not just those two, the list should also include South Korea, Philippines, UK, Italy, etc etc. No sovereign nations in their right mind would allow military bases within their borders. EDIT: foreign military base

Ukraine was progressing, slowly, but surely, citizens were becoming established and enjoyed certain advantages, such as, considerably lower gas rates by which the nation as a whole would prosper. Ukraine wished to continue trade with Russia, its natural trading partner, while the USA wanted it to switch to European suppliers with higher costs, creating an impossible situation, setting it back. Residents were content, but foreign-funded agitators sowed discord and the president of the USA told the then president of Ukraine to step down, opening the way for their puppet Zelensky. Voters took the bait. They wished free speech at the same level and their lives to be like that in western nations. (With thousands of homeless living on the streets in each city? With comments that do not support the narrative deleted)? Once Zelensky assumed office he did the _opposite_ of what he promised and what citizens had in mind when they voted for him. He also employed _conflict_ to justify turning Ukraine into his personal dictatorship. In an effort to offset the perception that he has inveigled himself into the Nazi faction he dresses like Castro. Citizens did not vote for Zelensky to set up the nation so that the land would be depleted off Ukrainians and so that their children would be sent into the meat grinder. ¹³ Should Zelensky’s operation be successful, Ukraine is to be transformed into a nation of tenants struggling with financial Ponzi by placing a halt on the further use of land, along with other barriers, causing home prices to skyrocket beyond reach, adopting a process that proved effective in Australia and Canada, with rent at absurd levels extorted from residents and shunted directly into the pockets of the chosen few. The aggregate of rental income dwarfs revenue from taxation accruing to government. This concentration of funds into a few hands enables acquisition of remaining assets. Ukrainians that realize their children cannot become established do not raise families. Their reward following a lifetime of hard work is to die homeless on the street. Massive immigration maintains population levels. The economy will function like one gigantic enterprise in which the lifetime earnings of residents are exacted through rent with tenancies replenished from nations worldwide while its native sons vanish into oblivion. Ukraine will be populated by others that are strangers to this land and not by the heirs of those that are fighting and dying. ¹² _Dairy farming_ and _beekeeping_ are significant endeavours in Ukraine. Prior to the Balfour declaration, Ukraine and Syria were cited for dismemberment. Ukraine _a land of milk and honey_ was the promised land. Syria should be destroyed so that it ceases to exist as a nation in order to acquire legitimate title, in a reverse takeover. A former world leader knew that a land of milk and honey was not a sliver of arid sand and decided that Ukraine should be _lebensraum_ for the 1000-years-Reich. _The plenty of game and fish, the innumerable bee-hives, deposited in the hollows of old trees and in the cavities of rocks, and forming even in that rude age a valuable branch of commerce, the size of the cattle, the temperature of the air, the aptness of the soil for every species of grain, and the luxuriancy of the vegetation..._ (A.D. 244 during the reign of Emperor Philip).

@@jimbecker6599 yes, thank you.

​@@hujiannong Ask Philippines. They just allowed another 4 US military bases

That's the new way of colonialism, you don't call them colonies you call them nato allies. And the most important of all, they are allowed to pretend they are independent so that their public doesn't get suspitious about their limited sovereignty

If you have been blaming Russia then wake up, the US causes wars destruction in other to feel strong. So bad.

Putin's "Historical Russia" is not defensive. It is Imperialistic. No nation that was once part of the Soviet Empire can ever again be independent. Do you think that policy will sell in Poland? It is not selling in Ukraine.

@@paulinuschah2099 Putin's "Historical Russia" should change your mind. No nation that was once part of the Soviet Empire can ever again be independent. Do you think that policy will sell in Poland? It is not selling in Ukraine.

@@msimon6808 BAY OF PIGS remember that little incident. How did the US react when a sovereign nation like Cuba wanted to invite Russian and we didn't like that. No shit. So why should we expect Russia to react any differently now?

@@msimon6808 You talk of Poland. Many Poles would like parts of western Ukraine to be returned to Poland.

Not even the successor is any better. The bipartisan caucuses are known to be Wall Street mafia’s conmen

You have to cleans deeper the Project for the New American Century and other neocons groups. Victoria Nuland is right out of a James Bond criminal group.

Really? And who do you propose in Biden's stead? We are living in a capitalist country. I doubt that this year or next we can change the system. A Presidential election is coming up next year. So, come right out and say it. Who do you propose?

@@helengarrett6378 I have no idea what you're rambling on about. Nor do I really care. But I do know that Biden is an evil, vile, lying, divisive, incompetent, mentally impaired, corrupt criminal that is destroying this country and causing hardship for millions of Americans. He needs to be prosecuted along with his sleezeball of a son, Hunter. But the hypocritical, propagandist, leftist media cover for him and they're all gaslighting us. And too many people are too dumb and ignorant to know any better. It's like an episode of the twilight zone, but worse because it's real.

Impeach every federal member of the American political class and both parties,

Sure. The purpose of NATO was "to keep the Russian out, the Americans in, and the Germans down,". Nice gaslighting here.

@@Vonbrucken Germany must bow down to mighty America like Japan did in the 90's 💪💪💪

Demographics was going to deindustrialize Germany in any case. This sped it up a few years.

@@johnsmith-cw3wo Germany is not having enough children. It will be needing American protection. They are just advancing the timetable. Japan had the same problem sooner.

@@msimon6808 US don't have many children either... unless you count the black and the brown ones.

Meloni is a liar. And so will the person after her be.

BOY YOU NAILED IT !!!

You see it in the fashion industry. The way Americans in Paris and Milan act like colonizer's. Why does Donatella Versace ?, and Jean-Paull Gaultier. kiss Americans butts? They have all the money like the Nazis did.

I am American of Italian descent . She is such a disappointment . I had such high hopes for Italy .

Dr. Wolff Teaches in major universities worldwide.

@@saveriodipoce2201 He does not mention Russian Imperialism. That seems like a very large hole in his argument. Putin's "Historical Russia". No nation that was once part of the Soviet Empire can ever again be independent. Do you think that policy will sell in Poland? It is not selling in Ukraine.

@@msimon6808 What difference does that make to what he is pointing out? The US in no less imperialistic, our government is evil.

@@msimon6808 I guess a far right nationalistic regime in Ukraine doesn't sell well amongst the ethnic Russians in the east of the country either. Ditto for the Hungarian and Rumanian minorities amongst other too.

We need a one world governance system and framework.. to end competition and hegemonic ambitions between national identity sovereignty jurisdiction and patriotism flags.. hmmmm..

NO nukes will be fired , WW3 is not a happening thing , It's just Russia getting it's ass kicked and Trump needs a pay check so mentioned nukes and WW3 , no one else did LMAO

You are absolutely correct! But because I acknowledge and dislike the "cock-up" that America has made I also have to object to Putin's "cock-up" in Ukraine snd China's financial support of it. I object to all the other fascist states and undemocratic governments led by authoritarian syrongmen who flock to China and Putin's aid...they will reap exactly what they sow, heavy handed and undemocratic leaders who are power junkies. Russia is not going to reconstitute the Soviet hegemony without a whimper from the breakaway states that don't want to be Russian client states now. Ukraine is fighting back. Indeed this might be the early beginnings of WWIII but it isn't a fight between capitalism and socialism. It's a fight between fascist dictatorships and a few who prefer democracy, preferably wedded to socialism. We have to get rid of fascism and capitalism but preserve democracy. I won't throw that baby out with the bathwater. What kind of alliance unites the most extreme right in the United States, the acknowledged fascist government in Hungary, Iran's repressive theocracy, the absolute monarchy of Saudi Arabia and authoritarians like Xi and Putin ? Ugh! If that what the new left wants count me out. I want socialism, for sure. I've wanted a better break for working people for a long time. But without rights and democracy all you get is a different person abusing you. You get a religious zealot, a fascist, or a dictator and/or a state led by a strongman whom you had better praise and never, ever disagree or you will pay for it harshly. You are half right but drew the wrong conclusions. Rethink!

He never once mentions Russian Imperialism. Putin's "Historical Russia". No nation that was once part of the Soviet Empire can ever again be independent. Do you think that policy will sell in Poland? It is not selling in Ukraine. So he is only giving the Russian side of the story. How can you decide based on half the information?

BOY YOU NAILED IT !!

Why should it?

@@eaglestowereaglestower664 Because this American war is harming Germany. Hard.

PS, I already knew it, but no one would listen to me!

My feeling exactly , but he does say a lot of true things .

*Conflict increases demand for and strengthens the USA dollar.* The dollar projected to collapse was forestalled by COVID with quantitative easing and stimulus checks¹ a thinly veiled printing of money. The _petro_ dollar is the obverse face of _conflict_ currency. Defense spending² evokes confidence and primes the economy. Western nations _need_ this war. Much has been made of the size of Russia's GDP. That is irrelevant if it does not have to import goods from western nations. These nations frantically exchanging financial paper seem-to-be-seen to be surging ahead, but _are_ they? Or, are they just producing inflated numbers that provide an illusion of prosperity? Sanctions are having an effect similar to tariffs with capital now being invested internally instead of abroad. _Vkusno & Tochka_ are doing brisk business. There is little point in adding to the consumer goods fray in a market saturated with gadgets that is past the peak of the curve and is in decline. Both the USA and Russia import these kinds of items from China. The former with the petro dollar and the latter with money from petroleum sales, each by presenting a different rendition of the same petro coin. It makes little sense for Russia with its vast territory that is sparsely populated to emulate overcrowded nations with few resources. In the final analysis, a nation needs _real_ material and _real_ food. Deliberately simulating densely populated conditions by holding land in short supply-as practiced in Canada-causes housing prices to skyrocket beyond reach in an unregulated financial market creating a cancerous tumor-like distortion of the economy. Russia has enormous resources and does not have to engage in monetary _Ponzi_ or to implement _Agenda 21_ in order to survive. Being a gas station, lumber yard, steel mill and granary may very well be the way forward. ¹ Quantitative easing and stimulus spending keep western nations afloat. A continuous transfusion delays death of the patient. ² Arms sales are a vital constituent of economic activity. Superior field performance of weaponry attracts new customers. This war will not end anytime soon. ³ Reserves are already depleted should Russia demand gold from western nations in payment for petroleum. ¹³ Russia’s debt: $300 billion. USA debt: $30 trillion (i.e., $30,000 billion) or one hundred times that of Russia.

@@mrmelmba word debt is an illusion crested by Enslavement to someone else's currency no matter if it the golden ruler or CBDC's. Capitalism is a disease. The only true currency known to the species you don't have to kiss 💋 anybody else's PRIVATE CURRENCY asses to produce with and trade for ourselves is TIME. Universal, stable and accurate. Any form of currency that isn't the humans themselves of their own ownership of time is someone else's slave invited to be dinner, not to dinner.

@@mrmelmba there's more to the onion than you revealed. Squirrels don't pay rent and the experts are baffled ? I just explained why. Slow Ed CO-Nomics.

If I had to guess, I imagine the US threatened Europe with nuclear annihilation if they didn't go along with their empire

The US probably threatened to turn Europe into a sheet of glass and radioactive wasteland if they dare turn against the Great American Empire

@@thomascook8541 Americans only attack the weak

The EU was created to listen to the United states and to obey

Is a win for "Historical Russia" and Russian Imperialism desirable? Putin's "Historical Russia". No nation that was once part of the Soviet Empire can ever again be independent. Do you think that policy will sell in Poland? It is not selling in Ukraine. I believe the EU was trying to avoid the Russian shaft.

I prefer 101 to class 251, since I am so dense. What would you like the prof to do, talk about esoteric economic theories ,perhaps?

Try to read various sources. Your angle of view is really limited. Russia don't care about EU, but ask not to expand NATO further to Russian borders. Do you really believe that Russia is going concur the World? It's just scary fairytale told by news, because they want to be afraid of Russia and shoot yourself in the foot, send more money and weapons. US make EU weaker and weaker using this conflict.

No, you’re wrong. By the time it’s sold to the consumers, it’s actually even more. Russian gas was dirt cheap. That’s gone now.

@@igorseprak6177 Its not 300%, that’s ludicrous. From what i can see its about 42% more on average. And the US is never going to cut that off so its also reliable. And was it worth exposing your whole economy to Russian economic blackmail?

@@reubenmcmurray4377 Blackmail is what you have now. Before, Germany had cheap Russian natural gas, oil , and diesel.

@@igorseprak6177 And what blackmail would that be? Sure but Russia had demands to accompany that cheap gas unrelated to price. Also sometimes reliability is better than cheaper.

Actually, the United States produces excellent Fire Engines. Think the Caterpillar is an American company, too, in business for almost 100 years now. Consumer goods, of course, are a different category.

What's wrong with that? Intentions should be showed not concealed

You really wrote this BS and thing you made a point 😂

Hmm...factories run on electricity and electricity is produced by natural gas among other sources.

Germany was producing far more then cars