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Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Now Comes the Hard Part. A&G Talk to Mike Lyons

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Daily News, News

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

"Frankly, I don't think theres enough leverage being put on Putin...we have a ways to go".  

Mike Lyons (retired U.S. Army Major and combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm) join Jack & Joe to talk about military implications of the still-in-process peace deal between Ukraine & Russia. 

How will a security guarantee be enforced?  What level of involvement will the United States have--will their be US boots on the ground?  

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So they're not going to be a part of NATO, but we've got the European nations, and they'll front-loaded, and they'll have some of them, France and Germany, a couple of them, UK. They want to have, you know, boots on the ground. Not in, I don't think it's going to be a problem, to be honest with you. I think Putin is tired of it. I think they're all tired of it. But you never

0:55.0

know. We're going to find out about President Putin in the next couple of weeks that I can tell you.

0:59.9

And we're going to see where it all goes. It's possible that he doesn't want to make a deal.

1:06.1

That Vladimir Putin is going to continue to commit war crimes, that he has a significant military force,

1:14.3

that he needs to be stopped, and that he is in every sense, I'll use a nautical term here,

1:21.5

putting a shot across the bow of the president of the United States.

1:25.0

We had to be mindful of that and respond to it with real force and strength.

1:31.8

That's James Stravetus on CNN, former NATO commander, and he and Trump, somewhat in line there

1:39.4

that Putin may just want to keep prosecuting this war.

1:43.0

Now, as to boots on the ground and all that sort of stuff,

1:46.0

Trump offered up some security guarantees yesterday,

1:49.3

including saying the U.S. will have the back

1:52.8

and wanted to clear that up today, apparently,

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