Wrong. USA invaded because Iraq got the idea to invade kuwait and because they were scared that Iraq/sadam was on the brink of getting biological weapons of mass destruction which turned outt to be wrong. But they at least saved kuwait and liberated iraq people of a dictator. And please stop the "what-about-isme" and start thinking critical for yourself.
@@TestTest-ve4ih A raven has higher IQ than you, for believing these fairytales. Have you ever heard of a commodity called 'oil' ? Yes, that's it. It sells for $100 barrel. Rings any bells? No? Thought so, a raven would know what I meant.
@@TestTest-ve4ih Liberated, funny and in the proces they created Isis because they killed the military strongman which kept the place in check. But i am pretty sure the people of Iraq are very happy that their country got from a moderate shithole into a terrible shithole.
We haven't had a moral high ground in very very long time. But Ukrain is Ukrain, and when this hopefull resolves itself well, we can go back to collective amnesia and have Ollie North offer his insights on something.
Well, despite the problems the "west" has caused in the world, we are still allies to human rights. China and Russia don't give a flying fuck about human rights. Not that the "west" is innocent in infringing upon human rights, because we certainly have, but we are nothing like China and Russia in that regard.
In the long run, is it right or wrong, to divide? We get the harvest of divide and conquer, from a bad seed / bad software planted in a toxic soil/brains by the ancestors of our present „elites „, don’t like it, but still don’t analyze the root cause of the present state of ourselves, our nations, and planet earth adequate? Are the problems we face today not to big for this rotten approach, who fails always sooner or later? A lie appears comfortable in the present moment, but has uncomfortable consequences for the future present while the truth is sometimes uncomfortable in the present (especially for those, who follow a wrong definition of strength/superiority in organized violence and manipulation of masses of people), but is the only solid ground we should build on. All truth is paradoxical (Lao Tse) The hostile mindset of divide and conquer comes down to each I n - d I v I d u a l (just think about the meaning of words, and it’s consequences), where weak people get absorbed, and strong people refuse it.
this whole tragedy could've been prevented by agreeing to not deploy missiles...Cuba is an independent sovereign state yet we do not /did not allow Russians to deploy nuclear missiles on their soil despite Cubans agreeing to do so with Russia because of its proximity to us. we consider it an act of war. likewise, Russians do not and won't allow us/nato to deploy nuclear missiles in Ukraine for the same reasons
Not one of the old Soviet states has any nuclear missiles for the exact reason you mention, who is saying Ukraine is about to get Nuclear missiles?!?. The closets are stationed in Turkey, Italy and Germany.
It easy then just say no to NATO and its potential to put missiles in Ukraine. All thos countries you mention are part of NATO. See the connection. Ukraine is an independent country. free to make it's own decisions but like all the countries in the hemisphere around the USA , north central south Americas and beyound the USA does not permit missiles to be placed or military bases to be established. Right ! So better to respectfully keep the peace rather than provoke others into devastating decisions. Makes absolutely no sense to put NATO (usa) missiles in Ukraine a known corrupt country or to allow it to join NATO which is an anti Russian entity. This is easy for anyone to understand. Better to collaborate in peace than to try to capture to world.
@@patriziacasagrande3833 I have to disagree that Ukraine is/was and independent country and capable to make its own decisions. Their decision making processes and the makers are heavily influenced by US,NATO,EU, and Russia, without consideration of its own people and country what so ever.
It is not a good reason to invade another country. War is bad, either the world work together to end it, or in its flames humanity will burn and disappear
Not so. US acted on Intelligence Info generated by Iraq themselves in that Iraq had dummy sites that pretended to have WMDs in order to prevent Iran from attacking them. Iraq activly made it look like they had tons of WMDs.
And after year they just apologized and some dude on CNN said clearly that the U.S. intervention in Iraq happened without the approval of the senate and congress (as much as I remember) Like wtf. Crazy. It would be much better if USA said "We doing it just for the petroleum". I mean, at least everyone would understand their reason, goals and principles.
difference between "looking dangerous" and "being dangerous".Russia describes military doctrine as defensive military doctrine. With regard to nuclear weapons specifically, Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons: in response to the use of nuclear and other types of weapons of mass destruction against it or its allies,in case of aggression against Russia with the use of conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is threatened. oops google russia deadhand The 'Perimeter' system, dubbed in the United States and Europe the 'Dead Hand', is an automatic control system for a retaliation nuclear strike. To put it simply, if Russia's territory is devastated after a nuclear attack, the Perimeter system automatically strikes the enemy's territory with its own nuclear missiles Which country has the most powerful nuclear weapons At present, Russia maintains the highest number of nuclear weapons, with an estimated 6,257 total warheads. google The Tsar Bomba there is no more power then the russian ones The Tsar Bomba (Russian: Царь-бо́мба), (code name: Ivan or Vanya), also known by the alphanumerical designation "AN602", was a hydrogen aerial bomb, and the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and tested.
Russian government is such corrupt cowards and bankrupt dystopia with zero human rights. What a laughable country. Same for China who has an ongoing Holocaust of a million people in west China.
@@shawnushyarov4584 oh no, not debt. Lol. Tell me you don’t understand economics without saying it. The debt is irrelevant. It’s the richest country in the history of the world. Now go celebrate Russia’s mini-Hitler and China’s mini-Hitler.
Since the second world war, your countries invaded and launched missiles, drones in over 50 countries. Then we can add to mix how many rebellions your country fund, training and providing weapons. In addition, you place dictators and puppet foreign politicians that do let you steal the resources and do the dirty work. When the USA goes to Irak, Afghanistan that liberation but when Russia goes to Ukraine that invasion, Double Standards. Please stop hypocrisy and selective outrage. Furthermore how many agreements did NATO, the USA, EUROPE break with Russia? In the 60 the USA put missiles in Turkey then Russia responds by placing missiles in Cuba in 1962. It almost triggered ww3. Why do you think in 2022 placing military base and missile Ukraine is acceptable? Finally, the USA proposes to sell the weapon to Japan and Taiwan. China responds by making threats that will trigger a war. Once again NATO, Europe, USA are the provocateur. But the media are pushing propaganda USA, NATO, EUROPE, UKRAINE are good and innocent vs China-Russia-Venezuela-Iran countries are bad USA, NATO, EUROPE governments- corporations are gangsters have no moral authority.
American rich class: "Cauz Covid19 pandemic, we must increase our products' prices." American government: "What? I didn't hear you." American working class: "Prices are too high!" American government: " Don't rebel. We print money for you." American gas tycoons: " Due to the war between Russia and Ukraine, we need to highrock gasoline price." American government: "What? I didn't hear you." American middle & lower class: "The gas is fucken high!" American government: "Wait. Don't rise up against us. We immediately print money for you." Such dialogues happened again and again in the US 243 years' history.
American Economy: We are going to be very sick due to the greeds of our people. POTUS: Now where's our CVNs? US Military: Locked and Loaded, and awaiting for your orders, Sir. US News media: We present "Truth / Facts" that only we could understand. Global Community: Here we go again; America exercising its American Exceptionalism. US Allies / Friends: Is that another "With US or with them" dictum? US's anointed enemies: But, but, but what have we done to deserve such illicit US attention? America: Sorry, we need to manufacture periodic global chaos to boost our steriod induced economy.
@@fmayer1507 Isolating a nuclear power is just asking for trouble lol, there's no better example than North Korea, they will endure starvation and isolation but the moment you poke at them they will not hesitate to drop a nuke on you. You want to do the same to Russia just because your economic model is falling apart? good luck with that, luckily for Russia they can self sustain. Besides, the world isn't just EU and US.
The Chinese Communist Party was given Trillions of Dollars of USA 'Wage-Wealth" to produce 90% of American Consumer Goods, to stimulate USA "Tycoon-Creation" which was later followed with 'Tycoon-Tax-Freedom". China Controls us now, while our Oligarchs have their Profits in offshore Banks.
Henry Kissinger was exactly correct. Building healthy respectful relationships should be the goal of America, vs. encouraging friction and the threat of war. Are people really so eager to give their lives and the lives of their loved ones to make a point that America is right and other countries are wrong regarding how they govern within their borders. America is far from perfect. The audacity of the US to be constantly criticizing how other countries lead within their borders is ludicrous. We are far from perfect and if anyone has noticed lately, America is a very divided country, with huge disparities in standard of living, a poor health care system with rampant overpricing, one of the lower life expectancy rates of developed countries, high infant mortality, a government run by special interest groups, and lobbyists employed by corporations that continue to rob the American people of a healthy and upwardly mobile standard of living, with the highest cost of health care of any country. We in America are used to these things, but when judged by someone outside of America, they would rightly be viewed as major problems for the American people with a government that doesn't care about the welfare of most of its citizens. In spite of these injustices within our borders, no other country has the righteous attitude that they should dictate how America is run. Should China or Russia comment on our racial injustices, gun violence, immigration debacles, or other American internal issues? America needs to get a grip, and stop criticizing foreign countries unless they are a threat to America or American allies. There can be great benefit in countries being economically engaged with one another. Consider a time when we (Russia, China, America, Europe, and other nations) are all benefitting from one another economically and each country is enriched through these interconnections. Would any of those countries want to hurt the other? No they would not because they would then be hurting themselves. That is the way to have peace in the world. Everyone benefits from each other, and it's in everyone's best interest to continue to prosper and grow. That's it. Unfortunately America would rather continue with their holier-than-thou, judgmental behavior, rather than establishing respectful relationships that work together and build alliances that help one another grow, thrive and coexist in strength and unity.
I absolutely agree with your insightful analysis and thoughtful comments. I hope more people in the US can look at domestic and foreign issues from this perspective!!
Totally agree with you. Brilliant analysis. So sad to see more and more homeless people everywhere, gun violence, drug addiction...you name it. Let's hope our politicians can focus on fixing domestic problems first.
The strategic error has been to believe that every country in the 20th century needs to be a democracy because that's what the U.S. is, even though the U.S. itself was not an ideal democracy for the first 150-175 years since its inception. It needed to operate in a tight-fisted manner to stabilize internally. That's what all these "autocratic" countries are trying to do - secure their borders, safeguard resources, and achieve internal stability. But other countries focusing on their own needs doesn't help the US, UK, EU as they need global resources to keep their populations well-fed, clothed, and warmed, even if it means throwing those countries into disarray.
Half-truth, US doesn't need other global resources. The UK and Europe do. The US has Alaska and Canada but doesn't want to continue to destroy the environment. They learned from California smog.
If the US Choses it needs no ones gas and oil - in fact they are a net Exporter of same if they choose. I do think it is a "Strategic Error' to think you can convert a Country to Democracy if the people in fact choose Slavery or don't have the "BALLS" to stand up for themselves like Afganastan. Ukraine is an example of an enlighten country with guts as compared with others.
saying democracy must be the best system in the word for all times...is just ideological brainwashing....just like saying socialism is the best system for humanity....it depends on the context and times,,,,anyone who is thisblack and white on any subject is a pure brainwashed ideologue no better than the dogma of the church in the dark ages...but they just dont know it....any belief system must be tested on the ground...if it doesnt work dont double down on it like if the system is some sort of divine gospel
The main reason for Russia to invade Ukraine is that Russia is very concernin about its "National Security" and wants Ukraine remains as a "nuetral" country. But the Ukraine government officials want the US government's money and wants to join the NATO. The US government is the one country should be responsible for this Russian attack Ukrane war. See reason below: 1. The US government is doing all along trying to encircle Russia with NATO countries and the last country the US needed is Ukranie. 2. Once Ukraine become a memeber of the NATO, US will equip it with missile and/or nuclear weapons and all pointing to Russia. Right at Russia's door steps.
3.During the 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. The US government almost and would start a war with Russia for the reason of US National Security. Fortunately behind the scene, the US and the Russia agreed on the settlement of if Russia back off the Soviet missiles on Cuba then the the US also agreed to remove those missiles install at Turkey that was pointing to Russia. I knew, I got called up by the US army for that Cuba Missiels crisis and was waiting at the the train to be deployed. 4. Actually Putin already let Biden know about the reason for possible attack Ukrane during a news interview, BUT Biden did not want to hear and to know Putin's reason is actually for the Russia country security (if Ukranine joined the NATO, that was US government, Biden is pushing for all along, then the US will be equipped Ukrane with missiles and/or with nuclear weapons all pointing to Russia, right at the Russia's door steps) Instead, the US government, Biden, keeps give out misinformation about the Russia military built up at the Russia and Ukrane border and fanny the war. So, Biden is one who should be blame and/or take the responsibility for the Russia to attack on Ukrane. All Russia wants is that Ukrane to stay as a neutral country. But the Ukrane top corrupted government officails want the money from the US government is refused Russia demand and want to join the NATO, that also is what Biden wanted. So, in conclusion, the US government, Biden, should be the one who responsibe for the war in Ukrane and Biden should be tried for the war crime for Russia invading Ukrane.
US excelled in mass manufacturing because of its isolation and huge population. It took technology and people from Europe and with volumes and low quality beat the smaller divided and expensive small but technologically advanced manufacturing of European countries. It also has a great advantage of being an reserve currency nation. Japan mastered mass manufacturing with less physical inputs and a more efficient supply chain but being a vassal In a world completely Dominated by US had to voluntarily scale back it's ambitions. However China has surpassed US both in mass manufacturing and the internet and computer revolution has made. Transport , manufacturing, shipping , knowledge transfer incredible and rest of the world ( excluded world ie third world nations) is just starting to take advantage of it . China is willing to finance infrastructure projects and in return get market share of markets where none existed. In mid eighties Japan faced a dilemma that the biggest market was US and countries it controlled. But the world has changed on that front, what we are seeing is a churn in the world order but US wants time to remain still . .but as everyone knows that doesn't happen. US needs to reinvent itself to compete as a peer not dominate with sanctions and wars. If that happens Power will not just slip out of US hands but it will happen suddenly and deeply.
Fareed said: we have bad relationship with Russia and bad relationship with China. Such and such tried to build good relationship with Russia, but he was wrong: he had to build good relationship with China. And here Fareed is partly right. But is it not evident that better still outcome if America tried to build good relationship with both Russia and China?
You are missing the point. American war machine has to be at work regardless who’s in charge. Furthermore, America has to be in a war because this is what unites the USA
@@peterstafford4426 Please get in touch with Nancy Pelosi, she could have used the proof you clearly have during his impeachment which ended with showing no collusion.
Yes, I agree with uniting with foes. But Americans have always had a fear of Soviet Union communism and now Russia. Let's remember before 2008 Russia had wanted to have friendship and join NATO. But in 2008 the US statement said, Ukraine and Georgia would eventually join NATO. This enrage Russia. Russia invaded Georgia to stop any such action. You forget to mention the many, many times US has "invaded" other countries under the disguise of "democracy". And since the Bay of Pigs has lost every single military venture. Even Kennedy had to agree to have US missiles removed from Turkey before Soviets would stop missiles in Cuba. Putin wants a buffer zone between NATO (American missiles and military basis) and Russia. Ukraine and Georgia sit on his border. The US policy has been for decades to hate the Russians. Out of fear and weakness Trump put sanctions on China. Thus drawing China and Russia closer together to unite against USA. Supporting Taiwan has not been good. Biden is playing a very dangerous game. Putin wants that buffer zone. Ukraine wanted it too, but USA and EU would not let Zelinskiy participate in negotiations. Now Putin has no choice... take over Ukraine (in full or part) or destroy Ukraines economy. If the US continues to push Putin into a corner, then he will become desperate. Who wants a man desperate to protect his country against US aggression: a man with nuclear warheads capable of hitting US within 10 minutes? Just watch a trapped animal fight for survival.... Now China is willing (and probably most of the middle-east) to back Russia. If the US does not release this tension, and allow a buffer zone, we could annihilate ourselves over a piece of land which has no strategic value. Think how Americans would feel if Canada and Mexico put missiles along their borders pointing at the USA. Them saying, "Don't worry we won't use them unless you do something wrong". This is where the USA has put Putin....
I think, you are right in many respects. But Putin is not a trapped animal, and Russia is not a declining power, as Zakaria put it. Russia is a rising autocratic power.
@@Daosguard What I said? I said that I agree with the comment above. The only thing I said for myself is that Russia is at the moment not a declining power, Russia goes in cycles in its thousand years history, and the latest decline point is already over, so Russia is on the rise again. This show the last 20 years of history with Putin winning all his wars so far and making Russian economy stronger than it was in the 90s.
@@OsirisIxchel NONSENSE !!! USA brought their terrorists proxy army there as a pretext in to enter Syria illegally. Now they still steeling Syria's oil there. Libya , Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and so on....
@@OsirisIxchel Russia bombed Isis al kaida el nusra frond and odher terorist organization which US created and US is only in Syria for stealing oil and Trump told that openly without hiding it from world
Us has not invaded Syria us has helping with against isis but not invaded Syria. Russia is in Syria looking out for their interests. But there is big difference to what Russia is doing and what us is doing.
@@anthonyquainoo6505 usa get no oil from those places ......wrong ..... us doesn't even get oil from Iraq after all usa sacrifice there. The min usa left China moved in. So talk about what you know about
US or any other country should respect other nations as simple as that else you will get it wrong and when you get it wrong it goes down in history and stays there forever
Fareed..Attacking any country is always bad.. I remember the attack on Belgrade ( The former Yugoeslavia) by NATO with the biggest cruise missiles where people were terrified during 78 days...,from 24 of march 1999 to june 10 1999...and also the bombing of Bagdad was terrible too.. where many women and children died
Regardless of the circumstances it was also illegal and had no UN approval. Non strategic and non military targets were targets. The use of uranium depleted ammo which caused a dramatic increase in cancer cases. Kosovo was just taken away alongside its resources and assets for which no compensation was made and a bunch of non negotiable political and economic changes were imposed and everybody cheered and declared it a great success. Here in Bosnia (I'm from Sarajevo 90) this is not the official "narrative" however I think it's important to accept facts whether we like them or not. While I accept that for the most part we as former Yugoslav states screwed ourselves over, NATO and the powers that be were the ones who did the most damage in the long run.
@@VemiX1000 UN is a Filthy place Hostaged by Americans , They obey the Command of Usa , UN was created by USSR & Usa but after US Took control over , again they decieved USSR , So research or Give tutorial to yourself before commenting such stupid things
@@visualbrain5810 I don't think they matter, I know any conflict is terrible but one cannot but note the way this Russo-Ukraine conflict is being reported, the Ukrainians are being humanised in way you've not seen in the middle- east war reporting; descriptions like 'middle class' 'blonde hair and blue eyes'...watch D'agatta of CBS...shocking...
Well said. China’s economy has been booming for many years. It’s normal for them to seek more influence in the world. All these happened peacefully. US politicians just need to focus on how to make ourselves more competitive rather than making a new enemy.
@@ibeetellingya5683 There is that too… but we approached China (to line our own pockets) and they took advantage of our kindness long before that sort of stuff began happening…this goes back 40 plus years. That’s what I meant by ‘peacefully’… I can’t speak for the original author. But regardless, there’s no need to attack people for their opinions. I’m certain that you were raised with better manners than that and can choose better language. 🤷♀️
@@ibeetellingya5683 If you go back in history and learn how countries like USA, Japan and South Korea rose to power by 'borrowing' IPs from more developed nations, you'd not be so harsh on China
Fareed Zakaria in an interview asked Putin all kinds of cheeky questions and got humiliated for his awful and biased understanding of world affairs . Now here he is giving lessons!
Fareed says, Because Biden wanted Moscow to be closer to America than China is the reason why Putin is now attacking Ukraine! Here's his quote, The Biden administration moved in "An effort to win Moscow away from Beijien .. But that was a naive misunderstanding of Putin who response has been to initiate the current crisis." !!WHAT!! 😲 (While a picture of Putin looking forceful pointing his finger behind Fareed) Fareed goes on how America should of worked on having a better working relationship with China instead of Russia! (Why not work on having a better relationship with both!?) Fareed continues; "And because American treats all authoritarian countries the same" he's basically saying is another reason for this crisis in Ukraine ... Oh Fareed this is the second show you've done backing Putin or at least blaming America for the current crisis. Putin's payroll seems endless around the world and especial here in America. How do they sleep? How much is enough money and ... Where are the heroes?
"In politics there are no lifelong friends, and no lifelong foes... They change according to the gains and losses. A good leader must be able to take advantage of every change and utilize it.” - Khun Sa
De Gaulle said “countries don’t have friends, they have interests.” I’m stunned by the number of people who think there is some sort of rapprochement between Russia and China. No, the Chinese want to make money. Russia has none.
@@dsti-xi7dl Russia juz signed a 30 year old deal with China over gas. What "Russia has none" you were saying? And Russia is helping China to build a moonbase before 2025 ... what "Russia has none" again you were saying? By the way, Russia is oledi midway building a pipe supplying oil to China. You didn't know?
@Save 🇺🇸 No. all these were happening long before that. After the fall of USSR, America went ahead to dismantle Russia and that didn't end well when Putin took over. Nothing to do with Democrats.
@Save 🇺🇸 that's right, the collapse of freedom & democracy as a false pretense for "IMPERIALISM", globetrotting to create havoc & chaos off the backs of the working poor of America
Russia has proven elusive to the West in terms of confinement by economic sanctions. The Russia and China alliances will also help to circumvent any plans by the West to singularly dominate the global landscape in the foreseeable future.
You jest. The Chinese have economic problems of their own. China won’t “give” anybody anything. If they buy Russian gas, fine. They can get it from many sources.
@@xingincool9672 That’s not much. Putin has done the West a huge favor. He has brought the democracies together like never before. Even Switzerland is joining the castration of Russia’s financial system. Good luck with China LMAO.
The dilemma is that we have not learned anything from our mistakes. It seems we have very poor strategist in Washington DC. The only thing we are good at is impose sanctions, which do more harm to US economy on the long term than harm countries on which they are imposed. US infrastructure and Education are decaying at an alarming speed. Our media, instead of informing people and providing them with meaningful and honest news, keeps bombarding us with misleading information, untrust worthy news and often times garbage.. Time has come to invest in America and cut military budget by half... Afghanistan, Irak, Syria, Libya, what did we accomplish? nothing... wasted so much hard earned hundreds and hundred of billions that should have been invested in education.
@@stephenlamb9008 I believe the journalists and reporters are not what they used to be. media all over the world just sells info without checking its reliability. The worse, it keeps repeating over and over the same misinformation...This is one of the reason, in my opinion, we no longer have good leaders with vision and stamina..
@@9razzler9 Yeah so what? DOesnt stop the USA being a vile country filled with the most vile people on earth. You use crazy dogs to guard wrecking yards, you never pet it, you never let it inside. Diplomacy is saying good dog until you can kill it in one blow.
@@julesmasseffectmusic USA is the problem on Earth, Not the rest of the World! USA is RULED by Sick Warmongering Psychopaths, Sociopaths and Bully's from hell since 1776, and further back to the Mayflower. There can be no peace on Earth till USA Ruling demons return to Hell. Sad
In 1991 during the the first Iraq war at the end the Iraqi army retreated with their hands raised in peace.But George Bush the I had the retreating 100,000 Iraqi troops shot and killed by the American military which is a war crime.TheCIA also was instrumental int eh murder of the Iranian PM in 1953 as also the Chilean President Salvador Allende i think in the late sixties /early 70's
@Andrew-~ Im actually praying for a swift return there. It's actually a great country. Been living and working there for almost 12 years, everyone including the expats are very kind unlike here in America. Also, America with all of its past mistakes and current ones is in absolutely no place to talk to other countries about anything right now. Its a great time to get back into the turtle shell and FIRST fix the problems at home. Are you also happily living in China? My god what a stupid mistake for me to have come back here after the start of this pandemic.
Since the second world war, your countries invaded and launched missiles, drones in over 50 countries. Then we can add to mix how many rebellions your country fund, training and providing weapons. In addition, you place dictators and puppet foreign politicians that do let you steal the resources and do the dirty work. When the USA goes to Irak, Afghanistan that liberation but when Russia goes to Ukraine that invasion, Double Standards. Please stop hypocrisy and selective outrage. Furthermore how many agreements did NATO, the USA, EUROPE break with Russia? In the 60 the USA put missiles in Turkey then Russia responds by placing missiles in Cuba in 1962. It almost triggered ww3. Why do you think in 2022 placing military base and missile Ukraine is acceptable? Finally, the USA proposes to sell the weapon to Japan and Taiwan. China responds by making threats that will trigger a war. Once again NATO, Europe, USA are the provocateur. But the media are pushing propaganda USA, NATO, EUROPE, UKRAINE are good and innocent vs China-Russia-Venezuela-Iran countries are bad USA, NATO, EUROPE governments- corporations are gangsters have no moral authority.
We blockaded Cuba in the 1960s and came close to war because the Russians were putting missiles in there. We don't want Russian missiles near our border. Now that the Russians don't want American missiles in Ukraine - near their border, we say that Russia should respect Ukraine's independence? Are we being fair on this at all?
Not really: It was Clinton who brokered a deal with Britain US and Russia to guarantee protection to Ukraine. Then they Used NATO to give Russia a reason to go into Ukraine. Globalists set Ukraine up to fail.
Yes. Kosovo independence is founded in former Yugoslav constitution. Yugoslavia was federal state and all federal units, including Kosovo, had own constitutions. Ukraine is unitary state where LPR, DPR are only part of a larger administrative units that do not have significant legal scope and competence within Ukrainian constitution.
@@hrvojevrdoljak2370 There are always differences. Nothing is identical but Kosovo independence is NOT founded in former Yugoslav constitution. Otherwise all countries recognition of territories with federal state and all federal units are founded. There is nothing in former Yugoslav constitution that grants independence.
@@ttemp2631 You shoud read better and more. Didn't said granted but founded. For the second part read Badinter Arbitration Committee report. I'm not even mentioning the uncomparable level of atrocities that led to it.
Agreed! We made enemies out of our former military rival and our current economic rival, without thinking the possibly of alliance of them against us, All at the same time weakening ‘the friendship’ and influences in Europe. The perfect recipe for an empire to collapse, I’d say.
How did we make Russia our enemy? Didn't Mr. Zakaria and the rest of the media tell us that Trump was Putin's puppet? Is Trump Putin's enemy or puppet? You can't have it both ways.
Yes we can have both ways, since we are a divided nation as is. Economic sanctions are the quickest ways to make the enemy out of any international relationship and we’ve done nothing else but that to these two mega nations. We can’t be too surprised by their new strong alliances after what we have done to them.
@@kevinschmidt7583 Kevin, Mr. Fareed is saying Russia is a weakening power? Can you even think that powerful China has chosen a "weak" power to be "my closest friend" as this is the way President of China greets ALWAYS President of Russia? Mr. Fareed interviewed President Putin in Miscow. And, as for me,. we, the outstanding (nobody is better than us) ones, ALWAYS UNDERESTIMATE beyond our scope of "knowledge" of the History of that Power. Mr. Putin knows the history of the whole world very, very well. He is only one President in the world to whom many, very many presidents come to meet with in Kremlin. Baiden is "nothing" as the world leader compare to President Putin. And thus, my conclusion is this: the USA is dying from the internal bleeding and is loosing its influence as the greatest power. The new power is already here: China, India, Russia to name a few. The train left the station and left us behind. Another president such as Baiden will shorten our End. And that will be horrible and will be very devastating for our economy. That is underestimation mistake of what the Power really represents. And to bring a smile to your face here is two-day ago Russian joke which I treat very seriously: one Russian advises to an Ukranian that if the latter wants to get to USA, it is the shortest way to enlist in the Russian army now as it will be shortly in Washington D.C. Are we all laughing?
Russia invaded like what? 2 countries in last 30 years (Ukraine and Georgia). Syrian operations not to be counted as it was requested by the Syrian government (Syria is a UN member, so it's their right whom to request to fight islamic terrorists). Now how many US invaded countries since fall of the Soviet Union in early 1990s? Europe has seen actually war since WWII. It was Yugoslavia bombing without UN sanctions (thus illegal activity), where a Chinese embassy was struck by an aircraft bomb. Fareed is right that Russia and China must be treated differently. Russia is still mostly belongs to Western culture whilst China will never accept Western culture and Western values. US has started the blatant violation of UN charts (illegal and faked pretext of 2003 Iraqi invasion), thus showing the world their unimportance, thus allowing Russia to do similar things. The best case scenario for Ukraine and the world now will be to let Eastern Ukraine determine their own fate and Western Ukraine join EU and NATO. No one in Europe and Russia wants total war, especially in Europe. And the West should start working out its relations with Russia that's based on mutual respect and trust. The West needs Russia to counteract China in future and thus shouldn't push Russia further into China's influence.
This is so true! Thank you for the great analysis. I don't understand how nobody else is seeing it. I will not be surprised to learn that Russia got Chinese blessing before the decision to invade Ukraine.
It doesn't seem to be the case, actually, especially given that Putin held a long phone conversation with Xi just yesterday in which he laid out in full his explanation for what Russia is currently doing. China's response was to say that it *respects* Russia's actions in Ukraine and supports Russia.
Of course he did. That is why he moved a lot of the military forces to Ukraine from Siberia. He basically turned Russia's unprotected back to China, knowing that it is safe to do so. Also he waited untill the end of Oympics in China. It was all thought through in great details and well in advance. The whole world with the exception of EU is sick of US bullying the world. The hypocrisy of US has no bounds. They act like they are on a higher moral grounds and can "shame" or "punish" Russia for behaving exactly like US has done for decades. Here's a very interesting analysis of the situation that I find the closest to the real situation: th-cam.com/video/rkacr7g86BY/w-d-xo.html
Please fix the problem with the close captions. Disable it or if you do , do it well. If you read the close captions you will agree that It is truly a nightmare.
Biden could stop this all, immediately, by reimposing the sanctions he lifted on Nord Stream 2 in his first week in office. Without that pipeline, Russia, who depends heavily on oil & gas exports, would have to continue to rely on the pipelines that run through Ukraine.
This gentleman is out of depth in terms of analysis of international affairs. His argumentation is premised on US Foreign Policy being good and needed in the world. In addition, he seems to suggest that only US national interests matter and those of other countries are insignificant. Insultingly, is the suggestion that USA should openly play Russia and China against each other. What piece of arrogance? The world is in the mess because of US endless wars it wages against countries that refuse to "fall in line", so to speak.
When US became the only one super power, US didn't hesitate to act as the only one super power (against the whole world). That's when the world's political and economic situations have been changed.
Well said!!! People should forget what side their on politically because like it or not the world sees us as one. Better come together soon because a divided country will collapse.
@@mypeeps333 it is but other super powers are emerging and the US is losing its control, sth that seems to be good, the US launched nuclear attack when it was the super power, destroyed countries and lives to this day people are affected by it, maybe if other superpowers emerged humanity will benefit cus the US has to care about what other countries
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."(Sun Zi) Every US error/mistake has been due to its misclassification/misperception of its two most important opponents as *-authoritarian-* and itself as *-democratic.-*
@@TheAsominator You probably misunderstood what I was trying to get at: misclassification means they put themselves in the wrong category; Misperception means they looked at themselves the wrong way because they are not democratic.
Fareed …I’m not one to comment ever but just want to say you simply rock Mon ami ! Latest interview with Jon Batiste made me cry ! Love over evil ! Music over wars ! God bless ! Thank You Fareed ! Xox
Biden could stop this all, immediately, by reimposing the sanctions he lifted on Nord Stream 2 in his first week in office. Without that pipeline, Russia, who depends heavily on oil & gas exports, would have to continue to rely on the pipelines that run through Ukraine.
@@Mark-wq4ux To bad you're not the president, you'd have it all figured out. Washington opposes the $11 billion pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea to bypass Ukraine and carry gas from Russia's Arctic region to Germany. Putin may want Ukraine no matter what. Blinkin met with his German counterparts and they have agreed to cancel their natural gas and oil commitments with Russia if the invasion proceeds. Carrot and stick may work but I doubt Putin will pull back in any case. If he just scares Zelenskyy out of Kyiv, a relatively small force can move in, take the radio, internet, TV, and capital buildings and establish a new government.
Train for better relations between United States and Russia has left the station long time ago. Train has left the station when Vladimir Putin called George W. Bush on 9/11 2001 and offered United States help to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and around the world. Instead of that George W. Bush rather expanded NATO in eastern Europe toward Russian borders.
Fareed revels in his analysis, he loves getting into the details but he always misses the big picture. China, Russia and a good bit of the Islamic world want to change, if not end, U.S. dominence in world affairs: political, economic, cultural and so on. Their respective tactics differ but the final goal is the same.
No one country should bully any countries, and control them. No Russia, China or the Us. Here is my assessment on whether there will be war between Russia and Ukraine. Let’s have a debate about this by commenting on my clip below the video, watch this clip: th-cam.com/video/3NT2DspIXl8/w-d-xo.html
They already got their disered goals the moment they managed get that mummy in the Whitehouse. That mummy is compromised by every mayor country, from out of nowhere this regime will give a promise that Ukraine will never join NATO and USA gets nothing in return! This regime will claim they prevented a war... they are masters at creating a new war!
Not to mention that NATO bombed the Chinese embassy during the bombing of Belgrade/ Srebia, in 1999'. Every year, the Chinese organize the anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese embassy, in Belgrade, and claim that they will not forget this crime. To be clear- i condemn Russia's attack on Ukarine, but also condemn the NATO attack on Serbia in 1999. where many civilians were killed ( even a two ys old baby- Milica Rakich), The reason why NATO attacked Serbia was dictator Miloshevich, who lived safely at his residence, while his son got rich, during the NATO bombing, building his own personal amusement park ''Bambieland'' ( something like Disneyland). Civilians who oppsed Milosevich's dictatorship were innocent victims of the NATO attack. That's why i hate military forces- Eastern or Western, it doesn't matter.
@@OsmanOsmanHan , if you read my comments carefully, U will understand- Yes, Milosevic's cruel army in Bosnia and Hercegovina have committed a horrible crime - genocide, against bosnian muslims. i'm from Serbia, but know very well that Bosnian Muslims were the biggest victims of the terrible war in a former Yugoslavia. I have no words to say how much sorry i'm for all these victims in Srebrenica. Bosnian Muslims were and still they are the most wonderful ppl in Balkan, ppl with an open heart. But, NATO alliance during bombing Serbia, didn't attack Milosevic ( a person who caused a war in Yugoslavia), Milosevic was safe at one of his residence while his son got rich by building his own personal amusement park during NATO bombardment, while NATO's bombs killed an innocent victims - about 70 children ( Milica Rakic, 2 ys old baby was the first victim of NATO's bombs), NATO destroyed all bridges on the Danube in my multiethnic city ( Novi Sad), although citizens from Novi Sad were against Milosevic and his cruel politics. That's what i'm talking about- NATO didn't stopped them, NATO bombs killed an innocent ppl who were against Milosevic's dictatorship and terror . Milosevic stayed even stronger after NATO attack, and was more cruel to his opponents.
Threats and sanctions warnings will not work to influence others for the desired result. The US officials who participated with Russians and others relating to this issue should have left France and Germany to convince the Russians to change the path for a peaceful outcome. Diplomacy is a very sensitive and subtle matter that should be handled by experienced people like Henry Kissinger. The following Statement of Jean Baptiste Colbert, French Politician, and Minister, during the time of Louis XlV, equally applies to Diplomacy. "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing".
@@TheWersum USA don't give a shit about Russia. They have been withdrawing troops and investments from Europe since the end of the Cold War. They are all focus in the Indian Pacific Region, the new center of gravity of the world. If it wasn't for Poutine, USA would already been gone from Europe. Only a deranged being like Poutine can think that the USA want to invade Russia. Nor Europe want it either. They rather would want to Russia become a prosperous democratic country to join Europe Union which would be wonderful to have all Europeans living, trading, enjoying prosperity together by choice, not by the power of force like Poutine would want to do . USA only objective now is to contend China power. Russia is a distraction, but a dangerous one with this guy who thinks we are still living in the 19th century. Poutine want Russia neighbors with puppets like the "president" of Belarus ruling by oppression and only capable of that because he has Poutine to protect him from his own population full of desire of freedom and hope for a better life free from psychopaths like him and Poutine (did you see him near Poutine watching to the "Russia war games" in his own country? He was like a true wax puppet, with no expression, no own will). Poutine want to be able to intervene as he want in these countries when the several decades long dictators are in risk from being put out of the power by a fed up population like last year in Belarus, and this year in Kazakhstan. He can't support that Ukraine is not like Belarus or Kazathstan and more importantly, he is afraid that Ukraine can be successful, so a very bad example at his doors! Imagine if the Russian population would want to imitate Ukraine population! What an horror for this fake czar, who want to be an alfa male but who is so coward that he have to poison or imprisoned his political adversaries to be sure to win "elections". Undermining Ukraine economy is his way to weaken Ukrainian population faith on democracy and then trying to put his own puppet at power like he did before the Maivan Revolution. Imagine if Ukraine is successful country, a Russian neighbor that can live successfully without Russia ruling it, what a nightmare! I used to live in France for a long time, then in Netherlands and Germany. I went to several protests in France and no tank from the French army tried to ampere me to manifest (only some zealous or afraid policemen). In Germany and Netherlands I assisted several protests against OTAN, but I never saw a single US Army guy or any US tank trying to stop theses protests, like Russian army did in several countries like Czechoslovakia or Hungria in the last century, or more recently in Belarus and Kazakhstan. USA politics can be very unfriendly, but Russian past and present mentality is light years far more evil than anything that the USA can do in Europe, or even to Russia. It is this very reason why European East countries ASKED to join OTAN, not by love to the USA, but because they don't trust a country ruled by people who still have the mentality of their ancient torturers! I have several friends in Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, and whatever their age, most of them don't like the USA, but all of them say the same about Russia paranoiac quest of European dominance by force and torture. So, Ukrainians, are not different, and even Belarus people are changing, as they have hope of becoming a friendly country too, among all other European countries. Actual Russian rulers mentality is eviler than cancer, it is bad for Europe, but it is also bad for Russian amazing people. One more time Europe and USA don't give a shit about Russia unless Russia became a true democracy (still in need to be turned a perfect-full system, for sure) which want to work together with trust and friendship. Russia have a wonderful people, too bad they can't be free from the actual Kremlin Imperial mentality. If Russia want to be respected, it has to deserve it. But it was all the contrary that Russia have been showing to the world in the last 20 years or so. Force is always an ephemeral thing that can be overwhelmed by people hope at any time. Respect can last centuries and even be eternal.
That’s the question that no one wants to answer…. If you place yourself in Putin’s shoes.. what would you do? You would have a direct rival on your southern border, who is backed by a world power that you are in competition with. Americans have no understanding of just how far reaching our government is. I’m not supporting Putin’s actions, but would I do something differently??
Since the second world war, your countries invaded and launched missiles, drones in over 50 countries. Then we can add to mix how many rebellions your country fund, training and providing weapons. In addition, you place dictators and puppet foreign politicians that do let you steal the resources and do the dirty work. When the USA goes to Irak, Afghanistan that liberation but when Russia goes to Ukraine that invasion, Double Standards. Please stop hypocrisy and selective outrage. Furthermore how many agreements did NATO, the USA, EUROPE break with Russia? In the 60 the USA put missiles in Turkey then Russia responds by placing missiles in Cuba in 1962. It almost triggered ww3. Why do you think in 2022 placing military base and missile Ukraine is acceptable? Finally, the USA proposes to sell the weapon to Japan and Taiwan. China responds by making threats that will trigger a war. Once again NATO, Europe, USA are the provocateur. But the media are pushing propaganda USA, NATO, EUROPE, UKRAINE are good and innocent vs China-Russia-Venezuela-Iran countries are bad USA, NATO, EUROPE governments- corporations are gangsters have no moral authority.
The US, because of its strength militarily and economically, has been interfering in the affairs of other countries far too often, and for far too long. They interfered in Ukraine in 2014, fomenting and helping a revolution to topple a government they saw as too close to Russia. Here is a hypothetical: what if Canada saw the US as a threat and signed a treaty with Russia? What if Russia armed the Canadians? Would the US accept that? But Putin shouldn't be concerned that a supposedly defensive NATO is pushing ever closer to Russia?
Which is why we created NAFTA so that Canada and Mexico would never have any reason to ever betray the US and the US will never have enemies on its borders; they simply make too much money from the US. The US policy is also to always put threats on the borders of our enemies/competitors. This keeps areas of conflict far from US shores and further protects the Homeland. It’s been this way since the end of WW2. If people like you don’t grasp these basic things, please educate yourself about how the world really works before yapping off about the geopolitical game.
@@infinati that's the problem... Not many REAL AMERICANS will research to educate themselves... It's not even a political thing any longer. It's an IQ test and apparently many people have failed it.
@@middleguy1776 Ukraine isn't a free country and is only about a month from being a failed State all together, they can't maintain this war footing much longer. Zelenski grew up in the Soviet Union he enjoyed the criminal empire he's run so far I'm sure 🐻👩💼🇺🇲⚒️🇷🇺
Make America great again by stepping out of unnecessary wars and investing much of this wasted military budgets in improving the infrastructure, agricultural, industrial, educational sectors of the country
So what your espousing is American isolationism. This is a global economy, and the politics are global as well. If we isolate ourselves as the previous administration thought was prudent, we take the risk of making America inconsequential.
@@alexandermaslyakov9590 The US military is a major employer. Whenever bases get threatened with closing, the regional representatives, citizenry and the base itself rally and push to more demonstrate their usefulness.
The Foundations of Geopolitics Russia must spread Anti-Americanism and Anti-Westernism everywhere: "the main 'scapegoat' will be precisely the U.S and the West." In the United States: "Russia should use its Intelligent services within the borders of the United States to fuel instability and separatism, for instance, provoke "Afro-American racists". Russia should "introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements - extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics." - Alexander Dugin, Russian military subversion specialist
it would have been helpful if Fareed had indicated how the Russia-China economic alliance was predicted/suggested in the work of economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 on BRIC (which refers to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China).
It is Brics Brazil ,Russia, China, india and South Africa it is called Brics not Bric always leaving the African countries yet they have the most resources go and google
@Seventh Anubis that is what happens when you keep on threatening countries with sanction and acting without them life can't be America and NATO countries should thought a better way dealing matters instead of sanctions and war
@@liya7568 BRIC is also a group (without SA). South Africa is a shithole.. and the least useful country.. thats why is it left out. The others are future dominant countries.
Even kissinger never kissed putins ring .. kissunger never sword b dances with sudi murder ing royals kissinger never said he was a kindred spirit of a n Korean leader. That WAS trump
@@jcmorton899 no south Africa was added and it is far better than Brazil we have diamond gold platinum etc and our GDP is better than Brazil at the moment go google you need educate yourself in fact Putin came to South Africa many times than he did Brazil so does Chinese president
The only honest journalist I have seen in CNN so far, very professionally. That's what I have said from the very begging and that's exactly what we are doing or better said, we already did and not only with China- Russia, we can talk about almost the whole East and BRICS alliance, energia economies.
I thought the democrats would fix everything? They promise the world to us everytime, then throw scraps to the worthless bums, and make everyone else miserable.
Since the second world war, your countries invaded and launched missiles, drones in over 50 countries. Then we can add to mix how many rebellions your country fund, training and providing weapons. In addition, you place dictators and puppet foreign politicians that do let you steal the resources and do the dirty work. When the USA goes to Irak, Afghanistan that liberation but when Russia goes to Ukraine that invasion, Double Standards. Please stop hypocrisy and selective outrage. Furthermore how many agreements did NATO, the USA, EUROPE break with Russia? In the 60 the USA put missiles in Turkey then Russia responds by placing missiles in Cuba in 1962. It almost triggered ww3. Why do you think in 2022 placing military base and missile Ukraine is acceptable? Finally, the USA proposes to sell the weapon to Japan and Taiwan. China responds by making threats that will trigger a war. Once again NATO, Europe, USA are the provocateur. But the media are pushing propaganda USA, NATO, EUROPE, UKRAINE are good and innocent vs China-Russia-Venezuela-Iran countries are bad USA, NATO, EUROPE governments- corporations are gangsters have no moral authority.
I think he is referring to Russia's sharply declining population over the last several decades. Now they are 144 million (2020) and still dropping. They make little for the world markets and have a colonial profile re: natural resources. That said, they have powerful military and perhaps premier intelligence forces.
While it is a strategic goal to keep adversaries separated It's a mistake to think that we can always keep competitors apart. Sometimes the forces acting upon nations are too strong to overcome and linkages occur. It seems as if Fareed is disputing this basic fact. As if it's always under a third parties ability to disrupt any aliance from forming.
Biden could stop this all, immediately, by reimposing the sanctions he lifted on Nord Stream 2 in his first week in office. Without that pipeline, Russia, who depends heavily on oil & gas exports, would have to continue to rely on the pipelines that run through Ukraine.
@@Mark-wq4ux sanction Nord Stream 2 wont work, china is a huge country they can easily buy all that gas, but EU will have huge problem with energy. beside US has no right to sanction EU business
@@Mark-wq4ux , stopping Russia oil & gas will also stop it going to EU which will slowdown EU's economy US largest trading partner.EU is 40% dependent on Russia energy Sure you want to do that ? In a globalised world one can't go around doing things unilaterally without causing self-harm.
The US shouldn't count on China for resolving the conflict with the US, NATO and Russia etc. China hasn't forgotten the heavy tariff imposed on the imported products from China and the boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics. The US has forced China to have a tighter connection and relationship with Russia. The US sales of sophisticated weapons to Taiwan and the interference in the domestic affairs of Taiwan and Hong Kong greatly anger and irritate China.
I like how American media is reacting to the invasion as if their home country never invaded Iraq for similar stupid reasons.
Wrong. USA invaded because Iraq got the idea to invade kuwait and because they were scared that Iraq/sadam was on the brink of getting biological weapons of mass destruction which turned outt to be wrong. But they at least saved kuwait and liberated iraq people of a dictator. And please stop the "what-about-isme" and start thinking critical for yourself.
@@TestTest-ve4ih A raven has higher IQ than you, for believing these fairytales. Have you ever heard of a commodity called 'oil' ? Yes, that's it. It sells for $100 barrel. Rings any bells? No? Thought so, a raven would know what I meant.
@@TestTest-ve4ih this was for Oil... No one care Kuwait or Iraq
@@sydyasAmericans believed USA invaded Panama, because the General was a drug dealer. What a load of shit.....
@@TestTest-ve4ih Liberated, funny and in the proces they created Isis because they killed the military strongman which kept the place in check. But i am pretty sure the people of Iraq are very happy that their country got from a moderate shithole into a terrible shithole.
If we never invaded Iraq we'd have the moral and political high ground AND a less exhausted military to work with
We haven't had a moral high ground in very very long time. But Ukrain is Ukrain, and when this hopefull resolves itself well, we can go back to collective amnesia and have Ollie North offer his insights on something.
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@@lockitdownduck4033 congats! You've earned the simpleton comment of the week award!
@@lockitdownduck4033 I think you are broken.
We have zero credibility…none
How can the US divide Russia and China when the US behaves as their common enemy?
they’re doing a Better job of Dividing America/ns !! Good Job !!
Well, despite the problems the "west" has caused in the world, we are still allies to human rights. China and Russia don't give a flying fuck about human rights. Not that the "west" is innocent in infringing upon human rights, because we certainly have, but we are nothing like China and Russia in that regard.
In the long run, is it right or wrong, to divide?
We get the harvest of divide and conquer, from a bad seed / bad software
planted in a toxic soil/brains by the ancestors of our present „elites „, don’t like it, but still don’t analyze the root cause of the present state of ourselves, our nations, and planet earth adequate?
Are the problems we face today not to big for this rotten approach, who fails always sooner or later?
A lie appears comfortable in the present moment, but has uncomfortable consequences for the future present while the truth is sometimes uncomfortable in the present (especially for those, who follow a wrong definition of strength/superiority in organized violence and manipulation of masses of people), but is the only solid ground we should build on.
All truth is paradoxical (Lao Tse)
The hostile mindset of divide and conquer comes down to each I n - d I v I d u a l (just think about the meaning of words, and it’s consequences), where weak people get absorbed, and strong people refuse it.
AO the U S A is not an enemy but a competitor to China .Russia is descending into chaos and is not qualified to compete with the U S A at all.
No. Us should make friendship with both
this whole tragedy could've been prevented by agreeing to not deploy missiles...Cuba is an independent sovereign state yet we do not /did not allow Russians to deploy nuclear missiles on their soil despite Cubans agreeing to do so with Russia because of its proximity to us. we consider it an act of war. likewise, Russians do not and won't allow us/nato to deploy nuclear missiles in Ukraine for the same reasons
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This is Obvious , unless one wants war.
Not one of the old Soviet states has any nuclear missiles for the exact reason you mention, who is saying Ukraine is about to get Nuclear missiles?!?. The closets are stationed in Turkey, Italy and Germany.
It easy then just say no to NATO and its potential to put missiles in Ukraine.
All thos countries you mention are part of NATO. See the connection. Ukraine is an independent country. free to make it's own decisions but like all the countries in the hemisphere around the USA , north central south Americas and beyound the USA does not permit missiles to be placed or military bases to be established. Right ! So better to respectfully keep the peace rather than provoke others into devastating decisions.
Makes absolutely no sense to put NATO (usa) missiles in Ukraine a known corrupt country or to allow it to join NATO which is an anti Russian entity. This is easy for anyone to understand. Better to collaborate in peace than to try to capture to world.
@@patriziacasagrande3833 I have to disagree that Ukraine is/was and independent country and capable to make its own decisions. Their decision making processes and the makers are heavily influenced by US,NATO,EU, and Russia, without consideration of its own people and country what so ever.
But America also invaded Iraq on the false pretext of weapons of mass destruction.
It is not a good reason to invade another country. War is bad, either the world work together to end it, or in its flames humanity will burn and disappear
Not so. US acted on Intelligence Info generated by Iraq themselves in that Iraq had dummy sites that pretended to have WMDs in order to prevent Iran from attacking them. Iraq activly made it look like they had tons of WMDs.
Iraq crimes of usa and billions $ looted by usa and gold and now usa talk like peace keeper. While hiding facts in iraq matter
And after year they just apologized and some dude on CNN said clearly that the U.S. intervention in Iraq happened without the approval of the senate and congress (as much as I remember)
Like wtf. Crazy. It would be much better if USA said "We doing it just for the petroleum". I mean, at least everyone would understand their reason, goals and principles.
@@bv2999 US intelligence is "We Lie, We Cheat and We Steal" - Mike Pompeo!
When you refer to Russia as a "declining" power, you are really describing the state of your nation, the United States.......
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difference between "looking dangerous" and "being dangerous".Russia
describes military doctrine as defensive military doctrine. With regard
to nuclear weapons specifically, Russia reserves the right to use
nuclear weapons: in response to the use of nuclear and other types of
weapons of mass destruction against it or its allies,in case of
aggression against Russia with the use of conventional weapons when the
very existence of the state is threatened.
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google russia deadhand
The 'Perimeter' system, dubbed in the United States and Europe the 'Dead
Hand', is an automatic control system for a retaliation nuclear strike.
To put it simply, if Russia's territory is devastated after a nuclear
attack, the Perimeter system automatically strikes the enemy's territory
with its own nuclear missiles
Which country has the most powerful nuclear weapons At present, Russia maintains the highest number of nuclear weapons, with an estimated 6,257 total warheads. google The Tsar Bomba there is no more power then the russian ones The Tsar Bomba (Russian: Царь-бо́мба), (code name: Ivan or Vanya), also known by the alphanumerical designation "AN602", was a hydrogen aerial bomb, and the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and tested.
Russian government is such corrupt cowards and bankrupt dystopia with zero human rights. What a laughable country. Same for China who has an ongoing Holocaust of a million people in west China.
@@shawnushyarov4584 oh no, not debt. Lol. Tell me you don’t understand economics without saying it. The debt is irrelevant. It’s the richest country in the history of the world. Now go celebrate Russia’s mini-Hitler and China’s mini-Hitler.
USA and NATO share equal blame for egging on Ukraine and giving her false hopes of defending Ukraine in the event of Russian aggression.
They are what I call a "STUPID TEAM"....the LOSER!!
Since the second world war, your countries invaded and launched missiles, drones in over 50 countries. Then we can add to mix how many rebellions your country fund, training and providing weapons. In addition, you place dictators and puppet foreign politicians that do let you steal the resources and do the dirty work. When the USA goes to Irak, Afghanistan that liberation but when Russia goes to Ukraine that invasion, Double Standards. Please stop hypocrisy and selective outrage. Furthermore how many agreements did NATO, the USA, EUROPE break with Russia? In the 60 the USA put missiles in Turkey then Russia responds by placing missiles in Cuba in 1962. It almost triggered ww3. Why do you think in 2022 placing military base and missile Ukraine is acceptable? Finally, the USA proposes to sell the weapon to Japan and Taiwan. China responds by making threats that will trigger a war. Once again NATO, Europe, USA are the provocateur. But the media are pushing propaganda USA, NATO, EUROPE, UKRAINE are good and innocent vs China-Russia-Venezuela-Iran countries are bad USA, NATO, EUROPE governments- corporations are gangsters have no moral authority.
American rich class: "Cauz Covid19 pandemic, we must increase our products' prices."
American government: "What? I didn't hear you."
American working class: "Prices are too high!"
American government: " Don't rebel. We print money for you."
American gas tycoons: " Due to the war between Russia and Ukraine, we need to highrock gasoline price."
American government: "What? I didn't hear you."
American middle & lower class: "The gas is fucken high!"
American government: "Wait. Don't rise up against us. We immediately print money for you."
Such dialogues happened again and again in the US 243 years' history.
American Economy: We are going to be very sick due to the greeds of our people.
POTUS: Now where's our CVNs?
US Military: Locked and Loaded, and awaiting for your orders, Sir.
US News media: We present "Truth / Facts" that only we could understand.
Global Community: Here we go again; America exercising its American Exceptionalism.
US Allies / Friends: Is that another "With US or with them" dictum?
US's anointed enemies: But, but, but what have we done to deserve such illicit US attention?
America: Sorry, we need to manufacture periodic global chaos to boost our steriod induced economy.
good one!!! we hear these over again and again...this is so true :)
As long as Russia and China are on sides, sanctions are useless.
Not if we cut the both off, no trading and no American market access. Total isolation works.
@@fmayer1507 The USA cannot afford to just "cut" a nuclear power off the world ecomony. The US cannot even cut off Iran
@@fmayer1507 Isolating a nuclear power is just asking for trouble lol, there's no better example than North Korea, they will endure starvation and isolation but the moment you poke at them they will not hesitate to drop a nuke on you. You want to do the same to Russia just because your economic model is falling apart? good luck with that, luckily for Russia they can self sustain. Besides, the world isn't just EU and US.
The Chinese Communist Party was given Trillions of Dollars of USA 'Wage-Wealth" to produce 90% of American Consumer Goods, to stimulate USA "Tycoon-Creation" which was later followed with 'Tycoon-Tax-Freedom". China Controls us now, while our Oligarchs have their Profits in offshore Banks.
@@NoelCoolasapollarbear ::Communist China could cut off USA in One Week!!!
Henry Kissinger was exactly correct. Building healthy respectful relationships should be the goal of America, vs. encouraging friction and the threat of war. Are people really so eager to give their lives and the lives of their loved ones to make a point that America is right and other countries are wrong regarding how they govern within their borders. America is far from perfect. The audacity of the US to be constantly criticizing how other countries lead within their borders is ludicrous. We are far from perfect and if anyone has noticed lately, America is a very divided country, with huge disparities in standard of living, a poor health care system with rampant overpricing, one of the lower life expectancy rates of developed countries, high infant mortality, a government run by special interest groups, and lobbyists employed by corporations that continue to rob the American people of a healthy and upwardly mobile standard of living, with the highest cost of health care of any country. We in America are used to these things, but when judged by someone outside of America, they would rightly be viewed as major problems for the American people with a government that doesn't care about the welfare of most of its citizens. In spite of these injustices within our borders, no other country has the righteous attitude that they should dictate how America is run. Should China or Russia comment on our racial injustices, gun violence, immigration debacles, or other American internal issues? America needs to get a grip, and stop criticizing foreign countries unless they are a threat to America or American allies.
There can be great benefit in countries being economically engaged with one another. Consider a time when we (Russia, China, America, Europe, and other nations) are all benefitting from one another economically and each country is enriched through these interconnections. Would any of those countries want to hurt the other? No they would not because they would then be hurting themselves. That is the way to have peace in the world. Everyone benefits from each other, and it's in everyone's best interest to continue to prosper and grow. That's it. Unfortunately America would rather continue with their holier-than-thou, judgmental behavior, rather than establishing respectful relationships that work together and build alliances that help one another grow, thrive and coexist in strength and unity.
I absolutely agree with your insightful analysis and thoughtful comments. I hope more people in the US can look at domestic and foreign issues from this perspective!!
Problem with America ....
Would not accept The rise of other countries ....
Jesus said, " let the one who have no sin to cast the 1st stone."
Totally agree with you. Brilliant analysis. So sad to see more and more homeless people everywhere, gun violence, drug addiction...you name it. Let's hope our politicians can focus on fixing domestic problems first.
Yea let’s just give into a bully’s demands.
Thank you. A good suggestion and reminder for individuals, groups,companies, as well as countries. May you do well in all your endeavors.
The strategic error has been to believe that every country in the 20th century needs to be a democracy because that's what the U.S. is, even though the U.S. itself was not an ideal democracy for the first 150-175 years since its inception. It needed to operate in a tight-fisted manner to stabilize internally. That's what all these "autocratic" countries are trying to do - secure their borders, safeguard resources, and achieve internal stability. But other countries focusing on their own needs doesn't help the US, UK, EU as they need global resources to keep their populations well-fed, clothed, and warmed, even if it means throwing those countries into disarray.
True, this sort of thing will never end. If it ends, unfortunately it does so with mankind itself.
Half-truth, US doesn't need other global resources. The UK and Europe do.
The US has Alaska and Canada but doesn't want to continue to destroy the environment.
They learned from California smog.
If the US Choses it needs no ones gas and oil - in fact they are a net Exporter of same if they choose. I do think it is a "Strategic Error' to think you can convert a Country to Democracy if the people in fact choose Slavery or don't have the "BALLS" to stand up for themselves like Afganastan. Ukraine is an example of an enlighten country with guts as compared with others.
saying democracy must be the best system in the word for all times...is just ideological brainwashing....just like saying socialism is the best system for humanity....it depends on the context and times,,,,anyone who is thisblack and white on any subject is a pure brainwashed ideologue no better than the dogma of the church in the dark ages...but they just dont know it....any belief system must be tested on the ground...if it doesnt work dont double down on it like if the system is some sort of divine gospel
@@david50665 agreed - Do not cast pearls before swine.
It is amusing that US strategists are blind to the fact that Russian and China also have strategists and very good ones at that
They also ignore the USA being allied with very different countries (many of which it had conflicts against too).
the problem is that the American people is blind to the fact their empire is at the service of a demonic elite
The main reason for Russia to invade Ukraine is that Russia is very concernin about its "National Security" and wants Ukraine remains as a "nuetral" country. But the Ukraine government officials want the US government's money and wants to join the NATO. The US government is the one country should be responsible for this Russian attack Ukrane war. See reason below:
1. The US government is doing all along trying to encircle Russia with NATO countries and the last country the US needed is Ukranie.
2. Once Ukraine become a memeber of the NATO, US will equip it with missile and/or nuclear weapons and all pointing to Russia. Right at Russia's door steps.
3.During the 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. The US government almost and would start a war with Russia for the reason of US National Security.
Fortunately behind the scene, the US and the Russia agreed on the settlement of if Russia back off the Soviet missiles on Cuba then the the US also agreed to remove those missiles install at Turkey that was pointing to Russia. I knew, I got called up by the US army for that Cuba Missiels crisis and was waiting at the the train to be deployed.
4. Actually Putin already let Biden know about the reason for possible attack Ukrane during a news interview, BUT Biden did not want to hear and to know Putin's reason is actually for the Russia country security (if Ukranine joined the NATO, that was US government, Biden is pushing for all along, then the US will be equipped Ukrane with missiles and/or with nuclear weapons all pointing to Russia, right at the Russia's door steps) Instead, the US government, Biden, keeps give out misinformation about the Russia military built up at the Russia and Ukrane border and fanny the war. So, Biden is one who should be blame and/or take the responsibility for the Russia to attack on Ukrane. All Russia wants is that Ukrane to stay as a neutral country. But the Ukrane top corrupted government officails want the money from the US government is refused Russia demand and want to join the NATO, that also is what Biden wanted. So, in conclusion, the US government, Biden, should be the one who responsibe for the war in Ukrane and Biden should be tried for the war crime for Russia invading Ukrane.
Not that smart, Ukraine isn't gonna go the way Putin thought it would
What China fails to realize is that America is their biggest financial spoke of their financial wheel.
The other issue that will never go away.... everything in America has "made in china" on it.
Till we stop buying 'Made in China' and make the American companies aware of it, the injustice won't be corrected.
US excelled in mass manufacturing because of its isolation and huge population. It took technology and people from Europe and with volumes and low quality beat the smaller divided and expensive small but technologically advanced manufacturing of European countries.
It also has a great advantage of being an reserve currency nation.
Japan mastered mass manufacturing with less physical inputs and a more efficient supply chain but being a vassal In a world completely Dominated by US had to voluntarily scale back it's ambitions.
However China has surpassed US both in mass manufacturing and the internet and computer revolution has made. Transport , manufacturing, shipping , knowledge transfer incredible and rest of the world ( excluded world ie third world nations) is just starting to take advantage of it . China is willing to finance infrastructure projects and in return get market share of markets where none existed. In mid eighties Japan faced a dilemma that the biggest market was US and countries it controlled.
But the world has changed on that front, what we are seeing is a churn in the world order but US wants time to remain still .
.but as everyone knows that doesn't happen. US needs to reinvent itself to compete as a peer not dominate with sanctions and wars. If that happens Power will not just slip out of US hands but it will happen suddenly and deeply.
Don't blame China, we gave it to them.
So this video obviously fell on deaf ears.
And that America paved way for the "Made in China" all in the name of capitalism.
if anybody have any clue what he is talking about @5:00 ("reverse Kissinger" strategy), meaning, which steps were taken, please enlighten me...
Fareed said: we have bad relationship with Russia and bad relationship with China. Such and such tried to build good relationship with Russia, but he was wrong: he had to build good relationship with China. And here Fareed is partly right. But is it not evident that better still outcome if America tried to build good relationship with both Russia and China?
You are missing the point. American war machine has to be at work regardless who’s in charge. Furthermore, America has to be in a war because this is what unites the USA
They also see that the United States is divided and weak.
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Thank Trump and the GOP. They are colluding with Russia whether they know it of not.
Our President is weak. Yet we are not divided like Ukrainian rebels.
@@peterstafford4426 Please get in touch with Nancy Pelosi, she could have used the proof you clearly have during his impeachment which ended with showing no collusion.
@@peterstafford4426 You made the poster's point.
How can you make strategic error if you have no strategy?
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What was former President Blowhards Russian policy beyond
having Russian hookers piss on his head, genius ?
Stay ignorant
Everything Biden has touched in the last year he has screwed up now he is risking our lives with a war with Russian
Good analysis of on going battle & way forward advice on working policy
Fareed as usual your commentary is Bang On. So enjoy watching/listening to you.
Yes, I agree with uniting with foes. But Americans have always had a fear of Soviet Union communism and now Russia. Let's remember before 2008 Russia had wanted to have friendship and join NATO. But in 2008 the US statement said, Ukraine and Georgia would eventually join NATO. This enrage Russia. Russia invaded Georgia to stop any such action. You forget to mention the many, many times US has "invaded" other countries under the disguise of "democracy". And since the Bay of Pigs has lost every single military venture. Even Kennedy had to agree to have US missiles removed from Turkey before Soviets would stop missiles in Cuba.
Putin wants a buffer zone between NATO (American missiles and military basis) and Russia. Ukraine and Georgia sit on his border. The US policy has been for decades to hate the Russians. Out of fear and weakness Trump put sanctions on China. Thus drawing China and Russia closer together to unite against USA. Supporting Taiwan has not been good.
Biden is playing a very dangerous game. Putin wants that buffer zone. Ukraine wanted it too, but USA and EU would not let Zelinskiy participate in negotiations. Now Putin has no choice... take over Ukraine (in full or part) or destroy Ukraines economy. If the US continues to push Putin into a corner, then he will become desperate. Who wants a man desperate to protect his country against US aggression: a man with nuclear warheads capable of hitting US within 10 minutes? Just watch a trapped animal fight for survival....
Now China is willing (and probably most of the middle-east) to back Russia. If the US does not release this tension, and allow a buffer zone, we could annihilate ourselves over a piece of land which has no strategic value. Think how Americans would feel if Canada and Mexico put missiles along their borders pointing at the USA. Them saying, "Don't worry we won't use them unless you do something wrong". This is where the USA has put Putin....
I think, you are right in many respects. But Putin is not a trapped animal, and Russia is not a declining power, as Zakaria put it. Russia is a rising autocratic power.
Everything you just said is nonsense.
I agree with your sentiments. USA has a habit of invading nations in the pretense of autocracy. How was Libya a failed state before their invasion ?
@@Daosguard What I said? I said that I agree with the comment above. The only thing I said for myself is that Russia is at the moment not a declining power, Russia goes in cycles in its thousand years history, and the latest decline point is already over, so Russia is on the rise again. This show the last 20 years of history with Putin winning all his wars so far and making Russian economy stronger than it was in the 90s.
@@AlexanderGrodskij Their people have less per capita income than Romania. It's pathetic.
The US has also invaded Syria and is occupying Syrian lands and taking Syrian oil and agricultural products without compensation.
RUSSIA BOMBED SYRIA INTO OBLIVION.
@@OsirisIxchel NONSENSE !!! USA brought their terrorists proxy army there as a pretext in to enter Syria illegally. Now they still steeling Syria's oil there. Libya , Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and so on....
@@OsirisIxchel Russia bombed Isis al kaida el nusra frond and odher terorist organization which US created and US is only in Syria for stealing oil and Trump told that openly without hiding it from world
Us has not invaded Syria us has helping with against isis but not invaded Syria. Russia is in Syria looking out for their interests. But there is big difference to what Russia is doing and what us is doing.
@@anthonyquainoo6505 usa get no oil from those places ......wrong ..... us doesn't even get oil from Iraq after all usa sacrifice there. The min usa left China moved in. So talk about what you know about
US or any other country should respect other nations as simple as that else you will get it wrong and when you get it wrong it goes down in history and stays there forever
It’s too late , the next century belong to Asia, the West and USA played out of the game, what goes up must come down. May rest in peace ☮️.
Fareed..Attacking any country is always bad.. I remember the attack on Belgrade ( The former Yugoeslavia) by NATO with the biggest cruise missiles where people were terrified during 78 days...,from 24 of march 1999 to june 10 1999...and also the bombing of Bagdad was terrible too.. where many women and children died
Regardless of the circumstances it was also illegal and had no UN approval. Non strategic and non military targets were targets. The use of uranium depleted ammo which caused a dramatic increase in cancer cases. Kosovo was just taken away alongside its resources and assets for which no compensation was made and a bunch of non negotiable political and economic changes were imposed and everybody cheered and declared it a great success. Here in Bosnia (I'm from Sarajevo 90) this is not the official "narrative" however I think it's important to accept facts whether we like them or not.
While I accept that for the most part we as former Yugoslav states screwed ourselves over, NATO and the powers that be were the ones who did the most damage in the long run.
United States is a gangster criminal and terrorist state
@@VemiX1000 UN is a Filthy place Hostaged by Americans , They obey the Command of Usa , UN was created by USSR & Usa but after US Took control over , again they decieved USSR , So research or Give tutorial to yourself before commenting such stupid things
YOU say " also the bombing of Bagdad was terrible too.. where many women and children died".... so what happend to the men ?
@@visualbrain5810 I don't think they matter, I know any conflict is terrible but one cannot but note the way this Russo-Ukraine conflict is being reported, the Ukrainians are being humanised in way you've not seen in the middle- east war reporting; descriptions like 'middle class' 'blonde hair and blue eyes'...watch D'agatta of CBS...shocking...
Well said. China’s economy has been booming for many years. It’s normal for them to seek more influence in the world. All these happened peacefully. US politicians just need to focus on how to make ourselves more competitive rather than making a new enemy.
How do you expect a bully, to know how to pursue a pacifist agenda? Now, they are between a rock and a hard place.
"peacefully"? What flavor crack or ignorance are you smoking?
@@lindabratsch9091 no, its the blatant theft of intellectual property.
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There is that too… but we approached China (to line our own pockets) and they took advantage of our kindness long before that sort of stuff began happening…this goes back 40 plus years. That’s what I meant by ‘peacefully’… I can’t speak for the original author. But regardless, there’s no need to attack people for their opinions. I’m certain that you were raised with better manners than that and can choose better language. 🤷♀️
@@ibeetellingya5683 If you go back in history and learn how countries like USA, Japan and South Korea rose to power by 'borrowing' IPs from more developed nations, you'd not be so harsh on China
Fareed Zakaria in an interview asked Putin all kinds of cheeky questions and got humiliated for his awful and biased understanding of world affairs . Now here he is giving lessons!
Mr Fareed Zakaria has given wonderful strategic analysis..I congratulate you.. 👍
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
Hillary said the basic democrat voter is stupid
That would put the CCP in the White House Bedrooms.
Obama said- “Never underestimate Joe’s ability to Fk things up”
This is why I keep on trumps ass . Keep enemies closer.
Fareed says, Because Biden wanted Moscow to be closer to America than China is the reason why Putin is now attacking Ukraine! Here's his quote, The Biden administration moved in "An effort to win Moscow away from Beijien .. But that was a naive misunderstanding of Putin who response has been to initiate the current crisis." !!WHAT!! 😲 (While a picture of Putin looking forceful pointing his finger behind Fareed) Fareed goes on how America should of worked on having a better working relationship with China instead of Russia! (Why not work on having a better relationship with both!?) Fareed continues; "And because American treats all authoritarian countries the same" he's basically saying is another reason for this crisis in Ukraine ... Oh Fareed this is the second show you've done backing Putin or at least blaming America for the current crisis. Putin's payroll seems endless around the world and especial here in America. How do they sleep? How much is enough money and ... Where are the heroes?
I think by saying “misadventure “, he meant “bloody conflict”.
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No he means losing lives,money & finally the lengthy war
Misadventure is a colonial word where Europeans go on adventures to other lands and destroy things there while benefiting themselves
Not only “bloody conflict “ but something far worst
This Biden administration has proven to be from the last century
What then is a better strategy ?
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
"In politics there are no lifelong friends, and no lifelong foes... They change according to the gains and losses. A good leader must be able to take advantage of every change and utilize it.” - Khun Sa
De Gaulle said “countries don’t have friends, they have interests.” I’m stunned by the number of people who think there is some sort of rapprochement between Russia and China. No, the Chinese want to make money. Russia has none.
@@dsti-xi7dl Russia juz signed a 30 year old deal with China over gas. What "Russia has none" you were saying? And Russia is helping China to build a moonbase before 2025 ... what "Russia has none" again you were saying? By the way, Russia is oledi midway building a pipe supplying oil to China. You didn't know?
@Save 🇺🇸 No. all these were happening long before that. After the fall of USSR, America went ahead to dismantle Russia and that didn't end well when Putin took over. Nothing to do with Democrats.
@Save 🇺🇸 that's right, the collapse of freedom & democracy as a false pretense for "IMPERIALISM", globetrotting to create havoc & chaos off the backs of the working poor of America
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Russia has proven elusive to the West in terms of confinement by economic sanctions. The Russia and China alliances will also help to circumvent any plans by the West to singularly dominate the global landscape in the foreseeable future.
You jest. The Chinese have economic problems of their own. China won’t “give” anybody anything. If they buy Russian gas, fine. They can get it from many sources.
@@dsti-xi7dl well china gave Russia 171 billion in money for gas and oil.......
@@xingincool9672 That’s not much. Putin has done the West a huge favor. He has brought the democracies together like never before. Even Switzerland is joining the castration of Russia’s financial system. Good luck with China LMAO.
@@xingincool9672 it's called fair trade. It's the same as Europe buying from Russia
thumb up. the whole global must be equal right, no bullies.
Now, this was simply perfect!
To be American's enemy is dangerous but to the American's friend is fatal!
- Henry Kissinger
The dilemma is that we have not learned anything from our mistakes. It seems we have very poor strategist in Washington DC. The only thing we are good at is impose sanctions, which do more harm to US economy on the long term than harm countries on which they are imposed. US infrastructure and Education are decaying at an alarming speed. Our media, instead of informing people and providing them with meaningful and honest news, keeps bombarding us with misleading information, untrust worthy news and often times garbage.. Time has come to invest in America and cut military budget by half... Afghanistan, Irak, Syria, Libya, what did we accomplish? nothing... wasted so much hard earned hundreds and hundred of billions that should have been invested in education.
Ok
that's is exactly what Blinken said when still learning from previous mistakes....
Misinformation always comes from the country your in to belittle another country.
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@@stephenlamb9008 I believe the journalists and reporters are not what they used to be. media all over the world just sells info without checking its reliability. The worse, it keeps repeating over and over the same misinformation...This is one of the reason, in my opinion, we no longer have good leaders with vision and stamina..
In US's eyes every country is just a nail and it has the biggest hammer in the universe.
you do realise that other nato countries are asking the us to step in right?
@@9razzler9 Yeah so what? DOesnt stop the USA being a vile country filled with the most vile people on earth. You use crazy dogs to guard wrecking yards, you never pet it, you never let it inside.
Diplomacy is saying good dog until you can kill it in one blow.
@@julesmasseffectmusic USA is the problem on Earth, Not the rest of the World! USA is RULED by Sick Warmongering Psychopaths, Sociopaths and Bully's from hell since 1776, and further back to the Mayflower. There can be no peace on Earth till USA Ruling demons return to Hell. Sad
right on
Spot on, man.
Correction: "USA is a declining power" ..let's be honest and real about the facts.
In 1991 during the the first Iraq war at the end the Iraqi army retreated with their hands raised in peace.But George Bush the I had the retreating 100,000 Iraqi troops shot and killed by the American military which is a war crime.TheCIA also was instrumental int eh murder of the Iranian PM in 1953 as also the Chilean President Salvador Allende i think in the late sixties /early 70's
Spot on, Seshan. That's the absolute truth.
Well then, 30 years after, the USSR looks like it still haunts the west - and it looks like it will rise again
@Andrew-~ Im actually praying for a swift return there. It's actually a great country. Been living and working there for almost 12 years, everyone including the expats are very kind unlike here in America. Also, America with all of its past mistakes and current ones is in absolutely no place to talk to other countries about anything right now. Its a great time to get back into the turtle shell and FIRST fix the problems at home.
Are you also happily living in China? My god what a stupid mistake for me to have come back here after the start of this pandemic.
They dont want any USSR, they just want west to BACK OFF from their neighborhood, and leave the area as neutral zone.
@@digimaks From Georgia and Tadjikistan it doesn't look like a neutral zone.
Fun fact.....
Putin has USSR tattooed on the side of his penis. When he is fully aroused the tattoo says......USSR.
Absolutely amazing Fareed! Thank you for breaking it down and digging deeper.
Incredible pairing of the take that Russia and China are autocracies while Otto von Bismark is "great statesman". Amazing
Since the second world war, your countries invaded and launched missiles, drones in over 50 countries. Then we can add to mix how many rebellions your country fund, training and providing weapons. In addition, you place dictators and puppet foreign politicians that do let you steal the resources and do the dirty work. When the USA goes to Irak, Afghanistan that liberation but when Russia goes to Ukraine that invasion, Double Standards. Please stop hypocrisy and selective outrage. Furthermore how many agreements did NATO, the USA, EUROPE break with Russia? In the 60 the USA put missiles in Turkey then Russia responds by placing missiles in Cuba in 1962. It almost triggered ww3. Why do you think in 2022 placing military base and missile Ukraine is acceptable? Finally, the USA proposes to sell the weapon to Japan and Taiwan. China responds by making threats that will trigger a war. Once again NATO, Europe, USA are the provocateur. But the media are pushing propaganda USA, NATO, EUROPE, UKRAINE are good and innocent vs China-Russia-Venezuela-Iran countries are bad USA, NATO, EUROPE governments- corporations are gangsters have no moral authority.
Thank You "Very Much"
For This 2022/Present Analysis
On Russia and China "As Such".
We blockaded Cuba in the 1960s and came close to war because the Russians were putting missiles in there. We don't want Russian missiles near our border.
Now that the Russians don't want American missiles in Ukraine - near their border, we say that Russia should respect Ukraine's independence? Are we being fair on this at all?
Exactly. The question is why is NATO still there after the end of Communism? Why is there a need to include UKRAINE in NATO? Who is the threat?
Not really: It was Clinton who brokered a deal with Britain US and Russia to guarantee protection to Ukraine.
Then they Used NATO to give Russia a reason to go into Ukraine. Globalists set Ukraine up to fail.
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@@danielabraham5901 there is lots of corruption in Ukraine...and they want more money with NATO.... remember Hunter Biden scandal
Is there any difference between recognition of Kosovo by west and recognition of Donetsk & Luhansk by Russia?
Yes. Kosovo independence is founded in former Yugoslav constitution. Yugoslavia was federal state and all federal units, including Kosovo, had own constitutions. Ukraine is unitary state where LPR, DPR are only part of a larger administrative units that do not have significant legal scope and competence within Ukrainian constitution.
@@hrvojevrdoljak2370 you are full of it.....
@@hrvojevrdoljak2370 There are always differences. Nothing is identical but Kosovo independence is NOT founded in former Yugoslav constitution. Otherwise all countries recognition of territories with federal state and all federal units are founded.
There is nothing in former Yugoslav constitution that grants independence.
@@hrvojevrdoljak2370 where have you learned this bullshit?
@@ttemp2631 You shoud read better and more. Didn't said granted but founded. For the second part read Badinter Arbitration Committee report. I'm not even mentioning the uncomparable level of atrocities that led to it.
Thank you very interesting and informative
Excellent Analysis Agreed 👍💯
Agreed! We made enemies out of our former military rival and our current economic rival, without thinking the possibly of alliance of them against us, All at the same time weakening ‘the friendship’ and influences in Europe. The perfect recipe for an empire to collapse, I’d say.
How did we make Russia our enemy? Didn't Mr. Zakaria and the rest of the media tell us that Trump was Putin's puppet? Is Trump Putin's enemy or puppet? You can't have it both ways.
Yes we can have both ways, since we are a divided nation as is.
Economic sanctions are the quickest ways to make the enemy out of any international relationship and we’ve done nothing else but that to these two mega nations. We can’t be too surprised by their new strong alliances after what we have done to them.
@@kevinschmidt7583 Kevin, Mr. Fareed is saying Russia is a weakening power? Can you even think that powerful China has chosen a "weak" power to be "my closest friend" as this is the way President of China greets ALWAYS President of Russia? Mr. Fareed interviewed President Putin in Miscow. And, as for me,. we, the outstanding (nobody is better than us) ones, ALWAYS UNDERESTIMATE beyond our scope of "knowledge" of the History of that Power. Mr. Putin knows the history of the whole world very, very well. He is only one President in the world to whom many, very many presidents come to meet with in Kremlin. Baiden is "nothing" as the world leader compare to President Putin. And thus, my conclusion is this: the USA is dying from the internal bleeding and is loosing its influence as the greatest power. The new power is already here: China, India, Russia to name a few. The train left the station and left us behind. Another president such as Baiden will shorten our End. And that will be horrible and will be very devastating for our economy. That is underestimation mistake of what the Power really represents. And to bring a smile to your face here is two-day ago Russian joke which I treat very seriously: one Russian advises to an Ukranian that if the latter wants to get to USA, it is the shortest way to enlist in the Russian army now as it will be shortly in Washington D.C. Are we all laughing?
Russia invaded like what? 2 countries in last 30 years (Ukraine and Georgia).
Syrian operations not to be counted as it was requested by the Syrian government (Syria is a UN member, so it's their right whom to request to fight islamic terrorists).
Now how many US invaded countries since fall of the Soviet Union in early 1990s?
Europe has seen actually war since WWII. It was Yugoslavia bombing without UN sanctions (thus illegal activity), where a Chinese embassy was struck by an aircraft bomb.
Fareed is right that Russia and China must be treated differently.
Russia is still mostly belongs to Western culture whilst China will never accept Western culture and Western values.
US has started the blatant violation of UN charts (illegal and faked pretext of 2003 Iraqi invasion), thus showing the world their unimportance, thus allowing Russia to do similar things.
The best case scenario for Ukraine and the world now will be to let Eastern Ukraine determine their own fate and Western Ukraine join EU and NATO.
No one in Europe and Russia wants total war, especially in Europe.
And the West should start working out its relations with Russia that's based on mutual respect and trust.
The West needs Russia to counteract China in future and thus shouldn't push Russia further into China's influence.
You said it about as simple as it can be said
This is so true! Thank you for the great analysis. I don't understand how nobody else is seeing it. I will not be surprised to learn that Russia got Chinese blessing before the decision to invade Ukraine.
It doesn't seem to be the case, actually, especially given that Putin held a long phone conversation with Xi just yesterday in which he laid out in full his explanation for what Russia is currently doing. China's response was to say that it *respects* Russia's actions in Ukraine and supports Russia.
I know right.... can see it from miles away that all US invasions to other countries are blessed by GODs.
I fear that China & Russia are aligning vs NATO and they have patience that the US cannot muster.
you bet they did
Of course he did. That is why he moved a lot of the military forces to Ukraine from Siberia. He basically turned Russia's unprotected back to China, knowing that it is safe to do so. Also he waited untill the end of Oympics in China. It was all thought through in great details and well in advance. The whole world with the exception of EU is sick of US bullying the world. The hypocrisy of US has no bounds. They act like they are on a higher moral grounds and can "shame" or "punish" Russia for behaving exactly like US has done for decades. Here's a very interesting analysis of the situation that I find the closest to the real situation: th-cam.com/video/rkacr7g86BY/w-d-xo.html
Please fix the problem with the close captions. Disable it or if you do , do it well. If you read the close captions you will agree that It is truly a nightmare.
You forgot to mention American involvement in 2014 helping the koi in overthrowing the government there ?
"As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
That’s really not relevant to this subject since we’re trying extremely hard not to get into war.
well you are on the propaganda apparatus's ass channel Clown News network. there is plenty of propaganda being shat out here
You do realize that if Mr. King was alive today, God rest his soul, alot of people would refer him as an Uncle Tom...
niqqa we are from USA, WE SHARE WAR... not peace
Peace sells but who's Buying -
Megadeth lol
U.S is in fact a declining power.
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Biden could stop this all, immediately, by reimposing the sanctions he lifted on Nord Stream 2 in his first week in office. Without that pipeline, Russia, who depends heavily on oil & gas exports, would have to continue to rely on the pipelines that run through Ukraine.
Not at all when you visit the US you can be surprised how good and progressive it looks.
@@Stan732 Are YOU an American ? Short memories these people have
America still call all the shots in the world. America is the world's police.
never bored listening to you Fareed zakaria I Love you so much ❤
This gentleman is out of depth in terms of analysis of international affairs. His argumentation is premised on US Foreign Policy being good and needed in the world. In addition, he seems to suggest that only US national interests matter and those of other countries are insignificant. Insultingly, is the suggestion that USA should openly play Russia and China against each other. What piece of arrogance? The world is in the mess because of US endless wars it wages against countries that refuse to "fall in line", so to speak.
When US became the only one super power, US didn't hesitate to act as the only one super power (against the whole world). That's when the world's political and economic situations have been changed.
It just so happened to be the most prosperous time in world history. Just not for former Soviet countries
Well said!!! People should forget what side their on politically because like it or not the world sees us as one. Better come together soon because a divided country will collapse.
The USA is no longer the super power 🤣🤣🤣
@@mypeeps333 it is but other super powers are emerging and the US is losing its control, sth that seems to be good, the US launched nuclear attack when it was the super power, destroyed countries and lives to this day people are affected by it, maybe if other superpowers emerged humanity will benefit cus the US has to care about what other countries
@@alberteinstein2027 They have already EMERGED fool lol
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."(Sun Zi)
Every US error/mistake has been due to its misclassification/misperception of its two most important opponents as *-authoritarian-* and itself as *-democratic.-*
Agreed with you//sun zu all until you said Us is a democratic country!!!! Stolen election support to dictatorial regimes etc
@@TheAsominator You probably misunderstood what I was trying to get at: misclassification means they put themselves in the wrong category; Misperception means they looked at themselves the wrong way because they are not democratic.
The US 🇺🇸 is NOT a democratic state. It is a Ethno fascish state from the moment it was created to the now.
Bows to.... The Art Of War 🙏
~ Sun Tzu
@@QSynenergy Bwahahahahahaha
"Long and costly misadventure" 😆 calling it an L would hurt
Fareed …I’m not one to comment ever but just want to say you simply rock Mon ami ! Latest interview with Jon Batiste made me cry ! Love over evil ! Music over wars ! God bless ! Thank You Fareed ! Xox
Enjoy watching Fareed's Take very much! And I'm learning not only from him, also learning from the viewers here from their remarks...
Or you could just go outside and do regular stuff 🤷 🙄 like a regular person 🤔
Haha, I agree. . .
He has only been wrong (lying) about everything, always 🤣
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Great summary of the forces and factors in play.
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Biden could stop this all, immediately, by reimposing the sanctions he lifted on Nord Stream 2 in his first week in office. Without that pipeline, Russia, who depends heavily on oil & gas exports, would have to continue to rely on the pipelines that run through Ukraine.
@@Mark-wq4ux To bad you're not the president, you'd have it all figured out. Washington opposes the $11 billion pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea to bypass Ukraine and carry gas from Russia's Arctic region to Germany. Putin may want Ukraine no matter what. Blinkin met with his German counterparts and they have agreed to cancel their natural gas and oil commitments with Russia if the invasion proceeds. Carrot and stick may work but I doubt Putin will pull back in any case. If he just scares Zelenskyy out of Kyiv, a relatively small force can move in, take the radio, internet, TV, and capital buildings and establish a new government.
The only error that was made and is being made: Never focuses on internal issues and never improves itself.
Correction: It's self arrogance, over-confidence, and a false sense of security that tempts fate to a rude awakening.
good point.
This was a really great analysis! China and Russia should often be a big part of political conversation.
America has ALWAYS created its own worst enemies..... IT'S WHAT WE DO..!
Train for better relations between United States and Russia has left the station long time ago. Train has left the station when Vladimir Putin called George W. Bush on 9/11 2001 and offered United States help to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and around the world. Instead of that George W. Bush rather expanded NATO in eastern Europe toward Russian borders.
What do u mean by “GANGING”? Does it include the “GANGING UP BETWEEN AMERICA & EUROPE?
A very sound and informed critique of the huge strategic mistake the US has done.
Free Palestine
This guy literally said the opposite just last week
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better change your mind then keep a thought you know to be wrong and make up lies to support it.
He didn't, but carry on lying.
He is confused
[Talking Head]
Fareed revels in his analysis, he loves getting into the details but he always misses the big picture. China, Russia and a good bit of the Islamic world want to change, if not end, U.S. dominence in world affairs: political, economic, cultural and so on. Their respective tactics differ but the final goal is the same.
No one country should bully any countries, and control them. No Russia, China or the Us. Here is my assessment on whether there will be war between Russia and Ukraine. Let’s have a debate about this by commenting on my clip below the video, watch this clip: th-cam.com/video/3NT2DspIXl8/w-d-xo.html
And rightly so, behold all the US invasions of Arab lands, surrounding Russia-China with bases.
The main stream media and the domestic politics of the US as a major reason why the US empire is in its last days is a topic I want Fareed to tackle.
@@eddychinwe1163 "Mainstream media"= Fox News and OANN
They already got their disered goals the moment they managed get that mummy in the Whitehouse. That mummy is compromised by every mayor country, from out of nowhere this regime will give a promise that Ukraine will never join NATO and USA gets nothing in return!
This regime will claim they prevented a war... they are masters at creating a new war!
Fareed, excellent take!
Well, it's too late now. I definitely see it as an end to an empire.
Not to mention that NATO bombed the Chinese embassy during the bombing of Belgrade/ Srebia, in 1999'. Every year, the Chinese organize the anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese embassy, in Belgrade, and claim that they will not forget this crime. To be clear- i condemn Russia's attack on Ukarine, but also condemn the NATO attack on Serbia in 1999. where many civilians were killed ( even a two ys old baby- Milica Rakich), The reason why NATO attacked Serbia was dictator Miloshevich, who lived safely at his residence, while his son got rich, during the NATO bombing, building his own personal amusement park ''Bambieland'' ( something like Disneyland). Civilians who oppsed Milosevich's dictatorship were innocent victims of the NATO attack. That's why i hate military forces- Eastern or Western, it doesn't matter.
It stopped the serbian genocide against bosnian muslims, which the serbs did for years, before Nato finally stopped them.
@@OsmanOsmanHan , if you read my comments carefully, U will understand- Yes, Milosevic's cruel army in Bosnia and Hercegovina have committed a horrible crime - genocide, against bosnian muslims. i'm from Serbia, but know very well that Bosnian Muslims were the biggest victims of the terrible war in a former Yugoslavia. I have no words to say how much sorry i'm for all these victims in Srebrenica. Bosnian Muslims were and still they are the most wonderful ppl in Balkan, ppl with an open heart. But, NATO alliance during bombing Serbia, didn't attack Milosevic ( a person who caused a war in Yugoslavia), Milosevic was safe at one of his residence while his son got rich by building his own personal amusement park during NATO bombardment, while NATO's bombs killed an innocent victims - about 70 children ( Milica Rakic, 2 ys old baby was the first victim of NATO's bombs), NATO destroyed all bridges on the Danube in my multiethnic city ( Novi Sad), although citizens from Novi Sad were against Milosevic and his cruel politics. That's what i'm talking about- NATO didn't stopped them, NATO bombs killed an innocent ppl who were against Milosevic's dictatorship and terror . Milosevic stayed even stronger after NATO attack, and was more cruel to his opponents.
"When the power of love over comes the love of power we will know peace " - James Marshal Hendrix 🎸
Threats and sanctions warnings will not work to influence others for the desired result. The US officials who participated with Russians and others relating to this issue should have left France and Germany to convince the Russians to change the path for a peaceful outcome. Diplomacy is a very sensitive and subtle matter that should be handled by experienced people like Henry Kissinger. The following Statement of Jean Baptiste Colbert, French Politician, and Minister, during the time of Louis XlV, equally applies to Diplomacy. "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing".
Deep 👌🏼
So, never.
@@TheWersum USA don't give a shit about Russia. They have been withdrawing troops and investments from Europe since the end of the Cold War. They are all focus in the Indian Pacific Region, the new center of gravity of the world. If it wasn't for Poutine, USA would already been gone from Europe.
Only a deranged being like Poutine can think that the USA want to invade Russia. Nor Europe want it either. They rather would want to Russia become a prosperous democratic country to join Europe Union which would be wonderful to have all Europeans living, trading, enjoying prosperity together by choice, not by the power of force like Poutine would want to do .
USA only objective now is to contend China power. Russia is a distraction, but a dangerous one with this guy who thinks we are still living in the 19th century. Poutine want Russia neighbors with puppets like the "president" of Belarus ruling by oppression and only capable of that because he has Poutine to protect him from his own population full of desire of freedom and hope for a better life free from psychopaths like him and Poutine (did you see him near Poutine watching to the "Russia war games" in his own country? He was like a true wax puppet, with no expression, no own will).
Poutine want to be able to intervene as he want in these countries when the several decades long dictators are in risk from being put out of the power by a fed up population like last year in Belarus, and this year in Kazakhstan. He can't support that Ukraine is not like Belarus or Kazathstan and more importantly, he is afraid that Ukraine can be successful, so a very bad example at his doors! Imagine if the Russian population would want to imitate Ukraine population! What an horror for this fake czar, who want to be an alfa male but who is so coward that he have to poison or imprisoned his political adversaries to be sure to win "elections". Undermining Ukraine economy is his way to weaken Ukrainian population faith on democracy and then trying to put his own puppet at power like he did before the Maivan Revolution. Imagine if Ukraine is successful country, a Russian neighbor that can live successfully without Russia ruling it, what a nightmare!
I used to live in France for a long time, then in Netherlands and Germany. I went to several protests in France and no tank from the French army tried to ampere me to manifest (only some zealous or afraid policemen). In Germany and Netherlands I assisted several protests against OTAN, but I never saw a single US Army guy or any US tank trying to stop theses protests, like Russian army did in several countries like Czechoslovakia or Hungria in the last century, or more recently in Belarus and Kazakhstan.
USA politics can be very unfriendly, but Russian past and present mentality is light years far more evil than anything that the USA can do in Europe, or even to Russia. It is this very reason why European East countries ASKED to join OTAN, not by love to the USA, but because they don't trust a country ruled by people who still have the mentality of their ancient torturers! I have several friends in Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, and whatever their age, most of them don't like the USA, but all of them say the same about Russia paranoiac quest of European dominance by force and torture. So, Ukrainians, are not different, and even Belarus people are changing, as they have hope of becoming a friendly country too, among all other European countries. Actual Russian rulers mentality is eviler than cancer, it is bad for Europe, but it is also bad for Russian amazing people.
One more time Europe and USA don't give a shit about Russia unless Russia became a true democracy (still in need to be turned a perfect-full system, for sure) which want to work together with trust and friendship. Russia have a wonderful people, too bad they can't be free from the actual Kremlin Imperial mentality. If Russia want to be respected, it has to deserve it. But it was all the contrary that Russia have been showing to the world in the last 20 years or so. Force is always an ephemeral thing that can be overwhelmed by people hope at any time. Respect can last centuries and even be eternal.
@@srilaura Unfortunately your 💯 what fools we are as a species
We need to understand much better the situation for ourselves.
Lol the word two countries ganging up haha funny
What is long term agenda of NATO and USA towards Russia by expanding up to their borders????
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That’s the question that no one wants to answer…. If you place yourself in Putin’s shoes.. what would you do? You would have a direct rival on your southern border, who is backed by a world power that you are in competition with. Americans have no understanding of just how far reaching our government is. I’m not supporting Putin’s actions, but would I do something differently??
Since the second world war, your countries invaded and launched missiles, drones in over 50 countries. Then we can add to mix how many rebellions your country fund, training and providing weapons. In addition, you place dictators and puppet foreign politicians that do let you steal the resources and do the dirty work. When the USA goes to Irak, Afghanistan that liberation but when Russia goes to Ukraine that invasion, Double Standards. Please stop hypocrisy and selective outrage. Furthermore how many agreements did NATO, the USA, EUROPE break with Russia? In the 60 the USA put missiles in Turkey then Russia responds by placing missiles in Cuba in 1962. It almost triggered ww3. Why do you think in 2022 placing military base and missile Ukraine is acceptable? Finally, the USA proposes to sell the weapon to Japan and Taiwan. China responds by making threats that will trigger a war. Once again NATO, Europe, USA are the provocateur. But the media are pushing propaganda USA, NATO, EUROPE, UKRAINE are good and innocent vs China-Russia-Venezuela-Iran countries are bad USA, NATO, EUROPE governments- corporations are gangsters have no moral authority.
The US, because of its strength militarily and economically, has been interfering in the affairs of other countries far too often, and for far too long. They interfered in Ukraine in 2014, fomenting and helping a revolution to topple a government they saw as too close to Russia. Here is a hypothetical: what if Canada saw the US as a threat and signed a treaty with Russia? What if Russia armed the Canadians? Would the US accept that? But Putin shouldn't be concerned that a supposedly defensive NATO is pushing ever closer to Russia?
Your asking yourselves that NOW?
Which is why we created NAFTA so that Canada and Mexico would never have any reason to ever betray the US and the US will never have enemies on its borders; they simply make too much money from the US. The US policy is also to always put threats on the borders of our enemies/competitors. This keeps areas of conflict far from US shores and further protects the Homeland. It’s been this way since the end of WW2.
If people like you don’t grasp these basic things, please educate yourself about how the world really works before yapping off about the geopolitical game.
@@infinati that's the problem... Not many REAL AMERICANS will research to educate themselves... It's not even a political thing any longer. It's an IQ test and apparently many people have failed it.
You're seriously defending a communist country?
@@middleguy1776 Ukraine isn't a free country and is only about a month from being a failed State all together, they can't maintain this war footing much longer. Zelenski grew up in the Soviet Union he enjoyed the criminal empire he's run so far I'm sure 🐻👩💼🇺🇲⚒️🇷🇺
This all just strikes me to be a market-driven war.
Spot on!!!
Make America great again by stepping out of unnecessary wars and investing much of this wasted military budgets in improving the infrastructure, agricultural, industrial, educational sectors of the country
+ decommissioning 90% of its 800 military bases
You're 100% correct. We waste billions on the military and start more wads than either China and Russia combined have done!
So what your espousing is American isolationism. This is a global economy, and the politics are global as well. If we isolate ourselves as the previous administration thought was prudent, we take the risk of making America inconsequential.
@@alexandermaslyakov9590 The US military is a major employer. Whenever bases get threatened with closing, the regional representatives, citizenry and the base itself rally and push to more demonstrate their usefulness.
The Foundations of Geopolitics
Russia must spread Anti-Americanism and Anti-Westernism everywhere: "the main 'scapegoat' will be precisely the U.S and the West."
In the United States:
"Russia should use its Intelligent services within the borders of the United States to fuel instability and separatism, for instance, provoke "Afro-American racists". Russia should "introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements - extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics."
- Alexander Dugin, Russian military subversion specialist
it would have been helpful if Fareed had indicated how the Russia-China economic alliance was predicted/suggested in the work of economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 on BRIC (which refers to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China).
It is Brics Brazil ,Russia, China, india and South Africa it is called Brics not Bric always leaving the African countries yet they have the most resources go and google
@Seventh Anubis that is what happens when you keep on threatening countries with sanction and acting without them life can't be America and NATO countries should thought a better way dealing matters instead of sanctions and war
@@liya7568 BRIC is also a group (without SA). South Africa is a shithole.. and the least useful country.. thats why is it left out. The others are future dominant countries.
Even kissinger never kissed putins ring .. kissunger never sword b dances with sudi murder ing royals kissinger never said he was a kindred spirit of a n Korean leader. That WAS trump
@@jcmorton899 no south Africa was added and it is far better than Brazil we have diamond gold platinum etc and our GDP is better than Brazil at the moment go google you need educate yourself in fact Putin came to South Africa many times than he did Brazil so does Chinese president
Bravo! Somebody give my man, Fareed a hat with a propeller! Well earned!
The only honest journalist I have seen in CNN so far, very professionally. That's what I have said from the very begging and that's exactly what we are doing or better said, we already did and not only with China- Russia, we can talk about almost the whole East and BRICS alliance, energia economies.
I almost didn't visit you because you're on a CNN site but everything you said I recognize as fact. Thank you for your analysis.
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So good. You only want news and information you agree with. You my ''friend' are part of the problem.
@@badlt5897 would you listen to Fox news?
This is extremely important and sensible. We need better diplomacy and strategic planning then we’ve had.
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I thought the democrats would fix everything? They promise the world to us everytime, then throw scraps to the worthless bums, and make everyone else miserable.
@@gburn9377 that’s why I’m a libertarian
Why US government must always impose sanctions instead of friendship and understanding ?
Since the second world war, your countries invaded and launched missiles, drones in over 50 countries. Then we can add to mix how many rebellions your country fund, training and providing weapons. In addition, you place dictators and puppet foreign politicians that do let you steal the resources and do the dirty work. When the USA goes to Irak, Afghanistan that liberation but when Russia goes to Ukraine that invasion, Double Standards. Please stop hypocrisy and selective outrage. Furthermore how many agreements did NATO, the USA, EUROPE break with Russia? In the 60 the USA put missiles in Turkey then Russia responds by placing missiles in Cuba in 1962. It almost triggered ww3. Why do you think in 2022 placing military base and missile Ukraine is acceptable? Finally, the USA proposes to sell the weapon to Japan and Taiwan. China responds by making threats that will trigger a war. Once again NATO, Europe, USA are the provocateur. But the media are pushing propaganda USA, NATO, EUROPE, UKRAINE are good and innocent vs China-Russia-Venezuela-Iran countries are bad USA, NATO, EUROPE governments- corporations are gangsters have no moral authority.
Now all countries wanna live in Prosperity and good progress
When a see this « journalist I always remember that very old publicity for music- the voice of his master.
"We should not be helping to unite our foes". Very well said.
we build chinatowns everywhere, its game over for white supremacy
I thought divide and concur was America's favorite tool.👀😳🤭
Russia "a declining power"? On what facts do you base this strange assertion?
I think he is referring to Russia's sharply declining population over the last several decades. Now they are 144 million (2020) and still dropping. They make little for the world markets and have a colonial profile re: natural resources. That said, they have powerful military and perhaps premier intelligence forces.
On what basis are you saying that Russia is a declining power.On the contrary it is the opposite.
He must be referring to the fact that Russia stopped being a military rival to the U.S. since the fall of USSR.
@@bp4187 yeah but compared to 20 and 10 years ago Russia is stronger.
What would Truman do?
I don't know how this guy still has a job after commenting since Irak and only saying half truths but always saying the wrong
Fareed word of wisdom should not fall on dead ear in Washington DC for everything there is a price to pay for mistake
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it’s ‘deaf ears’
While it is a strategic goal to keep adversaries separated It's a mistake to think that we can always keep competitors apart. Sometimes the forces acting upon nations are too strong to overcome and linkages occur. It seems as if Fareed is disputing this basic fact. As if it's always under a third parties ability to disrupt any aliance from forming.
Do nations really compete? They trade, but do they really compete?
Biden could stop this all, immediately, by reimposing the sanctions he lifted on Nord Stream 2 in his first week in office. Without that pipeline, Russia, who depends heavily on oil & gas exports, would have to continue to rely on the pipelines that run through Ukraine.
@@cozethugo4674 The only reason who started what mess?
@@Mark-wq4ux sanction Nord Stream 2 wont work, china is a huge country they can easily buy all that gas, but EU will have huge problem with energy.
beside US has no right to sanction EU business
@@Mark-wq4ux , stopping Russia oil & gas will also stop it going to EU which will slowdown EU's economy US largest trading partner.EU is 40% dependent on Russia energy Sure you want to do that ? In a globalised world one can't go around doing things unilaterally without causing self-harm.
Excellent piece of analysis by Fareed!
These are very serious times indeed.
grazie
The strategic error is getting involved in other people's business. Clean your own yard first.
Yeah it’s other peoples business until it’s your business.
What are ya - dumb?
We tried isolation before, it got us involved in two world wars trying to stabilize Europe.
Oh "Come on man"! Putin I mean Biden love involving them selves with other countries borders and politics but don't care at all about our own border.
@@dating4564 stop repeating memed boomer talking points about an unrelated, much less existential issue.
@@Sloimer Maybe you should understand what foreign policies the US employed during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The US shouldn't count on China for resolving the conflict with the US, NATO and Russia etc. China hasn't forgotten the heavy tariff imposed on the imported products from China and the boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics. The US has forced China to have a tighter connection and relationship with Russia. The US sales of sophisticated weapons to Taiwan and the interference in the domestic affairs of Taiwan and Hong Kong greatly anger and irritate China.
Tough Shit
What sophisticated weapons did USA sell to Taiwan? You mean those junk F16? Lol
@@Zippezip fk
Fareed is a truly independent, neutral political and geopolitical analyst. Thank you Fareed.
Good saying!