Now live to the forum. We join it in progress. This morning for a conversation, really, were looking forward to this discussion. Good to be here. Its something weve been looking forward to for a long time for me name is eric. I head the Washington Office of the counsel of the americas. Counsel of the americas is a business and policy ocean. We have a democracy, open markets in the rule of law throughout the western hemisphere. Issues in the news on the daily basis and are deemed in the biding interest and the peaceful developments of the region, were delighted to have this opportunity today, as i mentioned. I want to welcome you on television and web casts. Were delighted youre tuning in. We have a great audience, we understand, from outside of washington and elsewhere. We want to welcome all of you in this room and encourage you to tweet your impressions about this conversation. Ca camigration and the handle is ascoa. There may be no more sensitive political issues in the current envi
Could we have done this, what if this happened . And certainly, those are great conversation pieces, but capture some of those because for those of you who peeked ahead, our last panel today is going to look at this counterfactual piece and ask the whatifs. What if these other scenarios unfolded. We dont want to have the last panel not have a bunch of questions. So save those super hard counterfactual ones. And that will keep them happy. So now, in this session, were going to shift our lens and were going to look at this from a different perspective. The first perspective was the u. S. Perspective. Now were going to shift over. Dr. Nurico kawamura and john partial will discuss japans role in leading up to the attack. Rich is doing double and probably triple and quadruple duty today. But rich will be chairing this panel. And as you know, rich is an internationally recognized expert on the pacific war. Many of you know him and probably have heard his voice on radio or tv. And hes also a
Panel not have a bunch of questions, so save those super hard counter factual ones this afternoon and i think that will keep con happy and certainly rich happy. Right. So now in this session, well shift our lens, and going to look at this from a different perspective. The first perspective was the u. S. Perspective and now were going to shift over dr. Noriko kalamura professor at university of washington, discuss japans role in leading up to the attack. Rich is doing double and probably triple, quadruple duty today, but rich sharing this panel, and as you know rich is International Recognized expert on the pacific war, many of you have probably heard him on tv, founding of the museums president ial Advisory Board so were grateful to rich for consenting to do this. Rich, thanks for that and thanks for everything you do for the museum. Ill leave the stage and leave it to you. Thank you very much. Thank you, mike. Okay. This morning, in the first panel, i was playing defense, for this ses
Translator we were very scared. My heart was beating very fast. I thought we would die there. The russians fired indiscriminately. The fighting only eased when russia withdrew from the entire kyiv region. Valentina emerging from the basement to find Shell Casings in her garden and whatever else the russians left behind. So all of these things, she says, the russians left behind. So this for washing your hands, another cup of some kind here. This, some sort of life jacket that the russians used. And then even here, you have old meal boxes, even with some things left inside there that you can see. For nearly two months after the fighting, residents stayed away. A trickle have now started to return. For them, russias lasting effects here more than just bullet holes and bomb craters. Not only do people who are trying to rebuild so often have to start from scratch, but there remains so many mines and pieces of Unexploded Ordinance that authorities are considering closing down the town for a
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