Article

2024-02-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by badanov 2024-02-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 7 hours after the interview was posted at this Tucker's YouTube channel, there are 2,350,693 views, and 51,874 comments from Russia, Ukraine, the US, Germany, Australia, and many other countries around the world.

Posted by Beldar Uneter3543 2024-02-09 01:37|| 2024-02-09 01:37|| Front Page Top

#2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOCWBhuDdDo

The above is Tucker's YouTube channel. At this time the number of replies on X here as linked to by Badanov has 37.5 thousand comments.

Posted by Beldar Uneter3543 2024-02-09 01:40|| 2024-02-09 01:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks for posting this.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-02-09 01:53|| 2024-02-09 01:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The transcript is more informative than the interview - easier to follow Putins long rambling answers.

Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2024-02-09 06:06|| 2024-02-09 06:06|| Front Page Top

#5 It was not as bad as Geraldo opening Al Capone's vault, but it was underwhelming.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 06:45|| 2024-02-09 06:45|| Front Page Top

#6 When I saw this western spin on Putin,"falsely asserts that Russia is interested in a negotiated end to its war in Ukraine." I watched the interview and it went very well. The falsely asserts jab was low brow. Putin's grasp of history was amazing. Tucker is also well schooled in history. Putin took the time to school him on Russian history and the world. Biden would have never made it. Russian will restore Ukraine minus the Nazi's, NATO and the West.

Posted by Dale 2024-02-09 10:21|| 2024-02-09 10:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Putin did present certain portions of Russia (Muscovy, in olden days) and the surrounding area's history, but he ignored (or selectively forgot) many others.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-02-09 10:50|| 2024-02-09 10:50|| Front Page Top

#8 It was TLDW - too long (most people) didn't watch. It guaranteed anyone could shade it any way they wished in the summarizing process.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 10:54|| 2024-02-09 10:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Putin managed to sound more like a history professor than the ruthless dictator that he is. Even if I'm sympathetic to his aims for Ukraine, I cannot be taken in by his charisma. He is certainly a cold, hard dude who doesn't mind if a few heads have to role. That doesn't mean we have to provoke a war with him. I would keep him at arm's length but he is a very interesting character. He might well be the best man for his job. It's not our place to decide that. It should be clear to everyone that all the talk we heard after the invasion of Ukraine about him dying of cancer and being an alcoholic were lies. It would be stupid to underestimate him.

For sure, Biden could not have spoken so coherently for so long. Not many American presidents, if any, could. Yes, he did omit certain aspects of Russia's relationship with Ukraine, most notably Stalin's collectivization. I also found his remarks on China disingenuous at best. When he claimed that China's foreign policy is not aggressive I nearly gagged. Tell it to the Taiwanese, Vlad. Tell it to the Vietnamese, the Filipinos, the Japanese, the Tibetans and the Uighurs. Oh well, maybe that's our fault for driving him into the arms of Xi Jinping.

But, as a former student of Russian history, I found it fascinating. I think the vast majority of Americans, even our most astute leaders, know very little of Russian history and it seemed that Vlad was attempting to remedy that. I believe he is correct in thinking we cannot understand what is happening in Ukraine now without some historical perspective. But, realistically, I'm not sure how many people have the patience to sit through it all. I can just imagine Joe Biden falling asleep after the first few minutes. Baraq Obama probably wouldn't make it either. In all of their arrogance, I think most of our elites will not give this interview the attention it deserves.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-02-09 12:45|| 2024-02-09 12:45|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ Watching that interview clearly affected your ability to "keep it brief."

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 12:52|| 2024-02-09 12:52|| Front Page Top

#11 Everyone in the interview wore an earphone. Repeating what is said into your ear smoothly and naturally is a rare talent. Is that what happened here? IDK.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 12:54|| 2024-02-09 12:54|| Front Page Top

#12 ^I don't think Vlad's translator is a diversity hire.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-09 12:57|| 2024-02-09 12:57|| Front Page Top

#13 the attention it deserves.

Sorry. Tucker is just another victim of "Internet time." The content, as laid out in the transcript, is not worth two hours. If it had been paywalled some people would realistically want their money back.

Gummint approved media breathing a big sigh of relief today.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 12:59|| 2024-02-09 12:59|| Front Page Top

#14 Sorry if I wrote a lot of words there. It was interesting to me. But then, I'm a nerd.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-02-09 13:51|| 2024-02-09 13:51|| Front Page Top

#15 The interview was warmed over gruel. Anyone who got excited about it should seek help.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 14:01|| 2024-02-09 14:01|| Front Page Top

#16 Excellent interview.

Posted by Beldar Uneter3543 2024-02-09 15:32|| 2024-02-09 15:32|| Front Page Top

#17 re: 14, nerds is good.

Posted by AlanC 2024-02-09 16:13|| 2024-02-09 16:13|| Front Page Top

#18 Utterly hilarious the fanbois screech about how good it was but can't say exactly why.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 16:18|| 2024-02-09 16:18|| Front Page Top

#19 ^Because
(a) It was "in your face" to western elites - who thought they can cancel Russia the way they cancel domestic dissidents.
(b) It always pleasent to see a world leader who knows some history - most of the category are monkeys.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-09 16:29|| 2024-02-09 16:29|| Front Page Top

#20 Yawn. It was supposed to show how Russia was in the right. It didn't do that at all.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 16:38|| 2024-02-09 16:38|| Front Page Top

#21 History as an excuse for what is going on now is nonsense.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 16:39|| 2024-02-09 16:39|| Front Page Top

#22 If history is the go-to, we should have more slavery, muskets and cannibalism.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 16:41|| 2024-02-09 16:41|| Front Page Top

#23 Thanks Abu; looking forward to it now.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-02-09 16:42|| 2024-02-09 16:42|| Front Page Top

#24 "We always did it like this before" is routinely derided after a company collapses.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 16:46|| 2024-02-09 16:46|| Front Page Top

#25 Let it be said. Tucker Carlson is not Tom Snyder.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-09 17:34|| 2024-02-09 17:34|| Front Page Top

#26 "As the Poles had not given the Danzig corridor to Germany, and went too far, pushing Hitler to start World War 2 by attacking them. Why was it Poland against whom the war started, on 1st September 1939? Poland turned out to be uncompromising, and Hitler had nothing to do but start implementing his plans with Poland."

[...]

This under the well known Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, a part of the territory including western Ukraine was to be given to Russia, thus Russia, which was then named the USSR regained its historical lands. After the victory in the Great Patriotic War, as we call World War 2, and all those territories were ultimately enshrined as belonging to Russia, to the USSR."

History, Putin style.

Posted by European Conservative 2024-02-09 18:32|| 2024-02-09 18:32|| Front Page Top

21:26 NoMoreBS
20:21 Slusogum Lumplump3246
19:31 trailing wife
19:27 NoMoreBS
18:55 Frank G
18:54 M. Murcek
18:53 Frank G
18:44 NoMoreBS
18:39 Chris
18:37 Super Hose
18:32 European Conservative
18:28 Procopius2k
18:26 trailing wife
18:24 Chris
18:24 Procopius2k
18:19 Chris
18:18 Chris
18:02 swksvolFF
17:59 swksvolFF
17:48 swksvolFF
17:34 M. Murcek
17:08 jpal
17:07 swksvolFF
17:05 trailing wife