Michael Weiss

When he says this affects Europe more than it affects us, he's right. It's on their doorstep. So the problem is they have to get their act together, particularly the Germans.

But even without the Germans, I mean, if you look at the coalition of the most hawkish pro-Ukraine countries who have given orders of magnitude, you know, by proportion of weapons and money, you've got all the Scandinavian countries, you've got Russia.

But even without the Germans, I mean, if you look at the coalition of the most hawkish pro-Ukraine countries who have given orders of magnitude, you know, by proportion of weapons and money, you've got all the Scandinavian countries, you've got Russia.

But even without the Germans, I mean, if you look at the coalition of the most hawkish pro-Ukraine countries who have given orders of magnitude, you know, by proportion of weapons and money, you've got all the Scandinavian countries, you've got Russia.

sweden you've got denmark which has emptied its stocks of artillery howitzers the baltic states my friends in estonia i mean their intelligence has single-handedly frankly helped keep survive in the early days of the war they're the ones that told them about the air bridge that was being brought over by the russian side the polls aren't going anywhere the brits are fine tory labor they compete with each other to be more pro-ukraine

sweden you've got denmark which has emptied its stocks of artillery howitzers the baltic states my friends in estonia i mean their intelligence has single-handedly frankly helped keep survive in the early days of the war they're the ones that told them about the air bridge that was being brought over by the russian side the polls aren't going anywhere the brits are fine tory labor they compete with each other to be more pro-ukraine

sweden you've got denmark which has emptied its stocks of artillery howitzers the baltic states my friends in estonia i mean their intelligence has single-handedly frankly helped keep survive in the early days of the war they're the ones that told them about the air bridge that was being brought over by the russian side the polls aren't going anywhere the brits are fine tory labor they compete with each other to be more pro-ukraine

you actually have a pretty good assemblage of nations, all NATO members, by the way, that can help this country survive and fight back. So I understand the inclination toward pessimism, if not catastrophism. But the good news is, you know, America as kind of a fallen or dilapidated power has empowered others to realize that they kind of have to take fortune into their own hands, as it were.

you actually have a pretty good assemblage of nations, all NATO members, by the way, that can help this country survive and fight back. So I understand the inclination toward pessimism, if not catastrophism. But the good news is, you know, America as kind of a fallen or dilapidated power has empowered others to realize that they kind of have to take fortune into their own hands, as it were.

you actually have a pretty good assemblage of nations, all NATO members, by the way, that can help this country survive and fight back. So I understand the inclination toward pessimism, if not catastrophism. But the good news is, you know, America as kind of a fallen or dilapidated power has empowered others to realize that they kind of have to take fortune into their own hands, as it were.

And they need Plan B and Plan C. One of the odd things about this election, and I think I mentioned this on the show the last time, is Europeans were not as aggrieved and panic stricken as a lot of Americans were. They thought it was inevitable Trump was going to come back. And there have been things in place for the last four years that anticipated this contingency.

And they need Plan B and Plan C. One of the odd things about this election, and I think I mentioned this on the show the last time, is Europeans were not as aggrieved and panic stricken as a lot of Americans were. They thought it was inevitable Trump was going to come back. And there have been things in place for the last four years that anticipated this contingency.

And they need Plan B and Plan C. One of the odd things about this election, and I think I mentioned this on the show the last time, is Europeans were not as aggrieved and panic stricken as a lot of Americans were. They thought it was inevitable Trump was going to come back. And there have been things in place for the last four years that anticipated this contingency.

So I'm not trying to be Pollyanna-ish about this. I'm not. But I do think that, you know, we should not be writing Ukraine's obituary so prematurely.

So I'm not trying to be Pollyanna-ish about this. I'm not. But I do think that, you know, we should not be writing Ukraine's obituary so prematurely.

So I'm not trying to be Pollyanna-ish about this. I'm not. But I do think that, you know, we should not be writing Ukraine's obituary so prematurely.

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