jesus Christ don't blame the soilders blame the politicians

@somecallmeelvis

3 жыл бұрын

they're still being cucked by politicians but to afraid of saying no to these politicians

@sorith5664

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they're the ones that send our soldiers into war

I spent ten years in the Navy. I had the privilege of working with half a dozen other foreign navies around the world. The U.S. has the most powerful and fearsome military on the planet because of the people in it. They may not be the best and brightest society has to offer. But they are committed to their mission in a way that is the envy of every other military organization in the world, and that dedication also makes them the most formidable and deadly force anywhere.

I am from Germany and I am very grateful for the liberation of Europe and the help we got afterwards afterwards.

I served in the United States Navy for 10 active years, on 3 different Warships, on two different coasts, and at no time, was this video wrong! Go USA!

This video fails to mention the vast upwards social mobility that becomes possible for non-seriously-injured veterans during and after service. Coming right out of high school and into the Army, I left after 4 years with a car fully paid for, 20k cash in the bank, and a GI Bill that covered me for the next 4 years in college. That is the opportunity for you even if you came from the ugliest poverty area in the US. The military doubles as a massive training program and jobs program that massively benefits the poor while encouraging solid personality traits like discipline which might have otherwise been missing.

The Imperial American Army? That's got a nice ring to it.

@konghammer6061

7 жыл бұрын

Ellis Magnuson, it will always be like this. When shit hits the fan it's all "please america we need your help!" Then when it's over we are back to being hyper-violent imperial pigs. You can't ask for the most powerful military on the planet to come to your country and kill the bad guys for you, then act shocked and horrified when we give you exactly what you asked for, total domination of your enemy, it's a way for them to feel like the blood isn't on thier hands.

@jnwoodard8764

7 жыл бұрын

Ellis Magnuson I want my Storm Trooper outfit.

@556deltawolf

7 жыл бұрын

That's actually just like Rwanda. Everyone hated on America for not doing anything to stop the Rwandan Genocide (despite the fact that Rwanda was a failure of the UN, not the US) yes two years prior we were internationally criticized for going into Somalia.

@donrinyu5837

7 жыл бұрын

556deltawolf yep 👍 you hit the nail on the head. I'm an Iraq veteran and have learned a couple things since then. 1. We are expendable 2. The US government does not give a single flying fuck about us. 3. No matter what your damned if you do and damned if you don't.

@Pomiferous

6 жыл бұрын

I find the National Education Association rather imposing also.

John, you're welcome, and I appreciate your support. It means a lot to us.

Strossel keeps telling himself to sleep well..and Dsouza cuddles him

They just danced right around the petro dollar. Wow

The reason why the United States helps these nations it’s not purely out of the goodness of our heart. United States does this to gain influence over these regions. Whether it be cultural, diplomatic, public opinion, new markets, etc. the United States will gain something

The U.S. military answers to the U.S. gov't which answers to special interests more than the citizenry. That's the problem.

@ForsakenXennial

7 жыл бұрын

Special intrest groups are mostly made up of citizens.

@Moore-s5p

7 жыл бұрын

Forsaken Xennial lol no

@kevinodom2918

7 жыл бұрын

What's Jim so mad at Edgar about? Did I miss something? I love when the left and dems go on the personal attacks and especially when they say the right is dumb and educated. College degrees use to be a lot more respectable but w the shit these teachers are teaching to brainwash weak minded kids it's become a joke. W the internet and great seminars about business and making money I will definitely not send my son to a university unless he wants to. It's a great experience but no longer needed for most people to have a great and successful career. Looking down on people like people r so smart because of some paper that says u memorized things the best. Having a Great memory does nothing to help u succeed for 90% of Americans. A great memory is awesome but not needed for success. It shows you don't have much of an argument or don't know how to expess the point your trying to make when u attack attack attack and most of its cussing and belittling. Ronald I'm definitely not happy w the special interest bullshit but who other than the govt would the military answer to. Special interest groups are part of America and if u were leading a large group w a lot of money or a group without much money at all but a lot of members then u would also be doing the exact same thing. People only hate it when they don't have their own special interest group that can wine and dine politicians for your interest. I'm a proud NRA member and we pay them to look out for gun owners best interest. The Dems move their agenda forward by one small step at a time. If u give one inch to them they will not stop until all guns are gone. That is the real agenda. Ar15 are responsible for such a tiny % of murders in America. I dont even thinks it's above .000002% but they say they won't to take because they kill so many even though the fact is that about 80% of all gun murders are done w Hand guns. Guns in general are responsible for about 63% of all murders and "assalt rifles only make up apprx 2% of total murders in 2015 and in that 2% it also includes any hunting style rifle and semi auto rifles. The ar15 alone is not even 1%. What should we do about the other apprx 40% of murders that are done w knives, fire, poison, blunt objects like hammers, etc.? Ban knives and hammers and now the most dangerous weapon of all which is the car. Apprx 50,000 people killed in car accidents. Ban cars and definitley the carbon monoxide coming out that 25000 people a year commit suicide by. Not sure how i ended up on guns but to say some interest groups are a great thing like the NRA. It's the way the system works. Our system not perfect but Like Winston Churchill once said " Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."

@nickworster4627

6 жыл бұрын

Ronald Schwartz you're too stupid to be able to vote

@fathertimeandmothernature6627

6 жыл бұрын

It's okay to be a cynic Ronald. I'm one. But you're a cynic and an asshole.That combination destroys all that is good in the world.

We spend $2 Trillion in Iraq while the USA has over $19 Trillion in Debt. Good spending? lol

@matthewm9261

7 жыл бұрын

We went to Iraq to reinstate the petro dollar

@jamariscott

7 жыл бұрын

Where in the constitution does it say we will make the world a better place? There are starving, sick, poor Americans that can use some of that aid the military spends trillions on.

@nimrand

7 жыл бұрын

@Tucson, $15/hour has only been established in a few places, mostly where the costs of living are very high, and I doubt it will become widespread anytime soon. Also, US still has the highest wealth inequality of all developed nations. We have the most wealth, but increasingly, its all at the top. From a wealth inequality standpoint, we look more like a developing nation. In any case, I'm glad we have a strong military, but there is not reason we need to spend more than the next top 8 nations combined.

@Idalych

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Yancey yeah there’s a misconception about America. We’re not the wealthiest country in the world, we just have the wealthiest people. If those people leave, we’re just a smaller China without the work ethic.

@cheesemccheese5780

3 жыл бұрын

@@nimrand Although America does spend more than the next 8 nations it's a bit misleading because 1, chances are China's lying about their budget. And 2, some of the next 8 nations spend more as a percentage of gdp. I think part of the reason why America has high income inequality is because it has a shit economic system. The taxes have become high and the regulations have become indelibly making it harder and harder to have a small to medium sized business. Also, income inequality isn't necessarily a bad thing. Many poor countries are more equal than America. Afghanistan is one of the most equal countries. Another issue with saying income inequality is bad is that it assumes anyone who's in a certain income class will stay like that their whole life which is wrong. Something like 3 out of 4 americans will get in the top 20% in terms of income at some point of their lives.

Imperial Army? This isn't Star Wars......

@wesley4125

5 жыл бұрын

Idk man, police and military look a lot like storm troopers to me

@sasquatch2753

Жыл бұрын

Us military is no longer great its woke and our joint chiefs of staff are china owned.

Got to love the old war for oil trope. The United States imports more oil from Canda alone than it does from all of OPEC combined.

wow I didn't realize that, this was very enlightening

So our military is still crazy expensive! Why spend money abroad when we can spend money helping our own citizens?! AMERICA FIRST

The problem is USA doesn't leave. Look at all of the places that they have been and the locations of military bases.

I serve, and I am so proud I can serve 🇺🇸

The United States kept the Philippines from the Spanish American War for a century until the end of WW2. Also, they kept The Marianas, Puerto Rico, and other territories for the American empire.

@bandccoresohio

7 жыл бұрын

Danny Phan they can keeo puerto rico its trash and doimg nothing but costing us millions of dollars...

I don’t want to pay for orphanages and water purification plants that are in another country especially while in debt.

Is that No-Face from Spirited Away at 0:28 ?!

We need a better anti ship missile, one that is stealthy, hypersonic, high explosive payload, can be assisted by helicopter or its own radar, has a big ass radar so it cannot be jammed and that's it, harpoon is good and all but I think it's inferior to the other anti ship missiles

America Is amazing and it's great and kind Army is the greatest in world history. When anybody in the world gets in trouble who do they call? Everyone knows the answer.

I love your channel Stossel but here you totally missed the issue of the never ending war that the US is fighting over and over and over to enrich the nanny state-powered, inflation-fueled military industrial complex.

God Bless America

I may be wrong, but isn't Lockheed Martin often the most profitable US company? Aren't their contracts paid for with tax dollars?

So Haliburton did not profit from Afgan & Iraq war? Didn't Former Vice President Dick Cheney work as a high-ranking executive for Halliburton before taking his position in office?

I watched a video where people in Afghanistan and Iraq were shown pictures of the twin towers in NYC and asked what they knew about them. 90+ % had no clue. When told what happened, still no clue. When told that was why the US military was in their country... no understanding at all, many insisted we were a conquering army and would be defeated... which is exactly opposite of why we think we are there. Please don’t misunderstand me, I’m not saying we should or should not be there... that is above my pay grade. Im simply saying that the reasons we think we are there have nothing to do with reality.

We didn't need to TAKE the oil (just what represented it's value)...We took OUT Sadam's Petrol dollar...mission accomplished.

Good young men and women serving for the world not just our country, lets not waist their lives and think twice before putting them in harms way.

To be fair the military still has military bases from almost every war it been in. The military is like a home owners association. You own your home but the homeowners association make and enforce the rules. The US doesn't need to own a country to make the rules.

It's completely dishonest to say that we leave when we keep military bases everywhere. We're still in Japan over 70 years after the war ended, to name just one example. Also, where is Stossel's usual disgust with government spending? Suddenly it's good because it goes to foreigners, something no one else does?

Great video. Because it's accurate.

Kinda shocked that stossel seems to back a larger military presence in the world. What a waste of resources!

The Canadian military helps around the world too.

He says that the difference between the USA and empires throughout history is that the US doesn't take over the land that they invade. This forgets that all 3,717,813 sq miles of US soil used to belong to someone else. The difference between the USA and, for example, the British empire is that the US wiped out the native people so successfully that we often forget that anyone else ever owned the land.

War is murder, that’s kinda the point. When one threatens another’s life or something imperative to their well being the United States steps in to ensure that doesn’t happen. The United States has a strong military to protect our and others way of life. I’m honored and feel it is a privilege to have family members who are veterans and hope I can live up to that honor of coming home a hero.

the marshal plan did not come with "no strings attached". of course, germany still had to pay a hell of a lot of money back to the allies after ww2. btw, there are still american troops in germany, it is cheaper to have them abroad than in the usa.

If the government can helping those countries and spend billions of dollars why can't they help our country internally educating us how they can afford this spending since they spend more on military than education.

Finally someone speaking about our greatness!

The U.S was actually quite late to the WW, the UK held the germans back for ages.

The military and foreign policy should be the only responsibility of the federal government.

I like the name imperial american army sounds nice

us forces go in, topple a government. Establish a US friendly government which economically benefits the US. And not to mention, private military companies earn billions in manufacturing equipment and weapons used in war. War earns the private sector a lot of money.

Entangling alliances with none. Trade with all.

what about the Philippines?

3:22 well... Obama didn't keep that promise

How many of those students play COD or battlefield?

I'd love to see the correlation between people protesting with dumb chants and the prevalence of idiocy amongst those groups. I'm guessing there's a pretty direct correlation.

4:14 BOI 👋

I do think the military is overcharged.

This is why bigfoot lives. He stayed far away from humans.

Oh fuck now we got Space Force,will we have to rebuild whole solar systems now?

Citizens choose to send the military in, not the military. If America has a problem it is a citizen problem. The military follows orders of the elected Commander and Chief, so if you don't like the actions of the military choose better elected officials. For once blame the people responsible.

@bassman_0074

6 жыл бұрын

I seriously doubt many people care about wars. Not enough to be politically relevant anywhere outside of primaries at least.

The problem with being worlds policemen now everyone pensions plans are gone. What about the cost .United states can't afford to do this anymore.

@kevinbarber2795

5 жыл бұрын

Andor Koval I do agree that I wish other countries would contribute as well.

The problem with these wars that we have fought and have turned out to be a giant cluster fuck, is because politicians want to act like warriors and generals, senators are not warriors and often refuse to listen to the generals who understand war and have studied war for rheir enrire career, the main reason we fucked up in Iraq and Afghanistan is because Congress didn't listen to our warriors

The war is never over plus war is big money.

It's not true that there were no strings attached to the Marshall plan. European nations had to give up their colonies to get the US aid. The Americans wanted Europe to trade eith the US and not with the colonies.

Yup. We're great. Too bad we use it to set up foreign central banks and enforce the US federal reserve note to be used as the world reserve currency.

We left? We never "went home". There are U.S. Military bases all over the world. You should read "War is A Racket" by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient.

@Jyxrr

7 жыл бұрын

Line of Sight of course there are military bases all around the world dumbass everybody knows that

@quinnr6168

7 жыл бұрын

And yet none of the countries have asked for those bases to be taken down

@qb4428

7 жыл бұрын

Every country we have bases in gives us permission to have them there.

@Blueshirt38

6 жыл бұрын

We have support bases in allied countries mostly. Japan, Germany, Greece, Djibouti, Bahrain (etc...) all welcome our presence. They are spaces held for staging of equipment and personnel, and expeditionary support to surrounding areas. We don't "occupy" any of these countries- we lease the space from these countries, and it is symbiotic. We get our people and parts closer to the objective, and the allied country gets revenue from our government and from the personnel that are stationed there. Not only that, but those countries also know that if they are attacked, or they have a devastating natural disaster, our support (which happens very often) is right down the street. If there were massive hurricane that devastated the southern coast of Greece, it is much faster to fly 15 CH-60 helos full of corpsman, and medical supplies from the shore of Souda Bay to Athens (about 170 miles) than it is to move our closest carrier (without an allied base in Europe, that would be Norfolk, VA, which would be about 5,200 miles away) carrying those same 16 CH-60s. We have relatively few MOBs and FOBs in what we label "combat zones", or "imminent danger zones" in areas such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, and the majority of those are small FOBs (some are even just a square mile or less, unmanned radar fields surrounded by cyclone wire). You can honestly argue that our invasion of, or presence in the forward deployed countries is bad, but most of our "bases all over the world" are in allied countries, which welcome us with open arms, because of the fiscally, and defensively symbiotic nature it provides. Our military is also the largest humanitarian aid organization in the world, and all of history- even giving aid to the citizens of the countries we invade (which has also never been done on a large scale in all of recorded history). War *can be* quite a racket, but it is also necessary. It is even necessary to war with countries far from our shores. If our military was solely tasked to defend our border (from within our border) then we would only have a National Guard, which would have to wait until we *are* attacked to war with those attackers inside our own borders. I don't know about you, but I'm willing to fight far, far, far from our shore to keep from having to fight in it.

@brucemoose926

6 жыл бұрын

We have bases around the world as guest of host countries (except Cuba) When the Philippines asked us to leave. We left.

Forgot to mention about the Spanish-American war helping filipinos fight the Spanish out of the Philippines then fight the filipinos to have access to China

What about oil in Syria? Who is controlling oil in Syria presently.

1:41 Are you kidding me? Russia owning Germany and Denmark, and not owning Georgia? What?

It is? The military runs on the same rational as cash for clunkers.

America always has amazing intentions and is constantly voted for being the most generous country and many first world countries that are really high on many lists for being the happiest and free us in the world are largely due because of the US military however and this is true since Lyndon B. Johnson the United States American military has been very controversial and has actually done more harm in major wars and certain military conflicts including covert ops then good. And it’s not only democrats but republicans that Devastate countries look up the Contreres wars and the current Honduran crisis that was started by Hillary Clinton as well as the Syrian and bengazi failed states. And Nixon’s (good intentions) but disastrously failed Chile Chop by replacing an elected leader with pinoche. As well as the funding the mujihadin in order to help the Soviet Union fail. But America has given an enormous amount of food and protection to many countries and freed thousands of slaves from captivity. American troops are true embodiments of what the chivalrous knight is but some of their causes have failed with dire consequences.

Nation building overthrowing govts is so awesome!

Follow the money

Idk this is a little misleading

I think he should look at history a little closer :)

we just needed to change oil prices in iraq stay in america and defend it also we spend too damn much wtf now over 600 billion a year

Bring our troops home

Gotta say, I think you're wrong about this John. I would argue that we have no right to behave like the world's policemen, and on top of that, Congress has now given the office of the presidency the ability to enter into "extended military engagements" which are wars that they don't call wars. We have been at war now with an undesignated enemy simply known as "terrorist" for almost 18 years now. This isn't about defense, because we can hold our own against the rest of the world indefinitely, this is about power.

Normally I agree with Stossel, but not this time. There was no excuse for the Iraq War.

That's not true ! Hungary had to pay reparation costs to the US after WW1 and WW2, WHILE our troops never engaged in any kind of fights against each other !!! (the US airforce only bombed the crap out of us, but no infantry fights)

In addition, our military has been voluntary for almost a century.

@marionsvendrowski180

6 жыл бұрын

Since 1973, less than half a century.

@garyedwardjohnston1

5 жыл бұрын

It's voluntary on one end (joining) but not the other end (paying for it). This is hardly a voluntary transaction.

@kevinbarber2795

5 жыл бұрын

Ancap Zombie This, not including very brief draft periods.

@adamduarte895

5 жыл бұрын

Yes but a military is actually a proper role of government. How we use it is another question, but having one is proper.

still in germany and japan

So John if the US government spends money in America it's socialism but if it spends money overseas it's....what?

Special interests are the military: people who directly and or indirectly financially gain from being involved with it (troops, corporations who make weapons/tech for it and any individuals/corporations foreign or domestic involved in policy to make contracts and feed it!!! That is a shit load of people getting some kind of welfare from taxes. Many of those people pay taxes as well but directly get more benefit from a military beast that consumes resources whether it protects the USA or not. Other special interests are farmers of all stripes and government K-12 schools and government universities!! Lastly special interest lie with police and law courts. All of these entities are "on the dole"---financed by taxes and supposedly for the benefit of the commons--us but more often to the benefit of the people who work in it!! That is where the corruption is!! Lastly your city/town government (schools already mentioned). The city/town/muni worker gets 100% benefit (salary) at the expense of everyone else!! LOOK AT ALL OF THE WELFARE!!!!! We have to much government and many of it is corrupt ("War on Drugs", illegal asset forfeiture, prisons/jails for profit and cronyism)!!!! There in is the problem with our country and why our country is fucked up in debt!! I only want to pay for law courts that are not corrupt and police that are not corrupt (Zero war on drugs and the corrupt asset forfeiture that goes with it) and a military that defends the USA not some other country and or countries. Let other countries develop their own militaries and or pay us to defend them.

_"Butler stated that war is a racket. Yes, America rebuilds those countries but ALL the money goes to American contractors like Halliburton, so these are not missions of sympathy."_ _" if America invaded a country and straight-up just took it over, we'd be facing charges for war crimes"_

Government is to big.

Our military has given our country away

Reparations are due. To refuse them slights the taxpayers even more than they already have been.

It costs too much. Just insane amounts. The Iraq war cost 2 trillion dollars. I mean what the fuck.

We do own them Dinesh.... I like DSouza, but come on bud.... Were still holding territory in Germany, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria, just to name a few.... With our military, no less.... We never left....

I guess Stossel can't be correct every time.

@owlblocksdavid4955

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's good to give aid to countries after fighting a war there. And that we have a big military if needed. I dont have any moral problems with invading other countries on human rights issues. I just don't see how the huge costs can be justified. I suppose the original wars after 9/11 were in the expectation of an age of massive terrorist attacks. But we do spend a lot of money on the military.

@pep590

6 жыл бұрын

Yusuf Nasihi Maybe not every time, but he sure is correct this time.

@Pomiferous

6 жыл бұрын

It was a given that the progressives would have a problem with this one.

@mikem4259

6 жыл бұрын

No, but he was with this.

@kevinbarber2795

5 жыл бұрын

Yusuf Nasihi Good thing he was right this time.

Uh the federal reserve owns every country we have invaded .

There is a difference between invasion and occupation.

*Point 1:* Stossel is a "libertarian" supporting a big and imperialist military. It shows you two things: 1) How pervasive the pro-US terrorist military culture is in US society and 2) That US politics is so corrupt that political ideologies that once supported intellectualism/centrism have shifted right. *Point 2:* Notice they don't debate the morality and ethics of the US terrorist military invading many countries and nations. *Point 3:* The bar and standard that they compare the US terrorist military are to brutal (almost all-white) colonialist terrorist regimes/states. *Point 4:* They argue

Yeah but why where we in iraq?

War is a racket- major general smedley butler.

Wrong again Stossel, our military doesn't go in and pull out. There are a hundred and ninety seven countries in the world today, 2018. How many of them Have a US military presence today? If you want the definition of imperialism, answer the previous question

Disagree with Stossel on this one. He should have spent his time researching who really runs the armed forces.

Im so tired that US think and alvays say we saved Europa! No the US was just 1 of the Country that helped to free Europa.

$600 billion out of $3.4 trillion in tax revenue is not that unreasonable for what our military is.

Uhhh yeah strings attached!! We still have bases in Germany and Japan !!! Duhhh

Please everyone tell me how Japan and South Korea became what they are today Magic I suppose? Not a coincidence that both were helped by America

@gabe_n828

5 жыл бұрын

Shay GK And how did Iraq, Afghanistan,and many other Arabian countries become what it is today? Magic i suppose? Not a coincidence that the US did it

@danielreardon6453

5 жыл бұрын

and do you know why America made Japan and South Korea what they are today??? to stop soviet influence... especially in Korea... in Japan America wanted a good pacific foothold/ military base........... Japan and Korea also are made capitalist for a VERY good trade partner for America as well.. think of all the brands and trades.... thats also why the Marshall plan was put into action.... to stop soviet influence and to make euro rich enough to become big consumers and a plentiful trade partner. I am not saying America is in the wrong.... but americas reasoning behind it is Extremely selfish

@Millermacs

5 жыл бұрын

Japan and Korea have average IQs of 105, five points higher than any white country. They would have been FAR better off if the U.S didn't murder hundreds of thousands of them.

@MediocreMedic123

5 жыл бұрын

Gabe_N actually that was the radical Muslims

@danielreardon6453

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Rodriguez and do you know why they are terrorists??? because of American and British interventions to almost every major thing they have done within the 20th century

The only argument here is "we could be much worse"... I thought Stossel was a libertarian?

The issue is you don't go to other countries in the first place. There are too many problems at home let other countries solve their dam problems.

Anyone think we shouldn't have gone into Iraq in the first place?

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