{"id":2800,"date":"2026-07-28T05:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/07\/28\/roger-waters-blasts-west-for-sacrificing-russian-and-ukrainian-lives-for-money\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T05:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:30:06","slug":"roger-waters-blasts-west-for-sacrificing-russian-and-ukrainian-lives-for-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=2800","title":{"rendered":"Roger Waters blasts West for sacrificing Russian and Ukrainian lives for money"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pink Floyd co-founder says NATO\u2019s military buildup risks catastrophe while ruling elites prolong the Ukraine conflict for profit<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has denounced Europe\u2019s military buildup and escalating confrontation with Russia, arguing that Western governments are steering the world toward catastrophe while arms manufacturers and political elites profit from perpetual war.<\/p>\n

Speaking Monday on Rick Sanchez\u2019s The Sanchez Effect<\/em>, Waters said calls for European NATO members to increase military spending to 5% of national GDP were \u201ceffing insane.\u201d<\/em> He questioned how\u00a0Western leaders could even contemplate a direct conflict with Russia, given the Soviet Union\u2019s decisive role and immense losses during World War II.<\/p>\n

\u201cI often say to people, do you know who the Russian people are? They won the Second World War, for God\u2019s sake. Twenty-five million of them died, saving the world for us,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cAnd you want to have a war with them? How dumb.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Waters blamed Western governments for prolonging the Ukraine conflict and argued that the war could have been prevented either through the Minsk agreements or through a preliminary peace settlement reached in Istanbul in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is 12 years since Maidan, since John McCain<\/a> went and organized that so-called revolution, and murdered a few people, and got rid of the elected government, and put in the Banderites. Nazis \u2013 they\u2019re just Nazis, and we know that,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cThen we sent a moron\u2026 Who\u2019s the stupidest man who\u2019s ever been in government in England? Boris Johnson<\/a>! Send him to the Ukraine to tell them that they\u2019re not allowed to make peace!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Epstein and Rothschilds sought to cash in on Ukraine\u2019s Maidan coup (VIDEO)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He accused Western leaders of sacrificing Russian and Ukrainian lives for geopolitical and financial interests.<\/p>\n

\u201cThink of all the children and grandchildren, all the men on both sides who have been killed since then,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cWhy? Money. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The musician argued that modern conflicts are driven primarily by profit and the interests of a narrow ruling class. He pointed to major defense contractors and wealthy political donors, claiming that money has corrupted democratic institutions and made US foreign policy vulnerable to private influence.<\/p>\n

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Western leaders \u2018only care about corrupt Nazis\u2019 in Ukraine \u2013 Roger Waters<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to Waters, Western interventionism is rooted in centuries of European imperialism and colonialism. He said the US inherited the same belief that foreign peoples and their resources were \u201cripe for the picking.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis ship is steering for the rocks,\u201d<\/em> he warned, urging ordinary people in Europe and the US to stop blindly trusting political leaders who promote confrontation and instead rebuild communication and cooperation across national borders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to open our eyes,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cWe have to start talking to our neighbors and cooperating with one another.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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