WAR ON IRAN: US Military Being Used for Israel & EPSTEIN CLASS’ Profits - Sgt. Brian McGinnis

About this episode

Sgt. Brian McGinnis discusses the US military's involvement in the war on Iran and the influence of Israel lobbyists on US politicians.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Sgt. Brian McGinnis, US Senate Candidate for the Green Party in North Carolina, he had his arm broken while being dragged out of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing while protesting the war on Iran. He discusses how the US military-industrial complex and the Israel lobbyists have bought off US politicians to launch this war for Israel’s interests, the role of the Internet and social media to break through the US government’s propaganda and causing rising anti-war sentiment, Iran’s destruction of US assets in Iraq- a country which he fought in as part of the US invasion and occupation, his personal experience in occupied Palestine seeing the brutality of the Israeli occupation’s settlers and soldiers, his thoughts on War Secretary Pete Hegseth and his conduct in the war on Iran, and much more.

People in this episode

Host: Afshin Rattansi

Guest: Sgt. Brian McGinnis

Topics covered

• war on Iran
• US military
• Israel lobby
• anti-war sentiment
• personal experiences
• political protest
• military-industrial complex

Keywords

• war on Iran
• US military
• Israel lobby
• Green Party
• anti-war
• political protest
• military-industrial complex
• Iraq
• Palestine
• Pete Hegseth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Green Party, US Senate, US military-industrial complex, Israel

Places: North Carolina, Iraq, Palestine

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