Welcome to the AM Update, week in review.

A collection of the best moments from Aaron McIntyre's morning update.

When it comes to Russia, I have such a difficult time analyzing Russia.

And it's for a very simple reason.

You know, over the weekend, there were multiple points when Russian President Vladimir Putin paid respects to fallen Russian soldiers or Soviet soldiers.

There's some sort of grave or memorial on a land lease or land lease program.

Back around, I think, World War II, there were some Russians training, using Alaska to train when we were allies in World War II.

Training mission went wrong and perished on American soil.

And so the Americans built a memorial and allowed Russians to bury their soldiers there.

Vladimir Putin, during his trip to Alaska,

he went and laid flowers and knelt and did the sign of the cross

in front of each one of those graves.

There's also a memorial to America and Russia's alliance in World War II.

First thing that he did when he got here to Alaska

is he went and paid his respects at that memorial.

At least that's what we're being told. and it's hard for me to see those to see those examples and not be somewhat i don't know somewhat inspired by vladimir of putin hey at least he's got some sort of priorities right but then one part of my brain says, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

That's just, that's just, he's a former KGB operative, okay? He's just doing this for propaganda purpose. And I'm like, yeah, that's probably right. And then the other part of my brain thinks, wait a minute. Am I just, is this other part of my brain just telling me that? because I've been so propagandized by my own government

that I can't help but think,

hey,

when some leader... telling me that because I've been so propagandized by my own government that I can't help but

think, hey, when some leader thug, though he may be, is showing some degree of humility and

humanity to just disregard that? You see what I'm saying here? It's so difficult for me to

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