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#Ukraine: Not telling the American people "Why we fight?" Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

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🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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#Ukraine: Not telling the American people "Why we fight?" Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

https://www.unionleader.com/news/world/top-ukraine-us-defense-officials-discussed-military-aid-in-call--kyiv/article_d261b6c0-100e-5bd9-9f61-c3386a2e741c.html

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There is no plan to win the war in Ukraine. None. That there is lots of thinking about

0:57.5

how do we sustain Ukraine through this or that offensive, through this or that season,

1:03.1

through this or that shortfall, but to win the war. So the puzzle and we'll move to the

1:09.4

politics of this in a moment. But the puzzle is winning this war means that the American

1:14.8

people have to be with you. We can agree on that. Blood and treasure is part of the conversation

1:21.4

between the White House and the American people. Do the American people at this point

1:26.8

need to be told we want to win the war? Do they need to hear it from the president? Is

1:31.9

that useful or is it all implicit in their last, what is it now? We're in the 13th month.

1:40.0

My opinion is that in a war, it is essential that the president takes the lead in regularly

1:49.3

explaining clearly and intelligibly to the American people why this war matters and how

1:58.8

we are planning to win it. And I think that the administration has effectively they've

2:06.8

done nothing. Mr. Biden has not made a speech focusing on the war and addressing the American

2:14.4

people. There's been no address to Congress. The poor old constitution says that you've

2:21.0

got to have an address by the president of the United States to both houses of Congress

2:29.6

and then get a vote and then we can get involved in the war. Now the president administration

2:37.0

is sort of playing let's pretend and trying to have a war in which all kinds of American

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