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#Londinium90AD: Gaius and Germanicus examine the probability of a Russian victory. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society

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🗓️ 3 April 2023

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#Londinium90AD: Gaius and Germanicus examine the probability of a Russian victory. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/world/europe/russia-ukraine-recruitment-military.html.

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0:00.0

This is the Friends of Mr. Debating Society.

0:03.2

I am Gaya's John Batsy with my colleague and friend,

0:07.0

Dramatic Smok of Leos.

0:09.0

We are speculating here a year into the second year of the war in Ukraine.

0:14.4

Two thousand years ahead of us were in Londonium,

0:17.4

not likely to worry tonight.

0:19.0

We're surrounded by retired centurions,

0:21.7

very muscular fellows who enjoy themselves,

0:24.8

and they worked very hard for their land,

0:27.7

twenty-five years, and they're good traders, they're honest,

0:31.1

and they provide us with the kind of security you need

0:34.0

when there are tribes out there who are rascals.

0:36.8

However, we're looking at two thousand years from now

0:39.7

and retaining speculating.

0:42.4

We've exhausted if Ukraine is to win what must it overcome?

0:46.8

If Russia is to win, what does it look like, Germanicus?

0:52.0

Russia has problems that are significantly less severe

0:57.0

than I believe those faced by the Ukrainian military.

1:01.6

And yet they have challenges that are really rather stout themselves.

1:07.1

In other words, Russia can't really win this war

1:11.2

without destroying the Ukrainian army.

1:13.3

And the Ukrainian offensive, as I indicated,

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