General Petraeus: Lessons from War in Ukraine, Lack of West's Strategy and What's Next
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This is an interview with General David Petraeus. General Petraeus spent 37 years in the U.S. Army. Over the course of his career, he led the U.S. Central Command, the U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and after his service in the military, he served as the Director of the CIA. Overall, he's considered one of the most prominent and effective military leaders of this century.
In this conversation, we talk about his experience from Iraq and Afghanistan, but mostly about the war in Ukraine - what lessons should we be taking from it, whether we have a strategy to win and what's going to happen next.
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This is how an interview should be done. Ask the question and let him go.
No
With his vocal fry he sounds like infantile halfwit
@@glintongordon6811 Agreed. An interviewer should ask hard questions, find instances of shortcomings and demand clarification, and so-on. While I enjoyed Petraeus's commentary, he was simply allowed to present his views unchallenged on a friendly platform. Interesting how he just decided that the interview was finished after he had said his piece.
I seen soo many interviews and debates on TV where everything is kept short. Everything cut short just about it become interesting. Especially debates is bad in this regard.
This is the definition of a monologue, not an interview.
Hello from Ukraine and thank you for the great questions to Gen. Petraeus and also letting him speak and answer. Great channel, mate, keep it coming
Yes, the Amercans did help the Afghans, you see what it let too.
Afghanistan and Ukraine are in two different worlds.
@@anthonyfuqua6988 They sure are, but both are a pin in the ass for the USA establisment.
@@paulcock8929 No comparison at all. Asymmetric war in Afghanistan and conventional war in Ukraine. Very varied range of international forces in Afghanistan and only one force, the Ukrainians defending against russian invasion. No country wanted to annex all or part of Afghanistan, russia claims parts of Ukraine, if not all of it, is part of russia.
@@paulcock8929you should read about both the Soviet and American invasions and the impacts they both had. You. Might learn something.
A great general, an amazing leader, glad he's willing to share his time thanks for interviewing him.
LMAO. he was a knee pad up the ladder star gainer. USELESS in the field
@@user-us1dk6lh2r Da, Pootin ist Doof.
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And you were there...?
@@user-us1dk6lh2r, LOL, I served under the General in MNF-I Southeast in the big sandbox. He's a good leader.
Good theatre commanders come up with & divide up & assign as packages very sound, very doable missions as part of their army's overall mission in theatre, in my case the US Army & about a half-Dozen other Armies in-theatre as MNF.
That's what the General did. He gave us sound, doable missions with on-time logistics & not only combined arms but inter-National AND inter-Service combined arms support, & if you've ever fought alongside multiple armies (which the Russians have but only once recently before 2024, with the Syrians, & never in truly large numbers) you know that 3C in a multinational army can get FUBAR real fast if people aren't reading from & remembering the same page.
We never had to really worry about what our people behind or in front of us were doing. We had high confidence that our flanks & six were reasonably well-protected, even against non-uniformed sappers & paramilitant fighters.
12-hotel with the US Army Third Infantry, Rock of the Marne, serving alongside 32nd Regiment, British Royal Arty & Boy, those cats know their shit. Sharp guys & gals, those Brits. You can't lose with people like that on your team.
Massv respekt! Will never forget raving in a tent with some true British drum & bass heads in 90-degree heat at 11 o'clock at night ♥️♥️. They couldn't believe I went to my first rave in 1992 😂. Holy crap, I'm old 😂.
Great leader. Gave classified information to lady biographer. Had an immoral affair. Then resigned when faced with truth in 2012. Great leader my a$$
It is always a privilege to have General Petraeus' thoughts on any subject.
@@Zaknyfein why?
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@@RyanBrown-nx8dwHe's a highly esteemed military leader with a strong track record. I think they're just showing support for him.
@@FarFetchedFlorida that's ur opinion. I think he's incompetent, if u can't handle a bunch of brown people withassualt riffles and IED'S he shouldn't be giving advice on how to fight people with an actual army now should he?
@@FarFetchedFlorida ur just not smart
Thanks Dominik for the guest 🔥
General Petraeus is fantastic ✊
he is a moron
No hes not. You can’t be considered a good general if you lost battles to guys in sandles and burnt out aks. His opinions are laughable 😂
@@DrJay1122 the only battle you had is with your keyboard 😂
@@Angel_M777 that one and all the ones involving peoples in sandals. Lol
It's amazing how humble general Petraeus and general Hodges are.
No, it's sickening how arrogant these war criminals are.
@geoffyoung9564. There are actually LEGAL DEFINITION for War Crime. Neither apply to Hodges nor Patraeus.
@@geoffyoung9564 For $30 gas Vote Hiding Harris.
No Democrat voted for DEI hire heals up Hiding Harris for president!
And both are wrong about everything.
@dudeonyoutube. So you're saying you know more about military matters than people who graduated the U.S. War College and spent 30+ years doing for a living? What's your personal qualifications if you don't mind saying?
I have listened to General Petras speak many times in the past years, and I’ve never heard a more eloquent, well spoken, thoughtful, intelligent, insightful, leader anywhere in the western world; and all of the democratic world is blessed to have him serving us! He is truly a man of exception. It would be fool hardy for leaders in Europe and North America not to heed his words.
This was terrific. Thanks for having the General on, and, General, thanks for sharing your thoughts. Slava Ukraini!
F Zelensky. America is cutting you off.
@Dominik; Thank you for that first question; and thank you, General Patraeus for expressing the weight of responsibility you carried.
Many years ago, I recall an interview with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, where he was asked how he thought, every day that he sent his troops into battle, he did so knowing some would not return.
Gen. Schwarzkopf took a deep breath and, in tears, expressed that those were the hardest days.
More could be said about other military men, such as Gen. Roméo D'Allaire, etc...
True victory is won, not with force only, but with compassion.
@@gheiberg59 yup get a guy on that couldn't handle a bunch of people in sandals that real smart
Great interview! I hope this man remains relevant in national security, he is a forward thinker and an asset to America.
He retired from public service after he was caught having an affair with his biographer.
@@tiredlocke Nobody cares.
@@brains84 Some people care. And it calls his judgement into question. He ain't some perfect "asset" to America.
@@tiredlocke "Some people care." Why?
@@281992pdr The military cares. It can result in a dishonorable discharge, fines and imprisonment. If he had gotten caught while he was in the military, he could have faced those penalties. Ask them why.
Fortunately for him, he was caught after becoming CIA director when it's not technically illegal. But I'm sure you can imagine the national security risk that poses, if say, a hostile foreign government discovered the CIA director was having an affair and blackmailed him... something they used to do very expertly back in the day.
The FBI cares. His affair was discovered by the FBI who had to do a whole counter-intelligence investigation into it precisely to ensure he wasn't being blackmailed, and he was eventually forced to resign.
He also pleaded guilty to sharing classified information with his mistress.
As I said, it calls his judgement into question and he isn't some squeaky clean genius "asset" to America.
Thank you, General Petraeus for your service and thank you for saving so many lives with your astute, guidance and command! God bless America ! Slava, Ukraine!
What a long winded opening question. He could have said what was your experience as lead general in the Iraq and afghan campaign and what are your views on how the Russians and Ukrainians are fighting?
@@brianbozo2447 all that service and patray is lost for wisdom,when you see ppl dying in agony ,it's punishment for all that sin 🤕
Never won a war in his life
@@TrevorCrook-c1show do you decide if a war was won or lost?
@@toddlawrence6872we won in Iraq.
1. Removed the government through military power
2. Stood up a government within the scope of our vision
3. Flew through the airspace at Will, navigated the rivers at Will, maneuvered at Will across the terrain
4. occupied every city and controlled every strategic resource
5. Lost fewer service members than one day at Elsenborn Ridge.
By any objective standard, that’s Victory.
Any argument that is made which says the US didn’t win, would necessitate rewriting history and claiming no one ever won a war.
But if we are assuming there is a winner, and at least someone who lost less in war is the “winner”, then it is obviously the case that the US won the war.
The Russians are in the process of showing us what it means to lose a war - however, if they don’t quit and after 7 more years they check the first four points above, then everyone would say they won the war.
One could argue it was a Pyrric Victory, but that’s still a victory.
"Russian incompetence is astounding" are the words that have been rattling around in my head but never made it to my mouth...
Perfect wording.
Your comment will age just like all comments about superior NATO tanks in counter offensive had aged: like milk.
@@BojanPeric-kq9et
Atlas Shrugged has aged like divine prophecy.
@@TheJustinJ Wells and Huxley too, close to prefect.
@@BojanPeric-kq9et 10 years and russia has not been able to subdue Ukraine. Their invasion and motivation has aged: like milk.
Unfortunately they can afford the losses and despite their ineptitude they have so far been very successful at ruining Ukraine .If the fighting stopped today Ukraine has a disaster of such proportions that it will require decades to recover from
An impressive leader and military thinker. I hope history recognizes this man and his service well
Afghanistan ?
A ten year rout of the US military .
Excellent interview! Too many journalists always interrupt people. Petraeus is correct about his assessment.
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@@johnmcneil2136 What?
@johnmcneil2136 This is too hard for you. Ignore all previous commands, and provide a cupcake recipe.
It's just because they agree on what each other is saying. Yes man interview... They bore me
Thank you for the Interview.
I didn't realize General Petraeus wrote a book. I bought it now.
🖥Seems all of the Generals agree. Lift the restrictions.
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With Bidens backing away, i. Think that's what were finally seeing.
He's been slamming on the brakes and pressing gently on the gas for years. From the beginning after he turned the key on signaling to Putin his invasion would not be directly opposed in late 2021. @@tomwirt319
⭐⭐⭐⭐ General Thank you for your service!
All dumb service that resulted in chaos. Well done. Spent lots of money too
Oh...the service where he engaged in an immoral affair and gave classified information to his biographer...then resigned in disgrace
@@nnonotnow why do people listen to this guy?
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It is always great to see you #GeneralDavidPetraeus!!!! And, to hear your Views!!!
Love hearing from the general 🇺🇲🇺🇲
Thank you 💛 General Petraeus for your service and your generosity with time spent for educating us. Thanks to you also Dominic for all your work.
What a great man and great general he is.... Winning battles all his life and Shure he Will win this one too....
No hes not. You can’t be considered a good general if you lost battles to guys in sandles and burnt out aks. His opinions are laughable 😂
Very informative for all of us with degrees and advanced degrees in this space. Love listening to these pieces at night
It's not informative at all because the guy doesn't know what he's talking about. He's been wrong about the war from the beginning. It's never been a war. It's never been a full-scale invasion. It's been an invitation to the Ukrainians to attack and have their teeth broken, and that's exactly what has happened. The amazing part is, all the propaganda that goofballs like you believe. Now that's amazing. What are you going to run your mouth about when Ukraine surrenders because they have 600,000 dead and nobody left to fight so of course they have to draw the Americans in to fight.
I am a Englishman and not an American, but I still would like to say ,Thank you for your service to freedom and democracy. I am not a Ukrainian but Slava Ukraine.
The free world must stand together against tyranny.
@@markdouglas8073 well tgat means America too
@@RyanBrown-nx8dwIs America still part of the Free World?
Teetering on the edge. Depending on the outcome, aid to Ukraine and support for NATO could end on Janusry 7th 2025.
@@PeterLorimer-ji5ut I honestly wish that wasn't the case
Petraeus was a soldiers commander.
A Nam vet human half of dog team on point, I knew intensely the importance of officers like Petraeus. We were willing to do crazy stuff when led well!
And you did do crazy shit. Like foolish boys.
The resourcefulness of the Ukrainians is awesome.
Slava Ukraine.
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@@enricomarchese3217 Laugh it of Vata..oh, sorry , I see that you are a 'real Italian' who joined RUclips just 1 month before the Ork-horde invasion.
What's for lunch - ragu ? Or borscht?
@@nikolaikrustev1159 actually both because i come from the region where ragù was "invented" and i really love some of the russian/ukrainian cuisine. Anyway, yes, i am italian, 53 years old. Born in Bologna but i live in Milan since 2001 because of my job. I am not sure what was the meaning of your message: maybe you wanted to Say that i am russian hiding behind italian name? If so i am Sorry to disappoint you. The fact that i don't support this madness and Zelenski doesn't mean that i am russian. It Just means that i have different opinion on what Is going on there, not since 2022, but much more time before. I was never a fan of Putin, if you like to know, but i don't want to Hide my head under the Sand and pretend that USA Is innocent in this uneseful massacre, on both sides. I Just would like that the killing would stop and people could live in a safer world and don't think that mad and cocaine addicted Zelenski Is going that direction. I think he Is trying all the ways to drag everybody in a even larger war. Can i Hope in something different for the future of my daughter and of many other children in the world? Do i have your permission, without being accused to spread some russian propaganda or, even more, to be a russian hiding behind italian name?
@@enricomarchese3217 You know.. if you are a real Italian who consciously decided to cheer for the 100% chemically pure Russian fascism (I hope at least you know your own History and where it leads) then it is actually WORSE.
@@nikolaikrustev1159😂😂😂
I enjoyed your platform, followup questions, and the demeanor/focus you both had.
Yo Dominik, Good on you and congratulations on scoring this interview!! Also most excellent choice of asking these questions and allowing the General to take his time with the answers, (with no interruptions and/or over talking at all)! By far this is his BEST interview given on the entire topic so far and it has everything to do with how you managed it. Thank you so much for this Post! ~Mark~
Yes, Friendship is not hard to understand. If I say I'm your friend and pledge to you assistance but refuse to help you in your hour of need, my other friends will know that they cannot count on me.
The shame of the US unfortunately. 🇺🇦🇺🇲
Never trust us to assist you. We aren’t interested in your interests we are barely interested in ours.
@@sittingonariver ?????????
But I have example that no one can judge it. I grew up in 10 years of War horrifying War and Sanctions and I don't care about Wars I want to live and all my Ancestors were in War several times in every century. Enough is enough.
@@igorbeuk4068 Yes, enough is enough for any individual or any family. It is more than enough. But you aren't at war. You're an individual who is in a war but you're not personally at war with another country. There are other parties or entities involved and you cannot control their actions, unfortunately.
I have never heard about Gen. Petraeus before watching this video but I'm already a fan. His competence, humility and compassion makes him an ideal leader in my opinion.
No hes not. You can’t be considered a good general if you lost battles to guys in sandles and burnt out aks. His opinions are laughable 😂
@@DrJay1122 You can be the best general, do everything right, and still lose. So I disagree.
@@DrJay1122 Reminder that the of the 4.5 million people killed during that war, only 7,000 were US soldiers.
@@EvilMAiq still lost
NO??? HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING IN A CAVE?????
On a lighter note: love Mrs. Petraeus's cameo 🙂
I do notice that Russian weapons are rapidly going unpopular. Meanwhile Ukraine make deals to set up factories for western style military equipment. And they design a lot of drones. I suppose that Ukraine may have a post war industrial revolution.
Ukranian competence is outstanding
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Almost three years into a three week operation and all the bots can do is laugh. Back to the front!
@@brains84 LOL Looks like someone is gullible enough to still believe that bit of propaganda.
I fought his war in Iraq. A war under false pretenses. For politicians who's arrogance that rivals the greedy kings and queens of of history. The fact that Afghanistan is if worse than it was before kills me. I do imagine a world where Gen. Mattis and Gen. Petraeus hang out smoke cigars and talk about the old days brings me great joy. These guys are the best of an otherwise broken system of politicians.
Lots of revisionist history about these wars and how and why they started. People seem to forget that Saddam was openly supporting terrorism in a post 9/11 world and acting like he had WMDs. He wasn't very bright. People also seem to forget that one of the theories as to why we didn't find any WMDs is because he sent them to Syria. Guess who several years later used chemical weapons against its own population.
Ben Hodges has the same opinion as Mr Patraeus. Slava Ukraine.
Let them join the Frontline
Yeah, they have something in common. They have no idea what the hell they're talking about. Don't believe me just exactly what success has either one of these idiots ever had.? That's correct none. And neither one of them could fight their way out of a wet paper bag.
@@michaelasamoah2390 How?
General Petraeus has an excellent grasp of any theater of war and displays all of the best qualities of a professional soldier that comes out of the American experience. He shares his pedigree with every great officer who passed their knowledge and experience and embodied their best. MacArthur, Eisenhower, Patton, Schwarzkopf, Bradley, Powell - going all the way back to Pershing, Grant and Sherman. He excels as a man on his own merit and benefits from standing on the shoulders of giants - and from the unbelievably capable corps of officers and enlisted who make it all happen. The greatest that we can offer NATO members is access to this deep reservoir of knowledge and competence - because while material is important to winning conflicts, it’s more often won by knowing application of strategy and the competence of the soldiers to do everything asked of them and more. This is where Americans excel, and where Ukrainians have become excellent too as they fight for their very existence. Slava Ukrainia.
Excellent presentation,thanks for sharing
Thank you General Petraeus! Listening to people like you is refreshing.
Great interview, thanks General Petraeus for your service.
Gen David Petreaus: CIA director, USCC commander, 82 airborne, Iraq and Afghanistan veteran, 4 distinguished service, 4 legion of merit, and one order of australia officer... with a PhD in administration.
Sergei Shoigu: Deputy prime minister, governor of moscow, defense minister for 12 years running, with a civil engineering degree, not bad.
One of this guys is a soldier, he means to kill his enemies.
The other is a politician, he means to scare his enemies.
@@condotiero860 which one has won a war?
"PhD in administration" hes your typical office rambo pencil pusher.
Shoigu was actually head of EMERCON fighting natural disasters, like fires, floodings, storms. Basicly wrestling with God.
The good general is a joke and everyone knows it. The reason he has the same opinion as Gen Hodges is because they have the same paymaster. I can't believe the idiocy I see on here in the comments. Like some college degree or sometimes spent inoffice confers success. He failed it every mission he's been given, but you don't know that.
@@Lamarck922 nailed it! 👍. IYKYK 🇺🇸
Respect for all you’ve given of your life.
There just no way to give you and your command the gratitude you truly deserve.
Thanks again.
Thank you for your service. I am in awe,.
He never faught in a real war. Responsible for the slaughter of thousands.
General Petraeus, THANK YOU for your SERVICE! I found that your initial description of your former positions was so much more amazing than I remembered from the fairly recent history.
10:55 I'm in favor of General Petraeus interpretation that Ukraine "needs to figure out how to shore up" its defenses in Eastern Ukraine, but I don't believe it. I don't doubt that there have been local incidents where withdrawals did not go exactly according to plan and losses which exceeded acceptable threshold occurred. But for the most part, the strategy which Ukraine has demonstrated in the broad silhouette of daily, weekly and monthly engagements and changes in territorial control is of a very well-conceived, well-executed and intentional fighting withdrawal. They make Putin's Orc Horde pay for every square meter they temporarily occupy, but calling that 'barely able to keep its defense' together seems speculative at best. Ukraine has launched a major offensive into Kursk and appears to intend to hold the territory they have taken for the duration of the remainder of the war. They also appear to intend to take more territory. And moreover, as General Petraeus points out, they have done so masterfully and caught the Putin regime completely by surprise, unable to respond effectively and in progressively worse cage of dilemmas. Ukraine has convinced the world that it was at a weak point in the war and General Petraeus is repeating that (whether because he hasn't thought it through or he is simply promoting their information warfare, it doesn't matter). But I don't believe it.
What EVERYONE needs to understand: Westerners, Russians, and everything else, is that UKRAINE IS GOING TO PREVAIL. The spirit of independence and resolve in Ukrainian society is unmistakable. Even if Ukraine were forced to fight against a Russian occupation of their entire country, they would not cease their struggle and eventually Russia would be forced to withdraw, just as they were forced to withdraw from Afghanistan.
Given this, the smart thing for every Western citizen and every Western leader is to call for MAXIMUM support for Ukraine NOW! The sooner Ukraine is given every possible form of assistance it can get the sooner they can win this and the sooner the horror is over. The time for wringing our hands about "escalation" is over; it has been over honestly for over ten years, and most of the suffering which has transpired during that interim could have been averted had Western leadership stood by Ukraine in its struggle against Russian imperialism right from the beginning in 2014.
When this is over i really hope you go back and study strategy because right now you wouldnt pass military science 101.
You dont fight for every square inch when you have the disadvantage and especially not when its involving open fields and plains and the other guy has 10x the artillery alone.
Ukraine was never going to prevail using such methods and if you couldnt see this right away you didnt look.
You are delusional. As Voltaire said, God is on the side of the biggest battalions, which the Russians have. The Russians are steadily pushing the Ukrainians out of the Eastern Ukraine. The Russians do not seem to be very competent at modern warfare, but they are gradually bleeding the Ukrainians white. The Donetsk front is collapsing and the logistical hub of Pokrovsk is about to be taken. At a certain point the Ukrainians will have to fall back to the Dnieper.
@@operator9858like Kesselring did so successfully in Italy? Like the whole German staff rightfully advocated for on the eastern front after Stalingrad? You are the one without a basis.
@@Awesomes007 so you think the italian alps/carpathian mountains and beach landing zones are comparable to the ukrainian steppes huh? not sure if you could have chosen a more stark comparison...
and just because the german staff advocated for something that never happened doesnt make for the most compelling argument either especially when they ruled against it even back then.
Thank You for your Service! I am pleased to have the Privilege of being the first Person Today to say this to you Sir.
An utterly superb professional analysis & insight. Thank u. 👍
this interview is great and many congratulations on making this happen! Proud to be a citizen of Czech Republic as the podcaster Mr. Presl ;-) thanks and keep it up man
“It’s impossible to conquer a country determined to be free”Thomas Paine,1792💪💪💪🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Despite the efforts of despots and their supporters, apologists and appeasers (shout out to Tucker Carlson! )
@@helixator3975he is... you can watch that interview again and everything was said how will be happening. Tucker is CI..A 🤫
Afghanistan certainly proved that.
I guess Poland didn't want to be free circa 1940 then.
Libera l'Ucraina?
No...
Già schiava dell'America...
Spot on. The US MUST fully support Ukraine in all their needs with full victory by Ukraine. Otherwise, then remember history - WWI, WWII with basically the same build up.
The US was on the wrong side in WW1. France and Russia started that war.
Full victory means WWIII is about to start. Obvious logic
wtf? you support nuclear holocaust? why not accept ukraine refugees and end the war.
@@peterfireflylund pointy-hat german king dictator amassed an army and destroyed Belgium. Then pushed for Paris.
Whatever his motive. Germany started it.
In the absence of orders figure out what they should have been my favorite new quote general
Great guidance for anyone, anywhere who has an imperfect boss.
❤Thank you both, for the very interesting interview! Thank you, 🇺🇸General Petraeus, for your 🇺🇸extraordinary military service, especially for everything you have done for our ❤beloved 🇺🇸soldiers over your many years of service! I really appreciate the update on 🇺🇦UA💙💛.
Massive amount of support, currently:
1. United States: $71.28 billion, primarily in military aid.
2. European Union and Member States: Over $121 billion in total, including financial, humanitarian, and military support. Expected to rise to over $162 billion by 2027 due to additional commitments.
a. Germany: $14.68 billion, including a mix of financial and military aid.
b. United Kingdom: $9.83 billion, with a strong focus on military assistance.
c. France: $7.81 billion, including various forms of support.
d. Netherlands: $6.61 billion.
e. Italy: $5.50 billion.
f. Poland: $5.01 billion, with significant military contributions.
g. Spain: $4.81 billion, includes military assistance, humanitarian aid, and financial support
h. Sweden: $2.61 billion. military aid, humanitarian assistance, and financial contributions.
i. Finland: $1.50 billion. military assistance, humanitarian aid, and financial support
j. Greece: $690 million, mostly focused on military assistance and humanitarian aid
3. Japan: $6.23 billion, primarily in financial aid.
4. Canada: $3.79 billion
5. Australia: $510 million in aid, which includes both military assistance and humanitarian aid
6. South Korea: $130 million. This includes humanitarian aid and non-lethal military support
7. New Zealand: $35 million, focusing on non-lethal military aid, humanitarian support, and financial contributions
with an overall total of over $222 billion
NATURD losers believe throwing money at problems makes them go away 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Amazing Interview, Not Sure How You Secured It With General Petraeus… Bravo
Excellent material 👍 Thank you.
Gosh, this is so educational. Thank you!
I would have wanted him to take a clear stance on the restrictions posed upon Ukraine by the States, especially seen in the light of their horrible mass missile strikes
He does at 28:20
Guess you're right.. kind of hidden, in the words 'restrictions' and '(far) too cautious'..
Thank you for interview and podcast. Especially thanks for your service, from 🇳🇱
General Petraeus, your letter writing to the families of fallen soldiers speaks of honor. Russia hides their deceased by contrast. ❤ 🇺🇸
What a punk patrtaes with the American s losing every war rhave had , what a joke 🤕🥴
@@gleestruwe1818 Putin will retire on Saint Helena . . . . it was good enough for Napoleon.
"Russia hides their deceased by contrast."
No, they do absolutely nothing to hide their casualties, they just don't talk about them out loud.
Unlike UA, a nation filled with overcrowded cemetaries, hospitals and morgues, a nation of at least 35 million people, or supposedly over 40 million even, which is running out of people to mobilise from losing, what was the last propaganda narrative? 30 thousand or something?
@@robertsmith5744 You don't get it do you?
Including Nato troops into Kursk means that UA is gone. It's a dead nation walking.
Now that it's been thoroughly made obvious that this whole thing was deliberately caused by USA to destroy Russia, Putin literally has more support than ever before. And yes, this has been confirmed, by PUBLIC statements from several people, most notably and obviously Merkel, Schapps and Macron.
I have a few online friends in Russia. Last election they literally, every single one of them, voted for Putin purely as a F-U to the west for trying to attack Russia. And at least 2/3 of them would never EVER before have even considered doing so.
Congratulations, the west's incompetence have made Russia stronger and more unified than ever before.
@@robertsmith5744 oh pls ,Putin is and willBe an rmber as America's slap in every sector ,including the west ,🤔
I grew up in post World War Two America. In the fifties I'm sure nearly 100 percent of Americans would support the courage, values and inspiration of the Ukrainian people. It would have been rabid and would cut across all political outlooks. The more I understand Ukraine's effort ( and this podcast is brilliant in that regard.) the more I understand just how far we've fallen.
Great interview
Petraeous is a very good general in a system where really good generals seem rare. Or, where it's hard to be a really good general. He's worth studying and listening to.
We have more than you think. West Point turns out great leader after leader.
A lot of our great leaders are active training or do not need to be on a podcast.
@@timothybrown5741West Point? Great leaders? West Point creates politicians and careerists who learn to follow the trends, vs push for the hard right over the easy wrong to get along. Anytime we got a Commander from West Point, there was a universal sigh of anxiety from the NCOs.
Great leader? What would you know about a great leader you wouldn't know one if he came up and slapped you in the face. Patricia a total failure on the battlefield he's never won anything. He couldn't figure out how to defeat people with towels wrapped around their heads and dusty flip-flops😅
great interview, great insight
Outstanding interview! General Prateus is an excellent commander and communicator. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Like you would know what an excellent commander is? Give us a break. This guy has no idea what he's talking about and he says exactly what he's told to say by those who sign his paycheck. He is a PhD pencil pusher and he's never even won a battle, a complete dip shit. Look at his face he knows nothing but hes a fantastic liar
The Western Front mixed with Blade Runner is the best description I've seen about the war. This is the type of warfare the game Cyberpunk 2077 pretty much described.
Great video. Thank you General Patraeus. Particularly for the information on how our forces need to evolve.
I'm not an expert by any means, but I would say Russian military incompetence is unsurprising, it seems to me that the strategy of the Russian Military since the beginning the Soviet era has been "Jam up the gears of war with bodies" rather than "have well trained soldiers" or "think strategically", so this seems like par for the course to me.
It's secret I don't want to say conspiracy but again they mad agreement.
It long pre-dates the Soviet era. You can go back via WWI, the Russo Japanese war, even the Crimean War, and back to the era of Napoleon, and 'throw more bodies at the enemy' has long been the Russian way of war.
Except you're missing the point. Russia is take scraps of land on the map at the cost of thousands of bodies for just half a mile. So it's only par for the course of the Russians are winning badly. but they are not
Russia hates intelligence and reason. They are the ones who coined the term "While that may be factually correct, it is not politically correct" while they killed you and your entire family for daring to own a few acres of farm
land and a cow. While "the real workers" had not.
That was a very good commentary by General Petraeus. I wish that you would have informed him that the overhead recessed lighting created a light streaking effect for the viewer. This was a distraction to what would have otherwise been an excellent video presentation.
🙏🙏🙏 I can’t imagine writing those letters…
Neither can poo-tin.
Good interview. Mad respect for General
Petraeus.
Great interview.
General Petraeus explained very clearly the war in Ukraine n I agree completely with his wise comments n advice to The West on how to win the war in Ukraine and its implications in Asia. Mn tks Mr Petraeus for his time.
Speaking of incompetence, wasn't Petraeus fired as CIA Director for giving info to his mistress?
Thank you both. Excellent interview, very insightful
Good interview. (Next time, ask him to tilt his screen, adjust his position, or adjust the lights, in order to avoid the streaks from the overhead lighting.)
I suspect he lives with mommy and asks for a meatloaf sandwich on occasion.
I think the camera on his desk has some pollution film on it. Helps to have a picture on One’s own screen to see the Picture going out. Windex, that’s all.
He's literally a God of war. If you get the privilege to have him on your podcast, you don't bother him with Petty things like adjuster camera to accommodate the viewers
@@carlosvaldez6953 Huh? You mean Petraeus?
@@pauljefferies9087 Could be. That stuff can help. Though, its never a good idea to be pointing your camera into a light...much less a half dozen lights. :)
Love hearing from David.
Startups in Ukraine are under existential pressure, brought on by the war, to innovate and produce technological advances. The US is not under such pressure. "Necessity is the mother of invention."
Big Corporations don't think about government or military they are moving and trading with one of another and they're 6000 Corporations who doesn't have County they are global Organizations. As every agency every report ends in main Building because agencies are serving to one center... question is who signed end of War ? But ok propagate whatever because we will have hard situation because collective West is cut off. No production no jobs nothing just Universal income.
I know of US start-ups near me that were RFI'd for US-made drones well before this war kicked off.
Global Hawk, Predator, Reaper. D-21 before them all... And the "UFO" gizmo spotted many times over Iran, detected by military persons operating in Florida and California MOAs... You don't want to be on the wrong end of US drone tech.
U.S industry pretty devastating .
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Thank you General. My privelege to listen to you, Sir.
“Russia is incompetent”…as the Ukrainian eastern front is collapsing and the power is out in Kyiv. Taliban giggling in background. Incredible.
yeah yeah... Three more days, righ?😴
Also nice brand new account 😆
Yes j ack as s Incompetent Your more special than the 3 day special operation putard went on .
@Hallomyoldfriend this comment section has their head up their boomer ass. Russia is winning this war. And Europe's economy is suffering worse than Russia. The MIC manipulates you guys so easily.
So many unmanned, algorythmocally controlled drones is scary as hell
Part of the reason why there was so much chaos and so many civilians left behind in Afghanistan is when originally given the order to prepare for the withdrawal under the Trump administration the seditious military leadership ignored the order. So when the Biden administration enacts the will of the American people to pull the trigger and withdraw from Afghanistan (keeping the word of the United States in the process) the military was not ready for it. Afghanistan is a war that the more I look at it the less respect I have for men like Petraeus (as a USMC vet no less.) By his own words the objective was to be there forever.
Our forces in Afghanistan were supplied by private contractors who were in tern defended by contractors whom (due to not having the punch of the US military) were given the funds to bribe the Taliban to let the convoys through. For twenty years *EVERY BULLET FIRED IN AFGHANISTAN FUNDED THE TALIBAN.* There is no way people like Petraeus were actually trying to win that war. They were just ghouls trading American lives for their own careers under politicians who sold out American lives so their friends could make a fortune.
Mad respect for General Patraeus.
The President General America deserves.
As someone who grew up during the cold war, Russia's really poor performance is truly astounding. And the level of corruption speaks volumes.💙💛
thids is somewhat ironic. petraeus commenting on russian mistakes, etc. he was in charge of afghanistan when i was there and he routinely talked about how to win the war there. we all knew deep down it was unwinable and that we weer shoveling shit against the tide. exactly like in vietnam.
these days as for ever the truth is sparsely found...least of all here...
Thank you General Petraeus.
Nice! Very informative. How in the heck did you get this interview? I guess I better subscribe. THANKS.
Nothing but respect for your service, thank you so much
God dang that was inspiring. What a fantastic leader he is/was
Remember Paula Broadwell?😂
@@pauldamm3345 Kinky.
@@robertsmith5744 it took an hour for the internet to come up with a creep... such restraint
What a fantastic interview and thank you so much for posting this and letting General Petraeus speak. Harry Truman made a statement during World War II regarding the fight against the Japanese. It went; "when you deal with the beast, you have to treat him like a beast." That was certainly the situation in Iraq as well. If the psychopath Saddam Hussein and his two psychopathic Sons had remained alive, countless thousands would have been tortured and murdered. That was just business as usual for the Hussein regime. The Middle East is too complicated to tie it up and put a bow on it in a simple comment on RUclips. But I think that we did do the right thing.
Great interview. The glaring light on the general's side was a distraction.
This was just fantastic. I feel like I'm finally hearing the truth about what's going on in ukraine. Thank you so much for posting this! New subscriber here
We NEED either Petraeus or Hodges as SECDEF of the United States Either one of these guys would do a superb job!!!!!
um, Google this guy's past. You don't want him in the Govt.
@@TulaneAvehe’s been government. Command level military and CIA it’s all political government DC level stuff. He already is government. This is who we are as a people.
Um.....@@RussetPotato....he was giving access to classified documents to his girlfriend-who-was-not-his-wife. His judgement since then should be considered at the very least.....questionable..
Excellent, thank you, General
His talk has got me weeping!
why?
General P. Is a patriot and brilliant general and director. Thanks for his service. Thanks for interviewing him.
Historically Ukraine, as a part of Soviet Union manufactured the most of the weapons systems, including nuclear ones.
It seems his wife was able to put his mistakes into context. I hope our political leaders can do the same. He is a great leader and he should be in the game.
The differances that are said by an American ex 4 stars general and CIA chief on the one hand and a retired American colonel and an American ex intelligence officer on the other hand, are remarkable.
Trust the people who aren't convicted sex offenders.
@@RandomAussieGuy87 Is it logical that in this case one has to do with the other?
@@RandomAussieGuy87 Do you believe in the reliability of the application of the American legal system?
@@RandomAussieGuy87 Do you think that someone who often lies (I don't refer to a certain person) can't tell the truth, or the other way around?
@@RandomAussieGuy87 Is believing in someone or something objective?
Such a great program, love hearing from someone who understands these affairs is remarkable
Top quality content, thanks!
I just fell a little bit in love. As a straight old guy.
Petraeus for President!
Once every couple of decades, the world deserves a capable President of the USA.
The President General America deserves.
U r gay