By their great to have you with us this is. The u. S. And the taliban are poised to sign a peace deal which may bring washingtons longest war to an end the deal is expected to be to go on saturday or in the coming days the u. S. Initially portrayed as a major success. For president ial terms and his killer more than looks back at the years of war. Back in 2003 u. S. Officials were telling a story of success when it came to afghanistan listen to Donald Rumsfeld were at a point where we clearly have moved from major combat to a period of stability and to blues asian and reconstruction activities the bulk of this country today is permissive and secure it is clear that that is the case by virtue of the fact that we see people returning to their country from all across the globe in large numbers but 17 years and 4 president ial terms later one of the great powers of military history is about to sign a peace deal with the taliban warlords theyve been fighting all this time and the peace treaty looks an awful lot like outright surrender so 1st we have to be realistic and proud of our gains but our generals have determined that this war is unlikely to be won militarily with tremendous Additional Resources all sides are tired of fighting for the past years youve heard nothing but reports of progress u. S. Officials were saying a happy song and also replacing one another were making progress right now an array of areas that are critical to our combined success with afghanistan but progress is real and importantly that progress is sustainable make no mistake the progress there i think is very roles myself and mistake and its very substantial 2016 has been significant year for afghanistan and progress has been made but this was all just hype documents reveal interviews with people that were actually on the ground and the material ironically labeled lesson werent seems to present a narrative of the u. S. Defeat in afghanistan the operation is described as a self looking Ice Cream Cone u. S. Officials giving reports of progress were telling bold faced lie the problem is there is a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to law there is an old. Her of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity and who bruce the original plan was to defeat alqaeda in afghanistan and overthrow the taliban that was sheltering al qaeda all of that was arguably achieved but then washington moved on to the nation building phase at a cost of billions of dollars and at that point it starts to look like no one had a clue what they were doing would trying to do here we didnt have the new would ruin the taking there is a fundamental gap in distancing of the front and over the stated objectives and grew lines in the military and the lack of understanding of the resources necessary and then the drone started flying many instances of success were recorded on that front but in many instances things also went terribly wrong. Somewhere along the way it seems like some folks have just had enough in the coming months all announce the next phase of our drawdown and by the end of next year americas war in afghanistan will be over needless to say it was not over a trillion dollars spent and over 4000. 00 u. S. Military personnel and contractors killed and at this point the taliban still controls a little less than half of the country and under the new peace deal the taliban will be part of the new government theyll be in the government just like they were you know before the us invasion back in the eightys i was in charge of. Military affairs for the middle east back when i could have gone over i could have i could have rented a motor scooter and i could have. In all over the middle east in relative safety you dont do that today i dont think you can identify any particular thing that we have done where we can say this is a real achievement this is really brought about a change for the better in some way and they talk about you know its so difficult to get out and all of that. The best way to get out is to leave. They anticipated deal follows a weeklong reduction in violence agreement between the 2 sides this succeeded in reducing hostilities however afghans view the expected peace deal both with skepticism and hope. Hope this peace deal will be permanent not like before the wish this peace deal of been signed 10 years ago thousands of our people were killed many more wounded disabled and also many women were widowed. Girls of liver were happy about the u. S. Dollar bill and peace agreements but i wish the species deal had been signed when the u. S. Came to ghana stern but now it is also not to wait we called the taliban to stop the conflict they want the us to leave our country as soon as possible. Push out into the us whatever she will be happy if the deal brings peace but i wish this peace deal had been signed 10 years ago because back then most of our brothers and sisters hadnt lost part of their bodies and they were well i myself lost my leg in a bomb explosion. And now were gone both the and the conflict so that we. Can live in peace we were born in war and were drawn wants to be fused by the war. The u. S. Invasion of afghanistan was launched in response to the tragic 911. 00 events it was aimed at defeating al qaeda and toppling the taliban which harbored the terrorists but 18 years on and its the longest war in u. S. History 1st the campaign was victorious within a month the taliban are carded theyve been mostly defeated in the country and the Afghan Interim Administration was established however it took 10 years to kill al qaeda is founder and leader washington still has thousands of troops deployed in afghanistan which account for half of all International Troops the task of preventing terror we spoke to a 911 survivor who says that the war could and should have ended years ago. Well mixed feeling number one because as a survivor of the. I mean when we when theyre looking for some of you know. The taliban was basically they were supporting alqaeda both at the same time you know we killed Osama Bin Laden many years ago we should have been having this occupation for so long as a survivor i didnt need these actually we didnt have remember when we were going to war we went to places we werent you know gary stern and then we went to iraq and iraq didnt have anything to do with 911 and they try to hold us the idea that the iraqi people we walk with that we was doing so out of this scene way of what were doing right here in afghanistan we wont be here with their main purpose that main purpose was a change of attitude viber i won the award to win and not only because of the people that we lost one of the people that were killed in the process because there were many civilians that were killed in afghanistan do we know our occupation of that contrie. Over to the u. S. State of montana where a total of 4 City Council Officials have now us the Prosecutors Office to drop charges against the whistleblower Brandon Bryant he lifted the lid on civilian killings in us overseas Drone Operations the air force veteran has been charged with threatening city officials in a you tube video and is currently in detention over the past few months hes attended multiple City Council Meetings criticizing the way tax monies being used brendons mother though claims that his incarceration is politically motivated shes lost the campaign in the hope of raising 100000. 00 for his bail. My son was the us your 1st this little over who broke the code of silence on the joint program now hes in jail in the. Vicinity he has no criminal record and yet he is held on 100000. 00 bail under detention hes isolated from this family. Friends in the media. Am. Brandon bryant served as a u. S. Air force drone operator from 2006 until 2011 how he left the military he began exposing cases of what he alleged to be civilian deaths resulting from american drone strikes broad claim commanders off to prioritize the elimination of a target over accuracy resulting in innocent people being killed in the process is revelations when he made german whistleblower award in 2015 and also intensified debate over the use of german spy American Drones brandon described his experience to us back in 2015. Actually talked with the way the whose husband. Was killed he was has been in brother was killed in a drone strike or talked to or face to face and she asked me why her husband and brother had to die and they werent bad guys and i just looked over most of them i dont know and thats not really the best thing that i can tell someone who is asking questions about why someone that they cared about was killed and they need to know the answers and the really true hard answer to say is that im sorry that. The mistake happened and im doing everything that i can prevent further mistakes from happening. Authorities say bryant was arrested on a felony charge after he had allegedly exhibited threatening behavior during City Council Meetings and on top of that he threatened to eliminate its members in a you tube video however a former f. B. I. Agent a whistleblower Coleen Rowley sprotts current predicament is connected to his past revelations. This does seem to be more retaliation for his having spoken out about the Drone Operations and the fact that they were killing innocent civilians more so than what hes now done typically with the whistleblower they look back in your personnel files 1st to see if theres anything bad that they can use to discredit the messenger and if they cant find anything bad bad in someones background or personnel file then they wait for the whistleblower to you know make a small error or a mistake and the draw was so it will force are in a fragile emotional state already as you can see with all the veterans they suffer from p. T. S. D. And we know from many other cases retaliate ing and persecuting was of lors that that seems to be the standard of the government is in perpetual war and so the war goes on for ever that means that even if you speak out even years ago and if specially if you continue to speak out about the wrongful actions in the war crimes its going to continue this is not to negate the fact that brandon certainly he erred if he made any threatening remarks or comments he certainly should be corrected and he should receive more treatment but i dont think he should be punished the way hes being punished. Researches that americas a mighty university have found a reporting to irregularities during the bolivian election didnt provide sufficient evidence allegations of Election Fraud sponsored mass protests which led to president obama all this quitting report was made by the organization of american states that look to the bolivian general Election Results in november when there was a break in voting and it appeared to him or others was significantly in front of his rival they have report found irregularities and claimed the Election Results were not accurate or the mit researchers Jack Williams and. Explained what made them doubt the findings. We. Wanted to specifically look at the portion where they claim that there is significant difference in the results following the interruption and then also in the last 5 percent of results of the unofficial vote count. During this process me and my colleagues were unable to find evidence that the were you did hear results are out there and. Having an effect on the World Without any medical logical or even like even just that they used to produce the results that they created we find it extremely difficult to naturally find the breaks that they found and used for their results so really we would really appreciate if the oas would share their. Both their methodology and then also if they could share what they used to produce this report that had such a large effect following the release of the oas report some Media Outlets spoke of Election Fraud like it was a proven fact and audit indicated there was a clear manipulation in the countrys elections last month accusations of irregularities in last months president ial election was raised of americans put out a report saying that. They felt that. The whole city was actually. Williams again believes the media and opposition use the oas report for their own means. The statistical claim was the one that was able to be tied to the results and to claim the results that were being presented were illegitimate and thats what the Opposition Party and the media has also used to justify the people knew that there was problems with the oas research but maybe didnt have the Technical Expertise to would center for Economic Policy research had released a report prior but had not gain much traction among especially the media so i think that they really wanted someone to evaluate this and take it seriously. So i called it another death this week. Internet killjoys and the spouts of outrage. Diary what a reek of distressing stories theres new evidence suggesting that back in the seventys buddy was a loony rate front. Of disappointment on his visit to India Donald Trump managed to vote but he must take up every single engine that came his way and alexandra because there cortez were 500. 00 sequined dress during the day but the thing that really got my anxiety levels peaking was this tweet to be so. That someone somewhere is enjoying the shoe joyousness of these people who seem to hold these pilots. Should be kept as far away from cultural power as possible joylessness is this a joke this is a classic case of conservative Debbie Downer is waning on our parade theres so literally no evidence to support it. Yes ok the university of arizona is basically begging students to run each other out effect being aggressive progress of triggering insensitive well. I know some would say that fosters an environment of power noir censorship and soul sucking depression but i just dont see it and yes a school in seattle said easter egg should be renamed spring spheres a spring spirit hunt count me in my past you think its got a real fun ring to it. But youre going completely out of. It isnt funny. Im sure i did read about how now its not ok to expect people to turn up sometime because in some cultures time is a fluid concept who knew i just hope the people who signed up for this lesson and witness can dock in time to get the most out of it also they could have the days. To tell them to rob it seems not to walk up such a sweat and. Then they also slightly killing the bible while fashionistas a comping down on a hoop earrings no longer for white people apparently so gone at this Catherine Tate as we saw into the long hair in the gentle worship and the way. Ok not the best news for me argent approaches out bad because Oxford University did cancel clapping so why are people making such a big deal about it there are notes of all the ways to show your appreciation like. Jazz hands supraphon but wait on the culture appropriation. Weve got a problem. A new study has found the minorities is twice as visible on u. K. Television screens as britain strings that story a more in the few moments. The republicans have a reputation as knowing a little more about money than the democrats but the democrats are always very confusing and so Bernie Sanders is just out of a tradition hes talking about socialism which again is a its a its a model based on a in comprehensible. Non existent theory about money. For your rockies now they should really have a much better 17 years could we could have a much more prosperous iraq a stable iraq yes as their. Mistakes happen absolutely could americans have made things better by far they Couldve Shouldve have made both of those. Not take away from the fact that they have now stood up to romney dictator who was a bloodthirsty participated in the murder and killing of hundreds of thousands of iraqis and millions of more of the iran than the invasion of kuwait and saudi. A new report a new case found that minority groups are being overrepresented in the media black asian and other ethnic minorities have twice the presence on t. V. Than they actually have on the streets of britain the same also applies to the l. G. B. Community channel 4 c. E. O. Claims its main goal is to reflect modern diversity in its output or the b. B. C. Says that they are pleased to represent minorities on screen adding that more needs to be done offscreen of the critics say its gone too far. Grobe our endeavors characters to reflect demographics or wont provide ganda you know what else is overrepresented on t. V. The hate for white people thats even worse there are 4 characters here well to have to be nonwhites and one must be gary the country isnt 50 percent non whites and a quarter get. But the issue for debate with new copies of a columnist Andrew Walker and human rights activist Peter Tatchell. This highlights the ludicrous idea of having quotas for everything i genuinely believe that in Television Like in all the rest of life you should have the best people for the job but you know what if youre going to have quotas that when the white middle class heterosexual bad represents it then youve got to throw somebody else out but we dont have a quota system in british t. V. There are attempts and have been successful attempts according to these statistics to redress the marginalization exclusion and collect past decades and i think thats a great thing to celebrate because it does show that we are a more accepting understanding Inclusive Society this is about normalizing the fact that we live in a Diverse Society this is not about diversity it ought not to be about diversity what it should be about is the best person for the job television is bad to tell humans so you pick the