Friends, for episode 20 of the 24sight Pod we’ve got
- founder of The Counteroffensive on Substack, a longtime reporter and author of the very excellent book about the NRA, “Misfire: Inside the downfall of the NRA”.Tim’s been on the ground in Ukraine since the war’s start (coming up on three years now!) He and his growing team of correspondents document the Ukrainians’ struggle with verve and tenacity.
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Show notes:
(This pod was recorded 8/1/24.)
- How Tim, a former U.S. Army combat medic, became a war correspondent
- The chronic stress of Ukrainians living through Russia’s ongoing attacks, “the common thread among all Ukrainians has been they haven’t felt safe”
- Why is Putin attacking Ukraine? “His strategic interest is to squeeze the life out of the prosperity and the future of Ukraine, whether it's through this war, whether it's through denying them a pathway towards NATO, denying them a pathway towards the EU, denying them allies, denying them economic resurgence after the cessation of hostilities”
- The latest aid package from the U.S. could have done more to protect Ukraine’s energy supply and establish a Patriot air defense system had it been received earlier. But, “equipment and aid doesn’t win wars, people do.”
- Talk now of a future counteroffensive from Ukraine. “Ukraine understands that, that this war is most likely to end with a some sort of negotiated settlement, and they want the upper hand on the battlefield, when the negotiations do ultimately come about.”
- On Russia’s influence at the RNC in Milwaukee
- Looking at the new presidential race and understanding coconut-pilled
- Ukrainians are clear-eyed that Trump in office would threaten continued U.S. support of Ukraine
- The realpolitik of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting with Donald Trump at the former president’s Florida club. “He understands that if Trump is elected, he’s going to be in a really hard spot.”
- Putin’s disinformation and information warfare strategy. “It's been to take the most extreme stance on one side, take the most extreme stance on the other side, and then make centrists or people who have moderate views feel like they're crazy and out in the in the dark alone, right. I suspect they'll do that here in Ukraine.”
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