As an Australian, I need to correct you Johnny, the US did not "give" Australia submarines, our government paid around $300 billion dollars for them with taxpayer money that was highly disputed by the public.
Men you guys got scammed pretty bad the deal with France was so much better you could have gotten subs in like 4-5 years but now it’s gonna be more like 15-20
As an indian i am now afraid to even put my underwears in open sun for it to dry what if it get blown away by wind ch!na would claim that also as it own citing some random made up historical fact like in 490 bc some random king was using it as a towel to wipe his face
you still need to give someone something if you're selling it to them. I think the way it was phrased in the video was to signify how incredible it is that the USA is handing over top secret technology to Australia. Its an extremely landmark piece of history that the USA is "freely" supplying technology for the Australian Navy to use as they see fit. It wasn't '"free", but it was "given freely"; as in there are no strings attached and we fully own and operate these subs ourselves.
Hey Johnny, just a slight correction. The Philippines is not claiming that certain areas of the South China Sea are Philippine territorial waters. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which the Philippines is a signatory to, a country can only claim up to 12 nautical miles from its baselines as its territorial waters. However, the UNCLOS also provides that the distance from 12 nautical miles, up to 200 nautical miles from the baseline is the Exclusive Economic Zone. This is the portion which the Philippines calls the West Philippine Sea. This was affirmed in 2016 by a ruling by an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the UNCLOS which ruled in favor of the Philippines against China. The same ruling also held that the nine-dash line claimed by China does not have any basis in international law. Not surprisingly, China does not honor this ruling. The US also is not able to completely support the ruling because it is not a signatory to the UNCLOS. As a result, China's Coast Guard regularly harass Filipino fishermen peacefully fishing in our exclusive economic zone. There was even one incident where a Chinese Coast Guard ship rammed into a Filipino fishing vessel and left the crew floating in the sea. As for the training of the US and Philippine militaries, the most recent Balikatan (which is the Filipino term meaning "shoulder-to-shoulder") Exercises held just this year simulated live fire exercises at sea, including drone shoot downs and targeting and sinking a ship at sea, off of Palawan island. Pretty strong signals to China, I think.
for your info the UNCLOS court judgement was not legal as it did not comply to the rules of the UNCLOS quickly set up by a Japanese . Forget about the UNCLOS, that part of the sea belongs to China forever.
As a father of two and simply living here in the Beijing, i pray to the GREATEST that we may never experience another war. I want my two sons to become a doctor here in our province so that they could help someday in our community for free. Let us pray for our children's future and world peace.
Until authoritarianism falls in the world there will be no assurance of peace. Authoritarianism breeds conflict and will forever be a sign of instability.
Sure, I totally agree - but if the Chinese love their families - then do the easiest thing to do to prevent war with the free world: start a revolution and overthrow Xi Jin Ping. This guy, like Putin, is the cause of all your problems as a country.
Everyone is thinking from the perspective of the West led by the United States. The United States says China is a threat, and military bases are scattered around China. However, from China's perspective, these increasingly strengthened military presence are currently the biggest threat.
The lessons of history have proven countless times that war means that countless lives are lost, and now Ukraine and the Basha Corridor have once again， May that cooperation can replace war
Looking from the perspective of China is no better. Both are superpowers. What about from the point of view of those tiny nations? Should they just put up with China's constant bullying ... taking whatever territory/resources it wants? Those tiny nations need a big brother as an ally to go against the bully in their neighborhood. As a Filipino, I'd rather speak English than Chinese.
@@naniabswax1680 If the Philippines were to become one of its own provinces unilaterally by a certain country someday in the future, I don't think Filipinos would be happy either. Instead of playing word games with a vague so-called "bullying", they would focus more on aggressive military bases of a certain country.
@@ABb-eu1jk Since 1898 to 2016, there has been a Philippine movement for US statehood in one form or another. The US did not take it seriously nor did the majority of the Philippine populace. I was not advocating for statehood. Not even for becoming a US territory. Do you think, say, Indonesia will want to be a US state or territory? No? Then why would you think the Philippines will? Calling China a bully is just playing a word game? "Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imbalance of physical or social power. This imbalance distinguishes bullying from conflict. Bullying is a subcategory of aggressive behavior characterized by hostile intent, imbalance of power and repetition over a period of time." (Wikipedia on Bullying) Ermmm. So what do you call the actions of humongous China (which is economically and militarily superior) to continuously intimidate, harass and encroach on the territory of tiny Philippines? If that is not bullying, I don't know what is.
The US did not give nuclear submarine designs to Australia freely. It was incredibly expensive and caused a big ruckus in Australia... to say the USA is giving the weapons to Australia for free is very misleading
so the US want Aussies to help, but not giving them the tech they need, also they have to buy it (American can profit for). make no sense to me, they need to be free. that is how you hire someone (so to speak), what are they thinking..?
Well he never was trying to suggest that the US was giving australia the weapons themselves, but they were giving australia the DESIGNS freely, it was Australia's choice to purchase weapons from the US.
I’m sorry but the US is not GIVING Australia anything, we are paying hundreds of billions of dollars for those submarines, “giving” is a slap in the face to the millions of Australians that now have to pay off this half a trillion in debt
@@user-op8fg3ny3j absolutely not. The deal was very controversial with the Australian public and hurt Australian/French relations as we had to cancel a previous submarine contract we had with them
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Yea Washington would have already started nuclear war by then... We would not tolerate any one in the Western hemisphere to have any Russian or Chinese bases in our backyard
When you say that the US is giving Australia "nuclear submarines", it sounds like they are giving them submarines that launch nukes. It's important to note that these submarines do not shoot nukes, but instead are nuclear POWERED.
Exactly, thank you for pointing that out. No nuclear weapons on the subs, just nuclear reactors to power them. Johnny Harris gets a little carried away and does not realize what he is implying to people sometimes. Leaves out these key details.
As a Filipino. I'm so tired and extremely scared. We have a deal with Superpowers disputes, we have to deal with China whose driving us out from our own sea, and our government is wildly corrupt and incompetent. Edit: I repeated corruption twice. That's how tired I am
The best case scenario for both Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Phillipines, Vietnam is that once China makes their move, that this move involves all of these nations at the same time. USA will 100% be there too, and so will Australia, New Zealand and likely also France and UK. And this is the list of countries at the very very least that will be joining you in putting a halt to China's grab of your seas and souvereignity.
A war between two countries, both having the ability to totally destroy the world, is a terrifying thought. Let us all hope that it will not come to that.
-Maxine Hong Kingston “we have to invent new images and ways of power. So far the world thinks of power as violence, that power comes from a gun. We must create a new kind of drama in which there is drama, but it's nonviolent.”
im not sure but it seems Chinas nukes can't reach the US, they wanted got rocket engines for it from Russia, but Russia declined it, so their nuclear threat is mostly local
maybe if US didn't try to militarize Asia lmao imagine China talking to Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela to implement a huge military presence in the North Atlantic Sea
Since the United States is so worried about the Soviet Union's deployment of missiles in Cuba, why would it do the same to another rising power half a century later?
Because Taiwan produces almost all the world’s microchips. They are essential to todays society. If China would overtake Taiwan they would gain so much power over the entire world.
Worth mentioning: the US has had mutual defense pacts with the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea, and been interceding in defense of Taiwan, for over 70 years. Defense cooperation with Australia (formalized in ANZUS) is also 70 years old.
usa will be facing the vast hypersonic missile arsenals of russia and china. do american people know how much they will suffer from unemloyment due to empty stores, bankruptcys of apple, tesla, others, hyperinflation , financial collapse, etc ? what happens when a couple of carriers go down. then nkorea, pakistan, iran, get involved. will end in nuclear exchange.for sure. does tired old occupied japan really want to see its country return to 1945. think hard imperialist america
@@kemalbilmez9897 That's just not true. Japan is a democracy (but I bet a conspiracy theorist like you would love to make stuff up about that). And neither phillippines or south korea are controlled by US you have no proof to show for your claims.
@@Peacenutman He's 'triggered' because what the first guy said is false. Both the Philippines and South Korea signed their individual mutual defense pacts with the US when they were already independent.
That’s the thing. Why even put all the nukes around the area. Once us and China start launching nuke the world is done for everybody. The earth is already in a very bad spot and then add nuclear bombs on top…. No one wins that scenario.
A much easier strategy for western nations could have been avoiding the laziness in population and greed in corporations and not outsourcing most of their manufacturing to China. You have fed and grown this dragon yourselves.
Yaaaa that’s what I’m saying. We invented the technology for microprocessors. We should have spent all this money on bringing them back to being made here in America. Then China can have Taiwan as we wouldn’t need them as much. We could fly all their citizens that work on microprocessors to live in America and China wouldn’t have access to our tech.
@@shasmi93 agree. All these woke people don't realise the world is built on sweat and blood. While worker rights and economic growth has its value in society , you can't stay superpower without correcting your fundamentals.
هذا لأنكم كنتم تركزون طوال العشرين سنة الماضية في الحرب والحقد على الإسلام والمسلمين متجاهلين الصين وروسيا وهذا هو حصاد زرعكم الذي زرعتموه بأيديكم، الآن ستضطرون لدخول حرب مع الصين الآن أو لاحقا وسيكون الثمن كبيرا. ذوقوا قليلا من جرائمكم😁
@@boodymoai898As If any of us want to go to war. And if you think the Middle East will stay out of it you’re harshly mistaken . Should a war with china and US breakout; the entire world world will indirectly be impacted by it.
It's very obvious bro, they want India now lol and we need to take our next steps very carefully. We should also think about our situation in the Geo Politics.
I'm Chinese American, born in Shanghai China and moved to the US when I was 4 and got my citizenship. Joined the US Marines straight out of HS. I'm no longer in but it's crazy to think that one day we might go to war with my home country. It's concerning for sure.
china has been encircled just like Russia.... what happened to ukraine may happen to taiwan and I hope everyone remembers that IT IS THE US WHO AGREES to the ONE CHINA POLICY which stems from the carter era.... all this for the profits of the US oligarchy.... this stops when all the nukes r fired...
As an American I just want to live my life. I’m sure there are some Chinese natives who feel the same way. There would be no benefit in the two biggest world powers going head to head. Do we not learn from our past ever?
As a Chinese, I am puzzled why the United States deploys military bases and missiles near China? What would Americans think if China were to deploy bases and missiles in Cuba in the same situation?
@@王暘与 if that ever happens the United States would get really fucking pissed and yeah I can see where you are coming from. However China is acting like everything in the pacific is theirs so.
Transaltion: I have a question, how far apart is the United States and China! 14,000 km! Exactly two sides of the globe, know how many US military bases are near China? More than 300 of them! Know how long China has not been at war? 32 years. What do you need for a strong man with a gun in his hand every day, wandering from another city to your doorstep? That's right~ You need to be stronger than him, and you need to have a gun too! (I have used google translator, any discrepancies I am sorry for it)
James Fallows wrote about microchip production in Taiwan years ago. The concerns he raised over what a Sino conflict would do to chip supplies during a conflict were frightening. I spent time in Taiwan over twenty years ago and the scope of microchip production has to be seen to be believed. When in Seoul I also saw how many US Military personnel are in South Korea. A stark reminder that the Pacific theatre matters. Finally, I’d read somewhere that the waters off China tend to be relatively shallow which impedes warship manoeuvres. Security Dilemma indeed.
Honestly I think the diplomatic power of China is greater than the US, I don't think the US or China want to be seen as the monster so they will avoid starting anything, but this is the new cold war and China is going uuuup
I really believe that if the war doesn't start for real China is more likely to become the most powerful country in the world because of it's increasing influence in the world
The drums of war are already beating in the superpowers, its not just the US who is preparing, the big guys are preparing. Japan is preparing North Korea is preparing Poland is preparing US is preparing China is preparing Germany is preparing France is preparing... i'm sure there are some more that have not been public advertised
Citizen from Brunei here. We're already under the Chinese power since our economy heavily relies on oil and gas production, and China has provided a lot of capital and investment in that sector. The anxiety I feel about their hold over our tiny little country is palpable. I fear for what happens to us should things between the US and China come to a head.
Bagaimana pula jirannya sarawak dan sabah laluan udara selalu diceeoboh china ? Mungkin us akan mainkan sentiment sulu di sabah dan kaum di sarawak untuk taklul pulau borneo di mana kaya dengan hasil bumi dan pelantar minyak.
Every country plans for war with enemies. The purpose of having a military general staff is to plan for wartime scenarios during peacetime. China has their own plans and preparations for what a conflict with the US would look like too.
You are very correct. Being prepared is critical, especially depending on how large the threat and how that compares to how realistic the threat. Canada and the US have both had plans on how to invade each other, it just has no use in this day and age, but plans are out there.
@@kuzev But that's on China, not the US. China's bellicose policies in the South China Sea, and other bullying of its neighbors has created a situation where many of China's neighbors are eager to align with China's enemies. The US is taking advantage of that to strengthen its own position against China. It's an old Cold War tactic.
China has 1/10 of the military spending of the West, they just need to protect their access to the sea. Us says the Chinese government is undemocratic, but the approval rating is 30/82%. for local/central government vs America’s 65/38% for local/central government based on third party statistics.
What is left out is that Japan is upgrading its surface to surface and anti ship missiles to ranges up to 1,500 km. This would cover quite deep into China if deployed in Okinawa and smaller islands closer to China
@@Piss-Poor-Infantrythat’s assuming they have the fire power and first strike capability to do so without retaliation. Unproven military rarely pulls off that sort of move on that scale.
@@SleepyPaulThat is why China is increasing their nuclear arsenal chump. China will have 1500 nukes by 2030. USA win never win a war against China, it will be MAD mutually assured destruction.
Johnny you should also map out the military bases of china (its allies) and their strategy for possible of invasion of Taiwan. This way we can access the strategies of both sides.
i was fully expecting this to be the next stanza of the video....then it ended. TBF, JH has done a separate Taiwan-invasion speculation video in the past; yet, this new one seems to presented in a stand-alone fashion, and with a decidedly now 'leaning to one side' tone. what has changed? hmmm.
@@pushsliceyeah like I get it china and US are both kind of doing the same shit… but he chalks it up to ideological differences which is true but chinas ideology (from my biased American perspective is objectively bad) and they would be the one initiating any future conflict. Idk why he’s trying to paint US as bad.
@@pushsliceJH is a weird neo liberal that strange when compared to even most liberals. He does not make fact based videos, but instead propaganda pieces that is emotions based. Oh he also hates the government at a ideological level. Like he literally believes the government is evil. And I mean the entire government.
Good point but there are none. He mentioned a wall of missiles but they are coming from China. They haven’t fire one yet but pretty every single US and Japanese island bases is in range of Chinese high tech missiles.
Exactly! Ask the Pacific region of Asian countries how “Pacifist” Japan was around the time of WW2. Or specifically ask the Koreans how pacifist Japan was for the last few hundred years.
Well don't give them your best weapons, Do you really think Japanese already forgot who drop the A-bombs on them, sure was not China. So is great the USA is "defending" other countries, when are they going to fix our streets. The number one thing people forget is that people within bring empires down, greed runs wild in America no patriot can survive that.
Even in the last 75 years, Japan is basically forced to have a small military. When the US gives them the ok, they are perfectly happy to expand their military.
it's undeniable that the geopolitical landscape has been shaped by historical actions and military strategies. The United States, as a global power, has established numerous military bases worldwide, including in regions surrounding China. Over the past two centuries, the U.S. has been involved in various military engagements in the name of national security.
@@hamud323 "everyone" meaning the west and their ally (or more realistically vassal) states like Japan and SK lol. Of course this is how westerners view the "global community", it's just Europe and the Anglosphere, the third world may as well not exist for them. And before someone comes in with numbers about global poverty reduction, the standards for poverty by the IMF and World bank are hilariously low, and even still the reductions are almost entirely due to poverty reduction in China over the last few decades.
Thanks for the educational video Johnny as a South African I'm quite worried about US and China tensions even if it's just in the other side of the world a war between these two will certainly have effects everywhere in this global connected world
When China wants oil they build schools in countries and get it by helping to build local roads, which is hypocritical. However the US would not be so hypocritical, they would get the oil by bombing some countries, it's a straight forward way, fantastic!😇😇
I have a friend that is a submariner in the RAN (Royal Australian Navy) based at HMAS Stirling in Perth and I can confirm that the HMAS Stirling base has grown a lot and will continue to grow a lot over the next few years in preparation for our new submarines
I’m a truck driver and I literally just watched 10.5 hours of your videos today and find you extremely credible and creative in your work! Thank you! I can’t wait until my next shift, I will be watching all of your content as I normally do with all the history channels I follow… great work!
I normally listen to informative RUclips videos in the background, but your production value is so solid I hate not watching it and feel like I'm missing out.
@@endfm exactly. I feel like if any of this information is true, then he illegally gained access to classified information. People claim he is unbiased, but it seems like he's with China on this issue.
@@nik48631bingo, why are so many Asian countries RUNNING away from their sphere of influence and flocking to America? It’s like ppl overlook that part, they’ve seen how prosperous and rich American allies are, while every Chinese ally is on the brink of collapse. The Russian spent years showboating on social media and got exposed immensely in Ukraine. That’s what awaits China and other corrupt countries with nothing to look forward to, while Western/Western allied countries continue to prosper and TAKE IN citizens from failed states like Russia/Iran/NK. I wonder why that is? Meanwhile China, where $5/week is considered middle class, no innovation, constantly steal and make cheap copies of American/European tech, IP, exports, while their neighbors Japan and SKorea are tech powerhouses all because of their alliance with the Americans and Western Europeans.
@nik48631 why did the US genocide the native Americans and take their land? I'd argue that these cases aren't even that comparable, but if you want to bring up history...
@@desudesudesu5326 Lmaoo, which country didn’t destroy their native populations? THATS what you want to bring up? The Chinese/Russians/Iranians/etc., HAVE wiped out and DEPOPULATED entire tribes, towns, for thousands of years longer than Americans EVER have, pick a country today and I’ll tell you how many of their natives remain. At least the US and other Western counties tried to assimilate them and even gave them representation, while China erased them off the map. And throws in modern day concentration camps; you’re a joke and a paid shill, go back to building your social credit score you clown, before they throw you in jail for using open and free western social media
@@desudesudesu5326 Neither is right to do. You can live in a place and not be okay with something in the past but this is the present and Chinas doing some messed up stuff.
Just a note, I lived in Guam for 12 years and Camp Blaz isn't RE-opening, it's the first NEW US Marine base to be built since (IIRC) the 50's. It was originally a Naval Station called NCTAMS (NCTS) but is being reformatted and expanded dramatically to house the Marines from Okinawa. (This is all public knowledge I've heard while living there, FYI).
With the new resurgence of nationalism and far right activity and the xenophobic view of China as the "Yellow Peril" (don't forget USSR was "white" so the conflict was just ideological, with China the racist outlook muddle things up) this Cold War is one factory/ container ship ban away from turning hot!
Crazy how humanity is fighting constantly. May I also remind you of the fact that our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions. Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering TWO BILLION! A shockingly sad truth. 🙁 In my humble opinion, it's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return to rightful owners Native American people. Notorious global cardinal crimes the Christian West has committed, and benefited a great deal, such as centuries-long global Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask? 🤷
@@Jatkins6396This is not capitalism, man. These are states and politicians fighting among themselves. We need more capitalism to avoid this. Money goes where there is peace
China may have the bing chilling god Zhong Xina but the U.S has Joe Rogan, and Japan has anime, and Taiwan has the (now very old) boyband F4. Ain’t no way China can win.
What a stupid comment. What's the alternative? Roll over and let a fascist country like China to dictate things for everyone? Yeah, no. We only have Clinton to blame for this nonsense.
this is the only logical and correct response to these war mongers sitting on leadership positions. Sadly, too many people are blind and follow whatever propaganda DC or Bejing shows them.
This is the reason one man should not have all the power. Only takes one crazy dictator and his ambition to start WWIII. Nixon made a big mistake. Now it's coming back to bite the U.S in the ass.
I love that stance, "it doesn't affect me so why should I help?" If China wasn't an authoritarian regime who threatens and bullies its neighbors then this would be an entirely different issue.
@@AL-lh2ht - What agenda? And what publicly available info did he leave out that counters it? It's really easy to play contrarian without backing it up, but it's also really easy to dismiss contrarians who refuse to back anything up.
Never gonna happen.. Theres just too much riding on in terms of technology, human resources, resources, economy... They'd much rather fight proxy wars instead of full on world wars.
imagine, he left out the situation in Ukraine, Russia became a vassal state, a colony of China from which they get cheap oil, gas, fertiliser, also India which is already in a difficult relation, and all the Stan-countries, all the production capacity that is now in China making stuff for European and American markets...
Blackadder: "You see, in order to prevent war in the Pacific, two superblocs developed: us, the Japanese, the Filipinos, and the Aussies on one side, and the Chinese and Russians on the other. The idea was to have two vast opposing navies, each acting as the other’s deterrent. That way there could never be a war." Baldrick: "But this is a sort of a war, isn’t it, sir?" Blackadder: "Yes, that’s right. You see, there was a tiny flaw in the plan." George: "What was that, sir?" Blackadder: "It was bollocks..."
🇺🇸 To US citizens: all of those military bases cost lots of money. Think of them as the Universal Healthcare or free education you don't get because "it's too expensive". It actually works out as lots more expensive than the healthcare, but you get the idea.
14:50 Why did you leave out the fact that Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia (who are far from being US friendly) are not part of this island chain so there's a very large gap in this containment strategy
Malaysia was hardly friendly to the US, not even to mentioning Brunei and Indonesia. Rather, they are more neutral and had been taking CCP investments while the US needs them for dominance over the sea for the 1st island chain.
@@zee9709 not friendly enough to let them build bases on their territory though like the other countries in the video. Plus, there was a census done not too long ago to measure anti-american sentiment
The US has always been on pretty decent terms with the Philippines after it was made independent, in fact if I remember correctly, they were a protectorate throughout the process of becoming fully independen. These little island nations that can't support a large Navy are always (or at least for the foreseeable future) going to be dependent on a mainland large naval power, they are very vulnerable and would be easy to choke off trade with and smother to death.
It's small, but I thought it was MUCH smaller. You can overlay the philipines over the united states, and the chain of islands will span from south Texas to the border of Canada. I had always thought it was closer to the size of Guam, not Japan! 😂
@snickle1980 not that large. Tip to tip, it's from south Texas to Colorado. Without all the water, the landmass is about the size of Arizona but slightly larger
We were a commonwealth from 1935 to 1946, like how Puerto Rico is right now. The Philippines originally declared independence in 1898, but it was also the same year when the US started to occupy the Philippines. Basically, Arthur MacArthur (Douglas MacArthur's father) tricked Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and the Philippine forces into taking over Manila. And the Philippines was sold by Spain to the US for $20M. We regained our independence in 1946, after consistent pressure from Philippine representatives who lobbied the US government. And no, we're not that small. :) North to south, the Philippines stretches the same distance as the continental US. West to east, it's as wide as California to New Mexico. And we have a population of 110M people.
@@knight3935 Ya i redid it. up through Colorado and a smidge of Nebraska using the Truesize map site. Yeah, it's less impressive when you look at the land mass instead of the borders, but still! So much larger than I had ever imagined.
Im from philipines and I enjoyed this video I can see whats happening out there and I can be ready if something happens or started im on my foot but I wish this never happen because... In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. -Neville Chamberlain
1:05 a line of defense? Are you kidding me? YOU'RE in China's frontyard and you have the audacity to call it defense?? It's aggression and hostility and warmongering
@@MeowTX because pelosi there was an unwritten agreement to divide the taiwan strait in half, this would give taiwan space to maintain security. China and us doesn't need to do this because there is no international law that prevent them from travel past this halfway point. however after US warship cross the line and pelosi landed in Taiwan, China ended the policies. it need to be clear, that this wasn't the first time US cross the line, nor is Pelosi the first speaker to land in Taiwan. however China is not the same country it was, today it is economically and militarily equal to the US. so US cannot continue to mistreat China as a non-equal. whatever US does now, China would return the favor in kind. Chinese nationals should not think it is Pelosi that change the reality, Pelosi just try to treat China like it was still in the past when China has no carriers of it own. obviously that is no longer the case, beside she only did so because she knows she was going to lose the speaker seat and so was just creating trouble for whoever come next. it is unfortunate that US politician are too busy trying to one up each other than care about national strategy but what can you do about that? personally i find it a non issue. if China is strong enough to take Taiwan, what US does doesn't matter. and China has the power to take Taiwan already. DOD and congress doesn't want to admit it because if they do the Taiwan government will collapse, but everyone knows this is the case, we just can't say it.
I believe what’s even more scary is everything else we’ve been doing. This could be a snowball effect for sure. We’ve been poking at Russia (the only country with more nuclear warheads than the US) pretty hard by helping Ukraine, and North Korea has been waiting for the perfect time to strike. We may not know it yet, but we are currently living the 2nd Cold War Era at best right now, and at worst it may be the starting of WWIII.
Ukraine have already lost the war... Israel is going to drag the US into a conflict it isn't equipped or funded to support. Iran is making major diplomatic moves in the region and most of the Muslim countries are in turmoil over their support of the US. 2025 is the perfect time for China to make a major geopolitical move. They are building up their blue water fleet faster than any western anysts thought possible, the west have driven Putin and JiJing into a closer alliance than ever before and the global south is making its voice heard for the first time. The west has lost control of the narrative, lost Ukraine and are in danger of losing their positions of power around the world.
Just FYI, in only rare cases are bases still being built AFTER we are allowed to hear about them. Most times when a "new" base is public, it has been operational fully for a while.
The whole South China Sea is also claimed by Taiwan too, and the only island with fresh water in the South China Sea is also owned/controlled by Taiwan.
Btw the nine dash line or the eleven dash line as it was originally drawn, was first created by the ROC - the Taiwanese government when they were in control of the mainland. Taiwan still claims this area of the ocean.
if you read taiwan's contitution which is called the republic of china officially, taiwan actually claims mainland china to be its territory. china and taiwan's territoriality overlaps. this is probably lost in the english wording of the two parts. taiwan and china mainland are officially at civil war. america is interferring in china's own affairs. if this is not an invasion im not sure what is. threatening
Another part of the plan, still in early and a bit wobbly phase, is the QUAD. Although there’s a naval element there, with India’s position in the Indian Ocean; there’s also the fact that india and China share a land border - probably the only (or the most significant) of all US allies. And although india runs its own independent and non aligned foreign policy, in case of an all out conflict, the land border could be another pressure point.
This is unfair. The focus of the video is on Chinese Mainland. You should understand the relationship between mainland China and Taiwan before commenting. You can also learn about your government's definition of Taiwan and whether you dare to recognize Taiwan as a country.
he is wrong. China has long stated it plans to invade taiwan by 2040 due to its poor demographics. This was happening with or without US presence. For china, its a matter of national identity.
@@anonX9509 The world is complex, and so is every country. As an ordinary person, all I can do is try to live my life well and get along well with my family and friends, but it's not easy either. God bless you. (I am not a believer)
Compared to the current military scale in the pacific , the russian missile crisis in Cuba was a joke. Not to mention people already forgot what is the role of Japan in WWII, and which now taking up the new role of peace corps in the Pacific region. What an irony.
Many military planners have not forgotten what Japan did. But they know japan has changed, and in a global scale rivalry, the US needs as many friends as we can get
@YanceWang on us? Need I remind you we reduced japan to rubble. They didn't change on their own, we forced them too. Fortunately, their culture has become more docile and economical. They are more amiable and have adopted many of our ideals. It is better to work with them now instead of browbeating them over mistakes that their current generations didn't make
To quote simple sentence Japan: Why China keeps increasing its military spending and still calls itself peace-loving China: We are increasing our weapons so that your American father will be peace-loving too.
Because Taiwan produces computer chips that are vital to the US, bloody American government don't give a shit if it doesn't affect them,the whole reason they funding Ukraine is to see Russia,one of their biggest (2nd prolly) rivals make a joke of themselves
Well if china moved to Cuba and built it's military around there, wouldn't that be the same thing that were doing in Taiwan. We need to leave the rest of the world alone and worry about what is going on inside our country.
Not the same. Taiwan’s official name is the Republic of China. Exactly the same name for all of China before the CCP overthrew the US-supported Chiang Kai Shek in the mainland in 1949.
Hey Johnny slight correction: Americans wrote the Japanese constitution so there is overlap to do Americans bidding. Who is entrenching/ provocative to China boarders? Is it international Waters or it’s only international waters/ air unless America says otherwise? Cia Johnny is back
I fear this would simply recreate the type of conflict that we see in Ukraine. I don't think any superpower would appreciate the fact that another country is roaming nuclear powered subs at their footsteps, that's almost like if China opts for the option of expanding militarily into Cancun/Cuba to protect Texas from being invaded by the rest of US if one day they declare independence, I don't see any scenarios in this case where this strategy would work.
The Chinese government has never controlled Taiwan for a single nanosecond in history - only Taiwan controls itself with it's own president, military, economy, everything. So either you've fallen for Chinese propaganda dishonestly likening Taiwan to Texas (which is not an independent country like Taiwan is), or you're purposely spreading Chinese propaganda
In Tom Clancy's 1997 novel, "SSN" he predicted a war between the US & China, starting over the Spratley Islands; submarine warfare in the South China Sea also. He seemed to be correct! 😮
Insane cuz I read a fact today that said Tom Clancy's books were so detailed and accurate that the government wanted to know who's ratting them out but he was just writing while working as an insurance agent lmao
Dale Brown also had his novel Sky Masters (1991) cover a similar conflict but from a more airpower/airforce perspective. Then again with Fatal Terrain (1997) with a situation where the Taiwanese declare independence.
There are so many errors in this video. USA did not give Australia submarine for FEEE! Japan don't own any island other than four main island. South china sea boarder is defined by USA and ROC, there is not country named "Republic of the Philippines" before!
The problem is if this action did provoke the conflict it was already going to happen. China has made it very clear that the UA was the enemy, so for the military not to respond in kind would be out right dereliction of duty. To believe otherwise you would have to believe that the us not taking steps to defend Taiwan would make China want to attack them less.
America should prepare itself to be more economically competitive against China, but I don't think they should have plans to go to war with China, unless Beijing really wants war. I certainly hope that war won't happen because it won't benefit Americans or Chinese people.
Looking at what caused the Chinese to move in during the Korean War, I don't think the US is any smarter nowadays. Deterrence seem to base solely on self-serving assumptions and a clear disregard and lack of understanding of what the other side was thinking.
Your credibility with me personally took a pretty big hit when you did the ufo video. I’m still hanging bc of all the solid reporting you’ve done. I just can’t take you quite as seriously as I used to.
@@sebastianmuniz6867 Which country in the world recognizes Taiwan as a sovereign country? Does the United States recognize it? Does Japan recognize it? Does South Korea admit it? Does the United Nations recognize it?
@@sebastianmuniz6867 Which country is China bullying? The Philippines? I suggest you learn about the history and the origin of the South China Sea issue.
War runs throughout the history of China, now, the hard-won peace makes the Chinese people cherish it very much. China hopes to return to the glory days in a peaceful way. When the US fleet crosses the Pacific Ocean to China's doorstep again and again, who wants war and who is the biggest threat to the world? Taiwan is China's internal affairs, is a historical issue, only need Chinese people to solve, not the United States, Japan and other countries to interfere.
@@waefawawrgaw2835 They don't really have a choice. U.S. military participation from general public is significantly higher than the rest of the world. Most Americans know someone who either serves or has served in the military. Much easier to pretend they're noble servicemen than admit they lost many lives to move money from public coffers to private bank accounts.
Shame on you. You feel as if you are a hero for invading a sovereign country umder the pretext of "defending" your country. The global south is tired of American led world ordee. We are tired with you people
I must say this is an excellent video, and I will most certainly be watching more of these. Not only does it explain the facts of what is happening but it also provides possible outcomes and introduces new ideas that I hadn’t previously considered. Thank you!
Anyone who knows a little history knows that Taiwan is originally China, but has been in the civil war, whether it is the United States, Japan or the United Nations, all recognize Taiwan as China, and now say that China invaded Taiwan, and now the United States does not know so many military bases, who is the problem? This is absolutely ridiculous!
@@teitou-fr8be It's all about stupid people in the US making stupid decisions. I am American and it's obvious that the US believes its own propaganda. The US has dismal intelligence (CIA,FBI etc.) and starts wars without thinking them through. Just look at the debacle they started in Ukraine. They have been planning this war with Russia since 2014 or maybe even before and they never knew Russia was so strong.Again,dismal intelligence. I am no genius but even I knew that war with Russia was a bad idea. Since 2000 we have been at war and we could have been busy making friends with these nations instead of destroying them. The US through its greed and war mongering has completely gutted the USA.Our standard of living is dropping, crime rate in the cities is extremely high and we have a Zombie as a president.
@@teitou-fr8beAnyone who knows a little history knows that Taiwan was originally Aboriginal Taiwanese, then Dutch Empire, then Qing Empire, then Japanese Empire, then Republic of China, and now Taiwan, but never was PRC😊
As nations become more economically free and powerful, they become more stable and peaceful. We wanted a stable trading partner we could do business with and profit from. We got it, so did they. There is a strong case to be made that the act of trading with China has resulted in the highest net improvement to human quality of life on the planet throughout the entire history of civilisation, which is something that everyone somehow just forgets.
Awesome video, but I wish the perspectives of other countries surrounding China, or in Asia in general, were included. What's their stances? Land invasion from China's west probably wouldn't be as effective compared to the east, geography points like the Himalayas or deserts. Speaking of which, Nepal has had a back and forth relationship between China, India, and the USA on fronts like water energy and roads. Russia has had a similar relationship with China historically, but it seems they are currently working together in a way. I'm not too informed on central Asia.
Hearing more about the stances of other nations would definitely be nice. I give Johnny a pass because he is American and his audience is significant portion American, so that is the view he brings, however, being as big of a creator as he is, he has a lot of connections with creators in other countries, and also has travelled much of the world and I am sure has a lot more global connections than the average person does. It would be nice if he, I don't know, maybe reached out to and included their opinions, idea's, and stances more. I think that it could add to the overall content. As for a land invasion of China, it is virtually impossible. You either have to go through unrealistic mountains, desert, jungle, or do a naval invasion. There are not a lot of realistic options for any power ever posing a serious threat to Chinese homeland in terms of invasion. They are relatively impregnable in a way comparable to the United States, albeit differently. Like Russia, the idea of building alliances around China or Russia is not about invasion against them. At no point is that the serious and general mindset. The idea is that these powers are so massive that if you are not teamed up and prepared beforehand, that it's going to be extra difficult to combat them, where it would be easier to deter them. Had NATO not existed even after the fall of the Soviet Union, it likely would have been the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania that would have been first swallowed by the Russian giant rather than first attempting Ukraine which is significantly largely and more challenging in a slew of ways.
the main issue everyone forgets is that China and other economically developed nations and developing need one another, it would completely disrupt the global economy if a conflict where to take place just between the US and China nevermind these other nations which may be involved- that will heavily damage society on practically every level, its simple to talk about "whatifs" when it comes to war, though lets say India gets dragged in imagine and theres no initiative for negotiations, youre talking about a war that may last for decades in whatever shape of form we do not know.
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whats your printer bro? bet it needed magenta to print those docs
The US didn't just give us Australians the secrets of the nuclear submarines we the tax payer paid dearly for these subs.
China is pure evil. May God bless America! We Filipinos love America!
Down with China!
As an Australian, I need to correct you Johnny, the US did not "give" Australia submarines, our government paid around $300 billion dollars for them with taxpayer money that was highly disputed by the public.
Men you guys got scammed pretty bad the deal with France was so much better you could have gotten subs in like 4-5 years but now it’s gonna be more like 15-20
@sky_feyd9581 clearly you don't understand the differences. US subs are undetectable by China.
Some things, almost regardless of how much you pay for them, count as given. The money exchanged is a fraction of the value of the submarines.
As an indian i am now afraid to even put my underwears in open sun for it to dry what if it get blown away by wind
ch!na would claim that also as it own citing some random made up historical fact like in 490 bc some random king was using it as a towel to wipe his face
you still need to give someone something if you're selling it to them. I think the way it was phrased in the video was to signify how incredible it is that the USA is handing over top secret technology to Australia. Its an extremely landmark piece of history that the USA is "freely" supplying technology for the Australian Navy to use as they see fit. It wasn't '"free", but it was "given freely"; as in there are no strings attached and we fully own and operate these subs ourselves.
Hey Johnny, just a slight correction. The Philippines is not claiming that certain areas of the South China Sea are Philippine territorial waters. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which the Philippines is a signatory to, a country can only claim up to 12 nautical miles from its baselines as its territorial waters. However, the UNCLOS also provides that the distance from 12 nautical miles, up to 200 nautical miles from the baseline is the Exclusive Economic Zone. This is the portion which the Philippines calls the West Philippine Sea. This was affirmed in 2016 by a ruling by an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the UNCLOS which ruled in favor of the Philippines against China. The same ruling also held that the nine-dash line claimed by China does not have any basis in international law. Not surprisingly, China does not honor this ruling. The US also is not able to completely support the ruling because it is not a signatory to the UNCLOS. As a result, China's Coast Guard regularly harass Filipino fishermen peacefully fishing in our exclusive economic zone. There was even one incident where a Chinese Coast Guard ship rammed into a Filipino fishing vessel and left the crew floating in the sea.
As for the training of the US and Philippine militaries, the most recent Balikatan (which is the Filipino term meaning "shoulder-to-shoulder") Exercises held just this year simulated live fire exercises at sea, including drone shoot downs and targeting and sinking a ship at sea, off of Palawan island. Pretty strong signals to China, I think.
kinda ironic philipine welcoming back their old colonist back.
for your info the UNCLOS court judgement was not legal as it did not comply to the rules of the UNCLOS quickly set up by a Japanese .
Forget about the UNCLOS, that part of the sea belongs to China forever.
Thanks for explaining the International law aspects with regards to the Philippines.
@@genocidegrand2057ironic but better than having China as the overseer
@@genocidegrand2057Yep, the Philippines chose US for protection over Communist China. US is protecting it’s Allies.
As a father of two and simply living here in the Beijing, i pray to the GREATEST that we may never experience another war. I want my two sons to become a doctor here in our province so that they could help someday in our community for free. Let us pray for our children's future and world peace.
Until authoritarianism falls in the world there will be no assurance of peace. Authoritarianism breeds conflict and will forever be a sign of instability.
The USA military machine need another enemy to keep making money, so it will never happen.
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Sure, I totally agree - but if the Chinese love their families - then do the easiest thing to do to prevent war with the free world: start a revolution and overthrow Xi Jin Ping. This guy, like Putin, is the cause of all your problems as a country.
Amen, brother. Much Love to you and your family.
Everyone is thinking from the perspective of the West led by the United States. The United States says China is a threat, and military bases are scattered around China. However, from China's perspective, these increasingly strengthened military presence are currently the biggest threat.
The lessons of history have proven countless times that war means that countless lives are lost, and now Ukraine and the Basha Corridor have once again， May that cooperation can replace war
@@wenwuye8131 战争都是完成政治目的的工具，不管战争到底是不是自诩为正义，受苦的永远是平民
Looking from the perspective of China is no better. Both are superpowers. What about from the point of view of those tiny nations? Should they just put up with China's constant bullying ... taking whatever territory/resources it wants? Those tiny nations need a big brother as an ally to go against the bully in their neighborhood. As a Filipino, I'd rather speak English than Chinese.
@@naniabswax1680 If the Philippines were to become one of its own provinces unilaterally by a certain country someday in the future, I don't think Filipinos would be happy either. Instead of playing word games with a vague so-called "bullying", they would focus more on aggressive military bases of a certain country.
@@ABb-eu1jk Since 1898 to 2016, there has been a Philippine movement for US statehood in one form or another. The US did not take it seriously nor did the majority of the Philippine populace. I was not advocating for statehood. Not even for becoming a US territory. Do you think, say, Indonesia will want to be a US state or territory? No? Then why would you think the Philippines will?
Calling China a bully is just playing a word game? "Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imbalance of physical or social power. This imbalance distinguishes bullying from conflict. Bullying is a subcategory of aggressive behavior characterized by hostile intent, imbalance of power and repetition over a period of time." (Wikipedia on Bullying)
Ermmm. So what do you call the actions of humongous China (which is economically and militarily superior) to continuously intimidate, harass and encroach on the territory of tiny Philippines? If that is not bullying, I don't know what is.
The US did not give nuclear submarine designs to Australia freely. It was incredibly expensive and caused a big ruckus in Australia... to say the USA is giving the weapons to Australia for free is very misleading
it cannot be an innocent mistake, which makes me believe he works for the US propaganda department, aka CIA.
US is never giving anything for free. All they give to Ukraine is mainly paid by EU ( or better to say Germany ).
so the US want Aussies to help, but not giving them the tech they need, also they have to buy it (American can profit for). make no sense to me, they need to be free. that is how you hire someone (so to speak), what are they thinking..?
The worst part its. China its the no1 trade partner. most international students and tourist. the two countries dont got a dispute. Bad politicians
Well he never was trying to suggest that the US was giving australia the weapons themselves, but they were giving australia the DESIGNS freely, it was Australia's choice to purchase weapons from the US.
I must say this is an excellent video
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"In the nuclear world, the true enemy can't be destroyed. In the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself."
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Wow so deep
@@blahbleh5671 my G took the words out my mouth, or keys of my keyboard whatev
China only has a few hundred nukes. I'd like to see them try to start a nuclear war. The US has thousands of nukes.
Dude its 2023, we have tactical nukes now so Hiroshima doesn’t happen again. So please stop being a fear monger.
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- Mikhail Gorbachev, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
True
"Ain't no way, bruh.” - Mikhail Gorbachev
I mean it’s common sense, he’s not saying anything surprising lol
Looking at the US they want too take the risk. But they must realise they never fought a major power on their own.
@@azumishimizu1880someone isn’t educated in us history
I’m sorry but the US is not GIVING Australia anything, we are paying hundreds of billions of dollars for those submarines, “giving” is a slap in the face to the millions of Australians that now have to pay off this half a trillion in debt
Precisely. Did the taxpayers vote for this?
@@user-op8fg3ny3j we absolutely did not get a say
"Democracy"
Its ridiculous, we should be protesting like the french
@@user-op8fg3ny3j absolutely not. The deal was very controversial with the Australian public and hurt Australian/French relations as we had to cancel a previous submarine contract we had with them
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Imagine china building military bases near cuba ,mexico
Yea Washington would have already started nuclear war by then... We would not tolerate any one in the Western hemisphere to have any Russian or Chinese bases in our backyard
Imagine the us trying to claim Mexico as their own country
@@luket1017 imagine China helps Texas to become a independent country
@@rexcier Texas is a part of the US, but Taiwan is not a part of China.
When you say that the US is giving Australia "nuclear submarines", it sounds like they are giving them submarines that launch nukes. It's important to note that these submarines do not shoot nukes, but instead are nuclear POWERED.
Aussies should never got into this game, just use the money for our people who are suffering from housing and welfare problems
They are with nukes 300 billion dollars 12 subs 12 subs 300 billion dollars
@@zahrafahad4380 not true, that would violate nuclear non-proliferation.
Exactly, thank you for pointing that out. No nuclear weapons on the subs, just nuclear reactors to power them. Johnny Harris gets a little carried away and does not realize what he is implying to people sometimes. Leaves out these key details.
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As a Filipino. I'm so tired and extremely scared. We have a deal with Superpowers disputes, we have to deal with China whose driving us out from our own sea, and our government is wildly corrupt and incompetent.
Edit: I repeated corruption twice. That's how tired I am
The government so corrupt, you just have to mention it twice lol
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Malaysian here, not gonna say that my country's government is any better(less corrupt I guess).
All I can say is, glad we're not in your position lol.
The best case scenario for both Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Phillipines, Vietnam is that once China makes their move, that this move involves all of these nations at the same time. USA will 100% be there too, and so will Australia, New Zealand and likely also France and UK. And this is the list of countries at the very very least that will be joining you in putting a halt to China's grab of your seas and souvereignity.
The Philippines is basically a Chinese colony right now. They're sending their worst too, from what I've seen.
A war between two countries, both having the ability to totally destroy the world, is a terrifying thought. Let us all hope that it will not come to that.
-Maxine Hong Kingston
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im not sure but it seems Chinas nukes can't reach the US, they wanted got rocket engines for it from Russia, but Russia declined it, so their nuclear threat is mostly local
maybe if US didn't try to militarize Asia lmao
imagine China talking to Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela to implement a huge military presence in the North Atlantic Sea
A nuclear war won't destroy the world. Civilization will survive.
@@ggergger8584 You must be stuck in 1980s, DF-41s ring a bell?
This is an amazing video , keep’’em coming !!
Since the United States is so worried about the Soviet Union's deployment of missiles in Cuba, why would it do the same to another rising power half a century later?
嘉人是懂双标的
Our leadership is full of hypocrites and power hungry, greedy liars
Because Taiwan produces almost all the world’s microchips. They are essential to todays society. If China would overtake Taiwan they would gain so much power over the entire world.
It's not doing the same though.
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Worth mentioning: the US has had mutual defense pacts with the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea, and been interceding in defense of Taiwan, for over 70 years. Defense cooperation with Australia (formalized in ANZUS) is also 70 years old.
usa will be facing the vast hypersonic missile arsenals of russia and china. do american people know how much they will suffer from unemloyment due to empty stores, bankruptcys of apple, tesla, others, hyperinflation , financial collapse, etc ? what happens when a couple of carriers go down. then nkorea, pakistan, iran, get involved. will end in nuclear exchange.for sure. does tired old occupied japan really want to see its country return to 1945. think hard imperialist america
@@kemalbilmez9897 That's just not true. Japan is a democracy (but I bet a conspiracy theorist like you would love to make stuff up about that). And neither phillippines or south korea are controlled by US you have no proof to show for your claims.
@@kemalbilmez9897Don't care. Every relevant nation in history has a genocidal past, its practically in man's blood just as is war. Grow up.
@@Frozander why you triggered?
@@Peacenutman He's 'triggered' because what the first guy said is false. Both the Philippines and South Korea signed their individual mutual defense pacts with the US when they were already independent.
The biggest thing about this war is:
*No one wins*
That’s the thing. Why even put all the nukes around the area. Once us and China start launching nuke the world is done for everybody. The earth is already in a very bad spot and then add nuclear bombs on top…. No one wins that scenario.
Someone always wins, otherwise there wouldn't be war.
In war there is always a winner. the only question is the cost of victory
You’re thinking of nuclear war
It would be better if china won, the American capitalism virus is destroying the planet.
Very informative. Please continue the channel.
A much easier strategy for western nations could have been avoiding the laziness in population and greed in corporations and not outsourcing most of their manufacturing to China. You have fed and grown this dragon yourselves.
Yaaaa that’s what I’m saying. We invented the technology for microprocessors. We should have spent all this money on bringing them back to being made here in America. Then China can have Taiwan as we wouldn’t need them as much. We could fly all their citizens that work on microprocessors to live in America and China wouldn’t have access to our tech.
@@shasmi93 agree.
All these woke people don't realise the world is built on sweat and blood.
While worker rights and economic growth has its value in society , you can't stay superpower without correcting your fundamentals.
هذا لأنكم كنتم تركزون طوال العشرين سنة الماضية في الحرب والحقد على الإسلام والمسلمين متجاهلين الصين وروسيا وهذا هو حصاد زرعكم الذي زرعتموه بأيديكم، الآن ستضطرون لدخول حرب مع الصين الآن أو لاحقا وسيكون الثمن كبيرا.
ذوقوا قليلا من جرائمكم😁
@@boodymoai898As If any of us want to go to war. And if you think the Middle East will stay out of it you’re harshly mistaken . Should a war with china and US breakout; the entire world world will indirectly be impacted by it.
@@Aman-uu7vi How can you say "woke" then say something so anti-conservative?
As an Indian, I was starting to wonder why USA all of a sudden was increasing ties with India when they have always supported Pakistan.
As an American, most of us would prefer to have India on our side than Pakistan. We should have never went to the Middle East. But fuck China
It's very obvious bro, they want India now lol and we need to take our next steps very carefully. We should also think about our situation in the Geo Politics.
Doesn’t India have an ongoing dispute with China over the bordering lands? It seems like US & India have a common adversary.
@@nishanths3374it's almost 100% economic reasons. Pivot away from China to other countries. Think about it if you want... or take the piles of money
And also people who were in Afghanistan hates Pakistan for supporting Talibans
Man the editor & animator deserves a raise
And the researcher should get fired too
They received it from Peking and Russia I assume as the video is full of Propaganda
@@Keykhosrau exactly, I feel like if this information were true then it would be classified and not available to the public.
@@Keykhosrau Being a butthurt too much?
I'm Chinese American, born in Shanghai China and moved to the US when I was 4 and got my citizenship. Joined the US Marines straight out of HS. I'm no longer in but it's crazy to think that one day we might go to war with my home country. It's concerning for sure.
你犯了一个严重的错误，你在和魔鬼打交道孩子，操纵美国的一直是资本家和傲慢的政客，让你的环境看起来美好的都是平民。
兄弟，开战那天你就跑吧，去欧洲，你知道的，我们都是黄皮肤黑头发，都留着炎黄子孙的血，如果我们因为两个相隔14000公里不同的意识型态去在战场上相见，太讽刺了，本是同根生，相煎何太急。
If you fight the pariah state that is the us, then you are in the wrong
哈哈，他们不会信任你的。
Feels like a prologue to a dangerous multi generational conflict
I think China is kinda fucked right now. They’re country is boxed in and they’re entire ocean is filled with western nukes.
And my motherland is dangerously close, and will probably be involved in one of the US of A's shittyl conflicts
prologue ? it has been began since ww2, you are late to the party
china has been encircled just like Russia.... what happened to ukraine may happen to taiwan and I hope everyone remembers that IT IS THE US WHO AGREES to the ONE CHINA POLICY which stems from the carter era....
all this for the profits of the US oligarchy.... this stops when all the nukes r fired...
Or a two-day conflict that kills most of the Earth's population.
You can't just condense this to a 20 minutes video. I think this needs a series.
You can just go read about it it’s all happening right in front of us
Ye that's like kinda really expensive to do but I think this kinda covers the we're well fucking screwed narrative
Tldr: military industrial complex doesn't care if there is no world left, gotta keep fighting wars to make numbers go up
We get the gist. Hopefully it steers ppl to realize the conflict at least. Then they can look into for themselves. But a series would be good imo.
America will always destabilize what they consider to be a threat to their hegemony
As an American I just want to live my life. I’m sure there are some Chinese natives who feel the same way. There would be no benefit in the two biggest world powers going head to head. Do we not learn from our past ever?
As a Chinese, I am puzzled why the United States deploys military bases and missiles near China? What would Americans think if China were to deploy bases and missiles in Cuba in the same situation?
Yes，as a Chinese i feel the same way. No war is the best 🙏
Same here no one I know of wants to go to war with China etc , it's all politics doing
Except you yanks invade then play the victim.
Remember what you did to the middle east? Yeah very peace loving people. Only sheeps love Americans
@@王暘与 if that ever happens the United States would get really fucking pissed and yeah I can see where you are coming from. However China is acting like everything in the pacific is theirs so.
我有个问题，美国和中国隔着多远！ 14000公里！正好是地球的两个面，知道在中国附近有多少美军基地？ 超过300多个！ 知道中国多久没有打仗？32年。一个壮汉天天拿着枪，从另一个城市到你家门口游荡，你需要的是什么？ 没错~ 你需要比他强壮，而且你也要有一把枪！
Transaltion: I have a question, how far apart is the United States and China! 14,000 km! Exactly two sides of the globe, know how many US military bases are near China? More than 300 of them! Know how long China has not been at war? 32 years. What do you need for a strong man with a gun in his hand every day, wandering from another city to your doorstep? That's right~ You need to be stronger than him, and you need to have a gun too! (I have used google translator, any discrepancies I am sorry for it)
Right i sport you from Indian
Muslim
正是中國戰機天天在台灣四周圍繞，意圖明顯，漸漸逼近查看台灣底線，正因如此，美國不得不派F22及陸戰隊駐紮。只要中共一旦躁進，大戰一觸即發，攻台等於中國1000個據點瞬間在火焰山中，攻台戰機也別想活著回去啊！
正如视频所说，这些军事基地是为了制止美国中国欺凌其他国家的领土，比如台湾
正如视频所说，这些军事基地是为了制止美国中国欺凌其他国家的领土，比如台湾
James Fallows wrote about microchip production in Taiwan years ago. The concerns he raised over what a Sino conflict would do to chip supplies during a conflict were frightening. I spent time in Taiwan over twenty years ago and the scope of microchip production has to be seen to be believed. When in Seoul I also saw how many US Military personnel are in South Korea. A stark reminder that the Pacific theatre matters. Finally, I’d read somewhere that the waters off China tend to be relatively shallow which impedes warship manoeuvres. Security Dilemma indeed.
US. Budget 50B for Tech' Redisbursment an Development in the U.S.
America will always destabilize what they consider to be a threat to their hegemony😂😂
@@mingyuhuang8944 And usually cause said problem by acting on short term goals, threats and impossible demands.
@@mingyuhuang8944 Make a choice, US or Chinese hegemony? Iranian hegemony? French or British colonialism/hegemony? Third Reich?
@@dinosaursr Iranian hegemony is pretty hilarious
Hilariously, a villain traveled thousands of miles to hold another person's door with a gun, claiming that person threatened him.
This! 💯
Very true Devil worshipers
Not them really. The threat is to China's neighbors.
dont trigger the red necks now... everything America does is for freedom remember that haha
Hilariously enough the so called “good guy” is bullying the other neutral guys so they ran to the “villain” for help.
A war that should absolutely be avoided at all costs.
Honestly I think the diplomatic power of China is greater than the US, I don't think the US or China want to be seen as the monster so they will avoid starting anything, but this is the new cold war and China is going uuuup
I really believe that if the war doesn't start for real China is more likely to become the most powerful country in the world because of it's increasing influence in the world
Unfortunately, the 200-year history of the United States is not enough to make it understand the value of peace.
The drums of war are already beating in the superpowers, its not just the US who is preparing, the big guys are preparing.
Japan is preparing
North Korea is preparing
Poland is preparing
US is preparing
China is preparing
Germany is preparing
France is preparing...
i'm sure there are some more that have not been public advertised
@@wrestlingkid10Not sure why Poland made your list 😂😂 but otherwise you’re right
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Citizen from Brunei here. We're already under the Chinese power since our economy heavily relies on oil and gas production, and China has provided a lot of capital and investment in that sector. The anxiety I feel about their hold over our tiny little country is palpable. I fear for what happens to us should things between the US and China come to a head.
Crazy, I’ve been to Borneo and I never knew there was a country called Brunei. 🤦♂️
Bagaimana pula jirannya sarawak dan sabah laluan udara selalu diceeoboh china ? Mungkin us akan mainkan sentiment sulu di sabah dan kaum di sarawak untuk taklul pulau borneo di mana kaya dengan hasil bumi dan pelantar minyak.
If boycotting Made in China makes you feel better, start now.
why you feel anxiety? they are not providing weapons instead of money.
if your country doesnt had debt to china its fine
Every country plans for war with enemies. The purpose of having a military general staff is to plan for wartime scenarios during peacetime. China has their own plans and preparations for what a conflict with the US would look like too.
True. But having your neighbours pointing guns they got from your enemy at you isn't de-escalation. It's the opposite.
You are very correct. Being prepared is critical, especially depending on how large the threat and how that compares to how realistic the threat. Canada and the US have both had plans on how to invade each other, it just has no use in this day and age, but plans are out there.
@@kuzev But that's on China, not the US. China's bellicose policies in the South China Sea, and other bullying of its neighbors has created a situation where many of China's neighbors are eager to align with China's enemies. The US is taking advantage of that to strengthen its own position against China. It's an old Cold War tactic.
@@kuzev China escalated first by pointing guns at their neighbors
China has 1/10 of the military spending of the West, they just need to protect their access to the sea. Us says the Chinese government is undemocratic, but the approval rating is 30/82%. for local/central government vs America’s 65/38% for local/central government based on third party statistics.
What is left out is that Japan is upgrading its surface to surface and anti ship missiles to ranges up to 1,500 km. This would cover quite deep into China if deployed in Okinawa and smaller islands closer to China
That's assuming China doesn't sink those islands on the first day of the engagement, which they would..
If japan launch missile to mainland China there won’t be japan anymore
@@Piss-Poor-Infantrythat’s assuming they have the fire power and first strike capability to do so without retaliation. Unproven military rarely pulls off that sort of move on that scale.
@@SleepyPaulThat is why China is increasing their nuclear arsenal chump. China will have 1500 nukes by 2030. USA win never win a war against China, it will be MAD mutually assured destruction.
If Japan ever try to invade China again, the whole Jap Island is going to sink to the bottom of the sea.
Really scary stuff. Well done with explaining it to me in a easy to digest manner 👍 🎉
Johnny you should also map out the military bases of china (its allies) and their strategy for possible of invasion of Taiwan. This way we can access the strategies of both sides.
i was fully expecting this to be the next stanza of the video....then it ended. TBF, JH has done a separate Taiwan-invasion speculation video in the past; yet, this new one seems to presented in a stand-alone fashion, and with a decidedly now 'leaning to one side' tone. what has changed? hmmm.
@@pushsliceyeah like I get it china and US are both kind of doing the same shit… but he chalks it up to ideological differences which is true but chinas ideology (from my biased American perspective is objectively bad) and they would be the one initiating any future conflict. Idk why he’s trying to paint US as bad.
@@pushsliceJH is a weird neo liberal that strange when compared to even most liberals.
He does not make fact based videos, but instead propaganda pieces that is emotions based.
Oh he also hates the government at a ideological level. Like he literally believes the government is evil. And I mean the entire government.
Good point but there are none. He mentioned a wall of missiles but they are coming from China. They haven’t fire one yet but pretty every single US and Japanese island bases is in range of Chinese high tech missiles.
China hates water. Non threat. We train more every qtr than they do a year with technology they stole. China a non factor.
“Japan a formerly known as a pacifist nation with a small military”….as of the last 75 years at least 😂
Exactly! Ask the Pacific region of Asian countries how “Pacifist” Japan was around the time of WW2. Or specifically ask the Koreans how pacifist Japan was for the last few hundred years.
Japanese Unit 731 giving pacific r**ape
Well don't give them your best weapons, Do you really think Japanese already forgot who drop the A-bombs on them, sure was not China. So is great the USA is "defending" other countries, when are they going to fix our streets. The number one thing people forget is that people within bring empires down, greed runs wild in America no patriot can survive that.
Are you confused by the passage of time?
Even in the last 75 years, Japan is basically forced to have a small military. When the US gives them the ok, they are perfectly happy to expand their military.
it's undeniable that the geopolitical landscape has been shaped by historical actions and military strategies. The United States, as a global power, has established numerous military bases worldwide, including in regions surrounding China. Over the past two centuries, the U.S. has been involved in various military engagements in the name of national security.
Nuclear proliferation and military presence has prevented WW3. World police baby.
Security is when you defend your own borders not threat to invade another country,
This is exactly like Putin invading Ukraine over national security
It's not really security in the sense of risk of attack. More so protecting the global order that keeps global trade open and everyone advancing.
@@britefeather hilarious use of the word ”everyone”
@@hamud323 "everyone" meaning the west and their ally (or more realistically vassal) states like Japan and SK lol. Of course this is how westerners view the "global community", it's just Europe and the Anglosphere, the third world may as well not exist for them. And before someone comes in with numbers about global poverty reduction, the standards for poverty by the IMF and World bank are hilariously low, and even still the reductions are almost entirely due to poverty reduction in China over the last few decades.
YOU MAKE SOME OF THE BEST VIDEOS. THANK YOU
Thanks for the educational video Johnny as a South African I'm quite worried about US and China tensions even if it's just in the other side of the world a war between these two will certainly have effects everywhere in this global connected world
When China wants oil they build schools in countries and get it by helping to build local roads, which is hypocritical. However the US would not be so hypocritical, they would get the oil by bombing some countries, it's a straight forward way, fantastic!😇😇
Don’t be worried. The US will win 🥇👍 War is simply part of our existence. It has been the only constant for all of history.
Its anything but educational.
你也知道是在地球的另外一边，你们的军队为什么要跑到这里准备和我们作战呢？来自东亚的疑问？
@@semiramisubw4864any specific objections?
i like this video's title is US preparing for war while in thumbnail there's not a single bit of US soil.
他们的钱在那里，但凡有人影响它赚钱，立马开始战争
Because the war is about our economic interests. Educate yourself on why the U.S. cares about this.
So you lack critical thinking
@@sundae7317 lol i'm just stating the facts
@@Lawski000 US soil doesn't matter in this context. Read the first two replies again.
I have a friend that is a submariner in the RAN (Royal Australian Navy) based at HMAS Stirling in Perth and I can confirm that the HMAS Stirling base has grown a lot and will continue to grow a lot over the next few years in preparation for our new submarines
Our US / UK subs are trick AF - highest militery asset you can have (if loaded with the bomb as well)
We cancelled your order unless you pay us with trained attack KANGAROOS
They always say war is good for jobs and the economy.
@@suckit758 shiiit, you can have as many kangaroos as you like, they are everywhere. We hunt them for sport
@@suckit758you should pay us to keep the kangaroos away from you
I’m a truck driver and I literally just watched 10.5 hours of your videos today and find you extremely credible and creative in your work! Thank you! I can’t wait until my next shift, I will be watching all of your content as I normally do with all the history channels I follow… great work!
Keep ur eyes on the road! 🚛😜😜
must be a Texas run lol
I normally listen to informative RUclips videos in the background, but your production value is so solid I hate not watching it and feel like I'm missing out.
It’s suck though he refused to hire a fact checker
@@AL-lh2ht yoo! you have been everywhere in the comments with the same comment. Care to explain to us the false facts he is stating?
@@AL-lh2ht You're going to need a ball checker after I get done smacking yours around
@@donharry20 what do you get out of it? if he's stating he needs to hire a fact checker he needs to hire a fact checker.
@@endfm exactly. I feel like if any of this information is true, then he illegally gained access to classified information. People claim he is unbiased, but it seems like he's with China on this issue.
Why did China put their country so close to US military bases?
Why did they put their country in tibet? Why cant they let Uyghurs keep their culture and live their lives?
@@nik48631bingo, why are so many Asian countries RUNNING away from their sphere of influence and flocking to America? It’s like ppl overlook that part, they’ve seen how prosperous and rich American allies are, while every Chinese ally is on the brink of collapse. The Russian spent years showboating on social media and got exposed immensely in Ukraine. That’s what awaits China and other corrupt countries with nothing to look forward to, while Western/Western allied countries continue to prosper and TAKE IN citizens from failed states like Russia/Iran/NK. I wonder why that is? Meanwhile China, where $5/week is considered middle class, no innovation, constantly steal and make cheap copies of American/European tech, IP, exports, while their neighbors Japan and SKorea are tech powerhouses all because of their alliance with the Americans and Western Europeans.
@nik48631 why did the US genocide the native Americans and take their land? I'd argue that these cases aren't even that comparable, but if you want to bring up history...
@@desudesudesu5326 Lmaoo, which country didn’t destroy their native populations? THATS what you want to bring up? The Chinese/Russians/Iranians/etc., HAVE wiped out and DEPOPULATED entire tribes, towns, for thousands of years longer than Americans EVER have, pick a country today and I’ll tell you how many of their natives remain. At least the US and other Western counties tried to assimilate them and even gave them representation, while China erased them off the map. And throws in modern day concentration camps; you’re a joke and a paid shill, go back to building your social credit score you clown, before they throw you in jail for using open and free western social media
@@desudesudesu5326 Neither is right to do. You can live in a place and not be okay with something in the past but this is the present and Chinas doing some messed up stuff.
Just a note, I lived in Guam for 12 years and Camp Blaz isn't RE-opening, it's the first NEW US Marine base to be built since (IIRC) the 50's. It was originally a Naval Station called NCTAMS (NCTS) but is being reformatted and expanded dramatically to house the Marines from Okinawa. (This is all public knowledge I've heard while living there, FYI).
Yea it’s a constant debate within japan to finally remove the US bases. To Guam is the replacement if that does happen.
Did Trump give you this classified information
@@suckit758tf you mean classified i know someone who lives there and everyone knows about it
Rapacity and paranoia of fearing oppression( read losing mobster-cred) knows no bound,"@@obscurewondering3162".
Has Guam not tipped over yet from the increase in population?
Old men start it
Young men fight it
No body wins
Everybody in the middle dies
And no body tell's the truth
"Rambo"
10:06 This feels like the reboot of the Cold War but with new characters. Am I back in History class because I’ve heard a version of this.
With the new resurgence of nationalism and far right activity and the xenophobic view of China as the "Yellow Peril" (don't forget USSR was "white" so the conflict was just ideological, with China the racist outlook muddle things up) this Cold War is one factory/ container ship ban away from turning hot!
Cold war never ended.
What do you do when you cant attack your enemy directly. You attack in all the other ways.
Crazy how humanity is fighting constantly.
May I also remind you of the fact that our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions.
Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering TWO BILLION! A shockingly sad truth. 🙁
In my humble opinion, it's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return to rightful owners Native American people.
Notorious global cardinal crimes the Christian West has committed, and benefited a great deal, such as centuries-long global Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask? 🤷
Welcome to capitalism
@@Jatkins6396 bruh? what is this 3rd Grade understanding of Geopolitics
Only when aliens invade the earth will humans unite
@@Jatkins6396
Would you prefer dictatorship? Go to North korea pls 😂
@@Jatkins6396This is not capitalism, man. These are states and politicians fighting among themselves. We need more capitalism to avoid this. Money goes where there is peace
When a country tries to surround another with its military then its preparing to declare war.
As an Aussie....
$368,000,000,000 dollars is not "for free" 🙄🙄
China may have the bing chilling god Zhong Xina but the U.S has Joe Rogan, and Japan has anime, and Taiwan has the (now very old) boyband F4. Ain’t no way China can win.
War does not determine who is right, only who is left
I think it helps to 'ease the pain' if you think of war as an artform... it's just something we do, you might as well come to terms with it.
@@Theguineachannel only the dead see the end of war
What a stupid comment. What's the alternative? Roll over and let a fascist country like China to dictate things for everyone? Yeah, no. We only have Clinton to blame for this nonsense.
Oh there’s always winners you just don’t know them. Why do you think we keep having wars, because no one wins? You seriously can’t be that naive.
As a Māori that grew up in Australia, and as a commoner that’s had no influence in this world, but do care and see what is going on.
I don’t want war.
America has been responsible for the most the deadly wars in the past decades
one of the safest places in the world to be (NZ)… when the shit hits the fan my kiwi friend… I’d be avoiding the NT for a while 🤣😂🤣
Doesn't matter what you want. It matters what Xijinping wants. US is aggressive but its deterrence. China's got its finger on the button.
No use, cause when time's come y'all will get drafted and can't do nothing about it
😂
Let all the presidents and the politicians fight these battles and let us citizens live in peace.
this is the only logical and correct response to these war mongers sitting on leadership positions. Sadly, too many people are blind and follow whatever propaganda DC or Bejing shows them.
What part of chattel do you not understand?
This is the reason one man should not have all the power. Only takes one crazy dictator and his ambition to start WWIII. Nixon made a big mistake. Now it's coming back to bite the U.S in the ass.
I love that stance, "it doesn't affect me so why should I help?" If China wasn't an authoritarian regime who threatens and bullies its neighbors then this would be an entirely different issue.
You gonna tell that to people in Ukraine and Taiwan too?
Another awesome video!
The crazy thing is that everything Jonny said is PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. What about all the shit that is happening that we don't know?
Except he choices what bits of info he takes and leaves out others to better push his agenda
@@AL-lh2ht - What agenda? And what publicly available info did he leave out that counters it?
It's really easy to play contrarian without backing it up, but it's also really easy to dismiss contrarians who refuse to back anything up.
There isn't much. Everything important and pertinent about understanding this is public knowledge
Is it not public knowledge that Taiwan is recognised by both the US and the UN as being part of China?
How can a country “invade” itself?!
@@carsonw8223found the npc
Just imagine how big this war could be 😐
Never gonna happen.. Theres just too much riding on in terms of technology, human resources, resources, economy... They'd much rather fight proxy wars instead of full on world wars.
Plus having social medias
@@GajendranSudharsonwow u really need to wake up
will turn into a literal world war which is not good for ANYONE
imagine, he left out the situation in Ukraine, Russia became a vassal state, a colony of China from which they get cheap oil, gas, fertiliser, also India which is already in a difficult relation, and all the Stan-countries, all the production capacity that is now in China making stuff for European and American markets...
Blackadder: "You see, in order to prevent war in the Pacific, two superblocs developed: us, the Japanese, the Filipinos, and the Aussies on one side, and the Chinese and Russians on the other. The idea was to have two vast opposing navies, each acting as the other’s deterrent. That way there could never be a war."
Baldrick: "But this is a sort of a war, isn’t it, sir?"
Blackadder: "Yes, that’s right. You see, there was a tiny flaw in the plan."
George: "What was that, sir?"
Blackadder: "It was bollocks..."
I can hear this
I can't imagine Atkinson and Sir Robinson suddenly became American, but Laurie can
😂😂😂😂😂
We really really need a new season of Blackadder
“Are you asking how did the war start?”
😂
🇺🇸 To US citizens: all of those military bases cost lots of money. Think of them as the Universal Healthcare or free education you don't get because "it's too expensive".
It actually works out as lots more expensive than the healthcare, but you get the idea.
14:50 Why did you leave out the fact that Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia (who are far from being US friendly) are not part of this island chain so there's a very large gap in this containment strategy
what? not really, those country actually buy us military weapon, US wouldn't sell to unfriendly country to them
Malaysia was hardly friendly to the US, not even to mentioning Brunei and Indonesia. Rather, they are more neutral and had been taking CCP investments while the US needs them for dominance over the sea for the 1st island chain.
@@zee9709 not friendly enough to let them build bases on their territory though like the other countries in the video.
Plus, there was a census done not too long ago to measure anti-american sentiment
@@Nameles84 exactly. Heck, wasn't the US just putting sanctions on Brunei recently?
All those countries dislike china more than they do the US
The US has always been on pretty decent terms with the Philippines after it was made independent, in fact if I remember correctly, they were a protectorate throughout the process of becoming fully independen. These little island nations that can't support a large Navy are always (or at least for the foreseeable future) going to be dependent on a mainland large naval power, they are very vulnerable and would be easy to choke off trade with and smother to death.
It's small, but I thought it was MUCH smaller. You can overlay the philipines over the united states, and the chain of islands will span from south Texas to the border of Canada. I had always thought it was closer to the size of Guam, not Japan! 😂
@snickle1980 not that large. Tip to tip, it's from south Texas to Colorado. Without all the water, the landmass is about the size of Arizona but slightly larger
We were a commonwealth from 1935 to 1946, like how Puerto Rico is right now. The Philippines originally declared independence in 1898, but it was also the same year when the US started to occupy the Philippines. Basically, Arthur MacArthur (Douglas MacArthur's father) tricked Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and the Philippine forces into taking over Manila. And the Philippines was sold by Spain to the US for $20M. We regained our independence in 1946, after consistent pressure from Philippine representatives who lobbied the US government.
And no, we're not that small. :) North to south, the Philippines stretches the same distance as the continental US. West to east, it's as wide as California to New Mexico. And we have a population of 110M people.
@@knight3935 Ya i redid it. up through Colorado and a smidge of Nebraska using the Truesize map site.
Yeah, it's less impressive when you look at the land mass instead of the borders, but still! So much larger than I had ever imagined.
Bcs Philippines worship the US they see the American as a superior being just a little shout out from the US is enough to feed the Philippines
Im from philipines and I enjoyed this video I can see whats happening out there and I can be ready if something happens or started im on my foot but I wish this never happen because...
In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.
-Neville Chamberlain
as long as us is containing china there will be WW3.
1:05 a line of defense? Are you kidding me? YOU'RE in China's frontyard and you have the audacity to call it defense?? It's aggression and hostility and warmongering
It's not aggression or hostility. It's defensive in nature. No one is attacking China.
Cuban Missile Crisis？@@usul573
It would be interesting to hear more about China's preparations.
Yes
Not that easy to get information about china
@@MeowTXChina already break the first island chain line, thx to pelosi！！！
@@jerryzhang5581 what do u mean?
@@MeowTX because pelosi there was an unwritten agreement to divide the taiwan strait in half, this would give taiwan space to maintain security. China and us doesn't need to do this because there is no international law that prevent them from travel past this halfway point. however after US warship cross the line and pelosi landed in Taiwan, China ended the policies. it need to be clear, that this wasn't the first time US cross the line, nor is Pelosi the first speaker to land in Taiwan. however China is not the same country it was, today it is economically and militarily equal to the US. so US cannot continue to mistreat China as a non-equal. whatever US does now, China would return the favor in kind.
Chinese nationals should not think it is Pelosi that change the reality, Pelosi just try to treat China like it was still in the past when China has no carriers of it own. obviously that is no longer the case, beside she only did so because she knows she was going to lose the speaker seat and so was just creating trouble for whoever come next. it is unfortunate that US politician are too busy trying to one up each other than care about national strategy but what can you do about that?
personally i find it a non issue. if China is strong enough to take Taiwan, what US does doesn't matter. and China has the power to take Taiwan already. DOD and congress doesn't want to admit it because if they do the Taiwan government will collapse, but everyone knows this is the case, we just can't say it.
I believe what’s even more scary is everything else we’ve been doing. This could be a snowball effect for sure. We’ve been poking at Russia (the only country with more nuclear warheads than the US) pretty hard by helping Ukraine, and North Korea has been waiting for the perfect time to strike. We may not know it yet, but we are currently living the 2nd Cold War Era at best right now, and at worst it may be the starting of WWIII.
us is too busy on supporting ukraine, israel, south korean, jp, tai wan, ph, and so on. more strength you have, more responsibility you lie, isn't it?
Ukraine have already lost the war... Israel is going to drag the US into a conflict it isn't equipped or funded to support. Iran is making major diplomatic moves in the region and most of the Muslim countries are in turmoil over their support of the US. 2025 is the perfect time for China to make a major geopolitical move. They are building up their blue water fleet faster than any western anysts thought possible, the west have driven Putin and JiJing into a closer alliance than ever before and the global south is making its voice heard for the first time. The west has lost control of the narrative, lost Ukraine and are in danger of losing their positions of power around the world.
Just FYI, in only rare cases are bases still being built AFTER we are allowed to hear about them. Most times when a "new" base is public, it has been operational fully for a while.
The whole South China Sea is also claimed by Taiwan too, and the only island with fresh water in the South China Sea is also owned/controlled by Taiwan.
Btw the nine dash line or the eleven dash line as it was originally drawn, was first created by the ROC - the Taiwanese government when they were in control of the mainland. Taiwan still claims this area of the ocean.
all this because of a pointless and greedy claim, which no one recognizes and clearly goes against internationally accepted boundaries
它们虽然宣称，实际却放弃了大部分，甚至连钓鱼岛都不敢宣称，只留下一两个是吧？
if you read taiwan's contitution which is called the republic of china officially, taiwan actually claims mainland china to be its territory. china and taiwan's territoriality overlaps. this is probably lost in the english wording of the two parts. taiwan and china mainland are officially at civil war.
america is interferring in china's own affairs. if this is not an invasion im not sure what is.
threatening
Taiwan still claims sovereignty over the 11th section of the South China Sea, and they even did not recognize Mongolia's independence for a long time
@@SystemBot It is not a greedy claim. it is WW2 order.
Great video. Would love to see a follow up on China's actions /military bases in the South China Sea and the allies they are gathering (BRI etc)
China and India are not friends... Very much the opposite.
BRIC is not a military alliance.
Another part of the plan, still in early and a bit wobbly phase, is the QUAD. Although there’s a naval element there, with India’s position in the Indian Ocean; there’s also the fact that india and China share a land border - probably the only (or the most significant) of all US allies. And although india runs its own independent and non aligned foreign policy, in case of an all out conflict, the land border could be another pressure point.
India is a strange one, Supports Russia, is part of BRICS, what makes you think they won't betray us???
You forgot China also has its ally Pakistan to pressure on India should two border conflict gets escalated.
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*yawn
Great work 👏🏻👍🏻
Wow, did not expect from this channel to present geopolitical facts so openly and transparent. Thank you!!
This is unfair. The focus of the video is on Chinese Mainland. You should understand the relationship between mainland China and Taiwan before commenting. You can also learn about your government's definition of Taiwan and whether you dare to recognize Taiwan as a country.
Transparent,,,,, oh what a dummy
he is wrong. China has long stated it plans to invade taiwan by 2040 due to its poor demographics. This was happening with or without US presence. For china, its a matter of national identity.
Im pretty sure this is sarcasm. Johnny always presents the US as the bad guy in every single piece of shit he posts.
@@anonX9509 The world is complex, and so is every country. As an ordinary person, all I can do is try to live my life well and get along well with my family and friends, but it's not easy either. God bless you. (I am not a believer)
Compared to the current military scale in the pacific , the russian missile crisis in Cuba was a joke. Not to mention people already forgot what is the role of Japan in WWII, and which now taking up the new role of peace corps in the Pacific region. What an irony.
I'd say the Soviet Union was a far more competent force than modern China, and soviet victory in the cold war is more likeley than Chinese hegomany.
Many military planners have not forgotten what Japan did. But they know japan has changed, and in a global scale rivalry, the US needs as many friends as we can get
@@sevaraeg4770 Changed what? You have this kind of thought just because Janpanese forget shittiing on you.
@YanceWang on us? Need I remind you we reduced japan to rubble. They didn't change on their own, we forced them too. Fortunately, their culture has become more docile and economical. They are more amiable and have adopted many of our ideals. It is better to work with them now instead of browbeating them over mistakes that their current generations didn't make
@@sevaraeg4770 They defintley did change on there own. Truman wanted to Remilitarize Japan against the Soviets.
To quote simple sentence
Japan: Why China keeps increasing its military spending and still calls itself peace-loving
China: We are increasing our weapons so that your American father will be peace-loving too.
正确
Great video Sir
US did not start a war with Russia over Ukraine; what made you think US will start a war with China ?
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TSMC.
Because Taiwan produces computer chips that are vital to the US, bloody American government don't give a shit if it doesn't affect them,the whole reason they funding Ukraine is to see Russia,one of their biggest (2nd prolly) rivals make a joke of themselves
It's a proxy war in Ukraine, West vs Russia.
This is completely different. We may start a war with China. But we also shoved out big nose in the Ukraine conflict too…
Well if china moved to Cuba and built it's military around there, wouldn't that be the same thing that were doing in Taiwan. We need to leave the rest of the world alone and worry about what is going on inside our country.
Precisely .
The us needs to stop masking their acts of aggression in other continents as homeland security concerns.
Not the same. Taiwan’s official name is the Republic of China. Exactly the same name for all of China before the CCP overthrew the US-supported Chiang Kai Shek in the mainland in 1949.
@@VashtheStampede007I like how they removed my comment to hide the truth
@@kaihiwatari3841sknab eht thguof ohw nam eht, it's backwards so it doesn't get removed I hope, google it once you decode it .
Hey Johnny slight correction: Americans wrote the Japanese constitution so there is overlap to do Americans bidding.
Who is entrenching/ provocative to China boarders? Is it international Waters or it’s only international waters/ air unless America says otherwise?
Cia Johnny is back
Great overview thank you!
I fear this would simply recreate the type of conflict that we see in Ukraine. I don't think any superpower would appreciate the fact that another country is roaming nuclear powered subs at their footsteps, that's almost like if China opts for the option of expanding militarily into Cancun/Cuba to protect Texas from being invaded by the rest of US if one day they declare independence, I don't see any scenarios in this case where this strategy would work.
Russia admitted they do not fear europe invasion. Russia invaded Ukraine not because of the US.
China should liberate the kingdom of Hawaii
The Chinese government has never controlled Taiwan for a single nanosecond in history - only Taiwan controls itself with it's own president, military, economy, everything. So either you've fallen for Chinese propaganda dishonestly likening Taiwan to Texas (which is not an independent country like Taiwan is), or you're purposely spreading Chinese propaganda
Yup once you see the hypocrisy this entire narrative of the US claiming defense just falls apart
Thank you for being reasonable here, but unfortunate there are lot of rednecks are too brainwashed to think clear-headed.
Great video. Human culture is really something. No one wants to back down and conflict is inevitable. Its like pressing a baloon.
Saying it's inevitable is an extremely charitable take to the US who has militarized that entire zone for no reason. The US are the aggressors
Just Capitalism. I'm waiting for new, big capital/interest clashes and future wars! Go Capitalism 🎉
@@DementedArchlol everything is the capitalist boogeyman’s fault
@@DementedArchWe’re trying to outlive capitalism not promote it 😂
真以为，发生战争，你们美国还能像上个世纪保持安宁？吸血欧洲，用核武器让日本爱上白皮？
In Tom Clancy's 1997 novel, "SSN" he predicted a war between the US & China, starting over the Spratley Islands; submarine warfare in the South China Sea also. He seemed to be correct! 😮
Love Tom Clancy.
Clancy is on point
Insane cuz I read a fact today that said Tom Clancy's books were so detailed and accurate that the government wanted to know who's ratting them out but he was just writing while working as an insurance agent lmao
Dale Brown also had his novel Sky Masters (1991) cover a similar conflict but from a more airpower/airforce perspective. Then again with Fatal Terrain (1997) with a situation where the Taiwanese declare independence.
Idk man Submarine Warfare just gives me chills.
There are so many errors in this video. USA did not give Australia submarine for FEEE! Japan don't own any island other than four main island. South china sea boarder is defined by USA and ROC, there is not country named "Republic of the Philippines" before!
The problem is if this action did provoke the conflict it was already going to happen. China has made it very clear that the UA was the enemy, so for the military not to respond in kind would be out right dereliction of duty. To believe otherwise you would have to believe that the us not taking steps to defend Taiwan would make China want to attack them less.
Incredible video. Tells the story exactly how it is. No politics just here’s a summary of what is happening.
Seriously?
America should prepare itself to be more economically competitive against China, but I don't think they should have plans to go to war with China, unless Beijing really wants war. I certainly hope that war won't happen because it won't benefit Americans or Chinese people.
Looking at what caused the Chinese to move in during the Korean War, I don't think the US is any smarter nowadays.
Deterrence seem to base solely on self-serving assumptions and a clear disregard and lack of understanding of what the other side was thinking.
Exactly
It's hard to say that the outcomes of the second world war hasn't benefited the United States, and by extension our allies, for the past 79 years.
看一看美国遍布世界的军事基地，我不觉得美国会为了和平放弃霸权地位。而且美国并不喜欢直接参与战争，它更喜欢促进目的地区战争的产生。
war is not a option to be choose, economy problems lead to war
Hey Johnny! Thank you for my new coffee cup! -melvin
Your credibility with me personally took a pretty big hit when you did the ufo video. I’m still hanging bc of all the solid reporting you’ve done. I just can’t take you quite as seriously as I used to.
You took this cutout seriously at some point? I'm sorry to hear that mate.
The NY Times, all the major editorials have done a “UFO” piece in the last two years. It’s actually important and real news
I can confirm the first 15 seconds ive watched are very informative and intriguing
Nice of you to come visit us... We all float down here.
As you said in your video, the US is putting too much pressure on China at sea, which makes China have to settle the issue with war
maybe china shouldn’t be bullying it’s neighbors and threatening to take over a sovereign country😭
Really? China never threatening any neighbors, and plus Taiwan IS part of China if you know China's history. Many htanks@@sebastianmuniz6867
@@sebastianmuniz6867 Which country in the world recognizes Taiwan as a sovereign country? Does the United States recognize it? Does Japan recognize it? Does South Korea admit it? Does the United Nations recognize it?
@@sebastianmuniz6867 Which country is China bullying? The Philippines? I suggest you learn about the history and the origin of the South China Sea issue.
@@抛到银河 No country that shares borders with China likes China including Hong Kong and Taiwan. I wonder why? oh well..
War runs throughout the history of China, now, the hard-won peace makes the Chinese people cherish it very much. China hopes to return to the glory days in a peaceful way. When the US fleet crosses the Pacific Ocean to China's doorstep again and again, who wants war and who is the biggest threat to the world? Taiwan is China's internal affairs, is a historical issue, only need Chinese people to solve, not the United States, Japan and other countries to interfere.
As a vet I love the military videos.. I think there cool and awesome .. keep doing what you do ! God bless
@@Jerrycourtney "Thank you for your service" - every typical meat rider response
@@waefawawrgaw2835 I shout out my fellow vets who served. We have to stick together. Begone troll
@@waefawawrgaw2835 They don't really have a choice. U.S. military participation from general public is significantly higher than the rest of the world. Most Americans know someone who either serves or has served in the military. Much easier to pretend they're noble servicemen than admit they lost many lives to move money from public coffers to private bank accounts.
Shame on you. You feel as if you are a hero for invading a sovereign country umder the pretext of "defending" your country. The global south is tired of American led world ordee. We are tired with you people
Thank you for your service
I must say this is an excellent video, and I will most certainly be watching more of these. Not only does it explain the facts of what is happening but it also provides possible outcomes and introduces new ideas that I hadn’t previously considered. Thank you!
Anyone who knows a little history knows that Taiwan is originally China, but has been in the civil war, whether it is the United States, Japan or the United Nations, all recognize Taiwan as China, and now say that China invaded Taiwan, and now the United States does not know so many military bases, who is the problem? This is absolutely ridiculous!
@@teitou-fr8beTaiwan and West Taiwan 😂
@@teitou-fr8be It's all about stupid people in the US making stupid decisions.
I am American and it's obvious that the US believes its own propaganda.
The US has dismal intelligence (CIA,FBI etc.) and starts wars without thinking them through.
Just look at the debacle they started in Ukraine.
They have been planning this war with Russia since 2014 or maybe even before and they never knew Russia was so strong.Again,dismal intelligence.
I am no genius but even I knew that war with Russia was a bad idea.
Since 2000 we have been at war and we could have been busy making friends with these nations instead of destroying them.
The US through its greed and war mongering has completely gutted the USA.Our standard of living is dropping, crime rate in the cities is extremely high and we have a Zombie as a president.
@@teitou-fr8be so trueeeee
@@teitou-fr8beAnyone who knows a little history knows that Taiwan was originally Aboriginal Taiwanese, then Dutch Empire, then Qing Empire, then Japanese Empire, then Republic of China, and now Taiwan, but never was PRC😊
Greed got us to this point. Why would you economically empower your enemy. Been saying this for the last 25 years.
As nations become more economically free and powerful, they become more stable and peaceful. We wanted a stable trading partner we could do business with and profit from. We got it, so did they. There is a strong case to be made that the act of trading with China has resulted in the highest net improvement to human quality of life on the planet throughout the entire history of civilisation, which is something that everyone somehow just forgets.
Or maybe it was set up for America to fall from the jump 🤔
Ok
The US believes they can replicate Japan's experience in China. First become an economically prosperous country, and then become a democracy.
@@龍傲天-w9r japan became a democray forcefully even now they are still somewhat nationalist just like in ww2.
This Channel is Very good 🎉
Awesome video, but I wish the perspectives of other countries surrounding China, or in Asia in general, were included. What's their stances? Land invasion from China's west probably wouldn't be as effective compared to the east, geography points like the Himalayas or deserts. Speaking of which, Nepal has had a back and forth relationship between China, India, and the USA on fronts like water energy and roads. Russia has had a similar relationship with China historically, but it seems they are currently working together in a way. I'm not too informed on central Asia.
Hearing more about the stances of other nations would definitely be nice. I give Johnny a pass because he is American and his audience is significant portion American, so that is the view he brings, however, being as big of a creator as he is, he has a lot of connections with creators in other countries, and also has travelled much of the world and I am sure has a lot more global connections than the average person does. It would be nice if he, I don't know, maybe reached out to and included their opinions, idea's, and stances more. I think that it could add to the overall content.
As for a land invasion of China, it is virtually impossible. You either have to go through unrealistic mountains, desert, jungle, or do a naval invasion. There are not a lot of realistic options for any power ever posing a serious threat to Chinese homeland in terms of invasion. They are relatively impregnable in a way comparable to the United States, albeit differently.
Like Russia, the idea of building alliances around China or Russia is not about invasion against them. At no point is that the serious and general mindset. The idea is that these powers are so massive that if you are not teamed up and prepared beforehand, that it's going to be extra difficult to combat them, where it would be easier to deter them.
Had NATO not existed even after the fall of the Soviet Union, it likely would have been the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania that would have been first swallowed by the Russian giant rather than first attempting Ukraine which is significantly largely and more challenging in a slew of ways.
the main issue everyone forgets is that China and other economically developed nations and developing need one another, it would completely disrupt the global economy if a conflict where to take place just between the US and China nevermind these other nations which may be involved- that will heavily damage society on practically every level, its simple to talk about "whatifs" when it comes to war, though lets say India gets dragged in imagine and theres no initiative for negotiations, youre talking about a war that may last for decades in whatever shape of form we do not know.
@@Mr.Septon Like it did much for Ukraine when Russia invaded
What’s the title of the video?
@@ikem95 The U.S. has relations with more countries surrounding China than just the ones that was shown in the video.
Planning is the key word. We will never go to war with china. Gotta keep the gov money flowing to the contracters.
Potato potato
My guess is when Beijing actually starts ending the civil war with Taiwan, the nearby US troops will be as silent as chikens...
Like what the US carrier did last August when PLA practiced air and sea lock down on Taiwan. It ran further away from PLA's fire range.
@@thomasantn should they have gone into the range and got blown up?
@@moonasha No guts, No glory😅