According to official figures, nearly 30,000 American soldiers were killed and wounded in Iraq, nearly 22,000 American soldiers were killed and wounded in Afghanistan, 30,000 committed suicide in the last 20 years, more than 600 NATO soldiers were killed, and 8,000 were killed who were working in American security companies. And spending more than five trillion dollars, and now the US national debt reaches 30 trillion dollars, and the American economy since 2008 has many problems. There is no victory in Iraq and Afghanistan, frankly.
As an Afghan living in the US for 20 years, I have to say it's an honor to know that an American such as Michael Scheuer exists. It would be an honor to meet him someday and thank him.
Very few Americans ( White Men, non jew ) understand the issue. If you are Afghani or Pakistani, you have a friend. The jews haves subverted the American people for a lifetime. Karma is deserved.
His assessment was correct than and nothing was done about it at the time, now we are helping Israel kill women and children in Gaza, demoralizing to me personally. It seems to me that Biden was selected by a rigged election, as Donald Trump decried fowl. AIPAC has proved to be Antisemitic to Americans and our laws by placing dual citizenship pro Israel candidates in positions of power.
First, I totally agree with Michael Scheuer on his opinions in this interview. Second, I really appreciate the candid and inquisitive nature of the interviewer.
His assessment was correct than and nothing was done about it at the time, now we are helping Israel kill women and children in Gaza, demoralizing to me personally. It seems to me that Biden was selected by a rigged election, as Donald Trump decried fowl. AIPAC has proved to be Antisemitic to Americans and our laws by placing dual citizenship pro Israel candidates in positions of power.
I don't understand some of the comments ignorant people make!!!! He was a CIA agent for 20years and he since then became a professor and you bastards still criticize this man. You fools don't even know 5 per cent of this mans knowledge nor have the experience!!! How can you criticize someone about subjects that has much more information and knowledge than you?
President have to look at whole picture. He only looking from his little world. He correct about Religion church and state needs to be separate Its in constitution.
John Sinclair Your statement makes no sense, If the Jews were controlling the election process Romney would be president. Obama has been the least Israel friendly president we have had since the State of Israel was created. Also, Obama is not even eligible for re-election, so I really have no idea who you are even talking about.
Scheuer's a shill for Islam. He's a traitor, just like Nidal Malik Hasan is a traitor. He's in bed with ISIS, ISIL, Hamas, Hezbolah, CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, and whatever brand of Islamic fascism there is out there in the wasteland. Scheuer's an enemy of America, an enemy of Israel, and an enemy of civilization.
I think Professor Scheuer brings an objective comprehensive point of view to the table. He's credentials are impeccable, and he has the courage to face adversity.
from 38:00 to 41:00 I confirm what Michael is saying. I am from Pakistan & I dont hate America or Americans but actually Admire the people. we are against the American policies that have only brought grief to the other nations & didnt help America in anyway either
@@TesterBoy lol... You mean it was the Islam who started World War 1? World War 2? or the Hitler was Muslim? Wake up .... Israel's lobby within America has invaded many muslim countries...Let me know which is the country who invaded most number of countries mostly Muslim majority states???? That's Reality Check if you can answer.... When you bomb people whether in Japan or Afghanistan what you expect in return? minimum thing is hate....
Its called military industrial complex. Previous leaders realised wars create wealth for them! They train and send our adult children to war, (not their children) that is the great cost. They go to war on a rumours of war. Cost is vreat
Is he the same guy who headed Alec Station which sat on intelligence on Al Qaida which resulted in 9/11 attack for more than a year before the attack even took place?
One thing Mike didn’t bring up which is essential in feeding “terrorism” is the lobbyist that put their shareholders interest first. One example is the Military industrial complex that seeks to perpetuate these anti terrorism wars. In other words, get rid of lobbyists from government and you will see a lot less false flag terrorism operations.
He hardly touched on the Isreali issue when it comes to perpetuating terrorism in the world. Mentioned it maybe twice. This guy knows it is because of Isreal that there is so much Islamic extremism in the world
@@monkeyb1820 he’s actually not he’s been ostracized by the media and CIA for speaking out against the prevailing narratives and criticizing Israel. There are several hit pieces on him and he has a website called nonintervention2.
@@omgjimmyboy He's not ostracized from the cia, b/c he was featured on tv repeatedly, and tv=cia media. But he does not present the cool image of the new Jewhate, like Tlaib, Omar, Kanye convey. So he's about as cool as that old Arabist that founded wrmea. Young morons can't relate to old white guys like Scheuer. Nobody hates Israel as much as former HRW Jew Ken Roth, not ostracized in the least.
Hey akamal113... I am an American, and I love ALL people of ALL the HUMAN RACE !!! Your right about our government & policies...if only they would do what they're supposed to do , things might be alot better for everyone! They really don't care about regular citizens in America, much less anywhere else in the world...EVERYONE should open their eyes and see whats happening to our home...Its because of how we are ruled!!
The following is a list of countries invaded by the US forces (naval, military and ultimately air forces) since its inception in order of major incidents. This catalogue derives heavily form the work of US academic Dr Zoltan Grossman's article “From Wounded Knee to Libya : a century of U.S. military interventions” [1], Gideon Polya's book ‘Body Count. Global avoidable mortality since 1950” (that includes a brief history of all countries since Neolithic times) [2] and William Blum's book “ Rogue State ” [3]. This list includes instances of violent deployment of US forces within America (e.g. against demonstrators, miners etc), and includes small-scale bombing and military intervention operations, military evacuations of Americans and specific instances of explicit threats of use of nuclear weapons. The list does not include the 1801-1805 US Marine Barbary War operations against Barbary pirates based in Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia and Libya , and also ignores massive US subversion of virtually all countries in the world. @t (1) American Indian nations (1776 onwards, American Indian Genocide; 1803, Louisiana Purchase; 1844, Indians banned from east of the Mississippi; 1861 onwards, California genocide; 1890, Lakota Indians massacre), (2) Mexico (1836-1846; 1913; 1914-1918; 1923), (3) Nicaragua (1856-1857; 1894; 1896; 1898; 1899; 1907; 1910; 1912-1933; 1981-1990), (4) American forces deployed against Americans (1861-1865, Civil War; 1892; 1894; 1898; 1899-1901; 1901; 1914; 1915; 1920-1921; 1932; 1943; 1967; 1968; 1970; 1973; 1992; 2001), (5), Argentina (1890), (6), Chile (1891; 1973), (7) Haiti (1891; 1914-1934; 1994; 2004-2005), (8) Hawaii (1893-), (9) China (1895-1895; 1898-1900; 1911-1941; 1922-1927; 1927-1934; 1948-1949; 1951-1953; 1958), (10) Korea (1894-1896; 1904-1905; 1951-1953), (11) Panama (1895; 1901-1914; 1908; 1912; 1918-1920; 1925; 1958; 1964; 1989-), (12) Philippines (1898-1910; 1948-1954; 1989; 2002-), (13) Cuba (1898-1902; 1906-1909; 1912; 1917-1933; 1961; 1962), (14) Puerto Rico (1898-; 1950; ); (15) Guam (1898-), (16) Samoa (1899-), (17) Honduras (1903; 1907; 1911; 1912; 1919; 1924-1925; 1983-1989), (18) Dominican Republic (1903-1904; 1914; 1916-1924; 1965-1966), (19) Germany (1917-1918; 1941-1945; 1948; 1961), (20) Russia (1918-1922), (21) Yugoslavia (1919; 1946; 1992-1994; 1999), (22) Guatemala (1920; 1954; 1966-1967), (23) Turkey (1922), (24) El Salvador (1932; 1981-1992), (25) Italy (1941-1945); (26) Morocco (1941-1945), (27) France (1941-1945), (28) Algeria (1941-1945), (29) Tunisia (1941-1945), (30) Libya (1941-1945; 1981; 1986; 1989; 2011), (31) Egypt (1941-1945; 1956; 1967; 1973; 2013), (32) India (1941-1945), (33) Burma (1941-1945), (34) Micronesia (1941-1945), (35) Papua New Guinea (1941-1945), (36) Vanuatu (1941-1945), (37) Austria (1941-1945), (38) Hungary (1941-1945), (39) Japan (1941-1945), (40) Iran (1946; 1953; 1980; 1984; 1987-1988; ), (41) Uruguay (1947), (42) Greece (1947-1949), (43) Vietnam (1954; 1960-1975), (44) Lebanon (1958; 1982-1984), (45) Iraq (1958; 1963; 1990-1991; 1990-2003; 1998; 2003-2011), (46) Laos (1962-), (47) Indonesia (1965), (48) Cambodia (1969-1975; 1975), (49) Oman (1970), (50) Laos (1971-1973), (51) Angola (1976-1992), (52) Grenada (1983-1984), (53) Bolivia (1986; ), (54) Virgin Islands (1989), (55) Liberia (1990; 1997; 2003), (56) Saudi Arabia (1990-1991), (57) Kuwait (1991), (58) Somalia (1992-1994; 2006), (59) Bosnia (1993-), (60) Zaire (Congo) (1996-1997), (61) Albania (1997), (62) Sudan (1998), (63) Afghanistan (1998; 2001-), (64) Yemen (2000; 2002-), (65) Macedonia (2001), (66) Colombia (2002-), (67) Pakistan (2005-), (68) Syria (2008; 2011-), (69) Uganda (2011), (70) Mali (2013), (71) Niger (2013). Clearly ... WE are a nation of murderous thieving self righteous hypocrites!
Don Rendal did really said that, guess he didn’t watch tv solidly for the next few weeks. We had two tv’s going almost constantly especially in the first 2 days. Funny thing is there are some things have never seen again like the tv reporter who was first on the scene after the supposed plane hit the Pentagon and said he saw no signs of plane parts and the hole it supposedly made was small for the size of the plane that was supposed to have hit. And I just loved that the cameras for that side were not working. Plus then the Pentagon then sent out agents to collect film from area buildings’ security cameras. Couldn’t show a plane but one showed a streak of light.
@@carol89589 sorry he made a choice... job vs honor & truth. He chose job. That's against the oath he took...so he violated his oath. Not saying it's easy to stand for truth but if one swears then one must follow thru. I did. I know. I lost a job over standing for less. We need ppl who stand UP not DOWN. No excuses
Wow. His insights r awesome. State and church are not separate but they are interchangeable, they r the same side of the coin. Our basic laws are born from religious doctrine and then reformed by social reform.
It's a shame as he's clearly highly intelligent and there is a lot of merit to what he says. However he's started to go off on one now over social issues such as gay marriage and abortion which have nothing to do with foreign policy
He failed to bring any information on ubl and al quails to light. He sat on his ass and did nothing, he must've cheered when he saw the towers fall. Why wasn't he charged with treason.
After reading Scheuer’s book about Bin Laden, I knew immediately realized how ineffective in how the CIA had become in dealing with radical Islam with analysts as foolish as he.
44,000 drone bombs last year alone . 30 innocent victims are accepted collateral damage for each of the 44,000 bombs . This is evil . Americans lack PRINCIPLES and set bad examples as many sheeple accept perpetual illegal wars/genocide with weapons of mass destruction on innocent victims . Where is Bin Laden now ? Why no trial ? No evidence ? A.Q. Kahn the seller on nuclear technology lives in a palace in Pakistan with Bush's blessings . Israel has 400 undeclared nuclear weapons . All their enemies have none . Who is the most dangerous . Iran has a record of not attacking . The U.S. and Israel has no history . Only a criminal record . We need protection from our government . Free Assange for reporting U.S. military crimes . He is censored as are we . The enemy is who and what you can not talk about . Censorship is impossible to measure . It has NO END .
You can hear what he was saying about these subjects in 2005, regarding Afghanistan, Iraq, Muslim World, Neocons ilusions with Western Democracies and Nation Building. Almost everything he said 20 years ago is valid today. And he is dismissed by the Washington Establishment because he says what he thinks about America support for Israel.
It is very sad to read the comments from David Ben-Abraham who sounded like hateful of all others who did not agree with his opinion about Israel's wrong doings expressed by the speaker. His choice of words used - traitor, to be silenced- tells the readers that he has extremist ideas to eliminate fact finders and presenters on this platform. I am sorry to see that it is coming from a Jew who always seeks a path of truth.
I wouldnt trust him fully & I dont ....they NEVER leave the agency...once your in a part of the intel community, whether it be the NSA, CIA, FBI, you never TRULY leave...
Here I am distancing from Mr Scheuer that, apparently Libya's sending young people to the other Arab country is Gaddafy;s fault, but I wonder if US President also liable when the young Jews go to Israel to fight against the Palestinians?
the young people .. hat er bekämpft. Das war das Volk, das sorosh Hilfsorganisationen mit seiner Erlaubnis aufwiegeln durften. Rassismus wurde geschürt. G. lieferte ja nach nineeleven seine Zentrifugen aus, dachte, es gäbe im Kampf gegen den Terrorismus eine gemeinsame Front. Das zeigt, er glaubte, es würde noch irgendwie nach Regeln gespielt. Plötzlich waren diese Kämpfer das Volk, das mit der Flugverbotszone zu schützen war. Als das Land komplett im Chaos war, servierte man der systematisch verblödeten Öffentlichkeit die Ermordung G.s durch kamerageignete, vorzeigbare Patsies, die wahrscheinlich cnn noch aussuchte, als Sieg. Auch hier wurde wieder eine Konvention, die in Jahrtausenden Kriegführung entstanden ist, von absoluten Banausen über Bord geworfen. Im Irrenhaus gilt garnichts mehr. Und das lässt Scheuers Campagne so naiv erscheinen. Wahrscheinlich ist er geschockt, was er mit vorbereiten half.
Auch Deutschland spielt mit in der Liga derer, die NGOs einsetzen, um Demokratie und Werte in der Welt zu verbreiten. Im Arabischen Frühling waren wir in Ägypten mit der Adenauerstiftung vornean. Hier werden Steuergelder verbraten ohne Ende, nur um in den Ländern Spannungspotential auszunutzen und aufzubauschen. Die Regimechangemaschine.... Was für ein groteskes Olligarchenprojekt hier vorliegt, sehen wir ja am Preisboxer, den die Adenauers fur cpviel Geld sponserten, der dann von der neocobraut N. mit fuck the eu kalt gestellt wurde. Seit Korea ist es den uSA nicht gelungen, einen einzigen ihrer Puppets zu installieren, ohne dauernd mit Zerstörung zu drohen. Vietnam.. Pinochet... war die massenmordende Ausnahme. Looser.
Evidently an intelligent and forthright individual, and yes, I heard what he said about leaving the agency. What I would like to see though is more of change-agents whilst within, and not as soon as they’ve earned sufficient pension fund.
The Empire State building was hit by a much smaller plane travelling at a much lower speed, so it's not really a fair comparison, but it is the only one. Building No.7, like many buildings around the twin towers, was engulfed in flames and collapsed because the internal gas heating exploded, thus causing the building to implode.
@Izzadīn Ar-Rūsī SO why did Sayd Kotb so agressively oppose Americanization of Islam? Could be the music, food, clothing and culture? Why are blue jeans so popular in Iran?
@Izzadīn Ar-Rūsī Insults never provide evidence. Try to review the actions and statements by Sayd Kotb the Egyptian martyr and the founder of the muslim brotherhood who was allied with Ayman Ziwahari, the al Qaeda leader. Like you they try to take Islam back a thousand years by opposing Westernization.
Respectfully, what's your point? Wars have a winner and a loser (at least in an economic and political sense) - are you suggesting a win by the Axis would have been preferable?
It will be interesting to see what types of changes Leon Panetta brings to the CIA. When I was in college the father of a girl I was dating was friends with Panetta and I was fortunate to meet and get to know him. Leon Panetta is a fine man and when he was a Congressman out of Monterey California he served his district quite well. A very personable and reasonable guy. He showed his ethics when he left the Clinton cabinet right before the whole Monica Lewinski affair broke.
great interview. interesting point made at minute 24 which runs counter to the "soft power" concept of joseph nye. the evidence seems to support scheuer over nye.
Pretty good talk. It irked me somewhat when he said the Cold War was relatively peaceful since I have a lot of South East Asian and Latin American friends. But I can understand why he'd think so. Can't wait to read his book on Bin Laden.
prietty much anybody who ever understood war has said similar things... history is defined by conflict, and this guy has studied history, he knows what a people have to do to win a war
Yes, of course, I'm still a Patriot. I do not support any alignment with either Israel or Saudi Arabia. From what I gather, Michael Scheuer is also critical of our support of Saudi Arabia too.
Quran does not teach to kill people if they dont turn to Allah, however it does teach to defend you and your family and your values if they are being abused. Allah is the creator of this universe that Jesus and Moses and Muhammed (sav) prayed to, does not have wife or kids...
I did not say they are secular regimes I said they need to become or be made to be secular regimes. Check out my vids & then tell me if you think I don't know what I am talking about. I give you the benefit of the doubt that you misinterpreted what I was arguing.
Par 3 - Though you might not know it from this interview, the CIA is not the only game in town. Managing European, Israeli, + other diplomatic relationships is important, + local languages (not just religion). How many Arabic dialects does Scheuer know? Many of our allies do a better job. His support of Paul and Buchanan show how arrogant a CIA intelligence officer can be: neither would manage international intelligence, because exchanges are part of international structures they oppose.
39:38 and until 40:36 he spoke the truth and that is realy a muslims point of view ...unfortunatley wideley not believed ...PS the word admired should be replaced with the word recognised and respected
US foreign policy aside not a big fan of it but he seems to be satified with and even supportive of the condition of women and people under extremists rule in Afghanistan.
Quivering with rage and no one to strike out against ? Come on Mr . Sheuer , you have to be kidding . You are skirting around the same martyrdom you spoke of so clearly . PNAC, a new Pearl Harbor ? Paul Wolfowitz ? Dick Cheney ? Condolizza Rice ? or is it Condolizard ?
I'll give you the Titanic comment, and I agree with you that not everyone should be informed of national security matters. But c'mon, a guy says a building can withstand airline hits and that's it? That's good enough for you? I know a guy that can get you a great deal on a bridge...really, he told me himself. He's not infallible, he's human. I do not think anyone could predict the amount of damage those two aircraft could have caused.
