WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:08.200 the US has now entered this war. We are at war with Russia. This is just absolutely insane. 00:15.820 --> 00:21.320 You've got some pretty serious stuff to go through here, and I've read a couple of these stories. 00:22.080 --> 00:28.200 So show me what you got. Yeah, it's not exactly a fun conversation, but it is an important one, 00:28.200 --> 00:32.060 and it seems like the world is inching closer and closer to World War Three, 00:32.060 --> 00:37.280 whether we like it or not. So I have a few articles that sort of summarize what's happening. 00:38.400 --> 00:43.420 Ukraine's attack-ums, I'll explain that in just a second, Ukraine's attack-ums strike on Russia 00:43.420 --> 00:49.520 comes after President Putin lowers threshold for nukes. So we are talking about nuclear war here. 00:50.300 --> 00:57.440 About a day after President Biden authorized Ukraine to use the long-range US-made MGM-140 00:58.130 --> 01:03.280 Army Tactical Missile System, those are attack-ums, Army Tactical Missile System, 01:03.780 --> 01:09.180 to strike deeper into Russian territory, a new report suggests that the Ukrainian armed forces 01:09.180 --> 01:15.980 have hit a military installation in the Western Bryansk region. This comes after Kremlin spokesperson 01:15.980 --> 01:23.240 Dmitry Peskov said Russia's nuclear weapons doctrine was changed and signed by President 01:23.240 --> 01:30.180 Vladimir Putin indicating, quote, the use of Western non-nuclear rockets by the armed forces 01:30.180 --> 01:37.220 of Ukraine against Russia can prompt a nuclear response. So that's the big change here is like 01:37.220 --> 01:43.820 even using non-nuclear weapons could prompt a nuclear response. So last thing I'll read 01:43.820 --> 01:48.480 from this article here is, for the first time, Ukraine's defense forces struck Russian 01:48.480 --> 01:54.920 territory with attack-ums ballistic missiles. And that's according to the Ukraine news agency 01:54.920 --> 02:02.060 from Tuesday of this week. So we are inching closer. Basically, Putin has warned of this type 02:02.060 --> 02:09.180 of, you know, if this type of action was taken, Russia is allowed to and, you know, 02:09.420 --> 02:14.640 in his mind legitimately allowed to use nuclear weapons to retaliate. So things are 02:14.640 --> 02:21.100 getting very serious very quickly. They are. And the thing is that he's been warning us for 02:21.860 --> 02:31.900 a decade. And we didn't listen. In fact, the story was sort of buried for many, many years. 02:32.140 --> 02:39.680 The Western media did not cover this. So let's move on to your next tabs here. Yeah, it's 02:39.680 --> 02:46.720 actually one of your videos from seven years ago, the map that shows why Russia feels surrounded. 02:47.160 --> 02:52.060 And this is from seven years ago. It got five and a half million views. And by the way, the top 02:52.060 --> 02:57.840 or the highest comment here is from two years ago, I came here to rewatch this given recent 02:57.840 --> 03:02.560 events. Mike is always ahead of his time. So do you want to tell us a little bit about what 03:02.560 --> 03:09.200 this map shows? Well, you know, what's interesting, there was a video that on YouTube 03:09.680 --> 03:16.340 and it was not this was not covered at all. It was a press conference that Putin was holding 03:16.920 --> 03:23.540 saying that the world is being dragged in an irreversible direction. And it's very dangerous. 03:24.000 --> 03:33.120 And that the it was warning us against Ukraine becoming a NATO member. And the press 03:33.120 --> 03:40.560 conference was he was basically telling us that Ukraine cannot become a NATO member and that we 03:40.560 --> 03:47.420 have to stop this reckless expansion of NATO. Or it's he was saying in this video that the world 03:47.420 --> 03:52.800 is being dragged in an irreversible direction. And he was warning how dangerous this is. 03:52.820 --> 03:58.640 And that Russia's response, you know, that eventually this could lead to war. 03:58.640 --> 04:06.840 Now he was telling us that back in, I think that was 2015, when I did this presentation, 04:07.460 --> 04:10.960 I think this was a silver summit in San Francisco or something like that. 04:11.580 --> 04:20.540 And what was interesting was after doing this video and the presentation, I found out that 04:20.540 --> 04:28.360 professor of political science at Chicago University, Professor John Meersheimer 04:29.110 --> 04:35.680 made videos warning about this back in 2012. And so, you know, we've had more than a decade 04:36.300 --> 04:42.880 to avoid what what we are doing is we are antagonist. We're making the situation worse. 04:43.040 --> 04:48.940 And we have been now for all of these years. So, you know, skip forward a couple of seconds 04:48.940 --> 04:59.860 so we can see what it looks like today. Because I animated this map to show this slow creep. 05:00.340 --> 05:09.200 Now this isn't today today. This is 2015 today. So you can see here that Sweden and Finland 05:10.240 --> 05:18.640 and then, you know, the Ukraine's stance. And then go to the you made you put together 05:18.640 --> 05:28.320 a side by side of the Wikipedia update. And so now Sweden and Finland. So right on Russia's border, 05:28.320 --> 05:35.980 we have NATO countries that have US made NATO weapons. And you can see that the 05:35.980 --> 05:45.680 countries that Ukraine, luckily, Belarus does not want to become a NATO member. They're more 05:45.680 --> 05:50.620 aligned with Russia. But we need buffer zones. And this is what John Meersheimer was talking 05:50.620 --> 05:59.200 about. We need a neutral buffer zone between Moscow and and NATO. There has to be some 05:59.200 --> 06:05.580 distance. So you have you got any comments on this? Yeah, I mean, just just well, first of all, 06:05.620 --> 06:12.180 to clarify this today is actually referring to 2017. And this map on the right is actually 2024. 06:12.880 --> 06:19.420 Was my presentation in 2017? Or was the video released in 2017? Well, the video was released 06:19.420 --> 06:25.880 in 2017. So I believe the presentation was 2015 or 2016. Okay, well, I definitely trust 06:25.880 --> 06:31.700 you. Yeah, it says this is at least as old as 2017. It's not today. But yeah. And then the other 06:31.700 --> 06:35.840 thing I'll say about this map is, is you can see the gray areas between the red and the blue, 06:35.980 --> 06:39.340 the buffer zone that you're talking about. Yeah, right. Gray areas are disappearing, 06:39.520 --> 06:43.360 the red and the blue are smushing up against each other. Like that suggests conflict. 06:43.940 --> 06:51.660 Yes, it does. And the response time is shortened. As we move closer with NATO, 06:52.280 --> 06:56.420 they have to make a decision in just minutes whether or not to launch nuclear missiles. 06:57.100 --> 07:05.240 I mean, it's extremely dangerous. And what do we actually get out of it out of this NATO constant, 07:05.440 --> 07:11.460 NATO expansion? What does it do for the United States? It's making the world a very dangerous 07:11.460 --> 07:16.280 place. Yeah, it doesn't doesn't help me sleep better at night. It's going the opposite 07:16.280 --> 07:24.260 direction. Yeah. Okay, so let's move on. So yeah, Justin, Russian President Putin is open 07:24.260 --> 07:29.160 to discussing a ceasefire with Ukraine if negotiations are led by US President-elect 07:29.160 --> 07:36.300 Donald Trump. Putin has ruled out any significant territorial concessions and demands that Ukraine 07:36.300 --> 07:42.840 abandoned its NATO membership ambitions. That's critical. And that's what he's been pushing 07:42.840 --> 07:52.900 for now since that presentation I made, actually before that. I believe there is a 2012 video out 07:52.900 --> 07:59.920 there by John Meersheimer where he's outlining that Ukraine has to be a buffer zone, that that's 07:59.920 --> 08:06.880 what we need is somebody neutral in the middle that does not have NATO weapons. Yeah, makes sense. 08:06.880 --> 08:15.020 Yep. Another article here from Zero Hedge came out Wednesday. Europe braces for war 08:15.020 --> 08:21.900 as Biden shovels more fuel on the fire. So Europeans are focused on the very real possibility 08:21.900 --> 08:27.360 that the Biden-Harris administration is going to start World War Three on its way out the door. 08:28.840 --> 08:33.220 Yeah, this is Europe. And I want to just skim this quickly and give you a sense of what's 08:33.220 --> 08:38.920 happening in Europe. Sweden is sending out 5 million pamphlets to its citizens telling them 08:38.920 --> 08:46.200 how to prepare. So referring to things like shelter and food and water, that kind of stuff. 08:46.780 --> 08:51.240 Finland has launched a new website advising people on how to prepare. The Norwegians 08:51.240 --> 08:55.640 recently mailed out their own booklet giving people tips on how to prepare for the end of 08:55.640 --> 09:02.280 the world. Yikes. The Finnish website includes instructions on how people should react. 09:03.560 --> 09:09.000 Talking about a radiation hazard. The Germans are making their own preparations for the coming 09:09.000 --> 09:15.180 apocalypse quote unquote. Similar things in Prague. So a lot of countries are taking 09:15.180 --> 09:19.840 these steps to warn their citizens. It's getting very real very quickly. 09:21.260 --> 09:29.600 Wow. Yeah, pretty scary. Yeah, it is. I mean, I hope it doesn't, obviously no one wants it to 09:29.600 --> 09:33.920 escalate or it seems like no one wants it to escalate. But maybe there are a few people who do. 09:34.520 --> 09:41.360 We are directly involved now. This is the problem with these missiles that were just launched 09:42.180 --> 09:48.160 and hit targets inside Russia is that they're not just U.S. made but they rely 09:48.640 --> 09:57.680 on data that can only be obtained from either U.S. or European satellites. So it's EU or U.S. 09:58.200 --> 10:04.880 And then the programming of them, their operation. There's nobody qualified to do that 10:05.560 --> 10:15.500 in the Ukraine military. And so the U.S. has now entered this war. We are at war with Russia. 10:15.500 --> 10:22.380 This is just absolutely insane. And so let's move on. Yeah, other countries are getting involved too. 10:22.480 --> 10:27.220 So that's the next article. 12 UK storm shadow missiles were fired into Russia, 10:27.440 --> 10:32.280 local sources say. So it is not just the U.S. It is other NATO countries. So 10:32.920 --> 10:39.540 things are escalating. And it is. And the only way that Putin can interpret this is that now 10:39.540 --> 10:47.220 the U.K. and the U.S. are at war with Russia. Yeah, and he's been pretty clear about that, 10:47.340 --> 10:52.820 you know, in his statements to the press and so forth that he does interpret it that way. So 10:52.820 --> 10:56.780 for better or worse or whether he's in the right or in the wrong, he sees it that way. 10:56.940 --> 11:01.120 And that's an important thing to realize in this, you know, global game of strategy. 11:02.440 --> 11:07.480 One other article here that sort of does advocate escalation, 11:07.480 --> 11:12.480 believe it or not. These articles are out there. So Biden allowing Ukraine to strike into Russia 11:12.480 --> 11:20.100 as much a do for little consequence. So I do want to read some of that here. I have a little section 11:20.100 --> 11:26.500 here. Biden's decision is the right one by any measure and long overdue. Okay, so this is this 11:26.500 --> 11:32.500 is a different perspective than mine. Politically, it's a boost of morale for an embattled Ukraine 11:32.500 --> 11:37.480 facing increasingly dark times ahead and another salami slice into Russia's impunity. 11:38.020 --> 11:43.340 Militarily, Ukrainians could certainly use these longer range fires to hamper the Russian 11:43.340 --> 11:49.080 counter operations in the Kursk region and possibly beyond the ability to use attack 11:49.080 --> 11:55.140 homes on Russian territory will save Ukrainian lives and impose greater costs on Russia. 11:55.700 --> 12:03.520 Not everybody in Ukraine dies as a result. Now, the one thing, I read this article, 12:04.040 --> 12:08.560 and the one thing that there's a couple of things that doesn't mention, but this direct 12:08.560 --> 12:16.180 involvement by the United States to be able, they can't target anything without this very, 12:16.280 --> 12:21.460 very precise satellite data that either comes from the United States or the EU. 12:22.400 --> 12:29.600 So Europe and the United States are at war with Russia. That's what this article leaves out. 12:30.280 --> 12:38.740 And so they think that this is a good idea. And what amazes me is that this is from the 12:38.740 --> 12:49.080 Bolton of atomic scientists, the people that have the doomsday clock and they have not 12:49.080 --> 12:57.340 updated it as of just these last couple of days. They still have us at 90 seconds to midnight. But, 12:57.480 --> 13:04.440 you know, five years ago or so, it was at five minutes to midnight, five or 10 years ago, 13:04.580 --> 13:10.480 five minutes to midnight, now we're 90 seconds to midnight as of January. Now, this 13:10.900 --> 13:14.900 could be that we are at 10 seconds to midnight. This is really, 13:16.840 --> 13:22.940 and I think that this was actually a very irresponsible article just because it left out 13:23.680 --> 13:31.400 some of these facts of the direct involvement that is required by the Ukrainian military 13:31.400 --> 13:36.780 cannot operate those missiles that were just fired. It requires direct involvement from 13:36.780 --> 13:40.640 either the United States or Europe. So this is incredibly dangerous. 13:41.680 --> 13:48.040 Yep. I agree completely. And actually the next thing I have here is a video of Putin saying 13:48.040 --> 13:54.560 exactly that back in September. Basically, yeah. Yeah. So he's two months ago, two months ago, 13:54.600 --> 14:00.060 Putin said, you know, if these long range weapons are used, he considers that NATO 14:00.060 --> 14:06.940 involvement because to your point, Mike, only NATO operatives have the training and the intelligence 14:06.940 --> 14:13.440 from satellites to be able to use these weapons. So it wouldn't be just the Ukrainians who are 14:13.440 --> 14:20.360 attacking, it would be Ukraine with its NATO allies. So we can play that clip for people right 15:33.220 --> 15:43.180 now. Wow. This is amazing that that was back in September. And we keep on poking a stick at him. 15:43.560 --> 15:48.900 I just can't believe this. Yes. What's next? Don't poke the bear. Yes. 15:48.900 --> 15:55.160 So another one here. Jim Rickard says, the speaker of the lower house of the Russian Duma 15:55.160 --> 16:00.540 suggested Biden may be aiming for a Viking funeral, where you go down in flames and destroy 16:00.540 --> 16:05.760 everyone around you when you go. His decision to fire long range missiles at Russia fits that 16:05.760 --> 16:17.000 description. Wow. Yeah. You know, Biden is surrounded by a lot of people in the military. 16:17.000 --> 16:23.360 And I'm just wondering how much of this decision is actually his or, you know, because we really don't 16:23.360 --> 16:36.020 know what influences he's got, who he's listening to. And I just think that there's some very, 16:36.140 --> 16:41.920 very dangerous people in some very high places in our own government as well as Russia. So 16:42.820 --> 16:50.260 this is, but we need to somehow back away from World War Three. Yes. I agree completely. It's 16:50.260 --> 16:56.960 hard to know exactly, you know, who is who's in control of what and who imposes the greatest 16:56.960 --> 17:02.200 influence on any given person or regime. It's very, very, very hard to tell. You can guess 17:02.200 --> 17:08.000 all you want. But it seems like the escalation here is moving in the wrong direction. 17:08.000 --> 17:15.140 That's sort of as far as I can conclude. Okay, what's next? Here's a tweet from Gunther 17:15.140 --> 17:19.560 Eagleman. And I don't really know who this guy is, but he says, Dear Putin, I hope this 17:19.560 --> 17:24.360 message finds you well. As an average American, I would like to express my disdain that the 17:24.360 --> 17:28.840 lame duck government has decided to escalate the war between Russia and Ukraine recklessly. 17:29.480 --> 17:33.540 As Trump said, we want the wars to end. Sincerely, real Americans. 17:34.060 --> 17:39.440 Well, I would like to add my name to the, you know, I'll sign this. 17:40.160 --> 17:47.100 Same. I believe we need the wars to end. Yes. The world is just becoming too dangerous a place. 17:47.940 --> 17:54.600 Yes, I agree. And I just want to take this opportunity to remind people of the 5Gs that 17:54.600 --> 18:00.300 you advocate so much, ground, grub, gas, guns, and gold. Any comments about this? 18:00.300 --> 18:05.880 Yeah. Well, you know, Robert Kiyosaki used to teach. I traveled the world with Robert Kiyosaki, 18:05.980 --> 18:15.580 giving presentations everywhere, back in 2006, 7, and 8, and 9, all the way until 2010. 18:16.280 --> 18:24.320 And he used to present this a lot. And the 5Gs is what you want for super resilience to 18:24.320 --> 18:31.360 survive almost anything. And so, and I took it to heart. I've got a large farm up in the mountains 18:31.360 --> 18:38.600 of Puerto Rico with our own pristine water supply. We can grow our own food up. We do grow a lot 18:38.600 --> 18:46.260 of our own food here, but we would be able to survive without any external food supply. 18:46.880 --> 18:52.320 Gas I don't need because I'm completely off the grid with solar. I just charged my Tesla 18:52.320 --> 19:02.280 today. So we've got four buildings that are off grid. And we don't need gas for transportation 19:02.280 --> 19:09.680 even. Guns. I'm not really a big gun fan. I never have been, except I own a small arsenal these 19:09.680 --> 19:16.720 days. And everybody knows my feelings about gold. And so I've been pursuing this 19:17.520 --> 19:24.340 basically since about 2005. And now I'm in a pretty good position. World War III, 19:25.020 --> 19:33.280 I don't know how we will survive that. Short term survival just means long term pain. 19:35.420 --> 19:42.880 If you don't go in a flash, you're probably going to go of radiation sickness very slowly, 19:43.570 --> 19:50.820 which is not a good way to go. So anyway, I hope that I never have to rely on the 5Gs. 19:51.420 --> 19:59.280 That is my greatest hope. Yes, likewise. So yeah, I know we can't control what the policy makers do, 19:59.520 --> 20:03.780 whether they send us to war or not, whether they push the big red button or not. 20:04.400 --> 20:08.140 But we can take care of ourselves and our families the best we can. So maybe it's this 20:08.140 --> 20:14.520 list. Maybe people want to add to this list. Well, I would add one thing to it. The last one 20:14.520 --> 20:28.400 would be 5Gs and an S. Gold and silver. Of course. Beautiful. Well, I know this World War III talk is 20:28.400 --> 20:32.480 not really a laughing matter, but perhaps we can find a little humor in it with our meme. 20:33.140 --> 20:37.080 When you're laughing at World War III memes and start to wonder why the sun is coming out at 20:37.080 --> 20:45.220 9 p.m. Yeah, it's a sad situation. We're trying to end it with humor. I want to thank everybody 20:45.220 --> 20:48.300 for watching. Please like and subscribe. We'll see you next time.