 In an interview with CNN Kremlin spokesperson Dimitri Peskov basically lied through his teeth throughout the duration of the interview He lied about the nature of the invasion into Ukraine He lied about whether or not the Russian government was targeting civilians and committing war crimes in Ukraine and that's to be expected But thankfully the CNN interviewer actually did a fantastic job and not only asking tough questions But pushing back and I'll link you to the full interview or part of the interview Most of it would CNN post it on their YouTube page Because it was really fascinating and I think really insightful But there was one portion of this interview that stood out to me because of how chilling it was So the CNN interviewer asked whether or not Russia would rule out using nuclear weapons since Vladimir Putin has hinted that he'd be open to it now multiple times and He refused to rule it out He had two opportunities to state unequivocally that they're taking nuclear weapons off the table and Dimitri Peskov did not do that take a look I quickly ask you though a need to ask you this because the world is afraid And I want to know whether Putin intends the world to be afraid of the nuclear option. Would he use it? President Putin intends to Intends to make the world Listen to and understand our concerns We've been trying to convey our concerns to the world To Europe to the United States for a couple of decades, but no one would listen to us and before it is too late It was a decision to start to launch a special Operation military operation to get rid of entire Russia that was created next to our borders What to get rid of Russia and Anti-Russia because Ukraine actually Ukraine started to be it was formed by the Western countries anti-Russia Okay, this is the problem. Okay. You look Ukraine is a country sovereign. It's recognized by the United Nations It's been around for a very very long time, but I just want to know I want to ask you again Is President Putin because again the Finnish president said to me that when he asked Putin Directly about this because President Putin has laid that card on the table President Putin said that if anybody tries to stop him very bad things will happen And I want to know whether you are convinced or confident that your boss will not use that option Well, we have a concept of domestic security and Well, it's public. You can read all the reasons for nuclear arms to be used So if it is an Existential threat for our country, then it can be used in accordance with our concept Well, there are no other reasons That were mentioned in that text So you are basically saying only an existential threat to your country I still don't know whether I've got a full answer from you And I just I'm just going to assume that President Putin wants to scare the world and keep the world on tender hooks That was pure insanity. That was madness In other words, no, we're not going to take nuclear weapons off the table And we want the world to know that one man Vladimir Putin can unilaterally end all life on earth We want you to know that and we want you to fear for that possibility It's sick. It's sadistic. It's Psychopathic, but that's their strategy keep everyone on edge so that way Russia gets what they want out of this illegal war of aggression it's grotesque and you think that you'd want your opponents to know that You never want to use nuclear weapons because of mad mutual assured destruction because if The United States knows that Russia is going to use nuclear weapons Then they're going to use nuclear weapons and we all die. That's the nature of mad So you think they want to make it very clear, of course, we would never use nuclear weapons We'd only use it in retaliation if they were used against us. That's not what they said there They're using this as a strategy now. Do I think that Vladimir Putin is bluffing to an extent? I do I do think that he's using this threat of nuclear annihilation To kind of get what he wants but that's not a theory that I want to test and certainly any United States official who's warmongering and saber-rattling and calling for a no-fly zone Which essentially would lead to a direct confrontation with Russia World War three and likely nuclear annihilation That they're they're so irrational Putin is insane. I think that he's made that very clear He's not a rational actor and the question is he's suicidal That's a question that we're all asking ourselves. Would he do the unthinkable? Well, he at least is Crazy enough to posture which in and of itself is Insane, but they're saying here look if we think that there's an existential threat to Russia Then we'll use nuclear weapons, but what does that mean exactly? What do you? Characterize as an existential threat because they've consistently moved the goalpost and the former president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev who's an ally of Putin has already said well the United States wants to end the Russian motherland So if you believe that isn't that an existential threat So are you already saying that we meet the criteria for you using nuclear weapons? So let's get to what Dmitry Medvedev said because it's clear that these people are fucking insane as Braddress of the hill explains a close ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday Accused the US of seeking the end of our motherland and said escalating tensions could result in a nuclear disaster Dmitry Medvedev deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council who also previously served as the country's president and prime minister wrote in a post on Russian social networking site vk.com that Russia has been the target of the same mediocre and primitive game Since the collapse of the Soviet Union this means that Russia must be humiliated limited shaken Divided and destroyed Medvedev wrote saying if Americans succeed in that objective Here is the result the largest nuclear power with an unstable political regime weak leadership a collapsed economy and the maximum number of nuclear Warheads aimed at targets in the US and Europe Medvedev said the US has constantly waged senseless wars since the end of World War two citing military action in Korea Vietnam Afghanistan and Iraq He then pinned the blame for tensions between the West and Russia on American aggression Unlike the American establishment, which wants the end of our motherland Russia wants to see the United States as a strong and intelligent country and not the last refuge of those who Gradually fall into senile insanity the former Russian president wrote so what he's basically saying here Is that the United States wants to weaken Russia to the point where nuclear weapons are more likely because if you have weak leadership here If you don't have our leadership, then you might get someone who's crazier who would actually press that big red button But we're gonna continue to threaten that and talk about the possibility of nuclear warfare as well It's just insane and it's ironic that he Calls out us imperialism rightfully so but then justifies Russian imperialism How about we just all agree that imperialism is bad full stop unequivocally so American imperialism is horrible, but also Russian imperialism is horrible and it sounds like cry bullying to me He's blaming the United States and US aggression for their invasion into Ukraine You're the ones who are the aggressors in this instance. You chose to invade Ukraine You can withdraw at any moment and end this war right now immediately But you're not doing that because you chose to do that Yes, America is an imperialist power and we have leaders who are war mongers and war criminals who should who should be behind bars For the rest of their lives But that doesn't change the fact that you in this instance made the decision to invade Ukraine You did this and you can end it, but you're not doing that So yes, America is an imperialist power and their imperialist wars of aggression should be condemned But don't condemn imperialism by doing imperialism yourself. That's idiotic It's like denouncing violence while punching someone in the face. It doesn't make sense It's a contradiction and you look foolish. Who falls for this? I mean in the age of the internet you can't lie like country used to lie about wars, right? We saw the way that mass media changed the narrative when it kind of when it came to the Vietnam War and Similarly, you know in 2022 we all have cameras now We all have cell phones and we could document not only what's going on what's really happening But the war crimes as well so you can't lie you can't pee on our legs and say it's raining We know what's happening now That's not to say that NATO expansionism isn't inherently escalatory, right? I've talked about the US aggression I've talked before about how the United States government and officials in the US government are just too hawkish They constantly saber-rattle against Russia. I've talked about that prior to all of this But if you're gonna condemn imperialism for fuck's sake be consistent be consistent So we have an imperialist denouncing imperialism. It's just truly insane Now let's try to bring it back to reality because we've been talking about the unthinkable We've been catastrophizing, but I do want to emphasize that I believe ultimately that Putin is bluffing I hope that that's the case But I don't want to test that theory as I've stated. I don't think that we should push it I don't think we should escalate I think we absolutely have to do everything in our power to ensure that there is a diplomatic solution that ends this war of aggression And there is no I repeat no direct confrontation between the United States or NATO and Russia because that would indeed lead to World War three and most likely nuclear annihilation and You know we hear people like Lindsey Graham in the United States and people in the mainstream media Call for aggression and escalation via a no-fly zone or whatnot But I don't think that the war mongers realize that this isn't like other wars, right? When you call for a war within another country, it's easy to do that because it's out of sight and out of mind You send young people to die Because of your geopolitical interest or your natural resource interest in whatever country But when it comes to nuclear war and the prospect of nuclear annihilation No leader can hide behind their power. You don't get to be exempt from nuclear annihilation because you're a president or a senator Everyone dies life on the planet is wiped out period end of story. So this isn't some Thing that you can talk about flippantly. This isn't some Small thing World War three would almost certainly lead to nuclear war which would almost certainly lead to annihilation of the human race but I hope that that's not going to be the case and I certainly don't think that you should worry about this because What can you do about this as an individual? There's nothing that you can do So there's no reason to live in fear of what could happen Because if we and this is going to be super-dumer if we somehow don't end up dying because of nuclear Annihilation will end up wiping ourselves out With climate change. So I mean it seems like the human race is on a suicide speed run currently and We want to go extinct. So but I just hope that cooler heads prevail I hope that there's an end to the war and I hope that we come together as Species and realize that killing ourselves is not in our best interest But getting back to the issue at hand with Russia and their constant Saber rattling and threat of nuclear annihilation. It's truly just It's morally reprehensible for them to even put this on the table and not rule it out very clearly So but to hold this over the heads of every human being on the planet. It's just To say that it's gross is an understatement. It's It's pure madness You