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#Londinium90AD: Germanicus presents the facts of the failed counteroffensive. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos

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🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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#Londinium90AD: Germanicus presents the facts of the failed counteroffensive. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos

1943 Stalingrad

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0:00.0

Peloton has loads of supermotivating classes. I did an invigorating cycling class just this morning,

0:06.8

but Peloton is also indoor running on the tread, and an app for yoga in the park,

0:12.1

dance cardio in the kitchen or boxing, well, we're off your fancy. I'm now trying a Peloton

0:17.6

sleep meditation. I wonder how long it takes to... Peloton, for anyone, anywhere. Internet

0:24.6

connection and Peloton all access membership required age, height and weight restriction supply,

0:28.1

see one peloton.co.uk. This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I am Gaias, John

0:33.6

Batser, Germanicus, Mark of Lejos, joins. To comment not on this, the first century AD, we're living

0:40.3

very comfortably in Londonium. It's an early fall afternoon, little chilly. We'll go to the theater

0:47.2

later, but I don't like to sit out on those stands when it gets windy here in Londonium.

0:52.6

We'll see. Right now, we're discussing developments in the 21st century over the war in

0:59.4

Ukraine, but the war in Ukraine has aspects of being a global contest. We begin, however, with the

1:06.2

hesitation, reservation, reluctance of members of the U.S. Congress House and Senate in the form of

1:14.8

a letter sent to the President of the United States in these last days, signed by six senators

1:20.8

Republicans and 23 representatives of the House of Representatives Republicans. The American people

1:28.5

deserve to know what their money is gone to, they tell the President. How is the counteroffensive

1:34.0

going? Are the Ukrainians any closer to victory than they were six months ago? What is our strategy

1:40.4

and what is the President's exit plan? What does the administration define as victory in Ukraine?

1:46.6

What assistance has the United States provided Ukraine under Title 10? It would be an absurd

1:52.6

abdication of congressional responsibility to grant this request without knowing the answers to

1:58.4

these questions, for these reasons, and certainly until we receive answers to the questions above

2:04.9

and others forthcoming. We oppose the additional expenditure for war in Ukraine, included in your

2:13.5

request. Very good evening to you, Germanicus. In terms of Congress, this may or may not be

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