Of course, Russian President Vladimir Putin would grant US newsman Tucker Carlson an interview. Putin knows he’ll get a fair shake.

Christiane Amanpour can cry in her coffee some more.

That’s what happens when you take sides. The entire Anglosphere’s Media Industrial Complex decided in February 2022 that Russia was the bad guy and that Ukraine was the poor, invaded country.

There was no mention of the prior eight years when the Ukrainian government was shelling Russian speakers in the Donbas.

As of 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Italy time (04:30 a.m. Eastern Time), Carlson had yet to air the interview. So everything in this Rude is predicated on the fact I don’t know what will be said until it airs.

In the meantime, let’s have some fun with the objections to this interview.

Just Because No One Interviewed Putin Doesn’t Mean We Haven’t Tried!

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Oh, Steve. The BBChé, once the most respected news organization in the world, has given way to the most heinously biased reporting. Everything the Beeb reports has a leftist tinge. It’s plain awful.

Steve, you shouldn’t take Putin ignoring you as a personal rejection, however personally responsible you are for the awful reporting.

Take it as a repudiation of Britain’s state-sponsored media terrorism and, therefore, a diplomatic move by He Who Would Be Czar.

Of course, every news organization has asked Vlad for an interview, but he correctly judged that it was in his best interest to avoid the Western media entirely.

Why play the game when the field isn’t at least level?

Tucker Won’t Ask Him Hard Questions

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Glenn is right to ask this question. And Elon is correct in his snarky retort.

It’s incredible how the Left has mastered Goebbels's advice: “Accuse your enemy of that which you are doing.”

If you want a softball interview, watch alleged reporter Scott Pelley interview Zelensky for 60 Minutes.

Here are a few choice quotes from the interview.

Pelley: It is a critical time. U.S. officials tell us that over nearly 600 days, almost half a million troops have been killed or wounded on both sides altogether, part of the cost so far of Vladimir Putin's unprovoked invasion.

Pelley: He [Zelensky] told us that his people are dying every day to prevent World War III.

Zelensky: Russian Society has lost the respect of the world. They elected him [Putin] and re-elected him and raised a second Hitler.

Watch it. It’s worth thirteen minutes of your time.

Tucker is a Danger to the War Effort

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My goodness, I hope so.

First, this war never should’ve happened. But it happened.

Next, it should’ve been stopped only months after it began.

Then, Boris Johnson landed in Kyiv and told Zelensky that The West didn’t want him to make peace.

From Ukrainian Pravda:

As soon as the Ukrainian negotiators and Abramovich/Medinsky, following the outcome of Istanbul, had agreed on the structure of a future possible agreement in general terms, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared in Kyiv almost without warning.

"Johnson brought two simple messages to Kyiv. The first is that Putin is a war criminal; he should be pressured, not negotiated with. And the second is that even if Ukraine is ready to sign some agreements on guarantees with Putin, they are not. We can sign [an agreement] with you [Ukraine], but not with him. Anyway, he will screw everyone over", is how one of Zelenskyy's close associates summed up the essence of Johnson's visit.

Behind this visit and Johnson's words, there is much more than a simple reluctance to get involved in agreements with Russia.

Johnson’s position was that the collective West, which back in February had suggested Zelenskyy should surrender and flee, now felt that Putin was not really as powerful as they had previously imagined.

If not for Boris Johnson running a fool’s errand - and you know who the fool is - the war would’ve ended long ago.

Do I hope Tucker finishes the job? You betcha!

Tucker Is a Propagandist Because Putin Imprisons Real Journalists

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And this is where losing the high ground hurts The West the most.

Julian Assange is still in jail in the UK, awaiting extradition to the US for the crime of reporting on the USG. It’s utterly ridiculous. If not for Assange, we wouldn’t know half of what the USG was doing around the world. Carlson talked about Assange and his admiration for him in December.

Gonzalo Lira is dead. I never met Gonzalo, but I was on a conference call with him several times. He was cogent and logical and fought hard to understand what was happening in the world. Lira was an American citizen journalist reporting in Ukraine. Since he disagreed with Ukrainian propaganda, the Ukrainian government killed him.

There wasn’t an ounce of support from his home government, which is an everlasting stain on its reputation.

I always laughed at Americans abroad when they told me they’d never give up their citizenship because they knew “the Navy would come and save me.” I thought they were asshats then. Now, unfortunately, I have my proof.

Wrap Up

I hope Tucker destroys the Deep State, Uniparty, and Neocons in one fell swoop.

It would be a fitting end for them, as the lies have become too big to contain.

Then, and only then, can we start to rebuild the world.

Fingers crossed.