Quote Originally Posted by drillerpie View Post
Just to give some background to the lady in the video, to better understand what kind of world she would like to see: she was a member of the youth wing and then the grown up version of the East German regime before the Berlin Wall fell, after which she wrote an essay praising Stalinism (which she only retracted in 2017).

Early this year she said American intelligence about the upcoming Russian invasion was an effort to inflame the situation and Russia wouldn't invade. She admitted to an error of judgement afterwards but is still against sanctions on the Putin regime.

Perhaps the most famous time Germany and Russia made a security pact it was the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, in which glorious anti-fascist Russia agreed to give Nazi germany free reign in return for allowing Russia to do what it does best - territorial expansion in Eastern Europe.


The YouTube channel appears to be a Canadian sinophile (a description fitting Andy himself, although no idea if it's him) who posts anti- Western pro- Chinese videos, and favourable comparisons of Chinese democracy to Western democracy. He has something of a reputation for (amongst other things) selective editing of interviews.

In relation to the other post, I would recommend anyone who hasn't studied the Maidan protests to read up on it from scholarly sources and make their own minds up whether Andy is right to follow the Kremlin line and continually call it a coup.
Driller, I think it would be better to discuss the ideas and positions that are put forward rather than try to dig up supposed ‘dirt’ on the people that are talking. Regardless of the presenters, such as the red herrings like their opinion on Stalin or references to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, the issues she talks about still remain; Germany (not to mention the rest of Europe) is in a very significant quandary without Russian energy. Even if they drop any pretensions of a consistent moral position and continue trade with ‘friendly countries’ that don’t have impeccable geopolitical records themselves, Germany is rapidly deindustrializing. Meanwhile, as Macron points out, America is excruciatingly overcharging Europe for LNG - “some friend!” Perhaps they took a page out of Victoria “Fu** the Europeans” Nuland’s book.

For anyone interested, here’s the documentary produced by Oliver Stone about Maidan called Ukraine on Fire. Not surprisingly YouTube tries to make it appear unavailable to some viewers by putting up a ‘this is offensive’ banner, but I get around it by refreshing it, then it plays.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcmNG...ctr=1667824824

I’m looking forward to hearing about the skeletons in Oliver Stone’s closet.

But in all seriousness, this conflict will only end when the two sides talk to each other about the issues of substance and reach an agreement that is suitable to both. I hope that happens sooner rather than later.

Best,

Andy

ps. The YouTube channel that hosted the interview with Sarah Wagenknecht doesn’t belong to me, nor do I have any affiliation with it. Regardless, and as I said, her ideas ought to be considered on merit.