What if everything you’ve been told about the military — “fighting for freedom,” “protecting democracy,” “serving your country” — was a lie?

In this explosive episode of "The Watchdog," British-Iraqi artist and host Lowkey sits down with former Army Ranger and intel insider Greg Stoker, who saw the beast from the inside and walked away from it.

Stoker breaks the silence on:

• How the U.S. military breaks young men to serve the empire
• Why most soldiers join out of economic desperation, not patriotism
• The real reason so many vets kill themselves when they get out
• How the Pentagon built the internet to spy on Americans and suppress dissent
• Why Israel would collapse in weeks without U.S. money and weapons
• Britain’s role as America’s lapdog in every foreign war

“It’s a tripartite genocide,” Stoker says. “The U.S. is the empire. Israel is the colony. And the U.K. gives the whole thing a stamp of legitimacy.”

You won’t hear this on Fox. And you won’t hear it from military recruiters or the GOP establishment either.

This is the raw truth about how our government feeds your sons and daughters into endless wars to prop up foreign regimes, while bankrupting your future.

Lowkey’s U.K. tour starts in September. Tickets here: https://linktr.ee/lowkey0nline

Full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1df4KXhYSNk

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Lowkey is a British-Iraqi hip-hop artist, academic and political campaigner. As a musician, he has collaborated with the Arctic Monkeys, Wretch 32, Immortal Technique and Akala. He is a patron of Stop The War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Racial Justice Network and The Peace and Justice Project, founded by Jeremy Corbyn. He has spoken and performed on platforms from the Oxford Union to the Royal Albert Hall and Glastonbury. His latest album, Soundtrack To The Struggle 2, featured Noam Chomsky and Frankie Boyle and has been streamed millions of times.