Why the West is helping Ukraine - Russian Invasion - Cold War Special

[@TheColdWarTV]

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[@julianshepherd2038]

Wide border =indefensible for Russia with its middling economy. Iran and Turkey and many separatist groups will dismantle Russia and it will never be a threat to the USA or UK. Global warming will make Russia the bread basket of the world and the melted North will give it trade routes. Putin brought this on Russia but NATO knew that it would make Russia jumpy and they would eventually do a death charge. That's international politics. Just got to worry about a rearmed Germany allying with France. Fire, frying pans.

[@ferdinanddaratenas3447]

Europe likes to talk, but America is paying the bill when it comes to weapons and financial help to Ukraine (followed by the UK).

[@ferdinanddaratenas3447]

​@dimapez I agree with your analysis. China doesn't have friends. They only have interests. If Putin becomes a liability for the CCP, they will drop him faster than a speeding ticket. No loyalty whatsoever. Also China will never replace the West, as you said.

[@mokarokas-1727]

@@ferdinanddaratenas3447 - USA has much greater means and an enormous arsenal, being a huge and militaristic country. So, you know... duh they're paying the bill. Many European nations (which are very small in comparison, mind you) have contributed on a scale which their economy allows. You'll also see cooperation such as one country providing war materiel and another country transporting them. EU is not "the government of Europe", and therefore resources can't be pooled and distributed in quite the same way.

[@johnathanpearson3203]

Why no mention of the Azov battalions 🤔

[@ianmathwiz7]

Last time I was this early, Finland and Sweden were still neutral.

[@greenkoopa]

Last time I was this early, the Blitzkrieg was a viable strategy

[@zakobruce]

Turkey says otherwise

[@sanctionskillkids3541]

Both have been in concert with NATO for years. Of course if they allow offensive weapons near Russia they'll be poking a bear, not a good idea.

[@bobs_toys]

@@sanctionskillkids3541 because the bear has so much potential untapped power?

[@sanctionskillkids3541]

@@bobs_toys yes.

[@tylerleggett5088]

In the worst way, monumental history is being written right now. It's a good thing we don't have to wait 50 years to see how historians currently view this atrocious situation

[@youtubeoppressivecensorshi8047]

The problem it should not be happening the west gave Putin basically permission to to be brutal as he wants joe bide refuses to use military to help defend Ukraine mass graves rape of little boys infront of their mom 50 years from now people will say west didn’t do enough to prevent mass killing of civilians. No fly zone won’t automatically lead to nuclear war at least first month . Putin sense the fear he will use it

[@mdavid1955]

Agree about any nuclear weapons use...Even a "small nuclear war" is a catastrophic event.

[@effexon]

how about non nuclear huge bombs like thermonuclear, daisy cutter (US) and many many others.... just huge bombs

[@DrMerio518]

@@effexon Thermonuclear aka hydrogen bombs create at least as much fallout as regular nuclear bombs...

[@DrMerio518]

@@effexon Not to mention daisy cutters were small thermobaric bombs used in Vietnam.

[@Julianna.Domina]

@@effexon Multiple things can be wrong at the same time, my guy. It's not acceptable for anyone to have any kind of munition like that.

[@thekinginyellow1744]

It always amazes me when analyst expect world leaders to act rationally. Ask any behavioral psychologist; rational behavior is the exception, not the rule.

[@michaeldelisieux]

Absolutely!

[@thekinginyellow1744]

@Mephisto von Jäkelstein You don't "pick" one, you study leaders culture and past behavior.

[@youtubeoppressivecensorshi8047]

Your right it’s completely unreasonable base nato and us rule of no direct intervention because of fear.A direct clash with Russia won’t lead ww3 . They are threatening tactical nukes with only 1 kilotons . Limited no fly zone in the west of Ukraine is justified. This talk end of the world so unlikely Putin would to be suicidal

[@paulohagan3309]

On the question of help to Russia from China, the two countries cannot trust each other and have quiescent territorial claims. So China will be careful about how and how much it will help the bear which Putin should have kept in mind

[@jamesgarner327]

It will see what Russia has to offer... And take all it can.

[@cedriceric9730]

China and Russia enemity is equal to their hate of the west and far more dangerous. The two almost had a real full scale war and with nukes. Their tensions have never ever simmered down. Russians are VILE neighbors who no one not even china can have peace with!!! They are just waiting for a more opportune time to split they just can't afford it right now. I bet china is gloating right now and Russia is dying out of arrogance at having to beg at the feet of the Chinese who they consider that inferior

[@cedriceric9730]

@@jamesgarner327 China hates Russia , you can bet at least half of Chinese nukes are aimed at Moscow. Iam not joking. Russian violent imperial attitude hasn't gone unnoticed by the Chinese. The Chinese loathe it And Russia would rather die than have the Chinese rule the oceans the way america does because it knows the Chinese will be ruthless.

[@Julianna.Domina]

@@jamesgarner327 Putin might just about make Russia a Chinese client state through this war.

[@jamesgarner327]

@@Julianna.Domina Or India's client state, which is better for the west in the long run, we will see.

[@Apollo1989V]

If Germany hadn’t shut off its nuclear reactors, it could more easily shut off Russian oil.

[@abiku2923]

Yep, and it was done for no good reason. I guess they'd rather try to dam up rivers and dig for toxic metals instead of building safer reactors.

[@j.a.b.nijenhuis8124]

You are conflating energy & electricity. Nuclear reactors produce electricity. Gas & oil are energy. They can be used in electricity plants, but also to: - heating & cooling (both homes, buildings & industrial processes) - refine to make fuel for vehicles - form a basic element in chemical plants, providing the C-atoms (among others) used as ‘building blocks’ to produce a wide range of chemicals. Nuclear power could perhaps replace the electricity, but it’s not a direct replacement for all other uses of Russian oil & gas. According to a source I found, about 10% of gas use in Germany is in chemical plants, along with about 60-70% for heating / cooling. Electricity is flat out unable to replace the first. Using electricity for heating is possible (in homes at least) but requires completely different systems. Replaces all heating systems in every building? Takes at least 10 years.

[@Thomas-wn7cl]

@@j.a.b.nijenhuis8124 I agree. Only the energy blind would think that any energy can be substituted for any other energy without a massive infrastructure build up that would take years if not decades. Such a building spree would require even more energy and industrial production, which would come from where? China? India? In which case you are still using Russian energy. The sanctions are misguided and ineffective unless your goal is to starve people in poor countries, ruin your economy, and freeze the old and poor in your own country.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

Oil isn't the real issue, it's easily transportable from really anywhere. Gas is the real issue, it needs specialized terminals that take years to build (for overseas imports) or pipelines that also take years to build. Even if Germany's willing to shell out exorbitant money, the gas issue might be impossible to solve till the LNG terminal comes online (which IIRC is scheduled at 2026).

[@Thomas-wn7cl]

@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 LNG will be more expensive if you can even find enough supply. With increased energy input costs, this may make much of Germany's industry economically unviable.

[@enduser8410]

I sometimes wonder what the Western European response would be if the US just stopped aiding Ukraine completely, particularly from Germany.

[@prfwrx2497]

The Yanks wouldn't be caught dead stopping this fight until its done in their favor. The opportunity for reliable, friendly sources of uranium, titanium, and other ores is just too good to pass up.

[@enduser8410]

@@prfwrx2497 True, but as an American I've seen the resurgence of "isolationist" sentiment as a voting bloc, especially after Trump's election in 2016. I hate to be one of those people that say this but if Trump gets re-elected then those groups in the EU that oppose US involvement/interference in the region may get even more than what they wished for and just like we saw in South Korea and Japan, will have to suddenly turn around and ask US forces to stay because they can't prop up Ukraine. Trump already cut down US troops in Europe from some 60,000 to 22,000, and he wanted full withdrawal.

[@enduser8410]

@@nerrler5574 Well I as an American will be the first to tell you that most of this country is stupid. Most the populace has none or superficial appreciation of IR, geopolitics, globalism etc. One day half the populace will be pro-interventionist/imperialist world police (Bush and early Obama eras), the next they'll be apathetic Putin apologists and isolationist or at the very least go "why should we care?" because that's what their favorite politician told them. To be honest, a part of me wants to see the "isolationist" side gain a bit of traction (not with Trump) because I want to see what traditionally anti-American voices would say, and if a plurality of the EU wants us gone then why not give it to them?

[@paulohagan3309]

@@enduser8410 Who says we want you gone? Just because we object to the occasional obnoxious American tourist doesn't meant we don't want to work with you. To paraphrase one of your statesmen, 'Gentlemen, if we do not hang together, we shall most assuredly hang separately'

[@shaunlomax1]

Great work team! Would love to see one of these on the modern Space Race and all the stuff happening with increasing militarisation of space and space technology, increasing competion and the introduction of the private sector etc.

[@alastairross9169]

"THE COLD WAR"

[@Mr.Nichan]

I know everybody's focused on Ukraine now, but if you're going to be talking about Cold-War-related current events, can you talk the 2020-2022 war in Ethiopia's mysterious connection to the Cold War? (They called a truce this year, but it's still kind of ongoing.) (That's assuming you haven't already, and I'm sure you will make at least one regular The Cold War video about Ethiopia in the Cold War eventually if you haven't yet.) "Break Through News" (a communist anti-USA KZbin channel) talking about it made me realize there's some kind of weird and non-obvious cold war remnant dynamics going on with the Tigray War. The logical connection to the Cold War is that Marxist-Leninist governments (first the "Derg" or junta, then the People's repiblic after 1987) ran Ethiopia from 1974-1991. The TPLF-dominated EPRDF then defeated it and Eritrea split off. The from TPLF is widely regarded to have undemocratically ruled Ethiopia until 2018. Western sources emphasize that it was still better than the Derg, but the communists seem to think the TPLF ran an imperialist puppet regime. In 1998, the TPLF-dominated Ethiopia and Eritrea started a war, which mostly ended in 2000, but continued at low intesity until 2018. I know that the USA at least has been santioning Eritrea as one if the "worst offenders" in terms of human rights for a long time, and Eritrea has been compared to North Korea. This supports the view that the USA has been supporting TPLF-dominated Ethiopia in the conflict. In 2018, Abiy democratically won power from the TPLF and immediately made peace with Eritrea. He was popular globally (certainly in "the West") and won the Nobel Peace prize. Then, after Abiy delayed the 2020 elections for the pandemic, Tigray (home of the TPLF) rebelled and Abiy tried to crush the rebellion, with help from Eritrea. Western sources accused Abiy of stopping aid to Tigray during a famine as a method of commiting genocide against the Tigrayans, and condemned the Eritrean intervention. The Ethiopians (on Abiy's side), as well as the communist "anti-imperialists", and I think maybe China (though maybe I just remember that Ethiopia in general is close to China), on the other hand, call these accusations Western propaganda and say the Tigray rebellion is a western-backed attempt by the imperialist-puppet TPLF to overthrow Abiy's democratically elected government and resubjugate the Ethiopian people under the yoke if imperialism. All this is quite interesting, since none of the sides involved are communist, and the West hardly seems to be focused on Ethiopia, nor is the TPLF generally presented favorably in western media. Still, for some reason, you can easily and mostly consistently place each party on one side of this ongoing "cold war" based on whose supporting them more or less and who they've fought if you believe the way I've just presented things.

[@Littleprinceleon]

Why is it in the west's interest to support Tigray based powers in the first place? What's the importance of Ethiopia! Current leader of WHO has strong connections to TPLF, also... Generally I hate conspiracy "theories", but....

[@sonicmeerkat]

Sustainability is the key word here that answers all the questions. Russian losses aren't sustainable The russian economy cant sustain a war and a nationalised economy forever Ukraine can sustain their war by trading land for lives China cant sustain being lumped into sanctions West cant sustain a nuclear attack But yeah as for the risk of other nations being taken over I think there were image leaks of belarusian war briefings which shown Moldova as a target as part of the southern push and Ukraine pledged to help if the war spread so if russia was in a better position the war definitely would have escalated

[@AnteCashovina]

say hello to your guys in severodonetsk lol

[@steel4o]

I think you have to mention that almost nobody is talking about Ukrainian losses in this war. All you get from the news is a 10 civilians here, 15 there at a time and nothing really about the Ukrainian military. I think their losses are way misrepresented for propaganda reasons and far outweigh the Russian ones.

[@AddieDirectsTV]

Where did you get that shirt??!!

[@Kain59242]

I have and will continue to call out US imperialism ie:Bush's wars, but ignoring Putin's previous actions in Georgia and Ukraine was appeasement. The historically minded amongst us should know better.

[@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana]

The only real way to end for appeasement is for Ukraine to join the EU instead. That is victory enough for Russia. It means less people to argue with diplomatically, so its national ambitions are easier and a weaker EU due to culture clashes. Though the West seems to be oddly reluctant to actually end the war without anymore bloodshed. It is like they never really cared.

[@Lawnmower737]

@@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana the West did want the war to end… 8 years ago when Russia invaded Crimea and propped up separatist governments. The 2015 Minsk agreements coordinated by the West was supposed to be the temporary solution to de-escalate the war and resolve it diplomatically. It was going alright until Russia decided to break the agreements and outright invaded, so the West really isn’t keen on a temporary peace with Russia just for them to potentially invade again. Ukraine also said they wouldn’t agree to peace until Russia withdrew from their land so it’s inappropriate for the West to really call for peace when Ukraine doesn’t want a temporary solution.

[@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana]

@@Lawnmower737 It won't be a temporary peace, because it would be an outright Russian victory. And the West's peace deals never work out/fix any of the underlying issues. The nations just turn into a powderkeg waiting to explode by just being left alone too long.

[@brokenbridge6316]

I remember David saying that if Russia put enough resources into this war it could take over Ukraine but couldn't be able to keep it. Do you still think that way David?

[@Mattipedersen]

@onino garlic It's obviously much more complex and honestly, it has little to do with resources. Firstly, it was never the goal of the U.S. to "Keep Afghanistan". Secondly, it always comes down to the support of the people. The U.S. has more than enough resources, where they could have essentially stayed in Afghanistan, indefinitely. However, without the support of the people, the necessary funding is less likely to be approved.

[@treeman12815]

@@Mattipedersen lol forget the “support of the people” russian population doesn’t support the ruso ukrainian yet the russian government is still hammering into ukraine no?

[@mr.patriotjol]

@onino garlic the issue with that is Transportation, plus how can we even get into Afghanistan only way is to fly over there from Iran or Pakistan, both who are in support of the Taliban. How can we keep up in wasting resources for 20+ years in stabling Afghanistan where we cant even get the job right.

[@DrMerio518]

@@treeman12815 One is a democracy the other an autocracy

[@cedriceric9730]

It failed at that opportunity. The window of Russian absolute victory closed at the very start due to Putin believing his own propaganda 🤦😂😂 No matter what Russia does now it will never win. It's draining it's resources . It's borrowing ammunition from Belarus , it's calling even on the Chinese ( Chinese are traditional Russian enemies and the two would nuke eafh other without thinking twice about it) Russia has totally switched to long range attacks because infantry losses are already unsustainable

[@lequack6373]

Can you comment on the sudden change in the media tones? Compared to a month ago, the media has significantly soured and pessimistic. Now, instead of insisting that Ukraine will undoubtably wins, they have begun to said that Ukraine must negotiates to reach peace.

[@andreidarie4076]

Because they could only push a propagandized narrative so far until reality hits. Ukraine is putting up a good fight with what they have, but they were never winning.

[@RomanLavandos]

Don’t care about media, frontlines look better for Ukraine each month: First week - it seems Ukraine will fall in a month First month - it seems Ukraine will fall in 3 months 2 months - Ukraine stabilizes the front, now it can fight for years 3 months - Ukraine actually gained more land in Kherson and Kharkiv oblasts, than lost in Donetsk and Luhanks oblasts. Media outcry is created so the west won’t get too easy and forget that there is a war, and Ukraine needs continual support just so the war won’t last 10 years

[@collintrytsman3353]

so true, sowing seeds of disunity in west, I have asked myself the same question?

[@fhh4397]

That's because Ukraine will need to negotiate to reach peace. That was the case before the invasion, and has not changed. But even beyond that, it doesn't matter how much debt Ukraine takes on to buy new weapons, the kinds of losses they're experiencing is just not sustainable

[@jonnytheboy7338]

They knew it all along, they just kept it in denial because they want it to go on forever.

[@topiasr628]

Really enjoy these. We really are living through history

[@fhh4397]

We are literally always living through history...

[@Auzgames]

@@fhh4397 There is a difference between history 🥱 and HISTORY 😲 As someone who had to go through years of Australian history, this is clear hah 😅

[@paulohagan3309]

@@fhh4397 Yes. However, it's a standard expression in English which tends to be used when something especially noteworthy is happening.

[@thomassommerfeld8494]

They said that already during Corona.. I am having enough living through history already for this decade.

[@paulohagan3309]

@@thomassommerfeld8494 Ah, Thomas,you may have had enough of history. But history may not have had enough of you ...or any of us ...🤨

[@zinnsoldat6493]

Three day operation is till ongoing.

[@PeterChoyce]

Fantastic that u can do something with a Russian History major. I wish i'da thoughta that

[@Dimich1993]

Thanks for not forgetting about us!

[@johnmoorefilm]

Where do i get one of those tractor/tank T-shirts?

[@InferKnow]

I had thought the same for the initial threats of invasion as well as the current standing in regards to China and them knowing that their initiatives are economic based and wouldn’t be in their best interest to continue to follow the Russian objectives as they strived off the capitalist market. Though the government may be at odds as well with some companies which does bring up that question. Also a good question to bring up along with the question if Russia needs the west is if there is a path for Russia to bring itself back with recent losses. I’d think there is a path for them to redirect their current path to align with the western policies of peace making and NATO being a deterrence rather then a aggressor especially in todays times and how Russia did unify some of NATO by its invasion does allow the chance of coming back with economic benefits from lifted sanctions and increased cooperation during a time of troubles of a covid and post covid economy.

[@meanstarfish]

Someone now the name from the background music? Or where to find it?

[@vivekbalasubramaniam8670]

Respect for this guy on the content he provides for this channel, but on all the Ukrainian invasion videos, he's been providing nothing more than things that an average reader of headlines could infer. No specific arms treaty to indicate why the west supports Ukraine. No mention of the many African, South East Asian and countries like India who have no vested interest in this war and have tried to get around sanctions to continue to trade with Russia. In essence, this is a European war with world wide impacts (inflation, grain shortage etc)

[@genege6301]

Very poor analysis

[@juniormartin3528]

african, asian and arab countries have no interest in fightin' wars that do not flavour them.

[@jamesmyers5703]

In your opinion were Soviet soldiers better trained & equipt. then their current counterparts?

[@stephenhall3515]

It is interesting to re-read this after 10 months. I think you were wrong to suggest that Russia had any intention to expand west again to Cold War times when it was clear 10 months ago that they did not really want to be as far west on the so-called 'land bridge' -- indeed instructing all personnel that Odesa oblast was off limits. Russia launched a few desultory missiles to show reach but Odesa as a part of Ukraine is special to them. Russia wants a functioning Ukraine of one sort or another for the Black Sea grain transport trade which worked well for both countries. Later in 2022 chernozem production from Russia and Kazakhstan used other routes as well as the Turkish convoys but would rather have a situation pre the rejection of the Minsk agreements. Of course Russia owns a high share holding and land rights in Ukraine's grain production so could be held to have legal rights but Russia's trading direction for 15+ years has been east and a Eurasian economic purely trading zone of immense size is the present and future. Add to that the Arctic seaways progress and many steppes and Chinese links to the TSR and BAM and we are looking at the 'Caspian Leg' of China's BRI developing from the north via Russia' railways as well as Persian, sub-continent and steppes states providing a Caspian route to the then probably another route through Syria direct to Tartus. Russia is vital for this. 10 months ago Germany was breaking sanctions to get its Russian gas and even though Nord Stream 1 is at low pressure after US sabotage third party agents are getting Russian gas and oil to Germany etc. Indeed, that flow was actually part of Russia's surplus from the Viborg field but Moscow expected western interference and built LPG and LNG plants upstream for distribution worldwide inclusive of links with Turkish gas/oil and Turkey's agreements with Kazakhstan on this using Russian technology. Thus Russia has only a few interests in Europe -- mainly stopping NATO spread -- but even on that I think by now that Kiev-ruled Ukraine is being seen as a liability to various western bodies with no chance of membership of anything much. Ukraine wasted 30 years of possible development on political back stabbing, staggering corruption and cancelling the autonomy of districts and oblasts which were in place in 1991. In doing so and also 'weighting' vote "values" it threw away any pretence of democracy during 1992 and 1993. A federated free trade entity where Ukraine is now might interest Russia among other Black Sea neighbors and regions might have different names. Lviv attempted to become independent in 2019 but the Rada was in the hands of the Zelenskyy landslide. Such as Karkhiv, a special region of what is now the Donbas (with or without a Russian flag) will revive but Kiev and the USA should be surprised if numerous former districts and oblasts not all east the Dnieper reject Kiev's model permanently.

[@devtrev85]

🇷🇺 deploying reserve tanks is not necessarily an indication of supply issues. That’s what a reserve is there to do. An AFV that serves its purpose in concert with infantry support is a useful vehicle. There are plenty of reserves to keep T60s rolling so we should take this as a sign that 🇷🇺 is pulling the other hand from behind its back, not that it’s on the back foot. This makes it even more important that air and ground fires are supplied into 🇺🇦 in order to counter armoured threats. This war isn’t close to finished.

[@hungrymusicwolf]

When you put 60 years old tanks in reserve that means you likely don't have 30 year old tanks you can pull from, so yeah that does mean they have supply issues.

[@Wustenfuchs109]

Correct. While T-60 might be quite an old platform, it is still more than capable of obliterating almost anything it aims at. And there are lots of them. It makes sense to use them in various non-essential areas, because otherwise they will simply rot away in storage somewhere. Using it for nothing more than a mobile bunker is a useful thing. Just because it is not top of the line equipment in its field, does not mean it is not useful. Many pieces of ground-based systems in the armies of the world are fairly old - but they work. Sometimes you need to narrow their range of available operations, but they still work.

[@Denozo88]

The fact they have to pull them out shows they need to plug the gap in their garrison troop supplies as they need the newer stuff for frontline work.

[@kieranmilner4208]

Bruh those things got absolutely demolished in the gulf

[@Denozo88]

@@kieranmilner4208 It wasnt even close as I thought the us didnt lose a single abrams in tank on tank combat vs t60's and T 60's in Gulf 1 or 2.

[@paulceglinski3087]

Another excellent video. Go ahead with other videos on this subject. Great conclusions, David. Some I agree with, some I don't, but the point is to see something from different viewpoints. Outstanding! Cheers.

[@burtvhulberthyhbn7583]

As usual. Great commentary

[@steelydan146]

Basically all the answers come down to: "we'll see". No one can predict the future & no one has the right solution that will satisfy peace AND justice!

[@al-gustafaas-suedi7488]

He's smart enough to not pretend that he can predict everything but he still gives meaningful estimations.

[@mokarokas-1727]

I mean, the conflict IS one-sided in the way that Russia invaded a country that did not pose any kind of military threat to them. Peace and justice (or as close to it as possible) would be achieved by Russia withdrawing and offering restitution, so that's the "right solution", but we know that's not going to happen.

[@peterkitchener8787]

Do we have any idea how much money is being sent home by russians who decided to leave after the war started? I've heard Ukraina's in the EU are sending money home to support there familys.

[@aeiro5390]

Why don't you caption these?

[@Gabberag]

its like all the rules of war are being disregarded at convenience

[@kaiseramadeus233]

Can you explain why countries like Yemen isn't talked about? Why is the west ignoring genocides in Myanmar and Sudan?

[@blede8649]

Myanmar and Sudan aren't allies of the west, nor they have resources of interest. As for the genocide in Yemen, the west doesn't talk about it because it has a hand in it (supplying the necessary tools to Saudi Arabia), it's not exactly a good look.

[@hb2495]

they are not allies with the west

[@rishavbhattacharyya]

Ethiopia

[@Quickshot0]

The moment something becomes an internal matter of just one nation, it becomes a lot harder to do as much about it. Also the West did talk about for instance Myanmar and even took some actions. As such the premise isn't even true. It should be noted in this as well, that direct intervention like a war in to such nations often doesn't solve anything. Instead everyone or at least large parts of society then often tends to fight the invaders as foreign outsiders who might colonize you, and then afterwards goes back to their infighting. See how Iraq acted for instance, and yet still found time to then afterwards have conflicts with the Kurds and their Shia-Sunni religious division as well. So to a point there is a kind of return question. What can be done? How does one resolve this rather difficult problem?

[@Merugaf]

>do nothing to look up Western media coverage on an item >claim the Western media isn't covering said item. DW, Vox, France24, BBC all cover it. The US has had a significant role in brokering the current ceasefire. The west has bankrolled aid relief for Yemen for 9 years in a row now. holy fuck this is so tiresome. If we did more it would be "imperialism" if we don't do more we "ignore" it. Russia is providing the weaponry of the Myanmar government. believe me, if the West stopped caring you can tell by the mass starvation of at least 5 nations. Really tired of this damned if you do damned if you don't.

[@cherifelhemeidy]

wo, nice this is mind-blowing also also make me sad to see them go this far for there ideals

[@gig2734]

For how much longer will this war continue?

[@Quickshot0]

Truthfully it is hard to figure such things out. In a war all sides have reason to hide parts of how well they are doing. So usually you can't really tell unless a defeat is imminent. Maybe it would be more useful to ponder how much longer the law can last in general still? For instance it is hard to imagine right now that it will end very quickly, both sides are holding up to well right now. So at minimum some months seems likely still. So how about the high end? How long can it last at longest? Well that is a lot harder to say. For Ukraine this depends a lot on how willing they are to fight, which is so far a fair bit it seems, and how much support they keep getting from outside, which for now seems a fair bit. So this indicates they'll probably have good chances to still be able to keep fighting a year from now. And if things like the Lend Lease act keep supplying, even several years seem quite possible to do. Beyond it becomes murky as war over that kind of time span causes changes. And for Russia it becomes really murky, like how able are they to replace losses once they're through their reserves? How much reserves do they actually have? Rather then what they say they have on paper. Or how willing will the Russian public be to keep fighting? And for all these the answer seems to be, we don't really know. Beyond that it seems highly unlikely that Russia can even remotely keep up with their losses in new production. Based on this in worst case estimates they might not even last a year, in best case estimates a few years is at least possible. Beyond that it becomes more questionable as historically Russia can develop internal stability issues after severe pain that long. But it's hard to be completely sure. So while this doesn't really fully answer it, I hope it at least gives a bit of an idea on some of the current guesses and what goes in to them.

[@mikeyorkav4039]

America will fight this war 'till the last ukranian

[@Quickshot0]

The war ends when ever the person who started it gives up, so when ever Russia withdraws. But nice try trying to shift the blame to some one else.

[@mikeyorkav4039]

@@Quickshot0 well who started it was the usa installing a far right puppet government in ukraine in 2014 whos been killing civilians for 8 years now

[@Quickshot0]

@@mikeyorkav4039 If you believe any old propaganda, that would make sense. But far right can't even get beyond a few percent in Ukrainian elections, it's a more powerless movement there then most places in the world. Like say for instance Russia, which pretty much runs on standard fascist type systems. Also there was no puppet government installed, the government has continued to have regular elections with a change in who's in charge. For instance the current party is cross country one from across Ukraine with many Russian speaker and is led be a Jew. So yeah, the far right angle is a really bad propaganda spin by Russia. But then again, they recently tried to claim Nazi Germany was run by a Jew, so I guess they're insane like that. Just like it's been Russia that kept killing civilians, just like how they deliberately keep targeting civilians through out the current war. In summary, why would I even remotely believe what is basically something that comes from poorly made Russian propaganda? Really, why do you believe Russian propaganda?

[@Thoradim]

Europe is only united in the news, just look at the volume of support germany blocks arms delivered to ukraine, goes back on its word delivering certain weapon systems, then agrees again france delivers weapons but wants dialog wih putler UK is very loud (as usual) about support but their material support is so little ex warsaw pact countries, apart from hungary, delivered the brunt of the support, taken the most refugees and helped ukraine the most financially everyone has their own interest and the west is fully aware, russia isnt willing nor able to go as far as berlin or paris, but it might get to warsaw, riga, tallin or bucharest finding some sort of moral highground or principles will be very much a lie, countries has interests, not friends

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

Love your videos but once I notice that car-door-open dinging sound in the background I have to find something else to watch, it drives me a little nuts. I think it's some background song/sound effect and is in many of your videos. Content is great though!

[@astrodoops]

Thank you so much for your thoughtful answers on these subjects. KZbin is a mess to be honest, it’s great to hear someone who actually knows what they are talking about. Or maybe it’s just that your thought processes mirror mine? It’s obvious that you are a student of history and Geo politics. Not just someone else trying to get clicks. I salute you sir!

[@eddweet]

The EU, today has signed gas contacts with Israel. The EU says they need supplies to start rolling in before winter. What actions do you think Russia in extention Putin will take?

[@Denozo88]

I think they have already and will try to push more towards India and China to try and make up some of the difference.

[@julianshepherd2038]

@@Denozo88 the quantities they need to move require pipelines through some very inhospitable geography. Good number of security problems along them too.

[@Denozo88]

@@julianshepherd2038 I know this and my point was that is Russias plan.

[@igalzvi]

That was just a PR stunt, as an Israeli I can tell you that our new found gas deposit is around 900BCM(volume). While the EU imports from Russia around 200BCM per year. Not to mention that we sell that gas to Egypt and Jordan and use it ourselves. So Maximum that we can supply to the EU is around 20BCM per year.

[@eddweet]

@@igalzvi would the president of the EU travel down to sign an agreement for such little volume of gas?

[@Eclispestar]

Would be good to cover where and how the Ukrainians are being housed when they cross into Poland

[@delos2279]

I strongly disagree with the "great game" analogy. It's not a both sides thing. Aside from Putin we aren't living under monarchs and emperors all drawing overlapping magic lines on maps and trying to make their lines bigger. People in free democratic countries just don't tolerate expansionist imperialism anymore. Economics yes, expansionism no. Europe and America fought 2 world wars against this already. Russia learned nothing from WW2. Stalin would have continued carving up Europe with Hitler if Hitler had not backstabbed Russia. But I bet they don't teach that in Russia.

[@Thoradim]

last time i checked the US population supported both the invasion of afganistan and iraq, both illegal wars, both benefit the US and its population by taking over the resources of those countries by US companies russia "only" wants to play as the US

[@delos2279]

​@@gregoryrowley1739 And yet the US and Europe aren't doing expansionist imperialism and have not been for a long time. Putin missed that memo. You're not addressing that point. But to address your tangential points, first is the US a flawed democracy that *could* be better than it currently is, yes. And? It could be invading and forcefully annexing all its neighbors too but it isn't. Second, I don't know how idealistic you are on realpolitik but is Saudi Arabia pivoting to China going to make them a better regime? I would say the opposite, though Trump was out of his mind to try to share nuclear technology with them. On that note, would China become better if we didn't trade with them? Again, I doubt it. It would probably lead to a 2nd cold war actually. And without the international criticism, Israel would probably have done a full ethnic cleansing and annexation of Palestine decades ago. Considering the average Israeli thinks Palestinians are subhuman, they are massively hiding their power level because of international opinion. Russia isn't. So again, people in democratic countries do not tolerate expansionist imperialism. Putin seems to have missed that memo.

[@delos2279]

​@@Thoradim Did the US annex Iraq and Afghanistan? That's news to me! If we're just criticising all wars then sure. So Russia has been involved in about 12 "illegal wars" as you say, since the fall of the Soviet Union. They aren't playing catch up on wars but that's not the point. They are trying to annex other countries. You can't deflect to wars to ignore this point. No one else is waging wars to expand their country.

[@delos2279]

​@@gregoryrowley1739 I don't know if you're shadowbanned since I didn't see any comment from you till today. I won't pretend Trump cared about Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses but even the republican congress was against Trump on KSA and Biden completely ended support for Saudi Arabia and called them a "pariah." The US public (and EU) has always had a very negative view of the kingdom. And now that US support ended, they're supposedly considering annexing parts of Yemen. Almost like their behavior (small scale genocide, killing journalists, human rights, etc...) soured relations and immediately after losing support they become even worse and are also pivoting away from the US towards China. Did you read my last comment? Additionally, Yemen is in an actual civil war and was not a democracy. Aside from both KSA and Russia's regimes starting bad and both becoming worse, there's no relevant comparison on any level. Next, for Israel. Much more complicated situation since the occupied territory was initially from a defensive war that is not technically its own country. Israel is a racist soft ethnostate that is 'democratic' in the sense that Jews are more equal than arabs. If they didn't hack the brains of fundamentalist Christians using religion, they would be getting a lot more criticism than they're already getting, which is a lot. But to the point, in half a century they aren't even coming close to what Russia is trying to do. Not because they can't but because it would cause an international incident. This is to my point not yours. Last, I don't know what propaganda you're eating to claim Putin invaded Ukraine to try to gain an upper hand against the US. First that makes no sense at all but second, he already admitted he just wants to annex the country. And forget the US, Russia doesn't even compare to many EU countries. It's not about the US, it's just expansionist imperialism. Which would have been every sunday 300 years ago, or for Stalin and Hitler carving up Europe in WW2; but in the 21 century that causes an international incident. Particularly if you're an authoritarian country invading a democratic country with the intent of annexing them.

[@Markusctfldl]

@@delos2279 Israel does so and you say nothing

[@Indrei95]

I FUCKING LOVE THOSE VIDEOS!!!!

[@jaymudd2817]

The heavy laden Jackboot encounters the Mailed Fist, hope Russia loses lots of troops, and leaves ol' Putin Pissed.

[@idolhanz9842]

Did any of you remember Russia posseses nuclear MIRV tipped sea launch ballistic missiles?

[@m.a.118]

I would argue it wasn't 1989 but rather 2001 when the west (NATO) invoked Article 5 and went off into its military misadventure into Afghanistan but meh, to each their own.

[@Mr.Nichan]

You think Europe was very united with the USA then?

[@dukeofearl7077]

Thank you David, great analysis as always.

[@marlkarx1757]

Any word on nordstream now youre doing nato videos?

[@lostonearth7856]

Wake up Timmy, we have a new Cold War video to watch!

[@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana]

Just putting enough pressure on Ukraine to join the EU is victory enough for Russia. One less small nation to go rogue and grind diplomacy to a halt. The EU would also be weaked due to culture clashes. Although the West seems remarkably reluctant to do the one helpful thing to end the fighting.

[@Poirecorp]

Putin worshipers really do have a most spectacular mental flexibility to turn virtually any past, present and future element of this war into a propaganda victory, I have to give you that at least.

[@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana]

@@Poirecorp And people complain about Russia being stuck in the past with an imperialism mindset. Ukraine has a ton of strategic importance with both its ports and rail as well as physically being a barrier to EU and Russian trade. Whichever power controls Ukraine, they are going to be developed and businesses would take much, much less hassle to move goods and people through the land.

[@rogermoore00]

Exactly it's between 2 countries let them sort it out. Interference from other countries only leads to escalation.

[@PresidentEvil]

keep dreaming 😂

[@Aliexei]

I wish I'd find 1 non biased interview regarding Rus - Ukraine.

[@Thomas-wn7cl]

Check out videos of John Mersheimer videos for a really good perspective as to how all this happened. From a Cold War channel, I was shocked not to hear the words "Western proxy war". It takes two to tango. Also, no word on NATO expansion or Western backed regime change. Again, how can a Cold War channel miss all the aspects.

[@konstantinkelekhsaev302]

You expected this channel to be fair and balanced ?

[@Thomas-wn7cl]

@@konstantinkelekhsaev302 I guess not, but here's to hoping.

[@EmyrDerfel]

NATO is a defense pact. Putin could only see that as a threat if he is an expansionist.

[@Ed_in_Md]

Great discussion. Thanks very much.

[@JjackVideo]

To bleed Russia weak or perhaps break it up if lucky - without losing a single soldier. It's actually pretty smart to outsource the fighting to the locals and just supply them with stuff and media praise. I wonder if this is the way the West will fight in the future. (Good luck India and Japan. We totally believe you can take on China for us. Here are some likes from social media and some artillery, go get them)

[@masterimbecile]

So Cold War but instagram

[@RomanLavandos]

Silly to assume that the west will never have another total war. This attitude only made first phases of ww1 and ww2 harder for UK and France

[@jeanvbarros]

Can you blame them? If they sent soldiers, Putin could retaliate with a nuclear armageddon

[@johnl.7754]

I think it is the smart way to support countries since it shows that there’s enough internal support to justify supporting them.

[@dirtcache6128]

@Jjack pretty sure the Indian navy can just shut off the oil to most of China

[@kev492001]

Good video, though we are at least in the 1939 stage where the threats are that bad, and in some ways worse, because of nukes, we have Putin, Xi, Iran, North Korea and the Taliban back in control of Afghanistan.

[@pacivalmuller9333]

We have Amerika, so yes, reality is really bad with Amerika

[@kev492001]

@@pacivalmuller9333 Oh okay, go take a visit to Cuba, Communist China, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Moracco or anywhere else, you people live your lives in ignorance for how good you have it thanks to America. Ridiculous

[@adamantobserver8655]

Bro don't know who's the ruler of Iran 💀

[@heibk-2014]

@AdamantObserver israel in the cold war 🇮🇱 was interesting france 🇫🇷 and its african post colonial countries and interfering the Arabs and Israelis fighting during the cold war was interesting

[@wazzup233]

I heard about that MacDonald thing since most of the Western companies had withdrawn their businesses in Russia thanks to the embargo that been sanctioned by the West, I think it's time for Jolibee [the reivalry to MacDonalds in the Philippines] to invest there as a replacement to that famous fast food restaurant since my country didn't put a sanctions against Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine early this year and the Russian government are willing to export their oil and gas to reduce the oil prices in the Philippines even if it is just temporary which is now the price of the oil in my country is almost reaching to US$ 2.00/liter.

[@JustArtsCreations]

I honestly love these little interviews

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

Ukraine has large hydrocarbons reserves,Russia wants it

[@talkingrefugees3845]

And the usa and eu too

[@jakerolfe7689]

It's not that they want it themselves, they have massive supplies of their own. It's more that they don't want Ukraine selling it to other European countries as it would compete with Russian sales and more importantly reduce the Kremlins influence over those states.

[@anxel-]

The USA also wants the oil, that is why it is involved in that country because if it wanted to help a country, it would do so with Palestine or Yemen.

[@mikhailv67tv]

I can see a disaster that is unfolding in Ukraine that isn’t been widely covered if covered at all. This I’m referring to is the environmental disaster and this is multiple fold. We’ve had a number of near misses with the Power stations Zaporizhzhya having fallen into Russian hands and Chernobyl was occupied by combat troops that were digging trenches in the Red Forrest. Having a live war around nuclear power is just a disaster in the wings. Chemical plants have been on fire with major gas leaks . The one that worries me the most is the amount of asbestos used in buildings that have now been destroyed therefore released into the atmosphere. I was in Crimea in 2007 and noticed the incredible amount out asbestos roofing and sheeting on walls. This would be the same across Ukraine. I saw this as a huge issue back then. Being a qualified asbestos removal ist this is such a problem. The next generation of Ukrainian are likely to end up with huge cases of mesothelioma

[@kass160]

How can time is Ukraine's side? By the winter, there won't be left much of Ukraine army

[@nobodyherepal3292]

By winter, the US will have sent enough equipment to rebuild the Ukrainian army. They have plenty of recruits, they just need weapons, ammo, and training.

[@apkidlafirm522]

adolf putler said he will be greated with flowers turns out ppl prefer to go to the ground than to him :D

[@-JA-]

👏👍

[@NeverlandSystemAngel]

Well, we DID help provoke this war, so we better damn well support them. Hell we helped fund a COUP that removed a pro-Russia gov't to put this current one in place... so yeah, we damn well BETTER support them. We are basically talking about putting MORE troops and MORE guns on Russia's border like they're still the USSR... we would lose our fuckin minds if that was happening in Mexico or Canada by Russia... so yeah... we helped cause this and we OWE IT to the Ukrainian people to defend them!

[@DobroDed76]

Because they use ukraine as a tool and wish to sustain said tool ukraine cannot be sustained without West, since ukraine is not a sovereign state, but merely a credit sinkhole

[@Aothis]

Im a little dissapointed that you are an expert on Russian cold war history and you still are surprised they invaded Ukraine. This was very clear what they were planning once military excersises started.

[@Carl-Gauss]

Actually it makes sense that Cold War expert (David) couldn’t predict it since the man responsible for the decision (Putin) to commence the invasion clearly didn’t learn any lessons.

[@Aothis]

@@Carl-Gauss If history meant anything, it is that Russia never learns.

[@thorthewolf8801]

Nobody in their right minds expected that Russia would do something so stupid.

[@Carl-Gauss]

@@Aothis Noone ever learns*

[@RTWPimpmachine]

Russia launched the war hoping they could end it in a few days/few weeks. Instead its been 4 months, they've lost more men in that time than the U.S. lost in 1968 (the bloodiest year in Vietnam). Their economy is going to collapse. Economically, the situation is disastrous for Russia. Its not just the sanctions, its the opportunity cost of the war and oil. Solar power generation is doubling every 3-4 years. By 2030 ~20% of U.S. power generation will be solar. The same is true in most of the developed world. Oil just isn't going to be anywhere near as important strategically or economically by then and going forward. Not good for a country where oil makes up 10% of gdp and close to half of its government receipts.

[@charlesscott4722]

Where did you get that they were hoping that they could end it in a few days/few weeks? I've seen many people saying this but I can't find source. Send the link

[@trolllo9729]

Cause they think it's the MORAL thing to do.......

[@ducksareurlords3782]

Because it is lmao

[@Markusctfldl]

@@ducksareurlords3782 You also thought it was the moral thing to do to interfere in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria. How did they turn out?

[@mikets42]

The current, 1st gen, industrial base has been built on the foundation of very cheap and abundant energy. Human body needs about 100W energy intake to function. Energy consumption in developed countries is ~5kW, up to 10kW in Canada. The efficiency is ~ 2%. As soon as science advances technology into the 2nd gen, quite a few global problems will be solved. IMHO, investments shall be made into the energy efficiency improvements rather than in electric cars etc.

[@julianholman7379]

Re Russian irredentism: I think it necessary to give at least as much focus to American/NATO motives as to Russian ones - the exclusive focus on Russian actions mystifies the role (arguably central) the US has played in creating our current situation. Even in January Putin made plain that the issue was Ukrainian involvement with NATO - as legitimate a grievance as Cuban involvement with the Warsaw Pact had been 60 years ago

[@AndreaGrippi]

There was no possibility of Ukraine joining NATO any time soon, as multiple EU countries vetoed against it. Let's also remember that joining NATO is voluntary and a sovereign country has the right of joining the alliances it wants, especially when they regard mutual defense.

[@theaquarian5849]

Why? 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

I don't understand why people keep talking about a no fly zone like that is an option. With the amount of SAM (Surface to Air Missiles) Russia has combined with a large and modern Air Force and fighting close to the Russian border. NATO won't be able to even enforce a no fly zone. Even if you were to take an escalation out of the equation which you can't because NATO planes bombing SAM sites inside Russia to create space for their planes to fly would be an act of war against Russia (and you would need to since the missiles can reach from Russia across the border into Ukraine so NATO would be forced to bomb inside of Russia or have their planes fall from the skies in Ukraine like pigeons being shot at) with NATO having to rely on tankers and flying much longer distances it is unlikely NATO would even be able to create a no fly zone before they had lost so many planes that they would have to cancel the operation anyway. It isn't like declaring a no fly zone in some third world country. Russia has by far the most advanced SAMs in the world. And they have far greater number than NATO. I'm not sure people understand how much Russia has invested in Anti Air capabilities. It may not have the offensive capability of the US but as a defensive force no country in the world can compete with Russia in terms of air defense. It isn't an option pure and simply.

[@mailman63155]

duhhh... Of course, history NEVER REPEATS itself precisely. We learn from trends. You're looking for excuses not to take a stand. NATO and the EU are not obliged by treaty to assist Ukraine. Any assistance is voluntary. However, the UK and USA have both, by treaty, along with Russia, guaranteed Ukraine borders.

[@ericvulgate]

Its their hemisphere They need to figure out their own land disputes. This country wouldn't tolerate similar interference locally.

[@giroromek8423]

Russian irredentism is this same pattern followed by Germany to swallow Austria, Czechoslovakia and then Poland.

[@determineddad7935]

If Russia takes Ukraine then who would be next?

[@zinnsoldat6493]

@@determineddad7935 Moldova then Baltic countries or Poland

[@determineddad7935]

@@zinnsoldat6493 Poland is a part of Nato. Really think Russia would target them? Just curious, not arguing.

[@blacklight4720]

oh come on... I just finished eating the pizza! Why not post the video 20 minutes earlier? :)

[@tranthiminhchauam5538]

The US, more specifically Blinken, have stated in March that the whole purpose of this war was to weaken Russia by any extent. So I guess you guys can figure out the rest and bicker around in the comment.

[@Jay-ho9io]

Working pretty well, too.

[@tranthiminhchauam5538]

@@Jay-ho9io In reverse lmao

[@odinatra]

I once again like to request video on Petro Shelest. He is too fascinating figure to ignore, and it would help to give Ukrainian history greater spotlight.

[@Numba003]

Russia surely must be aware that it could not win a direct conflict with the West. I hope it all ends soon. Thank you for the interesting modern video. May God bless you and be with you out there, friends. ✝️

[@bigsarge2085]

👍👍

[@tiborkosz]

One of the reasons why the west, especially the US and UK, helps Ukraine is the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances (another reason is because of the international law).

[@RomanLavandos]

Shhh, don’t mention the Budapest Memorandum so russia can continue to claim that “it’s the west that broke the treaties” as a casus-belli for ww3

[@happyelephant5384]

Technically, the letter of the memorandum obliged them to start consultations in case Ukraine attacked by nuclear weapons :) However, in Ukraine we believe that the spirit of memorandum meant that we must have received security in exchange for nuclear weapons.

[@tiborkosz]

@@RomanLavandos Yep. 👍 And let's do not forget the fact that with this war of aggression, Russia not only broke the international law, but also disregarded some four more treaties signed with Ukraine that recognize Ukrainian territory (including Crimea as part of Ukraine).

[@lequack6373]

A treaty is only as strong a the strongest enforcer. In this case, the enforcer has failed to deter.

[@RomanLavandos]

@Nichòlas Nicholas Ukraine was a neutral, non-NATO country, both in 2014 and 2022

[@rubenjames7345]

Probably the weakest episode that I've heard from the Cold War guys. It was like listening to a phone call between two people without much to say.

[@Auzgames]

Its literally a style they rapidly made to respond to "current events" that happen to roughly align to their previous content. Their usual content would take much more time, research and shit, this is clearly off-the-cuff opinion

[@chedabu]

So many Russian trolls in the comments! Looks like this video hit a sore spot for them

[@rogerwilco5206]

Yeah. Russains spend a lot of money for their troll farms.

[@colmcorbec7031]

Last time I was this early we thought russia had a modern army.

[@ottovonbismarck1352]

Last time I was this early, Russia was still an empire with a Tzar.

[@thelettuceconsumer]

Last time i was this early, Moskva was still a boat

[@nobodyherepal3292]

Based.

[@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761]

UK and US need to keep Europe divided. No other reason for the war

[@nobodyherepal3292]

Who the hell wants Europe United under the Russians?

[@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761]

@@nobodyherepal3292 you think Europe will unite under Russia? That is not what I said!

[@nobodyherepal3292]

@@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761 well, who says Europe can’t unite? It probably be welcomed by the US. Then we could focus on China.

[@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761]

@@nobodyherepal3292 the other way round...a united Europe will make the US look like a dwarf, that is why Europe cannot be allowed to unite in the Anglo-saxons geopolitical world view

[@nobodyherepal3292]

@@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761 I mean, how? We’re all developed, democratic nations that practice free market economics. We also have centuries of shared history and nearly a century of continued cooperation. I don’t see the EU and the US ever being on opposing sides geo-politically, especially with Europe’s aging demographic.

[@BHuang92]

Also China is making notes on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Everyone knows China has an eye for Taiwan and might go so far as a military takeover of the island. The Ukrainian war has given China some pause and doubt over the cost and expect resistance, especially when most of China's equipment are domestically based on Russian designs.

[@mat3714]

Algorithm

[@waltw9818]

I myself US Citizen - view all Ukrainian's as "Brothers of freedom." Many of my friends (many ex-military) feel this way and we also think that "we" the USA should have "BOOTS ON THE GROUND!" But on that note we also know the ramifications of doing such, escalation. I just hope that when all of this is said and done, that the "Russian People" actually start down a democratic way of life. Only some of them get to see and experience 'our way of life' and many of them like it and move here and actually become US citizens. If you don't reach for the stars, your odds of getting there IS ZERO...

[@Ceiteach.O.Duibhir]

Honestly I feel small countries that are also military neutral should stay the hell away from any involvement. Ireland(which I am from) excepting refugees is making life more miserable for those who are homeless, these refugees from ukraine along with people from Afghanistan & before the Russian invasion are being looked & handed things to them on a silver fucking platter that native irishmen/women are struggling to get like getting a house & care from the social welfare for those who are disabled. This act to look good by accepting people not from here while those born here suffer is ridiculous. I don't have anything against those who are born abroad, but get their stuff like health & citizenship the right way. Those just being handed things the second they arrive here is where I say no & they better go back when the drama with russia & the Taliban has been dealt with.

[@paulceglinski3087]

Aaaawwww! Get over it friend. I'm an American and your countrymen have been coming here for 200 years and others have also have been refugees. Put your-fucking-self in their shoes. Loosing everything including your country is not pleasant. Oh yeah, my mother's people have been coming from Ireland since the 1700's with the last after the Easter Rising. Why don't you try and get to know some of those people and quit your bitching.

[@0000-z4z]

You Irish are also protected by Ukrainians and Putin is also for you a threat. So you could be a bit more compassionate to those who suffer from our common enemy.

[@lequack6373]

​@@0000-z4z I dont agree with your statement. Even during the height of the USSR, there never was a chance that a naval invasion of Ireland is feasible, not to mention the state of the Russian Navy now.

[@paulceglinski3087]

@@0000-z4z That's about the gist of it too.

[@Ceiteach.O.Duibhir]

@@0000-z4z if you lived here, you'd get my point. You clearly don't 🙄 Guests here that are only meant to be temporary, might consider their stay here permanent because of what they're being handed. Which will do no good for those are either home, disabled or both.

[@ClassicAudiobooksWithJohn]

Great analysis David.... You lost weight? Looking good mate!!

[@pyeitme508]

Money

[@MsDboyy]

These update videos for Ukraine are really interesting that’s why I think you should change the style for the next one 🤷‍♂️☯️ I don’t know how but make it fresh make it new and more interesting ✅ maybe do some editing and some video clips or something

[@luqmantarmizi9578]

Why the West helping Ukraine and did not help Palestine 🤔 can someone explain to me why?

[@Jay-ho9io]

How does helping Palestine benefit the West? How does helping them negate an opponent? This is much more about cost vs benefit that anything else. And you don't give a shit about Palestine OR you would support Ukraine.

[@luqmantarmizi9578]

@@Jay-ho9io then how helping Ukraine benefit the West?

[@nobodyherepal3292]

@@luqmantarmizi9578 oh boy, you really want a list of benefits? I mean, it adds an extra barrier of protection against Russia, secures Europe a bread basket for food supplies, adds another potential hundreds thousands of troops to the NATO manpower pool, Weakens Russia from further wars toward the west, and allows further power projection in the Black Sea region. I have not a clue what Palestine brings to the table.

[@charlesscott4722]

@@luqmantarmizi9578 Ukraine has oil and gas, and many western investors are counting on it. Hunter Biden is one example. Also they're helping Ukraine to weaken Russia. Why the west hate Russia? I don't know

[@ulfurkarlsson5885]

I have seen what the Russians did in both Lithuania and Latvia and i can very easily understand why the Ukrainians dont want that. Lets hope the Ukrainians can hold out. We all know U.S.A has the strongest army in the world. Of course it would change the war if U.S.A would help, would it be worth the risk? Hard to say

[@RomanLavandos]

If Ukraine loses this war, Baltic States and Moldova would be attacked in 2027-2028. It is enough time to modernize army and nuclear weapons, which will make a war much bigger and bloodier. At this point russia violated every war convention, except it didn’t use nuclear weapons. They won’t use them, since it’s the only reason why NATO doesn’t go full on war against them.

[@fhh4397]

Lines on a map are not worth the risk of nuclear war...

[@collintrytsman3353]

YES YES YES ITS WORTH IT as the alternative of not assisting would be, at best, an angry rump state of Ukraine and another war in near future (possibily involving Poland and other east European states) or a complete oppressive occupation by Russia!!!

[@oblakevychd]

Ukrainians don't want new russian occupation because we know what crimes russians commited here over the last 3 centuries and it's horrifying.

[@Panos-xo9rc]

@@collintrytsman3353 lol,as if the 2014-2022 ukraine wasn't rump enough,or angry enough,or hell bent to destroy russia enough.

[@AncestorEmpire1]

The main reason: MONEY

[@andrewalderman101]

Yes, Putin needs to distract Russians from his corruption, and the money he stole from the Russian people.

[@TheBarca1889]

Ukraine is bleeding to death, literally.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

Donbass was bleeding to death since 2014. Nobody gives a rat's ass.

[@danielBAC]

So is Iraq, Libya, Syria and all the other countries that NATO invaded.

[@Panos-xo9rc]

Makes no difference if ukraine bleeds to death or near death as long as the russian army advances at a snail's pace,if at all,and the ukrainian army's logistics,communications etc continue to operate and "feed" the war. Ukraine has called around 750k men up to this moment,and has the potential for more. Even taking at face value the currently reported loss numbers ,and assuming that they continue at the same rate, it will take at least one or two years for the ukrainian army's morale to snap repeating the french example of spring of 1917. As long as the russians fight a limited semi war with a limited,skeleton army the war will drag on. They may not lose,and i emphasise the word may,but they certainly don't win. Meanwhile,anything goes.

[@andrewalderman101]

Russia is hemorrhaging , and at the mercy of Beijing.

[@Masiba7517]

I claim comment section

[@christophera556]

The two commentators in this video mentioned what China's position is in relation to its relationship with Russia to this conflict between Ukraine and Russia what both failed to mention is Russia's other ally India and its position in relation to this war and their relationship with Russia both China and India will be running the world in the not to distant future this is something people need to realize its not just going to be one Asian super power its going to be two although China will lead with India in number two position .Hopefully either China or India will be asked to mediate a peace treaty between Ukraine and Russia I would put the money on China.

[@baneofbanes]

China and India aren’t really allies with Russia. They simply aren’t hostile with them it like the West is.

[@a2xd94]

The reality of two dystopian autocracies who have an interest in Russia coming out on top, mediating a peace deal between Russia and its main nemesis, is flawed in the utmost sense.

[@WP-cu2pf]

Simple. Bcos they fight Russia and it's in West interest.

[@bretedwards2899]

David, A question for you. In the 2014 war, it was implied that the weak weapon supplying response by the West was due to Ukrainian corruption and pro-Russian sympathies by many in Ukraine. Now that Russia has physically destroyed many of the Russian oriented population centers in Ukraine, has Russia effectively unified Ukraine by reducing the population of Russia loyalists? (For course this brutal war itself will also make Russia the #1 enemy). Thanks, have loved your videos for awhile and would like to see a video on how Western businesses have assisted the political foes of the West.

[@williambrasky3891]

So much lips