US Military Bases in Finland, Iran’s Reformist President, China’s Naval Games, and More

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[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:00 - Chapter 1 - US military bases in Finland 10:55 - Chapter 2 - Iran's reformist president 21:15 - Chapter 3 - China's naval games 30:45 - Chapter 4 - Chaos in the congo

[@Musslewhite]

Bump

[@latenightsesh4344]

Plug bump

[@user936]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@HoldMeForever]

This guy is allergic to convenience.

[@4362mont]

This outline really shoukd be pinned by the channel.

[@rickflash448]

Guy from Florida, "Oh boy I can't wait see where I'm deployed!" "North Finland" "fuuuuuuuuuu-"

[@JonStockman82]

why did I read that in HLC's Florida voice? 🤣

[@technick6418]

Slightly off-topic, but my maternal grandfather was once stationed at the US military base in Thule, Greenland. He said that experience constituted the coldest he has ever been in his life. I agree with Florida Boy! Give me warm climates any day....y'all can keep the cold.

[@corujariousa]

A big change but a very nice country. If you are single, I suggest learning some Finnish. You'll not regret it. 🙂

[@navyreviewer]

Guy from Florida may "sing a different tune" when he finds out Finland has more metal bands per capita than any other country on Earth.

[@woahhbro2906]

​@@navyreviewer as a guy from Florida, metal and a chance to play out a Viking life fantasy? I'm already on the plane! (Hope the airport sells sweaters..)

[@QBCPerdition]

Asia-Pacific NATO? You mean Pacific Ocean Trade And Treaty Organization? Or POTATO?

[@sandhilltucker]

Don't tell the Irish.

[@OakleyMoodie]

Perfect. I've heard Chinese people are afraid of potatoes...or was that cats?....or Chinese cats?

[@miff989]

St6 ​@@sandhilltucker

[@Suillibhain]

​@@sandhilltuckerI feel called out... not all people if Irish decent like potatos... I don't know any but they must exist😅

[@yoloswaggins7121]

​@@Suillibhain Lol before I read your second sentence I was thinking "I've literally never met an Irish person who doesn't like potatoes

[@Russia-bullies]

The fact that Finland has a mandatory military service policy & is the happiest nation is amazing.

[@jadeblack5586]

All kinds of Training that builds team work and confidence, national unity, and united people. ...Really, you're surprised?

[@seneca983]

Even if you don't like the military service, it's only 12 months at most (plus some refreshers later).

[@golmgolm]

It's impolite to show unhappiness in Nordic states. They are not happy in a sense you'd put into this word, it's mostly stoicism (I encourage you not to take my word and do your own research on why standard happiness tests don't work well in Nordic culture)

[@seneca983]

@@golmgolm I'm a bit skeptical of that. I wouldn't perceive it as impolite to e.g. cry. Also, even if there was such a politeness standard, I don't see why it would affect survey responses.

[@Modi_]

​@@golmgolm as a finn, the tests show how content finns are with the way our lives are going, rather than straight up happiness. Finns are fine with less, but the general quality of life is high.

[@bluenine85]

As a fan of global politics and defense news, this has been one of my favourite shows you run for a regular weekly update. It's well balanced and I appreciate the work

[@PantomimeHorse]

It's well researched, well presented, and informative, but _balanced?_ It's a useful round-up of global news, and a great jumping off point for further research, but please be aware there is a perspective in evidence here that has counter arguments, if you choose to look for them.

[@MrZombiekiller23]

Then you should look up real objective information instead of these obviously biased batches of propaganda, half the shit he says is openly disproven things that only the CIA would be arguing at this point😂

[@Shalor93]

5 seconds into the video: Nice! They're using the pre-WW2 borders for Finland!

[@svos7559]

Suomi Perkele!

[@martavdz4972]

And Swedish terminology, for some reason. "Helsingfors" LOL It should be Helsinki/Helsingfors.

[@Pyhantaakka]

I bet all the rest of the video is accurate...

[@JAHTAFARI]

@@martavdz4972 I was cheking it, and was thking the map is just in Swedish, and thats okey, it's our second national languages anyway, but then i noticed it ses Vaasa, so the Finnish version, and under it the towns Russian name. And the other towns are mostly in Swedish. So is this a pree 1917 map? You can also see that it ses Norway and Sweden, so the map is in English.

[@mustanaamiotto3812]

@@JAHTAFARI 90% of the population is finns. Should be finnish.

[@ChineseKiwi]

Like others, music is fine, but the mix is much too loud. The older ‘more serious’ music in old Situation Room videos suited it far more. And the mix was better. ‘Sharp sounding’ music with high treble just distracts from Simon speaking. But yeah, the music mix is too loud in this video. It should be about 40% of what it is in the video. Simon’s narration should always take priority in the mix and clarity of speech.

[@mikewilliams1479]

Agreed on the music

[@rangerlinford7417]

This "music" just sounds like a car door alarm beeping because it's not closed.

[@The210491]

it´s just f+ing annoying simon spent time/money for someone to mess up the music, but still doesn´t give a shit about sub titles or time stamps....not even linking videos he´s referencing to... music is just the cherry on the piece of the "idgaf"-cake

[@DKing627]

The beeping has me wanting to not watch it anymore. Needs to stop.

[@tom.m]

​@@The210491​ Yeah, it's one thing on a channel like the Blaze, but on a channel like this standards should be higher. Especially as they want it to be serious analysis, not just regurgitation. I was excited for this channel when it started, but I find myself skipping it more and more often. Doubly frustrating because we know his team is very capable. Yet here they can't even get maps right when discussing borders! Ugh.

[@JonnoPlays]

If Russia is having this much trouble with Ukraine then they don't want none of what Finland got.

[@jonathanblum2994]

Your videos would be better if there was not a constant stream of plucky, highly syncopated sound (music?) interfering with Simon's voice. His voice and cadence are great, one of my favorite things about the Warographics videos. The sounds detract from his voice and the content, to no discernible advantage. Being capable of adding a soundtrack doesn't mean it is a good idea or that you should do it.

[@jeremyesklund2841]

I had the same exact thought just Barney style. But I think they do it so when people make TikToks or Reels they can take the audio and match it up with their video. So they can potentially get that TikTok or Reel taken down if they don’t properly promote them.

[@xXToXiCxCaOSXx]

While that could be true, still doesn’t change the fact that it made me turn off the video 5 minutes in…

[@firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473]

Random sounds and images fool the auto screening software purging action. Certain key words and phrases will get you auto deleted from KZbin. Have to use disguises sometimes.

[@jessovenden]

Considering turning down the sound. I’ve already turned the captions on. I’m trying to remember how to slow it down. I’m almost sure it’s possible..?

[@SadeN_0]

I quite like the music for a change. But it is true that I'm not focusing on the voice as intently as a result

[@Dizzle93]

I really appreciate these “Situation Room” videos. I watch the news a lot and find it frustrating having to go to multiple outlets to find out what’s going on in the world of geopolitics. Thank you team for your hard work.

[@jrann2667]

Finland has a long memory. There was that little invasion by Russia in 1939.

[@pekkajarvinen69]

That little invasion and about a dozen before that during the last thousand years

[@Vakovakovv]

Respect for using the correct map of Finland

[@kmeanxneth]

XD

[@ScribeHolder]

Is it me or did the music make me think I was getting messages

[@freddiemercury2075]

It's you.

[@Ehuzarskizekiel]

I was thinking the same thing

[@Plaprad]

I could barely hear it as usual. I usually forget Simons videos have music it's so low.

[@andrewwise6990]

I thought my door-bell bing-bonged. Turn it off Si...you're playing games with my hearing aid!

[@jamesjross]

Look. He was out all night at a Chemsex party. He came in. thew on a jacket and made a video. He read the script perfectly... give him a break.

[@williamlloyd3769]

US Army through membership in NATO implemented this process as Eastern European countries joined NATO. Status of Forces agreements are always signed to lay out boundaries, limits and objectives. PS - Interesting how Putin’s actions in Ukraine ultimately ended with Sweden and Finland joining NATO. Unintended consequences in the extreme!

[@tuhkakasa1917]

Here in Finland "president" Putin change our view about NATO.

[@Xcoria]

You gave up neutrality to become a US proxy. Big mistake.

[@DanielMcAteer]

You've been lied to.

[@apmoore94]

​@@DanielMcAteerI don't see how. They see a country that has blatantly ignored previously agreed upon international boundaries in an attempt to force their will on other people by force, and because of such they chose to join NATO. I don't see what's so wrong about that.

[@bonk94]

@@DanielMcAteer Russian bot identified. Reported.

[@maka6134]

@@DanielMcAteerrussia promised to not invade Ukraine. They lied. So i totally agree when you say “you’ve been lied to”

[@kirnupiimaa]

0:05 That's an old map of Finland, but I guess it's all the rage to draw your borders a little further these days...

[@Shadowgunner785]

I noticed that too, I was like "ok, we are going the irredentist route"

[@charlottewolery558]

​@@Shadowgunner785 i thoroughly support such irredentism.

[@marcbeebee6969]

​@@Shadowgunner785 hey Venezuela, meet your mates at the soccer public viewing here in germany. Are all people from Venezuela so nice? Cause we need people over here 🙌

[@TheGoreFist]

Karjala takas, vaikka pullo kerrallaan 😂

[@Shadowgunner785]

@@marcbeebee6969 The flag ain't Venezuelan.

[@Juho-uf8si]

who mixed the audio on this and thought ''yep, perfect'' ??

[@nathanirick7806]

Hmm, I'm gunna have to say Jennifer Da Silva.

[@YateyTileEditor]

Every video I see comments about the music being too loud. And every video the music seems fine to me. I'd guess there must be some sort of auto-balance sound setting that I don't have or haven't selected. That or we're listening in alternate realities

[@horrorkek9340]

@@YateyTileEditor I find it annoying, since it muddies Simon's voice.

[@YateyTileEditor]

@@horrorkek9340 if I was hearing the music as you're hearing it it would be annoying. But my point is that I'm not. It's just soft background music for me, Simon is easily audible. It seems like we're listening to two different streams or, what I think, we're getting different audio processing from the KZbin client.

[@Plaprad]

Are you listening on headphones, or have some kind of EQ set up? Just curious, I see so many of these videos people mentioning the music is too loud or distracting. Half the time I can't even hear it because it's so soft. I'm wondering if there's something about it or the mix that makes it insanely loud due to some audio preset or headphones designed for music and don't do speech well.

[@wellthen......4336]

I feel like a general being briefed on the current situations. Love this channel ❤

[@HappyGuy-cn9po]

Facts.

[@yin6287]

A person with Che Guevara pfp and a person with Ancap pfp agreeing with each other? What timeline did I live in?

[@HappyGuy-cn9po]

@@yin6287 lol

[@Tuffpaddy03]

I love the channel. Great content but I find the music really distracting

[@catmanchester3847]

These situation room videos are super helpful to me, as I have a hard time focusing on world events otherwise. Super grateful for these. With that being said, the background music is a bit loud.

[@chrisstopher2277]

The us Army has a bunch of artic training in alaska, but finoand can only improve the us cold weather training.

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

something something canada

[@medusagorgo5146]

Have you ever been stationed at Fort Drum in Northern New York? It was the coldest, most miserable place I’ve ever been stationed. It’s a heavy wet kind of snow, we would occasionally get lightning and thunder with the squalls coming off of Lake Ontario. Winter conditions can start at the beginning of October and stay that way until May. My first Christmas there with the wind chill it was-45 degrees (f). Whenever it warmed up to about 20 degrees it was like summer for us. We did PT outside regardless of what kind of weather and we only really went to the field in the winter.(all the NG units went in the summer) in the spring and “summer” it was pleasant enough, except for the damn mosquitoes. I’ve been to Alaska in the winter and in my opinion, Ft Drum was worse.

[@marcbeebee6969]

I think the main objective is ice fishing 😂

[@wilhelmheinzerling5341]

​@@medusagorgo5146bingo

[@Pyratemime]

It will be interersting if the Army designates another unit for EUCOM as "ARCTIC" the same way they did with the 11th Airborne.

[@x1DVSBASTRADx]

To the warographics producers: stop adding annoying and stupid dinging to the videos like at 3:47. It adds nothing to the video and it makes it hard to listen to Simon.

[@marcbeebee6969]

At 14:00? I like thag background

[@x1DVSBASTRADx]

The soft piano is great! That’s what it should be for the whole video. The reject apple ringtones they play sometimes like around the 5:00 point needs to stop.

[@squidrobotgamesdesign7170]

Love all your work Simon & Team (I watch all of your channels, great stuff mate). That said, would you ever consider removing music from your Warographics videos? Its by far your most serious channel, and along with the research your team does its also one of the most respectable sources on KZbin. Its only detraction is the frankly juvenile use of stock music. I understand it for other work, but I really don't think Situation Room viewers will be turned away without imposing strings competing with your voice I love keeping up to date with the Situation Room videos, its really just the loudly generic music that impedes listening to these

[@daoch.]

The music adds for some people. Not everyone wants to watch a dry talk from a history professor -- we had that in school.

[@squidrobotgamesdesign7170]

@@daoch. But these are current events. Some things are important enough to warrant a little quiet for once. And look, its alright if the music stays, its just *incredibly* loud sometimes, completely masking what is being said. Its also sometimes tonally mismatched, making it very hard to take what is being said seriously.

[@Goldenself]

Music is fine, just mixed badly

[@stphn_alpharius]

The beepy music is very annoying

[@aRealAndHumanManThing]

Music again? Why does one of the few pretty neutral political news channels constantly try to shove music down our throat? fml

[@Marc42]

It's chimey, but - yes, a little.

[@cantsay2205]

So is your whining, but here we are.

[@KILLERONROAD]

​@@cantsay2205Content creators get feedback sometimes, deal with it. About 50 people agree with OP anyway.

[@anaboli_o]

IM sorry but its soothing.

[@WednesdayFin86]

10th Mountain has trained in the north. Kinda going back to the roots, because they were formed around the experiences of the battle of Raate road. Served in Kajaani where the brigade is basically training to fight that battle again.

[@palawanczech]

I live in Puerto Princesa, Palawan island, Philippines, just next to second Thomas shoal, city is full of US marines and special forces

[@deepthoughtjonez2427]

That background music is annoying af! Ding ding, ding ding, ding ding. Stop! 😅

[@jamesjross]

Look. He was out all night at a Chemsex party. He came in. thew on a jacket and made a video. He read the script perfectly... give him a break.

[@Paltse]

As a Finn, I see the similarity with the way we deal with US now and the way we dealt with Germanny back in WWII times. AOK Norwegen operated in the north and some units around Karelian Isthmus, plus airfields all around and naval presence in western Finland. Makes me wonder when does the Navy reveal it's submarine plans.

[@remcoasselbergs3298]

You do not need nuclear bases in Finland on land if you allowed subs around southern coastline....

[@alexlents4689]

With one massive difference… the U.S. isn’t a totalitarian dictatorship (at least until November 😬) with an official policy of acquiring “living space.”

[@ex1tium]

@@remcoasselbergs3298 We don't need or want American troops on our land either but our clueless government decided otherwise. I hope they know what happened to Germans when they decided to change the deal and start preparing to capture our natural resources and stuff.

[@Ximonic]

@@remcoasselbergs3298 The sea though, is not very deep, which makes me wonder would the subs get noticed relatively easily?

[@redcossack245]

You nailed it. Great show bud. Nice jacket.

[@BlackHawk264]

First picture of the map of Finland and it's pre WW2. Great job.

[@ShaneGilmore976]

Just FYI: The United States Army already had a base very close to Russia in the Arctic Circle before any military collaboration with Finland. We have the 11th Airborne Division located at Fort Wainwright Alaska. Finland is closer to the populated of Russia since our base in Alaska is closer to the back side of Russia and Siberia. The troops in Alaska constantly train in sub-zero conditions so Finland is not needed for those operations. We might even be able to teach them a thing or two. However, learning how to train and fight together as a team in such conditions is always a plus.

[@546268]

Because there’s nothing the Americans can learn from any other nation 🤦‍♂️

[@qc7zy]

How come American troops don't shine in any military games? Not bad, but definitely not the best

[@SonsOfLorgar]

​@@qc7zy because the US armed forces is a shipping and logistics conglomerate that dabbles in organised combat.

[@seneca983]

And don't they have a base in northern Norway as well?

[@Sombreropancake-cakemix]

Americans go to arctic circle to train. We evolved here from our most recent ancestral forms.

[@AkiVainio]

As a Finn, I would like to note that we don't really see joining NATO as "ascension". We didn't really want to do it. It was just a practical thing we had to do.

[@MrSpritzmeister]

That’s not true, people wanted to do it. Ascension means becoming part of something with a positive connotation.

[@AkiVainio]

@@MrSpritzmeister Yes, people wanted to do it, but considering the shift in opinions in the Spring of 2022, it wasn't because we were yearning for NATO, but it was just the practical thing to do. We just saw it us a "must".

[@phillipbalzano7479]

I thought he'd said "accession", as in being added, not ascension, like being promoted. Just my take

[@V3RTIGO222]

@@phillipbalzano7479 *cession, as in territory being formally accepted into an alliance or government.

[@V3RTIGO222]

The only reason to do anything of one's own accord is that the 'want' is greater than the 'not'. We can put the pride aside and accept that Finland was not forced to request NATO membership. Ultimately, such alliances allow for reduced military spending, improved military defence/response, and an increased level of deterrence. Any alliance or treaty is a measure of pragmatism, it's not like fuzzy feelings between two countries cause them to formally adopt a policy of military defense. Finland wanted to join NATO for the power and safety it offers, because the only reason to have not done so before was to prevent provoking Russia into a war that would have otherwise not happened... and perhaps the pride and confidence after once defending it's territory from Russia, the act that led to Russia being removed from NATO in the first place.

[@FrazerBoorman]

I’m glad to see more people highlighting the music :p

[@aardeng]

That fasten seatbelt sound is driving my wife crazy. Keep up the good work ❤😂👍

[@scottsn6152]

Thank You for making these. It's nice to have an analysis on issues that will barely show in most news cycles. I'm sure it's a lot of work.

[@philtorrez4198]

Having watched the video, seen its’ images, and heard its’ sounds, I took an extra step; I read the comments. I will reiterate. Please remove the music. I know, for a fact, this is what your audience would like. Please, listen to all of us. Your team does excellent research. We want to get informed. We want you to deliver said information to us. Stop muddying the waters.

[@henriikkak2091]

Finland was not neutral. It's been an EU member since 1995 and a NATO partner since 1994. The EU has a defence pact as well.

[@bubee8123]

Music is a bit to loud, when I use headset, in my humble opinion.

[@Open3Eyes]

The chime in the background music is MADDENING

[@biohazard8295]

I love your videos. You should put subtitles or considering speaking a bit slower for all the non-native speakers who follow you from around the globe. Don't get me wrong, you speak very clearly but the pace is somewhat fast, and sometimes i can't concentrate properly on the content trying to get all the words right. ❤

[@deborahbranham-taylor6682]

This video is densely packed with information, delivered quickly and concisely. It does not need any background music, that just distracts.

[@psingh1488]

Best news channel on the internet. ❤

[@fastpack6130]

A fun choice to show a pre-war map image of finland at the beginning of the video 😂

[@Its_Revan]

I understand why you guys do the background music but my god it's gotten to be really annoying. The wind chime sounding one is particularly bad

[@aarongouine-yb6yc]

Appreciate your videos man

[@jamesjross]

Its amazing.... this guy was out all night at a Chemsex party until 11am. He came in. thew on a jacket over his sweaty t-shirt and made a video. He read the script perfectly... give him a break.

[@ustopian]

Not a fan of the audio in any of these warographics videos. The lead for production /whole team😅 need assessed.

[@stefanodistefano]

Been looking for an alarm going off in my house since 03:52 into this episode 😅😂

[@rezcon]

So Russia has no problem with US bases at their border. But they invaded Ukriane for the hypothetical possibility of hosting US bases, even thought Ukraine was not going to join NATO. *Angry Mearsheimer noises*

[@MarvinWestmaas]

Not to mentions Koningsbergen which has been militarized to the teeth.

[@SputnikCrisis]

it's as if Putin is an irrational authoritarian who is motivated by vengeance, paranoia, and ultranationalism instead of common prosperity or even basic pragmatism.

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

@@MarvinWestmaas taking historical inspiration

[@cynicaltroll6057]

Ummm ummm. UKRAINE

[@DanSoloha]

Russia absolutely has issues with US bases at their border

[@ryanzblue]

Hey Simon and crew, thanks for your updates. This helps me with my college studies immensely. I have a cool project in mind about ancient and modern warfare

[@scotthabshi843]

Wash that coffee ☕ Rusty Venture😂

[@GreySectoid]

Old map of finland, your research team is fantastic x)

[@Cerealkila]

please stop making the music so loud and distracting, it makes it so hard to understand Simon sometimes.

[@JClark2600]

@33:45 It's interesting that you bring up Russian PMC's and Ugandan involvement in the DRC. Another KZbin channel I like to watch is Bald&Bankrupt, where in his most recent video he travels to Uganda and on his way to a location a man runs up to his minibus and asks is Bald (Benjamin) is Russian. Bald asks why do you think I'm Russian (or something like that) but the man just starts yelling about how they 'LOVE Putin!' at the time I thought it was odd but now knowing the East DRC has rare earth metals it makes the statement a little more logical.

[@santoriniblue8413]

I also saw the video and if I remember well, he said he was "Bela-RUSSIAN", he was or is married to a Belarussian girl, that also appeared in some of his videos. I doubt the natives understand the subtle difference between being Belarussian or Russian.

[@lumihanki5631]

11seconds in, loving how you used the older map of Finland with true borders....

[@FACTSummarized]

dude the music is getting annoying and is loud i have to blast the volume to hear what you have to say

[@anttihoivala6740]

Amazing that they use map off Finland where Karelia is still part of Finland.

[@colemangeiger8757]

Thanks for all the hard work!

[@Andrew-dw3wp]

Like the sounds of this straight off the bat

[@wither5673]

As a Swede I am disgusted with our politicians casually allowing the US to just waltz into our nation and have ''America only zones'' in our own military bases that are even immune to Swedish prosecution.

[@ex1tium]

Same here from Finnish side. Truly a greatest fuck up in a long while by both of our governments and nobody even reported about it. I had to go and read the god damn DCA agreement myself since media didn't report on it before it was too late. I truly wonder how much they paid for our politicians to sign on that piece of turd paper. We Nordic nations are perfectly capable of taking care of our turf without having US come here to wreck our places and telling us how it needs to be done. I swore my oath to the Finnish nation, its people and the defence forces not to Washington. Yankees better behave like angels while in our land or they'll be swimming back home by the route of Arctic Ocean.

[@holokyttaja5476]

@@ex1tium Teidät ryssäbotit heitetään niskaperseotteella venäjälle. Tai vaihtoehtoisesti kuula kalloon.

[@rockymountainlockpicker9606]

Love the channel, but the music made this one hard to watch

[@Valokaari]

Nice border at the start. I approve! 😎👍

[@lstierney]

Please no background music!!

[@Plaprad]

Random question for the people who are complaining about the music. How are you listening to the video? Is it with headphones? On speakers? TV? Do you have any special presets for EQ or mixing? I'm genuinely curious. I keep seeing these posts, but watching on my TV I can't even hear the music unless I focus in on it. I'm wondering if some are using headphones designed for music and are bad at speech. The music would be louder and clearer while the speech would be muffled a bit. If you'd like, please put up how you listen and how it sounds to you. Maybe we can figure out what's going on and maybe find a way for the editors to make everyone happy.

[@kieranmilner1295]

we could always send those doctors and engineers

[@MPSESRA]

You really could not find any newer map of Finland than pre-WW2

[@MathieuFiset]

Distracting background music 😅

[@justskip4595]

It is hard to hear the voice from under the music. I wish there was no music, his voice could very easily carry the video without distractions.

[@abrakadabra6364]

Thank you for the scarring mental image about Palpatine 😅

[@BorderGuardJaegerFinlandia]

As a Finnish Border Guard Sergeantand that is part of the Finnish Border Guards Sissi Jaeger in Ivalo, Finnish Lapland, but now in the reserve I want to welcome every single one of the Americans fellow brothers and sisters. We will learn you guys to love the Finnish Northern Lapland, and the wilderness, sunny/light summers nights, pitch dark winter days/nights and the freezing cold winters and the billions of blood sucking mosquitoes that will never let you go, but see the positive side of it.. There is no malaria or some other deadly decease that they can give you. Slava Ukraine, Israel, Finland and America 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇫🇮🇺🇸💪🙏

[@galmui4392]

Damn a video before 8am??? Simon spoiling us

[@Shazzkid]

7:06 "specisifity" lmao. Fumbled the word "specificity"

[@OrjanGrahn-ou7im]

In Sweden the Leftist party and Greens are really grumpy about similar treaty for 17 bases. 3 is above or near artic circle/Murmansk.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

It's a bit more specific than that though, and you can't deny that the corporatist/theocrat/fascist coalition has made any effort to inform or involve the opposition in any national security negotiations with our new allies...

[@juliushakala5148]

@@SonsOfLorgar Atleast in Finland parties on the left, have history of acting indecisive or taking very long with decisions when handling policies relating national security

[@nicholas8257]

Man I love the videos but that low-key alarm music is doing my head in.

[@JustArtsCreations]

Please sir, just give the facts...no music. or at least turn it down significantly. Still love ya though !

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@Theeoldmann]

Why haven't talked about the deal with Mongolia?

[@kristianhuuskonen2723]

First map was the old map of The Great Finland

[@ghansu]

No. There wont be any US military bases in Finland or permanent troops. With that deal they can train more easier here if needed.

[@sno7599]

over time the vignette get's mroe and more displaced. theyr'e definitely sending a message somehow

[@ShatillyPaige12]

This guy being a moderate of any kind in Iran open to a "whats best for Iran" compromises is insane

[@justintyme720]

That's like raw doging😂 without a safe word

[@DogWithGuns]

11:45 "First duputy of parlimant of Iran"? Seriously? Did Simon's kids write that?

[@Argosh]

Note: when NATO says they are short such and such combat power what they mean is "under the assumption of all worst case estimates concerning opposition strength we need this to guarantee a quuck and decisive victory". When China says it, they mean "under the assumption no one actually tests the capabilities and finds out that it's much easier to make a shiny brochure than an actual weapon system". When Russia says it they're drunk.

[@prod-Sane]

Please turn the music down

[@hurri7720]

About Finland and NATO. There was never a majority against NATO but traditionally a lot of the "lets wait and see" people. And then they did see Russia attacking a neighbour. Meanwhile Finland has taken part in NATO operations and made the Defence forces NATO ready for many years, something that has annoyed Putin for years too. What has not been pointed out is that there was this scary possibility that some American president could promise that NATO doesn't go further east in Europe. That was a very scary situation for Finland who has assumed joining NATO is just and only Fi nland's decision to apply for membership or not. It was also important for Finland that Sweden also applies for memebership, as they did. Then there is this uncertainty about NATO due to Trump and what this agreement between Finland and the US Army does it to take out the uncertainty of NATO as this agreement is not depending on NATO alone. Common sense and realpolittk.

[@paularcher1616]

Simon turn off the background tunes 😂

[@MrJaakko007]

Sierra madre is that fallout new vegas refrance on one of its dlc called dead money

[@JamesL42]

Sierra Madre just means Mountain Mother in English. The name is far older than the game.

[@MrJaakko007]

@@JamesL42 😲really?

[@JR-kf5op]

0:03 uuuuhh... buddy, that's a bit old map😂

[@saje446]

no thats the correct one

[@rorylol]

Get some different background music. It’s pretty distracting at times.

[@phmaximus]

I really enjoy watching your videos, but unfortunately I can't last any longer with this Door charm in the background

[@mikaeljordan]

the music is sadly rather distracting.

[@MarkkuS]

Thanks for including karelia in finnish territory. Would be nice to have access to lake Laatokka.

[@XGD5layer]

Ääninen would also be nice to access, and the Arctic sea

[@abeelvago]

9:40 curious to see what those untouched communities would be. Also curious to see what communities would be touched. And most curious to see, what politician would give the go ahead to military conscription.

[@Lucky14970]

That yellow shirt has seen better days Simon! Simon says, “I lost my iron, my guy!” Justin says, “ Hey Mr. KZbin sponsored dude, go use some of that fat stacks you’ve been stacking up!”

[@jamesswagerty144]

How about we take out that chime? Turn the mix down a bit… it’s wildly distracting.

[@DarkWarchieff]

Could it be Iran wants to soften up for new relations because Russia is a failing ally?

[@talayehghofrani]

Thank you for the great content, I always enjoy your videos . Small correction, current leader of Iran is Khamenei not Khomeini, Khomeini has been dead for many years😅

[@raimoliimatainen4176]

That Finland's map in the beginning... 🤭

[@HEYLADY1O]

Music is so distracting lol

[@aRealAndHumanManThing]

Audio quality is nice, but could you at least set up a music free patreon or shit?