Russian Belligerence, Atrocities Cast A Pall Over WWII Holiday Remembrance - Veshi - MSNBC Prime

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Ali Velshi looks at how Russia likes to celebrate the Allied victory in Europe in World War II, and how their militaristic parades have taken on a darker meaning as the holiday has fallen at times when Russia has been executing a brutal war. Chechnya in 1995, and Ukraine now. Aired on 05/06/2022.




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1. Guess that kind of savagery is what Russians resort to in war...

as they keep repeating it to this day.

What is it in their psyche?

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2. And yet they experienced the horrors of WWII on their own soil

There are statues and plaques everywhere, commemorating those they lost - and there are museums everywhere, especially in schools, to teach the next generations about what they experienced. I visited the USSR in the late '80s with my grandmother and the peace group she joined, so I've seen this in person. They were saying "Never Again." I really don't get it...

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3. Yes, they lost far more than any other nation in WWll...

so one would expect their conduct in war to be more merciful, especially to civilians.

But the fact that they the aggressors in yet another conflict on ex-Soviet states is telling. I don't get it at all because the whole concept of war, what with the technological developments and humankind's ability to decimate humankind and the planet itself...

When it comes down to it it's all about aggressive men and their egos, memories of the past grievances and desires to even scores.