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Report: Putin threatens to use Ukrainian women, children, as human shields
bizpacreview.com ^ | March 6, 2014 | Michael Dorstewitz

Posted on 03/06/2014 11:17:30 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

“We don’t want to do it, but we will, we will do it only in order to protect Ukrainian citizens. We will put their women and children in front of our troops, not behind, but in front and we will be hiding our solders behind them. I dare any Ukrainian commander to give an order to shoot at such crowd.”

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To: Berlin_Freeper

I’m not buying this.


61 posted on 03/07/2014 7:50:02 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: IvanV

Thanks for the translation assist. FR has taught me to be skeptical of what I read and your post is a great example of why.


62 posted on 03/07/2014 7:56:13 AM PST by Pan_Yan (Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
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To: SpaceBar
"The bam is trying to do the same to conceal his destruction of the United States."

He's not doing a very good job of concealing it.


63 posted on 03/07/2014 7:57:36 AM PST by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Putin is saying that the people in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine support what he has done to restore order. They would stand in front of the Russian forces to show their support.

Somebody wants a war and IMO it isn’t Putin.


64 posted on 03/07/2014 8:01:39 AM PST by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: PapaBear3625

Please see my note above about the translation quality of the original story. That should be a good enough reply, but I’ll try to make it clearer for you and anyone else looking at this thread.

No one said anything about Ukrainian women and children spontaneously or voluntarily choosing to stand in front of Russian troops or being used as human shields except BizPac Review and Russia Today.

I noted that Putin was pretty angry when he was speaking. We do not know what the reporter said to him before this out-of-context clip was taken, but whatever it was (I believe probably something about the Ukes firing on the invading Russian Army...), it got him pretty mad. So, he was speaking under emotional stress and lost some of his control. He said they, the Russians, would “take a decision for the defense of Ukrainian citizens and if someone tries, if one of these servicemen...”

At that point, he loses some coherence and states “they (implied Ukrainian military) would be shooting at their own people, for which we (the Russians) are there for”.

He then makes an emotional, slightly illogical leap to, “Let them try to shoot women and children.” It’s easy to see why he said that. I’ve served in places where we, the US military, were there to protect civilians and any shooting at us was perceived as a de facto threat against those we were trying to protect.

Nothing about women and children putting themselves into harm’s way to defend any Russians and nothing about Putin threatening to use women and children as human shields was in what Putin said in the clip provided by Ken H.

Putin was projecting equivalence between his Russian troops and (Ukrainian/Crimean) women and children. What is understood by many is that the population of the Crimea is about 60 percent Russian. That’s who is really more equivalent to the Russian troops and is what, I believe honestly, got Putin’s dander up.

The fact that you and anyone else are thinking along the lines of the first very bad translations, and in my view intentionally bad translations, shows that the translators’ goal of influencing you to their way of thinking was successful. Influence Ops 101.

Please don’t take any of this as a defense of Putin on my part. See my other note above for a good video link about him. I just don’t like it that those who would manipulate us into war, would abuse their knowledge of a foreign language to do so. There are other, more important reasons to dislike Putin than what this mis-translation is about.

Cheers from Virginia!

Ivan


65 posted on 03/07/2014 8:34:17 AM PST by IvanV ("A tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." - CS Lewis)
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To: IvanV

Bump


66 posted on 03/07/2014 8:35:37 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: listenhillary

You are absolutely correct, sir, in that the ethnic Russian people in Crimea and eastern Ukraine support what Putin has done and would stand in front of/with Russian forces to show their support. It’s just not what Putin actually said to the reporter... ; )

See my encyclopedia entry above for details.

Your tagline is right on, too, BTW!

Cheers!

Ivan


67 posted on 03/07/2014 8:44:46 AM PST by IvanV ("A tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." - CS Lewis)
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To: IvanV

Thanks Ivan. Agree fully with your posts above.


68 posted on 03/07/2014 8:47:24 AM PST by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: listenhillary
The RT translation makes it sound as if the Ukrainians will voluntarily act as human shields, but in fact Putin never says the “their own people who stand up in front of us” part on the video. He only states that “we will stand behind them”.
69 posted on 03/07/2014 9:09:20 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: IvanV

Putting women and children in front of his invading tr0ops, either by force or encouraging them on TV to do so, is utterly vile and disgusting!


70 posted on 03/07/2014 9:20:52 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: IvanV

The full hour session is at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_627649057&feature=iv&src_vid=N68TI-KAQds&v=QiKF8JN1qmk

The excerpt is from about 34:00 into the full video, if you want to see the whole thing in context. The English translation is over the Russian, but you make out parts of the Russian.


71 posted on 03/07/2014 9:21:21 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: IvanV
No one said anything about Ukrainian women and children spontaneously or voluntarily choosing to stand in front of Russian troops or being used as human shields except BizPac Review and Russia Today.

And Russia Today is funded by the Russian government. You would think that Putin would do something about ensuring that the translations coming out of RT accurately represented what he said.

72 posted on 03/07/2014 9:26:49 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Putin always seemed a little off,

but now he is cracking.
73 posted on 03/07/2014 9:33:37 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: IvanV

Thank you for a very informative post!


74 posted on 03/07/2014 9:50:00 AM PST by Ken H (What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
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To: yldstrk

A John Kerry quote. Look it up.


75 posted on 03/07/2014 9:55:45 AM PST by Ray76 (How modern liberals think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Well, the referenced video clip doesn’t show Putin encouraging them on TV to do so and I’m pretty sure the invading Russian troops aren’t going to do so by force, but otherwise I am in full agreement with you - Putting women and children in front of invading troops, either by force or encouraging them on TV to do so is utterly vile and disgusting!

Cheers!

Ivan


76 posted on 03/07/2014 10:39:38 AM PST by IvanV ("A tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." - CS Lewis)
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To: PapaBear3625

Ha! That’s awesome! Thanks!

I couldn’t really hear past the interpreter’s English, but you could hear that he was interpreting simultaneously (which is very difficult to do), and he kind of skipped over a couple of phrases... (ahem) and he wasn’t quite right on with some of the interpretation, but he did get the overall meaning correct: The Ukrainians shouldn’t be firing at the Russians with the Russians being there amongst the civilians.

I did find this Russian news story about the interview, only about a half-hour. I’ll put ears on it this weekend...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k2xnYZ20Lg

Cheers!

Ivan


77 posted on 03/07/2014 10:39:38 AM PST by IvanV ("A tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." - CS Lewis)
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To: PapaBear3625

“And Russia Today is funded by the Russian government. You would think that Putin would do something about ensuring that the translations coming out of RT accurately represented what he said.”
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You’d be surprised... Nah, they usually do a really good job. But like they say, though, one “uh-oh” kills a hundred “attaboys”!

And as I previously stated, too, simultaneous interpretation is extremely difficult. So, add that to Putin’s speaking even faster than normal due to being angry, slurring a word or two, and you end up with “women and children in front of”, instead of “for whom we’ll be standing”... a mistake which does make some sense in Russian, if not in English.

Cheers!

Ivan


78 posted on 03/07/2014 10:40:21 AM PST by IvanV ("A tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." - CS Lewis)
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To: Ken H

No problemmo! Glad I could help.


79 posted on 03/07/2014 10:40:21 AM PST by IvanV ("A tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." - CS Lewis)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Putin always seemed a little off,

but now he is cracking.
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I’m having trouble reconciling that photo with this news story...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/06/pentagon-studying-putins-body-movement-for-clues/6116281/

; )


80 posted on 03/07/2014 11:00:02 AM PST by IvanV ("A tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." - CS Lewis)
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