Pink Floyd’s co-founder Roger Waters warns fans on his solo tour that if they can’t stand his politics, “F off to the bar.” His show includes calling President Biden a war criminal, and firing a fake semi-automatic weapon into the crowd. CNN’s Michael Smerconish finds him just as passionate offstage. #CNN #News
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President Biden a war criminal? The US Constitution does say congress shall declare war… This has not been done… so he is right a crime has been perpetrated.
He's right about the history but only mentions the deficits on the Western side and not the rise of a totalitarian state under Putin who is a both a cleptokrat and dictator. Also the nuclear threat and mobilisation he ignores. Noam Chomsky gives a good historical account of how both sides when wrong. Also Vlad Vexter is an excellent source.
Love Roger Waters .. but I think he lost the plot 😢
he is clueless, he must be losing his mind
Agree with mr. Waters.
Fucking off to the bar
USSR won the war? Really?
How many of my people did they slaughter when they invaded Poland?
Waters is Putin's puppet or if you prefer a usefull idiot for russian warmongers
Never been so disappointed as a fan.
Hey Waters! "Fuck off" if I don't agree with you?!? Well, fuck buying any more of your bullshit albums and ticket.. I can't believe I gave you my money, you arrogant piece of shit.
The man is sick….
A legend in his own mind…….. i wonder if he has ever read George Orwell…..but at the end of the day he's a performer, as for anything else
The US has done a lot of bad things foreign policy wise. The thing is no one can use past events as justification for aggression, or else IT NEVER STOPS! Iraq, and particularly Vietnam, were both horrendous on our part. But that doesn't mean the US should have backed out on our obligation to defend South Korean during the Korean War, or that more innocent people should die to justify Putin's paranoia of NATO. Or that innocent people in Taiwan should die to satisfy the strategic military posturing of super powers. Russia was an ally and was largely responsible for defeating Hitler, but that doesn't give credibility to current decisions. The US also supplied the USSR with lots of equipment and weaponry prior to our entrance into the war. If innocent people are to stop dying in conflicts people simply need to chose to value human life over power. That's it. It's that simple.
"They say that money is the root of all evil today, but when you ask for a raise is no surprise that they are giving none away."
roger waters supports child murderers and rapists
Thank you Roger Waters, you spoke for me too. Totally !
Dark Waters
He's so lucky he is financially set for life because his career is now basically Toast. Do I agree with him? No, but whatever happened to "agree to disagree"? The Cancel Culture Police are going to skewer him.
Russian nationalists are the greatest chauvinists who embrace racist hatred to all non-Russians. Such Nazis encourage Russian fascism, genocide of Ukrainians, death and ultimate destruction of a country! Waters should realize that 26 million Soviets, not just ethnic Russians, but Ukrainians, Byelosussians, Kazakhs and other Muslims who died in WW2. Some 13 million died in Ukraine, and the 6 million who died in Russia were primarily ethnic Ukrainians from lands Russian annexed in 1917. Facts, not Putinist FSB manufactured lies.
It is the governments not the people … I think that message gets lost when it starts with name calling.
cnn sucks
Thank you Roger for being real n not being afraid to speak!
CNN sucks
Gotta love it. He tells people that if he doesn't like the politics, they shouldn't come to see him. So when the Polish fans don't like his politics, he cancels the shows 😂
The US was NOT interested in saving lives of Jewish people. We only got into ww2 because of Pearl Harbor. He’s absolutely correct on that.
“23 million Russians died!” No Roger, 23 million SOVIETS died, many of whom were Ukrainian. Where is your gratitude to Ukraine for this sacrifice?
CNN dude could not answer about China putting missiles in Canada and Mexico and deflected to Taiwan on 5:55 minute.
Salute to Roger Waters, finally some heavy weight speak out.
I read CNN everyday just to find out what lies and craps they put out and chose to believe otherwise.
Buying him must have been expensive. Rich people are worried that the war might affect them. Boo Hoo pussy.
This guy is an embarassment..
Even a music legend like Waters can get his mind poisoned by the fractured toxic world of online media. Roger Waters said "extreme nationalists" had set Ukraine on a path to war with Russia. Sadly I lost respect for Waters after this half assed comment as he left out one crucial fact… Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 that sparked far right nationalism in those areas of occupation – that's a big chunk of information to omit when making statements about a war riddled with war crimes and human misery
If this is an example of a Smerconish "interview", I wouldn't watch another. I was at Roger's show last night and he very fairly painted ALL of the "War Criminals" with their crimes on the video screens. But Michael wouldn't even let Roger talk; that's not an "interview". Typical A**hole with his pre-decided opinions.
This guy could be a time Traveller. I think he was Neville Chamberlain's advisor