The Neocon's NEXT Big Scheme: Trap Russia in Ukraine

The Neocon's NEXT Big Scheme: Trap Russia in Ukraine | Prof. Glenn Diesen

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Күн бұрын

What if the Neocons are actually on the same page with us? What if they do not believe their own lies and they know precisely what's happening on the battle field? And what if they are happy with it, because they have a plan. The 'Afghanization' of Ukraine has been an option on their play book ever since 2022. And now we are at the verge of a Russian "victory" which the neocons would love to transform into a phyrric one by poisoning what Russia can possibly hope to achieve. Even if this was not the original plan, what if the neocons are going to try everything they can to prevent an end to the war and keep Russia permanently bogged down and permanently bleeding-even if that means literally sacrificing the very last Ukrainian?
In this talk I'm exploring that option with Professor Glenn Diesen, a professor at the University of Southeast Norway and an associate editor at the Journal “Russia in Global Affairs”.

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@El-up1ri 2 ай бұрын

I live in Europe and I am truly terrified of the US.

@vasilispatsalidis5683 2 ай бұрын

You are right to be terrified and you are not the only one. Most Europeans now fully understand that Europe's real enemy is not Russia or China, but it is the US and their employees in Brussels.

@geoff9858 2 ай бұрын

terrified is too mild a term when it is about USA

@arnold3785 2 ай бұрын

Everyone with a sane mind should be, the USA is an open Asylum

@robertocesarbrogiolo9735 2 ай бұрын

Us is an evil monster that can devour everything in his path if not stopped

@sisaket33 2 ай бұрын

Run! The world is vast...

@mohdhanizam9977 2 ай бұрын

No reason for the Russian to move further to west Ukraine as long as Ukraine keep on sending their troop to the meat grinder in the eastern front.

@DarkDragonRus 2 ай бұрын

Well, there is some. Because currently Ukrainian forces are on Russian territory (former Ukrainian regions) and they constantly shot at population centres in Donbass with artillery and now they forced to use drones instead and most of them have pretty limited range (the ones with bigger range are generally easier to intercept). There is also other advantages that depend on how border looks like. If you look at the map you will see that Ukrainian forces on north-east are in very bad situation right now despite low intensivity battles there comparing to south-east part. When Izium going to be captured again, and it's likely to be the next target after Krematorsk, Kharkiv is basically undefendable. Even if part of the forces will be diverted to Balakleya. And Ukrainian army already exhausted to the point that they can't defend even half as effectively as a year ago.

@0zoneTherapyCures 2 ай бұрын

Now they're kidnapping women.

@bigboyshit1 2 ай бұрын

@@DarkDragonRus- former Ukrainian territory 😂😂😂 Now for reality: Russia is attempting to steal the land where 80% of Ukraines massive, untapped natural resources reside - the Donbas! Putin sent his militants into the Donbas in 2014 to prevent Ukraine becoming an EU member and starting the process of agreeing to sell resources to European countries! Nice try though

@walterstoll8043 2 ай бұрын

Do not forget, also many young well trained Russian men perish and get crippled every day!

@danielhutchinson6604 2 ай бұрын

@@DarkDragonRus Resources are limited in Western Europe. They want what Russia has. The USA wants to profit from selling the resources of Russia. They have announced plans to split up Russia and take their assets. I feel that Putin saw them coming and like Kasparov is three Chess moves ahead. Putin makes no claim to Chess that I have seen. He was into Judo as a Young Man. But in any arena He does display good analysis. Russia gains nothing by going into Poland. Poland wants to regain control of Galicia. like Third Graders arguing about fault for some inadequacy, the West continues. Russia has assets, the G-7 has consumed their Domestic supplies. That defines the economic motivation. Any viewer of eastern Europe over the last 30 years can tell you that.

@michaelsaxton1265 2 ай бұрын

Henry Kissinger wrote, ‘If America is your enemy it could be dangerous, however, if America is your friend it could be fatal’. Deceit and betrayal are the cornerstone of US Foreign policy. Every Nation should never forget these words.

@miloradvujicic1282 2 ай бұрын

Most countries around world-5 bilion people plus-will isolate USA and present crimes thay did ageinst many countries on this planeti Backwards sanctions will be grave for USA,UK economy.

@threeballedtomcat9380 2 ай бұрын

I am an American and those words have never been more true. America needs leadership, America needs to get rid of the Neocons and the MIC..

@benikramer5115 2 ай бұрын

@@michaelsaxton1265 the question is more, if the U.S. military/foreign policy (CFR)is under control of its own national interests, or under control of the globalist „elites“ symbolically represented on the one dollar paper? (Who want to resurrect a global pharaohs empire?) Since the sister organization of the CFR is Chatham House (rooted from the much older/formerly Royal institution of international relationships) the question is still : did the British global empire really perish, or are the British elites still in power regarding the former colonies including the US? (Not by guns, but by mind controlling a large number of the world population?) Anyway, temporarily (s) elected US (P) WH residents are regularly visiting the British crown, and the pope - not the other way around.

@TheJmario35 28 күн бұрын

@@benikramer5115Maybe we are filtered by the old habit of calling powers by countries. Maybe, it isnt. Countries change border limitis and/or dissapear. I think as things are unfolding now, is getting clearer, that there is a religion that infiltrates everywhere and handles really key positions in US society... and the rest of the world. "Christians are ruled by pedo priests"/"Muslims are all potential terrorists"/... but you cant mention these ones without being inmediately black listed.

@Marius_vanderLubbe 2 ай бұрын

As Mr Assange says, the point is not to win the wars but to prolong them. The u.s must be absolutely salivating at the idea of all out war in central Asia.

@LancesArmorStriking 2 ай бұрын

They shouldn't hold their breath. Kazakhstan's only real connection to the outside is through the Caspian Sea, but their biggest trade partners are Russia and China. Neither are too keen on having a country that borders them being pro-Western.

@aaronl7045 2 ай бұрын

America is going bloke with huge debt. 35trillion they have to save money in order to pay for this debt prolong war wouldn't help them at all. the comments are just Blab, Blab. Aharon

@harrymills2770 2 ай бұрын

@@aaronl7045 Exactly. A well-run country stays out of war, and pays all its debts in peacetime. The USA used to do that. Now, it can't. The parasite has grown so big, it can't help but eat the host.

@Marius_vanderLubbe 2 ай бұрын

@@aaronl7045 That's what printing presses and stealing other people's resources are for.

@EYE2DO4U 2 ай бұрын

They are salivating at China: here is the win, win, win outcome for the Western oligarchs. They settle the trade deficit that the U.S. can only become slaves for the next 200 years trying to return production, but inflation will reduce the exchange rate of labor at again the cost of U.S. taxpayers and labor. Next, they isolate China from the Western investment and technology sharing. War would bolster the U.S. economy, while further isolatingCapitalism in the hands of kleptocratic plutocrats is the problem. What everyone one is missing is that kleptocracy is in a philosophical struggle with democracy, communism, socialism, communism, compassion and the ethical rule of law where everyone is valuable but not a commodity. Narcissistic capitalism better explained as kleptocratic plutocracy is the problem with man personally profiting while controlling government. Beyond flawed it is socially and morally destructive. Human domestication or civilization is an experiment and those enjoying power and the power to force people into wealthfare for the rich or communism for the rich, is why we are being driven in the now declared by the West WW3 against the others who want self determination.

@PerceivedREALITY999 2 ай бұрын

Rule number 1: If your "allies" don't dare to fight, but they ask you to fight. Something is wrong. They are not your allies. You should not fight their proxy war It's not worth dying for US/NATO/globalist interests Rule number 2: Never forget rule number 1

@_-martin-_ 2 ай бұрын

I'm from Denmark and I keep asking myself the same questions: How the heck did our Scandinavian political leaders become this ignorant/corrupted of history and reality and when did our media stop doing real journalism by trying to report the objective truth?? I thought we were better than this.

@robertgriffin6668 2 ай бұрын

Humans have human nature

@aimsophie 2 ай бұрын

my observation is that the quality of journalism started to decline in around 2012, but drastically fell to dismal level since 2019. I'm talking about the Anglo-American media

@robertgriffin6668 2 ай бұрын

@@aimsophie 2012 was when the Smith/Mundt act passed in the US Congress, it allowed domestic news media to distribute propaganda the same way it already was internationally.

@firmaforex 2 ай бұрын

Nordic politicians are working for the oligarchy of the USA and the Western media is controlled by the the same oligarchy.

@aimsophie 2 ай бұрын

@@robertgriffin6668 thx for the info

@abdoelsengan7315 2 ай бұрын

They talking about Russia bleeding 😅😅 Europe is now bleeding and get poverty

@Sensor-g7z 2 ай бұрын

There is no limit to how many times the empire spinners will flip flop the narrative to make it appear like they are in control. Like they have choices in Ukraine - they don't. It's another Neocon US empire mass failure. I guess it's a minor victory that this time the body bags were not filled with Americans, but they still drained the national armory. The US empire is a one trick pony. The only thing they are good at is the easiest thing to do and that is to destroy things. ~~~~~~~~~~~ . *A Record of Unparalleled Failure* . *Don’t Walk Away from War It’s Not the American Way* . The United States has been at war - major boots-on-the-ground conflicts and minor interventions, firefights, air strikes, drone assassination campaigns, occupations, special ops raids, proxy conflicts, and covert actions - nearly nonstop since the Vietnam War began. That’s more than half a century of experience with war, American-style, and yet few in our world bother to draw the obvious conclusions. . Given the historical record, those conclusions should be staring us in the face. They are, however, the words that can’t be said in a country committed to a military-first approach to the world, a continual build-up of its forces, an emphasis on pioneering work in the development and deployment of the latest destructive technology, and a repetitious cycling through styles of war from full-scale invasions and occupations to counterinsurgency, proxy wars, and back again. . So here are five straightforward lessons - none acceptable in what passes for discussion and debate in this country - that could be drawn from that last half century of every kind of American warfare: . 1. No matter how you define American-style war or its goals, it doesn’t work. Ever. . 2. No matter how you pose the problems of our world, it doesn’t solve them. Never. . 3. No matter how often you cite the use of military force to “stabilize” or “protect” or “liberate” countries or regions, it is a destabilizing force. . 4. No matter how regularly you praise the American way of war and its “warriors,” the U.S. military is incapable of winning its wars. 5. N.o matter how often American presidents claim that the U.S. military is “the finest fighting force in history,” the evidence is in: it isn’t. . And here’s a bonus lesson: if as a polity we were to take these five no-brainers to heart and stop fighting endless wars, which drain us of national treasure, we would also have a long-term solution to the Veterans Administration health-care crisis. . tomdispatch.com/engelhardt-a-record-of-unparalleled-failure/

@niburu1508 2 ай бұрын

@&abdoel - China has lifted millions OUT of poverty over the past 50 years. The West has plunged millions INTO poverty over the past 50 years.

@MauroTriques 2 ай бұрын

Russia is not trapped in Ukraine. Russia is turning russian, rich and strategic regions of former Ukraine. It's something completely different.

@christophersmith8316 2 ай бұрын

it is like being trapped in your front porch

@john99776 2 ай бұрын

Agree.

@genestone4951 2 ай бұрын

Agree. We are witnessing a new Christian civilization being born, and its great to see.

@mihaliprefti2507 2 ай бұрын

You hit the nail on the head. Ukraine is returning home.

@antonyjh1234 2 ай бұрын

Trapped on your front porch shooting raccoons that come in the thousands daily becomes a pain and a strain on resources. The problem I see is Russia will become a gas giant. This war is barely a scratch on the change in the world we need to see in the next few decades global warming wise, we need to slow down immensely and success for either Russia or USA is going to mean business as usual and rebuilding after the war, more trade etc, this war is allowing more money into the system, from both sides and Ukrainians lose.

@rogerboniface8086 2 ай бұрын

What Glenn and Pascal must factor in is that the US economy cannot meet the demands of the Ukraine war. . They can't keep supplying weapons at the rate that is required. The US economy is not doing well at all. The USD underlines this US power. That is also in decline. Another factor is Ukraine is Not Afghanistan owing to its intensity. Manpower is not unlimited. Nor is US power unlimited regardless of what the US Neocons might think.

@john99776 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree.

@aimsophie 2 ай бұрын

They will invent some way to wriggle out of the bog while dragging others in, the US is pretty good at that if history is anything to go by. That also explains why the rest of the world is racing to join BRICS

@mainasaradanfuloti9162 2 ай бұрын

US is doing well due to dollar dominance, but for US they are not ready to give a trillion dollar on Ukraine war which is a bad investment.

@AretiSpyropoulos 2 ай бұрын

@@mainasaradanfuloti9162a fast fading dollar dominance. As a quick look into geo economics will tell you.

@steveprocter6241 2 ай бұрын

US GDP increased 2.8% in first half of 2024 compared to 2023. (Source: US Department of Commerce) In 2022 the USA generated just over 24% of the entire world's GDP!

@killman369547 2 ай бұрын

Putin is a smart man, triple digit IQ. He understands how the neocons think. Its almost a cliche at this point but Sun Tzu said if you know your enemy and you know yourself you need not fear the outcome of 1000 battles.

@testingmysoup5678 2 ай бұрын

Triple digit IQ isn't really an achievement but yes he's very smart

@PrettyGoodLookin 2 ай бұрын

115 to 129: Above average or bright. 130 to 144: Moderately gifted. 145 to 159: Highly gifted. 160 to 179: Exceptionally gifted.

@TheDAT9 2 ай бұрын

Oh, you;ve picked up a couple hair splitters here.

@sisaket33 2 ай бұрын

Yet Kamala has managed to achieve a lot with a single digit IQ...

@marions7423 2 ай бұрын

diesen never says anything positive about ukraine you don't need to watch him to know that he will say everything is always bad for ukraine and russia is very good as neutral pascal

@harrymills2770 2 ай бұрын

Rule #1 of economics: Resources are limited. Rule #1 of western politics: Ignore Rule #1 of economics.

@hassanharith6820 2 ай бұрын

Bingo. . . R.I.P. Nord Stream. 😢.

@nicolaswirtz 2 ай бұрын

Rule #1 of war: You will never win against Russia.

@Benz2533 2 ай бұрын

@@hassanharith6820who need an enemy if you have a friend like this. 😢

@vulpo 2 ай бұрын

The best hope for ending the war is if Ukraine is no longer able to find men willing to die for the American MIC and America is no longer able to borrow the trillions of dollars it needs to feed the MIC. When no one is willing to buy US treasuries at low interest rates, the the Fed will step in with quantitative easing (printing money out of nothing) and inflation will go through the roof. I am hopeful that this would end the war, but who knows?

@antonyjh1234 2 ай бұрын

The business of Government is business, they do not care for you but do want you to spend your life's effort towards them and their cronies. Without resources of which most of us are the results of the second world war, what else would they be able to do, just give people food, shelter and medical care?

@NoelleChanHin 2 ай бұрын

Glenn Diesen is a very intelligent man with huge knowledge. Ukraine is not a democracy

@mariohatz3317 2 ай бұрын

Europe, UK & USA are dictatorships that the poor civilians dont understand but know something is seriously wrong.

@draganmalesevic277 2 ай бұрын

Ко јесте?

@justgivemethetruth 2 ай бұрын

Thanks in large part to the USA.

@draganmalesevic277 2 ай бұрын

@@justgivemethetruth Има бољих облика владавине од демократије. Наметнућемо га Америци силом да јој буде боље.

@MaxBerry-j6d 2 ай бұрын

F dem0cracy.

@Adam6t 2 ай бұрын

20 mln Ukrs emigrated, this country is empty, they will never come back

@jamesgornall5731 2 ай бұрын

Women and children are pretty good assets for Europe in terms of demographics

@Adam6t 2 ай бұрын

@@jamesgornall5731 yes, this is why davos paid Putin hundreds of billions of dollars for this special operation

@t.c.w.5088 2 ай бұрын

@@Adam6t Why do you say such nonsense with no facts, US-UK and EU to fund the coup and war as they were the prime suspects.

@jamesgornall5731 2 ай бұрын

@Adam6t I was being somewhat tongue-in-cheek. I have been to war and I hate it with a passion, but it is a reality and a fundamental part of the human experience

@steveprocter6241 2 ай бұрын

Fact check: there are 6.3 million Ukrainians living abroad as a consequence of the war.

@kadett75 2 ай бұрын

The US economy is most certainly not 'booming' and if you think having $35 trillion in debt is no problem you need to take an Economics 101 course.

@sentimentalboxer 2 ай бұрын

the military industrial complex is booming, also contributing to the $35 trillion in debt

@vasilispatsalidis5683 2 ай бұрын

US Tax income 2.4 trillion per year. 1 trillion spent on arms. 1 trillion spent to service the 35 trillion debt. 400 billion left to run the Country. The US population is stuffed.

@fanis4093 2 ай бұрын

You completely misanderstood. The debt is a problem for the American people. But it is an asset for the elit. They own the debt, it is an asset for them.

@harrymills2770 2 ай бұрын

@@vasilispatsalidis5683 Nobody likes it, but everyone screams if they cut anything.

@harrymills2770 2 ай бұрын

@@fanis4093 Nah. Bonds barely keep up with inflation, if that. The smart money's earning more than that.

@cosmoray9750 2 ай бұрын

Totally agreed. 2008 Russo-Georgian War , Georgian has learn from that episode. The American used and abused them. USA is still meddling in Georgian internal affair today.

@yaelz6043 2 ай бұрын

They have not and will not learn, nor will any of you. Once western propaganda takes root its over, you can no longer think after that.

@inigollama6202 2 ай бұрын

USA is still meddling in Georgian internal affair today. Russia, on the other hand isn't. LOL

@eyaklen4804 2 ай бұрын

NATO trapped by Putin in Ukraine. Eastern Ukraine become Russian Federation forever. Putin thanks *Victoria Nuland & Boris Johnson* 😂😂😂😂

@katong1953 2 ай бұрын

@eyaklen. My post adding to what you said was swiftly censored by UT. Free speech my foot.

@katong1953 2 ай бұрын

My 2 posts agreeing with your sentiments were immediately censored by UT. The truth hurts.

@hmvanas234 2 ай бұрын

This simply cannot become an Afghanistan to Russia. The population of the annexed territories is Russian and see itself as Russian. It can only become an Afghanistan or Vietnam to the NATO powers

@vaska1999 2 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@WillReims-s2s 2 ай бұрын

False, from all Eastern Europe countries who were invaded by Russia between 1948 and 61, all of them turned towards the EU in 1989 when the USSR collapsed. Even Yugoslavia which was a non-aligned country there is only a part of it such as Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo who did not joined the EU though two of them have asked to access it since 2017.

@hmvanas234 2 ай бұрын

Russia invaded no one in that time It was the Soviet union. Big difference What is false about anything I said? Mmmmmm? The people in the annexed areas are all ethnic Russians None of the countries you talk of are constituted of ethnic Russian populations Stop talking nonsense

@Olegstuff21986 2 ай бұрын

@@WillReims-s2s That's because they're not Russian, you missed the point of the original post.

@WillReims-s2s 2 ай бұрын

@@Olegstuff21986 Well, the original comment is itself confusing. It does not bother me if a non English person makes a comment but at least have the interest of being understood. I wonder what you comprehend by its comment. "This simply cannot become an Afghanistan to Russia. The population of the annexed territories is Russian and see itself as Russian. It can only become an Afghanistan or Vietnam to the NATO powers" I really need more explanation as it does not make sense to me, I tried my best to understand but can't. I speak 6 languages, Polish, Ukrainian, German, French, Italian and English and do sometime have difficulty with one or another, depending on what subject I am talking about so I tried my best to cope with what he wrote and replied in kind, to the best of my understanding. Which population in which territories is he talking about ? The only "annexed territories" I know are the Eastern Europe and the countries south of Russia who are all of "Muslim faith" that also left when the USSR collapsed in 89. Is there any other "annexed territories by Russia, if so which one please?

@john99776 2 ай бұрын

Afghanistan in Europe? Ukraine, Europe and the West are not Afghanistan. They are countries who have weapons, people and economies which can be decimated and destroyed by war; they're not a primitive place with little infrastructure that the U.S. likes to do bombing practice on. Europe is not going to allow itself to be hammered by high tech weaponry, which Russia is quite capable of effecting. The idea of a 20 year war is ridiculous, because Russia would make the West feel unsustainable pain long before that.

@milathexton3880 2 ай бұрын

Yes. But, only if Russia is willing to use its weapons on the EU territory. So far Russia doesn’t show the willingness to even stop weapons coming into Ukraine from the West at the point of entry into Ukraine

@hansbright-mohr5178 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant. Zo v is thinking 5 moves ahead. I pray they return Odessa. If

@hansbright-mohr5178 2 ай бұрын

Exactly redìk

@ZalshahZalshah 2 ай бұрын

@@milathexton3880Russia doctrine is Defensive.... These Western Leaders only lie when saying Russia will invade them... Why on earth does Russia want to invade the poor western countries? Most Western Europe lacks valuable minerals and became rich today because of stealing during colonization times or stealing resources from Africa and manipulating G7, WTO, PBB to create rules favouring West Europe and US in Economy... In reality West Europe and US wealth is artificial... real wealth is in Russia with huge fertile lands, huge deposits of valuable minerals, oil, gas etc.... That's why West Europe and US try harder to destabilize Russia so they can turn Russia into their puppet states and steal all Russia's wealth... Russia gain nothing by invading poor West Europe....

@nedotikomka1 2 ай бұрын

@@milathexton3880, and that has a reason. If NATO is bled ammunition and masinerywise and EU countries bled economically then no need to bomb it actually to make it Afghanistan like strategy agains EU

@chimaibeneche1180 2 ай бұрын

Could there be some unintended consequences for this strategy of weakening Russia? It worked in Afghanistan but then there was no BRICS; China's economy was not as big as now, and India's economy was nt as big as now. De-dolarisation is on now which will make the US feel the of their dollar base debt. The world is changing so significantly that the empire strategy that worked against The Soviet Union may not work this time around.

@john99776 2 ай бұрын

You are correct. It's good for Pascal to voice his worries, but the West is beaten, no matter what nasty plans they may have. Russia is quite capable of protecting itself while prospering.

@nedotikomka1 2 ай бұрын

It is not to weak Russia, it is to week EU whilst USA is going trough changing its economy

@evolvedape3341 2 ай бұрын

May not, but so far so good!

@margaretcaine4219 2 ай бұрын

@@nedotikomka1Read the Rand Corporation's report 'Extending Russia ', 2019. (Rand are advisers to the State Department)

@lelanalela7932 2 ай бұрын

I probably hit the nail again . My comment was deleted 3× !! 🤣

@tubicdejan2629 2 ай бұрын

conflict is very easy to solve, what's very difficult to solve is for ordinary people in the west to realize that leaders in the west are not representing their interests. People are so hypnotized and so self-absorbed that they are not realizing who they support.

@mihaliprefti2507 2 ай бұрын

That’s the result of almost 100-year-old labour.

@eerotabell1952 2 ай бұрын

Wars are all about interests, not for peace.

@calanbennett6817 2 ай бұрын

Russia holds ALL the Aces and NATO know that the EU dies if they push WW3. Russia will tit-for-tat destroy the North Sea pipelines feeding the EU with energy. Medvedev made this very obvious after the West destroyed the Nordstream pipelines. 26 September is coming quickly and NATO knows it. Being Norwegian Glenn stays well away from that topic.

@bno5357 2 ай бұрын

When we have a country like the USA, the USA have been printing USD paper currency out of thin air ,and funding the whole world that we all living in with war. The USD currency are back by war and debt. The love of the others money is the love of all evil.

@draganmalesevic277 2 ай бұрын

Неке диктаторске земље шире демократију по свету насилним путем.

@SteveWillis-p4y 2 ай бұрын

The US debt is growing so is the Russian economy. Tell me how well the US is doing again.

@steveprocter6241 2 ай бұрын

US GDP grew 2.8% in the first half of 2024 compared to 2023. (Source: US Department of Commerce).

@aachoocrony5754 2 ай бұрын

@@steveprocter6241he was speaking of debt. US debt is larger than GDP.

@vericacvetkovic9093 2 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍😂😂😂😂😂

@askeladd60 2 ай бұрын

@@steveprocter6241wrong the 2.8% was how much the GDP grew on Q2, not H1. GDP growth for Q1 was a much lower 1.4%

@niburu1508 2 ай бұрын

@user - and they keep applying the same sanctions!!!!

@outcastoffoolgara 2 ай бұрын

Russia made it abundantly clear in December 2021 that it was not intending to demilitarise nato. It expressly advocated a peace whereby security was mutual, that no nations should conduct a military strategy to the disadvantage of another. That is precisely what peace is all about - mutually assured security. The West shat on the idea and so a stupid war ensues. Very sad and unnecessary.

@mariadamen7886 2 ай бұрын

But then Johnson happened and everything changed.

@vaska1999 2 ай бұрын

@@mariadamen7886 Johnson came months later. What happened was that the US and the Europeans rejected even negotiating a mutual security arrangement with Russia, although the Russians had said explicitly that in the absence of such negotiations, it would be forced to take "military-technical measures" to ensure its security from NATO encirclement.

@PerceivedREALITY999 2 ай бұрын

Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021: Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO. NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P. The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.

@ChrisoKyriacou 2 ай бұрын

I totally agree with everything you have stated in your podcast.Firstly Zelenskyy is a traitor he’s a paid Zionists and corrupt. Everyone from professor jeoffrey sacks Scott richter ray mcgovan col McGregor and professor measheimer know and have called him out. Lindsay graham who is an American congressman has stated that the Americans want the estimated 30 trillion resources in Ukraine and the fact the Ukrainians have left the country and 700000 is no skin if Americas nose. They do not care as long as Americans are not coming home in body bags. He openly said this on American interview.he also said all the Palestinians should be killed to erase Hamas. He just evil.well for Ukraine if trump wins their maybe peace agreement. But the Zionists are in control in America so I don’t hold out for this. Putin has respect in the world because he tells the truth and has integrity. NATO is a puppet of the USA and until all the Zionists leaders are defeated. There will be no change. Plus lezevski has sold the east of Ukraine to black rock and he is unable to deliver. The Russians have it. So o guess he will be on someone’s list. All those billions invested. Maybe Nuland and she me of the CIA will be on that list.

@rpfandler4009 2 ай бұрын

Very good research, I fully agree with you. When I speak with people also my son, I realise they don't know history, who knows what is written in the Paris and Minsker contracts? Who knows about the Georgian war killing Russian people? When I speak with younger people also my son, they have no idea, they just hold to the TV news. If I start asking they can't give answers they have no arguments, no pro and contra. They are brain washed from the local TV news. They don't have own arguments.

@lets_discuss5352 2 ай бұрын

I agree with @GlennDiesen about the American economy starting around 47:15 mins; yesterday I was watching a Fox Business program and the person highlighted that there were only 3 industries that were strong, viz. Defense, AI, and Investment Banking. There were other 19 industries that were weaker, including Autos, Airlines, Restaurants, Food Cos, Housing, Consumer Goods, Discount Apparel, Consumer Credit, Software (ex AI), Freight & Delivery Cos, Commercial Real Estate etc. So, the American economy is heading for trouble; though the US is investing 100s of billions of dollars in semiconductor chip manufacturing, Intel announced 15,000 layoffs yesterday! Dark clouds are brewing over the American economy, it seems.

@arnold3785 2 ай бұрын

It is a joke producing Semi conductors in the desert where there is no water. Hope you understand the meaning.

@lets_discuss5352 2 ай бұрын

@@arnold3785 I do; even I was shocked when all these chip plants were coming up in Arizona. I believe Arizona is inviting big cattle operations too, which too requires a lot of water.

@mihaliprefti2507 2 ай бұрын

All belonging to whom?

@robert-wr6md 2 ай бұрын

Yes the American population and economy now seems as expendable as the Ukranian the Russians and the Europeans.

@prestonyoung3807 2 ай бұрын

@@lets_discuss5352 Investment trap

@vivianoosthuizen8990 2 ай бұрын

Just finished watching a documentary on the opium wars and I am literally ill in my stomach. The knowledge of how low humans can sink is really disturbing to the spirit and to say it makes you sad is an understatement

@kwamesmith3214 2 ай бұрын

Not in my case, even though I’m an end result of the Opium Wars… but when I read Lord Macartney’s assessment of China, it implied he already realized what China is going to face, decades before events happened… it’s rather interesting reading if I don’t have to get involved(which I did) 😮😮

@chickenlover657 2 ай бұрын

Why are you worried? Got any opium stashed?

@annmowatt7547 2 ай бұрын

This whole situation is utterly obscene. I am incensed for a start that this conflict was US driven and should never have happened. I canNOT believe the utter indifference to all the deaths and destruction. It literally has made me very ill, praying every day for peace. Add to that Gaza and it is an abomination. ( As were Vietnam, Iraq - Iran war, the 2 Iran wars and Afghanistan. Add to that all the hellish coups, 64 I had heard. NOW I am praying for the complete fall of the crazed, criminally insane US, hoping they take all their EU puppets with them. Clinton's point is beyond evil.

@awen777 2 ай бұрын

The west is in freefall. Right now they are positioning to scoop up what assets we have remaining. Our homes are on the top of that list. I've refused to let any bank hold my contracts for over three decades now, and I still am afraid they will figure a way to take my home!

@inigollama6202 2 ай бұрын

I blame the US for the Afganistan and Iraq wars. I also blame them for enabling and aiding Israel in their war on palestinians. Ukraine was invaded by Russia. though. This Russian regime is fascistic and no alternative to the Americans. In America and Europe, at least for now, you don't get jailed for protesting, or being gay, don't get murdered for opposing the government. this channel is a propaganda channel for a fascistic regime.

@slussen6693 2 ай бұрын

Don't call "them" an elite call them for what they are Traitors.

@mihaliprefti2507 2 ай бұрын

Traitors and buyers.

@severianmonk7394 2 ай бұрын

And close to total dolts

@mariadamen7886 2 ай бұрын

parasites.

@svetlana7904 2 ай бұрын

Evils

@Ingerid772 2 ай бұрын

Evils

@andrebalsa203 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting discussion, thank you very much Pascal and Glenn. As to the main point of this discussion, whatever the neocon's next step is to try to prolong the conflict in Ukraine, there is a hard reality that cannot be denied: Ukraine is simply running out of manpower willing to go to die on the frontlines, and the West - including the US - is running out of money and weapons to keep the Ukrainians fighting. Finally, one should note that Russia is prepared to continue fighting in Ukraine for many years, and the Russian population is supportive of the SMO.

@danbert7634 2 ай бұрын

Ukraine lost 45000 men in July

@john99776 2 ай бұрын

@@danbert7634 Maybe up to 60,000

@robert-wr6md 2 ай бұрын

Yes it is hard to see where all the "bodies" are going to come from to fight Russia. Maybe that will signify the start of official NATO battle field involvement. It seems like NATO and its puppet govenments would do it, the BBC would sell it to the UK easy enough. That would really keep things going.

@humanexperience1585 2 ай бұрын

The evil empire has trapped itself but is too dumb to realise it.

@genestone4951 2 ай бұрын

It will take American academics 25 years to realize what happened.

@pfrohwein 2 ай бұрын

I am assuming you are talking about the US. Russia is the very opposite of evil.

@FrancoisMouton-iu7jt 2 ай бұрын

Your speaking of the US i presume.

@RandisiAlsakawi 2 ай бұрын

if that is your thinking,you are in for surprises.

@harrymills2770 2 ай бұрын

@@genestone4951 Correction: It will take 25 years for American think tanks to admit what happened.

@malcolmbarnett8470 2 ай бұрын

Pascal it is highy debatable that the US economy is booming. Many economists disagree

@jacquelinepayne2012 2 ай бұрын

Business statistics are showing the US economy is in freefall with the largest contraction in its history. Msm are denying this.

@evilryutaropro 2 ай бұрын

Idk very many people who are doing well financially in the US I think most people are struggling bad. You wouldn’t have a fent crisis in a booming economy

@robertgriffin6668 2 ай бұрын

The US economy is in big trouble, maybe not as bad as Europe, but not good at all. The govt is fudging their numbers.

@niburu1508 2 ай бұрын

@malcolm - US growth rate very small.

@obinnastanislauschimaraoke5461 2 ай бұрын

Russia knew about the Afghanistan problem, that's why they're developing their economy.

@vasilispatsalidis5683 2 ай бұрын

Pompeo is a Boulton with no moustache.

@DP-ym4dg 2 ай бұрын

What you are missing is that 1. western Ukraine has significantly less people in general. 2. This new narrative of "why fight for the east" is a reaction to losses. At these times every town would come up with reasons not to fight.

@frantisekondrus52 2 ай бұрын

Russia ist the best. Stay strog. Stop NATO agression.

@kirrausanov 2 ай бұрын

"From Plato to NATO - from a philosopher to a bully. Or, if you like - from wisdom to violence." My version: "From Plato to Pluto" (I refer to a Disney cartoon character who gives to sheer panic when confronted with something unknown.) * «Если ты выстрелишь в прошлое из пистолета, будущее выстрелит в тебя из пушки.» * "...и будем праздные беседы вести в ухоженном саду. Ну и ,конечно, День Победы два раза праздновать в году." - Роман Сорокин * Окно Овертона на территории постсоветской Украине открывалось медленно. Hашумевшая, в общем-то, пустая книжонка - бывшeгo членa ЦК КПУ - панa Кучмы "написанная им" в 2003 году "Украина не Россия" на наших глазах пeревоплотилась в жизнеспособную геополитическую идеологему "Украина - анти-Россия". Деруссификация заменила декоммунизацию и снежным комом посыпались кричалки: "Хто не скаче, той москаль", "Москаляку на гілляку", "Москалів на ножі" и "Десять тысяч за москаля". "Убей в себе русского" cтaло "убей русского вокруг себя". Украинцы к определению "титульная нация" - в "лучших” традициях гитлеровских Нюрнбергских расовых законов - добавили себе новое: "первосортная". * "У нас украинцев другой генетический код." - Вадим Карасьов. (Пане Карасьов, перш ніж ви почнете масштабне вимірювання черепів громадян України пропоную вам дослідити генетику вашого прізвища.) * Помню, как Вадима Карасева спросил журналист: "Почему на Майдане такая ненависть к России"? Ответ, "Ну , в то время русофобия объединила Украину..." Сейчас у нас (как и в Югославии) братубийственная война на радость западным циничным и беcпринципным шакалам. Запад пошагово работает по методичке: 1) Развал соцлагеря и Варшавского договора. 2) Развал СССР 3) Развал России У них два запасных плана: a) Oтдать России 20 процентов Украины а остальное 80% превратить в антироссийскую крепость/таpaн НАТО. б) В случае пoбеды России у "коллективного Запада" не менее коварный сценарий те. превращение территории Украины в "чемодан без ручки" а точнее в Афганистан 2.0 ("forever war"), а её население в "укроталибан". Даже после полного освобождения Украины от нацизма придётся нам жить с социумом, где в каждой семье есть погибшие в этой братоубийственной войне. Кто может нам гарантировать, что после победной СВО та же ситуативно “дружеская“ по отношению к России, демилитаризованная, денацифизированная, ”внеблоковская”, в менее или более обрезаном теpриториальном виде - независимая Украина c вpeменем не пойдёт по геополитическим тропам ещё не так давно "безoбидной", "нейтральной" Финляндии? С этими прoблeмами придётся разбираться не только нашим детям и внукам но и правнукам. Так вистрілило 2 Травня 2014 в Одесі, коли було пройдено для нас, українців, точку неповернення. Наші майданні «еліти» перетворилися з націоналістів на нацистів під оплески ЗМІ та за повного мовчання Західних правозахисників. 2 Мая 2014 в Одессе была пройдена точка невозврата. Украинцы превратились из националистов в нацистов под аплодисменты майданных СМИ и при полном молчании Западных правозащитников. С реакцией России в Европе уже никто не считался. Нам всем начиная с верховных государственныx властей, военноначальникoв, дипломатoв, работникoв науки, культуры и искусства, бизнесменoв и олигархoв, кончая на так называемых ЛОМ-аx надо обязательно провести работу над ошибками и тщательное исследование совести. Наши западные "партнёры" и наши внутренние враги наконец-то сбросили маски и мы все уже знайем "Хуйз ху". Независимо от планов обитателей заброшенного, заросшeго сорняками западноевропейского сада и их циничных заокеанских садоводов нам остаётся сплочение рядов и сопротивление. Мы можем полагаться лишь на самих себя. Hам отступать некуда. Ни шагу назад! B cлyчae Минскa 3.0 или Стамбулa 2.0 Путина народ не простит. Многострадальный Донецк это окровавленный щит России. Taм наша душа, сердце и... совесть. Вставай Hарoд! Вставай Cтрана огромная, прежде чем наши враги заставят нас обозначать очередные yже нe "красные" a "кoричнeвые линнии" на нашем носу! Запад совершенно не намерен играть с нами по правилам. PS >>>... разговоры о геноциде в Донбассе "смехотворны"

@katong1953 2 ай бұрын

Also stop MSM from giving a false picture of what's happening. Spread the truth like wildfire. By the way, there's no "like" icon for this video now.

@katong1953 2 ай бұрын

After my post, the like icon came back.

@katong1953 2 ай бұрын

America asked the EU and NATO to flush themselves down the toilet, and they went right ahead! Even Sweden and Finland are joining in the endeavor. Now I understand more how Europe gave us World War I & II. The energetic idiocy, the strident unreasonableness, and absurd lack of selfawareness were unstoppable -- then and now.

@RoyVickers-s8d 2 ай бұрын

The West got all its wealth from colonising other countries, slavery and stealing resources. They are now loosing all of that by those countries that they plundered! Russia knows exactly what it is doing in Ukraine. They hold the areas that they wanted and that cannot be taken away again. They will continue to take more of Ukraine and when the Nazi's are under control and surrender, they will use the Ukraine area as the new bargaining power for peace and stability.

@SecMem 2 ай бұрын

hasnt it always been obvious? “The goal is an endless war, not a successful war." -Julian Assange

@PerceivedREALITY999 2 ай бұрын

NATO is not a defensive alliance. They illegally bombed Yugoslavia (direct violation of the UN Charter). We must never forget what they did to Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria...

@vincentamato6572 2 ай бұрын

As alarming as the prospect of a European "Afghanistan" is, this discussion was extremely valuable. I can only console myself with the thought that the Russians have produced great chess champions and that such minds have already been put to work to conceive of appropriate responses to the machinations of the neocon crusaders. Messrs. Diesen and Lottaz are two outstanding young scholars. One can always count on them for intelligent analysis. Thanks for this highly informative discussion.

@davidwestwater2219 2 ай бұрын

You are living in a dream world. Russia tried to take over all of ukraine And they had no interest in peace negotiations.Whatsoever. That the Russians believe in power and force. They do not believe in diplomacy, and now they are paying for this guy is talking about peace, because the russians know they're in a death lock

@emanuellasker3650 2 ай бұрын

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time!

@theislander-sj1kq 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Abe.

@robertharneis9506 2 ай бұрын

Of course the Necons and the war profiteers know this but they have modified the maxim: -- "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time! BUT you can fool all of them them long enough to make a load of money and then change the subject and move onto the next ripp off."

@mihaliprefti2507 2 ай бұрын

They fooled Russia when they first brought communism there, but it’s not going to happen again.

@evabelvain2569 2 ай бұрын

"You can fool some of the people all of the time... and those are the people we should concentrate on." (George W Bush)

@philipambler3825 2 ай бұрын

All Wars are Traps...

@mihaliprefti2507 2 ай бұрын

Traps for Al Capone

@no-one-knows321 2 ай бұрын

Or banker wars.

@afkfromk1 2 ай бұрын

I think Russia not only win the war but also want and need to win the hearts of the people in Ukraine back.

@mihaliprefti2507 2 ай бұрын

I think they’ve already won them.

@Justme-v1s 2 ай бұрын

More and more Ukrainians started to understand that they’ve been used in this war as an instrument, but unfortunately it’s too late. There’re too many losses on both sides. The only way that Ukrainians and Russian will be able to coexist peacefully as neighbours if US stops supporting the war and supporting anti Russian regime there, but it will never happen because they have too many benefits there. Although , these days many of Ukrainians trying to move to Russia from Europe. These days is very busy in Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow because it’s only airport they are allowed to get to Russia from, but they have to pass process of “filtration”.

@kirrausanov 2 ай бұрын

Україна - це дівчина, яка погуляла на Заході і після багатьох образ, принижень та обіцянок на ній одружитися, виснажена - лише із залишками колишньої краси, голодна, по вуха у боргах і вагітна вoнa повертається додому, до рідної Матінки... Добре якщо повернеться сама, дитину на ноги поставить, а от якщо ще й цей весь непотріб за собою притягне, то біда ще й Mатінці.

@izajahmed8863 2 ай бұрын

Russia won the hearts of people beyond Europe. Many countries support Russia now especially the people. Also, west is taking a big hit on diplomatically and politically. Now sovereign countries will hesitate to work with the west and lean more towards east

@jwilkinson341 2 ай бұрын

The Russians. are too smart to play that game. This time they are not dealing with backward people

@mikexhotmail 2 ай бұрын

Yup. Ukrainian lives in house and apartment not cave or adobe house. Shutdown electric and it's all over

@n.c.404 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for mentioning the EU propaganda issue whose weight has become unbearable.

@Stockfish1511 2 ай бұрын

Russia trapped. Our living standards in Europe is crumbling. Russia is not planning to be in Ukraine for long. They are ramping up their military, getting in more men and the army is increasing size, experience and power. Russia didnt have as much military fist as we thought, but forced them create one and their army will be a force to reckon with after this war is over. They will probably by then have 1,5 milion military force. Battle hardened in the most intense combat since world war 2 with most modern technologies. They will have 20-30 times size of their previous military production and on top of that their are very quickly advancing and perfecting their systems. Russia is becoming the most battle ready military force in the world and we created it. This is not a trap for Russia. This is we being absolute shambles as per usual, underestimating Russia and thinking we can defeat them and digging our own grave. Lets just hope Europe and Russia can come up with new security treaty, because we are moving against towards ww3. Russia is not afghanistan. You wont be able to bog them down, because this is a military powerhouse. They are going to obliterate Ukraine and take as much as they want. Nato just misscalculatated thinking their laughable sanctions will kill Russia and the weapons they sent wont make any difference, because Russia is not afghanistan.

@da12641 2 ай бұрын

Russia vs Ukraine/EU. Iran vs Israel. Indo-Pacific nations vs China. Their grand plan.

@john99776 2 ай бұрын

The bigger they dream, the harder they fall.

@etherealradar 2 ай бұрын

Divide and conquer, except it has failed so hard!

@simaosimoes 2 ай бұрын

Venezuela vs South America😂😂

@Sensor-g7z 2 ай бұрын

@izajahmed8863 2 ай бұрын

There is no indo Pacific nation Vs china. Other than Japan, Philippines, s Korea, rest all stands neutrality or supports china

@haraldgundersen7303 2 ай бұрын

I live in Europe and I find US policy hilarious in its hypocrasy..

@kirrausanov 2 ай бұрын

"We're the United States of America for God's sake, the most powerful nation in the history - not in the world, in the history of the world. The history of the world." President of America and the leader of the Free World Joe Biden (October 15, 2023) Only people detached from reality would disagree with President Biden - unquestionably the greatest - after James Monroe - president in American history. AMERICA is the richest, the most successful and powerful country in history of the world. We Americans are dreamers and doers - the most exceptional and civilised nation in history of humanity. We dominate and control every aspect of life on this planet: politically, economically, financially, militarily, culturally, scientifically, technologically. We Americans - with some other English speaking nations - dominate entertainment industry, music, film, art, sport, fashion, even global fast food networks... you name it. We are a beacon of democracy, freedom, justice and human/civil rights for the rest of the world. Our New World, Promised Land of opportunity to this day attracts millions of oppressed and destitute people from Africa and Euro-Asia, who flee homophobia, racism, misogyny, antisemitism, sexism and ageism, illegal immigration, environmental disasters, street crime, trigger-happy law enforcers, unemployment, human trafficking and sexual exploitation, child abuse, homelessness, drug and gun culture/mass shootings, poverty, ubiquitous corruption, censorship and disinformation, electoral frauds and political assassinations, "unprovoked wars" and "colour revolutions", genocides, Marxist totalitarianism and theocratic dictatorship... They find here not only the highest living standards, unlimited wealth and prosperity, peace, safety, unrestricted love and happiness but also all-inclusive and equitable society, tolerance and liberal values that people in 21 century deserve. Providence and Monroe Doctrine blessed us with sacred hegemony and a right of unilateral intervention over "the Americas". Remember so called Latin, South, Central Americans, Canadians and other inhabitants of our backyard, there is one and only AMERICA - The United States of AMERICA. We true Americans will continue our crusade to defend democracy in America and beyond. Nothing, nothing can come in a way of saving and defending democracy and promulgate our American way of life so harmoniously coupled with universal values. We are a superpower. Do not dare to question our leadership in the world! DON'T, as it is based on a simple devine premise: "If God is for The US, who can be against The US?" (Romans 8:31) GOD BLESS AMERICA! Joe Biden for President in 2028!

@brynsjo 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Glenn Diesen for sharing intelligent thinking and realistic analysis!

@imrehorvath129 2 ай бұрын

Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺will never Fall in this trap💪💪💪💪💪💪

@mihaliprefti2507 2 ай бұрын

Like it did in the first phase of communism. No more. They learned the lesson well.

@njikangclifford8259 2 ай бұрын

The Americans tried this 'Old-Fashion' system in Vietnam against a militarily completely Inferior country and lost! It did not work in Korea either. How do they expect it to work in Ukraine? The US and its NATO gang completely ignore history and are ready to repeat the same mistakes over and over again, expecting different results. Did they not 'high-tail it' out of Afghanistan just months before they created another war in Ukraine? But that is not the case with others, and Russia in particular. They know their history and have learned from it!

@vivianoosthuizen8990 2 ай бұрын

They did in Afghanistan

@kirrausanov 2 ай бұрын

@WillReims-s2s 2 ай бұрын

@@njikangclifford8259 The only reason why Vietnam could beat the crap of Americans is because they were supplied by the Russians, now it is the other way around. As far as Korea, the North was supplied by China and Russia though they could win half of its territory and look what North Korea became and compare it to South Korea. The intention was good in Afghanistan so people could leave their 11th century life with the Sharia law that preclude that men are the sole to manage families, villages ... but the American just like the Russian before them lost because of the terrain, a strong mountainous country, the Americans thought they would do the same as in Iraq, they were wrong. Russia did not want the people to educate themselves, they only wanted the rich natural resources the Afghanistan country still have. As far as creating the war in Ukraine, you should have read a lot more about what was going on since 1994 in Ukraine to provide us with your bias tendency against the West and the USA in particular.

@terike9738 2 ай бұрын

No way Russia is going to try to take Western Ukraine. They are not that stupid, as Putin has repeatedly said.

@william6223 2 ай бұрын

Every week I was writing the US Representative of the district which I reside. I have been writing on these subjects: Ending war with Russia. Having a currency based on human potential and material resources, including capital equipment. Removing corruptions from governments and public corporations. She will not allow anymore emails. Democrats are not democratic. I do not even have Representation.

@williamrager 2 ай бұрын

I tried s well, but ll I got was form letters from DC

@pacobacchus9118 2 ай бұрын

The current Director of the CIA, Mr William Burns, 15 years ago, in January 2009, when he left the US Ambassadorship, wrote a Memorandum for the White House Security Council, "Niet Means Niet", "No means No", in which he warned that Ukraine's entry into NATO would force Russia to intervene militarily in Ukraine. As a result, Ukraine would be destroyed, and it would lose Crimea and the Donbass forever. Three years ago, William Burns was appointed Director of the CIA, and has seen his warning of the destruction of Ukraine by Russian Military Intervention come true. The curious thing is that in 1991, the Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, in a video interview, predicted that when the issue of Ukraine's independence from the former USSR arose, it would be necessary to intervene and that the then Ukraine would be reduced to 5 or 6 cities, in the western part of Ukraine, Zaparcatia, Lvov, Ivano-Francovsky, and others bordering Poland. As always, the USA has used the nuclear threat over Europe to dominate the European economy, what they will not do is confront the Russian Federation in a nuclear war, in which everyone defeated.

@sagittarius_ 2 ай бұрын

Thank god that decent people like you exist and still can make yourself heard.❤

@Gi-Home 2 ай бұрын

Russia has total escalatory dominance, Nato is losing badly and the world is being de-dollarized. The USA is desperate and misallocating capital into the military industrial complex rather than infrastructure, this is a disastrous move. The real economies in the west are declining and losing badly due to terrible policy makers, basically a stupefied political elite.

@RogerSnow 2 ай бұрын

Nonsense. Soldiers can point their weapons in any direction. The Vietnam War did not end until the enlisted men began "fragging" their officers.

@inpersonaDK 2 ай бұрын

Plus USA had to dismantle the gold standard and with 35 trillion in debt the AIPAC controlled USA is in trouble.

@brankourosevic7743 2 ай бұрын

Glen is right, the US is clearly entering into very serious economic and societal difficulties. They are overextending and,if they continue this way, they will collapse. The future, if there is any, is in Global South Greetings from Serbia

@972vein 2 ай бұрын

Excellent discussion. Thank you, both. Always come away with more knowledge after hearing both of you. Yes, our mainstream media are disgraceful, world wide. I'm in Australia and don't listen to any of them. Reliant, totally, on alternative media. ❤

@elianamckee 2 ай бұрын

Great analysis. Thank you, gentlemen.

@vivianoosthuizen8990 2 ай бұрын

Don’t ignore British dirty tricks

@stef0alb 2 ай бұрын

Great discussion! Please consider the economic factor. Time is on the Russian side. Russian weapons cost a fraction of Western weapons. The Western financial system is on the brink of bankruptcy. The Russian economy is booming, not because of a war economy, but because of a liberation from Western rent seekers. As an example the €80000 Mercedes got replaced by a €20000 BYD. Purchasing power increased substantially.

@thomasfowler8212 2 ай бұрын

The reality of geopolitics and life in general is sickening

@FAS1948 2 ай бұрын

Nato and the USA are in decline while BRICS are growing in power and influence, so what the USA wants may be irrelevant.

@renstein8210 2 ай бұрын

At the end, Glenn says the war began in 2014. The war planning started quickly after the fall of the Soviet Union. AND, this is important. The Russian invasion in 2022 was a reaction to a Ukrainian offensive on the Donbas that started about 15 February 2022. No one talks about this. It has to be mentioned.

@paulwiegerinck528 2 ай бұрын

The offence was increased at that time but had been going on for a well before feb 15

@renstein8210 2 ай бұрын

@@paulwiegerinck528 The 15th was given as approximate. But it needs to be spoken about regularly as the key lynch pin in western narrative is that Ukraine is completely innocent, and did nothing to provoke this.

@henrycue-e9o 2 ай бұрын

retired col. MacGregor said everytime U.S. lost a war. it just quickly pack up and fly back to the American continent!

@DarkDragonRus 2 ай бұрын

Nah, that scenario isn't what USA thought will happen on Ukraine. The point is they wanted Afghanistan that was the last straw for USSR not a Chechnya that become loyal Russian subject in the end. Neocons miscalculated massively and now trying to extract at least some profit from the situation. But they still end up in the red either way.

@robertgriffin6668 2 ай бұрын

Neo cons thought their sanctions would have the reverse effect than what happened in reality.

@rassvetlug6209 2 ай бұрын

U.S. and western allies consider the rise of BRICS to be a huge threat to what amounts to the continuation of the remnents of the old dying Roman Empire. The west is truly dying--religion, government, society all in death throes. BRICS nations are growing in the other direction. Saddest thing to watch all this death and destruction for nothing but egos instead of cooperation and peace. The world is big enough for everyone to win.

@markkandutsch 2 ай бұрын

I can't help wondering: where is Victoria Nuland now and what horrors is she working on since quitting state Department? I'm guessing some kind of terror insurgency in Ukraine for after the war "ends"......

@etherealradar 2 ай бұрын

Quitting, fired, same thing 😂

@etherealradar 2 ай бұрын

Pretty sure she does consulting or think tank or something , the public/private revolving door.

@Tallorian 2 ай бұрын

She's "teaching diplomacy" in Columbia U, the same where Prof. J. Sachs comes from. My guess is that she's now completely discarded from the establishment and sent to this "honorable retirement" position, but maybe I'm wrong and we'll hear of her again.

@ObjectiveMedia 2 ай бұрын

Unbelievable analysis gentlemen 👏

@Noname-gh5ec 2 ай бұрын

Look at the geology: the best parts for commodities and energy are in the East of Ukraine. How much of that the Kiev regime already sold to Blackrock?

@tombayless9759 2 ай бұрын

Exactly

@Tallorian 2 ай бұрын

Interesting fact: those territories ended up in Ukraine at the insistence of Lenin, who argued that Soviet Ukraine must get industrial territories (mining, metallurgy etc) in order to build up its own proletariat class which will be the support of communist regime in the republic. Because Ukraine's "core" territories always were agricultural first and foremost, and bolsheviks didn't go along well with the peasants and farmers due to their expropriation and collectivization policies.

@UK75roger 2 ай бұрын

Probably one of the most depressing videos ive seen. Sorry to say, i think you're right

@shuilong52 2 ай бұрын

Economist Michael Hudson said: “What makes American debt different from African or other country debt? America is never going to pay its debt because it doesn’t need to. Its debt is in its own currency, the US could simply print money to pay the interests. For other country, it is different. For e.g. African debt is not in its own currency, so Africans must earn US dollars to pay their debt.

@alxdava2004 2 ай бұрын

Exactly

@Qsderto 2 ай бұрын

Printing extra dollars will lead to insane inflation in the United States itself. They still have the opportunity to introduce a new dollar, which will be in circulation only in the countries they have occupate - Japan, Germany.. and other countries, but not in the USA.

@ibrahimcehajic 2 ай бұрын

All countries exchange real goods and services for dollars so they're allowed to buy energy and perform international transactions. What happens when the world decides to stop using dollars in international trade,usa can just remove the returning money out of circulation but it will lose influence,to not lose influence it either wages war or bribes politicians and institutions with dollars,again the only way to stop it is to dedolarrize.

@ragharachid1808 2 ай бұрын

Ukranians lost the war the day they tried to buy time while arming and preparing for war while they signed a path for peace in Minsk 2022.

@panglayman5576 2 ай бұрын

Prof. Diesen makes a very good point. By keeping the war East of the Dnieper, the conflict has the psychological feel of a "foreign war" to residents of Western Ukraine. Thus, they are not fighting for their homeland but for oblasts of Ukraine that were appended to Ukraine by Khrushchev and an object of debate as to which republic they should belong to when the USSR came apart. So, the longer the war stays east of the Dnieper the longer the RF keeps this psychological advantage. Furthermore, should the Dnieper eventually become the new front line, the Western Ukrainians will need to cross it to invade (liberate?) Eastern Ukraine. That might be an option with a fresh army, but after the mauling they took in Eastern Ukraine over the past 2-3 years, will they want to go back? And should the war continue as a stalemate along the Dnieper, do the Western Ukrainians want to live without electricity and basic infrastructure as the Russians bombard Lviv and other major cities with missiles? Maybe this is all an objective of the Neocon's but it completely validates what Prof. Mearsheimer predicted: "primrose path", "Putin will wreck Ukraine", "rump state"...

@jamesgornall5731 2 ай бұрын

The interesting thing is that the prof has been saying this for a decade, he has stuck to his guns and this shows that he absolutely understands the situation

@robertgriffin6668 2 ай бұрын

I think the Dneiper east toward the Russian front lines will be the DMZ.

@TheDayAfter1984 2 ай бұрын

Exactly! I rest my case ...

@spinnakerthegreat2612 2 ай бұрын

This war cant be won by Russia

@effexon 2 ай бұрын

just majority of natural resources are eastern side of Dnepr. Sure lot of good grain fields are all over but grain is not how countries pay their debts.

@sandrafrida 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic discussion - the multifaceted powerplay laid bare. Thank you very much!!!!

@Tom-ce8ib 2 ай бұрын

Would Cuba and Venezuela matter if China and Russia decided to build two massive military bases there?

@effexon 2 ай бұрын

not alone.... those are just "proxy places" russia and china like to show finger to big man usa. other than that they are not so interested or wealthy to prioritize those places. well china could but havent noticed they strongly signal that way towards venezuela.

@Brian-hd2ne 2 ай бұрын

Europe is the target not Russia USA sees Europe as a rival

@jamesnewman9024 2 ай бұрын

Great interview...thanks. PLS accept a viewer suggestion...drop the "later in the show" intro. I'm a geopolitics podcast addict and that let's me see what presentation styles are working best now. So - since I love your show and interview style - please try instead a quick direct intro to a continuous content narrative. Meaning not a jump forward clip and then the intro, just do the intro right away. Channels like Dialogue Works, The Duran, New Atlas, Andrei Martyanov... all use a crisp and direct opening. Just a few seconds to go right into what the viewers are looking for. People online will just swipe left if they think that they are made to wait for the information they are seeking. I hope and believe you will have 300k subscribers in a year:) And thanks again for your insightful interview style. I'd love to see you talking with Nima at Dialogue Works.

@dwightmcqueen5771 2 ай бұрын

I'm a American and I love Russia more than I do my own country

@888mladen 2 ай бұрын

Taking only Crimea without taking the rest was a serious mistake. The State of Ukrainian army in 2014 was much more in favour of RU victory than in 2022.

@Tallorian 2 ай бұрын

Perhaps it's true, but Russia proved to the world that it believes in diplomacy and negotiations, cares about people's lives, and does not want to "grab land" or engage in wars when it's not forced.

@TruthSeekerEverywhere 2 ай бұрын

It’s good to see someone discuss this dilemma. Not because it’s unsolvable (it is) but it leads to the avenues that need to be taken for a solution. The end of the video is pretty much it. The solution to this lies with the Ukrainian people, NOT with Brussels and ABSOLUTELY NOT with Washington.

@simonpia9036 2 ай бұрын

excellent discussion, insight & analysis - if only broadcast on all main UK, UK & EU tv channels

@scottn1405 2 ай бұрын

Georgia wised up. They could teach Ukraine a few things.

@cristinalamana7222 2 ай бұрын

thank you. excellent. what we need is self responsability and saying no to madness. no other way out.

@abuseofmainstreammediacanh5713 2 ай бұрын

"The Emperor's New Clothes" written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.... perfectly describes the state of the Global West in 2024

@theresaotoole9141 2 ай бұрын

What Lottaz and Diesen argue maybe true if we just look at the Ukraine war in isolation. But there is a bigger picture in the background that's not being considered. In the background we are seeing the fall of the USA Empire, the collapse of the Petro-dollar, the failing US dollar, the rise of the Global South via BRICS, the end of the Central banking fiat currencies, the rise of the populous governments (anti-war people) in the west (EU / USA in particular). Moreover to-date its really a war between NATO (USA/EU/UK) with Ukraine just a Proxy.

@axnax1 2 ай бұрын

- "Iraq is about oil...........we'll be going after Russia and then we'll be going after China". And it's coming true.

@effexon 2 ай бұрын

is china training with russian(or belarus troops) in belarus highly symbolic of this? Sure it is not that important if ukraine is this or that but is shining example on the hill everyone in world is watching, that is tipping point moment for USD. Everyone seems to know this game but nobody talks openly judging by statements of different country heads and ministers to events. India is clearly leveraging their influence in this as tipping point country to all sides.

@lah6739 2 ай бұрын

Go BRICS go!

@johnny99497 2 ай бұрын

Estonia is planning to cancel the visas for Ukrainian military aged men which are currently living as refugees in Estonia. There are now 55000 Ukrainians in Estonia which has a population of just 1.4 million.

@steveprocter6241 2 ай бұрын

Fact check: in February Estonia stated that there were just over 50,000 Ukrainian refugees, and predicted a rise to 55,000 by the end of 2024. Almost all adult Ukrainians (30,000) are in employment, therefore contributing to the economy.

@steveprocter6241 2 ай бұрын

Fact check: April 2024 - the Estonian Ministry of External Affairs stated that there is no intention to cancel visas and expel Ukrainian men of military age.

@Tallorian 2 ай бұрын

@@steveprocter6241 Fact check: It's August now, not April. Fact check: The new Estonian government was appointed just about two weeks ago. Fact check: Ukraine has run into a big trouble on the battlefield since April and desperately needs new cannon fodder.

@ronniepace8778 2 ай бұрын

There is no trap, you are missing the a key driver-Russia is just being prepared for a much bigger task-look where Russia has been building its allies for many years, then you might be closer.

@johannafreeburn3061 2 ай бұрын

NO 2 NATO, N 2 WAR

@johnrath6325 2 ай бұрын

They are not talking about F16s that NATO is supplying. They are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. And the threat of nuclear war

@DavidGreenwood-nu6dd 2 ай бұрын

I love you two blokes! I admire your moral coursge and integrity!

@Nauda999 2 ай бұрын

Ukraine is not the big picture, the big picture is The Mid-Range Capability (MRC), or Typhon that USA and Germany signed treaty allowing it's deployment. Russia will have to seek to develop similar capability system and deploy just as close to Washington as these in Germany are from Moscow, and closest candidate is Cuba. History really repeats itself. Back in the 1962 USA and Soviet Union were not fighting a hot proxy war like this one, nor the missiles were anywhere near as advanced as the modern ones.

@Am-pk3zh 2 ай бұрын

Frontline is moving in favor of russian army. They are advancing faster miles a day

@steveprocter6241 2 ай бұрын

The leading institute that monitors the battlefield situition in Ukraine - the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) stated yesterday that Russia's 'advances' amount to 60 metres per day!

@margaretcaine4219 2 ай бұрын

@@steveprocter6241Your "Leading Institute" is very US biased. Based in Washington DC its major funders are corporations whose interests are very much in favour of the continuance of US foreign policy and the support for the military industrial complex. It is a propaganda machine from the reports I've read. Their reports on the ukraine war are very much biased in favour of ukraine.

@markstaddon4993 2 ай бұрын

Its not about winning the war its about perpetual wars,to move money from the public to the military complex.

@mik823 2 ай бұрын

You are scraping the bottom of the barrel. NATO is in no position to ask for anything. Russia and only Russia decides how this war ends. NATO doesn't have the man power nor the weapons to support this hypothesis.

@eazymethod01 2 ай бұрын

Correct. Ukraine was the strongest part of European Nato and Turkey is probably heading towards BRICS. It's over.

@robertgriffin6668 2 ай бұрын

Minsk 1,2 and Istanbul clearly displayed that the west are bad faith actors and dealing with them is a complete waste of time. Russia will accept unconditional surrender from Ukraine and dictate the terms.

@andreheck9545 2 ай бұрын

The far right nationalist in UA are a minority. And a lot are in the army. If UA loose the war, most of this people will emigrate to Westeurope as they did after ww2 or will ceptured by Russians. Most of Middle and Westukraine are in the middle and haven't spoken Ukrainian before and now are forced into a war they do not want. And if Russia is able to rebuilt cities as they do in Mariopol a lot of people will be in favor for Russia.

@josehoracioalmendra6587 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations for the outstanding discussion !!!

@meinbur 2 ай бұрын

Dear Mr. Lottaz, thank you for this very good discussion with professor Glenn Diesen. The 'what if'-question was not answered, nor put poignantly enough, be it a very interesting one. 'What if Russia wins the military conflict' would have been more precise.

@Paladiesh 2 ай бұрын

I can't see Ukraine turning into another Afghanistan. At least not within the nearest 10 or so years. Main reason is very simple - ukrainians are not afghanis. By that I mean the level of education and the prewar quality of life are just too different. Ukrainians aren't used to and aren't looking forward to huge hardships that come with running a constant large scale guerilla war. Ultimately the majority of civilians will either leave, or start cooperating with occupational forces in order to go back to a normal life. Sure there'll be massive insurgencies in the mountains, but Russia has experience dealing with those in the recent decades. Something tells me it would go along the lines of what happened to the resistance movements in the Baltic states in the late 40's early 50's. Don't get me wrong. It will be costly, but I don't forget that modern ISR capabilities don't make running insurgencies any easier. Now what would be a much nastier option is if Ukraine DOES sign some sort of peace treaty. Then we have a rump state which is neutral on paper only (we can see how Moldova is being shoe-horned into NATO even though its constitution stipulates neutrality). There'll be multiple para-military organizations that are illegal on paper running around the vast forests and mountains of west Ukraine launching missiles and drones into Russia. The west would shrug and say they have no idea how those go there and the rump-state government would complain that they have no resources or man-power to control those areas.

@ottoBald 2 ай бұрын

why is Prof. Diessen so sure that it would have been an assumption by Russia that the West would be impressed by the demonstration of military strength and thus make Istanbul possible, so to speak. What would have been Russia's other options?

@hansmedja2774 2 ай бұрын

Sorry UKRAINE army is finish long time what we have in Ukraine is different gangs with they are sponsored around Eu and usa. And mercenaries. That all

@steveprocter6241 2 ай бұрын

Childish and ignorant nonsense