During his State of the Union address this week, President Biden announced that the global community of democracies was facing off against Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the international rules-based order is stronger than ever. We talk to Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of DAWN (which was founded by Jamal Khashoggi, murdered by killers tied to U.S. friends in the Saudi government) about some uncomfortable truths relating to this battle against evil — namely that many of our partners and friends around the world are not democracies, nor has Washington acted in a democratic fashion, waging its own wars of choice across the globe. In the first segment, Kelley and Dan talk about the Blob's maximalist vision on the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
More from Sarah Leah Whitson:
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With weak response, US will pay price for Israel’s terror designations -- Responsible Statecraft -- 10/29/21
Biden's 'democracies v. autocracies' is put to the test, fails miserably, w/ Sara Leah Whitson