Became a paid member because of this episode. I agree with you 100%. We cannot go to war with Russia. I'm not willing to sacrifice my 19yr old son. There is no way in hell.
Thank you for saying exactly how I've been feeling these past few weeks.
Agree with everything you said. We can outsmart Putin and support Ukraine with other means. Please share with us any groups you believe are providing aid. I’ve donated to UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders, and yes, the Red Cross because they have the infrastructure in place. When I saw the photo of the mom and her two kids and their pet carrier sprawled in the ground, I was overcome. Please guide us to be of service in some way.
Thank you for your efforts to awaken the American Public to the MOUNTAINS of harmful, bloody and very stupid propaganda in the Western Media. Even in The UK the BBC is very guilty of this. Thanks as ever John Sanger.
Let's pass a law that requires everyone, together with all of their children, who profit from war to don uniforms, pick up arms and be deployed to the front lines.
Wasn’t fully aware until I listened to this podcast just how effectively I was being manipulated by the media. I really needed to hear this and am frightened by how quickly my mindset had been turned from its initial fear of WWIII, to a “we need to stop this at any cost”. I appreciate the wake up call. Right after listening to the podcast I was scrolling my phone and up pops a headline from Fox News (Apple seems to promote them) that says: “Model Who Trashes Putin Found Dead in Suitcase”. If you read the article it is clear this had nothing to do with Putin, her boyfriend has confessed. We all need to be much more careful about how we are being manipulated by the media.
Michael. Long time listener, first time caller. I agree with your assessment: since WWII, American military intervention has not been successful.
This may be a radical idea, but what about a civil American intervention? I would be happy to be part of a group of Americans willing to "invade" Ukraine in an effort to provide aid and comfort to those whose suffering we see and hear all day. As a young man, served a two year religious mission in southern Spain. It was a marvelous opportunity to put aside my interests and work to better the lives of others. It is, ironically, the same religious mission that Mitt Romney cited as an excuse for his strapping young lads to forgo a tour in Iraq.
There is historical precedent for peaceful service and intervention. It would be dangerous, but it would be outrageously good trouble!
Thank you Michael for your excellent reporting on what we need to know about serious USA and World events. I just wrote to my Senator, House Representative, and President Biden. I'm a conscientious objector; and I do not want American's in Ukraine and absolutely NO War III!!
“The war in Ukraine is likely to be over by early May when Russia runs out of resources to attack its neighbour, Oleksiy Arestovich, an adviser to the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, said late on Monday.”
And, personally, I’m trying not to manipulat3 or be manipulated by anything in media…online…I believe in person conversations about these things better, but I’m doing my research…kind of need to. Thanks for do8ng shows.
Mission accomplished, two Senators contacted, one Congresswoman called, two offices were actually manned and answering, and one email to Oresudent Biden. Thank you for focusing our efforts and taking me personally back from that brink of emotional weakness where I was almost ready to start demanding blood. As a Vietnam Vet I should know better and I was clear in conveying to my reps that I don’t want to see the children of other Americans sacrificed to the war machine yet again! Thank you so very much!
"The loud little handful - as usual - will shout for the war. The pulpit will warily and cautiously - object... at first. The great, big, dull bulk of the nation will rub its sleepy eyes and try to make out why there should be a war, and will say, earnestly and indignantly, "It is unjust and dishonorable, and there is no necessity for it." Then the handful will shout louder. A few fair men on the other side will argue and reason against the war with speech and pen, and at first will have a hearing and be applauded, but it will not last long; those others will out shout them, and presently the antiwar audiences will thin out and lose popularity.
Before long, you will see this curious thing: the speakers stoned from the platform, and free speech strangled by hordes of furious men... Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.” The Mysterious Stranger (1910)
As Martin Luther King, Jr said: "The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated.” We can stand up to the “loud, little handful” by coming together and actively addressing that which keeps us separated. See: https://tools4racialjustice.net/
I work about 1/3 of a mile from the US's second largest naval base, in San Diego. When I park to go to work the rich people's yachts are in front of me, the poor people's yachts to the right. There was a yacht parked there, The Eminence, that belongs to one of those Russian oligarchs, a former government minister. Check it out. It has its own wiki page. But what is it doing 1/3 of a mile from the naval base?
Became a paid member because of this episode. I agree with you 100%. We cannot go to war with Russia. I'm not willing to sacrifice my 19yr old son. There is no way in hell.
Thank you for saying exactly how I've been feeling these past few weeks.
Agree with everything you said. We can outsmart Putin and support Ukraine with other means. Please share with us any groups you believe are providing aid. I’ve donated to UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders, and yes, the Red Cross because they have the infrastructure in place. When I saw the photo of the mom and her two kids and their pet carrier sprawled in the ground, I was overcome. Please guide us to be of service in some way.
I still feel like the world is hostage ….please diplomacy work! Peace now
Dear Michael
Thank you for your efforts to awaken the American Public to the MOUNTAINS of harmful, bloody and very stupid propaganda in the Western Media. Even in The UK the BBC is very guilty of this. Thanks as ever John Sanger.
Let's pass a law that requires everyone, together with all of their children, who profit from war to don uniforms, pick up arms and be deployed to the front lines.
Wasn’t fully aware until I listened to this podcast just how effectively I was being manipulated by the media. I really needed to hear this and am frightened by how quickly my mindset had been turned from its initial fear of WWIII, to a “we need to stop this at any cost”. I appreciate the wake up call. Right after listening to the podcast I was scrolling my phone and up pops a headline from Fox News (Apple seems to promote them) that says: “Model Who Trashes Putin Found Dead in Suitcase”. If you read the article it is clear this had nothing to do with Putin, her boyfriend has confessed. We all need to be much more careful about how we are being manipulated by the media.
Thank you, Michael, for being the voice of reason. “Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime!”~ Victor Hugo
I'm with you on what should NOT happen. And hope you are again right about what's gonna happen, what can stop this.
Michael. Long time listener, first time caller. I agree with your assessment: since WWII, American military intervention has not been successful.
This may be a radical idea, but what about a civil American intervention? I would be happy to be part of a group of Americans willing to "invade" Ukraine in an effort to provide aid and comfort to those whose suffering we see and hear all day. As a young man, served a two year religious mission in southern Spain. It was a marvelous opportunity to put aside my interests and work to better the lives of others. It is, ironically, the same religious mission that Mitt Romney cited as an excuse for his strapping young lads to forgo a tour in Iraq.
There is historical precedent for peaceful service and intervention. It would be dangerous, but it would be outrageously good trouble!
Cheers,
John
Thank you Michael for your excellent reporting on what we need to know about serious USA and World events. I just wrote to my Senator, House Representative, and President Biden. I'm a conscientious objector; and I do not want American's in Ukraine and absolutely NO War III!!
“The war in Ukraine is likely to be over by early May when Russia runs out of resources to attack its neighbour, Oleksiy Arestovich, an adviser to the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, said late on Monday.”
United we stand to #ProtectDemocracy! 🇪🇺🇺🇸🌻
And, personally, I’m trying not to manipulat3 or be manipulated by anything in media…online…I believe in person conversations about these things better, but I’m doing my research…kind of need to. Thanks for do8ng shows.
Mission accomplished, two Senators contacted, one Congresswoman called, two offices were actually manned and answering, and one email to Oresudent Biden. Thank you for focusing our efforts and taking me personally back from that brink of emotional weakness where I was almost ready to start demanding blood. As a Vietnam Vet I should know better and I was clear in conveying to my reps that I don’t want to see the children of other Americans sacrificed to the war machine yet again! Thank you so very much!
Mark Twain said:
"The loud little handful - as usual - will shout for the war. The pulpit will warily and cautiously - object... at first. The great, big, dull bulk of the nation will rub its sleepy eyes and try to make out why there should be a war, and will say, earnestly and indignantly, "It is unjust and dishonorable, and there is no necessity for it." Then the handful will shout louder. A few fair men on the other side will argue and reason against the war with speech and pen, and at first will have a hearing and be applauded, but it will not last long; those others will out shout them, and presently the antiwar audiences will thin out and lose popularity.
Before long, you will see this curious thing: the speakers stoned from the platform, and free speech strangled by hordes of furious men... Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.” The Mysterious Stranger (1910)
As Martin Luther King, Jr said: "The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated.” We can stand up to the “loud, little handful” by coming together and actively addressing that which keeps us separated. See: https://tools4racialjustice.net/
War simply teaches us to hate, to be alienated from life on this planet and alienated from the power of love.
I work about 1/3 of a mile from the US's second largest naval base, in San Diego. When I park to go to work the rich people's yachts are in front of me, the poor people's yachts to the right. There was a yacht parked there, The Eminence, that belongs to one of those Russian oligarchs, a former government minister. Check it out. It has its own wiki page. But what is it doing 1/3 of a mile from the naval base?