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Watched 15 min, did not continue. Anyone interested in this topic should watch Prof. Mearsheimer's lectures, they are at a different level. Vladimir Pozner is very good too.
Nice attaboy, but you know there’s a dangerous land war in Europe at the moment and perhaps it would be good to hear long form interviews from actual life long experts on foreign policy or Russia or the military. Here instead is a political partisan columnists w none of that expertise, spewing psycho babble. Maybe take events more seriously.
@@jakebredthauer5100 Congratulate Vladolf on making German rearming non-controversial and proving NATO's relevance, even plagiarising Hitler's pretexts. Blinken & Sullivan anticipated these events, it's the Kremlin that didn't full well knowing invading Ukraine would be a catastrophe for Russia
@@jakebredthauer5100 I saw Ioffe too. Ioffe at least speaks Russian, has many Russian contacts, and has been studying Putin for along time. She is still a self important ass, that periodically calls for censorship of American news outlets she doesn’t like, and then hides behind victim hood as a woman when called out on her BS. Perfect interview for PBS/NPR.
Mr. Gene Robinson often appears on Morning Joe. Joe is a good guy but he gets loud, very worked up, he constantly interrupts others but Gene Robinson is always calm, thoughtful, well-spoken. He is as wise as he is capable.
How is he capable? He has zero experience in govt foreign policy. He is not a scholar. He has almost no foreign correspondent experience. He’s a political hack.
@@jcoats5529 Interesting take, everybody you disagree w in any non Trump subject is a Trumper. If I’m ignorant, then It should have been easy for you to point out his experience relevant to Russia and this war. Show his time as a diplomat, or in intelligence or in the military, or as Russian scholar, or even as foreign correspondent in Russia or Eastern Europe. Robinson has no such experience. Hes a columnist, a partisan talking head in TV. He was most recently a manager of the ‘Style’ section of the WaPo. There’s a dangerous land war on in Europe. Why don’t you get f’ing serious for a minute.
I was born in 70's in Poland. That is why many of the statements in this documentry are not surprising me at all. However, the one thing constantly are. That people like Putin in Russia, Orban in Hungary. MBS in Saudi Arabia etc. are interested in taking away our freedom in a moment that world does not care about them at all. As well as what kind of imperial ambitions those people have. We are just normal citizents. We want to live in peace without having bombs over our heads cause somebody is dreaming his dream about the power.
The problem is that most citizens look away from small problems and injustice. Then it becomes bigger and uncontrollable. That way you end up with inequality, murder, criminals in government etc. Most citizens aren't as honest and heroic as they think they are.
thank you for explaining that you dont know what Putin's ambitions are (and most likely the other figures referenced) as well as what imperialism is you've done a great job showing Libya wasnt enough for people to turn around and question more
@@jakebredthauer5100 That`s easy, Putin`s ego of course, power has gone to his ugly head! Probably a sociopath, just watch some of Putin`s footage of him strutting his ego like a peacock.
@@seanscully4347 That is the child like analysis by the party of emotion which is why you are always wrong, in fact it is why they can't help but to cause such things through activist foreign policy.
I would like to have an esteemed journalist like Eugene Robinson address the question of how to deal with propaganda and disinformation in Russia and here in the US. This seems like a fundamental means of enablement for Putin and other autocrats.
As Russian citizen I can say few China, India and American chanels trying to be neutral as possible and dont overuse propaganda. Im glad people seeking the truth. I can approve Robinson vision on Putin. Everything is just like I see it. But I believe people woldnt support Putin if he tried to invade other countries in future. But for now we cant step back until our goal is achieved. Zelensky should be a peacemaker, not a hero, sacrificing lifes of regular people.
@def creator well fox news seems rational. They try to analyse. India biased as post colonial country, but tried to not push agenda, china is balanced. Cnn tyt are plain propaganda
@@farzana6676they are not. I have said that India, China and some american chanels are balanced. You are not kind of a person, who dig deeper as far as I see.
This guy, is making Putin to complicated. He is a very simple man. Remember, he is ex KGB, his training tells him, The end justifies the means, empathy is a weakness and lying is just part of the job. Whatever it take to meet the said goals. Going into Ukraine is something he has done to other countries a number of times. He even went into Ukraine before and no one batted an eyelid. So of course, going into Ukraine was a natural choice, especially when its neighbour has been a naughty boy and giving him some trouble over the years. What he didn't expect was a west that acts different than in the past. Why we are here in this situation. Putin, only understands strength, in fact it is the only thing he respects, and this is how we need to respond to him. Or he will keep doing whats in his character.
A quite excellent breakdown that makes complete sense of the ugly little man. Yes, you have Putin weighed up perfectly, are you a psychologist? Well done!
Just a whole load of time wasting bla, bla, bla. Focusing in on Putin to the exclusion of everything else and ignoring all that has been going on there since 2014 and who the other main actors are is a smoke screen you guys will never see through... the blind leading the lost off a cliff.
Putin was a middle administrator in the kGB, he wasn’t a super soldier and he wasn’t a spy. Putin is a politician and it is silly to attribute his political style or ambitions to some inherent qualities of being a member of the KGB. He was a paper ousher
That's one way to look at it. Another way is he knew exactly how the west would react, what the west didn't expect is that he would actually go ahead with the invasion. If by strength you mean military action, that would be a suicide mission. It's scary how powerless the west is right now while the whole word is watching including China and others...
@@guff9567 No, you're just a right-wing and/or Putin sympathizer who's trying to veil their critical comment under the guise of one that comes from a neutral, "rational" spectator. You have the brain of a baby if you think people can't see through it. You should find a more constructive way to push your disingenuously held narrative.
@@bigkw1568 It always happens by the same scenario. Military comes in, the mayor and other higher-ups are replaced with a pro-russian ones. And come on, voting under russian government? putin is on his what, 4th or 5th presidency term?
@@walterhartright6925 Crimea is a Russian speaking and culturally tied to Russia. The msm dragging in a bunch of ignorant people making comments on a subject they clearly know nothing about. Americans are the most brainwashed people on the planet. Sad thing is its spreading the disease of ignorance around the globe.
You really should do more research. It's a totally fact free analysis of the situation that led to this invasion. First up Ukraine has an abundance of resources and is the bread basket of Europe. The 2014 revolution was a coup by the US. Victoria Nuland is on record discussing who they were going to put in place as the new government. They replaced a neutral president, who was negotiating with both the EU and Russia but wasn't keen on the neoliberal doctrine the US/EU wanted to impose via the IMF. They replaced him with a rabid anti-Russian government that contained neo-nazis. This undemocratically installed government then proceeded to bombard the people in Eastern Ukraine for 8 years that nobody in t the West cared about. The current president Zelensky was elected to bring peace and implement the Minsk agreement and failed to do so. Meanwhile Russia has been objecting for years about NATO expansion towards its borders. NATO basically only exists to menace Russia in service to US imperialist aims, under the Wolfowitz doctrine. The US has continuously poked the bear in the eye and now the bear has reacted.
@@tonyclayton6975 I have done research. That president was totally corrupt as was most of the public officials. Clearing up corruption was what Zelenskyy ran on. Well, I can see Russian troll farms are up and running with all burners blasting...
@@MrCeora Such a juvenile response resorting to the lame Russian troll farm argument. I'm no fan of Putin or Russian oligarchs any more than I am about the corporate control of US democracy. I am anti-war and anti-imperialist and only interested in the truth. Chomsky and Herman's book Manufacturing Consent shows why you won't get it from the likes of PBS. I saw the interview with the Ukrainian mayor with the blurred out picture of a prominent Ukraine Nazi on the wall behind the mayor. The constant US provocation of Russia over several years led to this invasion. There is no moral high ground to be had on either side. This ridiculous comic book portrayal of Putin as an evil Bond villain is a diversion from the actual facts and historical context that led to this point. Corruption in Ukraine does not give the right for the US to overthrow the democratically elected government, especially with the help from neo-nazis like the Azov Briggade and C14.
@@stephaniespain9849 Oliver Stones 2016 Documentary "Ukraine on Fire" . Theres a reason UA-cam just recently banned it . Available on Odysee , Vimeo, and Amazon Prime
@@beemo1502 This has nothing to do with natural resources, this has to do with Putin wanting to reunite the countries of the USSR. That has been his dream for twenty years but he really miscalculated this time and hopefully it will be the end of this narcissistic psychopath.
I thought that as well. I can’t imagine if Ukraine had zero natural resources or was strategically located, he wouldn’t feel the need to control it. I get that much of this is historical, but that can’t be it, can it?
7:15 Robinson states that the war is unlikely to be about Ukraine's resources like oil. However, recently, enormous resources of natural gas have been discovered in Ukraine's portion of the Black Sea and I think it definitely factors in. Independent Ukraine has the potential to become a rival to Russia in terms of natural gas sales.
Oil, gas, and wheat may be a bonus, but what everyone is relaying is that this war was about re-establishing the territories of the former Soviet Union.
Seriously? Russia has all the natural gas and oil. Its the nato, cajoled by US to keep spreading east with bioweapons thats threatening Russia. Go do some serious research and thinking.
So this guys qualifications are only 'columnist for Washington Post where he writes about politics and culture'? I would prefer to hear from an actual expert.
@@ghostmane2643 An actual expert would be an ambassador or a politician. Anyone can write stuff down, big deal. I am writing about politics and culture right now.
But has the US been a leader in Europe? We engaged in both WWs on the late side. The Europeans who left their homelands crossing oceans to the Americas were isolationists and hoped to leave the quarrels between monarchies behind.
He was talking about the past ( Trump)and now current US leadership govts. Yes even though the US came late in WW2 , without US in those wars the wars could have been lost or drag on for decades .FYI the USA fought on two war fronts , Europe & Asia and its industrial might was used to turn the tide , in 4-5 years. Today wars have become more " humane" with TECHNOLOGY involved , in which the USA really leads. " SMART BOMBS " mostly avoid collateral damage, " surgical strikes" as they call it, Russias Ukraine invasion force largely has no coordination and those " precision guided munitions - Smart bombs,what Putins army is doing is more like WW2 carpet bombing , aka " dumb bombs", obliterate everything , all the buildings, and that is why Putin and his generals willstand trial in the Hague for War Crimes.
Who are driving this conflict between Russia and Ukraine from the US? They are: (1) Federal Reserve - The privately owned central bank that prints petro-dollars which are losing values (2) Military Industrial Complexes - The manufacturers of weapons and navy ships which enforce the petro-dollars (3) Mainstream Media - The brainwashing machines like CNN, NYTimes, WaPo, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Google, Facebook etc. which are spreading fake news and rumors (4) Intelligence Services - CIA and NGO that start the color revolutions aimed at overthrowing governments All those institutions or organizations in the US are controlled by one unique powerful and rich group (Just look up who owns Federal Reserve, Media, CIA, NGO, and military industry of the US). We the ordinary people of the world are the slaves of this powerful and unique group..
For REAL info, listen to Scott Ritter, Col Doug MacGregor, Richard Meddhurst, Regis Tremblay, etc. The US has been interfering for DECADES and our lying sociopathic war profiteers corrupted, plundered and privatized Russia and Ukraine in 1991. When Putin got in he reversed a lot of that, and of course money addicts HATE someone stopping their "money fixes". You should also look up Oliver Stone's interviews with Putin, and Stone's film "Ukraine on Fire" which our corrupt establishment tries to hide.
Henry Kissinger - “Far too often, the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine is to survive and thrive, it must not be either side’s outpost against the other - it should function as a bridge between them.”
@@RichterBelmont2235 'he is the greatest living war criminal in the world today, with the blood of millions of people in Vietnam and Cambodia and Laos and Chile and East Timor on his hands. He will never appear in a court or be behind bars." - George Galloway
PBS are tote bag simps of easy praise for views that aren't predictive. Warnings were many from those they won't put on, that is the gate keeping game, and why they are always wrong.
As Russian, I think this man got the point. Hope nobody use it as propaganda, its quite neutral clear vision on Putin. All he wants is to be heard. Who doesnt want prosperity and greatness for their country ? America should listen to him, he always tried to talk first. This man show respect and no fear, he is honest about Putin perception. I respect that. This is how people talk with each other. No brainwashing. I believe Putin will respect this man, because he understand Putin reasons.
The West has respected Putin for decades. Did business with him, tolerated his aggressions, talked with him. It only made him bolder and crazier. He doesn't deserve respect. No respect for Putin.
I love how most of the political analysts just brush away the significance of Russian invasion of Georgian republic in 2008. Is it easier to say that 2014 was the wakeup call just because Russia grabbed bigger piece of land from Ukraine as opposed to mere 20% of Georgian territory? Is it easier to support a post-USSR country when it borders EU states? Or is it easier to say that US foreign policy turned a blind eye and downplayed what Kremlin was up to only once, in 2014? It was right after the invasion of Georgia that Kremlin started pouring in billions into their military spending. That didn't indicate Kremlin's lofty designs going forward ? Bush/Obama's foreign policy totally failed europe's security and left Ukraine and Georgia high and dry, (after giving them the false hope of becoming NATO/EU family members) in their existential crisis of our century. I fully support Ukraine and the truth is, if Ukraine was not bordering EU countries, the military support and rhetoric unfortunately wouldn't be there. Don't get me wrong, US should definitely pick their battles, there are only so many resources available at a time, but disregarding the Eastern Europe since Putin's second term was the biggest mistake of the US foreign policy and that's why we are where we are right now.
I agree. Russia neighbors like Poland has been warning. Nobody listened. Late Polish President said in 2008 standing in front of Tibilisi crowd "Today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine, the day after that it may be Baltic State and later it may be my country of Poland". He said it 15 years ago!
I'm a democrat, voted for Biden. But I'm beginning to have real difficulty listening to people who think 'liberal' means to be ignorant and afraid of all things having to do with war. Literally the opportunity to save the world is being squandered by their trepidation to fight right now. As much as I love Frontline , I'm going to hold off watching what I fear will be a condescending tone from democrats wanting to justify their cowardice. “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” -Albert Einstein
What would America do if China and Russia put military weapons systems in Mexico . Then China/Russia told Chinese/Russian backed Mexican soldiers to take the Rio grande river and started attacking Texans . With full intent to break up the united states and dispose out president. That's Exactly What's Happening in Ukraine.
There are many forms of war and we are involved. The Russian stock market has been closed for 2 weeks with no re opening date. We are currently involved in an economic war with Russia, and suppling weapons to the Ukrainians. This will not be over quickly and everyone needs to understand that. We were in Afghanistan for 20 years, Russia has been in Ukraine for 2.5 weeks.
War isn't something you rush into unless you yourself are attacked. Iraq is a great example of this. To be fair, most Democrats did support that at first. Big mistake on Dems part. Invading Afg to get Bin Laden after 9/11, few democrats opposed it. Bill Clinton intervened in Kosovo to prevent ethnic cleansing/genocide. *It's hardly like we're doing nothing". We're arming the Ukrainians with ammo, Javelins and Stingers, just like we did in 1980s Afg against the USSR. BTW, the USSR and China supported N Vietnam and VC against us, and they didn't lose a single soldier in that war. OTOH, outright going into Ukraine would mean war between NATO and Russia. So far, we're basically correct, although I wish we'd send the Ukrainians more arms and medical aid.
Uh, well, uh, hims, haws, sputters with a "deer in the headlights" look -- well, they just HAVE TO come from good, common-sense, patriotic, plain folks of the land who only want their aunts to serve them home-baked apple pie outside to the family, sitting outside with folding furniture on a nice warm spring day. They only care about America's future! Honnnn-nesttttt!!!
Those damn Russian bots go away!!! Ugh they are so annoying. We all know you want what the west has, y’all are just miserable and backwards.. all hail the West and the USA
When it comes to politics you have to already have a bass line knowledge of a particular subject to be able to judge if another person is intelligent about that subject.. if you know nothing about us and Russia and you heard this man you might think he is very intelligent of the subject.. but if you know anything about politics motive rose gold and a little about foodand you would know that this guy does not know what he's talking about!! Wingstop Rosalie live in a Democratic Republic and our government have power and public opinion to crush dissent just like the Soviet Union so if he can recognize (concentrated power) to a negative degree in Russia why is it not equally bad thing and detrimental thing in (this) country!!
What he says from 39:00is true and should happen in Asia too as Japan and South Korea and Taiwan and even India ( who is in the sidelines on the Ukraine invasion)have to invest in their defence spending if they are to confronts the expansionist and threatening China , who is claiming the whole South China Seas, a very busy shipping corridor.
Clearly you're pushing a narrative, whatever happened to Frontline??? It used to be centered left at times right. This program aired around 2015 or 2016
I didn't mean the name, but more what qualifies them to have special knowledge about the situation. I know we can google the name, but it would be nice to have a little background.
We can help Ukraine. Let's all contact our government representatives to urge more support to help Ukraine drive out the invaders. Ask them to send F16 aircraft and longer-range precision fires (like ATACMS). Send them an email, text, or old-fashioned letter (best option), call them on the phone, post on social media, etc. Let's do our part to maintain and strengthen the national consensus in our own countries to give more support for Ukraine.
@@jakebredthauer5100 I think you'll find that the majority of intelligent people had worked that out all by themselves. You do realise Putin didn't just arrive on the global stage this year... Guess you just like to make a show of your ignorance.
I have a different take on Putin's distance in meetings with people. I think it communicates that he's desperately afraid of being taken down. I think he's desperately afraid of someone making a move on him to kill him. I think it's a sign of great paranoia
He is old and there were people with coronavirus in his cirlce. It is great responsibility to take care of yourself. I am not totally disagree with you, but you are over dramatised and empathise it.
This is the example of leftist reality tv level analysis, and why it is worthless. The party of feminine gossip and social dysfunction "see's things" in their minds.
Given that most russian oligarchs and putin have the majority of their assets outside of russia, the solution seems simple. Confiscate every ruble of asset value and use it to rebuild Ukraine.
@@mynameisschezuan I have the idea that the amount of money missing is equivalent to the difference in US military hardware, training and assets (in dollar terms) and what we have seen from Russia so far. It probably reaches into the $Trillion territory.
Has Robinson *ever* apologized for repeating the complete fakery of the "Steele dossier" (aka Democrat Party talking points) over and over and over and over for FOUR YEARS? Now, after breathlessly repeating the conspiracy theory for FOUR YEARS, he's informing us anybody who wants to to know how the conspiracy theory got started and propagated are themselves the "conspiracy theorists". And you still think he's a "journalist"?
One day… Youngsters will learn words they will not understand. Children from India will ask: What is hunger? Children from Alabama will ask: What is radical segregation? Children from Hiroshima will ask: What is the atomic bomb? Children at school will ask: What is war? You will answer them. You will tell them: Those words are not used anymore, like stagecoaches, galleys, and slavery. Words no longer meaningful. That is why they have been removed from dictionaries. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Donald, your words ring a sweet tone, but the truth must be told.Slaves are in jails. Segregation is at the bank. Hunger is due to inflation and high gas prices. War is what we have with our neighbors. Sad.Truth.
How come he doesn't talk about Putin's 2007 conference speech in Munich, Germany which was a precursor to the Ukraine crisis? Though he mentioned Maidan, he didn't say anything about the 2014 coup or the Minsk Agreement? I gather the interviewer wasn't interested in that subject matter just Putin's ambitions, very disappointing. FrontLine, state media.
yes, biased and more attention to the personality, rather politics and events that led to current situation. I don't say Putin has no mission, but what you want from a leader of the nation. He will try to bite back.
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He is joke Putin? 20 years. He is to weak to bring the Soviet Union. Let his ass go broke.
Yeah, sure. If you like your impartial interviewees steeped in blantly dishonesty and anti-Trump rhetoric. Trump did not push back on Putin??? Pay attention, Zippy!! Trump looked Putin directly in the dead eyes and told him to behave or the USA would crush Russia. Not a word about Biden's feckless, sleep-walking leadership.
Is obvious if he's keeping a distance from people it was because of security issues.. guy it's not being being a hundred percent truthful and he's actually insulting our intelligence making us think this guy is not making calculated moves..
Is he saying he has never seen brown-nosing like what he saw in the Russian government? He obviously hasn't worked for a financial company like Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs.
He is right, if we think this is not going to escalate, we are idiots! This will almost certainly escalate. NATO needs to get involved. I don't understand why Ukraine is not in NATO when they asked. We need to admit them and then stop Russia before the Soviet Union is rebuilt and a new cold war ensues. We need to have the balls to support Ukraine.
We? You in active duty military service, or your children? Ukraine has stated it has cooled to the idea of being in NATO. There’s already a Cold War. How is it you imagine a broke country like the US can fight a nuclear power and stop it?
Just as Putin's recent threatening speech immediately reminded me of Trump's "fire and fury" threat to Kim Jung Un; so did those officials confirming agreement and fealty to Putin remind me of Trump's cabinet, led by Pence, each singing Trump's praises at that conference.
Besides being a Never Trumper, what are Eugene Robinson's credentials for analyzing Putin? Does he speak Russian? Has he lived in Russia? Has he written books on Putin or Russia based on extensive life-long research?
these days all we hear and see is nothing else other than Putin bashing. I used to have a great respect for Mr. Robinson but I must admit after listening to your presentation today I reevaluated my opinion about him. In all of your presentation I am yet to hear about the other side like the real concerns, reasons and causes of Russian invasion of Ukraine. In short, can at least one of your guests talk about our promise to then Soviet leader Gorbachev that NATO wouldn’t be expended towards East and that we as always once again broke our promise?
Putin is 1 of this richest people on the planet. His wealth has been misappropriated from the very people he says he is concerned with. Watch “Putin Palace” if you want a true Russian opinion of him. I am tired of all these Putin apologist sometime you need to pick a side and not all opinions or ways of behavior are compatible. If you want to talk of broken promises then look up the nuke agreement that Russia had with Ukraine where is promised to not attack them if they returned their soviet era stock pile to Russia.
As a European and inhabitant of the country that has nuclear weapons targeted at Russia, at the same time hosting the headquarters of NATO (militarily & politically) I want to point out as a Belgian citizen a few facts that your various interviews have brushed under the carpet it seems: 1) Putin demanded to join NATO (but that request was rejected by the Bush admin); 2) Putin demanded EU membership for Russia (also rejected). This is never raised in the characterisation of Putin by your guests and that really strikes me as being historically incorrect. Another narrative to which i don't agree is that Zelenskyy is this great politician. Zelenskyy is in essence the ordinary streetwise guy that came to power on 1 thing only: i will fight corruption in this country. Doing that he kicked a few oligarch Russian-leaning in the teeth in his country. At that time his people saw he was not a politician changing the tune for bribe money. And then comes the invasion with Russian conscripts that were not even informed about it. Everyone feels stabbed in the back, with the outrage of the Ukrainans being so huge, 'cos it's done by their Slavic brothers. That feeling, this unbelievable outrage and anger, is what Zelenskyy kept in Kyiv. The streetwise guy thought - i will not be the rat in all this and stay.. put. 3 weeks later Putin should admire that, sack a few generals and find a decent solution between the 2 of them. A prosperous neutral Ukraine will be beneficial for both countries and for the whole world. Zelenskyy should be viewed, also by Putin, as not this other cowardly western politician. On the contrary: a formidable Slavic statesman that rose to the occasion in the country next door.
Putin was in the Partnership for Peace Program with NATO...and then he decided to invade Crimea in 2014 which was the final straw for NATO to think he could be a reliable partner for international security. By then he had already attacked Georgia and moved borders then as well, so no reason to think he was going to accept international borders that did not conform to his Russocentric ideology.
@@IphiaCarlene I never said Putin was my only issue, and Robinson is a Pulitzer winner, not a propagandist. Want propaganda? Watch Fox. You’re wasting my time.
@@IphiaCarlene enlighten me! Never for unprovoked wars. Only two I know we're against going into Iraq, reading reports of inspectors TOLD is no WMD. Colin Power was a disappointment. Easy to read people often. Putin is a scared, desperate boy.❌
It's possible he is far away at the table because he can't trust everyone anymore. Maybe he's afraid of being killed. Choked, stabbed, who knows. Being further away gives him time to respond.
@@CheapSquierBassPlayer At a minimum, every one of the dozens of times Robinson says ‘Putin was thinking x’, ‘Putin was surprised’ , ‘Putin knows A’, is all college freshman dorm BS from some clown that doesn’t speak Russian, ie Robinson selling more Robinson. There are many serious experts out there. Sec Rice for instance is an expert on Russia, actually speaks Russian, dealt w Putin while she was in office. She also has a record of action against which one can gauge her effectiveness. How bout PBS get her instead of ‘Putin was stunned’ Robbinson? Maybe PBS tried, and nobody returns their calls when they know the questions will be, ‘Tell us about Trumps hair’.
@@CheapSquierBassPlayer No, I have, but it doesn’t suit your model. It need not be on behalf of Russia or Ukraine. Robinson and PBS are selling a false narrative of expertise, to promote themselves, garner more listens and increase the influence of this network as a source of authoritative information. In this instance they’re specifically and repeatedly selling the notion that Robinson knows what V Putin is thinking, how he reacts emotionally, with no reference to any actual Putin statement for that interpretation. It’s classic propaganda, in the interest of this network.
"The planned invasion of Iraq was not about nuclear weapons or democracy, as Bush claimed. Two powerful factions in Washington were beating the war drums: ardently pro-Israel neoconservatives who yearned to see an enemy of Israel destroyed, and a cabal of conservative oil men and imperialists around Vice President Dick Cheney who sought to grab Iraq's huge oil reserves at a time they believed oil was running out. Eric Margolis
@@farzana6676 don't try to argue with a baboon, you'll end up looking like one! The guy is obviously filled with hot air, Anti-Jewish and their big brother the Great Satan, yawnn such a tired debate! I was in Afghanistan, so I don't speak for Iraq but does anyone believe the Afghans are better off and happier since we left!
Very refreshing!! A logical, well thought out, balanced -realistic perspective!! THIS is the conversation we need to be having.. not sensational 35sec sound bytes!! Thank you for sharing this!
The Russian mafia does not want the United States to invade Russia either. Putin's plan is to clear the United States out of Ukraine to increase Russian security.
That head of intelligence was literally quacking in his shoes, extraordinary, the man is probably getting his just deserts with the system they have and probably responsible for many gruesome deaths.
Come on Eugene it is about having NATO on Russia's border. Gorbachev warned NATO and US Congress not to do that. Under the Monroe Doctrine US makes similar arguments about Russian missiles in Cuba. How would US respond should Russia set up military basses in Mexico or Canada?
Even so if it so.. Invasion and killing civilians are not the answer. Putin played directly into NATO strategy. NATO has every reason to take him out, now for war crines.
O5:23 .. Putin : the dismemberment of Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy in the 20th century.." One Putin's general said:" when Ukraine joins NATO, Ukraine border will become US border, because US is the master of NATO" Putin does not want Russia under his watch to break up into pieces like Soviet Union.
I would like to see Frontline do a story on the funding behind the Ukrainian revolution which removed Yanuckovych after he turned to Russia and away from the E.U. and NATO. Recent history which has a huge effect on Putins War.
Mr. Robinson’s point that there is no politburo like in the old USSR, that it’s just Putin, was very striking, and accurate I believe. Hopefully the head of the FSB will take revenge and oust the madman Putin.
Accurate you believe? Why would you believe some political columnist, anymore than some bartender? Robinson is no professional scholar/state/military/intel, no foreign correspondent in Russia or any war zone, ever. Doesn’t speak Russian, never dealt w Putin.
there is simply no Russia without the historical heritage of Kyivan Rus, which russian kings stole from Ukrainians back in the 17th century when they started to call themselves Russians, instead of Moscovians... Kyiv is basically Slavic Jerusalem, and there is going to be only one nation that ends up calling itself Rus! Ukraine=Rus!
That is not what he was concerned about. Listen to the last 2 minutes of the video about why he was uncomfortable with the military buildup in Ukraine.
Who are driving this conflict between Russia and Ukraine from the US? They are: (1) Federal Reserve - The privately owned central bank that prints petro-dollars which are losing values (2) Military Industrial Complexes - The manufacturers of weapons and navy ships which enforce the petro-dollars (3) Mainstream Media - The brainwashing machines like CNN, NYTimes, WaPo, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Google, Facebook etc. which are spreading fake news and rumors (4) Intelligence Services - CIA and NGO that start the color revolutions aimed at overthrowing governments All those institutions or organizations in the US are controlled by one unique powerful and rich group (Just look up who owns Federal Reserve, Media, CIA, NGO, and military industry of the US). We the ordinary people of the world are the slaves of this powerful and unique group..
Let me guess you watch mainstream newd and believe all that stupid propaganda, Putin warned the US and NATO for breaking there agreement to not build on it's boarders. This guy is a liar and should be ashamed of himself for spreading lies that will ultimately cost human life.
@@kentaylor5842 actually no, I watch anything but mainstream news!!! I speak several languages so I get information from different countries. Putin is right on several things, but it doesn't justify the violence. You're entitled to your opinion of course and I'm entitled to mine.
Who are driving this conflict between Russia and Ukraine from the US? They are: (1) Federal Reserve - The privately owned central bank that prints petro-dollars which are losing values (2) Military Industrial Complexes - The manufacturers of weapons and navy ships which enforce the petro-dollars (3) Mainstream Media - The brainwashing machines like CNN, NYTimes, WaPo, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Google, Facebook etc. which are spreading fake news and rumors (4) Intelligence Services - CIA and NGO that start the color revolutions aimed at overthrowing governments All those institutions or organizations in the US are controlled by one unique powerful and rich group (Just look up who owns Federal Reserve, Media, CIA, NGO, and military industry of the US). We the ordinary people of the world are the slaves of this powerful and unique group..
Putin is nuts. Hitler was nuts. Stalin was nuts. Mussolini was nuts. Hirohito was nuts. King George was nuts. Napoleon was nuts. Jefferson Davis was nuts. Mao was nuts. Trump is nuts. Any questions?
It does. It sickens me to see Ukrainians defending their capital a year after Trump's insane riot gang was attacking and defecating in ours. Putin is everything Trump wants to be.
Oh yes! Biden/Harris has been doing such a good job, with open Southern border, Socialist spending, giving the Taliban billions of military equipment, Son Hunter and the Big Guy taking money from China, Russia and Ukraine, the biggest rate of inflation ever, foreign dependence on oil and their solution - just buy a EV! Where do they think most of the electricity comes from?
@@diannebc5567 you can tell a Democrat voter but you can't tell them much! VP Harris just proves that you shouldn't employ someone based on their Skin colour, she's an absolute wordsmith
It's obvious Putin's whining and bitching about NATO, NATO "expansionism," etc, was really about him attacking Ukraine without NATO getting in the way.
The Masha Gessen and Anthony Blinken interviews were much richer in intelligence and knowledge of the of what is going on inside Both Russia and the Ukraine, but as a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and commentator Eugene Robinson gives good insights as to how the American psyche is perceiving the unfolding events. Thanks for including this among the deep Political insights and Diplomatic insights that the other interviews have provided; As it rounds out the facts with considered opinion into the discussions.
Winning a Pultizer is as much political as anything. You don't need to know anything to get one. Robinson is a nice fellow but has zero knowledge on this. He is mainly a social/race commentator.
@@ak203When he says as an aside about 8 minutes in that "it's not like Ukraine is a big source of oil or anything," I had to pause it and take a deep breath (for anyone who doesn't know, a fair amount of offshore oil and gas were discovered in Ukraine's territorial waters in the Black Sea in 2012, shortly before Putin seized Crimea)
OK, Putin has nuclear weapons. Let's just let him take over Alaska then maybe Hawaii. How about Cuba?? Let's just give him any dam thing he wants, blackmailing us with our complete destruction!! Where does it STOP?? He's a mad man who is willing to die for his own selfish ego. SO, let's push back on this maniac before he kills US and everyone else. He needs to get his head blown off.... NOW!! AND that's not all.....Putin sympathizers in what we call the "Republican Party" have to be wiped out, neutralized.into oblivion.... treasonous facist that they are. Clean sweep them into oblivion!!
@@James-zl9jb Julia Ioffe's interview for Frontline strikes me as the gold standard for western journalism on the topic of Putin the man and the Russia he rules (not governs) along with Masha Gessem. They are specialists in this field whereas Robinson seems more comfortable giving an overview that Americans can more easily take in.
Watch "Putin's Road to War," available now: ua-cam.com/video/MsfUiTJv2lE/v-deo.html
The linked video from above has been taken down or is not available outside the US. :(
If that Actor of Ukraine Zelensky would have surrendered to Russia all of this would have been over a long time ago.
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Russia is a great Nation.If Ukraine will not surrender
Watched 15 min, did not continue. Anyone interested in this topic should watch Prof. Mearsheimer's lectures, they are at a different level. Vladimir Pozner is very good too.
I see the trolls and propaganda machine have all been fed. 😆
I'm sure nobody reads this at Frontline PBS, but great job, keep up the good work. I always enjoy what you guys release!
Nice attaboy, but you know there’s a dangerous land war in Europe at the moment and perhaps it would be good to hear long form interviews from actual life long experts on foreign policy or Russia or the military. Here instead is a political partisan columnists w none of that expertise, spewing psycho babble. Maybe take events more seriously.
You would probably like the interview with Julia. She scared almost everyone. I think both of them are trying to lead you into a war.
@@jakebredthauer5100 Yeah, I saw that one. Definitely very intriguing. Interesting perspective on that last sentence, but you do you
@@jakebredthauer5100 Congratulate Vladolf on making German rearming non-controversial and proving NATO's relevance, even plagiarising Hitler's pretexts.
Blinken & Sullivan anticipated these events, it's the Kremlin that didn't full well knowing invading Ukraine would be a catastrophe for Russia
@@jakebredthauer5100 I saw Ioffe too. Ioffe at least speaks Russian, has many Russian contacts, and has been studying Putin for along time.
She is still a self important ass, that periodically calls for censorship of American news outlets she doesn’t like, and then hides behind victim hood as a woman when called out on her BS. Perfect interview for PBS/NPR.
Mr. Gene Robinson often appears on Morning Joe. Joe is a good guy but he gets loud, very worked up, he constantly interrupts others but Gene Robinson is always calm, thoughtful, well-spoken. He is as wise as he is capable.
How is he capable? He has zero experience in govt foreign policy. He is not a scholar. He has almost no foreign correspondent experience. He’s a political hack.
@@Nill757 a hack who a lot more than you
@@Nill757 ok Trumper. Time you look up his bio. You sound really ignorant
@@jcoats5529 Interesting take, everybody you disagree w in any non Trump subject is a Trumper. If I’m ignorant, then It should have been easy for you to point out his experience relevant to Russia and this war. Show his time as a diplomat, or in intelligence or in the military, or as Russian scholar, or even as foreign correspondent in Russia or Eastern Europe. Robinson has no such experience. Hes a columnist, a partisan talking head in TV. He was most recently a manager of the ‘Style’ section of the WaPo.
There’s a dangerous land war on in Europe. Why don’t you get f’ing serious for a minute.
@@jcoats5529 you're just a dolt
I was born in 70's in Poland. That is why many of the statements in this documentry are not surprising me at all. However, the one thing constantly are. That people like Putin in Russia, Orban in Hungary. MBS in Saudi Arabia etc. are interested in taking away our freedom in a moment that world does not care about them at all. As well as what kind of imperial ambitions those people have. We are just normal citizents. We want to live in peace without having bombs over our heads cause somebody is dreaming his dream about the power.
The problem is that most citizens look away from small problems and injustice.
Then it becomes bigger and uncontrollable.
That way you end up with inequality, murder, criminals in government etc.
Most citizens aren't as honest and heroic as they think they are.
Миру мир, но такова наша доля.
thank you for explaining that you dont know what Putin's ambitions are (and most likely the other figures referenced)
as well as what imperialism is
you've done a great job showing Libya wasnt enough for people to turn around and question more
And trump in America
@@nstl440 exactly 💯
Absolutely Brilliant Mr Robinson. Super Interview. ThankYou both 💙🙏🏽💛
Mr.Eugene Robinson what a nice man you are. May all good health be yours🙏
Eugene Robinson is a straight to the point guy. I could listen yo him all day
I bet you sound like a little girl
@@MilitaryAgeMale i bet you think Ukraine is winning
This man is brilliant and eloquent . Thank you for an excellent interview.
No. He's a boring dry hack
very much agree.. it is refreshing!
Looking forward to the next Frontline, thank you PBS excellent interview
This guy is on nonstop as contributor on MSNBC, fill your boots.
We need to try to understand what motivated Russia to invade Ukraine.
@@jakebredthauer5100 That`s easy, Putin`s ego of course, power has gone to his ugly head! Probably a sociopath, just watch some of Putin`s footage of him strutting his ego like a peacock.
@@seanscully4347 That is the child like analysis by the party of emotion which is why you are always wrong, in fact it is why they can't help but to cause such things through activist foreign policy.
@@jakebredthauer5100
And I'm supposed to pay attention to Eugene Robinson, yet one more corporate media talking head?
Robinson is one of our best - a true national treasure.
Yes indeed
Hello 👋 how are you doing. How is the weather over there?
I would like to have an esteemed journalist like Eugene Robinson address the question of how to deal with propaganda and disinformation in Russia and here in the US. This seems like a fundamental means of enablement for Putin and other autocrats.
As Russian citizen I can say few China, India and American chanels trying to be neutral as possible and dont overuse propaganda. Im glad people seeking the truth. I can approve Robinson vision on Putin. Everything is just like I see it. But I believe people woldnt support Putin if he tried to invade other countries in future. But for now we cant step back until our goal is achieved. Zelensky should be a peacemaker, not a hero, sacrificing lifes of regular people.
@def creator well fox news seems rational. They try to analyse. India biased as post colonial country, but tried to not push agenda, china is balanced. Cnn tyt are plain propaganda
@@VarlamDWMA I'm sure according to you RT and Vesti News are very balanced and independent news 🤣
American Media is manipulated by the CIA and the White House. Americans should watch, "Ukraine on Fire" by global tree pictures.
@@farzana6676they are not. I have said that India, China and some american chanels are balanced. You are not kind of a person, who dig deeper as far as I see.
It's really heartening to see so many people watching these videos and trying to make sense of our world
All of it makes perfect sense!
@@dsoccer241 I too understand everything!
They are a psyop, psychological operation. You are being misled.
@@jakebredthauer5100 so tell me Jake, what conspiracie theories are you in to?
@@ginniemess
Conquering Russia has been on the agenda of the new world order for a long time. That is why the US conquered Ukraine.
This guy, is making Putin to complicated.
He is a very simple man.
Remember, he is ex KGB, his training tells him,
The end justifies the means, empathy is a weakness and lying is just part of the job. Whatever it take to meet the said goals.
Going into Ukraine is something he has done to other countries a number of times. He even went into Ukraine before and no one batted an eyelid.
So of course, going into Ukraine was a natural choice, especially when its neighbour has been a naughty boy and giving him some trouble over the years.
What he didn't expect was a west that acts different than in the past. Why we are here in this situation.
Putin, only understands strength, in fact it is the only thing he respects, and this is how we need to respond to him. Or he will keep doing whats in his character.
A quite excellent breakdown that makes complete sense of the ugly little man. Yes, you have Putin weighed up perfectly, are you a psychologist? Well done!
Just a whole load of time wasting bla, bla, bla. Focusing in on Putin to the exclusion of everything else and ignoring all that has been going on there since 2014 and who the other main actors are is a smoke screen you guys will never see through... the blind leading the lost off a cliff.
Putin was a middle administrator in the kGB, he wasn’t a super soldier and he wasn’t a spy. Putin is a politician and it is silly to attribute his political style or ambitions to some inherent qualities of being a member of the KGB. He was a paper ousher
Its interesting that our journalist and govt sees Putin's honesty, as a dictator in that televised exchange, as "strange" behavior.
That's one way to look at it. Another way is he knew exactly how the west would react, what the west didn't expect is that he would actually go ahead with the invasion. If by strength you mean military action, that would be a suicide mission. It's scary how powerless the west is right now while the whole word is watching including China and others...
Such a smart man! Thank you Eugene. Very informative.
Well you must not watch MSNBC because if you did you would be like me and sick of this guy's voice. He is on there ALL the time,about everything.
@@James-zl9jb well, to some of us, there are far more important characteristics than how somebody sounds. 🙄
@@brianhildreth9099 What on earth. This old codger is SO DRY. Are you some kind of university academic or something?
@@guff9567 No, you're just a right-wing and/or Putin sympathizer who's trying to veil their critical comment under the guise of one that comes from a neutral, "rational" spectator.
You have the brain of a baby if you think people can't see through it. You should find a more constructive way to push your disingenuously held narrative.
Current sanctions should have been applied in 2014, not stopping him at crimea was a massive mistake.
Too busy drawing red line though
Excuse me ... The people voted to join Russia
@@bigkw1568 It always happens by the same scenario. Military comes in, the mayor and other higher-ups are replaced with a pro-russian ones. And come on, voting under russian government? putin is on his what, 4th or 5th presidency term?
@@walterhartright6925 Crimea is a Russian speaking and culturally tied to Russia. The msm dragging in a bunch of ignorant people making comments on a subject they clearly know nothing about. Americans are the most brainwashed people on the planet. Sad thing is its spreading the disease of ignorance around the globe.
@@walterhartright6925 So are you saying Russia has Dominion voting systems ??
I highly respect Eugene Robinson's opinion. Whenever I hear him on television, I stop and listen.
A brilliant analyst.
You really should do more research. It's a totally fact free analysis of the situation that led to this invasion. First up Ukraine has an abundance of resources and is the bread basket of Europe. The 2014 revolution was a coup by the US. Victoria Nuland is on record discussing who they were going to put in place as the new government. They replaced a neutral president, who was negotiating with both the EU and Russia but wasn't keen on the neoliberal doctrine the US/EU wanted to impose via the IMF. They replaced him with a rabid anti-Russian government that contained neo-nazis. This undemocratically installed government then proceeded to bombard the people in Eastern Ukraine for 8 years that nobody in t the West cared about. The current president Zelensky was elected to bring peace and implement the Minsk agreement and failed to do so. Meanwhile Russia has been objecting for years about NATO expansion towards its borders. NATO basically only exists to menace Russia in service to US imperialist aims, under the Wolfowitz doctrine. The US has continuously poked the bear in the eye and now the bear has reacted.
@@tonyclayton6975 I have done research. That president was totally corrupt as was most of the public officials.
Clearing up corruption was what Zelenskyy ran on. Well, I can see Russian troll farms are up and running with all
burners blasting...
@@MrCeora Such a juvenile response resorting to the lame Russian troll farm argument. I'm no fan of Putin or Russian oligarchs any more than I am about the corporate control of US democracy. I am anti-war and anti-imperialist and only interested in the truth. Chomsky and Herman's book Manufacturing Consent shows why you won't get it from the likes of PBS. I saw the interview with the Ukrainian mayor with the blurred out picture of a prominent Ukraine Nazi on the wall behind the mayor. The constant US provocation of Russia over several years led to this invasion. There is no moral high ground to be had on either side. This ridiculous comic book portrayal of Putin as an evil Bond villain is a diversion from the actual facts and historical context that led to this point. Corruption in Ukraine does not give the right for the US to overthrow the democratically elected government, especially with the help from neo-nazis like the Azov Briggade and C14.
You can always count on FRONTLINE PBS for informative and educational documentaries and interviews. #1 in my opinion.
Eh, they are "ok", but there is better stuff done by indie makers than some of these media giants.
@@xObscureMars who do you suggest?
@@stephaniespain9849 Oliver Stones 2016 Documentary "Ukraine on Fire" . Theres a reason UA-cam just recently banned it . Available on Odysee , Vimeo, and Amazon Prime
@@DemonSlayer-df4ym I’ve seen that and it was beautifully done.
PBS Propaganda Bull S***
7:33 actually, theres oil and natural gas in Crimea, west and east side of Ukraine. Ukraine is also reach in many natural resources.
I didn't really take it as he meant there was O resources.
@@beemo1502 This has nothing to do with natural resources, this has to do with Putin wanting to reunite the countries of the USSR. That has been his dream for twenty years but he really miscalculated this time and hopefully it will be the end of this narcissistic psychopath.
I thought that as well. I can’t imagine if Ukraine had zero natural resources or was strategically located, he wouldn’t feel the need to control it. I get that much of this is historical, but that can’t be it, can it?
rich that is, yes
I agree. I think the importance of natural resources, and pipelines is being downplayed here.
thank you, frontline and eugene!
Hello 👋 how are you doing. How is the weather over there?
7:15 Robinson states that the war is unlikely to be about Ukraine's resources like oil. However, recently, enormous resources of natural gas have been discovered in Ukraine's portion of the Black Sea and I think it definitely factors in. Independent Ukraine has the potential to become a rival to Russia in terms of natural gas sales.
That and wheat...
given they've made a grab for the black sea and the pirt towns surrounding it, you're probably right.
Ukraine is rich in many natural resources including oil.
Oil, gas, and wheat may be a bonus, but what everyone is relaying is that this war was about re-establishing the territories of the former Soviet Union.
Seriously? Russia has all the natural gas and oil. Its the nato, cajoled by US to keep spreading east with bioweapons thats threatening Russia. Go do some serious research and thinking.
Interviewer has great questions, and interviewee is equally good in answering. Thanks for providing this content !
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6:12. Ukraine is so mystically important to Pootin that he's willing to kill everyone there so he can have it all to his self.
Yup!
So this guys qualifications are only 'columnist for Washington Post where he writes about politics and culture'? I would prefer to hear from an actual expert.
who are you 100toeeface HA HA! oh man funny
What do you think he researches? Washington Commanders scouting reports??
@@ghostmane2643 An actual expert would be an ambassador or a politician. Anyone can write stuff down, big deal. I am writing about politics and culture right now.
@@100toeface LOL imagine an honest politician
@@ghostmane2643 lol, imagine, an honest journalist.
But has the US been a leader in Europe? We engaged in both WWs on the late side. The Europeans who left their homelands crossing oceans to the Americas were isolationists and hoped to leave the quarrels between monarchies behind.
The US stays out of Europe. Too many problems
He was talking about the past ( Trump)and now current US leadership govts. Yes even though the US came late in WW2 , without US in those wars the wars could have been lost or drag on for decades .FYI the USA fought on two war fronts , Europe & Asia and its industrial might was used to turn the tide , in 4-5 years.
Today wars have become more " humane" with TECHNOLOGY involved , in which the USA really leads. " SMART BOMBS " mostly avoid collateral damage, " surgical strikes" as they call it, Russias Ukraine invasion force largely has no coordination and those " precision guided munitions - Smart bombs,what Putins army is doing is more like WW2 carpet bombing , aka " dumb bombs", obliterate everything , all the buildings, and that is why Putin and his generals willstand trial in the Hague for War Crimes.
Good journalism ! Good Reporting! Good Information!
Frontline continues to deliver. Thank you for continuing to keep the public informed about the historical challenges that we are facing.
please...... they're giving us the govenments message. do you speak Russian?
@@Skipbo000 what a dumb comment.
@@Skipbo000 and I see that you wrote that same comment on every post…ROFL! Yeah…run along now.
Who are driving this conflict between Russia and Ukraine from the US?
They are:
(1) Federal Reserve - The privately owned central bank that prints petro-dollars which are losing values
(2) Military Industrial Complexes - The manufacturers of weapons and navy ships which enforce the petro-dollars
(3) Mainstream Media - The brainwashing machines like CNN, NYTimes, WaPo, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Google, Facebook etc. which are spreading fake news and rumors
(4) Intelligence Services - CIA and NGO that start the color revolutions aimed at overthrowing governments
All those institutions or organizations in the US are controlled by one unique powerful and rich group (Just look up who owns Federal Reserve, Media, CIA, NGO, and military industry of the US). We the ordinary people of the world are the slaves of this powerful and unique group..
Another great interview, Frontline. Mr. Robinson made many excellent points. Thanks.
For REAL info, listen to Scott Ritter, Col Doug MacGregor, Richard Meddhurst, Regis Tremblay, etc. The US has been interfering for DECADES and our lying sociopathic war profiteers corrupted, plundered and privatized Russia and Ukraine in 1991. When Putin got in he reversed a lot of that, and of course money addicts HATE someone stopping their "money fixes". You should also look up Oliver Stone's interviews with Putin, and Stone's film "Ukraine on Fire" which our corrupt establishment tries to hide.
Henry Kissinger - “Far too often, the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine is to survive and thrive, it must not be either side’s outpost against the other - it should function as a bridge between them.”
It's strange hearing a mass murdering war criminal talking about peaceful solution.
@@RichterBelmont2235 'he is the greatest living war criminal in the world today, with the blood of millions of people in Vietnam and Cambodia and Laos and Chile and East Timor on his hands. He will never appear in a court or be behind bars." - George Galloway
Wishful thinking!!
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I hate when War Criminals like Kissenger are right
PBS always deliver great content.
Thank you for that!
PBS are tote bag simps of easy praise for views that aren't predictive. Warnings were many from those they won't put on, that is the gate keeping game, and why they are always wrong.
PBS always follows the narrative.
“ PBS are tote bag simps ” Are you nine years old?
@@t44e6 Please explain deeper then?
@@eh1702 No, sure not, but your answer is confusing, may i ask why?
As Russian, I think this man got the point. Hope nobody use it as propaganda, its quite neutral clear vision on Putin. All he wants is to be heard. Who doesnt want prosperity and greatness for their country ? America should listen to him, he always tried to talk first. This man show respect and no fear, he is honest about Putin perception. I respect that. This is how people talk with each other. No brainwashing. I believe Putin will respect this man, because he understand Putin reasons.
But why should anyone respect Putin or Russia? What is Russia giving to the world that would justify such respect? I see nothing.
Always like in Chechnya
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
We don't show respect to Russian dictators
Unfortunately that respect has been overthrown in a second.
The West has respected Putin for decades. Did business with him, tolerated his aggressions, talked with him. It only made him bolder and crazier. He doesn't deserve respect. No respect for Putin.
I love how most of the political analysts just brush away the significance of Russian invasion of Georgian republic in 2008.
Is it easier to say that 2014 was the wakeup call just because Russia grabbed bigger piece of land from Ukraine as opposed to mere 20% of Georgian territory?
Is it easier to support a post-USSR country when it borders EU states?
Or is it easier to say that US foreign policy turned a blind eye and downplayed what Kremlin was up to only once, in 2014?
It was right after the invasion of Georgia that Kremlin started pouring in billions into their military spending. That didn't indicate Kremlin's lofty designs going forward ?
Bush/Obama's foreign policy totally failed europe's security and left Ukraine and Georgia high and dry, (after giving them the false hope of becoming NATO/EU family members) in their existential crisis of our century.
I fully support Ukraine and the truth is, if Ukraine was not bordering EU countries, the military support and rhetoric unfortunately wouldn't be there.
Don't get me wrong, US should definitely pick their battles, there are only so many resources available at a time, but disregarding the Eastern Europe since Putin's second term was the biggest mistake of the US foreign policy and that's why we are where we are right now.
I agree. Russia neighbors like Poland has been warning. Nobody listened. Late Polish President said in 2008 standing in front of Tibilisi crowd "Today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine, the day after that it may be Baltic State and later it may be my country of Poland". He said it 15 years ago!
I'm a democrat, voted for Biden. But I'm beginning to have real difficulty listening to people who think 'liberal' means to be ignorant and afraid of all things having to do with war. Literally the opportunity to save the world is being squandered by their trepidation to fight right now. As much as I love Frontline , I'm going to hold off watching what I fear will be a condescending tone from democrats wanting to justify their cowardice. “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” -Albert Einstein
I’m inclined to agree however I think what people fail to understand is that NATO helped to create this fiasco.
Will you promise to update us on your further geopolitical prescriptions after the rubble stops bouncing?
What would America do if China and Russia put military weapons systems in Mexico . Then China/Russia told Chinese/Russian backed Mexican soldiers to take the Rio grande river and started attacking Texans . With full intent to break up the united states and dispose out president. That's Exactly What's Happening in Ukraine.
There are many forms of war and we are involved. The Russian stock market has been closed for 2 weeks with no re opening date. We are currently involved in an economic war with Russia, and suppling weapons to the Ukrainians. This will not be over quickly and everyone needs to understand that. We were in Afghanistan for 20 years, Russia has been in Ukraine for 2.5 weeks.
War isn't something you rush into unless you yourself are attacked. Iraq is a great example of this. To be fair, most Democrats did support that at first. Big mistake on Dems part. Invading Afg to get Bin Laden after 9/11, few democrats opposed it. Bill Clinton intervened in Kosovo to prevent ethnic cleansing/genocide. *It's hardly like we're doing nothing". We're arming the Ukrainians with ammo, Javelins and Stingers, just like we did in 1980s Afg against the USSR. BTW, the USSR and China supported N Vietnam and VC against us, and they didn't lose a single soldier in that war. OTOH, outright going into Ukraine would mean war between NATO and Russia. So far, we're basically correct, although I wish we'd send the Ukrainians more arms and medical aid.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUE CHARACTER OF A MAN, GIVE HIM POWER.........ABE LINCOLN
The US hasn't done well.
if you want to act like a petulent 13 yo girl seeking attention and annoying everone, type in all caps
hey look, a bunch of new accounts with no content with anti-usa talking points getting upvoted intensely! Wonder where they came from!
Those accounts are very effective in riling up the maggots.
Uh, well, uh, hims, haws, sputters with a "deer in the headlights" look -- well, they just HAVE TO come from good, common-sense, patriotic, plain folks of the land who only want their aunts to serve them home-baked apple pie outside to the family, sitting outside with folding furniture on a nice warm spring day. They only care about America's future! Honnnn-nesttttt!!!
Those damn Russian bots go away!!! Ugh they are so annoying. We all know you want what the west has, y’all are just miserable and backwards.. all hail the West and the USA
What a smart and knowledgeable man.
When it comes to politics you have to already have a bass line knowledge of a particular subject to be able to judge if another person is intelligent about that subject.. if you know nothing about us and Russia and you heard this man you might think he is very intelligent of the subject.. but if you know anything about politics motive rose gold and a little about foodand you would know that this guy does not know what he's talking about!! Wingstop Rosalie live in a Democratic Republic and our government have power and public opinion to crush dissent just like the Soviet Union so if he can recognize (concentrated power) to a negative degree in Russia why is it not equally bad thing and detrimental thing in (this) country!!
What he says from 39:00is true and should happen in Asia too as Japan and South Korea and Taiwan and even India ( who is in the sidelines on the Ukraine invasion)have to invest in their defence spending if they are to confronts the expansionist and threatening China , who is claiming the whole South China Seas, a very busy shipping corridor.
Putin: Why is it that people that have everything always want more?
Never underestimate the man s greed . No matter for money power or for
@Markus Patients usa should be given god given right to make military base in every sovereign nation to preach democracy and free market
@@aaa1820-g4g Be quiet troll.
@@t.dmytryshyn2615 go listen to the propaganda with your mom
@@aaa1820-g4g Oh is the little trolls feelings hurt? Too bad you are so obvious, you should really try harder at the disgusting job you're doing.
Clearly you're pushing a narrative, whatever happened to Frontline??? It used to be centered left at times right. This program aired around 2015 or 2016
What narrative? In case you haven't noticed Putin is bombing hospitals while he tries to take Ukraine just because they flirted with joining NATO.
@@reyalexandro yes bombing hospitals, schools, etc. is something Obama never did with his drones in Afghanistan.
No narrative. We are talking about what’s happening in reality. Take off your tinfoil hat.
Bub, this is all current.
@@johnf8064 Your claim's confirmed as true via simple Google search.
I wish the interviews would start with some introduction of who the person being interviewed is. I am ignorant of who these people are.
Eugene Robinson
I didn't mean the name, but more what qualifies them to have special knowledge about the situation. I know we can google the name, but it would be nice to have a little background.
Hello 👋 how are you doing. How is the weather over there?
Grateful for you, Mr. Robinson! Thank you for All you are/do/share!
We can help Ukraine. Let's all contact our government representatives to urge more support to help Ukraine drive out the invaders. Ask them to send F16 aircraft and longer-range precision fires (like ATACMS). Send them an email, text, or old-fashioned letter (best option), call them on the phone, post on social media, etc. Let's do our part to maintain and strengthen the national consensus in our own countries to give more support for Ukraine.
In the end, Russia has to solve its Putin problem.
The future of this world rests on the actions of the Russian elites. Please Russian oligarchs...
The US needs to get rid of its plutocracy of Wall Street and its Military Industrial Complex ruling the world with endless wars, such as this one.
Unless he's crazy enough to test NATO.
Frontline is trying to make you think that Putin is a problem.
@@jakebredthauer5100 I think you'll find that the majority of intelligent people had worked that out all by themselves. You do realise Putin didn't just arrive on the global stage this year... Guess you just like to make a show of your ignorance.
Excellent interview, well spoken words, intelligent observations.
Ukraine was a threat to Russian security.
I have a different take on Putin's distance in meetings with people. I think it communicates that he's desperately afraid of being taken down. I think he's desperately afraid of someone making a move on him to kill him.
I think it's a sign of great paranoia
Totally agree
He is old and there were people with coronavirus in his cirlce. It is great responsibility to take care of yourself. I am not totally disagree with you, but you are over dramatised and empathise it.
This is the example of leftist reality tv level analysis, and why it is worthless. The party of feminine gossip and social dysfunction "see's things" in their minds.
@@VarlamDWMA If Putin was Responsible for the benefit of Russia he would eat a bullet.
@@hiddendragon415 will see. Keep calm and dont panic.
Given that most russian oligarchs and putin have the majority of their assets outside of russia, the solution seems simple. Confiscate every ruble of asset value and use it to rebuild Ukraine.
@@mynameisschezuan I have the idea that the amount of money missing is equivalent to the difference in US military hardware, training and assets (in dollar terms) and what we have seen from Russia so far. It probably reaches into the $Trillion territory.
A very learned assessment of a most regrettable situation. Thank you Eugene Robinson and PBS.
I dislike when they use Black people to fight their own war. The Ukrainians are racist and Neo-Nazi Zenesky regime is extremely corrupt.
Agreed. I’d actually like to see the man interviewed on air more often. I’d take 1 of him over 10 CNN/Fox News hosts 8 days a week.
@@inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586 zelensky is jewish lol
@@sam-gp3ov I heard Al Pacino's next will be "The Scent of a Troll"
Has Robinson *ever* apologized for repeating the complete fakery of the "Steele dossier" (aka Democrat Party talking points) over and over and over and over for FOUR YEARS? Now, after breathlessly repeating the conspiracy theory for FOUR YEARS, he's informing us anybody who wants to to know how the conspiracy theory got started and propagated are themselves the "conspiracy theorists". And you still think he's a "journalist"?
One day…
Youngsters will learn words they will not understand.
Children from India will ask:
What is hunger?
Children from Alabama will ask:
What is radical segregation?
Children from Hiroshima will ask:
What is the atomic bomb?
Children at school will ask:
What is war?
You will answer them. You will tell them:
Those words are not used anymore, like stagecoaches, galleys, and slavery. Words no longer meaningful.
That is why they have been removed from dictionaries.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Donald, your words ring a sweet tone, but the truth must be told.Slaves are in jails. Segregation is at the bank. Hunger is due to inflation and high gas prices. War is what we have with our neighbors. Sad.Truth.
Realities reveals, words conceals!
How come he doesn't talk about Putin's 2007 conference speech in Munich, Germany which was a precursor to the Ukraine crisis? Though he mentioned Maidan, he didn't say anything about the 2014 coup or the Minsk Agreement? I gather the interviewer wasn't interested in that subject matter just Putin's ambitions, very disappointing. FrontLine, state media.
yes, biased and more attention to the personality, rather politics and events that led to current situation. I don't say Putin has no mission, but what you want from a leader of the nation. He will try to bite back.
He is joke Putin? 20 years. He is to weak to bring the Soviet Union. Let his ass go broke.
maybe pick up a 2nd grade level sentence writing and grammar book instead of posting your baseless opinions you obviously know so little about
"One person can make a difference." Well said. Enjoyed educational and insightful
Very good job an Great interview
I really respect Robinson. Great interview!
.. but so dry. Where did they dredge this dryl old hack up from?
@@guff9567 msnbc. The guy is a lying eletist publicity hound ala jessie smolette
Yeah, sure. If you like your impartial interviewees steeped in blantly dishonesty and anti-Trump rhetoric. Trump did not push back on Putin??? Pay attention, Zippy!! Trump looked Putin directly in the dead eyes and told him to behave or the USA would crush Russia. Not a word about Biden's feckless, sleep-walking leadership.
Is obvious if he's keeping a distance from people it was because of security issues.. guy it's not being being a hundred percent truthful and he's actually insulting our intelligence making us think this guy is not making calculated moves..
I can see how the masses of people around the world created this situation. Unfortunately, a lot of innocent people are now trapped tragically.
The world didn't
Putin did !!!
Let's place the blame with the facts
@AA Kostic putin created it but we damn sure helped too as well
Is he saying he has never seen brown-nosing like what he saw in the Russian government? He obviously hasn't worked for a financial company like Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs.
I know what you mean man, 🤣
@@louiss.7765 Those I saw working for Morgan Stanley makes those in the Kremlin look like a bunch of honest boyscouts.
Best Friends: Putin, Kim Jung Un, Chinese Xi Jinping, Assad, Trump, Lukashenko - WTF!
He is right, if we think this is not going to escalate, we are idiots! This will almost certainly escalate. NATO needs to get involved. I don't understand why Ukraine is not in NATO when they asked. We need to admit them and then stop Russia before the Soviet Union is rebuilt and a new cold war ensues. We need to have the balls to support Ukraine.
We? You in active duty military service, or your children?
Ukraine has stated it has cooled to the idea of being in NATO. There’s already a Cold War. How is it you imagine a broke country like the US can fight a nuclear power and stop it?
Just as Putin's recent threatening speech immediately reminded me of Trump's "fire and fury" threat to Kim Jung Un; so did those officials confirming agreement and fealty to Putin remind me of Trump's cabinet, led by Pence, each singing Trump's praises at that conference.
Trump has had Derangement Syndrome for many years; thank god he’s not running anything besides grifting in the US now.💙💛🌎✌🏽🇺🇸
@@Leah-ju8ht - so where are you in those January 6th videos, supporting your orange Czar?
Thanks a million for perfect interview)
That's Errol Morris
This dude sounds like Neil DeGrasse Tyson trying not to be Neil DeGrasse Tyson lol
Yeah. Utterly dry and B.O.R.I.N.G.
Great interview, in my quest for underlying information in the acts of a lunatic. We should have stopped Putin long before now.
Besides being a Never Trumper, what are Eugene Robinson's credentials for analyzing Putin? Does he speak Russian? Has he lived in Russia? Has he written books on Putin or Russia based on extensive life-long research?
He's smart been around the world a few times studies political leaders all over the world or just has the right to his opinion who are you
@@randiscott6093 Been around the world a few times. I guess that makes my luggage qualified to opine on Frontline PBS too.
PUTIN HAS MADE ZELENSKYY A WORLD HERO. GOD BLESS ZELENSKYY.
these days all we hear and see is nothing else other than Putin bashing. I used to have a great respect for Mr. Robinson but I must admit after listening to your presentation today I reevaluated my opinion about him. In all of your presentation I am yet to hear about the other side like the real concerns, reasons and causes of Russian invasion of Ukraine. In short, can at least one of your guests talk about our promise to then Soviet leader Gorbachev that NATO wouldn’t be expended towards East and that we as always once again broke our promise?
Putin is 1 of this richest people on the planet. His wealth has been misappropriated from the very people he says he is concerned with. Watch “Putin Palace” if you want a true Russian opinion of him. I am tired of all these Putin apologist sometime you need to pick a side and not all opinions or ways of behavior are compatible. If you want to talk of broken promises then look up the nuke agreement that Russia had with Ukraine where is promised to not attack them if they returned their soviet era stock pile to Russia.
As a European and inhabitant of the country that has nuclear weapons targeted at Russia, at the same time hosting the headquarters of NATO (militarily & politically) I want to point out as a Belgian citizen a few facts that your various interviews have brushed under the carpet it seems: 1) Putin demanded to join NATO (but that request was rejected by the Bush admin); 2) Putin demanded EU membership for Russia (also rejected). This is never raised in the characterisation of Putin by your guests and that really strikes me as being historically incorrect. Another narrative to which i don't agree is that Zelenskyy is this great politician. Zelenskyy is in essence the ordinary streetwise guy that came to power on 1 thing only: i will fight corruption in this country. Doing that he kicked a few oligarch Russian-leaning in the teeth in his country. At that time his people saw he was not a politician changing the tune for bribe money. And then comes the invasion with Russian conscripts that were not even informed about it. Everyone feels stabbed in the back, with the outrage of the Ukrainans being so huge, 'cos it's done by their Slavic brothers. That feeling, this unbelievable outrage and anger, is what Zelenskyy kept in Kyiv. The streetwise guy thought - i will not be the rat in all this and stay.. put. 3 weeks later Putin should admire that, sack a few generals and find a decent solution between the 2 of them. A prosperous neutral Ukraine will be beneficial for both countries and for the whole world. Zelenskyy should be viewed, also by Putin, as not this other cowardly western politician. On the contrary: a formidable Slavic statesman that rose to the occasion in the country next door.
Putin was in the Partnership for Peace Program with NATO...and then he decided to invade Crimea in 2014 which was the final straw for NATO to think he could be a reliable partner for international security. By then he had already attacked Georgia and moved borders then as well, so no reason to think he was going to accept international borders that did not conform to his Russocentric ideology.
Part of the reason why the world has reacted is TV and the internet. The entire world has told Putin “Enough is enough.”
Enough was too much with Georgia, 2008. We'll Knew his U.S.
S.R intentions.
Putin is not your only issue. Stop falling for this propaganda
@@IphiaCarlene I never said Putin was my only issue, and Robinson is a Pulitzer winner, not a propagandist. Want propaganda? Watch Fox. You’re wasting my time.
@@IphiaCarlene enlighten me! Never for unprovoked wars. Only two I know we're against going into Iraq, reading reports of inspectors TOLD is no WMD. Colin Power was a disappointment. Easy to read people often. Putin is a scared, desperate boy.❌
man I can't wait for this episode.
Thank you for your insight it is greatly appreciated ...
Hello 👋 how are you doing. How is the weather over there?
It's possible he is far away at the table because he can't trust everyone anymore. Maybe he's afraid of being killed. Choked, stabbed, who knows. Being further away gives him time to respond.
exactly. we don't know. funny how we are the first to be so judgemental about another country going to war.
@@Skipbo000 yes, however, the US is also involved.
More like Poisoned like he did to those People in Britian .
Bravo, Mr. Robinson. BRAVO.
Listening to Frontline shows some intelligence.
Why? Why not propaganda.
@@Nill757 What parts were propaganda specifically?
@@CheapSquierBassPlayer At a minimum, every one of the dozens of times Robinson says ‘Putin was thinking x’, ‘Putin was surprised’ , ‘Putin knows A’, is all college freshman dorm BS from some clown that doesn’t speak Russian, ie Robinson selling more Robinson.
There are many serious experts out there. Sec Rice for instance is an expert on Russia, actually speaks Russian, dealt w Putin while she was in office. She also has a record of action against which one can gauge her effectiveness. How bout PBS get her instead of ‘Putin was stunned’ Robbinson? Maybe PBS tried, and nobody returns their calls when they know the questions will be, ‘Tell us about Trumps hair’.
@@Nill757 No, you're just not happy with the information - you haven't pointed out the propaganda - go ahead and do that now.
@@CheapSquierBassPlayer No, I have, but it doesn’t suit your model. It need not be on behalf of Russia or Ukraine.
Robinson and PBS are selling a false narrative of expertise, to promote themselves, garner more listens and increase the influence of this network as a source of authoritative information. In this instance they’re specifically and repeatedly selling the notion that Robinson knows what V Putin is thinking, how he reacts emotionally, with no reference to any actual Putin statement for that interpretation. It’s classic propaganda, in the interest of this network.
I love you, thank you for putting this in such a manner that it makes perfect sense to me!
From 49:00 onward
explained the most.
Close your eyes and you'll hear Seth Rogen discussing geopolitics 🙂
lmao! No wonder his voice sounded familiar to me.
No, you will for some reason.
"The planned invasion of Iraq was not about nuclear weapons or democracy, as Bush claimed. Two powerful factions in Washington were beating the war drums: ardently pro-Israel neoconservatives who yearned to see an enemy of Israel destroyed, and a cabal of conservative oil men and imperialists around Vice President Dick Cheney who sought to grab Iraq's huge oil reserves at a time they believed oil was running out. Eric Margolis
Saddam was a genocidal dictator who repressed millions of Kurds.
@@farzana6676 don't try to argue with a baboon, you'll end up looking like one!
The guy is obviously filled with hot air, Anti-Jewish and their big brother the Great Satan, yawnn such a tired debate!
I was in Afghanistan, so I don't speak for Iraq but does anyone believe the Afghans are better off and happier since we left!
You are correct sir. Just look at who controls the oil in Iraq now. Very simple. Not China or Russia.
Very refreshing!! A logical, well thought out, balanced -realistic perspective!! THIS is the conversation we need to be having.. not sensational 35sec sound bytes!! Thank you for sharing this!
Wouldn't be surprised if the Russian Mafia rests him in eternal Peace
The Russian mafia does not want the United States to invade Russia either. Putin's plan is to clear the United States out of Ukraine to increase Russian security.
@@jakebredthauer5100 By killing Children?
@@evonrn2000
Sometimes children get in the way.
Sometimes killing of children is a lie.
It is remarkable how similar in tone, pitch and cadence this man sounds to Neil Degrasse Tyson
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No he doesnt.
No.
Never would have spotted it myself, but I think you're right.
I bet you sound like a little girl
That head of intelligence was literally quacking in his shoes, extraordinary, the man is probably getting his just deserts with the system they have and probably responsible for many gruesome deaths.
What nation or what world leader isn't responsible for gruesome deaths?
The U.S?...George Bush? Britain?...Tony Blair?
Hehe you mean quake or quack? I hate auto correct
@@giusmaximus3541 so that makes it OK?????
@@ragbag46 , no...that balances out the 'reporting'.
Come on Eugene it is about having NATO on Russia's border. Gorbachev warned NATO and US Congress not to do that. Under the Monroe Doctrine US makes similar arguments about Russian missiles in Cuba. How would US respond should Russia set up military basses in Mexico or Canada?
Even so if it so.. Invasion and killing civilians are not the answer. Putin played directly into NATO strategy. NATO has every reason to take him out, now for war crines.
John Mearsheimer understands things better
O5:23 .. Putin : the dismemberment of Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy in the 20th century.."
One Putin's general said:" when Ukraine joins NATO, Ukraine border will become US border, because US is the master of NATO"
Putin does not want Russia under his watch to break up into pieces like Soviet Union.
I would like to see Frontline do a story on the funding behind the Ukrainian revolution which removed Yanuckovych after he turned to Russia and away from the E.U. and NATO. Recent history which has a huge effect on Putins War.
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Mr. Robinson’s point that there is no politburo like in the old USSR, that it’s just Putin, was very striking, and accurate I believe. Hopefully the head of the FSB will take revenge and oust the madman Putin.
Accurate you believe? Why would you believe some political columnist, anymore than some bartender? Robinson is no professional scholar/state/military/intel, no foreign correspondent in Russia or any war zone, ever. Doesn’t speak Russian, never dealt w Putin.
Surely Xi taking notes. Super people, it only takes ONE, unchecked. American Constitution awareness warned of 'Kings/Queens going rogue.
@@Nill757 Thank you! One man's opinion. Not one mention about America's involvement. I wonder 🤔 what his opinion is on the One world Order?
It would be sooo refreshing to hear the TRUTH .... YOU SHOULD TRY IT
there is simply no Russia without the historical heritage of Kyivan Rus, which russian kings stole from Ukrainians back in the 17th century when they started to call themselves Russians, instead of Moscovians... Kyiv is basically Slavic Jerusalem, and there is going to be only one nation that ends up calling itself Rus! Ukraine=Rus!
It's so perverse that this small narcissist person is slaughtering so many for his ego. Surrounded by so many yes men ,and not one brave soul.
That is not what he was concerned about. Listen to the last 2 minutes of the video about why he was uncomfortable with the military buildup in Ukraine.
Biden is doing a TREMENDOUS job with our country! Thank you, Joe Biden (and Kamala Harris) !
@@jerryvida2137 your confuse you meant to say trump
@@randrozguidroz6485 Correction. He meant President Biden. Get your facts straight.
Who are driving this conflict between Russia and Ukraine from the US?
They are:
(1) Federal Reserve - The privately owned central bank that prints petro-dollars which are losing values
(2) Military Industrial Complexes - The manufacturers of weapons and navy ships which enforce the petro-dollars
(3) Mainstream Media - The brainwashing machines like CNN, NYTimes, WaPo, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Google, Facebook etc. which are spreading fake news and rumors
(4) Intelligence Services - CIA and NGO that start the color revolutions aimed at overthrowing governments
All those institutions or organizations in the US are controlled by one unique powerful and rich group (Just look up who owns Federal Reserve, Media, CIA, NGO, and military industry of the US). We the ordinary people of the world are the slaves of this powerful and unique group..
Excellent insight and a really expert explanation of the events leading to the current situation in Ukraine, which sadly confirms my thoughts.
A Bezos stooge who hates Putin, and you call it "Excelent insight?" It is cliched propaganda.
Let me guess you watch mainstream newd and believe all that stupid propaganda, Putin warned the US and NATO for breaking there agreement to not build on it's boarders. This guy is a liar and should be ashamed of himself for spreading lies that will ultimately cost human life.
@@kentaylor5842 actually no, I watch anything but mainstream news!!! I speak several languages so I get information from different countries. Putin is right on several things, but it doesn't justify the violence. You're entitled to your opinion of course and I'm entitled to mine.
Who are driving this conflict between Russia and Ukraine from the US?
They are:
(1) Federal Reserve - The privately owned central bank that prints petro-dollars which are losing values
(2) Military Industrial Complexes - The manufacturers of weapons and navy ships which enforce the petro-dollars
(3) Mainstream Media - The brainwashing machines like CNN, NYTimes, WaPo, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Google, Facebook etc. which are spreading fake news and rumors
(4) Intelligence Services - CIA and NGO that start the color revolutions aimed at overthrowing governments
All those institutions or organizations in the US are controlled by one unique powerful and rich group (Just look up who owns Federal Reserve, Media, CIA, NGO, and military industry of the US). We the ordinary people of the world are the slaves of this powerful and unique group..
@@strongbrain3128 you are so right, we are just slaves, like little ants
Great interview from Quincy Jones
Clever man giving very realistic thoughts about Putin. A kind of psychologist with rather precise assessment about the man.
Yes that's true.
Hello 👋 how are you doing. How is the weather over there?
Putin is nuts. Hitler was nuts. Stalin was nuts. Mussolini was nuts. Hirohito was nuts. King George was nuts. Napoleon was nuts. Jefferson Davis was nuts. Mao was nuts. Trump is nuts. Any questions?
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yes... why do you think anyone cares about your opinions on this? How is your posting of any value to anyone but yourself?
Excellent observations from Mr. Robinson.
Eugene Robinson's parroting of CIA-crafted talking points shows he is not the deep thinker he was mistakenly thought to be.
This sounds just like Trump!!! Glad we voted him out
It does. It sickens me to see Ukrainians defending their capital a year after Trump's insane riot gang was attacking and defecating in ours. Putin is everything Trump wants to be.
@@jcortese3300 🤣🤣🤣 but BLM riots ok burning and looting. You suffer from TDS Trump derangement Syndrome
Democrats prove their insanity when they compare Trump to Putin.
Oh yes! Biden/Harris has been doing such a good job, with open Southern border, Socialist spending, giving the Taliban billions of military equipment, Son Hunter and the Big Guy taking money from China, Russia and Ukraine, the biggest rate of inflation ever, foreign dependence on oil and their solution - just buy a EV! Where do they think most of the electricity comes from?
@@diannebc5567 you can tell a Democrat voter but you can't tell them much! VP Harris just proves that you shouldn't employ someone based on their Skin colour, she's an absolute wordsmith
Sorry to say that American presidents seem to have limited control of US intelligence agencies
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It's obvious Putin's whining and bitching about NATO, NATO "expansionism," etc, was really about him attacking Ukraine without NATO getting in the way.
The Masha Gessen and Anthony Blinken interviews were much richer in intelligence and knowledge of the of what is going on inside Both Russia and the Ukraine, but as a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and commentator Eugene Robinson gives good insights as to how the American psyche is perceiving the unfolding events. Thanks for including this among the deep Political insights and Diplomatic insights that the other interviews have provided; As it rounds out the facts with considered opinion into the discussions.
Agreed . Include Julia Ioffe . BRILLIANT.
Winning a Pultizer is as much political as anything. You don't need to know anything to get one. Robinson is a nice fellow but has zero knowledge on this. He is mainly a social/race commentator.
@@ak203When he says as an aside about 8 minutes in that "it's not like Ukraine is a big source of oil or anything," I had to pause it and take a deep breath (for anyone who doesn't know, a fair amount of offshore oil and gas were discovered in Ukraine's territorial waters in the Black Sea in 2012, shortly before Putin seized Crimea)
OK, Putin has nuclear weapons. Let's just let him take over Alaska then maybe Hawaii. How about Cuba?? Let's just give him any dam thing he wants, blackmailing us with our complete destruction!! Where does it STOP?? He's a mad man who is willing to die for his own selfish ego. SO, let's push back on this maniac before he kills US and everyone else. He needs to get his head blown off.... NOW!! AND that's not all.....Putin sympathizers in what we call the "Republican Party" have to be wiped out, neutralized.into oblivion.... treasonous facist that they are. Clean sweep them into oblivion!!
@@ak203 Which newspaper did you write for Al?
Eugene Robinson is a national treasure.
Perhaps, but I would argue that other voices are just as informative as his but way less prominent on daily news cycles.
@@James-zl9jb Julia Ioffe's interview for Frontline strikes me as the gold standard for western journalism on the topic of Putin the man and the Russia he rules (not governs) along with Masha Gessem. They are specialists in this field whereas Robinson seems more comfortable giving an overview that Americans can more easily take in.
@@kieronjohnson8834 Julia doesn’t have his magnificent voice tho 😁
@@JustinQuarles And Robinson doesn't have her sexy mouth.... 😁 in all seriousness, isn't it the words that matter?
Excellent interview
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Why not show the video of this event?
This was a fascinating interview. Thank you.