The Best Quotes and Speeches of Villains in Call of Duty Games

[@CDNBreadDogs]

Irons pretty much telling everyone "I'm gonna conquer you all, and you all invited me to do it"

[@icekingcod]

Everyone claps 👏

[@Lazygoober1]

👏 good boy

[@icekingcod]

@@Lazygoober1 👏

[@ChiefCrewin]

I mean he's not wrong with a lot of people.

[@Great_Cthulhu]

Right up until he talks about needing a strong leader, he's not wrong either, which is the worst part. In that first speech that is.

[@randomanimatorandgamer9392]

"Are we developing such a weapon? No, we are not. Because we've already developed it" I dunno why but i find it funny how casually he says that

[@ParkerTolin]

Frickin hilarious!

[@randomanimatorandgamer9392]

@@ParkerTolin this guy gets it

[@Twrdemon]

If only someone made a meme about it...

[@opgamer801hmng5]

Literally IW announcing MWIII

[@swatgamerslynx6380]

For real 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Funkadelic.602]

"On whose authority" "ON MY AUTHORITY" THAT PART GOT ME BIG TIME

[@KingShibe]

Idk why but this made me laugh

[@handsaw72]

YALL KNOW WHAT IT IS TOMORROW ✈️

[@vincentmanibusan2460]

Jonathan irons, deadass established a literal militaristic superpower without any restrictions

[@icekingcod]

"Are we developing such a weapon? No we are not..." Audience: Clapping "Because we've already developed it." Audience: wow Irons is such a high quality villain

[@vincentmanibusan2460]

@icekingcod advanced warfare didn't get enough credit. It was a great story, great mechanics with varying exotic types and abilities, and Jonathan irons one of cods best villains

[@icekingcod]

Agreed. This game is so underrated

[@ChiefCrewin]

​@@vincentmanibusan2460honestly it's the perfect COD story. It's like a comic book, the game and story get so ridiculous it doesn't matter, especially when you consider every cod is ridiculous but they try to wrap it in a veneer of "realism".

[@vincentmanibusan2460]

@@ChiefCrewin considering that one of the black ops games shows getting our limbs torn off and then somehow surviving the blood loss, you right mate

[@LunganiNduna]

2:54 The fact that Irons can say what he said in front of dozens of politicians shows how much balls he has

[@icekingcod]

"I am here to solve the world's problems And i believe the world's problems… Begin with you.” This line is so badass 😏

[@Generichoodiegamer]

​@@icekingcodong

[@the_sports_nerd]

My favorite campaign but I played like 4 COD before.

[@abagofsharkz]

Politicians are cowards.

[@kujokage1911]

What are they going to do arrest the top superpower

[@joogwoog]

Jonathon irons best quote hands down is "what youre seeing is advanced warfare". That and "Press X to pay respect" broke the internet for a few weeks lmao

[@-snprym1683]

weeks? Its been 10 years and people are stil saying "F" whenever something bad happens haha

[@joogwoog]

@@-snprym1683 it is a lot less common now then it was after AW came out.

[@seanmurry6903]

Yeah but it's still done very commonly

[@BwanaCrab]

What you're seeing is Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

[@ElfinHat96]

You meant press F

[@54Immortal]

When I first played AW, I was like this Irons guy is crazy... Watching it back, I'm sitting here thinking "This guy is spitting fax"

[@StosephJalin]

I like how the game portrays Irons as a warning of what can happen when big corporations start collaborating with big governments.

[@megarhombus7532]

He isn't wrong. Growing up, you think this guy is tweaking, but now, when you're older, you see how the world truly is. Irons was really speaking facts.

[@noobgamersland6969]

His speech is essentially what the Templars wanna do in AC

[@nashtheneet]

When i started getting politically active and studied history it made me realize how much the US and NATO has created a state of perpetual war in the world. We live in a War Economy that is never satisfied. And i only noticed it more when i played Metal Gear Solid more than anything, Kojima is from the future.

[@sharingangaming9954]

Who let irons cook cuz chef’s kiss ong

[@Generichoodiegamer]

Ong good- he may be a bad guy, but damn he can cook.

[@-Rezin-]

He was also a kid kisser iirc 😳😳

[@sharingangaming9954]

@@-Rezin- I know I don’t like the person now but back then he was spitting some facts

[@-Rezin-]

@@sharingangaming9954 true, bro probably has the best voice acting in a video game I’ve seen in a while.

[@Generichoodiegamer]

@@sharingangaming9954 ong

[@fearsas1994]

I love how people unironically liked iron’s lines even through spacey’s drama lol

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@Web720]

It's his character vs the actual actor.

[@ace_v2905]

As shitty of a human spacey is, he’s a damn good actor.

[@charlotteyuki]

He was innocent

[@zdb4915]

Hasn’t been found guilty

[@tavitafish]

Honestly when I was going through the torture scene in cold war, the whole time I was like "god this really makes me want to help Perseus, it'ld be insane if they let me" and then when I saw it as an option my jaw actually hit the floor

[@ximitify]

Cold War Campaign blew me away the moment i saw you could trap that brainwashing betraying trash Adler. i also loved the inception section in Bells mind. The best is the different dialogue you get from Perseus if you kill Adler instantly with your gun or with the knife. Also Perseus complimenting you and rewarding you with setting off the Greenlight nukes arsenal felt really good. Done the Perseus ending first and looked up the other online and was not surprised by Adler backstabbing shinnanigans.

[@talthecrusader9650]

@@ximitify Honestly I wish they made a spin-off COD about what if that ending was canon. Maybe as Bell, maybe not. Could be something like Call of Duty: Downfall

[@knightmare5097]

⁠@@talthecrusader9650 What else would there be? The world is screwed because of all the nukes launched, and you’re apart of, Soviet Russia, as Makarov said, “standing on a pile of ashes”.

[@ONomeManeiro]

​@@talthecrusader9650you want to play Metro, that's it

[@mikeysenpai6094]

irons does bring up some valid points

[@icekingcod]

Irons reallly is the embodiment of classical realism. Kevin Spacey is great in this role

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

As does menendez. A shame they had to make him a villain. But call of duty loves the status quo more than the mcu

[@user-nikkebot]

​@@goldenfiberwheat238 anything that made in the USA telling about military will be under supervision on DoD, that tells you something why irons is a villain

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@@user-nikkebot that has nothing to with my comment

[@user-nikkebot]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 I'm not replying to you tho

[@cooldude3856]

You forgot "what you're seeing, is advanced warfare." starts off as a funny joke but it gets cold and serious soon enough.

[@icekingcod]

04:05 🤔

[@cooldude3856]

@@icekingcod yeah whoops i just must've missed it when my cursor looked through the little preview bar. will be now watching this video in full, my apologies

[@dominousraptor1906]

“You would’ve made for a helluva bundle, but that’s not gonna happen…there ain’t gonna be any Ghosts 2”

[@chefgweenbean5561]

I’m praying they make it someday

[@OfficialFilipino]

"On your feet comrade! Ready for a little retribution?"

[@CenturionArmada]

That's where the Soviet Patriotism came in and we became motivated

[@icekingcod]

@@CenturionArmada 😏

[@CenturionArmada]

​@@icekingcod Why are you looking at me like that?

[@РашидАбдуллаев-ч3й]

FOR PERSEUS!!!

[@Death-gb5jf]

Yes, sir!

[@thanakornkhumon7365]

Never let Iron cook again because he's right all along. Mennendez is the one true martyr. And Markarov (not the ruined version) is essentially the god villian of the whole fanchise

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@hypnosis0693]

*Makarov

[@knightmare5097]

How is Irons right? Not about America’s policies in the Middle East, but about power? And Menendez was a psychopath who caused the deaths of thousands of innocents. And please, explain to me how Makarov is the good guy.

[@Snoozytube]

Makarov and Menendez were the biggest and best machiavellian villains in COD

[@icekingcod]

@@Snoozytube and Jonathan Irons. He's nowhere near Makarov's level, but he had a lot of potential for the Advanced Warfare sequel

[@cataclysm7256]

Never did play AW but damn Kevin Spacey sounds like he'd be a legendary duo with Senator Armstrong.

[@bugbuggy3866]

After so many years, Jonathan Irons still rules as the most iconic villain in COD history. Man, AW came more than 10 years ago and it was waaaayyy ahead of its time. We were kids at that time, so we were used to see everything in Black and White. Now after seeing all of Irons scenes in AW, realising that it's not that simple. Suddenly Irons doesn't seem wrong when you see all the wars and unrest in the world today. His dialogues are spot on and sound so badass. But on the other side, what happens when 1 entity, person has all the power ? That would be pretty scary world too.

[@Slinsluh]

Most iconic COD villain is Makarov imho

[@bugbuggy3866]

@@Slinsluh That's the thing with Irons. You can't really tell whether he was really a villain or portrayed as one. That makes him the GOAT villain of COD. Makarov's enemy was US while Irons had no clear enemy. War was his enemy. He wanted to create 1 entity so powerful that no one could challenge it and countries would stop fighting among themselves for supremacy. In short, he wanted to become GOD

[@giorgiobertoldo]

Bro he literally developed a racist nuke LMAO what do you mean its people like him who are in charge of the world today and responsible for all this unrest

[@bugbuggy3866]

@@giorgiobertoldo did yiy read what I said? That's what makes him the most iconic villain in COD history. With Irons, it's not black and white. His ideology was agreeable and at the same time, scary as hell also.

[@GuilhermeOliveira-qh8wf]

​@@bugbuggy3866 Then again we have to debate here. People always need a father figure, a figure that shows that is warm, protective and compassionated. People need good examples of leaders, Irons is a leader of a militaristic power not a country. So his speeches is amazing because it brings people together into one goal, but then again to achieve this common goal brutality it comes as the price. Irons ideals comes along with good intentions, but the execution has to be the same way as the mustache man himself, he must put people at his arms on which it brings along divise opinions and then we are no longer together on the same ideals. There was never a policy in life that hasn't costed a human life, people wants good example on their life. And the reason people always fights against these type of leaders is because the means to an end is always on the wrong side of dealing with people. If you intentions it is to make at it's best, the means to it needs to be marked by bad things. The only human on this world who brought billions of people together without hate, agressive takes and shifting ideals was Michael Jackson. The only one who can be trusted to rule a literally planet I think it would be him, not joking.

[@LunaStarlun]

i love how the villians have a point in their speeches and quotes

[@sebastianb.3978]

That's what makes good villains interesting.

[@Pensfan59]

Everything Graves said was an awesome quote. “I don’t make threats, I make guarantees” that went hard

[@icekingcod]

"Well I wasn't in that tank." literally the coolest character in the new modern warfare series

[@Pensfan59]

@@icekingcod agreed

[@justinnabor5231]

it’s ironic how irons says that it’s doesn’t matter who’s ideas are right, but power is what makes them right. Also it’s still sad how Menendez suffered so much when his intentions were bad but the rest wasn’t necessary honestly.

[@Deathmare235]

How is it ironic

[@justinnabor5231]

@@Deathmare235 because everything political that’s happening rn in the 2024 election.

[@jxivanx]

​@@justinnabor5231it would be funny that Kamala win the election. It would match like BO2 as a woman president and also the wars we are living in different parts of the world

[@justinnabor5231]

@@jxivanx honestly there’s a lot of disagreements about a woman president already and she hasn’t even won 🤷🏻‍♂️. idk who will win tbh, all it takes is power.

[@alstenfung5508]

​@@justinnabor5231 Funny how all candidates don't even have that.

[@sida.artyom]

*My Top 5 Favorite villain Quotes:* 5. Your men have been detained 4. Imagine yourself in the Frozen Forest 3. Martyr me, for Cordis Die 2. On your feet comrade, ready for little retribution 1. Remember No Russian

[@LTarts23]

The frozen forest.... It's here. And it's real. Imagine yourself .... In.... A frozen forest....

[@user-999v2]

Bro I’m not gonna lie Cold War is overhated and I feel like people force hate onto it even tho the story was so good. it’s not THE best but it is good enough to enjoy

[@andyhd2458]

A short but sweet one is in Black Ops 1 Zombies on "Five" when JFK says "Do not pray for easy lives my friends, pray to be stronger men."

[@DeathDealer_1021]

That's an actual quote from JFK, it's not from the game

[@Wewewewewewewewewr]

The cutscenes make irons look scary and his quotes make him scarier but the way you finish him off is chasing him down a long hallway

[@icekingcod]

yeah, he's speaking facts right there. As a villain in Call of Duty, he is underrated by far.

[@knightmare5097]

@@icekingcod Except for his hypocrisy and quotes about power

[@icekingcod]

@@knightmare5097 👍

[@dominicanemperor28]

0:40 This describes Afghanistan perfectly

[@Jakjakjaks]

Iraq....

[@FranceRev]

Both

[@FranceRev]

An also a lot more countries invaded by the us

[@aRandomPerson...]

It's bold of you to assume the US wanted to set up a democracy in the first place

[@chrome1018]

@@aRandomPerson... What TF did they want to set up then

[@ichiroudesu_.]

"You woulda been a hell of a ghost but that aint gonna happen, there aint gonna be any ghost. We're gonna destroy them together" One of my favorite cod villian quotes till this date. Such a cliffhanger...

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

17:36 “when shepherd learns of this, he’ll have your head” “When he learns? Fool. He ordered me to do it”

[@Deathmare235]

He didn’t though, wonder what happens when graves told him

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@@Deathmare235 oh sorry I haven’t played that game

[@bepisaxe4464]

​@goldenfiberwheat238 don't. Save yourself the experience of playing dogshit campaigns with no real story or on MW3's case, literally no story and the worst mission design in existencem

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@@bepisaxe4464 surely it can’t be THAT bad

[@bepisaxe4464]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 Trust me... it IS that bad. MWII's saving grace is it's mission design.

[@wamblygorrila134]

Crazy to think about how most of the COD games that were hated i.e Ghost and Advanced Warfare are actually really good games with great stories. Not only that but it's the fact that you can truly feel for the villains and their cause that just makes the story even better. I'm glad to see them get recognition finally😂😂

[@TheRealLesterCrest]

Nice attention to detail at 6:09 never realized that Menendez picked up on what was going on and decided not to act because he knew farid wasn’t much of a threat

[@STUFFfromthegooddays]

Say what you will about Advanced warfare, and hell Kevin spacey too. But irons was a very plausible villain.

[@icekingcod]

Yeah, he gives me chills. So incredible acting 😏

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Irons is what Elon musk thinks he is

[@icekingcod]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 👍

[@kravchenkodude]

"NOW FARID!" "CORDIS DIE!" "You betrayed us. Farid... and for what?" "Your life will be consumed by absolute loss."

[@Indoor_Carrot]

TO THOSE THAT YOU SERVE, YOUR LIFE... MEANS... NOTHING!!

[@ShadowHellRiserCrew]

I love how when reznov appears in the scene the numbers play in the background to signal that reznov is in the program.

[@knightpaulman4686]

Man, there were so many good Villains in CoD. Jonathan Irons and Perseus are my absolute favorites.

[@THE_STORM_THATS_APPROCHING]

My top 5 favorite quotes ever from cod 5: Your men have been... Detained 4: ON YOUR FEET SOLDIER WE ARE LEAVING! 3: Maytr me, for Cordis Die. 2: Remember No Russian. 1: You would of been a Hell of a Ghost.

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@jacksonconstantine5740]

Would have*

[@PHRCpvh]

Irons is basically the embodiment of Machiavelli's teachings about governance, a villain that lecture's less in ideology and more in pragmatism is kinda trustworthy since it gives you a neutral scope beyond any beliefs. Man, Spacey really nailed it!

[@unnameduser06]

“ My Name Is Viktor Renzov…! And I will have *MY REVENGE!* “ 💯

[@icekingcod]

🔫💥 BANG!

[@AhmetcanDuman-gx8he]

@@icekingcod Look, I'm telling you, Reznov killed him, why don't you come to me?

[@aleksandarvil5718]

@coconutmall333 Reznov*

[@sambesiili4698]

You had one job.

[@jamesheschelmedina1147]

"Remember, No Russian.." The most popular line from the most disturbing cod mission of all time.

[@denise_barley9]

i would say the most disturbing moment in call of duty is the picadilly moment in mw2019, that genuinely brought a tear to my eye about his kids and everything, if you know you know

[@Deathmare235]

@@denise_barley9his kids are fine

[@denise_barley9]

@@Deathmare235 but they don't have a dad div

[@rncstaton9]

​@@denise_barley9 im pretty sure a lot of children dont have parents after the no russian mission, not to mention how many kids definitely also died in that airport

[@NOTHiNG2CBRA]

It‘s a game lol - wanna know what‘s disturbing? The Manhunt series xD But the No Russian mission was fun to be part of the bad guys for once

[@ViceN53X]

"Ideas don't determine who is right. Power determines who is right. And I have the power..." "...so I'm right."

[@icekingcod]

"Are we developing such a weapon? No we are not..." *"Because we've already developed it."*

[@Makarosc]

He's not wrong

[@knightmare5097]

@@Makarosc How is he right? He isn’t right, morally or militarily.

[@Makarosc]

@knightmare5097 it's called a monopoly of force

[@knightmare5097]

@@Makarosc Again, how does that make him right? He gets rested later on, so the power makes no sense

[@Cheeeseyboi]

Johnny irons was right. Politicians cant do shit.

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@chaseginise8968]

Also, he’s a businessman and not a politician, so he’s automatically better.

[@MeeesterBond17]

​@@chaseginise8968 "Dutch East India Company - Episode 2, Electric Boogaloo", coming soon to an impoverished country near you. What could possibly go wrong? 💀

[@Cheeeseyboi]

@@MeeesterBond17 a bunch of money for me that's what

[@Makarosc]

​@@chaseginise8968 I mean I don't care much for oligarchs either but there are exceptions

[@themajesticspider-man6116]

Advanced Warfare really cooked something when it came to story-telling with politics. And it was awesome.

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@lastpringle8904]

I like made up politics in games. Future politics where it's talking about issues within the story, not real life. We play games for escapism, not to hear more of the worlds problems

[@themajesticspider-man6116]

@@lastpringle8904 Just hope you know AW's story about war and advanced military capabilities, along with privatized warfare is mirroring our world, big dawg...

[@sherozeali1594]

Jonathon Irons Definitely knows how to solve Problems that's for Sure😂😂

[@lavion3330]

My favorite quotes 1- We already have developed 2- So i feel uniquely qualified to tell you 3- We are the killers 4- Remember no Russian 5- Your men have been... detained

[@billwilson7841]

"You tried to make me kill my own President!!!" "...tried?" 🥶🥶🥶

[@lastpringle8904]

I love that part of BO1, because Mason was convinced he snapped out of it before he could do what Dragovich wanted. In the moment, cause he's trying to kill him, Mason doesn't think about it, but you do. Then the whole thing with the second shooter that was never caught. Man that was peak writing

[@WorldWar546]

17:24 “are you threatening us?!” “Solider, I don’t make threats… I make guarantees” probably one of favorite lines in any game

[@paracelsus_aba]

10:55 The Greatest opening to ANY game in COD.

[@icekingcod]

Makarov's voice gives me chills 😏

[@gabrielcanejo187]

3:28 I Love how they reacted more negatively from that then to him admitting of building a Weapon of Mass Destruction, Now THAT'S Realistic as Hell!

[@darklord1366]

10:29 makarov is still an amazing villain. Still my favorite mission ever.

[@AdibRayyan-c9w]

9:07 got me laugh, it's like "tomorrow we will win" And then Harper is like "not you mf"

[@AdibRayyan-c9w]

Surprise mf

[@icekingcod]

BANG! 🔫💥

[@SG.N0taill]

I live in Vietnam, i confirm that my country had recieved and suffering a 15 millions tons of Democracy from America.. so i concluded that my country is a Democracy state 😊😊

[@icekingcod]

😏

[@highlander_sword]

It’s crazy how half the villains had to do something extremely inhumane to have people not like them because activision knows that the villains are right half the time.

[@tinmvn]

Everybody gangster until Graves' name turns red.

[@gabadaba5436]

Man I didn't remember how good Kevin Spacey was in advanced warfare. The game just got so overshadowed by being advanced warfare I kinda just forgot what the campaign was. Guys a PoS but it's still nice to see "real" actors taking video game performances seriously

[@herrflammen6487]

Fun fact: In Slavic mythology there is a spirit called the Rusalka that drowns its victims in rivers. They would kill in a way almost identical to 26:04, which is a reference to the ship’s name: Rusalka.

[@AK_-xn1fm]

Ngl Irons is an underrated one. Literally could’ve been Makarov levels of villain if they were willing to focus their story

[@icekingcod]

agreed

[@camarokidbb4347]

8:43 You can still see the number of dislikes on KZbin in 2025. Black Ops 2 is literally unplayable.

[@Blessed_MinT]

MW3 would hands down have the best intro to call of duty

[@Laurassausallejamene]

Irons was right. Politicians are weak

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@VyNguyen-ko7zt]

You have forgot this " History is written by the victor, history is filled with liars " Cpt.Price

[@icekingcod]

Is Captain Price a bad guy?

[@VyNguyen-ko7zt]

​@@icekingcodNo he isn't

[@orewayamatosama]

"What happens here today, will change the world, forever. Nothing can stop this, not even you." Makarov hits it the hardest.

[@jyapp4489]

Irons is unironically the most underrated COD villain by a mile, and probably one of the most well-written in modern FPS games.

[@P0LISTICE]

“We’re going to destroy them together”- Rorke the only villain that Won

[@iramak4195]

He's actually scary asf ngl especially after taking logan

[@Asbestdeparting24]

“Tried?” “GAGAHABSBSGSHHASHSBBSB” -Dragovich

[@LSSD1292]

Irons,Menedez and Shepherd are by far the best villains in this franchise

[@ChucktheWarcat]

Irons was a really good villain in my opinion

[@icekingcod]

agreed

[@DovaDude]

Never played a COD game so all I've seen of him is this video. What makes him a villain? Nothing showed here was villainous.

[@frostguard1283]

​@@DovaDude Sntagonist more like tbh

[@juliocooliojones]

@@DovaDude Villain to the entrenched powers more like it.

[@smileyr]

0:44 with all due respect, it kind of worked with Japan and Germany although granted we never used a bomb in Germany but the point still stands.

[@bullet996]

I think Israel counts as well?

[@therandomcommenter6629]

The reason it worked with Germany is because of how short lived the Nazi regime actually was it hadn't settled in and become the complete Norm over multiple generations yet lots of German people were still sceptical to downright opposed to the ideology and the reason why we are still able to hold it is because we constantly condition the children in their education to hate their own country and to constantly be ashamed for their own ancestors there are plenty of neo-nazis in Germany they're just kept on a short leash as for Japan having to drop not one but two nukes in order to pacify a country is not a allied flex if anything it would be Japan flexing on the rest of the world and the only reasons we've got Japan is because we're the only reason they haven't been consumed by China and then of course there is the culture exchange and fascination which has only made the hold deeper the guy is talking about places like Iran and Afghanistan and the like for example (taliban anyone)

[@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479]

​​@@therandomcommenter6629this ignores that the German people of the interwar period actively SUPPORTED the Nazi government to an unhealthy degree to the point the econpmy of the nation vecame #1 by pure manpower and political will before ww2 started. The reason they couldn't keep that #1 spot is because people were motivated by the prospect of being back on top politically and culturally by avenging ww1 through another war. And when they won the first half, you better bet people bought the cool-aid and then some. They didn't have time to plant as deep of roots as Imperial Japan, but even to this day the ideals of Nazism has overtaken more of their former enemies' nations than their own. Because at that point they no longer had the means nor the spirit to start thinking about another war, it was all about building up again starting from scratch. There was no great leader who could try and convince people they were opressed enough to justify it, and even if they could the presence of aid from the Allied powers just meant it would be a vastly harder sell than the Peace with Honour after Versailles that stripped the nation of basically everything it needed. Japan doesn't even being up ww2 aside from America bombing them and never even knowing Germany was on their side. And as for being consumed by China that really wasn't a thing China could threaten upon Japan for a very long time as even trying to fight the nation while a civil-war was still very much going on and their own economy was in shambles is not a good idea. Navy or no island-hopping is hell and China doesn't have enough to bounce back from a world war and a civil war to suddenly go on the offensive outside of the mainland. It's why Vietnam and Korea are poaces they had a major hand in, they had the means to be there. Much more realistically the Russians would be much larger of a threat. Also we are not taught to hate our ancestors. We are taught to be better than them. There's a reason Theoderic the Great, Frederick II of HRE, Arminius and Barbarossa are much more openly viewed as a positive than say figures like Otto von Bismarck or Frederick II of Prussia. The former did great things which are not as controversial as the latter. Frederick II of Prussia has his own problems with vast authority and Bismarck is villified (justifiably) for the partitioning of Africa which he accidentally started after the Berlin conferrence. And none can argue that it was a good thing for Africa. Liking your culture isn't bad but knowing when it was wrong does wonders. As for Afghanistan and Iraq. They were invasions first nation building second. It was doomed to fail because unlike Germany, Japan, Korea or even the later Vietnam there was no drive to make the place stable aside from status-quo or just wanting to leave after deposing the leaders. The mission really was accomplished. The problem was that mission didn't include provisions to build a nation, and nobody wanted to foot the bill.

[@アーマー配達員]

Both Japan and Germany were democracies before they were dictated by military regimes, right?

[@juliocooliojones]

@@アーマー配達員 Germany became a republic after ww1 until H man came to power, Japan was ruled by a monarchy that basically lost the military but still had the peoples support until after ww2.

[@logixthedev]

Advanced Warfare was such a great game. Irons is still one of my top 3 video game bad guys... the best ones are ones that start off as your ally, make some solid points that you can agree with, and have gravitas.. and Spacey nailed this role! The character was so powerful he could stand in front of anyone, speak his intentions and there was nothing they could really do about it, until of course our character steps in and goes after him, personally, for revenge.

[@strikemanpop]

whoever wrote Jonathan Irons' character is a goat

[@odddellarobbia4]

It's always kinda scary when the villain suddenly start makes sense before you go deep into it

[@MarshallXeno]

"5 years ago, I lost 30 thousand men in the blink of an eye... and the world just fuckin' watched"

[@mikehawk486]

"Perseus" Was never a villain. He is the perfect counterpiece to Adler. If he's a villian or not is a matter of perspective

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@diegoparra1035]

My favorite quote… “Train go boom”

[@aleksandarvil5718]

0:01 Democracy speech r/AgedLikeFineWine 🍷🥃🍸🥂

[@Antz3The3rd]

You missed the beginning of Infinite Warfare, where says: "You care about your men? This place isn't yours anymore. Kill them and save the bullets." That was kinda like GoT level stuff.

[@sebastianb.3978]

Jon Snow if a time traveler moved a chair😂

[@PsychoticGirl2003]

Death is no disgrace!

[@maulanaadrian9383]

4:05 The meme

[@leaderofmine6293]

What a meme? Just tell me. Everyone just got confused

[@icekingcod]

@@leaderofmine6293 Haven't you ever heard of this meme? "What You're Seeing Is Advanced Warfare"

[@yveshku5583]

@@leaderofmine6293 Basically just the title of the game being very casually said by characters in the game. It can get make sense or be quite goofy. Like in Black Ops Cold War, of course it's recognized the Cold War going on and that some of these characters are Black Ops. But it'd be ridiculous, possibly funny, of seeing someone straight up say "This is black ops cold war" or similar along those lines. This line with Advanced Warfare was pretty alright, and makes sense in the context there.

[@richardsavings6690]

"What YOU'RE seeing is NOTHING! YOUR EYES ARE DEAD!" - Conan O'Brien

[@Shadowghost2003]

Tbh wat Irons said could pretty much be used in the real world and that’s scary to think about

[@Alsihfjdid]

I think one of the reasons Irons is one of the best COD villains is because he is right, and accurately describes everything that is wrong with western society, and politics in general.

[@mateocabaguio4444]

Bro Irons literally established Gundam 00’s Celestial Being “Peace through Power”

[@valmid5069]

"Decepticons in human skin" ----Optimus Prime

[@tinykingcontractor1396]

The way Sheperd talks makes me feel patriotic, and I'm an Iranian.

[@darkzero7969]

Stitch deserved to be a campaign character

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@jacobytes8720]

Every day that goes by just proves Irons was right.

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@iTaoRekt]

When i was younger AW's villian Irons to me was just another crazy power hungry dude. Now me older, man, he was right. And it makes me appreciate AW more. I miss simpler times.

[@cursedhawkins1305]

Remember that the Makarov in the MW3 "remake" is NOTHING like the OG Makarov.

[@icekingcod]

The new Makarov is a cartoon villain. He does bad things because he has to

[@cursedhawkins1305]

@@icekingcod Not to mention how they did Soap dirty with his death... the OG MW3 at least ended with us AS Price avenging Soap's death.

[@dudeeatingspaghetti]

Almost all Call of Duty antagonists: having deep, brutal and interesting quotes. General Roman Barkov: *I WILL PROTECT RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@icekingcod]

😂

[@Qwepzy]

Kevin Spacey went hard with his role

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@GeekHelix]

Never played Advanced Warfare, but you're telling me Irons is the villian...? ... Can I join his side?

[@icekingcod]

After the death of his son, he becomes ruthless, using deception, betrayal, and advanced technology to manipulate global events for his own power. Are you sure you want to join him?

[@mustafafownz4482]

Irons is spitting facts

[@HanjiTanaka]

I always agreed with Irons. I just feel like he could've gone a better way about it.

[@j.m.6172]

"No we are not" then the coldest and funniest line I've seen in the game

[@isaacreynolds8339]

Jonathan Irons is my favourite cod villain ngl

[@That_lore_guy]

4:06 he said the thing, 15:07 he also said the thing, 21:42 he did it as well

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@yourapoopyhead-xv9ho]

Irons was such a great villian, A man who had created a PMC, Lost his son in a war, Recruits his sons best freind, Attacks the people he blames for his sons death using his PMC, which accumulated power over the years, I wish we now had a AW 2, As well as a Ghost 2, Ghosts was a conceptual masterpiece, one of the first cod games i played, the Apocalyptic U.S, South America going to invade the North, I just wish that the Ghosts were more of a Guiriella-Stealth unit, instead of what we got, But i wish that we had a ghost 2, or at the very least Ghosts had more fleshed out lore, Like why the south invaded the north, Where is the U.S's allies? And that cliffhanger ending...as a person who loved ghosts from the begining, I wish it didnt get as much hate, So the cliffhanger ending, well, wasnt a Cliffhanger anymore.

[@icekingcod]

👍👍

[@LatinW321]

Advanced warfare was fire bro holy

[@Chaolover]

Advanced warfare always gets a pass for me because it made the press F to pay respect

[@Ghost-uc8gd]

Are we developing such a weapon? No. 😃 Because we already developed it. 😧

[@icekingcod]

and everyone claps 👏

[@Ronn_V]

Its scary that Irons has a good point

[@Azzie420]

Just something about “Comrade” that makes me pick Perseus every time.

[@icekingcod]

👍

[@hanspanzer1260]

Perseus and Irons got some points….at least they was treating you like an equal

[@M4A1-e7s]

Get up Comrade! let's make a little revenge (Perseus)

[@redviperion24]

I like kinda agree with some of the stuff irons says tho, he makes good points

[@DeathDealer_1021]

"Death is no disgrace" is still one of the hardest lines in COD history