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Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews

5/16/24 Frank Ledwidge on What It’s Like in Ukraine Right Now

Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews

Scott Horton

News, Politics

4.8989 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Scott interviews Frank Ledwidge about his recent travels around Ukraine. Ledwidge discusses the difference in mood between cities and rural communities, corruption, equipment difficulties and more. Discussed on the show: Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen Willy OAM on YouTube  “A strategy is needed now before it’s too late for Ukraine” (CNN) Frank Ledwidge is a former military officer who served in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of Losing Small Wars and Investment in Blood. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; 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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0:00.0

All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.

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I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.

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I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,

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editorial director of anti-war.com.

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Author of the book, Pools Arren,

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time to end the war in Afghanistan,

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and the brand new enough already. Time to end the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already time to end the war on

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terrorism and I've recorded more than 5,500 interviews since 2003 almost all on

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foreign policy and all available for you at

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Scott Horton.org you can sign up the podcast feed there and the full

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interview archive is also available at YouTube. YouTube. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lieutenant Commander in British Naval Intelligence and he served in Afghanistan and

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we've talked with him on the show before about his time in the Helmin Province

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and if you read my books I think I'm pretty sure he's in both of them in the Afghanistan part of enough already and in full's errand.

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And he wrote his own books Investment in Blood, The True Cost of Britain's Afghan war and losing small wars British military

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failure in Iraq and Afghanistan. Welcome back to the show Frank how are you?

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Scott it as always is an absolute privilege to be with you.

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I've been listening to your show for the last decade or so, and it's great to be on.

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Oh, wow, that's really great to hear.

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Thank you very much.

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And I really appreciate the privilege of having you here.

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And so do I have this right that you are just back from Ukraine?

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Yep, that's right. I got back just a couple of weeks ago. I was there just for a week this time and over the last two years I've been probably spent

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