larry johnson provides some inside info on how the empire functions;

Colonel Lawrence “Larry” Wilkerson (US Army ret.) is a smart, passionate and astute analyst, whose commentary regarding current events in Ukraine and the Levant is top tier. He also is a survivor of the Deep State and witnessed how policy and politics clash, out of the view of the public. My conversation with the “other” Larry was intended to pull back the curtain on how State Department and the Pentagon make policy decisions in order to help educate people who have never worked in a national security bureaucracy. It is stunning how petty personalities and rank ambition pollute the process. I think you will find our chat enlightening.

Turning momentarily to the leaked intel reports regarding Israel’s preparations for a strike on Iran, today’s angry reaction from official Washington persuades me that these reports are legit. It is unknown whether or not this was a deliberate leak. Was it a leak with the tacit approval of Biden’s National Security team to sabotage Israel’s planned retaliation? Or was it an unauthorized action taken by an analyst or a policymaker who is alarmed by Israel’s planned attack and saw the leak as a way to derail Israeli retaliation?........more.........