Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John J. Sullivan on "The Takeout" | Dec. 9, 2022

[@opaul7500]

Major Garrett remains one of the only real reporters left! Kudos sir!

[@SassySimian]

33:55 India nowadays is a democracy in name only. Modi is an active member of Putin's international club of autocrats and authoritarian rulers (which includes Xi, Erdogan, Bolosonaro, Duterte, Orban, etc. Trump too, while he was in power). They all work off the same populist playbook of slow repressive and antidemocratic drift, with popular support gained and maintained through the age-old trick of pitting the majority against the various minorities in the country, blaming all the problems on them. It's the textbook definition of "tyranny of the majority" and "demagoguery", already well known since the Ancient Greeks as the biggest danger for democracies. People say history will teach us nothing, I say people just never learn.

[@HyperObserver]

Appreciate fresh observations of vet Ambo Sullivan

[@d.b.1176]

Good interview 👍🏻

[@69avas]

That hockey puck! Lucky.

[@doolittlegeorge]

There's no Diplomacy in Russia currently is the bottom line nor has their been since Feb 2022 nor will there be no matter who wins the General Election 2024.

[@kevinjenner9502]

Current CIA director William Burns has been voicing Russian concerns about NATO since the 90’s.

[@d.b.1176]

Hu?

[@SassySimian]

"[Zelynski] had the nerve to stay in Kiev when everyone was telling him to get out [...] with the full might of the Russian forces barreling down on _him_ to have his head on a platter." That's because he is a comedian, not a politician.

[@afritimm]

I recall another actor who....brought the USSR to an end.

[@stanleygohome4869]

the SCORPIONS;:The Winds of Change Part 2

[@tiadiad]

This guy is painful to watch.

[@joshuapaul2022]

The war is lost by Ukraine. It's all over but the shouting. Erratic Zelenskyy reminds Hitler in 1945. In Bakmut Ukraine lost high ground in the area and there is a high risk of encirclement. According to Ukrainian sources Russians have overwhelming advantage in artillery 1:9 on this front. 85% of Ukrainian soldiers are killed without seeing the enemy. Ukrainian command has to resort to mass summary executions to prevent unauthorized retreat. There is no military sense to hold on to it, but due to political reasons Ukraine is constantly throwing poorly trained additional reserves into this meatgrinder. It's all reminiscent of suicidal Hitler's tactics in 1945 .

[@afritimm]

Pure Projection and garbage propaganda. Putin has lost half his military capacity in one year at the hands of a country a fraction of Russia's size. And unlike Stalin in 1942 he doesnt have the US to supply him with $180 billion (today's dollars) in equipment. In fact it is the reverse --- the US is supporting Ukraine against a new fascist invader.