To sell US war on Iran, Trump recycles old Iraq War propaganda
Jun 21, 2025•22 min
Episode description
To justify war on Iran, the Donald Trump administration is repeating the same disinformation used by George W. Bush to justify the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003, based on false claims it had "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs). US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard went from condemning Trump as a warmonger and liar in 2020 to helping him manufacture consent for this war, even after admitting in March 2025 "that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon". Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_EsEQ-1yp8
The real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwH780cEcEQ
Topics
0:00 Trump admin pushes for war on Iran
0:58 Reports: Trump approved attacks on Iran
1:50 USA wants regime change in Iran
3:10 Regurgitating Iraq War "WMD" propaganda
5:24 No evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons
6:36 (CLIP) Trump criticizes his own intel
6:53 US spy agencies: Iran not building nukes
7:41 Tulsi Gabbard helps Trump sell Iran war
9:11 (CLIP) "Iran is not building a nuclear weapon"
9:21 Tulsi Gabbard helps Trump sell Iran war
9:49 Trump White House pushes Iran war
12:00 When Tulsi Gabbard condemned Trump
13:14 (CLIPS) Gabbard: Trump wants Iran war
14:38 Gabbard: Trump wants regime change
16:24 Iran nuclear deal
18:44 Negotiations with Iran
20:02 Propaganda war
20:47 Déjà vu: George W Trump's war
21:09 Reasons for US-Israeli war on Iran
22:03 Outro
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