Lawrence Wilkerson: I Helped Sell the False Choice of War with Iraq; It’s Happening Again with Iran

democracynow.org - Fifteen years ago this week, Secretary of State General Colin Powell gave a speech to the United Nations arguing for war with Iraq, saying the evidence was clear: Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. It was a speech Powell would later call a blot on his career. Is President Trump doing the same thing now with Iran? We speak to Powell’s former chief of staff, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. He recently wrote a piece titled “I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again.”
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  • @theteach7314
    @theteach73146 жыл бұрын

    That was BIZARRE. Haley made a terribly unconvincing argument. Don't you think 18 years of war is enough? BRING OUR PEOPLE HOME.

  • @warriorrises469
    @warriorrises4696 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, COL Wilkerson. As a brother vet, I've been waiting for an honorable man to stand and deliver on his collaboration with the war machine over Iraq. Thank you very much, sir.

  • @p.a.andrews7772

    @p.a.andrews7772

    Жыл бұрын

    You sir are lying with what the Military Officers have done to the working class and even the enlisted personnel whose lives were destroyed with fascism from 1978 on!

  • @davelester1985
    @davelester19856 жыл бұрын

    Why doesn't she show the missiles made by the US used by the Saudis?

  • @RachelDerGolem

    @RachelDerGolem

    6 жыл бұрын

    Why do we talk about Arabs killing each other as a BAD thing?

  • @darrak4851

    @darrak4851

    6 жыл бұрын

    Or even missiles used by israel!

  • @TheHarbinger82

    @TheHarbinger82

    5 жыл бұрын

    Haley a classic example of American propaganda

  • @ijvo1951
    @ijvo19516 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Col. Wilkerson, and thank you Democracy Now for having him on. Now I would like to hear from Prof. Stephen F Cohen would be excellent.

  • @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

  • @andrewlambert7246

    @andrewlambert7246

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always find out what I need to know.

  • @williamolsen20
    @williamolsen206 жыл бұрын

    I respect Lawrence Wilkerson, and I know he knows what he is talking about, but I think his warnings will not be heeded and largely ignored. The American public are going to believe this insanity.

  • @craigrobb8197

    @craigrobb8197

    6 жыл бұрын

    the good col. is on the right. in saying that, he proudly comes on shows like DN! and the real news network because he knows the left actually gives a fuck. now, in saying that, they don't care what the good col. says, they will try to discredit anyone fucking up their war propaganda to disparage the american people against their demonisation of the iranians tostart up that war that the neo-cons and israelis hold so dear

  • @nikncip4806

    @nikncip4806

    6 жыл бұрын

    William Olsen It makes for good propaganda but it will never happen. Israel and Western imperialism is in the business of destroying secular Arab societies, not Persian or Arab theocracies.

  • @subversivelysurreal3645

    @subversivelysurreal3645

    6 жыл бұрын

    William Olsen : Considering the attitude of the Corporate Media, it’s: Surreal what they Believe !!

  • @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

  • @sky.the.infinite

    @sky.the.infinite

    2 жыл бұрын

    The American public has ZERO influence over government policies and decisions in regards to war, especially.

  • @rickbishop5987
    @rickbishop59876 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great report with Lawrence Wilkerson.

  • @upliftspirits
    @upliftspirits6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ms Amy and Mr. Juan along with all of Democracy Now employees for your service!!💯🔑💡✅☕️👀🛎

  • @zauberschatzkiste
    @zauberschatzkiste6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your exemplary integrity, Larry Wilkerson, Sir.

  • @dabay200
    @dabay2006 жыл бұрын

    An honest ex-military & ex-government person such a rare thing to see.

  • @greysilverback3924
    @greysilverback39246 жыл бұрын

    Will the American people actually go along with another war like Iraq?

  • @hundejahre

    @hundejahre

    6 жыл бұрын

    Grey Silverback Enough will. Volunteer military, and they’ll just con more stupid kids into “doing their duty”. And the corporate media will play along again.

  • @bajankurt
    @bajankurt6 жыл бұрын

    I hope we’re not going down that rabbit hole again!

  • @donnagaffney6467

    @donnagaffney6467

    6 жыл бұрын

    of course we are!!

  • @hundejahre

    @hundejahre

    6 жыл бұрын

    Washing Post report, we’re sending Marines and their equipment to Southeast Asia to deter the Chinese... but it shouldn’t be seen as a military force! goddamnit these people won’t be happy til they get us all killed

  • @donnagaffney6467

    @donnagaffney6467

    6 жыл бұрын

    TRUE!!

  • @Antman4656

    @Antman4656

    6 жыл бұрын

    We never came out of it. We've been in it so long it just appears normal now.

  • @donnagaffney6467

    @donnagaffney6467

    6 жыл бұрын

    true!!

  • @orthodoxchristianprayers
    @orthodoxchristianprayers2 жыл бұрын

    Democracy Now should have Col Wilkerson on to talk about the Russia / Ukraine conflict

  • @marneebeckman4881
    @marneebeckman48816 жыл бұрын

    Very informative! Good for him for speaking out!!

  • @charlesvanderhoog7056
    @charlesvanderhoog70566 жыл бұрын

    Nikki's got caught at exactly 01:22. She knows she's talking baloney and prefers to get out of there fast. Stumbling and fumbling along until she reaches something she knows, "Dallas Airport" and after. That was easy to pronounce and could be divulged in a smooth way because that did not contain a lie. As a European, I am baffled by the way these people think they can get away with anything. Recently, the American ambassador to The Netherlands was dumbfounded to discover nobody believed a word he said and people tended to take him up for it. How come Americans believe people like this? Maybe they have no choice? I find it mesmerizingly interesting as day by day in the Greatest Live Show on Earth, featuring King Donald T in a cameo role, unfolds in front of our eyes. Wow, what a treat.

  • @TiagoMorbusSa
    @TiagoMorbusSa6 жыл бұрын

    Very elucidating interview, thank you so much!

  • @00BillyTorontoBill

    @00BillyTorontoBill

    6 жыл бұрын

    another great speech by Wilkerson... to the Veterans for Peace dinner kzread.info/dash/bejne/fo5pp7iPYMTbk84.html

  • @rd264
    @rd2646 жыл бұрын

    im a fan of Col wilkerson becasue hes speaking truth to power now. I just wish he'd done so to Powell re WMD.

  • @genghisrex
    @genghisrex6 жыл бұрын

    Speaking of escalating and speculation in order to let the path for another war for the benefit of her patrons and handlers.

  • @hardeepjessy
    @hardeepjessy6 жыл бұрын

    Mdm randhawa( nikki) , you were born a Sikh. Please remember our tenets namely, violence as a last resort, and even then by way of defence of another, of actual( and not perceived) violence

  • @hundejahre

    @hundejahre

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hardeep Jessy Sorry my friend, you’ve lost her to the temptations of power and money.

  • @Stoneshakre
    @Stoneshakre6 жыл бұрын

    More of Laurence Wilkerson, please! We all need him.

  • @alaskavaper2490
    @alaskavaper24906 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding video, Amy. This is of extreme importance considering the buffoon we have as 'Commander-In-Chief'.

  • @SadisticSenpai61
    @SadisticSenpai616 жыл бұрын

    Just imagine if it had been launched at a school for the blind, mosques, a Doctors Without Borders hospital, or a water sanitation plant. Oh wait, that's what Saudi Arabia has been targeting in Yemen with the US's help.

  • @judahcochrane8518
    @judahcochrane85184 жыл бұрын

    It was nice knowing y’all

  • @seviguryel1716
    @seviguryel17166 жыл бұрын

    Thank you like this

  • @richieroma
    @richieroma6 жыл бұрын

    Haley is redefining the term war mongerer

  • @disco1974ever
    @disco1974ever6 жыл бұрын

    HEY!!!!!! That's my water heater! She stole it from my lawn.

  • @jacquijespersen9712
    @jacquijespersen97126 жыл бұрын

    One more tidbit.... off topic I wish the opening of "war and peace report" was different. Although I am used to it now I i'm curious when they started using it? And why?

  • @juanf666highboson5

    @juanf666highboson5

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jacqui Jespersen I thought it was "war on peace report "

  • @haroldwhite5761

    @haroldwhite5761

    6 жыл бұрын

    Instead of 'the war and peace report', the tagline used to be 'Democracy Now, the exception to the rulers'. I had assumed (and maybe so did Amy Goodman) that it was a temporary tagline change in 2001 when the U.S. attacked Afghanistan in response to the 9-11 attacks. But that war never ended. Then we invaded Iraq. Then Syria happened. Then Yemen too. Now the war-mongering propaganda about North Korea and Iran. I'm beginning to wonder if there will ever be a time again when this country is not at war. I wonder if it is the U.S. that will start World War III.

  • @jacquijespersen9712

    @jacquijespersen9712

    6 жыл бұрын

    Harold White interesting...what a dumb question for me to ask.... Honestly the reality of it makes me nauseous I have been only watching for about three years.

  • @dgh469
    @dgh4696 жыл бұрын

    Powell and Wilkerson, et al, should be charged with War Crimes !!!

  • @seanspawn7805
    @seanspawn78056 жыл бұрын

    Great interview. Very scarey.

  • @jimmihotdog3469
    @jimmihotdog34695 жыл бұрын

    Col Wilkerson an American like they should be. imo,au.

  • @BL-db6xt
    @BL-db6xt4 жыл бұрын

    I'm flabbergasted. All of your leaders from President, VP, congressmen/women, senators & down to the county level elected democratically. Look at what you had threw at us: Nixon, Bush (twice), Trump now, & you may make him great again. I don't add Obama & some others to make a long list. I seems to me the last time the American made a good choice was Teddy Roosevelt.

  • @gregorybuford3891
    @gregorybuford38916 жыл бұрын

    HERO PATRIOT COL. L. WILLKERSON!!! THANK U 4 YOUR SERVICE SIR!!! A SLEEPING GIANT SHOULD AWAKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!! WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION AND prez tRUmp!!!!!!

  • @95percentair
    @95percentair6 жыл бұрын

    Oh I'm sure the Houthis in Yemen launched that missile, in between bouts of cholera.

  • @davidwilkie9551
    @davidwilkie95512 жыл бұрын

    Scratching the surface

  • @irahoppe3632
    @irahoppe3632 Жыл бұрын

    As the American Indians say - "White man speak with forked tongue." True then and true today.

  • @Yor_gamma_ix_bae
    @Yor_gamma_ix_bae4 жыл бұрын

    strange how bad “the fall” can look. too bad between rapid climate change and nuclear weapons there’s little chance of a recovery for the many current species.

  • @xyzsame4081
    @xyzsame40816 жыл бұрын

    8:44 Wilkerson recalls the persons who worked eagerly on preparing the narrative for Iraq war in 2003

  • @rogeliogonzalez5293
    @rogeliogonzalez52935 жыл бұрын

    Haley and Trump....they are all SOOOOO FOS.

  • @workwillfreeyou
    @workwillfreeyou6 жыл бұрын

    I remember about 45 years ago as a young child my uncle explaining to me what he was dying from Agent Orange! His job, transport it by the millions of tons to be dumped on Vietnam and Cambodia. I'll quote my uncle " everyone on the boat is dead or dying from the same cancer.

  • @hundejahre

    @hundejahre

    6 жыл бұрын

    My dad was drafted, but the day he was to deploy he was pulled off the truck. He'd spent several years as a boy in the Philippines and had malaria, and so the risk of flare ups made him worthless in a jungle war. Instead they made him a Drill Instructor, and his job was to train boys to go over and try not to die. And also to remove the body bags from planes coming home. That broke him. He lived a lot longer than many of the people sent to Vietnam, but not well and with no peace. He finally drank himself to death almost 20 years ago, 53 years old.

  • @donnaross5105

    @donnaross5105

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hundejahre Sad. Sorry for your loss. The neocons and MBS are beating the drums of war..AGAIN! We must STOP it this time!

  • @hundejahre

    @hundejahre

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@donnaross5105 Thank you.

  • @januaryblack2021
    @januaryblack20216 жыл бұрын

    look at what they teach in school, no wonder we don't know anything

  • @christinet6336
    @christinet63366 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @mns8732
    @mns87326 жыл бұрын

    Why does DN! give this guy air time?

  • @patches_kitty
    @patches_kitty6 жыл бұрын

    Was she trying to say Dallas? Dullus

  • @mrp9498

    @mrp9498

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dulles International Airport. Google it.

  • @patches_kitty

    @patches_kitty

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mrs. Pelosi ah i see now

  • @Quinceps
    @Quinceps4 жыл бұрын

    Lol it's always former criminals who now have no power or influence. Can't someone more powerful show remorse and change everything? Cause it's always so late!

  • @TheMeWatch
    @TheMeWatch6 жыл бұрын

    We all gonna die! Why!

  • @jennylee9278
    @jennylee92786 жыл бұрын

    Nickie Haley and her scrap metal collection.

  • @nikncip4806

    @nikncip4806

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jenny Lee lol #sad

  • @markgigiel2722
    @markgigiel27226 жыл бұрын

    Colin Powell should be in prison as a war criminal along with Bush and Cheney. He says a blot on his career. WTF

  • @evoddubb
    @evoddubb6 жыл бұрын

    I would like to hear the colonels opinion on how would the u.s.-Iran relationship be today if the carter administration had turned the shah over instead of giving him safe haven here.

  • @imagrandpa
    @imagrandpa6 жыл бұрын

    I like Trump, but we’ve been down this road before! Is this sort of rhetoric any better than GWB?

  • @ronhat-nx6yq
    @ronhat-nx6yq6 жыл бұрын

    America, this is the most incredible bunch of bull shit that can be. People when you see this, first try to imagine the astonishing number of missiles Saudi Arabia has fired into Yemen. Into civilian areas and everywhere else, You name it. And who makes most of these missiles? YOU DO! And yet, if the Houthis manage to fire one missile in response, they are the ultimate bad guys. How dare they defend themselves.

  • @Antman4656
    @Antman46566 жыл бұрын

    Thanks democracy Now if only the more centrist news shows like TYT had the bravery that you have to have this guy on and talk about this subject.

  • @RicoJazz
    @RicoJazz6 жыл бұрын

    9:34 Something happened there

  • @dorianphilotheates3769
    @dorianphilotheates37694 жыл бұрын

    Nikki could better serve her country by staying home to work on her murgh makhni recipe.

  • @kulturfreund6631
    @kulturfreund66314 жыл бұрын

    Col. Wilkerson´s voice reminds me of Johnny Cash's.

  • @Punande
    @Punande6 жыл бұрын

    Look into building 7 .

  • @fortruth8538
    @fortruth85386 жыл бұрын

    Nikki Haley, what do they have on you and your family?

  • @shawnm5860
    @shawnm58604 жыл бұрын

    That missle sounds like the Saudis Problem...

  • @bobroberts7643
    @bobroberts76436 жыл бұрын

    All the evil

  • @imagrandpa
    @imagrandpa6 жыл бұрын

    Is this Cheney’s daughter? She really has sugar plumb dreams of being POTUS? Ain’t no way, no how!

  • @rajkobjelica4905
    @rajkobjelica49053 жыл бұрын

    Shame on you.

  • @Robert44607
    @Robert44607 Жыл бұрын

    War dealership!!!

  • @Larkinchance
    @Larkinchance6 жыл бұрын

    For the clip, go through DuckDuck on Firefox kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6utpsiThNLVYag.html

  • @itsme-nt2lj
    @itsme-nt2lj4 жыл бұрын

    9/11 28 pages

  • @NellieKAdaba
    @NellieKAdaba6 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @disco1974ever
    @disco1974ever6 жыл бұрын

    What about man portable anti aircraft rockets USA has put in the hands of HTS (Al Qaeda Syria)?? Imagine dozens of those being launched at Airports in Paris, London, LA, Houston......

  • @disco1974ever
    @disco1974ever6 жыл бұрын

    The single stupidest thing Trump has ever said is telling other countries to respect the Sovereignty of other countries.

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