Ben Hodges on Worst and Acceptable Scenarios of the war in Ukraine
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In this new episode of Talking Substance host Alina Hrytsenko talks to Lieutenant-Geneal (Ret) Ben Hodges, ex-commanding general United States Army Europe. The discussion is dedicated to assessing the current developments of the frontline, and future scenarios of the war and searches for an answer to the question: what if Russia wins?
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I wish Biden would ditch his current advisors and bring in Gen. Hodges.
I've thought much the same, many times. There is something wrong with Jake Sullivan's thinking.
I like that idea and will email the President right now. Just google "contact president" and the page comes up. Sure it is only one email. But one is better than none.
That would be good - eliminate 'the ridiculous restrictions'.
@@squireson ditto!!
That's the problem: they don't know what victory (the peace dividend) looks like, and they don't have the mind set needed to deliver it. Joe is too old and Jake is too timid and they're both far too comfortable.
Thanks for sharing. Straight to the points which are actually missing and still seem not to be known in the leader circles. Always refreshing to hear Ben Hodges.
Thanks for having General Hodges on your program! I respect his analyses & opinions due to his extensive military experience in Europe & elsewhere.
Well done! And congrats on a succesful interview
Always good to hear Ben Hodges and his clear speech
Thank you very much for this interview, General Ben Hodges - one of best military analyst. Respect.
Thank You Ukraine for your heroic fight against Putin's regime.
Let your imagination run wild You,re putting a happy mask on a dead rat.Ukraine is kaputt no matter how much BS you,ll come up with!
Thank you, Ben Hodges!
Ben Hodges is telling the truth. Ukraine needs to fix their military issues and the big NATO countries need to step up and declare that Ukraine’s victory is the objective.
It's easy to understand why Gen Hodges rose to the position of general when you hear him talk. He's a big picture guy and very sharp. He understands what's going on and can draw good conclusions. He should be part of Biden's administration.
Biden's a dove, just the kind of president Putin likes.
I'd prefer (Ret.) Ltn. Gen. Ben Hodges as POTUS over both Biden & Trump. Neither had to climb the ranks of the military or has the same experience as a leader that would make him such an effective Commander-in-Chief of America's armed forces. He'd be the sort of POTUS who the men & women in uniform could respect & trust more than a lifelong civilian & career politician like Biden, or a businessman liable for multiple counts of business fraud, guilty on 34 counts convicted felon & *_draft-dodger_* , like Trump.
Zelenskyy must ensure that men are conscripted there is no way that UKRAINE can win if it men dont want to fight for its country, where is patriotism, no one can fight for the m
They are using Soviet methods in this conscription. No wonder men have aversion.
With the new registration system recently implemented (along with the new conscription law) has given Ukraine 1.2 million more people they can call in. Ukraine doesn't lack people to conscript, they lack soldiers. They lack equipment for them, and they lack means of training them. A.t.m. they simply can't train new soldiers faster than they're already doing. They don't lack men, they lack what's needed to turn them into ready military units of soldiers.
@@SoftHeart-l9w Not anymore. There's very little room for aversion now. The new system is working fine, they have all the men they could wish to call up. They lack means to turn those men into a fighting force.
@@larsrons7937 yes normally armies have lots of soldiers about 18-years-old and up. They are trying to protect their young for the future but what sort of future will they have if Russia wins. My father and brother went into different wars when they were both 18 years old. And if I had been born a male I would have been 19 years.
@@cheriemorey4728 You are right, it is for protecting the young for the future because Ukraine, like other former Soviet states, have such horrible demographics, a problem originating from the losses in WWII (and possibly WWI & the civil war).
For every 100 40-year old Ukrainian men they have about 71 62-year olds but only about 29 young men at 23. The 40-year and 62-year olds are 3,5 and 2,5 times as numerous respectively. Numbers as for women are about the same. One would expect the numbers to be the opposite, and much more equal.
This is a reason why russia's war is genocidal against the Ukrainians as a people simply by attacking them, forcing them to give their lives.
And it's why it's so extremely important for Ukraine to preserve every young person's life until they've had all the children they would have. Ukraine must walk a knife's edge balancing between preserving the lives of their young people, and russia not winning. If they lose too much to either of those sides, Ukraine has no future.
As it is Ukraine doesn't need men (of any age) for the war, they need soldiers. With their new system they have in a few weeks gaining 1.2 mio. more men they can conscript. What they lack is equipment (armoured vehicles, howitzers & shells etc.), and the means to train them. They can't train new soldiers faster than they're doing already.
So they have men for the army, but can't turn them into a fighting force of well equipped soldiers faster than they do now.
As for 'war capabilities' of men (or women) of different age the young have faster reaction and better physical stamina, but the older 'psychological stamina': They have more life experience, and they have already had all their kids. While a young person can easily be worried about their own future, a grand father has had his kids and family, all old enough to take care of themselves, he can be more ready to now 'take care of his country'.
Back to the young people...
Trust that the Ukrainian authorities are calculating very carefully how many young men they send to fight vs what is needed on the front. Trust the ZSU, the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Trust in Ukraine.
Deep respect for Mr Hodges..
he is a 'tall pole in the tent' of understanding logistics.
I listen closely to his words because of this.
Logistics is what wins..
You don't know what you're talking about. Hodges is a cheer leading Ukrainian propagandist. Just look at his record over the course of this war. Look at what he's been saying. Every single one of his predictions from the off, has been completely and utterly wrong
Hodges is a warmonger, whose desire for war will drag us all into World War Three and mindlessly get us all killed. His own military experience was not very impressive. Hodges was beaten by a bunch of illiterate goat herders, armed with little more than rusty AK47s and WWII era rifles. Yet rather astonishingly, despite being beaten by the Afghans, he now thinks he has the correct strategy to beat the Russians. The man's a complete idiot.
Very interesting, General Hodges views are always worth hearing, talks much sense, unlike some.
Great interview with Ben Hodges, he's a true friend to Ukraine and has campaigned tirelessly for them.
I agree. I appreciate General Hodges' contribution very much and like listening to him.
damn, ben is total chad!
But in his NEWS report he was saying very illogic things that do not match the RUSSIAN gains.
Thank you both for supporting Ukraine!💪🇺🇦💪
A friend to Nazis
Thank you Alina and Ben for this great interview 🙏💙💛
Good interview like listen to what Gen. Hoges has to say makes a lot of sense and of cause the young lady asking the question 🇬🇧🇺🇦💙💛💙💛💙💛
I think you did well, and handled being chided quite well. Gen Hodges has been unwavering in every interview I've seen since the beginning. Well done evert single time sir!
Older Ukrainians knew very well about ruzski deception and barbarity, younger Ukrainians not yet. They better wise up !!!
Keep in mind Ukraine has a long history of barbarity itself. Some of world war 2 worst atrocities were committed in Ukraine by Ukrainians. 250,000 Ukrainians fought for Hitler during the war and many of the extermination camps the Nazis ran had Ukrainian guards as they were known for their callousness. Ukraine isn’t a a nation of angels anymore than Russia is.
Where are the older ones making meaningful videos, do you have some channel in mind?
you mean the ukrainians guarding jews in the death camps during ww2
So why do older ukrainians worship B*ndera people who have commited g***** on 100 thousands of defenceless polish villagers? Why do they push for the war with Russia that they can't possibly win?
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Gen.Hodges really knows what he is talking about. He is always consistant in his narative. The US leadership need to listen, take note and act.
Thank you Gen. Hodges for all that you do.
Good interview, but maybe some days old. Since many countries have come out and give permission to use their weapons on ruzzia already?
They've been saying that but I haven't seen any reliable reports of it being done. If Ukraine really had the green light, stuff and Russia would be blowing up.
Yes it is happening now. 😊
EXCELLENT INTERVIEW. The ONLY 1 think General Hodges is wrong about is that, recently, Blinken HAS been stating the Administration supports Ukraine to WIN. (important note: this is only in the last 7 to 14 days).
Otherwise General Hodges has been on the mark. I hope that other than media interviews, he will play a more direct part in supporting Ukraine.
Alina Hrytsenko is an excellent interviewer .General Ben Hodges has been and continues to be a massive support for Ukraine and NATO
excellent? in what ways? being pleasing on the eyes?
because other than that, her actual interview was garbage.
talking heads like ben hodges have been repeating the same thing for over two years with a slight change from the usual "dumb incompetent russians running out of missiles and tanks, russian collapse imminent, crimea liberated by the end of the summer for sure" turning into panic and "our weak and spineless leaders don't have any clearly-defined goals or strategies, zelensky needs to stop screwing around and mobilize enough numbers, ukraine is gonna lose if they don't make significant changes right now" since russia stopped the ukrainian offensive dead in its tracks last year and regained the momentum and started to advance everywhere and put massive pressure on ukraine over the last year or so..
and somehow, this chick couldn't even get through the most generic type of interview where buddy just repeats those things in the most simple and surface level way possible. i guess ben hodges also didn't sleep properly or something and was in a little mood, but the fact remains that it was a terrible interview with zero chemistry and buddy going "no, you're confusing things" and "you basically just repeated what i said" and giving little attitude like that.
it was terrible
I so agree on both.
He's a dangerous idiot .
I disagree on the interviewer. Maybe it's a language issue, but this interview was partly awkward on her part and hardly brought anything new to the table.
@@TrixiLovesYou Why do you have trump on your profile pic?
Keep up the good work, KP!
Thank you for your reporting! You do a great job of bringing the topics we want to hear about, forward.
Slava Ukraini 🌻
Glory to the heroes and warriors!
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 🇨🇦🇨🇦
I wonder why the majority of Ukrainians of conscription age have already fled the country, and those who didn't make it - pay big money for the opportunity to escape now? They don't want to go to war, and you "slava slava" :)
Ben Hodges consistently explains exactly what the situation is in Ukraine and I wish the world leaders wake up and act.
Kyiv Post: you are a beautiful journalist and speak good English. You discuss the military issues very intelligently. I love Ukraine!!! Russia abuses its nuclear power and uses it as a bargaining instrument. Russia has a lot of savings from its oil and gas’s resources. It has incredible manpower because of its expansive territory. China support for Russia is important because of its technical cooperation it offers Russia. I pray that the Western governments would declare that Ukrainian win is their priority for the independence of Europe. Keep up the good work. jtsdrd, USA
Hodges is a wise analyst who incorporates reason, knowledge and judgment.
Hodges isn’t an analyst at all, he is a propagandist who has been telling you what you want to hear right from the start.
@@braxxian Actually he is an analyst. Being a General for an army, thats a big part of the tools, being able to make good analysis.
He's NEVER been in a war!
@@KIZMET3001 perhaps and perhaps not ...but if i were u i would avoid being recruited in putins war....worse things than dieing ...is what u wil find when they round u up to go to die ukraine
@@braxxianI doubt I will never understand what Ukrainians were thinking. I mean there are stupid people, but a whole nation... And they seem incapable of stopping it🤕🤕🥶
General Hodges is right. We have nothing to worry about. Pretty much impossible to have someone worse than Putin. We are not afraid of Russia. Thank you 💛
Very foolish
Putin is the best option for the west . The other people after him may be much more harsher ..
History has shown who the fools were. The fools were people like Chamberlain who negotiated with someone like Putin.
not true.
@@aar0n709 What is foolish is to ignore history and think you can work with Putin like Chamberlain thought he could do with Hitler.
Every time I listen to Ben Hodges my understanding of the Ukrainian conflict becomes clearer and I learn something new. Great interview thank you so much !!
When (Ret.) Ltn. General Ben Hodges speaks, I listen & pay a-friggin-ttention! The USA's "powers that be" (the real policy make-or-breakers & final decision give-or-takers) would be wise to do the same.
Ben Hodges should be US President. He is so rational and logical. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
I’d vote for him in a heartbeat regardless of what party he was in!
You want this fool Ben Hodges to be your President. Why you don't care for the US? This idiot knows nothing about war, he grew in the Military by licking his senior's boots. Throw some money in front of him and watch him on all fours picking it up. He is a shame to the US Army. Did they kick him out from main stream media? Yes, NATO can win in his dreams. He is down right stupid.😂
⬆️Same 100%
🌻🇺🇦героям слава!!🇺🇦🌻
Why are Ukrainians fighting to save murica?
Unlike Ukrainians Americans do have brains.
Love this man ... Best Yank in the history of USA ( as a Brit ) .... real heart , soul , profoundly intelligently
Why use an insulting word to describe him then, he's an American. Hodges is a southerner, "yanks" come from the north. Try calling him a hick instead.
@@stephenhill545 In my country, Sweden, a lot of people say England for all of Britain sometimes even including Irland in this. Not for being rude, but some of us just don’t knowing better. My time in Irland taught me the importance of this, but I also learned that they and the British use Yank as a synonym for American.
You don't know what you're talking about. As a Brit, you should be very wary of this man. He'll drag Europe into a needless war and Brits will die. Hodges is a cheer leading Ukrainian propagandist. Just look at his record over the course of this war. Look at what he's been saying. Every single one of his predictions from the off, has been completely and utterly wrong
Hodges is a warmonger, whose desire for war will drag us all into World War Three and mindlessly get us all killed. His own military experience was not very impressive. Hodges was beaten by a bunch of illiterate goat herders, armed with little more than rusty AK47s and WWII era rifles. Yet rather astonishingly, despite being beaten by the Afghans, he now thinks he has the correct strategy to beat the Russians. The man's a complete idiot.
Great job on this Interview Alina! You had the pleasure of sharing your time with General Ben Hodges and sharing it with us! In My Opinion, Gen Hodges is one of, if not THE preeminent spokesman on this war. I never get tired of the General, saying the same things; he has been consistent - and correct in every regard - for over two years. If only - the leadership in the world would LISTEN TO HIM!
And I guess - we would be blessed - if he would consider running for President of the USA, very soon.
Ben is incredible. His wide-sight, patience and the willingness to give interviews to anybody who asks is admirable.
Listening to him and to local politicians the same time hurts so much, that I want to run to my parliament and scream.
Don't we all!
Another balls on accurate assessment from my favorite general since Bradley.
He's been wrong 100% of the time. Great call! Attack the bridge! Guy is a pathological liar and fabricator. Great guy
He is clueless.
@@JohnJones-k9d ok Boris, have some more vodka!
@@KIZMET3001 you are the liar you said he hadn't been in a war
Ditto above!! Ben is so logical and he believes what he suggests so his honesty and wisdom are so important to understanding the situation in Ukraine! Smart experienced soldier knows what he’s talking about!! I hope the strategy is adopted by the military and we say to the world that we want Ukraine to win!! I agree!! Do you think that US will pay more attention to Ukraine when the Middle East calms down? Hope so!!
Ruzzia must withdraw its troops to the internationally recognized 1991 borders of Ukraine, as Gen Hodges outlined.
Fact, NATO, especially the US (Obama, the Nobel prize peace winner) has allowed all of this mess because of its failure to respond in 2014 Crimea annexation.
Yeah he didn't scream enough for Moscow to hear.
That's True, but achieving that is a different thing..
With the current trends,
it doesn't seem likely.
Serious reforms are
needed for that to happen.
Nuclear holocaust it is then. You willing?.
Otherwise ?
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Alina and Mr. Hodges, thank you both for affirming the need for clarifying our desire for Ukraine to win. This is the bottom line and the sole goa
Desire is not enough.
Actions are needed.
But action in corrupted lifestyle is hard to achieve..
Serious reforms would be neccessary in order to uphold the divine Law for Society.
Щиро дякую пані Аліні за корисну дискусію з паном Генералом. Це дуже допомагає інформувати світову спільноту про спротив України російській агресії. 🎉❤
Great interview. I love Alina's understated style. She asks good questions and doesn't get in the way of Hodges' answers. So many interviewers don't give interviewees this kind of space..
I like her interview style, too.
Jeesh - she's an air head
Sometimes I think I ld’ better not talk too much. Thank you general Ben Hodges for your view on current situation. If I’m honest I must say I lean towards this vision.
Putler to Lukashenko: "Hold my poop bag"
Alina looks a bit starstruck and overwhelmed by the sheer energy that Ben Hodges conveys. He is energized. Alina is a growing gem. She will be there when time comes. Keep interviewing. You have the skills. Just hone it. Alina, great job!
Agree. I liked that it was not a self-congratulatory interview. Some questions she asked were answered by Ben with a different view politely. Nothing wrong about that. Kyiv Post is one more excellent resource with great interviews. No front line movies, no maps, no munition counting.
This was the first time I've seen Alina. She did a good job and she's very beautiful too. However I did think it was little annoying that she didn't stay quiet while Ben was speaking. Several times he seemed to hesitate when she made a noise as if she was going to interject or interrupt, but she wasn't, she was just making noises... uhua, uhua, uhu, uhua
@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 I agree. I've seen her before and she's done better than this. Part of it was quite fine. But in other parts she interrupted (in most she didn't), and explained her own conclusions based not on what the guest just said but on her own guesses. That's not her job. That's the guests job, if any. A very good interview as for the guest's clear, informative responses, but Alina has had better days than in this interview. But with time she'll learn.
why not just admit that Alina is an underwear model who's way out of her element trying in an interview like this 🤔
Thank you so much General Hodges and Alina for this great interview! Thank you General for your leadership, unwavering dedication to western values, democracy, Europe and NATO ! It would be great to see you as the USA's next president! 🌿
i would vote for ben, i think i wiil write him in on my ballot
You don't know what you're talking about. Hodges is a cheer leading Ukrainian propagandist. Just look at his record over the course of this war. Look at what he's been saying. Every single one of his predictions from the off, has been completely and utterly wrong
Hodges is a warmonger, whose desire for war will drag us all into World War Three and mindlessly get us all killed. His own military experience was not very impressive. Hodges was beaten by a bunch of illiterate goat herders, armed with little more than rusty AK47s and WWII era rifles. Yet rather astonishingly, despite being beaten by the Afghans, he now thinks he has the correct strategy to beat the Russians. The man's a complete idiot.
Said it before, I’ll say it again, Ben Hodges for President
of ukraine
I think more highly of him than either Biden or Trump. Neither have the same sort of experience that a man who climbed the ranks like (Ret.) Ltn. Gen. Ben Hodges could bring to the table as Commander-In-Chief of America's armed forces.
Now that the many allies have ok'd the use of their weapons on Russian soil, will Ukraine move to sharply lower the conscription age as Hodges argues they should do?
"We need to have a _clearly defined strategic objective."_
Lt. General Ben Hodges is so right. Kyiv Post, thank you for a thought-provoking interview. We should listen well to Mr. Hodges.
First-class interview. Hodges is so clear-sighted and Alina so smart and cool.
You don't know what you're talking about. Hodges is a cheer leading Ukrainian propagandist. Just look at his record over the course of this war. Look at what he's been saying. Every single one of his predictions from the off, has been completely and utterly wrong
Hodges is a warmonger, whose desire for war will drag us all into World War Three and mindlessly get us all killed. His own military experience was not very impressive. Hodges was beaten by a bunch of illiterate goat herders, armed with little more than rusty AK47s and WWII era rifles. Yet rather astonishingly, despite being beaten by the Afghans, he now thinks he has the correct strategy to beat the Russians. The man's a complete idiot.
I would add that the 20% that Russia conquered, most of it came in the innitial surprise attack. But after that, they have conquered a tiny fraction of that, albeit at a great loss of life and armament.
It's even better. In March 2022, at the height of it's advance, Russia controlled 24.4%. So they lost more than 18% of the territory they had.
Actually Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson openly declared that the goal is for Ukraine to win on a press conference held in Stockholm on the 31st of May 2024. Hopefully other leaders will follow suit
Ukraine will win at that conference for sure. Only there.
Because of Putin’s ‘special military operation’, why doesn’t NATO make a ‘special military pact’ to back Ukraine until Russian forces are back behind the 1991 border. An ultimatum should then be issued to Putin that he can either do this the easy way by withdrawing, or the hard way by taking on the combined force of NATO (or at least a strong ‘coalition of the willing’). “The Soviet understands only one language: action, respects only one word: force”. - Dean Acheson
Why isn't the US State Department, the Pentagon, Commerce Department working together to have a clearly defined objective ?!?
Putin always lies we'll see General Ben Hodge I like all interviews because he no what's going on for that I admire him so I believe what's he say and because he always gives update thank you so much General Ben Hodge for information have nice day where you
Ukraine being a national, strategic interest of the USA makes about as much sense as Mexico being a national strategic interest of Russia.
"конечно мы вам поможем, вы главное не останавливайтесь и никаких переговоров! вперёд! молодцы! эгегей!"
Why negotiate? Your government doesn't abide by international treaties. This game will have to be played to the end.
I always like hearing the Voice of Reason, ergo i always like hearing the thoughts of Gen Hodges.
The irony of it
Who was the reliable negotiation party when it came to NATO moving closer the Russian border. Not the West.
Such B/S from the West.
So, what you are saying is countries with elected representatives should not be allowed to govern themselves and make choices based on what the majority of their population wants? If I recall correctly all of the states that moved into NATO did so by choice. Of course Ruzzia doesn't like this. However, unlike you, I will make no excuses for the defeat of fascism.
Thank you,Sir! I tried to watch all of your interviews You and Malcolm Nance seem to have the most realistic of views towards war, and the fact that Ukraine will fight to the end for their freedom.. Thank you again, sir for being a stalwart ally of democracy and freedom. God bless you, sir. Thank you for your service.. Slava, Ukraine! Slava, the heroes of Ukraine!
Now it's more important than ever - steadfastness and resolve - Lt. Gr. ( Ret. ) Ben Hodges .
'You are mixing things!' Maybe this was a nice way of saying, 'You're getting a little ahead of yourself here!' There's no arguing with this guy, he really knows his stuff.
I think everybody with a bit smaller ego would have understood what she meant, without this... unnecesary belittering. She meant a show off made by Russia. She meant that Russia might want to show its claws by detonating nukes on some waters somewhere if Crimea was to be invaded (most likely closer to north pole, where Tzar Bomb was detonated). He didn't need to say "You are mixing things up". He took her question far too literally.
"he really knows his stuff."
You don't exactly need to be a genius to know that Russia would have damaged their own fleet if it struck Black Sea. Everybody knows that. She meant to loosely hint a nuclear showcase of any similar sort.
He understood what she meant, he just know, as you should, any show of nuclear scare tactics by Russia will not end well for them. It will not stop Ukraine from advancing into the territory that belongs to them. It’s ridiculous to imply those two things are related, it’s not about ego. In general we should stop worrying about “if Russia does X” because it’s what got us into this situation in the first place with the war, slowed the help, & continues to cause thousands of innocents to die.
And no if russia detonated a nuke in the Black Sea, their fleet wouldn’t be damaged. Unless you are believing they are stupid enough to detonate it directly next to their own ships. It seems you have an overestimation of the power of a nuke or an underestimation of the size of the Black Sea. 1 nuke will not deystroy everything in the entire Black Sea..
Happy holiday! It's children's day in many countries.
Laughable he’s saying Russia is not reliable negotiation. When everybody knows NATO lied everywhere for 75 years. 14:31
Hey Ben , awsome as usual ! I'll keep saying it untill I see your name on the ballot " BEN HODGES FOR PRESIDENT " . SLAVA UKRAINI 👌 HEROYAM SLAVA ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Good interview. The host asked good questions and listened to the generals answers. Thanks.
We need American troops in ukraine with Ben leading the charge , now that would be fantastic
It was a very good interview lots of good questions👍
Love the General. He has been on point on Crimea policy since the beginning.
What a joke. The west has already lost
Very good interview thank you. Veronica watching from ireland❤
Good talk good host! Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱❤️
I wonder if Ben Hodges talks to Valerii Zaluzhnyi about all this?
Ben Hodges it it . I BELIEVE he knows what he is talking about. I believe we should SUPPORT HIM and Ukraine and N.A.T.O. Think what George S. PATTON WOULD DO and DO IT
Ukraine is winning and winning bigly. Unfornately only in this guy's dreams.
He never said that. Go back to your pals in the Kremlin, comrade.
@joesterling4299
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NO, he is very famous on west media, and always talks wishful thinking, in fact masturbation.
BTW, you'll be in a much worse state without my tax money. MAGA!
@@joesterling4299cryyyyyyyy Russia will win.
Alina needs to ask more concise questions AND LET GENERAL BEN HODGES SPEAK as much as possible! Her mhems are annoying! She has a lot of potential though!
This isn't a stale mate. The war has never been more active. The amount of new weapons, new production lines, a rightful militarization and the amount of attrition and losses. Everything is RAMPING UP and Putin went ballistic and increased the defense budget by 300 % in 1 year.
It did for the USSR, and they only spent 25% of their national budget on the military.
@@stephenhill545 This isn't a Union. Whatever land that is lost to Russia this time, is permanently annexed. There's no brotherhood, no common goal, no multiple views. There's only the Kremlin and the RUS State TV.
SOVIET was a paradise compared with 2024
🎉Thanks to both. Russia cannot win if anyone has any sense.
This guy is on Lockheed martins payroll. If you want an objective perspective and expertise listen to John mearsheimer and even Scott Ritter. .....
Love hearing Hodges. “Interviewer” is terrible though.
Yep "mhm" "mhm"🤣she's pretty, i'll give her that, but a really bad interviewer
He actually has to "correct" her,,,,
Indeed. By trying to focus on what the West can do, and deflecting Hodges' statement that Ukraine also needs to increase its numbers of men, she gives the impression that she wants everything done by the West for Ukraine, rather than its being a team effort.
she is very young.
Hodges is fighting a war from 20 years ago not a modern war like today.
Dear general Hodges.
You are always welcome to pop by and meet the guy who, at a lecture for officers and NCOs of the Danish Home Guard in Jan. 1989, asked Danish General Lyng; "I see signs of deterioration and chaos in the East, is it possible that we might se a collapse of the USSR and WaPa, and a situation developing reminiscent of The Middle East, with chaos and weak governance?"
Ben Hodges - like the USA is prepared to fight to the last Ukrainian. Remember - peace was almost signed in April 2022 until Boris Johnson flew to UA and told Zelensky not to sign. Oleksii Arestovych, former military officer & aid to the UA President is on video saying RU was extremely generous with concesions including removal of al troops for neutrality - back in 2022.
Ben Hodges for president.
Gen. Hodges clearly speaks what needs to be said.
I'd sooner vote for him than either Biden or Trump!! In the 2024 election neither candidate is particularly appealing, unfortunately.
Biden is cowardly (re: Russia/Ukraine), untrustworthy, & complicit in an ongoing g3n0c1de, while Trump is a pathological liar, narcissist, rapist, fraud, (also cowardly) draft-dodger, & as of yesterday a _convicted felon_ .
There are a few points in Biden's favour, however. He doesn't pose a threat to American democracy as we know it, or want to suspend The Constitution, or think NATO doesn't offer enough benefits to America so keeping US commitments to our allies isn't really worth it, and he at least gives the impression that he's not a hateful bigot.
Trump doesn't exactly hide the fact that he is, wants & thinks all of the aforementioned "Biden points". He's told us all about these things he wants to do, what he wants to stop doing, what he thinks of NATO et al, on innumerable occasions; he's been saying the quiet part out loud since 2021!!
If Trump wins in 2024, then Project 2025 gets rolled out in full force, which would basically put an end to the great "American Experiment" (aka - representative democracy) and usher in an era of autocracy, if not outright theocracy. I'm 'kinda not ok' with *_any_* of that nonsense.
Laughable he’s saying Russia is not reliable negotiation. When everybody knows NATO lied everywhere for 75 years. 14:31
Clown show.
I’ve seen a couple of this guy’s interviews and I’ll never watch another one again. He’s always talking B. S 👍
But if you want a laugh then you should watch one 🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂
I'm always excited when I see a new Ben Hodges interview.
Alina is beautiful and she did a very good job. The only thing that I found a little irritating is that she has a habit of not being quiet while Ben was speaking. She kept saying uhua,uhua,uhua....
Several times Ben seemed to hesitate as if she was going to say something but she was just making noises.
In what universe does Ukraine liberate its occupied territory from 2022, let alone Crimea?
Biden needs to take this general on board.
General Ben Hodges, clear-headed and well-reasoned as always. The current US president should have taken him on board a while ago.
An excellent interview. Alina asked all the right questions, and General Ben was remarkable in his replies.
Brisbane Australia
It was not an excellent interview at all, she was hopeless..
...Darwin Australia
Ukraine is much worse position than Russia for sure. I believe the united states won't be giving any more aid after this last round. They have a problem with having enough soldiers, their energy infrastructure is crumbling, their moral is low, they are losing more equipment and NATO is running low on equipment as well. Russia has not mobilize their society yet and once they do then its over for ukraines.
this gal seems a little dark and dense. Hope she learnt something. Hodges is an accurate bearer of light.. 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 !
Rude
She is being shelled by missiles every day, with her people torn to pieces lying on the pavement just for going to get their groceries - could that be the thing?
"You need to fix the recruiting and size of the army". He realizes that it's forced conscription and people are getting kidnapped from the streets? He's not even realizing Ukrainians are humans to.
Guauu this guy isn't credible not hard evidence just wishes. 👎👎👀
Great interview! Gen Hodges has been very consistent in his opinions about the Russian’s Ukraine invasion. I do agree that the West should be more decisive with the support of Ukraine. Alina is also awesome.
Ben Hodges should be President
There are reasons why Ukraine does not blow up that pipeline. Of course Ukraine takes part of the gas as payment but it is also that a sudden blow up will cause problem in some European countries and Ukraine does not want to be blamed for that. It is difficult enough to get some of them along even now.
Of course North stream was build to reduce dependency on the gas lines through Ukraine so blowing that up was beneficial for Ukraine and Ukraine can always decide to blow up that line later but I don't think they will do so against the will of the EU. It is complicated
Only guy in America. I have heard talk sense over this Ukraine 🇺🇦 Russia 🇷🇺 war
Sorry, it is the US proxy war against Russia.
Yeah sure, according to this guy Crimea was going to be liberated august 2023.
What if Russia wins? Well, they should have been allowed to win the peace years ago with Minsk. Ukraine would only have lost Crimea. Much better than agreeing to fight a proxy war in the "great game" of "geopolitical competition" as laid out by the US in 2019 in "Extending Russia Competing from Advantageous Ground." Which has played out as feared producing "disproportionately large Ukrainian casualties, territorial losses, and refuge flows." Also, it looks as if it will also end as feared in a "disadvantageous peace." Fighting a proxy war for the West to "defend Western hegemony" as Boris calls it, or to "increase the costs to Russia, in both blood and treasure," as the US desired, was the wrong move for Ukraine to make in the "great game." Very sad! Ukraine should have remembered Central American history. All the countries who got themselves involved in US/Soviet proxy wars there paid a very high price. Many still haven't recovered. Only Costa Rica found a way out by declaring neutrality.
This was the worst interview I’ve ever heard General Hodges have to endure! This person was clueless and parroting main stream media questions. General Hodges is a brilliant man and many people would like a few moments to ask intelligent questions. Kyiv Post wasted General Hodges time with such a terrible interviewer!
The interviewer's attitude is mind-boggling. She seems to have a defeatist mentality. I've noticed this in her earlier interviews as well.
She is being realistic based on the information (e.g. media) she was able to gather. I'm afraid she is a better analyst than Gen. Ben Hodges.
She's playing devil's advocate. A lot of interviewers do this.
The west (understood as a "mindless" organsisation) dont wants Russia to win the war but also not to lose the war. That is a result of mixed habits, biases, opinions and interests due to the politically / historically growing of the western world. It is a kinda huge clockwork which runs since many decades and can not be stopped in an instance. Single gears of that clockwork recently starts to stop spinning and change directions. So there is hope. yet, too slow, it seems. What could be the efficient method to bring these clear objective (Ukraine must win) into being right now, this summer?