Lawrence Wilkerson

Now, Wilkerson worried, “We’ve privatized the ultimate public function: war.”

– Former Bush Official Just Confirmed That Our Wars Are for Corporate Interests:

“I think Smedley Butler was onto something,” Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former George W. Bush administration heavyweight, told Salon in an exclusive interview.

Major General Smedley Butler earned the highest rank in the U.S. Marine Corps, accumulating numerous accolades as he helped lead the United States through decades of war. He later became an ardent critic of such militarism and imperialism.

“War is a racket,” Butler famously said, and Wilkerson — who has also turned critical of U.S. imperialist policy — agrees with and admires the esteemed Marine.

Read moreFormer Bush Official Just Confirmed That Our Wars Are for Corporate Interests: “We Are The Death Merchants Of The World”

– Lawrence Wilkerson: “The American ‘Empire’ Is In Deep, Deep Trouble”:

Former US army colonel and Chief of Staff for Colin Powell, Lawrence Wilkerson unleashed a most prescient speech on the demise of the United States Empire.

As Naked Capitalism’s Yves Smith notes,Wilkerson describes the path of empires in decline and shows how the US is following the classic trajectory. He contends that the US needs to make a transition to being one of many powers and focus more on strategies of international cooperation.

The video is full of rich historical detail and terrific, if sobering, nuggets, such as:

“History tells us we’re probably finished.

Read moreFormer US army colonel and Chief of Staff for Colin Powell, Lawrence Wilkerson: “The American ‘Empire’ Is In Deep, Deep Trouble”