The High Price of Defending Europe Against Russia
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- European NATO members are racing to bulk up their militaries in the face of Russian aggression and the possibility that Donald Trump, if elected in November, may try to pull the US away. But experts say NATO nations and their allies need to at least double their defense spending to deter any potential Kremlin threat.
In the Baltics, the number of allied troops is rising. It’s there that NATO is planning to station new brigades, with soldiers from Canada in Latvia, UK troops in Estonia and German forces in Lithuania. But all of these efforts, including continuing aid to Ukraine, will require a lot more funding. Alarms are ringing all across the continent about how much more NATO members will need to spend to give Russia pause, especially if Trump takes over in the White House. In 2014, when Russia invaded Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and Donbas region, NATO members promised to spend 2% of GDP on defense. A decade later, only about half of them met that target. Though Vladimir Putin has said he has no intention of challenging NATO, experts are estimating that member states need to double their military spending to 3-4% of GDP, close to Cold War levels of spending, just in case.
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01:14 Baltic Countries Prepare for NATO Soldiers
03:10 NATO Defense Spending Commitments
3:50 Germany Ramps up Defense Spending
4:44 Benefiting Companies: Rheinmetall and Hensoldt
5:12 Not Enough to Deter Russia
6:20 Unequal Burden and Painful Choices
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NATO is nothing more than a multi-billion dollar slush fund for the US military Industrial complex.
propaganda
i like mentioning those Baltic psevdo countries
ppl of estonia is 1.3 mil.! half of population is Russian speaking.
NEVER EXISTED BEFORE 1917!
Telegram has become the main platform for spreading pro-Russian disinformation in the EU - Bloomberg
Reality - Bloomberg is trying to limit freedom of speech so as not to interfere with lies and propaganda
@@MyAlexWest In your mind you probably think Finland belongs to russia too just because russia had it before 1917.
Russia isn't invading nato
neither does nato, but russia still decided to attack
Exactly. This is a proxy war, and everybody knows it.
@@Redaft nato expanded right up to russias border... what did you expect?
@@Redaft Russia has never attacked NATO, what are you talking about?
@@benfranklin100 is it bad or smth?
the problem with the 2% is that the cost of weapons made in the west are just ridiculously high.
Well it's high tech and you need high tech people to make high tech, who costs a lot and are not on every corner of the street.
More like high PR ... can't say your equipment is the best when it haven't gone up against any other
@@MrLemonAsusAnything 😂 high technology that can’t allow Ukrainians to take back their territories unable to produce more weapons and ammunition than Russia all NATO United a shame
I invite you to take the opposite approach, how is it that Russian or Chinese weaponry is cheaper? At the cost of Soviet/Russian weaponry being cheaper and on a larger scale than Western weaponry?
I believe that if we find the answer to that question we will be able to understand the reason for the cost of one weapon and another.
@@MrLemonAsus Dumb cope. For example, there is no reason for western made ordinary artillery shells to cost five to ten times more than Russian ones. The manufacturing process for them is highly automated so the higher salaries are not the main reason. In a typical capitalist fashion they are simply charging the highest price they can get away with.
I spend 40% on food and rent.
we do that to extend of 80% -.-
I'm 47% I have cut my hobbies and social life because I can't do anything
If your American you can blame Joe Biden
best comment hands down
Rookie numbers. I spend 70% in the UK even though my income is well above 2k euro
Peasants like to think the Government is worried with their protection.
you mean ''idiots'', right??
Britisch ?
It's a little different here in Finland. If we Finns want to survive we have to be armed up to our teeth. I mean it's pretty normal to have hidden rifles, grenades and ammo just in case. We have everything to defend. My great grandparents fought for me in the ww2 and it might soon be my turn.
What's even more baffling is that these are the people who usually think very highly of themselves
usually people that call others peasants are the actual peasants
What a propaganda
Excellently Edited too 😂🎉
What's the propoganda in this video that you spotted? They have multiple nested propogandas. We all might be observing different ones. 😄
What propaganda?
You watched any Russia 1, Solovyov etc? (russianmediamonitor)
It's Bloomberg. What did you expect?
... Who would actually expect Russia to attack a NATO country?
Both Russia and NATO are aware of the risks of direct confrontation potentially escalating to nuclear hazard.
I doubt they ever would, but then say they attacked like Romania or something do you really think like turkey and and every single nato country would actually go to war or send troops to defend said Romania , or would they just not get involed its two sided coin.
Ukraine have just truly attacked the nuclear facilities in russia at 11/04/2024 and 23/05/2024.
@@AAA-fd7uhNonsense 😂 radar rather continue to want to do mental gymnastics 😂
You are right, that is the essential question, would Russia attack a NATO member state.
A year ago I would have said that countries outside the nuclear umbrella would be left in the cold when the Russians attack. But I am really surprised that young people are ready to enter military service, which none of us gen X'ers would do.
So it's a still a go-fend-for-yourselves, but article 5 might be honoured in a decade or two.
Casus belli is created manually, provocation and escalation
WHO PROFITS? NOT THE DEAD. NOT THE POOR.
Tell that to Russia
Largest oil producers.. this all started off with Green energy Enigma
@@UndeadKIRA Tell that to NATO
Everyone in Europe
If u get attacked with a gun u don't care that the store where u bought your own gun to shoot back also made a profit in order to exist
Poland is spending 4%
As if that will make a difference. The best thing for the Poles is not to provoke Russia, and not to be a surrogate for US and UK. Otherwise, it will be Ukrained and 4% will not make a difference.
The US is spending 2.9% max and going down, Poland is spending 3% plus and that's based on Google. Not to mention, Poland isn't as rich as America.
@@edward2364Is it cold in Moscow today, pro-Russian propaganda bot.
Poland Has Been Buying South Korean Military Hardwares for the last few years👀 And they come with Korean Girlbands 🤯
How much is Russia forced to spent to deter NATO's expansion east?
2022: Russia is so weak, it cant even win against small Ukraine
2024: Russia is one step from invading Euurope, prepare to defend!
lol
Different people having different arguments at different times, yet you consolidate them to brand them as "hypocritical." The internet is not one person. Mulroney said it best: "Wrong yet again!"
@maplebloom this is called the "narrative", and most of western media outlets follow it flawlessly
@@maplebloom The media speak with one mouth and their narrative is obviously changing. The facts haven't changed however, they're simply changing their propaganda. To the gullible souls it might seem like "all of a sudden, Ukraine is losing", but every sane person saw that coming 2 years ago. But when you went against the narrative back then, you were called an extremist.
@wexmcl8076
Is Russia successfully conquered Ukraine already? the problem with brainwashed people is that you look at the other side and think to yourself "I will never fall to such ridiculous lies" while doing exactly that
Hi Nikita, why are you putting yourself at risk by posting these comments?
Are you volunteering for SMO?
The title of this video should have been - "The high price of running a proxy war against Russia"
Ah yes, the proxy war of building defensive bases and literally not having attacked once in spite of hundreds of Russian cyber attacks and thousands of provocations by them.
Truly a proxy war started by the west. Now in other news: water is dry and 2 + 2 = 5 (if you feel like hating math as much as the West on that day).
😂Thumbs up! Your comment is an excellent example that there is still hope for global peace since sober people like you still exist in the west❤
Don't want to fight a proxy war with NATO? Don't invade your neighbor.
@@allenbeltran4696 - Don't want to invade your neighbor? Tell them to keep their weapons and rockets away from being pointed at your land.
@@allenbeltran4696 are you telling this to the Americans and NATO?
It’s 30 countries vs 1 lol
unfair teaming be like
The west is so sad😂
And they are still concerned about that one country
So what? That is why NATO was created. Russia will be lucky to find 30 countries to support it.
@@ppen8359 growing up is realizing Russia, China, and Iran are enough vs nato😂😂 and the US knows this that’s why they’re afraid of direct conflict with Russia or China
Feed the Military Industrial Complex!
It's an investment in defensive capabilities and to stop putin.
@@stefan2796 🤣🤣🤣
@@stefan2796 should have stopped Bush & Blair
At least it's not the tobacco complex.
This is the first time I'm actually happy they're feeding the military industrial complex.
HOW CAN WE PROTECT OURSELVES AGAINST BLOOMBERG PROPAGANDA AND DIRECTED HATRED?
You mean truth. Allies are fulfilling their promises
Никак
Имеем в виду что ваша газета врет про Россию
What hatred? The folks at Bloomberg, and along with it, those living in Europe, Canada, the US, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, etc... Nobody hates Russians. What hate there is in common, however, is for your government and authoritarianism.
Had Russia became a full fledged democracy after the fall of the Soviet Union, while also not going fully overboard with the Bourgeoise/Oligarchy aspects of western life (a problem many of us citizens are trying to fix, thanks neoliberalism), in addition to not invading your neighbours, this wouldn't be much of a problem.
You will probably argue that Ukraine should not have attempted to join NATO for this to happen, or that Ukraine needs to be a buffer zone, or else "Russia may feel threatened" and justify war.
The thing is, diplomacy does not work like that. You cannot make a country do anything by threatening it with war. It goes against treaties the world has signed, and I'd assume even domestic Russian law states that you cannot sign a valid contract if you are being coerced into it by a threat. If anything, it further validates Ukraine's proposition to join NATO's defence pact (and I say that because Russians see NATO as some sort of offensive pact, which it really is not).
Remember, as soon as NATO does not interfere with Russia's national interests, there will be no war against it.
which interests? invading neutrail nations?
@@databaseerror-223 , neutral nation would not cease peace negotiation because of russian condition "don't join nato pls".
@@user-mf7dg3st7j deciding to join or to not join any military alliance is entirely a nations own decision and never justifies an invasion, much less an entirely defensive alliance
@@databaseerror-223 , tell this to Cuba, bruh.
@@user-mf7dg3st7j yeah, Cuba was wronged by the US' interference and invasion attempts, just as Ukraine is being wronged by russia
One bear vs multiple hyenas 😂 .
Unbeatable Russia
*one sick and old bear vs a pack of wolves with some of the wolves much stronger individually thaen the old bear.
Zest ... keep coping 😃
@@tradingwizard562 I will ty ^^ You a welcome to live in your amazing Russia.
One bear was beaten by a wolf in their own territory. 🤣
NATO a defense organization that attacked Yugoslavia, Afganistan and provides guns to attacked non member countries = "Defense Organization"
Войну на Украине организовало НАТО!!!
Dont forget Libya, NATO attacking and destroying the most prosperous African nation that is still run my warlords today.
@@StudSnob N-no they only defended europe! Yeah! What if Libya would become an independent state that doesnt sell all its recourses to europe? What if they actually start trading with other countries??? Thats so undemocratical!
Add Libya, Syria, ...
@@StudSnob You makes history cry. Even if you didn't like it, that was part of aggreemment of he United Nations Security Council Resolution from 1973, with ten in favor and 5 against the intervention or invasion. Civilians were been killed practically in every corner. So, that was not not the most prosperous African nation. Can I say that you were in favor of civilians deth? I am not in favor of that attack, but it was not so simple. If you justify it is so simple, so it is simple Israel invade gaza, or Russia invade Ukrayne...
easy fix let Russia build a base in Mexico, problem solved
The Baltic coutries remind me of my pet Chihuahua.
my old chihuaha was always running off trying to get a pack of dogs together, an escape artist too and he would coach the bigger dogs by barking , and they start acting wild together ....
😂😂
How dare you?! They are the Baltic tigers😂😂😂!
Please take your medication Ivan, you have no pets.
@@Nothing_._Here you're the expert on psych meds
Correction: the High price of NATO’s expansionism
Why do so many countries near Russia want NATO membership then?
@@RMProjects785 they want to promote nationalism and cancel russians and russian culture in favor of western money.
@@RMProjects785 foreign involvment and influence in these countries, particular in their politics and media, so it is only an artificial choice by these countries to join nato, not a natural choice.
@@RMProjects785 small countries cannot function by themselves. they need allies. they are stuck between working with Russia or the west. the west has convinced them that they are the better choice. America has the money and resources to influence other nations to their side more than Russia.
They get foreign investments from America and the EU and in return they must be hostile towards Russia. Hostility towards Russia thwarts Russian influence over Europe and strengthens American influence. Part of the agreement of being a member of NATO is that you buy NATO standard equipment, enriching American defence contractors.
Russia was unable to sway many members to their side due to 2 reasons. Hard feelings from the past of the Soviet Union. It's undeniable that the Soviet Union was mismanaged resulting in suffering of Soviet citizens, many of which were in the countries bordering Russia today. (it is important to mention that Russians also suffered and there wasn't direct targeting of specific nations or people.) The second reason is that Russia lost 50% of it's GDP and had to work through corruption and severe economic crisis after the fall of the soviet union. Allying with them at the time would not bring the same economic prosperity as allying with the west.
Now times are changing. Russia is back on the global stage and regained it's economic prowess and is projected to outgrow many of its western counterparts in the future. NATO's pressure on Russia is increasing. For every soldier NATO puts on the Russian border, Russia must respond with a matching force. This forces Russia to spend more on its military and slows down economic growth. This is all an attempt to stop Russia from becoming a dominating power in Europe and European countries seeking a new alliance with Russia.
In the next 50 years, we may see many of the Russian neighbours switching sides once the governments manufactured hatred towards Russia dies down and a new era will begin.
@@RMProjects785the US army is least powerful comparing to its economic hegemonic system dollar based. but more power than these is their propaganda (media, influence, create narratives, etc) Proof: Ukraine - has the same culture, religion, race, same language and common history with Russia for hundreds of years, yet the government and ukrainians got convinced they are a separate nation, with separate interests. hence, the war .
NATO is expanding towards Russia and suddenly Russia becomes aggressor
Countries running from Russia towards NATO.
NATO is only "expanding" because these countries want to be in NATO. Its none of Russia's business what organizations sovereign countries decide to join. Russia is paranoid. One thing Russians never seem to learn is the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy
@@Pizzonia295 Now NATO is truly invading Russia. All of the safety agreement is based on the verbally promise NATO did not go East toward Russia. Russia truly believed that verbal agreement and sign the agreement. In fact, NATO is truly fooling russia and now NATO let Ukraine attack Moscow. It is shown NATO invading Russia became a true statement.
There's a reason why countries are so willing to join NATO.
@@ShashotoANur Yes, they've been brain washed.
Russia is a nuclear power
If Nuclear weapons are unleashed all this soldiers are history
And? Do you think anyone cares about such statements? It's boring.
Mankinds will be history
STOP FOOLING YOURSELVES, THERE IS NO RUSSIA, IT"S ANOTHER ZION WING
Russia marks their military vehicles with Israeli Z, V, O - ever wondered why?
Russian army is a Zion wing, it's all one transborder syndicate that produces wars.
Welcome to the real world
Russia should leave Ukraine.
The cope is strong in this video. I love it.
1 week they said. I have no idea how they can still cope after 2 years of barely making progress in a non nato country.
@@hardboiledaleks9012 Ukrainians are running out of weapons in mid-2022, the reason they still continue to fight is the huge support of NATO.
@@hardboiledaleks9012 It was not an official Russian statement. That's a lie.
@@virescentmorsmordre9568 I saw Russian new organizations saying that EXACT thing before the invasion.... you are lying
@@virescentmorsmordre9568 Did I say it was?
And what about the encirclement of Russia by NATO countries all the years after the collapse of the USSR? The US almost brought the Third World War because of missiles in Cuba (which were placed there in response to US missiles in Turkey) - do you think Russia should smile at the encirclement of its borders? If NATO wasn't expanding eastward, the spending wouldn't be necessary. Lithuanian with talk about "imperialism" is straight "the best expert")
Russia has 11 time zones,it covers a big chunk of the worlds land surface, thats why they think everyone is encircling them, NATO is actually only on 11% of Russias borders. Russia objects to NATO because it stops its own imperial ambitions I think.
"Encirclement" 😂😂
@@pieman9 when your neighbours join your enemy who wants to grab and split your land, what will you do?
@@kaizer7568 russia is the enemy who wants to grab and splits their land, russians fascist government keeps proving nato right every day
@@kaizer7568 Finland ,Estonia ,Latvia Lithuania are all Russia's neighbours and they all joined NATO , Russia doesn't have objections to it's neighbours being in NATO.
The Ukraine war is about Imperial conquest plain and simple.
Also NATO has got no interest in pinching Russias territory and couldn't even if it wanted to because Russia would use nukes.
A price none of the rich nor the politicians have to pay...
Can't even spend 2 percent investment for your own country's defense pathetic
Not when there's an inflation and housing crisis
What's on stake here? Why would Europeans spend on the conflicts fueled by the US?
@@nulnoh219 There was worse inflation and a worse cost of living crisis in the 70s, and they were spending more than 2% then. So I don't see your point. It's not like they are incapable of increasing defense spending, they chose not to.
Why shouldyou if you know nato is there
@@AbidAli-bo8svthis is the opposite of the truth. The EU has continuously antagonized Russia because they know the USA will oppose Russian aggression no matter what the cause was
You are not detering anything by involving yourself in war outside of your business and borders, you are bringing danger to yourself.
Except Ukraine is their business, it is a European country that directly borders multiple NATO countries.
@@FacktCheckr its not in eu and not in nato, if they want ukraine in eu, they are meddling there and should expect full consequences in crossing russia interests. Both eu and russia can lay off from this conflict and make diplomatic deal how sphere of influence and future bloc membership of either EU or CIS, both are unwilling to concede. Russia has way more common history and ties to that region than any other bordering country including Poland.
@@FacktCheckr "look how close they put their country to our military bases!!" NATO has shown themselves as an aggressive military block. They organize wars, coups and color revolutions in order to get a control over the world. They organized two color revolutions in Ukraine - orange revolution in 2004-2005 and Maidan in 2013-2014. This is the reason of war. NATO is a crazy warmonger.
Are you speaking to the Russian soldiers inside Ukraine right now? I bet not... that would be too honest
@@heksogen4788why not let the Ukrainians decide? Why should the Russians get it?
No one will benefits from war.We will all lose, and lose everything even our lives.
Objectively untrue.
Merchants of death aka the MIC, every one losses
@@Jaxck77its true bcs both sides possess nukes
So, should Ukraine stop fighting? Nato stop spending on war deterrence?
@@user-yo7ps2io8cand both sides possess militaries. Doesn't mean we should just stop protecting and caring because the other side has the ability to hurt us.
I am reminded of Dialogue in Tamil movie(Indian) Where the Hero says : " Hey , Pigs comes in groups But the Lion comes Alone" 10 Trillions $ Cost against one Country " Russia" . How cheap it would have been if these Countries Guarenteed Russian security.
Hallo saar I poo in loo jai hind!
Nato's eastern line of aggression towards Russia
😂😂😂
When has russia been last attacked by any NATO member?
@@vitsobotka6268 When has Russia last attacked any NATO member?
@@Perrirodan1 1968, 1956
Russia has also invaded at least 2 of its neighbours within the last 35 years - Georgia and also controlled an incursion in Moldova. Then it attacked ukraine in 2014 and again in 2022. It committed a terrorist attack with GRU on the terrirory of Czechia (a NATO member), killing 2 people and displacing many.
There is a reason countries want to get into NATO and its also soooooooo surprising the closer to russia you are the more you want in... If Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia werent NATO members, they would be the primary targets of invasion, not Ukraine. NATO is the only reason Estonia, lithuania and Latvia havent been invaded by russia
@@vitsobotka6268 I will repeat the question because you gave me only countries outside of NATO.
When has Russia last attacked any NATO member?
Old men play games, young people pay the price. Both sides. This world is bs.
That’s a lame man statement. There a definition of an aggressor in general and this war has one that has to be penalized.
just one old man is playing games.
One day you’ll be an old man too 😂
Tell putin.
@@anatolyk9832 Your definition of aggressor is as vague as your origins. You are embedded in a double-standard logic where you manipulate facts in order for them to suit you.
But why deter Russia instead of working with it?
PS: I didn't want to start a war in the comments. My concern is that it would be more helpful and avoid life loss if NATO works with Russia other than deterring it.
Because europeans are kind of American vassals now. Unfortunately.
We were. In 2021 55% of Germany's gas was from Russia. Even after crimea we were willing to cooperate. Now, we have learnt our lesson and will never again.
NATO should also invade Ukraine?
@@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzotbh agree with that
@@VKiller How is buying cheap fuel from Russia, a will to cooperate? NATO has literally arrived at Russian borders. Attacks might not be justified but so is the expansionism of NATO. I believe Russians were never really considered part of the west family (i.e the G7), because of long history of cold war with USA. Europe would never sanction their partner countries for invading, for example USA, they invaded multiple times to protect their national interest, and no one has question it, but Russia was treated differently. Its dumb to think that Russia would go all in invasion on Europe. Neither Russia has money and resources to fund it, nor it will lead to any gains to him. If done, it would result to a never-ending war like what happened in Afghanistan. It's not 1800/1900. Even if they invade successful, the population won't be welcoming them, it would ultimately be like east and west Germany. So, it's absurd to consider that Russia would invade any other European country. Putin said and asked Ukraine for years to not join NATO or he would be compelled to attack. I get it, Ukraine is a sovereign country with its own agenda but so is Russia. USA would not like another Cuban Missile Crisis, right? Similarly, European countries would not like Russia forming military alliance with the nearby African countries like Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and later makes its nukes at stand by in these country. Of course, it's against the national interest of all of the EU countries. Now on, observe the situation as a third party. You might get different POV. I might be wrong, but this is what I have observed and understood. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Selling arms to Germany in 1941 would have also been more profitable than gifting them to colonial Britain. Short term.
Interesting
Lol
Hilarious how only america is saying that Russia wants to invade nato when nato is the one mobilizing all over the east on their borders. 😂
There's a difference between the civilians of the country willing to join a defensive organisation, and rolling tanks into a neighbouring country...
@@VKiller Like what USA and NATO did in middle east right?
@@henukabandara Nato was only involved in the defence of Kuwait. As for the US, yes, they made horrendous decisions. However, the war in Ukraine would have more than 10 times the number of deaths in the same time frame. Also, US response is much more justified as they had an actual terror attack happen which initiated those actions
@@VKiller Yeah right 💀💀
@@VKiller Clownish double-standard logic. How do you exist with such flawed double standards?
Title should be,The Price of Putin defending Russia against Europe
3:11 "That commitment dates back to 2014..." Wrong. The 2% mark was set as an arbitrary, quantitative way of ensuring that all NATO members comply with article 3 which says that all members must maintain a military that's capable of defending its own sovereignty. And that commitment hasn't changed since 1949.
And since 1949 most NATO countries spent more than the 2% most of the time.
No, there's an actual formal decision made in 2014 that all NATO countries should be spending at least 2% of GDP on defense by 2024. It was in fact agreed upon already back in 2006, but without a formal commitment structure to it. What was decided in 2014 was the commitment structure of the time frame and that 20% should be invested in new equipment. You can google "Defence expenditures and NATO’s 2% guideline" if you want to.
NATO doesn't deterring, it is trying to expand. Russia is deterring NATO
I fail to see the logic in that when Sweden and Finland joined NATO *because* Russia invaded Ukraine
@@thespiritphoenix3798 Sweden and Finland were already de facto members of NATO, and they were just waiting for an opportunity to formalize their status legally.The speed with which they were accepted confirms this.
Russia is not deterring NATO, it is encouraging NATO expansion.
@@ppen8359 Nato would be expanding regardless of what russia does, there were talks for georgia e ukraine to join nato far before 2008.
@@erichvonmanstein304 There is nothing wrong with that. As long as they satisfy NATO criteria, they are welcome.
who gets benefitted by increase in defense spending? most evil😈😈 way to make money.
The citizens are by being protected from an evil dictator named Putin.
@@mikejones6065 Funnily enough, some even believe this childish nonsense.
Nato is really obsessed with Russia
The whole reason NATO was formed is to defend against Russia.
Its what separates them from being the dictator of the whole world. And now countries like China, Brazil, Iraq, India see this and the opposition is born. New war is near. Both sides want the same thing and one will triumph. Not many of us will witness this.
Most of NATO countries helped/aided Russia big time when the Soviet broke down. Even with food - lots of food, and medicine as well.
Russia has acted like a broke homeless who were taken care of just to attack the caretaker.
What a great country. 🙄
@@oneshothunter9877 Bunch of lies. NATO countries did NOT help Russia in the 1990s. You are an absolute liar.
@@ik1408
You say this based on what?
A feeling?
It is easily veryfiable data.
There are way more important issues than this; how about three letter organisations making treaties with our governments about our health, how about a two letter moloch pushing laws for our 'digital safety'. But hey, lets all stay divided and focussed on other things, that way it will be 1984 in a couple of years.
4% is not a high price. During the War, everyone was spending 20% or higher. A fifth of that to prevent war is fabulous.
it is in today's economy
Ever heard of diplomacy? It’s the cheapest of all.
@@poppystars9005will diplomacy protect if other guy decides to just take my stuff?
@@abdiganiadenyou wouldn’t want an evil man to bring heavy weaponry on your neighborhood, would you?
That was never to prevent a war but to fuel it.
It is so convinient excuse for terroruzzian wishes for expansion to blame NATO. Fascist countries allways find excuses for their aggressions, so does terroruzzia.
Россия одной левой сдерживает самый агрессивный и бесчеловечный альянс в истории человечества.
Propaganda
Whats the propaganda?
@@pyron9574 Everything in this video
@@ebb_ no tell me what the propaganda is? You have to back up your claim
Its easy to claim its propaganda without actually saying what the propaganda is😂🤦♂️
@@pyron9574 Well it so easy. Tell me what actually isn’t a propaganda in this video
It's called an investment
FASCISM 101
It's a sunk cost
Is it a Northrop-Gruman illegal advert ?
@@DgurlSunshine islamo facism
it's called transfering american tax dollars to blackrock and the MIC
"Why spend $1 preventing something when you can spend $100 treating it?"
Same thing applies to diplomacy versus military spending.
You are not defend Europe but endangering europe by inviting Ukriane.If Russia was threat many of those baltic state couldn't have joint NATO?
thanks for the extension where we could view the dislikes, youtube a western platform couldn't really do much to strengthen their propaganda by disabling those dislikes 😂
It amazes me how they spin this flywheel of war. Russia told NATO not to come close to us, otherwise we will react, but they knew this and did it on purpose. And now they accuse Russia of aggressive behavior, which is nonsense.
As a Russian, it is not nonsense. NATO is not some sort of entity that gobbles up countries left right and centre, it is a military alliance, whose members can choose whether to be in it or not. And not only is NATO's proximity to Russia de facto irrelevant due to MAD, but it also certainly does not give Russia the right, both legally and morally, to invade its sovereign neighbour Ukraine.
Countries that were close with russia joinded Nato and lossend ties with russia, so russia attacked a soverign country and Nato is at fault?
Countries join nato to prevent invasion from russia. Plain and simple. Countries that did not are invaded. Chechnia, georgia, afghanistan and ukraine
It's interesting how almost every country under Russian control during the cold war does everything it can nowadays to not repeat the experience
@@user-sd6lg8lf5c дружище очнись, ты в реальном мире живешь или в Смешариках, где все добрые честные и хорошие? Какое международное право, это просто устойчивая конструкция для манипуляций политиков на телевизоре, в тех случаях когда это право на их стороне, на которую кладется болт когда действительно принимаются серьезные решения. Украина- маленькая страна, судьба маленьких стран- зависеть за счет других бОльших стран и пресмыкаться, без пренебрежения, это правда. будет это взаимное сотрудничество как у Кореи и Америки или России и Беларуси или выкачка ресурсов против воли уже отдельный разговор. Украина- это сосед России и непосредственная территория интересов России и жилось там всем нормально сотрудничая и торгуя с Россией, а после майдана украинская промышленность, например, не то, что не смогла восстановиться до показателей до 2014 года, она еще и деградировала с каждым годом, оказалось что никому кроме России сотрудничать с Украиной было неинтересно...какая плохая агрессивная Россия и кредит готова была дать и скидку на газ. А когда в страну с которой ты сотрудничал приходят иностранные эксперты и меняют там власть и настраивают народ против тебя ты будешь сидеть и кричать всем о каком-то праве и легитимности, тебя же все послушают?
😂😂😂Russian aggression😂😂😂? Yep, it's Russia that deployed its military bases on another continent and is threatening another country's national interests, isn't it? 😂😂😂
At that countries invitation? Russian forces are in Belarus. They invaded
All the countries like Finnland, Latvia, Romania joined bc they wanted to join, since Russia is not to be trusted. Absolutely nobody has the right to deny them that. It is as simple as that. The war is a pathetic way of Putin to behave like a superpower, which Russia is simply not. The only thing he has is Nukes, and what else?!
Absolutely NO relevant innovation came out of Putins Russia in the last 20 years because he is destroying and exploiting his on country, or can you name one?
Enlighten us, how and what Russia under Putin contributed to a better world? That`s right, you can not even name one single thing.
>threatening another country's national interests,
Like..Ukraine?
@@PhosPhryne I bet you got to know about Ukraine in 2022.
@@danielpeters2282 NATO invaded Ukraine in 2014. Russian forces protect Belarus.
The High Price of defending USA economy against Russia and Europe.
The US matters. We should stop defending Europe
Can you imagine the high price of not deterring Russia?
Russia unlike the US does not start wars, bully other countries and mess up the world
Yes, cheap oil.
Detering Russia from what? Man, that CoD and Tom Clancy got you brainwashed
@@danielsan901998 Nice to identify yourself.
@@danielsan901998 I don't care. We don't need them.
Hahah. And who is going to use that 2% ? They/them’s ? Europe’s soldiers are a joke
weird
why dont you go to russia then
No jokes, they love each other each night and change their gender depending on substances they take! It's all serious stuff! Hahaha
@@eliasstockholm9165 what does that have to do with being a soldier and fighting a war ?
P R O P A G A N D A & L I E S ! ! !
Psychological terrorism of NATO is crazy ahaha, thinking that Russia could attack a NATO member without consequences and be able to sustain a war against NATO alone
Russia has military friends like China, Iran, North Korea, and possibly Turkey after the failed 2016 US coup in Turkey. Together they could easily raise an army of 10 million soldiers with lots of weapons to have fun with.
@SewTubular doesn't matter, they won't get involved, unless they are threatened, otherwise only thing they can offer is aid to Russia and call for diplomacy, nothing else
@@SewTubular russian "friends" huh? you mean their soon-to-be overlord china? and north korea with a puddin in charge?
china literally even stated recently that the moment russia tries using any tactical nukes on ukraine, they will sever all ties and connections. Theres your "friends"
No sanctions all trading should be open.
Terrible graphics and comparissons. What does comparing G7 (which includes Japan) defense spending to the German and Japanese economies tell us about NATO spendings? Exactly, nothing.
NATO talking about defending a non nato country tells you why this conflict started… 😂 not individual countries but a military alliance has been mentioned non stop…
Sure, it's soooo bad to defend another country against foreign invasion, how evil the west is! ....but russia is just perfect, invading a foreign country. How noble of them!
NATO talking about defending a prospective NATO member. One that couldn't join for years because Russia started a war to try and stop them from joining 10 years ago, you mean.
Nato: European subscription program to USA military equipment .
Yes we need Usa military equipment.
Russia is now spending more than 8% for defence spending by the time Putin hired a new defence minister. By the end of this year it will reach mid 1980s level. According to the President of Russian Federation.
If you take into consideration that Russia's economy is more or less the same size as Italy's economy that's not a lot.
@@fauxirnot a lot but it takes 40 countries to counter Russia 😂😂😂 miserable
@@AlexPortela-ch2lm Yeah kind of sad that Russia cant beat weapons from 1980s.
@@hazalnut8647 excuses
@@AlexPortela-ch2lm Kind of sad that Russia says it can beat the west but it cant even beat weapons from the cold war.
Last time I checked it was NATO that expanded eastwards and never honored agreements. And I hate Putin
Trump's speeches are the best friends of European defense! 😅😅💪
They are talking about Russia as if it was the Soviet Union. Let’s be honest these insignificant countries are not a target. 😅 just be honest ok for once Russia is in Ukraine… if they wanted to go to war with the chihuahuas it would have done it a long time ago.
Europe needs to invest in its own home-grown defence industry... The military industrial complex is a joke here - poor salaries, high risk aversion, poor investments, poor management, only do the minimum necessary mentality and outsourcing all industry abroad.
Say what you will about Russia but at least, on a military-industrial level, they can keep up and be competitive with NATO on top everything being produced at a much more reasonable price.
Europe should defend themselves, the American people should not be paying for other nations defense
US go home ! Hands off from Europe !!!
Business, war is Business, Just Business...
No, war is racist imperialism. Putin invaded because he is a Czar -- a man who kills to take other peoples' countries.
Perhaps they should calculate the cost of pushing Russia out of their homelands.
We in Baltic countries, would also like to invest more in social, health, educational and other fields, but we understand that defence is also important. It's the question of right priorities and capability to manage state butget properly. It's not a question of dept, cuts and expanses.
Cost - No one is pointing out that inflation got a huge second wind after sanctions? High interest rates do not fix Supply side inflation. Duh...
why do people think russia is going to invade europe 💀💀
The concept of deterrence comes from the philosophy of conflict and balance. It is based on zero-sum game. It is not a concept in common security.
let putin have all of europe. idc
You do care, rusbot. Try not posting during muscovite mutant daytime.
It would be better off that way. But Russia doesn't WANT to. They don't even want Ukraine. They DO want to keep Crimea - that's about it. Kind of like the US wanted to keep Peal Harbor in 1940.
@@Nothing_._Here I’m American and I don’t care. Europe is annoying. I want the US out of NATO.
@@wtfdidijustwatch1017 "Hello I am from America and I hate NATO!"- no Russian bot, ever. Of course.
Meanwhile Canada cuts costs
Why would Russia invade Europe?
...he won't and they know it. Got to have an enemy!
Why would Russia undermine Georgian democracy by introducing the 'law on transparency of foreign influence'?
@@VKiller Russia, really? Georgian government want to prevent new Maidan. This law is not against democracy it's against American influence. PS America has the same law since 1938.
@@-Alexey- Its not the same at all. It would also give Georgian authorities power to monitor news agencies and force them to share sensitive information. All of which has been used by Russia in their bill from 2012 to target opposition in their country.
@@VKiller As a Russian who returned from Georgia just a week ago, I can say that the local population of 40+ mostly supports this bill, which, by the way, was 1 in 1 written off from the same in the USA. For the most part, young people are protesting with US money (a well-known technology, the same as when they financed Navalny) and who do not understand that the US is forcing them to a scenario like in Ukraine, only now they have a population of 3-4 million people and when the war starts there will be nothing left, so it is more profitable for them to cooperate
I am concerned that Europe is increasing spending to defend against Russia, while Russia is significantly increasing its military spending too. As a result, at best we are moving towards a new Cold War, and at worst the risk of a new war is actually increasing
Russia need to protect urope from American
I'm so happy that Internet wasn't invented during "deterrention" of USSR
Sputnik moment 😂😂😂
This is a joke. The only way is collaboration.
Literally best life quality in the world is in Europe, they still make up they can’t pay for defence. Also, not having mandatory conscription is an important part of that high life quality. It is not something you have by default.
Defense is when you expand a thousand miles to the east in a couple decades
They themselves expanded NATO to Russia’s borders. Russia itself was not accepted into NATO. and now they are thinking of increasing military spending. are you out of your mind? Maybe it's time to negotiate, and not increase military spending?
Bull, Ivan. NATO was founded in 1949, and one of the founding countries was Norway -- WHICH HAD A BORDER WITH RUSSIA. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland all joined NATO more than twenty years ago -- AND ALL FOUR NATIONAS HAVE BORDERS WITH RUSSIA. You are telling the "NATO expansion" lie.
Russia never applied to NATO. Turn off the tv and go learn mandarin, time better spent
@@domerame5913 You should learn history.
@@user-tk8gi5cl6j please cite the formal application, not just what the tv told you
@@domerame5913 Russia did solely so that they could be denied and make it look like NATO was the bad guy.
Cmon guys, why's price high? Shovels arent that scary.
Nor are washing machines, yet here we are.
How can you abandon a peace summit, embark on a proxy war and still believe the other country is the aggressor.
Either these guys see things differently from the rest of the world, are hypocrites to the core with no sense of shame.
A German brigade in Litland to defend against Russia.
Oh yes brill idea.
Even the lions realized a long time ago that it is not worth attacking each other. Man has not yet reached this intellectual level.
Superpowers are the lions, small countries are the gazelles
So true.. the lionnesses serve the same kings so they grow stronger as a kingdom
Deterring an imaginary enemy
2%? How much has US given Ukraine?? Much more than 2% I suspect. US needs to respect others issues and be diplomatic instead of the bully of the block.
is this like shadow boxing, Russia is not attacking Europe, so who is the West "defending" Europe against, perhaps itself?
Russian aggression? Nato is provoking Russia by surrounding its territory with military bases and activities, and after that hypocritically blaming Russians in aggression. Nonsense!
NATO is building defenses on their own territory, far away from russia. And Ukraine isn't even in NATO. How exactly is NATO forcing russia to attack a country that isn't even involved in all of this?
@@united_europe because Ukraine has a puppet pro-NATO government that was installed as a result of a violent west-funded coup d'etat in 2014!
Exactly. Sweden and Finland could have invaded Ukraine together with Russia. Silly of them. And now they are planning to invade Russia for sure. Nasty little aggressors. Poor Russia, the peaceful and predictable neighbour, known for its high standards, transparency, freedom of speech and best democracy in the world.
@@united_europeread the history of declaring to Ukraine their protection. Ukraine shouldn't join Nato = Russia doesn't interfere, it's that simple. But Ukraine changed its mind, so did Russia. Thanks to Nato and West
@@streak_vo1d118 You do know Russia invaded Ukraine twice now after promising peace for their nuclear weapons right?
How many countries NATO has invaded bombed and destroyed in the last 50 years ?
Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria. If you say that these conflicts are not related to NATO, but rather the United States and an international coalition, I would remind you that most of this coalition are NATO members. Also, NATO has Article 5, which means that an attack against any NATO country is considered an attack against all NATO countries.
Learn to separate wars fought by the US and wars fought by NATO
@@basementkidd6818 USA is NATO. All other counties are chihuahuas.
@@basementkidd6818 are there any war that NATO was in but without USA ?
Zero
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Western Europe has always been toast. Dozens of languages and cultural barriers, few natural resources, a very shaky centralized government system, and half of the countries have a military that isn't capable of defending itself. This level of vulnerability can't be found anywhere else in the world. All the powers have always looked outward and gradually shrunk to nothing.
With Ukraine not joining NATO, this price never needed to be paid.
КОГДА НАЧАЛАСЬ ВОЙНА, МНЕ БЫЛО ШЕСТЬ ЛЕТ, СЕЙЧАС МНЕ ШЕСТНАДЦАТЬ:
"Обстановка страшная, прилёты, коптеры. Недавно прилетело на нашу автобусную остановку, убило людей, и сейчас до нас автобусы не доезжают, мы ходим на Брикетную. Выехать возможности нет, бабушка дома лежачая, животные, так вот и живём...
Когда началась война, мне было шесть лет, сейчас мне шестнадцать, и когда смотришь, как у других детей проходит детство, школа, друзья, выпускные, как они учатся и гуляют, и то, как это проходит у нас, здесь - это очень страшно и обидно..."
Украинские власти десять лет терроризируют Донбасс.
Лилия и Полина Кравец, юные жительницы несчастной Трудяги...
Пару дней назад я побывала на самой окраине Донецка, практически под самой Марьинкой, в рабочих посёлках шахты "Трудовская", где десять лет, на самом настоящем переднем крае войны, на передовой, живут люди, дети, старики, им нужна наша помощь а значит, мы продолжаем работать...
😢😢😢✌✊💪🙏!
Defending Europe on defense budget 2% of GDP, is akin to buy security on the cheap.
The 2% defense spending should be based on your need to assure security and deter threat , not just a number took from the air.'.
The Russians decided to march right up to their border and practically the entire European Union Nations decided to march right up to Russia's border. Who is the bigger threat?
Please also do a video on defending Russia against NATO
Ivan, the following countries all have borders with Russia and all joined NATO -- Norway 1949, Poland 1999, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 2004. YOU ARE TELLING THE NATO EXPANSION LIE.
@@thinkerly1 the NATO expansion truth*
@@x-hale2899 brainless bot detected
@@elfranger9367 you'd never win a debate against this 'brainless bot', which is precisely why you resort to writing a comment that matches the intellect of a 5 year old.
@@x-hale2899 I swear they always call everyone a bot that has a user name with numbers 😂
The question really is that is an American or British or German, etc. willing to die defending an obscure town in Eastern Europe? For your country gives some motivation but for a different country not so much.
Yes.
No as an American, we're not. Russia can have the Baltics. They belong with Russia anyways. We don't need anymore wars and money for Blackrock and defense contractors. 20 years of wars, and you demand we fight another 20 years, all for what? So blackrock can rob us blind and start ww3?
its a principle. If nato won't defend a member, then there is 0 reason for the organisation to exist. Which is why even if the smallest country gets invaded, there must be an immediate response from every member to defend it
@@Orcawhale1 so you’re willing to die for blackrock profits?
@@nexor7809 lol nato “defense.” NATO has never had to defend itself. They have only bombed other countries and provoked the Russo Ukrainian war
Perhaps lessen manufacturing in china and move it to such countries with lower growth and gdp in the EU. By way of bosting production, lagging gdp EU members can help contribe to Russian deterance.
I though it was Russia who was defending itself against NATO expansion.