If you support freedom, then you should respect freedom of others as well. Because if you only consider freedom according to your definition, it is tyranny and and you are a threat to others.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West. Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months.
Soldiers make good soldiers, not presidents. He's best put in charge of soldierly stuff in Europe, where he can do the best work. Civilian advisor to military in the region, a good Past Master is always a good idea to have around.
General Hodges is the only person I hear speaking the way we should all be speaking. It’s a shame he’s not president of the USA. It would be a better world if he or someone like him that thinks like him is not in charge!! I agree 100% with every word he says!!!
I apologize for my fellow Americans who know no history, little geography and lap up whatever Fox News tells them. You can tell how educated they are when their comments are short poorly written bluster that is no different from the Russian trolls. And General Hodges is a really good American, dedicated to service, democracy, ethics and honor. I doubt he'd want to be president. We always need a president with the intellectual capacity, knowledge of history and political skill who can apply the advice of people like General Hodges. Currently we have about two more months of that. (I'm not worried about civil war -- most of the over armed losers can't get off the couch long enough to do anything except go out and buy more beer. Always remember when the American Civil War was started by the Southern States, they had most of the officer class, most of the armaments (shipped to southern forts in anticipation). Ulysses Grant at this time was working in a store in Ohio, having retired from the military.... We know how that turned out. )
Problem with the U.S. citizenry is that they have become complacent to the blessing of freedoms offered in this nation and have only voted for less expensive bacon and eggs and rent as Trump promised without ever explaining how he’s going to do it. Their complacency allowed them to be lulled by connivery as opposed to merit. This is what happens when self-interest and greed overcome gratitude living in a free democracy where options to work and succeed are available.
Or the dems. Could have tried running on not attacking the 1st,2nd,4th amendments and open borders. 😂😂😂 oh yea and grean energy and electric cars that are to expensive for working classes.
@@PurpleUSAWTF considering the Dem candidate bragged about owning a gun they didn't run on any of those things. This is what happens when people don't verify their information and get it from Russia-paid shills.
Too many Americans treat selection of leadership as though it's professional sports. Some even think cheating is acceptable to keep the other side from winning.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China never and never again to allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Free world? Free from debt, poverty and taxation, with laws and regulations that most of us have absolutely no say on? The only free people left are the billionaires who buy land, resources, power and influence, and the indigenous tribes deep in the Amazon rainforest. If you wave a national flag and believe in a God, you are not free.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China never and never again to allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Although I disagree with some of his obvious political support of the Biden Administration, there’s no doubt he’s absolutely correct on Ukraine. He’s One of the voices of sanity who simplifies what the war in Ukraine is really all about and why Ukraine needs to win this terrible war.
I believe Gen. Hodges that Ukraine could have won last year if they had been properly equipped. The accomplishments they made against what should be an overwhelming force, was nothing short of miraculous. Ukraine can't deliver miracles forever though and we need to decide if we are helping Ukraine win or surrendering another territory to a dictator.
US shouldn't be supplying Ukraine with long range missiles, etc because we thwn are participating. Zelinsky and Putin need to cease all operations and negotiate a settlement
@@1970karenleah Ukraine will defend itself as long as it can. Get used to the idea. And we are some European countries who support them as long as we can, because they are fighting our fight as well as their own.
@@1970karenleah That's not how international law works. If India buys a tank from South Korea and uses it to defend itself from PRC aggression, the provenance of the tank doesn't give the PRC the right to attack S. Korea. But in any event, we already PROMISED Ukraine, in the Budapest Memorandum, that we would "participate" in defending "the territorial integrity of Ukraine" from any attack; that was the inducement to convince Ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons and to destroy its fleet of strategic bombers.
Exactly, although it's self-important bureaucrats inventing and modifying self-limiting "rules" as they go along, with a keen concern for public opinion instead of loss of life and property. Suddenly, after 1,000 days, anti-personnel mines were today approved.
I sometimes wonder if any of our politicians will reflect on their failed behaviour with regret when it becomes evident to everyone what their cowardice has done!
Who are you talking about? While at war, Ukraine has not been defeated, democracy still stands and Russian losses, blood and treasure, continue to mount. Wars of attrition are brutal.
@dwarftomatoproject You shouldn't be surprised, the UK joined WWII after 2 days, It took 2 years, 3 months, and 7 days for the United States to do the same.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China never and never again to allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Say what you want about Western leadership but Ukraine is still standing, NATO has not lost a single soldier and Russia's military and economy are both slowly turning into mush. One can only hope Trump gets it too.
I agree, but somehow I think a bit more - like twice as much military aid - would also not have caused some WWIII nuclear use. On the contrary, I think it would have saved thousands of Ukranian (and Russian!) lives. Probably, the war would have been over by now. Instead, the war is likely to drag on another 1-2 years, before Russia breaks down completely. Ukranian's aren't going to stop fighting, whatever Trump does with USA support. Trump doesn't doesn't even seem to understand, that almost half the military support comes from Europe and other countries. (And then Europe also takes care of 5-6 million refugees, on top of that.) The USA sending 31 Abrams tanks for example, is kind of pathetic. Australia is now sending 49 of the exact(!) same model. And the US has 3'500 in storage! And in Ukraine, at any given time, each side operates something like close to a thousand tanks, I believe.
Totalitarian dictators prefer domination and slavery. They don't forget, they chose and impose what serves them personally at the expense of all else One to rule them all and in darkness bind them.
it's not ideology merely that the US was built on, it was the first deeply thought-out, philosophically deep and strategically-constructed to keep a people free to maintain their "self evident inalienable rights" , what we now call 'human rights' or civil rights. ie true freedom of the human spirit. Something russians who are NOT europeans actually bcuz they did had no exposure to the The Enlightenment in euro civilization, do not have a clue about. Romantic love itself came from the Enlightenment, ffs! Wonder why the russians are boorish and primal and now sadists against their cousin neighbors? Half the city of Kherson was tortured!!!!!!!!!!
@@genrcflyer Agred, but we have to move on from the past, learn our lessons and deal with present and future issues responsibly! Bigotry is not an option.
Thank you Dr Smart for interviewing General Hodges. Ben sounds alittle under the weather, hope he’s feeling solid soon. Keep up the great reporting Jason and poke that bear!!! SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦🔱🚀💥👍
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
"For years we're going to be looking back and shaking our heads and kicking ourselves for not taking advantage of an opportunity to help stabilize European security for decades..." If only more would listen to this wise Man. Thank you General. Thank you Jason.
You are spot on General with your assessment concerning the nuke threat by Russia! There is no benefit for Russia in using such a weapon. It‘s huge benefit lays entirely in the fact, that a threat of using nukes spreads fear and terror among the Ukrainian supporting states and the rest of the world! That’s it, not more and not less!
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West. Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months. Read the book title "The world 100 years later. of Gẻorge Freidman
@@Wes-y3q The CIA reports 600,000 Indonesian civilians were slaughtered in 1965 with our support. The figure is closer to two million, but we'll never be able to know exactly how many.
@@numbersix8919"We?" Who's your "we", Russian bot? Just because all of your trolling comments aren't called out, doesn't mean people aren't reading them and laughing. Like I am😂 Ask Uncle Putin for reassignment because your shilling for fascist Russia is weak. Like your IQ.
You have to remember that the US is very on the up take, the UK joined WWII after 2 days, It took 2 years, 3 months, and 7 days for the United States to do the same.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West. Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months.
@@AstroGremlinAmericanJake Sullivan was a (horrible) hold-over from Trump's prior administration, if I am not mistaken. I have often wondered whose interests Sullivan truly supports.
I completely agree that "Western" governments need to adapt defensive education plans that harden our citizens against foreign attacks. Nothin as extreme as teaching kids about gun use, but Russia is preparing its next two decades of future soldiers with the prospect of more war, not less. we need to address these threats in a responsible manner.
In 20 years putins gunna be too old to make any differnce even their youngest military officials are incompetent theyve effectively hit a wall since their current exploits mirrors exactly how the Ussr orginally fell apart incident for incident
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Teaching our (older) children about gun use is not extreme. The Swiss have been doing it for 200 years. During that entire time, no one has dared invade Switzerland.
My pet peeve since the early GWB presidency was that we need to have a second obligatory education for adults. Adults vote, if having an educated voting public is no longer possible with just childhood education, and if the world moves too quickly to wait until the younger generation takes over, then educating the adult population is the only way. Some people have spoken about UBI in a world of robotics and automation so maybe we can do something there, UBI in exchange for education, early retirement in exchange for education. History, civics, geography, if you are to be a voter you need to at least have a strong grounding in the basics that are politically neutral like "what nations exist on the map" or "how do I check if something is really in the public record as per media claims".
Where are the people who think like Hodges but are active duty? We need someone like him making the decisions that will be carried out! His talents and common sense are being wasted.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
I'm guessing - I'm Swedish - that active duty American military commanders really try and refrain from expressing political views, just as they do in Sweden. It's a good principle in a democracy, that the military does not interfere in politics. Ben Hodges is retired, so he can be a bit more outspoken, but from what I've seen, he still avoids taking any outright partisan stance. One can't label him democrat or republican, can you? In Sweden, up untill lately, the military in Sweden, has also been completely forbidden to act in any manner within Sweden, during peacetime. Because as late as 1931, a company was called out against striking workers (who had done absolutely nothing violent), and actually shot one worker dead. These days though, people want the military to help out with things like tracked wehicles in snowstorms and such, so some permissions have been given. But notably no policing whatsoever, in peace time.
As usual Gen Hodges is clear and to the point! Unfortunately the political parties in the USA prevent our foreign policy from being sound and effective.
I don’t think people understand that Russia isn’t interested in negotiating with Ukraine. It doesn’t consider Ukraine a nation that requires their consideration with respect to diplomatic relations. It’s just a territory available for the taking that servers “the greater good “ of the Russian Federation. The only country Russia will negotiate with in any kind of meaningful way, is America, UK, China and maybe France. Power only respects equal and stronger power.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West. Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months.
I agree that enabling Ukraine to defeat Russia ought to be the goal; however, President Biden has never shown the courage to declare this as a goal. He has allowed himself to be deterred by the Kremlin. I am not sure that in the USA the voters will support that. A certain sense of fatigue is setting in.
The voters have spoken, and they fired Biden and his DEI hire. But support for Ukraine vel non was nowhere among the top seven issues motivating the electorate this time. I fly my Ukrainian flag every day, but for most people Ukraine is very far away, and they understand little about it. Neither Joe Biden nor Kamala Harris ever explained anything about the Budapest Memorandum or the Holodomor to the American people.
@@Comm.DavidPorter Why would they! Most Americans don't have a clue and aren't interested in learning. Even after receiving warning after warning after a myriad of warnings, what other population, except for the pitifully gullible and naive society we apparently have become, would willingly support a convicted felon, fraudulent liar, sexist cheat, authoritarian bigot and all around bad person, who continues to be denounced by every associate, business partner, co-worker and blood relative with whom he has ever been aquatinted? We have lived so long in freedom that we have become arrogantly complacent in our bubble of self-assuredness: "WE could NEVER lose our freedoms, NOT in AMERICA!" Our blindness to life outside of our country, with our nonchalant attitude towards gaining any knowledgeable interest, create the sloven ignorance that has brought us to the brink at which we now find ourselves. Maybe a good dose of old fashioned tyranny MIGHT FINALLY switch our "head-lights" to "on", but it all depends on how much of a spine will emerge from the entire body of our official representatives. Will they honor their oath and finally unite to protect and stand against this ONE, insane "Putin-in-the-Making", or will each one act separately, on bended knee before the "Trump-King", and secure individual permission to feed each personalized greed and need for power? Will this taste of tyranny be an agreeable staple in our future governmental diet, or will a small, sampling sized appetizer be so horrifically bitter that it forces a mass rejection and powerful demand to be spat out and vomitted into the ground until ash? I don't know, but beyond all descriptive comprehension, is the shame I feel at our willingness to easily forego a way of life, considered by others to be so precious, that it is a privileged honor to sustain, worthy of sacrficing every drop of blood, until their last breath. Yet we stand silently oblivious to the costs our fate will extract.
Mother nature does not often gift us with such rare individuals throughout history, like Gen. Hodges. An extremely RARE breed. It would behoove most to listen to him. His gift of "Prospection" is almost unparalleled. I can only think of a handful of others currently living today, including Timothy Snyder, Ph.D. True "Cassandra" at work. (and that's a compliment, trust me 😉)
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West. Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months.
Everybody, please stop asking if it is WW3 or WW4. They explain their specific choice of construct in the video, so it becomes completely valid to use in the scope of their discussion.
@@Randomstuffs261 Yeah? Well that's moronic. Did you get this horseshit from Newt Gingrich, because he is the only person who thinks we already had WW3.
I have been in conflcts and have always noticed that people who are at a distance often come up with complicated reasons for the conflict. but "being there" I have seen with my own eyes that the reason "why" is simple. They are mad. But just because they are mad does not make them stupid, the very opposite. Putin is a Pyschopath and like a dog that has gone mad, you cannot "reason" with Putin. You have to, as they say, "destroy" the dog , and those that "reason" will get bitten.
That was great!!!! Thank you for this broadcast. Why aren’t qualified people Ben Hodges running our military? Why has this administration been soooo slow to see the picture? How is it our leaders possess 0 foresight? I cringe at that answer. It’s going to boil down to greed, sooner or later.
@@michaeldunham3385 whichever way you voted, it was clear and still is that the main beneficiaries of Brexit were the US because EU trade is huge and had leverage against US exports, and Russia because any possible destabilisation of EU is good geopolitically. One has to wonder why that right wing Americans and Russians were very pro-Brexit.
UK is not used to be told what yo do! It takes its own decisions for centuries. It was a stupid idea to join the EU the minute it became a political union not economic union. Best decision ever to leave EU.
During the Vietnam war, the US military was held back by US politicians and the US lost that war. US politicians should not be dictating and restricting Ukraine.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West. Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months.
Look, if you guys are going to get us all freaked out about armageddon and another world war, AT LEAST CALL THE WORLD WAR BY THE PROPER NUMBER. This WW4 shit is just completely confusing. Did I sleep through WW3? Seriously. WHEN WAS WW3?!!!!
Supposedly Putin believes that the Cold War was WW3 and that Russia lost. When people start telling you about Putin's inner thoughts, treat the rest of what they say based on that accordingly.
@@fintux Yeah, and it's fucking stupid. I lived during the Cold War. Maybe you have never bothered to learn much about it, but I lived when it was happening. No nukes got dropped on cities. Now, I like people who know how to count. So, listen: 2 comes after 1. And THREE comes AFTER 2. FOUR comes AFTER THREE. Do you understand now?
An objective would be for Ukraine to push Russia out enough to create a shorter and more defensible border. That doesn't require getting all of the Donbas back, but it means recovering locations that proved to be fairly defensible. Having a border between farm fields at the same elevation isn't much of a border.
A Chinese Tanker ship, piloted by a Russian captain, was above the international fiber optic cables, the moment they were cut... Russian is causing chaos" ever where.
As a friend of Ukraine, please take into consideration the suggestions below. 1- Trump, indebted to Russia for saving his business by credits from Deutsche Bank in the 80s, 90s, will try for a ceasefire first claiming to keep Ukraine as a sovereign state. In actuality he will let Russia keep whatever they control during the peace negotiations. That`s why utmost effort is needed not to allow Russia gain the upper hand in the following 9 weeks. 2- A calm and competent person from Ukraine with great command of the English language should handle the peace negotiations and play good cop bad cop 3- Vitali Klitschko should be included in the envoy during a visit to the USA or somewhere else to meet Trump. He likes strong men and celebrities. Slava Ukraini
If you support freedom and liberty anywhere, you should support freedom and liberty everywhere.
why?
@@riskinhos Why not?
WW2 wasn't about individual freedoms so much as it was about economic dominance.
If you support freedom, then you should respect freedom of others as well. Because if you only consider freedom according to your definition, it is tyranny and and you are a threat to others.
@@Jimmyjh2o cuz this is not freedom
It is not just in our strategic interest. It is about right and wrong and good and bad for the entire world order. Ukraine must win.
douche bag
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Then you pack yours and your son’s bags and go for on the front for them. Douchebag
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@@L2L2L2-2 may be a douche bag but I surely believe that YOU are what it gets stuck into!!!!
General Hodges is right.....what's wrong with the collective west....they need to wake up
I wake up to watch Netflix.
America wants Europe to do more.
Err .. that's not what he said. He said we need to kick Putin's ass!!
@@Blacky-n4c And there you have it.😢
@@rodgerhempfing2921 Trump is good friends with Putin, he's going to leave Europe to their own devices.
Too bad Ben Hodges is in Germany and not the White House. America has long been in a dangerous leadership deficit, and it's worsening.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months.
He is not old enough for that ;-)
@@ErnestoBlanco-k1o chance?
Do you blame T-man for being angry? I don't.
Soldiers make good soldiers, not presidents. He's best put in charge of soldierly stuff in Europe, where he can do the best work. Civilian advisor to military in the region, a good Past Master is always a good idea to have around.
General Hodges is the only person I hear speaking the way we should all be speaking. It’s a shame he’s not president of the USA. It would be a better world if he or someone like him that thinks like him is not in charge!! I agree 100% with every word he says!!!
@@ruzziasht349 Civil war is only wanted in the US by the right. Now that they are in power, they may have to fight themselves.
Agreed
There would be no America with Hodges in command.
@@marley2319 Moron
I apologize for my fellow Americans who know no history, little geography and lap up whatever Fox News tells them. You can tell how educated they are when their comments are short poorly written bluster that is no different from the Russian trolls.
And General Hodges is a really good American, dedicated to service, democracy, ethics and honor. I doubt he'd want to be president. We always need a president with the intellectual capacity, knowledge of history and political skill who can apply the advice of people like General Hodges. Currently we have about two more months of that.
(I'm not worried about civil war -- most of the over armed losers can't get off the couch long enough to do anything except go out and buy more beer. Always remember when the American Civil War was started by the Southern States, they had most of the officer class, most of the armaments (shipped to southern forts in anticipation). Ulysses Grant at this time was working in a store in Ohio, having retired from the military.... We know how that turned out. )
When a nation declares war upon another, it's participation is NOT discretionary.
Absolutely!
That’s what Russia said when the U.S. declared war on behalf of Ukraine.
@@DisillusionedDan When do you claim that happened, Ivan?
@@57thorns When American weapons started killing Russians. Welcome to our planet.
Problem with the U.S. citizenry is that they have become complacent to the blessing of freedoms offered in this nation and have only voted for less expensive bacon and eggs and rent as Trump promised without ever explaining how he’s going to do it. Their complacency allowed them to be lulled by connivery as opposed to merit. This is what happens when self-interest and greed overcome gratitude living in a free democracy where options to work and succeed are available.
Or the dems. Could have tried running on not attacking the 1st,2nd,4th amendments and open borders. 😂😂😂 oh yea and grean energy and electric cars that are to expensive for working classes.
@@PurpleUSAWTF considering the Dem candidate bragged about owning a gun they didn't run on any of those things. This is what happens when people don't verify their information and get it from Russia-paid shills.
@@PurpleUSAWTF You mean, "GREEN energy and electric cars that are TOO expensive for members of the working class."
Too many Americans treat selection of leadership as though it's professional sports. Some even think cheating is acceptable to keep the other side from winning.
"Connivery" was allowing a dementia ridden person to pose as president. But hey, let's protect OTHER countries borders while letting anyone into ours.
Mr. Hodges is correct; no one claims we want Ukraine to win. Slava Ukraini and Glory to the Free World!!!!💙💛
Ask the Ukrainians them selves if they feel free under neo nazis
"The Free World" was always a propaganda lie.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China never and never again to allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Free world? Free from debt, poverty and taxation, with laws and regulations that most of us have absolutely no say on? The only free people left are the billionaires who buy land, resources, power and influence, and the indigenous tribes deep in the Amazon rainforest. If you wave a national flag and believe in a God, you are not free.
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Thanks Jason & Ben Hodges
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China never and never again to allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Although I disagree with some of his obvious political support of the Biden Administration, there’s no doubt he’s absolutely correct on Ukraine. He’s One of the voices of sanity who simplifies what the war in Ukraine is really all about and why Ukraine needs to win this terrible war.
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@@Eddie-sd8kdWhat are u doing on YTube? Didn't Putin ban it.
@@Eddie-sd8kdjoined 11 months ago. 1 rotten potato 🥔 for you
@@Truth-g7h he is just using emojis to tell that only russia loves russia.
@@fintux Exactly
I believe Gen. Hodges that Ukraine could have won last year if they had been properly equipped. The accomplishments they made against what should be an overwhelming force, was nothing short of miraculous. Ukraine can't deliver miracles forever though and we need to decide if we are helping Ukraine win or surrendering another territory to a dictator.
Strong political groups in USA and several European countries were for whatever reasons unwilling to help.
US shouldn't be supplying Ukraine with long range missiles, etc because we thwn are participating. Zelinsky and Putin need to cease all operations and negotiate a settlement
@@1970karenleah Ukraine will defend itself as long as it can. Get used to the idea. And we are some European countries who support them as long as we can, because they are fighting our fight as well as their own.
@@1970karenleah That's not how international law works. If India buys a tank from South Korea and uses it to defend itself from PRC aggression, the provenance of the tank doesn't give the PRC the right to attack S. Korea. But in any event, we already PROMISED Ukraine, in the Budapest Memorandum, that we would "participate" in defending "the territorial integrity of Ukraine" from any attack; that was the inducement to convince Ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons and to destroy its fleet of strategic bombers.
@@TroelsNybo1stwhy would they?, its a democrat war. U is not a nato or eu member.
Oh good...I thought maybe I slept through World War III. 🤣
I was offline during WW III, can you update me what happened?
WWIII begins and ends in around 72 minutes. So. It’s very possible to nap through it if you living in Australia or New Zealand.
@@alane3985 I told you I was asleep. I was dreaming that I was sitting in a Kings chair and naked women were throwing little pickles at me. 🤣
You just never counted WW0 which went by several names depending on the theatre.
Thank you Mr. Ben Hodges!
General 🤭
What happened to WW3? Did we all sleep through it?
I thought it was just me?
Yeah that's what I said 😂
Sad sad trolls. What happened to actually listening to the podcast? It is explained 16 seconds in... 😂😂😂
@@hjvanderlinden This some kind of 4D chess in the mind of mad men?
No, busy doing tiktoks.
The fact is that the US is inclined to play by "the rules" more or less, most of the time, whereas Russia has no rules.
Nor does China follow any rules, other than Xi's.
ruzzia has one rule the tsar
Oh really ! Where were your 'rules' when you invaded Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq..?
Putan has a dictatorship. They Russians for most part are not fore him. I think.
Exactly, although it's self-important bureaucrats inventing and modifying self-limiting "rules" as they go along, with a keen concern for public opinion instead of loss of life and property. Suddenly, after 1,000 days, anti-personnel mines were today approved.
I sometimes wonder if any of our politicians will reflect on their failed behaviour with regret when it becomes evident to everyone what their cowardice has done!
Who are you talking about? While at war, Ukraine has not been defeated, democracy still stands and Russian losses, blood and treasure, continue to mount. Wars of attrition are brutal.
@dwarftomatoproject You shouldn't be surprised, the UK joined WWII after 2 days, It took 2 years, 3 months, and 7 days for the United States to do the same.
They don't care
Russians all time agresors,are you all understant.
@@ruzziasht349 And only after we were actually attacked.
Ben Hodges,as usual is coherent, factual and logical. Well structured interview. I am grateful.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China never and never again to allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Excellent interview, always a pleasure to listen to ex-general Ben Hodges.
My own thoughts entirely.
He’s retired general
Once a General, always a General, unless demoted 🤭🤪❤️🇺🇲
@@Marinemomof3Oceanside that’s my understanding
Say what you want about Western leadership but Ukraine is still standing, NATO has not lost a single soldier and Russia's military and economy are both slowly turning into mush. One can only hope Trump gets it too.
You know nothing about Russian economy. Only msm bullshit.
I agree, but somehow I think a bit more - like twice as much military aid - would also not have caused some WWIII nuclear use. On the contrary, I think it would have saved thousands of Ukranian (and Russian!) lives. Probably, the war would have been over by now. Instead, the war is likely to drag on another 1-2 years, before Russia breaks down completely.
Ukranian's aren't going to stop fighting, whatever Trump does with USA support. Trump doesn't doesn't even seem to understand, that almost half the military support comes from Europe and other countries. (And then Europe also takes care of 5-6 million refugees, on top of that.)
The USA sending 31 Abrams tanks for example, is kind of pathetic. Australia is now sending 49 of the exact(!) same model. And the US has 3'500 in storage! And in Ukraine, at any given time, each side operates something like close to a thousand tanks, I believe.
IMF says Russian economy now number four.
Enjoyed every bit of second of this amazing interview. Slava Ukraine.
Thank you for this. These new Americans forget on the ideology that this country was built on. Freedom and Liberty
Totalitarian dictators prefer domination and slavery. They don't forget, they chose and impose what serves them personally at the expense of all else
One to rule them all and in darkness bind them.
it's not ideology merely that the US was built on, it was the first deeply thought-out, philosophically deep and strategically-constructed to keep a people free to maintain their "self evident inalienable rights" , what we now call 'human rights' or civil rights. ie true freedom of the human spirit. Something russians who are NOT europeans actually bcuz they did had no exposure to the The Enlightenment in euro civilization, do not have a clue about. Romantic love itself came from the Enlightenment, ffs! Wonder why the russians are boorish and primal and now sadists against their cousin neighbors? Half the city of Kherson was tortured!!!!!!!!!!
Not for the slaves or Native Americans.
@@genrcflyer Agred, but we have to move on from the past, learn our lessons and deal with present and future issues responsibly! Bigotry is not an option.
Thank you Dr Smart for interviewing General Hodges. Ben sounds alittle under the weather, hope he’s feeling solid soon. Keep up the great reporting Jason and poke that bear!!!
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That's because he's in Germany and the weather is under here due to a lack of global warming...
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
"For years we're going to be looking back and shaking our heads and kicking ourselves for not taking advantage of an opportunity to help stabilize European security for decades..."
If only more would listen to this wise Man. Thank you General.
Thank you Jason.
You are spot on General with your assessment concerning the nuke threat by Russia! There is no benefit for Russia in using such a weapon. It‘s huge benefit lays entirely in the fact, that a threat of using nukes spreads fear and terror among the Ukrainian supporting states and the rest of the world! That’s it, not more and not less!
As a Cold War veteran, I can't really think of that time period as a world war.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months. Read the book title "The world 100 years later. of Gẻorge Freidman
Exactly.
Many lives were lost during that time.
@@Wes-y3q The CIA reports 600,000 Indonesian civilians were slaughtered in 1965 with our support. The figure is closer to two million, but we'll never be able to know exactly how many.
@@numbersix8919"We?" Who's your "we", Russian bot? Just because all of your trolling comments aren't called out, doesn't mean people aren't reading them and laughing.
Like I am😂
Ask Uncle Putin for reassignment because your shilling for fascist Russia is weak.
Like your IQ.
Australia, Canada, the UK and several Scandinavian countries have better developed democracies than the United States, especially in recent years.
Hahaha Canada is a dictatorship right now open your eyes
HAHAHA Canada is a dictatorship right now
Switzerland does democracy even better.
You have to remember that the US is very on the up take, the UK joined WWII after 2 days, It took 2 years, 3 months, and 7 days for the United States to do the same.
When you have a man like Ben Hodges how do you end up with Jake Sullivan as National Security Advisor in the US?
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months.
Joe Biden has demonstrated poor judgement in other candidate selections.
@@AstroGremlinAmericanJake Sullivan was a (horrible) hold-over from Trump's prior administration, if I am not mistaken. I have often wondered whose interests Sullivan truly supports.
unfortunately, a very good question
I completely agree that "Western" governments need to adapt defensive education plans that harden our citizens against foreign attacks. Nothin as extreme as teaching kids about gun use, but Russia is preparing its next two decades of future soldiers with the prospect of more war, not less. we need to address these threats in a responsible manner.
Liberals and their policies are the problem.
In 20 years putins gunna be too old to make any differnce even their youngest military officials are incompetent theyve effectively hit a wall since their current exploits mirrors exactly how the Ussr orginally fell apart incident for incident
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Teaching our (older) children about gun use is not extreme. The Swiss have been doing it for 200 years. During that entire time, no one has dared invade Switzerland.
My pet peeve since the early GWB presidency was that we need to have a second obligatory education for adults.
Adults vote, if having an educated voting public is no longer possible with just childhood education, and if the world moves too quickly to wait until the younger generation takes over, then educating the adult population is the only way.
Some people have spoken about UBI in a world of robotics and automation so maybe we can do something there, UBI in exchange for education, early retirement in exchange for education.
History, civics, geography, if you are to be a voter you need to at least have a strong grounding in the basics that are politically neutral like "what nations exist on the map" or "how do I check if something is really in the public record as per media claims".
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Go MILITARY ⚔
Fk no, go Russia. Delusional
Philly Representing!
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Thank you so much, General Hodges, for speaking out.
Where are the people who think like Hodges but are active duty? We need someone like him making the decisions that will be carried out! His talents and common sense are being wasted.
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
I'm guessing - I'm Swedish - that active duty American military commanders really try and refrain from expressing political views, just as they do in Sweden. It's a good principle in a democracy, that the military does not interfere in politics. Ben Hodges is retired, so he can be a bit more outspoken, but from what I've seen, he still avoids taking any outright partisan stance. One can't label him democrat or republican, can you?
In Sweden, up untill lately, the military in Sweden, has also been completely forbidden to act in any manner within Sweden, during peacetime. Because as late as 1931, a company was called out against striking workers (who had done absolutely nothing violent), and actually shot one worker dead. These days though, people want the military to help out with things like tracked wehicles in snowstorms and such, so some permissions have been given. But notably no policing whatsoever, in peace time.
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As usual Gen Hodges is clear and to the point! Unfortunately the political parties in the USA prevent our foreign policy from being sound and effective.
Excellent coverage, thank you! 😊
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I don’t think people understand that Russia isn’t interested in negotiating with Ukraine. It doesn’t consider Ukraine a nation that requires their consideration with respect to diplomatic relations. It’s just a territory available for the taking that servers “the greater good “ of the Russian Federation. The only country Russia will negotiate with in any kind of meaningful way, is America, UK, China and maybe France.
Power only respects equal and stronger power.
I wish General Hodges was the US president!
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months.
Whenever General Hodges speaks I listen. He is a very smart man. I respect him. Thank you 💛 General Hodges
Another Sun Tsu precept is, fight your enemy where they are not. Subversion and cyber are two methods.
Good reporting. Thank you. Strong Ukraine. Strong NATO. Strong Poland.
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Great interview and perspectives, thank you.
China's already told Russia not to use a nuke as well as America so Putin's probably playing bluff at poker there.
Its called the bluff..i got out of a lot of fights by acting tough while pissing my pants at the same time.. works more often than not
I agree that enabling Ukraine to defeat Russia ought to be the goal; however, President Biden has never shown the courage to declare this as a goal. He has allowed himself to be deterred by the Kremlin. I am not sure that in the USA the voters will support that. A certain sense of fatigue is setting in.
The voters have spoken, and they fired Biden and his DEI hire. But support for Ukraine vel non was nowhere among the top seven issues motivating the electorate this time. I fly my Ukrainian flag every day, but for most people Ukraine is very far away, and they understand little about it. Neither Joe Biden nor Kamala Harris ever explained anything about the Budapest Memorandum or the Holodomor to the American people.
@@Comm.DavidPorter Why would they! Most Americans don't have a clue and aren't interested in learning. Even after receiving warning after warning after a myriad of warnings, what other population, except for the pitifully gullible and naive society we apparently have become, would willingly support a convicted felon, fraudulent liar, sexist cheat, authoritarian bigot and all around bad person, who continues to be denounced by every associate, business partner, co-worker and blood relative with whom he has ever been aquatinted? We have lived so long in freedom that we have become arrogantly complacent in our bubble of self-assuredness: "WE could NEVER lose our freedoms, NOT in AMERICA!"
Our blindness to life outside of our country, with our nonchalant attitude towards gaining any knowledgeable interest, create the sloven ignorance that has brought us to the brink at which we now find ourselves. Maybe a good dose of old fashioned tyranny MIGHT FINALLY switch our "head-lights" to "on", but it all depends on how much of a spine will emerge from the entire body of our official representatives. Will they honor their oath and finally unite to protect and stand against this ONE, insane "Putin-in-the-Making", or will each one act separately, on bended knee before the "Trump-King", and secure individual permission to feed each personalized greed and need for power? Will this taste of tyranny be an agreeable staple in our future governmental diet, or will a small, sampling sized appetizer be so horrifically bitter that it forces a mass rejection and powerful demand to be spat out and vomitted into the ground until ash?
I don't know, but beyond all descriptive comprehension, is the shame I feel at our willingness to easily forego a way of life, considered by others to be so precious, that it is a privileged honor to sustain, worthy of sacrficing every drop of blood, until their last breath. Yet we stand silently oblivious to the costs our fate will extract.
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So very insightFULL!
God he speaks such good sence
I hope Europe will grow balls one day.
What about WWW III ???
The Russians are talking absolute nonsense ! 😢😊😂
You tell them Ben
Mother nature does not often gift us with such rare individuals throughout history, like Gen. Hodges. An extremely RARE breed. It would behoove most to listen to him. His gift of "Prospection" is almost unparalleled. I can only think of a handful of others currently living today, including Timothy Snyder, Ph.D. True "Cassandra" at work. (and that's a compliment, trust me 😉)
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months.
Even gifted individuals have to put in the work to attain excellence.
Did I sleep through World War III?
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Thanks so much for creating and sharing this informative video. Great job. Keep it up.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Everybody, please stop asking if it is WW3 or WW4. They explain their specific choice of construct in the video, so it becomes completely valid to use in the scope of their discussion.
Can you put explaination in your first comment pls
@@AG-en5y People consider the cold war to be WW3, so this would be WW4. That's the guy in the video's position, not mine.
@@Randomstuffs261 Yeah? Well that's moronic. Did you get this horseshit from Newt Gingrich, because he is the only person who thinks we already had WW3.
No…It’s much a larger number…We lost the Korean War, Vietnam, Iraq & Afghanistan wars…We cannot afford to loose this one…
@ thx handsome
My daily dose of logical thinking and pragmatism. Thank you!
I have been in conflcts and have always noticed that people who are at a distance often come up with complicated reasons for the conflict. but "being there" I have seen with my own eyes that the reason "why" is simple. They are mad. But just because they are mad does not make them stupid, the very opposite. Putin is a Pyschopath and like a dog that has gone mad, you cannot "reason" with Putin. You have to, as they say, "destroy" the dog , and those that "reason" will get bitten.
Order out of chaos, right? Where have I heard this before?
Order out of chaos, right? It's worked so well so far hasn't it?
WW4??? Exactly how long was my afternoon nap?
I think Gen. Ben Hodges is correct in his thinking, he makes more sense than most.
Another steady commentary great post
I want General Hodges for National Security. Bravo Jason for this interview. Slava Ukraini !
Will the first European war of the century be a loss for Ukraine. Stay tuned to this channel to find out.
Brilliant assessment General Hodges!
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Glory to Ukraine, Glory to the heroes! Слава Україні Героям слава!
When did WW3 happen? How did i miss it?
Try listening before typing proof you didn’t
The cold war was not a world war. If those were the case we’d be on WW8 or something
That was great!!!! Thank you for this broadcast.
Why aren’t qualified people Ben Hodges running our military? Why has this administration been soooo slow to see the picture? How is it our leaders possess 0 foresight?
I cringe at that answer. It’s going to boil down to greed, sooner or later.
Ben Hodges, talks a lot of sense. Why don't more people listen? More Ben Hodges please?
I'm tired of WW4 already. I'm still getting over the last war. Please, no more UA-cam today.
He should be president of America 🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Brexit was another Russia victory.
i agree
Yawn.....get over it you lost
@michaeldunham3385 dope
@@michaeldunham3385 whichever way you voted, it was clear and still is that the main beneficiaries of Brexit were the US because EU trade is huge and had leverage against US exports, and Russia because any possible destabilisation of EU is good geopolitically. One has to wonder why that right wing Americans and Russians were very pro-Brexit.
UK is not used to be told what yo do! It takes its own decisions for centuries. It was a stupid idea to join the EU the minute it became a political union not economic union.
Best decision ever to leave EU.
Australia/ Thank you Jason- for having the good General Ben hodges on to inform and talk to us-much appreciated. Slava Ukraini~Heroyam Slava.
Ben Hodges 👍🌟👍
During the Vietnam war, the US military was held back by US politicians and the US lost that war. US politicians should not be dictating and restricting Ukraine.
Listen to Gen. Hodges. He's a very smart man.
Ben, I would vote for you...
General Hodges has always been spot on…. When it comes to Ukraine?, the general is RIGHT!
Agreed, Ben Hodges should be the American president.
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Gen. Hodges opinions are top.
Stay strong and never give up
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It’s actually WW5. The Napoleonic Wars which saw fighting worldwide was WW1
Thank you Jason and Ben i always learn a lot ,Ben hope you get better soon 👍 💙
So we are just skipping 3 then?
Russia is full of shite😂😂😂
What's not shite is piss
So much so ,all their eyes are brown
Ben is a General not a geopolitician ! Therefore ,he should stop bulshiting nonesense .The most dangerous enemy of Russia IS NOT USA, EU OR JAPAN BUT CHINA.China will never and never again allow Russia to win any war against the West.
Trump knows very well Gẻrmany is TROY HORSE. He will neutralize it in the next 2 months.
this is truth.
I will get back when the world war 6 happens on youtube.
Look, if you guys are going to get us all freaked out about armageddon and another world war, AT LEAST CALL THE WORLD WAR BY THE PROPER NUMBER. This WW4 shit is just completely confusing. Did I sleep through WW3? Seriously. WHEN WAS WW3?!!!!
Supposedly Putin believes that the Cold War was WW3 and that Russia lost.
When people start telling you about Putin's inner thoughts, treat the rest of what they say based on that accordingly.
It was literally explained in the first 30 seconds of the video, but maybe you didn't watch it all the way to that before commenting?
@@fintux Yeah, and it's fucking stupid. I lived during the Cold War. Maybe you have never bothered to learn much about it, but I lived when it was happening. No nukes got dropped on cities. Now, I like people who know how to count. So, listen: 2 comes after 1. And THREE comes AFTER 2. FOUR comes AFTER THREE. Do you understand now?
@stoneageprogrammer432 No, no. It's all in Putin's head. You see? They understand Putin.
Generals are no more then Politicians now. Austin and Hodges perfect example
An objective would be for Ukraine to push Russia out enough to create a shorter and more defensible border. That doesn't require getting all of the Donbas back, but it means recovering locations that proved to be fairly defensible. Having a border between farm fields at the same elevation isn't much of a border.
Thanks
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America should have set foot in Ukraine before that and the war wouldn't have happened!
World War IV? When was number 3? I missed that somehow...
It's definitely WW3
@@ArthuriusG99 IV would be four
As history repeats its self. America goes into isolation.
Not so much isolation, more of a disintegration.
I don't care.
@@georgemartin1383Right on point, you are.
WWI, WWII, Cold War, Islamic terror wars....isolation?
A Chinese Tanker ship, piloted by a Russian captain, was above the international fiber optic cables, the moment they were cut... Russian is causing chaos" ever where.
Did we skip one?
Apparently 😆
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You did not listen
The west wakes up slowly.
So we're just straight skipping over 3 and going straight to 4, huh?
Cold War was 3
"WW4" created by UA-cam influencer and UA-cam general. It's all you need to know.
As a friend of Ukraine, please take into consideration the suggestions below. 1- Trump, indebted to Russia for saving his business by credits from Deutsche Bank in the 80s, 90s, will try for a ceasefire first claiming to keep Ukraine as a sovereign state. In actuality he will let Russia keep whatever they control during the peace negotiations. That`s why utmost effort is needed not to allow Russia gain the upper hand in the following 9 weeks. 2- A calm and competent person from Ukraine with great command of the English language should handle the peace negotiations and play good cop bad cop 3- Vitali Klitschko should be included in the envoy during a visit to the USA or somewhere else to meet Trump. He likes strong men and celebrities. Slava Ukraini