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After the big interview, I said to my wife, "I wish I could have briefed Putin before the interview on how best to connect with Americans and what to be sure not to leave out."
I think he missed an opportunity to document some of the most critical information on Ukrainian war crimes committed against Russia prior to The Special Military Operation of 2022.
But perhaps President Putin would have replied to me, "Mr. Botkin, thank you for your advice, but you fail to understand just how irrelevant America has become in serious discussions about foreign policy and world affairs. My interest is not in "connecting" with Americans, but in speaking to the hundreds of millions in those nations which did not join the West in sanctions against Russia. They listen carefully to what I say, even my lengthy history lessons."
This reality may have been best summarized by the writer SIMPLICIUS in the following post:
SIMPLICIUS Ѱ @simpatico771
"Westoids complaining about Putin's interview being too pedantic have an inflated sense of self-worth: they assume the interview is primarily designed to appeal to them. Little do they know the West has become so irrelevant that it's no longer even necessarily the chief intended audience for Putin's transmissions.
"For instance, many of Putin's statements go viral in China, generating hundreds of millions or even billions of views/impressions on sites like Weibo, vastly larger engagements than the entire population of most of the West combined. In the east, where the citizenry is learned, historically-literate, etc., Putin's longueurs are actually appreciated, dissected, and discussed. This is particularly the case in China, where the majority of people are not only history buffs, but have a sacred respect for history and tradition.
"In the West, Putin's words may fall on deaf ears and be drowned out by illiterate popculture noise, but the West is no longer relevant to the world. In other places, Putin's words will reverberate, consummating their intended effects."
11:06 PM · Feb 8, 2024
No major influential Christian leader or pastor would associate themselves with a man who might be considered the 21st Century’s “Angel Of Death.”
Or would they?
"Rick Warren. Tim Keller. Russell Moore. Ed Stetzer. David French. And many more did. People often refer to these types as ‘Big Eva’ (Big Evangelicalism) and thanks almost exclusively to Megan Basham’s unyielding pursuit of the truth, we now know that these “Christian leaders” and “pastors” platformed, praised, hosted on their podcasts, and drooled over Francis Collins as a hero, “brother in Christ”, and according to David French, “a national treasure.” As Editor in Chief of Christianity Today, Russell Moore appreciates the “Christian humility and grace of Francis Collins” and said “I can’t wait to see how God uses him next.” Before his death, Pastor Tim Keller thought Collins was sort of like the prophet Daniel. The new Dean at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, Ed Stetzer, believes Collins ...
“In our capital [Budapest], Jewish families and Jewish communities are safer than anywhere in Europe. There is no other European country where Jewish communities living in the capital enjoy even a comparable sense of security to what they experience in Budapest.”
--Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
‘It has been over a decade since Western media began (and continues) to demonize Orbán for his uncompromising position against migration. This passage of time is useful, as it allows us to look back and evaluate Orban’s logic for rejecting migration in light of what has actually happened over the last ten years.’
-- Raymond Ibrahim
