The "It’s Putin’s World and We Just Live In It" Edition

Rational Security

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News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

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🗓️ 1 October 2015

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Russia launches airstrikes in Syria, changing the political calculus in the Middle East. U.S.-backed rebels in Syria are also coming under attack. Is the U.S. abandoning them? And Edward Snowden is tweeting and Edward Scissorhands is trending.

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
0:11.0	So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.
0:16.5	Trains now on Harris. It's
0:44.6	It's Our third is out in an undisclosed location. Maybe under Russian aerial assault.
0:47.9	He may be.
0:48.6	He may be going to back up rebel forces in Syria.
0:52.3	They need the help right now. They're not getting it
0:54.6	anywhere else. It's a bad week to be a Syrian rebel. Obviously lots to talk about
1:00.1	on the podcast today. Just to note at the top of the show we are
1:03.2	recording this on Thursday afternoon. If World War III has started by the time you
1:07.8	hear this podcast, thanks for listening. And good luck. And good luck. And we hope
1:12.0	we'll go back and listen to our archive. So today on the show,
1:17.0	Russia of course launches airstrikes in Syria changing the political calculus in the Middle East.
1:23.3	I don't think it's too strong to say that.
1:25.8	Also, US-backed rebels in Syria are coming under attack.
1:28.8	Is the US abandoning them or will they come to their rescue?
1:31.9	And Edward Snowden is tweeting and
1:34.0	Edward Scissorhands is trending.
1:36.0	We'll get to that later on in word play.
1:39.2	But first let's jump right into it tomorrow.
1:41.4	Why don't you kick us off with your your wordplay which is also
1:44.4	slightly visual too I think.
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