the US has now entered this war. We are at war with Russia. This is just absolutely insane.
You've got some pretty serious stuff to go through here, and I've read a couple of these stories.
So show me what you got. Yeah, it's not exactly a fun conversation, but it is an important one,
and it seems like the world is inching closer and closer to World War Three,
whether we like it or not. So I have a few articles that sort of summarize what's happening.
Ukraine's attack-ums, I'll explain that in just a second, Ukraine's attack-ums strike on Russia
comes after President Putin lowers threshold for nukes. So we are talking about nuclear war here.
About a day after President Biden authorized Ukraine to use the long-range US-made MGM-140
Army Tactical Missile System, those are attack-ums, Army Tactical Missile System,
to strike deeper into Russian territory, a new report suggests that the Ukrainian armed forces
have hit a military installation in the Western Bryansk region. This comes after Kremlin spokesperson
Dmitry Peskov said Russia's nuclear weapons doctrine was changed and signed by President
Vladimir Putin indicating, quote, the use of Western non-nuclear rockets by the armed forces
of Ukraine against Russia can prompt a nuclear response. So that's the big change here is like
even using non-nuclear weapons could prompt a nuclear response. So last thing I'll read
from this article here is, for the first time, Ukraine's defense forces struck Russian
territory with attack-ums ballistic missiles. And that's according to the Ukraine news agency
from Tuesday of this week. So we are inching closer. Basically, Putin has warned of this type
of, you know, if this type of action was taken, Russia is allowed to and, you know,
in his mind legitimately allowed to use nuclear weapons to retaliate. So things are
getting very serious very quickly. They are. And the thing is that he's been warning us for
a decade. And we didn't listen. In fact, the story was sort of buried for many, many years.
The Western media did not cover this. So let's move on to your next tabs here. Yeah, it's
actually one of your videos from seven years ago, the map that shows why Russia feels surrounded.
And this is from seven years ago. It got five and a half million views. And by the way, the top
or the highest comment here is from two years ago, I came here to rewatch this given recent
events. Mike is always ahead of his time. So do you want to tell us a little bit about what
this map shows? Well, you know, what's interesting, there was a video that on YouTube
and it was not this was not covered at all. It was a press conference that Putin was holding
saying that the world is being dragged in an irreversible direction. And it's very dangerous.
And that the it was warning us against Ukraine becoming a NATO member. And the press
conference was he was basically telling us that Ukraine cannot become a NATO member and that we
have to stop this reckless expansion of NATO. Or it's he was saying in this video that the world
is being dragged in an irreversible direction. And he was warning how dangerous this is.
And that Russia's response, you know, that eventually this could lead to war.
Now he was telling us that back in, I think that was 2015, when I did this presentation,
I think this was a silver summit in San Francisco or something like that.
And what was interesting was after doing this video and the presentation, I found out that
professor of political science at Chicago University, Professor John Meersheimer
made videos warning about this back in 2012. And so, you know, we've had more than a decade
to avoid what what we are doing is we are antagonist. We're making the situation worse.
And we have been now for all of these years. So, you know, skip forward a couple of seconds
so we can see what it looks like today. Because I animated this map to show this slow creep.
Now this isn't today today. This is 2015 today. So you can see here that Sweden and Finland
and then, you know, the Ukraine's stance. And then go to the you made you put together
a side by side of the Wikipedia update. And so now Sweden and Finland. So right on Russia's border,
we have NATO countries that have US made NATO weapons. And you can see that the
countries that Ukraine, luckily, Belarus does not want to become a NATO member. They're more
aligned with Russia. But we need buffer zones. And this is what John Meersheimer was talking
about. We need a neutral buffer zone between Moscow and and NATO. There has to be some
distance. So you have you got any comments on this? Yeah, I mean, just just well, first of all,
to clarify this today is actually referring to 2017. And this map on the right is actually 2024.
Was my presentation in 2017? Or was the video released in 2017? Well, the video was released
in 2017. So I believe the presentation was 2015 or 2016. Okay, well, I definitely trust
you. Yeah, it says this is at least as old as 2017. It's not today. But yeah. And then the other
thing I'll say about this map is, is you can see the gray areas between the red and the blue,
the buffer zone that you're talking about. Yeah, right. Gray areas are disappearing,
the red and the blue are smushing up against each other. Like that suggests conflict.
Yes, it does. And the response time is shortened. As we move closer with NATO,
they have to make a decision in just minutes whether or not to launch nuclear missiles.
I mean, it's extremely dangerous. And what do we actually get out of it out of this NATO constant,
NATO expansion? What does it do for the United States? It's making the world a very dangerous
place. Yeah, it doesn't doesn't help me sleep better at night. It's going the opposite
direction. Yeah. Okay, so let's move on. So yeah, Justin, Russian President Putin is open
to discussing a ceasefire with Ukraine if negotiations are led by US President-elect
Donald Trump. Putin has ruled out any significant territorial concessions and demands that Ukraine
abandoned its NATO membership ambitions. That's critical. And that's what he's been pushing
for now since that presentation I made, actually before that. I believe there is a 2012 video out
there by John Meersheimer where he's outlining that Ukraine has to be a buffer zone, that that's
what we need is somebody neutral in the middle that does not have NATO weapons. Yeah, makes sense.
Yep. Another article here from Zero Hedge came out Wednesday. Europe braces for war
as Biden shovels more fuel on the fire. So Europeans are focused on the very real possibility
that the Biden-Harris administration is going to start World War Three on its way out the door.
Yeah, this is Europe. And I want to just skim this quickly and give you a sense of what's
happening in Europe. Sweden is sending out 5 million pamphlets to its citizens telling them
how to prepare. So referring to things like shelter and food and water, that kind of stuff.
Finland has launched a new website advising people on how to prepare. The Norwegians
recently mailed out their own booklet giving people tips on how to prepare for the end of
the world. Yikes. The Finnish website includes instructions on how people should react.
Talking about a radiation hazard. The Germans are making their own preparations for the coming
apocalypse quote unquote. Similar things in Prague. So a lot of countries are taking
these steps to warn their citizens. It's getting very real very quickly.
Wow. Yeah, pretty scary. Yeah, it is. I mean, I hope it doesn't, obviously no one wants it to
escalate or it seems like no one wants it to escalate. But maybe there are a few people who do.
We are directly involved now. This is the problem with these missiles that were just launched
and hit targets inside Russia is that they're not just U.S. made but they rely
on data that can only be obtained from either U.S. or European satellites. So it's EU or U.S.
And then the programming of them, their operation. There's nobody qualified to do that
in the Ukraine military. And so the U.S. has now entered this war. We are at war with Russia.
This is just absolutely insane. And so let's move on. Yeah, other countries are getting involved too.
So that's the next article. 12 UK storm shadow missiles were fired into Russia,
local sources say. So it is not just the U.S. It is other NATO countries. So
things are escalating. And it is. And the only way that Putin can interpret this is that now
the U.K. and the U.S. are at war with Russia. Yeah, and he's been pretty clear about that,
you know, in his statements to the press and so forth that he does interpret it that way. So
for better or worse or whether he's in the right or in the wrong, he sees it that way.
And that's an important thing to realize in this, you know, global game of strategy.
One other article here that sort of does advocate escalation,
believe it or not. These articles are out there. So Biden allowing Ukraine to strike into Russia
as much a do for little consequence. So I do want to read some of that here. I have a little section
here. Biden's decision is the right one by any measure and long overdue. Okay, so this is this
is a different perspective than mine. Politically, it's a boost of morale for an embattled Ukraine
facing increasingly dark times ahead and another salami slice into Russia's impunity.
Militarily, Ukrainians could certainly use these longer range fires to hamper the Russian
counter operations in the Kursk region and possibly beyond the ability to use attack
homes on Russian territory will save Ukrainian lives and impose greater costs on Russia.
Not everybody in Ukraine dies as a result. Now, the one thing, I read this article,
and the one thing that there's a couple of things that doesn't mention, but this direct
involvement by the United States to be able, they can't target anything without this very,
very precise satellite data that either comes from the United States or the EU.
So Europe and the United States are at war with Russia. That's what this article leaves out.
And so they think that this is a good idea. And what amazes me is that this is from the
Bolton of atomic scientists, the people that have the doomsday clock and they have not
updated it as of just these last couple of days. They still have us at 90 seconds to midnight. But,
you know, five years ago or so, it was at five minutes to midnight, five or 10 years ago,
five minutes to midnight, now we're 90 seconds to midnight as of January. Now, this
could be that we are at 10 seconds to midnight. This is really,
and I think that this was actually a very irresponsible article just because it left out
some of these facts of the direct involvement that is required by the Ukrainian military
cannot operate those missiles that were just fired. It requires direct involvement from
either the United States or Europe. So this is incredibly dangerous.
Yep. I agree completely. And actually the next thing I have here is a video of Putin saying
exactly that back in September. Basically, yeah. Yeah. So he's two months ago, two months ago,
Putin said, you know, if these long range weapons are used, he considers that NATO
involvement because to your point, Mike, only NATO operatives have the training and the intelligence
from satellites to be able to use these weapons. So it wouldn't be just the Ukrainians who are
attacking, it would be Ukraine with its NATO allies. So we can play that clip for people right
now. Wow. This is amazing that that was back in September. And we keep on poking a stick at him.
I just can't believe this. Yes. What's next? Don't poke the bear. Yes.
So another one here. Jim Rickard says, the speaker of the lower house of the Russian Duma
suggested Biden may be aiming for a Viking funeral, where you go down in flames and destroy
everyone around you when you go. His decision to fire long range missiles at Russia fits that
description. Wow. Yeah. You know, Biden is surrounded by a lot of people in the military.
And I'm just wondering how much of this decision is actually his or, you know, because we really don't
know what influences he's got, who he's listening to. And I just think that there's some very,
very dangerous people in some very high places in our own government as well as Russia. So
this is, but we need to somehow back away from World War Three. Yes. I agree completely. It's
hard to know exactly, you know, who is who's in control of what and who imposes the greatest
influence on any given person or regime. It's very, very, very hard to tell. You can guess
all you want. But it seems like the escalation here is moving in the wrong direction.
That's sort of as far as I can conclude. Okay, what's next? Here's a tweet from Gunther
Eagleman. And I don't really know who this guy is, but he says, Dear Putin, I hope this
message finds you well. As an average American, I would like to express my disdain that the
lame duck government has decided to escalate the war between Russia and Ukraine recklessly.
As Trump said, we want the wars to end. Sincerely, real Americans.
Well, I would like to add my name to the, you know, I'll sign this.
Same. I believe we need the wars to end. Yes. The world is just becoming too dangerous a place.
Yes, I agree. And I just want to take this opportunity to remind people of the 5Gs that
you advocate so much, ground, grub, gas, guns, and gold. Any comments about this?
Yeah. Well, you know, Robert Kiyosaki used to teach. I traveled the world with Robert Kiyosaki,
giving presentations everywhere, back in 2006, 7, and 8, and 9, all the way until 2010.
And he used to present this a lot. And the 5Gs is what you want for super resilience to
survive almost anything. And so, and I took it to heart. I've got a large farm up in the mountains
of Puerto Rico with our own pristine water supply. We can grow our own food up. We do grow a lot
of our own food here, but we would be able to survive without any external food supply.
Gas I don't need because I'm completely off the grid with solar. I just charged my Tesla
today. So we've got four buildings that are off grid. And we don't need gas for transportation
even. Guns. I'm not really a big gun fan. I never have been, except I own a small arsenal these
days. And everybody knows my feelings about gold. And so I've been pursuing this
basically since about 2005. And now I'm in a pretty good position. World War III,
I don't know how we will survive that. Short term survival just means long term pain.
If you don't go in a flash, you're probably going to go of radiation sickness very slowly,
which is not a good way to go. So anyway, I hope that I never have to rely on the 5Gs.
That is my greatest hope. Yes, likewise. So yeah, I know we can't control what the policy makers do,
whether they send us to war or not, whether they push the big red button or not.
But we can take care of ourselves and our families the best we can. So maybe it's this
list. Maybe people want to add to this list. Well, I would add one thing to it. The last one
would be 5Gs and an S. Gold and silver. Of course. Beautiful. Well, I know this World War III talk is
not really a laughing matter, but perhaps we can find a little humor in it with our meme.
When you're laughing at World War III memes and start to wonder why the sun is coming out at
9 p.m. Yeah, it's a sad situation. We're trying to end it with humor. I want to thank everybody
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