Kucinich: “Iran Could Be the Graveyard of the American Empire”
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March 4, 2026 · 60 min
About this episode
Dennis Kucinich discusses the critical state of U.S. foreign policy regarding Iran and the implications for American imperialism.
Former congressman and longtime peace advocate Dennis Kucinich joins Robert Scheer for a stark assessment of what he calls the most perilous moment in modern U.S. foreign policy. With Washington openly coordinating military action with Israel and escalating toward direct confrontation with Iran, Kucinich argues the United States has reached the terminus of its imperial project — a point where decades of overreach, militarism, and economic decline collide. Drawing on his years in Congress fighting unauthorized wars, he warns that the killing of Iran’s leadership, the collapse of diplomatic credibility, and the fantasy of American omnipotence have created a crisis with no clear exit. Scheer and Kucinich trace the roots of the disaster from the 1953 coup against Mossadegh to Trump’s current campaign of regime change, asking whether Iran may become the graveyard of American empire — and what it means for a world no longer willing to accept U.S. dominance.
People in this episode
Host: Robert Scheer
Guest: Dennis Kucinich
Topics covered
- U.S. foreign policy
- military action
- Iran
- American empire
- diplomatic credibility
- regime change
Keywords
- Iran
- American empire
- foreign policy
- military action
- diplomatic credibility
- regime change
- Kucinich
- Scheer
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Washington, Israel
Places: Iran, United States
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