rather they're not resigned to it but they're they just figure this is this is the way it is and they

they can prer doer in a way for instance that well the united states used to be able to but

it's not clear to me how well we can uh how well we can continue uh in a war which goes it's

it's now gone on for uh quarters long as we were in world war two

professor h.j. mackender international relations come in on six capitals keefnecks this is the

friends of history debating society i'm john bachelor this is the friends of history debating

society i'm john bachelor with professor h.j. mackender international relations the reporting

from keef tells a story that is not about success you cranes presidents slammed a plan by the

international olympic committee to consider allowing russian and belarusian athletes to compete in

the paris 2024 summer games in addition ukraine it wants to speak and is in talks to speak for more

weapon systems f-16s and long-range cruise missiles in addition over these last days several

stories appointed to revelations of ministers in the keef government either vacationing in spain

or selling food to the army at two or three times the price or cash uh reports of cash flowing

out of ukraine in trucks there are more stories like this there's no confirmation of course because

ukraine is not a transparent republic we're not talking about law courts that matter we're talking

about one of the most corrupt governments in the russian federation in the in the soviet union

until the end of the soviet union it's it's infamous for its all the garks so professor i come to

you with this mix news about ukraine we're not celebrating jefersonian democracy here what is the

point of view of a country that whether they get tanks or whether they get high marz or whether

they get uh m-wraps or whether they get uh f-16s are going to want more and they don't provide what

you'd say is the confidence that the government is trustworthy well that would be the case with

many countries uh that we have dealt with militarily uh what you say about corruption is true although

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