Scott Ritter: We Are One Mistake Away from a Nuclear War

We are one millisecond, one mistake away from nuclear war. This is the assessment of Scott Ritter, a former Marine, and former weapons inspector, who has become one of the most vocal critics of Washington’s insatiable thirst for warfare (and the money it brings to Washington insiders). In this interview, we discuss Washington’s wars, Russian president Vladimir Putin’s and others’ attempts to find a new dispensation—call it BRICS if you like—as an alternative to the Washington-dominated “rules-based international order,” and, as a sobering sidebar, the atomic suffering Washington imposed on Japan, a country which now vouchsafes its security to Washington. The insights offered in this interview are crucial to the times we are living in.