Victor Davis Hanson | War in Ukraine

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  • čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
  • Regular contributor Victor Davis Hanson joins John to take stock of the many political, social and economic flashpoints currently occurring around the globe. He assesses the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, pans the management of the US economy that has seen inflation soar, and unpacks his most recent book, 'The Dying Citizen', arguing that identity politics, big government, open borders and internationalism, among other factors, are eroding American citizenship and security.
    Victor Davis Hanson is an American classicist, military historian, columnist, and farmer. He has been a commentator on contemporary politics for the National Review and The Washington Times and is currently the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
    In addition to writing hundreds of articles, book reviews and newspaper editorials, Hanson is also the author of twenty-four books and hosts a regular podcast series, 'The Victor Davis Hanson Show'. Hanson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007 by President George W. Bush, and was a presidential appointee in 2007-08 on the American Battle Monuments Commission. His latest book, The Dying Citizen, was published in October 2021.
    #Ukraine #Biden #Putin
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    00:00 Introduction
    02:56 Ukraine, Russia and Putin
    08:56 European resilience
    13:10 Ballooning energy prices
    18:30 Biden’s growing list of problems
    23:50 Is Europe beginning to take defence seriously?
    31:55 The Chinese perspective
    35:00 Ukraine, Taiwan and the fighting spirit
    42:21 The Dying Citizen
    49:19 ‘Global’ citizens
    55:37 Elites & the declining middle class
    1:02:05 Rogan, Shapiro & the ‘new wave’
    1:14:10 Living in an ‘emocracy’
    1:15:44 Trump’s Putin comments
    1:19:00 Summing up our times
    1:22:02 Conclusion
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Komentáře • 2,7K

  • @Lost_In_LA
    @Lost_In_LA Před 2 lety +551

    I never get enough of Victor Davis Hanson. Thank you.

  • @elizabethannegrey6285
    @elizabethannegrey6285 Před rokem +41

    VDH - pure gold. A voice of calm reason in a season of madness. A great exchange between
    Hanson and Anderson.

  • @topsyturvy1982
    @topsyturvy1982 Před 2 lety +43

    The dearth of this type of conversation on mainstream is truly frightening. Thank you for making this conversation accessible on CZcams.

  • @barbamundsen6083
    @barbamundsen6083 Před 2 lety +74

    A voice of reason...Can never get enough of Victor Davis Hanson!

  • @jonboy9912
    @jonboy9912 Před 2 lety +72

    I look forward to these broadcasts because they are by a massive margin the most intelligent broadcast on current affairs on CZcams. VDH is lucid and to the point, so on point and understandable when he makes his view public. and John Anderson has the sense to keep quiet in the presence of such brilliance - he steers the boat but keeps out of the wind!

  • @stevejones8233
    @stevejones8233 Před 2 lety +38

    Thank you for a great interview. Thank you for allowing a conversation that doesn’t talk over each other allowing me digest their ideas.

  • @vickigower8125
    @vickigower8125 Před 2 lety +112

    I love Victor Davis Hanson. He's always so thoughtful and reasonable and speaks with such clarity . He's a true patriot.

    • @waldemar9999
      @waldemar9999 Před 2 lety

      I think he is a disgusting Trump adherent. His academic mantle is very thin!

    • @therezabjorklund353
      @therezabjorklund353 Před rokem

      This was 1 yr ago. It seems Putin is winning. He is decimating Ukraine with thousands of innocent deaths. Thousands of dead young Russian men also. What'll be of all this invasion and war??? The US is being demolished under this administration. I think all started falling apart under the senile Biden administration and all the bad destructive decisions he made.

    • @tonim5924
      @tonim5924 Před rokem +2

      I'm not well educated so am very appreciative that Mr. Hanson speaks using terms and words I understand.

    • @brendawilliams8062
      @brendawilliams8062 Před 3 měsíci

      @@tonim5924I am with you. I 😂 lol , when I imagine the hippies with the left over yippies tripping out as elitist sing Ca. Dreaming

  • @jamesbarr2357
    @jamesbarr2357 Před 2 lety +22

    John and Victor, thank you for a wonderful conversation.

    • @davidbanner6230
      @davidbanner6230 Před 2 lety

      China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children,
      they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags?
      All they have left is bluff ...?

  • @jstantongood5474
    @jstantongood5474 Před 2 lety +112

    One of my cultural heroes. VDH.

    • @foxtrotjulietbravo5536
      @foxtrotjulietbravo5536 Před 2 lety +8

      One of my heroes.

    • @kingpriapatius5832
      @kingpriapatius5832 Před 2 lety

      The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes.
      Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.

    • @kmitchell9891
      @kmitchell9891 Před 2 lety

      @@kingpriapatius5832 Hey nice deflection to "what about America?" you did there, but we are talking about Russia invading Ukraine.
      I know I know, your gopnik boss wants you to spread misinformation. I get it, but it's really transparent when you cannot stay on topic.

    • @kingpriapatius5832
      @kingpriapatius5832 Před 2 lety

      @@kmitchell9891 Do you have any arguments?

    • @kmitchell9891
      @kmitchell9891 Před 2 lety

      @@kingpriapatius5832 I'll respond how you respond:
      What about Russians invasion of Afghanistan? Purely a land and resource grab with absolutely no other label for it. Russians are backing literal nazi militias within their own country and then turn around and call JEWISH people "nazis".
      "The campaign goes very well" 😭😭🤣🤣

  • @arnaldobellucci9033
    @arnaldobellucci9033 Před 2 lety +610

    It is a shame that Victor Davis Hanson is not that known and heard in the world.

    • @saltburner2
      @saltburner2 Před 2 lety +93

      As with Thomas Sowell, the world does not want to hear the truth.

    • @joshuap9580
      @joshuap9580 Před 2 lety +11

      ive never heard his take on 1/6....which is strange as an american historian.

    • @paddyhalligan28
      @paddyhalligan28 Před 2 lety +12

      Yes only 10K views.

    • @bkup1332
      @bkup1332 Před 2 lety +9

      @@joshuap9580 that's a good point.

    • @rickp354
      @rickp354 Před 2 lety +27

      We must share the true wisdom of Victor Davis Hanson with as many friends, family and acquaintances as possible! Americans would be advised to know these principles and the reasoning behind them

  • @pubdub2
    @pubdub2 Před 2 lety +54

    I have admired Mr. Hanson for years now. I highly recommend his most recent book. It is not an easy read. Be prepared to study it carefully, take it in strides, and do not gloss over terms or situations which do not easily appear in your range of view. His message is critical to our survival as a nation as well as the world around us. I know of no other knowledgeable man with such a breadth of information at his disposal who yet chooses to present all that he delineates with such calm clarity and objectivity. He has an awareness of so many points of view that it's uncanny. Most of the time we encounter a man with a fount of knowledge who is all too eager to tell you which direction to take and that his conclusion is the best or most accurate one to adopt. Mr. Hanson is different. He is a true teacher. He is not a savior. He provides readers and thinkers with multiple senses of awareness and merely hopes that people make choices wisely.

    • @mariehailey6738
      @mariehailey6738 Před 2 lety +2

      I could not have said it better!

    • @ARod-br2ui
      @ARod-br2ui Před 2 lety +2

      Is an excellent book and proud to have it in my personal library.

  • @kilmall2674
    @kilmall2674 Před 2 lety +65

    Victor's knowledge of history, honest explanations & comparisons, are fascinating, and perfect !

    • @wapiti3750
      @wapiti3750 Před rokem +1

      He's great, but not perfect. He seems to think Messenia is in Italy but instead is located in Greece. Or, he could be simply mispronouncing Messina, which is in Italy.

    • @philiprufus4427
      @philiprufus4427 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Many people of this mans generation and the generations before him had a similar knowledge of History.
      History was a compulsory subject at school for ten years or more.
      Equally many people read books,and television of the day had many documentary's.
      Only N A T O and The Pentagon had A NET.

    • @chrishooge3442
      @chrishooge3442 Před 8 měsíci

      This didn't age well.

    • @digitalnomad9985
      @digitalnomad9985 Před 4 měsíci

      @@chrishooge3442 In what way? He said supplying the Ukrainians was the right thing to do even though he was worried they would be overrun. Since then the front has moved east on the whole. What has changed for the worse? It is true that for a while hopes for an early Ukrainian victory were kindled, but things are far more hopeful now than they were at the time of this video. From the standpoint of the time of this video to now, what has changed for the worse? Tucker Carlson?

    • @chrishooge3442
      @chrishooge3442 Před 4 měsíci

      @@digitalnomad9985 He's changed his tune as Ukraine has resisted Russia for 2 years. Go back and watch his talks from before the invasion. He blames the West. He blames NATO expansion. He says Putin has not territorial ambitions. The one thing he gets right is Russian can't occupy Ukraine...that's been proven true. But he's flat wrong about Putin's territorial ambitions.

  • @mikeflair6800
    @mikeflair6800 Před 2 lety +383

    In this most turbulent time in USA History, I need to hear Victor Davis Hanson daily, he puts things in great perspective and calms me down personally.

    • @curtgomes
      @curtgomes Před 2 lety +29

      I feel the same way. Thomas Sowell has the same effect...

    • @jameslippincott7440
      @jameslippincott7440 Před 2 lety +21

      Thomas Sowell’s common sense is fantastic.

    • @curtgomes
      @curtgomes Před 2 lety +16

      @@jameslippincott7440 His writings are incredibly full of insight and straight up facts that most people never get because of the constant propaganda being spewed in the media and elsewhere.

    • @stevenwiederholt7000
      @stevenwiederholt7000 Před 2 lety +9

      @@curtgomes
      "In this most turbulent time in USA History,"
      Have you ever opened and read a history book?

    • @oldsalt8011
      @oldsalt8011 Před 2 lety +6

      I agree 100%. there are not many nights that I don't use him for a good bedtime story. All great listening and I don't need to look at the video - just like a podcast.

  • @Christoph1888
    @Christoph1888 Před 2 lety +345

    Always enjoy listening to Victor Hanson.

    • @GameWatcher545
      @GameWatcher545 Před 2 lety +3

      his input is what I was waiting for indeed

    • @kingpriapatius5832
      @kingpriapatius5832 Před 2 lety

      The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes.
      Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.

    • @parnpichate
      @parnpichate Před 2 lety +1

      @Nikos Antikythera - To say its time to retire, that's being hyperbolic. His insights are always valued whether hes proven correct or not. You have a good point though and I tend to agree. Pretty sure this war happened because the western sphere of influence continued to push their will and threaten to make Ukraine a part of NATO when Russia clearly stated that it would not allow that.

    • @davidbanner6230
      @davidbanner6230 Před 2 lety

      China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children,
      they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags?
      All they have left is bluff ...?

    • @kingpriapatius5832
      @kingpriapatius5832 Před 2 lety

      @@davidbanner6230 China's population is larger than the EU and the USA combined. In addition, the USA has a declining white population and a big problem with a rising latin american population that does n o t adjust to Amerika (they don't even speak english). China has already won.

  • @freeandcriticalthinker4431
    @freeandcriticalthinker4431 Před 2 lety +22

    Some of the few shining beckons of reason and intelligence. A Great interview guys! Great job as usual John. Cheers

  • @mercychoke4475
    @mercychoke4475 Před 2 lety +8

    VDH is one of the most intelligent and insightful people I've had the pleasure of listening to, possibly, EVER in my life..! I scour the internet for content from him and have read all the books I can find by him. What he has to say, and the measured and thoughtful way in which he says it, is likely more important in this country now , than probably ever before... IF that is even possible. God Bless this man. 🙏👣🤲 🧐

  • @neymcdaniel7453
    @neymcdaniel7453 Před 2 lety +43

    VDH is so intelligent that I have a hard time (law school graduate here) understanding the point he’s making. But occasionally, he’ll bring it down to my level and the bits and pieces I manage to pick up are absolutely PRICELESS. Thank you Mr. Hanson for your contribution to mankind. It is deeply appreciated by me.

    • @thomassimmons1950
      @thomassimmons1950 Před 2 lety +13

      Retired pipefitter-welder here. Understood every bit of it. Not to criticize you personally, sir...but being a lawyer, you should bring suit against every institution that awarded you a degree... FUGGHEDABOUDIT!

    • @neymcdaniel7453
      @neymcdaniel7453 Před 2 lety +7

      @@thomassimmons1950 Good afternoon Mr. Simmons. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your comment back to me, and you are exactly right. Thank you.

    • @raymondfrye5017
      @raymondfrye5017 Před 2 lety +3

      There is a way to understand Question and Answer by touching the Settings symbol and choosing video speed to 0.75x
      Regards

  • @alistairwentworth4665
    @alistairwentworth4665 Před 2 lety +246

    We have so many smart, informed, honest, articulated people in the free world, it is unfortunate we have so many bad politicians.

    • @hermitthefrog8951
      @hermitthefrog8951 Před 2 lety +10

      It's too bad we have any politicians at all.

    • @TrickyVickey
      @TrickyVickey Před 2 lety +2

      It was not fortune that gave us this massive infiltration of a few million neo-nahzees in our government just like it was not up to fortune in Ukraine.

    • @patricia7606
      @patricia7606 Před 2 lety +2

      @@TrickyVickey choice of words.. it is with their fortunes, these policies are enacted.

    • @hermitthefrog8951
      @hermitthefrog8951 Před 2 lety +7

      @@patricia7606 - or rather it is with their policies that they come to their fortunes.

    • @patricia7606
      @patricia7606 Před 2 lety +6

      @@hermitthefrog8951 I guess. All I know at this moment is I’ve lost contact w my loved ones in Kherson. Nothing since yesterday. War is an abomination.

  • @davidyoung8576
    @davidyoung8576 Před 2 lety +15

    I've been wondering what Victor Davis Hanson's take on the Ukraine mess would be and came across this interview and was very impressed with his analysis, which goes far beyond the Russia/Ukraine disaster. It's so much more comprehensive than anything I've seen from anyone else it's very educational on many levels and more topics than I have seen anywhere else. Incredibly impressive. I wish it were more well known.

  • @goodoldschool898
    @goodoldschool898 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Victor gives us a "taste" of human grace every time he talks. Thanks Vic!

  • @kenkeyes8148
    @kenkeyes8148 Před 2 lety +136

    Two reasonable and sane men in conversation. It's such a rarity anymore.

  • @peterfrimas1539
    @peterfrimas1539 Před 2 lety +249

    Victor Hanson is a legend. A national treasure for the USA. Ignore him at our peril

    • @yodin9232
      @yodin9232 Před 2 lety +11

      This Canadian on exile in Ecuador loves him too!

    • @chiarademayo6735
      @chiarademayo6735 Před 2 lety +10

      I totally agree with you ! Mr. Hanson is inspiring and competent. Who is prepared to listen to him and give him credit all the Biden Administration should listen to him but they won't it should be clear to most of us why not? I am starting to lose faith I don't care for myself I am quite old but what about the young ones? I have 2 young grandchildren living in the US and I worry.... thanks God my son has no children here in Europe

    • @victorcode2075
      @victorcode2075 Před 2 lety +6

      I'd never heard of him before seeing him with John, and I'm blown away by his analysis.

    • @patriciatoth7715
      @patriciatoth7715 Před 2 lety +11

      VDH and Thomas Sowell are national treasures. A conversation with both men would be something!

    • @kingpriapatius5832
      @kingpriapatius5832 Před 2 lety +1

      The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes.
      Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.

  • @nzAndy
    @nzAndy Před 2 lety +17

    good interview John, lets hope more people like yourself get into politics everywhere

  • @bobbyleverton1924
    @bobbyleverton1924 Před 2 lety +72

    Such a brilliant conversation. This is what the world needs - more please! 👍

  • @kirkericsson7088
    @kirkericsson7088 Před 2 lety +66

    Awesome conversation between John and Victor. I hope many will take time to watch or listen. Thank you

    • @jeffreylynn3525
      @jeffreylynn3525 Před 2 lety +3

      I have too much respect for Dr. Hanson and the former deputy PM to refer to either by their first names but I agree they offer an awesome conversation.

  • @prycelessly
    @prycelessly Před rokem +4

    Your conversations with VDH are among your best, always! The most insightful, truthful, interesting, accurate evaluations. Honesty with integrity - Keep it coming! Thx!

  • @gillhall7590
    @gillhall7590 Před 2 lety +36

    I meant to add, that this is a truly brilliant and astute gentleman, whose voice should be heard in every university in every Western country.

    • @janet5820
      @janet5820 Před 2 lety

      Couldn’t agree with you more

    • @juliussanchez3249
      @juliussanchez3249 Před 2 lety

      I think someone gave him a script to follow tonight ! Sometimes these pod cast host have to say contrary to what they feel and believe because we are at war with the CCP Cyberly ! and we are at war internally with these Globalist. in D.C. and the election stealer s and cern and sorro s and old Klaus Schwab etc.

    • @juliussanchez3249
      @juliussanchez3249 Před 2 lety

      Look back at all the people that were Trump adviser s for year s in W.H. Look how many were film writers movie maker s documentary makers. Next war- Xi in Taiwan destroying bio lab s also - real battle real people dying but sum n doesn't sound correctly right

    • @donbudge6706
      @donbudge6706 Před 2 lety +1

      Hardly...he is singing with the choir. Supply the Ukranians? What can go wrong?

    • @alanaadams7440
      @alanaadams7440 Před rokem +1

      Biden has already sold us out to china

  • @lavenderfields929
    @lavenderfields929 Před 2 lety +73

    Thank you John. You ask the questions that we all want answered.

  • @timothyh7053
    @timothyh7053 Před 2 lety +16

    I see VDH...I click...and my work day immediately becomes more intellectually stimulating.

  • @ericamulondo210
    @ericamulondo210 Před 2 lety +15

    I have high regard for Mr. Hanson and consider him a gift from God to humanity. Articulating complex world matters in a clear, interesting and fascinating manner. Huge appreciation for this channel. Thank you gentlemen.

  • @aislaportland5555
    @aislaportland5555 Před 2 lety +15

    A joy to listen to, balanced. Thoughtful and humane, and therefore will have a great effect on all of us . Thanks gentlemen.

  • @torceridaho
    @torceridaho Před 2 lety +116

    Brilliant conversation. Thank you, John and Victor

  • @janemackenzie6061
    @janemackenzie6061 Před 2 lety +12

    Thank you for your conversation today, Victor Davis Hanson and John Anderson. Always appreciated !!

  • @bullram4986
    @bullram4986 Před 2 lety +23

    Victor David Hanson has a brilliant mind and an incredible ability to condense all points succinctly. He’s a national treasure.

  • @scuderiaveloce7798
    @scuderiaveloce7798 Před 2 lety +4

    What an extraordinary session with Victor Davis Hanson. So much wisdom and insight, informed by history which we continue to ignore - we don't teach it, we don't refer to it, and consequently we don't learn from it... so we repeat it. I just wish, as an Australian that John Anderson would run again for Federal Parliament. This country desperately needs people of calibre who can bring civil, intelligent, wise and experienced dialogue to debate on policy, on the future of democracy and the direction Australia needs to go in. Ukraine has woken the conscience of the world but I wonder, as Niall Ferguson said in another interview with John Anderson, will the West's 'attention deficit disorder' kick in and in three months from now we've moved on from Ukraine and the lessons there, will Germany ramp up its spending on NATO. The West has weakened itself and Conservatism has become a dirty word. Not a good outlook. But thank you John Anderson for flying the flag. These interviews as so valuable.

  • @glenngordon2792
    @glenngordon2792 Před 2 lety +48

    Wonderful interview. Very educational.

  • @MittyNuke1
    @MittyNuke1 Před 2 lety +135

    As the world gets crazier, the voices of reason become more powerful. It’s great to see these wise men sharing their knowledge for free with anyone who wants to hear it. VDH is great and I’m happy to see more of John Anderson as his podcast grows. I think these long discussions are a great way to see who’s real and who is posturing, as has been said many times before. Thank you both for sharing your time and knowledge!

    • @fredthompson6285
      @fredthompson6285 Před 2 lety +4

      Very interesting person to listen to I'm glad during my surfing the programs m glad I found something interesting to listen to.

    • @65TossTrap
      @65TossTrap Před 2 lety +3

      Dr. Hanson would never permit an adversary on our southern border. So why should Putin?

    • @williamdimich5217
      @williamdimich5217 Před 2 lety +1

      !8@@fredthompson6285

    • @bwoodward9564
      @bwoodward9564 Před 2 lety

      Zelinsky is a puppet for neo nazis. Jimmy Dore.

    • @kingpriapatius5832
      @kingpriapatius5832 Před 2 lety +2

      The USA has a MONROE DOCTRINE! Does anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Do you remember how you murdered Allende in Chile (1973)? How did you change governments in Guatemala (1954), Bolivia (1971), and Nicaragua (1990)? The size of Ukraine is similar to France, so it takes at least one week for the tanks to arrive.The campaign goes very well. The USA and the EU are funding neonazi groups in Ukraine, like the Right Sector. The Americans demand Putin accept a NATO Ukraine with nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow in a few minutes.
      Usual American propaganda. It's a DISGRACE to hear HANSON saying all this nonsense.

  • @oscarvi3232
    @oscarvi3232 Před 2 lety +10

    An absolute pleasure to listen to both of these gentlemen.

  • @taofledermaus
    @taofledermaus Před 2 lety +13

    Captivating!

  • @alejandroq3454
    @alejandroq3454 Před 2 lety +37

    An enlightening dialogue with two intelligent men of goodwill. Thank you!

    • @svetlana7904
      @svetlana7904 Před 2 lety

      Good will to dominate the world, ha ha ha... the world needs a new world order... enough from ignorant deplorables...

  • @k-9mantrailing324
    @k-9mantrailing324 Před 2 lety +65

    Find it strange that Australia is somehow considered a free western democracy in this discussion.

  • @johnday1172
    @johnday1172 Před 2 lety +10

    Brilliant analysis by Mr. Hanson. I really hope that the West is listening seriously and wakes up to this crises.

  • @garethleitner9547
    @garethleitner9547 Před 2 lety +2

    Dr. Hanson is a national treasure. Always a pleasure to listen to him.

  • @jamesgroenewald7094
    @jamesgroenewald7094 Před 2 lety +36

    I have this question - in Putin's speech justifying his bellicose stance towards NATO and the West before the invasion, he lists a number of NATO involvements in regime changes from Libya through to Iraq, etc. as well as the Maiden Revolution (regime change?) and Western Partners' unwillingness to insist on Ukraine implementing the Minsk agreements, what could the West have done differently to avoid this situation where Ukraine and its people become the expendable pawns in which a fight between fatcats (sic) in Brussels on the one side and Moscow on the other is settled?

    • @mollynash2597
      @mollynash2597 Před 2 lety +18

      Could Germany and France put pressure on Ukraine to start implementing the Minsk agreemen? I feel like Zelensky just was going to keep ignoring the Minsk agreement because he thought the EU has his back

    • @user-vr6io5xb9e
      @user-vr6io5xb9e Před 2 lety +14

      @@mollynash2597 Zelensky is a Zionist puppet determinant to ruin Ukraine

    • @sergeshmash2171
      @sergeshmash2171 Před 2 lety +12

      They could have reassured Russia that they would not allow Ukraine into NATO (who had 9 countries in 1998 and 23 at the present...all pointing their missiles at Russia). Instead the US paid for a facilitated a coup d'état against a democratically elected, friendly to Russia government.

    • @sanniepstein4835
      @sanniepstein4835 Před 2 lety +1

      @@user-vr6io5xb9e What on earth does zionism have to do with this?

    • @dwwolf4636
      @dwwolf4636 Před 2 lety +3

      @@sanniepstein4835 Any can and will be Reductio Ad Absurdum to Either Nazis or Jews. In this its both because Zelensky is a Jewish Nazi.

  • @Ostocco
    @Ostocco Před 2 lety +151

    Thank you for your podcasts. Been following you since your first talk with Jordan Peterson. Love your practical common-sense approach, and especially in today's podcast with Victor Davis Hanson that goes from the practical to sublime common sense. :)

    • @JohnAndersonConversations
      @JohnAndersonConversations  Před 2 lety +8

      Thank you for the support!

    • @sergeant64
      @sergeant64 Před 2 lety

      @@JohnAndersonConversations Not sure why everybody claims that his war is a total surprise. Putin said that he would start a ware if: Ukraine joined NATO (was invited in June 2021) and if negotiations stopped (in late 2021 Ukraine withdraw from negotiations). However, this time of the year is the worst (mud in all forms). Russia will probably take the eastern part of Ukraine. EU will have a food scare as much of the food comes from Russia or Ukraine. People in Africa can not afford food and start to starve... yeas its a perfect storm. Please take notes: NATO will only defend members that can defend themselves. So the Baltic states are on their own. They should invest like 5-10% of their state budget but invest less than 3%.. not worth dying for...

    • @davidbanner6230
      @davidbanner6230 Před 2 lety

      China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children,
      they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags?
      All they have left is bluff ...?

  • @3coins.
    @3coins. Před 2 lety +10

    Hanson is brilliant and breaks it down with out losing interest

  • @austinbourke9292
    @austinbourke9292 Před 2 lety +1

    Nobody has such an understanding of whats going on the this man. He is brilliant

  • @bobhsohi704
    @bobhsohi704 Před rokem +3

    He serves us with clear common sense , a brilliant man of letters ,& Truth !

  • @christinawheeler1253
    @christinawheeler1253 Před 2 lety +56

    Much appreciation for sharing this brilliant Conversation with Us, John. Victor Hanson is beacon of hope and an national treasure.

  • @stefangriesel3562
    @stefangriesel3562 Před 2 lety +88

    If only all our media were so insightful and sincere. Thank you!

    • @pspears4741
      @pspears4741 Před 2 lety +2

      Propaganda seems to be very prevalent in the west as well.

    • @johnkelly7187
      @johnkelly7187 Před 2 lety

      "Our media" includes more righteous sources than two-bit publishers of Hanson.

    • @hederahelix622
      @hederahelix622 Před 2 lety

      Victor Davis Hanson wrote a book called The Case for Trump
      He should never live that down

    • @dal8963
      @dal8963 Před 2 lety

      @hederahelix622 did you acually read it as it makes a very good case for Trump. You are ignorant at best and likely foolish on the matter.

    • @heyguy9282
      @heyguy9282 Před 2 lety

      @@hederahelix622 Not wone word of remorse here. In fact he spoke supportive of Trump in this interview. Just saying.

  • @davidbrum8300
    @davidbrum8300 Před 2 lety +1

    Victor Davis Hanson is probably the smartest person explaining politics I've listened to.

  • @janetbaker3616
    @janetbaker3616 Před 2 lety +34

    So knowledgeable! He looks down through history and sees comparisons to current events. Really thinks issues through, unlike this administration. I also admired his respect for and honoring of his ancestors.

  • @buergerdoc
    @buergerdoc Před 2 lety +46

    Isn't it amazing how the words of intellect from people who are not driven by ego land on the ear of those of us who are starving for common sense.

    • @birdyla6938
      @birdyla6938 Před rokem +1

      Yes.

    • @timford3599
      @timford3599 Před rokem

      What a beautiful way to sum up the attraction (IMO) to VDH. Thank you @Bill Buerger!

  • @jiwany
    @jiwany Před 2 lety +7

    You really need to get on John Meirsheimer for his realistic approach.

  • @sharonwhiteley6510
    @sharonwhiteley6510 Před rokem +4

    An excellent interview. Informative and educational. Thank you. Hopefully people will listen and then think about activities and changes, many of which are not legal.

  • @Cynthia-eu7yu
    @Cynthia-eu7yu Před 2 měsíci +1

    He's the most knowledgeable person I've ever come across.

  • @dlpogge
    @dlpogge Před 2 lety +121

    This interviewer is great! He sets the stage with a thoughtful question, then lets the interviewee speak and fully develop his thoughts. I wish we had more of this.

    • @Ariannaishun
      @Ariannaishun Před 2 lety +10

      He was a leading politician, even lead the "conservative" party at one stage ...it is probably his integrity that contributed to his foreshortened political career.

    • @michaellongridge1523
      @michaellongridge1523 Před 2 lety +5

      We only get this type of interview when in such times!.

    • @JohnAndersonConversations
      @JohnAndersonConversations  Před 2 lety +13

      Thank you for your support!

    • @AbirTarafdar
      @AbirTarafdar Před 2 lety +1

      He presents splendidly in that suit too if I may add

    • @therealpvc2541
      @therealpvc2541 Před 2 lety +7

      He ain’t just an interviewer. He’s the former deputy prime minister of Australia, the right honourable John Anderson.

  • @sarahabraham368
    @sarahabraham368 Před 2 lety +16

    Love to hear you two gentlemen talk. Some of the most intelligent conversation on the web.

  • @luciharper4027
    @luciharper4027 Před 2 lety +1

    Prof. Hanson is spot on. I could watch him all day. All truth.

  • @braysanborn6000
    @braysanborn6000 Před 2 lety +3

    A Great man Professor Hanson, he's the kind of
    man that should be in a leadership role in America.
    Much Respect !!!

    • @rehab5355
      @rehab5355 Před 2 lety +1

      I'm sure he would turn it down! never-the-less...we now know more about the Newest New Deleo the elites' have in mind.

  • @TheMichaelMove
    @TheMichaelMove Před 2 lety +119

    Whenever I want an articulate description of what I think I listen to Hanson. Guy is brilliant.

    • @Thomas...191
      @Thomas...191 Před 2 lety +6

      Careful of listening to too many people who describe what you think. The technical term for that is a echo chamber.

    • @baddad18
      @baddad18 Před 2 lety +2

      So you're saying that your thinking is brilliant - well isn't that special.

    • @TheMichaelMove
      @TheMichaelMove Před 2 lety +10

      @@baddad18 I see your point but that’s not what I meant. He is able to articulate points I haven’t been able to fully process.

    • @TheMichaelMove
      @TheMichaelMove Před 2 lety +1

      @@Thomas...191 see below. That’s not what I was trying to communicate

    • @foxtrotjulietbravo5536
      @foxtrotjulietbravo5536 Před 2 lety +4

      @@TheMichaelMove - It's best to just ignore the sophomores amongst us.

  • @falldog9
    @falldog9 Před 2 lety +17

    Thank you so much. Was so happy to open CZcams tonight and find this new episode. Your programme is outstanding.

  • @dormoisjean-pierre1436
    @dormoisjean-pierre1436 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Why doesn't my own country (France) have one single politician of John Anderson's calibre? As for VDH I reckon he is the greatest intellectual of our times.

  • @MrJx4000
    @MrJx4000 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I've listened to this twice now, thank goodness for VDH.

  • @bpo6955
    @bpo6955 Před 2 lety +17

    Phenomenal interview. Thank you.
    To all: Read Hanson’s book. It’s very helpful and thoroughly researched

  • @lordofbulls
    @lordofbulls Před 2 lety +22

    Always a pleasure to listen to these gentlemen! Thanks for doing this John!

  • @gloriawilliams3777
    @gloriawilliams3777 Před 2 lety +3

    I appreciate these insightful conversations. If we conservative Americans don’t stand up for our Culture and let our fellow Americans know the truth about what is truly happening to our society then we may lose our ways of life.

  • @josephmerritt1411
    @josephmerritt1411 Před 2 lety +16

    Another outstanding session from two learned professionals. My greatest fear is that the failure of the public school system to educate students about civics will become our undoing. I am encouraged that the refugees entering the country have experience with what doesn't work and know the difference along with parents getting involved with education and pushing back on the hateful indoctrination and propaganda that is being taught.

    • @suesquez
      @suesquez Před 2 lety

      A valid fear. And your being encouraged should be tempered with the chilling fact that the Obiden administration abruptly halted the flow of immigrants and refugees from Cuba and Venezuela (because those people know first hand the painful failings of Socialism and were seeking to escape it), while continuing to encourage the flow of what they perceive to be next generation of Socialist "voters" from other central and south American countries. The first group wants to come here to escape the yoke of totalitarianism, the second wants to come here for free stuff.

    • @davidbanner6230
      @davidbanner6230 Před 2 lety

      China is in no position to enter into a war of attrition against any strong country, for the reason that their 'One Child' policy has left them with an army of spoiled mummy's boys who will not want to risk leaving their parents childless? Also the women who have had to bare being denied children, will not sit back when the only children,
      they have been allowed, are brought home in body-bags?
      All they have left is bluff ...?

    • @danielhagan921
      @danielhagan921 Před 2 lety

      That's right, Joe. Best thing might be to try to change the schools as Virginia is trying. If people can do it, consider having the kids in private school as the publics have a lot of toxic effects on them.

  • @joyceplattner7679
    @joyceplattner7679 Před 2 lety +183

    You both have been so dignified in this discussion, I found it extremely calming & glad to see good & descent men who understand where we the people stand, we were angry but are now determined to save our country…thank you both. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    • @curtgomes
      @curtgomes Před 2 lety +13

      Right on Joyce!

    • @markmulfinger
      @markmulfinger Před 2 lety +20

      Love the Jeffersonian ideal that is Victor Davis Hanson. He is both a farmer and an Intellectual who values his heritage.

    • @shippys2043
      @shippys2043 Před 2 lety +6

      Yes, nostalgically refreshing.

    • @foxtrotjulietbravo5536
      @foxtrotjulietbravo5536 Před 2 lety +6

      @@markmulfinger - I kind of grew up with that. My dad was the agrarian and my mom was the intellectual!

    • @alanaadams7440
      @alanaadams7440 Před 2 lety +4

      And God help us

  • @mrtricepsmrtriceps5860
    @mrtricepsmrtriceps5860 Před 2 lety +194

    Brilliant minds unpacking insane times.
    Outstanding.

    • @franzneubauer6877
      @franzneubauer6877 Před 2 lety +11

      More like repeating western propaganda and trying to get as many Ukrainians killed as possible.

    • @johnnysprocketz
      @johnnysprocketz Před 2 lety +3

      insane times? lol the most mundane in human history

    • @cooldudecs
      @cooldudecs Před 2 lety +1

      @@johnnysprocketz I’ll say it again. It wasn’t just americas navy but many world powers have nukes thus negating the effect of conventional war

    • @alanab9674
      @alanab9674 Před 2 lety +3

      @@franzneubauer6877 Don't confuse citizens with politicians & MSM.

    • @taraswertelecki9886
      @taraswertelecki9886 Před 2 lety +6

      @@franzneubauer6877 Exactly what the genocidal and tyrannical Small Hats like Zelenskyy want.

  • @tedrick4713
    @tedrick4713 Před 2 lety +2

    One of the truly smartest Americans alive. A real treasure!

  • @trevormoffat4054
    @trevormoffat4054 Před 2 lety +2

    Well done John, always great to see VDH on your show.

  • @marion4549
    @marion4549 Před 2 lety +118

    I feel like I'm sitting down to a fine meal when I listen to you two gentlemen talk. Great stuff!

    • @cybco
      @cybco Před 2 lety +5

      And a fine wine

    • @AbirTarafdar
      @AbirTarafdar Před 2 lety +1

      That’s a great way to feel ❤️

    • @gordeauxd
      @gordeauxd Před 2 lety +2

      VDH makes me want to puke.

    • @cybco
      @cybco Před 2 lety +1

      @@gordeauxd Why? He seems logical and knowledgeable.

    • @gordeauxd
      @gordeauxd Před 2 lety +2

      @@cybco Maybe to the misinformed.

  • @purdyday2195
    @purdyday2195 Před 2 lety +13

    Finally, a voice of reason in this madness!

  • @sargonofakad
    @sargonofakad Před 2 lety +3

    Great discussion! I'm proud to listen to you both.

  • @christyvanbrunt729
    @christyvanbrunt729 Před 2 lety +1

    I love John Anderson as an interviewer, an intellect, moral man, and a friend to America.

  • @mikegalvin9801
    @mikegalvin9801 Před 2 lety +34

    Long a VDH fan since I first read his book on Athens and Sparta but I am truly impressed by Mr Anderson. An intelligent, articulate, deeply thoughtful person and wait - he's a politician! Not fair Australians got this as Deputy PM and we get as VP - Kamala.

    • @peterjackson7473
      @peterjackson7473 Před 2 lety +1

      we've got plenty of other losers comparable to camela, if it makes you feel better. lol.

  • @directinprint
    @directinprint Před 2 lety +15

    Beautiful!! Thank you both! This gives hope!

  • @josa9902
    @josa9902 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I like these conversations. Reinforces my hope for a free humanity.

  • @haldorasgirson9463
    @haldorasgirson9463 Před 2 lety +7

    Excellent discussion. I really felt like my experiences this last two years are not being gaslighted any more.

  • @sarahwilliams3176
    @sarahwilliams3176 Před 2 lety +53

    Brilliant !! And so inspiring ! Gentlemen I salute you both and thank you for giving me hope when I was losing it by the day. 🙏

    • @RammYou2
      @RammYou2 Před 2 lety

      I was buoyed by hope with VDH's comments. It this great thinker sees hope, I am all the more happy about it.

    • @heyguy9282
      @heyguy9282 Před 2 lety

      Yes, that's SO key for many of us. We need sound leadership and we have no chance to have that for a while.

  • @Emslander
    @Emslander Před 2 lety +16

    I wonder why an intelligent and conservative thinker like VDH won’t just take Putin at face value. How does Hanson know that Putin is “shocked, puzzled and confused” about anything.

    • @jray1429
      @jray1429 Před 2 lety

      Kent, I do have to agree with you - He may have more info than he says here, but no one what’s truly in depths of the heart of man - Foreign relations is a chess game, although Hanson is very good at it, it’s still chess none the less

  • @francoonoorto9974
    @francoonoorto9974 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for the level of articulate discussion, Awesome conversation between John and Victor.

  • @patriciakimball8150
    @patriciakimball8150 Před 2 lety +3

    Love you guys-you are the best! What a treat to hear you both at once.

  • @bigtankmb
    @bigtankmb Před 2 lety +12

    Victor Hanson has a remarkable ability to compress time and make connections between our current times to the challenges the acients experienced in their democracies. I don't agree w/ his pro-Trump stance, but I'm hardpressed to disagree with his other views about the West's decline, decadence, smugness, etc. We need more voices like his and conversations like this one to continue to advocate sanity.

    • @gastronomist
      @gastronomist Před 2 lety +8

      I think Trump is everything that the Left elitists hate. He's not all that well educated and he's ineloquent in his speech. He's too much like the average laborer such as the truckers in Canada who Trudeau and the rest look down their noses at. These leftists are like the aristocrats of old that thought that anyone who works with their hands is member of the unwashed masses.

  • @z853c7
    @z853c7 Před 2 lety +29

    Thank you! Was waiting for this. Always great to hear VDH's insight.

  • @user-st4mz2es4i
    @user-st4mz2es4i Před 2 lety +2

    Well Done, Gentlemen! It has been an inspirational pleasure to be in your audience.

  • @admaioremdeiglorium
    @admaioremdeiglorium Před rokem +2

    Outstanding discussion, combining chilling warnings with hopeful prescriptions.

  • @cynthiaberardi9573
    @cynthiaberardi9573 Před 2 lety +40

    Victor Davis Hanson is a national treasure. This interview was riveting and I will be reading his latest book.

  • @heatherspark8483
    @heatherspark8483 Před 2 lety +13

    Great Podcast . VDH is a great thinker and a wise man . He expresses his ideas by using language and examples most can understand and relate to . I actually wrote notes so I could review all the ideas and concepts brought out . Australian was an excellent monitor . 😊😊

  • @6663000
    @6663000 Před 2 lety +1

    Victor Davis Hanson is the wisest man in the world.
    Always excited to hear a new conversation between him and the brilliant John Anderson.

  • @Federico1685
    @Federico1685 Před 2 lety +5

    Hanson's knowledge and wisdom are always impressive. He has this special capacity for discovering hints in the popular culture - empirical evidence - that support his intuitive analysis. The bit about the stereotypical russian villain in Hollywood movies, and the way by which the chinese were able to profit from the woke agenda, are great examples. His noticing also of the subtle shift in posture by China is something that the vast majority of pundits have not taken notice of.

  • @josephchase3240
    @josephchase3240 Před 2 lety +38

    HE CAN GET HIS POINT ACROSS , HE IS A MAN THAT A COMMON NEEDS TO HEAR , long live the San Joaquin Valley

    • @markhope4993
      @markhope4993 Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/q1W5o3Xz5OI/video.html

    • @heyguy9282
      @heyguy9282 Před 2 lety

      Yes, here is the best thing it ever produced, not to knock all the other great things.

  • @keahilumho8914
    @keahilumho8914 Před 2 lety +5

    Thank you John. VDH is global treasure of knowledge and courage. May God bless all the works of your hands.

  • @yvonnekiwior9633
    @yvonnekiwior9633 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank-you for sharing your brilliance!

  • @nmr6988
    @nmr6988 Před 2 lety +1

    Listening to Dr. Hanson makes me feel better AND worse. Better, because it's good to truly understand how things stand. Worse, because how they stand is just plain terrible.

  • @moniquemonicat
    @moniquemonicat Před 2 lety +24

    It's real simple: *if the US regime and Ukraine simply honor their agreements then the fighting would stop TODAY.* The ball has been in their court for over 8 years and for 8 years Russia’s security interests were not recognized.

    • @gastronomist
      @gastronomist Před 2 lety +2

      Which agreements in particular?

    • @kmitchell9891
      @kmitchell9891 Před 2 lety

      @@gastronomist They are a russian bot. There are no agreements. Russia has broken the UN Charter as well as the Budapest Memorandum of 1994.
      They think/try to propagate that Russia invading a neighboring country is a "defensive move".

    • @svetlana7904
      @svetlana7904 Před 2 lety +1

      @@gastronomist do some homework on the subject and you will see by yourself, do not let people like Victor Henson washes your brain...

    • @irynarovna
      @irynarovna Před 2 lety

      And because of this people in Ukraine should be bombed? You know, this war really brought out the ugliness of the conservatives

  • @cooldudecs
    @cooldudecs Před 2 lety +15

    America needs to sit back and watch . We need to pay our debts and restructure our economy

  • @Jsmith2024
    @Jsmith2024 Před 2 lety +1

    VDH is a treasure, improved only by the excellent questions asked here. Thank you.

  • @jaylamont616
    @jaylamont616 Před 4 měsíci

    MY FAVORITE SCHOLAR! He always makes sense, and I listen to his talks every chance I get. Fantastic man.