NATO Military Chief on How Countries Can Prepare for War, a Second Trump Presidency and More | WSJ

Adm. Rob Bauer, NATO's top military officer, discusses what business and government can do to defend themselves, what he sees as the need for increased defense spending and how a second Trump presidency could affect the alliance.
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  • @abicaksiz
    @abicaksiz23 күн бұрын

    I am 60, a retired LtCol of the Turkish Army. It is my first time hearing Adm. Bauer. He is incredibly elaborate, rational and convincing. Thank you sir for such straigthforward talk.

  • @bestvideos4ever1

    @bestvideos4ever1

    16 күн бұрын

    i don't want make fun of you, but define Rational

  • @kevkeary4700

    @kevkeary4700

    7 күн бұрын

    @@bestvideos4ever1 Rational means having reason or understanding relating to, based on, or agreeable to reason. you can look it up in the dictionary.

  • @livmurray1958

    @livmurray1958

    6 күн бұрын

    Exactly 💯Abicaksiz

  • @ProMainMan

    @ProMainMan

    6 күн бұрын

    Well said and I agree

  • @shiner8375

    @shiner8375

    4 күн бұрын

    He is an elitist. He is going to get us all killed.

  • @redblueiris
    @redblueiris24 күн бұрын

    Dutchies are always direct and to the point...

  • @lmvcnn

    @lmvcnn

    16 күн бұрын

    shocking of your above "soft racism comment" for generalizing 17 million people. All matured people knows that every place has smart and dumbs, good and evils...

  • @bestvideos4ever1

    @bestvideos4ever1

    16 күн бұрын

    @@lmvcnn Dutches are as good or bad as any other nation, no Difference !!!

  • @louise_rose

    @louise_rose

    14 күн бұрын

    Bauer is delusional, but he's well paid for it.

  • @cornee111120

    @cornee111120

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@@lmvcnn oh just... Sod off. I'm Dutch and the culture generally permits more abrasive comments than others. No racism involved. The Dutch culture allows comments to people you have no relationship with. This is different from other countries.

  • @mc-lb9dk

    @mc-lb9dk

    5 күн бұрын

    this man needs war to get more stripes. Dangerous figure.

  • @kinngrimm
    @kinngrimm26 күн бұрын

    9:35 lets be clear here, it was never western consumers that pushed western industries to build factories in the east or create joint ventures to share tech with China. It were corporations that wanted to get in on those jucy eastern markets and by that sold of the technological lead the only advantage we had. Our greed for profits and for what? So we could have a washing machine a few bugs cheaper but also with a tenth of the former life expectancy. Meanwhile looking at the development of wages in comparison to interest rates allowing heirs to live of inheritances without ever producing anything usefull ... all that could have been obvious to backfire and it was done anyways. Neoliberalism has eaten itself and it just hasn't realised yet that it is already dead.

  • @PraneshSacher

    @PraneshSacher

    26 күн бұрын

    absolutely correct .... it is the greed which was the driving force ..... the madness to get more and more at a cheaper price, ..... now China has the biggest army in the world they produce their own nukes and they want to dominate and control everyone, Tibet, India, Bhutan, Hong Kong China sea, Philippians, Taiwan, ..... and when in 2008 Greece was in bankruptcy, they bought their infrastructure, ports and transport with that they control all movement, and in Africa they do the same ....

  • @4mb127

    @4mb127

    26 күн бұрын

    It's not either or, it's both.

  • @NeostormXLMAX

    @NeostormXLMAX

    24 күн бұрын

    you did ask for this, any chance of alternative economic systems like mutalism or syndicalism were lumped into le ebil GOMMUNISM and demonized by the average american until neoliberalism is the last that remains, so now neoliberalism is what happens, so you exactly have yourselves to blame

  • @toddharig8142

    @toddharig8142

    24 күн бұрын

    @@NeostormXLMAX Who is you? The average worker with no political power?

  • @Brockliy

    @Brockliy

    24 күн бұрын

    @@toddharig8142the average american has a good amount of political power they just don’t use it

  • @K3NN3H1
    @K3NN3H124 күн бұрын

    This was a terrifyingly refreshing reminder and a wonderful listen, much respect for RB doing this and being so open. 🙃

  • @Leo-un2vv
    @Leo-un2vv24 күн бұрын

    Dude looks like he is straight out of red alert cutscenes

  • @louise_rose

    @louise_rose

    21 күн бұрын

    Actually, Bauer is straight out of the world of Dr Strangelove. In an interview the other day (in a leading Stockholm morning paper) he called for Europe to switch to an overall war economy and hedge everything on an attempt to scale up military production to help Ukraine break Russia /a completely futile aspiration).

  • @kfw9257

    @kfw9257

    14 күн бұрын

    @@louise_rose we'll see

  • @phil__K

    @phil__K

    13 күн бұрын

    @@louise_rose How is that Dr. Strangelove? And no, do not misrepresent what was said, which is that stockpiles should be prioritized for Ukraine. Nothing about "breaking" Russia in the territorial sense you dishonestly imply.

  • @cesaresperelli2817

    @cesaresperelli2817

    6 күн бұрын

    ​@@louise_roseAnd you went from a disney's story. EU peace means american control, but now the usa are tired. So or we defende ourself or prepare to a bad final, not now, not tomorrow but very soon.

  • @louise_rose

    @louise_rose

    6 күн бұрын

    @@cesaresperelli2817 That's just BS. Europe can very well do without propping up Ukraine It's the American elites that can't stomach losing control of Ukraine

  • @HPF-Jensen
    @HPF-Jensen27 күн бұрын

    I am a total fan of this man, and have been for many years. he is straightforward and goes straight to the heart of the matter. As a war veteran, I know exactly what he is talking about when he says we.🎉

  • @PavolFilek

    @PavolFilek

    24 күн бұрын

    This man had no clue, what Putin prepared las 25 yeras to destroy all enemies.

  • @HPF-Jensen

    @HPF-Jensen

    24 күн бұрын

    @@PavolFilek Putin can't even make sure there is fuel and heat 10 km outside Moscow, 😂😂

  • @patrickganly5206

    @patrickganly5206

    21 күн бұрын

    He is a war bond salesman and you're sucking it up perfectly for him.

  • @patrickganly5206

    @patrickganly5206

    21 күн бұрын

    @@HPF-JensenAnd you're the one who's is "whistling in the dark!"

  • @HPF-Jensen

    @HPF-Jensen

    21 күн бұрын

    @@patrickganly5206 yes and i like it

  • @BlazejMarczak
    @BlazejMarczak24 күн бұрын

    When people from Eastern and Central Europe were saying exactly the same things for more than a decade we were called “grumpy” “pessimistic” and “Russophobic” Don’t believe me? Read old issues of New Eastern Europe journal just to mention one example.

  • @Crusty-jo5pj

    @Crusty-jo5pj

    23 күн бұрын

    True. This were the times when cheap oil and gas came from Russia in the western countries. We can very easy see how the narrative changes, when western countries are at risk or lose money or cheap resources.

  • @RPGPlayground

    @RPGPlayground

    22 күн бұрын

    Our Western European mistake was that we assumed Russia could go through the same path that all the other countries "behind the iron curtain" went through. We didn't realise that Russia is a completely different beast. I'm also guilty of that. Russia was never able to really make the transition to a stable democracy, and they always kept the "We are the superior Russians" mentality. At least we can claim that we did give them a chance, by integrating their economy into ours. But looking backwards, that was a mistake indeed. 2014 should have triggered a lot more action than it did.

  • @zoranfrintrop-unger4801

    @zoranfrintrop-unger4801

    22 күн бұрын

    We were coled " Good looking" to. 😂🎉

  • @theroldan8013

    @theroldan8013

    19 күн бұрын

    zzz zzz zzz

  • @larynOneka8080

    @larynOneka8080

    12 күн бұрын

    @RPGPlayground Democracies don't stage coups in Ukraine and then trick Ukraine into fighting a proxy war for the NATO Mafia. NATO thought they could punish Russia for not kissing the ring. Tough luck.

  • @leightongray2122
    @leightongray212224 күн бұрын

    It is very reassuring to us Americans that you have someone like Admiral Bauer in Europe, he for reason holds a high office within NATO. You can tell he has to sell and persuade this idea of war to continental Europeans which see it with disdain instead of an eventuality. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum.

  • @BUSOBOZIEMMANUEL

    @BUSOBOZIEMMANUEL

    7 күн бұрын

    Hi, American daughter!

  • Күн бұрын

    Problem here in Europe is that in general the population isn't well informed and most people don't like to listen to political (military) topics. Especially the last 2 generations are more gamers and Netflixers are nearly totally unaware of the values taught by older generations.

  • @kj1483
    @kj148324 күн бұрын

    Robert Peter Bauer is a lieutenant-admiral in the Royal Netherlands Navy, currently serving as the Chair of the NATO Military Committee since June 2021, after succeeding Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach. Bauer previously served as the Chief of Defence (Dutch: Commandant der Strijdkrachten) from October 2017 to April 2021, and as the Vice Chief of Defence of the Armed forces of the Netherlands from 1 September 2015 to 13 July 2017. Bauer was also involved in anti-terrorist and anti-piracy operations in the Mediterranean Sea, and in the Horn of Africa.

  • @comchadelalora
    @comchadelalora26 күн бұрын

    Very clear. It certainly brings peace of mind to see our military command handling and considering over vital defense issues.

  • @beatxassassin6439

    @beatxassassin6439

    23 күн бұрын

    empty words and pure B.S from him

  • @johnm1133

    @johnm1133

    5 күн бұрын

    @@beatxassassin6439 Ok Vladimir

  • @olabergstrom3270
    @olabergstrom327026 күн бұрын

    This is so good! I wish the public in all European countries could see this. It should be mandatory.

  • @fabianr5098

    @fabianr5098

    22 күн бұрын

    we do, dont worry!

  • @KnightsAndDarths

    @KnightsAndDarths

    5 күн бұрын

    Italy here, I watch the news every day and I hadn't seen this before.

  • @Galbex21
    @Galbex2123 күн бұрын

    Lol the guy talking to CEOs as if they were children. Amaizing.

  • @christhummel2751

    @christhummel2751

    22 күн бұрын

    Because they pretty much are lol

  • @marknn237
    @marknn23725 күн бұрын

    One million reservists out of a population if 5.5 million (as said at 19:50). Is this related to this country (Finland) being for the fifth consecutive year the happiest nation on earth in 2024? Maybe security makes Finns happy.

  • @alexdevcamp

    @alexdevcamp

    22 күн бұрын

    Maybe being happy because your government functions correctly, makes you want to protect it

  • @patrickganly5206

    @patrickganly5206

    21 күн бұрын

    @@alexdevcamp Or maybe being happy because your government incites hatred against a neighbouring country and it's people!

  • @patrickganly5206

    @patrickganly5206

    21 күн бұрын

    @@alexdevcamp Or maybe being happy because your government incites hatred against its neighbouring country with no rational reason to do so!

  • @patrickganly5206

    @patrickganly5206

    21 күн бұрын

    @@alexdevcamp @alexdevcamp Or maybe being happy because your government incites hatred against its neighbouring country with no rational reason too do so!

  • @patrickganly5206

    @patrickganly5206

    21 күн бұрын

    @alexdevcamp Or maybe being happy because your government incites hatred against its neighbouring country with no rational reason too do so!

  • @user-gq3wz2ud2r
    @user-gq3wz2ud2rАй бұрын

    Wow, writes great speeches but also speaks inspiringly & insightfully off the cuff.

  • @caylynmillard76

    @caylynmillard76

    27 күн бұрын

    Chill out lol

  • @bo45

    @bo45

    25 күн бұрын

    While he does nothing.

  • @caylynmillard76

    @caylynmillard76

    24 күн бұрын

    @@bo45 great quip

  • @bb54321abc
    @bb54321abc8 күн бұрын

    This Admiral really has a great grasp on the big picture and talks very intelligently in a clear and precise manner. A very interesting presentation 😊. Thank you.

  • @PraneshSacher
    @PraneshSacher26 күн бұрын

    at the end comes the wake-up message ..... down to the point, even if we do not want to hear it, if there is not a combined understanding and intention, there want be a change to get peace and security

  • @LawrenceReitan
    @LawrenceReitan25 күн бұрын

    Wow, this was a good one! The end is really for us to think about, from "me" to "we"....

  • @Atimatimukti

    @Atimatimukti

    5 күн бұрын

    Absolutly. The difference between civilized humans and animals, is the capacity to help others to heal. If an animal breaks a leg, it's done, it will possible die. A human, is taken care until it heals. We can only survive a war if we stop this nonsense of me, me, me and my rights. Ubuntu is the way, "what is good for all, is good for me"

  • @albertocontreras3312
    @albertocontreras331229 күн бұрын

    What a brilliant minded articulated analisis this highly experienced high rank militar is showing . A real gift to hear .

  • @patrickm.warren55
    @patrickm.warren556 күн бұрын

    To be efficient and respond to peak demand signals is indeed a tall order.

  • @ztuzar163
    @ztuzar16326 күн бұрын

    I like calm people. Word of advice, never get a calm man mad!

  • @AckzaTV

    @AckzaTV

    23 күн бұрын

    He has no power. In ww2 look what germany did to these tiny euro nations

  • @Cara.V9

    @Cara.V9

    23 күн бұрын

    @@AckzaTV You have to ask yourself if the circumstances are similar before making such a statement... Things have change a lot in the last 80 years..a small state or a small force can do great damage to a much bigger one! Analyze the current Ukraine situation against Russia or even the Hothis against ships patrol. War is dirty business and now it's dirtier than ever so let's just do our best not to go there!

  • @RingoBars
    @RingoBarsАй бұрын

    Much respect to the Admiral and our allies in NATO. If I could lend a phrase, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall”. -❤️🫡 from 🇺🇸

  • @user-ob7pi4pn2o

    @user-ob7pi4pn2o

    28 күн бұрын

    💯% true 💙🇺🇲💙

  • @boweevil6442

    @boweevil6442

    26 күн бұрын

    In my time , during Vietnam it was said , "What if they had a war and nobody came " . " War is a Racket" a book by Maj Gen Smedley Butler USMC two time Medal of Honor times two . You 'all must be invested in war . Any of you ever wear the uniform ?

  • @ademirrodriguez4209

    @ademirrodriguez4209

    25 күн бұрын

    Enlist yourself WARPIG

  • @studio2165

    @studio2165

    24 күн бұрын

    Yeh, good luck with that one..

  • @studio2165

    @studio2165

    24 күн бұрын

    Why ? What has he done to earn such admiration ?

  • @Ef554rgcc
    @Ef554rgcc29 күн бұрын

    Please talk more about supply lines.

  • @icu17siberia
    @icu17siberiaАй бұрын

    I think the Admiral is the best reasoned, thoughtful voice coming out of Europe today.

  • @jaja3359

    @jaja3359

    29 күн бұрын

    Which is the best one coming from America?

  • @chriswong9158

    @chriswong9158

    25 күн бұрын

    Admiral did nothing but report fake news.

  • @MattyOfPassion

    @MattyOfPassion

    25 күн бұрын

    Dude what are you talking about, there are so many. You just have to look outside old europe. Almost everybody in the nordics and central/eastern europe talk like this, senior military or politicians. We get it. The convenience junkies, deniers and fools are from France, Germany, Spain, Italy,, the US and the UK etc.

  • @evgenii-cosmos

    @evgenii-cosmos

    23 күн бұрын

    Typical general who wants more money for his war

  • @MattyOfPassion

    @MattyOfPassion

    23 күн бұрын

    @@jaja3359 Ben Hodges

  • @user-tv1tq4nn5e
    @user-tv1tq4nn5e17 күн бұрын

    Enjoyed listening to Adm. Bauer speak. Great discussion!

  • @michelleli7
    @michelleli726 күн бұрын

    very very well spoken

  • @beatxassassin6439

    @beatxassassin6439

    23 күн бұрын

    empty words and pure B.S from him

  • @JR-rv3xr
    @JR-rv3xr25 күн бұрын

    @30:00 His analogy about "We" Vs "Me" I thought was really insightful. However it's not going to happen in the UK anytime soon. Patriotic and healthy nationalism has purposely been destroyed since the late 90s. Whether it's stupid accusations about racism or calling everyone who wants to protect their homeland as a white Supremacist. Even our own Conservative government mock the very people who would be first to enlist for a war to protect us. Also the elephant in the room there's huge lack of trust from the new millions and millions of migrants every year we receive, many outwardly want us to lose any future war. The war would be at home first before it's abroad with Iran, China or whoever. It would take radical change over several decades to bring back the "We". It makes our military family very scared for the future.

  • @cathie3874

    @cathie3874

    24 күн бұрын

    All these liberal civil movements totally destroyed the nationalism. In the US and outside the US, young generation is increasingly liberal and progressive. Nationalism is white supremacy and racism. defense industry is warmonger. And many immigrants in the west are from Middle East, Asia and South America. They are from the 3rd world countries. They are, in their nature, against war with other developing countries like the war in Middle East. They hold a quite different view of world from the native population. This makes the society very divisive. I don’t think the many individual “me” will become a collective “we”. Because “we” have no common ground!

  • @zen5419-so8kp
    @zen5419-so8kpАй бұрын

    Brilliant talk. My new barometer for looking at the world in the macro level.

  • @beatxassassin6439

    @beatxassassin6439

    23 күн бұрын

    empty words and pure B.S from him

  • @SS-qk8oc

    @SS-qk8oc

    22 күн бұрын

    @@beatxassassin6439 I really despair reading the pro-war comments here…..

  • @zen5419-so8kp

    @zen5419-so8kp

    18 күн бұрын

    @@SS-qk8oc Neville.Chameberlain or Winston Churchill?

  • @nikolajrode3450
    @nikolajrode345029 күн бұрын

    Finally someone who knows, speak out

  • @BlazejMarczak

    @BlazejMarczak

    24 күн бұрын

    When people from Eastern and Central Europe were saying exactly the same things for more than a decade we were called “grumpy” “pessimistic” and “Russophobic”

  • @cliomuse1206

    @cliomuse1206

    24 күн бұрын

    @@BlazejMarczakright?! I’m from Eastern Europe and so many of us were saying these things, but we were dismissed as hateful, uneducated and yes - Russophobic. 🤷‍♀️

  • @beatxassassin6439

    @beatxassassin6439

    23 күн бұрын

    He knows nothing. Just empty words and pure B.S from him

  • @Redcrown1979

    @Redcrown1979

    21 күн бұрын

    @@beatxassassin6439 Care to elaborate? Dont think you can.

  • @user-cs5bn6tu1f

    @user-cs5bn6tu1f

    5 күн бұрын

    ​@Redcrown1979 NATO enlargement is CONTRARY to peace. Shoud we try with Chinese and Russian military alliance in Cuba ? In Mexico? Have you ever tried to think that the RF also need their own security 🤔....?

  • @user-tn2vc5fq4y
    @user-tn2vc5fq4y29 күн бұрын

    Thank you and more we

  • @capreal26
    @capreal2625 күн бұрын

    One of the best interviews of a Western Military leader. Bravo!

  • @MrSimonw58

    @MrSimonw58

    22 күн бұрын

    You think he could supervise the deportation of a load of malaysian dissidents to cape town

  • @jtpenman
    @jtpenman25 күн бұрын

    Brilliant speaker. Right on the nose.

  • @user-hd1oy9ry9e
    @user-hd1oy9ry9e29 күн бұрын

    Rob Baeur is right on the money, everybody needs to hear this message or face the consequences, this man has a very high position in NATO Military Command, and knows what he is talking about, he is not the chief of Mil Committee for nothing. Best talk on a Wests poor readiness for total war, the Russians and Chinese have no such problems. We could go under in a stouch against the autocrats. All need to wake up and make urgent changes. Thank you Admiral Bauer.

  • @phil20_20

    @phil20_20

    29 күн бұрын

    We are all going to face the consequences of our leaders.

  • @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc

    @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc

    28 күн бұрын

    Stoush

  • @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc

    @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc

    28 күн бұрын

    @@phil20_20didn’t the collective we vote for them?

  • @artiefakt4402

    @artiefakt4402

    25 күн бұрын

    Russians definitely didn't seem prepared for total war... they are struggling to take a country at their border, a country deprived of a NAVY, with a very limited and outdated air force, and whose army was mostly composed of old soviet equipment. China hasn't been at war for decades, they're able to produce lots of things and are way more technologically advanced than Russia... but I highly doubt things would go smoothly if they had to go to war against a near peer adversary tomorrow.

  • @clickbaitcharlie2329

    @clickbaitcharlie2329

    24 күн бұрын

    ​@@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1ncleast-worst candidate, is the order of the day...beta-tested in oz (like a lot of things, I suspect...lockdowns, and the attendant amendments to statutes, like planning permission by-pass, lock downs on borders?)..

  • @user-wh8wr4bc2s
    @user-wh8wr4bc2s28 күн бұрын

    Wow , and eye opening, thanks

  • @AnnaCentauri
    @AnnaCentauri25 күн бұрын

    Much respect from Texas. God Save The Free World

  • @jongs11
    @jongs1126 күн бұрын

    Get rid of that smug interviewer

  • @SorminaEriana
    @SorminaErianaАй бұрын

    Sir, your uniform is so honor and incredible

  • @royp6986

    @royp6986

    28 күн бұрын

    Probably Made in China, Atleast the buttons

  • @jpedrocp
    @jpedrocp26 күн бұрын

    This is one of the best interviews I have heard since the start of the full scale war in Ukraine. He's spot on, time and again. Thank you.

  • @mitrovdan

    @mitrovdan

    24 күн бұрын

    He doesn't have a clue, zero.

  • @smallpeople172

    @smallpeople172

    24 күн бұрын

    So why don't you apply for his job, ​@@mitrovdan?

  • @mitrovdan

    @mitrovdan

    24 күн бұрын

    @@smallpeople172 no, no, let him do it he's on the right track. Cranking up the supply of shells is going as planned, right? Where would we get that idea from that Russia is out producing the entire western world (shells) by a margin of 6 to 7 against 1? Their economy is also in disarray, the Dutch aren't quietly buying russian gas and there certainly aren't any LNG tankers coming into the Rotterdam harbour, definitely not in Spain, France, GB etc etc. As far as I know the Canadians haven't eased the restrictions on russian aluminium for their aviation industry, 😉. Or are you suggesting that the western plan to drag Russia into a Ukrainian quagmire is working? Seems to me the other way around - could have fooled me.

  • @fandomguy8025

    @fandomguy8025

    23 күн бұрын

    ​@@mitrovdan Get used to it buddy. Relations with Russia are not going back to normal. This talk is about self-reflection on the mistake of letting our guards down too low around our former & once again current enemies. It's up for debate if they ever were "friends" at all. 30 years isn't very long. He has every clue, it is you who seems not to. Yes. So the plan's not working. He talks about this, how our enemies use resources like aluminum & gas against us. To make us fund them. To hit us in our pockets. How we walked right into that. How Russia is producing this & that. Do you have a better one? You think you know how to simply turn around 30 years of mistakes? Or do you just want the prices to go back down on the international commodities our enemies use against us? They're not. Well, not unless we be good & roll over when they tell us to. Until we're their slaves. You want to be a good boy & roll over don't you? Oh yes Mr. Putin here's Ukraine pleeeeease make the gas prices go back to normal! Oh yes Mr. Hitler here's the Sudetenland you asked for and so WW2 never happened & that's why we celebrate Neville Chamberlain day! Or am I wrong? What *do* you want?

  • @calvinduke4810
    @calvinduke481029 күн бұрын

    This guy seems pretty cool he needs to be in politics

  • @itamarperez

    @itamarperez

    26 күн бұрын

    This

  • @alexlazar4738

    @alexlazar4738

    26 күн бұрын

    He is in politics> General or admiral in Western militaries is actually a political function.

  • @comchadelalora

    @comchadelalora

    26 күн бұрын

    NO. He is an expert and we need him where he is.

  • @tonyp2865

    @tonyp2865

    26 күн бұрын

    He is, listen to the dribble.

  • @arthurrelke

    @arthurrelke

    26 күн бұрын

    Soldiers cant be politicians

  • @bobwoods1302
    @bobwoods130225 күн бұрын

    9:37 I couldn't agree more. The world is a dangerous place. It always has been.

  • @mitrovdan

    @mitrovdan

    24 күн бұрын

    The world is dangerous because countries don't oblige by international law thinking that might makes right, for a long time it did. These countries were warned that there would come a day that this policy would blow up in their face, guess what, it did, some started crying wolf. As a statesman recently said, "the vampire bal is coming to an end". This whole BS around Ukraine didn't have to happen, as with Serbia, Lybia, Syria, Afghanistan and so on, and so on. Now a statesman reacts to those provocations and all of a sudden some remember that the world is a dangerous place with dangerous countries.

  • @user-ul3on8is6f
    @user-ul3on8is6f29 күн бұрын

    Respect

  • @gginpar
    @gginpar29 күн бұрын

    Excellent interview, great POV

  • @staylongo
    @staylongo27 күн бұрын

    I found this talk articulate, honest and refreshing. Thank you Admiral Rob Bauer! I hope more people realise how important Nato is to Democratic nations.

  • @jetserb

    @jetserb

    26 күн бұрын

    Soon NATO will be past

  • @user-tx9gh1fi4t

    @user-tx9gh1fi4t

    25 күн бұрын

    Ukraine is democracy now?😂

  • @lassel1344

    @lassel1344

    24 күн бұрын

    How is it that Rand corporation members have so much influence over NATO? That's the only explanation I can come up with after reading the Rand corporation report 2019 on Ukraine. Why has reality become so similar to the report?

  • @user-cs5bn6tu1f

    @user-cs5bn6tu1f

    5 күн бұрын

    Lord Ismay, the first Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), reportedly observed that the purpose of the Alliance was to keep the Americans in Europe, the Russians out, and the Germans down.

  • @stevenjohns-savage7024
    @stevenjohns-savage702428 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the information 😊

  • @SS-qk8oc

    @SS-qk8oc

    22 күн бұрын

    Bot.

  • @Lordnumptynous
    @Lordnumptynous27 күн бұрын

    Our politicians should be ramming this message home every single day.

  • @gagamba9198

    @gagamba9198

    25 күн бұрын

    The politicians were the problem. Chancellors like Schroeder and Merkel mollycoddled Putin and undermined Europe's security for Russian energy. Putin corrupted both the SDP and CDU, Germany's two major parties.

  • @richarddietzen3137

    @richarddietzen3137

    25 күн бұрын

    Voters ram the politicians more than the other way around, so attention to news media and education are necessary for an informed electorate.

  • @Roboticpycotic

    @Roboticpycotic

    24 күн бұрын

    ​@@richarddietzen3137just tell me all the objective facts i will make my own conclusions on most matters

  • @MU.200

    @MU.200

    24 күн бұрын

    why

  • @2FLIPS3.5TWISTS

    @2FLIPS3.5TWISTS

    23 күн бұрын

    promoting war? They lost me as soon as they said the war is still happening. We dont want war with Russia, they don't like Putin, he does the opposite of their desire.

  • @infernoreviews2529
    @infernoreviews252926 күн бұрын

    One of the things I'm wondering is did the russians really completely shut the EU off of their cheap gas ? If so then why the spec op to blow up their pipeline ? If they truly cut off the supply then there is no need to blow up the supply lines right ?

  • @jetserb

    @jetserb

    26 күн бұрын

    Admiral states facts that are half truths

  • @artiefakt4402

    @artiefakt4402

    25 күн бұрын

    Seems like the Ukrainians blew up NS... likely for more a couple reasons : - Hurt Russia's ability to earn money and pay for its war - Preventing EU countries to take the easy route and go back to a cheap Russian gas in the future

  • @NotABadGuy.

    @NotABadGuy.

    25 күн бұрын

    The western imposed sanctions are the cause of gas supplies being cut off / diverted. Considering the amount of sanctions imposed on Russia by the west, it would seem only natural for Russia to respond in kind, but this doesn’t appear to be happening.

  • @vanillaglue

    @vanillaglue

    24 күн бұрын

    It's possible Russia blew it because they have contractual obligations to deliver given amounts of gas. This way they're off the hook. Maybe the West did it? We can only speculate. No intelligence has been made public.

  • @nerin3624

    @nerin3624

    24 күн бұрын

    Nato blew piplekime its obvious

  • @marisabenson1222
    @marisabenson122227 күн бұрын

    Well said

  • @JackReneo-ot9wl
    @JackReneo-ot9wl23 күн бұрын

    Great conversation! Should be a wake up call to many folks living in the past and woefully unprepared for the challenges coming our way in the future.

  • @akvilebalta2275

    @akvilebalta2275

    22 күн бұрын

    It is now.

  • @paulkirwan3431

    @paulkirwan3431

    6 күн бұрын

    That's complete nonesence. It is we who live in the past, who remember the past, and who have been warning our politicians about the need to strengthen our military, bring back conscription ( of some type) etc. We remember the Cold War, the frightening times and wars through the 60's, 70's , 80's and 90's so we are under no illusion about the situation we are in.

  • @godofsounds
    @godofsounds24 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this important talk. Happy to learn.

  • @mihaliprefti2507
    @mihaliprefti250724 күн бұрын

    How about “How countries can prepare for peace?”

  • @patrickdonohue530

    @patrickdonohue530

    24 күн бұрын

    That’s an admirable ambition. But, when the other guy is a predator, best be ready.

  • @oneshothunter9877

    @oneshothunter9877

    24 күн бұрын

    Preparing for war means preparing for peace.

  • @sa-nn1ny

    @sa-nn1ny

    23 күн бұрын

    Didn't we say that before Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan? Was the Vietnam domino theory correct? Is the end of the world happening because the Taliban took over Afghanistan? Russia won't invade NATO...unless we continue to mess around with it ​@@patrickdonohue530

  • @TnOnScene
    @TnOnScene27 күн бұрын

    What about this question first.. What have WE done incorrectly during the same era 2008, 2014, 2019, etc.? When discussing such a heavy topic wouldn’t it be wiser to discuss how “it takes two?”

  • @thewayofthewarrior4063
    @thewayofthewarrior406319 күн бұрын

    wat een goede uitleg en wat een duidelijke spreker Rob Bauer.

  • @nosferatu666
    @nosferatu66623 күн бұрын

    16:00 fantastic to mention about ABP, that’s really a great example! Love it Rob.

  • @AmYiChai
    @AmYiChai26 күн бұрын

    Why the heck is the interviewer constantly looking away to another side of the room during a conversation/interview? -.-

  • @artiefakt4402

    @artiefakt4402

    25 күн бұрын

    He most probably wants to act as a 'bridge' between the public & the interviewee

  • @AmYiChai

    @AmYiChai

    24 күн бұрын

    ​@@artiefakt4402yeah, you act like that by interviewing and paying attention, not looking around because someone in the audience moved.

  • @artiefakt4402

    @artiefakt4402

    24 күн бұрын

    @@AmYiChai The interviewee also looks at the audience while he speaks, and he does it quite a lot... if you don't want interaction, just put everybody in front of a screen.

  • @AmYiChai

    @AmYiChai

    24 күн бұрын

    @@artiefakt4402 except he wasnt doing 'that'. Pay more attention to the interviewer when he looks away, where he then looks, for how long. He even would do that to break eyecontact with the interviewee. Thats just not right.

  • @megerzizo6639

    @megerzizo6639

    24 күн бұрын

    Yeah you're right I have noticed that

  • @XxXenosxX
    @XxXenosxX29 күн бұрын

    Europe needs to pull its weight

  • @jeffransom2977
    @jeffransom297723 күн бұрын

    Honestly it's getting better and I am hopeful that we all can do our part to change while including everyone in the world.

  • @ricardomurillo5205
    @ricardomurillo52055 күн бұрын

    Ok we pay 2% for war but we need to 2% for peace too. What is the point of war if the institutions for peace are weakened

  • @yaxl
    @yaxl23 күн бұрын

    Imagine listening to an arms industry salesman

  • @lllPlatinumlll
    @lllPlatinumlll24 күн бұрын

    It is more unethical to refuse to support defense industry because a pension fund is a security fund. What security will anyone have via complete capitulation?

  • @lucianbrad4291

    @lucianbrad4291

    22 күн бұрын

    So true ...

  • @johnkanji8588

    @johnkanji8588

    18 сағат бұрын

    This is why we need conscription army for all the weat, we need cheaper manpower to win because the west purchase power is much lower than our enemy. Russia can build more tanks for fraction of the money so we need conscription to lower the cost. Russia has large spending but low inflation we can't do that, if we spend we get inflation so we need to invest more money in to weapons and Armor and cut money given to manpower to balance inflation

  • @zacharydavis4398
    @zacharydavis43988 күн бұрын

    30:59 - 31:10 - 💯💯💯💯💯💯STRONGER TOGETHER💯💯💯💯💯💯 0:00 - 30:59 - 31:13 … Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content perspective 🙏🏾

  • @HollenshadesAutoService
    @HollenshadesAutoService25 күн бұрын

    Great perspectives!

  • @j.s.westdijk6209
    @j.s.westdijk620923 күн бұрын

    Ok. Let's invite Col. Douglas McGregor and Gen. Kujat for some nuance.

  • @opus3989

    @opus3989

    5 күн бұрын

    Why listen to people who support russia?

  • @j.s.westdijk6209

    @j.s.westdijk6209

    5 күн бұрын

    @@opus3989 You are mistaken, I'm afraid. These men are ex high-ranking NATO officers that support their own respective fatherlands, the USA and Germany.

  • @mr.tarkiak4720
    @mr.tarkiak472028 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this clear talk about the situation.

  • @ThaFunkster100
    @ThaFunkster10027 күн бұрын

    Very interesting discussion. He was a great speaker and made a lot of good points.

  • @paololuckyluke2854
    @paololuckyluke285425 күн бұрын

    9:24 The higher cost of products will be offset by more jobs and consequently greater purchasing power, which is healthy for internal demand.

  • @danielclawson2099
    @danielclawson209926 күн бұрын

    It's very noble for European countries to avoid investing in defense for moral reasons. Fear not, though: Russia will pick up the slack. China will assist them.

  • @kinngrimm
    @kinngrimm26 күн бұрын

    We not me.

  • @bobwoods1302
    @bobwoods130224 күн бұрын

    5:58 The saying "war is war business is business" comes to mind.

  • @a.w.3438
    @a.w.3438Ай бұрын

    The Philippines has the manpower and facilities for BMW. Come here.

  • @imperija01
    @imperija0124 күн бұрын

    How is it possible that he doesn’t know the casualties of Ukraine doesn’t know the number that’s strange????? He supplying Ukraine with weapons and strategy for more than two years now!!! yet doesn’t know how many died at least on his side!!!!

  • @renesalinas8621

    @renesalinas8621

    24 күн бұрын

    That’s the number agreed on lol

  • @eddyvaneden8017

    @eddyvaneden8017

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@renesalinas8621Those numbers are Ukraine 's secret. Not even informed to NATO.

  • @RCrosbyLyles
    @RCrosbyLyles17 күн бұрын

    Wow! I clicked on a video and got a steak dinner of ideas! I feel relieved and chastened at the same time.

  • @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc
    @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc28 күн бұрын

    How on earth does one live with investing in death? Mankind has lost it!

  • @pasileino315

    @pasileino315

    25 күн бұрын

    "If you want peace, prepare for war" - Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (Roman writer ≈ 4th century AD) Most European countries live under a dangerous illusion. It is time wake up.

  • @RelaxMyDude

    @RelaxMyDude

    25 күн бұрын

    Everything you’ve ever eaten in your entire life had to die

  • @user-gd8du9zq3m

    @user-gd8du9zq3m

    24 күн бұрын

    Are you equating people , humans to animals???!!!

  • @vanillaglue

    @vanillaglue

    24 күн бұрын

    ​@@user-gd8du9zq3mhumans are vertebrae mammals. We are nothing but animals.

  • @fandomguy8025

    @fandomguy8025

    23 күн бұрын

    You don't invest in death you invest in defense. You invest in strength. In protection from death.

  • @opensky6580
    @opensky658024 күн бұрын

    The general is lying about Gasprom. Up to this day gasprom is fulfilling their contracts, except for pipelines which where blown up by ... He should know that the Gas suply limits were imposed by the US on Europe by the sanctions

  • @randuru

    @randuru

    24 күн бұрын

    Gasprom shut down gas deliveries to Germany in 2022 months before the pipelines were blown off.

  • @rebeccaLV
    @rebeccaLV23 күн бұрын

    enlightening, very very

  • @WilliamStephenson-ij3jh
    @WilliamStephenson-ij3jh28 күн бұрын

    Very productive

  • @eigenwerk4535
    @eigenwerk453524 күн бұрын

    "WE have to" the war breaks out and they are right in their bunkers and "WE" die... GJ

  • @janissquirell5072

    @janissquirell5072

    23 күн бұрын

    It was always so, from prehistoric times. The leaders, who start wars are feasting in their palaces, while simple people are being killed, raped and enslaved. You dont't like it, start working on your own empire 😅

  • @Silverfx001
    @Silverfx00125 күн бұрын

    You can imagine why he is the Head of military of the strongest Treaty in the world. He is vast and diverse in knowledge.

  • @beniyamredaezgi7516

    @beniyamredaezgi7516

    23 күн бұрын

    I do not see that. Compared with previous Nato Generals, he is simply echoing, what he is told to by the hegimonial power...

  • @SS-qk8oc

    @SS-qk8oc

    22 күн бұрын

    You are a Ukranian bot. Or just easily impressed….

  • @MrSpasticdancer
    @MrSpasticdancer24 күн бұрын

    the admiral make so many good points. gives me a lot to think about.

  • @SS-qk8oc

    @SS-qk8oc

    22 күн бұрын

    think hard, buddy.

  • @user-du2nz1ru3e
    @user-du2nz1ru3e5 күн бұрын

    Great show

  • @defenderofwisdom
    @defenderofwisdom26 күн бұрын

    If you want the "me" in the "we," earn me.

  • @Redcrown1979

    @Redcrown1979

    21 күн бұрын

    Ask not what your country can do for you; Ask what you can do for your country...

  • @kobusvanstaden3747

    @kobusvanstaden3747

    18 күн бұрын

    When the "we" get going and leave the "me" behind, don't cry

  • @calebbissonnette5600
    @calebbissonnette560027 күн бұрын

    Amazing testimony

  • @PracticallyZen
    @PracticallyZen25 күн бұрын

    As he describes it, NATO also suffers from the Fallacy of the Commons.

  • @onixtheone
    @onixtheone25 күн бұрын

    I would love to do something for my country, but the government makes it very hard to own a home to take care of my family and healthcare is expensive.

  • @fandomguy8025

    @fandomguy8025

    23 күн бұрын

    The billionaires who control the government*

  • @egorgomon4865
    @egorgomon486528 күн бұрын

    Great speech

  • @SS-qk8oc

    @SS-qk8oc

    22 күн бұрын

    Aren’t you bright.

  • @9mmand12gauge
    @9mmand12gauge25 күн бұрын

    How about no wars ever thought of that

  • @patrickdonohue530

    @patrickdonohue530

    24 күн бұрын

    That would be nice. There is a difference between an offensive posture & a defensive posture. Pretending there are no bad people wishing others harm is foolish. Better to be prepared than not.

  • @srenknudsen1102
    @srenknudsen110227 күн бұрын

    True stuff

  • @taghiabiri3489
    @taghiabiri34892 күн бұрын

    Aaah, what a relief! Finally a very good, clear speech to our Situation in the West! Thank you!

  • @nosferatu666
    @nosferatu66623 күн бұрын

    Hulde Admiraal Bauer! Wat een fantastisch sterk betoog!

  • @sowelie1
    @sowelie129 күн бұрын

    This guy look so much as an admiral should look, my wife tought he is an actor

  • @ngrader
    @ngrader26 күн бұрын

    16:53 Translated to 'Murican English: "Walk softly, carry a big stick." 27:23 "Summon the Elector Counts."

  • @brianbloomfield4384
    @brianbloomfield438423 күн бұрын

    Wasn’t NATO supposed to disband after that or am I trippin agian GENERAL

  • @iamprophet-lx6ne
    @iamprophet-lx6ne29 күн бұрын

    They are removing my comments that had my case info as well as information on a robbery downtown LA

  • @skippy9659
    @skippy965925 күн бұрын

    Call article 3! Every nation has to be able to defend itself. We see Russia waging war toward Europe, we hear RU verbalize that it is intending to attack Poland, Finland, Britain, etccc….there should be zero question as to IF nato can get into the war. It’s settled

  • @ansonwheat5675
    @ansonwheat56752 күн бұрын

    I hope everyone listened very very closely and takes this video with great sincerity. The need to change our society and make some very tough decisions is so great if we don’t do it now we never will.

  • @andrewmarr2385
    @andrewmarr238524 күн бұрын

    Excellent interview, fascinating discussion 👍

  • @warhammer40king
    @warhammer40king29 күн бұрын

    smart guy

  • @SorminaEriana

    @SorminaEriana

    29 күн бұрын

    Do you think the official of NATO is idiot or stupid?

  • @Power_to_the_people567

    @Power_to_the_people567

    26 күн бұрын

    @@SorminaErianaWell, a lot of people in the US think Nato officials are just as silly as American politicians. Thats how uneducated they are on geopolitical matters and who the representatives from NATO are.

  • @user-zv3lc1un1q
    @user-zv3lc1un1q24 күн бұрын

    We do not need your rules, we have our rules and this is peace!

  • @janissquirell5072

    @janissquirell5072

    23 күн бұрын

    you would accept peace living within "new territories" of Russia or China? Maybe in colonial part of North Corea?

  • @user-zv3lc1un1q

    @user-zv3lc1un1q

    23 күн бұрын

    @@janissquirell5072 I would not accept but this is not the case now and neither Russia nor China strive to occupy Europe, for sure. I want peace!

  • @janissquirell5072

    @janissquirell5072

    22 күн бұрын

    @@user-zv3lc1un1q so, if someone is waging war, you should fight back to get your peaceful life back to you or shall you surrender and accept to be told how to live under the rule of agressor?

  • @user-zv3lc1un1q

    @user-zv3lc1un1q

    21 күн бұрын

    @@janissquirell5072 before the war started tha russian population had bein attacked and insulted permanently, the NATO has expanded to the russian border despite the promis given by the unification of Germany, the peace offer of Russia had been rejected, the north stream pipeline has been blasted. Absolutely clear that the warmongers want to destroy Russia in order to seize their land and assets. I am not Russian but they left without choice but deffend their land and people. If you have another opinion it is ok for me, best wishes. Josef.

  • @MyTuha

    @MyTuha

    19 күн бұрын

    May i ask where is your confidence coming from? At least russia said many times openly about their plans, you just need to listen to @user-zv3lc1un1q

  • @91rus
    @91rus23 күн бұрын

    Then Gods Word Was Revealed

  • @nigelwiseman8644
    @nigelwiseman86446 күн бұрын

    great wisdom

  • @denardotsula2654
    @denardotsula265423 күн бұрын

    Make peace, you fools.

  • @daviecrocket9160

    @daviecrocket9160

    22 күн бұрын

    That would be foolish to make peace

  • @Vifnis
    @Vifnis29 күн бұрын

    13:19 That is a GROSSLY forced analogy!! Not all international & political conflicts need be reduced to WAR... that is just a grossly negligent thing to say about it... far to simple minded approach there....

  • @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc

    @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc

    28 күн бұрын

    Yes, concur. It’s high time mankind had a serious think.

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