A Deadly Betrayal? - Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (DCC42)
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
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Aaron speaks to Lawrence Wilkerson about a new book on the Iraq War for which Wilkerson wrote the foreword: 'Deadly Betrayal: The Truth About Why the United States Invaded Iraq' [ www.amazon.com... ].
Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Special thanks to:
* Dana Chavarria, production
* Casey Moore, graphics
* Michelle Boley, animated intro
* Mock Orange, music
As a Russian viewer, very much interested in history of this madness that's going on right now, I try to watch Col. Wilkerson on all channels he visits. He is a remarkable person, wise and humane. I wish he could read my opinion on him - he really helps me to not loose respect to Americans, especially involved in politics.
Respect!
Thanks, Aaron! Love how you allow those interviewed to go deep in their answers.
BTW ..."Violate their lies," that's a great phase to describe what Assange did.
Great convo! That sudden beep kinda scared me…
Great conversation. Thanks!
How to set up a democracy without king or oligarch which performs properly? Thanks for this interview, it is a revelation for America.
excellent talk.....LW has been open and loads o truth......Its a sad story of the world.
Wow!
What is the book they mentioned from Peter Paracamp??? Not sure who they were talking about
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
@@americanexception9407 I feel honored, thank you!!! Keep up the good work Aaron, we need guys like you. I can’t stress enough how much I appreciate your work. Good job and good luck
Peter Frankopan has two books with similar title. The other one is "The New Silk Roads: The New Asia and the Remaking of the World Order"@@americanexception9407
Why does Wilkerson never miss a chance to bring up the US National Debt and the USD cost to service it? How the heck is it either a cause or a symptom of the very real problem of the US Empire? It is entirely denominated in unpegged fiat USD of which the US Govt (and its agents) is the sole self-authorized issuer and net supplier.
Darn right
Because he's a conservative, and it's a conservative shibboleth. The national debt is a symptom of capitalism and capitalism is the biggest cause of the US empire. Interest on that debt needs to be paid down by borrowing, and the result is an upward transfer of wealth of working-class dollars to the capitalist class. But Wilkerson wouldn't broach that subject, being a lifelong faithful supporter of the capitalist class despite not being a part of that class.
Because when all that money comes back home, you will have a REAL 1 000% inflation or more. (some mathematician's talk about 20 000%). When other countries will stop buying US debt, the value of the dollar will drop as fast as Germany in the 30's.
Remember wheel barrels worth more then the money piled in it? People would stole the wheel barrel and leave the money in it.
What you forget, is that each dollars of debt printed HAVE TO BE BOUGHT by another country, company, or found. When they stop buying, it becomes toilet paper. Good luck buying bread, or put gas in your car.
@@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2 no. That's not how it works (sadly)
Stavros - what you have said is essentially the MMT line verbatim, yet MMT also claims that the Fed raising the interest rate is inflationary because debt service payments increase. So is there or is there not a consequence for exploding debt?
Isn't SS, Medicare, etc a big chunk of the "debt" that the US government owes?
Nope.
@@a.randomjack6661 That was a rhetorical question.
@@Jimi_Lee And it was a rhetorical answer 🤷♂
@@Jimi_Lee I can give you a practical answer...
The cream of the cream keeps most the dough and the people will have to pat the debt.
Socrates and friends: ‘Wealth is addictive, the rich will eventually destroy society'.
@@a.randomjack6661 I get that, but my point was that the money that a couple hundred million Americans have been paying into SS and Medicare is a lot of money and shows up on the balance sheet as debt for the federal government