Lawrence Wilkerson: Israel Bet Everything on War With Iran-and Lost (Video)

In this 8 June 2026 published video, host Prof. Glenn Diesen talks with Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired Colonel in the US Army and the former Chief of Staff to the US Secretary of State. Col. Wilkerson discusses the deep trouble Israel and the US are in. Israel is responding to the decline of its support in the US by pushing Section 244, which will legally embed Israel in the US military-industrial complex.

 Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, presents a critical analysis of current Middle Eastern geopolitics, arguing that Israeli and U.S. military strategies against Iran have backfired strategically, economically, and diplomatically. Wilkerson asserts that Israel’s military escalation against Iran has failed to achieve its primary security objectives. Instead of neutralizing regional threats, the conflict has exposed vulnerabilities in domestic defense networks. The Missiles Disparity: He highlights that Iran’s highly sophisticated ballistic missile arsenal has challenged Western-supplied air defenses.

He points to reports that Western media and official briefings have downplayed the real extent of damage inflicted on Israeli infrastructure. [ U.S. foreign policy has become dangerously intertwined with Israel’s immediate military goals. Wilkerson critiques the Trump administration’s handling of the crisis, noting that efforts to push legislative measures like “Section 244″ are attempts to legally embed Israel deeper into the U.S. military-industrial complex to compensate for fading public and political support.  The current warfare ignores the fundamental driver of regional instability: the unresolved question of Palestinian statehood. By shifting the entire focus to a regional war with Iran, Israel has bet its long-term security on a maximalist military victory that it cannot structurally achieve.

As the conflict strains U.S. assets, major regional powers are drifting. Parallel peace negotiations have reportedly occurred in Islamabad and Tehran, brokered by China and Russia, intentionally sidelining Washington. Economic Fallouts: A protracted confrontation risks triggering broader international economic instability, impacting maritime transit regulations in the Persian Gulf and threatening global supply chains. Wilkerson warns that pushing Iran into a corner will yield the opposite of the intended effect, incentivizing Tehran to fully develop a nuclear deterrent while leaving the U.S. with few options other than declaring a symbolic victory and withdrawing.

https://youtu.be/a2nQnLcTNuo