'Does not give Russia the right to attack': Blinken pushes back on Rand Paul
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- Secretary of State Antony Blinken fired back at Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) after Paul suggested that Georgia and Ukraine were attacked by Russia because they were once part of the Soviet Union.
Paul has given up any pretense of patriotism.
Ok groomer
Putin bought American.. He OWNS the Republican Party.
Should have asked him if he felt Mexico would be justified in attacking Texas....He may have seen it differently then
What did rand say that was not factually true? Putin has said he wants to bring back the old Soviet union. He should’ve also said under Obama Biden and Clinton Putin took Crimea Georgia and Ukraine. Under Trump crickets. Peace through strength works. Democrats are weak and Putin sees that every time
@@RiseAgainstDisciple why are you fixated on touching children? Get help comrade!
Ask Paul if it’s ok that the US to forget American independence and go back to being a British colony.
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Good point. According to Paul it's probably OK for the British to invade the US, since it had at one stage belonged to the British empire. Apparently the American people have no say in the matter.
Going to the aide in European problems might as well be ending our independence.
Or a good part of the US going back to Mexico
I’m from Republic of Georgia. Our country exist for thousands of years, our capital Tbilisi were founded in 455! We forced to be part of Soviet Union from 2018 to 1991 and it’s been 30 years since then. What senator Paul is trying to make a point of? That we have to ask permission for what’s best for our country from Russia?
It's convenient to forget history when it suits them.
Georgia was part of Russia before that. Or was it INDEPENDENT in 1910? 1900? 1890? Etc. Etc.
@@babblo1389, going back to the 8th century Georgia consisted of two kingdoms up to 1008. It was unified into one realm until the middle of the 15th century but internal upheavals caused the creation of three kingdoms until it was conquered by the Russian Empire in 1801. It was an Orthodox Christian state like Russia and frequently sought help from Russia against Islam Iran and Turkey. Following the Russian revolution it became an independent state but was conquered by the Red Army in 1921. It became an independent state again in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. If Russia thinks it’s entitled to Georgia then Poland and Sweden are entitled to parts of Russia based on their empires of the 17th and 18th centuries.
@Pickin Dim, dumb comment, Hitler was born in Austria but we don’t condemn Austrians for his acts.
He's not smart enough to learn history earlier than 1900 .....
Rand Paul, the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century: "If we give him what he wants, we will have peace......."
THIS. Appeasement didn't work when Hitler marched into the Sudetenland, and it won't work now with Putler.
Very good ! 👍
High time to have Putin swet a little ...
NO!!! WE BECOME A RUSSIAN SATELLITE COUNTRY!!!
So, I guess Britain still has dibs on the US then, following sen. Paul's logic.
But you already know what'll happen if they try to invade 😂
Right, and other parts of the former British Empire: Australia, Canada, India, Hong Kong, etc.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing..Rand Paul, Putin enabler
Do you even educate, bro? czcams.com/video/JrMiSQAGOS4/video.html
Good point, it's always ok for America to invade countries but no one else
“The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin" Sen. John McCain 2017
'Sen McCain on Sen. Paul: "The Senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin." (C-SPAN)' czcams.com/video/BTdqIlfp8XE/video.html
McCain was absolutely a smart and brave American hero. 😢
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@@princegroove can't believe he said that back in 2017. My first thought seeing rand talk was that someone paid him.
@@genesamarian4278 It’s so apparent that Rand’s another treasonous American and Russian puppet. 🤮
He's on the wrong side of every debate I have ever heard him have.
Blinken is really good at his job. Really calm and firm in his speech. I like him.
Totally agree. One of the best US Secretaries of State.
Rand Paul is absolutely DESPERATE to find a way to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine!!! 🤣😂🤣😂
STUPID 2 BOOT
I see why Paul's neighbor kicked his ass. He needs some more of that action.
I agree.
Irritating little toad, isn't he?
Carl thinks he is a Badass🤣🤣😍
@@chuckjames7101 HAHAHA!!! I'm an old man, and I'm barely a buck fitty. You volunteering?
another one of those badasses behind the keyboard eh? This is how you resolve your misunderstanding of what he's saying? some people are just toxic masculinity
Because of traitors like this we are all at risk of losing freedom.
But it's TRUE if you dont respect another country boundaries and say a war happens well they did warm you didnt they 🤷♂️🤷♂️ Russia cant win this war but that's not the point. The point is they have a reason
No we are not. American freedom in spite of thoughts of doom is Stronger than one man's remarks. Paul is as laughable as Putin.
you have no freedom in america!!!
Peace be unto you…
Rand Paul made excellent points on this topic and there is more to the story...
While sharing information & trying to find ways around the Restrictions of Free Speech by Social Media Platforms; these factual and historical aspects about current events does not mean that I support one side over the other, yet, the truth is important to me…
Western nations are providing a type of Propagandistic Rhetoric inciting people in the world to support Foreign Policy agendas for an international trade war and blocking media that provides any information that negates their propaganda, although the other side is showing a factual, Investigative Journalism…
Putting fear into the people with food and oil/natural gas scarcity and increase of prices and stock market influences and inflated prices in everything that is connected with this incident like gold, oil, natural gas, grains, fertilizer ingredients, uranium etc; another nuclear arms race and international weaponry trading has become more transparent…
Electricity plants run on oil and would need to use dirty, polluting coal instead, which there are not many nuclear electric facilities nor those powered by water sources and hardly enough green energy production nor enough financial funding for these types of infrastructural developments and especially since Western nations prefer to spend more money on weaponry than what is good for the world...
Western nations imposed severe Sanctions against the Russian Government and private entities that have negatively affected the world, already suffering since the 2020 world's economies shut down and reduced exports and imports…
We are paying more for fuel in our cars and heating, gas for heating and cooking, and prices of grain has increased while supplies have been reduced, which will become worse in the next few months, as well as, issues with farming worldwide since the main ingredients used for fertilizers comes from Russia, which will increase the prices and reduce supplies…
With knowledge and research it is easy to learn about natural gas and oil fields and coal mines that exist in the Eastern and Northeastern areas of Ukraine…
The Russian Government's warfare tactics and the regions intended have been to control the areas with gas/oil/coal deposits…
Yet, also to protect the Russian population who have been tortured and abused by the Ukranian Government for many years...
Pertaining to the gas deposits in Ukraine, where detailed information is being blocked by CZcams's algorithmic process; which is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc/Google/CZcams corporate conglomerate that have contracts with the American Government…
When the American Government uses this kind of military support and force it has always been in countries with oil and natural gas and gold, otherwise, the American Government does not get much involved…
The American Government has been threatening the Eastern region for decades with its growing presence of approximately 800 bases in various countries, as well as, 336 biological research labs and diseases that afflict the communities surrounding those laboratories...
The American Navy has been increasingly threatening the Eastern region for some years now by funding terrorist (rebel) groups under the guise of the democratic human rights programs of the American State Department and American warships have increased in the region and it is preparing to block trade routes, etc…
It would have been in the best interests of NATO and the EU to keep Ukraine neutral, but their continued expansion is a National Security risk to the Russian Government...
The Georgian Government has become a NATO ally and there is an American military base in Akhalkalaki and Vaziani; close presence to Syria and Russia, as well as, there are several American Government biological research labs in Georgia...
There are several or more American military bases and Government biological research labs spread all over Central Asia that are a threat to the Russian Government...
How many Russian Government military bases are in Canada, Mexico, South America, the Caribbean, etc?
It's not only the Russian Government that would benefit from this action they have taken; the American Government and the Elitists, Capitalists, etc are benefitting more than anyone in the world from this Ukraine-Russia conflict...
The agenda was never to capture Kiev, but to spread out Ukrainian forces while the agenda to take the south and eastern parts of Ukraine was made easier to achieve, which we already have seen as the success of that original agenda...
I do understand that the Russian Government is an Authoritarian type of Autocracy having Imperialist interests, yet, the American Imperialist Capitalism Regime is stronger than ever & their Authoritarian Totalitarianism is quite evident…
Here in America our taxes pay for the politicians' salaries and high lifestyles and the corporations are run by the Oligarchs, who receive massive tax subsidies which the regular taxpayer ends up paying for...
High inflation in America is caused by the American Oligarchy Capitalists and the sanctions that the American Government imposes on nations that provide the world's resources, which the American Oligarchy influences to increase/decrease stocks, bonds, funds, etc in the market...
There is not much difference between the Imperialistic, Capitalism Regimes of America and Russia, yet, the American Government is the only nation with 800 military bases and 336 biological research labs around the world and many of them are surrounding Russia and China, which threatens their national security...
Oligarchs run the nation's industries and GDP for any nation, which the corporations and companies support the politicians and the president, prime minister, etc and wars are supported through what Americans call the "Military Industrial Complex"...
Yet, the American and British Governments work together to subjugate the world into its fake democracy and human rights programs that provide this illusion to uninformed and under-educated people…
Our Government easily provides money for war, yet, provides hardly any money for infrastructural development projects desperately needed in our own country and is currently selling our strategic oil reserves that helps our personal economic situation of providing lower gas prices and how long will that last, until we have no more oil left in our emergency oil reserves?
Middle America hardly has Internet or even 3G and transportation services are below 30% and there are hardly any economical opportunities and there are problems with sewage systems being available and electricity is not easily provided to all the population...
Why is our government providing money to a country that has nothing to do with our national interests?
Not a NATO affiliate nor a member of the EU...
This Russia-Ukraine conflict has nothing to do with Americans and does not benefit us at all and has only caused problems for the world and our own American people and anyone living in America...
There are no conspiracy theories...
Historical and factual information shared to inform the unknowing, yet, videos and articles are being blocked by CZcams's algorithmic process from being shared with any personal commentary…
To be continued…
With Peace and Divine Loving Consciousness
Sakinah
@@leviwalker7385 There is always a reason or excuse. Russia has no right to set boundaries for Ukraine or NATO. Their reason for the invasion is not valid.
Blinken is being reminded how frustrating it can be trying to brief stupid people. Reason and justification should be the same thing. If it's not reasonable it's not justifiable.
The USSR was a union of different socialist republics that included the Ukrainian Socialist Republic (SR), Belarus SR, Latvian SR, Lithuanian SR, Estonian SR, etc including the Georgian SR.
The main member of the USSR was of course the Russian Federation.
Not all of the members joined without force as both Georgia and also Ukraine fought against the Bolsheviks (the USR didn't want to be full communist but rather just socialist for example and was invaded twice by the Bolsheviks).
This is also why the baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia) joining NATO was crossing the line for Putin.
Lastly, sure Russia has a "reason" to invade Ukraine, but its a stupid reason based on old and obsolete imperialist views combined with a declining economy looking to "rejuvenate" and "re-masculinize" itself through military adventurism.
I can’t imagine being dumb enough to side with Russia on this conflict as an American
He's not "dumb". He's compromised by russian money.
I can’t imagine being dumb enough to side with Ukrainian nazis, usa used to fight against nazis, now we arm and support them
I suggest CNN viewers look up JJ mearsheimer, he has a video on CZcams explaining why the Ukraine crisis is usa fault
@@byteresistor just remember that's where some of the 5.2 million of Joes money came from too.
like trump?
How can a Russian traitor be trusted to serve America's interests? DOES. NOT. COMPUTE.
Trump has the right the lie, to cheat, to rape, to swindle. But that does not give Americans the right to put him behind bars. Now we know why Trump and all his insurrectionists are still walking free.
@Dick Tater when did sanders say this
@Dick Tater I'd guess that most people have no idea of that history. NATO was built precisely for that reason. Putin never has been fond of the braking up of the Soviet Union. I think it's his sole motivation. He's not getting any younger and he's got goals in life.
sure all must follow the official narrative even not logical.
@Dick Tater as they have every right to do. Just like Latvia and Lithuania.
Why did we have cuban missiles crisis because cuba is a sovereign state
INDEED speakers and hosts right to the point! I WILL repeat our war hero Gen. McCaffery urged, "we NEED to equip Ukraine 21 century Army and train NOW, not old Soviet equipment WILL run out!"
In Pauls reasoning, France and England would have justification to launch attacks on the United States to attempt to retake the territories they once ruled over in the North American continent
That sounds like a fun war
Please take Paul with you! What a tool
Or to take that line of thought further, our indigenous tribes of the Americas taking back the Americas. Or the Roman Empire taking back huge swathes of land in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. Or the Mongol Empire taking back the area from the Pacific Ocean to the Danube. Just ridiculous.
Shhh, don't give him any ideas!
Like Alaska.
Are the people that voted Rand Paul into his elevated office pleased to hear his statements "in their name"?
Wondering the same thing
They are very pedestrian
They're traitors just like him. Otherwise they wouldn't have voted for the traitor.
Of course he is standing for peace, while Blinken is for war. Hard to shift blame from NATO for their actions.
@@nilnil8411 if there is no justice there is no peace. He is not standing for peace, he is trying to justify Russian war crimes
Should I remind Rand that Alaska too was once part of Russia?
You can always rely on Rand Paul to say the dumbest possible thing in any given situation
History lessons please Sir. Is this the academic standard of the average American politician?
Can Russia take back Alaska, they had it just the other day?
May I suggest you consider what might happen if Poland, Lithuania or Mongolia all decided to re-establish the boundaries of their original empires at their zenith!!
Hong Kong was English for ages up until the other day, do they now have cause to invade Hong Kong, after all, not only were they there longer than the Soviet Union, but they all speak English, and they seem quite oppressed of late.
The British held their colonies for 100's of years until pretty much the 1960's, they all speak English too, shall the UK take them back?
If this is the historical logic of the senior American politicians who have the right to comment on international affairs, the USA in in BIG TROUBLE
This is just more TRUMP TRASH, the result of the dumbing down of America that Carl Sagan warned us all about....
Truthczcams.com/video/UMIkp3k3gJI/video.html 🤛
Or for Paul....Mexico to invade Texas....he would lose his mind...or whatever he operates with ....
Excellent post
I suggest CNN viewers look up JJ mearsheimer, he has a video on CZcams explaining why the Ukraine crisis is usa fault
"not only were they there longer than the Soviet Union, but they all speak English" I think you mean China.
Blinkin is absolutely correct. Each country has a right to choose.
Ukraine didn't choose. An organized coup to oust Yanukovich was done in 2014 with a planned government including Yatsenyuk and Poroshenko. Then Poroshenko drowned Ukraine in 91 billion dollars of Western-owned external debt. Before that Russia actually annulled Ukraine's debt to Russia from the Soviet era, meaning they were debt-free. He who owns the debt rules from behind. They are not free.
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Exactly, but this is an inconvenient truth the Left does not want to hear
@@christianvachon2235 just like libya?! they choose to get paid in gold for their oil and then get bombarded from USA-led aliance aka Nato?! America is giving you great choices!!! You are our slave or are you our slave?! if the answer is wrong you get death!
@@christianvachon2235 What about now? Are they not choosing to fight Russia? Don't talk about things you know nothing about.
Yes, exactly!
And they all did choose when the Soviet Union collapsed in December 1991, the resulting independent states recognized one another in their then-existing borders. Russia’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine violated, among other agreements, the UN Charter, the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, the 1994 Budapest Memorandum of Security Assurances for Ukraine and the 1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and Russia.
BTW - this is a war pitting Western Liberal Democracy against Putin's Fascist Authoritarianism.
Someone needs to wake Rand up to that fact.
So if Russia invaded Alaska we should just let them have it?
Iraq Afghanistan and Syria were sovereign nations too
Rand Paul is a clown. I wouldn't vote for him to run Simcity yet here he is.
In all fairness, Republican voters are quite dumb and uneducated. 😆
IRAQ?
LIBYA ?
SYRIA?
Serbia?
Rand is in charge of clown city. So he is right where he belongs.
He's a reflection of the simps that put him in office.
@@myviews9369 Terrorist regimes! R.I.P. 😆
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"You were married to that psycho, that means if he wants you back, you have to go back!" Rand Paul logic.
Something inherently wrong with this man. Can you imagine having Ron Paul as your neighbor. The man is grostequely abnoxious and ignorant. I now understand why his neighbor knocked him out.
The United States was part of the British empire. Rand supports the monarchy taking its colony back.
Senator from Kentucky, explains part of the logic.
@@saltpeter500. Goes to show how bright this so call Dr is . The level of idiocy among some GOP leaders is mind boggling.
It's actually worse, as none of those countries voluntarily were part of the USSR. It's more like, you were kidnapped and raped, by that psycho, so now you are his wife until the day you die.
Rand Paul gets my respect!
In my “Analytics” class, almost half the class ended up using Rand Paul clips for our “Logical Fallacies” assignment. It wasn’t discussed together beforehand.
Does Rand Paul hear himself? Does he really believe Russia can invade any former Soviet State?
Senator Paul, is a wacko
0:51 he wasn't saying that it justified Russia's actions he was pointing out a pattern to Russia's moves. You should watch the Convo in full context to see that CNN is taking him completely out of context.
@@johncano2594 still more sane than any democrat
is NOT what he is saying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alaska was part of Russia!!
He wonders why people literally beat the crap out of him..
What’s his address?
@@thomasc7119 what's yours ?
He may wonder, but we don't 😆😁
Is there a Go Fund Me page for this adorable neighbor finally?
I think that he gets beat up partially because of that RAT TAIL he calls hair that he cheaped on in a hair transplant operation. Guess the doctor (same guy who drove the van at the back of the alley where the procedure took place) thought it would be funny to place the hair between Paul's butt cheeks at the top of his head....
"I'm not saying it does, and yet I'm saying it."
I always liked Ron Paul, and respected him, even if I disagreed with him often. Was I hoodwinked? Was he as corrupt as his son?
Rand Paul never ceases to amaze me with the stupid things he manages to come out with.
He said the invasion is not justified. Why is that crazy? Do you think it is justified?
@@yodieyuh6077 I think you know he was referring to the "Ukraine belongs to Russia" part.
Rand's right about this and he was right about that fraud Fauci.
@@sledzeppelin
Rand didn't say that. He said it used to belong. He said putin has reasons for invading and they involve the areas that used to belong.
He said putins reasons are not justification.
@@yodieyuh6077 it DID not belong to Russia. Stop repeating FSB agitprop, asset.
Rand Paul thinks he makes good points when he is repeating Russian propaganda. What a pathetic senator. Kentucky can do better.
That's NOT what Sen Paul was trying to explain. They were of soviet decent
How on earth does this man have a microphone in front of him??? People out there actually care what that duche has to say? Surely not
Parts of France used to belong to England. I wonder what conclusion Rand would draw from that?
Rand Paul is really missing the mark with this one.
Parts of America used to "belong" to Britain and parts of America used to "belong" to Mexico. Parts of Britain used to "belong" to the Romans and parts of Mexico used to "belong" to Spain.
The strip from Louisiana up to Canada was French. Let's deliver that back to France.
The British, Spaniards and the French would like to take back land pieces of USA they once owned :)
@@ahothabeth Half of the USA used to belong to Spain.
Well england and france are different, the lands were inheritance from kings who either were the french king or english king
Rand Paul need to be expelled from his job
Cancel culture style? Clearly very loved tactic by the left 🤣
Wasn’t it really important what Cuba wanted in 62? Hypocrites
If I were the DOJ, I'd investigate the source of Rand Paul's campaign donations....very, very carefully.
Look to your own party as well. Rep's like Debbie Wasserman-Shultz and Josh Gottheimer are the reason I couldn't give a f%%% when the GOP stomps Democrats in 2022, because not one progressive will lose his/her seat.
Rand, since when does it matter to us, what Russia thinks?
Ukraine is a sovereign nation…🙄
Yeah, who cares what Russia thinks? They've only got 7,000 nuclear missiles.
It matters to him a lot. He gets funding from Russia.
The US is supposed to be a sovereign nation, explain why the current administration is allowing an invasion of our border?
Blinken is taking about principles, while Rand is telling him to be realist.
Solomon Islands also made a pact with China. Now US says its bad for US security.
Where is Random Paul’s neighbour when you need him… not a doctor.
I know... seems like his ribs healed way too fast and too soon.
@@gennaterra 😂😂😂😂😪🤣🤣🤣🤣I’m dying 😭😭😭😭😭😂😪😂😂😂
Randy got his license to practice grifting as soon as he took office, he received his PHD in lying and denying as soon as 45 ran for office. The commonwealth should be ashamed by his antics.
@@gennaterra Too bad the neighbors wasn't a better shot
Or Will Smith
by Paul's logic, Italy can lay claim to France, Spain, Turkey, etc.. because at one point in time they were part of the Roman Empire!! Makes sense to me!!!
Imagine the Native Americans ask the Americans to gtfo. Rand Paul logic
"I'm not saying them once being part of the Soviet Union and Russian Empire justifies Russia attacking them and taking them over today but that's exactly what I'm saying I just don't want to deal with any of the consequences of holding that position because I'm a facile jackass bought and paid for by Putin." -Senator Rand Paul
I believe that is exactly what Rancid Paul meant to say. 🤔
Well written mike
@@michaelwiener477 If you consider that comment well written, you may want to sue your English teacher.
Exactly!!!
Trump has the right the lie, to cheat, to rape, to swindle. But that does not give Americans the right to put him behind bars. Now we know why Trump and all his insurrectionists are still walking free.
Can we give Rand Paul back to Russia yet?
#Brainwashed
I wish.
Can we get the Orange man back yet? I mean no soldiers have died under trump and we haven't went to war
@@charliesmith7615 No soldiers died under trump?! You might want to notice reality.
look into the history of why NATO was put together and come back with some intelligent conversation.
Right on Rand!
They are so opposed to each other they just refuse to agree even on the most logical fundamental ideas of democracy. This is what our politics have become opposition for the sake of opposition.
Rand Paul is that one kid in the classroom, who spends their time trying to outsmart the teacher, because they think they are smarter, and that teacher can't wait to pass him along to the next unfortunate teacher. Those kids never change.
Ship all the Putin apologists with a one way ticket to Russia starting with Trump, Rand Paul, Cawthorn, Tucker, Hannity. They can try to hide behind the first amendment spewing their sick propaganda there until Putin says they can't.
@ClickMeFor CovidTruth Smart kids are an exception. I also challenged teachers and they came to see my point of view , on occasion. But then there were those whose logic came close, but no cigar, as they say.
I love you you are so smart. There - might not get censored.
Totally agree, dont know what crap he is arguing about.
So if Rand Paul’s ex wife goes dancing with hus enemy, and it pisses him off, it gives him a right to rape her? Oh come on.
@Martin Vise No. I was one of those appointed head of a group to help catch them up, because I knew the work. Then after years, told the current teacher I wanted my cut of his pay, if I was going to do his work, while he worked on football plays. He was the coach. Groups ended.
Let me remind you all, especially Senator Rand Paul, that Georgia was an independent state long before 1991. In fact, Georgia was captured and occupied by Soviet Russia on February 25, 1921, 3 years after Georgia became independent from the Russian Empire, specifically, on May 26, 1918. Georgia was forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1922, and finally we regained our sovereignty and became independent again from the Russian Soviet Empire on April 9, 1991. Therefore, any talks by Senator Rand Paul about countries like Georgia and Ukraine, that they were once part of the Soviet Union ("part of Russia" as he stupidly let it slip!!!) and, therefore, Russia may have “justified” or “reasonable” territorial ambitions towards our countries, is extremely outrageous and show Rand Paul's incompetence in international politics. I would advise him to continue "fighting" with Dr. Anthony Fauci and keep his nose out of the discussion of the current war in Ukraine, as well as the war in Georgia that took place in 2008.
Hahaha, lol. Paul doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. He never does. He just picks out a contraversy and takes the dumb @$$ side so that he's on CNN, fox, etc... He's a glory hound not a qualified senator
Right, Rand Paul has an empty head.
Those comments by Rand Paul are conclusive proof he has no business sitting on the International Relations Committee. At least not in the US.
Fck rand paul, why is he still in office
Georgia invaded Ossetians.
I want to hear about this before it's too late.
Did not the US break off from England to have self reliance ??
Exactly: Every nation has the right to decide about their OWN destiny.
@Johnny Mill differently than Ukraine, they were not democracies, and many of them did dirty things to deserve an invasion. Not saying that all the US invasions were right (see Iraq), but at least you can change a government in the US. In Russia you can't, and this makes the US morally superior. This in itself would be already sufficient to terminate any discussion but today I'm feeling generous and I'll bestow you with further enlightened considerations from which you can learn something.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Ukraine is a democracy, and Russia's attack, i.e., the attack of a dictatorship, is absolutely unjustified. If I were NATO I'd just drop 2000 atomic bombs over Russia. Indeed, it is not admissible to let a delusional psychopath like Putin go completely unchecked. This psycho clown must be dealt with swiftly and as soon as possible.
We, the West, are morally superior to Russia and we'd be absolutely justified to completely destroy the corrupt totalitarian dictatorship that this country represents.
Yeah they have right to decide their own fate and NONE of ur business, yanks
Let Serbia decide their destiny.
@Johnny Mill yeah america is bad everybody knows it ( republican and democrats)
I can see many stupid ppl here that don’t understand the war game…let China and Russian put their missiles in CUBA and Mexico and you can wait for us reactions. US will keep whinnied till their balls fall off.
Yes Mr Paul, Alaska was once part of Russia 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
next time
@Rick Roth
Sarah is Beutiful lady,
When will KY voters get rid of Paul? His neighbor came close but didn't complete the task.
Thank you, Comrade Paul for making such an excuse to give Mother Russia what it wants. I suppose we could throw Alaska into the bargain as well, right? They were once part of the Russian Empire too.
My country Lithuanian was occupied by force by the Russian Empire and the by the Soviet Union. By Rand's logic period of occupation justifies invasion. Therefore England can invade and occupy parts of the Eastern coast of the USA. Since those areas were under English occupation for far longer. As well as the majority of the population of those areas being recent English colonists and their families. The original USA was an artificial country. Only settled by Europeans for about 150 odd years. While the Baltic peoples have lived in their land for thousands of years
"Lithuanian" isn't a country. Nice try though, bot.
@@YUMLiberalTears en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania
@@YUMLiberalTears what is wrong with you?
@@YUMLiberalTears Keep crying
@@YUMLiberalTears The bot is right though
We in Germany have the same Putin-appreciating, even Putin-loving, parts of society.
Ukraine wanted join NATO 2008 and at this point in time it was a real perspective, and I am ashamed to say that my government as the French, refused to let them join.
Nothing of today's gruesome and unhumane events would have happened if the wish of the sovereign nation of Ukraine was granted back then.
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Now that is sad!
Terrible, haveing Putin the idiot so close....
Same thing in the UK, two Prime ministers refused to sell defensive weopanry to Ukraine. Now we're giving it out like candy.
Leider hast Du nur zu recht. I totally agree with my compatriot (sad to admit).
Poor kentucky. Mitch McConnell, homer comer, rand paul. Wow. Just wow. You poor folks.
Why would people of Kentucky elect Rand Paul to represent Russia in US congress?
This is what happens when Libertarians try to justify their position - they tie themselves in knots with self-contradicting arguments. It also sounds like Paul is trying to blame someone other than Putin for Putin's actions.
“Government doesn’t work. Elect me and I’ll prove it”
Has nothing to do with the United States
paul gives Libertarians a bad name
Rand is justifying Russia (Not the Soviet Union) invading Ukraine. Must really be cashing in on this "special operation".
Welcome to spin news. The guy interviewed is deaf. Sen Paul does NOT agree with the invasion of a sovereign nation. He’s saying there are REASONS Russia is attacking, and it’s not just because he’s an evil man like CNN would like to make it. If we don’t listen and understand, we cannot bring solutions. Think about when Russia wanted to add weapons pointing to the USA from Cuba. Would the USA have the right to defend itself and attack Cuba even if it’s a sovereign nation? That’s what Putin sees NATO doing. When people don’t listen and understand each other, they create conflicts.
Does Rand Paul understand what he's saying? So it is "understandable" that India should be returned to Britain, Algeria should be French again and so on. There is zero justification for colonialism and imperialism in 2022, against the will of the people. The rights of sovereign nations must be respected.
Maybe Rand Paul should try to explain this logic to his Senate colleagues from Alaska (a.k.a. former "Far East Russia") ...
Rand forgot Alaska too belonged to Russia once.
Does that include zero justification for US imperialism? Because that's what created this war in Ukraine. You're talking out of both sides of your mouth.
@@tommyanomaly6193 Russian imperialism created the war in Ukraine
@@roc7880 The US has troops thousands of miles from it's borders in Europe and Asia. How many troops does Russia or China have in the western hemisphere? NATO promised not to expand eastward. Western nations have continually broken their promises. I haven't even gotten into the western backed coup in 2014 yet and the persecution of ethnic Russians in Ukraine. If you're going to talk about colonialism and imperialism don't leave out the important stuff.
How do people expect to win a fight if you don't know your enemy and what motivates them? Because it seems to me, what we have here, is a leader that has actually studied the enemy we're going up against.
Once you're a sovereign nation there's no backsies !
"I'm not racist, BUT..."
"I`m not sexist, BUT..."
"I don't justify the invasion, BUT..."
Yeah, keep going Rand. This kind of reasoning has always worked well...
Isn't he that whackjob optometrist who couldn't get board certified, so he created a wholly fictional association of optometrists and then had it issue him board certification? Or am I thinking of someone else?
I'm not racist but I'm a racist apologist
I'm not sexist but I'm a mouthpiece for sexist ideology
I don't justify the invasion but I will promote Mr. Putin's lies about invading Ukraine.
Unfortunately Paul's comments get taken up by the conspiracy theorists who are convinced that the war is all a Nato/US plot.
you notice how he just keeps interupting antony blinken just like marg green interupts the reporter yesterday? they do this so there base doesnt hear the truth,thats just how they ride,they are rude,ugly and evil,we need to vote them all out and put them on buses and send them to russia,putin would love to have them stay at his palace smh
Before the Soviet union was established these countries were independent ! After the fall of the Soviet union they became independent . The Soviet union was an Empire and Empires take countries independence away . Russia consists of lots of different regions some in history have been independent but they have been absorbed by Russia . Russia is governed the way it is because Putin and co know that Russia could unravel.
Ukraine had never been independent before 1991
@@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available Frankly they lost a war to bolsheviks between 1919 and 1921 at such time it was a declared independent state.
So yes it was.
And frankly most in the area it had hate russians guts not only for this but for famine an Stalinist purges...
@@Paerigos Both Ukrainian People's Republic and West Ukrainian People's Republic were both self declared and recognized by not a single country or entity. In short order, they were both absorbed by the Soviet Union and Poland respectively.
@@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available And lets put it bluntly - that was just a subjugation by war (and it terms of Poland just being out of reach of Red army which got queshed by Poles quite good)
So long story short - Ukrainians have more then enough right on independence on USSR, Russia and Poland.
Absolute independence - political, economical and social one.
@@Paerigos no it wasn't. it was a part of Russian Empire
By Rand’s standards, we have to return California or parts thereof, back to Mexico. It’s scary that people making decisions for us, don’t know jack! History is important for people to study, we can learn so much from our not so distant past.
Very wrong for a us senator to utter sure that kind of a statements.
Besides, Ukraine has a long history of becoming this sovereign nation long before Moscow even was a spec on the map. And since 1917 the Ukraine Republic was established permanently after having been dominated by various occupiers. Then the Soviet Union annexed it until 1991!
CNN should keep pointing that out! as should the former ambassador!
Yes, staying on the empirical side of things. It gets people Googling.
You should really learn what the real history is and watch a movie called the president it about the real Putin it’s free on Tubi tv
Based on Rand Paul's logic, if Russia attacked Alaska, there is no justification for that, I'm not saying that, but there are reasons for invasion, because it was part of Russian empire.
It's funny though. The Ukraine apparently wasn't a sovereign Nation with rights when the US and the E.U. staged a coup to oust the pro Russian government and then hand pick the newly " elected" pro Western government. So coups and government take overs are fine but invasions are not....ok what ever you say.lol
Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances - Wikipedia
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Hey Senator Paul, should we return Alaska to Russia before, or after Russia justifiably invades? After all, Alaska used to be owned by Russia.
Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances - Wikipedia
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excellent point
TENNESSEE is taking over Kentucky Mr.Paul.
Your services as a Senator are no longer needed,as to each state only has 2 senators representing them. kinda what you support,same process. Buh bye Rand ...
And texas and california must return to mexico...
And Lousiana (hell, most of the central states) to France.
I wish the powers that conduct this, take their chairs away! let the Senators sit in a less comfortable chair. These elected officials are far too comfortable
Rand Paul is correct and has a duty America citizens first respect the man for not being a fool following the majority by pressure from majority
The right wing’s brazen pushiness and belligerence turned me off of them years ago. But now that they’re making excuses for Putin, and it’s not just Rand Paul, I would have to completely agree with Rob Reiner: a vote for the Republicans is a vote for autocracy. Plain and simple.
You have no idea what you’re talking about. Go listen to a man who predicted this mess, Dr. mearsheimer from the University of Chicago on CZcams
the gop will never admit it but yes theyre going in that direction
@@tommyanomaly6193 That doesn’t make any sense. I’m just saying Republicans in power have sold their souls for more power, and they’re proving it more and more every day. If you can’t understand that that’s what is happening, then you’re probably perfectly OK with that.
Agreed
I agree with you except I would call it DICTATORSHIP, not autocracy.
Rand Paul: "So what if Russia wants Alaska back. It was once a part of Russia."
Rand Paul seems to stand for freedom. But doesn't know where freedom stands.
The difference is Alaska has oil, Ukraine does not.
@@prof_kaos9341 we don't care, history of Alaska is under russian government, so we need it back as soon as possible, give back our Alaska or we have nuclear weapons!!!
He also doesn’t want to stand in the way of Russia’s freedom to invade.
@@prof_kaos9341 Sure they do. Oil AND Gas. And coal. And a huge amount of various metals and minerals. For having only 0.4% of the earth's landmass, Ukraine also has about 5% of all the natural resources that make the world economy go. That's a LOT for one small country.
@@nobodyknows3180 my mistake, again we have a war for oil. Google implies little is developed and Putin (hardly needing more) has grabbed about half of Ukraine's oil fields. Another reason to get Donbas & Crimea back. Why did Europe not do more in 2014, Putin must have more than one "pee tape."
The problem with claiming that suvereign states has a right to decide their own security arrangements is: Cuba. Atleast for the US... It's kinda hypocritical to claim that Ukraine has rights, when denying those rights for Cuba..
If gas exports of Russia get reduced gradually, it will have time to adapt. Currently it is Poland at a loss because Germany and other countries have agreed to pay in rubbles.
"Tell me you are compromised by the Russian Federation without saying you are compromised by the Russian Federation"
Rand Paul responds...
Explaining why the enemy does something is not being sponsored. He is trying to explain this in the hope of asking the question he wanted to ask which was if NATO was not involved in Ukraine, would the invasion have been less likely.
@@christianvachon2235 sure, in the same way he used his not a doctor doctor hood to justify anti masking was totally not him being anti science either. What the fuck are you even on about? that is definition compromised by Russia. Have you ever heard of espionage?
What Rand Paul wants is to avoid getting us in WWIII.
@@christianvachon2235 Rand Paul is literally trying to justify rebuilding the USSR. You can't tell anyone you know what he is thinking, but we can all hear exactly what he is saying.
@@christianvachon2235 in which way was nato involved exactly?
Hard not to see a lot of sympathizing and arguments for Russia and putin coming from several members of the GOP. Especially the ones whom try to impress the former president. Scary.
Because they are logical and level headed .
I wonder what Ronald Reagan say of his old party . Funny that the dems are hawks now ! This new breed of gop since Donny are perhaps cowards disguised as right wing trying to appease the dictators of the world ,
What’s scary is flooding the ukranian market with weapons, debt and enemies, but keep chugging the BS paladin, !
Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances - Wikipedia
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the usa has chemical laboratories in uraine that pay the pentagon...it is good that the russian army destroyed them and makes analyses of forbidden substances,the usa has a big problem,they should pay war reparations to serbia..libya...etc..
Alaska was once a part of Russia. So does that allow them to walk in and take over?
Every time I see American news, whether Fox or CNN, my brain literally melts at the subterranean level of intellect coming from the commentators.
The only American news I've seen which comes close to what I expect from actual news and journalism, is PBS.
what do you think of russian news
Rand Paul needs to be looked into
We already know he’s a fake doctor.
What did rand say that was not factually true? Putin has said he wants to bring back the old Soviet union. He should’ve also said under Obama Biden and Clinton Putin took Crimea Georgia and Ukraine. Under Trump crickets. Peace through strength works. Democrats are weak and Putin sees that every time
@@xiaoka The fake doctor you’re thinking of is left-wing Fauci. Who’s flip-flopped more times than Joe speaks in gibberish
Thou shall not bite the hand that feeds him. Russia!
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Comrade Senator Rand Paul should move to Russia so he can truly represent those he advocates for.
That's just stupid.
#LiberalLogic101
The best Neville Chamberlain moment I have seen in a very long time. Now all we need is for Paul Rand to say that if we follow his advice we will have "peace in our time".
Even Rand Paul isn't that naive. Both Republicans and democrats are pro war. We will always be at war.
It is indeed doubtful where he wanted to go with his argument and what he believes to be able to achieve if his vision of these events were to guide policy.
According to Paul, Italy could reclaim half pf the British isles🤣🤦
There was No reason for any Invasion and sure as heck No reason for Genocide!, Torture and Murder or any of their crimes!!!
Ukraine should not be part of NATO. USA did not like russian nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962
There has been a genocide in ukraine going on for 8 years since usa backed fascist coup in 2014
@@bigsexxy1 what did the US do about the Russian missiles in Cuba?. Dis they attack Cuba and kill millions because they didn't like it?
@@jessicajohnson5817 we almost went to war in October 1962 if kruschev did not take out the missles
IRAQ?
LIBYA ?
SYRIA?
Serbia?
Senator Paul makes an excellent point. The British army should invade Washington this afternoon, as the 13 colonies were once British possessions
Good call govna... ready the fleet, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
You act like we would care. If you want to take out this clown car of an administration then be our guest. We will throw you a party afterwards.
We will get those Yanks speaking English as it ought to be spoken !!!
Yes Britain would have far more justification than Russia. Ukrainians lived in their location well before the USSR. White North America as in the USA would not exist were it not created by the British.
Welcome to spin news. The guy interviewed is deaf. Sen Paul does NOT agree with the invasion of a sovereign nation. He’s saying there are REASONS Russia is attacking, and it’s not just because he’s an evil man like CNN would like to make it. If we don’t listen and understand, we cannot bring solutions. Think about when Russia wanted to add weapons pointing to the USA from Cuba. Would the USA have the right to defend itself and attack Cuba even if it’s a sovereign nation? That’s what Putin sees NATO doing. When people don’t listen and understand each other, they create conflicts.
Do you not think that, at some point, it will be important to realize WHY? It is a very important step in problem solving. I would say that the world has a problem, and we would hope that it can be solved.
despicable.
it's any excuse to undermine the other party of your own country.
So Rand thinks that Russia slaughtering and looting in Ukraine is simply a "family problem" that is justifiable.
I read that Rand has no daughters; that makes me feel a little less uneasy.
Rand Paul is horrible. I still remember reading about his neighbor beating him up. Lol
I believed his neighbor was justified then too.
Rightfully so! 😆
I think Rand got some serious brain damage from that beating. Actually Rand is just simply a scumbag, with no morals at all.
@NBA HIGHLIGHTS Fuk oooooff! 😉
@NBA HIGHLIGHTS Sounds Like You Have The Same BRAIN CANCER That Trump Does...
Notice the slip up ... Paul can't distinguish between the Soviet Union and Russia.
Right, but we instigated it by inviting them to NATO knowing full well we we're crossing lines...
It's something to talk about at least.
Repeartedly, Rand Paul, as many other GOP members, proves that his party supports fascism. Period. As an American, I am proud to call myself an anti-fascist.
@Den MORIS Thanks for letting me use your platform.
One more thing seems clear is that Rand Paul will be fine if Putin decides to come after Alaska.
And the people on the Right call us fascists and socialists and communists all at the same time! 🤣🙄
Welcome to spin news. The guy interviewed is deaf. Sen Paul does NOT agree with the invasion of a sovereign nation. He’s saying there are REASONS Russia is attacking, and it’s not just because he’s an evil man like CNN would like to make it. If we don’t listen and understand, we cannot bring solutions. Think about when Russia wanted to add weapons pointing to the USA from Cuba. Would the USA have the right to defend itself and attack Cuba even if it’s a sovereign nation? That’s what Putin sees NATO doing. When people don’t listen and understand each other, they create conflicts.
@@andrefavreau9818 Stop trying to spin facts. Rand Paul said what he said in support of fascism. He will clearly NOT think the same thing if Putin decides to invade us and take back previous USSR territory. Stop lying to yourself and showing just how much you are also a fascist.
Update: looks like @Andre Favreau realized his argument was weak and ran off!
You're not anti fascist, you're simply pro war.
Thank you Rand Paul for stating the obvious about history. He brings, as an argument, the fact that Russia invaded nations were once behind the iron curtain completely missing the point. Paul fancies himself as an intelligent contributor to discourse. Duh! Duh! Move over, Paul, and let the adults speak about the world as it is today.
He has no moral logic either, what ever everyone is saying he'll say the opposite so when T-bag checks his phone on the golf course he can say, "he's a very nice person". Waste of space.
it gives extraordinary information about the current state of affairs. I'd bet you that a majority of the people watching this video, have no idea about what the USSR really was, how it became, and how it got broken apart. It's definitely pertinent when we know that Putin wants the USSR to be all one again.
@@jasonb2123 Well said.
Sure, Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire. It also had been part of the Ottoman Empire, and most of it, part of Poland. So which former owner has the greatest claim, or can they finally be allowed to chart their own course?
@Johnny Mill Sanders is generally wrong, too. He blamed all the illegals, crossing into the US, on Wall Street. He often said the US should be just like the USSR. He was pro-Stalin, pro-Chavez, pro-Sandanista, pro-Castro. Both Paul and Sanders make outrageous statements, that should best be ignored.
Each country has a fundamental right to decide its own future.
The herd can never just be wrong, right? Right?
What the hell? As a Georgian I feel insulted. There were 17 other countries in soviet union, should we watch Russia rebuild Soviet Union by attacking all of them?? This is appalling from a congressman. We lost a lot of people fighting for our independence for the past 200 years, starting from Tzarist Russia, even before USSSR, never stopped and settled of been someone else’s backyard and after all the wars we fought, he is telling us reasons why they attack? Shame on you for leaning towards power and not truth and justice!
If the wife was divorced a men, then the men has the right to force her back, senator???
He literally says the invasion IS NOT JUSTIFIED.
According to Paul's logic, the man claims he has a reason to force her back, and that reason is not justification for forcing her back.
@@yodieyuh6077 Rand Paul sure likes to give the devils point of view.
I wonder whose side he is on.
@@joebidenisyourpresidentget2481
His point of view is that he denounced Putin and the invasion.
Hopefully that's the same side you're on.
Rand also wants to discuss the reasons Putin gives for the invasion and whether we could have handled him better before he decided to invade.
Because...
Putin seems to be getting closer to nuclear retaliation over the crossing of his red lines, REGARDLESS of whether you or I or Rand thinks the reasons are valid. Rand said he doesn't think the reasons are valid.
The French, Spanish and Russians also have a stake with parts on the US. That Rand is such a caution.
Somehow I think he'd have a problem with the UK attacking the US on the premise that the US was apart of the British Empire.
Just a hunch.