Can Leaders Stop War?

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Leaders can stop war if they get into the room, when they understand from the masses in their countries that war is something that they want stopped. It was mass movements bya people in the united states for the nuclear freez in russia which brought maregan and mihail gorbacho to rekevi a sort of debate,. And eventually sort of put caps n on nuclear weapons.

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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:50) – How World War I started
(20:27) – US and World War I
(37:24) – US Military
(43:43) – War in Ukraine
(47:53) – American Civil War
(53:31) – World War II
(1:12:38) – Nationalism
(1:23:27) – US elections
(1:49:34) – Donald Trump
(2:03:39) – Philippine–American War
(2:10:02) – Greatest US president
(2:14:36) – Advice for young people
(2:16:53) – Meaning of life