Fox host says the US provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Via: john-russell • 2 years ago • 17 commentsBy: Media Matters for America
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Rachel Campos-Duffy: "And that's why we should have never provoked them. I mean, they made very clear that there was a red line."
Written byMedia Matters Staff
Published 03/15/22 11:11 AM EDT
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Citation From the March 15, 2022, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY (CO-HOST): I don't know, if you look at that map and the areas that they have that you say could end up in this peace agreement, that's true. And that's why we should have never provoked them. I mean, they made very clear that there was a red line. The red line was a neutrality for Ukraine, that they could not enter NATO. And in the end, when they get this — if they get this peace agreement — in the end, that's probably going to end up being the case anyway.
BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): No.
CAMPOS-DUFFY: I bet you that one of the conditions will have to be that Ukraine, you know, promise to remain neutral, will not be part of NATO.
KILMEADE: Well, I'll tell you what, you can never give into what Russia wants other nations to do. You decide --
CAMPOS-DUFFY: Well --
KILMEADE: They are going to decide to go into NATO --
CAMPOS-DUFFY: Well, we --
KILMEADE: -- to go into the European union, when they are a European society that wants that?
CAMPOS-DUFFY: We have a Monroe doctrine and I think we would be very concerned about this kind of action in our hemisphere. I think he said 'keep it neutral.' And in the end, probably Ukraine is going to lose more land because of this. Again, the main problem here as you see, and as we discussed earlier —
KILMEADE: Is Vladimir Putin.
CAMPOS-DUFFY: Well, no, actually, the main problem is still China. And now we have created a bigger block. China and Russia together. This is why our policy makers aren't thinking long-term.
STEVE DOOCY (CO-HOST): Right.
CAMPOS-DUFFY: Provoking this has brought our two enemies closer together.
KILMEADE: We did not provoke the war.
CAMPOS-DUFFY: No, no.
KILMEADE: They provoked the war.
CAMPOS-DUFFY: Well, they had a red line. And we had an agreement in November, a security agreement —
KILMEADE: They can't make a red line in other countries, Rachel. It's not up to them to make a red line in other countries.
CAMPOS-DUFFY: This is the fate of the geography of Ukraine, and they could have remained a free country. We could have armed them.
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Another traitorous Fox News bimbo.
Another pro-Putin fox news host, sure seem to be a lot of them.
Let me guess the excuse, "she was just joking"?
Lol .... traitorous?
Oceania is calling John ....
Those who give aid and comfort to the enemy are traitors.
Cool .... then by your definition Biden gave aid and comfort to the enemy by lifting pipeline sanctions on Russia, etc, etc. So he’s a traitor as well.
I could go on with many others that you give a free pass to but [Deleted]
This bimbo said WE provoked them. She is blaming the US for the war in Ukraine. That is not the same as diplomatic maneuvering.
And that isn't the same as giving aid and comfort to the enemy, either.
Giving Putin cover for war crimes aids Russia.
What cover?
Do you think the whole world doesn't know what is going on in Ukraine?
This is some myth some dimwitted leftist dreamt up and said somewhere, but that doesn't mean you have to buy into it.
Describe in detail what AID this gives Putin, and what is the real effect of imagined aid.
An act of treason ⇒ traitor.
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aid & comfort to an enemy
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assuming blame for provoking war
I've become convinced the left doesn't know what traitorous means.
Just the latest buzz word, most often used incorrectly.
It has lost meaning, much like the word racism.
Ugh!
Anoon.
Just wondering is there anything the USA doesn't get blamed for??
To some, we are just an evil capitalist, racist country intent on inflicting harm on the rest of the world.
Until it comes time to need some American help, of course.
She is a class A moron.
I know you don't get the brightest from The Real World alum yet she has kicked the stupid bucket one to many times and fell in.
Thinking like Rachael offers would hand the world to Putin on a silver platter. Worse, Putin would not be the only dictator taking advantage of a totally isolationist U.S., U.N. and NATO.