Radio War Nerd #306 — Ukraine-Russia War Fever, with Leonid Ragozin

That was really interesting. I've read that Ukraine is cutting off water to Crimea. Might that have any bearing on the subject of this podcast? Unrelated, but a friend has this youtube channel which features some interesting talks. The latest had a section by general Mike Tucker who gave a talk about what it was like to command a tank unit during the cold war. I thought the various war nerds might find it interesting. The link is here. The general is the third person to talk. The rest of it does touch a little on what was covered here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYJNp09v0WM

And this am (12/8/21) the NY Times "The Morning" news skim email in my inbox leads off with their oh-so-serious article purporting to show that although the USA has many flaws, our lack of UNITY! is emboldening !EVIL, NOT LIKE US OTHER EMPIRES! such as China and Russia, who obviously must be far worse. And that the Russian red line over (USA as the only meaningful voice in NATO) taking Ukraine is unreasonable, evil and worth starting WWIII over. Not one mention of that old and unimportant Bush the elder era promise to keep NATO from expanding into the old border republics.

alright alright you've done your due diligence breaking up the civil war series with extra content, now let's have some mooooooooooaaaaaarrrrrrrrre!! lol

YES. YEEEESSSSS. IT’S KINK FULFILLMENT TIME HOURS

What was the article referred to in the Atlantic council regarding Ukraine joining NATO?

Who was the other guy (I heard Lukashenko) Leonid called a headache for Putin?

Anybody got a link to the Michael Kauffman piece Mark mentions at 44:39?

Great episode Mark. Have appreciated Leonid’s work for a while and he’s been getting battered online by the usual suspects in a very sleazy attempt to undermine his journalism. Great guest to have on, doing important work, and I appreciated his thoughtful responses to your questions.

With respect to Biden, Ukraine and Zelenskiy, must the Gas Reverse deal be taken into account. Biden earned millions through a gas export/import deal, gas crossing the ukrainian border and back. Zelenskiy changed the head of Naftogas, Kobolev (appointed by Biden to assure kickbacks from reverse gas. It is worth learning German just to read and understand the filth going on there. https://www.anti-spiegel.ru/2020/bidenleaks-neue-veroeffentlichungen-ueber-joe-bidens-korruption-und-andere-machenschaften-in-der-ukraine/ https://www.anti-spiegel.ru/2019/korruption-anstatt-ukraine-skandal-kontoauszuege-belegen-zahlung-von-16-mio-us-an-bidens-umfeld/ https://www.anti-spiegel.ru/2020/bidenleaks-teil-4-wie-joe-biden-und-george-soros-nach-dem-maidan-in-der-ukraine-milliarden-verdient-haben/ https://www.anti-spiegel.ru/2021/das-ende-des-gas-revers-der-wahre-grund-fuer-kiews-veraergerung-ueber-den-neuen-gasvertrag-ungarns/ https://www.anti-spiegel.ru/2021/warum-us-aussenminister-blinken-nach-kiew-gereist-ist/

Could you link that article about the Gates Foundation?

Re-uploaded the RSS feed + liquidated Kremlin active measures bots that were trying to sow dissension and undermine public faith in Radio War Nerd's RSS feed. It should be working now. Victory to the mortals! Да здравствует Военный Ботаник!

Some folks saying the RSS feed file not working. Checking it out now, stay tuned. We blame Putin.

The file is messed up.

is the mp3 messed up for anyone else? starts skipping around 18:00. tried redownloading

Guest sounds like your average Baltic russophobe with a thin veneer of journalism

Dammit Mark, I've been calling it the Necronomicon strain too - first time I heard "omicron" I just couldn't shake the similarity

Please talk about George Thomas I think he was interesting in many ways

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