China's Strategic Land Grab in Bhutan... and More of the Weeks War News

[@Cowslippoetry]

A real shame about Bhutan getting caught up between the growing tensions between China and India; if any nation deserves to be left alone, it's them.

[@mrbushi1062]

i MEAN its not that great they kicked out an entire ethnic group because they were a different religion. We have a TON of them living in Ohio now

[@MultiYlin]

India invaded Bhutan let the truth to be known. India like every nonsecular country is NOT truely democratic. Otherwise, Indian is NOT deploying 1. Hindu Militias patrol around the Muslim and Buddhism area as an intimidation 2. India's ongoing civil war since the establishment of the India.

[@TheArtofFugue]

@@mrbushi1062Ohio moment.

[@_shadow_1]

​@@mrbushi1062 "Please don't bring stuff like that up it doesn't push the narrative if the ones who did it didn't have pale skin and weren't European." -Sarcasm

[@dererik9070]

​@@_shadow_1 Not only non Europeans these people also conveniently forget Switzerlands role in WW2 and being Parasites to the global economy

[@thearpox7873]

The problem of strong-arming other countries into an 'alliance', is that such alliances may well fail when you need them the most. (Referring to China.)

[@polpotnoodle7441]

Well obviously

[@TheBKnight3]

The Warsaw Pact is the best example correct? The CSTO is the modern one right?

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

​@@TheBKnight3You had one job in CSTO Russia. One job.

[@thearpox7873]

​@@TheBKnight3 Nah. The CSTO doesn't really count because it's just Russia doing all the work, and The Warsaw Pact was kinda the same but with the countries were only nominally independent nor was the alliance ever tested before USSR broke up. But China is attempting to get an actual complex alliance network with many countries that it doesn't even share a border with by using bribery, threats, and debt traps. Sri Lanka and the Maldives alliances with China might end up having all the tensile strength of a paper cup.

[@botatobias2539]

The Nazis could confirm (Italy, Romania etc)

[@daryck2869]

I don’t understand why Beijing thinks that because they built something on that land that it suddenly becomes more theirs. If I build a shed on my neighbors lawn, that lawn doesn’t become mine. My neighbor just gets a new shed.

[@dh1380]

China is paranoid about being invaded

[@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane]

LMFAO! White people (you) get out of America then.

[@drewpooters62]

Why not, it works for Islam....;)

[@smoqueed44]

@@drewpooters62 Nothing works for Islam. Their religion has kept the middle east in the dark ages.

[@Illusion517]

I hate the Chinese government as much as the next guy, but that is a historical strategy to solidify claims on land. Think about the U.S government offering free land to westward settlers as long as they live on it for a certain period of time. It was in attempt to both develop the land and solidify claims on it.

[@kennymedic58]

Using Chinese logic, does that mean China belongs to Mongolia ?

[@ottogren1]

It only goes one way, friend. Mongolia belongs to China.

[@Chris-hx3om]

Extending that back even further, there's a little dark-skinned man running around Africa somewhere who owns the entire world!

[@Earthboundmike]

I mean, it's not really chinese logic, it's the logic of a lot of people. We owned this so we should own it again. Israel. Russia. China. Just to name the current relevent ones I know of.

[@Lucas-uo9ml]

fun fact: there are twice as much mongolians living in china than in mongolia

[@briancavanaugh7604]

China and logic in the same sentence...........................bwahahaha.

[@Mereinid]

Thank you Simon, for breaking all down. Keep up the oustanding work.

[@thomas_jay]

These episodes belong the best of geopolitical analyses out there. I like especially the coverage of the smaller events.

[@jt7468]

Imagine a collab with Peter zeihan...

[@dragosstanciu9866]

Bhutan is helpless in the face of a Chinese invasion. India should help protect Bhutanese independence.

[@stevewilson4718]

It did back in 2017 Search Doklam India China standoff Chinese had no intention of giving lands to Bhutan in exchange, because Doklam is the high ground, it can annex entire Bhutan & eastern Nepal. The "offer" was the bait, like it did with Tibet.

[@Pinicle_of_evolution]

India is the net security provider in the region. We not only acts as a guard but also train the Bhutanese force

[@davidjones6389]

China behaves like their 18th century Colonial Masters. They thinking its progress.

[@rexncaksz4506]

Both countries want Bhutan to bow to their will

[@stephenjenkins7971]

​@rexncaksz4506 While this is true, India isn't taking Bhutan's land. So that makes them the better outcome by far in this instance.

[@suspiciousafternoon]

it just blows my mind how a country with one of the largest territories is being greedy over a tiny portion of land

[@greenweed3253]

that's how humans in power work

[@pauld.b7129]

I know, China's actions seem odd to me too. It's probably because they're still following Mao Zedongs ideologies. Dude was basically a modified Marxist, and yet somehow they're so far from his views. Chinese leaders seem to live in a delusional world between being communists who see themselves as "pro working class" and dystopian dictators who are set on their own version of imperialism. I think in reality most of these leaders see all this as peices on a chess board instead of what they really are

[@LarryWater]

Chinese are power-hungry in nature.

[@captainalex157]

just look at russia,same thing

[@angelh5762]

It's strategic, BRI.

[@VincitOmniaVeritas7]

Buthan is a beautiful country I had the privilege to visit before COVID. I hope the best for its people.

[@mr.afrikaans1747]

Dude… pipedownNoOneCares

[@matthewbeattie7284]

​@@mr.afrikaans1747no u

[@TonyMidyett]

​@@mr.afrikaans1747???

[@IMGreg..]

@@mr.afrikaans1747 Freedom of speech. Have you ever heard of it?

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

​@@mr.afrikaans1747 I care...if you didn't you'd have said nothing lol

[@bkm83442]

I see a pattern with China, same approach in the South China Sea: (1) claim somebody else's property as your own; (2) say it's "disputed"; (3) build your stuff there before anybody notices.

[@phatbman]

Seems to be their MO

[@Reginald-Dyer]

Just like white people in Palestine

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

@@phatbmanProbably the worst MO to have in geopolitics, it’s why the vast majority of Asian nations are American allies and or American-aligned

[@geordiejones5618]

That pattern is empire building 101. The Romans did it the best but just about every empire of the last two and a half thousand years across the planet has deployed that strategy with varying tactics depending on geography, economy and political stability. It's happening in Israeli occupied Palestine, Guyana and Ukraine this very day. You could argue it's happening with the Cartels too and even parts of the US and West Europe with the flood of immigration in the last couple of decades. That's just how it goes.

[@MiddleKingdom305]

They’re following the footsteps of the Europeans. Claim land that is yours and settle it. It’s only fair that great China can do it.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:00 - Chapter 1 - China's Strategic Land Grab in Bhutan 11:50 - Chapter 2 - Haiti intervention morphs 19:40 - Chapter 3 - Sweden finally joins NATO

[@justsomepotato6160]

thanks mate

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

I know America has it's own problems, but imagine having territorial disputes with MOST of your neighbors...

[@MiddleKingdom305]

They did have territorial disputes with its neighbors. Mexico, Spain, Great Britain. Ever heard of manifest destiny?

[@UzumakiNaruto_]

@velvet1865 Pakistan doesn't seem to hate China.

[@stacyscott2720]

The danger in Bhutan is that a rogue Chinese regional commander could trigger a conflict without explicit authorization from Beijing. Such an occurrence happened to the British in Natal against the Zulu in 1879. Your comparisons to the 19th century are prescient.

[@FarsightAE]

Meanwhile china simps: "China isnt imperialists 🤓"

[@stephenstapleton1324]

You mean " imperialistic"

[@jasonchang8601]

If you know your history you will see it was actually the British that created this problem.

[@JohnnyYK]

@@jasonchang8601🤓

[@ezezcompany]

Still much much much better than Americans - at least Mexicans can tell 😂😂

[@rorytribbet6424]

@@ezezcompanythe world has changed. The age of imperialism is over. It’s no longer acceptable. It used to be the status quo (and was for most of history) Quit the fase comparisons already they make you look… well like you’re stupid or purposely choosing ignorance.

[@chthonomancer]

as Benin is one of the direct ancestral nations to Haiti, it made me feel joy hearing theyd back the intervention with personnel

[@DeVolksrepubliek]

Why does it make you feel joy that the people who sold us are now going to occupy us? Liberal Westerners are completely disconnected from the reality of Haiti and how Haitians feel. Black Americans were sent to Haiti in the 1990s with the same “cultural connection” argument and the Haitians treated them just as they treated the white soldiers. We don’t want an OCCUPATION and we don’t want GANGS. We want an independent and stable Haiti once and for all!

[@s.s_sachi]

16:38 Kenya's last president was not assasinated. It was Haiti's last president that got assasinated.

[@Illusion517]

That was pretty clear in context.

[@furrycow9263]

@@Illusion517”…the assassination of Kenya’s last president, Jovenel Moise.”

[@demballage99]

​@@Illusion517 You're part of at least 14 fools.

[@BoycottChinaa]

Haitian President killed for considering switching recognition to Taiwan as the legitimate government of the "celestial kingdom".

[@just_hands13]

Interesting fact - Google maps changed disputed regions between Bhutan and China in favour of China in January. At least the google maps version in India.

[@epickh64]

I must say: While this video is long, it's very well-made and is *not* stretched into oblivion with well-sounding void. This is the first video from you I'm watching, and I have to subscribe. Well done.

[@InverseMyInvestmentAdvice]

Excellent video, very underrated. As probably 90% of the people in the world doesn't even know this country exists, great educational video on this spotlight.

[@johobi8675]

Considering that China, India and Bangladesh have a combined population of around 3 billion people (more than a third of the global population) I find that hard to belive.

[@JM-mh1pp]

​@@johobi8675I think he meant english speaking internetnisers

[@Dilbert-o5k]

Only the younger ones

[@Reginald-Dyer]

​@@johobi8675add 300 Million people from Pakistan, Nepal and mayanmar

[@ChatWithAsh]

Wish we had daily situation rooms! Best series on yt

[@erfarkrasnobay]

This what happen when you ignore dictators vialations of international borders.

[@Mastercane98]

borders that were never fair in principle

[@stephenjenkins7971]

​@@Mastercane98But that were agreed upon. Besides, powerful nations use the "unfairness" to justify taking more land, not in giving land to the aggrieved party. If you excuse this, then you excuse powerful nations stealing more and more land.

[@Mastercane98]

@@stephenjenkins7971 Agreed under coercion. There is a reason why the chinese call it the century of humiliation.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@Mastercane98 Because unlike before, they were used to being the one who humiliated other peoples. The fact that they want to return to that instead of being a good neighbor doesn't speak well of them. You are only justifying imperialism.

[@Mastercane98]

@@stephenjenkins7971 I'm sorry to tell you, but every major county is imperialist in its own way, those small countries wouldn't be viable in any other period in time. Overall, it's just a conflict between spheres of influence between India and China.

[@francoiswehkamp4417]

Wow the CCCP untrustworthy......oh wait they always are😂

[@williamt.sherman2573]

you really believe anything you see Simon and his team feeds you huh? this is the same guy who said avdiivka aint that all important after the russians captured it. but uh ccp bad and stuff so its automatic 1000% everything trustworthy lmfao, talk about 'critical thinking' 🤡🤡🤡

[@MattiasKSe]

CCP

[@aAverageFan]

CCCP stands for USSR in Russian

[@dizzyb111]

Arunachal is pronounced with the "ch" in cheese, rather than the "ch" in chrome.

[@Dhdh365]

Juvenal Moise was President of Haiti, not Kenya. There was a mistake at 16:39 in the video.

[@tylerarmstrong593]

You forgot about the newly announced Arctic region china😂

[@annaelrick7930]

😂😂😂

[@nothanks6784]

wasn't that mentioned in the last episode?

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

Glad to have Finland and Sweden in the alliance! Welcome from the US.

[@nahojnosslrak8807]

nato gang /sweden

[@jt_mmxx]

You post this and Perun posts a Ukraine update at the SAME TIME! I have 2 hours of high quality content on today's agenda! Thank you Simon!

[@AnshiNoWara]

Its not just Bhutan the chinese are taking over. They already invaded the West Philippine Sea and are occupying it by force while scaring away our fishermen and coastguards.

[@roborob347]

Tibet shouldn't even be a part of the PRC, let alone parts of Bhutan.

[@munnakhan8961]

Who are u to decide?

[@roborob347]

@munnakhan8961 Who am I to decide? The Tibetan people themselves could not even decide. Their sovereign nation was illegally invaded and annexed by the PRC and forcefully assimilated into the rest of the country, with their culture and freedoms brutally suppressed. Maybe read a history book before you try to take the CCP's side.

[@rejvaik00]

I agree but sadly Tibet was unsuccessful in their bid for independence It's possible that they might regain it but I doubt it, Tibet has been conquered and part of China in some form since the 1600s Just as Americans were planning on rebelling against British rule, Lhasa was getting burned to the ground to put down a tibetan revolt So sadly Tibet needs outside help to get independence and since China has nukes no one is going to use force to kick the Chinese out The tibetans will have to gain independence themselves with whatever force they can muster

[@pauld.b7129]

Unfortunately it seems like the future may be that small states without enough power to protect themselves may all be absorbed by superpowers. Europe has effectively become a pseudo state for its own defense, and smaller powers are being picked off by larger ones. It's really difficult to stop a country like China from doing what it wants without going to war. Unfortunately they're totally belligerent and the only way to deter them is force.

[@JM-mh1pp]

​@@user-ki4ek9wn1lyou own the land that you can keep. Call me heartless but that is just pragmatism, all this historical " but actually" is pointless posturing. You can keep it- its yours

[@sunlight9056]

Thank you Simon and team.

[@Illusion517]

I'd say it's more accurate to say 1 capital was holding out while the other was a toddler trying to get attention for himself.

[@yeaggermiester]

Hey. Love your content. One thing thought. It seems like you have a high pitched metronome in the background maybe to help you with pacing, that probably isn't supposed to be audible but it has been occasionally in the last 5 or 6 videos you've made across your channels. Definitely on this week's situation room and last week's. Would really appreciate if you guys took a look at that and got rid of it kr at least turned it down a few notches.....

[@TimFinman-D]

Thank you for a different refreshing deliverance of some of the most important world news. You as we all have biases but you do great at minimizing them! Keep it up Simon Business Blaze main man🎉

[@ÆßV]

*Bhutan must feel glad that they've an all-weather partner like India.* Most Indians here in the states speak highly of Bhutan. China considers Bhutan as theirs...as per their 5 fingers of Tibet plan.

[@IronMan-no5ip]

We know China plans to capture Bhutan and Nepal. Pretty sure India won't let that happen.

[@darkdan3379]

China is predictable...

[@ianeydoescrap5048]

Not really, when has china been predicted

[@miked884]

@@ianeydoescrap5048 He means that China is like spoiled kid that never been taught proper manners hence the predictability of a spoiled kid getting its way on everything

[@Ducaso]

@@ianeydoescrap5048 Their M.O. hasn’t change in over a decade.

[@drewpooters62]

@@ianeydoescrap5048 We knew they'd impose harsh rule on Hong Kong and break the agreement, and they've lived up to every tactic in the book "Unrestricted Warfare" (since 1999).

[@Henry-yf2np]

@@ianeydoescrap5048China is literally the most predictable country aside from the US

[@AdityaYadav_quest]

Good on getting the map right this time 👍

[@davidjones6389]

Tibet was just the beginning. China behaving like their colonial Masters and thinking its progress.

[@JM-mh1pp]

China becomes exactly like they were for hundreds of years: They become like their colonial masters... Nah bruh, china acts like china

[@SlippinJimmy09]

China has a deep history of colonialism, how do you think they got so much land 💀

[@KeefeL]

You what? They were warring states before... not colonialism​@@SlippinJimmy09

[@shadowslayer9988]

​@@SlippinJimmy09So has India almost every country has done colonization at one point.

[@vindictaetmortem748]

​@@SlippinJimmy09just goes to show how ignorant people are of actual history and prefer ignorant blaming of the white guy for all that ails the world.

[@leovalenzuela8368]

Thank you for talking about Haiti.

[@MrVanWildest]

Almost like the strategic landgrab the Chinese are doing in the US

[@poppyrider5541]

Unless you can hold it you don't own it.

[@MrVanWildest]

@@poppyrider5541 Everyone has their price; like your mother.

[@seanbumstead1250]

I love your channel,you tell us about important world events the main my edia doesn't or even seem to care about

[@deragoth4250]

Meh. Mainstream media in Australia reported this months ago. I am sure if u google it u will see articles about it. What matter more is whether ppl are actually paying attention to international news

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

Bhutan doesn't recognise half of the planet, the absolute chads.

[@evansaunders8446]

Thanks you for your excellent and concise reporting. “Unicorns farting rainbows” beautiful 😂😂😂

[@ninadjadhav8762]

China reminds me of 1939's Germany

[@incredulity]

It's completely different

[@Chris-hx3om]

Let's hope they remember that lesson...

[@JiaruiChen_]

I watched the rise of the fuhrer and during the time they was swearing an oath i thought it was in Beijing. The scene when they was in court and the judge said "MURDA YOU CONTEMPLITBLE SCUM" I thought we was in Beijing

[@CCPJerBear]

​@@incredulitytell that to the Uyghurs

[@lebawsski]

Not even in the same league.

[@MM22966]

To Quote The Simpsons: “Well, Tibet was considered pretty independent, but now we know the answer to that.”

[@Chris-hx3om]

I wonder when Simon will realise there are two 'in's in Kaliningrad?

[@joshuawilliams7164]

There really are 2 "ins" in Kaliningrad, Simon

[@attilavarga3188]

"The entire world has been an integral part of China since ancient times." - Zhong Xina

[@Noeaskr]

Orgy of construction… Great band name.

[@mr.afrikaans1747]

No

[@Harry-tm3ck]

No

[@CAP198462]

I just want to call out the awesomeness of the thumbnail image. It slaps.

[@anotherbacklog]

Here you have a masterclass of diplomacy demonstrated by India. Not that many countries maintain some sort of alliance with China, Russia, and the US at the same time.

[@kyleodoyle8228]

These videos are great, but really need more and better maps when talking about all these different regions under dispute.

[@emmettsmith2581]

China is claiming bhutan is chinese because it used to belong to tibet is wild

[@00x0xx]

It's just internal propaganda for Chinese citizens. Nobody outside China agrees with that logic, but the Chinese authority still needs to justify their invasion to their own people.

[@jigmetobdengyeltshen6372]

Bhutan never belonged to Tibet. In fact Bhutan was never colonized by any country in the past.

[@PlumbKrzy]

@@jigmetobdengyeltshen6372bhutan belonged to Tibet but Tibet split into different clan tribes and bhutan was one of them😂 when tibet united again a tibetan lama went to Bhutan and created Bhutan😂 infact Bhutan means south tibet in sanskrit

[@jigmetobdengyeltshen6372]

@@PlumbKrzy lol, that’s why you guys lost in all the wars against us? Nobody owned or colonized Bhutan. In fact it’s one of the 9 countries in the world that has been under anyone. True that Bhutan has major Tibetan origin in terms of inhabitants but Tibet has never ruled Bhutan even with the help of Gushi Khan and mongols lol.

[@PlumbKrzy]

@@jigmetobdengyeltshen6372 the current king of Bhutan is 50% Tibetan and 50% bhutanese tibetan. The creatir of Bhutan is a tibetan

[@paulshearer9140]

Great to see the coffee cup has made a comeback.

[@Purpleskull64]

I'm pretty sure there was ideas that Canada would lead the charge to help Haiti instead of Kenya but that idea was shot down rather quickly.

[@JackFrawley101]

Ahh yeah, Canada has a great history of intervention and systematically ticking off the Geneva checklist. I mean conventions

[@pegcity4eva]

You mean a hair brained Trudeau idea.

[@Purpleskull64]

@@JackFrawley101 lmao Hey, that's irrelevant, we committed those war crimes during wartime and against soldiers... Although there was that village back in WWII

[@jstoned88]

​@SomeonebrowsingThroughKZbin NOT A WAR CRIME WHEN ITS THE FIRST TIME RAAAAAHHHH 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@Exxperiment626]

​@@Purpleskull64 You must have forgotten the crimes against humanity, Canada committed against it's Native population. Aren't they still digging up Native children corpses at certain Canadian churches?

[@16mopey]

What's worse is didn't in the last few hours a big 4000 plus prison break of prisoners just get announced in the news.

[@nesseihtgnay9419]

China is trying to expand illegally

[@Pinicle_of_evolution]

Ask them to expand vertically, little funny goblins

[@jasonellenberg3261]

Yao Ming

[@MrCooper83]

Has been*

[@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329]

Lol yeah who's gonna stop them?

[@itarry4]

​​​@@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329well Indian did the last 2 times so....

[@STaRBG4405]

This is why aliens dont visit. We are literally fighting for irrelevant territory LMAO

[@mr.x817]

Irrelevant to you. Tell America give up some of their land to China or Russia.

[@Im-just-Stardust]

​@@mr.x817 Haha. This Tsniperhd4405 definition of irrelevent. 0:18 Wait to see what China is gonna make out of it, a military polluted swamp.

[@dontwannaatellu]

Aliens don't care

[@STaRBG4405]

@@mr.x817 So humans dividing into imaginary countries and fighting for territory that we as humans already control sounds good to you? Lmao

[@KhukuriGod]

​@@STaRBG4405 You are free to invite hostile hobos or addicts to your home. After all, your house/apartment is also an arbitrarily determined territory. So, there's no reason to protect it.

[@batprime1177]

Bhutan is basically the Switzerland of Asia

[@rejvaik00]

Ehhh more like the Lichtenstein of Asia would be more accurate Both rulers are almost absolute monarchs but they like to very rarely use their powers both of them are extremely small nations and so are reliant upon outside forces to secure their sovereignty Both are underdeveloped because of how small of a population they have

[@joshuakoch3165]

Under reported. Since 2015. Have not heard a word till today....

[@RJM1011]

The worst thing about Haiti is all the money that people gave after the earthquake that never got to Haiti to do anything of any good. The money seems to have gone missing/stolen or wanked off in some other place ????????

[@pegcity4eva]

The Clinton Foundation would like to know your location

[@RJM1011]

@@pegcity4eva They already KNOW it as they turned down my Green card so my new home is now in The Bahamas and the US builders were laid off !

[@m.c.martin]

It was sent to rebuild Haiti, not to be given to the people

[@RJM1011]

@@m.c.martin So why was Haiti not rebuilt then ?????????????????????????

[@m.c.martin]

@@RJM1011 It was, they’ve destroyed it since

[@TheOnlyFriskus]

Still patiently waiting for Simon to say Kalin-IN-grad correctly

[@sheldonwheaton881]

Let the CCP give Haiti a shot?😂

[@moreplatestrashdates]

4:13 i love how they look like they’re about to start scrapping.

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

I've been fascinated with Bhutan ever since I decided as a kid that they have the coolest flag in the world.

[@rejvaik00]

It's because it's influenced by the old flag of imperial Qing China

[@DeVolksrepubliek]

@@rejvaik00The irony

[@rejvaik00]

@@DeVolksrepubliek indeed

[@stevewilson4718]

@rejvaik "Qing" Manchu

[@justinhammer3196]

They do not.

[@johnwalsh4857]

SWedish weapons systems are excellent and battle tested like the NLAW ATGM , RBS-70 SAM, CV-90 APCs, Archer artillery, GLSDB(very effective , Bofors, IRIS SAM,

[@lebawsski]

Don't forget the Carl Gustav.

[@goochipoochie]

Didn't work very well when it came to defending its own land from No-go zones did it

[@masondavirro808]

I trust Simon’s honest reporting more than all mainstream media combined. High quality Simon thank you God bless❤

[@BeastEvan]

Such a tense atmosfere and then suddenly, unicorns farting reinbows. U killing me

[@lvhdmya4807]

The "ch" in Arunachal Pradesh is pronounced as in cheese.

[@frankcooke1692]

Lol... nobody's going to start calling it "Turkiye". It's like changing Twitter to X.

[@Firefox991gaming]

Maps of the disputed border would have been awesome. Otherwise great video

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

I wish I shared your confidence about the unlikelyhood of war

[@johnwalsh4857]

Putin is sounding like Saddam Hussein and hitler just before their downfalls.

[@colonelradec5956]

What scares me about putin is he sounds like the type of person willing to hit the button if he thinks hes in danger. And hes older so that might include if he gets sick or? Look what hes done already. His enemys all have unfortunate accidents. And people even realize it and it dont stop him. I feel like if he ever thought it was over he might just launch.

[@theblatantaussie1530]

Based on what? For all the huffing and puffing of the west, Russia *is* winning. It has come slowly, painfully, but Russia has the upper hand militarily, economically and politically. He has resources, manpower and political capital, Hitler had none of these, while also being on a defensive, losing war. Many of you in these comments certainly WISH Putin were like Hitler at the end, but for good or bad, he is not. He is winning, and his opposition can bark as much as they like, if there were a general appetite to step up and fight, we'd already be there. The west has been thoroughly and decisively been demoralized for the past 70 years into self-destruction denial of its own raison d'etre. We are being told that we do not deserve existence, let alone preservation, so asking anyone to step up and die thousands of miles away from home will just get you nothing and turning around, appealing to a sudden nationalist surge, will not happen either, because the people are more than aware of the propaganda being presented. We will not fight for global interests. We will not fight to preserve some abstract ideal. Our governments hate us, which has come back to massively bite them in the ass, because it has become clear to our "enemies" that our countries have no teeth.

[@mr.x817]

Lmao y’all hilarious. Putin is Hussein or Hitler because he wants his land back? Ukraine is Russia. That’s a fact. Imagine someone telling the US give up Puerto Rico or Guam. They wouldn’t. But the media & people like y’all never call out US expansion. It’s always China & Russia is the issue. US invaded Iraq, sanction countries for not following their culture/beliefs. Think about which country is the evil one..

[@Zesty_Pixel]

@@colonelradec5956He probably would give the order but at the end of the day it depends on if the actual button pushers do it or not. Like the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm where their systems detected US launching ICBMs on Soviet Union but the guy who saw that ruled it out as a malfunction (and indeed it was) even when another 4 got detected and did not relay it to the upper leadership. He most likely prevented nuclear war.

[@st0ox]

​​@@Zesty_Pixel He could do fake Szenario testing and replace everyone in the command line who didn't push the button in that fake Szenario (where the soldiers think it's a real scenario). This way you can bring down the likelihood of people not pushing the button or not relaying the order significantly. And remember in the 1983 Szenario it was the satellite analytics guys that didn't forward their information of an incoming nuclear strike by the Americans. Later it was found out that if they had forwarded this information the likelihood was high that a nuclear war would have been started. But in the Putin pushes the button Szenario there are no analytics guys involved.

[@kristopherruiz7644]

3:24 sounds important, wonder if they used the good concrete to build these? 😂

[@awpenheimer1396]

When I heard how he pronounced Arunachal Pradesh I rolled on my bed so hard

[@hihellokitty85]

China: 1 stepping stone at a time, not unlike Russia is trying to do.

[@acmelka]

China ought to care a bit more about how the world sees it.

[@michaelsummerell8618]

I really don't think they give a shit

[@ro.7427]

​@michaelsummerell8618 Actually, they do care deeply, which is why they spend a ton of money on foreign propaganda campaigns that make it all the way to, for example, the floor of the US congress quoted by, for example, Matt Gaetz

[@dynamoproductions5]

Lol they could care less

[@danielkarlsson9326]

The good news is that Sweden is ramping up the scale of the Army, Airforce, Navy and Intel on a speed and level we have noot seen since the prelude to the second world war. 3 new frigates and 2 submarines all built in Sweden plus smaller ships to which are built in Sweden. an increse of jets from SAAB from 90 to 120-150 Built in Sweden. and New MBT's Leo2A8 modified plus a complete modernisation of the CV90 fleet plus new ones bought. the 10.000 strong is now already over 55.000 on active duty (all three wings) and it will grow alot when the concription gets bigger in a couple of years. We have a long way to wander but it actually looks like the Politicans for once all realise (except for some including former PM Andersson and her closest allies) That we cant lie on the Floor and scream like some type of reality TV stars. The only issue is that we shouldnt have been in this place to begin with....... but for some reason Both Military and Politicans thought that we needed not to defend our borders, No we only needed to fight in distant countries under the U.N Banner.

[@XiangYu94]

I’m Chinese and I want Bhutan to be left alone. Trust me when I say that a large majority of us civilians just want China to focus on China, we should leave peaceful neighbours alone.

[@BackYardScience2000]

What a nation wants and what their government wants is often 2 very different things. I'm sorry that your people have to go through what they're going through with your government. It is my and many others hopes that the Chinese people can take control of their government and be able to live peacefully with itself and its neighbors and that we can all work together for a better world for everyone. Though we all know that would be much harder to pull off than one would think possible, we can still dream.

[@XiangYu94]

@@BackYardScience2000To be fair to the Chinese mindset, the whole Western tendency to desire Chinese civilians to revolt and take over in an uprising ignores the aversion that many people have when it comes to armed rebellion (due to the past century and hindsight of all previous dynastic turnovers). Basically whenever our government is replaced, millions or even billions may die and preferably we can avoid that. I believe in gently fomenting a change in mindset via gradual internal influence, incrementally opening China up subtly through minor policy tweaks, and over time this will get through our leadership’s typically stubborn brains. You see, all existing attempts at making China open up to the world in the same style as Japan or South Korea (Deming style market economics, promises of aid in return for fair elections) are just too obvious and thus the defensive mindsets of our leaders are always raised. Not saying that approach is bad in any way, but those two countries’ adoption of Western style policy was because they had no other choices available in the post war reconstruction era. China had choices. So not only do I think that I think this subtle incrementalism approach is the only way to get through China’s traditionalism, it’s also the option that can avoid bloodshed and prove that we can, for the first time, escape the brutal cycle of rise & rebellion that we’ve been living in since the Shang Kings. For example, me and some local Guangdong scholars who share this incrementalism aim to apply in prefecture management, to start the reform from the ground-up. I don’t think China will ever adopt full democracy - Our people have this weird brand of social unity that makes us very ok with one party elections. But I think if we adopted other Western policy stances like real term limits & rules that you can’t flaunt (to ensure our leadership is never geriatric), or free media that isn’t afraid to critique or expose like Western media, then we can really sell the idea to the leadership that loosening up a bit can help with more than global image. With consistently young leaders & an unhindered feedback loop, China’s governance will always be ready to deal with the current strategic situation. That’s how we will be successful in the next century.

[@pranavingale6850]

Tell that to CCP .....or .. don't, you seem to be a good Chinese fella, i don't want you to be vanished by CCP magicians....if you know what I mean

[@XiangYu94]

@@Adi-bo5do honestly dude I think if either country can’t leave Bhutan alone, then rather compete over it, we should try to do a peace / de-escalation summit there. Of course I feel weird even suggesting that, as this is only something Bhutan has a right to bring up or offer. I do think that casting itself as a kind of “Switzerland” would stave off attempts from either country due to potential blowback.

[@moschbear]

25:00 and you know what ? Sweden is kinda right with that vocalation , in my opinion actually a lot of countrys are thinking this way but sweden voiced it

[@dkbros1592]

thanks for this we Indians are asking for clarity from Bhutan but they are busy with the happiness index and not their sovereignty of bhutan

[@ericjohnson9468]

Well phrased…

[@captainalex157]

i think Bhutan should ask for permanent indian military outposts at chinas border in Bhutan, seems to be the most pragmatic solution. Similar to US bases in allied countries.

[@uningenieromas]

​@@captainalex157 I agree with you. China would not dare to invade a tiny country only to confront India.

[@DeVolksrepubliek]

Maybe because these pities and views of how Bhutan should control itself from the West and India are not how Bhutan’s people and government feel about the situation. Could you even fathom that maybe Bhutanese people don’t care if they join China? Victimhood obsession is crazy

[@DeVolksrepubliek]

@@captainalex157Bro is asking for Indian imperialism to counter Chinese imperialism similar to how the US does imperialism 💀💀🤣🤣

[@Weasel_Face333]

Lol that whole BRICS thing seems like it's working out real well /s

[@gknkrnkjgjugjrgjrng]

lol, I agree

[@HibHab69]

"Hey we stole Tibet and this is part of the Tibet we stole so this part is ours." - China trying to explain why they should get this part of Bhutan.

[@anthonyfrench3169]

Next week it would be good to see more about the recent deployment of German troops to Lithuania.

[@dliu115]

China has consistently barely agreed to pre-existing agreement reverting (in its mind) to various ancient territory that once was part of china a millenia ago.

[@janus3555]

That's like Italy reclaiming all of Europe and parts of the middle east and Northern Africa because, Rome.

[@jgw9990]

​@@janus3555yeah basically. Italy doesn't have a massive military or heavily indoctrinated populace though. China does.

[@akhripasta2670]

Ancient territory were much smaller Tungusic manchu formed the Qing

[@jennybyford8071]

Here’s a question if anyone can help please, how many countries does it have to include to be WW3 and do the UK have to included for it to count? Thank you

[@leoyoman]

From my armchair, the best solution for Bhutan would be to give Doklam to India in exchange for some negotiated benefit. This way India is safe from China and Chinese pressure on Bhutan becomes worthless as it now has to pressure India instead.

[@rajarshisarkar999]

Why would we want Doklam? It's Bhutan's Territory

[@DeVolksrepubliek]

Why would Bhutan submit itself to India over China? If they’re resisting Indian aid maybe it’s because they don’t really care if they join China or if China takes Doklam.

[@leoyoman]

@@DeVolksrepubliek Well i would prefer India to China. But more importantly China is trying to bully them into giving up territory, so if you have to give it away for free eventually anyway, better trade it with someone who would give something in return. @rajarshisarkar999 to protect the road from China as stated in the Video.

[@BijayBaruwal-ck1tx]

China claims Indian land also....they also snatch aksai chin from India...pla forces are preparing a battle ....I think they will invade Indian boarder town before Taiwan....

[@DeVolksrepubliek]

@@leoyoman Are you Bhutanese? Why do you support Indian imperialism over Chinese “imperialism”/annexation?

[@Chilled_Mackers]

"Unicorns farting rainbows" - chefs kiss.

[@Pendragon667]

Buthan: Paradise Lost - Chinese Version.

[@mr.afrikaans1747]

No

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content 😊😊

[@tarunpandey8339]

Free Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Manchuria 🕊️...

[@Superslemmet]

A bit of a misunderstanding of what Putin was talking about with preventing NATO expanding. For Russia, *Ukraine* joining NATO was unacceptable, because the Russian economy is propped up by their fossil industry and arms industry, and a lot of critical manufacturing plants for that arms industry are in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine in NATO was less acceptable for Russia than Turkey having S-400 and F-35s at the same time was acceptable for the US. Kinda same thing, giving your main competitor direct access to your best gear just doesn't work. It completely kicks the legs out from any technological advantage one might have, which is incredibly important if you want to sell your weapons. And for a long time it's been Russia, not the West, that has been arming most of the world. Russia doesn't really care if Sweden and Finland joins NATO, since we (I'm Swedish) were sort of unofficial members anyway. Neither country has a significant Russian minority to use as an excuse for annexing, nor does either country have anything critical for the Russian economy to function (as we can see now that the economic ties have mostly been severed). Putin isn't some deluded autocrat from old trying to expand an empire. He is the figurehead of a ruling class of oligarchs that are protecting their power base and the source of their wealth.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

China intends to take the entire Eastern panhandle of India, they will be that much closer to seizing a Indian Ocean coastline, they already own a port in Western Myanmar.

[@nikiriy]

This is really bugging me so I need to say -- the city Kaliningrad is pronounced "Ka - li - nin - grad", not "Ka - lin - grad". There's a syllable being skipped

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

It sounds like Bhutan needs a military defensive pact with the US

[@Im-just-Stardust]

I'm here for my daily reminder that ''' We fawked ''

[@dadrising6464]

Bhutan choose its ally wisely. Tough choice

[@viktorberecz27]

A mildly interesting bit about the Hungarian government blocking Sweden's path to NATO: The deal about the 4 new Gripen fighter jets has been in the making for at least 2 years. (And Hungarian air force is already made of Gripens.)

[@victoriahigman6802]

Thanks

[@ImmortalTreknique]

Big up Fact Boy 😊👊💪🍻

[@barney9008]

I doubt Kaliningrad will be officially annexed but a strong nuce is being tightened around it