Ex-CIA Officer John Kiriakou on the Truth About Iran, False Flags, and What’s Really Happening in DC
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Where did the intel about Iran really come from?
John, thanks for doing this. Thanks for the invitation. So a lot of us have been trying to figure out how we got into this war with Iran. I think the reporting is clear at this point that there was really nobody at the White House or in the American intelligence community who was telling the president, yeah, this is gonna be really easy.
Why does Israel have tensions with Europe?
But he came to that conclusion anyway. There's a lot of speculation as to why. But tell us about the process. You're the president. You're trying to figure out what's going to happen if you declare war on this country. How do you find that information? Where does that come from?
Well, I can tell you how President George H.W. Bush did it and how President George W. Bush did it. It's a process. Right. You have to... Formal. Formal process.
Should Russia be considered an enemy of America?
You have to commission estimates from the intelligence community. You commission... intelligence, finished intelligence reports from the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence. You get an idea of what the State Department is thinking about it. You're talking to your Secretaries of State and Defense, the National Security Advisor. But then, and I think this is even as important, you need to talk to your friends and allies. You need to know what the European countries are saying or seeing. And then our Gulf allies, the Arab allies, we really needed to engage with all of them. And then- There's going to be a consensus at some point, at least among most of those countries.
Why would Trump trust a foreign intel agency over his own?
And then you come up with a policy. I think that that's not what took place in this case. As you know, you've heard the same criticisms that I've heard in the Gulf The complaints are that they were not consulted as allies. They were just sort of brought along. And I was in Europe a couple of weeks ago and a couple of weeks before that, and I heard the same complaints that they weren't consulted. The only apparent consultation that was taking place was with the Israelis. And the Israelis really, really wanted this to get done.
So why would you as a practical matter need to consult other countries? Because there is this sense like as an exceptional nation, we don't need anyone's permission to act.
Sure.
But again, not as an ideological matter or a matter of politeness or good form, but as a practical matter before launching a war, why do you need to talk to the Europeans and the Gulf states?
At the very least, you're going to want political cover. You're also going to want to give them an opportunity to come up with plan B for their, let's say, oil or gas needs. or transportation issues. You don't want them to be taken by surprise because they're gonna resent you in the end. And we didn't do that. And they resent us. I'll give you an example. I was in Ireland two weeks ago. And at the hotel, they told me I was probably gonna have to leave extra early for the airport because they were expecting the largest demonstration in Irish history ever. which took place the next morning. And it was all because of home heating oil prices and gasoline prices. We didn't consult with the Irish or the British or anybody else before launching this thing.
They were already having problems because of the cutoff of home heating oil coming from Russia because of the Ukraine war. And then this was just doubly difficult for them.
What led to the belief that Iraq would welcome Americans as liberators?
And so gas was, we figured it out, gas was $12 and a half a gallon I mean, if you don't have an alarm. Gasoline. Gasoline, $12.50 a gallon. And home heating oil was astronomical to the point where people were just, you know, freezing. And they're blaming us for it.
How can peace be achieved in the current geopolitical climate?
So you want to be able to consult our friends and allies so that they have a chance to come up with a plan to make the hurt on their own people a little bit less severe.
um ireland is an enemy of israel's the prime minister and many cabinet ministers in israel have said that they hate ireland they hate europe they hate europeans so do you think that the president's um reluctance or failure to bring them into this conversation reflects israel's priorities i hate to say it but i do actually i think that the israelis
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Chapters
8 chapters
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Where did the intel about Iran really come from?
0:04–0:23
2
Why does Israel have tensions with Europe?
0:23–0:50
3
Should Russia be considered an enemy of America?
0:50–1:34
4
Why would Trump trust a foreign intel agency over his own?
1:34–3:30
5
What led to the belief that Iraq would welcome Americans as liberators?
3:30–3:47
6
How can peace be achieved in the current geopolitical climate?
3:47–6:13
7
What role does the Israeli lobby play in U.S. foreign policy?
6:13–8:30
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How does the CIA's politicization affect national security?
8:30–1:41:59
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