Lawrence Wilkerson on Trump's Iran aggression: same neocon lies, new target

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🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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As millions of Iranians mourn the US murder of Qassem Soleimani, ex-Bush administration official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuses the parallels between Bush's war on Iraq and Trump's campaign against Iran; the history of US shunning diplomacy with Tehran; and how an addiction to war drives US foreign policy. Guest: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell. Currently a distinguished professor at the College of William and Mary. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow Aaron Maté on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaronjmate ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at https://thegrayzone.com Support our original journalism at Patreon: https://patreon.com/grayzone Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegrayzonenews Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrayzone Minds: https://minds.com/thegrayzone Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@thegrayzone

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0:00.0	Welcome to pushback. I'm Aaron Mate. After its assassination of Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani,
0:09.0	the Trump administration predicted that Soleimani's murder would be welcomed across the Middle East.
0:14.9	Well, Iran has responded with a multi-city funeral that saw millions of people turn out to mourn Soleimani's murder
0:23.6	and to call for revenge.
0:25.6	Meanwhile, in Iraq, the Iraqi parliament has voted overwhelmingly to call for U.S. forces to leave.
0:31.6	Joining me to discuss what all this means is Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson.
0:34.6	He is the former Chief of Staff, the Secretary of State Colin Powell, currently a distinguished
0:40.0	professor at the College of William and Mary.
0:43.3	Welcome Professor Wilkerson to pushback.
0:46.2	More than any other former government official, I'd say you have been sounding the alarm
0:51.5	about the Trump administration's march to war on Iran since pretty
0:55.9	much the day Trump took office.
0:58.5	What is your response to Qasem Soleimani's murder by the U.S.? And did you ever fathom that
1:05.8	the U.S. under Trump would do something so brazen?
1:10.1	Aaron, I knew that they would try to find, they being principally the two warmongers
1:15.6	that are most prominent, Mike Pompeo and his colleague over at the Pentagon, Secretary
1:20.5	Esper, Christian fundamentalist from West Point, if you will.
1:26.4	I knew that they would try to find something that would push the president over the edge,
1:31.3	so to speak.
1:32.3	I had no idea that it would be something as violative of international law and as dramatic as this,
1:40.3	but it's not in the sense that I just said.
1:43.3	It's not a surprise.
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