I used to live in Kitsap county Washington, it’s pretty common to see the nuclear submarine heading out to sea, it’s usually escorted out by a bunch of coast guard boats

I think a HUGE player he missed out on is Vietnam. Ever since the end of the Vietnam war China and Vietnam have HATED each other. China sees Vietnam as a sort of Taiwan 2.0, with Indochina as a whole being an extension and dream of a Chinese Empire. Vietnam’s waters are also pressed on by China much like the Philippines, and despite obvious issues due to the past, Vietnam and the US have shown a sort of unspoken understanding of each other since. While the veterans I’m sure disagree, the US and Vietnamese governments and people have both recognized China as a threat and I doubt Vietnam would risk a Chinese victory over the US and a possible future invasion of Vietnam. If Vietnam opened itself to allow US troops to land for an invasion of China, either before or after the war starts, it would cripple China in a way no other possible attack could. All 3 nations understand that and although it puts Vietnam in a difficult position I think ultimately you’d see China’s defeat come from the South with Vietnam and India rather than an American invasion of the Chinese East Cost.

@mota478

7 ай бұрын

Vietnam have a Land Border with China. US thought about if Vietnam joins they will have to fight in 3 fronts Land, Sea and Air. US only wants to fight China in two fronts Air and Sea. Which is very good for the US. But US got the problem of Logistic thru the pacific and you will add another front for them to fight.

@ericzhou-y4t

20 күн бұрын

In your dreams that the Vietnam would trust the US to launch a war against China. Most of the Vietnam military equipment is Russian made. Putin just visited Vietnam and received a warm welcome. Vietnam imports electricity from China. China is Vietnam's biggest trade partner. Americans must live in dreams that others would fight for the US by sacrificing themselves. How much money would you send to Vietnam to let Vietnamese do such a favor for you? Would you transfer the most advanced technology to Vietnam or help them build infrastructures? Americans are so dumb.

Damn Chinese, look how close they've placed their country to all of those American bases.

@BoliceOccifer

7 ай бұрын

And what exactly do you think would happen if these horrible imperialist Americans weren’t there genius?

@cristiano1595

4 ай бұрын

Hahaha😂

Can't wait to see you on the front line Tommy

@kkandola9072

7 ай бұрын

I am waiting for our allies to pick up their own weight. Many of our allies act like spoiled children because they haven’t handled their own defense since 1945. They bash the huge American military complex but never speak about defending themselves.

@thea6573

7 ай бұрын

​@@kkandola9072And they laughing at us about our military budget so much why we crying about tax dollars to Ukraine US just like uncle sam world police, yeah if the European pay their own military defence budget more like us then they will know why we crying for, we can support to other country but now we likely want to take care our own problem first.

@dummythicc6660

7 ай бұрын

Why does americans think that european militaries dont exist?

@Rift_cz_sk

7 ай бұрын

@@dummythicc6660 Bro im Czech , my country is literally next to Germany, i can confirm we got a army

@kkandola9072

7 ай бұрын

@@dummythicc6660European militaries are weak because they know they can rely on the US. The US rebuilt Europe after ww2 and have handled the defense of western nations since then . Western europeans don’t understand the luxury they live in. Food shortage? We don’t need to plan for that; if things go wrong we’ll just rely on US Weapons shortage? Rely on US Material shortage? Rely on US

"china has the largest navy in the world." US navy tonnage: 4,635,628. Chinese navy tonnage: 2,400,000.

@dummythicc6660

7 ай бұрын

Statement is still true, they have the largest, but not the heaviest

@the_jackal-lu9qf

7 ай бұрын

@@dummythicc6660 largest by quantity of ships yes, but that is not how you usually measure the size of a navy

@kkandola9072

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@dummythicc6660Tonnage is more accurate for the context . If you measured by boats, you could have 100K fishing boats and claim you have the largest Navy.

@dummythicc6660

7 ай бұрын

@@kkandola9072 yes, bur the chinese navy is not fisking boats, and in modern warfare heavy warships might not be as useful anymore, so yes, you could provide more context with the usa being heavier. But what he said is true and relevant.

@KeiKAndLies

7 ай бұрын

Calling the chinese navy a navy is laughable. Its more like a glorified coast guard at best, fisherman harassment force at worst.😂

China, this is the 7th time this month you have announced you will invade Taiwan

@treeinafield5022

7 ай бұрын

they actually never announce that

@dummythicc6660

7 ай бұрын

They never do that, only the US does

@maxthetube8466

7 ай бұрын

yes they have done it mutliple times now but they are bluffing mots likely

@neezduts_

7 ай бұрын

They don’t really announce it, people like RLL do

@JohnDoe-bh2lp

4 ай бұрын

@@maxthetube8466 Nah, they never do that. It's just USA that takes their statements and pushes it as "China is going to invade Taiwan!" into American media. This is the same as saying "France announces further racism and neo-colonialism in Africa" because they control African currencies and exploit it by buying uranium for 99% off.

I wish, i just wish, that if Dommy someday actually travels to Japan, that he meets the Trash Taste boys, that podcast episode would have epic vibes

@maxtex60n40

7 ай бұрын

we can only dream😔

48:00 I actually love HFY stories where aliens are largely peaceful. Then suddenly you have the heavily militarized human race start exploring the stars and coming into contact with these species. The aliens of course are weary of humans and kind of keep them at arms length. Then some extragalactical threat comes into play (think like the Yuuzhan Vong from Star Wars) and it’s up to humanity to fight off the threat while teaching the pacifist aliens how to fight again.

With the testing of Russian and American ICBMs I think it’s safe to say this is the second Cold War and it’s more lukewarm than cold

@V1Down

7 ай бұрын

The cold war wasn’t cold either

The chinese people who came to my uni (southern California) seemed to be a bit indifferent about both countries. i guess times change.

@moonza2385

7 ай бұрын

Really just shows how even very different cultures have a lot of similarities. Most young people in todays world aren’t crazy about nationalism and war in general

@karlk7070

21 күн бұрын

Young people don't realize the fact that China has been "preparing to war" against Taiwan for 7 decades. And the current situation is relatively peaceful.

Tommy don’t glaze Ukraine challenge, impossible

Tommy as an australian, great work mate

I'm down for the intergalactic human empire lmao

Great video

Fucking Real Life Lore

Can you do theodore roosevelt extra history

We aren't actually to be honest 🇨🇳🇺🇲 are economicly tied unlike Russia we rely on Chinese imports for business if we both go to war it would hurt the global economy it would not benefit both sides!

yoo new vid

I just don't see this happening. The mainland's strategic position is awful and it cannot fight a long-war against what is arrayed against it. What does worry me is that Xi may use a war to rally nationalism if things are looking bad for him at home.

22:26 there are sinarios where the U.S. can either win against the world or get a draw, but most likely win.

@Mmjk_12

7 ай бұрын

oh fuck off lmao, The US couldn't even win a war in afghanistan nevermind everyone else.

@dummythicc6660

7 ай бұрын

No way, thats not realistic at all

@bussolini6307

7 ай бұрын

US can't even defeat Vietnam

@dummythicc6660

7 ай бұрын

@revision-nq1nh we as in us?

@neezduts_

7 ай бұрын

In a quick sense yes, but garrisoning everyone will be impossible and prevent us from invading more countries

Hey thanks for the kind words about the US. I think it'd be helpful if more Americans heard outsider perspectives like yours, honestly. I really wish we could like force Americans to travel outside of North America and gain a bit more perspective because so many of us become so hyper-focused on domestic issues and don't even bother looking at the bigger picture. I believe a huge part of this divide is due too to the knock-on effects of obscene levels of economic inequality, but that's a different story for a different day.

Aware the incident

As an American. I recognize we stand on the shoulders of Giants. We have a responsibility to the world to get our shit together and maintain the system our forefathers created. It may have been built with the imperialism that colonized my own grand parents lands. But i know governments are only as good as the people that consist them. We need to move forward and progress humanity to a better future

@davidwheatman2042

7 ай бұрын

Our allies have a responsibility to us to get their shit together and be able to hold their own as well

@BoliceOccifer

7 ай бұрын

Heck yes bro

WAR

L Video lil bro

Shoutout to the random people in chat arguing about israel and American gun laws

Everything. TRUE

This guy great high

I station in Honolulu it fun but costly

17:01 “humanity is a tv show” “someone planned this” Germans are reinventing God

Another thing, we Americans fight eachother because we don’t have anyone to fight actually for a time being, war brings our country together. The sad truth

@giovannigio6006

4 ай бұрын

Vietnam war?

@ubertreeman

Ай бұрын

@@giovannigio6006 we only lost that because south vietnam was to busy swimming in corrupt money to do shit

@ericzhou-y4t

20 күн бұрын

@@ubertreeman How about Ukraine? I heard it was also corrupt.

@ubertreeman

19 күн бұрын

​@@ericzhou-y4t The russian military is quite corrupt too so it mostly cancels out

Perfect timing I’m at work bored

As an American who sits very much in the middle politically you have no idea how frustrating it is that both the left and right seem to be pushing further and further to their own extremes. We are the most powerful and influential nation in the world and yet our government is completely useless so long as we keep pointing fingers at each other. America has only had our successes in times when we unite and realize that we are all Americans no matter where you stand politically. We are supposed to be a role model for the world and seeing the state we are in now is just embarrassing.

@ericzhou-y4t

20 күн бұрын

I believe America has the typical symptom of over-expansion. But America is a financial empire now, it cannot solve the over-expansion problem without stock crash. Nobody wants the stock crash. That's the reason why America is in such a hopeless state.

Some day tommy will realise that my country of Australia the reason why its so orange is because that's all the iron seeping through the sand in the desert causing us to be one of the most resource rich countries in the world with the biggest lithium deposits and one of the biggest gold deposit and his pc and phone probably use Australian lithium and gold in their batteries and other electronic components so thank Australia.

I'd really wanna see Tommy's opinion on RFK jr

The only thing I’ll disagree with is the idea that China no longer needs outside support. Even still you see the Chinese fucking up their relations by stealing plane designs, their construction sectors falling apart, and their people still lack any sort of rights. China was a big threat back when the soviets were kicking because everyone sat at the same relative power, but they collapsed at the same time the soviets did. Sure their economy may be growing, but they fail to use it. Look at their navy for instance. Technically it outnumbers the US Navy, but that’s because they bought up hundreds of merchant vessels and container ships to place missiles on. Their Airforce is all Russian tech with minor modifications. I mean, take a look at their newest IFV, where it can’t even decided what it wants to be. Twin MGs sitting next to oil cans, right above where troops exit? China is the definition of a Paper Tiger.

@ericzhou-y4t

20 күн бұрын

But US fighter jets are having more and more crashes now, take f35 for example. You may not know the reason. China sanctioned US military companies. US military companies previously used some replacement parts manufactured in China, and used rare-earth elements exported from China.

@ericzhou-y4t

20 күн бұрын

You never know that the world cannot live without China now. Just look at how many items are made-in-China? How many products used replacement parts manufactured in China? The result is astonishing. But the Soviet Union had never exported so many things outside their economic coalition.

He also missed the legitimacy of the conflict. How will the rest of the world react? Would the people of the countries involved be willing to accept and continue the war? What will happen to the stability in the world in the future after this conflict?

who picked that face for the thumbnail

Taiwan's got friends in high places.

Lmao I'm getting married to a very amazing Okinawan woman. But I'm more a wehraboo than a weeb. Lol

@thecringeinspector5636

5 ай бұрын

Very happy for you my man! gg's from CZ ❤

Ukraine and then Palestine now Taiwan??

@melvinski1

7 ай бұрын

You mean Israel?

@SRJR-ok2xt

7 ай бұрын

@@melvinski1 doesn't matter the point is alot of war is starting to happen ngl

@Kropotkino

7 ай бұрын

​@@melvinski1No.

@Kropotkino

7 ай бұрын

@@tegridee the apartheid state?

@simpli_histori

7 ай бұрын

not palestine, HAMAS, in the gaza strip, who notable does not represent palestine

GOOD VIDEO

I remember when my country was at war with Vietnam now look at them they went from hatred to forgiveness especially since china's cold blooded betrayal now we share a common enemy. I hope there's room for healing in Japan South Korea Taiwan and such. I would love to see the former belligerents become allies!

@ericzhou-y4t

20 күн бұрын

I think Vietnam never forgets what the US army did in the Vietnam war. Putin just visited Vietnam and received warmest welcome. After so many years, Vietnam still doesn't trust the US.

Special forces Lt here in the Taiwanese/RoC marines who was born in the US but also has a dual US/Taiwanese citizenship. China and Taiwan doesn’t want a war. China only ever feels truly pressured to its claim over our country when the US decides to continuously give a warmongering narrative or criticize the scenario. To westerners all I can say is that I wish they understood our geopolitics and culture better. During my half a decade of service I honestly feel the only people pressuring conflict between our two nations are people from the west who are simply too ignorant of the way the east runs itself, it’s literally two different worlds and understandings so to speak.

@user-dt6mq6yx7z

7 ай бұрын

they want this to dominate the world, they don't give a f about Taiwanese people

@matthewwang349

7 ай бұрын

I have family who have been in the military on the eastern side of the world since the Qing and Warlord eras…it really feels like the west just egg us on to instability at times. While I’d love the US and China to have more flirtatious relations I can’t deny the amount of backstabbing the US does. Btw I grew up a large portion of my life in Texas, I’m as pro-American as you can get. It’s really hard for me because I have one foot in the Chinese/TW sphere and another with love for America.

@pierce9019

7 ай бұрын

Brother, China is literally flying fighter sorties 10 meters from your airspace testing your reactions. Wtf are you on about western war mongering. Are you dense?? But hey, if you dont want the US to protect you, I agree they shouldn't. Gl with the invasion

@matthewwang349

7 ай бұрын

@@pierce9019They’ve been doing this for decades now brother. Never said we don’t want or appreciate American aid. Luckily we’ve been making certain strides to bolster and become a reliant ally, even though that’s still a distance into the future from the eyes of a service member here. Young people here just don’t want to fucking defend themselves here and the nationalism is quite embarrassing. Nonetheless stuff here would be much more tame and tranquil if the whole topic of a possible invasion didn’t resurface after the Ukraine debacle. Guess who pushed that narrative out from that dusty garage? The west…YoU dEnSe?! You can’t deny that the US doesn’t have a forward gung-ho combative mentality and imply itself in a bunch of what if scenarios then advertising it to the world. If that isn’t a western warmongering narrative then it should just be labeled as nonsense. Let’s also mention the fact that the US backstabbed TW on multiple occasions and still doesn’t recognize it’s dejure existence…so yeah thanks for luck on the invasion that the US keeps advertising I guess?.. As an American citizen(TW dual)as well, I also believe we should be spending the tax dollars on idk…ourselves rather than passing out to our allies that don’t really do jack in terms of effort from their own domestic fronts. Yeah I be paying them retarded CA taxes while I’m serving in TW. With love from one free nation to another.

@m1821Z

4 ай бұрын

Literally the way it is. The West is so ignorant and caught up in their own vision of diplomacy and geopolitics, and has gotten used to being the ones holding the big stick in diplomacy and forcing their demands even in matters that dont concern them at all. I love the west, but this is just true. We have gotten used to thinking we are the only ones who deserve territorial integrity, and it is because we are fed bullshit by the media and financial elite who all have stakes in defence companies and contractors. They are pushing us to war against the East, when the East has never done us wrong in anyone's living memory. Taiwan and the Mainland are both China, and China will one day be unified, hopefully without a war.

Classic western tommy doesn't understand anything outside the western world But i do understand why he has this point of view

@aeternavictrix7861

7 ай бұрын

Classic western basher

@pierce9019

7 ай бұрын

Classic china bot, makes a half ass comment trying to bash person without actually saying anything L BOZO

@Dead2__0418

7 ай бұрын

Classic Eastern puppet

@Bugg1290

7 ай бұрын

@@Dead2__0418 hell yeah

@Dead2__0418

7 ай бұрын

@@Bugg1290 May you one day be released from the delusions that trap you into believing your sad ideology.

Taiwan je Serbia

If he only knows about inside US politics and more sadly his didn't yeah we can support any country yes we have so many budget spending on military so what a problem right? , I will tell you because all this sh_t happen in our country is corrupt politician money laundering pro war can't see people are suffering in US we can go on and on many things that our government cannot doing good with us so that's why we cry out loud to government and military to take care us first before take care other people problem you know Maori wildfire? US government just say they gonna give one time 700 dollar per one for help which sending million to Ukraine that good right? and our military budget we spend so much not only ous military but for NATO and our alliance too don't forget it, All European and your can sit back relax because we help and your still playing games and make joke to each other because our tax if not us you have to pay more and maybe you guys will going to training military by now and that why Russia and China like it and laugh at us because we are weak form inside, I don't like what happen now and don't like what Chinese and Russian doing but sorry we need to take care our country first before helping others country thank your if you read.

I watch and enjoy tommys videos but seriously whoever has that same opinion about geopolitics is truly the reason why autocrats like putin even rise. I feel like tommy is a true sheep sometimes

Drop in the Freddy fazbear

As an American I would say we should send more help to Ukraine, but our current government is being wussy’s about it and allowing Russia to do what they please. They should be doing more, yet the democrats are riddling their thumbs and allowing tyranny to rise again, It’s just disgraceful.

@TheKriegsmen

7 ай бұрын

I also agree that we need to be united again, the world really needs the old superpower back to stop this madness. I wish we had a president like Washington again, he said that if we made parties it would divide us and he was right. Sadly I don’t think we will ever get a non-party aliened president again.

@MinoricioSerafim

7 ай бұрын

I suppose u r going to vote democrat, since republicans wont send help to ukraine.

@rayquaza1245

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@TheKriegsmenWashington wouldn't want to be an interventionist superpower

@Dead2__0418

7 ай бұрын

Wdym the democrats are riddling their thumbs? Isn’t it Joe Biden that is a keen NATO supporter, and the Republican Party that chooses to stick to the outdated system of realism?

@reizayin

7 ай бұрын

No, we shouldn't waste our money.

L Jews

@BoliceOccifer

7 ай бұрын

😐

@alesiswhite9010

7 ай бұрын

@@BoliceOccifer 😼

@vercot7000

4 ай бұрын

@@alesiswhite9010 You mean W? They keep owning your kind in basically everything you all do lmfao. It's pathetic how weak you all are

There hasn't been a video about politics and war for a long time. And then he started posting videos about the battle of homeless people in the east. Further about the clash between the USA and China. Where the fuck is the reaction video about Ukraine, he watched a lot of videos about Ukraine