2/24/22 Joe Cirincione: US Actions Don’t Justify Putin’s Attack, But They Set The Stage For it

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Scott is joined by Joe Cirincione to talk about the situation in Ukraine. They start with some background on the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals. They discuss the levels of warheads and how its evolved. That brings them to the current crisis, where Cirincione says nuclear weapons are in the mix. They discuss how recent history has led to what’s happening. Finally, Cirincione explains the technology of nuclear defense systems and how it plays into our current situation. They end on a slightly positive note with the good news coming out of JCPOA negotiations with Iran. Discussed on the show: “New scientific review punctures myth of missile defense” (Responsible Statecraft) Joseph Cirincione is a distinguished fellow at the Quincy Institute and a national security analyst and author with over 35 years of experience working on these issues in D.C. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.
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0:46.2	All right you guys introducing Joe Serrenseoni from the Plowshare's fund
0:50.2	and here he is writing at the Quincy Institute.
0:53.1	Welcome back to the show, Joe.
0:54.8	How are you doing?
0:56.0	Just great, Scott.
0:56.9	Thanks for having me back on.
0:58.5	I don't know if you even remember me.
1:00.0	I don't think we've spoken since the Bush years,
1:01.8	but I'm very happy to talk to you again.
1:04.0	Thank you. Great to be on. What do you want to talk about today?
1:08.0	Yeah, well, I mean, there's a few different important topics, but you wrote this really important piece for the Quincy Institute,
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