Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. This is John Bachelor speaking to George Friedman, the founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, about Vladimir Putin's

presentation to the American people, a lengthy interview by the Celebrity Journalist Carlson.

George notes when asked about Putin's

mansion of Poland and Lithuania that Putin regards all of Europe as a creation of Russia that Putin regards all of Europe as a creation of Russia, that Putin regards the near

abroad states bordering Russian Federation today.

As Russian, Poland is, as George says, bound up in Russian history. So as Lithuania, the Baltics, all of that

frontier is from the Russian point of view ours to manage. That suggests there's more than

eastern Ukraine at risk in the conflict and that Europe understands this and that we now understand why Lithuania is declaring that they're next or the

threat against the Estonian Prime Minister and a member of the Cabinet for desecrating

Soviet statues from the Second War.

All very bizarre except.

Here's George Friedman to explain Vladimir Putin opening his eyes and looking at Europe as

something Russia did. Well his claim was that Russia is was was the creator of much of Europe and he therefore seemed to imply that he has rights

there that hadn't otherwise and he mentioned all these countries, the Baltic countries, Poland, which

it's it. Poland's history is bound up with Russia in many ways, bad and good. So he then claims that because four or five

hundred years ago there was this relationship, there is certainly still a relationship.

Well, what he's trying to do is justify the war.

I, he certainly would attack if he could, he can't, he's not strong enough,

but is also speaking to the American people.

And to the American people, he's saying,

look, we're not doing anything but taking back

what's hours, we're trying to take back what's hours or trying to take back what's hours.

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