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Roger Waters acquired right into a heated debate with a CNN host about who’s actually accountable for the struggle in Ukraine — saying it is truly the U.S. and NATO which can be fueling the continuing battle.
The Pink Floyd rocker sat down with Michael Smerconish on his weekend present, they usually had been entering into it over Ukraine and China as effectively … with RW taking the place that not all is because it appears relating to who’s at fault for the preventing dragging on this lengthy.
Watch … he says we, the States, are partly at fault for retaining it going by not pressuring Zelensky to strike a take care of Putin for a cease-fire — however as a substitute, persevering with to fund/provide their navy efforts (Ukraine’s, that’s).
Smerconish pushes again on that, mentioning that Roger right here appears to be pointing the finger on the nation that was invaded — however there, too, Roger doubles down … and says this factor has been occurring for a lot longer than only a 12 months, arguing NATO has stoked the flames.
When he is confronted with the notion that America has an obligation to step in and be “liberators” … Roger kinda loses it, saying they don’t have any such place on the planet — even contesting that they weren’t going to get entangled in WWII till Pearl Harbor was attacked.
One final thing … in addition they speak Taiwan, and Roger as soon as once more takes a counter viewpoint that the nation does, the truth is, belong to the Individuals’s Republic, regardless of what the U.S. may assume.
Wow, that is wonderful! Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters to CNN: “[China] shouldn’t be encircling Taiwan, Taiwan is a part of China! And that is been completely accepted by the entire of the worldwide neighborhood since 1948.
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He sounds very pro-China/pro-Russia … no less than that appears to be the consensus on Twitter, and the dude is getting dragged closely for it. Roger, nonetheless, appears set in his mindset.