I do prefer the older format of the program but am willing to get used to the new format. Few suggestions: in number of shows, such as one of the future of the US dollar as a the sole global currency, Afghanistan, you brought in participants majority of which supported U.S centric view point. Most of us read the British and U.S media. We come to RT to learn what the Russians think and less what U.S, neocons such as Mark Brzezinski think. I would not mine the inclusion of neocons on Crosstalk but where are the voices of Latin America, Africa and Asia? Russia Today, CrossTalk included, seem to focus singularly on the United States. If this continue, I will have little reason to visit RT website. I come to visit this site to know about Russia and Russians. I would like to see more Russian academics and policy analysts be included in future Crosstalk programs. It is important to that RT reflects on the West but we also need to know about Russia and Russian points of view of key issues.
I would be good if Crosstalk would interview FBI whistleblower Sidel Edmonds and her revelations some of which can be publicly verified of US lead support for terrorism in Eurasia (Chechnya, Central Asian stans and Xinjing China).
They should clarify why the first war happened in the first place because the situation there got so bad and the leader ship was trying to create a military style dictatorship under his control resulting
If independence was their real motive then why did they do everything after the first war to destabilize the entire region and expand their international network creating links and fighting along side the Taliban and running camps in Afghanistan, Northern Iraq, connections to the KLA, camps in Bosnia, etc.
It is absolutely clear when we have real info that what there real objective is and that they were preparing and training on mass for a second war.
The only good info I got that was not pro-Chechen is from a handful of western commenter’s including Peter Lavelle's in his old Untimely Thoughts website before joining RT and Robert Bruce Ware and especially former CIA counter-terror agent in Russia from 94-2000 Paul Murphy who is the only person to cover it full time on his website Russian Eurasia Terror Watch which has daily updates of events and his excellent book Wolves of Islam and what Russia has to contend with.
I agree Russia has completely failed on this topic.
To understand the situation in the Caucasus you have to understand the real situation of what western governments were doing in the Balkans during the 90’s which RT seems to take the western perspective.
It could highlight the fact that it is essentially a proxy CIA/MI6/Saudi/Turkish war who want to use Chechnya as a base to destabilize the region so the US can control Caspian oil basin and pump more oil and gas into Europe (read Brezinski's "The Grand Chessboard") from the very beginning secretly financing and training Chechen militants in 92 in Bosnian and Turkey. And there is several high profile instances were they can prove they have links to international terrorism and foreign intelligence like September the 11th who were all originally recruited to fight in Chechnya there was a court case in Turkey that proved that Turkey was training some of the September the 11th hijackers to fight in Chechnya but were blocked from entering Georgia.
Also Morocco and Madrid, Turkish bombing, UN bombing, etc all have connections to Chechnya in fact all the major high profile terrorist attacks do.
Or counter the negative propaganda like impossibly high death toll which is the exact same numbers presented to us during the Bosnian and Balkans wars that has been debunked The 2002 Census and immigration numbers to foreign countries as well as Chechens killed fighting US and British forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Always good to see new debate show from Peter! On your show on subject of "Russia's sphere of influence": really wished that you would reply on Aeriel's bringing up of Chechnya's "fight for independence',which become a truly misinformed stereotype in the west,(thnx to ppl like him) that Chechnya got DE_FACT O its independence in 1996. (!!!!) It is an extremely important element of "Aggressive Russia!!" Image in the west. I do advise to promote this fact and story of Chechen independence and Today's Republic inside RF more.
Interesting that you get Mark Brzezinski saying "we are all in this together" when the dollar is in trouble. I agree with that statement at face value, but so much was left out. When US dollar was in much better shape, we liked to think we could "go it alone" and act unilaterally. Now that we are in trouble, we suddenly discover how useful friends can be! It sounds like what the bankers had been crying last year, when they were begging for handouts. Now that they have finished paying bonuses to all their officers with that government money, they want the government to leave them alone.
Well "CrossTalk" has finally been launched. All of us at the program welcome your feedback. What do you like? What should be changed? Please let us know.
17 November, 2009, 14:33
Peter Lavelle
I do prefer the older format of the program but am willing to get used to the new format. Few suggestions: in number of shows, such as one of the future of the US dollar as a the sole global currency, Afghanistan, you brought in participants majority of which supported U.S centric view point. Most of us read the British and U.S media. We come to RT to learn what the Russians think and less what U.S, neocons such as Mark Brzezinski think. I would not mine the inclusion of neocons on Crosstalk but where are the voices of Latin America, Africa and Asia? Russia Today, CrossTalk included, seem to focus singularly on the United States. If this continue, I will have little reason to visit RT website. I come to visit this site to know about Russia and Russians. I would like to see more Russian academics and policy analysts be included in future Crosstalk programs. It is important to that RT reflects on the West but we also need to know about Russia and Russian points of view of key issues.
07 November, 2009, 14:22
I would be good if Crosstalk would interview FBI whistleblower Sidel Edmonds and her revelations some of which can be publicly verified of US lead support for terrorism in Eurasia (Chechnya, Central Asian stans and Xinjing China).
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/15/551916/-Sibel-Edmonds-Case:-The-Central-Asia-Islamization-Cocktail:-Mosques,-Madrassas,-HeroinTerrorism
31 October, 2009, 06:29
Again I think the show would go smother of there was 2 guests instead of 3 where they have more time to express there opinion in the given time slot.
29 October, 2009, 00:01
Nice show. I like it.
21 October, 2009, 22:20
They should clarify why the first war happened in the first place because the situation there got so bad and the leader ship was trying to create a military style dictatorship under his control resulting
If independence was their real motive then why did they do everything after the first war to destabilize the entire region and expand their international network creating links and fighting along side the Taliban and running camps in Afghanistan, Northern Iraq, connections to the KLA, camps in Bosnia, etc.
It is absolutely clear when we have real info that what there real objective is and that they were preparing and training on mass for a second war.
The only good info I got that was not pro-Chechen is from a handful of western commenter’s including Peter Lavelle's in his old Untimely Thoughts website before joining RT and Robert Bruce Ware and especially former CIA counter-terror agent in Russia from 94-2000 Paul Murphy who is the only person to cover it full time on his website Russian Eurasia Terror Watch which has daily updates of events and his excellent book Wolves of Islam and what Russia has to contend with.
21 October, 2009, 22:19
@Max
I agree Russia has completely failed on this topic.
To understand the situation in the Caucasus you have to understand the real situation of what western governments were doing in the Balkans during the 90’s which RT seems to take the western perspective.
It could highlight the fact that it is essentially a proxy CIA/MI6/Saudi/Turkish war who want to use Chechnya as a base to destabilize the region so the US can control Caspian oil basin and pump more oil and gas into Europe (read Brezinski's "The Grand Chessboard") from the very beginning secretly financing and training Chechen militants in 92 in Bosnian and Turkey.
And there is several high profile instances were they can prove they have links to international terrorism and foreign intelligence like September the 11th who were all originally recruited to fight in Chechnya there was a court case in Turkey that proved that Turkey was training some of the September the 11th hijackers to fight in Chechnya but were blocked from entering Georgia.
Also Morocco and Madrid, Turkish bombing, UN bombing, etc all have connections to Chechnya in fact all the major high profile terrorist attacks do.
Or counter the negative propaganda like impossibly high death toll which is the exact same numbers presented to us during the Bosnian and Balkans wars that has been debunked The 2002 Census and immigration numbers to foreign countries as well as Chechens killed fighting US and British forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
18 October, 2009, 00:01
Always good to see new debate show from Peter!
On your show on subject of "Russia's sphere of influence": really wished that you would reply on Aeriel's bringing up of Chechnya's "fight for independence',which become a truly misinformed stereotype in the west,(thnx to ppl like him) that Chechnya got DE_FACT O its independence in 1996. (!!!!)
It is an extremely important element of "Aggressive Russia!!" Image in the west. I do advise to promote this fact and story of Chechen independence and Today's Republic inside RF more.
17 October, 2009, 03:43
Interesting that you get Mark Brzezinski saying "we are all in this together" when the dollar is in trouble. I agree with that statement at face value, but so much was left out. When US dollar was in much better shape, we liked to think we could "go it alone" and act unilaterally. Now that we are in trouble, we suddenly discover how useful friends can be! It sounds like what the bankers had been crying last year, when they were begging for handouts. Now that they have finished paying bonuses to all their officers with that government money, they want the government to leave them alone.
14 October, 2009, 16:39
Greetings to RT viewers!
Well "CrossTalk" has finally been launched. All of us at the program welcome your feedback. What do you like? What should be changed? Please let us know.
best regards,
Peter Lavelle - anchor of CrossTalk.
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