This week’s edition of the Friday Focus podcast begins with a discuss of pending U.S. airstrikes against Iranian backed militias in Iraq and Syria in response to the killing of three American servicepeople. What are the strikes meant to do? Could they escalate into a full blown conflict between Iran and the U.S.? The show then moves to Ukraine to examine the implications of Zelensky’s falling out with his top military commander. What is really going on here? And, finally, the show wraps up with a spirited discussion of the shambolic policy to limit foreign students studying at Canadian universities and its repercussions for higher education nation-wide.