I been saying that .. idk why Hezbollah didn’t get air defense for 20 years ..and they have yet to invade Israel with all tunnels they have .. I still don’t understand staying on defense .. I guess it’s because Lebanon as a whole and not being government
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yeah its amazing the difference between him and others. Peter Zeihan who is reputed to have links to the CIA claimed the Russian S300 & S400 were totally ineffective against the Israeli F35s. I tend to go with Larry because he has better links over a longer time span as well as the fact Zeihan keeps making a complete ass of himself respecting technology. I'm an engineer and its infuriating how bad he is on technology.
@@petethepeg2 you purposely cut off the meaningful part of their comment, that’s called straw manning. Their comment sounds silly with your ‘edit’ (misrepresentation), maybe you should try to dispute what they were actually getting at rather than use underhanded tactics.
Well, I mean, the U.S. has lost EVERY WAR since WWII and Russia won that one. So ummmmm.....a blind man with amnesia should be able to figure it out, no?
In 1982, it took the IDF 7 days to reach Beirut, in almost 50 days of fighting, they have YET to hold a single border village. They are absolutely getting annihilated in south Lebanon.
No they are not. And they are not trying to get to Beirut or anything feep into Lebanon. That's not their goal. Lebanon and the intentional forces will dismantle Hizbollah power after an agreement is reached. It's Lebanon best interests to have Lebanese Army NOT Hizbollah Terrorists groups
@UvalU wishful thinking. 1982 they was successful due to the fact they manufactured civil fighting amongst all the different religious sects. People in Lebanon voted Hezbollah in.
@ 😂😂 cry harder. Their stated goal was to push them north of the Litani and return settlers north. Failed in BOTH. Hezbollah was formed because of Israeli occupation you moron
@@UvalU You are wrong. It was publicly stated to try to drive Hez to the litani so that they can again live in Northern israel. about your nonsense that Hez will be defeated by the Lebanese army when Israel is killing Lebanese is so kid stuff . The Lebanese armyis an impotent force for show only . International forces are with Hez not israel which is going against the international community. Fact is that israel is in big big headache and trouble as this time Israel cannot decide when the war will end. Meanwhile the missiles and rockets will continue.
No, it's how empires & and economies are maintained. Have you never played Risk? What you are seeing economies in decline vying for resources similar to WW1/2
Such a warmonger nation as USA is non starter for humane treatment of any consequence towards any citizen below the ability to give a little more, day by day.
Any war with Iran would be insane as I believe Iran has nukes, Forbes report stated it would cost 1 billion to make one, it would be shocking if they didn’t. Any country not having nukes when facing such massive hostilities is unlikely.
@@iainw5081No way, Pak.is Punji+Pathan + hardcore Sunni allied to Saudi VS Iran is Iranî+Shi'ites with a totally diff.histort and identity. Pkst. will never sell them a nuke, specially without Saudi king's approval.
iran has no nukes and never will have, thats what one of them told the press prior to the IAEA visit saying it has nukes is like saying iraq had WMDs, it wont work unless youre a massive warmonger counterpoint it takes only days to enrich uranium from 60% to weapons grade 90%
Saying a US war with IRAN is ABSURD , it would be with RUSSIA AND IRAN .Russia would not allow a US forces to use SYRIA OR IRAQ as a staging ground . WHERE WOULD THE US GET THE GROUND FORCES FROM ????? Logistics is the other problem A BIG PROBLEM.
@@samisatlacc7736 SAUDI ARABIA ARE YOU INSANE??? Iran would destroy their economy in a day. How the hell would US forces land??? It took the US more than 3 months to prepare for IRAQ war .CHINA gets 90% of their oil from IRAN . CHINA RUSSIA AND IRAN control the seas . Stop living in the past , do the research and THINK.
That is assuming the aircraft would even get that far. Remember, the Israeli aircraft were already being tracked by Iran's air defenses more than 100km from the Iranian border.
@halofreak1990 exactly! And now Iran is beefing up air defense systems in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. The resistance will keep growing stronger, and the zionist entity keeps getting weaker. Israel better BEG for the 1948 borders and peacekeeping force before it's too late 😀
"The bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983 was a suicide attack that killed 241 U.S. Marines, 58 French soldiers, six civilians, and two suicide bombers: A dump truck packed with explosives crashed through the front gates of the barracks, destroying the four-story building. The attack was the deadliest single-day loss of life for the Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. The U.S. began withdrawing its forces from Lebanon within months, and the last U.S. Marines left Beirut on February 26, 1984"--Google ....... One truck packed with explosives defeated the whole US Armed Forces.. The Navy, Marines, Air Force and Army.... “The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.” ---James Baldwin
The management and the administration of a nation and of its people is a very serious endeavour. It is not a plaything, and it will be all accounted for on Judgement Day !
Thanks Chris - such a great review of a complex subject. And a subject so so timely today. Couldn't have picked a better guy than Wilkerson. I have huge respect for the way he speaks about the 'weapons of man destruction' mistake when he was assisting Sec Powell. Smart guy with integrity. Great show.
Lawrence is a great strategist. Just the type you need to keep out of a war. So is Doug McGregor. Would have been better picks for Secretary of Defense, than Foxes News Pete.
No one knows for sure what AD systems Iran used. I’m Iranian and follow the Iranian side too! Iran has its own indigenous AD called Bavar-373. After Israel’s latest agression, I watched Brigadier General Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces (in an interview) say that “we didn’t use our good stuff”! So whatever was used was the least of what they have. Free, free Palestine.
Can you speak on if Iranians actually dislike the Iranian government? I see people all the time supposedly from Iran saying they hate the leadership yet its hard to believe when I've seen a certain other country pretend to be Lebanese and speak badly about hezb.
Iraq was defeated because most of the Arab countries helped the US and opened up their ports to the US military...they learnt their lesson and they won't commit the same mistake.
@iainw5081 yes indeed. They bought Syria and many other country leaders to be quite...Syria assisted the US during the 91 war....Iran assisted the US against the Talibans...this won't work now
US provided 90% of the forces for the "coalition", which was just for the show, with the blessing of the UN. Iraqi army was nothing, no will to fight and armed with obsolete Soviet era weapons. Read some history.
Because the DoD budget was inflated by the military industrial complex...an industrial service equipement cost at least 10 times more when issued for the DoD than for the civilians industry (for an identical service / equipment)...
Thank-you Col. Wilkerson for an honest and informed analysis of the events occurring in the places beyond my own ability to observe or understand. Cheers !
What Christian with any moral backbone would sacrifice American boys for a Jewish state that spits on their graves alongside the USS Liberty? Disgraceful. Get the US troops out of the hands of a madman who serves people who see American as the hapless Christian fools sharpening their knives for them to serve a darker power.
Iran is not like what they were 10 years ago. They are very strong now.Look back the History,If they lose in Korea,Vietnam,Iraq and Afghanistan.Do any body think US can win with Iran?
After the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, Finkelstein wrote:[108][109] For the past 20 years the people of Gaza, half of whom are children, have been immured in a concentration camp. Today they breached the camp's walls. If we honor John Brown's armed resistance to slavery; if we honor the Jews who revolted in the Warsaw Ghetto-then moral consistency commands that we honor the heroic resistance in Gaza. I, for one, will never begrudge-on the contrary, it warms every fiber of my soul-the scenes of Gaza's smiling children as their arrogant Jewish supremacist oppressors have, finally, been humbled. The stars above in heaven are looking kindly down. Glory, glory, hallelujah. The souls of Gaza go marching on!
Ivan Glasenberg, a former protege of Marc Rich was a South African business executive and former chief executive officer of Glencore, one of the world's largest commodity trading and mining companies. Ivan and Marc Rich also made sure that Iraqi oil reached South African shores during the Apartheid era. He made around R20 billion and was then able to buy up most of the coal mines in South Africa, becoming the de facto 'energy czar' of our country that put him in a position to extort Eskom (our national power supplier) and in effect hold the country to ransom by forcing Eskom to purchase coal from Glencore at extortionist prices. This lead to massive, countrywide energy blackouts (euphemistically known as 'loadshedding) in South Africa with Eskom racking up unsustainable debt and leaving the country in a precarious position from an energy security perspective Larry and Chris. Ivan has since moved his company's primary listing to London and he has moved to Switzerland to avoid South African taxes on his businesses.
Great job, as always 👏👏👏 ... I just wanted to say that Iran has been working so hard on their defence systems since 1988 till now... I mean, since Iran-Iraq war ended... in 1980-1988 soviets, US and all European countries gave the highest tech weapons, tanks, warships and fighter jets to saddam and all arab countries supported saddam financially... only Syria helped Iran secretly in that war and no other countries ... Iranians had serious problem about their defence systems in 1980-1988 because saddam with the latest fighter jets could bomb any part of Iran he liked even tehran... plus saddam had those soviet missiles on his hands and we know saddam was a lunatic... in 1980 to 1988 Iranians realized that their biggest weakness is their defence systems so since 1988 till right now (36 years) Iranians have worked so hard on their defence systems 24/7 and they've done a great job ... since 1988 till 2016 no countries dared to sell any types of military products to Iran because of US sanctions... not even one bullet.... even Russia and China didn't dare to sell to Iran ... only Russia sold few units of s300 to tehran in 2016 after 15 years of delay... thats why Iran is the only country in the world that has 33 different types of powerful defence systems... u can find the names of 27 types of Iran's defence systems in Wikipedia... my point is that when izl attacked Iran recently , NO Russian defence systems were operational inside Iran but those 33 types of local Iranian defence systems did a great job and shocked the world ... even their radars and their jammers r locally built... right now the only problem Iran has is an old airforce... they have few hundred fighter jets like f14, mig27, su24 , f5 and few other types... seems years ago putin signed a contract with Iran to deliver them su35 but he still haven't delivered them to Iran ... and thats why Iranians have worked hard on their missile industry and their drone industry for last 3 decades ... US has threatened Iran for last 45 years so Iranians forced to be prepared for a war with US and they've prepared themselves since 45 years ago till right now
It’s not only the Russian air defence but also was the Iranian air defence such as Bavar 373, Arman, 15th khordad and more and worked perfectly and because its made in Iran they can be replace easily
Pollard also notable for saying, a year ago, that Israel should tell hostages families to shut up - & even go so far as to imprison them to keep them silent - in order to prevent them from putting any pressure on the gov for a hostage deal. Real gem of a human being, there. 🤮
With respect, Colonel Wilkerson, your analysis leads to the conclusion that "We Could Lose" a war with Iran and NOT that "We Would Lose". Thank you for your continuous efforts to inform and educate the citizens of the US and of the rest of the world! Semper Fi
I made it half-way through ROTC. Once you get into the third year of ROTC or Military Science, it gets political because they start paying you all of that and then you sign the contract.
We are fortunate indeed to have voices like Lawrence Wilkerson's to point out that we would lose in a war with Iran. While we blame and bluster, our military is degraded every which way.
We didn't win ww2 on our own nor did we even really fight for as long as the rest of the participants. We threw all We had at an already severely weakened enemy
Marc Rich, he sold oil during the embargoes. Yes, he was a crook for sure. Today that company is called Glencore and look how much bigger they are, and look at what the lands look once they leave a place. Very sick and disgusting.
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Born and raised in a US family where all the men have been career military, since 1942, only change, I convinced my son to go Air Force, they treat their own better. Been studying wars since I was 8, when dad gave me the Art of War as a reward for breaking the nose of a 12 year old who had zero idea a little girl learned to box at 6. (Dad was clueless. lol) Also lived in Germany when the Berlin wall was being built and teens like myself had to attend briefing at least twice a year in case WWIII started. I agree 100%.
The second-boggest oil+gas fields in the Mediterranean are off the coast of north Gaza: Gaza Marine 1 and Gaza Marine 2, and the Jew needs north Gaza to set up the oil ports and depots. #1+biggest hydrocarbon field is off the coast of . . . . Liban. Also, 2 ocean canals to replace Suez are the Ben Gurion Canals from Eilat to . . . . yep, Gaza. All planned; none of it developed.
I thought he got confused bcs im the same areas were planned to ports+pipelines for (as you mentioned) Gaza Marine 1 and 2, and the 2 Ben Gurion Canals from Eilat to that same general area.
If that is the assessment after spending $1 trillion year on defense for years and years, then we should drastically cut the budget and put it to better use somewhere else.
We have to take a LOOK back into the past around 1960 when the movie "Fail Safe" came out during the Cold War. Compare that to what we are gonna have today.
If you carefully analyse the available video coming out of the Israel attack on Tehran recently, you will see: 1. no trail of interceptor missiles launching from the ground to take down incoming missiles; 2. explosions from interception fairly close to the ground, no higher than 1-2km 3. flashes of fast explosion of interception, no smoke trail of missiles collapsing onto the ground. 4. interceptions happening in quick succession across the city 5. visible missiles flying in, no visible interception missiles impacting it before the missiles flash and is destroyed Does not look like typical air defence missiles like a the iron dome or patriot, or thaad. This looks like some sort of kinetic interception from projectiles that isnt visible in the night sky, or some laser anti-missile technology. Ironically, China developed both of these and had some stationed in Iran by June this year.... also perhaps out of pure coincidence, the Chinese government controlled CCTV livestremed the interception for 4 hours, where it has not done so for any other part of the conflict in the middle east since october 2023.
One reason American military equipment is 3-4 times more expensive and not capable, it because of that one critical factor... Republican Management, Republican Capitalism.
Iran has developed its own indigenous air defense system, which, in recent tests has proven to be highly effective and even superior to the Russian S-300, its name is Bavar 373, and it can intercept up to 300 targets simultaneously at a range of 400 km.
Iran will not be alone against the US. We are in for a big suprise. Many will join Iran because of the hatred that has been accumulated in the region. There is only so much harm you can do, something is going to give.
Didn't we put the USS A Lincoln (CVN-72) group in the Mediterranean? I'm not saying that's a puddle but there are huge risks if you go in half-hearted and under resourced.
Lebanon needs terrific air defense systems to protect its people in the cities in the same way that Iran has done.
Lebanon will remain cursed until they get rid of their African slave trade
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I been saying that .. idk why Hezbollah didn’t get air defense for 20 years ..and they have yet to invade Israel with all tunnels they have .. I still don’t understand staying on defense .. I guess it’s because Lebanon as a whole and not being government
Россия и Китай должны защитить Ливан , так же как и Иран. Это зона интересов России. Нельзя позволять хазарам бесчинствовать в регионе.
Col. Wilkerson is my favorite to listen to on these topics, his wealth of knowledge is unmatched. Thanks for what you do, sir.
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"The official disclosure of the existence of Non-Human Intelligences (NHIs) and their presence on Earth is a pivotal moment in human history."
Secretary of state....
yeah its amazing the difference between him and others.
Peter Zeihan who is reputed to have links to the CIA claimed the Russian S300 & S400 were totally ineffective against the Israeli F35s.
I tend to go with Larry because he has better links over a longer time span as well as the fact Zeihan keeps making a complete ass of himself respecting technology. I'm an engineer and its infuriating how bad he is on technology.
@tonywilson4713 zeihan and propaganda are siblings .
He let's you hear what you want to hear. Not facts, no truth
War isn't about us winning. It's about someone winning, corporations mostly.
I also think that Iran serves as some kind of convenient boogeyman for Israel and the US. Gives them carte blanche to scare their own citizens.
@@epicphailure88 I can't disagree with that. They do like selling it before going in. Won't be easy in 2024 though.
"War isn't about us winning. It's about someone winning ......" That`s soo profound !
The 50,000 dead in Gaza have lost..
@@petethepeg2 you purposely cut off the meaningful part of their comment, that’s called straw manning. Their comment sounds silly with your ‘edit’ (misrepresentation), maybe you should try to dispute what they were actually getting at rather than use underhanded tactics.
Larry Wilkerson knows. His military and foreign policy analysis is the best.
I’m speechless it was SO well explained and unbiased
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How can you believe this nonsense ?
Maybe if we fought the way he does analysis. That is about the only way we would lose.
@@otteottema6839Where would you launch your invasion from ? As Air strikes won’t win the war
Well, I mean, the U.S. has lost EVERY WAR since WWII and Russia won that one. So ummmmm.....a blind man with amnesia should be able to figure it out, no?
In 1982, it took the IDF 7 days to reach Beirut, in almost 50 days of fighting, they have YET to hold a single border village. They are absolutely getting annihilated in south Lebanon.
The idf's war plan is still stuck in the 1980's. Their arrogance will lead to a retreat in the guise of ceasefire
No they are not. And they are not trying to get to Beirut or anything feep into Lebanon. That's not their goal.
Lebanon and the intentional forces will dismantle Hizbollah power after an agreement is reached. It's Lebanon best interests to have Lebanese Army NOT Hizbollah Terrorists groups
@UvalU wishful thinking. 1982 they was successful due to the fact they manufactured civil fighting amongst all the different religious sects. People in Lebanon voted Hezbollah in.
@ 😂😂 cry harder. Their stated goal was to push them north of the Litani and return settlers north. Failed in BOTH. Hezbollah was formed because of Israeli occupation you moron
@@UvalU
You are wrong. It was publicly stated to try to drive Hez to the litani so that they can again live in Northern israel.
about your nonsense that Hez will be defeated by the Lebanese army when Israel is killing Lebanese is so kid stuff . The Lebanese armyis an impotent force for show only .
International forces are with Hez not israel which is going against the international community.
Fact is that israel is in big big headache and trouble as this time Israel cannot decide when the war will end.
Meanwhile the missiles and rockets will continue.
thanks chris you are one of my greatest teachers!!!!!!! peace and love
Love the Col. Thanks Chris
Let’s see.
One side doesn’t want to let women go to school.
The other side lets them be fighter pilots.
And you want them freed?
War is always a codeword for gen-O-cide and landgrab.
Yet the U.S. hasn’t declared war since WWII.
for the tribe and its worshipers.
No, it's how empires & and economies are maintained. Have you never played Risk? What you are seeing economies in decline vying for resources similar to WW1/2
Many thanks for your precious thoughts.
The US doesn't have the resources nor the personal to fight a war in a country the size of Iran, Persia's huge!
And the terrain is Afghanistan 2.0 but trump will do it
Also Iran would fight asymmetrically so as to cause the attacker the maximum cost both from a military and economic perspective.
Iran is 74.4 times bigger than the infanticidal regime’s state!
The US whipped Iraq in a very short time. The US sank half the Iranian navy in one day.
@@iainw5081LOL How are they gonna hurt Iran when they cant even take out the Yemen Houthis 😅😅
Instead of arming Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare, education, homelessness etc
U.S. citizens have no say so.
Such a warmonger nation as USA is non starter for humane treatment of any consequence towards any citizen below the ability to give a little more, day by day.
Amen. Don't give a shit about these other countries.
Why is that, comrade??
Please never stop speaking the truth
The second viewing of Larry and Chris is even better. Thank you again!
Any war with Iran would be insane as I believe Iran has nukes, Forbes report stated it would cost 1 billion to make one, it would be shocking if they didn’t. Any country not having nukes when facing such massive hostilities is unlikely.
Also they could probably get ready to go nukes from Pakistan.
@@iainw5081No way, Pak.is Punji+Pathan + hardcore Sunni allied to Saudi
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Iran is Iranî+Shi'ites with a totally diff.histort and identity.
Pkst. will never sell them a nuke, specially without Saudi king's approval.
@@samisatlacc7736 Not so sure about that as alliances, etc. are shifting, evolving....
Most deffenatly the have Russia on there side ww3
will be the end of the world
iran has no nukes and never will have, thats what one of them told the press prior to the IAEA visit
saying it has nukes is like saying iraq had WMDs, it wont work unless youre a massive warmonger
counterpoint it takes only days to enrich uranium from 60% to weapons grade 90%
This is something to listen to ❤️
Piracy is not dead !!! Governments just don't like competition.
You guys are awesome.
Saying a US war with IRAN is ABSURD , it would be with RUSSIA AND IRAN .Russia would not allow a US forces to use SYRIA OR IRAQ as a staging ground . WHERE WOULD THE US GET THE GROUND FORCES FROM ????? Logistics is the other problem A BIG PROBLEM.
Ground forces will prolly be houses in Saudi or nearby.
@@samisatlacc7736 SAUDI ARABIA ARE YOU INSANE??? Iran would destroy their economy in a day. How the hell would US forces land??? It took the US more than 3 months to prepare for IRAQ war .CHINA gets 90% of their oil from IRAN . CHINA RUSSIA AND IRAN control the seas . Stop living in the past , do the research and THINK.
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@@samisatlacc7736I don't think Saudis would get involved again
They've learnt thr lesson
These two together is a real education ...
and a privilege.
Education to the uninformed and parallel reality seekers.
Thank you, Chris & Colonel Wilkerson. Excellent!
finally some real talk, you should have colonel wilkerson on more often chris!
agreed
considering the outcome of both the Afghan & Iraq war I'm guessing a war with Iran would be like another Vietnam in terms of Casualties.
Dear gentlemen i enjoy your comments because you tell the truth God bless you gentlemen.
Iran has S300, S400 and now S500 also...add to that two domestic air defense systems. It is extremely difficult if not impossible to fly over Iran.
Not s500 but Iran has many indigenous air defense systems
That is assuming the aircraft would even get that far. Remember, the Israeli aircraft were already being tracked by Iran's air defenses more than 100km from the Iranian border.
@halofreak1990 exactly! And now Iran is beefing up air defense systems in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. The resistance will keep growing stronger, and the zionist entity keeps getting weaker. Israel better BEG for the 1948 borders and peacekeeping force before it's too late 😀
Larry Wilkerson was one promo from being a general officer, Col. Wilkerson was right there at a one star! `
"The bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983 was a suicide attack that killed 241 U.S. Marines, 58 French soldiers, six civilians, and two suicide bombers: A dump truck packed with explosives crashed through the front gates of the barracks, destroying the four-story building. The attack was the deadliest single-day loss of life for the Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. The U.S. began withdrawing its forces from Lebanon within months, and the last U.S. Marines left Beirut on February 26, 1984"--Google .......
One truck packed with explosives defeated the whole US Armed Forces.. The Navy, Marines, Air Force and Army....
“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.” ---James Baldwin
Truth can be so discouraging.
Colonel Wilkerson is a legend (!) , he is easily relatable to, has vast experience and clarity, a great down to earth speaker ☮🍀🌻
The management and the administration of a nation and of its people is a very serious endeavour. It is not a plaything, and it will be all accounted for on Judgement Day !
Thanks Chris - such a great review of a complex subject. And a subject so so timely today. Couldn't have picked a better guy than Wilkerson. I have huge respect for the way he speaks about the 'weapons of man destruction' mistake when he was assisting Sec Powell. Smart guy with integrity. Great show.
Lawrence is a great strategist. Just the type you need to keep out of a war. So is Doug McGregor. Would have been better picks for Secretary of Defense, than Foxes News Pete.
But you see…they do want war…they always want war…they make money from war…!!
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No one knows for sure what AD systems Iran used. I’m Iranian and follow the Iranian side too! Iran has its own indigenous AD called Bavar-373. After Israel’s latest agression, I watched Brigadier General Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces (in an interview) say that “we didn’t use our good stuff”! So whatever was used was the least of what they have. Free, free Palestine.
Can you speak on if Iranians actually dislike the Iranian government? I see people all the time supposedly from Iran saying they hate the leadership yet its hard to believe when I've seen a certain other country pretend to be Lebanese and speak badly about hezb.
Iraq was defeated because most of the Arab countries helped the US and opened up their ports to the US military...they learnt their lesson and they won't commit the same mistake.
I read that the US also paid a lot of the Iraqi generals not to fight.
@iainw5081 yes indeed. They bought Syria and many other country leaders to be quite...Syria assisted the US during the 91 war....Iran assisted the US against the Talibans...this won't work now
In this case more likely the same Arab fear Iran more than USA , therefore they rather not get involved fight Iran.
US provided 90% of the forces for the "coalition", which was just for the show, with the blessing of the UN. Iraqi army was nothing, no will to fight and armed with obsolete Soviet era weapons. Read some history.
@@iainw5081 that's why they cut and ran, and were executed later by their own people.
Because the DoD budget was inflated by the military industrial complex...an industrial service equipement cost at least 10 times more when issued for the DoD than for the civilians industry (for an identical service / equipment)...
It is a racket…they’ve made trillions.
Col Wilkerson speaks realistic sad Truths, US must not mess with Iran,China or Russia😮
Thank-you Col. Wilkerson for an honest and informed analysis of the events occurring in the places beyond my own ability to observe or understand. Cheers !
Wilkerson is a traitor to his own country and a Putin stooge.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
America did back down when Reagan pulled the troops out of Lebanon after the 1983 bombing of the marine barracks!
He knew are people are more important than making Isreal happy.
What Christian with any moral backbone would sacrifice American boys for a Jewish state that spits on their graves alongside the USS Liberty? Disgraceful. Get the US troops out of the hands of a madman who serves people who see American as the hapless Christian fools sharpening their knives for them to serve a darker power.
Iran is not like what they were 10 years ago. They are very strong now.Look back the History,If they lose in Korea,Vietnam,Iraq and Afghanistan.Do any body think US can win with Iran?
After the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, Finkelstein wrote:[108][109]
For the past 20 years the people of Gaza, half of whom are children, have been immured in a concentration camp. Today they breached the camp's walls. If we honor John Brown's armed resistance to slavery; if we honor the Jews who revolted in the Warsaw Ghetto-then moral consistency commands that we honor the heroic resistance in Gaza. I, for one, will never begrudge-on the contrary, it warms every fiber of my soul-the scenes of Gaza's smiling children as their arrogant Jewish supremacist oppressors have, finally, been humbled. The stars above in heaven are looking kindly down. Glory, glory, hallelujah. The souls of Gaza go marching on!
Fucken Finkelstein, always has a good phrase.
Ivan Glasenberg, a former protege of Marc Rich was a South African business executive and former chief executive officer of Glencore, one of the world's largest commodity trading and mining companies. Ivan and Marc Rich also made sure that Iraqi oil reached South African shores during the Apartheid era.
He made around R20 billion and was then able to buy up most of the coal mines in South Africa, becoming the de facto 'energy czar' of our country that put him in a position to extort Eskom (our national power supplier) and in effect hold the country to ransom by forcing Eskom to purchase coal from Glencore at extortionist prices.
This lead to massive, countrywide energy blackouts (euphemistically known as 'loadshedding) in South Africa with Eskom racking up unsustainable debt and leaving the country in a precarious position from an energy security perspective Larry and Chris.
Ivan has since moved his company's primary listing to London and he has moved to Switzerland to avoid South African taxes on his businesses.
Imagine what the US could be if it wasn’t fighting Israel wars
Be gone. Yeah
NEW SU-35 FIGHTER JETS ARE IN IRAN, With both IRANIAN and Russian pilots...
They plan and Al Mighty plan, and he is the best of the planners!
Thank you gentlemen for coming to work!
Great job, as always 👏👏👏 ... I just wanted to say that Iran has been working so hard on their defence systems since 1988 till now... I mean, since Iran-Iraq war ended... in 1980-1988 soviets, US and all European countries gave the highest tech weapons, tanks, warships and fighter jets to saddam and all arab countries supported saddam financially... only Syria helped Iran secretly in that war and no other countries ... Iranians had serious problem about their defence systems in 1980-1988 because saddam with the latest fighter jets could bomb any part of Iran he liked even tehran... plus saddam had those soviet missiles on his hands and we know saddam was a lunatic... in 1980 to 1988 Iranians realized that their biggest weakness is their defence systems so since 1988 till right now (36 years) Iranians have worked so hard on their defence systems 24/7 and they've done a great job ... since 1988 till 2016 no countries dared to sell any types of military products to Iran because of US sanctions... not even one bullet.... even Russia and China didn't dare to sell to Iran ... only Russia sold few units of s300 to tehran in 2016 after 15 years of delay... thats why Iran is the only country in the world that has 33 different types of powerful defence systems... u can find the names of 27 types of Iran's defence systems in Wikipedia... my point is that when izl attacked Iran recently , NO Russian defence systems were operational inside Iran but those 33 types of local Iranian defence systems did a great job and shocked the world ... even their radars and their jammers r locally built... right now the only problem Iran has is an old airforce... they have few hundred fighter jets like f14, mig27, su24 , f5 and few other types... seems years ago putin signed a contract with Iran to deliver them su35 but he still haven't delivered them to Iran ... and thats why Iranians have worked hard on their missile industry and their drone industry for last 3 decades ... US has threatened Iran for last 45 years so Iranians forced to be prepared for a war with US and they've prepared themselves since 45 years ago till right now
Thanks!
Thank you Chris..the Col is my favourite!
Love these gentleman.
Exactly Mr Wilkerson.
Thank You sincerely
Thank You …..🌞
Thanks for this excellent podcast !
😂This gave me a scintilla of hope because terrible truth is still available. Thanks as always for your excellent reporting.
It’s not only the Russian air defence but also was the Iranian air defence such as Bavar 373, Arman, 15th khordad and more and worked perfectly and because its made in Iran they can be replace easily
A 15 minutes interview and you get far more relevant information than you could dream of getting in years on cable tv.
Give me! Give me! Give me! Push! Push! Push! Won't work!
Iran has updated S300 systems that are basically the same as the S400 except for the range...😎
Greeting From Germany .Thank you C, Hedges for PEACE work .Free Palestine..
Pollard also notable for saying, a year ago, that Israel should tell hostages families to shut up - & even go so far as to imprison them to keep them silent - in order to prevent them from putting any pressure on the gov for a hostage deal.
Real gem of a human being, there. 🤮
With respect, Colonel Wilkerson, your analysis leads to the conclusion that "We Could Lose" a war with Iran and NOT that "We Would Lose". Thank you for your continuous efforts to inform and educate the citizens of the US and of the rest of the world!
Semper Fi
❤Thank you very much for your TRUTHFUL advice and professional insight GENTLEMEN. You are very Good for the PUBLIC.
This was an incredible video.
You like it or not, Iran will become the most powerful forces in the world,, better to be friendly with them before it's too late.
Facts
In the region for sure! There will be a balance of interest and power... enough of supremacy shit!
@@soulstar2401 accept the truth and truth will set you free, it will happen after 16 years. if you ignore my prediction West country will regret it.
@@soulstar2401 accept the truth and truth will set you free, it will happen after 16 years. if you ignore my prediction West country will regret it.
Thank you, Chris Hedges and Colonel Wilkerson for telling the truth. Refreshing. Frightening. Necessary.
I made it half-way through ROTC. Once you get into the third year of ROTC or Military Science, it gets political because they start paying you all of that and then you sign the contract.
Great show gentleman
We are fortunate indeed to have voices like Lawrence Wilkerson's to point out that we would lose in a war with Iran. While we blame and bluster, our military is degraded every which way.
How many wars since end of WWII have we actually won?
We didn't win ww2 on our own nor did we even really fight for as long as the rest of the participants. We threw all We had at an already severely weakened enemy
Enlightening to listen to two well-informed people.
Why would the warhawks want to strike Iran, if Iran could have already taken out israel with no nuclear weapons at all and they haven't?
Marc Rich, he sold oil during the embargoes. Yes, he was a crook for sure. Today that company is called Glencore and look how much bigger they are, and look at what the lands look once they leave a place. Very sick and disgusting.
Where is talking about peace? War is destruction and collapase.
That is right
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Born and raised in a US family where all the men have been career military, since 1942, only change, I convinced my son to go Air Force, they treat their own better. Been studying wars since I was 8, when dad gave me the Art of War as a reward for breaking the nose of a 12 year old who had zero idea a little girl learned to box at 6. (Dad was clueless. lol) Also lived in Germany when the Berlin wall was being built and teens like myself had to attend briefing at least twice a year in case WWIII started. I agree 100%.
Je me demandais pourquoi ils occuper le nord de Gaza , merci pour l’information. Merci
The second-boggest oil+gas fields in the Mediterranean are off the coast of north Gaza: Gaza Marine 1 and Gaza Marine 2, and the Jew needs north Gaza to set up the oil ports and depots.
#1+biggest hydrocarbon field is off the coast of . . . . Liban.
Also, 2 ocean canals to replace Suez are the Ben Gurion Canals from Eilat to . . . . yep, Gaza.
All planned; none of it developed.
@@samisatlacc7736 Well you got that vital information past the censors.
I think Chris misspoke at the end. He meant to say “off the coast of Gaza”, and not Israel. The gas field is called the “Gaza Marine”
I thought he got confused bcs im the same areas were planned to ports+pipelines for (as you mentioned) Gaza Marine 1 and 2, and the 2 Ben Gurion Canals from Eilat to that same general area.
Yeah but american bombs have 2 coats of paint and a sparkle to them. Hence the hefty price tag.
Pure Wild West
they never learn....
I hope there's a man like this Colonel, who tells these truths to Trump.
If that is the assessment after spending $1 trillion year on defense for years and years, then we should drastically cut the budget and put it to better use somewhere else.
Its only Palestine, Palestine. No illegitimate state is valid.
These wars are insanity.
Top shelf stuff .. Project Zio is dying
Well the majority are duel citizens and not native at all , so….. bye -bye !
We have to take a LOOK back into the past around 1960 when the movie "Fail Safe" came out during the Cold War. Compare that to what we are gonna have today.
If you carefully analyse the available video coming out of the Israel attack on Tehran recently, you will see:
1. no trail of interceptor missiles launching from the ground to take down incoming missiles;
2. explosions from interception fairly close to the ground, no higher than 1-2km
3. flashes of fast explosion of interception, no smoke trail of missiles collapsing onto the ground.
4. interceptions happening in quick succession across the city
5. visible missiles flying in, no visible interception missiles impacting it before the missiles flash and is destroyed
Does not look like typical air defence missiles like a the iron dome or patriot, or thaad. This looks like some sort of kinetic interception from projectiles that isnt visible in the night sky, or some laser anti-missile technology. Ironically, China developed both of these and had some stationed in Iran by June this year.... also perhaps out of pure coincidence, the Chinese government controlled CCTV livestremed the interception for 4 hours, where it has not done so for any other part of the conflict in the middle east since october 2023.
Why would this be surprising? We are the second most powerful country on the planet of course we have advanced stuff. 🤷
@@YangShaoqing778 why second most powerful?? Where is your chinese confidence.
@@orionxingu1758 they're not as arrogant as the Americans
It won’t stop BRICS.
One reason American military equipment is 3-4 times more expensive and not capable, it because of that one critical factor...
Republican Management, Republican Capitalism.
Look up what Alastair Crooke has to say about the failed attack.
Iran has developed its own indigenous air defense system, which, in recent tests has proven to be highly effective and even superior to the Russian S-300, its name is Bavar 373, and it can intercept up to 300 targets simultaneously at a range of 400 km.
Former chief of staff to one of the people who lied us into a major war. Ok
The aptly-named Chris Hedges UA-cam Channel
Yep! Yep! Yep! They messed up, Colonel! My sister knew the late General Colin Powell! Gen. Powell was your right-hand man!
Iran will not be alone against the US. We are in for a big suprise. Many will join Iran because of the hatred that has been accumulated in the region. There is only so much harm you can do, something is going to give.
To occupy an urbanized country of 90 million requiries 9 million.
"November 2024, Iran's population is around 91.5 million."
What a world
Israelis lie? Say it ain't so. I hope you are right. IMO the world is fed up Isntreal.
Maybe the Pull your
head in moment.
Didn't we put the USS A Lincoln (CVN-72) group in the Mediterranean? I'm not saying that's a puddle but there are huge risks if you go in half-hearted and under resourced.
Letting Netanyahu drag us into another Iraq would be our undoing