Posted on 03/08/2025 4:29:07 PM PST by marshmallow
He addressed the Europeans: "Russia has never been and will never be your enemy!
We do not want European raw materials and wealth, we have our own raw materials and wealth, we absolutely do not need your raw materials. Russia is the richest country in the world in terms of raw materials.
We do not want your land or your territory. Look at how wide Russia is on the map. Russia is twice the size of the whole of Europe in one place. What would we need your land for, what do we do with it?
Why do you think Russia is an enemy of Europe? What damage has Russia done to you?
Have we sold you gas and raw materials at lower prices than the prices at which your "friends" are currently selling you? YES
Did Russia sacrifice 20 million people in World War II to get rid of the Nazis? YES
Was Russia the first country to help Europe during the Covid pandemic? YES
Did we help Europe when there were fires and natural disasters? YES
What has Russia done to you that you hate it so much?
Russia is not your enemy; your real enemies are your leaders, those who lead you!”
Wow!
Thanks, this should be good.
I an not naïve to the fact Putin is a bad guy, but he is so for Russia, not goals of physical world domination, maybe ideological but not physical.
However, in this speech he is right, the real enemies of Europe are their leaders.
“Did Russia sacrifice 20 million people in World War II to get rid of the Nazis? YES”
How many Christians and Ukrainians did the Bolshevik Commissars murder?
This will explain a lot to those who care to learn some recent history.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1894833586387501070.html
Interesting. Probably true. Remains to be seen. I hope it’s the truth.
I've heard that a lot of rich Russians have bought property along the Croatian coast. She wasn't one of those rich Russians.
Why did Putin not answer the obvious question: why is Russia at war with Kiev?
Did she thank you?
Russia is not a war with Ukraine, they are at war with the US and Europe Military Industrial Complex on Ukrainian soil.
“Europe’s problem is they need to go to war with Russia because otherwise, they are well and truly screwed. War is good business for Old Europe. They need a massive bond issue to float their ridiculous economies, stealing from the future, again. Like Canadians, if Europe knew how broke it was, all the administration buildings would be set on fire with the bureaucrats still in them. That’s how bad it is. They started the war with Ukraine by breaking a promise they made in 1998 not to expand NATO. And they never fulfilled the Minsk Treaty. They effected a color revolution on Putin’s doorstep in 2014 and deposed an elected President because he was pro-Russia. They appointed an actor, Zelenskyy, as President. Western elites started this war. European bureaucrats, USAID personnel and politicians are neck deep in the blood of 1.5 million dead.”
https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/kill-the-admin-state-salt-the-earth
The entire article is FANTASTIC! She sees through the BS and knows how to write.
Literally a spot on analysis.
“Why did Putin not answer the obvious question: why is Russia at war with Kiev?”
Because you seem to limit your sources of information to CNN. If you bothered to go beyond CNN, the reasons would be explained and would make sense, perhaps not to you, but to the OTHER 80% of the world.
Putin is delusional. Tor example, this question:
Putin: “Why do you think Russia is an enemy of Europe?”
Answer: “ Ukraine is in Europe. Look at what you did to so many cities and villages in Ukraine. Look at all the people you murdered there. These were supposed to be your brothers? These Ukrainians are almost all anti-Nazi. You have nobody to blame but yourself on why so many Europeans hate Russia”
This link has tons of sourced info as well.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1894833586387501070.html
We started this war.
What specific Minsk treaty? If the US is a party then what is the US Senate ratification rate?
Note: without a US Senate ratification date the US federal government has not made a binding agreement. If the Senate votes 66-34 in favor of a proposed Treaty then the Treaty is as dead as a Bill that never made it out of a house committee.
*date, not rate
Putin copies the tactic of American Democrats to not answer questions they don’t like. He is like the Moscow version of 2 NYC politicians
named Haqeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.
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