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#Ukraine: The Isolationist Tradition: Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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#Ukraine: The Isolationist Tradition: Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/2024-republican-hopefuls-attack-biden-on-ukraine-at-pivotal-moment-for-kyiv/ar-AA18Hj70

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Donald Trump is making it very clear in his many appearances that he does not support

0:59.2

Ukraine, that he supports immediate succession of hostilities.

1:05.7

More than that, I don't need to say, because that itself is the isolation and subpoignant

1:10.5

that echoes 1940.

1:12.9

Now we learn that Kevin McCarthy, the new speaker of the house, has deferred or refused

1:19.6

an invitation to keep, to visit with the troubled Ukrainian government.

1:24.7

That is a significant turn from the way Nancy Pelosi led the House of Representatives

1:29.4

in the first two years of Mr. Biden's administration.

1:33.0

And we also learn that Governor DeSantis of Florida, no long foreign policy hand, but in

1:39.8

any event, making remarks, does not uniformly support the Ukrainian war.

1:48.1

There are details here, I don't need to explore them.

1:51.3

Just the fact that these three men have indicated a hesitation is enough to say the Republican

1:57.8

Party is going in the direction of isolationism.

2:01.6

And I expect over the next month, up to the first debate in August of 2023 in Milwaukee,

2:09.5

we'll see more voices raised saying, why are we fighting?

2:14.8

What do we get out of it?

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