I really hope that Americans especially those that make their policies understand that it's crazy to go round the world changing peoples culture just cux it's not the same as Urs and U don't like it..,some people are ready to die for their way of life , what u should do is to try to appeal to them using diplomacy or other manipulative means if u can find one... using force just Cox u have a big military will only make u lots of Enemies...mind u other smarter power house eg China are happy and busy taking advantage...
@@pmntl.f first of my friends what makes u think Ur culture is better than mine....?.. Typical...think again.... secondly nobody blames America for the way their culture affects them mind u... America went to Afghanistan to get the terrorist,that was achieved ...but changing the people is a much tougher task that cannot always be achieved using force...
Ukraine and Afghanistan are not comparable. We aren't nation building here, we are nation defending. We don't have to try and change Ukraine, just support their right to their sovereignty.
Yes T Howl, Bush started that war for a reason, but that reason escaped to Pakistan and hunkered down. Bush/Cheney in their delusional world believed that could bring Afghanistan into the 21st century. Bush always thought himself a leader and a strategist, Nope 👎. I regret having voted for Bush, Twice, what a complete waste..
Makes me recall an interview with Gorbachev when he was asked if Putin ever asks him (Gorbachev) for advice. And he responded: “how do you advise a man who seems to know everything”? Such an ominous statement and the world didn’t have a clue…..
And Gorbachev was the person who went against the strong advice of his own ministers at the time of Germany Unification talks who insisted on getting a concrete commitment on including Russia in a common European security architecture .Gorbachev got easily fooled by USA and gave away too much too soon with nothing to show for.He caused the disintegration of USSR.
Pulling out of Afghanistan wasn't a choice for politicians. Biden and Trump both recognized that the american people didn't want to be there for 20 years let alone another indefinite period. We couldn't set up a country that could stand on its own after 20 years, we weren't going to turn that around in another year or two with a small force. This guy lives in another universe with regards to Afghanistan. We were not going to keep listening to guys like this saying that we just needed a little longer. That nonsense stops being listened to after 20 years or so.
We find out that 320 million a day hidden in the defense budget over a trillion or more dollars was being spent to be in Afghanistan! Twenty years we should have been there for 3 months! Not 20 years!
5000 troops is nothing. They are just acting as a figure head cause the Afghan army is doing all the dangerous stuff. That presence there just shows the Taliban don't mess with us cause we have USA support , and boosts the moral of the locals and the government. But you can't nation build only with military. You need a propaganda machine too , USA failed to do that, they needed to have boosted national identity of Afghan people and highlighted strong ties between Afghanistan and USA. It could have worked and made Afghan prosper thanks to USA in the long run. Pulling out was a big mistake. Giving up on that project showed weakness, because truly it was to early, you can't build a nation in 20 years only. 50 maybe. Having friends in the middle east is invaluable.
Trump sealed Afghanistan's fate when post-election as a lame duck post insurrection he did his peace deal with the Taliban. He gave them a date, an easy strategy of infiltrate and bribe, I fully expected that it was a cynical landmine left behind for Biden.
@@chrism415 Whatever your Kremlin Overlord Putin commands you to believe, under threat of imprisonment and/or death, you repeat like the mindless and cowardly puppet that you are Comrade chrism !
The US lied about Nato expansion eastwards and has showed that it's hostile to Russia. There's no way that the US would allow Russian or Chinese weapon systems near its border, yet we expect the Russians to accept what we wouldn't. We've continually provoked Russia. Not least in Ukraine.
that is literally the most idiotic comment ...you realize russia attacked finland before and took territory ..and has just attacked a peaceful neighbor ..
Who cares what Russia thinks - the war in Ukraine shows just how incredibly weak they are. Still, we need more NATO bases and soldiers close to Russias border, so that we can respond more quickly, to minimize the number of civilian casualties next time.
@@highdefinist9697 And how are they weak? You must think that the Ukrainian Army of 900,000 is complete garbage. And based on what do you think that NATO troops are so great?
@@reynardus1359 In 2021, Ukraine spent $6bn on defense, while Russia spent $65.9bn. In other words: The Russian military is more than 10 times as strong as the Ukrainian military. Yet still, Russia is losing the war against Ukraine.
When Biden and the Dems cut the amount of oil the US could produce, it made us dependent on Russian oil. Due to the war we stopped buying Russian oil and the price of oil went up. The gas made oil then cost more and we are paying for it. Why did Biden and the Dems cut the amount of the US can produce?
@@terrencekane8203 Yup, the anti-choice states seem to have the most baby formula shortages too. Not sure why we have a 17% tariff on baby formula coming from Europe & Canada, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Cheeto head and his Trumplucan’ts had something to do with it.
right now millions of ukrainians are flooding europe as refugees, let's see if the EU will stay united in a few months, especially when winter come, and Russia gas doesn't.
Europe has become much more united over the last few months, because the conflict in Ukraine has made it painfully obvious that there is no alternative to unity. Of course, there are still annoying disagreements on what specific sanctions to do next, or who sends which military equipment to Ukraine, but those are relatively minor issues compared to the big picture.
@@godzillamothra5983 Russia isn’t selling any natural gas to India and the gas it sells to China is produced in East Russia. There in no pipeline to get natural gas from Russia’s Western gas fields to China. Russia has limited capacity to produce liquefied natural gas and is very dependent on western expertise, technology, and equipment. So its limited ability to ship LNG isn’t minimal and will be declining as its LNG facilities fall into a state of disrepair. So no Russia does not have alternative customers for the natural gas it produces in western and central Russia. The only way to get it to anyone else but Europe is by LNG and that isn’t a viable alternative for the amounts Europe purchases.
@@matthewhuszarik4173 I meant oil to India, as for gas, it is easy to reroute it to China, only need to call Xi to build the pipeline. China is more than happy to do it. Russia might has cash flow problem in the short term if the EU ban Russian energy, but EU has winter problem in the short term, LOL.
My question is who ordered it, and why did they give up Bagram Air Force Base before the scheduled American departure from Afghanistan?? Things would have proceeded much smoother had it been available & in operation.
Yeah huge difference. I’m sure Afghanistan would be ready for gay marriage by now. We all need to realize that you can’t build gold out of mud. Hey we only tried for nearly 25 years and over 2 trillion dollars
I remember Kamala's scripting that freedom.is peaceful the same line that Pelosi preached to Taiwan. But Pelosi was shortly banned forever like Biden with Russia RFOLOLOL Abs NO NONSENSE Gov that is China. 👏👏😂😂
He's arguing that maybe we should finish something once we start it for once. After all that sacrifice it was a slap to most who fought there. Keeping a small number of troops to keep the country stabilized wouldn't have been difficult. We spent billions just to walk away. If we weren't going to stay, we never should have got into the business of nation building. We should have declared mission completed after Osama Bin Laden was killed. At the very least we shouldn't have left in such a disgraceful way.
@@rickjames18 It's not our departure that was disgraceful. It was the ignorant effort at nation building. If people knew history, this wouldn't have happened. We could stay there 1000 years and not change anything. Maybe someday we'll learn that this is normal behavior for governments, and that we, the people are responsible for how they use our military.
@@hashtagunderscore3173 About 75+ years. US used the Marshal Plan to rebuild Europe after the last devastatign World War II. US offered Marshal Plan assistance to the Soviets, but Stalin turned the US down. Germany and NATO Western countries that share our Democratic values, share our capitalistic system, share our cultural history etc and are willing to fight for their own countries and futures and not put most of the burden on the US. Most of those countries are paying their share of expenses in that Alliance.
@@rickjames18 It would have taken much more than a few thousand troops. Iy would have taken a Vietnam style massive military escalation with no guarantees of success. The Afghan government had basically given up and terribly mismanaged the fight against the Taliban. The Taliban controlled large parts of the country even before Trump negotiated the surrender/hand over of the country to the Taliban. Trump excluded the American backed Afghan government in the negotiations which basically delegitimized the elected government of Afghanistan. Trump did not complete his promised withdrawal. He left it to Biden.
Staying in Afghanistan forever comes down to why vs cost. I don't see what we were gaining by being in Afghanistan. I didn't see Afghans wanting a US imposed style of government. They're used to a warlord system. They have the right to live as they want. Leave them to it. We could have stayed there for 100 years and changed nothing.
Sir I Totally disagree Mr. Biden has done nothing in45 years of being in public office it's a shame!! Back when he was in charge of foreign relations wow wow hes out for his family that's about it
@@fcuk_x The West just got a lot more united. Liberals and Conservatives might still disagree on the correct number of genders, but they both agree that it is more important to discuss the number of aircraft carriers, and that Russia is our common enemy.
@@marioisaacfranceschichacon5704 Russia recently invaded Ukraine. The cold war is back, whether you like it or not - except that Russia is too weak to pose any serious threat to the West this time around.
@@rokyericksonroks Can't wait for Nuland to testify in the next year or two about her expertise in interfering in the Ukrainian election of @2014. She also has a nice portfolio on Ukrainian corruption which will come in handy when a future Congressional investigation unpacks embezzlement of 44 billion of US aid which probably won't surprise her in light of her previous remarks about the Oligarchs in Kyiv.
Irrelevant. Russia will park nuclear weapons on Finland’s border and in case of a nuclear exchange Finland will only see a flash before it is all over for them. They won’t be part of the rest of the war. Nothing this guy had said except “Crimea is lost” has come through. He’s a mouth piece of the West. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Well for some reason trump decided to pull all the troops out of Afghanistan. Why didn't he. Why did he see that 5 thousand Taliban was from prison. And the leader. Of the Taliban. Why would you release 5 years Taliban fighters at all. Let alone before you pull your troops out. ? It just defies logic. You have 1200 troops there and over 100 thousand non troops who need to get out. Yet you release 5 thousand Taliban fighters before you pull out.
,You mean Biden? It was under His watch that troops left,not under Trump,when something goes wrong the reacción of some people is""well is not My fault, it's... ,it's,.....that guy over there, it is His fault it's not My fault,I 'm a bystander"""the current guy at the White House is in charge,nobody else to blame but him,period.
@@angelmario7085 The answer to that question is so over obvious it defies any and all credibility. Ukrainians are an eastern European country and the people are more genetically western. They are superior in every metric. Just as the USA citizen being far superior. I hope this helps. Peace be with you. Shalom.
Very narrow perspective that misses the entire point of how and why the US was in Afghanistan and why it took so long for the US to finally leave. Men like Gates don't understand that you choose your battles wisely. You do not waste resources in places where the local population does not have commitment and support for the conflict and objectives. If the Afghans had fought as hard in their war against the Taliban as the Ukrainians fought against the Russians, then maybe more countries would have supported a continued military presence in that country.
Robert Gates, well done and summed up! Thank you, love from a a 5 Eyes partner from the South Pacific! Thanks Robert! From New Zealand! Yes I hope the USA gets together! Love from the ANZACs
No....US out of nato and let the EU handle their affairs. We've invaded more after Vietnam than Russia. Should our military be collapsed? Some of you are such flip floppers! Love us nato "intervention" depending on which president it is.
The russian Military is not even running at 25% at the moment, LOL Sweden and Finland is a 6 hour Job for them. There is nothing they have to protect there. And they will not risk a single soldier for it, if push comes to shove.
@@Gunni1972 Ukraine was supposed to be a 2 hour job for them. Afghanistan didn't go well for the Russians either. You still have faith in them. The rest of the world is experiencing a different reality.
Wow, a port! and the far east? interesting. How much did it cost them and why so long? Newsflash, they still have a port in Odessa. I suspect more Russian ships will end up like the Moskva.
@@rickjames18 you listen to western media too much,Putin is winning big time,he controls the entire Black Sea, our warships ran out months ago ,the west does not care as much as you think about two corrupt Slavic countrys engaged in old squabbles,Taiwan or Finland are different,we will engage if they are invaded,no proxy war bs.
@@paulscountry456 Winning? depends on what you think "winning" is. Caring? this isn't about caring or not caring. Western media, sorry, I speak with facts not whatever media you assume I listen to. Maybe you should pay more attention to what has actually happened. I have no idea how you calculate this as winning. Is it because the Russians are still taking land even if at a snails pace? The last part I agree with.
@@roberthughes9856 And neither produce millions of tons of grain that really needs to be moved by large ships,Austria has access to huge ports in Germany same as the cowardly and criminal country of Switzerland.
(US) United States call it "Liberation" instead of "Invasion". That was what US call it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on... Why the double standard? Confused... Please enlighten. Genuine question... Instances of the United States "liberated" or overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government) China 1949 to early 1960s Albania 1949-53 East Germany 1950s Iran 1953 * Guatemala 1954 * Costa Rica mid-1950s Syria 1956-7 Egypt 1957 Indonesia 1957-8 British Guiana 1953-64 * Iraq 1963 * North Vietnam 1945-73 Cambodia 1955-70 * Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 * Ecuador 1960-63 * Congo 1960 * France 1965 Brazil 1962-64 * Dominican Republic 1963 * Cuba 1959 to present Bolivia 1964 * Indonesia 1965 * Ghana 1966 * Chile 1964-73 * Greece 1967 * Costa Rica 1970-71 Bolivia 1971 * Australia 1973-75 * Angola 1975, 1980s Zaire 1975 Portugal 1974-76 * Jamaica 1976-80 * Seychelles 1979-81 Chad 1981-82 * Grenada 1983 * South Yemen 1982-84 Suriname 1982-84 Fiji 1987 * Libya 1980s Nicaragua 1981-90 * Panama 1989 * Bulgaria 1990 * Albania 1991 * Iraq 1991 Afghanistan 1980s * Somalia 1993 Yugoslavia 1999-2000 * Ecuador 2000 * Afghanistan 2001 * Venezuela 2002 * Iraq 2003 * Haiti *2004 Somalia 2007 to present Honduras 2009 * Libya 2011 * Syria 2012 Ukraine 2014 * Pakistan 2022 *
Mr Robert Gate commenting about military competences of others I disagree with you, where did America won serious war as far as I am remember non , the problems with gentleman like you Mr Robert with respect you are professionals of underestimating other countries leaders and people.
Ukraine already has two negotiated agreements where Russia guaranteed Ukraines territorial sovereignty - what makes anyone believe that any negotiations with Putin mean anything to him? He needs to go.
People don't realize that Putin was actually very much into integrating Russia into Europe. It is very hard to be pro west when west is trying to overthrow him and show Russia a middle finger every chance they have. Unfortunately, if Russians find a new leader it will be way more hard line anti west person than Putin ever was.
What about helping the people of the United States that pay taxes and just paying more and more we don’t need to help nobody we need to help ourselves God bless Ukraine but we have to think of helping ourselves first before we can help anybody else how many homeless people are here in the United States it looks like a Third world country and that is very sad
What a sensible man. One thing though, sadly Europe is not so together as he suggested. In the EU the two dominating countries; France and Germany are too frightened to do anything through fear of their own gas and oil being cut-off. Indeed they both openly speak of helping Ukraine but in reality there is very little support from France and nothing from Germany - check these facts please. Macron is even trying to persuade Ukraine to cede territory to Russia in the hope of peace, basically he wants to give in to a bully. As a Brit, the US has shown its a leader again and stands up to bullies like Putin and Jinping.
Sorry to break it to you, but Turkey is standing in the way. Also, Sweden uses 4% of its GDP on defense. They plainly save money by Joining NATO. Gates is telling you a selective truth. This woman, Margaret Brennan, is known for her very conservative, selective & at times propagandist views. In my mind, the U.S. wanted this war. In a crazy high risk geopolitical game, with underlying economic incentives, America has fueled this war. The reasons for wanting war is rooted in the coming world economic crash. The feds have kept the market artificially alive with its Quantitative Easing policy. The war in Ukraine was provoked, and had as its goal, to shut Russia out of the European energy market. Here are the 5 reasons for this crazy scheme; 1. Keep oil supply low in the world, securing a high oil prize during coming crash. 2. Secure a new Cold War in Europe, with massive profits for the weapons industry. 3. Weaken Russia in Syria, creating elbowroom for Israel to finish off Assad & split Syria along ethnic lines. 4. Seize 3rd world resources 5. Secure Europe's vast wealth to pay for American energy. Easy to verify. Check min oil prize, U.S. & Russia need to be profitable. Check property market in China & in the U.S., verify the state those markets are in right now. Check the finance Repo market, check the U.S. ten year bond yield. Now that the war has happened, Russia is cut out of the market, FEDS will stop QE & raise the interest rate. A gargantuan crash can start. There is one thing the 'old' planners of this ploy have forgotten, & that is the free independent press & the internet. We are on to them. The people in Europe will never accept the enormous bill coming their way. Neither will the American people accept it. The only way the military/industrial complex will survive the political changes coming, is to control the information. Can they do that? NO! Countries already bankrupt is; 1. Sri Lanka. 2. Lebanon. 3. Tunisia. 4. Egypt. 5. Peru. 6. Turkey. 7. South Africa. Within 6 month, America will have bankrupted the whole world. Then they can pick whatever resource they want. Starting with Venezuelan oil. Search for "U.S. ties easing of Venezuela sanctions to direct oil supply" and start to read. Don't believe a word of what you are told, especially NOT on this channel.
The NATO 2% on self defense isn’t a maximum it is a minimum. Many NATO members spend more than 2% on defense. Sweden presently spends 1.3% of her GDP on defense so Sweden will have to increase spending. I’m not even going to waste my time refuting all your other BS.
Life of people is better than land. A president must take care of his people interests not for NATO's interest. Ukraine can be rebuild ,but lives cannot be brought back. A president must be a Politian not an actor who reads scrips written by others.
Your argument Gores both ways.. Putin must take care of Russians.. asPresident he must be a politian not an actor playing the role of a conquering general. He is an evil man
Let's be honest with Afghanistan, Trump messed up. He telegraphed the move, so all the taliban had to do was position itself accordingly, they just set-up for the agreed on withdrawal. Also, the Afghan army lost hope cause they knew and saw what was happening with the taliban positioning. The worst thing to do in foreign affairs is be 100% truthful of your intentions, it allows your opponents to make plans they can rely on. DJT was an amateur in this, total failure. DJT and Obama were the worst foreign affairs presidents ever for the US, just being real. Neither understood the game. I hate Kissinger, but he understood the game.
It’s all in or all out is right. Supplying weapons to Ukraine is not enough. Nato membership to Ukraine now is the best way to protect its country from Russia
Russia has conducted special operations in Chechnya,Syria,Georgia,Kazakhstan and now Ukraine this makes countries seek a non Russian security alliance.. NATO does not intend to expand, it is forced to do so because scared countries are desperate to join.
US Policy and strategic objectives in Afghanistan included: capturing and/or killing Bin Ladin and then leaving. The US accomplished that goal years ago and could have left years ago. Building a Western Democratic Country where Western style Democracy and values that never existed in Afghanistan could take hundreds of years or even a thousand years. A large percentage of the people in Afghanistan did not seem to support that objective and were not willing to fight and die for those values and objectives.
''Building a Western Democratic Country where Western style Democracy and values that never existed in Afghanistan could take hundreds of years or even a thousand years. A large percentage of the people in Afghanistan did not seem to support that objective and were not willing to fight and die for those values and objectives.'' Because no one outside the West likes and will fight to the death to stop colonist ideas
NOT EVEN THE YOUNG GENERATION IN THE US WANT TO DO THAT OR EXCEPTED VERY WISELY - WHY SHOULD OTHER COUNTRIES DO SO OR EVEN LIKE IT.... US DEMOCRACY IS JUST MAKE NO SENSE ANY MORE...!
Russia doesn’t need all of Ukraine just the east half. Which is where 85% of Ukraine riches are at like power plants mines factories n most agriculture is at.
Actually, many of them are helping, albeit outside their respective nations' governments, as N.A.T.O. is assiduously refusing to give Czar Vladimir any evidence for his hysterical accusation of an assault on mother Russia from there. Other nations' governments, however, are not so constrained and should be contributing to the defense of their food supply. Yet, some of them say, "It's not our war." I don't really feel like helping those people any more.
Playing chess! War in general has always been good for the One Percent wealthiest Western Capitalist elite (which own most of the world's wealth); since they also own a lion's share of the Western military-industrial complex. 🤔 For simple truths, pls read the informative multi-pages 'Ole Fella' comment (on TH-cam) at: "China-US tensions: A closer look at the Five-Eyes intelligence partnership / CGTN".
Russia doesn't have the number of troops necessary to successfully occupy Ukraine or the economic base to support mobilization on a larger scale than what it's doing now. Russia is at the wrong end of a demographic collapse where if they don't move to reoccupy Eastern Europe right now they won't have the number of troops necessary to wage conventional war in the future. Nobody in Western Europe is willing to hand over 292 million people roughly two times the Russian population to Putin's domination without a fight. If the Russians couldn't subdue Afghanistan's 13.4 million they aren't going to subdue Ukraine's 42 million. This is why you are seeing the Russians turning to attacks on civilians. They are hoping to de-house and displace enough of the population to make an occupation work but the well-accepted force ratio for occupation is 1 soldier per 50 enemy population which Putin doesn't have. Putin knows that too many of his troops are surrendering so he's calculated that if he attacks civilians he will scare his troops into believing that the Ukrainians won't take prisoners. Russia is also sending mobile cremation units to Ukraine so they can hide their losses. Because sending home trainloads of caskets is bad PR for Putin. If Putin has the bodies cremated in the field he can skip registering the dead and list them as missing or captured instead. Since no family wants to believe their sons have been KIA Putin gets to conceal his losses and hold on to his justification for the war in the short term and potentially threaten the families of the dead with reprisal if he lists them as captured. This is why the State Department is warning about concentration camps, mobile cremation units, genocide, biological warfare, and chemical warfare.
Well said, the Ukrainian army and air force made mobile crematorium unit's a prime target at the beginning of the war for those very reasons. Unfortunately the Ukrainians have train and truck loads of bodies of young men that Russia is refusing to take back and acknowledge. War is horrendous and in this day and age shouldn't be happening but Russia has definitely overstepped the mark in many ways.
I don’t think so. I think the West would like to see a more democratic regime in Russia. Sure! But, Ukraine is all about the resources and agriculture. Don’t you think?
NATO has broken the agreement they made with Russia when the Warsaw pact was dissolved. if they had kept to the agreement they made this would not have happened. NATO is to blame.
Well, it is very ancient technology. It always help to consolidate vs common enemy. Putin is chosen by Destiny to destroy old world order and make America great again.
Gates is living in a fantasy world when it comes to Afghanistan. That country has been a collection of tribal states since the dawn of time. The only time it has been a true unified country is when Ghengis Khan conquered the area and his Mongols ruled with an iron fist. Even then there were tribes that lived in the mountains that never came down and were never pursued. The Afghan army was running away from fights even when the coalition had 30,000 troops in country so 5,000 would not change a thing except more American lives lost and more shattered troops returning home. Oh yes, and more billions of dollars thrown at a lost cause. Gates and Kissinger just need to shut up and go away.
Europe also used to be an incoherent collection of multiple cultures constantly fighting against each other - yet today, Europe is one of the most peaceful places on earth. Yes, these things don't change overnight, but the average Afghani does not want to live in a tribe. Even the Taliban themselves are a lot more moderate than 20 years ago, so it is safe to say that Afghanistan is very slowly moving towards stability. Of course, whether the United States should pay money and blood to accelerate this change is a different question - perhaps not. But, permanently stationing 5k-8k soldiers in Afghanistan does not sound particularly expensive, so it might have been a decent, and overall preferable, compromise.
@@highdefinist9697 "But, permanently stationing 5k-8k soldiers in Afghanistan does not sound particularly expensive, so it might have been a decent, and overall preferable, compromise." Really? Maybe if it is not your son or daughter coming home in a body bag, but as a veteran I am tired of people who think that those in the military are expendable. How many lives and how many billions are reasonable? What has happend in Europe happened over milenia. What timetable do you consider reasonable because the Taliban don't seem to have a schedule. Ten years? 100 years? At what cost? At what benefit to the people of the United States that are footing the bill ion money, blood, and shattered lives of tropps that return scarred for life? The Taliban haven't changed. They have gone back on just about every issue they agree to in the cease fire.
@@mysticwanderer4787 Well, would you also say that Americas occupation of Germany after WW2 was a mistake? Because it clearly wasn't... that turned out really well, for everyone involved, even though, technically speaking, Germany is "occupied" even today. And, of course, "Afghanistan is different"... but how exactly, and does that mean that a permanent occupation should be completely off the table? Even your emotional appeal about "think of all the poor dead children" does not make that much sense, because the really costly part of that occupation was already over at that point, it's not like there were that many American casualties towards the end... Countries like the USA are so successful because of their strategic farsight. Staying in Germany absolutely paid off, and played a significant part in winning the cold war against Russia. Afghanistan 20 years or 50 years from now might have been considered a success as well - but now, it never will be. Meanwhile, China slowly expands its zone of influence, becoming more and more of a threat to the free world every day... and, sure, Afghanistan probably doesn't really make a difference either way, but it's not as simply as you pretend it is.
It’s manipulative mumbo jumbo. Ukraine isn’t in NATO, so how is NATO at Russia’s doorstep via Ukraine? Oh, because NATO is using Ukraine as a boxing glove.
Give it up. Putin has proven himself capable of foolish acts just like Lbj in Vietnam, bush in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Obama in Afghanistan and Syria. The only difference is in USA a president can only serve 8 years and is limited by strong judicial and legislative branch’s. Who limits Putin’s power?
@@elgur4512 Very naive to think he meant something other than what he said. This isn’t some rag tag politician talking. This is the former head of the CIA and Dep. of Defense. Listen to how calculated his words are. That was subliminally tactical.
My guess is that the Afghan situation at the end was a blow-by-blow parallel to the end of the Vietnam war. The US was pulling out abruptly, and the pro-US Afghan/Vietnamese soldiers were told by the Taliban/Vietcong that if they kept on fighting after that, they and their families would suffer needlessly. They would have no way to win, and in the end would lose everything. So they stopped fighting and walked away, some maybe even joining the other side. Every bit as shameful as the spineless exit from Vietnam.
Spineless or not we had no business in Vietnam in the first place. Our being there propping up fantastically corrupt governments, and leftovers of colonialism was doomed. Same with Afghanistan. Nation building with people who only marginally want to be a part of the 21st century is just not gonna work when IMPOSED from the outside. 20years and trillions of dollars and it collapsed to a few thousand men who never had so much as a Humvee (unless captured) defeated an army/air force in weeks. That is totally on the insanely corrupt people we supported to run their government who fled immediately.
@@2ezee2011 it is always the military complex who loves wars -why? they get to play with new toys and their budget gets bigger...the military complex was gleefully giddy with happiness when they calculated in the next 10 yrs they will manufacture and sell $21 TRILLION of weapons of mass destruction. Saddam never had any but retreating force left $85 billion behind in Afghanistan...If aghans are smart they should sell these surplus on eBay or something equivalent ?
I respect Robert Gates deeply, and thank him for his service, but no he should definitely NOT run for President. We need strong civilian leadership now more than ever.
Sadly most don’t understand that it truly is important we help others. Not saying that we’re being or doing it the smart way! I find most Americans that have never truly traveled don’t understand it. That said we should be able to do both. Most of americas problems are because Corporations (are not people) are absolutely not paying their taxes, The Robber Barron’s of the Industrial Revolution bragged about paying 90%, they built the country with those tax dollars and didn’t demand everything they built be held by them privately, they were proud to be able to do so! Flip side is they did most of it through eminent domain so they were the Villains. Sometimes people can’t see the bigger picture and only see their own suffering. Don’t we all use the roads that deliver goods and get us to grandmas house. The ports and rail roads that bring and take goods to where others need them. Our country has no national pride right now, because we’re to busy arguing over peanuts. I too wish we could take care of us at home, we should be proud and do what it takes to make things better for all of us!
If the sane world does not stop Czar Vladimir's Russia from destroying Ukraine, you will see the price of masa harina and masa trigo at about two dollars per pound. Is the prevention of that enough of an economic help for you?
I am surprised that Gates said US could only have few thousands troops in Afgan and sustain the control. NO. Taliban was waiting for US exit, hence not much fighting. even with that the Taliban controlled area has been grown slowly. If US plans to stay, 5-6.000 US troop is definitely not enough and it is open-ended and very costly.
WE LOST A LOT OF GOOD MEN IN AFGHAGANISTON FOR NO GOOD REASON OTHER THAN EXPLOITATION AND OCCUPATION NO OTHER COUNTRY WANTED TO COMMIT INCLUDING RUSSIA.
@@rogerdorsey7823 It's normal for governments to use their military people as if they were disposable. The real reason is the ignorance of the American people. If people knew history, the cluster f**k in Afghanistan wouldn't have happened.
In a Russia versus-the-West clash Sweden would never be neutral. In World War Two Finland fought with Germany while a substantial number of Swedes quit the country's armed forces to fight with Finland.
You call this impartial? I don't think you understand what impartial means. This all about Russia and it's impartial? Impartial is when you tell the truth and giving the what every party has done wrong which wasn't the case in this interview. This one just followed in the western narratives. What are the miscalculations of Zelensky, Ukraine? Nothing mentioned.
the big clue that western democracy is by far the most effective way to run countries is that we are per capita ten time more wealthy than russia or china
Not democracy - capitalism, and in 10 years or so China might prove me wrong. When people in control of the government offer you Hershel Walker as a leading candidate, what is your vote worth?
Yeah,,,?..then why are you so afraid of China?...before 2030 the Chinese will surpass your GDP.....the Chinese will be more powerful than you in every way...militarily,,financially,, diplomatically,,,innovatively,, socially,,,technologically,,,etc,,,and your leaders are already aware of that...only people like you,,,pheasants,,are unable to see that yet.
Funny that western commons people really think that they can elected who they want, and they really think they have freedom 😂😂you freedom to be gay or godless, but you have no freedom of who govern and who control the media and wealth
If you put geo-politics to the side, it's incredibly sad to see what's happening to the country of Ukraine. Civilians getting bombed, women getting raped, and the country (Russia) that's doing the damage there has threatened the rest of the world with nuclear repercussions if they intervene.
For 9 years the Donbas have been bombarded by Ukraine Forces, no Russian intervention, but many complaints to the UN ect etc, nota WORD from you or the UN....14,000 men, women & children slaughtered, NOT a WORD from you or the UN or the so call International Community.
@@kingsqueensrecordsbarbados9746 Is that your excuse to justify Russia mass bombing of civilians and children, raping women, and threatening nuclear war? And what's your excuse to justify Russia's invasion of Crimea and Georgia?
Absolutely ...surprised...by the banality .. superficiality... irresponsible and almost morally deficit statements and total analytical deficiency of a former Director of CIA
Can’t believe he’s so okay with a “forever war” that relies on tax payer-supported defense contractors. It’s almost like he is a lobbyist for defense contractors… *sarcasm*
And that would be a good sensible decision....and I do believe Trump is a hundred times smarter than Biden...America exchange a president for an idiot.
Dear mr. Robert Gates, Remember Chernobyl? That cloud didn't blow towards russia alone. Belarus was affected too, and even in Poland and germany, salads and other veggies had to be thrown away. And wild boars in the Black forest(Bavaria) still, (to this day), have elevated radiation levels, as well as mushrooms.
He can't formulate correctly how Russia is going to lose. Russian is not in war it is Donbas and Lugansk that are going to suck the blood out of Ukraine and he doesn't seam to understand. Russian army is in a good shape and you should not under estimate them if not why don't you join the fight in person.
$ The United States should remain as the Leader of the Free world 🌎 . without the US 🇺🇸 fighting for freedom and Human rights the world would be in a horrible condition $
Anthony America, " freedom & Human Rights" a nation drenched with Arab Blood, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Palestine, etc etc A nation which allowed the Apartheid Zionists State of Israel to Steal the Palestinian Peoples Land and you claim America as a Freedom and Human Rights Advocate no no nooo. America stood as a peace broker between the Palestinian & Israel but played a Hypocrital role. A deceptive & an immoral role on People who trusted them.
SO WHEN DOE THAT SWOP FROM TE US/UK DICTATOR'S TO THE Russian Iran and Turkey . the answer is: Russian because they de- dollarize ( orchestred it with the US ) and PROPAGAND OTHER WISE OR LIES OTHERWISE TO THE US PEOPLE IRAN becasue the US will be de dollarized plus Russia still can send the oil cheap via Iran, ( the US lnow it and support it ) and Turkey because they voted against the Swedish to be in the NATO, part of the GLOBAL PLAN WHER THE US IS INVOLVED and PART OF IT.... ONLY THE STILL PRIMITIVE BRAINWASHED US CITIZENS DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT .. THE REST OF THE WORLD CITIZENS BEEN INFORMED BY THIS TRUTHS BUT THE US REFUSE TO GIVE THAT RESPECT TO IT'S OWN PEOPLE .... PLUS ADMIT TO IT'S OWN PEOPLE THAT THE RUSSIANS WOULD WIN ANY WAR AGAINS T THE US AT ANY TIME.... WHICH THE US MILITARY KNOWS IT THAT IS THE REASON THEY NEVER WIN ANY WAR. if the de dollarization did not been planned the US would been in bigger economical troubles as what is now. THAT IS WHY THE US IS IN IT. this has been planned and accepted by all leaders on the G20 economical summits.
@ Rise of China still inevitable!!!!! How arrogant you can be, its like only countries from west deserve to be respected. China has risen against so much odd its an inspiration for us, though we have border problems but we think war will not be beneficial, china has risen so will india.
Why would he nuke Ukraine? If he decides to show to the gravity of the situation, which I think is the only reasonable way to use it at the moment, he would not do it in Ukraine. That's not the origin of the conflict.
@@azzazel225 It amazes me how some people deny small countries like mine any agency. Have you ever asked any people from Poland et al. why they used the first chance to join NATO? Did it occur to you that 170 million people (in the post warsaw pact countries in NATO + Ukraine + Sweden + Finland) do not want to be controlled by a smaller sh*thole utterly incapable of realizing its vast potential? Is it so unthinkable that Ukrainians want to live in an open society where they can benefit from trade like Poland, the Czech Republic and the other neighbors in the EU? Why should they accept that the Russians deny them the right to join the EU?
@@ZooDinghy It amazes me how some people deny a country with the biggest nuclear arsenal and centuries of being invaded from the west by the whole of Europe, a simple request to stop forming a giant hostile alliance on it's border and ignore all its attempts to find a mutually agreeable solution.
@@azzazel225 LOL! You better look up who has been invaded for centuries. A hint: they have been invaded by the country with the biggest nuclear arsenal.
It wasn’t Putin’s goal to absorb the Ukraine in toto--although he probably would’ve welcomed such a scenario if achieved on the cheap. Sovereignty for the Dunbass, keeping Crimea, holding the land bridge, & possibly Odessa would be a victory for Putin.
Sorry his goal was to take over Ukraine that's why they invaded on so many fronts and shocker failed miserably. Think of the thousands of innocent people slaughtered for nothing. An idiot autocrat with delusions of a great Soviet empire. He has laid waste to cities and the people in them, disgusting.
Nonsense!! He denies that Ukraine is a nation, just as Russia lied about Donbas "nothing to do with Russia it's Ukraine's problem", they lied about the invasion warnings were "hysterical". Russia has no credibility, it's shown itself to be a genocidal mafia fascist imperialist state which rewrites history and feeds its population delusions.
Margaret has to remember we went to Afghanistan for Bin Ladin. We cannot change the internal dynamics of their people. US has to learn that.
Bin Laden or the organization that he was a part of?
@@williamhusseyjr1143 Both Bin Laden and Al Qaeda
I really hope that Americans especially those that make their policies understand that it's crazy to go round the world changing peoples culture just cux it's not the same as Urs and U don't like it..,some people are ready to die for their way of life , what u should do is to try to appeal to them using diplomacy or other manipulative means if u can find one... using force just Cox u have a big military will only make u lots of Enemies...mind u other smarter power house eg China are happy and busy taking advantage...
@@pmntl.f first of my friends what makes u think Ur culture is better than mine....?.. Typical...think again.... secondly nobody blames America for the way their culture affects them mind u... America went to Afghanistan to get the terrorist,that was achieved ...but changing the people is a much tougher task that cannot always be achieved using force...
Ukraine and Afghanistan are not comparable. We aren't nation building here, we are nation defending. We don't have to try and change Ukraine, just support their right to their sovereignty.
He missed blaming Bush who started that war, so 4 presidents.
Yes T Howl, Bush started that war for a reason, but that reason escaped to Pakistan and hunkered down. Bush/Cheney in their delusional world believed that could bring Afghanistan into the 21st century. Bush always thought himself a leader and a strategist, Nope 👎. I regret having voted for Bush, Twice, what a complete waste..
Exactly we went for an Afghanistan to Iraq Iraq being had nothing to do with it it was Afghanistan
@@Rick-vc4xn was actually Saudi Arabia, but hey...brown is brown, turban is turban.
It was Clinton who started the expansion, he lied. That's why we are 30 secs from Doom now.
I think CIA is got to blame! They probably push bush for regime change in middle east
Makes me recall an interview with Gorbachev when he was asked if Putin ever asks him (Gorbachev) for advice. And he responded: “how do you advise a man who seems to know everything”? Such an ominous statement and the world didn’t have a clue…..
And Gorbachev was the person who went against the strong advice of his own ministers at the time of Germany Unification talks who insisted on getting a concrete commitment on including Russia in a common European security architecture .Gorbachev got easily fooled by USA and gave away too much too soon with nothing to show for.He caused the disintegration of USSR.
Reality don't come out of a TV, Bud. Sorry.
@@raveendhranathp5758 The breakup of the Soviet Union was a good thing. Gorbachev saved many lives.
@@raveendhranathp5758 The failed August 1991 KGB coup against Gorbachev caused the collapse of the Soviet Union.
@@raveendhranathp5758 Totally agrees with you. Gorbachev is traitor and should be put in jail. His name went to “garbage heap of history"
Its a sad day when you believe the other guy more then our own. This guy is selling a story and leaving all the important parts out.
You hit that nail on the head, my friend.
Nah, he got the gist right.
he is an American ....
Robert gates is a propaganda. He think USA military is more powerful than china. Y'all can't even defeat Taliban and Syrian army lmao 😂
@@mrbardel4363 exactly! So basically one sided view
Pulling out of Afghanistan wasn't a choice for politicians. Biden and Trump both recognized that the american people didn't want to be there for 20 years let alone another indefinite period. We couldn't set up a country that could stand on its own after 20 years, we weren't going to turn that around in another year or two with a small force.
This guy lives in another universe with regards to Afghanistan. We were not going to keep listening to guys like this saying that we just needed a little longer. That nonsense stops being listened to after 20 years or so.
Afghanistan and Pakistan are failed US' project to create "the Sunni version of Iran".
We find out that 320 million a day hidden in the defense budget over a trillion or more dollars was being spent to be in Afghanistan! Twenty years we should have been there for 3 months! Not 20 years!
5000 troops is nothing.
They are just acting as a figure head cause the Afghan army is doing all the dangerous stuff.
That presence there just shows the Taliban don't mess with us cause we have USA support , and boosts the moral of the locals and the government.
But you can't nation build only with military.
You need a propaganda machine too , USA failed to do that, they needed to have boosted national identity of Afghan people and highlighted strong ties between Afghanistan and USA.
It could have worked and made Afghan prosper thanks to USA in the long run.
Pulling out was a big mistake.
Giving up on that project showed weakness, because truly it was to early, you can't build a nation in 20 years only.
50 maybe.
Having friends in the middle east is invaluable.
There are 35 000 troops in Germany. They couldn't keep 5k in Afghanistan to stabilize the country? Sure they could have.
Trump sealed Afghanistan's fate when post-election as a lame duck post insurrection he did his peace deal with the Taliban.
He gave them a date, an easy strategy of infiltrate and bribe, I fully expected that it was a cynical landmine left behind for Biden.
"They give a good parade, but in actual combat, not so much."😀
US generals lies about afgans capability 😂!
Clueless thing to say. What is that statement actually based on? What comes out of your TV? You think that's reality?
"They talk the talk , But can they walk the walk ? ." Full Metal jacket lol .
@@chrism415 Whatever your Kremlin Overlord Putin commands you to believe, under threat of imprisonment and/or death, you repeat like the mindless and cowardly puppet that you are Comrade chrism !
@@chrism415 FYI, what it is based upon is your Russian joke of a military getting their butts kicked in Ukraine !
But Russia has been told for years that NATO mission is not directed against Russia. So that was obviously BS.
The US lied about Nato expansion eastwards and has showed that it's hostile to Russia. There's no way that the US would allow Russian or Chinese weapon systems near its border, yet we expect the Russians to accept what we wouldn't. We've continually provoked Russia. Not least in Ukraine.
that is literally the most idiotic comment ...you realize russia attacked finland before and took territory ..and has just attacked a peaceful neighbor ..
Who cares what Russia thinks - the war in Ukraine shows just how incredibly weak they are. Still, we need more NATO bases and soldiers close to Russias border, so that we can respond more quickly, to minimize the number of civilian casualties next time.
@@highdefinist9697 And how are they weak? You must think that the Ukrainian Army of 900,000 is complete garbage. And based on what do you think that NATO troops are so great?
@@reynardus1359 In 2021, Ukraine spent $6bn on defense, while Russia spent $65.9bn. In other words: The Russian military is more than 10 times as strong as the Ukrainian military. Yet still, Russia is losing the war against Ukraine.
Why republicans voted against the bill to outlaw fuel price gouging
Why do politicians in general keep voting for war, Open Source website top 100 donors + lots more.
When Biden and the Dems cut the amount of oil the US could produce, it made us dependent on Russian oil. Due to the war we stopped buying Russian oil and the price of oil went up. The gas made oil then cost more and we are paying for it. Why did Biden and the Dems cut the amount of the US can produce?
They all voted not to ease the baby formula problem. We live in a nightmare.
@@Beuxhwh122 please explain how price gouging and Monopolies in industries helping?
@@terrencekane8203 Yup, the anti-choice states seem to have the most baby formula shortages too.
Not sure why we have a 17% tariff on baby formula coming from Europe & Canada, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Cheeto head and his Trumplucan’ts had something to do with it.
right now millions of ukrainians are flooding europe as refugees, let's see if the EU will stay united in a few months, especially when winter come, and Russia gas doesn't.
Russia needs to sell the gas every bit as much as Europe needs to buy the gas.
Europe has become much more united over the last few months, because the conflict in Ukraine has made it painfully obvious that there is no alternative to unity. Of course, there are still annoying disagreements on what specific sanctions to do next, or who sends which military equipment to Ukraine, but those are relatively minor issues compared to the big picture.
@@matthewhuszarik4173 yeah, but Russia is still selling gas to India, China, and others, even Europe still need to buy from Russia.
@@godzillamothra5983 Russia isn’t selling any natural gas to India and the gas it sells to China is produced in East Russia. There in no pipeline to get natural gas from Russia’s Western gas fields to China. Russia has limited capacity to produce liquefied natural gas and is very dependent on western expertise, technology, and equipment. So its limited ability to ship LNG isn’t minimal and will be declining as its LNG facilities fall into a state of disrepair. So no Russia does not have alternative customers for the natural gas it produces in western and central Russia. The only way to get it to anyone else but Europe is by LNG and that isn’t a viable alternative for the amounts Europe purchases.
@@matthewhuszarik4173 I meant oil to India, as for gas, it is easy to reroute it to China, only need to call Xi to build the pipeline. China is more than happy to do it. Russia might has cash flow problem in the short term if the EU ban Russian energy, but EU has winter problem in the short term, LOL.
Free, fair and open.
My question is who ordered it, and why did they give up Bagram Air Force Base before the scheduled American departure from Afghanistan?? Things would have proceeded much smoother had it been available & in operation.
Yeah huge difference. I’m sure Afghanistan would be ready for gay marriage by now. We all need to realize that you can’t build gold out of mud. Hey we only tried for nearly 25 years and over 2 trillion dollars
Oh yeah, this guy's smile I remember during Putin prophetic Munich speech.
Gates is one of the main strategist of the United States since 1980s. Brilliant mind!
@@sergezor so brilliant yet they fail to remove Taliban and Assad government for 20years 😂
Bet you also remember traitor trump walking backwards, bent over to his boss Puti-ee in Helsinki.
I remember Kamala's scripting that freedom.is peaceful the same line that Pelosi preached to Taiwan. But Pelosi was shortly banned forever like Biden with Russia RFOLOLOL Abs NO NONSENSE Gov that is China. 👏👏😂😂
Russia is the single best recruiter for NATO
I live in Kansas, this is very strong conversation 4 our nation....
This guy is seriously arguing that we should have stayed in Afghanistan "indefinitely"... WTF
Yes. How long has the US been in Germany?
He's arguing that maybe we should finish something once we start it for once. After all that sacrifice it was a slap to most who fought there. Keeping a small number of troops to keep the country stabilized wouldn't have been difficult. We spent billions just to walk away. If we weren't going to stay, we never should have got into the business of nation building. We should have declared mission completed after Osama Bin Laden was killed. At the very least we shouldn't have left in such a disgraceful way.
@@rickjames18 It's not our departure that was disgraceful. It was the ignorant effort at nation building. If people knew history, this wouldn't have happened. We could stay there 1000 years and not change anything. Maybe someday we'll learn that this is normal behavior for governments, and that we, the people are responsible for how they use our military.
@@hashtagunderscore3173 About 75+ years. US used the Marshal Plan to rebuild Europe after the last devastatign World War II. US offered Marshal Plan assistance to the Soviets, but Stalin turned the US down. Germany and NATO Western countries that share our Democratic values, share our capitalistic system, share our cultural history etc and are willing to fight for their own countries and futures and not put most of the burden on the US. Most of those countries are paying their share of expenses in that Alliance.
@@rickjames18 It would have taken much more than a few thousand troops. Iy would have taken a Vietnam style massive military escalation with no guarantees of success. The Afghan government had basically given up and terribly mismanaged the fight against the Taliban. The Taliban controlled large parts of the country even before Trump negotiated the surrender/hand over of the country to the Taliban. Trump excluded the American backed Afghan government in the negotiations which basically delegitimized the elected government of Afghanistan. Trump did not complete his promised withdrawal. He left it to Biden.
Staying in Afghanistan forever comes down to why vs cost. I don't see what we were gaining by being in Afghanistan. I didn't see Afghans wanting a US imposed style of government. They're used to a warlord system. They have the right to live as they want. Leave them to it. We could have stayed there for 100 years and changed nothing.
How is it different from the USA system in afghan? U wer warlords, invaders in Afghanistan
Good observation, Water Bug! Respect!
The Democratic world may need to lower down any importance of any dictators onward for the better world into the future.
Not true. WW3 will come to pass!
Spot on!
Totally agree across the board. It seems like we are starting to get some consensus again on foreign policy, and thank goodness for that.
What do you agree with? His whole speech is full of assumptions instead of hard facts.
Sir I Totally disagree Mr. Biden has done nothing in45 years of being in public office it's a shame!! Back when he was in charge of foreign relations wow wow hes out for his family that's about it
@@fcuk_x The West just got a lot more united. Liberals and Conservatives might still disagree on the correct number of genders, but they both agree that it is more important to discuss the number of aircraft carriers, and that Russia is our common enemy.
@@highdefinist9697 an obvious Cold War comment/mentality...🤨🤨
@@marioisaacfranceschichacon5704 Russia recently invaded Ukraine. The cold war is back, whether you like it or not - except that Russia is too weak to pose any serious threat to the West this time around.
Robert Gates was the Secretary of Defense who got USA entangled with Ukraine beause of his poor judgment on how to handle NATO and Ukraine. 🎉
Are you referring to the Maidan revolution in 2014? He was busy being bossed around by Victoria Nuland.
@@rokyericksonroks Can't wait for Nuland to testify in the next year or two about her expertise in interfering in the Ukrainian election of @2014. She also has a nice portfolio on Ukrainian corruption which will come in handy when a future Congressional investigation unpacks embezzlement of 44 billion of US aid which probably won't surprise her in light of her previous remarks about the Oligarchs in Kyiv.
This guy has made plenty of blunders.
but quite a relief when he replaced Rumsfeld.
He is a perfect reason for abortion.
Irrelevant. Russia will park nuclear weapons on Finland’s border and in case of a nuclear exchange Finland will only see a flash before it is all over for them. They won’t be part of the rest of the war. Nothing this guy had said except “Crimea is lost” has come through. He’s a mouth piece of the West. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Well for some reason trump decided to pull all the troops out of Afghanistan. Why didn't he. Why did he see that 5 thousand Taliban was from prison. And the leader. Of the Taliban. Why would you release 5 years Taliban fighters at all. Let alone before you pull your troops out. ? It just defies logic. You have 1200 troops there and over 100 thousand non troops who need to get out. Yet you release 5 thousand Taliban fighters before you pull out.
,You mean Biden? It was under His watch that troops left,not under Trump,when something goes wrong the reacción of some people is""well is not My fault, it's... ,it's,.....that guy over there, it is His fault it's not My fault,I 'm a bystander"""the current guy at the White House is in charge,nobody else to blame but him,period.
I think Trump way before 2020 that he would lose and decided to leave the mess for the democrats
Biden is dumb who pulled out all the troops, not Trump.
Good interviev..
putin also underestimated the bipartisanship of american political support for ukraine.
US trained ukrainians & afgans why so big difference?!🤣
Putin probably got wrong classified info from Trump :)
@@angelmario7085 The answer to that question is so over obvious it defies any and all credibility. Ukrainians are an eastern European country and the people are more genetically western. They are superior in every metric. Just as the USA citizen being far superior. I hope this helps. Peace be with you. Shalom.
That only happened because Trump is no longer in office. The Russia loving Republicans have been shamed into silence
@@angelmario7085 The Afghans weren't willing to fight. They gave up to the Taliban before the US even left.
Very nice interview. Good perspective.
Very narrow perspective that misses the entire point of how and why the US was in Afghanistan and why it took so long for the US to finally leave. Men like Gates don't understand that you choose your battles wisely. You do not waste resources in places where the local population does not have commitment and support for the conflict and objectives. If the Afghans had fought as hard in their war against the Taliban as the Ukrainians fought against the Russians, then maybe more countries would have supported a continued military presence in that country.
Robert Gates, well done and summed up! Thank you, love from a a 5 Eyes partner from the South Pacific! Thanks Robert! From New Zealand! Yes I hope the USA gets together! Love from the ANZACs
You know what will change the geopolitics in Europe in a dramatic way?
The complete collapse of the Russian military.
That leaves them open to Chinese expansion which is good for no one.
Keep dreaming
No....US out of nato and let the EU handle their affairs. We've invaded more after Vietnam than Russia. Should our military be collapsed? Some of you are such flip floppers! Love us nato "intervention" depending on which president it is.
The russian Military is not even running at 25% at the moment, LOL Sweden and Finland is a 6 hour Job for them. There is nothing they have to protect there. And they will not risk a single soldier for it, if push comes to shove.
@@Gunni1972
Ukraine was supposed to be a 2 hour job for them. Afghanistan didn't go well for the Russians either. You still have faith in them. The rest of the world is experiencing a different reality.
Robert Gates is a man with deep insight of geo. politic of the world.
He is a warmonger like others americans
@@orelevato5664 you are sheep that follows stereotypes, Ofcourse there are major flaws in the US system. But your biased view is dead wrong.
Not really he is so biased in his commentary and didn’t go to details
was this clown responsible for the 2014 Ukrainian coup that started all this.
Hardly deep.
Russia has taken the port and the far east in only three months,try running your country without the port.
Wow, a port! and the far east? interesting. How much did it cost them and why so long? Newsflash, they still have a port in Odessa. I suspect more Russian ships will end up like the Moskva.
@@rickjames18 you listen to western media too much,Putin is winning big time,he controls the entire Black Sea, our warships ran out months ago ,the west does not care as much as you think about two corrupt Slavic countrys engaged in old squabbles,Taiwan or Finland are different,we will engage if they are invaded,no proxy war bs.
@@paulscountry456 Winning? depends on what you think "winning" is. Caring? this isn't about caring or not caring. Western media, sorry, I speak with facts not whatever media you assume I listen to. Maybe you should pay more attention to what has actually happened. I have no idea how you calculate this as winning. Is it because the Russians are still taking land even if at a snails pace? The last part I agree with.
@@roberthughes9856 And neither produce millions of tons of grain that really needs to be moved by large ships,Austria has access to huge ports in Germany same as the cowardly and criminal country of Switzerland.
@@roberthughes9856 Austria and Switzerland: what's a port?
(US) United States call it "Liberation" instead of "Invasion". That was what US call it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on... Why the double standard? Confused... Please enlighten. Genuine question...
Instances of the United States "liberated" or overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government)
China 1949 to early 1960s
Albania 1949-53
East Germany 1950s
Iran 1953 *
Guatemala 1954 *
Costa Rica mid-1950s
Syria 1956-7
Egypt 1957
Indonesia 1957-8
British Guiana 1953-64 *
Iraq 1963 *
North Vietnam 1945-73
Cambodia 1955-70 *
Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 *
Ecuador 1960-63 *
Congo 1960 *
France 1965
Brazil 1962-64 *
Dominican Republic 1963 *
Cuba 1959 to present
Bolivia 1964 *
Indonesia 1965 *
Ghana 1966 *
Chile 1964-73 *
Greece 1967 *
Costa Rica 1970-71
Bolivia 1971 *
Australia 1973-75 *
Angola 1975, 1980s
Zaire 1975
Portugal 1974-76 *
Jamaica 1976-80 *
Seychelles 1979-81
Chad 1981-82 *
Grenada 1983 *
South Yemen 1982-84
Suriname 1982-84
Fiji 1987 *
Libya 1980s
Nicaragua 1981-90 *
Panama 1989 *
Bulgaria 1990 *
Albania 1991 *
Iraq 1991
Afghanistan 1980s *
Somalia 1993
Yugoslavia 1999-2000 *
Ecuador 2000 *
Afghanistan 2001 *
Venezuela 2002 *
Iraq 2003 *
Haiti *2004
Somalia 2007 to present
Honduras 2009 *
Libya 2011 *
Syria 2012
Ukraine 2014 *
Pakistan 2022 *
Mr Robert Gate commenting about military competences of others I disagree with you, where did America won serious war as far as I am remember non , the problems with gentleman like you Mr Robert with respect you are professionals of underestimating other countries leaders and people.
Everyone vastly overestimated Russia...
If Russians are smart as they're supposed to, they should find a new leader and reverse the course of Russian diplomatic policies asap.
They ain't smart 🤓, they 😈👿
But I like to see em all standing alongside the wrong side of history
Ukraine already has two negotiated agreements where Russia guaranteed Ukraines territorial sovereignty - what makes anyone believe that any negotiations with Putin mean anything to him? He needs to go.
@@alexanderhoye why don’t you go fight to take him out 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
People don't realize that Putin was actually very much into integrating Russia into Europe. It is very hard to be pro west when west is trying to overthrow him and show Russia a middle finger every chance they have. Unfortunately, if Russians find a new leader it will be way more hard line anti west person than Putin ever was.
Lol. Their votes don't count. Elections are always in favor of Putin.
It was never any of our business being there. Why were we trying to change their way of governing themselves? What gives us that right!!!!!!!!!!!!
What about helping the people of the United States that pay taxes and just paying more and more we don’t need to help nobody we need to help ourselves God bless Ukraine but we have to think of helping ourselves first before we can help anybody else how many homeless people are here in the United States it looks like a Third world country and that is very sad
Gates must continue to be on the Administration's payroll. Bush and Gates both should be prosecuted for Iraqi war crimes.
Putin is a man of the past.
What the world will hear from Putin in a little while will make the world wish they had never heard about Russia in the first place.
@@davidsmith5094 👈🤡😂😂😂
@@davidsmith5094 It seems theyre taking a very stupid path
Well, he outlasted 4 US presidents?Soon to be 5?
Then Biden is Putin Grandpa?
What a sensible man. One thing though, sadly Europe is not so together as he suggested.
In the EU the two dominating countries; France and Germany are too frightened to do anything through fear of their own gas and oil being cut-off. Indeed they both openly speak of helping Ukraine but in reality there is very little support from France and nothing from Germany - check these facts please.
Macron is even trying to persuade Ukraine to cede territory to Russia in the hope of peace, basically he wants to give in to a bully.
As a Brit, the US has shown its a leader again and stands up to bullies like Putin and Jinping.
Sorry to break it to you, but Turkey is standing in the way. Also, Sweden uses 4% of its GDP on defense. They plainly save money by Joining NATO. Gates is telling you a selective truth. This woman, Margaret Brennan, is known for her very conservative, selective & at times propagandist views.
In my mind, the U.S. wanted this war. In a crazy high risk geopolitical game, with underlying economic incentives, America has fueled this war.
The reasons for wanting war is rooted in the coming world economic crash. The feds have kept the market artificially alive with its Quantitative Easing policy. The war in Ukraine was provoked, and had as its goal, to shut Russia out of the European energy market. Here are the 5 reasons for this crazy scheme;
1. Keep oil supply low in the world, securing a high oil prize during coming crash.
2. Secure a new Cold War in Europe, with massive profits for the weapons industry.
3. Weaken Russia in Syria, creating elbowroom for Israel to finish off Assad & split Syria along ethnic lines.
4. Seize 3rd world resources
5. Secure Europe's vast wealth to pay for American energy.
Easy to verify. Check min oil prize, U.S. & Russia need to be profitable. Check property market in China & in the U.S., verify the state those markets are in right now. Check the finance Repo market, check the U.S. ten year bond yield. Now that the war has happened, Russia is cut out of the market, FEDS will stop QE & raise the interest rate. A gargantuan crash can start.
There is one thing the 'old' planners of this ploy have forgotten, & that is the free independent press & the internet. We are on to them. The people in Europe will never accept the enormous bill coming their way. Neither will the American people accept it. The only way the military/industrial complex will survive the political changes coming, is to control the information. Can they do that? NO!
Countries already bankrupt is;
1. Sri Lanka.
2. Lebanon.
3. Tunisia.
4. Egypt.
5. Peru.
6. Turkey.
7. South Africa.
Within 6 month, America will have bankrupted the whole world. Then they can pick whatever resource they want. Starting with Venezuelan oil. Search for "U.S. ties easing of Venezuela sanctions to direct oil supply" and start to read. Don't believe a word of what you are told, especially NOT on this channel.
The NATO 2% on self defense isn’t a maximum it is a minimum. Many NATO members spend more than 2% on defense.
Sweden presently spends 1.3% of her GDP on defense so Sweden will have to increase spending.
I’m not even going to waste my time refuting all your other BS.
@@matthewhuszarik4173 .. That is ok. People like you are not the audience it is meant for.
Great interview
You should invite a real GEOPOLITICAL ANALYST from other country BECAUSE the ones from USA are NOT TELLING THE TRUTH
Life of people is better than land. A president must take care of his people interests not for NATO's interest. Ukraine can be rebuild ,but lives cannot be brought back. A president must be a Politian not an actor who reads scrips written by others.
Your argument Gores both ways.. Putin must take care of Russians.. asPresident he must be a politian not an actor playing the role of a conquering general. He is an evil man
I think you should seriously direct this statement to Vladimir Putin.
Let's be honest with Afghanistan, Trump messed up. He telegraphed the move, so all the taliban had to do was position itself accordingly, they just set-up for the agreed on withdrawal. Also, the Afghan army lost hope cause they knew and saw what was happening with the taliban positioning. The worst thing to do in foreign affairs is be 100% truthful of your intentions, it allows your opponents to make plans they can rely on. DJT was an amateur in this, total failure. DJT and Obama were the worst foreign affairs presidents ever for the US, just being real. Neither understood the game. I hate Kissinger, but he understood the game.
What an insight this grand old man gives us in Europe!
No . Gates should be in prison . Wasting trillions on wars and bankrupting the USA 🇺🇸
Just call an european, and get way more of it.
Please tell us what it is, I missed the insight?
Speaking with one voice to Russia in the geopolitcal arena......and not just only talking.....
It’s all in or all out is right. Supplying weapons to Ukraine is not enough. Nato membership to Ukraine now is the best way to protect its country from Russia
Nato is not going to war over Ukraine. They would weaken the alliance not strengthen it.
Sweden’s is back in the game after 200 years. Remember Charles XII.
Could be a very short game. Sweden was better off neutral and 200 years could be toast if they don't get a grip.
Wait, sweden lost Finland then, "Liberated" by the russians. And apart from the winter war they were Neutral aswell.
Russia has conducted special operations in Chechnya,Syria,Georgia,Kazakhstan and now Ukraine this makes countries seek a non Russian security alliance.. NATO does not intend to expand, it is forced to do so because scared countries are desperate to join.
Those countries are scared of their own wickedness...which they will pay for....and Putin will ensure they pay for it...long live Russia.
How many wars has America fought in that time?
This guy shouldn’t have mentioned Odessa, because Odessa is one of Russia’s objectives.
He might have to eat his words.
Who cares about Russias objectives. Russia is too weak to win against Ukraine.
He’s not going to be eating anything other than lobster dinners provided by his corporate sponsors
@@JeffreyGillespie So true.
The so call “experts”,who come on the media to say what their sponsors tell them to say.
Wean you weannie!? You'll freeze come Winter. 😅🤣😂
US Policy and strategic objectives in Afghanistan included: capturing and/or killing Bin Ladin and then leaving. The US accomplished that goal years ago and could have left years ago. Building a Western Democratic Country where Western style Democracy and values that never existed in Afghanistan could take hundreds of years or even a thousand years. A large percentage of the people in Afghanistan did not seem to support that objective and were not willing to fight and die for those values and objectives.
''Building a Western Democratic Country where Western style Democracy and values that never existed in Afghanistan could take hundreds of years or even a thousand years. A large percentage of the people in Afghanistan did not seem to support that objective and were not willing to fight and die for those values and objectives.''
Because no one outside the West likes and will fight to the death to stop colonist ideas
We wanted bin laden wether the people of Afghanistan liked it or not, we were going to get him.
NOT EVEN THE YOUNG GENERATION IN THE US WANT TO DO THAT OR EXCEPTED VERY WISELY - WHY SHOULD OTHER COUNTRIES DO SO OR EVEN LIKE IT.... US DEMOCRACY IS JUST MAKE NO SENSE ANY MORE...!
Russia doesn’t need all of Ukraine just the east half. Which is where 85% of Ukraine riches are at like power plants mines factories n most agriculture is at.
Robert Gates is absolutely right
Where are the troops from countries that rely on Ukraine's agricultural exports?
Actually, many of them are helping, albeit outside their respective nations' governments, as N.A.T.O. is assiduously refusing to give Czar Vladimir any evidence for his hysterical accusation of an assault on mother Russia from there. Other nations' governments, however, are not so constrained and should be contributing to the defense of their food supply. Yet, some of them say, "It's not our war." I don't really feel like helping those people any more.
Putin gets Mariupol while NATO gets Finland and Sweden. The Russia people are still insisting that this is Putin playing chess.
Not even that in the long run...
Playing chess! War in general has always been good for the One Percent wealthiest Western Capitalist elite (which own most of the world's wealth); since they also own a lion's share of the Western military-industrial complex. 🤔
For simple truths, pls read the informative multi-pages 'Ole Fella' comment (on TH-cam) at: "China-US tensions: A closer look at the Five-Eyes intelligence partnership / CGTN".
"China-US tensions: A closer look at the Five-Eyes intelligence partnership / CGTN": th-cam.com/video/H6nkAVegk0g/w-d-xo.html
A very wise man listen his counsel
What else are you selling?
Russia doesn't have the number of troops necessary to successfully occupy Ukraine or the economic base to support mobilization on a larger scale than what it's doing now. Russia is at the wrong end of a demographic collapse where if they don't move to reoccupy Eastern Europe right now they won't have the number of troops necessary to wage conventional war in the future.
Nobody in Western Europe is willing to hand over 292 million people roughly two times the Russian population to Putin's domination without a fight. If the Russians couldn't subdue Afghanistan's 13.4 million they aren't going to subdue Ukraine's 42 million. This is why you are seeing the Russians turning to attacks on civilians. They are hoping to de-house and displace enough of the population to make an occupation work but the well-accepted force ratio for occupation is 1 soldier per 50 enemy population which Putin doesn't have.
Putin knows that too many of his troops are surrendering so he's calculated that if he attacks civilians he will scare his troops into believing that the Ukrainians won't take prisoners. Russia is also sending mobile cremation units to Ukraine so they can hide their losses. Because sending home trainloads of caskets is bad PR for Putin. If Putin has the bodies cremated in the field he can skip registering the dead and list them as missing or captured instead. Since no family wants to believe their sons have been KIA Putin gets to conceal his losses and hold on to his justification for the war in the short term and potentially threaten the families of the dead with reprisal if he lists them as captured. This is why the State Department is warning about concentration camps, mobile cremation units, genocide, biological warfare, and chemical warfare.
Well said, the Ukrainian army and air force made mobile crematorium unit's a prime target at the beginning of the war for those very reasons. Unfortunately the Ukrainians have train and truck loads of bodies of young men that Russia is refusing to take back and acknowledge. War is horrendous and in this day and age shouldn't be happening but Russia has definitely overstepped the mark in many ways.
100% right
For America the chief geopolitical prize is Eurasia (Russia)
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Zbignew Brzezinski
I don’t think so. I think the West would like to see a more democratic regime in Russia. Sure! But, Ukraine is all about the resources and agriculture. Don’t you think?
@@markteague8889
I think TV's should work on water
We do not need electric power
Question: is there something wrong with his right arm ?
They knew what would happen with a full withdrawal that’s why we were there for 20 years it’s a lesson learned
you mean they didn't learn anything from Vietnam?
@@PhiloSurfer Vietnam was literally a waste of time, the U.S. went into Afghanistan because of Bin laden and organizations that supported him
NATO has broken the agreement they made with Russia when the Warsaw pact was dissolved. if they had kept to the agreement they made this would not have happened. NATO is to blame.
ok, bud.
Russian bot spotted
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The US needs something outwardly to focus on or we start to eat ourselves.
Well, it is very ancient technology. It always help to consolidate vs common enemy. Putin is chosen by Destiny to destroy old world order and make America great again.
You are the only other person ive seen in a long time that sees it yo lol
Such as Putin Inflation?
@@theeasterntranquil2771 That's my point, we're working on the Putin inflation now. 😉
I just finished reading his book - Exercise of power.
China wants Siberia….and the oil that’s there. Russia may not be able to handle it.
This shows that aggression does not pay.
Gates is living in a fantasy world when it comes to Afghanistan. That country has been a collection of tribal states since the dawn of time. The only time it has been a true unified country is when Ghengis Khan conquered the area and his Mongols ruled with an iron fist. Even then there were tribes that lived in the mountains that never came down and were never pursued. The Afghan army was running away from fights even when the coalition had 30,000 troops in country so 5,000 would not change a thing except more American lives lost and more shattered troops returning home. Oh yes, and more billions of dollars thrown at a lost cause. Gates and Kissinger just need to shut up and go away.
Europe also used to be an incoherent collection of multiple cultures constantly fighting against each other - yet today, Europe is one of the most peaceful places on earth. Yes, these things don't change overnight, but the average Afghani does not want to live in a tribe. Even the Taliban themselves are a lot more moderate than 20 years ago, so it is safe to say that Afghanistan is very slowly moving towards stability. Of course, whether the United States should pay money and blood to accelerate this change is a different question - perhaps not. But, permanently stationing 5k-8k soldiers in Afghanistan does not sound particularly expensive, so it might have been a decent, and overall preferable, compromise.
@@highdefinist9697 "But, permanently stationing 5k-8k soldiers in Afghanistan does not sound particularly expensive, so it might have been a decent, and overall preferable, compromise." Really? Maybe if it is not your son or daughter coming home in a body bag, but as a veteran I am tired of people who think that those in the military are expendable. How many lives and how many billions are reasonable? What has happend in Europe happened over milenia. What timetable do you consider reasonable because the Taliban don't seem to have a schedule. Ten years? 100 years? At what cost? At what benefit to the people of the United States that are footing the bill ion money, blood, and shattered lives of tropps that return scarred for life? The Taliban haven't changed. They have gone back on just about every issue they agree to in the cease fire.
@@mysticwanderer4787 Well, would you also say that Americas occupation of Germany after WW2 was a mistake? Because it clearly wasn't... that turned out really well, for everyone involved, even though, technically speaking, Germany is "occupied" even today. And, of course, "Afghanistan is different"... but how exactly, and does that mean that a permanent occupation should be completely off the table? Even your emotional appeal about "think of all the poor dead children" does not make that much sense, because the really costly part of that occupation was already over at that point, it's not like there were that many American casualties towards the end...
Countries like the USA are so successful because of their strategic farsight. Staying in Germany absolutely paid off, and played a significant part in winning the cold war against Russia. Afghanistan 20 years or 50 years from now might have been considered a success as well - but now, it never will be. Meanwhile, China slowly expands its zone of influence, becoming more and more of a threat to the free world every day... and, sure, Afghanistan probably doesn't really make a difference either way, but it's not as simply as you pretend it is.
There is a way. United we stand
With all due respect for Mr Gates
WHAT he's saying is more of wishful talk and thought than reality
Can you elaborate?
It’s manipulative mumbo jumbo. Ukraine isn’t in NATO, so how is NATO at Russia’s doorstep via Ukraine? Oh, because NATO is using Ukraine as a boxing glove.
Give it up. Putin has proven himself capable of foolish acts just like Lbj in Vietnam, bush in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Obama in Afghanistan and Syria. The only difference is in USA a president can only serve 8 years and is limited by strong judicial and legislative branch’s. Who limits Putin’s power?
@@elgur4512 Very naive to think he meant something other than what he said. This isn’t some rag tag politician talking. This is the former head of the CIA and Dep. of Defense. Listen to how calculated his words are. That was subliminally tactical.
@@lakeugly uhhhh, those agencies rarely say what they've actually had in mind.
The winds blow from east TO WEST. That’s what happened with Chernobyl.
Afghanistan…a contractor state. Yeah. Brother!
53 billion dollars from the US to Ukraine and you call for more. How much of this money are you getting? What a bunch of BS.
My guess is that the Afghan situation at the end was a blow-by-blow parallel to the end of the Vietnam war. The US was pulling out abruptly, and the pro-US Afghan/Vietnamese soldiers were told by the Taliban/Vietcong that if they kept on fighting after that, they and their families would suffer needlessly. They would have no way to win, and in the end would lose everything. So they stopped fighting and walked away, some maybe even joining the other side. Every bit as shameful as the spineless exit from Vietnam.
Spineless or not we had no business in Vietnam in the first place. Our being there propping up fantastically corrupt governments, and leftovers of colonialism was doomed. Same with Afghanistan. Nation building with people who only marginally want to be a part of the 21st century is just not gonna work when IMPOSED from the outside. 20years and trillions of dollars and it collapsed to a few thousand men who never had so much as a Humvee (unless captured) defeated an army/air force in weeks. That is totally on the insanely corrupt people we supported to run their government who fled immediately.
We shouldn’t have been in Vietnam in the first place. Once we found Bin Laden we had no business in Middle East.
@@2ezee2011 it is always the military complex who loves wars -why? they get to play with new toys and their budget gets bigger...the military complex was gleefully giddy with happiness when they calculated in the next 10 yrs they will manufacture and sell $21 TRILLION of weapons of mass destruction. Saddam never had any but retreating force left $85 billion behind in Afghanistan...If aghans are smart they should sell these surplus on eBay or something equivalent ?
Not shameful to know when your job is done and it's time to leave and not put yourself into debt over nothing...
We should elect Robert Gates as president...at least we would have president who would tell it like it is. Thank you for your honesty.
elect me for president, forget him
Please, please, please run for president.
He’d be an excellent president of the US. Former head spy/liar. He’s perfect.
I respect Robert Gates deeply, and thank him for his service, but no he should definitely NOT run for President. We need strong civilian leadership now more than ever.
Amen
Are you kidding me how many countries are we going to help ‘economically’ before we help our own citizens!
Sadly most don’t understand that it truly is important we help others. Not saying that we’re being or doing it the smart way! I find most Americans that have never truly traveled don’t understand it. That said we should be able to do both. Most of americas problems are because Corporations (are not people) are absolutely not paying their taxes, The Robber Barron’s of the Industrial Revolution bragged about paying 90%, they built the country with those tax dollars and didn’t demand everything they built be held by them privately, they were proud to be able to do so! Flip side is they did most of it through eminent domain so they were the Villains. Sometimes people can’t see the bigger picture and only see their own suffering. Don’t we all use the roads that deliver goods and get us to grandmas house. The ports and rail roads that bring and take goods to where others need them. Our country has no national pride right now, because we’re to busy arguing over peanuts. I too wish we could take care of us at home, we should be proud and do what it takes to make things better for all of us!
@@pinchebruha405 sending weapons of war is not helping either side but the military industrial complex. But go on and continue drinking the kool-aid
Term shortsighted, is confusing to you?
If the sane world does not stop Czar Vladimir's Russia from destroying Ukraine, you will see the price of masa harina and masa trigo at about two dollars per pound. Is the prevention of that enough of an economic help for you?
Representative of Industrial-Military-Congressinal Complex. Take every opportunity to reboot the war machine.
I am surprised that Gates said US could only have few thousands troops in Afgan and sustain the control. NO. Taliban was waiting for US exit, hence not much fighting. even with that the Taliban controlled area has been grown slowly. If US plans to stay, 5-6.000 US troop is definitely not enough and it is open-ended and very costly.
WE LOST A LOT OF GOOD MEN IN AFGHAGANISTON FOR NO GOOD REASON OTHER THAN EXPLOITATION AND OCCUPATION NO OTHER COUNTRY WANTED TO COMMIT INCLUDING RUSSIA.
@@rogerdorsey7823 It's normal for governments to use their military people as if they were disposable. The real reason is the ignorance of the American people. If people knew history, the cluster f**k in Afghanistan wouldn't have happened.
In a Russia versus-the-West clash Sweden would never be neutral.
In World War Two Finland fought with Germany while a substantial number of Swedes quit the country's armed forces to fight with Finland.
One of the most impressive interviews so far! Impartial and honest.
You call this impartial? I don't think you understand what impartial means. This all about Russia and it's impartial? Impartial is when you tell the truth and giving the what every party has done wrong which wasn't the case in this interview. This one just followed in the western narratives. What are the miscalculations of Zelensky, Ukraine? Nothing mentioned.
@@Amaviller Ukraine said many times that if Russia attack they will fight...😂
@QuickChicken414 Knowledge yes, does he use that knowledge to misguide and manipulate, absolutely.
What An Old Phool. He Should Have Retired His Mouth At The Same Time That He Retired His Brain. Would Save A Lot of Embarasment
Unfortunately only bland mindless comments are appreciated in certain communities
the big clue that western democracy is by far the most effective way to run countries is that we are per capita ten time more wealthy than russia or china
Not democracy - capitalism, and in 10 years or so China might prove me wrong. When people in control of the government offer you Hershel Walker as a leading candidate, what is your vote worth?
Yeah,,,?..then why are you so afraid of China?...before 2030 the Chinese will surpass your GDP.....the Chinese will be more powerful than you in every way...militarily,,financially,, diplomatically,,,innovatively,, socially,,,technologically,,,etc,,,and your leaders are already aware of that...only people like you,,,pheasants,,are unable to see that yet.
birth rat 3 says otherwise.
Or ten times in debt
Funny that western commons people really think that they can elected who they want, and they really think they have freedom 😂😂you freedom to be gay or godless, but you have no freedom of who govern and who control the media and wealth
Thank you for very interesting interview.
If you put geo-politics to the side, it's incredibly sad to see what's happening to the country of Ukraine. Civilians getting bombed, women getting raped, and the country (Russia) that's doing the damage there has threatened the rest of the world with nuclear repercussions if they intervene.
For 9 years the Donbas have been bombarded by Ukraine Forces, no Russian intervention, but many complaints to the UN ect etc, nota WORD from you or the UN....14,000 men, women & children slaughtered, NOT a WORD from you or the UN or the so call International Community.
@@kingsqueensrecordsbarbados9746 Is that your excuse to justify Russia mass bombing of civilians and children, raping women, and threatening nuclear war? And what's your excuse to justify Russia's invasion of Crimea and Georgia?
he's spot on!
you mean speet on everybody...?!
Absolutely ...surprised...by the banality .. superficiality... irresponsible and almost morally deficit statements and total analytical deficiency of a former Director of CIA
Why didn't we go for something simpler, an Afghan army trained to fight their way, without expensive contractors and technical maintenance?
I agree, we also made the mistake of disbanding the Iraqi army and government workers.
One of America's brilliant minds. -Enough about me. Now about Mr. Gates...
Mr. Zahn , do you have relatives in Massachusetts?
Gates is a smart man, skilled in manipulation and regime change operations from the inside.
If this is the brilliant one, may God protect us from the averages
I thought Turkey was going to block this ?
Can’t believe he’s so okay with a “forever war” that relies on tax payer-supported defense contractors. It’s almost like he is a lobbyist for defense contractors… *sarcasm*
huh?
Isn't that NATO?
@@EatMyOats What are you people talking about?
@@EatMyOats no...why would it be?
When the smoke clears, we’ll all know what NATO did.
...If any of us are left...
If Trump got elected in 2024, he’d invite his pal Putin to the WH.
He may give back Alaska, for all we know.
And that would be a good sensible decision....and I do believe Trump is a hundred times smarter than Biden...America exchange a president for an idiot.
@@davidsmith5094 You're severely deluded.
@@SuperTonyony And Canada.
@@SuperTonyony lol . Blue Anon conspiracy theories. What about Hillary and Russia Gate ?
Dear mr. Robert Gates, Remember Chernobyl? That cloud didn't blow towards russia alone. Belarus was affected too, and even in Poland and germany, salads and other veggies had to be thrown away. And wild boars in the Black forest(Bavaria) still, (to this day), have elevated radiation levels, as well as mushrooms.
He must be willing to risk Germany?
Biden once said to Pootin', I look into your eyes, and I see no soul. Pootin' replied, "now you understand me".
I think Putin just needs some counseling. :v
He can't formulate correctly how Russia is going to lose. Russian is not in war it is Donbas and Lugansk that are going to suck the blood out of Ukraine and he doesn't seam to understand. Russian army is in a good shape and you should not under estimate them if not why don't you join the fight in person.
$ The United States should remain as the Leader of the Free world 🌎 . without the US 🇺🇸 fighting for freedom and Human rights the world would be in a horrible condition $
The US has fought for freedom? Really? Where? Iraq, Afghanistan, Panama, Somalia, Grenada? Where?
Anthony America, " freedom & Human Rights" a nation drenched with Arab Blood, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Palestine, etc etc
A nation which allowed the Apartheid Zionists State of Israel to Steal the Palestinian Peoples Land and you claim America as a Freedom and Human Rights Advocate no no nooo. America stood as a peace broker between the Palestinian & Israel but played a Hypocrital role. A deceptive & an immoral role on People who trusted them.
Without US this world be a better place
freedom lol nice comedy..
The initial indicators of rapprochement between Russia, Iran, and Turkey is disturbing.
The Kurds (our 'friends') are probably 'sweating-bullets'.
SO WHEN DOE THAT SWOP FROM TE US/UK DICTATOR'S TO THE Russian Iran and Turkey .
the answer is: Russian because they de- dollarize ( orchestred it with the US ) and PROPAGAND OTHER WISE OR LIES OTHERWISE TO THE US PEOPLE
IRAN becasue the US will be de dollarized plus Russia still can send the oil cheap via Iran, ( the US lnow it and support it )
and Turkey because they voted against the Swedish to be in the NATO, part of the GLOBAL PLAN WHER THE US IS INVOLVED and PART OF IT....
ONLY THE STILL PRIMITIVE BRAINWASHED US CITIZENS DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT .. THE REST OF THE WORLD CITIZENS BEEN INFORMED BY THIS TRUTHS BUT THE US REFUSE TO GIVE THAT RESPECT TO IT'S OWN PEOPLE .... PLUS ADMIT TO IT'S OWN PEOPLE THAT THE RUSSIANS WOULD WIN ANY WAR AGAINS T THE US AT ANY TIME.... WHICH THE US MILITARY KNOWS IT THAT IS THE REASON THEY NEVER WIN ANY WAR.
if the de dollarization did not been planned the US would been in bigger economical troubles as what is now. THAT IS WHY THE US IS IN IT.
this has been planned and accepted by all leaders on the G20 economical summits.
Thank you for your insight sir.
@ Rise of China still inevitable!!!!! How arrogant you can be, its like only countries from west deserve to be respected. China has risen against so much odd its an inspiration for us, though we have border problems but we think war will not be beneficial,
china has risen so will india.
Why would he nuke Ukraine? If he decides to show to the gravity of the situation, which I think is the only reasonable way to use it at the moment, he would not do it in Ukraine. That's not the origin of the conflict.
The origin of the conflict is russian imperialism.
@@ZooDinghy The origin of the conflict is american imperialism
@@azzazel225 It amazes me how some people deny small countries like mine any agency. Have you ever asked any people from Poland et al. why they used the first chance to join NATO? Did it occur to you that 170 million people (in the post warsaw pact countries in NATO + Ukraine + Sweden + Finland) do not want to be controlled by a smaller sh*thole utterly incapable of realizing its vast potential? Is it so unthinkable that Ukrainians want to live in an open society where they can benefit from trade like Poland, the Czech Republic and the other neighbors in the EU? Why should they accept that the Russians deny them the right to join the EU?
@@ZooDinghy It amazes me how some people deny a country with the biggest nuclear arsenal and centuries of being invaded from the west by the whole of Europe, a simple request to stop forming a giant hostile alliance on it's border and ignore all its attempts to find a mutually agreeable solution.
@@azzazel225 LOL! You better look up who has been invaded for centuries. A hint: they have been invaded by the country with the biggest nuclear arsenal.
Cold war 2.0 ? No, thank you!
3/4 of the world will not participate in your one up games.
Let's just pray it stays Cold.
@@wintercook2 Yes, should not escalate.
It wasn’t Putin’s goal to absorb the Ukraine in toto--although he probably would’ve welcomed such a scenario if achieved on the cheap.
Sovereignty for the Dunbass, keeping Crimea, holding the land bridge, & possibly Odessa would be a victory for Putin.
That was his goal. At least that is what he said in the beginning. Do you have other information?
Sorry his goal was to take over Ukraine that's why they invaded on so many fronts and shocker failed miserably. Think of the thousands of innocent people slaughtered for nothing. An idiot autocrat with delusions of a great Soviet empire. He has laid waste to cities and the people in them, disgusting.
Odessa is almost a must. Slava Transnistria.
@@Gunni1972 never happen
Nonsense!! He denies that Ukraine is a nation, just as Russia lied about Donbas "nothing to do with Russia it's Ukraine's problem", they lied about the invasion warnings were "hysterical".
Russia has no credibility, it's shown itself to be a genocidal mafia fascist imperialist state which rewrites history and feeds its population delusions.