Great post. Great points. Sad that you are one of the few independent minded thinkers supporting Ukraine who can articulate a rational rebuttal to the Ukrainian diaspora’s obsession with hating Tucker Carlson. I receive these emails from my diaspora. Is it true that Ukraine just added Tucker to the kill list? Why wasn’t the same done for Barbara Walters, Charlie Rose, George Stephanopoulos who also interviewed Putin? Why is journalism only permitted for leftist narratives? I also follow writings of independent minded progressives like Alex Berenson and Naomi Wolff. Hope Alex Berenson gets his victory in his lawsuits.
Thanks for the comment. Killing Tucker would be a vast, vast mistake. It would confirm the darkest suspicions of many of us. Might galvanize us to action.
Tucker doesn't realize the snake pit he's in. Putler may take him out just to blame UA to his advantage.
My response.👇👇
If Putin does that, its because UA put Carlson on their kill list. That’s a green light for Putin to do the bidding of UA and US. If it happens, that’s UA fault, even possibly US. How can we verify if it was UA that announced the kill list. US sources could also have pushed this false flag narrative, for Putin or UA to take the bait. I trust no one these days. US has a history of pushing false flags.
I have no idea why Carlson is so wrong. At first I understood his desire to avoid US troop involvement although I am certain some numbers of operators are in Ukraine right now. They are advising but also collecting data particularly related to the use of UAVs by both sides - good for the US. OTOH, it's fair to worry over direct payments from the US where graft might exist. But most of the money is used to gather and deliver US surplus gear that would otherwise be scrap metal. The rest goes to recreate the ability to churn out munitions which are badly needed for "just in case". After all, building Apple computers in the US turned out to fail because we couldn't manufacture at scale tiny precision screws anymore! We need to restore that ability and can't afford to allow the Chinese full dominance. Carlson does not appreciate much of that discussion, besides not beginning to understand the cultures involved.
Great post. Great points. Sad that you are one of the few independent minded thinkers supporting Ukraine who can articulate a rational rebuttal to the Ukrainian diaspora’s obsession with hating Tucker Carlson. I receive these emails from my diaspora. Is it true that Ukraine just added Tucker to the kill list? Why wasn’t the same done for Barbara Walters, Charlie Rose, George Stephanopoulos who also interviewed Putin? Why is journalism only permitted for leftist narratives? I also follow writings of independent minded progressives like Alex Berenson and Naomi Wolff. Hope Alex Berenson gets his victory in his lawsuits.
Thanks for the comment. Killing Tucker would be a vast, vast mistake. It would confirm the darkest suspicions of many of us. Might galvanize us to action.
A comment from a friend:👇👇
Tucker doesn't realize the snake pit he's in. Putler may take him out just to blame UA to his advantage.
My response.👇👇
If Putin does that, its because UA put Carlson on their kill list. That’s a green light for Putin to do the bidding of UA and US. If it happens, that’s UA fault, even possibly US. How can we verify if it was UA that announced the kill list. US sources could also have pushed this false flag narrative, for Putin or UA to take the bait. I trust no one these days. US has a history of pushing false flags.
I take things at face value until circumstance forces me to change my opinion. Let's hope for the best on this.
I have no idea why Carlson is so wrong. At first I understood his desire to avoid US troop involvement although I am certain some numbers of operators are in Ukraine right now. They are advising but also collecting data particularly related to the use of UAVs by both sides - good for the US. OTOH, it's fair to worry over direct payments from the US where graft might exist. But most of the money is used to gather and deliver US surplus gear that would otherwise be scrap metal. The rest goes to recreate the ability to churn out munitions which are badly needed for "just in case". After all, building Apple computers in the US turned out to fail because we couldn't manufacture at scale tiny precision screws anymore! We need to restore that ability and can't afford to allow the Chinese full dominance. Carlson does not appreciate much of that discussion, besides not beginning to understand the cultures involved.
I forgot to thank Wanda for her wonderful comment about Russian behavior in Afghanistan in yesterday's post.
https://grahamseibert.substack.com/p/tucker-carlson-in-moscow-special/comments