{"id":5429,"date":"2019-05-27T19:31:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T17:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=5429"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:48:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:48:47","slug":"iran-retired-army-colonel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/iran-retired-army-colonel\/","title":{"rendered":"How close are we to a war with Iran?  | Interview with a Former Insider &#038; Retired Army Colonel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>How close are we to a war with Iran?\u00a0 | Interview with a Former Insider &amp; Retired Army Colonel<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this interview we talk to a retired U.S. Army Colonel (31 years) and the former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell (2002-2005), Prof. Lawrence Wilkerson, about the recent situation in Iran. We begin the discussion by providing context on U.S.-Iran relations post World War II, the military industrial complex and the forces that are influencing the Trump administration to go to war with Iran. In addition we analyse the effects that U.S. sanctions are having on Iran and examine the possible consequences of a U.S. attack on Iran. Finally we talk about the role of the anti-war movement during this period and whether it could prevent a war with Iran.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: How close are we to a War with Iran?\u00a0 | Interview with a Former Insider &amp; Retired Army Colonel<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How close are we to a war with Iran?  | Interview with a Former Insider &amp; Retired Army Colonel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/76bt2ervDgQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To view our past videos with experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Jeremy Scahill, Glenn Greenwald, Yanis Varoufakis, etc. on similar topics, visit and subscribe to our YouTube-channel by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"673\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT LARRY WILKERSON<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lawrence-wilkerson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3594 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lawrence-wilkerson-e1504696597569-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Wilkerson\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy <strong>Lawrence Wilkerson<\/strong>\u2019s last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell\u2019s Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department\u2019s Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02). Before serving at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army. During that time, he was a member of the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College (1987 to 1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson retired from active service in 1997 as a colonel, and began work as an advisor to General Powell. He has also taught national security affairs in the Honors Program at the George Washington University. He is currently working on a book about the first George W. Bush administration.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this interview we talk to a retired U.S. Army Colonel Prof. Lawrence Wilkerson about the recent situation in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[],"channel":[],"class_list":["post-5429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-politics"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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