Comments by "jorge luis barrios mur" (@jorgebarriosmur) on "Warfronts" channel.

They are amending their constitution right now, to make military funding an exception to their economical "Golden rule" (that forces them to execute a balanced financial policy). Furthermore, they have decided that it is more important to fight Putin than inflation, and had agreed to common european debt, and to exempt defenese-spending from the european debt-rules.......If you would know a litlle bit about german national character, you could see that this is as dead serious as it gets. If they are willing to break this three tabus (inflation, debt rules and common european debt) they are ready to put their people in uniform, and have them ready to march through Poland to fight Russia. This is basically like a very religious and peacefull person, suddenly renouncing all his principles, and saying "OK, I am going to hell, but you all are going to come with me" And if Poland, Germany and France are on the same paige, the rest of the EU will fall in line, shout "Jahwoll", and march to the east. Even my own president (Spain) who said there would be no increase in the defense budget, is right now backtraking and anouncing a never seen increase......and we and Portugal are as far away from Russia as it gets........ They have woken a sleeping and chilling giant. And they will live to regret it........
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We already did. Your problem is, that the benefits of that payments went to your big coporations, wich, for some reason I cannot fanthom, you refuse to tax in order to give the money back to the tax-payer. Basically YOU pay the bill, and your corporations get the benefit. You can expect the sales of your weapon industry to plumet in the next decade as we focus on local-made, cheaper, and more efficient products, wich we already have in small numbers,, but we simply cannot mass-produce (for now), because we have always bought 60% of our material to the US (not because it was better or cheaper, but because we wanted to have good relationships with the US). There was never a market (with few excptions) for EU made weapons, because of the dominant position of the military hardware and knowledge coming from the US, for political reason (you protect us, we buy your stuff) Of course, you can always get your goverment to buy MORE weapons for your armed forces (wich you will need, if you pretend to fight China on your own) to make up for loosing your first foreign market, but guess who will be paying for that extended military budget......it will not be the european tax-payer........ You see, when you, the people from the US say you want see us spending more on defense, WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN is that you want see us buying more of your weapons. But why buy weapons from an unreliable ex-ally?
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Spaniard here. Tomorrow, you will have to go work, and your boss will still make unreasonable demands without giving you enough time or resources to achieve the demanded goal. Police is still going to fine you for stupid regulations no one asked your opinion about when they were released. Your bank and the IRS will still demand their share of your earnings (trust me in this), and your teenage children will be still ashamed to be seen with you in public and speak to you only when they need money. As far as I see it, nothing important will change........
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On the bright side, if goods are produced closer to where they are produced, this will decrase transportation, and ironically, help combat climat-change....the same climate change they don`t belive in...... Other countries will implement tarifs over US-goods also (a fact Us-citizens tend to overlook), and therefore will also produce more goods locally, increasing the effect...... Sensibly, goods should be taxed for every km they have to be shipped to where they are consumed, but general national tarifs are a step in the good direction.......What amazes me, is that they weren`t willing to endure higher prices to save the planet, but are willing now, because they prefer us beeing all poorer together than letting some foreigner having his benefit...........SMH
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You are acting as you were making us a favour and not getting any compensation for it. Truth is, US-dominance ensures your corporations a privileged position when it comes to make deals. Your problem is that this benefits go to your big corporations, wich YOU choose not to tax, and redistribute to the ones who are footing the bill for your world-dominance (the US-tax payer). As a citizen of the EU, just be advised that for EVERY tariff you impose on us, you will be subject to an equivalent one. A lot of US-citizens seem to think that, while they will consume local produced goods, they will be still able to export THEIR products to OUR markets without any problems (good luck with that). Indeed, if you loose your grip over Europe (was about time), we can finally persue our own needs and goals, produce our own weapons (instead of buying yours), and trade with more realiable and willing partners...... so, godbye and good ridance! First thing in the list should be buying russian gas, and stop buying the US-gas, wich we are forced to pay right now at four times the price of the russian one........
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I am from Spain. Here our soldiers not only get paid poorly, but also get fired when they turn 45, and thrown totally unprepared into a job-market that doesn`t want them, and deems them obsolete once they turn 50..... For the first time in our modern history, some public civil jobs have been offered to this people, but I think they are few (some 20 or so), and the requirements for that jobs are so specific, that nobody meets them. So, if you tell a 20 something man that he will be serving in a sh*tty and underpaid job for the next 25 years, and then send to the curb without any help or future, you should not be surprised if not only you do not meet your recruitment-objeticst, but also, that the only ones applying to the army are the ones that couldn`t land any job at all (not even waiter), plus some few patriots...... We also fill our ranks with latino- recruits (from south and central America), who can aplly so to spanish nationality....... But Rome did something similar back in the days, and it didn`t end well........
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@donaldwert7137 I read somwhere that 1/3 of your homeless were veterans...... and I have to admit it shocked me. Not that I am a great fan of your army, or any army at all (they are more a necesary evil to me), but this looks to me like they are beeing thrown away like trash once they are not longer usefull........ and makes me wonder why anybody would sign up this kind of treatment at all.....
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@cezarstefanseghjucan Turning China into a worldwide manufacturer took (at least) 10 years and BILLIONS in investments. Reversing the situation would take at least the same........
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This might surpise you, but most people out of USA think that you are nuts! You were nuts BEFORE electing him, and now, you have definitively confirmed it......But hey! You do you! Your country, your votes, your president, your consequences........ isn`t that the definition of freedom?
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@josephorduno8778 That was one of my first thoughts, too. It makes little sense to place tariffs onto products the US has actually no way to produce locally in enough numbers.........For example, if you put 10% tariff on PS5, but most of them are produced in China, Korea and Japan, you are basically screwing your own people.......First you have to make sure that US-fabrics can meet the local demand (don`t plan to export them, because other countries will also put a tariff onto your local production). Ironically, shifting worlwide to consuming localy-produced goods, may reduce the carbon-footprint of such goods, and help prevent climate change (a thing Trump seems not to care much about)
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@user-kx6wl8hz8v But their effort has shown little results for now. You can`t built a powerfull army from the scratch in soem few years, and although thay have been making their homework in the last years, they themselves admit that they need at least 10 more years of continuos efforts and investments to reach their goal (becoming the most significant conventional army in Europe, and beeing able to face a russian invasion on their own, at least temporarely) The good thing, is that ALL political political parties, and 90% of the population supports this goal, and is willing to do the necesary sacrifices to achieve it.......but they are not there yet........
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Also, for every tarif you impose you will be subjected to an equivalent but oposed one, making your products more expensive in foreign markets and therefore less comeptetive......and China will be glad to fill in the void left but US-goods and services (already happened in Iran and Russia, wich have become, basically, chinese vassal-states)
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@bopndop2347 Built a time machine. Go back to 2020 and implement the Minsk agreements.......
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You all relax people. This guy was already in charge, so we have already a good idea of what and whatnot he is going to do. It is LITERALLY not the end of the world......
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@racingraptor4758 If by "most of the world" you mean China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, I agree. Otherwise, not so much......
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@isengarde9490 As clearly stated in January the 6th........right? right?
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@znail4675 Default? I mean, that would be the definitive step to authark, because nobody would want to make buissnes with you........
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So, you think us europeans buying YOUR gas at four times the cost of the russian one, giving our weapons out for free to Ukraine, and then having to buy them at full price from you (because you sabotage every serious defence-program we try to build), or handing you over they keys of our own GPS system (Galileo) isn`t payment enough? Really?
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@jamesgravil9162 going to buy a Gamer PC this black friday.......
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@MalevolentBite We all have emergencies, and sometimes you MUST take a credit because you NEED to purchase something, but don`t have the money (a car, medical treatment,or so) BUT, a PS5 or a 60`` wide TV are NOT something you need to survive.......depending on where you live and work, perhaps you can even do without a car........
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@SwikingSwe True, BUT, the chinese CCCP basicaly don`t give a f*ck about its own people, as long as they think they can screw them and get away with it. Also, the chinese goverment, has represive tools at its dsposal to confront unrest raising form economic dificulties, that the US-goverment can`t even consider, because it would cause a revolution........ It`s like the people of Gibraltar trying to explain to me that my goverment is never going to close the border, because it would significally impact 15.000 direct employments on my country, and indirectly around 150.000 lives.........Dude my goverment DON`T GIVE A SH*T ABOUT THIS PEOPLE........and the oposition will even less, once they get to govern
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@-SonZetta- Galieo-proyect. You sabotaged it like we were the USSR, and only stoped when we agreed to built a minor version of it, integrated it into your GPS system, and handed you over the control over the system....... You didn`t allow us to have our own separated "GPS", although it was designed primalery for civilian use, and only to be used militarely in emergency situations. Thank you for that!
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@austinhoner5389 depends.....if we stop buying your weapons, and produce our owns, this billions of euros will end in our own pockets, instead in yours.....
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@-SonZetta- TRUE. We PAY for the privilege of beeing your vas.....sorry, your allies. Do they think WE LIKE to buy your gas at four times the price we could get it from the russians? Or that we are HAPPY to donate our military stuff to Ukraine and then purchase the stuff we need to replace it form them AT FULL PRICE? Do you think we gave up having our own "GPS" system (Galileo-initiative), and instead built a subsidary system of them, giving them the key to the switch-off bottom becuase our LOVE for you? THEIR CORPORATIONS are the one benefiting from our military dependence......the fact that THEY refuse to tax them and redistribute the money to the average US-taxpayer (you know, the one footing the bill for our "protection") is THEIR problem, not ours. Once THEIR military umbrella vanishes, we will be able to stop giving them preferential treatment, buy things from were we get them cheaper, and produce and use our own weapon-systems, ensuring that the benefits and jobs derived from our protection-needs, stay in our countries, and are NOT transfered into the US.
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@MichaelJones-rz5sw And only inf the Chinese are not ready to step in. Look at Iran. It has become basically a chinese vassal-state. They export their raw-materials to China at discount-prices, and import manufactured goods at full price from China. They have become a chinese colony, economically speaking, but are not longer at the mercy of the USA........wich is probably a good deal for them....... The same can be said, to a certain degree abour Russia. In the case of a conflict between USA and China, Russia would have played its own game, and persued its own interest.....now, and for the forseable future, they are firmly in the chinese camp, as the "minor" member of an anti-west alliance......
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@natalieb.1254 Just wait till THIS becomes the "good old times" compared to what is coming. I really hope not to be here to wittness it, after a long and peacefull live.....
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It will also mean that we will be free to produce our own weapons, and trade with whom we want, instead of beeing "encouraged" to buy your stuff and trade with you, even if there are cheaper alternatives........
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France army can proyect and suplly around 10.000 soldiers right now in defense of their allies (compare this to the 500.000 soldiers of each side of the ukranian conflict), and lacks ANY antidrone defense capability for their troops...... also a good chunk of their artillery and other sensible equipment, and the bulk of their artilley amunitions has been sent to Ukraine, and are no longer avialiable to the french army (and will not be in the next future) Also, France can produce right now 3.000 - 155 mm artillery proyectiles per month, wich is, more or less the same amount the russians produce (and spend) in three days. "History Legends" just made a video about Frances combat readinness, and didn`t look good.....perhaps not as bad as the british case, but far, far away from "prepared for WW3"
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@Chris-gs7cq Ups! I just stated the same, more or less....Long live "Operation Croissant at the Dnieper"
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From out of your country it looks like you are basically nuts.....but hey! I don`t like it when you try to interfere in my countrys buissnes (via tarifs, invasion, political or diplomatic pressure), so I won`t make the same mistake.....you do you! Your country, your decisions, your consequences........would be nice if you adhere to the same politic........
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No problem. We will just take the money you extort actually from us for your protection and invest it in our own defense.....producing our own stuff, inetad of buying yours.....good luck
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@madogllewellyn .....and get preferentiall treatment for it. Think seriously we buy your gas ar four times the price the russians offered just because we like how it smells? And this is only the latest scam your corporations have subjected us too. I get it, YOU pay the bill, and THEY get the benefits, but your protection dosen`t come withour a heavy price, trust me
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@madogllewellyn Would be nice, but your govement makes sure any serious defense initiative (or civil initiative that COULD threaten US-supremacy) has to face an uphill-battle. My blood still boils when I think about the "Galileo-initiative" So, if Trump lessens his grip over Europe, perhaps this can become our chance to be a litlle bit more selfreliant and independent.... a fact you might no like to much, next time you ask us to something that is not in our best interest......
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@St4rTr3v1Ut10n A lot of middle and south-american countries would have been gratefull back in the 70s for such an attitude.......
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@ Nope. I was just fine with the EU chilling and not interfering in other peoples buissness. You see, we have only been "civilized" for the last 80 years......before that we were..... not as nice people as we could have been....... and by that I mean that we have been slaughtering our path throug other peoples bodies for the last 2.000 years, with a special mention to the last 500, where we basically had our boots on the necks of the rest of the world (except Afghannistan, NOBODY messes with Afghanistan) My concern is that, if we find ourselves back in a true power position, we might get back to our old ways.......... That`s why I am saying that you (the rest of the world) might regret waking us up from our 80 years nappy-nap.......
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Why should we, as europeans, continue buying US-made weapons, if the US stops beeing a reliable partner, and without its influence, we could (finally) boost our own defense-industry, making shure profits and jobs stay in Europe? Why shoouldn`t we "make Europe great again", and presue a "Europe First" policy? Also, I wonder if people in the US think we will simply endure this tarifs withou implementig our own ones........
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No free ride. Your corporations benefit from a captive market (for example we buy your gas currently at four times the price we got it from Russia). Also you sabotaging any serious eurpoean defense initiative to ensure your preeminence in weapons sales, is a classic. Your problem is, that while you pay the bill, your corporations get the benefits.......the fact that you refuse to tax these corporations and redistribute this money into your pockets, is basically a YOU problem...... I don`t mind getting rid of your influence, produce our own weapons, and trade and make deals with the one that makes us the better offer.......would be a welcomed change
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@passageuncharted1585 So let me get this get right. You spend the day whining that we don`t buy your stuff, but when confronted with the fact that you are going to loose the biggest buisness you have with us, you say you don`t care? I will just strongly supose that non of the people writing here works in the defense industry or has any family member or friend working there! You are on the verge of loosing your second biggest market! Surely this will not lead to any layoffs, because corporations, in general, are known for NOT firing people when their sales diminish, right? How is the egg price, by the way?
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@ We told you eggs and grocerys wouldn`t magically get cheaper after Trump taking charge! How is that going? Where we right?
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@ Really? We shoiuld not trade with China who cuts our internet sea-cables, but should instead buy more of the stuff from the country that destroyed the German-Russian gas-pipeline to erase Europes unwillingnes to get itself involved in Ukrain, and sell YOUR gas to us AT FOUR TIMES THE PRICE the russians did? Really? Right now, China is percieved as the reasonable guy, while you, are our greatest threat..... Good ridance.......
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@Yoshirama That`s what you say NOW, when they are higher than anytime before. And don`t think that firing the guys in charge of controling avian flu will do anything to lower the prices in the next future.......... I read the other day that iin New York they are selling them by units, and not by dozens......... How much? 10 dollars and a half a dozen?
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@passageuncharted1585 Are you still laughing, now that you are heading right into a full-fledged recesion? Are you? Good luck, you will need it?
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@XtoDoubt25 The brits have been trying that after Brexit....ask them how it went......
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You will eventually realize that it will come at the price of loosing your european captive market. I, will welcome it. No more purchase of US weapons, no more sabotaging EU-defense industry, no more buying Us-products or raw-materials when we can get them cheaper elsewehere, more locally produced goods and services (because tariffs go both ways), and no more putting money into enterprises that only benefit the USA (somebody said Ukraine?) Good ridance........
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If Sherman does it, he is a US-hero. If I do it police gets mad at me! Crazy world!
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@KT-pv3kl He f*cked up in Iran. They are basically a Chinese vassal state now, with them exporting raw materials at discount prices, and their markets beeing monopolized by Chinese manufacturers....... meanwhile thy are getting modern weapons and help in their nuclear development by Russia, in exchange for their drones and artillery shells). Unless you invade Iran (or convince China that it is not in their best interest to allow a nuclear Iran), there is very litlle you can make right now to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power......and that`s bad news ........
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@tripwire3992 NEVER get rid of your nukes. Never. Sudafrica is going to regret ot too, sooner or later.........
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