Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Asked Point Blank: 'Can Ukraine Win?'
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2024
- During a press briefing, a reporter asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about Ukraine's prospects following the passage of the supplemental aid package.
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They just can't say the word WIN. Ask Ben Hodges; even he believes their strategic objective is everything but can't state the word WIN. Shame....
You misstated General Hodge's comments. He often states that they simply have no strategic endstate. And therein life's the problem.
He literally said Ukraine can win.
Yes, I’m sure once they use that magic word, they will suddenly win. Their last secret weapon.
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Lloyd Austin is one reason Ukraine is losing its war with Russia.
Bull ivan
No it’s MAGA House Republicans
No, Trump and his followers in Congress are the reason Ukraine hasn't won already.
Adolf Heusinger, Hitler's Chief of Staff, became Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, 1961-1964
Hans Speidel, Rommel's Chief of Staff, became Commander in Chief of NATO Forces Central Europe, 1957-1963
Johannes Steinhoff, Luftwaffe fighter ace, became Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, 1971-1974
Johan von Kielmansegg, General Staff Officer Wehrmacht High Command, became NATO Commander Allied Forces Central Europe, 1966-1968
Ernst Faber, Lt Col Wehrmacht General Staff, became Commander in Chief NATO Forces Central Europe, 1973-1975
Karl Schnell, First General Staff Officer 76th Panzer Corps, became Commander in Chief NATO Forces Central Europe, 1975-1977
Franz-Joseph Schulze, Senior Lieutenant Luftwaffe, became Commander in Chief NATO Forces Central Europe, 1977-1979
Ferdinand von Senger und Etterlin, Adjutant Wehrmacht High Command, became Commander in Chief NATO Forces Central Europe, 1979-1983
Did not answer question.
Politicians never do
He actually did you just weren’t listening
He literally said Ukraine can win. Please watch and listen.
Its also a idiotic question , Same as can Russia lose the war , Both are yes and no. If all was sertain the war would not even be.. In simple way Ukraine not need to win all land back , If Russia lose Crim its enough to win this war and it would cost Putin and many of his close friends there head. So yes they can win the war if its allies keep there part of the deal and dont mess around.
@@stevencharnock9271 the Germarial didn't answer too, I guess top generals are politicians too now
But Russia was running out of missiles, artillery shells and bullets. Or was that just a lie for headlines.
Other nations, like Iran are donating to Russia's cause.
@@mrxfro110 Irrelevant.
Russia's factories are producing 7 times as much artillery shells as all NATO countries combined now.
Russia was never "running out", and they are producing enormous quantities today.
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@@mrxfro110lol 2 months after the invasion they been saying that guess what almost 2 years after the invasion they saw evidence of north korean missile pretty wide gap of time frame. 😊
Some countries donated to Russia. Also Russia increased production while Europe didn't much.
Pinocchio
"They don't come back as boys!"
bro your bullying is coming to an end
I mean, do they expect him to say, “no?”
POV: How to answer an uncomfortable question without answering the question
Bull ivan
you mean how to talk without answering the question
He did answer it dude.
Yup, Austin is pushing the blame on Zelensky if Ukraine cannot win the war and bombed the hell of Russia
This MAN should be taken in ICC.
The slow support seems intentional. Over 2 years and they still don't have f-16s.
What is the point of f16s if no Ukraine can fly them.
Pitiful
How do we know he is talking BS, his lips are moving.
has US won any of the recent wars? NO.
so... how do you expect smaller country ukraine to beat russia?
Ukraine was sovereign before 2014
“the place where ukraine can defend itself” [sec.austin]
👉 is somewhere west of poland’s eastern border
Yeah
What a delusional person… or the biggest liar ever… which one?
He’s not delusional. You are
@@18thCenturyMulatto sure…😁
@@nickpope8056 at least you admit.
That’s uncommon.
The Ukraine war needs to end. Why not start negotiations so the killing can stop and let's hope our leaders gain some maturity and wisdom.
Biden does not do peace talks he is a war hawk /country literally needs a new potus to implement change but spoiled Americans do not understand this *if Biden wins he will have to send 100K ground troops *only way to defeat Russia &he also has plans for Taiwan against China in 2027 .
USA and Allie’s can’t defect weakens Russia 🇷🇺 in Ukraine.
Russia is still standing and doing their military operations in Ukraine.
Not a question you should evade.
He literally said Ukraine can win
How does he know has he got a crystal ball?
Why is it so hard for these people to state We Want Ukraine to Win instead of As long As it Takes.
But what is winning? Lol
Because they don't want Ukraine to win They want Russia and Europe to be weak
Just leave the territory ? What is so hard to understand @@xpact83
War is economics bro, if US wanted Ukraine to win fast they could do lot more to make it happen. Its more beneficial that it takes longer from a pure American point of view. First it good financialy ,It take away the capability of one of Amercan big foe without losing own people. it is maybe ugly but rtelevent to all wars in general
What the heck? He is a real person! I was assuming next year a news program was going to reveal that he was an AI or a puppet or something. Hopefully three years in the hospital has him healthy enough to serve in his paid capacity for the final six months of his career. 🤞
You fact check much do you?
The war can only be won with a ground troop force *ukraine is running out of troops *biden is reelected *USA ground force must enter theater *
I don't think a US ground force HAS to enter the theatre. Some thoughts...
- if a US ground force enters the theatre, it could very well cause a nuclear action from Russia (this isnt saber rattling, this would meet the conditions of their nuclear doctrinr)
- if the leash is taken off of the military, and munitions kept plentiful, I imagine the Russian forces would have no choice but to fall back & reorganize within the first day or two
- I imagine the NATO multinational brigades would be the first ground forces to enter theatre as they are nearby, trained up, manned, and understand their role in the ORBAT
Cheers 🍻
thanks republicans
Even if Biden win no troops are going into Ukraine...We probably are not going to send any money next year...The US certainly is not going to send troops.
ODAB guided bombs have entered the chat. By adding a small cheap rocket motor to FAB guided bombs, RU increase their standoff range by 30%. Buh bye
Yes, Ukraine can win 🤥
Wait I thought the goal was to retake all the seized land from Russia...goal post moving?
Iraq and Afghanistan...we helping the defense forces stand up so we can stand down...
I dont care get the people calling themselves HAMAS out of our counrty..
Blah blah blah your farming then with just enough equipment to stay in the same position they have been for the past two years if you really want to help arm them with equipment to win
Thats a long way of saying no we are just softening up Russia.
"Ukraine is on the brink" says Vadim Skibitsky, Deputy Head of the SBU - The Economist [2nd May 2024]
After > 2 years...February 24, 2022...is RUSSIA winning ?
Incompetent DEI in charge of our national defense. What could go wrong?
If Trump appointed him you’d be calling him top notch
So, in other words, it's like the war just started yesterday. Uh, except there's less green in the kitty.
I thought they said that the russian's would be defeated by winter 2022.
When Russia put weapons in Cuba we would not stand for it. Ask whats the difference between what we are doing and what happened then.
nobody was putting weapons in Ukraine
In fact Ukraine agreed to give up their nukes to keep the peace. Another agreement russia broke
Ukraine said multiple times they will do everything to become part of NATO before the war lol
@@user-xb1uh1xn3i and thats none of rusias business and not a justification for war
@@user-xb1uh1xn3i Lets not forget that Ukraine agreed NOT to join nato if it meant peace. Russia invaded anyway
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No but America can sanction Russia as much as possible
Can Russia win? Doesn't look that way does it.....
They already lost all their space contracts.
The ukriane is holding what ground exactly?
One that's liberated by Russia or one that's sold to BlackRock?
where is US superpower? does it move to russia with Elon?
The answer can be found in the following episodes...
(1). Vietnam
(2). Iraq, and
(3). Afghanistan.
As for a definitive "YES" or "NO", she won't get it from either of the spin masters because they genuinely don't know.
Iraq they got saddam, mission accomplished. Afghanistan they got osama bin laden, mission accomplished.
@@nsevv A poor excuse at explaining away a definitive fact. Getting rid of Saddam was riding on the back of "WMD" which was, according to the late General Powell, "a clear, and imminent threat to the west". Was any WMD found? None. It was also meant to export democracy and freedom to Iraq, but all we see is massive destruction and deaths.
20 years and 3.4 $Trillions to find Obama bib Laden? But he was in Pakistan. Barking up the wrong tree. Mission accomplished? So soon after only two weeks? Try adding another 20 years. It was G.W.Bush west dream for a quick mission that was far from accomplished.
@@nsevv It was based on a lie that "WMD is a clear, present and imminent threat to the west". General Powell spun that lie in front of a captive audience, believed every word he said. It is my belief that after 7.5 years in Iraq, they are still looking. If you wreck the entire country and social fabrics just to kill Saddam, isn't that like hitting an insect with a sledge hammer?
20 years and 2.313 $Trillions just to kill Obama bin Laden? And only found him later in Pakistan, barking and pissing up the wrong tree. If you call that a success, you obviously has a low bar. Mission Accomplished in two weeks in G.W.Bush wet dream.
This is ridiculous
American money should be American FIRST!
It is, the money is used to pay Americans to manufacture arms for Ukraine.
@@nsevvno it's not. Lower and middle class ain't getting no weapons Contracts from the government and what makes you think they are even shareholders of a Arms Manufacturer Corporation? Ask any average American.😂
not “retreat” - negative advancement
not “mutiny” - negative adherence
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All this prolonging the war in Ukraine does is lose hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians which is very sad.
Wow.
This absolutely brilliant way to justify terrorism.
20 yrs and counting!
Milley and Austin are incompetent
And Trump
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Why don't you ask so you crying and what do they need to win
bloody cowboys
Who's defending our borders?
Mexicans
US Ukrainian and EU.
This general is so competant, he doesnt know that Putin is a former KGB playing 4D chess while he isnt even playing checkers but coonect-4
Yet russia economy is worse than India and China and tiny US. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Zip a Dee do da days for yookrane
Ukraine needs to be left to it's own capabilities. We have nothing to do with this, except for paying Hunter and his family by keeping this going. They don't care how many people pass, they just want all the cash!
Lmao, the ukriane is left to its own capabilities......begging for more of everything
What are you going to say when Putin invades the Baltic countries? We should have supported Ukraine?
If huge russia is allowed to beg china, nkorea and Iran why not tiny Ukraine. We are obliged to help defend Ukraine as per past agreement for denuclearization.
Shouldn't take 4 minutes. The answer is 'NO!'. Lost, done, grow a pair and deal with it.
Glory To The Russian Federation.
Glory holes.
If the Russian Federation is so great, why the need to conquer Ukraine and gaslight the West? Can’t you stand on your own laurels without trying to bring down those you feel threatened by?
@@catherinesiegel6688Why? Cause the people of Donbass ask for Russian help for years since 2014. They answered in 2022 and thx god they did or else they would've been genocidal murdered systematically by the Ukrainians.
A Democratic Ukraine?---While Zelensky is closing Churches and has stopped elections?---OH Sure that's going to be a Democratic regimen.
@marshabaker6153 The Ukrainian democracy that we support is agreeing with several European countries to forcibly repatriate Ukrainian refugees who ran away from their country to avoid the army, be returned to Ukraine in order to be drafted. And the Ukrainian consulates in several European countries will not attend to the needs of the Ukrainian refugees (young men) by not issuing or extending their passports, not providing usual documentation and putting pressure on local banks to close their bank accounts.
You gotta be watching rusia news 😂
Do you want elections under a war? It is exactly against the Ukraine's law. Do you want russian churches (spying) to the invasor?
Lol you fall for russia propaganda again. 😂😂😂😂😂
Blah blah blah blah
It is a silly question because Russia has already lost. If the fighting stopped in the next hour and Ukraine allowed itself to become a Russian colony again, it wouldn't matter. Russia has lost so many people, so many investors, so much money, no matter what Russia does it has doomed itself and in only about a decade the Russian Federation will no longer exist. Putin has doomed Russia. All the continued fighting will do is speed up the collapse of Russia.
Lol
1200 years of russian existence & some how in your short life span russia will no longer exist?
You can’t win over Russia this is a lesson for napoleon hitler and Biden
americans iq, are funny looool
1200 years of russian existence & worlds largest country & somehow in your lifetime Russia will dissappear because you say so?
Mah nah mah nah… dooo doooo dooooo doo doo…
Hola! Yo soy de los milliones de imigrantes que te quitara todo! Y no hay cosa que nos pare. Que tengan un lindo dia racistas perros.
Ukraine can win but it's going to take alot more military aid
Ukraine can NOT win and more military aid WON'T help due to a very simple reason. Ukraine is running out of men.
Ukraine will not take Crimea. They will need a coalition of forces. Navy, Airforce, and ground troops. Which most of Ukraine doesn't have. 😂.
The ukriane was perfect deamoncratic sovereign and independent in 2014......and then amerika decided to make it more deamoncratic sovereign and independent
Bull ivan
@@thinkerly1time to drop some freedoms
@@thinkerly1 shut it, little bobby
I stand with Russia
Ok Ivan 😂💀
Stop standing, go to front line...
No, they can't.
Russia has a population of 188 million vs Ukaine of 38 million. They can absorb combat losses a LOT better than Ukraine cam...
But ukraine killed 400k russians while they only 31k. As what the propaganda says. So mathematically 18 million ukrainians is equivalent to 180 million russians. So ukraine would still have 20 million left.
@xpact83 That's what the propaganda is saying indeed. Do we, as a collective of people in the west, believe that though?
If the casualty count actually is 400k casualties for Russia & 31k for Ukraine, that would be almost an 11 to 1 casualty ratio in favour of Ukraine...
And if THAT were the case, Ukraine wouldn't keep losing key towns and cities as the war progresses. Nor would Ukraine have to expand the eligibility for conscription from 16yo to 60yo, and disallow waivers for handicaps. (For example down syndrome used to be an eligible reason for not being drafted, but that is no longer the case)
(So I'm thinking the propaganda is a wee bit on the nonsensical side...
Russia lost to tiny Afghanistan and were chased out by men on donkey. At least US stayed in Afghanistan for 20 years and accomplished mission to get Osama.
@@xpact83 Russian losses are just under 500,000 troops at this point, but that's not all deaths it's mainly injured. The Russian deaths are likely somewhere between 30,000-100,000. But yes if Ukraine is given supplies, they have more than enough people to continue to fight.
@nsevv to be fair, Russia did stay for 10yrs, and bankrupted themselves doing so. They lost a lot of men & material there, and spent a relative fortune -- so much so that the west then had the strategic advantage & the economic advanfage.
Afghanistan bled the Soviets dry.
But those men on donkeys that chased them out had a wee bit of help...it wasn't just men on donkeys carrying bolt action rifles
Build for the future 😂...there wont be Ukraine in the future
Do he have blackface on?
Yes, Ukraine can. And will.
How? Look at a map.
@@IAmLegendBoxinglook at Afghanistan vs russia.
@nsevv It's not on the border.
@nsevv it's like if California decided to fight the United States. Keep this and respond back in 6 months when Zelensky is asking for more money 💰 and the United States says no.
@@nsevvno one cant conquer afganistan. Not even the USA which was recent so whats your point? Empires go there to die.😂
this defense secretary is disastrous ..hehehe just saying .. another biden dumb nominee & mistake ..
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