And he picks them up and he slapsthem down on the table - I can hear that slap to this day...
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and he picks them up and he slaps
them down on the table - I can hear that slap to this day -
and says, "OK, David, let's talk." He said, "I know you think
I'm too supportive of Assad. I think "your policy of backing
the opposition means "you're backing extremists
like the Al-Nusra Front." And I said, "No, "our policy is to get a new
provisional government, "we can ally with
that provisional government, "and then we can take out
the Al-Nusra Front and the dangerous "Islamist extremists
and terrorists that threaten us." And Cameron said, "The Al-Nusra
Front, I want to destroy them." And Putin said, "David,
now you're talking my language." And then Cameron said, "OK, and
we're going to create a political "process, you're going to be on the
world stage dictating what happens." All this was music to Putin's ears
them down on the table - I can hear that slap to this day -
and says, "OK, David, let's talk." He said, "I know you think
I'm too supportive of Assad. I think "your policy of backing
the opposition means "you're backing extremists
like the Al-Nusra Front." And I said, "No, "our policy is to get a new
provisional government, "we can ally with
that provisional government, "and then we can take out
the Al-Nusra Front and the dangerous "Islamist extremists
and terrorists that threaten us." And Cameron said, "The Al-Nusra
Front, I want to destroy them." And Putin said, "David,
now you're talking my language." And then Cameron said, "OK, and
we're going to create a political "process, you're going to be on the
world stage dictating what happens." All this was music to Putin's ears
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..and he picks them up and he slaps
them down on the table -
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I can hear that slap to this day -
and says,
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"OK, David, let's talk."
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He said, "I know you think
I'm too supportive of Assad. I think
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"your policy of backing
the opposition means
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"you're backing extremists
like the Al-Nusra Front."
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And I said, "No,
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"our policy is to get a new
provisional government,
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"we can ally with
that provisional government,
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"and then we can take out
the Al-Nusra Front and the dangerous
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"Islamist extremists
and terrorists that threaten us."
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And Cameron said, "The Al-Nusra
Front, I want to destroy them."
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And Putin said, "David,
now you're talking my language."
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And then Cameron said, "OK, and
we're going to create a political
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"process, you're going to be on the
world stage dictating what happens."
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:49.008
All this was music to Putin's ears.
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Movie Summary
From the 2014 seizure of Crimea to the invasion of Ukraine, this is the inside story of a decade of clashes - as told by the Western leaders who traded blows with Putin's Russia.
