Richard Blakley served up a pro-Putin apologia disguised as an anti-war statement in his Feb. 17 WorldNetDaily column:
Imagine what our planet would be like if we were not spending trillions of dollars developing weapons to kill each other? Our best minds wouldn’t be making bombs, but instead could be producing food, dispersing resources, housing the needy, irrigating deserts, draining swamps and other monumental tasks for the betterment of humanity.
I fully support the protection of the sovereignty of nations from aggressors, but I also fully support communication with aggressors to understand the reason for their aggression. If you find that special operations are being conducted, which are enraging the so-called aggressors, then those who do such actions should be fired from their position and possibly be taken before a world court to stand trial for their crimes against humanity. There seems to be too many activities carried out by special operations groups trying to destabilize and topple world governments, instead of working with them to achieve peaceful co-existence.
Blakley’s claims about “special operations” linked back to columns he wrote pushing right-wing conspiracy theories about biolabs in Ukraine and alleged CIA involvement in the region. (We’ve previously addressed some of this.)
Blakley then declared that Donald Trump; is the only person who can stop Russia’s war in Ukraine:
Already numerous Russians and Ukrainians have died or been wounded, but imbecilic RINOs like Mitt Romney state that it’s a “good deal” for America to fund the Ukrainian war, because we are only killing Russians and Ukrainians. Did you know the composer of the song “Carol of the Bells,” named Mykola Leontovych, was Ukrainian? Did you also know Tchaikovsky, the composer of the “1812 Overture,” was Russian? These are just quick examples of the treasures that have come out of Ukraine and Russia, and also examples of what the world could be losing through all the killing and maiming of this war.
Former President Trump takes an entirely different stance from Mitt Romney, saying, “I want everybody to stop dying” – and Trump says he can stop the war in 24 hours if elected president again. Maybe we need a businessman to run the country again, instead of a warmonger.
The prime minister of Hungary said it best when he responded to the question (10:08 in video), “What would you do if you were in charge of NATO?” Prime Minister Orban said, “Call back Trump. The best foreign policy of the recent several decades belonged to him [Trump]. He did not initiate any new war. He treated nicely the North Koreans, and Russia, even the Chinese. He delivered the policy, which was the best one for Middle East, [the] Abraham Accords. So that was a very good foreign policy. … Facts count. His foreign policy was the best one for the world in the last several decades I have seen.”
Imagine that: a president whose desire would be to keep us out of war.
Blakley won’t mention the possibility that Putin could simply stop waging unjustified war on Ukraine. And Trump’s plan for ending the war involves capitulating to Putin by giving him Crimea and parts of Ukraine — not exactly a good deal for Ukraine.
Blakley then more explicitly took Putin’s side:
If Biden didn’t want the war in Ukraine, why wouldn’t he speak to President Putin when Russia was building up troops on the Ukrainian border for over six months? Wasn’t it obvious what Putin was communicating? Yet, Biden wouldn’t speak to him.
In Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin, you can hear for yourself as the Russian leader voices what the problems were and are, concerning Ukraine. It is fascinating that almost everything Putin stated was reported at WND in January 2023, June 2023 and July 2023.
Blakley didn’t mention the part of Carlson’s softball interview where Putin blamed Poland for Hitler invading it, so maybe his version of history shouldn’t be trusted. He then complained about being called a fearmongerer for insisting that U.S. troops will be involved in Ukraine:
When a September 2023 article questioned, “Are Americans ready to fill the boots in Ukraine?” some considered the question “fear mongering” and that anyone who would say this must be a “Putin asset.” However, in December 2023, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “warned that failing to back Ukraine could lead to direct U.S. involvement.”
Also, “[Sen.] Chuck Schumer warned that failure to pass the Senate border bill, which includes [an additional] $60 billion in aid for Ukraine, could lead to U.S. troops being sent to fight in eastern Europe within a few years.” Are Austin and Schumer also “fear mongers” and “Putin assets”?
That “article” Blakley is reference is actually a column he wrote. And he’s deliberately misinterpreting what Austin and Schumer said, portraying their warning about not funding Ukraine as a threat to bring in U.S. troops — after all, if Putin wins in Ukraine, there’s really nothing to stop him from trying to invade other former Soviet countries as well.
Blakley concluded: “With the fallen state of mankind, peace on earth will not be possible without men submitting their will to the will of God. Our best and ‘blessed hope’ is the Second Coming of the LORD Jesus.” Blakey would never bring that issue up with Putin, who has shown no interest so far in submitting their will to God.