Cyrus, love your vids, just a suggestion for you to consider. It can be distracting when you interject affirmations every few seconds when your guest is speaking with "yes", "that's right", "absolutely" and so forth. It's rather redundant and in my opinion, can interrupt their flow. I found myself wincing during the dozens of times that you "uh-huhed" or made a noise that cut into what your guest was saying. But it's your video and your channel, feel free to ignore my suggestion if you think it's invalid.
What an awesome sponsorship! I was shocked to see someone advertise something personal to them for once lmao. I don't have problems with hair loss but your sponsorship was sort of enjoyable in a way that it cleared up the hair thing lol.
This video is way too short! It’s so refreshing to hear an American military official speaking the truth instead of telling us all of the lies and BS that they have been making up on our medias such as the bullshiot coming from Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NY Times, and all of the US’s other corporate fake news medias!
Exactly what I thought. I worked in an Asian country and had a good relationship with the US ambassador whom I have a huge respect. He was an ex-military man. He told me that the US’s main focus of the collaborative program in the country is security (military). These days you rarely hear news like the US is helping some country in building something, but always joint military exercises.
@@wwilliam3431 As an AMERICAN i don't understand either! And what's more,all the countries(including mine,the U.S) you mentioned NEED Chinese business or it's societal collapse!
@@luohao2321 if you know the history of Han chinese.. Southern China were originally populated by ancestors of Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malaysian and Filipinos 2000 years ago before han chinese started their conquest against ancient people in Southern China.
Many Filipinos (but not all of them) tend to have the colonial mentality. Colonial mentality is the internalized perception of ethnic and cultural inferiority as a result of colonization. They have an ingrained preference for Anglo Saxon culture over any _"non-white"_ culture, including their own.
I'm from Hong Kong and I agree with Colonel Macgregor about how most people felt about the social unrest in 2019. We're truly grateful that Beijing introduced the national security law and restored order and social stability to Hong Kong. Chinese culture values peace and harmony. Nobody wants war, but that doesn't mean we are afraid of warmongers.
Trust me, many Americans feel the same way Col Douglas Macgregor. Sadly, our nation has been hijacked by corrupt politicians on both sides. Love and peace is the only way forward
Taiwan should learn lessons from Ukraine on what happens when US promises support "till the end." Ukraine was once the center of world attention until Oct 7 happened and now, Ukraine has been largely abandoned by the media.
Previously, Japan actually benefited much from Sinocentrism. The Japanese kimono had its origins in the Han Chinese clothing _(Hanfu_ 汉服). Even Japanese _(Kanji_ 漢字) were derived from Chinese characters _(Hanzi)._ The traditional Japanese tea ceremony also had origins in China, even the famous Japanese katana was derived from Tang Dynasty blades coming from China.
The voice of reason and common sense. It's a shame that only a very few are put on this earth with eyes and ears and instinctively know what really needs to be done. Life isn't difficult it's people that make it difficult.
Common sense isn't too common, It's main home is with those that have no axe to grind, and no loyalty to the elites who benefit from conflict. War is big business, peaceful coexistence isn't. Lie's, corruption and lack of respect are the order of the day. The lessons of history need to be remembered.
@@wildoutdoors8089 The issue is there are a LOT of people who will make a LOT less money if there is peace... war is just business. Imagine spending a lot of money building an ammunition factory and suddenly there's world peace, that's bankruptcy right there. This is similar to the healthcare sector... a cheap miracle cure to cancer is also completely unacceptable for the industry which is why despite it is the best interest of 99.9% people on earth it simply cannot be allowed to happen.
Col. McGregor, again you're won the day. Your analysis is beyond my comprehensive understanding. You're the greatest thank you for level of clarity. God bless 🙏
Seems many are Paranoid and are so far away from the rest of the World There are many other Countries with their own Cultures, Languages, Folk Lore, Traditionand of course Politics. Be as it is, they too have their Rights to do as they must, or have to. Not all want to be made to do as someone else wants. Acceptance and Respectance in both sides is important. Learning how to understand how other Societies think and their Life Style is, and something of their Geography and Language should be a part of an Education. Live and let live should be the divise.
I liked this interview. As an overseas American, I left cuz I saw the country become war mongering. I hope we vote and get the right ppl in. Have to take action at the local level first.
I’m Irish having lived and worked around the world including China, Europe and USA and presently based in SE Asia. I hope you are correct but I seriously don’t hold out much hope. The basis of Washington’s power is war and sanctions to support the dollar and debt. Unless and until the political system in America is fundamentally changed (and I don’t mean voting Republican versus Democrat), nothing is likely to change. The MIC and Corporate America will continue to put the people it wants into power. Period. Don’t ask me how to change this…. A “home game” might bring Americans to view of the world differently as compared to its current myopic view.
@@MrGGZZAt the current Time , The us government is brain washing it's people to hate China.. The only thing us is great at is military spending and destroying other countries Iran Afghanistan Ukraine.....The US Has Been at war 225 out of 243 years since 1776
@@MrGGZZAs a retired military practitioner who fought in every single recent US conflict, I respectfully disagree with you. I obviously love my people to the death, but no way could I ever say we are great after what I was a part of! I also moved to Asia for peace and therapy after my retirement.. I hope one day my people learn that if all you have is a hammer every problem looks like a nail! No government is perfect, but my country has a lot of fixing to do; especially more than Asia right now.
There was a idea the Soviets would invade during the cold war the entire time. I believe this idea is more of a salesman belief to keep funding high for the military industrial complex. It's nothing more than a symptom of greed from the US defense industry who has too much influence on the media.
Nobody wants war indeed, but S.Korea, Japan and Taiwan are occupied by British Colonialists (US and UK). In other words, British pirates control Japanese and Chinese seas. And here's the reason why they do that, half of the world's sea freight transportation is going through these seas, and British pirates collect money for every unsunk ship, they call it "insurance". For the same reason US tried to defeat Vietnam. Ideally, they wanna control and rob the entire world, China, Russia and so on, but they can't, because God doesn't let them do it. For 500 years now they've been trying to get over the world. Started by robbing regular ships at sea and now they've grown to be able to rob entire countries like Iraq, Syria, Libya etc. Everyone in Asia would be very happy if US and UK left Chinese and Japanese seas, but obviously they won't do it unless they are forced to.
America should look at itself and what they are doing to other countries before looking at what other countries are doing. America doesn’t like it that other countries are getting stronger because they want to keep doing what they want without anyone stopping them
I find it difficult to comprehend the emergence of the notion of Hong Kong independence. It strikes me as an incredibly implausible concept. Considering our lack of military, foreign alliances, natural resources, farmland, water, and other essential elements, it seems inconceivable for Hong Kong to sustain itself independently. Our dependence on China for survival is undeniable.
Because you were part of Guangzhou, 广东人 if people in Hong Kong discriminate people in Guangdong, you’re also discriminating yourself. It’s not like British colonized Hong Kong then suddenly you are one of them. That’s the people I met with the colonial mentality, they think that they were “saved” by colonists, unbelievable but sad at the same time.
Agree, follow the trend instead of against it. Chinese should work together and can’t be consumed by the Western anymore. We should settled the issues internally. We don’t need mediators from other place.
A romantic notion does not care about reality. The fact that it is implausible means it will be sustained by a group of people motivated by something other than reason, namely, faith and other associated psychological traits. This makes them very useful for you know who. And I unfortunately had to live through the consequences a few years ago.
It is easier to blame others than to deal with one's own shortcoming. A superior person would have dealt with their (his/her) failure and strive to be a better person. The warring parties should find a solution to peace. Why a non-party to the conflict is allowed to veto the peace deal?
That would mean taking responsibility for one's actions, not going to happen with the current swamp dwellers as that goes completely against their narrative of blaming others for everything and only they have the answers whereas in reality, they are the problem.
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Except China is actively bulking their military and constantly threatens us even in our own waters. Not to mention their hostility towards Japan who is our greatest Asian ally….
Most people in Hong Kong don't support separation/independence, but there's a few Hong Kongers that still retain the colonial mentality. Colonial mentality is the internalized perception of ethnic or cultural inferiority felt by people as a result of colonization. Such people display an ingrained preference for Anglo-Saxon culture over other _"non-white"_ culture, including their own. Decolonization of Hong Kong will not be complete without decolonization of the Hong Kongers' minds
Libya, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Ukraine and we mustn’t forget how the USA has saved Palestine 😂😂😂 Ps I haven’t bothered to list the coups, assignations, sanctions etc. etc. in South America, Africa and SE Asia! The list is endless.
We have problem ,we blame everyone for causing problems for us .Which country has waged so many wars except USA ,you are absolutely right that we need to close are bases and start protecting our borders,spend that money on our people.
why do you have troops there? Why is it that Americans do not understand their country's overall strategy towards the world? Those troops are there to destabilize other countries, grow their influence slowly, steady and stay ahead in the race for world dominance. This fact needs to be spoken about and discussed much more loudly in America because Americans need to decide their approach moving forward. Without any discussions; how would you evaluate and act for your future stance and approach?
Agreed. This is a topic I have pondered very much over the last 2 decades. The truth is, in my mind is, that most people are going to ignore everything as long as they can make a minimum payment on their credit card debt, have a smart phone, buy 10 dollar cups of coffee and watch tik tok. The other side of it, is that God Almighty has been rejected. America is ran by a cult of death worshipers. America has rejected the true God, will be judged and found wanting.
@@Tespri that’s a classic misconception most Americans have. The American gov has sold these lies to justify its action. China and india and surrounding area have certain border disputes. But being an Indian let me assure you this ; neither do we think America as an ally. Neither do we want any help from America. We strongly prefer America OUT of our business. Russia has not started Ukraine war; Russia in fact has been losing its parts which later on became part of EU. Soviet Union was much bigger before. Russia’s aggressiveness in Ukraine is just a way of saying “enough is enough”.. it should be. Otherwise American arrogance can take anything for granted. We all in Asia feel the same: Enough is enough. Hope you Americans chose to see this and GET OUT and STAY OUT of Asia.
@@TespriDidn’t the Russian government say if Ukraine promised to to join NATO or US government promised not accepting Ukraine into NATO in order to avoid the war? Furthermore, the US promised the Soviet Union no NATO eastward expansion during the West and East German unification. Look at how many Eastern European countries joined NATO. U.S. Secretary of State James Baker’s famous “not one inch eastward” assurance about NATO expansion in his meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on February 9, 1990, was part of a cascade of assurances about Soviet security given by Western leaders to Gorbachev and other Soviet officials throughout the process of German unification in 1990 and on into 1991, according to declassified U.S., Soviet, German, British and French documents posted today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University
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The Philippines too. Many Filipinos (but not all of them) tend to have the colonial mentality. Colonial mentality is the internalized perception of ethnic and cultural inferiority as a result of colonization. They have an ingrained preference for Anglo Saxon culture over any _"non-white"_ culture, including their own.
Vielen Dank Cyrus. Thank you for bringing Colonel Mac Gregor on to your show. The two of you make so much sense. Lower the tension with China, bring the troops back from Asia, focus on a true peace settlement in the Middle East. We could make the entire world a much more peaceful place with more commerce and benefits for the people.
But the warmongers in DC said that peace in the world would stop the corporate kickbacks that they have been getting from their Military Industrial Complex since without all of the wars that they are causing throughout the world Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Boeing, BAE Systems, Honeywell, etc wouldn’t have the money to pay them off! They got this sweet system going on in which the politicians give tax payers’ money to these military weapon manufacturing companies to make as much military weapons as possible and in return the politicians get kickbacks in the form of “campaign contributions” from them so why would they want to stop such a profitable money-making racket? All the politicians have to do is to cause as many conflicts and wars as possible in the world to keep this racket going on forever!
COLONEL DOUGLAS IS ONE OF THE MOST CLEAR MIND AMERICAN AND SMART ANALIST, IS SHAME HE IS NOT IN THE GOVERNMENT HELPING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS AND HELPING WITH SMART SOLUTIONS.
It really grinds my gears that the US thinks it should have that kind of power to veto the UN’s ceasefire induction on Gaza along with the other 168 countries. Many Americans do not support the genocide in Gaza. Our government does not speak for us! Our Zionist government pledges allegiance to Israel not the US. It’s horrific on so many levels!!
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Strong diction and insightful analysis MacGregor is the best political analyst widely resourced in his domain and endowed by equanimity. Thx too much for his generosity!
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As some who was born in Taiwan, and both my grandpa and dad served as KMT official in Taiwan or Republic of China; one thing people need to understand is that Taiwan is still China, or ROC. Back in 1970s when PRC was recognized, ROC wasn’t ejected from UN. It was Chiang Kai Shek withdrew from UN. The reason wasn’t protesting, but he recognized that there is only one China. Taiwanese success was direct result of American support by military aid and favorable trading nation status. Before made in China was a thing, made in Taiwan was every where in America before. America is a big country, but American isn’t a dependable ally. This has been proven, old KMT officials know by experience. Because America is so big, there are many factions too. An American Foreign Service Officer who was stationed in Taiwan Jay Taylor wrote a biography of Chiang, I think people really need to read on what really happened between US and Taiwan. For instance, US State Department tend to favor CPC over KMT. The War department tend to favor KMT, but first American CBI commander, Vinegar Joe hated KMT. Army intelligence, later CIA didn’t like KMT either. It is allegedly the KMT Intelligence Chief Dai Li plane crash was planned by Army Intelligence Chief Bill Donovan. However, US Naval Intelligence had great working relationships with KMT intelligence. It’s been documented that Chinag Kai Shek knew about attack on Pearl Habor, he tried to warn Washington, but they ignored him. Many in Washington didn’t treat KMT with any respect. FDR had personal attachment to China because both his maternal grandfather the Delanos and his wife Eleanor made a fortune by trading with China. Truman didn’t understand anything about China. As many US officials later took office have either never been to China or Taiwan. They have no understanding of the politics and history. All they know is how to play politics in Washington and get their uninformed constituents to bash China for gains. It’s unfortunate.
It's an interesting analysis and you are Taiwanese or at least you say you are The part of it I wonder though is yes Taiwan is part of China but both sides believe they are the legitimate rulers of China after the civil war and after they fled to Taiwan. They were the legitimate government the Taiwanese KMT government I think that's what they were called at the time were the legitimate government of all of China but they got beat up so bad by the Japanese and World war II and then Mao took advantage of their weakness and started the civil war and I think and some of his documents he thanked the Japanese for weekending the KMT they fled to Taiwan and declared themselves the rulers of all of China and both sides declared themselves the rulers of all of China. Of course Taiwan was never strong enough to take China back over but they built a wonderful Democratic independent powerful economic country with its own currency its own passports its own people and culture completely different from mainland China and I've been to both places I've spent quite a bit of time in mainland so I can see the differences and I talked to Taiwanese people on the streets of Taiwan and they don't want to be part of mainland China. But according to China they have no say China will go to war with them if they don't eventually give in to China's demands. That is not ethical and strategically if they took Taiwan it would hurt us in Japan in all of our allies for centuries and the 23 plus million people who live in Taiwan and consider themselves Taiwanese and independent from China would be either killed or enslaved by the Chinese government. We have allies in this area That's why ignoring that conflict or potential conflict is foolish. I understand it cost a lot of money for the US to police the world and I don't like it either but I believe in some ways it's necessary especially in places like Taiwan because of our allies of the Philippines Japan Australia and our agreements to help Taiwan. We do have agreements it doesn't say that we will fight but it doesn't say that we won't fight it's called strategic ambiguity and it's our policy for Taiwan that hey if you attack Taiwan we may fight against you but we will support them with military supplies. Well if China blockades the whole island and does somehow storm able to take one of the beachheads which there are very few they could take and somehow they get enough men up the mountain to invade Taiwan then we do need to stop that. Yes China may not do it but then again they keep saying they're going to do it. They're rhetoric is quite violent and anti-US and their policies are very anti-US like the fact that they steal so much intellectual property from us every year. Yes you could say that's our problem cuz we're too stupid to protect our stuff. But they literally use their government and their military to hack into our civilian companies to steal information they send their smartest students to America to work in our companies and steal information and they use plenty of other strategies too. Why should they treat their customers like that and expect us to continue buying products from them. I agree that we don't want to go to war with them but I think we need enough of a presence there to stop them from taking these places who's to say they would even stop at Taiwan afterwards they would probably take some islands from Japan in Philippines and continue their expansion like the Japanese did especially if no one does anything about it. Taiwan has their right to freedom and independence they don't need to declare it they can just continue living the way it is. But if China decides to invade Taiwan because we show weakness over there it would be very unfortunate for the world in Asia and they could blockade probably most of Asia at that point and they have enough people to potentially do like Japan did and go after Japan and go after Philippines and go after different countries and islands in that region. They do have the potential to do that right now and Taiwan would be a great first step for them. It's not like there's some wonderful countries never done anything bad to their neighbors every neighbor has a dispute with them they stole Tibet militarily from peaceful Buddhist monks they stole the uighur region and have enslaved recently the uighur men and people in their re-education camps and work camps and as well as breaking their agreement with Hong Kong and the UK to let Hong Kong run independently for 50 years. The Chinese government cannot be trusted This guy seems to be more in love with China in my opinion. Although he has some good points
@@Drew-sy2bn Thank for restating what conventional wisdom of a typical well informed American response. I said I was born in Taiwan, i never said that I was Taiwanese. In fact in old Taiwanese ID card indicated ancestry, and mine was Anhui. I question my Taiwanese identity, because I don’t speak Taiwanese and Mandarin was the official language, and in Taipei all officials spoke Mandarin. Some Taiwanese will never accept as Taiwanese, but not all; I’ve had many Taiwanese friends were cool with me because I was born in Taiwan. I always wondered why did KMt lose to CPC, and did a lot of research on my own. My own primary education in Taiwan just says CPC was a liar and KMT was betrayed. We were taught American liberated Philippine, which was part of American empire, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Saipan, and so on. Then the big bombs at Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Hirohito Radio address, that was the end. There are so many event that went on that created the world today and the conflicts later that people mostly didn’t know or connect the dots. Was any American Combat boots in China? Japanese Kwantung Army that were 800k strong in Manchuria, and Soviet Invasion of Manchuria. Like why N Korea exists, French Indo China and how Viet Minh formed. I suggested read Potsdam Conference and Tehran Conference. The one I find funny is that Chinese must be genius if they stole everything from America? The fact is that Chinese files more patents than American today? China has the only solely operated space station. I suggest you read story on Chinas space program father Qian Xuesen. If nothing else, they are great reads.
@@Drew-sy2bn Also what do you suggest Chinese do? On the same token, do you think UK should give Northern Ireland? Also another thought, even after American defeated British at Yorktown. Did British ever give up on taken America again? War of 1812 when they burned White House to the ground?
@@TespriIn the US civil war, both the union and the confederate government have those metrics as well. Having those metrics doesn’t mean an independent country. Matter of fact, Article 26 of the Constitution of the ROC states the number of delegates to the National Assembly from Tibet, Mongolia and other frontier regions. The government in Taiwan still maintains itself a legitimate government of China.
Colonel Douglas hope you consider running for president of America. This world needs people of your calibre to make us all live in peace,harmony and prosperity
We in the west especially the leaders, governments, higher-ups, etc. must stop immediately with Sinophobia. Instead travel, study, live & work in China - then you will understand & appreciate their growth & development.
China is the birthplace of East Asian civilization and Chinese culture has undoubtedly influenced many East Asian and South East Asian countries for thousands of years. It's not that Asian countries don't want to return to being sinocentric, it's just that sinocentrism took a blow during the Century of Humiliation of China by Western and Japanese powers. But with the rejuvenation of the Chinese civilization, China is bound to return to its previous status.
its so funny chinese claiming the influence their culture in Southeast Asia when entire Southeast Asia were under influenced of Indian Civilization for thousands of years.. just look at magnificent Hindu/Buddhism temples found in Southeast Asia.. and language of Indonesian, Filipinos and Malaysian as known as "Austronesian people" were heavily influenced from Sankrit from India. and look at ancestors of Pacific Islanders and Indigenous people in Taiwan are related to Indonesian, Malaysian and Filipinos.
wrong. china's rise to power will have the opposite effect since it's getting more&more aggressive , acting as a boogie man&pushing everyone even vietnam in us arms
@ColoniaMurder20 A fair point, but we can all certainly see Asia had massive Chinese influence as well as India, and the overall ethnic background across Asia does seem be a majority Chinese origin and mainly Chinese style cooking/customs etc. But certainly India must have had huge influence, not least the invention of Buddhism one of, if not the, main religion. I wish those 2 giants could get along better, they could be a true force for peace, enlightenment and progress if so. To a western outsider like myself it often seems like India is the one being more belligerent, but there may be more to the story I am missing
Taiwan is not part of Khina. Khina never occupied the region. Because Khinese communist make poor warriors. That's why they got destroyed by Vietnam that humiliated them after the war with USA.
Colonel Macgregor is one WISE man with extremely high information about other cultures and history. If USA had only 100 of these kind of knowledgeable people, the whole world would be in peace and harmony, but just because they have tons of jews working inside the system, this is what will happen to US and its reputation in the entire world.
These are great open and truthful discussions delving into critical geopolitical challenges most of which preplanned and deliberately ignited for selfish gains. McGregor is truthfully in diplomacy. Thanks
The only exception I have on this one re: Col McG is that Asia never had a problem with China being the big one - they never had any imperial designs on their neighbours nor any wish to subjugate them Just look at how the Ming dynasty treasure fleets conducted themselves, whereas the Japanese were continually raiding the mainland [China & Korea] with numerous imperial expeditions. The exception being Genghis Khan, but that's another story. Ancient China was never bothered about Japan.
life is a zero sum game. someone wins, someone loses. a society where there are only winners exists only in Madara's genjutsu. The world order is like a country, there are those who clean the toilets and streets, these are the losers, and there are the rich, these are the winners. China only wants to take America's place, and America does not want to lose its own. there are neither good nor bad here.
Great to have such clear minded and fair thinking person. War between China and US must be prevented thru diligent work, building up trust and building mutually beneficial relationship
I am Chinese. Basically all Chinese people do not want war, they just want a better life. All preparations now are just to: don’t want war and scare away opponents
@@istudios225 so maybe I don’t know, and you don’t know something. for example, do you know how many hours are in one day in Jupiter? I don't know and maybe you don't either. But in many cases we tell lies due to lack of knowledge, which leads to bad consequences. not ashamed of what you don’t know and strives to know, this is what will make our society better. There is no need to lie to yourself and people about things you don’t know.
@@esdeath89 So you are admitting you don't know if they are all lying or telling the truth! Then don't make nonsensical sweeping statements that "everyone says that they are telling the truth. but in truth, they are all lying to you." And why suddenly talk about Jupiter?? Lol! FYI, I DO know how many hours are in one day on Jupiter. But if I tell you, you will just accuse me of lying. I have better things to do with my time than carry on this silly conversation.
Thank you Cyrus for having Colonel Douglas MacGregor as your guest. I have been a big fan of him, he is extremely knowledgeable of history and current geopolitics! Your interview skills are outstanding, Colonel is very effective explaining US’s fail policies, more he is able to provide solutions that will help Make America Great Again! (I am no fan of Trump). Colonel will have my support if he runs for office. ❤️from 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇭🇰
Cyrus, much respect to you and Col Macgregor’s open honesty about the world events. You mentioned the U.S. ‘border control’ problem. You said send all the military back to the border …….. I really wish someone has the courage to talk about the real hidden dilemmas. We need the illegal immigrants for cheap labor, for lower food cost, for lower construction cost….. and many more! Company needs them to be profitable! we cannot openly admit these illegal immigrants are sustaining American’s economy! That’s why America cannot build the Wall! (It caused labor shortages, and Biden made ‘open wall’ available and admitting thousands and thousands ‘illegal immigrants’…… ). Wished Government be honest facing the problem and find ways to solve the problem. You cannot hide your head in the sand……forever! One thing, are Americans willing to pay higher prices for everything without illegal immigrants?!
Not just "cheap" labor but also highly educated professionals who came helped build "Great America" in the past several decades, but nowadays these brains are suspected of "aiding their mother countries" by our government due to their ethnic backgrounds and a lot of them left,
I'm all for immigration as I'm a immigrant myself, but not a free for all at the border. People don't realise how much the traffickers start many of these poor immigrants into a world of crime and the dangerous risks they take making the journey. A country with a open border also becomes a hiding place for people escaping justice in their own country. people are coming from all over the world not just central/south america, and at some stage things will get over run and we all lose then.
@twinpole40 You missed my point! Of course, a country needs legally emigrated immigrants. But, U. S. society benefits from these 'illegal' people by the millions. They don't get paid the law required minimum wages, only a couple of dollars for a hard day's work! And the hard, low pay jobs regular Americans do not want to do... they would rather collect social warfare instead!
Hello! It's wide open, free-for-all borders! Practically, there IS no border. ANYONE can come in, no questions asked. Including organized crime gangs, convicted criminals, terrorists, drug cartels, human traffickers, arms traffickers, etc. If immigrants are necessary for American industries, so be it, I don't think anyone has any issue with that. But, no, you don't need ILLEGAL immigrants from God-knows-where. It's just a matter of approving entry only to LEGAL, verified, bona fide immigrants. Is that really so hard to comprehend?
That's awesome Cyrus re: your hair... Good for you! Douglas McGregor is so professional. Last week I met a married couple from Malaysia. Chinese ancestry. They are super folks. By listening to you I had a much better understanding on how to work with them; let them ask me about my family, values and my work in the community. I knew I would not get a contact that Day but they discussed everything by themselves. They came in the next day and completed the contract They have 4 children all Ph.d.'s and all employed by private or gov. US entities. Impressive.
USA is playing _Checkers,_ thinking *1 move* ahead. Russia is playing _Chess,_ thinking *5 moves* ahead. China is playing _Go (Weiqi_ 围棋), thinking *10 moves* ahead.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor Building the fact based information media is wonderful! As a Japanese, we don't want a proxy war in Asia! During WWII, we had so much air strikes, incendiary bomb strikes, 2 atomic bombs and military made Kobe Earthquakes & military made tsunami and so on. We feel enough is enough! Thank you, Colonel Douglas Macgregor for supporting peace!
You sound like a reasonable lady. Let me ask you, are you aware of the air strikes Japan conducted in China during ww2 ? I ask because the Japanese seems as a culture, stonewalls the whole topic. I'm not asking for apology or anything, I think it's in the past and should remain there. I would like to understand your perspective since you do recall the American military actions in Japan that brought an end to war. I was married to a Japanese American woman for 17 years. She was born and raised in the US and claimed to not know what the Japanese did in China during WW2. I take it at face value.
@@kabysummit5801 I don't know the detail about Japanese military air strikes on China. Japanese Government try to hide those dark history. But I've heard the terrible things Japanese Military did to China such as they beheaded many Chinese people, or Japanese Military had bioweapon lab conducted human experiment on Chinese people. Japanese Military used Korean young women as sex slaves. In spite of those dark history, the most of Chinese and Korean people are nice to me, and I really appreciate their friendliness and kindness. I believe myself, mass murder and genocide are not the answer to end a war. It is not excusable in universal law. I hope you have a nice memory with your Japanese American wife. Happy holiday season!
The real problems are two folds: 1. Companies only care about profits so they ship jobs to low wage countries to maximize profits 2. Politicians don't have the balls to tell companies that a strong nation is more important than profits.
Ronald Reagan started with the “government is the problem” and the idea that a business’s obligation is only to the shareholders and its sole purpose is to produce maximum profit. He reduced taxes, especially business taxes, paralyze the unions, reduced money for social programs, let loose the mentally ill to become homeless, etc. etc. But the people adore Ronald Reagan.
Well Americans have a twisted idea of capitolism . It's not make things ,sell things anymore .. It's all about wallstreet next quarter. Free trade killed usa. The only people who want war is the m.i.c.
It is so obvious that one country prefers economical development and growth via peaceful means, while the other unilaterally prefers to gain power via bullying tactics and through numerous wars.
I am so happy all of those comes together at a perfect time. The next few years are going be very rough for the US economy. I've been looking at good RU-vid channels that explain the Chinese and European macro-economic systems. I've found good ones for the US economy such as Heresy Financial who does a great job at explaining the systems on witch the US economy. If anyone has something similar to other economies that would be really helpful. Sadly I only speak English (and Dutch), I am learning Chinese but I am no-where near the level that I can follow economics.
When colonel said most people in HK don't want this nonsense, he's not entirely correct. At least some of them want to live their lives in 90s, when mainland China was poor and the British left them shxt loads of future money. Back then one HK truck driver could go to Guangdong and spend a little of his salary and find a dozen girls for fun. It was easier for their authority to ask what they want from CN government. The same was true for TW, and they surely wanted to be "part of China". When this is no longer, the independence thing becomes a way to bargain for more privilege, and the majority don't oppose it much, just want to see how it turns out. What disgusts me the most is, some activists label themselves as "liberalist", but what they really want is just a paternal government that lick their boots.
I'm really confused by the Colonel: Where is the border "open"?! I cross the border 5 times a week and can tell you it's either heavily militarized or it's inhospitable desert or mountains that thousands of people die per year trying to traverse. We could build the world's biggest wall but that won't stop people desperately trying to work in the USA. The Colonel needs to use his own logic here. Namely, these problems are the results of the USA's own disastrous foreign policy of sabotaging democracy and installing military dictatorships in countries like Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua, etc. for the purposes of extracting resources for higher corporate profits. Then these countries are not allowed to develop. Then they remain poor and ruined so much that the people living in those countries feel they are forced to emigrate to the USA to work to put food in their mouths and to support their families back home. We could militarize the border all we want but until we resolve these deeper issues, nothing will change.
Interestingly, Meloni in Italy said something very similar about the immigrants issue in Europe. She said, stop to ruin the lives of the people in African countries.
The Colonel is correct. We need to pull troops back home and guard our borders, then establish good trade relationships with the rest of the world. When Trump wins a second term, he needs to hire the Colonel as an advisor.
Trump is not a dictator. He was just stirring up the media. He said he would close the border and start drilling for oil on day one. Biden is the dictator, spending money not authorized by Congress, using executive orders to mandate everything from appliances, electric cars, to vaccines.
I am not a fan of the Chinese government, but that is an internal issue for them to sort out, not something the US should intervene in, by no means militarily. On the other hand I am a pretty big fan of Chinese culture and food. I hope in the next election we are collectively smart enough to not vote the oligarch uniparty back into power yet again.
Im Irish. I’m genuinely interested looking in from the outside how you can change this dumb choice of democrat or republican with both being funded by the same sponsors…. How, when the incumbents are paid by the likes of the MIC and the Zionist lobby. How? The world need the USA to fix it’s deplorable political system and to close down its >800 foreign military bases.
To be fair, the government helped lift 800m out of poverty, in 40 years. Yes, some policies are bad. But me personally, i think that they did a crazy job for the people of China. I mean just look at their cities, military build up, tech advancement, space program, green energy, crazy infrastructure and supply chains.
Mainland chinese n taiwan chinese are brothers n sisters from the same family they can always settle any problem themselves n a peaceful reunification is the wish of the people on both sides this is china internal affair outsiders n busy bodies mind your own business that woman tsai is not a chinese n she is a japanese once she goes back to japan then mainland china n taiwan will be well again problem solved
