day. we can express our thoughts and feelings and wait for the response. there is no response on memorial day. those we honor are dead, which leaves us to supply both d sides of the conversation. i spent some time studying our the deadliest battles in our history, the battles which required the most sacrifice. i wondered what it was like to be a teenager sent to europe. during world war one probably never crossed an like to ocean and for many they only crossed the ocean oncecr they re buried somewhere in france or belgium or england, we sent them to liberate a continent, to liberate other people, and they did what weoncere in fm to do and it cost themto d their lives. world war two was a deadly war both in europe and the pacific . our young people were sent to defeat an evil axis,ii to liberat was ae a continent, fe defend people being victimized by tyrantnd s. and we sent young people to defend our own country after we were attacked. so pearl harbor. some of those soldiers a
and defend its democracy with less and less sacrifice over the decades. to g succeed.i fought in two wa. a lot of what americans don t even understand that i fought in iraq and afghanistan. the collective amount of people that died in those two wars probably doesn t touch the first or second bull run. a un and so that doesn t mean those lives don t matter. that sacrificehe wasn t worth it. it means that we are s wecond e. such a amazing we may be in the greatest time of this country s existence. yes. things feel terrible.test t i mean, weim look at, likehingse you said, twitter, people arguinwe look g with each otherr things that really don t matter. i don t know that they would say, was it worth it? i have faith in them. and i know enough of them to know that. they would say not only is ity worth it, but it worked.rth it b and i hope you don t go to a place where you have to dope u that yourself, that your kid ds don t have to die on ath battlefield. our kids t have toat home or ab. w
working quickly enough t really impede the war effort and really tilt th battlefield. i think for that to happen lawrence,, we need to really increase pressure, specificall on russia s oil sales. because these whale billions that putin is bringing into th kremlin, you know, day over day, coming in from places like china, india, and turkey that is what is going straight to the war effort in ukraine what is your assessment o what is happening to russia, russian oil revenue given th unified approach to basicall people with european countries that were dependent on i withdrawing from their use o it yeah, look, i mean, what ha happened since december is a really important shift, right? we have gone from not really imposing any sanctions o russia s oil to really turning the screws with the g7 price cap on crude oil that wa announced. and on bail in december. as well as, you know, the eu embargoed. we have seen a different
recession that russia is going through. so there is no doubt that th sanctions are impeding putin s war machine, they re hurting russia, they are hurting the oligarchs. but of course they are not working quickly enough t really impede the war effort and really tilt th battlefield. i think for that to happen lawrence, we need to reall increase pressure, specificall on russia s oil sales. because these whale billions that putin is bringing into th kremlin, you know, day over day, coming in from places like china, india, and turkey that is what is going straight to the war effort in ukraine what is your assessment o what is happening to russia, russian oil revenue given th unified approach to basicall people with european countries that were dependent on i withdrawing from their use o it yeah, look, i mean, what ha happened since december is a really important shift, right?
if the people feel good about e economy? what is the counter argument from the democrats? i ll give you the last word. sure. very quickly, matt mentions the generic ballot. his committee has not shown that they have a single offensive opportunitiy lily lile on th battlefield with the tax cuts, it will increase costs and healthcare premiums for everybody else. the more they learn about it, the more unpopular it becomes. we found out that taxes will go up for synagogues and churches. this bill is getting more unpopular by the day because wages are not keeping up with the cost of living and people class people were not prioritized. dana: there you have it. republicans and democrats going to the polls to see who will be the nominees. thanks very much. thanks dana.