Oliver Stone
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Condemned the NATO expansion for sure. In 99, Clinton expanded NATO. Yeah. And Kennan was horrified, horrified.
No, I say that was the original reason we were antagonistic to Russia. Yes. It wasn't military. It was economic. Because we had strikes in this country, and we were trying to control labor. And the large corporations were in a deathly struggle with labor. Up until the end of World War II, Taft-Hartley, that was a big issue.
No, I say that was the original reason we were antagonistic to Russia. Yes. It wasn't military. It was economic. Because we had strikes in this country, and we were trying to control labor. And the large corporations were in a deathly struggle with labor. Up until the end of World War II, Taft-Hartley, that was a big issue.
No, I say that was the original reason we were antagonistic to Russia. Yes. It wasn't military. It was economic. Because we had strikes in this country, and we were trying to control labor. And the large corporations were in a deathly struggle with labor. Up until the end of World War II, Taft-Hartley, that was a big issue.
There were so many strikes during the war, people don't even take that into account. There was huge strikes in Detroit, cars, steel. And after the war, it was continuing. And until Taft-Hartley came along, which allowed them to close down any strike that was dangerous to the national security, I think, But in the 30s, that's what motivated Roosevelt's turn to the left.
There were so many strikes during the war, people don't even take that into account. There was huge strikes in Detroit, cars, steel. And after the war, it was continuing. And until Taft-Hartley came along, which allowed them to close down any strike that was dangerous to the national security, I think, But in the 30s, that's what motivated Roosevelt's turn to the left.
There were so many strikes during the war, people don't even take that into account. There was huge strikes in Detroit, cars, steel. And after the war, it was continuing. And until Taft-Hartley came along, which allowed them to close down any strike that was dangerous to the national security, I think, But in the 30s, that's what motivated Roosevelt's turn to the left.
No, it's very hard for me. I mean, a military-type theme, these kind of things I'm talking about with you, I couldn't do this as a movie now. I could do the Putin interviews because that was a documentary. Yes. And I could do nuclear energy because I cared about that. That was a documentary, pro-nuclear energy. So I'm interested in ideas, but in terms of drama, I have to curb it.
No, it's very hard for me. I mean, a military-type theme, these kind of things I'm talking about with you, I couldn't do this as a movie now. I could do the Putin interviews because that was a documentary. Yes. And I could do nuclear energy because I cared about that. That was a documentary, pro-nuclear energy. So I'm interested in ideas, but in terms of drama, I have to curb it.
No, it's very hard for me. I mean, a military-type theme, these kind of things I'm talking about with you, I couldn't do this as a movie now. I could do the Putin interviews because that was a documentary. Yes. And I could do nuclear energy because I cared about that. That was a documentary, pro-nuclear energy. So I'm interested in ideas, but in terms of drama, I have to curb it.
I can't go to where my imagination wants to go. Why? Well, they say to you, they never tell you the truth. They tell you it's too controversial, too political, too this, too that. I don't think I've lost my touch. I have to live with it. It's okay. I live with it. I'm writing a book, another book. I wrote a book or a memoir, a first part of my life.
I can't go to where my imagination wants to go. Why? Well, they say to you, they never tell you the truth. They tell you it's too controversial, too political, too this, too that. I don't think I've lost my touch. I have to live with it. It's okay. I live with it. I'm writing a book, another book. I wrote a book or a memoir, a first part of my life.
I can't go to where my imagination wants to go. Why? Well, they say to you, they never tell you the truth. They tell you it's too controversial, too political, too this, too that. I don't think I've lost my touch. I have to live with it. It's okay. I live with it. I'm writing a book, another book. I wrote a book or a memoir, a first part of my life.
I'm going to write another one from 40 on, the age of 40 to wherever I am now. So,
I'm going to write another one from 40 on, the age of 40 to wherever I am now. So,
I'm going to write another one from 40 on, the age of 40 to wherever I am now. So,
That's the thing. They don't take on the biggest. Oppenheimer is an interesting movie. I liked it as a movie. I loved it. There are some flaws in it, you know. The big flaw being that Truman is honestly pictured knocking Oppenheimer. Remember, that's a great scene in the movie. But what's ignored in the film is, for example, General Groves.
That's the thing. They don't take on the biggest. Oppenheimer is an interesting movie. I liked it as a movie. I loved it. There are some flaws in it, you know. The big flaw being that Truman is honestly pictured knocking Oppenheimer. Remember, that's a great scene in the movie. But what's ignored in the film is, for example, General Groves.
That's the thing. They don't take on the biggest. Oppenheimer is an interesting movie. I liked it as a movie. I loved it. There are some flaws in it, you know. The big flaw being that Truman is honestly pictured knocking Oppenheimer. Remember, that's a great scene in the movie. But what's ignored in the film is, for example, General Groves.
Leslie Groves is one of the most anti-communist generals we ever had, a total cold warrior from beginning to end. He said, quote, the quotes in the book, from the beginning, the Manhattan Project was created to address the Russian Empire. You know the line? Yeah, of course. Nothing more. It was not about Japan. It was about Russia.