“America Exists Today to Make War”: Lawrence Wilkerson on Endless War & American Empire

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4 жыл бұрын

Retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff from 2002 to 2005, says the escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran today is a continuation of two decades of U.S. policy disasters in the Middle East, starting with the 2003 run-up to war with Iraq under the Bush administration. “America exists today to make war. How else do we interpret 19 straight years of war and no end in sight? It’s part of who we are. It’s part of what the American Empire is,” says Wilkerson. “We are going to cheat and steal to do whatever it is we have to do to continue this war complex. That’s the truth of it. And that’s the agony of it.”
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@angelou2812
@angelou2812 4 жыл бұрын
One of the best most honest interviews ever by an insider Well done Amy
@gettingoffthecouchnow
@gettingoffthecouchnow 4 жыл бұрын
angelou2812 I agree 100%
@cloudlounger6903
@cloudlounger6903 4 жыл бұрын
This organization really kicks ass. I respect the hell out of Amy!!
@rexo10able
@rexo10able 4 жыл бұрын
@Von Staufenberg I do appreciate your comment, but who are 'they'? Who is the actual power behind all this? A secret government? The rich elite? Could you mention names, perhaps?
@ongoinglife
@ongoinglife 4 жыл бұрын
America has been at war for 222 years out of the last 239... The Majority of US Foreign Wars are actually based on LIES, False Flag and Propaganda. "War is a Racket !" - USMC general Smedley Butler
@miguelpazos2334
@miguelpazos2334 4 жыл бұрын
Arms manufacturers need wars just like coat manufacturers need winters.
@evelynbonner3908
@evelynbonner3908 4 жыл бұрын
A very honest interview with someone who obviously knows the truth. Great job, Amy. Thank you!
@JadenJahci
@JadenJahci 4 жыл бұрын
If you like this,you'll love the book called "Dick & Jane". Kind Regards, Your Cell Phoe Bill
@rickbenjamin6134
@rickbenjamin6134 Ай бұрын
Just another episode of "The Amy Presents Crap and please send money show"! This is a BS anti-Israel propaganda channel. No objective reporting of news found here. The only objective I've noticed here is to report anti-Israel propaganda. Every story is meant to demonize Israel, period. I would think that the UN reporting that it received inflated casualty stats regarding the number of civilian Palestinians that have lost their lives s war would actually have been good news, albeit embarrassing to the supplier of the incorrect stats [Hamas provided the figures]. Please comment and correct me if I'm wrong but I never saw this reported on this channel. Additionally, I would think that the BBC also admitting it had overstated the number of Palestinian civilian deaths in this war would have been news, in fact good news for Palestinians, but again, I saw no mention of this by this channel. The internet can be a powerful tool for incitement and incitement leads to increased death and misery for both Palestinians and Israelis as well as young impressionable "students" on both sides of the fence. Supporting this channel is supporting violence and terror. And Amy, the talking head for this crap channel is also a piece of work.
@jossiesh7649
@jossiesh7649 6 ай бұрын
Thank you, Mr Wilkerson, for spreading the truth.
@kdeezo326
@kdeezo326 4 жыл бұрын
When Pompeo said, on national TV, “We lie, we cheat, we steal...” that confirmed it for me.
@bigfellaoo7
@bigfellaoo7 4 жыл бұрын
I already knew they were corrupt bastards
@markearl7172
@markearl7172 4 жыл бұрын
Pimpei
@sonofaman6295
@sonofaman6295 4 жыл бұрын
I knew before he openly said it. Catch up buddy..
@zahidabukhari9973
@zahidabukhari9973 4 жыл бұрын
Me too
@sonofaman6295
@sonofaman6295 4 жыл бұрын
Its also the foudation, maintenance, and continuation of america. And kill and its complete.
@nardusellis655
@nardusellis655 4 жыл бұрын
Nice to listen to somebody that is truthful and honest.
@hitreset0291
@hitreset0291 4 жыл бұрын
True. True. Dodgey Donny will probably now order his assassination.
@tomtesoro7994
@tomtesoro7994 4 жыл бұрын
NOW IF ONLY THE MSM followed suit!
@user-lb8vw9el4d
@user-lb8vw9el4d 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Thank You! I Agree, it is extremely refreshing to finally hear the TRUTH for once, even if it is only ONCE! It's a start.
@paulconnelly4050
@paulconnelly4050 4 жыл бұрын
Nardus Ellis Is he the modern day equivalent of General Smedley Butler?
@rickbenjamin6134
@rickbenjamin6134 Ай бұрын
LOL..."truthful and honest"...not a kernel of truth or honesty in this Israel hater. War is hell and those that bring war to their constituents are the ones responsible for bringing death and misery to their own people. The Palestinians have chosen war with rockets, arson kites, rape, torture, hostage taking, cars ramming bus stops and incessant whining and propaganda for the past 80 years.
@Hoireabard
@Hoireabard 4 жыл бұрын
It’s good to see someone in Washington speaking the truth frankly. Thank you Colonel Wilkerson!
@tomtesoro7994
@tomtesoro7994 4 жыл бұрын
ANSWER THIS! WHY THEN, DO NOT THE US CITIZENS understand this ( making WAR) and change their government encase i.e. where 70-80% VOTE THGEM ALL OUT!
@Austarsmodel
@Austarsmodel 4 жыл бұрын
These nice people are the future hope for the US
@tomtesoro7994
@tomtesoro7994 4 жыл бұрын
@@Austarsmodel 'These nice people' will be effectively 'deleted' from our MSM and any collective communications.. by the elites. THEY will never ever be seen or heard again other than a tiny niche audience! ( until the majority FINALLY 'GET IT' and ACT!)
@goosesteppa7642
@goosesteppa7642 4 жыл бұрын
A Colonel that could be trusted not to rule the world...
@AdilMouhammed-zf1br
@AdilMouhammed-zf1br 4 жыл бұрын
The Retired Colonel has providing very objective explanations to US imperialist adventures. This is why no one can see him on CNN, NBC, FOX, CBS, ABC, and the like. Those are paid by the Industrial Military Complex and all suport US wars.
@chinhau8702
@chinhau8702 4 жыл бұрын
War: American way of life Cannot live without war
@HamidRHariri
@HamidRHariri 4 жыл бұрын
This man is telling the truth. There seems to be no end to these wars.
@HamidRHariri
@HamidRHariri 4 жыл бұрын
@Supergirl WinnerFG huh?
@shiitakestick
@shiitakestick 4 жыл бұрын
and the planet.
@DoratTheKiller
@DoratTheKiller 4 жыл бұрын
@Supergirl WinnerFG What's your point? You wrote a paragraph that meant nothing basically
@Plurb1
@Plurb1 4 жыл бұрын
Nor will there be as long as the middle east provides Opium and Heroin! And the CIA is there with the Generals and Corporate Defense Subs to make a Killin!
@antiwar8859
@antiwar8859 4 жыл бұрын
Soon usa will not afford to run their military. They're broke!
@ayasharahla1205
@ayasharahla1205 4 жыл бұрын
Well DAMN, Wilkerson actually said it.
@polferiferus1938
@polferiferus1938 4 жыл бұрын
He’s been saying it for a while now. Watch his many interviews on The Real News.
@peterj.andros3996
@peterj.andros3996 4 жыл бұрын
MANY INFORMED MILITARY AND POLITICAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING THE SAME THINGS FOR YEARS. THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS ALIVE AND THRIVING. KUDOS TO WILKERSON BUT WHAT'S HE DOING TO HELP PUT A STOP TO THE CRIMINALS IN WASHINGTON?
@tomtesoro7994
@tomtesoro7994 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing HOW THE 'TRUTH' NOW in there world is almost a 'SHOCK' WHEN WE HEAR IT! The world's peoples are so used to being LIED TO BY THEIR Governments and their MSM that LIES have become the world's 'main game' in economics and politics! The 'FUSE' has been LIT though and soon, very soon, the 'explosion will be hear very loudly indeed. and the majority.. will also heat it!
@JadenJahci
@JadenJahci 4 жыл бұрын
Is it in your best interest to pay your cell phone bill? Y? Sincerely, Midnight Marauder
@JadenJahci
@JadenJahci 4 жыл бұрын
@@polferiferus1938 "say say say" -Paul McCartney
@bigmac8333
@bigmac8333 4 жыл бұрын
This interview is one of the best
@AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt
@AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt 4 жыл бұрын
Really? You need to get out more.
@hermenutic
@hermenutic 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Wilkerson knows how these things work. These are terribly troubling times.
@SpiritFist
@SpiritFist 4 жыл бұрын
Because Wilkerson is one of the best
@goosesteppa7642
@goosesteppa7642 4 жыл бұрын
The Colonel need to be a General.
@JadenJahci
@JadenJahci 4 жыл бұрын
Why do you pay your cell phone bill?
@lydiabell6218
@lydiabell6218 4 жыл бұрын
I agree with the Colonel. Let's not forget the Korean War, and about 15 years later, the Vietnam War. What good did the latter accomplish other than over 50,000 dead and countless wounded, crippled and mentally damaged veterans.
@markearl7172
@markearl7172 4 жыл бұрын
Not to forgot what the us did after with the agent orange evil beyond words or the napalm in Korea you make nazi germany look socialist
@zahidabukhari9973
@zahidabukhari9973 4 жыл бұрын
You only mention the veterans but not their victims. How many millions murdered?
@zahidabukhari9973
@zahidabukhari9973 4 жыл бұрын
US army is army of transgressors along side their government
@shiitakestick
@shiitakestick 4 жыл бұрын
American people ended the Vietnam war ..
@zahidabukhari9973
@zahidabukhari9973 4 жыл бұрын
@@shiitakestick Yes but the wars continue. Where are American people now. They need to stand up and stop these atrocities US is committing around the globe. They have become desensitized by the media and government
@kdeezo326
@kdeezo326 4 жыл бұрын
Wish we could get this type of honesty and integrity on mainstream news.
@eleanormattice3598
@eleanormattice3598 4 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with Mr. Wilkerson. What have we become? A lawless nation?
@one4320
@one4320 4 жыл бұрын
This didn't just happen a few days ago. Go back many decades and you'll see USA flouting international law for greed and power, causing the deaths of millions and abject misery for even more.
@ongoinglife
@ongoinglife 4 жыл бұрын
America has been at war for 222 years out of the last 239... The Majority of US Foreign Wars are actually based on LIES, False Flag and Propaganda. "War is a Racket !" - USMC general Smedley Butler
@scotthullinger9955
@scotthullinger9955 4 жыл бұрын
@Prometheus - Let's keep in mind that it was only some particular Americans, meaning Leftists, who were destroying national monuments a few years ago, wreaking havoc from sea to shining sea, destroying whatever they felt like destroying.
@scotthullinger9955
@scotthullinger9955 4 жыл бұрын
@Prometheus - Ah, yes. When all else fails, just blame Jews. I suppose that makes it easier, huh? Says this Christian.
@scotthullinger9955
@scotthullinger9955 4 жыл бұрын
@ - What has failed? In the deepest sense? Not trivial nothingness. Tell me what's not particularly "exceptional" about the USA. And then compare the same things to the rest of the world.
@dw7312
@dw7312 4 жыл бұрын
I’m starting to realize why the Middle East is in shambles...
@boeingdriver29
@boeingdriver29 4 жыл бұрын
D W you’re a little late to the party, but better late then never.
@miguelpazos2334
@miguelpazos2334 4 жыл бұрын
Arms manufacturers need wars just like coat manufacturers need winters.
@ursamagickmt672
@ursamagickmt672 4 жыл бұрын
Like Randi Rhodes (who interviewed Wilkerson during the Cheney Administration) always says "In chaos they can steal".
@goosesteppa7642
@goosesteppa7642 4 жыл бұрын
Did you really think the goverments are good guys. Why is anyone voting for these wackos. We have to be poor, so they can buy guns to invade.
@bobs182
@bobs182 4 жыл бұрын
Oil, Jerusalem, and the Suez Canal.
@ChristGodinyouItrust
@ChristGodinyouItrust 4 жыл бұрын
The leadership in Iran is far more rational than we are." Thank you:)
@ChristGodinyouItrust
@ChristGodinyouItrust 4 жыл бұрын
@Danny Mathis :)
@Incountry
@Incountry 4 жыл бұрын
Danny Mathis What’s so funny that made you LMAO....?
@ouronlyhome2462
@ouronlyhome2462 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for telling the truth and the American people appreciate your effort.
@beesplaining1882
@beesplaining1882 4 жыл бұрын
"The leadership in Tehran is far more rational than the leadership in Washington", Lawrence Wilkerson. That says it all!
@rickbenjamin6134
@rickbenjamin6134 Ай бұрын
he's a fool. Iran seeks hegemony in the region and control of its resources and has no compunction about Muslims killing other Muslims. They support Arab Muslims that kill other Arab Muslims e.g. in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Hamas vs the PA.....Islam is just the excuse for their animosity against Israel. The real motivation hiding beneath those robes and turbans is gaining hegemony of the region. Been that way long before Islam was invented in 600 AD. [footnote: as they are the puppet masters of the Arab proxies, they have now become the puppet of Russia]
@vincentlattuca3763
@vincentlattuca3763 4 жыл бұрын
Should have mentioned how we destroyed Libya
@Batman-wv5ng
@Batman-wv5ng 4 жыл бұрын
vincent lattuca Not only Libya so,so many other country’s .
@rosman2635
@rosman2635 4 жыл бұрын
Yes along with the puppet regimes in Europe
@januszkowalski5345
@januszkowalski5345 4 жыл бұрын
Yes. but in that case he should have had to disclose what happened to Libya's gold (s. 150 tons if I am not mistaken) and Qaddafi's personal and family assets worths billions of dollars in banks under US control ?
@francosoliman103
@francosoliman103 4 жыл бұрын
Not enough Americans watch Democracy Now.
@rogerbaker9324
@rogerbaker9324 4 жыл бұрын
Democracy Now is a gate keeper if you know what I mean. I operates within certain limits and is not allowed to discuss or allow real leftist or social or communists to appear or to express views on the program--mainline demos and repubs with a few exceptions like the colonel who is trying to reign in the crazies.
@Plurb1
@Plurb1 4 жыл бұрын
@Jorge Tomasz you so Racist!
@Zimimski
@Zimimski Ай бұрын
They are usa disfunctional fuckheads
@arashahad8733
@arashahad8733 4 жыл бұрын
USA to Iraq: we gave you democracy Iraq to USA: we have democratically voted to send your troops back to USA USA to Iraq: This is not what we meant US Government = State of Hypocrisy
@abdazizsharif474
@abdazizsharif474 4 жыл бұрын
At a cost of millions of lives n million barrels of oil ?
@miguelpazos2334
@miguelpazos2334 4 жыл бұрын
Arms manufacturers need wars just like coat manufacturers need winters.
@matthewkopp2391
@matthewkopp2391 4 жыл бұрын
Miguel Pazos The US government can change the industry and make them at least non-shareholder organizations or non-profit organizations.
@Quinceps
@Quinceps 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but a normal winter in a coat is less likely to kill you than a war where those bullets or heads are shot at you.
@miguelpazos2334
@miguelpazos2334 4 жыл бұрын
@@matthewkopp2391 Why would they want to? President Eisenhower was the one who warned us against the Military-Industrial Complex. The government is in on it.
@matthewkopp2391
@matthewkopp2391 4 жыл бұрын
Miguel Pazos They would not want to. But the government can legally via eminent domain take over the industry and re-establish it. There would obviously be incredible resistance doing so, worse than insurance companies resistance.
@billrodriguez255
@billrodriguez255 4 жыл бұрын
@@miguelpazos2334 And to make this warning more compelling: Eisenhower was an Army General whom graduated from West Point. He knew what he was talking about.
@peterhamilton8242
@peterhamilton8242 4 жыл бұрын
Wow. This interview is an eye opener. We should have more people like him in Congress
@hakunamatata887
@hakunamatata887 4 жыл бұрын
Or people like him as America president
@leratopelesa5260
@leratopelesa5260 4 жыл бұрын
That will never happen especially when coperates have too much power
@tsmalls249
@tsmalls249 4 жыл бұрын
They are not hard to come by in the military. Congresspeople or presidents who never sacrifice for this country know too little to be committing our precious young men and women to their death.
@hommerecorder7003
@hommerecorder7003 4 жыл бұрын
@Finn Hansen lzuerst . liebe grüsse aus der schweiz. und genau darum auf ihre aussage braucht es eine christliche amerikanische gebetsarmee, die diesen wahnsinn im vertrauen zum Herrgott bringt, um vergebung bittet, der amerikanischen befölkerung die augen öffnet, und so einen turn around herbeiführen kann
@emilyherman4483
@emilyherman4483 4 жыл бұрын
I wish more people would watch this video
@Charles-hy6gp
@Charles-hy6gp 3 жыл бұрын
the People protested against Vietnam War and Iraq War, guess what? i didn't work out well The true is that a lot of USA POTUS are imperialists, from James Monroe to William McKinley to Dwight Eisenhower to Barack Obama wherever they served US citizens or the top 1% Simon Bolivar knew well the true face of USA
@ronr.53400
@ronr.53400 3 жыл бұрын
SHARE IT
@ranger1496
@ranger1496 4 жыл бұрын
Dwight Eisenhower warned us about this in 1950s
@Charles-hy6gp
@Charles-hy6gp 3 жыл бұрын
didn´t Eisenhower overthrowed Iranian government in the 1953?
@drdanleydna4658
@drdanleydna4658 4 жыл бұрын
“Mankind must put an end to war - or war will put an end to mankind.” ✍🏼 John F. Kennedy🇺🇸🗣 [Address before the United Nations, September 25 1961]
@GG-hu9dn
@GG-hu9dn 4 жыл бұрын
and the "warmongers" put an end to, Kennady!
@antediluvianatheist5262
@antediluvianatheist5262 4 жыл бұрын
@wang bang Other people can be warmongers too.
@staatsfeindlich9939
@staatsfeindlich9939 4 жыл бұрын
Said the warmongering Cold War Warrior. JFK was no hero.
@mwmann
@mwmann 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah stupid, and he got us involved in Vietnam and then attempted to invade Cuba.
@ongoinglife
@ongoinglife 4 жыл бұрын
America has been at war for 222 years out of the last 239... The Majority of US Foreign Wars are actually based on LIES, False Flag and Propaganda. "War is a Racket !" - USMC general Smedley Butler
@kevingretzinger7695
@kevingretzinger7695 4 жыл бұрын
This video deserves global coverage....
@henrygeorge6388
@henrygeorge6388 4 жыл бұрын
GOD ALMIGHTY Richly bless Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson ...for awesomely awesome analysis...of what The United States of America.. is doing around the world....Thank you SIR....Again Remain blessed Amen and Amen....
@jimroeder662
@jimroeder662 4 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't somebody say what seems obvious to me, namely that our war machine didn't want the Iranian general talking peace with Saudi Arabia?
@evasartorius9528
@evasartorius9528 4 жыл бұрын
This guy is the best. Thankfully he has the courage and the creditability to say it.
@herahagstoz6934
@herahagstoz6934 4 жыл бұрын
So glad that Colonel Wilkerson has the courage to speak the truth. Sanity for the rest of us rests on the shoulders of the most unlikely people.
@Austarsmodel
@Austarsmodel 4 жыл бұрын
Blessing him, things he said good for the US people, not the s hit politicians
@JadenJahci
@JadenJahci 4 жыл бұрын
Why do you pay your cell phone bill?
@ronr.53400
@ronr.53400 3 жыл бұрын
yes, good view points, sane analysis and brief details of content
@micmica1827
@micmica1827 4 жыл бұрын
Someone liked your comment: "The only way to get educated and know the truth, is to stop listening to what the corporate media says and start listening and promoting Democracy Now
@rickbenjamin6134
@rickbenjamin6134 Ай бұрын
Just another episode of "The Amy Presents Crap and please send money show"! This is a BS anti-Israel propaganda channel. No objective reporting of news found here. The only objective I've noticed here is to report anti-Israel propaganda. Every story is meant to demonize Israel, period. I would think that the UN reporting that it received inflated casualty stats regarding the number of civilian Palestinians that have lost their lives s war would actually have been good news, albeit embarrassing to the supplier of the incorrect stats [Hamas provided the figures]. Please comment and correct me if I'm wrong but I never saw this reported on this channel. Additionally, I would think that the BBC also admitting it had overstated the number of Palestinian civilian deaths in this war would have been news, in fact good news for Palestinians, but again, I saw no mention of this by this channel. The internet can be a powerful tool for incitement and incitement leads to increased death and misery for both Palestinians and Israelis as well as young impressionable "students" on both sides of the fence. Supporting this channel is supporting violence and terror. And Amy, the talking head for this crap channel is also a piece of work.
@geinikan1kan
@geinikan1kan 4 жыл бұрын
Wilkerson should really have his own channel. I enjoy listening to his interviews. He gets to the meat, and spits it out.
@kaleflower2319
@kaleflower2319 4 жыл бұрын
Finally, someone tells the truth thank you, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson.
@dr.nakrah90
@dr.nakrah90 4 жыл бұрын
U are just very cheap to be deceived. He killed thousands in Iraq, now become a saint.
@futureinventor
@futureinventor 4 жыл бұрын
He also kind of condone the official narative of 9/11. Hot potatos Only mentioned in passing. Please act when you recognice something worth doing.
@royalspin
@royalspin 4 жыл бұрын
He seems to have a convenient memory of the history of this country, all the atrocities committed and especially under his watch . If he believed so strongly about that our people had been set up and duped and that the MIC was dangerous to freedom ,why didn't he say or do anything at that time ?
@theresevanvleet869
@theresevanvleet869 4 жыл бұрын
Soulimani had diplomatic immunity.... puts all of our diplomats at risk.
@ursamagickmt672
@ursamagickmt672 4 жыл бұрын
@Ruka Pacyfista It's always "US"
@serazulislam5336
@serazulislam5336 4 жыл бұрын
Trump is an idiot but Bush was the animal
@bobs182
@bobs182 4 жыл бұрын
Iran has promised to get even and said the attack on the base was a slap on the face until they can do something equivalent.
@KitaBelle23
@KitaBelle23 4 жыл бұрын
that is the intention of the white house, cause they are trying to start a war so put your citizens in the line of fire and then blame the iranians...
@scotthullinger9955
@scotthullinger9955 4 жыл бұрын
@@bobs182 - I surely "wish them luck." (But they won't succeed, thank God.)
@petergreen2552
@petergreen2552 4 жыл бұрын
In all its time since the declaration of independence,the USA has had less than 30 years where it wasn't at war with some nation. The last president not to involve the US in conflict was Jimmy Carter.
@annapurna391
@annapurna391 4 жыл бұрын
And he's busy making solar plants to help the planet.
@alimalani9905
@alimalani9905 Ай бұрын
😮😮
@mirce26
@mirce26 4 жыл бұрын
GOD bless you brother for speaking the truth !!!
@adrianobulla7875
@adrianobulla7875 4 жыл бұрын
I am European, but you good people of the State's really need to take back your country and make it what it was meant to be. From an outsider's point of view, I can see how the whole World is waking up and the U.S. as it is is pleasing no one apart from criminal corporations and their puppets. It's a hard task, I know, but you really have to stop this monster.
@robertrichard6107
@robertrichard6107 4 жыл бұрын
You guys got to stop the NATO-Bilderbergers thing, and help Iran. The U.S. must stop London and Israel.
@l.berisha3176
@l.berisha3176 4 жыл бұрын
Adriano Bulla @ It’s way to late for that. That train has left the station. Unless of course people are ready for civil unrest witch American people have no guts for !!
@corners3755
@corners3755 4 жыл бұрын
why do you think so many americans are wary of having their guns taken away by the biggest maker of high tech modern military hardware this earth has ever seen?
@monikapadilla3949
@monikapadilla3949 4 жыл бұрын
Adriano Bulla We the People .. Native Americans want all European war hunger criminals and their families to go back where they come from!!!
@monikapadilla3949
@monikapadilla3949 4 жыл бұрын
Php&mysql ineasysteps soldiers are to blame too... for fighting wars and killing innocents for a paycheck!!!
@grmpEqweer
@grmpEqweer 4 жыл бұрын
The Iranians are far more rational than Washington....😬 Edited: yeah, that isn't surprising.
@ronr.53400
@ronr.53400 3 жыл бұрын
the iranian people tolerate more ... discipline, conform
@beyourselfrespecteveryone201
@beyourselfrespecteveryone201 4 жыл бұрын
Even some Honestly and truth telling set you free.
@bryonbooth656
@bryonbooth656 4 жыл бұрын
Can't agree more with this interview true in every sense of the word....America has a lot to answer for.
@ronr.53400
@ronr.53400 3 жыл бұрын
damnnn 😔
@headwyvern11
@headwyvern11 4 жыл бұрын
Eisenhower warned us, we didn't listen...
@billykobilca6321
@billykobilca6321 4 жыл бұрын
The mic has become a corporate welfare job's program quickly... now we're stuck with it as a manufacturing aspect of our economy... we're stuck with it as a political round devilish snake eating it own tail.
@ongoinglife
@ongoinglife 4 жыл бұрын
America has been at war for 222 years out of the last 239... The Majority of US Foreign Wars are actually based on LIES, False Flag and Propaganda. "War is a Racket !" - USMC general Smedley Butler
@headwyvern11
@headwyvern11 4 жыл бұрын
The more of us who know this, the more likely things are to change for the better brothers
@robertrichard6107
@robertrichard6107 4 жыл бұрын
Ike was just covering his ass because he knew he built way too many weapons. But, that was mostly Trumans fault.
@robertrichard6107
@robertrichard6107 4 жыл бұрын
@Elliott Bethea BEWARE THE MILITARY CONGRESSIONAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. Congressional part was taken out of the speech.
@johangoike9720
@johangoike9720 4 жыл бұрын
Democracy Now, World class News program, Thank you all for such good interviews. Nice to listen to experience from history 👍
@aishahsamsudin4653
@aishahsamsudin4653 4 жыл бұрын
That why the whistleblower are rare...
@markhatfield8809
@markhatfield8809 4 жыл бұрын
Colonel, Thank for your service, well said, sir.
@nickknott6521
@nickknott6521 4 жыл бұрын
Mr L Wilkerson is a Giant oF a Man a True Patriot oF The U,S, A, 🤝😇
@eshqa
@eshqa 4 жыл бұрын
Lawrence Wilkerson 👌👏👏👏
@AdilMouhammed-zf1br
@AdilMouhammed-zf1br 4 жыл бұрын
Pompeo said: we lie, we loot, we cheat. These are the basic characters of US imperialism.
@scotthullinger9955
@scotthullinger9955 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, right. Show me a video of Pompeo saying that.
@AdilMouhammed-zf1br
@AdilMouhammed-zf1br 4 жыл бұрын
@@scotthullinger9955 Ex-CIA director Pompeo: 'We lied, we cheated, we stole'. Check this. He was very happy when said and very proud. He said this what they were teaching us.
@GamingKeenBeaner
@GamingKeenBeaner 4 жыл бұрын
@@scotthullinger9955 Stop being lazy and look it up. The video is easy to find
@scotthullinger9955
@scotthullinger9955 4 жыл бұрын
@@GamingKeenBeaner - Yeah, a five second video clip which does not include the entire content of the conversation, all out of context. What's that suppose to prove?
@GamingKeenBeaner
@GamingKeenBeaner 4 жыл бұрын
@@scotthullinger9955 Its quite the 5 second clip. Are you claiming he didn't say what he quite clearly said? What else was that supposed to mean?
@myjacks1932
@myjacks1932 4 жыл бұрын
wow, amazing, thank you ma'am for bring Mr. Wilkerson, very enlighting show.
@MariaGarcia-uf5zq
@MariaGarcia-uf5zq 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir for your service and leadership!!! Semper FI
@maryhyson9783
@maryhyson9783 4 жыл бұрын
The people want peace, now and forever. We are part of this one planet, and we are all human beings.
@johnedward3404
@johnedward3404 4 жыл бұрын
CHECK OUT THE BAHA'I FAITH THE PROPHET CALLS FOR WORLD PEACE AND FOR ALL RELIGIONS TO REALIZE THEY ARE FROM THE SAME GOD
@teemadarif8243
@teemadarif8243 4 жыл бұрын
Mary Hyson everyone is not human.
@teemadarif8243
@teemadarif8243 4 жыл бұрын
@@johnedward3404 Ba'hai borrowed tenants of Islam just like the so called Nation of Islam and many others. One of my besties growing up was of the Ba'hai and her family believe in love , friendship and unity between all peoples. So you're right about it's principal beliefs
@alejandro_vallejo_calvo
@alejandro_vallejo_calvo 4 жыл бұрын
Amen.
@michaelschneider-
@michaelschneider- 4 жыл бұрын
+1. .. Many thanks, Col. L. Wilkerson, Ret. .. A breath of knowledgeable air. .. The professor knows his material. .. Cheers, Vail, Colorado
@Ahoooooooo
@Ahoooooooo 4 жыл бұрын
Title says it all ! Good job Democracy Now.
@flyingsnow311
@flyingsnow311 4 жыл бұрын
When the US start to pay compensation for the illegal war they fought in Irak. And when they pay for the oil they have stolen there? There are a number of other similar cases, where they did the same. Same behavour like crusaders.
@Angelina-xj5zd
@Angelina-xj5zd 4 жыл бұрын
I like this guy.
@delbertosborne2390
@delbertosborne2390 4 жыл бұрын
Me to 😉
@jacobalastra
@jacobalastra 4 жыл бұрын
don't forget he was still a part of it...
@delbertosborne2390
@delbertosborne2390 4 жыл бұрын
@@jacobalastra I agree. It's getting to the point that after 20 - 30 + year's that polititcons have had their hands in the cookie jar, so to speak. Can blow the whistle and come clean out the other sides cleaner than the whistle that they blew Their for dodging a bullet some too speak. Better late than never, but let's not forget their miss deeds 😏
@zahidabukhari9973
@zahidabukhari9973 4 жыл бұрын
The alligator that bit him was Isreali lobby
@patrickdowney2523
@patrickdowney2523 4 жыл бұрын
@jamhanitab indeed, the Israel lobby!! 1 and the same!
@robertrichard6107
@robertrichard6107 4 жыл бұрын
It was Mossadomy
@alwagner9722
@alwagner9722 4 жыл бұрын
That same gator bit George W. pre 9/11.....
@zilic82
@zilic82 4 жыл бұрын
that and evangelist church his biggest voters
@Fantabiscuit
@Fantabiscuit 4 жыл бұрын
This is the most honest, frank and courageous interview I have seen in all my life. WOW
@TheAngertomcatnzl
@TheAngertomcatnzl 4 жыл бұрын
This is an epic burst of reality so well defined so badly needed. LW is a scholar and a fine gentleman.
@FriendtoAnimals-ol7gr
@FriendtoAnimals-ol7gr 4 жыл бұрын
Just looking at Melania Trump smile and holding hands with one of the most evil men on the planet makes me sick. I cut her ZERO slack.
@scotthullinger9955
@scotthullinger9955 4 жыл бұрын
Now there's a sample of Leftist "logic." Just vilify your political opponent merely because she's married to the President who you despise. The "common sense" of that somehow escapes me.
@xmateinc
@xmateinc 4 жыл бұрын
@@scotthullinger9955 ol melania, I love the fact that I can find nude pics of the first lady, super classy! guess conservatives aren't so up tight after all!!
@l.berisha3176
@l.berisha3176 4 жыл бұрын
Friend to Animal's @She is evil too believe me. She’s just a good looking devil 👿 !!
@nettoyagedelamaison9557
@nettoyagedelamaison9557 4 жыл бұрын
L. Berisha Not even good looking. She looks like caitlyn jenner
@KaikalaMoon
@KaikalaMoon 4 жыл бұрын
Hot Damn. Whoever thought there would come a day in my lifetime when TRUTH would be like water on a summer day. So refreshing, it actually lifted a small pc of tension.
@dragonstaye4557
@dragonstaye4557 4 жыл бұрын
Another honest man. Man - thank you!
@TheRimaloco
@TheRimaloco 4 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR THIS INTERVIEW.
@ronr.53400
@ronr.53400 3 жыл бұрын
YOU ARE WELCOMED, now who are you? 😊
@Hecate2011
@Hecate2011 4 жыл бұрын
Love this guy. He is truly "in the know." A truly great Republican. Where have the others gone? They've turned in a cult. Except possibly Mike Lee. Jake Tapper....IDIOT.
@-------------------DD
@-------------------DD 4 жыл бұрын
I 100% with you
@JadenJahci
@JadenJahci 4 жыл бұрын
Do you pay your cell phone bill? Y? Sincerely, Pay To Play's Bad Habit (Reduced To Only Smoking 2 Packs A Day Among Friends)
@ripme6616
@ripme6616 4 жыл бұрын
Susan Raby-Dunne well said like a bunch of drugs zombies Stranger than Fiction
@-------------------DD
@-------------------DD 4 жыл бұрын
@@ripme6616 What are you saying? It's not clear.
@wildlightarts
@wildlightarts 4 жыл бұрын
Thank god for a republican who can tell the truth. Amen Thank you for your service in the military, and to the citizens and your fellow military members. And for teaching us to think critically here in relationship to the sociopathic endless wars
@LuR32
@LuR32 4 жыл бұрын
Diana Pythia the best republican i have ever seen n listined to in my entire life
@nebula0697
@nebula0697 4 жыл бұрын
I love how Wilkerson has such as sober outlook after helping plan the invasion of Iraq.
@BlueGreyOM
@BlueGreyOM 4 жыл бұрын
If the Colonel offered courses on how to be an effective speaker, I would be the first to sign up. He's so eloquent.
@ybbok
@ybbok 4 жыл бұрын
This is not a nightmare... It's really happening 😨
@ronr.53400
@ronr.53400 3 жыл бұрын
yes, and many had time to make adjustments, time to be prepared for such times, even the meek, the poor have hope, always 😊
@ngatibroffessor1840
@ngatibroffessor1840 4 жыл бұрын
This will serve as a reference for me to show that Iran including Solemani assisted the USA in the WAR in Afghanistan and the reason why...great job...thanks you to Col Lawrence for maintaining his oath and integrity.
@papaal7014
@papaal7014 4 жыл бұрын
He lost me when he said al Quida did the 9-11 attack. 9-11 = false-flag op. Mossad blew up Twin Towers. CIA blew up WTC7.
@mohammedkettou5899
@mohammedkettou5899 4 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for the day when the truth will come out. You think killing there own people will stop them, from getting more they ever hope for.
@cedricwai7499
@cedricwai7499 4 жыл бұрын
A great and sensible man !!!! Top respects.
@MsFreethepeople
@MsFreethepeople 4 жыл бұрын
The perfect analysis.
@TheEricrya
@TheEricrya 4 жыл бұрын
Democracy Now!
@mesmerd3018
@mesmerd3018 4 жыл бұрын
Please tell this man, he is a great man. Finally someone with balls to speak the truth about USA. Send our love to him from NZ.
@jquint57
@jquint57 4 жыл бұрын
At least someone that worked at the State Dept has a conscious. Good for you Mr. Wilkerson. God is listening.
@hitreset0291
@hitreset0291 4 жыл бұрын
The lies coming from Dodgey Donny's mouth just never end. Sad.
@beesplaining1882
@beesplaining1882 4 жыл бұрын
I am the best liar in the history of the world. No one knows lying as well as I do. I have lots of friends who are liars.
@davidanthony6408
@davidanthony6408 4 жыл бұрын
When are Trump supporters going to come to their senses and snap out of their stupor!
4 жыл бұрын
Now that would be impossible.
@seeker5968
@seeker5968 4 жыл бұрын
C J Titan 😆😆
@tjk9263
@tjk9263 4 жыл бұрын
@federal reserve Oh please.
@zahidabukhari9973
@zahidabukhari9973 4 жыл бұрын
Never by the looks of it!
@hamishgaffaney5323
@hamishgaffaney5323 4 жыл бұрын
They can't, they like been brainwashed
@Lance0714
@Lance0714 26 күн бұрын
I really can not believe this is the State we’re in. Thank you Amy. Be careful.
@Zakaius
@Zakaius 4 жыл бұрын
OMG!!... Lawrence Wilkerson (Col, Retr). You are so direct, leave nothing to the imagination of Hollywood.
@blackbird5634
@blackbird5634 4 жыл бұрын
"Trump has everything except knowledge, compassion, and basic human dignity." -Samantha Bee
@airmark02
@airmark02 4 жыл бұрын
yes & the same could be said about War Criminal Barrack Obama ~ woke much?
@crustycobs2669
@crustycobs2669 4 жыл бұрын
@@airmark02 This isn't ABOUT O'bama, or Hilary, dumbazz
@airmark02
@airmark02 4 жыл бұрын
@@crustycobs2669 Crazy Trump *is* the Clinton/Obama legacy ~ But you still seem to believe otherwise & that's just what they want You to do ~ good job!
@JadenJahci
@JadenJahci 4 жыл бұрын
That's odd because his family is so together. Must be all the drugs, booze & bad decisions he's made. Yeh,...that's it! Kind Regards, Hook Line & Sinker's Fear Of Spiders
@blackbird5634
@blackbird5634 4 жыл бұрын
@@JadenJahci "together?" they're corrupt, ignorant, racist, misogynist, and traitors the United States. If that's your definition of 'together' you've got terrible values, and you parents should have raised you better.
@Marchand848
@Marchand848 4 жыл бұрын
This guy will likely not be interviewed by the MSM. Thank you for this. Its hard to pin together real news and rare to get it all in one shot today
@christianfay5845
@christianfay5845 4 жыл бұрын
A warmonger retires, and almost instantly becomes a vocal opponent of "endless war". Clearly our problems are solved.
@SamSam-xl9zn
@SamSam-xl9zn 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the truth. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
@pspsolutions
@pspsolutions 4 жыл бұрын
Good interview. He was part of the war complex.
@bigdaz7272
@bigdaz7272 4 жыл бұрын
Surprised Wilkerson hasn't been kicked out of the Republican Party for being too sane and rational.
@robertrichard6107
@robertrichard6107 4 жыл бұрын
It could be one of those CIA PsyOp deals like the Nixon era FBI CoIntelPro cut your losses deals. People who grew up in the Twenties and read books like 'The Haves and Have Nots' like Reagan are dead. You got to remember they're just as brainwashed as us only by radio. Their views were tempered by fatalistic nay sayers keeping the tempo up for the next world war with all our new scientific technology.
@lottaescoto9781
@lottaescoto9781 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Brendon O'Connell!💜
@sarahkitz6901
@sarahkitz6901 4 жыл бұрын
I do wonder though, with whom will the armies be filled with? Not one person I interact with has 'war' on their minds. Maybe the "warrior state" only exists in the minds of our dear leaders...
@keikoyoshikawa9316
@keikoyoshikawa9316 4 жыл бұрын
Truer words have never been spoken.
@phillbradshaw7190
@phillbradshaw7190 4 жыл бұрын
Wilkerson is the best source for info re. the Military-Industral-Complex
@Rhythmicons
@Rhythmicons 4 жыл бұрын
There is reason to treat what he says with kid gloves also.
@tewfiksaad2884
@tewfiksaad2884 4 жыл бұрын
TRUE Just like the police departments, they have new toys that they want to use, and at any cost!
@smile4youbd
@smile4youbd 4 жыл бұрын
Respect for Mr. Laurence for absolute truth
@jonesmb
@jonesmb 4 жыл бұрын
Great Interview!
@dw7312
@dw7312 4 жыл бұрын
This guy is so right- God is not going to destroy HIS creation but man will ... keep the VP of the US and people like him from destroying our world.
@bouba01boubs48
@bouba01boubs48 4 жыл бұрын
I am surprised and happy to see that there are still Americans who are honest with their history and who are not remotely controlled by blind and unintelligent patriotism.
@Obetv01
@Obetv01 4 жыл бұрын
Incredible but refreshing interview. The truth spoken.
@ronr.53400
@ronr.53400 3 жыл бұрын
yes oscar, much to ponder, perhaps another view ? 😉
@wcbibb
@wcbibb 4 жыл бұрын
I can remember trying to figure out duck-and-cover exercises in the 50s and the Korean war. I was in the second grade when I figured out that the US was a warmongering state. I met both Harry Truman and Richard Nixon in the 50s (as a child). Before that I lived in Nevada with 150 above-ground atomic tests. During the Vietnam war, I became convinced of what Col. Wilkerson is saying. Trump reminds me of Hitler in the bunker with impeachment and his crimes being exposed. Trump will cling to power until the bitter end as his best and only legal defense. War powers are extraordinary. War is Trump's very best defense.
@donaldmills9874
@donaldmills9874 4 жыл бұрын
I the city of Seattle Washington the legislature made it illegal to provide bomb shelters only the politicians will be safe, the public they can find for themselve.
@januszkowalski5345
@januszkowalski5345 4 жыл бұрын
@Ruka Pacyfista Cuba has been in state of permanent siege and provocations by the US for 60 years.
@tonyjones1560
@tonyjones1560 4 жыл бұрын
I remember the "duck and cover" exercises, too. My dad was in the USAF from 1950-1971 and toward the end of his career we lived near a major air base, one that the Soviets would have certainly launched a warhead or two at in the event of war. It was years before it occurred to me that the purpose of "D&C" was a (lame) attempt to let us children "hide" from the incoming blast waves (heat, EMP, etc) of an atomic explosion. The school was close enough to the base that it was basically "ground zero." There's no way in hell any of us would have survived a 20-50 megaton nuke going off that close by.
@januszkowalski5345
@januszkowalski5345 4 жыл бұрын
@@tonyjones1560 You were lucky enogh not to live near a base where a nuclear accident happened. And a lot of them did happen with burning nuclear bombs, plames on flames , lost uranium or plutonium, plenty of contamination, cases of cancer ... all duly covered up, swept under the carpet denied or played down in teh name of you know what. Palomares and Thule are just two outstanding cases with contamination hanging on until now and for a millenium to come if not longer. But one case stuck in my mind because of a school near a US nuclear base. Greenham Common in Englnd, some 50 miles from London. On the 28th of February 1958, a B-47E jettisoned its two 1,700 gallon external fuel tanks that hit B-47E carrying a 1.1 megaton (4.6 PJ) B28 nuclear bomb. Radioactivity is detectable there until now but no evacuation or extensive cleaning took place while a report warning of the dangers was suppressed by the UK government for teh sake of the 'special relationship". Later flight shows ere organzied on the (contaminated) airfield for the public. At the same time in the nearby school children developed cancer at an unprecedented rate. But who cared ?
@tonyjones1560
@tonyjones1560 4 жыл бұрын
@@januszkowalski5345 No argument! It might actually have been a mercy to have been nuked by the Soviets compared to what you've described here. A sure sign that it's time to head for the exit, if at all possible, is when government officials show up insisting that "there's no reason to be concerned" but they're rocking the latest in HAZMAT fashion...assuming that those officials are even willing to go and see for themselves, let alone face up to the situation and try to help.
@maxnullifidian
@maxnullifidian 4 жыл бұрын
Making America safe, one or two (or maybe three) wars at a time.
@hakunamatata887
@hakunamatata887 4 жыл бұрын
Creating enemies is the worst policy.
@maxnullifidian
@maxnullifidian 4 жыл бұрын
@Vads Thompson War doesn't make anyone safe, except the bank accounts of the death merchants and their sacred shareholders.
@globetwig9500
@globetwig9500 4 жыл бұрын
@@hakunamatata887 I think the policy to create enemies is part of the plan. It's a great policy if you invest in the weapons industry. Firing million dollar missiles at children is the ultimate consumer consumption because it makes them disposable and in need of replacement. The taxpayer votes to cover the cost. It's the horrific culmination of the American dream. It's not a recent thing either, it's just more dangerous at the moment because Trump is a global liability.
@sonpon6709
@sonpon6709 Ай бұрын
How ironic that this is being stated openly yet Assange is in jail for exposing this truth decades ago!
@a.u6146
@a.u6146 4 жыл бұрын
may God reward you Sir!
@ronr.53400
@ronr.53400 3 жыл бұрын
nice, and may GOD help us all, always in our times of need 😔
@adameden2358
@adameden2358 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the awareness.
@mecdrum7
@mecdrum7 4 жыл бұрын
This is what I’ve seen for 67 years.
@alberteinstein5270
@alberteinstein5270 4 жыл бұрын
Good Interview.
@milekrizman
@milekrizman 4 жыл бұрын
We need to win hearts and minds
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