“Geopolitical Catastrophe:” Max Boot on Trump, Putin and Blocked Ukraine Aid | Amanpour and Company
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- The E.U. tossed Ukraine a badly needed lifeline today when it agreed on an aid package worth 50 billion euros, citing Putin’s aggression as the primary threat to our world order. No such help is forthcoming from Washington, where Congressional Republicans -- under pressure from Donald Trump -- are holding up a bipartisan deal on the southern border that is linked to Ukraine aid. The Washington Post's National Security Columnist, Max Boot, warns this is a dangerous miscalculation. He speaks to Walter Isaacson.
Originally aired on February 1, 2024
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As a European. I am exasperated by the extremism of the USA. I fear for the future of all our countries.
Billy, Greetings from New Orleans and I completely agree with your statement. The US government needs to stop 🛑 with being the world's police
Greetings from Greece. @@JerryKaczmarek-xt2huHE did NOT mean this. Quite the opposite. Did you even watch the video?
Please remember that the majority of us Americans hate Trump, but because of the horrible Electoral College-based on a sick bargain with the slave states to unite with the North against the British in the 18th century-Trump has a chance of winning.
@@sot11cat Why should he believe what a left-wing media talking head says?
@@JerryKaczmarek-xt2hu You have misunderstood his statement. He is exasperated by the MAGA extremism and he fears for the future of all of our countries because of MAGA retrenchment and Trump dictator-love. And while there is no perfect solution in an imperfect world, you can count up the number of wars before the US instituted and safeguarded nautical travel lanes post-WWII and get ready to be drawn into more wars than we have seen since 1946 if we become isolationist.
Mike Johnsson is a big problem.
Mr. Boot- I live in a rural area, where many of my neighbors support Trump. I have identified a terminology idiosyncratic issue that drives these people to favor discontinuing support to Ukraine: The words- “Ukraine is a liberal democracy.” My neighbors hear this term & interpret it as “ a democracy that supports liberal (woke) ideals. They simply aren’t knowledgeable, & are unwilling to be educated about the difference between these definitions. Strangely enough, if I use the term,”Ukraine is a CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRACY, they’re willing to discuss support to Ukraine.
Their stupid I went to college and then learned that iberal demoracy is good for conservatie and for libersaal!
As someone who knows Ukraine quite well and speaks Russian, I am appalled by the twists of American politics. Ukraine is a fairly socially conservative country, where affinity with the Republican Party has been much, much stronger than with the Democrats, until Trump and his wing of GOP started pushing the narrative that Ukraine is much worse than Russia and so we should just abandon it. There was quite a bit of admiration for GOP and specifically Trump until it became apparently clear that Trump is not their friend, but rather enemy.
Ask your neighbors who'd they'd vote for if Vladimir Putin was running against Joe Biden. I bet most would say Putin, president of one of the most "liberal" democracies in the world.
Can we just say that Ukraine is a democracy and leave it at that? Does it need further characterization?
@@Sylvie_M In our politically charged environment it seems that people need to know which side everybody is on. People on the right challenge our support of Ukraine because it is not the right kind of democracy and that Ukrainians protested (peacefully!) against the president who was essentially a puppet Russia, but seem to be OK with riots at the Capitol over transfer of power, while people on the left seem to care a lot about democracy and peaceful transfer of power, but they would rather support a religious fundamentalist society against the only democratic country with peaceful transfer of power in the Middle East. As an independent voter who fully subscribes to the liberalism as defined in the dictionary but not a "liberal" or "conservative" by today's definitions, I am in despair, feeling that I am on an island, alone.
We can fund Ukraine and still stay focused on our country.
34 trillion in debt. How exactly?
@@imperialmotoring3789 If these folks were asked to do a Go Fund me for Ukraine. They might come off a dime of their own money.
U must be high….just look around you? U are part of the problem giving these idiots leeway. WHY ARE PEOPLE GETTING MORE DUMBER?
@@imperialmotoring3789 tax the wealthy
@@imperialmotoring3789you obviously did not watch the video, or sadder still you are incapable of comprehending it's message.
Democrats should do a *MUCH better job* explaining why victory of Ukraine is crucial.
I like the excuse where they say, "The war creates US jobs for making ammo"..LOL How humanitarian.
he told you, you would lose allies, trade partners, trade routes
You have already been brainwashed by MAGA's isolationism.
Boot explains why at 3:50min. "Cutting off aid now would be equivalent to cutting off aid to great Britain in 1940 to fight Hitler, which Republicans wanted to do even back then"
@@jakeslater6836 I'm a Democrat and understand basic Math, History and economics. We didn't have Nukes in the early 40s as a deterrent. Putin can't defeat a country with a 100 to 1 advantage. Any idiot would know NATO isn't that weak.
Thank you Amanpour & Co. and Walter Isaacson for having Max Boot on your program. 🗽🇺🇸
This was a good interview. I learned some things.
@@rapidsqualor5367 I did to. He gave us taxpayers even more reasons to quite funding the Ukraine.
Thank you so much for articulating what I'm thinking. Keep up the great work! -X Republican
Same here.
Same here!!
Max Boot is excellent on this topic.
I agree.
If you believe one word this Neocon says, I have a slightly damaged bridge in Ukraine too sell you ! Do some real research, and wake up !
U must be high…dude didn’t make sense at all.
@@kirkwagner461stupid
@@stellabrown909 Investing in Ukranian defense is one of the best deals out there, geopolitically. Left unchecked, there are a number of entities out there who would love to expand territory by force. Only the concern of being opposed stops them. Putins Russia, by pushing into Ukraine, is just continuing the push they started in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea. Since the world didn't raise a fuss over that, they continued. Many people who have studied Putin list several reasons he wants to re-establish the USSR's former boundaries. So, if Ukraine falls, he is likely to target an actual NATO nation next. If that happens it will be US troops on the ground, with top of the line military gear, rather than Ukrainian troops using our 2nd hand surplus gear. Learn the lessons of pre-WW2 history, or face a repeat.
EXCELLENT piece!! Thank you for articulating what many Americans know innately!!
Fantastic interview. Brilliant man.
Good questions and great answers!
Ukraine has no modern Air Force, no ample stock of long range missiles, no real Navy. I think Ukraine is doing really very well.
*Very* good point!
According to Boot. That's for the US taxpayers to provide.
Great to hear decent conservatives condemn Trump in the harshest possible terms and support Ukraine and the 75 year old liberal order and thereby avoid conceding WW III.
Biden is starting WW3. What do you mean?
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I like Mr Boot. He speaks the truth.
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No he doesn't.
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@@Thomas-to5dr Well, there is 700 years of Russo-Ukrainian history to support Mr. Boot's point.
I have not heard an actual fact leave his lips. Everything he has stated is a lie.
@@kimberlydeann Oh, please. No intelligent human being makes a statement like: "Everything he has stated is a lie." He may be wrong about much he has stated. But what is your counteract? Why can't you be specific about the items with which you take exception rather than castigating him like you are a five year old spoiled child? State your case like an adult with evidence of your position and, perhaps, edify us all with what you really know or save your immature prattling for the playground.
Max Boot as a lifelong Republican has a clear analysis concerning Putin‘s behaviour, the role of Trump for Putin and the influence of the Russian security services among the GOP. It is a shame! But Max Boot has never fear to determine the problems. With best wishes from a German 🇩🇪 fan from Munich!
The man is an arm chair warrior. Not once did he serve his country or don a US military uniform.
@jefferyyounce5372 neither did the bone spur marmalade Mussolini. What's your point?
@@rambleon2838 I totally agree with you! Trump is worse or equal to Biden.
Good interview! Mr Boot makes a great deal of sense here, very pragmatic.
I am a first-generation American born citizen. My parents escaped from Hungary after surviving the German Nazis then the Russians, which my grandfather claimed, were just as bad as the Nazis. They escaped during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. It's a sad case that most young Americans have no clue how bad things were during WW II and during the Cold War. It's time the Republican party goes back to the GOP party before #45. I've not been a Republican since Ronald Reagan. I watched the movie And the Band Played On, which was mostly about how ignorant President Reagan was about HIV/AIDS. I do believe he was a great international leader. I also believe he was a good example of the old GOP. Today's GOP is filled with hate, ignorance, and phobias. The TRUE Republicans are or have quit in congress or not seeking re-election. My hats off to Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, and Mitt Romney are just a few great Republicans who are gone because they will not bow down to a tyrantrical #45!
I am proud to have become a Democrat after voting for Reagan twice. The other issue young people on both sides of the aisle seem to forget is the TYPE of government we are. We are a Republic Government with strong beliefs in Democracy.
ALL 8th graders should still be required to pass a Civil Liberty Class, as well as seniors in high school, as we were required to do. I've been out of school for 40+ yrs. I still have the full Book of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights we used in order to graduate. Use it often.
A cautionary warning to they young in this GREAT country of ours. Learn your history of WW II. It took only one crazy fanatical tyrant, Hitler, to kill millions. That is why we must support the 🇺🇦 Ukraine or end up even in a worse global mess and possibly nuclear warfare.
Are you one of those fools that support "palestine" ?
FakeNews ‼️
I do agree with most of your comment except Reagan. Reagan used Nixon's Southern strategy to run his campaign, he derailed Carter's hostage negotiations with Iran which later turned into the Iran-Contra scandal, he supported brutal dictator regimes in central and Latin America, was against Labor, was in favor of outsourcing of the manufacturing base and drafted NAFTA, levied tariffs against European imports on the other hand, coined the term "Welfare Queen", ballooned the National debt to new heights, enlarged the industrial military complex, was ignorant about the AIDS pandemic and it's science, was ignorant about the energy dependency to the Middle East, took off Carter's solar panels from the White House the first day, led a crusade against Free Speech in the music and film industry, the drug cartels in Columbia and Mexico who became the most powerful organizations during the 80s by flooding American streets with drugs, ratted out to the Hoover FBI members of his union who were suspected to have associations with the Communists while members affiliated with the KKK were left to excise their right to the First, taxed unemployment and credit card debt, was fundamental in ending free college in California and turning it into a money grabbing enterprise.
There's not really much good to say about Reaganomics and his foreign and domestic policies which brought us MAGA. Trump, a Democrat before he ran against Hillary, just became the opportunistic self-centered, vile and unhinged gargoyle who was unleashed by what everybody thought were principled conservative Republicans when Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and others granted his nomination. McConnell further aided and abated Trump until the end of his presidency. McConnell should have expelled him in the Senate in the second impeachment trial, but he didn't. Why? McConnell wanted the voters to decide ...The only real goal the GOP has is Rollback this country politically, socially and economically to the days of the Robber Barons when unregulated capitalism rained and eventually brought the world to it's knees in 1919 which led to nationalism and fascism in Europe but also has had a strong following in the 20s and 30s in the US which was led first by an anti-semitic propaganda by pro Russian czarist movement through Henry Ford's Dearborn publication and later replaced by the Nazi party the Bund and radio propagandist Father Caughlin. Unfortunately, this very important part of American history has not found it's way into public education. If Republicans are good in anything it's in crashing the economy and cheat in elections like Nixon, Reagan, W and Trump all have done before and support dictators who are willing to do their bidding against all fundamental rights Republicans allegedly believe in.
Trump: “I am the apple of President Putin’s eye.” Gross. Just gross. VOTE BLUE, SAVE THE COUNTRY!
Biden "USA needs to collapse so we can be a Democracy like China".
Are you nuts?
3 wars under Biden and unlimited illegal (paid) invaders.
Biden & Boris could have saved 400,000 dead in Ukraine. Easily. They declined a peace agreement.
Unbelievable.
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This gentleman nails it. Thanks for having him on
Right. We should not allow any country to expand its borders by force.
The US overthrow of the Royal Monarchy of Hawaii (1893) and subsequent annexation of Hawaii by the US (1898)
@@kevinjenner9502 The bad acts of 126 years ago justify Putin’s bad acts? Your ethics and morals are stunted. My grandfather was Hawaiian (born in the Waipio Valley on the Big Island), and his family didn’t suffer from the outright brutal genocide that the Ukrainians currently suffer at the hands of the Russians.
You’re comparing a current poison apple with an orange from over a century ago. It’s a dishonest comparison.
Like Russia did ?
@@maximilliancunningham6091 Yes, exactly.
Except the expansion of illegals at our border, right?
Ukraine just sunk another major Russian warship. Uhh ,they don,t have a Navy!!! That's twenty three ships turned into submarines.
Hmm.. seems they don't need our help then.
@@jefferyyounce5372 uhh, Not my point at all I say pour it in if you want peace. Ukraine was essentially the silicon valley of the USSR and then the Russian Federation. We let them, Putin,s Russia into the world order but they still want to dictate terms and dominate. Instead of conservative attitude of let it all burn America first. That is,t Reagan's America first at all.
The world media need to start refering to Mike Johnson as: The apparent Russian Asset, Mike Johnson.
What's the point of having "a good guy with a gun", if he decides he's going to stand by and do nothing while a bad guy with a gun is running rampant?
Do you mean Hamas 🤔 ❓️
Max Boot a voice of reason.
Great discussion.
Trump is not fit to be even a forklift driver. And I do have a respect to this profession.
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Thank you for your thoughts and expertise, Mr. Booth. I never thought I would say this, I miss the old Republican Party.
Knowing the obviously precarious balance of U.S. politics, the EU needed to step up production of shells and bullets. That the Ukrainians are running out of ammunition is a shared embarrassment for the U.S. and Europe. Pathetic. Shameful.
Walter Isaacson: "Why should Americans keep paying for this war, if it will not be resolved?" Look how he framed this question... The US and NATO countries agree it is in the best interest of all that Russia does not win this war. This war could have already ended, if ALL needed resources have been provided to Ukraine timely and in the quantity needed, which would have been much lower expenditures than we se today. Courage and commitment are lacking! Give Ukraine jets, missiles and all they need to end the war fast. Go hard on companies and private parties who keep circumventing sanctions. Acting like this will reduce total expenditures, set a strong example to Putin and all his allies, as well as save thousand of lives. Had the world shown a strong spine when Putin invaded Crimea (2014), we'd not have this war! Stop hypocrisy! If Putin is not stopped now, another war in Europe will come in the coming years. What a disappointment to see this reporter acting in such ways! Disgusting!
You took the words right out of my mouth. Thank you Sir
Walter Isaacson asks those questions and in that manner to give Boot the opportunity to respond. He’s asking questions that some people have, people that might lean one way, but are persuadable. This is one of the functions of a journalist.
@@MarcosElMalo2 The real functions of journalism have unfortunately been lost when News was replaced by empty opinions and sick entertainment, all enabled by the consolidation of major Media Outlets. The results are what we see today: The death of real journalism and the selling of agendas by people (hosts/anchors) who do not care about the impact some stances might have on their professional image, as long as they can have the spot and paycheck.
The mobilization of resources to curtail the belligerent and bellicose Putin needs to be applauded. America has committed lots of blunders but supporting Eukraine is not one of it.
*Ukraine, but Eukraine 🇪🇺🇺🇦 also sounds cool.
@@Evan490BC hahaha thanks for the correction we struggle with this thing in south Africa, Pretoria
sending love and peace to everyone...
Great great interview. I totally agree with Max Boot, great realist thinker claiming for the very survival of the post World War II liberal order. Yes, Ukraini is essential to Western Security Interests.
MAX absolutely unequivocally nailed the FACTS
Never seen Max Boot before. Very impressed. Good man.
Hes great- and wrote great books- check em out!!!!🇺🇲
@@kellyberry4173 But never served in the US military.
@@kellyberry4173he's compromised 😅
yay Max Boot...hi.
Thank you Max Boot for your voice of reason on why we ( all Allies) must continue to stand with Ukraine. Citizens don't need to stick to a political party like a tribe. There is no shame in voting for the person who will get the job done. Victory for Ukraine is necessary for liberty, democracy, and the rules based order...and DECENCY.
Ukraine fight for freedom not to invade another country like Putin or Taiwan and we need to appreciate Ukrainians particularly lost a lot of people due to Putin the dictator.
Max Boot is great and right
when Max Boot and I are on the same page, you know things are nutty.
How disgusting and historically folly would it be if we cut off Ukraine to military aid for a defensive war, but continue to aid Israel in an offensive campaign with no conditions.
Israel 🇮🇱 is not as corrupt as Ukraine. Research Ukrainian corruption
Biden needs to talk to the American people about the importance of the immigration bill that also provides support for our allies and the reason. It is vital to educate Americans and counter Trump's lies!
Nothing about when the US and allies forced Ukraine to give Russia their nuclear missles and the promise of these supposed allies to defend Ukraine in any attack?
I think we’re sharing the wrong message for all the naysayers. The “what’s in it for me” is that all this investment is spending to replenish inventories which means more jobs at US factories in red states. The global morality message doesn’t resonate with as many as it should.
SO creating jobs is your argument for funding war..LOL.
if it has a rocket motor,..it expires, like Milk.
"use it, or pay to service it."
Hey Max good to see you
A vote for Republican is a vote for MRGA - Make Russia Great Again!
Russia's aggressive actions around the world exacerbate the crises and poverty that fuel migration. Venezuela would never have become such a mess if Russia weren't backing Chavez and Maduro. Russian troops in Syria continue to generate tens of thousands of refugees, some of whom end up on the Mexican border. It is Russia that wrecked Afghanistan and set it on the path to four decades of war and millions of refugees. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised grain prices world wide, increasing poverty and the migration it provokes. Defeating Russia in Ukraine is an anti immigration policy.
Stand with Ukraine!
Watching this 7 days latter. Now the Republican Senators have gone absolutely insane and refused to put forward the very hard worked out boarder bill. We need to accept that the GOP is completely unhinged and fully anti-American. The only thing a truly patriotic conservative American can do to remain a patriot is to vote democratic and help us save this great nation.
If allowed the time, Congress Dem. Representatives need to explain to public the danger of not supporting Ukraine. Line-up No. one Dem. Representative explains their full time, then No. 2 Representative continues their time, then No. 3 etc. maybe someone in Congress will truely understand, or 10 more in the country understand how dangerous Trump's relationship with Putin is to U.S. and the world and vote for Biden.
Boot is a brave and principled man. I admire his willingness to reexamine and REJECT his past decisions and support for the Republican Party.
Reputations are an embarrassment to America. I am a republican without a home.
It is so wrong to link Ukraine to another problem
The media is underestimating how dumb some of our fellow Americans are today. Our massive allies is what makes America invincible. Trump has to be a Russian agent. Or he's being paid lots of cash. It's hard to believe how dumb we've gotten
I’m not trying to be funny but if trump gets elected, are we going to see our military generals and corporate ceo falling out of hospital windows?
Trump has said we need to execute the highest military officer in the country, and they erected a gallows on the Capitol steps for Pence and didn’t stop it, so of course he would.
Max Boot for President.
Why don't Americans see their own long term interest; Global Trade and Defense started with the Spanish American War through the World Wars and Containment called Cold War.
German, Japanese and Korean Cars running on Global Oil is obvious.
Asian and South Asian Electronics and Apparel is obvious.
What part of Shopping don't Americans like?
Shopping for cheap imported crap. People are sick and tired of appliances and furniture that barely lasts a few years, but there are no US made options anymore.
I think most Americans do see their interests aligning with long term global trade, but a smokescreen has been laid down that blinds Trump loyalists towards seeing global trade as a plus and support for our fellow democracies as critical for our continued success and prosperity. The decline of manufacturing centers has left a visual scar on the landscape, and when things were 100% made in America after WW2, there was great pride in the US and manufacturing cities were vibrant with activity. Today's manufacturing relies on compartmentalized global production where each country has a stake in the final product, but it's a concerted effort. So combining perhaps the losses in Afghanistan with visible scars in cities and towns, the reaction amongst some conservative voters is to recoil within and hunker down, even though that's not the answer. Right wing media and Trump play up the problems despite a booming economy, to stoke fears of further losses in their supporters minds, and Trump plays the "no more foreign entanglements" card, conjuring up the boom years of the 40's and 50's and the forever gone concept of isolation as a sales pitch to those living in faded areas of America. At this stage it's more of an issue of the effects of a shrinking Republican demographic clinging to power through gerrymandering and holding progress up in Congress using almost Mafia like tactics that's an issue. Considering that a little over 40 Trumpist Republicans in the House can hold up legislation in a body of 435 members, that shows the level of disproportionate power these obstructionists have. A divide and conquer strategy has been employed by Republicans when it comes to controlling Congressional districts, so proportional representation is skewered in favor of conservatives when the population isn't that conservative. Add the effects of propaganda from Fox, Breitbart, radio, etc. and the results are policies out of synch with rational thinking. If I were more cynical, I might even think that the big money backers are really globalists, but can gain tax and financial advantages by backing Trump. It's certainly true of some that benefit from isolationist policies, but most would not. Right now, team-ism on the far right has overtaken logic, so illogical moves on the global stage are more the result of ideologically driven domestic dreams rather than practical approaches to global problems. That will change in time, but right now we're in the midst of this struggle between superstition and reason. 🌄
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There are many small US Businesses available. A search on Google helps locate them.
The problem is most Americans can not afford the products.
We, in our household, purchase many American made products. You just have to do some digging to find them.
Not our job to support all these countries with our tax payer money!! If u gonna give it away give back to us US citizens!!
These people are so funny.
The apple of putin's eye. 😒🤮
Lies lies and more lies. Just like Iraq
Search for " Russia claims Baltic States "
@@lbrounen search for "Saddam wmds"
Max Boot is a disgusting individual and should be in prison for warmongering
Didn't the USA promise to be one of the five states that would guarantee Ukraine sovereignity? Do I remember correct. I was told this in 1995.
Will Max Boot visit his spy wife in prison?
When ever PBS turns off comments I turn PBS off.
Max you are stumping Walter..... Are you ok Walter? 🤔
I’m ashamed to witness a major American political party position itself against the bravest fight for freedom that most of us have seen in our lifetimes. Even if congress comes theough with Ukrainian aid next week, expect upwards of 20% to 40% of my fellow registered republicans to stay away from the polls or vote for whoever is running against the republicans on November’s ballot.
There exists no third option available for consideration.
Max Boot is new to me, I need to read the book mentioned.
it is horrible - Ukraine needs our help and Ukraine is is protecting NATO eastern flank
The infamous 45th is a Putin poppet
Yet he placed an enormous amount of sanctions on Russia.
Trump, the eyes of Putin’s eyes!! Then, Putin is blind??!! Yeah!!!!
"Unprovoked attack?" Sit down.
Is investing in war the best? Ukrainian children murdered, cities devastated while Max drinks tea on the terrace. It is disastrous for Max's human spirit, thinking about personal well-being while everything is devastated in Ukraine.
A farcial depiction of an interview. Boot interviewed in a different time-frame, a different interviewere/journalist than the one "presented" as conducting this interview.
The cut-and- paste amateur approach to mediated journalism smacks of inauthenticity. This "PBS tradition" of rank amateur journalism has become the hallmark of Amanpour.
What are you smoking dude?
He needs to go to Ukraine leave me out of it what a war monger
the racist base was at the heart of the party since '68
The problem with the "Pax Americana" is the lack of "pax."
Compared to when?
@@burnhamsghost8044 uh... like since the 1890s. WTFU.
@@anthonypanneton923 the world was peaceful since the 1890s?
@@burnhamsghost8044 perhaps you misread my original comment, which mentioned the "lack" of peace (pax) in the so-called Pax Americana...???
Thanks Max! GOP ❤ Putin and Communism. Слава Україні Героям Слава
The longer this goes on, the more America will be seen around the free world as an unreliable parter. Fifteen-Love Putin/Xi.
Fiona Hill was right!
Utter bullcrap!
Probably best not to bring “wokeism” into this. That label has little to do with geopolitics. It is simply thrown around to keep a certain class of North Americans distracted and confused. “Woke” is an African American term coined to refer to someone who is “awake” to the complex racialized conflicts affecting North American society.
Why isn't anyone making legislation that ex Presidents who is a common citizen now just like us, can omly talk to Congress members like we have to, instead of having their private phone numbers, and you people who voted those Magas in, better vote them out or take a trip to China, Russia and North Korea before you vote for a Dictator in America. And let's get crap done to protect our country from them enemies
Perfectly said!
The US has been looking for a "just war" since the end of WW2. Here Putin is serving one to them on a silver platter, and Americans are sadly (and understandably) too war weary from all the other escapades and goes towards isolationism again.
Have you ever bought a product made in Russia. They do not have a vibrant economy.
Wait to be ashamed I’m already ashamed
After this country voted Trump in that was my last straw
M. Boot's thinking from the the first sentences of this interview is warped. No wonder the US is in the state it is in Now. I stop listening.
Hey Walter, when asking about Biden Admin putting on hold new LNG terminals, it suggests you’re not aware (or worse?) that DoE Sec Jennifer Granholm stated this week that even with this hold, LNG exports will still double over next 5 years from LNG terminals under construction NOW with yet more exports from terminals already approved by DoE but not yet under construction. What gives?
🎶I’m a nice big guy, and I’m having a nice time, oooooh!
What are you talking about?
23-719 TRUMP V. ANDERSON, My, unfiled, amici curiae: Please, do not, let Lady Justice turn her back on us, bow her head, and weep.
5% of the US defense budget is more than most countries GDP.. What a terrible metric to convince us US taxpayers and NO, the Ukraine is currently under "Marshall Law", all the Radio stations are ran by the Govt.etc. (Hardley Democratic) Every argument this Boot makes, you can counter it with facts and history.
11 countries donate a higher percentage of their GDP than the USA.
@@lbrounen But it's still billions less than we donated..i.e past tense. I pray the Ukraine prevail.
@@lbrounen Even combined, it's still less than we donated.
Some delusion here. Gaza seems unimportant to him.
Different subject.
B.S.
Trump voters do you hear this video. And what's being said. We have Trump and Biden is Running wild. Who let the Dogs Out. I can't no more people 😂😅😊.
I don't think it's just Trump that want to destroy democracy, I think it's more that society has advanced too quickly and it's tearing itself apart. now I'm not saying that all of the progress is viable, let alone beneficial, but, I do think that it is daunting to a good portion of the population, so many new concepts flooding in that they are just freaking out, at a scale that's cultural.. I dunnoo, you made it this far, what do you think? 😀
1.) he likened us not continuing to throw billions of dollars into Ukraine to us abandoning Britain in their fight against the Nazis
2.) He cited as a key metric of how successful this conflict has been for the US that “we destroyed 2/3 of Russias tank inventory. So hundreds of thousands of men died and we got a good ROI on our investment because we destroyed a bunch of tanks? (Tanks can be replaced, people can not.)
And the best argument of all
3.) we need to fund this war in order to PREVENT China from invading Taiwan which (presumably would force us to enter into another war in order to prevent some OTHER war?
1) If history to be of any example, he is correct. We are dealing with an incredibly aggressive regime which is obsessed with anti-Western propaganda and inciting wars against us throughout so-called global South. If not stopped, Russia will absorb Ukraine and use it's resources against Europe and US, much like Germany and Japan did by annexing most of Europe, China and South East Asia. If Hitler was stopped in 1939, US would have not had to spend 4 years fighting a bloody war on two fronts. Remember what Chamberlain said to Britons when he came back after signing what essentially was a sacrifice of Eastern Europe to Hitler and Stalin? "I brought you peace". Bully does not stop unless stopped.
2) Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian died because they know all well what Russian rule would mean for them, for centuries in the past and for a decade since 2014. They are dying to defend their families and their homes, not for us. It happened to be that our interests coincide with theirs. We provide weapons, they fight. Of course, US can say that it is not our war and quit, but Europe cannot. Russia will roll in, just like it did in 1945. If you think we don't care, you are wrong. Sentiments for Old World aside, Europe is a huge market, and we need trade with them.
3) China has been aiming at Taiwan for decades. Why do you think Nixon allowed mainland China to take over Taiwan's place at UN and recognized their rights to Taiwan. The only thing that deters them from invading is our military support for Taiwan and fear of US response. Just in case you think we don't care about Taiwan, it supplies over 90% of world's production of specialized chips. Without those, US economy will stop. Biden pushed for Chips Act for a reason, to restart chip production in US and protect us in case we lose Taiwan. But the threat has not gone away. This is why the West must show force, otherwise, China will feel free to rein in Asia, which it has been advancing to do for a long time.
How come the US doesn't recognize Taiwan?
Reuters 1/13/24 “US does not support Taiwan independence, Biden says”…Reaffirming US one China policy.
Reuters. 1/13/24. “US does not support Taiwan independence, Biden says”…Reaffirming US one China policy.
The U.S. & allies need to help Ukraine keep its democracy so that Russia, a dictatorship, doesn't take all of Ukraine...and countries next to it...etc. We need to keep the free world free!
Politically motivated considerations always lead to problems, especially where human and rational considerations should be in the fore. War is never an answer, but politically motivated war decisions may be the worst of all.
This boot guy is full of it… Russia is better off than ever 😂
12:00 see DW documentary about that couple days ago
My God! This interviewer is like a Russian propaganda machine.