Lonsdale: British intel chief believed Iran tricked US into Iraq war
Joe Lonsdale · Ep 85: The Path to Regime Change in Iran with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi · Joe Lonsdale · Apr 18, 2024 · at 22:26
Joe Lonsdale, 8VC partner and Palantir co-founder, discusses Middle East defense intelligence prior to the 2003 Iraq War with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.
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“And one of my mentors ran British intelligence and was involved before the Iraq war in the U.S. And he tells me that the Iranians are very, very clever, the regime and certain people there. And he says that, that he believes from the best intelligence he saw, that they helped trick the U.S. Leaders into thinking there were more WMDs in Iraq, because they were worried that U.S. Might've gone after them instead.”
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