Russian WMD Chief Assassinated by Ukraine, The World Returns to Syria, and More.
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- Опубліковано 25 гру 2024
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Putting out a warrant on him, and then taking him out the very next day. That's savage AF 😂😂😂😂😂
They obviously wanted to wait until the attack was materialized to avoid giving the opportunity to the target to react.
@@TheRealWinserstill it’s great lol Zelenskyy was a comedian so I doubt the comedy is lost on him
FAAFO
Equivalent of /raid outside someone's doors in Garry's mod
It's like calling your shot in pool.
What is happening in Syria is a historic event on too many levels for us not to need to pay attention. Please continue to follow it, and update us. Thanks for all the hard work of you and your team.
Yes - the rapidity with which Russia pulled their troops and Israel did it's huge (prophylactic?) attacks indicates that there's a lot of concern about Syria's future...
@@stevengill1736 A giant coincidence I'm sure. But some countries in that area were looking to construct a natural gas pipeline that needed to pass through syria in order to get to europe. This would allow an undercut of russias gas prices. Al Assad refused to let it pass through, knowing the damage it would do to one of his closest allies. Then the Arab spring happened and America began strategic bombing campaigns in the area.
The Syria situation is pretty important.
He met everything head on, including that scooter.
Underrated comment lmao
Damn straight! 😂😂
This is exactly why I am suspicious of electric scooters… Lol
0:00 Russia
11:16 Syria
31:38 Israel
38:49 Somalia
Today's list is arranged from north to south apparently lol
Thank you
Thank you
Do people just do this for all his videos the minute they drop? 😂
@@camfree7 Pretty much
Much appreciated
8:38 i think it is also a psychological thing as well. It tells the generals that they are not safe on the battlefield nor in Russia.
....and my question would be how much sarin and chloropicrin was laying around in Syria when Assad was deposed?
I'd be concerned about novichok agents too, although they're too expensive to be used for other than assassinations....
@@stevengill1736 And now it's in the hands of an unknown force.
Please keep covering Syria. This is the only place i hear about it consistently
Agreed
Check out William Spaniel, too.
Check out “Bald and Bankrupt” who just visited Syria.
@@charlessmith3940His trip to Birmingham and India was mental
@@charlessmith3940he’s a very strange guy, bit of a creep
Are Russian generals getting pagers for Christmas?
Pagers just highlight Israel never had to do collective punishment on Gaza.
There’s a lot of Jews from Ukraine. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re running interference
Lol gift wrapped😅
Ho, ho, ho! Santa’s coming for you 🎉
Funny how Israel only hates collective punishment when it happens to Jewush folks.
Imagine invading a country and then complaining about them building a bomb....🤣💀
especially when the invasion is after they got rid of the bomb
It happens all the time in Israel, but why care about Muslims.
@@michaelotieno6524ohh poor Muslims, the religion of peace. They never do anything wrong or completely horrid like. Shame poor poor Muslims. Just a bit of sarcasm here.
@@michaelotieno6524because they don't care about us
So.... every recent us war?
4:21 Anglo-Saxons been catching strays since 1066 😔
They mean us Brits... Not sure what we have to do with Ukraine striking Russia but ya know
@@thesilentonejg524The Russians act like the British Empire never went away, it's an odd fixation.
@@thesilentonejg524Brits and Americans more specifically, technically Canadians, Aussies, Kiwis, and any other Anglophone nations more broadly.
And Russia blaming them is actually rather simple.
They're delusional, in the same way that antisemites are delusional whenever they blame the Jews for everything.
Those are Slavs, not Anglo-Saxons.😔
@@thesilentonejg524 GB supports UA politically, financially and militarily. A.k.a. it is an ally. The ally of my enemy is also my enemy.
A war-criminal or not, an enemy general is a perfectly legitimate military target -- yet, some people claim, Ukraine "should not have"... (That's in addition to the Russians denouncing his killing as "terrorism".)
Pro Russians continually get angry when Ukraine does something effective and immediately claim it is a war crime/crime against humanity. "No!!! you can't assassinate someone !!!1!"
Reason I like this channel is because I'm just given the information to make my own decisions compared to most other platforms that feels more and more one sides and lost their way and just shoving their agenda down our throats!
I was about 22 or so and delivering at Domino's when I heard on NPR about the civil war in Syria starting on its first day. Fast forward to now, and it's crazy how long it's gone on and that it's finally over now that I'm 37 lol.
It's not exactly over. The parties are just changing.
Over?
The first phase is over. Or the 3rd Phase. Or the 7th Phase depending on how you see it.
I used to listen to npr, they are too lefty for my taste these days
Definitely keep us updated on Syria. Things are going to get interesting
Please do track the nation building progress in Syria, very interesting. Thank you
Agree
Agreed
I am so hopeful for Syria. Please let peace and prosperity rule the day there! (And please keep us posted on the progress.)
I’m hopeful to but I have a bad feeling it’s going to get worse then it was
Absolutely interested in you following Syria.
Yes please. Syria is entering such a time of hope and trepidation, and how it turns out could have huge implications for many other countries currently living under dictatorships, and all of us who live on the same small planet as them. We need to see what's happening there.
HTS should be regarded with suspicion 🤷🏻♀️
No matter how "nice" they currently play, their history, *recent* history and former allegiance is... well *dark*
Very much so....
Slava Ukraine!
Viva La Français!
Enjoy all the African men the EU will send to you after the war!
0:00 - Chapter 1 - Russian WMD Chief Assassinated by Ukraine
11:15 - Chapter 2 - The World Returns to Syria
31:40 - Chapter 3 - Israel arrest Iranian Spies
38:50 - Chapter 4 - Somalia's new rogue's gallery member
PS: Oh ffs, please bring back the chapter heading, i'm having a hard time finding titles !!!
Please do keep us informed about Syria, I hope things turn out well.
I would most certainly like too see you guys keep up with what’s going on in Syria 🇸🇾
Pleased keep covering Syria! News about it is scarce and i am VERY interested (and cautiously optomistic) about the future of the country!
When it comes to Syria, I don’t understand why sanctions can be lifted now and just reapplied if they need to be of the new government fails to uphold its promises.
Leaving the new government under sanctions designed to economically cripple them wouldn't lead to much success. The goal is for Syria to become a safe place for people to live, not to starve it to death.
Because the Biden state department is stupid when it comes to middle east policy
Typically sanctions are applied to individuals not strictly groups, the Assad Gov had the sanctions against them. But the new government has yet to establish a financial system (if they wanted to sanction them they haven’t got the people to do so), except for some of the new Syrian leaders have some ISIS backgrounds that are proving contentious.
We are probably wanting to see if they'll keep their promises before removing sanctions or providing any type of aid. HTS has roots in Islamic extremism.
You apply sanctions if they fail to uphold promises. You dont apply them before they fail.
12:39 I honestly can't say yes hard enough. I was listening to a report on the US delegation's meeting and was simultaneously encouraged and starved by their 1-word answers.
P.s. if you're interested it went something like this: "how did it go?" "Good." How was the leader of HTC? "Pragmatic."
A lot has happened this year alone
New combat scooter 🫡
Thanks for the video! Love the channel!
Track the Syria project closely please
i second this
@@kendrickstreetman3328i would consider buying bonds to help Syria rebuild.
Ukraine, Merry Christmas! 💛
Dude just discovered the "Find Out" part of Ukraine's FAFO!
SLAVA!💥😎🇺🇦
5:00 He did more than just use tear gas. He is confirmed to have deployed Lewisite gas (An arsenic based Mustard Gas, it is as bad as it sounds) during the Second Battle of Pavliivka and the Battle of Klishiivka back in 2023, along with other more caustic agents.
Please do your best to cover the "Syrian Project"! I've been following the story for a decade, and I'm skeptical (but still hopeful) that a peaceful reintegration with Rojava is possible, but I'd love to hear your perspective. 12:38
Damn Ukraine really turned the tables on Russia with there assassination game
All I wanna know is- wtf is holding up the scooter in the thumbnail???
Artificial intellegence
December 24th comment about Iran from International investigative researcher Catherine Iran publicly called for the people living in Syria who are Iranian to start their own Revolution again
Definitely keep covering Syria please
I thought i was crazy til i figured out the thumbnail is AI
Iran doesn't stop surprising me with different angles. It's an interesting country
Best channel on UA-cam. You and William Spaniel is my life
As an Israeli I would love to hear about my northern neighbor Syria
Please do continue to follow developments in Syria.
WAIT..... Warcrime agents are legal as riot controle but not in war? who made that stupid law.? in germany its illegal to defend yourself against police force - that includes Gasmasks and even Plastic Foil.
Because chemical weapons are binary. Was it Chemical. And was it used as a weapon. Unfortunately.
So using chemical agent for ‘riot control’ against a domestic population isn’t considered anything to do with combat, it’s internal politics/security.
Whether or not another state wants to intervene as a result is another matter.
@ethan4786 it's still stupid - i cant defend my self and even If i could IT would bei illegal to West a Gasmask at a Demonstration. Soldiers have ABC Gear - i dont.
@@Nagria2112 Now you're starting to sound like a Libertarian. Are you just now noticing that Europe has laws designed to place it's civilian populace at the mercy of a militarized police force?
@@Armoredcompany Europe? we dont have military police and the last time i heared of a Gas use was not against legal demos but against cime. i just state that the law (thats includes USA) is stupid
@@Armoredcompany Why can't you people just follow the law?
33:54 hmmmm interesting recommended stories you have there
Time to accept Russian power is all bluster.
so they classify a heavy tear gas as a WMD LMAO!! what about regular?
Yes tear gas is a chemical weapon, outlawed by treaty and convention in war. So is fire by the way (not supposed to smoke people out of fortifications, even if you take prisoners).
The point is to eliminate Grey areas. There's no argument over what chemicals constitute chemical weapons because all chemicals are counted. Same as fire, no argument over what constitutes fire bombing civilians since all fire is off limits.
@@DevilsAdvocate_HigherThanU TY
When I heard "right outside his residence" I imagined some nice urbane manor on the outskirts of town, not some dilapidated tenement.
Im the same age as Igor 😅 during the early 1990s i was in a time of having fun and taking lil pills 💊....this guy decided to take time to produce chemical and bioweapons.....what happened!!
The West fell in love and Russia decided to bring the USSR back 😂😅 Pitlar is a massive numb nutz....may Russia's economy dive....but the people of Russia stand up!!
Yhea but I'm not surprised someone who was a teen in the 90s would be an expert with Chemicals that mess you up. It just he took it in a very different direction.....
Where is this supposed USSR? I see no Communists in charge nor Marxist principles guiding the country... 🤔
The Brits calling Canada Canadurr is like their version of Americans calling Washington Warshington
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The russian brass are in the FO part of FAFO.
😂😂😂 👍
4:34 He met everything head on including a Scooter-Bomb
Cmon man be original
Good vid. It’s going to be SO upsetting if Somalia loses progress on Al Shabaab. They had been such an under-celebrated example of successful counterterrorism in Africa :(
Frankly, Somalia's break away states seem to to better than that rest of the nation, and that includes things like keeping Al Shabaab out. If they're on the same track as Somiland and Puntland, that's probably a good thing.
Time for some good yt content
How about doing video on treaty, conventions and similar signings Since it would be interesting.
My understanding is limited and i can't realy word it so seeing how other understand can help.
Anyone else remember that really annoying commercial for Head-On?
Head-On! Apply directly to the forehead!
Head-On! Apply directly to the forehead!
Head-On! Apply directly to the forehead!!
That's it. That's the whole commercial. It almost always played twice since it was so short. It worked since I can't forget the ad still
I thought that was made up by comedians considering how many of the older generation of comedians have/had a joke about that.
@@aceundead4750 No lmao. It's a very real product that did nothing and they knew it. That's why they couldn't make any claims about what it does, and why the only thing they could say in the commercial was "apply directly to the forehead".
@aceundead4750 nope. It's just a really annoying but very effective ad. I can't stress the annoying part enough, though. The whole commercial is shouting that message
I like how Simon puts an "R" on many words: Russar, Canadar, Chinr, for examples.
Rhotic intrusion is a common attribute of this particular accent.
Alright. I think this is my news format now.
27:00 why on earth is the world pretending this is anything but a land grab.
It was a drive by "scooting" . . . .
Isnt Somalia a defacto anarchy?like Borderlands or Fallout games
Not really, but close to it. It is more like a feudal kingdom in the middle of a civil war.
Not have been like that for a while. its like a 3-4 way slow civil war
You should do an episode on the "drones" seen around the globe. It's going to be big soon.
It would be a short episode. As drones become cheaper regular people fly them more frequently. There is no registration required so they can't be identified.
Conspiracy forums jump on this to claim there is some huge event going on when really it's just as noteworthy as the rise of smart phones in the late 2000s. Omg they are suddenly everywhere it must be aliens!
Weird that Russia wants to make a real real GREY area about “chemical weapons” when Ukarine seems to be able to target people in the heart of Russia for it………
Outstanding
3:10 badass
[Kirillov] "met everything head-on" ... including the pavement.
1914, 1938 and 2024 are getting eerily similar..
How so?
@@TheInsatiableDrBoom Lot's of smaller Wars, and the threat of larger conflicts.
I wouldn’t really say 1914 and 1938 were that similar, much less 2024 and either of those years, so I’m not sure how this makes sense
@@tonylipsmire5918
As Sergeant Schultz famously said....I know nothing, NOTHING
History repeats (if you ignore how it’s not similar at all)
Keep us up to date on Syria
Revalutions almost never work. They usually end up being worse
^
That's not necessarily true. Look at the French Revolutions (not the original the ones in 1848 and 1871). Look at America. Look at the German Revolution.
That General was merely promoted to "Cosmonaut" 😅
Deggy took a vacation from the Zone to do that job (IYKYK). ;)
Please explain to me … how we are ok with assassinations? So many people in this residential area could have been killed or injured, war is war but it’s never ok to turn around and attack on a civilian front … shameful
And I am one person completely against this “war” but let’s keep it fair …. Ukraine should also be held accountable for their use of chemical weapons …. And their war crimes in other contries which are proven
Sir, but CAN you whistle? 😊 I very much enjoy your videos.
Verbally licking his chops half calling the betrayal of Israeli citizens as spies as if it was the beginning of the end and then backing out saying something completely more mundane is cowardly, obnoxious and disgusting.
I thought it was a bit eyebrow raising that Ukraine targeted a WMD general. After the first 2 minutes, I fully understand now.
Never thought Strava would be used to track and kill someone, but here we are
I didn't hear anything about Scott ritter being assassinated? Oh it's his boss I understand.
I also agree with the ukrainian statement on retribution for war crimes everyone will face judgment wither in court or like this if russia wants to ignore international law.
Yeah he would have faced the full wrath of the law for using tear gas on the battle field something that is used everyday by cops.
@@michaelotieno6524 well, it's not everyday and it's not a peace time. There is an ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, so yeah, you kinda outlaw any chemical weapon to avoid the gray areas entirely. By the way, it's not great that police is allowed to use chemical weapon against civilians in the first place.
@@michaelotieno6524 cool ruski propaganda
@@michaelotieno6524 All Chemicals are baned in war. Not just dangerous ones. Chemical Weapons don't mean Chemicals that are harmful but ones used as a weapon.
I can’t imagine why Israeli people would be losing their pride for their country at this point in time.
Please stop saying Jawaland.
Leave Tatooine alone!
*Igor Kirillov looks like a character from metal gear solid on play station 2.*
0:21
So I guess u can say In Syria its "A Whole New WORLD" Come on Simon it was right there! Note I do not mean to mock the suffering of Syrian citizens just trying to lighten the mood.
It’ll be interesting to see if the Syrian uprising is going to end up like the Iranian revolution in the end. It’s just not “Our Guy” who got toppled like the West had with the Shah. And what the Western response to another Arab Revolution will be in the long run when/if they start doing stuff they don’t like.
Maybe Syria’s diversity will make the difference.
Iran was diverse too, no?
I really hope so but the West wouldn't want Syria to look like Libya especially because it may harm Israel.
Funny, when Ethiopia signed that port agreement with Somaliland Somali’s online were everywhere insisting that the central gov was stronger and more stable than ever, and now there are three autonomous regions bucking off Mogadishu. So much for that Ilhan.
"How can a person come to a foreign country [...] from a different state and hate it?"
Meanwhile, in the rest of the middle east and Europe, "First time hu?"
Instead of making Acid he made Bombs...
I really hope they don't try another Afghanistan this is the middle east they don't really do democracy
no, but we can always hope.
We said the same thing about Latin America in the 80s.
syria historically has been some greatest cities and nations on earth. you cant say the same about Afghanistan.
Democracy is not something unique to the West. Imposing Democracy usually doesn't work, even false narratives (like happened in Germany post WW1 where the anti democratic right would decry the Weimar Democracy as imposed by the Entente) can usually completely delegitimize a State.
I'm also not sure which other form of government you think should come. A dictatorship? An Oligarchy?
I hope the Syrian people can find a Government that can guarantee their safety, their rights and their future but it will have to be them, no other country can do anything without ruining what little progress has been made.
Key difference is in Afghanistan we were holding up the democratic government, but in Syria its the people doing it. Could easily fall apart still but it has more hope than Afghanistan did
The "axis of resistance" grows ever smaller 😅
I always love when there is an admission of things like this. It reminds me of Dave Chappelle’s “Gotcha Bitch!”
What I'm worried about in Syria is the leaders ties to al qeda and the 10k of their fighters on the ground. I get the feeling that the Kurdish Gword is back as the local groups and turkey gets uppity
24;05 So my question is what happens if the new Syrian gov't wants Russia out of the country? Would Russia listen?
Only if they could force the issue
So something I wonder is "How do Israelis FEEL about ur Middle eastern Muslim/Palestine?" I know a lot of them just want peace but how do they feel towards Muslims in other middle eastern countries. Hated? Indifference? Or is it more a "Leave us alone and we'll leave u alone"?
When this whole war started, if you had told me that the Ukrainians were going to be such cold, and hardcore badasses. I would have had my doubts, nothing personal. . .its just that they were so much smaller than Russia. But god damn! Would I have been wrong
Syria is super interesting
Are scooters blowing up now? crazy
She just used the term "Anglo Saxons" instead of the west.
Please follow the Syria stuff as it unfolds
And I'm very drunk right now but I support a democratic Syria and I hope HTS isnt bullshitting everybody and is actually interested in a Democratic Syria. Really I support any country that is struggling to become a democracy. The people should choose their leaders.
Get the United States out of Das Ookraine and out of the United Nations
all ways fun to se ppl who ar in power that think nothing will happen to them if they ar in war cuz they aint some foot soldier.. then reality hits you hard 🤣
The two most significant state actors for the reconstruction and regime stability for the dawn of a new Syria will be Turkey and Israel (not the USA, as Trump will have no interest). Turkey will be guided by their mistrust of the Kurds (whom the world owes a massive debt towards in terms of weakening Daesh/ISL, and fighting Assad for all these years), and this could cause an explosion of factional infighting. Israel will not want a strong centralized Syria that can challenge their illegal occupation of the Golan Heights, nor interfere with their security goals of destroying all remaining military infrastructure from the Assad regime. Israel will also not want a Syria that is too weak to govern itself and will want to avoid a situation where there's a perpetual impasse between groups and a vacuum that can be exploited by Iranian proxies, like what exists in Lebanon.
All of this makes me worried that the problems may not be over for Syria, and while they may be able to avoid Libya's collapse, they may experience some form of the sectarianism that has plagued Iraq.
When we talked about them giving up their weapons I am reminded what happened during the American Revolution when we fought for our independence from britain. That was the first thing that they wanted and that's the first thing we wouldn't give up. Responsible people keep their weapons locked up go through the training and need it for self-defense especially with what's going on in this country now. I'm talking about reputable people not teenagers stealing guns or parents not watching them however I'm surprised the pope hasn't chimed in on any of this and then a meeting with His Highness who is such a fraud he is tied into the one world religion the One World Government and I dislike this man intensely and the Catholic church is also a cult because they prayed all of these Idols to marry and I know because I used to work for a reformer years ago before I figured out what was really going on. Anyway once you give up your guns you have no power to protect yourself so that's a way of merging all of these other factions cuz if you take away their guns you can do whatever you want and it doesn't matter if you're just a tiny person in an apartment or whatever they will kill you and all of these syrians coming back what are they coming back to they're coming back to nothing their homes are no longer there there's no humanitarian Aid what is wrong with these people they are being deceived this current Syrian government if it meant anything to anybody which it doesn't they would tell them to just wait but turkey wants to get rid of everybody that's in their country that's why they're helping if Turkey keeps going the way it is we are going to be into World War III sooner because turkey is a member of NATO just remember that why not address that topic.