French Guy Reacts to Task & Purpose
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2024
- A French Guy Reacts to Task & Purpose
Let's review Task & Purpose take on a possible French preparation for war.
Original video:
• Why France is Preparin...
#ukrainewar #macron #military #putin
What do you think is the right strategy for France?
Winter clothing?
@@PortmanRd hahaha nice
leave NATO again as de Gaulle did.
Funny story regarding de Gualle and the Houses of Parliament UK.
@@stirlingmoss4621 he left the commandment of NATO, not NATO itself you doofus
As an American, i appreciate hearing Your (French) opinion! Thanks!
Thank you 😃
This was very interesting, I very much liked what you liked what you said about cyber security, it's scary. I am currently dealing with a two month nightmare that would take a live person with some whiteout five minutes to repair! This was eye opening to me, I'm praying for a safe world and hopefully we can at least go back to common sense. Thank you as always for the video and thoughtful commentary
Wow, I hope your problem isn't too serious and that it'll be sorted out soon...Thank you very much. Yes it's above all a true tragedy and I hope this will not escalade any further. Have a nice day!
Macron is correct to infer that telling your enemy you will not interviene is a moronic way to carry on (I'm looking at you Germany). Strategic ambiguity costs nothing and can have a deterrent effect. Whether Macron is doing this for the right reasons is less obvious... there's nothing like talking up a war to distract from your political unpopularity.
Strategic ambiguity costs you nothing until the bluff is called.
Yes, Macron can use it as a red scarf to draw attention elsewhere. On the other hand, this is his last term in office, and he won't have any electoral deadlines, so there's nothing to lose there. If he can create uncertainty in the camp opposite, why would he deprive himself from this opportunity?
Russa is not France's enemy, you can tell because Paris is not a nuclear waste land
If this was even primarily an American perspective, there would be scathing hate for de Gaulle and his actions towards driving nearly all anti colonialist movements towards the Soviet Union. Although he is generally respected, he has a mixed reputation in the US for colonialist reasons.
I was lazy listening to this on my way to work the other day and thought to myself that this would be cool if you reviewed. And now you deliver. Thats why you are the best RUclipsr 🤠
6:00 - de Gaulle might have been the first French leader I read a biography on. I think I was still a teenager or maybe some years older still. For a second there he was my favorite frenchy. He was so much more than just the WWII guy. Standing up to the coup, building a new constitutional France and so on.
Vive le Québec libre!
No, scratch that. Might be politically incorrect :D
24:30 - Ahh, you beat to the Quebec thing! 😂
What did your uncle think about his conscription after he had done it? My year as a conscript is one of the happiest in my life 🙂
28:40 Freedoooooooooom (fries)
On this subject: Would be cool if you wanted to react to "Why did Sweden Support the Vietcong? (Short Animated Documentary)" by Extra History
31:17 is basically live images of a boxer recieving an upper cut to the face 😂
good to see another upload of this topic from task and purpose,theyre quite a bit more reliable haha,greetings from holland lad.
WHAT ? HL not reliable or not unpartial???
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Je viens de découvrir ta chaîne ce soir et je suis absolument ravi de trouver un youtuber français de cette qualité, sur des sujet historiques plus contemporains et une vraie compréhension stratégique.
Keep up the good work 🙂👍🇨🇵
Merci beaucoup, ça me touche énormément 😃
I've been thinking,nobody ever talks about EMP,wouldent this system be used to take out all the computer guided rockets etc,I'm wondering can they take out nuclear rockets,nuclear submarines,nuclear aircraft carriers,at least make them impotence.
Without getting into much OPSEC most NATO Facilities are EMP proof. Even Iraq had facilities that were EMP proof in Baghdad. It would affect vehicles and planes but the machine that makes the Green Weenie turn is safe.
I see thanks for that,I did wonder,I remember when I first heard of emp,they would say you'll end up back in the Stone Age.
Yup, I caught that one too and it raised me off of the couch to comment. WW1 he was sadly mistaken about France surrendering. The opposite was true. What should be the right strategy for France now? I'm struggling to figure out what my own nation's (US) strategy should be. It can be quite convoluting and lots of gray area. Both of our nations are struggling to preserve their own identities. Anyways I think you have cool commentary and I look forward to checking out more of your history uploads. "Lafayette we are here". Cheers and vive la France
Thank you very much! Well I am not an expert and I've followed the war less in recent months, as we've suffered a major political crisis.
But as the Kremlin and its bots are also part of the chaos that was created in my country, I'd say that we have to do anything to contain the expantionism of Putin. The more he gets influence, the more our democraties are in jeopardy. All my friendship from France!
@@ToonStory-fh4gn Thanks for your reply. I'd say that you have a solid purchase on history and current affairs and part of me is with you, on the other hand, American and western policy I believe are partly at fault for passive aggression and posturing closer to Russia's border over the decades than were agreed upon, causing the Kremlin to get quite concerned too. I don't condone Putin's invasion but it's complicated and could have been avoided if the US chose a different path. Unfortunately we are where we are at today and it's scary especially for you European nations. At the end of the day the US and France are watching each other's backs as has been the case an should be. Fraternal partners since our founding.
I have no doubt you would be reluctant to so, but I’d be interested to hear your take on the poor state of the British war machine after the huge reductions in investment over the last decade or two.
It's interesting, the only problem is my total lack of knowledge about the state of the British army post-WW2 so I don't know if my opinion will be very relevant... Thanks in any case, I'll think about it!
Cheers from across the pond brotha! 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🍻
Thanks mate, greetings from Lyon and 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
The name of that book if you interested my friend is,The French foreign legion,Douglas Boyd ISBN.
Thank you!
No worries my friend
Thanks for the video. Please take a bit care next time, that your voice is equal in volume, you were too quiet compared to the American. I had to constantly adjust the volume.
Thanks for drawing my attention to that, I'll try to improve it!
Defence as part of a greater Europe ( Germany , Belgium , Spain , Italy , Netherlands etc. )
Agree
That Canadian History legend has many Russian trolls. Task and Purpose actually served. Thanks for the French perspective🙏
Yes indeed, after reacting to HL I thought my neurons were melting as I read the comments. Thank you 😃
Bagaimana cara memulai perang dunia 3,Hm? aku tau kita kirim pasukan kita ke ukrainan (bodoh malah tambah parah)
That's what Putin did indeed
Yah mana saya tahu emang saya peramal ha? Apa time travel wkwkwk #ZR
@@PanzerS-y2k haha
I want to follow your reaction and perhaps reply to some of your statements, but lately RUclips has been just awful in randomly deleting comments.
Sorry about that, there is nothing I can do here... It's a shame because I would have liked to hear your reaction, you're always very interesting to read.
In the 60ies , France had quite a lot of colonial conflict ,
the Algerian war proved to be a political and economic black hole
And a national trauma for both countries
France is the only wealthy American ally that takes geopolitics seriously, in my opinion. De Gaulle’s vision of armed independence ironically makes you our most valuable ally in a “real” war.
I hope you keep your armed forces strong and able to project force around the world
Sir, yes sir! 😀
It's a sad state of affairs,while I agree with most of what was said,in the video,there's lots of other things that haven't been said,the use of chemical weapons,poisons put in water supplies,destruction of food chains,they touched on the shell supplies a bit.
It's really sad,but all you can do is strengthen your country an fighting force.
The really sad part is,our country's don't care about the people,they never have,an the people are the ones who will suffer,during a war,while the elites will be sheltered in bunkers.
I feel really sad about the people,the weapons we have nowadays,well it just doesn't beer thinking about,so many young will die,for what nothing.
I agree with you. What a waste of resources, potential, and especially young people...
What chemical weapons...I've seen 1 very dodgy report on the Telegraph which was clearly BS 🤷
This seems noticeably better than "History Legend". There is enough 'meat' that I'll need to watch again. I am a fan of local manufacturing of military equipment. It provides jobs, and reduces the money a country 'bleeds' if it goes to war. I hadn't realised France had run down it's submarine force so far. Four seems too fragile. I'm fine with multi-country collaborations developing military hardware. Development costs seem to grow for every project. So spreading those 'Non-recurring engineering' (NRE) development costs over as many end-products as practical makes sense.
However, I diverge from the way it works in practice. I think each country should be allowed to manufacture the entire product for their own use (if they want to). So, for example, it might have made sense for the UK, France, Germany and Poland to collaborate on developing new tanks for their own use, and jointly for export.
France having much less dependence on other countries (than most countries) for energy is a strategic master stroke. I can't think of any benefit to energy dependence. I assume France has a large stockpile of nuclear fuel.
While it might not have helped in practice, I felt the UK should have aimed to make North Sea gas last at least twice, and preferably much longer, than it did. My view was based on long-term energy security. Cynically, it seems to make sense to use a potential enemy's natural resources while they are amenable, and conserve ones own.
Invading Iraq does not seem to have reduced the worlds problems. AFAICT, the *_ONLY_* beneficiaries are films/movies/tv, who have an easy, plausible sounding 'enemy', the military/industrial complex who have significant, predictable income, and government politicians who distract voters from their political failures, or beat opponents on their Iraq-war-actions.
Best Wishes to You and Monsieur Hubert. ☮
I'll encourage you and Monsieur Hubert to watch: _That Mitchell & Webb Look - Nazi Sketch (English subtitles)_ ruclips.net/video/SMMwoxGWjJI/видео.html It asks an interesting question about the 'common soldier', and the sketches 'punchline' poses another question about how the Nazis reacted in practice. Not a pleasant thought.
Thank you for your comment, as always it is a pleasure to read you!
It was way better than HL of course, and I really appreciated this video. What I especially liked is that most of it was common sense: saying that a less militarized world is actually a good thing might sound naive, but it's one of the most reasonable things to say.
Having a military-industrial complex and ensuring autonomy in defense are vital for any country and alliances should be used to complement these efforts, to create synergies, but not to replace domestic capabilities.
The Iraq war is a catastrophe on every level in my opinion, it has profoundly destabilized the region. But on the other hand, having lived through the attacks of 2015, I tend to be more lenient towards the desire for revenge that the United States had to go through (this leniency does not extend to the leaders).
Thank you for your recommendation, Hubert and I will watch it with great pleasure 😃
@@ToonStory-fh4gn I was living and working in the USA when the World Trade Centre was attacked. I was a little bit late to work that day, so I took a taxi. I could hear the radio giving weird and confusing reports of a plane hitting one of the towers. When I arrived at work our office building seemed deserted. As I went to my office, I found an office packed with colleagues. They were watching a small portable black and white TV. The second tower had been hit, so it was no longer an accident. We watched. It was horrific. Eventually, late morning, our public address system said we should all go home.
I actually had a work-friend who's office was in one of the towers. I was frantic for a day trying to contact him. Fortunately he was working from home that day.
So I have always felt a lot of sympathy with trying to get revenge.
However, I feel the war in Iraq was a diversion which, with the benefit of 20:20 hindsight, made matters worse.
Take Care, Cousin. ☮
@@ernstwiltmann6 Thank you for replying. What do you mean by "safe Energy supply infrastructure"? Do you mean the UK's electrical grid and gas distribution network? What features are the UK's "Energy supply infrastructure" lacking?
What do you mean by "Our German Companies are sitting on their luggage"? That is an expression I don't know, and the "their" seems ambiguous.
Best Wishes. ☮
@@ernstwiltmann6 Thank you for following up. I don't know the term "flutter current". I vaguely feel I have heard it decades ago in connection with a colleague's pace maker research. So I'm guessing that has nothing to do with your definition.
I am slight;y aware of LNG terminal emissions. The UK does import LNG, but AFAIK reduced imports from Russia in favour of the Middle East when Russia invaded the Ukraine.
The UK government is supporting house owners to fit heat pumps. AFAIK Air Source. Which isn't ideal.
The cost of energy has had significant impact on businesses. I am amazed that companies like Bosch, Siemens and BASF are moving out.
Unsurprisingly, our Tory government would prefer to leave "the market" to sort things out. Having "privatised" the Energy sector, they 'lost' control of some of the "control levers" and like most politicians they don't want to have responsibility and attract blame.
However, it was forced to cap domestic energy price rises.
Thanks again
Best Wishes. ☮
An impressive arsenal indeed. BTW your maritime borders are the second largest as long as they are respected. However the GPS on the Russian subs can be faulty sometimes and they accidentally end up in Scotland or Ireland, one of these days they might accidentally surface near Toulon, so you may wish to keep all those subs, just in case.
BTW I see you like toons. Have you ever watch the old Clouseau toons? Of course he was based on a famous Belgian but the Inspector was most definitely a Parisian municipale officer. YT = watch?v=ag_JIiTgcNA
Yes, I've seen them, of course! But Toon is the nickname my mates gave me at school and since then it's followed me everywhere. It's derived from my first name (Antoine).
And yes, a large maritime area to monitor requires very substantial means, which I'm not sure we always have...
I don't understand this idea of sending ground troops. Unlearned lessons will always be more painful to relearn the hard way. We(NATO) won a war against Serbia in 1999, without losing a single casualty with a technology gap that has grown tenfold WITHOUT using ground troops. Why isn't that the blueprint? We brought their fascist criminal president to the Hague, and that country is now much better off for it. But you'd never know it it seems. It's as if NATO completely forgot about that war. I can think of but one person who would like the west to forget about that war that was over in little over a month.
React on why India is great you and it will give you high number of views
Thanks for the suggestion!
Yeah I wouldn’t listen to history legends he’s slowly being exposed to being just a bandwagon and being called out about his ( history knowledge) he does give pretty good movie reviews though
He recently interviewed young influencer "Grishaputin" as a cheerleader.
History Legends in my opinion isn’t all-out pro-Russian (he made a video about the Battle of Vuhledar in which he thoroughly criticised the Russian command’s actions and tactics).
But he often comes off to me as arrogant and condescending to people who disagree with him.
While other RUclipsrs would say that they could be wrong and are willing to admit when they are wrong, HL does not do that.
I will give him credit that he has made good videos in the past.
I found this very insightful. Self determination supported with a strong independent military is an enviable position for any nation. France is a serious military force within the European continent and whereas I'm not convinced by President Macron's 'boots on the ground,' proposal I do applaud the increasing French/ European view that Ukraine needs all that we can give to win this war. My biggest concern however is the lack of political self determination within the EU. Yes as a Brexiteer I would say that wouldn't I. I' m ex military myself and would fight side by side with the French in this case but I fear the bigger Euro political landscape post war. The political leverage and cajoling from the EU post war would be unbearable for me. We can certainly support each other fully case by case in future to defend our values but it doesn't have to become compulsory. Self determination, the right to choose, that's what the free nation requires. Thank you monsieur for putting this fascinating and appropriate vid out. 👍
I totally agree with what you're saying, and I think it's very healthy that there's virulent opposition to what Macron has announced (even though basically he hasn't announced anything concrete). This means that we are having debates, and that nothing will be done without a real agreement that respects our different wishes. Thank you, I wish you the best dear neighbour from across the Channel :)
Thank you Sir for narrowing the divide. It's appropriate that we march on together in step. We both, France and UK have our ministry of funny walks, let's see which each of us chooses. Allez le Frogs! 🙏
bit confused about crowbaring the EU and Brexit into this. The use of national military is not ruled by the EU, which is a economy and trading thing. Apart from a EU task force whcih they talk about for ages.
If anything having a discussion about it is betetr than one country/gouvernment just running away with it. That's how you ended up with Camerons Iraq war. Very self determined and independent....
En tant que Russe, je peux dire que nous nous souvenons très bien des leçons de 1812 ainsi que des formations de volontaires de la France de Vichy parmi les troupes SS du Troisième Reich.
En Russie, il existe déjà une haine extrême de l'Occident. Par votre comportement, vous ne faites que jeter de l'huile sur le feu de la haine mutuelle.
Les Ukrainiens sont épargnés, ils sont en colère, mais ils essaient de les garder en vie. Personne d'Europe et d'autres pays non russophones ne sera laissé en vie.
Notre grande différence culturelle est que les hommes russes sont prêts à mourir pour leur pays, quels que soient les sacrifices consentis. Ce qui n'est pas le cas en Europe et aux États-Unis.
Les Européens ont oublié ce que c'est que de sortir leurs enfants en morceaux de sous les blomkas. D'enterrer des morceaux de corps, parce qu'il n'y a rien d'autre à enterrer.
En quoi vous ai-je provoqué ?
Didn't end well last time.
I am not sure, which "last time" are you referring to?
Last time was Crimean war and it went pretty smoothly
@@ToonStory-fh4gn Not so well for the Brits.
@@ernstwiltmann6 Vichy was a criminal collaborationist government, a puppet of Nazi Germany, and was judged by the French Republic at the Liberation. The SS Charlemagne division was a German division made up of French volunteers. I could say exactly the same thing about the Vlassov army. My country was a victim of Nazism, so please respect that.
@@ernstwiltmann6 It preserved the geopolitical balance in the region and enabled France to regain the great power status it had lost after the Congress of Vienna.
"France prepares for war"...i.e. starts production of white flags immediately :P
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oldest joke in the worldZZzzZz whats next arrow to the knee?
@@ToonStory-fh4gn ❤️
@@Narjoso it's the oldest joke in the world, because they've been doing it for so long 😂😂😂
@@LoveBagpipes if you really believe that then you clearly know nothing about history
No I wish no one stood up with America after 9/11. Even watching it happen on TV I knew instantly that America was going to want blood, there was not going to be any discussions about the legality. It was insane the bloodlust that existed in the months after 9/11...
Trust me mate...bad idea
War is always a bad idea imho
I respect your opinion, however with all due respect, the part I personally have a problem with is you saying that you “don’t know how you feel about sending troops to Ukraine”. People who are against it are very vocal about it, which means that you guys “who don’t know how you feel about it” are closeted war supporters/interventionists. Having that said, I hope that if God forbid, French troops are sent to Ukraine, which then results in a larger scale war, you sir are going to be one of the volunteers, rather then continuing your fight behind your keyboard and camera.
Thank you for your comment.
Just because you're not vocal doesn't mean you don't have an opinion.
Just because you're the loudest speaker in the room doesn't mean you're the only to have one opinion.
I'm wary of people who speak loudly and of definitive opinions.
When I say I don't know, it's because I don't know and I'm wondering. I'd be grateful if you wouldn't invent an opinion for me and if you'd respect what I'm saying: I'm like the silent majority, overwhelmed by what's going on.
@@ToonStory-fh4gn I’m sorry if my posture offended you, that wasn’t my intention at all, neither did I mean to speak for you. Personally I believe that not having an opinion or as you mentioned in the video “not being sure how you feel” about such an important matter like potentially going to war against the major power is rather impossible, you’re either against it or you’re in for it. Being “not sure” is a very convenient position, giving you the freedom to appeal to the both sides and also avoid the responsibility if the things go bad. I personally believe that all of us who are taking part in this debate/discussion should take a clear position and then back it with some arguments. That is a responsible thing to do, when the matters of such importance are at stake, which reflects the personal integrity of an individual.
@@soniasussmann6480 No problem, you didn't offend me and I found your comment respectful. Thank you for developing your point of view, I understand your comment better. Maybe we don't have the same way of understanding situations like this, simply because our personalities are different? I can see the value of what you're saying. My way of expressing my integrity is to step aside and ask questions, it's just who I am. And that's why I talk about this situation on my channel, even if I get hateful comments (not yours, of course) and am sometimes insulted, at least we talk. Greetings from Lyon, France :)
i read your comments (both) and disagree in some point/view:
people who are "against it are very vocal" understand what they lose or what happen next. people who are "for it" have illusions from old pre2022 world order (or even 2003).
simple people usually do not think about consequences from government decisions until it strike them hard. One thing to consider "it's just rhetoric bias", another thing is to consider it "really happens. shit!!!". such transformation demand time.
I'm sorry but I really don't care if it comes from French, British, American or any other nations politicians; when you start throwing words like 'cowards' around this can only end very badly for all concerned. The reasons behind this conflict are complex and manifold and go back decades. Someone needs to look for ways to deescalate, not escalate this conflict.
Just to be sure, are you talking about Macron for uttering the word "cowards"?
@@ToonStory-fh4gn I believe that is what the man said. have you seen the documentary - Ukraine, the Road to war? I think it presents a balanced view on how we got here - it reminds me of the Cuban missile crisis in reverse.
Macron is just a Weirdo, he's quite hated in France.
@@cliffordwaterton3543 thank you, Macron has a martial rethoric and sometimes acts tries to sound like Churchill, the wallmart Churchill imo. I have not watched the documentary i'll try to find it out thank you!
Sounds like France has it handled, meaning that Germany can lean back and enjoy retirement.👍
Germany stepping aside, France once again rushing headlong into the fray... The only possible end to all this: the English invading us once again to assert their ancestral rights over Normandy and Aquitaine.
negotiations? Ukraine and Russia had a deal ready to go and NATO forced Ukraine to reject it. this failure killed over 400,000 Ukrainian young men
No one knows (actual numbers) of deaths on both sides
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Since 1990s Russia is splited into parts like France on Northern and Southern during WW2. Ukranian part of Russia is under occupation of the prowestern Galitsian nazi. Ukranians are Russians which were seized by Austro-Galitsians - nation which stollen the name of Ukranians (Cossacks) in 20th century and especially took power after partition of USSR. Ukraine is the late secondary name (since era under the Polish crown) or just hostile nickname of ancient (Kievan) Russia, most historical part of Russia. So called Ukraine is the land in which Russia was born, it was Russia for 1000 years. Now the original Russian land of Small Russia (Ukraine) is under occupation of ethnical minority of Galitsians, called themselves by stolen name of Ukranians
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@@ToonStory-fh4gnHave I mentioned that France is now the main target of Russian disinformation?
Gattsu (who is Georgian) made an excellent video about Russians who go online and pretend to be American. I recommend it.
Kyiv was around before Russia was ever a thing, people in Moscow were still eating mud and beating rocks together when king Rurik was around. Even if it was true that Ukrainian's are just "little Russian's" what does Russia stand to gain by bombing civilian infrastructure? You would think if you were trying to "liberate" land from "nazi's" you would try not to destroy every building in the country. Make up all the alt history you want but it just makes you sound like Putin in the Tucker Carlson interview.
Fukuyama’s fashionable concept did not deserve the attention which it received at the time and still less so now.
Thank you, nevertheless, it has been an influential concept, which is why I mention it, but that doesn't make it valid.