Retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former commanding general for the U.S. Army in Europe, says the nuclear threat is “absolutely credible,” but there’s no battlefield advantage for President Putin to use it.
The nuclear threat is ‘absolutely credible,’ says retired Lt. General Ben Hodges
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Another retiree making the rounds? CNBC is certainly very resourceful searching for them.
Do you think the active one would make such a direct comment? What’s your problem?
Look up his background! He is VERY qualified to talk about this
Yesterday I watched an extended interview with him on a very new channel called The Silicon Curtain. It was brilliant. I commend it to you.
Ben Hodges has a dedicated his entire life to this subject, he is exactly the man I want to educate me on this subject!! Do you think someone younger has better advice..?? Please put forward a name!
@MC Dibbern
Thanks for that!
Lt G. Hodges is one of the best sources available today in regards to this war.
You will be scared and you will trust us.
One of the first comments. Russia doesn’t care about civilian casualties. They also don’t care about Russian casualties.
Putin wants either all of Ukraine or part of Ukraine. Ukraine had said it wants all its territory back.
Until this changes. Putin will do anything.
America has to decide. It’s not easy.
We have to decide if Ukraine worth it to us.
We have to get people to TALK and very soon !!!!
It’s worth it, just my ten cents
If Russia will hit Ukraine it would be the Capital city. With a small nuke.
Retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges makes so much sense. If we have to get involved it’s tragic but Putin will not stop anyway ,Adolf Hitler was the same you can’t reason with a mad man.
Guy is a potato head.
No advantage to killing several thousand Ukrainian troops and armor? Is that a joke?
@Varsity Athlete How about you let military people judge that? He’s completely right. The front is thousands of kilometers long. Killing people in one small sector does absolutely nothing. The ukrainians lose 50-100 people to regular artillery per day anyway. All you’re doing is killing a few more quicker but that’s not sustainable. THe Ukrainians currently have WAY more people available to replace forces with. They’re drowning in volunteers. Would it hurt them? of course it would, but it wouldn’t change the course of the war in any way. The only thing that does is make the area LESS accessible to the Russians which, unlike the Ukrainians, are not equipped to operate in that area. So far they can’t even come up with winter gear, let alone ABC protection gear and the training to use it properly.
And let’s not forget that they just ‘annexed’ those areas and declared it russian territory. Try explaining to people at home, especially the hawkish nationalists why you thought it was a good idea to nuke the territory you just declared part of Russia without actually achieving anything militarily significant.
Ukraine isn’t the NATO army. They don’t have any large concentrated Armor forces. They simply don’t. If they did this war would already be over. At best you’d take out a tank platoon, wooopdeeedoo, big deal. And yes I actually know what I’m talking about, I’m also a former infantry offer from Germany and I happen to sit in poland right next door to Kaliningrad. So maybe stop talking about stuff that is not even remotely your expertise and let military experts judge the situation. The Ukrainians have 700,000+ men and women in uniform right now. Killing a couple thousand doesn’t do ANYTHING, except probably increase the amount of volunteers they’ll get to immediately replace them.
Let’s hope the Russian nuclear train currently on the tracks towards Ukraine is another bluff 😬🤞🏻🇺🇦
No bluff.. They are clearing the troops for the big bang..
It is
Turns out it was actually heading north 😅
Maybe Moscow has decided to start consolidating all the Nuclear weapons in to one state 🧐
What an intelligent man
Of course it is credible. The very existence of nukes always makes threats credible.
However overturning India and China’s ‘neutrality’, sanctioning all countries and international companies trading with Russia globally and losing every airfield, ship, , dock facility and marshaling yard active in the theatre to a limited conventional response will not be comfortable. No Russian territory compromised, no threat to Russian sovereignty. Just Putin killing Russians and degrading Russia.
Putin can’t keep thinking surrounding areas are happy with his flippant suggestions of using nukes.
N why he should care with surrounding area?
oct 4th…the annex will be complete via Russia…meaning the territory that the Ukrainian is now in..will be Russia oct 4rh…according to Russia….
with the defeats…the morale..and many other things going wrong. Putin is going to feel more pressure hour by hour…my concern is that other countries are now preparing nukes..such as North Korea.
also the movement of the nuclear train…timing with oct 4th
Have no fear. Keep calm and carry on.
Putin is unpredictable independent of Ukraine as his goal – the US and his financial system (dollar)
When you see the Russians army leaving in a hurry, something bigger is on the way…
They’re not leaving, the formed new defensive lines. And no those are not even remotely far enough away to not be affected. Don’t talk about crap you don’t know anything about. There’s people who are or were in the military and know how these things actually work and what they are useful for. And this isn’t it. Ukraine doesn’t have any large troop formations, doesn’t have any major tank groups that you could destroy. It’s all spread out over a front that’s a couple thousand km long. A tactical nuke wipes maybe a regiment out that the Ukrainians could easily replace and the Russians have absolutely no reserves right now to exploit that in any way. Even worse, the most important areas that they are losing in right now would be TERRIBLE to nuke. In the north it’s so close to the Russian border that they’d effectively nuke their own territory and in the south they’d irradiate the water supply of Crimea, which comes to there through a Canal from the Dnjepr which starts close to Kherson. So no… there is nothing to nuke on the frontline. At best they could nuke a Ukrainian city which would do nothing but isolate them in the world even more and worsen the humanitarian crisis, but even that impact would be small since millions of Ukrainians have already fled the country or moved to western Ukraine into safer areas away from major population centers. And the Ukrainian government sits safely in a nuclear bunker. So what exactly would a nuke even achieve? It’s ONLY usefulness right now is as a threat.
@Witcher Joker ye sure bro … cool story 😂🤣🤣🤣
The USSR, encouraged ,atheism, and many European nations, have people, who have atheistic mentality.The people, who do not know God, will self_destruct. Most European nations, are on the brink of Total Collapse.
This is not our war. This guys a propagandist plain and simple. Not my war and not your war
achieve cease fire now to avoid a nuclear war PUTIN will leave
a moderate solution to an abnormal situation Putin is not healthy and with back on the corner can become very dangerous
He’s dangerous either way. Do you think he’ll become less dangerous if we show him that we won’t protectour European neighbors? If we don’t protect Ukraine, do you think Russia will believe us if we say “but we’ll protect Estonia” a country they can REALLY potentially overrun in a couple days. (No offense to the estonians here, maybe you could actually kick their asses, especially considering their current display of ‘force’, but it’s simply less territory to cover)
Winning this is a matter of preserving the global security order and not transitioning into an order where nuclear powers can shift their borders at will, because then we throw everything we considered normal since 1945 into the toilet. No country has started to just annex its neighbors with force since then. That’s what the UN Charta exists, that’s what everybody agreed on, even Stalin’s USSR didn’t violate that.
That’s something apparently only Russian’s direct neighbors seem to understand. This isn’t about Ukraine. This is about preserving the global security order. If Russia gains ANYTHING from this, is allowed to win ANYTHING from this, then we can kiss the safety and security we had GLOBALLY goodbye forever. The only reason that order existed is because everybody knew, if you violate it, you have the rest of the world, definitely the free world under leadership of the US and Europe come down on you. If the world sees that this is no longer the case and the west can no longer be bothered the moment their gas prices rise or something waves the nuclear threat, then good luck with the world that’s going to exist the day after that. I don’t want to live in that world.
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Putin was just a BULLY who got away with murdering political rivals, corruption. Then, people start glamorizing his demeanor towards the West & becoming narcissist with no military experience. Biggest threat for Russia is China that waiting patiently to fight back, grab lands & riches after its falls. Taking centuries to build an empire, it only takes 1 greedy fools to…
100%. Who’s building the off-ramp? or 5? I respect President Putin has consistently ignored goodwill gestures for the last decade+. Shot down passenger airplanes, etc, etc, etc. That said, who’s building an off-ramp for the Russian people. Blowing up the planet for old 80s and 90s grudges seems a little misguided in everyone’s best interests. How can Russia completely remove itself from ALL of Ukraine and rejoin the global order? Thank you to everyone supporting the Ukrainian people. This “might makes right” gangster dominator consciousness is the core problem & Russia is not alone. Conflict resolution starts with honest communications where all parties take responsibility for mistakes in the past, forgive and cooperate. AKA: Level 3 Consciousness. Are all parties willing to take responsibility, forgive, cooperate and build an off-ramp? Justice is key to off-ramps success. My suggestion is to approach the situation from a level 5 consciousness perspective. Win Win Win via Reconciliation, Peace, and Acceptance. 1. Oligarchy failed once again. To bridge the divide it requires a level 4 consciousness to build momentum towards a solution. Concern, Compassion, and Service for all parties most importantly all the citizens globally caught up in this Oligarchy+ feud gone wrong.
A renowned historical figure Henry Kissinger, who was National Security Advisor under President Richard Nixon, said “We are at the edge of war with Russia and China on issues which we, the US, partially created without any concept for how this is supposed to end. I think the current period has great trouble defining a direction, it’s very responsive to the emotions of the moment”
Essentially, emotions, however diligently buttoned down, as seen by General Ben Hodge’s carefully modulated tone, are bringing us toward World War 3. This is a man who was in his twenties when actual nuclear weapons were used and the horrifying power of these ‘biblical’, ‘supernatural’ weapons was on full display. It is a path of no return.
@s buckle yeah. very much. because one is a supporter of breaking up the UN charter, Kekkonen peace (Helsinki agreement), Budapest memorandum (to name a few), and the other is Hodges that honors these agreements. Its not just politics. This stuff has been written down.
@s buckle It’s like saying: Bush should have negociated with Osama and maybe give him something to calm him down. That’s what you are saying.
@s buckle How you negociate with a murderer, a rapist and a thief? You can have my wife but not my daughter? Or you could have my daughter but not my mother? You can kill my son but not kill me? You can steal my house, but not my car? How exactly do you negociate? Just wondering…
This is about setting a precedent….you cannot just use nuclear blackmail to get everything you want like Putin is attempting. China, Iran and North Korea are watching closely to see how much Putin can get away with. The takeaway lesson for other Totalitarian leaders needs to be don’t even try it.
@axl the slacker We have honored commitments in the Budapest Memorandum to aid and help Ukraine. That memo never stipulated that we push a conflict all the way to a nuclear armageddon for a sliver of farm land the size of Iowa. Hodges has a messiah complex – perhaps the scariest kind of individual willing to take any risk to fulfill what he perceives as a noble mission. Nuclear war is a losing proposition for everyone and I don’t give two sh-ts how many American bootlickers fawn over him, in my book he’s a liability.
Do people still listen to CNBC. Keep listening to nonsense and lies, dis-information. !
Zelensky, Right-Sector- Azov elements are a Cyanide pill for Ukraine.
For frontline Ukrainian army, a slow death is coming as soon as Russia puts another 150,000 Russian regular forces to take on Ukrainian army , on all fronts.
Ukrainian sheep to the slaughter by US-UK, Neo-cons. There is no winning against Russia, just fantasy being feed to Ukrainian and collective public.
Ukrainian is now money pit – let USA pour more cash and weapons. UK is in deep dive into an abyss. Germany and most Europe are moving into their twilight gloom.!
Keep listening to Channel 4 nonsense and lies, dis-information. !
STOP THIS TRAIN!!!! WHY is EU and US leaders so ‘clueless’ to prevent mad-man Putin from using nukes in Ukraine… exclamation possible world wide?…. WHY has EU leaders REFUSED to end the Russian control of EU’s largest nuclear power station in Ukraine… their FAILURE to send SAS or other special forces to take over that plant from Russian military… is ‘promoting’ Putin to use nukes now!
Not sure with that possibility
But russia already own every motive necessary to release ultimate weapon
N its not usa/nato direct involvement in their concern
Kremlin never willing to extend collateral demage in ukraine
The only1 that care with civilian life in ukraine is russia
I don’t care
I don’t give a dam about nuclear war, I am on my way out of the world anyway .
How so?
Just imagine the utter nonsense this ignoramus ventilates
The US faces a big dilemma. Giving in to Putin (eg. Peace negotiations) would thwart their strategy of defeating Russia in a proxy war like they did in Afgahnistan against the Sovjet Union. That would weaken their position against China substantially because weaponizing Taiwan would be less effective. And that would end US world hegemony. So there’s a awful lot at stake. The US can’t back down now but Russia considers this a matter of survival, an existential threath. So no way out. Probably if the US would sacrifice Zelenski that might be a way to save face but in the end the warning to China is clear and they will prepare for it. Terrible times we live in.
Can you people stop with this proxy war BS for once? I’m sitting here in Poland, talking to actual Ukrainians who fled and they’re sick and tired of people who have never even been to Eastern Europe claiming to know what’s going on. This had nothing to do with the Americans, or any proxy wars. Russia attacked them because they want to push the west away. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with the US, CIA or any other crap people keep assuming. You can hate your government or previous administrations all you like but leave Eastern Europe out of it. Not everything in the world in about the US or whatever fucked up president you have at the time. Nobody cares. Russia attacked Ukraine for their own reasons and the only thing we, the free world, can do right now is help them. And Poland so far has sent almost half as much monetary and material worth wise as the US while being a fraction of its economy, and all of eastern Europe is doing what they can to stop Russia, because they know exactly what’ll happen otherwise. This has NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING to do with US hegemony, or proxy or some other BS. People living here are sick and tired of Americans and western Europeans projecting their internal politics onto the world when they don’t have a f’ing clue what this part of the world even looks like. We have 2 million Ukrainian refugees here, some of which I talk regularly with. I think they know a bit more about what started this war than some random American does.
Everybody’s thankful to any country that does help, including the US, but so far only the eastern European nations are actually understanding what’s going on and ware not constantly bringing their internal political biases into this. It’s tiring and annoying and disgusting on the background of what’s going on. There’s MILLIONS of people here that don’t know if they can ever go home again. Nobody cares about Trump vs Biden or some theories about American proxy wars or whatever other BS the western Media can come up with. These people need help, not American voters fighting with eachother and blaming the other candidate for this.
Millions of Americans thinking war is safely overseas.
Millions of eastern Europeans don’t but we agree anyway and help in any way we can. Not everything is just about Americans.
STOP WORRYING and learn to LOVE-THE-BOMB!
We did it to Japan (even tho’ our intelligence knew they were ready to surrender).
They survived and we taught them to love Baseball(tm).
Have no fear.
NUKES are not the problem. . .
FLUORIDATION is!
Love, —- Your Nuclear-Family Fornicator-In-Chief at the Potomac (AKA: ‘Dr. Strangelove’)
You, the free world do not need to be afraid of Russia, and no country can feel threatened by any country, and if this is the case then something is wrong with the joint forces …
The world is, and should be stronger than any rapist of order who does not care about people and human life …
Putin should be brought to the international supreme court to pay for his crimes against humanity and so all his partners …
You have to give credit to Americans Generals, they are so Arrogant, if they think something about the adversary, well, they are absolutely right …. in their mind and that’s exactly what will happen in real life because they say so ! Like in Irak and Afganistan they were so right!! 🤣🤣😜😜 And that was exactly what happen or …was opposite?? 🤣🤣😜😜
Stay away from the drugs
We MUST avoid nuclear war at all costs. NEGOTIATE PEACE NOW!!!!!
Stop being afraid.
We are risking nuclear war over Ukraine! This is insane! Ukraine does not have any strategic value to the USA at all. Stop supporting Ukraine.
Western propaganda
The octagon said it didn’t see a nuclear option by Russia currently. This idiot is trying to scare people. Ukraine stripped its reserves to win back some territory. They’ve bled and suffered. If US gets involved it’s ww3. Time to cut sling
Sounds like he’s laying the groundwork for the deception of America dropping another nuke.
Look, nuclear attacks are GOING to happen. The trick will be in the response.
Russia will nuke the Nazi soldiers in Ukraine. Very soon !
General still BENding over backwards, kissing Corrupt political @r$€$ & spewing $h!+€.. ..
Vietnam Nicaragua Afghanistan Iraq
this revenue gathering in Ukraine, ain’t
new….the only difference is the names of the profiteers have changed…
Mass homelessness, unemployment
poverty in the USer Cuntry, but you shelling out billions of dollars to another country, millions of Americans don’t know exists..for fu€k$ Sake, majority
of yanks, don’t know even know why they voted Biden, while there are those who don’t even know who the hell he is…
If Ukraine was to fire conventional weapons into say, Moscow or St Petersburg would putin respond with nuclear weapons is the question. They have exacted a brutal heavy bombardment in Ukraine cities. So, is an direct attack on Moscow justified? It is war you know. Started by Russia. That’s where the rub is in contemplating and calculating nuclear risk there.