Jimmy Dore touts coup-curious conspiracy theorist Douglas Macgregor to argue that Ukraine should surrender to Russia and lie that Volodymyr Zelensky is a US puppet
“There’s a colonel telling you that Zelensky’s a puppet, Is that guy a lefty… is he some crazy Putin puppet?”
JIMMY DORE (HOST): “He’s gonna tell them the truth about Ukraine and watch this.”
DOUGLAS MACGREGOR: “The first five days, Russian forces were too gentle. They’ve now corrected that. I would say another ten days, they should be completely over. But the question is what is it that Zelensky is going to do. The Russians have made it very clear, what they want is a neutral Ukraine. This could have ended days ago, if he accepted that.”
DORE: “There’s a colonel from the United States military saying this could have been over a long time ago if Zelensky would have just agreed to keep his country neutral. Won’t do it.”
MACGREGOR: “The eastern part of Ukraine is firmly in Russian hands, but again the Russians are not seizing territory. They’re destroying Ukrainian forces, that’s their focus.”
STUART VARNEY: “Colonel, it sounds like you don’t approve of Zelensky’s stand.”
MACGREGOR: “I think Zelensky is a puppet and putting huge numbers of his own population at unnecessary risk. And quite frankly most of what comes out of Ukraine is debunked as lies within 24–48 hours. The notions of taking and retaking airfields, all of this is nonsense. And it hasn’t happened.”
VARNEY: “He’s not a hero? He’s standing up for himself and his own people, you don’t think he’s a hero?”
MACGREGOR: “No, I do not. I don’t see anything heroic about the man. And I think the most heroic thing that he can do right now is to come to terms with reality. Neutralize Ukraine. This is not a bad thing, a neutral Ukraine would be good for us as well as for Russia. It would create the buffer that frankly both sides want. But he’s being told to hang on and trying to drag this out, which is tragic for the people who have to live through this.”
VARNEY: “I’m inclined to disagree with you, colonel, but…”
DORE: “What can I do? I can’t say I agree with you. I’m getting paid by the people profiting off this war. So, thank you very much, appreciate it, colonel. There’s a colonel telling you that Zelensky’s a puppet. Is that guy a lefty, is this guy a lefty — the colonel from the — is he some crazy Putin puppet? Is that who that guy is? That guy being paid by the Russians? The guy on Fox Business who’s from the military? Aaron would you like to react to that? It was funny watching that guy Varney, well, I can’t believe you’re telling the truth like this. What do you think this is Tucker Carlson’s show, asshole?”
You can read more about anti-immigrant conspiracy theorist and American Conservative contributor Douglas Macgregor here and here.
Updated at 4:36 AM.