WAR and DECEPTION – w/ Alastair Crooke

Alastair Crooke has the most comprehensive understanding of the geopolitics of West Asia of any Western analyst I know, based on decades of personal experience and living in the region. This one-hour interview with Joe Lauria of Consortium News should be watched by anyone who wants to see the whole picture in its historical context. Alastair sees no hope for negotiations between the US and Iran as long as Israel and its Lobby are in control of US Presidency and Congress. There is a chance for this control to diminish in the coming midterm elections, as Israel and Zionism get more unpopular in this country. In the meantime, however, the negotiations are nothing but a fraud and a sham, and Alastair expects another major attack on Iran within the next few weeks that could really wreck the global economy.