And in 1654, even a bit earlier, the people who were in control of the authority over that part of the Russian lands addressed Warsaw. I repeat, demanding that they send them to rulers of Russian origin and Orthodox faith. When Warsaw did not answer them and in fact rejected their demands, they turned to Moscow so that Moscow took them away. So that you don't think that I'm inventing things? Don't care! I'll give you these documents. Well, it doesn't sound like you're inventing it. I'm not sure why it's relevant to what happened two years ago. But still, these are documents from the archives, copies. Here are the letters from Bogdan Khmelnytsky, the man who then controlled the power in this part of the Russian lands that is now called Ukraine.

And the whole beginning of the show, I've been hearing this as a historical event when, and let me make my whole comment here, this is a historical event, this actually did happen, when really, Alex, it's always good to have faith. I do believe in a creator. However, there really isn't enough documented evidence that I have seen, other than a Bible, That actually supports the theory or the historical life or birth of Christ.

So the stuff he's saying here is not true. There have not been declassified documents proving that there was a stand-down or even that the U.S. had specific prior knowledge of the Japanese attack.

There are contemporary accounts of John Parker's actions that day from people who were there, and they don't really square with this quote. Who presumably would have heard that dope quote and been like, better write that shit down for posterity. Sure. There was a man named Ebenezer Monroe who said, quote, Captain Parker ordered his men to stand their ground and not molest the regulars unless they meddled with us. Yeah, he was later visited by three Civil War ghosts. And his account almost identically matches Paul Revere's account of that day. You can see similarities and differences here. The similarities are the sentiment, like, don't fuck with those people unless it's in self-defense. Right. But the differences are all the credible accounts don't include the part that's saying if they want war, we'll have one.