Peter Hitchens' Half Hour: “The West Should Be Careful What They Wish For” After Wagner Coup

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  • @hirdx
    @hirdx ปีที่แล้ว +195

    God , I feel like this was the first time I saw someone in western media talk about the russian people as people and not just some orcs. He genuinely cared. I'm stunned that he even was allowed to do that. Brought tears to my eyes. Cheers to you good sir.

    • @harryflashman3141
      @harryflashman3141 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You may, like Peter Hitchens's Bristol University on youtube from several years ago talk about "Is Putin a force for good"? Of course, it's moved on since then. However, he is very aware of the complexities of life in a way you will never get on mainstream media.

    • @juliusnovachrono4370
      @juliusnovachrono4370 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@harryflashman3141 Is there a video on TH-cam that is still up regarding this subject?

    • @olegkovalev4135
      @olegkovalev4135 ปีที่แล้ว

      The thing about Russians, at first they are distrustive to you (this due crazy capitalism and fakeness of human beings to gain thier profit - see the oceangate sub).But when you get close to them and you get their trust, they are some of the most trust worthy and reliable people that you can meet in this world.

    • @olegkovalev4135
      @olegkovalev4135 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Especially the people who have seen life and experienced hardships of it.

    • @garymitchell5899
      @garymitchell5899 ปีที่แล้ว

      You absolute @rse of course people see Russians as real people. And no, you didn't cry. Utter nonsense you are pathetic.

  • @janewallace880
    @janewallace880 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    We need to hear more from people like Peter Hitchins. Who admits, we should be careful about what we wish for and I think we should not be blind to what is happening in the West.

    • @tinaforbes1059
      @tinaforbes1059 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I totally agree with you on that.

    • @francescostello1377
      @francescostello1377 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really, you just answered your own question, there's no excuse for people to be in the dark about this US NATO UK cabal proxy war against Russia, with Ukraine as a means to end. Corporate owned established media are not there to report the real news fgs, thought people knew that by now? . And Hitchins is rambling, why anyone still watches MSM is beyond me. That's why millions of us with critical thinking watch alternative media, with real independent journalism and actual military experts. The Duran, George Galloway Moats, Colonel Douglas MacGregor, Scott Ritter, Brian Berletic, Redacted and many more. You have the Internet use it.

    • @arlencarroll1964
      @arlencarroll1964 ปีที่แล้ว

      No surprise to hear sence coming from a hitchens

    • @nuuky
      @nuuky 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We do. Problem is most people in the World would rather listen to online Influencers most of whom should be banned Imo.

  • @benjaminmitchell5345
    @benjaminmitchell5345 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Hitchens bringing the conversation back down to earth

  • @michaelmcfeely6588
    @michaelmcfeely6588 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I don't want to pay to rebuild Ukraine. The spending will never end.

    • @elingrome5853
      @elingrome5853 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You wont be asked

    • @darcymoon2109
      @darcymoon2109 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They have the most farmland and supply a huge amount of grain to the world. They have other resources. It isn’t just a pile of rocks like Afghanistan.

    • @elingrome5853
      @elingrome5853 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darcymoon2109 Its the physical infrastructure... US taxpayers pay for the destruction, then Globalist Big business (BlackRock et al) gets the contracts to rebuild..

    • @johno1544
      @johno1544 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That's the whole point war is a racket

    • @fujohnson8667
      @fujohnson8667 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That’s the idea! Constant stream of money laundering

  • @libbyrehn7184
    @libbyrehn7184 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Everyone in the world from 6min 48 sec until 7min 13sec watch and listen to this (such a true point!). Something I have been saying about almost everything and especially about the ''issues'' in Russia. We only know what social media and dodgy news stations want us to know. There is sooooo much more to all of it. Sad that we all just believe whatever we are told without doing any of our own research!

    • @rameshgill1444
      @rameshgill1444 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not me , unlike the beguiled ignorant ship of fools .

  • @hertz7588
    @hertz7588 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Don’t always agree with Hitchens, but admire his mouth is always connected to his brain, and his words defined by the English dictionary.

    • @jazura2
      @jazura2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would think that one would need to have lived for two years in Moscow in order to agree or disagree.

  • @lesleyhogg2495
    @lesleyhogg2495 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    LOVED THIS INTERVIEW

  • @johnarmstrong3140
    @johnarmstrong3140 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    British animosity towards Russia is long standing. As Britain plummets in its fortunes it will only get worse. Oh, poor old Ben Wallace… Little Britain has nothing to show for being America’s poodle in the Ukraine fiasco! Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

    • @janoginski5557
      @janoginski5557 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well put John, 😂. Bit it’s a disgusting little poodle that eats it’s own offspring & shits on their remnants. It a happy little poodle that needs putting down.

    • @arimoff
      @arimoff ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, the british cousin did betray russian czar during the bolshevik revolution. The germans and the british even sponsored lenin on his return to russia and communist take over.

  • @bobbydazzle1937
    @bobbydazzle1937 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Spot on Peter

  • @esr243
    @esr243 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really good interview

  • @michaelicornelius
    @michaelicornelius ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When Peter speaks of the horrors of the Civil War whose did he mean? Britain, USA, Rwanda, France ... every civil war goes this way

    • @Thomas-br5tj
      @Thomas-br5tj ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You need to read about the Russian civil war, 1917 to I think 1922. 8 million dead, Communists v non communists.

    • @JustineBrownsBookshelf
      @JustineBrownsBookshelf ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He meant the Russian one. But yes, all of them are disastrous

    • @jazura2
      @jazura2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@JustineBrownsBookshelfand he said so.

  • @julietaaboka3285
    @julietaaboka3285 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Bad countries have the best jokes" Sure, being a Brit you should now from experience. And please, do not deprive us from your beautiful smiles, nothing personal, by the way😉

  • @megamarsvin8301
    @megamarsvin8301 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:47 "Russian leader "mortally" wounded by coup - LOL There was no coup only political differences, Putin is hugely popular and nowhere near in danger!

    • @WHS_reviews
      @WHS_reviews ปีที่แล้ว

      putler is not popular Ivan.

  • @MrDenzal27
    @MrDenzal27 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Whats its like?"
    "Dismal"
    ITS MEANT TO BE PETER.

  • @valeriecronin6772
    @valeriecronin6772 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do the Americans think with the fall of Putin they would be able to put their own stooge in!

    • @ThomasDanielsen1000
      @ThomasDanielsen1000 ปีที่แล้ว

      If Putin falls it's entirely due to his megalomania and stupidity.

  • @susannelles5033
    @susannelles5033 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How wrong you all were. how come BBC gets insider info and others do not question it. Where are the True old style reporters?

  • @jonathanmoore7079
    @jonathanmoore7079 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think Wagner's leader acted upon the orders of his Master.

  • @ramatgan1
    @ramatgan1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    President Putin is actually a very reasonable person. He is a patriot and a moderate person you can reason with. He trusted Minsk Agreement but it was just to buy time to Arm Ukraine. He wanted to join NATO. He wanted alliance with Germany. Anyone than him will be very hardline and Ukraine will be flattened 'shock and awe' style.
    If I was Ukrainian I know who I would want as Russian President.

  • @johnfoley9031
    @johnfoley9031 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have to feel for the Russian ordinary citizens. They have put up with so much.

    • @ThomasDanielsen1000
      @ThomasDanielsen1000 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about Ukrainian citizens? I would much rather care about them.

  • @matthewharding7342
    @matthewharding7342 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Don't believe Blinken. He's a liar.

    • @ednorton47
      @ednorton47 ปีที่แล้ว

      He should be deported.

  • @markmirche7760
    @markmirche7760 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think Russian patience is running out fast. Holding back too much can backfire for Putin…

  • @grahamthebaronhesketh.
    @grahamthebaronhesketh. ปีที่แล้ว

    I was in the Dana. Could you hear the trains?

  • @N1ghtH4wk86
    @N1ghtH4wk86 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is this Christopher Hitchens brother?

  • @CK-jo9im
    @CK-jo9im ปีที่แล้ว

    As an African, I really cant agree more with Hitchins on regime change / coup in Russia vs the nationalism that is enshrined in its citizens and leaders. The next Russian leader would be more unpredictable, and the last straw to play with, imagine Prigozhin seating on those nuclear buttons...."the west would really get what they wish for", and the effects will spill over the rest of the world. This is a doomsday wish.

  • @stro382
    @stro382 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you hear a shot that hits its mark it sounds different...,...only if your the target.

  • @1daveyp
    @1daveyp ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd love to hear what Hitchens thinks about how we should deal with crime, not being sarky, I really would value it. The Victorian idea of using gaol as the punishment rather than the place you hold convicts until you punish them does not seem to have worked terribly well.

  • @robertgoodger9687
    @robertgoodger9687 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not the Narrative prescribed by the pro Ukraine media 🤔 VP gave enough rope and they took it and he fell short of kicking the box from under their feet.
    Alternative media with a clearer message free of the shoulder to shoulder BJ speak has the answers to most questions.
    Good chat though.
    🙈🙊🙉🇬🇧

  • @righteousbyfaithinChrist
    @righteousbyfaithinChrist ปีที่แล้ว

    FTR, it is NOT, what America is wishing for...it, is what God has shown us He will do to such nations that forsake His laws...
    Daniel 7:1-18
    [1]In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related the following summary of it.
    [2]Daniel said, "I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
    [3]And four great beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another.
    [4]The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it.
    [5]And behold, another beast, a second one, resembling a bear. And it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and thus they said to it, 'Arise, devour much meat!'
    [6]After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
    [7]After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
    [8]While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts. The Ancient of Days Reigns
    [9]"I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire.
    [10]"A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened.
    [11]Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning fire.
    [12]As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but an extension of life was granted to them for an appointed period of time. The Son of Man Presented
    [13]"I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.
    [14]"And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed. The Vision Interpreted
    [15]"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within me, and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.
    [16]I approached one of those who were standing by and began asking him the exact meaning of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things:
    [17]'These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth.
    [18]But the saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.'

  • @LMVG2233
    @LMVG2233 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is Peter Hitchens related to the late Christopher Hitchens?

  • @daveedwards7366
    @daveedwards7366 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We should never show hate towards the Russian people because they cannot change there leaders or make any decisions for fear of punishments.

    • @iandaniel2153
      @iandaniel2153 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a condescending untruth.

    • @DJOUSSSS
      @DJOUSSSS ปีที่แล้ว

      @@iandaniel2153that is how it is in the Uk, they are given an illusion of a choice and then told who to vote for by their lying criminal media, then they think they are superior than everyone else. The did not even vote for their prime minister.

    • @belladonna6624
      @belladonna6624 ปีที่แล้ว

      President Putin was voted into office.

  • @kerry5372
    @kerry5372 ปีที่แล้ว

    Divide and conquer for Putin, or diversion, just playing him.

  • @handydrangon
    @handydrangon ปีที่แล้ว

    “I was on air, we were monitoring these fast moving events”. - he means he was on Twitter/Telegram. Don’t pretend it’s anything more than official narrative signalboosting. I apprentice Peters honesty about just not knowing details in situations like this.

    • @marcuswilson3485
      @marcuswilson3485 ปีที่แล้ว

      Twitter? I don’t think Twitter was around in 1989.

  • @Jirix
    @Jirix ปีที่แล้ว

    Too many Russian bots and sympathisers in the comment section.

  • @BillOdyssey
    @BillOdyssey ปีที่แล้ว

    Pete Aloysius Hitchens

  • @homeguardster
    @homeguardster ปีที่แล้ว

    lol

  • @Brazen1234
    @Brazen1234 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    whos this peter hitchens?

  • @homeguardster
    @homeguardster ปีที่แล้ว

    lulz

  • @granvillestout2681
    @granvillestout2681 ปีที่แล้ว

    Disappointed Hitchens fell for this reality show. Lost my admiration.

  • @phil2806
    @phil2806 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    E crowds cheering on wagner were doing it for thier actions in Ukraine not because they wanted putin gone not even wagner wanted putin gone 😂 the west are so thick 😂

    • @dal6984
      @dal6984 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tell me about it. 😂

  • @valeriewaarkjar5891
    @valeriewaarkjar5891 ปีที่แล้ว

    God bless, Putin and his just cause.

  • @RokSlana
    @RokSlana ปีที่แล้ว +84

    What this man is saying is very sobering. What is frightening is that he is the only one so far to be saying it out loud.

    • @tinaforbes1059
      @tinaforbes1059 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's been there, done that and got the t,shirt so to speak .

    • @hmq9052
      @hmq9052 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@tinaforbes1059He said the west shouldn't help Ukraine

    • @tinaforbes1059
      @tinaforbes1059 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hmq9052 I quite agree. However, the collective West lead by Uncle Sam-Land are at it again. They are trying their hardest to weaken Russia 🇷🇺 so that they can looting their natural resources like they always have been in many countries around the world/the so called promoting democracy and human rights /infact, they are still illegally occupiedSyria and looting their oilsandgas . Remember the former Yogoslavia ? Nato flattened them and divided them into smaller pieces and pumping money/bought each individual leaders. Now, they are part of Nato members and part of the eu Gangsters . You can't make it up .

    • @tinaforbes1059
      @tinaforbes1059 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hmq9052 It's all planned by the warmongering organisation called NATO since 2014 . Proxy war against Russia 🇷🇺 . To weaken Russia 🇷🇺 and hoping to split them into smaller pieces like they have done in former Yogoslavia.

    • @valuetraveler2026
      @valuetraveler2026 ปีที่แล้ว

      normal when empires decline...

  • @ashfield1425
    @ashfield1425 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Tell me this….what is the difference between Russia and the UK. We are moving closer to a dictatorship, we don’t know the difference between men and women, our leaders don’t look out for their people and they are corrupt. Anything I have missed? Seriously, when we are looking to quotes from Anthony Blinken we have a problem.

    • @patrikfloding7985
      @patrikfloding7985 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      " we don’t know the difference between men and women"
      You mean it's not illegal to not be heterosexual? Move to Iran.

    • @ashfield1425
      @ashfield1425 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@patrikfloding7985 I don’t need to go to Iran. You sound like you need to go back to school if you don’t know the difference.😂

    • @waynus2021
      @waynus2021 ปีที่แล้ว

      agreed , we live in a "democracy" where not one single person has voted for our current prime minister , not even in his own political party!!
      we are ALREADY in a dictatorship

    • @oniondesu9633
      @oniondesu9633 ปีที่แล้ว

      the difference is the russians dont teach kids about the wonders of sodomy

    • @ianredpath8359
      @ianredpath8359 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well said

  • @emevwobiakolo2093
    @emevwobiakolo2093 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    What a surprise! There is actually somebody in the Western media who is thinking rationally about Russia and Putin!

    • @Noel-ji8nm
      @Noel-ji8nm ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are plenty of people,

    • @corneliuscornia3189
      @corneliuscornia3189 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@Noel-ji8nmBut not in Britain!!!

    • @francescostello1377
      @francescostello1377 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed, but we all know our media is owned lock stock and barrel, and it's a bit late now for MSM to report on this and , Hitchins is rambling, and why anyone watches it is beyond me, I do only as a point of reference.
      Alternative media, with real independent journalism, actual military experts, The Duran, Brian Berletic, Scott Ritter, Colonel Douglas MacGregor, Redacted.

    • @SagaciousFrank
      @SagaciousFrank ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@corneliuscornia3189, Britain is a brain-dead nation, totally finished, and I'm stuck on this sinking ship.

    • @ThomasDanielsen1000
      @ThomasDanielsen1000 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hitchens is not thinking rationally - he's a Putin apologist!

  • @martynfenton3814
    @martynfenton3814 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I could not agree more, Putin is a moderate if you know anything about Russia. Ditto the sanctions on Russia - we have sanctioned ourself!

    • @arvydassabonis8162
      @arvydassabonis8162 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's like saying any german leader after Hitler is moderate😂

    • @martynfenton3814
      @martynfenton3814 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@arvydassabonis8162 er no it isn't at all

    • @SagaciousFrank
      @SagaciousFrank ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@arvydassabonis8162, talking out of you're arse, Putin is nothing like Hitler, you're betraying the victims of Nazism even implying such a thing. He's a nasty little despot for sure, but not even on the same level as Hitler.

    • @ThomasDanielsen1000
      @ThomasDanielsen1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank God Churchill didn't think that way "Hitler is a moderate - we shouldn't push him too hard or he'll be replaced by someone worse".

    • @razielthered
      @razielthered ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThomasDanielsen1000 honestly Putin is a moderate, he gets criticized from the communists and nationalists all the time that he hasn't gone harder. If he is replaced you will get someone who will take everything off the oligarchs and Russia will turn into a war economy / command economy.

  • @bio082
    @bio082 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    maybe the ONLY person in the UK who speaks sense regarding the war in Ukraine

    • @themsmloveswar3985
      @themsmloveswar3985 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Alexander Mercouris

    • @janjorgendevries2927
      @janjorgendevries2927 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh dear.

    • @francescostello1377
      @francescostello1377 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed, but It's a bit late now for corporate owned established media to report now alternative media is killing them.

    • @boatfaceslim9005
      @boatfaceslim9005 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@themsmloveswar3985Yep. Mercouris = consistently excellent analysis.

    • @ThomasDanielsen1000
      @ThomasDanielsen1000 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, he isn't - he's a disgusting Putin apologist!

  • @AlexandraK1
    @AlexandraK1 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    11:03 Talking about Russian people as if they were a different species ... We are all people, we are all connected. What our so-called leaders want to do is divide us. We shouldn't let them.

    • @patrikfloding7985
      @patrikfloding7985 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They act as a different species right now.

    • @olegkovalev4135
      @olegkovalev4135 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Look at your self in a mirror and reflect on your deeds that you do during day.. I guess you will see a reflection of your words in the mirror.

    • @AlexandraK1
      @AlexandraK1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@olegkovalev4135 Yes ... Which is why I try to think for myself and not merely follow whatever the media says we should think.

    • @AlexandraK1
      @AlexandraK1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@patrikfloding7985 You have to differentiate between the Russian people and its government. Those are two very different things.

    • @janoginski5557
      @janoginski5557 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said, the idiots down on stupid street follow a poisoned flag. Russians are human beings not insects, but demonising people to justify heinous deeds is a historical cliche and a disturbing reality. The Russian people have been long suffering, no matter what flavour holds power that’s an undeniable Historical fact. And by the by it’s not all sweetness and light in the West, the States in Western Europa are largely oppressive but their weapon of choice is robbing their own citizens of money & thus power & oppressive laws designed to keep their own citizens under “Control”, the falsehood of so-called democracy, the mother of freedom is anarchy. The UK is a Dystopian State.

  • @fujohnson8667
    @fujohnson8667 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Sorry but the Americans mocking Putin for a “catastrophic strategic failure” is the definition of Irony 😂😂😂

    • @occif2023
      @occif2023 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not sure what irony you are talking about.

    • @ujenix1
      @ujenix1 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​@@occif2023probably Afghanistan. That was a strategic failure I believe.

    • @fujohnson8667
      @fujohnson8667 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@occif2023 Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria? Notice a pattern? 😂

    • @janetbarkwith
      @janetbarkwith ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@fujohnson8667 Also Viet Nam, Korea ...

    • @heh6731
      @heh6731 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@occif2023 Every major operation they've conducted in the past 6 decades

  • @christopherquinn5899
    @christopherquinn5899 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    It's always good to listen to Peter Hitchens.

  • @granvillestout2681
    @granvillestout2681 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I like the way he slipped over that British people used to be stoical. We're not now, we roll over and wait to have our tummies tickled now.

  • @worldofameiso5491
    @worldofameiso5491 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I have to say I prefer Kevin to Mike as an interviewer. At least Kevin allows the interviewee to speak freely without interruption and he pays attention to what the person is saying - he looks interested. Mike on the other hand usually spend most of his time looking at his computer or phone, or both and always seems particularly disinterested in what is being said.

    • @SJGinSAfrica
      @SJGinSAfrica ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed.

    • @anneheard9381
      @anneheard9381 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or drinking water 😂

    • @SagaciousFrank
      @SagaciousFrank ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, Kevin asks then listens. Mike is still okay, there can be the odd decent laugh from time to time.

    • @SagaciousFrank
      @SagaciousFrank ปีที่แล้ว

      On second thoughts, I have to say I prefer Piers Morgan. 😂

    • @drifty_grifty
      @drifty_grifty ปีที่แล้ว

      Mike is a real specimen

  • @bigdaz7272
    @bigdaz7272 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hitchens is always so interesting to listen to.

    • @ThomasDanielsen1000
      @ThomasDanielsen1000 ปีที่แล้ว

      You might as well listen to a Putin speech. They say the same thing!

    • @bigdaz7272
      @bigdaz7272 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ThomasDanielsen1000 To be frank Putin and Hitchen's are intelligent independent speakers, more than i can say for 90% of Western leaders who have to wait for the Fax from Washington telling them what their positions for the week are going to be.

    • @ThomasDanielsen1000
      @ThomasDanielsen1000 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bigdaz7272 I you love Putin so much, I suggest you move to Russia. He could use some more meat for his meat grinder...

  • @JS-JackSparra21
    @JS-JackSparra21 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    “The whole thing is fishier than a fish’s wet bits…and I’m not talking about the content of Baldrick’s apple crumble”.

  • @Tom-ce8ib
    @Tom-ce8ib ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Is Blinkin referring to cracks in the USA and NATO?😂
    It's astounding how these conversations are always so bias and one sided.😂
    There is never any positives on Russia economicly or other. There are never any conversations about NATO involvement in pursuing the destruction of Russia as sovereign legitimate country.
    There no compassion or respect toward the betterment of mankind or the destruction of mankind over all.😂
    Its as though we the subjects are supposed to shove our heads in the sand and ignore the bias propaganda ignorance of it all.😂

  • @JosephGibson
    @JosephGibson ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We would all love to know what Prigozhin was up to - perhaps it was a ruse or perhaps he thought he had more support than he had! One thing is clear from this, based on what I heard about intelligence services with social media etc Russia now will have an idea of those who were with the State and against the State. That is as clear as day in my eyes!

    • @BlackCountry-q1h
      @BlackCountry-q1h ปีที่แล้ว

      And the CIA will have been, as it always does, stirring the pot, plotting, cajoling different groups, whilst backing and using Ukraine as its patsy in this US proxy war....yet another one to go on that list of phoney wars that never work...this was not a coup, it was a dust up between Prigozin and the govt defence minister...all that amplified by the West to suit the constant red under the bed narrative..

  • @ausgang9495
    @ausgang9495 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "I saw tanks coming down the street ...and I thought crikey!" how quintessentiallly British.

  • @andrewdavies3584
    @andrewdavies3584 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Excellent to see Mr. Hitchens on as a guest. I still feel the loss of his brother too.

    • @iandaniel2153
      @iandaniel2153 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ... ditto!

    • @SagaciousFrank
      @SagaciousFrank ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah, his late brother championed the worst domestic and foreign policies of our age. He was an ardent supporter of Tony Blair and the Iraq war, enough said!

    • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
      @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His brother was the type of propagandist whom without, the War in Iraq would not have been possible. No contrition. No nuance. He smoked and drank himself to death because he knew himself to be a fraud and a willing fool for war... all because he had some insecurity over his masculinity and sexuality.
      It's a shame there isn't a Hell for him to go to.
      I love Peter, though. There are plenty of things I'll disagree with him on but he is honest, compassionate and has integrity.

    • @SagaciousFrank
      @SagaciousFrank ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns , the only policy I'm aware of upon which I agree and have respect for his late brother is on abortion, he was opposed to it, surprisingly, but credit where it's due.

  • @sue.F
    @sue.F ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Excellent from Peter, talks so well on Russia.

    • @sue.F
      @sue.F ปีที่แล้ว

      And prison

    • @ThomasDanielsen1000
      @ThomasDanielsen1000 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, so well you would think that he was paid by the Kremlin to parrot their propaganda!

  • @marcyoung3251
    @marcyoung3251 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What an interesting chap to sit and listen to 👌👌

  • @bobdeverell
    @bobdeverell ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Peter Hitchens displays a better appreciation of/ things Russian than the British MSM but he is letdown by being stuck in a time warp from the era of the collapse of the USSR.

  • @corneliuscornia3189
    @corneliuscornia3189 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Peter,a wholesome good Man👍

  • @xMandalorex
    @xMandalorex ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Never understood why other countries UK? USA? EU STATES? have to "help" ukraine
    1: It's not our war
    2: It's not our business
    3: We owe them nothing
    4: just stay the hell away from this...

    • @RobinMs5
      @RobinMs5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because if they dont, poland is next

    • @johno1544
      @johno1544 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Global dominance the US doesnt have a thousand foreign military bases for P.R.

    • @troymash8109
      @troymash8109 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would be a British citizen here in Ohio if not for Dutch money. Spanish money. French infantry. French war ships. Think before you speak.

    • @jackthelad612
      @jackthelad612 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's what people in the USA said about Germany under Hitler.

    • @DanVassiliou
      @DanVassiliou ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@troymash8109 be much better if you were still a British citizen. The US has been the worst superpower ever to grace the superpower club.

  • @michealkelliher8428
    @michealkelliher8428 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like Peter Hitchens, agree on many things he says, except on communism and socialism, the USSR had its faults, and many.
    The day the Soviet Union indeed was a sad day. It provided America and the west with a carte blanche attitude towards everything, it gave America a hegemonic role in the world illegally.
    Ask the Iraqis, ask the Afghanistanis, ask the Libyans, ask the Yugoslavians.
    The Soviets provided a counterbalance, and equilibrium if you like in that role.
    Communism was misguided and badly enforced, true Marxism was not sadly. Still, overall, the pros outweigh the cons regarding the Soviet Union. Its intentions were good in terms of equality, access to health care, sports, space exploration and culture, equity, education, science, engineering etc, it kept the American foreign policy in check. The problem again, I reiterate, was it's enforcement. So while I agree on Peter on many things, not this. Communism/ Socialism is not evil, if its accepted and nurtured properly.

    • @funbarsolaris2822
      @funbarsolaris2822 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very true, we in the west actually experienced a massive rise in living standards at the time as western capitalism had to complete with another system so they couldn't get away with the extreme usery that is now standard. It kept geopolitical balance and made sure no one power could aim for complete world domination. It massively added to scientific and technological advancement as well as advancements in music, art and culture. People till this day that experienced life in the soviet Union say life was better than it is now for them under western neo liberalism. Its such a shame they could never break out of the police state mentality and brittle control over people as I really believe that was what caused it to fall in the end

    • @michealkelliher8428
      @michealkelliher8428 ปีที่แล้ว

      @funbarsolaris2822 Brilliant 👏 👌 👍 post.
      The west didn't collapse the USSR, it collapsed itself, pouring too much money into military and it's Eastern block satellites, Warsaw Pact, it was bankrolling all of the Eastern Block countries, as well as the Afghanistan war, sure any country in the world, communist or capitalist couldn't keep that up.

  • @garymitchell5899
    @garymitchell5899 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Regarding Peter's comment that Prygozhin couldn't capture McDonald's 'on his own', I'm quite sure it isn't the case that a commander does all the fighting themself 😂

    • @CbrigBear87
      @CbrigBear87 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wagner has given Russia all its gains in the war nvm capture mcdonalds

  • @duc696monster6
    @duc696monster6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Blinken is talking about America, not Putin..he just threw in the word Putin instead of America or Biden..easy mistake...

    • @Generative_Midi_
      @Generative_Midi_ ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, projection. The CIA has trained their facilitators in the US state department to take their cues from the grab bag of US NATO foreign policy failures, then pop Putin or China into the narrative instead. It's a short-cut for people of low intellect whose role it is to confuse and distract the public.

  • @davidcunningham2074
    @davidcunningham2074 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this guy interviewing hitchens is talking bullshit. prigozhin thought he'd
    take over but then realized that he did not have broad support, so
    he lost his nerve.

  • @paparucoontour
    @paparucoontour ปีที่แล้ว +4

    People were not applauding Pregohzhin, people were applauding the patriotic Russian troops fighting Nato and the filthy Anglo Saxon Imperialism

    • @FrancisRenolds
      @FrancisRenolds ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anglo Saxon? Have we gone back to 700 AD

  • @lindablue7494
    @lindablue7494 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great Interview.

  • @CaratacusAD
    @CaratacusAD ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Wagner troops not well trained?????? Sorry, but whatever you think of them, they are one of the most effective fighting forces in the world today.

    • @WHS_reviews
      @WHS_reviews ปีที่แล้ว

      the most effective *ruZzian* forces, you mean.

  • @greatscott369
    @greatscott369 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "By himself probably couldn't capture a macdonalds"

  • @christhecoder7598
    @christhecoder7598 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Used to hate Hitchens on Leftie instinct. I now find that he has many interesting and important perspectives on political matters and on freedom of speech, in particular. He is too ultra-conservative for me, even though I no longer consider myself a Leftie. How could you nowadays with they way most of them behave? Anyway, however I may dislike some of his views, he seems to be sincere in those beliefs, and has changed even deeply-rooted beliefs in the face of incoming evidence, which most people do not. He definitely is a man who has seen a lot and done his best to understand it, without pre-fitting the evidence into his own ideology. He may not have always succeeded but has, at least, tried, or so I believe. not on the right now either, BTW. I am more concerned with how people behave, than what they say they believe. You learn a lot more that way. How could you nowadays with they way most of them behave? Anyway, however I may dislike some of his views, he seems to be sincere in those beliefs, and has changed even deeply-rooted beliefs in the face of incoming evidennot on the right now either, BTW. I am more concerned with how people behave, than what they say they belive. How could you nowadays with they way most of them behave? Anyway, however I may dislike some of his views, he seems to be

  • @KhairulFadzlyAKarim
    @KhairulFadzlyAKarim ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Putin not making moves are more scary than when he decisively act because he is not just reacting and that he knows something that makes him refrain from taking action. And the resolution of the matter makes the Russia trusts him more because he resolved it with minimal bloodshed.

    • @SagaciousFrank
      @SagaciousFrank ปีที่แล้ว

      We're basically in a dictatorship anyway, there's no choice. We either get Red Labour or Blue Labour, might as well be a leader who is patriotic.

  • @gxvq
    @gxvq ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The forced Russian propaganda in these comment sections is so obvious. If you were actually reacting to the interview you’d appreciate his compassion and understanding towards the Russian people. I hope you get paid enough and get to see some sunlight.

  • @clonie9963
    @clonie9963 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Long Live Mother Russia. Putin is loved by Russians. Who loves Sunak or any other western leader? 😂

    • @belladonna6624
      @belladonna6624 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly my point also.

    • @WHS_reviews
      @WHS_reviews ปีที่แล้ว

      Idiots! Or are you ruble collectors? Putler is the same as hitler.

    • @ThomasDanielsen1000
      @ThomasDanielsen1000 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not hard to be loved, when all criticism of you is banned!

  • @lumri2002
    @lumri2002 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It is clear that it was not a coup but a little military drama.

  • @vijaym2823
    @vijaym2823 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The host is clearly worried that the guest is not pushing the narrative and looking at his body language you can see that he is nervous about the aftermath of the interview !! This is real journalism where Experience beats Western propaganda !!!!

  • @gezalesko3813
    @gezalesko3813 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    bahmut alone swallowed man enough to fill uk army to the last man...

  • @FlamesOfThought
    @FlamesOfThought ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hitches is always honest and worth while

  • @johnpurdie3281
    @johnpurdie3281 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Vladimir Putin has handled the situation wonderfully, he has come out of this much stronger. We could do with a leader like him here. Full respect to this man

    • @neme4sat
      @neme4sat ปีที่แล้ว

      Seriously? A leader like him? Are you a complete walker? Putin is a dictator who offs people who get in his way. Go live in Russia if you think he is so great

    • @jasminejones9937
      @jasminejones9937 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well said 👍

    • @ThomasDanielsen1000
      @ThomasDanielsen1000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Go back to bed, bottie!

    • @jimmyjemal8802
      @jimmyjemal8802 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In Russia is a fact that you can go the prison for criticising the so called special operation. Think about that before admiring a dictator like Putin. We are very lucky compared to many people in Russia.

    • @johnpurdie3281
      @johnpurdie3281 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jimmyjemal8802 try saying that to Julian Assange

  • @telluwide5553
    @telluwide5553 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Unfortunately, the smarter, more intelligent brother was taken first....

  • @BrianSinai
    @BrianSinai ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great conversation.

  • @MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist
    @MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wise words from Peter Hitchins

  • @grebo65
    @grebo65 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a lefty, so kudos to me for tuning in. What I like about Hitchens is that he's an old school journalist who actually went to various places and lived there for years in order to better understand the culture and nuances of a situation. This enables him to make informed and precise statements such as Russia being an army and a secret police organisation with a country rather than a country with an army and a secret police organisation. His articulate delivery makes me think harder about things I don't even agree with, and has sometimes even changed my own view. What extraordinary brothers Christopher and Peter were.

  • @barrygriffiths4530
    @barrygriffiths4530 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The yanks done well in vietnam lol

  • @graycurties6479
    @graycurties6479 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I do like Peter Hitch

  • @Kwesekara1672
    @Kwesekara1672 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Communism never goes away.

    • @brianlowe3529
      @brianlowe3529 ปีที่แล้ว

      And usa Upper class communism

  • @petersoakell6950
    @petersoakell6950 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Concur Peter, the populous run the show worldwide. Good.

  • @j.sarnak1391
    @j.sarnak1391 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Prighozin never left Rostov-on-don, a small group was on the highway to Moscow.

  • @d.pbriers8060
    @d.pbriers8060 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wise words!

  • @DemonetisedZone
    @DemonetisedZone ปีที่แล้ว

    Hitchens
    7:23
    "Ex prisoners not particularly well trained"
    What war has Peter Hitchens been watching? 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @truckerfromreno
    @truckerfromreno ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Team Russia - Z.

  • @subscription9
    @subscription9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent stuff

  • @michaelrussell2593
    @michaelrussell2593 ปีที่แล้ว

    12:44 Blinken talking about a devastating strategic failure for Putin. I wonder what words he will use when Putin has a strategic success.

  • @ZygmuntKletterstein
    @ZygmuntKletterstein ปีที่แล้ว

    He's basically saying that he has no idea of what happened when he was there and has no idea of what's happening now. Entertaining but not very informative.

  • @lindenbutters9396
    @lindenbutters9396 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish we would learn not to be haveago heros regarding other countries whose business we really do not comprehend. Only very expert swimmers go deep sea diving. We are but paddling in the convoluted seas of our world, unaware of the riptides and undercurrents, without knowledge, safer just dipping our toes.

  • @samuelmelton8353
    @samuelmelton8353 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    'Straight talking starts here'
    - Shows a photo of Piers Morgan

  • @martinmold1051
    @martinmold1051 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Prygozhin..couldn't capture Macdonalds..!! An arrogant insult..If it wasn't for the Wagner group the Russian army would have been more humiliated in fighting against the Ukranians..Come on Peter that was uncalled for arrogance which undermines your wisdom.

    • @retrocool
      @retrocool ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Prigozhin has no military training and is more a manager and figurehead for Warner which was set up by the Russian state as a hands-off method for foreign military interventions, chiefly in Africa. There are real military leaders inside Wagner but they are not Prigozhin.

    • @martinmold1051
      @martinmold1051 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@retrocool He is not going to walk into Macdonalds and capture it on his own is he.? .Mr Hitchens means him and his men, which was a flippant insult..beneath Hitchen's intelligence.Easy to sit in Oxford and pontificate about what the west is doing wrong..and how the various players are making a mess of everything.Funny, he is always seems to play Devil's advocate, he 'understands' Russia, he 'understands' Putin..I won't pour more oil on the fire..suffice to say...Putin was foolish to invade Ukraine and he personally will regret it..Pity that his own soldiers and a whole host of other suffer destruction in the meantime.

  • @chonnerone2964
    @chonnerone2964 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hitchens is the man. He saved me from being a stupid naive delusions lefty.

  • @theklaus7436
    @theklaus7436 ปีที่แล้ว

    Be careful what you wish for. But wasn’t jeltsin who was the reason why Putin came to power

  • @lesterbeedell9725
    @lesterbeedell9725 ปีที่แล้ว

    It wasn’t a coup don’t talk rubbish

  • @johnblowes600
    @johnblowes600 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting listening