Time to Talk: Jeffrey Sachs calls upon EU leaders to push back against foolish US war policies

Peace in Ukraine: Time to Talk!
Jakob de Jonge interviews Jeffrey Sachs: economics professor, author, educator, and global leader in sustainable development
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[@christophercoonen1171]

Thank God we have J Sachs and J Mearsheimer

[@dorjiwangchuk404]

the Europeans have realized the sufferings inflicted by war and yet l don't see any peace movement taking place in and around Europe.❤❤❤

[@robmanson2056]

I agree. There was the largest worldwide protests to try to stop the west from invading Iraq but everyone was ignored so perhaps they gave up. The anti Putin propaganda has been fed to people for decades and peaked with the Salisbury incident.

[@juliusjanardhanseptimus352]

Yes, you are right. There have been sporadic but sparse protests in Germany that I know of but nothing as a critical mass. What I am surprised is that Americans have not responded as they did during the Vietnam war. The only explanation, IMHO, is that the media is completely compromised, not even a squeak. Makes me sick as NATO and the Americans are literally flirting with a nuclear conflict flaring up should Russia see itself imperiled.😢😢

[@vekak.z.8824]

Because Europe is a slave of America. Eventhough they shouldn't be. Nor Brave people in govt.

[@Cryptantha]

Peace can only come when Russians go back to their pathetic, violent country.

[@THESEVENDON]

They approved of their government plan in a proxy war with Russia 🇷🇺

[@georgeosei269]

This current EU leaders foolishness is unique

[@andyharpist2938]

Never let us forget that "Europe" was sold to us in UK as an organisation that would 'prevent all future european wars.'

[@riccardopagnini2970]

They are all traitors of their countries, all of them but mr Viktor Orban, Ungarian PM who, alone, stand up for his country, bless him and damn all the others.

[@bogdanmeleszczenko1271]

Sure, sure just keep funding Russia, so Russia would have as vassal half of Europe, would be smarter 😂

[@sjelucten7150]

They are the chosen ones by WEF.

[@hanvroman]

I am too quite disappointed by the European leaders and mainstream media ☹️.. they are very much to blame and should be hold accountable for what they're doing...

[@vjolajano]

Prof Sachs is 100000000000000% correct in every single thing he says. One of the few voices of objective reason in the world. Unfortunately.

[@lidavita2359]

@@handle10810 Fortunately that he is the voice if reason, unfortunately that he is one of the few such voices.

[@elenabistiu]

​@@lidavita2359no.fortunately that his absurd rhetoric doesn't get to more people who are not following in depth and don't understand really the consequences of the outcome he' s proposing from the start. 1st of all, Ukrainians do want to fight for their land.do keep this in mind. 2nd, there is a RIGHT TO LEGITIMATE DEFENCE IN THE UN CHARTER and it's normal for those countries who share same values as the aggressed country, to help in. heroyam slava!

[@RomanShein1978]

Somehow he started his talking from a demonstratable lie. Nobody promised NATO non-expansion. Then he continued lying by claiming that Ukrainian Maidan was somehow related to Russia and NATO.

[@Gezira]

_" Then he continued lying by claiming that Ukrainian Maidan was somehow related to Russia and NATO."_ Among the evidence we have a famous phone call that confirms this between Ms Nuland and the US ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt. Get informed before writing. @@RomanShein1978

[@frreyes1314]

Thank you Mr Sachs for telling the truth..

[@Cryptantha]

Russia invaded Ukraine. There is absolutely no justification. A war of aggression is a war crime. Sachs supports Putin. He has no ethics. He has no morals. He is a monster, Luke Putin. He NATO bullshit is crap. The bullies do not have a say in any protection alliances.

[@ennediend2865]

Pootin's truth HAHA 😱😱😱

[@andrew_owens7680]

I agree that he's telling the truth. I'm just not so certain that it leads to any solution to the situation. As evidenced from the fight in Ukraine and display of Russian might (or lack thereof), the United States has already achieved hegemony. Russia is a paper tiger and China is in economic collapse. Both of them have been feeding propaganda to the world about how powerful they are militarily and economically and the lazy journalists merely reported what they were fed. When the Russians said the ruble was still strong and unaffected by the war, that's what was reported. When the Chinese said they sold more electric cars than Tesla, that's what was reported. They haven't reported that Chinese population is declining, the primary requirement of a capitalist economy (what China is really functioning as). Both Russia and China are failing hard. But for the military/industrial complex to continue, they need to keep inventing enemies. The primary driving force of most first and second world economies is sale of arms. Without that, for example, Israel's economy would collapse.

[@marjendemhare5892]

When America removes the word 🇺🇸"THREAT"🇺🇸 from their vocabulary, there will be world peace.🕊

[@JamesBond-bb7bm]

And Russia is innocent?

[@alanhamford2538]

@JamesBond-bb7bm None of this would have happened if Russia had rolled over & gone along with US missile bases along it's 2000km border with Ukraine with a strike time to Moscow of under 3 minutes. Russia bad.

[@vekak.z.8824]

​@@JamesBond-bb7bmWell who is expanding to the borders of Russia? Are you Degenerate?

[@martinmulholland3342]

@@JamesBond-bb7bm more innocence than evil warmongering USA

[@PeterLamin-bw5rs]

​@@JamesBond-bb7bmwho bait into invading Ukraine 😂😂😂? NATO 😝😝😝😝😔😝😝

[@milenamilan1639]

Thank you professor Sachs. With your wisdom and influence, there is a chance for a better world.

[@bavros1998]

Yes, there would be a chance - if anybody in the West would listen!

[@bavros1998]

@@Pierre-gu5vx Aren’t you ever getting tired of making the same comment?

[@jeankern2646]

Jeffrey Sachs is a voice the world should listen to.

[@joachimndahne5710]

Lol 😂 not the fools in Washington they listen to no 1

[@paulheydarian1281]

​@@Pierre-gu5vx I was very hungry, so I killed and ate my dog. And now I'm severely constipated.😮🤪 Can Allah help me?🤔

[@christineclements9321]

Jeffrey Sachs speaks clear sense.🇺🇸

[@Cryptantha]

Jeffrey Sachs makes excuses for dictators like Putin and Xi and blames the acts of these monsters on their victims. He blames democracies for the actions of war criminal dictatorships. Kinda tricky how he always blames the victims for the crimes of the aggressor.

[@denniszhang3021]

thats right 👍🇷🇺

[@mouradbelkas598]

@@Pierre-gu5vx Your English is bad, may be write in arabic

[@MicheleLLOYD-bk2mt]

@@Pierre-gu5vx there are at least 100 gods to chose.

[@elenabistiu]

​@@denniszhang3021exactly, from the Russian truth! which is nonsense.

[@hanvroman]

What a fantastic conversation between two wise good and intelligent men.. this give me hope...

[@Cryptantha]

Putin will be with Pol Pot, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao in history. Sachs will be tied to Putin, the murderous dictator, in history.

[@bogdanmeleszczenko1271]

his Russian agent is getting desperate. From when some back room chit-chat are international binding? 😂😂😂 so stupid Russia, broke of legal agreement, so fuck them. It is NOT a NATO problem, the nearly all Russia neighbors wants to be with NATO and NOT with this fascist empire.

[@ruthelainefry2076]

Thank you for an excellent discussion . The whole world prays for peace Please make it happen 🙏🏻

[@Cryptantha]

Talk to Putin. Russia is the aggressor. There is no excuse for their criminal war, and Sachs is a monster for excusing Putin with his NATO bullshit excuses. Sachs is complicit in Russia 's war crimes.

[@bogdanmeleszczenko1271]

It is easy. Russia, just need to get the fuck out from Ukraine.

[@msimon6808]

Only the courageous can support peace in Europe. Support Russian Imperialism! Support Peace in Ukraine. Poland is next.

[@kevintewey1157]

​@msimon6808 AZOV Nazis could keep their mouths shut and the world would be a wonderful place why don't you try it?

[@kevintewey1157]

This comment proves the commenter did not watch the video proof of the US and NATO Western imperialism

[@amsams2716]

Excellent. More people need to hear this.

[@Cryptantha]

This is pure bullshit. RUSSIA has complete and total responsibility for invading a democratic nation. The bully does not have the slightest say in who joins NATO. Sachs is unethical to make excuses for a monster, Putin, who will go down in history with Stalin, Hitler, and Mao. Sachs' name is tarnished. He will go down in history as a Putin apologist

[@mariaadelecagna3540]

Half the world!!!

[@Cryptantha]

Sachs casts his lot with the brutal dictatorship against the democracy. Putin will be lumped with Stalin, Hitler, and Mao. Sachs chose the wrong side of history.

[@richardlu4195]

Prof. Sachs is a truly world’s statesman. He is informed, speaks the truth humbly and bravely. Thank you sir.

[@graceamsterdam5404]

Why cant the wisest and the smartest people not be politicians… (it is a rethoric question).

[@user-is7up6ln6m]

NATO a paper tiger

[@evemayo8939]

Thank Mr. de Jonge for having Mr. Sachs on this excellent, insightful interview. 🙂

[@adcarrll524]

Peace without justice won't last. Peace must include the international human rights laws but right now Russia/Putin is in violation of the UN Charter. One sided criticism of the US is unhelpful. Your "peace" is an empty illusion. It's not worth a bucket of warm spit.

[@enzoh7763]

From your thought catching line , peace in Ukraine, Wow ,, they are still men of fighting age , specially the gov't agent that handle "security" service need of the Z, They should go to the front and die fighting. - if they don't die fighting , Why did they SACRIFICE the forced conscripted of ordinary citizens ? They should have died fighting first , not the survivor of this conflict .

[@davidcrandall4958]

Yes next guest will be Bozo the clown

[@jans724]

It's always great to hear prof. Sachs! His knowledge, experience and integrity make him a rare and invaluable voice so needed today!! But his hopes or calls to European "leaders" are in vain. Many Americans seem to over-estimate the possibility of an independent voice in Europe. The European leaders are massively incompetent, often childish in their narcissism, and servile to the extreme. Europe has no sovereignty and will not aquire one any time soon. It's sad, but Europe has become irrelevant as an actor in international affairs.

[@Longcloud]

Well said👏

[@szabiszabi167]

Europe has become irrelevant because as soon as a criminal bully shows up, europe's leaders jump on their green and yellow bicycles and pedal away in the opposite direction. Some who's bikes were stolen, just soil themselves and look the other way. When you had it too good for too long, you'll give anything to the barbarians at your gates to leave you in peace for a few more years. We don't live in a futuristic utopia where everyone is a university professor. The strong or the evil will come for the weak or the stupid.

[@roadrunner694]

Have you talked to the Russians?obviously they don't want peace, or they would not have started this war.peace in Ukraine is very simple,Russia just needs to leave Ukraine territory, that's all.

[@hanvroman]

@@roadrunner694 .. your comment is too stupid, missing all understanding of the historic and geopolitical context if this war...

[@randygram9310]

Russia tried to get a peace deal done for 8 years, including the Minsk Accords but Ukraine -- pushed by NATO -- refused to honor it. Then Ukraine and Russia had a peace deal almost done in April 2022 -- and Boris Johnson, representing NATO and Biden, rushed to kiev to talk Zelensky out of it. NATO doesn't want peace and they'll destroy Ukraine in the process.@@roadrunner694

[@annemiekerietmeijer136]

Bedankt voor het gesprek. Ik bewonder Jeffrey Sachs. Was hij maar aan bemiddelaar in deze oorlog.

[@Cryptantha]

Sachs is blaming the victim for the crime of the aggressor. Sachs always sides with dictatorships against democracies. He is complicit in Putin's war crimes. Putin will be classed with Stalin, Hitler, and Mao when history is written.

[@sjelucten7150]

He heeft al de West gewarchuwd om niet naar Donbass te gaan, omdat Donbass was Russia's terrytory. Maar helaas de west bleef doorduwen since 2014.

[@dirkwest6378]

Being Dutch, I am delighted that a Dutch guy is talking some sense. Much needed. Jacob, you're doing an excellent job as an interviewer. In The Netherlands most of the people follow the American hegemonic ram course.

[@bavros1998]

Same in Germany, as in most if not all European countries. Too embarrassing, especially concerning the role of the media, which once used to control governments, now follow their narratives.

[@brento2750]

It's what happens when you listen to mainstream/lamestream media every day. :)

[@yauyh88]

Do something and push for change, get caring people to replace the existing NATO and EU leaders

[@joshkhor]

Prof Sachs, i do hope against hope that US and the collective West will listen to you for once!!

[@emkoh2746]

Thank you most sincerely and deeply for your relentless efforts in gathering people together to make peace. You’re truly a peace warrior! Great blessings to you 🙏🙏🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

[@Cryptantha]

The only peace will come from removing the monster Russia from democratic Ukraine. Putin is a poisonous monster and Sachs is a monster for excusing Putin.

[@Cryptantha]

He is not promoting peace, he is making excuses for war crimes and war criminals. Putin, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao. Sachs throws in his support to Putin and Xi, not democracies.

[@bogdanmeleszczenko1271]

his Russian agent is getting desperate. From when some back room chit-chat are international binding? 😂😂😂 so stupid Russia, broke of legal agreement, so fuck them. It is NOT a NATO problem, the nearly all Russia neighbors wants to be with NATO and NOT with this fascist empire.

[@GabrieleProto1]

stop NATO

[@maanvol]

Better still: blow up NATO!

[@Pimentel48]

Thank you Mr Sachs, of not beeing affraid of the official US/UK/European (Van der ....) Narratve. Its good to ear something that correspond with what I know and what i am telling from my friends from France and Germany, friends of my age (over seventh years), that know the USA )Imperialism.

[@Cryptantha]

Sachs is choosing the Putin, Stalin, Hitler side of history. He sure loves dictators and has contempt for democracies.

[@catarinasm741]

How can europeans organize pro peace protests? I would participate for sure.

[@calipsogal]

So would I

[@rmdomainer9042]

You need an organic turnout first. That does not exist. The people posting here are generally in Africa and India: They generally do not have passports.

[@karen-qm7og]

I can sadly confirm that in Switzerland, the establishment media are no longer challenging the official US foreign policy narratives. Instead, they are aligning with US establishment media in parroting those narratives. This is particularly disheartening and alarming given Switzerland's status as a neutral and non-EU-member state.

[@staunch2207]

Nice to hear an interviewer with a grasp on reality that is as worried and concerned as I am.

[@Cryptantha]

Russia is the invader. Putin will go down in history with Stalin, Mao, Hitler. He is a monster and a dictator. Peace will only come when Russia is forced to leave Ukrainian territory. Sachs always sides with dictators over democratic nations. Sachs is a sick puppy.

[@willcoleman2014]

Good to see Jeff Sachs. Peace please, not weak European leadership.

[@jadezee6316]

think your comment is any different from gu5vx's?

[@catherineahtipis4716]

Jeffrey Sachs, you are a gentleman!

[@Juan-ud3if]

Salute Jeff Sachs.🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋

[@bogdanmeleszczenko1271]

This Russian agent is getting desperate. From when some back room chit-chat are international binding? 😂😂😂 so stupid Russia, broke of legal agreement, so fuck them. It is NOT a NATO problem, the nearly all Russia neighbors wants to be with NATO and NOT with this fascist empire.

[@andyharpist2938]

Let us remember especially the Oslo "Nobel Peace Centre" ( entry £10 adults, £5 kids) who have not made the slightest movement towards, publically seeking, a negotiated peace between Ukraine and Russia.

[@Cryptantha]

The negotiations will take place after Russia leaves Ukraine. They will be for prisoner exchange, reparations, getting the STOLEN CHILDREN returned, etc.

[@THESEVENDON]

Right! It says it all.

[@bavros1998]

It's Norway, supposed to have helped to destroy Nordstream. Stoltenberg is Norwegian. So what would we expect?

[@andyharpist2938]

They are very devout and honest people by, and large, Norwegians. Excessively compliant. And when I suggested that they might have assisted in the pipeline terrorism recently they were very offended ! "We would not do such a thing. This is impossible for us," they said sternly to me with the conviction of utter ignorance. The Oslo peace centre is in the very heart of the city and is, I think, the second biggest attraction in its new building, and very self-congratulatory in its existance. Which is why it should be called out for its cowardly wetness. But also remember sadly how much greater the con is, over these good-natured Norwegians, who believe everything they are told. I wonder what Mr Nobel might have said to this organisation? @@bavros1998

[@tigading2177]

I love how the west never let a tragedy go to waste.

[@luutzennijdam7213]

He, eindelijk een Kaaskop met verstand! Prof. Sachs is pretty informed and to the point.

[@mariadamen7886]

Klopt en je kent zijn broer ook. Je weet wel, Hugo.

[@luutzennijdam7213]

@@mariadamen7886 Hopelijk niet!

[@Cryptantha]

Sachs is on the wrong side of history. He excuses the war criminals and blames the victims for the crimes of a violent, delusional dictator.

[@Johrijn]

@@mariadamen7886 toch wel!

[@annavdmolen5640]

Ja een man met kennis van zaken die weet waar hij het over heeft. en dan nog wel een broer van Hugo

[@katrinhahn354]

The problem is: when EU leaders push back against foolish US policy, they suddenly look like Olaf Scholz.

[@hanvroman]

I expected more from Angela Merkel, but even she could not stand up against the American bullies...

[@bavros1998]

@@hanvroman Wrong - the preacher's daughter didn't even try to. If she had been in power then, she'd have joined the Iraq war. And she was not ashamed of declaring publicly that there was no intention to follow the Minsk agreement, but just to gain time.

[@stephenglover8828]

@@hanvroman also remember Angela Merkel begged Putin for Nordstream II, and he said fine I will do it but don't make in political and don't impose sanctions, no wonder Putin goes to the Chinese to sell Natural Gas, way more reliable customer

[@user-zr2wk5zs8t]

At last ...I fibelly can hear a clever man speaks

[@danoconnell1100]

Who in their right mind would trust a word from America in any negotiations, given their track record.

[@madyak222]

The time for Talking was 2014-2015 and march 2022 just a few of the times that Putin lead Peace negotiations. Which were flattly refused by the US/NATO & Ukraine. Today Ukraine is collapsing, after losing three armies worth of troops and weapons, Yet the same hostile rhetoric, continues from NATO & Ukraine, who are the provocateurs of this conflict. It was Ukraine, that massed 60-100,000 troops on the East Ukraine demarcation lines on February 16 8 days before the SMO invasion happened which was a probing attack to get Ukraine to the negotiation table in Istanbul, where an agreement benefiting Ukraine was torn up at the behest of NATO. Today Putin appears to have had enough of NATO's BS and will allow the Russian military to roll over what is left of this latest Ukraine Military to secure a complete surrender.

[@markgeneral6426]

oops! you said invasion. isn't that illegal in your country russia? Dont forget, its a "special military operation"

[@calebhollen5316]

The world will never have peace while evil exist. Wars will be fought for just and unjust reasons.

[@ginnysutherland2216]

Wars are for socio economic reasons . Propaganda chooses which side is the bad guy, unfortunately. America is now so deeply in debt it will be hard for them to get out of the Ukrainian conflict.

[@mikecorcoran6834]

Good to hear any and all who want peace. This world has come to far to fight wars when we can all be prosperous.

[@dedskin1]

oh but we cant , if i hold resources say oil and you have to buy it , then we cant all be prosperous , i will be and you will get robbed . And you are , this is not analogy its just that its not me , its other guys , but that is basically it . They own the show and you pay tickets so they get rich you get poor my friend , war or no war . they use war to hide that , to make you think of if only there was peace , that is exactly what they want you to think but its wrong . They have their hand in your pocket war or no war , but with war thy can say , well you know ....war , inflation , covid ,earthquakes on mars , that is why you are poor , its not because we are robbing you blind , no we good guys , we very good .

[@Cryptantha]

Russia is totally and completely responsible for its war crimes. Sachs is without ethics and morals to make excuses for the murderous monster Putin.

[@SuanLuang]

The Americans will never coexist peacefully with both Russia and China. From 2018 The planning of WWIII. “A bipartisan commission appointed by Congress issued a lengthy report Tuesday backing the Pentagon’s plans to prepare for a “great-power” war against Russia, China, or both, making clear that the Trump administration’s belligerent policies are shared by the Democratic Party. Safe in the knowledge that its findings will never be seriously reported by the mass media, the authors of this report do not mince words about what such a war will mean. A war between the United States and China, which according to the report might break out within four years, will be “horrendous” and “devastating.” The military will “face greater losses than at any time in decades.” Such a war could lead to “rapid nuclear escalation,” and American civilians will be attacked and likely killed. It is impossible to understand anything in American politics without recognizing one fundamental reality: the events and scandals that dominate political discourse, which make it onto the evening news and into headlines on news sites and social media feeds, have precious little to do with the considerations of those who actually make decisions. The media talking heads play their assigned roles, knowing that the most important topics can be discussed only within very circumscribed limits. Those who actually make policy-a select group of high-ranking members of Congress, Pentagon officials, and think-tank staffers, as well as White House aides-speak an entirely different language among themselves, and in publications they know the general public will not read, and the media will not seriously report.

[@LoloLolo-nv1wg]

Here today. There is no peace without justice.

[@geoeconomics5629]

Eurasia integration is happening subtly but its impact could potentially alter geopolitical and economic balance of the world

[@johnboykin3128]

Horrifying and courageous explanation Mr. Sachs

[@EdLion35CT]

Jeffrey is right on!

[@Cryptantha]

Jeffrey is right on the side of Putin, who will be lumped with Stalin and Hitler in history.

[@calinmaior9265]

I hope politicians of Europe listened to this interview and act accordingly,which I doubt stupidity doesn’t have cure!!!!!!😢😢

[@bavros1998]

They didn't listen and they won't. No matter what their peoples want, they just follow the US policy.

[@eymeeraosaka2954]

Prof Sachs.....you are a great man....I am sure you must be under constant threats by those who do not want the rest of the world to know the truth to protect their vested interests. To be able to withstand the pressures is admirable.

[@shannaidoo2854]

Europe wake up!

[@sjelucten7150]

First Europe has to get rid of its WEF chosen leaders.

[@johnboykin3128]

Macron says war should stop and sends cruise missiles to Ukraine on the same day

[@davolpatel]

They r all war mongerers

[@ducky271]

It’s a war should not have started. It’s time to bring the peace to the people. There are countries in the world that need to have better leaders to take care of their own citizens.

[@Cryptantha]

Tell it to Putin.

[@hotstepper887]

I just don't believe many people even understand this world we now live in today. And it's because they've not paid any attention to anything that we've all been watching for the last 25 years. We see so many debates over so many of these various geopolitical issues today, but we still don’t see anybody asking what this is all really about? Or even asking why this is all happening? Today, it seems that nobody wants to know, let alone try to work it out, (to then understand it). Only, when we just look at everything we’ve all seen over at least these last 25 years? Surely we all must understand at least a part of it? Yet it seems it's the truth, that nobody wants to hear, (and that's understandable), only people only want to deny anything that can explain all of this, and deny it, without being able to offer up anything themselves, as I'll explain. When really looking at the cause for all of this?, could it actually be, that all we've been watching over at least these last 25 years, is the US carrying out a plan they’ve put in place, knowing their economy had to collapse? Could it be, the US has known for many years now, that the only way they can avoid complete collapse, would be to force in a "single world currency"? The US has known for many years now, their economy had to collapse, (and I believe, they’ve actually planned for it). And everything else points to it. The effect of them doing so, would see the US, overnight, become completely debt free, this explains their endless massive military overspending, it also explains China being allowed to hold so much US debt with so many US government bonds - (US debt of about $1.4 trillion). And it would see the US achieve full global financial & military control, (a very nice achievement, some fools might argue). It would become American Tyranny, (in other words), and that's no different from Nazi tyranny. How Ironic! The US dollar is the world’s reserve currency, and is/was used by many countries to sell/purchase their oil/gas/energy etc, meaning billions of dollars are kept by those countries for their energy purchasing. What that allowed the USA to do, was to print billions of US currency, without ever-showing the real rate of inflation that would always arise from such massive currency printing, but because so much US currency sits in bank vaults all over the world those dollars would/should never find their way into the actual US economy, (meaning the USA could hold their rate of inflation well below the rate It always should have been). The problem today, is, that many countries are now buying and selling their energy in other currencies, and they'll all need to dump/exchange all those dollars they’ve held for so many years, with the currency they’re going to use. When those dollars filter into the main US economy, the inflation will explode (as It can’t be hidden any more). Without a single world currency, it will see hyperinflation, with the price of a loaf of bread, (for example), skyrocketing to well over $10, Collapsing the US as we’ve never seen before, the US will be left in enormous debt for hundreds of years to come, yet with no way of creating any more debt. It will all be over. And that will see a break-up of the Union, and a complete separation of the states, much like we saw with the collapse of the USSR. This is why we’re seeing this attempt to drag Russia and China into a war, as I'll explain. The US can't force in a single world currency, with both Russia and China's nuclear threats saying get lost, so, to avoid complete collapse, sees the USA, today, needing to remove those nuclear threats, (to then force in a single world currency), or it's soon going to be, all over, and the USA will collapse just like the USSR. They actually nearly had it done with the collapse of the USSR, (what an unexpected bonus that was), it meant they could do it, without war! Only they messed that right up because they took their eye off one man, - Putin. After the collapse of the USSR, the CIA were bribing Yeltsin throughout the 1990s, they created pro USA oligarchs, by selling off Russian resources in illegally set up and corrupt CIA led auctions, they took it so far many Russians were starving to death, and it ended with the US really believing that Russia couldn’t ever become a threat to them again. They kept Russia in a state of pandemonium through Yeltsin’s reign, believing they had sealed Russia’s fate to the toilet. When Putin came to power, the US could not work him out, but when they invaded Iraq, and Putin, (craftily as it bought him time), did not veto them, they believed they still had Russia under their control, and Putin was just a pushover like Yeltsin. History will come to see Putin’s tactic of not vetoing the Iraq invasion, as a brilliant geopolitical move, and as “world changing”, as he completely fooled the US not to bother looking at Russia as any sort of potential threat, (and that really damaged their plans). While the US were invading countries around the world, (with no one to stop them). Putin had quietly begun creating Russia an extremely effective military defence, and he'd upgraded all Russian weaponry to a level able to hold its own, if not beat, any nation on the planet. The US, blind to this, carried on, as they used NATO to murder Gaddafi, and as they kept Iraq destabilized, (by transferring hundreds of well known terrorist commanders, into Iraq from Guantánamo Bay), to help keep it in chaos over the next decade. They then set their sights on Syria, and were preparing for a ground invasion (as with Iraq), when out of the blue Putin vetoed that action, stopping them dead in their tracks.- The US then took a much closer look at Russia, when the US understood how they’d misread Putin, they then set out to demonize him throughout the entire world, but it still left the USA unable to use ground troops in Syria. In Ukraine, the US were at first all upbeat about Yanukovych winning the Presidency of Ukraine, because he’d shown an interest in joining the EU, and it was only when he saw the EU had added clauses he was unaware of, did he then refuse to sign to the EU, but instead, he asked Russia for a loan, and stated he was trying to work on a closer relationship with Russia, then all of this kicked off. And we're still seeing the results today. But it really is just another thing that does show Russia just how desperate the US is to force this all into a war. In Syria, the US decided to use proxy’s in the form of terrorists, they recruited, trained, armed, paid and then sent those terrorists into Syria, and they murdered people in the streets, they took over towns and cities across Syria with murder and butchery. It was all done long before we saw ISIS cross into Syria from Iraq. This is all about the USA’s attempt to force in a single world currency, and with NATO’s really treacherous and pathetic stance in all of this, it seems that if the US $ collapses then so does the Euro. Things have dramatically changed over these last 25 years, and they've changed to such an extent, that it sees us, today, becoming exactly what we fought the second world war to prevent. That’s the bottom line of what we’re all really facing. Putin knows all he needs is time, he knows he must avoid getting into a war with the USA, but never lay down to them, he knows that sooner rather than later it’s all got to start to collapse, so he’ll avoid war and let them crumble. After all, Russia had to start again, and they didn’t force it to war, (after getting an agreement that NATO would never encroach further towards Russia, they allowed it all to collapse). But the US know that’s what he’s doing, so we’ve seen them provoke and provoke Russia, they’ve non-stop encroached further and further towards Russia’s borders, using NATO’s ridiculous excuse of protecting the Baltic’s from Russian aggression. We’ve witnessed Putin, four times, seriously, and clearly warn them to stop this nonsense, and the US have purposely ignored him every time, because they don’t want compromise, they don’t want talks, and they don’t want peace, no, they must have war (to remove Russia’s nuclear threat), force in a single world currency, or they’re finished, and they will collapse. And collapse to the extent it will see a break-up of the Union and a separation of the States. This is what no one wants to admit. Yet, you only need to understand, that for all Western governments, and the mainstream media, to be following the same scripted lies? (unprecedented in history), we simply must know the reason is huge! It is! After reading this, you can go back and look at everything that has happened leading up to now?, and you’ll now understand all of it. Things that made no sense at the time, and things you never really understood, now become very clear, and it becomes obvious exactly what the US are really doing, and you’ll now know WHY they're doing this. Only then?, well then, you’ll also realize the US will never stop, because they can’t, or they’re bankrupt to the point of complete collapse. This is what's facing us all, right now, as we speak. I mean, anyone, please do tell me I'm wrong? I'd love to be wrong! Only the problem you have now, is, you actually can't tell me I'm wrong, because this makes much more sense than anything you've ever heard coming from any of our criminal governments! But now, doesn't the whole picture become as clear as day?

[@hotstepper887]

Could we also not start believing this? To carry out what you've just read above, (the USA needing a single world currency to avoid complete collapse) saw the USA government needing the use of their military without needing congressional approval, otherwise, their idea/plan of a single world currency, would be dead in the water. Well, actually, 9/11 answers that question. And this is how they did that... The American government's plan, all along with 9/11, was to create fear across the USA, making the American people feel very insecure, and then asking the American people to allow them to change parts of the American Constitution, so they could start their "War on Terror" It worked, and the American people allowed the change in the constitution, allowing them to go to war without congressional approval, thus allowing them to attack any country on earth with their fake ''war on terror'' (should be renamed "War of Terror"). The USA's CIA, also created Al-Qaeda, and later, ISIS. This is how the USA managed to carry out 9/11, the CIA creates many of the world's terrorist groups, and it's actually pretty obvious how they do it. The CIA embedded themselves in countries across the world through the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, etc. They got to understand the Muslim's mentality, and their real beliefs, while also making friends with many known terrorist suspects over the years. This led to the CIA arming Bin Laden, in the Afghan-Soviet war. After that war, the CIA recruited Bin Laden into their ranks, (to be used as the ''Convincer'') to all the jihadists, who would hear and see him telling them to form a jihad against the USA. The CIA then set out recruiting jihadist's all over the world, (as part of Bin Laden's group), getting all their recruited jihadists together, & having them all believe they're fighting for Islam, and fighting for their own State/Caliph, and for their fake extremist leader, Bin Laden, (really CIA). None of the jihadists had any idea that they were really being recruited and used by the CIA, they all believed they were fighting a jihad for a Caliph, for Bin Laden, and for Islam. So if ever captured, they'd never be able to give the USA away, as they had no idea. When those groups grew, and when the CIA had got full control? They had to silence Bin Laden, (as any mention of it to the wrong person), could well get the wrong people asking questions, and that could lead to the discovery of what was really going on. They couldn't risk everything they'd managed to achieve, so they killed Bin Laden in the mid-late 90s, this allowed them to keep him going, as if alive, but nobody ever saw him again after 1997. Over the next 4 years, (leading up to 9/11), we would get video footage he'd put together, (while in the CIA), of him announcing a jihad against the USA. It was those videos that kept the world, especially the jihadists, and especially the American people, believing he was a mastermind terrorist in a safe house somewhere, (while in all truth, he'd been dead well over a year). The CIA then had the perfect storm, they had a dead man they could blame, they had a dead man who was known to commit terrorist acts in countries across the world, and a dead man that jihadists would obey and follow, (that gave the CIA full control). Plus, a dead man they could use as the reason they invaded country after country, ''looking for him''?. And these groups don't even know they're being recruited and used by the CIA, they've no idea at all. Bin Laden was dead, but only the USA knew that. All the jihadists believed they were fighting a jihad against the USA, at the word of their leader, Bin Laden (must keep remembering that, because it still applies). That allowed the US to carry out 9/11, and many terrorist attacks around the world since (hard to believe, I know), but it not only fits, but it makes perfect sense in all we see today!! The killing of the (so-called Bin Laden), was obviously something that had to happen, they'd used that excuse to its max. So in a prearranged fake plan, we saw the USA attack that (so-called Bin Laden campus), that was right next door to a fully operational Pakistani military base. And we're supposed to believe that nobody heard anything? Not even the USA crashing a top-secret, multi-million dollar helicopter?, as they ''supposedly'' carried out a special forces raid (on an old bearded man), who the CIA had dragged in from Guantánamo Bay as the scapegoat for the already long dead Bin Laden an hour or so before this farcical affair? And then came the obvious lies, lies that obviously had to come... Lies that surely show everybody the truth? The USA would not let anyone get near to the so-called Bin Laden's body, or to publish any photos, other than one picture, that was instantly proven to be fake! Now, ask yourself why would the USA not want the entire world to see, and have proven to them, that this so-called Bin Laden, was dead, and indeed, that was him?, and not some poor sod, shipped in from Guantánamo Bay as the scapegoat fake Bin Laden? The USA's reasoning not to allow anyone to test this so-called Bin Laden's DNA? (surely alarm bells are screaming)?, or to allow anyone to even get close to the body?, seems to show us all, this is only more lies and deceit from the criminal US government. But what it should have done is really made every American very suspicious, as this is such an obvious lie? Yet it didn't, It basically became accepted, because no one could prove otherwise! The body was taken away within hours, and buried at sea, (with the USA's pitiful excuse, it was done, to prevent his grave from becoming a site of martyrs). Oh sure?, more like it was done to stop anyone from trying to get this dead man's DNA?. The USA invaded so many countries across the world for at least 12 years after 9/11, while killing millions of Innocent people from many countries around the world, and all while using the search for Bin Laden as their excuse!. It's so obviously a lie! Today, it's Abu Al Baghdadi (CIA), and so it goes on, to where we are today, and still, the terrorist, the jihadist, ISIS, has no Idea they're mere cannon fodder for the USA's CIA. They still believe, (like Al-Qaeda did), that they're fighting against the USA, Syria, Russia, Iran and Iraq, for their Caliph, for Islam, and for their fake extremist leader Abu Al Baghdadi, really (CIA). I know the USA claim they killed him, (and probably have), like Bin Laden was killed long before 9/11 even happened. - It will be Al Baghdadi the 59th next, after all, they must have claimed to have killed him at least 58 times before? LMAO. I mean, again, anyone, tell me this is wrong? Only AGAIN, the problem you now have is, you actually can't tell me I'm wrong, because, again, this actually makes much more sense, than anything you've ever heard coming from any government?

[@marjendemhare5892]

BRICS+ and SCO amongst other co-operative trade groups to the rescue!

[@edwardgoering1237]

Two Goals 1 Force Russia into a Pre - One World Gov mode ; Bankrupt America

[@Cryptantha]

Bullshit. Putin waged a war of aggression and genocide. He has imperial delusions. He is evil. He will go down as a monster with Stalin, Mao, and Hitler as murderous thugs. Sachs is complicit in Russia's war crimes.

[@lesleyriseam1282]

That is the best synopsis I have ever seen . Thank you for your clarity .

[@JamesSmith-ix5jd]

The US is overextended.

[@7777wilson1]

Excellent presentation. Thank you for letting Prof Sachs speak with the clear sense, historical truths & open integrity he always does...Well Done gents❣️🙏✌️

[@dstuart5612]

Thank you for saying what most of us think. Peace to the world

[@monicapedreira7299]

Perfect explanation. I am from the third world and I am happy to hear at last, something that makes sense.

[@ail91699]

Tq tq tq this is truth, and every sane European should be informed of this view.

[@ginnysutherland2216]

An excellent summing up of the situation. The truth of this matter is out there. However the main stream media is complicit in a cover up that will blow the world to hell. The American demand for “ regime change “ in other words to control is going explode in its face. Old men ( Victoria N ) with huge egos make these wars that young men get killed in. These old men beat their breasts with righteous indignation while people die. This is another war that cannot be won. Remember Churchill said power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, America is there now. America which is now weighed down with debt has lost its head and the EU follows closely. America was slow to get into WW11 but have been in wars ever since , leaving death , chaos and civil war behind. Wake up Europe wake up America wake up from this dangerous need to bully.

[@iammayaguru]

Thank you. A logical and fruitful discussion. It was enlightening to hear Professor Sachs summary and history and reason for the conflict.

[@rememberyourself2432]

Thank you for your clear insights! Citizens of the Netherlands voted against Ukraine being a part of NATO! And a lot more that citizens did not want, however happened. But when and how does true information come to citizens? One must be willing to go beyond the headlines of the system media.

[@stationtavern8527]

Spot-on analysis of the falling colonialist nation's objective regarding the Ukrainian war: the expansion of NATO as a strategy to surround the Russian territory with US missiles.

[@timothycook5880]

Yes, they must talk in this now senseless conflict that is senseless and such a waste in so many ways. Too much waste of life and more. It must end now.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

Jeffrey Sachs, John Mearsheimer, Douglas Macgregor & Scott Ritter are my three musketeers + d'Artagnan of truth tellers.

[@rmdomainer9042]

More like Pinochios.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

@@rmdomainer9042 If so, they must be telling the truth as their noses are not getting any longer.

[@rmdomainer9042]

@@tarmotyyri6733 Read the story again. You overlooked a detail

[@tarmotyyri6733]

@@rmdomainer9042 Why not just tell me what I missed?

[@silviaericsson665]

Thank you for having the same opinion like I have always had ..🙏 LOVE &PEACE to the world .

[@Cryptantha]

He is not preaching peace. He is making the (really, really stupid) NATO excuse for the war crimes of the murderous dictators Putin. Russia committed the war crime of aggression, the mother of all the subsequent war crimes Russia has committed on democratic Ukraine. Sachs is a monster. Putin will be lumped with Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and Hitler. Sachs will be forgotten by history or go down as a tarnished Putin apologist.

[@Cryptantha]

He is not preaching love and peace. He is making excuses for a brutal dictatorship. He always sides with dictatorships instead of democracies. Sachs supports monsters like Putin and Xi.

[@winlaw3571]

Professor jeffery sachs is a Peace loving gentle man.

[@emanuellasker3650]

Sachs for any gov't post he wants!

[@emanuellasker3650]

Thank you, I do have a serious study of The Quran on my must-do list. He must have been an extraordinary man.@@Pierre-gu5vx

[@Havermeijer]

Gefeliciteerd Jakob met deze gast, dat gaat je welverdiende views opleveren!!

[@anikomattison7568]

So true and I am so pleased to fond a sane soul in this chaos! You should be the president of the US and make peace and end the US quick destroyment

[@antarisalduin_tv2806]

Sachs is that guy nobody listens to, but is 100% correct about everything that has to do with the subject.

[@rahimasarmed4892]

Thanks for bringing him on ...I can listen to professor Sachs interviews all over again . His honesty and truth deserve to be heard globally. Jeffery Sachs is absolutely fantastic. .

[@livondiramerian6999]

Confrontation breeds disasters, cooperation breeds prosperity.

[@jeankern2646]

You should also invite Scott Ritter, former weapons inspector, and col. Douglas McGregor about the conflict. They are also very knowledgeable.

[@desmondfaria4095]

Great man of peace and a truth teller Jeffrey Sachs.

[@jimhamilton5782]

Having carefully followed for many years events in Europe I totally agree with Mr. Sachs. (One thing I've noticed is that this gentle man seems to be looking angry & for me that's a heads-up.) Again in my case I expressed some of my concerns to friends & a couple of them now treat me with a bit of disdain. I've learned to stay away from politics. Of course my friends follow the main-stream narrative. Case closed. I do try to express my views a bit on the net. Blessings & have a good one.

[@Trekfietser]

Same happens to me, being treated with disdain.

[@jimhamilton5782]

@@TrekfietserI find it a bit frustrating when one is speaking the truth as best as it can be found. The scoffers don't do the research.

[@mariaadelecagna3540]

Your friends are not very smart nor have wisdom you and Sachs have...me too!😢

[@jimhamilton5782]

@@mariaadelecagna3540Thank you Maria Adele. We keep trying & plodding along. Blessings to you & yours // jim

[@GDMan-fb1jx]

It’s time for Regime Change in the USA and start the Peace Talks 🇺🇸

[@kevintewey1157]

Have you read Rosa Luxemburg? Is that why you see the need for Revolution and why reform will not work? ❤ Or?

[@JugMaj1940]

Very well informed.

[@kaecake9575]

Love to you Jeffrey Sachs from The Navajo Nation Peace to every family 🕊️

[@Anne-MarieAitsi-fx6wd]

Good work...

[@MrSibercat]

U.S has dirt on EU politicians

[@f1aziz]

US has dirt on US politicians too.

[@nickpelasgos6898]

I invite you to worship Christ our savior ....

[@paulheydarian1281]

Addiction to Child Pornography seems to be a prevalent affliction among many European politicians.

[@marcoborraz3763]

It´s a delight to listen to Jweffrey Sachs. He´s doing a great job.

[@alainrobert]

great talk Mr Jeffrey Sachs.

[@rolandboerhof9391]

Ben vooral blij dat er in ieder geval 1 lichtpuntje is in de verbijsterende teloorgang van de Nederlandse media.

[@ernstvandijk6342]

Prima gesprek, Jacob! Een week geleden was er al een soortgelijk gesprek tussen Sachs en Judge Napolitano. Deze gesprekken en die met Douglas Macgregor en Scott Ritter maken duidelijk wat een flutpresident Biden is. Ik zou zeker ook Douglas Macgregor uitnodigen voor een gesprek als ik jou was.

[@jeankern2646]

Mijn idee ook: Scott Ritter en Douglas McGregor. Ik volg ook George Galloway met the mother of all talkshows, woensdag en zondagavond.

[@bavros1998]

Bin zwar des Holländischen nicht mächtig, verstehe aber genug, um total zuzustimmen. Schlimm, dass wir in Europa ausgerechnet amerikanische unabhängige Medien brauchen, um Informationen zu bekommen, die man uns vorenthält. Kann noch The Duran empfehlen. Grüße aus Bayern.

[@bavros1998]

@@jeankern2646 Danke für den Hinweis auf George Galloway, den kannte ich noch nicht. Dafür bin ich ein absoluter Fan von Clare Daly und Mick Wallace, die einzigen EU-Abgeordneten, die man ernst nehmen kann. Europa muss zusammenstehen.

[@jeankern2646]

@@bavros1998 The Duran folge ich auch. Und Clare und Mick sind mir sehr bekannt. Europa muss aufwachen, die USA machen alles kaputt, sie sind die grösste hindernis für Frieden.

[@ernstvandijk6342]

@@bavros1998 Grüße zurück aus Luxemburg!

[@mnemonicpie]

thanks for inviting professor Sachs. But I heard his thoughts on discussed topics several times already and I'm looking forward for someone who will ask him something new🙂

[@christinepeach8213]

I understand your hope for someone to say that there is going to be peace soon. Many people who continue to repeat the history and the bullheaded collective West (USA) repeat this information for people who may hear this information for the first time. The truth tellers repeat info for the viewers who are coming to videos like this for the first time. You, I and many others have been following this war for a long time and have heard this many times. Hopefully more and more people will figure out the truth and the soldiers and civilians will stop dying. All the best to you!

[@bavros1998]

I'd rather wish somebody to finally listen to him!

[@joyholtzhausen8976]

Suggest some questions you would like to ask

[@mnemonicpie]

@@joyholtzhausen8976 "What will happen to the countries dependent on the EU if Germany decided to disband it (as AfD stated)?", for example. And something about the significance of the Chinese Belt and Road initiative and the Arctic developments.

[@lidavita2359]

The EU is such a rotten institution that it needs to be abolished or at least deeply reformed.@@mnemonicpie

[@sabliqueshazaar6327]

Prof. Sach's analyses and commentaries are always truthful, pragmatic and accurate. What never ceases to amaze me is that the mainstream media totally ignores him and the others who go against the grain of a narrative the "news" outlets persist in force feeding to the public.

[@Cryptantha]

Sachs sides with Putin and Xi against democracies. He chose the wrong side of history. He chose the Stalin, Hitler, Mao side of history.

[@bogdanmeleszczenko1271]

his Russian agent is getting desperate. From when some back room chit-chat are international binding? 😂😂😂 so stupid Russia, broke of legal agreement, so fuck them. It is NOT a NATO problem, the nearly all Russia neighbors wants to be with NATO and NOT with this fascist empire.

[@sabliqueshazaar6327]

@@Cryptantha Oh my goodness, bless you dear. At first I thought you were just being silly, but now I can see that you truly have no idea of what is happening in the world around you.

[@michaelkatz275]

In an article authored by Jeffrey Sachs titled "What Ukraine Needs to Learn from Afghanistan," he asserts that the proxy war in Ukraine commenced nine years ago when the US government supported the ousting of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych. According to Sachs, the US took issue with Yanukovych's efforts to maintain Ukraine's neutrality, whereas the US aimed to expand NATO to encompass Ukraine (as well as Georgia). This perspective aligns with the narrative put forth by the Kremlin.

[@sabliqueshazaar6327]

@@michaelkatz275 I agree. My point is that Prof. Sachs' assertions are systematically ignored, summarily dismissed and never given the benefit of intellectual discourse in the mainstream media. Sachs' points of view are well researched, documented and based on his decades of work in Eastern Europe and the former USSR as well as his direct access to many of the key players on both sides. He was more than just a casual observer of many events that hold historical importance. One would think that such a person is at least worth listening to. I have a feeling that you share this opinion.

[@funlegomathteachathome1256]

Go Jeffrey. Blessings. Go truckers and railway workers. Cleveland

[@solomonngubeni3667]

Fair analysis, thanks my leader

[@TheCgebro]

The world is fortunate to have J Sachs and J Mearsheimer

[@louiserobinson9776]

I was riveted by Professor Sachs’ excellent and clear analysis. Unfortunately the mainstream media have a stranglehold on the reporting of the war in Ukraine. I am surrounded by otherwise intelligent people who quote from the BBC, Times etc. as if they’re gospel! 🙄

[@bsure4]

criminally not unfortunately

[@evgeniya7853]

Europe is rapidly deteriorating

[@chriswatchingponies9877]

Good stuff having Professor Sachs on. Dank u !

[@brentriley4911]

The needed debate...rules based or law based.

[@1234carolynb]

Very insightful interview. Prof Sachs is a great mind on the subject. Please everyone, share this video to all your social media platforms.

[@bavros1998]

I did once - and it was immediately deleted by FB. But I'll try again with this one.

[@yousufjaber4353]

I think U.S. need lesten to Mr Sachs very well.

[@tewodroszerihun1945]

Respect Prof. Sachs!!!

[@narainsinghthapa5255]

Thank God we have the ontellectual like Prof. Jeffrey Sachs who have the capability to expose the insight truths of Ukraine war and its prime actors. We must be thankful to him and the presenter.

[@Cryptantha]

Sachs is a Putin shill. He always praises dictators and blames democracies for the actions of dictatorships.

[@mp7161]

Is painful to watch the common people die and suffer because of these sick criminal politicians. To stop the wor, give politicians a rifle and send them to the front, to fight for the cause.

[@ralphthethang3907]

very informative - one of the few sane voices left

[@henkverhaeren3759]

Great initiative this program to promote peace. Thanks for the attempt and the wisdom to achieve a better world.

[@joseventura6380]

He said where are the Europeans leaders?, well getting printed money to obey

[@randygram9310]

Their careers depend on obeying the U.S. And they are well paid servants.

[@takehe68]

Jeffrey Sachs gives the most comprehensive yet concise summary of the background to this unnecessary and tragic conflict, and of the prospects for peace from here. All the more valuable given the unprecedented censorship and propaganda prevalent in the English-speaking world.

[@pierreballester5226]

Thank you Jeffrey Sachs.

[@majidjiu1727]

Us own EU money baby

[@rauberhotzenplotz6657]

Jeffrey, you're a treasure!

[@lucyyl.5454]

Mister Sachs you speak NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SIR, much Love and admiration from Sweden❤❤

[@cresenciashamsoddin2942]

Great mind intellegent Analysis Truth Matters to the World , thanks Sir JS hope that People of the World heard your voice of reason , so that the War between UKR and Russia will end for the good of everybody and the whole World

[@ChooseCompassion]

Outstanding interview. Anyone who isn’t already following Jeffrey Sachs here on KZbin must do so immediately.

[@sylviagatterburg5318]

2013 I didnt believe to hear about the expansion of EU and later Nato to Ukraine, it was my wake up

[@frankmccann29]

This is exactly true. We had hope the intermediate range missile treaty would be implemented but they went in this "surround Russia" thing conceived by people who don't have a clue about mitary matters. Some Presidents worldwide hate the mititary.. Bad attitudes start with us.

[@Cryptantha]

Putin is a war criminal and his war is a criminal war of aggression. Bullies have zero say in who joins NATO. The bully does not get to decide who bands together for mutual protection. Russia never had the tiniest inkling of a right to determine who joins NATO. Putin is a monster, and Sachs just loves monsters.

[@garyyoung3179]

You seem to have overlooked the fact that it was Russia that breached the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with the development and deployment of 9M729 missile system as well as the deployment of Iskander Nuclear Missiles in the Kaliningrad Oblast which are within a few minutes flight time of numerous European cities and capitals. Meanwhile, no NATO country has any comparable ground launched missiles currently in their inventories and hasn't since they were all decommissioned in the early 1990s.

[@evgeniya7853]

@@garyyoung3179 In August 2019, the United States officially unilaterally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF) Treaty. Has Russia violated the treaty with itself?😂

[@Gezira]

Finally some European channel talking sense, subscribed. And great guest, of course. 👍