Thank you, Jonathan and Gen. Berlijn. In my opinion, this channel is one of the best, if not the best, at depicting a realistic picture of Russia and its genocidal war against Ukraine. I wish all Western decision-makers would watch it regularly to understand what's at stake in Ukraine.
I agree. But this entire discussion needs to be broadened at an appropriate time. Zelensky said, "The world waits for November." Ukrainian direct brevity is one of the most attractive qualities of this generation. The most direct voices in European dialogs.
I’m in nyc and have been lied to REPEATEDLY by my democrat politicians. I don’t know what’s true - you liars - why should I want my gvt to risk my life - I’m in nyc and don’t trust you a holes
What Generals are saying is irrelevant .Politicians will do the decisions and they are not clear at the moment .Listening to retired generals is even worst
Thank you, Jonathan and Dick Berlijn. The Dutch have shown how to take initiatives such as to place the mobile hospitals close to the frontline. Glory to Ukraine. Support from Indonesia.
Excellent interview. I completely agree with the Duch general. There must be no room for self-deterrence in the West. The entire rule-based order, its endurance, is at stake in Ukraini war. Slava Ukraini
Thank you, Jonathan and Dick! As usual, this interview is intelligent, original, insightful, and thought-provoking. How I wish these points would be shared by the major Western governments. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 Heroiam Slava 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Victory for Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦
Jonathan, I am writing this comment thinking how wonderful your channel is, with a light heart but heavy thoughts, based on what I have seen but also what I have heard, taking into account the number of different opinions but at the same time the lack of judgment, people of good will but also those who are struggling. As they say, "the most disgusting and stupid comment with a lot of text to promote the channel" Thank you for the effort you are putting each day in our cause.
Great interview with General Dick Berlijn, This is the first interview I've seen with Gen, Berlijin. He needs to be speaking on more channels that support Ukraine's supporting RU-vid channels. .
General Berlijn's point about RESPONSIBILITY is a good one. Democracy isn't just about FREEDOM.. Democracy means RESPONSIBILITY. It's a two-way street. Democracy and Responsibility go hand-in-hand.
А где вы видели демократию в последние годы? В странах НАТО, где неугодных своих Президентов и премьер-министров расстреливают, где оппозиционным партиям ни одного места в комитетах Европарламента не дают, где поддерживают геноцид арабов Израилем, который убил мирных жителей в несколько раз больше за пол года, чем Россия за два с половиной года на Украине? Хотите дальше чувствовать себя главными, исключительными, которым всё дозволено - ну что же, в скором времени огребёте от всех по полной.
Excellent assessment from General Berlijn about what is required to help Ukraine succeed going forward and what is preventing them at the moment. Hope the powers that be are listening 🤔 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Dear Jonathan, thank you SO much for digging into this topic because for me it's so essential to understand the status quo of the mindset of "the west" and why it is taking so long to change, change in what direction and some "behind the scenes" explanation how the processes work taking on this horrible new threat coming out of Russia. Your work is invaluable.
Another great interview! Thank you Jonathan for doing what you do! Just wish you had a larger platform / soapbox from which to spout the truth so more people might be on the same page. Slava Ukraini 💪🇺🇦
Another great conversation Johnathan. Dick Berlijn, retired 4 - star Royal Netherlands air force general, has the understanding and wisdom to tackle the problem head on. We need to step up to the plate and take action so that a multi faceted approach is used to fully arm Ukraine and to both defeat Putin and promote revolutionary change in Russia. Reducing our vulnerability in the cyber we world and promoting improved democracy in Georgia and in other threatened neighbors is very important to contain Russian influence and subversive moves they are taking in neighboring lands. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hi Jonathan 👋 My big takeaway from this was the message that the current restrictive policy imposed by the Whitehouse is incredibly counter productive. By restricting Ukraine's use of long range missiles, Ukraine is unable to strike the airfields that are used to launch glide bombs. 'They are forced to try and stop the arrows not the archer'. This is not only more expensive, it is clearly less effective. Slava Ukraini 🇬🇧🇺🇦💛💙
Brilliant, Solid, actionable mind-set who loves who he leads and is loved by those that are led. This creates committed outcomes that yield results called “victory”. Eg. Russia losing in such a way that it cannot claim that it won, no later than 12 noon feb24, 2032, Kyiv Time…
Bridge to membership, bridge to door, (it was opened before).. no words 😢 and what is really horrible - when something was happened in gaza - all newspapers were full if this news, scary photos, protests were everywhere. But we here in Ukraine maybe don't deserve such attention, and we deserve "a bridge" to idk, to place called "losing hope for future"?(
Thank you for this pithy one-sentence analogy for the terrible defensive position the Western nations have been restricting Ukraine to. We are defending against the arrows, but not going after the archers.
What a difference with some (now retired) generals from NATO and the Bundeswehr who predictably shed defeatist assessments on the situation in Ukraine and delve on political rather on than on military aspects thus in fact working for Putin!
On reflection ,as the West, it's demonstrate how much we have let our capacities slip. If we had immediately over supplied with little rather than many limitations, would the offensive by Ukraine had worked? If it had, Gaza, for example may not even have happened. It was no coincidence of Putin visiting Iran a couple of times within 2 weeks of it. We seem unable with our supply. Add the thought that President Xi has recently told his underlings to prepare for a civil war by 2027. Meaning Taiwan. Add The debacle in USA, presendential immunity. Omg. A dictatorship has nearly born from democracy. Supreme Court. Meaning we possibly only have until Nov 2024 of guaranted full Ukraine support. The rest of the West. Needs to pull it's finger out, to take up the potential slack. Meanwhile the world order is upside down WITH USA being on the dictatorship side. As Churchill said. America always makes the right decision, after exhausting every other option. Good Luck USA 🇬🇧 Sorry for vent of realisation. The quest is excellent and the Dutch, well am proud to call them friends Slava Ukraine
Best regular source of big picture Ukraine war channel. Politicians should come here for education and solutions instead of drinking martinis at fundraisers.
I would be extremely cautious of applying Silicon Valley "Move Fast, Break Things" method and conflating Ukrainian necessity. Developing new drones using off the shelf parts is very different to building something relatively simple like artillery, which has no off the shelf parts. Where there is a need, there will be inventiveness. If it was us in the war, we would be innovating really hard.
Q to Generall GB. Sir, why would you only take out the planes in Russia but nut nessecarily the airfield. Surely prevention of use is essential in the longer term.
Clayton Christensen wrote a pair of books on innovation in the marketplace. He describes different kinds of innovation. Slow changes are made annually to products to make them cheaper to make and make better quality (more expensive). The IPhone is an example of something made better but a lot more expensive. So much of American arms suffer from this approach of better quality that’s more expensive. ATACMS, Neptune missiles, Patriot missiles are almost all priced over $1M each. Ukraine’s drones are way cheaper. Doesn’t matter if Ukraine gets these missiles for free, they are too expensive. Kind of like making a basketball team with just stars like Michael Jordans. It’s not going to work. Christensen’s other approach was disruptive innovation. Ukraine’s sea drones are disruptive.
Our Western leaders have gotten soft and out of touch. Few have military service backgrounds and it's doubtful many of them have ever even thrown or taken a punch
The West (i.e. NATO) has taken the decision to not allow Ukraine to lose. It is also, however, decisively committed to not allow Ukraine to win -- giving Putin plenty of time, after every escalation, to catch up so that the whole situation becomes level again: every time. This is the West's strategic and moral failure -- and why this travesty has dragged on for years.
Another clear view/analysis. Thanks. Small by-thought : I can only hope that my tax money is not used by Orban for his trips to the likes of Putin or Trump
The reaction of the West was always weak, need to admit the truth . Is it because Ukraine still was considering past- soviet state, close to russia mentally and territorially? Well, its not, and hope Ukrainians proved this good enough.
We need a new American president who will not just slow walk aid but will stop the glide bombing and other vicious attacks by war criminal Russia. From New York New York
Slow is an understatement. The stuff Europe wants to do takes decades because that’s how long you like to talk about it. You should be thanking these Ukrainians for giving you the time you need now. And you should be thanking the USA too. Imagine what you would be discussing if you were loaded already.
A new democratic development as result of Russia- Ukraine war Through various programs, a new management class of the Russian Federation is being formed from the participants of the special military operation. Through the Time of Heroes program alone, 40 thousand military personnel have already entered the echelons of power, and 530 thousand SVO participants have been registered. They and their family members are provided with various benefits, free training in management, education, etc. About 90 thousand participants of the special military operation have already become part of government structures at the federal level.
no mentions Ukraine using 100 long range drones to hit the air bases so what gives UKRAINE has had the time to go to the EU and pay for 100-300 long range drones built and shipped in a day every day but to expect leaders to make NON paper solutions is beyond the upper class cocktail class of leaders any where in the EU
