Arnold Speaks to the Russian Soldiers

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
When my father arrived in Leningrad, he was all pumped
up on the lies of his government. When he left
lenning Krat he was broken physically and mentally. He lived
the rest of his life in pain. Pain from a
broken back, pain from the shroud note that always reminded
him of this terrible years, and pain from the guilt

(00:20):
that he felt. You recognize that voice as one of
the biggest movie stars of all time. Former Governor of California,
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has put out a nine minute video
addressing the soldiers of Russia talking about his father who
fought for the Nazis, going into Russia and leaving a
broken man, having fought for the lies of his government.

(00:42):
Yikes and uh. And he's appealing to the Russian soldiers.
You know, don't ruin your life the way my dad
did fighting for a lie. A't some heavy stuff. I
did not see that coming. Do we have more of
that ready? To the Russian soldiers listening to this broadcast,
you already know much of the truth that I've been speaking.

(01:02):
You've seen it in you own eyes. I don't want
you to be broken like my father. This is not
the war to defend Russia that your grandfathers, So your
great grandfather's fought this is an illegal war. Your lives,
your limps, your futures are being sacrificed for a senseless war. Contempt,

(01:25):
but the entire world. I mentioned him being the biggest
movie star in the world for for for quite a while,
because that's where he has any halfed in other countries.
You know, he's known around the world, and you know,
maybe the video penetrates somehow on social media, getting to
some people who can tell some people who eventually Russian
soldiers here about it. And again that New York Time

(01:46):
story yesterday about the incredibly low morale of the Russian
military right now, you know, any bit helps and convincing
these guys, what are you fighting for? What are you doing? Yeah? Interesting,
I'm reminded of the fact that a couple of Russian
generals have been lost in the last couple of days.
I think one was yesterday or the day before, a
high ranking guy, a well known guy within Russia. And

(02:09):
there are a lot of military analysts who who theorized
that the reason there are so many generals near the
front lines are on the front lines is that's the
only way guys are fighting, right. Yeah, that's part of
the New York Times article on Morales, that they've had
to move their generals to the front in the way
that we never do or have had to do, because
people don't want to fight. They the soldiers are getting

(02:30):
there and and and meeting the truth and thinking what
the hell am I doing there? That would suggest that
the will to fight doesn't filter down very low at all,
which is a disastrous situation for a a country at war. Boy,
that's striking. I'm trying to figure out exactly how many
Russian soldiers and citizens will will hear Arnold's message, which

(02:53):
is unbelievably heavy. Uh, well maybe some. I don't know.
He's doing what he can. I've called him a kid
and worse many many times, But you know, nice job, Arnold.
His dad went to Russia fighting for the Nazis, also
fighting for a lie, and came back a broken man
and was that way the rest of his life. Is
Arnold's message. Yeah, I could see how you're a twenty

(03:14):
year old soldier fighting for Russia and you go over there,
you would do you would not be the same the
rest of your life. If you kill a lot of
Ukrainians in the name of a lie,