The Empire is Failing, the Police State is Intensifying w/ Lt. Col Karen Kwiatkowski

About this episode

Karen Kwiatkowski discusses the intensifying police state and the decline of the American Empire, reflecting on her experiences as a whistleblower.

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around:https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, Iraq War-era Pentagon whistleblower and retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski returns to the program to discuss the growing crackdown on antiwar voices, the controversial Section 224 of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), U.S.-Israel military integration, the military-industrial complex, and what she describes as the accelerating decline of the American Empire. Kwiatkowski, who became one of the most prominent critics of the George W. Bush administration's Iraq War from within the Pentagon, reflects on her own experiences being targeted and smeared after exposing the manipulation of intelligence in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Drawing on those experiences, she examines current attacks on dissident and anti-interventionist voices, including streamer Hasan Piker, Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, and Quincy Institute Executive Vice President…

People in this episode

Host: J.G.

Guest: Karen Kwiatkowski

Topics covered

• antiwar movements
• military-industrial complex
• U.S.-Israel relations
• whistleblowing
• freedom of speech
• national defense

Keywords

• Iraq War
• NDAA
• whistleblower
• military integration
• anti-intervention
• freedom of speech
• Pentagon

Sponsors

Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Parallax Views, U.S. Air Force, George W. Bush administration, Quincy Institute

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