Douglas Murray: The gullible Right has fallen for Putin 

it's funny how people in the west fell for iraq, syria, yemen, libya, somalia, afghanistan lies and now don't recognise that the exact same thing is happening with ukraine. it's amazing how gullable people are.

I think imagining that the west is in some way following Russia culturally is absolutely ridiculous and a typical western attitude that fails to realise that Russian people have a completely different culture, world view and history. Always enjoy watching Freddie but he completely and utterly lost me towards the end there.

Mr. Murray is good. Everyone needs to buy his books.

I am broadly in agreement with what Douglas says. I am sick and tired of my country and other Western democracies beating themselves up about things that I, born shortly after WW2, and most others alive today had no part in

In 2015, why did Muslim men from the middle east and Africa leave their homes without women and children?

The last time I heard a discussion on cultural appropriation there was one white American and 6 women from countries around the world. They went on and on how white people should not ever use fabric even from any other non western country. But not a single one of them was wearing fabric or clothes from their own culture. Every last one was wearing MY cultures clothing!

Douglas talks and writes about what interests him, as is his right, but it has been surprising to see so many public intellectuals avoid talking about the Covid madness, much less offer any resistance. Theodore Dalrymple is another one who has been disappointing in this regard.

If you’re going to ignore everything before Feb 24, 2022 …this makes perfect sense.

As usual, Mr. Murray is spot on and absolutely right on the issue.

“There is a type of cynicism .... which is cynical about everything other than the thing it ought to be most cynical about” Finally, we’ll articulated what I’ve known for years. I see it growing in people close to me around me, people I had otherwise respected and admired for their supposed intelligence and political maturity

So the left is accussing the right while the right is accussing the left and the rest of us are done with both of them lol

What is Douglas Murray's opinion on the Great Reset, the WEF and Klaus Schwab? It is a topic he has been carefully avoiding.

The gullible have fallen for an oversimplified narrative of good versus evil, where they just happen to be on the good side

In China, there has been a famous for the last 10 years or so saying: "Criticising the USA is work (as in assigned by the government) and moving to the USA is life (as in where the Chinese want to live and work)". In fact, my Chinese colleagues/friends were so confused why foreigners wanted to live and work in China when "every Chinese, rich or poor, wants to get out," according to them because it's a country that allows very little freedom for its residents.

The American regime change policy in Ukraine had nothing to do with Putin's actions?? Come on Douglas, do better.

The swift and coordinated pro-Ukraine focus of the media is one thing. The extraordinary permission given to say, among other things, Kill Putin is quite another, and caused me to reflect on my initial response to the conflict.

Wait until China aligns with Russia and brings in India. Would love to see where Douglas's take on Western superiority ends up then. Also the West has long abandoned the principles that made it special, guess Douglas didn't notice.

I know it's not popular at the moment unheard but it would be good if you published or interviewed the right Douglas is misunderstanding and let them speak for themselves. Daryl Cooper (martyr made) John mearshimer or Pedro Gonzalez can hardly be called gullible fools.

I would be curious to hear what DM has to say about the 8-year war in the Dombas prior to Russia's invasion into Ukraine.

Challenging to interview someone with such knowledge, intelligence, and logic. Regardless, Douglas Murray is able to bring out the key messages with humility and…aplomb. We are all better for it.

Centrist leaning people like myself really need this man and his positions. Thank you for the interview and thank you Douglas Murray for carrying the torch for some semblance of reason in the current political discourse.

I count myself as an ignorant working class man, brought up with liberal views (in the old sense of the word). Douglas has a knack of expressing what many of us think but often can’t explain. A rare diamond in the swathe of middle class commentators these days.

Here in the UK, we First got the Brexit BS; then the Kofid BS; now the "Nasty Russian" BS! Total Media Co-ordination...

I completely disagree with the added closing statement of Freddie Sayers' after having concluded this extremely interesting interview, without Douglas Murray having the possibility to respond: Putin's rapacious war in Ukraine has NOTHING to do with what Douglas Murray is beautifully & fact-based & logically arguing in his book, no matter how many times, since the very beginning of the interview, Freddie had tried to push such treacherous idea. Unheard of stratagem, if you ask me, when considering an otherwise honest interview.

I’m cynical about democracy in the west. Is that foolish of me?

Hard to think of a more important topic for us to discuss. If Western error correcting social technologies (science, democratic institutional packages and norms, open inquiry and expression) go down, humanity's deep future goes down. Looking forward to reading this book Cheers lads.

The only thing i like about Putin is that he seems to be against globalization

I wont pretend to know much about what is going on in Ukraine nor defend Putin but my gut instinct tells me there is more to it in a bigger sense politically.

I'm a fan of Douglas, but I don't care for his condescending attitude on the Ukraine conflict. Yes, we know Russia produces propaganda. But the West can do it just as well, if not better. If you're going to dismiss half of the right as gullible fools, maybe try to make a more substantive argument than "Putin Bad".

Excellent point by Douglas Murray, asking why we in the West should be shy about proclaiming that we have a successful culture. But i would say, Douglas, that it is not rank and file americans who are trying to negatively rewrite our history but rather klaus schwab in his efforts to overthrow the united states

It was easy to admire Russia from a distance because they had a leader that put the Russians first. While we had eight years of the Obama World Apologies tour.

Britain is producing the best, next generation, interview-style content creators in the alt-media. I have high hopes for the careers of Freddie, Chris Williamson, and others. PS Douglas Murray is on the short list of Best Guests.

I have to say that after the debacle of COVID management, I would much rather have followed aboriginal thinking on how to stay healthy. Public Health is hardly the bastion of science and progress.

reading the comments is a true pleasure

what's so sad really, is that in this all, innocent people are being affected and killed. it's time humans took a long and hard look at that

Great interview. I think it's safe to say that Douglas had had it with the dystopian wokeness that ails society. Preach brother, preach! Hope his message makes people people realize that we must all oppose the insanity however we can.

It would be interesting to hear him elaborate on his description of the US as the most important country in the world. I think this point was always followed by a full stop in this particular interview

Gary Player once said, "The harder I work, the luckier I get".

Oh yes politics and medicine never go together

When values are forced upon people, they are no longer values but edicts. The problem with traditional Western values is that they are stuck in the past in a world that is changing and as the world (and the West) changes, the people that are a part of it change in what they want, feel and believe.

Thank you! Ken Burns recently had a documentary on Ben Franklin that was an excellent example of being prideful of Franklin’s achievements while exposing his faults. May reason prevail!

The gullable right has fallen for the neo-cons

The Grayzone is better than Unherd on Ukraine.

Bad headline for this segment. “The War on Polite White People” is a much more accurate description of what Murray is describing.

Such an interesting point of view and I cannot agree more with DM about the ethical nightmare and that racism was the real pandemic. As a citizen of the planet earth, and an Asian living in a European country surrounded by loving European white, yellow, black friends of mine, I would also be completely supporting his idea about not being guilty of the things to do with slavery or colonialism. And I would like to hear more about the reasonable estimation of the disgraceful pasts, if he is to have another interview on Unherd. Thanks for sharing this interview ^^

Rare to be able to hear a rational, logical and brilliant mind! Thank you, Freddie, for your courage to support free speech, an absent value from the "empty wasteland" I have witnessed our culture become over 60 years.

Douglas is a vary good listen

If someone is not willing to fight for their country, why would you want them in yours?

Great interviews start with great guests. Thank you for your talk with Douglas Murray.

‘Other ways of knowing’ can help with the myriad of mental health problems that inflict Western countries.

It’s not a matter of “falling for” Putin. It’s simply about recognizing that anyone, an individual or country, has the right to defend itself. Period! Understanding this doesn’t seem difficult to me. Why is it so difficult for intellectuals like Murray? I agree with him nine times out of ten but occasionally he gets it very wrong.

For the majority in America who are financially disadvantaged, why stay and fight? Let the rich kids, who have something to defend, do the wet work.

I like Douglas but it seems he getting an extra boost for saying the right things when it comes to the new plans for war.

Freddie is one of the best interviewers of our time

This show keeps on repeatedly missing the mark on Ukraine. Watch The Duran/Alex Christoforou & Alexander Mercouris. Also Gonzalo Lira is good. Anyone with any critical thinking needs to begin by seriously looking into whatever is the opposite view of the mainstream media and the US & UK government. Usually the opposite of whatever they are peddling is closer to the actual truth. These are always good places to start.

The anti-Putin tirades are simply tiresome.

'The right' aren't saying Putin's the all-round bees knees - only that he is adding weight to the other pan of the scales, which is much-needed just now.

Re it being our good management / way of life that has produced good rather than luck - this sounds like the ending of Middlemarch: "for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."

I truly respect and admire Murray for his astute observations, depth of knowledge, and of course his wit. However, this Ukraine fever which has gripped all spectrums of erudite philosophy has shown me many of the wisest among us in the West have this strange blind spot when it comes to Putin. As a child of the 80s, I grew up with Rambo, Red Dawn, and the pride of our apparent win in the cold war. I say apparent because I am no longer so sure we did win, but that is another topic. Now, I was still rather young when the Berlin Wall collapsed, though I do remember Roger doing his typical hypocritical thing of this bleeding heart pseudo-socialist capitalizing on a golden moment for his opus to make headlines again. Though young, I fully understood the magnitude of what was happening and why grown men were crying whilst hacking at the concrete. When the Soviet Union collapsed, I too understood the gravity of that. What I remember most about the next couple years, in this context, was the absolute nightmare nearly every Russian was living in. I heard about people being hungry, where a wheelbarrow of rubles would likely not get that loaf of bread that day. I heard stories of unbelievable spikes in violent crime. I heard one could go to Russia and buy ANYTHING for just a little bit of American dollars, be it a nuclear attack sub, or an 11 year old girl strung out on god knows what. What I was too young and naïve to understand then, was that the powerful among us who had long worked to hunt the Russian bear was responsible for much of this. At a certain point in my life, not that long ago really, I came to understand the Soviet Union was not the only super power to subject it's citizenry to propaganda; we too had long been subjected to our own Pravda. If Trump succeeded at anything, it was waking millions to this. So for the last six years, as we watched our benevolent "news" organizations flat out lie to us time and time again about everything consequential, be it Russia! Russia! Russia!, Sandman, Juicy, that it's perfectly fine to start grooming your child to become the opposite sex because at 3 years old they said they were a boy and not a girl as the doctor at the delivery had "guessed" and putting them on puberty blocking hormones (used off label, of course) is a great idea cause kids never make poor decisions, especially when they have no idea what any of it means but you get to be such a highly virtuous parent now, no matter we know nothing about the long-term effects and certainly they can change their mind at any time and puberty will pick up where is was put on hold and your son will certainly not be stuck in a state of permanent pre-adolescence, or if they want to chop their breasts off at 14, well they can just get new ones later if need be... but I digress. "Mostly peaceful" protests. Covid will not spread if you congregate to peacefully burn down police departments. The vaccine that is so effective we had to redefine what a vaccine is. Etc., etc, etc. Then Putin decides to invade without any just cause and for the first time in years, all the "mews" networks, establishment Republicans and Democrats, and even George Sorros himself all seem to be reading from the same script. Russia bad! Russia incompetent! Putin is only starting with Ukraine, next it's the other areas lost when the Soviets fell because he has always dreamed of reconstituting the Soviet Union. Putin very bad man! To my utter amazement and horror, everyone who was quite aware of the daily lies for the last six years , suddenly believe everything these constant liars spout without question. Seriously? Has everyone learned nothing? Oh look, more censoring of opinions they don't like. As we all know, you only censor that which you fear, such as the truth. Then it hit me: What if my whole life since 1998 I had been imbibing a super frequent and favorite propaganda drink called, "Villain Vladimir"? What if everything mentioned about new-Hitler is more like a caricature? So I decided to look around for some non-cathedral approved information. I learned quite a bit which seems much more plausible than the corporate media nonsense, which I am decidedly saddened to see Mr. Murray seems to be reflexively regurgitating. It turns out, Putin is not a dictator, at least not in the traditional sense. He has always been democratically elected. Not by 98%, like a dictator, but at times 54%. Putin seems to be very popular in Russia. But how, if he is Hitler and murders his competition and terrorizes the populace? Well, during those dark years after our cold war "win", we did not behave like the virtuous spreaders of democracy we always have claimed to be. We were over there getting our just desserts, a feeding frenzy on the carcass of the Russian bear. Those Russians selling us front row tickets to the greatest show on earth, "America rapes and pillages a defeated nation" quickly became the oligarchs. It seemed like we would get our 60 or 70 year old wish, Russia would become the crown jewel in our empire and the latest and greatest big little colony. But someone there stood up and actually stopped us. Putin, who contrary to popular myth, while indeed in the FSB, was never any great spy chief. While in the KGB, he did not run any spy rings, or any assets. He was a back office paper-pushing attorney. But apparently, one of the few who was not corrupt, and thus rose quickly through the ranks. He was not enriching himself by allying with the West to sell out his country. Quite the opposite in fact. He seemed to believe in something we would recognize - his country and its people. He detailed a plan on mot only halting the destruction of Russia by the West, but making Russia great again. Where have I heard that before? When he was tapped to be president, he wasted no time. He told the oligarchs they could remain and keep all their new money if they stopped stripping wealth for the West and paid a flat 10% tax, and stayed out of politics. Some left, many stayed. They could continue building wealth as long as it was in a manner that also benefitted the struggling people. He was amazingly effective a this task. In no time, Russia's economy stabilized, and peoples lives began to vastly improve. Most blue collar workers now have more wealth than ever before. Naturally, we did not take too kindly to this, and thus, Putin the villain was born. And oh, how we hate this man for not playing ball, and so the villainy ensued. Early on, Putin told Clinton maybe Russia could join NATO now. Clinton said Hell No! We had perhaps the one great moment to do something truly great. Help, rather than rape Russia, and earn an extremely great and important ally. But alas, we chose not to. After all, how can NATO continue to exist if Russia is a member? Compared to many of his contemporaries, Putin was quite pro-western. He grew up right after WW2, or the "Great War" as the Russians know it. In fact, the Great War lies deep in the subconscious or every Russian. Putin remembers the city he grew up in, St Petersburg, the most pro-Western city in Russia, decimated as a kid. People ate rats to survive for 5 years. Putin learned a deep-seeded fear of war. One can visit the mass graves near many of the cities the Germans tried to take. Football field sized mas graves, 20,000 Russians buried in each, stretching out to the horizons. He even got a Western education in law. So as NATO continuously inched closer around it's borders, Putin was not paranoid to see the West was up to the same old games. He had said for years Ukraine joining NATO would be crossing a red line. He saw the writing on the wall. He took steps to insulate the Russian economy against our favorite weapon, sanctions, even though they never seem to work. I don't recall them working in Iran even though they said any day now, the mullahs will be thrown out. All they seem to do is turn the populations against us. Funny how all the stories which periodically popped up in places like the New York Times over the last 8 years or so talking about Ukraine's Neo-Nazi problem, nobody seemed to recall those now. I am not saying Putin is a good guy, or any of that. But why do so many of these people that are so smart, educated, historically knowledgeable, and keen on so many issues we face today suddenly turn into idiots when it comes to Putin and not recognize at least some of what they think about him and his motives were implanted by these globalist types because he will not bow to their whims. Same reason they hate Orban, Mr. Murray, does Russia not have a right to self-defense at it's own borders against an existential threat? How many nations have we invaded in the last 30 years on the same precepts? Did we not lie to invade Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Lebanon, etc? Mr. Murray, should Russia allow the Azov battalions to shell and slaughter Russian speakers for the last 8 years in the Donbass, ignoring the Minsk accords? Mr. Murray, is it OK we orchestrated the 2014 coup and let Victoria Nuland to pick and choose which Neo-Nazis to put in key positions in the Zelensky regime? Mr. Murray, should we continue doing everything we can think of to prolong this war Ukraine has no chance of winning, or even never did, ensuring only more Ukrainians are slaughtered and preventing Zelensky from coming to terms with Russia, which pretty soon there will be nothing left of Ukraine, the most corrupt place in all of Europe, where Biden and many others are up to all kinds of corrupt enterprises; where we are running 20 or 30 bio weapons research labs even though we banned them?

I am often concerned for both the hyperbolic iconoclasm of so-called “left” culture warriors but also the idolatry of conservatives and the right wing. And how both positions don’t bring clarity. Ironically both play into propaganda that serve a very small elite which we protect from scrutiny. As a Left Progressive I am upset that the New York council would take down a Jefferson statue because of what I see as an exaggeration of Jefferson’s racism in regards to those of African descent. It is usually doesn’t have nuances like the fact that Jefferson actually proposed that colonialist should inter-marry with native Americans. Or the fact that he attempted to abolish slavery. I have even seem some make him the equal to Hitler which is an irresponsible assertion. Instead the New York council should expand the Jeffersonian ideal and claim that affordable housing in NYC is a Human Right, if you read his writing you can easily draw this conclusion. On the other hand I have seen conservatives provide a very fake idolatrous version of Jefferson, most glaringly lies of omission, for example omitting that Jefferson was very anti-monopoly and very often anti-capitalist. It can be best said he was for very small types of capitalism that of the yeoman farmer and not the monopolist. And he certainly was not against redistributionist towards greater equality, striving for equal land distribution and free public education prove he was very much interested in public welfare. Ironically in this one controversy the Left shoots them selves in the foot by smearing a past left hero, while many on the right believe an exploitive capitalist myth. I believe an HONEST look at Jefferson would actually serve both the right and the left population because he was a truly exceptional statesman that wrestled with difficult issue based on a coherent set of values and shared principles. I believe this about a lot of history. I have a certain type of conservativism as a progressive because the West does have a unique 500 year progressive history. You might say from Martin Luther to Martin Luther King Jr.

Well, the reason we don't see the same "self-loathing" in Russia and China is because media and freedom of speech is way more restricted... Besides, China has enjoyed a great increase in living standards. People are willing to put up with a lot if they are safe and comfortable.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who is rolling his eyes at this interview.

Has it? We used to have a real politique attitude to larger nations and military spheres of influence. Just because Russia is no longer the ussr it doesn't mean they are not a significant military danger

Of course, I could go on and on about the brilliance and courage of Douglas, but I will just leave it with, thank you, thank you for this man!

Usually enjoy Murray but this is silly. Right I see is anti war.. aka dumping our money into Ukraine or boots on ground. Don't morally agree with Putin but in his shoes they understand why he might take such actions. Anti war isn't pro Putin. Who is Murray actually talking to on the right.

What is happening in Ukraine has divided us further, that much is certain.

Great work Freddie. It is a treat listening to you and your ideas Douglas. Many thanks.

Freddie, you are a great interviewer.

Heroic desire.... Come on Douglas, they enacted a law that no man could leave Ukraine within 1 day of invasion, would you need to enact that law if everybody had a heroic desire?. Your usually a great reader of conflict

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Please get someone with a better understanding of current and historical geopolitics on. I'm afraid Douglas seems to be stagnating more and more into his ideological world recently...

I appreciate and concur with Douglas Murray on many things, but his falling into step with the Russo-phobic war drumbeat of the neo-con globalists is a mistake.

And the gullible left has fallen for Zelensky.

Douglas never spoke out over Covid when it mattered and now I see why.

From my perspective, Douglas makes a very good point about people wanting a reasonable view of their history, in which they are allowed to have some some pride, rather than be kicked round for past injustices they never perpetrated. He objects to the rising notion that whites must continually self-denigrate in order to prove their appreciation of others. Freddie wastes no time in tying Douglas' defense of rational, self-regard to a Putinesque type of cultural backlash characterized by a masculine sense of fearless cultural superiority. Strikes me as a cheap stretch. Just because people are unwilling to be masochists, does not make them bullies. Good for Douglas for pushing back. As a young woman my soft-hearted openness and inclusivity drew me towards ideals the left seemed to profess. But it was my love of truth that matured me towards a more conservative world view. Of course, there are good people of all stripes and in all walks, but I found more vitriol, more mean-spirited schadenfreude and more intellectual dishonesty and irrationality on the left than I ever witnessed in conservative circles. Refusal play the masochist for cultural approval does not make one a bully. The real bullies are those who try to belittle and shame others into submission. The courage to stand up to bullies does not come from masculine arrogance as Freddy seems to suggest - it comes from a love of the truth and goodness - attributes that are not exclusive to men.

I want to get rid of the woke

When straight to the comments as I thought this video would be a waste of time. No media outlet in the UK wants to go back in history to fully understand why Putin attacked the Ukraine

And Freddie, he clearly stated that those two conflicts are different in their causes and nature, so your conclusions at the end of the video are wrong.

There is a problem here too as in America of allegiance? Pakistanis in this country perhaps if given the choice of allegiance to the UK or Pakistan are not unlikely to chose the latter in certain circumstances

Sweden, Finland and Ukraine want NATO membership, which should not happen. The security of my U.S. home is not enhanced by the expansion of NATO. I want to place our bloated government on a diet, and one step is to reduce our foreign entanglements.

Thank you, I'm looking forward to reading it ... my copies (one for me, one for a friend) are to be delivered tomorrow, can't wait.

"A country gets the government it deserves." Discuss.

Democracy can be viewed as a Greek Trireme. You have rowers on the left, rowers on the right. You need both sides rowing to keep the ship moving forwards. If rowers from one side are missing, doesn’t matter which, the ship will start to go round in a circle. If both sides pull too hard there’s a good chance that oars will snag or break and the ship will either grind to a halt and get washed up on a sandbar. So remember people, row, row, row, row your boat gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily isn’t life a dream?

Correction,Norway(7,900 MMbbl) has vastly less energy supplies than Venezuela (303,800 MMbb) not the same at all.They just as you said made good decisions.

He talks a lot but never gives his true position, but then again, he never did.

He isn't on the ball with this matter is he. Purim isn't going to be shown up at all. He is doing exactly what he said he would do.

Some countries in the west (please...you're bound to know which countries I'm referring to) have taken an active interest in destabilising other countries for a myriad of reasons, for example due to these countries possessing rich resources or due too to their geographic location...ring a bell? It is time to discuss the horrors of colonialism and face up to wealth being built upon the misery, misfortune and control of other nations...it's not just due to a series of bad decisions by the people of those nations. How condescending!

Whenever I hear Douglas has a new book coming out, I know he is going to do the rounds on podcasts and other shows. Douglas Murray is one of a handful of people who consistantly go for the jugular when it comes to the insanity we have all been watching our respective nations going through. Can't wait to buy his new book. Getting a copy first thing on payday!

West is best is ignoring the developed Asian countries. I suggest Taiwan. If based on GDP PPP per capita Taiwan is ahead of those "poor" countries like Germany, Sweden, Australia... Socially liberal (eg gay marriage and very free media), great health system, far less of a crazed wokeness problem than the West etc. Not arguing against the West but suggesting that some of the better condition Asian countries are also worthy of merit (Japan would be another example).

well said on Trump, which is why droves secretly voted for him who would never have otherwise had the entire country of hard working, Christian, law abiding, tax paying, suffering populace sacrificing pleasant lives while violent hordes invaded their towns, not been continually insulted, demeaned and ridiculed, impoverished, dismissed and discounted. Bang on!

This is part of the problem. Anyone who is not for the war has fallen for Putin. Disappointed to hear this rhetoric from the well respected Murray. I would never support Zelensky or the extreme right wing Militia of Ukraine who we are backing to the tune of billions. I can recall 1983 when Maurice Bishop, Premier in Grenada was ousted from leadership by USA because he was getting too friendly with the Cubans and Soviets. America went in because the Soviets were getting too close to their “backyard” as it was phrased by Reagan at the time. This was backed by UK as everyone understood it was too close to US for comfort. There has been very little attempt at peace and way too much enthusiasm for war and backing Zelensky without any questions being asked.

John Mearsheimer is correct about Russia and NATO, Douglass is the gullible one on this issue.

What a terrible clickbait title for a revelatory interview about a book that went to the publishers before Russian troops entered the Ukraine. Douglas' sniping against those who dissent against the mainstream narrative on Russia and co-operation with vilification of Putin are not the most salutary opinions he expresses in the interview but are not the subject of his book. He specifically states that looking at the issues he raises should not be considered through the lenses of Trump or Putin, both of whom he despises. He suggests that it is the War on the West that has led to support for patriotic populism, foolish though Murray considers such support to be. A better title would be that the War on the West mainstreamed support for Trump and is now doing so for Putin. The MSM's support for Zelensky, Biden, Floyd, the Clintons et al. has made them no better than Russia Today. So who are the worst propagandists? RT or the BBC? Believing which of them would make one most gullible?

wow, I'm so glad i listened to this. not because i agree, but because i disagree with almost everything this man says.

Why would all refugees seek going west if it wasn’t better than the rest? Love you, Douglas!

makes sense for all involved, including the immigrants, if countries accept those with similar values. also, assimilation is not a dirty word.

It’s over. The rot is so deep, nothing can turn this around now. Find a way to live within the ruins and, if you can, plant some seeds for what might come next. The wheel turns, and life will go on, albeit in a very different manner.

Our mission in Ukraine is right and just. The government wouldn't lie to us, would it?

Brilliant!

Disagree with your passive acceptance of Ukrainian/Western innocence. And the insulting title of gullible! Go study the geo politics of the region & think again. Other than that another great interview, many thanks!