{"id":1441219,"date":"2022-04-16T07:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T11:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441219"},"modified":"2022-04-16T08:02:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T12:02:23","slug":"sean-penn-says-hes-thinking-about-taking-up-arms-against-russia-just-one-month-after-fleeing-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-penn-says-hes-thinking-about-taking-up-arms-against-russia-just-one-month-after-fleeing-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Penn Says He\u2019s \u201cThinking About Taking up Arms Against Russia\u201d Just One Month After Fleeing Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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-says-hes-thinking-about-taking-up-arms-against-russia-just-one-month-after-fleeing-ukraine%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=1441219&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--><p>Sean Penn recently made some interesting comments regarding the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine, as just over a month calling on the United States to fight for the invaded country, the actor is now claiming that he\u2019s \u201cthinking about taking up arms against Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_127116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-127116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live!, YouTube<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>NEXT:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/03\/03\/sean-penn-flees-to-poland-on-foot-after-calling-on-america-to-fight-for-ukraine\/\"><strong>Sean Penn Flees To Poland On Foot After Calling On America To Fight For Ukraine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Writing from Kyiv, Ukraine in late February, the activist actor issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/sean-penn-ukraine-invasion-putin-1235190893\/\">statement<\/a> asserting, \u201cAlready a brutal mistake of lives taken and hearts broken, and if he doesn\u2019t relent, I believe Mr. Putin will have made a most horrible mistake for all of humankind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Zelensky and the Ukrainian people have risen as historic symbols of courage and principle,\u201d he went on. \u201cUkraine 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125961\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2021.07.14-09.02-boundingintocomics-60ef50e5b93ad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1616\" height=\"902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2021.07.14-09.02-boundingintocomics-60ef50e5b93ad.png 1616w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021.07.14-09.02-boundingintocomics-60ef50e5b93ad-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2021.07.14-09.02-boundingintocomics-60ef50e5b93ad-1340x748-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2021.07.14-09.02-boundingintocomics-60ef50e5b93ad-768x429-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2021.07.14-09.02-boundingintocomics-60ef50e5b93ad-1536x857-1.png 1536w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-125961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: MSNBC, YouTube<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/08\/24\/sean-penn-believes-covid-19-vaccinations-should-be-mandatory-compares-not-getting-jabbed-to-pointing-a-gun-in-somebodys-face\/\">Sean Penn Believes COVID-19 Vaccinations \u201cShould Be Mandatory\u201d, Compares Not Getting Jabbed To \u201cPointing A Gun In Somebody\u2019s Face\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though he initially traveled to Ukraine to film a documentary on Russian\u2019s invasion of the country, just three days after issuing his above call for Americans to join the fight against Russia, Penn fled on foot to Poland\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMyself &#038; two colleagues walked miles to the Polish border after abandoning our car on the side of the road,\u201d tweeted Penn as he shared a picture of himself leaving Ukraine. \u201cAlmost all the cars in this photo carry women &#038; children only, most without any sign of luggage, and a car their only possession of value.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_151981\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151981\" class=\"size-full wp-image-151981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.03.03-11.55-boundingintocomics-622155706581d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.03.03-11.55-boundingintocomics-622155706581d.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.03.03-11.55-boundingintocomics-622155706581d-274x300-1.jpg 274w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-151981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Sean Penn, Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/08\/12\/sean-penn-tells-unvaccinated-individuals-dont-go-to-the-cinemas\/\">Sean Penn Tells Unvaccinated Individuals: \u201cDon\u2019t Go To The Cinemas\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, Penn recently disclosed\u00a0 that he is not only ready to get back on the ground in Ukraine, but also now now willing to take up arms against the army of Russian President Vladimir Putin, admitting that he\u2019s motivated by sheer curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, my intention is to go back into Ukraine,\u201d expressed Penn. \u201cBut I\u2019m not an idiot, I am not certain what I can offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_157923\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157923\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.41-boundingintocomics-62589515b2588.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.41-boundingintocomics-62589515b2588.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.41-boundingintocomics-62589515b2588-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.41-boundingintocomics-62589515b2588-1340x544-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.41-boundingintocomics-62589515b2588-768x312-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-157923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Casualties of War (1989), Columbia Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/07\/16\/sean-penn-criticises-trump-administrations-covid-19-response-says-it-felt-like-someone-with-a-machine-gun-gunning-down-people-from-a-turret-at-the-white-house\/\">Sean Penn Criticises Trump Administration\u2019s COVID-19 Response, Says \u201cIt Felt Like Someone With a Machine Gun Gunning Down\u201d People From \u201dA Turret At The White House\u201d<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He then declared, \u201cI don\u2019t spend a lot of time texting the president or his staff while they\u2019re under siege and their people are being murdered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d probably send one message through the chief of staff. \u2018Here\u2019s what I\u2019m looking to do that I think would be of value. You only have to answer me in one of two ways: don\u2019t come or come and do what you\u2019re planning, or come, but here\u2019s where you could be more helpful,\u2019\u201d Penn added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_157924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157924\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.41-boundingintocomics-6258951f699bb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.41-boundingintocomics-6258951f699bb.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.41-boundingintocomics-6258951f699bb-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.41-boundingintocomics-6258951f699bb-1340x544-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.41-boundingintocomics-6258951f699bb-768x312-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-157924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Casualties of War (1989), Columbia Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/07\/30\/sean-penn-reportedly-refusing-to-return-to-set-of-starz-series-gaslit-until-all-cast-and-crew-has-been-vaccinated\/\">Sean Penn Reportedly Refusing To Return To Set Of Starz Series Gaslit Until All Cast And Crew Has Been Vaccinated<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asked by the outlet if he had hesitations regarding a return to the frontlines, Penn noted, \u201cI\u2019m never like a conflict zone journalist who stays months or years in a place that\u2019s really sketchy, and never someone who had no choice but to be there and live there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNor am I a soldier. Statistically, I\u2019ve never really taken any risks at all,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe only possible reason for me staying in Ukraine longer last time would\u2019ve been for me to be holding a rifle, probably without body armour, because as a foreigner, you would want to give that body armour to one of the civilian fighters.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_151979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151979\" class=\"size-full wp-image-151979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.03.03-11.42-boundingintocomics-6221527fee69e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.03.03-11.42-boundingintocomics-6221527fee69e.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.03-11.42-boundingintocomics-6221527fee69e-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.03.03-11.42-boundingintocomics-6221527fee69e-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.03.03-11.42-boundingintocomics-6221527fee69e-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-151979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Flag Day (2021), MGM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo, where I am in life is short of doing that, but if you\u2019ve been in Ukraine [fighting] has to cross your mind,\u201d Penn disclosed. \u201cAnd 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 f\u2014k is\u00a0going\u00a0on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penn then admitted, \u201cI think that we can be fascinated by conflict but also intellectually be very anti-war. If 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?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_157993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157993\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.15-02.58-boundingintocomics-6258df524c94e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.15-02.58-boundingintocomics-6258df524c94e.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.15-02.58-boundingintocomics-6258df524c94e-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.15-02.58-boundingintocomics-6258df524c94e-1340x544-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.15-02.58-boundingintocomics-6258df524c94e-768x312-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-157993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Thin Red Line (1998), 20th Century Fox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/01\/06\/the-angry-birds-movie-actor-sean-penn-asks-president-donald-trump-to-take-cyanide\/\">The Angry Birds Movie Actor Sean Penn Asks President Donald Trump To Take Cyanide<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould I keep enough oxygen in my brain to make clear judgements?\u201d he pondered. \u201cAre you going to be damaged by being in a war, emotionally or psychologically \u201c\u201dBecause there is always a cost to you or your loved ones. I think that there is a certain part of my own pursuits that is influenced by those questions that on some level demand answering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so, yeah, I think it would be just not honest if I said that wasn\u2019t a part of it,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_157926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157926\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.42-boundingintocomics-6258952c85099.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.42-boundingintocomics-6258952c85099.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.42-boundingintocomics-6258952c85099-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.42-boundingintocomics-6258952c85099-1340x544-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.14-09.42-boundingintocomics-6258952c85099-768x312-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-157926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Gunman (2015), StudioCanal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you make of Penn\u2019s desire to go back to Ukraine and his consideration of taking up arms against Russia? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section down below or on social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/02\/01\/sean-penn-explains-why-he-believes-men-in-american-culture-have-become-wildly-feminized\/\">Sean Penn Explains Why He Believes \u201cMen In American Culture Have Become Wildly Feminized\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Penn recently made some interesting comments regarding the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine, as just over a month calling on the United States to fight for the invaded country,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":1443665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1441219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1443665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}