Hodges, always the best as analysis; pragmatic & clear eyed. Fully agree with his analysis regarding the failure of our leaders to do what they were elected to do, I.e., “TO LEAD!” 😢. Very frustrating to disappointing.
Because he's a mercenary. He's not fighting for Ukrainian but for American democrat, it's a proxy war. Ukrainians are victims of zelensky, his madness to attack Russia.
Do these western leaders have morality and humanity? Of course not. If they had, they wouldn't have started the war in 2014, tore up the near peace deal in April 2022, and continue to use Ukraine as proxy and Ukrainians as cannon fodder.
@nickycruz. I replied to you that if western leaders had any morality or humanity, they would not have started the war in 2014, and tore up the draft peace deal in April 2022. My reply was I5 swiftly censored by UT. Freedom of speech my foot.
Russia's got its fingers in a bunch of serious global hotspots, but letting those hold back Ukraine is short-term political thinking. If we don’t stop Putin now, the long-term damage will be worse.
The reluctance to express a commitment to Ukraine with action and not empty platitudes is a real head scratcher. The US Brits and Germany should act more like world leaders and less like fearful weaker 3rd world powers.
Biden is using Ukraine. His/America's legacy of shame will cost us/the world heavily. Zelensky's passion of bonding with people thru comedy and freedom has led him to this most important role for Ukrainians *And for a better world.* For *goodness* sake, NOW is the time to stop tyrants striving for a dystopian world 💪🏼💙💛=💪🏼🌐🕊
@@JohnSmith-tz8gj We don't like Russian bots here. And if you are living in one of democratic countries than you should go to Russia and live there. Enjoy!
As Ukranian despite being not naive, I am still really disappointed in many leaders in the west. Honestly we Ukrainians angry at many for letting us down badly in the face of aggressor. Immoral and evil to use Ukraine’s grief to buy time or make more business with putin . We are grateful for support and ti those who truly support us , but those who let us down make me think our world js scary place.
The Ukrainians have every right to be angry at this treachery, especially the lack of promised aid not delivered. Our Congress approved $60 billion in aid and it's being dribbled out un-strategically (unless it's strategy for an Administration plan).
Ww3 because of US hegemony and a thirst for natural resources? I dont think so. And ….. play by the rules or expect others to play by your rules and example, is the message here. Criminals usually cry foul when their plans dont reach fruition.
So much promise for Ukraine as shown in the media. The question is, how much of these promises reach on the battlefield. It can be less than half of what has been promised. There are also many restrictions on Ukraine when Russia does anything it wants.
They do, but slowly. Our (Czech) ammunition initiative is delivering ammunition to Ukraine, but it's less ammunition a month, over a longer period of time, than promised. As I understood, some of it came from Africa and had been stored in high temperatures for a very long time, so our army is checking if it's not damaged. With other weapons, it's often the problem that their parts were manufactured by several different countries, some of which aren't in NATO and take some time to give permission, like Switzerland.
@@martavdz4972 so in the name of USA profit , czech scapegoats will go to 1st line . West corporations will buy them plastic bags to be repatriated back.
General Hodges is absolutely right! There shouldn't be any restriction on long-range weapons if we wanna see the end of the war and long-lasting peace!
Ben Hodges is right. As an ex soldier, as I am one too, there is no other way to think about it. Ukraine needs all possibilities to beat the Russian army, especially to eliminate the long range threats of aviation and rockets. Everybody who says anything else, is lying or is a military layman or both. There will be no just peace, including the integrity of the Ukrainean boders of 1994, without the defeat of the Russian army in Ukraine. If, for this defeat, it is necessary to strike Russian ressources deep into the Russian borders, than this needs not only to be permitted, but openly supported by the Western leaders. On the other hand I'm convinced that Ukraine is working hard on developping its own long range strike capabilities. This just will take some more time. If the West would deliver, probably thousands of lifes could be saved in Ukraine. The sooner this war ends, the better and the winner will be that party, which can supply its troops faster, longer and better. The West has to supply Ukraine better, longer and much faster, than in past time, than Russia and its allies can perform. We have the abilities to stop this war in short sight, but we aren't using them. This political undecisiveness ist really ashaming and costs Ukrainean lives, every day. Regards Th. Krapf
'Ukraine needs all possibilities to beat the Russian army' The west has expended all possibilities to beat Russia - economic warfare, military warfare. The Russians are too powerful. The western side that is propagating this war is unwilling to die for Ukraine. Those who are not willing to die cannot win a war. The Russians are willing to die for their country. You incited Ukraine to fight Russia, but now that Ukraine is losing, the US will walk away. Get it, military man ?
It's as if the drip-feeding of support is just enough so that Ukraine doesn't completely lose but not enough for them to win either. No wonder the support is for "as long as it takes" because it's going to take a lot longer than necessary, and real lives are lost unnecessarily on both sides.
@@JohnJones-k9d Might benefit US defence contractors, but it sure isn't benefiting the US. China will be the real winner of this war. When we talk about international rules and order, diplomacy is how you achieve that. If you look at the UN security council; US, China, UK, France and Russia, only one country out of those are pursuing diplomacy in the world, the rest think the military is the way you achieve that. People have said Russia's acting like a country out of the 19th century. Well the US and West seem quite happy to join Russia in the 19th century. Meanwhile China is showing leadership for the 21st century. They haven't been involved in a war in 50 years.
What does it even mean "so ukraine doesn t completely lose"? You think these soldiers aint losing limbs or being hunted to death by drones? Don t you see the complete destruction of a society? Let russians administrate the freaking donbas and be peace!!!
8:24 "Germany will be one of the biggest loosers if Ukraine fails." - This is so true. I wish Chancellor Scholz would come to this conclusion, too, and act accordingly.
Scholz is a tool, he and German know that they have no independence from their oppressor which is the US. if you say Germany is an Independent sovereign territory, why since 1945 there are a lot of US-based in Germany? even after the Warsaw pact collapse, those bases are not close but expanded.
No one say Ukraine cannot attack Russia using their own weapon. But if someone lent or give you a tools they have every right to ask that their tools not to be use for something they don't agree.
It works cuz Russia produces its own weapons the west does not even sells its weapons to Ukraine but gives it as gift and expects they are not seen as a party to the conflict, how that supposed to work??
General Hodges needs to be listened to and his advice followed immediately, he has repeatedly been right in his assertions regarding what needs to be done to stop russia...The politicians, who are only looking after themselves, need to either unanimously get behind and follow this expert's advice or they need to be bypassed...What the repuds in the US did in stopping aid to Ukraine is criminal and they should be held accountable for their self serving actions...
Last year Hodges expected the Ukrainians to reconquer Crimea if they got long range missiles, and they got SCALP, Stormshadow and ATACMS. But the offensive failed. Now he requests missiles with longer range which will do the trick. It's casting pearls before swine, the Russian missile offensive has not won the war either.
Gen. Hodges and other top officials, including our allies, need to visit the WH to convince them that the trickle of assistance for Ukraine needs to be a deluge
@@aleserban9322Where are those weapons going to come from when Western Powers say they are running low on different types of weapons including shells?
@@ikanyengmalila5888 military corporations lobby will win this war., people not... maybe they need to produce new guns , but first, older guns must be destroyed in long conflict...
To be in 2024 where borders of nations have been solved last millennium and then you have THE BIGGEST country on this Planet wanting more land is the most bizarre thing you can imagine. How can other countries support Russia is mind blowing. Support Ukraine!!!
Yes, India utterly disgusts me for a start. Politicians prattle about 'international order' then stand idling by as Russia rips it to shreds. Politicians have no honor.
stop encirclement of Russia by NATO which use Ukraine against them and there will be peace, otherwise ..soon you will have the response above your had in the sky., as an answer..
NATO has over 30 countries why does it need Ukraine? Mind blowing how someone would support an organization that killed millions in past 20 years alone.
@@namewithheldforprivacy7107 Ukraine kept a few nukes in hiding, they just never talk about them. With Russia as your neighbor, they knew to keep a few, "just in case"
do you think? military corporations lobby will win this war., people not... maybe they need to produce new guns , but first, older guns must be destroyed in long conflict... please not escalate that as that can spread in heart of my country in europeeeeee
Cuando vence un ATACMS por ejemplo,el costo de su destrucción es igual a su fabricación,Ucrania aún con lo poco que se les ha dado están demoliendo al matón del barrio
Yeah he would end up turning the US into a radiated wasteland lol this is the same guy who said how great the counter offensive was going to be lol he’s just playing the blame game for his own stupidity
Lol you think so? Ben Hodges and people like him can say any bravado or whatever they want because they're not held accountable for any effects of their words. It's a different story for people in power who take actual responsibility
.The U.S. and the rest of the NATO members should give Ukraine all the military support that it needs until this war can be brought to an end that favors Ukraine. The reality, is that the U.S. and the U.K. owe it to Ukraine to help them in their defense against Russia. In 1994, the U.S. and the U.K. signed the Budapest Memorandum along with Russia. As part of this agreement, Ukraine unfortunately agreed to give up the huge arsenal of nuclear weapons that it had inherited from the Soviet Union. In exchange for giving up its' nuclear weapons, Ukraine received security guarantees. Russia as would be expected, did not live up to its' promises to Ukraine. The U.S. and the U.K. should continue to honor this agreement. If Ukraine had not given up its' nuclear weapons, Russia probably never would have attacked it. At a minimum, Ukraine should have learned that Russia can never be trusted. Russia is a worthless dictatorship that is ruled by a worthless dictator.
james, I can not say it more accurately then you are saying it here. The U.S. and the U.K (and all of Europe too) has an obligation to hold up for what they have signed. We have signed for peace in 1994, the right to determent our life and to respect each others territory. Now we have to defend this agreement, peace and freedom does not always come for free.
Ukraine never have a nuclear arsenal. Just as Turkey, Holland, Germany never have. It's all belong to USA. Thus the Ukraine nukes did belong to Russia.
Why do people keep spamming nonsense about Budapest Memorandum? Did you read it before talking about it? literally on the 1st page it says involving parties cant get involved in Ukraine's internal affairs and then US spends $5bil to overthrow Ukrainian government and even sends top government officials directly to Kiev to encourage rioters... Also on the 1st page there is a reference to UN resolution Article 1 (2) 3743 that guarantee peoples self determination. Not to mention that Russia became the successor of USSR by taking the entire USSR dept upon itself. So everything that belonged to the government of USSR became Russian property. Anyhow it was Ukraine who sold engine schematics to north Korea and enabled it to have ballistic nukes. You dont know what and who are you talking about...
I acknowledge your point, but the Kremlin had complete control of all the nuclear system code. Thus, those nuclear weapons would have been just rounded metal with no regular maintenance. On the other hand, Ukraine was extremely poor and corrupt after 1990, so there was a high risk of the whole weaponry falling into the hands of a terrorist or non-Western regime. It's important to remember the transfer of Soviet missile technologies from Ukraine to Iran. If the Iraqi regime or the Lybian regime had been granted access to some Soviet mobile nuclear systems, what would have happened? At the time, taking those weapons from Ukraine was the best option.
@@javanava8925 how is that connected with thing I wrote? And also of you go in to details DNR and LNR declares indeoendance out of Ukraine, so Ukraine crossed the border with tanks
@@kel5944No one in Russia said anything about a time frame. How’s that 700k dead Ukrainians working for you??? The US lost to dudes in sandals for god sake.
@@AnthonyCarroll-ue3uvwhere are the 200 billions, where the atmosphere promised, the AA,the tanks, the artillery. So far little has arrived except blah,blah,blah
I agree, if that were how the world worked. We have been supporting Palestine for decades, but look how that’s working out and who is giving the aggressor (Israel) weapons. Land being stolen inch by inch and yet here we are.
True what kind of war does not allow anyone to attack the opposing sides territory while the other can attack even your capital. Kyiv has been attacked numerous times, but Moscow never or even any decently large Russian city for that matter.
No one, including Zelenski is mentioning how the occupied lands (18-20% of Ukraine) will be freed. I am afraid the West will persuade Ukraine with what they have now and continue as a sovereign nation plus lots of security and economic aid promises. I pity Ukraine and very disappointed in the West for letting an expansionist state like Russia get away with it.
Zelensky is right not to mention it because their game is to keep hitting oil refineris and warehouses, to destabilize Russia economically and cause chaos in the highest quarters. They're hoping that if that happens, they will get a territory-liberating offensive in there somehow. But it isn't a clear plan so they can't describe it. Totally agree with the rest.
both sides have problems. but Ukraine gets stronger and Russia gets weaker. if the West allowed Ukraine to attack Russia with missiles the war can end soon.
That ultimately is the fault of Ukraine and Zelensky. They had an agreement with Russia and they got used by our politicians. I would have been neutral and would have told both Russia and Europe that if they have problems, they can fight it out but not in Ukraine.
*Russia🇷🇺 must respect soveregnity territorial integrity of Ukraine, Georgia, Japan. Israel🇮🇱 must respect soveregnity territorial integrity of Palestine & Syria*
BS. Since 2014, Ukraine has not been a sovereign country since the government was unconstitutionally replaced. Now it is the battlefield of NATO and Russia. If you want, the first change of borders in Europe after WWII happened in 1999 with the bombing of Yugoslavia, when the Americans conquered Kosovo and built the largest military base in the Balkans there.
Most Generals never talk of negotiations or diplomacy. All they know is war. During 1962 Cuban missile crisis all Kennedy's Generals wanted to do a first strike. Kennedy wouldn't risk all the lives of the American people when war could be avoided. He called krushchev and offered to take U.S. Nukes in Turkey that were aimed at Russia , if Russia removed missiles in Cuba. It worked.
Don't know what's wrong with NATO and others not to give Ukraine the weapons they need. Are they afraid of Russia, are they poor or are they cowards. It's either YES or NO.
Nothing wrong with NATO. They are a defensive military alliance for its members. UA is not a member and NATO has no authorisation from its members to conduct an offensive (proxy) war. So, it's NO.
Nato lost this war on every level I. Economicly 2. Diplomatically 3. Militarily If some how you think that doublin down like a drunk man in a casino is the answer to Nato's endless mistakes good luck with that.
Gen. Hodges, please continue to reason with Jake Sullivan and Pres. Biden. They are prolonging this genocide by their nonsensical restrictions and stalling. What is WRONG with them??
A 3-star general in a army that never won a war...exactly the same rhetoric we heard in Afghanistan more weapons, more bombs, more money, more dead people....endlessly Oh what will China think ? China like my country Vietnam know exactly what you are.
Well, it would have helped if MAGA Republicans in the senate hadn't prevented the major aid bill from going through, for 8 months! They have the blood of thousands of innocent Ukrainians on their hands, for that! No other allied country has done that to Ukraine!
He said she would likely be as supportive as Biden and assumes she will fire people like Lloyd Austin. But she has offered no concrete plans. She might re-direct military spending to giveaway programs. We simply don't know.
I think he wants to be, that's why he does these interviews, but I'm not complaining. He would be better than a lot of people. Better than Lloyd Austin, although I like Austin a lot, but he just isn't active enough.
Ben Hodgs kept advising Ukraine for ten years, with each advise Ukraine came out a bit smaller, poorer, more ruined, more depopulated and decimated of young men. What will be left of Ukraine if they keep people like him telling them what to do? The only thing he cares about is US hegemonial geopolitics and control over resources for BlackRock for which Ukraine is just the sacrificial lamb!
This absolutely needs to be heard. Ben Hodges is a bit of a theoretical idealist, but he often makes the same good points as not-so-well-known hands-on realists.
Thinking that NATO is a defensive alliance is like going to McDonald's and expecting healthy, nutritious food for the whole family. Just because they say it is, doesn't make it so.
@@nicolasolton Go and google NATO involvement in toppling governments around the world: Iraq, Aghanistan, Syria, Ukraine... Nothing defensive about that. It's a slogan. Just like McDonald's.
The NATO charter and governance structure is written down. It's for defense. And McDonald's food is healthy and nutritious. And dehydration is not the greatest threat to survival. Public schools are failing us.
@@glintongordon6811 if zelensky stays much longer, he’ll be the president of Russia by Christmas by how quickly Russian support for Putin has fallen. Learn to speak Ukrainian, comrade.
"Criminal negligence" indeed, truer words have not been spoken in a while!
Criminal negligence sums it up well. Thanks for the clear eyed analysis Ben.
Hodges, always the best as analysis; pragmatic & clear eyed.
Fully agree with his analysis regarding the failure of our leaders to do what they were elected to do, I.e., “TO LEAD!” 😢. Very frustrating to disappointing.
Criminal negligence is rightly said by the general. Do these Western leaders have morality and humanity? Do they care?
Because he's a mercenary. He's not fighting for Ukrainian but for American democrat, it's a proxy war. Ukrainians are victims of zelensky, his madness to attack Russia.
Do these western leaders have morality and humanity? Of course not. If they had, they wouldn't have started the war in 2014, tore up the near peace deal in April 2022, and continue to use Ukraine as proxy and Ukrainians as cannon fodder.
@nickycruz. I replied to you that if western leaders had any morality or humanity, they would not have started the war in 2014, and tore up the draft peace deal in April 2022. My reply was
I5 swiftly censored by UT. Freedom of speech my foot.
My reply to you was swigtly censored by UT. Freedom of speech my foot.
Unfortunately general Hodges and other military experts have been preaching this advice to deaf ears for a long time!
Thank you, Ben. You are always on the fair side, on Ukrainian side.
How about Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan? Which side is fair and which side was this person on?
@@kvrstG2252 What?
Gaza - Hamas, Hezbollah
Iraq - ISIS
Afghanistan - TTP, ISKP, Al Qaeda
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dying hegemony of USA...profiting BRICS... dying horse kicking around ..But europe has the same problem
USA just be watching on europe involved in that . really you want WW3??
“Criminal negligence” rings true
If you assume they want to drain Pootyn's resources until there is only a poor Russia left, then "as long as it takes" suddenly makes sense.
@@krollpeteryes, you’re right, the ONLY way it will stop is when Russia run out of ammunitions, weapons and money but that wont happen.
Russia's got its fingers in a bunch of serious global hotspots, but letting those hold back Ukraine is short-term political thinking. If we don’t stop Putin now, the long-term damage will be worse.
The reluctance to express a commitment to Ukraine with action and not empty platitudes is a real head scratcher. The US Brits and Germany should act more like world leaders and less like fearful weaker 3rd world powers.
in the name of profit of USA, eu boys should stan up and go as scapegoats, should go to 1st line.
they do not want to ignite 3WW. YOu wish?
You can always join the Ukrainian foreign fighters.
Biden is using Ukraine. His/America's legacy of shame will cost us/the world heavily.
Zelensky's passion of bonding with people thru comedy and freedom has led him to this most important role for Ukrainians *And for a better world.* For *goodness* sake, NOW is the time to stop tyrants striving for a dystopian world 💪🏼💙💛=💪🏼🌐🕊
@@JohnSmith-tz8gj We don't like Russian bots here. And if you are living in one of democratic countries than you should go to Russia and live there. Enjoy!
As Ukranian despite being not naive, I am still really disappointed in many leaders in the west. Honestly we Ukrainians angry at many for letting us down badly in the face of aggressor. Immoral and evil to use Ukraine’s grief to buy time or make more business with putin . We are grateful for support and ti those who truly support us , but those who let us down make me think our world js scary place.
The Ukrainians have every right to be angry at this treachery, especially the lack of promised aid not delivered. Our Congress approved $60 billion in aid and it's being dribbled out un-strategically (unless it's strategy for an Administration plan).
The West needs to grow a pair
Absurd and shameful restrictions for Ukraine
😂 no
in the name of usa who profit from that .... but stop encircling RUssia with NATO , , so there will be peace, ensuring Russia military security.
Ww3 because of US hegemony and a thirst for natural resources?
I dont think so. And ….. play by the rules or expect others to play by your rules and example, is the message here.
Criminals usually cry foul when their plans dont reach fruition.
So much promise for Ukraine as shown in the media. The question is, how much of these promises reach on the battlefield. It can be less than half of what has been promised. There are also many restrictions on Ukraine when Russia does anything it wants.
They do, but slowly. Our (Czech) ammunition initiative is delivering ammunition to Ukraine, but it's less ammunition a month, over a longer period of time, than promised. As I understood, some of it came from Africa and had been stored in high temperatures for a very long time, so our army is checking if it's not damaged. With other weapons, it's often the problem that their parts were manufactured by several different countries, some of which aren't in NATO and take some time to give permission, like Switzerland.
Exactly , that’s why Putin is free to attack whatever or whenever Putin wants while the other side cant do anything.
@@martavdz4972 czech scapegoats will go next to 1st line against Russia... USA need prolong that in profit of their military corporations..
@@martavdz4972 so in the name of USA profit , czech scapegoats will go to 1st line . West corporations will buy them plastic bags to be repatriated back.
just stop encircling RUssia with NATO , ,and..so there will be peace, ensuring Russia military security.
Great questions, great answers. Great interview.
Ben for president's security advisor 🎉
🇺🇸🫡Ben Hodges! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🫡
General Hodges is absolutely right! There shouldn't be any restriction on long-range weapons if we wanna see the end of the war and long-lasting peace!
Warmonger.
@@realnapster1522 said Russian troll.
@@ggg-cf9zl said Ukranien troll.
General Hogwash is not correct. He will escalate this war until a major confrontation between NATO and Russia, and other countries could be pulled in.
You can hear the frustration in Ben Hodge's voice. He like a lot of us is getting tired of the powers to be saying "FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES" Fools
They aren't fools, it's the only phrase the pro-Russian and anti-Russian countries could agree on.
Ben Hodges is a courageous man who speaks his mind and is always to the point.
Thank you General Hodges Everything you say makes sense.
"...criminal negligence on our part." It is brilliant when someone can say so much in so few words.
I agree on the criminal, but it's not negligence it's deliberate and calculated
I looks that way, yes
Ben Hodges is right. As an ex soldier, as I am one too, there is no other way to think about it. Ukraine needs all possibilities to beat the Russian army, especially to eliminate the long range threats of aviation and rockets. Everybody who says anything else, is lying or is a military layman or both.
There will be no just peace, including the integrity of the Ukrainean boders of 1994, without the defeat of the Russian army in Ukraine. If, for this defeat, it is necessary to strike Russian ressources deep into the Russian borders, than this needs not only to be permitted, but openly supported by the Western leaders.
On the other hand I'm convinced that Ukraine is working hard on developping its own long range strike capabilities. This just will take some more time. If the West would deliver, probably thousands of lifes could be saved in Ukraine. The sooner this war ends, the better and the winner will be that party, which can supply its troops faster, longer and better. The West has to supply Ukraine better, longer and much faster, than in past time, than Russia and its allies can perform. We have the abilities to stop this war in short sight, but we aren't using them.
This political undecisiveness ist really ashaming and costs Ukrainean lives, every day.
Regards Th. Krapf
💯 Agree with you.
He’s wrong, though.
'Ukraine needs all possibilities to beat the Russian army'
The west has expended all possibilities to beat Russia - economic warfare, military warfare. The Russians are too powerful.
The western side that is propagating this war is unwilling to die for Ukraine. Those who are not willing to die cannot win a war. The Russians are willing to die for their country. You incited Ukraine to fight Russia, but now that Ukraine is losing, the US will walk away. Get it, military man ?
Where did you fight
Sorry western equipment only works against 3rd world countries. Which one of the US’s failed wars did you participate in?
It's as if the drip-feeding of support is just enough so that Ukraine doesn't completely lose but not enough for them to win either. No wonder the support is for "as long as it takes" because it's going to take a lot longer than necessary, and real lives are lost unnecessarily on both sides.
Jeez your not very grasping of reality re you.
A long war means more money for us defence contractors, who do you think this war is for?
@@JohnJones-k9dthe US spending on defence is colossal regardless of the Ukraine situation
@@JohnJones-k9d Might benefit US defence contractors, but it sure isn't benefiting the US. China will be the real winner of this war. When we talk about international rules and order, diplomacy is how you achieve that. If you look at the UN security council; US, China, UK, France and Russia, only one country out of those are pursuing diplomacy in the world, the rest think the military is the way you achieve that. People have said Russia's acting like a country out of the 19th century. Well the US and West seem quite happy to join Russia in the 19th century. Meanwhile China is showing leadership for the 21st century. They haven't been involved in a war in 50 years.
What does it even mean "so ukraine doesn t completely lose"?
You think these soldiers aint losing limbs or being hunted to death by drones? Don t you see the complete destruction of a society? Let russians administrate the freaking donbas and be peace!!!
@@jmhorange China has been provoking neighboring countries for ages.
8:24 "Germany will be one of the biggest loosers if Ukraine fails." - This is so true. I wish Chancellor Scholz would come to this conclusion, too, and act accordingly.
* losers not loosers, which is not a word. Scholz is indeed using Biden as cover for inaction.
Scholz is a tool, he and German know that they have no independence from their oppressor which is the US. if you say Germany is an Independent sovereign territory, why since 1945 there are a lot of US-based in Germany?
even after the Warsaw pact collapse, those bases are not close but expanded.
Russia is allowed to attack whomsoever she pleases and yet nobody is allowed to attack her back. How is that supposed to work?
That's how world powers work, USA China does the same
Russia isn’t allowed anything. They use their own weapons and don’t have to worry to be dragged into a war they are already fighting.
No one say Ukraine cannot attack Russia using their own weapon. But if someone lent or give you a tools they have every right to ask that their tools not to be use for something they don't agree.
@@Ode-to-Odysseus How does it work with USA?
It works cuz Russia produces its own weapons
the west does not even sells its weapons to Ukraine but gives it as gift and expects they are not seen as a party to the conflict, how that supposed to work??
Absolutely right, General... the current stance taken only lengthens the miserable situation!!!
stop encircling RUssia with NATO , ,, ensuring Russia military security. I do not want WW 3
General Hodges needs to be listened to and his advice followed immediately, he has repeatedly been right in his assertions regarding what needs to be done to stop russia...The politicians, who are only looking after themselves, need to either unanimously get behind and follow this expert's advice or they need to be bypassed...What the repuds in the US did in stopping aid to Ukraine is criminal and they should be held accountable for their self serving actions...
They neee manpower and you know it bro, why are you taking to long to go Ukraine and help them ?
HE HAS NEVER BEEN RIGHT.
why does he even support NEONAZIS??
Last year Hodges expected the Ukrainians to reconquer Crimea if they got long range missiles, and they got SCALP, Stormshadow and ATACMS. But the offensive failed. Now he requests missiles with longer range which will do the trick. It's casting pearls before swine, the Russian missile offensive has not won the war either.
Holding American politician responsible for allowing continued war crimes in other countries responsible for their actions??? Don’t hold your breathe
@@michaelgallagher4849 I'm not...
Gen. Hodges and other top officials, including our allies, need to visit the WH to convince them that the trickle of assistance for Ukraine needs to be a deluge
are you sorry you are at peace, do you want to see an answer in heaven?
They have visited the WH.
@@aleserban9322Where are those weapons going to come from when Western Powers say they are running low on different types of weapons including shells?
@@jonathanstein5049 every branch in America is heavily lobbyed. Mr hodges is instructed to advertise for a prolonged (losing) war. Their cash cow
@@ikanyengmalila5888 military corporations lobby will win this war., people not... maybe they need to produce new guns , but first, older guns must be destroyed in long conflict...
Please allow Ukraine to defend their children
Hodges is completely right.
To be in 2024 where borders of nations have been solved last millennium and then you have THE BIGGEST country on this Planet wanting more land is the most bizarre thing you can imagine. How can other countries support Russia is mind blowing. Support Ukraine!!!
That's not true. NATO is actually the problem. Dissolve nato and there will be peace in our European continent.
Yes, India utterly disgusts me for a start. Politicians prattle about 'international order' then stand idling by as Russia rips it to shreds. Politicians have no honor.
stop encirclement of Russia by NATO which use Ukraine against them and there will be peace, otherwise ..soon you will have the response above your had in the sky., as an answer..
NATO has over 30 countries why does it need Ukraine? Mind blowing how someone would support an organization that killed millions in past 20 years alone.
@@Ode-to-Odysseus I totally agree. India has totally lost my favour over this.
Of course, Ben Hodges is right. Biden and Sullivan need some backbone and fully support Ukraine, rather than talking and praying. Slava Ukraini!
Nonsense lol
France too. Macron talk the talk, he needs to walk the walk.
UN not fair, People are dying in congo and sudan while UN keep quiet about this
Ukraine is not in NATO, so why support them fully? They have to get out of this mess on their own.
He is wrong, if ukraine hits deep inside Russia, they will hit ukraine worse
Remove the handcuffs and let Ukraine fight back!
How about Gen Hodges as SECDEF? This war would be over pretty quick!
It would only mean nuclear mushrooms all over Ukraine lol
@@namewithheldforprivacy7107 Ukraine kept a few nukes in hiding, they just never talk about them. With Russia as your neighbor, they knew to keep a few, "just in case"
Ben Hodges is always a great guest with profound strategic thinking
he plan to ignite WW3, involve europe
and is always wrong on all matters concerning the war in Ukraine.
Hodges has no idea how Russia works.
@@duncansmith7562 true, so true. People like Hodges are extremely naïve and dangerous!
The gloves should be off in relation to Ukraine dealing with Russia.
The other side has nukes. BTW, no country has ever won a war with others people wallets.
if you think , you also want flying objects like Zirkons with nukeheads above yours ..as an answer? that is proxyWar NATO vs RUssians
do you think? military corporations lobby will win this war., people not... maybe they need to produce new guns , but first, older guns must be destroyed in long conflict... please not escalate that as that can spread in heart of my country in europeeeeee
Cuando vence un ATACMS por ejemplo,el costo de su destrucción es igual a su fabricación,Ucrania aún con lo poco que se les ha dado están demoliendo al matón del barrio
America needs someone with balls like Ben Hodges as president.
Then Trump won’t do. Just saying
Yeah he would end up turning the US into a radiated wasteland lol this is the same guy who said how great the counter offensive was going to be lol he’s just playing the blame game for his own stupidity
really do you want armagenone invite at your sky and land?
Lol you think so? Ben Hodges and people like him can say any bravado or whatever they want because they're not held accountable for any effects of their words. It's a different story for people in power who take actual responsibility
Should have drafted Hillary for 2024. 🤷
.The U.S. and the rest of the NATO members should give Ukraine all the military support that it needs until this war can be brought to an end that favors Ukraine.
The reality, is that the U.S. and the U.K. owe it to Ukraine to help them in their defense against Russia. In 1994, the U.S. and the U.K. signed the Budapest Memorandum along with Russia.
As part of this agreement, Ukraine unfortunately agreed to give up the huge arsenal of nuclear weapons that it had inherited from the Soviet Union. In exchange for giving up its' nuclear weapons, Ukraine received security guarantees. Russia as would be expected, did not live up to its' promises to Ukraine. The U.S. and the U.K. should continue to honor this agreement.
If Ukraine had not given up its' nuclear weapons, Russia probably never would have attacked it. At a minimum, Ukraine should have learned that Russia can never be trusted. Russia is a worthless dictatorship that is ruled by a worthless dictator.
This war can’t be brought to an end that favours Ukraine.
james, I can not say it more accurately then you are saying it here. The U.S. and the U.K (and all of Europe too) has an obligation to hold up for what they have signed. We have signed for peace in 1994, the right to determent our life and to respect each others territory. Now we have to defend this agreement, peace and freedom does not always come for free.
Ukraine never have a nuclear arsenal. Just as Turkey, Holland, Germany never have. It's all belong to USA. Thus the Ukraine nukes did belong to Russia.
Why do people keep spamming nonsense about Budapest Memorandum? Did you read it before talking about it? literally on the 1st page it says involving parties cant get involved in Ukraine's internal affairs and then US spends $5bil to overthrow Ukrainian government and even sends top government officials directly to Kiev to encourage rioters... Also on the 1st page there is a reference to UN resolution Article 1 (2) 3743 that guarantee peoples self determination. Not to mention that Russia became the successor of USSR by taking the entire USSR dept upon itself. So everything that belonged to the government of USSR became Russian property. Anyhow it was Ukraine who sold engine schematics to north Korea and enabled it to have ballistic nukes. You dont know what and who are you talking about...
I acknowledge your point, but the Kremlin had complete control of all the nuclear system code. Thus, those nuclear weapons would have been just rounded metal with no regular maintenance. On the other hand, Ukraine was extremely poor and corrupt after 1990, so there was a high risk of the whole weaponry falling into the hands of a terrorist or non-Western regime. It's important to remember the transfer of Soviet missile technologies from Ukraine to Iran. If the Iraqi regime or the Lybian regime had been granted access to some Soviet mobile nuclear systems, what would have happened? At the time, taking those weapons from Ukraine was the best option.
russia is able to strike Ukraine with rockets made from the USA produced parts, while Ukraine has its hands tied behind its back.
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Бля🤦♂️, ещё один "знаток"😂
Russia made those weapons and paid for it. While Ukraine is getting it for free. There is also other side that Russia may give weapons to US enemies
@@nenadmitrovic3469 What you said now makes no sense. Russians crossed the border with tanks.
@@javanava8925 how is that connected with thing I wrote? And also of you go in to details DNR and LNR declares indeoendance out of Ukraine, so Ukraine crossed the border with tanks
Spot on General Hodges
He really isn’t tho lol remember it’s this guy who said how great the “counter offensive “ was going to be lol 😂
@@shannonbertram5513 the counteroffensive sure is going better than that “3 day special military operation”, comrade. 🤣
@@kel5944No one in Russia said anything about a time frame. How’s that 700k dead Ukrainians working for you??? The US lost to dudes in sandals for god sake.
He was telling us Ukraine is winning, now why is he complaining about failure of western leadership ?
@@johnadam2885 because of too much restraint.
Its time to cease standing behind UA and to start standing beside them.
I really agree with everything Ben has said, come on governments get on it ASAP! Really?
Ben is a little warmonger who has never been to a real war and knows nothing about it
Ben Hodges is right!
Damn straight, General!
and soon you will have the response above your had in the sky., as an answer...in Europe..and usa.
@@aleserban9322 Can't even take Ukraine and already boasting how you're coming for the USA and Europe.
Yep the same general who helped the US lose everyone of its wars.
a warmonger
@@HarwardMbonxa Warmonger? He is advocating Ukraine's right for self defense. that's not war mongering.
Give everything to Ukraine
they can have you... head on over
200billion and the worlds stock of AA doesn't do it, nothing will.
he being sarcastic, @@Wolfvain-qs5su
@@AnthonyCarroll-ue3uvwhere are the 200 billions, where the atmosphere promised, the AA,the tanks, the artillery. So far little has arrived except blah,blah,blah
@@sailor67duilio27 you should see how much equipment Russia has destroyed in Kursk alone..
Mr. Hodges impresses me as someone who speaks sound reason. Something we need more of from our leaders around the world.
IMO, I can see the same level of commitment if a NATO country was attacked.
Ben.Hodges for next Sect of Defence...please
Ben needs to be put back in a position of power that would greatly affect how well Ukraine comes out in the war
This is the guy who should be running the USA, he's got a brain and he speaks his mind and he makes sense.
In April 2022 Biden proposed $40 billion in aid for Ukraine -- the largest military aid package in world history.
I agree with the general!
Peace or. Putin!
Without putin no rest in peace
Putler means dictatorship 🤯
Putin
Lift the restrictions on military target
Agree...that goes for American cities as well.🇷🇺
answer will be....that....soon you will have the response above your had in the sky., as an answer..
@@BAJOLADUgo ahead
@@BAJOLADU You silly little boy! Is that another nuclear threat????
stop. encircling RUssia with NATOarmies and fight for PEACE. not excalation,
Supporting Ukraine is supporting the Rule of Law UN Charter chapter 1 article 2 section 4&5
Really,what about palestine
I agree, if that were how the world worked. We have been supporting Palestine for decades, but look how that’s working out and who is giving the aggressor (Israel) weapons. Land being stolen inch by inch and yet here we are.
@@berhanemehari8215they can’t see the double standard, that’s the real tragedy with esp Western keyboard warriors here in YT.
@@berhanemehari8215 Really? What does Palestine have to do with Ukraine?
lets first make Israel abide to the UN decisions.
Please send this guy to Ukraine.
If you want a new car, you go working in a car factory?
Yeahhh, he can't even hold a hand gun, 😂😂😂😂😂
Хорошее предложение😂
Yes - is he inviting Russia to strike London?
@@samuellopesbaule5745 why? Don’t you have hands?
I agree with everything that Gen. Hodges said.
As always 💯 % agree with General Hodges
True what kind of war does not allow anyone to attack the opposing sides territory while the other can attack even your capital. Kyiv has been attacked numerous times, but Moscow never or even any decently large Russian city for that matter.
Dont cry 😢
No one, including Zelenski is mentioning how the occupied lands (18-20% of Ukraine) will be freed. I am afraid the West will persuade Ukraine with what they have now and continue as a sovereign nation plus lots of security and economic aid promises. I pity Ukraine and very disappointed in the West for letting an expansionist state like Russia get away with it.
A world leader can not be crazy!.
On the other thought, the west should play a long game since Russia is the country who can’t wait.
Zelensky is right not to mention it because their game is to keep hitting oil refineris and warehouses, to destabilize Russia economically and cause chaos in the highest quarters. They're hoping that if that happens, they will get a territory-liberating offensive in there somehow. But it isn't a clear plan so they can't describe it. Totally agree with the rest.
both sides have problems. but Ukraine gets stronger and Russia gets weaker. if the West allowed Ukraine to attack Russia with missiles the war can end soon.
That ultimately is the fault of Ukraine and Zelensky. They had an agreement with Russia and they got used by our politicians. I would have been neutral and would have told both Russia and Europe that if they have problems, they can fight it out but not in Ukraine.
*Russia🇷🇺 must respect soveregnity territorial integrity of Ukraine, Georgia, Japan. Israel🇮🇱 must respect soveregnity territorial integrity of Palestine & Syria*
BS. Since 2014, Ukraine has not been a sovereign country since the government was unconstitutionally replaced. Now it is the battlefield of NATO and Russia.
If you want, the first change of borders in Europe after WWII happened in 1999 with the bombing of Yugoslavia, when the Americans conquered Kosovo and built the largest military base in the Balkans there.
Eastern Ukraine is Russia and they have every right not allow NATO to invade them.
so stop encircling RUssia with NATO , , so there will be peace, ensuring Russia military security...all is about that issue
@@aleserban9322 Or russia could pis on their own side of the borders.
You arre so right.
General Hodges is excellent, as always
I completely agree with this guys point of view.Why can't the rest of the world country leaders see it too
A world leader can not be crazy!.
To think that Ukraine is winning is delusional.
Totally agree with Ben.
Me too.
Germany and gayrope should solve their own problems soon (Kchalifate etc..) and stop encirlcing RUssian land with NATO.armies
Só what
@@beatlesleo so stop encircling RUssia with NATO , so what , so there will be peace, ensuring Russia military security...all is about that issue
Please let Ukraine defend themselves.
..and china army will come to help...
soon you will have the response above your had in the sky., as an answer..
Ukraine have 32 NATO countries helping the defense. Russia is just too powerful 😢
@@aleserban9322 😂
Most Generals never talk of negotiations or diplomacy. All they know is war. During 1962 Cuban missile crisis all Kennedy's Generals wanted to do a first strike. Kennedy wouldn't risk all the lives of the American people when war could be avoided. He called krushchev and offered to take U.S. Nukes in Turkey that were aimed at Russia , if Russia removed missiles in Cuba. It worked.
Ben Hodges is the man
Don't know what's wrong with NATO and others not to give Ukraine the weapons they need. Are they afraid of Russia, are they poor or are they cowards. It's either YES or NO.
Nothing wrong with NATO. They are a defensive military alliance for its members. UA is not a member and NATO has no authorisation from its members to conduct an offensive (proxy) war. So, it's NO.
Nato lost this war on every level
I. Economicly
2. Diplomatically
3. Militarily
If some how you think that doublin down like a drunk man in a casino is the answer to Nato's endless mistakes good luck with that.
@@samsungtap4183wait you think Russia is winning in these categories?
@@samsungtap4183 🤣
@@samsungtap4183 good one
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Must be a shortage of potatos and beetroots.
Bots calling bots, bots 😅😅
Let them be angry. They are just bots run by brainwashed people who should know better.
Don't worry. If you denigrate them on the internet you don't have to engage with their ideas.
You do realise bots are not human, they have no emotions lol
"Criminal negligence" and "failure leadership" perfectly said, General Hodges.
Gen. Hodges, please continue to reason with Jake Sullivan and Pres. Biden. They are prolonging this genocide by their nonsensical restrictions and stalling. What is WRONG with them??
What's wrong with Biden is pretty obvious. Sullivan's failure is more mysterious.
Nobody owes Ukraine anything
Actually and frankly speaking it is Cowardness that those leaders makes them useless in a wartime, shame on you !!!
Ben is doing amazing work. Always.
He has never worked in his whole life!
A 3-star general in a army that never won a war...exactly the same rhetoric we heard in Afghanistan more weapons, more bombs, more money, more dead people....endlessly
Oh what will China think ? China like my country Vietnam know exactly what you are.
Col. MacGregor disagrees...
Ben is brilliant. I hope Kamala will have a job for him.
@@Kodakcompactdisc
He is retired and not going back to US!
Where are those Taurus?!? Germans on the wrong side of history-as always…
It is criminal
The general should go to the front line in Ukraine to help them win.
ZELENSKYY the prophet!
Shame on you Europe and US!!!!!!
Hhhahaaha!
Ben Hodges : Ukraine will liberate Crimea by Summer (2023).
How is that coming along sir?
Well, it would have helped if MAGA Republicans in the senate hadn't prevented the major aid bill from going through, for 8 months! They have the blood of thousands of innocent Ukrainians on their hands, for that! No other allied country has done that to Ukraine!
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Heroyam Slava ! 🇺🇦
❤❤❤Thanks for German to suppport innocent country
Hodges get the analysis right!
Naive US sofa warrior!
Just like he got right that Ukraine would retake Crimea lol
@@claus-not-santa Russia was naive to believe it could ever just walk in and annex Ukraine
@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304
More than 20% is not enough for you?
@@claus-not-santa Ok trollboy
One can’t expect stopping an invading army with one hand tided up behind his back.
War sustainability matters.
Occupied Germany think they matters.
If this is how the US treats its allies, it is more secure to be its enemy😢
Same thing happened before the last Great War
Ukraine is not a U.S. ally, in a technical (treaty) sense.
Ukraine is not part of NATO.
Protecting Russian airbases is quite ridiculous when one is supplying air defense. What's the real plan? More contracts for air defense manufacturers?
And Russia decide to make Ukraine like Gaza 😂😂😂😂
Would support Hodges until he naïvely comes out thinking that Kamala Harris would be tougher on Russia and would support Ukraine more.
He said she would likely be as supportive as Biden and assumes she will fire people like Lloyd Austin. But she has offered no concrete plans. She might re-direct military spending to giveaway programs. We simply don't know.
Ben Hodges for defence secretary
I think he wants to be, that's why he does these interviews, but I'm not complaining. He would be better than a lot of people. Better than Lloyd Austin, although I like Austin a lot, but he just isn't active enough.
I wish they would do as Ben Hodges says they should
DW News, I loved this video so much, I had to hit the like button!
Wow...i liked it but i wouldn't go that far.
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Ben Hodgs kept advising Ukraine for ten years, with each advise Ukraine came out a bit smaller, poorer, more ruined, more depopulated and decimated of young men. What will be left of Ukraine if they keep people like him telling them what to do?
The only thing he cares about is US hegemonial geopolitics and control over resources for BlackRock for which Ukraine is just the sacrificial lamb!
Exactly right.
This absolutely needs to be heard. Ben Hodges is a bit of a theoretical idealist, but he often makes the same good points as not-so-well-known hands-on realists.
Thinking that NATO is a defensive alliance is like going to McDonald's and expecting healthy, nutritious food for the whole family. Just because they say it is, doesn't make it so.
😂😂 NATO is a terrorist organization, not defensive as written in it's papers. It has attacked countries that do not share a border with any of them.
NATO IS a defensive alliance though, also the strongest military alliance in human history. These are facts, that's all.🤷
@@nicolasolton Go and google NATO involvement in toppling governments around the world: Iraq, Aghanistan, Syria, Ukraine... Nothing defensive about that. It's a slogan. Just like McDonald's.
The NATO charter and governance structure is written down. It's for defense. And McDonald's food is healthy and nutritious. And dehydration is not the greatest threat to survival. Public schools are failing us.
@@nicolasolton Google it and read up.
General Hodges, thank you 🥹
Thank you for using strong, honest words like “criminal negligence”.
And for standing with our bleeding nation 🇺🇦❤️🩹
Zelenski deserve a nobel price
For begging?
For comedi😅?
@@claus-not-santawouldn’t you beg for your country’s freedom? Putin is begging to North Korea & Iran, so much for the mighty 🐻🤔
For stupidity 😅
For ruining the nation?
Always interesting to hear Ben Hodges, talking sense.
nonsense*
When would that be?
Russians it's your choice "Peace or Putin" simply put fact.
They already chose putin, zelensky on the other hand has overstayed his welcome
@@glintongordon6811 if zelensky stays much longer, he’ll be the president of Russia by Christmas by how quickly Russian support for Putin has fallen. Learn to speak Ukrainian, comrade.
@kel5944 smoking crack again ?
@@beatlesleo idk 🤷 are you, comrade?
Gen Hodges pops up all over TH-cam and he speaks a lot of sense
A retired general is like a off-layer hen. 🤣🤣🤣
"War is peace." - George Orwell.
No negotiations required.
*russia🇷🇺 need new President. Vladimir Putin 20years in office President.*
So, you can become Russian citizen and vote.
Adne can't become president. Voting is a scam in russia
Voting doesnt work in Russia. @kvrstG2252