In this interview, Helga Zepp-LaRouche speaks with podcaster and journalist Patrick Henningsen. Shortly before the start of the US attacks, Patrick Henningsen visited Iran and graphically describes the moral depravity of the American elite in enforcing their interests, as well as the influence of religious fanatics on US foreign policy over the past 30 years.
The discussion examines the strategic logic behind recent military operations, the role of Western geopolitical doctrine, and the growing danger that regional conflicts could spiral into a broader global confrontation. Zepp-LaRouche argues that decades of interventionist policy and regime-change warfare have destabilized entire regions and accelerated the collapse of the post-Cold War order.
Henningsen and Zepp-LaRouche explore how these policies are perceived internationally, the impact of sanctions and economic warfare, and why many nations are now pushing toward a multipolar system that rejects the old imperial framework.
As tensions rise across the Middle East and beyond, this conversation addresses the deeper geopolitical forces shaping the crisis—and why understanding the reality of US imperial brutality is essential to avoiding a wider war.
Patrick Henningsen is an American writer, international relations analyst and the founder of independent news and analysis site 21st Century Wire. He is also the host of the SUNDAY WIRE weekly radio show, which broadcasts globally over the Alternate Current Radio Network (ACR). Over his career, writing for many international publications, he has done extensive on-the-ground reporting in Syria, Iraq, and across the Middle East. He holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Plymouth, U.K.
