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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 8, 2018.
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Week in Review: Warnings of WWIII, the Iranian Danger, EU Military Integration, U.S. Religious Freedom, and Much More
Show Notes
- The dangers of a nuclear World War iii are serious and real; this week, talk of such a war came from the lips of Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel, and the Global Peace Index tried to quantify just how much more dangerous the world is growing.
- As nations try to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear capability, Iran announced that it is ready to open a center for producing new centrifuges, an important step toward building nuclear weapons.
- Meanwhile Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Europe to try to gain support in defending his nation against Iran.
- Germany’s Chancellor Merkel endorsed the French president’s proposal to increase European military integration.
- We’ll also talk about forces driving Russia and China together, the U.S. Supreme Court’s weak ruling in favor of religious freedom, a very politically incorrect statement about Nazism from a German leader, and Canada’s legalization of marijuana.
Links
- Warnings of World War III
- The Iranian Danger
- EU Military Integration
- U.S. Religious Freedom
- Benjamin Netanyahu’s Tour of Europe
- The Growing Alliance Between Russia and China
- Rewriting Germany’s Nazi History
- Canada Legalizes Marijuana