Why America’s Military Must Be Strong | 5 Minute Video
Over the past century there have been periods when the American military has been dominant and periods when it has not. Renowned British historian Andrew Roberts examines the consequences of a weak America versus a strong America and what each means to the peace and prosperity of the world.
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Script:
From when America’s armed forces entered World War I in 1917 until today, the United States military has repeatedly made the difference between Civilization and Barbarism. It’s no exaggeration to say that a militarily strong America is the one indispensable prerequisite for a peaceful and prosperous world. The witness of history, as well as our own common sense, bearS testament to the fact that when America’s armed forces are powerful, focused and feared, the globe is a better place than when she is weak, unprepared and vacillating.
In the past century alone there have been four great threats made to peace, democracy and freedom. Each of them have come from enemies that hate and fear what the United States stands for, as laid down in her Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. Three of these have come from differing mutations of Fascism, and one from its totalitarian twin, Communism. In each case it has been the US military that has been a principal force protecting the Free World from the tyranny these threats have sought to impose.
The First World War sprung from Germany’s bid for hegemony over Europe and was powered by a Prussian military machine that was proto-Fascist in its outlooks, ambitions and assumptions. When the discovery of the infamous Zimmerman Telegram revealed that Germany wanted to extend the War even into the American heartland, the Wilson Administration sent hundreds of thousands of young American recruits — nicknamed ‘doughboys’ — onto the battlefields of Europe, and tipped the balance in the Allies’ favour.
25 years later, the American armed forces were again fighting against the second mutation of Fascist ideology — as espoused by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. On battlefields as distant from America as tiny islands in the South Pacific, picturesque villages in Italy and desolate towns in Northern Africa as well as on the sea in the Atlantic and in the skies over Germany, the American armed forces made another invaluable contribution to victory.
Yet the fight for freedom wasn’t over. Almost as soon as WWII ended a new threat arose, the Red Fascist version of totalitarianism — Soviet Communism. It soon cast its shadow over Eastern Europe as well as parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America. American military might, deployed intelligently and globally, played the key role in neutralizing and then ultimately bankrupting that terrible menace to the Free World. When victory in the Cold War in the late 1980s and early 1990s finally came under the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, it was because the US armed forces were kept strong enough to deal with the ceaseless probing and provocations of the Soviet Union over nearly half a century.
Since 9/11 the world has been faced with yet another mutation of Fascism — fundamentalist Islamist terrorism. Taking on many of the features of earlier Fascist movements — hatred of democracy and Christianity, a fanatical anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism, and a desire for utter uniformity — the Islamist terror movement has caused death and destruction wherever it has appeared. The Fascist bacillus has mutated yet again, but it is alive and well.
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I think this "renowned historian" is missing the mark with the lessons of the second half of the 20th century. I'm pretty sure the lesson is don't get involved abroad especially in the Middle East. We wasted trillions of dollars on the war on terror, destabilized the Middle East, trampled on the civil liberties of Americans and many American young men came home from war and blew their brains out. The war on Terror has been a travesty. Also, this "renowned historian" seemingly forgets to include the part where all WWI does is lead to WWII. Yes, military strength is good but this video implies that our interventions have been successful. What nonsense.
I thought these guys are for a smaller government?
The west supported the soviets in ww2 and that's a fact.
wtf
Wow, this video was shockingly dishonest, or maybe this guy actually believes the absolute crap coming from his mouth. Wow. Amarican military = peace and prosperity, that's a good one
Except it isn't. They're gonna have to hire about 5 million trans 'people' to make up for the hundreds of thousands of normal people quitting hahahaha
Bro does not Understand fascism, fascism and communism are on the exact opposite ends of politics. Fascism is Taking capitalism to its extremist. Creating an ethnic. And controlling human rights
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I fail to understand how the USA invasion of Iraq, Vietnam, and Afghanistan has helped make the USA a stronger nation. I don't even think the majority of residents in those countries appreciate the USA invading them in order to 'help' them.
The world would be a terrible place without the American constitutional republic.
i havent laughed this hard in so long
Essentially to remain a global superpower, you must have a powerful military that can at least defend the nation and have influence abroad
America's military must be strong in order to protect the interests of " FREE WORLD " global capitalism, Israeli Zionism , and DEEP STATE American imperialism. Try recruiting working class kids in " OUR democracy " with stale Wilsonian blather ( once again " MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY "?) to join this dumb Great Crusade !
A " Tumultuous 60s refrain : " What if they started a war and nobody showed up ? "
Is OUR American plutocracy really on a higher moral level than Putin's Russian oligarchy or China's Communist Party ?
THEIR interests are not OUR interests as WORKING CLASS Americans .
America: actively coups, invades, sanctions, supports genocides, commits genocide, covers up war crimes, funds terrorist organizations, and orchestrates terrorist attacks.
Conservatives: We must keep America strong, its keeping the peace!
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, I always supported, or used to, support the idea that NATO should stop militarizating. America too. I used to want America and the rest of NATO to stop funding the military. And allocate that money to medicine, industry, infrastructure, jobs and police force.
But then Russia invaded Ukraine.
Russia becoming a Pan Slavic Nationalist Russo Slavic imperialist with ambitions to conquer and Russify the Slavic world. And destroy peace, freedom and human rights.
Is this a deeper layer of the Onion? The confidence in the delivery always sells it.
This so called "World Police" tried to support West Pakistani military regime war crimes in Present day Bangladesh in 1971 when West Pakistanis did not want to hand over power to the legally elected representatives. Thank goodness things did not go the American way due to Soviet help or my people would still be a persecuted majority under Pakistani rule.
This is one of the most important videos you've ever made, especially now, when the consequences of America's foreign policy have allowed our enemies to become more powerful.
The amount per GDP that other countries pay into the UN and NATO for the US to police the entire globe is far from what it actually costs! I agree with having the strongest military in the World, but Ron Paul had it right. We cant be the Worlds police force while Germany is due to recieve most of their energy from Russia, who in turn, Germany pays the US for their protection from Russia! The Countries barely pay what is asked,and should pay well more than what is asked. Trump called them delinquent in their payments. Its true as hell. We give and give and give, only to have more responsibility to world (Allies) that could NOT care any LESS! All the while the US military is spread out so thin to the point that it would be very painful to have an actual threat from Iran, China, and Russia. Imagine the US taking them all on if they were to work together (which they have been)! A strong military equals a strong nation, but it's impossible to be the International police of the world on the US taxpayers dime! It will eventually bite us BAD! Isnt that what the human trafficking/rapist NATO is for? It supposed to be. But the UN and NATO are the right hand of evil intentions, doing the Elitists/Globalists bidding. How are we to monitor this without bankrupting our Nation? It's way past fixing imo. The reset would only empower the evil GLOBALISTS!
Then BRANDON goes and destroys what credibility and trust we DID have with our Allies totally screwing up with the Afghanistan withdrawal/debacle! That helps out ZERO!
2:27 lmao the dates are wrong
Doubt
America delenda est.
Free world is for white people, not for native American. Only when all white people go fkin back to Europe, native American can be truly free and live the way they want.
Oh yes, how I love videos that promote militarism and violence for the good of the people.
I completely agree with the opinion of this video and yes American military should be strongest.
This just sounds like very authoritarian propaganda ngl.
Still true today.
The point of the American military is to defend America, and there’s no need to call everything bad fascist (3:14).
This comment section is filled with fools who've only known peace. So they curse the peace makers.
Usually agree with you on most subjects but we definitely spend too much on the military.