No, that was not the only goal. The west also wanted to lay their greedy claws on the riches of Ukrainas vast supply of natural resources. Those resources are what is going to pay back the trillions in western "loans".
You forget to mention the land grab, and take over of institutions by Blackrock etc. The Democrats have their figures in the spoils of war too. The Bidens made a killing. Literally.
IT IS THE SAME the world over! WE can even ID the USA proxies and YET it WILL happen AGAIN! 😢 You don't have to read to KNOW it! I reckon, once SWIFT is removed, it will ALSO affect how the USA finds their PROXIES... Exchange 💱 I'm certain is one way!
I said this from the beginning. The west organised a coup against ukraine. Put in a westen puppet and created a war whit Russia were there was peace. Ever sinds ww2 Russia wanted to become part of tge west. Part of nato and European Union. The west never wanted that. And know they are using ukraine as a tool to sabotage Russia and hope they crinle so that westetn oligarchs can steak tge wealth of ukraine abd Russia. There will come a time when Ukrainian will realise that Russia is not their enemy. Russia is happy of ukraine as a nutrial party and that they could have peace. They will resent the West for using them like that.
Yeah I know. The strategy was to get Russia to attack, that's why they needed the crazies in Ukraine to carry it out. You are attacking ethnic Russians and expanding NATO and Russia is just supposed to do what?
'Tis sad isn't it? When the US uses UA's hand to b17ch slap Putin and all Putin can do it to slap UA back and not the US. When will or will Putin ever grow a pair?
"We're the United States of America for God's sake, the most powerful nation in the history - not in the world, in the history of the world. The history of the world." President of America and the leader of the Free World Joe Biden (October 15, 2023) Enemies of The United States, sooner rather than later you will be dealt with by our all-mighty, invincible American heroes: Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, Captain America, Iron Man and Mighty Mouse . Not to mention John J. Rambo, Rocky Balboa, Chuck Norris, Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt, his British apprentice - Bond... James Bond... and - last but not least - the first transatlantic Wonder Woman, admirable Admiral - Rachel L. Levine.
@@coolmark4851They had a referendum in 1994. Crimean residents overwhelmingly voted for greater autonomy and dual Russian-Ukrainian citizenship. In 1995 the Ukrainian parliament abolished the Crimean constitution, along with the post of President of the Crimean Republic.
@@ceeinthesky1068 when I listen to the British elites, they are the biggest warmongers, and since British intelligence and empire is much older, I think they have delegated the dirty work in the present to the much larger personnel base in the US., and doing more middle and long term planning. Why does the temporary (s)elected P(resident) visit the crown after inauguration, when he is the boss (and after midterm elections again)?? Why is English the language in the US, when the biggest group of European immigrants/invaders were Germans , when Britain hasn’t played a special role back then and now? By the way, Lewis Cass Payseur, (actually Lois 17.)the heir of the French throne was re-educated and given Land in South Carolina by the British crown from where he took control of the large corporations in the USA
Im 43, i couldn't imagine getting clubed of the head & dragged to the front. The horror, wife child at home & just plucked off the street? Its heartbreaking. Moh
27:45 "Figuring out the USA foreign policy" is actually quite easy. They wish to avoid unity formatting in Eurasia, West Asia, Africa, South America, East Asia, and everywhere else. That's it. Rome: used divide-and-rule unto others, hidden behind a history of hubris and jingoism. The British Empire: used divide-and-rule unto others, hidden behind a history of hubbris and jingoism. The American Century: uses divide-and-rule onto others, and is currently hiding behind stories of hubris and jingoism... It means to AVOID the unity of all others.
Add a comment. Ha ha ha ha ha ha Ja sure. If america and England had such a good missile defence as the Google algorithmic censorship computer program then I'd feel safe. But really folks putin is not the enemy that you think. He's one of THEM that rule us little minions here in England and america . IF HE WASN'T then he'd destroy the center of finance in the heart of London. Which has its own personal Internet closed circuit of computers which was demonstrated by brexit when they tried to scare us by saying they were going to move it all to Paris . The square mile of London is the most powerful entity on the planet. Even putin would not dare touch it. Consider yourself lucky if you even read this. Have a a happy Christmas if you still believe in fairy tales
@@justgivemethetruthIsrael deserves nothing! It’s a settler colonial state engaged in ongoing ethnic cleansing, land theft and continuous violation of international law and has made it clear they will never accept a two state solution as demanded by the international community
Yeah, and imagine what a jilted lover can do Imagine Ukraine as the jilted lover... Imagine that they are only practicing in Russia... Frankenstein's monster unleashed...
Russia did not "invade" Crimea in 2014 in breach of the agreement of the 1990s. By staging the Maidan coup, on top of already exapnding NATO, the US had already nullified those agreements. It was the Crimeans themselves who quickly decided to secede from Ukraine after Maidan and join Russia.
Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time. Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021: Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO. NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P. The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.
As tensions escalated in Georgia after the NATO Bucharest summit in 4/2008, Georgia attacked South Ossetia in August 2008. South Ossetia was also a pro-Russian separatist region like Donbass. So the Russians had already experienced an attack on a pro-Russian separatist region in Georgia and they knew they would expect it in Donbass as well.
Not to forget that NATO membership was already offered to Ukraine by G.W. Bush in 2008 at the Bucharest NATO summit, much to the dismay of Angela Merkel and Francois Mitterrand. And then there was the RAND Corp. paper of 2019 on how to overextend Russia that became the blueprint for Sullivan and Blinken.
Everybody seems compelled, even if they acknowledge that the Russians were provoked to say something like "Yeah, but the Russians were guilty too." No. The Russians had NO options left, or at least not any that a sane and honest person would admit could work to avoid an even worse war within a very short time. The west's deliberate failure to enforce the Minsk agreements had already demonstrated the completely worthless nature of western guarantees, yet Putin made multiple attempts to avoid a war to defend Russia's security space. Every attempt was rejected, clearly in a deliberate attempt to leave Russia no option other than war. Because the Biden administration wanted the excuse to collapse the Russian economy through sanctions. In those circumstances, Russia was literally forced to defend the viability of its security by invading Ukraine. Russia was justified, NATO was not.
This conflict has been about Russia’s resources. The US and EU need those resources cheap. They have stated this many times referring to the oil gas and minerals in Russia. The US used the Nazi’s in Ukraine to achieve their ambitions.
They already were getting them for cheap! They wanted them for free! They wanted to Balkanize and destroy Russia using Ukrainian hands and lives, and then just come in and take it for free! Makes me sick!
Yeah, Ukraine isn't a democracy. Far from it. In democracies there is more than one TV Channel, main political parties and main Christian denominations aren't banned, no mass extrajudicial killings, disappearances and torture, men from 18 to 60 aren't banned from leaving the country, people aren't rounded up in the streets and dragged to their death. Democracies hold elections after all. Well, it's a quote from The Time article. Zelenskyy top advisers say about him: “He deludes himself, ” one of his closest aides tells me in frustration. “We’re out of options. We’re not winning. But try telling him that. It is immovable, verging on the messianic.” According to the Economist Zelenskyy is literally screaming at his generals at this point. One Austrian artist was in a similar state in 1945 . Zelenskyy "achievements" to date: 790,000 Ukrainians are dead, 3x that mangled and crippled for life, half of Ukraine's population is living as refugees scattered all over Europe and Russia right now, they're drafting women because they've run out of men to kidnap off the streets. NYT wrote about these mass kidnappings that were happening only in Zelenskyy Ukraine and Hitler's Germany in 1945 in an article ‘People Snatchers’. According to Zelenskyy latest statement only joining NATO or nukes can save his hide. These are lunatic ramblings of a desperate dictator before the imminent collapse of the regime.
This is the only podcast that seems to give me first hand honest update on current events in the middle east and between Ukraine and Russia. America is the problem...when will everyone realize this sorry fact?
Le but des us et même de l'Allemagne depuis très longtemps est de diviser la Russie comme la Yougoslavie pour pouvoir l'exploiter. Le reste sont des détails. Regardez le développement des églises penta, évangélistes,...depuis 1990 et leur financement. Curieux et prémonitoire. (déjà tenté au Niger en 1973 sans succès)
I think that was Hilary Clinton one, who claims 10 maybe even 20 hears ago, that it is "Just unfair, thatis Russia so big and that Russia have so many assets". She "propose" back than, that those assets should be more fairly dividend among more stated. I believe, she thought in first line that USA should have a biggest "slice of cake".
I have only listened to half of it yet, but I really hope you don‘t forget to mention the plans to regime change Russia through sanctions and war which is definitely strategic aggression. And considering this, there is no question as to who is responsible for this disaster and what Ukraine‘s sorry role actually is: yet another country being abused and sacrificed for US hegemonic interests. You two understand Russia‘s reasons for 2014 and 2022 - and I concede that these actions weren‘t legal according to international law - however, you can see how a self-defence narrative holds true to a large extent as well.
Reality-check, here... Completely irrelevant, to the issue of the non-expansion of NATO, that a formal, written document, to that effect, was not produced: (i) verbal contracts have the same force, as written ones (and all the minutes of the meetings respective of the issue, testify to that contract); (ii) not having any honour, self-respect, or integrity, the U.S. would not have respected formally written contracts, either, Minsk 1 & 2 being case & point... In summary, the Collective West is utterly repugnant, not deserving anything more, than pure disdain and contempt...
Pacifism is such a cop-out in this situation. Imagine somebody taking a gun, loading it, taking it off safety, aiming it at a child's head and then pulling the trigger. At what point do you have the moral right to shot this guy? And if somebody shoots a guy that was aiming at a child's head, would you say "Oh, I'm against violence. So it was wrong to shoot this guy. Yeah, sure, part of the blame lies on the guy, who was aiming at a child's head, but still you should not have done this." He admitted that Russia had legitimate concerns, Ukraine was massing troops, etc. When was it right to do it? After a 100 000 dead civilians? After a 1 000 000 dead civilians? Never?
The Poles were told by the UK and France to be supported against Germany, and despite having received little help, but great suffering are still licking Britains boots. Those people infected by a certain extreme ideology will never turn against the west and reunite with Russia
Zelensky is not a true Ukranian .. he is not Slavic or orthodox He is using the Slavs to weaken Slavic Russia Like a janaserry that the ottomans used ..
Good point Pascal, that tha combination of sending NATO weapons to Ukraine, but keeping out of formal written obligations, has made Ukraine into a "ground zero" test area for a conventional conflict with Russia.
The issue is that "historical narratives," once established in millions of brains, are difficult to counter. Overwhelmingly people will always fall back onto "the narrative" they feel comfortable with, not the one which sounds like it turns their "side" (own governments and states) into the role of the opportunistic exploiter. Reality? The reality of strategy is that the US/NATO would happily fund the Ukraine to "fight to the last Ukrainian soldier" and that it has a historical example as France after May/June 1940. France surrendered, even though London (her ally) would have been very pleased if France had "fought to the last French soldier" even as GB withdrew their soldiers and refused arial support to France. The historical reality as SYSTEMS using STRATEGY rhymes, because in both cases most people believe that London fought to save the planet, same as the USA/NATO today. Wrong. London fought WW2 (after 3rd Sep 1939) to protect her Empire, and the USA/collective West support the Ukraine to keep the status quo intact, as "US primacy in the world" (Wolfowitz Doctrine), not because of saving any poor people anywhere.
@@vazeuax If they were pragmatic, they would reject NATO. Russia never threaten Finland before it joined NATO and they would suffer the most because the are at the forefront of any war between NATO and Russia. If they had remained neutral, any war between NATO and Russia would leave them safe due to their neutrality.
@@adamiskandar5107 this time they were thinking Russia will fall and eager to jump the train asap in order to get themselves some leftovers after West's victory. So yeah, still "pragmatic".
Defense was the central strategy of the Soviet Union (Russia) in its victory over Germany. As a result, even if Berlin fell in the siege and Nazi Germany was finally lost, the Soviet Union could not control Eastern Europe and collapsed under the weight of Eastern European domination. Russia's strength lies in its vast territorial space, and if it were to embrace the rebellious Ukrainian people there, the cost would be an excessive burden and would result in Russia suffering. Maintaining an expanded "empire" is neither possible nor desirable for Russia today. In addition, because of the widespread anti-Russian or anti-Putin sentiment in Europe (perhaps fostered by what Professor Nye calls "soft power" academically, and the truth is "propaganda"), Russia's territorial expansion through the annexation of Ukraine will further strengthen the divide between Western Europe and Russia. For Putin, both the United States and Britain are objects of "dislike and wariness," but building good relations with Western Europe, especially Germany and France, is essential for Russia's development in all aspects of politics, economy, culture, and history. The emphasis on Western Europe is also important for Russia, which borders China with a long border (7,000 km) and a huge population of 1.4 billion, as part of its policy toward China. Since the ultimate aim of the United States is to weaken or divide Russia from the division between Russia and Western Europe, it is also possible to weaken not only Russia but also Western Europe, centered on Germany and France, and strengthen dependence on the United States, thereby perpetuating the hegemony of the United States unilaterally*. I think the nationalist Putin fully understands this.
About Ukraine giving up "its" nuclear weapons, consider this analogy. If Scotland got independence, it is inconceivable it would acquire the UK's nuclear weapons merely because the UK's submarine bases and nuclear stores are in Scotland. That would never happen, whatever the legal niceties. It would not be considered for an instant. If these weapons were about to be lost,, England would stop independence by any means, including military force.But it would never come to that, because, a nascent independent Scotland would never be foolish enough lay claim to them. Capital military assets would remain with the UK in any scenario. The same goes for Ukraine's independence.
Hearing Mr. Snider and others saying that Russia is to blame for the invasion I really, really, really would like to know what exactly Russia should have done facing the very probable Ukranian military operation in Donbas and maybe also in Crimea? The only time I heard an opinion on that was when Prof. Mearsheimer was confronted with this question and he kind of un enthusiastically said: "They should have tried to talk to Macron more". I won't comment on that. So, please, as a pacifist, I am asking what should Russia have done? Secondly, Ukraine is not going to blame the US soon. I know very many Ukranians abroad and even abroad maybe one person in 100 is doubting the Ukranian/ western mixed nazi/ demonizing the Russians propaganda. The western sponsors will find the proper scapegoat for the Ukranian defeat.
The Budapest memorendum is not a treaty : Ukraine refused to sign it. And even a (hypothetical) treaty of respect of the border is not a white card to kill the ethnic Russians of the Donbass for 8 years, from 2014 till 2022.
T. Snider seems to have the need to buy his right to say the US by was responsible for the war by constantly stating that Russia is to blame. A lot of good people do this, like stating nevertheless Putin is a criminal, and they are pacifists. But they do not say what Russia should have done as an alternative to the SMO, or what would have happened if Russia kept quiet. Even Chomsky had this very comfortable position.
Well spotted, many people miss this point. Snider actually went as far as saying Russia's invasion breached the Budapest agreement whilst also pointing out that it had already been breached before they invaded.
Great conversation, very enlightening, but as most news of war is, very sad. All those (mostly young) lives lost or maimed. There are people involved in this that are just wicked.
No they won't!!!! Ukrainians will NEVER hate their Western lotds - at least those who started all of this. Good example are Polish - admiring the Germans...
Another factor is that since the 1990s, the USA had been talking about defeating Russia, breaking it up and gaining access to the resources in Ukraine and Russia.
Russia and Ukraine used to have The Frienship and Cooperation Treaty. Under that Treaty the sides took obligations do not make anything that could harm the interests of the other side.
I keep hearing people talk about " Giving back the regions of Ukraine Russia has taken" Russia does not have the lawful right to give these regions back, because the people voted in internationally recognised elections by a huge majority to became part of Russia! All these regions were historically part of Russia anyway. Everything that has occurred is within international law. So why is every body talking about this as a negotion subject; when Russia will never ever consider such a thing; and nor should it under any circumstances.
Russia did not "invade Crimea." As Putin said later in an interview when asked about the "little green men" : "We sent no one. We were already there. We have always been there. We have a base there, in Sebastopol. Quite a large one. You may have noticed it." Total deaths in the Russian re-annexation of Crimea? Three. (3). 2 Ukrainian officers who picked a gunfight with pistols against Russian troops carrying machine guns, and one Sevastopol Defence Force (Russian) trooper
To say it wasn’t in America’s interest to have Ukraine die for it on the battle field is equivalent to saying America is not a monopoly capitalist nation. By this in effect denying the imperatives of monopoly capitalism is to ignore the “reason” for American foreign policy. And therefore plays into the hands of monopoly capitalism. So, sorry, this idea that America could have done otherwise than it has while maintaining its monopolist capitalist nation misleading and diversionary.
Are you kidding? Really? What Washington and the collective west are doing in Ukraine, they have done all over Africa and have been doing all over the Middle-East. You have not come to terms with what these western governments are. Something is fundamentally wrong with their thought-process. The British empire before the American empire was same. Interestingly, the US was established by migrants mainly from Europe. Do not forget that early American settlers wiped out Native Americans in same way Israelites are wiping out Palestinians now. So, in terms of their meanness, their querilousness, there is no difference between the Americans and the Europeans. They are one and the same.
Why not call a spade a spade? The "rules-based international order" is simply a euphemism for "the empire." Some would call it a euphemism for the Fourth Reich. So why not at least call it imperialism, which is what it essentially is? It is also a justification for imperialism, the contemporary version of "the white man's burden." As long as Banderism and neo-fascism are not made illegal and formally banned in Ukraine, there will never be any unified narrative about the war. Moreover, since the US has literally NO credibility with Russia (or with the surviving Amerindians, either, for that matter), it is difficult to imagine any agreement about the meaning of the war in Ukraine in the near future. The US deep state simply will not allow it. Until the US deep state, which is much, much more powerful than any president and which still believes in "manifest destiny," decides to give up "the empire," there will never be a secure, lasting peace in Ukraine -- or in Europe...or in the world.
Quote attributed to Albert Einstein: "In nature, two things are thought to be infinite: The universe and human stupidity... But the former, according to Einstein, is still to be proven by science." Western suicidal behavior and the drive for avoidable wars-wars they are regularly defeated in-more than proves Einstein is right on this one as well!
It is the moral stand of the US while knowingly Ukraine is not going to be allowed in the Nato, knowing that casualties to the Ukrainians and Russians may destroy demographics of the Ukrainian, but for "what" of the US interest to encourage the Ukrainian to fight till the last Ukrainian. When Ukrainian wakes up, when Russians wakes up to recognize the recklessness of the US led Nato who want to see the shrinkage of the Slavic populations!
zelenski already claimed to take back crimea in 2021 and then look up munich security conference 2022… what was said there by harris and zelensky… putin was not afraid, he was convinced and had to move.
_This_ is the constructive way to go about understanding - not eg the immature approaches of Timothy Snyder / Jeffrey Sachs. Grateful to share this planet with thoughtful souls like Ted, Pascal and Mearsheimer 🌍❤️ (And lovely touch sharing that there are even a lottaz different viewpoints in the family!)
As WW2 started it was necessary to do so, not many people have a problem with that. Russias actions in Ukraine was also necessary to stop the Anglo Saxon continuing aggression to the world decline of the colonial powers is a historical necessity. Greetings from Norway
For the West, it was never about Ukraine or its people, it was just about going against Russia. And Ukraine happened to be the best pawn.
Simple.
Brzezinski outlined US objective in Eurasia in "The Grand Chessboard" already in the 1990's.
But people don't read.
No, that was not the only goal. The west also wanted to lay their greedy claws on the riches of Ukrainas vast supply of natural resources. Those resources are what is going to pay back the trillions in western "loans".
You forget to mention the land grab, and take over of institutions by Blackrock etc. The Democrats have their figures in the spoils of war too. The Bidens made a killing. Literally.
IT IS THE SAME the world over! WE can even ID the USA proxies and YET it WILL happen AGAIN! 😢
You don't have to read to KNOW it!
I reckon, once SWIFT is removed, it will ALSO affect how the USA finds their PROXIES... Exchange 💱 I'm certain is one way!
Ukraine is not in NATO, but NATO is in Ukraine.
@@marcgatto9675 In other words, they're getting screwed.
Brilliant
Tbilisi has the EU NATO information Center 😅 its neither in EU or NATO.
@@koiguidenishikigoi4972 They also have a foreigner for president.
I said this from the beginning. The west organised a coup against ukraine. Put in a westen puppet and created a war whit Russia were there was peace. Ever sinds ww2 Russia wanted to become part of tge west. Part of nato and European Union. The west never wanted that. And know they are using ukraine as a tool to sabotage Russia and hope they crinle so that westetn oligarchs can steak tge wealth of ukraine abd Russia. There will come a time when Ukrainian will realise that Russia is not their enemy. Russia is happy of ukraine as a nutrial party and that they could have peace. They will resent the West for using them like that.
Total insanity but what else would you expect from warmongers.
You pay your taxes right? You own a piece of this.
I am horrified at how the “Western value society” is now astonished to discover things that were obvious from the start.
Unfortunately, most of them still haven't discovered it.
The US regime is fully to be blamed for this situation. No doubt.
Yeah I know. The strategy was to get Russia to attack, that's why they needed the crazies in Ukraine to carry it out. You are attacking ethnic Russians and expanding NATO and Russia is just supposed to do what?
'Tis sad isn't it? When the US uses UA's hand to b17ch slap Putin and all Putin can do it to slap UA back and not the US. When will or will Putin ever grow a pair?
"We're the United States of America for God's sake, the most powerful nation in the history - not in the world, in the history of the world. The history of the world."
President of America and the leader of the Free World Joe Biden (October 15, 2023)
Enemies of The United States, sooner rather than later you will be dealt with by our all-mighty, invincible American heroes:
Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, Captain America, Iron Man and Mighty Mouse .
Not to mention John J. Rambo, Rocky Balboa, Chuck Norris, Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt, his British apprentice - Bond... James Bond... and - last but not least - the first transatlantic Wonder Woman, admirable Admiral - Rachel L. Levine.
Yes, but also 100% fault of the US who organized this war and put these ultra-nationalists and naz*s in power in Kiev.
And the BRITS!
The Russians never invaded Crimea, they had been there for centuries.
Only for 150 years.
Crimeans had referendum to be part of Russian after 2014 us hegemony, they all voted democratically, overwhelming to part of Russia
@@mustafaunal1834Actually closer to 250 years.
@@coolmark4851They had a referendum in 1994. Crimean residents overwhelmingly voted for greater autonomy and dual Russian-Ukrainian citizenship. In 1995 the Ukrainian parliament abolished the Crimean constitution, along with the post of President of the Crimean Republic.
much longer than that. You must be thinking of Cathrine the great & Odessa.
I also share the view that most Ukrainians will blame the West and Zelensky for sacrificing Ukraine for Western interests.
And they have lots of arms. Stand by for terrorist attacks in the West
Only the US interest : the goal of the US with this war also to destroy Europe.
They always blame someone but themselves.
Only Western elites’ interests, not all Westerner’s interests
Not western Ukrainians. They are a lose cause.
It is all US. See it for what it is. It's a rotten shame.
Germany and Vatikan too...major players with Sorosh...
@@clintloranrand951😂😂😂😂😂
So this is what it's like in the hypnosis you've been put into by the US?
😂😂😂😂
And France and UK
The US and it's "vassals and protectorates" as Brzezinski called them in the Grand Chessboard
It was USA and it's puppets in the G6.
I’ve been saying that Ukraine would hate America when they realize what we did to them for months now
nothing a few decades of propaganda can't fix.
Zelensky was only ever in it for the $$$$
@ I doubt he’ll live to enjoy it
@@davemccrillis1470 Obviously, the actor is a narcissist. He was never going to cash in.
The blame lies entirely with the US and their foreign adventurism.
Well, the spineless european lap dogs share the blame.
@@ceeinthesky1068 when I listen to the British elites, they are the biggest warmongers, and since British intelligence and empire is much older, I think they have delegated the dirty work in the present to the much larger personnel base in the US., and doing more middle and long term planning.
Why does the temporary (s)elected P(resident) visit the crown after inauguration, when he is the boss (and after midterm elections again)??
Why is English the language in the US, when the biggest group of European immigrants/invaders were Germans , when Britain hasn’t played a special role back then and now?
By the way, Lewis Cass Payseur, (actually Lois 17.)the heir of the French throne was re-educated and given Land in South Carolina by the British crown from where he took control of the large corporations in the USA
Im 43, i couldn't imagine getting clubed of the head & dragged to the front. The horror, wife child at home & just plucked off the street? Its heartbreaking. Moh
27:45
"Figuring out the USA foreign policy" is actually quite easy. They wish to avoid unity formatting in Eurasia, West Asia, Africa, South America, East Asia, and everywhere else. That's it.
Rome: used divide-and-rule unto others, hidden behind a history of hubris and jingoism.
The British Empire: used divide-and-rule unto others, hidden behind a history of hubbris and jingoism.
The American Century: uses divide-and-rule onto others, and is currently hiding behind stories of hubris and jingoism...
It means to AVOID the unity of all others.
Unity prevails BRICS UNITY PREVAILS
Nope, not right. Nearly 3 years into a 3 day SMO. Everything still going to plan.
Perfect and important post. The Gods said, great job for being a conduit for them 😊
Well what was Russia supposed to do? Why is everyone ok with blaming the victim?
Instead of arming Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare, education, homelessness etc.
Add a comment. Ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ja sure.
If america and England had such a good missile defence as the Google algorithmic censorship computer program then I'd feel safe.
But really folks putin is not the enemy that you think.
He's one of THEM that rule us little minions here in England and america .
IF HE WASN'T then he'd destroy the center of finance in the heart of London. Which has its own personal Internet closed circuit of computers which was demonstrated by brexit when they tried to scare us by saying they were going to move it all to Paris .
The square mile of London is the most powerful entity on the planet.
Even putin would not dare touch it.
Consider yourself lucky if you even read this.
Have a a happy Christmas if you still believe in fairy tales
In a sane world.
Israel is the only country that deserves massive support. Taiwan would not be threatened if the US were not threatening China.
@@justgivemethetruthIsrael deserves nothing! It’s a settler colonial state engaged in ongoing ethnic cleansing, land theft and continuous violation of international law and has made it clear they will never accept a two state solution as demanded by the international community
@@justgivemethetruth 76 year long apartheid, 17 year long blockade of Gaza and now committing genocide. Pure evil
Nothing worse than being used and lied to
If you read any Ukrainian pages comments, they still don’t get it , they still don’t understand that they have been used!
Yeah, and imagine what a jilted lover can do Imagine Ukraine as the jilted lover... Imagine that they are only practicing in Russia... Frankenstein's monster unleashed...
Russia did not "invade" Crimea in 2014 in breach of the agreement of the 1990s. By staging the Maidan coup, on top of already exapnding NATO, the US had already nullified those agreements. It was the Crimeans themselves who quickly decided to secede from Ukraine after Maidan and join Russia.
Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity.
In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas.
If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy.
Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements.
Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time.
Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns.
20th September, 2021: Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO.
NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter).
We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc.
Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster?
Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest.
Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland.
Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed.
Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”.
Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it.
Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country.
Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list.
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list.
There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence).
The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present.
Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave.
Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P.
The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims).
The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter.
I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion.
I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written.
Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.
très bon résumé, merci.
Nice job
@@minorthreat5276 Thank you, it's my honor and my privilege to tell the truth. Greetings from Australia.
I SAID STOP SIDE WITH RUSISA
Zelenski is....Zelenski... 🐰
Very sad indeed. No one should have to die for the interests of others.
As per usual in war
The nuclear weapons were always Ussr’s not Ukraine’s
As tensions escalated in Georgia after the NATO Bucharest summit in 4/2008, Georgia attacked South Ossetia in August 2008. South Ossetia was also a pro-Russian separatist region like Donbass. So the Russians had already experienced an attack on a pro-Russian separatist region in Georgia and they knew they would expect it in Donbass as well.
Not to forget that NATO membership was already offered to Ukraine by G.W. Bush in 2008 at the Bucharest NATO summit, much to the dismay of Angela Merkel and Francois Mitterrand. And then there was the RAND Corp. paper of 2019 on how to overextend Russia that became the blueprint for Sullivan and Blinken.
And destruction of Nord Stream and higher energy prices in EU-rope
@@benikramer5115EU-rope! What a genius way to express that whole complex situation in one single word! 😊 Fantastic! ❤❤❤
What a brilliant interview 🙏👏👏
Everybody seems compelled, even if they acknowledge that the Russians were provoked to say something like "Yeah, but the Russians were guilty too." No. The Russians had NO options left, or at least not any that a sane and honest person would admit could work to avoid an even worse war within a very short time. The west's deliberate failure to enforce the Minsk agreements had already demonstrated the completely worthless nature of western guarantees, yet Putin made multiple attempts to avoid a war to defend Russia's security space. Every attempt was rejected, clearly in a deliberate attempt to leave Russia no option other than war. Because the Biden administration wanted the excuse to collapse the Russian economy through sanctions. In those circumstances, Russia was literally forced to defend the viability of its security by invading Ukraine. Russia was justified, NATO was not.
Yes. This compulsion to apportion blame is noticeable.
But 200,000 innocent Russia civilians have been murdered by the NAZIS with Artillery
This conflict has been about Russia’s resources. The US and EU need those resources cheap. They have stated this many times referring to the oil gas and minerals in Russia. The US used the Nazi’s in Ukraine to achieve their ambitions.
bullseye!
They already were getting them for cheap! They wanted them for free! They wanted to Balkanize and destroy Russia using Ukrainian hands and lives, and then just come in and take it for free! Makes me sick!
Don't forget the vast amounts of natural resources in Ukraine. They will come in handy to repay the "loans" which the west offered so generously.
This is exactly what is happening .
This has got to be the biggest crime of XXI century.
Or GAZA
Yeah, Ukraine isn't a democracy. Far from it. In democracies there is more than one TV Channel, main political parties and main Christian denominations aren't banned, no mass extrajudicial killings, disappearances and torture, men from 18 to 60 aren't banned from leaving the country, people aren't rounded up in the streets and dragged to their death. Democracies hold elections after all. Well, it's a quote from The Time article. Zelenskyy top advisers say about him: “He deludes himself, ” one of his closest aides tells me in frustration. “We’re out of options. We’re not winning. But try telling him that. It is immovable, verging on the messianic.” According to the Economist Zelenskyy is literally screaming at his generals at this point. One Austrian artist was in a similar state in 1945 . Zelenskyy "achievements" to date: 790,000 Ukrainians are dead, 3x that mangled and crippled for life, half of Ukraine's population is living as refugees scattered all over Europe and Russia right now, they're drafting women because they've run out of men to kidnap off the streets. NYT wrote about these mass kidnappings that were happening only in Zelenskyy Ukraine and Hitler's Germany in 1945 in an article ‘People Snatchers’. According to Zelenskyy latest statement only joining NATO or nukes can save his hide. These are lunatic ramblings of a desperate dictator before the imminent collapse of the regime.
The US put Reinhard Gehlen in charge of NATO cold war intel and Operation Barbarossa Nazis in NATO so apparently not much changed since WW2.
This is the only podcast that seems to give me first hand honest update on current events in the middle east and between Ukraine and Russia. America is the problem...when will everyone realize this sorry fact?
Oh I think most people who follow this site (and similar ones) do know this.
And if we actually had any influence over EU/US foreign policy we might be able to do something about it besides complaining.
war is provoked, but you still blame the one who is actually provoked 😵💫
So depressing, a million or two killed & wounded for no good reason.
Bang stir profits
Thoroughly enjoyed that interview. Thanks Gentlemen.
Le but des us et même de l'Allemagne depuis très longtemps est de diviser la Russie comme la Yougoslavie pour pouvoir l'exploiter. Le reste sont des détails.
Regardez le développement des églises penta, évangélistes,...depuis 1990 et leur financement. Curieux et prémonitoire. (déjà tenté au Niger en 1973 sans succès)
For this reason alone, Russia should never trust the West again.
C'est un but des USA, pas de l'Allemagne.
Un autre but des USA avec cette guerre en Ukraine est de détruire l'Europe, Allemagne en premier.
I think that was Hilary Clinton one, who claims 10 maybe even 20 hears ago, that it is "Just unfair, thatis Russia so big and that Russia have so many assets". She "propose" back than, that those assets should be more fairly dividend among more stated. I believe, she thought in first line that USA should have a biggest "slice of cake".
It was clear 3 years ago, ukraine would lose
Excellent interview.
I have only listened to half of it yet, but I really hope you don‘t forget to mention the plans to regime change Russia through sanctions and war which is definitely strategic aggression. And considering this, there is no question as to who is responsible for this disaster and what Ukraine‘s sorry role actually is: yet another country being abused and sacrificed for US hegemonic interests.
You two understand Russia‘s reasons for 2014 and 2022 - and I concede that these actions weren‘t legal according to international law - however, you can see how a self-defence narrative holds true to a large extent as well.
What is international law when it exists only for American interests ? When America bomb Serbia , was that within international law ?
Thank you Pascal for this interview! And for all of your great conversations!
U.S. has 90-99% of the blame. Russia has a right to self defense. Ted, don’t be shy. 19:42
Reality-check, here... Completely irrelevant, to the issue of the non-expansion of NATO, that a formal, written document, to that effect, was not produced: (i) verbal contracts have the same force, as written ones (and all the minutes of the meetings respective of the issue, testify to that contract); (ii) not having any honour, self-respect, or integrity, the U.S. would not have respected formally written contracts, either, Minsk 1 & 2 being case & point... In summary, the Collective West is utterly repugnant, not deserving anything more, than pure disdain and contempt...
Pacifism is such a cop-out in this situation.
Imagine somebody taking a gun, loading it, taking it off safety, aiming it at a child's head and then pulling the trigger.
At what point do you have the moral right to shot this guy?
And if somebody shoots a guy that was aiming at a child's head, would you say "Oh, I'm against violence. So it was wrong to shoot this guy. Yeah, sure, part of the blame lies on the guy, who was aiming at a child's head, but still you should not have done this."
He admitted that Russia had legitimate concerns, Ukraine was massing troops, etc.
When was it right to do it? After a 100 000 dead civilians? After a 1 000 000 dead civilians? Never?
waiting for pascal to host scott horton
The Poles were told by the UK and France to be supported against Germany, and despite having received little help, but great suffering are still licking Britains boots.
Those people infected by a certain extreme ideology will never turn against the west and reunite with Russia
Totally correct Ted
Zelensky is not a true Ukranian .. he is not Slavic or orthodox
He is using the Slavs to weaken Slavic Russia
Like a janaserry that the ottomans used ..
Good point Pascal, that tha combination of sending NATO weapons to Ukraine, but keeping out of formal written obligations, has made Ukraine into a "ground zero" test area for a conventional conflict with Russia.
The issue is that "historical narratives," once established in millions of brains, are difficult to counter. Overwhelmingly people will always fall back onto "the narrative" they feel comfortable with, not the one which sounds like it turns their "side" (own governments and states) into the role of the opportunistic exploiter.
Reality? The reality of strategy is that the US/NATO would happily fund the Ukraine to "fight to the last Ukrainian soldier" and that it has a historical example as France after May/June 1940. France surrendered, even though London (her ally) would have been very pleased if France had "fought to the last French soldier" even as GB withdrew their soldiers and refused arial support to France.
The historical reality as SYSTEMS using STRATEGY rhymes, because in both cases most people believe that London fought to save the planet, same as the USA/NATO today.
Wrong. London fought WW2 (after 3rd Sep 1939) to protect her Empire, and the USA/collective West support the Ukraine to keep the status quo intact, as "US primacy in the world" (Wolfowitz Doctrine), not because of saving any poor people anywhere.
I wonder whether the US and NATO will do the same to Finland that they did to Ukraine. 😢😢😢
Finns are too "pragmatic". Just recall how they flipped the side in WW2 and started enthusiastically fighting Germans?
Finland joining NATO was undemocratic.
But that won't matter.
Reclaim your country.
@@vazeuax If they were pragmatic, they would reject NATO. Russia never threaten Finland before it joined NATO and they would suffer the most because the are at the forefront of any war between NATO and Russia. If they had remained neutral, any war between NATO and Russia would leave them safe due to their neutrality.
@@adamiskandar5107 this time they were thinking Russia will fall and eager to jump the train asap in order to get themselves some leftovers after West's victory. So yeah, still "pragmatic".
There are signs this is already planned and on the way.
History started for this guy in February of 2022.
Defense was the central strategy of the Soviet Union (Russia) in its victory over Germany. As a result, even if Berlin fell in the siege and Nazi Germany was finally lost, the Soviet Union could not control Eastern Europe and collapsed under the weight of Eastern European domination. Russia's strength lies in its vast territorial space, and if it were to embrace the rebellious Ukrainian people there, the cost would be an excessive burden and would result in Russia suffering. Maintaining an expanded "empire" is neither possible nor desirable for Russia today. In addition, because of the widespread anti-Russian or anti-Putin sentiment in Europe (perhaps fostered by what Professor Nye calls "soft power" academically, and the truth is "propaganda"), Russia's territorial expansion through the annexation of Ukraine will further strengthen the divide between Western Europe and Russia. For Putin, both the United States and Britain are objects of "dislike and wariness," but building good relations with Western Europe, especially Germany and France, is essential for Russia's development in all aspects of politics, economy, culture, and history. The emphasis on Western Europe is also important for Russia, which borders China with a long border (7,000 km) and a huge population of 1.4 billion, as part of its policy toward China.
Since the ultimate aim of the United States is to weaken or divide Russia from the division between Russia and Western Europe, it is also possible to weaken not only Russia but also Western Europe, centered on Germany and France, and strengthen dependence on the United States, thereby perpetuating the hegemony of the United States unilaterally*. I think the nationalist Putin fully understands this.
if they lower the draft age to 18, the government falls
Sanctions was supposed to defeat Russia, not one military historian ever thought UA had a chance
But war was needed to sanction Russia
The sanction were being used to grab the European energy market to begin with. Next will be European industry etc etc.
About Ukraine giving up "its" nuclear weapons, consider this analogy. If Scotland got independence, it is inconceivable it would acquire the UK's nuclear weapons merely because the UK's submarine bases and nuclear stores are in Scotland. That would never happen, whatever the legal niceties. It would not be considered for an instant. If these weapons were about to be lost,, England would stop independence by any means, including military force.But it would never come to that, because, a nascent independent Scotland would never be foolish enough lay claim to them. Capital military assets would remain with the UK in any scenario. The same goes for Ukraine's independence.
Hearing Mr. Snider and others saying that Russia is to blame for the invasion I really, really, really would like to know what exactly Russia should have done facing the very probable Ukranian military operation in Donbas and maybe also in Crimea? The only time I heard an opinion on that was when Prof. Mearsheimer was confronted with this question and he kind of un enthusiastically said: "They should have tried to talk to Macron more". I won't comment on that. So, please, as a pacifist, I am asking what should Russia have done?
Secondly, Ukraine is not going to blame the US soon. I know very many Ukranians abroad and even abroad maybe one person in 100 is doubting the Ukranian/ western mixed nazi/ demonizing the Russians propaganda. The western sponsors will find the proper scapegoat for the Ukranian defeat.
The 500,000 dead Slavs do not care who started the war.
The Budapest memorendum is not a treaty : Ukraine refused to sign it.
And even a (hypothetical) treaty of respect of the border is not a white card to kill the ethnic Russians of the Donbass for 8 years, from 2014 till 2022.
T. Snider seems to have the need to buy his right to say the US by was responsible for the war by constantly stating that Russia is to blame. A lot of good people do this, like stating nevertheless Putin is a criminal, and they are pacifists. But they do not say what Russia should have done as an alternative to the SMO, or what would have happened if Russia kept quiet. Even Chomsky had this very comfortable position.
Well spotted, many people miss this point. Snider actually went as far as saying Russia's invasion breached the Budapest agreement whilst also pointing out that it had already been breached before they invaded.
It’s always the academics.
A very good discussion for observers who wanted to hear the geopolitical conflict ducks lined up in a row.
Great conversation, very enlightening, but as most news of war is, very sad. All those (mostly young) lives lost or maimed. There are people involved in this that are just wicked.
Thanks for this comprehensive historical review and analysis.
No 2 war , No 2 nato . Peace and prosperity for all citizens of the planet .
It is so obvious.
Despite all this negativity, Merry Christmas All.
Sorry , not including Ukrainians !
Evil in DC..
No they won't!!!! Ukrainians will NEVER hate their Western lotds - at least those who started all of this. Good example are Polish - admiring the Germans...
The western part yes. The Middle part, Malorussia will split
A great guest. I totally and sadly agree. Chapeau, Pascal, for this conversation.
Great analysis as usual
Great talk thank you very much, the world will wake up to this madness.
NO! One Can't HATE someone else when One Can't EVEN THINK for ONESELF !!🤣🤣🤣
But When One WAKEUP, One can Hate ONESELF!!😥😥😥
🇫🇮♥this detailed & informative discussion/analysis.
Another factor is that since the 1990s, the USA had been talking about defeating Russia, breaking it up and gaining access to the resources in Ukraine and Russia.
Russia and Ukraine used to have The Frienship and Cooperation Treaty. Under that Treaty the sides took obligations do not make anything that could harm the interests of the other side.
I keep hearing people talk about " Giving back the regions of Ukraine Russia has taken" Russia does not have the lawful right to give these regions back, because the people voted in internationally recognised elections by a huge majority to became part of Russia! All these regions were historically part of Russia anyway. Everything that has occurred is within international law. So why is every body talking about this as a negotion subject; when Russia will never ever consider such a thing; and nor should it under any circumstances.
That makes sense--after all, it was NATO that overthrew Ukraine's government in 2018, then refused to negotiate diplomatically with Russia.
Russia did not "invade Crimea." As Putin said later in an interview when asked about the "little green men" : "We sent no one. We were already there. We have always been there. We have a base there, in Sebastopol. Quite a large one. You may have noticed it."
Total deaths in the Russian re-annexation of Crimea?
Three. (3).
2 Ukrainian officers who picked a gunfight with pistols against Russian troops carrying machine guns, and one Sevastopol Defence Force (Russian) trooper
To say it wasn’t in America’s interest to have Ukraine die for it on the battle field is equivalent to saying America is not a monopoly capitalist nation. By this in effect denying the imperatives of monopoly capitalism is to ignore the “reason” for American foreign policy. And therefore plays into the hands of monopoly capitalism. So, sorry, this idea that America could have done otherwise than it has while maintaining its monopolist capitalist nation misleading and diversionary.
Israel runs the US
America is far more complex than that. Predatory capitalism is indeed a severe cancer in the system.
Pascal, Ukraine violated the Budapest Memorandum first, repeatedly. Also, Memoranda are not Treaties.
The US and Europe has to appease Ukraine -bottomlessly- _as long as they can_ to mitigate any consequences of their abject callousness.
What appeasement? They should pay reparations for the destruction of Ukraine! How many Ukrainians died?
Are you kidding?
Really?
What Washington and the collective west are doing in Ukraine, they have done all over Africa and have been doing all over the Middle-East.
You have not come to terms with what these western governments are. Something is fundamentally wrong with their thought-process.
The British empire before the American empire was same.
Interestingly, the US was established by migrants mainly from Europe. Do not forget that early American settlers wiped out Native Americans in same way Israelites are wiping out Palestinians now. So, in terms of their meanness, their querilousness, there is no difference between the Americans and the Europeans. They are one and the same.
Thank you...wonderful talk
Ukraine seems to think it’s worth it.
Zenlenkey could end up like Saddam and Gadafi
They traded their lives for money. It’s okay
Are there any real winners of the Ukraine war? The young men that lost theirs lives?🌻
Why not call a spade a spade? The "rules-based international order" is simply a euphemism for "the empire." Some would call it a euphemism for the Fourth Reich. So why not at least call it imperialism, which is what it essentially is? It is also a justification for imperialism, the contemporary version of "the white man's burden." As long as Banderism and neo-fascism are not made illegal and formally banned in Ukraine, there will never be any unified narrative about the war. Moreover, since the US has literally NO credibility with Russia (or with the surviving Amerindians, either, for that matter), it is difficult to imagine any agreement about the meaning of the war in Ukraine in the near future. The US deep state simply will not allow it. Until the US deep state, which is much, much more powerful than any president and which still believes in "manifest destiny," decides to give up "the empire," there will never be a secure, lasting peace in Ukraine -- or in Europe...or in the world.
Ted SNIDER -- definitely not to mistaken for Timothy SNYDER!!!
Very true, I would include Moldovans and Romanians and others
Quote attributed to Albert Einstein:
"In nature, two things are thought to be infinite:
The universe and human stupidity...
But the former, according to Einstein, is still to be proven by science."
Western suicidal behavior and the drive for avoidable wars-wars they are regularly defeated in-more than proves Einstein is right on this one as well!
Now they think the Universe is finite, so stupidity takes the trophy alone.
@mariajose-ud4rh Did you intentionally misunderstand the quote?
@@dinnerwithfranklin2451 Just half a brain required to understand its meaning.
It is the moral stand of the US while knowingly Ukraine is not going to be allowed in the Nato, knowing that casualties to the Ukrainians and Russians may destroy demographics of the Ukrainian, but for "what" of the US interest to encourage the Ukrainian to fight till the last Ukrainian. When Ukrainian wakes up, when Russians wakes up to recognize the recklessness of the US led Nato who want to see the shrinkage of the Slavic populations!
The US want to balkanize Russia, install a puppet and loot their resources they're not really hiding it.
zelenski already claimed to take back crimea in 2021 and then look up munich security conference 2022… what was said there by harris and zelensky… putin was not afraid, he was convinced and had to move.
Thanks!
WOW, aren,t you the generous one. Pascal can retire now.
I love the Concept of narrative convergence. Will use it in fiction writing! Thanks!
Two thumbs up!
Excellent discussion!
_This_ is the constructive way to go about understanding - not eg the immature approaches of Timothy Snyder / Jeffrey Sachs. Grateful to share this planet with thoughtful souls like Ted, Pascal and Mearsheimer 🌍❤️
(And lovely touch sharing that there are even a lottaz different viewpoints in the family!)
Ted, it's clear who flips dominos and claim other side did
8:51 very important nuance: de jure de facto difference
As WW2 started it was necessary to do so, not many people have a problem with that.
Russias actions in Ukraine was also necessary to stop the Anglo Saxon continuing aggression to the world decline of the colonial powers is a historical necessity. Greetings from Norway
I think that the 'treaty of Versailles 1919' contributed to world war 2.
Great video
What's left of it will I suppose.
Usa would never allow Russia on thete boarder
When you get an actor/tv personality running a country your vision is Ukraine.
Same with South African Boers that has no respect for the British due to Boer wars
Zelenskyyy will run, he wont explain anything