Power Problems

I like listening to this because the guests often take positions that I don’t necessarily agree with, but are well reasoned so I like hearing the arguments. They loose one point though for the completely uninterrogated interview with the UFO guy who draws wholly unsubstantiated claims, and makes predictions about a “post discourse” world that are as well reasoned as a bong hit. Felt like the Joel Rogan podcast for a minute there.

This is the perfect choice for anyone interested in learning more about foreign policy! Each episode is informative and enjoyable.

The recurrent attacks by Hamas on Israel are existential. Even when you rely on the questionable numbers given by Hamas, the ratio of civilian to combatant casualties is likely the lowest in the history of warfare. IDF is understandably cautious but saying they are indiscriminate or that the war is simply an example of collective punishment is untrue. The host never challenges the guest.

Very disappointing episode. Trump certainly wasn’t perfect and his approach to foreign policy was not conventional. Yet he accomplished some positives and some negatives. Biden is the return to the norm- some positive some negatives. The biggest negative being the US will bear the brunt of cost. The guest go from an acceptable conversation of what Biden has done to a rant on how wrong Trumps approach was. Frankly Trump was right to sanction Russia AND tell Europe to begin paying the price agreed to by Obama.