These people are all declared state enemies in Putunist Russia. They have deep insights to share from many years of work. They speak with honesty and clarity. What a gift to have them on one panel together. ❤
@@beckyconstantinides2546 It's such a sad event for Russia. Not wanting to diminish what is happening in Ukraine, but a lot of Russians are also just victims. Doesn't diminish their responsibility to step up politically.
Jake Sullivan said what he said because it is necessary for Putin to keep thinking he can win while his nation is weakened. He also said what he said probably because American powers that be deem that Ukraine is not worth nuclear war and the end of their fortunes. The guy is doing his job.
With respect, he may indeed be doing his job, but he is crafting a response typical of American politics since Viet Nam - deadlock, stalemate, frozen conflict - with as little risk and blame as possible. It's a response that ultimately leads to enormous expenditures, protracted quagmire, and eventual abandonment. Sullivan is a typical lawyer who, by training and temperament, is in it to limit risk and cover the administration's hind quarters - that's his job. Ukraine and a safer world are a distant second.
Putin has given the West the opportunity to end Russia as a threat by his own mistakes. He's made so many mistakes. The US has made many mistakes but it just results in a peaceful transfer of government (so far.) Putin's mistakes are existential for him personally. So we can't rule out a mistake like going nuclear.
I'm always fascinated as to when stupid people make stupid comments,TO MAKE THEMSELVES SOUND RELEVANT. ISTANBUL FEB 2022 I'd seriuosly RESEARCH as to what happened on that date,BEFORE MAKING MORONIC STATEMENTS
The medium to small businessmen that bought Starbucks and MCD assets for 1 USD are making a ton of money in Moscow and Petersburg, but other than that Bill is mostly correct
It is unbelievable how these reporters take Trump or Putin seriously. They should fact check is everything they say against what they said and did in the past
As Vladimir Putins childhood wife we are so far behind in our global construction army plans to pull the world from poverty it is unreal because of the global poverty
Ukraine can only be saved at the negotiating table, not on the battlefield. Sadly, this point is not understood by Ukrainian politicians such as Oleg Dunda, a member of Ukraine’s parliament, who recently wrote an oped on this site against my repeated call for negotiations. Dunda believes that the U.S. will save Ukraine from Russia. The opposite is true. Ukraine actually needs to be saved from the U.S. Ukraine epitomizes Henry Kissinger’s famous aphorism, “It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.” Thirty years ago, Ukraine was embraced by America’s neoconservatives, who believed that it was the perfect instrument for weakening Russia. The neocons are the ideological believers in American hegemony, that is, the right and responsibility of the U.S. to be the world’s sole superpower and global policeman (as described, for example, in the Project for a New American Century’s 2000 report, “Rebuilding America’s Defenses”). The neocons chose three methods to push U.S. power and influence into Ukraine: first, meddle in Ukraine’s internal politics; second, expand NATO to Ukraine, despite Russia’s red line; and third, arm Ukraine and apply economic sanctions to defeat Russia.
Whatever history you believe, Ukraine is a vastly superior culture to Russia today, fighting for the dignity of its citizens as individuals, and resisting, fiercely, the imprisonment that Russia desires.
Utter hogwash, Ukrainians chose their own path and friends, only a person with head up own arse can think everything is decided by US. I know because i know both. Nobody is forced to join NATO, and before Russia invaded in 2014 it wasn't even on the table or popular. After it became a necessity for Ukraine, but it was too late. They were denied application in 2010 and every time after that. Gtfo.
So- US tricked Ukraine into giving up nuclear weapons to trick Putin into attacking Ukraine so US businesses vacate Russia, Gorbachev's hope of a democracy for Russia is replaced by another nuclear cold war? REALLY? 44:17
@fronabulax63 TROLL INCOMING They're out there and enjoy the freedom of speech which is forbidden in Russia. And what do they do with this freedom? Waste it talking nonsense, sneering, lying, wasting everyone's time. Why? That's how they make a living.
You don't know what fighting means. Pomerantsev with over 10K of their associates are doing what you imply, but that is only one domain of fighting. And you're fighting on the wrong side.
Starbucks left, the venues were rebranded to something that uses all the same concepts and also has a similar name. Same for Ikea They are trying to copycat everything, keeping employees
Unfortunate, but they were taken over by Russians. So, as opposed to this causing pain, the brands have simply been nationalized and rebranded. Meaning, there was no collaspe or a 'saction'. Just profits that were going to Western companies are now going to Moscow.
@RS-gn4bv TROLL INCOMING What this genius fails to understand what it is that happens when qualified people begin to take apart the Kremlin machine to see what makes it tick. Extracting its Bios and taking a good look. This makes Kremlin trolls uneasy. Everything in Russia is normal. The (failed) invasion is normal.
@ZappyOh TROLL INCOMING This one bold enough to accuse people who disagree with Kremlin of being CIA agents. Hey, Ivan, where's your botfarm located? How many operatives? Who is your direct paymaster? What software do you use? Which computer hardware?
@@davidbrancaleone3039 Not a bot. I'm a Dane living in Denmark, and I have become deeply ashamed of being a westerner. You should be too, if morale and common sense is part of your makeup.
@@ZappyOh Oh yes you are botski. Quisling was a traitor. So you could be a Danish quisling. What's that? Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian (18 July 1887-24 October 1945) who became a Nazi collaborator. Let me explain to everyone the reason for this comparison. Anyone who speaks of morals and associates ethics with Putin's regime can only believe that genocide and ethnic cleansing are ethically acceptable, which is what Nazism believed (read Mein Kampf).
Russia collapsed a long time ago. If it was such a powerful nation it would have taken Ukraine in a few weeks. We are now three years into part II of the invasion of Ukraine that started with part I in 2014. Russia is a sad joke.
I like that you put your messages in all caps, as if to suggest stability. In my humble opinion Russia currently is under occupation from a rogue Mafia type of government. Violence based. Telling people that calling a war a war is an offense. It is very absurd and real. I would not call anything built on inner violence stable. It may last for many years, like a nightmare without end. But it will end.
