The question shouldn't be "how much are you willing to spend to keep Ukraine safe", it should be "how much are you willing to spend to destroy Russia's military".

@Daddydorf13

3 ай бұрын

Better question yet is ''How much are you willing to spend to keep your european allies under your sphere of influence and keep their business'' since abandoning Ukraine will most likely be the first step into NATO's fall and any allies with it. Isolationism never did anyone any good.

@dirtcache6128

3 ай бұрын

Why would nato, who just got two new members and old members now spending their fair share, collapse now?

@MichalisG1821

3 ай бұрын

To be perfectly fair, Russia's political structure has already been doing a pretty decent job at that without outside help.

@hellfire6372

3 ай бұрын

@@MichalisG1821 You don't count China, Iran, N Korea, India and don't forget betrayers within the USA.

@PherPhur

3 ай бұрын

No the fuck it's not, man... I am thankfully you are not in power. That's exactly why Russia is paranoid and lashing out. We ain't got no ill will towards Russia that way, we aren't interested in crippling them. We just want to protect the sovereignty of a peaceful and formerly successful nation. The US has the power at any time to stomp Russia like an ant, they're not even close to a challenge, we have no need to do anything but stop them from committing this heinous act.

People don't realize the main reason the US is a superpower today is probably because it stopped being isolationist. People forget it wasn't wasn't considered a superpower until after WWII. ...Maybe they get confused because the previous superpower also spoke English🤷

@shorewall

3 ай бұрын

The problem is that being a superpower hasn't benefitted the American People. We have fought in tons of wars who win or loss would not benefit us, but rather the elite interests and military industrial complex. We have exported jobs and imported labor, which has kept wages low even as inflation and costs have skyrocketed. American Workers have stagnated as the Elites have gotten more wealthy than ever before, leading to record inequality. This is what globalization has brought us.

@Some_Really_Random_Dude.

3 ай бұрын

@@shorewall Alright, now I want you to consider where the US gets most of its resources and what would happen if those connections vanish.

@baneofbanes

3 ай бұрын

@@shorewallbeing a super has benefited the American people. Many American s consider the 1950’s to be America golden age, and that’s when America was frankly at the height of its super power status as the rest of the world was bombed to fucking rubble. What did isolationism get us? Depression, Japan killing thousands of American soldiers in a surprise attack on American soil? Isolationism doesn’t help anyone. You can’t just ignore the world.

@IFRYRCE

3 ай бұрын

@@Some_Really_Random_Dude. We get most of our resources from abroad because of globalization and pricing pressure, not because we don't generally have the ability to extract those resources here. There are relatively few resources America doesn't have deposits of, and most importantly we're energy independent.

@diogorodrigues747

3 ай бұрын

@@shorewall Yeah sure, just stop being a superpower and see what happens next.

Did Americans generally miss Russia casually declaring that the sale of Alaska to the USA was illegal? Suggesting that Alaska should be Russian territory. Dismantling Russian military assets by spending American money instead of American blood is a bargain that you'd be crazy to disregard. Saying this as a European that is frustrated that only now Europe has signaled that an increase in military production is vital instead of two years ago. (or 10 years ago)

@dirtcache6128

3 ай бұрын

Saber rattling doesn’t scare us. Russia doesn’t have the air or naval capacity for an invasion of Alaska. They can’t even invade their land neighbor they shared rail and roads with

@CedarHunt

3 ай бұрын

Yeah we saw it. We got a good laugh at Putins expense and moved on. We have the receipt and, unlike Europe, the military hardware to defend our borders. If Putin tries to fight us for it they wont be able to find enough of him to bury in a shoebox.

@Seraphimofwoodstock

3 ай бұрын

High government officials in Russia have shown *no* interest whatsoever in getting Alaska back; only a few oligarchs. 😅

@CedarHunt

3 ай бұрын

Russia can come and try to collect any time they want. We're ready.

@kingace6186

3 ай бұрын

Europe has better education, and so, it is making the smarter decision. Meanwhile, stateside, we are too busy banning books.

Never mind Zelensky, I had never heard of Gerasimov, Shoigu, Prigozhin or Surovikin and was only vaguely aware that there was some mercenary group called Wagner or something. It's mental that these are all household names now.

@adairjanney7109

3 ай бұрын

their not you live in a bubble, most people are angry we are even sending money to some back water that isnt even an ally while we have a border that is being invaded (about 11 million since Biden opened it up) trump actually against all odds fixed the border, very wise how he did with remain in mexico, but they wanted their invasion so they removed remain in mexico DAY 1. So now the middle class gets to have its wages destroyed to fight inflation so they can print more money and make us all poorer and poorer so we can fight more wars. YAY

@richdobbs6595

3 ай бұрын

In your household maybe, and I'm aware of all of them, I really doubt that any of my relatives' households knows or cares.

@brettvoight5629

3 ай бұрын

@@richdobbs6595he’s saying he didn’t know any of those names back before the war began. Which is true for 99.9% of Americans.

@tc4524

3 ай бұрын

Still holds true for most Americans, unfortunately

@sifridbassoon

3 ай бұрын

I seriously doubt that prior to the war, your typical German or Italian or Frenchman or Spaniard knew anything about Gerasimov et al. either.

"We cannot buy our security, our freedom from the threat of the bomb by committing an immorality so great as saying to a billion human beings now enslaved behind the Iron Curtain, "Give up your dreams of freedom because to save our own skins, we're willing to make a deal with your slave masters." Alexander Hamilton said, "A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one." -Ronald Reagan, 1964

@kingace6186

3 ай бұрын

Strong, powerful words. Props to Hamilton & Reagan. Especially, Reagan. He would hate how isolationist his party has become.

@msimon6808

3 ай бұрын

@@kingace6186 He was also a Drug Warrior - which is not to his credit.

@Emanon...

3 ай бұрын

"Quotes are like Greek Philosophers. You sound smart if you can refer to them, but just remember most of them were absolutely wrong about everything" - Me, 2024

@geesehoward700

3 ай бұрын

@@Emanon... Didn't know Ronald Reagan was a greek philosopher and therefore wrong about everything.

@NLTops

3 ай бұрын

@@Emanon... Alexander Hamilton and Ronald Reagan were both Americans. If you have a problem with the "wrongness" of the quote, how about you make an argument rather than just claiming it's wrong?

This is all going to look so dumb in a history book... Future generations will judge us harshly.

@PeterDavid7KQ201

3 ай бұрын

You said it. Remember reading about the 20's and 30's and thinking "God how stupid could those people be??" And now here we are, in the 20's again...

@N.i.c.k.H

3 ай бұрын

Only the initial invasion and the declaration of captured areas as Russian territory were truly dumb. Everything else is a complex balancing act for everyone except Ukraine.

@RubyDoobieScoo

3 ай бұрын

Future generations? Okay Mr Optimist.

@RhaegarDefense

3 ай бұрын

yeah the whole "future" thing makes me laugh. im not sure we'll make it past 2030.@@RubyDoobieScoo

@LoneWanderer905

3 ай бұрын

​@@RhaegarDefense we've been through much, much worse, you're just focused on the present. stop being a doomsday dum-dum.

I fell into your channel while searching for something else and I am sure glad I did. Finally a place where I can find real information on the situation as well as an even-handed narrative about the both the short and long-term issues. Thank you for providing this space which is not politically motivated for either side. You have a new subscriber.

@barrocaspaula

2 ай бұрын

It's an excellent channel indeed. I fiund it today after lunch and i've been binge watching all these videos on Ukraine.

holy just what i needed while eating

@sleepybokchoy

3 ай бұрын

same

@cvx007

3 ай бұрын

Perfect fit for my carbonara!

@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger

3 ай бұрын

What you eating? Im eating tuna and a leftover kolache i had for breakfast

@Randomstuffs261

3 ай бұрын

I always eat William Spaniel videos for dinner

@husssssssssss

3 ай бұрын

i'm eating a butter chicken with rice and naan @@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger

I love when this guys videos pop up when I’m about to eat lunch

@ugiswrong

3 ай бұрын

Dinner in Europe

@studentofknowlege

3 ай бұрын

I literally just sat down to eat and saw this 😂

@NeoZondix

3 ай бұрын

You must have a huge diet

15:21 I'm sure you could find a way to put lines on maps for Sea lanes and oil fires. You can doo eet!

@AJayAnswersYou

3 ай бұрын

ay!

@Jondiceful

3 ай бұрын

Challenge issued! Will it be accepted?

Bro said Russia having a manpower problem, like how Ukraine’s been low on troops for over 11 months and has been scavenging for manpower

@montrelouisebohon-harris7023

Ай бұрын

that's true but you know you praying is something that worries me because Joe has been way way too slow getting them what they want and need . plus the military that was NATO trained have either been killed or injured by the spring of 2023 and then they drafted a bunch of 18 to 35-year-olds .a year later they were killed and injured so now they've gotten the average of 40-year-old men to 55 drafted and Ukraine is running short on soldiers the United States and NATO can send them whatever but they don't have soldiers and they don't have very well trained soldiers at that and they don't have the ability to fly aircraft and f-16s are absolutely nothing compared to what the Russians have .

hi again Will 👋 keep up the great work

The lines on maps turning into a chart at 7:07 was so smooth, I love it.

@MrValVet

3 ай бұрын

turned into lines on charts

With 2 years of anticipation, why is Poland the ONLY NATO country that seems to take Russian expansion seriously? Latest numbers in dollars: France $64B - 2% of GDP, Germany $84 - 1.5%, Italy $84B - 1.5%, Poland $35B - 4.1%, Spain $24B - 1.4%, Sweden $10B - 1.3% (REALLY?), UK $83B - 2.3%. ALL should be over 3% by now. (-derived from Aviation Weekly, (the Germany/Italy numbers should not be the same))

@allzayne4693

3 ай бұрын

they are naz like ukr)

@jonson856

3 ай бұрын

​@@allzayne4693weird logic. How can Poland be Naz, when it's Russia waging a war of annihilation against Ukr and the rest of Europe? Almost feels like you Russians just like to call anyone who doesn't wanna be killed by you a Nazi.

@Bartekkru100

3 ай бұрын

@@allzayne4693 Weird, because in the latest Putin interview, Putin had tried to justify Nazi invasion of Poland.

@baneofbanes

3 ай бұрын

Becuase they’ve been ruled by the Russians for centuries and don’t want to go back.

@diogorodrigues747

3 ай бұрын

Because they have been the only ones to take the Russian threat seriously for years, for many reasons. Other countries are just waking up recently.

I'm getting the impression that politics in America is like a casino game.

Wonderful video as always.

Is that Valery Gerasimov on the right at the House of Representatives at 3:15 haha

@gregparrott

3 ай бұрын

Mighty observant of you. Good One!

The problem with agreements with russia, is that it has never complied with any.

@l0necroc

3 ай бұрын

Minsk 1 & 2

@user-ib8qd9rn1m

3 ай бұрын

​@@l0necroc22th of February 2022 -_-

@falcon_224

3 ай бұрын

@@user-ib8qd9rn1m *ignores 10yrs of donetsk war when ukraine violated it*

@TarsonTalon

3 ай бұрын

Projection, much?

@leight420

3 ай бұрын

classic liberal hypocricy, acusse your enemy of what you are doing yourself

As always, thank you.

Its such a complicated issue. Well done covering this... I appreciate it. My opinion is being aware while not participating.. at this point informing the public of the truth will bring peace

Those images of Zelensky 'then and now' compared are so telling. He used to look uncomfortable, not confident and completely overpowered by the Western leaders. And all images of him now show the complete opposite - confidence, strength, willing and able to lead. The guy will be remembered in history for not taking a secret tunnel out of the country and leaving his people to die, like Putin would if roles were reversed.

@arthurmoore9488

3 ай бұрын

It probably wouldn't have changed the first few days, but that one statement massively impacted the amount of aid Ukraine received and their ability to beat Russia back in the first few months.

@VVayVVard

3 ай бұрын

The most striking aspect is how visibly he has aged over the last two years. Probably due to stress, I imagine.

@VVayVVard

3 ай бұрын

@@arthurmoore9488 Yeah, that one line cemented him as an absolute badass in my mind. Especially since he said it at a time when everybody expected Ukraine to fall within the first week.

@Sonnymonster

3 ай бұрын

You do know he is a Neo Nazi , right!!!

@Chalizdekino1

3 ай бұрын

You will remember him yourself

We shouldn’t spend a dollar helping Ukraine. There war isn’t americas war. They aren’t even nato so why are we at all funding them and suppling them with anything? America needs to help itself and only help itself.

@n.f.w9825

3 ай бұрын

the war heavily impacts america in the geoplitical atmosphere. It's either spending money to fund ukraine now or shedding American blood when Russia attacks NATO.

As always: top content - thanks so much!

Well said and very clear. Thank you 😊

You made my entire Valentines Day by uploading ❤ Thank you William, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your channel and your intelligence

@twinkjakdoomer

3 ай бұрын

You must be lonely

Painful news… Thanks for making it make sense & reporting it!!

Almost to 100 videos in this playlist!

Well done !

I didn't realize just how much time there is until the election

@TheFireGiver

3 ай бұрын

May God have mercy on our souls

@the0ne809

3 ай бұрын

campaigning never ends in the us.

@kingace6186

3 ай бұрын

If you turned on the news, you might mistakenly think it's already October.

@fdllicks

3 ай бұрын

9 months, but the actual handover is around jan 20.

@fnorgen

3 ай бұрын

See, that's become one of the major issues with the American political system. It becomes pretty much paralyzed during election season when it all becomes a sport. They can't afford to not exploit every issue for political points. This wouldn't be such big a problem if the election season hadn't become so ridiculously long! Off course the media loves that shit, so they'll stoke the fire at every opportunity.

Don't you just love it how the world is lead by people born during and right after the second world war.

@kingace6186

3 ай бұрын

Zelenskyy is a world leader. He is 46.

@j100j

3 ай бұрын

@@kingace6186 Not really though. World leaders are people like xi, putin and any us president. Ukraine is important but it is not that big.

@diogorodrigues747

3 ай бұрын

@@j100j Still it's Ukraine that is fighting, not the US.

@j100j

3 ай бұрын

@@diogorodrigues747 Still not a major nation. Thus not a world leader.

@diogorodrigues747

3 ай бұрын

@@j100j OK, if you say so...

Another great analysis!

I love these videos

Thank you, as always, for keeping us well informed on Ukraine. A question for a possible future video: What is the importance of Belgorod? Ukraine frequently targets the city. is this simply as a way to frighten Russian civilians or is the city used by the Russian military for something more strategic? Or is it just news today but there are many other attacks into Russia in many other locations (like the attacks on oil terminals) and Belgorod is actually no more attacked than anywhere else?

@user-wm5rt9pw5l

3 ай бұрын

A significant part of the Russian army in Ukraine is supplied through Belgorod. It's just a logistics hub. Well... Ukrainians also jokingly have historical claims to these lands because Russia once took them away. But this has only meme value.

@Anubis.731

3 ай бұрын

​@@user-wm5rt9pw5lhistoricly ukraine never controlled Belgorod. At least I didn't find any map of it.

@user-wm5rt9pw5l

3 ай бұрын

@@Anubis.731 The UPR state briefly controlled Belgorod in 1918. I believe this also means that according to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, these borders were recognized by Soviet Russia, but I’m too lazy to look for an exact map. The UPR claimed all lands where the majority were ethnic Ukrainians. The Belgorod region was considered part of Ukraine in imperial times, not as part of the country but as part of the region “Ukraine”.

Could you do a video on Zaluzhniy’s dismissal? Keep up the good work Will!

@Bird_McBride

3 ай бұрын

July 31, 2024 as determined by private government vote in the Ukraine. Not confident.

@johnpijano4786

3 ай бұрын

Eh. IDK that is bordering the line between political science work and military science work. But would be nice if WS can make a video on it.

@halahmilksheikh

3 ай бұрын

This isn't the place for objectivity when it comes to Ukraine lol. If he hasn't done it already he won't ever, it's old news now

@augustuslunasol10thapostle

3 ай бұрын

He was literally working for far to long by the end of the year he might even return because thats how this works generals rotate positions to take breaks

Thanks for staying on Ukraine and not just dropping it for the ME stuff.

1:06 ❤i was hoping for some lines on maps

Well, I see the importance of Ukraine much more than most people think. It's something that's been on my mind since the war started. Ukraine, it's a nation that wants to be free from Russia. Giving up on it is just bad. That I never leave the thought of Ukraine.

@matthewhowe3727

3 ай бұрын

Prior to the US coup in 2014 Ukraine's democratically elected president Yankovic chose the backing from Russia instead of the west International Monetary Fund. Which is why the west backed the coup which ousted Yankovic from office.

@damackabet.4611

2 ай бұрын

Their are many places in the west and elsewhere that have some movements for independence, if any of them actually attempted it, you would see all of the west condemning them for even trying to be free. So lets not pretend the idea of keeping ahold of territory or recovering lost territory doesn't come up outside of Russia.

@General-F

2 ай бұрын

@@damackabet.4611 What the fuck are you talking about.

Increasing American disinterest in the global stage is an issue that the rest of the world is going to have to deal with. Europe may have resented the U.S. for appointing themselves the global policeman, but they are going to absolutely hate us for resigning from the post.

@madcat789

3 ай бұрын

I'm tired of us being World Police. They hated us for acting like it, and they'll hate us when we step down.

@protorhinocerator142

3 ай бұрын

2000 YANKEE GO HOME 2025 YANKEE COME BACK

@michaelpelzek8882

3 ай бұрын

They should of thought of that. We tried to tell them.

@madcat789

3 ай бұрын

Where did my comment go? I merely said I'm tired of us being World Police, that The world hates us when we do and hates us when we don't.

@kingace6186

3 ай бұрын

This is a very unpopular isolationist mindset shared by a small minority of misinformed Americans. I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you, cupcake.

What software do you use to edit/create your videos? I found the article you wrote about producing your game theory videos, but that's a few years out of date :)

The sales pitch at the end got me 😂😂😂😂😂

Should have followed Churchill's advice and just gone to Moscow.

@msimon6808

3 ай бұрын

Way too late for that one.

Finally I am the one percent! Or at least, a one percent. I enjoyed your books!

@Gametheory101

3 ай бұрын

You are truly a gentleman and a scholar.

@seanbrown701

3 ай бұрын

Excellent books. I recommend both.

I'm probably paranoid but I feel like you're rubbing the upside down clock in our faces haha

Might it be possible for you to share your thoughts on some of the things Putin said during ‘the Interview’? Was there any interesting signalling or potential lines on maps foreshadowing kind of stuff going in there?

I think it's an interesting question, how much an Ukrainian victory is worth to the west in terms of money. Or to put it differently, how much is reasonable to invest into this conflict. The closest comparison I got is the reunification of Germany. To my knowledge that has cost 1.5 trillion dollars. While of course there is some return value, the same holds true for Ukraine. And of course you can't just compare it 1 to 1. That being said, as far as I know, the west invested only a fraction of 1.5 trillion dollars into this war

@DynastyGuy

3 ай бұрын

The US hasn’t even provided $100 Billion in aid yet. Though there is currently another 60 Billion in the aid package the Senate just approved, but the Republican controlled House doesn’t want to bring it up for a vote.

@N.i.c.k.H

3 ай бұрын

The cost is not, primarily, the loss of Ukraine - It is the extra defence spending that will be required everywhere in the world and for many years to come to counter the increased level of risk from both Russia and every other country that has territorial claims that it will feel emboldened to press. There's a lot mentioned about countries spending 2% of GDP on NATO. They will have to spend much more than that on defence if Russia wins.

@raevj

2 ай бұрын

@@DynastyGuy if you count the US intelligence apparatus helping Ukraine…it is vastly more than the aid packages sum. The intelligence has been very expensive & the US is involved in a much bigger level than any other nation.

Can someone please explain to me how the USA can supply Ukraine with less than what they are currently doing? Last I checked - the USA aid for Ukraine ran out some weeks if not months ago. Did I miss some important aid package that keeps sneaking into Ukraine from the US?

@Bruvva_Wu

3 ай бұрын

Don't forget how this current US administration has slow walked getting the advanced gear to win this war. Still no F-16s over Ukranian airspace! Joe is a coward!

@judysocal8682

3 ай бұрын

My understanding on the aid packages is they give it out piecemeal not one big chunk and the last one is for some time in 2025. Sorry don't have details.

@N.i.c.k.H

3 ай бұрын

Biden is doing deals whereby he "sells" surplus or "obsolete" US weapons to third parties for a nominal fee on the understanding that they then either give them to Ukraine or else keep them and give their own hand-me-downs to Ukraine. The Republicans cannot block this.

I love hearing "lines on maps" now.

Wat does America have to do with Ukraine they should have thought about this when all the corrupt officials was stealing aid

We got bigger problems at home with the border crisis.

@HentsSauce

3 ай бұрын

Democrats want illegals for votes so its impossible for them to prioritize the border

What the heck do you mean "US aid evaporate" in 2025, when it already gone? UAF already rationing artillery shells, what possible push are you talking? 🤦‍♂️

@nobodyherepal3292

3 ай бұрын

US aid isn’t gone. Its just waiting approval in the House.

@Shakesbeer1

3 ай бұрын

​@@nobodyherepal3292 I really want to believe, but Johnson won't put it on vote.

@nobodyherepal3292

3 ай бұрын

@@Shakesbeer1 that’s why there going to try and force a vote

@Shakesbeer1

3 ай бұрын

@@nobodyherepal3292 nice try 🥲

0:00 I just wanna say you were off on what I was thinking.... I wondered where secret Putin was and started looking at the windows lol.

3:15 Valery Gerasimov in the senate is great

The war is effectively over for Ukraine. They have done more than anyone ever expected, but Ukraine needs to seek a settlement like Finland did in the 39' Winter War, if they can have any hope of a functional state in the future. There is simply no way that Ukraine can make up for their lack of manpower and the lag in equipment from their allies. The war is costly for Russia, but absolutely untenable for Ukraine.

@nobodyherepal3292

3 ай бұрын

F@ck that. No more appeasement.

@Emanon...

3 ай бұрын

@@nobodyherepal3292 "Appeasement" is throwing lives and treasure away to, hang on, "appease" the NeoCon warhawks and their corporate masters. Appeasement is supporting Israel _no matter what_ when it's clear to all they are war criminals. The conflict in Ukraine is far more complicated than just "Putin bad", although that's a good point. You need to start asking questions about our own media and what story they're to sell us to make us approve their belligerence. This is Iraq all over again. I'm not falling for that BS, just like I didn't the first time.

@AlphaSections

3 ай бұрын

As much as I hate to admit it, this is probably the only solution we'll be able to get. We can keep sending military supplies and equipment, but once the manpower pool runs out Ukraine may suffer a total collapse. I think a DMZ border like the one between the Koreans is the most reasonable settlement at this point, where the world fails to recognize Russia's claims. I hope Europe will now understand that Russia isn't a country you can reason with, they only know war so militarize against Russia so that we'll be ready the next time they pull this stupid S***.

@nobodyherepal3292

3 ай бұрын

@@AlphaSections no. It’s not. It just a temporary ceasefire for the Russians to rebuild and try again later.

@AlphaSections

3 ай бұрын

@@nobodyherepal3292 Yes, that's exactly what will happen because Europe will keep neglecting its military funding, and demand without respect from the USA. And we will sit on the other side of the pond and say, "I told you".

I think some people missed the part that our Own Country needs the Money and we should stop being the Global Police Force. We can't even protect our Own Border.

@manwithinternet

3 ай бұрын

If we do not take a stand against Russia then it will be like German Appeasement. Russia also said it wants Alaska back. Why not damage russian military by sending aid. We dont even have to use American blood. Our border is terrible yes, we should stop the invasion. However we cannot ignore Russia. Also NATO is helping Ukraine too not just us.

@user-tp4jl4xt6w

3 ай бұрын

@@manwithinternetNATO is only RECENTLY helping Ukraine, several European countries are just recently reaching the 2%. The fact they needed the threats from Trump in order for them to reach the 2% shows you how much they want us to do all the work. Europe wants us too defend them despite having a huge Anti-American culture. Do you really want to protect a continent that hates you?

@tonyalamillo6899

2 ай бұрын

And still it is Domestic Terrorist that is / are more of a threat to America, Treasonous Traitors working from within !

3:14 Check out Valery Gerasimov crashing the impeachment hearing.

I didn't learn a thing with this video Mr Spaniel

I am an Australian. I cannot get my head around American childish politics. I often wonder how the Russian population will react when they are compelled to acknowledge the horrid atrocities done in their name. I suspect looking at post-war Japan and Germany will give us strong indicators. Thank you for another informative commentary.

@Theofiilus2978

3 ай бұрын

The way the Russian population will react is probavbly the same way as americans reacted after they did acknowledge all that agent orange stuff and highway of death of type things. So basically they won't if they're not completely conquered. The Russian victim mindset is quite strong in russia and i doubt it will change anywhere in the future.

@mrsmerily

3 ай бұрын

you dont know russians and russian soul. The imeprialism is in their DNA... if they win the will be happy and no remorse, if they loose, they will be angry and want another try. Of course in individual level it differs but collectively they love strong ruthless leathers who beat them up at home but bring them slaves they can beat up themselves. Look into Ivan the Ruthless.

@raevj

2 ай бұрын

Many in the US have not benefitted from the post-ww2 foreign policy decisions & many have actually been harmed by it. It is not childish to ask your politicians to stop with their horrible decision-making & speak to us like adults, not children which is how Biden talk to us. Give us real, RATIONAL objectives or go away with the guilt-tripping & begging.

Putin just endorsed Biden for President.

What does the betting market think the probability is that Tukker comes down with a bad case of novichok sometime before November? I'm all in on it.

Yay for lines on maps!

@Clapperofcheeks5000

3 ай бұрын

I’ll just claim your back garden then sounds like you won’t mind

Democracy is never a lost cause.

@robertjones2811

3 ай бұрын

Democracy is a sheep and two wolves voting on what to have for dinner. Gun ownership is a sheep saying, "Not today, wolves.".

@DetectiveRackham

3 ай бұрын

It is unfortunate that the wolves will also have guns. I would say it is a lot harder to run away from bullets than fangs.

@Jondiceful

3 ай бұрын

I suspect Churchill would probably respond with something like, "Democracy is the king of lost causes, but it's the only one worth fighting over." Or something pithy like that.

@u2beuser714

3 ай бұрын

Democracy and authoritarianism arent mutually exclusive. Its a fallacy, the will of the majority could be imposed on the minority, democratically.

@jonson856

3 ай бұрын

​@@robertjones2811gun ownership is a sheep saying "not today wolves", and the wolves saying "are you sure?" While aiming their guns at the lambs

A huge reason why American's see Russia's military as weak is because of the American contribution to Ukraine. I don't think voters are making that connection. They see it all as an issue of Russia being a paper tiger, with systemic corruption and incompetence of doctrine. That is part of the issue but less important than foreign aid flowing into Ukraine to make Russia look weak.

@mrsmerily

3 ай бұрын

it is weak. putler hoped to take ukrain in 3 days... months at least... first there was zero support and russia could not do it. the only things were sanctions put on russia but sanction never hit those who are real culprits but common citizens are the ones bearing the pain.

@damackabet.4611

2 ай бұрын

I don't really care if Russia is weak or strong, it makes no difference to me. I want to focus on internal usa matters and fix the nation, if some parts of ukraine are lost due to that so be it. Ukraine is an enemy of the usa and has actively helped corrupt politicans in usa.

History is being made, people!

Question: you mention 'they' run contrary to expectations at like the 5:20 mark. I guess in your opinion, is the Trump impeachment/court debacle not likely to end up with him likely not even allowed to run for presidency? Isn't the expectation that it's going to be like the first US president with a felony or jailed after or for something they did during term? (Soz, Aussie here with little US political understanding).

Russia has built a formidable defense barrier across Donetsk roughly twenty miles long and made from stolen RR cars and such. From what I figure putrid will load these RR barriers with more MEAT and lots of offensive weapons. I see some terrific F16 targets in the coming months.

@madanbisht6

3 ай бұрын

F16's will be fucked up by 😂😂

3:14 Gerasimov

@kingace6186

3 ай бұрын

Congressman Gerasimov

@benjones4365

3 ай бұрын

Well done, in the chair next to the lady looking the other way. I thought it would be in that picture, but could not find him, until you pointed it out. Thank You.

@mark314158

3 ай бұрын

Democrat or Republican?

The lines-on-maps thing is always irrelevant. There is never a scenario in which giving an enemy half your country will decrease the likelihood of them seizing the other half by force. The diagram assumes that any imaginable deal is automatically enforceable, whereas in fact the only deal that's ever enforceable is an unconditional surrender, and then only if the victor is willing to spend the resources on an occupation.

It astounds me what we do as a planet. Why is it so hard to just be?

@AlphaSections

3 ай бұрын

It's because malicious politicians keep convincing their people to go kill and take from others. Yet we also keep blindly trusting the political classes to count votes and make unreasonable policies for us. We should be able to see everything they do while they are in power.

I shared this on my Democratic forum. There is keen interest about Ukraine.

Interest is going to be pretty low if Russia's rate of advance is one empty town per year. The fact is Russia is seen less and less of an urgent threat everyday and Ukraine will need more support from sources closer and with a more direct interest in the outcome of the war.

@lepetitroquet9410

3 ай бұрын

Those sources closer and with more direct interests in the outcome of the war have already been providing a massive part of the support compared to their economy. - the baltics states have given more than 1% of their GDP to Ukraine - Poland gave 0.67% of its GDP - Germany 0.52% of its GDP - Norway has given 1.6% of its GDP to Ukraine And the USA has given... 0.323% of its GDP. The facts are pretty clear. And just looking at where most of the tanks and all of the airplanes have and will come from makes it even clearer.

@hmmm2564

3 ай бұрын

You guys continue to live in delusion. This war launched Iran and Houthis in red sea. It is costing Europe and America billions. Russia is winning. And America has stopped funding them

Am just here to enjoy the lines being drawn on maps 😂

So, Shoigu was lurking during the impeachment ? (3:11) It might be Gerasimov in the picture, keep forgetting witch is witch. :)

@capncake8837

3 ай бұрын

Shoigu is the Asian one.

You are discounting military aid from Europe too much, albeit slow it is slowly gaining steam.

@StepDub

3 ай бұрын

Plus sanctions eating away at the Russian economy and military capacity.

@protorhinocerator142

3 ай бұрын

True. Europe stepping up its support in terms of both money and weapons.

@kingace6186

3 ай бұрын

True

@u2beuser714

3 ай бұрын

​@@StepDub Russia is producing more shells than europe this doesnt sound like "eating away" in fact russia has been selling oil above price cap

@StepDub

3 ай бұрын

@@u2beuser714 and Ukraine is eliminating those oil refineries. The longer this war continues, the better Ukraine gets with its drone strikes. Another ship hit today. Ruble steadily falling. And all Putin can do is pray for a Trump win. Hardly a winners strategy. Just go back home and fix your own mistakes.

Re: the war shaping elections. You’d better believe, I will *only* be voting for pro-Ukraine candidates in every upcoming election until the war is over! And even beyond, when it comes to electing people who will be pro-adding Ukraine to NATO.

@kingace6186

3 ай бұрын

Damn right. The only thing politicians listen to is election results.

Gerasimov is in the US Senate now? 🤣 @3:14

Okas vivas youre philosophy of war

We as Americans must stop the politicians running for office whom are on the Kremlins payroll. I suggest you look into your local representatives voting history in the senate and house to see if they support democracy, or oppose it. That goes for the presidential nominees as well... There is a lot at stake. Domestic divides are artificial, we should not let them interfere with our foreign politics and struggles against our adversaries

@invaderjoshua6280

3 ай бұрын

We as Americans need to stop voting for people who want to give Ukraine billions in pure cash. When our own border security needs a reform, same as our medical industry and our immigration system.

@jack727dave5

3 ай бұрын

Why are those so important now when we’ve been dealing with them for centuries at this point. Also if they are so important why did they cancel the largest border reform bill in years just to stop aid to Ukraine?

@mike4480

3 ай бұрын

…Mike Johnson reportedly received campaign contributions from American Ethane, a company 88% owned by 3 Russian nationals:…Start here… …💙💛💙

@SupremeRTS

3 ай бұрын

@invaderjoshua6280 just from your first sentence I can tell you're misinformed on the situation my guy. We aren't giving ukraine billion in cash. We are sending them outdated equipment and old ammunition and allocating money to our own defense industry for modern equipment. It's a net positive for everyone but russia. There is not argument against it being beneficial

@andersgrassman6583

3 ай бұрын

@@invaderjoshua6280 USA does not send any "pure cash" to Ukraine. The "pure cash" goes to american defence industry and american jobs, for producing new modern weapons. The old stuff that the USA sends to Ukraine, represents money already spent decades ago. It's already spent. You can't get that money back. (In fact, starting this January, ATACAM missiles were scheduled for destruction - AT A COST! That actually consumes new money, that hasn't been spent yet.

3:15 Hidden sus Gerasimov found.

After the winter comes the mud season.How long can people put up with field conditions until they crack..

Can you do an analysis of Tucker Cowardson’s interview with Putin?

@shorewall

3 ай бұрын

Lol, he's a coward to interview a world leader that is responsible for the most major war in Europe since WW2? I guess we should all get our news from CNN and not question it then.

While the American well may run dry, the Europeans, who are actually effected by the war, can always pick up the slack

@technokicksyourass

3 ай бұрын

Except they can't deliver the weapons.

@XtoDoubt25

3 ай бұрын

@technokicksyourass I'm sure they can figure it out if it's as important as some people claim. However, the US isn't the world's policeman. We have our own problems and due to our attempts to be the world's policeman those problems have gone unaddressed. Europe is more than capable of defeating Russia without us.

@spartianj

3 ай бұрын

@@XtoDoubt25 "More than capable of defeating Russia", why would you think so? We have never defeated Russia through history and certainly will not now with

@michaelpelzek8882

3 ай бұрын

​@@technokicksyourassThat's there fault, and maybe should of focused on making some, instead of being condescending because they have tax funded healthcare.

@robertjones2811

3 ай бұрын

I personally don’t care about Europe. Let them learn their lesson. At least they will have free healthcare when they get invaded.

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤ !

Woo! Spooky!

WILLIAM , HOW WILL COVID EFFECT RUSSIAN TROOPS COMPARED TO THE SPANISH FLUE IN THE PAST ?

Slava UKraini! Heroyam Slava!

@nouriaasrorova8986

3 ай бұрын

Your Slava is hiding deep in an a...

Insane that the issue voters probably have the least understanding of is the number one issue being voted on.

@TheScotlander

3 ай бұрын

More understanding than the Ukraine-Russian War tho Most Americans couldn't care less about the history between these two nations lmao

@peterclarke3020

3 ай бұрын

Except that there are many with no interest, for whom it won’t enter into their calculations.

@CedarHunt

3 ай бұрын

Not even slightly. The number one issue being voted on in this election is the economy with border enforcement as a close second. A war in Europe is pretty far down the list of pressing issues for most Americans. Maybe Europe should be increasing their support for Ukraine?

@adairjanney7109

3 ай бұрын

@@peterclarke3020 Most Americans not only couldn not care less, they want this war over and all wars over, hence why they went with Trump and still love Trump the only man that has AT LEAST tried to remove troops, if we followed his plan it wouldnt have been an utter freaking embarrassment like Biden did. Personally I think its all theatre anyway, even Trump is on their side he is just the good cop in a good cop, bad cop routine, the people that support Biden are just useful idiots and they are VERY few, yes only slow people think 2020 was legit. Yeah Biden beat Trump with 72 million votes while winning NO bell weathers and taking 2 weeks to count lol. We live in an ethnic oligarchy at the moment, facts.

@invaderjoshua6280

3 ай бұрын

Don’t fool yourself everyone I’ve talked to cares way more about the border crisis and healthcare then Ukraine, most also tend to care more about Israel do to a decent amount of Israeli’s being also Americans, then Ukraine.

LoM Corporation always goes hard!

Wag the Dog.... Good old terminology, and a decent political movie to go along with it, to remember. For often we are looking at 'wagging the dog' situations in American Politics. That is just an election cycle within America for you....

😊🇺🇦

bs

@terjeoseberg990

3 ай бұрын

What’s BS? Can you explain? I doubt it..

Wowza

Jon stewart called it "electile dysfunction"

@gregparrott

3 ай бұрын

Stewart's observation was astute and prescient

@AlphaSections

3 ай бұрын

I didn't know he was still relevant. The dude is a hard leftist.

@fdllicks

3 ай бұрын

@@AlphaSections he is in a different demographic than you. He is in the "under 84, does not live in a florida golf community, is not angry with the world, does not think people around him want to listen to unsolicited opinions on how democrats are aweful, not wearing a dick cheney for president shirt" demographic. So his demographic is a little different from yours.

On the other hand, my dad maintains that Trump’s threats to Nato might actually lead to a strengthened Europe that maybe can stand on its own military legs…

@msimon6808

3 ай бұрын

This dad agrees with your dad.

@MrGiselbart

3 ай бұрын

Europe's increase in defense spending and trying to improve on it's existing military industry isn't Trump's merit though. Since 2022 many EU nations have begun to increase their defense budget due to Russia's invasion and finally showing how untrustworthy Putin is. It just takes time. All Trump managed to do is piss off it's allies and look more like an idiot than he already was.

@AlphaSections

3 ай бұрын

@@msimon6808 They won't take things seriously unless someone speaks the truth. Trump is helping them understand that they should invest in their own defense more.

@damackabet.4611

2 ай бұрын

probably, but I mean that directly leads to what trump wanted, a strengthened europe so the usa could pull back and focus on internal matters, as the country is unstable.

WILLIAM , CAN YOU DO A SHOW ON OIL SANCTION BREAKERS , WHO THEY ARE , WHO TO CULL ?

@mrsmerily

3 ай бұрын

Estonian Primeministers husband allagedly is one.

Well is dry today.

LOL what are those lines about? This thing won't stop until the Russians reach Transnistria...... Anything less than that is a foolish. Doesn't matter the time or resources

@xpressmusic5299

3 ай бұрын

@@paulschmitz9175 WE SHALL SEE

@leight420

3 ай бұрын

@@paulschmitz9175 russia can erase the country in a day if they wanted to

@jackMeought-fr8vl

2 ай бұрын

If the front collapses they would be able to reach wherever. Look at the Spanish civil war, lines held until they didn't and it was over in a few days.

@leight420

2 ай бұрын

@@paulschmitz9175 must be nice living in your blissfully ignorant dream land

Karl Rove once observed that anything Congress did, the public credited to the sitting President. So, it was always in the interest of the opposing party to oppose any popular legislation, to deny the President victories (and thus reduce his popular perception in advance of the next election). With Ukraine aid popular, but the top issue for only 1%, the Republicans may calculate that it's worth opposing such aid, to prevent an election year triumph for Biden, while seeing only a little blowback from voters themselves.

@TheFireGiver

3 ай бұрын

Ya it's a major flaw of the US system. Democrats were essentially giving Republicans what they wanted on border security but they shot it down. It's logical to do so.

@jake4194

3 ай бұрын

This is too true and very frustrating.

@shorewall

3 ай бұрын

It also leaves the option that if Trump were to propose it, it would be supported by Republicans (and opposed by Democrats). It's similar to how Biden pushed back the withdrawal date of the US from Afghanistan, because he wanted to claim the credit.

3:16 Gerasimov spotted

"SOMETHING is about to happen! :)" ~Elfstone

what's your stance on Starlink now being used by Russia as well?

@N.i.c.k.H

3 ай бұрын

I do wonder about this. How much would you expect Ukrainians to trust a communications system provided by a Russian company? It's totally possible that the US allows it to happen on the understanding that they can use it to gather intelligence. The impact would necessarily be unclear, much like when the Enigma code was broken during WW2 - If everything said was acted upon then they would cease using it.