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#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus observe the steady decline of Zelensky's authority and a not unpopular turning away from Ukraine by its previous allies. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos

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🗓️ 8 January 2024

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#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus observe the steady decline of Zelensky's authority and a not unpopular turning away from Ukraine by its previous allies. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos

#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus observe the steady decline of Zelensky's authority and a not unpopular turning away from Ukraine by its previous allies. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos

1918 Ukraine and German troops

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This is The Friends of History Debating Society. I am Gaius, John Bachelor, and Germanicus Michael Laius is here where in Londinium

0:35.4

by the Thames snow out there the centurians and their families the retired

0:41.5

centurians have hurried on home, it's past dark, we're sitting

0:45.0

here in candlelight, we're going to the theater later, drinking a cup of wine and reflecting

0:49.8

upon the events in the 21st century. We can see them. We can see in the shadows of where

0:57.1

they're going. We understand the struggle because we are the Roman Empire,

1:03.0

Equis class as we are.

1:06.0

And America flatters itself to think it is the inheritor

1:10.0

of our skill set.

1:11.0

Our skill set said only victory. There was no alternative. We win, we win, we win.

1:18.1

If a legion goes down, we send another, and if that goes down down we send another and if that goes down we send another we keep sending

1:26.0

the legions until our enemies are reduced to memory. However in the 21st century, the Americans are fighting a surrogate war in Ukraine, and it's

1:38.0

going badly.

1:39.0

So let's look at Germanicus' remarks about these headlines.

1:44.3

For example, Russia uses North Korean missiles and strikes on Kharkif or New Telegraphed

1:51.2

London Telegraph poll reveals weariness over US military support to Ukraine,

1:57.0

or a book from Simon and Schuster.

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