Comments by "zjeee" (@zjeee) on "DW News" channel.

  1. Because Nord stream is deep under water with no cameras and witnesses, nobody around for miles. Not the sharpest tool around.
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  2. The Chinese gov. has invested too much political capital into it's 0 covid policy they cannot back down
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  3.  @jamesgreen1116  EU and NATO are not democracies, unions and defensive pacts do not work the same as states. Perhaps a political science course would help you further your knowledge on that subject.
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  4. Of course they will fight each other to some degree. The middle east is not like the west loyalty lies within the family and the clan over the state. Not to mention the difference between Shia and Sunni... yeah some fighting will occur for sure.
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  5.  @owindustry  Not really Swedish volunteers fought for the Finnish side last time Russia (Soviets) attacked Finland, all Nordic countries have great relations.
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  6. Source: Trust me br0?
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  7. Whatever the case was the Arabs lost. Losing wars has consequences. They need to either stay peaceful and not provoke conflicts with someone stronger or find stronger friends.
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  8. It's not an American war, it's between two European countries.
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  9.  @fpxy00  No Turkey is not even in the top 5 when it comes to military spending in NATO. It has the second biggest army in terms of soldiers though.
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  10.  @birkenlp9362  If they have family in Germany then they don't need to worry they can get a residence permit you don't need a tourist visa to be with your family in Germany.
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  11.  @denisgorjunov  Good, then tell your countrymen to stop coming here many Russians come to the EU, very few Europeans go to Russia.
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  12. Russian people don't emigrate on Tourist visas
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  13. You are over-exaggerating. No borders, freedom of movement etc are for EU MEMBERS Citizens that means that citizens of one EU country can go to another EU country without having to worry about borders. Russia is not an EU country so they cannot do that, same with America and EVERY single non-Eu country. You have completely misunderstood this part of the EU. The Travel ban are on Tourist visas, Russians would still be welcome on any other type of Visa. Last part this is just a discussion just because a reporter ask the question doesn't mean the EU is going to implement this. I used to be very against both the EU and NATO before the war I thought people were silly, comeon Russia is one country the EU and NATO are many no way Russia would do anything to piss them off. Turned out I was wrong now I am very Pro-NATO and happy my country finally applied to join. (still a bit unsure about EU but at least my opinion is a bit higher of it now).
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  14. It's his job, he has to be diplomatic in front of the cameras he is totally allowed to shout and yell at Turkey behind closed doors but you never do that in public. That's just diplomatic protocol.
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  15. There are no western armies in Ukraine, nice try though.
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  16.  @papiii_chulo  Never going to happen.
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  17.  @fredmidtgaard5487  Biden administration putting pressure on Norway not to sell to Germany? Can't find any info suggesting that to be true, can you provide a source for your claim?
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  18. @kızgın tosbağa Well it would not be the first time Turkey broke one of their deals and asked for more so I would not be surprised.
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  19.  @OZ-hn2sh Well at least the hero knew how to spell English words.
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  20.  @mrssibelius  Meanwhile the US is talking to Venezuela and trying to buy more from their allies in Saudi Arabia... Russian gas and oil needs to go, agree to that. But the alternatives are not really good guys either, lesser of evils I suppose.
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  21.  @inso80  Erdogan wants them to add "Trust me br0" as a legitimate reason for extradition in Turkish - Swedish/Finish affairs.
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  22.  @urmajesty3866  It's not about what Turkey wants, they already tried and were refused. Even if they want to it doesn't matter as long as EU says no.
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  23. Blame Russia, they made this happen.
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  24.  @MetalheadAndNerd  I kind of agree but I think it's mostly Erdogan, not Turkey that is the issue. I am confident one day Erdogan will be gone and the Turks will head towards a path of more freedom, justice and democracy. They are nice people and they deserve it.
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  25. NATO is not a democracy if it then 51% support would be enough.
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  26.  @_Redronin_  It is a crime and they were charged and served the prison sentence already. I am not really getting at what you expect? You think Finland would extradite individuals that broke Finish laws and served their time to be sent to Turkey? That's not how it works.
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  27.  @ilkerturk1997  Like the previous guy said there is a difference between the common English language and what's being used in formal documents and in the UN assembly. Turkey can dictate how it's dealt with in official settings but it cannot dictate how common people use the English language. It's not the same. It's like Macedonia is called North Macedonia now on official papers but everybody still calls it Macedonia in common English.
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  28. 70% of the population are in favour of the war, for the other 30% they can go anywhere else in the world other than the EU. you want to leave Russia and the EU is closed, well you still have a lot of continents open to you.
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  29. Because they are the enemy now, why would you let your enemy send people to your country freely? Of course border countries are uneasy with Russians coming in as they could be spies. Also it's not a travel ban they are talking about tourist visas. Student visas and work visas whatnot are still allowed and those are more closely monitored tourist visas are basically given to anyone that pays the visa fee.
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  30. Skilled personnel don't come to the west on Tourist visas my man.
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  31.  @neodym5809  Get a green card/residence permit - all you need for that is to be married to a EU citizen or have a child that is a EU citizen. This ban will not affect those with family members that are EU citizens can get there with said green card/residence permit.
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  32.  @yagzefeduman4331  Don't worry it will be better once he is gone.
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  33.  @unnamedness  What? China has 50 million people in lockdown... Which other country has 50 million people currently in lockdown? 50 Million that's insane man.
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  34. they have 34 or 43 not sure which? Official cases anyway...
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  35. Well you can thank Putin for that, that's what happens when you invade, your neighbors are starting to wonder if they are next.
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  36. It's a tourist visa ban Russians are free to come study and work like everyone else this would only be for holiday goers.
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  37.  @GetUnrealistic  No problem Even if the EU would fracture tomorrow and lose 200 years of progress they would still be 600 years ahead of the Middle East.
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  38.  @izajahmed8863  I guess about the same time as you guys started to marry children?
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  39. If that's what it takes to not be invaded by Russia please by all means let's make them richer. Rather make military industrial complex richer than be a slave under Putins rule like t he Russian populaiton.
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  40.  Tea  The ban is about Tourist visas, Skilled people won't come on Tourist visas they come on work visas to work.... lol
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  41. Erdogan was playing bazaar for a long time.
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  42. Didn't Russia make an agreement to respect the Ukrainian sovereignty at the end of the Soviet union? Deals go both ways you don't keep your deals dont expect your enemies to keep theirs.
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  43.  @aksbeixhev  This is a Tourist visa ban I don't see why German-Russian families cannot get a residence permit like everyone else with EU family members?
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  44. The Germans are against sanctions on Russia? What a surprise!
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  45.  @Dovahcrap  I think the travel ban suggested are about tourist visas only so far, if you have any other type of Visa you are cool.
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  46. Want peace don't invade other countries.
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  47.  @Jahvec  But but but... Erdogan said "Trust me Br0" That's enough in Turkey ^_^.
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  48. He is just exercising formal diplomatic behaviour, you don't embarrass any party in public. The real negotiation goes on behind closed doors.
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  49. As a Swede, thanks for your opinion but if you don't even live here then I am not going to take it very seriously. Sweden used to have compulsory military service for a very long time, my grandfather did it - can you guess what he trained for in the 50s? War against Russia (Soviet union). My father did his military service in the 70s, what did he train for? War against Russia (Soviet union). I did military service in 2000s, what did we prepare for? War with Russia. You think suddenly we joined NATO now Russian relations are suddenly really bad and now we have to tread carefully? Dude you are funny every generation doing military service has been preparing for a war with Russia for hundreds of years. Nothing has changed, Russia is still considered the most likely aggressor against us just like it was back in the 1700s. Joining a defensive alliance has nothing to do with economy or freedom, our laws will stay the same and our economy won't change. We got 1% of our energy from Russia before the war, they don't offer anything we need.
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  50. The longer Russia fights the more soldiers and equipment it lose the weaker it gets. Inflation has more to do with COVID aftermath than Russia and we will bounce back. Russia can never get back then men they lost on the Front.
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  51.  @Polo-rn8ly  LOL you should have seen what happened to the Swedish Embassy after the Burning of the Qur'an in Turkey... maybe we should ask Turkey to extradite those Turkish nationals too?
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  52.  @Peyp59  It is, other than Canada and the US only European nations are allowed to join.
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  53. How dare they create defensive alliances against Russia for invading other countries. That is lame, we should let Russia take over the world.
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  54. LOL at least we can eat them for thanksgiving. Always good with emergency food supply.
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  55. NATO has never been stronger and more united. Putin brought in the renaissance in NATO and saved the organization.
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  56. There's no war involving NATO going on. If NATO was involved the war would have been over a long time ago.
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  57.  @abadairshi  That's because Erdogan sees terrorists wherever he goes, at this point it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up calling half the world's population terrorist the way he is going.
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  58. Most Swedes are happy about it though, it got popular support. I guess if you are Russian it's not a good day to be in Sweden though.
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  59. I think Swedish people would take a military alliance that makes them stronger any day over having Putin as their overlord.
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  60. They spend 2.1% of GDP on defense already, that's above the requirements.
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  61.  @AliBuba33  Turkey is not even top 5 in NATO when it comes to military spending
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  62.  @GamersRespawnful  Turkey is already on good terms with the Russians already buying and selling weapons system to them, if they want to make it official let them.
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  63. Russia ready for what? Losing more territory to another smaller nation?
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  64. Hah they cannot even swipe through Ukraine, if they cannot even handle Ukraine how would they handle Germany, or France or Poland?
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  65. And all nations buying oil from Saudi Arabia, are they also guilty of all human rights abuses being committed by that regime and it's war in countries like Yemen? We do a lot of trade with China too, are we guilty of their human rights abuses too?
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  66. They have a bad rep they have made a lot of trouble in the countries they go to. Like example in Kuwait they co-operated with Sadam when he invaded the country and in Jordan they started a civil war.
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  67. They will say please stop while discretely sending billions to Israel and secretly hoping Iran will implode.
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  68. Of course they do, Saudi and Jordan shoot down Iranian rockets. It's pretty simple Sunni and Shia hate is stronger than hate for Israel.
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  69. Like most Arab nations in the area, they got oil they are rich. No oil = poverty. Egypt has no oil so they are poor. The rich nations will turn poor once the oil runs out or the world stops using oil.
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  70. Well bad things happen when you start wars, especially when you lose them. Has consequences.
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  71. Pretty simple, the leaders know that their countries benefit a lot more being friendly with Israel as it is a western ally and the EU and US markets is a huge chunk of the world economy and it's very beneficial to be on friendly terms. There is nothing to gain being hostile against Israel but a lot to gain to co-operate. Also there is the whole Shia - Sunni conflict going on, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Truth that some don't want to admit is that some Sunni and Shia hate each other more than they hate Israel. Saudi Arabia will gladly co-operate with Israel if it leads to the Downfall of their arch rival Iran. Iran is Shia, Saudi Sunni.
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  72. Who cares? Who the US recognizes is all that matters. They are the big dog of the block whatever they say goes.
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  73.  @osloqt  The real world is pretty simple, if the Arabs were stronger they would own the land that's pretty much it. 1400 years ago the Arabs were strong, they conquered the area and made it their home, then the British came, they were stronger than the Arabs so they claimed the land. Now Israel is strong so they hold on to the land. Maybe in the future the Arabs will be strong again and lay claim to the land but until then it belongs to Israel. You can come with Historical claims and DNA analyses as much as you want, it won't change a thing. Only thing that matters is military strength.
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  74. Democracy would not work in a place like that. You have to understand it's a culture of clan/family loyalty. Furthering your clans interest over the nation is totally normal so anyone getting into power will fill the government body with friends and family and run it like a family business - not a nation state. They could not care less of what happens to people that are not associated with their clan.
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  75. Even if they united they would not amount much against individual western countries the US alone has several time bigger economy than all Middle Eastern countries put together.
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  76. Blackmail? more like offering a bigger cake of the US market = $$$. Money is a lot more important than religion to most of these guys even though they pretend it is not.
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  77.  @Salah_editz786  86% of Palestinians are Arabs, Arabs conquered the area 1400 years ago with the rise and spread of Islam. But yeah let's just add 2300 years to that because it sounds cooler and falsifying history to fit your modern narrative is more important than being factual correct. Their descendants are from the Arabian peninsula, that does not make their claim to the land null and void they have been there for more than 1000 years, just 3700 years that's just blatant lying. At the end of the day historical claims matters little, if the Arabs were stronger militarily and won the war they would own that piece of land no matter what their historical claim is that is all that matters. Israel will continue to control that territory until someone stronger than them will come and take it from them, until then it's theirs to decide what to do with no matter if it's right or wrong.
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  78.  @USA-o5o  I will believe it when I see it
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  79. By Putin himself I heard, with one arm tied behind his back.
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  80. US and Israel are allies. Friends help each other.
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  81. Tucker is pretty cool but even he cannot be right all the time.
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  82. 150 people get killed by ISIS terror attacks each year in the US?
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  83. The only tourism they get from Russia are Russian spies.
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  84. If you are expecting UN to do sth useful I would not hold my breath. Useless org.
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  85. Cannot see it being a thing, China just updated its maps and it includes parts of India, which is a BRICS country but now also Russia. You expect these countries to co-operate with each other when they are fighting over territory? Don't be fooled they are keeping up a good face but as soon as things come crumbling down see how friendly they are against each other.
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  86. Hm? They lifted the arms embargo refused all other demands and said they promise they will take Turkey's concerns seriously that was it lol. If this was about terrorism they did not get anything, all they got was weapons.
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  87.  @theancientsancients1769  I am pretty sure the US foreign department was playing a big role in the talks behind the scenes.
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  88.  @ybggorot1912  Yes, for a lot of Eastern European nations NATO is the only thing that stands between them and Russian occupation. Especially Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia would probably not exist today if they did not join NATO.
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  89. Everyone is a potential target for expansion for Russia anyway. They won't be missing out much from Russia anyway. 1% of Swedish Energy came from Russia, they have nothing Sweden need anyway.
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  90.  @berkekadircelik6282  You are right it's mostly behind the curtains, Sweden and Finland did not give much, just weapons and a promise that does not really contain any specific actions. More than likely Sweden and Finland was not the real target and Erdogan made a deal with someone else to allow them in. My guess he made a deal with the US and it will be interesting to see if Turkey will be allowed to buy those US fighter Jets before the end of the year.
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  91.  @owindustry  Sweden and Finland gave Turkey weapons, the arms embargo is no more and a promise to take Turkey's concerns "seriously". All other demands was refused. YPG will not be a designated terrorist organization, that's a EU matter. Erdogan's Terrorist list of individuals that he wants extradited won't be extradited. Turkey got Weapons and a promise with no specific action tied to it. So yes it would seem it was a waste of time as Turkey did not get much, more than likely Turkey made a secret deal with the US or another NATO member to let them in though. Perhaps they will be able to buy jet fighters from the US soon.
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  92.  @Cartoonwatch11  No, he did not say that. All the individuals on the extradition list that filled the legal requirements for extradition to Turkey has already been extradited long time ago. The ones left on Turkey's list of 33? Individuals have not been proved to be criminals or involved in terrorist activities. Those are the people he said he hoped was not promised to be extradited. IF Turkey can provide evidence so it can be proved in a Swedish or Finish court that these individuals are indeed terrorists then yes they will be extradited. So far most of Turkey's list is just Erdogan saying: "trust me br0" which is enough in Turkey but obviously Sweden and Finland needs proof and evidence before going through with extraditions. There are laws and regulations for extraditions for both Sweden and Finland and there is also EU legislation in the matter to consider.
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  93.  @jupiterbirlesikgezegenleri9884  No, Sweden promised to "look into it" when reworking it's terrorist laws which it was set to do this year even before the NATO application. They never said they would change it and they didn't say which part it would change just that it they will look into it. As what that means we have to wait and see what changes they make and if it has anything to do with Turkey or not.
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  94. Turkey doesn't have any leverage, the US won't agree to any of it and all other NATO members are getting annoyed at them. In the end Erdogan realized he would not get anything from it and just signed it.
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  95.  @chrismtb5193  Bad news for Russia and it's allies. Good news for the west and particularly Sweden and Finland.
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  96.  @birkangurel1327  Stop spreading misinformation there has been no such promises about YPG PYD and FETO. YPG are both EU and US allies. The arms embargo has been lifted yes. Nothing else has changed.
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  97. Sure, we are not Erdogan's private police force chasing down all his political opponents though to secure him power for life. That's a matter tied to Erdogan not Turkey.
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  98.  @AB-no7pd  At the end of the day Turkey got guns and a promise to take their terrorist concerns seriously. Non of the individuals on Erdogans extradition list is being sent over. More than likely Erdogan had made a secret deal with someone because he really did not get much from Sweden and Finland.
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  99.  @ehatipo4598  This has nothing to do with terrorism Erdogan agreed even though his "terrorist list" of 33 people to be sent to Turkey was refused. He got weapons and that was pretty much it. Probably all he wanted all along.
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  100.  @gurcuball6193  YPG is not a terrorist organization in the EU and is an ally of EU and the US in their fight against ISIS. The whole of EU supports YPG and so does the US, that's a fact.
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  101. You should thank your government he either made a secret deal with the US or he got forced to accept.
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  102. ​@kızgın tosbağa Yeah what does he think, it's a bazaar, everything has it's price nothing is free.
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  103.  @TheTrinquility  Sweden and Finland lifted their arms embargo, refused all other demands Turkeys "terrorist list" won't be extradited and YPG won't be a terrorist organization. Everything is the same except Turkey can now buy Swedish and Finnish weapons and Sweden and Finland has promised to take Turkey's concerns "seriously" that's it. Weapons and a Promise that can mean anything.
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  104.  @timknin  NATO needs Turkey, not Erdogan. For all we know Erdogan will be a thing of the past after the upcoming election.
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  105.  @birkangurel1327  Sweden and Finland gave Turkey the lift of the arms embargo and a promise to take Turkey's concerns "seriously" with no specific actions linked to the promise. Basically Erdogan let them in even though they refused all demands except the weapons. So it looks like Erdogan finally made a secret deal with another NATO member (perhaps the US) or he just realized he cannot get what he wants.
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  106. Nope Turkey is still Turkey the UN decision only affects diplomatic relations and official documents between nations it has nothing to do with the English language, just how Turkey should be addressed during diplomatic and official state affairs. The UN does not possess the power to change the English language.
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  107. Thanks but no thanks. Let the dictators play with the other dictators in a separate play pen and we play with our fellow democracies and allies. The west gets to set the rules for everyone else since they are the top dogs in the game. Perhaps in the future that will change eventually who knows. Maybe 10 years, maybe 100 maybe 200? Until then thanks but no thanks. The strong will conquer the weak, if you are the weak then you should stay quiet and be a good dog until you are strong enough to change things.
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  108.  @placeswelive5388  he speaks for more than 70% of Swedes. Only one party that's really against NATO in Sweden and they were called The Communist party until their beloved USSR fell in the 90s. Guess why they hate NATO lol.
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  109. Swedish Politicians don't hold any power of the judiciary and cannot deny rights to groups of people based on ethnicity. Kurdish people like all individuals in Sweden have no fear of deportation as long as they stay within Swedish law and even if they don't you cannot deport people breaking every law it has to be very specific few laws that warrant deportation.
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  110. @kızgın tosbağa The Turkish parliament does whatever Erdogan tells them to do. We can pretend they have a mind of their own but truth is if Erdogan wants a VETO we will have a VETO if Erdogan wants it passed it will pass.
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  111. Yep aperantly the claim is this is what "occupied" countries do. I wonder how many tunnels and rockets Japan and Germany had and shot for all those decades they were ocuupied after ww2. Oh right, none. Turns out being civilized rewarded them with their freedom.
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  112. I will take a strong American arms industry any day over being ruled over by Russia. Thank you very much.
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  113.  @dantepr1566  Erdogan is Erdogan he is pretty much a one man show in Turkey, I am sure if he wants to withdraw his signature he could do so within 5 minutes. The Turkish parliament is only there for show, Erdogan is the one deciding what they should and shouldn't do.
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  114. PYD and YPG are not labeled as terrorists by the US or EU - stop spreading lies and misinformation. Turkey wants everyone to label YPG and PYD as terrorists so they can justify their war on their Kurdish population. Alas the rest of the world can see through it.
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  115.  @papiii_chulo Yeah about that how about we ask Turkey to change their constitution and label a few peaceful organizations terrorist organizations, also we can ask America to send over some F-16s in return for Turkey's Eu ascendancy. We have to respect their culture, everything is a negotiation.
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  116. In a perfect world Turkey would not oppress the Kurds and genocide Armenians but alas it's not the world we live in.
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  117.  @mickusrobertson9534 Correction. Polls showed 78% of Finns supported joining NATO shortly before they became a member. Sweden had 68% that were positive to NATO membership. So yeah you are quite ignorant to claim it's just "leaders" that want this when this has popular support. Who are you to come and tell others in a different country what's good for them, you have no clue who they are, what they think and what considerations they make. The fact that you did not even know there's popular support for NATO in these countries shows how little you know about the Newest NATO members. Let people in other countries decide what their nation should and should not do and focus on your home country instead.
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  118. Can't be much worse than a dictatorship family business having power for 50 years...
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  119. European here, I'd very much prefer Trump. Even without the US Europe is more than enough to stop Russia. Russia cannot even take on Ukraine, imagine adding Germany, France or the UK to the equation?
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