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I was again a guest of the Westminster Institute to debate Ukraine again. I leave it to our viewers to review the discussion. The video is posted below.
Ukraine-Russia Debate
Herman Pirchner is the founding President of the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), a non-profit public policy organization headquartered in Washington, DC.
Under his leadership, AFPC has hosted Washington events for hundreds of foreign officials ranging from the Prime Minister of Malta to the Prime Minister of Russia; conducted hundreds of briefings for Members of Congress and their staffs and, organized dozens of fact-finding missions abroad for current and former senior American officials. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld, Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, former Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey, as well as the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dick Myers are among those who have participated in this program.
Stephen Bryen is a leading expert in security strategy and technology. He has held senior positions in the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill and as the President of a large multinational defense and technology company. Dr. Bryen has 50 years of experience in government and industry. He has served as a senior staff director of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as the Executive Director of a grassroots political organization, as the head of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Trade Security Policy, as the founder and first director of the Defense Technology Security Administration, as the President of Finmeccanica North America and as president of SDB Partners LLC.
you are right to be concerned.
It must have been awkward for you to try too debate someone who was not even debating about the same war as you, Stephen. It must be a bit frustrating to find that facts and evidence made no impression on your opponent.
Mr. Pirchner is apparently is always fighting against a mortal enemy, in his head, and winning. He seems like an inadvertent poster-child for the Borg-like hegemonic quest to profitably eliminate and incorporate rivals, regardless of cost to others.