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How the Ukraine War Helps US Empire

How the Ukraine War Helps US Empire

FromUseful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté


How the Ukraine War Helps US Empire

FromUseful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Mar 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Click here for the extended episode, including the full interview with Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison.
For a while, pundits have been predicting the decline of American superpower. Although some decline is inevitable, don’t expect Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to precipitate it.
As the American Prestige podcast’s Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison explain, the US ability to invade another country and commit war crimes that would merit US sanctions if it was any other country, and without any backlash, underscores America’s overwhelming strength.
“What would these scholars, who say Russian students should be kicked out of schools and that there are no good Russians, have thought if in 2003, scholars in Russia said there are no good Americans because we invaded Iraq? They would have been aghast.”
“They can’t process the thought that those situations are analogous. We’re virtuous and everyone else is evil.”
With the war ramping up, US ghoulishness runs rampant. Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, and Nancy Pelosi all giggle at the brink of war while Bucky is left to take the fall.
It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.
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Released:
Mar 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Matt Taibbi and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature analysis of the political news of the week and exclusive interviews, with humor, commentary and dissection of why both Republicans and Democrats suck. Join Matt and Katie as they examine important stories that have slipped through the cracks and what the media got wrong – and laugh about whatever is left to laugh about.