Victor Davis Hanson: Politicians Ignore History and Misjudge War Realities | Ep. 34 | PART 2/2

[@1man2many]

I sincerely hope Victor Hansen is appointed as a cabinet-level advisor to the Trump administration; his perspective and down to earth wisdom is invaluable and rare.

[@fraseredk7433]

Absolutely

[@mrgreenbudz37]

Trump would never appoint anyone like Vctor. Trump only surrounds himself with either backstabbers and stupid people.

[@unbreakable7633]

I would be extremely surprised if Trump appoints this man or anybody actually clearly smarter than Trump. I'd rather vote for Hanson for the Presidency than Trump.

[@fraseredk7433]

@@1man2many Now now 😊

[@HamishBanish]

Trump will win if votes are counted fairly and the Democrats are prevented from manufacturing votes - but it is not clear if Trump has the organisation to do this

[@WilliamBenedict]

I appreciate Mr Hanson's knowledge. I live in Asia the past 40 years and see the world entirely different from how I saw it when I grew up in California and lived there until I was 35.

[@steveross1260]

Wonderful to hear two sensible Californians. Obrigado

[@MichaelM-q2q]

There's only 1 in each county of each state. Then there are those people of the epiphany hearing the truth of the answer..

[@ceecee6679]

Our biggest problem is complacency and those that take advantage of complacency.

[@elizabethkurens6247]

Great interview. VDH has great insights.

[@kinan6746]

Reading the end of everything after finishing the Father of us all. He brought me back the joy of learning history. Thank you.

[@claudeyaz]

Oh my goodness I am so glad I remember to check back for this video... Too often I forget there's a part 2, and I never end up watching them because they're like weeks later

[@lawrencefrost9063]

This guy is straight up correct

[@Seadog..C5]

"we will not recognize our country." I am 72, and I already don't recognize my country. It has already happened, but the thing is, it's going to get worse

[@fraseredk7433]

VDH should be incorporated into Trump's cabinet

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

I don't think he would want to be immersed in the DC swamp. Way too slimy polluted in there.

[@fraseredk7433]

He'd be good at identifying unnecessary jobs

[@Coolpoolers]

@@MichaelSheffield-ox8ydAgree. However he could serve as an advisor with conditions to distance himself, thus protecting his vantage point. Much easier to see the whole game from higher seats than down by the field.

[@Handsoffthekids]

Dept of Ed to help take it down and get education back to the states perhaps

[@fraseredk7433]

Yes indeed Hands

[@margiehankins-jerde6094]

Love Victor.

[@marthayates2502]

❤

[@jamescassidy6717]

We need America first and stop fostering endless wars.

[@roblangsdorf8758]

How do we overcome the military / individual complex? How do we overcome Big Pharma? How do we produce a citizenship that is aware of the problems?

[@joehynes2964]

"How do we produce a citizenship that is aware of the problems?" This is the biggest dilemma facing the future of the United States.

[@DT-abcd]

​@@joehynes2964Both of you are lost to the solution. Only Christ is the solution. You people don't want to turn your lives over to Christ

[@timkern462]

Trump

[@roblangsdorf8758]

@DT-abcd Right On. You need to bring people to Christ. But still, many who claim to be Christians keep their heads in the clouds looking up, hoping to be raptured out of here. But Christ told us to occupy, doing good, until he comes. What did his disciples do in response to this command that changed the world? If they were here now, would they ask the Lord, "What would you have me do about the current elections?" Or would they just ignore what is happening? We have one team that is against freedom of speech and wants to cancel your right to share your beliefs. That team is for infant sacrifice in the womb, and even after a child is born alive. The other team has a leader who provided 3 Supreme Court justices who recognized that abortion wasn't a decision to be made at the federal government level. They turned it back to the states to decide. Twice, they have sought to assassinate him. So, it is important to note that he has chosen a Christian to run as his vice president. If all Christians decide to either not vote or to throw away their vote on a third party candidate, we will get the word salad lady for our next president. Don't you think that you should cast a vote that has some chance of stopping her?

[@roblangsdorf8758]

@joehynes2964 Replace the public schools' teachers' unions with teachers who are dedicated to teaching truth.

[@Dave33x]

Thank you for the insights you provide and relevance in the current political environment is quite outstanding.

[@MrCcoachman]

Scott, Thank you for the great interview with VDH!

[@8Pointbuck]

We don't need politicians we need statesmen. We don't need social-isms we need sociability. We don't need group thinkers we need independent thinkers. We don't need doctrine we need sagacity. Civil servant is not a job it is a duty. Equality is not a mathematical equation its a right. Liberty is not produced by government it is protected by government. Obviously democrats have and never had any of these qualities this nation needs in educating and governing our people.

[@waynesmith-h5f]

All we need is good paying jobs peroid...

[@colortechsp]

Thank you Scott

[@henriettashenderey7096]

Respect to VDH! If Kamela Harris gets into the oval office the middle East and the world will burn on steroids. Sadly lifetime Democrats are not voting for policies, they don't know them, they know that Kamala is joyful as they were told and they will vote this nightmare in regardless! So I pray Trump wins to restore some degree of hope for peace

[@lynnjohnson4417]

Victor Davis Hanson - the smartest man in America - let's hope America is smart enough to listen to him.

[@77klinok]

There is the same suicidal, corrupt, and dumb approach in the economy by relying on and supporting just few mega corporations in every industry sector and have a total disregard for small and medium size business.

[@alanaadams7440]

We are 45000 people short in our military. We are not that strong

[@alanaadams7440]

When you teach white supremacy to the military. You will be short of white people in the military

[@joehynes2964]

We are bankrupt and could never fight another major war...

[@JoeBlow-od6fn]

As of Sept 2024, we have 69 Submarines OUT OF SERVICE!! But we can give ILLEGAL ALIENS new phones, first class hotels and Visa cards!!

[@akskier44]

Politicians obey their donors. Then obfuscate.

[@JoeJones-yx5be]

Seen Victor a lot for a few years but this interviewer is best esp. on this subject, brings Victor out more and seems in his zone.

[@TruthDefenderPodcast]

VDH is absolutely amazing!

[@River10081]

Our country really needs the person Victor Davis Hanson is, and the person Thomas Sowell is. Our country needs their deep wisdom rather than self-promotion, their unspoken compassion rather than virtue signaling, and their honest common sense. Their life stories say so much. They are both conservative and progressive, if conservatism means preserving what is meaningful and progressivism means making meaningful changes. How can we decide if preservation or change is in order, to be conservative or progressive, without first contemplating what is meaningful as we consider the available evidence from different perspectives?

[@pmchamlee]

I hope folks are paying attention to Dr Hansen's analyses. 🤠

[@dongaetano3687]

Thx Dr Scott. Enjoying your interviews thus far. H R and Victor are two of my most respected men, actually you too after seeing you bring sense to the Whitehouse press briefings during covid. There are so many great Hoover Fellows, male and female that provide excellent analysis in many venues, they all add to the mix of knowledge and expertease that informs and enlightens us. Lastly for us who pay attention, we can influence friends towards good policies and debunk falsehoods. I'll stop there. Thx again.

[@janetprice85]

My father fought in WW2. And today we have fools attacking Jewish students on our campuses by historic illiterates,and the EU countries,and UK inviting in strangers and BidenHarris opening our borders while thinking somehow this social experience will have no impact on our culture and our enemies will not take advantages of the resultant weaknesses.

[@timkern462]

With all the experience we're gaining in Ukraine, why, indeed, do we not develop drone-swarm technology?

[@ncrdavis5555]

Are the leaders naive? Or are they bought? Just asking.

[@brucewatson9700]

Both

[@Handsoffthekids]

Fantastic discussion part 1 & 2.

[@jamescole1786]

10/11/24..A+ ✅️ Scott on another interview with VDH. Both of you make a great team analyzing current US military/political & contemporary attitudes of complacency. Anxious for another interview soon...desire both of you to stay safe & carry on...💪👍

[@JamesJohannes-l6w]

The US is blessed with geography. To be fair, it doesn’t know existential threat. It would unwise to underestimate nations that have experienced it :)

[@Wilson-ky30]

They have already defeated geography they have 200000 Chinese troops already inside the United States surrounding are bases

[@joehynes2964]

It goes beyond naivete. We too often are faced with reckless leadership - that is clearly purposeful - derived from spite, opportunity, and/or dogma.

[@tracyshaffer4510]

I think every young adult after high school should have to do 2 years in the service.

[@joeechandi5334]

Victor Hansen would be an asset as an active consultant voice in strategic closed door meetings in the Trump Administration. He's a voice that brings +value in any roundtable.

[@John-jl9de]

We vote Trump or we’re done.

[@jillclark6076]

Thank you for this thoughtful conversation.

[@dumbunny7986]

Hear, hear!

[@shrinkingviolet3]

Napoleon, Alexander the Great, Eisenhower, Washington, King David (and more).... world leaders that were also on the front lines during wars.

[@bearowen5480]

My historian hero, Victorus Magnus Hansonius, correctly made the point that allies can best be counted upon if we are strong. At the US Naval War College, I learned in the Strategy and Policy core course that Rome successfully defeated Hannibal and the Carthaginians through successful employment of "coalition warfare". (Some visiting wag professor countered with the alternative theory that "He with the most elephants loses") 😁🐻🇺🇲

[@skykennedy3574]

Rome destroyed Carthage by taking the fight to Carthage. In other words: why swat at flies in Saigon when you can destroy the turd in Hanoi.

[@bearowen5480]

@@skykennedy3574 Sky, I guess you missed the Second Punic War. Hannibal invaded Rome.

[@AHamiltonScrip-wx1rj]

It would be quite valuable to hear more of what VDH has to say about allies and the support of allies throughout history - comparing it to the current US situation.

[@markgrissom]

Creatures of DC. Well said, but you have got to understand that all fighting forces have been tied to the whims/careers of these creatures since at the mid-90s, from my perspective as a retired Marine. The dictates from on high have been innervating the skills and abilities of our military institutions for a long time. If you want to understand the basis for this erosion in the Marine Corps, start with looking at the traditional definition of Unity of Command, provided by Henri Fayol, to the current joint forces definition adopted in Marine Corps doctrine, then take a look at how the officer promotion criteria has been justified under the current definition. Without a wholesale reconstruction of basic military doctrine you will always be confronted with these creatures because you have not dismantled the system that creates them. Same could be said of the career enlisted ranks.

[@lorinflickinger4837]

Certain politicians care nothing about history,or their mark on it.. And war means money.. Nothing else to the soulless politician.

[@phyllislovelace8151]

Thank you gentlemen

[@831kregancali]

Very informative

[@joannehetherington445]

😂😂😂wrong harris has 1 billion votes as Nancy is busy in the basement printing mailin ballots

[@tankergas7950]

Never again put boots on the ground the middle east....

[@DT-abcd]

It's all about the money

[@sunshine9425]

We need you with President Trump, so smart n educated! 😎

[@cshaf0812]

Because as General Smedly said "war is racket"

[@artsmith6156]

He is right!

[@gordon231]

People get the government they deserve..

[@aghassimkrtchyan6323]

David Hanson is very smart, but he has a big blind spot. Money and Human Resources would never be enough for the US to control the world and be a hegemonic power. What he needs to discuss also is the credible boundaries that the US should establish and commit to . He is talking about empires on defensive that collapsed, he is not talking about other empires that collapsed because of being overstretched with meaningless and unrealistic ambitions

[@nigelgrimmett851]

Are our leaders ignorant or corrupt or maybe both

[@flaco5581]

I remember a kid in combat medic school... he wanted to do a good job shining his brass so he mixed various chemicals together and when they found him there was a green cloud over the body...they had to wait before they could recover the body. None of us could go in the barracks until laye at night. It can happen to anyone anywhere.

[@dtrout]

I see little value in surface ships if drones can hit and disable the ship. The laser defense systems are likely such a big advantage that ships without the same defense capabilities will be at a huge disadvantage. Going forward it seems that subs make a lot of sense vs surface ships. Combine subs with the ability to launch mass drones from 100 miles away ..... different situation. Some sort of new paradigm like that is needed.

[@Coolpoolers]

Couple of points. I don’t believe that two years of military service has that much of an advantage in service as a politician. I believe that DEI/Woke agendas have been the main reason for low recruitment in both the Canadian and American military. Canada’s Liberal government has lowered ALL standards and erased most discipline to where it is a social service program. As VDH has stated frequently, we have raised THE most leisured generation in history and they have no desire to do feel discomfort or effort (much less fear and pain) to contribute to anything that doesn’t serve their hedonistic proclivities.

[@williambailey5405]

I'm sorry to say that a deep study of history shows that The United States is definitely a nation in irreversible decline. The main question is whether the impending decline will be peaceful or violent.

[@jaixzz]

Wasn't Contsantinopolis the city name that "...later became known as..." Istanbul ?

[@jaixzz]

Before _Constantinopolis_ the city was known as *_Byzantium_* -- beautiful name for the capital of the _byzantine empire_ ...

[@jaixzz]

**con_st_antinopolis*

[@jaixzz]

❤

[@jaixzz]

The *_Golden Age_* of civilization...

[@oddvardmyrnes9040]

Mr Davis talks about being strong and powerful. But when Mr Netanyahu spoke in the UN General Assembly, 2/3 of the nations left the room. Does that qualify to being strong?

[@clutzfrmr3645]

No, it just shows how much of the world has become antisemitic due to left-wing propaganda.

[@nigellawson8610]

However, the United States can no longer build ships like it was able to during the Second World War. Just throwing money at the issue will not solve the problems caused by forty years of outsourcing. What the American leadeship has failed to understand is it would take years to rebuild the American shipbuilding industry. It is the same across other sectors of the American economy. Due to inherent defects in the education system in America, training the necessary workforce to man these industries would be problematic at best unless major reforms, where academic excellence is prioritized over DEI ideology are put in place to reverse this decline. At present, reforming the education system along these lines would be anathema as far as the Liberal Washington Illuminati are concerned. Amongst the Liberal elite, ideology purity will always trump the national interest to the detriment of the American people. It is worth noting that the Biden Administration is talking about building American warships in South Korea to make up for the deficiencies in American shipbuilding. This is not surprising when one considers the fact that it could take nine years to construct one minor warship in an American yard. The fact that American warships have to be constructed abroad provides another illustration of America’s decline,

[@maxsmart99]

💯

[@dylanyoung3911]

More important as Commander In Chief over having served in the military is ideology. If your ideology America is the world problem, whether it is pro Marxism, high belief in big social welfare programs, or similar, American managed decline and appeasement of foreign adversaries will be how the presidency is conducted. That person will appoint military strategists with the same view. And that will always lead to more conflict in the world. When peace thru strength combined with the belief that America is the shining hill and respect of the limitations set forth by the Constitution along with the desire to keep us out of wars, that is a recipe for success, regardless of having served. Service does not guarantee the latter viewpoint. Ideology is far superior to this position than any form of experience.

[@UNCHART3DGAMING]

Kamala Harris does not exude one ounce of SERIOUSNESS - the DEM model of governance is utterly abysmal

[@seriouslyyoujest1771]

I wish saw the first science course that children should take as a course on, a short history of nearly everything. Later when they’re introduced to science courses. began to hear their old friends names pop up here and there

[@ceecee6679]

Military service not required but advantageous.

[@ruthnovena40]

THAT is why we the can not take real history for granted,

[@CabdiBisharo]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@julianchoque7402]

Can't advance looking backwards!

[@KGLAD-v5q]

❤❤

[@annajones1396]

Trump went to military school

[@IMFrank-wv2eq]

Naive? No! Stupid, ignorant. Yes!

[@sunzeneise]

I often imagine the shock of the evening news reporting on the sinking of the US Navy's major carriers in the mid-Pacific, with the attendant loss of life, and consequent diminution of defense. People will be dumbstruck. I will be end of an era.

[@pablonunez7844]

Think we got like 45 four star generals today , in wwii we had 7 and 5 million in service

[@leejacobus5305]

IMAGINE this lady as Commander in Chief ???

[@ronfox5519]

3rd Democrat candidate in a row who did not win their primary. All 3 seemed to have some kind of medical problem and some kind of handler or nanny. And the guy before those 3 produced a phony birth certificate and sealed his records by executive order. Something very strange is going on here.

[@darbyohara]

And a dumb one like Harris who will just do what scumbag rich politicians tell her

[@rogerdorsey7823]

POWER PUTS YOU IN A POSITION TO DODGE THE BULLET OF HATRED😊

[@JC-yt1pm]

Put Starlink on a navel ship and nothing happens you have a big problem.

[@guydemullet303]

I would gladly vote for VDH for President but, according to Peter Zeihan (a man with ZERO uncertainties) 😅😅😊😊 Dr. Hanson is overestimating the reach of the Chinese Navy. It’s a global force AND it’s shoddily built. Its one aircraft carrier is inoperable and it just lost a submarine that sank at dockside. Sure, they have a lot of ships but they are completely untested under wartime conditions. Unless you count side-swiping Philippine Coast Guard and fishing vessels as war.

[@cristinaoquias8986]

❤❤❤

[@jaixzz]

About 02:-- Aren't ccp navy vessels largely constructed of *_plastic_* ?

[@jaixzz]

****02:00*

[@robertrichard6107]

The U.S. Congress keeps giving the Pentagon a blank check like Germany gave Austria in 1914.

[@johnwebbersnr]

Surely Mr Milley has all of the answers? We wish..

[@gmajen546]

We have been getting more ex military GWOT era People in senate and congress even JD, they have seen first hand the hate for the United States. I have hope we keep our country.

[@JamesJohannes-l6w]

Never use the word 'behaviour'. It's not productive in any way.

[@cshaf0812]

Safe FOB was a joke

[@phillip0537]

I love VDH, but he is just incorrect that China has more tonnage in their Navy. We still have almost 2x the tonnage, and that includes the Chinese coat guard. Details like that matter if he is going to make his argument successfully.

[@shrinkingviolet3]

Do you have cited facts of this? If so, that is a big mistake.

[@BasilLoukidis-y9e]

Feil Dam

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

Vader " annakin wake up " no reply two minutes of silence the camera goes from pure dark to a even darker shade of black with vaders face , opening roll ,then its all you guys from there

[@butte501]

Reparations for our gold star families should be triple any reparations to black Americans. How will they hand out reparations? By skin color?? What about white African Americans?

[@rosesoulis1840]

But wait KAMALA already has 94,000,000 votes.....lol

[@jaixzz]

we allies

[@JuanKnowles-h1x]

Lindsey Fork

[@richardlesperance8259]

You can thank the CIA for all of it!

[@jonettechristian906]

"😊

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

If you havent figured out how to piss people off yet

[@faithburns8379]

Either that or the president listens to the servicemen on the ground like Trump did and does

[@timb350]

Trump can completely ban abortion in the United States.

[@clutzfrmr3645]

No, it’s a state’s rights issue.

[@timb350]

@@clutzfrmr3645 No it isn't. Haven't you read project 2025? It's all in there. It was written by Trump's own cabinet secretaries. Lindsay Graham has already drafted the legislation. In November the GOP wins the senate and congress...and Trump wins the white house. The first thing he does is sign that legislation. And he definitely CAN sign it. Federal law over-rides state law. It's just a fact. That's why no states could pass abortion legislation before. Because there was a federal law that made it legal. SCOTUS got rid of that. Now Lindsay has drafted a new federal law. Trump will sign it and abortion will no longer be possible anywhere in America. Including dem states.

[@MiddletonMac-l8h]

Lesch Groves

[@mikenicol8618]

Why does he sound like a neo con war monger? Like we used to say "Yankee Go Home"

[@JoanneNaylor-f6d]

Kassulke Corners