With the Minsk Agreements fraying and Ukraine lurching back toward open civil war, John and Steve spent their hour last night discussing diplomacy and the origins of the conflict.
Toward the end of the show, they also discuss what might be the American geo-political rationale for sponsoring this fight in the first place. In doing so, they begin to sound as if they've been Jim Willie subscribers for the past few years.
As further background on the deteriorating situation, I encourage you to peruse these links:
- https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article41645.htm
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/finland/11568042/Finla...
- https://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-priorities-2020/latvian-pm-no-way-b...
- https://news.usni.org/2015/04/28/former-nato-commander-stavridis-u-s-sho...
- https://breakingdefense.com/2015/04/the-30-millimeter-solution-army-upgu...
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