Episode 413 Ukraine, Migrants, and Pipelines
On the day following Putin’s decision to recognize the breakaway Donbas republics of Ukraine, both James Simeon and John Foster are preoccupied with the apparent imminence of a major war in Europe. Simeon studies forced migration, which he attributes largely to the prevalence of protracted wars. We don’t need another new war! Foster studies pipelines and explains the risks that will come from canceling the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would supply Germany and other countries with gas at a time when the supplies are already low. For the video, audio podcast, transcript and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-413-ukraine-migrants-and-pipelines. After watching, scroll down and post your thoughts on the comment column.
Guests:
- John Foster
- James Simeon
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The war in Ukraine has begun. I am listening to air raid sirens in Kyiv on TV at the moment, and people are fleeing westward in their cars. I have been listening to the reporters for several hours, and feel obliged to mention one comment that is relevant to our talk show. It was John Foster’s impression that the Ukrainian forces had been shooting into the separatist-held region of the Donbas, and that those Ukrainian actions match or exceed those of the separatist pro-Russian forces. The reporters on TV strongly deny that and insist that there is no evidence whatever that the Ukrainians have been shooting. They say this repeatedly, no doubt to counter the allegations by Putin that the Ukrainians have been perpetrating “genocide” against the pro-Russians. OF course, I cannot know what is so, but I am dubious.
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