Putin gaslights the Russian people; Terminator calls him out

 

Ukraine, landscape painting by Yaroslav Chyzhevskyi

Over the past weekend I was listening to some news-report / analysis videos on You Tube, giving info on the situation in Ukraine.

(I feel kind of unknowledgeable [if that's a word] in this area -- up until a couple years ago, I thought it was "the Ukraine" and only relatively recently learned it's just "Ukraine."  Like -- "He is from Ukraine," not "he is from the Ukraine.")

I was thinking some of my favorite film people and writers have ancestors from Ukraine -- I Googled some of them -- Bob Dylan's paternal grandparents emigrated from Ukraine in 1905 (although back then it wasn't Ukraine, it was part of the Russian Empire--which is part of the problem now....)

Some helpful videos:

Putin has features of a psychopath: Expert | The Donlon Report

uploader:  NewsNation

Ukraine:  Demoralised & Incompetent, Putin's Army Is Doomed

uploader:  The Telegraph

Russians Face Choice Of Destitution in Exile, Or Prison At Home

uploader:  Katie Couric

'Russia is in trouble': Gen. Wesley Clark...

uploader:  CNN

Joy Reid:  Putin Will Only Stop When He Realizes...

uploader:  MSNBC

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        Arnold Schwarzenegger made a You Tube video, communicating to the Russian people.  Russian propagandists are mad about it, so I guess that means Arnold's message was good.

The BBC reports that the former California governor's "video address" was "trending on Russian Twitter" Friday.  (Can you imagine?)

        In the video, Schwarzenegger warns Russians they are being fed misinformation about their country's assault on Ukraine.

Addressing Putin, he said, "You started this war, and you can stop it."

Arnold is brave.  He is kind of turning into a real elder statesman.

One commentator I listened to was talking along, ranging far and wide in his discussion, and suddenly the phrase, "half-naked on a horse" caught my ear.  LOL.  I have unexpectedly come across photos online, a couple of times, where Putin is shirtless -- once while astride a horse -- so I knew right away what the video guy was talking about.

        It seems like Mr. Vlad overestimates his personal attractiveness and the public's interest in it.

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