On Friday�s Mark Levin Show, Vladimir Putin is a genocidal thug. This
program has been clear in explaining why Ukraine is important to
America and how specious Russia�s claims are. Despite the minimal
support Ukraine has received, their gutsy president and cabinet have
remained steadfast in their defense. It�s appalling to call yourself a
conservative and support Putin. Lamentably, there is a fifth column
within the conservative movement who supports Putin, who has clearly
declared the U.S as an enemy. Some of them claim to be �America First�,
yet none of this occurred during Trump�s presidency. Putin has always
wanted Ukraine and he�s admitted to it. Then, President Biden has
placed more sanctions on the American energy industry than he has on
Russia�s energy industry. The courageous stories of Ukrainians
preparing to defend their homes and neighborhoods with homemade Molotov
cocktails, rifles, and pistols matter because what happens in Ukraine
matters. Churchill once said if the enemy is taking you down, take at
least one of them with you. Later, Texas gubernatorial candidate and
retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West says that putting the stranglehold on
American energy has been painful and we must do the same to Russia.
West added that the Democrats� policies are not only destroying our
country and US foreign policy but have led to the decay of African
American families as well. Afterward, Curtis Sliwa former New York City
mayoral candidate joins the show to give his thoughts on Putin.

Rough transcript of Hour 1

Hour 1 Segment 1

For weeks behind this microphone you�ve heard me talk about. The pro
Putin. Russia fire wing of the Democrat Republican Party of the left and
the right, you�ve heard me talk about how disgusted I am by the. You�ve
heard me spend an inordinate amount of time, frankly, trying to unravel
their propaganda and their spin. What�s the Ukraine have to do with us?
Do I have to spend another second on this, Mr. Bettison? Do we now know
what Ukraine has to do with us? That we now know how specious all the
contrary arguments are and have been. And how humiliated and shamed
these individuals should be. I have nothing but contempt for Joe Biden.
We have 9,000 American citizens behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. It�s
unbelievable. He�s paying the Iranians effectively. To build nuclear
weapons. He�s done so much that is so wrong, even today, he nominates
among three black women who are being considered for the Supreme Court,
the most by far radical and extremist among them. Man doesn�t look for
unity. He doesn�t look for moderation. He�s a disaster. He was a
disaster. As Hunter Biden�s father is a disaster, as a United States
senator, a disaster as a vice president, a disaster as president, it
doesn�t get much worse than this, folks. But I am appalled. By people
who call themselves constitutionalists or conservatives or whatever they
call themselves. Who�ve been giving aid and comfort to Vladimir Putin
for years, aid and comfort to Russia for years, aid and comfort to the
Islama Nazi regime in Iran. The when Donald Trump took out Sulaimani,
they attacked even Donald Trump over that and said it was provocative.
Oh, well, so be it. A mass terrorist was killed, provocative. Anybody
have any more questions on why Ukraine matters? I�m just curious. You
have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to see, you know, one here. And
tonight. By the dawn. They say. Kiev will be, I won�t say, under the
control of the Russians, but will be encircled and. The Russians will be
putatively in charge. These Ukrainian people are gutsy people, are they
not? And the president of Ukraine and his cabinet, truly gutsy people.
Truly gutsy people basically have a gun in between their eyes. And
they�re getting minimal support, minimal. Minimal support. The fact is,
as I�ve said now for weeks, we should have been pouring all kinds of
weaponry into that country. We should have been muscling up NATO on the
border of that country. The time to debate the accounting issues and the
financial issues are later. And they are essential. NATO has a billion
people. Russia has 160 to 170 million. NATO�s economic power. Is more
than 10 times that of Russia. And yet, how does Russia have a stronger
military? The army. President Trump saw that. President Biden attacked
President Trump for attacking NATO, for failing to do its job. So we
have this situation, but I�m worried about us. I�m worried about. A soft
underbelly, if you will, a fifth column within the constitutional
conservative movement. That has come up with spectacularly stupid
arguments. To defend, if not openly and affirmatively. In action. A
regime that does us says the enemy, I don�t know how you read what Putin
wrote over the summer and it�s long, it�s 5000 words and I read it last
night. I don�t know how you read that and listen to Putin subsequent to
that and not realize he thinks we�re the enemy. And no, not because of
anything we�ve done. Because that�s the mentality. Kiev. More broadly,
Ukraine. We�re doing anything, the Russia. They we�re not going to
become part of NATO. Nobody was even pushing for it. They were asking
for it. So what? And as for whatever they want, but the enemy here is
Russia, the enemy here is Putin. It�s not us. It�s not the Ukrainians,
it�s him. And all the people coming on TV and radio making excuses. You
know so little about history. People who claim to be. America first
turned out not to be. None of this would have happened under Donald
Trump. None of this would have happened under Donald Trump. Why? Because
he was strong. Unpredictable. Respected. Despite what our media tried to
do to him, it still tries to do them. That�s why. Putin was always going
to try and take Ukraine, he didn�t need excuses. Brit Hume the other day
was right. Nothing to do with NATO entering NATO. He wanted Ukraine.
He�s always wanted Ukraine. He said he�s always wanted Ukraine. But even
more than that, Ukraine. Is an incredibly materially rich country,
natural resources. The fourth largest producer of wheat in the world.
And what they have under the ground. Is unexploited fossil fuels even
more than Russia has? And certain types of material elements that are
essential for societies that haven�t been exploited either. And Putin�s
been there grinding his teeth, there�s no historical justification for
any of this, there�s no military justification, there�s no blame America
first justification. This is Putin. He�s a rogue, evil, genocidal
maniac. Turns out. My great grandparents almost all come from Kiev, we
used to call Kiev and now it�s Kiev, as you know, but I�ll call it what
I want to. And there are Russians. Because over the centuries, Ukraine
has bounced back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,
unfortunately, given its geographic location in Europe. Much like other
central European countries. But Ukraine wasn�t always a territory of
Russia. And look at me, I despise the Russian government, despise it. I
want you to listen to this gentleman for a couple of minutes during his
farewell address, January 11, 1989. What are the truly great presidents
of the United States? At his farewell address. Hat tip, MRC cut go life
has a way of reminding you of big things through small incidents. Once
during the heady days of the Moscow summit, Nancy and I decided to break
off from the entourage one afternoon to visit the shops and Arbat
Street. That�s a little street just off Moscow�s main shopping area.
Even though our visit was a surprise, every Russian there immediately
recognized us and called out our names and reached for our hands. We
were just about swept away by the warmth. You could almost feel the
possibilities and all that joy. But within seconds, a KGB detail pushed
their way toward us and began pushing and shoving the people in the
crowd. It was an interesting moment. It reminded me that while a man in
the street in the Soviet Union yearns for peace, the government is
communist and those who run it are communists. And that means we and
they view such issues as freedom and human rights very differently. We
must keep up our guard, but we must also continue to work together to
lessen and eliminate tension and mistrust. My view is that President
Gorbachev is different from previous Soviet leaders. I think he knows
some of the things wrong with his society and is trying to fix them. We
wish him well and we will continue to work to make sure that the Soviet
Union that eventually emerges from this process is a less threatening
one. But it all boils down to is this I want that a new closeness to
continue. And it will as long as we make it clear that we will continue
to act in a certain way, as long as they continue to act in a helpful
manner, even when they don�t at first pull your punches. If they
persist, pull the plug it still trust but verify. It�s still play, but
cut the cards. It�s still watch closely. And don�t be afraid to see what
you see. The genius impression, Sir Ronald Reagan. Putin. His career,
his life was born out of that communist Soviet regime. His father was
part of the secret police. He was part of the secret police would later
became the KGB. He worked his way up the ladder, the KGB became a. More
than a mid-level sort of a senior mid-level. Operative, he was the chief
in East Germany. East Germany was one of the most brutal communist
regimes of them all. And Putin was a participant. In fact, he was an
activist in that regime. And when he saw the Soviet Union fall and break
up the 15 different pieces. He swore to do something about it. Comes
back to Russia. Works his way up the ladder, becomes deputy mayor of St.
Petersburg. Uses apposition. With corruption. We�re brutality. To play
on the national scene. Uses his KGB buddies. The mobsters in Moscow. The
oligarchs who he had worked for, some of whom he enriched and some of
whom enriched him. To target Yelton. He works at this for a while.
Builds up enormous IOUs. He and his KGB buddies create this massive
attack on Moscow that kills many. They blame it on the Chechens. They go
into Chechnya and they start wiping out those people. He rides that to a
40 percent victory in an election for president. With Yeltsin still as
the premier 40 percent, some of the people he competes with. Well. Drop
out. Because their lives are threatened and their families are
threatened. Forty percent of the vote he gets. Becomes president.
Threatens Yelton. Confronts him, tells them they have the goods on them
if they leave. He�ll make sure that he and his family are protected,
that they�ll have the money and they won�t be charged. Yeltsin is
blackmailed out of office. Putin becomes the head of Russia. And he
never gives it up. And people are defending this man. Fewer today than
yesterday. I�ll be right back.