Comments by "" (@redtela) on "Barrister REACTS - Zelenskyy, Trump u0026 Vance Major Fallout" video.

  1. 1. Russian boots were on the ground, and actively telling people how to vote in the referendum, with an instruction that failing to vote correctly would mean they watch their loved ones face a firing squad, before the firing squad shot them. Are you going to pretend that was in any way a legitimate referendum? 2. While it's true that in 2014 Ukraine started shelling residential districts in Donetsq etc, I wonder why you don't reference that it was in reaction to the armed insurrection that had already been started by Russia?
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  2. Here here. At least I wasn't the only one actively listening, rather than trying to judge.
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  3. Equally, I quite liked the reference to "I will wear a costume... " - works very well given the meaning of the word in both languages.
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  4. @paulaberstler4449  well, you remember history differently than I. I have a personal connection to Crimea, and I remember the timeline very well.
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  5. So, let me get this straight... it's OK for you to not wear a suit, to indicate that you're "no better than the viewer, just explaining things that you know"... meanwhile, Zelensky has vowed not to wear a suit until the war is over, to show solidarity with his military forces... and that is somehow disrespectful, just because he happens to be in the Oval Office? This not withstanding, of course, that he has not worn a suit on previous occasions at the Oval Office, including when meeting Trump, but no-one considered it disrespectful then? I know a few Ukrainian folks - and while they have never liked Zelensky, I can understand the cultural reasons behind WHY Zelensky acted the way he did. IMO, Vance was the most disrespectful, and stoked the arguments. Trump was trying to play hardball, so that he can ALSO play hardball with Putin, and Zelensky was ANGRY - to put it mildly. That is why Zelensky's body language was defensive. It is factually accurate that all global leaders, so far, have done nothing to stop Putin. Sure, help has been offered to Ukraine - but none of that help has actually stopped Putin. Sadly, I don't believe deplomacy will work - Putin has a long record of doing whatever he pleases, both within and external to his own country, regardless of any consequences. If your thoughts on Zelensky claiming no-one has stopped Putin is where it all kicked off... Zelensky still wasn't factually wrong, or disrespectful to point it out. I watched the whole thing, including the 3h or so lead up to the meeting - you are factually incorrect that Zelensky was not interrupted. Sure, he wasn't interrupted at the particular point you are referencing, but he was interrupted, talked over, and not allowed to complete answers to comments made by Vance. It was Vance, mostly, who raised his voice in order to talk over Zelensky. Sadly, it is very clear that you do not understand the Ukrainian/Russian culture, and you're applying a Western cultural reference to your observations - which interestingly, lead you to almost the exact opposite conclusion of most of the rest of the Western media, at least in so far as I've seen media references to it. And here I was, thinking that this channel purported to being unbiased.
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  6. I'll also add, when Churchill went to the Whitehouse to ask for US involvement in WWII... he did not wear a suit.
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  7. The UK has never had free speech, you're utterly deluded if you think it has... go back to the times of Henry VIII or James I... the monarch could behead you at their whim. That is the price of living under a Monarchy.
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