{"id":1435509,"date":"2022-04-13T13:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435509"},"modified":"2022-04-13T13:30:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:30:26","slug":"sean-penn-cant-quit-ukraine-im-now-thinking-about-taking-up-arms-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-penn-cant-quit-ukraine-im-now-thinking-about-taking-up-arms-against-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Penn Can&#039;t Quit Ukraine: &#039;I&#039;m Now Thinking About Taking Up Arms Against Russia&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsean-penn-cant-quit-ukraine-im-now-thinking-about-taking-up-arms-against-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435509&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Seanpennukrain2-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Left-wing Hollywood star Sean Penn is clearly having trouble leaving his adventures in Ukraine behind him. The Oscar-winning star has revealed he is now considering retuning to fight Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Penn expressed his desire to take up arms in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodauthentic.com\/sean-penn\/\">interview<\/a> with Hollywood Authentic magazine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLook, my intention is to go back into Ukraine. But I\u2019m not an idiot, I am not certain what I can offer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019ve been in Ukraine [fighting] has to cross your mind. And you kind of think what century is this? Because I was at the gas station in Brentwood the other day and I\u2019m now thinking about taking up arms against Russia? What the fuck is\u00a0going\u00a0on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penn said his desire to return stems in part from his own intellectual curiosity about the emotional and psychological effects of war.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf you have seen war, and I\u2019ve seen a little bit of it, there\u2019s a rite of passage while you are in or near it that has to do with some basic questions you ask yourself: how would I react? Could I keep enough oxygen in my brain to make clear judgements? Are you going to be damaged by being in a war, emotionally or psychologically?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that there is a certain part of my own pursuits that is influenced by those questions that on some level demand answering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penn \u2014 who played an Army sergeant in the 1998 Terrence Malick movie <em>The Thin Red Line<\/em> \u2014 was recently in Ukraine to make a documentary about the Russian invasion. At the time,\u00a0he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/02\/26\/sean-penn-says-our-soul-as-america-is-lost-if-we-dont-join-ukraines-fight-against-russia\/\">urged<\/a> the U.S. to join the war against Russia, saying that if we don\u2019t take up arms \u201cour soul as America is lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ukraine is the tip of the spear for the democratic embrace of dreams. If we allow it to fight alone, our soul as America is lost. (2\/2)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Penn (@SeanPenn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanPenn\/status\/1497610571721502721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The vast majority of Americans are against major U.S. involvement in the Ukraine-Russia crisis.\u00a0Only 26 percent say they want the U.S. to play a major role in the dispute, according to a recent AP-NORC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/ap-norc-poll-most-in-us-oppose-major-role-in-russia-strife\/\">poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Penn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/09\/sean-penn-demands-u-s-poland-expedite-transfer-of-fighter-jets-to-ukraine-despite-pentagons-rejection-of-deal\/\">even\u00a0urged<\/a> the U.S. to accept Poland\u2019s proposal to send Soviet-style fighter jets to Ukraine and receive replacement aircraft from the U.S. \u2014 an offer that the Pentagon had already rejected.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Ng on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at\u00a0<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-wing Hollywood star Sean Penn is clearly having trouble leaving his adventures in Ukraine behind him. 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