Thread by @SusanDirgham

@ggreenwald Yesterday, I could listen to @OksanaBoyko_RT's 2014 interview on #YouTube with former Australian PM #MalcolmFraser. Today, I can't. His sagacity and courage are sorely needed.#censored #NATO #insiders #LNL #RNBreakfast #mediawatch #abc730 #4corners @phbarratt

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt In 2015, a year after the coup in Kiev, Tom Switzer, from @RadioNational's #BetweenTheLines, wrote about Malcolm Fraser's views on #NATO, the #US, Russia, Ukraine, Crimea.
Wise observations, still.
@CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan
lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan Last week, anticipating #Youtube would censor RT, which would mean @OksanaBoyko_RT's #WorldsApartRT interview would be unavailable, I transcribed it.

Until the full interview is once again available, I'll tweet some of what the former prime minister said.

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan 1/"I don’t believe Russia is paranoid. I do believe Russia has historic interests and this was certainly a traditional area of Russian interest ... And the (US) in particular said no, this is going to become an area of western influence, of NATO influence.."

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan 2/ Fraser: "..when (the Soviet Union) disintegrated, the West should have done everything it could to build a collaborative world...Russia is a very important country; how can we make sure that we can work with Russia, that Russia will want to work with us?"

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan 3/ "The West should be persuading those who are now in (govt)in the Ukraine that within Ukraine, they must learn the art of compromise. And those who are more inclined to Russia .. should also be persuaded by Russia: you must also learn the art of compromise"

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan 4/ Malcolm Fraser on #Ukraine #US #West #NATO #Russia #ColdWar: "..moving on does not consist of encouraging one of the major parties in the Ukraine, hosted by President Obama..in the White House, that that party can have it all its own way."

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan 5/ Malcolm Fraser on #Ukraine #US #NATO #ColdWar #Russia: "..Henry Kissinger said .. it should not be eligible to join NATO...if I were Russian, I would believe that NATO has been trying to ..force the situation so that the Ukraine will become part of NATO."

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan 6/ Malcolm Fraser on #Ukraine #US #NATO #Russia #ColdWar: "..America feels it can break international law ... Rules are made for other people, for countries like Russia or ..Australia, but whatever America does is right because America does it."

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan 7/ Malcolm Fraser on #Ukraine #US #NATO #Russia #ColdWar #Crimea #EastTimor #Indonesia #security:
"..The West should not, under any circumstances, involve itself militarily in the affairs of Crimea, Ukraine.."

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan 8/Malcolm Fraser on #Ukraine #US #NATO #Russia: "..it’s very important that the West, European Union, America and Russia, and China .. all get on together .. if there’s going to be a peaceful world. (so) you don’t do things that are going to create mistrust."

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan 9/ Malcolm Fraser on #Ukraine #US #NATO #Russia #China:
"..My Chinese friends say: “Which America are we to believe? The one that talks cooperation or the one that’s seeking to strengthen its already very powerful military forces?”
#insiders #auspol

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan 10/10 Malcolm Fraser on #Ukraine #US #NATO #Russia #China #ColdWar #Crimea #EU #security #diplomacy #compromise #peace #leadership
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"You have to be an optimist. We have to hope for a better world and leaders who will understand how to achieve it."