Comments by "Withnail1969" (@Withnail1969) on "Ukraine: F-16s, Offensives, and Abject Humiliation || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. why arent they fighting for Ukraine?
    47
  2. of course not. they cant even fly from Ukrainian airfields due to the low slung air intakes. the F16s are not coming.
    30
  3. I dont think even Ukraine has claimed that, he just made it up himself
    28
  4. Do you believe Russia is losing the war and taking heavier casualties than Ukraine? Do you believe 4 complete S400 batteries have been destroyed in the last 2 weeks in Crimea? Do you believe a significant force of F16s is going to be deployed in a matter of weeks and a major Ukrainian offensive is about to begin? Do you believe Ukraine has just recieved $60 billion worth of actual weapons?
    26
  5. ​ @stevewright6632  Good old Peter, still feeding his audience this swill and they swallow it.
    25
  6. It's in Peter's head and Ukrainian twitter
    15
  7.  @dalegawne5286  Ukraine does not have the ability to build any of those things, what on earth are you talking about? Its 2024 buddy not 1984.
    12
  8.  @shuathe2nd  Ukraine is not building a million drones a year for goodness's sake. Ukraine cant even keep the lights on any more. Ukrainian men are avoiding serving in the military the BBC reported yesterday.
    8
  9. There were no peace talks.
    7
  10.  @s3m4jno5w4d  half a million? where do you get this nonsense from?
    7
  11. Oh yes that was hilarious. He predicted Crimea would be cut off and they would all starve to death there. What a loser.
    6
  12.  @gutstompenrocker  it cant land in Ukraine. Ukrainian airfields have too much debris, it would destroy the aircraft being sucked into the air intake. take a look at an F16.
    6
  13.  @tangosmurfen2376  old men are fighting at the front mate if they dont have connections.
    6
  14.  @Tree.fiddy.  they didnt change the game and it doesnt matter to Russia how long the war takes. it will end with Ukraine's surrender.
    5
  15.  @djmmach  Apparently Ukraine has suddenly started winning the war and is about to recapture Crimea, backed by a huge new fleet of state of the art F16s which can fly from any Ukrainian military airfield without problems. Also there is the whole parts supply chain and thousands of fully trained expert crews to maintain them. They should be raising the Ukrainian flag over Sevastopol by the end ofJuly.
    5
  16.  @gutstompenrocker  how exactly are the F16s going to fly with chunks of concrete in their air intakes?
    5
  17.  @jonlittle5032  Good luck with that. I'll leave you guys in Peter's fantasy world.
    5
  18.  @Really250  yes they are, these people think if they go out with a broom on a 50 year old Ukrainian runway it will be fine. it won't.
    5
  19.  @artyarts-sake4420  if they are firing 10 times the shells Ukraine is firing, they are inevitably going to win the war.
    5
  20. You havent been tempted to volunteer for the army or anything to defend Ukraine? You don't have to be an internet warrior, you can do it for real. Chicken?
    4
  21.  @qefewfwdcwdc  it was, i remember plenty of talk that the mighty Abrums would win the war. And the mighty Javelin, and Switchblade drone, and HMARS, etc etc.
    4
  22. lol. Where are these 'facts' he cites?
    4
  23.  @jonlittle5032  jesus christ. being a trained pilot on Soviet aircraft is no help at all. it makes it worse if anything. you people are delusional. years go by and no planes arrive yet you think this time its not a lie.
    4
  24.  @Really250  well that is exactly what I am trying to explain to these people but they cant understand it. to them a plane is a plane and a runway is a runway. another guy here thinks 100,000 Excalibur shells have been sent to Ukraine, far more than have ever been manufactured.
    4
  25. Might last a week then if used in combat
    4
  26. yeah, good luck with that. why are Ukrainian men fleeing to avoid being conscripted?
    4
  27. what on earth are you talking about? There is a major shortage of artillery shells in Ukraine. the Russians are firing 10 rounds for every one Ukraine fires.
    3
  28. Peter knows what his audience wants to hear. They want to hear that Ukraine is winning the war and that America is still the world's largest economy.
    3
  29.  @ivanekkk1269  they are not coming.
    3
  30.  @mattrich7998  Because there's nothing else to give them. Really what they need is sturdy ground attack type planes but European countries dont have them.
    3
  31.  @B.D.E.  oh believe me i will. They have been promising these stupid planes for years and nothing ever happens.
    3
  32.  @tomw.6757  That's a whole other issue but assuming they fly from Romania or Poland it's just not very practical. a long way away from the front. and then those airfields could end up being hit.
    3
  33.  @jonlittle5032  cant secure the airspace with what is being sent.
    3
  34. You think that is anything other than fantasy?
    2
  35. they cant even get across the Dnipr let alone capture Crimea.
    2
  36.  @Tree.fiddy.  by changed the game you presumably meant made some progress towards winning the war, sigh. i dont care if it led to a slight change of tactics, thats irrelevant.
    2
  37.  @rtqii  what is the M1156 Precision Guidance Kit exactly? Ok, i see its guided shells. first problem is they have run out of shells. second problem is 100,000 of those things do not exist.
    2
  38.  @Joshua-le1vn  he literally makes it all up. he despises his audience.
    2
  39.  @K1983Alex  Plus the resources that fuelled industrialisation, such as high quality coal in the right locations, are now used up. The factories are not coming back.
    2
  40.  @K1983Alex  its the same where I live in the UK, the area is in effect an industrial museum now
    2
  41. Because their role is not to shoot down homemade small drones that fly very low.
    2
  42. There was no such opportunity.
    2
  43. a great source of lies.
    2
  44.  @bloodgout  essentially untrained pilots. how could you imagine that would work?
    2
  45.  @kreb7  Ukraine doesnt even want 5 Mirages that have been offered. Too much hassle.
    2
  46.  @kreb7  im talking about Ukrainian military airports.
    2
  47.  @jonlittle5032  the runways would have to be rebuilt and there's no time or moiney or materials for that. The F16s are not coming.
    2
  48.  @gutstompenrocker  so just to be clear, you think F16s can land and take off from air strips with lots of debris? specifically F16s?
    2
  49.  @Really250  No they cant comprehend it. They think if people walk the runway once a day removing debris that will be fine.
    2
  50. sometimes when people agree its because they are telling the truth.
    2
  51. He thinks his audience wants to hear that Trump will lose.
    2
  52.  @ryaner_78667  yeah and in the UK, and Gerrmany, and Italy. anywhere but the war.
    2
  53. He makes his living telling Americans what they want to hear.
    2
  54.  @preeyakumari-i2q  The F16 and there have been many many others that failed.
    2
  55. lol
    2
  56. 10 planes? whats that going to do?
    2
  57. And no runways. And no maintenance.
    2
  58.  @williamcarlson5405  They are hard to shoot down in Afghanistan, not so much in Ukraine.
    2
  59. no Ukrainian should be flying them in combat with such limited training.
    1
  60. Why doesnt Denys volunteer for the Ukrainian army?
    1
  61. Didnt you hear? It's all very easy because the pilots already know how to fly planes.
    1
  62.  @thomasborgsmidt9801  again, what are you even talking about. the major shell shortage is widely reported.
    1
  63.  @janitorizamped  Reported by the NY Times and Wall Stree Journal
    1
  64.  @BabyBird691  There is absolutely no evidence Russia is getting any arms at all from North Korea.
    1
  65.  @dildswagginz3408  They won't.
    1
  66.  @BaconNationChannel  The HARM missiles don't seem to be working they have been using them since 2022.
    1
  67. But why did we insist that Ukraine attacked anyway since we knew that already?
    1
  68.  @Tree.fiddy.  Putin is not 'asking for a ceasefire'. he made demands.
    1
  69. The BBC has surprisingly been telling the truth recently. If they keep this up i might get a TV licence again.
    1
  70. Six.
    1
  71.  @Nick-bh5bk  It won't do anything, no.
    1
  72.  @letsgoheyho  But we are talking about summer 2024 not winter 2023.
    1
  73. Everything except the USA which will be sunshine and rainbows forever and a free pony for everyone
    1
  74.  @dontcomply3976  Yes that is true. It takes lots and lots of affordable energy and minerals to keep our system going.
    1
  75. Apparently it's all very easy and Ukraine doesnt need to rebuild its runways.
    1
  76. None of them can fly from Ukrainian airfields.
    1
  77.  @YvanKorshinsky  I won't bother explaining because you don't actually want to know the truth. Don't worry, there is a huge fleet of F16s coming any day now and they will win the war for Ukraine.
    1
  78. When will you realise he doesnt have a clue what he's talking about.
    1
  79.  @tomw.6757  how is it robust if it cant fly from anything but a perfectly clean runway?
    1
  80. Apparently the building sites in London are full of Ukrainians too.
    1
  81.  @simonjohnston9488  Loads of them in London too.
    1
  82.  @gregcoles401  Ukrainians are dodging conscription everywhere mate.
    1
  83.  @ItsJoKeZ  if they care so damn much about Ukraine they should yes. otherwise they should shut up about the war.
    1
  84.  @janitorizamped  lol its not me running away from the war to hide in Australia/UK/Germany/Italy/Ireland/Canada
    1
  85. You're joking, right? Top Gun is the Navy school anyway, isnt it? The Navy doesn't fly F16s.
    1
  86.  @gutstompenrocker Ukrainian men are fleeing to avoid being conscripted, the BBC reported yesterday.
    1
  87.  @jonlittle5032  I do know what that is, it's not going to help on a Ukrainian runway last regularly maintained in the 1980s.
    1
  88.  @jonlittle5032  Russia doesnt use MiG's for that role you dinosaur. Do you think its the 1980s still?
    1
  89.  @jonlittle5032  which were last regularly maintained in the mid 80s.
    1
  90.  @craigharrison5406  have you ever seen an F16?
    1
  91.  @ChucksSEADnDEAD  I dont think that is true. That would have put the aircraft and pilots at serious risk. Sounds like you made it up or maybe they flew from civilian airfields.
    1
  92.  @B.D.E.  I'm back. Have the F16s arrived yet?
    1
  93. The $60 billion arms package is a joke, most of it isnt even in physical weapons.
    1
  94.  @williamflack6691  I have no dog in the fight, being British, but it seems to me the historical tide is with Trump. People have had enough of Biden.
    1
  95.  @williamflack6691  I'm going to put a bet on it this year. I heard that prominent hiphop stars and very influential people like that have come out for Trump. And some Silicon Valley tech billionaires.
    1
  96. they leave their dead behind
    1
  97.  @deckearns  he said men too.
    1
  98.  @harleyquinn8202  Sounds about right. I would be heading for Western Europe too.
    1
  99.  @vincentoflynn6996  The US.
    1
  100.  @aus3492  what a heart warming story.
    1
  101.  @MrWhitmen1981  its very very expensive and there is no sign of Ukraine being given any funding to rebuild airstrips.
    1
  102. Just made up. Here in the real world, Ukrainians are dodging the draft in big numbers.
    1
  103.  @milesb2111  not when both sides sit in trenches most of the time.
    1
  104.  @teekay_1  Ukraine can't rebuild the power stations and transformers and neither can Ukraine's allies. Wrong voltage.
    1
  105.  @jonlittle5032  Russia isnt isolated though. They are isolated from the West but the West doesn't produce anything.
    1
  106.  @dougaltolan3017  You would have thought Germany was winning World War I then in 1918.
    1
  107.  @bowathand  who is outcompeting Russia? Cant be the West since we barely produce anything.
    1
  108.  @jonlittle5032  it shouldnt need defending.
    1
  109. With what?
    1
  110. the one in his dreams
    1
  111.  @jefferybatts8005  Becasue there are very few airworthy A10s left and they fire a lot of very expensive ammunition that is also depleted uranium which is controversial.
    1
  112. its actually about 50,000 according to the BBC.
    1
  113. the arms package they were sent was a drop in the ocean. they wont be launching any offensive.
    1
  114. so far NATO weapons have been a disaster
    1