US war lobby fuels conflict in Russia, Ukraine, and Syria: ex-Pentagon advisor

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English - January 05, 2022 20:02 - 37 minutes - 68.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 548 ratings
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Douglas Macgregor, a retired US Army Colonel and former Pentagon senior advisor, analyzes the US-Russia standoff in Ukraine; the aftermath of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan; Trump's failure to act on 2016 campaign anti-interventionist rhetoric, only to surround himself with neocons; and the ongoing, overlooked US military occupation of Syria after the decade-long CIA dirty war.

"The Military Industrial Congressional Complex," Macgregor says, "seems to be more powerful than anyone who occupies the office of the presidency."

Guest: Douglas Macgregor, retired US Army Colonel and former Pentagon senior advisor.