IS UKRAINE ABOUT TO FALL? WILL ZELENKSY BE REPLACED? with Stephen Bryen (defense expert) – Episode #688
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While the West is committed to deposing Putin, regime change may happen in Ukraine first. Zelensky staked his reputation on Avdiivka, but outgunned and outnumbered, Ukrainian troops were forced out by Russia after a costly four-month battle. Defense expert Dr. Stephen Bryen joins Savage to analyze this crucial new phase of the war in Ukraine. This month, Zelensky replaced Gen. Valery Zaluzhny with Oleksandr Syrsky to be Ukraine’s next military chief in a risky leadership shake-up that is likely to be unpopular with troops. As the stakes rise, Zelensky has now turned on his fiercest fighters, targeting those not loyal to his leadership. How would the Ukrainian opposition oust Zelensky? Who might replace him? Why is this more than just a territorial war? How can Ukraine survive the loss of life? Why Biden does not want to make concessions to Russia in 2024. What are the origins of Nazi sentiments in Ukraine and Putin’s calls to “denazify” Ukraine? Bryen and Savage unravel the Western propaganda and give the unvarnished truth about the War in Ukraine.
Good discussion, many thanks.
As someone who sees himself roughly as a centre-left 'realist' in International Relations, it often feels odd to find myself aligned with critics on the right of the mainstream media echo-chamber - agreeing with most of what you and, say, Anatol Lieven of Stephen Walt's Quincy Institute say about Ukraine.
But then in 2016 I told people I thought Donald had 'the wrong answers to many of the unasked right questions' and was at peast less likely than Hillary to start WW3 ('except on a bad hair day').
And I'm still rather confused by the neocon's switch from Red to Blue that began with Clinton, and concerned about their plans for a Biden second term.
So I wonder how (in broad terms) you see the impact of a probable Trump second term on American foreign policy?