Larry Wilkerson: Trump Won’t Make Peace with North Korea

Dandelion Salad TheRealNews on Mar 12, 2018 It is possible to make a peace deal that would denuclearize North Korea, but don’t expect Donald Trump to deliver it, says Col. Lawrence Wilkerson.

Larry Wilkerson: Is the US Ramping Up Its Military Presence in Syria and Planning to Attack Iran for Israel?

Dandelion Salad TheRealNews on Mar 4, 2018 Col. Larry Wilkerson speaking at the National Press Club the day before the official AIPAC Conference. The alternative conference was titled: ‘U.S.-Israel Relations and Middle East Policy.’

Lawrence Wilkerson: An Invasion of Iran Could Be Significantly Worse for the US Empire + Has Trump Launched a New Nuclear Arms Race?

Dandelion Salad TheRealNews on Feb 5, 2018 Fifteen years after he helped write the Colin Powell speech that made the false case for war on Iraq, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson says Trump is following a similar path on Iran — with the main difference being that the outcome now could “be significantly worse.”

When Did Congress Vote to Aid the Saudi’s Yemen War? by Gareth Porter + Larry Wilkerson: U.S is Backing Saudi War Crimes in Yemen

by Gareth Porter Writer, Dandelion Salad Crossposted from The American Conservative October 3, 2017 Lawmakers use War Powers Act to finally question legality of U.S. involvement. The bill introduced by a bipartisan group of House members last week to end the direct U.S. military role in the Saudi coalition war in Yemen guarantees that the […]

Korea Solution Needs US to Sign a Peace Treaty by Finian Cunningham + Wilkerson: Trump a ‘Diplomatic Fiasco’ at the UN

by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from Strategic Culture Foundation September 19, 2017 Germany and France have backed the stance of Russia and China for negotiations to avert the Korea crisis. South Korea and Japan also seem to be amenable to recent calls by Russian President Vladimir Putin for exclusively diplomatic efforts. […]

Stop Allowing YOUR Emperor to Threaten Nuclear Apocalypse by David Swanson + Larry Wilkerson: North Korea is Not an Existential Threat

by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy September 5, 2017 North Korea is open to reasonable negotiations. The United States, as embodied in the buffoon whom we have allowed to hold more power than any royal monarch has ever known, would prefer Armageddon to reasonable negotiations.

Donald Trump and Theresa May: Partners in Planning Armageddon? by Felicity Arbuthnot + Wilkerson: Trump “Needs a Good War” and Pence is Waiting in the Wings to Lead It

by Felicity Arbuthnot Writer, Dandelion Salad London, England May 13, 2017 For the love of God, for the love of your children and of the civilization to which you belong, cease this madness. You are mortal men. You are capable of error. You have no right to hold in your hands – there is no […]

“Making America Great Again” by Reducing the World to Ashes? by Felicity Arbuthnot + Larry Wilkerson: U.S. Should Stop the Threats

by Felicity Arbuthnot Writer, Dandelion Salad London, England April 19, 2017 In the event of a nuclear war, there will be no chances, there will be no survivors – all will be obliterated… nuclear devastation is not science fiction – it is a matter of fact. The world now stands on the brink of the […]

Lawrence Wilkerson: The Danger of a Clinton or Trump Presidency

Dandelion Salad TheRealNews on Aug 3, 2016 Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and Paul Jay discuss Hillary Clinton’s militarist track record and Donald Trump’s bellicose rhetoric.

How Putin’s Leverage Shaped the Syrian Ceasefire by Gareth Porter + Larry Wilkerson: Will the Syrian Ceasefire End the US-Russia Proxy War?

by Gareth Porter Writer, Dandelion Salad crossposted at Middle East Eye Washington March 28, 2016 By his military withdrawal, Putin was actually enhancing his leverage over both the military situation and the political negotiations still to come When Russian President Vladimir Putin had a substantive meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry last week, […]

Abby Martin and Lawrence Wilkerson: The US Empire Is Ready To Collapse

Dandelion Salad with Abby Martin teleSUR English on Dec 11, 2015 Abby Martin interviews retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former national security advisor to the Reagan administration, who spent years as an assistant to Secretary of State Colin Powell during both Bush administrations. Today, he is honest about the unfixable corruption inside the establishment and […]

The Real Story Behind the Republicans’ Iran Letter by Gareth Porter + Larry Wilkerson: Open Letter to Ayatollah From the Republicans

by Gareth Porter Writer, Dandelion Salad crossposted at Middle East Eye Washington March 13, 2015 The real story is how enforcers of Likudist policy on Iran used a young Republican politician to try to provoke a breakdown in nuclear talks The “open letter” from Senator Tom Cotton and 46 other Republican Senators to the leadership […]

Barack Obama’s Message — Continuation of the National Emergency with respect to the Actions of the Government of Syria + Wilkerson: Obama Under Pressure to Seek Regime Change in Syria and Iran

Dandelion Salad Propaganda Alert! The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency, unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its […]

Barack Obama’s Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Iran + Wilkerson: US Objective Is Regime Change

Dandelion Salad Propaganda Alert! The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 On March 15, 1995, the President issued Executive Order 12957, which declared a national emergency with respect to Iran and, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), took related steps to deal with […]

Lawrence Wilkerson: Dissent is the Highest form of Patriotism

Dandelion Salad TheRealNews on Jan 4, 2012 Col. Larry Wilkerson speaks at Sam Adams Awards ceremony honoring Jesselyn Radack and Thomas Drake [November 21, 2011]