This is the Friends of History Debating Society.

I'm John Bachelor 2.

The District of Columbia,

the capital of the United States of America,

Empire, Republic, troubled country

coming to an election year.

Washington now is quiet.

Nothing of note takes place between Thanksgiving

and the State of the Union message the end of January early February.

A lot of maneuvering, a lot of commenting, but nothing moves.

So Professor, Washington's point of view, it is involved according to the build secret plan of

obliging Mr. Selensky to negotiate with Mr. Putin. It is also involved in the Gaza War, but that's outside

of our writ right now. What is Washington's point of view, especially on this idea that

they're going to starve Zelensky and Kief of

amo until it obeys.

Well, the whole idea of forcing Zelensky and Putin to negotiate makes about as much sense

as the U.S. China policy in the 46-47 and so forth.

May actually, 46-47, when George Marshall, who was a great-great American, no question about it, a great-great

American, was in China and trying to carry out our government policy and our government's policy was that we

needed a coalition government between the communists and the nationalists and I

when I of course anybody who knows anybody either of those

sides realize that this is about its likelihood getting the East German is getting

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