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Moscow ended with an attack of overwhelming power. the reason for this, the soviet, the nation of some 18 million, has been threatened by the for millions in finland. the huge russian air force, probably the biggest in the world, fears for its very existence. and the red feet is no doubt being menaced by finlands three votes. but are the real facts? >> the good old days of voice of god authoritative news with no snark, right? the massive russian navy -- what does he say? greatly menaced by finla...

The nation of some 18 million, has been threatened by the for millions in finland. the huge russian air force, probably the biggest in the world, fears for its very existence. and the red feet is no doubt being menaced by finlands three votes. but are the real facts? >> the good old days of voice of god authoritative news with no snark, right? the massive russian navy -- what does he say? greatly menaced by finlands two or three warships. the 180 million soviet people, gravely threatened by the ...

Union felt like it could convince anybody that the reason it needed to invade the neighboring nation of finland was because it was a threat to it, when obviously finland was no threat. i mean, the soviet union, it just like what putin is claiming about right now, the soviet union claim that they were in mortal danger from the much, much smaller country on the border. a country that was doing nothing at all to menace its much larger neighbor to the east. just like what putin is saying about ukrai...

Country. again, they didnt think that it would be hard. they think it would take a few days. it did not work that way. the fins, in 1939, fought them off furiously. i mean, at the time, there were 4 million -- less than 4 million people in finland. 180 million people in the soviet union. and proportionate militaries to those populations. the fans were outnumbered, they were wildly outgunned. but they were also resourceful, they were fighting on their home turf, and there were more motivated than...

Failing in an invasion of a much smaller neighbor. the russo/japanese war of 1904-1905 perhaps is an example. japan was considered a minor power in asia. russia was a great power of its day, and yet japan prevailed in that conflict. later on in 1939-1940 the finns put up a stout resistance against the russian invasion and were able to fend off the russians for a matter of months. but, you know, eventually numbers and weight of superior resources prevail in these sorts of conflicts normally. but ...

Finland. the russian air force, probably the biggest in the world fears for its very existence. and its been greatly diminished. what are the real tests. >> oh, the good old days of voice of god, authoritative news with no snark, right? the massive russian navy, what does he say -- greatly menaced by finlands two or three warships. 180 million soviet people greatly threatened by the 4 million people who live in finland. the gigantic soviet army, the largest air force in the world, threatened by ...

Finland was some threat to it. when finland was obviously no threat. soviet union, just like putin is claiming about ukraine now, the soviet union did claim they are in somehow mortal danger with a country with a much smaller military. a country not doing anything to menace the much larger neighbor to the east. just like putin is saying about ukraine, the soviet union said that about finland in late 1939. and it appears they did topple the government of finland probably in a matter of a few days...

Would basically take finland or install their own government. or annex finland, erase it as a sovereign country. again, they didnt think it would be hard. they thought it would take maybe a few days. it did not work that way, the finns in 1939 fought them off furiously. at the time there were less than 4 million people in finland. 180 million people in the soviet union. and proportionate militaries to that population, the finns were outnumbered they were wildly outdone. they were also resourcefu...

They follow instruction. f it is -- you mentioned that this is like aon fascist state. it is a fascist state now. prior to this, it was fascist 1938. now this is 1939. >> that -- thank you for that. that was the point of having you on the show today, to remind people it doesnt have to be about the courts and doesnt have to be about the law. once you get to the point that people start poself-censoring a authors stop writing and publishing houses stop ou publishing, thats where the danger comes in...

Over that putin is motivated by being vlad the great. through russian history there have been czars who have been imperialistic and have tried to gain land. when czars have failed, theyve been killed or dethroned, it happened to nicholas ii, the last romanoff, his whole family was started. in world war ii, hitler takes rhineland, nobody stands up. when world war ii begins in 1939, he rolls into poland. history is screaming at us. we cant help for the best. we have to do everything we can short o...