This interview with Mr Rud is your best interview ever Mr Debatto IMHO. For a non-ukrainian he is so switched on to the situation here that I watched this interview twice over the last three days. It's that good. He is only one of maybe two people that actually mentioned the 1710 Ukrainian constitution of Pylyp Orlyk. Whenever I have heard podcasters, even Ukrainian ones that are well known, that are presented with the BS that "Ukraine is not a country", they go on a roundabout response that frustrates me so much that I am shouting at the screen - "Just fucking mention Ukraine had a constitution in 1710, way before America and France, what kind of non-country has a constitution over 300 years ago ? Russia never had one until 1905" - but even the Ukrainian podcasters or or even very well known top pro-Ukraine podcasters never bring this up. I am like WTF can't these people that talked to so many "experts" make this argument properly ? They are all so weak-sauce on this argument of "Ukraine is not a country" it really bothers me. I am so relieved that you are one of the few and only podcasters that had a guest like Mr Rud who was wise to all this. I don't have many followers but I will try and promote this chat as much as I can. Mr Rud is 100% on point and he deserves more coverage. Lastly Mr Rud spot on about "do nothing" President Obama, Ukraine is not of strategic interest because the USA does not do major business here. He let us down in 2014 almost as much as chancellor Merkel of Germany, who in 2015, a year after Czar putin stole Crimea, signed the Nord Stream II gas contracts, rewarding him for his crimes. Merkel must go down as the most prolific useful idiot in Europe ever. Obama was just an ambivalent President who was king of DGAF, a "malaise forever" President, that earned the title Jimmy Carter got stuck with - he could have been a great President and help us stomp out the russian invasion here in 2014 to push it back, but he preferred to preserve the status quo and do nothing.
This interview with Mr Rud is your best interview ever Mr Debatto IMHO. For a non-ukrainian he is so switched on to the situation here that I watched this interview twice over the last three days. It's that good. He is only one of maybe two people that actually mentioned the 1710 Ukrainian constitution of Pylyp Orlyk. Whenever I have heard podcasters, even Ukrainian ones that are well known, that are presented with the BS that "Ukraine is not a country", they go on a roundabout response that frustrates me so much that I am shouting at the screen - "Just fucking mention Ukraine had a constitution in 1710, way before America and France, what kind of non-country has a constitution over 300 years ago ? Russia never had one until 1905" - but even the Ukrainian podcasters or or even very well known top pro-Ukraine podcasters never bring this up. I am like WTF can't these people that talked to so many "experts" make this argument properly ? They are all so weak-sauce on this argument of "Ukraine is not a country" it really bothers me. I am so relieved that you are one of the few and only podcasters that had a guest like Mr Rud who was wise to all this. I don't have many followers but I will try and promote this chat as much as I can. Mr Rud is 100% on point and he deserves more coverage. Lastly Mr Rud spot on about "do nothing" President Obama, Ukraine is not of strategic interest because the USA does not do major business here. He let us down in 2014 almost as much as chancellor Merkel of Germany, who in 2015, a year after Czar putin stole Crimea, signed the Nord Stream II gas contracts, rewarding him for his crimes. Merkel must go down as the most prolific useful idiot in Europe ever. Obama was just an ambivalent President who was king of DGAF, a "malaise forever" President, that earned the title Jimmy Carter got stuck with - he could have been a great President and help us stomp out the russian invasion here in 2014 to push it back, but he preferred to preserve the status quo and do nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OWHjPj5_Eg
The Simpsons - Malaise Forever. 32 secs.