Wes Clark Jr. On Standing Rock Veterans Protest

[@jaimie00]

I'm glad you guys put this up for everyone. I like the perks of being a member, but I think it's important that everyone see this. Thanks for all your hard work, Wes.

[@mexicandomination]

Wes Clark Jr. for President

[@karenhancock542]

I was so glad to hear Wes speak. I was at Standing Rock during the time of which he is speaking and, yes, my experience was very powerful and meaningful, although we did not go to the casino, but stayed in Oceti Sakowin camp. In spite of the harshness of the weather, I did not want to leave, and my granddaughter kept asking, "Why can't people be like this everywhere?" I agree with Wes on his evaluation of what we must do and the speed with which we must do it. The veterans are a special resource for the people. Such a great idea.

[@bernardkovalchik2063]

I was one of the officially signed up vets from WA State. We brought two buses, about 10 private vehicles, and over 80 vets. I am very glad I came to Standing Rock but the logistics were bad at best. The line of cars and buses going in was a couple miles long and it took a couple hours to finally drive in. We supposedly had two tents reserved for us (half of one tent we volunteered to some vets on a bus from CA). The command tent gave both tents to some of the unsigned vets and we had no place to stay. Our chow was eaten by the other vets. We were out of luck and on our own. Storm came in = survival mode. The uninvited vets and citizens were responsible for a lot of the chaos resulting from too many people for the space available. Other than that, it was worth going as the corp canceled the easement on the 4th and the world paid attention to the situation where the DAPL Blockers were being treated obsessively brutal by the Gestapo North Dakota police and their allies. The organization needs to go on in a militarily organized way. No fly by the seat of pants approach. Supply depots, chain of command, permanently paid staff, a registry of authorized serving vets, etc. Identifications issued. Organize and train by local platoons. You get what I mean? My wife is going to the Million Woman March the day after the inauguration. I will continue to come but need an official organized vet group the next time. Get professional organizers to help you. I will come. PS: great job Wes given inexperience and the unexpect enormous response.

[@sydandtaytum]

thank you for going. thank you for bringing supplies and thank you for helping out everyone there, and representing what america is supposed to be about. thank you thank you thank you.

[@Mephistahpheles]

Planning for a few hundred and getting a few thousand....it's very hard to adapt to that quickly. Even with military organization, numbers are nearly the first thing decided. I suspect a "multi level marketing" approach would work best. ("You're responsible for those that signed up through you." more or less.) And, most importantly, these guys actually DID it. "Bad at best" is much better than not at all.

[@1ACORNLAWN]

So glad your happy Wes, we love you and your efforts

[@laug66]

i found this very moving, i cannot say how much i support Wes

[@2932mike]

FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY ...THE CALVERY CAME TO SAVE THE INDIANS .

[@missmaya906]

MIKE VON BACH yes amazing

[@SilentEire]

This is one of the best video's TYT has ever put out. Wes is an awesome fella and he has a lot of knowledge in him. For anyone who feels discouraged about where we're all heading towards in life, I think this video is exactly what you need right now. We've still got a few days to go, but I think this was the perfect way to send off, what was for the most part, a pretty shitty year. We all need an injection of hope at this point in time.

[@gregtorrez6860]

NOW, you should have Cenk one up THIS video and have HIM get on his hands and knees and apologize to the Armenian Community like these guys did with the Native Americans. I sincerely doubt any of those guys named groups after the killers of Natives like HE did with the Armenians, or DENIED that they were mistreated. So come on, show you're not a hypocrite and DEMAND the same of Cenk.

[@hcpalmer]

+Greg Torrez shut up idiot.

[@therugburnz]

Thanx vets for serving our country again. I'm glad you have the GUTS to help the Honorable Water Protectors with their mission that serves not only our people but the only planet than has kept and hopefully will continue to keep us alive. Bless you all.

[@WorldChampInfinity]

I like this guy. Thanks for posting this.

[@cucinaruss1158]

Wes is a voice that should be heard now everywhere

[@felicianofrontado3134]

Wes Clark Jr. is one of THE BEST TYT hosts, don't you dare let him go Cenk !

[@SanctreMalleus]

ha! funny how things have now turned out.

[@matthewpalumbo2782]

This was so moving. Thanks TYT

[@mrcruise6231]

Thank you to ALL water protectors and ALL Veteran's who stand for the people!

[@gage4g]

I love you Wesley Clark Jr. You inspire me. It was an honor to work with you on this deployment. I'm ready to go back and fight.

[@rich3154]

What deployment? Get back into what fight, wes Clark got out of the army in 1994 I believe, I am certain

[@RickyReviews]

I'm very happy you guys did an update on this issue. and having wes there makes it 1000 times better

[@paulrevere47]

Wes Clark, you've always appeared to me as being a very reserved, almost vanilla in opinion person...YOU HAVE BLOSSOMED SIR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE AND RIGHT LIVING!!

[@sherylnsc]

Great interview! Love you, Wes Clark, Jr.

[@BernicePanders]

THANK YOU TYT for listening to fans!! I was showing this PG to John at Bernie2016TV who also does broadcasts most days, to keep us motivated & fighting! 👍💜🐼

[@heatherstahlnecker9270]

Thank you for your courage and your service Wes Clark Jr. WE THE PEOPLE appreciate your help.

[@yerk3]

You speak only for yourself.

[@kristypeterson5136]

Thank you vets for tipping the scales and inspiring. I always say"Aspire to Inspire". You must be the changes before anyone will be inspired to change.

[@namelast6039]

There has been a lot of criticism about how Wes handled the situation at Standing Rock . But at least he got off his ass and helped . He seems to be going through some personal issues and still decided to coordinate the veterans as best as he could . Thanks Wes✌🏽️❤️

[@nancymesek]

I adore Wes and his father too! True American heroes.

[@lustchievous]

I like this guy. He's interesting. Has me feeling more hopeful and less pissed off. Too bad we don't have more like him running for office....

[@curiosity2314]

The best 30 minutes on KZbin... Powerful interview.

[@willfreeman7999]

It's people like you that give lemmings a bad name.

[@ningahsmooth683]

​@@willfreeman7999 the disgusting superhating of cyberwarriors gets spotted, and is old, repetitive, + boring !.

[@burchmore5000132]

18:45 - “This is Wesley Clark. If you’re listening to this, you are the resistance. There is a storm on the horizon. A time of hardship and pain. This battle has been won, but the war against the machines races on. Skynet’s global network remains strong, but we will not quit, until all of it is destroyed. This is Wesley Clark. There is no fate, but what we make.” - Wesley Clark, Jr (2025).

[@HorrorMovieReviewGuy]

Great job Wes.

[@Stylemaster911]

Wow, that is an outstanding raw and passionate interview!

[@jogreeen]

This guy should be running for congress, this is the sort of exposure that money can't buy.

[@coffeebuzzz]

He will.

[@argelisplanchart9438]

Can't wait to see Mark Walhberg play Wes Clark Jr. in the Standing Rock film that will probably get made in the next two years.

[@rachelbaker2657]

So strong! Standing Rock. Veterans. TYT. All of the camps. All the brothers& sisters.

[@jonathanfelix5486]

Best Tyt Piece Ive ever seen!!! Ive been a fan since 2008. This one is getting shown to everyone I Know!!! Shout to Wes Clark!!!

[@therugburnz]

Anna looks genuinely happy as hell he's back.

[@7meterscarf504]

Encouraging video. Thanks, Wes!

[@cleoxo2566]

7meterScarf - I couldn't agree more. Very encouraging.

[@dfens1987]

This is a pivotal moment in the war against the establishment.

[@GodzillaGoat]

Brian Chivis go Wes go! If not you who?

[@JG1995WPG]

Skip to 18:20 . you can hear the passion in Wes's voice. It's so empowering to do what is right

[@ritabutler1951]

Veterans are going to need to be very visible on a number of fronts moving forward. I for one am so glad to see them show up.

[@ffofy7891]

Damn, I haven't been that inspired since this past Democratic primaries. We're with you Wes. How can I get involved? How can do I it without sacrificing my livelihood, meaning my job and the roof over my head?

[@MrCurlykid1]

Wes Clark Jr. Da Real MVP

[@marcusstar9995]

thanks wes really we thank you.

[@moto2kx2]

WES, Congrats on being "Fully Awakened"! IT is working. Best! :-)

[@jhunt32004]

I mean so grateful Wes came on the show. I know he's not very camera hungry, but the world could some more people like Wes in the spotlight despite how much he loaths it.

[@yerk3]

You're somehow under the impression that your opinion is important or interesting.

[@artstrology]

The veterans are thirsty for a just cause. They are yearning for a spiritual advance. They are tired of corporate control. We all sign up with the intention of serving the people. And that is not what we have been doing. There will now be 1,000 Wes Clarke's.

[@kryptoart87]

I went to Standing Rock for a week and had to leave the day all the veterans got there. When Wes said the best experience of his life, I double down on it THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE TOO!. I lived in a Utopian society for 1 week.

[@Arkayem]

I love how Wes check Cenk when Cenk blows things out of proportion.

[@wout4yt]

shows that if you are a badass, you don't have to be a blowhard

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

I will support the veterans as long as I can. In my life, I've never before been involved in a cause that actually won, however temporarily it might be.

[@nomogopnomogop2875]

When you think your the only one fighting it's easy to get discouraged. Fight on where behind you all the way.

[@chanidax987]

Wes is amazing.

[@DelBoy573]

Way to go Wes! All you need to do now is spit on Alex Jones and you'll be my new favourite TYT presenter. Obviously Jimmy Dore currently has the top spot.

[@bengjie]

Wes' feeling of hope is amazing! dude looks haggard and war torn.

[@XpertTheif21]

Wes is an American Hero

[@jozefjozef2810]

wes is a real american..rare breed today.

[@20thCenturyPox]

18:40 where Wes breaks from his sleep-deprived exhaustion to put the Swamp Monster in Chief on notice. He means it, Tiny Hands.

[@IndustrialBonecraft]

I do like Wes, though. He knows his shit from top to bottom. Listening to him reel off back history and facts on the discussion shows way back when was amazingly informative. And all the time in this he's throwing new information out. That bloke is a legend.

[@coffeebuzzz]

Like Father, like son.

[@gollypo448]

Wow. Wes has had a serious dose of reality. See how clearly someone sees after an experience like that? That used to be the way we all lived, if you go back enough generations, in a true community - which is so much more than an address. The Native Americans gave the Europeans who became Americans one of the most enduring images of their culture: The Cowboy. The strong, silent, honourable man of the wilds is not a European trope. It is original to America, where the opinion of the Native American formed by those people who actually had dealings with them was an antidote to the poisonous propaganda espoused by the proponents of "manifest destiny" back in the Eastern financial centers where the profits from the Westward expansion ended up. If this was more widely recognized I don't believe that such treatment of them as we see would be so widely tolerated. The rest of the world still has a lot to learn from Native American culture, and Wes is proof that it's not too late. Respect to all the water protectors, Native, Veteran, non-Natives, everyone. I include Jordan and TYT in that group.

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

I know. I have _never_ felt a sense of community. I almost said I felt such a thing before I became an atheist, but that's not true. I knew if I dared do something against the religion, community would be wielded as a weapon. And of course that was exactly what happened when I could no longer believe. I suffer from many chronic illnesses, but I want to make a difference. I think the climatologists who predict the worst might be right. Climate change can't be denied where I live. Billions of trees are dying due to drought and lizards were still active as late as November 18. That's not normal. Once, before I die, I want to feel I belong. Maybe that's selfish, but I want it so badly.

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

I wish I could thumb up your comment more than once. This sense of disconnection I feel can't be normal. I hope it can be remedied.

[@gollypo448]

Ladyhawk Feathers-in-her-Hair Maybe get in touch with Wes' organization to see if you help to organize, or fundraise? I'm only speaking from memory, myself. I'm confined to a small cottage in Wales, either in too much pain or too wacked out on meds to handle - or be handled by - all but a few rare people, so any sort of community is pretty much theoretical to me at the moment.

[@cathjj840]

Courage to you, Golly Po. Already encouraging the Ladyhawk is a tremendous service rendered.

[@heatherstahlnecker9270]

THANK YOU VETS!

[@aliv6321]

Around 19:00 Wes gets real xD I love the passion.

[@GmoneyStylez]

TURK of the YEAR!

[@brightbase5955]

He has rescinded his previous comments about the genocide and now recognizes it. Find another point to troll about tytnetwork.com/2016/04/22/rescinding-daily-pennsylvanian-article/

[@GmoneyStylez]

Try Harder.

[@Naskinlahtaaja]

brightbase, clearly he doesn't say that he recognizes it in that link of yours, he just states that he will refrain from commenting about it, meaning that he is basically now "agnostic" about the genocide. Imagine if someone like Sam Harris for example went from denying the holocaust to saying "I don't know enough about it so I will refrain from commenting on it", clearly that would be almost as bad as denying it because of course they know enough about the genocide to comment on it.

[@Naskinlahtaaja]

brightbase If he acknowledged the genocide, why wouldn't he just have written or stated anywhere that "I now do acknowledge the genocide". People just like point to this as one of the more blatant ridiculous flaws in Genks opinions. Some governments don't like to acknowledge it because doing so would be seen as a political statement and it would probably harm relations with turkey, that is why governments and political figures get more of a pass than independent people.

[@brightbase5955]

Naskinlahtaaja And please find me a CURRENT source where he denies it. Not some 25+ year old article, I want one from this decade where he states that he still denies it.

[@jannorman2091]

I absolutely love this dude.

[@bobbyrys1958]

Thanks Wes.

[@dotfeatherheart9736]

Aho

[@thegmanofEAP]

Real American hero.

[@2932mike]

FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY ...THE CALVERY CAME TO SAVE THE INDIANS

[@amosbatto3051]

Just a few comments on what Wes said about the science of climate change. Methane lasts an average of 9.1 years in the atmosphere. During that time methane has a global warming potential (GWP) of roughly 110, meaning that per unit mass it causes 110 times more warming than CO2. Over a 20 year time frame, it has a GWP of 86, according to the IPCC AR5. Over a hundred year time frame, it has a GWP of 34. There is a great deal of debate over whether the methane locked up in the permafrost and the ocean floor will be released, and the impact it will have. No scientist that I have read is sure that we have 8 years as Wes argues, but there are a small number who say that it could happen that quickly. Studies which have modeled the climate impact of a giant methane release say that it won't kill all life on the planet and won't cause a runaway greenhouse effect so Earth ends up like Venus. However, it it does happen, we could see a massive collapse of human civilization and the starvation of most of the human population. It is very, very scary, so Wes is right in terms of the sense of urgency. We just aren't sure how fast it could happen and most scientists would say that 8 years not likely, but within the realm of possibility. Nonetheless, it is important to keep in mind that we are currently loosing Arctic ice in a way that most scientists didn't think would happen until the 2050-2080 time frame, so Wes may be right. Either way, we should be acting with the kind of urgency that Wes advocates.

[@thewestwinger3855]

Wrong, Wes is 100% right

[@amosbatto3051]

I just looked up the numbers on permafrost carbon. According to Koven et al. (Proc Royal Soc. B, 2015), in an RCP8.5 scenario (which is the worst scenario in the IPCC AR5), between 32 and 129 petagrams of C-equivalent (including methane) could be released by 2100. Given that there are 850 pg of carbon in the atmosphere, this means a 15% increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases in the worst case scenario. So according to conventional science, Wes is wrong. However, there are 1700 pg of carbon locked up in permafrost carbon. It might be possible that we have a major carbon burp like the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (55.5 million years ago), then a much larger percentage of the permafrost carbon might be released. Again, Wes misunderstands the science. We still need to act and put our bodies on the line just like he did, regardless of whether we have 8 years (as he says) or not.

[@thewestwinger3855]

Amos Batto the IPCC is lying through their teeth, we are on track for 7 plus degrees of warming by 2100, 3 degrees by 2050, we are out of time. At 7 degrees, almost all life on Earth ceases to exist

[@cathjj840]

OK, so just WHAT can we do at this point? Put a giant containment thingy over 2/3 of Russia? Nuke the Chinese and Germans into stopping burning their coal ? (l live in Germany's downdraft - they coulda stuck with a few more years of nuclear imho.)

[@CraftyComeLately]

what an incredible man!

[@MrPotatochips4]

Note to self: open heart - things become crystal clear.

[@nolanwinkler]

THANK you all so much. Including TYT's. Seems SO many cannot see what is in front of their faces, Mr. Clark.

[@johnmuirsgrand5335]

Nice work Wes! Natural born leader you are. Welcome home. Maybe the vets can split up between Flint and Texas pipeline where Jordan is. 💚

[@rsuriyop]

Is he the son of 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Wesley Clark? I supported that guy and wished he had won.

[@TejBBF223]

YES

[@coopclauson]

Haha I remember I was kind of young then and politically immature so I didn't have sophisticated reasoning, but I remember he was my favorite, I guess I just found him likable/trustworthy for whatever reason.

[@kenwiebe2706]

thank you Wes Clark Jr.

[@kenwiebe2706]

yes Brett, one should only be the silent witness.

[@Reprodestruxion]

Wes has to confront Alex Jones

[@Homelessgrunt]

René Moncayo lol

[@Graytune]

Wes looks like he aged 5 years at Standing Rock. Always great when he's on though.

[@michaelcerda5514]

i want him back on tyt

[@sparksmacoy]

TYT is doing a great job on this when no one else will.

[@deadreckoning6288]

Thats your opinion eh.

[@sparksmacoy]

You need to look at all news with critical thinking switched on, at least they are covering climate change in a real way unlike crap mainstream media.

[@sparksmacoy]

You are Dunning Kruger incarnate

[@indeedgaminghere401]

Yo at 19:45 my nigga Wes went a lil rouge lmao. That's what I'm talkin about, we need more of that!!!!

[@markjrich1]

Thanks Wes!

[@RodesLaw]

I appreciate all the things that Wes has done. And I like him as a person but nothing you experienced has any supernatural connection. There is no god. Humans are social creatures and we feel a sort of emotional bliss from helping others and standing up for oppressed people. You are a good person who risked his life to help others, don't give that credit to some nonexistence god or spiritual entity; it's just your goodness. You and your fellow comrades deserve all the credit for this action. Cheers !

[@dannywilliams7697]

I worry about the Dick Cheney situation, he ran the White House from 2001-2009 NOT Bush

[@garyjones5272]

Camaraderei is powerful. The energy produced by like minds is very real. Ask a musician what a group of people paying attention will do for the music. I remember the stories of cops taking off their badges at pop festivals in the 60's. The energy level of everyone's focused thoughts is like an incoming tide. It's real and it's strong.

[@olitraiga]

great video great stuff. this coming from a tyt critic

[@landoftin]

Well said. Thank you, W. Clark Jr.!

[@kendigjl]

Kind of funny to see Cenk so clearly uncomfortable sitting next to Wes Clark Jr., and Ana obviously all hot and bothered.

[@u235u235u235]

really?

[@ShenasRI]

???

[@ShenasRI]

***** LOL, it read like you said Anna and Wes are married (to each other). I don't think he meant "hot & bothered" in the way you think, he probably meant "uneasy", yes I know that's not what "hot & bothered" means but sometimes people use that phrase incorrectly, like here.

[@pnhnut]

I agree...Cenk is not comfortable with the touchy-feely stuff that Wes had to share...and he is RIGHT on the money! Cenk needs to get over it, let it go and just believe in something - agnostic or not, spirituality is powerful. Ana is just Ana...she had nothing to add.

[@kendigjl]

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[@ThePeaceReport]

Great, let's go to Flint!

[@KootFloris]

The idea that veterans go really help on the ground, where the government f#*ked up is hopeful. Government: start paying these guys! And this is what you should use the army for: to help constructively.

[@joqiii3]

The wife would not let me go up there!! Thanks Wes!!

[@philliplamoureux9489]

Forgiveness was how the Romans banished piracy. They mounted an unescapable sweep from Gibraltar to the Black Sea and published amnesty for surrender, a 180 on the usual total execution policy. It is believed that Virgil, the author of the Aeneid (Rome's Odyssey), was a resettled pirate. They gave amnesty and a small farm plot for a new start. And it worked, massive piracy was reduced to zero and stayed abated for hundreds of years.

[@christhornycroft2731]

Wes sounds like George Carlin if he got religious. Wow. Just wow.

[@chickadee677]

I've been reading reports from environmental scientists for about a year now. Some say it's too late. Many have quit their jobs and live in a pastoral community to wait it out. Some said 15 years to the end of our ability to maintain a human population. I haven't read any reports lately, but with the ice caps melting and methane spewing out of the permafrost RIGHT NOW...8 years seems generous.

[@mrmagoo8510]

I'm absolutely NOT suggesting we give up!!! I'm just making the point that we HAVE TO ACT NOW! The Earth's atmosphere CANNOT WAIT for Trump and his oil buddies to let go of their greed.

[@1feloniouspunk]

So neat! We're watching what media always should have been. Like the way it would be if Hunter S. Thompson was given credit and room to share his valuable experiences on-air. He's real! So legit, TYT! Bravo.

[@gilliankelly93]

Maybe the Cavalry should go to Flint

[@rgj3423]

Wes "The Calvalry" Clark

[@ShrimpZoo]

Can we send standing rock protestors to flint Michigan ?

[@NeonBlazeMusic]

www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-testing/

[@Ornelas11B]

Shrimp Zoo Go protest your damn self!

[@ShrimpZoo]

Crossed Rifles wow somebody ( Fox News troll) is a nasty bad person. Sorry for wanting clean water.

[@Ornelas11B]

Shrimp Zoo I live in Flint. My waters fine thank you. Go protest yourself.

[@ShrimpZoo]

Crossed Rifles except it's not, flint has the most polluted water in the USA right now. You cant debate water test done by private orgs and the government. It's not an opinion it's a fact. Flint has polluted water.

[@akaee]

I think Wes went nuts

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

There's a story behind that necklace and I would very much like to know it.

[@moakley]

casino gift shop.

[@TubaBuddha]

Wes. through all the haggardness. The Joy and love emanating HOPE coming from you is inspiring. I am so happy for your soul. The purification you must well have gone through. Watching the whole video is so worth my time.. YES! This is spiritual warfare for the entire species!!. NO more just voicing my concern. I will chant and awaken as many minds as I can. Right where I live. One idea for decoupling after another, from the old energy matrix. I wish I could get a full electric car for local use. You are such a real man I can't describe it.

[@karmajane0099]

damn, this guy is soo smart to say the least

[@willfreeman7999]

smart? You are easily impressed apparently by people who speak with conviction. even Cenk knows he's an idiot.

[@Gafferd8186]

American Psyop brought me here, wtf

[@stringzoflife]

Yup me too.

[@gzrh1]

19:00 that eye contact was intense wow

[@Weird-City]

Wow!!!

[@kristyredden1511]

i love his necklace and dig his vibe. keep the middle guy and send him to more places !

[@MrRayne911]

This is inspiring, and I don't mean it as a "nice video, next". He got me thinking about climate change seriously. Can anyone help me with a link to a place where I can get accurate and confirmed information on this to educate myself and think of a way of action to influence things in my area?

[@Sauronthedeciever_]

Awesome dude! You should think about organizing with something like Green Peace or such.

[@MrRayne911]

Adam Svender Yeah, already found how to contact my local GP organization... It seems that they are the biggest organized group that stands for this issue here. I hoped it would't be them as they are discarded as the "save the whales" guys, so I kinda doubt the effect they can have on people on this issue, but I will check them nonetheless. This issue really needs a change in tactics on how we tackle it against the corporations/politicians/religions, and GP don't have much of a success record here.

[@WashupCyclone]

+The Heretic The best thing you can do is inform yourself on the science, and to promote the precautionary principle to every day people. Even then, individual impact can be limited and there needs to be radical political leadership on the issue.

[@MrRayne911]

WashupCyclone I don't see how recycling a plastic spoon can help with climate change. A quick and radical change is needed and we, the rational uncorrupt people, need to brainstorm a strategy that will break money, politics, religions, post-truth, distractions and anything else standing between us and global change. We need to use any strategy possible to achieve this goal or else we are simply doomed regardless of who people think is right.

[@WashupCyclone]

+The Heretic It's difficult to imagine an argument that will change the minds of billions of people. It's an attempt to convince people to value future generations at least as much as the current one, when the current generation can't even provide a decent standard of living for all people alive in the world, let alone in the US. That being said, it has to be understood that endless economic growth on the part of every nation in a closed system cannot be sustained, even if global warming weren't a thing. It's as if we forget that wealth/money has a physical reality, and can only be extracted out of matter (consequently destroying local ecosystems and those dependent on them). Our economies need to shift towards being reflective of the fact that we are part of a system and not on top of it, and that the further this goes on the more we prolong the suffering of billions, again let alone other species of animals undeservingly dying out. Nature will be unforgiving.