Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: The US Can’t Beat Russia Or China In A War

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: The US Can’t Beat Russia Or China In A War

Author: MintPress News July 8, 2024 Duration: 45:15
It is clear to at least half the world, some four billion people, that the United States is not the power that it once was… Our reputation is in tatters in the world.” That is what retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson told MintCast host Mnar Adley today. “When you talk about history and the history of empire in particular, what you find are examples of precisely what is happening to us today,” Wilkerson added, noting, in particular, the fall of the Western Roman and Persian empires an...

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