The Mediterranean Power Play: U.S. and NATO's Strategic Control

[@danielarmstrong4335]

Editor kicking themselves over the missing media 😂😂

[@user-tm7nt6ib6e]

But Josh, isn't Mayonaise from the Hellmans province in Afghanistan?

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Basket counts and a foul!

[@Thoreaue]

2nd longest natural harbor? Bay of Stari Grad on Island of Hvar (Croatia) is almost 8 km long so ... There are 2 more in Istria longer then 8 km as well

[@setoki2838]

Id say those are part of the adria more than the mediterranian sea, even tho the adria is part of the mediterranian, tho it is probably the most secluded part of it, so I understand that they are not considered as much.

[@Thoreaue]

@@setoki2838 They said in the world not Med

[@Jimbosstudios]

Love how it says US and NATOs strategic control, the US is in nato no need to include the US separately

[@canemcave]

Malta, Lampedusa, Cyprus, Rhodes

[@stirech]

Um being from Australia (Sydney harbor) I was confused by the phase 2nd largest harbor in the world behind Pearl harbor. I'm a big fan of this channel, but that easily searchable fact wasn't done undermines my trust in what else is said here. Or is there some other angle that I'm not considering?

[@stirech]

Answering my own question: IF you append to the statement "that the US has a base in" then the statement would be true. But not having it results in a false statement.

[@elal8418]

Also, as I understand Poole (not Pearl) is the second largest natural harbour.

[@LeMAD22]

In their defence, no one seems to agree on this topic. Ie Sydney is sometimes first, sometimes not even top-10.

[@Drunken_Master]

G in Cartagena is pronounced like h in behind.

[@mycellphone4437]

Not in peninsular Spanish: /j/

[@riskinhos]

AZORES: AM I A FUCKING JOKE?!?!?!?!?????

[@ricardoxavier827]

Too far from europe.

[@TidusVen]

A good stopping point between Europe and America, but, yes, too far from Europe.

[@cyfrowymuza]

and what would be the point of stationing so far away? They want to be close to the stage where the main events take place

[@josephpiskac2781]

Great interesting presentation.

[@calebbearup4282]

Maybe it's time to get serious about ending the illegal occupation of Cyprus by Turkey

[@ChristopherNFP]

As usual you make up your own facts. Macquarie Harbour in Australia is 35 kilometres in length and nine kilometres across.

[@michaelpilos]

FYI: From West to East a number of US/EU Navy bases are located in Portugal, Spain, France, Malta, Italy, Greece & Cyprus 🧐

[@user-hn1sw4cf7x]

Important report. Thank you.

[@Ynhockey]

09:50 The estimates for Zohr keep going down, and production has been weak due to the attempt to over-extract which caused damage. As far as I know, we're talking about less than 500 bcm right now.

[@YTUSER583]

thanks for this video

[@WesleyDart]

I’m pretty sure that Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson) is the world’s largest natural harbour.

[@tatsuhitot]

5:26 Just saying about the fertility rate in Africa...I wouldn't be thinking about making babies if I could not even feed myself. Not to mention about bringing life into a miserable environment where everyone has to compete with billions of others.

[@old_grey_cat]

Religion plus many areas short of medical care/money for prevention plus low education rates for girls leads to high birth rate.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Pls. send that to Africa as an email to avert global disaster.

[@maheshdocherla]

the major religions in Africa do NOT see that as an impediment, even Christianity. And the north is dominated by a religion which adamant about growing the population rather than feeding and educating the populace. So, there are consequences.

[@Ynhockey]

05:45 Why is mortality a contributor to population growth? Shouldn't it be a detractor (below 0 in the graph)?

[@AuslanderViko]

Thanks for video josh

[@thepax2621]

"Why is that spanish island so important?" It isn't. But the content grind man... you gotta grind

[@tagaway6173]

Excuse my ignorance What makes a harbor a harbor? What's the difference between an island? 🏝️

[@maheshdocherla]

@tagaway6173 The harbor is part of the island. The larger the harbor and the deeper it is near the shore, the larger the vessels that it can accomodate without the larger ships getting grounded. For example, if you go to any normal coastline and wade into the sea, you will be able to walk some distance and suddenly, your feet will lose ground. That is the Continental Shelf and that gradually gets deeper to touch the sea or ocean floor. So, large ships cannot approach the shore if the depth is inadequate or dangerous due to reefs. That is why, you see in movies that the ship is anchored a long way away and people come to shore via boats. But, if the depth is good right near the shore, then it is logistically very convenient and it is also easier to guard the ships from the shore. Some, harbors have an additional advantage. For example, Pearl harbour, where the land runs around in a semi-circle on either side and the ends approach one another making the entrance to the harbour a small one. So, it has a defensive advantage in that guns can be placed on top of the jutting ends and ships have to enter the harbour in an orderly manner. That is why, one of the main fears at the time was regarding a submarine attack but since the Japanese did not have subs, they went for an air attack since their navy could not enter the harbour.

[@Pheeef]

Media offline

[@Wearywillie-x5t]

Menorca has the best harbour in the Mediterranean, source Nelson.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

He would know, that old Hor.😄

[@guru47pi]

Except for the naval power of Algeria (sarcasm), the UK and then NATO have had total control of the Med since Trafalgar, except for about1939- 1943. I don't see how this is a big change Right Wing parties' culture wars aside, the EU needs LEGAL immigration to slow impending demographic collapse. Moving a naval base doesn't really help with this, immigration reform and culture changes are needed

[@CEBRU07]

Good idea.Cyprus too open to problems.

[@Arieuitalkmaar]

Hehehe Media Offline... Long time since I've seen that!

[@hmq9052]

Excellent video 🇬🇧✌️

[@AuslanderViko]

Great video, but UK is a shit hole bro. Dying empire that is killing itself.

[@RazVanPaulOfficial]

Europe needs to implement what Australia did.

[@jpablo700]

So in other words, mayonnaise is French. Thanks VP EN.

[@returo7297]

diego garcia, liberia, panama

[@narvuntien]

There will be less and less gas used in Europe as they decarbonise, these gas projects do not have long term viability

[@ihwras]

Okay. Now do a video about Cyprus and who’s stationed there at the moment…. It can’t be kept secret for long…

[@tott598]

aww comon! Talk about cooking 😅

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Even nicer level of panache than usual. For me, this video was also rich in new information. Matters of global security, knotty for millennia, are reaching new heights of complexity. Before long, only massive AI compute shall be able to make heads or tails of them.

[@dreamer6487]

What! 1:44

[@userMB1]

I'm not convinced it will be of any strategic significance. Most of the potential geopolitical turmoil happens in the east as you mentioned. Those countries are the most valuable strategic players that need to be drawn to our side if they aren't already. The pipelines are going to be laid out trouwhout the whole Mediterranean so why would one place be of any importance? You need to protect them via satellites or something. As of any value for illegal migrants, they overwhelmingly land in Italy and Greece, and you need to block them from north-african countries to be effective. Once the migrants are on the sea, there is not much one can do to dissuade or block them without violating human rights. Effective strategies for prosperity in Africa is needed so they don't leave their countries in the first place.

[@simonb1996]

You don't pronounce the H in Mahon.

[@jigpig4140]

I have seen it in sailing channel on you tube.

[@tagaway6173]

Well this seem to be the most "wrong" video according to the comments.

[@CARL_093]

africa pipe line is in trouble bec of the anti western regimes and America blew the north stream pipeline and weird part the nxt day the norway pipe line comes online

[@memespeech]

It's only 'defensive' while they consider you 'their side' or 'neutral'.

[@Stefan.Voinea]

Can’t wait to colonise Mars and leave behind this planet

[@DumkeleOzie]

How do you always find a way to blame migrants for everything 😂😂

[@svenvanwier7196]

double L is pronounced J, try majorca next time as pronunciation

[@freetolook3727]

Click, click, click!

[@egg174]

Hola!

[@prava163]

Not "maJon". The H is silent for gods sake.

[@gilberttello08]

👌👌

[@dean19641000]

Yes who are protecting 😅😅 Spain 🇪🇸 fort it's a sovigen country 😅😅

[@ricardoxavier827]

Gotland + Menorca + Cyprus. USA dont need more than 3 islands to cover all europe protection bases. Leave all bases inside europe, moving them all to that 3 islands.

[@dsamh]

Take a picture before it's a nuclear wasteland imo

[@fishsmiddy1048]

Unlikely

[@dsamh]

@@fishsmiddy1048 I mean, let's hope not. Eggs and baskets, you know.

[@freetheworld2671]

​@fishsmiddy1048 yes likely, it's now a bona-fide military target.

[@fishsmiddy1048]

@@freetheworld2671 unlikely, Russia likes soft targets like schools and hospitals, they’d go for civilian targets.

[@SWUnreal]

i like how the palestinian oil suddenly became israels. it's always amazing how they don't even try to hide it anymore. + not forgetting the genocide they do as well.

[@kevinchoate2131]

Always thought neither one had any oil production. What sources are you referring to?

[@mycellphone4437]

​@@kevinchoate2131Israel does have some oil production going on, accounting more or less to 10 per cent of their domestic consumption, but that comment is bonkers.

[@SWUnreal]

@@kevinchoate2131 since when do they need to have any production to be the owner of the oil?

[@kevinchoate2131]

@@SWUnreal I think you’re missing the point. Israel, Palestine and Lebanon have almost no proven oil reserves. Owning (or taking) all of the unicorns in the Levant would leave you with exactly zero unicorns. Seems odd to make an issue of who owns the unicorns when there aren’t any.

[@SWUnreal]

@@kevinchoate2131 that's just plain wrong

[@AsheAve]

I don’t laugh about Trump. He is the only one in the US taking this seriously before we have Europe’s problems.

[@Intreductor]

He is the 2nd one who took it seriously, Obama was stingy about it.

[@MohdHilal]

Trump will destroy European Union and bankrupt Europeans

[@chadgaming8071]

Skibidi

[@Alan-it5is]

Toilet?

[@chadgaming8071]

@@Alan-it5is yes

[@mycellphone4437]

I'd have to agree.

[@peterp4037]

That smooth anti Spanish toxicity... I wonder why.

[@levi799]

Visual politik is Spanish and the scripts are written first in Spanish and first published on their main channel. It is later translated and published on this channel. You can see how this channel is called Visual Politik EN. The main channel is just visual politik and is Spanish.

[@MiraBene]

I didn't see the anti Spanish toxicity, which part are you refering to?

[@SEAZNDragon]

@@levi799 Been watching this channel for several years and this is the first time I heard it was the English version of another channel, although that "EN" should have been a big flag. Then again I'm aware of English language channels having different language spinoffs, should have realized the reverse could be a thing.

[@nomcognom2414]

​@@levi799, if translated from Spanish, it is ridiculous to mispronunce Mahón so horribly. It doesn't make any sense. But Spanish isn't actually the local language. It is Catalan, and in Catalan the name is Maó, which local people pronunce "Maw". Maó is both the historical and currently official name in use, in spite of Spanish efforts to erase Catalan language and identity.

[@levi799]

@@nomcognom2414 I agree. I found it cringe how he mispronounced it. But maybe that's what they call it in England. Just like Roma is not pronounced Roma in English.

[@peterjansen4826]

Here the big question, does the NATO even exist 20 years from now? Right now I would bet on no.

[@Intreductor]

If NATO goes, we will just replace it with something else because NATO enabled us to cooperate on that level.

[@silentdeath7847]

Werry true ​@@Intreductor there is nobody that is a real threath to defeat NATO.

[@peterjansen4826]

​@@IntreductorThe problem for the 'western' world is that it lost its economical power (the USD is no longer the world reserve currency), with that it will also lose its military power. The rest of the world won't keep letting the 'western' countries bully it. For context, I am a caucasian European. Yes, the 'western' world can come up with an alternative for a failing NATO (they are losing in Ukraine and Israel is performing poorly too in their war) but it simply won't dominate anymore, it already doesn't. The more important point: what gives the NATO legitimacy, they only made the world more unstable in the last 3 decades, opposed to agreements they kept moving eastwards and they might bring us to the edge of a nuclear war.

[@mycellphone4437]

​@@peterjansen4826The USD is still the world's reserve currency. Who trusts the 'rubble' or the hyper-transparent Yuan? Ukraine has managed to continue to exist as a nation and to hold on to most of its territory in a war against the second strongest military in the world. Who is underperforming here, Russia or Ukraine? Man, you need to get your facts straight.

[@Mrblazed420]

Meh dont want nato ports dont get nato protection

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

Look in your Backyard there is a Russian Tank?😮

[@Mrblazed420]

@@wietholdtbuhl6168 na they are all in ukrainies scrap yards

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

@@Mrblazed420 I hope so!

[@bzizou5966]

Your inventions couldn’t function without Africa’s natural resources, your museums would be closed without Africa’s artifacts, hell most part of Europe would be in the dark if it wasn’t for Africa’s natural gas. Yet you dare to call us poor even in 2024. My dear friend, if you can’t be honest can you at least change the language you used to describe Africa.