The War in Ukraine and the Decline of the West - With Douglas Macgregor
Source: De Nieuwe Wereld TV Jun 25, 2024
Adrian Verbrugge speaks with colonel Douglas Macgregor, decorated combat veteran in the US Army and former senior advisor to the Secretary of Defense under Donald Trump.
Macgregor is the author of five books, a PhD, and an expert in strategy, policy, and defense.
The conversation centers around ‘Margin of Victory. Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War’, a book by Colonel McGregor that was published ain 2016. This conversation was recorded at the studio of ‘Our Country, Our Choice’ in Orlando, Florida.
Also watch our conversation with Jeffrey Sachs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwwg3… and with Glenn Diesen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2AuF…
Sources and links:
- Website: https://www.douglasmacgregor.com/
- Books: https://www.douglasmacgregor.com/author
- ‘Margin of Victory. Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War’: https://www.usni.org/press/books/marg…
- Leestip van Doug voor Ad: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/31107…
- ‘The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers’, Paul Kennedy: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo…
- The website of the PNAC, archived by ‘The Internet Archive’ : https://web.archive.org/web/200805131…
- ‘The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order’, Samuel Huntington: https://www.simonandschuster.com/book…
- ‘The Rise of the Network Society, The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Vol. I.’, Manuel Castells: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Rise+…
- ‘The Power of Identity, The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Vol. II.’, Manuel Castells: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Power…
- Website ‘Our Country, Our Choice’: https://ourcountryourchoice.com/
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0:00 Leader
0:42 Introduction
1:21 War & the future of the west
1:34 Three types of war
2:47 What kind of wars are the parties fighting?
12:47 On civil war and western support for Ukraine
15:50 What was Putin thinking when he went in?
17:44 How both sides perceive and misread each other
20:12 Stoking old fires
21:46 More misjudgements
23:20 When the Russian forces first entered Ukraine
25:24 Cognitive dissonance and demonisation
28:30 History and the dangers of regime change
30:09 A change of strategy: war of decision / Transformation under fire
34:43 Transition to a war economy
36:06 Unity of command / Different structures of command
40:59 Instant links: Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
44:25 Unity of effort: an army based on function
46:19 The integrated air defence umbrella
50:32 An estimate of casualties
51:33 Television generals
54:29 What kind of war are the Ukrainians in right now?
59:03 Does Putin have a ‘masterplan’?
1:01:00 War on the west? / The Peloponnesian War
1:05:15 A spirit of triumphalism /
1:06:38 What brings down great powers? / Bewitched by technology
1:10:27 The unipolar moment
1:13:15 A steady march toward more and more interventions
1:17:48 The Peloponnesian war revisited
1:21:58 A kingdom divided against itself
1:22:11 The neocons & the Project for the New American Century
1:24:38 A sinister agenda
1:27:03 War with different means
1:33:41 The clash of civilations
1:39:06 Will there be a backlash in Ukraine?
1:41:09 Do we have a clue? / “NATO has outlived its utility”
1:46:10 Out of control? / Cromwellian revolution
1:56:52 A great awakening?
1:59:43 Heraclitus / War is the father of all, and king of all
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Colonel Macgregor doesn’t have a clue about the Civil WR orchestrated by the globalists to retake control of America and replace the Constitutional Republic with a foreign private corporation that has made everyone one a slave.
Good interview. Col. MacGreggor is in the expert in the room. Adrian would have done better to ask questions and let the Col. talk.