All the youtube videos by analysts and military experts like Scott ritter general mcgregor and count less others were put together in a book and we are supposed to read it and applaud it.

The people of the Greater Middle East, including the Levant (most of whom are Semites, and the followers of Abrahamic religions) have been divided and ruled over by outsiders for centuries. Because it is easier to divide people based on personal differences, than it is to unite them, based on what they have in common. Strategically ambiguous rulers make use of this, for own advantages. In the era of empires, first Rome/Constantinople, then during WW1 the seat of POWER playing these games changed to London/Paris (Sykes-Picot/Balfour Declaration/WW1), then after the 1950's as European colonialism's power decreased, starting around the time a bark by Washington DC in 1956 (Suez Crisis/War) showed who the new boss was, the role of divider was simply taken over by Washington DC (the entire ME was the playground during the Cold War). Now the intention is simply to avoid unity in the ME, in order to "rule" over the dissent which is classical "divide and rule". Today, their leaders are ALL tools. Draw lines on the map without asking any of those affected. Endless wars, constant dissent. Divide and Rule. Oldest trick in the book... Who wields the POWER? Who has had (in all historical cases in the ME/Levant) the GEOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGE of being able to reach all the other little buck catchers (tools, and other Roman-era style instruments of POWER), but could not be reached itself, because of a geographical-, technological-, organizational-, military-, strategic-, political advantage at any given point of a historical timeline? Same types of people and systems. Different times. Same games. ------------------------------------- The people of the Africa have been "divided and ruled" over by outsiders for centuries. Because it is easier to divide people based on personal differences, than it is to unite them, based on what they have in common. Strategically ambiguous rulers make use of this, for own advantages. In the era of empires, first Rome/Constantinople in North Africa, then during the era of Western imperialism the seat of POWER playing these games changed to the USA/Europe, then after the 1950's as European colonialism's power decreased, Africa was the "playground" during the Cold War. Moscow was taking on the role of arming the resistance. Once the dividers have reached peak power for themselves, by simply drawing lines on the map without asking any of those affected (Congo Conference/1884) so the own systems of gain can siphon off wealth like a giant vacuum cleaner. The intention was simply to avoid unity in Africa, in order to "rule" over the dissent which is classical "divide and rule". Today, all African dissenters, including some of Africa's own greedy corrupt leaders, are ALL tools. Endless wars, constant dissent. Give them money, and they will dance for the dividers... Divide and Rule. Oldest trick in the book... Four corners of the globe. Different rules. Same games. -------------------------------------- The people of the Americas (most of whom are Christians), including the USA, have been divided and ruled over by outsiders for centuries. Because it is easier to divide people based on personal differences, than it is to unite them, based on what they have in common. In the beginning stages of era of European Imperialism, first Spain and Portugal entered the Americas, employing the divide and rule technique of top-down power on the local systems (Aztecs/Incas), then after 1900 as European colonial powers' influence decreased, the role of divider was simply taken over by Washington DC. As the own power increased incrementally, the entire world became the playground after around 1900. _Today, it is the globalists who employ imperialist tools to play divide and rule games on their neighbours._ *Forget "nukes". The "divide and rule/conquer"-strategy is the most powerful force on the planet.* Ever since the two-faced "snake" slithered down that tree of unity (fable), speaking out of both sides of the mouth (lies, deceit), human beings have fruitlessly warned and have continuously been warned, against "divisions" within a peaceful status quo. Such divisions create GAIN for OUTSIDERS (Eden as a "system" divided by lies and deceit). Now the intention is simply to avoid unity in the Americas, in order to rule over the dissent which is classical divide and rule. Endless wars on anything and everything from "drugs" to "terror", constant dissent with everything's a war war war... Insert levers of lies, mistrust... Create favourites: favouritism, by granting access to the own POWER, to those who volunteer to act as proxies... Point the systemic finger, everywhere else, by use of the own paid stooges of power... Divide and Rule. Oldest trick in the book... *In February 1948, George F. Kennan's Policy Planning Staff said: "[W]e have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population. ... Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity."* [Critical question: Who is "we"?] And that is what they did. And that is what you are fighting for. America's friends and self-proclaimed default rivals in Europe are still being burnt to ensure this disparity continues, with a "pattern" of alignments which are beneficial to the own rule. Set up European and Eurasian nations (including the MENA region) against each other. It is how divide and rule is implemented. The imperialist playbook of Great Britain and the USA for more than 100 years. Read Halford Mackinder (Pivot of History, 1904) and Zbigniew Brzezinski (Grand Chessboard, 1997) regarding Eurasia for the template. Who wields the POWER? Who has had (in all historical cases in the ME/Levant) the GEOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGE of being able to reach all the other little buck catchers (tools, and other Roman-era style instruments of POWER), but could not be reached itself, because of a geographical-, technological-, organizational-, military-, strategic-, political advantage at any given point of a historical timeline? That is what empires have always done. Create the default rival/enemy on their own marching routes. It is usually the power most likely to succeed which is determined as the default rival/enemy. Notice how, as soon as a rival starts mass-producing products high up in the value chain of capitalism, and starts vying for markets, and becomes successful, it immediately becomes the systemic rival, and is then geopolitically encircled by the greater empire. It happened around 1900, as Germany started building high-value products, and it happened around 2000, as China started moving away from building cheap toys and labor intensive kitchen appliances... The games start on the home turf. The first victims are their own people, locked in the eternal struggle for wealth and personal gain which they have been deceived into thinking is "good", but which WILL be exploited by the snakes who deceive them in the divide and rule technique of power. Because ..."most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place." - Walter E. Williams *War is a great "divider." It goes straight through the heads of millions and billions of people from the very top tiers, right down to the individual level. War divides alignments and alliances, goes straight through organizations, divides political parties, tears through families, and finally at the very bottom tier, goes straight through individual hearts and minds as individuals struggle with themselves.*

Best book on the collapse of the USSR is Socialism Betrayed by Kenny and Keeran, I think.

Western world don't have much scolars only prostitutes and propagandists.

The critic is of the opinion that clear political views on tyrannical regimes and figures devalue the historian. This is not necessarily a true statement in itself. The critic cannot find any truly professional mistakes of the historian, apparently he just disagrees with Snyder's political views.

In 20 minutes video you failed to provide any substantial argument it's just prolonged ad hominem attack.

He’s another grifting neocon-lite and an inveterate warmonger.

Kevin Rudd as the ‘China Whisperer’ is crassly misleading. He might have studied up some Mandarin, but let’s not be deceived- in reality it likens him to Adrian Zenz Would love to hear your thoughts on Krudd’s equivocations in relation to China in a dedicated episode 👌

I wish you hadn’t put out these requests for money or at least after 100k subs - doing these things for the dollar clouds the viewpoint - I’ll unsubscribe good luck -

No over commitment for authoritarians on your part? I'd say there's a ton of it. What never ending sarcasm from beginning to end. It sounds well practised. The breathlessly quiet attack. The vocal fry denoting a superior authority virtuously lambasting Snyder's apparent pomposity. Whose rhetoric is Manichean is it? I guess when Snyder talks of a kleptocrat, a fascist, a psychopath, a secret policeman who annually celebrates Chekist Day, a mediocre politician who has profited by a never ending war, or at least a ten year war to date against a weaker neighbour. Maybe personal judgement might interpose itself. Something I'm sure never enters your detailed counter analysis. Which frankly is pretty sparse. Actually lets not dilly dally. There's absolutely none. Poor Malorussia, which had the temerity to say no to the all encompassing basketcase that is present day Russia. A Russia led by a revisionist. A Kremlin that practices revanchism. That revels not only in its imperial past but in a leader that promises Russia will, no does rival the US as a grand hegemon even if in nothing but nuclear weapons. I would finally say that the portrayal of a slimy, unctuous and grovelling Snyder could be interpreted fairly accurately as simply projection. I certainly look forward to getting to know you better. COOOEEEE.

Yale history department produced Southern Redeemer historiography (along with Columbia) tht dominated the US historiography on the US Civil War well into the 20th century

Timothy Snider is a crypto Banderite driven by a total ideological commitment to Russophobia. To equate Hitler to Stalin is abberational historiography. The current conflict is fundamentally a civil war, especially in eastern Ukraine. Snider is neocon wrapped in neoliberal morality. A messianic warmonger..

TimothySnideris the biggest liar of them all.

Yuval Noa Harari is a slick neoneoliberal so to speak - his hehe stories shepherd the sheeple to WEF elites - he literally is Klaus Schwab's evil genuis.

Yuaval says it before the show got going. History will eventually clarify some issues....read, State of Israel.

I’m really looking forward to reading comments on this channel six months from now!

Maybe Synder is just cashing out. I bet he has more readers with his overdrawn demagoguery.

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This is a truly awful, ad hominem take, and to give you watchers/listeners a hint of the bs pushed here, consider all the verbiage and the dramatic whispering that goes on before he can say anything substantial. There is no "on the one hand" and "on the other hand" here. It was Putin who invaded Ukraine. He had no right to do so--full stop. The same jackass who destroyed Grozny, who invaded Georgia and through his oligarchs is still taking a mafia cut from business there, who sided with Asad and Iran and Hezbollah to destroy Aleppo and prevent the Sunni majority from taking political control, repeatedly involved himself in Ukrainian affairs for the last 20 years. There is no excusing it or rationalizing it, whatever the faults of the Ukrainians. Lots of stuff implied in this propagandistic monologue; very few facts substantiated. All heavy breathing. I'm sure lots of ppl are convinced, though.

If you want to have a critical perspective on an author, you need to read him. Twenty minutes of "denunciation" is obviously not enough to have such a perspective. The emotional comments here are the demonstration of the limits of these KZfaq exercises.

Thanks from Ukraine. I felt at once that there's something phoney, propagandistic about this T. Sneyder. I quit listening to his presumptuous lectures after 7th or 8th of them. Looked like the truth only for outsiders.

It seems to me that the modus operandi of the west for the past 60 to 70 years is to replace national governments around the world with western proxies and to vilify and under mine those that it can't . Such proxies have had their governing classes skilfully indoctrinated to represent the will of forces that consider themselves to be superior to the common man and are determined to directly or indirectly control the earths resources thereby eliminating any freedoms that individuals once had. The wars that we have been witnessing , have been for the control of these resources in order to achieve and cement into place their will and governance by controlling the individuals wealth, by controlling incomes and prices for everything the individual works for and aspires to for themselves, their children and their nations. The balance between true democracy ( the will of the people though THEIR elected representatives) and corporate interests have become tilted toward the enormously wealthy corporations who now control our democracy's. The worlds hope now lies in recognising the gave danger freedom and true democracy is in and outlawing corporate contributions to political organisation's and funding legitimate political aspirants through public funds. Freedom , democracy and the just application of the rule of law must be recaptured and this will only be achieved if we all snap out of our lethargy and demand it in every peaceful way that we can. THIS WILL NOT BE EASY OR WTHOUT SACRIFICE.

This video appears for me with a blue banner across the bottom suggesting that it employs the language 'New World Order' --"used in several conspiracy theories." This is simply not true of the video. How are videos marked this way and how can the flagging be removed?

The so-called Ivy League churns out these propagandists with complete lack of self-awareness

If you can't see the very fascist tendencies of Donald Trump, I gotta move on.

Thanks for this analysis! Exposing Snyder most effectively!

16:30 Gentle correction...Snyder isn't the product of " *AMERICAN* " political institutions or even yankee, (Northeastern US "elites") academics. No, Snyder is the product of that ghoulish Quakerism piety he was reared on. Quakers, long ago, morphed from edge-of-the-cliff Christians into some weird cult that latched onto late 19th C Spiritualism....we now call it "social justice". Your closing 4-5 minutes were really good. Carry on

I get this feeling from Harari, Peterson and others, that as soon as they become a popular commodity on the social media stage, there is a slippery slide downwards where you feel that it’s not about sharing knowledge anymore, but about visiting as many platforms as possible to make quick cash, hence…. Quackery As if there opinions, which this is all this is, are more valuable because they had a one hit wonder situation happen to them.

Just say it out loud. With the hard J. Your popularity will soar to new heights!

Maybe Blocked by Facebook- a refreshing bit of fresh air

I haven't read Snyder's book(s) and am not commenting on Snyder, but only on Ukraine from my viewpoint: it is rich in natural resources and worth controlling, and though Poland and Russia are the presently biggest nations whose language speakers once controlled the area, Ukraine has been an entity for generations with about as much right to its (1991) borders as any nation. Only Russia is challenging those borders. Allowing a nation to challange borders by military invasion is asking for more trouble in the present and future and should not be allowed like Germany's push for lebenstraum was not.

I think this is an excellent review of Snyder's current activities. Snyder is an Applebaum for the intellectuals, welcomed by The Guardian. What to think of Kotkin? Goldhagen?

I take exception to his opinion of why women historically are subservient and not leaders. He implies that women are inferior intellectually when the reality women in general are physically inferior. A punch in the head causing teeth to fall out, kicking to cause internal trauma or broken bones , beatings and rape and women’s instinct to do anything to protect her children has been exploited by the muscular superiority of males. These are methods the male has used to keep women quiet, docile , uneducated and subservient .Generally I suspect he does not like nor respects women.

Can you change western superiority? BBCNN constantly spins the truth to western superiority.

Greetings from Moscow…..love your work….

The guy is the best proof that a Yale pedigree is puffery at best, pure, unadulterated propagandist machine at worst..

Zelensky, such a tiny little squirt, a muc stain on the sofa

Well, of course. Yale has historical connections to the British Empire.

T. Snyder is an ideology warrior in the Liberal sense, which is on the decline anyway; any intellectuals trying to revive it through reforms. My answer is No. Most liberals think the Liberal Ideology is "perfect" as it is. Even if reforms are possible, they would be extremely difficult to implement.

I followed Snyder for years because he provided some great info, early on (only 2% of Jews killed in WW2 were killed in Germany and most deaths were executed in stateless lands). THEN in about 2014 (2015?), he told an audience member in Poland that the terror groups of OUN and others were of no issue in WW2 during a Q&A session (OUN and other terror groups would be disappointed to hear that, lol) -- he started using his good info to make odd conclusions that did not come from the facts he'd provided. He's disturbed and an odd caracture at this point. An interesting piece of sculpture in a dark corner of some abandoned living room of academia, imo.

Snyder and Applebaum (and Beevor for the older crowd) were on a mission when they were writing these books...

Fanatic Russophobe/Cold Warrior/neocon crusader/Western imperialist/supremacist.

A most illuminating commentary. The same can be said of so many public figures who have the undeserved respect of the public.😢

he is real narcissist... period...

Superb devastating analysis

Thanks!