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Seemingly unfazed by the outrage his comments on Fox Business Channel
have caused, the former US general who thinks the only solution to the
Ukraine conflict is to “start killing Russians” has defended his stance,
again speaking to Fox.
Robert H. Scales, the retired United States Army major general
whose outburst was aired by Fox on Tuesday, did not have to justify his
comments as such, as he was invited for a cozy conversation with
Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren to jokingly discuss the reaction to
his remarks.
READ MORE: Fox News analyst: ‘Start killing
Russians’ to save Ukraine (VIDEO)
Responding to the news that the Russian Investigative Committee
has opened a criminal probe into his statements on charges of
public calls for starting an aggressive war made in the media,
and that his remarks violated article 20 of the United Nations’
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that bans
any propaganda of war and instigation of discrimination, hatred
or violence, Scales shrugged it off by branding it “a Russian
form of war.”
“It’s the Russia version of the First Amendment – five years
in prison if you say something that makes [Russian President]
Vladimir Putin angry,” Scales told Fox News.
The only thing that appeared to bother the military analyst is
that he is not going to try any vodka or borsch in Russia due to
the criminal investigation. …more