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[@chancerueffer6256]

One of my favorite things I've seen was a US carrier next to a Britiah carrier and someone asked what the US was compensating for. Someone answered "weak allies"

[@johnfrantz6828]

So true😊

[@TanyaQueen182]

lol

[@haventthoughtofanameyet6364]

Brutal but allies are allies. Britain isnt weak necessarily, theyre just weak /compared/ to the U.S which is the case for basically any single country.

[@aidancawley3153]

No one holds a jock strap compared to us but still bitch about things

[@arfgrogue5735]

​​@@haventthoughtofanameyet6364I mean it comes down to numbers.. America has 300k or so personnel in its Navy, we have about 30k... Americas population as a whole is what 330 million people? UK is about a 5th the size of that at about 68 million citizens. Now, the UK geographically as well is absolutely tiny in comparison to the USA. That means more resources than us. Its just a numbers game. No point in building what the USA has if we don't have the man power or economy to use or maintain it right? Thats just dumb. That said, what we do have is some of the most powerful and advanced equipment in the world, most of which we collaborated w the USA on. Its just comes down to population in this situation in my opinion.

[@fayceoff]

I watch a lot of "Brits taste American food" videos and Im convinced we could take over the UK just by building about 50 Hardees restaurants.

[@StylesEste]

Throw in some Carolina peppers with that and yeah. They'd be done.

[@MultiVeeta]

​@@StylesEsteclearly never visited a British curry house.

[@StylesEste]

@@MultiVeeta Vindaloo curry ("British Curry") 500,000 SHU Carolina Peppers: 2.2 *million* ^'Murica wins again.

[@MultiVeeta]

@@StylesEste nice, you're just sticking a pepper in your mouth Vs having a nice tasty spicy meal. This is why you fail you think bigger is always better. Ps, there is hotter than Vindaloo. The beautiful thing about making a curry, you can put whatever you want in it, you want a Reaper in it they are not exclusive to US or illegal in UK you know.

[@StylesEste]

@@MultiVeeta Yeah, I know Phall is hotter than Vindaloo. Still not hotter than the Carolina pepper. And you specifically said "British Curry", which is Vindaloo. ^You're not going to put a Carolina reaper in with other spices. You'll die.

[@albertmassingo4249]

Most of the US's allies don't build big militaries they count on the US

[@michaelemery1497]

That is a great point..Most of Europe are our friends..We took out Germany and Hitler for them,

[@Beans-1111]

That is just so stupid why countries do that to us!

[@Bar-Buryin]

@@michaelemery1497 Sort of... The Soviet Union played a big role as well in helping take them down. You have to remember that that was pre cold war.

[@michaelemery1497]

Very good point and u are correct..I know my history...Germany went into Russia during the winter and got crushed

[@marycline4802]

If you watch one of your friends get hit at the age of SIX in America….you will be DESTROYED by anyone who saw it. You NEVER allow anyone you care about to be touched. Y’all helped us after 911! Friends fight sometimes but never as hard as we are willing to fight for each other.

[@placebo5466]

4:10 "What do you guys need so many?!" The evil chuckle that came out of me was completely involuntary.

[@elizabethannedavis5176]

Same. Fucking same. 😂😂😂

[@djj9675]

We don’t like to lose

[@billmarshall5040]

😊😊😊😊😊🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@ultimatecultchaos]

HONESTLY i had the same reaction =)

[@jadespider7526]

Why so many? because of the 28 NATO nations, only 3 pay the MINIMUM 2% of their GDP on defense forces, the rest rely on the US to police the world for them.

[@CodexisInkwind]

Oh gods i laughed so hard as his pure and real optimism at the start just crumbled throughout the video

[@trevor3013]

The reason the US needs so much is because it has to be capable of fighting two great powers at once. No other country can do that but the US has to because all the security agreements The reason the UK invests less in it's military is because the USA is a close ally. We share weapons and stuff with each other

[@williambranch4283]

We love us some European tech ;-) Javelins anyone?

[@ericwallen]

UK just like other European nations build land battles because of countries like Russia who actually are on the radar for a war. Most European countries are not built for overseas battles for the most part.

[@jwojo5111]

Yes you would be f' ckd but we love you brits

[@CuttySobz]

Trump pointed out how so many countries like the UK for example take advantage of the USA while raising their noses at us....

[@davidlane5117]

Intelligence too...the U.S. Military seeks to establish extensions...for stable global markets

[@ToxicGamer86454]

“Better trained” Bless your heart. I love to see such enthusiasm.

[@katarinad1309]

I know it was just so cute when he said that lol.

[@AKSnowbat907]

"I like your enthusiasm but you're gonna die first."

[@death4experienzd4e94]

The UK gets most of the way they train their troops now from the US. Id love to see how many Brits could pass Navy Seal training.

[@duitk]

The Brits have good training, but training can only take you so far when the other side is just as well trained and has an overwhelming firepower advantage.

[@jonathanbartron3658]

For those who don't know, "Bless your/his/her heart" is an old snarky southern way of acknowledging someone else's dimwittedness. It is NOT a benediction.

[@GSUShane]

The most erroneous part of the whole video is America not also conquering Ireland simply because we didn't know it wasn't part of the UK.

[@wasperminingco]

Also, a lot like parts of the US... there's a ton of ungovernable people. It's just not worth it. lol

[@coreylouviere4466]

They say God created beer to prevent the Irish from taking over the world.

[@garycamara9955]

Northern Ireland is!

[@YomamaYodaddyYobjtchassGranny]

@@coreylouviere4466😂😂😂

[@javiervalenzuela8284]

Meh, the Irish may have attacked them too

[@chimorean3467]

As an American I can confirm, we live for somebody to fuck around so they can find out. Japan touched our boats, we dropped the sun on them TWICE

[@VaktheFox]

Badger fan?

[@chimorean3467]

@@VaktheFox Ah, a man of culture I see 😂

[@TonyMarselle]

I fear our karmic retribution.

[@Spinna13]

4:27 overkill is underrated

[@justinwilder3514]

We are just competing with ourselves at this point lol

[@kingmasterlord]

you're not weak, American military doctrine pursues a concept they have called 'Overmatch' that they obsessively seek to maintain. it basically means that they maintain a level of readiness that can defend against all known enemies attacking simultaneously

[@dananorth895]

The minimal capability to fight two major battles AND a smaller altercation as well. In military doctrine a two front battle is usually disastrous for the defender. Consider Britan in 1066, or Poland at the beginning of WWII.

[@kingmasterlord]

@@dananorth895 and in a vacuum it might be sound, Sun Tzu would tsk in disappointment at how they do things now. creating enemies, pfft. genius. sheer fuckin _brilliance._

[@1979benmitchell]

We American's were raised on a very simple philosophy in life.. Don't get even, get ahead.

[@ThelastofNazarick]

Isn't that just the preamble of king of the hill doctrine?

[@kingmasterlord]

@@ThelastofNazarick shh, they don't want to think about that

[@Martin01970]

You're not helpless. You have us.

[@williambranch4283]

Necessary, since GB destroyed itself in 1914 and 1939.

[@hannahdyson7129]

No. No we dont

[@cindyp9857]

You'll always have us. God forbid our government changes their mind. You will always, always be our best friend. We have many other friendly nations, and we recognize and appreciate and love. England will always be our best friend. ❤

[@williambranch4283]

@@cindyp9857 Obama and Biden hate the English. Don't let the Russians nuke London, take out DC ;-))

[@Shenmue06]

Yeah the United States literally came from the UK. We have a similar culture and similar genetics. Basically the United States is the new and improved UK.

[@irisriley3284]

The problem is that most countries have relied on the USA for defense. The USA seems to have been very happy to not rely on any other countries for protection and prefers being the protecting big brother.

[@DJVIIIMan]

Implying we could actually rely on other countries for our defense.

[@obcane3072]

You have to look at history to understand why the security agreements are in place. First we have to think of what the world was like in the 19th century. It was a century of empires and colony building. Winner takes all. At the end of WW2 every economy in Europe was in shambles as was Asia. The US could have imposed a Pax Americana and become a global empire as it was the only functioning economy not affected by the war. But history proved this to be futile as it builds resentment. The US also realized that the soviets were a danger. So the US told Europe and Japan we will 1. Give you access to our economy 2. Provide safe shipping lanes for trade 3. Allow you to use our currency All in exchange for an agreement that the US has the right to write all security arrangements for all member countries and thar includes going to war when the US says so. Those powers realized that this was a great deal and signed up. None of them believed that the US was serious So when the Suez Canal crisis occurrd and France and Engladn tried to get involved, the US told them both to get fucked and go.home. England and France then realized that the US was serious about the security guarantee. England realized they had to become allies and got tied to the hip. France learned not to trust the US and keep them at arms length. Once Obama asked Europe to help in Iraq, they said no. This ushered in Trumpism which was telling NATO that he no longer wanted to be tied at the hip with them and why Americans started agreeing. This explains the split in US with helping Ukraine. One side sees the danger to Europe and potential involvement of US. The other says they don't care about Europe and they can deal with Russia on their own. Biden believes in NATO-> provide relief Trump doesn't-> no relief.

[@claregale9011]

You do realise other countries have bases all over the world too.

[@briandstephmoore4910]

@claregale9011 not even close to the same extent as America. We have over 100 bases across the globe

[@claregale9011]

@@briandstephmoore4910 the u.k. has 145 .

[@corinelson7837]

"We're better trained". LOL, Cool story Bro. Even our cooks learn to be a rifleman before learning to cook(no hate for the mess crew, ya'll kept me fat'n'happy between missions and I love ya' for it).

[@TonyMarselle]

The average American male is proficient with firearms beyond the level of a soldier in nearly every army on the planet. I am a hippy stoner dude and I can take any gun apart you give me, clean it, grease it up and give it back oiled and ready to fire. Most of us can do that as well as operate the weopon. We may be fat but we can shoot and hit a moving target.

[@jjs3890]

As a US Marine deployed along with Royal Marines and SAS, I’m am glad we’re buds. You Britt’s have a well disciplined and professional military. We have a lot more technology and resources in our favor. But we make one hell of a team.

[@philipcarroll5919]

I'm a US NAVY Veteran from the Vietnam War. I enjoy your reaction to just how big our forces are. I live in the state if West Virginia USA. Around 70% of us have 3 or more type guns or rifles and we always hunt. We know the mountains. Guns are a way of life here in the US.

[@jinn91]

Japanese general once said he would never invade us because behind every blade of grass is a gun. Thank you sir for your service and welcome home brother.

[@manueldeltoro9944]

Aswell as the lowest living conditions in the country when I comes to west Virginia

[@joebungus3447]

@@manueldeltoro9944 not everyone likes living in big cities

[@manueldeltoro9944]

@@joebungus3447 Maan look up the stats for any standered measurement of living, west Virginia is seriously one of the poorest states in America

[@kenneth9874]

@@manueldeltoro9944 and one of the most beautiful

[@conniezier6662]

We have so much because we always have to save everyone else

[@jonteefey6827]

The doctrine of many Western European nations is just survive until America shows up. That’s why they don’t invest much in their military.

[@DJVIIIMan]

Nor to mention, if we didn't have so much, someone might want to test us again.

[@claregale9011]

With great power comes great responsibility. Your a focus for the other super powers too .

[@legingembrefou5981]

Thankfully, most countries know this and don’t even try to FAFO. Obviously, we can kick ass, but nobody wants that shit

[@theJuLYheat]

​@legingembrefou5981 Exactly!!!! I'm ex military and I come from the days when we were still trained for war. We have enough of us that even if we canceled the military, we could still be globally dangerous.

[@bosoxno201]

These videos always crack me up. This reaction was one of the best ive seen from a british citizen reacting to a video like this one. It reminds me of a meme i saw on reddit a while back that had a us aircraft carrier next to a british destroyer and the destroyer said: "thats a huge ship. Wonder what America is over compensating for" to which the carrier responded "incredibly weak allies"

[@Marcelo-ff6is]

what a great content creator, others from other countries watching the same video would be biased and say it would never happen like this even given the facts. Good sport bro.

[@MrThedoors28]

American here, don’t forget the us navy pioneered a lot of modern day fighter jet tactics and the jets themselves, as well as bombers with pin point accuracy that can fly for almost 8,000 miles without refueling. Then we can fuel in mid air and keep them moving

[@Longhauler85]

Yeah. This is will never happen. The US/UK relationship is too strong. I definitely got a good laugh from your reaction though 😂

[@scoobysnacks]

Funny

[@cindyp9857]

Amen. Unless our government goes crazy and decides to annex England we will always love, support, and protect you. ❤ You have alwaysed stood by us, even with our stupid-ass decisions. WE. LOVE. YOU. AND. WILL. PROTECT. YOU.

[@StylesEste]

@@cindyp9857 Well.. Maybe we can negotiate for Canada. ;P After all.. It's just the US C.

[@centurionking9490]

I wouldn't go as far as to say never, it will always remain a probability. After all, when we have people like Trump trying to shift our ties, we're bound to break alliances over poor choice of words. All it takes, is your common modern American imbecile to become US president to choose to gain more territory, more resource potential. Just because it's currently an improbable, doesn't mean it doesn't have the potential to happen. So long as we put the right people in office, we won't have to worry about change in ties, but at same time, we need to strengthen bonds with our enemies too. Or else we're all fucked

[@williamk52]

It what if the US finds oil in the UK. Or the UK finds spices in the US?

[@eunomiac]

Seeing someone get blown away by something they _sincerely_ didn't know is one of the purest joys of watching reaction videos :D

[@danbarry4772]

NATO depends on the US to defend them. Thats how they can afford free Healthcare.

[@kravan5063]

Not exactly true, the US spends more on healthcare per capita then every nation in the world. Plus, even as a percentage of GDP the US is fairly comparable to quite a few countries in NATO

[@kamron_thurmond]

​@@kravan5063so you're suggesting that all these European nations could defend their own countries and spend amounts on par with the US military investment?

[@kravan5063]

@@kamron_thurmond Did you even read what I said? Clearly not. European nations spend very similar amounts of money on their militaries as the US does in terms of percentage of GDP. This is important because the comment I'm replying to is suggesting that the reason European countries have free healthcare systems is because they don't spend money on the military. Which isn't true. It spends roughly the same proportionally speaking of GDP and the US spends far more on healthcare per GDP percentage. it's just completely untrue. As for if European countries could spend the same as the US in terms of raw expenditure. individually no, collectively absolutely possible The economy of the EU isn't too far off the economy of the US. So it's certainly possible, it just has no reason to.

[@kamron_thurmond]

@@kravan5063 The E.U. isn't as nearly as harmonious as the U.S. is in that regard. To much bad blood from the past is my guess. Which sort of makes the E.U. a joke in my opinion.

[@kravan5063]

I never said it was likely, I said it is possible. @@kamron_thurmond

[@MartinScheuerJr]

At about 1:15 I stopped and said to myself…..this guys mind is about to blown about naval power haha Good vid man! I def subscribed. Keep it up.

[@flubz5457]

Hey man we over here in the US have much love for our UK brothers. We may mess around and crack jokes at each others counties. But the US will always he there for the UK 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@Stripemas]

You ask, "Why do you have so many?"...we are asking, " Do we have enough?"

[@noah766]

Me thinking 💭 that all sound like were downsizing 😂

[@oscartaylor7436]

Now that this is clear I’d like to tell the British people that we can definitely stay friends. On that note, we want you guys to know that we’ll keep calling it SOCCER ⚽️.

[@StephenSchusterE]

Funny thing is they used to call it soccer as well....

[@thatguyofdark]

the uk is not quite as strong as it appears but the problem is more that the us is just so ridiculous that it makes the uk seem useless. uk is definitely comparable to other european countries and what they do have is fairly modern with highly trained troops. however the the us just has many times the number or everything. hard to put up a good fight when just half of the planes the us could send is still twice your whole air force.

[@AxelFoleyDetroitLions]

Geography is Is on the side of UK. USA has a Geography That is also defendable. UK is Far from “useless”….Special Ops in UK are Top-Notch and The UK is most Important Western Nation for the Entire World to Protect.

[@splatninja9447]

Yes! Britain isn't weak at all, it's just that my country has more, because war is what we do. It's part of just about the entire history of US

[@AxelFoleyDetroitLions]

@@splatninja9447 Our men and women serve,train, and work together all the time too 🇺🇸🇬🇧 😎 💨💨

[@darnoc0010]

Sorry but US troop training has been rated as the most intense by far. I have seen reaction video's of British merchant marines saying they couldn't have passed for any special forces in the US with there training. Some of the best training British soldiers get is based on US tactics.

[@Princess_Celestia_]

The U.K. doesn't have much in the way of logistics. They literally have to rely on the U.S. for overseas transportation of military assets.

[@varikskirata5066]

Plus we have been crossing the oceans for decades for wars... ww2, korea,nam,gulf War, Bosnia, Afghanistan and iraq... We have the exp.

[@agbno]

11:25 No chance in the sea, no chance in the air, no chance on land, "Let's just stay friends man"

[@SorcererLance]

It's crazy to think the UK, or at least England, historically once had the world by its balls... Then a bunch of people flocked to the US, massively populated, and became a bigger monster than what the UK once was during its peak.

[@claregale9011]

We still have the commonwealth of nations all 53 member States with King charles lll as its head .

[@kravan5063]

In terms of sheer lethality yes modern day America is significantly stronger than the British Empire at its peak, obviously. But I actually think there's much more to it if we were to compare relative strength for the time period. Back then if the British Empire really wanted to it could've wiped a lot of countries off the map without causing a global crisis, crippling the world economy or escalating it into an Armageddon style war where as realistically the US would harm itself more if it tried today due to the nature of our world. America's age of military domination has almost entirely existed in the nuclear weapons era. So it never had the chance to annex entire nations like humans have for all history, everything is too well connected now.

[@StylesEste]

@@kravan5063 Generally, yes. But the UK also had to deal with major European powers at that time. Prussia, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and Russia. Germany wasn't a thing yet so get fucked. :P (Love it.) Austria and France were the primary threats, with Prussia giving way to Poland and Germany. Russia was doing Russian things, and Britain decided to launch the Opium Wars against the Qing Empire, aka "China". And America was all about that Manifest Destiny stuff against my peoples homeland of Cherokee (no hard feelings. ;P lawls. So many bloodlines in me.) The actual problem here is that the British.. Tended to get fucked in a lot of campaigns during the 16th to 18th centuries, embedding itself in prolonged wars and campaigns in a bid to become an economic superpower. Which was going well for them right up until it didn't. ;) WWII is another fascinating time for British history as well. We all know the story, but one you probably don't know is that Britain was still fighting a colonial war in South America at the time. Perfect time to expand the empire and all that.

[@kravan5063]

@@StylesEste I don't really see how any of that really relates to my comparison of UK's ability to be lethal at its height compared to the US. I'm British btw And WW2 is pretty interesting, especially America's desire to make sure the UK doesn't come out of WW2 strong. The US had a much greater deliberate impact on hindering the British Empire's economics than people believe.

[@StylesEste]

@@kravan5063 You made rather queer statements on the topic. Like saying that the British Empire could essentially expunge governments(nations) without causing global crisis. When their surrounding nations would have likely gone to war to protect those very nations. The Prussian, Austrian, and Russian markets were very close to each other, with the Russian market extending down into the Asian countries. Then with the Silk Road. The world was already a global market at this point. And European powers really hated it when people started messing with their money. 106 wars

[@matthewbaker3279]

The 20,000 U.S. troops you were seeing was per landing craft. There were 14 of them

[@11C1P]

LOL, no. 1 landing craft does not hold 20K troops. that's 20K troops going ashore on them, with multiple trips per craft.

[@danor6812]

The reason the UK isn't as strong and you were thinking. Is the fact that the UK government knows the US has it's back. So they spend less on the military than it needs too.

[@jackson102881]

You could say the same for ALL of the EU countries.

[@FadeRunnerOG]

While shitting on the average American : D

[@MrCFBad]

@@jackson102881you could say the same for every 1st world country that isn’t named Russia, China, or North Korea.

[@christopherkenyon7112]

@@jackson102881Poland spends a lot on their military budget. They are probably one of more formidable nations in Europe. They unfortunately would have to be invaded if Russia were to wage any kind of campaign in Western Europe. They certainly are prepared.

[@toriblue]

​@christopherkenyon7112 Yeah...Poland is in a terrible geographic position and has had to become a military powerhouse to protect itself. Unlike most of Europe, Poland hasn't forgotten its own history.

[@MrDelta8871]

Si Vis pacem, Para bellum......"If you want peace, Prepare for war"

[@Heretowatchstuff]

4:28 lol. If you need to kill, overkill.

[@AdamNisbett]

16:11 the issue with US vs Russia is whether you count the nukes. If yes, everybody loses. But if it was an all out war it’s a bit hard to imagine that the respective governments wouldn’t consider using them if they were going to lose otherwise.

[@nephilimivritt8216]

true thats why Putin is starting to threaten to use them in Ukraine because he is starting to lose the war

[@katarinad1309]

That’s the only reason Russia is considered a powerful country is their nukes without them not even using our own nukes we could decimate them. That’s why they threaten to use them all the time.

[@cheezedoodle8356]

It would be a bit hard to imagine after almost 80 years. The money going into the US military budget has not developed a way to counter the countries absolute biggest threat, Mutually Assured Destruction... I can presume this has been thought of and has to do with those spaceplanes you may have heard being talked about awhile back and never heard another thing about again. Around the same time the military's laser system was being brought to plan. It would make sense this spaceplane is equipped with a nuclear power source as they did a test with it in space that lasted over a year. Possibly even a military classified fusion source, that's more far-fetched but not impossible, im sure if the military developed one they would not want to share it with any other country as that would make that country hundreds of times more powerful. There would need to be a system of these planes setup in "orbit" at any given time and with those lasers equipped onboard and an array of mirrors with advanced multi-tracking and with no atmospheric refraction to dull and spread the beams. Each ship could vaporize an enormous amount of warheads that leave the atmosphere at a moments notice, could also disable the satellites that guide the warheads. As there were laws put into place to prevent weapons being put into a stationary orbit around earth from any country. The US has mostly likely found a loophole using varying inclination planes during orbit and being able to land at anytime.

[@TheMattericksen]

@@cheezedoodle8356 I imagine that there is some sort of defense against it. It is just not something that the US would release details on to prevent russia and others from finding ways around it. They have been talking about USA's defense ability against stratigic missles and stuff for years but never state any tech that isn't already known like Aegis and Patriot batteries. I honestly belive they are just playing stupid when it comes to what we really have. When you see things like the new Gerald Ford carrier with its laser tech it's kind of hard to think that this isn't implemented elsewhere. Take things like Starlink for example. These satalites form a mesh network over the whole globe and comunicate by laser. That means that there is not a single area on the globe that cant be hit with a laser by one of these satalites. What would happen if there was a way to burst the output wattage of said laser for short bursts to take out targets like Planes, missles, warheads and ground assets that are located or tracked in any position from ground to space? Basically a mesh network of defense satalites that can communicate, spy, and destroy any coming threat in a moments notice anywhere on or off the planet. Same reason why the US has no decent hypersonic missle program. They have probably realized that rockets for weapons is antiquated tech, expensive, and vulnerable to more modern discoveries. What good are your 1000 mile range hyper sonic missles when someone could destroy your plane, ship, or weapon from anywhere on the planet with no warning and whenever they wanted? Like china with its ballistic missle force that could theorectically destroy any US assets as far away as Guam. Then your whole contry just gets blasted from orbit like a ant under a magnifying glass with no counter or defense against it and no assets lost on the attackers part.

[@christopherlauter9403]

Well put your mind at ease you're our little brother we will protect Great Britain. Our Ohio class submarines are nuclear and some of the most significant in the world. No one and I mean no one will ever lay a hand on Great Britain as long as America is still around you can take that to the bank love you guys

[@123GOHANZ]

Technically speaking Britain is the older brother. The US in the other hand is the insanely jacked younger one who will annihilate anyone who messes with his friends and family

[@christopherlauter9403]

@@123GOHANZ my bad you are the big brother it's just we lifted more weights that's all

[@123GOHANZ]

@@christopherlauter9403 I’m American lol. Just pointing out that the US is really young as far nation ages go

[@Shenmue06]

​@@christopherlauter9403 The United States literally use to be part of the British empire. We have a similar culture and genetics. I recently did a DNA test and like 75% of my genetics come from the UK which should give you a good idea of how similar we are. The United States is basically the new and improved UK.

[@kravan5063]

@@Shenmue06 I wouldn't go as far as to say new and improved UK, especially culturally, there's definitely plenty of areas where the US has sorely lacked, and of course areas the US surpassed the UK. But I agree with you

[@whatUPitsJORDAN]

“We’ll always be allies.” (War vs each other 200 years ago.)

[@SatisFictionary]

We couldn't be allies 200 years ago, 200 years ago America was outright owned by the UK. The war you speak of is a war of *INDEPENDANCE* to become your own soveriegn state. At no point in history has the US of A gone against the UK. Not only would this be a completely non-sensical war (we have nothing of strategic value) and one which would never take place, it's a war you simply cannot calculate by military numbers alone. Do you honestly think the UK would only stay home to defend itself, or, just perhaps, make a counter strike against the US? You will suddenly need a LOT of those ships to stay home just to cover your VAST coastline.

[@kegerX01]

14:00 When he realizes that in war, he is now asked/Forced to join Wait where that million come from, had me dying😂

[@Ulnyx]

I love your reaction to our military. Y'all aren't as weak as we make you look, we just make EVERYONE look weak, when you do a straight up comparison. Our military budget is greater than the next 50 countries combined. Regardless, y'all are one of our closest allies, and I don't think you ever have to worry about anything. Lol

[@TheRemixstress]

Ummmm..... No, they are NOT better trained than the US... And it's former UK Marines that will tell you that.

[@jordanhow123punch]

Why do you sound pressed? Did he hurt your feelings somehow?? Did you miss the rest of the video where he obviously makes it clear he understands USA is number 1 in military assets

[@warrenstearns9068]

The texas national guard could probably take the UK in a day

[@Princess_Celestia_]

The Texas National Guard got stomped by the Oklahoma National Guard.

[@Reggie2000]

Texas citizens could beat the UK. 😂

[@warrenstearns9068]

@@Reggie2000 obviously since the texas national guard is a subset of texas citizens

[@Reggie2000]

@@warrenstearns9068 Nay, I mean just the many gun to tottin citizens.

[@warrenstearns9068]

@@Reggie2000 i will still agree you are not incorrect

[@jessebrooks6231]

Im proud to be an American. We have become a nation that is absolutely NOT to be F'D with. Im not advocating the bad things we've done in our past, but im confident, we will defend all those who need aid.

[@minuscule4336]

I don’t think we’ve done anything “bad” in our past. You can’t judge history through a modern lens. Was slavery reprehensible? Sure, by todays standards. But at the time, it was commonplace, all over the world, and wasn’t thought of twice. Once we stepped back and looked at it objectively, we stopped it immediately, and those who didn’t, were forced to via a full on civil war. Throughout history, we have always lived as a nation that would ask ourselves, is this the right thing to do? And if we said “no” (which was an answer that incurred some serious soul searching) we fixed that shit. We always have. And when too many people protested, (like these current fu*king assholes who don’t think Israel should be allowed to get sick of other countries killing their people for free, especially after they supply them with water and power for free, , we will find another reason to do the right thing, and do the right thing. I have fought for the US since 87, and only recently retired in ‘17, and when I felt we were doing something wrong, I didn’t do it. And I still made Sergeant Major. The US is the planets moral compass as far as I am concerned. If we back down from doing something, rest assured, someone put themselves in the victims shoes, and said “screw that.”

[@wildtakeidc4731]

@@minuscule4336 no you can objectively say that america has done "bad" things in our past even if you say its common place that doesnt make it ok and slavery in the 1800's wasnt common place around the world, i thank you for your service but playing make pretend like america hasnt done terrible things in its past is just that make pretend

[@kevcom000]

@@wildtakeidc4731 what are you talking about, slavery is the history of humanity. Every race and religious has been a slave throughout history hell the word slave is derived from the word Slav (Slavic people.) It’s something that we now know is bad but back then we didn’t. Imagine 100 years from now if abortion was seen as abhorrent eugenics. Would you say everyone who got one was a horrible person? No you wouldn’t because in todays age the majority of people think it’s acceptable. Same thing goes for eating meat or using fossil fuels. You can’t use the modern lens to view history as history isn’t modern times.

[@LmaoFxckyouPlenty]

Military is great yea but most of the citizens are dumb asf lmao

[@timothym9398]

@@kevcom000 I'm sorry, but that's a bullshit answer. Yes slavery has been around forever. So have men and women fighting for emancipation and freedom. As far back as you see people justifying slavery you find people arguing against it. "I am Spartacus!" isn't a woke 20th century creation. To a lesser but similar degree the dispute between the plebeians and the patricians was a very similar conversation of the plebians saying that had a right to not be turned in to slaves. Move it forward in time and in every cultural generation you will find people espousing that slavery is an abominable evil. Gregory of Nyssa in the middle ages, and keep working your way forward in every time period there was people on the good side of history, and people on the bad. You can make that argument about a lot of things... slavery really doesn't make the list, as long as it's been around there have been people arguing it's evil.

[@user-sw4td1kx8f]

Awesome reaction! Love it!

[@lostco123]

well... the USA doctrine is to be able to fight 2 major war fronts simultaneously... so having 3 to 6 times the assets makes sense.

[@jamesgoesoff1992]

in the U.S. we have 120 guns for every 100 people. Utah could win a war with most other countries. don't take it badly we are crazy and have a massive budget.

[@timothym9398]

I mean fuck, I'm a politically left leaning US progressive, I think my safe has 16 guns at the moment. Yeah, we're kinda nuts over here.

[@michaeltan7855]

Brrooo for real I just bought my 12 gauge I couldn't say no to it

[@jluebs]

This will never happen unless world politics change dramatically... so take comfort in that. The UK and Canada are our biggest allies... let alone NATO and what that means. Love your reaction!

[@azraelgoode7624]

Australia aswell 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇦🇺🇬🇧

[@DAAllan82]

The most popular child’s name in Britain is now Mohammad. Give it time…

[@calmseas9263]

I'm an American, I grew up in the Navy from age 0 to 23. It would break my heart if we ever got in a fight. I take care of my Mom now. She watches what the English Royalty does every day. What Kate is wearing, what the children are up too. It's impossible for me to think we'd ever be anything but friends.

[@Shenmue06]

Unfortunately the uk is going down hill fast. It dangerous to even walk around in England because of the knife attacks. They banned guns so the citizens can't protect themselves.

[@centurionking9490]

If we allow those with a similar mindset as Trump run as president, the EU could verry well become our enemy

[@Rick-lb8sm]

Here's a comforting thought for you because the US and the UK are such good friends that we know where all your military bases are all of your manufacturing bases matter of fact we know everything about you so when he's talking about training troops they're going to be training them underneath tomahawk barrage

[@davidkeese3372]

Just remember the most important thing is that this is based off the limited information that has been made public. There is so much that we don’t even know about. The capabilities of and tech that hasn’t been made public is what I would be concerned with.

[@SoonerSteve]

I can honestly say, I don't remember ever being so entertained by a KZbin video. I didn't care about the result, but British Guy is hilarious. Thank you for making my day and, yes, we will always be allies...peace & friends...

[@AlexHunter2525]

I love how he keeps feeling hopeful only to have it crushed lol

[@awesomesauce8151]

13:55 "you can have the UK" 😂😂😂

[@JohnMcDonald-ef5gz]

Wrong. The US Navy does have anti-ship missles, CWIS(Close In Air Support, it's a minigun that fires almost like a ray gun and the Navy is in the process of developing antiship lasers.

[@themarksmn4181]

We have "so many" because we've learned that not all of our "allies" would be reliable enough to count on in every situation. If we had to, we could take on a multiple front conflict and still defend our shores.

[@cindyp9857]

Thank you. I'm old enough to witness countries begging for help then suddenly denouncing us after they receive help.

[@armanii4005]

Nah the UK definitely is strong as fuck but when comparing it to the US…it makes most countries look helpless

[@L3WGReacts]

yeah fully agree, us is just next level

[@igs_]

Not anymore, the US no longer qualifies them as an elite fighting force :(

[@Princess_Celestia_]

Sorry but the U.K. is weak. The strength of a military isn't measured by training and weapons, it's measured by logistics and the U.K.'s logistics is a nightmare. They literally rely on the U.S. for overseas transportation of military assets.

[@kravan5063]

@@Princess_Celestia_ out of convenience, not necessity. People who make the type of comments you do act as if the world right now is set in stone and there'd be no change given a major shake up. For example, if Europe wasn't allied with the US, and the US was geopolitically iffy to Europe like Russia is, then Europe would be obviously be spending a very large amount of money on its militaries and less on its social programs, collectively possibly even comparable to the US military expenditure. And then there's a second element you're not even considering, the UK isn't weak, it's one of the strongest militaries on the planet. There's almost 200 countries in the world and the UK is in the top 10 easily. there's only a handful of countries in the entire world that could actually contend with the UK in a war. So no, the UK isn't weak. It's seemingly weak to the United States, a country the size of an entire continent, 5x the population, with all the natural resources you could need with perfect natural geographical protection as well as the worlds largest economy by far.

[@EnglishScripter]

It has a huge amount of logistics centres around the world, thats why its a blue water navy...@@Princess_Celestia_

[@tomwolfe6063]

It would be like attacking our own family and our best of all friends. It’s unfathomable. I don’t really even think of GB as a completely separate nation. The same goes for Australia but to a lesser degree.

[@curtishaan5399]

Or Canada

[@tomwolfe6063]

@@curtishaan5399 Yes, except for the frenchy parts.

[@BrandonSorenson-fb3gg]

​@skylerakers1989 the British will always be our allies. France on the other hand...macrons comments about how he wants to find a way to avoid the United States pulling them into conflict with China was pretty baffling to me. But if that's the case fuck France. At least Poland is a reliable ally and hopefully 20 years from now Ukraine will be as well. SLAVA UKRAINE

[@YomamaYodaddyYobjtchassGranny]

@@FadeRunnerOGyeah until something happens 😂 we make fun of each other on both sides and talk shit but when it gets down to dirt and mud we will be there for one another.

[@mordakie3805]

Canada is our closest ally

[@CaughtSlackin_]

We also need so many if everything because we are the only super power in the world by definition a superpower has to be able to fight to separate wars on two fronts.

[@Jiveloaf]

Watching this dude figure out how NATO works starting at 15:30 made me smile.

[@SAMCROx508]

I remember hearing a British friend describe the relationship between the US and UK. They UK is America's ex we may not see eye to eye all the time but better believe if you do something to one of them the other is coming for a scrap..

[@EDCPride]

Facts😂

[@EDCPride]

Nobody fucks with one of us, you fuck with the UK, and America + Canada is gonna attack with a vengeance that’d cripple the planet. Same for if an enemy superpower attacked the U.S(Which would be incredibly fucking stupid). In that case, even if the U.S didn’t necessarily need backup, Canada and the UK would obliterate any enemy across the deep sea. It wouldn’t even be fair. Moral of the Story: We all show up- and we bring hell with us. 😂

[@Mbase-apollo]

Everyone knows their big brother can kick their ass , But it's nice to know you have a big brother.

[@stinokf]

Technically, the US is the "little brother"

[@legingembrefou5981]

I kinda love that

[@EpochUnlocked]

The US is the eldest son of the UK. Not the big brother. A good son defends their parent.

[@jaylenflanagan1295]

@@EpochUnlockedYu sound silly since Uk is the father tell the Us to pull out of NATO and let yu defend yourselves we”ll see how fast yu come running back😆🤡

[@EpochUnlocked]

@@jaylenflanagan1295 huh?

[@Bostonn8]

Your commentary is perfect!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🤣🤣

[@BradenKoi]

It’s a damn good thing we like you guys

[@whyjnot420]

Don't need to go across the ocean. Just need to land in Ireland and start handing out rifles and booze then pointing the way to the LSTs.

[@georockpat]

There is a significant difference between US warriors and soldiers from other places. The us trains WARRIORS, in much the same way that historical super powers did. American warriors live and die to wage war. It's their JOB. They have to be superior killers to their adversaries. Many other countries have soldiers. a soldier is simply someone who is under the control of a military, for a particular period of time. The American Warrior is different. They are not only focused toward the obliteration of their adversary. But also offered housing allowances, medical benefits, and employment incentives for themselves and their immediate family. American Warriors are people who wage war for themselves AND the people they love and care about. They are taught that what they are doing protects liberty and human rights. They are not only told that they are elite, but believe it. They honestly feel and know that what they are doing is for a good that outweighs their own agenda. The American Warrior is a force to be reckoned with. I would argue unparalleled. But not because they are American. But because they are conditioned to love and fight for their ethos. America does not train soldiers or sailors or airmen. It trains warriors. Elite fighters who understand and know that they are fighting and dying for something bigger than self.

[@ThePaganSun]

Every country has warriors.

[@seluos]

And we really really like our way of life.

[@MrsNAdams]

I agree. You speak as my grandsons. They are currently in the US Airborne. ❤

[@halycon404]

@@ThePaganSun The largest difference is local command. The US has a doctrine of the man that is there is the one who's in charge. The rest of the military's job is to give the people who are there what they need to do the job, not take remote command. Other European countries think they have a local command doctrine until they see how the US does it. Some of them aren't ready for it. They'll get in a firefight, call for backup of units, the US responds, and suddenly a low ranking officer is a full fledged field commander. Where to drop ordnance, where to land troops, rescue helicopters and where, anything we need to know about overflights? The US just mobilized over a 1000 troops all told from the different branches, there's another thousand working behind the scenes coordinating it all in supplies and movement, and the poor European officer on the ground is expected to know where to best use it for effect. They don't train for it because their military can't do it and we expect them to be able to do it because we aren't there to know what's going on.

[@KnOnHeavensDoor]

​@@ThePaganSunnot in anywhere near the number that America does .

[@scottsledgister1877]

The UK is the parent country to the USA so this would never happen. We will always be there to protect "pops".

[@Izzdan]

Best reaction video, stumbled across your videos. Funny stuff

[@BradleyChristmas]

Actually, with the acquisition of the 2 new carriers, the Brits had to forego building escort ships. The only way that the British carriers can put to sea would be with US support fleet.

[@DUEYZ4U]

If our two civilizations ever again fought full on...the rest of the standing world had better k!ss their @ss goodbye. We went through a lot to become the best of friends. It would take a lot for us to not be.

[@cindyp9857]

Amen. We love one another ❤. As a regular American I'd like to think our government would NEVER hurt our beautiful, English folks. We have friends yet you're always be our bestie 💓

[@ricosuave1913]

"Why do they got more ships? WTF" 😂😂😂

[@jamesparker8748]

This would never happen not because we’re friends But because we’re GODDAMNED FAMILY!!! We love you guys so much there would be s rebellion over here before we let our government even think about doing this!

[@samuelrhoads6178]

the sum it up in 1 minute part, just take a look at the annual defense spending. we have the biggest un-healthcare system in the world so that if anyone feels like fucking around, they can find out and we got no issues throwing them hands when its needed.

[@andreewebb671]

P.S. We also have Battleships. Also we actually do have anti-airship missiles.

[@user-ur8lt3nh2d]

I laughed so much that I subscribed.

[@brandonaston301]

Theres something extra satisfying that the US ships are called Freedom and Independence

[@kravan5063]

I prefer the British ship names especially of the past. HMS Terror, HMS Conqueror, HMS Invincible, HMS Victory, Vanguard, Dauntless, Dreadnought etc. Just have that punch behind them

[@simonhitt5791]

​@@kravan5063 as an American I agree lol I'm sure it's just politics that dictate the names but if I have to go to war I'd rather go to war on the U.S.S. Gnar Kill or Hellspawn or something badass with violence in the name than the U.S.S. Roosevelt or Freedom lol

[@FrankStein1]

Before i watch the video... U.K. is not weak. The people have the hearts of lions . They are smart enough to assess a situation, come up with a plan, than you can sit back and watch as the people of that great nation show the world what unity is all about. As an American i am damned proud to not only know that U.K. is our friends but the Australians as well. They're of the same mindset and id hate to think we were ever at odds with such great people.

[@cindyp9857]

I'd like to think OUR GOVERNMENT would never declare war against you. Ya'all have been are friends even when our government decides to do bs, you guys supported us. We love you. We don't have alot of true friends but you (England and Australia) are our friends.

[@derekbidelman2442]

Some parts of Ireland would probably be like land right here brother!

[@DreddShootsToIll]

It's not that the British are weak. It's just that the United States spends 40% of all military spending across the globe.

[@lesscoRyden]

"The only reason you are still alive, is because we have decided to let you live" ~America~

[@ScentlessSun]

With Britain it’s not a decision because there’s no desire to ever be anything but friends. I don’t know if people in Britain fully understand the respect and admiration we in the USA have for them.

[@mse9609]

I would say America's attitude is don't bother us; and we won't come to teach you a futile lesson. LOL

[@lesscoRyden]

@@mse9609 America is the only country in the history of the world, that could have taken over the entire world..... and didn't

[@karynhonor5046]

I am a grandma so you would think that it is unlikely that I would watch all your videos... but you are so funny!... i have been watching your reaction videos for weeks.. and you make me laugh so hard - thanks for the comic relief! You said we would always be allies.. You do realize we fought the British to gain our independence like 250 years ago right? lol However, I HOPE we stay allies.. the British people are awesome. If you are ever heading our way and coming to Tampa Florida my husband and I would love to take you to dinner!

[@jasonlatham3238]

We are spending $816.7 billion on defense this year.

[@cindyp9857]

And???

[@Twiztdo.o]

That seems a bit low in truth

[@timnorris3695]

Dude this guy is too damn funny.... That comment " I don't think we need 14 minutes to know the answer"...Lol his videos are the best! Great humor " We are #ucked" LOL

[@daveskelton7101]

Strength is determined by your friends or allies. And we all need friends and allies.

[@bakedjesus1177]

Forgot the united states unregulated militia and all our guns who can be sent in as well

[@Beans-1111]

You did put up a pretty good fight for being small units of countries against the word's strongest country.

[@kyledabearsfan]

Well the Brits tend to be a bit stubborn, glad we are allies 😂

[@kevinmahaley4916]

Tiny country, smaller than a lot of us states

[@alexthrailkill]

I’m just imagining my British friends punching the air while watching this😂 “WE’RE FUCKED!”

[@benramirez6564]

I heard him say "Were better trained." and I started cackling while no knocks to the UK military the U.S Militaries training for the marines and all other branches is allot more intensive not to mention we have got allot more equipment and assets for those individual units to work with.

[@doylebrockman8225]

As an American soldier, we are shoulder to shoulder.

[@cindyp9857]

We love you 😍❤. We have many friends but you'll always be our bestie. As an average, regular American I couldn't IMAGINE attacking Britain. You're our friend.

[@Will-fk2dk]

Of any scenario that could possibly occur, THIS particular one (The US and UK actually fighting each other in an all out War. Well, again I mean.)... Just never gonna happen. Too close of allies.

[@robebanks5054]

It's a shame your schools don't include history,the last fight the uk had in America was British v british/French.

[@LlyleHunter]

Well shit yeah we can! We just don’t because we like you!

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

The US Navy employs the Harpoon Anti-Ship cruise missile. The Harpoon is deployed onboard U.S. Navy attack submarines and surface combatants (cruisers, destroyers, one littoral combat ship [RGM-84]) as well as on FA/18, F/A-18E/F, P-3 and P-8 aircraft [AGM-84].”

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

The US Navy also employs many different torpedos as well.

[@CC-wy3tp]

12:01 LOL, the UK would already be dead by this point! ...the ground mission would simply be to go in to shove our flag in the dirt to say "MINE"! Grab the crown jewels & get home by Christmas! 🤣

[@blah555able]

as an american, his reactions made me laugh through the whole video 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnroberts4444]

Your first mistake was thinking the UK was so far away that would somehow help lmao Bud we are always the visiting team we got that shit down to a science' We are scary good on the road. lol Hell we so good at war that when we didn't have anyone else to fight we had a civil war. Heck are civilian's are better armed then most countries in the gun department.

[@tony1kenobi468]

Vietnam, Iraq, Afganistan, Somalia, how did they all go?

[@noah766]

⁠@@tony1kenobi468militarily it was one sided they were all obliterated and most government capitulated within a few months with most fighting done within the first few weeks. The USA swept across Iraq and Afghanistan military. Even with them being across the world. What we failed at was nation building and thinking are military was built for fighting insurgent which it was not it was meant for large scale war. Same goes for Vietnam. The U.S never had a problem with overthrowing or defeating the other sides military it was alway trying to fight insurgents and nation building like they wanted us there and trying to make them follow our way.

[@kokomo9764]

You may not want to hear this, but GB has a weak military. It, as many countries do, rely on the US for protection and only provide supporting assets to the US.

[@claregale9011]

Yeh , we tend to focus on spending on our infrastructure , health care, schools .

[@FadeRunnerOG]

@@claregale9011 Lmao only because imperialism failed. Not to mention you are protected otherwise you would be focusing on protecting yourselves

[@someguy3711]

@@claregale9011 Yeah about that health care, maybe stop paying for every foreign tourist/illegal wanting a medical handout and the nhs could take care of actual British subjects and not go totally bankrupt. But no in addition you guys have been giving illegal migrants 4 and 5 star hotel rooms at the uk taxpayer expense. Great priority choice. But you were probably a die hard remainer, i see alot of spending on and pandering to new arrivals to the uk alot less so people that have been there for decades on end.

[@claregale9011]

@@someguy3711 true

[@introvertedasheck]

"supporting"

[@haventthoughtofanameyet6364]

Short answer is: yes of course, duh The long answer would discuss things like who helps britain, does nato get involved, what does the U.N do about it, etc etc. But if the question is purely a matter of military strength, there is no question, honestly.

[@DoctorDefiler]

I'm glad we're allies. I love the UK. For perspective: - The entire defense budget for the U.S. in 2023 is $816.7 billion, which was approved in December 2022. - The UK allotted just over £51 billion for defense in 2023.

[@williamscoggin1509]

One thing the announcer misunderstands is that we do not need to entrench our forces on islands and move in from there. We have aircraft carriers which are our own floating islands and also moving Target instead of stationary like an island.

[@adamrou12345]

Britain is the 5th major military power on earth unfortunately though the US is a larger force than the next 8 combined and that's during peacetime. During wartime the largest economy in all of human history could be martialed and with the precedent of ww2 where 40% the US GDP was devoted to the war effort. That would be more than 13x what it is today. The only real threat to the US military is that it has become such a behemoth that funding just wont be available in a crisis situation a major collapse in the global economy would be the only danger to US hegemony and it is precisely why so much of the US military is devoted and designed for securing and stabilizing global trade.

[@kravan5063]

I don't really think WW2 levels of mobilisation are even possible, at least even remotely sustainable in the current world. The world economy is just too connected and everything relies so much on energy and the internet, which can easily be disrupted.