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The World Is Not Enough

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It's hard to win these days. Not only do we have worries about war, we've got worries over worries about war. Is the Biden administration's foreign policy dangerously cautious? That's what Peter and James discuss – and argue about – with our guest, AEI's Kori Schake.

The hosts (minus Rob, who was off podcasting elsewhere...) also chat about Italy's Giorgia Meloni; James gets peeved, and it'a lots of fun; they do some speculating of their own about the bubbles in the Baltic; and Peter recalls the time he had dinner with a mega-celeb and had no idea who said mega-celeb was.

Hosted by James Lileks and Peter Robinson, with guest KSKori Schake

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  • BDB@BDB
    ReplyingtoEJHill+

    EJHill+ (View Comment):

    You’re going to want to listen to this show. Here’s a preview:

    Great call-out, EJ. I just hit the word "malleable" at a buck-forty, and I'm ready to comment negatively about this person. Ahem.

    EDIT. Just finished. I echo @jon's praise of Lileks' combustible rant monologue after the interview. She had to leave early, but there was MUCH more to say -- perhaps she can come back Real Soon.

  • BDB@BDB

    Speaking as a former boot on the ground (in my limited office-job-in-a-combat-zone role) who lost friends there, let me set this lady straight on her question about "Who doesn't want to put boots on ground?"

    I don't. I am rah-frikkin-rah for the Ukrainians, and I hope Putin falls out a window. But I certainly do not trust this government -- especially under the Biden gang -- to do anything right when it comes to the command of troops. Not going in, not being there, not winning, and certainly not getting out.

    Russia is not the only country in which a mobilization will be met with unrest.

    HELL NO.

    How dare (sorry, there it is) anybody suggest that troops be entrusted to this administration?

    That's about all the civility I can muster for this.

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