Interviews 02

Col. Larry Wilkerson: Israel’s Grand Strategy Is Coming Apart – Here’s Why It Matters
Colonel Larry Wilkerson argues that Israel's grand strategy is failing, leading to a geopolitical shift where Iran, backed by Russia and China, gains significant leverage through control of strategic chokepoints and a potential nuclear deterrent, while the US faces domestic political and economic turmoil.

Paul Craig Roberts: They Sold Us Out: Trump & GOP Just Chose Israel Over America
Paul Craig Roberts argues that Iran and Russia are destined for defeat due to their failure to adopt a decisive war doctrine, contrasting their 'tit-for-tat' responses with Israel's relentless, long-term agenda to establish 'Greater Israel' using the United States as its primary tool.

Col. Jacques Baud: Iran & Israel Just Opened a NEW WAR FRONT in the Mediterranean
Colonel Jacques Baud dissects the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, arguing that Netanyahu deliberately draws the US into a broader Middle East war while exposing the West's flawed crisis management and the shifting regional power dynamics.

Col. Jacques Baud: Israel COLLAPSES After Trump’s Final Card
Colonel Jacques Baud argues that the US's tactical, short-term foreign policy, heavily influenced by Israel's irrational expansionism, is leading to regional collapse and global instability, while China's strategic long-term vision offers a stark contrast.

Paul Craig Roberts: Iran vs USA: US Forces FORCED to Retreat as Iranian Retaliation Turns the Tables
Paul Craig Roberts argues that the ongoing US-Iran conflict is fundamentally driven by Israel's 'Greater Israel' agenda, creating a lose-lose scenario for the US and Israel while Iran fails to seize its strategic advantage.

Amb. Chas Freeman: Israel’s Strategy Just COLLAPSED – Trump Steps In
Ambassador Chas Freeman argues that Israel's regional strategy has collapsed, the US is weakened, and Donald Trump's 'phony' peace efforts are a self-serving attempt to exit a failing war, accelerating a global shift towards independent 'nodes' rather than traditional alliances.

Yakov M. Rabkin: Iran Remains the Principal STRONGHOLD of Resistance to Israel
Yakov Rabkin argues that the US-Iran conflict is primarily an Israeli war, driven by Zionist ideology to preserve an apartheid state and eliminate regional resistance, with the US acting as a mobilized proxy.

Patrick Henningsen: Israel Strikes Iran’s LARGEST Gas Field - Iran's MASSIVE RETALIATION Begins
Israel's attack on Iran's South Pars gas field, coordinated with the US, is a calculated move to destabilize Gulf monarchies, reshape the Middle East, and boost US energy dominance, risking a global conflict.

Mohammad Marandi: Tehran Under FIRE & Israel Faces OBLITERATION
Iran's Professor Marandi asserts that the US and Israel's war against Iran is failing, strengthening Iranian resolve and exposing the weakness of US allies, with Iran prepared for a long conflict to inflict strategic defeat.

Matthew Hoh: This Is How Every Empire Destroys Itself
A former US diplomat and marine veteran warns of a devastating, unpredictable war with Iran, driven by US-Israeli objectives of regime change or fragmentation, with profound regional and global consequences.
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