David French on Ukraine and America's Moral Retreat
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4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Is Ukraine's Fight Against Tyranny Already America's Failure?
New York Times opinion writer and Iraq War veteran David French joins Curtis Chang on the Good Faith podcast to explain why Ukraine may be the world-changing war Americans are ignoring. David argues that Ukraine's resistance to Russia has exposed America's retreat from moral leadership, transformed the global balance of power, and elevated Zelensky as one of the most consequential leaders of our time. From Trump's impact on NATO to Europe's growing defense buildup, Curtis and David explore what Ukraine reveals about U.S. power, Christian responsibility, global justice, and the fight against tyranny.
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02:41 - A Shift in the Balance of Power
08:51 - Ukraine's Rise as a World Power
10:03 - The "Trump Effect" on Germany, France, & Japan
16:30 - A Response to the Left's "Good Riddance to America" Argument
19:40 - Is the U.S. an unreliable partner?
25:41 - Why Americans Should Care About Global Affairs
30:00 - Who Is My Global Neighbor?
32:03 - Evangelicals' Narrow Political Focus
38:18 - Zelensky The Unlikely Hero
45:27 - Are There Virtues to Emulate from Zelensky?
Mentioned in This Episode:
- David French's article Meet the New Leader of the Free World
- Canadian P. M. Mark Carney's speech "middle powers must act together"
- President Zelensky's February 24, 2022 address to Ukraine
- Jeffrey A. Friedman: The Myth of a Bipartisan Golden Age for U.S. Foreign Policy: The Truman-Eisenhower Consensus Remains
- Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Scriptures:
- The Good Samaritan Luke 10:24-37 (ESV)
- Matthew 10:16-23 (ESV)
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| 0:00.0 | We as Christians are supposed to care for the totality of our community. |
| 0:04.7 | We're supposed to care for the dignity of human beings. |
| 0:07.6 | We're supposed to care for things like peace and justice. |
| 0:13.3 | It's hard to think of something more important in the world right now |
| 0:16.5 | than what's happening right there in the Donbos in eastern Ukraine. |
| 0:20.4 | I mean, this is the focal point at the moment of the fight against tyranny in the world. It's Welcome to the Good Faith podcast. |
| 0:44.9 | We're friends who follow Jesus help each other make sense of the world. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm your host, Curtis Chang. |
| 0:51.2 | This podcast is produced by a nonpartisan 501c3 organization. Do you realize that you |
| 0:59.2 | are living through an event that is utterly transforming the world, an event that will be |
| 1:04.9 | written about by generations of historians to come? You may think I'm talking about the advent of AI, |
| 1:12.9 | but I'm talking about another recent world-changing development, |
| 1:16.9 | one that garners considerably less headlines. |
| 1:20.7 | I'm talking about what has happened in the war in Ukraine |
| 1:24.5 | over the last six months. |
| 1:26.7 | I recently talked to David French and he believes that something |
| 1:30.3 | major is happening in the war that affects the entire world and will affect American citizens |
| 1:36.5 | and should especially get the attention of followers of Jesus. Here's my conversation with David. |
| 1:48.1 | David, welcome back once again to the Good Faith podcast. Curtis, it's great to be with you. All right, my founding friend. I want to tell you about |
| 1:56.2 | my news habits where I get the Wall Street Journal daily and I always at least scan the headlines. |
| 2:02.4 | Our competitor, Curtis, come on. |
| 2:05.0 | Sorry, sorry, that rag of a paper. So in the last six months, I would say lots of stories on AI, |
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