In this most turbulent time in USA History, I need to hear Victor Davis Hanson daily, he puts things in great perspective and calms me down personally.
@@jameslippincott7440 His writings are incredibly full of insight and straight up facts that most people never get because of the constant propaganda being spewed in the media and elsewhere.
I agree 100%. there are not many nights that I don't use him for a good bedtime story. All great listening and I don't need to look at the video - just like a podcast.
We must share the true wisdom of Victor Davis Hanson with as many friends, family and acquaintances as possible! Americans would be advised to know these principles and the reasoning behind them
This was 1 yr ago. It seems Putin is winning. He is decimating Ukraine with thousands of innocent deaths. Thousands of dead young Russian men also. What'll be of all this invasion and war??? The US is being demolished under this administration. I think all started falling apart under the senile Biden administration and all the bad destructive decisions he made.
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes. Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
@@kingpriapatius5832 Hey nice deflection to "what about America?" you did there, but we are talking about Russia invading Ukraine. I know I know, your gopnik boss wants you to spread misinformation. I get it, but it's really transparent when you cannot stay on topic.
@@kingpriapatius5832 I'll respond how you respond: What about Russians invasion of Afghanistan? Purely a land and resource grab with absolutely no other label for it. Russians are backing literal nazi militias within their own country and then turn around and call JEWISH people "nazis". "The campaign goes very well" 😭😭🤣🤣
I look forward to these broadcasts because they are by a massive margin the most intelligent broadcast on current affairs on RUclips. VDH is lucid and to the point, so on point and understandable when he makes his view public. and John Anderson has the sense to keep quiet in the presence of such brilliance - he steers the boat but keeps out of the wind!
It was not fortune that gave us this massive infiltration of a few million neo-nahzees in our government just like it was not up to fortune in Ukraine.
@@hermitthefrog8951 I guess. All I know at this moment is I’ve lost contact w my loved ones in Kherson. Nothing since yesterday. War is an abomination.
I totally agree with you ! Mr. Hanson is inspiring and competent. Who is prepared to listen to him and give him credit all the Biden Administration should listen to him but they won't it should be clear to most of us why not? I am starting to lose faith I don't care for myself I am quite old but what about the young ones? I have 2 young grandchildren living in the US and I worry.... thanks God my son has no children here in Europe
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes. Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes. Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
@Nikos Antikythera - To say its time to retire, that's being hyperbolic. His insights are always valued whether hes proven correct or not. You have a good point though and I tend to agree. Pretty sure this war happened because the western sphere of influence continued to push their will and threaten to make Ukraine a part of NATO when Russia clearly stated that it would not allow that.
China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children, they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags? All they have left is bluff ...?
@@davidbanner6230 China's population is larger than the EU and the USA combined. In addition, the USA has a declining white population and a big problem with a rising latin american population that does n o t adjust to Amerika (they don't even speak english). China has already won.
China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children, they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags? All they have left is bluff ...?
VDH is so intelligent that I have a hard time (law school graduate here) understanding the point he’s making. But occasionally, he’ll bring it down to my level and the bits and pieces I manage to pick up are absolutely PRICELESS. Thank you Mr. Hanson for your contribution to mankind. It is deeply appreciated by me.
Retired pipefitter-welder here. Understood every bit of it. Not to criticize you personally, sir...but being a lawyer, you should bring suit against every institution that awarded you a degree... FUGGHEDABOUDIT!
A bit disappointed that VDH picked up the Russia/Ukraine conversation at the same point where the traditional media starts, in 2022. The narrative is far different when you go back to 2014, when the Ukrainian govt began a heavy handed approach (ie, killing civilian protesters in the east) to quell dissent.
Very true. And Biden admin seems to enjoy poking the Bear and stoking the Dragon without thought or strategy to what that could mean to engage in a WW3.
You both have been so dignified in this discussion, I found it extremely calming & glad to see good & descent men who understand where we the people stand, we were angry but are now determined to save our country…thank you both. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
He's great, but not perfect. He seems to think Messenia is in Italy but instead is located in Greece. Or, he could be simply mispronouncing Messina, which is in Italy.
Many people of this mans generation and the generations before him had a similar knowledge of History. History was a compulsory subject at school for ten years or more. Equally many people read books,and television of the day had many documentary's. Only N A T O and The Pentagon had A NET.
@@chrishooge3442 In what way? He said supplying the Ukrainians was the right thing to do even though he was worried they would be overrun. Since then the front has moved east on the whole. What has changed for the worse? It is true that for a while hopes for an early Ukrainian victory were kindled, but things are far more hopeful now than they were at the time of this video. From the standpoint of the time of this video to now, what has changed for the worse? Tucker Carlson?
@@digitalnomad9985 He's changed his tune as Ukraine has resisted Russia for 2 years. Go back and watch his talks from before the invasion. He blames the West. He blames NATO expansion. He says Putin has not territorial ambitions. The one thing he gets right is Russian can't occupy Ukraine...that's been proven true. But he's flat wrong about Putin's territorial ambitions.
I've been wondering what Victor Davis Hanson's take on the Ukraine mess would be and came across this interview and was very impressed with his analysis, which goes far beyond the Russia/Ukraine disaster. It's so much more comprehensive than anything I've seen from anyone else it's very educational on many levels and more topics than I have seen anywhere else. Incredibly impressive. I wish it were more well known.
As the world gets crazier, the voices of reason become more powerful. It’s great to see these wise men sharing their knowledge for free with anyone who wants to hear it. VDH is great and I’m happy to see more of John Anderson as his podcast grows. I think these long discussions are a great way to see who’s real and who is posturing, as has been said many times before. Thank you both for sharing your time and knowledge!
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes. Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
VDH is wrong to characterize Russia as "despised". Some gullible people may have adopted the ignorant attitudes served up to them by the media, but in general Russia is perceived as a nation with gravitas, a deep and profound history and a tenacity which makes the effete nations of the rest of the Western world pale by comparison.
There has been a fairly long history of hating and demonizing Russia. Fortunately, there have been attempts to humanize Russia and to distinguish between the Russian people and its government.
VDH is one of the most intelligent and insightful people I've had the pleasure of listening to, possibly, EVER in my life..! I scour the internet for content from him and have read all the books I can find by him. What he has to say, and the measured and thoughtful way in which he says it, is likely more important in this country now , than probably ever before... IF that is even possible. God Bless this man. 🙏👣🤲 🧐
I have this question - in Putin's speech justifying his bellicose stance towards NATO and the West before the invasion, he lists a number of NATO involvements in regime changes from Libya through to Iraq, etc. as well as the Maiden Revolution (regime change?) and Western Partners' unwillingness to insist on Ukraine implementing the Minsk agreements, what could the West have done differently to avoid this situation where Ukraine and its people become the expendable pawns in which a fight between fatcats (sic) in Brussels on the one side and Moscow on the other is settled?
Could Germany and France put pressure on Ukraine to start implementing the Minsk agreemen? I feel like Zelensky just was going to keep ignoring the Minsk agreement because he thought the EU has his back
They could have reassured Russia that they would not allow Ukraine into NATO (who had 9 countries in 1998 and 23 at the present...all pointing their missiles at Russia). Instead the US paid for a facilitated a coup d'état against a democratically elected, friendly to Russia government.
I think someone gave him a script to follow tonight ! Sometimes these pod cast host have to say contrary to what they feel and believe because we are at war with the CCP Cyberly ! and we are at war internally with these Globalist. in D.C. and the election stealer s and cern and sorro s and old Klaus Schwab etc.
Look back at all the people that were Trump adviser s for year s in W.H. Look how many were film writers movie maker s documentary makers. Next war- Xi in Taiwan destroying bio lab s also - real battle real people dying but sum n doesn't sound correctly right
Why doesn't my own country (France) have one single politician of John Anderson's calibre? As for VDH I reckon he is the greatest intellectual of our times.
This interviewer is great! He sets the stage with a thoughtful question, then lets the interviewee speak and fully develop his thoughts. I wish we had more of this.
He was a leading politician, even lead the "conservative" party at one stage ...it is probably his integrity that contributed to his foreshortened political career.
It's real simple: *if the US regime and Ukraine simply honor their agreements then the fighting would stop TODAY.* The ball has been in their court for over 8 years and for 8 years Russia’s security interests were not recognized.
@@gastronomist They are a russian bot. There are no agreements. Russia has broken the UN Charter as well as the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. They think/try to propagate that Russia invading a neighboring country is a "defensive move".
I have high regard for Mr. Hanson and consider him a gift from God to humanity. Articulating complex world matters in a clear, interesting and fascinating manner. Huge appreciation for this channel. Thank you gentlemen.
Your conversations with VDH are among your best, always! The most insightful, truthful, interesting, accurate evaluations. Honesty with integrity - Keep it coming! Thx!
Victor Hanson has a remarkable ability to compress time and make connections between our current times to the challenges the acients experienced in their democracies. I don't agree w/ his pro-Trump stance, but I'm hardpressed to disagree with his other views about the West's decline, decadence, smugness, etc. We need more voices like his and conversations like this one to continue to advocate sanity.
I think Trump is everything that the Left elitists hate. He's not all that well educated and he's ineloquent in his speech. He's too much like the average laborer such as the truckers in Canada who Trudeau and the rest look down their noses at. These leftists are like the aristocrats of old that thought that anyone who works with their hands is member of the unwashed masses.
Putin has never acted on impulse...never...he has often said in public that geopolitical matters have a mathematical logic to them....this military campaign wasn't dreamed up 2 months ago rather it has been on Russia's strategic drawing board for quite a few years. Putin and the Russian elite thinkers around him are strong and well versed geopolitical chess players and thus have taken bold action (which is incorrectly viewed as opportunistic and somewhat emotionally driven by many so called experts) based on all the pieces, positions and potential maneuvers of his US/NATO opponents. Notice how Russia has barely responded in word or deed to all the monumental sanctions etc? ...Barely a word, that should give everyone pause... The Russian's knew the potential consequences but they did it anyway; why? ...Desperation? No! Pressure? No! Were tricked? No!.... I suspect that it is the US deep state and warmonger neocons of Congress that have fallen into their own trap and the consequences will be their undoing.
VDH is an excellent historian. HOWEVER he repeatedly says, "Putin thinks" this or that. But NO ONE knows WHAT anyone else is THINKING. It's my opinion that Putin COULD have been on the border of Poland IF that was his goal. AND what we KNOW is that Putin repeatedly said, " keep the Ukraine OUT of NATO and we won't have ANY problems.
No mention of the Minsk Agreement or the fighting and death toll it was supposed to prevent. And I remember, in the 1960s, the US not wanting USSR missiles in Cuba, yet the West is unable to see the similarity with NATO missiles in Ukraine. After the West's dysfunctionality with the pandemic, like Canada's state of emergency and the US closure of the Keystone pipeline, this is just a continuation of their state of unreality. So Germany has reversed its energy policies, yet how long will it take to build the infrastructure and arrange a resilient fuel supply for it? And the British government is still resisting the restart of fraccing. Does nobody in Western governments understand industry? The West has been developing policies over bathrooms policies and climate change compliment battle tanks, and now reality has hit them. Their mistakes are basic and long term, going back well over two decades, so the current jingoism in the legacy media looks so crass. And it makes any resolution to the problems in Ukraine that much harder. Poor Ukraine: the country's inhabitants deserve better, much better.
yes, very disappointing is true. Seems like the same way the world looks at the Palestinian/Israeli issue is the way they approach the Russian/Ukrainian problem. There are so many cause and effect undercurrents that are not being spoken of and the overall issue is addressed in a very shallow fashion, all surface discussions. Its like only getting one side of divorce and thinking you see the entire picture. I know these are brilliant men, so they are choosing this approach of half the story, why?
@@vplan - thank you very much, I sent the Jimmy Dore breakdown of Ukraine/Russia to many of my friends and family members. I love Jimmy's body language when he is enlightening the views to something they never knew
I have too much respect for Dr. Hanson and the former deputy PM to refer to either by their first names but I agree they offer an awesome conversation.
I wonder why an intelligent and conservative thinker like VDH won’t just take Putin at face value. How does Hanson know that Putin is “shocked, puzzled and confused” about anything.
Kent, I do have to agree with you - He may have more info than he says here, but no one what’s truly in depths of the heart of man - Foreign relations is a chess game, although Hanson is very good at it, it’s still chess none the less
Thank you for your podcasts. Been following you since your first talk with Jordan Peterson. Love your practical common-sense approach, and especially in today's podcast with Victor Davis Hanson that goes from the practical to sublime common sense. :)
@@JohnAndersonMedia Not sure why everybody claims that his war is a total surprise. Putin said that he would start a ware if: Ukraine joined NATO (was invited in June 2021) and if negotiations stopped (in late 2021 Ukraine withdraw from negotiations). However, this time of the year is the worst (mud in all forms). Russia will probably take the eastern part of Ukraine. EU will have a food scare as much of the food comes from Russia or Ukraine. People in Africa can not afford food and start to starve... yeas its a perfect storm. Please take notes: NATO will only defend members that can defend themselves. So the Baltic states are on their own. They should invest like 5-10% of their state budget but invest less than 3%.. not worth dying for...
China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children, they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags? All they have left is bluff ...?
What an extraordinary session with Victor Davis Hanson. So much wisdom and insight, informed by history which we continue to ignore - we don't teach it, we don't refer to it, and consequently we don't learn from it... so we repeat it. I just wish, as an Australian that John Anderson would run again for Federal Parliament. This country desperately needs people of calibre who can bring civil, intelligent, wise and experienced dialogue to debate on policy, on the future of democracy and the direction Australia needs to go in. Ukraine has woken the conscience of the world but I wonder, as Niall Ferguson said in another interview with John Anderson, will the West's 'attention deficit disorder' kick in and in three months from now we've moved on from Ukraine and the lessons there, will Germany ramp up its spending on NATO. The West has weakened itself and Conservatism has become a dirty word. Not a good outlook. But thank you John Anderson for flying the flag. These interviews as so valuable.
I loved the speech by the Kenyan in the UN. Really impressive. Unfortunately the authoritarianism goes much further than two countries, as exposed by Trudeau in Canada, and the Australian management of the epidemic.
Yes. The growing authoritarianism of supposedly democratic governments, and the casual attitude to Human Rights, renders the outrage by the West somewhat hypocritical. Trudeau is a particularly nauseating example.
Appalling that VDH does not mention the history of Ukraine, the Russians have spent rivers of blood for the territory over the last 500 years. The Crimean War of 1850s is an example.
I’d like to hear Victor’s opinion regarding the parallels between the “Dying Citizen” here in the states and the Russian Ukrainian citizens as they have struggled with similarly destructive policies. Like, for instance, enacted policies aimed at the removal of the Russian language from the public sphere while importing and promoting the English language.
I don’t think that was Putin’s intention. The Minsk agreement has never been ratified. Putin didn’t want NATO right around Russia’s borders. If only the west had listened. But they chose not to.
Ukraine has their own language. Never before, but now within this WAR, Ukrainians who speak Russian, nearly half the country, are being singled out. I’d like to know who, with the monumental donations to help Ukrainian people, is in charge of distributing this $ n accountability for it.
@Glenn Lee Dicus - There does seem to be a contradiction in Ukraine's recent policies. They nationalistic but mostly when it comes to keeping out Russian influence while at the same time assimilating themselves to Western culture.
So knowledgeable! He looks down through history and sees comparisons to current events. Really thinks issues through, unlike this administration. I also admired his respect for and honoring of his ancestors.
Thanks John and Victor. I think our govt’s have stripped the west of it’s citizenship. Mandates, Big Brother style surveillance, travel restrictions and seizing of assets all come to mind. Still living under mandates here under a “centre right” govt in Oz.
'Centre right' is the new far left in today's world. 'Right' is the new nazi party and if you disagree well you're proven by your disagreement to be guilty of such.
I have admired Mr. Hanson for years now. I highly recommend his most recent book. It is not an easy read. Be prepared to study it carefully, take it in strides, and do not gloss over terms or situations which do not easily appear in your range of view. His message is critical to our survival as a nation as well as the world around us. I know of no other knowledgeable man with such a breadth of information at his disposal who yet chooses to present all that he delineates with such calm clarity and objectivity. He has an awareness of so many points of view that it's uncanny. Most of the time we encounter a man with a fount of knowledge who is all too eager to tell you which direction to take and that his conclusion is the best or most accurate one to adopt. Mr. Hanson is different. He is a true teacher. He is not a savior. He provides readers and thinkers with multiple senses of awareness and merely hopes that people make choices wisely.
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes. Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
@@kingpriapatius5832 What a bunch of nonsense. Were you handed that on a piece of paper or do you have it ready to copy and paste? I love it when people try to legitimize actions by pointing to the actions of others. There's a difference between 2022 and the midst of the Cold War, and the Monroe Doctrine had to do with every European country in 1823. That's 200 years in case you have problems with math. Is there a "Putin Doctrine" that says not even Ukraine's neighbors are allowed to send them weapons to defend themselves? Poland and Hungary aren't allowed to get involved? Boris Johnson is one of the biggest critics of Russia and the UK isn't part of the EU anymore.
@@JeepersCreepers2013 The invasion of Iraq and George W Bush inspired Putin clearly. That's recent. The fact that USA covers up their aggression to make them look more civilized ostensibly does not ultimately subtract from our dark past and present.
On Germany's response - I've seen very few people comment on the inherent irony of it - that for the first time in well over a century, Germany announced that it's rebuilding and expanding it's military, and the whole of Europe didn't react with a sense of dread and a collective moan of "Oh God, not again" - but instead with what seems to be approval and a collective sigh of relief.
Long a VDH fan since I first read his book on Athens and Sparta but I am truly impressed by Mr Anderson. An intelligent, articulate, deeply thoughtful person and wait - he's a politician! Not fair Australians got this as Deputy PM and we get as VP - Kamala.
Another outstanding session from two learned professionals. My greatest fear is that the failure of the public school system to educate students about civics will become our undoing. I am encouraged that the refugees entering the country have experience with what doesn't work and know the difference along with parents getting involved with education and pushing back on the hateful indoctrination and propaganda that is being taught.
A valid fear. And your being encouraged should be tempered with the chilling fact that the Obiden administration abruptly halted the flow of immigrants and refugees from Cuba and Venezuela (because those people know first hand the painful failings of Socialism and were seeking to escape it), while continuing to encourage the flow of what they perceive to be next generation of Socialist "voters" from other central and south American countries. The first group wants to come here to escape the yoke of totalitarianism, the second wants to come here for free stuff.
China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children, they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags? All they have left is bluff ...?
That's right, Joe. Best thing might be to try to change the schools as Virginia is trying. If people can do it, consider having the kids in private school as the publics have a lot of toxic effects on them.
An excellent interview. Informative and educational. Thank you. Hopefully people will listen and then think about activities and changes, many of which are not legal.
Two very important and thoughtful voices fully engaged in the struggle to pull the democratic west back from the brink of casual self-destruction. Thanks so much for your efforts, gents. There are now, finally, some small signs of encouragement that all these “drips” on the stone of woke/green hysteria are starting to slow down the stampede towards civilisational suicide.
When you have a significant portion of our elected officials promoting the defunding of the police, open borders, and thinking that social workers can take the place of the police during a conflict, it's no wonder that we have a weakened foreign policy and national security.
After Biden’s robust support of Ukraine and standing up to Russia (unlike Trump) do you still that we have a weakened foreign policy and national security?
PS: the police are not the military. Nothing that you said has anything to do with foreign policy and national security: it is all about domestic policy and individual security from abusive police. Don’t conflate compassion for the oppressed with weakness: that is a common false trope that is often trotted out by conservatives who want to paint progressives as weak. Yet conservative politicians and news outlets who wanted to defund and disband NATO (though thankfully not Mr Hanson) are soft peddling the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while progressives are stepping up and pushing back against Russia.
@@TJ-vh2ps Sorry to tell you, TJ, that Tootall is correct. You list a lot incorrectly. First off, the southern border is a national security problem. It has to be far better controlled as terrorists, Fentanyl (killing above 100,000 Americans per year) and criminals are coming through now in great numbers. We're less safe than a couple years ago. This is an American border that is controlled, at this time, by drug cartels, not US authorities. Central America and Mexico would be affected so it qualifies as foreign policy AND national security. Abusive police are rare; good ones are the rule. Defunding the police is weakness, not only where the police are involved, but it shows a weak country, the USA, to the eyes of the world. NATO was never going to be defunded and Europe made sure of that by finally paying their way after decades of freeloading. Trump had to threaten stopping payment to get them to pay "their fair share" as liberals like to say. Trump only briefly (a few days) held up support to the Ukraine to get information from them on Biden's corrupt, deal-making kid. Doctor Hanson (remember he's a renowned PH. D) supports Trump and says Biden is the most dangerous president we've ever had. While we're at it, don't forget what happened in Afghanistan - Biden's weakness on display and weakness invites dictators to be aggressive. If Trump were in the White House, Putin would not have become so provocative in Ukraine this year. Biden had halted Trump's military support while Putin readied his army on Ukraine's border - more American weakness. Biden has been terribly weak on Ukraine support and I personally wrote to involved politicians on this to demand help be stepped up. Biden and company are only starting to support Ukraine (now), to the degree they should have, a full year ago. But come on, who's really running this presidency? Biden has only been tough when he talks; he's actually quite timid.
tootallbob :: There is no serious effort in this country to defund the police. Defunding the Police :: Taking Surplus Funds ( public tax dollars ) from the police & redirecting it to the Communities. Open Borders :: The U.S. Border Patrol are shooting & killing people at the Border. Social Workers :: No one is suggesting that Social Workers should take the place of police. What people are asking for is for the police to be better trained when dealing w / mentally ill citizens instead of shooting them ... National Security :: That has been under Threat since the Pentagon w / It's massive budget, was unable to defend the United States' National Security, on 9/11.
I appreciate these insightful conversations. If we conservative Americans don’t stand up for our Culture and let our fellow Americans know the truth about what is truly happening to our society then we may lose our ways of life.
Thank you for the level of articulate discussion of very pressing & complex issues that both of your countries and in deed every nation on earth who value individuals right and freedom of self direction are facing. Though I heard very little debate between the two of you, both of you are more succinct yet thorough than most politicians of any party. I look forward to reading your new book.
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes. Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
Woah did you just say Putin invaded another country? The official story is that this is a "situation". I need your GRU badge number, I am going to report this.
Great Book from Mr. Hanson so far. One example of eroding divide between resident and citizen in Australia is the constant clammering by New Zealand citizens for benefits and welfare. We have a special relationship Kiwis and Australians but barriers should be removed towards citizenship for Kiwis instead of the clawing for benefits. One example is the opening of student loans to NZ citizens. The nest arrangement for Australia is that Kiwis come and work and live in peace but for those who's Australian dream does not pan out the Australian government is not responsible for propping them up with welfare.
And they provoked Russia on September 10, of this past year. That was the straw that broke the camels back. Russia will not allow countries such as Portugal and North Macedonia to make decisions as to the security of southern Russia. The ideal of globalism, founded on the premise that liberal democracies will live in peace and harmony, was one great fiction.
@@65TossTrap yes but not actually formally joined NATO. Putin's war against Ukraine will most likely result in more countries wishing to join together to better defend themselves from Russia's unprovoked aggression.
Listening to Dr. Hanson makes me feel better AND worse. Better, because it's good to truly understand how things stand. Worse, because how they stand is just plain terrible.
Thank you so much Mr. Anderson for this great presentation with Dr. Hanson and for all the eye-opening interviews you have uploaded on YT for the benefit of American viewers (who unfortunately have a Left-Media misinformed population. Thank you, and my compliments to your compatriots serving in the Royal Australian Navy, service members I had the honor to serve along side. Ciao from the USA, L (US Navy Veteran).
@@ge12mma345ge12 HI Daphne O, Ukraine is a sovereign nation - with its own language, history, culture... Ukraine like Byelorussia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia (and 9 others) were invaded or under the control of Stalin after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. By 1924 Stalin exerted an extremely harsh control and systematic incorporation of these countries in Russia proper forming the ~ "Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics" (USSR). Following that he purged all his perceived opponents and oppressed the populations which cost humanity 18~20 milions people between 1921 & 1937. This not not taken into account the millions of citizens sent to Siberia to work the Gulag forced labor camps (Cf Solzhenitsyn, Nobel Prize winner's books). World War II enabled Stalin to consolidate his power over these nations (they had a common enemy, Nazi Germany) and extend his powers to what became the East of the "Iron Curtain": Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, etc... Around 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev (Peace Nobel Prize winner), the head of the USSR, decided to "release" these various countries and let that have elections - this led to the break down of the USSR i.e. they rejected communism and their way of life improved significantly. Now, Putin, a former KGB officer what to reestablish the "glory" of the former Soviet Union, to that effect he installed a puppet government in Byelorussia, invaded Georgia, Dombass, and Crimea over the last 15 years. Ukraine is next. Ukraine has large amount of oil reserves, grain, technology (nuclear power), . Hope it helps, Ukrainians do not want to be "taken" by Russia - they want to maintain their independence. This is all well described on the web, I would recommend reading news from Australia, BBC (UK), France, and/or Germany as these networks will give you a more objective view of the situation as opposed to the "Big Media-dominated" US news channels and yes, I am American but our country has changed as you can see by the world situation consequences. Hope it helps, Ciao, L
I never get enough of Victor Davis Hanson. Thank you.
Me too. His podcast is great too.
An hour a day is enough for me.
Same here too.
Clear, concise and honest. .VDH!.
He has three free podcasts a week . They are on the free “podcast app” in the App Store. It is a blue app with white writing .
In this most turbulent time in USA History, I need to hear Victor Davis Hanson daily, he puts things in great perspective and calms me down personally.
I feel the same way. Thomas Sowell has the same effect...
Thomas Sowell’s common sense is fantastic.
@@jameslippincott7440 His writings are incredibly full of insight and straight up facts that most people never get because of the constant propaganda being spewed in the media and elsewhere.
@@curtgomes
"In this most turbulent time in USA History,"
Have you ever opened and read a history book?
I agree 100%. there are not many nights that I don't use him for a good bedtime story. All great listening and I don't need to look at the video - just like a podcast.
It is a shame that Victor Davis Hanson is not that known and heard in the world.
As with Thomas Sowell, the world does not want to hear the truth.
ive never heard his take on 1/6....which is strange as an american historian.
Yes only 10K views.
@@joshuap9580 that's a good point.
We must share the true wisdom of Victor Davis Hanson with as many friends, family and acquaintances as possible! Americans would be advised to know these principles and the reasoning behind them
VDH - pure gold. A voice of calm reason in a season of madness. A great exchange between
Hanson and Anderson.
I love Victor Davis Hanson. He's always so thoughtful and reasonable and speaks with such clarity . He's a true patriot.
I think he is a disgusting Trump adherent. His academic mantle is very thin!
This was 1 yr ago. It seems Putin is winning. He is decimating Ukraine with thousands of innocent deaths. Thousands of dead young Russian men also. What'll be of all this invasion and war??? The US is being demolished under this administration. I think all started falling apart under the senile Biden administration and all the bad destructive decisions he made.
I'm not well educated so am very appreciative that Mr. Hanson speaks using terms and words I understand.
@@tonim5924I am with you. I 😂 lol , when I imagine the hippies with the left over yippies tripping out as elitist sing Ca. Dreaming
One of my cultural heroes. VDH.
One of my heroes.
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes.
Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
@@kingpriapatius5832 Hey nice deflection to "what about America?" you did there, but we are talking about Russia invading Ukraine.
I know I know, your gopnik boss wants you to spread misinformation. I get it, but it's really transparent when you cannot stay on topic.
@@kmitchell9891 Do you have any arguments?
@@kingpriapatius5832 I'll respond how you respond:
What about Russians invasion of Afghanistan? Purely a land and resource grab with absolutely no other label for it. Russians are backing literal nazi militias within their own country and then turn around and call JEWISH people "nazis".
"The campaign goes very well" 😭😭🤣🤣
I look forward to these broadcasts because they are by a massive margin the most intelligent broadcast on current affairs on RUclips. VDH is lucid and to the point, so on point and understandable when he makes his view public. and John Anderson has the sense to keep quiet in the presence of such brilliance - he steers the boat but keeps out of the wind!
We have so many smart, informed, honest, articulated people in the free world, it is unfortunate we have so many bad politicians.
It's too bad we have any politicians at all.
It was not fortune that gave us this massive infiltration of a few million neo-nahzees in our government just like it was not up to fortune in Ukraine.
@@TrickyVickey choice of words.. it is with their fortunes, these policies are enacted.
@@patricia7606 - or rather it is with their policies that they come to their fortunes.
@@hermitthefrog8951 I guess. All I know at this moment is I’ve lost contact w my loved ones in Kherson. Nothing since yesterday. War is an abomination.
The dearth of this type of conversation on mainstream is truly frightening. Thank you for making this conversation accessible on RUclips.
Thank you for a great interview. Thank you for allowing a conversation that doesn’t talk over each other allowing me digest their ideas.
Victor Hanson is a legend. A national treasure for the USA. Ignore him at our peril
This Canadian on exile in Ecuador loves him too!
I totally agree with you ! Mr. Hanson is inspiring and competent. Who is prepared to listen to him and give him credit all the Biden Administration should listen to him but they won't it should be clear to most of us why not? I am starting to lose faith I don't care for myself I am quite old but what about the young ones? I have 2 young grandchildren living in the US and I worry.... thanks God my son has no children here in Europe
I'd never heard of him before seeing him with John, and I'm blown away by his analysis.
VDH and Thomas Sowell are national treasures. A conversation with both men would be something!
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes.
Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
Always enjoy listening to Victor Hanson.
his input is what I was waiting for indeed
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes.
Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
@Nikos Antikythera - To say its time to retire, that's being hyperbolic. His insights are always valued whether hes proven correct or not. You have a good point though and I tend to agree. Pretty sure this war happened because the western sphere of influence continued to push their will and threaten to make Ukraine a part of NATO when Russia clearly stated that it would not allow that.
China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children,
they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags?
All they have left is bluff ...?
@@davidbanner6230 China's population is larger than the EU and the USA combined. In addition, the USA has a declining white population and a big problem with a rising latin american population that does n o t adjust to Amerika (they don't even speak english). China has already won.
A voice of reason...Can never get enough of Victor Davis Hanson!
John and Victor, thank you for a wonderful conversation.
China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children,
they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags?
All they have left is bluff ...?
VDH is so intelligent that I have a hard time (law school graduate here) understanding the point he’s making. But occasionally, he’ll bring it down to my level and the bits and pieces I manage to pick up are absolutely PRICELESS. Thank you Mr. Hanson for your contribution to mankind. It is deeply appreciated by me.
Retired pipefitter-welder here. Understood every bit of it. Not to criticize you personally, sir...but being a lawyer, you should bring suit against every institution that awarded you a degree... FUGGHEDABOUDIT!
@@thomassimmons1950 Good afternoon Mr. Simmons. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your comment back to me, and you are exactly right. Thank you.
There is a way to understand Question and Answer by touching the Settings symbol and choosing video speed to 0.75x
Regards
A bit disappointed that VDH picked up the Russia/Ukraine conversation at the same point where the traditional media starts, in 2022. The narrative is far different when you go back to 2014, when the Ukrainian govt began a heavy handed approach (ie, killing civilian protesters in the east) to quell dissent.
I had to scroll for a normal comment. Makes me question the Greek war history. I have read all his books too
Very true. And Biden admin seems to enjoy poking the Bear and stoking the Dragon without thought or strategy to what that could mean to engage in a WW3.
You both have been so dignified in this discussion, I found it extremely calming & glad to see good & descent men who understand where we the people stand, we were angry but are now determined to save our country…thank you both. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Right on Joyce!
Love the Jeffersonian ideal that is Victor Davis Hanson. He is both a farmer and an Intellectual who values his heritage.
Yes, nostalgically refreshing.
@@markmulfinger - I kind of grew up with that. My dad was the agrarian and my mom was the intellectual!
And God help us
Victor's knowledge of history, honest explanations & comparisons, are fascinating, and perfect !
He's great, but not perfect. He seems to think Messenia is in Italy but instead is located in Greece. Or, he could be simply mispronouncing Messina, which is in Italy.
Many people of this mans generation and the generations before him had a similar knowledge of History.
History was a compulsory subject at school for ten years or more.
Equally many people read books,and television of the day had many documentary's.
Only N A T O and The Pentagon had A NET.
This didn't age well.
@@chrishooge3442 In what way? He said supplying the Ukrainians was the right thing to do even though he was worried they would be overrun. Since then the front has moved east on the whole. What has changed for the worse? It is true that for a while hopes for an early Ukrainian victory were kindled, but things are far more hopeful now than they were at the time of this video. From the standpoint of the time of this video to now, what has changed for the worse? Tucker Carlson?
@@digitalnomad9985 He's changed his tune as Ukraine has resisted Russia for 2 years. Go back and watch his talks from before the invasion. He blames the West. He blames NATO expansion. He says Putin has not territorial ambitions. The one thing he gets right is Russian can't occupy Ukraine...that's been proven true. But he's flat wrong about Putin's territorial ambitions.
I've been wondering what Victor Davis Hanson's take on the Ukraine mess would be and came across this interview and was very impressed with his analysis, which goes far beyond the Russia/Ukraine disaster. It's so much more comprehensive than anything I've seen from anyone else it's very educational on many levels and more topics than I have seen anywhere else. Incredibly impressive. I wish it were more well known.
As the world gets crazier, the voices of reason become more powerful. It’s great to see these wise men sharing their knowledge for free with anyone who wants to hear it. VDH is great and I’m happy to see more of John Anderson as his podcast grows. I think these long discussions are a great way to see who’s real and who is posturing, as has been said many times before. Thank you both for sharing your time and knowledge!
Very interesting person to listen to I'm glad during my surfing the programs m glad I found something interesting to listen to.
Dr. Hanson would never permit an adversary on our southern border. So why should Putin?
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Zelinsky is a puppet for neo nazis. Jimmy Dore.
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes.
Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
VDH is wrong to characterize Russia as "despised". Some gullible people may have adopted the ignorant attitudes served up to them by the media, but in general Russia is perceived as a nation with gravitas, a deep and profound history and a tenacity which makes the effete nations of the rest of the Western world pale by comparison.
There has been a fairly long history of hating and demonizing Russia. Fortunately, there have been attempts to humanize Russia and to distinguish between the Russian people and its government.
Who was Peter the Great to Russia?
Oh boy don't tell me he was so popular for "Westernizing Russia"..... Oh man that makes you look silly.....
Victor gives us a "taste" of human grace every time he talks. Thanks Vic!
VDH is one of the most intelligent and insightful people I've had the pleasure of listening to, possibly, EVER in my life..! I scour the internet for content from him and have read all the books I can find by him. What he has to say, and the measured and thoughtful way in which he says it, is likely more important in this country now , than probably ever before... IF that is even possible. God Bless this man. 🙏👣🤲 🧐
I have this question - in Putin's speech justifying his bellicose stance towards NATO and the West before the invasion, he lists a number of NATO involvements in regime changes from Libya through to Iraq, etc. as well as the Maiden Revolution (regime change?) and Western Partners' unwillingness to insist on Ukraine implementing the Minsk agreements, what could the West have done differently to avoid this situation where Ukraine and its people become the expendable pawns in which a fight between fatcats (sic) in Brussels on the one side and Moscow on the other is settled?
Could Germany and France put pressure on Ukraine to start implementing the Minsk agreemen? I feel like Zelensky just was going to keep ignoring the Minsk agreement because he thought the EU has his back
@@mollynash2597 Zelensky is a Zionist puppet determinant to ruin Ukraine
They could have reassured Russia that they would not allow Ukraine into NATO (who had 9 countries in 1998 and 23 at the present...all pointing their missiles at Russia). Instead the US paid for a facilitated a coup d'état against a democratically elected, friendly to Russia government.
@@அவானிஉயர்ந்தது What on earth does zionism have to do with this?
@@sanniepstein4835 Any can and will be Reductio Ad Absurdum to Either Nazis or Jews. In this its both because Zelensky is a Jewish Nazi.
Find it strange that Australia is somehow considered a free western democracy in this discussion.
Or the UK at this rate
Ditto for Canada! Lol
Ditto from New Zealand!
Why? Forced clot shots?
And American elections actually reflect the will of the people.
Isn't it amazing how the words of intellect from people who are not driven by ego land on the ear of those of us who are starving for common sense.
Yes.
What a beautiful way to sum up the attraction (IMO) to VDH. Thank you @Bill Buerger!
I meant to add, that this is a truly brilliant and astute gentleman, whose voice should be heard in every university in every Western country.
Couldn’t agree with you more
I think someone gave him a script to follow tonight ! Sometimes these pod cast host have to say contrary to what they feel and believe because we are at war with the CCP Cyberly ! and we are at war internally with these Globalist. in D.C. and the election stealer s and cern and sorro s and old Klaus Schwab etc.
Look back at all the people that were Trump adviser s for year s in W.H. Look how many were film writers movie maker s documentary makers. Next war- Xi in Taiwan destroying bio lab s also - real battle real people dying but sum n doesn't sound correctly right
Hardly...he is singing with the choir. Supply the Ukranians? What can go wrong?
Biden has already sold us out to china
Thank you for your conversation today, Victor Davis Hanson and John Anderson. Always appreciated !!
Whenever I want an articulate description of what I think I listen to Hanson. Guy is brilliant.
Careful of listening to too many people who describe what you think. The technical term for that is a echo chamber.
So you're saying that your thinking is brilliant - well isn't that special.
@@baddad18 I see your point but that’s not what I meant. He is able to articulate points I haven’t been able to fully process.
@@Thomas...191 see below. That’s not what I was trying to communicate
@@TheMichaelMove - It's best to just ignore the sophomores amongst us.
If only all our media were so insightful and sincere. Thank you!
Propaganda seems to be very prevalent in the west as well.
"Our media" includes more righteous sources than two-bit publishers of Hanson.
Victor Davis Hanson wrote a book called The Case for Trump
He should never live that down
@hederahelix622 did you acually read it as it makes a very good case for Trump. You are ignorant at best and likely foolish on the matter.
@@hederahelix622 Not wone word of remorse here. In fact he spoke supportive of Trump in this interview. Just saying.
Victor David Hanson has a brilliant mind and an incredible ability to condense all points succinctly. He’s a national treasure.
I love Australia!
And I love Mr Hanson!
Why doesn't my own country (France) have one single politician of John Anderson's calibre? As for VDH I reckon he is the greatest intellectual of our times.
This interviewer is great! He sets the stage with a thoughtful question, then lets the interviewee speak and fully develop his thoughts. I wish we had more of this.
He was a leading politician, even lead the "conservative" party at one stage ...it is probably his integrity that contributed to his foreshortened political career.
We only get this type of interview when in such times!.
Thank you for your support!
He presents splendidly in that suit too if I may add
He ain’t just an interviewer. He’s the former deputy prime minister of Australia, the right honourable John Anderson.
An enlightening dialogue with two intelligent men of goodwill. Thank you!
Good will to dominate the world, ha ha ha... the world needs a new world order... enough from ignorant deplorables...
It's real simple: *if the US regime and Ukraine simply honor their agreements then the fighting would stop TODAY.* The ball has been in their court for over 8 years and for 8 years Russia’s security interests were not recognized.
Which agreements in particular?
@@gastronomist They are a russian bot. There are no agreements. Russia has broken the UN Charter as well as the Budapest Memorandum of 1994.
They think/try to propagate that Russia invading a neighboring country is a "defensive move".
@@gastronomist do some homework on the subject and you will see by yourself, do not let people like Victor Henson washes your brain...
And because of this people in Ukraine should be bombed? You know, this war really brought out the ugliness of the conservatives
I have high regard for Mr. Hanson and consider him a gift from God to humanity. Articulating complex world matters in a clear, interesting and fascinating manner. Huge appreciation for this channel. Thank you gentlemen.
Your conversations with VDH are among your best, always! The most insightful, truthful, interesting, accurate evaluations. Honesty with integrity - Keep it coming! Thx!
Victor Hanson has a remarkable ability to compress time and make connections between our current times to the challenges the acients experienced in their democracies. I don't agree w/ his pro-Trump stance, but I'm hardpressed to disagree with his other views about the West's decline, decadence, smugness, etc. We need more voices like his and conversations like this one to continue to advocate sanity.
I think Trump is everything that the Left elitists hate. He's not all that well educated and he's ineloquent in his speech. He's too much like the average laborer such as the truckers in Canada who Trudeau and the rest look down their noses at. These leftists are like the aristocrats of old that thought that anyone who works with their hands is member of the unwashed masses.
Putin has never acted on impulse...never...he has often said in public that geopolitical matters have a mathematical logic to them....this military campaign wasn't dreamed up 2 months ago rather it has been on Russia's strategic drawing board for quite a few years. Putin and the Russian elite thinkers around him are strong and well versed geopolitical chess players and thus have taken bold action (which is incorrectly viewed as opportunistic and somewhat emotionally driven by many so called experts) based on all the pieces, positions and potential maneuvers of his US/NATO opponents. Notice how Russia has barely responded in word or deed to all the monumental sanctions etc? ...Barely a word, that should give everyone pause... The Russian's knew the potential consequences but they did it anyway; why? ...Desperation? No! Pressure? No! Were tricked? No!.... I suspect that it is the US deep state and warmonger neocons of Congress that have fallen into their own trap and the consequences will be their undoing.
Spot on. The consequences to the dollar and euro will become evident very soon.
The population of the U.S. will sooner or later, turn on the Deep State, and the Zionists too.
Just in time for the Great Reset and Universal Basic Income.
@@taraswertelecki9886 the population of the US are collecting more and more people that will never fight for this nation
Correct
Such a brilliant conversation. This is what the world needs - more please! 👍
I've listened to this twice now, thank goodness for VDH.
He's the most knowledgeable person I've ever come across.
VDH is an excellent historian. HOWEVER he repeatedly says, "Putin thinks" this or that. But NO ONE knows WHAT anyone else is THINKING.
It's my opinion that Putin COULD have been on the border of Poland IF that was his goal.
AND what we KNOW is that Putin repeatedly said, " keep the Ukraine OUT of NATO and we won't have ANY problems.
Extremely disappointed...
No mention of the Minsk Agreement or the fighting and death toll it was supposed to prevent. And I remember, in the 1960s, the US not wanting USSR missiles in Cuba, yet the West is unable to see the similarity with NATO missiles in Ukraine. After the West's dysfunctionality with the pandemic, like Canada's state of emergency and the US closure of the Keystone pipeline, this is just a continuation of their state of unreality.
So Germany has reversed its energy policies, yet how long will it take to build the infrastructure and arrange a resilient fuel supply for it? And the British government is still resisting the restart of fraccing. Does nobody in Western governments understand industry?
The West has been developing policies over bathrooms policies and climate change compliment battle tanks, and now reality has hit them. Their mistakes are basic and long term, going back well over two decades, so the current jingoism in the legacy media looks so crass. And it makes any resolution to the problems in Ukraine that much harder.
Poor Ukraine: the country's inhabitants deserve better, much better.
yes, very disappointing is true. Seems like the same way the world looks at the Palestinian/Israeli issue is the way they approach the Russian/Ukrainian problem. There are so many cause and effect undercurrents that are not being spoken of and the overall issue is addressed in a very shallow fashion, all surface discussions. Its like only getting one side of divorce and thinking you see the entire picture. I know these are brilliant men, so they are choosing this approach of half the story, why?
@@josephcioppa1943 I highly recommend Jimmy Dore and “The Duran”…. I could not find anybody better than Duran explaining realities of geopolitics
@@vplan - thank you very much, I sent the Jimmy Dore breakdown of Ukraine/Russia to many of my friends and family members. I love Jimmy's body language when he is enlightening the views to something they never knew
Awesome conversation between John and Victor. I hope many will take time to watch or listen. Thank you
I have too much respect for Dr. Hanson and the former deputy PM to refer to either by their first names but I agree they offer an awesome conversation.
Much appreciation for sharing this brilliant Conversation with Us, John. Victor Hanson is beacon of hope and an national treasure.
Some of the few shining beckons of reason and intelligence. A Great interview guys! Great job as usual John. Cheers
Victor Davis Hanson is probably the smartest person explaining politics I've listened to.
I wonder why an intelligent and conservative thinker like VDH won’t just take Putin at face value. How does Hanson know that Putin is “shocked, puzzled and confused” about anything.
Kent, I do have to agree with you - He may have more info than he says here, but no one what’s truly in depths of the heart of man - Foreign relations is a chess game, although Hanson is very good at it, it’s still chess none the less
Thank you John. You ask the questions that we all want answered.
Thank you so much. Was so happy to open RUclips tonight and find this new episode. Your programme is outstanding.
good interview John, lets hope more people like yourself get into politics everywhere
Prof. Hanson is spot on. I could watch him all day. All truth.
Thank you for your podcasts. Been following you since your first talk with Jordan Peterson. Love your practical common-sense approach, and especially in today's podcast with Victor Davis Hanson that goes from the practical to sublime common sense. :)
Thank you for the support!
@@JohnAndersonMedia Not sure why everybody claims that his war is a total surprise. Putin said that he would start a ware if: Ukraine joined NATO (was invited in June 2021) and if negotiations stopped (in late 2021 Ukraine withdraw from negotiations). However, this time of the year is the worst (mud in all forms). Russia will probably take the eastern part of Ukraine. EU will have a food scare as much of the food comes from Russia or Ukraine. People in Africa can not afford food and start to starve... yeas its a perfect storm. Please take notes: NATO will only defend members that can defend themselves. So the Baltic states are on their own. They should invest like 5-10% of their state budget but invest less than 3%.. not worth dying for...
China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children,
they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags?
All they have left is bluff ...?
Brilliant minds unpacking insane times.
Outstanding.
More like repeating western propaganda and trying to get as many Ukrainians killed as possible.
insane times? lol the most mundane in human history
@@johnnysprocketz I’ll say it again. It wasn’t just americas navy but many world powers have nukes thus negating the effect of conventional war
@@franzneubauer6877 Don't confuse citizens with politicians & MSM.
@@franzneubauer6877 Exactly what the genocidal and tyrannical Small Hats like Zelenskyy want.
I see VDH...I click...and my work day immediately becomes more intellectually stimulating.
Watching this in 2024. A real pleasure to listen to Victor. He has been proven right on so many points.
What an extraordinary session with Victor Davis Hanson. So much wisdom and insight, informed by history which we continue to ignore - we don't teach it, we don't refer to it, and consequently we don't learn from it... so we repeat it. I just wish, as an Australian that John Anderson would run again for Federal Parliament. This country desperately needs people of calibre who can bring civil, intelligent, wise and experienced dialogue to debate on policy, on the future of democracy and the direction Australia needs to go in. Ukraine has woken the conscience of the world but I wonder, as Niall Ferguson said in another interview with John Anderson, will the West's 'attention deficit disorder' kick in and in three months from now we've moved on from Ukraine and the lessons there, will Germany ramp up its spending on NATO. The West has weakened itself and Conservatism has become a dirty word. Not a good outlook. But thank you John Anderson for flying the flag. These interviews as so valuable.
Brilliant conversation. Thank you, John and Victor
I feel like I'm sitting down to a fine meal when I listen to you two gentlemen talk. Great stuff!
And a fine wine
That’s a great way to feel ❤️
VDH makes me want to puke.
@@gordeauxd Why? He seems logical and knowledgeable.
@@cybco Maybe to the misinformed.
He serves us with clear common sense , a brilliant man of letters ,& Truth !
I loved the speech by the Kenyan in the UN. Really impressive. Unfortunately the authoritarianism goes much further than two countries, as exposed by Trudeau in Canada, and the Australian management of the epidemic.
Yes. The growing authoritarianism of supposedly democratic governments, and the casual attitude to Human Rights, renders the outrage by the West somewhat hypocritical. Trudeau is a particularly nauseating example.
I thought it was Utopian in nature 🤷♂️
A Great man Professor Hanson, he's the kind of
man that should be in a leadership role in America.
Much Respect !!!
I'm sure he would turn it down! never-the-less...we now know more about the Newest New Deleo the elites' have in mind.
Appalling that VDH does not mention the history of Ukraine, the Russians have spent rivers of blood for the territory over the last 500 years. The Crimean War of 1850s is an example.
I’d like to hear Victor’s opinion regarding the parallels between the “Dying Citizen” here in the states and the Russian Ukrainian citizens as they have struggled with similarly destructive policies. Like, for instance, enacted policies aimed at the removal of the Russian language from the public sphere while importing and promoting the English language.
I don’t think that was Putin’s intention. The Minsk agreement has never been ratified. Putin didn’t want NATO right around Russia’s borders. If only the west had listened. But they chose not to.
Ukraine has their own language. Never before, but now within this WAR, Ukrainians who speak Russian, nearly half the country, are being singled out. I’d like to know who, with the monumental donations to help Ukrainian people, is in charge of distributing this $ n accountability for it.
Listen at about 47 minutes
@Glenn Lee Dicus - There does seem to be a contradiction in Ukraine's recent policies. They nationalistic but mostly when it comes to keeping out Russian influence while at the same time assimilating themselves to Western culture.
@@gastronomist DO you see that as a minor, medium or major problem?
Love to hear you two gentlemen talk. Some of the most intelligent conversation on the web.
Phenomenal interview. Thank you.
To all: Read Hanson’s book. It’s very helpful and thoroughly researched
So knowledgeable! He looks down through history and sees comparisons to current events. Really thinks issues through, unlike this administration. I also admired his respect for and honoring of his ancestors.
Brilliant analysis by Mr. Hanson. I really hope that the West is listening seriously and wakes up to this crises.
Thanks John and Victor.
I think our govt’s have stripped the west of it’s citizenship.
Mandates, Big Brother style surveillance, travel restrictions and seizing of assets all come to mind.
Still living under mandates here under a “centre right” govt in Oz.
We are serfs now for the agendas of Global Elite, and the intention is to only entrench that status further as civilisation collapses.
'Centre right' is the new far left in today's world. 'Right' is the new nazi party and if you disagree well you're proven by your disagreement to be guilty of such.
@@DavidNotSolomon techno feudalism is what it is being described as.
@@nonfictionone - The U.S. government is trying to impose an oligarchy on us. I decline.
America needs to sit back and watch . We need to pay our debts and restructure our economy
I have admired Mr. Hanson for years now. I highly recommend his most recent book. It is not an easy read. Be prepared to study it carefully, take it in strides, and do not gloss over terms or situations which do not easily appear in your range of view. His message is critical to our survival as a nation as well as the world around us. I know of no other knowledgeable man with such a breadth of information at his disposal who yet chooses to present all that he delineates with such calm clarity and objectivity. He has an awareness of so many points of view that it's uncanny. Most of the time we encounter a man with a fount of knowledge who is all too eager to tell you which direction to take and that his conclusion is the best or most accurate one to adopt. Mr. Hanson is different. He is a true teacher. He is not a savior. He provides readers and thinkers with multiple senses of awareness and merely hopes that people make choices wisely.
I could not have said it better!
Is an excellent book and proud to have it in my personal library.
Thank you, Sincerely for presenting this. As a passionate Patriot of the US, I grieve & pray for my Country. The Trajectory, appears scary.
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes.
Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
@@kingpriapatius5832 What a bunch of nonsense. Were you handed that on a piece of paper or do you have it ready to copy and paste? I love it when people try to legitimize actions by pointing to the actions of others. There's a difference between 2022 and the midst of the Cold War, and the Monroe Doctrine had to do with every European country in 1823. That's 200 years in case you have problems with math. Is there a "Putin Doctrine" that says not even Ukraine's neighbors are allowed to send them weapons to defend themselves? Poland and Hungary aren't allowed to get involved? Boris Johnson is one of the biggest critics of Russia and the UK isn't part of the EU anymore.
Israel is finding so-called Neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine.
@@JeepersCreepers2013 The invasion of Iraq and George W Bush inspired Putin clearly. That's recent. The fact that USA covers up their aggression to make them look more civilized ostensibly does not ultimately subtract from our dark past and present.
Kari, we all should be worried about our country's present circumstances! You have a lot of company for that.
An absolute pleasure to listen to both of these gentlemen.
Dr. Hanson is a national treasure. Always a pleasure to listen to him.
You really need to get on John Meirsheimer for his realistic approach.
On Germany's response - I've seen very few people comment on the inherent irony of it - that for the first time in well over a century, Germany announced that it's rebuilding and expanding it's military, and the whole of Europe didn't react with a sense of dread and a collective moan of "Oh God, not again" - but instead with what seems to be approval and a collective sigh of relief.
Only group on the continent that can really fight. That's if it hasn't been bred out of them in the last 30 years. We shall see.
There’s only one thing more frightening than a militarized expansionist Germany, and that’s a weak nation at the centre of a declining Europe.
@@newcjon Can you imagine how it would be possible to have a strong nation at the centre of a declining Europe?
"well over a century" ?
Its called SLEEPWALKING.
Long a VDH fan since I first read his book on Athens and Sparta but I am truly impressed by Mr Anderson. An intelligent, articulate, deeply thoughtful person and wait - he's a politician! Not fair Australians got this as Deputy PM and we get as VP - Kamala.
we've got plenty of other losers comparable to camela, if it makes you feel better. lol.
A joy to listen to, balanced. Thoughtful and humane, and therefore will have a great effect on all of us . Thanks gentlemen.
Nobody has such an understanding of whats going on the this man. He is brilliant
Wonderful interview. Very educational.
VDH supported the second Iraq invasion.
He's 1000 percent on the past. Not so much on the present...just sayin.
Thank you John. VDH is global treasure of knowledge and courage. May God bless all the works of your hands.
Another outstanding session from two learned professionals. My greatest fear is that the failure of the public school system to educate students about civics will become our undoing. I am encouraged that the refugees entering the country have experience with what doesn't work and know the difference along with parents getting involved with education and pushing back on the hateful indoctrination and propaganda that is being taught.
A valid fear. And your being encouraged should be tempered with the chilling fact that the Obiden administration abruptly halted the flow of immigrants and refugees from Cuba and Venezuela (because those people know first hand the painful failings of Socialism and were seeking to escape it), while continuing to encourage the flow of what they perceive to be next generation of Socialist "voters" from other central and south American countries. The first group wants to come here to escape the yoke of totalitarianism, the second wants to come here for free stuff.
China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children,
they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags?
All they have left is bluff ...?
That's right, Joe. Best thing might be to try to change the schools as Virginia is trying. If people can do it, consider having the kids in private school as the publics have a lot of toxic effects on them.
An excellent interview. Informative and educational. Thank you. Hopefully people will listen and then think about activities and changes, many of which are not legal.
Finally, a voice of reason in this madness!
Two very important and thoughtful voices fully engaged in the struggle to pull the democratic west back from the brink of casual self-destruction.
Thanks so much for your efforts, gents. There are now, finally, some small signs of encouragement that all these “drips” on the stone of woke/green hysteria are starting to slow down the stampede towards civilisational suicide.
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Could NOT say it better Mike Gray!
Well said Mike!
When you have a significant portion of our elected officials promoting the defunding of the police, open borders, and thinking that social workers can take the place of the police during a conflict, it's no wonder that we have a weakened foreign policy and national security.
Exactly right, TooTall!
After Biden’s robust support of Ukraine and standing up to Russia (unlike Trump) do you still that we have a weakened foreign policy and national security?
PS: the police are not the military. Nothing that you said has anything to do with foreign policy and national security: it is all about domestic policy and individual security from abusive police. Don’t conflate compassion for the oppressed with weakness: that is a common false trope that is often trotted out by conservatives who want to paint progressives as weak. Yet conservative politicians and news outlets who wanted to defund and disband NATO (though thankfully not Mr Hanson) are soft peddling the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while progressives are stepping up and pushing back against Russia.
@@TJ-vh2ps Sorry to tell you, TJ, that Tootall is correct. You list a lot incorrectly. First off, the southern border is a national security problem. It has to be far better controlled as terrorists, Fentanyl (killing above 100,000 Americans per year) and criminals are coming through now in great numbers. We're less safe than a couple years ago. This is an American border that is controlled, at this time, by drug cartels, not US authorities. Central America and Mexico would be affected so it qualifies as foreign policy AND national security. Abusive police are rare; good ones are the rule. Defunding the police is weakness, not only where the police are involved, but it shows a weak country, the USA, to the eyes of the world.
NATO was never going to be defunded and Europe made sure of that by finally paying their way after decades of freeloading. Trump had to threaten stopping payment to get them to pay "their fair share" as liberals like to say. Trump only briefly (a few days) held up support to the Ukraine to get information from them on Biden's corrupt, deal-making kid. Doctor Hanson (remember he's a renowned PH. D) supports Trump and says Biden is the most dangerous president we've ever had. While we're at it, don't forget what happened in Afghanistan - Biden's weakness on display and weakness invites dictators to be aggressive. If Trump were in the White House, Putin would not have become so provocative in Ukraine this year. Biden had halted Trump's military support while Putin readied his army on Ukraine's border - more American weakness. Biden has been terribly weak on Ukraine support and I personally wrote to involved politicians on this to demand help be stepped up. Biden and company are only starting to support Ukraine (now), to the degree they should have, a full year ago. But come on, who's really running this presidency? Biden has only been tough when he talks; he's actually quite timid.
tootallbob ::
There is no serious effort in this country to defund the police.
Defunding the Police ::
Taking Surplus Funds ( public tax dollars ) from the police & redirecting it to the Communities.
Open Borders ::
The U.S. Border Patrol are shooting & killing people at the Border.
Social Workers ::
No one is suggesting that Social Workers should take the place of police. What people are asking for is for the police to be better trained when dealing w / mentally ill citizens instead of shooting them ...
National Security ::
That has been under Threat since the Pentagon w / It's massive budget, was unable to defend the United States' National Security, on 9/11.
I love John Anderson as an interviewer, an intellect, moral man, and a friend to America.
I appreciate these insightful conversations. If we conservative Americans don’t stand up for our Culture and let our fellow Americans know the truth about what is truly happening to our society then we may lose our ways of life.
Thank you for the level of articulate discussion of very pressing & complex issues that both of your countries and in deed every nation on earth who value individuals right and freedom of self direction are facing. Though I heard very little debate between the two of you, both of you are more succinct yet thorough than most politicians of any party. I look forward to reading your new book.
Victor Davis Hanson is underrated. A true thinker, up there with the likes of Thomas Sowell, Jordan Peterson, etc.
Thomas Sowell is the man
The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes.
Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.
@@MarI-Posa Thomas Sowell is literally, the man!
And calling Putin a war criminal is a bit rich coming from America. And of course America would never invade another country
Woah did you just say Putin invaded another country?
The official story is that this is a "situation". I need your GRU badge number, I am going to report this.
One of the truly smartest Americans alive. A real treasure!
Great Book from Mr. Hanson so far. One example of eroding divide between resident and citizen in Australia is the constant clammering by New Zealand citizens for benefits and welfare. We have a special relationship Kiwis and Australians but barriers should be removed towards citizenship for Kiwis instead of the clawing for benefits. One example is the opening of student loans to NZ citizens.
The nest arrangement for Australia is that Kiwis come and work and live in peace but for those who's Australian dream does not pan out the Australian government is not responsible for propping them up with welfare.
Always a pleasure to listen to these gentlemen! Thanks for doing this John!
It is such a pleasure to listen to VDH bringing in historical parallels. We can only understand the present with a perspective of the past.
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This is why the study of history is so important and why I get so angry that it is lately being displaced by other subjects, usually STEM.
Better stop listening to him and watch news, Russia is winning the war, a new world order is approaching...
Dr. Hanson would never tolerate a Chinese military presence in the Gulf of Mexico so why is an armed Ukraine with NATO backing not a threat to Russia?
Ukraine (other nearby Countries)HAD nukes but willingly gave them up, to end the cold war.!
And they provoked Russia on September 10, of this past year. That was the straw that broke the camels back. Russia will not allow countries such as Portugal and North Macedonia to make decisions as to the security of southern Russia. The ideal of globalism, founded on the premise that liberal democracies will live in peace and harmony, was one great fiction.
Soon have an armed Finland and Sweden in NATO...good look Russia ever growing noose tighting around your pathetic bullying neck.
Kevin Finland and Sweden are already aligned with NATO.
@@65TossTrap yes but not actually formally joined NATO. Putin's war against Ukraine will most likely result in more countries wishing to join together to better defend themselves from Russia's unprovoked aggression.
Captivating!
Listening to Dr. Hanson makes me feel better AND worse. Better, because it's good to truly understand how things stand. Worse, because how they stand is just plain terrible.
Thank you so much Mr. Anderson for this great presentation with Dr. Hanson and for all the eye-opening interviews you have uploaded on YT for the benefit of American viewers (who unfortunately have a Left-Media misinformed population. Thank you, and my compliments to your compatriots serving in the Royal Australian Navy, service members I had the honor to serve along side. Ciao from the USA, L (US Navy Veteran).
My eyes weren’t opened listening to this talk. You both need to listen to the two Greek Alexanders over at The Duran. Brilliant stuff there.
Nobody mentioned what the Ukraine was to Russia. No discussion of why Russia did what it did at all. We need that.
@@ge12mma345ge12 HI Daphne O, Ukraine is a sovereign nation - with its own language, history, culture... Ukraine like Byelorussia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia (and 9 others) were invaded or under the control of Stalin after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. By 1924 Stalin exerted an extremely harsh control and systematic incorporation of these countries in Russia proper forming the ~ "Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics" (USSR). Following that he purged all his perceived opponents and oppressed the populations which cost humanity 18~20 milions people between 1921 & 1937. This not not taken into account the millions of citizens sent to Siberia to work the Gulag forced labor camps (Cf Solzhenitsyn, Nobel Prize winner's books). World War II enabled Stalin to consolidate his power over these nations (they had a common enemy, Nazi Germany) and extend his powers to what became the East of the "Iron Curtain": Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, etc... Around 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev (Peace Nobel Prize winner), the head of the USSR, decided to "release" these various countries and let that have elections - this led to the break down of the USSR i.e. they rejected communism and their way of life improved significantly. Now, Putin, a former KGB officer what to reestablish the "glory" of the former Soviet Union, to that effect he installed a puppet government in Byelorussia, invaded Georgia, Dombass, and Crimea over the last 15 years. Ukraine is next. Ukraine has large amount of oil reserves, grain, technology (nuclear power), .
Hope it helps, Ukrainians do not want to be "taken" by Russia - they want to maintain their independence. This is all well described on the web, I would recommend reading news from Australia, BBC (UK), France, and/or Germany as these networks will give you a more objective view of the situation as opposed to the "Big Media-dominated" US news channels and yes, I am American but our country has changed as you can see by the world situation consequences. Hope it helps, Ciao, L