"U.S. Troops Would Be Swallowed in Iran" - Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson

About this episode

Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson discusses the dangers of U.S. troops in Iran and the implications of the ongoing conflict involving Israel and its effects on global powers.

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson warns about how U.S. troops would be "swallowed in Iran," where they will be "wounded captured or dead.” He also talks about how Israel "is getting pummeled and decimated" and how this war will actually help China and Russia. He and Katie are joined by Mikey Weinstein an attorney, former Air Force officer and founder and president of The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF). He talks about the bombshell story about higher ups in the military framing the war as a holy one with the aim of armageddon. Then Katie talks to Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and Palestinian American journalist Rami Khouri about the latest in Iran. For more of this discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired US army colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. He is an anti-war critic of U.S. foreign policy and a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. Mikey Weinstein is the founder & president of Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF),a church-state separation advocate, former U.S. Air Force Judge…

People in this episode

Host: Katie Halper

Guests: Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Mikey Weinstein, Jamal Abdi, Rami Khouri

Topics covered

• U.S. foreign policy
• Iran conflict
• military strategy
• religious influence in military
• China and Russia
• Israel
• Palestine

Keywords

• U.S. troops
• Iran
• military
• Israel
• China
• Russia
• war
• religion
• Mikey Weinstein
• Jamal Abdi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, National Iranian American Council, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity

Places: Iran, Israel, United States, Palestine

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