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EPISODE · Nov 30, 2024 · 20 MIN

US military studies if nuclear war on Russia would starve billions of people

from Geopolitical Economy Report · host Ben Norton

As the NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine escalates, the US Army is funding research on "the impacts of nuclear weapons on farm systems" in Eastern Europe. Numerous scientific studies warn that this would cause a nuclear winter that would starve billions and kill off the majority of the human population. Ben Norton discusses the extreme dangers. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8rCGchY-k 94% of Americans want to end Ukraine war, but US rejects China peace deal, opposes talks with Russia: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/06/08/end-ukraine-war-us-china-peace-deal-russia/ Topics 0:00 Intro 0:27 Doomsday Clock is 90 seconds to midnight 2:09 US Army studies effects of nuclear weapons on agriculture 3:47 Scientists say nuclear war would kill billions 5:46 Nuclear winter 6:47 Escalation of Ukraine proxy war 7:48 Ukraine (and NATO) is losing 8:58 Most Americans want to end Ukraine war 10:03 US nuclear war strategy 11:37 USA spends trillions on nuclear weapons 14:39 Donald Trump tore up Russia arms treaties 17:37 Trump gave Ukraine lethal weapons 18:23 (CLIP) Trump boasts of Ukraine arms shipments 18:40 Trump is not anti-war 19:11 Bipartisan US war drive 20:19 Outro

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