'Enemies don't wait until you're all sorted out' | Admiral Alan West
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2022
- "I'm afraid enemies don't wait until you're all sorted out in the 2030s."
Former first sea lord of Royal Navy Admiral Alan West criticises the new chief of the defence staff who said British Army numbers won't go up until 2030.
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Biggest mistake we made was asking Putin if he was going to invade and when he said no we didn't say, well if you do we are going to fight alongside Ukraine if asked by them. He would have had no answer to that and he would have known what the consequences would be. Letting a bully dictate the terms of engagement is such a rookie error.
Basically if Germany had told they’d stop buying energy that would probably been enough
Unfortunately, fighting alongside the Ukrainians was never considered and everyone knew it. Ukraine was doomed to be invaded because the West and the US never took the ultimate pledge of going to war for them and Rash Putin knew it well. However, I do believe that the Poles will eventually enter the war alongside Ukraine. Even without NATO help. The Balts will possibly follow suit
We couldn't have said we would fight alongside Ukraine, West was not even 10% prepared compared to Ru.
The mismatch would have quickly escalated.
The West would have had to try to enforce a NFZ over Ukraine, whilst getting targeted by SAM's on Russian soil....attack Russian territory?
You don't know the history on how this world got started do you
@Sreja Aćimović at a 30% discount, Russia is in an economic meltdown despite their oil sales. The Ruble is a "zombie currency" right now being propped up by government manipulation. Econmically, Putin has put Russia back 20 years.
Admiral Alan West is right on the spot, true, I have myself came to think that all the promises haven't been meet, and these poor soldiers have been let down on top of it all these suffering casualties and destruction of their country in the meantime, all the western nations should realise that these soldiers are fighting for the whole world peace in the end.
Yes I agree. The existential crisis which seems to be taken far too lightly by far too many people.
All efforts should be made to back the Ukrainian people and defence forces.
Anything less is not just a betrayal of them, but a betrayal of ourselves.
An insult to our forefathers and mothers who fought for our freedoms.
Ridiculous propaganda.
What a clear minded analysis. Defence of the country is the first duty of the Government and it is clear that they have become complacent together with our European allies
Wilfully Negligent more to the point!
This is England's future bloody insane demons running the country. ua-cam.com/video/5Srqyd8B9gE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=KingsofHorror
Exactly. I think he's spot on.
They are just 10 million people in Britain ,,,,how many could they spare ,,,??
Defence from what? Is there any proof that Russia threatened any territory beyond the east of Ukraine at any point since 1989?
Let's keep sth in mind here: Russia has a GDP of 1.5 Trillion USD and is now facing a major contraction of that. The West spends 1.6 Trillion on Defense yearly. The main guy in the arena is: The USA Europe also needs to step it up but right now the USA is the most powerful ally Ukraine can hope and wish for. Putin has no chance in outspending or outproducing the West. His invasion is botched down and sooner or later Putin cannot hope to win a battle of attrition with a small country of 140 Million people battling the biggest military and economic block: The West. We have made mistakes yes but overall this is a huge gigantic power mismatch...
There is no US vital national interest at stake in Ukraine.
Someone who understands the situation
@@robgrey6183 Isn't there? We don't want Russia dictating national borders in Europe! Why should we just wait until there is more of an interest?
Isn't the USA, ALWAYS interested in what Russia is doing?
@@robgrey6183 It is by far the easiest way to dispose of Russia and to show off Western strength to China. Plus having Ukraine in the Western umbrella is a major geo political asset and securing its grain supplies is also vital for Africa. So there is Def one if there wasn't USA would simply not interfere
Not really people forget that Russia has more nuclear arms that the US and Nato combined . If Russia starts loosing the WW3 will not hesitate to use them right away . It will be terrible for everyone involved especially the UK because as the Russians promised it will be the first target. People have to be smart
I 🙏 for peace ✌️.
I have NATO, a big army, largest in the world but I'm frozen with fear of the little man from Moscow. I can't think, I can't act. the only thing I can do is talk, praise your bravery as long is the war is confined to your country, send a handful of relatively insignificant weapons. But hey, Remember, we support you! That's the Western mindset.
Sadly, this is far too true.
Cheer up, better you than Ukraine. You are safe. The sooner Ukraine joins NATO the sooner they are safe and the sooner the better. British troops are all over the Baltic states. Britain has enough stockpiles of nuclear weapons to wipe out Russia and China together twice over. The difference between ours and theirs is ours actually work because they are regularly maintained and replaced. And if the Russians and Chinese don’t believe we h tactical nukes, atomic land mines, air delivered nukes etc etc. then more fool them. I served and know.
Russians have over the year used proper gander to paralyse the west for hundreds of years ,but Poo-Tin 💩🥫as made his biggest mistake,his proper gander has convinced him he can take on the world but the performances of his army shows him up for what he is all mouth and no organisation.
Are you asking for a nuclear war or what?
Perhaps, that Russian “little man” isn’t that little.
been said for years, what armed forces do we have. 17 ships including a couple of submarines in the navy, an army being reduced to 72500 men not to mention what the airforce have. politicians in the uk should be called to account. unless we start building up we havent much to fight with. we are living of past reputation come on get the finger out
The Ukraine has no navy, a tiny air force and only an army with Soviet surplus weapons. They kicked them out of the Kiev and Charkov area. They are going on the offensive against the Russian army in the Cherson region and still holding a large chunk of the Donbass and doing airstrikes on Russian targets.
All this costs billions because of the scale and technology needed, that's why politicians don't take our defence seriously. Now we're out of Europe it's up to us.
You may need to review your figures. it is well known our sub count is much higher than 2 for a start. when you quote army not all are direct combatants, that is nearer 20-25k. Better to look at what we project in combined arms terms and not numbers in isolation and what types of force we can project in a theatre of war. 1000 of our professionally trained infantry is worth 5000-7000 of theirs. Ukraine has proved that already.
@@dkgambituk His sub count is definately wrong. There are ( I think ) 5 Astute Class submarines in service, with a further example being built now. Several ships for the Royal Navy are also under construction.... There are also other non Astute subs in service... but yes, we need to quit putting up economic migrants up in hotels and disused army camps. Sorry to have to say it, but 90% of these people have nothing , or next to nothing to offer the UK. If they wanted to claim asylum, then claim it in France. France has a perfectly functioning asylum system.... Out healthcare and benefits systems are creaking under the strain. We can't afford anymore charity at the moment.....
This is England's future bloody insane demons running the country. ua-cam.com/video/5Srqyd8B9gE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=KingsofHorror
Throughout history weakness has been to dictators and autocrats what carcasses are to a vulture and the hyena they can't help themselves but to attack it. If you want to live in peace be prepared for war.
A very apt analogy.
Never doubt we can’t mobilize the whole force over night. I seen it after 9/11 the mountains warriors was at the local Walmart catching busses out of the Appalachian mountains! It was a sight I will never forget, made me proud to be a hillbilly from ky! 🇺🇸💪🏼
I agree that NATO could pull finger if attacked, but the question seems to remain whether it would. The current obfuscation from a lot of NATO governments is disconcerting when they're facing the biggest conventional hot war since ww2
Amen
If NATO puts forces and equipment in border countries to Ukraine and Russia, will NATO anti aircraft systems not lock on to Russian planes near the borders and large parts of the Ukraine ? It must be quite unsettling for a Russian plane to fly into Ukraine and immediately get a signal that a modern NATO missile system has a lock on them, even without a missile being fired. In my opinion NATO should make the border and much of the airspace of the Ukraine into an electronic nightmare for the Russians.
Wake up bro.NATO can do nothing!
That is what a no fly zone is. And there is a reason it hasn't happened yet
Actually AWACS, recon drones, and fighter jets flying along the borders of Russia can do all of that quite well without putting air defense systems close to the border. It makes them more vulnerable to counter attack.
@@sensisensei5201 No, a no-fly zone also includes attacking Russian air defenses near the border...and that’s the biggest reason for not having a no-fly zone.
Good. I hope they @$%& their pants and say their prayers every time.
Heck, in this case the enemy didn't wait until THEY were all sorted out.
Except the enemy Nato has nukeular weapons as soon as a Nato country is attacked Russia is nuked
I love this dudes interviews.
This guy is the only one in this organization that consistently gives decent interviews. I would appreciate more of him a lot less of the others.
The 30's .... the frikin 30's !!!!!!! Chamberlain all over again.
Learning that we don't learn - again - is a miserable day for this groundhog.
Yep I'm thankfull my father isn't around anymore to see this happening, he barely survived the hunger winter in the Netherlands and he would have gone ballistic over seeing history repeating itself like this.
don't forget arms will be sold money will be made . does that look like they did not want this . remember these are people that tell us Santa is real .
Well said - I’ve been saying for four months that surely we have learnt that appeasement has a nasty habit of biting back - Munich 1938 ?
True, True there will always be another dictator around the corner sniffing out weakness, history always repeats it self and of course we do not learn from the past so you get what you get like what's happening now ! You can never ever let your guard down at least not in this world you can't.
What about the dictators you're helping? The ones committing acts worse than Russia is/has?
@@teresrlove Put in potato on a man's extremities and that's how you come up with the word dictator.
Unforunate, because we need a unity in order to fight future problems concerning overpopulation, climate change etc.
Should have had a special NATO membership for those waiting in line, where article 5 still applies.
@@skylark8828 In sure you're in Ukraine fighting alongside them right now.🤦🏿♂️
love this channel. the most informative on u tube
Thank god, a clear ,intelligent conversation🇺🇦💪👍
Yeah, of a Psychopath.
I love how people blame "the government" for failing to take adequate measures to protect national security whilst constantly being the voice that rejects any increase in government expenditure. People voted for successive governments that pursued a low-growth policy not just once, but 8 or 9 times in a row. That isn't an accident. That isn't "Downing Street incompetence". That is apathy across the board right down to the electorate. And if someone wants to bring up the "lack of information" dilemma with the electorate not having sufficient information...then that goes right back to the electorate for voting in governments who cut back on education and stood by while investigative journalism was all but dismantled.
Every nation gets the government it deserves. In any democracy people get the leaders they deserve. Not necessarily the ones they want or need.
It's incumbent on those seeking political office to understand their responsibility is to educatr the public on matters of protecting the homeland. Unfortunately, politicians many with personal agendas, have to deal with electorates who have taken their freedom and security for granted and only make token investments in armaments.
For over 60 years, some couldn't perceive Freedom being taken away by an external enemy assisted perhaps by subversives and anarchists at home. They are now experiencing shock over the Ukraine.
Freedom isn't free and to preserve it means allocating human and financial resources for that purpose.
I would caution that in the last US election. The American electorate held their collective nose! I am non partisan on this. Just observing not much support is heard for him.
All the parties would have cut the armed services during peace time. The thing is russia china iran and north korea have been sabre rattling the past few years. Who do you think should be blamed. I dont blame this government on everything, but whoever is in power is responsible for defence
@@derekking5386 Cutting defense expenditure during a prolonged time of peace would seem like a sensible thing to do. But you need to pay keen attention to potential antagonists and make sure your expenditure allows you to respond to any sudden change in posture they might make.
The US is a little different in this matter but in Europe the primary problem is the narrow electoral margins and the short electoral cycles. Promises like to be made and to keep those promises it was more convenient to cut defense spending than other areas. After all, the USA will save the day in an emergency. That approach is now backfiring rather spectacularly and a lot of younger people in Europe are now having a very rude awakening OR are just living in denial over how bad the situation could become in an instant...
@@fredcarr3550 Protecting the homeland from who? Todays high tech weapons just make todays armies cannon fodder. Can you just imagine if the Taliban had have those weapon capabilities. Armies can't defend your homeland anymore. Unmanned sophisticated weapons do the defending these days.
The lack of funds has nothing to do with NHS spending, it has a lot to do with multinational companies that don't pay taxes and plunder all the countries in the world and get away with it.
Tbh it's not the companies, it's the rich people who own them. It may not be a worthy distinction but as a corporate tax accountant I promise it's much easier to just tax rich people who get dividends from those companies as opposed to the companies themselves. Makes your economy a lot better this way as well.
@@stevenhake7500 Not so easy when the chancellor is himself one of those rich people who should be paying more tax.
@@roqsteady5290 it's not easy in America where every one loves the rich and corrupt and would take a bullet over enacting any policies to diminish their power, namely maybe try taxing them? Call me an extremist lol
@@stevenhake7500 maybe it is their dream that one day too, they will be rich and powerful.
love TIMES RADIO. Midwestern American here
Thank you Admiral West. Your comments are right on.
This should be a wake up call for "the west". We need to keep our armed forces up to scratch
what Regiment are you in then.
@@douglastaggart9360 he's in the sas. His rank is prestige master and he has diamond camo for his smgs.
and band together because we are weak .what has the west done apart from keeping us in a system capitalism that can't be sustained while the elites cream from the top . our countries make nothing we just consume large quantities of whatever . it's the cause of all the worlds problems MAN and his petty differences.
too late. Russia has won. .the wake up call came a decade ago, and was ignored...now reap what you sowed.
@@basiltozer9078 I know but they talk tough though.
Energy strategy what a mess
Army , what a mess
Food strategy and inflation What’s mess
Sort it out
'just like that'....where's Tommy Cooper when you need him
The admiral made some very, very good comments especially the last one !!
Nice to speak to somebody who has actually seen action.
It appears that everyone has been caught with their pants down.
The same happened in 1930s they just dithered and waited. We pulling out of the eu and cuttind defence in manpower and hardware has not helped with putin.
He wants the break up of nato and the eu.
We have played into his hands wirh all this.
So you use the name of a Jack Higgins anti-hero
nothing to do with pulling out of eu. the same amount of forces are still in play in the west. putin saw that we and the west have been cutting our forces for years. politicians havent listened to our military men. the one great weakness of a democracy, they spend as little as they can get away with in peacetime and always play catchup when things go bad
I totally agree with what you said. Having served in RN forces another tory government after the fall of the berlin wall. Had defence cut after defence cut. Our squadron was disbanded and ships sold to brasilian navy for vertuay nothing, we kept two ships. Naval bases closed down for ever land sold off and sailors were all made redundant. Another kick in the teeth.
Statements of which you have no proof whatsoever. As a matter of fact, there is plenty, an unbelievable amount of proof of the opposite. Hey genius, Russia just said they have no problem with Sweden and Finland joining NATO until they do not point their missiles towards Moscow. And they have no problem with the expansion of the EU which I remind you, up to a few months ago was buying a ton of gas and oil from Russia.
Besides, what kind of lunatic reasons with the mindset of 90 years ago? And Russia won that war!
@@johna.anderson922
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This guy is right on!
Excellent!
Blessings, peace and luck to Ukraine 🙏✌🍀💛💙
The longer it goes on the more Ukrainians will die and the more money gets spread amongst the tribe.
The Admiral is right….we must spend 5% of GDP…at….least to build up our Army, Navy and Air Force as fast as we can. We should bring back National Service and requisition factories to produce munitions, weapons and equipment. Its…1937 all over again….we have pacified the UK into a weak military force facing an inevitable attack by an evil dictator. Lets get going! 🇬🇧
@@basiltozer9078 You are quite right…unless…we restaff the Ministry with professionals from the Armed Forces who know what they need and know what they are doing….no time to lose.
1937 all over again...? Today the British Government supports and arms Ukrainian Nazis, and our mainstream media repeats all the hate and Russophobic and Sinophobic propaganda that the USA has been filling the world with for the past six years. This time we are the NAZIS.
We’re as ready as we will ever be .. so let’s get this fight on and finish it once and for all .
Dear Lord West I found in my own life attacked by bullies I made myself fit and strong physically Then I could out smart streets hooligans We need to do the same as a nation
This is a European war. I'm glad that we are contributing so much of our substance and our attention to the defense of eastern Europe. But that defense will be minimal without the united efforts of the EU and its states, particularly France and Germany. It's incredible that Poland is paying above and beyond the 2% defense spending, but France and Germany (the _de facto_ leaders of Europe) are not. It's not like they're strapped for cash either (not when compared to other EU states). In both cases it's the socio-cultural and political character of both nations that prevents them from doing the necessary thing. But if they want a strong and united Europe where they're in the driving seat (instead of America), then they need to mean it by participating and by being proactive and involved. Europe lacks unity and unanimity in its response, because of France's resentment at American dominance/leadership, and because of Germany's lack of confidence in military matters.
The last thing Scholz wanted to do was to take the lead militarily. A nightmare scenario for a pacifist German nation. This explains the hesitancy here which was rightly criticized. But let's be fair, the turnaround for a Green govt. here has been nothing short of remarkable. There has been a crass underinvestment in the Bundeswehr and this has really been a wake-up call for the Germans. The response from the Brits has made me proud - after so many awful things (like sending refugees to Rwanda).
This was always going to happen. We persuaded Ukraine to disarm itself of nuclear weapons unilaterally in 1994 with the assurace they would be defended. That 'we' was GB + USA, not NATO even. A regime loses its raison d'etre and binding ethos - i.e. Marxism - then what takes its place ? Gangsters and not just in Russia. All this tosh about promoting democracy. Such regions there will always need to be a strong man to control the wolves. If the Ukraine still had nukes then with their nationalist government maybe they now would be the bad guy. We don't understand these peoples. They endured Genghis Khan and his successors.
France and Germany couldn't lead a scout pack. It will fall once again on the Anglosphere to show moral and military leadership to see off this threat. Not that we will get any thanks for it.
Perhaps Germany can offer its citizens Russian language courses if the government won't support a capable military? It worked out so well the last time with Germany occupied by Russia. Or, considering all the alternatives, perhaps they could defend their territory from Russian threat? Just an idea.
NATO and the European Unions biggest problem is the fact that France and Germany are your de facto Leaders.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
It's not a case of wanting a robust force. It's a case of NEEDING a robust force.
They seem to be forgetting that the US and others were watching the Russian build up against Ukraine for 3 months before the fighting started. If Russia attacked any NATO country then the lead time would be just as long if not longer as they wouldn't be planning for a 3 day walk in the park.
That slow lead time gives NATO the time to get proper forces into place where needed.
they saw it did nothing while rubbing their hand at how much money will be made.
the US = biden administration wanted to start this war as a distraction as they and antifa take over the USA to try to turn it into a communist country.
We ready in the west for any challenge
NATO have had 8 years to prepare and they have been doing, just wait for the upcoming false flag to persuade the “people” war is inevitable……..personally I already no it is as the west’s economies will not survive without one but it’s going to shock a large % of people 😉
"Julian" it wasn't just the West's inaction the days, weeks and months before the Ukrainian Invasion. But the years of Russia's attacks [takeovers] in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Donbas, and Crimea. With no serious pushback from the West other than political lip service. Shades of events leading up to WW2.
What makes you think Putin is? I agree the ramp up must be fast and we need to keep him bogged down in Ukraine. Glad to see the UK and Germany are finally taking this seriously.
Europe may have been cutting defence spending but on the other hand RUSSIA looks less than capable . Europe (NATO)can ramp up quickly with the USA putting its shoulder to the wheel . The danger is CHINA might or possibly has given RUSSIA military aid . Equipment is one thing but RUSSIAN soldiers do not seem to a heart for the fight .
China may not really want to be visibly part of Russia’s ( Putin’s ) mistaken military activity. China may distance itself from Putin.
@@richardsimms251 This would be a sensible thing for China to do as Putin in now global number 1 pariah.
Admiral Lord WEST..........the voice of experience........and military common sense
17 vessels? Wow that's puny
Times Radio, please sort your audio out. Every single upload has lots of crackle on them, especially when the callers are speaking.
ACTIONS speak louder that words. Not surprised that politicians were virtue signaling and making promises to Ukraine than were not followed by deeds. That's why I think that Zelensky should be bolder and point to the liars. His country is at stake.
why what do you want to happen
Someone is going to have to do that. Kiel Institute is tracking the Ukrainian weapons supply and there's an awful lot of things commited and not delivered .
If not Zelenskyy, perhaps the Estonian President since they are absolutely the most commited to doing more than their share (the $ / GDP ratings at the Kiel tracker are quite sobering)
*"His country is at stake."*
But let's remind everybody: a Fascist country. Plus, you mean he should point when they are choreographing his appearances for maximum emotional impact? You mean on stage? And do you think it's a appropriate for him doing it while wearing t-shirts with the black sun? Let's prepare properly.
It's amazing to witness what is occurring within media circles, the conversation was about "Russian Exit Strategies". The media whipped themselves into a frenzy thinking that this was all over after the Russian failures. How can they be so blind or so ill-educated about geo-politics and strategy that they just didn't see the reality? This is just the beginning! In the next fews years we will be looking back on this moment in time and be asking ourselves "why did we not massively arm and mobilize". This is the time that factories producing cars need to clear the lines for producing armoured vehicles. Ship yards to go into overdrive, armaments factories to stockpile. We need to address these thing now whilst we have a very short window to do so.
Relax Capt Skyisfallin
@@davidmoss2576 No thanks Ivan.
We're already ready.
for what? another war against poor people? last near peer fight was ww2...
Whilst Putin’s armed forces have been degraded and he is at his weakest point his forces must be destroyed. Delay will lead to disaster.
Yay! WW III.
I believe the west is waiting for Russia revitalization , then play arms selling next decade for another Ukraine . This is what they have always done and now they are biggest sellers for talibani govt
Please tell us how to do this without being nuke
are you mad
Welcome to the Apocalypse we have had flooding fires plague coming up famine and a once in a lifetime fireworks display
17 ships that could do battle, I knew it was bad, didn’t know it was that bad
It's worse than that, most of the frigates/destroyers don't have anti ship missiles and the carriers only have around 20 fighter jets between them.
Alan West is right. Since 2010 in particular the armed forces have been cut to the bone when at the same time major European NATO allies have been spending even less than the UK. You cannot do defence on the cheap. Wars spring up unexpectedly and your forces must have the resources to win. It is terrifying how the defence secretary has been cowed into silence by loony politicians and pen pushing treasury officials saying "sshhh, don't rock the boat!"
Artillery win wars, our RA is small, even compared with Finland. The Russians still remember the Battle of the Seelowe Heights, what's a British/American satellite guided 155mm shell when you are being pounded by a hundred ordinary Russian shells?
Even with our existing troops Russia wouldn’t last a week on the battle field.
Germany has not delivered - No end of promises but only a very small amount of equipment has been sent. It's very disappointed and makes me wonder whose side they are really on.
Germany didn`t want to rock the boat too much as the gas and oil was being held as a bargaining chip.
But it has delivered and keep on doing so - namely billions to Moscow for gas. Meanwhile we allow Russian gold to be traded, the oligarchs continue to charm London society and the Russian Embassy remains open to run its network of spies and assassins. In 1971 PM Harold Wilson kicked out over a 100 Soviet 'diplomats'.
Germany did not guarantee Ukraine‘s security, the UK did, and for that, the help is minimal!
I wonder this is not mentioned in UK media or from UK military. Warranty means to fight for, not just send some weapons!
Where's all this going to end should I do an Anderson shelter
They call him a dictator, because he refused to succumb to their pressure
Putin has already lost more tanks than Western Europe has. A nation that only owns 100 MBT’s is not taking things seriously.
You speak as if you got inside information
making funny money in the City is the only game in town -and has been for a long time now sadly..no money for tanks, no money for hospital beds..plenty of Aston Martins on the roads though --all a question of priorities. Pulling as selfish individuals instead of as one is the driving ideology -christ some of our political and economic thinkers don't even believe in countries and borders anymore..we're all global now don't you know!
@@gethinhooper3671 well said like-minded citizen 👍
There is a bit of social blindness by the admiral when saying that Ukrainian government isn't worried about spending on healthcare because it's in a war to justify greater defense spending.
There actually many ways the UK government could spend more on defense and healthcare if it got its priorities straight, instead of serving as channel to subsidize companies of friendly Tory party donors.
Please quote your sources for your statement "serving as a channel to subsidize companies of friendly Tory party donors"
@@jacquelinetaylor8683 please quote your source of authority
@@jacquelinetaylor8683 ua-cam.com/video/QwNmwVWPIyI/v-deo.html
@@calexico66 you didn't answer the question. You made the assertion. It's incumbent upon you to back it up when called to provide your proof. Jacqueline didn't make a statement requiring authority. Instead, you were asked to prove yours. Your question is a non-sequitur and evading the question you were asked.
@@buffuniballer hello world
Quite a scary thought when the good gentleman referred to losses incurred during falklands war and what numbers of warships we have operating now in comparison. Hopefully them 45s live up to the hype if needed.
Maybe HMS Belfast will fire in anger again if things do not change
We have to look at things from The World Community angle as well as NATO and western alliances. A part of the human family is being brutally attacked by the second most powerful military in the world and the infrastructure that has been destroyed will take decades to rebuild let alone the psychlogical wounds the children caught up in the fighting will carry all their lives. Imagine your village, town or city being taken over by an invading army and then orphaned children picked up and sent away to an obscure part of their empire to be reindoctrinated as Russian citizens! What kind of mind-blow is that going to be like when those kids grow up? Whether or not Putin chooses to be a part of the world community is his problem, but we should all stand shoulder-to-shoulder until a sister country is out of harm's way. We've got to keep this story in the news and keep having people like Royal Navy Admiral Alan West chiming in from time to time to remind us over and over that we must not let our eye off the ball. You can bet that North Korea and China are going to be cooking up schemes to make the Ukrainian war look like a walk in the park. WE must not stop helping the Ukrainians until every Russian soldier has departed from Ukrainian sovereign territory.
Nice to see the lightly armed HMS Enterprise at 3:07 - that will scare the Russian Hordes 😄!
Having watched the complete failure of the ruSSian black sea fleet, it might be able to hold it's own against them!
@@BlutoandCo You make a very good point.
If you're Putin now you'll be wondering how to get out of this with you're head on.
He is a victim of his own lies. He gambled and lost. No way out with his head on. And he knows it. He just wants to delay it as long as possible.
Annexation of 30 per cent of Ukraine and put nuclear bombs in that territory if Nato attacks him is the end of the world.
Putin knows the west can not attack him directly.
@04.39, if that’s naval accommodation on today’s HMS aircraft carriers ! Then I joined the wrong service and at the wrong time.
Yes, be really readiness for deploy
out of war
Problem with the conversation is speaking about military forces and raw numbers. I didn't hear a single thing about capabilites. Comparing the fleet in the Falkland War vs today's Royal Navy is a misdirection as the fleet today has better capabilites than the 40 year old fleet in that war.
so does the enemy though..
@@joecater894 large chunks of their fleet are 40yrs old….
@@robertpatrick3350 true... but they're kitted out with much more capable stuff than Argentinians ever had.
Britain has a toy military establishment. But, stylish dress uniforms. And bagpipes. Don't forget the bagpipes.
All these talkers are planning to hide behind the Americans, as usual.
But Russia is so far from sorted out themselves it isn't even a valid point.
Indeed. Russia can't even successfully invade Ukraine, in a conventional war with NATO they'd get their bottoms spanked. Yes, the UK alone can't take on Russia, but there's no scenario where that would happen anyway. Only thing we have to fear from them presently is their nukes.
Got shamed at length for making the same assertion recently about the tardiness of weapons arrivals. Got told off at length about how it takes months to train someone to fire these complicated weapons ! ! ! Otherwise the weapons don't work ! ! !
I like this interviewer for the Times. Gravitas.
And people question why the US spends so much on defense. It's called preparation for a two-front war as the US fought in WWII.
@@christga100 try reading what was written before you comment
@@christga100 seriously can you even read English? It's perfectly clear what he's saying
@@christga100 if you ever learn English you'd see he was referring to current US spending.
Do you have any idea about the history of WWII?
The Soviet Union wasn't a benevolent nation that came to fight Germany, they engaged in a secret pact with the Germans to carve up Europe between each other.
The Soviets seized the Baltic states, went to war with Finland, when Germany invaded Poland from the west the Soviet Union invaded from the east.
When the war was over they enslaved half of Europe where they were guilty of horrific crimes, some things never change which is why so many former Soviet republics and Warsaw Pact countries joined NATO
@@christga100 it's not an understanding of WWII it's a historical fact that can easily be researched, it's also not an American point of view.
You can look up the Katyn massacre, the Winter War, Molotov Ribbentrop pact, I can easily go on and give examples of Soviet crimes in Eastern Europe.
I'm certainly not the one looking ignorant
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I understand soldiers wear the arm bands to prevent friendly fire but what good is camouflage if your running around with bright red and bright yellow tape all over your arms helmets and guns.
It's to identify you during a training exercise.
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail. Enough time has lapsed!. We should be making a real stance.
Russia can barely handle a part professional part volunteer force with little or no experience and we are talking about how they would fight nato. The US right or wrong has had 20 years combat experience in the Middle East. combined operations and in and on. so…short of nuclear war….Russia couldn’t handle anything like a US alone let alone nato
I can clearly recall the scorn heaped upon a certain US President within the past 4 years when he pointed out these issues.
Trump derangement syndrome. Anything he said was ignored. Seems he was right again.
Mic drop. German diplomats even laughed at him, when he addressed problems and spoke at the UN.
Trump was also the first president to send lethal weapons to Ukraine, though Obama did send a lot of people over there to train the Ukrainians which has made a huge difference. He really was the first president to call the other NATO countries out on them not spending their fair share, for far too long they took our security for them for granted.
The current NATO secretary general was selected for his weaknesses so that leaders like Merkel could ignore him. He should have been given the chop when Trump entered the WH but instead Trump Derangement Syndrome took hold and nothing got done. Merkel even dropped her failed Defence Minister in as EU president and p'd all over the MEPs who'd expected one of their own to take the helm. Finland and Sweden have had 30 years since the fall of the Soviet Union to join NATO but arrogantly preened themselves (well Sweden certainly) on their neutrality. Who did they expect would occupy the corridors of power vacated by the Marxist Politburo long term - Pippi Longstocking ?
At the same time he was licking Putin's shoes and proclaiming what a great man Putin was. Putin really thought the invasion would be a walkover with Trump back in the WH. Biden's win and his resolve to resurrect Nato kind of hit Putin like a bucket of cold water. Kyiv was supposed to have fallen months ago and Zelensky sitting in a dungeon in Moscow.
It's not a matter of spending money on defence. What matters is how many weapon systems the MIC can sell. They have no interest in where it is used - as long as idiots will buy.
Hello blogger, the west are always ready. End of discussion 👍
We in the west failed Ukraine in the beginning of this war by not establishing a no fly zone that should have been established at least in the western areas of Ukraine and Kiev, and the US and British Navy should be escorting the grain shipments and other supplies and if any Russian or any other ship interferes with that should be sunk. Putin only understands strength and the minute NATO stands up and reacts he will back down that's a guarantee he is terrified of NATO and wants none of it. The West has squandered opportunities to negate the brutality of this conflict by not letting it be known to Putin that if he attacks civilians or interferes with food shipments or has his fighters buzzing NATO borders there would be a cost and severe consequences. The nuclear threats are all he has in his mind to try to deter NATO because he knows his military conventionally is not deterring NATO one iota and all it's done is strengthen NATO bringing Sweden and Finland into the alliance and possibly Ukraine in the future and now he's going to have 300,000 plus NATO soldiers on his borders.. he doesn't want to die he's a narcissist and he's completely stuck on himself and he knows if he as much as farts on the button it will be not only his end but the end of Russia as we know it, he won't make that mistake. What needs to happen immediately is Russia needs to be at least kicked out of the UN and labeled as state-sponsored terrorist for their continued attacking a civilians Belarus as well for allowing it from their territory and the US and British Navy should immediately establish a corridor for the grain shipments and other supplies to be shipped out without interference from Russia or any other country.
I agree. He knows that Russia can not fight all of NATO.
I think as soon as we start flexing our muscles he will have to back off.
More men, better trained, better equipment, better economies, better weapons, better ships, better subs
Time to put troops.on the ground in Ukraine if you ask me.
To this point in the War in Ukraine, The Russian military has had its best opportunity. Henceforth everything will be more difficult for them to continue. The entire project was a disastrous midwinter delusion set upon by bored fools in the Russian Polar Night.
It was a script to lure the west into a war at the start of winter
@@meiforgot To Vlad: "How you like me now."
Putin's not ill. ....!!!!
This is England's future bloody insane demons running the country. ua-cam.com/video/5Srqyd8B9gE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=KingsofHorror
Nice of him to let the world now we we won't be ready until the 2030's.
I know right! Do we have to announce everything single thing!?
I'm hoping it's a nice dose of misdirection and obfuscation, and we are actually capable of ramping up much much faster than that.
Whilst Admiral West is correct, when he was a Defence Chief the UK’s Armed Forces continued to be reduced under his watch. He wasn’t so vocal when his pension was at risk.
The West has played this to perfection, Putin walked into a trap.
Ill-informed nonsense
Well, quite badly designed a trap if that is the case. Unless a humanitarian catastrophe and a food crisis were part of the plan.
@@cboffard8350 Ivan, Putin set his own trap.
Loads of Military helicopters have been flying over my house past week to refuel at our local small airport, they did anyway but like one a week, it’s been 5 just today not like a normal exercise they give you timetables of on Gov Website 😬
The phrase tethered goat was used by the Australians during the Vietnam War to refer to themselves for some assignments they were sent to
"fire base"-"tethered goat"-same thing. You knew you were sent out there as bait.
NATO has by far the largest military force in the world. No country will ever consider triggering article 5.
The UK doesn't need a massive army. It needs a well equipped, highly trained force that can work effectively with it's NATO partners.
For the trolls: Putin wanted to stop NATO expansion; Finland and Sweden are new NATO candidates. Putin wanted to keep Ukraine from joining the European Union; Ukraine is now a candidate for the European Union. Putin said that sanctions were not working; last Friday, Russia defaulted on its international debt payments for the first time since 1918. Putin apologists say that Russia is not responsible for the default because of force majeure, because of war. Putin shot himself in the foot; he calls this action a "special military operation", and did not declare war, therefore force majeure does not apply.
Sweden/Finland joining Nato will not change anything, except for article 5, but then a nuclear war is on.
Trump said this for four years and everyone says he’s crazy.
He is.
100%
It's better to take with a pinch of salt when an admiral says that we should buy more warships. I mean, I've never heard a single admiral to say "well, we have enough or maybe too many warships. Don't worry about pouring tax payer money to buy more ships for a while".
No matter what, short of nukes, Putin cannot match a united NATO in manpower and arms!
And who knows, those nukes could be defective if they are anything like the rest of the Russian forces.
Putin couldn't match the US on its own let alone all of NATO.
@@richardk5246 ! Fact! I am worried now about a united China and Russia!
so when are you joining the army and putting your life on the line
@@Ragnarok540 ! I am amazed that the Russians have lasted this long! If you do research, it appears most of their advanced weapons are experimental or built in small quantities. In a conventional war, NATO would roll over them.
send NATO troops to Ukraine
UK the cuts when so deep, we dont know if they could send enough troops to Ukraine and when that could be possible. Thats tax cuts for the rich and small state ideology for you.
@@GodKitty677 We have the 5th highest military budget on Earth.
@@GodKitty677 a lot of countries cut back on defense spending after the Soviet Union collapsed. The UK is making its NATO spending commitment unlike the rich Germans
@@michaeldunham3385 yes, but for a country such as the UK... it isn't really doing its bit... not really. Thats like getting a D in your exam and then saying... "but I got a grade". 5th largest economy... and a looming war plus dangerous world.. I think we can do better... Boris likes to beat his chest.. in situations like this... they like to standout as a global leader... well, if they're going to then they better make sure they have the forces...
@@ericconnor8419 Most countries have too small a military to fight Russia alone. Also the ability to produce military equipment on mass is small in the UK. We can upgrade to Challenger 2 to Challenger 3 but Challenger 2 tanks are no longer manufactured.
Challenger 2s had been upgraded with a new passive armour package, including the use of add-on armour manufactured by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems of Israel.
Challenger 3 uses the Rheinmetall L55 120 mm smoothbore gun. The Germany are likely moving to the Rheinmetall Rh-130 L/51. The active protection systems for the uk's tanks will also come from another country.
All these parts are made in other countries. Every other country is going to buy parts and then produce these parts for their own armies. There is just not the production for a war. This is caused by cuts.
British Army's plans to upgrade 148 Challenger 2 tanks and designate them Challenger 3. This is too small a tank force, Russia used something like 2500 tanks to attack Ukraine. They have 1000's left. Reason for low UK army tank number is cuts.
NATO has the forces but EU countries have cut their armies to nothing. The USA has something like 5,000 active and approx. 3,000 stored. The UK army has been cut to near uselessness.
On that path admiralty...
We were not prepared in the last war my parents told me We. need o build an iron dome over the UK
This is maybe the biggest reason most American troops in the theater should not be under NATO control. We can't really expect British support anymore
Wont be an adequate force unless government decides to
STOP BORROWING FROM BILLIONAIRES
and to
TAX BILLIONAIRES
the UK and the USA also had a formal commitment to guarantee Ukraine's borders, that never happened, have it? If in 2014 both countries stamped their feet on Crimea and the Donbas we would have never got to this point
Yes and for the same reason no American or UK blood will be spilt to defend the Baltics. Article 5 has been invoked exactly once, by the Americans. It's not there for Luthuania's benefit.
@@mitchellbaker4806 That's nuts. The invocation of A5 by the US is the only time because that's the only time in 73 years that there's been an attack on a NATO Member that met A5 criteria. So - A5 has been triggered in 100% of cases where the criteria was met. That's a great record and NATO will be proud to maintain it.
@@catparka7698 yes and the Lithuania spat right now will see a "Russia to Russia transit of goods" exemption conveniently cut out of the sanctions so that the West doesn't have to spill blood for Lithuania.
Strike first, Strike hard
ok rambo
@@douglastaggart9360 Was a Cobra Kai reference. Rambo is "Live for something, or die for nothing"
Cowards don't wait till you are ready, they starts when you are not watching, and come behind your back and starts, so be ready
if that s the case , then why should we not strike first , just to F up their schedule ?
Do unto others before they do unto you.
The case of the purblind Admiral
Omits any reference to the NATO drive to the East over the past years.
So, in poker, is it wise to show everyone else your hand?
he isnt ready either
Also bear in mind the promised weapons is not the amount that they actually need. So if they are delivering less than the promise that is order of magnitude less than what they need.
For the amount of money we spend on defence our actual capabilities are a joke not to mention the amount of wastage in procurements it's astounding, how can we be spending more on defence than before and yet have a shrinking force?
Too many pen pushers polishing big leather chairs with their arses all day....
Many reasons. A main one would be, that modern warfare equipment doesn't require many people to operate it, as long as the ones that are have proper training. The weapons cost more than the soldiers.