INTEL Roundtable : The Global Realignment Nobody's Talking About w/ Larry Johnson & Ray McGovern

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You know what Macron says? Uh we we

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we'll mess around, but he's not speaking

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for the United States. If the United

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States wants out of this thing, let them

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speak for themselves. We don't pay much

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attention to Macron. So, that's the

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latest, 2 hours old. It's not all that

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clear, but the fuzziness helps Putin

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because he's winning, and he doesn't

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need to resort to extreme measures to

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keep winning.

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>> That's great reporting, Ray. Let me pick

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up on Ray's last statement, Larry. Putin

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doesn't need to resort to extreme

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measures.

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Will Putin attack the drone

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manufacturing plants

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where the in Europe in Britain, France,

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Sweden, Poland, Norway?

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>> Uh

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2 years ago, I would have said it's

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probably not on the menu. Now, I'd say

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it is on the menu as a potential

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uh option.

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Uh but, you know, Russia's not you you

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know, they've been very careful not to

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react emotionally,

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not to react in anger.

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Uh with, you know, because much of the

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Russian public when when the attacks

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like the the killing of those

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girls at the school, primarily girls and

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there's a few male students uh

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in a month ago.

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Uh that that caused a just a tidal wave

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of anger across Russia.

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That this was a an unjustified, illegal

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to act of terrorism.

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And so, a strong desire to punch back.

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But, you know, what what's really

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bizarre right now is

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how the West

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narrative that Russia's on its back

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foot, that Russia's losing, that

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Ukraine's winning is occurring at the

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very time that Russia is taking more

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critical pieces of territory, not just

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in one area, but up and down that

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you know 1,000 km line over you know 600

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800 miles of fighting that stretch from

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Sumy in the north

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to Kherson in the south.

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So it is

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there is a disconnect here.

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The

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Russian army is moving with greater

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speed. And

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you know, I think you I don't know if

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you've had a chance to interview Scott

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since he's been back. But you know, what

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what Scott was saying is that because of

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the increased use of drones, excuse me,

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my dog is

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is in here caught under my chair.

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>> [laughter]

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>> He's

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135 lb of Rottweiler.

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>> Well, Chris my dog Chris is sound asleep

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and he's right here.

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>> But but what

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Scott was saying is that because of the

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increased use of drones and instead of a

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front line being a kilometer separated

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is now 60 km separated.

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>> Scott did tell us that.

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>> Yeah, so so that that that's one of the

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other factors in here. But

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the the the long answer to a short

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question that I think we're looking that

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down the road

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you're going to see the

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Russia being willing to strike those

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factories. If these attacks continue and

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if the civilian casualties continue.

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The video discusses the current state of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, highlighting a perceived disconnect between Western media narratives and the reality on the ground. The speakers suggest that Russia is gaining territory and advancing more effectively, partly due to tactical changes like the increased use of drones. Additionally, the discussion touches on the possibility of Russia striking Western drone manufacturing plants in Europe as a potential escalation if civilian casualties persist.