Comments by "Tx240" (@Texas240) on "Jake Broe" channel.

  1. Before watching, I'm guessing: Tree fitty? YouTube is the dagone Loch Ness monster!
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  2. Aaaaaany day now, Russia will send in their best troops and equipment!
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  3. Wasn't the Pope on Hitler's side also? Not a good track record.
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  4. Reagan is rolling over in his grave at the filth coming out of the mouths of modern "republicans". Plenty of Americans remember that Russia, under Putin, is not a friend of the United States. Decimating Russia's military capabilities and helping a friendly democratic (although not perfect) country without putting American troops at risk is a bargain compared to the blood we spent in Afghanistan and Iraq trying to help people who didn't want to help themselves.
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  5. 7:15 Russia lost about 70,000 to 80,000, by that estimate The thought of 2,000 dead bodies laying in a space the size of a football field is pretty staggering.
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  6. It looks like some so-called "Republicans" are actually rooting for Russia. These confused individuals are putting person power politics ahead of the national good and good of their own voters. Supporting Russia is anti-American because Russia is against everything America stands for. Any REAL, actual Republican knows that.
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  7. This really shows how backwards Russia is. Putin ordered infantry off Temu and is surprised they didn't work as advertised.
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  8. Ukraine has begun fighting "to win" instead of fighting "to not lose". The self deterring, appeasement minded West has been pushing the latter.
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  9. Ukraine doesn't even have stealth capability on their larger drone aircraft. Boggles the mind that Russian talking heads keep suggesting war with NATO. Between stealth aircraft and significantly more cruise missiles than Ukraine has access to would eliminate all these types of high value targets in short order. Russia has nothing except "nuke you!!" and nuclear weapons are a deterrent against other countries being aggressive to you not for supporting aggressive operations, as Russia's "nuke you!" threats amount to considering RUSSIA started the war by invading their neighbor.
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  10. And...because Ukrainians were doing a lot of the fighting.
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  11.  @HuskyOwner-bl1jf  I don't see any of our previous 3 presidents, at least, turning down a ride out of Dodge under the same circumstances as Zalensky. Russia was a stone's throw from Kyiv.
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  12. I'm sure it's just an auto word suggest error, but "the Ukraine", as written in your comment, implies the territory of Ukraine is actually part of Russia, the Ukraine or literally "the frontier". The name of the country is simply Ukraine. "The Ukraine" is a small but significant difference and offensive to anyone who believes in freedom from Russian oppression and bullying for Ukraine. Again, I'm sure YOU already know that, based on your comment. However, when I see this mistake I like to point out the difference, especially since people alive during the Cold War might have muscle memory for thinking or saying "the Ukraine" when it was forcibly part of the Soviet Union.
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  13. I suspect the real reason an ICBM was used is because Russia is running low on everything. "Hey, we're using these North Korean ballistic missiles with success, let's use our own ballistic missiles." Remember, it's the ballistic missiles that Ukraine has a difficult time intercepting and only the Patriot systems have a chance. ICBM is just a really long range (intercontinental) ballistic missile. Ballistic missiles are by default hypersonic missiles and the defender has less than a minute to try to intercept it when it's in range.
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  14. Good lord. Master Strategist Putin has turned the "mighty" Russian army from the 2nd strongest in the world to the 2nd strongest in Ukraine to the 3rd strongest in Mali. The oligarchs need to pull Putin out of the game. He's embarrassing.
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  15. 17:15 this is why the argument that Russia will eventually win because they have a larger population and can continue refilling their military ranks longer than Ukraine is false. Eventually, the people will have enough of their sons, brothers, and fathers being sentenced to death in Ukraine, by Putin soley to satisfy Putin's ego and megalomania. Ukrainian are fighting for their country, their identity, and their independence from Russia. Every day, more Russians are realizing that they are fighting for nothing but one mentally ill old man's delusions.
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  16. ​ @user255 exactly what it is, nuclear terrorism. Putin argues he can do whatever he wants because Russia has nukes.
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  17. As an American, the United States needs to quit protecting Russia. Now is the perfect time for Biden to change policy specifically so that Harris doesn't have to deal with any pushback because it would be a Biden decision. Biden ought to want part of his legacy to be helping Ukraine protect itself. If the US is too cowardly to allow Ukraine to use weapons appropriately to defend themselves, the US needs to stop bullying other, braver NATO countries who's skin is much closer to being in the game.
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  18. Russia is "surrounded by enemies" because Russia views the world as a zero sum game. Something can only be good for Russia of it's bad for some other country. Russia and China are holding humanity back. The world would prefer that these countries weren't enemies of the rest of the world, but it's the choice of Russians and Chinese.
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  19. 7:42 fact check, "NATO expanded east" NATO did not expand east. Expansion implies coercion. The fact is that former Soviet states FLED WEST seeking protection from an aggressive, expansionist, coercive, imperialistic Russia. The "former Soviet states" were individual sovereign nations until Russia forcibly subjugated them. These countries were never legitimately part of "Russia". So, all reasonable people should correct misinformed people who say "NATO expanded east". NATO did not expand east. Sovereign nations that had the Soviet yoke removed from their necks fled West seeking NATO protection.
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  20. 13:13 Re, destroyed Russian landing ship position given away I'm not sure if that qualifies for the "Geraldo Award" or not since it may have been deliberate propaganda attempt to show the strength and control that Russia had over the area and that there's no problem resupplying troops. Geraldo Award is just for media who give away tactical info because they're idiots. It's not for military propaganda departments who are idiots.
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  21. ​ @skipperclinton1087 even the Bradleys we sent to Ukraine were friggin Desert Storm vintage, probably older than the Ukrainian crews operating them...and all this equipment is doing exactly what it was originally designed and built for, defeating Russia if Russia invaded Europe.
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  22. Russia beginning negotiations at all indicates administration that the war is lost for Russia.
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  23. 7:15 it's understandable that Ukraine wants its soldiers out of Chechen hands. However, if they are going to release the sanctions, the deal needs to be ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE POWs are released within X time, possibly to a neutral 3rd party (I think something like this was previously done through Turkey or one of Arab countries). Dropping the sanctions only to have Chechens take more prisoners at some point leaves Kadyrov with no personal punishment for helping Putin in the war against Ukraine and provides no future leverage. If future leverage is removed, all current and future POWs need to be accounted for in the deal. Hopefully Ukranian policy makers and negotiators realize this.
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  24. It wasn't too long ago when you and other commentera were saying that the fight for Kherson would be hard, door to door fighting. Yes, the open terrain fighting was hard fought. However, the fight for the city happened exactly I'd said, a defeat of Russian logistics leading to a defeat of the city defenders by lack of supplies. This is also why Ukraine won't give Russia a break to resupply during mud or winter seasons. Ukraine will probably focus as their next objective to draw a line south from Zaporizhia. They will then attack the former Kherson occupiers from both east and west and force them to retreat into Crimea. Then, Ukraine will also use its newfound manpower and equipment advantages to also push east from the Zaporizhia funnel putting pressure on Russian Donbas forces from multiple vectors also.
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  25. There does seem to be some disconnect in the use of combined arms. Western artillery out ranges Russian. Mobile, self propelled artillery along with counterbattery radar should be supporting any mine clearing attempt. Towed artillery can suppress the trench lines where Russian spotters or drone operators are hiding. It also seems like Ukraine isn't utilizing superior infrared and optics on the Bradley as an artillery spotting vehicle. Sure, I'm not there and don't know what Ukraine is doing, but it seems like if they were doing these things, we'd have seen it.
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  26. Unfortunately, Trump has been seen diddling himself to pictures of bare chested Putin riding a horse. Trump has normalized Putin by talking with him and Putin understands the relationship as Trump is his b*tch. Russia only understands strength. The 2 leaders probably talked about how much Trump Coin and Ivana Coin Putin was buying.
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  27. Russia trying to make Ukrainian civilians give up or flood Europe, drying up European support, by freezing them while Russia's own soldiers are also freezing and combat ineffective. Russia is trying to win this war by attacking Ukrainian civilians. Ukraine winning this war by defeating Russian soldiers.
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  28.  @barrywalford8533  it's an uphill battle against auto word replace, but yes you're correct.
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  29. 2:54 Trump saying "Putin is the boss of me."
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  30. We spent 20 years nation building in Afghanistan for weak and ungrateful people who didn't deserve the blood and money we spent there all while expecting us to do everything for them. The least we can do is spend much less money helping grateful Ukrainians who have been doing all the work for themselves to stand up against a world leader and his cult of barbaric sheep that is an enemy of the United States.
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  31. Maybe the guy he picked as secdef pointed out who Trump needs to back if he wants to be "a winner".
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  32. I've been saying since 2014 that Putin's goal is rebuilding the Soviet Empire. THIS is why it's important that the West is helping Ukraine defend itself. If successful in Ukraine, Putin would've moved on other countries that he views as part of the Russian Manifest Destiny, counties that are now NATO members. Having to act THEN would be much more expensive in terms of money, equipment, and NATO lives. Acting now is cheaper in terms of equipment and money and Ukraine is investing the blood.
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  33. I wonder what the combat capability of a new build "T-90" tank is. I use quotes because they don't have the electronics and optics to build an actual T-90, which is just an upgraded T-72 anyway.
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  34. Good on the people of Slovakia, standing up to their corrupt leader in the face of his actions and suspicious disappearance after visiting Moscow and then turning up in a very expensive suite in Vietnam.
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  35. Obviously, Fico took a payment from Putin during his visit...
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  36. 14:29 Trump isn't even trying to protect any US manufacturers. He's just blanket tarrif on everything. All that will do is HURT AMERICAN BUSINESSES that export to Canada as Canadians pull US products from shelves or avoid buying American. AND, it will hurt US CONSUMERS as either prices will rise on products (so the Canadian manufacturer, exporter, and US importer will pass the tarrif on to the end American buyer) or those products become unavailable causing a loss of availability or requirements of buying more expensive American made products. That would be at least not insane if Trump targeted specific industries or items.
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  37. I appreciate that Putin made Biden's mental capicity look tip top, in comparison to Putin's ramblings about things unrelated to what Carlson was trying to guide Putin to talk about.
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  38. Russia has nothing left in the tank. We saw the raids into Russia from the Russian Freedom militia and Prigozhin faced only token opposition and was within a few hours of Moscow. Despite Russian bluster about how the Ukrainian Nazis were planning to invade Russia, Russian leadership knows Russia was never threatened. That's why the northern border of Russia and Ukraine is virtually unguarded despite being at war.
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  39. 13:36 no, no! You're misunderstanding! Blowing people up is HOW RUSSIA SAVES THEM. Just ask all the Russian speakers of Mariupol, Donetsk, Kharkiv, etc. Blowing people up is how Russia saves them! Much like how America frees people! Russia was just trying to help the fk out of Prigozhin's troops.
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  40. It's easier to send more once logistics and training pipelines are established
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  41. It's not like we import anything in the US... Oh. Wait.
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  42. White House needs to stop protecting Russia. Biden's legacy is going to be as the president who protected Russia.
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  43. 8:34 why don't the Russians surrender and get medical treatment, a shower, and a meal instead of feeding themselves a grenade?
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  44. 13:02 Biden couldn't run because of his mental faculties... But senile Trump can get elected. Trump says Ukraine shouldn't have gone to war with Russia as though Ukraine was the aggressor or as though Ukraine invaded Russia. In 2014 and 2022, Ukraine was on the receiving end of Russian invasion. The only way to not get into that war, as Trump suggested, was to join NATO or completely agree to Russian subjugation and disintegration of Ukrainian language and culture.
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  45.  @vanettevanhuyssteen5548  - You're right in that there were obviously a handful of people who did want freedom and democracy. However, the vast majority, including most of the ones we trained and equipped had no interest in it.
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  46. 2:50 According to Trump's logic, we need to give Alaska back to Russia as a way to negotiate preventing escalation with the nuclear power, Russia, that says it's theirs.
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  47. The statement that Ukraine is preventing World War 3 by stopping Putin's Russia before they would've inevitably invaded NATO countries who are former Warsaw Pact nations that Putin sees as part of his Russian Empire.
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  48. Ask Prigozhin's guys how "will be remembered" worked out for them as their graves were turned into a parking lot. Edit, 5:02 you called it
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  49. I hope NATO and the West realize that appeasement is NOT how you placate a belligerent and aggressive country with imperial designs, like Russia. Self deterring, showing weakness and fear are only green lights for more bad behavior from a narcissistic megalomaniac dictator like Putin.
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  50. 16:38 Navalny is like the other side of the same coin as Putin. He's not a friend of the West or of democracy. If he was smuggled out and does try to set up an opposition government in exile and were able to replace Putin, it would be like Iraq where the new leadership after Saddam was just interested in consolidating power and strengthening regional ties (China in Russia's case).
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