Trump pardons and the United States hypocrisy on all things war crimes take a listen. Well he said he wants to give soldiers Going Forward a sense of confidence apparently confidence that they can shoot civilians that they can kill prisoners and these are the these are the crimes killing civilians without the use of a drone right if you if youre a president and you kill a bunch of civilians with a missile from a drone theres no prosecution but if you do it with a gun then very occasionally there is a prosecution and i think trump is stating quite clearly thats an acceptable parts of the war and in fact i would point out that its the majority of what these wars consist of civilians are the vast majority of the victims so that the problem is on the one hand that the higher ups and the vast majority of participants in these wars are not being prosecuted. But when a few people are trump is saying we wont have that we will have confidence that you can commit these sorts of atrocities with impunity Going Forward and that that truly is what would you hit me in the you know was. It was one of the things that hit me the most because i was looking at this thinking like i really like can we just like one person is convicted the other persons getting ready to face a child let the courts decide the other guy get demoted in rank you know clearly the system is working as best as it can because as you mentioned like we dont really have a good system when it comes to actually Holding People accountable for crimes committed during wars that we start you know interestingly mr axis of evil themselves david frum the former george w. Bush speechwriter wrote in the atlantic in regards to trumps pardons and apparently their own popularity within the military the quote war is horrible enough when honorably to join dishonor to horror is no big dream for any american cause david how much epoxy is on display when neo cons like from a neo liberals criticize trump for pardoning those convicted or punished for war crimes given their long history of championing leaders that commit them left and right here in this country. Well you got to pick your poison here do you want the people who pretend that wars can be fought honorably that there is some good humane way in which to slaughter men women children infants or do you want people like trump who openly say its to steal the oil we want to kill them its ok to kill prisoners its ok to shoot civilians. You know the only poll tensional Silver Lining of that outrageous behavior would be pushback from the public or from the congress or from the International Criminal court which by the way has dropped the ball on prosecuting u. S. Crimes in afghanistan as well. You know but trump has been sent the clear message from the u. S. Congress that this is ok remember he pardoned a sheriff down in arizona who put electric fencing around latino prisoners created what he called a concentration camp which by the way had a high death rate that was unexplained and he said thats ok ill go ahead and pardon him hes pardoned to see very similar war crimes in the past hes hes told Border Patrol go ahead and break laws to build this wall on the Mexican Border and all pardon you itll be fine and he hasnt been impeached and he hasnt been removed from office and now we have impeachment in the news and all these bizarre theories of why you should be impeached why you shouldnt this is why you should impeach because when you dont the president continues the same outrages understanding its acceptable and so does the next person and future people in that same office you know you talk about the i like theyre brought up accountability aspect of it and you know im moving forward and people being held accountable as we see you know next president to next person when no ones being held accountable it just keeps moving for one thing i want to ask you is about our history of you know what has been the United States history in general when it comes to holding its own soldiers or leaderboard leaders accountable for crimes committed during the wars that were fighting or the wars that were starting you know it seems like recently there hasnt been any accountability was there ever a. I am that we actually tried to hold soldiers leaders accountable for committing crimes in the field of battle. Will never sufficiently and never without hypocrisy awards themselves are crimes under the United Nations charter and under the kellogg briana act the initiators of the wars our committee the supremes International Crime in the words of the us prosecutor at nuremberg then the wars consist of numerous crimes and its been hit or miss there have been occasional prosecutions and people held accountable through a through a bizarrely broken Justice System that face prison terms on the answer to everything but by and large there has been immunity you know in famous cases like them eli massive curry you know that people were not held accountable people were let off easy because there was support for the war and you know theres theres a certain honesty there if youre going to support mass murder some point mass murder if youre gonna if youre gonna support torture support killing too but for for those who think who who still suffer under this notion that you can have an honorable war and you cant have a war without atrocities this is outrageous but its nothing new that is a really good point of view you make is that idea of it like somehow weve convinced ourselves of war as this light wonderful thing that you know happens on a saturday afternoon and the good guys where in the bad guys lose and everybody gets a medal and theres you know everyone comes home to parades when thats never the case with war i mean you and i have both seem out over and over again and i love the fact that you pointed out that this is a criminal enterprise by its very nature war is a crime what is the importance of holding our leaders and servicemen and women accountable for their actions especially when they are being the criminal at the end of the day. Well its deterrence its prevention of repetition and were there any. National criminal court for non africans you know a court that didnt prosecute 44. 00 people in all 44. 00 its been from africa but also held powerful western nations accountable it would make a tremendous difference to the world you wouldnt see the same wars launched next year that youve seen over the past 2 decades because they would be prosecutable you know this is this is the idea behind International Justice behind this was some pows italy the the idea of this being the emperor critical ever since at nuremberg that that everybodys going to be held accountable. Were not only gonna a dress war crimes were going to address the fact that war is a crime. Up till now it hasnt happened needs to happen its the only way were going to survive there but i want to say thank you so much for the great work that youre doing out there keep definitely everyone definitely keep track of your work its youre one of the few good voices out there calling for peace and a time when we desperately need it thank you so much sir. Thank you same to you. After years of the United States choking the economic freedoms of our run through the draconian draconian sanctions imposed by u. S. President donald trump the iranian government has reportedly raised gasoline prices by 50 percent this is sparked massive protests within the country and even forced the government to cut Internet Access with the within the middle eastern nation or to america. As war. And friday noun spent by the iranian government that fuel prices will be hiked by as much as 50 percent have sparked protests across the country that have already claimed the lives of at least 36. 00 people with that number growing by the hour now bill apparently driven by the price hike the on ramp seems to be also driven by white bread dismay or the ailing state over irans economy in which jobs are increasingly scars and savings are vapid rating amid inflation of more than 40 percent so now large number of protesters are taking to the streets in urban Centers Across the countries and videos posted online show motorists in the capital tehran stopping traffic on the highway and chanting for the police to support them but contrary to the videos were seeing come from inside of iran the government spokesman is saying that protests in iran are expected to come to an end and then next few days mall. Today the situation was called are more than 80 percent calmer yesterday there hasnt been any problem if you only some minor problems i mean by tomorrow on the day after the enjoy the no riots. And so Internet Access has been largely cut off across iran in an effort to control protests with Monitoring Service website and net blogs saying that there is a near total shutdown in the country but even with the internet and internet down were still seeing video spreading online that show clashes between Security Forces and protesters. And banks burning in several cities out some pictures appear to show police stations of flame in the Southern City of shiraz with reports of at least 100. 00 banks and dozens of buildings and cars being torched theres even a video of appearing on twitter like this one which shows a female protester pulling down a down with you as a poster now meanwhile the powerful revolutionary guards demand an end to the on rats which in recent years protests against the state of a condom we have been met with a heavy handed reaction by Security Forces so add their moment these protesters are bring renewed pressure on irans government as it struggles to overcome the u. S. Sanctions strangling the country after President Trump unilaterally withdrew america from terror rounds a nuclear deal with world powers and washington Asya Tavenner r. T. 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Through our lives in the 50 pound this bill frist would have been to have called the ability to put the payment on the. What i think is this is the funds that is a constant. Thought. There is a new twist in the ongoing war between the Us Government the Trump Administration and Asylum Seekers coming up from latin and south america according to the Washington Post as part of the new migration accord between the trumpet ministration and the Central American nation of guatemala Asylum Seekers rejected by the United States could be transported to a remote airport in the lowland jungles of guatemala the plan would have u. S. Immigration authorities deliver migrants to the towns airport which is used primarily by tourists visiting the mayan ruins at the col because who doesnt want to go to an ancient tourist attraction while trying to escape persecution rape and murder this news comes on the heels of a truly shocking statistic recently revealed by the Associated Press and frontline and a front line report that found the u. S. Held a record 69550 Migrant Children in detention facilities in just 2019 leading to major psychological and physical harm and lasting trauma. Thats up 42 percent from the year before that number i wonder do think of these do you think these traumatized kids will be excited to see the ancient mayan ruins when half of them get shipped off to the lowland jungles of guatemala if everything goes as planned right now. Joining me now to discuss these new plans and the Record Number of Migrant Children being detained in separated from their families is immigration attorney alan order thank you alan always a pleasure having you on so im sorry is this guatemalan agreement. It seems a tad kind of for lack of a better word half cocked it is the area they want to ship these Asylum Seekers even capable of sustaining you know the large amount of people in any kind of realistic way you know apparently there are small refugee area there that has 60 beds so thats not enough for the capacity in addition theres currently no direct flight so thats something the u. S. Also is going to work out so the u. S. And in addition to that the whole lay of this is that this is an agreement with the Current Administration theres a new president who will be coming to power in january who may in fact not agree to this even with the sanctions from the United States because its basically telling the people theyre going to be relocating people here and were not sure what were going to do with them wow wow you know and its interesting why is the guatemalan Syria Ministry so good new administration coming in general but why is this minister and the theyre going to pushing this plan so hard in washington because the way that the storys all read its like hes the one kind of pushing this i mean even the Washington Post notes that u. S. Research officials have responded to begin his proposal with an ease which shocks me in this administration because pataki lacks the facilities as you said and the personnel to handle were tourneys who may need to resettle why otherwise guatemala pushing for this all money equals power and the trumpet ministration has said we will cut you off if you dont fix this problem for us so what we want you to make sure that youre processing the people who come to your country 1st so even if they make it to our port of entry have a valid claim were going to threaten them back to you even. You have the capabilities your country doesnt have the infrastructure because the reasons why theyre not returning them to the main city is because the drugs in the problems are in those areas and these wouldnt be just folks who are these the folks would have to travel through guatemalan the 1st place to get there is another some talk about that whichever country they travel through than they do by the way that i land so thats an interesting thing that once again this is a social class issue and its only addressing people who are poor enough to have to walk or travel by train through South Central america up to north america so anyone else if you want to fly and get a ticket youre fine otherwise were going to send you back here and hopefully youll be able to work it out in this remote area i dont even know what the physical infrastructure that there is theyre playing to sort of build up a town or to i dont know a Pleasant Hill or something to sort of construct something where these people can sort of reintegrate themselves but these also are not people from that culture and the ones again you are going to be clashing people together who are in very dire straits saying heres a limited amount of resources fight it out so maybe its more like hunger games. What are there any other countries that are kind of you mentioned you know money equals powers are there any other countries in latin america or south america are saying like well make this deal all of them are all everybody sort of stepping to really thats part of the concern that we have with mexico sort of saying this agreement we have that mexico is actually a better situation most mexicans are going back because the conditions there a better economy going better many u. S. Companies are opening up there and going abroad which its been the issue right if you could make things here we should but this whole close out both that we have on tariffs and that we have on workers sort of keep us from being able to produce things in this country and thats the problem in this. It really hurt me when i saw that headline the just shy of 70000 Migrant Children were detained in the u. S. And thats just 2990 when finished with 2000. Why is that number so high just be alarming to anyone if we consider the amount of numbers that they have people who are actually appearing at the border every day. Right so when we say detained that doesnt mean that theyre there now currently i mean they just went through the system so basically either the trumpet ministration is just a cycle of grieving you metering you and then sending you back to wait for 2 to 3 months for your hearing or if youre already here earlier on they were separating people in there so people that are still here in those different separation situations or there are people who are naturally been resettled who are in these resettlement camps who are waiting to sort of get their right sort of established but at the same time those things are going on in the backdrop to hear oh my god the number of children which should be alarming and the fact that there are