General Richard Shirref (aposentado das FFAA britânicas) previu uma guerra da Rússia contra o Ocidente

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H57_Rev14cE 

The British General Who Predicted The Russian Invasion: Gen. Richard Shirreff

Decoding Geopolitics with Dominik Presl

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This is a conversation with General Richard Shirref. General Shirreff was one of the highest ranking British military commanders and a second in command of NATO forces. He has been warning of the Russian threat long before it became mainstream and in 2016, after he left the military he published a book called War with Russia in which Russia attacks Ukraine and afterwards continues to invade the Baltics, catching NATO completely unprepared - a book that was meant as a warning for what might be coming. 

War with Russia: https://amzn.to/3HJQ60F 

In this conversation, we talk about why he was one of the few people who saw the threat clearly years before everyone else, why it would be extremely dangerous to underestimate the Russians and how prepared is NATO for a Russian aggression. Richard is extremely candid in his answers and he's not afraid to be critical and say things as they really are and so I think it's an extremely interesting conversation. 

War With Russia: An Urgent Warning from Senior Military Command Paperback – 4 Oct. 2016 

by  General Richard Shirreff  (Author)

The rapid rise in Russia's power over the course of the last ten years has been matched by a stunning lack of international diplomacy on the part of its president, Vladimir Putin. One consequence of this, when combined with Europe's rapidly shifting geopolitics, is that the West is on a possible path toward nuclear war. Former deputy commander of NATO General Sir Richard Shirreff speaks out about this very real peril in this call to arms, a novel that is a barely disguised version of the truth. In chilling prose, it warns allied powers and the world at large that we risk catastrophic nuclear conflict if we fail to contain Russia's increasingly hostile actions.

In a detailed plotline that draws upon Shirreff's years of experience in tactical military strategy, Shirreff lays out the most probable course of action Russia will take to expand its influence, predicting that it will begin with an invasion of the Baltic states. And with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump recently declaring that he might not come to the aid of these NATO member nations were he to become president, the threat of an all-consuming global conflict is clearer than ever.

This critical, chilling fictional look at our current geopolitical landscape, written by a top NATO commander, is both timely and necessary-a must-read for any fan of realistic military thrillers as well as all concerned citizens.

Read a sample: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/War-Russia-General-Richard-Shirreff/dp/1473632250?linkCode=sl1&tag=decodinggeopo-21&linkId=d3e5f27766ddba6d00f1b9d11646b09e&language=en_GB&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&asin=B01D8ZIOII&revisionId=bdb51a80&format=1&depth=1

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Comentários de espectadores: 

@matrixberzins465

há 1 mês

As a Latvian, it is interesting for me to listen to this interview. I remember the days when Western society considered the Baltic states paranoid, when we kept saying that Russia was a threat. Today we all see it - and Poland, the Baltic states and now Finland - we have been preparing for this terrible conflict for years, but what worries us the most? Western countries and Western society are not ready - the West still lives in some kind of world of illusions, that the war is far away, that Russia will not attack, because Putin says all the time that it is a conflict between Russia and Ukraine. No - this is a conflict about values ​​- and Russia's existence as an old empire has only one path - territorial expansion, because it needs resources. If Russia becomes truly democratic, it will begin to collapse, as it already began to happen in Russia under Boris Yeltsin (probably the only period in Russian history when there were any real early signs of democracy). In all that chaos of the Russian Federation, the republics of the Caucasus - such as Chechnya - began to break away. If we want peace in Europe today, then we must prepare for war as quickly as possible, because Russia tends to attack the weaker and is afraid to strike the stronger, because Russia and Russians as people only respect brute force!

@ralfklonowski3740

há 1 mês

Thank you for this excellent conversation! I am a 59yo (West-)German who served as a conscript in the Bundeswehr in the mid/late 1980s, when full-scale Russian attacks on NATO like described in "Red Storm Rising" were considered the most likely threat. It is eriye to see this come back again. Some points: 

1) Since February 2022 it very much feels like the time the Spanish Civil War raged. It was a clear sign of things to come. Yet, the big conflict only started some months after its smaller predecessor ended. Am I scared? Yes. Barring a miracle, it's coming for us in one form or another. I am starting to understand how France felt in 1938. 

2) Is Germany ready? Definetly no. This is partly due to developments that happened in many Western countries, as described by General Shirref, but also due to the pacifist reeducation of the German populace. My generation was raised on "Never again shall war come out of Germany." Certainly words to live by, but they left us a bit blind to the fact that there might be other bad guys in the room who would bring war to our doorstep without us inviting them. The slowish reaction of the current German government after the start of the Russian invasion two years ago can be partly explained this way. 

3) Having said that I have to tell you that the turnaround in German politics has been quite remarkable. I would not have believed anyone who told me three years ago that we would supply Leopard 2s to a country that was in open war, and with Russia at that. We have done a lot, more than could have reasonably been expected knowing the state of our politics. On the other hand, I agree with the general that it is not enough and we have to do more. I am for instance totally at a loss why we apparently have not really ratched up ammunition fabrication. Setting up a voluntary Territorial Army of weekend soldiers would also be a way forward. 

4) I once promised to defend my country, but that was long ago. If it comes to the crunch now, I'll be too old, too slow, too overweight and too shortsighted to be of any use out there. No Valhalla for me, I guess, unless building Molotov cocktails counts as fighting. Let's get to work and hope for the best. And again, thank you for the time, work and resources it took to make this video!