A Question of War

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🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A second civil war; the blueprint for insurgence; and some light for the Dark Ages.

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0:00.0	Is America headed towards Civil War as many fear or at least a division into two countries,
0:06.6	one red, one blue?
0:07.8	In vocations of Civil War, a bound right now.
0:11.1	But how should we engage with them?
0:13.2	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:15.8	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:17.6	Also on the show, experts have rubrics for identifying the potential for Civil Wars abroad,
0:24.1	but would they work when applied here at home?
0:26.5	I'm sitting in a conference room in Washington DC and we're talking about Ukraine and we're
0:32.6	talking about Iraq.
0:34.9	And I'm watching as the US's democracy is declining.
0:39.2	Plus historians explain why dismissing 21st century violence is medieval.
0:44.6	Clouds are understanding of the past and our present.
0:48.3	It's kind of like, you know, when a politician says, that's not who we are.
0:51.5	Well, it is who we are because we just did that thing.
0:55.2	Well, coming up after this.
1:03.4	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
1:06.7	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
1:08.3	Since January 6th, a lofty mountain of evidence and testimony and analysis has arisen on what
1:15.4	took place at our nation's capital.
1:18.3	But in his address last week, President Joe Biden evoked one of the most visceral images
1:23.6	of the day.
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