I know--and people really thought you would put sanctions on me! What rubes!
Phillips OBrien
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Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily
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Yes indeed
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What this war has continually shown is that the analytical community is arguably the worst in the history of military analysis.
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These kinds of stories were undermining Ukraine and providing more evidence for Putin to say Russia is winning, just as he was preparing to meet with Trump. apnews.com/article/russ...
Ukrainian defenses face a challenge as Russian troops make gains ahead of the Putin-Trump summit
Days before the leaders of Russia and the U.S. hold a summit meeting in Alaska, Moscow’s forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of infiltrations this week in the country’s industrial heartland of...
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The analysts who said that this Russian operation might lead to a Ukrainian collapse and were a sign of Russian success were either fools or desperate to praise Russia.
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Yep, Trump is going to be all tough on Putin. Yessiree! newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/putin-t...
Putin to get red-carpet welcome in Alaska as Trump meets him personally, NBC News
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The other BS line we will hear is “only Trump could have agreed a deal with Putin”…which actually should be “only Trump could have betrayed democratic Ukraine.
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Trump knows a deal with Putin is almost done, and he’s trying to whip up drama and excitement. Wonder if he’s decided which parts of Ukraine he wants to “divvy up”.
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We need to be very careful about using the word "peace" today or to talk about "ending the war". What we will see most likely is Putin and Trump agreeing to a deal that might bring a temporary ceasefire, before Putin rearms and tries again to take over Ukraine. It wont be peace.
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Extraordinarily good episode with Fiona Hill as a special guest.
🚨 New episode: Who is playing who? Trump, Putin and the Alaska 'Peace Summit'
Will the leaders take a step towards a landmark peace deal, or will this go down as a diplomatic disaster?
Listen now on Global Player or wherever you get your pods 🎧
