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

[G_j]

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/1/13/lawrence_wilkerson_american_empire_war

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.”


watch, https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2020/1/13?autostart=true

[alwaysinasnit]

1. K&R Thanks for posting.

[moondust]

2. Ike warned us.

They didn't listen. Profits over people.

[malaise]

3. The truth

“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.”

[blugbox]

4. I'll just go ahead and post the TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE theme song lyrics here...

America
America

America, fuck yeah!
Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day, yeah

America, fuck Yeah!
Freedom is the only way, yeah

Terrorists, your game is through
'Cause now you have ta answer to

America, fuck yeah!
So lick my butt and suck on my balls

America, fuck yeah!
Whatcha' gonna do when we come for you now

It's the dream that we all share
It's the hope for tomorrow
(Fuck Yeah!)

BTW this is made by the guys who make South Park