Putin has seemingly become the Russian version of the Western noecons' "no reverse gear" approach. Where has Western Intelligence been these last 30 years? Asleep at the wheel. All their forecasts have been proven as disastrously wrong.
@@FreeLebanon-z2n this xoxol from Banderistan who graduated recently from Elensky you pay we play whatever it is " University " in Kyiv and joined you tube immediately in October 2024 wants you to believe that he's from Lebanon and he's all for Lebanese freedom or whatever it is .
We should convey to Mr. Crooke that no, he doesn't indulge in tangents or discursive conversation, he offers context and a historical perspective. I find his commentary invaluable.
Certainly very much better, and much more deserving of respect, than Mercouris' extremely long-winded, repetitive, self-aggrandizing, self-indulgent and affectatious pseudo-analysis.
@@Theone-bc7tr Putin has been firing missiles at Ukraine for the past 2.5 years with few gains. Ukraine has only recently gained permission to use a few missiles provided by NATO and Putin is already crying and complaining like a little bitch because Ukraine is defending itself.
NATO is not a defensive alliance. They illegally bombed Yugoslavia (direct violation of the UN Charter). We must never forget what they did to Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria etc. NATO needs to understand that playing Russian roulette with a nuclear superpower is never a good idea.
I briefly met Alastair Crooke in Islamabad, back in the 1990's. He was such an unassuming, modest individual that I didn't take a lot of notice of him. My mistake.
I have a feeling that Turkey might have miscalculated as to how much everyone will put up with Turkey playing both sides., especially; when it helps Israel to carry on with a genocide. Excellent discussion. Thank you.
Dangerous times I agree, but I'm wondering how many men would it have taken Russia to take and hold Ukraine's Capitol? About a million men, how many fighters are in Syria right now, about fifteen thousand..?
An absolute delight to listen to Alastair. I am so dissappointed in our Western leaders. Our hubris has lead us down a path of death and destruction. Where is our humanity? I don't want 'your' narrative. I want to hear 'the' story.....
The Assad regime is being attacked by Syrian rebels and Syrians from refugee camps in Turkey, armed by Erdogan to overthrow the Assad regime. Assad's brutal crackdown on dissent, helped by Iran and Russia has backfired and the Syrian people have tuned against them. Hundreds of Russian troops have been killed or been taken hostages so Putin fired the general who was in charge of the special operation in Syria.
Well of course, they are being occupied and their oil taken by the US, whilst being sanctioned illegally (even after being struck by an earthquake it continued) to try and force people to overthrow their elected president. So why would anything have changed it is a continuation of an old strategy.
Alastair Crooke is one of the commentators that I trust with my understanding of these wars. He is worth quietly listening to until he finishes what he wants to say..
It's often moral and intellectual cowardice combined with ignorance and how the hyper-rich in the US bought up all the corporate and legacy media outlets. The lazy and complacent simply cannot believe that every major US corporate media outlet is telling them the same lies regarding foreign policy and economics. It might help if they knew the same small pool of said rich owned both CNN and FOX. BlackRock is a major shareholder in both, for example, with enough of an interest to dictate and forbid content.
Listening to Mr. Crooke is always widening the insight and understanding of the Middle East, a part of the world which in western media is always painted in the darkest colors.
absolutely. The aggressions against Iraq, Libya, and Syria are without doubt benefits for Israel. They all three were Israel's enemies. Jeffrey Sachs has essentially made this same observation. All of this has entailed extreme financial costs to the economy and our people. I am beginning to believe this Russia/Ukraine, and China, thing is also tied to Israel. Israel survives only with American support and if the US weakens, so does Israel, (and with that, concessions they would be loath to make) so competitors to US influence must be destroyed or rendered helpless.
It is great to have access to such intelligent informative analysis of the Middle East and West Asia. For my first degree in the 1970’s I majored in the study of Islamic Art and Architecture. It is wonderful to hear someone who has such a deep empathetic knowledge and understanding of the region- so rare in the greater news realm. Stay well Alistair we need you.
It is always a pleasure to hear from the great Alexander Mercouris and Alastair Crooke and Glenn Diecen we are seeing absolute chaos over the whole world especially in the Middle East
According to Watson Brown Edu study "Costs of War" Iraq cost the Americans alone more than four Trillions Dollars. They can't even pay their own costs.
@@briandam8126 In West Asia, yes, but the US is, as many have called them, the great Satan, the only place they aren't causing problems is were they aren't, and they are everywhere.
I've watched almost all of these ..this one is perhaps the best. An extraordinarily interesting and informative discussion. Thank you Glenn Diesen, Alexander Mercouris, and Alistair Crooke.
highly recommend watching Dimitri Lascaris's interview with Laith Marouf, reporting from Dahiya, Beirut: 'In Syria, Turkish-backed jihadists help Israel by storming Aleppo.' It's an eye-opening discussion. If you're able to, consider supporting Free Palestine TV, as they have been demonetized and could use our help to continue their work.
Thanks for this upload The Duran, Glenn Diesen & Alastair Crooke - I was in need of some balanced analysis and an accurate picture of the situation in Syria. You're all gems.
Massive difference between fighting for the money and a good retirement compared to fighting for your country . When you fight for your country you fight for your land and all the people you care about and that alone gives you twice the courage and strength. When you fight for any other reason , then your mind is how to get out of there.
@GuilfordHancock-b3x i never said mercenary don't exist ,I say they exist and there are many of them but they are NOT as motivated as a rea true patriot
Shouldn't be taken to begin with. Infrastructure yup Health-care only if you are dismantling the drug slash and burn system, Education doesn't exist it's brainwashing and the homeless are mostly homeless because of taxation.
I’ve been saying it since Armenia has given Artsakh away and France has calmed the Azeri Armenia front. The backroom deal is to give the Turks and Azeris all of northern Syria, Iraq and Northern Iran. If they can’t beat Russia, the new goal is to have NATO countries incorporate other non NATO territories into NATO.
If Russia can save Syria from a situation 100x worse before, this will be much more easier. They will simply FAB the HTS. West is losing and getting desperate in Georgia Syria and Ukraine!
@@ebflegg That is absolutely no excuse. Rhodesia was sanctioned by USA and UK for years, just like Syria and their army never ran and abandon major cities to the terrorists. The SAA should know better than anyone what they are fighting for. Yet they abandoned all their Russian weapons (artillery, pantsir systems etc etc) in Aleppo. Russia need to tell Assad to clean up his military or drop him.
@@bengale9977 If you take the time to research and understand the situation, Vanessa Beeley is excellent, you might have a more nuanced opinion. In the fog of war, things are not black or white.
When Alastair was talking of Hezbollah's philosophical approach to mind set & training, it immediately reminded me of the "Zen" method, where the key (or Art) is learning both not to rejoice over success/victory & not to despair over failure/defeat. In both cases the stable mindset enables perseverance to achieve the goal no matter the odds.
I think Hollywood has a great influence on the subconscious mind of Americans. The reason the Oreshnik missile strike has been played down is because in Hollywood there would have been huge fireballs and pyrotechnics for something this powerful. Having lightning bolts crashing down from the sky only to hit the ground with a couple sparks thrown will not get any amount of " shock and awe" in an American mind. 😮
I got a haircut this morning and the only topic they talked about was Syria. Its shop run by turks and everyone was telling the younger ones to not go to turkey for the next months. It sounded like the "Rebel" forces in syria have alot of turkish backing and they all feared that Turkey will go in further if the rebels dont win fast.
HTS Jihadists should not be glorified in such a way, they are a Terrorists Criminal Organisation which are run by the CIA and MI6 to destabilise the whole of Western Asia, and to weaken Iran and the Axis of Resistance!
Fantastic live stream gentleman. You hit on many points people have been trying to define for years but struggle to put in words. You did so brilliantly, God bless you all 🙏
I loved what Alastair had to say about the young minds in Hezbollah being taught philosophy to keep them grounded, and to navigate through difficult situations. And what he said about westerners' - coming away after a talk with hezbollah leaders - inability to understand the replies they received in the stories, reinforced what I knew at a subconscious level, which was, the westerners (meaning the elites, the bureaucracy and the media for the most part) notoriously lack empathy with whoever they talk to on the other side. Great interview!
What a great interview with Alastair Crooke. I love listening to his realistic points of view. There doesn't seem to be many speakers like this anymore, but I do hope things are changing. It's a great show, guys...
I think the issue with Turkey's interest in the F35 program is not necessarily to buy them but to reestablish contracts Turkish manufacturers once had to supply parts for the program. A lot of money is potentially in the balance.
the planes doesn't work anyway, at least the ones sent to Turkey won't especially against specific adversaries. It is the tech and know-how that's actually the reason behinds Turkey's interest. Defense industry is important for Erdogan. Same deal with Israel. There are sanctions on Turkey that prevents the sale of certain tech to Turkey from various western countries, rotors for radars or advanced cameras for drones for example. Turkey would buy those from countries like Canada, France etc. until 2017. Once the sanctions came in to play it was surprisingly Israel who would go behind the back of the US to supply those hardware to Turkey. Israel gives similar support to Azerbaijan despite the objections from the west. Israel did the same even for China and Russia at times selling them stuff America did not want them to have.
Another top-notch program with the all time Alistair Crooke...the fog lifts from my mind when I listen to you three. Alistair is one of the most important voices in the field.
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Russia is not our enemy. Greetings from Australia.
G'day mate West Coast here 🦘
This applies to to the vast majority of the world
Greetings from Germany
Putin has seemingly become the Russian version of the Western noecons' "no reverse gear" approach. Where has Western Intelligence been these last 30 years? Asleep at the wheel. All their forecasts have been proven as disastrously wrong.
Kiev in threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee days 😂😂😂
Alistair is a superstar! What a wise and deeply compassionate man!
The traits of a psychopath: no insight, no empathy, no boundaries, no limits, war without end
The Ziocons have no reverse gear or any compunction to Samson us all
True!
Lots of them in the US, Dems and Republicans and all their allies! They are all truly mad!
"Locusts on crack", as Larry Johnson put it... 🤣🤣🤣
no longterm plan, nothing but narcissism?!
I see Alastair Crooke - I click immediately.
I'm sure you do 😂
You and all the other loser trolls 😂
Same here! 😊
@@FreeLebanon-z2n
So, what are you doing here ?
Same here!!!
@@FreeLebanon-z2n this xoxol from Banderistan who graduated recently from Elensky you pay we play whatever it is " University " in Kyiv and joined you tube immediately in October 2024 wants you to believe that he's from Lebanon and he's all for Lebanese freedom or whatever it is .
I always say and insist that Alastair is one person whose knowledge on Middle East is unparalleled.
Alastair, together with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, is the few remaining Western voices of rationality and sensibility, Thx guys
We should convey to Mr. Crooke that no, he doesn't indulge in tangents or discursive conversation, he offers context and a historical perspective. I find his commentary invaluable.
Certainly very much better, and much more deserving of respect, than Mercouris' extremely long-winded, repetitive, self-aggrandizing, self-indulgent and affectatious pseudo-analysis.
Russia is not our enemy. Greetings from Germany to Australia.
Greetings from kiwi in France 😊
If you are German, then I am Angela Merkel.
@@PassivePortfolios Welcome, Angela. You really need to get over that dog thing. He didn't do it on purpose.
Zlylensky... " we will let the misiles do the talking"
Putin... " hold my beer kid" 😂
@@Theone-bc7tr Putin has been firing missiles at Ukraine for the past 2.5 years with few gains. Ukraine has only recently gained permission to use a few missiles provided by NATO and Putin is already crying and complaining like a little bitch because Ukraine is defending itself.
NATO is not a defensive alliance. They illegally bombed Yugoslavia (direct violation of the UN Charter). We must never forget what they did to Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria etc.
NATO needs to understand that playing Russian roulette with a nuclear superpower is never a good idea.
What could go wrong?
The best defense is a good offense. Everyone knows that.
NATO is the military arm of the nameless oligarchic bankers.
@GuilfordHancock-b3x Pointing it out can't hurt. Lots of clueless units out there.
@@ryanwalters6184 This is international relations, not football.
Alastair is the best source of deep knowledge and understanding on all things Middle East and beyond.
I briefly met Alastair Crooke in Islamabad, back in the 1990's. He was such an unassuming, modest individual that I didn't take a lot of notice of him. My mistake.
👍
MI6 were never flash. Nowadays, our diplomats and spooks are crap.
Still waters run deep.
Beautiful in humility coupled w/deep wisdom & decency!
@theresabarzee1463 To be fair, he was working for MI6, so I guess his job was to look inconspicuous - something he did well.
I have a feeling that Turkey might have miscalculated as to how much everyone will put up with Turkey playing both sides., especially; when it helps Israel to carry on with a genocide. Excellent discussion. Thank you.
When Alastair Crooke speaks, I listen!!! I always learn something new from this amazing man, thank you so much for having him on here today.
That's because you're a good listener...
Thanks gents for bringing Alastair on, especially with the “sudden escalation” in Syria. Dangerous times indeed.
ORCS can't stop LOSING 😅😅😅
What you mean Russians dropping chemical weapons on Syrian civilians didn’t do the job? Russia is still losing?
Dangerous times I agree, but I'm wondering how many men would it have taken Russia to take and hold Ukraine's Capitol? About a million men, how many fighters are in Syria right now, about fifteen thousand..?
@@FreeLebanon-z2n It's amazing how they are losing, kind of the opposite of the Ukrainians.
An absolute delight to listen to Alastair. I am so dissappointed in our Western leaders. Our hubris has lead us down a path of death and destruction. Where is our humanity? I don't want 'your' narrative. I want to hear 'the' story.....
Alistair provides the most intelligent and insightful commentary on world issues to date, thank you.
Syria is being attacked by People that are not syrian. So, WE are talking about an undeclared war against Syria.
The Assad regime is being attacked by Syrian rebels and Syrians from refugee camps in Turkey, armed by Erdogan to overthrow the Assad regime. Assad's brutal crackdown on dissent, helped by Iran and Russia has backfired and the Syrian people have tuned against them. Hundreds of Russian troops have been killed or been taken hostages so Putin fired the general who was in charge of the special operation in Syria.
Well of course, they are being occupied and their oil taken by the US, whilst being sanctioned illegally (even after being struck by an earthquake it continued) to try and force people to overthrow their elected president. So why would anything have changed it is a continuation of an old strategy.
Yup they are Turks Uzbeks afghans Azerbaijani Pakistanis Somalis and so on
Alastair Crooke is one of the commentators that I trust with my understanding of these wars. He is worth quietly listening to until he finishes what he wants to say..
Agreed. Next to Crooke, Mercouris is revealed as an amateur gossip aspiring to be an armchair speculator.
@@liuj88 Horses for courses
Russia is not our enemy. Greetings to Australia, Germany and Scotland from Poland.
Long awaited show with Alastair 😊
Alastair Crooke is the one man I want to listen to, when Greater Syria & Mesopotamia, Aka Near (&middle) East is the puzzle discussed.
Shame the overwhelming majority don't get this outstanding analysis and information.
It's often moral and intellectual cowardice combined with ignorance and how the hyper-rich in the US bought up all the corporate and legacy media outlets. The lazy and complacent simply cannot believe that every major US corporate media outlet is telling them the same lies regarding foreign policy and economics. It might help if they knew the same small pool of said rich owned both CNN and FOX. BlackRock is a major shareholder in both, for example, with enough of an interest to dictate and forbid content.
The overwhelming majority are only interested in who won "the game " football,soccer etc
Listening to Mr. Crooke is always widening the insight and understanding of the Middle East, a part of the world which in western media is always painted in the darkest colors.
Alastair Crooke...fantastic! Thanks you Glenn and Alexander! 💯👏
"Forget about Russia, the real threat to America is Israel and the Israel Lobby." - Julian Assange
Julian Assange ❤❤❤🎯
Oh gosh…
@@helmagaikemaDon't hear 🙉 nothing from Assange 😅 Crickets 😅
absolutely. The aggressions against Iraq, Libya, and Syria are without doubt benefits for Israel. They all three were Israel's enemies. Jeffrey Sachs has essentially made this same observation. All of this has entailed extreme financial costs to the economy and our people. I am beginning to believe this Russia/Ukraine, and China, thing is also tied to Israel. Israel survives only with American support and if the US weakens, so does Israel, (and with that, concessions they would be loath to make) so competitors to US influence must be destroyed or rendered helpless.
@@FreeLebanon-z2n he is with his family and the holidays are near. After the 💩 democracy put him through. He deserves privacy.
The Duran: My daily antidote for a World gone Mad!
As you said, our favourite British diplomat!
And one of the most knowledgeable and enjoyable around.
As a russian, I bless ALL checkers players that masquerades as chess masters! ❤🇷🇺🇷🇺👍
I think my Rulers play Tiddly Winks.
The war is lost
Gary Kasparov ♟️
Two years ago 😂
@@ranchodeluxe1Here's 50 cents wumao 😂
@@FreeLebanon-z2n this xoxol is from Banderistan who joined you tube in October of 2024
The West is Playing Russian Roulette with all loaded Cylinders 😅
Russia is not our enemy greetings to Australia and Germany from Scotland
Not too nitty gritty. Absolutely on point. Thanks Alistair and Duran for another great show.
Gentlemen, you are amazing❤❤❤ it's a true tragedy of our times you aren't mainstream to inform wider public. Thank you for fantastic interview 🙏
yes, that is so true 👍👍👏👏
It is great to have access to such intelligent informative analysis of the Middle East and West Asia. For my first degree in the 1970’s I majored in the study of Islamic Art and Architecture. It is wonderful to hear someone who has such a deep empathetic knowledge and understanding of the region- so rare in the greater news realm. Stay well Alistair we need you.
What a pleasure to listen to Alistair Crooke and learn from his extensive experience. Thank you gentlemen for your time.
It is always a pleasure to hear from the great Alexander Mercouris and Alastair Crooke and Glenn Diecen we are seeing absolute chaos over the whole world especially in the Middle East
The West owes Lebanon, Syria and Iraq a debt they cannot repay. So much blood on their hands 😢
According to Watson Brown Edu study "Costs of War" Iraq cost the Americans alone more than four Trillions Dollars. They can't even pay their own costs.
The West AND…
Israel. They are the common denominator as well.
@@briandam8126all of the turmoil in West Asia is started and encouraged by the bully called Is ra hell !!
Lebanon is Cristian until muslims steal it
@@briandam8126 In West Asia, yes, but the US is, as many have called them, the great Satan, the only place they aren't causing problems is were they aren't, and they are everywhere.
Alistair at his very best, thanks Glenn and Alexander, great analysis.
Alastair Crooke is a treasure 💯👌 Great interview 👍
Alilstair we are Praying for your healthy well being. From a Cowboy in Texas
I've watched almost all of these ..this one is perhaps the best. An extraordinarily interesting and informative discussion. Thank you Glenn Diesen, Alexander Mercouris, and Alistair Crooke.
highly recommend watching Dimitri Lascaris's interview with Laith Marouf, reporting from Dahiya, Beirut: 'In Syria, Turkish-backed jihadists help Israel by storming Aleppo.' It's an eye-opening discussion. If you're able to, consider supporting Free Palestine TV, as they have been demonetized and could use our help to continue their work.
Laith is excellent
One of my favourites 😊
Thanks for this upload The Duran, Glenn Diesen & Alastair Crooke - I was in need of some balanced analysis and an accurate picture of the situation in Syria. You're all gems.
I never sleep at night before hearing Alexander indeed. Prof. you also deserve all praise for your peaceful views.
Thank you all, I love hearing Alastair’s words of wisdom.❤
Man, it's great interviews like this that remind me why The Duran is one of my top 2 or 3 channels to watch. Great work, thanks!
The most informative Duran
I may listen again
Same here ...2 times so this conversation sinks in ✌🏻
Thank you, gentlemen ❤️ You are the best
Massive difference between fighting for the money and a good retirement compared to fighting for your country . When you fight for your country you fight for your land and all the people you care about and that alone gives you twice the courage and strength. When you fight for any other reason , then your mind is how to get out of there.
@GuilfordHancock-b3x i never said mercenary don't exist ,I say they exist and there are many of them but they are NOT as motivated as a rea true patriot
Instead of arming Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare, education, homelessness etc.
Here's 50 cents wumao 😂
@@FreeLebanon-z2n go fight for Ukraine loser
No shit. 🙄
Shouldn't be taken to begin with. Infrastructure yup Health-care only if you are dismantling the drug slash and burn system, Education doesn't exist it's brainwashing and the homeless are mostly homeless because of taxation.
We better get our economics in order, including debt and manufacturing.
We love Alastair.
world does 👍👍👍👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
Love listening to Alistair, he is incredibly informative and human
An extraordinary interview, full of wisdom and insights. With gratitude and appreciation, thank you, gentlemen!
I’ve been saying it since Armenia has given Artsakh away and France has calmed the Azeri Armenia front. The backroom deal is to give the Turks and Azeris all of northern Syria, Iraq and Northern Iran. If they can’t beat Russia, the new goal is to have NATO countries incorporate other non NATO territories into NATO.
That was a great show. Thank you gentlemen 🙏
Sir Alistair Crooke is a very wise and experienced man together with Alexander Mercouris
Brilliant dialogue👏👏👏
Thank you Gentlemen for your intellect and your diplomatic manners😉
Alastair is a real touch of class. Always a pleasure to listen to, and learn from. Thanks.
If Russia can save Syria from a situation 100x worse before, this will be much more easier. They will simply FAB the HTS. West is losing and getting desperate in Georgia Syria and Ukraine!
Russia shouldn't have to save Syria. The fact the Syrian army ran away after 13 years of experience is a disgrace.
@@bengale9977what do you know of how much they and their poor country have suffered from foreign regime change operations year after year after year!
@@ebflegg That is absolutely no excuse. Rhodesia was sanctioned by USA and UK for years, just like Syria and their army never ran and abandon major cities to the terrorists. The SAA should know better than anyone what they are fighting for. Yet they abandoned all their Russian weapons (artillery, pantsir systems etc etc) in Aleppo. Russia need to tell Assad to clean up his military or drop him.
@@bengale9977 If you take the time to research and understand the situation, Vanessa Beeley is excellent, you might have a more nuanced opinion. In the fog of war, things are not black or white.
@@valerietweedie4376 When did the Rhodesian army lose Bulawayo in the "fog of war".
When Alastair was talking of Hezbollah's philosophical approach to mind set & training, it immediately reminded me of the "Zen" method, where the key (or Art) is learning both not to rejoice over success/victory & not to despair over failure/defeat. In both cases the stable mindset enables perseverance to achieve the goal no matter the odds.
Crooke is such an amazingly wise man. He should be our president.
The real revolution is in consciousness...a very enlightening program! Many thanks!!
Alastair you are really logical in your rational analysis. Wish you all the best and stay safe and sound.
Alistair that was a great discussion and insight you gave us you're much appreciated
How did you manage to get dear Alastair???Normally we have to wait for Monday and the Judge! Thanks!!!
Philosophy--what insight that comment by Alitstar Cooke gives to us. He is a gift to us for understanding what is happening.
Merci pour ce format original
Toujours aussi pertinent !! ❤❤❤
Tout va tellement vite
As. I always say, America is pure Hollywood theatre!
Hollywood has a lot to answer for. And who have long held the purse strings in Hollywood.
I think Hollywood has a great influence on the subconscious mind of Americans. The reason the Oreshnik missile strike has been played down is because in Hollywood there would have been huge fireballs and pyrotechnics for something this powerful. Having lightning bolts crashing down from the sky only to hit the ground with a couple sparks thrown will not get any amount of " shock and awe" in an American mind. 😮
yeh disneyland with tits lol
@GuilfordHancock-b3x Russia protects the world from maniacs
sadely it is, they have lost track of "reality"
I got a haircut this morning and the only topic they talked about was Syria. Its shop run by turks and everyone was telling the younger ones to not go to turkey for the next months.
It sounded like the "Rebel" forces in syria have alot of turkish backing and they all feared that Turkey will go in further if the rebels dont win fast.
Thanks for sharing that information....
HTS Jihadists should not be glorified in such a way, they are a Terrorists Criminal Organisation which are run by the CIA and MI6 to destabilise the whole of Western Asia, and to weaken Iran and the Axis of Resistance!
Excellent conversation..thank you Gentlemen!
Brilliant interview!
Awesome interview 👍🏾👌🏾
Erdogan, is a cat with 9 lives. This is # 8 and I don't think # 9 is very far away.
Always good to hear from Mr. Crooke.
Thanks Mr Crooke - superb as always
Fabulous conversation, love to hear Alastair. Thank you Gentlemen. Dangerous times indeed
Great to see you gentlemen together. Thank you for your insights and analysis. Much appreciated! Greets from Holland 🌷🌷🌷
What a great interview, Alistair, Glen, and Alex, THANKYOU!!!!
Thank you very much take a bow gentleman!! Alastair and sir Robert Barnes are my favourite speakers on the Duran !
Fantastic live stream gentleman. You hit on many points people have been trying to define for years but struggle to put in words. You did so brilliantly, God bless you all 🙏
Much love from South Africa 🇿🇦
SA is a SHITHOLE 💩
Love it when Alastair is on. Always informative, especially this one. Thank you guys.
Great show, thank you, guys!
Thanks for another great conversation. Outstanding
Great discussion, thank you, I learnt a lot...from Italy❤
Fantastic conversation. Very informative and I thank you so much for bringing intelligent minds together. Fresh air indeed.
Happy December 1st ! Pray for Peace !
Thanks for the discussion.
the amt of info from u guys has given me peace in knowing during this trying time......thanku
Excellent 😊 manu thanks from Serbia
I just love your honest, truthful & factful program. Thete is no last word for deplomacy as a Japanese amiral once said.
Store food and water if you are in US UK.
Long winter ahead.
Yes shape shifting is a good description.
Very interesting. Thanks.
I loved what Alastair had to say about the young minds in Hezbollah being taught philosophy to keep them grounded, and to navigate through difficult situations. And what he said about westerners' - coming away after a talk with hezbollah leaders - inability to understand the replies they received in the stories, reinforced what I knew at a subconscious level, which was, the westerners (meaning the elites, the bureaucracy and the media for the most part) notoriously lack empathy with whoever they talk to on the other side. Great interview!
What a great interview with Alastair Crooke. I love listening to his realistic points of view. There doesn't seem to be many speakers like this anymore, but I do hope things are changing. It's a great show, guys...
GOOD THOUGHT PROVOKING DISCUSSION. THANK YOU!
Need more hours in the day to watch all these great discussions.
I think the issue with Turkey's interest in the F35 program is not necessarily to buy them but to reestablish contracts Turkish manufacturers once had to supply parts for the program. A lot of money is potentially in the balance.
the planes doesn't work anyway, at least the ones sent to Turkey won't especially against specific adversaries. It is the tech and know-how that's actually the reason behinds Turkey's interest. Defense industry is important for Erdogan. Same deal with Israel. There are sanctions on Turkey that prevents the sale of certain tech to Turkey from various western countries, rotors for radars or advanced cameras for drones for example. Turkey would buy those from countries like Canada, France etc. until 2017. Once the sanctions came in to play it was surprisingly Israel who would go behind the back of the US to supply those hardware to Turkey. Israel gives similar support to Azerbaijan despite the objections from the west. Israel did the same even for China and Russia at times selling them stuff America did not want them to have.
Another top-notch program with the all time Alistair Crooke...the fog lifts from my mind when I listen to you three. Alistair is one of the most important voices in the field.
Enjoyable and informative, from our interlocutors, Messieurs Yes, Just Saying, and If You Like.