S04E05 – Kamala Harris Enters the Race and Ukraine Takes It to Russia

In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, Ryan, Tom, and Josh start with a discussion of Kamala Harris’s entrance into the Presidential race in the US. Josh and Tom aren’t fans. They argue that Biden was forced out of the race, that Kamala isn’t competent, and that the media has basically been working for Harris to remake her image and give her a boost. Ryan disagrees with most of this. He isn’t ecstatic about Harris but thinks she’ll be fine. We then turn to Ukraine’s push into Russian territory. Josh and Tom both noted that invasions into Russia have not been very successful, historically. But they also think it may have been a brilliant tactical move to ease pressure on the front lines and potentially destroy some of the logistics of the Russian military. Ryan raised the issue of whether the territory could be used as part of a peace agreement, which intrigued Tom and Josh but they were skeptical since they didn’t think Ukraine would be able to hold it. Josh also suggested that he thinks Putin will drop a nuclear bomb if he doesn’t get some victory in this war.