America’s Arsenal Crisis: The Dark Side Behind the Ukraine War
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In this clip from The Shawn Ryan Show, I discuss America's arsenal crisis: the battle behind the scenes.
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Our supply system isn’t designed to fight wars, it’s designed to make profits for well-connected oligarchs and jobs in representatives’ districts.
Exactly this.
More so the oligarchs than the actual number of jobs.
Very true. We also pick and choose wars not necessarily for the benefit of civilians in the region but based on the potential financial wins for our elites.
@@ah5836 and the next 4 years won’t be the exception. Now we have the ones that have funded the political campaigns for years along with the new generation of elites joining forces and they will be running the country so there’s no “middle man” or political influence anymore.
Well spoken!!
The problem is - the US and the EU countries proved to be unable to surge weapons production. At the same time, and that's where you are dead wrong, Russia managed to surge military production to impressive levels, and is thus winning on the battle fields in a decisive manner.
But US military industries and politicians get a lot of money, thats the main point. The purpose of this war is not winning, but money laundry
Hhhmm…so Russia manages to surge military production but still needs the help from North Korea for artillery shells? 🤔
@darmaputra1937 Yes, extra artillery shells in the millions are always welcome..
@@darmaputra1937 That's what the Uki propaganda says, like for the Korean troops supposedly operating in the Kursk region. All we got is a falsified ID-card they already used years ago, but this time with the picture of a South-Korean actor. Very sloppy. And then a video of Russian twin sisters fighting at the front, made to look Korean with AI. Not a shred of real evidence. It could be that Russia accepted artillery munition as payment for food supplies. You can never have enough munitions when fighting a war. Maybe the Russians would have "only" a 9:10 artillery advantage instead of a 10:1 that the Ukraine is actually admitting, without Korean ammo deliveries. Truth is, Russia has unfathomable artillery munition stockpiles from the cold war that is passed through factories to be checked and refurbished before going to the front. All the BS we read in 2022 about Russia soon running out of … you name it, has been proven lies. The sad truth is that the collective west, de-industrialized due to globalism, is nowhere near the industrial capacity of Russia that never de-industrialized and kept military production facilities intact, even if it meant those factories turned on a fraction of the capacity during peace time. Western factories only run for profit, and thus do not mothball their capacity due to the cost.
@@darmaputra1937 That's what the Uki propaganda says, like for the Korean troops supposedly operating in the Kursk region. All we got is a falsified ID-card they already used years ago, but this time with the picture of a South-Korean actor. Very sloppy. And then a video of Russian twin sisters fighting at the front, made to look Korean with AI. Not a shred of real evidence. It could be that Russia accepted artillery munition as payment for food supplies. You can never have enough munitions when fighting a war. Maybe the Russians would have "only" a 9:10 artillery advantage instead of a 10:1 that the Ukraine is actually admitting, without Korean ammo deliveries. Truth is, Russia has unfathomable artillery munition stockpiles from the cold war that is passed through factories to be checked and refurbished before going to the front. All the BS we read in 2022 about Russia soon running out of … you name it, has been proven lies. The sad truth is that the collective west, de-industrialized due to globalism, is nowhere near the industrial capacity of Russia that never de-industrialized and kept military production facilities intact, even if it meant those factories turned on a fraction of the capacity during peace time. Western factories only run for profit, and thus do not mothball their capacity due to the cost.
You can think what you want about Russia. But the Russian Empire soloing the supplies of 50 nations combined is impressive. Russia is taking on 50 at once AND winning anyways. No country in history has faced these odds
Maybe America's friend make it think this way.
This is a trap right from the beginning.
Eh. What's your definition of victory? The reason why the oligarchs let Putin do what Putin does is because he doesn't touch their kids.
How many drafts and levies has he had to pull for Ukraine? Harvest North Koreans for logistics and battle support.
The shells aren't properly put together, the reactive armor on the tanks are cardboard, and the body armor is airsoft.
Instead of paying Raytheon to disassemble our missiles and reassemble them, then dispose of the waste in country, we've exported it to Ukraine and got some real world data on its affect on the field.
Russia has kicked up its production. Very true. But they also have a bunch of zinc coffins, injured, and damaged individuals as well as a generation of young angry men who are battle hardened who are going to be unemployed when the "whatever the hell this 3 day incursion is being called now" is over.
Who do you think will be hiring those men? Won't be Putin.
@@grtwhtbnr Russia don't send drafty to ukraine, all in ukraine now are voluntary and are paid extremly well
@@grtwhtbnrit sounds like you are coping
Russia isn’t facing 50 at once, what a laughably false cope.
All that needed to be done was not to send Boris Johnson to Ukraine.
Exactly.
@@monumentaltravel3745 Russia has offered a peace agreement many times, under which Ukraine does not lose territory and remains a neutral country.
Ukraine has refused.
Now it will lose territory and remain a neutral country.
The longer Ukrainians delay choosing a president and signing peace, the more they will lose.
@@MrDiscane just because that lie is repeated doesn't make it true. Ukrainians voted for Zelensky, he is more credible than Putin which was never elected 😂
Russia terms was Ukraine loss of sovereignty, they wanted Ukraine to be another Belarus and Ukrainians didn't want that. This war isn't about territory, it's about taking over Ukraine - the Russian regime can't survive a Ukraine thriving in Europe. Russians view Ukrainians as inferior people, that would mean that's not true.
The sad reality is that Ukrainians are a great people willing to fight for their right to exist, something Russians are unable to do because they culturally still live with serfdom mentality.
@monumentaltravel Putin wanted to end the war in the spring of 2022, and Ukraine would have kept all the territory it lost since then. Please think before you comment. 🤢🤢🤢
If you actually think the only reason for the war not ending back then was due to a universally hated back home and "lame duck" prime minister with less than a year left in office that apparently single handedly scuttled a "peace deal" that NO ONE has seen nor fully described/defined when he had about five months left in office... then I have a certain "bridge" that was given as a reason for "why" Russia decided to "start" attacking civilian Ukrainian infrastructure. LOL. Boris Johnson is and was a complete JOKE, both at home, and abroad. Its one of the more absurd propaganda points that Russia has been trying to push for the last few years... at least try to make it believable, cause who cares what a joke country with a joke military with a joke prime minister has to say about anything concerning Ukraine, LMAO. The great-and-all-powerful Vickie NuNu storyline was more believable than the 'ole boy BoJack story... SMH, do better Russia
High tech when all US game changer weapons have failed 😂😂
Failed??? Those US weapons stopped the self claimed "2nd military power" to run over europe poorest country
Turns out wonder weapons are an urban myth. No wonder weapons wins wars whether it be against goat farmers or a professional military like the Russian Empire
Except they haven't. Patriots produced in the 80's are shooting down modern russian wunderwaffe hypersonic rockets while modern russian S400's can't reliably shoot down American ATCAMS from the 80's
@@yuriy5376this is blatantly false. Russia has struck Ukraine much more effectively with ballistic missiles than Ukraine has with missiles into Russia. There is more than 50% success rate for Russian missiles hitting Ukraine and less than 10% success for ATACMS and Storm Shadows. Also the S400 is not being used or needed for any of the attacks from Ukraine. Lastly, if you read what is really going on, the summer counter offsite with modern US weapons - almost $90B worth was completely smashed. The F16s can’t get near any of the occupied territories. I believe Ukraine has already lost 3 and no recorded wins vs. modern Russian jets. Ukraine is being pushed back from fortified locations long the entire front line. The American weapons have all been proven useless. Right now, Ukraine is holding on because they are dug in and slowly being pushed back….in another 2-3 months or will be a rout. If anything, US capabilities both in Ukraine and Gaza/Lebanon have shown themselves as not being good at precision strikes. They have killed more civilians in Gaza than Russia in Ukraine, and taken less territory. They were pushed out of Lebanon. I am counting the IDF and Ukraine as being US forces, because de facto that is what they are…
@@yuriy5376 Nonsense
For a former intelligence guy, his intelligence is not very accurate.
He is just a media person selling information.
Give my " undying love " to Uncle Georgie. 😂
He's spewing crap
care to elaborate more? what's not accurate about it?
@r3fre5h_iwnl just read the comments. Others already elaborated in details. No need to repeat.
I think the pentagon said they could make 2 new Abrams tanks a month or restore 3 a month while combat losses are at least 9 per month. While the basic old Soviet tanks can be restored by the hundreds per year
I remember when the Russians were using their latest/best T-72B3, T-80U & T-90M during the initial launch of the SMO to Bakhmut & failed summer counteroffensive then they switched to using the older T-55/T-62 in storage then welded turtle armour to it then proceeded to steamroll along the entire eastern front till this day. All while saving their much better/newer tanks for later.
@@fidamdsaini8452 No they did not switch to T-55/T-62, that was the propaganda we were told. The only T-55 you will find in any video is one they filled with explosives to blow up a defense position in a tree line
Depends on combat intensity.
@@fidamdsaini8452 Russians still use T-72B3, T-80BVM (no T-80U left in Russian military) and T-90M. They are workhorses. Not many are sent into action due to constant drone threat, and carried EW units only work for short periods of time before enemy develops a counter to those jammers.
We only gave them like 30 odd tanks, and havnt been supplying them since. Meanwhile Russia has burned through 60% of their soviet era stock pile. There is another channel that has been reviewing satellite images with analysts. Long and short russia is only capable of producing a few T90 per year, but is only keeping up by burning more and more of their soviet stock piles, which have already run out of T90 and T80 tanks that can be refurbished. It's why we are seeing videos of older and older tanks showing up on the battlefield.
Iraq “drained” us. Afghanistan “drained” us. What we give Ukraine in SURPLUS military equipment and financial aid is a “drop in the bucket.” Compared to the TRILLIONS wasted by America in the Middle East. And not one American soldier, sailor, airman, or marine has gotten a “scratch.” Not the same…..
Hundreds of us and nato service members have been killed in ukraine
@ That’s a LIE. If a U.S. or NATO military member was KIA in Ukraine, it would be all over the Western AND Russian media.
All these have only served to destabilize the middle east with no peace in sight. But there has been a whole lot of profiteering (rebuilding, oil for food, military bases, repayment of debts....)
Don't be fooled ,hundreds of US soldiers including Rangers have died in Ukraine with some of their bodies being burnt by the Ukrainian troops.
@@s.a.t419 That's a LIE. If any U.S. or NATO service members were wounded or killed in Ukraine it would be ALL over the western and Russian media.....
Nice try at shifting the public opinion. It's known that China provides double-use components, electronic components and machine tools that are essential in Russia's arms production and we're talking missiles, tanks and high tech devices, not artillery shells. It's new technology, not old Soviet era shells and cannons. China is not North Korea. This guy clearly isn't stupid or ignorant and not the type of guy that doesn't do the homework, so my guess is that he's just milking views knowing that people are already triggered on certain subjects.
Andrew the Sock Puppet preparing everyone for USA's withdrawal of support come inauguration.. what a shocker
100%
Apart from specialized drone and AI, Russia is ahead of China and America, especially when it comes to missiles. Why would Russia need China in this area?
@@malcolmb3744 lol!
@@malcolmb3744 electronics
Unsurprisingly, Mr. Bustamante takes an overly simplified view to explain a difficult and nuanced problem. He blames the US Government because he clearly has a grievance. This is a disappointing conversation between two guys who should know better.
The whole world should be very dissapointed with the US.
I think he's just pointing out the weak propaganda from the West like Russia's fighting an illegal war. That's useless propaganda that will get you likes on social media as owning the Russians but it does not help win a war. If the West thinks China is crossing a red line by selling weapons to Russia, then Western governments should do something about it. Say what you will about Russian propaganda that's often filled with lies and stuff, but it's geared toward winning a war. When Russia says NATO is expanding, trying to destroy Russia, that's not to get likes online and own the West, that's telling Russians they need to step up and either join the military or make sacrifices in their standard of living.
Western propaganda is a joke. We are told democracy itself is at stake in the Ukraine war, and yet... no Western countries are fighting in the war right now, just Ukraine is fighting. And that's why Ukraine is losing. Western leaders talk a big game about Russia violating international law and threatening Europe and democracy, but it's peacetime in the West. Western leaders aren't prepared to make any sacrifices that might upset their citizens and cost them their cushy jobs. It's not even clear why Western leaders told us we should help Ukraine in the first place, if this was what they had in mind in terms of "help".
He's probably being paid by questionable sourced. His narrative on Ukraine is almost always the same, and something the Kremlin would approve of
They will advocate for more defense $$. 900billion annually insufficient they say. They are lickspittles w Raytheon shares 🤷
Actually what you are witnessing is him escaping the fog of propaganda he’s been indoctrinated with, and now he’s asking real questions and thinking for himself.
I understand that this video is sort of rage bait and I'm falling for it with this comment, but two things: 1. US is giving the OLD equipment and ammunition, something that would require disposal in the near future. 2. Giving Ukraine support ensures that the US itself doesn't have to go to war YET, because it's coming sooner or later anyway, it gives them time to prepare and react to the modern day battlefield, gathering intel and understanding enemy capabilities in more detail.
Yeah you don't WAIT to join a war you want to win, that's enormously irresponsible. The Ukraine war has been a waste. If Western leaders really wanted Ukraine to win, they would have went to war in 2022 to stop Russia. You can't claim Russia is a threat to Europe, to the West, to democracy and then say, we'll send weapons to Ukraine and they'll win. The US definitely isn't going to war now because the public won't have the appetite, we were told weapons and sanctions would win the war. That's part of the reason Trump won, is Americans don't want war with Russia. It's possible Biden could have convinced us to go to war in 2022, would have cost a lot of political capital but still he had a lot of political capital to spare. Now, who wants to join a war where Ukraine is losing. That's the worst time to join a war.
@funiculifuniculà-h7f Still these old equipment is beating Russian equals 3:1. Those are not even the latest variants US has. For example Abrams are old M1A1's, which are nearly 40 years old. US sent 31 units in 2023, none after that. 17 of those are confirmed destroyed/damaged. Over 10000 Abrams made... You know, 31 is barely noticeable in US inventory. ATACMS missile have a shelf life and those are nearing end of it. For some reason, US careful of providing these to Ukraine, which would be very useful there. US was literally preparing to destroy these soon expiring missiles just year ago.
@funiculifuniculà-h7fbetter than russia.
I understand why you want to think it is that way. But let's use logic: Patriot, HIMARS, Strom Shadow, Javelins are not old but state of the art systems. Ironically the old, outdated ATACMS are the best performing ones (because they can't be jammed) - but since they are not manufactured they just run out of stock and that's it. While Abrams and Bradley were not the newest versions they lead to another problem: Russia is running on a war time like economy producing new weapons in much higher numbers than before, updating old weapons. The US and Europe on the other either don't put orders for replacements or didn't increase production much. So basically the west is running out of equipment to the point it's own armies are depleted while not having an influence in the outcome of the war.
As your point to preparing to a modern battlefield: by introducing all those systems in low numbers one after another the Russian army could adapt, refine it's tactics and get good in countering western weapons. The western armies yet haven't come remotely close to that level of adaptation.
Militarily there is nothing good for the west in this, as far as economy goes the US are the big winner, at the cost of sacrificing Europe and that could backfire tremendously bad in the long run.
As I see it: this whole thing lacks a plan, there is no defined goal and no exit strategy.
We are in too much debt to be paying them even 10 cents for a war that is not going to happen. Russia is never going to invade the United States, ever, end of story. Plus getting close to war with Russia that would be nuclear is psychotic. You guys are all nuts
Andrew you need to stop talking.
During Vietnam one of our many problems was using left over munitions from WWII. It's dangerous to use obsolete weaponry. Ask Russia. We needed to make room for new inventory anyway.
'we need to make room for the new stockpile', even if it takes millions of lives to destroy.spoken like a true yankee
War is a racket
You need 'to make room' for diplomacy, and living in peace with your neighbors, not sloshing money on shit that destroys lives, except for a few 'chosen ones', who get batshit rich on the bodies of innocents!
American weapons are just good enough against poor countries like Somalia, Lybia, Irak, and Siria??tell me just one America, weapon that stood its grond in Ukraine, just one? all where out parformed by the the country your Ex presdent Barack Oboma (space lizerd )called a gas station!!you ever heard Oreshnik?its like sputnik!! hope now America will not go and get one fake one like they did with moon landing!!
@@aatifrehman4150 Tell it to Russia. They could pull out of Ukraine today. We needed to dispose of the stockpile, we didn't need to do it in Ukraine. Ukraine asked and we provided. Biden was too stingy if you ask me. We're the most charitable nation on Earth in peace and war. You can't imagine how many tons of supplies we gave Russia in the 1940's.
“War Is a Mere Continuation of Policy with Other Means.” - Von Clausewitz.
War and diplomacy aren't mutually exclusive. Stay tuned you're about to see both in action this year.
Why do we have a military in the first place? To protect us from our adversaries, of which Russia is one of two main ones.
So we have denigrated Russia's military with less than 5% of our entire defense budget, and haven't lost one American soldier because Ukraine is doong it for us.
The least we can do is give them the tools to do it with, since they're willing to lay down their lives.
Agreed!
But sadly Andrew is a kremlin apologist.
I'm very curious why. Most kremlin apologists are on the payroll, especially in the influencer media space!
No you have made the Russian military the strongest military on earth.The US special forces are dying all over Ukraine that is why you hear of so many "accidental" deaths of US service men.
@@timrider1224 well if we were supporting Ukraine from evil to defend freedom that would be a good cartoon. First we overthrew their elected president in 2014 because he didn't want to join NATO because he knew Russia would react. Then we put ballistic missiles in Poland and Romania aimed at Moscow. Putin stated the Red line. Kamala then went there and suggested Ukraine join. This is an existential threat much like the Cuban missile crisis fir Russia. Putin tried to negotiate terms and it fell on deaf ears. We used Ukraine to profit. Tons of resources and we thought we could pull the same thing we did in Afghanistan which worked. It bankrupted the soviets which led to its collapse. But this time it's worked the opposite. Our Chinese style media will tell you an apple is an orange. Like when we blew up Russia pipeline and then blamed it on Russia. Brandon told the press we would destroy it. What a tard
@@rodneyagesa1851Gimme a break about Russian military being the strongest right now... They couldn't deal with Ukraine's army in 3 years and they are sending T-62 tanks. It's not the outcome they were aiming for.
@@rodneyagesa1851 quite the opposite. The Russian military is at its weakest point right now, having lost nearly 800,000 men. This is why they've been importing more cannon fodder from North Korea. They're pulling junk out of museums and sending it to the front lines.
You're horribly misinformed.
Russian weapons didn't fail them. At all. There were strategic and tactical mistakes, recon screw-ups, etc. Any weapon can be countered asymmetrically and symmetrically. Russians went in hoping to force a negotiated settlement quickly, and it worked! If BoJo didn't ruin everything, Ukraine would have signed the neutrality, Russians would have left, and it'd have been over in May 2022. But then Ukrianians went all out. And still Russians were grinding Ukrainians down until autumn 2022 in huge numbers before strategic withdrawal to positions they prepared, and Ukrainians couldn't break through Russian rear guard. Russian weapons worked well. And they had to adapt to the drone threat and a heap of asymmetric warfare from Ukrainians. If the judgement of Russian weapons "failing" is passed by seeing them destroyed, then so it can be to west-supplied gear, tanks, aircraft, even HIMARS and Excalibur can be considered failures because Russians jammed the GPS and taught their SAM systems to intercept them at over 85% efficiency.
Russia has spun up their military production by almost 20 times actually. They used to make around 50k shells of all kinds per year before the SMO. Now they make more than 2 million shells, and STILL expanding. They were using their old stock (which they had utter SEAS of) in first 18-24 months, while boosting production.
Also they ARE working on REALLY upping their manufacturing of weaponry. They are working on expanding new tank production by re-introducing a new variant of T-80 tank. T-90M is being built new in increasing numbers, T-80B/BV are being upgraded and so are the T-72B, and in such amounts that even combined western production of tanks isn't in the same ballpark. Russians don't use them for combating enemy tanks so a direct comparison isn't even relevant. Russian tanks are used to obliterate fortifications and support infantry. Which makes several thousand such mobile direct-fire artillery pieces a scary prospect, one whole NATO isn't able to currently stop without ALL of US assets being moved in. Which can't happen.
Nice fantasy numbers to cope, but if any of that were true their daily ammunition usage wouldn’t be less than half what it was in 2022, their missile attacks would be happening more frequently than once a month, and they wouldn’t be losing thousands a day for minimal gain.
That's a huge pile of bullshit.
He's been in the CIA for many years. He was also in the airforce. What have you done apart from leaving a comment on TH-cam? 😂😂
@@unclefester831worked 14 years for US DSS. Your turn now.
@@unclefester831 Yep his Statement is BS... Not the first time he should guard his credibility.... By not making easy to prove wrong statements
@@unclefester831So what that just makes him even more full of bull shit lies.
@@unclefester831 worked 14 years for the US DSS. Now your turn.
Dude, you know nothing about the Russians... The Rusian Industrial complex is in full swing. The Russians have all the natural resources + awesome engineers + lots of man power + great leadership... they are able to defeat a combined US-Europen force. Mess around and find out.
How so, they can´t even defeat Ukraine.
Except none of that is true. Nice try though, Kremlin bot.
Nice joke Ivan 😂 Now tell that to your Russian Z-patriots who are crying every day about how Russia is barely holding on economically and has burned through most of its reserves. Maybe you will cheer them up with your delusional rant, tovarisch 😂
The war in Ukraine has significantly benefited U.S.military
exports and manufacturing. In 2023, U.S. arms sales reached a
record $238 billion, driven by increased demand from allies
seeking to bolster their military capabilities against Russia.
The U.S.government has also invested heavily in expanding
production facilities for munitions, such as 155mm artillery
shells, to support Ukraine while replenishing its own stockpiles
. Additionally, around 90% of U.S.military aid to Ukraine is
spent domestically, creating jobs and revitalizing the defense
industrial base
Ukraine is not draining you, it’s a wake up call to get it together
😂😂😂😂 Sure
Stol sending stuff to ukroo nazis
Waking for you won't work ;) this bullshits for profit and control :D US made this shit helping set up maidan😅
You are exagurating. Please cease to broadcast BS. Thank you
Yea Ukraine is winning
The speaker failed to understand that China, is also one of the few countries, that can manufacture its own weapons, for the most part. China does import things like Su-30 and Su-35 and other advanced Russian weapon systems, from time to time, but who doesn't, in the world. The US military also imports weapons from its allies sometimes too. It is also worth mentioning that the entire campaign of the so-called China's add to Russia was based on the fact, that the US and European Governments were looking to find a scapegoat for their failing military campaigns against Russia. How would they explain to their voters, that after spending trillions of dollars of their tax payers' money and interrupting their citizens' lives to a great extent? They are facing the fact that they are losing the war in Ukraine?
Overwhelming majority of supplies we've given them is old stock that we don't use.
No. They are now giving them new weapons. Have been for the past 18 months.
I'm from Ukraine. Our point is, Europe could give half of all weapons to Ukraine. Who is Europe going to fight anyway? Russia is the biggest threat to Europe, so why cannot they give most of their weapons
@@ashfield1425And there is nothing wrong with that.
@ Are you in Ukraine now?
Source? Trust me bro😂😂😂
Russia’s influence in Syria has decreased since they’ve been at war with Ukraine. USA’s help to Ukraine wasn’t a bad idea after all.
And before that in Armenia too. But just imagine consequences of scenario when Russia easily taking on the biggest country in Europe and taking control over. Belarus is bordering Poland. Cost of geopolitical games are people, hundreds thousands of them.
You are basically cheering on sadistic head choppers ya whopper.
at what cost? I'm not talking about dead Ukrainians, at some point the war will end and what comes after, the US has "interests" everywhere as well as enemies, the Russians will return the favor, they will find the most favorable crisis areas in various parts of the planet, for example, for the Houthi long-range missiles and drones, heavy weaponry for Libya, military alliance with Mali, Niger ... most likely an excursion to Central America and east asia, etc., etc. I am only postulating about the possible consequences where the US military resources are stretched and in the end it inevitably breaks somewhere that is not good for US interests, which leads to a situation of endless warfare which is bad for the economy, not every war is good for prosperity on the contrary
The problem is we have homeless veterans all over, teachers make 30k a year, failing infrastructure, and crazy expensive healthcare. That $$ is badly needed at home
@societyreborn33that money is being spent at home. We provide old weapons and spend money on new weapons made by Americans.
Cut to the chase, Andrew. Clearly, Putin’s actions don’t offend you (bombing residences, hospitals, civilian infrastructure, etc.), given you said in another recent video blog that “Russia isn’t our enemy, the politicians are lying to you.”
Who are you trying to court here? On behalf of whom, Putin??
Ukraine shouldn't put artillery and air defense in civilian areas that's are cia tactics.
He wants that delicious Kremlin money. Gotta supplement that CIA pension somehow.
I don’t listen to our politicians when they tell us who the enemy is. I listen to our enemies tell us we’re their enemies.
Good reply, I agree with you and your sentiment.
As I stated in another thread, Andrew is a kremlin apologist. All disgruntled former 3 letter agency employees are courted by the kremlin, especially influencers.
His disgusting sign off l, condoning russia's illegal invasion by saying 'war is inherently illegal', all the while chastising America and the West, clearly shows you who he is in bed with.
Funny how you were ok with Ukraine doing it. Research Zugres children beach and how Ukraine bombed it pre-22. Or what happened to airport in Donetsk.
I'm done trying to argue with racists. Go enjoy your " All You Can Eat " Bellagio Buffet.
1. Not new. Take small arms ammo produced by the US military in US military facilities. A decade ago, the plant was running 24/7 except one maintenance shift a week. Over $200,000,000 in contracts were given to US mfgs. to supplement what the military was producing.
The first two years of the Vietnam War were fought using left over equipment from WW2.
The Second Gulf War was in 2003. Russia and the US did not join the convention against cluster munitions. The leftovers from 2003 were supplied to the UA in 2024. They were scheduled for destruction. Ditto on the bombs that were checked in 2024 and supplied that Swedish technicians overhauled. There is a pile of munitions stored, but providing old stuff doesn't hurt the US preps. There are bone yards for military aircraft. There is a armored vehicle overhaul plant in Texas with 1400 buildings. Existing equipment already have full time employees overhauling at bases in the US.
2. If you don't buy the planes, the munitions, the ships, the artillery for the next war, don't point a finger at the Ukraine for taking away your "preps". Nothing is supplied without a signed Congressional bill of authorization. A lot of stuff in storage was designated as items that a President could supply to another country without running back to Congress for another authorization every week or two.
He isn't blaming Ukraine for anything in this case. He is stating a fact that US has spent its stockpiles without having a capability to restore it fast.
Andrew has No Idea what he is talking about , maybe he should put his money where his mouth is but I am 100% sure that he would not because what he is saying is just his own personal opinion nothing more in which is far from tue truth.
All Facts
Then what are your facts ? Everything he said is correct BUT feel free to show your proof .
Where is your evidence?
once an asset always an asset. gotta take what he says with a grain of salt. putin wont stop at ukraine. he must be stopped there.
I agree putin must be stopped
But what did you mean with once an asset?
@@DucatiKozak everyday spy is a cia asset
@@DucatiKozakHe means that Andrew has a clear agenda. He is promoting the narrative to stop helping Ukraine.
@@JohannDaart Oh, I see. Bustamante is clearly working for me. How much more racist and disgusting are you gonna get before you stop?
You are so wrong, but in your arrogance to dominate the world, you will make a fatal mistake somewhere. History bears that out. You will always demonize the other party.
The emptying of the American armouries have been an issue for almost a year.
And petroleum reserves too.
That's what happens when you get rid of your manufacturing base. Look at the energy and capabilities in WW2 compared to today.
Contracts were given for munitions that were transferred from the reserves.
So what? All new production is being sent to Ukraine
Well, if these two former CIA geniuses don't get why the US didn't throw Ukraine under the Russian-Chinese bus, imagine MAGA dudes...
One example of your inaccuracy: Russia has deployed Su-35 fighter jets in the Ukraine war, but they have faced significant difficulties and been shot down in considerable numbers by Ukrainian air defenses, with many analysts considering their performance in the conflict to be a disappointment compared to their advertised capabilities; essentially, the Su-35s have been "dropping like flies" over Ukraine due to losses to Ukrainian air defense systems.
They can't fly and want to show off at a high cost so even helicopters and boats Russia doesn't have the best guidance and accuracy and most of all numbers so age men will decrease and decline in repopulation and massive land is one reason why to far apart for dating
The Ukrainians don’t have any air defences left. Russians have total air supremacy. I think you’re confusing the SU35 with the F-35 which is a complete disaster.
Dropping like flies? Are you on drugs?
@@You-j4p7e You have not got the foggiest idea what you are talking about, stop embarrassing yourself.
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This guy likes the sound of his voice too much. "There is no such thing as illegal war" then 1 sec later contradicts himself. The cost to support Ukraine is approx, 5-10% of the military's budget. Putin did illegally invade Ukraine & because of his actions there have been approx. 1 million casualties from all sides including many civilians. Since when is defending a democracy from tyranny a bad thing? Oh, and if you want to stop a war with China stop buying their cheap crap. Remember fellow Americans, you've supported/built the PLA $1 at a time with your cheap foolish want impulses from those great retailers - Walmart - Dollar General etc.
Ukraine a democracy??????😂😂😂😂😂😂
USA invaded Syria and is stealing it's oil on another continent and no it's ok, but when Russia... Russia invaded Ulreich because thanks to USSA regime it become real threat to Russia
Research Patrice Lumumba, you'll understand precisely how much America cares about supporting democracies. Do so and tell me what you've learnt.
@@dalehinds I'm under no illusion as to how many democracies $$$ work. Democrats/Republicans - two choices that stomp on anything else isn't a real democracy. Ukraine is another proxy, but the people of Ukraine should have the ability to choose. Russians have had no choice for more than 20 years now.
@@antoniojoseiriahenrique9570 Article 1 of their constitution states this. Or, in your opinion is the Russian "democracy" a true democratic system? Nothing is perfect but in the shades of politics the light shines through a little brighter in some countries than others.
But..... You said Russia was gonna have this wrapped up a year ago 😂
They could finish it tomorrow ya balloon, however unlike the US in Iraq and Afghanistan, civilians are a factor as far as Russia is concerned, ya balloon.
@samcook159 but he said Russia was gonna have Ukraine by a year ago, and it didn't happen, if it's so obvious as to why it hasn't happened then why didn't he factor that in when he so confidently made that prediction on Lex's podcast ya balloon?🤣
@@darthpunk3510 Russia never said in a year though, they could have done it but they have the civilian population to consider, many many Ukros across Ukraine support Russia, Russia is not going to wipe them out, it is a war of attrition and Russia is winning.
@samcook159 I never said Russia said that, I was talking about Andrew....
@@darthpunk3510 Yeh and lots of US commentators said the Ukros Nazis would win in a year and they were all wrong.
Honestly, I find it so hard to believe this guys was an operative. More like a paperwork clerk who is not happy with his life and decided to work for foreign agendas.
U.S.A "peace time" production can support an all out war in most countries ...
The issue is that they are trying to support numerous wars in several countries simultaneously.
I don’t think we know what to build yet. How wars are fought is changing daily. But we are the biggest sandbaggers on the planet. I was an abrams crew member years ago and the capabilities of that tank were so far beyond what was reported it was laughable. We were accurately engaging targets 2 miles away while moving at 45 mph in the 90s.
No, the issue is that statement is a lie. The US production can support a couple of low level conflicts with third tier countries at best
Why didn't we give Ukraine M113's and M60 tanks (all our old stuff) in the first year of the war. It is easy to repair and maintain. Plus, quantity has a quality all its own. And even give them older stuff than that. (In Ukraine they are taking machineguns out of museums and using them on the front lines). How about giving them the 105mm recoilless rifle, mounted on vehicles. Who is running this show, the 3 stooges?
Dude armored vehicles and tanks (when I was is in the army, many moons ago, we called them glorified coffins) aren't build to last, they're build to last long enough to drop of infantry at the desired spot. Modern day warfare brings with it that the time span equipment lasts is reduced dramatically compared to previous wars.
Hypocrisy in the US? Shock news😂
Im terribly dissapointed in the absolute blatant misinformation given here.....we have used 3 percent of the us military annual budget amount over the course of 2 years to fund ukraine and gave them weapons put no boots on the ground of our own all the while causing:
-600k casualties for russia
-70-80 percent of their tanks are decimated (this is the most conservative estimates)
- ruble is absolutely tanking due to the war effort (104 rubles to 1 usd)
- Russian navy decimated
- russian airforce decimated
-the average russian recruit is 52 years old now
and 2 russian territories have been taken by ukraine
bruh you cant tell us that this isnt working...
And for anyone who claims that we shouldnt support ukraine because they are a russian territory is wrong they stopped being a russian territory after the budapest agreement of 94 when RUSSIA AGREED TO THEIR SOVEREIGNTY TO GET THEM TO GET UP NUKES...
If you watch the rest of his videos you will see that he is not a good faith actor. I am glad someone else can see it.
We also promised not to expand NATO, and also knew by vocally promoting the idea of Ukraine joining NATO was a red line that would provoke Russia to invade. This war should have never happened.
@@ryanj9364 You forgot the part where Russia fixed a Ukrainian election so blatantly that even a panel of pro-Russian Appointee judges nullified the results of that election. Russia promised not to interfere with Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine handing Russia their nukes, then Russia immediately tried to fix a Ukrainian election. Russia broke all agreements and redlines first, so the US had to step in and honor their side of those agreements.
When you say "we" I have to ask, are you an American?
@ryanj9364 this statement holds no weight in reference to no expansion of nato....the reason I say this is 1st that agreement was not created formally in reference to expansion of nato to eastern countries that was made in reference to the reunification of east Germany after the fall of the "iron curtain" that was solely a reference to the stationing of nato troops directly in east Germany nothing more nothing less
as well bare in mind even though there was no official writing referencing to the actions of those individual countries on their own that even if in a alternate reality that agreement was made on paper to it...that would only then hold weight in reference to the USSR which by 91 was no longer a entity or country which is why the Budapest agreement matters so much it is the current and NOW TODAYS RUSSIA saying yes these countries are sovereign and we will acknowledge it now and furthermore on the world stage. only for Putin to void that 30 years later for his own personal gain and campaign.
Ukraine has been a sovereign nation for 30 yrs and suddenly It pains me to say many far right sources are conveniently misquoting history to fit a narrative. I don't understand this and it truly truly truly pains me to see it because I wonder if this is a honest misunderstanding or if there is more eastern influence in our politics and media then we truly understand.
I am not at merit to say quite yet that Andrew is on the same wave....but their are recent moments in which I truly shutter in disbelief. I pray that we as a country stand strong on our values internally and externally and that we don't sell our allegiance due to strong man tactics of recent political figures.
The Budapest agreement is litterally because russia was scared because the USSR stationed the majority of their nukes and military supplies in annexed territories in the western front such. as Belarus, ukraine, etc. and they wanted a agreement essentially saying hey while we (russia) is over here licking it's wounds and reorganizing government and deciding the countries core values going forward we may not have the proper organization and things such to effectively run how can we know it's smart to not just simply attack these other countries now because what to say they don't attack or nuke us?
the smaller countries agreed that they wouldn't attempt to take or attack russia and they gave up their nukes as well as a offering of skin in the game in return russia acknowledged each of them as sovereign on the grand scale all the way till putin changed up.
The truth is that putin had already began his secret conquest and many repub sources fail to acknowledge it. This is why georgia was invaded and Crimea. this is why Belarus had already folded years ago politically with a instituted pres. WE SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL AND DID NOTHING. PUTIN HAS LITTERALLY SAID MUKTIPLE TIMES THE GREATEST TRAGEDY OF THE 21ST CENTURY IS THE DISBANDING OF THE USSR AND HE WANTS TO RESTORE IT TO ITS FORMER GLORY but yet we keep interpreting a man who is speaking directly and acting directly There is no need to interpret what is said an shown directly. (Sorry for the all caps)
@@tray8ht I responded to that guy twice and both times my comments refuting his claims were deleted.
The trolls are indeed spreading his misinformation and working furiously to censor their exposure.
the draining is the strategy.
During World War II, the Allied powers stopped Germany from capturing Saudi Arabia because of the oil reserves in it. Grandpa served in North Africa. Similar with Ukraine now, but lithium, iron, agricultural land, access to ports, and the workforce will feed BRICS instead. You now a Brazilian agent? Would make sense.
Oh he's definitely a kremlin apologist.
I'm trying to determine if he's kompromised.
I made an entry here (seperate thread)abt what he objectively got wrong
The Russians were the ones tha won that war
No, Russia (the Soviet Union at the time) did not participate in any campaigns in North Africa during World War II
The US and Russia gave Ukraine written assurances to defend it against attack in order to get them to give up nuclear weapons. Russia broke it and became the aggressor, but the US did not really "choose" to get involved but rather chose to live up to its promised obligations. Some can argue we have not gone far enough in living up to it, and if we did it may have been over in 2014.
Thats not the whole story. Russia also said that part of the agreement was no NATO for Ukraine. The violence in the Donbas must stop, Ukraine violated the Minsk Agreements and is being used as a proxy
Nuland blew up that agreement in 2014. And they did not gave up the nuclear weapons, they return the nuclear weapons to Russia
US promised to defeat Russia in Ukraine.
@@ssaini5028and there was no nato in Ukraine and now there is no nato in Ukraine. Sweden and Finland just joined nato for real and russia did nothing to stop it
@ssaini5028 NATO isn’t mentioned anywhere in the agreement, so what Russia says is more Russian lies.
Paying wages for the C.I.A. is putting us in a debt crisis...
C.I.A. need disband...
Not really needed for any true good..
Please don’t judge the CIA because this guy.
@@LeonelMartinez-kw9vq He's not the worst of the bunch.
And Israel is not draining you.......
Either he is incompetent or bought
Definitely a kremlin apologist.
Sad how all disgruntled former 3 letter agency employees end up being recruited. Especially influencers.
That type of behavior is un-American.
Hard to guess!
I would say both.
Click bait,we have wearhouse full of weapons.
My god.. yesterday found this guy with some helpful videos, today found out he's an actor knowingly or unknowingly pushing russian propaganda.. why are they EVERYWHERE suddenly
Putin is losing on some fronts like Syria, but he's winning the propaganda war. Also US won't support lost cases and Ukraine is in real trouble right now. It's a valid question weather Ukraine would be able to achieve the goal of pushing our Russia fully, even if they were fully armed with best weapons. Ukraine struggles to get enough manpower and struggles to get them trained decently.
@@JohannDaart You are desperate.
@@xNazgrel In what sense? Desperate for what?
The Ukraine War has shown America is a paper tiger with no industrial base worthy to fight a peer to peer conflict. I see that the 'murican fanbois are disputing thus guy but cant, or wont, explain why this guy is wrong.
Busta is so clueless and he does it with such brevity.
He's been in the CIA for many years. He was also in the airforce. What have you done apart from leaving a comment on TH-cam? 😂😂
@@unclefester831he's a Putin apologist. All disgruntled former 3 letter agency employees are ripe for becoming kremlin mouthpieces and they actively recruit.
The fact Andrew made serious factual errors and an egregious flippant "but it's ok for Russia to do this because war is inherently illegal" is disgustingly treacherous, especially coming from someone still holding an American passport!
@ I am a professional poop stain
This is BS. Stay in your lane and talk about low level gov/ops!
Don't forget the innumerable metric tons of weapons being supplied to the Israelis, they aren't committing this genocide alone!
My guy unironically said RU's weapons and tanks failed them. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Who is this clown?
Comrade Bustamante. Great job
Its a Proxy war ...
Yes you are right. However started by RUZZIA 😮
@@LeonelMartinez-kw9vq I will argue the 2014 Nuland's coup started it
0:53 no, you use the fresh stuff up first. You don’t use the canned goods until last.
For yourself, sure. For a project like Ukraine, they get older kit. Tanks w old software, javelins w dying batteries from 90's, etc
Thank you 🙏
Factories as finite facilities have limitations in both space and tooling, you can only increase output so much with around the clock shifts if you can even find the skilled workers. To build new factories and field tooling takes massive capital investments and years.
Actually only 3% of US stockpile has been used for Ukraine.
Source: Trust me bro
Let me guess your source: Trust me bro😂😂😂
O even less than 0.00001% if you look at submarines, but that skyrocet over 50% when you look at patriot systems.
500 ATACMS, that is 25% of all the missiles ever produced
The rest has been used in classrooms.
Maybe the US's biggest enemy is the military industrial complex? I suspected US allies are doing cost/ benefit analysis of US made military equipment and deciding it doesn't add up.
The US has no allies, they buy what they are told to buy
Your one real guy. You say it so clearly n honestly man
What is your problem with a country fighting for its freedom? If the USA gets invaded and florida is captured by kubans, ruzzians, or chinos should we give up, not fight, and give up our land and the people left behind ? I guess this is your reasoning? Not American, buddy !
American weapon manufacturers are so happy...their sales are peaking...and where does money come from? American tax payers money 😂. And their people are cursing Russia 😂
Since the times of Columbus, you have relied on the advantage of gunpowder against bows and arrows, and on the forced labor of slaves to fight your wars and build your empires.
You are living in the 17th century. No one uses bow and arrows. The enemy uses AK47s. Slavery was abolished in 1865, We use the poor to fight our wars while the rich basque in the sun.
No. Stop publicly embarrassing yourself.
The difference is, American MIC is private and based on profit while Russian MIC complex is state control and focused on defense, higly efficient and currently way ahead of everyone else.
What are you smoking dude? Russian MIC bosses have literally started a civil war with the russian central bank because with the current interest rates they are estimating their reserves to run out in 3 months.
amount of bulshit this guy puts out.... when he was right about anything?? Salesperson selling bulshit
Russian cash doesn't smell. Joining the ranks of those Kremlin-paid propagandists Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin and Nick Fuentes
Also we began producing military equipment with an over focus on fighting future wars against insurgencies and not conventional large scale wars. Afghanistan really got the West distracted from building reserves for competition with larger conventional militaries.
He is explaining that we now have a war dependent economy and our endless conflicts such as Ukraine really are massive federal jobs programs distributed across as many congressional districts as possible.✌️
He’s such a plant putting ideas into heads letting little seeds grow. Drip by drip feed influence so when it comes to the crunch many people will already have a full opinion.
Just like the US selling you we need to have one of the largest Military Budgets to protect the US? Way more to it with US bases throughout the world. Leveraging other countries to get what we want.
There's no such thing as 'ex-CIA', so keep that in mind. LOL! And he's just spewing nonsense about Ukraine. We have taken an adversary nation, Russia, worn down to its bones without America committing a single US military platoon. It's the best spent money in global military history!
CANADA cleared out everything and Ukraine laughed at the military trucks we sent. The ammo from USA is huge. I hear its older stock, but i was hoping that both USA and Canada would gear up ammo production, and newer equipment, creating jobs. I dont know war levels vs increased production, but i know Canada cant afford to send money AND resupply our own military. Russia talks about takingbthe arctic, well we can throw maple syrup at him!
Dream on. There is no money to be made by the MIC in conventional arms and ammo.
The problem with American weapons is their cost... America spends 863 billion a year on the army, if I'm not mistaken... For comparison, the F-16 aircraft cost 34 million for 1 aircraft, and the current F-35, which almost does not fly, costs 102 million... That is, almost like 3 F-16... so count it.
We absolutely should spin up producing and actually helping Ukraine. Russia will not stop at Ukraine and everyone knows it. They have to be stopped
What do you mean Russia won’t stop ? Russia already already agreed to let Eastern European countries join nato they won’t attack a nato country unless if they are attacked .. they are not stupid to start a world war 3 .. the only reason why they won’t allow Ukraine to join nato or at least the closest regions to Russia is because they know nato would bring their troops equipments there and let’s say in the future if they would have any conflict 🇺🇸 (nato) would have the edge over them they could shut down many of their rockets 🚀 basically they would have an edge In a battle against Russia and that’s why they won’t allow Ukraine to join unless Ukraine gives up their closest regions to Russia ..
it has always been about prolonging the war to make money and keep selling them outdated weapons and building Ukrainian debt for future political control, actually helping Ukraine wouldn't be profitable so that's not the military industrial complex's goal.
We can't stop them and we forced them to invade Ukraine they don't really want to go there
Head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Samuel Paparo cautioned Tuesday that the U.S. providing or selling billions of dollars worth of air defenses to both Ukraine and Israel is now impeding his ability to respond in the Indo-Pacific, such as if China invades Taiwan
The US is the only nation on these planet that is so generous in supplying weapons to create more wars
Put a link to the whole video
Shaun Ryan Podcast. Somewhere in there.
God i miss Raegan and I wasnt born when he was in office
Russia ramped up to a war time economy last spring. They mix old with new and imported with domestic. Russia started out poorly but have fixed their most critical issues
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Russia is not in a war time economy, they just rumped up their arms production
And are about to get their economy tanked
Logistics are main issue but also correlation of forces. You have to be able to handle attrition at huge scale in continental warfare. We have limited experience with it and not even close to the scale of Russia. Stalingrad had 2 million casualties. 800 thousand Germans in like 6 months of battle. No American soldier has ever faced that scale of attrition and would destroy the domestic political state in the United States.
No, it's not.
So if there is peace time, why does the military budget never go down? Where's the money go? Corruption!
You have to maintain ships, planes tanks even in peace time, You do not deactivate all military. But yes there is total corruption, the Pentagon has failed audits time after time.
Oh how US can fight Iran , China , Russia and North Korea all at once.
I doubt that this is true.
" ... The DoD's 2024 defense budget was signed into law on December 22, 2023 at $841.4 billion, slightly less than was initially requested. ..."
$80 billion was spend on Ukraine.
You will neve know how much was spent in Ukraine, and it is not $80 billion
They better spin up some new stuff, I suspect they have.
how am i supposed to believe the military industrial complex and politicians invested in them didn't jump at the opportunity to profit from producing more muntions? seriously, you expect me to believe that?
You’re smart enough to figure the rest out
Did somebody just imply or elude that the U.S. is at a "peacetime" level? Some may argue that has never been officially since Lincoln was in office. And that being said in a very, very non facetious manner.
that's great as long as you win because if you loose the country cannot repay the loans. it become your liability.
Id love to be a remote viewer for the CIA or that sort of thing. Im not sure how to ever get into a program like that even though ive practiced with psychedelics lucid dreaming.
brillant
US don't need to expand Supply production. The Goal of the Anglo-Saxon was to separate continental Europe from its Eurasian geo-potential, at the expense of Ukraine. Goals are achieved already. Now the Brits and Wall-street will purchase advanced European technologies and production capabilities for cheap. There will be no need of any replenishment of any sort.
Lol, nobody uses jargon like that except for braindead Duginist mouth-breathers 🤣
Why is biden going on a spending spree in Ukraine before he leaves office??
Andy for senator at 55 and president at 65 !
Stop being sarcastic!!
No, not another braindead politician please 🤣
Not really, you havents seen the stocks so no...its old stuff mainly
The American war machine funde our economy 😮❤❤❤
He is correct on most of the discussion except Biden and Ukraine decided against utilizing “Lend Lease”. The US is just giving aid to Ukraine without compensation as Biden has opted to use Presidential Drawdown Authority instead.
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MASSIVELY ERONEOUS PRESUMPTIONS! That means you're wrong, Bustamante. Half-baked knowledge and idiotic presumptions pushed and pedaled as fact, as always.