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US-Israeli war on Iran is NOT about nuclear weapons - it's about imperialism
Published 22 hours ago
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The United States and Israel are waging a war of aggression against Iran. This is not about nuclear weapons; it's about imperialism. Trump and Netanyahu admitted they want regime change in Tehran. They want to overthrow the revolutionary government and put a puppet in power, like the former shah. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_xGgeV_9rw
Topics
0:00 USA & Israel bomb Iran
1:21 (CLIP) Trump threatens Iran's military
1:49 (CLIP) Trump calls for regime change
2:33 Iran retaliates, hitting US bases
3:26 Iran is not Venezuela, or Iraq
4:18 (CLIP) Trump fears US casualties
4:52 Israel's PM Netanyahu
6:08 US empire's plans for West Asia
7:39 (CLIP) Wesley Clark: 7 countries targeted
8:14 Nuclear weapons
9:15 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA)
10:31 Fake US "negotiations"
12:21 Oil & gas in Middle East (West Asia)
12:45 USA wants to cut off China's oil supplies
13:55 Trump's oil blockade of Cuba
14:25 Israel: US empire's aircraft carrier
15:26 CIA coup in Iran in 1953
16:04 US-backed dictator, the shah
16:54 Iranian Revolution
17:20 Iran-Iraq War
17:52 US puppet, "crown prince" Reza Pahlavi
19:56 US-backed regime change in Syria
21:01 Imperialism
21:24 Outro