Topic: Paul Wolfowitz

Michael Yon recounts his time in Iraq researching Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFPs), which were officially blamed on Iran. However, Yon claims his investigations and conversations with leaders like General Petraeus suggested the copper for these devices actually originated from U.S. construction materials in the Green Zone. He also references the 1967 attack on the USS Liberty as a turning point in his understanding of the U.S.-Israel alliance.

The "Which Path to Persia" strategy paper published by the Brookings Institution in 2009 is cited as the blueprint for using Israel to deflect retaliation away from the U.S. during strikes on Iran. General Wesley Clark's 2001 revelation about a Pentagon plan to destroy seven countries in five years is revisited, highlighting a long-standing policy coup by neoconservatives like Paul Wolfowitz and Dick Cheney to destabilize the Middle East.

Carlson recounts anecdotes about neoconservatives like Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz, suggesting their foreign policy was driven by a "violence fantasy." He reflects on his own "awakening" regarding the Iraq War after visiting Baghdad. He admits to being part of the problem initially but now sees the conflict was never about spreading democracy.