Ex-Attorney General William Barr Blames Democrats, Media for Blocking Trump-Putin Dtente

[babylonsister]

Ex-Attorney General William Barr Blames Democrats, Media for Blocking Trump-Putin Détente
UN-REALPOLITIK
“Demonizing Putin is not a foreign policy,” Barr writes in a copy of his forthcoming book obtained by The Daily Beast.
The Daily Beast
Updated Mar. 06, 2022 12:06PM ET / Published Mar. 06, 2022 12:04PM ET


In a book set to drop in the thick of Russia’s devastating invasion of Ukraine, William Barr writes that “demonizing [Vladimir] Putin is not a foreign policy,” nor “the way grown-ups should think.”

In a copy of the forthcoming book by Trump’s ex-attorney general, One Damn Thing After Another, viewed by The Daily Beast, the hatchet man writes that an imminent conflict with China means America should try to find “a more constructive relationship” with Russia. But: “Unfortunately, with the media ready to pounce on President Trump as a Russian stooge—if not a Manchurian candidate—at the slightest sign of détente, the President’s hands were severely tied, particularly during an election year.”

“This is not the way grown-ups should think,” Barr continues, before inveighing on a dynamic that has changed rapidly in the time between drafting and the book hitting the shelves.

“The threat posed by Russia has changed dramatically since the fall of the Soviet Union,” Barr offers. “The Russian Federation of today has roughly half the population the old Soviet Union had, and less than half the U.S. population. The larger Warsaw Pact countries—Poland, the former East Germany—are now part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The combined defense budgets of the three big Western European countries—Britain, France, and Germany—are comparable to Russia’s. While Russia still has a potent nuclear arsenal, the prospect of Russian tanks rolling to the English Channel—a realistic scenario during the Cold War—is just not plausible now. Further, while some Russian foreign policy goals are in tension with our own, Russia’s leaders no longer promote a revolutionary ideology that foreordains general antagonism with the West. For them, foreign policy is now more purely a matter of Realpolitik.”

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[Cha]

1. FO Barr.. MF POS.

[blm]

8. Ditto that sentiment

[Grasswire2]

26. I should have kicked him in the nuts when I met him in D.C.

He was AG the first time, then.

I've written here that something in his aura really triggered me. I've said I wanted to slap him.

But I should have kicked him in the nuts.

[agingdem]

27. Bill Barr is a loathsome animal..

the interview was Barr's arrogant apologia...according Barr, Trump "has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers of a leader" but the Dems and the media are responsible for the Russian/Ukraine catastrophe because blah blah blah Trump/detente..Barr's abbreviated interpretive rendition of the Mueller Report was justified given his client's obvious innocence...investigating Trump's enemies and dispensing punishment is what an a attorney general does at the the behest of his client...the jowly smug prick's rehab and revisionism tour is fetid tripe, a joke, and does him no good...

[Cha]

2. Vlad Demonizes himself.. Stupid.

[Tomconroy]

3. This book will make the Worst Seller List!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. His self-serving book was written before invasion, but even we could see before that

We could see before that any tRump moves to a "detente" were fake and that Putin was and is an authoritarian thug in the Soviet KGB style.

[boston bean]

5. He must feel like a complete ass right about now.

Although he should have felt like one for a long time!

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. Deputy Dawg still thinks he's the smartest guy in any room.

[tavernier]

7. He's nuts.

Just as scary now as when he and blubber butt were mismanaging the country.

[Thomas Hurt]

9. How did that happen when you have a stable genius, and Putin's friend and admirer, and..

the greatest negotiator in the known universe? Just a long winded way of saying the liberals hurt Putin's feelings and Trump couldn't overcome that...........LOL.

[struggle4progress]

10. "Have you enjoyed my inane humor? I'll be here all week!"

[Me.]

11. Wrong Again, You Are INdeed Your Father's Son

[onecaliberal]

12. Guy who knew dump was going to attack the capitol but warned NO ONE said what?

Traitors have zero cred. People trying to air this bullshit need to be treated with a high level of skepticism. Fuck every piece of shit who had a hand in this propaganda.

[spanone]

13. This is the man who lied to us about the Mueller report.

FUCK HIM AND THE NETWORK THAT GIVES HIM AN HOUR IN PRIMETIME

[ymetca]

14. Armchair foreign policy from a crank

He should be writing on how much he "hearts" the Imperial Presidency of his pubescent conservative dreams.

Who does he think he is anyway? Darth Cheney?

[Baitball Blogger]

15. Why should anyone listen to you? You were wrong about everything.

[House of Roberts]

16. Because we all know the US was the only signatory to the Iran Deal.

Also, the rest of the world ISN'T maxxed out disgusted by Putin and his amoral cruelty. Yeah, that's the ticket.

[dalton99a]

17. Another Putin whore

“The threat posed by Russia has changed dramatically since the fall of the Soviet Union.”

[underpants]

20. Was going to post - Well Barr is apparently taking Russian money too

[LiberalFighter]

18. Dtente? Barr is insane!

[LiberalFighter]

19. His time as Deputy AG and AG should be investigated.

[underpants]

21. The ALMIGHTY DEMOCRATS! Please. Trump didn't listen to any of his own Chiefs of Staff

All 4 of them but oh the Democrats stopped him. The media, who he made sport of making an ass out of himself in front of on a daily basis, yeah THEY stopped him. The models from OANN sure were tough on him.

[Samrob]

22. Barr was and still is full of s**t.

He knows damn well Russia helped Trump win in 2016 and that there was " collusion" Trump's campaign and Russia. To not portray Putin as the demon he actually is is the same as to not portray Trump as the lying POS that he actually is.

[JohnSJ]

23. I think Alexis Naval might have something to say about that

[peggysue2]

24. That comment about Putin has not aged well

Barr better suck it up because Putin has demonized himself now and the idea of detente with a brutal thug is laughable in our current situation. There is no middle ground in this or any appeasement that won't lead to the same place: unspeakable violence on a whim and/or an ahistorical reading of the world.

Putin has revealed himself. As for the Squatter-in-Chief, he too has exposed his gross ignorance in recent comments to his Florida fanboys. Reported recently, he'd bomb the shit out of Russia and blame it on China, then lean back and watch them destroy one another.

That's what is called 'policy' in TrumpWorld. Just another insane spew from the Mar-a-Lago man child.

[herding cats]

25. I find it funny the timing of his book release comes upon the Ukraine war of aggression by Putin.

It feels like someone got played here. Many of his narratives he thought he was going to advance are moot now.

[Mr.Bill]

28. Trump and Putin wasn't detente.

It was a conspiracy.

[agingdem]

29. conspiracy..no, submission..yes

aka trump willingly bending over...

[eShirl]

30. We already know you're a liar; go tf away.

[FreepFryer]

31. There are few ways he could have torpedoed his own rehab tour more effectively. (Nt)

[agingdem]

32. The Bill Barr Rehab Tour...over

watching that fleshy corpulent morally corrupt blob in all his sanctimonious glory was morbidly fascinating...Trump is incompetent/unfit to lead, but he'd vote for him again..Trump is an enraged animal but Democrats are a national threat...I bet the 1/6 committee "sit down" with Barr, that preening self-serving liar, was a hoot..

[Johonny]

33. Here's a man that has demonized liberals his whole life

I note, demonizing liberalism is not a policy. But it's all he has.