This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I am Gaius. Germanicus is here. We're in Lunditian. Spring is in the air. The cold snap will pass. We're turning to attention in the 21st century because as Romans, it can be puzzling to see how media works.

And there was reason to believe that the media worked magnificently when no one was in charge.

He just let the cameras roll live, recorded.

10, 20, 30, 40, 50 minutes in the Oval Office, heaps of reporters on all sides.

The major cabinet figures, senior cabinet figures, arranged on the other side of the president.

The president of Ukraine momentarily in a talking press conference before the signing of a treaty, an arrangement,

which would permit the war to end in Ukraine.

And then a luncheon.

And yet, Germanicus, a very good evening to you.

There it is.

It reminds me of the end of a shocking end of a World

Series game. You can't believe it happened, but it's done. It's in the history book. Nobody planned it.

The events of Friday are burned into history in Europe.

And we as Romans, observing from the first century AD, can make some observations, certainly.

I begin, however, to ask what this means for the war fighting and for the what appears to be a deteriorating scene for the Ukrainians

that will only get worse because of a manpower shortage. Ukraine has oddly and stubbornly

refused to draft 18 to 25-year-olds.

Very odd, given that they're asking for NATO or the United States to defend them with 18 to 25-year-olds,

which is what makes up the military for the United States in the enlisted ranks,

Marines and Army and Air Force, young men and women now.

So I ask you what you make of Ukraine's conduct on Friday compared to what we know to be extremely difficult road ahead in these next months time for a spring offensive. Good evening to you, Germanicus. Good evening,

Kais. You've asked two questions about two different dimensions of the war.

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