Comments by "Emir" (@irongron) on "Zeihan on Geopolitics" channel.

  1.  @Emanon...  That's not true, Eamon, I used to think that before I moved here a decade ago, but a Ukrainian General in the rocket forces said they could be over-ridden, in case of loss of communications with Moscow, so they could be launched when WW3 came. Also, the Soviets were so backwards they never had Permissive action links for their nukes like American, British and French ones did.
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  2.  @ownagesniper1  That's not the case. From the article - Deceit, Dread, and Disbelief: The Story of How Ukraine Lost Its Nuclear Arsenal - "In his memoirs Brent Scowcroft noted that then Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney vigorously opposed the removal of nuclear weapons from the newly independent states at Russia’s periphery. Ukrainian nuclear weapons will not threaten the U.S. as Russian nuclear weapons do, for the simple reason that Ukraine, unlike Russia, is not a serious potential adversary. It might even prove advantageous to us to see Russian power checked—and Russian nuclear weapons deterred—by a Ukraine with a minimal deterrent. In any case, we hurt ourselves with the Ukrainians by insisting that they be stripped of nuclear weapons while we legitimize those of their powerful neighbor."
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  3.  @garyyoung3179  Oh ok, thanks for wising me up, but that's also useful to dispell this myth, about "the control codes were only in Moscow" as the Soviets were too backwards to even have PAL. Yes the ultimate command to launch came from Moscow, but as I explained to Eamonn in another reply in this thread, as you state, ultimately the commanders in control of that nuke site (subs, bombers, land based etc) could arm the nukes on their own initiative if contact with the centre is lost.
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  4. I can't afford his books, I've lost a home in Donbas, but for once he's gotten it right....so I gave him a thumbs up and re-subscribed
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  5.  @ownagesniper1  cheers, definitely worth the read, it's 5 pages or so. 👍
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  6. Exactly, and the excuse Russian mouthpieces and useful idiots say that "why would Russia take out the water to Crimea on purpose:" ? is not valid either......simply....they know they are going to lose Crimea when we relcaim it andey want to make sure it's wrecked for when we take it back. This iis in line with the reckless modus operandi they have exchibtred since day one.
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  7. Thorium, molten salt reactors are the way to go with nuclear power, google "Kirk Sorensen Thorium". Can you do a clip on that Peter ?
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  8. ​ @ownagesniper1  That's not the case. From the article - Deceit, Dread, and Disbelief: The Story of How Ukraine Lost Its Nuclear Arsenal - "In his memoirs Brent Scowcroft noted that then Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney vigorously opposed the removal of nuclear weapons from the newly independent states at Russia’s periphery. Though most of their personal papers on the subject remain classified, a memo to the National Security Advisor from March 1992 demonstrated that these disputes did not disappear. National Security Council staffer David Gompert noted three major counterarguments: Ukrainian nuclear weapons will not threaten the U.S. as Russian nuclear weapons do, for the simple reason that Ukraine, unlike Russia, is not a serious potential adversary. It might even prove advantageous to us to see Russian power checked—and Russian nuclear weapons deterred—by a Ukraine with a minimal deterrent. In any case, we hurt ourselves with the Ukrainians by insisting that they be stripped of nuclear weapons while we legitimize those of their powerful neighbor."
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  9. This video now makes me realise what a clown Zeihan is "take a pick axes to the pipeline", does Zeihan even understand friction and how hard it would be to "swing a pick axes" under water, haha
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  10. That day is my birthday! Thanks Peter now I can have a few drinks later to celebrate my birthday again! 🙃
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  11. Anyone remember the Aral Sea ? No Aral Sea.....seems even PZ here forgot to mention that disaster.
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  12. ok I have had enough of this clown, I unsubscribed...., seriously, if he put on some white makeup and a red nose, those stupid eye movements and faces he pulls, he could be a real clown, the new BOZO! 🙃
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  13. Barack Obama is the president who didn't honour the 1884 Budapest Memorandum on Security guarantees for Ukraine when Russia violated our border sand the memorandum - he's a piece of garbage and as you said Peter, a do nothing useless man, also a coward and an enabler, who by his inactions, gave Tsar Putin the green light to do whatever he wants here in the former USSR, he fell for the same BS that is scaring off Europe and the USA from helping us directly with air support, there's no reason why the USAF can't be sent in to wipe out Russia WITHIN Ukraine only - except the self limiting cowardice of the leaders!
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  14. The military will be reading the.little booklet "Xi Jinping thought", much Like Mao had!  ...from the wiki article - "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, commonly abbreviated outside China as Xi Jinping Thought or Xi'ism, is an ideological doctrine created during General Secretary Xi Jinping's leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that combines Chinese Marxism and national rejuvenation. According to the CCP, Xi Jinping Thought "builds on and further enriches" previous party ideologies and has also been called as the "Marxism of contemporary China and of the 21st century""
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  15. I've been criticaL lof you in the past Peter but I am with you 100% on this one, Russia did it and the excuse Russian mouthpieces and useful idiots say that "why would Russia take out the water to Crimea on purpose:" ? is not valid either......simply....they know they are going to lose Crimea when we relcaim it andey want to make sure it's wrecked for when we take it back. This iis in line with the reckless modus operandi they have exchibtred since day one.
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  16. Forget Uranium, you can just use Thorium in a different type of reactor, Thorium, molten salt reactors are the way to go with nuclear power, google "Kirk Sorensen Thorium".
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  17. After the brutal Russian invasion in 2022, Bill Clinton was so shocked, he actually apologised publicly for tricking first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk into giving up the nukes. Very rare for any President to apologise for anything.
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  18.  @ownagesniper1  That is not the case, in fact, quite the opposite, from the article "Deceit, Dread, and Disbelief: The Story of How Ukraine Lost Its Nuclear Arsenal" (Google the title if you want to read it all) "In his memoirs and later interviews, Brent Scowcroft noted that then Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney vigorously opposed the removal of nuclear weapons from the newly independent states at Russia’s periphery. Though most of their personal papers on the subject remain classified, a memo to the National Security Advisor from March 1992 demonstrated that these disputes did not disappear. National Security Council staffer David Gompert noted three major counterarguments: Ukrainian nuclear weapons will not threaten the U.S. as Russian nuclear weapons do, for the simple reason that Ukraine, unlike Russia, is not a serious potential adversary. It might even prove advantageous to us to see Russian power checked—and Russian nuclear weapons deterred—by a Ukraine with a minimal deterrent. In any case, we hurt ourselves with the Ukrainians by insisting that they be stripped of nuclear weapons while we legitimize those of their powerful neighbor."
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  19.  @ownagesniper1  From the article - Deceit, Dread, and Disbelief: The Story of How Ukraine Lost Its Nuclear Arsenal - "In his memoirs Brent Scowcroft noted that then Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney vigorously opposed the removal of nuclear weapons from the newly independent states at Russia’s periphery. Though most of their personal papers on the subject remain classified, a memo to the National Security Advisor from March 1992 demonstrated that these disputes did not disappear. National Security Council staffer David Gompert noted three major counterarguments: Ukrainian nuclear weapons will not threaten the U.S. as Russian nuclear weapons do, for the simple reason that Ukraine, unlike Russia, is not a serious potential adversary. It might even prove advantageous to us to see Russian power checked—and Russian nuclear weapons deterred—by a Ukraine with a minimal deterrent. In any case, we hurt ourselves with the Ukrainians by insisting that they be stripped of nuclear weapons while we legitimize those of their powerful neighbor."
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  20.  @OmegaSupremeWCheese  go away, vatnik 🤡
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  21. You didn't address Thorium Molten Salt reactors!!!!! Kirk Sorensen seems to be the foremost advocate for this completely different way of using a nuclear reactor called the Molten Salt method - the nuclear fuel is actually the "coolant".
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  22.  @jackshavlik  Yea ok let's cut him some slack.
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  23.  @HR_8035_YEA  Serbo-Croatian was my first langauge, being flippant about serious things shows what a clown he is anyway, I've lost 2 homes to the Russians and he says in another vlideo "expect Transnistria to be wrapped up soon! ...ignoring that this will involve the deaths of many people to "wrap it up"...he's a clown and so are his fanboys like you, ok ???
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  24. The term you are looking for that isn't "air superiority" is "air dominance" Mr. Zeihan! But the ruZZians barely even have that, nominally, maybe you could argue they have "air dominance". But air defences on both sides negate even achieving even that ...
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  25.  @MWodenberg  You fanboy's are something else, sorry - I am not on board with the cult of PZ like you, poor him with a cough from talking too much, I'm sitting in west Ukraine as an IDP from Donbas, freezing my a** off, will be -3C tonight and no heat....remind me a cry Peter a river one day...
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  26.  @jkin1447  lol
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  27.  @bighands69  yes indeed and more salt dust in the air blows around too, pretty much well a "lose lose" situation.
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  28. My Ukrainian wife and I are some of those people on the other side of the world that's doing it hard cos of Russia, appreciate your humanity, really glad to have stumbled onto your chan that's for sure!
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  29. I think you could be doing more for Ukraine Peter. by discussing the not so well understood or commonly talked about vicissitudes of countries like Germany, who for us here in Ukraine,, whether it’s dragging their feet with help, robbing us of revenue with Nord stream, or appeasing Russia with their “engagement” thanks to Fuhrerin Merkel, which gave the green light to Tsar Putler to get away with anything he wanted, knowing that the worst that would happen is that Merkel would “engage” with him more but still keep buying Billions of bucks worth of his gas. I can speak for most Ukrainians who I have living amongst for al most a decade, Germany has been pissing us off for a long time, none of use here trust the Germans to do anything else other than what appears to be, time and time again, Russias budding/work for it!
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  30. LMAO, Squirrel going to for some "Zeihan nuts"! Lucky it never made it up Peter's leg!!! 🌰
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  31. Shoigu is like Voroshilov re-incarnate!!, lol
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  32. it only went for 6 mins, 60 mins would have been nice.
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