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Organization saying youre not going to participate in the world cup. so you have superpowers and super-empowered people now getting together in a giant geopolitical cancellation of vladimir putin and russia. >> some people are looking at these events as a justification for more nato expansion. ive been going back and reading some of your past columns about nato and what took place in the 90s. and yours is a cautionary tale, right? >> absolutely. well, going back to the early 90s when the berlin ...

Ministry of defence at chief of the general staff to put the strategic nuclear forces on special alert. russia has the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world and putin wouldnt be the first leader to give the order. in 1945 the us dropped two nuclear weapons onjapan effectively ending the second world war killing over 100,000 people. in 1949 the soviet union tested a bomb at this test site in what is now kazakhstan. then in 1962, the cuban missile crisis almost brought nuclear war between the us an...

Effective, too. the biden administration ruled out establishing a no-fly zone. but your colleague republican senator lindsey graham will support a no-fly zone if they were to use chemical weapons against civilian targets. do you share that view? >> thats a whole another red lean in the sand to cross. you cross that, the genocide we see going on now to inflict more punishment, more pain on innocent people is intolerable. to use chemical weapons and say we will stand by and watch this happen. that...

For any number of reasons but the least of which is the idea that an american pilot would end up confronting a russian pilot and then there would be -- we would have a direct military confrontation between the two superpowers. how do you respond to the counterargument vladimir putin doesnt respond to any rules, any lines. he is indiscriminately doming hospitals, maternity centers, he has used chemical weapons, he is attacking a sovereign weapon. hes done assassinations in nato countries like the...

President zelensky will address congress wednesday to plead for more help, and president biden could soon be headed here to the region. among the potential stops is brussels, belgium, home to n.a.t.o. sparking worldwide concern, the news tonight the kremlin has asked china help for military equipment, possibly drones, and if the chinese were to go ahead and aid russia in its war, it could pit the worlds largest superpowers against one another. sad news tonight about western journalists. one pers...

Playground guard, the schoolyard and everybody is back to the fence. wait a minute. let me finish. all we have to do is we have enough whale in canada, the united states, and mexico and we could be our own superpowers. but right now the biden administration is not only hurting the americans and all this #blameputin nonsense all he has to do and let us be the strength. he is drawing the west. >> how do you know putin wasnt playing trump? >> its not about trump, the fact that trump had a new buddy...

Would describe superpowers to an educated tb ancient. you have it right. the other thing i need to tell you, your reporting, and your analysis is excellent. please, congratulations to your team. now that this is out of the way, putin is not a dummy. you dont rise to the top of russia, and stay there for 20 plus years, by being an idiot. he is a masterful manipulator, but his problem is he built up this image of himself as a superman. that hes physically fit, he has a black belt in karate, he was...

You very much. im joined now by tom nichols. and charles carruthers. i will ask you the same questions. you teach students of war. you teach our war makers. ive been stunned. the idea that there were two big superpowers, the united states and russia, was predicated on the idea that russia is a lethal army. what this sounds like is sort of a terrorist gang. they kill a lot of people and done a lot of damage. the story that the army doesnt have enough food to supply themselves. having to abandon t...

Having a meeting of the sarah ceremonial parliament. the minister told reporters at the news conference that chinas friendship with russia, most strategic partner with us. he says to beijing mirage ukraine no matter how perilous the international landscape, we will maintain our strategic focus and maintain the development of a comprehensive china and russia partnership. in the new era. so what are they, like fastening a whole new role no? >> absolutely. that whole new world, you know they see th...

Is considering that consider. we know president biden will have warned of stern consequences if china does come to russias aid. not least because the ever closer relationship between russia and china has been a concern for america and this war represents a critical moment in the relationship between the superpowers. moment in the relationship between the superpowers-— iam sure i am sure its fine, im sure its fine even though we lost the line to lyse doucet in ukraine. the polish border agency ...