He uses the Peloponnesian War analogy to argue that many countries will align with Russia because America is increasingly seen as the great aggressor, like Athens.
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"now um the united states main adversary is that china um it's really russia because russia is the only country that has the resources..."
"to the peloponnesian war the main aggressor was athens and what happened ultimately was that um the entire world ultimately aligned against athens because..."
"...Western perspective, Ukraine is this innocent country and Russia is the aggressor. So, clearly, Russia isn't wrong. But if you are not part of..."
"...the Chinese are cursing America for invading Iran, for being the aggressor. Like don't worry, after the meeting, things will change. And then yesterday..."
"...us, we'll fight back. But we will never ever be the aggressor. We will never ever choose the path of violence. We choose the..."
"...moving forward, where they don't... want to be seen as the aggressor in this war. They just want to be seen as defending themselves,..."
"...next few years is the United States will constantly be the aggressor, and Iran will show restraint to show that it is the party..."
"...to push for war, that Israel will continue to be the aggressor in this war. So Israel is really the scapegoat. But it's really..."
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