The co-founder of Pink Floyd, solo singer since 1985, Roger Waters, shocked the world with his speeches about the war in Ukraine and the President of the United States, Joe Biden. Many people seem to forget that in the past musicians supported, including the annexation of Crimea, and some supporters of the opposition in Poland, this fact didn’t bother me when Waters publicly protested against Jarosław Kaczyński … in Mexico.

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Waters on Putin, war and “gangs”

Just a few months ago, Roger Waters, responding to a message from a fan from Ukraine, stressed that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine disgusted him, and he described the war unleashed by the Russian satrap as a “criminal error, gangster act”, he also stated that he did not agreed with the politics pursued by Western countries, and for him sending weapons to Ukraine sparked conflict. .

Unfortunately, many world leaders are gangsters, and my distaste for these political gangs did not come with the start of wars and Putin’s aggression. I’m sick of Bush and Blair when they invaded Iraq in 2003, and I’m sick of Israel’s invasion of Palestine (…) The same feeling was evoked by the Obama and Clinton gangsters who ordered the bombing of Libya and Serbia. I am fed up with the massive destruction of Syria that has been going on since 2011

– he wrote, addressing Ukrainian fans.

Trump and Biden “war criminals”

The musician is an outspoken pacifist, too – although one might disagree with his views – it seems the world is taking this statement fairly placidly. The words about the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, caused a real storm.

It seems impossible to link Biden and his White House predecessor, Donald Trump, but Roger Waters did – he praised both US presidents as “war criminals.” While he does not criticize the current US leader via social media, this time in an interview with CNN he accused Biden of “starting a fire” in Ukraine.

President Joe Biden? First, he lit a fire in Ukraine, which is a serious crime. Why doesn’t the US push Zelenskiy into negotiations that will eliminate the need for this horrific and horrific war that kills, we don’t know how many Ukrainians and Russians?

Roger Waters asked.

The musician also said in an interview with CNN that the war in Ukraine actually started in 2008, with the actions of …NATO. According to Pink Floyd’s co-founder, the Alliance, while pledging not to, “has advanced to the border with Russia.” In the same interview, he also highlighted the role of Russia’s current predecessor, the Soviet Union, in World War II, stressing that “23 million Russians died protecting you and me from the Nazis.”

“persona non grata” waters in Ukraine

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Bassist left many Internet users – also in Poland – confused. Polish Twitter is in turmoil, and Waters is reminded of his old remarks – also about the situation in our country.

In August 2018, during the Waters concert in Gdańsk, the words “Free the media. Free the court. Constitution! Constitution! Konstytucja”, and the musician at one point appeared on stage wearing a T-shirt with the words “Konstytucja” and the hashtag “KOD”.

At the same concert, he presented a list of “neo-fascists” on the big screen. The leader of the Law and Justice party, Jarosław Kaczyński, was also present. There is also a place for Russian satrap Vladimir Putin (let’s remember – we’re talking about 2018, when Putin, among other things, the illegal annexation of Crimea, Donbas, Chechnya, Georgia and the shooting of MH17 in Ukraine, as well as the many “unexplained deaths of political opponents”. “) except… only a question mark appears next to his name.

In the same year, at the Waters concert, the words “Stop Kaczynski in Poland” appeared on the big screen. The concert took place in … the capital of Mexico.

And he is very kind, democratic …

Opposition supporters and some Polish media were then pleased with Waters. They did not mind that the musician was on the list of “enemies of Ukraine” drawn up by the Ukrainian non-governmental organization Myrotworec, because he supported the annexation of Crimea, claiming that Russia’s actions in this direction were merely “a response to the provocative actions of Ukraine”.

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While you can agree or disagree with Roger Waters’ pacifism – and the last few months, if not years have shown that, in Putin’s case, diplomacy has failed – this recent statement seems quite damaging and can be a huge disappointment. And they certainly point out that artists and celebrities are not perfect authorities, and that a good voice, acting talent or beautiful writing ability doesn’t make an expert, for example, in international politics (Waters is not the first artist, that’s enough to recall the new discussion -recently on Sting performance). Nevertheless, during the war, famous and respected people had to pay special attention to words. Because if Roger Waters had no bad intentions, and just wanted to embody his pacifism, then Russian propaganda would definitely have bad intentions using this statement.

heh / Twitter, Onet.pl