Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Former White House advisor warns of renewed Russian assault on Kyiv | Conflict Zone" video.

You are so right. I have seen her discuss Putin and Russia and without any doubt she's got a better handle on this than most others.
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You are so right. I have seen her discuss Putin and Russia and without any doubt she's got a better handle on this than most others.
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@sarchisi Yes you might be right, BUT IT DOES NOT LET HIM OFF FOR HIS OWN DECISIONS. Nothing excuses the murders of civilians, just as America & Allies should not ever be excused for their murdering of civilians in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Using mercenaries like the Wagner Group is also inexcusable just like it was inexcusable for America to use Blackwater. Russia has to accept that most of the countries who joined NATO did so because THEY WANTED PROTECTION from Russia because of what the Russians did all through the cold war. America has to also accept that people in countries like Iran hate them for what they did during the cold war. This is the problem with BOTH the Russians and the Americans. They wont accept responsibility for what they've done in the past and continue to do.
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@florianmeier3186 That's a great set of points. Its a very easy thing to lump an entire population in with the political leaders of that nation. I'm Australian and an American friend once commented to me that Australian's were very friendly towards Americans and seemed to like a lot of American cultural things like sports. I actually went to college in America and love the place. That friend pointed out that despite what things about America that Australians like they utterly hate American politics and particularly American foreign politics. Don't forget that Australia was dragged into Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and several other minor events by America. There's also been a lot of American interference in Australian politics over many decades. So there's a certain amount of resentment towards America in Australia. And that's the thing. We try (not always successfully) to separate the people from the politics.
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@sarchisi Anybody who knows what's being going on knows that the there's a lot truth in what you say. For all of its rhetoric about liberty and freedom America interferes with almost every country it deals with. Plus American politics is laced with the influence of its military industrial complex and for that to work they need a threat to point at. For the next jet, the next aircraft carrier, then next gun that industry needs a threat. BUT as Fiona Hill points out it was Vladimir Putin's CHOICE to invade Ukraine, not anyone else's.
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