{"id":377305,"date":"2018-09-14T21:33:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T20:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/lawrence-wilkerson-on-the-neocons-plan-war-in-syria-then-iran\/"},"modified":"2018-09-14T21:33:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T20:33:53","slug":"lawrence-wilkerson-on-the-neocons-plan-war-in-syria-then-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/lawrence-wilkerson-on-the-neocons-plan-war-in-syria-then-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Wilkerson on the Neocons Plan: War in Syria, Then Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Interviewed Tuesday by host Sharmini Peries at The Real News<\/a>, Lawrence Wilkerson, a College of William & Mary professor and former chief of staff for United States Secretary of State Colin Powell, warned that \u201cthe neoconservative agenda\u201d for an escalated United States war on Syria followed by war on Iran has had a \u201cresurrection\u201d in President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

Regarding talk about the US taking military action in Syria in response to potential allegations of the use of chemical weapons \u2013 false flag or otherwise \u2013 in the country, Wilkerson comments that the war advocates are \u201clooking for every excuse, any excuse, all excuses, to reopen US operations, major U.S. operations, against [President Bashar al-Assad] in Syria, always realizing that the ultimate target is Tehran.\u201d Tehran is the capital of Iran.<\/p>\n

Addressing previous allegations of chemical weapons use by the Syria government that were used to justify US military actions in the country, Wilkerson, who is an Academic Board member for the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, states that he has seen \u201cno proof\u201d that Assad \u201cever used chemical weapons\u201d and disparages the reputability of the White Helmets organization whose claims have been used to build support for US military actions in Syria.<\/p>\n

Wilkerson further warns that the neoconservative agenda regarding war on Syria and Iran also threatens both conflict between the US and Russia and the long-term bogging down of US military forces in major conflict. Wilkerson states: \u201cMy serious concern is about the way [US National Security Advisor John Bolton] and others in their positions of power now are orchestrating a scenario whereby Donald Trump, for political reasons or whatever, can use force in a significant way against Assad and ultimately Iran, because Iran\u2019s forces are there, and ultimately against Russia, because their forces are there in Syria, and this is most disquieting.\u201d The neoconservatives\u2019 military plan, argues Wilkerson, is \u201ca recipe for\u201d the US military being in the region for \u201cthe next generation\u201d with significant force \u201cmired even deeper in this morass\u201d and with the \u201cday after day\u201d attrition of dollars and lives.<\/p>\n

Watch Wilkerson\u2019s complete interview here:<\/p>\n