Great Interview for Inside View of Government

  

I found a great series of interviews done by reporter Paul Jay of TheRealNews.com with Lawrence Wilkerson, former military colonel and Former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State, Colon Powell.


I suggest you watch all of the segments in order from bottom to top on the following web page:


http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=74&jumival=736


The interviews help to put a human element into the workings of the Federal Government including the White House and the military during Larry Wilkerson's  years as Colin Powell's primary speech writer. Leading up to his White House experience, Larry discuses his career  in the military from 1966, when he enlisted, wanting to go to Vietnam.


In another topic, he tells about his shift away from the Republican Party.


Mr. Wilkerson provides great descriptions of Colin Powell, a man he still has great respect for.


The thing that turned Mr. Wilkerson off during the Bush 2 administration, for enthusiasm for "truth, justice, and the American way,' was torture." It was called enhanced interrogations, but it was torture.  Torture is "a perversion of American values and a perversion of American beliefs." 


It came to him when he realized the torture issue was "not just an aberration, it was a manifestation of where we had come as a country...we had built ourselves into a national security state." 


He was troubled by "we were turning into a country that knew only one way of achieving its purpose, and that was to kill people." He started to speak out in October, 2005.


Hope you can take the time to watch some of these. I found myself always looking forward to the next segment.