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Trump Administration's False Case for War with Iran---Lawrence Wilkerson

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I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, New York Times Op-Ed

...the United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said that the administration had “undeniable” evidence that Iran was not complying with Security Council resolutions regarding its ballistic missile program and Yemen. Just like Mr. Powell, Ms. Haley showed satellite images and other physical evidence available only to the United States intelligence community to prove her case. But the evidence fell significantly short.

It’s astonishing how similar that moment was to Mr. Powell’s 2003 presentation on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction...

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