Wilkerson is an interesting study in progressive dementia. Outstanding resume but recently:
In 2016, Michael Ruben said Wilkerson had "descended into a fevered swamp of conspiracy and hate." Rubin cited his Israel false flag theories about chemical weapons, alleged he "has flirted on the margins with 9/11 conspiracy theories", was a regularly a guest on Russian state broadcaster RT.
His take on the middle east "I would say very, very candidly that Iran is probably the most democratic country in the Persian gulf region right now. My Republican colleagues will boil their eyes at that, but it is the most democratic country. It's a theocracy, no question about it. But it is possessed of the democratic tendencies that far outweigh those of, say, Bahrain or Saudi Arabia or even Egypt"