Ep. 150: Ukraine, Foreign Policy & the U.S. Government [The Outstanding Podcast]
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🗓️ 15 November 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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How invested should the U.S. government be in conflicts around the world? Is there a specific role the government should play? Professor at Regent University, A.J. Nolte, joins host Joseph Backholm to answer these questions regarding the war in Ukraine. Joseph and A.J. unpack the current situation in Ukraine, the United States’ role in the conflict, and if there is a clear path to resolution. With a new administration coming into power, will they handle Ukraine, Russia, and foreign policy differently?
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| 0:00.0 | I am more of an interventionist and J.D. Vance's is more of a non-interventionist. I think one area where |
| 0:06.3 | he and I would probably agree is that the Democrats are much too comfortable with forever wars. |
| 0:13.1 | I think the difference being that he might say we shouldn't get involved in the first place, |
| 0:16.5 | and I might say, well, if we're going to get involved in them, we should win. |
| 0:19.7 | Outstanding is a production of The Washington Stand, where you can find news and commentary from a biblical worldview. |
| 0:25.7 | Welcome to Outstanding, where we have critical conversations about the news of the day and the ideas that shape us once again. |
| 0:31.1 | I'm your tour guide, Joseph Backholm, welcoming you to yet another exercise in taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. |
| 0:39.6 | And today we're going to think about the answer to that question when it comes to intervention by |
| 0:46.1 | one nation in the affairs of another nation. And we're going to start off that conversation, |
| 0:51.5 | specifically discussing the context of Ukraine. As we all know, in early 2022, |
| 0:59.2 | the Russian government invaded Ukraine. It was a conflict that most observers believed would be |
| 1:05.6 | quick and decisive in terms of a Russian victory, but obviously it has been no such thing. |
| 1:12.2 | Over the last two and a half years of conflict, estimates of 150,000 military casualties, tens of thousands of civilian casualties. |
| 1:21.3 | And one of the challenges is it's not clear how and when this ends. The war has also become a political issue in the United States, |
| 1:30.2 | as we have become the primary funders of Ukraine's defense efforts, because, of course, |
| 1:37.0 | we're sympathetic to the fact that Ukraine was invaded. So while there's general agreement |
| 1:43.1 | that Russia is the bad guy, there are those who question |
| 1:46.7 | how invested the United States should be in this particular conflict and in other people's |
| 1:53.0 | conflicts generally, especially when we have lots of our own issues to deal with at home. |
| 1:59.5 | How will there be peace in Ukraine? How big of a |
| 2:02.3 | responsibility does the U.S. have in this or any conflict? That's the conversation that we're |
| 2:08.0 | going to have today. And joining me for this conversation is Dr. A.J. Nolte, who's a professor |
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