Thanks for being here everyone. I say this at the end of the video but I wanna say it again here cuz I think it’s important: This list is just a drop on the bucket. The list of who got super rich off the war is longer than any of us can fathom. My hope with this video is that it will help us better understand how the system works and what incentives are at play in the US war economy. Thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next vid ✌️
Johny, please also add more context on the Russian invasion, there's gonna be very rich people also from the natural gas "sanctions", it's the same scam, I mean scheme all over again, it's not black and white
Thank you for putting this out there. Unfortunate I think that the just desserts coming to these people is full blown collapse that money and influence can't save them from. That has very high costs for everyone and I don't mean money.
This is what the Democratic system is all about in real sense. Brother, you are depressed there, we are getting depression here in our system. The corruption is universal and an integral part of any political system.
We all hear about the ‘war machine’ and ‘military complex’ but this is such a good, easy to understand look into what it actually looks like and operates
Russia watches this video and says "hmm so wait I can just pay random people to kill other for me Fvck yes" the Americans did so will I. This video makes preaching to India about this current war seems dumb. This video makes the entire government seem dumb
Biased is the point you can't just be unbiased and become credible. The fact that he brings up all the bias and context is what makes it more powerful and really highlights why his and other research needs more critical analysis
@@TempRawr I don't think the issue is technically bias so much as if you pull up most news articles, while ~80% of it is facts from a variety of sources, interspersed if you really pay attention are a bunch of unnecessary side comments sprinkled in that should turn the article into being labeled the reporter's opinion piece. But isn't. It just gets slipped in and influences the reader. It gets especially spicy when there's a polarizing subject. It's toxic, unnecessary, and should be removed unless clearly labeled as to what it is.
Unbiased?!?😆🤣😂. This video is INCREDIBLY biased. He goes to great effort to paint anyone providing a service to the government as an immoral huckster looking to oppress others for their own personal gain. Obviously its not cool when contractors defraud the government or randomly murder civilians for no apparent reason but thats not what this video focuses on. Instead he uses those isolated incidents to make it look like all free market capitalists are criminals that just havent been caught yet.
Our system is just as broken as a lot of countries we point fingers at. The more information and people like this come to light the better. Thank you for Real Journalism.
I know that scamming Americans is easy as demonstrated by tech support scammers but scamming the American government is even easier and the scammers are americans themselves in the name of patriotism.
@Mr. Iqbal; I think if the army knew that they were being duped like this, they would have abandoned the contractor, purchased a farm, and grew their own food. They are that much trained in survival skills, so they would have done that.
They’re gonna charge this guy soon with some trumped up charges. I hope not but the ominous “they” don’t like being called out. That Eric Prince is one scary dude
I can’t even finish watching this video. I’m a veteran and the military industrial complex truly disgusts me. Russia’s oligarchs are individual people. America’s oligarchs are corporate entities
@@jamescobb97 naw, 🐻 better than neocon, neolibs 🐓 🦅 who vote in insane 🇺🇸 military budgets while nation rots so fifty years watching the scheming of uniparty makes for thick skin and strange allies. Semper gumby
I served 30 years. 1980-2010. On my 3rd tour to Afghanistan I simply made a statement and was immediately ostracized for it. I said “ well we kicked the terrorists ass but now we are here because War Equals Money” Here you are in 2024 validating my comments
Maj General Smedley Butler one of the most decorated Marines ever, was saying this almost 100 years ago. He retired and started giving speeches trying to let the public know how much money was being made by these wars. It’s no surprise that people didn’t listen then and they ain’t really learned anything since then. Check out his book “War is a Racket” it’s a short book that pretty much encapsulates what he would say in his speeches. He was right then and his words still ring true!
Weren't you also trying to help the Afghan people who wanted freedom, to establish their own army which will be able to fight for their rights against al Qaeda and other fundamentalist psychopaths organizations ? I mean they literally fell apart the day US forces withdrew the country
This kind of unbiased, non partisan journalism is what we need. If a Republican is doing something illegal or wrong, call them out. If a Democrat is doing something illegal or wrong, call them out. Americans are too stuck in their way of "if it's my side, I'll let them slide".
Well the problem is. If only one party is doing something wrong on a given issue. People will say its bias because it doesn't cover the other party. Even if only one party is committing the crime/immorality. Its so annoying
@@Me-ui1zy Yup, that's the issue. Unbiased journalism is not possible IMO. The amount of information journalists acquire is insane. They can't possibly present it all to us, so they will have cut many things out, and in the process their bias will determine what is being cut and which kind of narrative will be built. For example, if you were a journalist leaning to the left, and you decide to film a clash between republican and democrat protestors. It just so happens that you were able to film some democrats kicking a republican lying on the ground, even though a similar but even worse event occurred nearby, where a democrat was almost killed, but no one caught it on video. Now what do you do? You have it on video how your side is doing something bad, but you failed to capture the other side, even though you know it happened. If you were to publish your video, you would be skewing the reality of people against your side, and adding a disclaimer that reads "They did something like this as well" isn't going to cut it.
The two party system sucks we are arguing about bathroom rights ? Like WTF. There really isn’t a choice. The average US citizen paid for the wars and the corporations got rich. And we get the blame for the wars from other countries we got to make some serious changes. American values have been eroded by corporate interests.
The fact that having the potential ability to give millions or billions of taxpayer dollars to a company you are invested in is not often charged as insider trading: often a felony and with years of prison time, is insane.
@@interview1296 There's a reason the EU and NATO both had told Yeltsin and Putin they were not welcome... and it wasn't international security. #AllWorldLeadersCausedUkraine.
You haven't looked very closely then. There are so many good journalists reporting on important stories. Look up Novara Media, The Intercept and OCCRP to name a few...
I use to think he was a good journalist but when i heard his explanation on the Ukrainian video I realised he don't have a clue.... Hopefully just like Iraq the truth will eventually come out
Good to know that Americans are finally waking up and learn about this. As someone with a Muslim background, these sort of stories of injustice are being passed on from our elders. Funny enough, a couple of years back, no one would have give a shit about this. Hope you guys make the best out of it.
I wonder if was like Viet Nam? That eventually worked out to prevent the Chinese from taking over Viet Nam. We trained Viet Nam. North and South and left the means to take on the Chinese. The same can be said about Afghanistan. We gave both Afghanistan & Viet Nam the means to be independent. I don't think many people realize exactly where Afghanistan is and how it influenced world history. Fragmented they are less of a threat. Currently NATO is having that problem. It may be why Putin is trying to reassemble the USSR. I don't think the US did it to be a success in teaching the Afghan to weather the future adversities.
@@vitalybroshchak4512 imagine thinking you can just walk into a destabilized country and completely change their culture. For every Taliban you kill you turn their fathers, brothers and sons into your enemies because to them you didn't just kill a Taliban fighter, you killed their family.
@@RuffinItAB i assume the guys at the top ...with all their analysts, studies etc know that is one of the outcomes...one of their field manuals (which has restricted access) has a chapter on physcoligical operations which have to be done on the AMERICAN public to get them to support the war and troops despite that...using various emotions to build up, patriotism, love of country, etc .........they studied the vietnam war and the anti war, negative response towards the returning troops from the vietnam war by the American public at the time and made plans to avoid that scenario repeating itself ...i think its all mentioned in the field manual from what i can recall
@@RuffinItAB that's why people like George Soros are banned from so much countries : for funding riots, social chaos, degenerate ideas... To bet against the country and profit from it, ruining their currency. He's banned from Hungary, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia... (but he has so much power, not every country he's ruined has banned him, like England) He's such a rat, even his own religious country (Israel) agreed with Hungary (his birth country) to ban him !
@@gigachad6885 George soros is not banned from any countries, His organisation has been banned in Russia and voluntarily closed in turkey, both autocratic countries that don’t like democratic activism
This is exactly why I get pissed when people ask me if I’m a Democrat or Republican, they’re both evil and I’m sick of it. The work you are doing is so important man! Keep it up!
@@gerrynorris1421 Obama govt. invaded Syria, toppled Libya. His 'Drone program' had a ~90% civilian death rate. As per leaked Clinton emails, they were discussing about jacking oil fields in the Middle-East. Quit being a partisan hack.
@@gerrynorris1421 what a ridiculously stupid statement. Afghanistan had only one vote against in the house and the senate. Iraq was more favored by Republicans sure, but it still got a majority vote from Senate Democrats. Seriously do some research before talking out your ass.
I am in the Army and have been deployed to the Middle East, been asking myself the same question for awhile. Knew someone had to be getting rich, the war reeks of greed. Thank you.
must feel shit fighting for a rich dude and not for your county because the only time you are fighting for your country is in self defense like Ukraine
You went there for ideals and country, but actually you went there to earn a bunch of people money by eating and shooting stuff and all that soldiering. Puts a hole different ring to "thank you for your service", right? How fucked up is fucked up
I don’t mean to sound harsh, but when I was first learning of the truth behind these wars, I honestly hated all veterans who participated. But after seeing how many veterans aren’t the gun-toting America loving patriot types, I’ve kind of changed. I respect how even though you’ve been deployed, you realize the truth and admit it. I know many people and even myself would keep myself in the dark to not feel guilty.
I just found your channel today, and I can already confidently say that it's been nice knowing you and if you ever go missing, we definitely know who's behind it
We need to regulate conflict of interest within the senate and house. It’s absurd that these people who help to make decisions for the country are able to be paid by corporations that directly profit off those decisions. If we started to regulate what these politicians did, and who paid them, I’m sure at least 60% of them would resign, because there wouldn’t be gross amounts of money in it for them.
There was overwhelming public demand for the war. I don't know if you remember what what the mood of the nation was like, but after 9/11 war had widespread approval. Republicans were in power, and there was overwhelming republican war backing, and even a Democrat percentage was for war.
@@domnoya4130 No I know, but I'm also talking about the future as well as other things not relating to war, like how big coal has several senators in its back pocket
These are difficult problems, and there isn't really any right choice. While there are bad practices, the issue is that there are no good solutions. We, as a democratic free market society, do not believe in nationalized industry. So we use private contractors instead. That means almost everything from roads to the military uses private contractors instead of government. The government asks military command what they need and they create a compitions for private company bids. Whoever can meet all the points asked for and also has the lowest price wins. Now the problem is the military needs something so hard to develop and so specific that only one company can meet requirements. The issue is that when the government asks for something, only one company bids. When only one company can meet government bid requirements it means they have a blank check. They can charge any amount because no other company is competing for the bid. So there is no good solution to this. Either we let government directly develop these things or we deal with private company prices. We know for a fact that government cannot run businesses, which is why we don't do it. We are stuck with private companies doing all our nation's government work because it is the best option. This guy talks like it is odd or unusual that people got rich from war. Our society is based on private industry not government industry. This means that people get rich from everything. It would be weird if people didn't get rich from war. War is extremely competitive and profitable so yes there is money to be made just like everything else. This guy is talking like it's so crazy that people made money from war. People make money and do the things he is talking about in every single industry. When breaking the rules means getting rich people will break rules it happens in every aspect of life. We do our best to combat this but making money is what is supposed to happen in our society. The private sector gets you rich in America and the government sector gets you rich in places like Russia or china.
I think at this moment it is Yevgany Prigozhin, the Owner of the Wagner goup, Putin's trusted friend. His private army is contracted to fight in the Ukranian war.
What angers me is seeing American citizens fighting over corrupted politicians on every level “Republicans evil democrats good” “Democrats stupid republicans smart”
I never thought I would be interested in journalism until your videos have showed me what real journalism is. Thank you so much for the relative objectivity and quality work
If you like real journalism look up Malen Baker he mostly covers current events and climate change but he has a very calm reasonable approach that I find lacking in this era.
It's sickening. Yet, anytime someone calls out this hybrid of crony capitalism, nepotism, and warmongering-profiteering, they get labeled as unpatriotic. This type of self-enrichment isn't capitalistic or democratic. As a veteran, I applaud Johnny Harris for using his platform to enlighten his audience about the shady practices that undermine the legitimacy of democracy.
Thank you for your service, also i agree ultra-capitalism and military industrial complex is anything but patriotic, it's inhumane. The people on the ground and the troops fighting the war pay the price of this greed.
Uhm... how do you spend money in diplomacy, exactly? Should we just spend all the military money on buying off our enemies? Also, military expenditures are not really expenditures, it is a wealth redistribution. The US government is just spending it's own play money on itself, and the military is the largest social welfare program in the US. Second only to defense spending (by paying workers to build the military its equipment). But spending money on diplomacy? Tell me you know nothing about the way the world works without telling me...
@@Chris-fn4df If by largest social welfare system you mean the benefactors are the rich, then yes, you are right it is. Check out Smedley Butlers "War is a racket".
he will be safe. he is just providing information, he is not giving solutions. That is the beauty of journalism, you can report on all of the messed up shit in the world, but you won't provide a solution for said problems.
@@unnamedshadow1866 ye exactly the us is far from the most oppresive country in terms of journalism like the only ones in danger are the ones that sourced all of this
@@cv4809 when I say expose I meant making visible to us. Coz I would not know unless I watch the video coz I am not fond of reading or going to those websites and do research lol
Thank you for calling them out. People wonder how the hell do Americans spend SO MUCH on military, and yet, medical, space, public transportation, renewable resources are so down the list of priorities
The american government is inefficient, and obviously you cant expect anyone to say no to "free" money. Renewable energy gets 10x the subsidies of fossil fuels. Health care spending pr capita is as high as places with universal healthcare, like Denmark. The problem isnt private companies, the problem is your horrifically inefficient government which will throw money (which it doesnt have) at literally everything.
But hey therefore you guys have the best military in the world. You can build precision munitions which can accurataley ....you can´t make automatic voting machines but the other stuff oooh man
I am 47 years old and Australian. 20 odd years ago, in every major city around the World; millions of people marched against these wars. Iraq and Afghanistan were Oil and Opium wars but also massive profiteering opportunities for Arms Manufacturers. What you have listed here breaks my heart, we knew this is what they were going to do, we knew it would be a dirty, greedy and bloody affair. Normal everyday people marched in opposition but we were all ignored because the then potential profits were to great for our leaders to ignore but after watching this video I realise they made more than they ever dreamed. The whole think stinks from top to the bottom. All the lives lost and torn from the world, all that disgusting greed and a media so in love with being in the heart of the drama, reporting without criticism, word for word Pentagon briefings. Utter madness and a total betrayal of any humanitarian values.
I'm a 47 year old male. Australian and same. I marched at S11 (Anti-wto) about free trade and exporting labour to China. Now we pay the price for useing slave labour for low inflation. Racist hate minimum wage.
I still wonder if people think that these wars were fought for the purpose the governments told their people? All these wars were for the benefit of armed and oil companies. On the face of public these were against terrorism.
We tried, but the far right nwo was already in motion even by the time we took to protest. Ever since ive been following the rise of the new right, which starts in the 60 with the uk torys and u.s republicans.
Lets not forget that the MEDIA cheerleaded those wars, then the Gov't paid the Pro Sports teams to get all "Patriotic" in the guise of "supporting the troops" but turns out a lot of those were paid advertisement paid for by your tax dollars. Funny how when the $$$ ran out all those sports teams now want to stop playing the anthem.
A very well put statement that I totally agree with it's a shame that young kids are sacrificed needlessly for rich man's and the military industrial complexes greed and evil doing
The whole system has to be replaced to remove all this greed and Islam is the biggest enemy to this greed because it makes everyone equal and humble. This explains why the West wants the Muslim world to stay in war
He has the start of a good point, but loses it in dramatics and half facts. The one guy he cites got rich off Honeywell stock, because they’re a defense contractor?!?! Lol I’m sorry to say but Honeywell does a whole lot more than defense. Look at your thermostat or furnace controls, most likely there’s Honeywell parts in there. That’s like saying anyone who invests in Rolls Royce is a war profiteer because a minority of their business is jet engines that some military planes use. He’s reaching for a lot of these, should’ve just kept the focus to the most egregious
As a person who grew up under an authoritarian regime, it surprises me how your channel is still not banned. But truly, you’re doing a great job. Your videos are both informative and not boring, they’re also surprisingly unbiased. Wish you best of luck
for some reason big brother, uh i mean youtube, only bans narratives running counter to big pharma, all else is apparently fair game for the time being...
There is a lot of channel that get banned and also johnny harris is controlled opposition, there is a reason the algorithm promote his videos. His videos are not unbiased, also what " authoritarian regime" did u grow up in.
As an Afghan living those 20 years, I can say there were other large companies like DynCorp International and Pacific Architects and Engineers that had huge operations.
As an Irish Australian, I Salute You Johnny. What You have revealed backs My Own Analysis that the Weapons Manufacturers Rule the World. My Salute goes 100% to You.
As someone who comes from a war torn country it makes me literally sick to see how rich these monsters get off of other people's pain. People are Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and many others are dying of hunger while these soulless bodies are filling their pockets with millions. The world is run by a few individuals and they decide faith of so many people. You just happen to be born in Ukraine, Bosnia, Palestine or Syria and your world is forever changed because of these people...🤢🤮Keep making these videos. We need to be informed! Thank you!
Jasmine…so well stated! I can’t even imagine what people from these countries have had to endure. My heart goes out to you and all the others. The treatment of the Palestinians with no real media attention (except to be branded as terrorists)for decades now, is quite revealing of US’s inconsistent and immoral policies. Shameful!
I left the US Army in November 2000 and soon after 9/11 I started being offered employment for civilian contractor positions in Kuwait and then Afghanistan and Iraq. Some of the offers were approaching $200k with major tax benefits making it even more generous. The two things that kept me from signing up were that I couldn't accept the fact service members were responsible for the safety of contractors while being paid 1/5 the pay and the civilian contract allowed for the ability to quit and be sent home at any time. I told the recruiter that I would expect that to result in a huge turnover. He said some quit as soon as they show up, but you still get paid for "trying." The Afghanistan war was a major source of self enrichment. Congress was fully aware, but they had no reason to stop it.
that's the work of lobbyists, they pay a cut percentage of the profits to our leaders and in return, they turn a blind eye to their crimes against the states, our allies, our former allies, and our enemies. all to maintain a status quo.
Yeah, I dealt with alot of what you're talking about. I use to be apart of a unit that would find drones that got shot down or other high value assets and what not. And some of the Corpartions that we get this technology want to be on the ground when the item is found, so they have a better understanding of what happened and why it failed or whatever m which I understand, but some of those folks seemed like they were just out of college and thought they were just going on a hike. Had no business being in a intense high pressure situation. It's dangerous being around those type of people.
@@waydebaker33 Military Industrial complex is what keeps the US running, not to mention I know some marines who are the ones truly saving cash. Like once, my friend didn't have the right lube for the Mk19 and had to use oil filter lube, and the MK19 kept jammin.
What you do Johnny is amazing. True investigative journalism. Please scale this and keep fighting the good fight, because mainstream media sure won't. Godspeed!
After sports and television, scamming is America's favourite pass time just ask Gary Vee, couple of months ago he was promoting NFTs, two weeks earlier he said NFTs are dangerous than Tik Tok.
@@blackcat-mp7kh everybody has bias, but you can still make incredibly balanced videos even with some bias. He has critiqued both sides of the political spectrum many times.
Robert J. Stevens: Jewish Stephen Orenstein: Jewish Erik Prince: Close ties with Israel David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli: Jewish Starting to notice anything?
Most of replies to comments are idiots just saying this is bullshit without any argument. He is wrong bro! Source!? Can you prove it!? Trust me bro he is shit and all lies etc. just trust me! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Because their public loves wars. It's the country where owning guns is legal. Without invading other nations, they will just end up killing each other just like they did during the pandemic.
@@cynthiacole6140 Eh, no. Curing cancer requires insane increases in computing power along with scientific breakthroughs. Computer perf increases are more or less governed by Moore's law. We are still >10 years off from actually having sufficient power to "cure cancer"
Also cab manipulate the prices of stocks they purchased by granting government money to the corporations they invested in. Pump up their profits with taxpayer money basically.
As an Afghan, it's heartbreaking to see how much profit was made off of the suffering of our people. While we endured the consequences of war, others became wealthy. Videos like this are important to show how war isn’t just about politics-it’s about profits. Thank you for exposing them!
I'm glad guys like Johnny are making these videos. A lot of folks know that these things are going on, but it takes a very talented video maker and communicator to articulate it.
@@MasonsTurtle Way more important than who won is though surely WHAT NOW?! We have experienced the creation of yet another 'Gunpowder Nation': Afghanistan, now ruled by literal Barbarians. A heavy hit for human-rights and especially woman-rights, to say the least of the least So what now?
@@slevinchannel7589 not as barbarians as those who invaded them in the beginning. Use you mind a little bit. who drop bombs from airplanes and drones are way worst than those get killed by these same bombs .
@@MrBigShark Yes, i am using my mind and the woman-hating murderers are 'still' the barbarians. As every defintion of the word tells you. Of course America did stuff wrong, but that doesnt change who the looneys are.
Also because when you have war in other countries, all of the devastation stays over there. Even better when it is a proxy war and your puppet does all the dying too.
Because a long time ago, the US said they have an obligation as the world's largest Super Power country to protect and interfere in foreign politics and war. There's not just some super villain sitting in his chair like "hmmmm yes war! I'm incredibly evil just because I want to be, hahaha"
@@papa_squat I agree there, but I thought it was common knowledge the reason why the US interferes with foreign affairs. They openly say it all the time. Even if it may not be completely the real reason. It's still the only actual answer we're given to the question this dudes askin.
Thank you for explicitly explaining the bipartisan nature of this corruption. All too often people get wrapped up in picking teams and they miss the reality that both sides are basically equally (and very) corrupt.
Yessr our (so called) Government is broken into one giant beauty pageant,soap opera, lest I speak on actual functioning engagements that badly...🤣 My very first election was Al Gore and Bush I feel like a damn fool, thinking that my vote counted for something my entire being alive I've never seen a president get in the office from the popular vote
The establishment plays both sides! This is how they keep power! I used to be a team player, until I found my team pledging loyalty to the Establishment. My Voter ID may say democrat, but my loyalty is to America. Not any party!
Uh no. Democrats are corrupt in the sense that they do the things very powerful people force them to do. Republicans are corrupt in the sense that they love doing the evil shit just as much as the guys telling them to do it and they're willing to cross way more lines than democrats are. They are not even close to equally corrupt and people pushing the whole "both sides" nonsense are a huge reason why republicans are able to get away with all the shit they do.
My son is a United States Marine Afghanistan veteran. I'm amazed to see how much these so-called contractors get compared to my son and all the brave soldiers who were actually fighting the war in Afghanistan.
@@majorswanson I'm from Australia but just want to say Thank-You for your service. like someone said in the comments "Shall it be done onto you as you did onto others" I think jabbing at the terrors that happened over there should be pushed onto you (if or if you weren't involved in them) i think is what they mean but like most i assume you were just a patriot and wanted to defend those you loved and the country you loved and if you had of known what this whole thing would have become i doubt like most you would deploy again knowing now what we do. So thank you and I'm sorry you risked your life in the name of Higher Ups lining their pockets and throwing you all at the War-Machine to be chewed and destroyed :(
@@PaulRudd1941 Not easy when you were brainwashed your whole life, especially when your country was in war with communism for almost 50 years (making therefore capitalism the " good side "), especially when your country still antagonises the few remains of communism these day (and I mean they still should, North Korea, Russia, China are not country that value human rights), therefore giving some fuel to the myth that capitalism is necessary.
@@LithningWolf Sole Source Intended or No-bid contracts are not free-market capitalism. There are already rules for it. They are just being ignored - "Rules for thee but not for me!" Markets have a cap on cash available to seek value in products; the government just makes it appear out of nothing.
This guy is a true Journalist. I've never seen anything like this before and genuinely feel like I'm getting an objective report about a situation instead of superficial propaganda.
I dont like the self insert clips of him pretending to be bussy infront of the computer looking at numbers, also he was wrong on alot and he is a neo con sometimes. His videos are hit or miss for me.
Exactly, very good reporting, very well informed, in-depth. But most importantly, it is just that, a report, providing the information needed. This is what makes him a journalist. The ability to report but the inability to provide a solution.
Then it's severely time you move outside your bubble. There's a huuuge amount of incredible reporting done by journalists every day, and this is the best you've seen? That's like eating at McDonald's and thinking it's fine dining...
@@QronoZ713 this. this is alright journalism. He is well informed, but he's just giving us an info dump. Also he acts way to entitled when he present the facts. That annoys me a bit. I know we're getting screwed by the government, but this guy is clearly showing which side he's on. And on other reports he made it's even more clear. He's a good journalist, for a left wing leaning one, he's definitely one of the better ones.
My father is Latvian and had a mandatory military service back in the Soviet days. One day his division got woken up at 4 o'clock in the morning for an unexpected "training"... Dad had a bad feeling about it and fleed from the barracks. Later it turned out that his group got sent to Afghanistan and died in a helicopter.
A military plane took of from Kabul Airport carrying all Afghan troops except one soviet officer. As they passed over a mountain range, it took some bullets. Guess who got shot in the ass?...you're right! the only one who got shot was the soviet officer. The plane turned around....
I know that scamming Americans is easy as demonstrated by tech support scammers but scamming the American government is even easier and the scammers are americans themselves in the name of patriotism.
"Ok, I'm going to go try not to be depressed about how our democracy works". I love how Johnny states things on the fly that most of us are too scared, too lazy, or too uninformed to say. Thank you.
I am from Afghanistan bruh and the stuff you put on your channel is insanely good & accurate. I have worked in transportation company in Afg which was like 3rd subcontractors for fuel transportation and they charged super high rates and gave drivers and vehicle owners penny. Blackwater not only charged 6500$ for evacuation they also charging 2500$ to make you fake documentations so you can apply for SIV Case. Fahim Hashimy got super rich and even became minister of communications and technology with his money to start money laundering. Ajmal Rahmani is another person which started with small contract of taking trash out from Bagram Base and became the richest (off list) person of Afghanistan which he bought ticket out of that money to become member of Parliament not just him his father as well and he (Ajmal Rahmani) bought all other members Parliament with that money to buy votes to make his father chairman of Parliament. But as you said lot of people got super rich which they never got caught.
Wait a min, a dude got rich taking out the trash? This totally gives a different meaning to the phrase, "one man's trash is another man's livelihood." I think parents should tell his story as an inspiration to kids to make them behave. Like, "See, son, there was a dude in Afghanistan who used to take out the trash, and now he is incredibly rich. So stop lazing around and take the trash out."
It didn't shock me at all but it certainly disgusts me. This is why America is the only wealthy country without universal healthcare and millions of children living in poverty. And crumbling infrastructure. Our corrupt government and greedy business executives have literally stolen trillions of taxpayer dollars to fatten the bank accounts of war profiteers.
I agree.. but just still be cautious believing all independent journalism.. they too can have personal agendas.. Not talking about this dude.. just in general. 👍
What is pathetic is that we've become so jaded about corrupt politics that we expect news like your report as a part of life. But it still needs to be known, so that the wrong doers know people can still see them. Good job.
I feel sad for the soldiers and their families. Those who lost lives, went through trauma,While people in their AC rooms made tons of money. Also the people whose lives were dragged in war and in the end nothing changed. Mainstream media sells us shit and there are RUclipsrs giving us real news.
Don’t be mistaken there are RUclipsrs who try to sell you shit without disclosing that it’s sponsored or mentioning it at the end. *cough cough* Johnny’s video “how China became so powerful” where he pushes the WEF agenda and the video does not really talk about the history of China as much as it should. All that being said, I love Johnny Harris and he is a great journalist but nobody is infallible. Don’t misunderstand me though, you can learn a lot more about shit that actually is important from RUclipsrs/independent journalists rather than traditional media. Traditional media tends to blow things out of proportion for clicks/views. Follow the money with everyone, even Harris sometimes.
I 'liked' their 12-day or so coverage of the Ukraine invasion. Then for some inexplicable reason it all just went silent, even though the situation in Ukraine now is more dire than ever. The war-time journalists bringing us the real coverage did an amazing job, and I'm sure they're still there sending in their reports only to have some executive decide 'I want higher ratings' and bench their report for the rage-story of the day. So glad we have content creators like Johnny and others who are able to bring us actual news about important issues.
The worst is when you get back, and you know the truth. And everyone around you is pissed off about the wrong things. And then the cycle begins.... A well trained soldier can make the American conglomerate rich for years ..
as an indian i always thought that India is the most corrupt country and the politicians here are ruthless I always thought life in west is so good and democracy is maintained in west but nowadays when I'm knowing more about USA and how democracy actually works there I really don't know what to comprehend its just unimaginable how USA works
Bhai, the US is just a third world country with a GUCCI bag. I have been to Norway and have read upon the US, the difference between their institutions is beyond comprehension. We are just corrupt and we all know it, but the US has kept this Mirage for its people, on how they are JUST people and their government is accountable. They are not.
@@thromboplastin446 Anyone who says "The US is a third world country with a Gucci bag" is basically screaming "I have never been to a third world country." Seriously, there are plenty of things in the US that are pretty ridiculously bad, but the comparison is naive at best.
@@Goetterkomplex_ I am from India and studied in Norway for a term. Worked in US for a year. I am not saying that the US is bad, beautiful country and Amazing people, I am rather saying that the US has a habit of addressing issues the way any third world country addresses their issues. Whereas in countries like Norway and Denmark, Well, they actually get their shit done.
Wow! I've seen many people trying to explain the corruption within US government contracts. John did it the best way possible - it's not boring, really striking.
The problem is corruption, it is not that "they were not paying attention due to war". The people responsible for giving out these contracts, especially to those companies that don't do anything and just pocket the money, are the real culprits. Let me give you an example. If I was the person responsible for giving out a $1B contract, and I assign it to a "friend", he gets the huge profitable contract and gives me 100 mill in cash without anyone knowing. This is exactly how it works, but it's untraceable, and it is a cancer in the US and basically every country.
It doesn't even need to be your friend, and no one has to hide giving you money. Just buy enough stocks from the company. Or get them as compensation for your no-need-to-show-up job as advisor.
Well, not necessarily. Corruption is one of the problems and it works in many ways, including the one that you just explained. But what this video confirms is that even without corruption (as in, without breaking any laws) there are people legally profiting obscene amounts of money. This is one of those cases where the lawmakers don't want to make laws and regulations to stop these, because it benefits them.
Modern wars are not meant to be won. But are meant to make select people rich, very rich. The soldiers who lose and/or risk their lives must be very proud.
I always have this picture in my mind - "Hey, I found oil" "This is the US gov.. We are here to protect your country and show you how democracy works" It's kinda sarcastic 😂😂😂😂😂
It is macabre and sad the fact that many innocent human beings have to die in a war because of a bunch of unscrupulous people who in order to make big money don´t care about the killings of thousands of civilians. I like your channel Johnny. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Argentina.
I think it's important to point out that outside of congress, the people who got rich were taking advantage of an existing situation. The rich didn't manufacture a situation to earn, as the video shows, a lot of these guys were just opportunistic
It's all bad, but one of the most sickening parts was that when we convicted the Blackwater merceneries for MURDER during an active war - it showed that the US might actually be different than other countries at war at least sometimes. That the civilian victims in an enemy territory might be shown justice. It'd be like seeing the Russians who killed civilians on cam actually jailed for their crimes - and it sent a message too: "You're not untouchable, there actually may be consequences" which changes the whole game. And then Trump, with the support of near half the US population of fucking shitwits - PARDONS THEM, COMPLETELY. Pardons them of indiscriminately shooting into a crowded area of the place we're claiming to 'keep peace' in. That sends too messages One to the contracters: "You are above the law, there will be no consequences". One to struggling nations we intervene in: "They're no different than all the other occupiers through all our shitty history" I hate it when people don't get punished for financial crimes, as it's a given enough money means disproportionately small consequences but it disgusts me when something like that happens and undermines crimes of violence as well. It makes me a lose another bit of hope that any of this means something. That we actually are different in any way in the US.
Blame on stupid populations that vote greedy/unscrupulous people into power. You more than anyone should understand that. As an example, back in the 30s both Argentina and the US had the same size economy. One country voted for FDR and the other voted for fucking Peron. You know how that story ended.
@@cevcena6692 I know a chick whose dad is in the arms industry and is one of the people currently supplying arms to eastern european countries right now. They're literally getting filthy rich through backdoor deals with established companies like (Das***) and even knew that the war was gonna happen beforehand. Bought a villa in alps and is literally anticipating for the war to boil over to at least poland. It's disgusting that these people are literally profiting out of the death of thousands. There's also my suspicion that the US made a deal with NATO when they invited Ukraine to join. Idk about the other western countries but I'm positive that France's arms industry is experiencing exponential growth rn, and they all knew or even probably manipulated the start of this war. That's why the US pulled out of Iraq moments before Russia invaded Ukraine. These bastards knew a more profitable front was about to open. Edit: removed the direct name of the company
@@voidhawkslx "tHe uS mIgHt bE dIfFeREnT" Yeah. It's way different because it's waaaaaaaaaaaay worse. Conveniently pinning murders on mercenaries isn't going to change anything. Everything they've done in the name of freedom ever since WW2 was murder and genocide. And it's waaaaaaaaaay ahead of everyone else in that regard. So YES. Way different,.
After what happened in Afghanistan I'm convinced I'll never join the military. Respect to all the brothers and sisters out there serving, but the people calling the shots are airheads and I'm not putting my life in their hands just because they feel the need to flex the military on other countries.
@@NobodyNothingNeverNowhere Congress was intended by the founders to serve the people, but it's clearly the other way around. Nobody should be able to invest in stocks while in Congress that should be considered punishable by jail time.
@@Redditor6079 congress was designed by the founders to serve the citizenry - citizens at the time being solely wealthy, land-owning white men. And they kinda still serve that function. The system we have is not broken - it was designed to be this way, to funnel wealth and power, together, to a select few individuals. And you and I ain’t one of em.
@@Redditor6079 You're completely right, corrupt people in power making sure they stay in power and the people work for them instead of them working for the people, and we watch ourselves getting fucked in the ass.
It just amazes me how only US decide when invasion is justified and when is not, when killing civilians is ok and when it’s not ok, who is terrorist and who is not, who is a dictator and who is not, which colour of children and women is fine to be killed and which are not, who have the right to defend their country from invasion and who are not, who is considered a hero and who is considered a terrorist, when lying is fine and when is not and the list keep goes on and on. What’s more crazy is the world are agreeing with that and even supporting that. We living in a world full of hypocrisy.
Ukranian war in nutshell. They wont talk about victims by Ukranian arty strike from 2014 to even today in Lughanks, Donbass and Donetsk region. They sent milions upon milions of dollars worth of weapons. And they can now even sell their gas Oh fricking hell
as we are seeing with the cold reception for Ukraine's war in Asia. The US badly want asia to side with them against Russia but most Asia just dont really care, some voted against UN resolution, most just rebuffed the sanction attempt on Russia.
@@theemirofjaffa2266 read the book! It’s short. He gives the figures for American companies and their soaring profit margins during the first world war. Everything from munitions manufacturers through to saddlemakers and people who sold boots to the army. And as he points out, at the same time the soldiers that were sent out to fight in the trenches took huge pay cuts, never mind the danger and horror they were put into.
@@theemirofjaffa2266The book was written by literally one of the most decorated servicemembers in American history. It's worthy reading, and was talking about this exact kind of thing 80+ years ago.
Lol I'm Austrian. I just can think about the money what they could have invested in the health care system or in education. This is just sad when you think how many lives and opportunities they just ruined not helping them
@@chrisblack__ Scamming americans is easy anyway. It's not surprising that so many businessesman scammed their way up in the Afghanistan war but the point that they scammed the US government is mind-blowing.
I made 50k as an infantry e4 for a year deployed in Afghanistan 2004-2005. Blackwater and contractors made up to and over 100k for a year, not just mercs, but KBR had civilian cooks rather than army cooks. So rather than 50k per soldier serving food it was 80k per cook. No suprise having been there, seeing it and hearing it from them personally. Intel guy I met made 100k every 6months for analysis. He was multilingual and stationed in Quatar, even shipped his BMW over.
I'm curious. Were these contractors given preferential treatment with assignments? I could see a situation where, as hired guns they had more choice in assignments than regular soldiers. Like if they deemed an operation to be too risky but it had to be done, then it would fall back on the army to get it done.
@@Novacificationcompletely different mission sets. Black Water worked as security details for ambassadors and other important officials, they weren’t going out to make hits on targets and things like that. They also never lost a single asset so they were damn good at what they did.
50k was your base salary but your benefits cost a lot more. So from government’s perspective, contractors are the cheaper alternative if you can believe it or not. They still cost a lot of money but they can be used without worrying about them like soldiers
I would not be surprised if he stops making content after a while due to some inevitable personal threat. But we really need people like him in journalism to expose truth. More power to Jhonny!
He's not going to get threatened. All of these companies are above board legally and when they're not their layers will take care of it. Above board legally doesn't mean moral. Do something illegal vis a vis releasing crimes the US Government does and the Justice department will come after you.
This guy is a weak grifter, incapable of logic, and brings nothing new or informative to anyone. How about holding the actual military personnel accountable? “I was just following orders!” Sound familiar. Everyone knew all about this the entire time during 20 years of lies.
@@DriftWizard750 Yeah we Knew, we watched we marched and protested it was wrong and the country went to war and killed, displaced, crippled and destroyed everything and everyone because they want to pin a flag to their lapel, a flag and F#*k the rules and the constitution.
This is why I pay people literally no attention when they start to gripe about the possibility of their tax dollars paying off college loans or paying for college in general; like if you really knew where your tax dollars were actually going…
Individual income taxes are the equivalent of letting a 2 year old pay for a toy. The entire income tax system is unnecessary and is primarily designed to make the population feel ownership in society. The country used to be financed on import tariffs alone, and that was when the currency was backed by physical gold. With a fiat currency and the federal reserve, the entire system of taxation and appropriations is artificially designed to keep the population distracted.
Ironically the US tells us… All income tax goes to pay the interest only for the 30+trillion federal reserve notes worth of National Debt not a thing more, at least according to the US governing mental institutions.
Your the one of the best. If not the best journalist I ever saw. Amazingly proffesional and catchy and very polite. At the same time , honest and truthful.
Education works perfectly. It keeps poor people stupid and easy to control, they are just smart enough to work a cash register. Just the way the rich want us.
@@jayolovitt5969 Weird how South Carolina Republicans supported “communism” when they drafted the state’s Reconstruction constitution and yet now the replacement constitution drafted by Democrats is still in place despite Republicans thoroughly controlling the state.
This is not only some excellent journalism, but Johnny's quite literally putting himself in danger in chasing stories of these people. P.S: Absolutely love the background music.
All he did was read a bunch of public documents and connect the dots. In theory, anyone can do this (and they usually do, at least the real journalists). Nobody will put a hit on him after gathering a few million views on his videos exposing what anyone can actually investigate on his/her own. USA is bad, but it's not Russia...
The therapy commercial was nauseating. The MIC equivalent. Theoretically companies didn’t cause the war. The troops paid the price while you feed at the trough of freedom and mock it
As a military wife the lowest bidder thing pisses me off. These companies make so much while so many of us live in crappy situations. For example, the water issue here at Pearl Harbor. Or the fact that our houses are not even built to code. There is a lot of cheating and the private companies that own base housing cheat service members and their family of their money (beyond the housing allowance that the military counts as part of their pay) when moves happen. They do not play far between houses, or families. We have a lot of run down buildings and things that don't work properly. Its partially because of the contractors who take so much off the top, and partially because the budget is spent on stupid things. But it is also just corrupt people running the government, military included.
Wow, I feel for you and family. The wasted money really hits home so to speak. Before anything gets fixed it has to first be acknowledged as a problem. All of the knowledge we share on the internet is a start.
Hey yawl be careful now --- yeah Florida gov. Desantis gets to play thee role of baddass saviour of the regular folks for now --- but to any of yawl who were just glamorizing how gov. Desantis is handling the plandemic pandemonium --- just be aware of what else he does out of the rose-colored spotlight . (Do not just ignore the evidence like he does) Check out This 'under the radar' youtube site run by real fishermen and residents that are calling out the fla. EPA and FWC for deliberately systematically poi-zioning Florida's waterways with herbicides among smorgasbord of other lucrative poi-zions. The sheer volume of pictures of fish with nasty tumors and abrasions is astounding and alarming --- and as usual, using every dirty in the book, the state trys to deflect and bury any serious scrutiny (of the deliberate, increasingly-declining water quality, and general sabotage of our natural eco-logical system directly due to shady lucrative business deals with the poi-zionist polluted economic-system) These good folks go to all the meetings and do due diligence to petition legislators to look into other options such as mechanical harvesting --- but the authortarians are in bed with the poi-zion industries and stubbornly refuse to budge . Could Them greedy-sadistic deviloper's Agenda 21 soylent green new deal --- include sabotaging our ability to sustain ourselves from our natural resources so we have no choice other than to aquiesce or starve to death ? Or worse ? He did take a delegation of 500 business buddies over for a week vaccation in isreal on the taxpayers dime . Also have any of yawl seen them exxon mobile commercials where they boast about turning genetic-molesting algae into biofuel for military needs ? Or does anyone remember that algae-bloom red tide a few years back that decimated manatees and dolphins and seabirds ? Anyhow thanks for the head's up yawl ! ruclips.net/video/_GKA9GMGj5k/видео.html Them brand new bioweopons are designed to attack specific ethnicities --- that's why they scattered over 300 biolabs all around the world. For FAR too long them poi-zionist perpe-traitors of crimes against humanity and nature been hiding under the umbrella of 'anti-semitism' ('kosher' white supremacism --- real hebrews have bronze skin) Them greedy-sadistic devilopers (conquistadores) (wolves in sheepskin camouflage) been trying to piss us natives off our own land similar way we helped our unquestionable kosher-supremacist cult do to all it's unruly neighbors in the mideast . (think the movie Avatar) And every 'pussy' (pardon the expression) soldier in the fucking world justs stands down and lets humanity take it up the ass . A gov. rep. tried to 'justify' the tyrannical manner in which they stamped-out the peaceful protests, arguing that the Canadian truckers had 'MANIFESTOS' . However it's Them infamous globalist manifestos that are the (too true to be any good) ENEMY of all indigenous honest to goodness earthings Freedoms and sovereignty --- Like a global western , We peaceful town folks will have to do something about them ruthless (greedy-sadistic) industrailist motherfrackers hellbent on total world domination --- that use any diabolically-retarded means necessary to terrorize half of us fearful folks into helping them trample over the rest of us honest to goodness regular folks . " Kiss our Grit " ( Them arrogant greedy-sadistic motherschmuckers are desperately trying to prevent the meek from inheriting the earth ) If you can not understand the serious implications and ramifications of what's going on these daze --- YER a F-N --- NOT-SEE . The pedophile preistclass billionares and their 'crafty' 'woke' insider-cheater-class kingpimps, plan to use NOT-SEE flunky henchmen (muggles) to 'eliminate' FREE-THINKERS and RIGHTEOUS TRUTHERS that know too much . Think about it ... We meekly-proud honest to goodness earthlings best not wait until the 'con-science-less' robot army is fully-operational ---because then, even the most loyal 'not-see' flunky (human-shields) will become expendable loose ends ... (manifest destiny huh?) 🇺🇸 The true enemy of the (UN-holy Lucifarian poi-zionist jewroman empire worshipping) Military Industrial complex has always been pesky INDIGENOUS free-thinking greedom-fighting PEACE FREEKS. 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That is the major malfunction in a nuts-hell --- Military depending on AI (artificial intelligence) algorithms is diabolically retarded. --- big tech Deceptacon hex-nuts are Banking on US well-meaning trusting 'schmuck' honest to goodness earthlings --- to not be able to realize the difference between : 'too good to be true' --- and 'too true to be any real good' . Victory through deception huh ? i can't get behind that . The Truth is what sets US free . the notion that top-secrecy is vital to maintaining democracy is really just a cruel mockery of everything we hold sacred . if you think the wages for deliberately schmucking the whole world into going to war against everything pure and natural and good are astronomically enormous --- yer darn friggin right --- but you definitely got another thing coming... get ready for your proper CAPITALIST PUNISHMENT you greedy-sadistic motherfrackers ! Good riddance to the pedophile preistclass and their arrogant insider cheater-class not-see flunkys . (a.k.a. the congregation of wicked and the synogog of spraytan) Good dawning to all yawl heavenly endowed earthly beloved souls ! For Real . Thanks again for helping keep thee ideal --- Real ... So courageously Speak for yerselves ! it does indeed matter what our brave servicemen personally think --- when dealing with infiltraitorous deepstate shenanigans of Deceptacon hex-nuts and COBRA COMMANDER --- (trying to mask the truth) KNOWING is half the battle --- and VICTORY is the TRUTH --- the WHOLE TRUTH --- and nothing but the honest to goodness TRUTH . 'Blind' faith in our intelligent designer's masterplan does indeed help in the mean time ... but knowing what we (both as individuals AND as a collective) REALLY CARE about most --- IS everything ! We each need to prioritize our values and most cherished virtues --- because even Peace and Love --- are basically bogus without Truth and Justice --- to stabilize and keep our ideals --- real . PSEUDO-BLISSFULL WILLFUL-- IGNORANCE IS the enemy --- we all must personally never let ourselves surrender to... (Aim directly @ AI) Never surrender your soul --- to the 'poi-zionist pie in the sky lies' that the so-called 'Great' Deceiver' trys to disguise... for this is the epic spiritual battle we are up against. soldiers who lack the ability to think for themselves usually end up as not-see flunky cannon-fodder pawns for the debt-based billionaire bankster war mongerers sponsoring all opposing sides --- and conjuring up all the serious trouble in the world in their Genocidal Megalomaniac Eugenicist evil Mastermind-dead HELLBENT for total world domination. Whatever happened to UN-ALIEN-ABLE rights ? And vengeance is mine sayeth thee Lord ? could it be that --- thee proverbial narcissistic illegal-alien overlord peeping-tom eyeball way up there at the tippy-top of thee proverbial power pyramid scheme meat-cult food-chain on the $$$ we all got schmuckered into thinking we all must warship --- (or else) --- really one in the same as the devil he is supposedly against ? Anyhow Stay vigilant --- Hold-fast ... and goddesspeed ! especially to all yawl greedom-fighting heavenly-endowed earthly beloved defenders keeping both your Heart, mind, and real eyes open ! 👀 ⚡⚡
What do you mean the lowest bidder thing? From what I hear from this video is that the lowest bidder was never selected because of the war. So they panicked and just picked someone without finding the cheapest price.
At this point, schools should just put on Johnny Harris video during the class. So much knowledge and information in a single video. Schools could never
He brings attention to alot of important issues, but the information he gets is largely from the work of actual reporters. While what he does is fantastic, the journalists who make videos like this possible should also be given credit.
@@ahlishaholloway233 You’re a bigot. Did that belittling comment do it for you. Did it help you “get off” mentally. Im not understand your little attempt at insulting him because he doesn’t have a proper title? You better be upper echelon
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So you wouldn't be paying for security if the government did it? You wouldn't be paying for ammo if the government made it? You wouldn't be paying for construction if the government did it? What, everyone who does anything shouldn't do it for money? So we shouldn't be paying for whatever, to reach whatever goals with Afghanistan, but we should be for whatever goals for Ukraine? Who gets to get paid for their work and who decides? You?
@@phatmhat9174 war is pointless, costly, and tragic for so many families. Even if it was only the US govt. and they weren’t privatizing fucking WARS it would STILL BE BAD. Conducting war the way the US does is extra costly to the taxpayer because of what Johnny showed in the video… contractors have abused the system to milk every last dollar out of the Pentagon
@@phatmhat9174 Difference is that Government is accountable to the people and are supposed to act based on the interest of the people. Private companies are only accountable to the board of directors. Now if you are arguing that your government is not transparent to the American public, then its your problem that you need to sort out.
@@dominicj7977The government doesn't do security even when security is being done. It's being done by people or oranizations hired by the government and is accountable to...to what? Standards set by the government. Do you even know the standards set by the government? Did you read them? Did you read the costs? Did you vote on the costs? Listen closely - you have less say with the government than you have with private companies. And more broadly - the government is made up of parties, who are responsible to their voters, NOT the people. When they force a 17$ min wage or disallow fracking or whatever, they're NOT being accountable to "the people" but to the voters who share their values. The people are screwed. The impacts on them - higher gas prices - irrelevant. It's the government and it's supporters getting their way that's all that matters.
Watched it to the end, never fails to piss me off. Already knew the system is corrupted but still find it infuriating every time I happen across a video like this. Nice work providing critical information to the masses!
@@jb2532lol yes, because CEOs do all the work. 🤦 His employees deserve that money instead of him. And nothing protects you except the roof over your head that your momma gave you.
you are on to something brother, keep going, this is the actual news (information) we as a people need. Thank you, this is so needed, I can not tell you how much this is appreciated.
If you are depressed about how our democracy works, then it is not really a democracy and we can not let 1/6 happen again. Like Stephen Colbert said, nobody (in this country, the United States) was rooting for the terrorrists on 9/11.
The beauty of capitalism: making money, anywhere, anytime, specially in wartime Edit: No wonder USA is in constant war, the leaders of it profit from their wars!
"What about all the good things war has done for us? Why don't we ever hear speeches about that? Jobs, technology, a common purpose… All we're sayin' is… GIVE WAR A CHANCE!" - Every person in this video, probably.
China does this too. Same with Russia and North Korea. They sell weapons to each other all the time and are definitely involved in supporting terrorism in the middle east. Not to mention their global expansions.
As a veteran that was boots on the ground, I really appreciate this video. People need to know brother. It's impossible to understand what actually happened over there unless you were there. It's all about money. Everything we did over there was about money. Look up the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline. I've personally protected it. You will find amounts of money that you never knew existed.
Do you regret joining the military? What was it like for you and the other troops to become aware of the reality of the situation while deployed? Like, was it openly discussed amongst yourselves or were there people who simply didn’t want to see it? Thanks in advance if you answer. I always really appreciate opportunities to talk directly with people who were there.
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Thanks for being here everyone. I say this at the end of the video but I wanna say it again here cuz I think it’s important: This list is just a drop on the bucket. The list of who got super rich off the war is longer than any of us can fathom. My hope with this video is that it will help us better understand how the system works and what incentives are at play in the US war economy. Thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next vid ✌️
Johny, please also add more context on the Russian invasion, there's gonna be very rich people also from the natural gas "sanctions", it's the same scam, I mean scheme all over again, it's not black and white
Thank you for putting this out there. Unfortunate I think that the just desserts coming to these people is full blown collapse that money and influence can't save them from. That has very high costs for everyone and I don't mean money.
Almost watch your all video too informative
Love it. Please stay unbiased as you mostly do in your journalism.
This is what the Democratic system is all about in real sense.
Brother, you are depressed there, we are getting depression here in our system. The corruption is universal and an integral part of any political system.
As an African, I thought our leaders were corrupt but American "lobbyists " are on the next level.
Because the crooked Congress get so much money from lobbyist they let it go
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Their corruption is god tier they make our leaders look like amateurs
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We all hear about the ‘war machine’ and ‘military complex’ but this is such a good, easy to understand look into what it actually looks like and operates
@Mars shut up
Congress be like. "OOPS we weren't supposed to be caught."
He tried to tell us, but we weren't listening ruclips.net/video/AHfpyk28HoA/видео.html
Russia watches this video and says "hmm so wait I can just pay random people to kill other for me Fvck yes" the Americans did so will I. This video makes preaching to India about this current war seems dumb. This video makes the entire government seem dumb
When the uneducated, uninformed, misinformed, distracted voters focuses on the headlines and votes because of those headlines...
Democracy fails.
This is what journalism needs to get back to. Unbiased, well researched and sourced reporting.
Biased is the point you can't just be unbiased and become credible. The fact that he brings up all the bias and context is what makes it more powerful and really highlights why his and other research needs more critical analysis
Unbiased? Are you kidding?
@@TempRawr I don't think the issue is technically bias so much as if you pull up most news articles, while ~80% of it is facts from a variety of sources, interspersed if you really pay attention are a bunch of unnecessary side comments sprinkled in that should turn the article into being labeled the reporter's opinion piece. But isn't. It just gets slipped in and influences the reader. It gets especially spicy when there's a polarizing subject.
It's toxic, unnecessary, and should be removed unless clearly labeled as to what it is.
Unbiased?!?😆🤣😂. This video is INCREDIBLY biased. He goes to great effort to paint anyone providing a service to the government as an immoral huckster looking to oppress others for their own personal gain. Obviously its not cool when contractors defraud the government or randomly murder civilians for no apparent reason but thats not what this video focuses on. Instead he uses those isolated incidents to make it look like all free market capitalists are criminals that just havent been caught yet.
@@__-pl3jg that a lot of money for isolated cases. Even just one of these people shouldn't be allowed to get away with that much money
There will NEVER BE PEACE as long as WAR IS PROFITABLE
Smh been milking the clock since 2001
Innocent children dies.
It's profitable to a few. But peace is overall much more profitable
@@juwish5715 military industrial complex makes TRILLIONS
The sad thing is war never ends
Our system is just as broken as a lot of countries we point fingers at. The more information and people like this come to light the better. Thank you for Real Journalism.
I know that scamming Americans is easy as demonstrated by tech support scammers but scamming the American government is even easier and the scammers are americans themselves in the name of patriotism.
After television, scamming is America's favourite pass time.
@@jamesbond4810 what?
@@viefcheesecake he saying people pretend to be patriots while robbing the country blind while comparing it to the Indian scammers
@@jamesbond4810 Damn right Goldeneye.
"Corruption is legal for us because we're the one who made the law"
- the Congress, probably.
Nobody writes a law against themselves !
And they are emboldened to repeat bcoz the people are passives, pacifist mothereffers
@Mr. Iqbal; I think if the army knew that they were being duped like this, they would have abandoned the contractor, purchased a farm, and grew their own food. They are that much trained in survival skills, so they would have done that.
@Mr. Iqbal; hmmm ravioli sounds nice right n
They’re gonna charge this guy soon with some trumped up charges. I hope not but the ominous “they” don’t like being called out.
That Eric Prince is one scary dude
I can’t even finish watching this video. I’m a veteran and the military industrial complex truly disgusts me. Russia’s oligarchs are individual people. America’s oligarchs are corporate entities
Facts
Thats why I am not cheering on blue yellow and red white blue
@@eileenmc4746 you better stand with 🇺🇦 or else be labeled Pro Putin.
@@jamescobb97 naw, 🐻 better than neocon, neolibs 🐓 🦅 who vote in insane 🇺🇸 military budgets while nation rots so fifty years watching the scheming of uniparty makes for thick skin and strange allies. Semper gumby
Here com the bots
I served 30 years. 1980-2010. On my 3rd tour to Afghanistan I simply made a statement and was immediately ostracized for it. I said “ well we kicked the terrorists ass but now we are here because War Equals Money” Here you are in 2024 validating my comments
There is always time to change your views.
Maj General Smedley Butler one of the most decorated Marines ever, was saying this almost 100 years ago. He retired and started giving speeches trying to let the public know how much money was being made by these wars. It’s no surprise that people didn’t listen then and they ain’t really learned anything since then. Check out his book “War is a Racket” it’s a short book that pretty much encapsulates what he would say in his speeches. He was right then and his words still ring true!
Weren't you also trying to help the Afghan people who wanted freedom, to establish their own army which will be able to fight for their rights against al Qaeda and other fundamentalist psychopaths organizations ? I mean they literally fell apart the day US forces withdrew the country
@@yalion-g1r Of course
All wars are bankers wars.
This kind of unbiased, non partisan journalism is what we need. If a Republican is doing something illegal or wrong, call them out. If a Democrat is doing something illegal or wrong, call them out.
Americans are too stuck in their way of "if it's my side, I'll let them slide".
Well the problem is.
If only one party is doing something wrong on a given issue. People will say its bias because it doesn't cover the other party. Even if only one party is committing the crime/immorality.
Its so annoying
@@Me-ui1zy Yup, that's the issue. Unbiased journalism is not possible IMO. The amount of information journalists acquire is insane. They can't possibly present it all to us, so they will have cut many things out, and in the process their bias will determine what is being cut and which kind of narrative will be built.
For example, if you were a journalist leaning to the left, and you decide to film a clash between republican and democrat protestors. It just so happens that you were able to film some democrats kicking a republican lying on the ground, even though a similar but even worse event occurred nearby, where a democrat was almost killed, but no one caught it on video.
Now what do you do? You have it on video how your side is doing something bad, but you failed to capture the other side, even though you know it happened. If you were to publish your video, you would be skewing the reality of people against your side, and adding a disclaimer that reads "They did something like this as well" isn't going to cut it.
The two party system sucks we are arguing about bathroom rights ? Like WTF. There really isn’t a choice. The average US citizen paid for the wars and the corporations got rich. And we get the blame for the wars from other countries we got to make some serious changes. American values have been eroded by corporate interests.
No, Democrats can get away with murder.
Its a side business for politicians to become rich.
The fact that having the potential ability to give millions or billions of taxpayer dollars to a company you are invested in is not often charged as insider trading: often a felony and with years of prison time, is insane.
"Conflict of interest" anyone?
easy solution: let everyone join NATO and the U.S won't look for anyone to fight lol
@@interview1296 the politics understander has logged on
@@interview1296 There's a reason the EU and NATO both had told Yeltsin and Putin they were not welcome... and it wasn't international security. #AllWorldLeadersCausedUkraine.
@@jakehix8132 actually.. Russia didn't join because the country is not a democracy country
Just when I've lost hope in journalism, you remind me that there are genuine journalists out there. Keep fighting the good fight Johnny.
You haven't looked very closely then. There are so many good journalists reporting on important stories. Look up Novara Media, The Intercept and OCCRP to name a few...
Heard of abby martin? Empire files? This guy is a baby in front of her
@@Ripening no
I use to think he was a good journalist but when i heard his explanation on the Ukrainian video I realised he don't have a clue....
Hopefully just like Iraq the truth will eventually come out
@@3-Kashmir what do you mean? what was wrong about his ukraine vid?
You really should get an Emmy award for your research. How The US government spends money or rather wastes money is a crime and makes my blood boil
Dude you’re too good. Never stop making these - this is good journalism.
Ukrainian and Russian ones were bad. He did bring map and research into those. They felt like an impromptu videos.
you commented this like 20 seconds after the video was posted
no he is not. he is doing for entertainment, not reality
The Putin Ukraine video was the worst 'journalism', more like propaganda.
@@koseku3 he’s a journalist, not some fake weirdo
“Ok, I’m gonna go try and not be depressed about how our democracy works”
same bro, same 🤣
Hey Wil!
Good to know that Americans are finally waking up and learn about this. As someone with a Muslim background, these sort of stories of injustice are being passed on from our elders. Funny enough, a couple of years back, no one would have give a shit about this. Hope you guys make the best out of it.
Yeah. That’s how it always has been and how it always will be. Life insurance used to be part of the church’s business.
ui Will haha i never expected i will see u sa ganitong contents
well, even with those kind of politicians and officials, USA is still the greatest country in the world, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As an Afghan, this kind of exposure isn’t “closure,” but recognition of the people who benefit off of the country. Thank you.
Stay strong, Afghanistan.
Praying for peace and prosperity. 🕊️
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Personally, I wouldnt support a terrorist-reigned country, unless your talking about civillians..
I wonder if was like Viet Nam? That eventually worked out to prevent the Chinese from taking over Viet Nam.
We trained Viet Nam. North and South and left the means to take on the Chinese.
The same can be said about Afghanistan. We gave both Afghanistan & Viet Nam the means to be independent.
I don't think many people realize exactly where Afghanistan is and how it influenced world history.
Fragmented they are less of a threat. Currently NATO is having that problem. It may be why Putin is trying to reassemble the USSR.
I don't think the US did it to be a success in teaching the Afghan to weather the future adversities.
We gave our taxpayers dollars. You gave your lives. They robbed us both but your people definitely gave the ultimate sacrifice. Nuff love brother. ❤️
Pakistani military doesn't have best interests of Afghanistan, Bajwa retired with 12.8 Billion rupees
“Some of the ways he profited from the war in Afghanistan were kind of messed up” is the understatement of the century
@@vitalybroshchak4512 imagine thinking you can just walk into a destabilized country and completely change their culture. For every Taliban you kill you turn their fathers, brothers and sons into your enemies because to them you didn't just kill a Taliban fighter, you killed their family.
@@RuffinItAB i assume the guys at the top ...with all their analysts, studies etc know that is one of the outcomes...one of their field manuals (which has restricted access) has a chapter on physcoligical operations which have to be done on the AMERICAN public to get them to support the war and troops despite that...using various emotions to build up, patriotism, love of country, etc .........they studied the vietnam war and the anti war, negative response towards the returning troops from the vietnam war by the American public at the time and made plans to avoid that scenario repeating itself ...i think its all mentioned in the field manual from what i can recall
@@RuffinItAB that's why people like George Soros are banned from so much countries : for funding riots, social chaos, degenerate ideas... To bet against the country and profit from it, ruining their currency.
He's banned from Hungary, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia... (but he has so much power, not every country he's ruined has banned him, like England)
He's such a rat, even his own religious country (Israel) agreed with Hungary (his birth country) to ban him !
@@gigachad6885 George soros is not banned from any countries,
His organisation has been banned in Russia and voluntarily closed in turkey, both autocratic countries that don’t like democratic activism
it's like saying "hitler was just kind of mean, a little bit"
This is exactly why I get pissed when people ask me if I’m a Democrat or Republican, they’re both evil and I’m sick of it. The work you are doing is so important man! Keep it up!
Republicans started both wars
@@gerrynorris1421 Obama govt. invaded Syria, toppled Libya. His 'Drone program' had a ~90% civilian death rate. As per leaked Clinton emails, they were discussing about jacking oil fields in the Middle-East.
Quit being a partisan hack.
@@gerrynorris1421 what a ridiculously stupid statement. Afghanistan had only one vote against in the house and the senate. Iraq was more favored by Republicans sure, but it still got a majority vote from Senate Democrats. Seriously do some research before talking out your ass.
@@gerrynorris1421 sure us outsider don't see any difference between who rule usa, either democrat or republican both still need inside man acc
Yessssssssss! All ubbem crooked AF.
I am in the Army and have been deployed to the Middle East, been asking myself the same question for awhile. Knew someone had to be getting rich, the war reeks of greed. Thank you.
Happy you are still here instead of paying your life to the benefit of the wallet of some hidden parasite.
Hello Levi, if you want a follow up on this information read Major General Smedley Butler's book "War Is a Racket".
must feel shit fighting for a rich dude and not for your county because the only time you are fighting for your country is in self defense like Ukraine
You went there for ideals and country, but actually you went there to earn a bunch of people money by eating and shooting stuff and all that soldiering. Puts a hole different ring to "thank you for your service", right? How fucked up is fucked up
I don’t mean to sound harsh, but when I was first learning of the truth behind these wars, I honestly hated all veterans who participated. But after seeing how many veterans aren’t the gun-toting America loving patriot types, I’ve kind of changed. I respect how even though you’ve been deployed, you realize the truth and admit it. I know many people and even myself would keep myself in the dark to not feel guilty.
I just found your channel today, and I can already confidently say that it's been nice knowing you and if you ever go missing, we definitely know who's behind it
We need to regulate conflict of interest within the senate and house. It’s absurd that these people who help to make decisions for the country are able to be paid by corporations that directly profit off those decisions. If we started to regulate what these politicians did, and who paid them, I’m sure at least 60% of them would resign, because there wouldn’t be gross amounts of money in it for them.
Not rogulate bro try to stop war
There was overwhelming public demand for the war. I don't know if you remember what what the mood of the nation was like, but after 9/11 war had widespread approval. Republicans were in power, and there was overwhelming republican war backing, and even a Democrat percentage was for war.
@@domnoya4130 No I know, but I'm also talking about the future as well as other things not relating to war, like how big coal has several senators in its back pocket
These are difficult problems, and there isn't really any right choice. While there are bad practices, the issue is that there are no good solutions. We, as a democratic free market society, do not believe in nationalized industry. So we use private contractors instead. That means almost everything from roads to the military uses private contractors instead of government. The government asks military command what they need and they create a compitions for private company bids. Whoever can meet all the points asked for and also has the lowest price wins. Now the problem is the military needs something so hard to develop and so specific that only one company can meet requirements. The issue is that when the government asks for something, only one company bids. When only one company can meet government bid requirements it means they have a blank check. They can charge any amount because no other company is competing for the bid. So there is no good solution to this. Either we let government directly develop these things or we deal with private company prices. We know for a fact that government cannot run businesses, which is why we don't do it. We are stuck with private companies doing all our nation's government work because it is the best option. This guy talks like it is odd or unusual that people got rich from war. Our society is based on private industry not government industry. This means that people get rich from everything. It would be weird if people didn't get rich from war. War is extremely competitive and profitable so yes there is money to be made just like everything else. This guy is talking like it's so crazy that people made money from war. People make money and do the things he is talking about in every single industry. When breaking the rules means getting rich people will break rules it happens in every aspect of life. We do our best to combat this but making money is what is supposed to happen in our society. The private sector gets you rich in America and the government sector gets you rich in places like Russia or china.
@@domnoya4130 But the case can still be that the politicians are not the ones getting rich, so they can make the best, most objective decisions.
Would like to see a similar analysis of the Ukraine-Russia war.
Perun
money laundering scheme
Let me guess The Biden Crime Family
I think at this moment it is Yevgany Prigozhin, the Owner of the Wagner goup, Putin's trusted friend. His private army is contracted to fight in the Ukranian war.
@@thulanimakhaye8458 That is just one out of many. Ever heard of the short book: War is a racket?
The saddest was when you got to the congress part. That exposes just how rotten a political system can become.
Bro it’s been like this since WWII, this is not a political system becoming corrupt it’s continuing to do so since it’s founding
100%
What angers me is seeing American citizens fighting over corrupted politicians on every level
“Republicans evil democrats good”
“Democrats stupid republicans smart”
Well worded mesquita
"Can become" what a naive way of viewing things lol
Thanks for what you do!
I never thought I would be interested in journalism until your videos have showed me what real journalism is. Thank you so much for the relative objectivity and quality work
If you like real journalism look up Malen Baker he mostly covers current events and climate change but he has a very calm reasonable approach that I find lacking in this era.
ruclips.net/video/dfg02OlgAAEU/видео.htmlS-Mexico Border Town Transformed Into Warzone After Drug Cartel Leader’s Arrest🚨,,,
Couldn’t have said it better myself
@UncleAbe objective journalism isnt a real thing. That being said, it isnt a bad thing.
It's sickening. Yet, anytime someone calls out this hybrid of crony capitalism, nepotism, and warmongering-profiteering, they get labeled as unpatriotic. This type of self-enrichment isn't capitalistic or democratic. As a veteran, I applaud Johnny Harris for using his platform to enlighten his audience about the shady practices that undermine the legitimacy of democracy.
Thank you for your service, also i agree ultra-capitalism and military industrial complex is anything but patriotic, it's inhumane. The people on the ground and the troops fighting the war pay the price of this greed.
I'm sorry, but it is capitalistic. It's the endgame of capitalism.
It's just cronyism. It's not necessary to add the word capitalism into the phrase.
@Internet Guy you don't know what your talking about, Jack.
Or anti semitic💀
I like the part where he pointed how the US spends more money in fighting wars than it does spend money in diplomacy
Uhm... how do you spend money in diplomacy, exactly? Should we just spend all the military money on buying off our enemies?
Also, military expenditures are not really expenditures, it is a wealth redistribution. The US government is just spending it's own play money on itself, and the military is the largest social welfare program in the US. Second only to defense spending (by paying workers to build the military its equipment).
But spending money on diplomacy? Tell me you know nothing about the way the world works without telling me...
@@Chris-fn4df If by largest social welfare system you mean the benefactors are the rich, then yes, you are right it is. Check out Smedley Butlers "War is a racket".
@@Chris-fn4dfyou need to look up what social welfare means.
The US has no enemies, the US is the enemy of the ppl in the world.@@Chris-fn4df
The corruption is beyond belief 😮😢!
Thanks!
Be safe John , quite sure your on a government list and being watched closely.
We stand with Truth and Johnny 💪🏾
he will be safe. he is just providing information, he is not giving solutions.
That is the beauty of journalism, you can report on all of the messed up shit in the world, but you won't provide a solution for said problems.
@@unnamedshadow1866 the fact that he is exposing them is a good start for the solution. Maybe u can do something lol
@@unnamedshadow1866 ye exactly the us is far from the most oppresive country in terms of journalism like the only ones in danger are the ones that sourced all of this
@@eme981 he's not exposing anything, he's just showing public transactions available to anyone. You guys sometimes act like conspiracy nutjobs
@@cv4809 when I say expose I meant making visible to us. Coz I would not know unless I watch the video coz I am not fond of reading or going to those websites and do research lol
Thank you for calling them out. People wonder how the hell do Americans spend SO MUCH on military, and yet, medical, space, public transportation, renewable resources are so down the list of priorities
To be fair Americans also spend a shitload on health, much more than comparable countries on %-of-GDP basis; they just get a crap deal out of it.
Corruption = inefficiency
The american government is inefficient, and obviously you cant expect anyone to say no to "free" money. Renewable energy gets 10x the subsidies of fossil fuels. Health care spending pr capita is as high as places with universal healthcare, like Denmark.
The problem isnt private companies, the problem is your horrifically inefficient government which will throw money (which it doesnt have) at literally everything.
But hey therefore you guys have the best military in the world.
You can build precision munitions which can accurataley ....you can´t make automatic voting machines but the other stuff oooh man
@@alexpotts6520 sounds like an Oligarchy
I am 47 years old and Australian. 20 odd years ago, in every major city around the World; millions of people marched against these wars. Iraq and Afghanistan were Oil and Opium wars but also massive profiteering opportunities for Arms Manufacturers. What you have listed here breaks my heart, we knew this is what they were going to do, we knew it would be a dirty, greedy and bloody affair. Normal everyday people marched in opposition but we were all ignored because the then potential profits were to great for our leaders to ignore but after watching this video I realise they made more than they ever dreamed. The whole think stinks from top to the bottom. All the lives lost and torn from the world, all that disgusting greed and a media so in love with being in the heart of the drama, reporting without criticism, word for word Pentagon briefings. Utter madness and a total betrayal of any humanitarian values.
I'm a 47 year old male. Australian and same. I marched at S11 (Anti-wto) about free trade and exporting labour to China. Now we pay the price for useing slave labour for low inflation. Racist hate minimum wage.
I still wonder if people think that these wars were fought for the purpose the governments told their people? All these wars were for the benefit of armed and oil companies. On the face of public these were against terrorism.
We tried, but the far right nwo was already in motion even by the time we took to protest.
Ever since ive been following the rise of the new right, which starts in the 60 with the uk torys and u.s republicans.
Lets not forget that the MEDIA cheerleaded those wars, then the Gov't paid the Pro Sports teams to get all "Patriotic" in the guise of "supporting the troops" but turns out a lot of those were paid advertisement paid for by your tax dollars. Funny how when the $$$ ran out all those sports teams now want to stop playing the anthem.
A very well put statement that I totally agree with it's a shame that young kids are sacrificed needlessly for rich man's and the military industrial complexes greed and evil doing
This guy really seems like he wants to open everybody’s eyes to the fact that we’re all getting boned/tricked by politicians. Please don’t stop
The whole system has to be replaced to remove all this greed and Islam is the biggest enemy to this greed because it makes everyone equal and humble. This explains why the West wants the Muslim world to stay in war
watch Shadowgate and you will get a more in depth look into gov't contractors.
the worse part is that its noting new. its just that the general public is too dumb to see it. they keep voting for the same old thing.
The thing is, after so much brainwashing and control, much of the people don't have eyes anymore brah.
He has the start of a good point, but loses it in dramatics and half facts. The one guy he cites got rich off Honeywell stock, because they’re a defense contractor?!?! Lol I’m sorry to say but Honeywell does a whole lot more than defense. Look at your thermostat or furnace controls, most likely there’s Honeywell parts in there. That’s like saying anyone who invests in Rolls Royce is a war profiteer because a minority of their business is jet engines that some military planes use. He’s reaching for a lot of these, should’ve just kept the focus to the most egregious
As a person who grew up under an authoritarian regime, it surprises me how your channel is still not banned. But truly, you’re doing a great job. Your videos are both informative and not boring, they’re also surprisingly unbiased. Wish you best of luck
for some reason big brother, uh i mean youtube, only bans narratives running counter to big pharma, all else is apparently fair game for the time being...
Seriously
There is a lot of channel that get banned and also johnny harris is controlled opposition, there is a reason the algorithm promote his videos. His videos are not unbiased, also what " authoritarian regime" did u grow up in.
@@Bell_plejdo568p "controlled opposition" I assume means opposition that undermines the elite's agenda just a little bit so they tolerate it?
the United States has other ways of banning things, but the USA does it with a smile!
As an Afghan living those 20 years, I can say there were other large companies like DynCorp International and Pacific Architects and Engineers that had huge operations.
Do u still have access to internet???
@@conserztasfia0078 yes, luckily I'm out of the country now.
@@noorsultani which country you're in right now?
@@josh6567 Tajikistan, the neighboring country in the north.
@@noorsultani bro i am also half marwari Turk I hope our Turks brother are well there i think tajik is turkic state
As an Irish Australian, I Salute You Johnny. What You have revealed backs My Own Analysis that the Weapons Manufacturers Rule the World. My Salute goes 100% to You.
As someone who comes from a war torn country it makes me literally sick to see how rich these monsters get off of other people's pain. People are Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and many others are dying of hunger while these soulless bodies are filling their pockets with millions. The world is run by a few individuals and they decide faith of so many people. You just happen to be born in Ukraine, Bosnia, Palestine or Syria and your world is forever changed because of these people...🤢🤮Keep making these videos. We need to be informed! Thank you!
Khazarian jews rule this planet. Not Americans.....The Rothschild's family....
Jasmine…so well stated!
I can’t even imagine what people from these countries have had to endure. My heart goes out to you and all the others.
The treatment of the Palestinians with no real media attention (except to be branded as terrorists)for decades now, is quite revealing of US’s inconsistent and immoral policies. Shameful!
Read the shock doctrine by Naomi Klein
@@robtriton Larry Fink
@@robtriton
Wtf are you on about?
I left the US Army in November 2000 and soon after 9/11 I started being offered employment for civilian contractor positions in Kuwait and then Afghanistan and Iraq. Some of the offers were approaching $200k with major tax benefits making it even more generous.
The two things that kept me from signing up were that I couldn't accept the fact service members were responsible for the safety of contractors while being paid 1/5 the pay and the civilian contract allowed for the ability to quit and be sent home at any time. I told the recruiter that I would expect that to result in a huge turnover. He said some quit as soon as they show up, but you still get paid for "trying."
The Afghanistan war was a major source of self enrichment. Congress was fully aware, but they had no reason to stop it.
plus none of the US presidents had the guts to stop it cuz they knew the with drawl would be a huge mess and it was.😑
that's the work of lobbyists, they pay a cut percentage of the profits to our leaders and in return, they turn a blind eye to their crimes against the states, our allies, our former allies, and our enemies. all to maintain a status quo.
Yeah, I dealt with alot of what you're talking about. I use to be apart of a unit that would find drones that got shot down or other high value assets and what not. And some of the Corpartions that we get this technology want to be on the ground when the item is found, so they have a better understanding of what happened and why it failed or whatever m which I understand, but some of those folks seemed like they were just out of college and thought they were just going on a hike. Had no business being in a intense high pressure situation. It's dangerous being around those type of people.
And now USA want to repeat same thing in Ukraine.
@@waydebaker33 Military Industrial complex is what keeps the US running, not to mention I know some marines who are the ones truly saving cash. Like once, my friend didn't have the right lube for the Mk19 and had to use oil filter lube, and the MK19 kept jammin.
What you do Johnny is amazing. True investigative journalism. Please scale this and keep fighting the good fight, because mainstream media sure won't. Godspeed!
After sports and television, scamming is America's favourite pass time just ask Gary Vee, couple of months ago he was promoting NFTs, two weeks earlier he said NFTs are dangerous than Tik Tok.
he is also biased
@@blackcat-mp7kh he's a lib but he makes good videos
@@blackcat-mp7kh everybody has bias, but you can still make incredibly balanced videos even with some bias. He has critiqued both sides of the political spectrum many times.
yeah man..I have loved him since he was doing Borders for Vox ...Amazing guy
Robert J. Stevens: Jewish
Stephen Orenstein: Jewish
Erik Prince: Close ties with Israel
David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli: Jewish
Starting to notice anything?
What confuses me is that even after such information being made public, there is never any outcry from the public. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Most of replies to comments are idiots just saying this is bullshit without any argument. He is wrong bro! Source!? Can you prove it!? Trust me bro he is shit and all lies etc. just trust me!
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Because their public loves wars. It's the country where owning guns is legal. Without invading other nations, they will just end up killing each other just like they did during the pandemic.
most of their attention are simple and quick stuff as people attention span is short
I wonder
To distracted with only fans bitches & fantasy football & bet apps & other stupid shit
And yet… we can’t get free healthcare. Would love for Johnny to do a piece on who in the government is profiting off of the healthcare system.
Would be an easier videoif he focused on who was not
Yes. This is why cancer has not been cured.
@@cynthiacole6140 Eh, no. Curing cancer requires insane increases in computing power along with scientific breakthroughs. Computer perf increases are more or less governed by Moore's law. We are still >10 years off from actually having sufficient power to "cure cancer"
@@pauletteforeman2194 how?
Lol DoD spending literally has nothing, NOTHING to do with “free healthcare”! Stop believing every single thing you read online!
Not only can congresspeople trade stocks, they can insider trade without repercussions. It’s absurd.
89 Members of US Congress are Dual Citizens of Israel
Plus the legal bribery and unlimited political donations
Also cab manipulate the prices of stocks they purchased by granting government money to the corporations they invested in. Pump up their profits with taxpayer money basically.
And criminal indeed
Ah yes. The Pelosi method
As an Afghan, it's heartbreaking to see how much profit was made off of the suffering of our people. While we endured the consequences of war, others became wealthy. Videos like this are important to show how war isn’t just about politics-it’s about profits. Thank you for exposing them!
I'm glad guys like Johnny are making these videos. A lot of folks know that these things are going on, but it takes a very talented video maker and communicator to articulate it.
Yeah, and to make it interesting for us to care.
@@MasonsTurtle
Way more important than who won is though surely WHAT NOW?!
We have experienced the creation of yet another 'Gunpowder Nation': Afghanistan,
now ruled by literal Barbarians. A heavy hit for human-rights and especially woman-rights,
to say the least of the least So what now?
@@slevinchannel7589 not as barbarians as those who invaded them in the beginning.
Use you mind a little bit. who drop bombs from airplanes and drones are way worst than those get killed by these same bombs .
Slava Amerika! 🇺🇸 Our prayers with the abandoned poor of Amerika! 🇺🇸
@@MrBigShark Yes, i am using my mind and the woman-hating murderers are 'still' the barbarians.
As every defintion of the word tells you.
Of course America did stuff wrong, but that doesnt change who the looneys are.
No reason why the US loves War so much In a foreign land! Amazing on how much of brainstorming being done to make such amazing content!
Also because when you have war in other countries, all of the devastation stays over there. Even better when it is a proxy war and your puppet does all the dying too.
Because a long time ago, the US said they have an obligation as the world's largest Super Power country to protect and interfere in foreign politics and war. There's not just some super villain sitting in his chair like "hmmmm yes war! I'm incredibly evil just because I want to be, hahaha"
@@cokedupcat the ideal of the United States is sound. The way our leaders in government and industry try to use that ideal to their advantage, is not.
@@papa_squat I agree there, but I thought it was common knowledge the reason why the US interferes with foreign affairs. They openly say it all the time. Even if it may not be completely the real reason. It's still the only actual answer we're given to the question this dudes askin.
@@cokedupcat yeah I get confused when people say "The US government has a secret agenda". No they don't. They make their agendas very obvious.
Serving in Iraq and Afghanistan I’ve seen first hand how big the military industrial complex works and Jonny Harris is on point with his information!!
Serving is the right term
You’re part of the problem.
@@aziza000 explain?
@@aziza000 Lmao, you're hilarious.
@@bird289 thank you ☺️
Thank you for the truth and standing up 😢
No wars, no profits. The fact that these people get rich of death and misery is disgusting.
Thank you for explicitly explaining the bipartisan nature of this corruption. All too often people get wrapped up in picking teams and they miss the reality that both sides are basically equally (and very) corrupt.
Yessr our (so called) Government is broken into one giant beauty pageant,soap opera, lest I speak on actual functioning engagements that badly...🤣
My very first election was Al Gore and Bush I feel like a damn fool, thinking that my vote counted for something my entire being alive I've never seen a president get in the office from the popular vote
The establishment plays both sides! This is how they keep power! I used to be a team player, until I found my team pledging loyalty to the Establishment. My Voter ID may say democrat, but my loyalty is to America. Not any party!
There is no sides. Only the elusion of sides.
Wheb and outsider like Trump wins he gets crucified by the establishment (left and right)
Uh no. Democrats are corrupt in the sense that they do the things very powerful people force them to do. Republicans are corrupt in the sense that they love doing the evil shit just as much as the guys telling them to do it and they're willing to cross way more lines than democrats are. They are not even close to equally corrupt and people pushing the whole "both sides" nonsense are a huge reason why republicans are able to get away with all the shit they do.
Uniparty
No millionaire or billionaire should hold office, none.
As an Afghanistan veteran I thank you for making this video.
My son is a United States Marine Afghanistan veteran. I'm amazed to see how much these so-called contractors get compared to my son and all the brave soldiers who were actually fighting the war in Afghanistan.
Thank you for your service and the sacrifices and decision you made to serve our country❤️🇺🇸
@@denisekeith6915 Thank you. Yes, some of the contractors were making $250,000 a year. That's tax payer money. Just terrible.
@@majorswanson I'm from Australia but just want to say Thank-You for your service. like someone said in the comments "Shall it be done onto you as you did onto others" I think jabbing at the terrors that happened over there should be pushed onto you (if or if you weren't involved in them) i think is what they mean but like most i assume you were just a patriot and wanted to defend those you loved and the country you loved and if you had of known what this whole thing would have become i doubt like most you would deploy again knowing now what we do. So thank you and I'm sorry you risked your life in the name of Higher Ups lining their pockets and throwing you all at the War-Machine to be chewed and destroyed :(
Why did you come there to kill civilians and ruin peoples lives?
“It’s supposed help the government get the best price.”
Has to be a classical American joke.
Same type of joke as " the free market regulates itself ", " profits made by billionairs will trickle down on poor people " or " capitalism works "
@@PaulRudd1941 Not easy when you were brainwashed your whole life, especially when your country was in war with communism for almost 50 years (making therefore capitalism the " good side "), especially when your country still antagonises the few remains of communism these day (and I mean they still should, North Korea, Russia, China are not country that value human rights), therefore giving some fuel to the myth that capitalism is necessary.
@@LithningWolf Capitalism works tho, to make billionaires even richer.
@@abnerdoon4902 It really do be working for that yes lol
@@LithningWolf Sole Source Intended or No-bid contracts are not free-market capitalism. There are already rules for it. They are just being ignored - "Rules for thee but not for me!" Markets have a cap on cash available to seek value in products; the government just makes it appear out of nothing.
This guy is a true Journalist. I've never seen anything like this before and genuinely feel like I'm getting an objective report about a situation instead of superficial propaganda.
I dont like the self insert clips of him pretending to be bussy infront of the computer looking at numbers, also he was wrong on alot and he is a neo con sometimes. His videos are hit or miss for me.
Exactly, very good reporting, very well informed, in-depth. But most importantly, it is just that, a report, providing the information needed. This is what makes him a journalist. The ability to report but the inability to provide a solution.
Abby Martin - Empire Files
Then it's severely time you move outside your bubble. There's a huuuge amount of incredible reporting done by journalists every day, and this is the best you've seen? That's like eating at McDonald's and thinking it's fine dining...
@@QronoZ713 this. this is alright journalism. He is well informed, but he's just giving us an info dump. Also he acts way to entitled when he present the facts. That annoys me a bit. I know we're getting screwed by the government, but this guy is clearly showing which side he's on. And on other reports he made it's even more clear. He's a good journalist, for a left wing leaning one, he's definitely one of the better ones.
Ducking eye opening! Nice work.
My father is Latvian and had a mandatory military service back in the Soviet days. One day his division got woken up at 4 o'clock in the morning for an unexpected "training"... Dad had a bad feeling about it and fleed from the barracks. Later it turned out that his group got sent to Afghanistan and died in a helicopter.
Great that your Father is alive. No need to fight an old man's war.
Are Russians always sending their troops at war without even telling them that they're going to war? 😄
@@thromboplastin446 Old Man's War = All/any Wars.
A military plane took of from Kabul Airport carrying all Afghan troops except one soviet officer. As they passed over a mountain range, it took some bullets. Guess who got shot in the ass?...you're right! the only one who got shot was the soviet officer. The plane turned around....
@@sdsfgsty what does that mean then
Johnny made the video on a topic that I've researching since our troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. Just brilliant man! Loved it!
I know that scamming Americans is easy as demonstrated by tech support scammers but scamming the American government is even easier and the scammers are americans themselves in the name of patriotism.
Seems like after television, scamming is America's favourite pass time.
"Ok, I'm going to go try not to be depressed about how our democracy works".
I love how Johnny states things on the fly that most of us are too scared, too lazy, or too uninformed to say. Thank you.
how timid/stupid are you that you think it's a crazy and rare thing to say that democracy is complicated
As an Afghan I always had an answered question, Why the war in my country is not ending and people are still being killed ? You answered it .
I am from Afghanistan bruh and the stuff you put on your channel is insanely good & accurate. I have worked in transportation company in Afg which was like 3rd subcontractors for fuel transportation and they charged super high rates and gave drivers and vehicle owners penny. Blackwater not only charged 6500$ for evacuation they also charging 2500$ to make you fake documentations so you can apply for SIV Case. Fahim Hashimy got super rich and even became minister of communications and technology with his money to start money laundering. Ajmal Rahmani is another person which started with small contract of taking trash out from Bagram Base and became the richest (off list) person of Afghanistan which he bought ticket out of that money to become member of Parliament not just him his father as well and he (Ajmal Rahmani) bought all other members Parliament with that money to buy votes to make his father chairman of Parliament. But as you said lot of people got super rich which they never got caught.
True, I used to work for DynCorp.
until today, I thought Taliban would slay them who's involved with US
Wait a min, a dude got rich taking out the trash? This totally gives a different meaning to the phrase, "one man's trash is another man's livelihood."
I think parents should tell his story as an inspiration to kids to make them behave. Like, "See, son, there was a dude in Afghanistan who used to take out the trash, and now he is incredibly rich. So stop lazing around and take the trash out."
@@prabhatsourya3883 lol
They never got caught… but they will InshaAllah.. who will protect them from judgement of God..
This channel is the perfect reason and example why people don't need the corporate mainstream tv anymore. Good job!👍
Watch his video's of Ukraine, it's like watching CNN...
@@FahadFSA ok I will do that
Any real American watch this? Seriously I kinda know contractors are fat business, this video shocked me 😭😱
It didn't shock me at all but it certainly disgusts me. This is why America is the only wealthy country without universal healthcare and millions of children living in poverty. And crumbling infrastructure. Our corrupt government and greedy business executives have literally stolen trillions of taxpayer dollars to fatten the bank accounts of war profiteers.
I agree.. but just still be cautious believing all independent journalism.. they too can have personal agendas..
Not talking about this dude.. just in general. 👍
What is pathetic is that we've become so jaded about corrupt politics that we expect news like your report as a part of life. But it still needs to be known, so that the wrong doers know people can still see them. Good job.
It's not just that we've got used to the corruption; we're scared of them too. We prefer quiescence.
Sad story. This people are destroying the country.
I feel sad for the soldiers and their families. Those who lost lives, went through trauma,While people in their AC rooms made tons of money. Also the people whose lives were dragged in war and in the end nothing changed.
Mainstream media sells us shit and there are RUclipsrs giving us real news.
Don’t be mistaken there are RUclipsrs who try to sell you shit without disclosing that it’s sponsored or mentioning it at the end. *cough cough* Johnny’s video “how China became so powerful” where he pushes the WEF agenda and the video does not really talk about the history of China as much as it should. All that being said, I love Johnny Harris and he is a great journalist but nobody is infallible. Don’t misunderstand me though, you can learn a lot more about shit that actually is important from RUclipsrs/independent journalists rather than traditional media. Traditional media tends to blow things out of proportion for clicks/views. Follow the money with everyone, even Harris sometimes.
Sad but True ...🎶
(said Metallica)
I 'liked' their 12-day or so coverage of the Ukraine invasion. Then for some inexplicable reason it all just went silent, even though the situation in Ukraine now is more dire than ever. The war-time journalists bringing us the real coverage did an amazing job, and I'm sure they're still there sending in their reports only to have some executive decide 'I want higher ratings' and bench their report for the rage-story of the day. So glad we have content creators like Johnny and others who are able to bring us actual news about important issues.
@@grredge so what ppl don't have much time to research before watching anything, n so called perfect world don't exist anymore think so👀👀
The worst is when you get back, and you know the truth. And everyone around you is pissed off about the wrong things. And then the cycle begins.... A well trained soldier can make the American conglomerate rich for years ..
as an indian i always thought that India is the most corrupt country and the politicians here are ruthless I always thought life in west is so good and democracy is maintained in west but nowadays when I'm knowing more about USA and how democracy actually works there I really don't know what to comprehend its just unimaginable how USA works
Bhai, the US is just a third world country with a GUCCI bag. I have been to Norway and have read upon the US, the difference between their institutions is beyond comprehension. We are just corrupt and we all know it, but the US has kept this Mirage for its people, on how they are JUST people and their government is accountable. They are not.
@@thromboplastin446 Anyone who says "The US is a third world country with a Gucci bag" is basically screaming "I have never been to a third world country."
Seriously, there are plenty of things in the US that are pretty ridiculously bad, but the comparison is naive at best.
@@Goetterkomplex_ he means that they're just as corrupt as 3rd world countries.
@@Goetterkomplex_ I am from India and studied in Norway for a term. Worked in US for a year. I am not saying that the US is bad, beautiful country and Amazing people, I am rather saying that the US has a habit of addressing issues the way any third world country addresses their issues. Whereas in countries like Norway and Denmark, Well, they actually get their shit done.
@@thromboplastin446 true
This confirms two things for me:1) avoid paying taxes, as much as possible; 2) Don't bother voting.
Wow! I've seen many people trying to explain the corruption within US government contracts. John did it the best way possible - it's not boring, really striking.
In general being boring is one of the best ways to hide things from the public.
Not only that, but also the U.S government have the guts to lecture Putin about peace lol they're all the same
The problem is corruption, it is not that "they were not paying attention due to war". The people responsible for giving out these contracts, especially to those companies that don't do anything and just pocket the money, are the real culprits. Let me give you an example. If I was the person responsible for giving out a $1B contract, and I assign it to a "friend", he gets the huge profitable contract and gives me 100 mill in cash without anyone knowing. This is exactly how it works, but it's untraceable, and it is a cancer in the US and basically every country.
VERY TRUE
It doesn't even need to be your friend, and no one has to hide giving you money. Just buy enough stocks from the company. Or get them as compensation for your no-need-to-show-up job as advisor.
I think my biggest issue is America’s don’t term this corruption but everywhere they “liberate” it’s termed correctly
Well, not necessarily. Corruption is one of the problems and it works in many ways, including the one that you just explained. But what this video confirms is that even without corruption (as in, without breaking any laws) there are people legally profiting obscene amounts of money. This is one of those cases where the lawmakers don't want to make laws and regulations to stop these, because it benefits them.
I agree these corrupt people are the reason why so many countries are suffering throughout the world including my own: Bangladesh.
Modern wars are not meant to be won. But are meant to make select people rich, very rich. The soldiers who lose and/or risk their lives must be very proud.
A soldier has 2 missions. 1. to follow oders. 2. To make friends with contractors for a chance at work after we get out!
Proud of what
@@michaelmelamed9103 Yes that is the point? Do you need someone to explain what he said to you?
No kidding!
100 years of imperialism
I always have this picture in my mind -
"Hey, I found oil"
"This is the US gov.. We are here to protect your country and show you how democracy works"
It's kinda sarcastic
😂😂😂😂😂
It is macabre and sad the fact that many innocent human beings have to die in a war because of a bunch of unscrupulous people who in order to make big money don´t care about the killings of thousands of civilians. I like your channel Johnny. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Argentina.
I think it's important to point out that outside of congress, the people who got rich were taking advantage of an existing situation. The rich didn't manufacture a situation to earn, as the video shows, a lot of these guys were just opportunistic
It's all bad, but one of the most sickening parts was that when we convicted the Blackwater merceneries for MURDER during an active war - it showed that the US might actually be different than other countries at war at least sometimes. That the civilian victims in an enemy territory might be shown justice. It'd be like seeing the Russians who killed civilians on cam actually jailed for their crimes - and it sent a message too: "You're not untouchable, there actually may be consequences" which changes the whole game.
And then Trump, with the support of near half the US population of fucking shitwits - PARDONS THEM, COMPLETELY. Pardons them of indiscriminately shooting into a crowded area of the place we're claiming to 'keep peace' in.
That sends too messages
One to the contracters: "You are above the law, there will be no consequences".
One to struggling nations we intervene in: "They're no different than all the other occupiers through all our shitty history"
I hate it when people don't get punished for financial crimes, as it's a given enough money means disproportionately small consequences
but it disgusts me when something like that happens and undermines crimes of violence as well. It makes me a lose another bit of hope
that any of this means something. That we actually are different in any way in the US.
Blame on stupid populations that vote greedy/unscrupulous people into power. You more than anyone should understand that.
As an example, back in the 30s both Argentina and the US had the same size economy. One country voted for FDR and the other voted for fucking Peron. You know how that story ended.
@@cevcena6692 I know a chick whose dad is in the arms industry and is one of the people currently supplying arms to eastern european countries right now. They're literally getting filthy rich through backdoor deals with established companies like (Das***) and even knew that the war was gonna happen beforehand. Bought a villa in alps and is literally anticipating for the war to boil over to at least poland. It's disgusting that these people are literally profiting out of the death of thousands. There's also my suspicion that the US made a deal with NATO when they invited Ukraine to join. Idk about the other western countries but I'm positive that France's arms industry is experiencing exponential growth rn, and they all knew or even probably manipulated the start of this war. That's why the US pulled out of Iraq moments before Russia invaded Ukraine. These bastards knew a more profitable front was about to open.
Edit: removed the direct name of the company
@@voidhawkslx "tHe uS mIgHt bE dIfFeREnT"
Yeah. It's way different because it's waaaaaaaaaaaay worse. Conveniently pinning murders on mercenaries isn't going to change anything. Everything they've done in the name of freedom ever since WW2 was murder and genocide. And it's waaaaaaaaaay ahead of everyone else in that regard. So YES. Way different,.
I never been a fan of long videos, but I can listen to this guy all day. His videos are entertaining and educational, we need more channels like that.
Yes sir
He has a persona no attitude no off topic beautiful organized presentation
20 min is not a long video
He last worked at Vox; still doing good work there.
@@cjwhite7801 It is for me, listening so someone talking gets me bored very easily.
After what happened in Afghanistan I'm convinced I'll never join the military. Respect to all the brothers and sisters out there serving, but the people calling the shots are airheads and I'm not putting my life in their hands just because they feel the need to flex the military on other countries.
@@NobodyNothingNeverNowhere Congress was intended by the founders to serve the people, but it's clearly the other way around. Nobody should be able to invest in stocks while in Congress that should be considered punishable by jail time.
@@Redditor6079 congress was designed by the founders to serve the citizenry - citizens at the time being solely wealthy, land-owning white men. And they kinda still serve that function. The system we have is not broken - it was designed to be this way, to funnel wealth and power, together, to a select few individuals. And you and I ain’t one of em.
@@Redditor6079 You're completely right, corrupt people in power making sure they stay in power and the people work for them instead of them working for the people, and we watch ourselves getting fucked in the ass.
Those guys are not strategy experts that's for sure. Should have played video games for learning strategy. (A joke)
@@deviationblue add *slave-owning
Thanks for doing the research and educating us on an important topic. Thank you!!!!
Anyone who's ever worked with the government knows how incredibly easy it is to profiteer once you get some contracts going.
💯 I know people who make millions just by flipping contracts. (being the middle men basically)
I’m a sub contractor for a well known company not gonna say what company but yes it is super easy I’ve made 30k in a 5 month contract
Supreme Foods yet instead of steak n lobster troops ate powdered eggs and oatmeal
@@sweetmemesalabama I bet that business is cutthroat af!
NGO's also
It just amazes me how only US decide when invasion is justified and when is not, when killing civilians is ok and when it’s not ok, who is terrorist and who is not, who is a dictator and who is not, which colour of children and women is fine to be killed and which are not, who have the right to defend their country from invasion and who are not, who is considered a hero and who is considered a terrorist, when lying is fine and when is not and the list keep goes on and on.
What’s more crazy is the world are agreeing with that and even supporting that.
We living in a world full of hypocrisy.
Ukranian war in nutshell.
They wont talk about victims by Ukranian arty strike from 2014 to even today in Lughanks, Donbass and Donetsk region.
They sent milions upon milions of dollars worth of weapons.
And they can now even sell their gas
Oh fricking hell
as we are seeing with the cold reception for Ukraine's war in Asia. The US badly want asia to side with them against Russia but most Asia just dont really care, some voted against UN resolution, most just rebuffed the sanction attempt on Russia.
Obviously the U.S is the lead but it’s the entire west also
@@haydenfarner5929 Basically NATO 😂🤣
Sounds like a global dictatorship to me
The same thing was happening back during the first World War.. “War is a Racket” is a great book on this, written in 1935.
First world war? How?
@@theemirofjaffa2266 read the book! It’s short. He gives the figures for American companies and their soaring profit margins during the first world war. Everything from munitions manufacturers through to saddlemakers and people who sold boots to the army.
And as he points out, at the same time the soldiers that were sent out to fight in the trenches took huge pay cuts, never mind the danger and horror they were put into.
@@theemirofjaffa2266The book was written by literally one of the most decorated servicemembers in American history. It's worthy reading, and was talking about this exact kind of thing 80+ years ago.
Can’t say enough good things about johnny, 5.1 Million views isn’t enough.
VERY well spoken. I applaud the research done. Shows what a corrupt system we have and especially infuriates me about congress holding stocks.
Absolutely. Why we let the fox guard the chickens is beyond me. Public service should be exactly that.
Lol I'm Austrian. I just can think about the money what they could have invested in the health care system or in education. This is just sad when you think how many lives and opportunities they just ruined not helping them
Brilliant content, as always. Keep them coming, Johnny.
Don't click the links
I'll vote for this dude if he runs for congress lol.
Really? Brilliant? 🙄 Weak ranting w/o depth.
@@bthemedia let’s see your content then.
@@chrisblack__ Scamming americans is easy anyway. It's not surprising that so many businessesman scammed their way up in the Afghanistan war but the point that they scammed the US government is mind-blowing.
“As the war machine keeps turning…”
-Ozzy
War is business & business is Good
Oh lord yeah!
This video answered some of my questions such a good one
I made 50k as an infantry e4 for a year deployed in Afghanistan 2004-2005. Blackwater and contractors made up to and over 100k for a year, not just mercs, but KBR had civilian cooks rather than army cooks. So rather than 50k per soldier serving food it was 80k per cook. No suprise having been there, seeing it and hearing it from them personally. Intel guy I met made 100k every 6months for analysis. He was multilingual and stationed in Quatar, even shipped his BMW over.
😅
I'm curious. Were these contractors given preferential treatment with assignments? I could see a situation where, as hired guns they had more choice in assignments than regular soldiers. Like if they deemed an operation to be too risky but it had to be done, then it would fall back on the army to get it done.
@@Novacificationcompletely different mission sets. Black Water worked as security details for ambassadors and other important officials, they weren’t going out to make hits on targets and things like that. They also never lost a single asset so they were damn good at what they did.
@@camerondelafuente8716 ah okay, fair enough. Thanks for the info :)
50k was your base salary but your benefits cost a lot more. So from government’s perspective, contractors are the cheaper alternative if you can believe it or not. They still cost a lot of money but they can be used without worrying about them like soldiers
I would not be surprised if he stops making content after a while due to some inevitable personal threat. But we really need people like him in journalism to expose truth. More power to Jhonny!
Just like Julian Assange
He's not going to get threatened. All of these companies are above board legally and when they're not their layers will take care of it. Above board legally doesn't mean moral. Do something illegal vis a vis releasing crimes the US Government does and the Justice department will come after you.
This guy is a weak grifter, incapable of logic, and brings nothing new or informative to anyone. How about holding the actual military personnel accountable? “I was just following orders!” Sound familiar. Everyone knew all about this the entire time during 20 years of lies.
@@DriftWizard750 Yeah we Knew, we watched we marched and protested it was wrong and the country went to war and killed, displaced, crippled and destroyed everything and everyone because they want to pin a flag to their lapel, a flag and F#*k the rules and the constitution.
Not really, these stories are not new. He's is rehashing old news.
This is why I pay people literally no attention when they start to gripe about the possibility of their tax dollars paying off college loans or paying for college in general; like if you really knew where your tax dollars were actually going…
Individual income taxes are the equivalent of letting a 2 year old pay for a toy. The entire income tax system is unnecessary and is primarily designed to make the population feel ownership in society.
The country used to be financed on import tariffs alone, and that was when the currency was backed by physical gold. With a fiat currency and the federal reserve, the entire system of taxation and appropriations is artificially designed to keep the population distracted.
@@hewhohasnoidentity4377 it's to protect our way of life , war, and human rights aren't used in the same sentence
Ironically the US tells us…
All income tax goes to pay the interest only for the 30+trillion federal reserve notes worth of National Debt not a thing more, at least according to the US governing mental institutions.
It’s more complicated than the video is showing. Knowing Johnny, he’s not being 100% unbiased.
The people who say they're fighting overseas "for our freedom" is much worse.
Your the one of the best. If not the best journalist I ever saw. Amazingly proffesional and catchy and very polite. At the same time , honest and truthful.
"i'm gonna go try not to be depressed about how our democracy works"
Literally all the time dude.
If education and food security was ever viewed as a national security issue, we could keep our country strong instead of dying from the inside.
The progression that most clamour for will happen at a much slower rate maybe it would be good for us
Education works perfectly. It keeps poor people stupid and easy to control, they are just smart enough to work a cash register.
Just the way the rich want us.
Sounds kinda like communism, and we all know how the US feels about that.
@@jayolovitt5969 weird, cause anyone who serves gets it for free
@@jayolovitt5969 Weird how South Carolina Republicans supported “communism” when they drafted the state’s Reconstruction constitution and yet now the replacement constitution drafted by Democrats is still in place despite Republicans thoroughly controlling the state.
This is not only some excellent journalism, but Johnny's quite literally putting himself in danger in chasing stories of these people.
P.S: Absolutely love the background music.
It's one of those kinds of music that makes you think "let's keep going a bit longer, dig a little deeper"
Hes gonna end up like McAfee if he continues
All he did was read a bunch of public documents and connect the dots. In theory, anyone can do this (and they usually do, at least the real journalists). Nobody will put a hit on him after gathering a few million views on his videos exposing what anyone can actually investigate on his/her own. USA is bad, but it's not Russia...
These are public info anyone could look up. Unless he uncovers something else nobody should have his hands on.
Not really, these stories are not new. He's is rehashing old news.
The therapy commercial was nauseating. The MIC equivalent.
Theoretically companies didn’t cause the war.
The troops paid the price while you feed at the trough of freedom and mock it
As a military wife the lowest bidder thing pisses me off. These companies make so much while so many of us live in crappy situations. For example, the water issue here at Pearl Harbor. Or the fact that our houses are not even built to code. There is a lot of cheating and the private companies that own base housing cheat service members and their family of their money (beyond the housing allowance that the military counts as part of their pay) when moves happen. They do not play far between houses, or families. We have a lot of run down buildings and things that don't work properly. Its partially because of the contractors who take so much off the top, and partially because the budget is spent on stupid things. But it is also just corrupt people running the government, military included.
Greed will destroy this country and the world
Wow, I feel for you and family. The wasted money really hits home so to speak. Before anything gets fixed it has to first be acknowledged as a problem. All of the knowledge we share on the internet is a start.
@ThoughtCrime legal corruption
Hey yawl be careful now --- yeah Florida gov. Desantis gets to play thee role of baddass saviour of the regular folks for now --- but to any of yawl who were just glamorizing how gov. Desantis is handling the plandemic pandemonium --- just be aware of what else he does out of the rose-colored spotlight .
(Do not just ignore the evidence like he does)
Check out This 'under the radar' youtube site run by real fishermen and residents that are calling out the fla. EPA and FWC for deliberately systematically poi-zioning Florida's waterways with herbicides among smorgasbord of other lucrative poi-zions.
The sheer volume of pictures of fish with nasty tumors and abrasions is astounding and alarming --- and as usual, using every dirty in the book, the state trys to deflect and bury any serious scrutiny (of the deliberate, increasingly-declining water quality, and general sabotage of our natural eco-logical system directly due to shady lucrative business deals with the poi-zionist polluted economic-system)
These good folks go to all the meetings and do due diligence to petition legislators to look into other options such as mechanical harvesting --- but the authortarians are in bed with the poi-zion industries and stubbornly refuse to budge .
Could Them greedy-sadistic deviloper's Agenda 21 soylent green new deal --- include sabotaging our ability to sustain ourselves from our natural resources so we have no choice other than to aquiesce or starve to death ? Or worse ?
He did take a delegation of 500 business buddies over for a week vaccation in isreal on the taxpayers dime .
Also have any of yawl seen them exxon mobile commercials where they boast about turning genetic-molesting algae into biofuel for military needs ? Or does anyone remember that algae-bloom red tide a few years back that decimated manatees and dolphins and seabirds ?
Anyhow thanks for the head's up yawl !
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Them brand new bioweopons are designed to attack specific ethnicities --- that's why they scattered over 300 biolabs all around the world. For FAR too long them poi-zionist perpe-traitors of crimes against humanity and nature been hiding under the umbrella of 'anti-semitism' ('kosher' white supremacism --- real hebrews have bronze skin) Them greedy-sadistic devilopers (conquistadores)
(wolves in sheepskin camouflage) been trying to piss us natives off our own land similar way we helped our unquestionable kosher-supremacist cult do to all it's unruly neighbors in the mideast .
(think the movie Avatar)
And every 'pussy' (pardon the expression) soldier in the fucking world justs stands down and lets humanity take it up the ass . A gov. rep. tried to 'justify' the tyrannical manner in which they stamped-out the peaceful protests, arguing that the Canadian truckers had 'MANIFESTOS' .
However it's Them infamous globalist manifestos that are the (too true to be any good) ENEMY
of all indigenous honest to goodness earthings Freedoms and sovereignty ---
Like a global western ,
We peaceful town folks will have to do something about them ruthless (greedy-sadistic) industrailist motherfrackers hellbent on total world domination --- that use any diabolically-retarded means necessary to terrorize half of us fearful folks into helping them trample over the rest of us honest to goodness regular folks .
" Kiss our Grit "
( Them arrogant greedy-sadistic motherschmuckers are desperately trying to prevent the meek from inheriting the earth )
If you can not understand the serious implications and ramifications of what's going on these daze ---
YER a F-N --- NOT-SEE .
The pedophile preistclass billionares and their 'crafty' 'woke' insider-cheater-class kingpimps, plan to use NOT-SEE flunky henchmen (muggles) to 'eliminate'
FREE-THINKERS and RIGHTEOUS TRUTHERS that know too much .
Think about it ...
We meekly-proud
honest to goodness earthlings best not wait until the 'con-science-less' robot army is fully-operational ---because then, even the most loyal 'not-see' flunky (human-shields) will become expendable loose ends ...
(manifest destiny huh?)
🇺🇸 The true enemy of the (UN-holy Lucifarian poi-zionist jewroman empire worshipping) Military Industrial complex has always been pesky INDIGENOUS free-thinking greedom-fighting PEACE FREEKS.
Most epic antiwar song of all time --- Warpigs
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Howabout all yawl peacekeeping soldiers being put in the line of fire --- do the right thing --- and round-up the debt based billionaire bankster war-pig MASTERMINDS --- and their insider cheater-class not-see flunky fearmongering goons allready ?
if you side with the greedy-sadistic motherfrackers fronting like they are billions of times more important than everyone else combined and currently poised to make an even more astronomically enormous obcene KILLING than ever ---
over honest to goodness folks just trying to make a DECENT LIVING --- you indeed are the schmuck traitors to humanity .
And that is a grave offense indeed .
To those with eyes to see and ears to hear ---
Goddesspeed !
That is the major malfunction in a nuts-hell --- Military depending on AI (artificial intelligence) algorithms is diabolically retarded.
--- big tech Deceptacon hex-nuts are Banking on US well-meaning trusting 'schmuck' honest to goodness earthlings --- to not be able to realize the difference between :
'too good to be true' --- and 'too true to be any real good' .
Victory through deception huh ?
i can't get behind that .
The Truth is what sets US free .
the notion that top-secrecy is vital to maintaining democracy is really just a cruel mockery of everything we hold sacred .
if you think the wages for deliberately schmucking the whole world into going to war against everything pure and natural and good are astronomically enormous --- yer darn friggin right --- but you definitely got another thing coming...
get ready for your proper CAPITALIST PUNISHMENT you greedy-sadistic motherfrackers !
Good riddance to the pedophile preistclass and their arrogant insider cheater-class not-see flunkys . (a.k.a. the congregation of wicked and the synogog of spraytan)
Good dawning to all yawl heavenly endowed earthly beloved souls !
For Real .
Thanks again for helping keep thee ideal --- Real ...
So courageously Speak for yerselves !
it does indeed matter what our brave servicemen personally think --- when dealing with infiltraitorous deepstate shenanigans of Deceptacon hex-nuts and COBRA COMMANDER ---
(trying to mask the truth)
KNOWING is half the battle --- and VICTORY is the TRUTH --- the WHOLE TRUTH --- and nothing but the honest to goodness TRUTH .
'Blind' faith in our intelligent designer's masterplan does indeed help in the mean time ...
but knowing what we (both as individuals AND as a collective) REALLY CARE about most --- IS everything !
We each need to prioritize our values and most cherished virtues --- because even Peace and Love --- are basically bogus without Truth and Justice --- to stabilize and keep our ideals --- real .
PSEUDO-BLISSFULL
WILLFUL-- IGNORANCE
IS the enemy --- we all must personally never let ourselves surrender to...
(Aim directly @ AI)
Never surrender your soul --- to the 'poi-zionist pie in the sky lies' that the so-called 'Great' Deceiver' trys to disguise...
for this is the epic spiritual battle we are up against.
soldiers who lack the ability to think for themselves usually end up as not-see flunky cannon-fodder pawns for the debt-based billionaire bankster war mongerers sponsoring all opposing sides --- and conjuring up all the serious trouble in the world in their
Genocidal Megalomaniac Eugenicist evil Mastermind-dead HELLBENT for total world domination.
Whatever happened to UN-ALIEN-ABLE rights ?
And vengeance is mine sayeth thee Lord ?
could it be that ---
thee proverbial narcissistic illegal-alien overlord peeping-tom eyeball way up there at the tippy-top of thee proverbial power pyramid scheme meat-cult food-chain on the $$$ we all got schmuckered into thinking we all must warship --- (or else) ---
really one in the same as the devil he is supposedly against ?
Anyhow
Stay vigilant ---
Hold-fast ...
and goddesspeed !
especially to all yawl
greedom-fighting
heavenly-endowed earthly beloved defenders keeping both your Heart, mind, and real eyes open !
👀
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What do you mean the lowest bidder thing? From what I hear from this video is that the lowest bidder was never selected because of the war. So they panicked and just picked someone without finding the cheapest price.
At this point, schools should just put on Johnny Harris video during the class. So much knowledge and information in a single video. Schools could never
They wouldn’t want schools to put this on so they are stupid.. that’s why the system has updated for 200 years
Information are biased there are other RUclipsrs commenting on johnny videos
@@yazuki1185 at least link the sauce?
Yes’nt
@@yazuki1185 Well not this video. He is criticizing The govt itself.
I just pray for Johnny and his health, you're literally doing an exposé. Hope you're kept safe buddy.
Well technically bro.....it's not India.....where journalists are killed for raising voice......US has more freedom.
@@uchihasasuke8162 You thick brain the video is all about US mess….where the hell India comes in the picture?
@@mformarveltjbishton3713 Dude's an Indian maybe he know journalists who aren't treated well there
Cough, Snowden, cough
all these documents are public and previously reported on
Always the best subjects in your videos. ❤
This guy is the epitome of journalism! Take a bow Johnny Harris!!
He brings attention to alot of important issues, but the information he gets is largely from the work of actual reporters. While what he does is fantastic, the journalists who make videos like this possible should also be given credit.
Nah. He leaves out waay too much. He may be an intelligence operative. They only tell us what they want us to know.
@@ahlishaholloway233 journalism isn't only about primary sources. Distillation of secondary sources can be just as valuable
@@ahlishaholloway233 You’re a bigot. Did that belittling comment do it for you. Did it help you “get off” mentally. Im not understand your little attempt at insulting him because he doesn’t have a proper title? You better be upper echelon
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Who could have imagined that privatizing security in a war zone could mean huge private and secretive contracts 🤔
A lots of cash
So you wouldn't be paying for security if the government did it?
You wouldn't be paying for ammo if the government made it?
You wouldn't be paying for construction if the government did it?
What, everyone who does anything shouldn't do it for money?
So we shouldn't be paying for whatever, to reach whatever goals with Afghanistan, but we should be for whatever goals for Ukraine?
Who gets to get paid for their work and who decides? You?
@@phatmhat9174 war is pointless, costly, and tragic for so many families. Even if it was only the US govt. and they weren’t privatizing fucking WARS it would STILL BE BAD. Conducting war the way the US does is extra costly to the taxpayer because of what Johnny showed in the video… contractors have abused the system to milk every last dollar out of the Pentagon
@@phatmhat9174 Difference is that Government is accountable to the people and are supposed to act based on the interest of the people. Private companies are only accountable to the board of directors.
Now if you are arguing that your government is not transparent to the American public, then its your problem that you need to sort out.
@@dominicj7977The government doesn't do security even when security is being done. It's being done by people or oranizations hired by the government and is accountable to...to what? Standards set by the government.
Do you even know the standards set by the government? Did you read them? Did you read the costs? Did you vote on the costs?
Listen closely - you have less say with the government than you have with private companies.
And more broadly - the government is made up of parties, who are responsible to their voters, NOT the people. When they force a 17$ min wage or disallow fracking or whatever, they're NOT being accountable to "the people" but to the voters who share their values.
The people are screwed. The impacts on them - higher gas prices - irrelevant. It's the government and it's supporters getting their way that's all that matters.
Watched it to the end, never fails to piss me off. Already knew the system is corrupted but still find it infuriating every time I happen across a video like this. Nice work providing critical information to the masses!
And they are too busy probing into other country corruption case 🤣🤣🤣
Don't blame it on the system alone, also go for the actual perpetrators with money over lives in their mind
When they run out of bogeymen. They will turn on the American public. May already be doing that. Ya Think?
@@jb2532lol yes, because CEOs do all the work. 🤦 His employees deserve that money instead of him. And nothing protects you except the roof over your head that your momma gave you.
@@jb2532nigga he aint protecting you he robbing you 💀💀💀
you are on to something brother, keep going, this is the actual news (information) we as a people need. Thank you, this is so needed, I can not tell you how much this is appreciated.
"try not to be depressed about how our democracy works" bold use of democracy, especially for a DC resident
If you are depressed about how our democracy works, then it is not really a democracy and we can not let 1/6 happen again. Like Stephen Colbert said, nobody (in this country, the United States) was rooting for the terrorrists on 9/11.
The beauty of capitalism: making money, anywhere, anytime, specially in wartime
Edit: No wonder USA is in constant war, the leaders of it profit from their wars!
"What about all the good things war has done for us? Why don't we ever hear speeches about that? Jobs, technology, a common purpose… All we're sayin' is… GIVE WAR A CHANCE!"
- Every person in this video, probably.
Just like supplying weapons to Ukraine.
China does this too. Same with Russia and North Korea. They sell weapons to each other all the time and are definitely involved in supporting terrorism in the middle east. Not to mention their global expansions.
Don't forget that Russia has also been involved in many of these wars... USA is not the only ones.
@@daarksideyt lol, good one. I needed this cause a creeper blew a hole size of Atom bomb.
As a veteran that was boots on the ground, I really appreciate this video. People need to know brother. It's impossible to understand what actually happened over there unless you were there. It's all about money. Everything we did over there was about money.
Look up the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline. I've personally protected it.
You will find amounts of money that you never knew existed.
Sorry to hear that!
How long was it when you were first stationed there?
@@SlientChaos 2012-15. Seen quite a few of the mountains.
"Support the troops" is codeword for "support your politicians getting rich"
Do you regret joining the military? What was it like for you and the other troops to become aware of the reality of the situation while deployed? Like, was it openly discussed amongst yourselves or were there people who simply didn’t want to see it? Thanks in advance if you answer. I always really appreciate opportunities to talk directly with people who were there.