Russia: Putin says US mission in Afghanistan "had zero results"

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said the US mission in Afghanistan “had zero results” during the meeting with pupils in Okean National Children’s Centre, Vladivostok, on Wednesday.

“US forces were deployed there for 20 (20!) years and tried to civilise local residents during that period. It is possible to say that without offending anyone. In effect, they tried to impose their own norms and standards of life in the broadest sense of the word. This also concerned the political organisation of society. What are the results? This spelt nothing but tragedies, casualties and losses for the United States, and all the more so for people living in Afghanistan. This amounts to zero, if not even less than zero,” he stressed.

Putin also said that it is necessary to help local residents and wait for the situation to ripen, since “it is impossible to impose anything from the outside”.

“Yes, this can and should be done in a civilised way, meticulously and slowly, by supporting positive trends. It is necessary to be patient”, he added.

In addition, the President discussed Russian history with pupils during the meeting.

TRANSLATIONS:

SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Russian): “[We should closely analyse all this and find] what triggered those dramatic events. Had they failed to happen, we should have had a different country now. Some specialists believe that we should have had a population nearing 500 million people. Just think about it. Today, we have 146 million. If these tragedies had not occurred, there would have been 500 million people. Do you feel the difference? This constitutes the combined might of the state, which constantly grows in geometric progression, creating an increasingly powerful basis for development, existence and wellbeing.”

SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President: “US forces were deployed there for 20 (20!) years and tried to civilise local residents during that period. It is possible to say that without offending anyone. In effect, they tried to impose their own norms and standards of life in the broadest sense of the word. This also concerned the political organisation of society. What are the results? This spelled nothing but tragedies, casualties and losses for the United States, and all the more so for people living in Afghanistan. This amounts to zero, if not even less than zero.”

SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President: “One should realise that it is impossible to impose anything from the outside. The situation should become ripe for this. Yes, this can and should be done in a civilised way, meticulously and slowly, by supporting positive trends. It is necessary to be patient. It is virtually impossible to achieve any positive results without heeding all these factors.”

SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President: “No, not with the Russian people – the Russian people were doomed to liquidation and destruction. We must never forget this and must never allow all kinds of ranters to say things like, “why did we have to fight for Leningrad? It could have been surrendered and then we would have lost fewer lives.” Yes, maybe there would have been fewer deaths, but then there would have been no you, none of those who talk about these things today.”

SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President: “Everything was aimed to dedicate myself to - you know, I have to speak pompously in this case - serving the Fatherland. After all, when I worked in the security agencies, the officers of the security agencies - look, how the guys now work, they sacrifice themselves if necessary. This was all aimed at serving the Fatherland, and today I am doing exactly this and I believe that in this sense I managed to achieve what I dreamed of.”

SOT, Pupil of the school of the Okean National Children’s Centre: “Pardon my [interruption]…In general this wasn’t called Seven Years’ War but simply the Northern War”.

SOT, Pupil of the school of the Okean National Children’s Centre: “I am doing my own show now, the first episode is already on my YouTube channel “Red Fork”. Subscribe, please, I will be very happy. And please help to preserve this great pearl of our planet.”

Vladimir Putin, Russian President: “Yes, but I have already said that funds are being allocated.”

Pupil of the school of the Okean National Children’s Centre: “Thanks.”

Vladimir Putin: “And what needs to be signed, Yegor? I didn’t understand what I should sign.”

Pupil of the school of the Okean National Children’s Centre: “YouTube channel, such a social network, YouTube. “

Vladimir Putin: “Okay, okay, okay.”

Pupil of the school of the Okean National Children’s Centre: “Subscribe.”

Vladimir Putin: “Okay, good, to subscribe to your channel.”

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