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Tucker Carlson Is Now Trying To Blame The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine On…The United States?!

When Russia first invaded Ukraine a couple of weeks ago, Fox News host Tucker Carlson tried desperately to make excuses for the naked aggression of Russian mass murderer Vladimir Putin.

But when polling revealed that Americans universally despised Putin and his attack on Ukraine, Carlson began looking for other ways to frame the issue, suggesting that it was the fault of the Biden administration’s energy policy, which was also met with skepticism by the public.

So Carlson has now shifted his ranting points yet again, and come across this conclusion: The United States itself is to blame because politicians want to go to war with Russia.

HuffPost notes that Carlson was pushing that asinine theory on his show Monday evening:

“Kamala Harris encouraged Ukraine to become a member of NATO. Quote, ‘I appreciate and admire President Zelenskyy’s desire to join NATO.’

“Message: Up yours, Vladimir Putin, go ahead and invade Ukraine. And, of course, Vladimir Putin did that just days later. So the invasion was no surprise to the Biden administration. They knew that would happen. That was the point of the exercise.

“We watched all this happen, we missed it. How? Honestly because it was insane and therefore very hard to take seriously. Why in the world would the United States intentionally seek war with Russia? How could we possibly benefit from that war? We still don’t know the answer to that question.”

They knew that would happen. Really, Tucker? That’s what your going with? Because it sounds more like something you’d hear from a tinfoil hat wearing loon standing in Times Square and clutching a tattered Bible as he proclaims the end of the world is nigh.

Ukraine should have the right to join NATO. If Putin doesn’t like that, too damn bad. He doesn’t set policy for the NATO alliance. Or at least he doesn’t now that Donald Trump is no longer in the White House and doing whatever his “genius” buddy Vlad orders.

By extension, it can be implied that Carlson (and Fox News) thinks that you and I are also culpable for the invasion of Ukraine. If we support NATO and Ukraine, then we triggered Putin to do what he did.

You’d think it’d be difficult for Tucker Carlson to speak with so much bullshit in his mouth. But he’s so used to lying that it comes naturally for him.

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Expert On Russia: Putin’s Ukraine Invasion Is About To Become ‘Unsustainable’

Even though the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going on for less than two weeks now, there are multiple reports that the Russian military is suffering staggering troop losses and morale is low among the soldiers who have been sent to fight.

Has Russian President Vladimir Putin overplayed his hand? And what can we expect next in the conflict?

Ed Arnold, a research fellow for European security at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) told Reuters that Putin’s military excursion is about to become “unsustainable,” noting:

“At the current rate of Russian losses, which are not confirmed, but we do have indications that this operation would be unsustainable within about three weeks from the Russian perspective.

“In which case that they would have to consolidate the gains already made and look to see a way of trying to freeze the conflict on the current lines of advance while they [mobilize] more forces from Russia.”

Arnold then spelled out exactly how Russian forces are starting to bog down as they attempt to take control of Ukraine:

“In the north,” Russian forces are “still looking to fully encircle Kyiv.

“In the south, the Russian advance is continued to be slow but they’re seeing a lot more successes in the south, taking Kherson and consolidating and pushing further west, and then also focusing now on Mariupol. However, at the moment, the Russian operation is going so badly, especially from logistics point of view that really Russia might just not have the numbers to make another conflict that is cold be hot again.”

Massive amounts of military and humanitarian aid are being poured into Ukraine by the world, and that means the Russians will face more resistance everywhere they go. That will lead to an already overburdened Russian military force becoming more vulnerable, which will result in more casualties. Those deaths are causing protests in Russia, which is bad news for Putin, who is already on shaky footing. He may not survive this massive miscalculation.

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Lindsey Graham Uses Call With Ukrainian President To Bash Biden And Gets Ripped A New One On Twitter

On Saturday, several members of Congress spoke with Ukrainian President Voldomyr Zelenskyy via Zoom, and after the video call was finished, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) decided he’d post a video on Twitter what he called the “takeaways” of the conversation, even though doing so could well present a security risk for Zelenskyy.

Graham, however, like so many Republicans who have never and will never be President of the United States, couldn’t resist trying to pretend he knows something about foreign policy and diplomacy, even though the only thing he’s ever succeeded at is whining and complaining.

In his video of what he discussed with Zelenskyy, Graham included what can only be called a subtle but pointed criticism of President Joe Biden and the administration, remarking:

“Apparently, the United States is part of the problem, not the solution.” 

Yes, know-nothing, feckless members of the Senate who try to run foreign policy instead of staying in their lane are indeed part of the problem and have no solutions to anything.

Twitter lit up with mockery, snark, and anger aimed directly at the South Carolina Republican.

https://twitter.com/mosderdamm/status/1500146542325477379?s=20&t=U9aI-vT6gkhEFKXHHO3l3g
https://twitter.com/Potterchik/status/1500146861239377924?s=20&t=U9aI-vT6gkhEFKXHHO3l3g
https://twitter.com/JerseyMosquito/status/1500147024259395590?s=20&t=U9aI-vT6gkhEFKXHHO3l3g

https://twitter.com/RebelSnowOwl/status/1500150632241516549?s=20&t=U9aI-vT6gkhEFKXHHO3l3g
https://twitter.com/DorseyFilm/status/1500146889332690949?s=20&t=U9aI-vT6gkhEFKXHHO3l3g

No one wants to hear your crap, Lindsey. Sit down and shut the hell up.

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American Man Embedded With Russian Forces Invading Ukraine Hails Putin As A Savior

Before YouTube took the videos down, Russell “Texas” Bentley was racking up thousands of views as he proudly cheered Russian military forces attacking Ukraine and praised President Vladimir Putin, telling viewers:

“These guys are tough. These guys are ready. And there’s plenty of ‘em. We’re gettin’ ready to bring the hammer down. These guys are going to save and liberate all the good people of Ukraine. And the bad people? BOOM! Kick their ass.”

As Rolling Stone found out, Bentley was actually embedded with Russian troops who were in the process of attacking Ukrainian cities, and his videos led a lot of people to wonder, What is the deal with this guy?

The deal is that Bentley was born and raised in Highland Park, Texas, and used to make his living selling weed to lots of clients in the Lone Star State:

Bentley wasn’t just promoting pot, he was dealing it — importing substantial quantities of weed from Texas to Minnesota. And by 1996, Bentley got tripped up by the DEA. He was arrested for felony trafficking and sentenced to federal prison. But only months before he was scheduled to be released in 1999, according to court documents, Bentley broke out of the minimum security facility where he was being held. “I didn’t have to dig a tunnel or take anybody hostage,” he recalls. “But I did escape from prison.”

Oh, and Bentley is also a big fan of former Libyan strongman Muammar Gadhafi:

“He was one of the greatest,” Bentley says fondly of the larger-than-life dictator whom the International Criminal Court accused of war crimes. Bentley says that when “Gadhafi was brutally murdered on video, it really pissed me off.”

And now Bentley is shilling for Putin. But why? His reasons are nothing less than absurd:

“This is the battle, not just of Ukraine. This is the battle between good-and-evil for the future of the world. And right now, it’s looking like the world might just have a chance because us and our friends are kicking some Nazi ass right now.”

As you can see from the video below (which is still available on Twitter), if and when Russell Bentley does return to the United States, there’s a good chance he’ll be facing a long interrogation from the Justice Department.

https://twitter.com/BadWeaponTakes/status/1498379906216046592?s=20&t=rkV7OUHCo_SdBg0lVutHyg

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Trump’s Solution To The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine: We Have To ‘Work Out A Deal’ With Putin

Now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to use the maximum amount of force on large Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv and Kharkiv, the number of civilian casualties is skyrocketing and likely to go much higher in the days ahead because the Russian tyrant has no respect for human life or how much blood is spilled to accomplish his selfish aims.

But rather than ratcheting up sanctions to punish Putin, failed, one-term former President Donald Trump says the time has come for the world to “work out a deal” with the Russian mass murderer.

Speaking with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, the twice-impeached ex-president suggested the Ukrainians were fighting well against the Russian troops because of the “weapons I gave and that the Ukrainians use so well.”

Bartiromo then asked Trump:

“I want to get your take on how Joe Biden needs to respond, to people like Vladimir Putin and [Chinese President] Xi Jinping, given the atrocious actions taken by Putin in the last seven days – possible crimes against humanity.

“Would you still afford Putin respect at this time?”

It certainly sounded like Trump did indeed afford Putin respect. Just a few days ago he referred to the Russian despot as a “genius.” And today he told Bartiromo:

“You have to work out a deal.

“They have to stop killing these people. They’re killing all these people, and they have to stop it. And they have to stop it now. But they don’t respect the United States. So the United States is, I don’t know, they’re not doing anything about it.”

You have to work out a deal.

What sort of deal? Do you drop the sanctions and trust Putin to withdraw his forces? Or you do tempt him with his very own luxurious Trump Tower in downtown Moscow, perhaps overlooking the Kremlin where you can watch as Vlad has his political opponents assassinated in broad daylight?

Work out a deal with a murdering thug who would gladly kill millions of innocent people so he can restore the old Russian empire? No and hell no.

If Trump was president right now, he’d be willing to idly sit by and watch as Putin gobbled up one NATO nation after another. It’s one of ten millions reasons why Donald Trump is the second-biggest threat to the safety and security of the world.