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#64 Fallout of Russia-Ukraine will impact your life for many years to come

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris

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Russia's Presence in Syria Is Not Because They're an Allies of Israel

Russia's presence in Syria is goes to some way of restraining Israel who has fantastic defense systems like the Iron Dome and all that sort of stuff, which have not been exported at this stage to Ukraine. It's not because Russia is an ally of Israel but it's rather that if Israel starts exporting its defense systems Russia may unleash the cracking out of Iran and those other places in Syria. I mean the Russians also have really sophisticated air defense systems in Syria. But, you know, they've chosen not to use against Israeli aircraft that are flying in killing terrorists who were based in Syria. They could change that. This is a fairly complex and difficult environment in the Middle East. If it wasn't

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