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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

'Glory to Ukraine'

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.64.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Today's podcast features an insta-reaction to Wlodymir Zelinskyy's speech to Congress and what effect it will have on the already overwhelming American support for more involvement in the effort to turn back Russia's evil. Give a listen.

Transcript

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and

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2022. I am John Pudhord. It's the editor of commentary magazine with me as always.

0:35.3

Executive editor Abe Greenwald Hyade.

0:38.3

John. Senior writer Christine Rosenhykristin.

0:41.1

Hi John.

0:42.1

An associate editor, Noah Rothman. Hi, Noah.

0:44.3

Hi John.

0:45.3

We are coming to you literally minutes after the conclusion of Vladimir Zelensky's speech

0:55.2

before Congress. Policy wise, there are a couple of interesting wrinkles. There's going

1:03.7

to be a lot of tlmutic dissection of what it was that he was actually asking for, which

1:09.4

we can do in a bit ourselves. But first, why don't we sort of gauge the effect of this

1:21.7

promoted dress? Christine, what was your takeaway from it?

1:26.0

Well, I mean, obviously it was incredibly moving, particularly the short film clip that

1:32.2

he showed, which ended with the message close the skies, which is a little different

1:36.0

than, you know, it have a no fly zone. There's a very, in terms of messaging, they are certainly

1:42.3

going straight for the heart. I mean, these absolutely heartbreaking images of injured

1:47.0

children, people fleeing the before and after pictures of many of the cities in Ukraine that

1:53.2

have been decimated by Russian bombing. I think there was something about it and extremely

1:59.2

moving violent music playing in the background. I mean, obviously you know you're being shown

2:03.0

something horrible and you're meant to see it, but there was something about it all brought

2:07.0

together in one short group of images that I assume members of Congress, even those who

2:12.2

follow the news and we do as well, it makes your stomach drop seeing the destruction. He

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