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Gary Vogler and Lawrence Wilkerson join us to discuss the deep politics of the Iraq War, drawing from their respective insider perspectives. Gary Vogler is the author of 'Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions, and the Neocon Energy Agenda'. Lawrence Wilkerson wrote the foreword to the book. He is a retired US Army Colonel and former chief of staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

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In this episode, Peter Dale Scott reads and discusses a new poem. Published at the American Exception Substack, the poem is entitled “Facing the Limen.”

This is the 30th installment of our oral history series with the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.

Image Credit: Ludlow Group

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange

To hear/see the full episode, please subscribe on Patreon at: https://patreon.com/americanexception Aaron and Bryce discuss a number of subjects:

The US presidential debate farce

How Russia and Iran are deepening their strategic relationship

The anniversary of 9/11 

MAGA’s new strange and conspiracist Resistance spectacle

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

We talk with the Iraq Correspondent at the excellent website, The Cradle.  He has done outstanding work covering ISIS as the latest entry in a long and sordid Western imperial tradition--the covert use of Islamist terror groups as geopolitical sock puppets.

 Two articles from the Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent are particularly relevant to this episode’s discussion:

"Masoud Barzani: The Butcher of Sinjar"

"‘Justice is sleeping’: Yezidis struggle to punish Kurds who greenlit genocide"

Follow The Cradle on Twitter, and check out The Cradle website regularly to stay up to date developments in the Middle East.

Image Credit: The Cradle

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “Be Gone” by Mock Orange

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Aaron discusses a pair of suppressed recent news articles from The Grayzone:

"Historic US-Russia prisoner swap exposes CIA support for Chechen jihad"

"Accused financier of Moise assassination apparently advised by US intelligence"

Then goes into an (overly?) extended discussion of a new academic article that offers a critique of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State:

'Oedipus and the cabal: conspiracy theories and the decline of symbolic efficiency'

NOTE: The 'I' in BRICS is for India. I likely said "Iran" because Iran is the BRICS member who, along with Russia and China, has done the most to defeat the pnac of late.

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

This is the second of Aaron's two-part review and discussion of a new and very important book, 'Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions, and the Neocon Energy Agenda'. The book was written by Gary Vogler, with a foreword from Col. Lawrence Wilkerson.

Image: West Qurna 1 Oil Field (Middle East Online)

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

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In this episode, Aaron is joined by Peter Dale Scott, who finishes reading some of his new politically and biographically inspired poetry from Peter’s recently published poetry collection, 'Dreamcraft'.

This is the 29th installment of our oral history series with the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.

Image: 'The Famous Greek Theatre, Berkeley, Calif.' (Pacific Novelty Co., ca. 1907–January 14, 1910)

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “I’m Leaving” by Mock Orange

Bryce and Aaron discuss a number of grim and ridiculous events—including the sinister “genocide pause” ceasefire hoax, the Kursk invasion fiasco, the DNC’s genocide-eliding spectacle in Chicago, RFK’s sad finale, tech monopoly censorship, and Russiagate’s strange Zionist angle.

Image: A view of the destruction in Gaza, February 22, 2024. (Photo credit: AFP/ Said Khatib)

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

In this episode, Aaron is joined again by Peter Dale Scott who reads some politically and biographically inspired poetry from Peter’s new poetry collection, Dreamcraft.

This is the 28th installment of our oral history series with the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “Window” by Mock Orange

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To see/hear the full episode head over to https://www.patreon.com/americanexception to subscribe and support the best historical analysis of the U.S. Empire. Aaron reviews and discusses a new and very important book, 'Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions, and the Neocon Energy Agenda'. The book was written by Gary Vogler with a foreword from Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. This is the first of what will be a two or three part series.

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music