US Run by 0.001% of American Population – Powell’s Former Chief of Staff

Thus power is concentrated in the hands of about 0.001 percent of the US population, Wilkerson told the Latvian radio station, stressing that it is great inequality.

According to the former official, US foreign policy has generated catastrophic results, particularly in the Middle East. Wilkerson told Radio Baltkom that the 2003 US invasion of Iraq disrupted the balance of power that had been maintained in the Persian Gulf for over 50 years.

The Middle East has recently seen the advance of ISIL jihadist group. ISIL began fighting against Syrian government forces in 2012 and launched an offensive on Iraq in 2014. The group has seized vast territories across both countries.

US President Barack Obama established an international anti-ISIL coalition in September 2014. Coalition forces have been carrying out airstrikes against ISIL targets in Iraq and Syria, although no breakthrough results have been achieved so far.

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