Biden’s Defending Democracy Dilemma, A Plane Disaster in Russia & Alex Questions His Political Views

In this episode, Alex takes the first part of the episode to explain his political positions and the moral conundrums he faces when trying to tell others his political identity. Later, Alex gives an update on the breakdown in law and order in Ecuador, and then dives right into the Ukraine-Russia War. He laments the fact that congress is still holding up more aid to Ukraine but questions the Biden Administration’s focus on “defending democracy” abroad. Alex argues that after the War in Iraq, many Americans are skeptical of defending American values abroad and it seems like Biden is walking into a political quagmire. Finally, the Russians claim that Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian plane that was carrying over 60 Ukrainian prisonners of war (POWs) that were meant to be swapped with Russian POWs. The Russians claim that they warned the Ukrainian military but Ukraine argues that there wasn’t a warning and this looks like a misinformation campaign to gain sympathy for Russia.