Escalation Ep 4: The Worst of Both Worlds
Lawfare Presents: The Aftermath
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🗓️ 17 March 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
A dirty presidential campaign in Ukraine culminates in an attempted assassination and ‘The Orange Revolution,’ where Ukrainians stop The Kremlin’s attempts to rig the election. Years later at a NATO summit in 2008, The United States and European allies concoct a high-risk plan to protect Ukraine going forward.
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| 0:00.0 | Escalation is presented by Delete Me, the industry leader in personal data removal. |
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| 0:24.6 | deleteme.com slash escalation. |
| 0:29.8 | Previously on Escalation. |
| 0:32.1 | Last November, the decaying body of a man was found in this forest outside Kiev. |
| 0:38.3 | The president of my country is possibly involved in the murder of my husband. |
| 0:45.3 | Wednesday night's blast left a gaping hole in the center of the building. |
| 0:49.3 | He was suddenly everywhere. |
| 0:51.3 | Vladimir, Vladimir and Putin. |
| 0:53.3 | Vowing bloody revenge. |
| 0:55.0 | Oh shit. |
| 0:56.0 | Somebody hit the World Trade Center. |
| 0:59.0 | I looked a man in the eye. |
| 1:01.0 | I was able to get a sense of his soul. |
| 1:03.0 | There was no one in the new administration who had the wherewithal to understand that he |
| 1:09.0 | was covering up his own crimes. |
| 1:23.6 | It's April 2008, and U.S. President George W. Bush is giving a speech at a diplomatic summit. |
| 1:26.6 | Thank you and good morning. |
| 1:29.7 | Lauren I are pleased to be back in Bucharest. |
| 1:33.3 | And here in Bucharest, we will extend the circle of freedom even further. |
| 1:41.9 | President Bush is here to talk about four simple letters that loom large over the United States and Ukraine. |
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