Comments by "Thetequilashooter1" (@Thetequilashooter1) on "Military Summary" channel.

  1.  @davidblazevic3125  Russia isn’t fighting NATO. 😂 NATO has provided a small amount of weaponry that is in its arsenal, with much of it being old and no longer in use. Even the ATACMS are 30 years old and were planned for demolition.
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  2.  @davidblazevic3125  Why doesn’t Russia ask the Houthis for help? It’s already getting help from Iran and North Korea.
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  3.  @Auzzzie82  I am not Russian so I don’t lie. What proof do you want exactly? Don’t you know how to use Google?
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  4.  @e_valley2707  Exactly!
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  5.  @Auzzzie82  You mean like the kind of evidence Russia makes up? Like how Russia claimed that the Ukrainians were committing atrocities against civilians in the Donbas region, but when Ukraine challenged Russia to provide evidence before the United Nations, Russia boycotted the hearings. It would have been the perfect time for Russia to justify its invasion, but instead it just confirmed that Russia can only lie.
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  6.  @Auzzzie82  Um, don’t you recall that Russia lost in Afghanistan? 😂 And I bet you don’t even know why the United States was in Afghanistan because if you did you would not have left such an ignorant comment. The US achieved its primary goal in Afghanistan, and it lost only around 2,000 troops over twenty years. Russia loses more than that in a week in Ukraine.
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  7.  @Auzzzie82  You mean like the kind of evidence Ukraine asked Russia to provide for its supposed crimes against civilians in the Donbas region? Ukraine challenged Russia to provide evidence in front of the UN, but instead Russia boycotted them? It would have been the perfect opportunity for Russia to justify why it invaded, but now everyone knows that it was only for Putin’s fragile ego.
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  8.  @Imperius12  It’s more like Russia can’t win even with the little help NATO has provided. If NATO was actually fighting Russia would have lost a long time ago.
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  9.  @calluxdoaron1903  There never was an agreement that NATO would not expand. That’s Russian propaganda. Think about it logically. Would such an important agreement be done without having it in writing? Russia couldn’t even keep its word when in writing with the Budapest Memorandum. And unlike Russia, NATO has only expanded because countries wanted to join the alliance. Nobody was forced. In fact Ukraine has been rejected in the past from joining. Furthermore, as long as Ukraine had territorial issues with Russia it never could have joined the alliance. It’s against its bylaws. Russia’s only way to expand is by war. Russia has by its own actions caused NATO to grow. You know very well that NATO would never attack Russia. Just look at the recent satellite photos of Russian bases on its border with Finland. They’re practically empty. The soldiers are in Ukraine fighting. If NATO was such a threat Russia sure would not let that happen.
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  10.  @Imperius12  Ukraine did nothing to have Russia invade it. Tell me honestly for what reason did Russia invade?
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  11.  @jackzgb1232  And Russia said it would never invade Ukraine in exchange for its giving up its nukes. After the USSR collapsed Russia had no power to force NATO to not expand eastward. Something of that significance would be in writing. There’s nothing. You know very well that Russia is not concerned about NATO invading Russia. If it was, it wouldn’t have vacated its bases along its border with Finland to use those troops to fight in Ukraine.
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  12.  @jackzgb1232  You have got to be kidding. I have actually seen videos of Russian people being interviewed laughing hysterically if they thought Ukraine would ever invade Russia. You know very well that is ridiculous.
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  13.  @jackzgb1232  The US made no assurances in the memorandum to protect or even provide aid to Ukraine. Why would it when at the time the US wasn’t even an ally of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian people still had a positive view of Russia? Russia really blew it. It once had a longtime friend, and now it’s got a forever enemy.
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  14.  @jackzgb1232  Did you read my comment? The US is in the memorandum, but the only assurances that each party gave were that they would respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial borders. Russia’s the only country that didn’t comply with its terms.
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  15.  @jackzgb1232  Now you’re changing the subject. There’s a reason to be concerned about Iran. It’s a terrorist nation that supports terrorists like Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. Russia is no longer the USSR. Why should it have any guarantees that NATO won’t expand eastward? Russia has no leverage to tell countries what they can and cannot do. All it does is make threats and take countries by force that are not in NATO.
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  16.  @jackzgb1232  Again, if there was a promise to not expand eastward Russia would have required it to be in a written agreement. There’s nothing. James Baker didn’t have any kind of authority to make that kind of promise either. It would need to be approved by Congress and the President. Facts are the USSR was collapsing, and it had no leverage to make any kinds of deals.
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  17.  @jackzgb1232  Yes, there was talk about Ukraine joining NATO, but there’s nothing firm. Under NATO’s bylaws a country cannot join if it has territorial border issues with another nation. It makes perfect sense as NATO doesn’t want to instantly have to be involved in a war for a country that wants to join the alliance. If Russia was smart it would have done nothing.
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  18.  @jackzgb1232  There’s a big difference. There was strong belief that Iraq still had chemical weapons. Saddam himself admitted after he was captured that he tried to fool the world. It’s not because of the US that he feared as he never thought that the US would actually attack, but he feared Iran. There are other reasons. Iraq wouldn’t let UN inspection officers access to sites expected to hold chemical weapons. Not all chemical weapons were accounted for. Some US disposal experts who returned from Iraq got ill from exposure to chemical weapons. Russia on the other hand invaded for no justifiable reason.
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  19.  @jackzgb1232  NATO attacked Serbia because it was committing atrocities against the Albanians. And like I said earlier, if Russia was really that concerned about NATO it wouldn’t have removed its troops from its border with Finland and sent them to Ukraine. Putin invaded out of pure greed, nothing else.
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  20.  @jackzgb1232  The US and its allies aren’t going to give its best when there’s risk that it can fall into Russia’s hands and be studied. And why shouldn’t older weapons be provided when they’re working so well? Look at the ATACMS, Bradleys, M-113s, Hummers, etc. They’re just collecting dust in the US, while Ukraine can put them to good use. What do you think we’re going to give Ukraine our B-21 bombers and F-35? Are you kidding?
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  21.  @jackzgb1232  Is that why we’re seeing so many vintage Russian tanks and BMTs on the battlefield?Yes, the west has had low numbers of artillery shells. It’s expected though as that is a Russian strategy. The US focuses more on air power. Artillery production is significantly increasing though as both European countries and the United States have made new production plants. The west also has helped Ukraine build its own plants. There’s one facility in the US that by itself is now producing around 100,000 shells a month so your figure must be outdated. Patriot missile production will also go up as they’re in high demand. Right now a plant is being considered in Japan. The same goes for Javelin and Stinger missile production. Russia’s invasion woke up the west. Other plants are also in the works like a HIMARS facility in Poland. The U.S. is not as reliant on tanks as it once was and it’s got a huge stockpile of them. They’re too big and difficult to move against countries like China. Heavy armor is needed for Ukraine because they don’t have a strong air force. Just to put things into perspective. The U.S. has only provided around 4-5% of its defense budget for Ukraine. And we’re not even talk about all the kinds of weapons that the the U.S. would use that Ukraine doesn’t have the capability. And unlike with Ukraine, there wouldn’t be any restrictions imposed on their use.
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  22.  @jackzgb1232  Do you really think that the US would give B-21 bombers, F-35s, heck why not an aircraft carrier? Be sensible.
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  23.  @jackzgb1232  How old are your figures because both in the US and in Europe new plants have been built. For instance, there’s one plant in the US by itself makes around 100K shells/ mo.
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  24.  @turtleninjaa5353  Russia hasn’t won the economic war. That’s ridiculous. Guess where all the hundreds of billions of frozen Russian assets that are going to be used? To help rebuild Ukraine. If it wasn’t for the Lend Lease Act Russia would have lost to Germany. Stalin said it himself. Russia lost in Afghanistan, while the US accomplished its primary goal. I bet you don’t even know why the US was in Afghanistan in the first place. NATO wasn’t at war in Syria. Do you even know how and why western forces are there and under what authorization? It’s not a proxy war in Ukraine. It’s a war that Russia started for no justifiable reason. The west is just helping Ukraine defend itself. You need to go get a real education before making any more comments.
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  25.  @turtleninjaa5353  Russia has not won the economic war. Seriously WTF? Over 300 billion in frozen Russian assets will be used to help Ukraine. Russia actually already lost the war in Ukraine. Just think about why it invaded and the exact opposite happened. The US achieved its primary goal in Afghanistan, the same place where Russia lost. The US wasn’t at war with Syria. Do you even know why the US was in either Afghanistan or Syria?
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  26.  @turtleninjaa5353  The war in Ukraine is not a NATO proxy war. It’s a war that Russia started for no justifiable reason, and NATO is helping Ukraine defend itself. And quite frankly after all the years of listening and reading Russian comments about how superior Russia’s military was compared to others, we’re all pleasantly surprised that Russia’s power has been significantly overestimated in power and capability.
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  27.  @loris9744  Russian soldiers were also told by their commanders that it would take at most three days. It was also said by the Russian media.
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  28.  @loris9744  No they didn’t. Ukraine challenged Russia to provide evidence before the UN and guess what Russia did? It boycotted the hearings. It would have been the perfect time for Russia to justify its invasion, but instead it only confirmed that all Russia does is lie.
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  29.  @loris9744  That’s not true. Ukraine challenged Russia to provide evidence before the United Nations, and Russia boycotted the hearings. If Russia had provided proof it would have helped justify its invasion, but it just proved that Russia made it up.
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  30.  @loris9744  That’s a Russian lie. You should know better by now.
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  31.  @robertbradbury7921  It’s not BS. Russian commanders told the soldiers that it would take just three days. It’s because Russia thought it was going to be as easy as taking Crimea. Intercepted calls of Russian commanders also talked about it. The Russian media also talked about it, and then they denied it. I don’t know of any Ukrainian personnel ever saying that it would only take a couple days for Ukraine to take Crimea. Do you remember the original initial attack? Russia’s troops were very poorly prepared. They didn’t bring the necessary supplies for a prolonged stay. They were expecting to be greeted with flowers not NLAWS and Javelins.
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  32.  @danceofficial8987  You’re joking right? It’s Russia that invaded Ukraine for no justifiable reason, not vice versa. What is Russia defending itself from, Ukraine? 😂 I remember a YouTube video where people in Russia were asked if they ever thought that Ukraine would invade Russia, and they all laughed at such a ridiculous question. It’s certainly not NATO because if NATO was such a threat Russia wouldn’t have pulled its troops from its border with Finland and sent them to Ukraine. Ukraine wants to join NATO like all the other countries, which is for protection from Russian aggression.
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  33.  @robertbradbury7921  There’s a big difference between your comment and mine, you’re lying and I’m not. No captured Ukrainians ever said that they would take Crimea in just a couple days. Not only were Russian captives saying Russia would take Kiev in three days, but Russian soldiers also told loved ones in intercepted calls that it would last just a couple days. It makes sense why the Russian soldiers were so unprepared in the beginning as they never imagined a war dragging on this long.
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  34.  @bkj100  Do you even know why the US invaded Afghanistan in the first place? If you did you would know it accomplished its primary goal. The Taliban were removed from power in less than a month and with just a few hundred special operations troops. The secondary goal was to have Afghanistan be democratic was unrealistic from the start. Unlike the Ukrainians, the Afghan people weren’t willing to fight for it. The US stayed 20 years which was much longer than anyone expected. During that time the US lost only 2,000 troops. Russia loses that many in less than a week in Ukraine.
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  35.  @efghggdxlmfn33  I actually agree with much of what you wrote except for the nazism part. Russia actually has more skinhead groups than Ukraine, including in Russia’s own military. Regardless, Russia did violate its terms by invading Ukraine in 2014 and again in 2022. Even though it’s got no legal weight, Russia violated the intention and spirit of the memorandum. Ukraine hasn’t joined NATO and it wasn’t able to do so as long as it had territorial disputes with Russia. Many pro Ukrainians actually argue with me saying that the US must protect Ukraine because of the memorandum, which for many of the reasons that you described isn’t true. Furthermore, there are no such terms that require the US to help anyway.
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  36.  @efghggdxlmfn33  That’s not true. That’s Russian propaganda at its best. Yanukovych went back on his word to join the EU so of course the people weren’t happy about it. They know the average standard of living in Russia is significantly lower than what it is in EU nations.
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  37.  @efghggdxlmfn33  Do you even know why the US went into Afghanistan in the first place? Yes, the US achieved its primary goal. Its secondary goal was to help Afghanistan become a democratic country, which never would have worked no matter how long the US stayed. The people in Afghanistan need to want it and fight for it, which they weren’t. They had no interest in making it happen. Russia was part of the USSR and was the country behind it so yes Russia lost. With your reasoning Russia should not be a permanent member of the United Nations as that designation was granted to the Soviet Union, not Russia. Your reasoning would also mean that Russia didn’t help win WWII since it was the USSR back then.
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  38.  @efghggdxlmfn33  I see you can’t even tell me why the US even went into Afghanistan in the first place, and you’re trying to argue about the US intention to help Afghanistan be democratic? Now that is truly funny!
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  39.  @bkj100  Russia fought sheep herders itself and lost. In fact Russia lost more soldiers in a shorter time period, and it happened on Russia’s own border. The US had to travel halfway across the world to deploy its troops, something that Russia can only dream about of having such a capability.
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  40.  @efghggdxlmfn33  Who cares if the economic agreement contradicted what it had with Russia? The Ukrainians wanted to be part of the EU. That is their choice, not Russia’s.
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  41.  @efghggdxlmfn33  It’s Ukraine that wants to be part of NATO, NATO isn’t forcing it. Ukraine wants to join so that it doesn’t have to go through the hell that it’s going through right now against Russia. It’s why every country that has joined NATO, to be free from Russian aggression. Just look at how much the Baltic countries are helping Ukraine. They have been under Russia’s thumb and they don’t want to go back.
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  42.  @efghggdxlmfn33  Please don’t give me your fake sympathy about death tolls caused by US wars when Russia has committed numerous war crimes in Ukraine. Russia intentionally targets civilians, it’s used white phosphorus and cluster bombs on towns, it’s committed numerous atrocities. And for what justifiable reason? Seriously, tell me for what justifiable reason did Russia invade Ukraine?
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  43.  @turtleninjaa5353  If it was a direct Russia would have already lost by now. You don’t think that the Iraq war was a ground war? The U.S. and UK rolled over Iraq’s positions. Russia is at best a regional power. Look at how it’s struggling against a country that wasn’t even ranked as a top twenty power. Russia’s air force can’t achieve air superiority. Russia’s army retreated so fast that it became Ukraine’s largest supplier of tanks. And Russia’s navy has gone into hiding in the Black Sea. Do you even know why the US was in Afghanistan and Syria? Obviously not by your comment. You say that the US is a joke on the ground, and yet look at how just 40 US HIMARS have decimated Russian positions, while the US has many times that number. Look at how the Bradleys have embarrassed Russian forces. It’s Russia that has been embarrassed. A small contingent of Wagner group was heading towards Moscow and Russia had no way to stop them. Putin had to flee in fear.
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  44.  @turtleninjaa5353  LOL, you obviously don’t have a clue why the US was in Afghanistan or Syria in the first place. How can you even make a comment about losing when you don’t know why it was there? The US and UK rolled over Iraqi positions. Russia doesn’t even have the capability to go half way across the world and fight. It’s struggling on its own border against a country that wasn’t even a top twenty ranked power at the start of the war. Look at how just 40 HIMARS from the US has caused so much trouble for Russia. The US army has ten times that not including MLRS. The US gave Ukraine just 300 Bradleys that are old 30 year models, while the US has thousands of much more modern ones. If it was a direct confrontation Russia would have lost long ago. It’s Russia that started this senseless war. Can you even tell me why it was necessary?
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  45.  @turtleninjaa5353  It’s the Russian army that’s the biggest joke. Its retreating forces have been Ukraine’s largest support of tanks. The US has proven Ukraine with just 40 HIMARS units and look at how much trouble they’ve caused Russia. The US army has over 400 of them. The US has provided Ukraine with just 300 Bradleys that are just old models just collecting dust in the US. The US has thousands of more modern ones in its army. Russia couldn’t even stop Wagner when it was heading towards Moscow. You’re just bitter that the Russian military isn’t as good as you thought it was.
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  46.  @robertbradbury7921  Whatever.
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  47.  @robertbradbury7921  Most did want to join and what proof do you have that those who didn’t were beaten up by the government? Sounds like a typical Russian troll comment to me, in other words a lie.
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  48.  @robertbradbury7921  Just as I thought, you don’t have any proof. Do you mean the Russian lies about what happened in Donbas? Ukraine challenged Russia to provide evidence before the UN of Ukrainian atrocities in the Donbas region as Russia accused it of committing. Guess what Russia did? It boycotted the hearings! It would have been the perfect time for Russia to justify its invasion, but instead it confirmed that all Russia can do is lie. You really should know better by now.
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  49.  @robertbradbury7921  Just as I thought you don’t have any proof. You mean the lies about Donbas? Ukraine challenged Russia to provide evidence before the UN of Ukrainian crimes in the Donbas region as accused by Russia. Guess what Russia did? It boycotted the hearings. It would have been the perfect time for Russia to justify its invasion, but instead it just confirmed that Russia lied once again. You should know better by now.
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  50.  @efghggdxlmfn33  Because they don’t meet the membership requirements. Try doing research before commenting.
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