Geopolitical Macro Analysis Featuring Professor Michael Rossi Part II

[@eurtunwagens2359]

Friend, the quality of ideas presented here is, as always, exceptional.

[@Karahar]

1:04:28 There is an even scarier question. Namely: *If Israel has the right to defend itself, then perhaps Iran, China, North Korea, Russia, Cuba, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Syria, Palestine and everyone else have the same right?* And this question is much scarier. Because it means the final collapse of the entire system of diplomacy created after the Second World War. And if the United States does not stop arrogating to itself the exclusive right to rule the planet, then this question will inevitably be asked not only by Russia.

[@Ravakeksis]

The question is what is Israel defending from against Gaza? Palestinians are recognised as occupied by Israel since its effectively open air prison. And occupied peoples have every right to fight for freedom against their oppressors. Israel is retaliating. With war crimes. When Germany genocided millions we didn't let them be a country for 50 years. At the end of this - does Israel even deserve to exist anymore?

[@Baronfell1]

Merry Christmas Weeb Union. Keep up the good work.

[@annigross-ew3mt]

By the way; it is a special experience to see the face to the voice of Weeb Union. The way you speak, the clarity of your pronunciation and the melody of your sentences are very special and leave a lasting impression.

[@stochasticwhistles]

I seriously doubt that Putin will throw Assad under the bus...

[@TerryAShaw]

That's a very western thing to do. I doubt it too.

[@deadwing7051]

​@@stochasticwhistles a legitimate leader, even if deposed, is still a valuable card to have in the hand

[@Karahar]

@@deadwing7051 Rather, it's a matter of principle and reputation. If you don't give up your allies, then new allies will appear. And, choosing between Russia and the West, they will remember the fate of Gaddafi and compare it with the fate of Assad. And they will decide from whom to take an example and from whom to buy weapons - from Russia, like Assad, or from France, like Gaddafi before the invasion of Libya by the European Union.

[@TheMcAXEL]

His tone of voice makes me remember someone very knowledgeable. RIP Gonzalo Lira 😢

[@jesan733]

Did you love GL for his recommendations on how to abuse and exploit women, or for his support for Russia's illegal war, or both?

[@saint_alucardwarthunder759]

​@@jesan733 or rather, not him but a story of double standarts that revolved around him

[@jesan733]

@@saint_alucardwarthunder759 please elaborate. What double standards?

[@saint_alucardwarthunder759]

​@@jesan733 if yt doesn't ban my comment

[@saint_alucardwarthunder759]

@@jesan733 it did

[@eurtunwagens2359]

Friend, after a year of every day hearing you, I' m happy to see you. Also, I commend you, for your excellent use of the English language.

[@joe70971]

He’s used a face cam in past videos and posts pics on his telegram

[@mattk3926]

Really like having professors on, thanks Michael!

[@edmundt.buckley6858]

H.L. Mencken - "Democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner".

[@eubutuoy]

Weeb, you take my thoughts and say it better than myself. Good guest and excellent conversation.

[@LuisAldamiz]

It gets better in the 2nd half: Michael is a good analyst.

[@AntPictures]

Pr. Michael thank you for this incredibly insightfull discussion! It was a pleasure to listen to you.

[@atarkus8]

Fantastic discussion between you two. I especially liked your comment about voting between a red apple and green apple instead of different fruits.

[@PiotrCicholaz]

Good conversation. Greetings from Poland

[@Puppetmastersfool]

Thankyou Guys and a Merry Christmas

[@valeraivanov3978]

weeb, your thoughts about media and western democracy is soooo right. finaly someone from the west counties talk about this. in my country we had elections in 04 and we had the 3d tour because western candidate lost first two. he won the 3d try. democracy as it is.

[@Wow4ik4ik]

A I see, the world is heading to some kind of a Bronze age collapse

[@aleksandrarancic6018]

52:27 Thank you for mentioning Operation Storm. Just a small correction: "Operation storm: Croatia operation Storm that was meant to REtake territory that was CONTROLLED by Yugoslav loyalists, Serb Yugoslav loyalists" Serbs were indigenous population of that area, and lived there for at least 1400 years. No one can retake something that it never had. Serbs from Kraina, (famous and brave Kraisnici) wanted to stay with the rest of Serbian population, spread over Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Monte Negro, Macedonia and Serbia. Word retake is therefore inadequate. Serbs were simply defending the place where hundreds of generations of their ancestors have been burried. Many Serbs from Kraina lost their family and cousins, brutally killed and masacred during the second world war by Ustase... The sentence should be corrected to: Operation Storm, that was meant to OCCUPY AND FINISH OFF ETHNIC CLENSING practised by Nacis during the second world war, of territory inhabited by INDIGENOUS Serbian population, who were bravely DEFENDING own motherland.

[@krusnamrvica4441]

Soooooo incorrect. 1) Serbs came there during ottomans aggression. Just 1 question, how Serbs were there 1400y when knin (capital of that area) was capital of Croatia kingdom during king zvonimir. 2) operation storm didn't do ethnic cleansing, that operation is one of famous operation in all military academy in the world coz not attacking civilians. Beograd and paratroopers of sao krajina was forced civilians to go away, most of civilians were killed by Serbs paratroopers and let to die on bih Serbia border coz Beograd didn't want give them entrance. Talk with Serbs from krajina. 3) Croatia rebuilded all houses and construction and gave keys to Serbs who lived there 1990. 4) krajina have never been part of Serbia, always part of Croatia, in Roman empire (iliric), in medical period part of Croatia, in Austro Hungary also part of Croatia Dalmatia and banovina, in krlajevina shs was also part of Croatia, in Yugoslavia part of sfr Croatia 5) krajisnici started kill Croats not opposite when Croatia did independence despite they have all law and humans rights like Croats and other national minorities. Only Serbs did shits, coz belgrad lied to them like Johnson to zelensky. Exactly same thing All in all, krajina have never been Serbia and no ethnic cleansing by Croats (Serbs do own ethnic cleansing like ukraine now trying do stupid things when loosing a war)

[@eurtunwagens2359]

Partially, you are right: NATO did performed an ethnic cleansing of Serbs. But admit that, some parts were patrogonical area of the Serbs, but, the same areas, were patrogonical area of others, like Croats. How can Pontius Pilatus (USA) solve this mess ? According to justice ? Simple answer: According to their own special interests.

[@krusnamrvica4441]

@@eurtunwagens2359 Many people are wrong about NATO in Yugoslavia wars. NATO didn't wanted independence of sf republic. They fought for Belgrade. Usa and gb through UN gave sanction to Croatia (trade and arms embargo). NATO was enemy of Croatia, Russia Belorussia and Argentina helped Croatia. Usa attacked us, killed more Croats in posavina than Serbs. First political parties in Croatia didnt like west, but after 10-15y betrayels in government get us in NATO (without referendum) and EU (changing referendum law 1week before, then change back law after EU referendum). Americans didn't know about operation storm, they knew something coming and they told Belgrade, then Belgrade forced all civilians to leave krajina to got media propaganda about ethnic cleansing. I don't wanna make Croats saints, war crimes are in all wars, but on level of country and cro army haven't been war crimes, only single soldiers and groups like now with Russians in Ukraine war. Russia fights fairly, like Croats, but always anywhere have idiots. NATO picked Croatia side when they saw war is lost for Yugoslavia. Like they will do with Ukraine. Don't put NATO on side of Croatia coz that is incorrect, Croatia fight against us, gb and Serbia. Also Serbia is always gb player, like now, because that Putin wants vucic fall. Vucic/serbia is west trojan horse like always has been

[@rosomak8244]

@@krusnamrvica4441 Epic nonsense. Everyone saw the G3s you where running around with.

[@aleksandrarancic6018]

@@eurtunwagens2359 They created the mess according to their interest and did not resolve anything, anywhere (all around the world). Has anybody invited them to create or resolve the mess? Who gave them the right to do so? Don't forget that separation was forced by USA economic means (frozen assets, that could be unfrozen only if and when separation proceeds); propping up literal Nacis, even arranging the German tanks to symbolically push Serbs out of their indigenous territory, finishing off what Nacis started during the WWII. I understand that USA feels cheated as Tito has been paid as far as 1974 to arrange splitting of Yugoslavia after his death, which he did not do properly, but hey, one thing is money and another chaos, tyranny and death. NATO is just a tool. And by the way, there is a tool called voting for resolving territorial disputes in democracy. Pity such democratic ideas are outside the toolbox of USA.

[@tropolite]

Finally, Michael being able to speak.

[@natanfevrier2367]

Here before bots from either side of the conflict

[@kestasradzevicius8672]

Following this channel for some time now, always liked the voice behind and always thought that I hear Scandinavian accent 😏 Couple days ago I saw first part and couldn't believe how wrong I was. Would like to know more about founder of this channel. Love the analysis, love the depth and wide perspective of analysis. Keep up with good work!

[@LuisAldamiz]

He's Danish.

[@jesan733]

@@LuisAldamiz and Muslim afaik.

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@jesan733 - Yes but how does that even matter: he asked for his ethnicity, not for his superstitions.

[@jesan733]

@@LuisAldamiz he didn't ask about ethnicity, he said "would like to know more about founder". He also seemingly though his accent clashed with his appearance. You explained his accent. I gave a piece of the puzzle on appearance (the beard especially).

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@jesan733 - I quote from the OP: " always thought that I hear Scandinavian accent 😏 Couple days ago I saw first part and couldn't believe how wrong I was". Well, he was not wrong at all: the man is Danish!

[@davidkehn6960]

Thanks Weeb!

[@annigross-ew3mt]

You talked about Deutsche Welle (DW) and the restrictions that employees are subject to. This pro-Israeli reporting is a matter of course in the German media and also in politics. Currently, a so-called “anti-Semitism law” has been passed for culture, which also equates any criticism of the state of Israel with anti-Semitism. Cultural venues that are critical of Israel or even just pro-Palestinian are deprived of state funding. Some even have to close. Despite everything, and I do not consume Tik-Tok, fragments of the truth can still be found in all media, including DW. And if you do a little research on Palestine/Israel or Ukraine/Russia and use international media, it is possible to avoid the corruption of the state's desired narrative. The internet has been disproving false narratives such as “a country without people, for people without a country” for decades. Anja from Germany

[@namehimhuman5500]

Profoundly deep conversation

[@mysticmist9]

This is more than geopolitical analysis, it's a psychiatric analysis. To the people: "You can't handle the truth!" Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men

[@kolitmas624]

Bellum omnium contra omnes - Hobbes

[@charlesanderson533]

Merry Christmas

[@KulturKampf777]

Excellent analysis

[@dennyringas4927]

Merry Christmas to you and your family

[@TerryAShaw]

Awesome chat folks thanks.

[@FishMan1nsk]

Hey weeb it might sound toxic but I think you need to let your guests to speak more rather than talking by your self and focus more on asking questions.

[@SuperLuky64]

From my point of view, it is not throwing Assad under the bus. But waiting for the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict, to then undertake a new military action in Syria. Because there are continuous exchanges of information between Erdogan and Nethaniau towards Putin, the one who would like to continue the battle against the Kurds, but the new tenant of Syria Al Jalani does not want to allow to touch. And the other Israeli who fears for a possible next attack on the Golan Heights, by the armed groups that are now in fibrillation.

[@seeker2118]

Humanity is diverse, people are different. With that there will be different perspectives everyone sees the world through different lenses that are influenced by culture, religion, geography, history and experience overall. Shutting down discussion will always create conflict the solution is, diversity should be respected as no man cannot see the world through another man's eyes so seek to understand before promoting your own understanding.

[@dol3980]

Merry Christmas and Wesolych Swiat Bozego Naradzenia from Poland.

[@mickg7299]

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more bizarre Trump is now talking about ‘buying’ Greenland and taking back control of the Panama Canal 😵‍💫

[@harrymills2770]

It's a lot easier to get terms that are favorable if you start out asking for the Moon. Then you can make a deal that's favorable for yourself, while appearing to have made major concessions.

[@kronos77]

You need to buy a sense of humor. He is not serious.

[@willywonka6487]

panama is ruining the canal. Its only a matter of time before it collapses

[@mickg7299]

@@kronos77 Humour cannot be bought and neither can Greenland.

[@mickg7299]

@@kronos77 I suggest you read what Trump actually said regarding Greenland before calling it a joke.

[@thehamidaify]

Where is part one?

[@WeebUnionWU]

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[@magmiksch987]

why you are talking all the time, I wanted to listen to the guy with knowldege

[@tigersilberhannes9153]

The big thinking error is: Ukraine is not Americas to give. Trump can only end support but he can not sell off land he does not own, he would have to offer Russia something other and outside of Ukraine.

[@garylines5755]

Ukraine is owned by blackrock and a few other large companies that is why the west is still there

[@Writeous0ne]

One of the biggest issues is when Trump won, the Ukrainians knew it was the first nail in the coffin. So it is impacting the population and the soldiers. Neither want to continue the death and destruction when they know a deal is inevitable and they won't take back the lost land. So they're now literally fighting for nothing, anyone who dies between November and the deal is dying for nothing, they know this, it is psychologically terrifying to know you might die for nothing, so why risk it? just leave your position and wait for the deal, that's what any sensible man would do. This is being seen on the battlefield with the daily retreats and high amount of court proceedings against deserters/insubordinates.

[@jaroslavkurcik]

Exactly! Trade between the US and the RF would only be an option if the whole matter was handled diplomatically from the start. However, diplomacy has failed and the problem is being solved by military means. This means that the Russians have already paid for the resolution of the problem with their own blood. There is no reason for them to pay again as part of some quid pro quo exchange. Besides, there are no longer any guarantees that the West can give Russia that can be trusted. Even Putin, who has so far been relatively open to cooperation with the West, is already aware of this. In my opinion, a point of no return has already been reached in this conflict. The Russians may be offering the possibility of peace negotiations, but in practice it will be a matter of sharpening the conditions for the West's capitulation. Trump will have no choice but to accept Russia's terms, otherwise the conflict will continue, with equally bad prospects for the West. Thus Trump can only buy his painless exit from the conflict. He can get nothing more. We'll see if he takes it.

[@thankmelater1254]

Don't be silly; Ukraine has been SOLD in every way possible for decades now. What do you think Joe and Nancy Pelosi and Kerry and Graham and Hunt and Bush families were ALL doing there ? Selling Ukraine.

[@locuraromantica]

BlackRock dissaproves

[@popolosovrano1566]

Buon Natale 🎄🎄🎄

[@permaculturaextremadura]

Mange tak. Glaedelig jul.

[@rubenvicenteleuzzivazquez2237]

Minute 18:15. I disagree with Professor Rossi assumption: China stayed out of the Ukrainian conflict simply because Russia was always the winner. But I am absolutely convinced that if its existence had been compromised, it would certainly have China on its side. And it is reciprocal.

[@smalcolmbrown]

Thanks :)

[@gavinfoley103]

My God, address a topic with your guest. A topic, not ALL topics at once. Love the channel and appreciate the content. This was a hard listen though tbh.

[@annigross-ew3mt]

I particularly like the large-span arc.

[@danicic87]

If you say part 1 ( arabic number ) do not write part II ( roman numbers for second part ) instead write PART 2 it is harder to notice P.S. Great videos

[@FelixCharbonneau-qk9bi]

Thank you

[@proflprasad9094]

Prof. Rossi should have been given much more time.

[@dripfeedtothebrain]

34:00 I think most countries would collapse if they tried a general mobilization.

[@paolomartinelli345]

Where does the prof teach?

[@vinegarinabottle]

Analyses like this that acknowledge the incremental loss by Ukraine are difficult to hear but appreciated. What is missing is the absurd inability of Russia to simply overrun Ukraine. Ten thousand NK soldiers cannot gain an inch in Kursk. And the human cost for Russia. And if conquering some property is worth a million lives. But from an American Democrat who has watched Trump for decades, I think giving any weight to his promises or attempting to understand his motives as a thinking, calculating politician are futile. He is motivated by the immediate reward that self-glorification brings him. He will use the tools of fascism to gain and retain hero worship. That is the lens one should analyze him through. Trying to figure out what he wants for America - well that is nothing. He is going to kick out most of our farm labor, and impose punative tariffs on our two neighbors. That will inflate the dollar, as anyonne can predict. Deortations are already shutting down farms that cannot harvest crops. Trump doesn't care. Not about health care here, not about education, nor ethical behaviro, and certainly doesn't think about the Russo-Ukrainian war. It is just another forum for his grand theater of egocentricity.

[@tomk3732]

Trump vs. Bismarck... So WWIII?

[@george-d7m3h]

So that's your face

[@TerryAShaw]

Sooo, is the wedding off or on?

[@WorldTravelerCooking]

Regarding democracy in the middle east, democracy means different things in different places. I live in Indonesia and the country is democratic with a fairly strong culture which is clearly its own (and is majority Sunni Muslim). However, you don't really have rule of law per se in the sense of a written code that rules everyone, Instead you have an unwritten code which protects everyone well (probably better than Western rules of law) but operates somewhat differently. I think that just exporting Western approaches to governance doesn't work. Indonesia's approach is a product of the country's unique history. The difficult thing to understand is that Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria (now) might actually look more democratic than any other alternative in the Middle East in terms of creating a social order where popular revolution by the people is possible without violence. Explaining why I think this though is complex. Yes, the terrorists might be the actual forces of democracy there and we need to learn to figure out how we are going to coexist.

[@nelliemakarova9699]

Israel protects Genie Energy interests.

[@damesftw45]

Trump is as likely to start ww-III as some other random foreign policy, is something like Rossi said. IMO the man drank his own Koolaide.

[@TRASHVES]

Nice beard

[@iliapopovich]

From exactly 24/2/22 after listening to Putin's speech I said in discussion with my neighbours in London, that he will occupy the regions of Donbas, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia and all this operation will finish. The only thing that I didn't predicted was the span of time, most probably it will arrive by 2026 and it's easy to comprehend it as more than 30 military advanced countries got involved against Russia.

[@antoniom1352]

32:01 Nope my man, you are wrong. This damn' war for survival Zelenski. Russia want to stop this madness. President of Ukraine and his stuff - do not. To much shame

[@АлександрНевский-о4л]

Гость плохо понимает политику Путина и делает маловероятные предположения.

[@maxsonthonax1020]

Weebin'

[@crimist6873]

Imagine the war in Ukraine is ended by an "AMERICAN" instead of a Russian only Victory. Pathetic.

[@AgnieszkaNishka]

Russia is going to sign strategic cooperation agreement with Iran, he is not going to mix Middle East with Ukraine. And Iran, per Prof Morandi, is actually now free of obligation to support Syria with free oil so is Russia since now Syria is Turkey, US and Israel problem. I believe they will retain their basis in Syria and acquire a new base in Libya, so not a loss. While 20% of Israeli are Russian diaspora, Russians are not supporting Israel's genocide

[@tfhmobil]

I expect; USA to redraw from NATO, and concentrate on the interests of USA. That’s what said so it’s not a secret. Also I expect USA to take power in the areas already announced. Europe will largely be left to Russia.

[@seeker2118]

What are US interests? Why is it always thought that Russia wants Europe and why would Russia even want Europe?

[@tfhmobil]

@ The interests off USA is to protect USA. Here it’s partners has failed miserably, for my country we have failed to do our part, in Greenland, for more than 25 years, and by the latest statements from the Prime Minister and Defence minister, just 24 hours old, the plan is to continue to fail. ( they have no plan and just admitted to it publicly) I don’t expect Russia to make a military attack on Europe, but Russian to be much more influential in Europe, exploiting what they can. This is already happening. Just look at what happened in the Middle East, where major NATO countries are engaged in a conflict, but NATO is not even mentioned. NATO is already gone !

[@LuisAldamiz]

That's impossible: the USA needs its Empire to be able to guzzle around 25% of world's GDP (effective wealth) and thus not just massively reward its corrupt oligarchs but also drop some crumbs to appease its highly developed and growingly restless proletariat. It also needs Europe (or at least parts of it) to put pressure on Russia, to protect Israel and all its other assets in West Asia or "Middle East", to keep China away from the "Mare Nostrum", which is not anymore the Mediterranean but the Atlantic Ocean as a whole. Thanks to NATO the USA controls not just most of Europe (which uncontrolled would easily become a rival to US Atlantic and Mediterranean hegemony) but essentially everything to the Iranian border (after the Turkish conquest of Syria). Trump's isolationist rhetoric is just that: electoral propaganda. The only way the USA can actually be more or less isolationist is via communism and that's a big no-no for the Washingtonian Regime.

[@Lukas-lp2fz]

1:13:34 oy vey!

[@sewnsew6770]

I feel Trump has CPTSD Serious trauma Is an angry toddler Very dangerous situation IMHO

[@cameronsinnett8117]

🫡🇺🇸

[@joeguy7700]

Russia throw Assad under the bus..western cope again.

[@saadhadi1274]

You haven't shaved yet?

[@felixfelixsen2509]

In my opinion this so called analyst still doesn’t understand MAGA. America first. That means us should take care of their internal problems.

[@ABSAZZA]

Question, why is it so ridiculous that Israell has a right to defend itself you say people has their right to defend themselves well a state is made up of people and if they are attacked by an enemy that wishes to commit genocide and kill every single Israeli, they have a right to crush that enemy why is that so difficult to understand? Your arguments make no logic whatsoever.

[@deadwing7051]

Why did the Israeli government fund H? Why did the Israeli government work to undermine any legitimate political representation of Palestine, leaving H as the only avenue for anyone born in Gaza? These are the questions that must be asked

[@JassmineWolfe]

@@ABSAZZA 🤡

[@ABSAZZA]

Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱

[@bryancourtney2207]

Putin doing for Russia what Hamas did for Gaza.

[@vrijsenwouter]

Yahoo kieve in 100 years 🎉🎉🎉

[@WOJCIECHLaszkiewicz-u3h]

Pierwszy.

[@PocałujmniewdupęPocałujmniewdu]

Ponoc 8 gromowcow poleglo wczoraj. Wpadli w zasadzke i nie chcieli sie poddac i niestety wszyscy "kopneli w kalendarz".

[@noveedakhtar3513]

1st🎉

[@mikael5938]

way to much about israel palestine. its not an intresting qyestion for geopolitics how 5mill jews and 5mill palestinans fightibg for same labd for 2000 years.

[@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617]

Since 636. So, 1412 years.

[@LuisAldamiz]

14 million Palestinians.

[@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617]

@LuisAldamiz 🤣😂

[@jonaswhale6451]

It effects the whole world , your missing some clues.

[@jesan733]

Very shallow treatment of democracy, essentially making the point that as long as the incumbent, however unsavoury, reflects the will of the people, it's democratic. That's a quite insidious pro-Putin stance. Democracy is about open access to positions of political power. E.g. Trump could actually win, and power is transferred. Zelensky won, and power was transferred to him. In Russia, if anyone builds up a chance of winning over Putin, that person gets novichok in his underwear well before the election. Rossi looks like a straight shooter superficially, but he's only that when criticizing the west. In no way does he tell the truth about e.g. Russia, which is an FSB ruled mafia state that does whatever it can also to suppress democracy and prop up dictators and authoritarians abroad.

[@robertsteele474]

Zelenskyy cancelled elections in "democratic" Ukraine, Jeppen.

[@_Solaris]

I have no argument here, and I agree with you. Both Putin & Zelensky share many unsavory traits and have attached to themselves many nefarious oligarchs. The issue here though, are the Maidan coup, the broken Minsk Agreements & the troubles east of the Dnieper (among others within the last few decades). Whatever you may think of Putin, in the mind of Russia an encroaching NATO is an existential threat with the need for buffering & mitigation.

[@Kavino]

​@@_Solaris I concur. Even if you have a more pro-western style democratic president in Russia that gained power through a more normalized election, this president would STILL be very hostile towards Nato expansion and would likely initiate war (later than 2022, but it would still happen).

[@jesan733]

@@_Solaris thanks for agreeing. Sadly, what you bring to the table are all Russian propaganda narratives. Not even the meme that Putin views an expanding NATO as an existential threat is correct. He attacked because we were weak and unthreatening, not because of the opposite.

[@robertsteele474]

"Democratic" Ukraine has still not had its 2024 election and it is already 2025.

[@nikolauncanin3244]

First