https://www.youtube.com/watch/62YkN0Qct4Q Putin’s Victory Day Parade Reveals Russia’s Weakness | Mark Galeotti
“This is Putin still trying to get victory on his own terms.”
Lacking the usual display of tanks and missiles, Vladimir Putin’s scaled-back Victory Day parade exposed the Kremlin’s growing insecurity, says author and Russia expert Mark Galeotti.
Mark Galeotti was speaking to Kait Borsay and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Saturday-Sunday from 6-10am.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/COhzT3MfS3M Raw 1968 Debate Between Veterans and Civilians | Part 1 #history #vietnam #america #veterans #usarmy
1968 was the breaking point of the Vietnam War — the year America began tearing itself apart from the inside.
As the war intensified in the jungles of Vietnam, the conflict followed American soldiers back home. Every night, families watched graphic footage of combat, body bags, destroyed villages, and terrified young soldiers broadcast directly onto their televisions. For the first time in history, an entire war was unfolding in front of the public in almost real time.
Young American men, many barely out of high school, were being drafted and sent thousands of miles away into brutal jungle warfare. Thousands never returned. Others came home physically alive but emotionally shattered, carrying trauma, rage, guilt, and questions nobody could answer.
Meanwhile, back in the United States, millions of civilians flooded the streets in protest. College campuses erupted with anti-war demonstrations. Protesters burned draft cards, marched against the government, and accused political leaders of sacrificing an entire generation for a war they believed could never truly be won.
But not everyone agreed.
Many Americans still believed the war was necessary to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War. To them, fighting in Vietnam was about defending freedom, protecting allies, and preventing a larger global conflict. Others saw the soldiers as heroes doing their duty under impossible circumstances.
The country became deeply divided.
Families argued at dinner tables. Friends turned against each other. Veterans were sometimes welcomed as patriots — and other times condemned for a war they didn’t choose. Trust in the government began collapsing as shocking reports, rising death tolls, and events like the Tet Offensive exposed the brutal reality of the conflict.
The Vietnam War became more than just a war overseas.
It became a battle over truth, patriotism, morality, and the soul of America itself.
These brutally honest debates reveal the raw emotions of an entire generation living through fear, confusion, anger, and heartbreak in real time. Decades later, the scars of Vietnam still remain — not only on the soldiers who fought there, but on the identity of America itself.
One question continued haunting the nation:
Was the cost of the war ever truly worth it?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch/7Qk_1KYCKXQ Putin’s ‘paranoia’: ‘He is fearful of Ukrainians & afraid the elite around him is starting to break’
Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Melinda Haring, expert on Ukraine, non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and senior advisor to Razom Advocacy’s advisory board. According to Haring, the psychological and military balance between Russia and Ukraine is pivoting. Her central argument, in the lead-up to Russia’s May 9 Victory Day celebrations, is that the Kremlin’s increasingly defensive posture reveals a profound shift in the war: “Vladimir Putin is finally afraid”.
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In this exclusive interview, Major General Chip Chapman, former Senior British Advisor to US Central Command, reveals why the Kremlin is more fragile than it appears.
As Russia faces staggering losses of over 1,400 men per day and a ‘transparent battlefield’ that has rendered traditional military manoeuvres impossible, Chapman argues that the regime is entering a ‘death spiral’
We dive deep into the ‘mafia state’ dynamics of the FSB, the likelihood of an elite-led coup, and the terrifying prospect of a ‘Bosnia with nukes’ should the Russian Federation fracture. Chapman breaks down the three conditions that lead to a regime’s sudden collapse and explains why the person who replaces Putin might be even more dangerous for the West.
Video Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:30 How long does Putin have?
04:45 3 conditions for Russian defeat
07:10 Is the FSB turning on the Kremlin?
09:30 Why the next leader won’t be a democrat
12:15 Putin’s paranoia
14:40 Breaking point of the army
17:05 Danger of a Russian civil war
19:50 The military failure
22:30 Can Putin be tried?
25:15 What comes next for Ukraine?
In this video:
The truth about Putin’s ‘meat wave’ tactics
Why Putin has become a prisoner of his own security services
The ‘Russia Problem’ vs. the ‘Putin Problem’
Predictions for the war in 2026 and beyond
The Sun brings you breaking news and in-depth analysis on the stories that matter most. From the ongoing war in Ukraine to conflicts in the Middle East and US and UK politics, we post updates as they happen. Expect the latest on major global events, pressing political debates, celebrity updates and exclusive royal family content, along with in-depth investigations and expert commentary. Get comprehensive coverage of Donald Trump’s Presidency, Vladimir Putin’s actions, and the unfolding drama of the British Royal Family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/ujgqOgMIwfA Bob Dylan “One More Cup Of Coffee” LIVE performance [Full Song] 1975 | Netflix
ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: A BOB DYLAN STORY BY MARTIN SCORSESE captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975, and the joyous music that Bob Dylan performed that fall. This performance of One More Cup Of Coffee is look at a piece of essential American folklore, never before seen and beautifully restored. Master filmmaker Martin Scorsese creates a one-of-a-kind movie experience: part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream. Featuring Joan Baez, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Sam Shepard, Allen Ginsberg, and Bob Dylan giving his first on-camera interview in over a decade. The film goes beyond mere reclamation of Dylan’s extraordinary music—it’s a roadmap into the wild country of artistic self-reinvention.
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In an alchemic mix of fact and fantasy, Martin Scorsese looks back at Bob Dylan’s 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour and a country ripe for reinvention.
via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujgqOgMIwfA ORIGIN
Lyrics:
Sixteen years
Sixteen banners united over the field
Where the good shepherd grieves
Desperate men, desperate women divided
Spreading their wings ‘neath falling leaves.
Fortune calls
I stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down
She’s smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
On midsummer’s eve near the tower.
The cold-blooded moon
The captain waits above the celebration
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
Whose ebony face is beyond communication
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.
They shaved her head
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn’t help but follow
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.
I stumbled to my feet
I rode past destruction in the ditches
With the stitches still mending beneath a heart-shaped tattoo
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
Were handing out the flowers that I’d given to you.
The palace of mirrors
Where dog soldiers are reflected
The endless road and the wailing of chimes
The empty rooms where her memory is protected
Where the angel’s voices whisper to the souls of previous times.
She wakes him up
Forty-eight hours later the sun is breaking
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks
She’s begging to know what measures he now will be taking
He’s pulling her down and she’s clutching on to his long golden locks.
Gentlemen, he said I don’t need your organization, I’ve shined your shoes
I’ve moved your mountains and marked your cards
But Eden is burning either brace yourself for elimination
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.
Peace will come
With tranquillity and splendor on the wheels of fire
But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/SqmTfkf7GRg Bob Dylan – Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You (Live in Montreal – 1975) [4K FOOTAGE]
Running a YouTube channel is incredibly time-consuming and I do not profit from it due to copyright reasons. If you would like to support my projects, please consider donating to my Patreon: https://ift.tt/rTmonwH. Occasionally, I will upload rare tracks exclusively for Patreon subscribers.
I received many requests to upload the extra performances from the new Criterion release of the Rolling Thunder Revue documentary. I won’t be able to upload the original versions of these due to copyright reasons, but I managed to edit together this little video using different clips from the documentary extras, as there were some great shots used as B-roll during the interviews of Larry “Ratso” Sloman, Martin Scorsese, and the film’s editor. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend picking up the Blu-Ray disc of this release. It is absolutely worth it: https://ift.tt/P6rdJDO.
Since the audio corresponding to this footage was officially released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5, I could not upload any of the footage with its original audio. So, I found a similar performance (Madison Square Garden, New York – Dec. 8, 1975) and used some editing tricks to overdub it to this footage. However, we all know how Dylan’s delivery varies substantially between performances, so I apologize for some awkward out-of-synch moments. Nonetheless, this is an awesome little peek into the magic and charisma that the Revue created. It seemed like a big surrealistic carnival.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/hJEaPMT45rw “Putin is DYING!” Is not a Strategy – but a Surrender of Security, Agency and Responsibility!
Dr Jade McGlynn is a British researcher — Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, Senior Associate at CSIS in Washington DC, and head of the Ukraine and Russia programme at KCL’s Centre for Statecraft and National Security. (Note: she uses she/her pronouns.) She holds a DPhil from Oxford, is a fluent Russian and Ukrainian speaker, and now splits her time between the UK and Ukraine — primarily Kharkiv and the eastern de-occupied territories. She is the author of Russia’s War (Polity, 2023) and Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin’s Russia (Bloomsbury, 2023). She is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow whose six-year award funds research into Russia’s use of history in strategic communications towards Africa, China, Germany and the Western Balkans.
She is — uniquely among Western academic specialists on this war — explicitly non-neutral. As she states on her Substack: “I am not neutral in this war. I want Ukraine to win, and I want Russia to lose.”
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Ben Hodges is a retired United States Army officer, who became commander of United States Army Europe in November 2014, and held that position for three years until retiring from the United States Army in January 2018. Until recently he was the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, at the Centre for European Policy Analysis, specialising in NATO, Transatlantic relationship and international security.
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ACTIVE CAMPAIGN:
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Silicon Curtain for Kupiansk Vampires. Dzyga’s Paw, together with Jonathan Fink, is joining forces to raise $40,000 to provide the Khartiia Brigade with Vampire Drones. https://ift.tt/CQIWJLh
These heavy bombers are designed to destroy manpower and equipment, as well as for remote mining. The Vampire UAV, manufactured by Skyfall, has proven itself to be one of the most effective weapons in the Kupiansk direction. Skyfall is one of Ukraine’s largest defense tech companies, producing Vampire bomber drones, various modifications of Shrike FPV drones, P1-SUN, Shahed drone interceptors, communication systems, and components. https://ift.tt/CQIWJLh
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DESCRIPTION:
McGlynn & Hodges on Ukraine, NATO, and the West’s Will: Leadership, Deterrence, and Learning the Drone War
The host speaks with Russia specialist Dr. Jade McGlynn and retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges about Western support for Ukraine amid US political dissonance, noting Congress applauded the King’s strong Ukraine message while some US leaders obstruct aid. They argue neutrality effectively aids Russia, stress the need for moral clarity paired with clear strategic interests, and criticize wishful thinking about Putin’s death or a Russian coup. McGlynn contrasts Ukrainian agency with Russian learned helplessness and urges more mature end-state planning for Russia, while Hodges says NATO is strained but not “done,” though Europe must build self-confidence and capability given transactional US behavior. Both emphasize Europe’s economies dwarf Russia’s and that the West is learning Ukraine’s drone- and ecosystem-driven warfare too slowly, advocating faster procurement, training-driven adaptation, and investment in Ukrainian production. The episode repeatedly promotes a fundraiser to supply Skyfall “vampire” drones to Ukraine’s Khartiya Brigade around Kupiansk.
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CHAPTERS:
02:17 Kings Speech vs US Aid
08:16 Neutrality Helps Aggression
10:48 Populism and System Failure
14:46 Agency vs Learned Helplessness
19:19 As Long As It Takes Critique
21:35 Preparing for Russian Collapse
24:02 What Army Collapse Looks Like
27:25 Reading Russian Dissidents
30:24 War Economy Trap
31:39 Destabilizing Russia Debate
33:08 Fundraiser and Question Grenade
34:16 NATO Not Finished
39:21 Europe Plans and Will
42:10 Learning from Ukraine
47:55 Danish Model and Drones
49:35 Reforming Western Procurement
50:58 Training and Faster Acquisition
54:28 Mindset Risk and Accountability
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via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJEaPMT45rw ORIGIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch/z9Cj-beIVZw Putin looking for get out of jail card amid turf war with FSB | Robert Fox
On today’s episode of Superpowers, James Heappey is joined by The Standard’s Robert Fox to discuss UK defence spending, Putin’s victory day parade and what it all means for Xi Jinping.
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