Did Israel Play a Role in the Iraq War? 😳

Shawn Ryan Show

The speaker argues that Israel orchestrated a multi-phase strategy using U.S. military intervention to destabilize Middle Eastern governments, starting with Iraq and continuing through Syria to Iran. They claim Netanyahu lobbied for the Iraq War and that the U.S. has now installed a former al-Qaeda leader in Syria.

Summary

The speaker presents a theory that Israel has been orchestrating a long-term strategy to use American military power to remove hostile governments in the Middle East. They argue this began with Benjamin Netanyahu aggressively lobbying for the Iraq War by testifying that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, when Israel's real goal was to have the U.S. do the 'heavy lifting' of removing anti-Israeli strongmen. According to the speaker, this was part of a three-phase plan: first removing Saddam Hussein in Iraq, then Assad in Syria (who supported Hezbollah and Hamas), and finally targeting Iran. The speaker claims that Saddam and Assad were both strongmen who opposed Israel, and now the U.S. is moving into the third phase against Iran. They express outrage that in Syria, the U.S. has installed what they describe as a former al-Qaeda leader who was hand-selected by Ayman Zawahiri (bin Laden's right-hand man) and who allegedly has videos of himself holding severed heads. The speaker views this as a catastrophic policy decision, characterizing it as inviting a terrorist into positions of power.

Key Insights

  • The speaker claims Benjamin Netanyahu aggressively lobbied and testified about Saddam's WMD development to convince the U.S. to invade Iraq
  • The speaker argues Israel orchestrated a three-phase plan using U.S. military power to remove anti-Israeli strongmen: first Saddam, then Assad, and finally Iran
  • The speaker contends that Israel's goal was to have the U.S. remove leaders who supported groups like Hezbollah and Hamas
  • The speaker alleges that the new Syrian leader is a former al-Qaeda member who was hand-selected by Ayman Zawahiri
  • The speaker claims there are videos of the new Syrian leader holding severed heads from executions he performed

Topics

Israeli influence on U.S. foreign policyIraq War originsMiddle East regime change strategySyrian leadership transitionU.S.-Israel relationship

Transcript

The war in Syria wouldn't have happened if the Iraq war wouldn't have happened. Benjamin Netanyahu at the time, he came and he aggressively lobbied and testified that Saddam was developing weapons of mass destruction. They wanted us to do the heavy lifting so they could eventually get their goal of taking out Assad, who was supporting Hezbollah and Hamas, and then also taking out Iran. We took down Saddam, who was a strong man against Israel. We then had to go in and take out Assad, who was a strong man against Israel as well. And now this is the third phase. We're going now into Iran to take out that strong government for Israel. Who do we put…

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