The two thousand and one two thousand and three authorization of the use of military force for iraq against al qaeda which is still being used by the United States to justify its presence in military conflicts all of the so when this is a justification for endless wars thinking they say that they have the authorization you just move the goalpost as it were and say this is what covers it ok i suppose it will fly to yemen in somalia and only those who are getting it is ok so i mean you know it. Its already a justification and it doesnt matter the circumstances that was done once and it applies the entire region to how this never get to that obama is the person that ramped up the u. S. Presence in syria and so the justification was to fight al qaeda then obama comes and he supports an alqaeda isis springs up out of out of al qaeda and now trumpet his generals and i want to say trump i would say the generals are going to show their you know. You know where im going there now using it as an
Welcome to the weekly here on r t where we wrap up the top stories from the past week ill bring you the latest developments as well thanks for tuning in. Militants in the Eastern District of syria are indiscriminately shelling the capital damascus according to Russias Defense Ministry thats despite the United Nations voting on saturday to implement a cease fire our war correspondent my dad was here in the studio earlier with the details Russian Conciliation Center Monitoring Center in syria says that over the last twenty four hours rebels in the east launched no less than thirty one shells into damascus and i know what that looks like every time weve stayed in the mosques every time weve been in damascus we have shells landing all over the capital all over the masks because east ghouta is the last rebel stronghold in the vicinity of the capital the last stranglehold you know lou the rez revolutions because all other on claves around the capital have been. Retaken by the Syrian Governme
Some real news im joined by my guest mark sloboda hes an International Affairs and security analyst we also have alex chris so far hes the director and writer for the duran dot com and we have Dmitri Bobbitt shes a political analyst with Sputnik International rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it mark lets first go to this authorization for the use of military force the pentagon says. It doesnt need any kind of authorization because the authorization that the u. S. Government gave to the military to intervene in iraq still holds though isis didnt exist in two thousand and three. Under International Law this is just a blatant violation there is no there is no United Nations Security Council resolution the country involved syria has not requested for help and on top of it you you have. A military presence in a country where you possibly could go into a military coup. With another mate a nato country turkey and of course its a face down wit
Exist in two thousand and three. Under International Law this is just a blatant there is no there is no United Nations Security Council resolution the country involved syria has not requested for help and on top of that you you have. A military presence in a country where you possibly could go into a military conflict with another mate a nato country turkey and of course its a face down with russia is this authorization issue hortons or not of course its important first of all there of course there is no u. N. Security council authorization for the u. S. To be in syria there is there in defiance of the syrian u. N. Recognized Syrian Government that wants them to leave that there is obvious there partitioning the country but what has the u. S. Ever cared about International Law so that doesnt even appear in the u. S. Media if you never hear about it right but we get to the issue that is also still barely covered which is. Is the u. S. Legality of the war in syria of the war on syria and
Are you confused by washington syria policy rest assured youre not alone trump says one thing while his generals do otherwise also brinkmanship with north korea is it working in one movie in the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem is still a bad idea. Fifty years ago britain and within to come together as a sleeping pill. Does this is what i mean those are two of those is. The side effects were terrible but not all known as shown in dogs one for. The wall then boom boom up across europe victims are starting legal battles demanding at least some compensation. In two ways first will the physical damage itself as well with the concert in mind that the people who actually perpetrated this crime has never been able to justice and theres been a couple of. Minutes. Now. Russia prepares humanitarian corridors to help civilians leave the syrian enclave of eastern but its not clear if rebel and terrorist groups there will let anyone go. The u. N. Security Council Unanimously adopted a resolution to exten