Putin’s ‘powerful message’: No one can ‘rescue’ Ukraine from Russia
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- Опубликовано: 12 фев 2022
- Colonel Douglas Macgregor says the light United States forces being sent to Europe amid an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine are a “joke” and America is about to “embarrass” itself.
The former senior adviser to the US secretary of defence said Europeans needed to heed former president Donald Trump’s message that the US cannot be the first responder, and they must be prepared to defend themselves.
“The US and its leadership since Biden took office has been very hostile to Moscow on every conceivable issue,” he told Sky News Australia.
“Mr Putin has called the bluff, and I think his message is very clear to the Germans, the Poles and the others in central-east Europe, and that is in this part of the world Russia is the decisive power - no one can rescue you from us if we decide to move in.
“That’s a very powerful message and that’s about to be sent.
“We cannot interfere in this without being drawn into a war that, frankly, in central-east Europe we cannot win.”
Colonel Macgregor said forces couldn’t be moved quickly enough across the Atlantic to make “any difference”.
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First time i hear an American tell the truth. Admit the reality. A great man of America. Your sons and daughters are tired of fighting and dying in another land faraway from home. They dont want war but your government send them to those places.
First time? 🤔 there’s been plenty long before Douglas Macgregor. Makes me question what you know lol
According to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's constitution forbids the country from hosting foreign military bases after 2017.
Communist biden, Communist Democrats insects are mere pawns of Communist china.
Communist biden and Communist Democrats are in desperate mode in forcefully, artificailly Creating WW 3.
They know they are losing and try do the the useless stuff. ain't working though.
America does not send any soldiers to Ukraine. Maybe Poland, but it is no help anyway.
All you nuggets spewing the same shit, russia would get fcked up if they bomb any nato country
Old Chinese saying: A friendly neighbor is more valuable than many distant relatives.
Modern China, under the Communist Regime, has completely crushed the notion of family loyalty. All citizens must be subservient to The State, which doesn't allow for such competition. Family means nothing to these people.
Hahahaha 🤣🤣😂😂😂..... That must be why China has pissed off all its neighbours, claiming their territory and beyond.
@@herbsuperb6034 dude people in China just celebrated the new years where every single Chinese person who has a family or home to travels to it and celebrates with their entire family (including extended) for a week, does your government ensure that you have a week to spend time with family? Additionally most Chinese international students I know tell me their grandparents live with their parents, who they in turn live with, many cultures don't have something like that, in fact here in USA most people just send their parents to a old ppls home, where they do not have a good quality of life.
@Rend www.learnwitholiver.com/chinese/translate-sentence-2918
it seems it is a saying in China, a similar saying also seems to be in the Bible too, maybe it travelled from it to China through cultural exchange
biblehub.com/proverbs/27-10.htm
Tell it to the Poles who have two enemy countries next to each other who destroyed it 5 times.
Imagine if the US had more honest people like him. No misleading, only true facts.
I think he was a war veteran of many conflict many years before...the day a no-nonsense approach are alien
Omg bull
You mean like Russian State Media?… lol Even CNN & Fox can’t top them for fantasy…
I laughed and cried of happiness at the same time. This guy is a member of a dying species. He is intelligent and actually gets it. So happy there are still straight thinkers in this world that don't run everything they think and say through a political and ideological filter. Reality still matters. Thank you Mr.
and he is wrong about everything - Nato is stronger and has expanded
I'm so pleased this man is speaking honestly!
Hes lying.
Yep most sensible intelligent so far The West warmongers do not want to hear this .
@@zozmirjanuc4658 or Ukraine's Budapest Memorandum context, Russia, the US and the UK confirmed their Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively abandoning their nuclear arsenal to Russia and that they would:
1. Respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the existing borders.
2. Refrain from the threat or the use of force against Ukraine.
3. Refrain from using economic pressure on Ukraine to influence their politics.
4. Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used".
5. Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against Ukraine.
6. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments.
China and France gave somewhat weaker individual assurances in separate documents.
US and UK are fulfilling points 4 and 6 in accordance with Ukraine's Budapest Memorandum. Budapest Memorandum's security assurances are weaker than NATO's Article V and EU's Article 42.7.
Are you arguing for the UK to abandon the Budapest Memorandum?
@@valenrn8657 Your summation is laughable.
Completely cherrypicking and not looking at who broke which promises first.
Not to mention the US coup in Ukrain.
Got get your 30 pieces of silver from WEF m8., youve done a fine job of lying.
@@StofStuiver
Date: Jan. 7, 2010
Yanukovych: Ukraine will remain a neutral state.
"It’s certain that Ukraine was and will be non-aligned state… We strive neither to join NATO nor the [CIS]CSTO [Collective Security Treaty Organization]. We’ll maintain a neutral status," Yanukovych said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine newspaper.
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The trigger for Euromaidan was Yanukovych initiated non-neutrality policies such as joining a trade block instead of executing Switzerland-style neutrality.
UK leaving the EU and joining CPTPP proves freedom of association.
*Before Euromaidan,*
Russia, however, has successfully used political and economic leverage to dissuade Ukraine from signing the E.U. deal. In the months prior to the Vilnius summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a trade war with Kiev, blocking nearly all imports from Ukraine and cutting energy supplies to the country. In turn, this reduced Ukrainian exports by 25 percent and shrank the economy by 1.5 percent.
Some trade background for the context
From Tradebarrier Index (lower score = less trade barriers)
New Zealand's tariff score is 2.92
Australia's tariff score is 3.03
UK's tariff score is 3.94 (after Brexit)
Japan's tariff score is 4.05
US's tariff score is 4.54
Germany's tariff score is 4.88
EU's tariff score is 4.88
Russia's tariff score is 6.16
Finally someone telling the truth about Russia and China.
The reporter didn't get the answers she expected 😂🤣😂🤣
Right! It was brilliant 👏
😂 most of the western media is Bias
The disappointment in her tone..so obvious. Would be frustrating for the station’s benefactor on this propaganda failure 😄
look happy dumdum rosski troll is happy
Exactly. Western media are biased.
Rude, disrespectful interviewer. Won’t let the guy complete a sentence. Get her off the channel
I'm happy someone is here saying things that makes sense, guess we won't see him again for a long time since he isn't speaking what the media or Americans want to hear
He’s got common sense. Biden is too busy eating his ice cream. Why hate Russia? Why not China or Mexico sending tons of drugs in the US??? It killing an average of 80-100K annually
Doug gets around.
He goes on Tucker.
Just search him.
Exactly ...thd media is putting him down..yet they had better listen to him. Wecare led by donkeys and believe everything we are told..until now
WOW someone that actually knows what he's talking about..
The others know the situation. They just lie to push their own objectives. This man is just giving his honest opinion. Rare these days, honesty.
They’ve been calling it ‘imminent’ for 3 months now.
I'm sick of the same mantra
They been saying “it’s inevitable” or “it’s going to happen” for 7 years
I'm still waiting for all the arctic ice to melt and water levels to rise 20 feet it been imminent since 2016.
More like years!
Finally someone talking non-bias and being as real as they come. He tells it how it it and no bullshit or sugar coating.
Have never heard of this man, but I absolutely praise him for his honesty!! I hope he doesn't come to an early demise..
First time I have heard this man and I agree with all the comments below. He has said more in 5 minutes than all the other commentators have said in a month.
What about the comment above?
He said absolutely nothing but his personal views. Which happened to resonate with a lot of ignorant reactions here. Taking his views at face value.
He’s known for being a pro Russian bitch
True, he says that Europe and America wouldn't win in Eastern Europe, lol mug
Same here
US is gaslighting Putin.
Well said Colonel Douglas Macgregor.
lol russia advancing backwards on all fronts
My goodness. This has been the most informative reporting I've see in a long while. Let's hope things can be resolved diplomatically...good leadership is needed. Keeping it in prayer.
Australia needs to stay out of this.
Give this man a medal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jai Hinduja. Can ask him to give his honest opinion. How many nations will fit the characteristics of the False Prophet description in Revelation 13? A faux Christian Beast with 2 horns and a lamb like head but more probably a hybrid cross between a goat and a cow arising from a sparsely populated continent
The most sensible general. Man speaking truth.
No sensible person wants war
He's exactly right, we have no business putting missiles anywhere near Russia.
He has NO business putting 150,000 troops on our doorstep .
Even his own generals think he is a loose cannon, he dreams of a 2nd Soviet Union.
Look at the state of the eastern block countries when they were abandoned by Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union
@@isambardhooper87 putin can put troops anywhere he wants in russia.....nato can not put missile systems on russian borders in romania,ukraine,
Missile systems that turn offensive with nuclear capabilities with the touch of a button and different missiles
Russia is owned by Russia, and btw Ukraine can put troops on their own border. I'm saying the United States of America does not need to put missiles anywhere near Russia. We've got enough going on here.
He has nuclear missiles pointed at us in Cuba aimed from LA to NY and all the major cities inbetween. And subs off the west and east coast 🙄
@@sharilyn8262 who
Like it or hate it, what Colonel Douglas Macgregor says that's the fact. When you face reality, it hurts so bad.
Finally a wise man speaking.
No further NATO expansion no war.
Is that much to ask?
BULLSHIT
The real question is , why does Russia feel threatened??? Does Nato want to invade Russia... Nobody wants Russian lands it's Russian ignorance that is on display.
@@jrcoconutkiwi but people fail to see that unfortunately. I have Russian family and friends over there right now that hate what Russia is doing and is thankful that NATO is in line
Good analysis. A rare bright mind among a fair few
Thank You Colonel Macgregor , Truth must be told and explained and you are very good at that . Thank you again . Andrej Kondisenko Cairns Australia
Dear USA, I want to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the countries in whose affairs you intervened, and the life of the peoples of which became only "Better" after that. Namely: Greetings to you from Libya, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine Afghanistan,....... Thank you for the expansion of your Democracy....
Some hard truths from Colonel Douglas Macgregor!!
Jai Hinduja. Nevertheless I would expect the Argentinos to come to grief again after signing on the BRI which is really in their National interests but all these are happening in the Backyard defined in Monroe's doctrine.
He has more sense than President Biden with his threats.
Now this is a leader
@@armytruth6860 Colonel Douglas Macgregor should read Budapest Memorandum before presenting his arguments, hence Colonel Douglas Macgregor should be arguing for a proper exit from Budapest Memorandum.
Dear USA, I want to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the countries in whose affairs you intervened, and the life of the peoples of which became only "Better" after that. Namely: Greetings to you from Libya, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine Afghanistan,....... Thank you for the expansion of your Democracy....
Finally, an American whos telling the truth 🤷♂️
Putin knows all the libs need a foreign policy win... either way he wins!
Wow... never thought of this breaking up Nato... it would save USA money anyway! And if germany is going to get fuel from russia ... it's pointless
Reminder, Ukraine is invoked Budapest Memorandum's aid clause against Russia.
It won't be Putin and Biden doing the fighting
@@martinepstein3332 I thing we are watching WWE... notice they could destroy all our ukranian embassy classified docs ? Hmm evidence? Also biden needs foreign policy win for the midterms.. putin will get what he wants
I'd also recommend victor Davis Hanson.
He's a historian who talks straight.
Good guy.
I so agree with colonel Douglas McGregor!
Lady relax the general is talking truth
The presenter didn't like how that one went🤣
Don't interrupt the Colonel, it's rude.
I am suprised there are still honest people left. Kudos to the Colonel. I take my hat off for him.
Straight shooter telling how it is. We need more people like this.
Yet he is not honest.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor should read Budapest Memorandum before presenting his arguments, hence Colonel Douglas Macgregor should be arguing for a proper exit from the Budapest Memorandum.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor is not a diplomat.
Abolish USA Communist Democrat Party or Complete 100% reform it by throwing everyone that is in it currently and BAN them from all Government Position as well as from Joining any Party FOREVER; including those through the period of pass 6 years till today.
This is a MUST, Serious in Eliminating the Entire SWAMP. chyna CCP is part of the Swamp way before ww 2.
Please get rid of USA Communist Democrat Party before the final phase of ww3 or we will have to work to get rid of USA from the rest of the world.
No more repeating history on PURPOSE like in ww2 ( e.g communist democrats economy suppression on others on purpose, etc, etc)and earlier.
Note that South Korea is Still at this moment a *Communist in Disguise at its core.* Until the gov is completely conservative. Which been attacking Japan from the South of Japan under directions given by Communist chyna CCP.
One can easily observe how so many of its people that have a communist mindset. Though not all of them; but there is a lot of them. You can easily find this if you look around.
This include *malaysia* ; which is also a *Communist in Disguise* never changed since like forever.
Communist malaysia contributed and feeds ww2; as well as play the Communist blame game. countries such as these cannot be trusted and shall be held accountable with serious punishment for their action without fail.
And Yes, Pence had gone down in history as someone that is completely useless that caused billions of death due to his weakness. He should not have taken the possition if he can't do it. and he knew it.
China's Bioweapon chyna ccp virus = covid, omicron
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because the majority of americans stubborn on continue to be stup.
Which will only keep repeating history on purpose without solving the core problem. We are tired of it and had given chances for decades.
This current scenario is the same one from WW 2 and earlier. even within the pass 15 years; the same scenario is played for more than 10 times.
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Do you think we are stup?
Which is reason thy neven get rid of all or PERMANENT BAN on ALL THOSE BAD APPLE. Especially the entire USA Communist Democrat Party (if thee want to know in details, dig into them yrself. I've explained enough and tired on americans).
The only reason the world choose to get together as real ally is cause of President Donald J Trump. When thee all betrays his effort, Thee all betrays the rest of the allies effort.
Unless thee get rid of all of them with PERMANENT BAN in place " Government Position as well as from Joining any Party FOREVER", we will be force to rid of usa from the rest of the world.
That's the All of them. No more true ally. Conservative or not, it no longer matters.
The time limit is until before the begining of final phase of ww 3. thee know whether this is a joke or not.
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JAPAN is now the Top Leader of the Entire Asia. Is time we stands and fight for what is Right.
Naturally, I'll sign up at a moment Notice. Is no time to hold back no longer. All who are with chyna CCP or linked by even a single electron will be annihilated without mercy.
JAPAN!!!
The TOP LEADER OF THE ENTIRE ASIA.
ALL for JAPAN!? ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
@StofStuiver you're a clueless buffoon
You mean more retired people like him don't you?
Note the colonel can be honest and speak facts only because he's retired. Rare non-propagandistic take.
Yes just like a lot of former Military guys no longer have a gag order so they are speaking out about Aliens and UFO's , all the information straight from the horses mouths regarding the effects of 5G frequencies and capabilities are no longer available on You Tube.
He is not honest.
He is mixing honesty with lying, which is usually how lies are brought.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor didn't factor in Budapest Memorandum. Douglas Macgregor should be arguing for a proper exit from the Budapest Memorandum. Douglas Macgregor is not a diplomat.
They'll find a way to make him out to be a traitor for saying this.
In Germany they retired their navy guy after he spoke truth few weeks ago
Excellent response from colonel Douglas MacGregor. Very competent!
Wowww...Col. Douglas Macgregor speaks the truth.... he is rational, wise and smart. I wish more Americans could think like him, and the world will be a safer place.
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO MAKES SENSE AND SPEAKS CLEAR SENTENCES!!!!
No he doesnt makes sense, you can continue crying.
XD
@@flipflop4396 really? Us 3000 troops against 150k russian troops? Good luck😝
Macgregor just told the world the Truth!
Thank You Sir!
Countries like Finland, Estonia, and Poland (for PAC3) are buying Israeli missile technology.
lol no he did not. Russia’s military is dwarfed by the EU
@@wickstorm_recordsyour thinking is pretty naïve don't comment BS!
@@wickstorm_records you are so misinformed.
Beautiful interview. Some fresh air of truth
I didn’t realize “no one” was another way to spell “America”.
how is war in Europe good for Europe?
@@rachelLadyD Unilateral disarmament isn't a path to peace. Peace through strength is our solution.
a wise man that should be heard
Jai Hinduja. The wise man like Putin would already have given Zelensky an anecdotal account of President Ngo of South Vietnam in 1963.
To all the Australians you have now seen the true colours of the United States
@@Bok2022st yes we know we’re just waiting on our election in March. Hopefully labour has a different foreign policy. We prefer peace. Ps we installed icbms in the Northern Territory state last year.
This guy knows what he’s talking about and it’s just brutal truth.
Exactly. Well said sir.
right - good on him for calling it out. No NATO membership for Ukraine is a reasonable request. Why is that a taboo topic in Washington? Oh Because Joe Biden is trying to act like a strong leader when he's simply not. Watching him foolishly imitate Reagan's style in front of the coast guard was embarrassing enough. Now he's trying to imitate his foreign policy posturing and it isn't gonna go well if he does.
No, he should move to his beloved Russia. He has nothing to contribute in Australia. It's like saying Japan has the right to do what it wants in Australia and that the US should stay away.
I disagree. This guy has no idea what he is talking about. We can help the Ukrainians to bug the Russians down and destroyed them in a long war...there is no need for direct intervention by the US.
F"cked off westerners get out of soviet soils.
Sending light forces is comparable using an airsoft against an elephant. It will waste your time and really piss off the animal.
Thank you Colonel, you make me proud to be an American......
My God! I couldn't believe what I am hearing. Such pain speaking and brutal honesty coming out of the mouth of An American Colonel who has the guts and not afraid to spill the beans about real limits of American power. Sane and level headed people do exist in American establishment after all. What a relief!😀
Ex-Colonel Macgregor has a US Army mindset, not from the US Strategic Command mindset. US Strategic Command has USN Admiral Charles A. Richard, USAF Lt General Thomas A. Bussiere, and USMC SgtMaj Howard L. Kreamer. US Strategic Command is stacked with USAF, USN, and USMC commanding officers.
Ex-Colonel Douglas Macgregor didn't factor in Budapest Memorandum.
Ex-Colonel Douglas Macgregor should read Budapest Memorandum before presenting his arguments, hence Macgregor should be arguing for a proper exit from Budapest Memorandum.
Ex-Colonel Douglas Macgregor is not a diplomat.
Ex-Colonel Macgregor (who left US Army in June 2004) did not consider ramifications in relation to Budapest Memorandum.
Honesty often the best policy
Lol the host was the war mongerer here Lol.
@@theory816 all bluff and counter bluff
This guy has been around for at least 10 years. He always makes sense but you don’t see him a lot because he doesn’t tell them what they want to hear.
well said
Reminder, Ukraine is invoked Budapest Memorandum's aid clause against Russia.
I would rather not have my daughter bring him home for tea
EristiCat - this guy must have shares in the company making white flags for Europe
@@martinepstein3332 - I would rather Sky News not waste their time interviewing such a phony defeatist
Eye opening
Thanks Colonel for telling the truths.
I was expecting another stupid war hawk American spouting the same old anti Russian bs but this guy actually made sense!
This guy is very respected in the US military. He's no-nonsense, to the facts, and about reality.
Yeah but it's damn depressing if we can't keep tyrants in check anymore.
@@cldude691 I have mixed feelings where Putin is concerned. I like him, even respect him, but have zero doubt he's about Russia first. I'd be very surprised if his hands were clean. He's also straight to the point, pretty even keeled, etc. Honestly, I really don't believe that they want Ukraine. It'll be a protracted effort that'll tie up Russian forces, lead to many deaths, and cost them now and in the long run. I also have zero doubt we are playing games with Russia, and NATO. As much as I'd like to believe we're solidly the good guys, it's a bit more complicated than that. We do shaddy shit, too. It's bad when I respect a foreign leader more than our own. I don't trust Biden for a damn.
Anyways, on and off note. It's not that we CAN'T put troops on the ground. It comes down to time table, and political maneuvering. IF we put more than a token force used for training, we can assure conflict, and we know how those snowballs run. Depending on Russia, NATO, and the US, this could be a close call, or it could snowball into a cluster fuck. My wife asked, last night, why we don't just set Ukraine as neutral. Neither NATO, nor Russia. Wouldn't that be a simple fix? lol
@@OutlawCaliber13 If they move in the way some people talk, it will be protracted effort. Handled competently, they can force Ukraine to do their bidding with minimum loses.
@@piotrd.4850 It's possible. I mean we underestimated the holy hell out of Taliban. I've no doubt Russia is a military power. With added weaponry, and a token force training, we just might give them a leg to stand on. I think that Ukrainians are far more capable than Afghanis. We overestimated the Afghanis.
So where are the United Nations' comments and possible solutions in all this? Nowhere, a total waste of money.
the united nations are the war mongers' in this, they are pushing hoping for a reaction that will lead them to war, UN is evil beyond compare.
They are whack jobs
The UN has been kept afloat by the US, and I believe the US had the best of intentions in trying to have the UN succeed as a mediator in areas of conflict. I despise Dictators, as most rule by fear and punishment, but Russia is happy with Putin, and its not my concern if I am against Communism as I live in a Country based on Democracy, so unless Russia tries to invade Australia, I want no part of the internal conflict that continually surfaces in Europe. I hope a resolution is found that will save bloodshed and bring peace.
The United nations is a joke
They sent a strongly worded letter
So rare to hear a balanced, propoganda-free analysis. Kudos to you for hosting this guy
Yes. Spot on. Great reporting. Thanks
I don’t know him but i like the way he tells the truth, very honest Man 👍
Colonel Douglas Macgregor should read Budapest Memorandum before presenting his arguments, hence Colonel Douglas Macgregor should be arguing for a proper exit from Budapest Memorandum.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor is not a diplomat.
Well said, very few people like p
@@valenrn8657 You're off point. "War Is Imminent" is the cry and he is responding as such. We all know what will come out of the mouth of an American diplomat and since when does the US need a reason to pull-out of any agreement.
Yep he's telling it without the bullsh*t. Check out his lengthy interview on the channel Grayzone.
Weird to hear an accurate geopolitical assessment on a news presentation.
I agree. It's strange hearing it.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Yes Sky news is not usually good at that let alone any one else in the legacy media.
@Esphaeras Praestans At least he has military experience. I'm not interested in the blustering politicians who don't ever go war, but order all of them
Thanks Colonel. Now I understand what brought the war to Ukraine.
This would never have happened under Trump, because he is an excellent negotiator!
Dam right .Trump number 1 in negotiation and tell it like it is .The President who never started a war and he real President of the free world.😉
"...To not expand NATO, A perfectly reasonable suggestion." Well that sums it up quite well! 👍
Ukraine do not want to expand Russia on the Ukrainian soil. A perfectly reasonable intention. To do that the Ukraine wants to join NATO!
@@ldkbudda4176 WHY.
@@ldkbudda4176 but France and Germany and other member of NATO dont wan't Ukraine in NATO. haha they wan't Russia member of NATO. 😂🤣😂
@Right Hand
NATO war crimes ......yes they dont pay their cut of the military costs , Trump called them out , refusal of paying bad debt is a crime .
@@ianworcester4640 True, I saw that video Trump on NATO
Every time the reporter doesn’t get the answer she wants ( answers that brings fear and anxiety to people) she cuts him off and comes with another question that he might answer the way she wants.
We all know what she is trying to say - everyone sees China's game plan for the Pacific and they are up to no, good trade deal or not.
She is very pretty though!
EXACTLY, SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA IS A FRONT FOR HATERS OF DEMOCRACY AND THOSE WHO OPPOSE AUTOCRATS,
@@iracohen3864 So you are going to tell me the other side is any better? How about the CBC labeling the Canadian truckers as racists etc etc etc? THEY ALL LIE. THEY ALL WORK FOR THE MAN. Both the left and the right. Whatever that's supposed to mean in this Neo feudal world where the rich elites treat the little people as simple commodities to be squeezed dry of blood and taxes.
I've noticed that as well....
You can tell this person knows their stuff. The reporter had no hope in spreading any FUD with those direct and confident answers.
Well done Colonel.
Colonel should be the next NSA of US or the Secretary General of NATO! He is so clear headed! What a relief to find a General who calls spade a spade!
Colonel Douglas Macgregor didn't factor in Budapest Memorandum.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor should read Budapest Memorandum before presenting his arguments, hence Colonel Douglas Macgregor should be arguing for a proper exit from Budapest Memorandum.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor is not a diplomat.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor is from US Army not from USN, USMC, and USAF. In the Iraq war, most of the anti-tank missions were done by USAF, not by US Army.
Macgregor left the US Army in June 2004.
Douglas Macgregor is from the US Army perspective which is funded below USN and USAF.
USN/USMC has the combined arms doctrine between land, air, and sea.
"who calls a spade a spade" GO HOME RACIST!
@@valenrn8657 Budapest memorandum lost it’s legitimacy the day maidan insurrection happened! Crimea and Donbas was the price Ukrainian leaders paid for their arrogance! The nukes belonged to the USSR and the Ukraine had no right whatsoever to have them as it was against the spirit of NPT. The day they decided to part ways with USSR, they should have been happy with what they had or what they got! Colonel appears to be the only sane voice coming from USA! Russia should be part of NATO and the hawks must not commit harakiri!
@@LJS01 🤣 i think he means the tool for digging holes karen
@@davidf2118 lol, i think the spade guy ment the tool, but i do believe the pot/kettle/black phrase is one of the ones were mena try not to use anymore
When the real situation is explained it becomes so simple where the problem is.
And it becomes more clear how to defuse the tension,
My grandad fought in World War 2 and he always told us kids never trust an American
Doug is the go to man regarding military matters.
He's well versed.
He talks straight.
Good man.
What do we do with the information this man provided us? Any suggestions?
FINALLY, an American making sense
No stop copying people, many of us countries will happily kick russian ass, don't care if the americans back out again, they always take the longest to act.
@@mattyy101 You speak as if your job is defeating Russians on a daily basis. Keep in mind that it's Russia not some poorly trained militant
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@theduke1654 Ye i understand if my UK went against russia it would probably be missle mania causing alot of damage lol fck it tho, rather not let russia bully ukraine
@@mattyy101 16 year olds have no say.
Brilliant !!! Colonel Macgregor makes so much sense...
Colonel Douglas Macgregor should read Budapest Memorandum before presenting his arguments, hence Colonel Douglas Macgregor should be arguing for a proper exit from Budapest Memorandum.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor is not a diplomat.
Why can’t the leaders discuss peaceful compromise. NATO stops moving eastward and Russia makes full immediate withdraw!! Signed agreement!!
It seems no one can rescue the US from south America.
The man knows what is talking about, good for him.
He’s a propagandist idiot.
@@oliverbanes5121 and you are what? Useless troll? Hahaha.
He understands NOTHING about Russia.
He starts by talking about not 'taking' Nato to Ukraine. Nato is a defence union. the U.S doesn't expand it anywhere. Countries apply and eligible countries get accepted. To suggest that a sovereign country cannot seek membership of a military alliance means only 2 things:
a) He does NOT know what he's talking about
b) he talks for Russia.
...Or c) he's an ignorant American military person with limited education in which case see a).
@@Bluesruse exactly. The development director of NATO, mr. Putin, is in charge of NATO's enlargement.
A rare good interview on sky, with a common sense person.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor should read Budapest Memorandum before presenting his arguments, hence Colonel Douglas Macgregor should be arguing for a proper exit from the Budapest Memorandum.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor is not a diplomat.
This guy doesn't tap dance around any questions
Does imminent usually take weeks?
Interviewer looking for an angle of attack here and he's just spittin facts!
Damn, the last thing media interviewers want, is facts.
Ha...Trump was right indeed, Biden Just made a fool of himself...again.
The EU ...is Just looking for a confrontation.... Part of their strategy to unite and buuld its own army. Fucking arrogance of Both!!
International bankers starting another worldwide culling session.
Sorry mate, Have to disagree. She's asking questions that anyone would as given the lame-stream-media propaganda. Insightful answers
@@biffdanielson2820 ..that was an honest and insightful comment!
With the Ukraine War on, and an interest hike by Fed soon, Wall Street and her bankers will again plunder the fortunes of the World beyond their wildest dreams!
...unlike 2009, PRChina will not help this time when it strikes.
With the USA being in such a mess, why are they even meddling in affairs that they have no business in?
Oh yeah, they like doing that... Iraq, in ruins; Libya, same; Afghanistan, same. God Bless America.
Because every other world super power is strategically trying to do the same.
@@malcolmn.5222 You believe that? Maybe more than 150 years years ago the Brits, French and Spanish were for sure. But not one country can compare with the U.S. Government
So we just let Ukraine die? Lmao
@@banoffecake no so whats your solution?
@@malcolmn.5222 Let US meddle and help as much as possible without nuking each other. Ukraine isnt afghanistan ffs
Completely agree with the former adviser… straight up
Douglas MacGregor for president!
Ukraine is 4800 miles from the United States. What would the United States do if Russia placed troops and missiles in Mexico and Cuba.
Is the US threatening to invade Mexico and Cuba? No? Then take your false equivalence and shove it!
America will cut all ties with Mexico shut the border Mexican can sell there junk somewhere else
@@kenwindrum2246 The Clintons would never allow that... XD
The Cuban Crisis... did the US demand the same or Russia? Did the US tell Russia to leave Cuba altogether and threaten to invade Cuba if it didn't? NOPE! Russia continued its alliance with Cuba and even hosted military bases there BEFORE and AFTER the Cuban crisis.
The Cuban crisis was about nuclear weapons! Ukraine doesn't have nuclear weapons because it handed them over to Russia back in the 90's for an agreement with Russia... that agreement which Russia signed was a promise to NEVER invade Ukraine. A promise Russia has long since broken! NATO has never even considered putting NUKES in Ukraine or any other Eastern European country!
@@valenrn8657 US & UK must jst take their bases somewhere else n not to Ukraine.
Stop the build up ..
STOP STOP STOP!!
Finally a reasonable voice from a military commander. Everyone is ready to talk about war but none of them are willing to put their lives on the line themselves.
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Russia do
Wow I am impressed - this is the sort of news worthy of listening to. Subbed :)
It didn't go as She expected 😂
Didn't the US intelligence say there were WMD in Iraq and there were none. How many thousands of US and Iraqi lives did this faulty intel, which was supported by the media, cost?
Faulty Intel my a??e Neocons wanted to overthrow 7 governments to change environment to their liking. See this video: ruclips.net/video/TY2DKzastu8/видео.html
The US has lied pretty much every time to engage in a war. They always try to find ways to justify their big defense budget towards the US tax payers. The weapons must be used, sold or dismantled, because the big corporations keep on producing them day after day, year after year….
@JOE BLOW Yes, but there are always a lot of victims. I don’t think they care winning or losing, it is a matter of sustaining the myth that the production of weapons needs to go on forever… and the American tax payer needs to see that their money is needed.
@@gboete
Date: March 2017
Kurdistan’s Interior Minister said on Tuesday the Regional Government -since its formation- had demanded from the federal government to pay compensation to the families of Kurdish victims who suffered genocide, killing, and displacement from the former Iraqi regime.
Rebar Ahmed stressed during the Parliament session that in 2014 “we decided to announce Halabja as a governorate,… but perhaps the big problem facing Halabja is that Iraq is not yet ready to recognize it as a governorate. Therefore, the federal government did not allocate a financial budget for it.”
Ahmed continued that when the first Kurdish delegation went to Baghdad, it delivered the Prime Minister a request to compensate the victims of the people of Kurdistan with 380 billion dollars for the crimes committed by Saddam Hussein's regime in Halabja, Anfal and to Barzanis, Faili Kurds, and all victims of Baath crimes.
The Halabja chemical attack, also known as the Halabja Massacre or Bloody Friday was a massacre of Kurdish people that took place on 16 March 1988, during the closing days of the Iran-Iraq War in the Kurdish city of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The attack was part of the Al-Anfal Campaign in Kurdistan, as well as part of the Iraqi Army's attempt to repel the Iranian Operation Zafar 7. It took place 48 hours after the capture of the town by the Iranian Army. A United Nations (UN) medical investigation concluded that mustard gas was used in the attack, along with unidentified nerve agents.
The incident was the largest chemical weapons attack directed against a civilian-populated area in history, killing between 3,200 and 5,000 people and injuring 7,000 to 10,000 more, most of them civilians. Preliminary results from surveys of the affected region showed an increased rate of cancer and birth defects in the years afterward.
The Halabja attack has been officially defined by the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal as a genocidal massacre against the Kurdish people in Iraq
The fact that US failed to FIND weapons used against Kurds and Iranians and components of which THEY THEMSELVES and THEIR ALLIES (Germany) HAVE DELIVERED does not mean that they weren't there.
Great commentary!!! What he says makes perfect sense to me !
Cheers everyone from western Canada
Truth is easy to spot and peace is the best place to find it. Peace is the fruit of righteousness.
We're people with elderly parents and small children and school and life and we can't be stopped from helping our family and our neighbours.
It is torturous to so many people all over the world. We are no more noble than the greatest generation, they fought for us so that we could be where we are today. *TODAY* *We must defend the present.*
Peace.
No BS from this guy. How it should be.
I'm impressed by this man's honesty much love🙌
Simply and clearly stated.
Simply and clearly stated lol stfu
@@SKANKHUNT31 he did make a true statement .
Honest man unlike rest who keep lying to the world
How is he honest? He’s clearly pro Russian and anti NATO.
Had a Russian expressed his kind of views about Putin, he’d be found poisoned dead in some ditch
@@oblivionzzzmike he is clearly pro republican, not pro Russian.
I'm not a republican but i agree with most things he states.
@@oblivionzzzmike yeah I believe the same I don't think he can be right on all things he said .. first as an American he looks more like a Russian
Very handsome, honest and correct man! Greetings from Austria!
I salute u sir, a wise man speaks w tremendous wisdoms☺
America didn't appreciate Russia storing up missiles in Cuba; well, the same should be appreciated for the Russians.
Stop listening to Putin, are you crazy!?! You are like children, see Putin said that and this is reaaonable.... Pull yourselves together for crying out loud! None of this has anything to do with NATO or any missiles. Putin attacked Ukraine in 2014 and lost it forever. Now he wants Ukraine back under his control. Ukraineans want away from Russian style corruption, lack of freedom and hopelessness.
CCCP*
@@AK-qy5iw Putin is about to shove it all the way. Just wait a few days.
@@AK-qy5iw Check your history. Russia didn't become involved in Ukraine until AFTER the US orchestrated a coup to remove the democratically elected Ukrainian government. Crimea is culturally & ethnically Russian; they chose overwhelmingly to re-join Russia. Throw a few always omitted facts into the mix & the Ukraine story becomes a lot clearer doesn't it?
People in post Soviet union countries hate Putin. They want independence and their own national countries. It's not that they want to join NATO or Smth. They just want be as free as it's possible.
Simple. Say no to ukraine joining NATO , this solves , well said sir
But Sweden will join be sure of that.
@@nissekarlsson3172 who care Sweden dont share border with Russia as oppose to Ukraine
Nisse , being neutral is also some power and guts
@nisse karlsson , i believe sweden is cool that it didnt choose either side
What a sober soldier. He is frank and correct in his assessment and analysis. We should listen to these people
Spot On Analysis - Truth Bombs 💣 👌
The intellectual guest Mr. Douglas, certainly rubbed it on the face of the host. You really can't create a narrative if you don't have evidence. 😂🤣😂🤣
But people now a days will believe anything
Wow. Someone who presents good arguments and facts! I'd like to congratulate this man for having the courage to use commun sense!
How refreshing to have someone talk sense.
No sensible person wants war
Nothing like a lifetime of bullshit wiped away by an admission of being present the whole fuck.ng time.
But yeah refreshing
@@noassociation85 now put it down in acceptable English
@@martinepstein3332 lol shut up epstein
The US did not like the idea of Russia having missiles stationed in Cuba.
Finally, a military leader that talks like a leader. He understand the status quo, and he understands that our peer adversaries are not to be taken lightly.
The only reason the stress hasn't killed Joe yet is because he doesn't care.
The stress hasn't killed Joe, because he doesn't know! 😅
@@typetersen8809 Oblivious Joe.
he dont care onli he cares the dump business.
Grow up.
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This is hilarious...Finally, few logical arguments put forward!
This guy has been wrong since day one. In March 2022 he claimed the war was 10 days from being done. A month later he said the Ukrainian army was about to be totally destroyed. Russia is a third rate economic power with what turned out to be a second rate army. Why didn't they take over Ukraine in March 2022? They didn't because they couldn't. Using prisoners to fight your war says all you need to know about you military capability. In a straight up conventional fight against Poland I'll bet Polish soldiers would be sipping tea in the Kremlin in less then three months. Putin is a punk. Russia is unfortunate to have him at the helm.
You spoke well Mr Colonel