Richard Wolff on Iran War

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]is you're watching the process of this empire dissolve. And these are moments in which in the irony of the irony, the effort to slow the decline of the empire, which is what's going on in the mind of the president who makes war on Iran cannot fathom that the step you're taking worsens the decline of the empire. Because the answer is, what am I going to do? I can't rely on Israel to be my agent in that part of the world if the Israelis tell me that the only way I can be your agent is if you get rid of what can wipe me out, which is the Iranian. So, you've got to come help me wreck the Iranians so I can be your great ally. Yes, Mr. Trump should have said, "But if I do that, I risk a real demunition of my role in the world and your obliteration. You think your obliteration is on the horizon anywhere and you may be right but that's not my concern. I got to deal with the country I'm respond you know I don't mock these people I don't like them but I don't mock them. There's very difficult situations that they are in. Israel made a decision years ago to be and do what it