Posted on 01/06/2025 7:04:34 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lamented the hesitation on the part of outgoing President Joe Biden to preventatively sanction Russia before the 2022 full-scale invasion of his country in an interview published on Sunday, describing threats to sanction Moscow only after an invasion “*&**&^&*.”
Zelensky made the comments in a three-hour interview with podcaster Lex Fridman that the Ukrainian government-run United24 platform described as “bold” and candid, focusing much of its time on the ongoing invasion of the country and Kyiv’s relationship with America – under both Biden and President-elect Donald Trump.
Ukraine has been in some form of war with Russia and its proxies for over a decade – since Russia colonized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, under President Barack Obama. The “annexation” of Crimea was accompanied by an ongoing war in the eastern Donbass region, which began as a conflict between Ukraine and pro-Russia separatists but after 2022 has become a direct war between the Russian military and Ukraine. Zelensky, a comic actor with no prior political experience, won the 2019 presidential election largely on public sentiment souring against the corrupt establishment, which in the West was considered “pro-Europe” and resulted in Zelensky being branded “pro-Russian.
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I’ve had enough of the cycle of hate towards Putin and Russia.
Zelensky’s rage is emulated by too many political leaders in this country, the UK etc. etc.
“Baiting, Hating, Bating”
That’s the Zelensky Way and anyone who speaks that way in the USA lives by that slogan IMHO.
Probably pissed about how much he has to kick back to slow Joe.
Here’s Lex Fridman conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4288242/posts
X link:
https://x.com/lexfridman/status/1875982164321239202?t=2827
If nothing else, go for the 47.07 mark where Zelenskyy talks about how Russia negotiates peace/ceasefire.
How while they (Zelenskyy, Merkel, Macron, Putin) had agreed on a prisoner exchange, the Russians kept killing people in the Russian speaking areas using snipers in training for their upcoming African/Syrian deployments. Russian speaking Ukrainians were hunted, where practice targets for Russian sniper
Joe reads Z’s insubordinate remarks, and thinks: “After all I’ve done for you, and this is the thanks I get?”
Zelensky can take his lamentations to Victoria Nuland.
Well, he’s got nuthin’ to lose with jomentia at this point. Even though joe has met more world leaders than anyone else in their gd lives.
Bites the hand that FED him.
What a dog!
Make that what a poodle!
BTTT
“I’ve had enough of the cycle of hate towards Putin and Russia.”
We only have a limited amount of information regarding Putin, Russia, and Ukraine, and most of it is conflicting. And, when that happens, I will always look at who their ‘friends’ are. I don’t think that I need to identify how this lines up regarding Russia/Ukraine.
For example, when Whole Language Reading was being pushed nationwide by the ‘Educational Establishment’ and we were told it’s far better than Phonics. I looked at who was pushing it, and I had my answer as to how to teach reading to my kids (hint: it wasn’t “Whole Language”).
For this site, in addition to the above, you can look at the attitudes of both sides of an issue and get an idea of what they think of FReepers. In the case of Ukraine, there’s nasty stuff (personal attacks) by both sides, but CLEARLY the pro-Ukraine side is far worse (by claiming ‘Putin’ controls us, or we’re paid by ‘Putin’, or being neutral in their war means we support ‘Putin’). Given that, I’ve concluded that most of the pro-Ukraine side would rather not even be on this site (although there are exceptions), as to why they’re here...anyone’s guess!
Since February 2022, the United States has allocated $113.4 billion in emergency funding to support Ukraine.
It's not enough. It's never enough.
Zelensky’s rage is emulated by too many political leaders in this country, the UK etc. etc.
Yes, why should Zelensky hate Russia just because they invaded and have been bombing their cities for three years?
A bizarre interview with a drugged up dictator, hard to watch.
Lol. Imagine defending Vladimir Putin.
Bless your heart.
And lets never forget that the US was building Ukraine up militarily to attack the Russian speaking separatists in the East antagonizing Putin to attack in 2022.
And then there’s the 2014 coup in Ukraine overthrowing the elected government of Ukraine engineered by the USA and others.
Putin may wage war but Russia always said don’t move NATO in our direction but since Bill Clinton decided in 1997 that’s what’s been going on Poland, the Baltics, Romania in NATO then the Ukraine coup its endgame Ukraine in NATO.
This game of doing what Russia said don’t do has reached its climax in a brutal war.
Self-righteous hypocrisy on full display.
Vladimir Putin is not my Higher Power but I get the feeling his detractors worship Zelensky who cancelled elections in his country using the war as an excuse.
At least Russia has an election rigged towards the powerful people Putin’s party dominating.
Here in the USA we have two parties often bought by the powerful people in this country IMHO.
It’s a sinful fallen world.
Fake country Ukraine belongs to Russia.
To defend Putin, you attack America?
I've had enough too - but not because I care about Ukraine or Russia.
Rather, the hate propaganda has been deviously used to poison our domestic politics, and was used as false pretext for a lawfare coup against an elected President. The hate against Russia was also used to cover-up vast corruption within our own political system - from the President's son, on down.
Ukraine and Russia, as sold to US citizens are a CANCER on the Republic.
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