Brennan Responds To Putin's Nuclear Threats
Former CIA Director John Brennan tells Andrea Mitchell that he hopes if Putin got close to using nuclear weapons that there would be people within the Kremlin who would stop him. “I do hope that there will be sensible people, including in the Kremlin, that will stop Putin from doing something like that, which will ensure the destruction, I think, of the Russian state and certainly of the current Russian leadership,” says Brennan. » Subscribe to MSNBC: on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc
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I'm from Russia. All our lives we have been shown on TV that we are the strongest army in the world. And everyone believed the TV. Now I understand that everything is bad with us. I wish health to Ukraine.
You are not from Russia. Anyone with a basic knowledge of software can trace your url geographically. But other than that everything you said is accurate.
Lizbraham your profile says different. You should contact KZhead to correct your nationality.
Not only are you not from Russia, you stole another poster's identity and have been reported
@@josephjones4968 : Cry us a river. Your ilk have been doing much more of it, and have been doing it for years.
You did notice he said "from" not "in"? Maybe he lives abroad and not in Russia right now?
For all that Russia has done this year, they should be OFF the U.N. Security Council.
I agree.
For all that the US has done in the last 50 years, they should be wiped off the planet.
Absolutely. No need to add another permanent member, just add another country to the rotation of temporaries.
He keeps it up his whole country will be wiped off the map along with all of his people he has nukes yes but he wouldnt have a chance to use them before being destroyed
It says a lot about US that we still allow Russia in the UN. We should be ashamed we're treating Russia as if they were normal
The thing with threats is: you can only threaten for so and so often, before you have to have deeds follow your words. And once that line is crossed, repercussions will follow.
Now is the time to deliver more weapons to Ukraine. Do not allow the Russians to Re Group and Re Arm. Ukraine needs our help and support to stop Putin and Russia and stop this madness. Putin will not stop unless he is stopped and he will only be stopped by force. It is pointless to think the Russian people are going to rise up and take their country back. Slava Ukraine. Glory to the Hero's.
It's up to the Russian people and the people of the Ukraine, we can't do it for them. WE are supporting you but you must do the fighting. 🤥
Tell that to all the whiners griping about biden caring "more about ukranians than Americans"....I am SO SICK OF THE STUPIDITY OUT THERE.
the only way to stop putin is to do the same thing to him as saddam Hussain!!
CIA-bot account 🤣🤣🤣
@@DesertSky928 says you...
Russian people were never our enemies . Those in power were and still are.
They must be Trump supporters therefore they are an enemy to the peace and justice loving Progressive Bureaucracy of DC.
General George S. Patton was Correct.
that might be true, but russian people see any non russian as an enemy, unless they are third world slave people sucking up to them.
Perhaps the most alarming revelation to emerge from the new Bush biography is the elder man’s recollection that while Cheney had been his defence secretary, he had commissioned a study on how many tactical nuclear weapons would be needed to eliminate a division of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard.
Lmao,..isn't that the way it always is,..
Putin: "There is no shortage of people answering the call...which is why I've increased the penalties for those who refuse and have closed the borders for men trying to flee."
HIGH TRE45ON**
Despite repeated lies by John Brennan, the CIA IG confirms the agency spied on members of the US Senate as they investigated the CIA Torture Program, breaching the separation of powers. 7/31/2014
Stolen comment
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Starting to sound like Donny. 🙄
This threat would affect all of Europe and beyond. So how is it that certain countries are hesitant to provide weapons to Ukraine? Would of, should of, could of is not going to help. Give Ukraine everything they need to win this war.
Where have you been? We are supporting them but they have to do the fighting themselves... they know that. If we do it for them, it's not the same. They have to win and protect their freedom. That's the way it works. 🤔
@@polarbearsrus6980 The way it works? When russian uses multiple other nationalities? Wtf dude?
Germany should be the biggest giver but they are scared
Yet ANOTHER CIA-bot account 🤣🤣🤣
I say give em plenty to win
Man🤯.. not only is the US lucky to have people like Brennan.. we all are globally…🤯🙏🙏🙏 Calm, strong, wise heads required…
Small dogs always bark the loudest.
@@deesus1085 Cryptic… meaning what re Brennan..?
False news.
He'd make a good POTUS!
@@pacha.racing Lol Yeap.. a calm ole straight up n down .. by the book piece of leather .. would do the US n planet a lot better than the orange kid
I grew up near Vandenberg AFB so its easy to be complacent about nuclear weapons but we should not be complacent. Nuclear weapons have evolved quite a bit since we used them for the first and last time on Japan. Putin will send his troops into the Red Forest to dig trenches .Thats a death sentence
I think we get it, it's just easier for some to turn the other way. I'm planning on using the "duck and cover" technique I learned in elementary school (right after I bend over and kiss my butt goodbye). I do not plan on watching it. 😘
Perhaps the most alarming revelation to emerge from the new Bush biography is the elder man’s recollection that while Cheney had been his defence secretary, he had commissioned a study on how many tactical nuclear weapons would be needed to eliminate a division of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard.
I grew on SAC bases in the 60's and early 70's and we always knew we'd be targets should a nuke exchange happen. It is sad to see that this threat still exists and this time Russia is run by an incompetent madman who is more inherently dangerous than the Soviet Union was. He has miscalculated at every turn and needs to be stopped before he makes the ultimate miscalculation. Hopefully, the threat of using of nukes because his previous bad decisions are failing has people in the Kremlin preparing to stop him, sooner than later.
Nukes are still tested every year it seems, currently by NK. But from WWII, up through the 90s, they were commonly tested all over the world, whether that be in the Marshall Island, Siberia, or in the middle of the Indian Ocean. A lot more than a couple nukes would need to explode to create a years-long nuclear winter, like we grew up in fear over.
@@carolinematusevich889 I think the difference is if it explodes on the ground and the dust goes into the stratosphere or where it gets I to food and water supplies versus in the ocean.
“In a general view there are very few conquests that repay the charge of making them, and mankind are pretty well convinced that it can never be worth their while to go to war for profit sake. If they are made war upon, their country invaded, or their existence at stake, it is their duty to defend and preserve themselves, but in every other light and from every other cause is war inglorious and detestable.” Thomas Paine, The Crisis, 1778
Let us remember that nuclear weapons have only ever been used one time in history, against an island nation by an opponent a complete ocean away. Use of any nuclear weapon against a next-door neighbour, no matter how "tactical" it is purported to be, ceases to be tactical, and quickly becomes self-harming and near suicidal.
The U.s. military industrial is ready and more than capable of completly destroying russia before they can launch towards NATO-very advanced tech never before used in war awaits putins russia
Democrats having a tough time. Imagine thinking voting for joe biden gonna be peace for the world. WW3 might start under his administration 😂😂
@@Saiputera Joe Biden invaded Ukraine? Coulda sworn that was the GOP’s boss Putin. 🤔
But when you're a sociopath...that doesn't matter. He'd rather cut his face up JUST to spite his nose.
@@Saiputera because of the crap he's inherited quite clearly from the Trump administration being in bed with Putin!
"Thinly veiled?" So thin I didn't notice the veil at all, I guess. Was there any OTHER way to interpret what he said? No. It wasn't a thinly veiled threat; it was just a threat.
Isnt nato threatening Russia?
@@5rings16 Nope Russia is threatening the world. NATO’s response is, you use a nuke, we turn you to glass.
A very sharp mind. This man has seen a lot as CIA director and I would hang my hat on his analysis. Excellent work and interview
He also sat on MSNBC and lied to everyone for years about the Russian Hoax. So there's that.
He said Hunters laptop was Russian disinformation. But we are to believe him after a blatant lie?
@@fermisparadox01 it could have been hunters laptop and Russian disinformation at the same time. You don't appear very clever with your single level thinking.
@@kiwibob223 Sorry. The one not very bright is you. It was not Russian disinformation as none of the facts are in dispute. Of course Brennan knew this but his entire life has been in disinformation. That's what spy agencies do.
Well, since you reported directly to him when he was ruining the planet whilst at the CIA, I can understand your support for him....and SAI 🤣🤣🤣
I THINK OUR MILITARY NEEDS TO BE FIRMLY OUTSPOKEN AGAINST ALL FORMS OF INTERIOR INSURRECTION.
You got that one right!
The military has no role in civil society or politics. This is essential and that’s why most generals try to stay away from such discussions.
militairy should not speak in political ways cause thats an insurrection by itself.
@@vicamu541 No it’s not but the principle is usually observed by men in uniform. Of course they swear an oath to the Constitution and not to any politician. General Michael Flynn seems to have forgotten that, though.
nuke em all !!!!
Can we speculate? I think this is where we cross our own lines with assuming all things that we do not have in front of us can be figured out accurately. The blunt truth is we can only be prepared to respond appropriately to the action… but not the threat! We have to be alert and on our toes in extreme. But, the bottom line is we will only know what to do after-the-fact. And that is fine because once the nuclear option goes into action, only the most critically qualified humans will be in a position to act.
"only the most critically qualified humans will be in a position to act.", maybe you have not seen Dr.Strangelove
Skelton, there is one thing that our military have drilled into them, chain of command. I wonder about Putin and I also am concerned about such decisions from President Biden.
Yeah, people like the Donald who can’t even read or comprehend anything. Remember he fired Generals who didn’t agree with his nonsense about bombing Iran.
I was on board until he called Snowden a traitor. What an incredibly Russian thing to say. All he did was trying to warn the _American_ public.
He is though to USA interests and the military
Agreed! Snowdon didn't run to Russia; he was stopped from leaving...hard to get anywhere when your US passport is revoked. And more to the point; the US government has been spying on us, it's citizens.
I can see both sides of this. I think Snowden did the right thing. It's not a black & white issue. I am not sure what I would say oir do if I had an authority on this... I am tempted to want to give Snowden amnesty.
Snowden is a traitor! He could have gone and get asylum from a non aligned/neutral country where he could have been safe from extradition but, he chose Russia, our enemy. He stole us secrets that have nothing to do with US government spying on us and gave those secrets to the Russians. That’s why he’s a traitor and deserves death penalty.
It’s not that he leaked the information it’s more so what he did afterwards. He moved to Russia granted his asylum and probably leaked information to them. That right there is being a traitor . He is a traitor during war time.
thank u John Brennan
Putin is trying to one up Trump in stupidity. How is that even possible?
Good question Trump is the dumbest President we have ever had in my life.
Putin can start by painting his face, I would advice pink or green.
Both Putin and Trump have had a race to the bottom for the past few years. It will be interesting to see which one ends up in prison or dead first.
Wrong venue TROLL!
Neither dummy could outsmart a plant
Putin’s the most humiliated entity in the galaxy.
Not necessarily. We haven't been outside the solar system. Zyzax Krungepile, the self named god-emperor of Sfornax 5 might be in worse shape.
Closely followed by Biden and Trump.
If trump were capable of shame, he’d certainly be right up there with putin as to humiliation.
....posted by a lefty who doesn't know which bathroom to use?......🤣🤣🤣....THANK YOU 🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@DesertSky928 Why are you so full of hatred!! It's people like you that destroying the fabric of this country. Just stop!!
If there is an exchange its catastrophic for all...no on wins.
😭
Calling Edward Snowden treacherous and dangerous while the NSA did in fact break constitutional laws and had no regard for citizens' rights and privacy is ignorant, particularly by Mitchell who is supposed to be an objective/neutral journalist, as well as the educated CIA Director. I'd rather have Snowden reporting on US wrongdoings than Mitchell's incompetence.
Absolutely. But you have to remember that these msm outlets are the media arms of the state dept. and the c.i.a. Can't expect any defence of Snowden from the likes of these characters.
He's a traitor now.
If Russia uses a tactical nuke NATO will give full air support.
Thanks for that report from the front......🤣🤣🤣🤣
Which countries will assist to deliver the massive air assault onto Putin’s many residences? You know they’re going to take him out if there is any type of nuclear strike. That will be the redline.
@@DesertSky928 your welcome
I agree as a European I think it should be all out attack
well said John B.
Wouldn't threats to use the missiles be enough for people, home or abroad to dim him out of his mind and do something about it? Why should so many people die for a few crazies?
Putin's support by polls is estimated at 85%
@@harleyquinn8202 Just like the votes for occupied territories to join the Russian Federation. Laughable. 🤡🖕👉🇷🇺
Than fk.em'.. we have a bigger RED BUTTON...ASHES IT IS..
@@harleyquinn8202 85% percent of people polling with guns to their head. Do you honestly think Russia has a secret polling system in place? If anyone went against him they'd be dead. That's probably what happened to the other 15% who in that poll.
@@harleyquinn8202 Yeah, really reliable polls done in a dictatorship where you can get 15 years in jail for calling "the special military operation" a war.
Confront nuclear threats with nuclear threats. Arm Ukraine, don't leave them helpless and vulnerable. Putin can attack and threaten with impunity because he has nuclear weapons and Ukraine doesn't have them. If the bully tells you he has a shotgun, tell him you have a shotgun too. Most probably he'll leave you alone. It's in his best interest to do so.
NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!! 😳 Go after putin with drones if he uses nuclear weapons. Take him out along with those involved in use of nuclear weapons and leave the people of Russia intact. No country should respond in kind. That would be global suicide.
Warmonger
@@fermisparadox01 I can't even imagine the suffering caused by guns, bombs, and the threats of nuclear weapons on the Ukrainians. How long should we wait for the conscience of Putin to kick in ? What if the wait is in vain ? Fear is what Putin needs to refrain from using nuclear weapons. He is going to die also either immediate or delayed. There's no police to handle this bullying by Putin. We feel sorry for the Ukrainians but let's not forget the damage to the Russians too in a war of MAD (mutually assured destruction) that nobody wins.
They do have a shotgun. It's sitting in the cooling ponds all over Ukraine.
NATO could deal with Russia conventionally.
I guess my question would be, if the wind is blowing from the west, how will Russia avoid debilitating fallout from a nuclear strike? Dr. Strangelove all the way.
Bingo! Putin's heart has never been with the Russian people. He only thinks of himself. He'll be hiding in one of his bunkers in SW Russia, so once the trade winds blow east, he'll crawl out when it's clear and safe. Then he'll do a flyover of Moscow to see what's left after NATO forces levels it to the ground. I hope they don't target St. Petersburg, tho.
Strong fans on the border.
There's not much fallout from modern weapons.
@@chriswatson7965 Wherever you're getting your info is nonsense. There is extensive radiation fallout from modern nuclear weapons. Or are you being sarcastic?
@@paulwheeler6609 I can't find anything on line on the specifics of the expected fallout, but the whole point of the types of weapons being discussed (tactical nuclear weapons) is that they can be used on the battlefield with minimal effect on friendly soldiers. This is achieved through the design of the weapons which aim to use up as much of the fissile material as possible with the products being as benign as possible. Even the strategic bombs are as clean as reasonable and have a much lower yield now than even 30 years ago. The effects from fallout from Chernobyl were magnitudes worse than the fallout effect from the relatively dirty bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the effects on Russia was measurable only at the theoretical level.
Thank you Mr Brennan. Excellent interview 👍
That’s right
Putin would be horrified by the power of NATO.
Russia has more nukes, so vice versa!
@@5rings16 NATO has nukes that work. Big difference.
@@KepperKleen I wouldnt count on that! Whatever lets you sleep good at night! LOL!!
@@5rings16 One thing is for sure the world can sleep a bit easier knowing that the Russian Army sucks! NATO would walk all over the Russians and they know it!! There is a reason it is called M.A.D. , no winners , Putin is a fool
@@5rings16 1B+ American dollars per year on military vs. Russia's 350M Rubles. Lol, that speaks for itself, troll farmer.
I think Putin, in his heart, is extremely happy about the situation. He is a very average, old KGB guy who never would have amounted to anything if it wasn’t for his KGB familiy contacts. He is a small, lonely man with very few if any friends, and will be remembered as a tragic, morally bankrupt leader, at best. Yet, Putin is very happy: finally his dreams have become true.. the whole world is talking about him, and every word he utters is weighed like gold for meaning and intention. Every threat he makes, we all sit up and listen. Oh you can be 100% certain: Putin is extremely happy about the situation.
Sounds an awful lot like a former orange POTUS.
I agree. He's overjoyed trying to prove that he's the 3rd anti-christ from Nostradamus's Quatrains. And due to his occult beliefs, he planned decades ago to declare war on Ukraine on 22422, as he believes victory is in his fate. He's not only a nutter, he's a sociopath. And that cray cray runs in the family.
@@weldorman8495 Well said
No, he's not happy at all. He wanted the takeover of Ukraine to be simple and straight forward. This is embarrassing for Russia and it reflects in him.
Not for long no matter which way this goes, he is done for.
Woah powerful interview and opinions.
Well said Sir
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
That describes Jan 6th domestic terrorists perfectly.
One option. I believe the USA is capable of obliterating the Kremlin in short order using conventional non-nuclear weapons should the Russians use even one "tactical" nuclear weapon in Ukraine or anywhere else. ... Slava Ukraini! 💙💛 ... Just keep praying all believers! 🙏 Reply
what a lovely and honest person
Great interview.
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ THANK YOU JOHN ! ! ! ! GREAT AMERICAN ! ! ! ! ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Edward Snowden is a hero, our government is stupid to not treat him as a whistleblower, instead they made him a traitor and now i cant blame him if he becomes russian.
Traitor. Infantile and pathetic. You need to read more.
@@SimDeck i suppose it is debatable. we apparently differ on what rights the government has over its citizens.
@@spencertwoeightyz3383 Yep. Defiantly debatable.
@@SimDeck Defiantly?
Andrea tries the "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, c'mon John... get us in the back door for some juicy classified...": nope
Looking at Brennan during that interview gave me chills. Just look at him ! If the $ hit hits I would want him on my side.
He looks like a guy who doesn't mess around, and I believe 100 % of what he says.
I agree. He is in the know.
Brennan is ineffective! Lets not forget how bad the CIA performed under him! Maduro and oon Still in power! Our CIA sucks because of him!
“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent on others for essential, particularly for military, supplies.” -John Adams, speech to US Congress January 8, 1790
He did not mean the "people" as individuals. He meant armed as a country, get for real. 😎
@@polarbearsrus6980 Agree. Many 2nd Amendmentists conflate "a well resourced militia" with angry men sulking over their election loss. None of them are in a State-ordered militia.
Perhaps the most alarming revelation to emerge from the new Bush biography is the elder man’s recollection that while Cheney had been his defence secretary, he had commissioned a study on how many tactical nuclear weapons would be needed to eliminate a division of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard.
@@polarbearsrus6980 He spams YT with quotes like that under several different accounts. I don't believe he understands what he posts.
Stop pretending to understand stuff.
Ive taken issue with the us spending so much on the military industrial complex when there are so many better things to do with the money right here. However, as a US navy veteran Imust say that Putin would be extremely ill advised to to make us step on him. It would be absolutely no contest...
It's only a problem when the MIC creates conflicts in the quest for natural resources, not for saving democracies on the cusp of fascism or from a fascist takeover. Because eventually, that sh1t show lands on US soil.
Your so very right about that, as he can't even handle Ukraine, never mind the might of the US, Great Britain, and France with guns pointed at Russia. Maybe Germany as well.
There would be no winners
@@ValMartinIreland True. But there will be one ultimate loser. Russia.
Does Putin granting Russian citizenship to Snowden mean Snowden can be called up for military duty? Lol 😂
According to the decree Putin passed: No But trusting Putin is like trusting a bear to not eat you while your wounded and alone
Scary. But life goes on.
To many idiots with buttons
John Brennan Is a life member of the swamp.
doesn't mean he's wrong.
He can dish it out but he can't take it back! He's truly a buddy to trump! Trump is doing pretty much here if he's held accountable for his actions!
Perhaps the most alarming revelation to emerge from the new Bush biography is the elder man’s recollection that while Cheney had been his defence secretary, he had commissioned a study on how many tactical nuclear weapons would be needed to eliminate a division of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard.
What Trump actions? Name just one and cite the evidence.. omitting CNN. and NBC hearsay.
Check my name out 😉👆💙💛
Trumpy
trump has nothing to do with this
The entire world is deteriorating fast. The U.S. is turning into an overtaxed slime pit. And now world leaders are talking like kids on a playground. Truly scary times. Seems like we are closer to the end than ever before.
Ebbs and Flows, my man.
Yeah! Amen!
"Brennan Responds To (Trum)Putin's Nuclear Threats" so let's otherwise "Convince It Forward" with Slava BOHU
Gets you thinking about what Mr Brennan has said.... excellent analysis.
For them, he meant to say for us
some very serious words spoken here
By someone who knows.
“Always remember that an armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with large ones safe.” James Madison, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1809
"In 1812 Madison was mad, He was the President, you know, Well, he thought he'd tell the British, Where they ought to go, He thought he'd invade Canada, He thought that he was tough, Instead we went to Washington, And burned down all his stuff!" ...that's what not having a standing army resulted in. :D
@@WarmasterJoshmaul JS....Grandpa got post.... bot distractor....
That may have been a thing back in the 1700s when the weaponry of the military and an armed militia weren't orders of magnitude different as they are now.
Some folks just want to dress up and play Army.
"a rat". Well described.
A cornered rat, actually. Brennan calls it like it is.
Can't wait for this dude to be strung up
Perhaps Barry Goldwater's offhand remark about 'lobbing one into the men's room at the Kremlin' is something to consider now.
Wow, he says Snowden shared all he knows to Russia. I don't think he has, because he's a real smart guy who is on the ordinary peoples side.
Why respond with nukes? The Nato has enough firepower to completely annihilate Russia without even thinking about nukes... No?
It will probably be tactical nukes. which wouldn’t be like the crazy atomic bomb ones
Perhaps the most alarming revelation to emerge from the new Bush biography is the elder man’s recollection that while Cheney had been his defence secretary, he had commissioned a study on how many tactical nuclear weapons would be needed to eliminate a division of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard.
@@H-TownGamer But most of those tactical nukes are more powerful than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki ones, which caused a lot of damage.
@@H-TownGamer A tactical nuke is still a nuke. Would you want a tactical nuke go off in your back yard? Didn't think so....
Yes, but they don't want any collateral damage at all. Otherwise it will cause more problems
“[I]f circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist.” - Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28, January 10, 1788
So refreshing to listen to a calm, measured discussion of the topic. It feels like MSNBC anchors are indulging more & more in ranting & preaching. The news is bad enough. Being assaulted with it is not constructive. Give me Andrea, Nicolle, or Ari any day.
If you are still listening to John Brennan I can't help you.
Why has he still a role to play? I thought he was pensioned off.
Penitentiary face Brennan
No one asked for your "help".
This man pooty bout to use a nuke and he’s gonna get hit with some wild super weapon no one’s ever heard of outta nowhere 😂
I shouldn't say this, but I'm in the military. And, we have been loading up newly developed extremely yield, low-radiation missiles into our Hercules (sorry C-130's). Those missiles came out of storage and have the safety-locks removed (already), and are armed & ready for deployment. And, their destination is close to Ukraine.
@@PoeLemic Thats heart warming may they help blast the orc scum all the way back to Mordor. 🇺🇸🚀🧌💥 I think it’d be pretty dope if they ever received an AC-130 gunship or a few 😂
Plus no reason to nuke Ukraine it will take 100 years before he can use Ukraine, nuts
What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms.” - Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787
there shoudl be no more war the planet cant' take this male posturing any longer
I agree. But i am from Britain where Margeret Thatcher fought Argentina and Boudicca is a national heroine for her stance against the Romans. Maybe we should all just give up....
Perhaps the most alarming revelation to emerge from the new Bush biography is the elder man’s recollection that while Cheney had been his defence secretary, he had commissioned a study on how many tactical nuclear weapons would be needed to eliminate a division of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard.
@@yearningnation4184 its' like everybody's forgotten what these things can do...like sterilize the Earth
@@dragonfox2.058 The Universe's way to cauterize the infection of religion from spreading any further.
@@mis4nthr0p3 or humanity
“That no man should scruple, or hesitate a moment, to use arms in defence of so valuable a blessing, on which all the good and evil of life depends, is clearly my opinion.” -George Washington, letter to George Mason April 5th 1769
George Washington on political parties….“serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.”
Enough already John Smith
@@shannonmcfarland4677 He discovered Cut and Paste.
TO ALL VIEWERS: Ukraine is a cause worth supporting. Let's contact our government representatives to urge them to do two things: 1 - Increase military aid to Ukraine. 2 - Toughen sanctions on Russia. You can call your representatives, send them an email, send them a good old fashioned letter, respond to one of their Tweets ... something. Take the time to help Ukraine now ... you'll be proud of yourself when you do.
I loved the shout out to Karnak The Magnificent!
The use of nuclear weapons on Ukraine would effectively cause death in Europe. Russia would have to expect it would be in for very serious consequences. I would not rule anything out. But I believe that Russia would without any doubt wish it had not done it. Absolutely no doubt whatsoever.
The wording confuses me. What are you getting at?
We just hope, Putin doesn't open that bottle.
The only bottle Putin is opening is his cheap vodka
Biggest crook of them all
[Don't know if I should say this, but I will ...] I shouldn't say this, but I have family in the military. And, we have been loading up newly developed extremely yield, low-radiation missiles into our Hercules (sorry C-130's). Those missiles came out of storage and have the safety-locks removed (already), and are armed & ready for deployment. And, their destination is close to Ukraine.
Your comment doesn't make any sense at all. If that were true then they would NOT be transported in the way you described (safety-locks removed) for obvious reasons. All your comment is, is hearsay.
Evil men succeed when good men do nothing
We assume the nuclear weapons are fully functional. Not convinced they are.
if they're in as bad a state as the rest of their equipment then they're more likely to blow themselves up
@@stevedixon8567 Just the fuel. The nukes won't explode but they would affect the RuZZians like a dirty bomb.
Some will be.
@@gunngrease9810 yes but imagine what happens if they would fire one and that one didnt work. Omg. What would the reaction be …
@@99cya wot if there are no nuclear weapons... wot if Hiroshima was just a really big bomb with a lot of dynamite and they just told us it was nuclear.
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt (the Younger), Speech in the House of Commons, November 18, 1783
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
#10 WTF?! CUT and Paste for a feeble mind.
NO Nukes!!!!😮
I thought this criminal was arrested.
We need someone like Henry Kissinger on this crisis! Why aren’t earnest negotiations urgently underway?
Russia’s ‘Dead Hand’ scares the shot out of me. I’m so afraid of their deferred maintenance on all their other systems, why would the DH system be any different?
Their stuff is a joke, mostly depleted junk, that ticks once a day on a Geiger counter.
Most sensible person I have heard from in politics. Where has he been all these years.
Brennan has been around for a very long time. Wake up and listen to adults.
Seriously?
Did I offend you both???
@@Mr.Monta77 don't you realize I was complimenting the man?? Mycroft dont jump to conclusions.
@@polarbearsrus6980 I am serious how bout you?? You go through life thinking it's a joke or something??
I read information on Russian nuclear policy and apparently they balance any conventional force vulnerability with tactical nuclear weapons. It's been part of their strategy for years. Given their poor military performance it's a frightening possibility ...
Guess who exploded the biggest nuke? Remember Tsar Bomba? No one is a winner. In war there are only losers........
"International outrage" ? really tho isnt using nukes ,not in self self defense but cause you launched a war you could not win , against UN rules?
What?
Meanwhile NASA successfully tests a planetary defense system. We try to save the world and Pootin is trying to destroy it
Someone.. please
It is truly MAD and mad.
Letting Brennen get away with casually calling Snowden a traitor who has certainly told Russia everything!?! Snowden presents as a patriot.
A Russian patriot.
We need administration change in Russia, but in an orderly fashion. We can not have chaos in a country that has 5,800 nuclear weapons. Losing accountability of tactical NUCs would be welcomed by terrorist organizations and pose a real threat to the world.
I'm pretty sure that already happened. New Russia still can't find where numerous nukes were stored or buried under the USSR.
“Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty to throw off such Government and to provide new Guards for their future Security.” -The U. S. Declaration of Independence, 1776.
🤣 yeah right . Putin will Be 90 and his schizophrenia will tell him to say . “This is not a bluff as he wears diapers and on a walker .. 🤣🤣
Hey, It's John "I lied to Congress" Brennan!
Snowden was given citizenship so that he can be conscripted too.
I just read an article on it. You are 100% correct. This isn't a coincidence. No way would Putin conscript him to work in intelligence, but he'll send him to the front lines within a week to start training their troops. And I know dozens of veterans who wanted to volunteer with the Foreign Legion, so to fight for Ukraine. Some might commit to going if they find out that they might get a piece of Snowden.
“O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone; and you have no longer an aristrocratical, no longer a democratical spirit. Did you ever read of any revolution in a nation, brought about by the punishment of those in power, inflicted by those who had no power at all?” Patrick Henry, Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1788
"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet an enemy." -George Washington, 1st President of The United States of America. Letter to Elbridge Gerry | Saturday, January 29, 1780
Translation: "All we need is one brave Russian who doesn't want to see his country In flames take care of business."
The world v the Russian mafia
Perhaps the most alarming revelation to emerge from the new Bush biography is the elder man’s recollection that while Cheney had been his defence secretary, he had commissioned a study on how many tactical nuclear weapons would be needed to eliminate a division of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard.
It's not if it's when.
If nuclear weapons are used by any nation, it will be catastrophic for everyone! Using such weapons on your own planet is insane, no matter how good the reasoning behind it is!😔
Why? Be specific.
Snowden and Putin need a very high window view of the world as they’re nudged out for a free fall.
It is interesting that Snowden has been called both a traitor and a hero by the American population. Something to consider. Fair warning, when you live in a society where you condone state secrecy and lack of transparency, you also condone the slippery slope to abuses to your freedom of speech and expression. Beware the rhetoric you spout lest you look like the enemy you fight against. After all, the erosion of rule of law is what made the atrocities that are happening in Ukraine possible. Sic semper tyrannis.