This week Ben Friedman, policy director for Defense Priorities, joins Dan and Kelley to talk about the ongoing struggle of restraint amid the mainstream push for an aggressive response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He talks about recent decisions to send more U.S. weapons to Kiev, and efforts by hawks in the U.S. to do more, including imposing a no-fly zone and sending Polish fighter aircraft (MiG-29s) into Ukraine via Germany. We also talk about the effort to marginalize, even demonize voices who question the utility of such endeavors. In the first segment, Dan and Kelley talk about the Russians flinging a monkey wrench into the Iran nuclear deal talks and whether the JCPOA may possibly be doomed. 

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