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Slack.com slash DHQ. This is the Friends of Institute of Bating Society. I'm John Batchewith,

Germanicus, Mark of Lyos. I am Gaius. We're by the Thames relaxing. We're a questering class.

We can't afford to be senators, so we make fun of them. But in any event, senators don't need or

care about our attention. We're reflecting on the troubles that we see in the first century and

the troubles that we see in the 21st century. However, it's always war to look at. And there's a war in

Ukraine that is a war in Europe that is a global North war, that is a world war. And escalation is

the story. The Kremlin replaces Seroviken, General Armageddon with the overall commander Gerasmov,

who was General in chief of the Russian forces in any event. At the same time,

NATO's response is after weeks of speculation. Main battle tanks are now headed into Ukraine. I

don't have a timeline, but the intention here is to provide a weapon that is for offense, not

defense. The Abrams tank is mentioned but not confirmed. The leopard two tank from Germany is

mentioned, but now we have a report that it will take up to a year to renovate leopard one and

leopard two tanks for Ukraine. There are leopard two tanks in the possession of Poland and Finland,

which both say they will send them to Ukraine. Most importantly, the United Kingdom, a troubled

government and a troubled economy, says that it will send its challenger to main battle tank right

away. So Germanicus, quickly here, how do you measure this contest now? Main battle tanks mean

offense. Or it's a way of NATO staying in the game as it's waiting for Russia to make its move.

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