Talking to The Spectator about Politics: American & International
On 21 August 2024, I did an interview with Freddy Gray, the deputy editor of The Spectator, an important British publication. He was in Chicago to cover the Democratic National Convention. We discussed the DNC, the Presidential race, and of course, Ukraine and Gaza.
The sad fact of the matter is that John Mearsheimer has laid out in exact detail what the US foreign policy should have been since the end of the Cold War. If we had listened to him and taken his advice the world would be a much better place. Given the amount of death, destruction and suffering that’s occurred all one can say is that it’s truly a shame. What’s incredible is that our leaders haven’t learned a thing and they keep forging onward and making the same huge mistakes. If one thinks about it, a huge amount of time, effort and logistics goes into continuing to make all of these huge mistakes. It seems as though at some point someone with some sense would put their foot down and put an end to all of this craziness.
Why does not one see that there was a coup and the Russians were goaded or forced in to protect, as voted and requested by Russian speaking Ukrainian voters, those that pleaded for their help? Do Ukrainians not have the right to vote on their own destiny? The vote was under gunfire as well. Imagine Americans being forced to remain British without the French.