Monday, May 16, 2022
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 16 May 2022
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 08:38)
Aggression Breeds Fear of Greater Aggression: Russia’s War with Ukraine Pushes Finland and Sweden into the Arms of NATOHow Putin Drove Finland Into NATO’s Arms by Wall Street Journal (Sune Engel Rasmussen)Part II (08:38 - 12:38)
The Fog of the U.S. Proxy War with Russia: Understanding the Logic—And Risk—of Increased U.S. Aid to UkrainePart III (12:38 - 20:17)
Gerontocracy—Lurking Behind the Baby Formula Crisis in the U.S.The Baby Formula Crisis by New York Times (David Leonhardt)Part IV (20:17 - 25:18)
$125B in Four Years: How Legal Sports Betting Has Turned Many States into Functional CasinosAmericans Bet $125B on Sports in 4 Years Since Legalization by Associated Press (Wayne Perry)
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, May 16, 2022. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Albert Moeller and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from |
| 0:12.3 | a Christian worldview. |
| 0:14.0 | How do you explain Vladimir Putin's ambitions in the Russian invasion of Ukraine? |
| 0:19.0 | To put the matter bluntly, it is not going according to plan. But what is or what was |
| 0:25.2 | Vladimir Putin's plan? Well what becomes very evident is that Vladimir Putin who was |
| 0:30.5 | a KGB agent at the time of the dissolution of the Soviet Empire and the Soviet Union itself, |
| 0:36.0 | he believes that Russia has been and is now being robbed of its rightful place among the great nations of the earth. |
| 0:43.7 | He looks back to golden moments in Russian history, |
| 0:46.7 | at least according to the Russian memory, |
| 0:48.6 | the Russian Empire, and yes, even the Soviet Union, |
| 0:51.8 | at least in terms of its geopolitical significance |
| 0:55.2 | and what he sees as international respect. Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union |
| 1:00.8 | he believes is being increasingly encircled by hostile forces |
| 1:06.0 | and in particular by forces that are undermining claims to Russian greatness. |
| 1:10.8 | So just about everything Vladimir Putin has done since becoming Russia's president twice now basically president for life |
| 1:17.6 | Everything Vladimir Putin has done is an effort to try to rebuild his vision of a Greater Russia. |
| 1:23.6 | The problem is that his vision of a greater Russia |
| 1:26.1 | has to come at the expense of other nations. |
| 1:29.2 | At the very top of that list is Ukraine, |
| 1:31.3 | and remember that the Crimean Peninsula had been part of |
| 1:34.1 | Ukraine after the breakup of the Soviet Union it had actually been a part of |
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