i m not denying a criminal invasion. but what i say is if you go back to the you go back to march, one month after the war began, my brother. i am calling for a cease-fire. i don t want to see vladimir putin isn t really listening to what you say or what i say or what anybody says, i mean, he is doing what he wants to do, just like he slaughtered, i mean he saw what actions you saw what he did to grozny in the 90s? i mean, before and that city, civilians are trapped in that city, the world didn t come to the rescue of grozny. he did exactly what he wanted to do. i mean? unchecked, he will slaughter people. well, i mean, unchecked, he will slaughter folk, unchecked, what we did in iraq was slaughtering people. unchecked, what we did in other places but sir other empires did it. nation states do that though. i understand, i understand. they are wrong, when you are wrong, you have to pointed out. look, again, i respect you,
ooich. i m not denying it s a criminal invasion. but you go back to one month after the war began, my brother, i m calling for ceasefire. you can call for ceasefire. vladimir putin isn t really listening to what you say or i say or anybody says. i mean, he s doing what he wants to do, just like he slaughtered well, he was d you saw what he did to grozny in the 90s. the world didn t come to the rescue of grozny. he did exactly what he wanted to do. unchecked, he will slaughter people. well, i mean, unchecked, he will slaughter folk. unchecked, what we did in iraq was slaughtering people. unchecked, what we ve done in other places but, sir, dr. west dr. west, do you really they re wrong. when they re wrong, you have to point it out. i respect you. you know i love you, but i do
think it s inappropriate to compare the russian bombing of grozny and what we witnessed there with the war in iraq. i mean, to say that innocent innocents were killed. there s no doubt about it. horrible things happened half a million iraqis killed, my brother? half a million. listen, i was there. i was there. you saw it. i certainly understand. i saw a lot of americans getting killed, and i saw the horrors of saddam hussein. i m just saying i don t think it s accurate to compare the pummelling of a city by russian artillery with civilians inside, pummelling every single day with the intention of just destroying and flattening a city with actions the u.s. took. i mean, i don t know look, you know, war is horrible things happen in wars. absolutely. absolutely. but i mean, you know and i know,
you know i love you, but same here. i do think it is inappropriate to compare the russians bombing of grozny, and what we witnessed there, with the war in iraq. i mean, to say that innocent are killed, there is no doubt about it. horrible things happened. half 1 million iraqis killed, my brother! half 1 million! listen, i was there, i mean, i was there you saw it. i certainly understand, i also saw a lot of americans getting killed. absolutely. i saw the horrors of saddam hussein. i am just saying, i don t think it is accurate to compare the pummeling of a city by russian artillery with civilians inside, pummeling every single day with the intention of just destroying and flattening a city, with actions the u.s. took? i mean, i don t know, look, you know, wars, horrible things happen in wars. absolutely, absolutely. but i mean, you know what i