Impediment here, nicole, and that s we have decision paralysis that s creeping in. part of that was defeatism early on in that ukraine wouldn t be able to survive, so why risk a potential for a wider confrontation between nato and ukraine? there s still some residue from that defeatism. that ukraine has overwhelming odds, even though they ve been performing masterfully, and why risk a wider confrontation? that s on the premise that somehow ukraine folds, ukraine loses, and there s no need to bear that risk. in reality, this is likely to grind on, and the fear of a russian escalation is totally misplaced. we have to understand that these are human beings on the russian side too. we want we might want to demonize them, but they re human beings, and the people that are in the command chain to employ these nuclear weapons are not suicidal. they don t want to put their
Most of what i ve said here tonight is about this case, but this case is a story that reflects something that is actually a larger problem in america by which i mean, this case is not an aberration, it is not unique and just about oklahoma although there is evidence oklahoma is bad, really bad on these issues. black americans make up 13% of the american population but 4 1% of the inmates on death row right now. those convicted of killing white victims nationally are executed not at double or triple the rate or quadruple or five times the rate, they re executed at 17 times the rate of those convicted of killing other black americans. when we talk about what lives matter. these national facts give you a portrait how the justice system continues to work and grind on. i m not here to tell you what to think about the death penalty. some people support it. some people oppose it. some people support or oppose it in certain situations but the
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