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Feb 24, 2026

Cenk BATTLES General Clark In Heated Iran Debate

General Wesley Clark battled TYT's Cen Uygur about the potential war in Iran.
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Today. Jake Yeager went on Piers Morgan's show, and I am sad to report that General Wesley Clark, whose son used to be a colleague of ours here at TYT, has completely lost his mind. He seems to be somewhat in favor of going to war with Iran. [00:00:15] And so let's start off with this first video, Jake, where piers asks General Clark about the plan to overthrow governments in the Middle East on behalf of Israel, because there have been quite a few governments that have been overthrown with [00:00:30] US intervention either boots on the ground or by us literally arming, you know, al Qaeda terrorists in Syria. But nonetheless, let's see how that conversation went down. There was, of course, this, this famous Pentagon memo, [00:00:47] which you saw shortly after nine over 11. You said it described a plan to take out seven countries in five years, beginning with Iraq, ending with Iran. The other countries were Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia and Sudan. You know, some will look at this and say, well, this is the fruition of the plan [00:01:07] and Iran is the last one standing. Lebanon, of course, a bit more complicated, but the others have all gone through regime change. What would you say to people that think that? Well, I'd say that it's, that was over 20 years ago that that memo was written, [00:01:23] and the US government doesn't really have plans that extend that far. That was your that was your point. Like that was the proof to okay. So what they're talking about is something known as the Clean Break memo. [00:01:38] It was a memo issued to Benjamin Netanyahu by neocon members of our government under the Bush administration. They wrote this memo, basically a blueprint. Handed it over to Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. And it was a point by point plan on which Middle Eastern countries, [00:01:57] their leaders, would be overthrown, specifically on behalf of Israel. The idea was a clean break from the culture of the Oslo Accords, meaning trying to find an option for peace with Palestinians trying to move toward a two state solution. It's like, no, no, no, forget that. [00:02:13] Forget the Palestinians, but also forget any idea that we wouldn't pursue the Greater Israel Project. We are going to pursue the Greater Israel Project. But first, we need to weaken and destabilize these Middle Eastern countries first. So the Clean Break memo starts with Iraq, ends with Iran. [00:02:31] Go ahead Jake. Yeah, it was heartbreaking to see General Clark like that because when it appears had him on, I didn't know that General Clark had flipped and is now pro-war. And so I was expecting him to say, yeah, this is the exact memo. This is exactly what they said we were going to do. And then we did do it almost word for word. [00:02:47] And now we're at the end of it. There's no question about it. And instead he was like, I don't know. It was a long time ago, but now I'm, you know, I don't know if he's working for a defense contractor. Am I impugning your motives? Yes, I am, I want to be super clear about that. Okay. Because that's not the same General Wesley Clark I knew before General Wesley Clark [00:03:03] was against war, okay? And was not for fighting Israel's wars, and he was adamant about it. Now he's flipped. Maybe. Maybe we should fight Israel's wars. It has no. And I challenge him later. Maybe we get to those clips to name an American interest in this war could name a single one. [00:03:19] Of course, there's no American interest in this war at all. So, guys, the there's two groups of people now, people who have woken up and realized that our government is compromised by Israel and people who are still in the old world, and they're like, oh, golly gee, that sounds anti-Semitic. [00:03:35] I think we should. I mean, I don't know why we're going to war with Iran, but if Israel says something, we should definitely go. Otherwise, I'm an anti-Semite, right? Or whatever, or I'm getting paid or whatever it is. Right? But again, in that conversation, the pulled out two different poles. One is 70% of Americans are against this war. [00:03:51] The second one by YouGov is 85% of Americans are against this war, and 50%, I assume, are boomers who watch television with nonstop propaganda of we must go to war. And every piece of that propaganda is identical to Iraq. They're not even trying to change the playbook. [00:04:07] And I'm watching right wing shows and mainstream shows getting hooked. Like, oh yeah, they might have weapons of mass destruction. I'm worried about a percentage of uranium, right? - Are you kidding me? - Yeah. I mean, look, if you're a normie, you're among my favorite people. Just. It pains me to see normal people get fooled by very obvious propaganda [00:04:27] that's easily disproven. So with that in mind, let's see the very beginning of Jenks showdown with General Wesley Clark. I mean, I really respect General Clark. I don't know what's happened to him. That letter was very clear. They did. [00:04:43] The neocons and Israel first did execute it. They have knocked out 6 to 7 of those countries just like they said they would. They've gone to Iran at the end, just like they said they would. If we're talking about a country that is destabilizing the region and the world [00:04:58] with endless wars, that country is Israel. I mean, look, this whole thing is topsy turvy. The whole framing of the discussion is ludicrous. Israel has attacked seven of its neighbors, not Iran. Israel forced us into the Iraq war and they said it would be easy [00:05:15] and it was a disaster. They said they were doing it for the Iranian people. And then we wound up killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. We lost thousands of our own men. They the the fake weapons of mass destruction evidence came from where it came from, Israel. They pushed us into the war with Libya. [00:05:31] Now there's modern day slavery back in Libya. I just got to say something about the laughing hyenas on screen, as Jake is talking about American soldiers getting slaughtered, fighting Israel's wars. That's what they're looking forward to when it comes to Iran. Laughing hyenas. Absolutely disgusting. [00:05:47] Absolutely dismissive of the fact that we would be risking American lives to fight this war on behalf of their, you know, Israeli masters. Anyway. Go ahead. They're like, oh, we're going to get them to fight for Israel. - We're laughing at you, America. - That's what it felt like there. [00:06:05] And so I don't know if they think that that's going to throw me off my game. Please do more of that. Please do more of that because I want scones. I want Americans to know what you really think about them. - I want them to know. - Yeah. So. Look, if the only thing I'm going to say for now, we got more clips is that. [00:06:21] Notice my decibel level? Perfectly normal until I start getting interrupted, right? So that is real. First 101 is interrupt. And so when you see me raise my decibel level, it's only because someone's come in and tried to stop what I'm saying because they don't like what I'm saying at all. [00:06:39] They thought they could contain it. And one of the reasons they're most angry at me and Tucker Carlson and Anna is because they're like, you're supposed to shut up when we call you an anti-Semite. You're supposed to say everything that Israel wants you to say on television and on media. Why are you guys disobeying? [00:06:56] Well, we're disobeying on behalf of those 85% of Americans who don't want any piece of this war. Let's take a look at how, General Clark responded to what Jake was saying there. Every war has cost us trillions. Hold on, General Clark. [00:07:14] Hold on. They have cost us trillions of dollars. And you know that. And they have cost us blood and treasure. And it's Israel doing it. General Clark. Be a patriot. Be a patriot. Stand up for America. Not for Israel. I'm not going to go to another war for Israel. [00:07:30] We're not going to spend trillions more for Israel. We're not going to lose America for Israel. The Israelis have bought 90% of Congress. The Israelis have bought Donald Trump. And this is a fact. And you guys keep obfuscating these facts. Can we have some respect for the general, please? [00:07:47] I think he doesn't deserve to be screamed. You should have respect for the American people. 85% of whom do not want to go. General Clark, why are you pushing us into this war when 85% of Americans don't want it? And you yourself know that the neocons have wanted this war for 20 years? [00:08:05] Our interests. What interest? Yeah. And, you know, at one point in the discussion or debate, General Wesley Clark makes the argument that, like what the neocons were in the Bush administration, then the Bush administration was gone, Obama came in and the neocons were gone. [00:08:22] No, no, this is what this is what is meant by the deep state. We're talking about unelected federal operatives that we don't even know about, right? We don't elect them. We don't hear about them. We don't know exactly what they do. They work for the intelligence community. They work for various government agencies. [00:08:39] They work in the Pentagon. Those people don't change from one administration to another. And those unelected, shadowy figures behind the scenes are the ones who make decisions that we have no say on. So like, again, the idea of like, oh, yeah, you know, Obama came in [00:08:55] and everything changed. No it didn't. No it didn't. We have continuity from one administration to another when it comes to foreign policy. That's very obvious and clear. - And that's when. - I knew that General Clark was gone. And again, that's just like I was kind of devastated to see because, look, [00:09:13] I remember Howard Dean and he was a brave fighter and progressive populist, etc. Back in 2004. Then he became a lobbyist. Then he started going on Morning Joe and saying, oh, Big Pharma is right about everything and corruption is not that big a deal. And it was just humiliating to see. So when General Clark said, oh, you know, those were the neocons that [00:09:33] we left behind in the Bush administration, and we've had different. But see, I know General Clark, he's really smart. So it's not like he doesn't know the Israeli lobby is permanent. The Israeli lobby has been here the entire time. They've given money to 94% of Congress. And as I was saying, their number one donor to Trump and Biden, [00:09:50] Mike Johnson, Kim Jeffries, Chuck Schumer, it's not like General Clark doesn't know that for him to go, oh, golly gee, the neocons and the and the Israeli lobby, what are they? I don't know what they are. Come on, General Clark, what are you doing? What are you doing? No paychecks worth that. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets his wings. [00:10:08] Totally not true. But it does keep you updated on our live shows.