think we have to start somewhere because from what ive been researching what unicef is trying to do is to help to bolster state and local governments to actually not only Pay Attention to these issues but to also recognize that what poverty actually means for young people its not just about families not being able to pay their bills so thats extremely important what it also means is that students young people they lack the social skills they end up not being able to be a part of certain groups in many cases they are disadvantaged at levels in their education they dont have the Earl