How Europe is creating its own military-industrial complex

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  • @CaspianReport
    @CaspianReport  Месяц назад +89

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    • @kennyking9667
      @kennyking9667 Месяц назад +5

      Biafra

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      @kennyking9667 Месяц назад +6

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    • @Maxxy351
      @Maxxy351 Месяц назад +6

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    • @nyrodiana7251
      @nyrodiana7251 Месяц назад +9

      ​@@Maxxy351 nobody care little bro

    • @kennyking9667
      @kennyking9667 Месяц назад

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  • @ArchonLicht
    @ArchonLicht Месяц назад +3080

    Helping Ukraine didn't cause European shortage of weapons, it merely exposed it.

    • @julesgro8526
      @julesgro8526 Месяц назад +136

      Well over two YEARS into the war and some european key players still try to cheap out. I´m ashamed at my own country.

    • @ArchonLicht
      @ArchonLicht Месяц назад +49

      @@julesgro8526 The inertia is always significant. Though you definitely shoud try to identify and shame responsible people instead of just feeling shame yourself.

    • @Vmurmur
      @Vmurmur Месяц назад +35

      Have you got an idea of how much we can actually produce when we want? A lot more than ppl think.

    • @marceldavis5600
      @marceldavis5600 Месяц назад

      Leave a comment.

    • @CIutchX
      @CIutchX Месяц назад

      THANK YOU!

  • @TheBiggreenpig
    @TheBiggreenpig Месяц назад +2778

    "The only industry that creates products designed to be destroyed"... Well, I don't reuse toilet paper.

    • @peterpanini96
      @peterpanini96 Месяц назад +50

      😂😂😂...

    • @B_men_apo
      @B_men_apo Месяц назад +131

      Or food

    • @fredricknoe3114
      @fredricknoe3114 Месяц назад +129

      Apple phones break after 2 years, so add planned anything with planned obsolescence.

    • @RaulEdu33
      @RaulEdu33 Месяц назад +31

      ​@@fredricknoe3114 Beat me to it, he forgot to mentioned those overpriced Apple products that autobreak after two years. 😂

    • @wilberdebeer4696
      @wilberdebeer4696 Месяц назад +41

      Along with cigarettes or fireworks.

  • @alexlarsen6413
    @alexlarsen6413 Месяц назад +744

    Denmark has no heavy artillery or air defense systems because we've literally sent all of it to Ukraine. Soon we'll have no F-16s any longer either, because we'll give all of the remaining ones to Ukraine too...despite not having received even a third of the ordered F-35s. We've been a member of the F-35 program since its inception btw.
    I don't mind all of those weapons being in Ukraine where it's needed at all, but you could at least mention that instead of just saying things out of context.

    • @freedomfighter22222
      @freedomfighter22222 Месяц назад +93

      Yeah, that is extremely poorly worded, "this NATO country doesn't even have these categories of weapon", very cool line, but not at all a correct way to display its military when it had many of those categories just moments ago but sent them all to fight against the only possible opponent it could be needed against.

    • @alexlarsen6413
      @alexlarsen6413 Месяц назад +60

      @@freedomfighter22222 Exactly. I believe we're right behind the Baltic states in terms of providing military help per capita. Not a mention of it. Then the Americans watch this and no wonder they think we don't care to invest into our own defense.
      And of course, those howitzers haven't just been given away to Ukraine without a plan to replace them. We either will order new ones or have already ordered them...I'm not sure, haven't been following that closely, but I do know that the defense budget is going up every year.

    • @ghostbride8718
      @ghostbride8718 Месяц назад +17

      "because we've literally sent all of it to Ukraine."
      Still means you have none in the end.

    • @eternity.in.a.m0m3nt
      @eternity.in.a.m0m3nt Месяц назад +22

      ​@@alexlarsen6413 you should worry more half copenhagen being muslim ,thats a real a
      national threat

    • @alexlarsen6413
      @alexlarsen6413 Месяц назад

      @@ghostbride8718 Do you not understand what context means? There's a reason why we don't have any. A reason that hasn't been mentioned by this guy who btw literally promotes linking our politics to a US style legalized bribery by military industry lobbyists. We don't have any other potential enemies other than the Russians so our weapons are currently way more needed in a country being invaded by Russians and fighting them off than here.
      Also, all of the weapons will be replaced, so what's your point?

  • @DivinityOfBLaze
    @DivinityOfBLaze Месяц назад +2100

    "should step up or start learning russian" I honestly thought this was going to be a DuoLingo ad.

    • @s3m3dov
      @s3m3dov Месяц назад +31

      I also expected something like that :D

    • @ecoideazventures6417
      @ecoideazventures6417 Месяц назад +67

      Actually if he chooses DuoLingo as a sponsor, i think no one will complain!

    • @thepax2621
      @thepax2621 Месяц назад +30

      That would be cheeky 😅😂

    • @SavageCommentaryOriginal
      @SavageCommentaryOriginal Месяц назад +10

      neyet comrade

    • @ericzhou-y4t
      @ericzhou-y4t Месяц назад +41

      Fear-mongering is everywhere. Russia cannot afford to do that. Occupying is easy, but governing is costly. Russia will go bankrupt if occupying so much land.

  • @glass-floor
    @glass-floor Месяц назад +1093

    A huge problem with producing weapons across multiple countries is that then every one of those countries gets a veto on the re-export of those weapons to allies who are being invaded. Germany has discovered that some of their weapons are useless because the ammunition is made in Switzerland, and the Swiss can use their veto to prevent Germany from sending the ammunition to Ukraine. Nobody will buy European weapons if they need approval from ten different countries every time the weapons are needed.

    • @HeadsFullOfEyeballs
      @HeadsFullOfEyeballs Месяц назад +1

      But this sort of veto isn't a universal fact of international law, it was written into the contracts. We can simply stop putting that clause in when we sell the weapons.

    • @nigelgarrett7970
      @nigelgarrett7970 Месяц назад +154

      Laws are changing (albeit slowly). Switzerland is reviewing its laws. Rheinmetal shifted production to Germany for Gepard ammunition.
      The US also puts restrictions on weapons use too.

    • @glass-floor
      @glass-floor Месяц назад +91

      @@nigelgarrett7970 Yes, you are right. However, the restrictions on US weapons are managed by the federal government. You don't need to get separate permission from each state government within the US where some component is made. In Europe, the more separate countries are involved in producing a weapon, the greater the likelihood that one of them will use its veto to prevent the weapon being used.

    • @Microphunktv-jb3kj
      @Microphunktv-jb3kj Месяц назад

      Estonia knew 2months before the war declaration and attack ...
      Germany and Finland literally delayed Estonia sending military aid and vechicles/artillery for 2months ... (there's somekind of laws, that u cant just arbitrarly send military stuff to third countries.,.. wich were given to you as gifts or smt... )
      same bs... as F-35 jets need daily encryption codes from US to operate...

    • @Microphunktv-jb3kj
      @Microphunktv-jb3kj Месяц назад +42

      "Nobody will buy European weapons if they need approval from ten different countries every time the weapons are needed."
      Yes they do... just like everyone buys weapons from US,France,UK,Turkey
      .. you're clueless...
      Also.. there's literally zero need to re-selkl to 3rd party... multi-country deals are made for internal use...
      for example Patria 6x6 APC , AMV and Nemo system... clients buy them for themselves, not for Re-sell/Upsell lol...

  • @Boxaxel
    @Boxaxel Месяц назад +396

    ayo don't do Denmark dirty like that. they sent ALL their artillery to ukraine!

    • @HappyGuy-cn9po
      @HappyGuy-cn9po Месяц назад +19

      And their anti-air. That’s a higher rate than the US. 😅

    • @Knight_Kin
      @Knight_Kin Месяц назад +37

      @@HappyGuy-cn9po All three pieces of them. Stunning contribution.

    • @HappyGuy-cn9po
      @HappyGuy-cn9po Месяц назад +2

      @@Knight_Kin Yes, how did I forget?!?!

    • @Eupolemos
      @Eupolemos Месяц назад +13

      And tanks. And F-16s. And anti-ship truck-launched missiles. And APCs. And a shitload of money. And placed orders in Ukrainian weapons industry.

    • @alexvig2369
      @alexvig2369 Месяц назад +5

      That's no flex. Denmark's defense situation was crappy even before that.

  • @liveforever141
    @liveforever141 Месяц назад +882

    And to think, that we, Baltic states, were called alarmists and delusional when we warned about russian threat. Better late than never, but even better early than late.

    • @Aussie-Mocha
      @Aussie-Mocha Месяц назад +91

      Shocking how the rest rejected baltic concerns.
      But that’s thanks to the success of Russian economic industry and political influence/propaganda on those countries.

    • @jesperburns
      @jesperburns Месяц назад +9

      I mean, you are in NATO

    • @lovyrituraj
      @lovyrituraj Месяц назад

      baltic countries have been totally hostile to Russia post 1991….you guys should be careful and work diplomatically instead of your current hostility, In an event of war between Nato and Russia -baltic countries will likely be depopulated completely, it does not matter if nato eventually wins or russia wins ,Baltics will be history

    • @MACRONOne
      @MACRONOne Месяц назад

      because that's what you are, delusional. But you will get it in the end. You we're fooled by the transatlantic, warmongering money-grabbers.

    • @JesusOrDestruction
      @JesusOrDestruction Месяц назад +5

      womp womp

  • @FeliussRexx
    @FeliussRexx Месяц назад +825

    "America takes care of its friends, or at least it's customers.." How does that Kissinger quote about American allies go again?

    • @Bakarost
      @Bakarost Месяц назад

      As an american, we dont need allies. Allies is why everyone hates us. Even allies hate us. We want to go back home. Our biggest mistake was saving europe in ww1 and ww2. It led us to the world police.

    • @GrigRP
      @GrigRP Месяц назад +119

      Only if it's "friends" pay tribute to it amd accept vassal status.

    • @rickschroth9869
      @rickschroth9869 Месяц назад

      It’s about time the EU took care of its own security needs. The one thing this war by Putin has produced is an awareness that Russia has expansionist imperial ambitions. This was NEVER believed .. even after the Crimea invasion. America takes care of its friends as both WW1 and WW2 saw. But this time, America wants EU to pay for its own meal, not always looking for a free meal from USA … a country that has its own spending needs.

    • @ElBandito
      @ElBandito Месяц назад +61

      ​@@GrigRP Modern day Roman Republic.

    • @alst4817
      @alst4817 Месяц назад +7

      I dunno, how does it go?

  • @vladimir92ful
    @vladimir92ful Месяц назад +58

    Yugoslavia was not a part of Soviet Union. Mistake.

    • @RobespierreThePoof
      @RobespierreThePoof Месяц назад +13

      I think he's screwed up in this video more than he really should. He's usually very good but ... Perhaps he lost his editor?

    • @zohzu
      @zohzu 29 дней назад +5

      It was under their influence like other Balkan countries.

    • @lucone2937
      @lucone2937 24 дня назад +14

      @@zohzuTwo Balkan countries, Greece and Turkey became the members of NATO in 1952. Tito kept Yugoslavia a neutral country despite its political system and it didn't join to the Warsaw Pact in 1955. During the Cold War the Non-Aligned Movement was founded in Belgrad in 1961 with countries like Yugoslavia, India, Indonesia, Egypt and Ghana.

    • @xr2kid
      @xr2kid 14 дней назад +1

      "In the Soviet Union or in the Soviet Sphere of influence" he said regarding Eastern European states

    • @Zineas
      @Zineas 12 дней назад +2

      ​@@xr2kid tito was at odds with ussr almost at every turn

  • @myhrre11
    @myhrre11 Месяц назад +370

    "The best merchant is war. It turns iron into gold."
    - Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

    • @Paciat
      @Paciat Месяц назад +22

      The fact is war is loss. And most merchants will loose in wartime. The truth is poets like Schiller dont know shit about the merchant world. He was anything but a merchant.

    • @mamsf3
      @mamsf3 Месяц назад +12

      Blood has a lot of iron indeed...

    • @SimonMester
      @SimonMester Месяц назад +2

      The one thing that was at least historically correct though, is you get a declining empire when it gets rich, and you get lots of birth, growth and togetherness after war. New growth after a forest fire id you will.
      Not sure this still applies though. With the world globalized, you dont have to stay in a warm torn country like you ised to.​@@Paciat

    • @DouglasEdward84
      @DouglasEdward84 Месяц назад

      Broken Windows fallacy. Wars destroy economies generally. Unless your sitting on the sidelines as a third party making sales or your competitors are destroyed.

    • @high-captain-BaLrog
      @high-captain-BaLrog Месяц назад

      ​@@Paciat pseudo intellectuals like you call rearrangement of fortune a loss, poor you.

  • @matthewmelson1780
    @matthewmelson1780 Месяц назад +278

    >"The only company that produces products designed to be destroyed"
    >Forgets Apple exists

    • @ronobrien7187
      @ronobrien7187 Месяц назад +10

      You are thinking of designed obsolescence.

    • @Warsimulation1997
      @Warsimulation1997 Месяц назад +5

      Not true. Got an XR in 2018 and working to this day.

    • @PresidentEvil
      @PresidentEvil Месяц назад +4

      you apple haters are so cringe…

    • @ryann7760
      @ryann7760 Месяц назад +2

      Fking lmao

    • @hariranormal5584
      @hariranormal5584 Месяц назад

      @@PresidentEvil
      If only it was false. Watch Louis Rossman videos and come back to it. Don't bring the "oh he doesn't know shit", he provided way enough evidence with many hundred videos repairing macbooks over many generations. They seriously either are so stupid, or are actually so darn smart they specifically make the same engineering errors again and again that kills the laptop under certain environment conditions.
      But of course, so surprising that these big corps are greedy, why even defend lol. You aren't getting a single percent discount.

  • @manwiththeredface7821
    @manwiththeredface7821 Месяц назад +148

    "Europeans can either step up or start learning Russian"
    I was half expecting a Duolingo ad after that lol

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro Месяц назад +3

      Russia is nowhere near Europe. Like other saying say "NATO didn't yet arrived".
      One of major problems of this war is exactly that European states are too smart to send they actual weapons.

    • @barskarakas4927
      @barskarakas4927 Месяц назад

      "...This portion of the video is sponsored by Duolingo"

    • @wyldhowl2821
      @wyldhowl2821 Месяц назад

      This is nonsense. Russia couldn't beat Ukraine decisively, much less Ukraine, Poland plus any other European power. Russia's whole economy does not even equal any of Europe's top 3 economic powers.
      Was NATO expansion a big mistake ? YES, but that was what Washington wanted. It actually ruined the security of Europe (meanwhile Washington's wars in Iraq, Syria, and Libya left Europe exposed to the real danger from the Middle East & Africa.
      In other words, Europe is in more danger of speaking Arabic than Russian.

    • @MykytaSpivak-ne3cw
      @MykytaSpivak-ne3cw Месяц назад

      @@TheRezro they border the Baltic countries, Poland and Finland so they're pretty damn close to Europe

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro Месяц назад

      @@MykytaSpivak-ne3cw But not on the civilization level. Russia do not have any chances to win with NATO.

  • @znie-1380
    @znie-1380 Месяц назад +176

    Denmark has no artillery.... Because it's all in Ukraine actually being put to use. Maybe you should mention that?

    • @Paciat
      @Paciat Месяц назад +4

      In Poland we laugh at our cold war military cause its task was to capture Denmark. It was an unimportant front cause when do you go from Denmark when you invade it?
      So why do you think Denmark needs artillery on its soil. What did the artillery do when Germans invaded you? More or less than it is doing now in Ukraine?

    • @kjullthedemon
      @kjullthedemon Месяц назад +19

      @@Paciat Denmark is home to multiple important harbors, and is crucial to control, if Russia wants it navy in and out its port in ST. Petersburg. What are you talking about.

    • @richdobbs6595
      @richdobbs6595 Месяц назад +9

      @@Paciat Well, based on history, you go on to Norway.

    • @Mosern1977
      @Mosern1977 Месяц назад +1

      @@richdobbs6595 - Instead of buying more weapons, Norway should just say that whatever pay a foreign solider gets landing on Norwegian land is trippled if switches side. Much cheaper solution.

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 Месяц назад +1

      That's still not a good thing you shouldn't send all of your capacity to another country
      Don't get me wrong I am glad Denmark is helping out the ukrainians but at the same time you would be foolish to send all of what you have and are left with nothing

  • @Ramschat
    @Ramschat Месяц назад +176

    You're the first person ever to call the American military industrial lobby as a win-win for all parties. Lobbying comes down to legal ways of bribing politicians, subverting democracy.

    • @ronobrien7187
      @ronobrien7187 Месяц назад

      It's not a democracy. It's a constitutional republic with democratically elected representatives.

    • @neeneko
      @neeneko Месяц назад +9

      Not really. Bribery would be if the politicians got the money. Instead their district gets it, which is kinda the point of having representation on congress..

    • @akino1692
      @akino1692 Месяц назад +25

      @@neeneko How do districts get unrestricted campaign donations?

    • @gwopgetta2091
      @gwopgetta2091 Месяц назад

      @@neenekowhat kind of disinformation is that? What American civilian benefits from the billions spent by the American-Israeli lobby?(AIPAC). Nobody benefits only corrupt elites and corporations benefit from unchecked public spending

    • @anthonyware7116
      @anthonyware7116 Месяц назад +16

      @Ramschat
      America’s 34th POTUS, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the U.S. military industrial complex in his final speech.

  • @simonsaysno
    @simonsaysno Месяц назад +88

    Well, Denmark had one submarine, but they decided to destroy it and throw the captain in jail...

    • @simonsaysno
      @simonsaysno Месяц назад +6

      @@hackmind I don't think you got the reference.

    • @EcardEcardian
      @EcardEcardian Месяц назад +3

      That is because it got sunk twice, how gullible most one be to open the hach on a sub just because some knocking on it.

    • @stanleysmith7551
      @stanleysmith7551 Месяц назад +1

      Because he ate people...

    • @EcardEcardian
      @EcardEcardian Месяц назад +19

      @@KD-wl3fk It is a old joke: How do you sink a danish sub? -You swim down and knock on the hach. How do you sink the danish sub twice? -You swim down once more and knock on the hach. This time the danes open the hach and say: I will not fall for that one, twice...

    • @ERG173
      @ERG173 Месяц назад +2

      Is that the Captain that killed the reporter ??

  • @simulatednatas
    @simulatednatas 15 дней назад +9

    Europe needs to have its own military organisation like nato WITHOUT USA.

  • @Crusherix
    @Crusherix Месяц назад +294

    I hate wars, i dislike military spending but Ukraine woke me up. I'm happy to spend 5% minimum up to 10% of the annual budget now.
    Relying on USA to defend us has gotten old and they're also tired of it which i completely understand when we don't even pay the minimum set out in the nato rules.

    • @davrosdarlek7058
      @davrosdarlek7058 Месяц назад +27

      The budget cuts that would require 10% are ludicrous when EU states are already in debt. Meanwhile, money that would multiply in an economy normally would now be lost in equipment that gets destroyed. Point being that you're underestimating the threat economic stagnation, recession and unemployment would have for democracy. You'd be creating a much bigger monster than the one you think you're taming.

    • @GrigRP
      @GrigRP Месяц назад +10

      @@Crusherix Why did Ukraine wake you up?

    • @Mastercane98
      @Mastercane98 Месяц назад

      The us also gains from being Europe's "guardian", the foreign policy of the eu is being decided in Washington.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn Месяц назад +5

      Just wait until the us armtwists nato into setting up a base in japan. THEN look at who you're going to have on your doorstep. The Ru will be only too happy to oblige them. There's plenty of reason to be pessimistic, but not for the reasons you think. All of you keep defining yourselves by the grand moral narratives of ww2, and hence following a thought process that only makes a big war more, not less, likely. You're actively turning away pathways to peace in favor of ever more confrontation and hostility.

    • @LeftWingNationalist
      @LeftWingNationalist Месяц назад

      Ukraine Provoked Russia.
      America Provoked Russia.
      Just so we're absolutely crystal clear even if Putin invasion is illegal, and imo unjustified.
      As a American myself. You guys better figure it out. Cuz I don't care what language your grandchildren speak. Europe isn't America's responsibility.

  • @mandarinasMDA
    @mandarinasMDA Месяц назад +65

    If you want to live in peace, prepare for the war.

    • @NotUnymous
      @NotUnymous 23 дня назад

      And? Do u know who you're quoting?

    • @mandarinasMDA
      @mandarinasMDA 22 дня назад

      @@NotUnymous Re-read and focus on the message itself. Fight with your adhd, r*Zian bot.

  • @ice4cow
    @ice4cow Месяц назад +275

    @CaspianReport
    Hello, I noticed that map shown at 11:07 has Latvian capital shown as Aloja. I think this is not the first time I've noticed it, I hope you can change it to actual capital Riga.

    • @imacg5
      @imacg5 Месяц назад +14

      Interesting! For whatever it's worth, there's actually a town called Aloja in Latvia, and its location is right around the spot drawn on the map. Riga is much south to Aloja, at the bottom of the gulf - the Gulf of Riga.

    • @favesongslist
      @favesongslist Месяц назад +2

      Most likely this is stock footage created maybe by the EU.

    • @Pilvenuga
      @Pilvenuga Месяц назад +24

      its their engagement hook for this video - the video editor makes a "silly mistake" that is worthwhile to mention for the audience but doesnt make the video channel seem incompetent

    • @LarsOfMars.
      @LarsOfMars. Месяц назад +2

      His map of "Britain" in the video opening is also wrong

    • @justinb2824
      @justinb2824 Месяц назад

      @@LarsOfMars. The maps are probably made with AI.

  • @barbarianremover2463
    @barbarianremover2463 Месяц назад +7

    Refering the American 's allies as "loyal customer" is cool as hell 😂

  • @Joe-Przybranowski
    @Joe-Przybranowski Месяц назад +47

    I wish we wouldn't obfuscate these discussions by calling it 'defense'.
    It's war and it should be called war.

    • @alioshax7797
      @alioshax7797 Месяц назад +11

      "Defense" is easier to marketing to the public. War is pretty unpopular.
      To be fair, if it helps the sector, they can call it "preventive physical safety" or any other bullshit, that's fine my me.

    • @angelawhitehead6187
      @angelawhitehead6187 Месяц назад +1

      It could be called attack also. But he mentioned starting conflicts. So where will Europe start? This is largely theoretical as USA takes care of their defence /attack issues

    • @15walkingaway
      @15walkingaway Месяц назад

      That didn't test well with focus groups

    • @GrigRP
      @GrigRP Месяц назад +4

      @@alioshax7797 That's why they renamed Department of War to DoD.

    • @dave_sic1365
      @dave_sic1365 Месяц назад

      ​@@angelawhitehead6187propably somewhere in the middle east or caucasus... Europe is actually dependent on foreign oil/gas supplys and conquering those would be a great thing for Europe.

  • @danushairan
    @danushairan Месяц назад +210

    One of the major factor is that talents in Europe HATE Military and anything related to it.
    So it is not easy to find required human & financial capitals for such project.

    • @adaminsanoff
      @adaminsanoff Месяц назад

      It is all because of the media and it can also fix the problem.

    • @TheSilver2001
      @TheSilver2001 Месяц назад +70

      This is temporary. All you need is more images of the horror in Ukraine because they are close physically, culturally and white (easier to empathize) to realize war is the norm not the exception. For example, I am skeptical of military invention as in Iraq or Libya where we brought instability and chaos on our doorstep, however to protect the continent it's different.

    • @Conclusius68
      @Conclusius68 Месяц назад +46

      Not true. Europeans are not more pacifistic than other people. Plenty of people have no problem working in the defence industry.

    • @GrigRP
      @GrigRP Месяц назад +29

      ​@@TheSilver2001Copium. Europeans know their rulers support Israel doing the same thing, then they tell you to care about Ukraine. This is not conducive to good morale.

    • @BenDover-qh8wy
      @BenDover-qh8wy Месяц назад

      Just pay them. EU has a lot of poor countries, if you know what i mean

  • @alexsaveski
    @alexsaveski Месяц назад +17

    please, yugoslavia wasn't in the soviet bloc.

  • @leventekocsis9103
    @leventekocsis9103 День назад +2

    As a Hungarian, being from a nation that is heavily Pro-Russian, the EU should make it legally binding to follow the defence policy they'd create, don't let slackers like our current government ruin it all.

  • @ScentlessSun
    @ScentlessSun Месяц назад +86

    American here, it makes us all stronger if Europe re-arms. We trust you not to fight each other now and there is no chance the USA would fight Europe since we are allies even if we do disagree at times. If Europe can easily keep Russia contained within its borders then the USA can more easily help protect Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Guam, New Zealand, and Australia.

    • @freedomfighter22222
      @freedomfighter22222 Месяц назад

      Re-arm? Europe already spends 5 times more than Russia and has a much bigger military than Russia.
      If we are talking arming to the levels normal in the mid 20th century it would make Europe a bigger spender than the US.
      I am curious to what level you think Europe should "re-arm" to and what you think is enough to "contain" Russia, the US could easily already pull entirely out of Europe without risking Russia invading.
      The US military is in Europe because it wants to maintain influence and doesn't trust Europe to stay united against Russia, not because it thinks Europe wouldn't easily win a war vs Russia if it chose to fight it.

    • @ericzhou-y4t
      @ericzhou-y4t Месяц назад +17

      Why will the Europe not become next Russia if they get united and independent? America is the best example. France helped American independence, but when France asked for favor when France experienced difficult times, America just ignored France's request. You even cannot learn from your history.

    • @ScentlessSun
      @ScentlessSun Месяц назад +29

      @@ericzhou-y4t Europe with the exception of a few countries like Hungary and Belarus does not have autocratic leaders. They are true liberal democracies. Thats why I’m not worried about them becoming like Russia. I specifically remember America helping France immensely during World War I and II. In World War I 53,403 American soldiers died fighting Germany (helping our French allies) over 186,475 American soldiers died helping our European allies including liberating Nazi occupied France. That many French have never died helping America. Please sir, reconsider your position.

    • @ericzhou-y4t
      @ericzhou-y4t Месяц назад +7

      @@ScentlessSun WW1 and WW2 is not the repayment of France's help for the independence. French King helped the independence, the US should help that person. Anyway, the reason I mention the story is that there is no friendship in global relations, there are only benefits. When Europe gets independent from US hegemony, the Europe will act according to its own interest - possibly sign a deal with Russia just like what Merkel did. There is nothing to do with ideology.

    • @ScentlessSun
      @ScentlessSun Месяц назад +17

      @@ericzhou-y4t France’s help was not free. It issued loans. These loans were repaid. The continental Congress of the USA owed France $2 million after the war of independence. This debt was paid. The lives lost have been repaid many more times. You don’t know what you are talking about.

  • @antoninodarioconti6347
    @antoninodarioconti6347 Месяц назад +63

    The logical thing to do would be to cultivate local industries in each country in fields they excell at. And integrate those.
    Like Tanks from Poland/germany, italian planes and french nuclear arsenal.
    But I doubt that will be a thing.

    • @ElBandito
      @ElBandito Месяц назад +11

      That goes against individual country's interest and also creates overreliance on another nation for their own security.

    • @jovan_64
      @jovan_64 Месяц назад +27

      ​@@ElBanditowhich is exactly what we need now if we want a unified european army.

    • @mamsf3
      @mamsf3 Месяц назад +10

      @@jovan_64 Is that army going to defend european borders from migrant invasion or from russian invasion only?

    • @antoninodarioconti6347
      @antoninodarioconti6347 Месяц назад

      @@ElBandito Exactly for that.

    • @Festucius
      @Festucius Месяц назад

      ​@@jovan_64 Do I, as a citizen of the Eastern Flank, want a "european" army, that is commanded from Paris and Berlin? Will it defend my border as well, as it will eat my taxes? I doubt it.
      It will not "escalate", as it's not in Western European interest.
      Who wants to die for Danzig, after all, right?
      We've been betrayed before and I don't trust any other country to defend us, when we don't have our own army, commanded from our capital and with our own production capacity.

  • @TrangleC
    @TrangleC 27 дней назад +9

    The three most important things would be:
    A: Faster procurement and certification of new systems.
    B: Long term planning security for manufacturers through long term contracts.
    C: A system like in the USA where the state pays companies to keep manufacturing capacity even if it currently is not needed, meaning that the state pays the rent and maintenance for currently inactive production lines for weapons so they can be reactivated when needed.

  • @kimmogensen4888
    @kimmogensen4888 Месяц назад +27

    Denmark has donated a lot to Ukraine but they have more use for the weapons than Denmark and we are replacing the weapons as soon as possible.

    • @velisvideos6208
      @velisvideos6208 Месяц назад +3

      That's right. Thanks, Denmark.

    • @PatrickKalinowski
      @PatrickKalinowski 24 дня назад

      It is the " as soon as possible" that is the problem. Europeans don't have production capacity. And we rely to much on American industry, which means we loose economically and we loose in times of war. Because in times of war American industry will primarily supply their military with equipment and what is left over is for export.

  • @baystatejive6134
    @baystatejive6134 Месяц назад +8

    Yugoslavia was not in the Soviet sphere of influence, it was its own thing, a combination east and west. That is why it developed a bit differently than those truly behind the iron curtain. Tito did not get along with Stalin who tried to assassinate him leading to the famous quote: "Stalin. Stop sending people to kill me! We’ve already captured five of them, one with a bomb and another with a rifle… If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow, and I won’t have to send another." my parents grew up with western music, clothes, cultural influences, and were allowed to travel outside of the country with relative ease. They felt more at ease traveling to America in the early 70s then they did to Warsaw Pact Countries, the latter in which the literally had a "minder" following them around.

  • @dayros2023
    @dayros2023 Месяц назад +31

    In 2023 Europe has spent more than 500 billions of € on defence, that’s a massive sum so I don’t see the need to increase it further, the problem is that a lot of that money is spent to buy USA weapons, instead Europe should spend that money on European weapons manufacturers to boost the economy and create more jobs here.

    • @freedomfighter22222
      @freedomfighter22222 Месяц назад +2

      Nobody is interested in hearing how much Europe spends or that Europe spends 5 times as much on its military as Russia or that it has a much larger and more competent military than Russia.
      It doesn't spend as much as USA so clearly it wouldn't win a war against Russia and needs a larger military, cause why compare Europe to the expected opponent when you can compare it to the only larger country in the world that spends more than Europe and which is its ally?
      Fully agree that Europe spends more than enough and the only thing it needs is to move that spending from buying American to producing itself.

    • @captainalex157
      @captainalex157 Месяц назад +5

      @@freedomfighter22222 what are you talking about? We dont have nearly enough artillery shells, missles, tanks, jets,.... Sure Europe would win against russia (if all countries helped) but there would be a huge cost, we need to dwarf the russian military to discourage any russian agression. And the americans simply produce the best stealth weapons. Im in favor of investing more into local european weapons development tho, its always good to be self sufficient when it comes to defense.

    • @Knight_Kin
      @Knight_Kin Месяц назад

      If it isn't even 2% then it's not enough. It's not merely "a spending number" but a supply chain and training culture that has to be integral to a nation. Spending under a certain amount does not allow this to expand, you'll be a stagnant and third rate power forever. Most of that money is only coming from a few nations, what about the rest? You think Lativa is really capable of fighting Russia?

    • @solarissv777
      @solarissv777 24 дня назад

      ​@@captainalex157the problem is that there is no such country "Europe" and no European army. With proper politics Russia can discourage EU countries from fighting for each other. And no, the US will not show up, that's a fact. They are fine with Europeans risking their people (including civilians) by fighting in America's wars in the middle east, but will never risk fighting a nuclear power to save Europe (or Taiwan).
      Eventually, EU must become a confederation with national states slowly dissolving in the union as by their own they are mostly irrelevant.
      As for the domestic weapons production, European countries must ramp it up (including aforementioned stealth fighters and nuclear weapons) at least in order not to pay the US. As the latter want not just 2% military budgets, but most of it going into their military industrial complex.

  • @idkwh4tt0puthere
    @idkwh4tt0puthere Месяц назад +44

    France being the 2nd biggest producer and exporter of weapons in the world : "Am I a joke to you?"

    • @ruralhobo
      @ruralhobo Месяц назад +13

      Not second biggest producer, I think. Exporter yes, but only due to a probably temporary bump in combat aircraft sales. But the point is taken: France is no joke.

    • @muratbayraktar5035
      @muratbayraktar5035 Месяц назад

      @@ruralhobonah a country that ran out of artillery shells against Libya and some sandal wearing desert jihadis is a definitely a bigger joke than Russia.

    • @Shatterfury1871
      @Shatterfury1871 Месяц назад

      That is China, France is neck în neck with Germany.

    • @hackmind
      @hackmind Месяц назад +11

      Not really second, but they did the right thing. They did not bow to the US and their defense industry is one of the most solid in Europe. Sweden I think comes to mind and Germany has capability but not the political will neither a serious industrial capacity.

    • @jimb.942
      @jimb.942 Месяц назад

      France is France’s biggest enemy. Alas France is lost.☹️

  • @dorn885
    @dorn885 Месяц назад +29

    Yugoslavian territory was never under the influence of Russia since 1948.

    • @adrianvannorsdall6441
      @adrianvannorsdall6441 Месяц назад

      This channel is compromised. Russia is only taking action to protect Ethnic Russians of the post-USSR Ruso-Diaspora

    • @overflow7276
      @overflow7276 Месяц назад +4

      Hehe. Good joke!

    • @ArchonLicht
      @ArchonLicht 28 дней назад +1

      LOL, u mad bro?

    • @wdfghjkl
      @wdfghjkl 27 дней назад +3

      Good joke

    • @adrianvannorsdall6441
      @adrianvannorsdall6441 26 дней назад +4

      @@dorn885 Yugoslavia was the only country in WW2 to liberate themselves. Unlike the French and Russians

  • @umiddey8714
    @umiddey8714 Месяц назад +69

    As someone who lives in Europe and consistently sees controversy-stirrers like Elon Musk claim that the US pays too much to 'protect' Europe (anyone who spends 2 minutes thinking will know why exactly the US does this), this is great news. Of course, I hope EU doesn't copy everything from the MIC in the US (therefore having an incentive to trigger forever wars), but it needs to have enough weapons to show US that it isn't completely desolated without it.

    • @janrudnicki6111
      @janrudnicki6111 Месяц назад

      EU is only German tool too build 4 Rich.

    • @dr94279
      @dr94279 Месяц назад +2

      So why do they do it?

    • @DemonZest
      @DemonZest Месяц назад

      In the last decades 5% US defense budget went to NATO, not sure how this is too much when NATO followed the US for the wars america started.

    • @mamsf3
      @mamsf3 Месяц назад +5

      A european MIC will do exactly the same the american MIC does since the same people will own it so no, it's not good news.

    • @ShakaCthulu
      @ShakaCthulu Месяц назад +1

      @@dr94279 because Europe is the US’s biggest trade partner.

  • @kmjgsdkmjgsd
    @kmjgsdkmjgsd Месяц назад +24

    Even if we disregard the past thousands of years of human existence, animals in groups still defend themselves and their companions from attacks. Anyone who wants to eradicate a defensive military or militia of any kind is insane.

    • @WallNutBreaker524
      @WallNutBreaker524 Месяц назад +13

      Facts. Military will always be needed. Even if Humans were all at peace. We never know if Aliens start invading. 🤷

    • @user2kffs
      @user2kffs Месяц назад

      @@WallNutBreaker524 Aliens already here, little green men on Crimea

  • @theDoctorwitTardis
    @theDoctorwitTardis Месяц назад +39

    That we live in a world where *"fresh debt"* is seen as a viable and reasonable solution to problems is harrowing.

  • @Id_k_
    @Id_k_ Месяц назад +45

    I feel like this will be temporary, unless there's enough support for it or a politician decides to enact to it

    • @artonio5887
      @artonio5887 Месяц назад

      Yeah, and it's honestly terrifying.
      Imagine Trump wins and forces Ukraine to settle for a sham "peace".
      5-10 years pass and Russia has rearmed and is ready for another round.
      If Europe has no solid american support, and is caught unprepared, what will happen?

  • @hyhhy
    @hyhhy Месяц назад +70

    Even if your stuff is 2x as good as the enemy's, if the enemy has 3x as much stuff as you do, you're in trouble. Especially if your stuff costs 4x that of the enemy's.

    • @freedomfighter22222
      @freedomfighter22222 Месяц назад +1

      All true, good thing Europe spends 5 times as much as Russia, its stuff is better than Russia's and it has more of it than Russia.

    • @nonyabisness6306
      @nonyabisness6306 Месяц назад +17

      NATO quite literally has more than 10x the Budget of Russia.
      The Idea that Russia could threaten NATO in conventional war is laughable.

    • @hyhhy
      @hyhhy Месяц назад

      @@nonyabisness6306 It's all a fake debt bubble. Look up actual physical production figures bro. Or the numbers of defense industry workers.

    • @MrFreakHeavy
      @MrFreakHeavy Месяц назад +4

      AND if it takes 5x as long to build.

    • @Jacobtrees
      @Jacobtrees Месяц назад +5

      ​@@nonyabisness6306budget well spent vs budget thrown everywhere

  • @PatrickKalinowski
    @PatrickKalinowski 24 дня назад +2

    I would have enjoyed an informational video of how Europe tries to start it military industry. But it starts with Western propaganda of how Russia wants to expand to its former USSR size. There is no indication of that. The invasion into Ukraine was not unprovoked. If you believe that you haven't done your home work and all else that you say afterwards becomes tainted with that.

  • @Dimitrije002
    @Dimitrije002 Месяц назад +27

    The only thing i dont like about growing a weapons industry is its influence of politics down the line. Lobbying for wars and conflicts in other parts of the world so they have customers. I dont want Europe to become like USA...

    • @freedomfighter22222
      @freedomfighter22222 Месяц назад

      Peace is far more profitable than war, the money lobbied by the owners of military production plan is peanuts compared to the money from consumer product producers.
      It is not lobbying or having a "large" military industrial complex that makes US politics so weird, Walmart is worth more money than the entire military industrial complex of the USA together...

    • @thegoodpimps
      @thegoodpimps Месяц назад

      MIC was originally called the Military Industrial Congressional Complex, because it’s a problem caused by the law that any money appropriated by Congress must be spent by the President. There’s no reason any other country has to fall into this legal vortex.

  • @tott598
    @tott598 Месяц назад +12

    The last couple of decades there was a growing sentiment that war in Europe was almost impossible, weapon manufacturers all over Europe started closing due to lack of funding or backlash from outrage culture, all of that changed in the last 5-10 years.
    You dont need to go back far in history to realize how much experience alot of our memberstates have, we have been fighting eachother for centurys afterall, now all of those near forgotten industrys and expertises are seeing the light of day again, now because we want to, but because we have to.
    And this time its not a bunch of individual actors playing wargames for their own interest, its a global superpower with some of the best infrastructure and skilled workers in the world, watch what happens when they start taking military power serious again.

    • @SusCalvin
      @SusCalvin Месяц назад

      I think Cold War conscription was always impopular. But you could justify it by pointing to the Soviets.

    • @tealkerberus748
      @tealkerberus748 26 дней назад

      There has not been a century in recorded history without at least one major war in Europe. Anyone who thought this century would be different is a fool.

  • @matthewgurski9232
    @matthewgurski9232 10 дней назад +1

    Americans spend half of the available Federal funds on the military. It is why we don't have universal health care, a quality education system, modern infrastructure, and many other things we should have. This is a lose-lose for every American that doesn't work for RTX and BA.

  • @komocity269
    @komocity269 18 дней назад +3

    If Draghi, who was entrusted by Ursula and supported by Macron (these 3 people are from Italy, Germany and France ... Which is a big factor here), has his way with his report perhaps we will witness a new EU, an EU that acts more and more as a single federation (keep in mind I said "Acts"), borrows money and plans strategies from Brussels, instead of having 27 different countries trying to antagonize each other to the top

  • @razroorion6652
    @razroorion6652 Месяц назад +11

    @CaspianReport I come from the ex-Yugoslavian state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ill tell you one thing. Yugoslavia was never under the control or heavy influance of the USSR. I dont like the map shown at 1:37. I know its easy to disregard becouse the world sees Tito as just another Dictator. but ill tell you that, this Dictator (yes he was) pulled the Southslavic people from the Feudal era straight into the modern age. you dont see that often happen, a Dictator actually serving the intrests of the people.

    • @romal111
      @romal111 Месяц назад

      Brainwashed by putin's propaganda. Funny how Balkan "supports" putin and dreams of joining the EU.

    • @clown711
      @clown711 Месяц назад

      He was dictator with no positive effects, as politian he was perfect with his unrealistic picturing of yugoslavia, his army and what it has done it's another atrocity, but fact is that he was not under ussr influence , tito was preparing for war with ussr at some point

  • @UninstallingWindows
    @UninstallingWindows Месяц назад +15

    The problem is that the weapons are treated as "belonging to a country". EU needs to make its own army and its own military industrial complex, so that they will design and build all the weapons together. Like the design of Eurofighter Typhoon. Its not a french aircraft and its not a german aircraft. As long as every country gets some benefit from building weapons together, then it should be all that matters.

    • @ML-oq8cu
      @ML-oq8cu Месяц назад +2

      But here is the probleme. France quit the euro fighter typhoon because the project wasn't suitable for the french army.
      France needed plane that could be carrier capable while the UK and germany didn't want one, or at least didn't want to pay for that capabiliy. Witch is why France developed the rafale.
      The thing that people tend to forget is that europ is not a country. It is an amalgamation of à lot of countries whitch all have their own interest and foreign policies. It is complicated to make common development project because all the countries need different things. Some have a lot of oversee territories, some have doctrine for quantity of light armored vehicules other need heavily armored vehicules... etc
      The thing is, in military tech and procurment the budget is not infinit so you need to make concessions. But each country will want to make different concessions to fit their needs.

  • @youtubeaccount24569
    @youtubeaccount24569 Месяц назад +18

    President Putin has always mourned the loss of the Soviet Union ...
    Putin : "Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains." 🤐

    • @frankthetank5708
      @frankthetank5708 Месяц назад

      A 3rd Imperium is his goal.
      That's about not restoring it.
      No communism anymore is the main thesis here.

    • @frankthetank5708
      @frankthetank5708 Месяц назад

      He wants to install a 3rd Imperium.
      No communism anymore is the main thesis here.

    • @deadlock_problem
      @deadlock_problem Месяц назад

      Soviet union was a million times better than current shit hole Russia. The Soviet Union had actually talent and skill, current Russia lost 1 million tech workers when they invaded Ukraine, it's a massive brain drain and nothing will fix it.

    • @JG-xm8jy
      @JG-xm8jy Месяц назад

      yeah. the more you know the bias is visible in the video

    • @zarzavattzarzavatt9309
      @zarzavattzarzavatt9309 Месяц назад +1

      also putin about the ussr “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century"

  • @scottt5521
    @scottt5521 Месяц назад +4

    In the US, most ammunition production is owned by the US government and staffed by contractors. This allows for a largely underused and therefore uneconomical peace time production capacity that can be rapidly scaled up for war. Other military spending programs are funding National Guard units and placing military bases in states that do not have enough manufacturing capacity such that highly ruralized states, like Wyoming, still gets $476 million in defense spending ($822 per resident), Vermont at $845, North Dakota at $1,165, Montana at $586, and Idaho at $356.

  • @patrickh8602
    @patrickh8602 Месяц назад +10

    If Russia didn't want NATO on its doorstep they should be more friendly and respect our borders. Europe could become as militarily strong as the USA if it has to in order to protect itself.

    • @Sava.S
      @Sava.S Месяц назад +10

      Russia was friendly, Putin wanted to join NATO when he took power, he asked Bush can Russia join NATO and they refused and incorporated more and more east European countries and pushed Putin to take aggressive stance towards NATO. It takes two to tango my friend.

    • @patrickh8602
      @patrickh8602 Месяц назад

      ​​​@@Sava.SThe only reason Putin wanted to join the EU was to destabilise it from within, same with NATO. He never acted in good faith, his only plan was to build his military then attack his neighbours. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union, I hope Russian people are ready for queueing for bread and salt. He thinks he's Catherine the Great reborn! Name a country that joined NATO since 1990 who was forced to join against its will. Same with the EU, these countries joined for protection because they know that Russia is not a good neighbour.

    • @Sava.S
      @Sava.S Месяц назад

      ​​@@patrickh8602Russia didn't enslave half the world, UK did, Russia didn't carve up the world and created almost all moder conflicts, UK did, and now God is returning everything to UK by replacing English people with those who you enslaved, frankly you are cooked, so goodby.

    • @hessherman717
      @hessherman717 Месяц назад +3

      ​@@Sava.S Based Bush 🗿

    • @jackhardy3905
      @jackhardy3905 Месяц назад +4

      The problem is Nato wanted to be at doorsteps

  • @swedichboy1000
    @swedichboy1000 Месяц назад +87

    3:35 Skip ads.

  • @keksentdecker
    @keksentdecker Месяц назад +12

    Europe needs to take their Defence industry into their own hands and create a more interconnected and standardized system between the members of the EU and beyond 💙💛💙

    • @EcardEcardian
      @EcardEcardian Месяц назад +3

      Nope, that is silly, because diffrent nations have diffrent biodomes, diffrent military doctrine. Diffrent weapons. diffrent guns.

    • @clown711
      @clown711 Месяц назад +2

      ​@EcardEcardian not to mention that there are countries that don't get along with other EU members, on paper this idea is good in reality it if ever works it's all about money flow

    • @EcardEcardian
      @EcardEcardian Месяц назад +1

      @@clown711 Some EU members hates each others guts due to history. Than you got the ones that join the ordeal and do things their own way regardless. Money flow, well there are some money makers and some money black wholes. It is not good in the long run, it drains the weathy ones to keep the failed weak ones afloat. Normally they will collapes and reform, but it just keeps the weathy ones down.

    • @santostv.
      @santostv. Месяц назад

      If Hungary knows our plans, Putin will know our plans , that’s why we still need some fragmentation we can’t do the USA way

  • @JohnDoe-wd3qm
    @JohnDoe-wd3qm 8 дней назад +2

    Russia is not the biggest threat, islamization is

  • @FN-2187-SW
    @FN-2187-SW Месяц назад +11

    1:37 RUclipsrs cant seem to finally learn that Yugoslavia was not a part of the Warsaw Pact, and this is a geopolitical channel...try not to be Johnny Harris level.

  • @dylandog1607
    @dylandog1607 Месяц назад +6

    1:34 Yugoslavia was not under Soviet influence

  • @Unity_Work
    @Unity_Work Месяц назад +1

    We need european federation NOW! In this way only, as churchil predicted nearly 70 years ago, europe can be saved and our former power retaken.

  • @RafaelW8
    @RafaelW8 Месяц назад +22

    Not only do we need better armies to protect from Russia, but also to bolster the borders for the African and ME migrants.

    • @richardagostini182
      @richardagostini182 Месяц назад +8

      Also to protect from the most warmongering, subersive country iin the world. The USA.

    • @davideromano2327
      @davideromano2327 Месяц назад

      @@RafaelW8 the difference is that tanks are not useful to stop migrants. How can you stop migrants? Seems like there is no way to stop them, even though lately many politicians want to.
      The EU border is massive, desperate people will find their way in. The only way is to control migration, better integration and punish criminal behavior by investing on police and judiciary system. Or no?

    • @AshkanPacino13
      @AshkanPacino13 Месяц назад +1

      @@davideromano2327 lol there are many ways to control it actually, but most would include violence which at some point will become inevitable if this continues

    • @mamsf3
      @mamsf3 Месяц назад +3

      Those armies will be used against Europeans who don't support migration so be careful what you wish for.

    • @agricola
      @agricola Месяц назад

      @@richardagostini182 you have quite an imagination

  • @_tyrannus
    @_tyrannus Месяц назад +8

    Sounds good, but please keep Hungary out of any of this.

  • @victoriousomen
    @victoriousomen 14 дней назад +1

    There's a distinct difference between being peaceful and being harmless.

  • @wuciwucci4374
    @wuciwucci4374 Месяц назад +9

    In European case, excessive reliance on USA proves to be not good. Europeans seem to be aware of excessive reliance on China, but why do Europe seem ignorant all these times when dealing with USA? Wisdom dictates that no entity such as kingdom, empire, country, republic, caliphate, dynasty, etc. remains wise forever. Weak entity embarks on strengthening their system though education, technology, human development, ancient wisdom principals, etc. which subsequently reap the benefit/investment during their golden age time that follows. However, it also sows the seeds of subsequent destruction and decline through decadence, wealth gap, societal moral decline, emphasising excessive values (such as sinful behaviours, excessive individual rights/so-called “freedom” in USA case), etc. This culminates in the downfall and the end of the entity itself. The cycle repeats. Thus, we can see the timeless logical cause-effect relationship that governs the rise and fall of those entities since the ancient times.
    Knowing such wisdom, why do Europe seems ignorant all these times and choose to put themselves into excessive reliance on USA, such that to dismantle from it would be costly?

    • @ML-oq8cu
      @ML-oq8cu Месяц назад +1

      Funny how lots of western countries mocked France for trying to be independent from the US. It seems that it was righ all along.
      It's military hardware are almost entirely home made, it's has an independant nuclear deterence, it is one of the best military exporter in the world and one of the strongest military in Europe.

    • @Knight_Kin
      @Knight_Kin Месяц назад +4

      @@ML-oq8cu France is not independent from NATO, only NATO's command structure, meaning US/NATO personnel cannot directly control a French Army Corp. They are still integral to the alliance. Don't make up stuff. If anyone is being criticized, it's the Germans since they're the major power who's really lacking to the point of no fully functional army formations. West Germany had a more powerful army.

    • @ML-oq8cu
      @ML-oq8cu Месяц назад

      @@Knight_Kin I've Never said that France was independent of nato. I've said that France is independent from the US... that two different things.
      My point is that the French foreign policy has always been since Charles de Gaulle to seek strategic independence. particularly with regard to the United States.
      This strategy has gradually evolved towards European strategic autonomy but the idea remains the same.
      Many countries have criticized this approach.

  • @abdullak7023
    @abdullak7023 Месяц назад +12

    Shirvan, while it is true the Defence industry in the US creates some jobs, it also directly contributes to the sl*ughtrr of thousands of people overseas. Also, I find it interesting that you omitted to mention how the Defence industry lobbies (legal bribes) elected officials, this video is very bias and seems to encourage European rearmament, criticism of Covid and taking the US system as a model.

    • @brianjonker510
      @brianjonker510 Месяц назад

      As if the USA stopped exporting arms the rest of the world would just refuse to buy elsewhere. @Abdulak is insane

  • @georgedevries3992
    @georgedevries3992 6 дней назад +1

    It should be mandatory for every member state to have, depending on its size, at least one huge factory that focuses on the production of war gear.
    Not to mention, the entire continent needs one single leader that will unite it under the values of Humanity, Science, Logic and Reasoning and in the process form the Imperium of Europe.

  • @velisvideos6208
    @velisvideos6208 Месяц назад +21

    An excellent video. 100% correct. Except for the fact that the EU needs 1000 billion euros to build up defences and to ensure the defeat of Russia in Ukraine. As all big wars are mainly financed by debt, so will this one as well. Thus new common debt will have to be issued. Putin is a much more dangerous disrase than Covid after all...

    • @dev_not_null
      @dev_not_null Месяц назад +2

      So… 1 trillion?

    • @ulfdanielsen6009
      @ulfdanielsen6009 Месяц назад

      @@dev_not_null That would be overestimating the intellectual, millitary and tactical capabilities of Vladolfomir Vladolfomirich Putler by a factor of said trillion.
      So, my little Ruzzian misinformation post-truth delusional propagandist bot, we meet again.......

    • @ulfdanielsen6009
      @ulfdanielsen6009 Месяц назад +1

      But you´re right,- a 1000 billion would be a trillion.....

    • @hydrohasspoken6227
      @hydrohasspoken6227 Месяц назад

      would rather have Putin as my president than any gay-loving-promoting western leader.

    • @Stormcloakvictory
      @Stormcloakvictory 18 дней назад

      Should be doable.
      Europe has about 5 times the workforce and industry that Russia has and about 7 times it's economy.

  • @JinKee
    @JinKee Месяц назад +3

    Uh guys, you remember what happened the last time Europe wasn’t under the American Security Umbrella? Are we gonna assume they’re gonna play nice?

    • @alioshax7797
      @alioshax7797 Месяц назад

      We didn't start a war in 70 years. And I can't think of a political body less likely to start one in the coming decade.

  • @ES-rg
    @ES-rg Месяц назад +2

    Even in my small Baltic country Latvia, we started to produce together with Finland the best winter armory vehicle Patria 6x6, and new ammunition factory will be finished in 2025. And thats tiny 1.8 million country near Russia.

  • @wassum100
    @wassum100 Месяц назад +9

    Thought provoking, as usual. Thanks for the post

  • @keyakaabag6017
    @keyakaabag6017 Месяц назад +2

    Aside from the regular army, Asia is sending its criminals from prison

    • @bob_greene
      @bob_greene Месяц назад

      watch the movie "Day of the falcon" about the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia; good strategy

  • @davidedeus12
    @davidedeus12 19 дней назад

    "The success of Europe's military industrial complex will hinge on overcoming long-standing issues such as NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY..." ... y'know, maybe it's because I'm from the Global South, but if someone told me national sovereignty was an issue to my country, we would call them a US dog. That sounds deeply, deeply wrong!

  • @MrBrianYoutube
    @MrBrianYoutube Месяц назад +11

    I’m a European, and I decided to learn Russian

    • @clown711
      @clown711 Месяц назад +1

      I'm not alone then

    • @MrBrianYoutube
      @MrBrianYoutube Месяц назад +3

      @@clown711 Ты не один

  • @nicbahtin4774
    @nicbahtin4774 Месяц назад +6

    Europe can't even secure it's borders

    • @Gliese380
      @Gliese380 Месяц назад +1

      Neither can the US, hence why in many cities in the southern US you hear more Spanish than English.

  • @m_0863
    @m_0863 26 дней назад +1

    America's people might and often do take care of their friends, but Langley certainly does not. If you have to flee after being confined to the rooftop of a threatened building, only to be evacuated via overburdened helicopter, then you've failed. If you fall from the landing gear and wheel housing of militarized cargo plane, then you've failed. If after hundred of years of familial, governmental civilian and military support, you could quietly with tacit approval used civilian media assets to slander, smear, and attempt to compromise only to lose international lawsuits and be exposed as the culprit, then you've failed.

    • @m_0863
      @m_0863 26 дней назад +1

      Forgive my broken English. Perhaps, it's necessary at the present moment.

  • @paulomartins1008
    @paulomartins1008 Месяц назад +8

    As a Europeist and European citizen I would gladly purchase Military Bonds with the declared purpose of laying the foundations for a EU military complex issued by the ECB, and I believe many like me across Europe would do so too.
    Furthermore, if you want to measure the peoples allegiance to the European Union why not let their money talk? As it so happens this would also undermine the leverage local governments have on their citizens towards a more Confederated model, which is the desired outcome.

  • @Aendavenau
    @Aendavenau Месяц назад +18

    We dont want institutionalised corruption, thats just stupid.

    • @bob_greene
      @bob_greene Месяц назад +3

      sadly, it's rampant globally; there are very few countries to feel safe in these days

    • @iam5085
      @iam5085 Месяц назад

      ​@@bob_greeneYou don't feel safe?
      We are all safe, Russia wouldn't challenge Nato, no gains.
      Related to the subject, Finland was likely saved from possible invasion by Russia by Nato membership, Russians have been buying estates from strategally meaningful locations, Putin has had a plan.

  • @ibrahamkaroussa4677
    @ibrahamkaroussa4677 11 дней назад

    “Europeans can either step up or start learning Russian”
    A bit alarmist don’t you think?

  • @neeneko
    @neeneko Месяц назад +9

    People tend to gloss over the flip side of this though : all that money NOT being spent on defense IS being spent on other parts of the economy. They counterbalance the US's heavy spending in one sector by supporting, well, all the others. If the EU shifts its priorities and starts burning capital on somethin with so little return, that impacts the world economy.

    • @davidblair9877
      @davidblair9877 Месяц назад +6

      well, yes, but also no. A lot of U.S. startup companies, particularly in aerospace, receive research and development grants from the DoD. The military spends a lot of money on technological development, and most of those technologies have civilian applications. I know for a fact that the Air Force funded a U.S. startup's ramjet engine development, which they hope to turn into a civilian supersonic passenger plane. Another startup is working with the DoD to develop a new tanker aircraft, which they eventually want to use for air freight. So, yes, over-investment in the military *can* affect the economy, but it can also be a major tech stimulant. Europe really needs that, to be honest.
      I believe that many French startups also work closely with French military development, so this isn't unique to America.

    • @Qnexus7
      @Qnexus7 Месяц назад +2

      a lot of tech research was and is being done in the military sector.
      in the late 60's a US military research program called ARPANET establishes the first nodes connecting research institutions computers. skip forward to 1990, the decommissioning of ARPANET, the privatization opens for commercial entities to build and operate their own networks, ISPs are born.
      one thing led to another and now internet is responsible directly and indirectly for how much of the civil economy?

    • @neeneko
      @neeneko Месяц назад

      ​@@Qnexus7 *sigh* that doesn't matter. It is not a question of if defense spending has benfit, it is that there is only so much resources in an economy, and the more you put into one sector the less developed the others become
      The ARPA net is not a very good example anyway. Several sectors came together to develop the technology around that.. the only reason the military played such an outsized role is it had the most money to burn, and gave the least back since it put its its parts behind a wall.
      Mostly it worked because military spending flowed into academia... alternatively, we could have just cut out the middle man and funded basic research directly. Instead we have ended up with a system where academic research is intentionally crippled so as not to hurt recruitment too much.

    • @davidblair9877
      @davidblair9877 Месяц назад

      @@neeneko “there are only so many resources in an economy…the more you put into one sector, the less developed the others are”
      I mean, yes, that’s true as far as it goes. Thing is, countries and companies both change their priorities all the time. There’s nothing new or strange about it. Just because a sector has historically received outsized attention doesn’t mean that it must continue to do so.

    • @neeneko
      @neeneko Месяц назад

      @@davidblair9877 yes, it happens all the time. but on these scales, it has to be part of the conversation. We are talking shifts of potentially multiple percentage points of GDP. And since this is public sector funding, the question of 'who gets shafted' is likely to be an outsizied issue.

  • @borgstod
    @borgstod Месяц назад +6

    It's back to regional powers and localism. One thing is for sure: there will be many low-intensity conflicts to come and the possibility of all-out conflicts between conflicting power blocks. The Americans are inevitably withdrawing to fight among themselves, so Europeans, we're on our own and must look to defend ourselves.

    • @SusCalvin
      @SusCalvin Месяц назад +1

      I think that is hard to combine with Greater Hungary or France First.

  • @matt9897
    @matt9897 13 дней назад

    When civilians try to understand military things, and completely leave out entire domains of warfare.

  • @TurbotoTaLL
    @TurbotoTaLL 19 дней назад +8

    European countries sovereign? 😂 give me a break!

    • @orthotuber
      @orthotuber 14 дней назад

      Exactly. The EU is way more USSR than it is USA.

  • @Metal_Army
    @Metal_Army Месяц назад +10

    If you have money but not the time then Europe will need to buy from American arms manufacturers while they build up themselves.

    • @tedcrilly46
      @tedcrilly46 Месяц назад

      To fight who?
      Russia is a tin pot. They're using t54s and golf carts with cope cages.
      They're ready to fight a 1990s war.

    • @alioshax7797
      @alioshax7797 Месяц назад +2

      That just creates dependancy and removes any incentive to build up our own capabilities.
      Germany lacked fighter jets. Once they bought American ones, the need of building up a solid industry in that sector feels less urgent.
      The EU should drastically reduce its weapon import from the US. Now. We already produce pretty much any kind of weapon we can think of, albeit slowly. Us not buying our own stuff is nonsense.

  • @jebbroham1776
    @jebbroham1776 Месяц назад +1

    The time period spanning from the end of WW2 in 1945 until Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 was the longest single era of peace for Europe in it's entire history.

    • @Sara3346
      @Sara3346 29 дней назад

      So we are just pretending that Kosovo didn't happen or???

    • @jebbroham1776
      @jebbroham1776 29 дней назад

      @@Sara3346 Kosovo and Bosnia weren’t major engagements.

  • @abdullak7023
    @abdullak7023 Месяц назад +12

    Forgive me Shirvan, but this video seems like a advertisement for European Rearmament and War.

    • @Knight_Kin
      @Knight_Kin Месяц назад +5

      That's because it is.

  • @Turf-yj9ei
    @Turf-yj9ei Месяц назад +12

    About 30 years overdue but I'll take it. If Europe really believes Ukraine is essential for the EU's survival then they need to take some of their $19 trillion combined GDP and some of their 450 million strong population and commit that towards their European defense. They outnumber Russian 3 to 1 and can outspend them almost 10 to 1. There is absolutely no justification for Europe to sit around asking Daddy America to write them blank checks in the year 2024.

    • @tedcrilly46
      @tedcrilly46 Месяц назад +5

      Im European and I don't think Ukraine is essential for the EUs survival.
      Theres so much presumption and flawed conclusions when it comes to what Americans have in their heads about Europe.
      lol. What is this about a blank check? I swear. You lot are clueless.

    • @YellowOysterCult
      @YellowOysterCult Месяц назад

      ​@@tedcrilly46 honestly, it's just the Americans that believe Ukraine is some ultimate defensive border that is preventing ww3.
      Complete nonsense

    • @ltgdr6298
      @ltgdr6298 Месяц назад

      tbh this war as every other war the us trigerred/started is simply a way for some US industry to make money, either buy selling weapon, or by giving loans for country at war to buy US weapon or against some infrastructure/rebuilding

  • @johnthornton2075
    @johnthornton2075 3 часа назад

    Inability to utilize Swiss munitions b/c they will not budge from their non-aligned policy is ludicrous. Switzerland benefits immensely by being behind the protective barrier of Germany, Poland and Ukraine. First thing on the EU defence industry agenda ought to be to patriate the production of those munitions and to eliminate any other reliance on Switzerland for defence materiel.

  • @dinismantas7265
    @dinismantas7265 Месяц назад +8

    Poland is making a strong effort to improve their military, but even Poland will only achieve a high level of preparedness in 2030 or so.

    • @adibunea855
      @adibunea855 18 дней назад

      Let's be honest, Poland hopes to recover its territories from Ukraine and maybe has an eye on Lithuania. Against Belarus she has no chance, behind her is the whole of Eurasia. There remains Germany to the west, which is certainly not happy that it lost Silesia. You don't have to be ashamed, other countries also hope to recover territories now occupied by Kiev.

  • @AntonOfTheWoods
    @AntonOfTheWoods Месяц назад +13

    "It's a win-win all round". Well it's certainly a win for the weapons manufacturers, not so much for democracy or the citizens footing the bill...

    • @captainalex157
      @captainalex157 Месяц назад +1

      being able to defend your country from being annexed by a military expansionist dictatorship is good for democracy

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 Месяц назад +3

      I won't disagree that there's not problems with the American style of the defense industry but if you live in a democracy you are footing the bill regardless of every time you pay your taxes
      And that footing the bill isn't specific to the defense industry it applies to literally everything the government gets involved in

    • @lukabozic5
      @lukabozic5 Месяц назад +4

      Of course it is a win, you have jobs openings in High tech that otherwise wouldn't exist

  • @Barsanuphius.1
    @Barsanuphius.1 13 дней назад

    The initiative needs to happen in European countries. They need to create the demand for the supply to start. European countries need to stop worrying about the beaucracy and start funding and buying their own national defense weapons. Expand the companies. Create more jobs in the respective nations, and then start competing for contracts with the nations that dont have sustainable defense companies. Eventually, the demand will rise for certain companies, which will require their expansion (which will create more jobs). Eventually, leading to the top companies cementing themselves and competing with each other for more contracts. Its a win win for europe, they will be able to defend themselves, and it will create more jobs

  • @yogikarl
    @yogikarl Месяц назад +6

    In my childhood in the 60s there was a joke ? what's the difference between a pessimist and an optimist ? an optimist learns Russian - a pessimist learns Chinese

    • @sanniks
      @sanniks Месяц назад

      now the pessimist will have to learn Arabic...

    • @widodoakrom3938
      @widodoakrom3938 Месяц назад +1

      Doesn't make any sense

    • @yogikarl
      @yogikarl Месяц назад +1

      @@widodoakrom3938 the russko was still white . the yellow fever was more frightening

  • @DeadlyInsanaty
    @DeadlyInsanaty Месяц назад +6

    "If you want Peace, prepare for War."

  • @audience2
    @audience2 29 дней назад +1

    It is about time Europe came out from under the shadow of WWII and loss of Empire. European countries need to reform their constitutions, add freedom of speech, and the right to bear arms. European governments should fear their people, not the other way around.

    • @katra5673
      @katra5673 27 дней назад +2

      the most american comment i've ever read
      Some European countries don't have constitutions, most have freedom of speech. And the right to bear arms doesn't matter

  • @user-zl9sh9mz6h
    @user-zl9sh9mz6h Месяц назад +8

    The USA taxpayer has no moral obligation to provide military welfare benefits to Europeans, Israelis, Japanese, or South Koreans. BRING ALL US TROOPS HOME!

    • @BSL335
      @BSL335 Месяц назад +3

      Ok Ivan 🤡

    • @Terranallias18
      @Terranallias18 Месяц назад +1

      They're our friends you selfish princk

    • @NoName-hg6cc
      @NoName-hg6cc Месяц назад

      ​@@Terranallias18As an European, I thank you
      🇪🇺🤝🇺🇸

  • @andizoelli
    @andizoelli Месяц назад +14

    Just seeing the thumbnail picture I thought you were about to speak about mass immigration from the Middle East and Africa to Europe. Cause that's what really makes Europe dangerous - for its own peoples.

    • @Terranallias18
      @Terranallias18 Месяц назад

      Why do you gotta bring immigration into this

    • @AshkanPacino13
      @AshkanPacino13 Месяц назад +1

      @@Terranallias18 cause it's the biggest problem in western Europe now?

    • @Terranallias18
      @Terranallias18 Месяц назад

      @@AshkanPacino13 Is it? The Syrian refugee crisis is over, and not as many of them are coming over.

    • @AshkanPacino13
      @AshkanPacino13 Месяц назад +7

      @@Terranallias18 millions of MENA and African migrants are coming though

    • @Terranallias18
      @Terranallias18 Месяц назад +2

      @@AshkanPacino13 Is there a reason why that's a bad thing or do you just have racism.

  • @Jake-mf5sn
    @Jake-mf5sn 13 дней назад

    Oh, don't worry, our politicians are making it dangerous enough already.

  • @ghostbride8718
    @ghostbride8718 Месяц назад +9

    If Europe wants to be a proper country and stay relevant in the future, we may need to stop being countries and just agregrate into a single 'EU' country.

    • @ltgdr6298
      @ltgdr6298 Месяц назад +1

      some 30 differents languages, and culture with thousand of year of nationalist history with war between each other, it not simple or popular for the people of thoses country to abandon their rich history to merge into a brand new, artificially made up country

    • @energeticzombie
      @energeticzombie Месяц назад +2

      We need to leave the EU and focus on trade and individual treaty's instead of politics and bureaucracy.

    • @dandavidson4717
      @dandavidson4717 Месяц назад +3

      ⁠​⁠@@energeticzombieYou want to leave the EU to get rid of bureaucracy… By massively increasing the amount of bureaucracy? All those individual agreements would be far more bureaucratic.

    • @energeticzombie
      @energeticzombie Месяц назад +1

      @@dandavidson4717 no it wouldnt.

    • @filipe5722
      @filipe5722 Месяц назад

      Yes, we do! Long live Europe! 🇪🇺

  • @Veritas419
    @Veritas419 Месяц назад +4

    An American politician once told the Europeans that they needed to invest more in their own defense. Europeans were big mad but did absolutely nothing to bolster their defenses other than claiming that this American politician was “endangering the alliance.”

    • @ag4444
      @ag4444 Месяц назад +1

      But you do know that Obama said that Europe needed to step up right. It sounds like you imply that Trump came up with this.

    • @freedomfighter22222
      @freedomfighter22222 Месяц назад

      No?
      In 2014 when Obama took up the discussion most of the rest of the alliance agreed and the goal to reach 2% spending by 2024 for all members were set, then most of NATO countries started slowly increasing their budget towards that goal and now in 2024 almost everyone is above 2%.

  • @IHaulBoxes
    @IHaulBoxes Месяц назад +2

    Viktor Orbán in an interview with Welt (available here on RUclips), indicated Europe had an economy based on war merely by relying on US protection. This will play very much into his rhetoric.

  • @perchristianaaslund6385
    @perchristianaaslund6385 Месяц назад +4

    Man, the way you describe things. I am thoroughly impressed with your capabilities of explaining impossibly complex mechanisms.
    From Norway with Love

  • @dragosstanciu9866
    @dragosstanciu9866 Месяц назад +6

    Eastern European countries need strong armies, they too must cooperate in the creation of a strong military-industrial complex.

    • @Gift-ll4nv
      @Gift-ll4nv Месяц назад +3

      Most Eastern European Countries are poor (relative to other European countries) so cannot possibly afford an extensive military-Industrial complex the defense of Europe is really dependent on Wealthy Western European Countries.

    • @dragosstanciu9866
      @dragosstanciu9866 Месяц назад +5

      ​@@Gift-ll4nvThey are not poor, the living standards have improved a lot there, as such they must cooperate with the countries of Western Europe in order to strenghten their armies.

    • @Gift-ll4nv
      @Gift-ll4nv Месяц назад +3

      @@dragosstanciu9866 Yes I do agree that there living standards have improved but they are still significantly behind Western Europe in terms of Economic output and human development index and so are still poor (in European standards I emphasise).
      I do agree that they will need the cooperation and subsidies which they currently receiving via the EU which is the major reason why their standard of living and economy’s have improve since they entered the EU.

    • @dragosstanciu9866
      @dragosstanciu9866 Месяц назад

      @@Gift-ll4nv Yes, EU subsidies allowed them to modernize their economies, as such they must seek to develop strong armies, they have no choice, a strong army is a guarantee for safety and security, no matter the expenses and the time involved.

    • @carcotasu081
      @carcotasu081 Месяц назад

      Poland and Romania are investing a lot in their armed forces, so there you go

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    @robandcheryls Месяц назад +2

    That was a great look into military Logistical issues.
    🇨🇦 Army Vet

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      Everyone keep stating the importance and advantages of working with proper mentorship but no one offers pointers on how to find good trading mentorship. Sucks yeah 🤦‍♂️

    • @ajkulac9895
      @ajkulac9895 Месяц назад +6

      Not getting scammed in youtube comments is a good place to start.

    • @SubliminalFeels
      @SubliminalFeels Месяц назад +6

      @@ajkulac9895All of the comments except for yours and mine are fake. 2024 is just crazy like that

  • @carloc88
    @carloc88 Месяц назад +5

    The Allies and GDI live on!

  • @Mindwerkz
    @Mindwerkz Месяц назад +3

    You do amazing work, guys!

  • @TheLivirus
    @TheLivirus Месяц назад +8

    "Long term guarantees of sales"
    Sounds like European forever-war.

    • @isaks7042
      @isaks7042 Месяц назад +3

      No. It sounds like a good plan for ensuring lasting peace.

    • @bob_greene
      @bob_greene Месяц назад +1

      sadly, we're living out a real life game of Risk

    • @TheLivirus
      @TheLivirus Месяц назад

      @@bob_greene Risk, in which we're pawns and not players.