Yeah that use to be the same story for most Baltic countries. Look at the ones that joined the west they are prosperous today. while the ones still stuck to Russia being absolute hellhole filled with corruption.
I learned 3 really interesting things in this video. Firstly, he believes Ukraine's insistence on full control over Crimea and Donbass is unrealistic. Second, he states that Ukrainian propaganda may be undermining their own cause with a "mantra of hatred" towards Russians. If you want people to defect or surrender, you can't turn it into an ethnic conflict like Yugoslavia. And thirdly, he says Ukrainian control of information and journalists is skewing the media reporting, which is reinforcing tactical mistakes and foreign skepticism of the Ukrainians. These are all really interesting observations that haven't been discussed much elsewhere, but they ring true to me.
@@Underpressure11 it was newer ethnic conflict. In Mariupol people speaked russian language without any problems until Russia came to "liberate". Most soldiers of Azov batallion is russian language speakers.
@@gerard518 What is the first language of most people in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including its top two officers? What is Volodymyr Zelenskyy's first language?
@@oleksandrlosiev467 Whether Azov speaks Russian or not doesn't change the fact that they are pro-Ukrainian ethno-nationalists. One of the major points of this discussion was basically that Ukraine is following Azov mentality too closely, which is undermining their own cause. The US government can support Ukraine on the basis of sovereignty, but it's both in the Ukrainian interest as well as US interest to add some conditions as a result of this behavior.
Is this dude real? Only an American could criticize another country's people with a straight face for being propagandized while being American, the most propagandized and ignorant people in the world.
Especially the combination of alcohol and lots of cocaine would be very interesting. We already see every day how Selensky acts solely under the influence of cocaine.
@@alexanderlovinsky3687 no need for these. He has problematic diaphragm. you can hear it when he speaks. Common problem among drug users who snort their powder. Plus he was buddies with the Biden clique, who are steeped in illegal narcotics. Plus, his "mentor"/ boss Kholomoisky is running a mafia drug distribution ring. So, when it walks like a duck and talks like a duck and farts like a duck, IT IS A DUCK !!!
1:58:52 - for the line "for the most part they [UAF] don't commit atrocities" followed by 3-4 minutes of rationalising away said war crimes and denial of responsibility *for putting weapons in the hands of people who commit war crimes*
And that, I believe it was a trap, because the Russians knew they would counter Wagner with Mozart, not realizing how it makes them look, weak and dying young, as he did. An actual combat Russian Psyop. MSNBC: *crickets*
'Is Russia on their last legs?' - wow these interviewers really aren't very informed on what's actually going on over there. Also, Mr Milburn, the Donbass region (Russian speaking) was the only original goal of Putin anyway. I also love the way they're amazed at the Russians absorbing Russian propaganda, never for a second realizing how much they themselves are the result of western propaganda!
There has been no secessionists movement from 1991 to 2014, no political movement to become independent. Not until armed RUSSIAN nationals took over government buildings in 2014 did it become a issue. Obviously you have no idea what is going on over there or why there are Russian speaking people in many pockets in eastern Europe that has seen conflicts since 1991. hmmmm ethnic genocide maybe.
@@Eventual-Visitor To be a loyal Constitutionalist American is to be the faithful member of a religious cult. If not for the Austrian guy with the toothbrush mustache, we'd still be performing the Bellamy salute in public.
Russia for a time was willing to be close to the West but she has never been under the influence of the Western propaganda. Russia has never been fond of propaganda herself, as we could see now.
Greetings from Russia. Allow me some critique: 1. "Ukrainians have almost come to terms with the loss of the DPR, LPR and Crimea, and then Putin invaded and now, the Ukrainians intend to return everything" In 2014-2015, with the mediation (guarantors) of Germany, France and Russia, the Minsk agreements were signed between the DPR, LPR (rebellious republics of Ukraine) and Ukraine. The Minsk agreements provided for 14 points that were supposed to resolve the armed conflict between Ukraine and the DPR with the LPR in a peaceful way. As a result of the implementation of all points, the DPR and LPR remained in the COMPOSITION of Ukraine. Ukraine lost the DPR and LPR when Zelensky (at a meeting with Macron, February 10, 2022) announced that Ukraine did not intend to comply with the Minsk agreements. It is as a result of this statement that Russia recognizes the DPR and LPR, concludes an agreement on cooperation in the military sphere with them, on the basis of which it invades Ukraine on February 24. After 10 months of the war, after Merkel's interview, we all learned that the Minsk agreements (a peaceful solution to the conflict) were a sham, whose task was to give Ukraine time to train and equip the army. This means that Ukraine planned to take over the DNR and LNR by force. This means that Ukraine (with the mediation of Germany) has chosen war, not peace. And she got it. The invasion of the DNR and LNR with almost 100% probability means that Russia will intervene in the conflict. This means that since Ukraine decided to seize the DPR and LPR, it means that it planned to seize Crimea as well. Indeed, in the event of Ukraine's invasion of the DPR and LPR, a conflict with Russia was inevitable. Accordingly, Milburn's assertion that Ukrainians have come to terms with the loss of the DPR, LPR and Crimea is completely untrue. 2. "Russian soldiers are brainwashed. Russia is an extremely closed country with terrible propaganda" When was the last time you read Russian news? When was the last time you read Ukrainian news? I am Russian. I watch your video through the Russian browser "Yandex" in the code of which a neural network is sewn in, which translates the entire English audio track into Russian. I read Russian channels, Ukrainian, English. And when was the last time you got acquainted with non-American sources of reporting information? Maybe. MAYBE the Russian soldiers just know a little more about the conflict in Ukraine than you do? Have you thought about it? Maybe Russian soldiers know a little more than a statement in the spirit of "Zelensky Jew, which means not a Nazi"?) As if Nazism has a nationality and is aimed solely at the hatred of the Jews. I could give specific examples. For example, Poroshenko's statement that they will drive the children of Donbass into the basements. Or the public burning of 60 pro-Russian activists in the house of trade unions in Odessa. The destruction of the administration in Luhansk. I could remember the Nazis from "Azov" (the emblem of which is the wolf hook of the SS division. "Remember other Nazi battalions like "Aidar", "Tornado" and others About the cult of Stepana Bandera, who was a Nazi collaborator. I could give specific links, articles, videos... but... RUclips will ban it all. 3) "Putin is crazy" Yes. There is definitely no propaganda here. It is Americans and Europeans who can invade other countries, bomb people, calling these attacks "PEACE BOMBING" Light elven faces with a bloody grin. I would call you the Marvel generation... but... you're in your 40s... "Putin is crazy" Fortunately, it is not the Warsaw Pact countries that deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba. It is not the Warsaw Pact countries that are making Canada an anti-American, Nazi country. It is not the Warsaw Pact countries that recognize Texas and supply its separatists with weapons. It was not the Warsaw Pact countries that included Mexico in their military bloc. I believe that any of these actions of the Warsaw Pact countries would be insane. But the Americans did ALL of this, in analogy with Russia. But crazy-Putin. Yes, he's crazy. He signed the Minsk agreements and for 8 years he tried to solve the problem of Ukraine peacefully. There is much more to write and say, but I have already written too much. I would like to end the text with Putin's words about the war in Chechnya: "We will find terrorists everywhere. Even if we find them in the toilet, we will kill them there" And we found. We killed almost everyone. How many Iraqis did the Americans kill in 2,000 9/11 victims? You were very angry, weren't you? The Russians, too, are a little pissed off. A little bit. Thanks for the interview.
LOL, you are literally repeating old talking points from RU state TV. Greetings from ukrainian Alchevsk. Thanks for a bunch of whataboutism and lies to justify your aggression. Those naive western "truth-seekers" will appreciate it. 1. Ukraine must concede because it was forced to sign Minsk agreements. 2. Russia doesn't owe anything to anyone because AMERICA. What an independent thinker. The funniest part are those old rotten arguments we've been hearing for 8 years: "For example, Poroshenko's statement that they will drive the children of Donbass into the basements." No he didn't. He clearly stated that they will be in basements because of Russia's actions. "Or the public burning of 60 pro-Russian activists in the house of trade unions in Odessa." First of all, 42 people died in the building. 200+ were inside and the vast majority was evacuated with the help of pro-ukrainian crowd. Second of all, pro-russian activists were throwin molotovs and shooting from the building . There were fights inside of the buildings where pro-russian activists also threw molotovs. There's no proof that pro-ukrainian ones burned it. Third of all, you forgot to mention street fights that were started by armed (cold weapons, guns) pro-russian activists (ironicly, some of them were nazis) before the events in the building. First casualties in Odessa were on ukrainian side. Fourth of all, Luhansk, Donetsk and Crimea were occupied by Russia at that point. Ukrainians were sick of you. "The destruction of the administration in Luhansk." What's up with that? Armed "separatists" captured an administrative building. Russia straight up flattened Grozny. "I could remember the Nazis from "Azov" (the emblem of which is the wolf hook of the SS division. "Remember other Nazi battalions like "Aidar", "Tornado" and others" But you don't remeber that these battalions didn't exist before russian agression. How convenient. I can name you just as many russian nazi battalions and activists. The only difference is that they operate in foreign territory. "About the cult of Stepana Bandera, who was a Nazi collaborator." Only russians can be brainwashed enough to call it a cult. In 2013 Bandera was a very controversial figure. Russians are much more fond of Stalin than any ukrainian of Bandera. Even now. Also a remider that Soviets collaborated with Nazis two years before Bandera. Also a remider that Bandera fought against Nazis when they forbid him from creating a ukrainian state.
Hello from Russia, you wrote them correctly. You have great patience. But I do not think they are fools, I think they benefit from ignoring the truth and distort it. The U.S. is making so much money to sponsor wars on Earth that no one else could even dream of. Most half the countries, and many Americans including Colonel McGregor, Ritter Scott, Tucker Carlson are able to objectively assess the military situation and the position of forces and the basis of this geopolitical conflict. Only those who do not benefit from knowing the truth do not do so.
1:58:20 He evokes the likely scenario that Ukrainian forces are killing Russian prisoners -- a war crime, to be sure. Watch from 1:58:01 for added context.
@@noco7243 We have admissions of Ukrainian war crimes - often with video evidence provided by the perpetrators. We have _accusations_ of Russian war crimes, with no evidence, or with evidence that turns out to prove the reverse of what is claimed. You justify the former _proved_ war crimes because you just know the latter accusations must be true. Why? Heaven knows. Something to do with just hating Russians come what may, I suppose.
Recent videos on Telegram show the Uke's acting like animals. No honor, drunk, killing unarmed surrendered soldiers. Knifing tied up pows in the eye sockets. Lost respect for them.
They lost me at the moment they snuk in that theme for Russians stealing washing machines in their tanks ... probably as the "mainstream" and Ursula as a matter of fact, wants the sheep to believe - for the chips to be used in missiles 😂😂😂
Yup, just let them believe it. It is this typical Yank arrogance meaning they can still rule the world and can dictate it incl. regime changes to their geopolitical goals...
And what is wron about it? I think, they should maybe more speak about russian military habit to shit on carpets in captured cities, but nobody wants to hear about it, it is too absurd for western culture...
Recruiting is down because the military went woke but it's all populism to Jack. He has no idea what is actually going on. NGOs pushing insane woke nonsense got tossed out of Poland, Hungary, and banned in Russia. Most of the world does not want to be anywhere near the influence sphere of the US-led West where people let an insane doctor cut the healthy breast tissue of their 14 year old daughter because they are a confused teenager. And again, neither did Poland or Hungary. This isnt Putin seizing on US domestic politics. Half the country has lost it's fucking mind. China is being stupid. All they have to do is wait us out. We're our own worst enemy at this point.
I am quite sure that Jack as a military trainer is good at what he does, unfortunately there were several times during the interview/conversation that Jack showed his lack of understanding of both Russia, the Russian military and most of all Russian politics. At least he did get one thing right, time is not on the side of Ukraine.
We did worse to the Imperial Japanese in WW2. Too many false surrenders, prisoners stopped being taken. Skulls started being taken instead, especially by the Marines.
What is said here was already known. Ukraine is the 2nd most corrupt country in Europe while Russia is number 1. The fact you cannot see the pattern of this which happened to all countries that had Russian influence is mind boggling.
@@hugow.5973 The corruption came in wholesale with the American "shock therapy" after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The self-serving Yanks convinced the naive leadership of both Russia and the Ukraine that private ownership was the key to prosperity, and it didn't really matter who the private individuals who owned things were. Whoever had access to loans from Western financiers was able to buy up the results of generations of labour by the Russian and Ukrainian people for a couple of cents on the dollar, and became the infamous "oligarchs". Notice that there is only one major ethnic Russian oligarch in Russia, and only one Muslim oligarch in the Ukraine (and _no_ ethnic Ukrainian ones). All the others just happened to be the same ethnicity as the Western financiers and advisors... The corruption of the oligarch era has been gradually rolled back in Russia as Putin has solidified his power. The Western idea that Putin's power-base is the oligarchy is completely false. It's the people. True, the people would like him to move faster in limiting the power of the oligarchs, but they trust him to be moving as fast as is practicable. There has been no Putin-like figure in the Ukraine to rein in the oligarchs, so the corruption still abounds. But it's not because of Russian influence; it's because the American influence has not been rolled back. After all, the only reason that America is not universally recognised as the most corrupt country on Earth is that in America, they legalised corruption and called it "lobbying" or "campaign contributions".
@@hugow.5973 Actually Russia was the 1st most corrupt country in Europe in the 90ies, during Eltsin times, while US an European specialists were occupying the offices on the 5th floor of the Kremlin, taking care of the privatization process of the Post Soviet Union. With Putin the corruption level rapidly fallen, they are not completely resolved with it, but ... what about the EU? Ukraine corruption levels are over the sky in comparison.
"I mean guys, you shouldn't kill dudes who surrender" holy crap what a statement. That RIGHT THERE should be enough for us to pull our support for Ukraine
@@jacobmonahan3779 Sounds like projection. You have no idea where I live or what I do and believe. I will give you a hint: you have been incorrect in all aspects.
Please note that, according to CBS documentary, Andrew Milburn conceded that weapons & other materials sent to the front lines went missing:"“I can tell you unarguably that on the frontline units these things are not getting there,” the Mozart Group‘s Andy Milburn tells Yamaguchi at 17 - 40 [on the CBS video]. “Drones, Switchblades, IFAKs. They’re not, alright. Body armor, helmets, you name it.” Worth looking into...
Hardly a surprise in such a corrupt country is it? Wouldn't mind getting my hands on a Jav myself to be honest but the CLU alone would probably bankrupt me atm.
@@RantTheRetort it'll be interesting to see where these end up. You can mark a single bloke or an aircraft with a Jav missile, for an AT weapon it's very versatile assuming you have the CLU as well as the launch tube.
@@weegie558 My happy thought is they were purloined by a more enterprising unit, but I have seen reports from various hot spots that weapons from ukraine are hitting the market. Is it true? 🤷♂️.
@@RantTheRetort certainly true of ammo on some of the Dutch and Eastern European forums on Tor links but I don't know how much of that is from Ukraine or is even genuine and not fantasists or LEO's. Personally I think the dark web is a bit overblown in media and is rife with FBI any serious people looking for gear will be connected to OCGs who don't need to go online to aquire stuff. But I wouldn't be surprised of we see some far right or jihadi moron miss their target by a mile with something outta Ukraine. These relationships in the black market were established long before 2014.
As Aaron Mate said about this, "spooks getting sauced"! lol! Glad we can give Andrew Milburn a way he can get through his dumb midlife crisis and get filthy rich at the same time.
Very glad to see some honest criticism and discussion about the US policy towards Ukraine and the overconsumption of propaganda stateside. The latest episode of the Shawn Ryan show was critical of it as well. I find it to be an important conversation we need to have. Specifically what our real strategic goals are, something we have struggled with as a country since Vietnam.
There are no strategic goals. Even the guy who is doing the criticizing seems rather confused about the goals because they don't exist... The only explanation he could come up with is because Putin is a bad guy. 🤣
@@BigLebowski65 sure. Except, that's what everyone else does. Using the British morals to make a point about the British isn't good sport. You have misunderstood the rules and scored a point against yourself. People know who to surrender too. It's natural.
@@curiositycloset2359 "To use the British morals against the British"? I didn't realize British lay a claim to be the originators of Christian moral values.
I always got on great with the yanks I met in Afghan, great with a BBQ but many including some NCOs were quite thick about the wider world especially about local culture, weren't interested in hearts and minds just wanted to blow shit up which as a Glaswegian I was always quite drawn to, very specialised in their roles rather than cross skilled as we were. Think I'd have gone further in my career if I'd joined the Yanks as Id rather have a scrap than a negotiation. Thick as fuck but loyal to each other and friends for life. Still keep in touch with 2 USMC blokes who maintain I have a home there anytime, unlike my many English mates who say the same I actually believe them, genuine people who value loyalty above all else.
1:33:30 laughter after the phrase that the lives of Ukrainians are not important explains a lot about the attitude of Americans towards Ukrainians. This is exactly what we Russians call Nazism. The extravagant head of a group of other musicians considers Ukrainians lost, but brothers
@ 34:37 They say that it is only propaganda about the Nazi brigades - but we have seen extensive video footage about this topic. Even the assistant Prime Minister of Canada unfurled a flag belonging to her grandfather with Nazi symbol emblazoned on it. We see the tattoos on the soldiers...
Love this guy. The key to Andrew Milburn's safe is booze. "Say the quiet part out loud again sir. Oh the US is financing Ukraine to commit war crimes and execute POWs? Well that's fine right, as long as the MSM doesn't report on what you just said right Colonel?"
35:04 I recommend watching videos of the tattoo inspection of the Azovstal surrender and Azov worshipping the pagan god Perun also to look up the "Asgardsdrei" NSBM festival, the singer of the band "M8L8TH" and the "Misanthropic Division"
@@Abulb99 This is mainly a response to 35:04 . At least in Catholicism Neo-paganism is considered an "occult practise" and therefore inherently "satanic", as i remmber well from the "Satanic Panic" era. All these points should just show that the russian claims of "Satanism" are not so completely absurd and out of thin air as the collective West pretends, even if you don't agree with the propagandastic use of said claims by Moscow
Born in Philadelphia, my ancestors came over on the Mayflower, others fought in WW2, others for the Union, but when people say 'we', referring to the gov of Joe Biden, in unity with the EU, and the WEF - I cannot include myself! When I hear reports of NATO and the EU, even Canada and America, collapsing, something in me rejoices because it seems that that is the only way we will survive - through utter failure and humility.
That has always been a problem with Russia and its pathetic. You need someone to be destroyed for you to be better. That is so weak man. You might as well paint your hair blue and cut yourself.
Very interesting guys. Thanks for the open discussion. Obviously you have misconceptions about Russia, and an irrational antirussian stance, which could have been more justified 30, 20, or even 10 years ago, so this is the disappointing part. If you understood better Russia, and the multidimensional agression it is facing from the West - without detailing that - you would reckon its reaction is just - and Russia did sincerely try to avoid this war. If the US was so agressed it would justly defend itself. Ukraine should not have persecuted ethnic russians on its soil, and not have been a bulwark for those US-NATO-West agressions of Russia, if it did not want war. But as we know well now, the people running Ukraine sought war, prepared for it, for 8 years, with heavy assistance from US, Germany, UK, France,..., and now they have it, so they must be satisfied. It is of course unfortunate for the population, at least for the part who did not want war - remember that Zelensky promised peace and collaboration with Russia in 2019, so most of his electors must have been disappointed, which has actually been shown by polls up to this year. Among your misconceptions about Russia i think you do not measure well at all its industrial capacity, its economy, and the impact that has on war. In all wars of attrition this is a major aspect, and having worked in Bakhmut, you should understand how Russia's strategy relies on its militaro-industrial capacity: it will burn down NATO-Ukraine military capacities while ensuring its equipment production can support the rate at which its equipment is depleted, with as high Ukraine/Russia casualty ratios as possible so as to keep own-population approval high. As the equipment unbalance increase the casualty ratio will increase in favor of Russia, until Ukraine's military gives in, capitulates - probably pretty late as you remark much of the military is ready for death in a lopsided fight. Personnaly i expect that major segments of the front will collapse before end of winter - where exactly will depend on many factors and decisions - and by september 2023 Ukraine's army will surrender. There will of course be a lot of terrorism against Ukraine's government then, after the armistice, from banderist/ultranationalist groups who do not accept the rule of the government that will abide by Russia's terms - "demilitariation and denazification". So stabilizing the situation will probably take a generation - 20-30 years. Then progressively Ukraine will recover its full sovereignty, when Russia feels safe that the banderites cannot come back to power. It will remain demilitarized for a still longer time, as the only possible use of its military would be against Russia or Poland in the foreseeable future, but Poland will either seize the couple of regions it is eyeing upon before the end of this war, or not intervene, and after the end of military operations it will be Russia's army ensuring military security in Ukraine and i doubt Poland will want to play the same game as Ukraine against Russia. I hope you guys will think about this neocons stance of yours, and abandon that. As Andrew Milburn rightly points out multipolarity is being forced upon the US, because of its (slowly but surely) declining power. So why not accept that and stop trying to rule the world. Why not peace ? Other great powers do not want war with the US, as long as the US does not agress them. Leave other continents alone politically, trade with them, i basta cosí. Your own economy will do much better, and your people (which is not a majority of warmongers) will be happier.
@@johnsmith1474 Thank you. Maybe i am wrong on this, in absolute terms. I meant to be understanding toward the participants, to show good will - they definitely do not share your perspective. I also meant that Russia is an exemplary democracy today, i am not an expert but i think that it has improved dramatically in the past 2 decades. While the West has dramatically worsened. So that today Russia can teach lessons in democracy to the West. I could try to invoke the soviet union, to justify some fear of and bitterness toward Russia in the past century, especially from some east european countries as Poland, the baltic countries, Finland, Romania, Czech Republic. Forgetting such periods takes time. So i may be wrong, i have not studied history in great depth, but i was trying to motivate people who have a strong anti-russian feeling to reassess their position.
@@jojoarpa33 Thanks for your remark. I don't think so in the medium-long term. There are many pieces of evidence that point to the contrary. Under Trump America's deep state's neocons interventionism was somewhat "contained" and US economy did not show negative signs; on the contrary, despite interior unrest - in part due to Trump's provocative personality and in larger part to the establishment's hysterical response to its loss of power - economy worked rather smoothly. Also look at China: they take a pacific stance to developing, showing, and applying their power, and economically this works great. Also, the USA will lose its hegemony and the petrodollar tool/weapon, it was going to happen, but this could have been delayed for decades if it had been less greedy, less rageful in response to setbacks. If it did not bully every country that dares to take sovereign decisions that put a dent in US domination. Also, the US could have profited from more peaceful trade with Russia. Or with the Middle East and Africa. For several decades, up until 2010 i'd say, perhaps it was useful to the US to crush resistance, and heavily intervene, in the very short term, but it has now made itself enemies for a long time, in Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe - even if the governments are submissive to the US, large parts of the peoples of Europe are very negative about the US. I understand that the US only cares about its interests, but there is a threshold where other countries will prefer to fight back rather than bow, and where a deep anti US sentiment will become entrenched. One may also consider that the people of America may not feel so cynical as its leaders, and perhaps they too will feel ashamed of the crimes committed by their state. We may even take a further step back and think about the good of humanity and the self-consciousness that humanity as a whole develops; this perspective is not gratifying for the US. Somehow all this will reflect badly on the US in the (very) long term, and on its economy.
Sir you have absolutely sober evaluation. The West had their chance to embrace Russia in to one European and Trans Atlantic family and they rejected it. They do not like Putin Russia they prefer Yeltsin Russia easy to use and easy to exploit. That goes to many other parts of the world. Here you go USA.
Good assessment. NATO and the US are bent on making Ukraine a “mini me”. Ukraine will disappoint them. Zelensky is a dictator and will continue to be so, even after the war. We should back off and let this play out between the two parties. If we come to the table, let’s only do so to bring peace and compromise so that the killing stops.
What happened to Winter is Coming the price of Oil and Gas has Collapsed Putin is now begging for Peace deal their is a run 🏃🏻♂️ on the Banks we are going to crush the skull of the Slavic beast
He doesn't really answer why "Global norms" apply in Russia -Ukraine, but not with Azerbaijan-Armenia or Ethiopia-Eritrea. What exactly is unique about this war compared to the myriad of other wars except that we want to weaken Russia?
Best thing ever. I can sit like a fly on the wall and watch men talk about a subject I am so interested in and enjoy every second, but no cigars smoke. 🙂
Essential watching, as usual. But, SO geopolitically relevant w/ the normal depth, unique insight, great questions, melancholic temperament, booze and wit. Will be tragically under-‘viewed’. NASAMS in theater. ATACMS still plausibly denied.
@@TheTeamHousePodcast pain from combat or conflict isn't just caused by rounds as well....well said. Glad I found this 'cast so I can subscribe. Well done gentlemen.
@@TheTeamHousePodcast I love that room you guys film in. I understand not all your guests can be in person, but this setting is really great for the show
As the talk progresses, one can see the whiskey talking. Also I can sense how naive these so called journalists are regarding the main stream media and propaganda from the western side is concerned .
Why did he said that there are not forward observers for artillery ? If you see a video with impact on youtube that means that artillery were managed by FO using drone
Wasn't this guy passing out Mozart Group patches like candy to UKR operators who ended up dead and suddenly he fled lmao curious thing ain't it? Mozart Group Wasn't doing well in Bakhmut
@@devinhall4570 They are not on the front lines. That video of the guys walking in a staggered column engaging was the foreign legion and you should look up the full video instead of the clipped version. Mozart is not fighting Wagner and Russians are not fighting NATO.
@Hugo W. not sure what your on about. Never said Mozart was fighting anything. I am pointing out that they are not the only group of forgien volunteers that are in the Bakmut area supporting the UA people in a humanitarian capacity. There are alot of of said volunteers doing the exact thing he claims to be doing in that area. Since this interview some of those brave volunteers have made the ultimate sacrifice while providing support to the people of that area.
It's true, Russia has the ability to endure lots of suffering. But they do not suffer in this war, not on the front (reasonable losses, very careful), nor at home (Russian economy is doing great now).
Russia doesn't have the ability to suffer anymore. for every 10 kids that are born 18 people die. life expectancy is really low and they never had a baby boom. In 80 years its a dead country. Well the eastern regions will survive because they are out breeding everyone. It a repeated line that is full of fallacies "Russia will endure". Being the number one in the world in preforming abortions wont help you endure either.
Because of the 6 month military service contracts the North of Donbass were almost empty of troops when the "great" Ukraine offensive took place. Most of the civilians (Russian ethnics) were already flied to Russia. Ukraine went in and "took" the territory. If you lack troops the Mongolian tactic is the best solution.
I like the honesty, we must not be fanatic just understand the circumstance and the fight for their freedom. not sugar coat it. Ukraine is corrupt country hiding that fact won't make them better off, actually it will hurt them, they have to face their reality and overcome it.
And did Ukraine not sign on to the Minsk agreement to maintain neutrality and in the meantime his Nazi soldiers are slaughtering ethnic Russians in the Donbass. Sounds harsh, but I can only think these folks brought this on themselves and now the West is bankrolling it and teasing 'the bear' into a nuclear war!
As an American tax payer, enough already. If Ukraine doesn't want to surrender, how about some other country foot the bill? Please tell me why WE are funding the Ukrainian military, paying their government workers' salaries, and depleting our military's supply of ammo and expensive weapon systems that will take years and billions to replace. What vital, US strategic interest is at stake? How come every time Zelinsky says jump, our President asks, "How high?"
We pay to Ukraine because we took out from them nuclear weapons .and actually, we destroy our main political and military enemy, we got tons of information and intelligence about modern warfare and no one US soldier died. It's not a war about Ukraine. As putin said, it's war against US and western world. If we lose this fight, we will lose everywhere. Russkies also want Alaska back
@@oliverqq4078 So our Senate ratified the treaty where we agreed to this nonsense that's occuring now? Information and intelligence about modern warfare? Uh, okay - we probably got that after the first infusion of cash. Our main enemy? Russia? Please... Have we been transported back to 1987 and I somehow didn't notice? Russia isn't our main anything. They haven't been for decades. That title is held by China.
@@avbeast Russia literally states almost daily how America is enemy number 1. China is much more of a US partner than Russia. Russia wants to destroy the west. Apparently you have not noticed what has been going on in Russia since 2012. Remember, Russia did not give two shits about Ukraine until ExxonMobil signed a deal with Ukraine in 2011. This war is all about oil and gas. Russia wanted to ensure that it controlled the vast oil and gas fields in Ukraine and not the US. BTW those oil and gas fields, are all in the Donbass and Black Sea.
My opinion is from Russia. The United States has no choice but to put at least someone with Russia. There are few bad people in the world who would be ready for a confrontation with us, but there were Ukrainians, for which your people should be immensely grateful to them. By itself, a war by someone else's hands is always a profitable war, examples are nearby, these are the first and Second World Wars, which did not affect the United States much, the main losses were borne by Europeans and Asians, and the United States raised its industry and economy in two wars, becoming a great power. In principle, if Russia had lost in the war as well as Germany and the USSR lost in 1941-45, it would have been a great war for the United States. But alas, Russia manages to fight with small forces, without straining the economy, which is why it bears insufficient losses to make money on it. It is also impossible to earn money in Ukraine, it is a bankrupt country. But before the start of the war, it was not known for sure that sanctions, gas and oil embargoes would not work, and NATO does not have so many weapons to crush Russia.
Wagner has has accomplished goals the US hasn't achieved!!! But to what end??? As insane and like the dirty dozen, they made it work as many allied commander's have also done!!! But what is life?? Perspective??? Right or wrong, I find it difficult, without understand all circumstances, to judge!!!! Anyone can say anything!!! I only know my life!!! Anyone else who gives a fuck, would do whatever it takes!!
When this guy said the Germans where pretty sophisticated during the Weimar period is when l thought stick to fighting wars and stop trying to politick.🙄
It was! my grandparents lived through it and they could read and write there was just lack of jobs and high inflation. Everyone was also better dressed then they are today including the poor.
@@hugow.5973 The way he said it, was as if it was in the 20s that Germany became sophisticated country during Weimar, when Germany was a sophisticated country since its inception and before when it was the 4 kingdoms, it was probably at its least sophisticated during Weimar.
As always - pure gold guys, Andy is a diamond geezer, a unique perspective and interpretation of US military coupled with great english humour and self depreciation. The ‘down the pub’ approach to the vid and the refelction on current situations based on contemporary experience. Brilliant.
At 1:51:08 people who've undergone trauma can get great benefit from seeing themselves from a detached 3rd person perspective. Can provide a forgiveness and understanding not normally available
Crimea was annexed by the Russian Empire from the Ottoman Empire in 1783, the same year the US won the war of independence. Crimea has been Russian for as long as the US has been a country. Ukraine and the west are delusional if they think Russia won't go "ballistic" over the threat of losing Crimea again. Crimea has always been Russian, either directly as a part of the Russian SFSR, or indirectly as a part of the Ukrainian SSR after 1954. It was moved internally, laterally, within the Soviet Union, but it was always a part of Russia. Sevastopol only exists because it was established as the home port of the Black Sea Fleet.
Oh yes lets redraw the entire borders of 1783 why don't we. 1991 Ukraine got its independence and that included Crimea. Since 1991 till 2014 there hadn't been a single political movement for Crimea to join Russia. Not until the Russian military took over government buildings. Stop skipping over eastern Europeans like they are nothing. Its eastern Europe vs Russia not US vs Russia.
"Crimea has always been Russian"? you contradict yourself, the Crimea has always belonged to the southern nomads and partly to the Greeks. It became Russian only for 171 years. Turkey has more rights to Crimea than Russia, and even the very name of Crimea is Tatar.
Great interview. Though I disagree with Milburn's underlying assessment of Putin and the reasons for the Ukraine conflict, I super-appreciate his openness (and humor!). He offers many important details -- very helpful in understanding the realities on the ground. (And thanks for keeping this a shirts-on episode, guys. LOL.)
Interesting interview with exception of wrong understanding of Russian nuke doctrine which states this nuke arsenal (best strategic and best tactical one in the world) to be used only when existential threat to Russia arises. War in Ukraine if not completed with absolute victory to Russia and loss to NATO will pose future existential threat. To avoid future nuclear war with NATO Russia must defeat best NATO Ukraine army in Europe today. Sorry Andrew Milburn, since Mongols no one else accomplished defeat of Russia. Yes, same was in Asia. What happened to Japanese Kwantung army of 1945. It was defeated by Russia in 7 days. Japs surrendered not because of Hiroshima but due to their main land army defeat in China. Yankees are misleading the world it was due to Hiroshima. Lying as usual.
How is this MARSOC guy being taken seriously? he thinks war criminals are ok and doesn't seem to understand why Russia invaded the Ukraine, which was considered (by far) the most corrupt country in europe for many years prior to Russian invasion. Not to mention that the Ukrainian Army has Neo-Nazi Battalions but no one seems to care in the slightest?? I'm not here to say that Russia is good in all of this, but the US and NATO did break their old agreements with Russia about not expanding NATO in 1993, so is it shocking that Russia, with it's longstanding mistrust of the west, would do something about it?
@@alexanderkalinchenko4038 thanks for the correction! I had only heard about the Azov and one other battalion. Americans would lose their mind if the US Army allowed One single Nazi soldier to openly serve, but for some idiotic reason don't care if the Ukraine has many openly Neo Nazi elements.
@@superjonboy873 and in twenty years. These military grade nazis will do a 9/11 somewhere. And America will use it as a reason to invade. I've seen the repeat
сейчас читаю дневники и письма солдат и офицеров Вермахта периода 39-45 года. Данное обсуждение очень напоминает бодрые заметки фашистов в первый год войны, но после битвы за Москву, тон сменился на плач и скулеж. У этой команды это впереди)))
@@TheTeamHousePodcast this is the good interview guys, it was honest, but some things should not to be publicly, we know our problems: some stupid officers, clumsy bureaucracy system & corruption people in the government, unfortunately they exist, but we are keeping fighting with them as well understanding that corruption is the same enemy as russia. But our enemy has already used your interview in their propaganda, to demonstrate like hey Andrew Milburn from Mozart said that government of Ukraine are sick, so what they are fighting for? And that the answer to your question why our media don't criticize action of our government and general headquarter. Why we don't discuss our problems publicly.
And what is wrong with the level of education in russia? I graduated from a russian school in 2003. in 4th grade we studied Aritotel and Plato, in 5th grade literature was not limited to russian, it was Mark twain as well. from 5th grade, complex mathematical algorithms. Look at the level of industry in Russia - planes, rockets, cars, military hardware, its own microprocessor architecture, the most advanced closed-loop nuclear power, biotechnology, the world's largest graphene production, Europe's largest film and TV series production, the most advanced digital banking system, its own search engine and social networks that freely compete with google. That's not all. Russia has only just recovered from the destruction of the USSR and is now just beginning to realize its potential. You might want to watch a little less CNN propaganda.
@@русланзабрамський стиралка российская. Холодильник тоже. Гаджеты будут, даже не сомневайся, литограф в разработке. Росатом сможет. Все будет. У вас ничего не будет. Будете на морозе скакать, электричество вырабатывать)
@@ilyaivanov9283 He talked about the lack of education in all woke matters that West is so much involved in… As regards the actual education, the one in the UK or US is abysmal, they know about nothing… after I moved into the West, with my BA I felt I had professorship so much it appeared I knew in general subjects in comparison to an average American or Brit…
When you talk about ukrainian guys - their qualities, courage, ability to learn, motivation to protect and all that..blablabla, it’s good remember about very similar guys on another side of the front with same qualities… No matter how much they hate each other now, proving each other how they are different. But problem is that they are very similar. And this is real tragedy! They were brought up by people, who had a common historical and cultural field and more…motherland… And , please, no politics and ideology in these things here! Sometimes symbolic things are the biggest…As a big family in going through a divorce, all these people, ukrainians and russians, can’t share their past, present and future… But! When a third side intervenes in a civil conflict, the conflict becomes a war. That is a crime of the West… Don’t participate and influence ukrainian politics - wouldn’t have had Crimea&Donbass and these days…And now, helping ukrainians in the war, you “teach” russians just like ukrainians…Because these people are arranged and think in a similar way. BUT YOU HELP THEM KILL EACH OTHER MORE AND MORE… One thing the West does not understand about Russia is that it does not matter whether the people support the government or not, it is important to understand that any lost war for Russia always makes it impossible for Russia itself to exist as alliance of many ethnic groups with very different cultures and histories. So, regardless of what led to this war, now there is a war of ordinary Russians for their existence with ordinary Ukrainians for the existence of their state. And what do you think will win - the struggle for the free existence of peoples within a state that ensures the coexistence of different peoples together, or the struggle for a state within which there is only Ukraine? Thus, many ethnic groups, Russians, are fighting against one Ukrainian, which did not allow pro-russian Donbass to become a federation in Ukraine...
There has never been a political movement for Donbass to be independent. Viktor Yanukovych could but he didn't. Why not? Maybe because those Russian speaking Ukrainians don't identify as Russians and want to be part of Ukraine. The Russian federation is not Russia. The west convinced Ukraine to give up their nukes and in return would offer them security. The only ones that are actually holding to their agreement.
Stopped reading after "civil conflict". 🤦♂️ Russia occupied Crimea in 2014, it's an indisputable fact. This took place BEFORE any violence in Donbass. And THIS was the point of no return. Our life was perfect. My mother's family is all from Horlivka and they had a great life until ruSSo occupants moved into Donbass later in 2014. They ended up uprooting their business/life to relocate to Volnovakha (under UA control). Basically started from scratch to only get displaced again in 2022! We are all ethnic Russians and our first language is russian. We love Ukraine, it's our motherland. I can tell you with certainty that today no one hates ruSSia more than Russian speaking Ukrainians. Because WE are the ones suffering the MOST from occupation!
Jesus, I just looked at who you are subscribed to. Shariy family 🤦♂️ that explains everything. For people outside of ruSSo propaganda universe, Shariy is Alex Jones on steroids lies-wise but only with a RUclips channel.
The Cia researched the best ways to extract information from enemies of the state, and after testing everything from drugs to hypnosis they concluded the most reliable way was to get someone drunk by a beautiful woman. Also the project Veritas strategy by the way :)
First time viewer, came for Andy's critique of your foreign policy, I disagree the US must maintain some global hierarchy as imo as a bitter Afghanistan veteran this philosophy has done us (the west) more harm than good and just been a massive wealth transfer to certain political and corporate families at the expense of soldiers and civilians in the GWOT AO's. I think you're onto a loss long term just voting for corrupt politicians who genuinely seem to believe you can stave off China and Russia becoming more influenfial. They carry out full spectrum warfare inc industrial and economic and are often invited into the places that the US have already pissed off. But I appreciate his no BS description of the Ukranian Government and pointing out that the propaganda can come back to bite, we saw this during my Afghan deployments when embedded media cleverly edited and completely transformed the reality on the ground to fulfil what government ministers wanted to portray, then quelle surprise among our nation when it all went tits up and the ANA were swiftly smashed upon our departure. I was very tempted to go to Kiev when the invasion first began as a paramedic then again when they started getting Javs (ex instructor) but glad I never as I've already had my fill of doing stupid things on the whim of green officers. What I enjoyed about the podcast is its 3 ex squaddies having an informed and uncensored discussion about war over some whiskey and snacks, most excellent. You can tell he came up through the ranks (from an officers social background) because he isn't afraid to call out the politicians involved. If he had joined the British military he most likely wouldn't be so critical especially when running a PMC as they are very tied to the establishment, no doubt he is as well but is allowed his first ammendment rights to criticise those who have no strategic capacity and are just life long leeches who tell the media what to say. Its something I admire about my yank brethren, a natural distaste for politicians and big government. I really enjoyed this interview guys very enlightening thank you happy holidays. Eta, war crimes occur in every conflict. It's embedded in the nature of warfare and its wrong and should be prosecuted. But it happens and unless you've been in that environment for months you won't ever understand how it can happen but I get it, sadly.
@The Team House After you sober up, here's a suggestion to contemplate for the next time you have the jar head on the show. Give him a reading comprehension and logical reasoning test using the Constitution of the USA. Years ago he swore an oath to uphold, preserve, and impose it upon the world by force of arms if the world won't submit and obey. So he ought to have finished reading and digesting the first paragraph by now. That paragraph asserts that "We the People...do ordain and establish this Constitution...". Now, ask him how that assertion could be true even though at least 1/2 of "the People" didn't do _any_ ordaining or establishing at all. Ask him how it could be true even though many people resisted the new imperialist scribbling, as we know that they did. Ask him what would happen to his empire of lies, hypocrisy, and terrorism if one if its most famous articles of faith were no longer believed by just 5% of "the People" on its territory, assuming for a moment that this 5% were armed and out of patience. Suddenly Dmitry Medvedev's prediction of "What can happen in 2023" is not looking so wild or absurd after all.
@@TheTeamHousePodcast Why not? Is the jar head too stupid to answer a few questions like an adult on his own? It's obvious that you can't, or won't, but maybe the jar head is better than you.
I like the way he says, for the Ukraine to win the US should do this and that and that… (and no, Ukraine will never be the NATO member, Noo!) and it seems to him absolutely fine that the US government should do that… while when Russia has been supporting the Donbas even before it has voted to become Russian, no, it is baaad, how dare they! Ah, only the US and the NATO are allowed to get involved in countries politics! Well at least he mentioned a few things that have not been talked about in the West, it was always the knowledge in Russia though… He is surprised about the way the conflict was reported in Ukraine, why to be, it has been done by the team of former actors and Co that are heading the country… Regarding the lack of education in Russia, I would argue that the Russians in general are by far are better educated than an average American or Brit… Why do the Westerners think that they have the right to tell over 150 mln other people how to choose to live? This sounds soo arrogant. Of course the Westerners are better, they know better! They know the truth! That is so so arrogant!! The Russians have never told the Americans or Brits or whoever how to live and in what to believe…
@@jacobmonahan3779 have ever actually talked to a person from Donbas and heard what they really want? After being shelled for now 9 years by their former Ukrainian compatriots, believe me, there isn’t much love hold towards them.
@@русланзабрамський bot yourself 😀! What right do you have to tell the Donbas people how to live? What language to teach their children? What church to go? What forbidden by your president media to watch or to read? The list can go on.
This explains his British accent ...Colonel Milburn, who was born in Hong Kong, but grew up in London spent 31 years in the Marine Corps. He is now teaching Ukrainians how to spot IEDs and tactical awareness which will improve their chances on the front. Colonel Milburn said he had planned to become a barrister in London having completed a law degree. Instead he deferred his entrance into Lincoln Inns for five years having enlisted into the US Marine Corps. However, after his first enlistment he decided to continue with the US Marines, rising to the rank of Colonel.
If this war isn't a total loss for Russia it's an ok on land wars in Europe, this was just a tester for their greater goals, unfortunately for the russian conscripts they have to lose this war one way or another.
@@TheTeamHousePodcast The U.S is not bleeding Russia. NATO is low on ammuntion and hardware and it will take years to replenish stocks. NATO weapons, drones and vehicles have been seized by Russian forces and either sent back to Russian weapons manufactures or sold off to Iran and China. The U.S is losing its proxy war, like Vietnam it's not a war it can win.
and how to explain the torchlight procession with slogans and symbols of fascists in the center of Kiev and the symbols of fascists on the Azov uniform ? The US Congress also recognized Azov as a terrorist organization. The Israeli Foreign Minister also accused Kiev that the government allows the parade of fascists and this is not acceptable
Various Jewish organizations recently have recognized Azov as no threat to the Jewish people. Azov, or what is left of it, currently sees some combination of Israel and Japan as what they want the future to be for Ukraine.
Well in a free country anyone should be able to demonstrate but i dont know why you keep going on about Azov when they never even had a seat in parliament.
"The US Congress recognized Azov as terrorists" 😂 This is a lie that is easy to verify. 1) Not "US Congress", but only 40 congressmen out of 435. 2) Not "recognized as terrorists", but wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. And it did not lead to anything - the Americans did not recognize Azov as a banned organization. Here you sat in a puddle (a). More precisely, Mike Rose wrote a letter on October 16, he has a copy of the letter and the signatures of 39 others on his Twitter. And the fact that under Trump in 2018 to 2019 they weren’t given weapons and didn’t learn this is nonsense - under Biden they are now given weapons and trained very well.
I've seen many video testimonials from Dombas, Mariupol, etc. by Russian-speaking Ukrainians who welcomed and celebrated the arrival of Soviet forces. I have seen the devastation resulting from 8 years (2014 - 2022) of shelling and rocket attacks by Ukraine's (NAZI) military upon civilians yielding 14,000 to 20,000 dead + untold tens of thousands of wounded, including children. I have yet to see any footage of DPR forces shelling civilians in Ukrainian territories. The people of Crimea voted 95% for separation from Ukraine as a republic. When Ukraine sent its army to quash the people, that is when Russia moved to stop them. Crimea was Russia until Kruschev gave it away. The people of the east speak of being held in basements and not allowed to leave while the AZOL soldiers turned their homes into defensive positions. Those that tried to leave were shot. Go to John Mark Dougan's RUclips channel for his personal eye-witness interview accounts of the truth about Ukraine. Oliver Stone's two documentary movies about Ukraine will awaken you to western propaganda and influence. Biden would not allow the Minsk agreement and Merkel of Germany admitted twice in the last two weeks that the agreement was a trick to buy time to build up Ukraine forces to put down "Russian Speaking Ukraine". They didn't expect Russia to move as soon as they did. They jumped their timeline.
Hey look a commie who doesn't know his place. Ukraine got its independence in 1991 and that included Crimea. Since 91 there hasn't been a political movement to get donbas and Crimea to be part of Russia. Not until in 2014 armed Russian nationals took over government buildings by force. Also the UN investigators that were requested by the Russians to look came up with a figure of 3400 civilians were killed. Putin is not Russia and just because you speak a language doesn't automatically assume you are also a supporter of that countries government. Eastern Europe doesn't want to be part of Russia. Maybe its time to stop treating them as inferior and they wouldn't hate you so much. Fact is if there was no Stalin there wouldn't have been a Hitler. But with Russia its always a one way street, they claim to have liberated Europe from Fascism but what right did they have to invade Poland from the east while the Germans were invading? What about the Poles? It wasn't liberation it was conquest. Also when you speak of Russia do you mean the western part or eastern part? Because the eastern part has absolutely nothing in common with the western part. Its not a single country in reality but its all to feed Moscow.
You also must do some type of drug if you actually believe a referendum can deliver a 95% approval. You have to be really special to believe that. 71% is absurd in countries where voting is normal. That would already raise questions here. But a 95%? no way, not possible.
@@maksd.4341 I have many contacts with the area, but you have only to watch the documentaries of Oliver Stone about Ukraine and the corruption pit that it is. The people of Ukraine deserve better leadership.
Great to see you guys make close enough relationships with some guests that you give us somewhat frequent updates with their goings-on. Looking forward to more updates. How can folks send care packages and food to the frontlines in Ukraine?
Amazing how ignorant Special Forces types are about war and geopolitics. Modern Special Forces were invented as a means of propaganda. Churchill's forces were defeated decisively everywhere. He had nothing left. So he invented the Commandos to keep the public entertained that Britain was fighting back. That almost all the Commandos missions were debacles was not important. It kept the Public on board. Now we have evolved where SF is almost a war strategy in spite of horrible results at winning anywhere beyond the odd firefight. No SF guys, the Ukrainians are not in any hope of winning. They have been slaughtered and continue to be slaughtered. Soon Russia will unleash its massive offensive and you will all look as silly as the SEAL Platoon defeated by a few Rent a Cops in Panama.
Geez you should get a career on Russian state media. "Soon Russia will unleash its massive offensive". There is nothing Russia can do to make us scared. Dropping nukes would just be a sign of weakness.
Excluding Teamhouse which is actually legit AF podcast the target demo for sf podcasters are white, progun, paranoid foxnews loving meatloaf on wednesdays eating audience
1:31:57 the part where we all been waiting for 😛😛😛
youre some damn right hahaha😆
+1 thanks, dude. I thought, it is RT prop, but it is reality
1:00:00 just two shots please
Yeah that use to be the same story for most Baltic countries. Look at the ones that joined the west they are prosperous today. while the ones still stuck to Russia being absolute hellhole filled with corruption.
@@hugow.5973 Ah sì? tu VEDI?
I learned 3 really interesting things in this video. Firstly, he believes Ukraine's insistence on full control over Crimea and Donbass is unrealistic. Second, he states that Ukrainian propaganda may be undermining their own cause with a "mantra of hatred" towards Russians. If you want people to defect or surrender, you can't turn it into an ethnic conflict like Yugoslavia. And thirdly, he says Ukrainian control of information and journalists is skewing the media reporting, which is reinforcing tactical mistakes and foreign skepticism of the Ukrainians. These are all really interesting observations that haven't been discussed much elsewhere, but they ring true to me.
@@Underpressure11 it was newer ethnic conflict. In Mariupol people speaked russian language without any problems until Russia came to "liberate". Most soldiers of Azov batallion is russian language speakers.
@@gerard518 What is the first language of most people in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including its top two officers? What is Volodymyr Zelenskyy's first language?
@@oleksandrlosiev467 Whether Azov speaks Russian or not doesn't change the fact that they are pro-Ukrainian ethno-nationalists. One of the major points of this discussion was basically that Ukraine is following Azov mentality too closely, which is undermining their own cause. The US government can support Ukraine on the basis of sovereignty, but it's both in the Ukrainian interest as well as US interest to add some conditions as a result of this behavior.
@@gerard518 You lived in Mariupol, I presume? If so, you know where Pentagon is.
@@oleksandrlosiev467
Azov is a fascist formation, a follower of Bandera. Whether they speak Russian, English, German is completely irrelevant.
Makes you wonder what Zelensky will say after downing his 20th shot of whiskey....
Is this dude real? Only an American could criticize another country's people with a straight face for being propagandized while being American, the most propagandized and ignorant people in the world.
hahahahahaa now that would be a spectacle........
Especially the combination of alcohol and lots of cocaine would be very interesting.
We already see every day how Selensky acts solely under the influence of cocaine.
@Hund Ling where did you see that?
Are you consuming and Zelensky's behavior very familiar to you?
Or you are consuming with him?
@@alexanderlovinsky3687 no need for these. He has problematic diaphragm. you can hear it when he speaks. Common problem among drug users who snort their powder.
Plus he was buddies with the Biden clique, who are steeped in illegal narcotics.
Plus, his "mentor"/ boss Kholomoisky is running a mafia drug distribution ring.
So, when it walks like a duck and talks like a duck and farts like a duck, IT IS A DUCK !!!
1:58:52 - for the line "for the most part they [UAF] don't commit atrocities" followed by 3-4 minutes of rationalising away said war crimes and denial of responsibility *for putting weapons in the hands of people who commit war crimes*
Is he trying to pretend that "Mozart Group" name was not some kind of reply to Wagner Group PMC?
LOL just realized
And that, I believe it was a trap, because the Russians knew they would counter Wagner with Mozart, not realizing how it makes them look, weak and dying young, as he did. An actual combat Russian Psyop.
MSNBC: *crickets*
More like an anecdote, tuberoot.
'Is Russia on their last legs?' - wow these interviewers really aren't very informed on what's actually going on over there. Also, Mr Milburn, the Donbass region (Russian speaking) was the only original goal of Putin anyway. I also love the way they're amazed at the Russians absorbing Russian propaganda, never for a second realizing how much they themselves are the result of western propaganda!
There has been no secessionists movement from 1991 to 2014, no political movement to become independent. Not until armed RUSSIAN nationals took over government buildings in 2014 did it become a issue. Obviously you have no idea what is going on over there or why there are Russian speaking people in many pockets in eastern Europe that has seen conflicts since 1991. hmmmm ethnic genocide maybe.
theyre putting something in the water making people stupid or something. no one seems to understand how backwards the facts are.
They are Americans for fuck sake. The most propagandized people in the world from the most war criminal country in the world. Enough said.
@@Eventual-Visitor
To be a loyal Constitutionalist American is to be the faithful member of a religious cult. If not for the Austrian guy with the toothbrush mustache, we'd still be performing the Bellamy salute in public.
Russia for a time was willing to be close to the West but she has never been under the influence of the Western propaganda. Russia has never been fond of propaganda herself, as we could see now.
Greetings from Russia.
Allow me some critique:
1. "Ukrainians have almost come to terms with the loss of the DPR, LPR and Crimea, and then Putin invaded and now, the Ukrainians intend to return everything"
In 2014-2015, with the mediation (guarantors) of Germany, France and Russia, the Minsk agreements were signed between the DPR, LPR (rebellious republics of Ukraine) and Ukraine.
The Minsk agreements provided for 14 points that were supposed to resolve the armed conflict between Ukraine and the DPR with the LPR in a peaceful way.
As a result of the implementation of all points, the DPR and LPR remained in the COMPOSITION of Ukraine.
Ukraine lost the DPR and LPR when Zelensky (at a meeting with Macron, February 10, 2022) announced that Ukraine did not intend to comply with the Minsk agreements.
It is as a result of this statement that Russia recognizes the DPR and LPR, concludes an agreement on cooperation in the military sphere with them, on the basis of which it invades Ukraine on February 24.
After 10 months of the war, after Merkel's interview, we all learned that the Minsk agreements (a peaceful solution to the conflict) were a sham, whose task was to give Ukraine time to train and equip the army.
This means that Ukraine planned to take over the DNR and LNR by force.
This means that Ukraine (with the mediation of Germany) has chosen war, not peace.
And she got it.
The invasion of the DNR and LNR with almost 100% probability means that Russia will intervene in the conflict.
This means that since Ukraine decided to seize the DPR and LPR, it means that it planned to seize Crimea as well. Indeed, in the event of Ukraine's invasion of the DPR and LPR, a conflict with Russia was inevitable.
Accordingly, Milburn's assertion that Ukrainians have come to terms with the loss of the DPR, LPR and Crimea is completely untrue.
2. "Russian soldiers are brainwashed. Russia is an extremely closed country with terrible propaganda"
When was the last time you read Russian news?
When was the last time you read Ukrainian news?
I am Russian. I watch your video through the Russian browser "Yandex" in the code of which a neural network is sewn in, which translates the entire English audio track into Russian.
I read Russian channels, Ukrainian, English.
And when was the last time you got acquainted with non-American sources of reporting information?
Maybe. MAYBE the Russian soldiers just know a little more about the conflict in Ukraine than you do?
Have you thought about it?
Maybe Russian soldiers know a little more than a statement in the spirit of "Zelensky Jew, which means not a Nazi"?)
As if Nazism has a nationality and is aimed solely at the hatred of the Jews.
I could give specific examples.
For example, Poroshenko's statement that they will drive the children of Donbass into the basements.
Or the public burning of 60 pro-Russian activists in the house of trade unions in Odessa.
The destruction of the administration in Luhansk.
I could remember the Nazis from "Azov" (the emblem of which is the wolf hook of the SS division. "Remember other Nazi battalions like "Aidar", "Tornado" and others
About the cult of Stepana Bandera, who was a Nazi collaborator.
I could give specific links, articles, videos... but... RUclips will ban it all.
3) "Putin is crazy"
Yes. There is definitely no propaganda here.
It is Americans and Europeans who can invade other countries, bomb people, calling these attacks "PEACE BOMBING"
Light elven faces with a bloody grin.
I would call you the Marvel generation... but... you're in your 40s...
"Putin is crazy"
Fortunately, it is not the Warsaw Pact countries that deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba. It is not the Warsaw Pact countries that are making Canada an anti-American, Nazi country.
It is not the Warsaw Pact countries that recognize Texas and supply its separatists with weapons.
It was not the Warsaw Pact countries that included Mexico in their military bloc.
I believe that any of these actions of the Warsaw Pact countries would be insane.
But the Americans did ALL of this, in analogy with Russia.
But crazy-Putin.
Yes, he's crazy.
He signed the Minsk agreements and for 8 years he tried to solve the problem of Ukraine peacefully.
There is much more to write and say, but I have already written too much.
I would like to end the text with Putin's words about the war in Chechnya:
"We will find terrorists everywhere. Even if we find them in the toilet, we will kill them there"
And we found. We killed almost everyone.
How many Iraqis did the Americans kill in 2,000 9/11 victims?
You were very angry, weren't you?
The Russians, too, are a little pissed off.
A little bit.
Thanks for the interview.
@@johnsmith1474 how many foreign languages do you speak?
Very well said, brother! Greetings from Slovakia
LOL, you are literally repeating old talking points from RU state TV. Greetings from ukrainian Alchevsk.
Thanks for a bunch of whataboutism and lies to justify your aggression. Those naive western "truth-seekers" will appreciate it.
1. Ukraine must concede because it was forced to sign Minsk agreements. 2. Russia doesn't owe anything to anyone because AMERICA.
What an independent thinker.
The funniest part are those old rotten arguments we've been hearing for 8 years:
"For example, Poroshenko's statement that they will drive the children of Donbass into the basements."
No he didn't. He clearly stated that they will be in basements because of Russia's actions.
"Or the public burning of 60 pro-Russian activists in the house of trade unions in Odessa."
First of all, 42 people died in the building. 200+ were inside and the vast majority was evacuated with the help of pro-ukrainian crowd.
Second of all, pro-russian activists were throwin molotovs and shooting from the building . There were fights inside of the buildings where pro-russian activists also threw molotovs. There's no proof that pro-ukrainian ones burned it.
Third of all, you forgot to mention street fights that were started by armed (cold weapons, guns) pro-russian activists (ironicly, some of them were nazis) before the events in the building. First casualties in Odessa were on ukrainian side.
Fourth of all, Luhansk, Donetsk and Crimea were occupied by Russia at that point. Ukrainians were sick of you.
"The destruction of the administration in Luhansk."
What's up with that? Armed "separatists" captured an administrative building. Russia straight up flattened Grozny.
"I could remember the Nazis from "Azov" (the emblem of which is the wolf hook of the SS division. "Remember other Nazi battalions like "Aidar", "Tornado" and others"
But you don't remeber that these battalions didn't exist before russian agression. How convenient.
I can name you just as many russian nazi battalions and activists. The only difference is that they operate in foreign territory.
"About the cult of Stepana Bandera, who was a Nazi collaborator."
Only russians can be brainwashed enough to call it a cult. In 2013 Bandera was a very controversial figure. Russians are much more fond of Stalin than any ukrainian of Bandera. Even now.
Also a remider that Soviets collaborated with Nazis two years before Bandera. Also a remider that Bandera fought against Nazis when they forbid him from creating a ukrainian state.
Hello from Russia, you wrote them correctly. You have great patience. But I do not think they are fools, I think they benefit from ignoring the truth and distort it. The U.S. is making so much money to sponsor wars on Earth that no one else could even dream of. Most half the countries, and many Americans including Colonel McGregor, Ritter Scott, Tucker Carlson are able to objectively assess the military situation and the position of forces and the basis of this geopolitical conflict. Only those who do not benefit from knowing the truth do not do so.
@@Edwarddwardwardardrdd Suhlas, iba dodam ze ludia Slovenska nie su vlada... Pozname stranu konfliktu...
1:58:20 He evokes the likely scenario that Ukrainian forces are killing Russian prisoners -- a war crime, to be sure. Watch from 1:58:01 for added context.
>a war crime
>towards Russian soldiers
Ah, so Niks can't take what they dish out.
@@noco7243 We have admissions of Ukrainian war crimes - often with video evidence provided by the perpetrators. We have _accusations_ of Russian war crimes, with no evidence, or with evidence that turns out to prove the reverse of what is claimed. You justify the former _proved_ war crimes because you just know the latter accusations must be true. Why? Heaven knows. Something to do with just hating Russians come what may, I suppose.
Recent videos on Telegram show the Uke's acting like animals.
No honor, drunk, killing unarmed surrendered soldiers. Knifing tied up pows in the eye sockets.
Lost respect for them.
@@TheHardTruth315 what telegram?
I don't think you need a training course to know not to kill prisoners...
Apparently subtleties like not making videos of murders needs to be explained.
It is Ukraine. Everything needs to be explained. Ukraine is the but hole of Eastern Europe. They are dumb AF.
well apparently, people do!
They really don't. If anything they don't need to take this many prisoners at all.
They lost me at the moment they snuk in that theme for Russians stealing washing machines in their tanks ... probably as the "mainstream" and Ursula as a matter of fact, wants the sheep to believe - for the chips to be used in missiles 😂😂😂
Then they will start to say that they eat children
Yup, just let them believe it. It is this typical Yank arrogance meaning they can still rule the world and can dictate it incl. regime changes to their geopolitical goals...
yepp .. laughable
Agree!
And what is wron about it? I think, they should maybe more speak about russian military habit to shit on carpets in captured cities, but nobody wants to hear about it, it is too absurd for western culture...
Jack at 32:00 buying all the bullshit propaganda from the IC, DoD, etc. I thought he was smarter than that but obviously I was wrong.
Recruiting is down because the military went woke but it's all populism to Jack. He has no idea what is actually going on. NGOs pushing insane woke nonsense got tossed out of Poland, Hungary, and banned in Russia. Most of the world does not want to be anywhere near the influence sphere of the US-led West where people let an insane doctor cut the healthy breast tissue of their 14 year old daughter because they are a confused teenager. And again, neither did Poland or Hungary. This isnt Putin seizing on US domestic politics. Half the country has lost it's fucking mind.
China is being stupid. All they have to do is wait us out. We're our own worst enemy at this point.
He forgot to mention Russia also recruits aliens from Mars. That's what stolen washing machines are for.
I am quite sure that Jack as a military trainer is good at what he does, unfortunately there were several times during the interview/conversation that Jack showed his lack of understanding of both Russia, the Russian military and most of all Russian politics. At least he did get one thing right, time is not on the side of Ukraine.
Doesn't seem smart at all. Bit of a narcissist that believes what he's told by the propaganda machine of America.
@@earlfithian2147 No one said that Russia use only 15/2o% of the army...imagine if they send 50% or more,they will be in Berlin in a few days
This confession should be used on international courtroom!
This is crazy...
We did worse to the Imperial Japanese in WW2. Too many false surrenders, prisoners stopped being taken. Skulls started being taken instead, especially by the Marines.
What is said here was already known. Ukraine is the 2nd most corrupt country in Europe while Russia is number 1. The fact you cannot see the pattern of this which happened to all countries that had Russian influence is mind boggling.
@@hugow.5973 The corruption came in wholesale with the American "shock therapy" after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The self-serving Yanks convinced the naive leadership of both Russia and the Ukraine that private ownership was the key to prosperity, and it didn't really matter who the private individuals who owned things were. Whoever had access to loans from Western financiers was able to buy up the results of generations of labour by the Russian and Ukrainian people for a couple of cents on the dollar, and became the infamous "oligarchs". Notice that there is only one major ethnic Russian oligarch in Russia, and only one Muslim oligarch in the Ukraine (and _no_ ethnic Ukrainian ones). All the others just happened to be the same ethnicity as the Western financiers and advisors...
The corruption of the oligarch era has been gradually rolled back in Russia as Putin has solidified his power. The Western idea that Putin's power-base is the oligarchy is completely false. It's the people. True, the people would like him to move faster in limiting the power of the oligarchs, but they trust him to be moving as fast as is practicable.
There has been no Putin-like figure in the Ukraine to rein in the oligarchs, so the corruption still abounds. But it's not because of Russian influence; it's because the American influence has not been rolled back. After all, the only reason that America is not universally recognised as the most corrupt country on Earth is that in America, they legalised corruption and called it "lobbying" or "campaign contributions".
@@hugow.5973 Actually Russia was the 1st most corrupt country in Europe in the 90ies, during Eltsin times, while US an European specialists were occupying the offices on the 5th floor of the Kremlin, taking care of the privatization process of the Post Soviet Union. With Putin the corruption level rapidly fallen, they are not completely resolved with it, but ... what about the EU? Ukraine corruption levels are over the sky in comparison.
"I mean guys, you shouldn't kill dudes who surrender" holy crap what a statement. That RIGHT THERE should be enough for us to pull our support for Ukraine
@@jacobmonahan3779 congratulations, you just exposed yourself. You have no understanding of the UA conflict.
@@jacobmonahan3779 I dont live in an illusion like you in which there are good and bad guys. You cannot look at world in black and white.
@@jacobmonahan3779 Sounds like projection. You have no idea where I live or what I do and believe. I will give you a hint: you have been incorrect in all aspects.
@@jacobmonahan3779 you don't have to like Russia to be against starting a war with them. People like you are deluded.
@@jacobmonahan3779yes they are, you will see, but now you damn blind or you just another ukrop keyboard hotshot
Please note that, according to CBS documentary, Andrew Milburn conceded that weapons & other materials sent to the front lines went missing:"“I can tell you unarguably that on the frontline units these things are not getting there,” the Mozart Group‘s Andy Milburn tells Yamaguchi at 17 - 40 [on the CBS video]. “Drones, Switchblades, IFAKs. They’re not, alright. Body armor, helmets, you name it.” Worth looking into...
Hardly a surprise in such a corrupt country is it? Wouldn't mind getting my hands on a Jav myself to be honest but the CLU alone would probably bankrupt me atm.
There was a british guy who reported two trucks full of Javelins, mgs, carbines, etc, just disappeared in the middle of a convoy.
@@RantTheRetort it'll be interesting to see where these end up. You can mark a single bloke or an aircraft with a Jav missile, for an AT weapon it's very versatile assuming you have the CLU as well as the launch tube.
@@weegie558 My happy thought is they were purloined by a more enterprising unit, but I have seen reports from various hot spots that weapons from ukraine are hitting the market. Is it true? 🤷♂️.
@@RantTheRetort certainly true of ammo on some of the Dutch and Eastern European forums on Tor links but I don't know how much of that is from Ukraine or is even genuine and not fantasists or LEO's. Personally I think the dark web is a bit overblown in media and is rife with FBI any serious people looking for gear will be connected to OCGs who don't need to go online to aquire stuff. But I wouldn't be surprised of we see some far right or jihadi moron miss their target by a mile with something outta Ukraine. These relationships in the black market were established long before 2014.
As Aaron Mate said about this, "spooks getting sauced"! lol! Glad we can give Andrew Milburn a way he can get through his dumb midlife crisis and get filthy rich at the same time.
😂😂😂😂😂
>Aaron Mate
OOF. That's cringe
Very glad to see some honest criticism and discussion about the US policy towards Ukraine and the overconsumption of propaganda stateside. The latest episode of the Shawn Ryan show was critical of it as well. I find it to be an important conversation we need to have. Specifically what our real strategic goals are, something we have struggled with as a country since Vietnam.
@@chaotics6107 we'll take what we can get 😂
Please just stop
-The rest of the world
It seems the goal of most Americans is to hate Russia and everything Russian. This is grievous.
There are no strategic goals. Even the guy who is doing the criticizing seems rather confused about the goals because they don't exist... The only explanation he could come up with is because Putin is a bad guy. 🤣
100% very refreshing. Reminds me of when you get your officer pished on whisky and he's getting his cock out with the lads.
This reminds of my experience with British soldiers in Bosnia. The only British Friends you EVER have are “British drinking buddies.”
Thats a shame ☹️☹️☹️
Lol one of the few groups of people who would die for you out of principle. And I think you all know that.
@@BigLebowski65 sure. Except, that's what everyone else does. Using the British morals to make a point about the British isn't good sport. You have misunderstood the rules and scored a point against yourself.
People know who to surrender too. It's natural.
@@curiositycloset2359 "To use the British morals against the British"? I didn't realize British lay a claim to be the originators of Christian moral values.
I always got on great with the yanks I met in Afghan, great with a BBQ but many including some NCOs were quite thick about the wider world especially about local culture, weren't interested in hearts and minds just wanted to blow shit up which as a Glaswegian I was always quite drawn to, very specialised in their roles rather than cross skilled as we were. Think I'd have gone further in my career if I'd joined the Yanks as Id rather have a scrap than a negotiation. Thick as fuck but loyal to each other and friends for life. Still keep in touch with 2 USMC blokes who maintain I have a home there anytime, unlike my many English mates who say the same I actually believe them, genuine people who value loyalty above all else.
1:33:30 laughter after the phrase that the lives of Ukrainians are not important explains a lot about the attitude of Americans towards Ukrainians. This is exactly what we Russians call Nazism. The extravagant head of a group of other musicians considers Ukrainians lost, but brothers
Andrew is by far the best guest you guys have on. Whenever he's done in Ukraine I hope he becomes the 3rd host come on Andrew don't let us down mate.
Is Andrew the drunken ignorant dude being interviewed? The amount of ignorant bullshit he spews with a drunken straight face is amazing.
i second that one, would be a great "force multiplier"
@ 34:37 They say that it is only propaganda about the Nazi brigades - but we have seen extensive video footage about this topic. Even the assistant Prime Minister of Canada unfurled a flag belonging to her grandfather with Nazi symbol emblazoned on it. We see the tattoos on the soldiers...
Love this guy. The key to Andrew Milburn's safe is booze. "Say the quiet part out loud again sir. Oh the US is financing Ukraine to commit war crimes and execute POWs? Well that's fine right, as long as the MSM doesn't report on what you just said right Colonel?"
@@Abulb99 Thou fool.
35:04 I recommend watching videos of the tattoo inspection of the Azovstal surrender and Azov worshipping the pagan god Perun also to look up the "Asgardsdrei" NSBM festival, the singer of the band "M8L8TH" and the "Misanthropic Division"
@@Abulb99 This is mainly a response to 35:04 . At least in Catholicism Neo-paganism is considered an "occult practise" and therefore inherently "satanic", as i remmber well from the "Satanic Panic" era. All these points should just show that the russian claims of "Satanism" are not so completely absurd and out of thin air as the collective West pretends, even if you don't agree with the propagandastic use of said claims by Moscow
@@Abulb99 depends but some nazi top staff were neopagans too
Born in Philadelphia, my ancestors came over on the Mayflower, others fought in WW2, others for the Union, but when people say 'we', referring to the gov of Joe Biden, in unity with the EU, and the WEF - I cannot include myself! When I hear reports of NATO and the EU, even Canada and America, collapsing, something in me rejoices because it seems that that is the only way we will survive - through utter failure and humility.
100% agree. Many of us rooting for west’s destruction. USA too corrupt to fix.
That has always been a problem with Russia and its pathetic. You need someone to be destroyed for you to be better. That is so weak man. You might as well paint your hair blue and cut yourself.
I love that he got so unguarded being with his own kind in the same room that he gave up allllll the tea 😂 poggers
what. i have no idea what you mean.
Nah the spook was just drunk
Very interesting guys. Thanks for the open discussion. Obviously you have misconceptions about Russia, and an irrational antirussian stance, which could have been more justified 30, 20, or even 10 years ago, so this is the disappointing part. If you understood better Russia, and the multidimensional agression it is facing from the West - without detailing that - you would reckon its reaction is just - and Russia did sincerely try to avoid this war. If the US was so agressed it would justly defend itself. Ukraine should not have persecuted ethnic russians on its soil, and not have been a bulwark for those US-NATO-West agressions of Russia, if it did not want war. But as we know well now, the people running Ukraine sought war, prepared for it, for 8 years, with heavy assistance from US, Germany, UK, France,..., and now they have it, so they must be satisfied. It is of course unfortunate for the population, at least for the part who did not want war - remember that Zelensky promised peace and collaboration with Russia in 2019, so most of his electors must have been disappointed, which has actually been shown by polls up to this year.
Among your misconceptions about Russia i think you do not measure well at all its industrial capacity, its economy, and the impact that has on war. In all wars of attrition this is a major aspect, and having worked in Bakhmut, you should understand how Russia's strategy relies on its militaro-industrial capacity: it will burn down NATO-Ukraine military capacities while ensuring its equipment production can support the rate at which its equipment is depleted, with as high Ukraine/Russia casualty ratios as possible so as to keep own-population approval high. As the equipment unbalance increase the casualty ratio will increase in favor of Russia, until Ukraine's military gives in, capitulates - probably pretty late as you remark much of the military is ready for death in a lopsided fight. Personnaly i expect that major segments of the front will collapse before end of winter - where exactly will depend on many factors and decisions - and by september 2023 Ukraine's army will surrender. There will of course be a lot of terrorism against Ukraine's government then, after the armistice, from banderist/ultranationalist groups who do not accept the rule of the government that will abide by Russia's terms - "demilitariation and denazification". So stabilizing the situation will probably take a generation - 20-30 years. Then progressively Ukraine will recover its full sovereignty, when Russia feels safe that the banderites cannot come back to power. It will remain demilitarized for a still longer time, as the only possible use of its military would be against Russia or Poland in the foreseeable future, but Poland will either seize the couple of regions it is eyeing upon before the end of this war, or not intervene, and after the end of military operations it will be Russia's army ensuring military security in Ukraine and i doubt Poland will want to play the same game as Ukraine against Russia.
I hope you guys will think about this neocons stance of yours, and abandon that. As Andrew Milburn rightly points out multipolarity is being forced upon the US, because of its (slowly but surely) declining power. So why not accept that and stop trying to rule the world. Why not peace ? Other great powers do not want war with the US, as long as the US does not agress them. Leave other continents alone politically, trade with them, i basta cosí. Your own economy will do much better, and your people (which is not a majority of warmongers) will be happier.
Can you imagine if the US gave up on its war footing? Their GDP would plummet, and unemployment skyrocket. Peace= the end of America.
@@johnsmith1474 Thank you. Maybe i am wrong on this, in absolute terms. I meant to be understanding toward the participants, to show good will - they definitely do not share your perspective. I also meant that Russia is an exemplary democracy today, i am not an expert but i think that it has improved dramatically in the past 2 decades. While the West has dramatically worsened. So that today Russia can teach lessons in democracy to the West.
I could try to invoke the soviet union, to justify some fear of and bitterness toward Russia in the past century, especially from some east european countries as Poland, the baltic countries, Finland, Romania, Czech Republic. Forgetting such periods takes time.
So i may be wrong, i have not studied history in great depth, but i was trying to motivate people who have a strong anti-russian feeling to reassess their position.
@@jojoarpa33 Thanks for your remark. I don't think so in the medium-long term. There are many pieces of evidence that point to the contrary. Under Trump America's deep state's neocons interventionism was somewhat "contained" and US economy did not show negative signs; on the contrary, despite interior unrest - in part due to Trump's provocative personality and in larger part to the establishment's hysterical response to its loss of power - economy worked rather smoothly.
Also look at China: they take a pacific stance to developing, showing, and applying their power, and economically this works great.
Also, the USA will lose its hegemony and the petrodollar tool/weapon, it was going to happen, but this could have been delayed for decades if it had been less greedy, less rageful in response to setbacks. If it did not bully every country that dares to take sovereign decisions that put a dent in US domination.
Also, the US could have profited from more peaceful trade with Russia. Or with the Middle East and Africa. For several decades, up until 2010 i'd say, perhaps it was useful to the US to crush resistance, and heavily intervene, in the very short term, but it has now made itself enemies for a long time, in Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe - even if the governments are submissive to the US, large parts of the peoples of Europe are very negative about the US.
I understand that the US only cares about its interests, but there is a threshold where other countries will prefer to fight back rather than bow, and where a deep anti US sentiment will become entrenched.
One may also consider that the people of America may not feel so cynical as its leaders, and perhaps they too will feel ashamed of the crimes committed by their state. We may even take a further step back and think about the good of humanity and the self-consciousness that humanity as a whole develops; this perspective is not gratifying for the US. Somehow all this will reflect badly on the US in the (very) long term, and on its economy.
Sir you have absolutely sober evaluation. The West had their chance to embrace Russia in to one European and
Trans Atlantic family and they rejected it. They do not like Putin Russia they prefer Yeltsin Russia easy to use and
easy to exploit. That goes to many other parts of the world. Here you go USA.
Good assessment. NATO and the US are bent on making Ukraine a “mini me”. Ukraine will disappoint them. Zelensky is a dictator and will continue to be so, even after the war. We should back off and let this play out between the two parties. If we come to the table, let’s only do so to bring peace and compromise so that the killing stops.
"It's about global norms." hahahahahahahahahahaha
What happened to Winter is Coming the price of Oil and Gas has Collapsed Putin is now begging for Peace deal their is a run 🏃🏻♂️ on the Banks we are going to crush the skull of the Slavic beast
@@miriamweller812 so true!! This guy is simply making money by killing people…
He doesn't really answer why "Global norms" apply in Russia -Ukraine, but not with Azerbaijan-Armenia or Ethiopia-Eritrea. What exactly is unique about this war compared to the myriad of other wars except that we want to weaken Russia?
Thanks for this content, I learned some stuff and appreciate truth and hearing folks opinions.
Best thing ever. I can sit like a fly on the wall and watch men talk about a subject I am so interested in and enjoy every second, but no cigars smoke. 🙂
Essential watching, as usual. But, SO geopolitically relevant w/ the normal depth, unique insight, great questions, melancholic temperament, booze and wit. Will be tragically under-‘viewed’.
NASAMS in theater. ATACMS still plausibly denied.
The best joke - "we're an ethical private military company". Ethical private military company is a "ICRC". And even they doubtful.
i love a show where people are drinking bourbon, eating nuts and eating pizza. and talking about the most relevant issues in the world.
Same
@@TheTeamHousePodcast pain from combat or conflict isn't just caused by rounds as well....well said. Glad I found this 'cast so I can subscribe. Well done gentlemen.
@@TheTeamHousePodcast I love that room you guys film in. I understand not all your guests can be in person, but this setting is really great for the show
Thanks! We threw it all together from Facebook market place and Amazon. We went with a JFK Cold War bunker motif
@@TheTeamHousePodcast wtf/>? lol
As the talk progresses, one can see the whiskey talking. Also I can sense how naive these so called journalists are regarding the main stream media and propaganda from the western side is concerned .
Why did he said that there are not forward observers for artillery ? If you see a video with impact on youtube that means that artillery were managed by FO using drone
Wasn't this guy passing out Mozart Group patches like candy to UKR operators who ended up dead and suddenly he fled lmao curious thing ain't it? Mozart Group Wasn't doing well in Bakhmut
They are the only ones in Bakmut operating lmfao. Guess the work my team and MANY other groups was all made up.
@John Sharpe ah I see you know nothing of the happenings in Ukraine. Thanks for letting everyone on YT see that, thanks for sharing!
If you want to believe state sponsored media sure but he is still there
@@devinhall4570 They are not on the front lines. That video of the guys walking in a staggered column engaging was the foreign legion and you should look up the full video instead of the clipped version. Mozart is not fighting Wagner and Russians are not fighting NATO.
@Hugo W. not sure what your on about. Never said Mozart was fighting anything. I am pointing out that they are not the only group of forgien volunteers that are in the Bakmut area supporting the UA people in a humanitarian capacity.
There are alot of of said volunteers doing the exact thing he claims to be doing in that area.
Since this interview some of those brave volunteers have made the ultimate sacrifice while providing support to the people of that area.
Some people are saying that The Atlantic is not the Anglo-American Establishment, but the Jewish Establishment.
It's true, Russia has the ability to endure lots of suffering. But they do not suffer in this war, not on the front (reasonable losses, very careful), nor at home (Russian economy is doing great now).
Russia doesn't have the ability to suffer anymore. for every 10 kids that are born 18 people die. life expectancy is really low and they never had a baby boom. In 80 years its a dead country. Well the eastern regions will survive because they are out breeding everyone. It a repeated line that is full of fallacies "Russia will endure". Being the number one in the world in preforming abortions wont help you endure either.
@@hugow.5973 demographical problem they have indeed. Just like white population in the "West"
Next time, please have a water bong on the table.
The first 3 min and he thinks the Atlantic is ethical WTF.
This first-hand account was so freaking refreshing. I bought the book. Keep up the good work!
Because of the 6 month military service contracts the North of Donbass were almost empty of troops when the "great" Ukraine offensive took place. Most of the civilians (Russian ethnics) were already flied to Russia. Ukraine went in and "took" the territory. If you lack troops the Mongolian tactic is the best solution.
Videos with washing machines? Where are those videos,somebody link?
Gotta love when the truth leaks out! More interviews like this!
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I like the honesty, we must not be fanatic just understand the circumstance and the fight for their freedom. not sugar coat it. Ukraine is corrupt country hiding that fact won't make them better off, actually it will hurt them, they have to face their reality and overcome it.
And did Ukraine not sign on to the Minsk agreement to maintain neutrality and in the meantime his Nazi soldiers are slaughtering ethnic Russians in the Donbass. Sounds harsh, but I can only think these folks brought this on themselves and now the West is bankrolling it and teasing 'the bear' into a nuclear war!
As an American tax payer, enough already. If Ukraine doesn't want to surrender, how about some other country foot the bill? Please tell me why WE are funding the Ukrainian military, paying their government workers' salaries, and depleting our military's supply of ammo and expensive weapon systems that will take years and billions to replace. What vital, US strategic interest is at stake? How come every time Zelinsky says jump, our President asks, "How high?"
We pay to Ukraine because we took out from them nuclear weapons .and actually, we destroy our main political and military enemy, we got tons of information and intelligence about modern warfare and no one US soldier died.
It's not a war about Ukraine. As putin said, it's war against US and western world. If we lose this fight, we will lose everywhere. Russkies also want Alaska back
@@oliverqq4078 So our Senate ratified the treaty where we agreed to this nonsense that's occuring now? Information and intelligence about modern warfare? Uh, okay - we probably got that after the first infusion of cash. Our main enemy? Russia? Please... Have we been transported back to 1987 and I somehow didn't notice? Russia isn't our main anything. They haven't been for decades. That title is held by China.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you made your empire now lay in it with no healthcare
@@avbeast Russia literally states almost daily how America is enemy number 1. China is much more of a US partner than Russia. Russia wants to destroy the west. Apparently you have not noticed what has been going on in Russia since 2012. Remember, Russia did not give two shits about Ukraine until ExxonMobil signed a deal with Ukraine in 2011. This war is all about oil and gas. Russia wanted to ensure that it controlled the vast oil and gas fields in Ukraine and not the US. BTW those oil and gas fields, are all in the Donbass and Black Sea.
My opinion is from Russia. The United States has no choice but to put at least someone with Russia. There are few bad people in the world who would be ready for a confrontation with us, but there were Ukrainians, for which your people should be immensely grateful to them. By itself, a war by someone else's hands is always a profitable war, examples are nearby, these are the first and Second World Wars, which did not affect the United States much, the main losses were borne by Europeans and Asians, and the United States raised its industry and economy in two wars, becoming a great power. In principle, if Russia had lost in the war as well as Germany and the USSR lost in 1941-45, it would have been a great war for the United States. But alas, Russia manages to fight with small forces, without straining the economy, which is why it bears insufficient losses to make money on it. It is also impossible to earn money in Ukraine, it is a bankrupt country. But before the start of the war, it was not known for sure that sanctions, gas and oil embargoes would not work, and NATO does not have so many weapons to crush Russia.
Let's be honest when Wagner is in business Mozart runs losing his pants)))
@@MyroslavDrujenko criminals fightonh criminals then? Excellent! Bye bye Ukraine, Europe don’t need you no more.
@@MyroslavDrujenkoCriminals are tearing the ass of the professional army of Ukraine. Shame on the Ukrainian army.💩🇺🇦💩🇺🇦💩
Wagner has has accomplished goals the US hasn't achieved!!!
But to what end???
As insane and like the dirty dozen, they made it work as many allied commander's have also done!!!
But what is life??
Perspective???
Right or wrong, I find it difficult, without understand all circumstances, to judge!!!!
Anyone can say anything!!!
I only know my life!!!
Anyone else who gives a fuck, would do whatever it takes!!
@@mattrolih1550is this a poem?
You need a time code guys ...
Jimmy dore brought me here
Wish this guy could be the 3rd host say once a month. Amazing
Us too.
When this guy said the Germans where pretty sophisticated during the Weimar period is when l thought stick to fighting wars and stop trying to politick.🙄
They were very cosmopolitan. And then for no reason at all.
He really does. That farce of "sophistication" is precisely the reason that '33 played out like it did.
It was! my grandparents lived through it and they could read and write there was just lack of jobs and high inflation. Everyone was also better dressed then they are today including the poor.
@@hugow.5973 The way he said it, was as if it was in the 20s that Germany became sophisticated country during Weimar, when Germany was a sophisticated country since its inception and before when it was the 4 kingdoms, it was probably at its least sophisticated during Weimar.
As always - pure gold guys, Andy is a diamond geezer, a unique perspective and interpretation of US military coupled with great english humour and self depreciation. The ‘down the pub’ approach to the vid and the refelction on current situations based on contemporary experience. Brilliant.
bloody brilliant.
At 1:51:08 people who've undergone trauma can get great benefit from seeing themselves from a detached 3rd person perspective.
Can provide a forgiveness and understanding not normally available
Crimea was annexed by the Russian Empire from the Ottoman Empire in 1783, the same year the US won the war of independence. Crimea has been Russian for as long as the US has been a country. Ukraine and the west are delusional if they think Russia won't go "ballistic" over the threat of losing Crimea again. Crimea has always been Russian, either directly as a part of the Russian SFSR, or indirectly as a part of the Ukrainian SSR after 1954. It was moved internally, laterally, within the Soviet Union, but it was always a part of Russia. Sevastopol only exists because it was established as the home port of the Black Sea Fleet.
100%
Oh yes lets redraw the entire borders of 1783 why don't we. 1991 Ukraine got its independence and that included Crimea. Since 1991 till 2014 there hadn't been a single political movement for Crimea to join Russia. Not until the Russian military took over government buildings. Stop skipping over eastern Europeans like they are nothing. Its eastern Europe vs Russia not US vs Russia.
"Crimea has always been Russian"? you contradict yourself, the Crimea has always belonged to the southern nomads and partly to the Greeks. It became Russian only for 171 years. Turkey has more rights to Crimea than Russia, and even the very name of Crimea is Tatar.
@@nicolasflamel9845 now do the US, Canada... & most parts of the world 🙄🤣
What were the books they spoke about again?
My god, Milburn looks like Hollywood's central casting of a dogged Marine colonel; doesn't he?
He looks like it but he sounds like a documentary narrator.
Shellback Marine for sure.
He reminds me of the bad-ass in Avatar
@@BobJohnson648 Yep, both "Avatar" and "Small Soldiers" lol
At 34:00 that's ironic coming from an American 😅
He speaks facts but doesn't know he's saying that about himself.
Great interview. Though I disagree with Milburn's underlying assessment of Putin and the reasons for the Ukraine conflict, I super-appreciate his openness (and humor!). He offers many important details -- very helpful in understanding the realities on the ground. (And thanks for keeping this a shirts-on episode, guys. LOL.)
Ask yourself one question. How did a man become so rich by having a lifetime career in politics?
@@hugow.5973 Leave Biden, Obama, Clinton and Blair out of it, can't you!
Big money boys!
Interesting interview with exception of wrong understanding of Russian nuke doctrine which states this nuke arsenal (best strategic and best tactical one in the world) to be used only when existential threat to Russia arises.
War in Ukraine if not completed with absolute victory to Russia and loss to NATO will pose future existential threat. To avoid future nuclear war with NATO Russia must defeat best NATO Ukraine army in Europe today. Sorry Andrew Milburn, since Mongols no one else accomplished defeat of Russia.
Yes, same was in Asia. What happened to Japanese Kwantung army of 1945. It was defeated by Russia in 7 days. Japs surrendered not because of Hiroshima but due to their main land army defeat in China. Yankees are misleading the world it was due to Hiroshima. Lying as usual.
How about russo-japanese war of 1904?
@@zbstof it was not an actual war…
@@zbstof Your facts will not deter their low-IQ fascist Russian mythology.
Russia will win, don't doubt it for a second.
since Mongols no one else accomplished defeat of Russia. ... mongols defeat russians not russia / at that time russia was divided in small states /
"Filming interrogations of prisoners they need education on" so what about the executions, don't think l have saw any videos of the reverse.
How is this MARSOC guy being taken seriously? he thinks war criminals are ok and doesn't seem to understand why Russia invaded the Ukraine, which was considered (by far) the most corrupt country in europe for many years prior to Russian invasion. Not to mention that the Ukrainian Army has Neo-Nazi Battalions but no one seems to care in the slightest?? I'm not here to say that Russia is good in all of this, but the US and NATO did break their old agreements with Russia about not expanding NATO in 1993, so is it shocking that Russia, with it's longstanding mistrust of the west, would do something about it?
I meet English guys like this. Intelligent enough but when it comes to sides, definitely know which side theirs bread is buttered on.
A tiny correction: neonazi battalions not just 2, but a whole Dozen. Supported by the president and govt.
@@alexanderkalinchenko4038 thanks for the correction! I had only heard about the Azov and one other battalion. Americans would lose their mind if the US Army allowed One single Nazi soldier to openly serve, but for some idiotic reason don't care if the Ukraine has many openly Neo Nazi elements.
@@superjonboy873 and in twenty years. These military grade nazis will do a 9/11 somewhere. And America will use it as a reason to invade.
I've seen the repeat
сейчас читаю дневники и письма солдат и офицеров Вермахта периода 39-45 года. Данное обсуждение очень напоминает бодрые заметки фашистов в первый год войны, но после битвы за Москву, тон сменился на плач и скулеж. У этой команды это впереди)))
This podcast is so underrated, it makes me angry.
Tell your friends, tell your dog!
It really is, it's amazing how few subs these guys have.
@@TheTeamHousePodcast told my dog and she didn’t care. Got a new dog, much better😂
I think the podcasts taking one side get a higher count- I like TH content and their approach to subjects presented.
@@TheTeamHousePodcast this is the good interview guys, it was honest, but some things should not to be publicly, we know our problems: some stupid officers, clumsy bureaucracy system & corruption people in the government, unfortunately they exist, but we are keeping fighting with them as well understanding that corruption is the same enemy as russia. But our enemy has already used your interview in their propaganda, to demonstrate like hey Andrew Milburn from Mozart said that government of Ukraine are sick, so what they are fighting for? And that the answer to your question why our media don't criticize action of our government and general headquarter. Why we don't discuss our problems publicly.
1st SOTG days.
Good times.
Luck of education un Russia compared with USA!!! I like your sarcasm!!!
And what is wrong with the level of education in russia? I graduated from a russian school in 2003. in 4th grade we studied Aritotel and Plato, in 5th grade literature was not limited to russian, it was Mark twain as well. from 5th grade, complex mathematical algorithms. Look at the level of industry in Russia - planes, rockets, cars, military hardware, its own microprocessor architecture, the most advanced closed-loop nuclear power, biotechnology, the world's largest graphene production, Europe's largest film and TV series production, the most advanced digital banking system, its own search engine and social networks that freely compete with google. That's not all. Russia has only just recovered from the destruction of the USSR and is now just beginning to realize its potential. You might want to watch a little less CNN propaganda.
Most Americans I know, haven't read a book in their life
@@русланзабрамський стиралка российская. Холодильник тоже. Гаджеты будут, даже не сомневайся, литограф в разработке. Росатом сможет. Все будет. У вас ничего не будет. Будете на морозе скакать, электричество вырабатывать)
@@ilyaivanov9283 Yet it still a shit hole with a gdp a fraction of the US. Poor vatniks and their delusions of grandeur.
@@ilyaivanov9283 He talked about the lack of education in all woke matters that West is so much involved in…
As regards the actual education, the one in the UK or US is abysmal, they know about nothing… after I moved into the West, with my BA I felt I had professorship so much it appeared I knew in general subjects in comparison to an average American or Brit…
US has alot of old equp they needed to get rid off anyway, after that stock pile is finito mabey some more advanced stuff
Why sell Ukraine the newest and best equipment when the US has a backlog of old equipment that they can sell and get rid of.
@@TranslatedAssumption We're not sending them the latest and greatest. We're not even sending them tanks.
We have an officer trying to instruct a NCO on the proper use of weed.
Nothing like a drunk sharing war stories
When you talk about ukrainian guys - their qualities, courage, ability to learn, motivation to protect and all that..blablabla, it’s good remember about very similar guys on another side of the front with same qualities… No matter how much they hate each other now, proving each other how they are different. But problem is that they are very similar. And this is real tragedy! They were brought up by people, who had a common historical and cultural field and more…motherland… And , please, no politics and ideology in these things here! Sometimes symbolic things are the biggest…As a big family in going through a divorce, all these people, ukrainians and russians, can’t share their past, present and future… But! When a third side intervenes in a civil conflict, the conflict becomes a war. That is a crime of the West… Don’t participate and influence ukrainian politics - wouldn’t have had Crimea&Donbass and these days…And now, helping ukrainians in the war, you “teach” russians just like ukrainians…Because these people are arranged and think in a similar way. BUT YOU HELP THEM KILL EACH OTHER MORE AND MORE…
One thing the West does not understand about Russia is that it does not matter whether the people support the government or not, it is important to understand that any lost war for Russia always makes it impossible for Russia itself to exist as alliance of many ethnic groups with very different cultures and histories. So, regardless of what led to this war, now there is a war of ordinary Russians for their existence with ordinary Ukrainians for the existence of their state. And what do you think will win - the struggle for the free existence of peoples within a state that ensures the coexistence of different peoples together, or the struggle for a state within which there is only Ukraine? Thus, many ethnic groups, Russians, are fighting against one Ukrainian, which did not allow pro-russian Donbass to become a federation in Ukraine...
There has never been a political movement for Donbass to be independent. Viktor Yanukovych could but he didn't. Why not? Maybe because those Russian speaking Ukrainians don't identify as Russians and want to be part of Ukraine. The Russian federation is not Russia. The west convinced Ukraine to give up their nukes and in return would offer them security. The only ones that are actually holding to their agreement.
Stopped reading after "civil conflict". 🤦♂️
Russia occupied Crimea in 2014, it's an indisputable fact. This took place BEFORE any violence in Donbass. And THIS was the point of no return. Our life was perfect. My mother's family is all from Horlivka and they had a great life until ruSSo occupants moved into Donbass later in 2014.
They ended up uprooting their business/life to relocate to Volnovakha (under UA control). Basically started from scratch to only get displaced again in 2022! We are all ethnic Russians and our first language is russian. We love Ukraine, it's our motherland. I can tell you with certainty that today no one hates ruSSia more than Russian speaking Ukrainians. Because WE are the ones suffering the MOST from occupation!
Jesus, I just looked at who you are subscribed to. Shariy family 🤦♂️ that explains everything.
For people outside of ruSSo propaganda universe, Shariy is Alex Jones on steroids lies-wise but only with a RUclips channel.
@Sergey Bebenin then become Russian be reborn, don't be janissaries to your people!
@@Ilia1971BG speak English
The Cia researched the best ways to extract information from enemies of the state, and after testing everything from drugs to hypnosis they concluded the most reliable way was to get someone drunk by a beautiful woman.
Also the project Veritas strategy by the way :)
Ah, truth serum isn't made in a CIA lab....just a regular distillery. 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
A lot of govt paycheck free loaders is all I see.
First time viewer, came for Andy's critique of your foreign policy, I disagree the US must maintain some global hierarchy as imo as a bitter Afghanistan veteran this philosophy has done us (the west) more harm than good and just been a massive wealth transfer to certain political and corporate families at the expense of soldiers and civilians in the GWOT AO's. I think you're onto a loss long term just voting for corrupt politicians who genuinely seem to believe you can stave off China and Russia becoming more influenfial. They carry out full spectrum warfare inc industrial and economic and are often invited into the places that the US have already pissed off. But I appreciate his no BS description of the Ukranian Government and pointing out that the propaganda can come back to bite, we saw this during my Afghan deployments when embedded media cleverly edited and completely transformed the reality on the ground to fulfil what government ministers wanted to portray, then quelle surprise among our nation when it all went tits up and the ANA were swiftly smashed upon our departure. I was very tempted to go to Kiev when the invasion first began as a paramedic then again when they started getting Javs (ex instructor) but glad I never as I've already had my fill of doing stupid things on the whim of green officers. What I enjoyed about the podcast is its 3 ex squaddies having an informed and uncensored discussion about war over some whiskey and snacks, most excellent. You can tell he came up through the ranks (from an officers social background) because he isn't afraid to call out the politicians involved. If he had joined the British military he most likely wouldn't be so critical especially when running a PMC as they are very tied to the establishment, no doubt he is as well but is allowed his first ammendment rights to criticise those who have no strategic capacity and are just life long leeches who tell the media what to say. Its something I admire about my yank brethren, a natural distaste for politicians and big government. I really enjoyed this interview guys very enlightening thank you happy holidays. Eta, war crimes occur in every conflict. It's embedded in the nature of warfare and its wrong and should be prosecuted. But it happens and unless you've been in that environment for months you won't ever understand how it can happen but I get it, sadly.
Fascinating 🙏🏼
I had a teacher who knew some things about the Men who Stare at Goats. He said things like cloud bursting was ... . . I forget.
No need to torture him if ye get the hold of him. Bottle of whisky for the songbird
I’m starting to crave a pizza for some reason I wonder why 😂
Can this guy eat more pizza? I just heard the man crush an entire pie like he was at deaths door from starvation.
It tasted so good, you have no idea.
@@TheTeamHousePodcast
Everything tastes good when you're stoned and buzzing.
@The Team House
After you sober up, here's a suggestion to contemplate for the next time you have the jar head on the show. Give him a reading comprehension and logical reasoning test using the Constitution of the USA. Years ago he swore an oath to uphold, preserve, and impose it upon the world by force of arms if the world won't submit and obey. So he ought to have finished reading and digesting the first paragraph by now.
That paragraph asserts that "We the People...do ordain and establish this Constitution...". Now, ask him how that assertion could be true even though at least 1/2 of "the People" didn't do _any_ ordaining or establishing at all. Ask him how it could be true even though many people resisted the new imperialist scribbling, as we know that they did. Ask him what would happen to his empire of lies, hypocrisy, and terrorism if one if its most famous articles of faith were no longer believed by just 5% of "the People" on its territory, assuming for a moment that this 5% were armed and out of patience.
Suddenly Dmitry Medvedev's prediction of "What can happen in 2023" is not looking so wild or absurd after all.
Lmao…nahhh
@@TheTeamHousePodcast
Why not? Is the jar head too stupid to answer a few questions like an adult on his own? It's obvious that you can't, or won't, but maybe the jar head is better than you.
Very good guys, really enjoyed it. Andy is an old fashioned crusader with high moral values and not afraid to prove it. Good luck.
I like the way he says, for the Ukraine to win the US should do this and that and that… (and no, Ukraine will never be the NATO member, Noo!) and it seems to him absolutely fine that the US government should do that… while when Russia has been supporting the Donbas even before it has voted to become Russian, no, it is baaad, how dare they! Ah, only the US and the NATO are allowed to get involved in countries politics!
Well at least he mentioned a few things that have not been talked about in the West, it was always the knowledge in Russia though… He is surprised about the way the conflict was reported in Ukraine, why to be, it has been done by the team of former actors and Co that are heading the country…
Regarding the lack of education in Russia, I would argue that the Russians in general are by far are better educated than an average American or Brit… Why do the Westerners think that they have the right to tell over 150 mln other people how to choose to live? This sounds soo arrogant. Of course the Westerners are better, they know better! They know the truth! That is so so arrogant!! The Russians have never told the Americans or Brits or whoever how to live and in what to believe…
@@jacobmonahan3779 have ever actually talked to a person from Donbas and heard what they really want? After being shelled for now 9 years by their former Ukrainian compatriots, believe me, there isn’t much love hold towards them.
@@русланзабрамський bot yourself 😀! What right do you have to tell the Donbas people how to live? What language to teach their children? What church to go? What forbidden by your president media to watch or to read? The list can go on.
You do understand other countries are offering help and last week a Russian hacker showed what they handing over.
Please don't eat while doing the podcast
Respectfully. No.
This explains his British accent ...Colonel Milburn, who was born in Hong Kong, but grew up in London spent 31 years in the Marine Corps. He is now teaching Ukrainians how to spot IEDs and tactical awareness which will improve their chances on the front.
Colonel Milburn said he had planned to become a barrister in London having completed a law degree. Instead he deferred his entrance into Lincoln Inns for five years having enlisted into the US Marine Corps.
However, after his first enlistment he decided to continue with the US Marines, rising to the rank of Colonel.
I assume a parent/grand parent, allows the joining of marines
I presume he was old enough to join without parental consent
🙄😏😉🫡
No American tax payer money for ukraine
The irony of these guys talking about Russians believing state propaganda
Had me until you brought your politics in and said it's okay to bleed Russia.
But it is, so...
If this war isn't a total loss for Russia it's an ok on land wars in Europe, this was just a tester for their greater goals, unfortunately for the russian conscripts they have to lose this war one way or another.
It's a podcast about US military, intelligence, and federal law enforcement and you think it isn't political?
You guys all nuts if you think that Russians will lose, nobody could beat Russians ever.
@@TheTeamHousePodcast The U.S is not bleeding Russia. NATO is low on ammuntion and hardware and it will take years to replenish stocks. NATO weapons, drones and vehicles have been seized by Russian forces and either sent back to Russian weapons manufactures or sold off to Iran and China. The U.S is losing its proxy war, like Vietnam it's not a war it can win.
Zelensky just fooking his great country
Podcast rule #1. No eating on podcasts
nope
Nuclear Power Stations will be the trigger 😳😳
i was very confused, guy with a british accent and MARSOC. Like how the hell did that happen?
Watch the first two appearances
@@Frisco_Schills my question has been answered later in the episode.
Wow this guys a major lefty, definitely not going to Make Ukraine Great Again.
Excellent discussion.
and how to explain the torchlight procession with slogans and symbols of fascists in the center of Kiev and the symbols of fascists on the Azov uniform ? The US Congress also recognized Azov as a terrorist organization. The Israeli Foreign Minister also accused Kiev that the government allows the parade of fascists and this is not acceptable
Various Jewish organizations recently have recognized Azov as no threat to the Jewish people. Azov, or what is left of it, currently sees some combination of Israel and Japan as what they want the future to be for Ukraine.
Well in a free country anyone should be able to demonstrate but i dont know why you keep going on about Azov when they never even had a seat in parliament.
"The US Congress recognized Azov as terrorists" 😂 This is a lie that is easy to verify. 1) Not "US Congress", but only 40 congressmen out of 435. 2) Not "recognized as terrorists", but wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. And it did not lead to anything - the Americans did not recognize Azov as a banned organization. Here you sat in a puddle (a).
More precisely, Mike Rose wrote a letter on October 16, he has a copy of the letter and the signatures of 39 others on his Twitter.
And the fact that under Trump in 2018 to 2019 they weren’t given weapons and didn’t learn this is nonsense - under Biden they are now given weapons and trained very well.
Always preferred Wagner to Mozart tbh.
You prefer aids infected prisoners over veterans? good luck!
Dope
I've seen many video testimonials from Dombas, Mariupol, etc. by Russian-speaking Ukrainians who welcomed and celebrated the arrival of Soviet forces. I have seen the devastation resulting from 8 years (2014 - 2022) of shelling and rocket attacks by Ukraine's (NAZI) military upon civilians yielding 14,000 to 20,000 dead + untold tens of thousands of wounded, including children. I have yet to see any footage of DPR forces shelling civilians in Ukrainian territories. The people of Crimea voted 95% for separation from Ukraine as a republic. When Ukraine sent its army to quash the people, that is when Russia moved to stop them. Crimea was Russia until Kruschev gave it away.
The people of the east speak of being held in basements and not allowed to leave while the AZOL soldiers turned their homes into defensive positions. Those that tried to leave were shot. Go to John Mark Dougan's RUclips channel for his personal eye-witness interview accounts of the truth about Ukraine. Oliver Stone's two documentary movies about Ukraine will awaken you to western propaganda and influence. Biden would not allow the Minsk agreement and Merkel of Germany admitted twice in the last two weeks that the agreement was a trick to buy time to build up Ukraine forces to put down "Russian Speaking Ukraine". They didn't expect Russia to move as soon as they did. They jumped their timeline.
why are you telling lies? I myself am from Mariupol. The vast majority of the photos that you saw about Mariupol were taken by Russian troops
Hey look a commie who doesn't know his place. Ukraine got its independence in 1991 and that included Crimea. Since 91 there hasn't been a political movement to get donbas and Crimea to be part of Russia. Not until in 2014 armed Russian nationals took over government buildings by force. Also the UN investigators that were requested by the Russians to look came up with a figure of 3400 civilians were killed. Putin is not Russia and just because you speak a language doesn't automatically assume you are also a supporter of that countries government. Eastern Europe doesn't want to be part of Russia. Maybe its time to stop treating them as inferior and they wouldn't hate you so much. Fact is if there was no Stalin there wouldn't have been a Hitler. But with Russia its always a one way street, they claim to have liberated Europe from Fascism but what right did they have to invade Poland from the east while the Germans were invading? What about the Poles? It wasn't liberation it was conquest. Also when you speak of Russia do you mean the western part or eastern part? Because the eastern part has absolutely nothing in common with the western part. Its not a single country in reality but its all to feed Moscow.
You also must do some type of drug if you actually believe a referendum can deliver a 95% approval. You have to be really special to believe that. 71% is absurd in countries where voting is normal. That would already raise questions here. But a 95%? no way, not possible.
@@maksd.4341 I have many contacts with the area, but you have only to watch the documentaries of Oliver Stone about Ukraine and the corruption pit that it is. The people of Ukraine deserve better leadership.
@@maksd.4341 да он бот или промытый пропагандой
Great podcast guys, Andrew has such a interesting background and view on things.. keep up the great content.
What a cartoonish performance.
Great to see you guys make close enough relationships with some guests that you give us somewhat frequent updates with their goings-on. Looking forward to more updates. How can folks send care packages and food to the frontlines in Ukraine?
Your care packages will end up somewhere in the Middle East or back in Washington DC, just like our tax dollars.
Еlton John's group ran away home, don't come back again, otherwise you will get a sledgehammer
Amazing how ignorant Special Forces types are about war and geopolitics. Modern Special Forces were invented as a means of propaganda. Churchill's forces were defeated decisively everywhere. He had nothing left. So he invented the Commandos to keep the public entertained that Britain was fighting back. That almost all the Commandos missions were debacles was not important. It kept the Public on board. Now we have evolved where SF is almost a war strategy in spite of horrible results at winning anywhere beyond the odd firefight. No SF guys, the Ukrainians are not in any hope of winning. They have been slaughtered and continue to be slaughtered. Soon Russia will unleash its massive offensive and you will all look as silly as the SEAL Platoon defeated by a few Rent a Cops in Panama.
Geez you should get a career on Russian state media. "Soon Russia will unleash its massive offensive". There is nothing Russia can do to make us scared. Dropping nukes would just be a sign of weakness.
Excluding Teamhouse which is actually legit AF podcast the target demo for sf podcasters are white, progun, paranoid foxnews loving meatloaf on wednesdays eating audience
Looks like a pizza night for you guys.