When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. - Maya Angelou

@christianindividual4550

2 жыл бұрын

I don't like this quote. I have met many people, and at first, due to misunderstandings, it looked like they would not get along with me. Yet fast forward into the future, and now I know them, they are very nice people and we get along. If you just believed what you saw first time, you may misunderstand ultimately nice people, or on the flip side, be deceived by ultimately malicious people. I don't agree with this quote, because you may think someone has "showed you who they were", but they haven't, and it was a misunderstanding.

@RawTopShot

2 жыл бұрын

@@christianindividual4550 My experience is often that people are false or masquerading as kind natured upon initial meeting, but soon they show their true selves, manipulative, selfish and evil.

@josephdouglas6260

2 жыл бұрын

@@christianindividual4550 ok, so with your logic we should forget Syria, Crimea & now this??? We are no longer dealing with a stranger. He has done this before

@christianindividual4550

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephdouglas6260 I am not saying that. I am speaking on the quote only.

@christianindividual4550

2 жыл бұрын

@@RawTopShot Interesting experience.

Just to underline something terrifying: Today, the nuclear weapons are way more powerful than the ones used in the history.

@johanponken

2 жыл бұрын

They always were; nothing new.

@stephenbrookes8681

2 жыл бұрын

That is not strictly true. The strategic nuclear weapons are vastly more powerful, but the tactical battlefield weapons, of which Russia has many, can be of very limited yield. Most likely scenarios are: 1 - Putin uses a tactical battlefield weapon in Ukraine to measure the wests response. 2 - Putin detonates a (more powerful) weapon over the sea (perhaps the north or Norwegian sea) to again measure the response. The odds of going directly to the full strategic nuclear weapons are vanishingly small. What the west does in either of the above scenarios will decide the future of this planet. Backdown and Putin wins, escalate and we all die, a proportionate detonation (perhaps in the barents sea) to prove that the west is also willing to detonate nuclear weapons if provoked might be the proportionate response.

@Hockeyreview101

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenbrookes8681 Stephen you gotta go be a general dude

@johanponken

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hockeyreview101 No. But an advisor to one, maybe. Dude.

@stephenbrookes8681

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hockeyreview101 Thanks 🙂 Actually I am a biochemist, but a keen student of geopolitics and military history.

That was a very clear, concise and level headed explanation of the nuclear threat!

@binqian2022

2 жыл бұрын

it is. guess why they built so many nuclear warheads?

@snabavi83

2 жыл бұрын

No, it was an explanation of a NU-KU-LER threat

@footdrizle3214

2 жыл бұрын

@@snabavi83 what an astute observation.

He is 70 years old. He has nothing to lose. He is ready to take to the grave the whole world with him. Please don't stop negotiations with him. I'm sure there is a way of coming to an agreement. People are dying every day. Have mercy!

@anayarey

2 жыл бұрын

I agree but disagree that there can be an agreement. Putin ain't about that stuff. He rather takes the world to his grave.

@michaelboano7183

2 жыл бұрын

R u familiar with Neville chamberlain?

@phoenixrising4995

2 жыл бұрын

Biden is the same, he's already 1 foot in the grave.

@chrisnaples2838

2 жыл бұрын

Said the village Simpleton

At first I'm sure he was bluffing but with all these sanctions they're going to push him to the point where he's unpredictable and capable of doing anything.

@nsaylor9

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m worried about. Apparently Merkel told Obama back in 2014 that he was living in a separate reality.

@Cruz0e

2 жыл бұрын

just let him do his "job" and let him replace this corrupt Ukrainian government

@MrTrumpet

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with the sanctions as a way to get him to the negotiating table, the problem is that there isn't an off-ramp for him. He's being told to surrender, and be punished with crippling sanctions and to stand trial for war crimes. That isn't a way out. Sun Tzu - "build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across" - there is no bridge here. He's backed into a corner and the west don't seem like they want to de-escalate, but they're expecting Putin to de-escalate.

@SadisticNinja

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrTrumpet Exactly, they have pushed him too far... It’s all or nothing for him now and that’s what terrifies me the most

@viperabyss

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cruz0e With what? An even more corrupt Ukrainian puppet government that is beholden to Putin's own extremely corrupt government? After all, with all it's faults and shortcomings, the current Ukrainian government was democratically elected.

To paraphrase what the economist said before the war started, regardless of if Putin launched nukes or not, he's turned his regime into one that could.

@Dagoth_Ur_1

2 жыл бұрын

They've had the dead-hand system since the cold war I think, if that could still be used

@Joe-yz9rh

2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile no one cares about how innocent ppl including women and babies in Somalia just got bombed by America days ago… so hypocritical…

@awesomebrotherhood7698

2 жыл бұрын

If they did not use Nuclear War in the Cold War there is no way they will use it here. The Cold War was full brown nuclear rivalry. People might say that the suspicion that the NATO or the West would attack Putin but Now, Putin is just scared because he has seen so much invasion, Libya; Afghanistan, and Iraq to so say a few which destabilized the then governments. No wonder he is in high alert. But we should never justify nuclear weapons, the issue about nuclear weapons is that he kills more than you can ever imagine. Nuclear bombs has stopped war between the powerful countries for many years now from Nagasaki and Hiroshima but never again I would want to see it.

@Ann65.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joe-yz9rh You are wrong Jill. People care desperately about innocent people - and soldiers, the cannon fodder - losing their lives. Alas, Alas it is always the megalomaniacs and power-hungry individuals who have the proverbial finger on the button. What a terrible job humanity is doing as supposed ‘Custodians’ of this Planet. 😢 Sending you a virtual hug. 🌹

@---------c5741

2 жыл бұрын

Eh haven't heard of China and North Korea?

Imagine how much less fear their would be in the world if nuclear weapons were none existent.

@hokkaidoosaka4881

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly and I'm only 13 so I don't really know much about the government but I honestly don't understand how one person can hold that power can't the citizens do anything???

@Stefan-vc2ef

2 жыл бұрын

@@hokkaidoosaka4881 lol he’s worked his whole life for his power, people are too weak to try

@pearce1984

2 жыл бұрын

Quite the opposite. Nuclear weapons are the only reason we didn't had ww3 yet. They are only for deterrance. MAD or the so called mutual assured destruction is and agreement and the world leaders understand that. So does Putin. And you also need to understand, that there are about 15 thousands of nuclear warheads in the world which is not enough to wipe out humanity as such. In addition not all of them are operational and only a very small amount of them are the size of the tsar bomba. The majority are small tactical warheads. Sure, in case of full scale nuclear war millions if not billions will loose their lives, but also billions will survive and live on. Nuclear winter is also only a theory since we never had one and it is very complicated to predict. All I am saying is that don't loose your sleep over nuclear war. It takes much more than that to destroy planet earth and all humanity.

@Muralidharan001

2 жыл бұрын

But nuclear weapon prevented many wars and third world war.

@PhantomOfManyTopics

2 жыл бұрын

America is the only nation who has ever used nukes.

Probably the most organized and non-chaotic video i saw amongst all the news channels that tried to explain these questions .

“I don’t know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but I do know World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.” ~ Albert Einstein

@GoatjoSigma

2 жыл бұрын

Mfw copy paste quote

@gameinspireme

2 жыл бұрын

I think it will be fought with tomato's 🍅

@jaysilverheals4445

2 жыл бұрын

youtube has banned that comment since people are being driven crazy by seeing it over and over and over again as if each ten millionth person thinks they are making wise comment

Please don't fire nukes. We breathe the same air. Everyone will be affected :((

@personeater2664

2 жыл бұрын

Only America, the UK and Israel have a first use policy so its not Russia we have to worry about.

@aidanmeacham1999

2 жыл бұрын

@@personeater2664 some googling has said that Russia only has that policy with China. maybe there's something I don't know about but Russia has Nukes as a response to conventional threats.

@deepdude4719

2 жыл бұрын

@Searching for Ufos that is not what Putin said. He said they are on high alert when they havent yet not even a truck tresspasing its border. Get the facts straight.

@personeater2664

2 жыл бұрын

@@aidanmeacham1999 It would use nukes in the case of non nuclear wmd’s being used against Russia, and it turns out Israel does have a no first use policy. The US and UK however have no policy not to use nuclear weapons in a standard land war

@owenpalmer5281

2 жыл бұрын

@Searching for Ufos ah yes, invading an innocent country is a very defensive policy

Its frightening, I fear if Putin is pushed into a corner he might think I have nothing to loose.

Even 1% of chance that will happen is too much a price to pay for.

I'm well impressed with this vid. Very balanced and informative. Kudos to you! And peace soon, hopefully.

Thank you Shashank Joshi, great analysis. clear and straight forward!

I feel like Putin deeply wants to see nuclear war in his lifetime. Like some kind of bucket list goal.

@JasonBrown-zg3tr

2 жыл бұрын

Rumour as it Putin's terminally ill, ain't spoke to daughters for years and thinks he's Lucifer.

@notbloodylikely4817

2 жыл бұрын

I concur. In a speech he said in a nuclear exchange he would ascend to heaven as a martyr while his enemies would just drop down and die. That's not the talk of a sane mind.

@GoBears6547

2 жыл бұрын

💀💀💀💀

@JasonBrown-zg3tr

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoBears6547 pray for thermo nuclear war,wish for total destruction of the world.Been praying and wishing since a kid never comes true

@notbloodylikely4817

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrown-zg3tr ok Edgy McEdgelord.

I am just worried that Putin would reach a point of "nothing to lose" phase and a nuclear attack would seem like the only option. Hopefully not

@davidspero1125

2 жыл бұрын

It's Biden you should be concerned about, since Putin is just reacting to Biden's aggressive moves against Russia.

@husseinali9937

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidspero1125 I really dont care about politics. US, NATO and Russia are all aggressive and yearning for more geopolitical expansions decades ago and now Ukraine is the last victim on the map. All I care about is the regular people losing their lives, let alone if it turns nuclear

@davidspero1125

2 жыл бұрын

@@husseinali9937 The reason "regular people" are "losing their lives" is due to Biden and the USA's eternal greed for more and more political power and the stealing of natural resources. It's important everyone understand that fact and not what the mainstream media tells us.

@matthewjbellamy1

2 жыл бұрын

He already has

@davidspero1125

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewjbellamy1 Thank Biden for this conflict.

3% chance is still a chance albeit small. If it's about nuclear MAD, then it's still higher than we want.

@robsmithracing

2 жыл бұрын

3% too high in my opinion.

@killer_alpha98

2 жыл бұрын

@@robsmithracing even 1% chance is higher cuz we're talking about our ends , the world end

@obi-wankenobi8446

2 жыл бұрын

@@killer_alpha98 to be fair what are YOU going to do about it? Nothing, may as well stop wussing and just get on with life. Unless you can personally do something to help the situation.

@killer_alpha98

2 жыл бұрын

@@obi-wankenobi8446 i am getting on with the life and i know they're not crazy to bring the end of human race

@Bionicleforever

2 жыл бұрын

3% is higher than the chance of death from covid, its pretty scary

Hopefully we won’t need to wipe out half the planet to understand that nuclear weapons should be destroyed 🤦‍♂️

@s1n112

2 жыл бұрын

half? everyone with nukes will bomb so we will all die lul...

Imagine 1 man could end the world even if this does not happen now we humans live on a razor’s edge

I see three senarios all with tactical size weapons: 1) If he can not take Kiev in a few weeks, he might launch one just to end the resistence. 2) Belarus has asked for getting nuclear weapons back from Russia. The dictator Lukashenko would do anything to please his master, including launch a weapon against Kiev. 3) Putin detonate a nuclear weapon in the Baltic sea, just to show the world he dare. For all three case he would not be attacking a member of NATO, so no article 5. We can not attack Russia, without starting WW3. Economic sanctions? We are already doing those! We have played all the cards we can play, except the last card we do not want to play.

@rodmanser7573

2 жыл бұрын

Using dial a yield or anything else nuclear in Ukraine would be like slicing open a skunk. Putin would get radiation fallout all over Russia and bring other states into this if he did. We played our cards very wrong here and the genie is out of the bottle. We may have to come down from our ivory tower and negotiate on Putins terms to end this. He is going to demand removal of the Aegis Ashore batteries from Romania and Poland and the pullback of UN and US troops from Poland's eastern frontier and a promise to keep open Nordstream just to get hostilities ended. I hope the people in the oval have the brains to figure out what to demand in return to make it workable.

Putin is the living proof that people who don't know to lose a game, are quite dangerous...

@ChrisMacri376

2 жыл бұрын

Why should he lose? The opposing state (USA) has killed millions of civilians and destroyed hundreds of towns and cities in illegal wars and invasions ... China should step in to stop all wars, starting with Yemen

@Martin_Paalo

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisMacri376 So Putin should do that too? Is that what you're trying to say?

@henriquevenom8815

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisMacri376 the fact that the world is United for fairness and protection to ukraine does not mean that others countries and people don't deserve It...

@irynaboiko523

2 жыл бұрын

@@henriquevenom8815 The fact that in other countries people deserve to have peace does not mean that Ukraine does not deserve it

@venkateshvaranm1376

2 жыл бұрын

as well it is not wise to mess with people like him either they Die or Run over

The most critical moment is here, I hope everything is well!🙏🙏🙏

Very well put! Thank you for your take

War is a rich man’s game. The rich aren’t ready for the nuclear game

@virtualworldsbyloff

2 жыл бұрын

Putin is not a rich, is a mad

The dude literally united all of Europe against him, caused Germany to raise military spending to 100bn

@KazenoniKakuremi

2 жыл бұрын

Raise military spending BY 100B as one off immediately... Thereafter over 2% of GDP

@JckSwan

2 жыл бұрын

@@KazenoniKakuremi Which at 2% would be about $76b.

@unconscious1076

2 жыл бұрын

So what is Russia? African country??

@yz9048

2 жыл бұрын

@@unconscious1076 yes

@driftwood1906

2 жыл бұрын

Too little, too late.

Nice to hear a rational response from someone. Too much scaremongering out there. Some of the top rated comments here are of no help either.

@DaFinkingOrk

2 жыл бұрын

@Kane Welshman No it isn't

@tomwright4969

2 жыл бұрын

@Kane Welshman Are you in the Russian Army?

In a nuclear war the oligarchs would lose everything. The declaration of nuclear war is something they and Russia's top leaders would not allow and probably lead to Putin's downfall

@boots5809

2 жыл бұрын

It inevitably would mean they all die. So yes, this is correct.

@sbdr.1241

2 жыл бұрын

@@boots5809 including us! Welcome to the new moon called earth ( if he pushes the button)

@TheManinBlack9054

2 жыл бұрын

Russia isn't controlled by oligarchs. Its a dumb western idea

@MAKS6665

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you are right but have you ever heard of fatal lovers quarrel. If Putin feels he is loosing everything, then he may have the mentality that if I can’t have Ukraine then nobody will and if Russia is destroyed then the whole of Europe should be .

@FunnyVidsIllustrated

2 жыл бұрын

​@@MAKS6665 follow that gut feeling, get ready NOW

What's really scary is that it's 2022 and people still don't know how to pronounce "nuclear."

@M_S_K420

2 жыл бұрын

It actually started to annoy me

@johnharvey5381

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. At first I wondered if it was a British version, but the other guy didn't say it the same way.

@luckm8852

2 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered why some people pronounce nuclear as nucular. It's simply new-clear. You don't say it's a lovely cular day today, do you?

@stevenbloom1060

2 жыл бұрын

THATS A HUGE PROBLEM

@rlynn6658

2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand it either. Why is this still happening?!?!? Did we not laugh loud enough at Bush?

Putin threatening the use of nuclear weapons due to the slow progress of Russia’s war in Ukraine is like pulling out a hand grenade in the middle of a poker game and threatening to blow yourself up along with the other players, in other words NATO and the world, because you’re down on your luck and you know that you have a bad hand. He knows for a fact that his goals for this Russian invasion have not been met within the first few days of the invasion and is now threatening to wage nuclear war to compensate for his failure and incompetence.

@FoodwaysDistribution

2 жыл бұрын

"due to the slow progress of Russia’s war in Ukraine" that's not the reason and there is no "slow progress" stop being silly and don't regurgitate bs msm told you

@JustAnObody812

2 жыл бұрын

@@FoodwaysDistribution I think you should watch more news.. Russia makes barely any progress. Putin is a coward, that's why he threatens.

@Ricardo-lb4so

2 жыл бұрын

Russia hss now the upperhand in Ukraine at this very moment. It wouldn't be the moment to drop a granade on the table when you have an imperial flower in hand

@NuclearSmoores

2 жыл бұрын

The entire world needs to wake up to the potential nuclear war and people who dont think its possible are completely out of touch with reality.

@Jknight416

2 жыл бұрын

@@NuclearSmoores Nuclear war will always be a possibility as long as they exist and when you have different Nations each holding over 100 of them. Heck the US and Russia have over 1k of them.

Finally an informative video

Once they fire nukes, they can't reverse the damage

We are inching closer every day, all the beligerant talk and actions could lead to nuclear conflagation, not to mention the 14 active nuclear plants in Ukraine now.

How does, what boils down to one man (any man of any nation) have the fate of the planet in his control? Who stands by this person and acts upon their requests? For what reason would anyone be so foolish as to follow it through? Everyone has a family.

@christinedavey7793

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% with you Why don't the people over power Putin kick him out, bring in somone who believes in peace love not war. The world Against One sick man

@alegomanYTPs

2 жыл бұрын

why do people build weapons?

@easylogy4825

2 жыл бұрын

It's pretty straight forward setup " Those who have power rules the world & prey on weak "

@johnchristmas7522

2 жыл бұрын

Putin has a picked team-anyone who disagreed, vanished. So where are the sensible ones?

@justagirl19

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnchristmas7522 the sensible ones are either already dead, in prison or risiking their life everyday by going on the street. ;(

2:59 “no one (in the West) is putting their bombers on high alert” - or they have, but not announced it publicly. USAF has been moving several to Europe recently.

@mowilderness8505

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I believe without a shadow of a doubt that we have weapons on standby they haven't announced it publicly I'm from the United States and I don't trust our government any more than Russia's government

@robertcook4590

2 жыл бұрын

USA is well covered around the world

It's not nukiller, why do so many people say nukiller and get away with it? It's NU - CLEAR nuclear. Thank you

The Economist is a great source of information, I read it here in the United States as often as I can, thanks!

Thanks for the informative video. While we can speculate whether Putin's nuclear threat is true or not, I think he can try to do this to other NATO countries that owns zero nukes or probably to Ukraine itself before it becomes an EU or NATO member. We should take this seriously.

@gotohell6814

2 жыл бұрын

Nato is the reason this is all happening. If they could have just stuck to the agreements then this wouldn't have happened. Also not a great idea to install a comedian as a leader of a nation. puppets the lot of them.

@gotohell6814

2 жыл бұрын

@Jeffrey Keltgen you not seen the videos coming out of Ukraine of them hugging the Russian soldiers. No well let me guess your getting your info from the MSM? I have had none stop videos of Ukrainians killing Ukrainians. The Ukraine is where 1. Politicians and deep state launder their money. 2. Ukraine is full of American biological weapons laboratories and they have been the main target at the start. 3. They (Nato, Ukraine, EU and UN) have broken all agreements they had with Russia. 4. Its not a democracy or European as MSM have claimed as soon as the comedian was put in power he arrested the opposition and banned the media who were critical of him 🙄 wake up if the TV tells you someone is bad then they are probably a threat to the NWO.

@stefanschleps8758

2 жыл бұрын

"We've" been taken it seriously all our lives! Welcome to the cold war.

@stefanschleps8758

2 жыл бұрын

@Kane Welshman Poseidon is a myth. More than half of Russias forces don't operate as advertised, and the oligarchs squandered the money earmarked for maintenance and pocketed the rest. Don't worry, your living in a fear induced fantasy. Take a chill pill, see a shrink, or stop scaring yourself. You're witnessing Putins swan song. An old mans last grasp for power. Na khuy Putin! Slava Ukrainii!

@johnnyrotten8801

2 жыл бұрын

NATO has no nukes????😂

even thinking about launching nuclear weapons is madness. this insane man has already dammed himself

@view1st

2 жыл бұрын

The USA thinks about it all the time. And threatens other countries with nuclear attack quite openly.

@faustosar6151

2 жыл бұрын

@@view1st When? Where?

Thank you!

"Nuclear" is not pronounced "new-cular." One wouldn't say, "look at those new, cular window panes"

@drazi3356

2 жыл бұрын

Its called an accent you uneducated drop out.

@mikehunt2190

2 жыл бұрын

“Nukalar” as George Bush would say

what barn is this guy hiding out in!? 😂 love it

Putin's action for sure triggered west nuclear readiness , its just they didn't make it public. Lets pray that one of these fools don't make their last mistake.

@deepdude4719

2 жыл бұрын

I can tell you all the americans are feeling Putin is coming after us. And that is ok. We cant evade reality. We are more sad for the chinese that they just started to experience common prosperity and it is not gonna last too long, cause we are going to respond to Putin craziness.

@Joe-yz9rh

2 жыл бұрын

@@deepdude4719 lol do you know ur country just got Somalia bombed five days ago? You guys are so hypocritical. Maybe because ppl in Somalia are not white & are in Africa so you don’t really care about them.

@Joe-yz9rh

2 жыл бұрын

@@deepdude4719 America imposes economic sanctions to all countries that reach to the second biggest economy or refuse to be stooges to it. Once England and Japan, then the Soviet. Now Russia & China. America is the biggest terrorist in the world. During your short 250 years of history, you start wars for more than 150 years.

@AloneInWonder2683

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joe-yz9rh Are you serious? This coming from a nation who kills 6000 a day? You Chinese Communists murderous Monsters have NO right to accuse us of terrorism. Your a girl also Did you forget that thousands of Chinese babies are being killed if the fetus us female.

@Joe-yz9rh

2 жыл бұрын

@@AloneInWonder2683 Do you even know how many babies & women in Africa and Middle East killed by America almost every other years for 200 years? Do you know how many ppl died of poverty because of the economic sanctions imposed by your country? Don’t you feel strange when almost nobody talking about the wars started by America in the news in America? Don’t you feel strange why you can only see news that are awful about China when Chinese ppl are having a life much better than before? It’s all because that’s the only news your country wants you to know. I was born & raised in China and now I’m working in Australia and England. Have you ever been out of America?

Very informative, clear, and concise explanation about nuclear threat....

You’ll know the world is coming to an end when the following happens. You notice way more air traffic then normal. The military in major city airports will be rushing to get assets off the ground be they fighter, tanker or transport. Next is you’ll be seeing larger then normal civilian aircraft landing wherever is closest. EMP tends to damage aircraft electronics and a pulse would turn them into falling hulks, better to fly down then fall down. Time of an attack is another factor. Do you want to inflict maximum damage to infrastructure while minimizing casualties say by attacking after evening rush hour. Or are you looking to inflict maximum casualties by attacking major cities say at 9am? Once launched a missile has a 30 minute flight so if you see US missiles in flight assume you’ve got 20 minutes cause the other guy launched 5 minutes before you. A us counter strike will likely use all land based missiles cause they’re already targeted. Once one hits your survival odds diminish greatly depending on how close you are to the blast

@rodmanser7573

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the hyperbole. I think we all know how MAD works.

Nuclear pronounced like “ new killer” is soooo wrong!!! Such a Chavy mistake.

@holdenmcgroin3995

2 жыл бұрын

And nucular 🤦

@stevenbloom1060

2 жыл бұрын

OOOOOO!!!!!

So glad the reporter chose the Homer Simpson/GW Bush way to say 'nuclear'. A little humor helps brighten the mood from topics such as an ongoing war and whatnot.

The sanctions could send the Russian economy to the edge of collapse, and supporting Ukraine behind the scenes militarily would frustrate Russia to the point nuclear weapons are the only option for them.

@sbdr.1241

2 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what I’m afraid of!!!

@bryandyer5454

2 жыл бұрын

And then nuclear weapons would assure their own destruction. So it is never a real option strategically.

@markcaiger-watson1104

2 жыл бұрын

@@bryandyer5454 but they would be destroyed already. Pretty much nothing to lose for Putin.

@travisraplee6648

2 жыл бұрын

@@markcaiger-watson1104........I mean he could lose his life, if he launched a nuclear weapon he would be turned to dust not to long after.

@javaman9010

2 жыл бұрын

@@travisraplee6648 WW3,

No one person should have so much power.

isn’t there an argument in Putin’s mind that says, he can Nuke Ukraine as there a non nuclear power and not in NATO, the west would then be placed into a choice, end civilisation as we know it today, or allow Putin his use limited to Ukraine. For me this has always been the most likely use of nuclear arms, against a non nuclear power not aligned to a nuclear power.

@laurencesmith2199

2 жыл бұрын

They're right next to their target then . I hope they thought it through more than you did .

@coderpup4639

2 жыл бұрын

Russia do have mini artillary nukes that can take out a block in a city rather than the whole city. I certainly hope they don't use even them.

@Mik4465

2 жыл бұрын

USA used Nukes on non nuke country like Japan. Putin will do the same as USA or will not do it that we dont know . But he will do it by his choice . But Nato & West has to respect him as 5000+ Nuke arms owner .

@jkholtgreve

2 жыл бұрын

@@coderpup4639 Yeah, we’ve got those too….pretty old tech at that. My dad helped test them up in Alaska in the 60s. One saving grace may be that it doesn’t appear as though the Russians have maintained their military equipment especially well…hopefully if they attempted it we’d wind up with a Sideshow Bob scenario.

@atomicskull6405

2 жыл бұрын

The thing I would worry about is NATO decides to "intervene" in Russia and Russia starts using small battlefield nukes an a force equalizer to repel NATO and it just snowballs from there.

I say yes, mainly on Ukraine, and I have no idea how we could respond to that, remember a few weeks ago we didn't think Russia would invade Ukraine, he's popularity is at stake, he's being isolated, he wanted this invasion to be fast and nierher Putin or NATO see eye to eye on NATO expansion and Russian and US spheres of influence in Europe, basically what Putin wants is a new Iron Wall, with two separate spheres of influence. Given that the first round of peace talks failed, and that there's supposed to be new talks in 5 days, I say Ukraine, has 5 days, before a nuke is dropped on the capital of Ukraine, and I think he'd stick to Ukraine to avoid direct confrontation with NATO. What happens if drops more than one on Ukraine, like should the USA respond and how do deal with this.

@harrykim1253

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Quite worrying for Ukrainians…

@deepdude4719

2 жыл бұрын

Simple. Ukrainians will create a conflict that will bring another participant into the conflict and that will make Putin to launch those nukes.

@huzzy_jr

2 жыл бұрын

@@deepdude4719 The Great WW3 could be coming and it could be catastrophic

@Star-lv1gk

2 жыл бұрын

If Russia launches a nuclear attack it would hit the western world the heaviest, it is your media that makes you think that Russia is at war with Ukraine, in reality you don't know about the putsch that happened in 2014 when dark powers and puppets of the west took over the regime. Right now Ukraine is an oligarchic republic ruled by the likes like AZOV Battalion and tv-stars, sport-stars and wealthy politicians, they took the population as their human shield and waged war against Russia for 8 years in Donbass beforehand.

@mechadoggy

2 жыл бұрын

“I say yes, mainly on Ukraine” No, Russia doesn’t need to fire nukes on Ukraine. It’s super obvious that Russia is slow-rolling the invasion and trying not to go full blitzkrieg. If Russia was really that frustrated, they could simply send more troops and tanks. If they really wanted to turn Ukraine into glass, they can easily do that without a single nuke.

Now that he is clearly losing the "military operation" in Ukraine, he will out of anger turn to his nukes.

@rwjazz1299

2 жыл бұрын

not right away. First, he has to start a conventional war with NATO. He has to convince the Russian people that he has no choice, but to use nuclear weapons.

To the announcer: it's 'nuclear' - NEW-KLE-AR. Not 'nucular' NEW-CUE-LAR.

Some people take it as a joke, but if that really happens all of them going start to crying.

@sirz2287

2 жыл бұрын

I think crying in the face of imminent nuclear obliteration is fairly natural and universal

@uwdia

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirz2287 it is not the same to call the devil than to see it coming....🤷‍♂️

@I_Lemaire

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, nobody thinks it is a joke, Juan. And now, we are effectively at war with Russia. May the LORD help us.

@uwdia

2 жыл бұрын

@@I_Lemaire Definitely....🙏

@13hubi13

2 жыл бұрын

But at the moment of that decision he also gives up Russia forever and I don't know if he will do that. It is a smart guy and I think he and his oligarchy friend like the life to much to destroy the whole world. And if it happens it happens and no one of us can do anything against it. The only thing that keeps me so calm is that I know there is no end, we just live in that material world but energy and our souls cannot die so it will go on forever. You can't die, only your body dies. Energy can't be destroyed.

Yes, but this video did not address battlefield Nuclear weapons, which are far more likely to be used to alter the current trajectory of the war with Ukraine. the more success Ukraine has in slowing Russia the more likely it is that Russia would use their battlefield nuclear weapons to force Ukraine into surrender. Remember the ruthless attack on Grozny by Russian conventional forces which literally flattened the entire City with sustained bombing, artillery and missile attacks. If cornered Putin will use anything at his disposal to achieve swift victory if his army bogs down.

@robertalaverdov8147

2 жыл бұрын

They have plenty of conventional artillery and thermobaric bombs to flatten most of Ukraine. What the threat of nukes are for is in the event the US or NATO attempt to stage any sort of direct intervention to stop them. After which we may all kiss our butts goodbye because Putin clearly isn't bluffing.

@jewellui

2 жыл бұрын

Russia is not near that at all, yes they are attacking but they aren’t going all out. You can still see plenty of videos where both sides the soldiers are even talking to each other so there’s still ample room for Russian to turn things up. Without support Ukraine can not win, it’s just a matter of time.

@FoodwaysDistribution

2 жыл бұрын

No one is slowing Russia stop believing that nonsense and no they won't use nukes on Ukraine

@lesliebrown4885

2 жыл бұрын

@@FoodwaysDistribution two days ago Russian state media released a obviously pre-written article crowing about the Russian victory in Ukraine, new puppet government etc., the article was hastily taken down, so yes the Russian have been slowed. The Russian people will only realize how badly things have gone when the Cargo 200 flights start bringing home the dead.

@FoodwaysDistribution

2 жыл бұрын

@@lesliebrown4885 I see the conflict military advances and footage on war conflicts groups and subs with on the ground video footages, prisoners, dead bodies and an hourly map of the russian advances. So i know what i am talking about, Your article story, that's just bullcrap. For a start, Russia didnt even send their army, they sent conscripts doing their military service, most captured never fired a gun and none of them knew they were going to ukraine if you exclude the chechen platoon sent later

Thanks

6:03 - 6:24 This reminds me of a quote from The Hunt For Red October: "This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."

What a time to be alive

@ProGoinggo202

2 жыл бұрын

@Carol war never changes

@79devo

2 жыл бұрын

See you on the other side …..

@crystaljeffbabeeey

2 жыл бұрын

@@79devo hopefully unscathed

@79devo

2 жыл бұрын

@@crystaljeffbabeeey as I watch the world destroy itself this morning I was wondering if there is any humour to be found….. as a glass half full type I was hoping. Sadly, nothing comes to my mind 😟

@79devo

2 жыл бұрын

@Carol I’ll do the music. Who’s doing the food ?

Perhaps it look's like the end of a very, very long planning.

@happychappy7115

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. This aggression was in the offing at least for 10 years.

Nice analysis

The threats of accidental launch are low .. so he says. Have u guys not seen the farrkups of the invading russian army into ukraine? They also messed up by shooting down the malaysian airliner in crimea. So the possibility of accidental launch of an icbm is a higher probability than u think.

this is a sign of weakness, putin will be the same reason why russia will fall just like how he make russia rise, i hope when he give that order i hope his generals will think twice and really think about it.

He could, but if he thinks he will survive, - I don't think so

@bollocks5724

2 жыл бұрын

Russia has a massive infrastructures of nuclear bunkers and underground safe house/towns run by nuclear reactors, subway that interlink to protect every person in Russia. They've been building them since the cold war. So if he and the rest won't survive what makes you think we will? In Europe we have nothing near what they have so I wouldn't bet on us.

@markhirstwood4190

2 жыл бұрын

@NomadicByNature No it doesn't because Avangard hypersonics are too fast. There's no defence against them.

@susanbrown2909

2 жыл бұрын

@@markhirstwood4190 wrong...8 times out ten they will get through.

@shmolecoleyt7907

2 жыл бұрын

But what if he don’t care he’s life anymore and just die with the entire world?

@JCredTV

2 жыл бұрын

Russia also reportedly has Cobalt salted nukes. Meaning, the Russians can survive in their bunkers for a few weeks and then come out and rebuild, meanwhile a big chunk of North America can be rendered uninhabitable for an entire century and shelters on our side will be useless. Guess who will become the world's sole superpower?

So carl sagan said in his cosmos book....."we are nothing more than an emerging technalogical civilization struggling for survival " ....🇺🇸

Can we have a regular year for 1 whole year :(

Wow thanks world economic forum i never knew that a nuclear superpower was capable of war🙄

We will never know what's going on with his mind right now. He is unpredictable and that's what I fear.

@pbjbagel

2 жыл бұрын

Being unpredictable is kind of the point though. Not that it isn't a shame.

@ChadSimplicio

2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine what he would or would've done, had the U.S. reelected Trump. Maybe Judgment Day would already be here.

@manoj81478

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChadSimplicio He wouldn't dare this if orange man was president because.... Well you know why...

@rin-pg4iu

2 жыл бұрын

@@manoj81478 donald trump praises putin’s work.

@markhirstwood4190

2 жыл бұрын

Sure we will. Watch his body language, listen to his voice, watch his eyes, hand gestures, learn about who he is, his past. It's not impossibe to read him. He's going to nuke the US.

its really a hard scenario.. everyone is affected..

Loved

This is probably the only channel that actually talks some sense and not try sell a load of fear into people

He’s completely unpredictable, cannot tell if he’s bluffing or is completely ready to use nuclear weapons

@World-vx5bx

2 жыл бұрын

And this nonsense is being carried to you so that you hate Russia ! That's all. After all, you eat one fast food , your brains will not naturally think normally after that.!

@Epsa_

2 жыл бұрын

@@World-vx5bx I don’t hate Russia haha, I only hate Putin. But a lot of the western leaders have done far worse and no one bats an eye.

@positivevibesrfc

2 жыл бұрын

@@Epsa_ I hate all the current world leaders.

It’s pronounced nu-cle-ar. The L is in the 2nd syllable, not the 3rd.

@shshakira1

2 жыл бұрын

Such a pet peeve! Seriously don't understand why it is so hard for so many people to pronounce this word.

I mean were they supposed to be in low alert usually?

putin, we already a damaged environment and a pandemic - don't fire nukes please.

@rin-pg4iu

2 жыл бұрын

it would be required if us or nato is foolish enough to interfere with his work. nukes are required when necessary

@benitopussolini544

2 жыл бұрын

PLANDEMIC!

@rawr1640

2 жыл бұрын

@@rin-pg4iu yep goodluck living in the aftermath. nukes aren't all that necessary to make your statement. haven't we learn throughout the ages?

@rin-pg4iu

2 жыл бұрын

it is necessary to make a statement.

@rawr1640

2 жыл бұрын

@@rin-pg4iu when you have a gigantic ego of a man, it might be a necessary for you only.

I have always held The Economist as perhaps the finest news outlet. I am very sad that they now are unable to even pronounce NuCLEAR properly.

@mamanlo

2 жыл бұрын

This boggles the mind. It’s literally the words “nu” and “clear”, yet they insist on saying “nucilar”. Like how? Really? Asking for a friend. I hope Siri doesn’t say this ish.

@tylerdouglas3019

2 жыл бұрын

@@mamanlo I honestly don't know why it bothers me so much but it does. Whenever someone says that around me and they say that is just how they pronounce it I reply " I am uncular what they mean"

@stevenbloom1060

2 жыл бұрын

BIG DEAL

2:44 I was on one of those subs. You can be assured Putin will not want to mess with us in that regard. My Sub is the modern "big stick" Theodore Roosevelt referred to when he said "speak softly and carry a big stick".

It's continually said that Putin's warning of using nuclear weapons is evidence of fear. I doubt it, as Putin is not the fearful type. Believing Putin is a little fearful makes people feel safer, hoping it will prevent him launching nuclear missiles, but it is in their imagination and wishful thinking.

@sandipkamat5604

2 жыл бұрын

Putin has planned the invasion meticulously. It may not be going as per his plans right now but ultimately Russia will prevail.Ukraine is a big country and it will some time and effort to subdue it.

This is an extraordinary analysis. It is thoroughly well thought out.

The fact he's prepared to makes the need to break this country apart an urgent necessity.

Serious topic but I am just happy to get to put a face to the now very familiar voice of Shashank Joshi.

I hope our best minds are working on this problem: Putin is an accomplished KGB leader, skilled in deception. IS he approaching his "breaking point", where he may cave in to stress and start a nuclear war, or does he just want us to THINK that? When football teams get ready for important games, they think about their specific opponents. I'm sure our leaders do the same. I hope they're working smart and assiduously.

@ennbee2051

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, ASSiduously.

@rodmanser7573

2 жыл бұрын

That's part of the problem. Our best minds are NOT in govt right now and the rank amateurs are running the show. Proof? I give you winkin Blinken and nod and the focus group expert Sullivan. Those people know almost nothing about security policy and none have been to war college for formal training. NONE Hopefully they will throw up their hands and ask for help.

@torstimyle1355

2 жыл бұрын

Your leaders like Biden

Love the man cave and the water rower!!

@The_Situation

2 жыл бұрын

all that nice wood yet a nasty plastic light switch stuck on the wall. he needs to get that sorted haha.

Russia's Putin threatening use of nuclear warheads against foes comes as a result of Putin's frustration with the slow-paced invasion. This is humiliating for this megalomaniac Bolshevik in disguise. Apparently he and his military advisers came forth with a plan that now seems overambitious and miscalculated the deterrence of Ukraine, which now seems to be getting all kinds of help. Russia....this is your second Afghanistan!

@mbogucki1

2 жыл бұрын

Putin is pretty far from being a Bolshevik. He is more like Red Tsarists.

@deepdude4719

2 жыл бұрын

Well said! But this wont end well.

@deepdude4719

2 жыл бұрын

@Searching for Ufos it was always beyond Ukraine. And I believe you are going to go very soon to search for UFOS thanks to Putin.

@Joe-yz9rh

2 жыл бұрын

@@deepdude4719 America, a country that always imposes economic sanctions & wars to others that are refuse to be its stooges. Once England and Japan, then the soviet. Now Russia & China. As the biggest terrorist in the world, you started wars in Africa and Middle East almost every other years during your 200 years of history.

@markhirstwood4190

2 жыл бұрын

Wrong. The troops seeming weak now is a distraction. Putin's going to nuke the US. Russia has won in advance. There's no defence against Avangard hypersonics. Mutually assured destruction doesn't actually exist as it's not 50/50. He who loses least, wins. How many Russians are deep underground in safe bunker complexes already? Enough, I bet.

Does anyone know at what point this will stop? Like what is the point of this

I lovin it ❤️

You'd think an economist reporter would be able to pronounce nuCLEAR, not nucular like Homer Simpson

What happens if someone deliberately fires nukes and tries to claim it was an accident ?

@dognoodle87

2 жыл бұрын

There's no way u can claim it was an accident

@mamtysquad8559

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not that easy mate

Every time “Nuke-you-lar” is said, take a shot.

everything is possible but dude....armageddon are still terrifying

I like to listen to Shashank's comment, because of his calmness and real analysis. Sometimes I feel people are just saying words with overwhelming emotions, which could be understood but not help with the situation.

@worldpoliticalandeconomicn633

2 жыл бұрын

I think hes pretty bad actually, just talking too much without being objective, not even explaining every argument. He just assumes with confidence but just that assuming with confidence. You cant "assume" in this matters.

@tanmaypatel4152

2 жыл бұрын

@@worldpoliticalandeconomicn633 It's subjective in my opinion

@asresalim6145

2 жыл бұрын

People can say all kinds of seemingly rational words and analysis when sitting inside an AC room. Their minds get boggled in real world situations and Putin is also not acting rationally here. By the west and EU, marginalising him, he's only getting more psychologically cornered and moving towards more extreme steps.

Where is vault-tec corporation when you need them

@GreyEyedHunter

2 жыл бұрын

A very S. E. C. I. A. L. comment

Hopefully

YES

Fear is a weapon of mass destruction

@graememcfee23

2 жыл бұрын

been listening to too much faithless

@a320nick

2 жыл бұрын

@Leinad: Tell that to a mega ton bomb and you will not fear again!!

"Putting his forces on to higher alert readiness isn't a preparation for using them". Yes, it actually is. "He's not about to launch missiles at the West". You mean like he was never going to actually invade Ukraine?

@miyahtallulah

2 жыл бұрын

The difference is: if he launches missiles at the West, he is going to get them launched at him

@w0mblemania

2 жыл бұрын

@@miyahtallulah Maybe, maybe not. Russian military doctrine includes the concept of tactical nukes (artillery, mines, short range missiles, torpedos etc.) as part of an escalate-to-de-escalate scenario. NATO war planners are well aware of this, and may very well decide NOT to respond to a singular use of tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield. Instead, NATO will probably attempt to capitalise politically/diplomatically on Russia's use of nukes. After all... even China and India don't want Russia to be using nukes, and will probably apply pressure to Russia.

@news2hedz227

2 жыл бұрын

@@w0mblemania I agree. Everyone assumes MAD automatically if 1 nuke is launched but I think the West would take a different tactic. That being said, if he does it once it will be easier the 2nd time.

@news2hedz227

2 жыл бұрын

Most intelligence knew he would invade Ukraine, and said so.

@news2hedz227

2 жыл бұрын

@Kane Welshman Are you Japanese? You must be able to speak for them I guess...

What is the point of nukes if you are prepared to drop them on each other

posturing is very different from imminent danger and there is no such thing as a whiff of fear its only fear

Nah, he sent in the inexperienced soldiers first, testing responses. He’s now going for a serious fight

as a russian i may say that he can. he is absolutely totally in madness. and if he will be upset about weapons deliveries to ukraine he may push the button

@ghetto_str

2 жыл бұрын

плюс…:(

@kseniyabagryanova4459

2 жыл бұрын

I am russian too. Don't believe him, he is a sofa expert.))

@ticiusarakan

2 жыл бұрын

@@kseniyabagryanova4459 ты палишь контору))) пусть аху*ют)))

@kseniyabagryanova4459

2 жыл бұрын

@@ticiusarakan Ну а каа же ты бэз смартфочика теперь?

@ticiusarakan

2 жыл бұрын

@@kseniyabagryanova4459 я свои майфуны выкинул ещё года 3 как назад ибо акум гумно. и спокойно пересел на хонор. а вообще есть же рашкафоны, аж 4 марки)))

been living with this since the early 80s.names have changed but the game is the same. Just push the button and start over

He is doing it. He decided the moment the tanks left their Military base. Every powerplant is a nuclear threat. Always, everywhere. For decades this is the case.

@acidtears

2 жыл бұрын

Absolute bs...

@acidtears

2 жыл бұрын

Fear is the real threat