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#Londinium90AD: GAIUS & GERMANICUS recall that bombing failed to stem the adversary in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa so why will it work in Yemen? Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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#Londinium90AD: GAIUS & GERMANICUS recall that bombing failed to stem the adversary in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa so why will it work in Yemen? Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos

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0:00.0

Come on Elli, hold your nerve. You did it at the World Championships. You did it at the Paralympics. You can do it today.

0:09.0

Yeah, this stack of dirty dishes is doing your head in, but you can hang on till Sunday.

0:14.3

Just one more sleep.

0:17.0

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0:18.3

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0:22.8

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0:25.4

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0:30.0

This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I'm John Bachelor, Gaius. I'm in Londonian,

0:35.1

1st Century A.D. Dramaticus is traveling. He's in London 21st century. We're observing in the 21st century a lot of chaos. Certainly Germanicus

0:46.6

there's no similar chaos here in Rome. Everything seems to be organized right now. This

0:52.3

is the first century and though our emperor is

0:57.0

inadequate, it serves to remind all of us what can be and what will be which is great order for two

1:06.0

emperors in the second century a.d. and we're reflecting upon the successes of

1:10.5

Rome to leave us in Londinium alone with retired centurions.

1:15.1

However, in the 21st century, where everything is modern, they've got nukes in the UK,

1:22.0

they've got a general who won't leave in Kief, and now we have.

1:25.1

The US targeted Iran-backed terrorist for the third day reads the headline.

1:30.0

In an announcement on Sunday,

1:34.0

destroying a hoothe missile, it said posed an imminent threat.

1:38.0

So we're attacking, the US is attacking both Iran-backed terrorists in Iraq or Syria, we're unsure, they're not telling us,

1:49.2

or who's the Iran-backed bad actors in the mountains of North Yemen.

1:57.0

The attack seems to be being launched by the carrier group,

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