1/27/23 Ted Snider: Were the Minsk Agreements a Lie?

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🗓️ 29 January 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Scott talks with Ted Snider about former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent claim that the Minsk agreements were never meant to bring peace to the Donbas. Merkel said that instead, they were implemented to give Ukraine time to build up its military. Some are doubting whether Merkel’s comments are true, but Snider explains why this is a big deal whether she’s lying or not. Scott and Snider explore the dynamic around the Minsk agreements and examine the crucial years between the 2014 ousting of Yanukovych and the 2022 invasion. They also touch on where things stand today and on whether the best window for negotiation has already passed. Discussed on the show: “Did Europe Lie to Russia About Peace?” (Antiwar.com) “The U.S. Approach to Ukraine’s Border War Isn’t Working. Here’s What Biden Should Do Instead” (Politico) “Did the West Miss Its Window?” (Antiwar.com) “CIA director holds secret meeting with Zelensky on Russia’s next steps” (Washington Post) Ted Snider has a graduate degree in philosophy and writes on analyzing patterns in U.S. foreign policy and history. He is a regular writer for Truthout, MondoWeiss and antiwar.com. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.0	Thanks, God, I'm doing well.
0:54.0	How are you?
0:55.0	I'm doing good. Appreciate you joining us today.
0:57.0	Man, there's a lot going on with this Ukraine war, and you write so much good stuff about it.
1:01.0	Let's start with the story about Angela Merkel and for that matter
1:08.2	of Francois Holland as well telling the European press that the Minsk 2 deal, I guess Minsk 1 and Minsk 2, of 2014 and 15,
1:18.0	that they were essentially hoaxes, that they never meant to implement a peace peace deal they were just trying to buy more time
1:26.4	for America to build up Ukraine's armed forces before the war got back started again.
1:32.7	What do you make of that?
1:34.4	You know, I think the ramifications that are huge
1:36.8	and I think, like you said, so much has happened so fast since then
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