Trump’s Iran War: The "Big Lie" and the Secret Purge of US Generals | Paul Rieckhoff on Washington Journal. l

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff · Apr 5, 2026 · 47m

Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Independent Veterans of America, joins CSPAN’s Washington Journal to break down the strategic "sucking chest wound" of the current conflict in Iran. The Iraq War veteran who predicted the fallout of Baghdad is back with a haunting warning: we are repeating every disastrous mistake of the last twenty years—and adding new ones. From the unprecedented lack of congressional oversight to the terrifying rise of low-cost drone threats hitting U.S. bases at home, Rieckhoff exposes why this "forever war" is the most unpopular in American history and how it is actively…