Arnold Schwarzenegger is a very popular figure in Russia. He is one of the very few people whom Putin follows on Twitter.
Schwarzenegger posted an eloquent, powerful message to the Russian people and to Russian soldiers in Ukraine. He spoke of his deep love for Russia. And he said he wanted to tell them the truth about what was happening in Ukraine. He said that Putin had lied to them. He said that the war must stop.
The Atlantic published both the text of his speech and the video.
I am sorry that I don’t know how to copy the video on Twitter. If you are on Twitter, please watch.
This is his tweet:
Arnold@Schwarzenegger
I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share. pic.twitter.com/6gyVRhgpFV
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Thank you!
Thank you, Diane. So moving!!!!
I was never a fan of Schwarzenegger but I am now. This message is powerful and deeply moving.
Ha. I thought the same thing. The man has earned my respect and admiration.
After Putin watches that video, how long will it take for that monster to put Schwarzenegger on his sanctions (HIT) list?
I know exactly how this man feels. For much of my life, I had had a deep love for things Russian, for Russian literature and music and dance and folk tales and proverbs. And I have known many wonderful Russian people, people whom I loved. And this adds to my horror at what the madman at the helm in this amazing country is doing, to Ukraine and Ukrainians, to Russia and Russians. Weeping here, for Russia and for Ukraine. Thank you, Mr. Schwarzenegger, for telling the truth. Putin could have chosen the path of friendship and peace, into lawful partnership with the rest of the civilized world. Instead, the criminal has dragged his country into unspeakable evil and ruin. This can be undone.
When you play this, turn it up loud. It’s breathtaking.
Note to FSB scum, Daniil Trifonov is not responsible for some guy like me posting his work. Trifonov is doubtless one of the greatest pianist in the history of music. This transcends politics.
Putin might have lied…but so too have all the other American presidents and so many of the so-called Western ‘leaders’. Not forgetting that Austria was pro Hitler…
Yes..,. And do you remember when Bobby found that tiki in Hawaii? Your whataboutism does nothing to excuse or obfuscate the Russian war crimes occurring RIGHT NOW.
That thing was evil!
omg lol! Where is the dangerous archeologist (aka Vincent Price, who somehow can threaten children and tie them up and still be a good guy) when you need him?
The truth, huh?
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe the US is pouring weapons into a foreign nation to defend freedom and democracy.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe serious military conflicts consist of Good Guys fighting Bad Guys like a children’s cartoon show.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe a war is being fought between an evil monster who is the same as Hitler and a virtuous sexy comedian of surpassing bravery and wisdom.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe the same western media institutions who’ve lied about every war are now telling the truth about this one.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe we’re seeing an unprecedented wave of censorship because the European Union, Silicon Valley megacorporations, and TV service providers want to protect everyone from “disinformation”.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe a government the US doesn’t like is behaving aggressively for no other reason than because its leader is evil and hates freedom.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe Ukraine is just a scrappy little underdog acting completely independently of the dictates of the largest power structure on this planet.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe that governments who’d have every incentive to lie to the public about what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine are simply choosing not to do so.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe the politicians who’ve demonstrated ice cold indifference to their own citizens dying of poverty and disease care passionately about the plight of the Ukrainian people.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe the “anti-war” position is to support pouring weapons into a foreign country and cold war brinkmanship that could lead to World War 3 while shouting down anyone who advocates de-escalation, diplomacy and detente.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe anything which doesn’t align with what the TV tells you about this war is “Russian propaganda”.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and believe anyone who disputes the TV narrative about this war is defending Putin or thinks he is awesome.
It’s not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and be fine with only knowing one side of the story.
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/03/18/its-not-okay-for-grown-adults-to-think-this-way-about-ukraine/
It’s not okay to repeat Putin’s propaganda.
It’s not okay to invade another country and bombard its people.
It’s not okay to bomb civilian targets like hospitals, apartment buildings, shopping malls, and homes.
It’s not okay to agree to set up humanitarian evacuation routes and then bomb them.
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Grown adults? As opposed to the nongrown or ungrown ones? LMAO.
The above post by Putin’s biggest fan was 15 paragraphs long and as usual, it was all about attacking Putin’s critics and said nothing – absolutely nothing – negative about Putin.
It is “not okay” for this poster to write anything critical about Putin. It is “not okay” for this poster to write anything critical about Trump. This poster attacked AOC and the squad yesterday and said they shouldn’t be trusted. But she just wrote 15 paragraphs and said nothing negative about Putin.
Putin she trusts. Trump she trusts. The Squad represents the politicians she keeps telling us not to trust and to hate them as much as she does. According to this poster’s reality, Putin and Trump are victimized by people like the Squad and the Nazi children and babies of Ukraine who deserve their fate, according to this poster.
I do not know if dienne77 is allowed to write anything critical of Hitler, but I strongly doubt it. We already know for a fact she is a far right winger who can’t write anything critical of Putin or Trump, so it isn’t a stretch to believe her handlers who give her her marching orders are also fans of Hitler.
The folks on here have got to disown her because she wins when she pretends she is from the left and believes in something other than hate. She only hates. Everyone but Putin and Trump.
I agree with the above.
Dienne you should be ashamed of yourself. Your huge ego can’t admit you’re wrong and as a result you wrong your hands over poor Putin and lie and blame Ukrainians for the bombings they are the victims off. Even the children.
It’s loathsome and frankly evil.
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