The Vladimir Putin Interview | Tucker Carlson
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Man. Some of the stuff Putin is saying, I can totally understand, and am sort of sympathetic to: the feeling hurt that the Soviet Union sort of "peacefully" collapsed, and went away, and that their leaders did this, thinking Russia was going to get tons of help, not be encroached upon, and even be sort of enthusiastically invited into the fold with open arms? That that's what they felt, and they now feel that's not what happened? That, instead, it's clear that NATO/The West is still treating them as a threat, and expanding towards them? That stuff is sympathetic.
The part where he is saying that the main goal for this war now is "Denazification"? Come on. Get the fuck out of here. There is zero way that Russia is afraid of like - what - a fourth reich forming in the Ukraine? That that's the main reason for the fighting here? Two years of war to stop Nazis, and he's saying that successful denazification is the only condition for ending this?
In any event, it's absolutely ridiculous that this guy - the leader of a big country like Russia - a country that clearly has the potential to cause big problems for the world (they are doing it right now), clearly has all these grievances (whether or not they are legitimate or not), and Tucker fucking Carlson is the guy that has to go there to air all this out. What are our fucking politicians doing? What is the fucking media doing? Why wouldn't they be holding those politicians feet to the fire? Why is it up to basically an independent guy to do all their jobs?
To be fair: Ukraine isn't really doing themselves any favor with how some of the people are. I know a couple Hungarians who are also not the biggest fans of Ukraine specifically because how they treat their Hungarian minority who've lived there for many generations(attempt to poison water supply, general unrest and attacks). Just one angle to look at.
I could believe that. I just don't see how the Nazis in Ukraine are so powerful, and such a threat to Russia/Russians that he needed to wage a 2 year war to stop them.
Lots of other grievances he aired, I am somewhat sympathetic to. The US/West should have done more to help Russia after the collapse. More should have been done to welcome them into the fold. We did the same for Japan and Germany, and they didn't just fight a cold war against us.
The Nazis aren’t a threat to Russia. They’re a threat to the many Russians who live in Ukraine. Putin is protecting his people.
I wouldn't know, I just think it isn't a good look to claim to be so free and open and have people openly be actual nazis(not the twitter kind everyone's a nazi). The look is what is the issue and what gives Russia at least in my book an easy claim.