Jeffrey Sachs on the Real Origins of the Iran War and the Coming Economic Devastation

Jeffrey Sachs on the Real Origins of the Iran War and the Coming Economic Devastation

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Jeffrey Sachs [00:52:57] Our democracy is a democracy in form, but not in substance, on many, many points. Obviously, our foreign policy is not democratically determined. Most of what the United States does is never explained or justified or voted by the American people. So there's nothing democratic about American foreign policy, especially when we go to war. We go to War nonstop. EITHER without saying anything to the American people or on the basis of outright lies. And so there's nothing democratic about it at all. Congress doesn't vote the wars. We don't appropriate the funds. It's done on contingency funding that is completely without public scrutiny, without public explanation. Now on this particular event, of course, We've not heard anything except the White House declaring and saying to President Putin we didn't know about it. The fact of the matter is two alarming points. One is whether or not the White House knew the operation itself is completely reckless and alarming. Because attacking part of the nuclear triad in this way is a step towards nuclear Armageddon. Absolutely, provocatively, recklessly dangerous. And for the White House to say we didn't know is horrifying. Either they're lying or they're telling the truth. If they're lying, that's one thing. If they are telling the truth, it's also horrifying.