"I
think the American people that take time to watch this will be
impressed with Putin, his relaxed manner, but also his passion and his
candid discussion of Christianity, too. I think, you know, that's going
to cause people to take a second look or the second thought."
By Ekaterina Blinova: The
much-talked-about Vladimir Putin-Tucker Carlson interview may further
chip away at support for Ukraine and could even complicate the process
for US lawmakers to come up with cash for the Kiev regime, Larry
Johnson, a retired CIA intelligence officer and State Department
official, told Sputnik. American journalist Tucker Carlson
has come under a barrage of verbal attacks and denunciation from the
Washington elite for interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Among those going into meltdown mode and vilifying the renowned ex-Fox
News host, were the US mainstream media, Team Biden officials and
disgruntled, two-time failed presidential contender Hillary Clinton
who branded him as a "useful idiot", claiming that everything that
Putin would say would be a "pack of lies". Meanwhile, millions took to
Twitter and Carlson's website to watch the history-making interview."The
media freak out," Larry Johnson, a retired CIA intelligence officer,
told Sputnik. "The media has been losing credibility with each passing
week. They are seen as dishonest and propagandists. So, what they think
is really of little importance, I don't see a groundswell developing to
try to attack Tucker. The irony is, if you take the Fox News Network and
MSNBC and CNN combined, Tucker has more viewers, more people following
him, than those networks do. They're just jealous."
“Outstanding” performance: CIA veteran breaks down the Tucker Carlson-Vladimir Putin interview.
"What
you see, just by watching the body language is, President Putin was
very relaxed. He was not sitting there with arms crossed or legs
crossed. He was sitting back in his chair…
pic.twitter.com/rasUz70yGC "Tonight,
Fox News Network and CNN and MSNBC combined may have had a total of 8
million viewers. Tucker is already three times the size of whatever they
saw. Now he also has a global audience, but, you know, this thing is
going to spread. I would anticipate that before this is done, well over
100 million people, maybe 200 million, will have watched it worldwide," he predicted.
The now-retired CIA official believes that Putin's interview could end up eroding support
for the Kiev regime among American conservatives and make it even more
difficult for US lawmakers to funnel billions into Washington's Ukraine
proxy conflict. Origins of Ukraine Conflict
While
speaking to Carlson, Putin briefly recounted Russia's history to
illustrate the strong cultural, religious, and ethnic bonds shared
between Russians and Ukrainians
The
Russian president shed light on the post-Cold War period and US schemes
to pull Ukraine away from Russia's fold by promising to admit it into
NATO and later fomenting a coup in 2014 with the active participation of
neo-Nazi paramilitary groups which soon morphed into an eight-year war
by the Kiev regime against Donbass. Putin underscored that Russia did
not start the Ukraine conflict in 2022 but moved to end the Kiev
regime's war against its own people.
"Putin
believes, as I do, that history helps shape the present," Johnson
explained. "And if you don't understand where you've been, you'll have a
tough time to understand where you're going. And so understanding the
history that's inherent in all of this and particularly people in
Russia, in the Caucasus, down into the Middle East, they really bring a
different historical perspective to life that is very different from
what Americans do. Americans don't remember much."
If
Americans want to comprehend why Russia rushed to the rescue of Donbass
in 2022 and declared the denazification of Ukraine to be one of its key
goals, they must remember that the wounds of WW2 that are still fresh
in Russia, the ex-CIA official stressed."Whereas,
as you see today, with respect to the Russian people remembering the
Great Patriotic War [WW2], they remember," Johnson noted. "They carry
pictures. So it's still fresh. And the damage inflicted upon the Russian
people by the Germans, the Nazis, is something they have not forgotten
and won't easily forget. So I think that's part of why Putin goes back
to history, to drive home the point that Russians have a different
timeline, different perspective from Americans. And it's important for
Americans to understand that."
During
the interview, Putin drew attention to the fact that the Kiev regime
appeases neo-Nazi groups of all stripes in Ukraine, praises Hitler
regime collaborators Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych as national
heroes, and applauds a former SS 14th Grenadiers veteran who has the blood of Poles and Jews on his hands.
Does the US Really Have Desire to Send Troops to Russia?
Meanwhile, the Biden administration's claims that Russia "would not stop" after winning the conflict in Ukraine and would go so far as attacking NATO have been repeatedly debunked by Moscow.
Speaking
to Carlson, Putin castigated Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's
remark that the US would have to send its troops to Russia unless
Ukraine is granted a new $60 billion aid package as a "cheap provocation."
"If
someone has the desire to send in American troops, that would certainly
bring humanity to the brink of a very serious, global conflict...This
conflict is taking place thousands of kilometers away from your national
territory! Don't you have anything better to do?" the Russian president asked.
"I
thought one of the most important, he had several important
revelations, but he indicated that the number one supplier of
mercenaries is Poland, followed by the United States, which I thought
was quite telling. And then I guess third was Georgians," Johnson noted.
"So he was commenting on the fact that Russia is already dealing with
foreign fighters. But his specific point on that was that if you send
armies in uniform under the command of generals, then you're looking at a
nuclear war. Russia will defend itself with all necessary means at its
disposal."
Team Biden Pushes Fearmongering About Russia
Team
Biden and the US mainstream press is not only groundlessly accusing
Russia of harboring plans to attack NATO, they are also spinning tales
about Russia taking American citizens as hostages, which is similarly
nonsensical, as per Johnson.
"As
I watched our State Department continue to tell American people to stay
away, it's a dangerous place. You're going to get picked up and you're
going to be interrogated and imprisoned. And it's such nonsense," the
CIA veteran said, citing the case of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan
Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges in Russia.
Johnson stressed that "it looks like [Gershkovich] was being used as an intelligence asset."
"He
got caught. And maybe he was deliberate bait to try to, you know, that
he was set up so that he would be caught in order to put pressure on
Russia. That's one possibility. Or it could have been that the CIA was
just sloppy and incompetent. That's another possibility," the former CIA
analyst said.
During
the interview with Carlson, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not
rule out that the WSJ reporter could be released, stressing that
Gershkovich was caught red-handed: "We don't rule out we can do that if our partners make reciprocal steps."
Summarizing his impressions from the Putin-Carlson conversation, the CIA veteran noted: "I
think the American people that take time to watch this will be
impressed with Putin, his relaxed manner, but also his passion and his
candid discussion of Christianity, too. I think, you know, that's going
to cause people to take a second look or the second thought."
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