Very professional news host. Asks valid questions then allows the guest to answer.

I love how straight to the point many of these questions were asked. Great interview.

@davydawgdawg

4 ай бұрын

and how adept Patraeus is at avoiding a straightforward answer

@rossr6616

4 ай бұрын

DW is among the BEST!

didn't this guy said that the Ukraine counter offensive will be very successful?

@bigdarshan

4 ай бұрын

Him and so many other experts. They expected Ukraine to do what the US/NATO does but with no air superiority whatsoever. A random troll like me knew that it won't work

@RandomDudeOne

4 ай бұрын

When did he say that?

@abdirahmanahmadalifarah926

4 ай бұрын

​@@RandomDudeOne just search it , him and Clown Ben Hodghes

@brownmold

4 ай бұрын

​@@RandomDudeOnethey claimed Russians were demoralised and going to run.

@martstam2016

4 ай бұрын

​@@bigdarshanactually was about modern AD and Himars to secure air superiority and deep strikes.

Nearly 2 years later we finally provide fighter jets. Absolutely pathetic western response.

@TheRealBillBob

4 ай бұрын

It's not our job to arm Ukraine. They got themselves in this mess. And they are not getting F-16's. They've been saying this every month for a year.

@fingerprint8479

4 ай бұрын

That is mostly irrelevant. It happened to the Leopards, the Challengers, the Bradleys and not with the Abrahams because Americans decided to hide them somewhere to save themselves for the humiliation of watching the world see them burning like all the weapons the west dumped in Ukraine. The F16s or whatever the west dumps in Ukraine will likely meet the same end!

@NeoZondix

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheRealBillBobyes like Ukraine wanted to give up their nukes. No, US forced it. Americans should grow up.

@richardkey1678

4 ай бұрын

@@TheRealBillBob They are getting F-16s, in fact, they might already be there. Nobody is sure how those 5 russian jets were taken down last week.

@christianevanherck6023

4 ай бұрын

@@NeoZondix Between 1994 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons. Until then, Ukraine had the world's third-largest nuclear weapons stockpile, of which Ukraine had physical but no operational control. Russia alone controlled the codes needed to operate the nuclear weapons, through electronic Permissive Action Links and the Russian command and control system. Formally, these weapons were controlled by the Commonwealth of Independent States.

"Ukraine aren't asking our soldiers to die for their country, Ukrainians are doing that". Chilling.

@TheRealBillBob

4 ай бұрын

Ukraine was asking for our soldiers to die for their country. We said no. Patraeus is a fool.

@jackuzi8252

4 ай бұрын

At this point, Ukrainians are being forced to do that by their government.

@NeoZondix

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheRealBillBobthey are not now

@donkalzone6671

4 ай бұрын

Their soldiers dont wanna die in this meatgrinder. Thats why ukraine has to force it men not to escape ukraine. Ukrainians dont wanna fight this war, its ukranian politicans that want that.

@RidvanHarlicaj

4 ай бұрын

@@TheRealBillBob True.

Salute, General Petraeus! Very well-said!

Outstanding interview and host

People who think that you can build an airforce on a matter of years are delusional it takes decades, they think the jets and pilots are the only thing you need but forget about maintenance crews, equipment, logistics and even the runways to lunch this jets into the air

@christianevanherck6023

4 ай бұрын

lunch? or launch?

@JG-mp5nb

4 ай бұрын

@@christianevanherck6023obviously launch. It is correct that a nation needs years to build a strong Air Force. I will point out that Russia has many decades to rebuild a Communist vision of a Air Force and all that resulted in is a force unable to achieve air superiority over Ukraine, with hon it shares a border, whose Air Force has been tiny by comparison. Russia’s Air Force is substandard in every meaningful metric. Logistically, technically, and leadership wise it is a farce. Russia cannot launch an action against a capital a short distance away! Ukraine has the Vietnamese style of belief in itself in the righteousness of its cause and 143 nations likewise oppose Russias aggression.

@maxtripp2975

4 ай бұрын

They already have an airforce, trained pilots, trained technicians, runways and maintenance facilities. What they need is training to fly & maintain a larger, more modern fighter fleet, and the parts to keep it operational.

@Gugner

4 ай бұрын

But certainly a bit faster than 15 years to delivers fighter jets to defend one’s country

@WjB_96792

4 ай бұрын

​@@JG-mp5nb what takes time to develop is effective doctrine. This is where western air forces especially the united states are far superior to their russian counterparts or russian client states. Also they arent able to answer the US with an air superiority fighter produced in a quantity and quality that is meaningful or have they crafted superior doctrine to give russian pilots any advantage over american pilots. However in the event of conventional war between nato and warsaw pact forces, nato would be hamstrung by the threat of escalation and a nuclear exchange. So nato could not push hard enough to win, especially when attacking targets inside of russia. Russian doctrine allows for the use of tactical nukes on the battlefield or against ships to win a battle and not just as a strategic platform to win a war. Of course we all know how quickly things would devolve into nuclear war and the end of all life on earrh.

This dude, he's been wrong at every single turn

@TheBlackIdentety

4 ай бұрын

Kremlin clowns raging again? 😂

@univeropa3363

4 ай бұрын

@@TheBlackIdentety About what, that Petraeus has been wrong about Ukraine's 2023 offensive?

@mechalovessquirrels18

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheBlackIdentetyThis general was found guilty of war crimes in Iraq and you call us bots for having different opinions yet you believe him

@rockapedra1130

4 ай бұрын

I sure can't remember him being right about anything. His record sure doesn't show it. Please enlighten me if you think differently. Be concrete.

@TeoBlu

4 ай бұрын

@mechalovessquirrels18 these warmongering aspirational crazies, mostly on the payroll of defence companies, are all over MSM. Him and general Ben Hodges are top lunies..

This clown said that Ukraine counter-offensive without air support would secure victory for months. Now he says they need air support..

@simonguza4750

4 ай бұрын

lolol so true 👍

@Zaerki

4 ай бұрын

The theatre of war often changes. Russia made a lot of adjustments that necessitate air superiority now.

@nbell5050

4 ай бұрын

which Ukraine will never have@@Zaerki

@richardcompton2639

4 ай бұрын

Noun!

@donaldshotts4429

4 ай бұрын

That was crazy, but now Ukraine is back on defense and making their conscripts come over the top and assault prepared positions. May not end well for Ukraine, but it's not ending well for Russia either.

“Air superiority required” no s#$t Sherlock. Some general you are. That was obvious right from the start.

Isn't this guy the one who's been an expert in getting it wrong all along ..

@roytacleb8781

4 ай бұрын

Might be the same guy who said Taliban must be destroyed to free Afghanistan.

@stephenadenu-mensah6538

4 ай бұрын

​@@roytacleb8781yes he is the one. He runaway from Afghanistan

@braxxian

4 ай бұрын

Yep. He is also clearly pro Ukrainian and hasn’t provided one bit if balanced analysis. That makes him a propagandist.

Ultimately, it is all about rising above the lower instincts of the vertebrate nervous system. Quite a challenge, is that...

If Europe is worried about America’s support for NATO, then Europe must focus on fulfilling its duties and responsibilities with regard to NATO and America.

Isn’t this the same general who said the Ukrainian Counteroffensive will see Ukraine take Crimea. He is not worth listening to. He is a marketing agent of the MIC

Last year Petraeus telling us Ukraine going to take back Crimea with the West weapons 😂😂

2 kinds of general 1 a tv general and 2 a real general wanna guest which he is in?

@heartofsteel7821

4 ай бұрын

The general is delusional and should be told so. I think he's just campaing for the Military Industrial complex of which he has shares in. Sometimes Washington's bots are just embarrassing, pathetic and need some re-education! Including the full star general.

USA limited civilian casualties in IRAQ to 1 million people . Good approach

@solconcordia4315

4 ай бұрын

Iraqis wanted to have continued factional fights for years instead of abiding the results of elections. Iraqis could've kept it up for even longer if they so desired. Iraq has a lot more than one million people.

@matthewn1805

4 ай бұрын

So are you saying you think Russia deliberately inflicting civilian casualties is OK? or are you taking Putin's side?

@Loveisreal77

4 ай бұрын

@@matthewn1805are you talking about Israel now ? lol

@Lord_Nordan

4 ай бұрын

Absurd. There was a civil war in Iraq.

This guy is always wrong. 😢

David Betray-us should be asked how to lose a war. That is his only area of expertise: how to lose at war and spin failure while pocketing MIC dollars.

There’s a big difference between pulling out of NATO and the American response to an Article 5 invocation being very minimal. This interviewer did an excellent job of expressing the Western European nations exasperation as they grapple with the reality that the Americans are simply tired of carrying the weight of the entire global security apparatus, and the realization that they’re going to have to make some unpleasant choices in the future. But war has returned to Europe, and Europe better get ready. Pray it’s not the case, but be ready just in case.

@Calligraphybooster

4 ай бұрын

To my mind it is a very strange and invalid argument. Are you ever tired of always being the fittest? No. You either are fit or not. And you always want to be. Or should want to be.

@geoffsimpkins7650

4 ай бұрын

@@Calligraphyboosterto my mind, his argument is exactly how most Americans feel about the lack of interest in their own defense they should be WHILE enriching Russia and setting themselves up for energy blackmail.

@Calligraphybooster

4 ай бұрын

You are correct in that Europe made and still makes strategic blunders. I should have acknowledged that instead of focusing on what perhaps best be called ‘new American isolationism’.

@geoffsimpkins7650

4 ай бұрын

@@Calligraphybooster there is a small but loud faction of isolationists, but certainly not significant. And, the fear that Trump is one of them is ill informed. After all, Trump went in hard against ISIS, slaughtered a Wagner Unit, killed Solimani, and sent Javelins to Ukraine while the previous Obama administration sent MREs and blankets to Ukraine.

@raftguy1376

4 ай бұрын

It goes understated that the role of “free media” in our nation has more to do with what “popular opinion” people have. If you want “war fatigue” to kick in. Simply keep repeating that term in the media until the masses start attributing it to their misgivings about their daily life and by extension the state. There’s always a captive frustration of a population. Always. It never goes away. Where it gets directed to, is a matter of story telling. You can convince a group of people literally anything, be it an honest assessment, or a ridiculous fabrication, by repeating it over and over and directing the group’s ire towards it. This is the danger of a for profit free media system. There’s profit in stratifying people from each other into identity groups. It lets you have a captive audience that ignores your competitors to get their daily dose of info. It also rewards a constantly changing pace. If you are winning daily, you’re losing daily. You can’t dramatize a slow paced story that takes years to develop. Youve got to find thangs that are “breaking news” thats giving you “updates by the minute”. So anyone wanting to beat the west in a military conflict just needs to have a 4 year plan that keeps things boring. Because whatever plan is in place wont last to the next administration’s election cycle. Our adversaries have 50 year plans and 100 year plans. Any intelligent society should think in those terms, but our media thinks in minutes and hours. And in autocratic states, their media is quite different. They dont have daily mood swings. They have a consistent tone. Steadfast, resolute, certain. Because they don’t want to drum up public ire towards their benevolent leader. And when emotions go bad, they start feeding a scapegoat. I mean, look at how republican media and leaders pounded in the “election fraud” term for 6 months leading up to the election, and then miraculously, when he lost, that group was already primed with the story to fall in behind. Obviously, the election hadn’t occurred yet. There wasn’t an opportunity for fraud to even have occurred, yet it was the prime time talking point on every show that fox news aired before even the primaries were held. There’s no widespread fraud. The elections, as always, were heavily monitored by both parties for complete transparency. Every election room is video monitored and live-streamed. And all the BS legal cases Trump filed for the sake of optics, to imply something without any proof or evidence, served their intended purpose. Feed the storyline. Feed the storyline. And the result is a large portion of our nation to this day, after extensive campaign and lawsuits to address the outright lie, still believing in fraud. Because the same media system has been priming them to only believe what their network tells them. They are immune to truth. Thats the power of the media. It directs public opinion. It manufacturers it into existence. It doesn’t “report on it”. So when say a corporation or a foreign power wants to beat the US. All it needs to do is either bribe or trick the media to repeat a storyline until our shortsighted people start following it.

Trump did not try to pull the US out of NATO. He simply blamed Europe, particularly Germany, for not maintaining their contribution to NATO. His question was, « why should the US pay for the defence of Europe? »

@elimaurer9491

4 ай бұрын

He didn't specify which countries, but we have the Ramstein base with the Germans, plus they have a huge manufacturing industry that contributes to NATO weapons.

@Raja-dm7jk

4 ай бұрын

​@@elimaurer9491why was this general removed by Obama?

@lazynow1

4 ай бұрын

@@Raja-dm7jk He had an affair with a good looking woman that is why....

@Raja-dm7jk

4 ай бұрын

@@lazynow1 😆😂😆 and he will tell others how to defend themselves?

@rorytribbet6424

4 ай бұрын

The reality is that Europeans do not pull their weight in NATO. Ukraine has proven this.

Excellent interview!

00:03 It is possible to destroy Hamas militarily, but it may not be likely. 02:27 Efforts to minimize innocent civilian casualties during military operations 04:43 Concerns about war spilling over to the whole region 07:05 Arab countries want to see Hamas destroyed. 09:23 Discussions on border issues, Ukraine aid, and NATO policies. 11:45 NATO alliance strengthened and NATO allies commitment to defense spending praised. 14:13 General Petraeus on Ukraine and NATO 16:40 The importance of not cutting a deal with Russia without Ukraine's involvement.

@henryzhao4622

4 ай бұрын

Thanks very very much!

@alanyosores5642

4 ай бұрын

Liar...that general is liar.

@burgundyhome7492

4 ай бұрын

Very nice and handy summarization. Appreciated. 🙂 0:40 but what is this "Untied" organization? lol!

Why are you talking to someone who literally oversaw a complete failure in the Middle East to understand what you should do? Do you not think it's a little strange that he's recommending the exact same strategies which have consistently led to long-term strategic failure?

@atherzaidi5871

4 ай бұрын

This gerneral went to remove Saddam, ended up creating AQ in Iraq, then in the process of Removing AQIQ created ISIS . He forgot to mention that there was no AQ or ISIS in Iraq till he went there . Israel may destroy Hamas by destroying Gaza , bit it will create Tamas , Pamas or Chamas after few years . These generals always refuse to see that they are fighting a People . Palestinian People . People will regroup and fight again . How long before those wo are 10,11,12 , 14 year olds become 20,21, 22, 23 year olds ? This entire generation , about 800000 children in Gaza have seen their siblings, classmates, cousins, mothers , Fathers getting blown up . They are going to be Hamas++ in brutality . What mercy does Israel expect from a 10 year old who buried his two younger sibilings? US and Israel should stop fighting the people and give them their country back .

@solconcordia4315

4 ай бұрын

General Petraeus did a great job in turning the tide in Iraq. If you want to say that he oversaw a complete failure in Iraq, he's a general, neither the President of the U.S.A. nor an Iraqi who could've continued the insurgency much longer beyond the cutoff date by which Iraq wanted all U.S.A. forces to vacate from Iraq.

@solconcordia4315

4 ай бұрын

Generals can't achieve strategic failures because they are not in charge of strategy. Our U.S.A. President does. As a solid example, Trump and Biden seized a withdrawal debacle from the jaws of a victory lap in Afghanistan.

Spot on!

Why this person think it is ok to go to another country and "create a better life"? Why he doesn't want to create a better life in his country?

Russian air defenses are far superior, as missiles tech. Nato CAN NOT achieve air superiority over russia by any means now.

@user-uz9vb7hy1r

4 ай бұрын

Oh really .

@NeoZondix

4 ай бұрын

Like ones in belgorod and crimea?

@NeoZondix

4 ай бұрын

Where is Moscow cruiser. Where is Novocherkask. How is the air defense doing

@cachorrovinagre2979

4 ай бұрын

Petraeus is used to fight a rich man war against insurgents, and doing a bad job at it, he doesn't have a clue about the type of war Ukraine is facing.

@Medvedev_Dmitry2008

4 ай бұрын

@@NeoZondixlike Hamas in Israel despite israel having best air defense in the world...

Did the Americans destroy terrorists group in Iraq and Afghanistan

Finally some clear answers, which I would expect to hear from administration of all world countries. But before we talk about Marshall plan, we should talk: Who can start a war, can also pay the complete war.

@oomahuntressprotectress848

4 ай бұрын

sometimes, but WW2 started as a bar fight that went horribly wrong, and that war cost a fortune, beyond the means of the participants! thankfully there is some great advanced Biology here such that very little or no special methods were needed to be 'borrowed' to rightfully and honestly pay that.. tab

Make sure you didn't pay this fool. He said ukraine would win.

It would be helpful to state in the title which war they are discussing.

@zolandia5262

4 ай бұрын

I was going to make the same comment. Maybe both big ones will intensify this year?

It's sad, but based on the title of this video, I was not sure which was they were going to discuss

I don't get why Petraeus is somehow the voice of reason if his amazing war record was losing to goat farmers armed with AKs, RPGs, sticks and stones in Afghanistan. He has no idea of what is being the underdog.

@Joaquin546

4 ай бұрын

Yeah "lost a war" yet in twenty years of conflict they didn't win a single battle and had to wait in the mountains for America to leave! 😂😂

How can patraeus tell isreal follow our strategy we used in Iraq when that strategy failed and they ran away from iraq.

Whats his experience to say its "possible" to get rid of Hamas???... a general in an army that never NEVER won a war.

I thought we were supposed to be in Crimea by now?

Why is the studio part filmed on a hand-held camera?

@prismarineslab

4 ай бұрын

Ikr, the constant screen shake is really irritating!

I would like to see General Petraeus and Colonel McGregor debate on the Ukraine war. Both these two men are highly respected and would lead to an interesting debate on how they see the Ukraine war going and where it will end up in the years to come.

GREAT INTERVIEW....rr Normandy, Fra.

This is the man who said at the beginning and all along the Russian Special military Operation in Ukraine that Ukraine was winning. Ask him where he stands now as far as this is concerned.

@MikeW-xs8rf

4 ай бұрын

Yeah over a year ago he said russia was out of ammo and ukraine is winning. Definitely not happening this guy is clueless like the rest of them.

I like that guy.

0:42 what’s an Untied general. Untied, Uptight, Untide?

Did us learn anything from Afghanistan?

Send more help ASAP.

I can’t trust him, don’t know Why

Last time i checked he said the same things about western tanks, but the tank's were supplied later,but still no changes 😂

@lucasgssilveira

4 ай бұрын

Nice try, Ivan

@alfonsoc.950

4 ай бұрын

Russian casualties in Andiivka disagree with your statemen, Ivan. You are no longer capable of taking over Ukraine.

@kimsoon6927

4 ай бұрын

@@lucasgssilveira It’s Robert from Ohio Oblast

@user-if6fc4xs1n

4 ай бұрын

"Robert Jackson" 🤣

@RobertJackson437

4 ай бұрын

@@kimsoon6927 No My name is Kim soon jong buddy, like you from North Korea, nice to meet you

wtf is going on with the camera ?

Correct.

We can’t fail 🇵🇹🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸🇳🇿🇯🇵🇰🇷🇨🇦

@aboodwadi2617

4 ай бұрын

You will fail and fail very miserably

What's up with the shaky camera???

Do unto others as you would want them to do to you

This General had air superiority against a bunch of farmers with AK-47, RPGs riding motorcycles and pickup trucks in Afghanistan… and still lost. Oh yes, they don’t use toilet paper.

Can the UN temporarily take governmental supervision over Gaza until a non radical government can be formed?

@solconcordia4315

4 ай бұрын

God after giving the Ten Commandments to the Israelites wanted *no more of their blood sacrifices* . God was going vegetarian, eh? 😂 I think that rather than Israelites' blood sacrifice atonements for sins committed, God wanted the Israelites to obey the Ten Commandments and thereby become sinless, thus *NO* more blood sacrifices.

@jeffbenton6183

4 ай бұрын

I hope so, but getting participants that are both willing and able is not likely. US could do it, but the American people would likely refuse. Maybe Germany, but the Palestinians might see them as too pro-Israel (though they're closer to being neutral than the US). Ireland has a great track record with peacekeeping missions, and they're pro-Palestine. Regrettably, they might be too pro-Palestine for Israel, and the Palestinians might not trust them if the mission lasts too long or if they feel compelled to use even limited "kinetic means" to deal with terrorism. Now that I think about it, I kinda want to ask an Irish citizen about this. The biggest problem could be the same reason the good General said that Fatah (currently in charge of the West Bank) can't do it: "they don't want to control Gaza on *on the backs of Israeli tanks"* EDIT: Take what I say with a grain of salt (aside from the US being unwilling) - this was super off-the cuff.

@michellenarkis

4 ай бұрын

Probably not. UN got from this conflict pretty bad because as we speak there are investigations of how funds were distributed there and the impact organization had on not preventing this. There is a certain level of distrust from all the sides involved regarding UN. Proved that simply didn’t worked so most likely there are other solutions on the table.

@mikemiura7740

4 ай бұрын

@@michellenarkis thank you for your insight and response. Do you think that we should do something? I'm ex military and I saw every country just sitting on their hands when I was serving. Heart breaking to say the least, regardless the conflict. We can do something

@blackenedblue5401

4 ай бұрын

Let me fix that for you: "Can you the UN temporarily take control over Israel until a non radical nation state can be formed"?

Mr. Petraeus, the genius of military expertise who after 20 years of war run away from Afghanistan, certainly knows what he is talking about.

@Boymanjusri

4 ай бұрын

You are welcome to stay in Kabul my dear. Accept my invitation would you?

Top quality guest. Thank you. RS. Canada

Crazy

Omg, stop the camera moving about. We are not on a ship !

Thank you, General Petraeus, always insightful and informative.

@abdirahmanahmadalifarah926

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 He's a pathetic liar

@paulstewart4195

4 ай бұрын

Offensive success

Unrealistic

When I was in the 7th Fleet, USN, we were constantly having to chase China out of the territorial waters of other countries; where they didn't belong. I know quite a bit about their assets, capabilities, and locations.... If anyone is interested: *PLN North [HQ Qingdao]* 1 Aircraft Carrier, 18 Subs, 1 Cruiser, 9 Destroyers, 12 Frigates, 10 Corvettes, 2 Tank Landing Ships, 5 Medium Landing Ships, 18 Missile Patrol Craft *PLN East [HQ Ningbo]* 18 Subs, 12 Destroyers, 23 Frigates, 19 Corvettes, 2 Amphibs, 16 Tank Landing Ships, 7 Medium Landing Ships, and 46 Missile Patrol Craft *PLN South [HQ Zhanjiang]* 1 Carrier, 20 Subs, 11 Destroyers, 18 Frigates, 20 Corvettes, 4 Amphibs, 13 Tank Landing Ships, 9 Medium Landing Ships, and 22 Missile Patrol Craft Their Navy isn't as aircraft focused as ours. The reason being that PLAAF pilots have a hard time with simply just staying in the air. So they've designed a very lightweight fleet based on Aerial denial, and a meat grinder island hopping strategy. The southern fleet is designed for the Philippines. The eastern fleet is the primary defense and its main purpose is Taiwan. The northern fleet is their weakest, because they believe that Russia will help them.

@philg4116

4 ай бұрын

And OTH you haven't seen combat with enemy hypersonic missiles either.

@-Kaje

4 ай бұрын

Why was the US fleet there anyways? Bit far from US coasts hahaha

@anon.6678

4 ай бұрын

I appreciate the insight, though I do have some questions and doubts. Isn't your information a little out of date? For example, where do you think the other 7 "cruisers" (Type 055 destroyers) are? I doubt they believe that Russia will help them military to any substantial amount, if at all. You must think they're fools. Their strategic goal is to become a self-sufficient strong country (not just militarily). Any country realistically working towards that kind of goal is acutely aware of the dangers of relying on "allies".

@Tacit_Tern

4 ай бұрын

@@-Kaje Working in conjunction with our allies to defend their territorial waters from unlawful incursions.

@chasemccall391

4 ай бұрын

@@Tacit_Ternthey think just because they got tofu boats and planes and copy’s of Russias missiles that they are strong lol 😂 they have no idea what power really is and allies is the only way to go

Listen up. When a grown-up in the room talks.

Save Ukraine 🇺🇦. There appears to be an issue with the camera on the news reader, it's too zoomed in and shakey

@quaciebrowne8929

4 ай бұрын

U well never win

12:15 What does the General say? Zeit what? 🤔

The "right vs wrong" comment is so valid and provides clarity for the continued support for Ukraine. Putin values his place in history and his legacy within Russia continues to erode the longer this war progresses.

Yay. Someone with clear vision.

dreamer

Why are all the ex military leaders saying give Ukraine everything they need!!! and the current ones are not?? It blows my mind! We entrusted our military to be led by these guys and suddenly after retirement their words are ignored??

@brazendesigns

4 ай бұрын

Current military do NOT and cannot say anything other than what their command tells them to do / say. That's how it works. Once you've retired you can express your own opinions, which is why it's useful to hear from the retired ones.

F16 is not air superiority. Russia can overwhelm with numbers….

Well he seems completely clueless about the chances the Israel can totally wipe out Hamas. There are 2 million civilians and 20-40 thousand Hamas fighters who can also wear civilian cloths. You can't just seperate out people who look a little nasty from the 2 million civilians. When you look at any case where an occuptied region has been fighting for indepence you have hundreds of examples across the British Empire, French Empire, Dutch Empire, Spanish Empire, all sorts of examples where you can't just get rid of the freedom fighters. The British empire was even using concentration camps first in 1885 in what is now South Africa and the last concentration camps the British used were closed in 1960 in Kenya. And the British never got rid of the freedom fighters. If you look at regions where the occupied people have been treated like humans, given a vote in the democracy and human rights, for example the US with the native American Indians, then things calm down and there is peace. But you don't get peace by commiting genocide.

@arlenreinstein9907

4 ай бұрын

If it looks like baloney...it is

@paulstewart4195

4 ай бұрын

He has a history of cluelessness

God bless Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

War is not an experiment!

Bedankt generaal Petraeus.

After having former comedian as president now we see former 4-star general as comedian...

Something very odd with this video… the anchor seems disoriented? And the camera on her, in the studio, is being hand-held? As if this were some kind of dramatic TV show? Very strange. Very un-DW.

Hasn't everybody known what Patreus is saying from day one of this war? What modern war has been won without air superiority? What soldier can advance to the rank of general without realizing that? What military person cannot fail to see that the only reasonable goal of thos war of attrition is to kill soldiers on both sides?

Is he also on the board of boing like Nimrata Haley?

Wait who signed the Budapest Memorandum again?

Hello

Trump had legitimate criticism of Nato and our European partners and though we have our differences with each other there's a genuine respect and only with our 2 societies working together will we be able to survive as a species.

@donaldshotts4429

4 ай бұрын

Somehow you forget trumpy NEVER has any criticism for Putin. Praised him publicly over 100 times now. Reagan said he's glad he's dead

@stellarmella9557

4 ай бұрын

@@donaldshotts4429 he respects him as a leader and head of state, but did Putin act as far as disrespecting Trump by advancing further into Ukraine? or did Iran dare to overretaliate when he hit Solemani? I dont think so

No fly zone😢

With all due respect, sir! Ukraine will never have air superiority over Russia, except the U.S. and other NATO countries give them hundreds, if not thousands of their state-of-the-art aircraft (which will never happen). In Operation Iraqi Freedom, the coalition deployed more than 1800 aircraft to achieve air superiority over the Iraqi air force which was terribly obsolete at that time. Now, you expect Ukraine to have air superiority over Russia with dozens of F-16 !? Ukraine cannot win this war with the mind of NATO's strategists.

Common sense

The wobbling camera work on the DW presenter with her looking at a small monitor instead of at us is just awful. Are you trying to be "edgy"? It looks awful, unprofessional and it even makes me a bit dizzy.

The EU economy is collectively larger than the US economy. Way past time for them to step up and carry the water for themselves. Not suggesting we walk away at all - just needs to be a little fairer in my opinion.

@TonyM540

4 ай бұрын

As a European I’d agree 100% with your statement. Unfortunately the EU is designed around committees on an economic basis, not to fight wars. in the history of the world a committee has never won a war. Individual countries can and do supply aid but the EU lacks a unified force. I guess the EU never thought that russia would want to invade its neighbour.

They barely have air support let alone air superiority

@aeonsbeyond

4 ай бұрын

Blyatiful. Excellent user name sir

Thanks, DW. Good interview.

I so wish I had access to cutting edge information about how drones are being deployed and used now, and the visions for using them in the future. It's really the future of warfare, of open shipping lanes, of everything. The only thing I could contribute is perhaps a creative role in figuring out new ways to use what's possible now. I always think that relying on tech solutions or the coders for 1.0 solutions is wrong. Tech is great at optimizing, not inventing. I do think swarms of very low cost drones are possible now, I wonder if that's happening.

@maliq4

4 ай бұрын

Wait what? Tech is great but it’s not great but you don’t think you could do it but you wish you could do it? And drone swarms?

@solconcordia4315

4 ай бұрын

Drone swarm has already been demonstrated in public in Central Park, Manhattan, New York, New York, U.S.A.

@oomahuntressprotectress848

4 ай бұрын

figuring out new ways to use what is possible now... always works pretty good it's a standard of success

The Ukraine/Russian war is a European problem that they need to solve on their own. The U.S. should get out of NATO altogether. The U.N. should be moved to a country like Italy and the U.S. should cut back the huge expenses that are used on the UN .

How many lies, missconceptions and cynicism in such a short time. That system needs to be over to achieve a real peace in the world.

Where will you station those jets? Do they understand that Russia has stockpiled hypersonics for this specific reason?

"hindsight"??!?! and the man is a four star general and can not forsee what others with much less experience did?! This show with Breedlove, Petreas and Ben hotchkins is just ridicoulous.

Where is the Polish Yacht Club?

Defense spending as a percentage of GDP: U.S. 3.4%, France 2%, Germany 1.5%, Italy 1.5%, Poland 4.1%, Spain 1.4% Sweden 1.3%, UK 2.3% - still some work to do. Sweden in particular seems more eager to sell Gripens than make fundamental changes. The NATO 2% guideline was agreed to at NATO inception. Perhaps Sweden should be required to meet it before inclusion? Perhaps those 3 consecutive years below should be suspended?

@marvinegreen

4 ай бұрын

@@doreeneclose6295 The economic history of the U.S. since WWII, suggests strongly that incentivized capitalism is a better lever of social funding - as opposed to the apportionment of disincentivizing taxes. In other words, we have always spent more on defense yet still have made more economic progress. There is no evidence that cutting defense creates more money for social programs. (In the long run). It is always the vibrancy of the economy that underpins the luxury of social spending. Defense is a necessity that preempts social spending. Europeans have had 2 years to adjust to the emergency on their border but seem stuck in a social welfare trap that we should avoid falling into.

@marvinegreen

4 ай бұрын

@@doreeneclose6295 History. During Viet Nam defense spending reached 6%. It has always been above 3% since 1945, and yet our economic output per person is higher than the social spenders like the rest of the G7 or G20 countries. Also, if the defense budget grows every year and defense percentage is half of what it was during Viet Nam - doesn't it follow that the economy is growing faster than the defense budget?

@marvinegreen

4 ай бұрын

@@doreeneclose6295 In 2010 the US spent 13% of GDP on healthcare. I just looked it up - now it 17.3%; highest in the world. Reducing defense spending by 1.2% is going to achieve exactly what?

@marvinegreen

4 ай бұрын

@@doreeneclose6295 Well, I agree with the first 2 sentences, and you made me read RFKs Wikipedia article. I'm about 50/50 on the rest of it - so I guess you made some progress with me. I'll part ways on Fauci and Nuclear power though.

Is this dude for real? Kills 300k civilians and says we were trying to keep it to a minimum...

8:30 Ukraine discussion

Most of the money went to US in exchange for old ammo and little current tech. USA is the winner in that deal. Let's see if the US is willing to end this conflict by providing real strengh.

With an 1.7 Trillion military budget in the US, 100 Billion Dollars given to Ukraine could completely destroy the Russian army's ability to fight. WITHOUT AN AMERICAN SOLDIER DYING! Is that not money well spent GOP???

@abhishekbhattarai3375

4 ай бұрын

may be the ukrainins know the answer.

Air superiority can't be achieved with a handful of F-16s and even if it could it would do little to help Ukraine breach Russian lines. I want Ukraine to win but it's just naive to think somehow this will materially change the status quo.

Looks like DW has the interns producing the video today.