#1551 Making sense of the senseless war in Ukraine
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 27 March 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Air Date 3/26/2023
Today, we take a look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the debate over continuing to support Ukraine heats up, an arrest warrant is issued for Putin and China makes a state visit to Moscow.
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SHOW NOTES
Matt Dust discusses Biden's trip to Ukraine and the symbolism. CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin speaks on why she believes this is a propaganda move to increase support for a senseless war.
Ch. 2: Russias Total War on Ukraine One Year Later - Gaslit Nation - Air Date 2-22-23
We discuss what’s changed since February 2022, what Ukraine still needs to win, Biden’s recent visit, and the geopolitical consequences of the war for the rest of the world.
Ch. 3: Unwinnable War Calls Grow for Negotiated End to Ukraine War - Democracy Now! - Air Date 3-2-23
To talk about possible peace talks, we are joined by two guests: Vladislav Zubok, a Russian professor of international history at the London School of Economics, and Wolfgang Sporrer, a conflict manager and adjunct professor at the Hertie School in Berlin
Nuclear weapons policy analyst and historian STEPHEN SCHWARTZ unpacks the implications of Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a unilateral suspension of participation in the New START treaty.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, alleging that he oversaw the forced deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow Monday for a three-day state visit to Russia.Sasha Gabuev of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discussed the visit with Nick Schifrin.
The Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer joins Morning Joe to discuss Turkey and Hungary clearing way for Finland to join NATO, Vladimir Putin's recent trip to Mariupol and the ICC issuing arrest warrants for Putin for war crimes.
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Ch. 9: Russias Total War on Ukraine One Year Later Part 2 - Gaslit Nation - Air Date 2-22-23
Are recent attacks by Russia just the beginning of what could be a bloody year for both Ukraine & Russia? Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner joins Thom Hartmann to discuss.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 11: Final comments on the debate on the left about the future of the war in Ukraine
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast, in which we shall |
| 0:07.4 | take a look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the debate over continuing to support Ukraine |
| 0:12.6 | heats up, and arrest warrant is issued for Vladimir Putin, and China makes a state visit |
| 0:18.0 | to Moscow. |
| 0:19.5 | Clips today are from Democracy Now, Gaslit Nation, the Bradcast, NBC News, the PBS News |
| 0:26.2 | Hour, and Morning Joe with additional members only clips from Democracy Now, Gaslit Nation, |
| 0:32.6 | and the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:40.6 | This is President Biden speaking in Kiev before he left. |
| 0:46.4 | Together we've committed nearly 700 tanks and thousands of armored vehicles, 1,000 artillery |
| 0:55.8 | systems, more than 2 million rounds of artillery ammunition, more than 50 advance launch |
| 1:03.2 | rocket systems, anti-ship and air defense systems, all defending to Ukraine, and that doesn't |
| 1:11.2 | count the other half a billion dollars which we're announcing with you today and tomorrow. |
| 1:17.0 | That's going to be coming in your way. |
| 1:20.9 | And that's just the United States in this piece. |
| 1:24.3 | And just today, that announcement includes artillery ammunition for high mars and how it's |
| 1:30.8 | a more javelins and the armored systems, air surveillance radar to help protect Ukrainian |
| 1:36.2 | people from aerial bombardments. |
| 1:40.4 | Later this week, we will announce additional sanctions against elites and companies that |
| 1:46.3 | are trying to evade sanctions and backfill Russia's war machine. |
| 1:51.5 | This President Biden is speaking in a surprise trip to Kiev this morning before heading |
| 1:56.7 | on to Warsaw, Poland. |
| 1:59.7 | We're also joined by Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink. |
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