A ceasefire would be terrible because russia can then dig in, fortify and then have another go in a few years. Also, this rewards aggressive behavior which apparently the lessons from the 1930s have not been absorbed by western politicians.
"Today we are witnessing an almost uncontained hyper use of force - military force - in international relations, force that is plunging the world into an abyss of permanent conflict"..."We are seeing a greater and greater distain for the principles of International law." Putin's 2007 Munich conference speech.
@@stuartwray6175 yep, Pootin was prepping to invade as well as use hybrid warfare. He is actually very sharp and even brilliant, and i dn't give compliments in that rgard easily , especialy to thugs. But he IS highly skilled at speaking or getting the right ppl to write his speeches, which experts have said appaer to be his own ideas, since he often speaks very naturally as thought they are his ideas or that he at least comprehends them. This regime is MORe dangerous than the 3rd Reich, imho. I studied formally at a very keen uni program in international politics (which includes several fields of course). Prepare for war now.
trump the USA will betray Ukraine, trump has talked about removing all sanctions against Russia.... no one can trust trump, or Putin, in fact the Americans are not trustworthy as a nation either, no different than Russia.... I pray Ukriane will stay the course and push these orc's out of thier lands. trump wants to remove Ukriane from the news cycle as it takes away from himself. also trump is seeking a Nobel Peace Award and this is his goal, if Ukriane survives as a nation or not, he does not give a damn
@@18_rabbit Stop praising the guy as a genius, the invasion was a complete miscalculated disaster. Everything the russians thought was going to happen was wrong. Putin's interviews are just him acting clueless about questions, pretending like he doesn't know the intent behind them, and using his answers to offload responsibility for whatever the issue is to the other parties involved like nothing has anything to do with him or russia.
why? The US started the war. The USA has a $36 trillion debt. Russia has $70 trillion assets. The US, UK, and France want to steal assets, just like the UK and France have been doing for centuries
It took me a second to recognize Sweeney when he began reporting on Ukraine, but it hit me pretty fast that he was the dude that produced that amazing Scientology exposé a couple of years back.
@@JYRIVIRMA In reality they are vastly underplaying the toxicity and malevolence of Trump. Its very difficult for "normal" people to understand how deranged Trump really is.
Respect to you and Mr. Sweeney. Ukraine is not the sacrificial lamb, the west actually is. If it is not NATO then Ukraine WILL reinstate nuclear weapons!
I think they should, after handing it all over to be let down so badly, I heard a podcast with Ben hodges and when I read how the memorandum read he didn't like it because saw what they were doing all the way back then, they the US UK Russia had no intention to forfill any part of it. Hopefully Ukraine has already started.
just gonna upvote it rightaway - your videos are always great (even if stuff i have already heard before), and John Sweeney should be a good match for such an upvote. :') !
also thanks for interviewing the COO of Bluesky recently. 😍was a great interview, lovely personality, and helped me figure if i should even give Bluesky any attention at all, which i did not for Twitter, or the post-Musk-acquisition-of-it X adaptation. 😼.
Just a correction, Biden didn't "lose" in Afghanistan. It was Trump that signed the deal with Taliban to withdraw all troops, advisors, trainers, security and other personnel within 14 months. Biden just had the ungrateful task of getting handed the cards Trump left after he got fired from his job. Trump also abruptly abandoned their Kurdish allies in Syria, and I think these things tells us all there is to say about a future with Trump. He never understood international politics. All he cares about and understand (somewhat) outside of the U.S. is who are their customers, and who are their competitors. He's a glorified used car salesman with near unlimited power, and he will do whatever he can to make himself and his friends richer, that is his ultimate goal.
The Biden administration ignored the prior arrangements. The Kurdish allies are communists. We'll see how your your views hold up. Your views are a decade old.
At 20:43 min mark, Mr Sweeney says, regarding foreign troops in Ukraine for logistics, training and support roles "...it becomes harder for the Russian to bomb Ukraine willy-nilly...", in the Cold War days this was called a "trip-wire force", most notable stationed in West Berlin (an island in the middle of Soviet East Germany - the GDR) and they essentially prevented the Soviets attacking and over-running West-Berlin for fear of killing French, or British or American troops and dragging those countries into a potential war (hence trip-wire). These "trip-wire" forces deterred the Soviets. They can do the same for us in Ukraine as Mr Sweeney (and Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges at the Chatham House event) pointed out.
Agreed. But, moreover, the combined military personnel of the UK, France, Poland and a smattering of other supportive nations numbers well over half a million. We could surely offer twenty or thirty thousand non-combatant specialist troops to fulfil ancillary roles, as mentioned early in the video. This would enable the AFU to do the fighting, give a boost to all Ukrainians everywhere, flip the bird to the Kremlin and precipitate the end of the invasion.
Finally! They got video of Trump with a young girl when he was visiting Russia scouting for the miss world pageant. Trump stayed in the home of an American businessman married to a connected Russian woman and that's when they got him. Interestingly that man has never been back to the US. So the pee pee tape is just a stand in for the real thing. I really appreciate your direct and honest discussion of the probable reality of the situation.
Trump has weathered way worse. The orange frump has slithered out of the most egregious behavior including felonious criminal acts and underage sex, etc and NOBODY CARES! Entertaining the masses gives you a pass, especially if you entertain their racism and deepest, darkest fears and longings. Everyone loves a winner! Putin is losing and Trump detests a loser. That will sink Vova.
Love Sweeney! Love Ukraine! I’m just an American… as an American taxpayer, why has not everybody in Ukraine enlisted in the Army? Europe this is your backyard! President Trump please help these people! Help us first, but please help Ukraine! Europe, wake up!
Follow up… you Europeans always say, send NATO in. If America was not in NATO would you say that? Wake up. News flash! Poland is truly a never again country! The UK is. For now. Bloody hell! Us Americans don’t have free health insurance… you people better wake up. Stop bitching about Americans not paying for you. We are regular people too. I want NATO. But, not with out you!
You bloody need to wake up Europe! I love Ukraine! Ukrainians, I would have enlisted long ago! Save your country! Europe, stop relying on the USA. Follow Poland! Go Poland! UK! You are are great too! Stand up!
@@hififlipper In all history, the common folk are gaslighted and lied to by reigning power, be it emperor or king, pope or priest, president or ceo. The reigns now in the hands of a global corporate hegemony. The chess pieces moved around by billionaires.
Why can’t the U.S. and U.K. evoke their commitment to the 1994 Budapest Treaty to protect Ukraine? Surely this alone has a huge moral standing?? As such, offer true security guarantees for Ukraine???
@@thinker646even more reason for both the U.K. and U.S. to morally protect Ukraine. History has shown that Russia will never adhere to any deals or agreements, only a capitulation of the current Kremlin regime will change the status quo to truly offer a lasting peace.
Great words with authority on the situation in Ukraine, Putin and Trump. For explaining the porn tape threats as an intimidation between mafia bosses that may backfire.
Great to see John, merci Johnathan. Here's a thought: God, I wish you two were advising Zelensky or NATO. Regarding Trump, all that has come out of his rape charges means that Kompromat means nothing. This might be Trump's chance to show that he can be a LEADER, that he can be a WINNER ( he would like that😂)
You mentioned a couple of specific examples (rouble, population), but I'd posit that everything is tanking in russia except their army, who are quad biking and loafing instead.
John S was the first person almost 3 years ago that I found taking on Putler in Ukraine! It led me to ATP Pre geopolitics version and so many more today. Thank you John!! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!!
Mr. Trump's views on Ukraine. On Dec. 18, he said Russia was the cause of the war, and he noted that Russia was weak due to Syria and Ukraine. I will remind your guest that Mr. Trump believes in negotiating starting with more power than the other side.
Where do you come up with narrative that Trump is strong? Going back four years him and his political supporters have said nothing but negative things about Ukraine Until I see Trump actually do something concrete positive for Ukraine you and Trump are full of shit
Would you please do something with your background? To me, the blur is unprofessional for someone that has the amazing guests you do. I'd be fine with your real living room over the blur.
Thank you Jonathan. Volunteers are needed for the next stage. The target will be the RU government. Please look for us. No special skills are required.🖥⚡🔥😎
Heads up! (My apology for writing another comment) Mitch McConnell has written a very relevant article (to this discussion) in 'Foreign Affairs' entitled 'The Price of American Retreat; Why Washington Must Reject Isolationism and Embrace Primacy'. A must-read, but of course far too late to make any difference.
I don’t consider our retreat from Afghanistan, Richard, and it was because of Donald who told the enemy exactly when we’re gonna leave that they planned to make us regret it when we left knowing full well that he might not be president next time around and it just be one more pain in the ass for the Democrats to deal with But our efforts in Afghanistan were a good one because they have a lot of rare earth minerals and we want to make sure we have access to them and not our adversaries
What? Afghanistan was good because they have rare earths? Everyone has rare earths. They aren't rare. It's processing them that's the hurdle. I'm not singling you out but the utter lack of knowledge on the (given) relevant subject is rampant and contributes to these ridiculous conclusions.
Thank you, Jonathan and John Sweeny, for another excellent conversation. The only thing I want to hear from all "leaders" is "Get out of Ukraine" - pressure must be put on the aggressor, not the defenders. I am so sick of the perpetrator-victim reversal. No negotiations with errorists! Once the oblasts are occupied, they are lost (torture, displacement, indoctrination, ...). We don't need "peacekeepers" but boots on the ground who help throw the invaders out. Does the Evil Empire have kompromat on all our "leaders"? If so: we will forgive everything, but we will not forgive NOT securing Ukraine's victory within internationally recognized borders! 🇺🇦 Перемоги та миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦
Listening to Trump’s comments about the deep strikes into Russia with ATACMS, I get despondent about the outcome of this war. Trump does not understand that this is not about saving lives but about the existential survival of the very Ukrainian identity. Russia must be defeated, this is not a deal, this is war.
This is so good...and so devastating, I have to take a break from feeling such anger directed at the wobbly West chocolate soldiers who have actually FAILED UKRAINE (most of them). I'm steaming again. Love listening to you two.
No way I want a British nuclear guarantee be given, absent US/NATO support. I'm thinking, why did UK, France and US not fulfil their commitments to ensure Ukrainian territory under Budapest? We always raise it to point to Russia's breaking of their guarantee, but we broke our part too? And it wasn't even noticed, it was barely remarked upon.
absolutely abso brilliant interview/discussion! Sweeney is so on target here, i'm blown away. Fantastic! Indeed, DJT will probably have some decent thinkers in his military and diplo realms, but some really bad ones as well, or severely mediocre such as Hegspeth who is vacuous to put it nicely. Core ppl with might behind them from the past will not be serving, such as Pompeo (whom i dislike anyway but he did have skills). As an american i'm pretty concerned about the bumpy ride ahead, but we shall see. I also presume that if the SHTF (hits the fan), some key thinkers will be consulted even if privately/secretly to inform the WH what to do. I also agree that if kompromat actually exists, it's of something other than normal/successful sexual relations. I am not quite sure it exists though, bcuz the Ru's know that even the appearance of its existence would be THE most brilliant play of all time visavis a group of players like DJT who really are not chess players seemingly, i.e have always seemed slow, to me (of course russians/ussr have always thought of americans as "idiots", ie idealist, naive, etc, and they were partly right to a significant extent in the past, and frankly now as well insofar as the uninformed/uneducated aspect of significant parts of the american political powerstructure.
35:47 - Millions of Ukrainian refugees moving to Western countries with a shrinking population problem which could soon cripple their future economies isn’t necessarily looked on as a bad thing by some. Especially seeing as those already in Germany, Poland etc have boosted the economy by finding work & ‘fitting in’ shall I say. I fear there’s possibly more heartless calculating going on behind the scenes & there’s hidden reasons why UA hasn’t been given full support since day one. This war should’ve & could’ve been won by Ukraine years ago now and hasn’t for reasons
Kelloggs plan was virtually giving Putin everything he wanted. He is a tired old man that jumped for the spotlight so he is a no go for Ukraine. Always great to hear John Sweeney talk. Thanks for the viewing
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I could listen to these two men ponder back and forth for days on end. Very very interesting. Thank you gentlemen.
Oh boy 🤦🏽♂️
They are walking joke.
A ceasefire would be terrible because russia can then dig in, fortify and then have another go in a few years. Also, this rewards aggressive behavior which apparently the lessons from the 1930s have not been absorbed by western politicians.
"Today we are witnessing an almost uncontained hyper use of force - military force - in international relations, force that is plunging the world into an abyss of permanent conflict"..."We are seeing a greater and greater distain for the principles of International law."
Putin's 2007 Munich conference speech.
@@stuartwray6175 yep, Pootin was prepping to invade as well as use hybrid warfare. He is actually very sharp and even brilliant, and i dn't give compliments in that rgard easily , especialy to thugs. But he IS highly skilled at speaking or getting the right ppl to write his speeches, which experts have said appaer to be his own ideas, since he often speaks very naturally as thought they are his ideas or that he at least comprehends them. This regime is MORe dangerous than the 3rd Reich, imho. I studied formally at a very keen uni program in international politics (which includes several fields of course). Prepare for war now.
trump the USA will betray Ukraine, trump has talked about removing all sanctions against Russia.... no one can trust trump, or Putin, in fact the Americans are not trustworthy as a nation either, no different than Russia.... I pray Ukriane will stay the course and push these orc's out of thier lands. trump wants to remove Ukriane from the news cycle as it takes away from himself. also trump is seeking a Nobel Peace Award and this is his goal, if Ukriane survives as a nation or not, he does not give a damn
@@18_rabbit Stop praising the guy as a genius, the invasion was a complete miscalculated disaster. Everything the russians thought was going to happen was wrong. Putin's interviews are just him acting clueless about questions, pretending like he doesn't know the intent behind them, and using his answers to offload responsibility for whatever the issue is to the other parties involved like nothing has anything to do with him or russia.
The whole situation is a tradegy.
Russia can be beaten.
We must continue to assist.
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why? The US started the war. The USA has a $36 trillion debt. Russia has $70 trillion assets. The US, UK, and France want to steal assets, just like the UK and France have been doing for centuries
Stupid Russian bot
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agreed
Thanks Johnathan and John Sweeney.
It took me a second to recognize Sweeney when he began reporting on Ukraine, but it hit me pretty fast that he was the dude that produced that amazing Scientology exposé a couple of years back.
Sweeney's orange hat is iconic now
Sit down whilst I tell you that it was way back in 2007.
“YOU WERE NOT THERE, TOMMY!”
Will never forget that explosive rant
Thank you Jonathan and to John Sweeny too.
Yes but regarding Trump they are prejudiced. My only wish to this program: Wake Up!
@@JYRIVIRMA In reality they are vastly underplaying the toxicity and malevolence of Trump. Its very difficult for "normal" people to understand how deranged Trump really is.
Thank you Jonathan for an amazing discussion as usual. You never fail to please. Slava Ukraini.
Respect to you and Mr. Sweeney. Ukraine is not the sacrificial lamb, the west actually is. If it is not NATO then Ukraine WILL reinstate nuclear weapons!
Who could blame them
I think they should, after handing it all over to be let down so badly, I heard a podcast with Ben hodges and when I read how the memorandum read he didn't like it because saw what they were doing all the way back then, they the US UK Russia had no intention to forfill any part of it. Hopefully Ukraine has already started.
@69kiwijon treachery of the worst sort
Great episode, Jonathan! Thanks.
What a sweet man! Thank you.
just gonna upvote it rightaway - your videos are always great (even if stuff i have already heard before), and John Sweeney should be a good match for such an upvote. :') !
also thanks for interviewing the COO of Bluesky recently. 😍was a great interview, lovely personality, and helped me figure if i should even give Bluesky any attention at all, which i did not for Twitter, or the post-Musk-acquisition-of-it X adaptation. 😼.
The closer you are to the real place, the better you know the reality. Thank you!
First human comment then, fucking good job johnathan. Pleased to be an avid supporter. Sweeney is real... so are you. Very best 👌
♥️♥️♥️👍👍👍
Thank you very much, J and J!!!
@@SiliconCurtain Why are you high on copium? To the last Ukrainian? That is the plan?
My favorite guys coming in loud and clear! Excellent.
Thanks so much for creating and sharing this informative interview. Great job. Keep it up.
Slava Ukraini. Heroyam Slava.
Just a correction, Biden didn't "lose" in Afghanistan. It was Trump that signed the deal with Taliban to withdraw all troops, advisors, trainers, security and other personnel within 14 months. Biden just had the ungrateful task of getting handed the cards Trump left after he got fired from his job. Trump also abruptly abandoned their Kurdish allies in Syria, and I think these things tells us all there is to say about a future with Trump. He never understood international politics. All he cares about and understand (somewhat) outside of the U.S. is who are their customers, and who are their competitors.
He's a glorified used car salesman with near unlimited power, and he will do whatever he can to make himself and his friends richer, that is his ultimate goal.
Biden should not have honored the deal that Trump made.
Then Biden tucked it up. "You can count on Joe to fuck things up. * Barack Obama
The Biden administration ignored the prior arrangements. The Kurdish allies are communists. We'll see how your your views hold up. Your views are a decade old.
exactly !!
Perfectly stated!!
Thank you Jonathan for inviting John Sweeney another time ! For me this man is Sancta Sanctorum … 👍👏🇺🇦
Looks more like Santa Santorum😂. Slava Ukraina!
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Thanks
We love you John Sweeney ❤
Great gust ! Thanks you both !!
looking forward to our interview tomorrow!
At 20:43 min mark, Mr Sweeney says, regarding foreign troops in Ukraine for logistics, training and support roles "...it becomes harder for the Russian to bomb Ukraine willy-nilly...", in the Cold War days this was called a "trip-wire force", most notable stationed in West Berlin (an island in the middle of Soviet East Germany - the GDR) and they essentially prevented the Soviets attacking and over-running West-Berlin for fear of killing French, or British or American troops and dragging those countries into a potential war (hence trip-wire). These "trip-wire" forces deterred the Soviets. They can do the same for us in Ukraine as Mr Sweeney (and Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges at the Chatham House event) pointed out.
Agreed. But, moreover, the combined military personnel of the UK, France, Poland and a smattering of other supportive nations numbers well over half a million. We could surely offer twenty or thirty thousand non-combatant specialist troops to fulfil ancillary roles, as mentioned early in the video. This would enable the AFU to do the fighting, give a boost to all Ukrainians everywhere, flip the bird to the Kremlin and precipitate the end of the invasion.
To think Trump will take responsibility for anything is naive
But "it" will take credit for everything and claim responsibility.
Thank you Jonathan for a cracking interview with John Sweeney. Its always great to hear from you guys.
Good programme, boys, thanks , good listening
I love both of you, thank you so much!!
Thank you both! Great listening as always ❤
Very cool to listen to; John is an extremely inteligent man... :)
Brilliant interview once again!!
Very interesting segment! John Sweeney is a fascinating speaker with lots of new information, new to me anyway. Fabulous.
John Sweeney and Jonathan Thank you, very informative.
Thank you to both.💛💙
Thank you very much, J and J!!!
Interesting - glad I listened to this one
We need to see more about Georgia. Are they still protesting? Are the people winning?
Finally! They got video of Trump with a young girl when he was visiting Russia scouting for the miss world pageant. Trump stayed in the home of an American businessman married to a connected Russian woman and that's when they got him. Interestingly that man has never been back to the US. So the pee pee tape is just a stand in for the real thing. I really appreciate your direct and honest discussion of the probable reality of the situation.
Trump has weathered way worse. The orange frump has slithered out of the most egregious behavior including felonious criminal acts and underage sex, etc and NOBODY CARES! Entertaining the masses gives you a pass, especially if you entertain their racism and deepest, darkest fears and longings. Everyone loves a winner! Putin is losing and Trump detests a loser. That will sink Vova.
Cool story. Any reliable sources?
Love Sweeney! Love Ukraine! I’m just an American… as an American taxpayer, why has not everybody in Ukraine enlisted in the Army? Europe this is your backyard! President Trump please help these people! Help us first, but please help Ukraine! Europe, wake up!
Follow up… you Europeans always say, send NATO in. If America was not in NATO would you say that? Wake up. News flash! Poland is truly a never again country! The UK is. For now. Bloody hell! Us Americans don’t have free health insurance… you people better wake up. Stop bitching about Americans not paying for you. We are regular people too. I want NATO. But, not with out you!
You bloody need to wake up Europe! I love Ukraine! Ukrainians, I would have enlisted long ago! Save your country! Europe, stop relying on the USA. Follow Poland! Go Poland! UK! You are are great too! Stand up!
John oversimplifies a few key facts, but overall good to hear from him.
"THE WAR OF MELANIAS TITTS" I struggle with that no second.
I had trouble holding it together…
Meets exactly my thoughts. Trump had a lot of dirty fun in his life and I am sure Epstein knew all about it.
@@hififlipper In all history, the common folk are gaslighted and lied to by reigning power, be it emperor or king, pope or priest, president or ceo. The reigns now in the hands of a global corporate hegemony. The chess pieces moved around by billionaires.
@@hififlipper he is human ?
@@TonyM540 Epstein is more compost right now.
Thank you, Jonathan.
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Why can’t the U.S. and U.K. evoke their commitment to the 1994 Budapest Treaty to protect Ukraine? Surely this alone has a huge moral standing?? As such, offer true security guarantees for Ukraine???
They have already ignored it.
When a party of 3 signs an agreement and one party breaks the agreement, the agreement is broken. Russia broke the agreement.
@@thinker646even more reason for both the U.K. and U.S. to morally protect Ukraine. History has shown that Russia will never adhere to any deals or agreements, only a capitulation of the current Kremlin regime will change the status quo to truly offer a lasting peace.
And John , I love your books . ❤😊
MERRY CHRISTMAS SLAVA UKRAINI---WISE MEN THANK YOU FROM BUCHA, CANADIAN UKRAINIAN RICHARD BACHYNSKY HOOVER AND FAMILY FROM UKRAINE))
Great work
Thank goodness we have John Sweeney reporting in Ukraine ;) Also, did I see a bunch of RTR tapes on his top shelf? cool
As Churchill once said America will do the right thing after they have tried everything else
Great words with authority on the situation in Ukraine, Putin and Trump. For explaining the porn tape threats as an intimidation between mafia bosses that may backfire.
Great to see John, merci Johnathan. Here's a thought: God, I wish you two were advising Zelensky or NATO. Regarding Trump, all that has come out of his rape charges means that Kompromat means nothing. This might be Trump's chance to show that he can be a LEADER, that he can be a WINNER ( he would like that😂)
You mentioned a couple of specific examples (rouble, population), but I'd posit that everything is tanking in russia except their army, who are quad biking and loafing instead.
Rf army has heavy losses. They received millions of art shell fromNKorea, many missiles from NK and Iran , thnds drones from Iran.
I think that Putin got to Prigozin's family. That made hm stop,
I expect so.
Pirrus was the Greek king whose victories were actually premonition to military defeats (min. 43).
Big thanks to John Sweeney 😊
If the US withdraws it’s support for Ukraine then the 300B of russian assets held in EU banks must be immediately given to Ukraine.
“We are in for a bumpy ride”! Yep, so true, so true!
Glory to Ukraine. World support Ukraine ❤️❤️❤️🌍💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛
John Sweeney, the living proof that Hemingway's soul is still alive and kicking.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦💪
Always good....
John S was the first person almost 3 years ago that I found taking on Putler in Ukraine! It led me to ATP Pre geopolitics version and so many more today. Thank you John!! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!!
Excellent guest.
Very informative.
Thanks
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Mr. Trump's views on Ukraine. On Dec. 18, he said Russia was the cause of the war, and he noted that Russia was weak due to Syria and Ukraine. I will remind your guest that Mr. Trump believes in negotiating starting with more power than the other side.
Where do you come up with narrative that Trump is strong?
Going back four years him and his political supporters have said nothing but negative things about Ukraine
Until I see Trump actually do something concrete positive for Ukraine you and Trump are full of shit
Would you please do something with your background? To me, the blur is unprofessional for someone that has the amazing guests you do. I'd be fine with your real living room over the blur.
Thank you Jonathan. Volunteers are needed for the next stage. The target will be the RU government. Please look for us. No special skills are required.🖥⚡🔥😎
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Jihn Sweeney is a hero for truth
Heads up! (My apology for writing another comment) Mitch McConnell has written a very relevant article (to this discussion) in 'Foreign Affairs' entitled 'The Price of American Retreat; Why Washington Must Reject Isolationism and Embrace Primacy'. A must-read, but of course far too late to make any difference.
Brilliant.
Mr Putin do Foxtrot Oscar 🇺🇦✌🏼
I don’t consider our retreat from Afghanistan, Richard, and it was because of Donald who told the enemy exactly when we’re gonna leave that they planned to make us regret it when we left knowing full well that he might not be president next time around and it just be one more pain in the ass for the Democrats to deal with But our efforts in Afghanistan were a good one because they have a lot of rare earth minerals and we want to make sure we have access to them and not our adversaries
What?
Afghanistan was good because they have rare earths? Everyone has rare earths. They aren't rare. It's processing them that's the hurdle. I'm not singling you out but the utter lack of knowledge on the (given) relevant subject is rampant and contributes to these ridiculous conclusions.
Thank you, Jonathan and John Sweeny, for another excellent conversation. The only thing I want to hear from all "leaders" is "Get out of Ukraine" - pressure must be put on the aggressor, not the defenders. I am so sick of the perpetrator-victim reversal. No negotiations with errorists! Once the oblasts are occupied, they are lost (torture, displacement, indoctrination, ...). We don't need "peacekeepers" but boots on the ground who help throw the invaders out. Does the Evil Empire have kompromat on all our "leaders"? If so: we will forgive everything, but we will not forgive NOT securing Ukraine's victory within internationally recognized borders!
🇺🇦 Перемоги та миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦
Listening to Trump’s comments about the deep strikes into Russia with ATACMS, I get despondent about the outcome of this war. Trump does not understand that this is not about saving lives but about the existential survival of the very Ukrainian identity. Russia must be defeated, this is not a deal, this is war.
This is so good...and so devastating, I have to take a break from feeling such anger directed at the wobbly West chocolate soldiers who have actually FAILED UKRAINE (most of them). I'm steaming again. Love listening to you two.
I like the opening topic about prominent folks with snow on their boots. Russian influence appears in many places. It's worth voicing this topic.
Thanks Jonathan 😊. Don't know were he stands. Better be better than most 😡
Thanks Johnathan and John for the great Stream .. 💙💛💙
There's a lot of talking about Trump, but what is saying that he can do anything, the only RIGHT thing he can do is supporting Ukraine massively!
Phyrrus was from Epirus.
Fact. Last census done in Ukraine was 23 years ago. Some people estimate that Ukraine had roughly less than 30 million people pre 2022 war.
Solid
- Realistically...
A 'Peace" in Ucraine, is the starter of WW3.
( Sweden )
Why would it be ww3?
Because putins english is so bad he thinks 'peace in ukraine' = 'piece of Ukraine'.
No way I want a British nuclear guarantee be given, absent US/NATO support.
I'm thinking, why did UK, France and US not fulfil their commitments to ensure Ukrainian territory under Budapest? We always raise it to point to Russia's breaking of their guarantee, but we broke our part too? And it wasn't even noticed, it was barely remarked upon.
Excellent programme. In the inimitable words of John "Putin, Fu(k off?.
Thanks for the sympathy for Ukraine .
Orange hats in chat VPDFO 😂😅
Thought-provoking words from John, especially as regards Trump and the mafia connections.
So much love to the roarer
thank you for speaking out about Guardians Simon Jenkins.
Democracy all over the world must succeed, , so European and Australian, and GB, MUST , stiffing their resolve😊
2025, wasn’t this guy predicting Putin would be overthrown in 2023 and again in 2024?
Where are the F16S¿???????????????
Land underneath the sea
I just thank the silly bots for their comments which help the channel get more views and then report anything I see as misinformation.
absolutely abso brilliant interview/discussion! Sweeney is so on target here, i'm blown away. Fantastic! Indeed, DJT will probably have some decent thinkers in his military and diplo realms, but some really bad ones as well, or severely mediocre such as Hegspeth who is vacuous to put it nicely. Core ppl with might behind them from the past will not be serving, such as Pompeo (whom i dislike anyway but he did have skills). As an american i'm pretty concerned about the bumpy ride ahead, but we shall see. I also presume that if the SHTF (hits the fan), some key thinkers will be consulted even if privately/secretly to inform the WH what to do. I also agree that if kompromat actually exists, it's of something other than normal/successful sexual relations. I am not quite sure it exists though, bcuz the Ru's know that even the appearance of its existence would be THE most brilliant play of all time visavis a group of players like DJT who really are not chess players seemingly, i.e have always seemed slow, to me (of course russians/ussr have always thought of americans as "idiots", ie idealist, naive, etc, and they were partly right to a significant extent in the past, and frankly now as well insofar as the uninformed/uneducated aspect of significant parts of the american political powerstructure.
You forgot to mention a corrupt journalist who never accepted he’s sacking from panorama
35:47 - Millions of Ukrainian refugees moving to Western countries with a shrinking population problem which could soon cripple their future economies isn’t necessarily looked on as a bad thing by some. Especially seeing as those already in Germany, Poland etc have boosted the economy by finding work & ‘fitting in’ shall I say. I fear there’s possibly more heartless calculating going on behind the scenes & there’s hidden reasons why UA hasn’t been given full support since day one. This war should’ve & could’ve been won by Ukraine years ago now and hasn’t for reasons
Kelloggs plan was virtually giving Putin everything he wanted. He is a tired old man that jumped for the spotlight so he is a no go for Ukraine. Always great to hear John Sweeney talk. Thanks for the viewing
Isn't it in NATO's strategic interest to have Russia as exhausted and depleted before a cease fire is agreed upon
GREAT point about the last three Democrat presidents not really being all that good of friends for Ukraine.
John Sweeney is no Russian “expert”. If you disagree then I ask that you please name me just 1 things this character has gotten right in the 2+ years.
Thanks Jonathan and John. I totally believe that Putin has some major dirt on Trump. Posting pictures of Malania was just a tease.
we need to stop this and help Ukraine recover, only morons ask for more war or people far from it.
Peace and Restoration. ASAP. Period.
Why are you scared to Invite Daniel Davis?