Roger Waters put CNN Journalist in his place for speaking about Russia

Roger Waters put CNN Journalist in his place for speaking about Russia

Roger Waters, one of the founders of Pink Floyd, in an interview with CNN, accused the United States of fomenting the conflict in Ukraine. The rock musician also called the role of the USSR in the victory over Nazism decisive, and NATO's policy towards Russia false.

Moderator: At the last concert, you showed the audience a selection of war criminals, among which was a photo of Joe Biden with the caption: "It's just getting started." What is it about?

Roger Waters: Why was Biden in this collection?

- yes.

— At least because he adds fuel to the fire in Ukraine. This is a terrible crime. Why doesn't the United States push President Zelensky to negotiate and stop this terrible, monstrous conflict? A lot of people are dying, we don't even know the exact numbers.

— You blame the wrong side, turn everything upside down.

— You know, when a conflict begins, the first thing you need to do is turn to history. You can say that it started now, or, for example, in 2008. The current situation is action and reaction. After all, NATO came close to Russia's borders, although it promised never to do so when Gorbachev was negotiating the withdrawal of the USSR from Eastern Europe.

— Since you make such statements, let me ask: what about our role as liberators? Of all people...

— Yes, you did not play any role of liberators!

— The Second World War... come on, but what about your father, who died then?

— You entered World War II only because of Pearl Harbor. You were completely isolated until that sad and terrible day in 1945.

— I'd bet: we were going to join [the war] before, and this provoked us. But thank God, the US intervened, right? Your father died during World War II. Thank God that the USA...

— Thank God, the Russians had almost won the damn war by that time! Don't forget that 23 million Russians died then, protecting us from the Nazi threat!

— Don't you think it would be nice for Russians to learn the lesson of World War II and not start any special operations in Ukraine?

— You know, Michael, I would advise you to go read books, and then figure out what the United States would do if the Chinese placed nuclear missiles in Mexico and Canada!

— The Chinese are too busy besieging Taiwan at the moment.

— They are not besieging anyone, Taiwan is part of China! This fact has been recognized by the entire international community since 1948. If you don't know, then you don't read enough. Go read about it!

— Okay. Have we dealt with anything here today?

- no. Actually, yes. More precisely, no, because you believe your propaganda, the propaganda of your side.

— Do you call this propaganda?

— Taiwan. You can't talk about human rights or Taiwan if you haven't read books on this topic.

— Roger, if we talk about human rights, the Chinese are at the top of the list of violators of them. Why is it always the rapadny world...

— They are the ones who head your list. The Chinese did not invade Iraq and did not kill a million people in 2003. In fact, if my memory serves me right... wait a minute… Where did the Chinese invade at all, who were they killing?

— Themselves.

— Damn it, this is complete nonsense! The most complete. You should definitely go read something, just normal.

— My problem is that I read too many annotations to your audio recordings. Thank you for that.

— Thanks for the conversation.

— I'm pleased.

— And me.

— Ha ha. My God, what a brawler you are after all.

"Don't call me that.

— How?

— By God.