The Raw Deal (24 February 2023) with Nick Kollerstrom and Mike Sparks

Mike is an expert on military equipment and tactics and Nick on Ukraine; The Just War. On the 1st observance of the "special military operation", Mike and Nick and I assess the situation, first militarily, where it appears obvious that Ukraine has lost and there is no turning back; and second geopolitically, the West has squandered its moral and legal standing in the eyes of the world, where it had not intention of adhering to the Minsk Accords, which would have provided a peaceful resolution to the growing conflict, but acting in bad faith to mislead and deceive the Russians (and the rest of the world). Russia is not only clearly morally, politically, and legally in the right but the dastardly, deceitful, and deceptive conduct of NATO and the US stands exposed before the world. The behavior of the West could hardly be more despicable, where Russia can never take the word of the West on any serious matter in the future, which guarantees there will be a standing state of tension between Russia and the West into the foreseeable future. That Iran and China are standing with Russia and even supplying Iranian-made drones provokes absurd protests from the West, which has gone all out to supply Ukraine with massive quantities of arms and money--and in the process depleted itself of the ability to wage (non-nuclear) war. I regret being unable to keep Nick for the duration, but his contributions were marvelous and greatly appreciated, where Mike made one telling point after another.