Comments by "Nicholas Conder" (@nicholasconder4703) on "Jake Broe" channel.

  1. It is hardly surprising that Putin doesn't want to renegotiate the deal. After all, he has been going against the grain for the last 16 months now.
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  2. 3:00 I think there are two reasons for this war. The first is oil and natural gas. If Ukraine joins the EU, and Ukraine's oil and gas reserves are developed, the EU will have another supply closer to "home". If Ukraine's economy takes off, it will cause people to question their regime. The second reason is Crimea. When Russia stole Ukraine in 2014, they were unable to acquire the entire length of the North Crimea Canal, which supplies the bulk of the water potable and irrigation water used in Crimea. Ukraine blocked the canal in 2014, and since then water levels in the reservoirs have dropped to 7% of capacity. They would have ended up being out of water by around July of this year. This would have meant abandoning Crimea, or attacking Ukraine to secure the canal.
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  3. I suspect Russia is making a ripoff of a bad comedy movie called, "Weekend at Sokolov's".
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  4. 4:00 The other issue that you did not mention was how many missile pods the Ukrainian logistical system can handle at a time (i.e. ship from Poland to the depot, then from the depot to the HIMARS). Each missile pod weighs about 2 tons, from what I can determine, so you can only transport so many by truck to frontline areas at a given time.
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  5.  @Crusnikusum  Perhaps, or perhaps not. Remember, the weapons are coming in, and the food is going out. It really depends on how they can balance the number of empty freight cars each way, as grain cars cannot easily carry weapons, and standard freight cars cannot carry loose grain. Perhaps they can work out a solution for this.
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  6. Jake, the words "thinking" and "Lukashenko" are an oxymoron.
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  7. I'm trying to remember if the UK is still paying for the South Sea Bubble fiasco. I know they were still paying for that one in the 1990s (over 200 years of payments).
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  8. One of the important things to consider when you are talking about aid to Ukraine is that a lot of that money is actually going to US Companies to manufacture new equipment to restock the US warehouses. So a fair bit of that money actually ends up in workers pockets, CEO's and company accounts, and returns to the government coffers. So, MTG is against Americans working and earning money?
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  9. Russia's A-50 was damaged because of BYPOLar disorder.
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  10. I know one way that Zelensky can get on Trump's good side. Offer sweetheart deals like tax breaks for US companies that invest in Ukraine, give US companies first dibs on projects in Ukraine. If Trump sees that the US can make money in Ukraine as a replacement for Russia, he will likely want to support Ukraine.
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  11. 12:00 Denys Davydov was saying that the area south of the Dnipro River is wide open and flat, so the Russians are going to have a hard time hiding their artillery in this region.
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  12. Jake, you neglected a second way that the immigration problem could be fixed, and again would not be implemented for different reasons. This second method would entail investing heavily in improving the living standards in Mexico and Central America, providing local jobs and making their economies stronger. This would mean that people living in those countries would be earning more, and would mean people from those regions would no longer have the incentive to move to the US. The poverty and political instability of places like Italy, Ireland and eastern Europe in the 1800s and early 1900s was the primary reason that people took the plunge and went to the US. You don't see mass immigration from those regions these days because they are politically stable and have relatively vibrant economies. If the US is really serious about taking care of illegal immigration, it should do it at the source. Anything else is a band-aid solution.
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  13. Jake, that helicopter was not decommissioned, it was an experimental helicopter testing a new Russian air conditioning system.
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  14. Jake, there is a video that suggests that at least one drone made it through to a target in Moscow near the Kremlin. The video was taken from a vantage point where smoke can be seen rising to the left of the dome of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Russian sources say it was a Lamborghini, but that is an awful lot of smoke for one car!
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  15. Vivek obviously has no clue as to what Nazi stands for. The main part of the definition is National Socialism, which means that Zelensky would have to be someone who believes in economic socialism (government owns and operates everything) and be an ultra-nationalist. However, Zelensky supports free market capitalism (the opposite of socialism) and although patriotic, is not an ultra-nationalist. But guess who is a Nazi - Putin. He and his cronies are gradually buying out and taking over all industry from manufacturing to coffee shops and restaurants. And we know they are ultra-nationalists because they are trying to commit genocide by either making everyone they invade into Russians or killing them.
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  16.  @AstroGremlinAmerican  It's amazing the number of trolls who show up when I was sending a message to Jake. Not to mention very ignorant responses too.
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  17.  @MrJimtimslim  Don't trolls like you have something better to do than insult people. I was sharing information with Jake, not you.
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  18.  @Rig0r_M0rtis  No, just continually dismayed at how childish and ignorant some people can be.
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  19.  @HWEspana  No. If we had done that, we would be as bad as they were. And the western Allies would have run into much the same problem as the Germans did, too much land, not enough troops.
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  20.  @BlackEpyon  Not really. Based on dictionary definitions, the Russians are also Nazis. Their economics are socialist, and they are ultra-nationalists who believe in genocide. So, they are National Socialists = Nazis.
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  21. Those poor people of Bucha. First suffering from Russian occupation, then having a McDonalds open there. Haven't these people suffered enough? At least open a Subways or Dominoes Pizza. Seriously, though, it is good to see the inhabitants of Bucha being able to get back on their feet following weeks of brutal occupation and start trying to live normal lives again in the midst of a war. My heart goes out to them. Their strength in the face of adversity is a powerful reminder of how indomitable the human spirit can be. I wish them and all the people of Ukraine a victory in 2023 and an end to this unprovoked, appalling war. Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava.
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  22. Hate to disagree with you Jake, but in actual fact what Putin and Co. want to do is create the Pan-Slavic union that was dreamed up by the Czars back in the 1800s. It goes further than what you showed. The Russian elites want to see is a Russian Empire stretching from the Pacific to the Aegean, and encompassing Finland, the Baltic States, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, and the parts of Turkey bordering the Bosporus, including Istanbul (Constantinople, aka The Second Rome). Basically any country where you can claim people of Slavic origin have lived. This is the Czarist dream that Britain, France and Turkey (Turkiye) managed to thwart in the 1800s. This empire would also likely spill into Afghanistan as well, since the Russians have been eyeing that country for almost 200 years now as well. This is what we will face unless certain egotistical twits in the US Congress get turfed next election cycle.
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  23. Sea Baby Drones - coming soon to a Kerch Strait Bridge near you!
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  24. This youth movement is the latest in a long line of Soviet/Russian that started with the Komsomol. Putin is going back to his communist roots and adding a more militant bent to a program that has existed in one form or other since the Revolution on 1917.
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  25.  @nkuntroll247  Well, if you want to secure your boarders you need proper security systems for your renters. Oh, you mean borders. In that case, you need to hire more border control officers. A wall without someone monitoring or patrolling it is just a minor obstacle. The other thing that would help would be if the US would help raise the living standards in Central America. If the people are well off in those countries, why would they feel the need to come to the US? That would mean political and business investment in those countries, but that is what the US does anyway. Regarding accountability, you obviously have not been paying attention to the Pentagon or NATO telling everyone for TWO YEARS that they have been tracking all the aid sent to Ukraine. Or that the vast majority of funds are spent in the US manufacturing or refurbishing arms and ammo, then shipping it to Ukraine. The bulk of the money stays in the US and pays for US defense jobs. Please do some research before reposting Kremlin lies. By the way, the minor issue of the US border pales in comparison with Iran and Russia threatening to destabilize the world and plunge it into a permanent state of war. Read up on Russkiy Mir and Foundations of Geopolitics. You might be surprised at the scope of Russian imperial ambitions (like an empire that stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic and Mediterranean).
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  26.  @antonystringfellow5152  AT least Biden makes sense 90% of the time. Trump makes absolutely no sense 90% of the time. And the remaining 10% is about destroying the US Constitution and eliminating anyone he considers to be an enemy.
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  27. Hilary lost in part because she insulted a large block of voters. You're not going to win by calling people "deplorables".
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  28. Jake, the train derailments may be happening because the bogeies that the freight cars ride on are wearing out. Russia stopped producing their own rail car bogies decades ago, and have been sourcing them from (in a cartridge form) Germany ever since. Like the Russian airline/aircraft industry, these crucial parts on freight and passenger cars may be wearing out and, because they are made as a single component (not individual parts), they cannot be replaced. Hence the increase in train derailments.
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  29. Jake, regarding Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Canada. There are currently over 350,000 signatures on the petition to remove Elon's Canadian Citizenship. It is only about a week old, and is gaining momentum. We have a second petition with tens of thousands of signatures that will ban Donald Trump from entering Canada because he is a convicted felon.
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  30. I always love how all these people complain about government interference, until they need assistance. Then they scream about the government not protecting them.
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  31. Jake, saw a video today of the Nova Khakovka dam. Aerial/satellite images show that the Russians blew the two bridge spans where they cross the over the sluice gates. I believe that is at the northern end of the dam. Like the Antonovsky Bridge, there is now a large gap where the roadway and rail lines used to cross the top of the dam, but the dam is intact.
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  32. From what I saw in Joe Blogs, SVB made the stupid mistake of placing all of its assets into the long-term bonds, rather than having a diversified portfolio. They ignored the old advice of "not putting all your eggs into the same basket".
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  33. This video by Suchomimus shows you the quality of some of the weapons the recruits are getting. I wouldn't touch them with a 10-foot pole. "The Rusty, Moldy Weapons That Russian Conscripts are Being Sent to War With" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8GCtqtiF88
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  34. 20:00 The Ukrainian growth in GDP is a bit of a mixed blessing. What it really shows is that Ukraine has switched to a war economy. However, like Russia's economy, in the long run this is unsustainable. It is a temporary improvement. Unlike Russia, Ukraine has a lot of backers and business interests that are interested in investing in Ukraine once the fighting stops. Russia cannot say the same thing, and it is possible their entire economy will collapse.
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  35.  @moxie591  Other reason Russia wants Crimea is so they can project power into the Black Sea, and control the northern half of that large body of water. Again, the ruling elites are only concerned about projecting power and dominance over everyone in the region, preferring to rule by fear than work in cooperation with others.
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  36. 3:00 yes, troop accommodations onboard the RMS Queen Mary during WW2 while transporting soldiers from the US to England.
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  37.  @mlo5083  Sadly, even civics classes don't help. Think of the number of idiots who vote for the Communist Party, or for fascist parties. Biggest issue is that many voters don't think, they just vote robotically ("I've always voted X, and always will" mentality) or vote for whoever tells them what they want to hear, regardless how stupid it is (i.e., "If elected I will halve you taxes and double your benefits"). One batch of people, when asked why they voted a particular way and if they checked out the candidates said, "Sure we did, we looked at all the news that agreed with what we think." Little wonder you get some weirdos and idiots in high office.
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  38. This whole thing is about Trump wanting Zelenskyy to grovel. Trump is a malignant narcissist, and he wants everyone to worship him. Anyone who stands up to him or doesn't do what he wants is an enemy to be browbeaten into submission. Trump is a sick man.
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  39. One commenter on one of the streams suggested that the drones may have been snuck into Russia by the Freedom of Russia Legion and/or Russian Volunteer Corps during the attacks on the border posts last week. This does make sense, as the confusion caused by that attack would allow stuff to be sent across the border into Russia. Then again, as you indicate, perhaps it was a Russian false flag. However, I do question that because one of Putin's bases of support are the oligarchs and wealthy, so why would you parade drones over their homes and bring the war to them? I would think they would be more likely to lose interest in supporting a war that is now directly threatening them, rather than suddenly become ultra-patriots. They are, after all, people who put themselves and their wealth above everything else.
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  40. Jake, I disagree. One of the biggest hurdles faced with supplying weapons to Ukraine is training. It isn't just training the crews of the tanks, HIMARS and AFVs how to use their equipment, but more importantly training the officers on how to coordinate all those moving parts to form a cohesive offensive package - a combined arms army. Remember that Ukraine has increased its army at least 5-fold. This means that at least 5 times the number of troops have to be trained on NATO equipment under NATO trainers. This is no mall task. Think of your old high school, and in the midst of your school year the teachers are suddenly called upon to organize classes for foreign students who have a marginal understanding, if any, of English. However, you have to use the same classrooms and gym, but they can't upset your school's class schedule too much, while attending school during the standard school day. Now add to this that Ukraine also now needs at least 5 times the officers to lead those troops into battle and coordinate all their activities properly. In NATO countries this is taken as a given, because our officer corps has been doing this for decades. Add to this the fact that Ukraine is used to Soviet doctrine, so now they are suddenly learning a whole new way of waging war. Think how much trouble you would have organizing the logistics, training and equipping of entirely new units. For a comparison on how difficult this is the best comparison is the dilemma faced by the US back in 1941-1942. The US Army had rapidly expanded, and green troops were sent into initial operations like Torch and the Battle of Kasserine Pass with a new officer corps. In both cases, especially the latter, the operations were near fiascos, even with the regular army divisions and a pre-war officer corps taking part. Ukraine's problems are even worse, because they haven't had the extra year to train officers. So I would disagree with John Sweeney. The real issues are bottlenecks caused by logistics and training. The equipment is being sent as soon as crews are available, but they cannot be sent before the training is complete. Otherwise all you do is present Russia with a wonderful target-rich environment of parked NATO vehicles and equipment.
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  41. I don't know why you expected better of Walz and Rubio. If they were selected by Trump, they were obviously willing to toss away any morals and ethics they had for positions of power.
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  42. 8:52 I wonder if he was sucking up foliage into his engines or mowing the grass, given how low he is flying.
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  43. The Russians are obviously not paying the penguins crewing their ships, like the Ursa Major (Yes, Rico, Kaboom!).
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  44.  @stoneageprogrammer432  Problem is that the tactics of the Napoleonic era differ a fair bit from those of the Roman era, so a direct comparison is difficult or impossible. But it is true that Napoleon won more than twice the battles that Caesar did (56 versus 22).
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  45. But Jake, according to Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady", they haven't spoken English in America for years! 🤣
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  46.  @anonymousocsec2791  In a pig's eye. What Russia is doing is IN VIOLATION OF Article 51. They have been in violation since 2008 (Georgia), and most definitely in violation against Ukraine since 2014. Who are they defending against? Ukraine didn't attack Russia, Russian attacked Ukraine. You are obviously a Russian Troll.
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  47. Jake, I agree with your comments. The Ukrainians are doing a magnificent job of making the Russians pay for every inch of ground they take. And I concur that Denys is getting a bit anxious, which is hardly surprising. However, he should remember that the gains that Russia is making are a kilometer here, 500 metres there. The war in the Donbass resembles nothing less than the Western Front in WW1, where gains of a few hundred yards were considered a great success. It is hard to watch it unfold in real time. I can only hope the Ukrainians have been building up a strong, well trained force to counterattack the Russians and knock them out of their country
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  48.  @alhambrabiker1476  The side that realizes they have been lied to.
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  49. It is possible that Russia has only lost 5,937 Officers. Enlisted ranks don't count.
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  50. Amazing to see "Flight of the Bumblebee" played on the piano. The "Green Hornet" trumpet player must be envious.
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