Monday, March 20, 2023

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:13 - 14:02)
Lessons From Two Decades of Conflicted History: Christian Realist Considerations of the Iraq War 20 Years Later

20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One by New York Times (Alissa J. Rubin)

Part II (14:02 - 19:46)
“I Am the State?”: Emmanuel Macron Invokes Article 49.3 For Pension Reforms

Part III (19:46 - 24:15)
A Parable of the Human Spectacle: Silicon Valley Bank Merchandise Surges to Sale on Ebay

There’s a Run on Silicon Valley Bank Swag by Wall Street Journal (Alyssa Lukpat and Caitlin Ostroff)

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0:00.0	It's Monday, March 20, 2023.
0:07.5	I'm Albert Moeller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a
0:11.7	Christian worldview.
0:13.5	It is very hard to take the historical measure of something, even something that's a fairly
0:17.9	recent history.
0:19.4	As a matter of fact, there are many ongoing historical debates that simply refuse to
0:24.5	be concluded.
0:26.1	Robert Kagan and his new book entitled The Ghost at the Feast, looking at American
0:30.0	Foreign Policy between the years 1900 and 1941, points out that if you look to the
0:35.7	Spanish-American War, fought just over a matter of weeks in the year 1898, there is still
0:41.2	virtually no historical consensus about that war.
0:45.9	Was it or was it not a War of Colonialization?
0:48.6	He says, no, at least not in the classic European sense.
0:51.9	Was it or was it not intentional in terms of, for instance?
0:55.7	The American involvement in the Philippines directly enforced so long.
0:59.2	Again, controversial questions.
1:01.4	Well over 100 years ago, the controversial questions continue.
1:05.8	Just consider the fact that today marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of what
1:09.6	we call the Iraq War.
1:11.1	20 years ago today, American and Allied forces entered Iraqi territory with the goal of
1:17.5	removing Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi dictator from power, and establishing a democratic order
1:23.4	in order of freedom in Iraq.
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