If France is so democratic and prosperous, why couldn`t it just pay a fair price for resources from Africa? Isn`t capitalism and free market amazing? Did we miss something?
They amazing as long as they rigged in the West's favor If conditions become even remotely fair or more so, unfavourable to the Western countries, they throw a tantrum and came up with a thousand of reasons why your free market isn't free enough. Oligarchs/communists/russian spies/global warming/aliens
Because Africans have no capacity to build and manage infra and institutions like insurance and financial intermediary. Those are keys to successful management of empires.
Capitalism can't work without "underdeveloped" nations as it is fundamentally an exploitative system that transfers wealth from those who don't have to those who have. Hilariously the US went full circle by outsourcing production first to Europe, then to Eastern Europe, then to Asia and when all of those places got "too expensive" they realised that they already had a perfectly good destitute and desperate 3rd world country right there and simply moved prodution to Dixie.
While the USSR was fighting islamic extremists in Afghanistan the US fanned the flames trained and armed the extremists and encouraged the growing of opium. Eventually destroying the country by allowing the extremists to overthrow the Afghanistan government and leave the country in perpetual civil war. Then the US had to illegally invade Afghanistan to fight the extremism they grew.
And they got told, "no", instead sending aid packages. They only invaded after Amin had taken control because of the fear he was 'pro west. They then formed an alliance with Karmal and soon after invaded.
It was all about girls education, billions of dollars and thousands of armed henchmen flew to the other side of the planet to help little girls. Accidentally killed their parents from time to time and blew up their houses, but nonetheless.
Because it wasn't it was about revenge on Al-Qaeda for the 9/11 attacks Taliban was just in the way and installing democracy was just a plus if possible but obviously was not
Democracy is dead here. 2000/2020 elections. If it still exists in some warped form until November, regardless of who wins, it’ll probably be the last. AI, a billion other things happening. That’s if the West doesn’t push into global nuclear war first.
For context - How long is a million, billion, and trillion seconds? A million seconds is about 12 days. A billion seconds is half a lifetime (a bit under 32 years). A trillion seconds is more than all of recorded history (a bit under 32,000 years).
Russia isn't just helping push out western influence to have their own unfair influence... if that were the case others wouldn't trade one tyrant for another. Russia is offering them much more fair deals on their business dealings, and more importantly they treat them as people with respect. Something the US absolutely lacks. Keep in mind, most of these places are eager to get away from the "loving and democratic" west as soon as possible.
Post Soviet countries turning to US - "well, US offers a much better deal then, learn diplomacy and trade then... " Africa and Asia turning towards Russia - "Russians evil schemes finally worked and must be stopped" It's kinda funny, like NATO policy "ooh, we just have open doors, we don't force or motivate anyone... By destabilizing their neighbors so they would feel motivated to join us and be our meatshie... P-partners, partners"
You seem outraged that Russisia is trying to counter western efforts to isolate her diplomatically and economically. What did you think would happen? Incidentally, here in SE Asia most locals appear to be pretty sympathetic to Russia. Thats probably because they have their own experiences of the benign and well-meaning 'West' to draw on.
@@pantoqwertyобъясни эта зараза демократии льётся из уст стран которые по жизни колонизаторы. Которые приплыли , вырезали уместных жителей и стали там жить.
@@pantoqwerty Oh sit down. We don't give a toss about democracy so long as they support the West, just ask the long line of dictators, absolutist kings and autocrats we propped up and passionately support. Democratisation means only one thing, replacing a government we don't like with a pro-western puppet regime we can bribe or blackmail into being our lapdogs.
Why didn`t the western world that controlled Africa for 30 years bring prosperity and peace there? Last time I checked it was full of local warlords armed with western weapons that murder villagers and cause chaos, while the UN helps them to move around with their lovely white and blue armoured cars, working as Deliveroo for weapons.
Not going to happen. Look at how tribal the joint is, not to mention the recent genocide in Rwanda, Darfur, and Sudan. That's deep seated hatred. They've been here longer than the rest of us, if they were going to act civilised it would have happened by now.
@@pantoqwertyThe massacre in Rwanda was directly caused by western interference, as is most of the lack of development throughout Africa. Uganda was a shining beacon of progress and prosperity until the west stepped in and ended it. 😊 Surely you already know what happened to Libya. Also France made sure to keep Niger down, despite the hundreds of billions in uranium they stole.
Google "UN Peacekeeping has a Sexual Abuse Problem" Wherever Willys and his friends appear, suffering, misery and crime increase. Willy is here celebrating our western crimes. Only people who are criminals themselves do something like that. Disgusting guy
So nothing different with what was before they came. Our "elites" nothing better. But they did not introduce exploitation, slavery and wars. What good people need is global unity means empathy. A ruling class serving them, instead as is, serving the fat psycho bellies getting fatter, whilst acting to care about things and peoples they clearly do not.
Same as Russia "invaded" Syria... by the invitation of legitimate government that Syrian people desperately fought for, and Russia helped them free their country from terrorists. Pretty sure Western schoolbooks already depict this as "Russian invasion of Syria" Or "Russian invasion" of Kazachstan in January 2022 when it needed help against nationalistic insurgents who acted on behalf of former president, Russian troops gurded strategic objects while Kazach forces restored order, then Russian army peacefully leaved. And how situation could happened in Ukraine is showed by Georgia in 2008: installed by color revolution Western-backed maniac shelled ethnic minority, Russian army intervined, kicked his ass, he capitulated, territories with offended ethnic minority declared independence, Russian troops leaved, Georgia continue its existence (and pro-Western policy, right until 16 years later, right now, when Georgian parlament passed the law against foreign influence and this outraged the West). Zelensky claim that Ukraine fight for its existence, despite its existence was not threatened it could be as with Georgia, almost bloodless (if Western backed leaders can't help but start shelling ethnic minorities)
Everything you are saying seems great for the counties involved,, peace and prosperity for all ,,,,, oh wait that's why the west is upset they want War not peace,, Putin is a brilliant leader for the people of the world.☮️🇷🇺
If “Western” then "interests", if “Russian” then "colonialism". And so on: defense capability and militarism, information policy and propaganda, influence and intervention. We are talking about the same actions, but the speech is structured competently, isn’t it wonderful? You achieve that very "high moral ground" when you structure your speech in this way.
@@AtticusKarpenter Any imperialism is based on lies and violence, Western, Eastern, it doesn’t matter. Western imperialism is more advanced and it is more advanced in everything, both in microchips and medicine, and in lies and violence.
Willy I respect the fact you served your country and did your duty, but please stop the nonsense about the coalition invading Afghanistan so they could install a democratic leader and a democratic country with human rights in line with OUR world order. You insult your viewers and subscribers to your channel. The coalitions invasion was all about natural resources and strategic location. Beware and pay close attention when the west uses words such as "Democratic" and "Western Values".
I dont like how all your research are from nato sites and not independent when we all know in sahel that they are going to be calling sahle and russia relationship bad u are a paid agent,we in burkina faso have made our decision when france been here for decades and terriost occur everyday
Soviets supported an socialist govt of Kabul who was for modern, secular, socialist Afganistan (at least with this agenda on papers) with a lot of preferences for education ( girls education also) health and industry but due to the politics and compulsions of ongoing cold war the US, West along with their Arabian allies and active support of military dictatorship of Gen. Zia ul haq of Pakistan established religio - arms training camps in border mountainous areas, created Mujahideen fighters groups along with forgion volunteers & fanatic Jihadis from all over globe to wage Islamic Jihad against non believers.
Have you seen what the west has done in Africa - most countries are still screwed and the west always took stuff out. I would think going with Russia/China is worth a try after the west failed to develop anything substantial anywhere in Africa.
Glad you posted this video. I think geopolitically, the natural gas angle isn't one that comes up a lot in the war with Ukraine. If you get a chance, do a bit of digging into natural gas in Ukraine, particularly the reserves around Kharkiv and Polotava. With Russian control of these regions and the Crimean Peninsula (for an export pipeline), Ukraine could effectively be left out the gas export business to Europe. Definitely a rabbit hole there if you have the inclination!
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I always tend to agree with you Matt but forget about dollars please… it is the natural resources spent as Fiat currencies are just a non sensical think to judge wars on. Keep up the good work dude.
Willy your coverage & in depth view on the whole issue, that is what makes me never miss an episode on your channel. thanx for all the effort you put in day in day out, without the money hassle, like the other beggars do. ((that dont mean if can support do so, Will does deserve it)).. without any change keep em coming mate
Do not try to compare the Soviet presence in Afghanistan to the USA one over there, The Soviets were invited over there while the USA just invaded it When the Soviets withdrew, they left with all of their kit and kept a trained army that fought for another 3 years, with the Taliban never able to take over the Northern parts of the country. When the USA withdrew, they left most of their kit behind, The Afghan army in tatters, and the Taliban took over all of Afghanistan and already celebrated in Kabul while the last US plane was still on the runway.
Your understanding of the Soviet-Afghan war is premised on typically awful Western histories/narratives regarding that conflict. It was important for Amerrica to attribute a "loss" to the USSR that is purportedly equivalent to America's loss in Vietnam ... and so you've been subjected to an endless barrage of propaganda about that war. You need to look at a wider array of sources ... and definitely NOT rely on Kissinger's histories! (LOL! What a Joke!) The USSR campaign was in many ways a success, and even just one very basic comparison you need to keep in mind: when the US withdrew from Afghansitan, it took only 2 days for the Taliban to take control of the entire country, and without any external support. When the USSR withdrew, the communist authorities remained in power for 2 years! And were overthrown only after significant effort and support to the Mujahadeed from the USA. (And the overall collapse is best explained by factors other than the USSR withdrawal. ... In other words, but for US intervention, the communist regime in Afghanistan was in fact a viable state!) The level of ignorance of TH-camrs like this is just appalling.
Ну вот смотри... есть Мали и есть Израиль... в и там и там есть группы повстанцев... определенно поддерживаемые кем-то извне... И там и там периодически происходят инциденты вроде вылазки Хамас. Но в одном случае запад призывает Мали к спокойствию и оказывает давление, в другом, оказывает поддержку. К сожалению, войска ООН нигде или почти нигде не принесли долговременную стабильность. А вот случаи изнасилования и превышения полномочий, по отношению к местным, хоть отбавляй... Или случай Косово и Крыма. В обоих случаях местное население хотело отделения и присоединения к другому государству. В обоих случаях было восстание, при поддержке соседнего государства, в обоих случаях было проведено народное голосование. Но отношение запада абсолютно разное... Пока запад не избавится от двойных стандартов и не перестанет подменять международное право, "порядком основанном на правилах", которых кстати никто не знает. Русская, если хотите ее так называть пропаганда, будет работать.
But the news Willy discussed yesterday of North Korea military engineers core joining Russian military on Ukrainian front turned out to be fake. This news story was published by a South Korean press journalist then floated by Ukrainian media but it turns out to be fake.
Yeah. It was democracy they wanted in Afghanistan. Not the 90% of the World's Opium market lol. Come on Willy. You went to Afghan for the Corporations, not human rights and democracy.
They did wanted to implement some kind of liberal regime that they could control.Problem was that they pushed feminism too hard and Afghans are just too conservative for that.They basically tried to push 60-70s sexual liberation to the Afghan sheep herders lol.
I dont like how all your research are from nato sites and not independent when we all know in sahel that they are going to be calling sahle and russia relationship bad u are a paid agent,we in burkina faso have made our decision when france been here for decades and terriost occur everyday
Billions of dollars smoked in Afghanistan. Well said, only one correction if I can. Trillions of dollars For bringing democracy in Afghanistan and taking poppy product- heroin back to the west as reciprocal. The heroin production exploded when the americans and the Australians were in Afghanistan Before that the production of heroin was minimal, and now is banned. I never knew the democracy goes hand in hand with heroin.
You're ignorance of Afghanistan and the Soviet intervention is absolutely mind blowing. The people we supported in Afghanistan were the worst human rights violators around. The kind of people that threw acid in women's face's for daring to get an education. The Soviets were invited in after the US sponsored Islamic extremists, mostly foreign, to attack the nation. It was the communists that supported women's rights, education and modernization. When the Soviets finally withdrew the Afghan government even held on for a few years. Compare this with the US occupation where the corrupt government fell the minute the US left. The Soviets built while the US destroyed. Please stop rewriting history. The West does not and has NEVER supported human rights and democracy abroad.
@@Kredefjeset if you actually visited Afghanistan once in your life, you would have heard about Kabul polytech university built by USSR and entire districts of housing built by Soviet people. How many universities did the US build in Afghanistan, can you name me one please?
@Kredefjeset you have very little grasp of history do you , you can look this up all the independence movements in Africa to free it from European colonialism were funded by the soviets , a very famous political party called the ANC with its leader Nelson Mandela were designated as terrorists by the west , were backed by the soviet union so please stop embarrassing yourself
@@Kredefjeset Democracy no. However they were supporters of secularism. So while it was never a primary goal they did indeed advocate for the education of women, and ironically a less religious, more progressive society. Since the CIA would make a deal with the devil if it meant hurting their opponents, they instead armed and trained the most hardcore religious fanatics imaginable. This is why I had a good laugh when Bush-league clowns were doing their "we're here for the women and children" spiel. They literally made the lives of those women what they are today! During the US/NATO involvement it wasn't unheard of to make deals with warlords, child molesters, the worst kind of scum, if it was advantageous. Look into it, there's no shortage of information about this.
Well done Russia. Thanks for the rundown on how countries can get what they want from other countries by showing them respect and acknowledging there sovereignty. Aint that something, to be schooled by people who think further than there own interests.
Hmmm, acknowledging their sovereignty? You must have missed the bit about them arranging security for despotic fingers-in-the-cookie-jar 3rd world dictators and making sure they become dependent so you can milk them for what you want. Still, if you want to think they're altruistic then go ahead but it's just a different side of the same coin. You're taking their shit cut-price.
I would think that africa and middle east can decide for themselves who to partner with and whos conditions are more colonial. But ofcource informational warfare is everywhere painting each other in the worst way possible. There is one thing though, there surely was western colonialism, but there was no russian one.
Willy so naive. American interest in Afghanistan wasn’t about democracy. They couldn’t care less especially given regimes they support like the Ukrainato Neo Nazis. It’s about geo political control and hedgemony
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He's been to Israel, so he either got one of those famous free influencer vacations or he's straight up zionist, but all that said he's only pro ua voice worth a darn and I respect that unless it's a ruse
Before giving us lessons he must learn what US has done in the last 50 years. Yes Russian will deal with regimes that west will not deal with, but those are the regimes that US instoled covertly and kiked US out of their country. Taliban is a good example.
Iran too, they has secular government before France with American help overthrowed it to evade obligations for uranium deal. China was armed and receive technological help because of Western hope to use it against USSR. Literally everything USA faced after WWII besides USSR was CIA projects gone wrong.
OSCE, a so called human rights organisation, was collecting data in Donbass and giving it to UA artillery crews. That`s all you need to know about "independent" organisations.
I had to turn this off when Willy claimed that he fought in Afghanistan for democracy. Just can't take that level of delusion and pomposity. Admit you were had. Admit you were one of the bad guys.
Nations in the Sahel was getting its Uranium deposits stolen by France, they paid locals $1 per kg of ores, when sold on the market its $5000 per kg. Thus the idea that Russian colonialism is as bad as European or American is laughable.
Even before USSR and its massive infrastructure projects for African countries, Russian Empire, for example, has law that nobility of any people that become part of the Russia, receive status of Russian nobles with all its rights (and common people receive rights of mainland Russian common people) Imagine British Empire giving nobility status to elders of the all native tribes they subjugated in Africa, Asia and Americas, hard to even imagine. And people of colonies don't has full citizenship of the metropoly even long in XX century. Russia on the other hand never has colonies in the sense "part of the country population of which collectively undermined in citizen rights". (And for that its Russians who now have second-class person citizenship with undermined rights in Baltic States)
Keep in mind, that Russia at ALL times of the war was willing to exit if Ukr agreed to independence. This is how you know that the economic shifts were not the goal, but rather the retaliation for crossing their red lines. The US is so naive as to think Russia wasn't going to retaliate. Silly Americans.
yeah and those Soviet soldiers commit warcrimes. So much so the Soviet "Angel" against Western "Satan". Both Soviet/Russia and Western were SATAN to bring destructions to Afghanistan.
Correction. The Soviets assassinated their own allied President in 1979 and invaded. The new president then asked for assistance - but by then all legitimacy was lost.
@@LukeGilroy you got it all wrong. The president of Afghanistan Taraki was asking for Soviet help, but the soviets were reluctant. Then the usurper Amin killed Taraki and got the power. The soviets went ballistic, they invaded, and killed the usurper.
Russia simply needs to revive the old ties of the soviets with Africa as it was the soviets that backed various independence movements against European colonialism
As long as Africa sells its resources for more than 1 cent for 1 ton of uranium, its already a win for Russia, that would already cripple the west. What benefits Africa, benefits Russia.
Willie is talking amazing nonsense again. It is sad that a person who took part in military operations in some country knows so little about it. Soviet troops overthrew and killed Amin in Afghanistan. Was Amin a mujahid? No. Amin was a Leninist Communist. For what reasons was Amin overthrown by Soviet special forces? Amin was a communist revolutionary, he professed the destruction of the rich strata of society and, most importantly, the destruction of religion. The Soviet Union, despite the fact that it also inculcated aggressive atheism, knew that in the case of Afghanistan it would lead to disaster. Afghanistan is a religious Muslim country. Amin's atheism raised the people of this country against him. Trying to stay in power, Amin turned to the Soviet Union for support in suppressing the Mujahideen movement. But in the Soviet Union, he was advised to stop fighting religion. Then Amin tried to contact the United States. But they would not support a communist. After that, Soviet operatives overthrew Amin. Nevertheless, the USSR was also going to impose atheism. Let their goal be to build a secular state, not to destroy religion. The people of Afghanistan take the attempts of foreigners to rule them very badly. Then Islamic fundamentalists, who had a strong influence in Pakistan, joined this story. And something completely unexpected happened. The United States came to the aid of Islamic fundamentalists. Why is this unexpected? Islamic fundamentalism arose as a reaction to the colonial policy of the West in the Arab regions and Africa. One of the goals of Western colonialism was to force peoples to abandon their Muslim values and embrace the atheistic culture of the West. The main enemy of the Islamic fundamentalists was the United States. Why the USSR was so worried about Afghanistan. The fact is that Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in tsarist Russia were the twins of Afghanistan. It was the communist revolution that turned them into secular countries. But the Islamic world was against this transformation. Decades after the revolution, there was a war in these republics against Islamic radicals who arrived from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Amin, with his terror against Muslims, could bring the same Islamic radicals to power in Afghanistan. Why does the Taliban movement, which is essentially a radical Muslim movement, not cause the same concerns in Russia? The reason is that Russia is not a country of militant atheism, like the USSR was. Russia stands for the restoration of Muslim spiritual values in Muslim countries. And this immediately removes her from the number of enemies of the Taliban. Because the Taliban, unlike ISIS, does not set itself the task of bringing the whole world to Islam. Russia supports the preservation of a secular system of government and high scientific and industrial potential in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. But over the past time, the movement of Afghanistan and Pakistan has itself appreciated the advantages of this state of affairs. Perhaps not now, but over time it will spread to these countries. About Pakistan. Pakistan is more influenced by China than by Russia. About the senselessness of Russian colonialism in Africa. Willie is very bad at logic. The accusations that the West is trying to bring against Russia come from what the West did itself. All the time that the West owned Africa, was it building a democratic society there? Did he defend human rights there? What the West left behind in Africa. The poorest, looted countries. Artificially organized interethnic hostility. Government systems are mired in corruption and controlled from the outside. It is simply amazing that the peoples of Africa, who enjoy the favor of the West, no longer want to see him. Are these really Russia's colonial plans to import minerals from Africa to Russia? Wouldn't it be easier for Russia to extract minerals on its own? Western propaganda is sometimes just frustratingly helpless.
I think willy is thinking too much. I don't think even putin thinks that much ahead in a very unstable region. but offcourse ru will look for new customers in the east to replace all the fossil fuel it used to send to Europe.
The US made the Taliban Great Again, literally. They are the most powerful military in the region, with the best US equipment, including fighter jets & C-130 transports, and Abrams, Bradleys etc.
Reminds me of the Salt Trade deal in the middle ages I think. Venice had the right to deal salt in the Mediterrean world. It's neighbor Austria/Hapsburgs had Germany/rest of Europe as it's customer. Something like that lol
When it comes to Africa, Russia has help in the liberation of countries Willy. We in Africa find it insulting with what you are saying, do you know the suffering Mali has gone through, don't sit there and just read anything west publishes, interview and ask the Malians themselves like with the Ukrainians and you will tearup. Colonialism my foot, whenever it's not the west it's bad influence, so Willy tell me how has your so called west helped in the development of our continent?
France is buying uranium from Niger for 1 cent instead of 100 dollars, this is how they are helping you. I will tell you more, those blue helmets, the UN. They deliver arms in their armoured cars that are then used by vile armed gangs. Recently, Wagner was helping to carry out an operation, they stopped and searched one of such UN convoys for the first time. It was full of guns and ammo. They keep you in constant fear and poverty, so that you are happy to work for pennies. They do not consider you humans.
YOU MEAN THAT WONT WORK WITH YOU! You don't have a choice if you work with Afghanistan or not, that is not your decision. Why would the Afghans work with someone that has been undermining their politics for two decades so they can instil puppets. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ALLIES WHO DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR ALLY BECAUSE OF YOUR BEHAVOUR, CULTURE AND HOW YOU CONDUCT BUSINESS!
You think you can stop me from obtaining power and influence because you interfere in party politics. YOU CANT STOP ME! All you are doing is pissing off your allies who wont be there when you need them. Just like in Brave Heart where the nobles rode away instead of riding into battle. Your own actions undermine you own allies, its why Europe is so pathetic when it comes to military and economy when compared to the USA. Because your so called friends, are taking advantage. Look at Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand will ALWAYS be a worst place to live until they cut ties with Australia and STOP Australians migrating to NZ. Australian banks are leeches on the NZ economy, yet those two countries are considered allies... What benefit does NZ really get from Australia they can't get from someone else who wont do what Australia is doing and undermining the NZ economy, its growth, its ability to thrive.
You seem to not understand history the states in the Sahel have herders and farmers. France and other Western powers played a balancing game with the vast majority of the population with less martial acumen and the very martial raiding minority. Russia grew up in the Middle Ages as farmers being raided and fighting herders. Historical that was very normal. They side unabashedly with the farmers in these countries. They also offer equity deals for resource extraction unlike the French.
What does it have to do with farmers and herders? The difference is in the "exploitation of natural resources". Russia (even earlier, the Soviet Union) offers African countries a fairer BALANCE between the investor (developer) and the host country... which should have a decent return on the sale of its own resources
A comment on “democracy”. Early in the invasion of Iraq, amidst a backdrop of destroyed buildings, expired civilians and displaced people, there was an interview with an English speaking Iraqi man, who stated passionately, “we don’t want your democracy”. Looking at USA as an example of democracy from his point of view, all he saw was indiscriminate destruction of civilians. Looking further, USA’s version of “democracy” exhibits elected politicians who bow down to big corporations. “Profit at any cost” democracy. It starts to clarify that Iraqi man’s perspective. “Democracy” was further undermined by the attempted coup in January 2021. Getting involved in a conflict using the holy grail of bringing democracy to another country is not the Utopian ideal that the west thinks it is. I was told by a USA patriot that the USA isn’t a democracy, it’s a constitutional republic - almost as if that’s higher ground.
Ukraine could have been one of the richest neutral eastern European countries acting as the perfect and natural gateway between wealth rich west and the resource rich eastern countries.
It was actually the richest soviet republic after fall of USSR. Now they sold out most of their inheritance and even to this day only living of their USSR infrastructure and industrial heritage, while constantly shouting around about how horrible the USSR was. To give you a funny example, there is a huge 150 meter statue from USSR times that is called Motherland. They removed Soviet markings in 2022, welded on the Ukrainian flag and renamed it from Motherland to Ukraine. This is basically how Ukraine is in a nutshell. Receive something from the past, do nothing for 30 years, swear about the bad past, rebrand it, be proud.
Sorry, but gas routing goes from supply to best demand/pricing. Its just basic business to aide a project if it helps your own cause in terms of gas sales. So not a "Cunning Hybrid Warfare Campaign". Now blowing up someone's pipeline to divert supply away from the other end of the blown up pipeline to LNG from the party doing the blowing up, does make for a "Cunning Hybrid Warfare Campaign". Just sayin'....
Willy, you don't have to go that far. Look Cuba, we had colonialism for around 400 years, we had neo-colonialism for 60 years (US controlled) .... they dragged Cuban resources, used us without respecting our values, the same all over the Latinamerican continent, probably the same all over the world, so yes, if a country can get rid of that they will, as basic as that. Sovereignity doesn't mean you don't sell your resources, but you decide who you sell it to, and so far the US and Europe haven't been able to stay out of other countries national desicions without condemning and sanctioning then and attempt by any means any Government changes in those places. So yes, we preffer a new order change.
What the hèll was he going on about Afghanistan, left them better trained, better armed? Taliban took control immediately and China took over everything else 🤣
Ce qui a changé de camp ces dernières décennies s'appelle la dignité - fût-elle un artifice voilant la toujours triste réalité des enjeux de pouvoirs, de gains et de domination "morale". La mondialisation et l’approfondissement de l'information participent à ce changement, non sans installer de nouveaux leurres dont l'emballage peut séduire un temps. Quoi qu'il en soit, ce sont toujours les peuples qui en pâtissent et en payent in fine les conséquences néfastes. Merci.
Something must be shrinking, cause your brain is obviously growing. Your sounding more like Brian by the day, and I mean that in the best way possible. It's very informative to have your "grunt" view of things, both in the trenches and now outside the box. Keep it up. :)
If France is so democratic and prosperous, why couldn`t it just pay a fair price for resources from Africa? Isn`t capitalism and free market amazing? Did we miss something?
Every side is evil people need to stop pretending otherwise
They amazing as long as they rigged in the West's favor
If conditions become even remotely fair or more so, unfavourable to the Western countries, they throw a tantrum and came up with a thousand of reasons why your free market isn't free enough. Oligarchs/communists/russian spies/global warming/aliens
It´s Democratic(TM)- banker democracy differs from real democracy.
Because Africans have no capacity to build and manage infra and institutions like insurance and financial intermediary. Those are keys to successful management of empires.
Capitalism can't work without "underdeveloped" nations as it is fundamentally an exploitative system that transfers wealth from those who don't have to those who have. Hilariously the US went full circle by outsourcing production first to Europe, then to Eastern Europe, then to Asia and when all of those places got "too expensive" they realised that they already had a perfectly good destitute and desperate 3rd world country right there and simply moved prodution to Dixie.
In contrast to the United States, the Afghan government itself asked for Soviet assistance in dealing with a rebellion armed by the United States
While the USSR was fighting islamic extremists in Afghanistan the US fanned the flames trained and armed the extremists and encouraged the growing of opium. Eventually destroying the country by allowing the extremists to overthrow the Afghanistan government and leave the country in perpetual civil war. Then the US had to illegally invade Afghanistan to fight the extremism they grew.
And they got told, "no", instead sending aid packages. They only invaded after Amin had taken control because of the fear he was 'pro west. They then formed an alliance with Karmal and soon after invaded.
@@yeahnah7220 They intervened to blunt the expansion of islamic extremism.
That Afghan government was installed by the soviet union itself.
Same as Ukraine :)
Something tells me USA didn't go into Afghanistan to promote democracy lol
"stop hitting me!"
"no, no, youre not fully democratic yet"
It was all about girls education, billions of dollars and thousands of armed henchmen flew to the other side of the planet to help little girls. Accidentally killed their parents from time to time and blew up their houses, but nonetheless.
Because it wasn't it was about revenge on Al-Qaeda for the 9/11 attacks Taliban was just in the way and installing democracy was just a plus if possible but obviously was not
@@snowsnow4231 #SarcasmThursday
Democracy is dead here. 2000/2020 elections. If it still exists in some warped form until November, regardless of who wins, it’ll probably be the last. AI, a billion other things happening.
That’s if the West doesn’t push into global nuclear war first.
Billions???? Trillions Willy ..... Trillions!!!!
For context - How long is a million, billion, and trillion seconds?
A million seconds is about 12 days. A billion seconds is half a lifetime (a bit under 32 years). A trillion seconds is more than all of recorded history (a bit under 32,000 years).
The so-called “War on terror” incl 20 years in Afghanistan cost the US citizens $8-$9 trillions.
Afghanistan alone cost us roughly $2.3 trillion
Russia isn't just helping push out western influence to have their own unfair influence... if that were the case others wouldn't trade one tyrant for another. Russia is offering them much more fair deals on their business dealings, and more importantly they treat them as people with respect. Something the US absolutely lacks. Keep in mind, most of these places are eager to get away from the "loving and democratic" west as soon as possible.
Fuck me dead that's naive.
Post Soviet countries turning to US - "well, US offers a much better deal then, learn diplomacy and trade then... "
Africa and Asia turning towards Russia - "Russians evil schemes finally worked and must be stopped"
It's kinda funny, like NATO policy "ooh, we just have open doors, we don't force or motivate anyone... By destabilizing their neighbors so they would feel motivated to join us and be our meatshie... P-partners, partners"
You seem outraged that Russisia is trying to counter western efforts to isolate her diplomatically and economically. What did you think would happen?
Incidentally, here in SE Asia most locals appear to be pretty sympathetic to Russia. Thats probably because they have their own experiences of the benign and well-meaning 'West' to draw on.
SE Asia is also generally not overly democratic, so go figure.
@@pantoqwerty so they deserved such experience? Non democratic countries shall be punished?
Who cares about democracy anyways? @@pantoqwerty
@@pantoqwertyобъясни эта зараза демократии льётся из уст стран которые по жизни колонизаторы. Которые приплыли , вырезали уместных жителей и стали там жить.
@@pantoqwerty Oh sit down. We don't give a toss about democracy so long as they support the West, just ask the long line of dictators, absolutist kings and autocrats we propped up and passionately support. Democratisation means only one thing, replacing a government we don't like with a pro-western puppet regime we can bribe or blackmail into being our lapdogs.
Is that what they told you what you went to Afghanistan for…?
Why didn`t the western world that controlled Africa for 30 years bring prosperity and peace there? Last time I checked it was full of local warlords armed with western weapons that murder villagers and cause chaos, while the UN helps them to move around with their lovely white and blue armoured cars, working as Deliveroo for weapons.
Not going to happen. Look at how tribal the joint is, not to mention the recent genocide in Rwanda, Darfur, and Sudan. That's deep seated hatred. They've been here longer than the rest of us, if they were going to act civilised it would have happened by now.
@@pantoqwertyThe massacre in Rwanda was directly caused by western interference, as is most of the lack of development throughout Africa. Uganda was a shining beacon of progress and prosperity until the west stepped in and ended it. 😊
Surely you already know what happened to Libya.
Also France made sure to keep Niger down, despite the hundreds of billions in uranium they stole.
@pantoqwerty who brought enmity between Russia and ukraine? It's the same divide and rule legacy that the colonists left behind in Africa.
Google "UN Peacekeeping has a Sexual Abuse Problem"
Wherever Willys and his friends appear, suffering, misery and crime increase. Willy is here celebrating our western crimes. Only people who are criminals themselves do something like that. Disgusting guy
So nothing different with what was before they came. Our "elites" nothing better. But they did not introduce exploitation, slavery and wars. What good people need is global unity means empathy. A ruling class serving them, instead as is, serving the fat psycho bellies getting fatter, whilst acting to care about things and peoples they clearly do not.
Wait, What???? Willy, do you think the Soviets Invaded or were invited by the legitimate Government to help deal with Jihadists?
Same as Russia "invaded" Syria... by the invitation of legitimate government that Syrian people desperately fought for, and Russia helped them free their country from terrorists. Pretty sure Western schoolbooks already depict this as "Russian invasion of Syria"
Or "Russian invasion" of Kazachstan in January 2022 when it needed help against nationalistic insurgents who acted on behalf of former president, Russian troops gurded strategic objects while Kazach forces restored order, then Russian army peacefully leaved.
And how situation could happened in Ukraine is showed by Georgia in 2008: installed by color revolution Western-backed maniac shelled ethnic minority, Russian army intervined, kicked his ass, he capitulated, territories with offended ethnic minority declared independence, Russian troops leaved, Georgia continue its existence (and pro-Western policy, right until 16 years later, right now, when Georgian parlament passed the law against foreign influence and this outraged the West). Zelensky claim that Ukraine fight for its existence, despite its existence was not threatened it could be as with Georgia, almost bloodless (if Western backed leaders can't help but start shelling ethnic minorities)
@@AtticusKarpenter I wouldn’t be able to say as much as you without my comment being deleted.. but it’s the way I see it as well👍
Everything you are saying seems great for the counties involved,, peace and prosperity for all ,,,,, oh wait that's why the west is upset they want War not peace,, Putin is a brilliant leader for the people of the world.☮️🇷🇺
Whatever you've been smoking, I want some
If “Western” then "interests", if “Russian” then "colonialism". And so on: defense capability and militarism, information policy and propaganda, influence and intervention. We are talking about the same actions, but the speech is structured competently, isn’t it wonderful? You achieve that very "high moral ground" when you structure your speech in this way.
Double speak is second (or even first) nature for every Western imperialist since sixteen century
@@AtticusKarpenter Any imperialism is based on lies and violence, Western, Eastern, it doesn’t matter. Western imperialism is more advanced and it is more advanced in everything, both in microchips and medicine, and in lies and violence.
You know that Mujahideen and Taliban are the same people with different names 😅
This guy is so delusional
And a war criminal at that
Willy I respect the fact you served your country and did your duty, but please stop the nonsense about the coalition invading Afghanistan so they could install a democratic leader and a democratic country with human rights in line with OUR world order.
You insult your viewers and subscribers to your channel. The coalitions invasion was all about natural resources and strategic location. Beware and pay close attention when the west uses words such as "Democratic" and "Western Values".
They invaded to avenge WTC 7.
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any chance you can link/cite these sources you reference, they seem like interesting reads?
I dont like how all your research are from nato sites and not independent when we all know in sahel that they are going to be calling sahle and russia relationship bad u are a paid agent,we in burkina faso have made our decision when france been here for decades and terriost occur everyday
The Beast (1988), a forgotten film about Soviet Bad Guys in Afghanistan. An undoubted masterpiece.
Soviets supported an socialist govt of Kabul who was for modern, secular, socialist Afganistan (at least with this agenda on papers) with a lot of preferences for education ( girls education also) health and industry but due to the politics and compulsions of ongoing cold war the US, West along with their Arabian allies and active support of military dictatorship of Gen. Zia ul haq of Pakistan established religio - arms training camps in border mountainous areas, created Mujahideen fighters groups along with forgion volunteers & fanatic Jihadis from all over globe to wage Islamic Jihad against non believers.
Have you seen what the west has done in Africa - most countries are still screwed and the west always took stuff out.
I would think going with Russia/China is worth a try after the west failed to develop anything substantial anywhere in Africa.
By "cunning" he means underarmed frontal assaults without experienced and sober NCO's. 🤣👌
Trips me out to think at 32, I'm older than Willy 😂
The Russians will also managing the pipeline, making a margin on all gas sales across Central Asia.
Glad you posted this video. I think geopolitically, the natural gas angle isn't one that comes up a lot in the war with Ukraine. If you get a chance, do a bit of digging into natural gas in Ukraine, particularly the reserves around Kharkiv and Polotava. With Russian control of these regions and the Crimean Peninsula (for an export pipeline), Ukraine could effectively be left out the gas export business to Europe. Definitely a rabbit hole there if you have the inclination!
Quiet Australian keeps up with the news
Yo Willy! Hope you have a great day! Looking sharp as always. Thanks for the great, constant updates.
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Great work my brother.
Daily upload! Hell yeah!
Willy who asked you from Afghanistan for democracy? 🤔🤣🤣
willy getting lite up in here. time for a history lesson i guess.
I always tend to agree with you Matt but forget about dollars please… it is the natural resources spent as Fiat currencies are just a non sensical think to judge wars on. Keep up the good work dude.
Willy your coverage & in depth view on the whole issue, that is what makes me never miss an episode on your channel. thanx for all the effort you put in day in day out, without the money hassle, like the other beggars do. ((that dont mean if can support do so, Will does deserve it)).. without any change keep em coming mate
Do not try to compare the Soviet presence in Afghanistan to the USA one over there,
The Soviets were invited over there while the USA just invaded it
When the Soviets withdrew, they left with all of their kit and kept a trained army that fought for another 3 years, with the Taliban never able to take over the Northern parts of the country.
When the USA withdrew, they left most of their kit behind, The Afghan army in tatters, and the Taliban took over all of Afghanistan and already celebrated in Kabul while the last US plane was still on the runway.
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You know a lot of people talk about Tsun Zsu and Guderian
They should talk about General Von Clausewitz. That Russian General from around 1830.
17:47 because it’s true. Not propaganda if they are telling the truth. I’m glad you see it too! 😂
Smart observation I think
Never boring brother. The details matter. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your work :)
Thanks Willy!
Intelligent analysis of more obscure, and background information is what I appreciate about you the most.
Keep up the good work.
Not sure Pakistan & India are on the same page yet, Willy.
Ah, so Russia now has "a cunning plan" 😂
The Geography's revenge on the West.
gday
The same old line freedom and democracy LOL
the amount of Russian trolls in the comments is actually crazy no cap
Your understanding of the Soviet-Afghan war is premised on typically awful Western histories/narratives regarding that conflict. It was important for Amerrica to attribute a "loss" to the USSR that is purportedly equivalent to America's loss in Vietnam ... and so you've been subjected to an endless barrage of propaganda about that war. You need to look at a wider array of sources ... and definitely NOT rely on Kissinger's histories! (LOL! What a Joke!) The USSR campaign was in many ways a success, and even just one very basic comparison you need to keep in mind: when the US withdrew from Afghansitan, it took only 2 days for the Taliban to take control of the entire country, and without any external support. When the USSR withdrew, the communist authorities remained in power for 2 years! And were overthrown only after significant effort and support to the Mujahadeed from the USA. (And the overall collapse is best explained by factors other than the USSR withdrawal. ... In other words, but for US intervention, the communist regime in Afghanistan was in fact a viable state!)
The level of ignorance of TH-camrs like this is just appalling.
Ahhhh the nafo bots are out 😂
Ну вот смотри... есть Мали и есть Израиль... в и там и там есть группы повстанцев... определенно поддерживаемые кем-то извне... И там и там периодически происходят инциденты вроде вылазки Хамас. Но в одном случае запад призывает Мали к спокойствию и оказывает давление, в другом, оказывает поддержку. К сожалению, войска ООН нигде или почти нигде не принесли долговременную стабильность. А вот случаи изнасилования и превышения полномочий, по отношению к местным, хоть отбавляй... Или случай Косово и Крыма. В обоих случаях местное население хотело отделения и присоединения к другому государству. В обоих случаях было восстание, при поддержке соседнего государства, в обоих случаях было проведено народное голосование. Но отношение запада абсолютно разное... Пока запад не избавится от двойных стандартов и не перестанет подменять международное право, "порядком основанном на правилах", которых кстати никто не знает. Русская, если хотите ее так называть пропаганда, будет работать.
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@@snowsnow4231 silence, gpt prompt. You will never come up with an original throught.
@@skatitajs_nr13 enjoy being a minimum wage worker in a foreign country.
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Dribble Dribble, I hate Russia and Dribble 😅
And now the Korean Lemmings are joining the game... 👏
But the news Willy discussed yesterday of North Korea military engineers core joining Russian military on Ukrainian front turned out to be fake. This news story was published by a South Korean press journalist then floated by Ukrainian media but it turns out to be fake.
Yeah. It was democracy they wanted in Afghanistan. Not the 90% of the World's Opium market lol. Come on Willy. You went to Afghan for the Corporations, not human rights and democracy.
No it was the Illuminati
U spelled zionist wrong @@Kredefjeset
The truth would give Willy a mental breakdown. 😂
They did wanted to implement some kind of liberal regime that they could control.Problem was that they pushed feminism too hard and Afghans are just too conservative for that.They basically tried to push 60-70s sexual liberation to the Afghan sheep herders lol.
@@disconductorder Yeah. Nazi Jews from outer space. And Zelensky's father was their leader
I dont like how all your research are from nato sites and not independent when we all know in sahel that they are going to be calling sahle and russia relationship bad u are a paid agent,we in burkina faso have made our decision when france been here for decades and terriost occur everyday
Here in south Africa we still have Anglo - American gold mines. 🤷🏿♂️
Billions of dollars smoked in Afghanistan. Well said, only one correction if I can.
Trillions of dollars
For bringing democracy in Afghanistan and taking poppy product- heroin back to the west as reciprocal.
The heroin production exploded when the americans and the Australians were in Afghanistan
Before that the production of heroin was minimal, and now is banned.
I never knew the democracy goes hand in hand with heroin.
$2.3 trillions, $8-$9 trillions wasted in the so-called “war on terror”.
@@WorldlyBudget well done mate. You are truth teller.
You're ignorance of Afghanistan and the Soviet intervention is absolutely mind blowing. The people we supported in Afghanistan were the worst human rights violators around. The kind of people that threw acid in women's face's for daring to get an education. The Soviets were invited in after the US sponsored Islamic extremists, mostly foreign, to attack the nation. It was the communists that supported women's rights, education and modernization. When the Soviets finally withdrew the Afghan government even held on for a few years. Compare this with the US occupation where the corrupt government fell the minute the US left. The Soviets built while the US destroyed. Please stop rewriting history. The West does not and has NEVER supported human rights and democracy abroad.
True, but hard to eat for west...
Lol. The Soviet Union. True Champions of democracy.
@@Kredefjeset if you actually visited Afghanistan once in your life, you would have heard about Kabul polytech university built by USSR and entire districts of housing built by Soviet people. How many universities did the US build in Afghanistan, can you name me one please?
@Kredefjeset you have very little grasp of history do you , you can look this up all the independence movements in Africa to free it from European colonialism were funded by the soviets , a very famous political party called the ANC with its leader Nelson Mandela were designated as terrorists by the west , were backed by the soviet union so please stop embarrassing yourself
@@Kredefjeset Democracy no. However they were supporters of secularism. So while it was never a primary goal they did indeed advocate for the education of women, and ironically a less religious, more progressive society. Since the CIA would make a deal with the devil if it meant hurting their opponents, they instead armed and trained the most hardcore religious fanatics imaginable. This is why I had a good laugh when Bush-league clowns were doing their "we're here for the women and children" spiel. They literally made the lives of those women what they are today!
During the US/NATO involvement it wasn't unheard of to make deals with warlords, child molesters, the worst kind of scum, if it was advantageous. Look into it, there's no shortage of information about this.
Well done Russia. Thanks for the rundown on how countries can get what they want from other countries by showing them respect and acknowledging there sovereignty. Aint that something, to be schooled by people who think further than there own interests.
Hmmm, acknowledging their sovereignty? You must have missed the bit about them arranging security for despotic fingers-in-the-cookie-jar 3rd world dictators and making sure they become dependent so you can milk them for what you want. Still, if you want to think they're altruistic then go ahead but it's just a different side of the same coin. You're taking their shit cut-price.
I bet this guy still believes Russia blew up the Nord Stream pipelines.
Gasprom
He went to Ukraine to kill the Russians, he is 99% pro Ukraine and believes pretty much everything the west says.
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Delusional 🤡
I would think that africa and middle east can decide for themselves who to partner with and whos conditions are more colonial. But ofcource informational warfare is everywhere painting each other in the worst way possible. There is one thing though, there surely was western colonialism, but there was no russian one.
Willy so naive. American interest in Afghanistan wasn’t about democracy. They couldn’t care less especially given regimes they support like the Ukrainato Neo Nazis. It’s about geo political control and hedgemony
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Never democracy. Democracy =freedom. Ask Assange about American freedom. Democracy to the jewSA =🌈,$$$
Asinine drivel
@@Kredefjeset What do Norwegians have against Russia? Competition for gas markets?
He's been to Israel, so he either got one of those famous free influencer vacations or he's straight up zionist, but all that said he's only pro ua voice worth a darn and I respect that unless it's a ruse
US selling LG for 5 times the price is called Freedom Hot Gas😅
Before giving us lessons he must learn what US has done in the last 50 years. Yes Russian will deal with regimes that west will not deal with, but those are the regimes that US instoled covertly and kiked US out of their country. Taliban is a good example.
Iran too, they has secular government before France with American help overthrowed it to evade obligations for uranium deal. China was armed and receive technological help because of Western hope to use it against USSR.
Literally everything USA faced after WWII besides USSR was CIA projects gone wrong.
Afghanistan for democracy!!!!! 😂 oh gawd I’ve heard it all now.
its a cope they tell themselves to justify what they did
OSCE, a so called human rights organisation, was collecting data in Donbass and giving it to UA artillery crews. That`s all you need to know about "independent" organisations.
I had to turn this off when Willy claimed that he fought in Afghanistan for democracy. Just can't take that level of delusion and pomposity. Admit you were had. Admit you were one of the bad guys.
Willy went there to avenge WTC 7.
@@alanhamford2538 lol
Nations in the Sahel was getting its Uranium deposits stolen by France, they paid locals $1 per kg of ores, when sold on the market its $5000 per kg. Thus the idea that Russian colonialism is as bad as European or American is laughable.
Even before USSR and its massive infrastructure projects for African countries, Russian Empire, for example, has law that nobility of any people that become part of the Russia, receive status of Russian nobles with all its rights (and common people receive rights of mainland Russian common people)
Imagine British Empire giving nobility status to elders of the all native tribes they subjugated in Africa, Asia and Americas, hard to even imagine. And people of colonies don't has full citizenship of the metropoly even long in XX century. Russia on the other hand never has colonies in the sense "part of the country population of which collectively undermined in citizen rights". (And for that its Russians who now have second-class person citizenship with undermined rights in Baltic States)
@@AtticusKarpenter "Our imperialism is the good imperialism. We bring civilization!"
Keep in mind, that Russia at ALL times of the war was willing to exit if Ukr agreed to independence. This is how you know that the economic shifts were not the goal, but rather the retaliation for crossing their red lines. The US is so naive as to think Russia wasn't going to retaliate. Silly Americans.
Technically, the Soviets did not "invade" Afghanistan. The Afghan government actually begged the Soviets for almost a year to send troops...
yeah and those Soviet soldiers commit warcrimes. So much so the Soviet "Angel" against Western "Satan". Both Soviet/Russia and Western were SATAN to bring destructions to Afghanistan.
Moscow was also invited by Syria.
Correction. The Soviets assassinated their own allied President in 1979 and invaded.
The new president then asked for assistance - but by then all legitimacy was lost.
@@LukeGilroy you got it all wrong. The president of Afghanistan Taraki was asking for Soviet help, but the soviets were reluctant. Then the usurper Amin killed Taraki and got the power. The soviets went ballistic, they invaded, and killed the usurper.
@@LukeGilroyevery single time russia portrayed as badboy.
Georgia also was not invaded.
Democracy yeah ok
All Russia has to do to get african support is not be as awful as the west.
They already have 😅
Russia simply needs to revive the old ties of the soviets with Africa as it was the soviets that backed various independence movements against European colonialism
As long as Africa sells its resources for more than 1 cent for 1 ton of uranium, its already a win for Russia, that would already cripple the west. What benefits Africa, benefits Russia.
Ah yes, the Russians are known for their light touch.
Willie is talking amazing nonsense again. It is sad that a person who took part in military operations in some country knows so little about it. Soviet troops overthrew and killed Amin in Afghanistan. Was Amin a mujahid? No. Amin was a Leninist Communist. For what reasons was Amin overthrown by Soviet special forces? Amin was a communist revolutionary, he professed the destruction of the rich strata of society and, most importantly, the destruction of religion. The Soviet Union, despite the fact that it also inculcated aggressive atheism, knew that in the case of Afghanistan it would lead to disaster. Afghanistan is a religious Muslim country. Amin's atheism raised the people of this country against him. Trying to stay in power, Amin turned to the Soviet Union for support in suppressing the Mujahideen movement. But in the Soviet Union, he was advised to stop fighting religion. Then Amin tried to contact the United States. But they would not support a communist. After that, Soviet operatives overthrew Amin. Nevertheless, the USSR was also going to impose atheism. Let their goal be to build a secular state, not to destroy religion. The people of Afghanistan take the attempts of foreigners to rule them very badly. Then Islamic fundamentalists, who had a strong influence in Pakistan, joined this story. And something completely unexpected happened. The United States came to the aid of Islamic fundamentalists. Why is this unexpected? Islamic fundamentalism arose as a reaction to the colonial policy of the West in the Arab regions and Africa. One of the goals of Western colonialism was to force peoples to abandon their Muslim values and embrace the atheistic culture of the West. The main enemy of the Islamic fundamentalists was the United States.
Why the USSR was so worried about Afghanistan. The fact is that Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in tsarist Russia were the twins of Afghanistan. It was the communist revolution that turned them into secular countries. But the Islamic world was against this transformation. Decades after the revolution, there was a war in these republics against Islamic radicals who arrived from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Amin, with his terror against Muslims, could bring the same Islamic radicals to power in Afghanistan.
Why does the Taliban movement, which is essentially a radical Muslim movement, not cause the same concerns in Russia? The reason is that Russia is not a country of militant atheism, like the USSR was. Russia stands for the restoration of Muslim spiritual values in Muslim countries. And this immediately removes her from the number of enemies of the Taliban. Because the Taliban, unlike ISIS, does not set itself the task of bringing the whole world to Islam. Russia supports the preservation of a secular system of government and high scientific and industrial potential in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. But over the past time, the movement of Afghanistan and Pakistan has itself appreciated the advantages of this state of affairs. Perhaps not now, but over time it will spread to these countries.
About Pakistan. Pakistan is more influenced by China than by Russia.
About the senselessness of Russian colonialism in Africa. Willie is very bad at logic. The accusations that the West is trying to bring against Russia come from what the West did itself. All the time that the West owned Africa, was it building a democratic society there? Did he defend human rights there? What the West left behind in Africa. The poorest, looted countries. Artificially organized interethnic hostility. Government systems are mired in corruption and controlled from the outside. It is simply amazing that the peoples of Africa, who enjoy the favor of the West, no longer want to see him.
Are these really Russia's colonial plans to import minerals from Africa to Russia? Wouldn't it be easier for Russia to extract minerals on its own? Western propaganda is sometimes just frustratingly helpless.
Indeed. It seems obvious that Willie has ingested more exceptionalism&propaganda than actual history.
Critical thinking is not taught in the West anymore. That is why all of its leaders inept.
@@bluikkso Nun, oder er sollte so etwas schreiben. Damit sein Kanal kein Problem hat....
I don’t care about Afganistan how they treat their people, I’m not from Afghanistan.
I think willy is thinking too much. I don't think even putin thinks that much ahead in a very unstable region. but offcourse ru will look for new customers in the east to replace all the fossil fuel it used to send to Europe.
The US made the Taliban Great Again, literally. They are the most powerful military in the region, with the best US equipment, including fighter jets & C-130 transports, and Abrams, Bradleys etc.
Желание выстраивать равноправные отношения и уважать суверенитет - это колониализм? Ладно, так и запишем
Reminds me of the Salt Trade deal in the middle ages I think. Venice had the right to deal salt in the Mediterrean world. It's neighbor Austria/Hapsburgs had Germany/rest of Europe as it's customer. Something like that lol
When it comes to Africa, Russia has help in the liberation of countries Willy. We in Africa find it insulting with what you are saying, do you know the suffering Mali has gone through, don't sit there and just read anything west publishes, interview and ask the Malians themselves like with the Ukrainians and you will tearup.
Colonialism my foot, whenever it's not the west it's bad influence, so Willy tell me how has your so called west helped in the development of our continent?
France is buying uranium from Niger for 1 cent instead of 100 dollars, this is how they are helping you. I will tell you more, those blue helmets, the UN. They deliver arms in their armoured cars that are then used by vile armed gangs. Recently, Wagner was helping to carry out an operation, they stopped and searched one of such UN convoys for the first time. It was full of guns and ammo. They keep you in constant fear and poverty, so that you are happy to work for pennies. They do not consider you humans.
YOU MEAN THAT WONT WORK WITH YOU!
You don't have a choice if you work with Afghanistan or not, that is not your decision.
Why would the Afghans work with someone that has been undermining their politics for two decades so they can instil puppets.
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ALLIES WHO DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR ALLY BECAUSE OF YOUR BEHAVOUR, CULTURE AND HOW YOU CONDUCT BUSINESS!
You think you can stop me from obtaining power and influence because you interfere in party politics.
YOU CANT STOP ME!
All you are doing is pissing off your allies who wont be there when you need them. Just like in Brave Heart where the nobles rode away instead of riding into battle.
Your own actions undermine you own allies, its why Europe is so pathetic when it comes to military and economy when compared to the USA.
Because your so called friends, are taking advantage.
Look at Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand will ALWAYS be a worst place to live until they cut ties with Australia and STOP Australians migrating to NZ.
Australian banks are leeches on the NZ economy, yet those two countries are considered allies... What benefit does NZ really get from Australia they can't get from someone else who wont do what Australia is doing and undermining the NZ economy, its growth, its ability to thrive.
Another western tool assuming every other great power is deadset on colonial projects.
😂
Not with "our world order" Willy the 'US world order'
Just one question how is it colonialism for Russia and influence for the west 😅 doesn't it seems just a blatant hypocrisy
😂 The world only has one direction and that’s West💩
It is good for you doing some research. You may learn something about Russia...
You seem to not understand history the states in the Sahel have herders and farmers. France and other Western powers played a balancing game with the vast majority of the population with less martial acumen and the very martial raiding minority. Russia grew up in the Middle Ages as farmers being raided and fighting herders. Historical that was very normal. They side unabashedly with the farmers in these countries. They also offer equity deals for resource extraction unlike the French.
What does it have to do with farmers and herders? The difference is in the "exploitation of natural resources". Russia (even earlier, the Soviet Union) offers African countries a fairer BALANCE between the investor (developer) and the host country... which should have a decent return on the sale of its own resources
BRICS is why.
A comment on “democracy”. Early in the invasion of Iraq, amidst a backdrop of destroyed buildings, expired civilians and displaced people, there was an interview with an English speaking Iraqi man, who stated passionately, “we don’t want your democracy”. Looking at USA as an example of democracy from his point of view, all he saw was indiscriminate destruction of civilians. Looking further, USA’s version of “democracy” exhibits elected politicians who bow down to big corporations. “Profit at any cost” democracy. It starts to clarify that Iraqi man’s perspective. “Democracy” was further undermined by the attempted coup in January 2021. Getting involved in a conflict using the holy grail of bringing democracy to another country is not the Utopian ideal that the west thinks it is.
I was told by a USA patriot that the USA isn’t a democracy, it’s a constitutional republic - almost as if that’s higher ground.
Why would you be right about this? You were wrong about everything else.
Remember he is "happy to be wrong" So it doesn't matter what he says
Basically "The View" but about war conflicts
Why should I read Kissinger as child from Laos refugees due to unrelenting bombing
I don’t get how you are literally with cancer about to die and still not scared to spill Russian lies, are they paying for your medical bill ?
Willy claimed that he fought in Afghanistan for democracy. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour was built to repel the Russians 😂😂😂😂😂
Ukraine could have been one of the richest neutral eastern European countries acting as the perfect and natural gateway between wealth rich west and the resource rich eastern countries.
That's exactly why Europe wants to destroy it.
It was like that untill nato invade ukraine by coup.
It was actually the richest soviet republic after fall of USSR. Now they sold out most of their inheritance and even to this day only living of their USSR infrastructure and industrial heritage, while constantly shouting around about how horrible the USSR was.
To give you a funny example, there is a huge 150 meter statue from USSR times that is called Motherland. They removed Soviet markings in 2022, welded on the Ukrainian flag and renamed it from Motherland to Ukraine. This is basically how Ukraine is in a nutshell. Receive something from the past, do nothing for 30 years, swear about the bad past, rebrand it, be proud.
@@A.B.5KRVw and most important how many lands soviets give to ukraine?
well that not completely true, the west made it so Ukraine had to ether do business with the west or with russia
Sorry, but gas routing goes from supply to best demand/pricing. Its just basic business to aide a project if it helps your own cause in terms of gas sales. So not a "Cunning Hybrid Warfare Campaign". Now blowing up someone's pipeline to divert supply away from the other end of the blown up pipeline to LNG from the party doing the blowing up, does make for a "Cunning Hybrid Warfare Campaign". Just sayin'....
Willy, you don't have to go that far. Look Cuba, we had colonialism for around 400 years, we had neo-colonialism for 60 years (US controlled) .... they dragged Cuban resources, used us without respecting our values, the same all over the Latinamerican continent, probably the same all over the world, so yes, if a country can get rid of that they will, as basic as that. Sovereignity doesn't mean you don't sell your resources, but you decide who you sell it to, and so far the US and Europe haven't been able to stay out of other countries national desicions without condemning and sanctioning then and attempt by any means any Government changes in those places. So yes, we preffer a new order change.
What the hèll was he going on about Afghanistan, left them better trained, better armed? Taliban took control immediately and China took over everything else 🤣
It's almost unbelievable what nonsense this limited Australian mind can come up with.
Cunningly committed to 500k casualties..
🤣🤣you are not comfortable talking about what the west does in Africa 😭
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Ce qui a changé de camp ces dernières décennies s'appelle la dignité - fût-elle un artifice voilant la toujours triste réalité des enjeux de pouvoirs, de gains et de domination "morale". La mondialisation et l’approfondissement de l'information participent à ce changement, non sans installer de nouveaux leurres dont l'emballage peut séduire un temps. Quoi qu'il en soit, ce sont toujours les peuples qui en pâtissent et en payent in fine les conséquences néfastes. Merci.
Something must be shrinking, cause your brain is obviously growing. Your sounding more like Brian by the day, and I mean that in the best way possible. It's very informative to have your "grunt" view of things, both in the trenches and now outside the box. Keep it up. :)
Russia has re-adopted colonialism to survive our neo-colonialism..we are so dumb
Russian imperial revanchist irredentist impulses predate NATO.
Excellent comments . . Does Willy read them ?