Forgot to mention the other intelligence bribing & blackmailing to cause YU separatism that never existed during Tito's leadership (not dictator like Steve Jobs ;)
Every time the Cuban missile crisis is mentioned, the westerners present it in a way that USSR was the aggressor, placing it's missiles in Cuba, while in reality it was USA that placed it's missiles in Turkey in 1962, and USSR - in retaliation - placed it's missiles in Cuba in 1963.
Further, the US was prepared to launch WW III over the placement of Soviet military forces in Cuba, yet the US and its proxies expect Russia to allow the placement of NATO and its nuclear missiles in Ukraine? Insane hypocrisy.
Yes, but that is not really the fault of common western citizens, but due to the same exceptionally dangerous mechanisms as we are victims of today; massive, continuous propaganda demonizing our so called "adversaries" and presenting a insanely spinned variant of "reality". Media being no real media, in sense of scrutinizing the power apparatus of a nation , are nothing but puppets of the political elite, thus being the ultimate war mongers of our time.
You missed some facts, but anyway: It was never proven USSR ever put nukes in Cuba. And, I have been telling Westerners that main point forever, and of course, I was just a Russian troll (/bot).
First secretary of the NATO, Lord Hastings Ismay: NATO is here to keep the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down. Still, 80 years after the end of WW2 and 33 years after the fall of the USSR (and the end of the cold war) we have 40 American military basis in Germany.
@@paulk4534 Lord Hastings Ismay reference is to be understood in the framework of that time, so he was implying that to keep the Germans down = to keep the West-Germans down, because the East-Germans were not under NATO control.
@@larsnystrom6698Yes. It's important to make the German establishment equally complicit in the de-industrialization of Germany. That way Washington can't be blamed completely
@@olliefoxx7165 hows theory that possibly from US via channels, ukrainian colonel organized that hit. Wouldnt change this situation any way, just lowest level grunts were different flag in arm. In the end it doesnt really matter. Germany lost.
Wow, he doesn't want to talk about Nordstream! Even though it's literally shredded the German economy! If you can't talk about Nordstream then you have no voice at all.
It's literally his job to lie and obfuscate while chasing goals. The west's point of view on the matters is so divorced from reality, I wonder what they have planned for our lives. Funny how every leader deserves jail and we calmly follow along in their twisted egotistic dreams of living in the clouds and we, the slaves in the dirt.
That just sums up the whole problem. Other Germans also have taboo subjects and topics that are "no go zones". So, when you sum them all up, all the average German can talk about is weather ...unless they are talking to a Green and then the weather becomes verboten also.
Because it’s not Ukraina war but West attack on Russia and Ukrainians know that vrry well and is the reason why they don’t want to get killed for West. On the opposite side West want to help firstly as they will overtake everything in Ukraine and is a business expansion and secondly they don’t want to look weak as they know everybody know it’s their war otherwise they would easily walk away.
I agree with Erich Vad about a lot, but not that NATO is a defense alliance anymore. NATO ended as a defense alliance in the 1990s and became an offensive military power with the right to destroy countries that had their own interests.
Absolutely agree... when he talks about NATO as if it is not the whip of the US and should be dismanteled asap with all US military leaving Europe... because Europe has nothing to fear except for the US and the results of military interventions and exploitation of the global South
Nato is the military, EU is policies protecting their businesses and penetration of economies. We are taken over with democratic best wishes while the sleaziest corruption keeps working in the background as it always has. What good is democracy with a misinformed populace? - to keep you calm and hopeful for the next election. What a scam the imperialists' rules based BS actually is.
Germany is not the semi-colony of US! It is US' slave...Just look at olaf schultz... He is scrapping and bowing, turning his other cheek to be slapped at every turn at the behest of the US...they even close down their energy supply thru the Nordstream by having it sabotaged... This is how cringe worthy and low Germany has become.
The fact that the general refused to answer the question that Germany cannot address the Nordstream 2 bombing explains why Europe is in the current situation.
Erich Vad forgot to mention that it was the coup d'état in Ukraine in 2014 that the US/NATO was behind that caused the misery that could have been avoided several times. NATO does not have clean flour in the bag after opposing the Minsk agreement and opposing the peace draft in Istanbul in the spring of 2022 that was close to passing.
@@MKSense1 Russia was not involved until 8 years later when the LPR and DPR begged for help because of US backed forces were massing to invade those two independent states that one of the Nazi leaders described the goal of slowly slitting the throat of every Russian speaker in those regions as the US trained and equipped, and commanded the invasion force gathered on the border 72,000 army plus 12-15,000 Nazi militias. The only people who back the US/NATO operation are people who have no clue about the history or facts. The guest surely supported the US funded, trained largest army in Europe to attack those people who were targeted because did not accept the nazi take over of their country. There was nothing democratic about the Obama/Biden/Nuland coup or the showering of cash, weapons and support by the US planned slaughter of ethnic Russians who lived on that last 200 years before Kiev claimed its gift from VV Lenin. Germany was on the wrong side of truth and freedom once again. Russia did not get involved until thie Donbas regions has legally declared independence from the Kiev coup. Russia is the target and the only one one following international law.
Correct, the people of Crimea decided with a large majority to return to the Russian Federation, after which Russia annexed it and incorporated it into the Federation. There is nothing wrong with that word "annexed". Incorrect would be "invaded" or "conquered".
So many ignore that which is infuriating. Even the Donbas voted to cede from Ukraine but Ukraine called the opposition “terrorists” and set the AZOV MILITARY ON THEM.
Russians never threatened any Baltic state or Germany. But we are well informed about position of, say Estonia. Officials of highest level openly talk about defeating and dismantling of Russia! Why they can talk that way? Because NATO is in support of them, or they think it is ... Who is aggressive here?
Estonia, Kaja Kallas, nasty arse, jumped up little upstart with only 1.3 million people. A chihuahua snapping and biting at the ankles of the giant bear, it's laughable, if she wasn't now the Foreign minister of the EU Commission in Brussels. She's needs to be brought to heel before she plunges Europe into a catastrophe.
There is a huge difference between these countries and sovereignty. Russia is sovereign. Is Germany sovereign as we see it with their boss being the USA?
Correct. The Russians have ruled it out and they have the means to enforce it. We won’t get a frozen war, but a frozen conflict. After Russia have imposed their will on Ukraine, the conflict with Europe will continue until Europe reforms. It will take a generation at least.
@brunodanner7777; it could be a second choice for Russia. A frozen war will not allow Ukraine to join NATO, but the latter would find means to redevelop the confrontation.
@@peterjensen3076 Russia will not have to venture down this path - the Ukrainians are running low on just about everything. It's only a matter of time now before the Ukrainian front-line will crumble. I understand how the "fog of war" works, but even the most ardent Ukrainian supporters are now even reporting this. A Korean style "frozen" conflict would be just as threatening to the Russian Federation as having pre-2014 Ukraine in NATO, so it's simply not an option.
@@MnemonicCarrier then US would send troops Im guessing... they have used ukraine as playground and platform to do operations in that area and toward russia. As much as I understand it, frozen conflict would allow these to continue in guise of war... this would explain why Boris Johnson was sent to stop peace negotiations, as black ops wouldnt be possible in peace time(not without this current blaming russia narrative).
Russia was not a threat until Washington expanded nato towards the Russian border.. Their meddling in Ukraine caused a civil war. It was the west who told Zelenskyy to ignore the Minsk accords.
@@metugeekane8454 I think it is exactly the case, they just renamed "occupational army" into "Allied Force" so you don't fight it, and pointed finger at "Russian treat" so you can sleep better knowing you have a "protection from Allied forces". NATO is a protection racket. Sleep well my friend you are well protected ;)
@@metugeekane8454 I think it is exactly the case, they just renamed "occupational army" into "Allied Force" so you don't fight it, and pointed finger at "Russian treat" so you can sleep better knowing you have a "protection from Allied forces". NATO is a protection racket. Sleep well my friend you are well protected ;)
@@yozcelikors1 the US is not leaving Germany. Since after WW2 the US has been using German technology. The US blew up the pipe line because it did not want to see Germany and Russia doing business together. With Russia's resources and German technology, the US would loose it's status in Europe. Even Trump during or before his first presidency made a remark. (Now Germany is buying oil from Russia) America wants to have control of Germany and it's technology which America has been taking credit for.
As a military man and a historian, you should know that the Korean case is analytically incomparable to the Ukrainian case. NATO will not be allowed inside Ukraine.
That's when I realized he was drinking deep from the propaganda chalice. A Korea situation is a defeat for Russia. There's no reason for them to accept that. He must have no idea of how the war is going nor a good grasp on Russian motivations.
…so when Ukraine was attacking ethnic Russians in the Donbas that was perfectly ok? Germany did not feel it should have intervened militarily. He tries to cover up his bias but his hatred for Russia is apparent. An interesting conversation and important; his book I think should be read, but I stress there is an egotism hiding in the shadows; he (or rather the bourgeois centre he admits to be a product of ) simply thinks Russians are inferior to the rest of Western Europe. This theme, very subtle runs through his entire analysis. Now I disagree, this conflict will end in a military solution. It does not have to be a humiliating defeat and Russia gloats but the message has to be clear…don’t come over here and arrogantly urinate on our doorstep. This the only way to drive the Americans out who seem to think they have the god given right to emasculate the globe. This cancer, localised in Ukraine which admittedly Russia allowed to fester will be cut out. Russia will be patient but it will prevail.
He fails to mention that Merkel and Hollande signed the Minsk treaty with malicius intent (as they both later admitted) to give Ukraine time to rearm. They never planed to implement what they signed.
At the end it is Ukraine's defeat. These incompetent people, at the very beginning this so-called president, in fact a clown, let themselves convince to continue a fight they never could win.
Well, a whole Europe around it depends on it. A lot of manufacturing is done abroad to support German auto industry.. at least that's how it used to be
the former general keeps insisting NATO is a defensive alliance against threats. This begs the question, defense for what, and against which threats? If we go down the list of NATO operations, it would be quite clear that the object for defense is US hegemony and interest, in whatever shape or form it might be, from political to material like oil. As for threat, anything or anyone who threatens the said object is considered a threat. Take China for example. its not even in the same continent. Same as Russia, and yet they are the greatest threat to the US hegemony and interest, so they are a threat, despite the fact that they had deep economic ties with Europe and severing those is simply going to lead Europe down the path of economic stagnation. yet here we are, europe killing itself to ensure the actual object of defense remains intact. There is clear cause for concern that Russia can invade europe, given the past, however, this is also true that reason why this can happen is due to a lack of diplomacy. Now they are all scared that trump will come and they'll be left to their own devices. Question you should be asking is, why should it matter to Europe who becomes president in another continent? You will have Russia on your border regardless. It's common sense to have a strong diplomatic team for that. Won't work now though. This is another reason why USA and NATO is so bad for Europe. To appease them, you antagonize Russia and China who are close by, to the point where there is active animosity now. Such a bizarre case of shortsightedness its baffling.
NATO countries started hundreds of military attacks over last 50 years - hundreds!! what the heck? they can brainwash some people in their countries - but not the whole world! greetings from Moscow!
Eirich vad himself is an integral part of this problem. So biased (brain washed) is he that he blames Russia for the war in Ukraine when it is the USA and it's vassals such as NATO, Germany, the UK and the EU who started or aided this conflict in 2014. He is intrenched in his miguided ideology, he had to be to be promoted. Please understand the USA never left Germany after WW 2 ended and they virtually own NATO as well. In the light of these facts his opinion is irrelevant.
Annexation of Crimea ? Yes. RUssia 'annexed' Crimea from Ottoman Empire in 1787 when the mere word 'ukraine' did NOT yet exist till 1921 when Bolshevicks invented it and cut a huge chunk of Russian territory and called it 'ukraine'. But even then, Crimea was Russian, not ukrainian. Crimea is Russia. Period.
@@fixitright9709 Because a politruk wanted support from Ukrainian oligarchs in '50s. But Crimea had its own governing body - something people forget to mention.
Crimea was cut off of the Russian SSR (Russia) and ceded to the Ukrainian SSR by Nikita Khrushchev the Soviet dictator - willy-nilly - in 1954. At that time it had NO Ukrainian ethnic/language population whatsoever - virtually zilch. Even in 2014 - when Russia TOOK it BACK, 80% of the population was non-Ukrainian; mainly Russian and Crimean Tatars. And... Russia's primary reason to take it back wasn't the majority Russian population. It was that the Russian Navy base, Sevastopol was to be handed over to the US Navy, by the coup-installed US puppets of Kiev. FYI: I even know the building and can show on the map, which was to be converted to be the US Navy's headquarters. The US Navy even had a tender on its website, for the renovation/conversion.
❤when we say "A"... Vicky Nuland (Nudelman) stated at the Press Club USA in 2014, "we have invested $5 billions in Ukra democracy". On 22.02.2014 the Western sponsored, financed and excuted a COUP took place.😂👍
@olliefoxx7165 yep, and on the phoneto McFaull she was caught out saying "f the EU, Yatz is our man" Pure recorded proof she was behind it all, evil woman.
Pascal your guest appears to have a very short and selective memory about aggression. Germany was a fascist country and had aggressively invaded Russia and caused millions of deaths. Now, it is a joke that he sees Russia as an aggressor. As to the hostility to China, it is more bizarre. He should consult his history book about Germany’s agression in China in the 19 century- burning down the Summer Palace and the scramble for concessions in the Eastern part of China. China is thousands miles away from Germany. What had the people done to deserve to be killed because the allies just fancied trading their wares there? This ex-military is absurdly uneducated and swallowed the propaganda of the collective west. Since he is retired, he should use his time to re-educate himself. However, Pascal you have been kind to him to let him get away with his faulty logic and unwarranted assumptions.
Russia is the new fascist state and is used as the bulldog of China , if you don't get it. Sure, Pascal is a Swiss and Switzerland can harbor all the crook's money from Russia and China because well they have neutrality. The general was quit a pacifist and as European we should defend our interest.
It seems like you need to reeducate yourself, a fascist country was Italy, more under fascist regime, same as nacional socialist regime in Germany, which both came to rise because of previous war's & very open communist threat coming from USSR.
Sorry, this is bullshit. Get your facts straight. The summer palace was burned down by British troops. "Ok, you don't want to show this comment. Does the truth hurt too much?"
@@SickBoy82While I note the mistake made about the label- Nazi,Fascism, understanding more history about the rise of Bolshevism would help you not to store hatred in your heart.
It doesn't make any sense to me, if I drag someone into a fight against me, just because I don't like him, and then I say if I lose in that fight, he will start beating all the people around, and then he wants to beat the whole town. That's how this started, NATO provoked that war, forced Ukraine to terrorize the Russian population in Ukraine from 2014 to 2022, when the Russians started defending their people, and now NATO is saying that the Russians will go to the EU after Ukraine, and then go to whole world. It doesn't make any sense to me.
Russia will not accept “Western” Ukraine under NATO because Russia needs a buffer zone. Pascal Lottaz’s questions and comments were excellent, probing, challenging, offering more problem-solving alternatives. Mr. Vad’s reflections are not deep because he’s wedded to the problem-creating NATO establishment.
Germany's people who support war in Ukraine, have not for 80 years facing war in their homeland. In war, there will be atrocities, that are unimaginable. In nuclear war, the beautiful garden of Europe, will be perished. And common or ordinary people of Germany cannot imagine it? Seems so far away, so romantic as in war movies? After the war movies, you can go home and enjoy your food, leisure at will. But in the real war at your home?
some pieces say US has tried to provoke NK,russia... others to do nuclear strike. I could see that why. I see parallel there that people who plan and want these things are exactly those going back home to watch tv with family. Just never should underestimate opponents. Dice throw can always change situation.
Ukraine was not and is not the same at Hungary or Czeckoslovakia were in 1950s, 1960s or are now. Using that parallel and simplifications are not only wrong, it is danger
At first I thought Putin only wants to force NATO to recognize the security needs of Russia. But now I see this has become an existential fight, which will probably end with the destruction of NATO. Reason being NATO is like the Black Knight in the Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie: it’s only a flesh wound……
Last year, the EU approved 12 sanction packages against Russia and the Russian economy grew 3%. Meanwhile, the German economy is in "tatters". The EU sanctioned itself.
This is the part that gets to me. The part of immigration. You cannot complain about illegal migration when you are the main contributor to the reason for that. You go to these countries and destabilize the place because you want your way and you want your resources without paying a fair cent for it. You turn the place into a hellhole for the locals and then you expect them to stay in that hellhole while you go live in the heaven you created WITH THEIR RESOURCES. What do you think was going to happen? Every human being wants comfort so if you deny others of it, don't expect to have it for yourself. Imagine sanctioning a country for trying to start an agricultural program so they can feed themselves without importing food. You want them to either buy food from you or die. You have no right to complain about illegal immigration. You caused it and still denying it. Own your faults, acknowledge them, and correct them and you will have peace.
I found this interesting but I thought his opinion was very slanted, he was an adviser to Markel but didn’t mention that Markel admitted that Minsk 2 was just a lie 🤷♂️…which was an evil thing …Germany & France should have done what they sad they would. He mentioned the Cuban missile crisis and how Kennedy got Russia to back down with the threat of nuclear war but didn’t mention it was the placement of missiles in Turkey that created the Russian counter move to place missiles in Cuba that’s what created the Cuban missile crisis 🤷♂️ and it was with Kennedy agreeing to remove the missiles from Turkey that solved the crisis…Russia didn’t actually back down 🤷♂️ I tend to think 🤔 he doesn’t like Russia and I got the feeling that he wants to rebuild the German and European military for a future war with Russia….just a feeling I got but he tried (to me) to portray Russia as a constant aggressor, he did it in a subtle way, partly by omission…as in the examples I mentioned above. Still he was interesting to listen to and gave me a bit of insight into the German military establishments opinion. being keen on NATO is a red flag to me lol. regards from Australia 🇦🇺
Yep, you're right, and therein lies the problem - half truths., missing uncomfortable bits out. Beware of AUKUS, it's another US trap. US trying to cajole NZ and other islands into it now too. We don't need nuclear in South Pacific, or we become a target
spot on. We in Russia are sick from hearing all this hypocrisy and bullshit about aggressive and evil Russia and friendly and defending NATO. Look how close we moved our country to the NATO bases. Certainly we are the bad guys!) We attacked only 2 countries - Georgia and Ukraine - and only because there was a NATO decision in 2008 to expand to these countries. War with Georgia was a week long - almost zero civilians died - and it was enough to change its policy towards NATO. Since then - we have good relationship. Then the Ukraine. We were telling hundreds of times from 2008 to 2021 that there will be no NATO there. Explaining our concerns, trying all the different ways to negotiate. Zero result. Our strong desire to avoid war was seen as weakness. So now we are explaining our position with other means.
@@larsnystrom6698 Det är helt riktigt. Sovjet ("Crusse") skulle framställas som "förlorare". Det var en sanning för mig under närmare 60 år. Christer Janson (74) 🇸🇪
At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, President Kennedy was surprised to discover that the U.S. had nuclear missiles in Turkey since 1958 aimed at the Soviet Union. President Kennedy ordered the removal of U.S. nuclear missiles from Turkey, as part of the deal he struck with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis. Oct 19 2019: As Washington attempted to find a diplomatic way of responding to the Turkey’s invasion of Syria, an estimated 50 to 90 US nuclear tactic bombs B-61 are effectively stored in Turkey. Turkey was not allowed its own supply of the weapons under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty the country signed in 1980.
and also... Türkiye, having been declined EU membership for 20+ years, will now not only join BRICS, but leave NATO sooner rather than later, I.e. don't count too much on the "second largest NATO army".
@olliefoxx7165 Well, the video starts with there no diplomatic moves, which he deeply regrets.. there are no military solutions to this... So it seems some haven't seen the video... Yes, the person was a part of the military establishment, so some things are part of his job... so calling names might make some people "feel" better, but that's it..
Otto Von Bismark lo dijo claramente, si quieren Paz en Europa se necesita un buen tratado con Rusia. Cuando Alemania ha tenido buenas relaciones con Rusia siempre ha habido Paz en el Viejo Continente
It's interesting how all the West sees Cuban crisis. They all are confusing cause and consequence. I'm surprised that even people like him don't know. Probably he knows, but won't admitt it because of their bias or are taking orders from the boss. Cuban crisis didn't start because Soviets wanted to put their missiles on Cuba. It started because Soviets wanted missiles removed from Turkey. Soviets shipped missiles on the decks of the ships, clearly visible..... Why? So Americans could see them. Do you think Soviets didn't have capacities to transport them secretly? They could do that an when they would have been installed, they ciuld just present the fact and US could do squat. US, and consequentially the whole obedient West portray Cuban crisis as Kennedy's victory, but, in fact, it was more Khruschev's victory. US did what Soviets wanted, they removed missiles from Turkey. But US will never admitt that, they claim they removed them because they were already obsolete and they already planned to remove them... That's b.s. If that were the case, they would just replace them with new ones, but didn't.
@@MKSense1You really don't get it, right? They played a game of poker, a bit dangerous one, of course, to get US missiles out of Turkey, which happened to be on their border.
I heard it was MILLIONS OF UKRAINIANS including surrounding countries altogether like Poland says they have more than that. They left to avoid the forced kidnapping/conscription off the streets and where about 500,000 are presumed dead and twice that injured. Many are Ukrainian and Russian speaking even though Zelensky BANNED THAT RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, BANNED THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX and even passed a Bill to allow unapproved by relatives, organ harvesting. Yeah! Ukraine is what sort of democracy?
They never mention it but there are Ukrainians that have no quarrel with the Russians. In fact these people were summarily executed in the early days of the war, simply by being suspected of being collaborators of the enemy, and the Russians accused of the massacre.
Thank-you Pascal for having the strength of character to interview someone you much disagree with - because a very interesting discussion resulted. Thank-you Dr Vad likewise.
Yes and...no. A good army is an army that focuses solely on territorial defense. Having a standing defensive army is crucial for the national morale and an important social outlet for a certain demographic of a nation. The problem is to hedge against the extraterritorial use of a national army by lunatic politicians who have zero qualms in sending the children of their compatriots to die abroad for hegemonic or economic wars abroad...
Germany gas a rubbish army. They cannot dictate their own will to US, UK and French armies that based in Germany. In result, German army can't protect gaspipes and have to listen what americans are saying
@@silenciothequiet3471 Being an occupied vassal of the US is hard to seriously believe Germany is an independent actor instead of being used by the US as their master.
🇵🇱🔚🏳️Poland donated 300 tanks which are almost all destroyed, so there are no tanks left. Despite,the government is pushing for a direct involvement in the Eastern Front. Hooray.😂NATO's air defence can defend less than 5% of the strategic objects on the Eastern flank.😱
Europe is undefendable. Any bomb anywhere is a catastrophy. In the USA they still think they are safe, but that's no longer the case. The USA may lose this war without a single bullet: digitally and financially. Innovation will come from Asia, the Dollar will no longer be dominant. The Rust Belt is spreading out in many other sectors of society, in different forms. The USA is done. They can no longer do what they did 55 years ago: fly to the moon and come back. Bankrupt. Finito. Europe should disconnect and concentrate on Eurasia.
Panowie Kukuła, Hołownia, Kosiniak-Kamysz, Skrzypczak, Sikorski-Applebaum... - to samozwańczy "eksperci" od Wschodu, którzy cierpią na wielkopańsko-sarmackie kompleksy wyższości wobec Rosji i Rosjan czego nawet nie ukrywają. Ten "prometeizm", zaściankowa mania wielkości śmieszy i jednocześnie przeraża. Ich bohaterska buńczuczność i zakrapiana drwiną arogancja przypomina mi wypowiedzenie wojny Japonii przez Polski Rząd Emigracyjny w Londynie 11 grudnia 1941. Iście szwoleżerska brawura tej decyzji zapisała się złotymi zgłoskami w historii II WŚ obok deklaracji wojny Stanom Zjednoczonym i Wielkiej Brytanii przez pozbawione dostępu do morza Węgry czy Słowację w 1941 roku, akt wojny wypowiedziany III Rzeszy przez rząd San Marino w 1944 roku bądź przyłączenie się plemienia Kwazulu w RPA do koalicji antyhitlerowskiej w 1943 roku. Spodziewałem się, że w imieniu prezydenta Dudy... i prezydenta Zeleńskiego - będziemy zaproszeni na uroczyste podpisanie aktu kapitulacji Rosji w... Perejesławiu. Nie chcę nikogo rozczarowywać ale obecnie Polska jest traktowana w politycznych elitach Rosji nie jako podmiot ale instrument Waszyngtonu. Nic więcej. Polscy politycy zanim zaczniecie wnikać w istotę stosunków Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej i Rosji, proszę się uważnie przyjrzeć naszym POPiSowym mężom stanu "po kelnersku" stojącym na baczność nie tylko przed (nie mniej karykaturalnym od Breżniewa) Bidenem ale nawet przed drugorzędnymi, leniwie żującumi gumę anglojęzycznymi urzędasami. Przytoczę "ekspertom" humorystyczną i otrzeźwiającą metaforę: Idzie mrówka przez most u boku słonia i z dumą krzyczy: "Słoniu, ale ten most się pod nami ugina!" Trudno nazwać Polskę krajem niepodległym, skoro na naszym terytorium znajdują się obce bazy wojskowe (pamiętacie jeszcze "Fort Trump"? :-) ... o eksterytorialnym "ośrodku krzewienia zachodnich wartości cywilizacyjnych" i klasycznym przykładzie naszej suwerenności w Kiejkutach nie wspominając. Ponoć Putin nigdy nie wybaczy Polsce pomarańczowej rewolucji??? Nie zajęcie Moskwy przez Żółkiewskiego w 1610 roku? Nie wojny napoleońskie? Nie ”Cud nad Wisłą”? A ja myślałem, że do dziś Putin nie wybaczył Polakom ”gestu Kozakiewicza” na Olimpiadzie w Moskwie w 1980 roku.
Mówią oni o Rosji w oderwaniu od ogólnej sytuacji geopolitycznej na świecie. Nie dociera do nich oczywista prawda, że - z moralnego punktu widzenia - cynizm i wyrachowanie Putina w niczym się nie różni od hypokryzji Bidena i jego minionów w Paryżu, Londynie , Berlinie a nawet w Brukseli. Nasi eksperci lubują się w wylewaniu wszelakich pomyjów na Rosję/Rosjan. Jeżeli chcecie ujrzeć ludzi walających się "w gównie" zapraszam nie, nie, nie do Moskwy czy St Petersburga ale do nowojorskiego metra, na ulice Chicago, Seatle czy nawet San Francisco. Uwielbiają oni przeginać "przysłowiowa pałę" w kwestii Katynia. Film Wajdy "Katyń" był w szerokiej dystrybucji w "totalitarnej" Rosji, natomiast film Smarzowskiego "Wołyń" do dziś jest zakazany w naszej "braterskiej" Ukrainie. Wszyscy bez wyjątku ani słowem nie wspominają o przeszytych na wskroś nazistowską ideologią herosach z "Azova", "Ajdara", "S14", "Тоrnado"... i banderowcach z "Prawego Sektora". Ci wytatuowani od stóp do głów hitlerowskimi symbolami siepacze leczą się dziś... nie uwierzycie... w niemieckich i izraelskich szpitalach. Synkowie ukraińskich patriotów-prominentów, którzy nie opuścili jeszcze Ukrainy zapytani dlaczego nie wstąpili do wojska odpowiadają, że - w przeciwieństwie do wcielanych prosto z ulicy - on “nie mają wojskowych nawyków i nie nadają do służby w amii. Ukraińskie "elity" wraz z członkami programu ”Kwartał 95” dziś topią swoją depresję i... ukraiński fatalizm w alkoholu z domieszką amfetaminy na tonącym banderowskim "Titanicu". To rosyjskojęzyczne towarzystwo wzajemnej adoracji tworzy rdzeń Partii prezydenta Zieleńskiego, który - tak jak większość z nich - nadal uczy się języka ukraińskiego w trybie przyśpieszonym. Na zakończenie przypomnę polskim politykom... i nie tylko , że tym rosyjskim imperialistom my Polacy (wraz z innymi wschodnioeuropejskimi "untermensch'ami") zawdzięczmy swoje biologiczne istnienie. Mamy 600 000 powodów aby o tym zawsze pamiętać przechadzając się i rozmawiając po polsku na ulicach malowniczych prastarych piastowskich miast: Litzmannstadt, Allenstein, Elbing, Danzig, Gotenhafen, Zoppot, Kolberg, Stolp, Swinemünde, Misdroy, Stettin, Küstrin, Bromberg, Posen, Graudenz, Breslau, Ohlau, Oppeln, Görlitz, Königshütte, Gleiwitz, Kattowitz, Beuthen, Thorn, Glogau, Hirschberg, Liegnitz, Schweidnitz, Glatz, Waldenburg, Grünberg, Hindenburg... tak wspaniałomyślnie przekazanych nam po 1945 roku przez naszych zachodnich sąsiadów.
'military aid to Ukraine must not be escalatory, it must not lead to a third world war' - But a great power proxy war is Europe is OK?!? :/ I guess I see the timeline differently - I posit the epoch-defining illegal act was the 2014 US coup; not the 2022 RU intervention.
The objective of the war in Ukraine, from a western government prospective, is actually pretty evident: to weaken Russia, cause a regime change that puts into power someone amenable to western interests (as in mainly US interests), break the collaboration between Russia and China and (for Poland and the Baltic states at least) Balkanize Russia turning it into a minor power. Is this realistic? Facts on the ground say it is not and even that war strengthened Russia’s ties with China, but the people who want and support war are to committed (better: have got us too committed) to their project to admit its failure.
❤the TRUE worth of Ukra democracy described senator L Graham for the ABC TV US "the rare metal of Ukra are worth $10-12 trillions, we are not going to give it to Putin and China".😂
@@jullietmburu9672 how do we know... that newspiece in public contractors "could be" sent to ukraine means likely there already are bunch of them and doing who knows what. Task and purpose made video how CIA had,has multiple hq's in ukraine for over 10 years(caveat if russia managed to bomb some of them).
Once again, Mr Pascal, your efforts to bring diverse voices to the podcast is much appreciated. We need to know how and what the relevant professionals think of the current issues.
Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time. Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021: Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO. NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P. The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.
He's an actor, he plays parts, he gets paid well. When he's done his job, they will move him on. But I don't know how he could live with himself, with all those dead boys and men. A real mafioso actor.
Everything you said was absolutely correct. Don't forget Gonzalo Lira, a US/Chilean citizen, twice put in jail for his journalism and murdered. Crickets from the US. Unbelievable evil people in Ukraine, Banderites.
This discussion doesn't seem to call for trust but another contribution to the international online library of perspectives. The fact this came up on your feed suggests you seek out myriad views.
You shouldn't trust him you should listen to his opinions bc he is a product of an occupied nation that parrots a prescribed view. He is speaking from a priveldged position and echoes a certain segment of the German establishment. Although Germany is a lackey state they still provide relevant insight.
SE Asia was all about freedom from colonial and imperial rulers and countries free sovereign independence .. and the only option to fight against hundreds of years of colonial occupation was framed by western countries only as communist growth and not independence ..
I always find it strange that "appeasement" is never thought the other way. Russia allowing NATO enlargement could considered NATO appeasement as well.
He is adviser, but it is not korret what he said, Russian dos not annexed, people have choose Russian. Therefore Germany is in bad situation, If the advise is false.....
An excellent military strategic realist and thinker. Sadly, he made the fundamental mistake of naming the wrong countries as the European threats. He has eventually leaked out his pro western hegemony nature in his outlook of world affairs. A question that he should asked himself is that after the collapse of Soviet Union, who were the war makers of the world? Thanks to the host who asked good questions.
It takes a while...to release yourself from the political and military entanglement of a lifetime. He was part of Merkles govt that orchestrated the nordstream 2. It's great that he's on Pascals channel..
Germany would probably benefit more than any other European nation from the Asian Silk Road initiative (upon full completion). An overland transport system designed for high volume is less costly than ocean shipping. Germany's talent for designing and manufacturing high-end products of quality will always result in global trade advantages, including that which could stem from the Eurasian masses in their billions. The German dilemma is fundamentally one of being caught in the past, with a deep political animus against Russia, as voiced by General Vad. To regain the high status it once held, Germany's near-vassal status should be transcended in order to maximize its national potential. It's been long enough.
You are ignorant to believe that China wants that after so many patents and technology stolen now they want to invade the Europe market with their machinery. What will become of Europe, where technology will be created .
germany doesnt have that but it is pushed via international western organizations to their benefit. germany as country tries their best to counter these things but big interests seem to use these as excuse and blackmail to turn population against self interests.
Even if this gentleman has a more reasonable position than the rest of the Europeans regarding the war in Ukraine, we feel that he is a proven Atlanticist. He often avoids directly answering uncomfortable questions and refuses to acknowledge that this is a US provocation against Russia. For example, the sabotage of direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations by Boris Johnson, he completely avoided the question. When he talks about Russia as a future threat to Europe, he is completely wrong, when did Russia attack a Western European country unless it itself was attacked?
Hegemonic wars can't be put under the label of "stupidity": they are motivated by an ideology that has been constructed and sold over a period of time and they require planning which requires competences and skills. Had the Ukrainian NATO-project been successful, the "stupidity" of this proxy war would have been branded as a resounding victory for..hmm.. civilization.
Stupidity, hypocrisy I would say. Did he advise Merkel to sign Minsky agreement and not to make Ukraine follow it? And to arm Ukrainian nazis? How much blood of donbass children is on his hands?
He dares not cross that line in the current climate. It's called a general's instinct for self-preservation. At least he set forth the cold reality of it all, which takes a lot of courage in Germany. I am baffled by how a highly cultured nation, with such a profound abundance of native intelligence, can so easily be manipulated by the elite party line in any given year.
@ivetajo71 Well, he also had some criticism of Nato policy, lack of diplomacy, etc... That led to conflict. Yes, he was very much part of the Nato establishment. But one of the more saner voices. So one can go after him... and then there will be no conversation, but sure, everyone in their respective echo chambers will be happy...
Look at the map ignorant to see what territory has to defend Russia to their enormity of their land and still don't have enough? This country should be broke a part and given to China and Japan in the far East. They think they devised a plan with China , let see how this will end. China has prospered because of money and technology invested from West there, not because of Russian bolshevism and imperial ambitions. If China can't see that is their problem.
I predicted long time ago that when west Germany would annex East Germany and move the capital from Bonn to Berlin this will result in new militarism and belligerency. From national socialism to green socialism.
With all respect to you but,i can't continue to watch your video.The man that you ave invited is a stooge,when you asked the question in regards to North stream,he went around and around and then he said: I do not want to talk about it. You shoul have said to him; Good bye,i would have. This is the reason i have no more desire to hear him. Best Regards to You.
You must understand, we need to hear what the stooge establishment thinks and says just as well as what the facts are themselves. These are the people that control things in Germany. We must know their limitations and thought processes.
Too difficult for all of Nato to acknowledge that the US, - Biden, Nuland, and even Trump wanted it destroyed. To acknowledge it would be to accuse your boss of an act of war against you. Like rape. The US resented Germany getting cheap Russian gas which created a mega industrial powerful state. Couldn't be abided by the US hegemon. None of the Baltic states, Norway, Sweden, Denmark came up with any conclusions, but they all know, but can't say - yet.
There is one commonality in every dire situation globally - the USA is involved.
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Now you are unfair..... LOL !!
and experts of lying, theft, killings, deception, uber-greed, power-hungry, sore losers and inhumane control freaks ... @@janwoldens1696
@@vespass225 Actually, you are correct. There has been times when they were right.
The (very) common denominator.
Let him tell you how the " defense bloc" bombed and destroyed Yugoslavia and Libya!
Did they annex them?? Or were they stopping genocide and spreading of the conflict??
An excellent question.
Forgot to mention the other intelligence bribing & blackmailing to cause YU separatism that never existed during Tito's leadership (not dictator like Steve Jobs ;)
@@tommygun5038 Are you serious? Why they don't stop genocide in Gaza when they are so protective of muslims? There was no genocide in Yugoslavia.
Every time the Cuban missile crisis is mentioned, the westerners present it in a way that USSR was the aggressor, placing it's missiles in Cuba, while in reality it was USA that placed it's missiles in Turkey in 1962, and USSR - in retaliation - placed it's missiles in Cuba in 1963.
My sentiments exactly thank you!!
Further, the US was prepared to launch WW III over the placement of Soviet military forces in Cuba, yet the US and its proxies expect Russia to allow the placement of NATO and its nuclear missiles in Ukraine? Insane hypocrisy.
Yes, but that is not really the fault of common western citizens, but due to the same exceptionally dangerous mechanisms as we are victims of today; massive, continuous propaganda demonizing our so called "adversaries" and presenting a insanely spinned variant of "reality". Media being no real media, in sense of scrutinizing the power apparatus of a nation , are nothing but puppets of the political elite, thus being the ultimate war mongers of our time.
You missed some facts, but anyway: It was never proven USSR ever put nukes in Cuba. And, I have been telling Westerners that main point forever, and of course, I was just a Russian troll (/bot).
and JFK was unaware so I saw
What a shame that even a famous German general is practically afraid to discuss north stream pipeline
Hi is not famous ,hi is one of the instigator of the German doctrine ,i just ask my self how long the nuclear cloud needs to reach Australia .
Yes!
Wishy washy guy on all issues .
@@user-nx1el9cc6b the US is the boss. Germany must respect the boss
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First secretary of the NATO, Lord Hastings Ismay: NATO is here to keep the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down. Still, 80 years after the end of WW2 and 33 years after the fall of the USSR (and the end of the cold war) we have 40 American military basis in Germany.
Yes, meanwhile Russia exited Germany.
@@paulk4534exactly. US constantly lying and screwing Russia over. That's it finally crossed to many red lines and now we have Ukraine
Incredible. Is German scared of what?
@@paulk4534 Lord Hastings Ismay reference is to be understood in the framework of that time, so he was implying that to keep the Germans down = to keep the West-Germans down, because the East-Germans were not under NATO control.
@paulk4534 They meant out of Europe not the vassal called Germany.
He doesn’t want to say more on Nordstream because he knows that the US did with German permission.
Permission? or rather no choice...
Really, they asked for permission?
@@larsnystrom6698Yes. It's important to make the German establishment equally complicit in the de-industrialization of Germany. That way Washington can't be blamed completely
The Germans don't have an ounce of sovereignty - they're still an occupied country, and they always do as they're told.
@@olliefoxx7165 hows theory that possibly from US via channels, ukrainian colonel organized that hit. Wouldnt change this situation any way, just lowest level grunts were different flag in arm. In the end it doesnt really matter. Germany lost.
Wow, he doesn't want to talk about Nordstream! Even though it's literally shredded the German economy! If you can't talk about Nordstream then you have no voice at all.
Very telling. He knows who did it but isn't free to say it.
To acknowledge the US as the evil fairy, could rip Europe apart, as it's an act of war, and they are supposed allies. It's a political hot potato
He speaks of saving Ukraine, when his very own country is in dire need of deliverance!
It's literally his job to lie and obfuscate while chasing goals. The west's point of view on the matters is so divorced from reality, I wonder what they have planned for our lives. Funny how every leader deserves jail and we calmly follow along in their twisted egotistic dreams of living in the clouds and we, the slaves in the dirt.
That just sums up the whole problem. Other Germans also have taboo subjects and topics that are "no go zones". So, when you sum them all up, all the average German can talk about is weather ...unless they are talking to a Green and then the weather becomes verboten also.
If the young men of Ukraine do not want to fight for their country, why should anyone else?
Because it’s not Ukraina war but West attack on Russia and Ukrainians know that vrry well and is the reason why they don’t want to get killed for West.
On the opposite side West want to help firstly as they will overtake everything in Ukraine and is a business expansion and secondly they don’t want to look weak as they know everybody know it’s their war otherwise they would easily walk away.
Blackrocks country .
Brilliant
True
You mean... Fight for a globalist psychopathic oligarchy that captured their government and started a civil war . Yes, no one should fight for that.
I agree with Erich Vad about a lot, but not that NATO is a defense alliance anymore.
NATO ended as a defense alliance in the 1990s and became an offensive military power with the right to destroy countries that had their own interests.
Absolutely agree... when he talks about NATO as if it is not the whip of the US and should be dismanteled asap with all US military leaving Europe... because Europe has nothing to fear except for the US and the results of military interventions and exploitation of the global South
Nato is the military, EU is policies protecting their businesses and penetration of economies. We are taken over with democratic best wishes while the sleaziest corruption keeps working in the background as it always has. What good is democracy with a misinformed populace? - to keep you calm and hopeful for the next election. What a scam the imperialists' rules based BS actually is.
You are so correct,spot on.
German problem is a result of it being the US semi-colony..
Semi? Seems like it is an outright vassal.
Germany is not the semi-colony of US! It is US' slave...Just look at olaf schultz... He is scrapping and bowing, turning his other cheek to be slapped at every turn at the behest of the US...they even close down their energy supply thru the Nordstream by having it sabotaged... This is how cringe worthy and low Germany has become.
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Why semi-? The US military are there since 1945. What is the Kancler Act about?😊
Really good lapdog
The fact that the general refused to answer the question that Germany cannot address the Nordstream 2 bombing explains why Europe is in the current situation.
Explain to me how that's Russia's problem and why Russia should bend over backwards for this aryan supremacist.
The good General is afraid of the consequences of getting on the wrong side of USA.
Erich Vad forgot to mention that it was the coup d'état in Ukraine in 2014 that the US/NATO was behind that caused the misery that could have been avoided several times.
NATO does not have clean flour in the bag after opposing the Minsk agreement and opposing the peace draft in Istanbul in the spring of 2022 that was close to passing.
Sure and Putin came with tanks to reestablish order. What a joke, troll. How about 1956 Hungary and 1968 Prague.
@@MKSense1Its true. Victoria Nuland has admitted it. This is common knowledge among many.
With the EU.
He is exactly right re WW1.
@@MKSense1 Russia was not involved until 8 years later when the LPR and DPR begged for help because of US backed forces were massing to invade those two independent states that one of the Nazi leaders described the goal of slowly slitting the throat of every Russian speaker in those regions as the US trained and equipped, and commanded the invasion force gathered on the border 72,000 army plus 12-15,000 Nazi militias. The only people who back the US/NATO operation are people who have no clue about the history or facts. The guest surely supported the US funded, trained largest army in Europe to attack those people who were targeted because did not accept the nazi take over of their country. There was nothing democratic about the Obama/Biden/Nuland coup or the showering of cash, weapons and support by the US planned slaughter of ethnic Russians who lived on that last 200 years before Kiev claimed its gift from VV Lenin. Germany was on the wrong side of truth and freedom once again. Russia did not get involved until thie Donbas regions has legally declared independence from the Kiev coup. Russia is the target and the only one one following international law.
No, no, Crimea was NOT annexed. Crimeans voted to return with Russia, as did those in the Donbass. FACTS!!!
Excactly. They voted to be Russia
Correct, the people of Crimea decided with a large majority to return to the Russian Federation, after which Russia annexed it and incorporated it into the Federation. There is nothing wrong with that word "annexed". Incorrect would be "invaded" or "conquered".
@@dirkhouben9960 You Russian troll.
@@tinaoffice9274 Sure , Dugin.
So many ignore that which is infuriating. Even the Donbas voted to cede from Ukraine but Ukraine called the opposition “terrorists” and set the AZOV MILITARY ON THEM.
Russians never threatened any Baltic state or Germany. But we are well informed about position of, say Estonia. Officials of highest level openly talk about defeating and dismantling of Russia! Why they can talk that way? Because NATO is in support of them, or they think it is ...
Who is aggressive here?
It is totally nonsensical. Russia has no interest in it. Estonia and others in the area. It is the same stupidity fear mongering.
The Baltic nations are irrelevant tiny dogs barking at the shadows of lions. When the lion roars they piss the ground and scamper away in fear.
Estonia, Kaja Kallas, nasty arse, jumped up little upstart with only 1.3 million people.
A chihuahua snapping and biting at the ankles of the giant bear, it's laughable, if she wasn't now the Foreign minister of the EU Commission in Brussels. She's needs to be brought to heel before she plunges Europe into a catastrophe.
The reality : Germany a colony and vassal country to USA while Russia is a fully independent, sovereign and leading country
There is a huge difference between these countries and sovereignty. Russia is sovereign. Is Germany sovereign as we see it with their boss being the USA?
Or in reality, vice versa?
Germany is a vassal to Israel. The central bankers are zionists.
Otto von Bismarck's powerful empire has been diminished to a powerless colony.
That's why the west hates Russia. They can't defeat Russia economically or militarily.
He keep evading questions, I can tell he is a NATO man.
Looking for a plump job at NATO.
It seems to me that NATO is not defending anyone, including Europe. It just helps to achieve political goals of the US.
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Both EU and NATO are used as tools
It just helps sell weapons and pump weapons and ammunitions manufacturing, and increasingly is a means to expand US Empire and project power.
And who will save Europe from the EU?
@@jimtroeltsch5998 that’s right
No way Russia will allow a Korean or "Frozen" war.
The Americans specialize in this that’s their gift to the world
Correct. The Russians have ruled it out and they have the means to enforce it. We won’t get a frozen war, but a frozen conflict. After Russia have imposed their will on Ukraine, the conflict with Europe will continue until Europe reforms. It will take a generation at least.
@brunodanner7777; it could be a second choice for Russia. A frozen war will not allow Ukraine to join NATO, but the latter would find means to redevelop the confrontation.
@@peterjensen3076 Russia will not have to venture down this path - the Ukrainians are running low on just about everything. It's only a matter of time now before the Ukrainian front-line will crumble. I understand how the "fog of war" works, but even the most ardent Ukrainian supporters are now even reporting this. A Korean style "frozen" conflict would be just as threatening to the Russian Federation as having pre-2014 Ukraine in NATO, so it's simply not an option.
@@MnemonicCarrier then US would send troops Im guessing... they have used ukraine as playground and platform to do operations in that area and toward russia. As much as I understand it, frozen conflict would allow these to continue in guise of war... this would explain why Boris Johnson was sent to stop peace negotiations, as black ops wouldnt be possible in peace time(not without this current blaming russia narrative).
Russia was not a threat until Washington expanded nato towards the Russian border.. Their meddling in Ukraine caused a civil war. It was the west who told Zelenskyy to ignore the Minsk accords.
Merkel said the Minsk Agreements were a subterfuge that allowed NATO to build up armaments and fortifications in Ukraine from 2008 to 2022.
What is bizarre is Germany allowing 30-35 thousand U.S. soldiers in Germany!
Allowing ??? That is an occupational army. Nobody asks Germany.
@@borninussr5615 You fight against what you consider as an "occupational Army", but this is not the case in Germany. That's bizarre!
There are already 200.000 American soldiers in Germany since Second World War !
@@metugeekane8454 I think it is exactly the case, they just renamed "occupational army" into "Allied Force" so you don't fight it, and pointed finger at "Russian treat" so you can sleep better knowing you have a "protection from Allied forces". NATO is a protection racket. Sleep well my friend you are well protected ;)
@@metugeekane8454 I think it is exactly the case, they just renamed "occupational army" into "Allied Force" so you don't fight it, and pointed finger at "Russian treat" so you can sleep better knowing you have a "protection from Allied forces". NATO is a protection racket. Sleep well my friend you are well protected ;)
Germany is not an independent country.
The whole world know's that except the Germans themselves.
The heart of Global Government with the WEF/EU.
none of the european countries is independant......... orban is punished when he's tried.....poor fizo got shot!
Germany is a Vassal state of the US
@@yozcelikors1 the US is not leaving Germany. Since after WW2 the US has been using German technology. The US blew up the pipe line because it did not want to see Germany and Russia doing business together. With Russia's resources and German technology, the US would loose it's status in Europe. Even Trump during or before his first presidency made a remark. (Now Germany is buying oil from Russia) America wants to have control of Germany and it's technology which America has been taking credit for.
As a military man and a historian, you should know that the Korean case is analytically incomparable to the Ukrainian case. NATO will not be allowed inside Ukraine.
That's when I realized he was drinking deep from the propaganda chalice. A Korea situation is a defeat for Russia. There's no reason for them to accept that. He must have no idea of how the war is going nor a good grasp on Russian motivations.
people like this guy are a big part of the problem
Why?
@@martygroover
Answer please
…so when Ukraine was attacking ethnic Russians in the Donbas that was perfectly ok?
Germany did not feel it should have intervened militarily. He tries to cover up his bias but his hatred for Russia is apparent.
An interesting conversation and important; his book I think should be read, but I stress there is an egotism hiding in the shadows; he (or rather the bourgeois centre he admits to be a product of ) simply thinks Russians are inferior to the rest of Western Europe. This theme, very subtle runs through his entire analysis.
Now I disagree, this conflict will end in a military solution. It does not have to be a humiliating defeat and Russia gloats but the message has to be clear…don’t come over here and arrogantly urinate on our doorstep.
This the only way to drive the Americans out who seem to think they have the god given right to emasculate the globe.
This cancer, localised in Ukraine which admittedly Russia allowed to fester will be cut out. Russia will be patient but it will prevail.
i caught that too.
what about Kievan aggression to Ukrainians 12,000 civilians killed? no weapons for them?
This point is that NATO countries look the other way. Hypocrisy
Naturlich! Look at the guy.
Even when they try to be fair, their hatred for Russia oozes out and the sad thing is that they don't even realize it
Well said
He fails to mention that Merkel and Hollande signed the Minsk treaty with malicius intent (as they both later admitted) to give Ukraine time to rearm. They never planed to implement what they signed.
Pascal, why you did not grill him for this obvious lie about "Minsk agreement"?
They are gonna call it Ukraine’s defeat not the NATO’s anyway so…😮
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@@jason8077 I agree with you
At the end it is Ukraine's defeat. These incompetent people, at the very beginning this so-called president, in fact a clown, let themselves convince to continue a fight they never could win.
It's amazing how propagandized Germany is that even a very open minded historian parrots propaganda from the West even when trying not too.
❤over 16 000 sanctions, Made Russia Great Again. The World Bank "Russia's economy is nr 4 in the World".⚖️
Putin is a political and economic power house, a superman with the WILL of a Superman.
The problem here lies on the wrong thinking that "west" must prevail. And the believe that NATO someway warranted peace is quite wrong, in my opinion!
And the notion NATO is defensive is nothing but wishful thinking because it fits perfectly into the hegemonic view of the collective West.
Germany is so irrelevant nowadays that is unbelievable
Well, a whole Europe around it depends on it.
A lot of manufacturing is done abroad to support German auto industry.. at least that's how it used to be
Germany is only one branch of the tree 👑
Germany is so relevant, it is believable.
@@ObjectiveMedia Germany would be, is, the roots.
Berlin, 1st Global Government Technology Centre.
the former general keeps insisting NATO is a defensive alliance against threats. This begs the question, defense for what, and against which threats? If we go down the list of NATO operations, it would be quite clear that the object for defense is US hegemony and interest, in whatever shape or form it might be, from political to material like oil. As for threat, anything or anyone who threatens the said object is considered a threat.
Take China for example. its not even in the same continent. Same as Russia, and yet they are the greatest threat to the US hegemony and interest, so they are a threat, despite the fact that they had deep economic ties with Europe and severing those is simply going to lead Europe down the path of economic stagnation. yet here we are, europe killing itself to ensure the actual object of defense remains intact. There is clear cause for concern that Russia can invade europe, given the past, however, this is also true that reason why this can happen is due to a lack of diplomacy.
Now they are all scared that trump will come and they'll be left to their own devices. Question you should be asking is, why should it matter to Europe who becomes president in another continent? You will have Russia on your border regardless. It's common sense to have a strong diplomatic team for that. Won't work now though. This is another reason why USA and NATO is so bad for Europe. To appease them, you antagonize Russia and China who are close by, to the point where there is active animosity now. Such a bizarre case of shortsightedness its baffling.
Don't try to understand german thinking....it will drive you as insane as they are...
NATO countries started hundreds of military attacks over last 50 years - hundreds!! what the heck? they can brainwash some people in their countries - but not the whole world! greetings from Moscow!
Eirich vad himself is an integral part of this problem. So biased (brain washed) is he that he blames Russia for the war in Ukraine when it is the USA and it's vassals such as NATO, Germany, the UK and the EU who started or aided this conflict in 2014. He is intrenched in his miguided ideology, he had to be to be promoted. Please understand the USA never left Germany after WW 2 ended and they virtually own NATO as well. In the light of these facts his opinion is irrelevant.
Annexation of Crimea ? Yes. RUssia 'annexed' Crimea from Ottoman Empire in 1787 when the mere word 'ukraine' did NOT yet exist till 1921 when Bolshevicks invented it and cut a huge chunk of Russian territory and called it 'ukraine'. But even then, Crimea was Russian, not ukrainian. Crimea is Russia. Period.
Absolutely correct
I totally agree with you but why in the world did Russia gift Crimea to Ukraine?
@@fixitright9709 Because a politruk wanted support from Ukrainian oligarchs in '50s. But Crimea had its own governing body - something people forget to mention.
Crimea was cut off of the Russian SSR (Russia) and ceded to the Ukrainian SSR by Nikita Khrushchev the Soviet dictator - willy-nilly - in 1954. At that time it had NO Ukrainian ethnic/language population whatsoever - virtually zilch. Even in 2014 - when Russia TOOK it BACK, 80% of the population was non-Ukrainian; mainly Russian and Crimean Tatars.
And... Russia's primary reason to take it back wasn't the majority Russian population. It was that the Russian Navy base, Sevastopol was to be handed over to the US Navy, by the coup-installed US puppets of Kiev.
FYI: I even know the building and can show on the map, which was to be converted to be the US Navy's headquarters. The US Navy even had a tender on its website, for the renovation/conversion.
Mensheviks but otherwise correct.
As far as NATO is concerned on concerned I agree with President Donald Trump that NATO is obsolete.
❤when we say "A"... Vicky Nuland (Nudelman) stated at the Press Club USA in 2014, "we have invested $5 billions in Ukra democracy". On 22.02.2014 the Western sponsored, financed and excuted a COUP took place.😂👍
She means she purchased shares in Royal Dutch Shell who were planning on developing the Dnieper basin. Those shares are now worthless.
@@ETALALNo, Vicky Nuland admitted to funding the coup in Kiev in 2014 through the State Dept. This is common knowledge.
Invested in Global Government.
@olliefoxx7165 yep, and on the phoneto McFaull she was caught out saying "f the EU, Yatz is our man"
Pure recorded proof she was behind it all, evil woman.
Pascal your guest appears to have a very short and selective memory about aggression. Germany was a fascist country and had aggressively invaded Russia and caused millions of deaths. Now, it is a joke that he sees Russia as an aggressor. As to the hostility to China, it is more bizarre. He should consult his history book about Germany’s agression in China in the 19 century- burning down the Summer Palace and the scramble for concessions in the Eastern part of China. China is thousands miles away from Germany. What had the people done to deserve to be killed because the allies just fancied trading their wares there? This ex-military is absurdly uneducated and swallowed the propaganda of the collective west. Since he is retired, he should use his time to re-educate himself. However, Pascal you have been kind to him to let him get away with his faulty logic and unwarranted assumptions.
Russia is the new fascist state and is used as the bulldog of China , if you don't get it. Sure, Pascal is a Swiss and Switzerland can harbor all the crook's money from Russia and China because well they have neutrality. The general was quit a pacifist and as European we should defend our interest.
It seems like you need to reeducate yourself, a fascist country was Italy, more under fascist regime, same as nacional socialist regime in Germany, which both came to rise because of previous war's & very open communist threat coming from USSR.
@@SickBoy82 Like the threat Germany was for the Ussr in the 1910th?
Sorry, this is bullshit. Get your facts straight. The summer palace was burned down by British troops. "Ok, you don't want to show this comment. Does the truth hurt too much?"
@@SickBoy82While I note the mistake made about the label- Nazi,Fascism, understanding more history about the rise of Bolshevism would help you not to store hatred in your heart.
It doesn't make any sense to me, if I drag someone into a fight against me, just because I don't like him, and then I say if I lose in that fight, he will start beating all the people around, and then he wants to beat the whole town. That's how this started, NATO provoked that war, forced Ukraine to terrorize the Russian population in Ukraine from 2014 to 2022, when the Russians started defending their people, and now NATO is saying that the Russians will go to the EU after Ukraine, and then go to whole world. It doesn't make any sense to me.
Russia will not accept “Western” Ukraine under NATO because Russia needs a buffer zone. Pascal Lottaz’s questions and comments were excellent, probing, challenging, offering more problem-solving alternatives. Mr. Vad’s reflections are not deep because he’s wedded to the problem-creating NATO establishment.
The man tries to be fair, but his war mongering background is confusing him.
"Europe must strengthen itself militarily and emancipate itself economically." That's exactly the opposite of what Merkel did.
She was truly very bad for Germany. She left it weaker and more dependent on Washington.
She destroyed what little union the European Union had.
That famous moment before she became chancellor where she went to Washington to come to power. - De Gaulle cries bitter tears in his grave.
No point in listening to a German who won't even talk about the destruction of Nordstream 2.
'NATO clearly a defensive alliance'? This muppet is an embarrasment.
If i was living supposedly free in a so called democratic country why is it not my right to have a less negative view of Russia?
Germany's people who support war in Ukraine, have not for 80 years facing war in their homeland. In war, there will be atrocities, that are unimaginable. In nuclear war, the beautiful garden of Europe, will be perished. And common or ordinary people of Germany cannot imagine it? Seems so far away, so romantic as in war movies? After the war movies, you can go home and enjoy your food, leisure at will. But in the real war at your home?
some pieces say US has tried to provoke NK,russia... others to do nuclear strike. I could see that why. I see parallel there that people who plan and want these things are exactly those going back home to watch tv with family. Just never should underestimate opponents. Dice throw can always change situation.
Ukraine was not and is not the same at Hungary or Czeckoslovakia were in 1950s, 1960s or are now.
Using that parallel and simplifications are not only wrong, it is danger
At first I thought Putin only wants to force NATO to recognize the security needs of Russia.
But now I see this has become an existential fight, which will probably end with the destruction of NATO. Reason being NATO is like the Black Knight in the Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie: it’s only a flesh wound……
Last year, the EU approved 12 sanction packages against Russia and the Russian economy grew 3%. Meanwhile, the German economy is in "tatters". The EU sanctioned itself.
This is the part that gets to me. The part of immigration. You cannot complain about illegal migration when you are the main contributor to the reason for that. You go to these countries and destabilize the place because you want your way and you want your resources without paying a fair cent for it. You turn the place into a hellhole for the locals and then you expect them to stay in that hellhole while you go live in the heaven you created WITH THEIR RESOURCES. What do you think was going to happen? Every human being wants comfort so if you deny others of it, don't expect to have it for yourself. Imagine sanctioning a country for trying to start an agricultural program so they can feed themselves without importing food. You want them to either buy food from you or die. You have no right to complain about illegal immigration. You caused it and still denying it. Own your faults, acknowledge them, and correct them and you will have peace.
It's called globalist, run by elite oligarchs whose aim is eugenics
He is a product of his environment and this is why he sees the world within defined boundaries. Like I said a product of his environment.
This man is half general (better side) and half politician (worst side).
Erich Vad #1 comedian every direction 🇩🇪 is facilitating conflict (supplying both 🇮🇱🇺🇦) what's with Germany🇩🇪 #PIPES 😭
Dude is part of the problem.
Dr. Vad what was your consul to Merkel in 2014, when the elected govt. of Ukraine was overthrown?
I found this interesting but I thought his opinion was very slanted, he was an adviser to Markel but didn’t mention that Markel admitted that Minsk 2 was just a lie 🤷♂️…which was an evil thing …Germany & France should have done what they sad they would.
He mentioned the Cuban missile crisis and how Kennedy got Russia to back down with the threat of nuclear war but didn’t mention it was the placement of missiles in Turkey that created the Russian counter move to place missiles in Cuba that’s what created the Cuban missile crisis 🤷♂️ and it was with Kennedy agreeing to remove the missiles from Turkey that solved the crisis…Russia didn’t actually back down 🤷♂️
I tend to think 🤔 he doesn’t like Russia and I got the feeling that he wants to rebuild the German and European military for a future war with Russia….just a feeling I got but he tried (to me) to portray Russia as a constant aggressor, he did it in a subtle way, partly by omission…as in the examples I mentioned above.
Still he was interesting to listen to and gave me a bit of insight into the German military establishments opinion.
being keen on NATO is a red flag to me lol.
regards from Australia 🇦🇺
Yep, you're right, and therein lies the problem - half truths., missing uncomfortable bits out.
Beware of AUKUS, it's another US trap. US trying to cajole NZ and other islands into it now too. We don't need nuclear in South Pacific, or we become a target
spot on. We in Russia are sick from hearing all this hypocrisy and bullshit about aggressive and evil Russia and friendly and defending NATO. Look how close we moved our country to the NATO bases. Certainly we are the bad guys!) We attacked only 2 countries - Georgia and Ukraine - and only because there was a NATO decision in 2008 to expand to these countries. War with Georgia was a week long - almost zero civilians died - and it was enough to change its policy towards NATO. Since then - we have good relationship. Then the Ukraine. We were telling hundreds of times from 2008 to 2021 that there will be no NATO there. Explaining our concerns, trying all the different ways to negotiate. Zero result. Our strong desire to avoid war was seen as weakness. So now we are explaining our position with other means.
Thanks for all your hard work bringing people on to speak, Pascal and team. You're doing a great job.
USA Thor nuclear missiles in Turkey were removed as the USSR was going to put their missiles into Cuba. They both removed their missiles.
The propagandain the West missed this point in 1963, as I remember it. They never mentioned any nuclear in Türkiye.
@@larsnystrom6698 Det är helt riktigt.
Sovjet ("Crusse") skulle framställas som "förlorare". Det var en sanning för mig under närmare 60 år.
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Not Thor, older type based on improved V-2. It was a face saving for soviet politicians, not of military importance.
At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, President Kennedy was surprised to discover that the U.S. had nuclear missiles in Turkey since 1958 aimed at the Soviet Union.
President Kennedy ordered the removal of U.S. nuclear missiles from Turkey, as part of the deal he struck with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Oct 19 2019: As Washington attempted to find a diplomatic way of responding to the Turkey’s invasion of Syria, an estimated 50 to 90 US nuclear tactic bombs B-61 are effectively stored in Turkey.
Turkey was not allowed its own supply of the weapons under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty the country signed in 1980.
@@ljubomirculibrk4097 thanks for the information. Face saving or not, both sides did the correct thing and removed missiles from each other’s borders.
and also... Türkiye, having been declined EU membership for 20+ years, will now not only join BRICS, but leave NATO sooner rather than later, I.e. don't count too much on the "second largest NATO army".
Looks like Erich Vad has a split mind. Truth and Delusion lives in peace in his had.
This màn is a Russia Hater.
Howcome?
He only hates what he's programmed to hate. Nothing personal.
@olliefoxx7165
Well, the video starts with there no diplomatic moves, which he deeply regrets.. there are no military solutions to this...
So it seems some haven't seen the video...
Yes, the person was a part of the military establishment, so some things are part of his job... so calling names might make some people "feel" better, but that's it..
He is just a typical German.
They still can't get over their loss in WW II
@@olliefoxx7165 it's personal, because he benefits from the hate
According to this general "Nato is defensive" tell that to Yugoslavia, Lybia, Syria and Afghanistan!
Otto Von Bismark lo dijo claramente, si quieren Paz en Europa se necesita un buen tratado con Rusia. Cuando Alemania ha tenido buenas relaciones con Rusia siempre ha habido Paz en el Viejo Continente
It's interesting how all the West sees Cuban crisis. They all are confusing cause and consequence. I'm surprised that even people like him don't know. Probably he knows, but won't admitt it because of their bias or are taking orders from the boss.
Cuban crisis didn't start because Soviets wanted to put their missiles on Cuba. It started because Soviets wanted missiles removed from Turkey.
Soviets shipped missiles on the decks of the ships, clearly visible..... Why? So Americans could see them. Do you think Soviets didn't have capacities to transport them secretly? They could do that an when they would have been installed, they ciuld just present the fact and US could do squat.
US, and consequentially the whole obedient West portray Cuban crisis as Kennedy's victory, but, in fact, it was more Khruschev's victory. US did what Soviets wanted, they removed missiles from Turkey.
But US will never admitt that, they claim they removed them because they were already obsolete and they already planned to remove them... That's b.s. If that were the case, they would just replace them with new ones, but didn't.
So, USSR just proceeded with a military parade to show that they could do it?
Owned media lies.
@@MKSense1You really don't get it, right? They played a game of poker, a bit dangerous one, of course, to get US missiles out of Turkey, which happened to be on their border.
I heard it was MILLIONS OF UKRAINIANS including surrounding countries altogether like Poland says they have more than that. They left to avoid the forced kidnapping/conscription off the streets and where about 500,000 are presumed dead and twice that injured. Many are Ukrainian and Russian speaking even though Zelensky BANNED THAT RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, BANNED THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX and even passed a Bill to allow unapproved by relatives, organ harvesting. Yeah! Ukraine is what sort of democracy?
It is millions. The German said 700,000 fighting age men. He didn't count the women, children and old folks.
They never mention it but there are Ukrainians that have no quarrel with the Russians.
In fact these people were summarily executed in the early days of the war, simply by being suspected of being collaborators of the enemy, and the Russians accused of the massacre.
Thank-you Pascal for having the strength of character to interview someone you much disagree with - because a very interesting discussion resulted.
Thank-you Dr Vad likewise.
For somebody who's living in Eastern Europe Germany not having an army is good
Yes and...no.
A good army is an army that focuses solely on territorial defense.
Having a standing defensive army is crucial for the national morale and an important social outlet for a certain demographic of a nation.
The problem is to hedge against the extraterritorial use of a national army by lunatic politicians who have zero qualms in sending the children of their compatriots to die abroad for hegemonic or economic wars abroad...
Especially since about half the people still think along the same lines as the (former, kind of), Axis... according to polls.
Germany gas a rubbish army. They cannot dictate their own will to US, UK and French armies that based in Germany. In result, German army can't protect gaspipes and have to listen what americans are saying
@@silenciothequiet3471 Being an occupied vassal of the US is hard to seriously believe Germany is an independent actor instead of being used by the US as their master.
NATO is not a defensive alliance, it offensive & has caused more wars than it has prevented, what say the general?
🇵🇱🔚🏳️Poland donated 300 tanks which are almost all destroyed, so there are no tanks left. Despite,the government is pushing for a direct involvement in the Eastern Front. Hooray.😂NATO's air defence can defend less than 5% of the strategic objects on the Eastern flank.😱
😂😂 i hope the Poles aren't hoping to get some tanks from the US, otherwise they will be unpleasantly surprised
Europe is undefendable. Any bomb anywhere is a catastrophy. In the USA they still think they are safe, but that's no longer the case.
The USA may lose this war without a single bullet: digitally and financially. Innovation will come from Asia, the Dollar will no longer be dominant.
The Rust Belt is spreading out in many other sectors of society, in different forms. The USA is done. They can no longer do what they did 55 years ago: fly to the moon and come back.
Bankrupt. Finito. Europe should disconnect and concentrate on Eurasia.
Those 5% of NATO’s air defence is useless anyway.
Panowie Kukuła, Hołownia, Kosiniak-Kamysz, Skrzypczak, Sikorski-Applebaum... - to samozwańczy "eksperci" od Wschodu, którzy cierpią na wielkopańsko-sarmackie kompleksy wyższości wobec Rosji i Rosjan czego nawet nie ukrywają.
Ten "prometeizm", zaściankowa mania wielkości śmieszy i jednocześnie przeraża.
Ich bohaterska buńczuczność i zakrapiana drwiną arogancja przypomina mi wypowiedzenie wojny Japonii przez Polski Rząd Emigracyjny w Londynie 11 grudnia 1941.
Iście szwoleżerska brawura tej decyzji zapisała się złotymi zgłoskami w historii II WŚ obok deklaracji wojny Stanom Zjednoczonym i Wielkiej Brytanii przez pozbawione dostępu do morza Węgry czy Słowację w 1941 roku, akt wojny wypowiedziany III Rzeszy przez rząd San Marino w 1944 roku bądź przyłączenie się plemienia Kwazulu w RPA do koalicji antyhitlerowskiej w 1943 roku.
Spodziewałem się, że w imieniu prezydenta Dudy... i prezydenta Zeleńskiego - będziemy zaproszeni na uroczyste podpisanie aktu kapitulacji Rosji w... Perejesławiu.
Nie chcę nikogo rozczarowywać ale obecnie Polska jest traktowana w politycznych elitach Rosji nie jako podmiot ale instrument Waszyngtonu. Nic więcej.
Polscy politycy zanim zaczniecie wnikać w istotę stosunków Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej i Rosji, proszę się uważnie przyjrzeć naszym POPiSowym mężom stanu "po kelnersku" stojącym na baczność nie tylko przed (nie mniej karykaturalnym od Breżniewa) Bidenem ale nawet przed drugorzędnymi, leniwie żującumi gumę anglojęzycznymi urzędasami.
Przytoczę "ekspertom" humorystyczną i otrzeźwiającą metaforę:
Idzie mrówka przez most u boku słonia i z dumą krzyczy: "Słoniu, ale ten most się pod nami ugina!"
Trudno nazwać Polskę krajem niepodległym, skoro na naszym terytorium znajdują się obce bazy wojskowe (pamiętacie jeszcze "Fort Trump"? :-) ... o eksterytorialnym "ośrodku krzewienia zachodnich wartości cywilizacyjnych" i klasycznym przykładzie naszej suwerenności w Kiejkutach nie wspominając.
Ponoć Putin nigdy nie wybaczy Polsce pomarańczowej rewolucji???
Nie zajęcie Moskwy przez Żółkiewskiego w 1610 roku? Nie wojny napoleońskie? Nie ”Cud nad Wisłą”?
A ja myślałem, że do dziś Putin nie wybaczył Polakom ”gestu Kozakiewicza” na Olimpiadzie w Moskwie w 1980 roku.
Mówią oni o Rosji w oderwaniu od ogólnej sytuacji geopolitycznej na świecie.
Nie dociera do nich oczywista prawda, że - z moralnego punktu widzenia - cynizm i wyrachowanie Putina w niczym się nie różni od hypokryzji Bidena i jego minionów w Paryżu, Londynie , Berlinie a nawet w Brukseli.
Nasi eksperci lubują się w wylewaniu wszelakich pomyjów na Rosję/Rosjan.
Jeżeli chcecie ujrzeć ludzi walających się "w gównie" zapraszam nie, nie, nie do Moskwy czy St Petersburga ale do nowojorskiego metra, na ulice Chicago, Seatle czy nawet San Francisco.
Uwielbiają oni przeginać "przysłowiowa pałę" w kwestii Katynia.
Film Wajdy "Katyń" był w szerokiej dystrybucji w "totalitarnej" Rosji, natomiast film Smarzowskiego "Wołyń" do dziś jest zakazany w naszej "braterskiej" Ukrainie.
Wszyscy bez wyjątku ani słowem nie wspominają o przeszytych na wskroś nazistowską ideologią herosach z "Azova", "Ajdara", "S14", "Тоrnado"... i banderowcach z "Prawego Sektora".
Ci wytatuowani od stóp do głów hitlerowskimi symbolami siepacze leczą się dziś... nie uwierzycie... w niemieckich i izraelskich szpitalach.
Synkowie ukraińskich patriotów-prominentów, którzy nie opuścili jeszcze Ukrainy zapytani dlaczego nie wstąpili do wojska odpowiadają, że - w przeciwieństwie do wcielanych prosto z ulicy - on “nie mają wojskowych nawyków i nie nadają do służby w amii. Ukraińskie "elity" wraz z członkami programu ”Kwartał 95” dziś topią swoją depresję i... ukraiński fatalizm w alkoholu z domieszką amfetaminy na tonącym banderowskim "Titanicu". To rosyjskojęzyczne towarzystwo wzajemnej adoracji tworzy rdzeń Partii prezydenta Zieleńskiego, który - tak jak większość z nich - nadal uczy się języka ukraińskiego w trybie przyśpieszonym.
Na zakończenie przypomnę polskim politykom... i nie tylko , że tym rosyjskim imperialistom my Polacy (wraz z innymi wschodnioeuropejskimi "untermensch'ami") zawdzięczmy swoje biologiczne istnienie.
Mamy 600 000 powodów aby o tym zawsze pamiętać przechadzając się i rozmawiając po polsku na ulicach malowniczych prastarych piastowskich miast:
Litzmannstadt, Allenstein, Elbing, Danzig, Gotenhafen, Zoppot, Kolberg, Stolp, Swinemünde, Misdroy, Stettin, Küstrin, Bromberg, Posen, Graudenz, Breslau, Ohlau, Oppeln, Görlitz, Königshütte, Gleiwitz, Kattowitz, Beuthen, Thorn, Glogau, Hirschberg, Liegnitz, Schweidnitz, Glatz, Waldenburg, Grünberg, Hindenburg... tak wspaniałomyślnie przekazanych nam po 1945 roku przez naszych zachodnich sąsiadów.
'military aid to Ukraine must not be escalatory, it must not lead to a third world war' - But a great power proxy war is Europe is OK?!? :/
I guess I see the timeline differently - I posit the epoch-defining illegal act was the 2014 US coup; not the 2022 RU intervention.
His logic is flawed, he gets some facts right but from true premises he draws wrong conclusions
The objective of the war in Ukraine, from a western government prospective, is actually pretty evident: to weaken Russia, cause a regime change that puts into power someone amenable to western interests (as in mainly US interests), break the collaboration between Russia and China and (for Poland and the Baltic states at least) Balkanize Russia turning it into a minor power. Is this realistic? Facts on the ground say it is not and even that war strengthened Russia’s ties with China, but the people who want and support war are to committed (better: have got us too committed) to their project to admit its failure.
I don't understand how this isn't more widely understood considering it is clearly outlined in policy papers.
The borders of Ukraine has shifted so many times in history
❤the TRUE worth of Ukra democracy described senator L Graham for the ABC TV US "the rare metal of Ukra are worth $10-12 trillions, we are not going to give it to Putin and China".😂
He’s an idiot!
And the other one who said that the war is a good "investment" since they get to (try) weaken Russia, and no American is dying there (yet)
@@jullietmburu9672 how do we know... that newspiece in public contractors "could be" sent to ukraine means likely there already are bunch of them and doing who knows what. Task and purpose made video how CIA had,has multiple hq's in ukraine for over 10 years(caveat if russia managed to bomb some of them).
Folow the many,natural resources etc. simply generation of young Ucraine man dyes for nothing &proxy war remember relative agriments in Minsk 😮 !
When Graham says "we" he means his portfolio...
Once again, Mr Pascal, your efforts to bring diverse voices to the podcast is much appreciated. We need to know how and what the relevant professionals think of the current issues.
When Biden / Blinken / StoĺtenbersaysJUMP!
Scholz /Macron -JUMP!
Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity.
In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas.
If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy.
Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements.
Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time.
Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns.
20th September, 2021: Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO.
NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter).
We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc.
Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster?
Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest.
Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland.
Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed.
Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”.
Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it.
Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country.
Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list.
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list.
There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence).
The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present.
Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave.
Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P.
The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims).
The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter.
I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion.
I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written.
Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.
He's an actor, he plays parts, he gets paid well.
When he's done his job, they will move him on. But I don't know how he could live with himself, with all those dead boys and men.
A real mafioso actor.
Everything you said was absolutely correct.
Don't forget Gonzalo Lira, a US/Chilean citizen, twice put in jail for his journalism and murdered. Crickets from the US. Unbelievable evil people in Ukraine, Banderites.
I don't trust this man
Trust no one.
To bad! I do! 😂
This discussion doesn't seem to call for trust but another contribution to the international online library of perspectives. The fact this came up on your feed suggests you seek out myriad views.
Nothing to do with trust, simply a perspective from the European and specifically, German.
You shouldn't trust him you should listen to his opinions bc he is a product of an occupied nation that parrots a prescribed view. He is speaking from a priveldged position and echoes a certain segment of the German establishment. Although Germany is a lackey state they still provide relevant insight.
SE Asia was all about freedom from colonial and imperial rulers and countries free sovereign independence .. and the only option to fight against hundreds of years of colonial occupation was framed by western countries only as communist growth and not independence ..
If NATO is a defence security organisation how come it spread to Russia frontiers ???
Germany: You can't win a war against Russia.
Zelensky: Why?
Germany: Because we already tried and it didn't end well for us.
I always find it strange that "appeasement" is never thought the other way. Russia allowing NATO enlargement could considered NATO appeasement as well.
Very good point. The Russians did everything possible, even appeasement to avoid a war. They were most definitely provoked beyond reason to act.
He is adviser, but it is not korret what he said, Russian dos not annexed, people have choose Russian. Therefore Germany is in bad situation, If the advise is false.....
Agreed. Blame Western media.
The EU isn't democratic, it shut down all alternative news outlets.
The EU is a vassal of the US... a lap dog..
An excellent military strategic realist and thinker. Sadly, he made the fundamental mistake of naming the wrong countries as the European threats. He has eventually leaked out his pro western hegemony nature in his outlook of world affairs. A question that he should asked himself is that after the collapse of Soviet Union, who were the war makers of the world?
Thanks to the host who asked good questions.
Eric Vad hasn't worked it out; bro not once did he say TALK TO PUTIN
It takes a while...to release yourself from the political and military entanglement of a lifetime. He was part of Merkles govt that orchestrated the nordstream 2. It's great that he's on Pascals channel..
Europe must stand on its own two feet and think for itself.
Germany would probably benefit more than any other European nation from the Asian Silk Road initiative (upon full completion). An overland transport system designed for high volume is less costly than ocean shipping. Germany's talent for designing and manufacturing high-end products of quality will always result in global trade advantages, including that which could stem from the Eurasian masses in their billions. The German dilemma is fundamentally one of being caught in the past, with a deep political animus against Russia, as voiced by General Vad. To regain the high status it once held, Germany's near-vassal status should be transcended in order to maximize its national potential. It's been long enough.
Animus?... well actually countries like Poland the Baltic States have much much more hardline stance to Russia.
You are ignorant to believe that China wants that after so many patents and technology stolen now they want to invade the Europe market with their machinery. What will become of Europe, where technology will be created .
germany doesnt have that but it is pushed via international western organizations to their benefit. germany as country tries their best to counter these things but big interests seem to use these as excuse and blackmail to turn population against self interests.
Pascal is brilliant but he should call this man out as a fantasist.
This so typical European bullshit He is not an historian
He is a globalist or establishment "historian". It's more of a selective political recantation than actual history.
Even if this gentleman has a more reasonable position than the rest of the Europeans regarding the war in Ukraine, we feel that he is a proven Atlanticist. He often avoids directly answering uncomfortable questions and refuses to acknowledge that this is a US provocation against Russia. For example, the sabotage of direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations by Boris Johnson, he completely avoided the question. When he talks about Russia as a future threat to Europe, he is completely wrong, when did Russia attack a Western European country unless it itself was attacked?
Not impressed by this guy at all, just parroting the west's jargon
Clearly a man of the military industrial complex MIC 🤷♀️
Fascinating how this former General is still sharing NATO propagamda stories on topics like Butcha and NorthStream
In the summary at the beginning, he says that It is a bizarre situation?! I don't think there is anything bizarre about stupidity :)
@@nbeizaie it’s not “stupidity” it’s imperialism
Stupid imperialism
@@HANZELVANDERLAAY they are many things but unfortunately for us, stupid isn’t one of them. Arrogant maybe, but not stupid.
Hegemonic wars can't be put under the label of "stupidity": they are motivated by an ideology that has been constructed and sold over a period of time and they require planning which requires competences and skills.
Had the Ukrainian NATO-project been successful, the "stupidity" of this proxy war would have been branded as a resounding victory for..hmm.. civilization.
Stupidity, hypocrisy I would say. Did he advise Merkel to sign Minsky agreement and not to make Ukraine follow it? And to arm Ukrainian nazis? How much blood of donbass children is on his hands?
NORDSTREAM 2 😂 no balls to investigate
Some are saying that Ukraine is winning, contrary to what is happening on the war front.
These are the daydreamers....They have not woken up as yet....
Found a Warsaw Pact vs NATO map
We can see the creep Eastward
Including gobbling up previously neutral states
The Americans did what they accuse the Russians of wanting to do, and frightened the Europeans with that.
I’m amazed as to how Mr Vad is constantly contradicting himself, and surprised that u didn’t call him out on it!!
In the description, Pascal says he doesn't fully nor partially agree with the guest, but he thinks like there's a rational conversation to be had,,
@@jullietmburu9672 as a host one should call out on it! Is it this or that? Simple as…
He dares not cross that line in the current climate. It's called a general's instinct for self-preservation. At least he set forth the cold reality of it all, which takes a lot of courage in Germany. I am baffled by how a highly cultured nation, with such a profound abundance of native intelligence, can so easily be manipulated by the elite party line in any given year.
@ivetajo71
Well, he also had some criticism of Nato policy, lack of diplomacy, etc... That led to conflict. Yes, he was very much part of the Nato establishment. But one of the more saner voices. So one can go after him... and then there will be no conversation, but sure, everyone in their respective echo chambers will be happy...
@@jtcouch You are speaking of a domesticated nation.
Q well russia is not the problem it’s nato and it’s bases
Look at the map ignorant to see what territory has to defend Russia to their enormity of their land and still don't have enough? This country should be broke a part and given to China and Japan in the far East. They think they devised a plan with China , let see how this will end. China has prospered because of money and technology invested from West there, not because of Russian bolshevism and imperial ambitions. If China can't see that is their problem.
I predicted long time ago that when west Germany would annex East Germany and move the capital from Bonn to Berlin this will result in new militarism and belligerency. From national socialism to green socialism.
The red and black has changed to green?
@@kitcat4512 yes. The greens are the war party and green socialism is as bad as national socialism.
With all respect to you but,i can't continue to watch your video.The man that you ave invited is a stooge,when you asked the question in regards to North stream,he went around and around and then he said: I do not want to talk about it.
You shoul have said to him; Good bye,i would have.
This is the reason i have no more desire to hear him.
Best Regards to You.
You must understand, we need to hear what the stooge establishment thinks and says just as well as what the facts are themselves. These are the people that control things in Germany. We must know their limitations and thought processes.
@@olliefoxx7165 I agree with you but,I am sick and tired of listening to this scum!
Too difficult for all of Nato to acknowledge that the US, - Biden, Nuland, and even Trump wanted it destroyed. To acknowledge it would be to accuse your boss of an act of war against you.
Like rape.
The US resented Germany getting cheap Russian gas which created a mega industrial powerful state. Couldn't be abided by the US hegemon.
None of the Baltic states, Norway, Sweden, Denmark came up with any conclusions, but they all know, but can't say - yet.
Dark moments ahead for Europe.Nobody seem to understand the horor of war
Sad, he doesn’t have the guts to talk about Norstream.