These men are indeed what makes America great. Educated, experienced, and committed. Generals, Sirs, thank you for your service, your leadership, and preparing the next generation of officers. Scholars, the rest of us can learn from your continuing pursuit of enlightenment and understanding. Thank you.
What a brilliant discussion between these fine military minds. I could listen to these gentlemen talk for hours. As an Australian, it gratifying to see that a US General has a deep understanding of the significance to Australian and New Zealand people of Galipoli in 1915, a battle that forged the psyche and character into a new nation. The 25th of April is ANZAC day, celebrated at dawn, the same time the Australian and New zealand soldiers landen on the beach in Turkey. I am so touched that an American General would reference this.
Very good talk. So well explained and argued. Despite your endless political wrangling in the USA, I have always admired your country for its ability to organise and conduct affairs, both civil and military, so efficiently. Greetings from Western Australia.
23:55 Problem with the Green party in Germany is, that they are not hawks, but very aggressive pigeons, meaning they are aggressive in their foreign policy, but domestically they still are committed to policies that weaken Germany (terrible energy policy, uneasy with military spending and in general a disparaging attitude towards the Bundeswehr and national strength and identity)
Great mix of commentary. Here's hoping their optimism is well founded and that the specter of war weariness does not prevail. As an Aussie I found the very appropriate analogy of the ANZAC spirit's birth in the Gallipoli crucible most gratifying. Thank you.
Excellent discussion, though many times I found myself wishing Mr. Cochrane wouldn't interrupt people as often as he does to make what I found to be less relevant comments than the ones he was cutting off.
I'd like to find a contrasting view that made sense. I tried Counsel on Foreign Relations. Thy don't take comments. I commend you to an Australian, Perun. He had a gaming channel, but decided to do a video on Ukraine as he was tired of the media coverage. He had over the top response and he has done half a dozen over the last week. He does grand strategy, the microeconomics of what nation states should be spending scarce military dollars on and analysis of figures coming out of Ukraine.
I really enjoyed that. I noticed that no one brought up the issue of supplying the ukrainians with gasoline. Russia has destroyed every Ukrainian refinery. What happens when the tanks run out of gas?
Russia fail to change regime in Ukraine just as the American failed to change regime in Syria, we are well aware of that. Ukraine is another Syria, everybody goes back home with loses. And the battle ground is left in ruins.
The economist doesn't seem to understand the complexity of modern millitary hardware. A P52 was basically a combustion engine surrounded by some metal and hydraulics not a F35 that is a crazy complex system. Also the capabilities of a F35 are incredible vs the P52. A javelin is far more complex than anything from ww2.
Mr. Cochrane didn't go into the 'economics of Russia,' i.e., Fossil Fuel sales to the EU and how the West is financing this Ukraine debacle. Great commentary though, Cheers and God bless.
Russia is applying war strategies many do not understand or seem to be ignoring. The Ukrainian city of Mariupol is now fully under Russian control. The last Azov soldiers hiding in bunkers inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have surrendered. Russian troops are also gaining more territory in Eastern Ukraine. The Russian Ruble has grown stronger after the Ukraine war. Putin's internal rating is over 90%. It doesn't seem like Russia will eventually loose.
Ucranians big men, I supose wil give a good use to 4000 Kalories / each one, to portuguese's special forces combat rations.The regular ones are also very good. It's nºI heathy, tasty combat ration.
the main aspect of victory is preparation and strtegy, as Diagnosis is essencial for a proper patient treatment. Very wel said. I´l dare to name you ilustrious brother! Yours, is the best advise to all, friends and foes! Congratulations1 May God give His Peace to mankind, for the time being, Maranata!
Talking up Ukraine. I'd just wait and see where this leads. Whichever way, Ukraine will be a bankrupt or near bankrupt country, whether or not it ends up holding itself together
Considering that Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for a promise from the UK and from the USA to defend Ukraine from attack, it is disgusting beyond belief that the UK and the USA would say "We will not defend Ukraine". That brings immeasurable dishonor upon the UK and upon the USA. I (as an Australian) am reminded of Britain promising to defend Australia before World War II and then abandoning us when war came. Our response of the time was to develop chemical weapons in Homebush Bay, (Sydney) (the subsoil of which is still contaminated) and to develop biological weapons in the basement of the Wagga Wagga hospital. Similarly, small nations will now commence building biological, chemical and nuclear weapons for their own defense. Indonesia has announced that it will use its five nuclear reactors to produce nuclear weapons. Japan, has been building the precursors for their nuclear weapons and for their delivery systems for many years. It is now likely that Japan will make the final step and become a nuclear power. The damage from this UK and USA dishonor will last for a century. It will be the century of shame for the UK and for the USA. Millions of people will die needlessly as a result. Australian has invested more than 100 years in fighting with the UK and with the USA. If the UK and the USA will not honor a commitment in which Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons then Australia cannot rely upon the UK or upon the USA to help us. Any words that the UK or the USA might say in response are meaningless. The UK and the USA were honor bound to send troops to help Ukraine retrieve the Crimean Peninsula and other areas of Ukraine taken by Russia. The UK and the USA are too afraid that helping Ukraine as they promised would cause World War III. Yet, they made that promise to Ukraine in order to remove nuclear weapons from Ukraine and so reduce the risk of nuclear war. Small nations, (such as Australia), cannot now rely upon the UK or upon the USA. There is also the looting of the Ukrainian treasury by corrupt Russian sympathetic politicians and Russian Plutarchs. Also there is the accusation that while President Joe Biden was Vice President of the United States, he engaged in corrupt activities relating to the employment of his son Hunter Biden by the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. Of course, I do not know the truth of these reportedly corrupt activities. Though, they deserve to be investigated in the light of current events. Regards, Geoff. Reeks
This is a month old. It looks to me like Russia is making slow but steady progress in Donbas. I doubt Ukraine has the physical mass to push them out of Donbas and certainly not out of crimea. IMO this will settle into a stalemated artillery war.
I really enjoyed them that was excellent podcast at the beginning shocked Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine and then angry then scared shiftless when Putin threatens nuclear war then I was confused shocked and angered I'm about seeing how much money the United States was putting out there but now seeing over some time that it will be necessary and it is necessary that we win this one you're now that we are this far committed we must go all the way with nothing less than a defeat For Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.
Great chat, as always. Some really insightful tidbits on offer. Would have liked something on China and lessons learned, both by them and us (assuming there is actually a them and us, for which the evidence is more obvious day by day - see Document 9).
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It's not much of a victory if your country is destroyed. This war was totally preventable.
I wish the general would've talked more about: "I don't think Russia itself is really gonna last another 5 years." (20:14 mark) What?!?
High standard of commentary, intelligent, cogent and understandable.
These men are indeed what makes America great. Educated, experienced, and committed.
Generals, Sirs, thank you for your service, your leadership, and preparing the next generation of officers.
Scholars, the rest of us can learn from your continuing pursuit of enlightenment and understanding. Thank you.
What a brilliant discussion between these fine military minds. I could listen to these gentlemen talk for hours. As an Australian, it gratifying to see that a US General has a deep understanding of the significance to Australian and New Zealand people of Galipoli in 1915, a battle that forged the psyche and character into a new nation. The 25th of April is ANZAC day, celebrated at dawn, the same time the Australian and New zealand soldiers landen on the beach in Turkey. I am so touched that an American General would reference this.
Great comparison of the Anzacs and Ukraine. love from Oz-Straya. Slava Ukraine.
Great conversation...
Ben Hodges for PRESIDENT!!! I LOVE this guy. Eisenhower would be very proud of you, sir!
What a bunch of intelligent men, especially General Hodges.
Amazing how you can sit riveted listening to a discussion that you don't want to end. Great stuff thank you very much Hoover.
Thanks Gentlemen,
Always a pleasure to eavesdrop on an adult conversation.
Very good talk. So well explained and argued. Despite your endless political wrangling in the USA, I have always admired your country for its ability to organise and conduct affairs, both civil and military, so efficiently. Greetings from Western Australia.
Thank you General Hodges
23:55 Problem with the Green party in Germany is, that they are not hawks, but very aggressive pigeons, meaning they are aggressive in their foreign policy, but domestically they still are committed to policies that weaken Germany (terrible energy policy, uneasy with military spending and in general a disparaging attitude towards the Bundeswehr and national strength and identity)
I realy feel deeply thankful for men lyke you, who defend moral values and peace. May God bless you all.
Once you discover this show you wonder why anybody watches the network’s shallow analysis. Very good episode
Great mix of commentary. Here's hoping their optimism is well founded and that the specter of war weariness does not prevail. As an Aussie I found the very appropriate analogy of the ANZAC spirit's birth in the Gallipoli crucible most gratifying. Thank you.
It will be a rough extra week without this great program.
Greatly appreciate the analyses. By contrast what’s going on in Ukraine and Russia, we are blessed to be Americans.
So refreshing to hear actual professionals talk about this instead of bloviating talking heads. Hard-headed, articulate, insightful.
Excellent discussion, though many times I found myself wishing Mr. Cochrane wouldn't interrupt people as often as he does to make what I found to be less relevant comments than the ones he was cutting off.
Image quality is much better on each GoodFellow - no more grainy webcams...
Ukraine 🇺🇦 is already winning. xx
I'd like to find a contrasting view that made sense. I tried Counsel on Foreign Relations. Thy don't take comments.
I commend you to an Australian, Perun. He had a gaming channel, but decided to do a video on Ukraine as he was tired of the media coverage. He had over the top response and he has done half a dozen over the last week.
He does grand strategy, the microeconomics of what nation states should be spending scarce military dollars on and analysis of figures coming out of Ukraine.
Guys are GREAT!!!
HR: please explain how retired senior military obtain Ukrainian war information? In other words, what is degree of reliability?
"The moral is to the physical as three is to one." I'll be quoting that. Favorite show on any media or platform. Please keep it up.
Amazing show, thank you. Really felt for Ben as he looked exhausted towards the end.
Fantastic conversation.
A great conversation and deep analysis. Thank you gentlemen very much.
The US will fight to win against Russia right down to the last Ukrainian soldier
My favorite weekly podcast. Ben Hodges is probably a very distant relative, given our surnames !
This was a fascinating conversation, really enjoyed it
I really enjoyed that. I noticed that no one brought up the issue of supplying the ukrainians with gasoline. Russia has destroyed every Ukrainian refinery. What happens when the tanks run out of gas?
This is just so terrifically good.
You guys are great. Totally agree. Ben is bang on point.
Just what is Ukraine going to win?
Thank you for an inspiring and enlightening conversation ☆
Again, Excellent. Thank you!
Fantastically fantastic and so tremendously informative.
GREAT SHOW!
Very interesting interaction, so appreciate the intelligence!!
"Winning" does not mean what it used to mean.
must settle this fight once and for all. Recapture Donbas and Crimea and all the latest
Additions and have a strong backing
The Chinese forces will also be very top down, no?
I think there should be a shout out of thanks to Turkey I think they're doing a good job living up to their part and trying to help Ukraine prevail
Optimistic and enlightening. This is a war that has to be won.
Russia fail to change regime in Ukraine just as the American failed to change regime in Syria, we are well aware of that.
Ukraine is another Syria, everybody goes back home with loses. And the battle ground is left in ruins.
Nobody wins
Love listening to you guys
"Let us have faith that right makes might."
I honestly think these very clever men are over optimistic and there is a dreadful hubris in the American elite
My hat goes for general Hodges 🎩. What a great professional 👍
Another good one! Thanks!
The economist doesn't seem to understand the complexity of modern millitary hardware. A P52 was basically a combustion engine surrounded by some metal and hydraulics not a F35 that is a crazy complex system. Also the capabilities of a F35 are incredible vs the P52.
A javelin is far more complex than anything from ww2.
high, high caliber
what a great show congrats
The most important things is to protect democracy - I agree with it 100%
Mr. Cochrane didn't go into the 'economics of Russia,' i.e., Fossil Fuel sales to the EU and how the West is financing this Ukraine debacle.
Great commentary though,
Cheers and God bless.
Thanks for this discussion. And for some levity, the new Russian Navy ships will have clear bottoms so they can see the old Russian Navy ships.
Draft HR McMaster for prez in 2024!!!
Appreciate the insights this group provides. Thank you
Love this vid. Thanks for sharing 😂.
Ukraine is going to win?
Not sure what "win" means in your dictionary, but I will be back to see you explain when Ukraine surrenders.
Very well thought of, as one would expect from a think-tank like Hoover Institute. Well done.
A great discussion!
Plz have Peter Zeihan on as the guest.
Thanks for this valuable discussion and insights.
To the Good Fellows.
I just hope you folks are correct in your assessment of the situation. If not, America better look out, or there is going to be a catastrophe.
Great show.
I am 85.
Great disappointment 1n much of the last 10 years.
Great show!👍👍👍 Now I have to wait two weeks for the next one? 😭
Great conversation
Have we considered whether China is waiting in the wings to take advantage of putins losses.
Very interesting discussion. McMasters had solid thoughts on production and procurement.
Russia is applying war strategies many do not understand or seem to be ignoring. The Ukrainian city of Mariupol is now fully under Russian control. The last Azov soldiers hiding in bunkers inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have surrendered. Russian troops are also gaining more territory in Eastern Ukraine. The Russian Ruble has grown stronger after the Ukraine war. Putin's internal rating is over 90%. It doesn't seem like Russia will eventually loose.
Great discussion!
Great discussion, very interesting!
Zero chance of ukraine winning at all
Ukraine has to take back Crimea to win.
Brilliant show!!! I want more.
Putin's already exhausted his army. Stands to reason why the Russians have had to try and recruit Syrian soldiers. xx
It’s not a fairytale. America just showed the world how they run things like Afghanistan
1:30 in Germany we call it just Germany
I don’t know, I’m not on the side of the Ukrainian government or people. The matrix is unraveling
Ucranians big men, I supose wil give a good use to 4000 Kalories / each one, to portuguese's special forces combat rations.The regular ones are also very good. It's nºI heathy, tasty combat ration.
the main aspect of victory is preparation and strtegy, as Diagnosis is essencial for a proper patient treatment. Very wel said. I´l dare to name you ilustrious brother! Yours, is the best advise to all, friends and foes! Congratulations1 May God give His Peace to mankind, for the time being, Maranata!
it was a parking ticket
Great talk, I was wondering about the supposed fearsome Wagner group. Has the Wagner group done a lot of damage?
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MIC is going to end up winning.
Talking up Ukraine. I'd just wait and see where this leads. Whichever way, Ukraine will be a bankrupt or near bankrupt country, whether or not it ends up holding itself together
Very helpful and informative.
Considering that Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for a promise from the UK and from the USA to defend Ukraine from attack, it is disgusting beyond belief that the UK and the USA would say "We will not defend Ukraine". That brings immeasurable dishonor upon the UK and upon the USA. I (as an Australian) am reminded of Britain promising to defend Australia before World War II and then abandoning us when war came. Our response of the time was to develop chemical weapons in Homebush Bay, (Sydney) (the subsoil of which is still contaminated) and to develop biological weapons in the basement of the Wagga Wagga hospital. Similarly, small nations will now commence building biological, chemical and nuclear weapons for their own defense. Indonesia has announced that it will use its five nuclear reactors to produce nuclear weapons. Japan, has been building the precursors for their nuclear weapons and for their delivery systems for many years. It is now likely that Japan will make the final step and become a nuclear power. The damage from this UK and USA dishonor will last for a century. It will be the century of shame for the UK and for the USA. Millions of people will die needlessly as a result. Australian has invested more than 100 years in fighting with the UK and with the USA. If the UK and the USA will not honor a commitment in which Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons then Australia cannot rely upon the UK or upon the USA to help us. Any words that the UK or the USA might say in response are meaningless. The UK and the USA were honor bound to send troops to help Ukraine retrieve the Crimean Peninsula and other areas of Ukraine taken by Russia. The UK and the USA are too afraid that helping Ukraine as they promised would cause World War III. Yet, they made that promise to Ukraine in order to remove nuclear weapons from Ukraine and so reduce the risk of nuclear war. Small nations, (such as Australia), cannot now rely upon the UK or upon the USA. There is also the looting of the Ukrainian treasury by corrupt Russian sympathetic politicians and Russian Plutarchs. Also there is the accusation that while President Joe Biden was Vice President of the United States, he engaged in corrupt activities relating to the employment of his son Hunter Biden by the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. Of course, I do not know the truth of these reportedly corrupt activities. Though, they deserve to be investigated in the light of current events. Regards, Geoff. Reeks
This is a month old. It looks to me like Russia is making slow but steady progress in Donbas. I doubt Ukraine has the physical mass to push them out of Donbas and certainly not out of crimea. IMO this will settle into a stalemated artillery war.
usa should have been negotiated peace talks when this war first started. but that wasnt part of the plan was it?
But, what about White Fragility and White Supremacy?
I really enjoyed them that was excellent podcast at the beginning shocked Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine and then angry then scared shiftless when Putin threatens nuclear war then I was confused shocked and angered I'm about seeing how much money the United States was putting out there but now seeing over some time that it will be necessary and it is necessary that we win this one you're now that we are this far committed we must go all the way with nothing less than a defeat For Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.
Great chat, as always. Some really insightful tidbits on offer. Would have liked something on China and lessons learned, both by them and us (assuming there is actually a them and us, for which the evidence is more obvious day by day - see Document 9).
at what price...