US taxpayer money should be left in the pockets of the American taxpayers. Our government is bloated and needs to get the hell out of healthcare and education. You're arguing for a less aggressive form of fascism, which is still fascism.
@harrymills2770 I would almost agree with everything except the last sentence. Fascism has nothing to do with it and it makes you sound dumb. Replace it with socialism
Government shouldn't finance healthcare, education and homelessness from our money y komie rtrd scmbg. People should pay for it directly not through beaurocrats.
Money for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan aren't significant, though, so the US can and should do both. Especially, there's literally no problem in the US that's due to too much money spent in support of allies abroad.
@elomial724 If you think that government shouldn't finance from taxes and people should pay for it directly, the ultimate consequence is depriving a huge chunk of society from getting not only higher education (college/university), but any education including primary school and kindergarten. That means that most of Europe is actually "socialist" or even "communist", but that's only by US standards.
52:27 Thank you for mentioning Operation Storm. Just a small correction: "Operation storm: Croatia operation Storm that was meant to REtake territory that was CONTROLLED by Yugoslav loyalists, Serb Yugoslav loyalists" Serbs were indigenous population of that area, and lived there for at least 1400 years. No one can retake something that it never had. Serbs from Kraina, (famous and brave Kraisnici) wanted to stay with the rest of Serbian population, spread over Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Monte Negro, Macedonia and Serbia. Word retake is therefore inadequate. Serbs were simply defending the place where hundreds of generations of their ancestors have been burried. Many Serbs from Kraina lost their family and cousins, brutally killed and masacred during the second world war by Ustase... The sentence should be corrected to: Operation Storm, that was meant to OCCUPY AND FINISH OFF ETHNIC CLENSING practised by Nacis during the second world war, of territory inhabited by INDIGENOUS Serbian population, who were bravely DEFENDING own motherland.
Soooooo incorrect. 1) Serbs came there during ottomans aggression. Just 1 question, how Serbs were there 1400y when knin (capital of that area) was capital of Croatia kingdom during king zvonimir. 2) operation storm didn't do ethnic cleansing, that operation is one of famous operation in all military academy in the world coz not attacking civilians. Beograd and paratroopers of sao krajina was forced civilians to go away, most of civilians were killed by Serbs paratroopers and let to die on bih Serbia border coz Beograd didn't want give them entrance. Talk with Serbs from krajina. 3) Croatia rebuilded all houses and construction and gave keys to Serbs who lived there 1990. 4) krajina have never been part of Serbia, always part of Croatia, in Roman empire (iliric), in medical period part of Croatia, in Austro Hungary also part of Croatia Dalmatia and banovina, in krlajevina shs was also part of Croatia, in Yugoslavia part of sfr Croatia 5) krajisnici started kill Croats not opposite when Croatia did independence despite they have all law and humans rights like Croats and other national minorities. Only Serbs did shits, coz belgrad lied to them like Johnson to zelensky. Exactly same thing All in all, krajina have never been Serbia and no ethnic cleansing by Croats (Serbs do own ethnic cleansing like ukraine now trying do stupid things when loosing a war)
Partially, you are right: NATO did performed an ethnic cleansing of Serbs. But admit that, some parts were patrogonical area of the Serbs, but, the same areas, were patrogonical area of others, like Croats. How can Pontius Pilatus (USA) solve this mess ? According to justice ? Simple answer: According to their own special interests.
@@eurtunwagens2359 Many people are wrong about NATO in Yugoslavia wars. NATO didn't wanted independence of sf republic. They fought for Belgrade. Usa and gb through UN gave sanction to Croatia (trade and arms embargo). NATO was enemy of Croatia, Russia Belorussia and Argentina helped Croatia. Usa attacked us, killed more Croats in posavina than Serbs. First political parties in Croatia didnt like west, but after 10-15y betrayels in government get us in NATO (without referendum) and EU (changing referendum law 1week before, then change back law after EU referendum). Americans didn't know about operation storm, they knew something coming and they told Belgrade, then Belgrade forced all civilians to leave krajina to got media propaganda about ethnic cleansing. I don't wanna make Croats saints, war crimes are in all wars, but on level of country and cro army haven't been war crimes, only single soldiers and groups like now with Russians in Ukraine war. Russia fights fairly, like Croats, but always anywhere have idiots. NATO picked Croatia side when they saw war is lost for Yugoslavia. Like they will do with Ukraine. Don't put NATO on side of Croatia coz that is incorrect, Croatia fight against us, gb and Serbia. Also Serbia is always gb player, like now, because that Putin wants vucic fall. Vucic/serbia is west trojan horse like always has been
@@eurtunwagens2359 They created the mess according to their interest and did not resolve anything, anywhere (all around the world). Has anybody invited them to create or resolve the mess? Who gave them the right to do so? Don't forget that separation was forced by USA economic means (frozen assets, that could be unfrozen only if and when separation proceeds); propping up literal Nacis, even arranging the German tanks to symbolically push Serbs out of their indigenous territory, finishing off what Nacis started during the WWII. I understand that USA feels cheated as Tito has been paid as far as 1974 to arrange splitting of Yugoslavia after his death, which he did not do properly, but hey, one thing is money and another chaos, tyranny and death. NATO is just a tool. And by the way, there is a tool called voting for resolving territorial disputes in democracy. Pity such democratic ideas are outside the toolbox of USA.
weeb, your thoughts about media and western democracy is soooo right. finaly someone from the west counties talk about this. in my country we had elections in 04 and we had the 3d tour because western candidate lost first two. he won the 3d try. democracy as it is.
Following this channel for some time now, always liked the voice behind and always thought that I hear Scandinavian accent 😏 Couple days ago I saw first part and couldn't believe how wrong I was. Would like to know more about founder of this channel. Love the analysis, love the depth and wide perspective of analysis. Keep up with good work!
@@LuisAldamiz he didn't ask about ethnicity, he said "would like to know more about founder". He also seemingly though his accent clashed with his appearance. You explained his accent. I gave a piece of the puzzle on appearance (the beard especially).
@@jesan733 - I quote from the OP: " always thought that I hear Scandinavian accent 😏 Couple days ago I saw first part and couldn't believe how wrong I was". Well, he was not wrong at all: the man is Danish!
From my point of view, it is not throwing Assad under the bus. But waiting for the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict, to then undertake a new military action in Syria. Because there are continuous exchanges of information between Erdogan and Nethaniau towards Putin, the one who would like to continue the battle against the Kurds, but the new tenant of Syria Al Jalani does not want to allow to touch. And the other Israeli who fears for a possible next attack on the Golan Heights, by the armed groups that are now in fibrillation.
Humanity is diverse, people are different. With that there will be different perspectives everyone sees the world through different lenses that are influenced by culture, religion, geography, history and experience overall. Shutting down discussion will always create conflict the solution is, diversity should be respected as no man cannot see the world through another man's eyes so seek to understand before promoting your own understanding.
Hey weeb it might sound toxic but I think you need to let your guests to speak more rather than talking by your self and focus more on asking questions.
If you say part 1 ( arabic number ) do not write part II ( roman numbers for second part ) instead write PART 2 it is harder to notice P.S. Great videos
From exactly 24/2/22 after listening to Putin's speech I said in discussion with my neighbours in London, that he will occupy the regions of Donbas, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia and all this operation will finish. The only thing that I didn't predicted was the span of time, most probably it will arrive by 2026 and it's easy to comprehend it as more than 30 military advanced countries got involved against Russia.
The big thinking error is: Ukraine is not Americas to give. Trump can only end support but he can not sell off land he does not own, he would have to offer Russia something other and outside of Ukraine.
One of the biggest issues is when Trump won, the Ukrainians knew it was the first nail in the coffin. So it is impacting the population and the soldiers. Neither want to continue the death and destruction when they know a deal is inevitable and they won't take back the lost land. So they're now literally fighting for nothing, anyone who dies between November and the deal is dying for nothing, they know this, it is psychologically terrifying to know you might die for nothing, so why risk it? just leave your position and wait for the deal, that's what any sensible man would do. This is being seen on the battlefield with the daily retreats and high amount of court proceedings against deserters/insubordinates.
Exactly! Trade between the US and the RF would only be an option if the whole matter was handled diplomatically from the start. However, diplomacy has failed and the problem is being solved by military means. This means that the Russians have already paid for the resolution of the problem with their own blood. There is no reason for them to pay again as part of some quid pro quo exchange. Besides, there are no longer any guarantees that the West can give Russia that can be trusted. Even Putin, who has so far been relatively open to cooperation with the West, is already aware of this. In my opinion, a point of no return has already been reached in this conflict. The Russians may be offering the possibility of peace negotiations, but in practice it will be a matter of sharpening the conditions for the West's capitulation. Trump will have no choice but to accept Russia's terms, otherwise the conflict will continue, with equally bad prospects for the West. Thus Trump can only buy his painless exit from the conflict. He can get nothing more. We'll see if he takes it.
Don't be silly; Ukraine has been SOLD in every way possible for decades now. What do you think Joe and Nancy Pelosi and Kerry and Graham and Hunt and Bush families were ALL doing there ? Selling Ukraine.
Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021: Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO. NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P. The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.
I agree with almost all of this. I would part ways on characterizing Ukrainian attacks on Russia as "terrorism." They're locked in an existential battle with a bigger neighbor, from their perspective. I agree with you on the events leading up to the conflict, and I mostly side with Russia on this. But once hostilities began, Ukraine is locked in an asymmetric warfare situation, which the bigger side will always try to characterize as "terrorism," when it's really just asymmetric warfare. There's plenty to criticize Ukraine and USA for, but how Ukraine fights its war, now that it's in it, does not become terrorism just because they're making strikes into Russia. It's very hypocritical to invade a neighbor and then call counter-attacks "terrorism." It's very hypocritical to foment revolution and war in Ukraine, supply it with weapons, and then tell Ukraine "You can't launch attacks into Russia." The line between what we are doing and what we won't do (meaning the USA) is very arbitrary, based on comfortable fallacies that permit our amoral behavior of the last 30 years, but somehow refrain from attacking Russia on moral grounds.
It's a lot easier to get terms that are favorable if you start out asking for the Moon. Then you can make a deal that's favorable for yourself, while appearing to have made major concessions.
32:01 Nope my man, you are wrong. This damn' war for survival Zelenski. Russia want to stop this madness. President of Ukraine and his stuff - do not. To much shame
Question, why is it so ridiculous that Israell has a right to defend itself you say people has their right to defend themselves well a state is made up of people and if they are attacked by an enemy that wishes to commit genocide and kill every single Israeli, they have a right to crush that enemy why is that so difficult to understand? Your arguments make no logic whatsoever.
I expect; USA to redraw from NATO, and concentrate on the interests of USA. That’s what said so it’s not a secret. Also I expect USA to take power in the areas already announced. Europe will largely be left to Russia.
@ The interests off USA is to protect USA. Here it’s partners has failed miserably, for my country we have failed to do our part, in Greenland, for more than 25 years, and by the latest statements from the Prime Minister and Defence minister, just 24 hours old, the plan is to continue to fail. ( they have no plan and just admitted to it publicly) I don’t expect Russia to make a military attack on Europe, but Russian to be much more influential in Europe, exploiting what they can. This is already happening. Just look at what happened in the Middle East, where major NATO countries are engaged in a conflict, but NATO is not even mentioned. NATO is already gone !
That's impossible: the USA needs its Empire to be able to guzzle around 25% of world's GDP (effective wealth) and thus not just massively reward its corrupt oligarchs but also drop some crumbs to appease its highly developed and growingly restless proletariat. It also needs Europe (or at least parts of it) to put pressure on Russia, to protect Israel and all its other assets in West Asia or "Middle East", to keep China away from the "Mare Nostrum", which is not anymore the Mediterranean but the Atlantic Ocean as a whole. Thanks to NATO the USA controls not just most of Europe (which uncontrolled would easily become a rival to US Atlantic and Mediterranean hegemony) but essentially everything to the Iranian border (after the Turkish conquest of Syria). Trump's isolationist rhetoric is just that: electoral propaganda. The only way the USA can actually be more or less isolationist is via communism and that's a big no-no for the Washingtonian Regime.
Very shallow treatment of democracy, essentially making the point that as long as the incumbent, however unsavoury, reflects the will of the people, it's democratic. That's a quite insidious pro-Putin stance. Democracy is about open access to positions of political power. E.g. Trump could actually win, and power is transferred. Zelensky won, and power was transferred to him. In Russia, if anyone builds up a chance of winning over Putin, that person gets novichok in his underwear well before the election. Rossi looks like a straight shooter superficially, but he's only that when criticizing the west. In no way does he tell the truth about e.g. Russia, which is an FSB ruled mafia state that does whatever it can also to suppress democracy and prop up dictators and authoritarians abroad.
I have no argument here, and I agree with you. Both Putin & Zelensky share many unsavory traits and have attached to themselves many nefarious oligarchs. The issue here though, are the Maidan coup, the broken Minsk Agreements & the troubles east of the Dnieper (among others within the last few decades). Whatever you may think of Putin, in the mind of Russia an encroaching NATO is an existential threat with the need for buffering & mitigation.
@@_Solaris I concur. Even if you have a more pro-western style democratic president in Russia that gained power through a more normalized election, this president would STILL be very hostile towards Nato expansion and would likely initiate war (later than 2022, but it would still happen).
@@_Solaris thanks for agreeing. Sadly, what you bring to the table are all Russian propaganda narratives. Not even the meme that Putin views an expanding NATO as an existential threat is correct. He attacked because we were weak and unthreatening, not because of the opposite.
way to much about israel palestine. its not an intresting qyestion for geopolitics how 5mill jews and 5mill palestinans fightibg for same labd for 2000 years.
Russia is not our enemy. Merry Christmas, greetings from Australia
You are right but we're trying really hard to make it so.
The enemy are the ruusian submarines now 😂😂😂
no ones my enemy
I disagree, Russia is our enemy. Merry Christmas from Sweden.
Friend, the quality of ideas presented here is, as always, exceptional.
Instead of arming Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare, education, homelessness etc.
US taxpayer money should be left in the pockets of the American taxpayers. Our government is bloated and needs to get the hell out of healthcare and education. You're arguing for a less aggressive form of fascism, which is still fascism.
@harrymills2770 I would almost agree with everything except the last sentence. Fascism has nothing to do with it and it makes you sound dumb. Replace it with socialism
Government shouldn't finance healthcare, education and homelessness from our money y komie rtrd scmbg. People should pay for it directly not through beaurocrats.
Money for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan aren't significant, though, so the US can and should do both. Especially, there's literally no problem in the US that's due to too much money spent in support of allies abroad.
@elomial724 If you think that government shouldn't finance from taxes and people should pay for it directly, the ultimate consequence is depriving a huge chunk of society from getting not only higher education (college/university), but any education including primary school and kindergarten. That means that most of Europe is actually "socialist" or even "communist", but that's only by US standards.
Merry Christmas Weeb Union. Keep up the good work.
I seriously doubt that Putin will throw Assad under the bus...
That's a very western thing to do. I doubt it too.
Really like having professors on, thanks Michael!
Friend, after a year of every day hearing you, I' m happy to see you. Also, I commend you, for your excellent use of the English language.
He’s used a face cam in past videos and posts pics on his telegram
Weeb, you take my thoughts and say it better than myself. Good guest and excellent conversation.
52:27 Thank you for mentioning Operation Storm. Just a small correction: "Operation storm: Croatia operation Storm that was meant to REtake territory that was CONTROLLED by Yugoslav loyalists, Serb Yugoslav loyalists" Serbs were indigenous population of that area, and lived there for at least 1400 years. No one can retake something that it never had. Serbs from Kraina, (famous and brave Kraisnici) wanted to stay with the rest of Serbian population, spread over Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Monte Negro, Macedonia and Serbia. Word retake is therefore inadequate. Serbs were simply defending the place where hundreds of generations of their ancestors have been burried. Many Serbs from Kraina lost their family and cousins, brutally killed and masacred during the second world war by Ustase... The sentence should be corrected to: Operation Storm, that was meant to OCCUPY AND FINISH OFF ETHNIC CLENSING practised by Nacis during the second world war, of territory inhabited by INDIGENOUS Serbian population, who were bravely DEFENDING own motherland.
Soooooo incorrect.
1) Serbs came there during ottomans aggression.
Just 1 question, how Serbs were there 1400y when knin (capital of that area) was capital of Croatia kingdom during king zvonimir.
2) operation storm didn't do ethnic cleansing, that operation is one of famous operation in all military academy in the world coz not attacking civilians.
Beograd and paratroopers of sao krajina was forced civilians to go away, most of civilians were killed by Serbs paratroopers and let to die on bih Serbia border coz Beograd didn't want give them entrance.
Talk with Serbs from krajina.
3) Croatia rebuilded all houses and construction and gave keys to Serbs who lived there 1990.
4) krajina have never been part of Serbia, always part of Croatia, in Roman empire (iliric), in medical period part of Croatia, in Austro Hungary also part of Croatia Dalmatia and banovina, in krlajevina shs was also part of Croatia, in Yugoslavia part of sfr Croatia
5) krajisnici started kill Croats not opposite when Croatia did independence despite they have all law and humans rights like Croats and other national minorities. Only Serbs did shits, coz belgrad lied to them like Johnson to zelensky. Exactly same thing
All in all, krajina have never been Serbia and no ethnic cleansing by Croats (Serbs do own ethnic cleansing like ukraine now trying do stupid things when loosing a war)
Partially, you are right: NATO did performed an ethnic cleansing of Serbs. But admit that, some parts were patrogonical area of the Serbs, but, the same areas, were patrogonical area of others, like Croats. How can Pontius Pilatus (USA) solve this mess ? According to justice ? Simple answer: According to their own special interests.
@@eurtunwagens2359
Many people are wrong about NATO in Yugoslavia wars. NATO didn't wanted independence of sf republic. They fought for Belgrade.
Usa and gb through UN gave sanction to Croatia (trade and arms embargo). NATO was enemy of Croatia, Russia Belorussia and Argentina helped Croatia. Usa attacked us, killed more Croats in posavina than Serbs.
First political parties in Croatia didnt like west, but after 10-15y betrayels in government get us in NATO (without referendum) and EU (changing referendum law 1week before, then change back law after EU referendum).
Americans didn't know about operation storm, they knew something coming and they told Belgrade, then Belgrade forced all civilians to leave krajina to got media propaganda about ethnic cleansing.
I don't wanna make Croats saints, war crimes are in all wars, but on level of country and cro army haven't been war crimes, only single soldiers and groups like now with Russians in Ukraine war.
Russia fights fairly, like Croats, but always anywhere have idiots.
NATO picked Croatia side when they saw war is lost for Yugoslavia. Like they will do with Ukraine.
Don't put NATO on side of Croatia coz that is incorrect, Croatia fight against us, gb and Serbia.
Also Serbia is always gb player, like now, because that Putin wants vucic fall. Vucic/serbia is west trojan horse like always has been
@@krusnamrvica4441 Epic nonsense. Everyone saw the G3s you where running around with.
@@eurtunwagens2359 They created the mess according to their interest and did not resolve anything, anywhere (all around the world). Has anybody invited them to create or resolve the mess? Who gave them the right to do so? Don't forget that separation was forced by USA economic means (frozen assets, that could be unfrozen only if and when separation proceeds); propping up literal Nacis, even arranging the German tanks to symbolically push Serbs out of their indigenous territory, finishing off what Nacis started during the WWII. I understand that USA feels cheated as Tito has been paid as far as 1974 to arrange splitting of Yugoslavia after his death, which he did not do properly, but hey, one thing is money and another chaos, tyranny and death. NATO is just a tool. And by the way, there is a tool called voting for resolving territorial disputes in democracy. Pity such democratic ideas are outside the toolbox of USA.
Excellent analysis
Pr. Michael thank you for this incredibly insightfull discussion! It was a pleasure to listen to you.
weeb, your thoughts about media and western democracy is soooo right. finaly someone from the west counties talk about this. in my country we had elections in 04 and we had the 3d tour because western candidate lost first two. he won the 3d try. democracy as it is.
It gets better in the 2nd half: Michael is a good analyst.
Good conversation. Greetings from Poland
Thankyou Guys and a Merry Christmas
His tone of voice makes me remember someone very knowledgeable. RIP Gonzalo Lira 😢
Did you love GL for his recommendations on how to abuse and exploit women, or for his support for Russia's illegal war, or both?
@@jesan733 or rather, not him but a story of double standarts that revolved around him
@@saint_alucardwarthunder759 please elaborate. What double standards?
@@jesan733 if yt doesn't ban my comment
@@jesan733 it did
Following this channel for some time now, always liked the voice behind and always thought that I hear Scandinavian accent 😏 Couple days ago I saw first part and couldn't believe how wrong I was.
Would like to know more about founder of this channel. Love the analysis, love the depth and wide perspective of analysis. Keep up with good work!
He's Danish.
@@LuisAldamiz and Muslim afaik.
@@jesan733 - Yes but how does that even matter: he asked for his ethnicity, not for his superstitions.
@@LuisAldamiz he didn't ask about ethnicity, he said "would like to know more about founder". He also seemingly though his accent clashed with his appearance. You explained his accent. I gave a piece of the puzzle on appearance (the beard especially).
@@jesan733 - I quote from the OP: " always thought that I hear Scandinavian accent 😏 Couple days ago I saw first part and couldn't believe how wrong I was".
Well, he was not wrong at all: the man is Danish!
Thanks Weeb!
Bellum omnium contra omnes - Hobbes
H.L. Mencken - "Democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner".
This is more than geopolitical analysis, it's a psychiatric analysis. To the people: "You can't handle the truth!" Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men
Merry Christmas
Mange tak. Glaedelig jul.
Here before bots from either side of the conflict
Buon Natale 🎄🎄🎄
Finally, Michael being able to speak.
Awesome chat folks thanks.
Merry Christmas and Wesolych Swiat Bozego Naradzenia from Poland.
From my point of view, it is not throwing Assad under the bus. But waiting for the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict, to then undertake a new military action in Syria. Because there are continuous exchanges of information between Erdogan and Nethaniau towards Putin, the one who would like to continue the battle against the Kurds, but the new tenant of Syria Al Jalani does not want to allow to touch. And the other Israeli who fears for a possible next attack on the Golan Heights, by the armed groups that are now in fibrillation.
Merry Christmas to you and your family
Humanity is diverse, people are different. With that there will be different perspectives everyone sees the world through different lenses that are influenced by culture, religion, geography, history and experience overall. Shutting down discussion will always create conflict the solution is, diversity should be respected as no man cannot see the world through another man's eyes so seek to understand before promoting your own understanding.
Where is part one?
ua-cam.com/video/9SZUqkPnoXI/v-deo.html
Thank you
A I see, the world is heading to some kind of a Bronze age collapse
Hey weeb it might sound toxic but I think you need to let your guests to speak more rather than talking by your self and focus more on asking questions.
If you say part 1 ( arabic number ) do not write part II ( roman numbers for second part ) instead write PART 2 it is harder to notice
P.S. Great videos
I feel Trump has CPTSD
Serious trauma
Is an angry toddler
Very dangerous situation
IMHO
why you are talking all the time, I wanted to listen to the guy with knowldege
Thanks :)
From exactly 24/2/22 after listening to Putin's speech I said in discussion with my neighbours in London, that he will occupy the regions of Donbas, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia and all this operation will finish. The only thing that I didn't predicted was the span of time, most probably it will arrive by 2026 and it's easy to comprehend it as more than 30 military advanced countries got involved against Russia.
The big thinking error is:
Ukraine is not Americas to give.
Trump can only end support but he can not sell off land he does not own, he would have to offer Russia something other and outside of Ukraine.
Ukraine is owned by blackrock and a few other large companies that is why the west is still there
One of the biggest issues is when Trump won, the Ukrainians knew it was the first nail in the coffin. So it is impacting the population and the soldiers. Neither want to continue the death and destruction when they know a deal is inevitable and they won't take back the lost land. So they're now literally fighting for nothing, anyone who dies between November and the deal is dying for nothing, they know this, it is psychologically terrifying to know you might die for nothing, so why risk it? just leave your position and wait for the deal, that's what any sensible man would do. This is being seen on the battlefield with the daily retreats and high amount of court proceedings against deserters/insubordinates.
Exactly! Trade between the US and the RF would only be an option if the whole matter was handled diplomatically from the start. However, diplomacy has failed and the problem is being solved by military means. This means that the Russians have already paid for the resolution of the problem with their own blood. There is no reason for them to pay again as part of some quid pro quo exchange. Besides, there are no longer any guarantees that the West can give Russia that can be trusted. Even Putin, who has so far been relatively open to cooperation with the West, is already aware of this. In my opinion, a point of no return has already been reached in this conflict. The Russians may be offering the possibility of peace negotiations, but in practice it will be a matter of sharpening the conditions for the West's capitulation. Trump will have no choice but to accept Russia's terms, otherwise the conflict will continue, with equally bad prospects for the West. Thus Trump can only buy his painless exit from the conflict. He can get nothing more. We'll see if he takes it.
Don't be silly; Ukraine has been SOLD in every way possible for decades now. What do you think Joe and Nancy Pelosi and Kerry and Graham and Hunt and Bush families were ALL doing there ? Selling Ukraine.
Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity.
In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas.
If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy.
Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements.
Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time
Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns.
20th September, 2021: Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO.
NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter).
We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc.
Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster?
Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest.
Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland.
Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed.
Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”.
Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it.
Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country.
Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list.
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list.
There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence).
The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present.
Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave.
Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P.
The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims).
The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter.
I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion.
I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written.
Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.
Do you know what a martial law is rtrd? When you have war you can't have democracy
I agree with almost all of this. I would part ways on characterizing Ukrainian attacks on Russia as "terrorism." They're locked in an existential battle with a bigger neighbor, from their perspective.
I agree with you on the events leading up to the conflict, and I mostly side with Russia on this. But once hostilities began, Ukraine is locked in an asymmetric warfare situation, which the bigger side will always try to characterize as "terrorism," when it's really just asymmetric warfare.
There's plenty to criticize Ukraine and USA for, but how Ukraine fights its war, now that it's in it, does not become terrorism just because they're making strikes into Russia.
It's very hypocritical to invade a neighbor and then call counter-attacks "terrorism."
It's very hypocritical to foment revolution and war in Ukraine, supply it with weapons, and then tell Ukraine "You can't launch attacks into Russia."
The line between what we are doing and what we won't do (meaning the USA) is very arbitrary, based on comfortable fallacies that permit our amoral behavior of the last 30 years, but somehow refrain from attacking Russia on moral grounds.
@EduardoArtista...
Zgadzam się w 100% Dziękuję za prawdę,pozdrawiam z Polski!
Please stop with this cut-n-paste of Russian propaganda that you've pasted hundreds of times already.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more bizarre Trump is now talking about ‘buying’ Greenland and taking back control of the Panama Canal 😵💫
It's a lot easier to get terms that are favorable if you start out asking for the Moon. Then you can make a deal that's favorable for yourself, while appearing to have made major concessions.
You need to buy a sense of humor. He is not serious.
panama is ruining the canal. Its only a matter of time before it collapses
@@kronos77 Humour cannot be bought and neither can Greenland.
@@kronos77 I suggest you read what Trump actually said regarding Greenland before calling it a joke.
34:00 I think most countries would collapse if they tried a general mobilization.
32:01 Nope my man, you are wrong. This damn' war for survival Zelenski. Russia want to stop this madness. President of Ukraine and his stuff - do not. To much shame
Prof. Rossi should have been given much more time.
Russia throw Assad under the bus..western cope again.
Trump vs. Bismarck...
So WWIII?
So that's your face
Sooo, is the wedding off or on?
Imagine the war in Ukraine is ended by an "AMERICAN" instead of a Russian only Victory. Pathetic.
Nice beard
Гость плохо понимает политику Путина и делает маловероятные предположения.
Israel protects Genie Energy interests.
Question, why is it so ridiculous that Israell has a right to defend itself you say people has their right to defend themselves well a state is made up of people and if they are attacked by an enemy that wishes to commit genocide and kill every single Israeli, they have a right to crush that enemy why is that so difficult to understand? Your arguments make no logic whatsoever.
I expect; USA to redraw from NATO, and concentrate on the interests of USA.
That’s what said so it’s not a secret.
Also I expect USA to take power in the areas already announced.
Europe will largely be left to Russia.
What are US interests? Why is it always thought that Russia wants Europe and why would Russia even want Europe?
@ The interests off USA is to protect USA. Here it’s partners has failed miserably, for my country we have failed to do our part, in Greenland, for more than 25 years, and by the latest statements from the Prime Minister and Defence minister, just 24 hours old, the plan is to continue to fail. ( they have no plan and just admitted to it publicly)
I don’t expect Russia to make a military attack on Europe, but Russian to be much more influential in Europe, exploiting what they can. This is already happening.
Just look at what happened in the Middle East, where major NATO countries are engaged in a conflict, but NATO is not even mentioned. NATO is already gone !
That's impossible: the USA needs its Empire to be able to guzzle around 25% of world's GDP (effective wealth) and thus not just massively reward its corrupt oligarchs but also drop some crumbs to appease its highly developed and growingly restless proletariat. It also needs Europe (or at least parts of it) to put pressure on Russia, to protect Israel and all its other assets in West Asia or "Middle East", to keep China away from the "Mare Nostrum", which is not anymore the Mediterranean but the Atlantic Ocean as a whole.
Thanks to NATO the USA controls not just most of Europe (which uncontrolled would easily become a rival to US Atlantic and Mediterranean hegemony) but essentially everything to the Iranian border (after the Turkish conquest of Syria).
Trump's isolationist rhetoric is just that: electoral propaganda. The only way the USA can actually be more or less isolationist is via communism and that's a big no-no for the Washingtonian Regime.
You need to let your guest talk more and stop going on multiple tangents
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Putin doing for Russia what Hamas did for Gaza.
Pierwszy.
Ponoc 8 gromowcow poleglo wczoraj. Wpadli w zasadzke i nie chcieli sie poddac i niestety wszyscy "kopneli w kalendarz".
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Very shallow treatment of democracy, essentially making the point that as long as the incumbent, however unsavoury, reflects the will of the people, it's democratic. That's a quite insidious pro-Putin stance. Democracy is about open access to positions of political power. E.g. Trump could actually win, and power is transferred. Zelensky won, and power was transferred to him. In Russia, if anyone builds up a chance of winning over Putin, that person gets novichok in his underwear well before the election. Rossi looks like a straight shooter superficially, but he's only that when criticizing the west. In no way does he tell the truth about e.g. Russia, which is an FSB ruled mafia state that does whatever it can also to suppress democracy and prop up dictators and authoritarians abroad.
Zelenskyy cancelled elections in "democratic" Ukraine, Jeppen.
I have no argument here, and I agree with you. Both Putin & Zelensky share many unsavory traits and have attached to themselves many nefarious oligarchs.
The issue here though, are the Maidan coup, the broken Minsk Agreements & the troubles east of the Dnieper (among others within the last few decades).
Whatever you may think of Putin, in the mind of Russia an encroaching NATO is an existential threat with the need for buffering & mitigation.
@@_Solaris I concur. Even if you have a more pro-western style democratic president in Russia that gained power through a more normalized election, this president would STILL be very hostile towards Nato expansion and would likely initiate war (later than 2022, but it would still happen).
@@_Solaris thanks for agreeing. Sadly, what you bring to the table are all Russian propaganda narratives. Not even the meme that Putin views an expanding NATO as an existential threat is correct. He attacked because we were weak and unthreatening, not because of the opposite.
way to much about israel palestine. its not an intresting qyestion for geopolitics how 5mill jews and 5mill palestinans fightibg for same labd for 2000 years.
Since 636. So, 1412 years.
14 million Palestinians.
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It effects the whole world , your missing some clues.
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