Carlson's interview with Putin will surely become a symbolic minute in history, not only due to the tremendous popularity (maybe the top in the past of interviews), but besides as a symbol of the media of the 21st century, censorship, hard propaganda and illusion of democracy.
Fragments of the interview concerning Poland were undoubtedly the most interesting for Polish recipients. Understandably, but it is worth noting that any lies about the past of our country in an interview do not rise specified interest abroad. Unfortunately, historical education frequently resembles a more propaganda fair than reliable teaching, which is why it is crucial to item apparent historical lies.
Poland has never cooperated with Nazi Germany. Both during and after the end of the war, the Polish government in exile consistently pursued and disciplined the collaborators, condemning thousands of them to death. During the first phase of the war, German officials tried to make contact with respective Polish leaders, offering proposals for collaboration, but they all refused.
Hitler tried to force Poland's submission by proposing territorial exchange, but the Polish government refused and decided to make an alliance with Britain. In response, the Germans withdrew from the non-aggression pact and signed the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact with the russian Union. On 1 September 1939, Germany attacked Poland, winning most of the western areas of the country by 13 September. On September 17, the russian Union attacked Poland from the east, occupying most of the east territories. Nevertheless, the Polish government continued to fight, creating a government in exile first in France and then in London after the surrender of France. Poland as a state has never surrendered to Germany.
More lies appeared in the interview, to which the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs has already reacted in part. However, let us focus on Russia's relation with the US – our top ally. In the current situation, most of Poland's geopolitical decisions are determined by Washington, so we request to observe American politics as if it were our own. In the context of the interview, the passage describing Putin's conversation with the erstwhile president of the United States is peculiarly important, Bill Clinton.
In an interview with Tucker, Putin mentioned that after taking office as president in 2000, he asked Clinton during a visit to Moscow if America thought Russia could join NATO's defence alliance—citizen. “At a gathering here in the Kremlin with outgoing president Bill Clinton, I asked him: Bill, if Russia had asked to join NATO, do you think it would have happened?” abruptly he said, 'You know, it's interesting. I think so. But in the evening erstwhile we met for dinner, Clinton said, 'You know, I talked to my band, no, it's impossible now.'
This passage sparked a broad discussion in media specified as the fresh York Post, Sky News, regular message or The Guardian. In Polish media there is silence around this key subject – who truly is the decision-maker in Washington and what does this gotta do with Europe/Poland? Who stands behind the president and influences his decisions, which are key to the most powerful president of the free world? That's a question that most Americans have been asking since yesterday, and that should be of interest to us, too. Commentators pay attention to president Biden's apparent mediocre wellness condition, which makes it improbable that he will make all the decisions himself. Therefore, who truly decides to send dollars to war in Ukraine? Who influences Poland's abroad policy? These questions are crucial and request detailed analysis in the context of global political relations.
Carlson's interview besides gives a image of the broken news planet today. Tucker encountered an avalanche of attacks trying to block this conversation from happening even before it began. Anyone who stood up for Tucker was immediately named the Kremlin agent. "Elity" cannot realize the essence of media freedom and leave the viewer the chance to draw conclusions on their own. Liberal decision-makers, however, forgot the basic principles of marketing – trying to block the interview, at the same time they created an additional advertising for it.
In Poland, politicians approach this issue cautiously due to the fact that all individual who does not have the Ukrainian flag on a profile is immediately accused of being a Russian agent. This is simply a complete absurdity from which Polish society must yet wake up. past has frequently shown our nation that we should not trust on either the West or the East, due to the fact that yet we will be alone. There is no place in global politics for sentiment or emotion, only for strict calculation and cold policy of interest.
Although the crowds like to stand on 1 side, let us not forget that we do not gotta think like most people, we do not gotta love Russia, Ukraine or even the USA. All we gotta do is think about what is in our own interests, what is beneficial and what is not. We should learn to be cool about calculating and caring for our own interests towards countries that laughter at the naivety and foolishness of weakened democracy.
As for the method and oratorical side of the interview itself, Putin demonstrated his skill as an experienced politician. In my opinion, however, his message was more aimed at the Russians than at the American or European audience, which is not accustomed to 30-minute monologues of politicians without interruption. As far as Carlson himself is concerned, I justice his performance rather poorly. I realize the effort to keep a loose and American kind of journalism, but in my opinion, he has acted childishly many times, manifested by uncontrolled explosions of laughter and asking rather infantile questions. Fortunately for Carlson, fewer will announcement these shortcomings, the vast majority of English-speaking audiences have brainwashed by pre-school journalism, and translated versions usually sound better, more correct, and diplomatically.
Can the interview change anything? Of course not. Political camps and media will stick to their positions. Any change can only happen if Trump wins again in the U.S. elections, for which ending the conflict with Russia will be a priority.
Jacek Wilk
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