Staying in Ukraine and facing daily rocket attacks while observing what has been happening in the American Congress for half a year has been heartbreaking. Two years since the full-scale invasion began, people have forgotten why we are fighting and where to find the truth. Mr. Snyder is like a ray of light in this insane world. His lecture is more valuable than any financial aid. I hope more people will hear his words. Thank you for standing with us, Professor.
Eurasian societies such as Russian, Chinese, SE Asian, have passed from one political cataclysm to the other - and survived. Instability, frugal living with broken infrastructure and a police state - is their NORMAL! Like sheep, Russian populace simply migrates from one quagmire to the next, they would not know what to do with independence, rule of law, democracy, so they will continue to plod through this war with their 140 million people and will not even feel the 'bump' in the road that was Ukraine. I'm sorry! I hope I am wrong for the sake of Ukraine, Europe and the free world.
It is heartbreaking. I’m reminded of how Britain begged for aid from us in WWII and how we lagged because of the ugly America First movement. Only now the same people are more repugnant and the need for the brave people of Ukraine is much more urgent. I hate how we’ve limped along, doling out the minimal amount of aid. Please ramp it up!!
"what they did to the Aleppo", yes lets talk about what Americans did to Aleppo with their support for ISIS and Al-Qaeda. I want to hear how American way of "deposing of Assad" worked for Syrian People
And how do they support Ukraine you *****!!! You could live a peaceful life and work together with east and west. But you let yourself use as a cheap tool against Russia and now you pay the biggest price for it!
Thank you, Timothy Snyder! This is the most articulate and profound insight in Ukraine's meaning for the US and for the world! I stand with Ukraine. Ashamed for the US, hope, we'll eventually do the right thing. We should keep pressing on our congressmen and senators.
Some politicians are in Putin's back pocket. Many on the Freedom Caucus and American First Caucus. The same people who were on Hitler's side pre-American involvement in WWII.
actually Mike Johnson said mainly everything Timothy said. Strange is that more than 50% of republicans voted against the help to Ukraine. It shall be sent to all who voted against the help
I so wish we had been able to prod our government to do more and sooner. Many an American feels as I do and wants to do more, but other than charitable donations and prayers are at a loss of how to do more. We end up focused on our presidential election knowing that as much as our democracy may be at stake, a return of a pro Putin narcissist to the American Presidency would be a blow that Ukrainian democracy would not likely survive.
@@brendap9126 Greetings - too little, too late ! But the real tragedy is: The Ukraine is at risk to disappear, AND Russians will continue to live as pions.
The biggest threat to contemporary civilization is the lack of honesty and conscientiousness - especially among the people who are supposed to inform and enlighten the masses. It's a pity when often the dishonest ignoramuses with an insufficient brain power are trying to "educate" the public on the subject of our - i.e., of the former USSR nations' - reality and history [especially when it is coupled with a strong intention to divide the union of Russian people (i.e., Russians-Ukrainians-Belorussians-Rusyns) - this is the scammers' old colonial trick "divide and conquer"]. Ukraine, being in the Russian state and in the USSR, became the founder of the USSR and of the UN, increased its territory around seven-fold, population - in around 22 times, and finally became the third power in the world by the main civilization characteristics in 1980-ths! As a Ukrainian, I state that the distorting Ukrainian history and reality media personalities and the instigating ethnic strife criminals should be brought to the future Ukraine Nation's Military Tribunal (in the way as it was done for the Nazis by the Nazi-hunting Wiesenthal Institute) - together with the creators and supporters of the scabies/короста on the body of our nation - current puppet néonazi anti-Ukrainian regime in Ukraine. The Hitler collaborators are the main heroes of this regime, the elite force of its army is "Azov" - which was recognized as a néonazi organization even by the US Congress, the slogans and greetings of this regime are copied from the ones of the Hitler collaborators, the anti-nazi are killed by the "death squads" or imprisoned, the national thinker Oles' Busina is demonstratively killed and his killers are funded by the government! The people who really care about the civilization on the planet Earth and the free-thinking Ukrainians will always remember and hunt (again, to bring to the justice - as Wiesenthal did) the war criminals who have brought and/or supported puppet néonazi regimes in Ukraine and started the Civil war in our country ⚡
Immense thanks to you, Mr. Snyder, for the sound arguments, perspective, and for explaining the role of Ukraine and its vital victory to the rest of the world. We are lucky to have you. From Ukrainian heart💙💛
Timothy Snyder, General Ben Hodges - the two greatest Ukrainian defenders in the american intellectual sphere. I never miss a lecture or interview ever.
The american intellectual sphere ? a short radius, for sure. :D ( I've recently seen a video of Ben Hodges, sent prior to the GREAT ukrainian summer counter offensive. I'm still laughing. )
US and some wester countries that have dragged their feet in helping Ukraine in its highest time of need have NO right to preach about democracy, while Ukraine is fighting for survival of democracy and have to beg for help and pay in blood. Thank you Prof. Snyder for your extraordinary knowledge and perseverance of tirelessly sharing it and this very sobering lecture.
All the Western declarations "we won't get involved" before the invasion were a strategic mistake. Deterrence works by keeping all options on the table and making the risk incalculable for the aggressor.
Not with my money!!! I object to all wars! America is encouraging loosing generations of Ukraine men leading to a societal collapse even if the magically win.
The most corrupt country in Europe, Ukraine canceled the presidential elections, outlawed all opposition parties, denied the majority of its population their basic rights
While I'm neither Ukrainian nor of an age to harbor resentment toward Russia, I find myself, for the very first time, standing in solidarity with Ukraine. This is a noble stance against Putin's unjust aggression and territorial encroachment-a cause deserving of our unequivocal support.
Totally understand. I'm a Baltic Studies expert from Czechia, so I know a lot about Russia's dark history but also a bit about its culture. Some of the nicest and most fascinating people I've met were Russians and Baltic Russians. The problem is, Russia had and still has some incredible people, but its politics has almost never been good. So I respect good Russians but I'm very tough when it comes to Russian propaganda, army and politics.
@@martavdz4972 75% of Russians are primitive and aggressive. That's why Russia is constantly slaughtering other nations. Even the pseudo-opposition shares imperialist views and wants territorial expansion. Only a small percentage of Russians are not aggressive, but they are not influential, The majority of Russians despise them as 'weak'.
And I gravitated to this content because I disagree with it. There is always the other side of the story, you know. However, leaving aside the question of which side is right, or wrong, or more justified, a more pertinent question regarding this unequivocal support for Ukraine exist: is it good for Ukraine? The paradox of the matter is, the more western aid is sent, the more Ukrainian people perish in the fight they cannot win, and the more territory they will lose. They cannot win on their own, they cannot win with the western support and NATO does not want to fight (because apparently Russia produces more ammunition and stuff than the west combined, and because it has a quiet support from China, because China knows Russia it's their ally against US). This is quite simple and logical.
@@martavdz4972 I heard very recently that one of the Baltic countries decided to phase out the Russian language from the schools. These Baltic countries should be more careful.
@bimmebeau Wales is not in a hostile military alliance (If it was, and if it gave an impression of persecuting a sizable minority, then the English on both sides of the border would likely do something about it. And you don't have to look far for the example: Look what happened in 2014 in many Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine: they rebelled and the country has been torn apart, and that was just the beginning.
Thank you professor. I have been baffled from the start of this large scale invasion by Western response and you have very eloquently and forceful made clear where we in the West fail Ukraine in ways far beyond common sense and morals. History will judge us very harsh and rightly so.
It is an honor to have the opportunity to listen to such an expert on Ukraine . an excellent presentation. You need to be appointed to a cabinet position and given control to guide US actions…. I hope the European nations take your words as gospel. If US doesn’t stand up more now, especially if a new administration who is sympathetic to Russia, then as you mentioned, US credibility is gone as a world leader. Everyday, Time is slipping by like sand in an hour glass. Ukraine’s courage is an inspiration and desperately needs to be fully supported . The world will change , not necessarily for the better. There is an old saying that can be applied to this war: “The child is the father of the man” This war will father a new world vision of stability.
@@glacieractivityI agree with you. But … It is clear that the Republicans do not understand European history and why this war is significant. However, I would argue they do not WANT to know. They are content to stay with the Russian propaganda stories because that supports Trump’s position with Putin.
@@cyberpunkalphamale it does seem this way, doesn't it... one gets the vibe from Blinken that he would be conducting this very differently if it were up to him.
In 1995 I was in Odesa. I remember the comfort of five countries having promised to guarantee the security of Ukrainian borders. .. I was all for peace, and believing that. On the onset, the Ukrainians I talked to about that were concerned about losing military technology and power. As a late hippie generation, peace march sentiment - informed I believed in those things. It is hard to see those things fall. BUT, one thing is clear to me. Ukraine is not to be sacrificed on the altar of our peace dreams. They clearly want to win, and get rid of russian domination.
The right to self-determination is not the same as the right to secession. The right to secession is opposed to the right to territorial integrity of the state. The Ukrainian state has forfeited its right to the integrity of its former territory. The state has wilfully and knowingly failed to comply with Minsk 2. The state has ignored the interests and wishes of a section of the population, has oppressed that section of the population, has supervised and participated in terror against that section of the population and has bombed civilian regions. Ukrainian Nazi militias carried out violent operations. The state has allowed it to escalate into war. Therefore, self-determination of the people of East and South Ukraine may take the form of secession.
There is no option to not support Ukraine. This is a defining moment in world history. if the west does not step up catastrophic consequences will transpire for the US and the world.
It has already happened. US supremacy has ended in humiliation. One-orange-man has been able to take hostage the foreign policy of the entire nation. Trust in NATO and Article 5 - gone. Your precious Constitution - an outdated and ineffective scrap paper. I mean, we Ukrainians managed to elect an ex-convict to the office. Americans will soon do one better and elect a certified traitor...
@@montepr803 It's people like you that make me work so much harder to ensure not one GOP candidate wins in Arizona. Thank you so much for the motivation, troll. As you can see it's working well.
@@montepr803working hard at posting with "intelligent" emoticons? Tells a lot about your capabilities. But you are right, people are starting to wake up and not in the direction you want to promote.
This is the very first explanation that I have heard of what is really at stake in the Russo-Ukraine war. Finally, no airy-fairy appeals to abstractions such as “fighting for democracy” or “standing up for the Post-WWII world order”. He lays it out in very clear, concrete outcomes should the US continue to dither and allow Ukraine to be absorbed into Putin’s empire quest.
When you live next to Russia, concepts like freedom, democracy, human rights, sovereignty, and territorial integrity are very, very real. In the Russian World, you live on your knees and you die on your knees. That could have been my life had I been born 300 kilometers to the east.
@@henriikkak2091 Yeah, you're totally right. For us, freedom and democracy are something our ancestors genuinely and honestly suffered for. Democracy, for me, is the thing that the members of my church were tortured for by the Communists. But for the Americans, it's increasingly the thing for which their army has intervened in other countries, sometimes unnecessarily. They fear it's just an airy-fairy pretext. So it's better for them to hear Snyder's specific reasons.
What are these concrete outcomes? I have reached 24th minute at double speed and getting bored of listening to one-sided hysteria with a lack of actual facts. Maybe you could save future readers some time.
@@andyjones1982 This is an appeal to diplomats who are in the audience. He gives plenty of facts in his other lectures, especially the long ones. It's his job.
@@martavdz4972That's another problem -- the US government has without a doubt abused the "fight for democracy" in recent decades. Now that there actually is a clear-cut case of democracy defending itself against an aggressive dictatorship, we have a "boy who cried wolf" situation. Obviously there is also the issue of most Americans knowing next to nothing about Eastern Europe. In places like Poland we don't need to love the US to recognize that America supporting Ukraine is good and its inaction is borderline criminal.
I am so grateful for Timothy Snyder! He says every word that is in my heart and then some. It needs to be in the heart of all American Congress people! I hope this lecture will be watch widely by those very people. Thank you again, Dr. Snyder.
At the first of this guy's talk, I didn't think I was going to like him (all the metaphysical time stuff). But as he went on, I discovered that we were on the same wavelength, and, by the end, I became a disciple! He said so many things I wish I could scream out to our government...
The U S stepped away from supporting Syrians who wanted a democratic form of government and let the Russians move in and team up with Bashar al Assad. Now that is a Russian base of operations and training ground for sending African and other mercenary soldiers to harm Ukraine. And Bashar al Assad has become a wealthy drug dealer, making vast sums for armaments by means of manufacturing and selling an addictive variation of speed.
US paid terrorists to attack Syria and now US pays terrorists to attack Russia. US wanted Russian naval base in Tartus failed and now they want base in Sevastopol. In both instance USA UK pays others to die and do dirty work for their military and corporate expansion. Ukraine what a sucker die for Wall St profits.
Thank you very much for your support and solidarity, dear Professor Snyder and all the American friends! Without the support from all of you, guys - People of Good Will from all over the world - Ukraine could not have stand. We will be victorious, because we are fighting for our land and our freedom. Thanks again, stay safe, God bless, and may you and your beloved ones never know what war is.
From a Baltic Studies expert in Czechia, huge thanks for sharing this lecture! It's not easy to take complex historical and political issues and turn them into simple but insightful points. Timothy Snyder is brilliant in this. And thanks to the American Congress for buying Europe time to build our own capabilities! Slovakia is crowdfunding ammunition, in an event called "If our government won't, then we'll send the money ourselves". I hope Europe will be more-or-less independent, defence-wise, in 2 years or so.
What an excellent lecture! As a European (Dutch) I have strongly felt that Ukraine needs our support more than the western world have given them up to now. Some thoughts that I haven't seen in the media, but that underline Prof. Snyder's arguments: (1) The population and economic might of Germany and Austria in WW2 were much smaller than the rest of Europe, yet they created great havoc in the world. Russia's population is even bigger than that, and it is not hard to imagine the outcome if Ukraine loses. (2) Though Ukraine is not a member of NATO, it fought under NATO command in Afghanistan and Iraq when the US invoked article 5 of NATO after the Sept 11 attacks. They had the back of the US when it counted, so why is the US letting them down now?
Russia’s economic production is not only tiny, but it has no room for growth. As for its population there is notably a remarkable lack of fighting age men.
@@grahamstrouse1165 Russia's economic production is small compared to the combined economic production of the NATO countries and their allies, but important is how much of economic production is used to support the war effort. Russia is currently on a full-scale war economy, but the NATO countries and allies are not (though gradually making moves into that direction) . Personally I did not expect Russia to do this well in the war at this point. They seem to be learning, and we should not underestimate their ability. Regarding man power, it seems Russia still has large reserves of men who are willing (or forced) to die in their meat grinder. We should not underestimate that either.
@@grahamstrouse1165 1) They hire soldiers from countries like Columbia and Nepal. 2) If you lived in a country not far from Russia, you wouldn't care an old sock how many fighting age males Russia has. It has long-range missiles. And I don't necessarily mean nuclear missiles, just basic missiles, which they can use to kill tens of thousands of Ukrainian and other European civilians.
With friends like US who needs enemies? The fact that Ukrainian were dying in their hundreds and Americans were like “chill. We’re taking a holiday, just refrain yourself from dying for a while we need to relax”. Your actions speak more than your words.
bjb I like the way you freely speak for the entire world. Is it possible that people in Brazil, South Africa, China, India, Hungary, Slovakia, Russia, etc. might disagree? Are they allowed to have opinions or did you authorize yourself to speak for them?
Well Slovakian citizens just raised money through crowd funding to contribute to Czech missile initiative which their government refused to do. Power to the people @@christopheryellman533
@@christopheryellman533 of course it is my own opinion, and you and everyone else is free to disagree with it. But I stand by what I said, because whether they know it or not IMO everyone on the planet owes Ukraine for standing against the tyrants who seek to take over the world. YMMV if you enjoy kissing someone else's ass for the right to live.
@@christopheryellman533@christopheryellman533 Правильно comrade! B-but you forgot to mention the most important opinions on the subject - those of the Korean democratic people's republic subjects, the sub-Saharan Africans, Iranians and of course Mr. Lukashenko of Belarus. Glory to mUlTiPoLaR world (dis)order right? 💪🇷🇺💪
No, it very definitely is not. In 2022, the US Congress overwhelmingly authorized a lend-lease bill for Ukraine. Every Senator supported it and all but 10 (out of 435) House members supported it. It created an 18-month window for Ukraine to apply that ended at the end of fiscal 2023, September 2023. Ukraine never applied. If not already forgiven, the repayments would have begun in 2071. If you assume a low inflation rate across those years, then it would roughly have been like getting 4 dollars of gear for every 1 repaid 50 years later. Ukraine's inflation rate is much higher, so, it is a much better deal than that. It is basically aid disguised as a loan to respect the self-sufficiency of the recipient by requiring some burden sharing. In Ukraine's case it would almost certainly just get forgiven at some point. For an American conservative, self-sufficiency is sacred. To undermine one's self-sufficiency is evil, and to honor that capacity is morally required. If Ukraine had taken that aid, their situation would be very different now. They were not abandoned; they made a choice that endangered the flow of aid. Zalensky came to the US to try to bolster support for aid, but he was entirely tone-deaf and actually hurt support. He was angry and very entitled. It just offended people. Members tried to reach out to him about his unwise tone, but he didn't get it. Ukrainian sources followed with the same angry and entitled tone, and support for Ukraine has dropped significantly since then. As an individual, if another individual came to me requesting help for some problem and obviously harboring delusions of entitlement, I would shut that down right away. I would probably say something like, "Don't give me that entitlement shit," and if they could course correct, I would help them. If they seemed daft, I might hold their hand and guide them to correct the course, but there is no way I would help if there was a presumption that I owed them that. No one owes you anything. Via the Budapest Memorandum, the US and UK have obligations they have exceeded and I hope they and other allies continue to act in a supererogative way to enable Ukraine to win. It is the presumption of entitlement that is sick and misled them to a difficult state. Another round of aid will pass; after that, lend-lease will probably be tried again. Hopefully, they will take it next time.
This is brilliant. Every concerned citizen in America needs to watch this. Worth more than all the newscasts and commentary I'ver heard on the subject over the past 3 years.
Everyone in the EU and NATO member states need to watch this lecture. Everyone. This should be required viewing in all schools and all households. Thank you, Prof. Snyder !
I bought Timothy’s book and a second translated in Polish for my father in law. This is a very important topic for all of us who support our freedoms and democracies. This is a test that cannot fail.
Our war has began not two years ago, - 10 years ago. The world didn't notice it. We are fighting, in Ukraine, for 10 years - in 2014 russians started to kill us. But thanks now for helping us. Thanks from Ukraine, Kharkiv city.
Not only you, nearly 300 others died in the shoot down of MH17 on 17 Jul 2014, including over thirty of my countrymen, including many children. To that point Australians had little awareness of what was going on in Ukraine. But after that we did. We will never forgive pudin and his henchmen. We were pleased when the gherkin got his cumuppance but won't be satisfied until pudin himself stands trial on the 298 counts of murder carried out on 17 Jul 2014.
Good that he mentions with irony that congress "going on vacation is normal at this time of year". Could not believe it when I heard that the $61B support bill for Ukraine was being even further delayed, because...oh, right, congressional holiday. Ukrainians are dying every day, and ukrainian cities are being destroyed every day. Every day matters.
I'm not convinced stevencoardvenice cares about Palestinians either. He seems to disregard the lives of Ukrainians. Odds are he sees the lives of Palestinians as political props and would probably be unhappy if Biden is part of a successful 2 state solution. I've seen him carrying water for Russia elsewhere and Russia doesn't seem to care much when human lives are concerned.
Always, and in all ways, Professor Snyder delivers 'on time', what the most important considerations are for a successful Ukraine which also leads to a much better world. Great thanks for having this lecture.
Top notch. If one has already done extensive research and exploration of the history and events that have lead to today’s situation in the world, Timothy’s lectures really end up lining up all the dots and facts. I appreciated his gentle comments about Mearscheimer. Personally,although he was in fact the 1st lecturer I listened too that popped up on my YT feed, I now think he is a “useful idiot”.
It is you, AM who is the useful idiot for those who want the US to fight never-ending wars. Ask yourself how Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan turned out. In that light, isn't it idiotic to believe Ukraine will be different? You are very useful.
Mearscheimer is not the intellectually honest and earnest academic he's portrayed as. His theories are motivated by his Cold War era conservative politics. He genuinely thinks of Ukraine as being in Russia's sphere of influence and regards Russians as natural US allies against China. If you watch his lectures you will note that he, quite deliberately, downplays facts which show Ukrainians desire for independence from Russia and Putin's meddling and aggression toward Ukraine pre-Maidan. If he were honest about these things it would reveal quite starkly his callous disregard for the interests of 40 million Ukrainians. In fact in the past he showed an appreciation of the fact that Russia was a threat to Ukraine due to it's own adventurist nature. In a nutshell, Mearscheimer's theories follow his politics, not the facts.
@nerdyali4154 Absolutely agree. The worrying part is how many folks buy into it. Also...it's annoying that this line of reasoning got the label "realism" giving an air of undeserved legitimacy.
John Bolton, the great Conservative Russia hawk, has made this same argument and critique since the start of the war. If you want Ukraine to win, layout what that looks like, start moving energetically towards that. He's also stated that delay and time leads to a Putin victory.
bolton wants to escalate every world wide conflict as long as its good business for defense contractors....mr snyder is academic and inttelectual, Bolton sells himself as military expert or decorated veteran of whih he is neither just a loud voice for violence elsewhere. He doesnt make distinctions about defense like here Bolton is for starting wars and being on the escalating side. He's bought and paid for raytheon, lockeed, northrup grummin etc. sorry not trying to be jerk I just think Bolton is unbearable and without conscience
why would it fall on deaf ears. Hes reititerating the neocon pnac us led global hegemony position. Hes not saying nor presenting any challenging position to us uk nato imperialist orthodoxy. Ignores his own opening historical and philosophical statement and position.
@@samsungtap4183 As a european I'm telling you that the only reason for the decades of peace we had was the understanding that territorial expansion through war would not be allowed. If we fail to uphold that promise, europe will once again be engulfed in territorial wars as it has been for most of it's history.
@@timthetiny7538 Insinuating that the attack on Pearl Harbor was a false flag insults the Japanese navy air command planners who attained strategic and operational surprise in a devastating attack and insults the people who died there on both sides. Not every country is like Russia who fired with their own artillery at Mainila and kill their own people all the time.
What lecture again. 💯 And it is easy to understand. Only decision makers are playing deaf. In trying to reduce risk or ignore the obvious (More support & decisively stronger) we might be faced with more drastic outcomes in case of empire winning. I have made up my mind in 2022 that Ukraine needs to win. Period
All the right arguments summed up in this "sermon" by Prof. Snyder. If democracy is to be taken serious as the best way of governance, than it follows that it must be willing to die the cast and stand up against tiranny.
His speech is focused on the events & responses of the last two years, so his use of that time reference made sense to me. Timothy Snyder is well aware of the duration of Russia’s illegal occupation, and normally frames his related points in terms of Ukraine militarily defending itself since 2014, but this time he is talking about international and American response since the major attempt launched by Putin to take the whole country.
@@stevencoardvenice -- ask Tim Snyder. I simply explained that he was restricting this particular discussion to time since the large-scale invasion of 2022. He often discusses the events and political dynamics of the region during the prior 8 years (and all of its history), so you're free to look up a plethora of videos of him in interviews, discussion panels, lectures, etc. Or read his many books. Enjoy.
Thanks, Professor Snyder! Your eloquence and intelligence need to be heard by every world leader and lawmaker. The free world is indeed asleep at the wheel.
Thank you Professor Snyder for bringing the important facts to our awareness. We need to support Ukraine and Taiwan because the people in these countries are smart, hard-working, inventive and love and strive to preserve democracy like we do. Failure to support them is a major step in our own defeat.
We need to show this video to as many Americans as we can! Please-PLEASE SHARE IT on social media everywhere! And push LIKE button + subscirbe to boost youtube algorythms.
Great talk. Thank you Timothy Snyder. I am so perplexed, not to mention humiliated on behalf of my country. We should have added platforms of defense and offense in step with Russian aggression! As in, you took out a school, Ukraine gets more than enough Himars. You took out a shopping mall, Ukraine gets more than enough air defense systems. You attacked energy infrastructure, Ukraine gets F16s, and plenty of them. I could go on - tanks, Bradleys...major platforms that would get the job done! I do hope Biden sees this. And, I wonder where the logic is, what possible logic could there be, other than bowing to Russian deterrence, in this administration not having a forward thinking plan that includes Ukraine winning? Ben Hodges nails it. I sure wish we would listen to people who understand that the future must never be that we let the world down at this critical time.
ThankYou Dr. Timothy Snyder, your clarity in explaining the existential importance of Ukraine is so critical right now! When I hear you, I know there is a path to victory, if we have the courage to take that path.
The eyes of the world are off the ball, while the Palestinian/Israeli conflict festers. Prof. Snyder's point is also slow to emerge, but it's so great that he's making it. We need to support Ukraine! He said it well, It's the right thing to do. We don't need to attempt, to be seen to control the outcome. (London, UK).
"Didn't you guys steal Venezuela's money.?" These days most of Venezuela's money is being stolen by the ruling political party. Are they going to stop rigging elections there?
Pr. Snyder is so right. There are so small amount of people who understand this substance. The only thing Ukrainians have is endless hope and courage and therefore Ukraine will win.
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Staying in Ukraine and facing daily rocket attacks while observing what has been happening in the American Congress for half a year has been heartbreaking. Two years since the full-scale invasion began, people have forgotten why we are fighting and where to find the truth. Mr. Snyder is like a ray of light in this insane world. His lecture is more valuable than any financial aid. I hope more people will hear his words. Thank you for standing with us, Professor.
Eurasian societies such as Russian, Chinese, SE Asian, have passed from one political cataclysm to the other - and survived. Instability, frugal living with broken infrastructure and a police state - is their NORMAL! Like sheep, Russian populace simply migrates from one quagmire to the next, they would not know what to do with independence, rule of law, democracy, so they will continue to plod through this war with their 140 million people and will not even feel the 'bump' in the road that was Ukraine. I'm sorry! I hope I am wrong for the sake of Ukraine, Europe and the free world.
Exactly! I completely agree 💯
We're fighting because we believe that the US is the only country entitled to invade foreign nations.
He surely is a complete contrast to some of the fools in the American Congress. Perhaps he should give this lecture to them.
It is heartbreaking. I’m reminded of how Britain begged for aid from us in WWII and how we lagged because of the ugly America First movement. Only now the same people are more repugnant and the need for the brave people of Ukraine is much more urgent. I hate how we’ve limped along, doling out the minimal amount of aid. Please ramp it up!!
Thank you Timothy and all who supports Ukraine🇺🇦🙏❤️🩹
Such a good lecture❤
Timothy Schneider rocks!
Now, if we can jet get Putin's Republicans to stop cutting aid to Ukraine to help Trump's/Republican mob boss Putin!
"what they did to the Aleppo", yes lets talk about what Americans did to Aleppo with their support for ISIS and Al-Qaeda. I want to hear how American way of "deposing of Assad" worked for Syrian People
And how do they support Ukraine you *****!!! You could live a peaceful life and work together with east and west. But you let yourself use as a cheap tool against Russia and now you pay the biggest price for it!
@@LaplacianDalembertian "Avdijivka", and check your ears. Syria!, who cares about that place. Not ever russia cares anymore.
Thank you, Timothy Snyder! This is the most articulate and profound insight in Ukraine's meaning for the US and for the world! I stand with Ukraine. Ashamed for the US, hope, we'll eventually do the right thing. We should keep pressing on our congressmen and senators.
And if we don't stand with Ukraine, WE are in deep, deep trouble.
It’s not the Congress primarily, it’s Biden admin ‘policy’ with Mr. Sullivan
I always appreciate hearing Professor Snyder speak. Thank you for posting this.
I wish all American politicians watched this. Big kudos to professor Snyder who explains it all best!
Some politicians are in Putin's back pocket. Many on the Freedom Caucus and American First Caucus. The same people who were on Hitler's side pre-American involvement in WWII.
actually Mike Johnson said mainly everything Timothy said. Strange is that more than 50% of republicans voted against the help to Ukraine. It shall be sent to all who voted against the help
@@eddyerle3338 half of the GOP has basically been co-opted by the kgb, a much larger and more worrying slice than on the democrat side
@eddyerle3338 it should be sent to those who voted for the Putin's congressmen to help them not do do it again
@@PBodytko yes, unfortunately corruption is destroying the US and the EU
Thank you Professor Snyder and all Americans who are helping to save our lives, our heritage, our language, our culture 💙💛
RIGHT - LIFE in Russia or in China for ordinary people (90% !) is a big CHEAT !!!
I so wish we had been able to prod our government to do more and sooner. Many an American feels as I do and wants to do more, but other than charitable donations and prayers are at a loss of how to do more. We end up focused on our presidential election knowing that as much as our democracy may be at stake, a return of a pro Putin narcissist to the American Presidency would be a blow that Ukrainian democracy would not likely survive.
@@brendap9126 Greetings - too little, too late ! But the real tragedy is: The Ukraine is at risk to disappear, AND Russians will continue to live as pions.
The biggest threat to contemporary civilization is the lack of honesty and conscientiousness - especially among the people who are supposed to inform and enlighten the masses.
It's a pity when often the dishonest ignoramuses with an insufficient brain power are trying to "educate" the public on the subject of our - i.e., of the former USSR nations' - reality and history [especially when it is coupled with a strong intention to divide the union of Russian people (i.e., Russians-Ukrainians-Belorussians-Rusyns) - this is the scammers' old colonial trick "divide and conquer"].
Ukraine, being in the Russian state and in the USSR, became the founder of the USSR and of the UN, increased its territory around seven-fold, population - in around 22 times, and finally became the third power in the world by the main civilization characteristics in 1980-ths!
As a Ukrainian, I state that the distorting Ukrainian history and reality media personalities and the instigating ethnic strife criminals should be brought to the future Ukraine Nation's Military Tribunal (in the way as it was done for the Nazis by the Nazi-hunting Wiesenthal Institute) - together with the creators and supporters of the scabies/короста on the body of our nation - current puppet néonazi anti-Ukrainian regime in Ukraine.
The Hitler collaborators are the main heroes of this regime, the elite force of its army is "Azov" - which was recognized as a néonazi organization even by the US Congress, the slogans and greetings of this regime are copied from the ones of the Hitler collaborators, the anti-nazi are killed by the "death squads" or imprisoned, the national thinker Oles' Busina is demonstratively killed and his killers are funded by the government!
The people who really care about the civilization on the planet Earth and the free-thinking Ukrainians will always remember and hunt (again, to bring to the justice - as Wiesenthal did) the war criminals who have brought and/or supported puppet néonazi regimes in Ukraine and started the Civil war in our country ⚡
Ironic when the Commanche language is almost dead, just like most Commanches.
Immense thanks to you, Mr. Snyder, for the sound arguments, perspective, and for explaining the role of Ukraine and its vital victory to the rest of the world.
We are lucky to have you.
From Ukrainian heart💙💛
A brilliant, clear and timely exposition by Prof. Snyder of why Ukraine matters for USA, Europe and indeed the whole world.
Timothy Snyder, General Ben Hodges - the two greatest Ukrainian defenders in the american intellectual sphere. I never miss a lecture or interview ever.
Those are the guys who should be advising Biden in the White House.
The slicky lawyer Sullivan has been a catastrophic choice.
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True as blue
Yes! Ben Can you imagine a debate between our two esteemed presidential candidates and someone of their caliber.
The american intellectual sphere ? a short radius, for sure. :D ( I've recently seen a video of Ben Hodges, sent prior to the GREAT ukrainian summer counter offensive. I'm still laughing. )
US and some wester countries that have dragged their feet in helping Ukraine in its highest time of need have NO right to preach about democracy, while Ukraine is fighting for survival of democracy and have to beg for help and pay in blood. Thank you Prof. Snyder for your extraordinary knowledge and perseverance of tirelessly sharing it and this very sobering lecture.
All the Western declarations "we won't get involved" before the invasion were a strategic mistake. Deterrence works by keeping all options on the table and making the risk incalculable for the aggressor.
Not with my money!!! I object to all wars! America is encouraging loosing generations of Ukraine men leading to a societal collapse even if the magically win.
Countries are not alive and do not suffer, survive, get "hurt" nor die.
The most corrupt country in Europe, Ukraine canceled the presidential elections, outlawed all opposition parties, denied the majority of its population their basic rights
@@crhu319 But nations do
This should be on Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. And cable TV. With Russian, Chinese, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Arabic, French and Spanish subtitles.
I have frequently wondered why radio and TV have never organized short titiles in various languages so we could finally come together.
I am from Hong Kong and I am watching this. Better to have different subtitles for different people
A ray of hope from Timothy Snyder
I wish everyone would listen and let this sink in.
Thank you, Professor Snyder! We're all blessed to have you, especially us here in Ukraine. Stay well.
Slava Ukraini. The present signed the 60billion aid from congress today. Love from America 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
really?
Time has run out we need to help Ukraine yesterday
Mr. Snyder once again gets to the heart of the matter. What he says applies to both the US and Europe. Thanks for uploading ❤️🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦❤️.
While I'm neither Ukrainian nor of an age to harbor resentment toward Russia, I find myself, for the very first time, standing in solidarity with Ukraine. This is a noble stance against Putin's unjust aggression and territorial encroachment-a cause deserving of our unequivocal support.
Totally understand. I'm a Baltic Studies expert from Czechia, so I know a lot about Russia's dark history but also a bit about its culture. Some of the nicest and most fascinating people I've met were Russians and Baltic Russians. The problem is, Russia had and still has some incredible people, but its politics has almost never been good. So I respect good Russians but I'm very tough when it comes to Russian propaganda, army and politics.
@@martavdz4972 75% of Russians are primitive and aggressive. That's why Russia is constantly slaughtering other nations. Even the pseudo-opposition shares imperialist views and wants territorial expansion. Only a small percentage of Russians are not aggressive, but they are not influential, The majority of Russians despise them as 'weak'.
And I gravitated to this content because I disagree with it. There is always the other side of the story, you know. However, leaving aside the question of which side is right, or wrong, or more justified, a more pertinent question regarding this unequivocal support for Ukraine exist: is it good for Ukraine? The paradox of the matter is, the more western aid is sent, the more Ukrainian people perish in the fight they cannot win, and the more territory they will lose. They cannot win on their own, they cannot win with the western support and NATO does not want to fight (because apparently Russia produces more ammunition and stuff than the west combined, and because it has a quiet support from China, because China knows Russia it's their ally against US). This is quite simple and logical.
@@martavdz4972 I heard very recently that one of the Baltic countries decided to phase out the Russian language from the schools. These Baltic countries should be more careful.
@bimmebeau Wales is not in a hostile military alliance (If it was, and if it gave an impression of persecuting a sizable minority, then the English on both sides of the border would likely do something about it. And you don't have to look far for the example: Look what happened in 2014 in many Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine: they rebelled and the country has been torn apart, and that was just the beginning.
Thank you mr Snyder on behalf of whole Ukrainian nation!
Thank you professor. I have been baffled from the start of this large scale invasion by Western response and you have very eloquently and forceful made clear where we in the West fail Ukraine in ways far beyond common sense and morals. History will judge us very harsh and rightly so.
Beautiful speech 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦
Absolutely brilliant analysis - thank you Prof Synder. Wake up Western world.
It is an honor to have the opportunity to listen to such an expert on Ukraine . an excellent presentation. You need to be appointed to a cabinet position and given control to guide US actions…. I hope the European nations take your words as gospel. If US doesn’t stand up more now, especially if a new administration who is sympathetic to Russia, then as you mentioned, US credibility is gone as a world leader. Everyday, Time is slipping by like sand in an hour glass. Ukraine’s courage is an inspiration and desperately needs to be fully supported . The world will change , not necessarily for the better. There is an old saying that can be applied to this war: “The child is the father of the man” This war will father a new world vision of stability.
Too bad Prof. Snyder isn't on the inside of the White House, Blinken and Kirby needs to listen to this. Thanks for posting..
As a European, I think your republicans need to see this
@@glacieractivityI agree with you. But … It is clear that the Republicans do not understand European history and why this war is significant. However, I would argue they do not WANT to know. They are content to stay with the Russian propaganda stories because that supports Trump’s position with Putin.
And Jake Sullivan
Blinken already knows this. He was overruled by POTUS.
@@cyberpunkalphamale it does seem this way, doesn't it... one gets the vibe from Blinken that he would be conducting this very differently if it were up to him.
In 1995 I was in Odesa. I remember the comfort of five countries having promised to guarantee the security of Ukrainian borders. .. I was all for peace, and believing that. On the onset, the Ukrainians I talked to about that were concerned about losing military technology and power. As a late hippie generation, peace march sentiment - informed I believed in those things. It is hard to see those things fall. BUT, one thing is clear to me. Ukraine is not to be sacrificed on the altar of our peace dreams. They clearly want to win, and get rid of russian domination.
Total nonsense why are people fleeing the Nazis conscripting them ?
The right to self-determination is not the same as the right to secession. The right to secession is opposed to the right to territorial integrity of the state. The Ukrainian state has forfeited its right to the integrity of its former territory. The state has wilfully and knowingly failed to comply with Minsk 2. The state has ignored the interests and wishes of a section of the population, has oppressed that section of the population, has supervised and participated in terror against that section of the population and has bombed civilian regions. Ukrainian Nazi militias carried out violent operations. The state has allowed it to escalate into war. Therefore, self-determination of the people of East and South Ukraine may take the form of secession.
Dear Timothy, thank you very much for your tireless efforts for Ukraine. Greetings from Germany. Слава Україні! 🇺🇦🇩🇪
Prof Snyder, you are so eloquent, so wonderful, and so full of optimism that Ukraine will be rescued!
Excellent! Standing ovation Prof. Snyder! Your concluding comments before the Q&A (around the 40-minute mark) were spot-on!
There is no option to not support Ukraine. This is a defining moment in world history. if the west does not step up catastrophic consequences will transpire for the US and the world.
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It has already happened. US supremacy has ended in humiliation. One-orange-man has been able to take hostage the foreign policy of the entire nation. Trust in NATO and Article 5 - gone. Your precious Constitution - an outdated and ineffective scrap paper. I mean, we Ukrainians managed to elect an ex-convict to the office. Americans will soon do one better and elect a certified traitor...
@@montepr803 It's people like you that make me work so much harder to ensure not one GOP candidate wins in Arizona. Thank you so much for the motivation, troll. As you can see it's working well.
@@ryanreedgibson The good news is people are waking up. Not everyone is buying what you're peddling. As you work hard so do we.
@@montepr803working hard at posting with "intelligent" emoticons? Tells a lot about your capabilities. But you are right, people are starting to wake up and not in the direction you want to promote.
This guy makes 100% pure sense!
Absolutely!!!!!
Wait, this talk was about Ukraine? I thought he was talking about Global Warming.
This is the very first explanation that I have heard of what is really at stake in the Russo-Ukraine war. Finally, no airy-fairy appeals to abstractions such as “fighting for democracy” or “standing up for the Post-WWII world order”. He lays it out in very clear, concrete outcomes should the US continue to dither and allow Ukraine to be absorbed into Putin’s empire quest.
When you live next to Russia, concepts like freedom, democracy, human rights, sovereignty, and territorial integrity are very, very real.
In the Russian World, you live on your knees and you die on your knees.
That could have been my life had I been born 300 kilometers to the east.
@@henriikkak2091 Yeah, you're totally right. For us, freedom and democracy are something our ancestors genuinely and honestly suffered for. Democracy, for me, is the thing that the members of my church were tortured for by the Communists. But for the Americans, it's increasingly the thing for which their army has intervened in other countries, sometimes unnecessarily. They fear it's just an airy-fairy pretext. So it's better for them to hear Snyder's specific reasons.
What are these concrete outcomes? I have reached 24th minute at double speed and getting bored of listening to one-sided hysteria with a lack of actual facts. Maybe you could save future readers some time.
@@andyjones1982 This is an appeal to diplomats who are in the audience. He gives plenty of facts in his other lectures, especially the long ones. It's his job.
@@martavdz4972That's another problem -- the US government has without a doubt abused the "fight for democracy" in recent decades. Now that there actually is a clear-cut case of democracy defending itself against an aggressive dictatorship, we have a "boy who cried wolf" situation. Obviously there is also the issue of most Americans knowing next to nothing about Eastern Europe. In places like Poland we don't need to love the US to recognize that America supporting Ukraine is good and its inaction is borderline criminal.
Timothy Snyder. You show us some of the possibilities we have to create a better world. Thank you.
Every politician in every democratic country should hear this talk!
True.
Brilliant lecture!
I wish more people listened to prof Snyder!
I am so grateful for Timothy Snyder! He says every word that is in my heart and then some. It needs to be in the heart of all American Congress people! I hope this lecture will be watch widely by those very people. Thank you again, Dr. Snyder.
Beautiful. The most impressive speech that I ever heard.
At the first of this guy's talk, I didn't think I was going to like him (all the metaphysical time stuff). But as he went on, I discovered that we were on the same wavelength, and, by the end, I became a disciple! He said so many things I wish I could scream out to our government...
His words made me cry... What has been done to Syria is being done to Ukraine...
Always remember, Never forget the beautifull people, families, young, old, men, women, and children of Syria!💔🕊🌹
They have been doing it all over the world, bloodshed instead of pushing for peace. Imperialism
The U S stepped away from supporting Syrians who wanted a democratic form of government and let the Russians move in and team up with Bashar al Assad. Now that is a Russian base of operations and training ground for sending African and other mercenary soldiers to harm Ukraine. And Bashar al Assad has become a wealthy drug dealer, making vast sums for armaments by means of manufacturing and selling an addictive variation of speed.
@@ceceliablair9177 That's the story western propagandists spoon fed you. Maybe grow up.
US paid terrorists to attack Syria and now US pays terrorists to attack Russia. US wanted Russian naval base in Tartus failed and now they want base in Sevastopol. In both instance USA UK pays others to die and do dirty work for their military and corporate expansion. Ukraine what a sucker die for Wall St profits.
Thank you very much for your support and solidarity, dear Professor Snyder and all the American friends! Without the support from all of you, guys - People of Good Will from all over the world - Ukraine could not have stand. We will be victorious, because we are fighting for our land and our freedom.
Thanks again, stay safe, God bless, and may you and your beloved ones never know what war is.
excellent talk
Thank God we have Dr. Snyder. Thank you Dr. Snyder for all you've said here, for all your points and highlights!❤
From a Baltic Studies expert in Czechia, huge thanks for sharing this lecture! It's not easy to take complex historical and political issues and turn them into simple but insightful points. Timothy Snyder is brilliant in this. And thanks to the American Congress for buying Europe time to build our own capabilities! Slovakia is crowdfunding ammunition, in an event called "If our government won't, then we'll send the money ourselves". I hope Europe will be more-or-less independent, defence-wise, in 2 years or so.
The war would not have started if ukrainian nationalists (domestically) and the US regime and its vassals (geopolitically) would not have caused it.
Prof. Timothy Snyder is clear, comprehensive and to the point, as always.6 Great and thought provoking speech.-
What a wise man. So much insight you would not expect from a foreigner into processes.
Prof Snyder is an outstanding scholar and a dedicated activist committed to bringing the light of truth, thus saving the world
What an excellent lecture! As a European (Dutch) I have strongly felt that Ukraine needs our support more than the western world have given them up to now.
Some thoughts that I haven't seen in the media, but that underline Prof. Snyder's arguments:
(1) The population and economic might of Germany and Austria in WW2 were much smaller than the rest of Europe, yet they created great havoc in the world. Russia's population is even bigger than that, and it is not hard to imagine the outcome if Ukraine loses.
(2) Though Ukraine is not a member of NATO, it fought under NATO command in Afghanistan and Iraq when the US invoked article 5 of NATO after the Sept 11 attacks. They had the back of the US when it counted, so why is the US letting them down now?
Russia’s economic production is not only tiny, but it has no room for growth. As for its population there is notably a remarkable lack of fighting age men.
@@grahamstrouse1165 Russia's economic production is small compared to the combined economic production of the NATO countries and their allies, but important is how much of economic production is used to support the war effort. Russia is currently on a full-scale war economy, but the NATO countries and allies are not (though gradually making moves into that direction) . Personally I did not expect Russia to do this well in the war at this point. They seem to be learning, and we should not underestimate their ability.
Regarding man power, it seems Russia still has large reserves of men who are willing (or forced) to die in their meat grinder. We should not underestimate that either.
@@grahamstrouse1165 1) They hire soldiers from countries like Columbia and Nepal. 2) If you lived in a country not far from Russia, you wouldn't care an old sock how many fighting age males Russia has. It has long-range missiles. And I don't necessarily mean nuclear missiles, just basic missiles, which they can use to kill tens of thousands of Ukrainian and other European civilians.
His insights and expertise are exceptional. Thank you Tymothy Snyder for all the passion and energy to help humanistic values prevail.
What a fantastic and sharp talk. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful talk from Professor Snyder! Thank you for your support of Ukraine 🇺🇦
With friends like US who needs enemies? The fact that Ukrainian were dying in their hundreds and Americans were like “chill. We’re taking a holiday, just refrain yourself from dying for a while we need to relax”. Your actions speak more than your words.
Hundreds per day.
You mean the GOP! Our caucus has done nothing but try to keep the taps open.
The Republicans mostly....
I guess they could spend their time wagging their fingers at Vladimir Putin some more. That would definitely show him!
Please do not say out loud about such things , but yes your quite right this is exactly how the US government thinks about its Ukrainian allies.
The entire world owes Ukraine. The idea of _loaning_ them what they need is sick.
bjb I like the way you freely speak for the entire world. Is it possible that people in Brazil, South Africa, China, India, Hungary, Slovakia, Russia, etc. might disagree? Are they allowed to have opinions or did you authorize yourself to speak for them?
Well Slovakian citizens just raised money through crowd funding to contribute to Czech missile initiative which their government refused to do. Power to the people @@christopheryellman533
@@christopheryellman533 of course it is my own opinion, and you and everyone else is free to disagree with it. But I stand by what I said, because whether they know it or not IMO everyone on the planet owes Ukraine for standing against the tyrants who seek to take over the world.
YMMV if you enjoy kissing someone else's ass for the right to live.
@@christopheryellman533@christopheryellman533 Правильно comrade! B-but you forgot to mention the most important opinions on the subject - those of the Korean democratic people's republic subjects, the sub-Saharan Africans, Iranians and of course Mr. Lukashenko of Belarus. Glory to mUlTiPoLaR world (dis)order right? 💪🇷🇺💪
No, it very definitely is not. In 2022, the US Congress overwhelmingly authorized a lend-lease bill for Ukraine. Every Senator supported it and all but 10 (out of 435) House members supported it. It created an 18-month window for Ukraine to apply that ended at the end of fiscal 2023, September 2023. Ukraine never applied. If not already forgiven, the repayments would have begun in 2071. If you assume a low inflation rate across those years, then it would roughly have been like getting 4 dollars of gear for every 1 repaid 50 years later. Ukraine's inflation rate is much higher, so, it is a much better deal than that. It is basically aid disguised as a loan to respect the self-sufficiency of the recipient by requiring some burden sharing. In Ukraine's case it would almost certainly just get forgiven at some point. For an American conservative, self-sufficiency is sacred. To undermine one's self-sufficiency is evil, and to honor that capacity is morally required. If Ukraine had taken that aid, their situation would be very different now. They were not abandoned; they made a choice that endangered the flow of aid. Zalensky came to the US to try to bolster support for aid, but he was entirely tone-deaf and actually hurt support. He was angry and very entitled. It just offended people. Members tried to reach out to him about his unwise tone, but he didn't get it. Ukrainian sources followed with the same angry and entitled tone, and support for Ukraine has dropped significantly since then. As an individual, if another individual came to me requesting help for some problem and obviously harboring delusions of entitlement, I would shut that down right away. I would probably say something like, "Don't give me that entitlement shit," and if they could course correct, I would help them. If they seemed daft, I might hold their hand and guide them to correct the course, but there is no way I would help if there was a presumption that I owed them that. No one owes you anything. Via the Budapest Memorandum, the US and UK have obligations they have exceeded and I hope they and other allies continue to act in a supererogative way to enable Ukraine to win. It is the presumption of entitlement that is sick and misled them to a difficult state. Another round of aid will pass; after that, lend-lease will probably be tried again. Hopefully, they will take it next time.
This is brilliant. Every concerned citizen in America needs to watch this. Worth more than all the newscasts and commentary I'ver heard on the subject over the past 3 years.
Thank you Mr. Schneider for your valuable perspective and the facts you provide.
Everyone in the EU and NATO member states need to watch this lecture. Everyone. This should be required viewing in all schools and all households. Thank you, Prof. Snyder !
Email this speech to your politicians. Email it to your friends.
Brilliant talk. The world needs more thinkers like You. Thank you!!🎉
Great lecture, mr. Snyder. TY!
Thanks very much!Glory to Ukraine and God Bless America!
I bought Timothy’s book and a second translated in Polish for my father in law. This is a very important topic for all of us who support our freedoms and democracies. This is a test that cannot fail.
Our war has began not two years ago, - 10 years ago. The world didn't notice it. We are fighting, in Ukraine, for 10 years - in 2014 russians started to kill us. But thanks now for helping us. Thanks from Ukraine, Kharkiv city.
Not only you, nearly 300 others died in the shoot down of MH17 on 17 Jul 2014, including over thirty of my countrymen, including many children.
To that point Australians had little awareness of what was going on in Ukraine. But after that we did.
We will never forgive pudin and his henchmen. We were pleased when the gherkin got his cumuppance but won't be satisfied until pudin himself stands trial on the 298 counts of murder carried out on 17 Jul 2014.
Why were you bombing yourselves? Was there some kind of civil war going on?
@@jasonsmith1155 are you russian bot? We never had civil war. It's russian aggression from the 2014
@@jasonsmith1155 I’m hoping your comment was made in complete ignorance. But probably not- Ukraine is a sovereign nation. This is no civil war.
@@ELL289 But there was a civil war, hence bombing themselves?
Good that he mentions with irony that congress "going on vacation is normal at this time of year". Could not believe it when I heard that the $61B support bill for Ukraine was being even further delayed, because...oh, right, congressional holiday. Ukrainians are dying every day, and ukrainian cities are being destroyed every day. Every day matters.
Palestinians......
I'm not convinced stevencoardvenice cares about Palestinians either. He seems to disregard the lives of Ukrainians. Odds are he sees the lives of Palestinians as political props and would probably be unhappy if Biden is part of a successful 2 state solution. I've seen him carrying water for Russia elsewhere and Russia doesn't seem to care much when human lives are concerned.
Just brilliant. Thank you, prof. Snyder.
Simply the most adequate person living in the entire world today.
Always, and in all ways, Professor Snyder delivers 'on time', what the most important considerations are for a successful Ukraine which also leads to a much better world. Great thanks for having this lecture.
Top notch. If one has already done extensive research and exploration of the history and events that have lead to today’s situation in the world, Timothy’s lectures really end up lining up all the dots and facts.
I appreciated his gentle comments about Mearscheimer.
Personally,although he was in fact the 1st lecturer I listened too that popped up on my YT feed, I now think he is a “useful idiot”.
Yea, me too. When this war started, it kinda made sense, but now it's clear; Mearshimer was just wrong.
LOL
It is you, AM who is the useful idiot for those who want the US to fight never-ending wars. Ask yourself how Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan turned out. In that light, isn't it idiotic to believe Ukraine will be different? You are very useful.
Mearscheimer is not the intellectually honest and earnest academic he's portrayed as. His theories are motivated by his Cold War era conservative politics. He genuinely thinks of Ukraine as being in Russia's sphere of influence and regards Russians as natural US allies against China. If you watch his lectures you will note that he, quite deliberately, downplays facts which show Ukrainians desire for independence from Russia and Putin's meddling and aggression toward Ukraine pre-Maidan. If he were honest about these things it would reveal quite starkly his callous disregard for the interests of 40 million Ukrainians. In fact in the past he showed an appreciation of the fact that Russia was a threat to Ukraine due to it's own adventurist nature. In a nutshell, Mearscheimer's theories follow his politics, not the facts.
@nerdyali4154 Absolutely agree. The worrying part is how many folks buy into it. Also...it's annoying that this line of reasoning got the label "realism" giving an air of undeserved legitimacy.
This thoughtful and honest talk gives us reason to think of hope when we think of America.
John Bolton, the great Conservative Russia hawk, has made this same argument and critique since the start of the war. If you want Ukraine to win, layout what that looks like, start moving energetically towards that. He's also stated that delay and time leads to a Putin victory.
bolton wants to escalate every world wide conflict as long as its good business for defense contractors....mr snyder is academic and inttelectual, Bolton sells himself as military expert or decorated veteran of whih he is neither just a loud voice for violence elsewhere. He doesnt make distinctions about defense like here Bolton is for starting wars and being on the escalating side. He's bought and paid for raytheon, lockeed, northrup grummin etc. sorry not trying to be jerk I just think Bolton is unbearable and without conscience
John Bolton is an idiot!
Excellent lecture! Clear sighted. Thank you! Keep up the good work. 💪
I hope this speech doesn't fall on deaf ears.
Yes. I wish someone from the USA administration would listen to it.
why would it fall on deaf ears. Hes reititerating the neocon pnac us led global hegemony position. Hes not saying nor presenting any challenging position to us uk nato imperialist orthodoxy. Ignores his own opening historical and philosophical statement and position.
Love, love, loved this video! Thank you and especially mom for really sharing this with us! Beautiful kitchen and family gathering areas.
So knowledgeable and also so humble. ❤
I have goosebumps listening to this speaker. This usually happens when I hear very important truth.
I love that Snyder does not shy back from using the word „morality“.
Very important talk, thank you. If we fail to support Ukraine now, we'll create such an incredibly dangerous world for ourselves.
As a Vietnam i'm telling you this has been used before,the "if we don't fight them here"....total BS
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As a european I'm telling you that the only reason for the decades of peace we had was the understanding that territorial expansion through war would not be allowed. If we fail to uphold that promise, europe will once again be engulfed in territorial wars as it has been for most of it's history.
@@PyriphlegetonExcept that NATO ruined that supposed deal in 1999
@@mitchyoung93 what are you on about?
@@Pyriphlegeton Facts. Tough for you aren't they.
I've very rarely heard a fellow American speak so truthfully in any manner.
This guy is brilliant... amazing capacity to synthetize such complex matters in this uber direct talk is mind blowing.
The volume was okay this end and always good to hear Timothy's thoughts on this massively important evolving crisis.
Prof Snyder, we must remember that a majority of Americans were against entry into WWII on 7 December 1941.
So expect the same kind of false flag is what you are saying
But most Americans after are proud the USA was part of WWII and are glad with the result.
@@timthetiny7538 Insinuating that the attack on Pearl Harbor was a false flag insults the Japanese navy air command planners who attained strategic and operational surprise in a devastating attack and insults the people who died there on both sides. Not every country is like Russia who fired with their own artillery at Mainila and kill their own people all the time.
Дякую великій Людині. Дякую усім людям доброї волі в усьому світі.
Хватит убивать украинцев.
What lecture again. 💯 And it is easy to understand. Only decision makers are playing deaf. In trying to reduce risk or ignore the obvious (More support & decisively stronger) we might be faced with more drastic outcomes in case of empire winning. I have made up my mind in 2022 that Ukraine needs to win. Period
All the right arguments summed up in this "sermon" by Prof. Snyder. If democracy is to be taken serious as the best way of governance, than it follows that it must be willing to die the cast and stand up against tiranny.
One of the few sane voices. Thank you for taking the stand for the our civilization!
Outstanding!
Fantastic lecture. This is going straight to my bookmarks.
Not two years, 2014, a decade.
Snyder usually says this in his lectures, I'm not sure why he didn't this time.
His speech is focused on the events & responses of the last two years, so his use of that time reference made sense to me.
Timothy Snyder is well aware of the duration of Russia’s illegal occupation, and normally frames his related points in terms of Ukraine militarily defending itself since 2014,
but this time he is talking about international and American response since the major attempt launched by Putin to take the whole country.
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How about the 8 years we WASTED instead of enforcing the Minsk agreement???
@@stevencoardvenice -- ask Tim Snyder.
I simply explained that he was restricting this particular discussion to time since the large-scale invasion of 2022.
He often discusses the events and political dynamics of the region during the prior 8 years (and all of its history),
so you're free to look up a plethora of videos of him in interviews, discussion panels, lectures, etc. Or read his many books. Enjoy.
@@sfstucco thank you.
It's just crazy how our American narrative completely ignores the cause of all this
Thank you !!!!!!!!! for opening eyes for America !!!!!!
Thanks, Professor Snyder! Your eloquence and intelligence need to be heard by every world leader and lawmaker. The free world is indeed asleep at the wheel.
I love how Professor Snyder sorted out Madge Taylor Greene at the Senate.
Brilliant talk
Thank you for explaining my feelings that the chosen “ dont escalate strategy” is wrong. I hope the USA help comes in time!
Great talk, brave man. Happy to spend the time to hear this.
Thank you Professor Snyder for bringing the important facts to our awareness. We need to support Ukraine and Taiwan because the people in these countries are smart, hard-working, inventive and love and strive to preserve democracy like we do. Failure to support them is a major step in our own defeat.
We need to show this video to as many Americans as we can! Please-PLEASE SHARE IT on social media everywhere! And push LIKE button + subscirbe to boost youtube algorythms.
Great talk. Thank you Timothy Snyder. I am so perplexed, not to mention humiliated on behalf of my country. We should have added platforms of defense and offense in step with Russian aggression! As in, you took out a school, Ukraine gets more than enough Himars. You took out a shopping mall, Ukraine gets more than enough air defense systems. You attacked energy infrastructure, Ukraine gets F16s, and plenty of them. I could go on - tanks, Bradleys...major platforms that would get the job done!
I do hope Biden sees this. And, I wonder where the logic is, what possible logic could there be, other than bowing to Russian deterrence, in this administration not having a forward thinking plan that includes Ukraine winning? Ben Hodges nails it. I sure wish we would listen to people who understand that the future must never be that we let the world down at this critical time.
Timothy Snyder is the only historian with his feet firmly on the ground. ❤❤❤
ThankYou Dr. Timothy Snyder, your clarity in explaining the existential importance of Ukraine is so critical right now! When I hear you, I know there is a path to victory, if we have the courage to take that path.
Beautiful lecture ❤
The eyes of the world are off the ball, while the Palestinian/Israeli conflict festers. Prof. Snyder's point is also slow to emerge, but it's so great that he's making it. We need to support Ukraine! He said it well, It's the right thing to do. We don't need to attempt, to be seen to control the outcome. (London, UK).
Didn't you guys steal Venezuela's money.? Disgusting
"Didn't you guys steal Venezuela's money.?" These days most of Venezuela's money is being stolen by the ruling political party. Are they going to stop rigging elections there?
thank you that you #StandWithUkraine ! #ArmUkraineNow #ATACMSForUkraine #AirDefenseForUkraine to #StopRussianImperialism !
As always, a great speech full of insight and useful historical context. Thank you Prof.
Pr. Snyder is so right. There are so small amount of people who understand this substance.
The only thing Ukrainians have is endless hope and courage and therefore Ukraine will win.
They had courage for over three hundred years. Didn't work.They need more than that.
Great speech. Thank you for your support, Prof. Snyder.