French ambassador: US 'rules-based order' means Western domination, violating international law

France's ex US Ambassador Gérard Araud criticized Washington for frequently violating international law and said its so-called "rules-based order" is an unfair "Western order" based on "hegemony." He condemned the new cold war on China, instead calling for mutual compromises.
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[@ConscienceTruth]

With respect to former French ambassador , speaking out and telling the truth. The scary point is, who on earth appointed USA the POLICEMAN of this fragile planet.?

[@mystictraveler8642]

They did themselves. Nobody appointed them this role. US wanted to place and arrest people overseas to put fear to people around the world. So arresting hauweis daughter is one example. Anything that helps their interest. That is why they wanted to arrest anyone who they feel like so they can put fear to anyone who disrupts their interest.

[@drakekoefoed1642]

more of a chief pirate than policeman, and always was.

[@zhangyi5145]

itself 😅

[@beesplaining1882]

The US appointed itself! (In reality it cannot be part of the solution because it is a part of the problem!)

[@dontsteponme175]

@ MM&M....They appointed themselves!!

[@Juan-ud3if]

Keep the truth alive and kicking.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TonyTouch23]

The US have degraded France since the day De Gaul has left the stage. In my view one of the worst and most humiliating was when the French energy company Alstom was dismantled by the US and most of it was sold to General Electric GE. It has left the French, indeed Europe with not much choice, when it comes to power generation equipment. There is only one big European player left, which is Siemens. Might be only a matter of time before the US also takes this one down. I don’t write this out of anger alone, but you have to understand when the US is staging such overtakings, it is not doing it by any fair means. They use the NSA, the CIA the DOJ and the might of Wallstreet all together.

[@chew5461]

The very recent case of the semi-conductor chips manufacture also shows how unfair, vicious and brutal the US is. .. even to the extent of threatening its citizens with the removal of their citizenships. Yet they want to impose their version of "democracy" to other countries!

[@michaelscott1060]

Worked for them for 30 years, I personally detest them.

[@hussar6347]

Absolutely right. And Germany 's dark past and aspirations of dominance have NEVER subsided. And Mr. Schwab has now demonstrated this in the open.

[@dodododatdatdat]

Yep. Now France and Germany oppose the Anti Inflation Act. Which is just a package of protectionist measures designed to get industrial players out of europe and into the US, because opf the energy situation. A bit late....

[@hussar6347]

@@dodododatdatdat How about that was the American (and NATO's) plan all along? Keep Russia out, Germany down and the U.S. in.

[@jerrywright5411]

It's very annoying every time I hear them say Rules Based Order AND Democracy. Both are fraudulent.

[@hussar6347]

Translation of the American 'rules-based order': "What we say, goes !"

[@georgemavrides3434]

Democracy is a Greek ideal. Today is not implemented anywhere in the world.

[@jerrywright5411]

@@georgemavrides3434 democracy means mob rule. It has zero to do with your constitutional rights. In today's society, mob rules means those who have the most in money, power, etc.

[@kristianlavigne8270]

"Democracy" is simply code for Neo-liberalism and Neo-colonialism

[@tymanung6382]

Or contradictory, also like capitalism vs. democracy.

[@sethbrown1763]

Another excellent video, Ben! You have a way of digging out the truth that is hidden or passed over by others. Well done! Keep up the good work!

[@권순정-d6x]

Benjamin Norton, my dear friend, you are really a courageous reporter, a true credible one. Go on your great work for all peace-loving people !!!

[@Faye_Liu]

That's right, China is not rising, China is regaining its former position it's been having for at least 2000 years prior to Western aggression and colonization. The West's 200 years of domination is coming to an end whether it accepts it or not. The sooner the West learns to live and deal properly with the new multipolar world the better is for everyone. If the West is not able to compete within its own trade platforms and continue to abuse its own financial systems, then they really shouldn't blame China or other countries for creating new trade and financial platforms that would better serve the people of the developing world.

[@motherlandbot6837]

China is reascendant, and resuming their many centuries old status as the world's largest economy.

[@dimonik12]

Why are you angry at a cardinal direction? Western Europe being occupied by cowboys does not make the planet flat...

[@motherlandbot6837]

@@dimonik12 I might as well reverse your inquiry, and ask why the EU and US MSM, and many (not all) EU heads of state are so angry and defensive about China's reascendancy, even though China replaced the US (my country, by the way) as the EU's #1 trade partner 2 years ago. The EU voted as a bloc to support the US move to 'discuss' Xinjiang at the UN, even though most predominately Muslim nations opposed or abstained on this, as did Ukraine. Moreover, the coverage of China in EU and US, Canadian, UK, and Australian MSM is narrowly ethnocentric and overwhelmingly negative. Do you wish to believe that Annalena Baerbock, Olaf Scholtz, Ursula von der Layen, Josep Borrell, Liz Truss, Scott Morrison, Rishi Sunak, Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, etc, etc, etc, etc, and the BBC, Guardian, Murdoch media, Daily Mail, DW News, CNN, MSNBC, NYTimes, Washington Post, etc, etc, etc, are neutral towards China?

[@dimonik12]

@@motherlandbot6837 But your question would only make sense if the USA was occupied by Europe... The EU is Americas club of Europe it is not Europe. Your talking about US puppets working in Europe like they were put there by us... Of course the US assets acted to benefit the US lol. You are literally making my point without seeing it...

[@JosephKulik2016]

​@@motherlandbot6837 In "The China Mirage" (2016), James Bradley details the racist attitude toward China and all of East Asia that America and the West have had since their first contacts. In the late 1800's, the US even passed an "exclusion law" that prohibited Chinese immigration. Newspapers until at least WW1 warned of the "Yellow Peril" casting Chinese men as sex crazed Bogeymen. This long and deep seated racial and cultural hatred of the Chinese still exists but hidden from Public view. But don't you know that there are Political Elites in all Western Capitals who are grinding their teeth at the prospects of having to treat "yellow skin, slanty eyed Gooks" as Geopolitial equals. IMO, there needs to be more discussion about the racial component behind the West's fear of a "rising China". I really think that it explains a lot.

[@hsingchen5141]

A bully is a bully, hopeless and must be contained instead !

[@charleskesner1302]

Thanks, Ben. Very insightful.

[@georgesais8687]

Thank you Ben for answering my question that I kept asking (ironically) to our Australian politicians that keep parroting 'rules based order' . I decided to share this on twitter.

[@stephenleyden9559]

Let's hope we see more western countries challenging U.S. power.

[@magnot9884]

Let's hope so. The rebalancing of power in the world does not by definition have to result in war and violence. Many western governments and their foreign policy establishments are mostly exclusively filled with pro-American lackeys.

[@georgemavrides3434]

It's either that or collapse with it which is what EU is undergoing now.

[@halloola3636]

@@georgemavrides3434 There´s no either or, "the west" is the empire of Zionist usury - petrodollar "reserve currency system"...

[@vivafreedom4947]

*HAHAHA, "proper" propaganda, this channel is an opinion piece, is does not speak on behalf f the UN Charter*

[@KayyHong]

Any Asian country stupid enough to help U.S. "contain China" will end up like Ukraine. Any takers?

[@jeijeichch4796]

This young man is a brilliant thinker. He has a very analytical and clear mind. He has the knowledge and the ability to handle the complex global issues.

[@davidjennings4589]

He is a Marxist who holds honorary citizenship in Venezuela. He lives in China.

[@unifieddynasty]

De Gaulle didn't want France to become a vassal of the Anglo hegemony. Glad to see there are still some French people who think the same way.

[@fatmanour4006]

Degaule betrayed the africains who help him to Liberate his country's on give them the false independence with his french colonial franc and army's cooperants who are juste the colonialist.

[@unifieddynasty]

@@fatmanour4006 Very true. European colonialism in Africa must be remembered.

[@sergelondon916]

@@unifieddynasty Fuck remembering genuinely help with development

[@karllarsen8797]

The world does not care what De Gaulle and his entourage think. Even the Fracophone world does not give a damn what De Gaulle or Macron think because France as a country and the French as a people have not been a force for good in this world.

[@BStrapper]

De Gaulle could not care less about the Anglos, he did not want france to be another Americans’ lapdog like Britain and a few others.

[@ProgressiveTruthSeekers]

Another great video, Ben. Your reporting is amazing!

[@bdliaw3230]

I don't need the ambassador to tell me ! Not just western dominance. It is American dominance !

[@KingzofSwing]

Israel

[@BruceMincks]

You overlook Kentucky aluminum.

[@ytreve4951]

​@@KingzofSwingCf. Lord Balfour 's acknowledgment letter to the ROTHSCHILD'S. Also look up "Operation Paperclip" 🤔

[@xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu]

US dominance. America is a continent. And there are 35 independent American countries of which the USA is but one American country. But it's not exclusively the only American country. The US is Anglo America as opposed to Hispanic America. The differences are linguistically but also culturally. The Hispanic culture is more inclusive, while Anglo culture is more exclusive.

[@oioier098hen]

@@xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu You are right, however you know when people from any country refer to 'American' they are talking about the USA and your country doesn't even enter their head. If they meant your country they would say so and they wouldn't refer to you as American. American = USA.

[@hussar6347]

In one phrase , the "rules based order" translates as : 'Anything we ( the West) says, goes.'

[@zhangyi5145]

Ben nailed it by "we define the rules, which orders you around"

[@ahmedturner3509]

You mean any the white man says

[@sebastian_arroyave_author]

No, what they mean is the (US) rule-based order. It's the rule of the US. Not a rules based international arena. There's no rules. There's only the US rule.

[@0zoneTherapyCures]

The Monroe Doctrine’s architect John Quincy Adams laid out this principle eloquently on July 4, 1821: “After fifty years the United States has, without a single exception, respected the independence of other nations, while asserting and maintaining her own. That the United States does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. That by involving itself in the internal affairs of other nations, the United States would destroy its own reason of existence; the fundamental maxims of her policy would become, then, no different than the empire America’s revolution defeated. It would be, then, no longer the ruler of itself, but the dictator of the world.” America’s march is the march of mind, not of conquest. Colonial establishments are engines of wrong, and that in the progress of social improvement it will be the duty of the human family to abolish them.”

[@GerardoNava-b6o]

“Rules based on our orders”

[@DailyBeatings]

If given an ultimatum most of these countries for economic reasons would obviously choose China over the US, but they don't want to deal with the retribution the US would ultimately unleash.

[@johnlui9563]

Ah, but if a new trading currency reserve based on gold will change everything. Overnight, nobody will care about American sanctions!

[@DailyBeatings]

@@johnlui9563 I wish it was only sanctions, but US retribution usually includes asset seizures, terrorism, regime change, military interventions, etc.

[@johnlui9563]

@@DailyBeatings I agree! But once it loses it's reserved currency status, it's clout is gone and no country will obey their diktat anymore except the anglo-saxon countries like lapdog Canada, brain-dead UK and cowardly Australia.

[@alrent2992]

Hegemony is dying. No more bullying. Multipolar world is on the rise. Over a dozen countries are joining BRICS!

[@takfaazul5408]

The NATO-Russia war in Ukraine has proven that the Western countries or their leaders are spineless to the point of working against the interest of their own people to please their masters in Washington.

[@rosymylene1878]

A "Rules based Order" means ILLEGAL UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW. Bravo Ambassador Araud!!

[@michah321]

The US isn't subject to " international laws" as dictated by other countries

[@rosymylene1878]

@@michah321 International Law is a legal body of law, binding law. Breaking the law renders a state's action ILLEGAL.

[@avibhagan]

Rules based order = Rules for ye, but not for me. (Just as Russia)

[@michah321]

@@rosymylene1878 Americans are only subject to our laws in the US. All other countries can do is not trade with us

[@rosymylene1878]

@@michah321 FALSE. International Law applies to America as well. Otherwise, it is a pariah state.

[@YoTubBear]

Amen. As a military veteran and a former employee of the U.S. Postal Service and Seattle School District, I've had it with the ruling class' goddam self-serving, hypocritical rules.

[@richardtung4109]

Thanks for revealing the facts. Mr Ambassador. Appreciated it. We need more people like you to bring out the facts..keep it up

[@guytruth5598]

Thank you very much for your righteousness and bravery, a true hero for mankind.

[@hjp5661]

Very good reporting! Excelsior! It's outstanding to point out so loudly what everyone's thinking about silently!

[@ashleymcintosh1604]

Good one Ben.If the Saudi,s would come off the Dollar for oil contract they have with the US this could solve many of the world problems we have today, as American hegemony would collapse over night..The war in Ukraine could end overnight, US hegemony would become a distant memory and the world could sigh a huge relief..and rejoice.A new fairer world with peace for all nations and the world organisations like the UN could rid themselves of the corrupt officials who beat the West's mantra .They could now behave they way that they were set up to do..including organisations like the IAEA who at present are making complete fools of themselves and their organisation..They cannot tell Zelensky to stop attacking the nuclear power plant for fear of loosing their hi paid salaries and pensions, they would rather risk nuclear contamination of all eastern Europe than face Biden and the EU..these people should be sacked immediately. So let's get the Saudi,s to drop the Dollar.

[@glendakirby5579]

They already have.

[@musfazahosein7463]

I totally agree with you .

[@del7724]

Very true

[@lavonnetraylor8403]

MBS stopped the Petro dollar couple months ago. After Joe Biden reportedly told MBS "don't you dare stop the petrodollsr." MBS stopped the next day it was reported.

[@aleph8888]

The US is an energy exporter, they aren’t reliant on the Saudis anymore.

[@barquerojuancarlos7253]

Gerard Arnaud reminds me of Paul Keating, former PM of Australia, who said, the problem the US/West has with China is only because China exists. Nothing more.* ... But, of course, the US-funded Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) criticizes Keating. * for example, "Paul Keating says Australia's sycophany to the US is damaging its own interests" The Guardian 26 April 2017

[@duellingscarguevara]

PJK talked the talk, (about promoting rail, over road trains, for one thing), but like every PM, their best ideas are largely Irrelevant. Conservative politicians are even likeable, when they retire (John Anderson, Tony Windsor, Even Malcom Fraser, seemed a decent bloke, post politics?). If only, ethics, were retained whilst in government, we may not be in such a sorry state. Our trouble can be traced back, to starting in the 80’s. Dissenting voices were shut down then, too.

[@vaska1999]

Same with the collective West's hatred of Russia.

[@PhiloSurfer]

ASPI is the America Sponsored Propaganda Institute.

[@AndrewCooke-dl2dh]

Keating is correct ....

[@JianYZhong]

Hooray for the French ambassador! Hooray for Multipolarista and the Quincy institute

[@aleph8888]

The French elite are increasingly depressed as the EU is shrinking compared to the U.S. and the rest of the world.

[@xueli7998]

Great definition of the US “rule based order” protocols❤️

[@luosuo9929]

Thanks Ben for sharing. I watched the whole video from QI as well. It's worth watching.

[@urrywest]

I am a bit on the short attention span order but... If ben is talking I am listening...

[@stt3848]

Yes U are Right Not internal law U are real right👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@alextjflorida]

Thank you, Ben!

[@MikeSmith-ng3rv]

Excellent find and thank you for posting.

[@harriet4564]

So true.

[@dyrectory_com]

Thanks for backing up your reporting with actual video footage and/or links to your sources. 💡

[@sch4891]

The former Indian ambassador M. K. Bhadrakumar explains why the Quad won't fly: China cannot be beaten since, unlike the USSR, it is part of the same global society as the US. Look at the sheer spread of the US-China battlefields - global governance, geoeconomics, trade, investment, finance, currency usage, supply chain management, technology standards and systems, scientific collaboration and so on. It speaks of China’s vast global reach. This wasn’t the case with USSR. Above all, China has no messianic ideology to export and prefers to set a model by virtue of its performance. It is not in the business of instigating regime change in other countries, and actually gets along rather well with democracies. ... The US created the ASEAN but today no Asian security partner wants to choose between America and China. The ASEAN cannot be repurposed to form a coalition to counter China. Thus, no claimant against China in the South China Sea is prepared to join the US in its naval fracas with China. China has resources, including money, to offer its partners, whereas, the US budget is in chronic deficit and even routine government operations must now be funded with debt. It needs to find resources needed to keep its human and physical infrastructure at levels competitive with those of China and other great economic powers. Why on earth should India get entangled in this messy affair whose climax is a foregone conclusion? ... China has no need to fight wars when it is already winning.

[@motherlandbot6837]

@S CH While I'm in nearly complete agreement with Mr. Bhadrakumar, 1. ASEAN was founded by Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines in 1967, without any US directive or influence. ASEAN is neither the TTP nor APEC. In 1967, the US was fighting Vietnam in the belief that Communism would overrun Southeast Asia from China, Vietnam, and Indonesia like falling lines of dominoes. 2. China is the #1 trade partner and #1 direct foreign investor for every individual ASEAN nation. ASEAN's charter, in complete contrast to that of the EU and the terms of NATO, states that all members will respect the sovereignty of all members and avoid meddling in each others' internal affairs. ASEAN does not have a combined military force. Thus no ASEAN nation feels compelled to choose between China and the US. Biden's "gift" of a few US$ million in entangling military "assistance" earlier this year had no effect on the geopolitical neutrality of ASEAN members. The EU currently represents a sixth of the global economy by nominal GDP (a questionable standard for assessing relative economic importance). ASEAN currently represents a fifth of the global economy by nominal GDP, and is projected to represent a fourth of the global economy by 2030.

[@miliashalim3705]

After reading all yours comments, we realised how lucky we are in ASEAN.... We feel we are much happier than European who are so pesimis in their future because they are so blindly followed the will of the American, and still do not repent to reverse their way of thinking like what we Asean think. We are not as smart as the European, may be, but logically why they are still so arrogant while they are experiencing the hard ship just to go over this winter, and still think they still more superior than us in the East..... We are leaving in a more optimistic every day even we are experiencing big inflation but good future in coming in our future. God bless Europeans and Americans......

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

@@motherlandbot6837 True, but also ASEAN was initiated on top of the groundworks that was set upon by its pioneer SEATO (borrowing the NATO nomenclature), which was formed with several membership of Western countries incl. US, UK and France. Coupled with series of Western foreign anti-communist psyops and meddling across the region, the assertion that "US created ASEAN" still has some semblance of truth in there. But of course, US were making a foreign policy mistake which is trying to make ally with China to confront the Soviet Union, which enabled us to pursue "free and active" independent foreign policy, a term first coined by Indonesia's first Vice President Mohammad Hatta in his speech "Rowing Between Two Rocks" in 1948.

[@therealdeal2163]

@@miliashalim3705 no you are not as smart as the Europeans , you are smarter ! The countries with the highest average IQs in the world are in Asia not the west ...mainly Japan , Korea , Hong Kong , Singapore and even though they have a huge population , China , the average European IQ is 100 , in the USA it is 98 , in China it is 105 , in Japan 108 in Hong Kong , a Chinese SAR, the average IQ is about 110+ and Hong Kong tops the list , even in the SEA nations of Malaysia and Thailand average IQ is very high , it's just that education facilities are not as good , Asians are very smart people , so don't put yourself down ....the fact that you are on KZbin commenting in English with correct grammar and a logical analysis of the subjects in question proves that Asians are smarter, , if you have your average American on this forum and he wouldn't be able to tell you where your country is less alone speak your language ....

[@mammothmk3355]

*ASEAN was created to counter Vietnam, a socialist state, and her neighbor, Cambodia ans Laos.* ( Back then they think Cambodia and Laos are just Vietnam's client state) Most of ASEAN states are very active during the Cambodia war, backing the genocidal Pol Pot regime, which Thailand even go so far as allowing Pol Pot military to stay in refugee camp in Thai land. After the defeat of Pol Pot regime, and realizing that Vietnam socialist state can't be destroyed, ASEAN have no choice but to accept Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, and indirect admition of defeat. And then the 1997 Economic Crisis happen. And then come the rising of Vietnam's current economy. *There is a reason Sputnik Vietnam admit that Vietnam is the true leading country in ASEAN. And without them, South East Asia will go the same way Middle East go.*

[@LipingKong-ms1zm]

I admire you continue to make efforts to get to the bottom of things.🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@Anemoia100]

We are slowly kicking France out of here (Africa)😏…and I’m loving it because it’s LONG OVERDUE. They are nothing without Africa and they know it. Hopefully the USA is next. Thanks Ben for all you do 🙌🏾.

[@drakekoefoed1642]

africa should take a hard stance against usa, and do so with solidarity. they killed khadafi, and many others holding you down, and keeping you from being just as successful as usa, or with a little socialism, more so.

[@beesplaining1882]

It's good to hear that the nations of Africa are shrugging off the dead weight of western imperialism. They must do this to realise their own destiny and prosperity.

[@MariaNI-yf1bz]

Only some countries in sub saharan countries unfortunately. However some of these countries were trying to deny some of the rights of minorities who were residing for a long time inside their borders, hunting and killing them to hijack their lands for its resources. These government did this with support of France. So no one is "innocent' here. Nevertheless France is mpst definately an evil factor in some African countries. Same story for the US. In the case of the latter its not exclusive.

[@allanchen9337]

In that case, France can say goodbye to the World Cup of football

[@beesplaining1882]

@@MariaNI-yf1bz no one has the moral high ground it's just that some are home grown while others are foreign invaders. Home grown is best!

[@toomuchadam875]

Thanks Ben for your hard work. Solidarity! ✊

[@CindyRe]

Your next story to this one, Ben, needs to be an interview with the same diplomat about the part of the global South he failed to bring up. That is French Africa.

[@CindyRe]

Exactly my thought!

[@edytan.932]

Thank you for your work, we appreciate it.

[@Jwalker0075]

Why other states must obey the rules created by US?

[@suezcontours6653]

Ignore them

[@billlebon8690]

Nobody must obey the US. They don't obey themselves, so why should anybody else?

[@OneDayWillFlyAway]

Well, if they don’t the usa might freeze their assets, may ask their puppets to sanction the country, might send money, waepons and support to opposition parties (preferable on the extreme site cause these groups are not afraid of using violence) to overthrow the government: regime change. After that they install a puppet regime. In all cases you lose if you dont follow the rules

[@michah321]

They don't have to. The US doesn't have to choose to deal with them either.

[@uniquechannelnames]

Do you know what the US has done to sooo many countries, covertly and overtly over the years? Do you know about Ghaddafi, or pretty much all of central and south america governments in the 20th century, Guam like the list is so long.

[@Brianbeesandbikes]

Once again Ben Norton's Multipolarista excels like few do. Share early and often to grow their audience! Give a$ you are able!

[@Rippinkitten18]

It’s insane how once people are no longer In power speak the truth l. Recently Retired former pm of Japan blames Zelensky for the war on Ukraine.

[@OneDayWillFlyAway]

Not just people in power, also scientists, professors. They have been made to dependant on the money flowing in to do their research. Only after retirement they start telling the truth. And that is not good for society

[@Layd36]

well for their own agenda really, dont be fooled by any of them its obvious they are just replacing the warmongering position that will be left behind once this is over, they already have spent all their resources on military and choose to use it on any nation whether its the middle east or china or russia or the balkan states, its obvious we are living in a war economy at least in the west but china is slowly diverting away from it i guess

[@josephdewuhan]

I do not see the two replies by others. However, your observation confirms the iron strangle the US imperialists apply on leaders of their allies. Nobody survives his/her post if any different opinions is uttered.

[@Layd36]

@@josephdewuhan well it's to be expected by this point sadly, i don't want to quote Orwell as he was a neocon himself but he was right about 1984 in some aspects i say and we are seeing it's results here now

[@robertea7568]

@@josephdewuhan Yea same here, don't see 2 of 4 comments. I've seen how my comments disappeared as well. 😏

[@unifieddynasty]

Quincy Institute is great. It's so hard to find western pro-peace pro-cooperation thinktanks that are viewed with some degree of respectability by the western mainstream.

[@tymanung6382]

There are small.leftist think tanks in US that produce great work, but US mainstream media suppresses + censures their existence--- Institute for Policy Studies (DC), Oakland Institute (Oakland, CA). Institute fot Food + Policy Studies (?).= Food 1st (Oakland?also). etc.

[@chrisyong8719]

Thank u for clarifying what a rules based order means. I’ve always misunderstood it as being synonymous to an international based order.

[@theroots9261]

True true story the French/EU do the same thing in Africa

[@Luming-di9rf]

With the backing of the US.

[@sztypettto]

@@Luming-di9rf that's called delegation of power to make your lackeys work for you, so they can payback their debt for what you did for them 100 years ago.

[@Luming-di9rf]

@@sztypettto Uh, my country has never colonized another place. In fact, most former colonized nations have friendly relations with my country.

[@sztypettto]

@@Luming-di9rf because it was easier to replace colonisation with a new world order. The US act that provided naval protection to countries that refused to trade with USSR, and sanctions on any country that traded with any country on the sanctions list. Sounds like Neo-colonialism.

[@Luming-di9rf]

@@sztypetttoIt's when the US sees fit to protect you, you know you're in big trouble. The US never protects anyone unless they want something from you and they'll do whatever to get what they want.

[@giovannigentile7211]

Bien fait mon pote ❤️‍🔥👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@gerrardstones4246]

Great report !!!!

[@ernestoglesby5342]

Countries should stay out of other countries' affairs. Either trade with them or not. Do not try to change them or control them. The world would be a better place.

[@0zoneTherapyCures]

Mega corporations want unaccountability so dissolving the nation-state paradigm is why government departments have been slowly dismantled over the past four decades.

[@tymanung6382]

All languages need a word for independent, NON imperial countries!!!

[@s._3560]

Agree! Live and let live, especially with people living on the other side of the world.

[@alrent2992]

That's the problem with the u.s. big problem!

[@TueLesPigeons]

How about Russia? Why does China supports Russia?

[@nathanlam1451]

I like the American people, but I don't like the corrupt American government.😊

[@Queen731.]

Yes it is not the people that create problems. In fact they are also victims of the same system of deception and dominance.

[@rochelleglickman8162]

Does this show the beginning of some kind of shift in the Euro-U.S. relationship? I am glad they are beginning to see China in this way, I only hope they will also see Russia in the same light.

[@TonyTouch23]

Not sure what exactly you mean? If you mean about a split between Europe and the US and a forthcoming towards China, eventually Russia. I’m not sure that the pressure and humiliation is big enough yet.

[@fun_ghoul]

I suggest you watch the Prolekult film "History is Marching" (I think that's the one! One of the feature-length movies, anyway...) for analysis on the contradictions between the US, UK and EU.

[@hussar6347]

China's mindset and Russia's are very different. Not to be lumped , they partner now because it's needed as counter weight to Western arrogance .

[@vaska1999]

China has never defeated them, whereas Russia kicked Western ass big way first in the 19th century, driving Napoleon's army all the way back to Paris, and once again in the 20th century, when it defeated Nazi Germany and drove the Germans all the way back to Berlin. That's why the West hates Russia: they were never able to subdue and dominate it except during the first decade of the post-USSR period.

[@AgentK-im8ke]

@@TonyTouch23 a pro russian french political party has the most voters currently in france

[@DorothyHarvey-hl1ve]

Gerard Araud is a brave man for speaking the absolute honest truth , RESPECT to this former French Ambassador 🙏

[@moniqueboyke5879]

Great video Ben Norton

[@markokeefe8859]

Congratulations to Ambassador Araud for his courage and lucidity. Thank you very much.

[@SM-df9hm]

Another informative episode. Thanks you for providing that.

[@jupplut6159]

Excellent Video Western media never show Mr. Gerard Araud view.

[@peterpph126]

Unfortunately Gerard Arnuad liked many politicians from the supposedly “allies” of US would only dare to speak out after they left their governments.

[@sextoncardew903]

I am approaching the big 90 in a couple of years, and in all that time the UK/US have been creating dreadful disaster. I do not see any improvement occurring.

[@glendakirby5579]

Both governments are controlled by global gangsters, the warfare they involve themselves in is modern piracy. They traffic and money launder the proceeds. They commit crimes against humanity. Party politics mean nothing they are all controlled by the same group. EU , US and EU plus many others are controlled by the WEF and the Black Rock mob of corpoates and bankers. There are so many skeletons in the cupboards of all the governments in the West and elsewhere, Europe has had more time and experience, but America emptied them all. It cant go on indefinately. If you could measure good and evil on a scale, evil would be way ahead, it feels like we are at the edge of a huge storm. I'm in my 80's and have told my doctor I don't want to be 90. The world is full of degenerates and abused people. It has been purposely done in the name of control, and for wealth. I was brought up in the Christian faith, the terrible things being done to small children today, in their thousands, have shaken my faith. No caring God could stand back and watch that happen. I hope we both live to see them avenged.

[@yonasadal5312]

Ben, you're amazing!!!!!!!!

[@juliettebouchery3550]

Incredibly refreshing! I didn't know the channel, I instantly hit the bell!

[@rdpatterson2682]

the French are culpable as well.

[@Africanchild825]

Indeed! They are just jealous that the US has eclipsed their power. History has shown they are just as bad if not worse.

[@zorbeclegras5708]

Everybody is culpable.

[@pooi-hoongchan8680]

Ben Norton is doing great journalism.

[@1LaOriental]

Kishore Mabhubani exposed the US/Western dominance of the UN. Glad this is being scrutinized.

[@suvendubhattacharjee6596]

Great work Ben 👏

[@thelovertunisia]

I think Australia chose the wrong camp, despite them being western, they should not bet on a sinking ship.

[@Africanchild825]

The definitely choose the wrong camp.Within 100 years of the British landing in Australia 70 percent of the native population had been killed. Australia was in the wrong camp from day one...but then what would you expect from British convicts.

[@isokabooks3758]

Where will they sell their iron ore if not rising Asia? No sooner was Oz wine barred from China than Californian wine took its place...

[@Human-le9nt]

Sweden and Finland certainly chose the wrong camp. Landscape now littered with Nato bases which the governments have no control over or access to.

[@MrAbklee]

​@@isokabooks3758the US waiting queuing up to sell it's wine and etc at the expense of its allies.

[@Human-le9nt]

My comment on the similarities with AUS, Sweden and Finland got deleted by YT.. Respect for your former PM Keating.

[@brandonheaton6197]

Did you get a new editor and speaking coach? This video was really excellent I wish covid fervor in the absence of a virology education hadn't broken you away from the Gray Zone, but I am pleased to see the quality of your content on the rise

[@edenpasful]

Thanks!

[@murrayeldred3563]

EXCELLENT EPISODE.

[@saitamataipei9586]

I remember this same guy saying that Zelenskyy was a “genius “never trust the French

[@saitamataipei9586]

@@LonerWeirdo yea well Not this French ambassador , he was dead serious about how smart and honorable was zelinsky

[@OneDayWillFlyAway]

The idea is not so weird and you are not a loner in thinking that way😀 I guess it depends on the amount of pressure. Apply the right pressure and almost everybody will become a parrot. So if you add pressure to the equation it will be universal truth!😝

[@User-nw37]

Salute to this French Diplomat.

[@kurianify]

The saddest part is the use bioweapon to save the dollar and thus have world hegemony.

[@sammycaballero8144]

🙏thank you Ben today’s show is awesome you are the only one in all of social media pointing out this man’s interview and words well done man ✊power to Palestine

[@andrekeefer2034]

The US should start minding its own business.

[@chrisdel2564]

For this reason you must vote Trump

[@raylee9234]

Well done. We love your show ,Ben

[@szymborska]

Funny considering the PM of Italy calling out France for their neo colonialism in Africa

[@suezcontours6653]

Africa likes China more

[@fun_ghoul]

Also old-fashioned colonialism in the Caribbean and South Pacific.

[@MariaNI-yf1bz]

The problem here is she doesnt "call" France out because she cares about those "poor Africans" Its all politics, self interest. She said that if the French don't want people from Africa coming to their country, then France should leave Afrika alone. It would be great if france took her advice, however, they won't. And please let us not forget that she herself is a beneficiary of the same plunder of Afrika that she is speaking so "passionately," about! At the end of the day she's is still defending Italy. Politics is about interests..

[@fun_ghoul]

@@MariaNI-yf1bz Also, Giorgia Melonhead is trying to blame France for African migrants to Italy, which is super convenient if you're trying to kiss up to America, whose colonial provocations on the African continent are more numerous and profound...

[@christinecoughlan4699]

Muchas gracias Ben☘🌻🌾👍🏼💪🏼👌🏼✌🏼.

[@simonjlkoreshoff3426]

In the full interview the ambassador condemns US attitudes towards China but not with Russia. When he says the West must look at China from China’s pov but does not say the same of Russia.

[@aventureraclette]

leave russia alone

[@samazadi972]

Is this French diplomat still alive? 😂😂😂😂

[@highflierdz]

Look who's talking... where was Mr Araud when Libya was bombarded , or Syria or Yémen ?!! He doesn't mention Africa at all ( China, India, Brazil) excluding Russia and South Africa ( BRICS) where France is willing to be a member . Have you heard that video that's turning viral around the world ( except in France) of the Italian Prime Minister who slams France for its behavior in Africa. ( As Algerian myself, I'm delighted to hear that woman telling the truth about Africa)! The real war is not in Ukraine but in Africa between Russia 🇷🇺 france, US +

[@hoekoktong9099]

He could be possibly been caged or mouth sealed

[@phildudu6564]

France don't cut feet of Africans (Alphonse Atibonkive) nor drop migrant families in the desert.

[@daviddoink872]

Interesting to hear Multpolarisa's pro-China perspective on the 'Rules Based Order'

[@nkulumanisagedubedube8609]

Good to see you Bro you always tell the truth as it is

[@mariadasilva7917]

Muito bem bravo bravíssimo

[@gideonbrandon2241]

Great work

[@rogerdepretto440]

France still have Tahiti the currency is Franc and have military bases there. No difference to US. Only in smaller scale.

[@billlebon8690]

Yes, but France doesn't rule the world.

[@fun_ghoul]

The franc is also used in African neo-colonies still effectively under the boot of France.

[@MariaNI-yf1bz]

Not only when it comes to currency, but they also force some countries to.teach or use French as their "economic" language.

[@aventureraclette]

because Tahiti is french

[@aventureraclette]

​@@fun_ghoulare you African from a country that use CFA ?

[@juliettebeauchamp6356]

A high quality report, congratulations

[@Nerwesta]

A fellow of the Atlantic Council, former worker at NSO Group being sanctioned by the anticorruption law in France I believe. Quite staggering to see him on this show, you just can't be more Atlanticist than this person. Edit : I believe you chose him because he was speaking English and not French, let me tell you right away that he is not a very good example of what is this miscontent political / elite class in France AT ALL. Many people from the likes of Hubert Védrine ( Left ) or Dominique de Villepin ( Right - the famous No to Irak in 2003 at the UN.. ) are saying this again and again and again. I'm a French person and I'm quite tilted those voices are basically unheard of the Anglosphere. It's basically our « Troisième voie » introduced by de Gaulle, quite common over here among our elites even thought the EU and it's Atlantic agenda fought very well that ideological battle. I'm sad to see those who speak English with spooky Think Tankers get the spotlights... 🤦

[@scy3894]

If an Atlanticist like him is saying that than why not report it?

[@Nerwesta]

@@scy3894 Because it's not worthy a report. He is trying to stay relevant after his scandal ( I mentioned ) while top diplomats are saying these at large for months, years, even decades .. but in French.

[@bdg404]

Any videos or links to those for the non-Francophone friends

[@scy3894]

@@Nerwesta his wish to stay relevant gives the people like me who don’t speak and understand French a rare insight into French mindset even if it comes from an Atlanticist.

[@Nerwesta]

@@scy3894 yes I understand your thoughts, I guess I'm simply not the targeted audience here. My last point about "spotlights" still stands though, it's unfair for those who aren't preaching like him and had a spine to do so decades ago. 🤭

[@EddieBlueHalen]

I am currently reading his excellent book from 2019, “Passporte Diplomatique.” He was pointing the shifting multipolar world well before the current SMO.

[@donHooligan]

it's about time.

[@rothschildjr4639]

Excellent analysis.. 👍

[@factsmatter6625]

Excellent reporting, thanks Ben. United Snakes 🐍 has a habit of making up rules to serve their own purpose. I guess they’re now making up names for their rules. Now when I hear an American accent spoken by an official, I smell bu11$hit.

[@slim_mike]

Thanks for relaying this interview

[@imhoteplesage9115]

Those French are hypocrites and racists per usual. Now ask this same ambassador if french African colonies have a right to choose freely with whom to cooperate militarily and economically ? France's seat at the UN SC is as de facto colonial pen holders introducing resolutions on Africa...

[@Faye_Liu]

They will always be hypocritical, it is very rare they are not once for a while.

[@BStrapper]

Right now in one african country after another elected leaders are replaced by militaries following a coup d’etat. Exactly what the french prevented for 60 years. Of course the russians came into the loop too happy to replace the west.

[@modogrosso6920]

the whole world is hypocrite, you do not see the MAFIA and all organizations who are really in charge... All of Europe is controlled and central banks are private...

[@MN-vz8qm]

They can, and they do. We are not living in the 60s anymore.

[@sylviam6535]

@@MN-vz8qm- They we’re only to free themselves because of support from Rus.

[@putinvlad9122]

I just discovered your bloc and I subscribed you deserve it well done!

[@DreamteamCarlo]

Finally someone who dares to speak about the incredibly dumb decision by the EU, to try to isolate Russia by means of creating zero demand for their oil and gas. The one product that is wanted by everyone in the world, and the EU thinks they can reduce demand... Now we pay up to 10 times more for 'good' US oil & gas, and Russia just exports elsewhere. Another excellent show Ben, thank you.

[@hoekoktong9099]

True very correct pointing hypocrisy of west - when serving un Y didn’t speak up

[@timyung4143]

Well put👏👏👏 , "they makes the law n order others around". Kudos to Araud for speaking out.

[@toomuchadam875]

Huh, quite shockingly sober words by the French diplomat.

[@jontxe]

Very good. Thank you. Do note that there is a lot of repetition here. Some clips are repeated 3 or more times.

[@brianmartindale2221]

You know, it's weird for me. I've been to France, lived there for a bit (not Paris), and in individual encounters found people very, very friendly and genuine. It does not match their government's actions on the international stage. It feels very familiar to me as an American. So it was weird when the guy kinda looked down his nose with the familiar snide "of course it was the Americans," shit from Mr. Upper Crust. I hear the same crap on the other side of the Atlantic - Freedom Fries, eh? - and I find it all weak, especially from people who have never wiped their own asses or wipe their asses with rocks. Of course, both breeds are patriots through and through, much to the chagrin of real people all over the earth.

[@hackandslash873]

Ben Norton - always impressively multi lingual

[@DorothyHarvey-hl1ve]

Thank you Ben for this superb research journalism 🙏

[@patriceortovent6451]

Yes. the french intelligentsia is quit aware of the American dictate over Europe, since president Mitterrand at its highest point, yet they are silent and interested only in their own interests and position, such is the dominating class. De Gaule as president of France in the early 60's was making it clear than the US wants to dominate Europe and France for sure. His resistance from the US dictate cost him his position as president. The arrogance of the US is linked with the money power and its control over the international financial system. Have you ever seen a wealthy individual being humble and not arrogant, not to say other adjectives more deplorable and infuriating for the people at large. So long we have an unlimited right to accumulate money power through the system of private property on anything under the sky, we will have oligarchs and a plutocratic cluster made of psychopaths with unbearable arrogance. Humans, hum. its time to know ourselves better or else.

[@fun_ghoul]

Don't blame humans. Virtually all of us, numerically speaking, are the victims of those tiny few you mentioned...fewer than 10,000 control pretty much everything.

[@LucaCiprianRufius]

Jeremy Corbyn was the only British politician who was honest and fair.