Youtube comments of zjeee (@zjeee).

  1. Turkey will not join the EU anytime soon, perhaps when Erdogan is gone and they done a 180 on their politics, until then no-way.
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  2.  @abps9947  Georgia should be free to choose their own fate. If they want to join then let the member states discuss it.
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  3.  @Notmyname1593  It will be better for the UK population as a whole if companies start hiring UK citizens instead of bringing in cheap labor from Poland, Romania etc pushing down the salaries for everyone within that industry.
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  4.  @mirceadacialorantbrescia4340  A lot of bark but no bite.
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  5.  @NgolaNalane  Nope, NATO relies on it's members to join by their own free will. Support for NATO in Finland and Sweden before the invasion was hovering around 20-30% now it's up to 70% putting pressure on it's politicians which in turn applied.
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  6. His nationality doesn't matter though, he represents and speaks for a Chinese company he is not there as a private individual for questioning he is a representative.
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  7.  @emperium108  The political pendulum swings between the right and the left all the time. Although we can see a general trend that leans right at the moment it doesn't mean every single nation in the democratic world is following that pattern. Brazil will swing back right eventually and Europe will swing back to the left eventually.
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  8.  @user-wq9mw2xz3j  US democracy is not perfect, still it's 100 times better than Turkey's democracy
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  9.  @AntonSobyanin  That's great but we don't live in the 1900s anymore. Things change, in the past the Europeans dabbled in Genocide and colonization. These days the Chinese and Russians have taken over that role.
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  10. Public transport is usually heavily subsidized with the government. Remember that when you use public transportation, most of the cost the taxpayers have already covered.
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  11.  @fan-ey8mn  The Russian speaking population is less than 5%.
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  12.  @ampulsuper  Yeah let's ignore 600 years of history why Russia and Turkey have ALWAYS been rivals and constantly fighting each other for 600 years. If Turkey liked Russians they would not have joined NATO in the first place.
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  13. Turkey wants in for the economic benefits, the EU does not want Turkey because Erdogan will start all kinds of trouble and the overall economic benefit for the EU won't change by adding a weak Turkish economy.
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  14.  @eviliswhereevilthinks9617  You just proved his point, disagree with the narrative and you are GQP, Q-anon supporter, fascist, racist etc. Here is how it works for people like you. Disagree with me = GQP, Q-anon supporter, fascist, racist - fact!
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  15. No rush, Turkey will not be joining anytime soon anyway I am sure if it took Armenia 50 years they would still join before Turkey.
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  16.  @pl3317  Especially since a lot of valuable resources were discovered there right? Russia didn't care one bit about Crimea then suddenly huge deposits of natural gas and oil was discovered and boom - invasion and annexation.
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  17.  @thomaskinoshta  French life expectancy is also 83 compared to the American 77 which would seem to suggest living standards is still quite a few notches higher in France compared to the US.
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  18.  @thelazy0ne  Yep, just vote for socialists and let all tax payers pay you unemployment benefits/social securities or better yet universal income so you don't have to go to work and let everyone else pay for sending your kids to school, your medical care etc. Truth is my man, there are lazy people abusing any system so others can pay for their expenses be it capitalism or socialism or any other system.
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  19.  @miss_mish  We've already seen what they are capable of in Bucha. They are not good fighters but they are pretty good at going after civilians unfortunately.
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  20.  @easymoney8535  And those vaccines have been developed for decades not months
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  21.  @Gnashercide  I am pretty sure most Japanese don't share that opinion but keep trying.
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  22.  @yahoussein100  You can call it what you want they are there and they are not going anywhere.
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  23.  @n0madd  You beat me to it, was just about to say that.
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  24. Yes unfortunately the "greens" had a lot of influence over the current government so we've had some really stupid decisions about things like that that's going to bite us in the ass the coming years :/. We don't actually need to import energy but to be honest I think it's good to produce extra so we can at least help our neighbours, I mean they need it and they pay for it so why not...
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  25. ​ @top..G66  NATO endangers the future of dictatorships in the world I agree. I would be very worried about NATO if I was a dictator that's for sure. I think the Axis comparison is pretty bad Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan let's see.... dictators, genocide, terrorism.. Yeah we can have a discussion about what NATO should and should not get involved with and whether some invasions were justified or not but I think most people agree that all nations that got to experience NATO involvement were no good actors. I think Slobodan Milosevic, Assad, Gaddafi, Saddam makes better comparison to the Axis than NATO. I for one think NATO involvement in the cases you described made the world a better place I am not going to cry for evil men like Milosevic, Gaddafi and Saddam.
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  26.  @DoofyGilmore1299  Just wait until after election date and you will see the application be swiftly accepted. It's just a show for the voters, play the strongman card. As soon as election is won (or lost) Sweden and Finland will be accepted. Turkish politics is whatever Erdogan wants it to be, the Turkish parliament will do whatever the leader says. That's how you stay in power for 20 years.
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  27. Like the video suggested she has a very good image abroad but she's done very little to improve the lives of people living in NZ.
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  28. Me: Oh no we're all doomed. Visualpolitik: Quotes numbers from Chinese state owned newspapers. Me again: Oh I see you have a new sponsor.
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  29. As a fellow Swede I'd say if Finland wants to join then it's a 99% chance Sweden will follow.
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  30.  @HistoryMadeSimple90  It does sound improbable but seeing how weak and incompetent the Russian army is who knows. Wasn't there a German civilian that flew all the way from West Germany and landed at the red square without being stopped in 1987 or something?
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  31.  @saeedvazirian  Slave trade was prevalent in Africa long before the British ever set foot there and the people providing the slaves to be sold to the Europeans were mostly Africans themselves. Actually Britain and America were in the forefront of ending the slave trade even stopping African leaders from continuing with the slave trade with Arab nations once the transatlantic trade was forbidden. So yeah blame the British but let's forget about the African leaders occupied with slave trade long before they met the British and long after the British had stopped their involvement in the African slave trade. But well I guess if you want to try to erase history by toppling statues and burning history books go for it, what's the worst that could happen.
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  32. They have first hand experience of how the Russians operate. Smart people, Germany needs to take note and learn something
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  33.  @anvuong1099  Oh noes, poor dictators and Islamic terrorists I feel so bad for them. NOT.
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  34. Of course Finland is in range of many Russian cities having them as part of NATO is a nightmare for Putin. It's also making it almost impossible for Putin's future plans to invade the Baltic states if NATO has access to the Baltic sea from Finland and Sweden.
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  35.  @Sami-gi1ld  To be honest if Erdogan leaves and Turkey takes steps going for a more secular type of government and sorts out it's territorial issues I can see it happening. Sure it will take time maybe 10+ years but I don't see it being impossible.
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  36. Of course, and the US and EU have the right to put secondary sanctions in place on which ever nation decides to trade with Russia.
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  37. IF you are not a Swedish citizen and you don't have a taxable income then you shouldn't be allowed access to welfare at all.
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  38.  @kaitoshinichi  Yeah... I thought I was a lazy student in Chemistry but at least I managed to grasp the basics that there are 118 elements lol.
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  39. I like the way it says "China's government says communist forces were the center pillar in the war" then the next info you see is the casualty list 1.3 million Nationalist soldiers and 160.000 communist troops lol says it all really.
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  40.  @romanianturk2101  They follow orders from the Ukrainian government, you know the same government being led by Zelenskyy who is a Jew. You really believe real Nazis would take orders from a Jew?
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  41. That's usually what happens when you have the same small elite sitting on power for that long, all the money gained by the state goes into their pockets instead of back to the people. And yes them being religious fanatics doesn't help either - just making things worse.
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  42.  @John-hu9qg  They would not dare, that would mean the EU would do the same to Russians and that would hurt Russians a lot more than it would Lithuanians.
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  43. Well that's the price you pay for having access to EU and US markets. They are totally free to not listen to the US and EU but if they want that sweet $$$ they have little choice.
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  44. Well Erdogan won't be there forever. Election is coming up this summer and Erdogan's poll numbers have been abysmal for a long time.
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  45. What system? Democracy? No matter how popular she is outside NZ it's the people of NZ that choose their leaders and she failed them at home. She was going to lose the election bad so she decided to step down to avoid being totally crushed. At the end of the day it's not a bad thing if a leader is honest and empathetic but they need to improve the lives of their citizens being nice won't buy people food or get them affordable housing.
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  46. @TuubChännel Irrelevant, ask any Swede or Finn what they prefer, be allied to America or invaded by Russia. Choice is very simple, Sweden and Finland has already followed NATO and America into Afghanistan and other theatres of war. This is nothing new.
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  47.  @tenplust  The Chinese authorities have dated the first known hospital case to November 17 in China, more than likely the virus has been spreading in China long before November. Doctor Li wenliang and other brave doctors knew about the virus a whole month before the Chinese government even talked about it. We can all thank emperor Xi for this virus. #CCPVIRUS
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  48. Yep a change of religion and it went downhill pretty fast.
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  49. Even the Russian special forces, Spetznatz use conscripts on 2 year contracts. The chances of running across a professional crew is pretty low I'd say.
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  50. Doesn't matter, I am not French it's their business what they decide to do in their schools.
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  51. So you think the attack on America is what lead to the constitutional laws restricting Japan from building up their military? There is a reason they are hated by most of their Asian neighbors. It's hard to find a more brutal and cruel nation, everyone should be concerned about Japan rebuilding the military.
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  52. You know that "The wire" is a TV show, not a reality show right? Don't get me wrong its a great show I just don't think that putting a few poor students into the mix is going to turn these schools into a gang banger's paradise. If you really want to use that show as an example how about Namond Brice, his father being a soldier for a drug kingpin. With the right education and guidance Namond is able to get out of his fathers shadow and "the game" becoming something in life.
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  53. US ally attacked, US will help of course dont be silly.
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  54. Disagree, EVS are not the future. They work alright in packed urban centers perhaps but on the countryside they are useless. Besides if the powergrid goes down everything stops not very convenient. Also the price point is just ridiculous, it’s a good option for wealthy environmentalists I guess. Yes China makes evs a lot cheaper but the result is they don’t pass eu and us safety standards.
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  55.  @LyricsFred  Not the same an Expat is someone who lives outside of their native country an immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in another country. If you only intend to stay in a country for 2 years and then go home you are not an immigrant, you are an expat.
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  56.  @saeedvazirian  I never tried to justify anything just kindly reminding you that slave trade has been around long before american or brittish involvement. Does it justify their actions? No but they did tap in to a well establlished market that continued to be around in africa even as it was outlawed in the west. If you feel like burning stone sculptures is going to change anything obviously go ahead just don't get surprised if there are consequences if you happen to get caught doing so. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
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  57.  @yusufian49  Living in China since 7 years back Tier 1 and 2 cities looks just like the west in the "finer" areas. Once you start going to the suburbs and the Chinese countryside though... it's like you travel back in time. They still use Ox and ploughs that we used back in my country a hundred years ago. I taught English as a volunteer on the countryside and some villages didn't even have electricity. If you had a car, even a beaten up 20 year old heap you were considered rich.
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  58. What is Palestine? Is that some new kind of viral tiktok challenge?
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  59. I don't think you should put too much energy on Putin's Casus belli he said the whole Ukrainian regime is full of Nazis not just the Azov regiment. If the Azov did not exist Putin would just come up with another excuse to justify his war.
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  60.  @jakewillsuffice6938  It's good for the rich that can buy the apartment with CASH and no bank loans. For everyone that needs a bank loan the affordability does not improve at all - sometimes it's even more expensive when you add in the extra monthly mortgage costs.
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  61. Well when they trigger financial crashes like what happened in 2008 it kind of becomes a crisis.
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  62. Should disband the UN and redirect all those funds to Ukraine to rebuild instead of throwing them into this black hole of a useless organisation.
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  63.  @hashiratanjirou  Perhaps that's something the Japanese should have thought about before they started the war and committed Genocide and atrocities all over Asia?
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  64. Like most things it is rooted in real politics not ideology. Communist USSR and Communist China was not pn good terms and communisy China invaded communist Vietnam. Just because you share ideology does not mean you are friends.
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  65.  @FC-vp9ej  No the entire world is not on the opposite side, if you look at the UN resolutions and the way nations usually vote in these matters you see China usually votes with Russia, North Korea, Venezuela, Syria and Iran. When it comes to China's claims of the South China sea they have these 5 nations with them, everyone else is against or abstained voting. China and Russia have to throw out their VETO power all the time because the majority of Nations vote against their interests.
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  66.  @tomk3732  Russia spends 9 times more money on their military than Ukraine does. Russia is a military super power, on paper they should've taken the capital in a few days... Even the US top brass was expecting Kyiv to fall in 72 hours. Ukraine doesn't need to focus too much on counter-attacks they have time on their side, the more time pass the more supplies they get from outside. Russia has internal dissent amongst its population and an economy battered by sanctions it's up to them to finish the war. The longer this war drags on the weaker Russia gets, everyone knows this and NATO would love this conflict to continue for years as it makes Russia weaker. The only nations supporting Russia right now is N. Korea, China, Iran and Syria.
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  67.  @TheStallKross  I think his name already gave away that he is far left LOL.
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  68.  @Paul_Davies  You ask people to be open minded and be careful for the propaganda from MSM media and in the same breath you are repeating Russian propaganda claims. Your "independent" journalist Patrick Lancaster features often on RT you know the Russian state owned news channel Russia Today. Maybe you should take your own advice and be objective and open minded and stop listening to Russian propaganda.
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  69. or perhaps you should not trust anonymous sources until it's confirmed by the FBI or the DOJ.
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  70. @Peter Caballero Wow you really have a bad case of Trump disorder don't you lol.
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  71.  @joshuawilliams6700  Now you are just repeating democrat talking points, you know republicans and most independents don't really fall for that. Approval rating is at 52% now that is 5% more than Obama had before his re-election. Time will tell if the majority of Americans agree with your statement, so far the polls are showing otherwise.
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  72.  @CUPAVI1  Swede here, I did military service in the early 2000s and my dad did military service in the 70s, we were both preparing and training based on the assumption that a possible attack would be coming from Russia. That's what our military has prepared for ever since the Soviets attacked Finland 70 years ago. So the way I see it if we can stop Russia in Ukraine that's beneficial for us too. If anyone would attack Sweden it would be Russia. Stopping them now before they get to the Baltic regions and Finland is a matter of our national security.
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  73. Oh, when did the UN and US complain about China dumping nuclear waste water into the ocean? I did not see that please link me the source,
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  74.  @khoontan-l2c  Because Tritium is the most concerning one. The rest are fine. Also there are only 118 elements in the world that we know of, only 37 of those are radioactive. Stop spreading nonsense.
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  75. And for the people that cannot afford 60k Euros for a Tesla? Driving is only going to be for the rich, sounds like a pretty bad deal for the working class people to me.
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  76. No it's just the result of a peace time military that has got 0 combat experience and having corrupt leaders putting funds allocated towards army equipment and training in their own pockets. It's the same in China generals and officers will request funds for a military exercise consisting of maybe 200 troops then spending 1000 rounds of ammunition then report back to their leaders and say it was 1000 troops spending 10.000 rounds of ammunition. They receive all the ammunition and equipment which they then sell off and put the cash in their own pockets.
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  77. That’s what eventually will happen when the police does nothing about it. Regular people will take matters into their own hands. Surprised we haven’t seen more of this to be honest.
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  78.  @caskraker  YES please I don't want to work! Give me free money so I can chill all day on someone else's expense. I cannot wait.
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  79.  @SpiritusMundi4  That's because they don't have the capability and they do not dominate the airspace. They have no problem sending rockets into civilian areas but somehow they are showing restraint by not using their airforce out of goodwill? You confuse goodwill with inability, Russia does not possess the ability to use their air force as they would be shot down and it would be too costly before air dominance would be achieved which is looking very unlikely to be possible.
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  80. @Daniel Sas Yep USA are lynching blacks and China are treating them with so much respect, WAIT WHAT 15 AFRICAN countries have condemned China for mistreating their citizens HOW DARE THEY. Being harassed by the police is a great privilege that even Chinese citizens gets to experience now and again. Be thankful your organs will be harvested for a good reason you will live on and serve the CCP.
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  81. Try visit a school in the Middle East wearing a Jewish symbol, see how well that connects you to their pluralistic society.
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  82.  @louisecorchevolle9241  There are memorial plaques to Henri Philippe Pétain and Pierre Laval, the head and prime minister of France’s collaborationist Vichy government which hunted down and deported 67,000 Jews to the concentration camps. Pétain is honored with 11 streets in the U.S Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych, both have busts in upstate New York and Wisconsin. Andrey Vlasov, the Soviet general who went over to the Nazis and raised an army of over 100,000 men for the Third Reich, has a memorial just outside New York. Chicago also has a memorial to Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, who commanded a unit of the Lithuanian Activist Front, a Nazi-allied organization whose members slaughtered Jews across Lithuania in the summer of 1941. There you go, according to you this is proof that a majority of Americans are Nazis, right? Also Russia has TONS of statues of Stalin, the man that purged the Polish army and intellectuals several times, does that mean all Russians are communists that support the genocide of Poles?
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  83. It won’t happen, even IF the EU leadership would agree Greece would block Turkey.
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  84.  @nonyabisness6306  Swedish here, yes heating your house while you go to work is very common otherwise you'll freeze your ballz off when you get back home. I know plenty of people that have their heating on 24/7.
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  85.  @quinntinmann  That's your opinion, 76% of Finns doesn't agree with you. Perhaps we should let them choose their own fate instead of telling them what to do? They are a democracy after all.
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  86.  @16triley16  I am not religious as a parent though I strongly feel the need to protect children from mutilation and paedophiles, that's it.
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  87.  Michael Zhang  China cannot even deal with the small island of Taiwan and a single city Hong Kong lol. China is a classic bully a lot of bark but no bite, they talk a lot but they can't back it up with actions.
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  88.  Michael Zhang  Just move the factories to Vietnam like Adidas and Nike, pretty much the same profit margins and less money in the shit CCP pocket.
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  89.  @seaofghosts  She spent most of her time in congress caught up in a personal vendetta instead of working for the people of Wyoming and they took issue with it.
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  90. @Peter Caballero What does Trump have to do with Cuomo's bad leadership in New York though?
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  91. They are not lucky they are just smart in picking the ones that will benefit their society while Sweden had an open door policy letting everyone in.
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  92. @@jameswilliams3304 They are not Russian tanks, they are actually high quality armor.
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  93. It’s embarrassing for the Iraqi government that they cannot guarantee the safety of foreign embassies on their territory. Probably not an ideal country for business if the government cannot even guarantee safety of embassies.
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  94. Ukraine is doing fine, positions are largely the same as last month and they are better set up for a long conflict as they receive far more support from the rest of the world than Russia is. The longer the war drags on the more western weaponry Ukraine receives and the more Russian military equipment and weaponry is destroyed.
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  95.  @OneRichMofo  I think it's important to separate the individual from the nation, Erdogan has complete and full power of whatever goes on in Turkey and it's completely up to him what happens in Turkish politics. Turkey as a nation has nothing to do with this it's all Erdogan and one day he will be gone and things might change.
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  96. suuuuure suuuuuuure.
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  97. It's already a given that it will not pass, it's not realistic. Probably the idea was set a very ambitious exgtreme goal so when it gets watered down as it inevitably will it will still be at a decent level.
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  98. There is no market in the west for Chinese cars as the safety standards are too high. Only option is emerging markets with less safety standards
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  99. The last thing Ukraine wants is to escalate things and give Putin and the Russians a reason to send more troops into Ukraine.
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  100. Honestly don't think most Islamic countries care about the Uighurs as long as they get good deals with Beijing. They are not those kind of Muslims.
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  101.  @magnuslundstedt2659  Well you are in the minority then, only 20% of Swedes oppose NATO now.
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  102.  @srinivasanrajagopal9062  Yes, and it's in Sweden's and Finland's best interest to join NATO to protect themselves from a warmongering neighbour that constantly threatens them. Sounds pretty reasonable to me.
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  103.  @roycasmohamed6340  A guy named Mohamed speaking for Minnesota? I thought Minnesota was in America?
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  104.  @90s_kids_lifestyle  Really? Then why did 29 other nations officially sign an agreement to come help America if it's attacked? How many nations signed a paper with China that they will come and help them if they are attacked?
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  105.  @MrJakeMallard  I think he is on about the NATO clause about democracy and human rights
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  106.  @tjw1861  Yeah let's make a video comment section that is ALL about Pelosi into something about Trump. Trump derangement syndrome is large within this one.
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  107.  @stephenm8898  Zelenski: I need ammo not a ride. Putin: Good luck guys I will be in my bunker!
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  108. the good thing is that Russia is heavily dependent on their oil and gas income and Europe pays premium and Russia does not possess the ability to send that amount of gas to other markets. The maximum capacity of their Asian gas pipelines is less than 20% of what Europe currently buys and India and China buys gas for massive discounts. Point is Russia needs European money just as much as Europe needs Russian gas.
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  109. Very few European nations get along with Turks.
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  110. If you know Chinese culture then it’s pretty obvious. To have kids in China you need to be married. To get married you need an apartment. It’s extremely common to have a marriage and child on the way just after purchasing a home. Also on the countryside they get married when they are 20-24 years old. Not an age group known to be financially responsible.
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  111. Not really. The majority of NATO wants the Nordic countries. The majority of the EU does not want Turkey. I don't mean to sound rude but that's the truth.
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  112.  @dimitrisgregan553  Where are all the videos of Russians taking out Ukrainian tanks? The east front looks not much different from what it did 1 month ago.
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  113. So if I give you a 500 dollar loan and you come back and try to pay it off with 500 sea shells I am obliged to accept it? gotcha I will go collect 100k Sea shells for my bank try it out.
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  114. Well you do realize that stores will have to be refilled somehow right? The food doesn't just magically appear in the supermarket it needs to be transported there. Don't mean to be rude but it kind of sounds like you assume everyone can work remotely and everything will be within walking distance. Maybe if everyone lived in a small rich country like one of the Northern European countries like Sweden or Denmark and worked with like say software engineering that you can do from home it would work yes. Truth be told the vast majority of the world's population doesn't have the opportunity to do so. It would be incredibly expensive you would have to rebuild whole cities to accommodate for the increase of people on the walking streets, the buildings are too tightly packed for your idea to work in a big city. Maybe a small town could work, just trying to imagine Shanghai with 20 million and everyone will walk/take the subway. Sounds like a nightmare to be honest.
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  115. It's a lot more complex than that, Greece has a much much MUUUCH better human rights track record and freedoms that Turkish people can only dream about. There are many issues here, Turkey's oppression of minorities, Erdogan's Autocracy, Weak democratic institutions, Border disputes, lack of freedom of speech, censorship of newspapers etc etc. It's just not one thing here there are plenty. A lot of EU countries have Muslims on minister position and government positions it's totally possible to bridge and co-operate with Muslims.
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  116. Did your research include basic biology about Chromosomes?
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  117.  @magnuslundstedt2659  Why not? We do business with countries like Saudi Arabia and China turning a blind eye to their transgressions and human rights abuses.. Why is it a big deal if we do the same for Turkey?
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  118. It's hard to generalize and it all depends in which field you are in. Competition is a lot fiercer in some sectors than others. Some jobs you can get by working on 70% others you will be replaced within a week if you don't keep up a 110% pace. Also it depends on your colleagues, I worked as a teacher and we worked as a group of 6 teachers to improve the course and we had one girl that always kept delegating her responsibilities to others and would just chat with her boyfriend while we were improving the course. Needless to say people got fed up doing her job for her and we all went to the boss and got her fired. I personally don't mind if you don't work your ass off but when you are dozing off and letting others do your work for you while you collect a full salary then you are just lazy.
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  119. 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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  120. I don't mind keeping the graves the rest can be thrown into the rubbish bin though. Send the tanks back to Putin I am sure he needs them in Ukraine.
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  121. You don't know much about your city then, removing the tanks has been hotly debated for almost 10 years now the only reason they were not removed is because we made a treaty in 1990 that we would preserve all Soviet monuments. The memorial itself people are fine with, the tanks however is another story.
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  122. ​ @alvinwong185  What do you mean take on China this co-operation is to deal with things like cybersecurity, terrorism, aggressive foreign investment and make sure international law is followed in international waters. This has nothing to do with a military attack on China, just making sure Chinese hackers are not hacking goverment websites stealing technology and so on. It's not a military alliance. Did you watch the video or is your English level too low to understand it's content? Australia has nothing to fear from the Chinese military, they cannot even successfully invade the small island of Taiwan, how would they even be able to invade a huuuuge island like Australia?
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  123.  @SCARPENTER290  Not really all NATO countries have an interest in seeing their alliance grow stronger. It's not in their interest to refuse such a good opportunity. Finland and Sweden has been Co-operating with NATO for a very long time they are pretty much members in all but name already.
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  124.  @wickerworld  There is no way her party could secure a victory with the right bloc, made up of the centre-right National party, increased its lead by to 38%, while the Libertarian Act party, jumped to 11%, putting the two parties in a comfortable position to form a government without needing additional coalition partners. Her left block was getting destroyed so they decided to switch in hopes of turning it around.
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  125. @Peter Caballero I know Trump is on your mind from the moment you wake up until you go to bed. But this is a video and a comment about Cuomo I am not sure how whatever Trump did or didn't do is relevant.
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  126.  @bonniecushion9446  And the democrats don't wear one either apparently even though they lecture people about wearing them all the time.
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  127.  @gerhardbenade5869  Europe is not one single country, some countries are more dependent than others, in my country 1% of our energy needs comes from Russian gas. It's too bad that our other European brothers and sisters (looking at you Germany) did not see a threat in Russia even after the Crimean occupation. We just have to suck it up and help each other now. My country is already a huge exporter of energy to Germany and the Netherlands have a sh1t ton of natural gas that they did not tap into for a very long time. We just have to throw the environmentalists out and start using our own resources. Speaking of Germany they have a lot of coal that they can use to generate electricity instead of using gas. Some countries made the mistake getting in bed with the Russian bear but not all of us were that foolish and we just have to help our friends and hope they learn from the mistake.
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  128. It's because we have countries like Germany that has been getting in bed with the Russians for decades that we have such a "weak" and "timid" response. If the Baltic countries and Poland was running the show Russia would most likely have lost already. The Germans and the French still wants to appease Putin and hope he turns into a "good guy" over time.
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  129.  @jafneezakwan5810  They tried, they failed in 1979.
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  130.  @sahixxasm9757  Finland is a democracy, the finish parliament needs to approve the application before it's sent to NATO for them to accept it. The Finish parliament just approved it so now it's official that Finland applies for membership too.
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  131.  @freshxan  As soon as the first tank goes down I'd bet some of them abandoned their tanks and ran for it. It's hard to tell if all destroyed tanks were manned or abandoned
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  132. US ally of course we will aid them.
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  133.  @MrStupidHead  yep the UN made sure the Israelis never pushed their advantage to protect the Arab nations
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  134. Lived in China for 7 years I was considering leaving after Chinese new year in February but decided to stay until summer, totally regret that now 😒😒😒
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  135. Yep basically rich people drafted up a resolution either A) Not realizing everyone else is not as rich as them or. B) Doesn't give a damn about you if you are not rich.
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  136.  @theonly6359  Power of Siberia can supply 38 billion CM3 to Asia. Russia supplies Europe with almost 200 Billion CM3 with all the pipelines... add to that that they sell the gas at a discount to Asia this is a massive loss to Russia. Once they get more pipelines up sure they will be fine but for now they will lose too much money cutting EU off completely and I am pretty sure that this is just a temporary maintenance.
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  137. It's just a regular scheduled maintenance it will be up again. The Russians don't have anywhere else to sell that amount of gas. The pipelines to Asia can only send about 20% of what Europe receives so unless Putin wants to say goodbye to 80% of the revenue he still needs the EU to buy the gas for now.
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  138.  @merseyviking  You do realize that anyone at any time can edit a Wikipedia page? I could literally go in right now and add a quote from their leader voicing his support for the LBTQ + Community and claim they are all homosexuals.
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  139. According to Russia the Ukrainian government are all nazis, especially Zelenskyy which is hilarious seeing that the guy is Jewish.
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  140. yep Turkey just magically got a sign of approval from the white house about their F16s a few hours after saying Sweden and Finland are welcome, magic.
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  141.  @fernbedek6302  Bad comparison, Finland and Portugal are different yes but that's like saying hey New York and Texas are different so we might as well add Saudi Arabia and China as a US state.
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  142. Fukushima Tritium = less than 3g. Tritium in the pacific ocean = 8400g. Yeah MAN THOSE 3g over 30 YEARS?! are really going to do a difference. Duuude... hahahaha
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  143. That's perfect though, to me that's just a very good argument for removing the mandate. This is not about forcing people to ALL wear masks or ALL not wear masks. It's a choice and the people that are concerned about the virus and think masks offers protection are free to use masks while the people that don't worry too much about the virus or don't think the mask is doing much of a difference are free to not wear a mask. To me this is the way it should be.
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  144. So what you are saying is that Russia are allowed to have nuclear missiles that can fly from Russia to Finland in less then a minute but for some reason Finland is not?
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  145. I think we're beyond that point now these last weeks have shown that it is a major security concern for the refs, players, coaches and away fans. There is no way to guarantee their safety during a pitch invasion. Sooner or later one of the fans is going to bring something they shouldn't and seriously injure someone. I wouldn't be surprised at all if we'd see stricter application of rules next seasons for both fans and the clubs respectively. If the fans cannot behave and the club cannot stop their fans from this behaviour then obviously more radical solutions like empty stadiums for the season ending games is looking more likely. Obviously I am not for that but if this is how it's going to be going forward then something like this is going to happen. It's a shame that a minority is going to ruin it for the rest of us but if the club and security cannot guarantee safety for the staff/players etc then it's what needs to happen.
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  146. Probably Hamas, killing civilians at concerts? Sounds like Palestinian specialty.
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  147. What if it was Hamas? Ireland supported their concert attack.
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  148.  @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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  149.  @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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  150. The Chinese gov. has invested too much political capital into it's 0 covid policy they cannot back down
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  151. 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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  152.  @HeartPumper  Truth is a lot of the people in the army on both sides were conscripted not all of them wanted to be there being pawns of the Nazi and Communist regimes fighting over who can be the most evil empire.
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  153. Yes, the former USSR states were not very found of the Soviets at all. Only the Russians remember the Soviet empire as a good thing.
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  154.  @dhirajbasumatary2610  They are only friendly because they have common rivals it's only as a military insurance. Russia has called for an independent investigation into China's handling of the virus also they just accused China of technology theft. They are not friends they are just sticking together to counter the US. If Russia one day will no longer consider the US a threat the Russian - Chinese relationship will fall apart in a heartbeat.
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  155.  @nhlpa17  The federal government restricts and punishes discrimination, of course he can.
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  156.  @Rosie-fd1fn  Yeah who wouldn't want to live in North Korea, China or Venezuela? I don't understand what people has against being oppressed and silenced. And this thing called free speech that they treasure so dearly, clearly overrated!
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  157. The US and EU is sitting on a large part of Russia's foreign reserves - those funds can always be used to rebuild Ukraine after the war.
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  158. I would not worry too much, living in China I can tell you that all the big companies are sacking people. The government cracked down on pretty much every big technology firm even massive giants like Tencent and Alibaba have not been spared, not even mentioning the education industry that's pretty much is being annihilated by the new restrictions. Oh and there's the factories that have to shut down for weeks because there is a massive power shortage, electricity is now being rationed even for regular people and restaurants. Imagine having freezers stacked with meat in your restaurants only for the government to suddenly cut power for a week, yeah it's that bad at the moment. As for the future they won't, the one child policy for 40 years have really crippled them and their work force is expected to be reduced by half within 30 years as the generation of multiple children family households are now retiring. Their only saving grace would be if they developed AI enough to compensate for the work force reduction they will inevitably face in the future.
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  159. I don't know I am from Sweden and 52% of the price of gas are taxes there's still plenty of room for us to alleviate the rising prices by cutting the taxes. Obviously this means less revenue for our government but maybe it's time to downscale the government anyway.
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  160. You never know there's also been a lot of reports that their conscripts have low motivation and morale being all from the one child entitled spoiled kids era. It's all speculation to be fair and you could very well be correct.
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  161.  @taneriiim  A functioning market economy, a stable democracy and the rule of law, and the acceptance of all EU legislation. For western countries those are pretty simple conditions to pass.
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  162.  @hanshengz4291  I was responding to Terrytang his message indicated the UN and the US had complained about China releasing nuclear waste water and they had double standards not doing the same to Japan so I just asked him to tell me when the UN and the US complained about China releasing nuclear waste water. I am not speaking for anyone, perhaps you should improve your reading comprehension before making assumptions. Have a nice day.
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  163.  @slowmorbius8805  So the Soviets and Nazis were baddies, what a big surprise.
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  164. It is a big deal, who is going to loan money to or invest in Russia if they will risk not getting their money back? It sends signals to banks and investors all over the world that it's too risky to get involved in Russia.
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  165. Shouldn't he be killing black people then? 91% of all black men dead in gun violence die from other blacks. I guess he got his enemy twisted.
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  166. It's sad. Apartheid had to go but the alternative wasn't much better.
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  167.  @noobaction7720  Sweden and Finland never voted against Turkey's EU ascension, you are spreading misinformation.
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  168.  @dax354able  and how will they get the gas there? The pipelines they have to Asia have about 20% of the capacity of their European pipelines.
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  169. They are different it’s just according to the political spectrum of your country they both appear to be far right
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  170.  @SelfProclaimedEmperor  There is no guarantee the next guy in line will be any better but I agree Turkish people are fine, just a bad leader.
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  171.  @ephimp3189  China has the exact same problem, you pay enough money you can become a general and then make money on the side by selling off army equipment. Both armies are used to controlling their own population and very few of them has actual combat experience. The only difference between the 2 is that China has a lot more in terms of number of troops. Everything else they are in a similar state.
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  172.  @alpersenturk1420  Depends how you define innocence they are certainly guilty in Turkey but are they in other countries? To be extradited they have to committed an action that's considered a crime in the country they currently reside in. They cannot be extradited because Erdogan says Trust me br0. If they can be proven to be terrorists then they will be extradited, but make no mistake we're not Erdogan's personal police force and will not help him cleanse political opposition with terrorist labels.
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  173. Population in nations not in the EU: LESSSSS GO JOINNNNNN Woop Woop. Population in rich well-off nations already in the EU: Errr... I think perhaps it's time to abandon ship.
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  174. 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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  175. True every city in the world has miles of tunnel networks with caches of AKs, explosives and Hamas scarves. Totally normal guys nothing to see here.
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  176. Well obviously there is no one reason to cover all bases, it's hard to run an effective democracy without an economic base and educated population and China had a literacy rate of around 20% in the 1950s and it's not until the 1980s and forward where economic progress was made. I find it very hard to see China being able to have a democracy under such circumstances before the 1980s even if they actually wanted to. A great example is to observe democracies in the Middle east and Africa, democracies rarely work well without a strong economy and an educated population. These days the foundations are much stronger in China and I am sure it could work but obviously the communist party would never allow such a thing. But yeah you are right there is nothing specific about Chinese culture that makes them choose one way of governance over the other, the people of Hong Kong and Taiwan had no problem whatsoever adopting western culture and democratic elements. But just the mere size of China and the division among the minorities would probably shrink it's size very quickly should they try to adopt democracy. Xinjiang, Yunnan, Tibet and Inner Mongolia would break off as soon as they got the chance without an authoritarian state around.
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  177.  @TekGriffon  You keep talking about conspiracy theories then in the same breath throwing around claims that everyone not agreeing with your views are fascists and want to replace the government with a dictatorship. You seem like a very open guy loving to let people express their opinions freely. I could point out to you that the like - dislike ratio for this video is heavily in favour of dislike but then you might think I am implying that your political positioning and opinions are that of the minority. I guess I am just a fascist like the rest of the 99% that don't share your own political beliefs, that's how it works right? Disagree with me = Fascism.
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  178. Just so happens that Belarus Gov. made a statement saying they aided the Russians catch them near the Belarus border. So yeah, which one is it?
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  179.  @Rebel-cd6gc  You do know that Turkeys complaints are about Swedish ties to YPG, a group which the American government has deeper ties with, right?
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  180. Why is it NATO's fault that the Ukrainians showed interest in joining? Nobody forced Ukraine to be interested in joining NATO. Every nation may apply for NATO membership if they want, that doesn't mean NATO will accept them.
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  181. All that is fine just don't come back crying when India faces the consequences from the west for doing business with Russia. After all the western countries will look at it's own self-interests first.
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  182. It's a democracy that means if you do a bad job you're out next election. That's how it goes. Doesn't matter how good of a person is if you cannot improve the lives of the people living in your country then you have no business leading them.
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  183.  @alicetumblescribbleson5961  It's funny how internationally people think she's a saint but she actually showed totalitarian tendencies with her COVID ideas and policies. I am so happy she's gone. Can't imagine what kind of freedom she would want to take next.
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  184.  @tjw1861  Who cares this video is about Pelosi, Trump is not mentioned in the video. You are just so obsessed with the guy you will probably associate a nature documentary with Trump somehow and try to make a point. "Oh you see that crocodile eating that Zebra, you know Trump.... yada yada yada"
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  185.  @robindees4254  Yep you have TDS this video has nothing to do with Trump. It's all about Pelosi's latest slip-up. Do you start talking about Trump when you run out of toilet paper too?
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  186. That was Komala, not PKK it's a group fighting for Kurdish independence in Iran. I guess for Turks all Kurds resisting the government are the same though.
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  187.  HK J  The reason is because the developers actually don't have the money to commence construction they are in massive debt because that's how they have been sustaining themselves all these years by massive loans. Now the Government don't allow them to loan more money because their debt level is too high so they don't have money left to start building.
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  188.  @idahorvath9664  Most advanced countries in the world are from the West, plenty of things to be proud of. Not perfect, but a lot better than the rest of the world.
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  189.  @sb7109  Of course you can always use the land route but that's A LOOOOOT more expensive than sending it with ship. There's a reason it's a huge problem for Russia if they cannot transport the oil with ship. It's the cheapest and most effective method of transport by far. With your route through Iran they have to go Ship > Truck > Ship > Truck, they have to load and unload their cargo 3 times. That's expensive and time consuming.
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  190.  hsw Xx  And yet the people of Hong Kong are protesting against getting closer to China and probably a lot of them would very much prefer to become British citizens, I wonder why that is? Why don't they like China, Why don't they want to give up their freedoms? It's almost as if they don't want to belong to China - hmm strange why don't they want to be oppressed by a dictator, sounds lovely?
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  191.  @KinLee919  I live in China for a very long time, showing off wealth is very common here.
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  192.  @dr.lyleevans6915  Yeah, That's China for you - rich country, poor people.
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  193. They did, yes. Their Premier Li Keqiang even said China has 600 million people with an income being less than 140 dollars a month.
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  194. No, Finland has joined the sanctions against Russia so the relationship has forever changed,
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  195. True, also hasn’t the two muslim factions Shia and Sunni been fighting each other for like a 1000 years already?
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  196.  @zx4337  That's just a Chinese state owned media narrative, also known as CCP propaganda to garner support for their occupation of Tibet and to slander a very popular Dalai Lama. The CCP has also called Dalai Lama a terrorist, apparently sitting around meditating is really dangerous - they even banned Falun Gong and they just sit in parks and meditate. Maybe CCP is just afraid of meditation for some reason it would seem?
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  197.  @ShubhamMishrabro  That was my first thought I don't like Bernie Sanders, not because of his political views but as a Swede I always shake my head when he starts talking about the Scandinavian model, he's a huge contributing factor to why people have a false image of how our politics work in Sweden. Sometimes I feel like he is intentionally misleading people. So many times in the US I had to explain to my American friends that we are not socialists and when I ask why they got that idea they almost always mention his name.
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  198.  @ashman8891  Yes, because they are the biggest oil producers in the world. What people don't realize when they are moaning about Saudi Arabia and US ties is that without them the price of fuel would be a lot higher than it is now. Now Biden says no to Russian oil where does he go? He started talking to Venezuela.... People are already complaining about high fuel prices what do you think happens if you would cut your ties with the Saudis? If you want fuel at an affordable prize you have to buddy up to the "baddies". That's what happens when you kill your own energy production and have to rely on others. If the US would ramp up their own oil production they wouldn't have to keep Saudi as an ally but they don't so they have to. You can thank your environmentalists for that.
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  199. As a Swede going through the school system in the 90s there were problems even back then. I remember the Turks and Kurdish groups of students constantly fighting and I also remember how the Muslim groups would harass the few Jewish students we had. In College I clearly remember the Muslim students walking out of a biology class about Darwin's evolution theory and refusing to take any biology examinations. I also remember them starting a huge brawl when they lost a football game and the school had to call the police. I am not surprised at all that this has happened when the government decided to take in even more immigrants from these cultures when we already had problems with the ones we had.
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  200. I'd say it's more about the level of education and what kind of people immigrate. The earlier waves caused little problem and all Iranians with good education had no problems to assimilate but when you take in people without even high school education then yeah you are going to have a problem.
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  201. They don't need to either Sweden, Finland and Turkey will make a deal or the other NATO countries will remind Turkey that they haven't forgotten that they made weapon deals with Russia 3 years ago in violation with the NATO treaty. Turkey will get the point.
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  202.  @NatanStarke  And cloudy days, or stormy days, or rainy days... you get the point. Solar and wind are very unstable compared to oil and nuclear where you always know how much you will produce.
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  203. But Putin needs to have that 10th Yacht! All his dictator buddies have golden AKS and what not...
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  204. Tritium has a 12.33 year half-time. The longer they take to release it the less it will be.
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  205. Obviously they are, they don't like the occupiers of their territory.
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  206.  @steveb1325  I just could not help but to notice the dead Russian soldiers laying next to that blown up armoured vehicle if those were US soldiers I am pretty sure their comrades would be damn sure to recover the bodies before moving on. Also it looks like one of them is wearing white sneakers and not military boots. Like you said they are supposed to be elite regular units :/ it makes little sense and it seems like the Russian army has indeed been overestimated.
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  207.  @artemvalkyrie7451  I think his point is that Stalingrad is considered to be the turning point in the second world war and after that Germany started to get pushed back.
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  208. The penalties will keep adding up and nobody in their right mind will invest or make loans to Russia now. They will get their money eventually with an extra bonus penalty fee on top anyhow.
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  209.  @TimeForWin  You are making more money than before yet still unable to pay off your national debt and defaulting, good job man.
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  210. They are only able to pay in Rubles and the loan terms specifies it has to be paid in dollars
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  211. Giving aid is voluntary Norway is free to send as much of their funds as they please, just as we are allowed to stop sending our funds.
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  212.  @rheejin9987  Yeah fair point, sorry if I came out a bit rude I thought you were one of China's 50 cent army bots.
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  213. That's just what happens when you sit on the two biggest markets in the world, you get to set the agenda. This is nothing new. China does the same to any country that recognizes Taiwan, you lose access to Chinese markets. I am not saying it's "right" but that's just how the world works until the US and EU markets fall and other markets emerge in other regions that outgrow them it's not going to change.
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  214.  @kunalnagarkoti4409  Depends on the economic level and standard of living in your country. If putting food on the table and having a roof over your head is not something you have to worry about then things like democracy, freedom and other matters tend to be more important. If you are from a country with a very low standard of living then putting food on the table is the only thing that matters all else doesn't matter.
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  215.  @okbless360degree  lol a "failing" European country is still a lot better than the best Africa has to offer. Just because an economy is growing fast does not mean it is good. It's like a beggar laughing at the millionaire that he got $999.000/month instead of 1 million because the beggar went from $1 to $2. Sure the beggar doubled his worth but compared to the millionaire he is nothing.
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  216.  @whatsgoinon5516  Totally agree I watch Al-Jihad news network all the time like the good Muslim I am.
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  217. I will give you some good news, you don't have to live in France - you can pack up and go somewhere else. Nobody will stop you. As a European living abroad I can tell you it's very easy to just head to another European country to settle down should you be disappointed of certain rules.
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  218.  @gwent5914  It's not political the IAEA said it's safe and they are following protocols just as all other countries dumping nuclear water into the ocean do. You thought Japan was the only country putting nuclear water into the Ocean? It's common practice and there are protocols for it to do it in a safe manner.
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  219. Every country with a nuclear powerplant is releasing nuclear wastewater into the sea after it is treated lol, is this the first time you heard of it?
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  220. True, not sure about Montenegro but Serbia has too many issues with Kosovo at the moment. The last thing the EU wants is a war within it's borders.
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  221. Not a big fan to be honest, good video poor choice of T-shirt.
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  222. Yep, they surely are making it easier for the anti-EU parties around Europe. Perhaps more nations will join the UK and do their own BREXIT.
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  223. Offering Putin parts of Ukraine? yeah right, let me guess : "LOL trust me bro" is your source?
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  224. Yeah I always found it weird about the EU talks, pretty much all nations are against Turkey joining the EU still Brussels tried to get it done regardless.
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  225.  @Stjepko15  The pipelines to Asia's max capacity is 38 billion CM3, Russia sends 200 billion CM3 to Europe. They can't replace Europe with Asia, they don't have the pipeline infrastructure to do so.
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  226. Yasuhiro Sonoda drank it in 2011. Japanese PM. Guess you should at least do a simple google search will save everyone time.
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  227.  @jimmyhirr5773  Speed limits makes sense though, it's pretty easy to prove the safety logic when it comes to speed limits close to sharp turns or schools and see their impact on the numbers of accidents. It's hard to prove that masks alone makes a difference especially when we're talking about the cloth masks and other non hospital grade N95 masks that people are wearing in public. You will see the majority of people following speed limits, right because they make sense. Then you see at the airport after the mandate drop was announced, majority are not wearing masks, because again it doesn't make sense to wear them.
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  228. The difference is that the U.S won't give people life sentences simply for protesting, imagine if the US would jail people for life for protesting against Trump? Half the American population would get a life sentence. Call Xi jing ping an idiot and make a protest in China... well let's just say you will disappear. It is not the same when the US goes by the rule of law and China whatever Emperor Xi's mood of the day is.
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  229. It's okay to be confused, it's called democracy, freedom, liberty, free speech we all know these are things that will very much confused Chinese because they have never experienced it before. Don't worry after spending some time outside China with non-Chinese people you will understand it one day.
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  230.  @Hadesthief  Israel, the country with the highest % of population vaccinated in the world. Israel, also the country with the highest % of population infected with COVID-19. How could anyone question the effectiveness of a vaccine with such impressive numbers?
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  231. Good for you, don't forget to take the 7th booster shot when it becomes available I heard it will make all the difference!
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  232. Because those texts were coming in just as this happened? Maybe these news personalities were expecting half of congress shot by armed republican rioters and when the end results were a mix of republicans, anons, anarchists and even BLM members going around taking selfies and waving flags their assessment changed a bit?
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  233. Because the "mourners" were bringing stones and Molotov cocktails
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  234.  @erosgritti5171  They survived, the Russians wanted to replace the Finish government with a communist one but Finland fought them back and managed to defend their independence. Sure they lost some territory but they remained an independent nation against all odds - sounds like a victory to me.
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  235. Lol he doesn't look eastern European at all. So far everything is pointing towards Tajikistan.
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  236. I am sure FSB paid him a handsome sum to be an actor pretending to be interrogated.
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  237.  @JP-sb6ll  I think you confuse invade and raid, there has been no evidence whatsoever of any attempts to invade and settle the Iberian peninsula by the vikings at that time and pretty much everyone refers to the event of 844 as a raid. It is generally estimated they had between 30 - 70 ships which usually contained 50-60 warriors each so would have been between 1500-3500 men which is larger than the average raid at the time but hardly any real threat to overthrow an entire nation. Viking raids were generally small-scaled and relied on striking and leaving fast before any significant resistance could be mounted against them. Most of the time they were caught by a real army they were massively outnumbered and slaughtered.
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  238. Source: Trust me br0?
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  239. It's not an American war, it's between two European countries.
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  240.  @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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  241.  @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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  242.  @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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  243. Russian people don't emigrate on Tourist visas
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  244. 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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  245. There is a difference between having concerns and actually invading a country, did Erdogan invade Sweden and Finland? No, not really they are sitting down and talking about things. You cannot compare that to Russia.
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  246.  @yawningpheonix  Everybody has their own struggles, that's life. There's a reason we don't allow children to vote and own firearms, they are too young to fully understand the consequences of their actions.
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  247. Common sense, yes.
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  248.  @micarod3251  Then what's the problem making them illegal? I mean if they don't exist in the first place then what's all the crying about?
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  249.  @alvinwong185  Chinese premier li keqiang just announced 600 million Chinese have an income of less than 140 dollars a month - it's not like poverty doesn't exist in China. China = rich country, poor people. They should just join hands with Taiwan, small island that has been beating the Chinese military everytime they try come close for more than 50 years.
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  250. Let him the Russian economy is 1% of the world the west is 40% even if he succeed somehow crashing the west the whole world will follow and we will all be in the same boat.
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  251. You are uninformed the UN security council voted on intervening in Libya and Serbia. Nobody voted no. Even your dear Russia voted yes.
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  252. It's the other way around, Turkey wants to be able to buy weapons from Sweden and Finland. (Mainly Swedish military tech).
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  253.  @notastone4832  So? Turkey clearly does not meet the democracy and respect of human rights that is demanded of NATO members either but they are still there. Canada doesn't have to send troops to Europe. It's a defensive alliance and it works great as a deterrent. How many times has NATO been attacked since it was founded? I guess if you count 9/11 that's one time.
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  254.  @evilmex1962  Yep out of the 10 the top countries on the freedom index and Human right's watch's top 10 ranking 8 are European nations. Shocking I know, right? I was totally expecting to see China and the Taliban up there caring the most about human rights.
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  255. The video forgot to mentions the riots that resulted from her COVID policies... Never seen riots like that in NZ people just got sick of her.
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  256.  @2bfrank657  Isn't her approval rating in the twenties %? Very few people like her. Even Trump had higher approval ratings than her and he was hardly popular.
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  257. Then why do they get invited to schools and kindergartens?
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  258. It's not a good place to be a criminal that's for sure. You probably should not come over.
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  259.  @calvinhoward3808  Nah they normalised their relations and has recognised Israel as an actual country it's a little more than a trade deal. There wasn't even any official flights between the countries until this deal. Amongst the countries welcoming the accord was Egypt, which has been at war with Israel a couple of times so yes, America calls it a peace deal, UAE and Bahrain calls it a peace deal, Israel calls it a peace deal and Israels old enemies have welcomed the initiative. But yeah let's just take CNN's word for it they have their anonymous sources claiming it's not a peace deal so it must be true.
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  260.  @ElloMoto875  Well it just goes to show what the democrats are all about, do what I say not what I do. They make 100000 restrictions and then don't even bother following them themselves. Nancy Pelosi even said don't worry about the virus go to Chinatown and celebrate now it's Trump that hasn't taken this virus seriously? Yeah sorry not a big fan of Trump but I will vote for him 10 times out of 10 when the other party is infested by clowns.
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  261.  @eparigon  It's amazing how these people keep turning everything into Trump. Even a video about a democrat leader getting caught being a hypocrite turns into Trump somehow. Trump derangement syndrome is strong within you.
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  262.  Dos louqes  If you are a Swede then you should know the laws, there is no way to extradite her unless she did something that would be considered illegal in Sweden. You cannot just extradite people because some dictator says "Trust me br0".
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  263.  @kocahmet1  Not really, everything is in place already. Finland and Sweden have been honorary NATO members for a long time and conduct training with them. They have already received security guarantees from the UK and the US if Russia attacks so I guess even if they are not let into NATO there is nothing to stop NATO members to make security guarantees and co-operate with them even though they are not official members.
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  264. That's not how terrorist designations work, just because one country claims a group are terrorists doesn't mean everyone does. Turkey supports Hamas, the muslim brotherhood and Al-nusra. These are organizations that many nations designate as terrorist organizations. Turkey doesn't agree on this point as some of these organizations align with Turkish interests. That's how the world works, the US and EU supported Kurdish resistance groups in Syria and Iraq to fight ISIS and Assad so they aligned with Western interests. This is just basic politics. Just like you said every nation has their own interests to take care of and if Turkey's choice is to not let Sweden and Finland in citing their national interest then so be it it's their right. But let's not pretend that Turkish positions are the standard and not tainted by Turkish political interests. Turkey does support organisations that many nations consider terrorists because they suit Turkey's interest. The west does the same.
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  265.  @matteusvirtanen392  Turkish elections are democratic but they are not fair by any means. Even if you wanted to vote against Erdogan there are no guarantees you would be allowed to or your vote counted fairly.
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  266. So basically you are not allowed to criticise a warmongering expansionist nation because you don't agree/believe their "excuses/reasons" for starting the war?
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  267. How could the EU/NATO intervene? NATO is a defensive alliance - Ukraine is not part of NATO how and why would they justify an intervention? That's well beyond the scope of a defensive alliance to intervene when a non-member is under attack. The EU is not a military body it's mostly a union focused on Economic co-operation so I am really not sure how anyone could expect a military intervention from the EU. How many times did you see the EU intervene somewhere military? Yeah that's right - never. I am not sure what the problem is about taxpayer money going into weapons, you do realize it's waaaaaaaaay cheaper to spend money to give Ukraine the ability to stop Russia here and now than it is to have an all-out war with Russia in the future when they beat Ukraine and decide to take the Baltic states? It's better to spend a little tax money now than to have to spend 100x times more in 5 years and end up in a war. The truth is Ukrainian and western interests align, they both want to stop Russia in Ukraine. The west can do so without going to war and Ukraine needs the money/weapons to stop them. It's a win-win situation - west is happy Russia is stopped without having to go to war, Ukraine is happy because they get to secure their independence. About Ukrainian leadership I am sure they made some mistakes but they are holding on after months of Russian onslaughts which is a miracle in itself considering Russia is a military super power (They are supposed to be anyway I guess now we have to rethink if that's true or not) so I think they are doing alright.
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  268.  @adarshkeshri9888  Sorry but you are a bit silly of course the EU is not cozying up with NATO adversaries because most EU nations are also NATO members. It's not like the EU is under influence of NATO it's that the majority of EU nations are also NATO members. It's like you have two groups, group X and group Y and both these groups consists of the same people and then you claim that group X is influencing group Y in it's decision. This is a silly point because the people are the same so what you are saying is that the people in group X are influencing THEMSELVES into making decisions?
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  269. I think you will be disappointed to know we will start burning more oil and coal.
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  270. Yes because Putin has never ever done anything bad to his political opponents so we should let him win. I am sure he will treat the opposition better.
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  271.  @michaelotieno6524  Better be careful throwing those numbers around, China has a much much lower ceiling as to what is considered poverty so a lot of those people would still be considered under the poverty line were they outside China. For example in America, Federal poverty line is at 1073 dollars monthly income, According to Likeqiang (CCP Premier) 600 million Chinese have less than 140 dollars monthly income. You put all those people in poverty from America on a plane to China and suddenly they are considered middle class.
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  272. I just wished it could benefit the population as a whole a lot better. I live in a T2 Chinese city, the province capital and the Chinese BNP per capita totally smashes my country yet the average salary of my country is 6 times higher than the average salary in the Chinese city I am living in right now. Even compared to Beijing and Shanghai my country's average salary is 3 times higher. Compared to my Chinese wife's hometown it's 10 times higher and she's not from a poor province. You could say things are cheaper in China but that's only half true, every Chinese needs to buy an apartment and those are not cheap considering how little they earn. Always much respect to the Chinese people, they work very hard for a very little.
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  273.  @anomalianomali5080  Fertility rate is only part of the problem. The problem is they have a higher proportion of old people to young people ratio with a large portion of the population going into retirement soon without enough young people to replace them in the work force. Their work force will shrink the coming years which is not a good thing if you want to keep your GDP high.
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  274.  @fuckas..r  I guess the answer to your question depends who you are asking. Trump had very low popularity in the EU and outside US in general but strong support in America and in particular countries or zones having issues with China such as Hong Kong,Taiwan, India and Australia.
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  275.  @TihetrisWeathersby  Swede here we do not have socialism here, I know we have a huge party named the "Social demokraterna" (Social democrats) but they are actually not socialists. We have a party called "Vänstern" (the left) they used to be called the Swedish communist party before they changed their names they are socialists but they have never been in power though most Swedes are not really into socialism (their election results are in the single digits). The Social Democrats have been in power a lot of times during the last 50 years but they are a lot closer to capitalist than they are to socialism. In essence Sweden is a capitalist country with a welfare system you may call it a middle ground between socialism and capitalism if you want but truth is we are a lot closer to capitalism than we are socialism. Our markets are in some cases more free and open than in the US.
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  276.  @ThePandaKZ  That's how Realpolitik works, the US does not impose sanctions on Israel because they are their only reliable ally in the Middle East a region where many hate their guts. You don't sanction your friends you sanction your enemies. Venezuela aligns itself with China, Iran, Russia, Cuba and Syria. Do you see a pattern here? We can talk about what is fair and what is right but at the end of the day nations will do what's in their best interest. YES they will try to explain it in a manner that makes it sound more reasonable but at the end of the day they engage in diplomatic or political policies based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than strictly binding itself to explicit ideological notions or moral and ethical premises.
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  277. It doesn't work that way, Europe's global GDP is huge, around 25% of the world economy. If we look at Africa which is the most resource rich continent in the world it's only 2.8% of global GDP and it's not really growing that well. Resources doesn't mean a thing if you cannot refine or have the capital or know-how to manufacture finished products.
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  278. 40% of the Russian state's revenue is from their oil. You do realize they need this foreign currency to buy things from other countries right? Very few countries accept the Rubel when they are selling things to Russia. So you think magically a random state is going to be knocking on Russia's door with a order making up for the US and EU which is Russia's biggest customers? That's not how it works. It takes time to shift supply routes and find new business partners you cannot just do these things overnight.
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  279. Sorry to say but it doesn't look like Russia is coming out strong at all. 1 Month and counting.. tic tac... tic tac....
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  280. You are assuming all sanctions will be lifted as soon as the war ends, which I don't think is the case. Some of the sanctions will be there for a very long time.
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  281.  @aghileshemdani3144  It is, Israel is a nation of immigrants from many different nations and backgrounds. They have a much higher GDP and a much more advanced society than the countries surrounding it.
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  282. Yeah pretty much or take in people with similar values. For example these days we have a lot of Ukrainians coming in and these guys make little to no problems at all.
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  283. Yes that sounds pretty normal that they would prioritize EU citizens, I went to China to work myself and foreigners are not allowed to have any job that a Chinese citizen can perform. Even though it was a real painful and time consuming experience to try get a work-permit I feel this is just a way for the nation to prioritize their own citizens first and I cannot really say they are wrong even though I was myself over-qualified compared to the native Chinese citizens that got the job.
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  284. You need an apartment to get married in China. Also to send your kids to public schools you are required to own an apartment in the same district as the school.
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  285. What do you want? Laws within laws to account for every specific scenario? What would that look like? All men between 18-60 cannot leave the country ALSO all previous men now identifying as women, animals, books, electronics, soundwaves, property and so on has are also not allowed to leave. You realize how ridiculous that would be trying to make a law accounting for all deviation?
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  286. They also pissed off every Nato member by delaying to accept Sweden for so long.
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  287.  @TagmatonDomestikon  Solely responsible for both world wars? Did you miss history class how the first world war started?
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  288.  @jutswheezie  Well if the US did not care they would not be the top UN donor by miles. But perhaps you are right - maybe it's time the US stopped caring and withdrew all funding.
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  289. Why would I respect the faith that says I am an infidel for not sharing it's belief?
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  290. There is 8400g of Tritium in the Pacific ocean, there is 3g Tritium in the Fukushima wastewater. If you are concerned about it you should never have fed seafood to your son in the first place.
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  291.  @ddzhou3630  just because you are against it doesn't mean it's fine spreading false information. If you think it's a bad thing you can explain it using facts that are real instead of making things up so it sounds more scary.
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  292.  @Lamin_G  I don't need a lawyer to tell me what the IAEA report says, it's readily available on their website and it's in English - I have read it myself. On the very first page it says: the effects on the environment and people are expected to be negligible. I don't doubt Mr. Gao's intelligence it's just if there is something wrong with my body I go to the hospital to see a doctor, not a plumber. My point is his profession doesn't invalidate his claims but at the end of the day he is a lawyer discussing nuclear science, I would have liked to see a nuclear scientist as a guest talking about the risk. I would have expected more scientists to step forward and say it's not safe, not just Chinese scientists but surely if this is such dangerous thing there would be scientists from all over the world speaking out. This is not even making the news outside of Asia.
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  293.  @BuriBuster  All their professional soldiers are in Ukraine the rest of them are just conscripts or assigned to civilian or guard duties. They are not active service members with experience just teens with guns and limited training.
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  294.  @westyork937  lol no... can't see any tape on them with that resolution, zoomed all the way in. Nothing. Nice try though lol.
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  295.  @pavelperina7629  It's just training and discipline. These guys are poorly trained and lack discipline - it's like sending random civilians into war of course they will run if not properly trained.
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  296.  @kalsarikannit9587  The US has been training Ukrainian soldiers for a very long time, for example the green berets has been in Ukraine for sometime. The British have also been there training them, even my country (Sweden) has been training Ukrainian soldiers up until the Russian invasion last month. I am sure there are more nations involved in this.
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  297.  @alexorehowski3387  Because it was UN sanctioned and the member states voted on it.
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  298. a default is a default. That's what you get for invading your neighbours - third world economy.
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  299. well at least we can use it for toilet paper I guess.
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  300. nobody is expecting them to pay their bills, now the penalties will keep adding up and nobody in their right mind will invest or make loans to Russia.
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  301.  @alexorehowski3387  All sanctioned by the UN, even Russia and China did not vote NO on those ones. How many nations voted to invade Ukraine?
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  302. A default is a default. Who would've thought invading another country would have consequences.
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  303. Just as any battle between 2 rival super powers there is a propaganda war going on from both sides. I do agree with your overall point just like to add my thoughts to 2 of your points. Your first point about China being safe, yes and no. It's very safe walking down the street in pretty much any neighborhood even late night or early morning compared to America. Social media and free speech is where I would say no. You need to be very careful what you say in China as it could get you into a lot of problems. Sing part of the national anthem in a silly tone and you will have the police knocking at your door (yes this actually happened to a famous Chinese social media figure). You noticed all these FB posts and tweets about Trump being an idiot? Yeah please don't try that in China about the Chinese president you will regret it. There are so many topics, people and opinions you simply should stay clear off in China that might get you arrested. You won't get robbed on the street but post that innocent tweet about Taiwan and you might be up for a visit to the police station. Your second point about elected officials only answering to cash and corporations YES I agree. China is not much better though president Xi's anti corruption campaign is up to 1.3 MILLION government officials in prison on corruption charges - I think it's safe to assume there is corruption at government level wherever you go unfortunately. Like I said I do agree with your overall point, I'd say just let China keep whatever political system they so desire. If they want to change it then it's their responsibility to do so we should not interfere in regime changes in other countries. Whatever you say about the Chinese system you can't deny it has many advantages and as an emerging super power they must be doing something right.
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  304. By that time they have had 2 years to find something that sticks, if they didn't find anything with all this time and resources they are either incompetent or there is nothing. Let the republicans have their turn and investigate Biden or Pelosi for 2 years and you guys can take turns investigating each other wasting tax payer dollars...
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  305. Yes stop sending foreign aid money there please. Palestine will economy is just our foreign aid money.
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  306.  @yehyasheikh4820  Syrians were using Soviet tanks and gear. Just when Alexander went to destroy the Persians it's a story of Quality vs Quantity. Syrians had the numbers but lacked training, morale and a competent officer core.
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  307. It's not just Shanghai foreigners all over China are leaving. My wife is Chinese and she loves her country and the CCP even she is telling me we need to leave as soon as we can.
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  308.  @rheejin9987  Then you clearly don't understand political terms, just because one side wins an election in a landslide doesn't mean it's suddenly a dictatorship. Come next election you can still vote him out can you not? A dictatorship would be if President Moon said there won't be anymore elections and he will be the president for life - now that would be a dictatorship. Can't believe I actually have to explain this, don't they teach this in your school system?
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  309.  @rheejin9987  What do you expect, there is little love for dictatorships in the western world.
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  310. I think you don't know the real meaning of the word execution
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  311. If you come at the king you best not miss.
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  312.  @albertopendola2201  to be fair pretty much all communist states in the world are militaristic and dictatorships with fascist influences, aren't they? I mean we have North Korea, China, Venezuela and so on. All those states are pretty much militaristic fascist dictatorships aren't they? Communism seems to go hand in hand with fascism and dictatorship.
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  313.  @jjiale  China and Russia already release nuclear wastewater into the ocean, so does the UK, US and France. Why do you think there are protocols to release nuclear wastewater into the ocean? Because nations have been doing it for as long as we've had nuclear powerplants.
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  314. Yep it's mostly about reputational damage which will result in economical losses, the ocean and the environment won't change much.
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  315.  @youme1414  It's not really big news outside of China and Russia though. We have been releasing nuclear wastewater into the ocean ever since we opened the first nuclear powerplant. It's not really anythning new.
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  316.  @SnakeP1tPoetry  What did they win? It's one of the poorest region in Europe. Even Greece which has one of the lowest GDP per capita in the EU has double Serbia's GDP per capita. If the price was a shitty poor life for your citizen then yes Serbia won big time. Congrats.
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  317. Egypt doesn't want them, Egypt has been offered Gaza too but declined. Take a look at the Danish study on the Palestinians they took in 1992 and see how many of them got a criminal record then you will understand why. (Spoiler: It's well over half of them).
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  318.  @PixelShade  Lol Malmö... I figured it was someone living in a small city thinking like this, try applying this to a real city with millions of people. Malmö wouldn't even be considered a city in a lot of countries.
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  319. The politicians drafting suggestions like this fly private jets which is one of the dirtiest modes of transport on the planet when commercial flights and trains are available.
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  320. It's just politics, everyone agrees we need to protect the environment it's how we need to do it and how far we need to go that differs. I am guessing whoever said that is on the right and likewise I would assume the other extreme on the left would blame capitalism for everything. That's just politicians for you. Most people are in the middle and are totally fine to combine both capitalism with measures to protect the environment.
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  321.  @nonyabisness6306  The EU defensive alliance is very vague and is still being debated if it's mandatory or not.
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  322. No, the agreement you are talking about in the EU is very vague and is still being debated if it's mandatory or not. It's in no way a guarantee and the funny part is that Sweden has always downplayed this clause as non-binding as we were unwilling to be dragged into any war through our EU membership. Now that we are threatened we are trying to highlight this like it's a mandatory defensive pact like NATO but it's not and it's still being debated to this day if this clause is mandatory or not and what it actually mean.
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  323. NATO has said that it wants Sweden and Finland to join and should they apply their application will be handled swiftly. For several reasons NATO have been very hesitant to add Georgia, Ukraine and Bosnia. In those cases it's about politics. When it comes to Sweden and Finland they offer very strategical advantages to defend the Baltic NATO members.
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  324. Also Swedish if Finland joins that's a guarantee Sweden will join in my opinion at least.
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  325. @David Alvarez I don't know which aspect you are going for being like a European country but their economy is very weak and they are authoritarian. I guess there could be some similarities but I don't know if you can find many Europeans that would actually agree that Turkey is like a European country. As an example Turkey in the EU is very controversial and there are not many Europeans that want this to happen.
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  326.  @icup4318  NATO has no agreements about handing over political opposition figures to each other. Besides EU and US are democracies you cannot just hand over individuals for political reasons. Turkey would actually have to prove that these individuals committed crimes that would constitute as crimes in the states they are currently residing. Just because Erdogan says they are BAD DUDES does not mean we can simply ship them off like that, that's not how it works in countries where the political system and the judiciary are separated.
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  327.  @coconutshrimp707  You need pipelines to send gas you cannot just change your trading partners without first building pipelines to your new customers. Russia has the capability to send 38 billion CM3 to Asia at a discount while they right now sell about 200 Billion CM3 to Europe at premium high prices.
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  328.  @birdyflying4240  The pipelines to Asia can support a capacity of 38 Billion CM3, Europe buys 200 billion CM3. Yeah the EU will suffer but Russia will lose out on selling 80% of their gas too. LNG by ship is expensive and you cannot transport a huge quantity that way. Even if you could send 200 Billion CM3 to Asia China only uses 16.5 Billion CM3 of gas so who's going to buy the remaining 180ish?
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  329. Didn't the Right sector and Svoboda and 3 other right wing parties join together in 2019 and get like 2%ish? Doesn't sound like a big right wing problem to me back home (Sweden) our right-wing anti immigration party got 17.5% LOL.
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  330. Sorry I don't see the big deal, the guy said the Azov battalion/regiment are 1000 men and about 10-20% of them identifies as Nazis. So you have 100-200 Nazis in your army. I am pretty sure most armed forces have more than 200 Nazis in their armies.
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  331.  @bobroberts2581  Then why did Apple agree to this then... They signed off on it now it's time to follow up on what they agreed upon.
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  332. Yeah of course the deportation issues needs to follow Swedish law and the Swedish constitution why would they want to suddenly adapt Turkish law? That makes little sense. Sweden is not a Turkish vassal, they have their own set of laws and regulations to follow.
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  333.  @JAKE-ng8yr  Turkey is not in NATO for it's army size, it's there because strategic position. Army size matters little in war. The Americans needed only 30.000 soldiers to take Baghdad a city with a 8-9 million population in the Iraq war. Quality will always beat quantity any day of the week. Numbers won't do you any good if they turn and run as soon as they get into battle.
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  334. Why? They just said they will look into the extradition requests that's it. Nobody has been extradited yet and probably will not be they just promised to take another look at it. Turkey got their weapons and Erdogan was happy with that. This was never about Kurds just F16s.
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  335. All they said is that they will look into it. Nobody will get extradited.
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  336. The way things are looking it's more likely another major EU nation will leave the EU before any of the candidates would accepted.
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  337.  @Jay-hr3rh  Well it is getting what it's asking for... they go around trying to expand on their neighbours behalf and now half the world treats them like the warmongers they are. If they want to become the next North Korea then let's respect their wishes and help them get there.
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  338. I think the Mongols should reinstate Moscow as their vassal, that's only fair as it was back in the good old days.
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  339.  @ibrahimmansour615  Hey how can you burn holy books that's so wrong man. OH BTW ima go burn a holy book myself now. Yep didn't expect anything less from you guys. If you cannot handle it then simple don't go to Sweden. Nobody is forcing you to. You are too sensitive.
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  340. So... basically what was shown in the video was a woman complaining that there was a biological male in the female restroom. How is this transphobic? I mean I am a guy so if you want to throw men and women into the same restroom then I don't mind but I can understand how some women would not feel safe going to the toilet amongst men. Which I guess is the whole reason why we have male and female restrooms in the first place. It's like yeah I get it we don't want to discriminate against that one trans person that wants to go to the toilet but by allowing it you discriminate against all women that don't want to share a restroom with a biological man.
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  341.  @nevermore4280  Canada has sanctions against Iran so yes it is a crime in Canada, I am not sure what you are smoking. Why do you get so upset, the Chinese government arrests foreigners all the time without giving a reason or excuse - I don't hear you complaining about that lol.
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  342. why should they though? It's all politics nothing else.
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  343.  @darrenjamrock2677  So Hamas tried to even it out, is that your point? Well good for them now they doomed Gaza - was it worth it?
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  344.  @FOLIPE  Democracies don't really go to war with each other that's very rare. It's more likely they stay on friendly terms and international relations are usually very good between democratic nations. Obviously there are a few exceptions out there like the Balkan wars but generally democracies rarely declare war on each other.
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  345. NATO has nothing to do with economics it's a defensive alliance. Sweden only relies on Russian oil and gas for about 5% of their electricity. I doubt it will make a dent
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  346. Article 42 is not binding and is still being debated what it actually means. Sweden and Finland has been spending decades downplaying this article as void.
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  347.  @thelikesofus324  What? The US invaded Iraq with less than 200k men. They took Baghdad with around 30k soldiers lost only 34. Iraq had 400k soldiers at the time and 600k reserves. Yes you are right, they are using different tactics - do you know why? Because the US forces are better and retained air superiority very quickly. Meanwhile Russia would love to employ US tactics but they lack the capability to enforce air superiority and the communication and skills to combine air-navy-ground operations. In the US army the Navy, Airforce and Infantry will work as one in the Russian army individual infantry divisions fail to co-operate. It's not like the Russians use a different tactic because they want to they just simply do not possess the ability to do what the US army does.
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  348. Yep, however some are worse than others.
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  349.  @stpuwl468  They care because China made an international ratified agreement to keep HK autonomy until 2047 and not force laws upon it. 1 Country 2 systems, ring a bell? I guess that is all over now, 1 country 1 system is the new thing.
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  350. Well unfortunately the CCP censorship can't do anything about foreigners using their freedom of speech on a free platform (youtube). The reason people are making a fuss about HK is because nobody really likes China anymore so you better get used to videos and comments like this, anti-China sentiment is very high these days because of the virus.
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  351.  @tendingourgarden  The Astra and Johnson versions have pretty horrible results against Delta and Omicron. Probably better off not getting them at this point even if it's the only option you have available.
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  352. hahaha
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  353. The guy is a politician that's what they do, if they were honest they wouldn't be politicians in the first place.
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  354.  @davidwilliams6832  Just check the Stats from Israel how many people are vaccinated and then how many people are catching COVID every day. Talk about effectivness!
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  355. Yes! I never understood why people who have the vaccine are so fussed about others. If you have taken the vaccine and really believe that it works and will protect you from catching COVID then you have nothing to fear from people not getting vaccinated.
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  356. They are allies. Why are the Palestinians friendly with, and receiving support from China, don't they care about their oppressed Uyghur brothers and sisters? Truth is it's politics, always has been and always will be.
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  357. It's likely but it's not "evidence" it's speculation at best. It would help if the Palestinian authority could confirm which type of ammunition it was if it's the type of ammunition that the Israelis use then that would be pretty obvious. Now all we have are people saying Israel was in the area which makes it likely they shot her but it's not exactly evidence. It would be nice to have some kind of confirmation that it was the Israelis that shot her and after that we could determine if it's a mistake or not. Now we can only guess.
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  358.  @BedroomHistorianOfficialYT  Why would the Israelis kill her, she's American. If they really are going to target kill a journalist it sounds like picking the American is not the wisest move.
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  359. Basic chemistry keyword: Dilution. Many things are dangerous in concentrated form but fine when it's diluted.
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  360.  @peterwallace7015 Following the war abouit 300.000 Russians have been estimated to have fled Russia, most of them young men. I wonder why.
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  361. Not really, nobody knows yet who actually shot her. The investigation is still ongoing.
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  362.  @AtifAli-dc6cr  It's not yet been confirmed if she was hit by an Israeli soldier or not
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  363.  @RakNtaK  Then why was it given from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR in 1953?
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  364. They are called the Finnish army they go and "finish" the job ^_^
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  365.  @papiii_chulo  Never going to happen.
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  366.  @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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  367. @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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  368.  @OZ-hn2sh Well at least the hero knew how to spell English words.
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  369.  @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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  370. 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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  371.  @inso80  Erdogan wants them to add "Trust me br0" as a legitimate reason for extradition in Turkish - Swedish/Finish affairs.
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  372.  @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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  373.  @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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  374. NATO is not a democracy if it then 51% support would be enough.
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  375.  @_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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  376.  @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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  377. 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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  378. 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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  379. Skilled personnel don't come to the west on Tourist visas my man.
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  380. There are no western armies in Ukraine, nice try though.
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  381. Blame Russia, they made this happen.
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  382.  @egelisk4943  They won't leave Turkey relies on NATO and NATO relies on Turkey, in terms of military power and strategic position Turkey is a very good addition and Turkey needs NATO weapons and military assistance if Russia should encroach on Turkish borders. Not a match made in heaven but it's a convenient one for both parties.
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  383.  @67rdd  Didn't Turkey attack Greece in Cyprus and NATO did nothing or did I misunderstand that part of history? I think that was 1974 and Greece left NATO after that to re-join later. (I might be wrong)
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  384. You know what he means, is it such a big deal you are going to cry about it?
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  385. You're not allowed to support Israel anymore? What's wrong with supporting our only Ally in the Middle East?
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  386. If that's the case then I guess he has a point, let's not promote hatred towards Jews and Israelis.
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  387. Keep it to NATO, thanks. EU has enough nations providing very little and requiring a lot of financial support.
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  388. He's also a billionaire. Imagine that. He is living in absolute luxury while his "people" is dying in poverty.
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  389.  @joek600  It is divisive and controversial, the old USSR states have been removing USSR monuments ever since the fall of and liberation of their nations. Even the former USSR states doesn't want to have those monuments on their territory.
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  390.  @terrioestreich4007  Actually the problem people have been having is with the tanks and the soldier statue, the graves or the fallen soldiers people don't seem to mind. I think it will eventually be removed (The tanks and the soldier) and be made into a museum or perhaps a park with the gravesite
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  391. They made a treaty to preserve all memorials and monuments of the USSR as part of the USSR moving out of East Germany. What they could do however like many previous Soviet states have done is to build a building around and make it into an archive or moving it to an archiving facility. The treaty only specifies they need to preserve it not that they have to keep it in public view.
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  392. We used to have Statues of Stalin all over the place, after 1990 and the fall of the USSR they all got toppled and beheaded. Good riddance I say.
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  393. Ask the people of the former USSR states in eastern Europe if they were "liberated" by the soviets or not. There is a reason only Russians remember the USSR fondly - they put their boot on the rest of the Soviet states and subjugated them for 50 years. The end of the war saw the fall of the fascist state in Germany and the Rise of the Fascist state in the USSR. I do agree with you though that the Soviets saved the world from Nazism, unfortunately they brought Communism to all of their neighbours though. Thankfully they are free now (or well I guess it's still left to be seen if Ukraine will stay free or not)
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  394. There are some still standing yes, others have been removed it depends which specific ones you mean. Not all of them are still standing, some have been removed or vandalized.
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  395.  @hegaliandialectics4289  Well to be fair even the old nations of the USSR are removing Soviet monuments. Even the victors are ashamed it would seem.
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  396. The US and Brits helped rebuild Germany and have been close allies ever since, I doubt Germans mind American or British memorials.
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  397. There is another joke Berliners say about it that you might like. They say the reason the bronze statue could not raise his arm any higher is because it was too heavy from all the clocks and watches he had put on his arm that he got from looting and stealing from the citizens of Berlin. Probably another well earned jab.
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  398. Well they also said the soldier statue was unable to raise his arm any higher because of all the watches he had stolen from the German homes. Seeing the Russian soldiers looting Ukrainian homes that part did not change much either.
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  399.  @elliotyourarobot  So much hate, did an American steal your girlfriend or something?
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  400. A lot of Eastern Europe only received their freedoms after the fall of the USSR. We can be thankful but let's not pretend the Soviets were angels and did not oppress Eastern Europe for decades.
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  401. There are plenty of Russians in Berlin still.
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  402. There has been several calls to remove the tanks already and I wouldn't be surprised to see them gone after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Perhaps Putin will agree I heard the Russians started to use old equipment. Perhaps they need to use those tanks in Ukraine.
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  403. lol
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  404.  @harmdallmeyer6449  The guy is pro Russian so he has a problem with all of the West right now. The EU countries in particular.
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  405.  @jsb331  Because the other 17 shots actually work and will make you 99.9% immune and are proper vaccines tested for decades while this new shot does not grant immunity at all.
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  406. some things you cannot make people do, even in the military. Imagine the US military forcing everyone to become Christians nah soldiers are still protected by the bill of rights and religious exempts should be upheld regardless.
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  407. Nope, that's a GOP party rule not a house rule. One which they can choose to waive at any time. Not a problem here - all they need to do is change their party rules.
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  408.  @StephenKershaw1  Haha the tantrums I love it, showing the real side of liberals. Cannot handle political opposition.
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  409.  @Phoenix-in-flight  Truly transitioning is impossible, so far there is no way to alter your chromosomes no matter how hard you try.
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  410.  @danielj8085  They are when they insist on talking about sexuality to minors.
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  411. If you are talking about California like in this case it's one of the most left/democrat leaning professions in the state and are ironically also the people being part of the California teaching association that is pushing for critical race theory. To practice what you preach is apparently very difficult for these people.
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  412.  @baddapplesauce  Just because you are a civil rights activist in the 50s and 60s doesn't mean you are 100% pure and have no flaws. It is pretty well known that the guy hated Jews with a passion it has been well documented and even being an influential member of Nation of Islam, the organization that denied the Holocaust in the 50s and 60s. I think it's important while we can celebrate these figures for their roles in the civil rights movement we can at the same time point out that they were not by any means perfect and they held racist and hateful opinions themselves.
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  413.  @zeanu2015  Yeah, totally true - USA created Genghis Khan and the Mongol hordes. They also created the Shia vs Sunni conflict.
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  414.  @alanssshh  I am pretty sure the Taiwanese populace don't care too much they can go vote and have total freedom of control over their own destiny regardless. Their life will be the same no matter if 200 countries recognize them or just 1.
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  415.  @Daisy999  Japan has already said it will help Taiwan maybe that will be enough, if not USA will probably intervene they have a strategic interest in the region keeping Japan strong.
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  416. Obviously China does otherwise they would not make a big deal out of it
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  417. 90% WTF are you on about. My country imported 1% of our total energy needs from Russia before the war..... 90%.... Geez now that's an over exaggeration. Germany used to import 40% now they are down to 9.5%.
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  418. They are not shocked, they have stored a F ton of gas since this war started. Germany went from 55% of their gas coming from Russia to 9.5% at present day. Germany's gas reserves are 90% filled, they have been preparing for this scenario for months now. It will still hurt them but they have been aware this would happen sooner or later.
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  419. Kneeling down Europe? I am from a Northern European country, our import of Russian energy was 1% before the war. You're mostly talking about countries like Germany and Italy for most European countries we already kept Russian energy reliance to a minimum. Germany and Italy are paying the price for their mistakes, for the rest of us life goes on. Before you start talking about increased gas prices - 2% of the energy in my country is gas so yeah. TLDR not all EU countries are the same.
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  420. what you mean good move? They will accept they just made some demands that's all. They want Sweden and Finland to lift their arms embargo on Turkey then they will accept.
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  421.  @crakermac3818  NATO has had military co-operation and joint exercises with Finland and Sweden for a long time and they are NATO partners already. They are not hiding behind anyone, leading NATO members has wanted them to join for a very long time. Turkey won't say no they are just negotiating, they are already in a tough spot in the NATO alliance after doing weapons deals with Russia in 2019 so they won't dare to be the only country to say NO.
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  422.  @dotmarceo  UN Resolution 781, Resolution 787, Resolution 816 and Resolution 820. The UN asked NATO to assist the UN Protection Force to implement these resolutions in Bosnia/Yugoslavia. If you are going to blame someone you should blame the UN countries that voted to implement these resolution. Spoiler alert nobody voted against it, yes even Russia voted yes.
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  423. NATO did not do anything Sweden and Finland applied for membership now it's up for each NATO member to make their own decision about if they should accept or decline that's all.
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  424.  Roopak Singh  NATO members has no influence over every single foreign policy adapted by other member states. If the US wants to go to Somalia let them do so, has nothing to do with the rest of us. NATO is a DEFENSIVE alliance, do you know what DEFENSIVE means?
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  425. Did you even watch the video? Turkey will accept Sweden and Finland they just want them to lift their arms embargo. All you had to do was watch the video and you would have known that lol.
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  426.  @hpw-ws6bj  Really? is that why the Chinese have a special phrase for poorly constructed buildings and roads coined by it's own CCP premier? 豆腐渣工程 - Tofu-dreg project. Sounds like the CCP leadership did not have very high thoughts about Chinese infrastructure and buildings.
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  427. It's okay it's just a political move, he wants some concessions from America. PPK is considered a terrorist organization in Sweden so his claim that the Swedish government co-operate with this organization is just BS. Like I said he is just bargaining for favours.
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  428.  @truthseeker9817  NATO is a defensive alliance, you think that means NATO has to get involved in civil wars? And political intrigues of all it's member states? NATO is not there to protect Erdogan from his political rivals they are there to protect Turkey if any nation attacks them.
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  429.  @Th3D3mons  That's okay if Turkey doesn't want to be a part of NATO and is the only country causing frictions between NATO members then perhaps it's time they found an alliance that suits them better.
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  430. What do you mean the UK and the US? Sweden and Finland's governments decided this by themselves that they want to join. France and Germany is not blocking of course not why would they do that? France and Germany are very close to Sweden and Finland they are all EU countries. They have nothing to gain from refusing.
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  431.  @nigelralphmurphy2852  why? Her approval rating was less than 30% when she left. I think the numbers speak for themselves. Even Trump was more popular than she was.
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  432. Maintaining a good image outward while not doing anything for the citizen of the country you are supposed to lead? God help us all if this is what a good politician is supposed to be like.
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  433. She was good at taking away freedoms that's for sure.
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  434. Plenty of nations in the world with equal access to US guns that does not turn into a free for all gang nation though.
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  435.  @cliveklg7739  I cannot speak for him but for me it's about the parents. If you are okay with your child going to a drag show that is fine you can go for it but if some parents don't want that then you have to respect that. You cannot just invite drag shows to schools without letting the parents know or getting everyone's consent. Don't pretend you know better what's good for the child over the child's parents. If you are an adult you can do whatever you want but if we are talking about minors the problem is they are not old enough to give consent and you have to respect their parents. Especially when they are below 15.
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  436. The problem is teachers are inviting them to schools and kindergartens, sometimes without the parents consent or knowledge.
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  437. CNN NBC etc is not much better. Alternative media is where you find real news.
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  438. I used to like Vice now I just get disappointed, they have become a political org.
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  439. Every problem in the world can be boiled down to a political Democrat vs Republican issue for some people. I am surprised you did not blame Trump for this one lol.
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  440. I saw an interview with a cartel member and he said that the cartels are only as big as the government allow them to be. I think that's the sad truth, the higher up politicians are making big money on the cartels and they make sure they stay in business.
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  441.  @Ln384  Never drive your vehicle at high speed at anybody, especially not cops 10 times out of 10 they will shoot. It's a no brainer. Either he was too high to understand that or he was just simply willing to take that risk. Either way no innocents were hurt thankfully.
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  442. yeah man why can't these silly white people let us steal cars without interrupting us man. Woooord bro I am just looking to steal cars I ain't given anybody no problems. Damn racists not letting me steal cars.
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  443. Basically your body is telling you to GTFO or you will die.
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  444. ​ @susanluvsrobbyfox  Do you know the definition of hypocrite? I guess I will try to clarify it to you, IF you say "I am for a mandatory mask law, everybody has to wear masks!" and then you don't wear a mask yourself, then yes, you are a hypocrite. As far as I know Trump has said he does not want to make it mandatory for Americans to wear a mask so I don't see how not wearing one himself is being a hypocrite. He is not a mask advocate. I am not a big fan of Trump but if the choice is between today's democratic party leaders and Trump then that's a very easy choice. I will pick the lesser evil any day of the week thank you very much.
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  445. You don't have to believe everything your government says you know.
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  446.  @samboreas3812  Turkey Gondor? A bunch of white guys with blue eyes? Yeah right LOL
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  447. It's political Erdogan is not doing that well and there is an election coming up. He needs this for political points and while it makes little sense in a foreign relations perspective he is more concern about his domestic situation. He knows this is an issue the Turkish people can relate to and he is using it to play tough to get support for his re-election. Once he is re-elected then he can make a compromise and let them in.
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  448. I don't agree with all your points but I do agree it should not be used as a bargaining chip. Turkey should just say yes or no, now they are demanding lawmakers to be handed over and laws to be changed. If you don't want them in just say No and be done with it it's a military alliance not a bazaar lol.
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  449. ​ @bigboyrambo2009  So basically you think democracy is all about race? It's a political system dude. You really have no idea do you? Some people make everything about race, race has nothing to do with it.
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  450.  @bigboyrambo2009  I am just trying to explain to you how the political process works in Sweden when you run for office. If you don't understand basic democracy 101 then that's your problem, not mine. I don't particularly like her as she is a communist but that is irrelevant to how the political system works. Different political opinions are allowed, if you have trouble grasping that then I am just going to assume you are not from a democratic country.
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  451. Thanks, I prefer to still use Turkey.
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  452. It's not personal it's just Erdogan playing bazaar again. He has an election coming up and he needs money to build another palace soon ^_^.
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  453. Sweden and Finland applied together, Turkey wanted to negotiate separately but both countries have declined. It's either both or none.
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  454. Russia is in no way shape or form able to meet the requirements to join NATO and EU in the first place.
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  455. Ukraine can go and surrender tomorrow if they want, nobody is forcing them to drag out the war that is their choice regardless of how much supplies and aid they get their fate is in their own hands.
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  456.  @123321ps  I think it's better if you use CCP instead of China, Taiwan is already owned by Chinese - just not the CCP kind of Chinese. Nobody is disputing that Taiwan is Chinese it's just a question which Chinese, the CCP or the republic of China. Both of them are Chinese, just different parties.
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  457. Using firewood inside small apartments doesn't sound very safe does it lol. The winters in Europe are cold, I am from the North of Europe our winters are usually between -20 and -30 and could go all the way down to -40 in the northern parts of my country. We're lucky as gas only constitutes 2% of our energy needs but not all Northern countries are the same for example the average Norwegian uses more gas than the average German while the average Swede uses 10 times less gas than their European counterparts.
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  458. If you think Europe is facing instability look at what the increased food and fuel prices are doing to the third world right now. Sri Lanka is only the first one to fall.
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  459. Nah it was not a mistake from Russia, it was like that by design by Putin as he hoped it would allow him to do whatever he wanted without a European response. It worked great for him in 2014 when he took Crimea.
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  460. Yes! Where I am from our winters are between -20 and -30. Now I live in a country where it doesn't even snow in winter and temperatures usually never drop below 0. However I am so much colder here because it's cold inside.
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  461. Norway is already selling at a great capacity. The big potential is in the Netherlands where they have huge deposits of natural gas that they didn't tap into for a very long time
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  462. They wouldn't though because they need the money, besides it's a global world. Remember the American financial crisis of 2008 the people that suffered the most were not Americans, it was the third world. Plunging Europe into depression would throw the whole world into a depression. And yes it will hurt Europe but not as bad as the poorer parts of the world.
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  463. Alberta, -50 °C? are you crazy? The coldest month in Alberta is January with an average of -5 to -15°C . I can tell you don't know much about Europe in my home country and city the coldest month is January with an average temperature is -9.9°C to -15.7°C. A winter below -20 is pretty normal here and it can drop down a lot colder than that. Last year our coldest day we had -37,5°C in November. Anyway Europe has a northern part too not everyone lives in the south, at least you learned something today.
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  464.  @markdickson3820  Thankfully the Netherlands have started tapping in to their massive gas deposits which hopefully could start to have an impact on the price once they get set up.
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  465. Lol welcome to come visit us here in the Northern parts of Sweden, no heating with -30 outside? Good luck xD. That being said gas is only 2% of our energy needs so we're fine but our Neighbours are not so lucky.
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  466. Depends on which Eu country you view it from. For the East and the North of EU the quality and state of the mattress doesn't matter - the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Buying a leaking air mattress and fixing it will be to the detriment of their enemies and is worth it. For countries like Germany it's a bad deal since it will cost a lot to fix the mattress and it will make their sugar daddy angry leading to them being cut off from his money (energy in this case).
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  467. If Germany falls it will be felt in the whole world, not just Europe.
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  468. Your name is perfect, Ivan. "When asked if they believe Ukraine will win the war, 98% said yes. With regard to President Zelensky, 91% of Ukrainians approve of his job performance". That's from August 2022 from the IRI polls. Even if Ukraine would accept a peace deal and giving parts of East and South Russia will still come back in 5 years and invade them again. So there really is little point to accept territorial concessions. Russia will only use them as a springboard for their next invasion.
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  469. A weak Russia is in the US best interest though, eventually Russia will go for the Baltic states or Poland and then the US will be dragged into a war with Russia that will be even more costly than funding Ukraine today. You think it's expensive to fund Ukraine just wait until you see the bill for an all out war with Russia when they attack our NATO allies. As for US student loans I fail to see the correlation, stopping Russia has major benefits for US interests and national security. Student loan debt is something that benefits... well the people that have student loans.... lol I mean it's great if you got student loans to pay off I suppose but it's not really a question of national security, is it?
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  470.  @AntonSobyanin  Ask the former USSR states in Eastern Europe what that liberation looked like. The first thing they did when they gained their freedom when the USSR fell was to remove all communist monuments and replace them with their own anti-communist heroes. Go to Poland, to the Baltic states, to Hungary and tell me how many monuments of Stalin you can find. They used to have a lot of them before the fall of the USSR. Now they have none. The only ones that miss the USSR is the Russians.
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  471. Simplified view only takes into account the short term. Once Russia wins in Ukraine and goes for the Baltic states which they have said they want you think that will be better to the bottom line of finances? The fact is that it's way cheaper to fund Ukraine today than it will be to fight an all out war against Russia in 5 years. You spend a little money today to save A LOT of money in 5 years.
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  472.  @sinoroman  Tell that to the Chinese leader, I am sure he agrees and will stop his ambitions to conquer it.
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  473.  @Manish-ud4sl  What is Endia?
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  474. Every country is flawed, some more than others. Yeah you are probably making the smart choice not trusting Chinese courts.
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  475.  @rejvaik00  It's not easy to pull off an amphibious assault and could pretty much only be done 2 or 3 months during each year due to the currents and weather conditions in the Taiwan straits. There is a reason the CCP has never gained control of Taiwan even though they have been open with having that ambition for 80 years.
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  476. It's an all out war in defence of their country, you fight with what you have this is not some operation on the other side of the world where you can pick and chose who gets sent.
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  477.  @eileenmcconnell8420  You are talking about a country that does not even make the top 40 list in terms of military spending against a military within the top 5. That they are still holding on is miracle in itself. On paper they should have lost within weeks.
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  478. You can't compare. In your country you have time to properly train and your army can pick and chose who gets sent to the combat zone. Ukraine is under attack and by the time those men would finish the same basic training as you did Kyiv might already be in Russian hands. It might sound harsh but you cannot compare being trained and prepared to be sent half across the world to fight and to having to fight in your own backyard. National defence is a whole different story and time is a resource in a whole different way than being sent to fight on foreign soil.
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  479.  @ramsankar.p2256  They are volunteers, how about you check up volunteers in the dictionary. If they do not wish to go to the frontlines they can simply quit and leave. They are there by their own free will, they volunteered.
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  480. Not always, sometimes your house will get demolished and you get a very low compensation or none at all.
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  481. Nobody is forcing them to join EU, you don't want to then just leave. If you want to then yeah you will have to bend.
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  482.  @Mike-fn4ti  No the UN standard is 1.90 dollars a day but China's national set poverty line is 0.9 dollars a day. They are not going by the UN standard they have their own standard which is much lower. That is the whole point when China says they have no more poverty they are talking about their own poverty line not the international poverty line.
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  483.  @DineshTwanabasu  No 140 dollars in China it not equivalent to 1400 dollars in the US LOL wtf. Been living in China for 6 years rent in a first tier Chinese city is 400-500 US dollars a month AT THE VERY MINIMUM and this is considered a good price. If you live in a second tier city you will be very lucky to get a rent below 200 dollars a month. 140 dollars does not even allow you to pay rent in most Chinese cities. Most of the people with this salary will live with their family as they lack the funds to afford buying or renting their own apartment. Hell just go to a MCdonalds in China and you will notice the price is actually twice as high for a big mac in China that it is in the US.
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  484. They are free to be annexed by the Russian state should they choose to.
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  485.  @Rayornick  Well obviously they don't want to get invaded by Russia.
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  486. You do know that your NATO allies such as Denmark, Norway and Germany has much more co-operation with YPG and other Kurdish group than Finland and Sweden. Furthermore the whole of NATO has an arms embargo on Turkey at the moment. I think it's funny you are talking about Turkish blood being spilled for "your enemies" when you are in an alliance with your "enemies" already according to your own definition of enemies. Sure I understand you don't want anymore "enemies" in the alliance but your alliance is already full of Turkish "enemies" as it is. Obviously this is not a big deal to the Turkish government, if the Arms embargo and "aiding of enemies" were such a big deal Turkey would have left NATO long time ago since pretty much every single NATO member are guilty of these two points.
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  487.  Thomas Gleri  You hate Israel so much you don't want to see peace in the Middle East?
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  488.  @cuscoothriyas5163  To be fair I did not like Trump's personality but I don't think his presidency turned out that bad. I mean I remember when Obama got elected i was excited and hoped for less American intervention in the world. Instead Obama ended his presidency with 8 years of constant war launching military raids into more countries. Meanwhile Trump, the guy we all feared would start world war 3 did not even start a single war. As for Joe Biden I do hope his presidency will be successful but I will believe it when I see it. Obama was very charismatic and a person of great character yet his presidency disappointed me so much.
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  489.  @cuscoothriyas5163  The motives and end goal is completely the same though. Make sure as many Americans get vaccinated as soon as possible and prioritize American citizens over sending vaccines overseas. Sure his other policies might look different but this one has exactly the same goals and motivations, Americans first. To be honest I am not American but I don't see why you would send vaccination doses overseas when your own population needs it.
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  490.  @pawtter_ink  That's normal though, just look at how China is operating in Asia drawing it's ocean border without regard of their neighbours and Russia claiming territory from their neighbours left and right. If you are the big dog in your area you take advantage. At the end of the day ALL nations operate on what's in their interest just some nations have more sway than others. If Venezuela had the GDP and military might of the US they would do the same.
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  491. ​ @SqueekyClean976  Then why have the Russians continued to sell oil and gas to the EU and US all these years when they have markets in Asia that are more friendly towards them? After all they allegedly have a bigger market down there than they do in EU and US? Truth is that any "decent economist" would tell you things are not that simple. China's electric grid as an example is 70% driven by coal they have no need for oil or gas for their electricity consumption like the EU and US. If you ever been to China you would know most people still use electric scooters over cars and their electric car market is really strong. Furthermore no "decent economist" is positive about China's economic situation right now with all the lockdowns and big companies going bankrupt. Companies are moving their factories to Vietnam and India because basic things such as China cannot supply their factories with electricity anymore. Just take a look at the Chinese stock market right now it's a biiig biiig mess.
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  492.  @scpatl4now  That was before, with these new gas prices it looks like most independents and quite a few democrats are jumping ship.
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  493.  @ben5056  That's not the problem, 70% of China's energy is coal driven. They have no need to buy the amount that the US and EU does as we're more reliant on oil to produce energy than they are. Even if Putin wants to China doesn't need the same quantity as the US and Europe.
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  494. You won't care much about your net zero 2050 goal when you are freezing to death because there is no electricity
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  495. Not really this will accelerate the US and other countries to start ramping up their own oil production as they realize it's not in their strategic interest to rely on other nations for their own energy needs.
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  496. I agree they should follow Norway and start exploiting their own oil resources. Norway is filthy rich because of their vast reserves of oil that they sell.
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  497. yes you can't have both without increasing your tax base. You can't just expand the number of people on social welfare without adding to your tax base to compensate.
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  498.  @TheJoaninhaMendes  I think we all see what we want to see, maybe for you you see minorities in low skilled jobs and instantly draw the conclusion they are there based on their ethnicity or color of their skin while someone else would not draw that conclusion before seeing their educational background and degrees to see if perhaps that was the reason why they ended up with a low skilled job. I am white, native of a European country and I started out working in a low skilled job while I was studying at university and yeah most of my co-workers were non-white. Eventually I finished my degree and got a better job while most of them are still there. They are good people but a lot of them didn't have any education after high school so that would be the number one reason why they are stuck in a low skilled job not the colour of their skin. Most of them were hardworking family men and women providing for their families and making sure their kids went to universities to have better opportunities in life. I think almost all of them realized it was their lacking educational background that was the problem. As for your case I cannot say but if you get into a field or education with a very limited and narrow selection of available jobs then I am sure things like that can happen more often than not.
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  499. Controversial opinion according to politicians and major media conglomerates but shared by many ordinary people.
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  500. ​ @Fallen_Ninja  To be fair to Biden he probably only remembers what stances he has taken for about 48 hours, at most.
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  501. Heh so many theories you got down there, I'll throw in the one I heard most amongst Chinese themselves. The Covid policy comes from the leader, Xi himself. In China the leader cannot be wrong so whatever he says goes. Later this year the party politburo will re-elect him for his third term. Admitting he is wrong and going back would be political suicided in a country where it's thought the leader cannot make mistakes. So basically he has all his political capital invested in China being superior in fighting COVID, Changing policy now would mean admitting that he was wrong all along, something he cannot risk doing with the upcoming confirmation of his third term.
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  502. The number one source of income for Chinese local governments is selling land to developers to build apartments. They have every incentive to enable developers to build as much as they can even if they are out of money.
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  503. To be fair quite a lot of the Florida population are previous New Yorkers leaving for greener pastures.
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  504.  @hilliard665  It's a French loanword that got adopted into the English language. The Latin language died in the 700s AD so it's pretty obvious the loanword comes from French not Latin. It might have its root in Latin but it did not come into the English language through Latin it came from French. Besides since Latin died so long ago nobody can tell for sure how to pronounce it. It's quite possible that the Latin root is pronounced in a completely different manner than how we pronounce it today.
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  505. ​ @peter25681  I think you missed the fact that China spends more money on their internal security for their own population than they do on their military. They have 1.4 billion people in China and they put a lot of effort into controlling them.
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  506. The buffer zone will be on Gaza territory, so they will make Gaza smaller and make a buffer zone.
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  507. All you had to do was search for the lyrics and translate yourself or search for an already translated version and you'd realize she's lying. Now I am pretty sure if you checked up on her other claims they would not pan out either. Obviously it's easier to just believe everything you hear that fits your narrative with 0 critical thinking.
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  508. So basically you decided to "figure" out yourself what the singer meant with his lyrics and which verse he is referring to try and show his "true" intention and then try to link it to the bombing targets of the Israeli military and also throw Hitler in there. So let me guess the song is all part of a Jewish conspiracy that they all follow but they try to hide and now it just happened to show up in a song that you so cleverly figured out? Surely you must realize your hatred is so obvious to see, you hear a song and suddenly you have this idea this manifest the general idea of all Israelis and throwing Hitler in there because... yeah why not. You are in deep man, you are no better than the artist singing this song, you obviously have an agenda and it shines through so obviously.
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  509.  @Red-gv8fn  Yeah probably best, I hear you risk getting arrested if you say anything bad about the supreme leader.
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  510.  @onetruekeeper418  The US will do the haggling for them don't worry. US has blocked arms sales to Turkey and Erdogan will most likely want that removed.
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  511.  @alexbort3082  You do know that NATO has updated it's requirements for NEW members since a few years back, right? Also take note that they have deliberately written that these requirements are meant for NEW members because they are well aware that some of the older members like Turkey does not meet the requirements when it comes to democracy and human rights.
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  512. Not everyone is "bashing" Turkish opinion, there are plenty of western countries we're not all one big country lol. NATO is not a democracy, if it were then it would be enough if a majority of countries approved. This is not the case and ALL countries need to agree. That is not a democracy. It's a defensive alliance.
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  513. @Daniel Sas I am not American or from the UK not even close man, sorry. So the US and UK have done terrible things to Africa in the past, agreed. Now China is doing the same in present time - are they excused because other nations did bad things 200 years ago? A pro tip for you if you want to be a good 50 cent troll, you really should not talk about corruption if you want to defend the CCP. Chinese people love their country but even they can agree that corruption is the #1 problem in China. It's all over the society from top to bottom. I have even met Chinese people that love their country but call the CCP the Corrupt Communist party lol.
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  514.  @golahacodbixiyahaxortaah8843  Yeah by the way this is going it will be demolished, perhaps that's for the best.
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  515.  @fluseint.1303  Georgia? Chechnya? Ukraine? Moldova?
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  516. Well said, I totally agree. Why do we have to send funds to people that hate our guts?
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  517. It sounds like it's time for you to step up, fill the void.
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  518. Because they don't want to pay - they like to talk about support but they love their money more than than their Muslim brothers.
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  519. So I should respect a holy book that claims I as a non-believer is an infidel? Nah sorry, respect is earned.
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  520. So let me get this straight, the nations that cannot even beat Israel that they outnumber 1000 to 1 is going to take on Europe? Let's see how that goes LOL.
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  521. I don't like taxes but as a taxpayer I can confidently say I am proud to be a supporter of funding Himars systems in Ukraine.
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  522. Didn't the woman say China and Korea also release radioactive wastewater into the ocean, shall every Korean and Chinese drink that water too then? Maybe they can all do it together?
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  523. I think you are overthinking it, he is talking about China because the Chinese government has condemned Japan for how they release the wastewater. The Korean public is not happy but the Korean government supports Japan's action. So far there are only two national governments that has said this is bad and that is China and Russia. Other countries some of the population is unhappy but the government has not made such statements.
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  524.  @mailhanyi  He mentioned countries not individuals, there are concerned individuals everywhere that doesn't mean the country disagrees. Just because there were protests by individuals in Korea doesn't mean that Korea as a country disagrees. In fact the Korean government has stated Korea's support of the release. If you are going to claim a country disagrees then I'd expect to see an official statement from the government of said country condemning the move. So far I've seen the Chinese government making such statements but that's it. Perhaps it's a matter of definition but I do find it misleading when you claim a country is against it when said country's government has officially stated support. There will always be individual concern of course I am not saying all Koreans are cool with it but as a country their official stance is dictated by their government and they have said they are cool with it.
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  525. Sources please, the Korean government has said it's okay, so has Australia. Which countries are you talking about. China, yes but that's only one.
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  526. Yes it's true they have no more space to store it and none of their neighbours wants to help them store more or provide funds to build new storage facilities and with IAEA saying it's safe the option to release it into the ocean makes most sense to them I guess.
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  527. So basically the whole world except China then lol?
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  528. He retired from politics after he lost his re-election.
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  529.  @eugenetong8749  It's their fishing industry that will suffer reputational and economical damage, Chinese people have boycotted Japanese product at one time or another they are used to it, not the first time.
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  530.  @Lamin_G  I guess we see what we want to see, I personally like Terran don't understand why there was a lawyer there, I suppose he was supposed to argue to legality of the whole situation but he ended up discussing the science and he clearly had not much to input, wasting time talking about Carbon-14. Even High schoolers know the human body contains carbon-14 and is naturally occurrent in all agricultural products. Perhaps for you this was a move of brilliance for me it was pointless, anyone that has studied Chemistry knows C-14 is not a concern here, Tritium is the serious and harmful element that we need to be careful about.
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  531.  @duncankowable  That's a lot of keywords man I am not sure I can remember all of them. The only keywords I remembered from reading the report was "discharge will have a negligible impact on people and the environment." That was all I was interested in.
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  532.  @shinkouhai919  There is 8400g Tritium in the pacific Ocean and there is less than 3g Tritium in the wastewater at Fukushima. Also it will be released gradually over 30 years and tritium has a half-life of 12.33 years. These are all facts that you can easily find yourself online, I totally respect and understand people are worried but 3g of tritium in a pacific ocean that already has 8400g over 30 years doesn't sound like a big difference to me. But hey I am just a random guy on the internet and not a scientist.
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  533. Science is never 100% sure of anything, as new research develops new thoughts are adapted and old ones discarded. The world used to be flat now it's not, science changes all the time.
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  534. Oh you guys have been persecuting religious minorities for centuries and now you want us to care about other people treating you bad?
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  535. Woah relax bud going from killing a terrorist to attacking the UN? That's quite a few steps between those two, relax won't happen. This is just every day kind of stuff down in the Middle East. Terrorists and counter-terrorists playing cat and mouse game.
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  536. If karma is real then the west have been good guys. Compare standard of living and tell me if the middle eastern nations have good or bad karma.
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  537.  @FB-yp5dk  Russia cannot even handle Ukraine. Lithuania doesn't need the FULL 100% support of EVERY single NATO member to beat Russia US support alone would be enough, the other 20+ countries would be just a bonus.
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  538. If Ukraine becomes a member of the EU I don't see a de-escalation of sanctions rather an increase.
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  539. Well invasions has consequences.
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  540. Good idea!
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  541.  @laylawilson4135  Why would that embarrass the west, the west is not an active part in this conflict and does not participate in the peace talks that are being held between Russia and Ukraine. Currently Turkey is hosting these talks, how much power they have to influence the decision is not known but I am not sure they would be considered "the west" and I don't think they would be embarrassed if Ukraine ceded territory.
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  542.  @joachimfrank4134  Yeah totally, little point giving the Russians territory which they will use to launch another invasion in 4 years time.
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  543. There are two wreckages being shown in the video. That is usually how this goes, even when Russia was advancing as soon as one vehicle was engaged upon and taken out they turned around and ran. After 40 days of this behaviour they finally decided to fall back. Maybe it looks meagre but attacks like this have eaten away their morale and a lot of tank crews simply just abandoned their vehicles for the Ukrainians and make the retreat on foot rather than in vehicles as they are afraid of ambushes like this.
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  544.  Dope Cat  Russian propaganda detected!
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  545.  @V-for-Vendetta  No that's just Russian propaganda.
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  546. Yeah I am sure Putin is not going to take this personally and just allow any general that wants to go to Moscow and dictate terms do so. LoL.
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  547. Then the DA in court will let them off back into the streets.
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  548.  @hammyshayaddy8330  All sanctioned by the UN, it was even voted on. Did the UN have a vote about Ukraine?
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  549. Your tax money is going to pay for the penalties you get when you default on the loan regardless if you care or not.
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  550.  @basedkaiser5352  a default is a default. Or perhaps this is another one of Russia's special operations? Default no this is not a default this is just a special operation, nothing to see here.
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  551. It doesn't matter America has a large part of Russia's foreign assets if they cannot pay their loan they can always help themselves to some of that money.
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  552.  @smeff099  The effects are still the same no matter which excuse you try to give. I can tell my bank my dog ate my money that I was supposed to use to use to pay the loan as much as I want. Results are still the same.
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  553.  @alexorehowski3387  I would not call it loan forgiveness but I suppose the US could always take some from the Russian foreign reserve assets that they have in their possession.
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  554. Cant be worse than the person there right now
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  555.  @TheAthleteJC  It's China, Non-profit hardly exist because.... well you can't make any money. There are very few non-profits in China and you will be very hard pressed to find schools to provide it for non-profit. They already implement this in a few cities in Zhejiang and all tutoring centers shutdown.. nobody went non-profit because... well... you know people want to make money, especially Chinese.
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  556. Meanwhile the rich communist elites pay for private tutors that normal folks can't afford to give tutoring 1on1 to their kids giving them an edge. Yep all working as intended.
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  557.  @dolamike584  You are not getting the point, the CCP government changed the policy and yet people are still not getting more kids, he is trying to argue why that is. I personally believe he is right, getting rid of the one child policy will not be enough. Everything in China is very cheap compared to the western world, everything... EXCEPT kids. A typical Chinese family will be one kid, one father, one mother, two grandmothers and two grandfathers. These 6 people will usually ALL contribute to the kids education ALL of them, you have 6 people funding one kid. Quality education in China is very expensive not to mention that when the kids are done in school they will go to private institutions for lessons like dancing, piano, maths, English, Art.... when 6 people come together just to fund one kid you can imagine how hard it is for them to have multiple kids. Chinese parents usually hold off on kids unless they can provide good education for them, it's far better for them to "invest" quality education in one child to become successful than it is to get 3 kids and let all of them have sub-par education and getting factory jobs. You can't look at China with a western lens you need to understand that for the Chinese getting married and having a kid is your life's duty your parents will be on your ass everyday if you are above 30 and not married and getting kids. Getting married is not always about love and wanting to have a kid together it's mandatory over there - it's part of the culture. It's not emotionally based always a lot of times it's carefully calculated as to provide as best of a future economic advantage as possible - it's an investment that kid is going to be your "retirement fund" in the future. And that's not even mentioning that if they have a son they need to buy an apartment for their son if he is to get married, imagine having 3 sons on an average paying job - good luck getting those 3 apartments and quality education.
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  558. @Rocky Mountain Way Yeah? Look at North Korea's Numbers?? A big zeeeeeero, I never cease to be amazed how people can take statistical numbers coming from communist dictatorships or dictatorships in general at face value. The numbers are whatever the great leader decides them to be....
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  559. Killing terrorists should be illegal? Okay, is your name Mohammed by any chance?
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  560. It's a country with a population still remembering the great famine in the 60s that killed millions - There are still people around that lived through those times and they have made sure to instill to their children and grandchildren the extreme consequences of not succeeding. There is a reason a lot of foreigners visiting China usually say that money is the only Chinese god, one of the main reason seems more like it's about survival rather than greed, in my mind at least.
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  561.  @iwannadancewithgeorge  Maybe it looks good in theory but in practice we have plenty of live world examples to look at, China, Cuba, N.Korea and so on and then check where they are at on freedom indexes. Of course there are pros and cons with every government type but if you like freedoms such as Civil Liberties, Political rights, freedom of speech etc then chances are you won't like living in a communist state.
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  562. I think better yet stop sending money, use the money to buy food and water and perhaps medicine - that's it - then send it there.
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  563.  @maxxiong  It's Shanghai, most local government officials also hold positions in the National government. Li Qiang is the top official for Shanghai and he is also part of the national committee and the 25 man CCP politburo. The premier Sun is overseeing the pandemic measures in Shanghai, it's all being controlled from the very top of the CCP echelons and still the local government becomes a scape-goat somehow. I have family in Shanghai too 200 RMB for one jin (400 RMB/kilo) to buy beef. Parents separated from their children, pets being tested for COVID, pets killed when their owner tests positive, lack of food, 3-7 years in prison for not doing the daily PCR testings. I like Shanghai for all the reasons you mentioned it's like any western metropolis and it's standard of living is very high. Unfortunately the policy comes straight from Beijing and there is nothing the Shanghai government or the Shanghai people can do about it. Zero-COVID policy, no exception - premier Sun is in charge and whatever Beijing wants Beijing gets that's just how life is in China. Just have to accept it.
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  564. Don't it will be thrown away. Chinese are scared to death of packages from foreign countries the government has blamed the COVID outbreaks on things like Norwegian Salmon.
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  565. Yes I have family in Shanghai 200RMB/JIN for beef (400RMB/KG) in dollars that's 61 dollars / KG. And that's for people not even making half of what the average US person does.
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  566.  @rheejin9987  Surely you are talking about North Korea now... South Korea has these things called elections where people cast their votes which makes them a democracy believe it or not lol.
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  567. Just because he speaks the truth doesn't mean anything will happen. India needs access to US and EU markets and trade, he knows it, you know it, I know it, the US knows it, the EU knows it and India knows it. You are going to say lose out on trade with the two biggest markets of the world just so you can get some cheap oil? Hardly, the income from US and EU trade are miles higher than what you are saving on cheap oil.
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  568. The world of politics is a bit different. Yes your words makes sense and it would be great if it was like this but it isn't. You are totally free to not side with the west BUT if you do you have to realize your access to western markets and/or goods might get restricted. If you as a nation is fine by this then it's no problem but if you need access to EU and US markets then you have to realize this might come with some conditions. All nations are like this, since you are Chinese I will take a Chinese example. China refuses to trade and actively work against any country that recognize Taiwan. So as you can see nations will use their market and trade to push other nations to fall in line with their national interests it's just the same with the West using sanctions against nations that doesn't fall in line with their national interests. This is nothing new, the reason why the west are more successful than others at this strategy is because the US and EU markets are so big most countries cannot afford to be denied access and have no choice but to comply. China is also good at this strategy and it's in part because the Chinese market is also huge.
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  569.  @tommytombing0369  I am pretty sure most of those wars were not about democracy half of them are about communism and the other half about oil.
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  570.  @AaSs-ln9mm  Russian oil producing companies are state owned all money goes to the state.
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  571. Both sides can lay claim on the land and you know what? There are plenty of peoples that also can lay claim to it. That area have belonged to the Ottomans, the crusader states, the Romans, the Egyptians... I can go on forever. While it's interesting from a historical standpoint it's utterly irrelevant who can trace back ownership the furthest. Israel is the top dog in the neighborhood and they decide what happens to Palestine. Maybe in the future the power balance won't look like this but as of now this is the reality. There has never been an instance in history where the losers of a war has dictated the peace term for the victors, ever. The Arab nations declared war and guess what they lost, now they have to live with the consequences. It's hard to have sympathy for people that declared war multiple times, lost every single time then come cry about it. You are the weaker side, you want to live there? Then you have to compromise and take one of their peace deals, you cannot claim 100% of all land when you are the losing side, I am sorry but this is reality no matter where you are in the world, you declare war and you lose then there will be consequences. Make a deal, take a smaller land mass and try to establish your nation from there OR fight to the last man in a series of endless wars, you pick one.
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  572. It is Israel vs the Palestinians in Gaza. West Bank is PLO, the Palestinians in Gaza and Hamas are pretty much one and the same.
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  573. Aww man please don't arm yourself it's already hard enough for the terrorists to support their families with such a high fatality rate in their line of work. Now they have to deal with their victims fighting back? Man that is discrimination.
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  574. I thought Israelis were considered Infidels and you could do as you pleased with them.
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  575. Well it doesn't save terrorist lives that's for sure poor buggers now they have to deal with people that are armed!? What will they do now...
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  576.  @electronicsartssports689  Who cares if he is atheist, he lives in Europe that is normal over here and France is a secular country so it sounds like he found his match. That's what a I love about this world, it's vast and diverse, if you want to live in a country that adheres to Islam you have the Middle East. You want Judaism, you go to Israel, you want Christianity there are countries for that too. If you want secularism you have Europe etc. If you are stuck in a place that's secular and you feel like you want to live in a place that adheres better to Islam then seriously what the hell are you doing in Europe? Either you accept it or if it means so much to you move somewhere else, it really is that simple.
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  577.  @ak101farhan  Well believe it or not but they do have a law prohibiting people to wear what they want in state schools. You do not have the freedom to choose what you wear in French state schools. If it's too much to handle then send your kids to a private school or just go to another country, big deal. Their country, their laws.
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  578. And they were rewarded with the boot by their own country lol.
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  579. People will forget about it in days and go back to life as usual once the fear has settled.
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  580. Because all their storage facilities are at full capacity and they cannot put any more water into it so they need to release it or build new storage facilities. Building new ones are VERY expensive and the IAEA has said it's safe to release the water so naturally they went for the cheaper alternative as it's deemed safe.
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  581. Always the same stories Muslims keep their countries 99% Muslim and kill any "infidels" but as soon as they get the same treatment they cry injustice.
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  582. Well, at least they stopped the genocide you guys gotta have to find out friendlier activities to keep yourselves occupied now.
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  583. Depends how you see it, the EU and US stand for more than 33% of the world's GDP. Maybe in terms of population they're pretty minor, in terms of economic muscles only China can compete with them though. If you think the sanctions will hurt the Citizens of Europe wait until you see what happens to Africa and Middle East. Europeans will complain about higher prices of food and fuel, sure but they will afford it. Africans and Middle Easterners however they will die of starvation, it's already started to happen and look at Sri Lanka. When it comes down to food and fuel goes up and nations start competing for food who do you think food producers will sell to, the US and EU that can give them a high prize or the third world that can barely afford the regular price? On your list I reckon China will be alright, India.... kind of yeah not as good as China but they can manage. Africa and South America though? Good luck with that. Why would Russia sell to them for half price when they can sell to others for bigger profits? Even India has said they get a 35% discount from Russia. If we go by that then even if Russia can replace the EU market they will have a 35% loss of revenue and Africa and South America probably wants a bigger discount. TLDR there's a reason Russia did so much business with the EU and US and not the third world because Africa, India, South America, Middle east are pretty poor compared to Europe and they cannot afford to pay western prices. China is the only one that can keep up with the western market in terms of economic muscles.
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  584. Russian trolls: The Kyiv front and Kherson front was all just a distraction to get Bakhmut!
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  585.  @cobbler9113  Yeah I totally understand I am all for the economic benefits and it's great negotiating with China or the US as a big block when it comes to trade. Brussels trying to apply one-size fits all rules to all countries is just plain stupid though. If Brussels allowed Britain keep the economic benefits while leaving the EU then 95% of the countries would leave in a heartbeat. Nobody likes Brussels trying to decide everything but nobody wants to leave because of the economic benefits.
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  586.  @Jompe69  You are free to take the initiative to make the transition, not interested. Also you forgot to add something, "Cars should be more of niche like for ambulance, firefighters, rentable AND RICH PEOPLE". We both know this is exactly what will happen.
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  587. Have you seen a car crash in China? There is a reason Chinese cars are not allowed to be sold in Europe or America, they cannot pass the safety quality controls. Trust me you don't want to sit in a Chinese car in case of a crash, it's bad - really bad. When you cut corners and choose cheaper materials there are consequences.
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  588.  @BuddyLee23  They are just suggestions and needs to get accepted by all member states, not all EU members share this extreme agenda and the result will most likely be a very watered down version.
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  589. Then why are so many people risking their own lives to become Europeans? Doesn't make sense.
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  590. Who wants to be colonized though?
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  591.  @kaloyanm.r2233  Sweden was neutral, so was Norway and Denmark didn't stop Nazi Germany invading them. What saved Sweden wasn't neutrality it was geography if Sweden and Denmark switched geographic locations then Sweden would have been invaded and Denmark would have been spared. Finland was also neutral but that did not stop the Soviets invading them. Nazi Germany didn't care at all about neutrality neither did the Soviets and neither does Putin.
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  592. To join NATO they need 75% of the votes not a simple 51%, if Sweden is to join NATO they need the Social Democrats onboard as well. SD has stated they are only willing to join in Finland joins too. If the Social Democrats are not onboard they cannot join NATO with a vote in the Swedish "riksdag".
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  593. Wasn't Finland neutral back in 1939 when the Soviets invaded? I am pretty sure Norway and Denmark was neutral when the Nazis invaded them too. Neutrality has never been a guarantee to security. Sweden was lucky due to it's geographic location.
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  594. It's just politics. They all know Finland has been preparing for a Russian invasion for 70 years. She is just trying to make a balancing act of moving towards NATO while not giving Russia an excuse to retaliate until they have sent an application.
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  595. Number one is nah NATO has already stated many times should Sweden or Finland want to join the application process will be quick and the 2% requirement is something that can be solved after membership has been given.
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  596.  @kaanlenny  It's hard to explain to someone that's not used to western system of free speech and expression but basically PKK is a designated terrorist organization in Finland AND Sweden but waving a PKK flag is not a crime in both countries. It's the same with ISIS, if you are part of ISIS that's a crime but it's no crime waving an ISIS flag. Waving a flag is not the same as being part of a terrorist organization over there. Similarly it's a crime to commit acts of hate and violence against someone because of religion but it's not a crime to burn a Qu'ran which happened recently in Sweden. I know it's very different from what it's like in Turkey but yeah I think they will come to an agreement eventually. To me it seems like Mr Erdogan wants a political victory at home rather than having a real issue with Sweden or Finland. I would be very surprised if they did not reach a deal.
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  597. It's not falling apart everyone is just making such a big deal out of it. Sweden and Finland joining NATO benefits all parties from a strategic-military standpoint even for the Turks they just have some political reservations about it. It really doesn't matter what the reason is for Finland and Sweden joining is NATO members will decide based of what they can provide militarily be it army or strategic position. Obviously Turkey will not get kicked out but if all countries except one is for entry then obviously the other members are going to want to hear a very good reason why. Anyway Turkey has always been the odd one out and most of it's NATO allies already have a weapons Embargo in place against them even before they said anything about Sweden and Finland. I don't see the big issue, Turkey wants to negotiate a bit that is fine let them negotiate and then Erdogan can claim a political victory at home, Sweden and Finland will get accepted and people will move on.
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  598. some people see racism everywhere. The way I interpreted it was the NATO values about democracy and human rights etc. Sweden and Finland are definitely more inline with the requirements NATO has of it's members. But well apparently Mathematics is racist according to some people so nothing surprises me anymore.
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  599. It's a no brainer move, getting favourable relations with the victorious major powers of the world doesn't seem like such a stupid move.
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  600.  UAE Emirates  Biggest in terms of what? Soldiers? France, Germany and the UK spends more than double that of Turkey on their military. Even Italy and Canada outspends Turkey. Surely you must mean number of soldiers? In terms of combat readiness, technology, spending Turkey is not number two in the alliance. In terms of military Spending they are very similar to Spain.
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  601. Yep, Erdogan will claim a political victory at home and Sweden and Finland will join NATO.
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  602. You don't want the EU but you want our money lol.
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  603. really? I know there is going to be an election probably I didn't know the reason was so Erdogan could skip the laws about a third term though.
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  604.  @bbbbbbears6999  Europe has natural gas reserves it's just that producing it is not environmental friendly and has it's downsides so they have been fine letting Russia do the dirty work. I guess now is the time for countries sitting on huge natural gas reserves to increase production. Netherlands for example has a shit ton of natural gas that they know about but didn't touch yet as there has not been a demand for it.
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  605. Yeah as a European I think that this was going to happen sooner or later, time to open up more nuclear power plants and burn coal!
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  606. Europe will be fine not so sure about the third world, you can already see the effects of the increased prices, just take a look at Sri Lanka.
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  607.  @Miamcoline  This year is an election year in Sweden and the last survey put them on 19.7% they used to be over 20% a year ago or so. But yeah polls are obviously not 100% correct but most people expect them to get more than 17.5% like they did last election 3 and a half years ago.
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  608. They are called the Azov regiment now, they are a part of the Ukrainian army. Comparing them to ISIS is not a good comparison you are talking about a 1000 man regiment in an army. They are not controlling the army besides not all of them are Nazis. ISIS built a state on their extreme ideology making execution and torture part of government law. Azov have no influence over governance and are taking orders from Army command. Are Azov soldiers running around in the west blowing themselves up or killing civilians on the streets? No they are killing Russian SOLDIERS that invaded their country. SOLDIERS. Pretty much every single country in the world could agree that ISIS is a wicked terrorist organization that needs to go, the only nation in the world that is talking about Azov is Russia, and perhaps their friends in Belarus. Besides I don't want to seem cold hearted but we're closely allied to the Saudis even though their leader makes a habit of sending death squads after journalists all over the world and then we're going to cry about Russia's claim of 100 or so supposed Nazis defending Ukrainian territory against an invasion? The US and EU tolerates a lot worse than a small fringe group of 100 or so Nazis defending their country against a common enemy of ours.
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  609.  @maelstrom254  You do know Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych, have monuments and statues in upstate New York and Wisconsin too, right? Just because a country has a statue of a guy does not mean all it's inhabitants love the guy.
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  610. Sorry don't see this as a major problem, I am Swedish and our neighbouring country used to teach and use Swedish in their school system as a big part of Finland has Swedish speakers because Finland was Swedish for several hundreds of years. Then one of their new governments made a law to stop teaching and speaking Swedish in Finnish schools. Even as a Swede I don't see this as a big deal, it's not like they banned people from speaking Swedish they just want the Finnish schools teach in Finnish. I am currently living in China and here they even forbid schools to teach in Chinese dialects, it has to be the Beijing dialect Mandarin Chinese that is being taught no matter where you are in the country. I think this is pretty normal and you can find these tendencies all across the world. If you feel offended by it I am sorry but it really just seems like a minor inconvenience to me - I've seen Zelenskyy speak both Ukrainian and Russian so I am sure you are still allowed to speak Russian in Ukraine and that's what matters really.
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  611. Yep, I agree it's time to say no to Fascism, take Putin out.
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  612. ​ @v-vinz6869  Socialism and Fascism are definitely similar in some regards and it's not a coincidence that the man that coined the term Fascism (Benito Mussolini) was a Socialist politician before resigning and creating his own ideology. His family were die hard socialists If you don't believe me check his name: He was named after leftist Mexican President Benito Juárez. His two middle names, Amilcare and Andrea, came from Italian socialists Amilcare Cipriani and Andrea Costa. Of course there are maaaany differences between the two and I am not going to pretend they are the same even though they share many similarities but - in my opinion - in practice it's very hard to label ideologies on a right or left spectrum. For example nationalism is usually placed on the right while communism is placed on the left spectrum, China is extremely nationalistic which should make them right wing but if you ask them they would proclaim they are die hard communists which would put them on the left. In my country (Sweden) our right wing party received 17.5% of the votes yet there are more similarities to fascism between the Communist regime in China which we can all agree should be on the far left spectrum and a self proclaimed right wing party in my country which we (at least in my country) put on the extreme right. So yes, in theory Fascism should traditionally be on the right side of the political spectrum but in reality it's not as easy as that and in many cases you can find more fascist tendencies on the "left" and in communist countries than you can in governments that are considered far right.
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  613. ​ @Salarat  What do you mean Turkey allowed Greece to join? Turkey had no part in allowing Greece to join NATO Turkey and Greece joined at the same date lol.
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  614. Well they were invited before Erdogan came into power. I know they are kind of trash in foreign relations but that's got nothing to do with Turkish people or the nation as a whole just Erdogan. Turkey is not the issue Erdogan is, and he won't be around forever.
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  615. I am pretty sure if it's something they wanted to do then it's not a big issue. Worst case you can just create a new alliance and invite everyone except Turkey. For all Turkey's fault they do have a great strategic importance though so it's extremely unlikely anyone would do such a thing. Besides the problem is not Turkey it's Erdogan and he won't be there forever. Things change.
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  616. Because the problem is not Turkey it's Erdogan and he won't be supreme leader forever. Although 20 years in power is impressive he can't do it forever.
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  617. Yes Ukraine debunked that myth long time ago when they elected a Jewish president.
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  618.  @probium2832  If they are Nazi why do they have Jews serving there and why are they taking orders from Zelenskyy, the guy is Jewish you know? Did they forget they are nazis and supposed to hate Jews? Isn't that Nazi 101 to hate Jews? Maybe we should send some Nazis for dummies books to them.
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  619. All NATO countries are bound to help another NATO ally militarily if they are attacked, it's a defensive alliance. One of the main reason Putin targeted Ukraine and not for example Poland is because Poland is a member of NATO and Ukraine is not. There is no way Putin would win against the whole of NATO and he knows it.
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  620. Those were not US forces, US trained - yes. America had no soldiers on the ground taking part in the battle. Ukraine has about 3500 soldiers in Mariupol not sure where you get 15k from.
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  621. It doesn't help when you are using cluster bombs that are designed to inflict as many deaths and injuries as possible into civilian areas.
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  622.  @raheemharris766  I would hardly call watching RT as doing "research"
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  623. Erdogan knows this and it's quite likely he never cared about Sweden and Finland at all, did you notice Biden just magically threw his support behind Turkey's request to buy the F-16 they have been blocked to buy for so long just a few hours after Turkey's announcement they will let Sweden and Finland join? The real negotiations have been going on between Turkey and America. Sweden and Finland is just a play piece.
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  624. So you think because the prices are falling that means apartments get more affordable? Well you are in for a treat when you realize while you have to give less money to the homeowner that money you will instead give to the bank in higher mortgage for the bank loan you took to buy the house. You still pay the same price and sometimes even higher for the home now you just pay that money to the bank instead of the home owner.
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  625. Totally different. In China the only way you can reliably invest is by buying a flat. In Sweden people tend to invest in the stock market not flats as the stock market provide a faster and more reliable income. China has 65 million empty homes, that is enough to put all the French into a home. In Sweden the apartments are usually not empty but are rented out. Also in China you NEED to own an apartment to get married and to send your kids to school so home ownership in China is above 90%. In Sweden it's not even above 65%. Swedish apartments are dropping in price due to hiked interest rates. Prices in China are dropping because housing companies are going bankrupt are selling their units at a massive discount to pay their loans and the fact that China has more apartments than it actually needs because a lot of people buy apartments as an investment in China not to actually live in.
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  626. Yeah prices in Stockholm are twice or triple of what they go for in the smaller cities. My parents sold their apartment in Stockholm last year and for that money they could buy a really nice house on the countryside.
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  627.  @danielwebb8402  Depends on Nation and location.
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  628.  @Poctyk  Housing prices in Sweden are not really that bad - we just like to complain about anything. I will say if we are talking about the capital Stockholm then they are much higher than the rest of the country. Stockholm is 7823.50 USD/M2 the national average is 4379.25 USD/M2. I do have to mention that in Sweden you are expected to buy the apartment by yourself though. Many of my Asian friends laugh at the prices not being too bad until I mention that you are expected to buy the home by yourself and asking your parents or family members for money is frowned upon. I think that's why a lot of westerners complain about the prices even though they are not that bad compared to some places in say Asia. It's because in western countries you buy the apartment by your own money. In for example Asia your parents and grandparents will all chip in and it's not uncommon to have more than 5 people come together and buy a home for their children or grandchildren.
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  629. There are plenty of ways to isolate Russia without inviting poor countries that the rich EU countries will have to put on life support for the foreseeable future.
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  630. You are trying too hard my man, it's all political. If there is a political will then that argument will be used, yes. If there is no political will then it will be "not a European nation". It doesn't come down to geography it comes down to politics.
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  631. A distraction for what? They did not take any territory in Donbas and their push has been slowed down and reversed in the south and now they are sitting in Russia for 10 days doing nothing while Ukraine has been rushing heavy equipment and manpower to eastern Ukraine to prepare for them. They could not appear to be more incompetent even if they tried to.
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  632. Honestly they should scrap the EU green energy policies for now.
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  633.  @arnejungclaus7957  That's all fine and good in rainbow land with colourful unicorns running around but in the real world if it's between freezing to death or nuclear power then that is a very easy choice, isn't it? It would be great if Solar and Wind was feasible to meet our basic needs, but they ain't. Speaking of taxpayers picking up the bill Solar and Wind are reliant on taxpayer to be viable, if you look at the cost versus the electricity produced it's an incredibly expensive method of generating electricity and it's reliant on government subsidies.
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  634. Nah I'd rather governments went for the energy sources that are reliable, effective and cheap, anyone who still wants to "make a difference" and go green has the opportunity to do so but have to be ready to pay more because wind and solar are very unreliable, ineffective and expensive compared to other ways of generating electricity.
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  635. yeah haha I was thinking about my home-country with winters always colder than -20 sometimes up to -30 with no heating... ouch xD.
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  636. Why do you care? China does worse to your brothers and sisters and you have no problem taking their business, even the Talibans are best friends with them. Fake Muslims.
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  637. I am pretty optimistic, the problem is not Turkey the problem is the Sultan Erdogan. He won't be around forever though, things can change quick.
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  638. Turkey supports Hamas, al-nusra etc that the rest of NATO considers terrorists. It goes both ways, it's not hard figure out, is Turkey knowingly screwing the rest of NATO?
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  639.  @samhaslemere7471  we are managing our own country, burning trashy books is totally legal. Nothing to see here just regular day life. You cannot handle it? Grow up, deal with your own problems. Crying over a book... you are a big boy you.
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  640.  @youcefferah8756  A secular country getting upset over the burning of a "holy book" yeah I don't think you know what secular means.
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  641. The reason Sweden is a big Russian target is Gotland, an island in the baltic. You set up air defence there and you own the airspace for the whole baltic area.
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  642. It's freedom of expression actually, the more you know...
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  643. Doesn't Turkey claim they are a secular country? Why would a secular country care about a holy book?
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  644. It's really hard to say what the "EU" wants or doesn't want, there are many voices there and some of them contradict each other. Poland is going for a 5% GDP on their military as an example. That's way more than the US puts on their military. EU is far from a united entity.
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  645. That’s not how a secularized society works. It’s not the government’s responsibility to protect one religion over the other. This is not the middle east you cannot expect us to cut somebody’s head off for religious reasons like you do. Religion plays no role in state matters here.
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  646. Also the salaries have started going up when companies cannot import cheap labor from the poorer EU countries pushing the salaries down. I think Pikachu will be happy when he sees his salary increase.
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  647. All owners are the same they swear they are a good and nice dogs and then this happens. There are 300+ breeds out there please pick a regular dog why be selfish and insist on that 1% that are capable of doing real harm to the public.
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  648. I think that says more about the rest of the world than it does the USA LoL. And yes living in the worst parts of the US is shit but compared to the rest of the world it's well above average still. It's sad but true.
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  649. I am from a country that puts nothing into our military with one of the highest taxes in the world. Let me tell you we have homeless people, there are many reasons for being homeless. Drug addicts, alcoholics, laziness there is a long list being unlucky is just one of them. Even if you provide a house and food for a year some people will still end up selling it all and buy drugs.
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  650. Until people go around robbing the delivery guys.... then what?
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  651. I don't think they would dare, not even the police dares to arrest a black person these days, no matter if you have a legitimate reason you will be called a racist.
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  652. That's an irrelevant question, the question is how every single administration in these cities keep failing so bad. We all know they will always be democrat as these cities are democrat strongholds but surely they should be able to cough up at least 1 candidate for mayor that's not completely incompetent? Unlike you I am not hyperbolic, even though I am not a democrat I am sure there are very competent people that run for the democrats in these cities. For some reason they don't seem to win though.
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  653. What do you mean a new normal? Holy books have been burned in both countries for more than 200 years. This is nothing new.
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  654. At least the Asians will come eat the dogs.
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  655. The same Patrick Lancaster that's always aired on RT and other Russian state owned TV stations? The guy is a token foreign propaganda tool.
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  656. Total over-reaction Trump was in power for 4 years and we all survived - the world did not change for the worse. In fact when he was in charge Russia or Hamas did not dare to strike, if anything it seems the world was more peaceful. You are just fearmongering.
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  657. Just stop sending suicide bombers and Islamic terrorists to the west and we're cool. That's all we ask for, I know it's a hard task but please. Try.
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  658. The UK left decades ago, why can't these countries just make an agreement and redraw their borders? How hard can it be? You had almost 100 years to solve this issue it's like they are helpless without the European powers that left them to their own devices. "Hey leave us alone", UK: Okay, cya. "Hey wait we have problems solve them for us we cannot do anything ourselves!"
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  659. Well I mean they could just stop killing their Muslim brothers and sisters but I guess that's too much to ask from them.
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  660. Yeah you forgot to mention they export Islamic terrorists like nobodies business. Nobody would care one thing about Afghanistan but they are a playground for terrorists going to the west. You don't need to push the Taliban towards revenge and fundamentalism they already have plenty of that, it seems you forgot the reason why Afghanistan was invaded by the US in the first place.
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  661. Yeah let's forget the 1400 years of fighting between Shia and Sunni Muslim that's still going on today. Iran Shia, Afghanistan Sunni that's all you need to know.
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  662. Shia and Sunni Muslims have been fighting for more than 1000 years, nothing new here.
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  663. Nope, Taliban are Sunni and Iran Shia. They hate each other.
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  664. Sunni and Shia getting along? I believe it when I see it.
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  665. China already claims plenty of Russian territory, Vladivostok is just an example of many. As a junior partner Russia would have less power to say no to a demand such as that.
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  666.  @serhatkarabeyli9818  Don't agree the Baltic countries highly support NATO as it's their only way of survival and NATO likes the Baltic states as it gives them great strategic positions to counter Russia and with the addition of Sweden and Finland they totally dominate the Baltic sea. Not all aspects of an alliance is numbers and quality of troops.
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  667. Just like Denmark and Norway was protected by their neutrality when Hitler attacked? Or just like Finland was protected by their Neutrality when Stalin attacked? Just like Kuwait was protected by their neutrality when Saddam attacked? Since when do dictators care about Neutrality? If Russia was peaceful NATO membership would not be necessary for Finland and Sweden. Unfortunately this is not the case and Russia loves to invade it's neighbours. Ukraine was not the first nation Putin decided to attack and likely won't be the last. If Russia is stupid enough to attack NATO then it doesn't matter if Finland or Sweden are members or not, Russia has 6000 nukes - it takes about 100 to destroy the world. If Russia decides to attack we're all doomed whether we are part of NATO or not.
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  668.  @emirkokturk1599  It's funny that you support a regime that has demanded Finland and Sweden to lift their arms embargo on Turkey before they accept their membership then. You want peace but the Turkish government wants to be able buy weapons in return for NATO membership for Finland and Sweden. I don't want war but PLEASE CAN YOU SELL ME SOME WEAPONS?????! LOL.
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  669. Unfortunately for you the Finish people don't agree with you.
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  670.  @babla69420  Does Russia have enough time to send nukes on every 30 member state before the Nukes start raining down on them?
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  671. Compared to Russia a paper plane is advanced.
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  672. Russia keeps backing it's neighbors up into corners yet they cannot handle it when the shoe is on the other foot.
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  673.  @modelmark  And Russia never ever broke any of their promises huh? Dictatorships crying over broken promises give me a break.
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  674. Well you keep your Muslim brothers from exploding themselves on our streets and we'll try to hold Russians firmly in Europe. You deal with your trash, we deal with ours. Deal?
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  675. Russia has the economy of Spain. Spain is considered a financial mess by European standards.
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  676. And once they do they will be themselves toast in a few minutes. Which they know and is why they won't send nukes to EU. That's why it's called mutual destruction.
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  677.  @skywillfindyou  And the US loves it because they are eliminating their own military too.
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  678.  @nunoalvarespereira87  You mean like North Korea? Yeah looks great over there.
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  679. That's just the Russian mentality, invading Ukraine then getting pissed off when the Ukrainians strike back on Russian territory. "Rules for thee and not for me" mentality.
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  680.  @rahulsubramanian6545  Swedish and Finish governments don't support Kurdish militants but many Kurds that fled Turkey under Erdogan's iron fist do. Which is not really that surprising they had to flee Turkey because of Erdogan's policies so of course they support his enemies. Both Sweden and Finland has a huge Kurdish population that fled from Turkey.
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  681. Unfortunately NEW members need to be democracies and respect human rights. I don't think Russia and China would fit the bill on that one.
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  682. Then why did they ask Sweden and Finland to lift their arms embargo if they want to be accepted in NATO? Surely if they are going to VETO anyway there is no point in giving any demands to Sweden and Finland?
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  683. Then why are your US politicians actively promoting NATO and seeking influence over European markets and establishing military bases in Europe?
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  684. New members have to be democracies and respect human rights so they would not meet requirements
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  685. Free Novgorod
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  686.  @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901  You think democracies hold referendums for every single decision? That would be very expensive and extremely in-effective. The Finish public have voted in their politicians that represent them. Should they step out of line the Finish people can always elect new politicians that promises to leave NATO should they not support it.
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  687. You think Russia doesn't know about other markets? They chose the EU and US markets because they are the biggest markets in the world. They are starting to turn East now but as you know the Asian countries are not as rich and Russia has had to meet India's demands for cheaper oil and gas so they are getting less income from the East than they would with the West. Which is why they had so much trade with the west in the first place. You are wrong about economic strength in terms of export - it's much more complicated than that if that was true then Africa would be the richest continent in the world as it's the richest continent in terms of Natural resources. Problem is they are a raw material economy and they sell their raw materials cheap and the developed world refine it and resell it at a higher value.
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  688. To be fair if it came to being in debt to the west or being forced into becoming Russians Ukrainians pick debt any day of the week. As much as they don't want to be in debt for life they hate Russians a lot more.
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  689. Producing organizations like the Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS etc is what destroyed the Middle East. You want the west to stay out of the Middle East then tell your brothers and sisters to stop exporting and supporting suicide bombers and terrorists and we will stay out of your business, thank you.
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  690. It was obviously Putin’s fault
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  691. Why, you guys have been wanting to defund the police for years now - now finally you guys have something in common with the Trumpers.
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  692.  @GoshRae  Sorry but you can't use anonymous sources in court.
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  693. Or maybe just maybe these anonymous sources are false. Probably better to wait for the FBI or DOJ to confirm or deny then we know for sure.
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  694. Yes let's just believe "anonymous sources" from the mainstream media. Could be true but I'd rather wait for DOJ and FBI announcement.
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  695. Isn't he busy sexually harassing women somewhere?
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  696. CNN has not recovered since death of hezbollah leader.
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  697. When was the last time the UN stopped a conflict or a war? Useless organization.
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  698. Because the world Recognizes Ukraine as a nation and not Palestine? You cannot make that comparison Ukraine is an actual country recognized by the whole world.
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  699. There are how many Jews in Israel? 7 million? How many Muslims are there around them? If you cannot beat an opponent that you outnumber more than 1 to 10 then I don't know what to tell you.
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  700. US support Palestine? I think that's just as likely as the US starting to support ISIS and Taliban. Not going to happen. Israel is an ally why would the US say goodbye to their only reliable ally in the Middle East? You think a nation build it's foreign policy around your personal emotions?
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  701.  @nick.7547  What do you mean natives? That piece of land have changed ownership so many times it's probably one of the most contested landmass for 4000 years.
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  702. The worst? I am pretty sure the Taliban or ISIS regimes beat them in the competition of who can be the most "evil" regime any day of the week.
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  703. And you think Muslims show love to infidels? Why are there no religious minorities left in the Muslim nations of the Middle East?
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  704. Israel have been invaded by it's neighbors plenty of times to know what their intentions are.
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  705. Well they keep voting and supporting Hamas that's what you get.
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  706. Oh, perhaps we should trust you Mr. Taliban, Isis, Al-Qaeda man I am sure you will do a better job.
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  707. Israel forces have continually pushed back Muslim forces 10 times their size, at this point I am not sure if it's the Jews being good at warfare or the Muslims being really bad. Probably a combination.
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  708.  @jamesmccracken2542  What you mean stay in Europe? That's not how things work it's a global world. Europe is full of Muslims shall we just kick everyone out because they "are not from here"? Arabs are not the only ones having claim to that region it's belonged to many ethnic minorities and religions it's a complex matter. You cannot claim one group has precedent over the other due to history when both groups have inhabited the region at different points in history.
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  709. Of course not, Israel is a US ally.
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  710. The Arab side perhaps..
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  711. Yep I agree perhaps we should ask the Muslim Arabs to give back the Middle East to the Romans they took it from 1700 years ago.
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  712. hmm Israeli Police or Hamas... yeah I think I will stick with the Israelis thank you very much you can keep your terrorist to yourself.
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  713.  @Rook.Kaiser  and now it's time for the Jews to turn it into it's original purpose. sounds like full circle.
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  714.  @DSan-kl2yc  Israel a dictatorship hasn't Abbas been in Power for like 20 years or something LOL?
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  715. Of course not, we don't sanction friends.
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  716. Actually the Palestinians were on the side of the Axis attacking British troops in Palestine.
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  717. You forgot to mention that the people you removed from the home were not the original owners of the home and had removed the previous owners. And the previous owners before the people you removed had in turn removed the owners before them. Don't you see that there are several steps of "home removals" in this story already? The Arabs were not native to these lands and removed the people before them. That piece of lands have belonged to everyone and their mother at this point. Egyptians, Romans, Babylonians, Assyrians, Jews, Palmyrans, Arabs, Persians, Ottomans, Britain. Sure we can talk about the Jews removing Palestinians but the Palestinians are not natives to this lands and they removed the people that were there before them. I
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  718. LOL if it was 70k Palestinians they would bring enough rocks to create at least 10 mountains.
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  719. Jewish Nazi is an oxymoron. I don't think you know what "Nazi" means.
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  720.  @kingdomofprussia4649  Why would he be mad, it's their country and they are celebrating their independence day. Sounds like he'd be in pretty high spirits?
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  721. You do know that the west has taken in MILLIONS of Muslim refugees right? How many western refugees have gone to the Middle East? Perhaps you should stop talking and try making the Middle East into a place where people WANT to stay so they don't come to the west and bring all their problems with them?
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  722. Arab Reich? The Arab neighbors outnumber the Jews like 20 to 1 and they cannot even take one inch of land, how are they supposed to make an Empire? I don't think you can defeat tanks with rocks?!
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  723. Then why is this a story?
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  724. Really? Is that what happened to all Christians and Jews in the religious Arab nations? It's only love thy neighbour until they are an infidel then that turns into kill thy neighbour for these guys.
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  725. Why would they? The other side keeps firing rockets into their cities and commit suicide bombings and other terrorist activities. I certainly would not invite terrorists to my home but you are free to do so if you'd like.
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  726. Since when have Muslims in the Middle East created inclusive secular governments sharing power with religious minorities LOL?! Pipe dream.
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  727. They are celebrating their national day, not a big deal.
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  728. And before that the Muslims took the land from the Romans which had taken it from the Jews. If you are going to start the whole this land belongs to X there is no winner because the land has changed hands so many times there are no "real" natives anymore. There are probably 10000 groups that can lay claims to that piece of land.
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  729. And Palestinians donate their money to Hamas to keep sending suicide bombers and rockets against Israeli civilians.
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  730. Depends where you are coming from and who you support. If you are a Muslim them yeah you are probably right, if you are from the west then you'd probably say they are defending themselves against Islamic terrorists.
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  731. It's CNN, they are on the left and Palestinian friendly there are plenty of more news station and the American public in general does not support terrorists in Palestine.
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  732. I am not sure if that is even possible.
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  733.  @murtadhaalkenani3876  Truth
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  734. They are allies. You expect us to support the side chanting death to America and Death to the infidels?
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  735. I don't think you know what "Nazi" is
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  736. So basically everyone that does not share your opinion or political view is a fascist and "sick"? Yeah that sounds very "democratic" of you. United nations is a useless organization, nobody listens to them unless it benefits them.
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  737. And then they wonder why some people in the West doesn't like Muslims... ^_^ yeah you keep saying bad things about America and the west but we all know you will be coming begging for access to our markets and more aid money...
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  738. So basically you hate everyone non-Muslim? And you still wonder why nobody likes Muslims in the west?
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  739. Yes and you are on the Russian side ignoring what Mr Putin did to your Muslim Chechen brothers I bet you are pretty happy about China too right, you just pretend like your Muslim brothers in Xinjiang does not exist. In your eyes some brothers matter more than others, you have no problem saying it's all the west fault and yet you beg for access to our markets and beg for more aid money.
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  740.  @murtadhaalkenani3876  Where are the Jews in the Middle East? Where are the Christians? Peaceful islamist is an oxymoron.
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  741.  @wilcowen6284  The Palestinians have been offered several solutions over the years yet they don't want to agree to anything other than annexing the whole of Israel. How are you supposed to share a country when one side has that attitude?
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  742. "Native" population LOL. You think the Arabs were the first people to settle there? You never heard of the Jews, Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Romans and so on that were there LOOOONG before the Muslims conquered the lands?
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  743. Isn't Palestine like 90% arab? Sounds like they have a right to be fearful, Islam and minorities don't go well together.
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  744. Muslims: Death to all infidels America and Europe has left the Chat group Muslims: Surprised Pikachu face
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  745. Murder innocent people and bomb children I am pretty sure you can apply that to Hamas and all the other friendly Islamic groups around the area, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaeda. The Middle East has plenty of bad guys to go around it seems.
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  746. Yet your "Muslim" nations and peoples have no problem turning a blind eye doing business with us or China that oppress your brothers in Xinjiang. You can say what you want about us we all know you will be back a few moments later begging for access to our markets and our aid money.
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  747. To be fair Arabs chant death to America or death to Infidels all the time. Then the next day they ask the west and America for more aid money LOL.
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  748. And when Israel falls and Iran and Islamic terrorist groups take over the Middle East and start training and sending terrorists to the west you think it will be cheaper when we eventually have to invade another Middle Eastern terrorist state?
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  749. The only hope they have is diplomacy, as long as they keep supporting Hamas and go for the military/violent option they will never win. You cannot beat tanks with rocks and home made rockets.
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  750.  @wf645  Why don't they just let HK natives vote about it then, you want to belong to China or not? I am pretty sure we all know who they prefer.
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  751.  @wf645  Ohh yeah of course all the million HKers on the streets were CIA damn it must have cost a lot to fly them all over there. Yes I see it now we need to crack down on that stuff, the CIA is behind the floodings and the Swine flu and they are probably behind the 600 million Chinese earning less than 140 dollars a month. Man why won't they leave China alone! better ban Santa too while we are at it he is working for the CIA for sure. What has HK to do with the west? Oh I don't know perhaps the fact that the UK signed an agreement with China not to do something like this until HK autonomy expires at 2047, just a guess?
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  752.  @wf645  If they did then all the BML supporters would be in jail with a life sentence. Nice try though.
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  753. ​ @coolfhlw  Oh look at that another person that doesn't understand the concept of free speech. Don't worry I know many Chinese people that doesn't understand the concept. They think when somebody disagrees with them or get angry at what they said it means you have no freedom of speech. Obviously free speech doesn't mean that everyone has to like it. If I tell a stranger that he is fat and he shoots, punches or kicks me that doesn't mean that freedom of speech doesn't exist. Just because you have freedom of speech doesn't mean everyone has to agree and like what you say. Of course if you insult somebody they won't be happy about it that has nothing to do with freedom of speech. I don't know how old you are these are things we learn when we are kids in school so I will just assume you grew up in a country without freedom of speech. May I suggest you take a university course in political science, it might give you some new knowledge into the matter?
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  754. Didn't they just say a search warrant is just a single paper which doesn't specify anything, just like location, looking for documents/computers etc doesn't specify in which context. I think the best bet is FBI or DOJ making a statement to clear things up. It's very sensitive politically so it helps with some clarity since he is a former president and mid terms coming up so some clarity would be nice.
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  755. Just like Democrats like Adam Schiff calling everything a slam dunk and Trump will 100% be convicted and massive amounts of evidence which turned out to be nothing but wishful thinking. Unfortunately both sides of the story are idiots, if you think Democrats are free of idiots you are fooling yourself. Politicians are politicians there is nothing inherently different between Republican and Democrats other than ideology - there are slime balls in both parties, quite a lot of them infact.
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  756.  @bampersand905  Yes, it is just a shot and you are free to decide for yourself if you want to take it or not. Some people decided to not get it, why are you making a big fuss? Stop being a baby, people make their own decisions all the time.
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  757. Spineless? going against your party requires a lot of balls.
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  758. Unlike politicians like Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden he has actually had a job outside being a politician.
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  759. If it was as simple as you'd think this would have been done and over long time ago.
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  760. You think there is a good side and a bad side? Democrats and Republicans doesn't matter, they are all politicians. There is no such thing as an honest politician it's an oxymoron.
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  761. Just as credible as the rest of them, if you think politicians are honest then you are very naive.
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  762. I am pretty sure if it was that bad they wouldn't have waited that long they clearly knew the documents were there for a very long time. If this was a serious issue surely they wouldn't have waited so long.
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  763. Well, wouldn't you be pissed if your side was the target? I seem to remember Hillary and the Democrats were not very pleased of the FBI's investigation into her either.
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  764. It's true though, democrats have been crying defund the police for a long time, now the Republicans are doing the same.
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  765. You do know that neither the FBI nor the DOJ have said anything about nuclear documents? So far it's just based on an anonymous source.
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  766. Isn't that what politicians do though? Honest politician is an oxymoron.
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  767. Have you ever met an Honest politician? It's an oxymoron, there is no such thing.
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  768. Democrats are not much better, it's all politicized at this point, vaccines, support for police, border control every single thing is politicized and both parties are to blame. Democrats and Republicans are like cheerleaders cheering every time the other side has some issues and blowing it out of proportion. Calling each other spies, accusing for treasons, calling for firing squads... as an independent I can tell you sometimes it just feels like both sides are little kids fighting for toys.
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  769.  @unitedpromotionsc146  Providing such information is not in their best interest, Imagine saying YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE VACCINE for years and then publishing data that so many people have died despite being vaccinated. It obviously must be a lot, otherwise they would have published the information long time ago.
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  770. Maybe it's one of CNN's famous anonymous sources?
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  771. How do you piece together calls for a statement to condemn their actions to being the person behind the riot, insurrection, party.. whatever you want to call it I don't care. I mean let's say China invades Taiwan and Biden doesn't make a quick condemnation until 24 hours after the invasion, is that proof Biden is behind the invasion? This won't lead anywhere unless they can find something to prove Trump was behind all this yeah maybe we can speculate his reluctance to condemn them in a timely and decisive manner could be because they are "doing his bidding" but that's just speculation and won't hold up for any conviction/impeachment whatever.
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  772. Well they better work quick then, if republicans take the house in the midterm elections this investigation won't go on for very long and all they got so far is a few contempt charges after all this time... Hey CNN wake me up when there is something that leads to some serious charge....
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  773. eeeeh? the text clearly says, "He got too condemn this s**t ASAP" where do you get "gone too far" from?
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  774. That's what I thought as well.... It should be pretty easy to determine since I am pretty sure the Israelis and Hamas/PLO are not using the same ammunitions type yet we heard nothing about it.
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  775.  @BedroomHistorianOfficialYT  It's on the Palestinians to come with proof they are in charge of the "scene" they have the body and they should have the bullets. Should not be too hard to determine if the ammo type matches the types of fire arms the IDF uses or if it's from something Hamas would use. Yet we haven't heard anything about it.
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  776. Welcome to politics, they are our allies they are "allowed" to do those things. It's just the same the other way. Palestine has NO PROBLEM receiving support and getting close with China and Russia even though they oppress their Muslim Uyghur and Chechen brothers and sisters. It's all politics in the end.
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  777. Didn't the UK create Israel? I am not sure I see how Israel and the UK are similar.
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  778. You already tried that and lost horribly in 6 days.
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  779. Of course not, politics. Israel is an important ally.
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  780. Then why don't you do something about it there are 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, 300 million in the Middle East. The Israelis are 7 million.... why do you blame CNN and British media
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  781. Why are you crying about the west, there are around 300 million Muslims in the Middle East the Israelis are what... around 7 million? Why do you need the west to do anything for you? So what if the West support Israel with those numbers that should not be an issue at all. There are 1.5 billion Muslims all over the world why don't they all chip in on the Palestinian side? Why does the west have to be vilified because the Muslim world won't or is unable to help their "brothers" and "sisters"? 1.5 Billion people are not enough to beat 7 million?
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  782. Truth about what? It's just speculation why don't we hear what type of bullets they were? Did the bullets magically disappear? If the bullets are of the ammunition type the Israelis use that sounds like a pretty good indication yet we hear nothing about it from the Palestinian authorities.
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  783.  @gmallory  How would you know though? There hasn't been a word yet what type of bullet was used to kill her. It's all speculation at this point until we get some solid evidence.
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  784. To be fair I still think it's most likely it was the IDF but Hamas has been killing and even torturing Palestinians before. In this case it's probably the IDF but you think Palestinians killing Palestinians is something unlikely? Amnesty has a lot of words for Hamas and they are not pretty, even against their own people.
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  785. It's nothing the US government can do as there has been no evidence presented to confirm which side killed her. Once the evidence is out and it can be proven that it's from the IDF and they intentionally targeted her (probably will never be able to confirm that one) then I'd expect a response.
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  786. Yep innocent Palestinians supporting Hamas a terrorist organization committing suicide bombings on civilians yep, poor innocent Palestinians.
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  787. Why would the Israeli government target an American citizen, that sounds highly unlikely. If it truly was the Israeli side that killed her they probably had no idea who she were.
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  788. allegedly got killed by the IDF, we don't know yet and are waiting for the forensic report about the bullets being used.
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  789. You know the answer to that one, Israel are allies Palestinians are not pretty simple politics 101.
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  790. Of course, what do you think will happen, we haven't had any clear evidence presented as of yet. All we have are speculations from a news network. Where are the bullets, what type of ammunition is it? Is it the type which the Israeli forces use? etc etc. You think some IDF soldiers will get punished because CNN speculated to what might have happened?
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  791. In your opinion, yes. In my opinion ISIS and Taliban are quite further a head in that department but hey.
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  792. So where is the evidence that she was targeted by the Israeli forces? They were in the area so it had to be them because Israel bad? Why doesn't the Palestinian authorities just share the information of the bullet? Does it match the guns that Israel uses? That would be a pretty clear indication.....?
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  793. Muslim leaders be like: About Palestinian Muslims: "OMG these western backed imperialists are oppressing our Palestinian Muslim brothers and sisters we must all stand up for all oppressed Muslims in the name of Mohammed! About Uyghur Muslims: "Oi, guys - Could you like Chill out and stop pissing China off we're having a good deal going with them and you're annoying us! Go back to your factory and make some money for the CCP stop making noise over there"
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  794. Would be nice to have a confirmation about the killing bullet which ammunition type it came from the determine what type of gun was used... You know just to confirm/prove it all rather than just speculate but hey why would you need evidence when you can base your judgement based on emotions!
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  795. What do you mean caught it on Camera all I can see is the aftermath of what happened not really who shot her or did I miss something?
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  796. Why do you instantly assume she was shot by the Israelis, I mean yeah it's likely but nothing in this video could possibly be used as evidence it's just speculation at this point until we know what type of ammunition was used. The Palestinians have the bullets and the Israelis and Palestinians use very different weaponry so shouldn't be too difficult to prove yet we have heard nothing about it.
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  797. Well wouldn't you know, he made himself the news. Good for him, he achieved his goal.
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  798. That is assuming the next leader is not going to be worse...
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  799. Don't forget to spread it on social media too! She's very proud of her 3000 likes lol!
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  800. are you kidding me, she's loving it, hear the joy in her voice when she talks about 3000 likes... I have a feeling their marriage was already doomed
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  801. Nothing in this world comes for free, I am from a Northern European country and have worked in Europe, America and China. I can tell you the healthcare and education in my country is paid for by a tax rate between 40-60%. It all depends on what you are looking for, if you want to make money and work hard then my country is not for you. The tax rate is progressive so as you work overtime your salary goes up but so does your tax rate, at the end of the day it's not worth it working overtime as you will pass a tax threshold and your tax rate will cut the extra money you made. As a result people are extremely reluctant to work overtime because it just doesn't show up on your salary and is eaten up by taxes because you just push yourself up the tax threshold and go from paying 40% tax on your income to 60%. I made a lot more money in America, that being said if you get sick you don't have the same benefits in America as you would in my home country. For me personally America is a lot better than Europe if you are single and healthy, if you are old has some kind of disabling condition or a family then my home in Northern Europe is much better. As for China the working conditions are just bad, no upsides.
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  802. I never understood the whole thing honestly, I've had my fair share of employers. Some good some bad. When I had a bad employer I just quit and found a new job if I found the situation unbearable. I know plenty of people that still work for the same company and complain all day about how they are mistreated and I would sympathize at first but later as I grew older I realized they're responsible for their own happiness. If you are so unhappy then find a new job - what's stopping you? There are plenty of good companies out there if you want to be stuck at a company that mistreats you for decades then that's your own choice.
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  803. Hah I wouldn't hold your breath that may take a very long time, also public support for impeachment is dropping - the democratic party is probably going to lose out on a lot of votes if they hold onto it for too long. I don't like Pelosi but she's not stupid.
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  804. Lol CNN it’s all about Trump
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  805. You know 80 percent of all plastics found in the ocean comes from Asia right? They are already dumping everything they got in the ocean, what's going to stop them to dump even more? The biggest polluters of the world crying someone else is making a mess for once. Funny.
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  806. The WHO and WEF does not set the rules, even if they said it's bad Japan could do whatever they want. It's like when the UN tells Russia to stop invading Ukraine, nobody listens to these organisations anyway they have no power.
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  807. Crimes against humanity? LOL that's a new one. I think you could just call it polluting the ocean, something pretty much every country does already. I guess we can welcome Japan to the club.
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  808. 80 percent of all plastics found in the ocean comes from Asia, the biggest polluters of the planet are crying about dirty water lol. It's okay when you do it but when someone else does it's time to cry.
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  809. They do but it's not Okay when someone else does it.
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  810.  @TruvorSineus  Russians are not rich.
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  811. Doesn't matter if it's "150%" or 0% Putin is obsessed by Ukraine. He gets his breakfast in the morning and one of the eggs is not cooked well enough it's Ukraine's fault.
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  812. I'd say it's more likely he made behind the scenes deals with other NATO nations, probably America. Perhaps we will see US fighter jets be added to the Turkish Arsenal soon.
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  813. Lol calling EU and US non trustworthy and using Turkey in the same sentence. If you compare with Turkey most nations in the world will be considered Trustworthy lol.
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  814. Maybe, maybe not. Time will tell.
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  815. Okay Mohammed.
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  816. Throw rocks at the Russians and they won't use Batons
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  817.  @georgeroberts6490  That's one of the stupidest things I have ever heard lol. For the record I did not find your comment to be Antisemitic but Antisemitism is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews has nothing to do if they are considered being a "Semite" or not.
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  818. Don't be stupid stone throwing and baton beatings are not the same as using tanks and missiles lol.
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  819.  @yaqusmafamily3077  They did.
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  820. At least they didn't throw her off a building ISIS style I guess.
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  821. One side has rocks the other has batons, sounds like a clash to me.
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  822. Because one side has rocks the other batons
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  823. Maybe they should stop carrying out terror attacks against Israeli civilians, 19 died last month. I do not condone or support Israel's attack on the mourners and the death of this journalist but terror attacks by Hamas is not much better. Both are equally bad and need to stop.
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  824. Hamas have executed Palestinians plenty of times I am sure they would not hesitate if they had to.
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  825.  @anitakoch3895  Why is that miscalculation? The Jews in Israel are very friendly towards the West while most Muslim countries in the Area is chanting death to America. I think we made the right decision.
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  826. They say the same about Islam yet there are almost no people from religious minorities left in the Middle East.
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  827. Don't agree. If Zelensky wanted to surrender unconditionally he should have done so the first week of the invasion. Now the way things are the longer this conflict lasts it's worse for Russia. The longer he holds out the more likely the peace terms will be more favourable for Ukraine and he knows it. The pressure is on Russia to end this as soon as possible, either militarily or diplomatically their economy is taking big hits and the public is turning on the Russian government in bigger numbers. The Russians cannot keep this up for months on end meanwhile Ukraine is receiving massive economic and military support. Zelensky knows that if he can show the Russians he will not relent they will make concessions at the negotiating table and the peace won't be as harsh on the Ukranians.
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  828. It's enough to make them retreat, morale is low the Russian soldiers have no will to fight back or push on.
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  829. They don't have the resources to demolish every single small abandoned village they come across. They are already using their missile and artillery capacity on big cities like Mariupol bombing civilians all day long.
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  830. maybe but what are the consequences? Killed their own economy and lost support at home. Even if Ukraine surrenders tomorrow the damage is done and it's very likely some sanctions will stay even after the end of the war.
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  831.  @Naz123Gul  People in the Middle East always find a reason to start a conflict NATO or not.
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  832. That's what they said about Ukraine wanting to join NATO and look what happened to them
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  833.  @suomi1416  China won't do a thing. Xi is too worried about the party congress he cannot mess up before he gets confirmed for another term.
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  834.  @rsrs1136  Won't happen. The minute Putin sends a nuke he will receive 10 coming back towards Moscow and he knows that.
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  835. Expected reply is mid May
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  836. Considering almost 70% of the public is for NATO and that these soldiers have been conducting military operations with NATO for a long time I'd say the majority of them should be for it.
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  837. @TriVos Ahren NATO is a defensive alliance, if NATO countries had a problem with the US putting troops on their territory then why are nations bordering Russia begging the US to post more troops on their borders?
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  838.  @poopyanalbumhole  Well hopefully Russia will think twice about threatening and invading its neighbours if it will just push its neighbours to join NATO.
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  839. Not really, Putin is aggressive but he knows the minute he starts fingering on that nuke button he will have hundreds of them raining down all over Russia and at that point it's over.
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  840. And their victims didn't deserve it either, you don't get deported for things like stealing some of these guys took another persons life. They should consider themselves lucky they got another chance some countries in the world has the death penalty for things like murder - you don't get another chance, citizen or not.
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  841. You forget the Russians recruit inmates for hideous crimes as soldiers to fight in Ukraine, they might end up in the Russian Army for all we know.
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  842. Well Russia does enlist prisoners for their war in Ukraine so who knows, maybe they will end up there sooner or later.
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  843.  @indycoon  That's why the Belarus government made an announcement that they had helped Russia to capture them close to the Belarusian border. Perhaps they got lost and drove towards the wrong border and Putin being the excellent mind reader figured out they were actually heading toward Ukraine despite the fact they drove towards Belarus.
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  844. Russia is a "friend" of Muslims. Yet Muslims go to Russia to commit acts of terror. Looks like the Muslims don't consider the Russians friends. So much for the "friendship".
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  845. Ukrainians? They don't look like Eastern Europeans. Tajikistan is a good bet since some passports were found in the car from there, Tajikistan are like 90% Muslim so it makes sense they are ISIS operatives.
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  846. Russians helped Assad regime push ISIS out of Syria. It's not the first ISIS attack in Russia.
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  847. An Islamic organization did this.
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  848. Nope, just some religious nuts doing religious things. We all know which religion too.
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  849. I am pretty sure whoever created ISIS were Muslims.
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  850. Trump has nothing to do with this, go see a doctor for your Trump derangement syndrome.
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  851.  @m.yaminpasha5561  I would not recommend visiting an Arab nation as an American at all, no matter if you speak Arabian or English. You will be captured by terrorists in a heartbeat!
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  852.  @Azier18  Might as well just remove all statues to give the snowflakes some piece of mind.
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  853.  @hzhang1228  Emperor for life Xi JinPing of the CCP dynasty would like to have a word.
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  854. Puyi, The last emperor of China. Xi JinPing: Hold my beer.
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  855. 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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  856. 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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  857.  @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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  858. 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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  859.  @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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  860. 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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  861. @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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  862. 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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  863.  @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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  864. 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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  865. 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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  866.  @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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  867.  @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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  868.  @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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  869. ​@kızgın tosbağa Yeah what does he think, it's a bazaar, everything has it's price nothing is free.
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  870. You should thank your government he either made a secret deal with the US or he got forced to accept.
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  871.  @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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  872.  @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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  873.  @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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  874. 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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  875.  @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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  876.  @chrismtb5193  Bad news for Russia and it's allies. Good news for the west and particularly Sweden and Finland.
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  877.  @yagzefeduman4331  Don't worry it will be better once he is gone.
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  878.  @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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  879.  @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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  880.  @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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  881.  @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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  882.  @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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  883.  @theancientsancients1769  I am pretty sure the US foreign department was playing a big role in the talks behind the scenes.
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  884. 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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  885. 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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  886. 150 people get killed by ISIS terror attacks each year in the US?
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  887. Tucker is pretty cool but even he cannot be right all the time.
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  888. By Putin himself I heard, with one arm tied behind his back.
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  889.  @USA-o5o  I will believe it when I see it
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  890.  @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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  891. 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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  892. 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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  893. 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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  894.  @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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  895. 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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  896. 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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  897. Well bad things happen when you start wars, especially when you lose them. Has consequences.
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  898. 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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  899. 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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  900. 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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  901. 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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  902.  @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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  903.  @AliBuba33  Turkey is not even top 5 in NATO when it comes to military spending
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  904.  @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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  905. LOL at least we can eat them for thanksgiving. Always good with emergency food supply.
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  906.  @Peyp59  It is, other than Canada and the US only European nations are allowed to join.
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  907.  @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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  908. 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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  909.  @Jahvec  But but but... Erdogan said "Trust me Br0" That's enough in Turkey ^_^.
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  910.  @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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  911. The Germans are against sanctions on Russia? What a surprise!
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  912.  @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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  913.  @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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  914.  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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  915.  @izajahmed8863  I guess about the same time as you guys started to marry children?
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  916.  @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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  917. 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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  918.  @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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  919. they have 34 or 43 not sure which? Official cases anyway...
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  920. Want peace don't invade other countries.
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  921. 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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  922. 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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  923. NATO has never been stronger and more united. Putin brought in the renaissance in NATO and saved the organization.
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  924. 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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  925. 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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  926. 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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  927. 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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  928. The only tourism they get from Russia are Russian spies.
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  929. 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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  930. I will take a strong American arms industry any day over being ruled over by Russia. Thank you very much.
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  931.  @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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  932. Erdogan was playing bazaar for a long time.
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  933. 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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  934. 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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  935. 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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  936. 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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  937. 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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  938. They spend 2.1% of GDP on defense already, that's above the requirements.
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  939. Russia ready for what? Losing more territory to another smaller nation?
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  940. They will say please stop while discretely sending billions to Israel and secretly hoping Iran will implode.
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  941. US and Israel are allies. Friends help each other.
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  942. If you are expecting UN to do sth useful I would not hold my breath. Useless org.
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  943. Can't be much worse than a dictatorship family business having power for 50 years...
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  944.  @thesupremeveggieburger427  Funny how the people crying about the village have nothing to do with it. The villagers are all happy the company paid them twice the price of their homes.
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  945.  @blackcoffee. Must be hard to hate the west so much yet you and your fellow brothers and sisters come to us hat in hand, you hate us but you beg us for money.
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  946.  @angus7278  Who cares go look for free stuff somewhere else. Not our fight nor is it our problem.
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  947.  @egelisk4943  Sweden has no contacts with PKK as with YPG we do send aid to them in Syria as do every EU country and the US, YPG are not a terrorist organization according to the EU and US. I find it pretty funny you ask about ISIS and Al-Qaeda, the reason we support YPG is because they fight against these two organizations so no, we don't support ISIS and Al-Qaeda actually we support their enemies. As for Turkey you guys support Hamas, Al-Nusra and Muslim Brotherhood so it's not like your government have clean hands either.
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  948.  @egelisk4943  Turkey has stated that BOTH Finland AND Sweden supports terrorist groups. They have been very clear that they object both countries.
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  949.  @egelisk4943  Must have been something else then Greece has been a member of NATO since 1952, I know they withdrew from NATO command after the war in 1974 because NATO did not assist them.
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  950.  @egelisk4943  I know and understand it's complicated but I was under the impression that the Greeks had 2000 soldiers from their army stationed in Cyprus to aid the Greek friendly government that was formed there so even it was not recognized it was still a war fought between Turkey and Greece. was it not?
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  951.  @egelisk4943  I think you mean YPG, PKK is a terrorist org in the Netherlands.
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  952.  @egelisk4943  UK and US have given security guarantees to Sweden and Finland. Also Norway and Denmark are talking about it. Even if Turkey denies Sweden it looks like they will have a defensive alliance with the other NATO members individually. Which would be great we're looking for military co-operation with our EU friends and the Americans. That would be great Turkey doesn't need to assist us and we don't need to assist them. To be totally honest though I know the EU has a reputation that they don't really like Turkey that much but I think it's just Erdogan. One day Erdogan will be gone and hopefully we can have a closer co-operation with Turkey and they will be allowed to join the EU.
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  953.  @ilkerturk1997  Then why are they already included in the defence network as honorary members and conduct joint military exercises with NATO already?
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  954.  @abadairshi  That's an exaggeration Turkish polls put Erdogan at around 30% for the upcoming election in Polls at the moment, that hardly sounds like "all Turks" support him.
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  955.  @abadairshi  It's irrelevant what Germany thinks about Turkey it did not even get to a vote or a discussion because Turkey does not even meet the basic Criteria for joining. Once they reached all the Criteria then it's the time for objections but right now they cannot even pass the basics so until they do there is no way to know who is for and who is against. Greece has no influence over the EU criteria and they didn't block anything, Turkey needs to sort out many things, human rights, democratic institutions, basic freedoms such as free speech, oppression of religious minorities, border disputes etc. It's a long list, Greece doesn't need to block them because they cannot even get to the point where someone can block them. They need to pass the Criteria first before Greece even has the opportunity to block them.
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  956.  @egelisk4943  Turkey is not a part of the EU because they don't meet the standards set out for joining the EU. Their Human rights records, lack of freedom of speech, weak democratic institutions etc. There is nothing in the EU that says it does not accept Muslim countries. As for the arms embargo it's only on Turkey so that part is not about Muslims either. The EU has taken in many Muslim refugees if they seriously were some kind of secret anti-Muslim organization why are they allowing Muslims to come and let EU countries put Muslims on minister positions in their governments? It makes little sense, most of the EU nations are not even Christians they are Atheists and Agnostics. These are secular countries you are talking about you make it sound like Christianity is a big deal in Europe, it's not.
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  957.  @The_Green.  It has nothing to do with being Muslims the problem with Turkey is not Turkey it's Erdogan. The EU refusal and the NATO arms embargo on Turkey is a direct result of Erdogan's policies. Just because Turkey has bad relations with the EU nations doesn't mean it will always be like this. A new leader and new policies will fix most of Turkey's foreign relations issues. It could also make it worse I suppose but I know many Turks and they are just like everyone else and not all of them agrees with Erdogan's policies (especially the Turks that have fled Turkey).
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  958.  @emresahin4040  I am talking about Swedish laws here, and yes I am pretty sure I know more about Swedish laws than you (I am Swedish myself). Of course I respect Turkish laws you are free to do whatever you want and if I go visit Turkey I will follow them. But these laws only applies to what's going on inside Turkey these are not international laws. If Erdogan and the Turkish government wants the individuals extradited that is no problem they can apply for it I have no problem with that. But as with every nation that applies for extradition it needs to be according to Swedish laws and Swedish laws does not allow for extradition without a criminal charge that can be proven and upheld in a Swedish court. If the Turkish government can send over photos, videos etc to prove that these guys were involved in terrorist activities then yes, they will be extradited. Right now all that Erdogan gave the Swedish government was a list, no proof, just names. Swedish law does not allow our government to extradite individuals just because a nation's leader tells us too. It must stand up in court and it needs evidence. About NATO I am pretty sure I did not say anything that Turkey should be kicked out, did I?
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  959.  @_Redronin_  You are wrong to call the people that Erdogan wants Sweden and Finland to extradite criminals. The reason why Sweden and Finland cannot extradite these individuals is because of our laws. You cannot extradite someone to a country unless they are proven to have committed a crime that is also considered a crime in Finland and Sweden. If there are proof that they have committed terrorist activities it needs to go through a Swedish or Finish court to determine if they are guilty or not then and ONLY then can extradition be considered. There are laws concerning this and we cannot just extradite someone because Erdogan says "Trust me br0". So yes long story short they are not criminals Turkey has alleged they are but without proof and going through the Swedish or Finish court system they are not considered Criminals. That's how things work here there are laws in place and the Turkish delegation are free to report the crime and supply the evidence to the Swedish police if they wish just like all other nations that want individuals extradited.
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  960. It's always better to act diplomatically in front of the cameras and fix the sensitive issues behind closed doors.
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  961.  @abadairshi  America and the UK have already given both countries security guarantees and so will Denmark and Norway soon. Looks like the individual NATO countries will make their separate security guarantees with Sweden and Finland no matter if Turkey let's them in or not which is great. It's a win-win for both sides, Turkey are not happy about Sweden and Finland and I am pretty sure our governments are more interested in protection and co-operation with our friends in the EU and US without having to be involved in Turkey's wars.
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  962.  @bryonkidder6199  Well to be fair no matter which side of the political spectrum you are you should be happy they are going after this. Sooner or later there's going to be republicans in the social media echelon banning democrats. Even if now you like it because it's republicans sooner or later it will be your team getting the same treatment.
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  963.  @donross4264  So one bad act excuses the other? Well let's turn it around, why should Trump be indicted for anything when these people does the same? It's okay to do bad things because other people do. Great logic.
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  964. I am pretty sure the US State dept spokesperson gets quite a good salary with decent benefits why wouldn't he be satisfied?
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  965.  @ianmcd66  C'mon man we're not talking about $ per persons here the real questions is how many tunnels can they build for that money. It's $ per tunnel. If the people of Gaza actually received that money equally they would not be starving in the first place.
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  966. Come on man they both paint each other "black" as you would say and you know that. They are both as bad as each other when it comes to promoting anti America or Anti China content. That's what enemies do expecting anything else would be naive.
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  967. Hamas decided to poke the bear and found out why it was a bad idea. You don't follow the news? There's a war down there incase you didnt know.
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  968. So asking a guy about Chinese influence over tiktok relates to genocide how exactly? How did you make that connection, perhaps you should improve your listening skills?
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  969. If you are going to make such claims you should at least try to get the name of the Chinese leader right, it's Deng Xiaoping.
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  970. If Biden can become president anyone can honestly.
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  971. It goes both ways, they are competing for world hegemony at this point, American politicians talk about China and Chinese politicians talk about America.
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  972. Chinese kids are not interest in math and science man you are talking about kids that spend their whole day after school to write math and science homework. You really think they want to spend their precious little free time with Math and science after spending hours doing Math homework? LOL you don't know kids.
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  973. The way both sides are going it wouldn't surprise me if they ended up at war eventually and that will be bad for all of us.
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  974. LOL I like that line of thinking, let me try. Ehm so how about colonization, do you really know what actually happened, where you there? Okay cool so colonization did not happen, sweet. Rejoice Europeans, no need to feel ashamed you have all been tricked to feel guilty about something that never happened.
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  975. He is an American actually so he is not part of any minority, republicans don't play the same race and ethnicity game as Democrats. Anglo-Saxons were people living in Britain before it got conquered by the Normans in 1066. I can assure you there are no Anglo-Saxons in the US senate lol they are long gone.
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  976. They have their own version of Tiktok called Douyin. The APP Tiktok is blocked in China for the same reason google, YT, facebook etc is blocked in China.
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  977. No, I think he is on the side calling for the removal of Tiktok from American users like India did a while back.
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  978. And this connects to Tiktok how exactly?
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  979. While I am all for Moldova being free from Russian influence I don't see how they would contribute to the EU, just another country draining aid while not providing much. We already have plenty of those.
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  980. Moldova is really poor
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  981.  @kevinmcelligott8573  Iran does not have Russia, China or Turkey. There is no way those nations will put their neck out for Iran, they will not die on that hill. Iran just is not worth it, very small economy. Yeah maybe they will make statements but you really thing China will risk US and western sanctions by putting troops out there or send military aid to Iran - really? They will support Iran with words, that's it.
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  982. Jordan has missile defense systems shooting down missiles over their territory
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  983.  @incog99skd11  Russians? Those were soldiers of the USSR, that includes many nationalities and ethnicities besides Russians. Seeing as 40% of the red army were Ukrainians it's a big chance the majority of the buried are Ukrainians. It's funny how people don't realize that Russians were a minority group in the red army. Most of the soldiers came from the other USSR states. Perhaps the German government ought to ask Ukraine what to do about it seeing as it's more than likely the majority of buried soldiers are Ukrainian.
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  984.  @drschnaps8081  Didn't Putin say the dissolvement of the USSR is the worst thing that happened in the 1900s? I think it's fitting - Putin wants to go back to the USSR borders.
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  985. Yes, it's been covered with Ukrainian flags plenty of times. The Russians were not very happy about that haha
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  986. Doesn't it have Soviet symbols, a red army soldiers and red army tanks though? Sounds pretty political to me given the circumstances these days.
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  987.  @vladimirkovacevic4415  Yeah because the Balts, poles, hungarians etc all loved the Soviets and cried a lot when the USSR fell and they cared so much about their monu.... Actually the first thing that happened in those countries was the destruction of Soviet monuments and statues. "liberated" 15 nations gained their freedom on the day the USSR fell, it was a moment of great joy everywhere except maybe Russia.
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  988.  @michaelmichael2382  Don't mind him his girlfriend was stolen by a German he's all over the comments being salty about something ^_^.
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  989.  @Claudia_Ackermann  You think there are memorials with Swastikas in Russia? There are cemeteries not memorials, definitely no Swastikas and German tanks or statues of Wehrmacht soldiers in Moscow. Just a small correction, most Germans buried in Russia were not SS they were Wehrmacht soldiers. The SS was pretty small compared to the Wehrmacht - not really the same.
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  990.  @ConkerVonZap  Because there are no German war memorials in Russia with Swastikas. There's a big difference between a cemetery and a memorial. I am from a former Soviet state and as soon as that empire fell first thing we did was destroy all monuments and memorials from the USSR. We kept the graves and gave them an obelisk and made it a park. We respect the dead but F me you think we're going to leave those disgusting Soviet symbols that oppressed our people for decades there? Hell no.
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  991.  @WM-gf8zm  The funny part is that there are more Nazis in Russia, the old heart of the USSR than anywhere else.
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  992. There is a treaty but yes the Tanks and the statue of the soldier will likely go in the near future, it's actually closed right now because people keep putting Ukrainian flags on the monument which is pissing off the Russians lol.
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  993. That's because Putin's invasion of Russian and annexation of Crimea - has little to do with 1940s. You are confusing modern feelings about Russians and the past. The hate of Russians is because modern day events not because of what happened 70 years ago - there are no links here. With that being said I am not surprised and it's the same where I live in Northern Europe there's a lot of hate towards the Russian state. I am pretty sure it's the same all over Europe - not sure why you would be surprised over that - nobody likes warmongers like Putin.
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  994. Both the Russian and Ukrainian flags were banned but if you were flying Ukrainian flag nobody would give a sh*t. You tried flying the Russian flag people would call the cops on you within a heartbeat lol. Germans stand with Ukraine just like the rest of Europe - what a big surprise.
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  995.  @A.K.4.7  Of course not
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  996. Yes but the peoples of the territories that the USSR conveniently conquered and refused to let go after the war knows the Soviets weren't liberators and they were just oppressors themselves. We all remember their part in defeating Germany and we also remember their ambition to conquer Europe if they had the chance to. And unfortunately the people conquered and subdued under USSR in Eastern Europe knows far too well what their reign was like. Out of all the former USSR states only the Russians are still fond of the USSR while the rest hates the USSR with a passion.
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  997. 40% of the red army were Ukrainians. More than likely they were the majority ethnicity in most combat groups and fronts.
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  998. Well the government made a treaty to preserve the monuments and statues of the USSR but they didn't actually want them so their solution was to move them all to a place where nobody went or to put them into archiving facilities. Unfortunately for poor Stalin all his statues were beheaded though. They could not keep their treaty for poor uncle Joseph haha.
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  999.  @martinusher1  Soviet soldiers raped civilians everywhere they went, even in former soviet states like Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states there are records of Soviet soliders raping the civilian population after liberating them from the Nazis.
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  1000.  @hmswarspite3233  The Germans were not the only ones having a beef with the Soviets.
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  1001.  @jakemurray2635  With that logic the Russians will have to build Monuments of Zeklenskyy in Moscow soon lol.
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  1002. Whatever happens to it is up to the Germans. They can just do like the Baltic states and the poles just cover it with a building and use it as an archive to preserve it. The treaty only specify it should be preserved not that it has to be displayed. In fact many of the monuments and memorials that we made treaties with the Russians to preserve are now stored in Archives and have been removed from their original locations. We are not allowed to destroy them due to the treaty but we can spare the public from laying eyes on them at least. We kind of failed to preserve the Stalin statues though they were beheaded and thrown away.
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  1003.  @vladimirkovacevic4415  Actually the former Soviet states are removing USSR monuments ever since the fall. The only ones interested in keeping them are the Russians.
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  1004. It's a Soviet soldier, 40% of the red army was made up by Ukrainians. The Russians actually constituted a very small part of the red army.
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  1005.  @jakekaywell5972  You are 30 years too late, the Soviets are gone and 15 nations gained their freedoms. Only one of them are looking back on the USSR Fondly (Russia of course). The others are removing and destroying USSR monuments on a yearly basis. Even the Putin friendly Hungarians have replaced Soviet monuments with anti-communist heroes from the 1956 uprisings.
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  1006.  @woodenseagull1899  To be fair not defending the Nazis but the Soviets were building up and preparing to go after them. Doesn't excuse what they did but we're talking about two trash and scum leaders in Hitler and Stalin having the same idea in mind - conquest.
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  1007. "Russia didn't invade other countries unless they were forced to do so" Ah poor Russians being forced to invade Georgia, Chechnya and now Ukraine. Why is it always the poor Russians that are always forced to invade their neighbours? Man how unlucky the Russians are all the time. Can't believe it.
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  1008. Well deserved, hopefully we can have another true piece of history soon putting Ukrainian memorials and monuments of Zelenskyy in Moscow.
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  1009.  @jakekaywell5972  Yeah let's forget about Stalin was responsible for at least 6 million, and as many as 9 million if “foreseeable” deaths caused by deportation, starvation and his great purges because, well Hitler was worse. Secondly "Russia has war memorials to the Nazis" and you name The Sologubovka Cemetery did you notice the word CEMETERY? A cemetery is not a war memorial those are very very different things. Cemeteries are just graves, a memorial is monuments, symbols etc. Does Russia have German graves with monuments containing Swastikas and German tiger tanks? Because that would be a war memorial. I can probably agree with you that the Nazis were worse but honestly Soviets were not very far behind and does it really matter? They were both regimes led by crazy dictators that are responsible for millions of deaths. It was a happy day when the Nazis fell and it was a happy day when the USSR fell.
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  1010. ​ @jakekaywell5972  Plenty of Hungarian USSR monuments have been removed and replaced with heroes from the 1956 uprising. Zalaegerszeg - Lenin statue removed 1991. Budapest Karl Marx removed and replaced by Negy 2019 (anti-communist hero).Gyor 1990 removed a Soviet soldier monument. Budapest 1956 uprising removed plenty of Soviet monuments. Budapest 2006 a statue of Stalin was removed and beheaded. Veszprem A statue of Lenin was removed and replaced with one of the heroes in the 1956 uprising. I could go on and on about all monuments that has been removed in Hungary and replaced with Anti-communist heroes but again you are the "Native Hungarian" and everyone loves the USSR there right? LoL.
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  1011.  @jakekaywell5972  They are not Russian memorials they are Soviet memorials. 40% of red army soldiers were Ukrainians the Russians were a minority group within the red army. There's a big possibility that most of the soldiers buried there are Ukrainians, not Russians.
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  1012.  @legokingtm9462  He's talking about the soldiers that stayed and died in Berlin, not the soldiers surrendering to the Americans and the British. But I guess you could call them smart rather than craven they knew they would get better treatment from the Americans and the Brits hopefully they were smart enough to get their relative women and children out of Berlin before the red army swept in and raped them.
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  1013. Germans did not call for the graves to be removed however the tanks in particular are controversial
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  1014.  @макслюлюкин  Just because Hitler did bad things doesn't mean the Austrians have to keep monuments and memorials of other evil regimes and leaders. The Soviets while maybe not as bad as the Nazis came pretty close in their brutality. Where I am from our agreement only pertained "preserving" the soviet monuments and memorials so we just simply moved them to archives facilities or to less visited sites. We preserve them, we just do it where nobody can be disturbed by them. Except the monuments and statues of Stalin those were toppled and beheaded when the USSR fell. Not much love for that guy here after decades of Soviet oppression and occupation.
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  1015.  @DrJones20  And that's supposed to be an excuse? Is this a competition who was the worst? Honestly does it matter if the Nazis killed 10 more civilians than the Soviets? They were both trash, Nazis were trash and the Soviets were trash. A bunch of rapists and murderers both of them. It's no surprise even former Soviet states hate the USSR with a passion. These days they also hates Russians the only ones of the former USSR states that look back fondly on the USSR.
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  1016.  @elliotyourarobot  Yes we know you don't like the west, it's all over your comments.
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  1017. The dead soldiers are not the problem, the Soviet symbols and the tanks especially are what most people don't like about it.
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  1018. Well maybe you'd think differently if the women being raped were from your family.
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  1019. Well maybe you'd think differently if the women being raped were from your family.
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  1020. Well maybe you'd think differently if the women being raped were from your family.
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  1021. Well maybe you'd think differently if the women being raped were from your family.
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  1022.  @jakekaywell5972  There are all kinds of people in a nation, even in Germany to this day there are people that miss the Nazis - I am not surprised there were people in countries like Hungary that would love the Soviets to come back. I guess your family didn't like the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 either?
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  1023. Doesn't matter, the Memorial is on German soil and they can decide to do whatever they want with it. As I am aware it's still there only because the government wants to uphold a treaty it made in the 90s. They made similar treaties in the Baltic states, Poland, Hungary etc but they still destroyed the memorials and monuments of the USSR regardless. It's kind of funny how the old USSR states hates the Soviets more than the west.
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  1024.  @Maperator  Nobody is ignoring what the Nazis did, the Soviets and the Nazis were both trash
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  1025. Soviet memorials are being removed by previous Soviet states such as the Baltic states and Poland for example. Even previous members of the USSR hate the memorials and monuments representing that time.
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  1026. Nah you are wrong, when the USSR fell we toppled all statues of Stalin and beheaded them. There are plenty of written evidence and accounts of the Soviet occupation here that we pass on to our children. They don't need to see statues of Stalin to learn of how he oppressed us. You can preserve history in many ways you don't need statues and monuments for it.
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  1027. Considering Russian actions today I wouldn't be surprised if it would not survive for long. Remember previous soviet states like Ukraine and the Baltic states hates the USSR and Russians with a Passion.
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  1028.  @jakekaywell5972  Then why are the Russians trying to re-introduce the old USSR borders?
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  1029. The Soviets were always bad it's just the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
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  1030. Well you'd be happy to know all calls of removals only concerns the tanks and the artillery pieces not the actual graves themselves.
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  1031. Then why are the USSR monuments being destroyed and replaced all over the former USSR nations?
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  1032. Yes, truth is both the Nazis and the Soviets were trash. Bunch of rapists and murderers. Thankfully both Nazi Germany and the USSR does not exist today.
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  1033. Honestly? And how many people lost their family members because of actions taken by the British empire? Every nation has their own dark past Germans of today has little to do with the Nazis just as much as Australians have little to do with the British empire. I am pretty sure Aboriginals have a word or two to say about your forefathers. At the end of the day we don't inherit the sins of our fathers - get over yourself.
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  1034.  @BlackTar100  If you are going to have a debate who's the worst you should probably throw Mao China and Stalin USSR in there. There were plenty of bad guys to go around on both sides of the war. While it's true Mao and Stalin were great allies in the fight against the German and Japanese it soon turned out they were just as bad as the Nazis and the Japanese. Fortunately they are all gone now though it must be said their ambitions lives on in the leaders of Russia and China still while the Germans and Japanese turned out to be great allies.
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  1035.  @arthurmcbride1235  Actually 40% of the Red army consisted of Ukrainians and it's them that received the brunt of the German invasion so it would be wrong to claim all those people dead were Russian because that was not true. The USSR consisted of many more countries than Russia and like previously mentioned they deliberately used other ethnicities in their army as cannon fodder to preserve Russians. USSR and Russia should not be used interchangeably they are totally different entities. The Germans did not venture far into Russian territory and it's mostly the Ukrainians and Belorussian civilians that faced the wrath of the Nazis. These days people have moved on, Ukraine has little issues with Germans even though they were the ones that suffered the most during the Nazi invasion of the USSR.
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  1036. 40% of the red army soldiers were Ukrainian so the chance of the front consisting mostly of Ukrainians is a high possibility.
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  1037. How do you feel about the Russian cemeteries in Ukraine growing each and every day?
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  1038. The red army were in a Race with the Brits and the US to capture Berlin. Stalin needed to take the city for propaganda purposes before the Nazis made peace with the US or Brits
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  1039.  @jakekaywell5972  So you think the Ukrainians would have a problem with Germany removing Soviet tanks from a memorial? Give me a break they will probably ask if the scrap metal can be sent to them so they can make them into bullets killing Russians lol.
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  1040. I totally understand, from a former Soviet union state here first thing that happened when the USSR fell was removing Statues and monuments of Stalin and the USSR. We kept the graves but we got rid of all memorials with Soviet symbols on them. We respect the dead, we don't respect the regime that oppressed our people for decades. Perhaps Germany can do the same make it into a park with the graves intact but remove the pillars and the bronze statue.
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  1041.  @CoolSmoovie  Most people dislike the tanks and the statue of the soldier, the graves themselves people don't really care about though.
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  1042.  @joek600  Honestly that's up to the Germans it's on their soil I am old enough to have seen plenty of Soviet monuments and memorials removed in one of the former Soviet states and replaced with anti-communist heroes. And that's coming from someone living in a nation that used to be part of the Soviet union. Even for us there's not much love for the Soviet empire so how can I blame others for having the same feelings? Just leave it up to the Germans, they want to keep it - fine by me. They want to destroy it - also, fine by me. If it's on their territory then they have every right to do whatever they want with it. They have treaties with Russians? Just put it into archives or move it to a location where nobody will be bothered with it, that's what we did. The Russians complained so we just put their monuments into an archives facility no problem. We only promised we would take care of it and not destroy it not where we would put it. Most of it anyway, the Stalin statues and monuments were beheaded actually. Not much love for that guy over here.
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  1043. Even former Soviet states are removing monuments and memorials from the USSR era, in Hungary they have been removing Soviet monuments and memorials and replacing them with anti-communist heroes from the 1956 revolt. The Baltic states and the Poles have done similar things. Shall it be removed? I don't know I leave that up to the Germans it's on their soil.
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  1044. All previous soviet states except Russia are removing Soviet memorials and monuments. There is a reason the USSR is hated by all it's previous members except Russians.
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  1045.  @slavic_viking9638  Not true, when the USSR fell in my country the first thing we did was topple all Stalin monuments and behead them. Don't worry though our children will still learn how he oppressed our peoples for decades. Just because his statues are gone doesn't mean history was erased. It's a stained part of our nation's history but it's all written down and passed down to your next generation. Personally I am of the opinion it's up to whoever lives there, Germans should have the last and only say what statues and monuments should be on their territory. If they all think it's cool to keep the memorial there then so be it. It's not up to me, I am not German.
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  1046.  @WM-gf8zm  Well it's understandable, if they had to shoot all the soviet rapists they would not have an army left.
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  1047. You are still protected by the bill of rights, some things even the military cannot do - they cannot force conversions etc
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  1048. The vaccine is more effective at making you keep your job than it is actually stopping the virus at this point
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  1049. You assume the vaccine provides 100% effectiveness, it does not - getting 2 shots of the vaccine won't stop you from infecting others unfortunately
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  1050.  @palmshoot  And they can welcome him back to office just as easily, no more covid no more mail in ballots. Ouf.
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  1051.  @dinnersam2121  Simple mind, if he wins the election he simply has to quit being speaker and take the presidency. That's it you can step down as speaker anytime you want.
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  1052. Yes please
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  1053. His trials mean very little - all he has to do is win the president election and pardon himself. They have tried get the guy for 8 years and nothing, only 1 year left now tic tok....
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  1054. @@user-mk1vs6ww4z Let them, then they can watch the government shutdown and no Ukraine money. Fine by me country will be better off saving some money on these clowns anyway, better to spend that money on hard working Americans.
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  1055. Just because somebody is accused of something doesn't make it true though, unless he is convicted of insurrection then that means nothing.
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  1056.  @Mannwhich  It's a slam dunk brother I heard Schiff say so 6 years ago...
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  1057. He can be the temporary speaker until he wins the election then he quits speaker and becomes president.
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  1058.  @TheHamburgler123  He is winning the republican debates without even taking part of them. It's not even close LOL.
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  1059. Just because somebody is accused of something doesn't make it true though, unless he is convicted of insurrection then that means nothing.
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  1060.  @specialagentorange4329  Kim who?
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  1061. Who cares about the popular vote, we do things by electoral votes - the popular vote is irrelevant that's not how our system works. Perhaps you should read into the American election system a little bit before you open your mouth again.
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  1062.  @bobdollar937  Guy's in the youtube comments section making comments cannot handle people not agreeing with his take hahahaha.
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  1063. McCarthy did not listen very well to the puppet master when he made backroom deals with democrats then.
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  1064. No worries he will win the presidency before any of that ever happens and just pardon himself. It's been 8 years and they got nothing. What's another year?
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  1065.  @kmick8108  Here comes the liberal tantrum! All diverse opinions must be Russians haha. Political opposition is too hard for these guys to handle, they melt. Love it!
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  1066. They all have assistants to do everything for them, congress doesn't work hard at all.
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  1067.  @danielgloverpiano7693  I will believe it when I see it, it's been "slam dunks" for 8 years and you still got nothing at all. This time for sure though, right? Heard that about 2000 times already.
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  1068.  @justrelax9501  Tears of joy!
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  1069. Highly experienced in doing what's good for America. Make America great again!
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  1070.  @dinnersam2121  He can, he just needs to step down before he gets sworn in as president.
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  1071. Well if the majority thinks so then why not?
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  1072. More like "Biden's motherf** dog bit me again for the 5th time."
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  1073.  @Orxenhorf  It's worth it just for all meltdowns and tantrums liberals will have if he gets elected as speaker!
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  1074. No worries when he wins the presidency he can pardon himself. Clock is ticking tick tock getting closer to election day if you guys got something you better produce it before then... It's been 8 years and nothing has happened yet.
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  1075. It’s funny how followers of a religion that considers non-belivers infidels and living in a country with 97% muslims talking about tolerance. What happened to your jews, what happened to your Christians? It’s easy to speak of tolerance when you feel offended when you have rid your country of non-belivers for decades. Iraq is and has been a hotbed of religious intolerance for a very long time, it’s no wonder ISIS managed to take hold off territory so easily in Iraq. A lot of locals supported them.
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  1076. As long as you are within the law you are free to raise your kids the way you want and don't accept outside interreference behind your back. Just like the rest of us.
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  1077.  @numatruehome100  Nobody has given the green light to bully people. If they are suicidal then they should be provided psychological care to help them accept themselves as they are. Once they are 18 they don't need their parents' consent to do anything and can do whatever they want to their own bodies if they so wish to. Bullies will go after people regardless, you think if you are fat and get bullied the solution is to get a fat reduction surgery? I am sorry to say the bullies will just find a new reason to bully you, you cannot solve bullying with surgery, that's not how it works. If you have mental health issues the best way is psychology and therapy hands down surgery has never been the go to for mental health issues ever.
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  1078.  @MexicanTeTe  Mutilating children is not healthcare.
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  1079.  @mullberrymouse5038  Stop playing the victim card there are people in this world that face real genocide you are very disrespectful to them.
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  1080. "there is nothing the white man can do or say to change who we are". Judging by your picture and the fact you call yourself trans aren't you a white man yourself LOL?
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  1081.  @slayeroftrolls1200  Just like it worked out for Mexico banning all guns for all cities right?
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  1082.  @PURPLEBUTTERFLY1010  Being number one is always going to attract the haters.
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  1083. Let's see... the west does not like the side that called for a global Jihad why could that be... why does the west dislike Jihadis.. hmm I wonder but I cannot seem to find out why... It can't be because of all the terrorist attacks made by Muslim extremists in western countries surely? Nah that cannot be it... hmm I will have to get back to you.
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  1084.  @bbhbhbh6631  Unfortunately that is the incorrect answer you failed the million dollar question, you should've used a lifeline and asked a friend!
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  1085.  @john7458  Just do like China and eat everything, I heard bats are delicious over there. Might as well eat some so we can all share a new virus so China does not feel lonely being the only country spreading new viruses all over the world.
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  1086.  @Johnny-baba  Well apparently your English translation technology leaves a lot to be desired that's for sure.
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  1087. Well, Xi would agree with him then - human rights is not something Chinese people get to enjoy.
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  1088. Yep totally agree. Loads of Chinese people in China hates CCP.
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  1089.  @ЛуисЛу-ъ4я  Not really Indians and Chinese hate each other with a passion :)
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  1090. Free the Chinese peolple
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  1091. Nah they don't go hang out in the southern or western parts of China they really don't like Beijing or emperor Xi
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  1092.  @matthewwallace9300  That is not true, Chinese people will be very harsh and discriminatory towards each other based on which region and city they are from. If you move into the city from the countryside you will face a lot of stigma in China, try speaking in a southern dialect in Beijing and you will know pretty quick. The Chinese justice system will however always hand a win to a Chinese national vs a foreign national no matter what evidence. Nationalism is widespread yes, but it's for China not for the CCP if you travel in the southern parts of China you will find out pretty quick that the CCP is not really everyone's favourite. CCP has strong support in northern China, in the south not so much. People are smart enough to keep their mouth shut but that doesn't mean they like them.
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  1093.  @bbhbhbh6631  All technology has belonged to China since ancient times, if such technology exist be sure the CCP will find it was used by some ancient dynasty 5000 years ago and claim it.
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  1094. Considering the poor state of the PLA they will surrender after a few minutes anyway. No real-life combat experience, 70% of soldiers being single child small emperors. As soon as they break a nail they surrender.
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  1095.  @Cortesevasive  Well both the US and the EU have discussed sanctions and tariffs targeted at China. Nowadays it is illegal to sell Chinese products online without specifying on your website that they are made in China in the EU. So yeah the way things are going we will see a lot less made in China in the future.
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  1096.  @leathernetworkbd7343  Nah the Huawei Exec have admitted that they are hurting from the US bans and they are not sure when they will recover. They even refused to give a revenue guidance this year. Also I think whoever India decides to rely on is their own business China has no part in Indian foreign and domestic affairs, India can do business with whoever they want.
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  1097. No, democracies should support each other against dictators.
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  1098.  retarded  They have their own government, national army and so on. Maybe they are not officially a country on paper but they have all the aspects of an independent nation.
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  1099.  @kagamitaiga7055  NATO is a totally different thing, the countries themselves decide if they want to apply for NATO membership or not. Nobody is forcing nations to join NATO they just simply do because they are threatened by Russia - a peaceful Russia would mean no NATO.
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  1100.  @chanbengfoo342  People of democratic nations do tend to be more friendly towards other democratic nations and less so towards dictatorships. That's just the way things go, I am sure communist dictatorships like China also prefers other communist dictatorships like North Korea and Venezuela.
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  1101. Yep, Norway gets to reap the benefits from rising energy prices and gets more customers lining up. Also the Netherlands are sitting on the 6TH largest gas reserves in the world which they now have began to tap into again.
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  1102. Yes! Their Asian pipelines maximum capacity is only 19% of their total sale to Europe too so even if there was a demand in Asia they could not sell to them anyway. Add to that the fact that India and China claiming they get a 35% discount from Russia. So basically they lost 85% of their business and the little 15% they have left they sell at a 35% discount. It's perfect and this hurts Russia. When it comes to oil now they are selling it to Saudi Arabia at a discount which then turns around and sells it to Europe at full price. So Europe gets it's energy, Saudi Arabia makes a profit and Russia gets less money than they would from selling directly to Europe. It's a win-win all around for Europe.
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  1103.  @WanWanOfficialX  Europe sends A SH1t ton of foreign aid money to those regions (not Russia), if Africa and Middle East don't want to play ball just say goodbye to that foreign aid. Of course they will behave. Maybe they will denounce the west Officially but afterwards they will come begging for more aid money.
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  1104. When 40% of the world economy heads towards a recession then we will all be in the same boat. Unfortunately it will be the third world that gets hit the hardest.
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  1105.  @vlada  Only a few European countries relies on Russia for their energy, Germany and Italy. Not all European nations have made the mistake of importing Russian energy. My country imported 1% of our energy from Russia before the war, now we buy that 1% from Norway instead. Big deal.
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  1106. Yeah it's a transition, Germany managed fine before they got into the gas trade with Russia and they will do fine after they stopped, it just takes time that's all.
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  1107. Yes, finally somebody that realize this is not a one way street, when EU is out of energy from Russia then Russia is out of money. Gas is not easy to transport and you need pipelines. The Russia - Asian pipelines have a maximum capacity that doesn't even reach 20% of the Russian gas sale to the EU. So what they do is burn the gas. It's a chicken race to see who flinches first, EU needs Russian energy and Russia needs EU $$$.
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  1108. I wouldn't worry too much if you are a European. Rising energy and food prices are not exclusive to Europe they are global. Europeans complain but we have the money to pay for it we just don't like to have less money left after buying our groceries. The third world however will starve with rising energy and food prices. Imagine a farmer, who will he sell to? European nation offering a premium or the third world begging for a discount? You know the answer.
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  1109. That's what the Germans get for getting friendly with the enemy. From a European country and I give our politicians sh1t all the time but at least they were not as stupid as the Germans and relied on Russian energy. We imported 1% of our energy from Russia before the war so for us this makes no difference at all. The gas prices is not an issue either, 2% of our electricity is from gas.
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  1110. What? Putin just united the EU and increased interest in NATO.
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  1111. No need to worry about the EU citizens they will complain about higher prices but they can afford it. You should worry more about Africa and Middle East people there will starve when the food and energy prices goes up. The energy and food price hike is not exclusive to the EU. Just look what's happening in Pakistan and Sri Lanka when the fuel prices went up. Yeah sure the EU citizens will complain but that's it they move on. The third world however they collapse.
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  1112.  @gulchekhrakhalilova7072  Because the US is the top dog at this point. The strong conquers the weak and sets the agenda. It's a bit harsh but that's how the world works. In the future if the west declines another power may rise and do the same - perhaps a united Asia will set the rules in the future. As for now though it's the west so of course the US can do what they want. If you come for the king you better not miss.
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  1113.  @sabin97  You say that but you have no problem begging for more foreign aid money from the west.
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  1114.  @iknowmesenpai150  Russia has 6000 nukes, if NATO and Russia goes to war we will all die anyway. It is estimated that 100 nukes is enough to destroy the world.
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  1115. It's obvious they want protection against Russia.
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  1116. If Russia didn't attack their neighbours none of this would happen.
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  1117. So you agree with Turkey that they should sell weapons to Turkey? Because those are Turkeys main demand to accept their application. They want to buy weapons.
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  1118. but NATO are their neighbours..... you think Sweden and Finland are the first EU countries to join? lol
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  1119. But if Ukraine was a part of NATO Russia would not have attacked, how do you come to terms with that?
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  1120. Why would you do that? Russia and China are the main source of cyber attacks against pretty much all European nations why would we make it easier for them to steal state secrets and technologies that they can use against us when they are strong enough that they don't need us anymore? Do you always invite murderers and rapists that wants to hurt you and your family to your house? You are a brave man if so.
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  1121. And what are Russian people doing? According to polls a majority of them still support Putin. People get the leaders they deserve. It should not be up to the west to take Putin down, if the Russians are not happy with him it's up to them to bring him down. if they don't want to then I guess they deserve him.
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  1122. It's a DEFENSIVE military alliance. There is no pressure to join conflicts unless it's a defensive one.
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  1123.  @TheRadFactor  United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 declared intervention in Libya and the establishment of a no-fly zone. NOBODY VOTED NO. You should blame the UN countries for that - not even China or Russia voted against it.
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  1124. Turkey wants Sweden and Finland to lift their arms embargo on Turkey before they accept their membership. Turkey wants to buy Finish and Swedish weapons technology (mainly Swedish)
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  1125.  @yunusonder869  you are talking about suffering how about your genocide of Armenians? Yeah our day will come, but your day will also come. None of us are angels, we all have our demons.
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  1126. Afghanistan? Lybia? You do realize that these countries have a history of violence long before NATO and the US went there, right? Just take a look at the Middle East right now, it's just a breeding ground for terrorists and has been for a very long time.
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  1127.  @marilynlucas5128  Super weird
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  1128.  @crakermac3818  They won't they are negotiating.
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  1129.  @purplediabolo1748  What 42%? Are you talking about the 42% that voted for Le pen? You know she didn't say she would leave NATO she said they want to stay and keep article 5 just leave the NATO command structure?
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  1130.  @realtalk6195  You make it sound like Turkey made everyone a huge favour by joining NATO and forgetting about the fact that Turkey came to NATO seeking protection from the USSR in the first place.
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  1131.  @kesscarlton8759  Improve relations with the country that wishes them harm? You do realize the sole reason Sweden and Finland wants to join NATO is because they feel threatened by Russia, right? No thanks. I am not too bothered about if we improve relations with the east, west, south north I could not care less as long as they are democracies. There is little point to get closer to dictatorships. I'm not too found of the US but I would take an alliance with them any day over being occupied by Russia.
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  1132. You do know that PKK is a designated terrorist organization in both those countries right...?
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  1133. Hmmmm who is best able to decide what's best for Sweden and Finland... Swedish and Finish people or some random dude with an Arab name.. Yeah I'd say Swedish and Finish people knows what's best for them.
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  1134. Erdogan has already made demands, he wants Sweden and Finland to lift their arms embargo. Looks like all he cares about is to buy weapons. So much for Kurds.
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  1135.  @trunkschillman  No they are not fighting the world they are fighting Ukraine. There are plenty of militaries using technology and gear from other countries you think the Iraqis used Iraqi tanks against the American invasion? No they used Russian / Soviet era weapons. Finland's air force uses F-35, those are not Finish jets they are American. American and European technologies are used by pretty much every single military across the globe. Just because you attack someone that uses equipment made in another country does not mean you fight that country, don't be silly. The Russian army has performed utterly disastrous Ukraine is not even in the TOP 40 list for militaries in the world and Russia is up there being a military super power. On paper Russia should have smashed Ukraine in less than 2 weeks.
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  1136.  @tomweller8811  Yes, the communist dictatorship is the aggressor. Shocking, who would have thought. Don't need to be a rocket scientist to see that ^_^.
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  1137. Probably not a good idea to upgrade India's arsenal too much. They are a good counter to China but they get in bed with the Russians so not really sure we want to equip them with the latest and greatest. Obviously American arms manufacturer don't care and they only see the dollar signs but hopefully the politicians will get some re-assurances from India regarding their close relationship with Russia. It would not be wise to hand over high tech weaponry that Moscow can get their hands on.
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  1138.  @yangleezhao908  Taiwan is a democracy so I am pretty sure they would be much easier to deal with than Emperor Mao 2.0.
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  1139.  @indverskvikingr6565  Didn't hundreds of British beat tens of thousands of Indians on the battlefield?
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  1140. It just comes down to leadership, Xi wants to stay in power for life and we will probably not see much change until he is replaced. It's a dictatorship so a change of leadership can literally turn the country 180 when it comes to foreign policy. It all depends on the next Leader's personal stance on India.
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  1141. India is way too close to Russia for that to ever happen. If it wasn't for China the US would not be on friendly terms with India.
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  1142.  @yangleezhao908  China is at 189, perhaps they misunderstood and thought higher was better? Wouldn't be the first time they have incompetent leaders, mistakes like that could happen.
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  1143. This is stupid guys, everyone knows that the Covid-19 vaccine belonged to China since ancient times. It is only natural that they should own it.
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  1144.  @achijamir2992  yup it's great it even comes with built in surveillance to make sure your favourite guy Xi has the opportunity to spy on your naked girlfriend!
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  1145. Man you are overthinking it, they are obviously lying about their numbers. What do you think would happen to the CCP government if it came out tens of thousands, maybe even hundred of thousands had died of a virus that it tried to cover up. They are keeping the numbers down to preserve "social harmony" also known as stay in power.
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  1146. Of course it's all Erdogan he is looking for a political achievement something to show his people he is competent enough to stay in power. He is very weak right now and probably is looking to make a deal to secure his hold on power.
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  1147. Sorry to disappoint you then, Erdogan will support Swedish and Finnish membership once they lift their arms embargo on Turkey.
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  1148.  @azrael8456  They will be NATO members Turkey has already stated their demands and they are still negotiating. Erdogan wants them to lift their arms embargo on Turkey. They will be accepted the only question is how much they are willing to give Erdogan.
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  1149. Swedish person here, I'd prefer being allied to the US than occupied by Russia. Thank you very much.
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  1150. Of course they won't, as soon as Greece exits they have a hungry Turkey looking at a country without an alliance.
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  1151. He will change his mind when he gets a good offer from the other NATO countries.
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  1152.  @babdedebaba  Erdogan has already named his demands, it's always the same story with that guy he is just trying to get a good deal. He will accept once he gets what he wants.
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  1153.  @babdedebaba  not true
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  1154. yes of course
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  1155. He will say yes he just wants a good deal
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  1156. He will say yes he is just waiting for some flashing dollars to accept
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  1157. You are a fool if you think they will say no, they are simply trying to get some favours.
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  1158. They have already let known their demands, they will say yes they just have conditions for it. As expected Erdogan is simply bargaining. Sweden and Finland needs to lift it's sanctions on Turkey and then Turkey will accept.
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  1159. They are looking for a political victory.
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  1160. They see this as an opportunity to get some concessions from the other NATO members.
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  1161.  @roach2179  No it's about Finland too. Both Sweden and Finland has sanctions imposed on Turkey due to human rights abuses. Turkey has already demanded Sweden and Finland needs to remove this before they accept their NATO membership application
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  1162. You say that then just wait until they strike a deal and say yes lol.
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  1163. The Swedish and Finnish governments have already been made aware of the terms. Erdogan wants both countries to lift their arms embargo on Turkey. Whatever the story about the 2016 was it seems it wasn't so important after all. Erdogan just wants to be able to buy Swedish and Finnish military technology like everyone else.
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  1164. Dictators don't care about neutrality, you think Saddam cared about Kuwait being neutral when he invaded? Did Hitler care about Norway and Denmark's neutrality? You get the point.
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  1165. Turkey has stated their demands to Finland and Sweden already. They will accept they just want some concessions.
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  1166. Well it shows that the Chinese are just as bad as the Americans I guess. But most of us already knew that.
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  1167. China knew how to exploit smaller nations thousands of years ago this is not a new skill.
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  1168. Tried to enter a country illegally holds up a sign "We are not criminals". Yeah bud suuuuure.
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  1169. Didn't she laugh about banning the unvaccinated from stores and restaurants? Her Covid policies were crazy exaggerated. Turns out people did not want to be locked inside their rooms their whole life. Who would have thought?
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  1170. She did great during the pandemic???! What?! That's why people hate her. Lockdowns, vaccine mandates, extreme measures? Her policies resulted in major riots that NZ has not seen before. Her pandemic policies put the nail in her coffin at home there was no way she would get re-elected after that mess.
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  1171.  @saintantony944  Actually most shootings occur in cities with very strict gun control laws. Say hello to Chicago. Also Guns are illegal in Honduras. It's like Criminals don't care about gun restrictions, what a big surprise?
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  1172.  @landon7974  Taking away American guns from Honduras would not change much they would just get them somewhere else. There is a demand for guns because the government is corrupt and gangs are allowed to play a bigger role in society. If the root of the problems were American guns then all South American countries would have this problem but they don't. So it's an Honduran problem.
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  1173.  @Dereck.3312  With that logic it's the Hondurans fault for their gun consumption.
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  1174. Well the border is practically open so I am sure they are having a field day down there.
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  1175. Not all Latin American countries have this problem though. It seems more of a corruption and bad leadership problem then a gun problem to me.
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  1176.  @grmpEqweer  Doesn't matter, criminals and bad people will use whatever is available to them. In London they banned knifes because shockingly gangs kept killing each other even without access to guns. What a big surprise, we all thought they would all let go of murder without guns that's what the journalists told us.
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  1177. Plenty of nations and people face these issues without turning into violent criminals though.
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  1178. You can never take guns out of the equation because the military uses guns, as long as there is corruption the military will just continue to sell guns to criminals or look the other way when they import it from other countries.
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  1179. How can you start blaming another country when you let GANGS CONTROL ENTIRE CITIES? Obviously the political leadership failed big time. No matter if you could remove ALL US guns over night it won't make a difference if you allow criminal gangs to get that amount of power. The country has been struggling with corruption and has had multiple coups for decades. Bad leadership created this mess, hopefully they find a way to fix it.
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  1180.  @mbogucki1  Then why does Canada not have the same problem with gangs controlling entire cities?
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  1181. Nobody cared until kids got involved.
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  1182.  @charlesmiv3842  Why not allow them into strip clubs and adult stores while we're at it?
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  1183.  @5british5  Because sometimes it's done at schools without the parents consent or knowledge. Big no-no. Of course that leads to push back.
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  1184. I skip both for my child, thank you. Just because one is better than the other does not make it a viable option for a child.
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  1185. Nobody cared until kids got involved.
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  1186. Gay people are just like everyone else, there are good ones and there are bad ones.
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  1187.  @jasonthewatchmansson8873  I was just going to say lol I would skip both for my child.
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  1188. Yep nobody cared until activist teachers started inviting drag queens to classrooms.
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  1189. Weeeeeeeeeeell I would not bring a child into a drag show made for adults but hey you can take your kids to strip clubs and hooters if you want more power to you.
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  1190.  @charlesmiv3842  It is if it's done without the parents consent or knowledge.
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  1191. You should check the Middle East man... full of conflict in that region. They love to kill religious minorities and throw homosexuals off buildings.
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  1192. Man you are so angry, did an American steal your girlfriend or something lol?
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  1193. Because the Mexican government officials are on the cartel's Payroll.
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  1194. Mexican government need to stop the cartels from becoming so rich and powerful, look at Canada... why don't they have the same problem there? I am pretty sure it's easier to smuggle a gun from the US to Canada than it is to smuggle it from the US to Mexico. The cartel is only as powerful as the Mexican government allow them to be. Obviously a lot of politicians are on the cartel payroll.
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  1195.  @timdeathly  And why are not the Canadian gangs having them if they are so easily obtained?
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  1196.  @timdeathly  The problem is Mexico. The security at the Canadian border is even more lax than the Mexican - US border yet we don't see Canadian gangs building small armies with rocket launchers, armored vehicles with thousands of well armed gang members with heavy US weaponry. The Mexican government has allowed the Cartels to become powerful and rich, Mexico is one of the most corrupt countries in the world so it's not surprise that the cartels have became so powerful. Combine the massive amount of money these cartels are making with one of the most corrupt governments in the world and you can start to see how this problem started. I saw an interview with a cartel member and he said the government is the king and the cartels are only as powerful as the government allow them to be. I think he hit the nail with that one when you have so many high level politicians on the cartel's payroll there is little hope for change for the better.
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  1197. If this is an issue about American gun laws then why aren't there Canadian cartels going ballistic up there with American weaponry I mean they share the border too, right? Obviously the cartels growing powerful and dangerous is at the fault of the Mexico government allowing them to. Mexican corruption is one of the highest in the world and it's obvious high level politicians are having some of the cut from the cartels or else they'd be wiped out long ago.
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  1198. not really, if it was then why don't we see Canadian cartels running rampant with American guns? It's a Mexican issue, their politicians are getting bought off by the cartel and let them operate. Just check the world corruption index and see how corrupt the Mexican government is.
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  1199. I'm pretty sure there is a big difference between having a bad inexperienced teacher on his first term compared to a good charismatic teacher that has years of experience teaching. Not sure which studies you are referring to but just use some common sense man...
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  1200.  @karooboermeyer1115  I would rather be bothered by some of your "alphabet people" if it means I won't be forced into becoming Russian. Some things are worse than death, becoming Russian is one of them.
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  1201. Oh EUROPE is going to freeze to death this winter ahahaha.... a few months later Ehm well Europe is going to freeze to death next winter in 2023 hahahah a year later Well Europe will freeze to death.... 2027...? lol you guys are grasping straws at this point. losers.
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  1202. If she was black she would have gotten the hero award from BLM
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  1203. There was a small child in the car
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  1204. They would have smoked her if the child was not in the car I think
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  1205. Is that what we call criminals these days?
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  1206. They should have bought him an ice-cream and sent him off to run over some innocent civilian, I agree.
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  1207. Yeah they set him up, you ask me to step out of my car the first thing Ima do is try run people over that's just simple logic. LOL?!
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  1208. Never cease to amaze me how people don't understand. If the cops asks you to step out of the vehicle you step out. You don't resist and under no circumstances should you drive towards cops at high speed, it's the same as pulling a gun on a cop. They will shoot. Obviously the guy thought it was worth the risk to avoid whatever crime he had committed. 10 times out of 10 they will open fire on you if you don't understand that then I don't know what to tell you. Hopefully you know now and won't try it yourself.
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  1209. I can imagine driving a car in high speed towards a police officer will get you shot at no matter what your sob story is.
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  1210. That's why most Police departments has contracts with psychologist it's a stressful job.
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  1211. If you haven't been under fire before you would not understand. You can be the toughest guy and clear the most bad ass tests and still freak out when it's for real. There are psychologists connected to most departments and there are other police work that's done behind a desk.
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  1212. The guy had pointed a gun at someone and threatened them then took shots at them but yeah sure he is the victim LOL. lefties. You really love criminals don't you?
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  1213. Armed criminal threatens and shoots at people then apparently he is the victim gootcha doood I am happy you are not a police officer you would have bought the guy an ice-cream and let him go on kill an innocent.
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  1214. You just had to make this woman's suffering fit into your sick political ideology. Racist.
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  1215.  @theta-rex  Liz thinks she is Abe Lincoln, perhaps she should change her identity run as Abe Lincoln for the democrats. They wouldn't be able to deny her that would be transphobic.
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  1216. @Peter Caballero That's fine but this a is a video about Cuomo, not Trump.
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  1217.  @jokerj641  Trump derangement syndrome is STRONK here I bet it's Trump's fault that you were out of cereals this morning too!
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  1218.  @carolprest5498  More than likely Nancy's assistant called and just said she is coming pretending the law and regulations didn't exist and that it was an absolute privilege to host the most powerful politician in that state so they would turn a blind eye to it. Unfortunately for Pelosi the owner of the Salon didn't appreciate it when she found out. Pelosi is the leader of the lawmakers of this country there really is no such excuse as "she didn't know". It's her job to make laws. She obviously knew she just doesn't think the rules applies to her since she is one of the "important" people.
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  1219. You don't agree with me so you are all racists and big0ts yeah yeah yeah we get it it's getting old now.
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  1220. Oath keepers, Antifa.. different name same trash.
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  1221. let me see what was the catch phrase you guys always use... oh right "Peaceful protests" right? Nevermind the burning police cars and the looted businesses and the cop being shot. "peaceful" lol you guys are just playing with words.
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  1222.  @Rosie-fd1fn  Well they are pretty clear that they are are basing their government around marxist ideology. The communist party is the only allowed party in all of those countries. But well since you don't like those communist countries how about you give me a few examples of "successful communist countries"?
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  1223.  @scottwasson  Yeah of course this is all Trumps doing I forgot we live in a world where everything bad is blamed on Trump even though he has been out of office for some time, thanks for reminding me
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  1224.  @MarshalWalk3r  Context, video is a about BLM so I think it's safe to assume the OP is referring to BLM. But that's just me applying simply logic, what do I know. Perhaps logic is racist?
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  1225. @Jerry West Fox news supports the GOP they are not always on Trump's side. There are plenty of alternative news outlets that support Trump, if you reword it to: "Every mainstream media network besides Fox" then you would be correct to some extent.
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  1226. Sweden and Finland doesn't support PKK that's disinformation. PKK is a designated terror org. in Finland and Sweden. YPG is another matter and YPG is not a terrorist org. in the EU and US. As for Turkey they support Hamas, Al-nusra and the Muslim brotherhood among other orgs. that are designated terrorists in the EU and US so it's not like they can pretend they have clean hands. At the end of the day Turkey has all the rights to deny NATO entry to Sweden and Finland but the reason is political and surely they realize Sweden will never agree to extradite government officials. I can understand the other demands as Erdogan is looking to look strong for his election but to extradite government officials that's just silly, he must know they would never in a million years do that.
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  1227.  @_Redronin_  It's a good thing you started building your own things, it doesn't look like your "allies" want to share theirs with you.
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  1228.  @_Redronin_  Then why are your government officials constantly whining about it and trying every way they can to make deals to lift the sanctions?
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  1229.  @dr38a  I don't think it matters too much, the US and UK have already given Sweden and Finland guarantees that they will come to their aid if they get attacked. Even if Turkey blocks them from being an official NATO member the other member states are free to make a defence clause with Sweden and Finland like the US and UK have done already. We're not looking for Turkish protection, we're more interested to co-operate with our European friends and especially the Americans.
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  1230. Who cares, Turkey supports Hamas, Al-Nusra and The Muslim brotherhood. I guess they're both guilty of befriending terrorists.
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  1231. You are exaggerating PKK is a terror org. in Sweden. One google search is all you need to find that out. I don't blame you I guess they don't teach critical thinking where you are from.
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  1232.  @krkrbbr  Erdogan will keep this up to gather support until after he is re-elected then he can safely make a compromise.
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  1233. What's a "terörist"?
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  1234. Yep they think everything is a bazaar.
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  1235. ​ @sweaspurdoddd5466  I don't like her but If you follow the legal definition she is still Swedish no matter if you like her or not.
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  1236.  @abadairshi  They have already refused Erdogan's demands in public yet Turkey hasn't exercised their veto yet so Erdogan is still playing Bazaar politics.
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  1237. I am not sure how your country works but in Sweden you are allowed to run for office if you are a Swedish citizen, that's it. As long as you don't break any laws your opinions or political ideology doesn't matter as long as people vote for you you are free to run and attain a government office.
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  1238.  @powasjington4262  I think you missed the fact that Turkey has been sanctioned by the US and the EU and are not allowed to buy weapons, something they have openly complained loudly about for a long time now.
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  1239. You can find people of every single ideology in a single nation. That doesn't mean the population at large shares every single individual view.
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  1240.  @abadairshi  Why would we cry about that? If Mr. Erdogan can back up his claims and prove that she is a current member of PKK and broke Swedish laws then she can be prosecuted. So far there is nothing to indicate she has broken any Swedish laws. Our government system is not like yours, we cannot throw people into jail just because the leader doesn't like them. It's a judicial decision and our courts are not tools for our politicians to advance their personal agendas. Even if our politicians didn't like her (she's not very popular in Sweden) they cannot do anything about it unless it can be proven she has broken any laws, she's an elected official.
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  1241. Then why is Erdogan asking the US to sell him their Jet planes in exchange for letting Sweden in. I thought this was all about terrorists?
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  1242. It's irrelevant, It's only illegal to be a member of the PKK in Sweden. There are no laws against against waving PKK flags or sympathize with their cause. Until Turkey can prove she is a current member of the PKK she does not break any Swedish law.
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  1243. Erdogan has already indicated he wants to go into Syria again soon.
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  1244. No matter who won there would have been protest. The right wing candidate wins, the communists go out and protest and cry. The left wing candidate wins, the nationalist right wingers go out and protest and cry. While the majority of the population are like man get over it elections have consequences. Of course the communists are upset he is removing all left wing policies, what do you expect would happen?
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  1245.  @nshon7  Because the banks in the west won't give loans unless the building is finished because if the building does not get finished then the banks are screwed, just like what's happening in China. It's a different banking system giving rise to a different property market.
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  1246. There are over 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, why don't they do anything? Why is it the west's responsibility to do something about it?
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  1247. Or you could do all that AND vote for the candidate that will help the most cleaning up media, scale back government and lower your taxes so you can become less dependant on the government. Just a thought-
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  1248. I dont think any "true" republican would claim the Biden economy is great lol. Obviously the guy is not a Republican.
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  1249. LOL the PEOPLE choosing their president is an inside take over now? Sounds like you don't know what democracy is. Just swallow it and come back and vote again in 4 years like the rest of us.
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  1250. Or we could allow parents to decide what their kids do until they are 18 and old enough to make decisions that will have a long lasting impact on their lives. It is not like a child will come home one day and have the idea that he is a boy trapped in a girls body. They get those ideas pushed onto them from woke teachers at school, teachers whose whole purpose is to recruit others to their ideology rather than teach kids Math or English.
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  1251. Yep, when you dont have mail in ballots going on they somehow ended up with 14 million less votes.
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  1252. Most Americans dont think in terms of progressive ideology though. Maybe to you all that exist is race, patriarchy and gender. For people not subscribing to that ideology there are other issues. Such as immigration, economy etc.
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  1253. Yeah Biden economy is great... lol give me a break
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  1254. Yes, either YOU or tens of millions of people are wrong. I think it is more likely you are wrong, sorry just statistically more likely. Got no arguments to make so lets paint the people with a different opinion as evil. Low IQ.
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  1255. Or maybe, just maybe, there is a reason why Kamala bombed in the 2019 Democrat primaries. She, simply, was, not, a, good, candidate. Sure the party elites handpicked her but the regular folks would not have it and all votes are equal no matter if you are top echelon democrat party or just an ordinary person.
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  1256. Because Trump wont be teaching their kids at school.
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  1257. Everyone gets what they deserve, jpersonally I think America will be a lot stronger under Trump than Kamala. Of course if you dont like America this is bad, if you like America this is good. I have a feeling where you stand on the matter.
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  1258. Because he is anti-trump and fits the mainstream media narrative.
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  1259. hahahaha
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  1260. Well I am glad at least most Americans vote on things that will make life better for Americans, could not care less what happens on the other side of the world.
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  1261. Why not call him a fascist, racist, sexist while you at it? That's what you guys call everyone that has a different opinion. You are going way too easy on him.
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  1262. The difference between Kamal and Trump was simple. Trump won the Republican primary voted by the members of the republican party. Harris got destroyed in the Democrat 2019 primary, was picked as VP based on her race and gender. Then the party elites nominated her as the Democratic candidate. Yes she had support of celebs, party elites and the vote blue no matter what. But plenty of Democrats and independents cant stand her. There is a reason she bombed in the 2019 primary... she has no support from the ordinary folks of the Democrat party. No way she was going to win. I think Democrats should just let their members decide, look what happened in 2016 they effed Bernie to pick Hillary, they lost. 2020 they let their members pick they won. 2024 they picked Kamala and they lost. How about letting your members pick a candidate next turn instead of letting party elites dictate?
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  1263. and with the 2030 census coming up democrats are looking at -10 electorates from democrat states going to republican states. Add that when Trump starts deporting illegals those population numbers of California and New York will crash even more.
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  1264. haha the left loooved Elon because of his electric cars and green energy now he stands behind Trump and suddenly he is a selfish billionaire. Of course, if you are not with us you are the enemy attitude. No wonder you guys lost.
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  1265. So basically you just described every single politician ever haha.
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  1266. Cuba is communist, Progressives are a lot closer to communism than republicans. You want to turn into Cuba vote democrat.
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  1267. yep, clueless. Don't stop your enemy from making a mistake - let them continue this way. Won't win them any elections in the future.
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  1268. For 14 million people the democrat party died with identity politics. 80 million votes + 4 years later you guys are down 14 million. Ouch.
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  1269. Why cant Elon be a democrat boy again so Pelosi can tell her family to buy more Tesla stocks before the government does contracts with Elon....
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  1270.  @Dawn23244  He just said the Biden Economy is great, I think he is letting his Trump hatred blind him to reality.
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  1271. Chinese don't need Musk anymore, Chinese car makers have already gotten the blue prints of Teslas and are printing cheap copies for half the price. Teslas are now forbidden to park in certain places in China and lost their favorable standing with the government. Tesla in China is done, not that Musk need to worry that much he is rich enough to not have to worry about the Chinese EV market. Just slap tariffs on Chinese EV and Tesla will rake in cash outside China. He can just move his factory elsewhere - China is getting too expensive anyway. Even Chinese companies are moving their factories outside China in large numbers.
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  1272. By voting Republican. Democrats dont even allow them to sell milk.
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  1273.  @boogiewoogie9770 Well at least they share religion, you'd figure they are cheering each other on.
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  1274. Yeah the US and NATO should have totally just given Putin half of Europe, how could they not do something like this? LOL.
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  1275. I might be wrong but I think Ukraine had the nuclear weapons but lacked the launch codes and keys to actually use them? Even if they decided to keep them they would not be able to use them?
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  1276.  @dusanvukovic4529  You can blame the UN for that it was voted there would be intervention and the UN peacekeeping force requested NATO assistance. You should blame the countries that did not vote no to the UN resolutions. And yes those countries involve NATO enemies such as Russia and China so you are all out of luck, nobody in the UN voted no to intervene in the Balkan genocides.
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  1277. The US backed Cuba rebels in their attempt to overthrow the Cuban government, yes. The US did not send it's military or US soldiers to invade Cuba. There is a difference - you can call it a US backed coup attempt but a US invasion is stretching it.
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  1278. I am pretty sure the only thing he said is that the US did not invade Cuba. Which is true, the US backed Cuban rebels in their coup attempt to throw the Castro regime out yes but calling it a US invasion is stretching it quite far. There were no US military or US soldiers present that doesn't mean that the US didn't provide training or weapons to the Rebels but that's not a US invasion.
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  1279. The longer the war goes on the more equipment and soldiers Russia lose so yes, I am pretty sure the west would love a long war. If Russia starts being more successful and gain more territory then the west will just send more equipment to even the playing field. The US sent 4 old version Himars, NATO has 47.000 modern Himars there's plenty of equipment left to send to Ukraine if Russia should start gaining territory rapidly. Right now it's a stalemate which is perfect for the west as it maximizes Russian casulties.
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  1280.  @zeanu2015  Those interventions were UN sanctioned and voted for by UN members, this includes NATO enemies such as China and Russia.
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  1281.  @linusgallitzin  That's how national sovereignty works there are plenty of nations with groups that wants to separate or become independent. It's irrelevant, the Ukrainian government are well within their right to defend their territory. Some groups in Catalonia wants to become independent of Spain that doesn't mean it gives France the right to arm and send in troops to help Catalan fighters to kick Spain out of Catalonia.
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  1282. Oh, I didn't know the bay of pigs invasion was conducted by the US military with US soldiers, that's a new one.
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  1283.  @RUTHLESSambition5  The only ones talking about Nazis are the Russians, why should he further Russian misinformation as truth? It's a Russian talking point there is no need to put much thought into it.
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  1284.  @1984-g3f  Israel has nothing to do with NATO, it's the US that dreams about expanding NATO into Asia and the middle east but so far their European counterparts have rejected such ambitions. The US have already established an "Asian Nato" in the Quad.
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  1285. I am not sure 1 counts as a US invasion, I mean yeah I guess they backed the Cuban rebels with arms and training (I guess?) but it certainly did not send US soldiers to Cuba.
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  1286. That's not how it works, just because you WANT to join doesn't mean you can join. Membership has to be accepted by all other members and there's plenty of reservations about letting Ukraine in as it would provoke Russia. Just look at Sweden and Finland that should be an easy slam dunk for NATO but even such a simple no brainer yes is being negotiated
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  1287. There's always a choice, Ukraine made the decision to resist.
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  1288.  @coajdka  Perhaps but if you do happen to win it will be on a mountain of dead Russian soldiers. Whatever happens Russia will be weakened, which is a good thing then they might stop invading their neighbours for a while at least.
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  1289.  @har7102  You can put into the constitution that you will be the richest country in the world, doesn't mean it will happen no matter how hard you try.
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  1290.  @TheFrmx  They would have loved to but truth is they lack the military competence to imitate the US
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  1291. So the Bay of Pigs invasion was conducted and performed by US soldiers and the US military? I am pretty sure it was conducted by Cuban rebels.
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  1292. The US has never invaded Cuba. They did back Cuban rebels trying to overthrow the Cuban regime yes but calling that a US invasion is stretching it very far my man. The US and EU support groups that wants to overthrow the government in Iran, does that mean that the US and EU have invaded Iran? No not really.
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  1293.  @amadeuz8161  It also depends in which Northern country you live in, once you stop heating your home the gas pipelines will freeze if inactive during the cold days and break. For countries like say Sweden this is not a problem because we don't use gas for heating but some of our neighbours are less lucky in that regard and more reliant on gas.
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  1294. Russia has found Alternative customers? And who would that be? Transporting gas is not easy and it's done through pipelines. Currently the only other pipelines Russia has are those going to Asia like China and India and to some extent Turkey. Problem for Russia is the maximum capacity of those pipelines is only 20% of what it sells to Europe. Besides India has already stated they get a 35% discount. So let's see you lose 80% volume from not doing business from Europe, out of the 20% you still sell you have to sell with a 35% discount... Nah Russia will still sell gas to Europe for some time until they can finish more pipelines - Maybe 5 years down the line they can replace Europe. The thing about Russia is that they are just as dependent on European gas incomes as Europe is of Russian gas. The alternative they have is to produce it to LNG and ship it but India and China are not interested in LNG because it's a lot more expensive than the gas transported by pipelines.
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  1295. There's plenty of gas available in Europe, Netherlands for example has a Sh1t ton of gas and Germany has a sh1t ton of coal to compensate it's just the green environmentalist movements have been blocking those avenues that's why they relied on Russia now they just have to ditch the tree huggers and use their own resources
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  1296. Easy to say when you are from a country with no winter. I currently live in a country that's 40 degrees right now and winters are never below 0 here. Heating is not necessary. In my home country however when with it's -20 or colder winters then it's essential. On the flip side when it's 40 degrees here everyone uses AC and coolers while in my country nobody does that during summer. What I am trying to say here is that the money people in the southern hemisphere don't spend on heating for winter they use on AC and cooling in the summer. The money people in the northern hemisphere spend on heating in winter they save by not having to use AC in the summer.
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  1297. Inflation is high all over the world due to the aftermath of the COVID lockdowns across the globe. If you want to thank anyone thank Russia, while there would still be inflation regardless the war they started made it a lot worse. As for Pakistan your politicians have made an excellent job effing up your economy perhaps you should thank them too.
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  1298.  @globaltheater9343  Not all of Europe is the same, you are talking mostly of countries like Germany, my home country gas is only 2% of our energy needs and only half of that is Russian gas.
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  1299. I think you forget Europe is the top destination for African and Middle Eastern citizens fleeing their failed third country states for a very long time. Even without wars Europe would still be the number one destination.
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  1300.  @gerhardbenade5869  Well that's what's keeping them alive can you imagine the day we don't need oil anymore? Some nation will lose 99% of their national income.
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  1301. Sounds like you are from a country with mild winters then, as someone originally from the North of Europe turning off all heating is not a good idea. If you don't want to use electricity at least you need to use firewood to keep the heat. You won't survive when temperatures drop to -30 with no heating inside. It's not a question of rich or poor, you will freeze to death if you don't have a source of heating. Right now I am living in a country with winters rarely dropping below -5 and of course not using heating here is not an issue on the flip side in the summer when it's 40 degrees outside you have to use the AC. Something we would never do in my home country because our summers are not hot at all. Anyway my point is, I am assuming you are from a country that doesn't experience cold winters or you'd know that it doesn't work like that when temperatures drop below -20.
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  1302. Of course, most of his audience is based in the west. You won't find Russia friendly content here. Perhaps go to Russian state media for that?
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  1303. Most Ukrainians would rather be dead than be forced to become Russians.
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  1304. Doesn't matter the US and EU sit on 300 billion dollars of Russian foreign reserves. Can always tap into that if need be.
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  1305.  @magnari81  You cannot use Rubles anywhere in the west though, it doesn't matter how much it's worth in Russia. Outside Russia it's worth less than toilet paper.
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  1306. There are no "pure" nations, the strong conquer the weak - that's all there is to it. Now it just happens to be the west that are the strongest so they get to do what they want. Perhaps in the future it will be someone else.
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  1307. Yep they don't have a choice though they are fighting for their survival, if they lose they cease to exist as a nation. Perhaps this time Russia will settle for a few parts of the East and South then they will invade again 5 years later.
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  1308. Yep hard to compare a nation that is 1% of global GDP with the west which is well above a third of the world economy.
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  1309. At the start of the War the Russians were going for Kyiv, intending to some to annex the whole country all together. Now they are fighting for the small scraps that they already controlled before the war started and desperately trying to hold on to Kherson. The Russians won't take much unless they call for a general mobilization. Zelensky knows that and as long as they keep their "special military" operation status they are not allowed to draft Russian. As long as the west keeps Ukraine afloat time is on Ukraine's side. They have the might of the west behind them while Russia stands mostly alone.
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  1310.  @ThomasTomiczek  They will get the funds if they really need them. Also the EU and the US are sitting on 70% of Russia's foreign reserves. If things get really bad you can always tap into those.
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  1311.  @angeyannick9550  the EU is around 25% of the world economy, Russia is 1%. Even if the EU economy is slowing down it's still at least 20 times stronger than tiny Russia.
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  1312. There is no Russian or Polish half they are all ethnically Ukrainians.
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  1313. Yes it's always a tactical thing isn't it. Yeah I mean sure Russia fell back from Kyiv but it was just a tactical maneuverer you know. Oh yeah Russia stopped it's offense but no man it's not about being unable to push Ukraine back it's about the counter attack which we totally stopped. Yeah Don't mind the fact that we're not advancing on ANY front we're doing great bro, we will be in Kyiv by tomorrow for sure.
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  1314. Well if the goal was to completely wreck their economy and sacrifice tens of thousands of soldiers they are clearly succeeding in their goals.
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  1315. You are referring to countries like France and Germany that don't really want to go against Russia but they have to due to public pressure. Countries like Poland, the Baltic states and so on are supporting Ukraine out of necessity. They know it's just a matter of time before they are next. I am from Sweden and both me and my father did military service, he in the 70s me in the early 2000s. What were we training for? We trained to defend our country from Russian invasion. Even for neutral Sweden a weak Russia is a big win for our national security.
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  1316. Not all countries have made stupid choices like Germany, from a northern European country here and 1% of our energy comes from Russia. We're fine and the solidarity towards Ukraine won't change for quite some time. Add to the fact that most males have done military service and trained to defend our country against Russian invasion for generations. But yeah I can understand that Irish are feeling quite safe tucked away on your island over there. For East and North Europe however I don't see this solidarity decreasing anytime soon. It's a matter of national security for us.
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  1317. US and EU are sitting on more than 300 billion of Russian foreign reserves, that should be enough for 30 months then.
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  1318.  @real_lostinthefogofwar  Putin was never interested in peace he was just gathering his strength for the next incursion. That's why it really is pointless for Ukraine to give up territory and make peace because they know the Russians will just use it as a spring board for their next invasion.
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  1319. Stop playing Democrat vs Republican games, I am an independent and I can at the top of my head tell you Lindsay Graham is a complete war hawk and staunch supporter of US intervention in Ukraine. That's just on top of my head I am sure there are plenty of Republicans that agree with him. I really wish people like you from both parties would stop being hyperbolic and always overexaggerate about the other side like it's the end of the world if your side would lose. The pendulum have been swinging back and forth between Republicans and Democrats all the time during our history. I wish you guys would grow up and stop being so divisive.
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  1320. Unfortunately politicians from both parties are pushing the dividing agenda calling the other side traitors or threats of democracy.
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  1321. US and EU sit on 300 Billion dollars of Russian foreign reserves, that's a good starting capital for Ukraine.
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  1322.  @saikatchakrabortty  That's totally up to the Ukrainians though, they are fighting for their survival. Sure the Ukrainians receive a lot of support from the west but at the end of the day this conflict only involves Russia and Ukraine. It's up to them when this war ends.
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  1323. You should blame your government for getting in bed with Russia your gas bill and rent is a direct result from decisions made by your politicians. The war will end when Ukraine and Russia agree to terms, not because of whatever goes on in Germany. Ukraine is free to continue the war as along as they like and any nation willing to support them can. I don't want to sound harsh but for me personally I don't care if your politicians made some shitty deals that put you guys in a bad spot, Germany was warned plenty of times about relying too much on Russian energy and doing business with Russia. Now you pay the price. Why should Ukrainians give up their independence just because you guys elected incompetent politicians?
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  1324. Z is the last letter of the alphabet for a reason.
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  1325. What are you talking about? The war has been going on for months lol this is a war that could potentially last years, things might look very different in 2 years. It's hard to predict what will happen as we have no complete insights of the true state of the Russian economy and what the political elite thinks of Putin.
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  1326. Your leadership and fellow countrymen don't agree with you, around 72% of Americans support Zelensky last poll I saw and your leaders know a weak Russia is in your best interest.
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  1327. I am sorry if you suffered but you should blame your Serb leaders for starting a genocide. The harsh truth is that UN sanctioned the intervention and NOBODY, NOBODY opposed the intervention. You blame NATO but you don't realize not even Russia or China opposed the intervention in the UN. Nobody in the rest of the world was in favour of the genocide of Bosnians in the former Yugoslavian republic.
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  1328.  @fagozi  he is right though, the corruption part is true the rest is just BS so I'd say 30% truth 70% BS is about right.
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  1329.  @jonaswhitt4322  I would not worry too much, that's just on paper we've seen reports of ranks such as generals are sold in the PLA and with Russia's performance in Ukraine I don't think we should stare ourselves too blind on numbers. Taiwan doesn't need to keep a level pace they have a lot going for them with the geography it's not easy to manage an amphibious assault of that size and it can only be done a few months of the year. And Taiwan has a higher chance of major powers such as Japan and the US joining them to balance things out. If Taiwan was an easy target China would have taken them decades ago.
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  1330. China already knows, they tried to invade Vietnam in 1979 and failed massively.
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  1331.  @bigoof1105  They would not dare sure China can beat Vietnam but they would get all their neighbours against them if they were the aggressors. Nobody likes China in the region and everyone is worried about China expanding.
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  1332. Haven't you heard, they have a new sponsor!
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  1333. Most investors are moving on to countries like Vietnam these days
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  1334. They are quoting numbers from Chinese state owned media so I think you can guess who provides them with their information.
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  1335. It's all about money to them anyways they don't care about morals.
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  1336. It's all about making profits unfortunately there are no moral considerations involved
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  1337. I hope not that would crash the world economy
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  1338. Chinese businesses needs a steady flow of US dollar as most of their international trading partners don't accept payments in the Chinese currency so yes you are correct.
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  1339.  @garygraham8373  No, The Russian army and state is weaker than thought but that guy still sits on the world's biggest reserve of Nukes, 6000 of them. That's enough of a deterrent. If Russia did not have 6000 nukes NATO would have crushed them a long time ago.
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  1340.  @JLee-rt6ve  Some people just have to make everything about Trump huh lol, the dude has been gone for 2 years. Time to move on.
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  1341.  @unnamedshadow1866  Russian soldiers don't have to worry about dying for their country they are dying for Putin.
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  1342.  @AB-gj6id  Boris was not removed, he resigned. The reason is not Ukraine the guy was drinking alcohol and partying when everyone was ordered to lockdown at home.
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  1343.  @eileenmcconnell8420  Ukraine is Ukraine, it was there before Russia and it will be there after the Russians are kicked out. If we're talking about history of the Ukrainian civilization it is a lot older than the Moscow based Russian origins. Kyiv was founded 482 while Moscow was founded 1147. As much as Russians like to think Ukrainians are Russians and should forcefully be integrated into Russia they are not Russian. A lot of them can speak Russian but there is still a huge difference between the two. Crimea has a large Russian speaking Ukrainian population. They DID NOT have Russian citizenship before the illegal occupation and pretending they are Russian is just propaganda, they had no choice what were they supposed to do? Tanks and soldiers with heavy weaponry coming in taking over.
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  1344.  @martinsmith9054  Call Zelensky and ask him to recruit you as a general.
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  1345. Russia was already defeated when Putin took control and put all his personal friends with no relevant experience into high government positions, including the army. Shop owner today, general tomorrow. And they wonder why the Russian army cannot advance more than 10% of Ukrainian territory after 4 months.
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  1346.  @corneliuscapitalinus845  A democracy that has been voicing their willingness to join the EU? They want to be part of the European community and they are a democracy. Russia does not want to be part of the European community and they are a dictatorship. Helping a democracy keeping their independence on the borders of the EU against Europe's historical enemy which also happens to be a dictatorship? You do know that the EU and US don't agree 100% of what the support should contain but they all agree that we should support Ukraine. The Ukraine war has united the EU and NATO like nothing ever has before. Some countries were even wondering if they need NATO or EU now everyone in the unions are committed and united.
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  1347.  @Silver_Prussian  USSR was kicked out of Afghanistan by an insurgency too you know? What the Russians will do is irrelevant, they occupy what, 10% so far after 4 months? They are not capable of taking the country anyway so no need for them to worry about insurgency they will be kicked out soon anyway.
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  1348.  @MmmM-uo6ti  Nah they die for their country, they would rather die than become Russians.
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  1349. WHAT, Soldiers being executed in times of war for disobedience and desertion?!?!?! Say it ain't so this must be the first time in history this has ever happened wooooow.
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  1350. Who knows maybe he is implying Russia won't be there for very long... you know... Kabooom.
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  1351.  @Scaleyback317  TO be fair they are in a much better position now than they were a few months ago when Kyiv was getting surrounded.
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  1352.  @Silver_Prussian  Why are you calling others simpletons when you cannot even use English properly?
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  1353.  @dezzjays9568  Fighting the whole of NATO LOL? They are not don't be ridiculous, NATO is not part of this war. They are providing aid in terms of equipment. That is it. The Ukrainian army is around 200.000 if NATO was involved that number would be millions.
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  1354.  @Silver_Prussian  What do you mean wage war? It's still a special operation in Russia - didn't you follow your own governments news show or had any training before you were sent to go troll for Russia on youtube? Also you do know that the USSR got stuck in an insurgency in Afghanistan too, right? It was one of the reasons why the USSR collapsed.
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  1355.  @JohnCSmith-lp1qr  Saving Russian lives, yes. Now why would we want to do that?
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  1356. Why not? It's been months and RUssia has like 7-10% territory. The longer this goes on the more equipment Ukraine gets. It's not too far fetched they might grab the W. Time is on their side.
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  1357.  @drunkensailor3736  Are you trying to imply that a democracy and a dictatorship is comparable? In the US if you really think the candidate is corrupt or don't represent the people you are totally free to create your own party or vote for an independent candidate or even better vote for a candidate that isn't. In China you have no say in the matter, you have no chance to make your voice heard. If you don't realize the differences between a dictatorship and a democracy I don't know what to tell you I guess you never went to school? Don't want to be rude but it's pretty basic political science.
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  1358. I am pretty sure this youtube channel has script-writers that are far more informed than some random commenter.
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  1359. Just check the whole video there was a lot more to it than just that one factor. His point is more about inefficiency and using loans to prop up the economy so it's artificial even though it does in fact not generate wealth. Evergrande is a perfect example, looks good on paper but they are bleeding money and using investments and loans to pay the production costs which heavily outweighs the wealth generated, in the end you can only artificially sustain a company like this for so long.
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  1360.  @hzc8942  They don't always do, remember that bus driver that drove off the bridge into the river on purpose? The government had destroyed his house and given no compensation the week prior.
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  1361. Yeah Serbia aligns itself with the likes of Russia, China and Iran. Hence why they won't get any sympathy from the rest of Europe.
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  1362. That's what happens when you get in bed with China, Russia and Iran. You made your choice now live with it. Go to China or Russia and cry for help.
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  1363. In rural China they still use OX to pull the ploughs for their agriculture. I think you spent too much time in Shanghai... go to the rural parts of China and you will see more E-bikes and motorcycles than you will cars. Much respect to the Chinese but you are simply not telling the truth, people in rural China does not have nice cars, most of them use E-bikes and motorcycles.
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  1364. Pfft you should take a look at the list made by the environmentalist about the world ending and half of the US being underwater. It's 1000 times longer than that list haha :D. World is full of overpaid scientists with no clue.
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  1365.  @JC-ks3yk  It's better than before that's true. Still doesn't change the fact that the Chinese elite and wealthy send their kids to schools abroad. Chinese are very nationalistic and always tout their own brands and school system but when it comes to it they will always send their kids abroad and buy BMA (BMW, Mercedes, Audi) if they have the possibility.
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  1366.  @xxxcool2565  ​ I said criticize, not hate. My original post was confirming to the OP that the standard of what counts as extreme poverty was changed and that he was correct in his assessment. Of course the CCP can set whichever standard they want and make any claim they want, if I agree or not agree with it is irrelevant. I am however free to claim their "elimination of poverty" is just a result from changing statistical parameters and doesn't reflect the actual situation on the ground. It's not like they are the only ones doing it, we call it cooking the books or stats-padding back home. I have no problem calling out my native country in specific areas where I feel like they are trying to hide ugly truths by clever use of statistics to hide problems or save face.
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  1367.  @xxxcool2565  I have been very careful to make a distinction between the government, country and it's people. I got no beef with China or Chinese people. I spent a year with an organization battling extreme poverty and providing basic education to children on the Chinese countryside. I am not going to apologize for calling out the CCP for trying to cover up ugly truths by manipulating statistics.
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  1368.  @xxxcool2565  There are plenty of sources to find about Li Keqiang talking about 600 million Chinese with less than 140 dollars. You can use youtube, how about just doing a simple google search?
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  1369.  @xxxcool2565  You are incorrect, I just simply criticize the CCP for using manipulation of statistics to try to hide the fact that poverty is a real problem in China. I am quite aware that criticizing the CCP greatly offends some Chinese people, to be fair though some of them are 五毛s working for the CCP though. I am sorry if you are Chinese and your feelings were hurt.
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  1370.  @xxxcool2565  India, Nigeria or Sudan does not claim they have no people in poverty though. They admit poor people exist in their country.
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  1371.  @freedombro  haha.... how do you think all these Chinese guys are replying to me and how all western companies operate in China? It's called a VPN it's nothing new - most western companies will provide their foreign staff with one as it's essential to communicate with the outside world.
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  1372. ​ @xyliu00  I spent a year in China working as a volunteer in the poor provinces of China. I have been to towns and villages without electricity, nobody has a car and people are lucky if they can afford a motorbike. They use the same farming equipment like they did 300 years ago. We always brought food and water with us - really nice people but they were starving. So while I do realize that life in the urban cities in China is quite advanced I have seen some very poor people in China and I just don't like it when you try to pretend they are not there by changing a few statistical parameters. They are still there you just figured out a way to hide them in statistic bs.
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  1373.  @xxxcool2565  You can ask him why he said that and why he thought that was a problem. A satisfying meal for 2-3 RMB? You can only get a single bowl of rice for that money I would hardly call that satisfying but hey if you can only afford one bowl of rice for a full day then I guess it's better than nothing.
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  1374.  @DineshTwanabasu  Well each province will announce the average salary for every city around June or July every year you can check those numbers yourself. Perhaps you are basing your assumption of what average Chinese people make based on what your Chinese contacts personally earn. I am pretty sure you mean Guangzhou never heard of a city named guanzou in China.
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  1375.  @DineshTwanabasu  No the average income of the top Chinese cities are not 1400 dollars :/ Beijing and Shanghai are the top in average income in China and that number is nowhere near 1400 dollars. If you are talking about tier 2 Chinese cities then the average income is not even HALF of 1400 dollars. You really seem to have no idea about what life is like in China. Of course you can get much more in rural areas for 140 dollars (You can't even afford food for a month in a city with that salary) but you would still be considered poor and probably have to share a small apartment with some people.
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  1376. Chinese companies are already moving factories outside China to Vietnam, so is other international companies it's just a matter of time before Vietnam is the new factory of the world. Even their Premier Li Keqiang has said 600 million working Chinese get less than 140 dollars a month. It's a rich country with poor people. Good luck getting cheaper labor in America with their new 15 dollar minimum wage lol,
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  1377. Because they realized relying on China and Russia for raw materials can be a problem.
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  1378. That's what the US said for a very long time but the EU NATO members have always said no.
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  1379.  @maninredhelm  Yugoslavia was not NATO that was UNSC that asked for NATO assistance to assist the UN peace keeping force that was tasked to implement the UN resolutions that were passed. You should blame the UN countries that voted yes to those resolutions (nobody voted no)
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  1380. OMG SWEDEN AND FINLAND ARE PRO EUROPEAN??!?!?! Who would have thought! I am so shocked! 🤣🤣🤣
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  1381. Europe is full of Kurds fleeing Turkish oppression
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  1382.  @orkundislike3264  Probably not but you still want our money so you will keep us around.
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  1383.  @ArdaSReal  And what was biased?
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  1384. You are misinformed the EU considers PKK terrorists, yes but that's it. YPG/FETO and other groups are not considered terrorist organizations. In Turkey if you are pro Kurdish Independence or Anti-Erdogan you are a terrorist in the EU however this is not a crime.
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  1385.  @creanyo  Yep, they won't be missed.
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  1386. They are, Putin wants to retake the Baltic states and it's a major issue for him if Sweden and Finland joins as Finish and Swedish territory provides a great lifeline for the defense of the Baltic states.
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  1387.  @ge8672  Nato minimum requirements: --New members must uphold democracy, including tolerating diversity. --New members must be making progress toward a market economy. --Their military forces must be under firm civilian control. --They must be good neighbors and respect sovereignty outside their borders. --They must be working toward compatibility with NATO forces. That's the requirement for NEW members to apply though, they had to add NEW because if they didn't Turkey would not qualify. I think Currently Turkey would pass 5 and MAYBE 4. 1,2 and 3 they fail though.
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  1388. That article is not binding.
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  1389. Really, then why is Europe full of Kurdish refugees having fled Turkish oppression? As a person that grew up and had classmates both with Turkish AND Kurdish parents in my Northern Europe home country I can tell you these two groups do not get along well at all. Almost every week the Turkish and Kurdish groups were fighting each other.
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  1390. Russia has always had Nukes in Kaliningrad and the Kola peninsula just on Finland's border anyways who cares if they build 12 more bases?
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  1391. Funny how everyone saying that has Middle Eastern usernames names ^_^
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  1392. And America and EU says Hey China say hello to my little friend (Sanctions)
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  1393.  @alexfortin7209  Sweden and Finland will not extradite the individuals on Turkey's list. It's a democracy and the justice system is separated from politics so there is no ways Swedish and Finish politicians can make that happen even if they wanted to. I don't see the issue with Amineh Kakabaveh, I mean I can see the issue from the Turkish side, she is a Kurd and she is pro Kurdish independence and that's enough to be called a terrorist in Turkey's eyes but from a European standpoint that is not a crime. She's been part of Komala and Peshmerga but again, these are not terrorist organizations in Europe so there is no way she will be extradited. Point 2 is more realistic and probably something that can be done. At the end of the day I still think Erdogan is just posturing Turkey is not in a position to mess around with the few friends they have left. They are already under an arms embargo from their NATO allies because they violated part of the treaty when they bought Russian missile systems. And pretty much nobody in Europe wants them in the EU. I would be very surprised if they ended up saying no.
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  1394. They are not Turkey they are the Republic of Erdogan... Jokes asides Turkey is not the issue, Erdogan is and he won't be there forever. Who knows maybe in 20 years they have let go of their Autocratic past and are more aligned with the west.
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  1395.  @itsJPhere  They want independence from Turkey, that's enough to be designated a terrorist in Turkey.
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  1396.  Thomas Gleri  No but I think the region could do without war to you know, rebuild? Surely there is nothing negative about peace and people not killing each other?
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  1397.  Thomas Gleri  I would very much prefer a peace-deal and let them work together in building up the region again instead of having another war but maybe that is just me.
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  1398.  @deekay13  The makings of civil war has been going on far longer than Trumps Tenure though.
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  1399.  @cuscoothriyas5163  I know it's not as simple as it sounds but Obama did open up military raids into new countries and it's under his administration that they started carrying out done strikes. Which means American lives lost on the ground but more collateral damage. I guess my main point is I don't have the same trust as you when it comes to politicians. Obama sang a sweet song of peace (he even got the Nobel peace prize) but in the end his presidency was the first time a two terms president been in constant war. So when you say Biden will do this and that and all will be fine I am the pessimistic guy that will say I hope so but I won't hold my breath until I actually see his actions. Trump for all his fault mostly did what he said he would - no matter if it was good or bad. What Biden does is yet to be seen, he does sing a pretty song - they all do. Let's hope he actually sticks to his promises.
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  1400.  @cuscoothriyas5163  Fair point I get it, however what Biden is about to do in the future is yet to be seen though isn't it?
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  1401. UK did the exact same thing to ensure their own population is prioritized in the vaccination plan.
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  1402. Who cares, amnesty international has condemned China and Saudi Arabia but everybody is still doing business with them like usual.
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  1403. And how many Jews have been killed in Muslim countries this year? Oh I am sorry I forgot the Muslims killed all Jews in their countries long time ago.
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  1404. The simple fact is the Arabs tried and failed. They realize they just can’t take Israel on militarily or politically so they just gave up.
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  1405. To have a government you need to have a nation state. Palestine is no such thing it is just some groups of people controlled by terror organizations such as hamas and hezbollah. They don’t even pretend to have any resemblance of government bodies.
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  1406. Wrong list, this is a list for disappointing leaders, not rising stars.
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  1407. Why don't you make your own video then, I bet you could reach at least 10 views.
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  1408. Russia sucks.
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  1409. ​ @vietimports  Hey be nice to the guy, everyone knows he is a failure but putting him on a list every year as the worst is not really that entertaining you know. What's the point to watch the video when you already know who the biggest failure is going to be. Don't worry we all know he deserves to be up there as a yearly laughing stock but for entertainment value he was left out this time.
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  1410. LOL Macron as the leader of Europe? According to who? Himself LOL?
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  1411. If Macron was elected by the French people for their national interest then why is he sucking Russian D? It's in the French people's interest to be Russian puppets, is that what you are saying?
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  1412. Macron is a clown more concerned about hooking up grandmothers than running the country.
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  1413. So which nations in Central and South America are fascist dictatorships that runs around with death squads these days? I mean if you are talking about current governments then the Venezuelan one seems to be the only one that kind of fits that description somewhat.
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  1414.  @tauceti8060  Yeah and by looking at the world today pretty much everyone is a capitalist except a few exceptions and some "socialist" countries that are capitalists in disguise.
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  1415. If the US ramps up it's own production it can be done but that will take time and is probably not possible with an administration like they have now.
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  1416. @Uranium 235 Not really NATO is a defensive alliance and has only been triggered once in the Iraq war after 9/11. "The Europeans don't realize that the Yankees are using them" You do realize many NATO countries are below 2% spending and are using NATO as a way to cut their own military spending and letting the "yankees" foot the bill for their own protection? NATO is not perfect but as the war has shown if you're not in it Russia will come for you next, which is something that nations like Finland and Sweden has realized. Putin made a great case for NATO and the alliance will surely grow by a few nations these coming years.
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  1417. @Uranium 235 Did you forget Indian and Chinese soldiers killed each other a few years back on the border. The guys hate each other you really think India would allow China to control gas to them? They get problems China could just shut it down and India cannot do anything. So no a Russian pipeline through China won't happen.
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  1418. "Imagine middle age nation with a lot of serf, poor economy and nuclear weapon" I think that sums up North Korea lol.
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  1419. How about we make a plan to combat climate change that doesn't include making ourselves dependent on our enemies or bad actors for our energy supply? That would be a good starting point.
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  1420. Yeah they can do that and face the consequences for breaking the sanctions, let's see how much they care about all that aid the west keeps sending them. We can keep that money and improve our own societies instead.
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  1421. That's the reason why we have this problem in the first place, if Ukraine was in NATO Putin would not have attacked in the first place.
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  1422.  @HimanshuSharma-oe4mk  If it was that simple Russia would not have sold oil to the EU and US in the first place. They would have traded with India and China, so why haven't they?
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  1423. They are, Germany is considering opening up their nuclear power plants again.
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  1424. I think you are wrong to base your opinion of Sweden on your Danish experience. Denmark is seen as a success example by the rest of Scandinavia when it comes to immigration and fighting gang related violence. Swedish politicians have long called the Danish immigrations policies racist as they have been very restrictive. Now they are taking after Denmark when it comes to fighting gang violence and restricting immigration. Because Sweden has massive problems and even the police has designated areas as "no-go" zones. You cannot even drive an ambulance or fire truck into certain areas without police escort. It is a major concern for us Swedes, you don't have to be a "conservative racist" to realize why it's a problem to take in so many immigrants with no education that have to spend 5 years + before they become productive tax payers. The people on social welfare increases at a massive rate while the tax base doesn't grow to compensate. It's not sustainable. Personally I see the anti-immigration parties and figures such as Rasmus Paludan as a reaction to the immigration and the consequences of it. Without the immigration wave and the consequences it has had on the nation as a whole you would not see figures such as Paludan or parties such as the Swedish Democrats reaching 20% support. For me myself I am a Swede that moved to China 7 years ago. Here immigration is super strict and if you commit a crime, any crime no matter how big or small you can be denied Visa at any time and get deported. Also if you cannot prove that you can support yourself (when applying for a work permit or green card you have to prove an income much higher than the native population) you can forget about it. Obviously these are extreme requirements but sometimes I just get confused when I see migrants in my home country complaining about discrimination when they get caught having entered the country illegally in the first place or doesn't have an income and are still allowed to stay on welfare. For me if I would ever get caught doing something like that in China I would be thrown out with my head first. Migrants in Sweden are probably amongst the most luckiest migrants in the world as they have very few requirements from the government to be allowed to stay compared to the rest of the world. Yet they are very quick to cry racism and discrimination as soon as anyone points out they have to try and integrate.
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  1425. ​ @j.langer5949  You say that yet you all flock to the west in search for a better life. How about you fix your mess in your own countries so people don't feel the need to come leave in the first place?
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  1426. Of course not. Sweden has had plenty of European immigrants for a very long time and they have posed very little problems.
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  1427. Yes, you can chose where to live and most Swedes are moving out of the Suburbs that has become "no-go zones" for the police. So the problems are getting even worse as native Swedes move to neighbourhoods with other native Swedes and all immigrants get crammed into the same area.
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  1428. Yep it's a problem of attitude and etiquette. I live in China and I am perfectly aware and accept the fact that if I commit any crime here, no matter how big or small I will get deported. Back home in Sweden people cry racism when the Government wants to deport rapists...
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  1429. They are just doing what's best for their country and their native population. There are more than 200 countries in this world for migrants to go to.
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  1430. the US has literally NOTHING to do with this issue. What has America got to do with the Swedish government letting in Muslim immigrants from the middle east?
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  1431. nobody asked them to give up their religion and culture just accept and abide by the laws. Instead they bring their conflicts with them, attack Jews and synagogues beat their wives and marry off their 11 year old daughters. If all you do is pray to a different god then that's no problem but when you start breaking the law then yes we do have a problem.
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  1432. Not really immigrants in Sweden have a lot more benefits than they would have anywhere else in the world. It's been ideology driven, open borders have been associated with the left of the political spectrum for a very long time and things will change very drastically now that the Swedish Democrats are increasingly getting bigger and all other parties have started to implement their policies as their own.
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  1433. Yep I am a Swedish citizen living in another country. Over here they deport you as soon as you commit a crime, even minor ones. I feel like this is just normal in the rest of the world I cannot for the life of me understand how hard it is for our criminal justice system to deport rapists and murderers.
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  1434. I think the problem is the combination of a liberal society with a strong safety net and massive influx of immigrants that won't become productive taxpaying citizen for at least 5-10 years because they lack education and are unskilled. There is no way to support an ever increasing population in need of social welfare when your tax base is not increasing at the same level. You can't have both at the same time you have to pick one. Anyway as someone pointed out politically Sweden has taken a sharp turn to the right as pretty much all parties except one has realized it's not sustainable to continue with the leftist policies of open borders and still keep a high level of social welfare for your population when your tax base is not increasing. The political landscape is turning more conservative as a reaction to the problems caused by the mass immigrations.
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  1435.  @houseplant1016  Err How about you just check out the Asian minorities? Asian Americans and Asian Canadians both earn on average more than the Native white American and Canadian populations. They are also overrepresented in high end Universities and receive higher grades than their native American and Canadian counter parts. Also Jewish communities in most countries are overrepresented in terms of income compared to the native population. Asian minorities and immigrants are well respected all over the world, they make little noise and trouble, their kids excel in education and they earn well above average.
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  1436. It would be great if these people could work though.
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  1437.  @SaadBinAlamgir3345  That's the problem Muslims will think anyone non muslim is an "infidel" or "pagan". That's precisely the reason why it's so hard for them to co-exist with other cultures and people because to them anyone that is not a muslim is an infidel.
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  1438. You can go to the Swedish police website and get their yearly "BRÅ" statistical reports. The foreign born population totally crushes it when you see what % of the population they constitute compared to what % of crimes they commit. I seriously doubt there are any reports trying to link Social welfare and crime though. That would be very hard to prove such links existed even if they did.
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  1439. Not really the problems only exist mainly with a religious group in particular. Sweden has plenty of people from Asia and Christian immigrants fleeing the middle East. Very little problems with these groups of people.
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  1440. I am pretty sure even "poor people" can afford condoms and The birth control pills but what do I know
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  1441. What you mean HER BIRTHING PEOPLE YOOO you saying men cannot become pregnant! BIGGOT!
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  1442.  @SasuSakuChronicles  Then why did we all have to take these vaccines and put a mask on?
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  1443. Chinese are staunch believers that the virus spreads with packages. Every time they get an outbreak the government has blamed things like, Norwegian salmon and packages from Canada to start the outbreak. The result is the local government is very mindful of this so they will be very reluctant to let packages travel freely between provinces and cities so what happens is the food trucks arrive in Shanghai and are not allowed to enter before they have been cleared and disinfect the packaging and sometimes they have to wait several days leading to the food in the trucks going bad so when they are finally allowed in their food has become rotten and all they can do is dump the food and throw it all away. My wife works a lot with the package companies and it's pretty much impossible to send things across provinces these days and when it's possible it takes 2-3 weeks for the packages to be cleared for entry.
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  1444. Heh so many theories you got down there, I'll throw in the one I heard most amongst Chinese themselves. The Covid policy comes from the leader, Xi himself. In China the leader cannot be wrong so whatever he says goes. Later this year the party politburo will re-elect him for his third term. Admitting he is wrong and going back would be political suicided in a country where it's thought the leader cannot make mistakes. So basically he has all his political capital invested in China being superior in fighting COVID, Changing policy now would mean admitting that he was wrong all along, something he cannot risk doing with the upcoming confirmation of his third term.
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  1445. It’s illegal in the west, alas not every country has the same consumer protections
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  1446. You forget it’s China. No apartment, no marriage, no kids. No serious woman is ever going to waste her time on a man without an apartment. If you are a guy with no apartment to your name you should expect to be single for the foreseeable future.
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  1447. It’s not really to invest though. They need that apartment to get married and have kids. That’s just how the culture is set up, it’s a shame but unless you want to be single and childless you better buy an apartment.
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  1448. The bank doesn’t care. As long as you put that deposit down.
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  1449. What choice do they have? If they want to get married and have kids they need an apartment.
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  1450. Yeah man ehm... I'd love to stay and defend my country but ehm... you know I am afraid of ehm... transphobia yeah that's it so why don't you MEN stay there and keep my stuff safe and all that while I go on a vacation yeah? That's the stupidest thing I have heard, there are PLENTY of homosexuals and minorities in the US army fighting for their country. IF you are afraid to die I can totally understand and that's no issue for me but you can't claim yeah I am willing to lose my life but yeah I am worried what people might say about my sexuality/preferred gender etc? Excuses. If you don't want to fight then just say so don't come up with excuses. Every man between 18-60 in Ukraine are stuck no matter they like it or not but let's focus on the rights of ONE specific individual. I normally have 0 problems with trans people and what they do is none of my business but this is just Disgusting way of thinking.
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  1451. Isis is in pretty much all Muslim nations in the Middle East and Africa
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  1452. Only works on second grade armies like the Russians.
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  1453. Both means love, devotion and loyalty towards one's own country and they are used interchangeably by most ordinary folks. In the political sphere they are bunched together or separated as a cudgel for people with the opposite political views. Like in the US where the left will separate the two to sow division and gain political points against the republicans and republicans vice versa to bunch the two together and claim the democrats don't love their country. In modern day US when you see newspapers and politicians pushing this quote you know they are on the left opposing Trump trying to categorize their own into "good, loving citizens" and their political opponents as "evil, haters". The best thing I ever did was becoming independent, it's pitiful to see people from different camps trying to bend and twist definitions and words to paint their opposition as evil.
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  1454.  @superdatcha4218  Yep and they only joined the American revolution once America had inflicted serious defeats on the British army and France realized America was going to win the war. It's always easy to join the winning side.
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  1455. Not sure what you mean about drawing in other nations, I am pretty sure Britain had already declared war on Germany after they invaded Poland which was before Germany totally smashed France. Not sure why the Germans would be afraid to draw in the Netherlands and Belgium, either - two little dwarves compared to the German war machine. The Maginot line was a failure and it showed the vast different military strategy of the Germans and the French. The French had planned for warfare like it was fought in WW1 with trench warfare. The Germans did not play that game and simply circumvented the defenses making them completely useless. All that time and funds spent planning and building it, training soldiers to hold it meant very little, 6 weeks is all it took for the Germans to take France. The French put all their eggs into one basket.
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  1456. Plenty of them, Finland has military service and 80% of their male population has completed military service which they then come back to brush up now and then once they get older. As a result the like 25% of the finish population are reserves in the Finish army and will be called up if war occurs.
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  1457. There's a difference between Russian tanks and actual real tanks though.
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  1458. Israel's neighbours havent had competent military forces for several hundreds of years.
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  1459.  @rezwansiam5813  Israel is not a European state, 48% of them are Mizrahi Jews, also known as "Arab Jews" Jews from the Middle East.
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  1460.  @ryanweible9090  30k according to the Hamas control organ, yes. True numbers? Probably not. Also Hamas is not an Army it's a terrorist org. They don't operate like an army would.
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  1461.  @rezwansiam5813  Doesn't matter what they are, they are there and they will stay there. Let's pretend what you say is true (which it isn't) I would still take an Apartheid state over a terrorist organization any day.
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  1462. Well he clearly said they ignored the orders anyway so it mattered little. Soldiers not following orders are usually not very organized, more like a rabble.
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  1463. You can twist and turn it around as much as you want, yeah they want to survive themselves and ran.. for civilians we call that logic for soldiers they are called cowards.
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  1464.  @stephen5963 Yep it's not fair to compare armies, US army soldiers are highly trained, better equipped and overall their morale and combat effectiveness is on another level.
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  1465.  @longcaihong2498 Protections don't matter much if you abandon them as soon as combat starts.
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  1466.  @ianmedford4855  LOL let's see you get billions of dollars worth of aid food, water, weapons from the west and your immediate response is WE FCKING HATE THESE GUYS? I am pretty sure most Ukrainians are happy with getting all the aid and countries like Poland giving refugees a place to stay.
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  1467. Well sounds like you have something to look forward to then :)
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  1468. She knows very well what it means she just has a narrative to fit so she decided to exaggerate and falsify the lyrics.
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  1469. If you love Israeli rap you should know the lyrics, listen to this song and make your own mind up. The English translation doesn't even come up close to what this woman claims.
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  1470. Erdogan was always going to say yes he just finally ran out of cards to play.
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  1471. There’s already been talk to extending Nato to be against China and add korea japan and Australia. The European Nato members are not interested though.
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  1472.  @Peyp59  Who cares, Erdogan is the sole reason why it's taken this long and he is still holding Sweden back from joining NATO while we are thankful he finally let us join it is noted and hopefully he will be gone in the election so we don't have to defend a Turkey with Erdogan in charge.
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  1473. ***** I can understand that some people don't want immigrants to come to their country, nationalist and right wings parties are big all around Europe now days but 400 per square km - physical reality? Monaco somehow manage 18,475 people per square km. I am not saying the uk should strive for that number but 400 per square km is NOTHING. There is plenty of room in UK, can the economy handle it? that is another question but space? thats just ridicilous.
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  1474. I am pretty sure he wanted F-35s but I guess he had to settle for the older version.
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  1475. That’s not how democracy works. You vote for the politicians to represent you and make/change laws. You don’t get a referendum on every single decision or law they make. Besides any referendum had is not binding even if the people voted no the government doesn’t have to follow the results.
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  1476.  @MehmetKoseDev  You mean Europeans? Yeah and they can do that because they are powerful. You want access to one of the biggest markets in the world? Then play by their rules. If your country was powerful they would do exactly the same, that's just how it works.
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  1477. Don't worry about it they will let them in they are just using it as a bargain chip to get concessions... Erdogan does this ALL the time. They just want to buy weapons that's it.
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  1478.  @superhumantrueman  Crack down on the PKK? It's a designated terrorist organization there is no such thing as governmental co-operation with the PKK.
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  1479.  @72marshflower15  Of course Turkey needs NATO why did they join in the first place and if it's such a burden on them why don't they leave? Charles de Gaulle downgraded France's membership in NATO and withdrew France from the U.S.-led military command to pursue an independent defense system in 1966. It's not impossible to leave should you want to but Turkey has not. Do you think Turkey stayed in NATO out of the goodness of their heart? Of course Turkey needs NATO otherwise they would have left long ago.
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  1480.  @darksun6096  Compared to the Middle East and Asia they are like angels though. Doesn't mean they are good just means the middle east and Asia are much worse in regards to freedom and human rights.
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  1481. Dude they want to join because they are feeling threatened by Russia. There is no ill will in those countries towards Russia they are just afraid they will get invaded. IF Russia had no invaded Ukraine then they would not have wanted to join. How can you say they do this to antagonize Russia? They already said they are doing it because they feel threatened by Russia. All of Russia's neighbours wants NATO membership now. Just look at Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine - do you see a pattern?
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  1482.  @jamesb9375  I thought you said no means no. Now you say they need to accept your demands? So you want Sweden and Finland to lift the arms embargo right? It went from a "they are wasting their time" "we don't want you" to GIVE ME X. This is typical Erdogan he always pretends he is firmly against it then he is asking for payments the next day hahaha.
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  1483. You have to remember they have a culture of haggling he is throwing in his whole wishlist. It’s like when you want to sell something you start high and negotiate your way down with the buyer.
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  1484. To be honest it’s erdogan that gives trouble. You have to remember the guy is pretty much a dictator.
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  1485. Disagree, you can combine religion and science, otherwise how are there so many Muslim or Christian scientists? Sure there are some leaders that use religion to suppress science to their own gains but that does not make it impossible to combine the two.
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  1486. There is no mention of purgatory in the bible though, just a made up aspect by the priests to cash in.
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  1487. Yeah, what do you know. Only one place in my country (Northern Europe) we have armed guards. Synagogues, no armed guards needed at the Churches or the Mosques. Why? Well because a certain group that hate jews are violent and the other groups are not really violent. Never had this problem until we got immigrants from the Middle East. Also have to add we did not have this problem with our educated immigration from this region, just now we have uneducated immigration. Lack of education and religious extremism goes hand in hand.
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  1488. Personally I don't care if Islam is thriving in the Middle East, let them. As long as it is not where I live I am content with letting them have their fun down there. I just wish they kept their religious conflicts and hate there not exporting it to the West.
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  1489. Conservative movements are on the rise in the west so looks like you will have to wait.
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  1490. Nah just people standing up and had enough of rude behaviour.
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  1491. Like he said in underdeveloped countries yes, as soon as education is provided people leave the religion. I guess its saving grace is that the Middle East will always be underdeveloped.
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  1492. Not really, most people say Jews have a right to defend themselves, that's not the same as doing whatever you want
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  1493. Then why are Islamic countries censoring the internet?
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  1494. Greed has nothing to do with nationality. You could also say the Danes were greedy to invade Gotland for plunder and the German mercenaries were greedy joining for money and plunder. Greed is universal across nationalities and cultures.
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  1495. Stings short term but it's beneficial in the long term. Being reliant on your future enemy is not a good idea. Just look at Germany relying on Russia for gas.
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  1496.  @muzzleflash1  Probably, just the same as the company that made your smartphone ^_^
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  1497. The US has yet to determine if those chips are made in China or if Huawei just bought them off a western company in secret.
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  1498.  @MicheleLLOYD-bk2mt  well nobody is stopping you ^_^.
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  1499.  fairplayall  Yep, I agree let's just let China take over Australia, it has after all belonged to China since ancient times.
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  1500.  fairplayall  Oh noes millions will go hungry, maybe China can sell them some of their famous Chinese cuisine, I hear bat soup is popular.
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  1501.  @deesmith6363  Not true 2.2 million in Gaza and only 100.000 left in the North, the rest left. We know Hamas has 40.000 soldiers and guessing they further members helping with support and logistics add those up and it's pretty clear the people staying are affiliated with Hamas or are family members.
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  1502. Swede here, we're not perfect but actually the Nobel peace prize is given by a Norwegian committee in Oslo, not by Sweden. Norway has to take the blame for that one hah.
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  1503. Huh? Well England used to occupy half the world at some point maybe it's time to reunite the lost territory? Make half the world British again I mean it is just reuniting lost territory, right?
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  1504. Australia has free speech and allows news organizations that are both left and right of the political spectrum.
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  1505. Oh gee if I really have to guess it would probably be that most of the world (which are democracies by the way) would very much prefer if a dictatorship did not dominate the world. If communism was a better option to America then there would be a whooole lot more of communist dictatorships around the world, which of course there aren't.
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  1506. That's normal if you have a common enemy you usually have a common interest to take said enemy out even since ancient time people have allied for wars against common enemies. Nothing new here.
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  1507. If it was then it would have 10x more likes
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  1508. Didn't Chinese soldiers kill 20 or something Indian soldiers last year?
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  1509. They have a system of independent news media in Australia so Sky is totally within their right to broadcast - if you don't like it you can always tune in to a Chinese state run news network instead like Global times and Xinhua news.
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  1510.  @castlebravo2023  Of course nobody is looking forward to a war but I would be much more worried about facing off against nations that has been involved in military conflicts in recent time like for example the US. China has no interest to get boots on the ground on foreign soil because they are surrounded by (in their view) hostile nations. And they would be right there is not really much love for China from their neighbors. China can only take on a big nation in a defensive war, if China would dare go aggressive and declare war themselves then they risk going up against all their neighbors. Pretty much all their neighbors have been training specifically for a war scenario against China since they are seen as the major threat. So yeah I don't want a war but I am not going to go around worrying about it, China really just have too much to lose to go on the offensive.
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  1511. ​ @castlebravo2023  To be fair the PLA is pretty weak, no combat experience and the Chinese high command have even admitted that there is a problem with 60% of them are from the one-child little emperors generation. I guess they have the numbers though but as they can't even muster up enough courage to take the small island Taiwan I am not sure how on earth they would be able to take Australia.
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  1512. You are lucky then, you can move to China, Venezuela or N. Korea and you can live in your Communist hegemony, only one party allowed.
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  1513.  @jmhorange  All I can see are excuses, why can't you just say they don't want to.
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  1514. They hate us but they love our money.
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  1515.  @hanifmsomc  Yeah because the US giving 400 million dollars every year themselves would be very angry if others donated too? Fact is Arab nations don't want to help Palestinians.
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  1516.  @floppydisk9541  Yeah bad PR for the west. Top 20 donors only 3 countries are not from the West 17 are from the west. South Africa donated $171,600 Compare that to the us $345,000,000 yeah very bad PR. I think if anything this shows us who has been supporting the Palestinians all these years, the west. South Africa and the Arab nations send words, the west sends $$$. I wonder if you can eat words, that's what they will get now when the West does not send money anymore.
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  1517. Why do you expect Israel, us and it's allies to fund their enemies?
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  1518.  @mansooralt  Don't bite the hand that feeds you. the west sends billions of dollars each year. Arab nations send a good luck card.
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  1519.  @toni-xz6dd  We have ethics, morality and humanity. That's why we side against Hamas the terrorist org. If you want to support them go send them a donation.
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  1520. Yes they took the life support away from Gaza, hopefully the Arab nations can help their brothers and sisters instead of relying on the West which they hate so much.
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  1521.  @joshmirr7366  If they can beat 6 nations joining forces against them they can take some random cave dwellers out, I wouldn't worry about that.
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  1522. Well whatever the Palestinian grievances were they are about to get a lot worse, if you think Hamas can do what 6-7 Arab nations failed to do when they joined forces then you are sorely mistaken. If you go for the king you best not miss, retaliation will be painful.
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  1523.  @bilalrandhawa3332  Well unfortunately for the Palestinians this type of behaviour won't end well, pretty much the whole of the west sides with Israel and they will retaliate, hard with toys supplied by the west. Good luck guys you asked for it.
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  1524. Why is it up to Europe to solve the climate change crisis, the biggest polluters are the US, China and India? Europe is already doing more than enough to combat climate change in comparison to the rest of the world.
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  1525. Yep, a nuclear winter for Russia
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  1526. It's okay the Russian army is in a worse state they are already ahead of the game before they started their re-armament.
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  1527. Why buy water when you can get tanks and conquer new water sources ^_^?
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  1528. Worth it
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  1529. One must not say bad things about islamic terrorists or Al Jazeera will be triggered.
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  1530.  @meeraaldary8439  It's a good thing Israel is preventing AIDS, nobody likes that disease.
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  1531. They won't they are not interested to help, they talk a lot but actually giving money? Bro you are asking too much of them.
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  1532.  @staffanlundberg  Good for you, perhaps your country can step up and fill the gap left by the 17 other states leaving. Also why was your country not the largest contributor before the scandal? Sounds like you guys were cheapskates.
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  1533. That is 12 so far, still 1200 left accused of being Hamas members then another 6000 of having close family members being Hamas members. It will be a looong investigation. The whole organization is compromised,.
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  1534.  @leakim650  If what you said is true then why is Israel winning? Surely if there is a god and it is almighty then it would not allow Israel to win if what you said is true. So either you are wrong or god simply does not care for the petty conflicts over who's pretend god is the coolest.
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  1535. Okay guy with Chinese name, Uighurs? Yeah look at that you have something in common with the US and Europe.
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  1536. Paludan has been burning Qurans for years
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  1537. Well you nailed it, we are all unbelievers to you so why should we respect the faith that calls us infidels? You don't respect me so why should I care you cry when I don't respect you back. Your god is "almighty" yet he cannot handle burning a few pieces of paper.
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  1538. Well you know the Quran specifically single you out as an infidel though right? The basis of the faith does not respect you so I applaud you for being the better man defending the faith that does not respect you.
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  1539. Will I get in trouble if I download it and put it in the computer trash bin?
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  1540. Because they are religious fanatics living in countries where it's normal to kill people that say things they don't like.
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  1541.  @jetterbenne2578  Yeah let's compare Iranian police clamp down to Germany and France LOL your whole point just fell apart with one stupid claim. good job.
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  1542. Sweden has been a bastion for Turkish refugees fleeing Turkish oppression for decades. We have a huge group of Kurds and Christian Turks in Sweden. Turkey does not take care of their minorities very well so we are doing it for them.
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  1543. Yes the almighty god cannot handle somebody burning paper.. sure. Sounds very Almighty.
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  1544. Lol nuke someone for burning paper LOL
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  1545. Next tiktok trend for sure
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  1546. Better to share it, happiness for more people.
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  1547. Yep there is currently 3g of Tritium in the Fukushima wastewater that's going to be released into the pacific ocean over a span of 30 years. There is currently already 8400g of Tritium in the pacific ocean because the nations around the ocean have been dumping their nuclear wastewater in the ocean for as long as they've had Nuclear powerplants. Tritium has a half-life of 12.33 years so it will eventually disappear. I know it sounds bad but 3g over 30 years when there is already 8400g there, it won't make a big difference.
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  1548. They don't have an emperor anymore, welcome to the 21st century.
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  1549. What, you mean releasing Tritium into the ocean like they are already doing? Nah surely they would not do what they are already are doing, that makes no sense.
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  1550. It's not a scientific issue, it's a political issue. Even if the guy agrees 100% with the scientific findings and the IAEA he is not going to support it simply because that is the stance of his government and he needs to toe the line.
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  1551.  @stephend7002  Yeah I can read, I read the Korean government's official statement on the issue. They supported the release. Why should I drink the water, just because I find it misleading when you make false claims countries are against it when their official government bodies make statements that they support it? So anyone pointing out misleading claims have to drink the water? I see you like logic.
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  1552.  @PlaYer-sn5or  I am sorry to disappoint you but there was already a Japanese PM that drank it 2011 to prove it's safe and he is still alive. I know this makes you sad but it's true. Yasuhiro Sonoda is his name.
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  1553. Disregarding their neighbours that already let tritium out into the ocean from their nuclear powerplants. I mean what would the S. Korean government say, hey I know we let out twice as much Tritium as you have in Fukushima from our own Nuclear powerplant but this is not acceptable, only we are allowed to do it. Also as far as I know only the governments of Russia and China have made official statements condemning the action so far. Australian and Korean governments as an example have said they support the Japanese government's decision. Politically it seems it's mostly China relations that will suffer but those were not that great to begin with, the biggest disaster is the reputation of the Japanese fishing industry, people will be very unwilling to consume Japanese seafood, no matter if it's safe or not for sometime. It's going to hurt the fishing industry severely.
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  1554. lol the ICC make an arrest warrant? That means they will have to do it for every nation that releases nuclear wastewater into the ocean which is every single nation that has an operating nuclear powerplant. The ICC will be very busy arresting half the world's leaders lol.
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  1555. There was a Japanese PM that drank the water in 2011 to prove it's safe.
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  1556.  @yvonnemohenry  Tritium is the number one priority for experts, scientists and the IAEA to check because that is the harmful element to watch out for. The IAEA are on site 24/7 monitoring the release. If the top experts and scientists in the world cannot find anything else in the water then nobody can.
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  1557.  @4061earthabcdesong  I thought the girl in the video was Norwegian, she's not a real expert you say?
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  1558. We can live without any nation in this world.
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  1559.  @ddzhou3630  Again, it's the Japanese government not the Japanese people. I do know you don't like Japanese people but let's try to keep it civil, thanks. You could also say Japan did X/Y/Z. They called the scientists and experts of the IAEA, the experts from IAEA and 11 nations have gone to Japan to Check. Everyone says it's safe so why wouldn't the government trust the scientists?
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  1560.  @edward3190  On the same page they also clearly stated that the effects on the environment and people will be negligible.
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  1561.  @backpackpepelon3867  Yeah it's totally the first time Tritium is being released into the pacific ocean, a whole 3g of it. Let's ignore the fact that the pacific ocean has 8400g tritium already from nations in the area dumping it into the ocean.
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  1562. Carbon-14 you mean the kind that's IN EVERYONE OF US? LOL. Wtf don't you fact check anything you read online? So basically we are all dangerous and radioactive? give me a break.
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  1563. The lady just said China is dumping 4 times more Tritium in the water than Japan already and the South Koreans 2.5 times more. Didn't you watch the video? they discussed it in the video.
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  1564. Yasuhiro Sonoda (Japanese politician) drank it in 2011 to prove it's safe .
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  1565.  @karllin7659  I made a typo I fixed it, I hope you can recover from your anger now :). Thanks for the reminder and have a nice day! Did I earn my 50 cents?
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  1566. There was already a Japanese PM that drank the water in 2011, Yasuhiro Sonoda.
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  1567.  @LoC28C  WTF Al Jazeera US state media? Are you kidding LOL!?
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  1568.  @ggbond911.  That's fine by me, cheaper seafood for the rest of us and a chance for the pacific ocean to recover from over-fishing! Thanks.
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  1569. The issue is it's not about the science, the IAEA have already said Japan follows all protocols when releasing water, why are there such protocols in place? Because like you mentioned every country with a nuclear powerplant releases nuclear wastewater. Like you said it's nothing new at all, there is 8400g Tritium in the pacific ocean, the wastewater in Fukushima has less than 3g in total. It's a political issue and it's about fear, the public living around the area there are worried about the consequences which is understandable and from the political side the Chinese government has it's own score to settle with Japan so they are not going to let an opportunity like this go to waste.
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  1570. Crazy guess, dealing with the nuclear waste water without releasing it cost a lot more? Was I right?
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  1571. The water is not safe, it will be safe once it's diluted which it will be when you release it into the ocean. I suggest you read up about Chemistry and dilution if you want to know what it is and how it works.
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  1572.  @ddzhou3630  You see this is why nobody takes you seriously "the character of Japanese people". Japanese people did not decide to release the water, their government did, a lot of Japanese are against their government in this. But you are showing that your resentment and hatred of Japanese people, as soon as I see that I know your thoughts are fuelled by your emotional hatred of the Japanese and not in rationality. Nobody is going to take you seriously when you insert your resentment in your arguments like that, it's pretty clear you debate from a position of hate rather than facts.
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  1573. ​ @therensdns31415  I am not saying there aren't more elements out there that we haven't discovered yet just saying that trying to claim there are 200+ radioactive elements in the water when we only know 118 elements in existence and only 37 of them are radioactive is just spreading fear and misinformation on purpose. With your way of reasoning we could all claim there are millions of radioactive elements in the water because "theoretically" there could be. I suppose there could also be a dinosaur in the water because theoretically I am sure there could be creatures around that we cannot see with our human eye or perhaps because we can create new species in labs so we cannot rule the possibility out. If you want to be an apologist for the unnecessary spread of fear and misinformation that's fine by me, don't just expect the rest of us to swallow it whole hook and sink.
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  1574. Norway has no nuclear powerplants though so they don't have to worry about that.
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  1575.  @peterwu9648  Yasuhiro Sonoda drank it in 2011 after it was diluted and made drinkable. Keyword here is Diluted.
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  1576. There are 3g of Tritium in the Fukushima waste water. The pacific Ocean already contains 8400g. The 3g Tritium in Fukushima will be released over 30 years. It really won't make a big difference.
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  1577. Save money, it's much cheaper to release the water and let the ocean dilute it than run it through a plant or factory to dilute it slowly over time.
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  1578. Then why didn't they offer to help Japan store some of that water. Isn't the whole reason of the release into the ocean because their storage capacity is already full? Why not send a team of workers to build a new storage facility for them?
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  1579. Well at least they were nuclear experts and not lawyers like the other guy LOL.
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  1580. Of course, they do it all the time. It won't be the first time they boycott Japanese products.
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  1581. Trust me most people will stop consuming as much "sea products" from that ocean, no matter who fishes them. The water is shared, just because the fisherman catching the fish is not Japanese doesn't mean the fish is "clean".
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  1582. They also said Japan is following all safety protocols and it's safe, in the same report might I add.
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  1583.  @wenerjy  What do you mean what about the 300.000 tons released from the initial Fukushima failure? You mean the natural disaster? Who shall I blame, god?
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  1584. ​ @Ace-zm4tb  I suppose it comes down to trust then, you apparently claim the Japanese government are not well known for how they deal with things. I don't share that opinion, where I am from we have no problem with the Japanese, sure they did horrible things in WW2 but so did the Germans and we get along with them just fine. I do however have the experience living in China for extended periods of time so I do know where that sentiment comes from. I am not Chinese though so I don't share that resentment or distrust. Sure the government could have covered something up, nothing is impossible but the Japanese are the first line of people to get exposed to the consequences so I doubt it. Maybe I am in the minority but I don't find their solution to dump it into the ocean weird at all, the IAEA has set protocols for how to safely discharge nuclear waste water into the ocean for a reason, because it's common practice for nations with nuclear powerplants. I would agree I would find it odd if Japan were the first nation in history to do so but truth is it's already common practice to dump nuclear wastewater into the ocean, hence why there is already 8400g of Tritium in the pacific ocean because the nations around the ocean have been dumping it already for decades. Is there a possibility there are other substances present? Sure, but that is also a possibility for every case of every nation doing so and we have been allowing them to do so for decades. Also I don't believe the IAEA would allow it should they find a problem with it, they are on-site 24/7 monitoring the release if they have no issues with it then I am assuming it's all safe and in good order just like every other nation doing the same with their Nuclear wastewater.
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  1585. the IAEA is a part of the UN, they have no authority. Did you think Putin stopped his invasion of Ukraine when the UN said stop? The UN cannot really do much, they can say what they like and don't like but that's about it.
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  1586.  @wwbren  It does, the nuclear watch dog with the most prominent experts and scientists in the field will be on site to make sure everything is done correctly. Would you rather we let 5 monkeys be in charge of it instead? Or maybe you are the kind of person that goes to the Zoo when you need a surgery? If they are going to do it might as well do it correctly and have a third party present.
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  1587. How can IAEA be sure about something they have never experienced? Because Tritium has been released into the ocean for a long time. There is 8400g of Tritium in the pacific ocean already and less than 3g in Fukushima wasterwater. Did you even listen to the facts presented or did you just click the video to argue online?
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  1588.  @edward3190  The IAEA has said they have people there on site to monitor the release, there is no reason to believe they don't have access to monitor and test the waters themselves.
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  1589. Yep people keep saying the west is all propaganda and then they take everything Hamas says without any critical thinking whatsoever. Whenever you read "Palestinian officials say" then you know for sure it's Hamas and you need to be mindful the information is biased. Hamas has full control of whatever comes out of the Palestinian government in Gaza, they are the government in Gaza.
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  1590.  @thisisprogress6817  Ukraine is around position 40-50 in the world if ranked by military spending Russia is what? top 5? Russia should have been able to run circles around Ukraine within 2 weeks yet they are taking months to take a few KM of territory.
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  1591. Yep, that's the people aligned to the Palestinians and people supporting Palestine also likes the Taliban. And you wonder why the west will not take the side of Palestine when they themselves and their supporters align themselves with the Taliban ^_^. Good luck.
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  1592. Why do you care, you chased out all religious minorities from your countries because they were "infidels" now you want us to care about how other people treat you? Forget about it.
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  1593. I don't know why are there no Christians and Jews left in the middle east apart from in Israel? That's probably the same reason there can not be any peace, one side won't stop until all "infidels" are gone, driven away of exterminated. They have been systematically driving out religious minorities from the middle east for Centuries.
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  1594. If the Iranians could take down the IDF they would have done so long ago, they don't have the military capacity to do anything and they spend their time training rebels in other countries to do their fighting for them
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  1595. Of course they won't, they are too weak to take on Israel's Allies. If they were strong enough to take on Israel they would have done so a long time ago.
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  1596.  @riccardo9383  How many Jews live in "Palestine" or it's surrounding Arab nations. How many Christians? Did not think so, since when did Muslim nations care about following international law and human rights in their hunt for infidels? Don't come here crying for support, it's all karma.
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  1597. Don't compare a terrorist organisation to a national Army that's very disrespectful to the Ukrainian army. Hamas did not say one word about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they don't care about other people's fight for freedom if it's their friends doing the occupation.
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  1598. Not going to happen the US senate, congress and the president realizes that they are the only reliable US ally in the region. Without aid they risk being overrun and replaced by another terrorist state.
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  1599. Should have thought about that before you guys decided to hunt down all Christians and Jews in the middle east - we could have all lived together but you decided to drive them all away and now you come crying that the Jews are defending themselves like their lives depend on it, because they are. They know the minute they lose they and their family will meet the same fate as all Christians and Jews in Muslim countries in the middle east have. No sympathy for you.
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  1600. Seeing there is a correlation the same people supporting Russia is also supporting Palestine it's pretty obvious why the west won't allow Israel to fall for the same reason we're all rooting for Ukraine. The west has little interest to let Russia expand and to create another terrorist state in the middle east as both of these will lead to our countries being put into danger. You want to pick sides and go against the west? Go for it just don't come crying when you cannot handle us teaming up with your enemies.
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  1601. Some of them did, the result was the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement
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  1602.  @asyraafmustaqim90yearsago20  Palestine is not a country.
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  1603. ISIS already tried, they failed.
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  1604. depends who you ask, ask a muslim it's idf ask a non muslim its Hamas
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  1605. They are having a hard time finding a willing successor, they are all afraid they will be next
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  1606. Just because you get insulted you get a pass on rioting and burning things? I will remember that next time somebody makes a joke at my expense.
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  1607. Sweden already has no-go zones for police. It’s just a coincidence these no go zones are were they decided to house all muslim immigrants, or is it?
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  1608.  @IGposter  They just got a dozer and trashed the fence down and just walked in. So much for the story that it's like a prison, all it takes is a dozer and you can enter Israel. What a scam, the Israelis have been far too kind to these people obviously, you give them an inch they will bite your hand.
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  1609.  @dimidochev2530  Russia cannot even handle Ukraine, how are they supposed to go up against Nations like UK, France, Germany etc? Russia has no chance, the only reason Russia did not get bombed to pieces is because they have 6000 nukes. That's the only thing keeping them safe.
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  1610. As long as the War in Ukraine continues the EU should refuse all exports. If Ukraine is going to become a full fledged member then as long as Russia occupies any territory of a member state then I cannot see a deal ever being made.
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  1611.  @elmermatthew6796  You know perfectly well who she is talking about. It's pretty obvious.
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  1612. If you are a neighbour with Russia under Putin you have to be ready and expect getting attacked in the foreseeable future, that's why countries like Georgia, Ukraine, Finland, Sweden and Moldova are all knocking on NATO's door. They know what future they are in for if they don't find protection.
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  1613. So Russians are allowed to ignore all the deals and treaties they have signed but we have to respect it for some reason?
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  1614. an elected representative that sent snipers to kill protestors and arrest opposition leaders. Sounds like a nice guy.
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  1615.  @janestones323  Irrelevant, the Russian army does not possess the capability to destroy Ukraine even if they wanted to. They cannot even provide fuel for their tanks and supplies for their soldiers. As for your numbers it only shows you are spreading misinformation the Russian population before the war was 17.3% and the Russian speakers 29.6%. Trust me after the war those numbers will drop below 10% perhaps even as low as 5%.
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  1616. That was not a war in the same sense that was an insurgency, the regime fell and the country was occupied by US and allied forces within weeks. Russia - Ukraine is still a war between Nations. The US war was mostly between groups of organized resistance fighters not against the Iraq/Afghan state.
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  1617. Vaccines don't help much against Omicron
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  1618. ​ @GameOvais  A million soldiers to take Kyiv? Based on WW2?! How about the fall of Baghdad city of 8 million, much larger than Kyiv according to your estimation a 8 million population city should require 3 million soldiers. The US and UK took the city with 30.000 soldiers, they lost 34. For your information Iraq had 400k active personnel and 600k reservists at the time. Obviously it's not fair to compare a state of the art military to the Russians that have a hard time pulling off simple co-ordinated attacks but you massively underestimate the advancements that's been made to warfare in the last 70 years. On paper Russia should have been able to take Kyiv, their military is far superior based on the stats, they are a military super-power. Just because the Russians cannot take the city with 50k doesn't mean that is true for every military army out there. You don't think the US could have taken Kyiv with 50k? They have taken cities much larger than that with fewer soldiers. What I am saying is I don't know if the Russians planned on taking Kyiv but with a competent military force it's very much possible.
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  1619.  @thevoxdeus  They don't have the ability to dominate the air but they can disrupt Russian air power with stinger missiles, yes.
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  1620. Yeah the Russians are totally looking to make this a long conflict they have so much to gain from keeping the sanctions on their economy for a long time.
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  1621.  @dantankunfiveancestorsfist  Not really you think the Eastern Ukrainians that were Russian friendly before like them now after they bombed their towns and villages to the ground forcing them to flee?
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  1622. I guess if their strategy was to prolong the war to months instead of days they have done a pretty good job
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  1623. These days you can launch missiles from undetected submarines, besides Finland joining NATO doubles the NATO - Russian border. Whatever they were trying to do they made it a lot worse.
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  1624.  @specialdispatch5234  That's not how things work, there are groups in all countries that want independence for one reason or another. How can you try to argue that Chechnya is better off as a semi-autonomous region and then claim it's better for Eastern Ukraine to separate? If it's true what you say (which I highly doubt) that Chechnya is better off semi-autonomous then why can't Eastern Ukraine go the same way being a Ukrainian semi-autonomous region? You are just making excuses for Russia and repeating their Nazi propaganda, the only people talking about Nazis are Russia and China. The only thing I agree with is that Ukraine is a great country, hopefully they can get out of this war still being a country preserving their independence.
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  1625. It's a good thing you are not Ukraine then. They don't have the military resources to make such big counter-attacks and they are mostly concerned with defending. They know the longer this war continues the weaker Russia gets. There is little point throwing away their military resources at this point.
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  1626. @John Smith Palestine is not a country though.
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  1627. That's standard procedure down there, gotta bring a few rocks and Molotov cocktails to prayer.
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  1628. Because Ukraine is aligned with the west and Palestine with the Arab nations of the middle east. I don't know what to tell you, I guess the west is a better friend to have, they certainly are more generous.
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  1629. Poor worshippers why not leave them alone, all they did was bring a few rocks and molotovs to throw at Jews what's the big deal they do this everywhere they go. I can't see why people cannot just accept their violent tendancies.
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  1630. Thanks, I pass.
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  1631. Perhaps they should not start throwing rocks at them then.. just an suggestion.
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  1632. Palestine and Hamas are more aligned with Iran and Russia than they are with European nations. If you did not notice the Europeans don't like Russia and they don't like their Allies. You want to align yourself with Iran and Russia, that is fine that is up to you but don't come expecting European support when you get in bed with their enemy.
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  1633.  @Freakysigma699  Who cares about their prayers, they don't respect other religions themselves, all the Jews and Christians are long gone from the Muslim states, they have been driven off or killed now you ask them to care about your prayers? Pathetic.
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  1634. Why would NATO care about Palestine? Seriously?
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  1635. It was obviously Putin’s fault
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  1636.  @V-for-Vendetta  Sounds like Russian propaganda to me, thanks I will skip. These guys are heroes.
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  1637.  @IOpa26  Yes and Kyiv would fall within 72 hours, right? disappointing is a word to describe the Russian army. Must suck to be on the losing side.
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  1638. Don't need to, Russians are doing it for free.
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  1639. Well... usually A is the best grade right? Z is the last letter so that is probably the ranking given to the Russian military when assessed on their performance and proficiency in carrying out war. You getting a F on your exam was bad, the Russian military could not even reach F all they got was a Z.
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  1640.  @eleethtahgra7182  Just like they never bothered Ukraine, or Georgia or Chechnya? When the Russians are done in Ukraine they will take their war machine somewhere else. It makes sense to get allies before they decide to attack you next.
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  1641.  @abdullahmamun1346  Crawl back into your cave.
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  1642. Elites sitting on private planes emitting more carbon in a year than the average person does in their entire life is trying to dictate what you should and should not eat. Yeah thanks but no thanks.
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  1643. Props to NYPD for having the balls to arrest a black gang in a city that's for police defunding and cries police racism and brutality at every turn. The heroes they don't deserve.
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  1644.  @bbugrayuksel  Then they suddenly accept Sweden and Finland without getting anything except an end to the weapons embargo and promises to take Turkey's concerns seriously, whatever that means. Nobody is getting extradited and YPG will still not be a designated terrorist org in Sweden nor Finland. So much for the blocking because of terrorism...
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  1645. Especially not when the lobbyists and big company CEOS are pumping millions into your wallet, Win or Lose Nikki will be a rich woman after this, who could blame her for continuing a losing race.
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  1646. I am pretty sure the bank won't allow you inside when they know you just went into your neighbours house and killed half their family, just saying.
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  1647. it's not a default it's a special operation.
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  1648. That's what you get for loaning money to dictatorships let that be a lesson.
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  1649.  @alexorehowski3387  Yeah I don't see the problem either, I always go kill my neighbours too to take their stuff. I mean what's the problem?
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  1650.  @draker769  I am sorry but if I go to my bank to repay my loan with toilet paper they will refuse too.
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  1651.  @TheJcrist  Okay specify one of these options then please. Legal options please I aint doing no illegal under the table deals with the local gangsters.
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  1652. He pretended to have cancer to hope they would cancel the debt, did not work.
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  1653. disagree, surely it's more than 90%
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  1654. at least they pay their debt on time
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  1655.  @Commander_2532  Invading your neighbours have CONSEQUENCES?! I would have never expected that!
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  1656. You know once that time comes everyone in the world will die, there are enough nukes to destroy the world 1000 over. So yes keep calling for EU and America to be nuked just know your third world home country won't survive that nuclear war either .
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  1657. At least they pay their debt on time
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  1658.  @alexorehowski3387  Who would want to buy things in Russia right now unless you are Russian? Getting Rubles is not a good idea if you are not Russian in Russia. Totally useless outside Russia and it's very volatile there is no telling what it will be worth next month.
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  1659. Broke ass nation cannot even pay 100 million wtf? I thought the Russian economy was doing great now you cannot pay back your loans? Sounds like it's doing awesome.
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  1660.  @alexorehowski3387  Okay let's see how many countries I can use the Rubles in.... Oh one, Russia. lol. Sounds like a fool-proof investment I am sure these guys are good at repaying their loa..... right.
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  1661. Isn't this their third default? sounds like the opposite.
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  1662. It's their fault for loaning money to a expansionist dictatorship. Hopefully that will be a lesson for all companies investing money into other dictatorships such as China and Russia.
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  1663.  DontWorryDiaperJoeGotYouCovered  Chinese Yuan? How many countries can you use the Yuan in? More than 2?
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  1664. You think the whole world economy will go under because of one single country? Russia has the economy of Spain you think the EU would be destroyed from losing the Spanish Economy? Come on man that's just silly. It's one thing if China or the US went off the global economy then yeah we would feel the effects world wide. Just Russia though? Yeah it will sting but life will move on in a few months..
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  1665.  @TG-nz1ci  The US and Europe has 70% of Russia's foreign based assets that should be enough to start rebuilding Ukraine.
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  1666.  @siuuuuu6289  A default is a default there are no excuses that will make it go away, consequences are still the same.
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  1667.  @АнатолийПедченко-э9ф  A PIG with a lipstick is still a PIG. A default is a default, it sucks I tried to tell my bank that my dog ate the money I was supposed to use to pay the loan too but they would not listen.
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  1668.  @alexorehowski3387  I don't think he is referring to the soviets.
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  1669.  @i.b7778  Europeans are pretty unfavourable towards Russians these days.
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  1670.  @Commander_2532  It's a third world country that cannot pay their loans and invades their neighbours and should be treated accordingly.
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  1671. There are consequences for defaulting which were specified in the video, perhaps watch it?
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  1672. The good thing about America is you are free to leave and go somewhere else anytime you want. You rather be Russian, then sit your ass on a plane to Russia. Easy. Nobody will stop you.
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  1673. Americans and EU sit on 70% of Russia's foreign reserve assets that are much larger than 100 million. There aint no problem, if there is can always help themselves to all that money.
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  1674. Yeah they should have paid Oprah a million bucks to endorse them instead.
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  1675. Why would people come to teach in China in person, it's NON-PROFIT both offline AND online, how many people in the day and age of COVID are willing to go to China to teach for free?
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  1676.  @xiaoliu3397  Chinese high school students have never been a big market for these training centers, it's usually the kids ranging from 3-13 that are the prime consumers of private tutoring. It's always been this way. And yes he is right the rich will just hire 1on1 tutors which is way Chinese parents are really upset about this change, they get no chance to compete to the elites now.
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  1677.  @willzhang1936  Fast forward to today and Chinese parents are complaining that this change will allow the very rich to hire private tutors 1on1 for their kids while they are deprived of the opportunity to have their kid prepare for the Gaokao because they lack the resources to hire private tutors which are more expensive than the after hours tutoring places charge. If even Chinese parents reject these policies as creating unfair advantages for the rich then you know the government's "oh this is to help Chinese parents" is kind of bs.
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  1678. and now China's very rich will get 1on1 tutors to their homes while the rest have no opportunity to do the same due to lack of resources. This is the Number 1 complaint from CHINESE parents about this policy change by the way. In person private tutors are always going to be more expensive than sending your kids to tutoring centers, always has been. And now only the rich Kids get an edge in education in China. Maybe this was always the intention?
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  1679. Well, it's always been parent driven due to the insane pressure from the Gaokao, you think parents are just going to let their kids fall behind preparing for the life-defining exam that is the Gaokao just because the government denies them the ability to send their kids to after hours classes? What's going to happen, and the reason why A LOT of Chinese parents are actually upset about this change is that the rich people will just spend money to have tutors come to their homes and do 1on1 while the middle class and the poor won't be able to afford private tutoring. I have a few foreign friends in China teaching English just waiting for this to happen as parents are willing to pay far more for private tutoring than they would get working for one of the many training centers, we're talking about doubling on tripling of salaries.
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  1680.  @doublehelix7880  Turkey needs the US far more than the US needs Turkey
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  1681.  @_Redronin_  Then why are you guys crying about not being able to buy American and European weaponry? lol. Turkey is just the continuation of the Ottoman empire, sure they hold an important geopolitical role based on their location and geography but that's about it, it's been hundreds of years since they were a relevant military power. Their geography is their one and only saving factor otherwise NATO wouldn't be interested in keeping them around.
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  1682.  @malasian  They could if they wanted to.
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  1683.  @Hazelnut_surprise  What Russia wants is irrelevant, it's a one-man show. It's all about Putin and what he wants.
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  1684.  @CadaverKuma  the minute Putin sends a Nuke flying 10 are incoming on the Russian capital. Obviously he won't start nuking, he knows it's not worth it.
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  1685. Well considering the low quality of their "elite" troops in action in Ukraine it kind of makes you wonder how bad the non "elite" troops are.
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  1686. just like the Kiev offensive which apparently was just a diversion soon we will hear that the Russians evacuating Moscow was all according t o plan.
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  1687. Yep true, I had 0 problems with it until I saw the kind of books they were putting in my daughter's kindergarten. Then they started talking about doing a drag queen story hour.
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  1688. Why are you so against Poland? These laws exist in pretty much all Muslim country + few others since a long time already. What makes Poland so special?
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  1689. @Zxz I just said I am NOT for foreign intervention. As to why America doesn't meddle in India's affairs? Well India doesn't really like China hence America sees them as a potential ally to counter China in the region.
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  1690.  fairplayall  I am not an expert but when the CCP premier Li Keqiang says 600 million Chinese have less than 1000 RMB or 140 dollars a month that does sound quite serious. Having lived in China myself 140 dollars is not even enough for rent in a major city like Beijing or Shanghai. Maybe there are some Americans that are poor, sure but with a minimum wage of 12 dollars an hour in some places they only need to work 12 hours to get more than 600 million Chinese people get in a month. If you feel like 140 dollars a month is great then I don't know what to tell you. This is not a number I made up by the way it's CCP premier Li Keqiang that are playing with the marbles here I trust he knows the situation better than some random youtube troll. If you have a problem with the numbers take it up with him.
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  1691. ​ fairplayall  Well there is a difference between the bad schoolboys that skip a few classes once a while and the schoolboys that bully others, steal their lunch money and sell drugs on the schoolyard. As someone who have lived on the Chinese countryside I can tell you that the farmers don't use any tools, they use an ox to pull their farming equipment just like Europe in the middle ages. Mr Li Keqiang said 40% of Chinese people (600 million) live with a salary less than 1000 RMB or 140 dollars a month. When half your population is poor and your main problem is poverty I wouldn't say you are ahead. North Korea also claims they are ahead in everything. Just because your government say you are #1 in everything doesn't mean it's true you know?
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  1692.  @zhxiaol  Steal tiktok? They are going to sell Tiktok or get kicked out. I guess if you call buying a company stealing lol it's not the US government buying it either, most likely Microsoft.
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  1693.  fairplayall  Yeah of course that's why the US keeps arresting Chinese military staff at US universities accusing them of stealing technology and why they shut down the Huston embassy for IP theft. If US was behind China there would be no reason for the CCP to spy on the US anymore yet for some reason they do.
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  1694. well it will be better now that the US doesn’t allow Chinese companies to act freely on US markets stealing IP and spying anymore.
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  1695. Technically Israel gave away Gaza to the Palestinians so in a sense it was theirs to give away I guess they can take it back if the current residents don't behave. Landlord coming better pay the rent or you are thrown out.
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  1696. So the guy named Mohamed is taking offense Israel killed some Islamic jihadists, what a surprise.
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  1697. Human nature was the same before the emergence of religions and will remain the same long before religions are gone. When religion lost its monopoly on power nationalism rose in the vacuum and we all know what happened. WW1 and WW2 had nothing to do with religion. The fact is people, that are set on destroying others and wanting for power are going to use whatever device available to gain their goals. Back in the middle ages those people would become priests, these days they become politicians. If using religion is not furthering their goals they will use nationalism or communism, whatever suits their needs.
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  1698. Airport security in Lebanon with goods going to a terrorist org? Yeah I doubt that shipment went through an official security check.
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  1699. To be fair Taiwanese are Chinese and they make 90% of the world supply so technically 90% is already Chinese in a sense, the question is do you want a Chinese hacked device or a hacked Chinese device, lol.
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  1700. Israel doesn't need to worry about backfire, when it comes to the west they will always support war on terror. When it comes to the Middle East they will hate Israel no matter what they do anyway.
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  1701. Taiwan is technically inhabited by Chinese people though, not westerners so we exchange products made by Chinese with products made by other Chinese?
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  1702. It's a private company so very unlikely the government is involved. This is a modern democracy not some Middle Eastern dictatorship, they care about their reputation and would not risk the reputation of their industry over some random Hezbollah terrorists. Taiwan has literally no interest in Hezbollah.
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  1703. Good quality products, unless you are a terrorist then I would think twice. It's amazing that they even sell to terrorist orgs at all. I suppose they did not know who they were sending it too but Mossad did.
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  1704. Better hurry up, midterms coming up soon it's going to be too late if you take too long.... after that it's the Republicans turn to investigate democratic potential candidates... both parties wasting tax payer money to shut the other party down
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  1705. Well they started the fight so they will have to face the consequences now.
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  1706. Russia busy losing territory to Ukraine. China is not putting their neck out for Iran.
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  1707. Iran is hardly fire though. Just a small fly compared to the US military.
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  1708. And Iran is getting help from Russia and China, so what is your point?
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  1709. I teach in China while we had half of our kids in primary school at home sick last week a lot of them with pneumonia and high fever which is concerning, at least over here it's not deadly. Almost all of them are already back in school this week and they are acting just like normal. So I would not freak out about it.
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  1710. If the dress code is not to your liking Just take your business to a venue that does not have a dress code, it really is that simple no need to make a big deal out of it geez.
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  1711. That's not how the world works, if you enter somebody's private business you have to abide by the rules they set, if it's too much you can go to another venue that has rules that suit you better.
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  1712. Just go to a liberal establishment then, it's a free country.
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  1713.  @AntsDrone  Perhaps you Democrats should not have voted the guy they had in their pockets out.
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  1714. A while back we were called anti-vaxxers for being unhappy about mask mandates, I guess it finally dawned on at least some democrats that their stupidity has consequences.
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  1715. BANG EM UP BOIS
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  1716. Yep even when the West is sending billions of dollars to the Middle East it's still the West's fault and we are apparently complicit to genocide. Why is it that we have to keep sending money to these professional victims that clearly hate us?
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  1717.  @FahmiACCA  Hamas leadership are all billionaires they are much richer than Netanyahu ever will be. They live in luxury hotels in Qatar popping champagne bottles daily.
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  1718.  @0__0123  Donations come with conditions - making sure money ends up supporting civilians and not to fund terrorist organizations is one of them, besides other nations are more than welcome to step up and fill the gap of other states withdrawing support. It's not the first time UNRWA has been accused of getting in bed with Hamas sympathizers, they haven't done anything about it and now it turns out some of their members were probably involved in Oct 7. They made their bed now they have to deal with the consequences. so far 1200 members have been accused of being Hamas members, 12 of which accused being involved in Oct 7 then we have an additional 6000 that have one or more close family members in Hamas. It's going to be a loooong investigation and until it's done UNRWA lost its top donors.
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  1719.  @swag2be578  Have you been to an American hospital? It's a lot cleaner than that, they have hot water and the staff clean their bathrooms. I suppose if that's the Chinese VIP standard I can get your point since she should be used to worse but that's pretty bad if you compare it to America to be honest.
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  1720. Yes they have started to feel pressure from the population. They claim 92% of Shanghai's residents have gotten the vaccine and that their vaccine is 98.2% effective against Omicron yet they have decided to lock everyone down in their homes and they have high infection rates. Even Chinese people are starting to doubt the official numbers for vaccination effectiveness and the low death rate.
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  1721. Everyone in Shanghai is already locked in their homes
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  1722. Yep they have a problem with food deliveries, not even the truck drivers want to go there anymore because once they deliver the food for the starving residents they get stuck in a quarantine for entering shanghai lol. Nobody wants to deliver food there anymore.
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  1723. LoL Covid thousands positive patients are sharing bathrooms and live packed in a small area and need to clean it by themselves? So much for a sterile environment. With such circumstances they will spread a lot of other diseases between them, not just Covid.
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  1724. I am in China and we got a month of unpaid holiday because we have 3 positive cases in our city and we're not allowed to go to work because of it lol. Over here you don't work you don't get paid doesn't matter what reason or if it's your fault or not.
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  1725. You really think they lock down a huuuge amount of people creating economic hardship over a single case? When you lock down millions of people obviously there are more than a few hundred cases.
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  1726.  @jiayinng8120  Yeah it's totally NOT okay to blame the Chinese government for incompetence because you know the US... Classic Chinese counter for everything, the US. Protests in HK, must be CIA. Stock crash, US investors crashed it. Racism in China well look at the US.... you get the point.
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  1727. Why is herd immunity a failure of disease control? You do realize that the GOAL of vaccines in the first place is to reach herd immunity....? That is literally one of the main goals with Vaccinations... I don't think you fully understand what herd immunity is.
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  1728. Trust me people in China are taking notes of what is happening in Shanghai my city just reported 5 cases and the next morning the supermarkets were completely empty of vegetables, meat, rice and fast noodles lol.
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  1729. It's not uncommon in China to eat animals while they are still alive.
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  1730.  @ramt6102  There is only one thing Muslims care more about than Islam, $$$.
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  1731. Simplified - Western and Europe problems are not India's problem this is true but it's a global world and it's more complex than that. India has a large market sure but the EU and US markets are the biggest in the world if you want to take part of that market you will have to adapt to the needs of Europe or the US. If India's market share was bigger than the EU or US they could make demands but that's not the case. If the US and EU want to make their problems India's problems they can - India can of course refuse but there might be consequences such as sanctions or restrictions to US and EU markets, call it hypocrisy or unfair if you want but that is the benefit of sitting with a stronger hand.
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  1732. Yes, unfortunately for him having full access to western markets and not have western sanctions on the Indian economy might be the best course for his country.
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  1733. Perhaps, perhaps not - we can always speculate.
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  1734. It's not that simple, sure Europe's problems are not the world's problems but if you want access to EU/US markets you have to adapt. If you are fine not doing business with Europe then yeah you don't have to listen to Europe's problems. If you want part of Europe's money and markets you have no choice but to adapt to Europe's needs.
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  1735. This is nothing new, everybody knows how it is but they cannot do anything because the US and EU markets are so big that any sanctions from the US and EU would be devastating on any economy. He is right but there are very few nations in this world that are willing to lose out on US and EU markets until that change then US and EU can make their problems the world's problems.
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  1736. Well, North Korea and Iran did it and I mean it's totally possible to say no to the west but it might lower your standard of living losing access to western trade but if enough countries do it I guess they can always make that up by trading with each other. In the end nobody wants to lose out on western trade. It's all about that $$$.
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  1737. Nobody are stopping Third world nations developing their own vaccines to distribute to their populations or coughing up more money to outbid other nations buying wheat. It's easy to say everything should be provided cheap or for free when someone else is paying the bill.
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  1738. Well to be the devil's advocate I am pretty sure the west would not have any problem with African or Middle Eastern countries pouring billions of their own money into research and developing their own vaccines to distribute to their own populations.
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  1739. Yes and no. There is no obligation to adopt western interests however that assumes you have no need for their trade and won't mind losing access to the US and EU markets. If you cannot afford to lose access to this trade then yes, there might be conditions tied to that. You are not forced to accept these but then again you kind of are unless you are willing to say goodbye to the two biggest markets in the world.
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  1740. And after that it's the next country, perhaps Australia? Long term plan world domination.
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  1741. When twitter is your life and you think people spamming shit on twitter is an actual representation of real life demographics and voting patterns you are beyond saving LOL.
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  1742. TYT are on the politcal left scale, the only reason the left cares about the Palestinians is because Israel are America's allies, hence the left will side with whoever is fighting America's ally. If America would be allied with the Palestinians this channel would root for Israel. That's just how it works. Ideology is everything for these guys.
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  1743.  @oussamaalaoui9121  It wouldn't surprise me. They are very good at throwing rocks and Molotovs I am sure they developed skills with these tools that the rest of us can't even imagine.
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  1744.  @insley200  Jews are always a target no matter if they are in Israel or not. In my country in the North of Europe we don't have police or soldiers aaanywhere on the streets, except outside the Jewish synagogues because they are always being threatened and harassed by Muslims. It's a major problem here, it's always the Jews that needs protection from the Muslims, never the other way around.
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  1745. You are in the minority then. Majority of Americans do not support Palestine. It's not even recognized as a country in the US.
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  1746. And what happened to all religious minorities in all these "peaceful" Muslim countries? Why is Europe full of Christians from the Middle East that escaped prosecution by Muslims in their home countries?
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  1747. In peace? They were throwing stones and Molotov cocktails, I do agree it's outraging that the police went after the coffin bearers but the crowd around them were throwing stones and Molotov cocktails so I am not surprised at all they refused them to continue.
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  1748. What? Do you live in a country with 10 people? There are people PRO Israel and people PRO Palestine within the same country there is no such thing as 100% support for one side. Also there is a big difference between the actions of politicians/police and military and a religion. I don't like ISIS but that doesn't mean I will go around and say anti Muslim words. Is it that hard to understand?
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  1749. Pretty simple, Israel is an ally Russia is not. The world is pretty simple like that for example why does Palestine not condemn China's treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang? Because China is on Palestine's side so the Palestinians looks the other way when the topic of Muslims in China comes up because they are allies. It's kind of the same for Israel - the US are staunch allies and are willing to look the other way when they commit atrocities. Just like the Arab countries will look the other way when Hamas kill Israeli civilians with their rockets.
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  1750.  @SheryAwan123  Because the west is allied to Israel. Palestine is silent on China's treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang, why? Because China is on Palestine's side in the Israel - Palestine conflict. I don't mean to sound cold but that's how the world works.
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  1751.  @derangedcrouton1864  The kind of nation that has been attacked by their neighbours multiple times and are surrounded by Muslims that call anyone not Muslims infidels? What happened to all the Jews in the Muslim nations? Where did they go?
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  1752.  @tex4523  In that case it does sound like the whites are better off getting independence and making their own nation. I wouldn't want to be stuck with people that are hating my guts and since you guys don't want them anyway that sounds like a win win to me. Obviously the writing is on the wall that SA could not handle the brain drain that would occur with all the whites leaving making their own country to outcompete the black part of SA.
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  1753.  @haydenriggsnz  Putting competent leaders in charge seems like a good start.
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  1754. Solar power is not really that great. Solar energy in Europe is like 5.5% and that's after billions and billions are poured into it. Even if SA could afford it it would not make that big of a difference.
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  1755. How is it that the brutal and ruthless apartheid government managed to sort the power situation out but it's impossible for ANC? Also you guys voted for those guys, it's what they say you get the leaders you deserve. You vote for trash you get trash.
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  1756.  @bibo3878  It will be like Zimbabwe where the government kicked out the white farmers and took their lands then begged on their knees for them to come back because apparently they could not find anyone that could make good use of the land. Which is strange I mean surely there should have been someone not white able to run a farm.... at least you'd think so but apparently not.
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  1757. Relax Lithuania is not blocking or sanctioning anything they are just conducting a special operation that's all.
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  1758. you are overexaggerating this is just a special operation, nothing to see here.
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  1759. You do realize that Russia and NATO has enough nukes to end the world right? As soon as that war starts the world is gone.
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  1760. Thanks to NATO Lithuania is an independent free country.
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  1761. If they are going within Lithuanian territory then Lithuania has every right to deny access. There are sea routes available to the Russians should they wish to use them instead. F Russia, they want to invade their neighbour they deal with the consequences.
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  1762. Relax Lithuania is not blocking or sanctioning anything they are just conducting a special operation that's all agreement is still in place.
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  1763. Crawl back into your cave and tune in to us burning the Qur'an one more time in Europe.
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  1764. Relax Lithuania is not blocking or sanctioning anything they are just conducting a special operation that's all.
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  1765. What do you mean blockade? It's just a special operation nothing to see here.
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  1766. Russian army is trash, they cannot do that even if they wanted to.
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  1767. If by Russian aggression you mean words then yes they will face a looooot of Russian aggression. A lot of Bark but very little bite, they are busy in Ukraine and they won't start war with NATO.
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  1768. Russia had "contractual obligation" to respect Ukrainian sovereignty. Why should we care about our obligations when the Russians clearly ignore theirs. F them they want to invade or send nukes on Lithuania they get 10 nukes back on Moscow and they know it so they won't do anything. Lithuania are free to deny any Russian transit through their territory. Anyway Russian interests and business can be harmed should be explored.
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  1769. They have every right to deny access to their national territory. Russia just have to live with their actions in Ukraine having consequences. They can send those goods through their sea routes.
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  1770. Nah it's just a special operation, don't worry.
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  1771. It does if it goes through Their national borders. Who would have thought invading your neighbours had consequences, They have a sea route they can use that.
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  1772. Russia ignored the signed treaties they had with Ukraine about respecting their sovereignty. Why is Russia allowed to break any treaty and promise it makes but the west and the EU has to follow all their treaties? War has consequences, anyway we can harm or disrupt Russian interests should be explored.
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  1773. Then why are the Russians making a big deal out of it, just zip it and put those goods on ships and everyone can get on with their lives.
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  1774. Europe is not sanctioning Russia or causing trouble it's just a special operation it's not the same. :)
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  1775. We are all aware of the fact you have a disgusting Russian flag as your youtube profile picture which means there's a big chance you are spewing Russian disinformation and propaganda.
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  1776. Relax Lithuania is not blocking or sanctioning anything they are just conducting a special operation that's all.
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  1777. Perhaps it's time to have a referendum in Königsberg.
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  1778. Relax Lithuania is not blocking or sanctioning anything they are just conducting a special operation that's all.
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  1779. Why, Lithuania is not blocking or sanctioning anything they are just conducting a special operation.
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  1780. RIP Kaliningrad you mean? What is Putin going to do? Bark a bit and do nothing as usual.
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  1781. Why? They are just conducting a peaceful special operation. Nothing major going on here just a special operation!
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  1782. Why should NATO alter it's policy based on Russians crying?
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  1783. Why? They are just performing a peaceful special operation.
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  1784. Pretty safe move, they are part of NATO and Putin is busy in Ukraine. The Russian army is the second strongest army... In Ukraine.
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  1785. Relax Lithuania is not blocking or sanctioning anything they are just conducting a special operation that's all.
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  1786. One more thing to worry about for you then, knock yourself out.
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  1787.  @GRUTTLaw  The world is going to be a smouldering wasteland no matter if you are a NATO member or not once the nukes start falling regardless.
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  1788.  @mzaf2247  It's 25 miles from the northern tip all the way to the southern tip, they haven't been told to move from one extreme end to the other. For most people we are talking about few KMs. And no it's not 2 million people that needs to move, some people already live in the southern part and won't have to move.
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  1789. Yeah let's restrict gun access I am sure the terrorists will follow and start using knives now
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  1790. Just one country though just saying.
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  1791. What's Palestinian? Is that a new rock band the kids listen to these days? It's hard to keep up.
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  1792. If someone tries to break into my house and I shoot them that's self defence not Vigilante justice. Palestinians are of course nervous it's much easier to kill people that are unarmed now they actually have to go up against people with weapons - Something they are not used to.
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  1793.  @williamthelesser  I think I read the Fukushima release was 24 not 22 (maybe I was mistaken) but yes, it's very safe and this is not big news just some countries made a lot of noise about it. I think it's a big thing in China, Korea and maybe Japan.
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  1794. Why? The IAEA said it's okay, Is it the US responsibility to second guess every single decision experts make? I remember when the president said he didn't believe the WHO about where COVID came from god that turned into a s*** show and people accusing the US not believing the science, now suddenly science is wrong and we need to question it? It's up to you what you want to believe, I trust the IAEA enough to not get worried, might stay away from eating too much Japanese sea food but I do respect people are worried, they have every right to be.
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  1795. Dude, trying to live in a planet will always be a hopeless task.
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  1796. Nah, the Japanese are good people, they like to share with their neighbours. Everybody loves a good neighbour.
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  1797. That's not how the world works, there are many nations not one nation ruling all.
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  1798. ​ @tianqiyu7746  Which countries would that be? I know China is one but the others...? Even the Korean government said it's okay and they are just next to Japan. I do realize there are worried people in a lot of countries but apart from the Chinese government no other government bodies made such demands.
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  1799. Yeah, or you could just let it out in the ocean which the IAEA, the nuclear watch dog has said is safe. But yeah let's not listen to the experts and just take some random internet advice instead lol.
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  1800. Every country with a nuclear powerplant is releasing nuclear wastewater into the sea after it is treated lol, is this the first time you heard of it?
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  1801. if we're lucky we will get mutant giant shrimp, at least 20KG can feed a whole village!
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  1802. You could if you'd wanted to. I don't think many people would share that interpretation though.
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  1803.  @nicolastseng  It's not big news because nuclear wastewater is being released into the ocean by all nations having nuclear powerplants. It's happening every day since we started using nuclear powerplants. There is no need to try to act this is a new thing, it is not.
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  1804. Who would ban Japanese products though? Just try to avoid Japanese seafood for a while.
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  1805. I can see China boycotting Japanese products, it wouldn't be the first time they do that. Everyone else though I just don't see it, I do know there is a strong hatred for Japanese in China but I doubt the rest of the world will boycott Japanese products over this, seems very unlikely. People will probably not buy Japanese seafood for a year or two though.
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  1806. You think Japan has enough money to bribe ALL western news media? There are millions of them, hardly likely. It's big news in Asia because it's happening next to them, it's far away from the west that's why there is little interest.
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  1807. Sharing is caring
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  1808. It's safe diluted, that's why they put it into the ocean, it's not safe concentrated.
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  1809. Sharing is caring after all.
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  1810. 80k lost? Even Russian estimates don't go that high. Where did you get those numbers? From your *ss?
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  1811. Then fight back like Ukraine does? How many Muslims are there in the Middle East? How many Jews? You guys outnumber them stop making excuses.
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  1812. Yes imagine, by the way what happened to the religious minorities in the Middle East? Bunch of countries with 99.8% Muslim population HMMMM could it be that you guys chased them all away? ZOMG Israel does not allow Arabs to work in their territory meanwhile in every single Arab nation : Jews have never been allowed to work anywhere, not even allowed to settle. maybe if you guys stopped going after "infidels" and house terrorist orgs that go to EU and US to kill innocents you would get the support of the Europeans and Americans. Until then no sorry I am not going to care that Israel bans Arabs from certain areas when Arabs have been making sure Jews and Christians go extinct in their home countries.
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  1813.  @wiredfreshdigitalagency7187  If god was on the side of the Muslims they would not have lost every single war they waged against Israel.
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  1814. We're awfully sorry that you are not allowed to go back to the Serbian national sport of Genocide. Please find a more peaceful national sport and we're all cool.
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  1815.  @urosv18  Well I am sorry you are not allowed to go back to your favorite free-time activity which is genocide. Find a different hobby.
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  1816. Well turns out people that you try to exterminate don't particularly like you. Who would have thought.
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  1817. Actually it's not. It's a shame but the Serbs could not keep from genocide - otherwise yes perhaps it would be. It was not meant to be I guess.
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  1818. What are you complaining about. Serbia clearly sided with Russia for all these years and you are surprised the west has no sympathy for you? You think the west loves its enemies? No nothing special about the west, they have a separate set of rules for their friends and one for their enemies, just like everyone else.
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  1819. I am pretty sure the freedom of movement by the EU is only guaranteed within EU for EU Citizens. Serbia is not in the EU and is alligned with Russia. Why should the EU or BBC play ball for their enemies? Ask your Russian allies for help, you made your choice don't come crying for our sympathy.
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  1820. The difference ehm how about the obvious genocide of ethnic minorities? just a sliiiiiiiiiight difference there.
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  1821.  @akon360  Europe's political system is not reliant on leaders to stay in power. Leaders come and go all the time and business stays the same. The system is built upon changing leaders to combat corruption which is why you see such high corruption in countries where the leadership and elite stay in power for a long time.
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  1822.  @advancedomega  Yeah let's remove the fence at the Zoo for the lions and tigers, having a fence or caged area makes people feel safe and stick their hand into the cage thus having an accident. When letting the lions and tigers run free we can guarantee that less accidents happen. Logic.
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  1823. It's not only about imports it's about business, sanctions means less foreign capital and investments coming in and less Russian companies expanding their operations outside of Russia. It keeps Russian companies small and limits the investment they have access to. It stifles economic growth hence why the GDP is predicted to fall so much, for the elite this doesn't matter much as they already propped themselves up but for the middle and lower classes they can expect a lower standard of living as a result.
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  1824.  @Jay...777  Why does a country with a military spending that's top 5 IN THE WORLD need to make a feint that cost billions in equipment losses and thousands of soldiers dead? The Russian tanks ran out of fuel and they were abandoned and taken over by Ukrainian farmers with tractors transporting them to Ukrainian storage, is that really a feint. A military super power 300+ IQ move? US troops took Kabul losing only 34 men and the Russian military should not be so far behind and the Ukrainian military is a lot smaller than the Iraqi army ever was. They should not have to feint for Kyiv they should be able to take Kyiv with minimal losses within 2 weeks. It's like Barcelona playing against a div 3 Algerian team and you cheer for Barcelona and it's an even match with the score at 2-2 and you try to pretend Barcelona is very successful when everybody knows full well that anything other than Barcelona winning with 20-0 is a massive failure for them considering one Barcelona player is worth 10 times more than the whole Algerian div 3 squad.
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  1825. The guy is old and you can only imagine there are others waiting for their time to take over. There's no guarantee Putin would still be in power 5 years down the line.
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  1826. It's also a good deterrence, you can bet your ass China is watching and calculating if going for Taiwan is worth it if they will get the same response as Russia got. Doing nothing would just invite any nation to grab any land they can as it has little to no consequences.
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  1827.  @charliecan9603  I don't know man when I see leaders trying to change the laws so they can stay in power for life when the laws stipulate 2 terms only then that's a bad sign. Usually those are the same guys that abuse their power to make sure the political opposition gets thrown into jail. I am not sure I would say fascism but calling Ukraine fascist when they have a much stronger democracy is a bit silly. You can't really compare Russia and Ukraine and say Ukraine is more fascistic when you got a guy that has been in power for 22 years and is looking to extend that to life. If you think Russia is no different from any other European country then I know you haven't been to Russia or Europe in general. How many leaders can you find in western Europe with presidents or PMS that has been there for 22 years?
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  1828. They always stop for maintenance, it was announced they would do that for that date long before the war started. I would not worry about it, Russia needs the money - the gas will be back up.
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  1829. The end goal is not solely to topple a government, it's to limit it's capability. Look at North Korea, sure the leadership is the same as before but IMAGINE the North Korean state having access to the wealth and GDP of South Korea. Now imagine all that money going into their military... you see how this would be problematic? Sure maybe regime change won't happen but the less money Russia has access to the less it can put into it's military, which is always going to be a good thing for the security of it's neighbours. Without the Sanctions on North Korea they would have been able to pump out nukes like nobody's business.
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  1830.  @newfaith912  So it's the EU's fault that there is corruption in the Balkan countries lol? The problem is they have weak democratic institution and there's still tension between the different Balkan nations. The last thing we want is a war between EU countries.
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  1831.  @jonizymberi6787  Sorry I am not from that part of the world but I think when Greece was fighting for their independence against the Ottoman Empire the Ottoman troops sent a lot of Albanian Ottoman soldiers against the Greeks, also wasn't the Albanians involved in the Greek civil war of 1946 when they supported the Greek communist army? I am not saying Greece was right to expel Albanians from Epirus but I know there's a lot of tension between these countries for a long time they have been on opposite sides and Albania has been meddling in Greek affairs many times in history (I am sure the Greeks have interfered in Albanian affairs too :b)
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  1832.  @Έκπληξηρυσός  The US has no say in who can or cannot join the EU, truth be told there are many EU countries that do not want to see Russia in the EU - like everyone lol.
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  1833. As a European I would prefer NATO over a EU army. I mean if the idea of the EU army would be more like a military alliance then I guess that's fine but if we're going to have some people in Brussels deciding military matters for nation states then no thank you, bad idea. I don't always agree with the Americans and they have a really weak president right now but even so I have less faith in Brussels.
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  1834. You mean for the public right? Vehicles are essential and we would not be able to live in cities without vehicles to transport food and goods to and from a city. Take away all cars and the people of the city would starve and all buisnesses would die.
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  1835.  @uqs57bju  Considering the price of the EVS compared to the traditional alternative it is not a ban out right but working class people won't afford a 60k euro tesla and that is AFTER government subsidizing it. Too expensive to be a realistic option.
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  1836. With current pricing? They won't, EV cars is a luxury market aimed at the rich, very few people have the means to afford 60k Euros on a car.
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  1837.  @ukj5850  You are always free to not use cars that's fine. Just as I am free to drive my car to work. That's freedom, you just want to limit my options to fit your ideals and values. I am not worried about this resolution, it needs to be signed off by each and every member state which as he said in the video is not happening. Too much opposition. Stop worrying about others are doing, if you really think it's a big deal then don't use cars, I am not forcing you.
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  1838.  @kremepye3613  Still too expensive for working class people, even more crazy when you realize it's government subsidized and still it's too expensive for the average citizen.
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  1839. I don't think we're quite at Middle Eastern level yet lol Donkeys are still far off.
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  1840.  @dalstein3708  Just like Manhattan was supposed to be underwater by 2015 according to "the leading scientists" in the 1980s? lol.
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  1841.  @timavolkov  Can you guarantee that though? There's been plenty of doomsayers during history saying the world will end tomorrow.
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  1842. It's not realistic though with the price of electric cars if this was implemented then only the rich would drive, maybe that's the goal.
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  1843. I wouldn't say it's dead but it certainly is not a viable and realistic alternative at its current state. There is a possibility things might change if technology advances though.
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  1844.  @Vercixx  There is no way it will be implemented and set to 2035, just because some liberal politicians draft a very ambitious plan doesn't mean the right wing European governments will blindly agree without watering it down and removing a date. It still needs to be signed off by each and every individual member state, there is no way that will happen as he mentions in the video there is strong opposition.
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  1845. Ehm okay so basically we ban the cheap alternative to transporting goods which will lead to increased cost to companies which in turn will have to raise the price of their goods to make up for the increased cost making products too expensive for people to afford leading to the companies to sell less and having to downsize to survive. Yeah I am sorry you obviously have not worked within logistics before. Logistics is a very important factor in company growth. What jobs would open up by making people having to resort to fork out 60k Euros for a tesla and companies having to invest money into EV trucks for transport? Perhaps you are thinking about the people that cannot afford these changes and will have to transport goods by walking for long distances, yeah surely that will keep people occupied I guess? Obviously limiting people's access to cars will have an impact on the job market, 60k Euros for a tesla is not feasible for the working class.
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  1846.  @oreinigpb  2035 won't happen, all member states needs to sign off on it. There is no way that will ever happen.
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  1847. That's not how it works, companies will do whatever is profitable and now they have been jumping on the EV train because governments have been subsidizing this business. They do EV because it generates profits, as soon as the governments decides to subsidize another type of car they will jump on that. Truth be told we don't seem to be running out of oil anytime soon so I don't see how the writing is on the wall. Yeah maybe we will eventually but is that in 50 years, 100 years or 300 years? At the end of the day the everyday person is not going to buy an EV when they come with that price tag, they will pick the cheap alternative. Not because they don't care about the environment but because they cannot afford it. Then add to the fact that the EVS are subsidized and actually would cost more without government support.... they are just too damn expensive to be any realistic option for most people
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  1848. Not everyone lives in a big urban city with a well developed subway/bus network.
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  1849. I don't think they are banning cars but yes, I agree. The EU should be TRADE ONLY, as soon as Brussels starts dictating policies for every single nation then we have to ask ourselves if that's what we really want.
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  1850. Lol yeah let's make it more expensive so only the rich can afford cars. Sounds like a lovely place - you can be as dirty as you want as long as you have the cash to back it up. Perhaps we should reinstate a monarchy and limit air travel to only kings.
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  1851. Perhaps we can start by banning the private jets these politicians that lecture us loves to use for short flights when they have commercial flights and trains available.
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  1852. Okay, Sergey I am sorry your home country is not very popular in Europe. Perhaps you should encourage your leader to stop invading your neighbors?
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  1853. The French
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  1854. Yeah sorry man if you are talking about the US it's more likely aid for Palestine will be suspended long before aid for Israel will. Israel are our allies, Palestinians are just hustling our aid money.
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  1855. Of course, all nations always wants whats best for their nation and their citizens,
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  1856. smart
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  1857. That's up to each and every country to decide Obviously people from poor countries like this but Europeans prefer not to as they'd like to stay civilized.
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  1858. They can do what they want, it's their country.
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  1859. There is no need to, how many Chinese car brands are on the market in the Uk/us/northern Eu? 0. Why? They cannot pass the safety standards.
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  1860. I am also a Swede, grew up in Stockholm. I can understand why a lot of my fellow Swedes living in urban centres are of the opinion cars are not needed. It’s always a shock for them when they visit the countryside or live abroad for a while. It’s hard to imagine a place without subways or bus stations when you grow up with a cushioned lifestyle in an urban centre in the west.
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  1861. Don't worry it will be done quick. It's an election year there is no way the Social Democrats are going to be the ones being responsible for Sweden not joining NATO when the majority of Swedes are for NATO membership. They see the election coming up it's a no brainer to get this done quick otherwise they risk losing a lot of their support for the upcoming election.
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  1862.  @Noschool100  yep totally agree. Finland is in missile range of major Russian cities, it's a real nightmare for Putin should Finland join with that long border.
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  1863. Considering the Finish president went to meet with the Swedish PM now they are almost certainly discussing NATO. Possibly they are planning to join at the same time to mitigate the chance of Russian retaliation.
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  1864. If it's a nuclear war it really doesn't matter if you are part of NATO or not. Russia and NATO has more than enough Nukes to end all life on earth if it comes to that point we're all fcked no matter if we are part of NATO or not.
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  1865. I think it's okay I am Swedish and our politicians have indicated that if we join we want some special rules like Norway that limit foreign troops placed on our soil and forbids NATO to put Nukes in our country as part of it's nuclear umbrella. Also if war ensues between NATO and Russia and it goes nuclear Russia has 6000 nukes, it doesn't matter if you are a NATO member or not that amount is enough to blow the whole world up lol.
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  1866. As a Swede myself I would just like to point out that Sweden got involved in Afghanistan without being a NATO member. As for Taiwan that has nothing to do with NATO, Taiwan is not a NATO member so NATO has nothing to do with that. Maybe the US will get involved but they cannot activate article 5 because Taiwan is not a member or NATO. The way I see it it's a defensive alliance and if someone is going to dare attack NATO it's going to be Russia or China and even if we're not involved these countries have enough nukes to destroy the world anyway. If war happens between China/Russia vs NATO the world will probably end anyway even for "neutral" countries.
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  1867. According to the Swedish press Russian jets armed with Nukes violated Swedish airspace a few days after it was announced the Swedish government would discuss NATO membership. The fact that Russian jets violated Swedish airspace is a fact but if they were armed with nukes is something our military decided not to comment on.
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  1868.  @darkos1510  Since when did Russia care about Neutrality? Georgia was neutral so was Ukraine when they got invaded. Don't get things confused the reason for the relation between Finland and Russia has always been based on threats. Finland has prepared for a Russian/Soviet invasion since they made peace with the Soviets during their last invasion.
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  1869. Supported by a majority of the Swedish and Finnish population. I am pretty sure they know better what's good for them than you do.
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  1870. That's not how it works. From NATO's point of view Sweden and Finland would be very useful additions to the alliance and NATO has said repeatedly that should they apply the membership process will be swift.
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  1871. If Finland joins Sweden will almost definitely join too. Right now Sweden's biggest party is considering it and the second largest said they are only interested to join if Finland joins too. More than likely Finland and Sweden will join together at the same time.
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  1872. According to our Swedish news outlets Russian jets violated Swedish airspace very recently and were armed with nukes. The Swedish military confirmed that Russian jets violated Swedish airspace but did not want to comment if they were armed with nuclear warheads or not. So yes that seems to be the card that they have decided to play.
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  1873. So why did Putin attack Ukraine and not the Baltic states or Poland? The answer is because these countries are NATO members.
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  1874.  @roberthansson8222  The same defense clause that is so vaguely worded that it's being debated what it actually means and if it's mandatory at all?
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  1875. It's already been discussed in the Swedish government about requirements limiting foreign troops on Swedish soil and a big no-no making Sweden part of NATO's nuclear weapons umbrella. I am sure the Finns will have similar reservations.
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  1876. Maybe they should have thought about that before they invaded Ukraine.
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  1877. I thought 75% of the vote was required to join NATO. At least that's what I read from the major Swedish news outlets that they need both SD AND S to vote yes.
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  1878.  @MikeRidesEU  I would rather be in a military alliance than having some douche sitting in Brussels dictating what our military is going to do and not do. NATO is just an alliance what you are talking about is handing over our military to bureaucrats in Brussels. At least in NATO we could make our own choices as long as we reach that 2% GDP spending.
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  1879. They are not threatened in the same way as Sweden and Finland are in Russia's sphere of interest so I don't see why they would consider that.
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  1880. It's no secret that Russia has had it's eyes on the Swedish Island of Gotland for a very long time. Most of Sweden's military practices and focus has always been to defend from a Russian invasion. As for Finland their military has prepared for a military conflict with the Soviets and then Russia since the last time they were invaded.
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  1881. They did send Russian jets armed with nukes into Swedish airspace according to all major Swedish news outlets. The fact about Russian jets going into Swedish airspace has been confirmed by the Swedish military they did not however want to make any comments about if they were armed with Nukes or not though.
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  1882. Not really Sweden is one of NATO's most active partners our military already uses the same "language" so it's very easy to integrate our forces since they already use NATO abbreviations because they do a lot of co-operation and practice together. Sweden's politicians wants to join now because Russia is busy with Ukraine right now, joining later when Russia is done in Ukraine poses a greater threat.
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  1883. Yeah but I think they need 75% of the votes to apply for NATO membership, a simple 50%+ majority is not enough.
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  1884.  @Forrestlynx  If you look in terms of numbers Sweden is ahead of Finland when it comes to military spending by quite a large margin.
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  1885. I agree somewhat with the second part of your assessment even though I find it a little bit overexaggerated. About Sweden's military I don't agree. Sweden's military has 24.000 active personnel Finland has 21,500. Finland does have 900.000 reserves but that is because you have a system of conscription which means that every able man from 18-49 will be called in and Sweden don't at this point. That doesn't mean you have an active pool of 200k ground forces. Only 21,500 men are active in the Finish military and if attacked every man between 18-49 will be conscripted into the military no matter if they want to or not. If you compare the Defence spending Sweden spends $7.18 billion dollars 2022, Finland's regular defence spending for 2022 is around $3 Billion dollars with a one time increase for around 2 billion which totals to 5 billion dollars in 2022. Even with a very downscaled military Sweden regularly spends almost twice as much as Finland on the military, 2022 is an exception since Finland decided to increase the budget by 70% for this year only. I do believe the Finns are more motivated to fight than us Swedes though, you have prepared for another Russian invasion for 70 years and the population is more mentally prepared for an armed conflict. This part I agree with although I think this has more to do with geography and history. As a Swede that is highly critical of the way our government handles crisis I agree with your next part but the 10x mortality rate is just plain wrong if you look deaths per million inhabitants Sweden's numbers are 3 times higher, which is bad but not really 10x bad. The lack of medical supplies is true and our total ICU beds are incredibly low which is alarming but is irrelevant for this pandemic as we were never on full capacity and Sweden have never had a mask mandate, even to this day few people use face masks. So yes our Crisis management is very bad but the lack of medical equipment had little influence of the outcome of this pandemic, we got very lucky this time. Medical equipment and ICU beds + face masks did very little to stop the pandemic, we have countries like America and the UK with a lot more deaths/1 million inhabitants and they have tons of Medical equipment, ICU beds and face masks. But those are just my opinions on the matter, I am not for lockdowns at all I am actually living in China right now and considering to return home to Sweden for the first time in 7 years just because of the strict quarantine measures here. When you are stuck in your own apartment for more than a month several times of the year because your city has less than 10 cases you get tired of strict quarantine measures quick. Maybe that's just me being selfish but being able to go to a society that has more of a "live with the virus" approach is a big plus to me. Our government is shit handling a crisis I agree but having no COVID lockdowns is something I applaud them for.
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  1886. You can thank Merkel for that, she was very good at cozying up to China and Russia
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  1887. The Finnish public supports NATO membership so what's the problem?
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  1888. Yeah let's let the Russians know we intend to join NATO and give them a date to plan their invasion before we have a chance to vote about it. Great idea.
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  1889. Nah Swedish government have already announced they will make a decision before the NATO meeting in June. Also there is an election year there is no way any of the parties want to be the ones responsible for a botched NATO membership when 60%+ of Swedes are for NATO that is just suicide with an upcoming election.
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  1890. So basically they exchanged one dictator for another.
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  1891. They are already isolated. Most NATO members have an arms embargo on them. Erdogan has played both sides for many years. It doesn't matter - as long as they respect article 5 that's what matters. There is nothing in the NATO membership rules that say we have to be nice to all other NATO members. Furthermore things can change quick if there is a change of political leadership the country can make a complete 180. Just look what happened to China everytime they have a change of leader. It doesn't happen often but when it does it becomes a new country in terms of policy and foreign relations.
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  1892. Of course Turkey is in need of military protection, why would they still be in NATO or even join NATO in the first place if they weren't? By European standards Spain's economy is weak BUT Spain's economy and GDP/Capita is pretty much similar to Russia and Turkey's GDP/Capita is even LOWER than Russia. So yes militarily Turkey is huge but in no shape or form are they ready for a war. They are very weak in terms of economics right now they wouldn't be able to stand against Russia by themselves at this point in time.
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  1893. ​ UAE Emirates  Turks have a really hard time to understand that there are no laws against having a PKK flag. Yes the group is designated a terrorist organization but that doesn't mean regular people aren't allowed to wave their flags. There are no laws against waving an ISIS flag either but if you're part of the group you'll get thrown into jail or extradited. It's a different system and maybe it's hard for people from the Middle East to understand the concept of freedom of speech and expression but there is a huge difference between waving a flag and being a member of a terrorist organization to them. I know a lot of Turks also could not understand why it's not a crime to burn a Quo'ran in Sweden. Different system, different laws. Freedom of expression and speech is a factor.
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  1894. Probably true but who's to say they haven't already sided with the Chinese bloc? they have no problem selling/buying military tech from Russia
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  1895.  @cengizsogutlu  Yeah I wonder why the US and EU have arms embargos on Turkey... Could it be Erdogan has been a naughty boy? Nah surely they are doing it just for fun.
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  1896.  @Djawadi90  "they support ypg which is the exact same thing connected to other". According to Turkey yes. Just because Erdogan says everyone that oppose him politically are terrorists doesn't necessarily mean everyone will agree with him.
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  1897. yes he said that in his video.
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  1898. @Utku Güney Not sure which war you are talking about but Turkey's economy is in a weak state so I certainly hope they won't try to get into a serious war. They are an important NATO member but they are in no shape to have a serious military conflict by themselves right now.
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  1899. Erdogan doesn't like anyone that oppose him politically.
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  1900.  @irfanbozkurt9194  Well if we go by the definition of what Authoritarian actually means then yes Turkey is a lot MORE authoritarian than for example Spain. If we go by your definition then everyone is authoritarian because there is no single human being that is totally "open" with everything. For example most of us agrees murderers should be thrown into prison but by your definition that is authoritarian. To me it just sounds like you live in a country that is labelled authoritarian or as a human rights abuser by the west and are upset about it. I suggest you use a dictionary or wiki to see what the definition is and then you can probably understand whey certain government forms and nations are generally considered more authoritarian than others. No they are not "buzzwords" they actually do have meaning I am sorry if you live in a nation or favor a side that has a bad rep when it comes to Human rights. I am not going to pretend that there are "perfect nations" but there is a level to it. For example there is a huge difference committing genocide on a state level and not letting terrorist organizations conduct protests. Yes nobody is perfect but I think 100% of us can agree that there are different layers of evil and Genocide is a lot higher up in terms of "bad" than not letting AL-Qaeda have a protest?
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  1901.  @nightruler666  No, the rules clearly states NEW NATO members. Please notice the word NEW it's very important, when Turkey joined there were no such requirements and they had to add NEW to the rules because Turkey clearly could not be a member if they said ALL OLD AND NEW NATO members need to be democracies.
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  1902. You didn't see the Channel name TLDR EU? Of course it has a western perspective. If I wanted a Middle Eastern perspective and Bias I would go to AL-Jazeera's youtube channel.
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  1903. You didn't watch the video? He did say it's unlikely and won't happen due to the size of the military and the strategic importance? So basically you just read the name of the video and assumed that was his stance lol? I will admit it's a little bit click-bait but you obviously did not watch the whole video my man.
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  1904. They won't be kicked out but they will probably get the cold shoulder treatment from the rest of NATO.
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  1905. It's a designated Terrorist organization in Sweden. So you are basically saying the government is secretly supporting an organization that it itself designated as a terrorist organization lol? You like conspiracy theories?
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  1906. Why not? If you want to join you apply for a membership and if all NATO members agree then you are in. That's all that matters.
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  1907.  @MrDanisve  I think we have to realize that when Erdogan is saying terrorist in our world that would be political opposition. For Erdogan anyone that oppose him politically is a terrorist.
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  1908. Yep the US and Turkey will make a deal under the table and then Erdogan will be happy
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  1909.  @enjoymfs9715  What does religion have to do with IQ? That sounds like a very low IQ comment tbh.
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  1910. I am pretty sure he refers to the ones that have the same system, values and ideology as the other 29 members of the alliance. Sweden is one of the most secular nations in the world and is one of the nations with the highest % of atheists.
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  1911. Errr I think Turkey is an important NATO member and all but one of the best armies in the world? Really? I am trying not to be rude here but where did you come up with that conclusion? I mean if you mean top 20 army in the world yes but they are nowhere near the top 5 or 10.
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  1912.  @irfanbozkurt9194  All those atrocities have been recognized though. There is nobody in Belgium that is going to deny what happened in Kongo. There is nobody that's going to deny what the Europeans did in China or to the native Americans. Meanwhile Turks pretend like their nations is 100% pure and has never done anything wrong - yeah Europeans did bad things, guess what they don't deny it. Meanwhile you are too busy trying to deny your nation has made a single mistake or something bad. Get over yourself, nobody cares you are feeling offended because your country is accused of ignoring human rights and fail at democracy.
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  1913.  @abcdefghijklmnopqrstuywxyz1  Turkey is considered autocratic at worst and a "weak" democracy at best by most, even Putin is allegedly elected democratically every year but very few consider Russia to be a democratic nation. Most NATO countries have arms embargos on Turkey, they only have each others back if one is attacked. You are however correct that this is irrelevant to NATO. NATO doesn't care if it's members are democratic or not (NEW members have to be) but there are no requirements for older members to be democratic otherwise they would have a hard time keeping nations like Turkey in the alliance. And yes I will concede Turkey is officially a democracy on paper (and so is Russia lol) but most people would call it a weak democracy or an autocracy.
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  1914.  @123456qwful  Russia and Turkey ally? Sounds as likely as Russia and America getting allied. Or India and Pakistan. You do realize Turkey and Russia has been fighting each other for 600 years right? They are historical rivals.
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  1915.  @nnnik3595  Strategic interest also just because they are like a dictatorship now doesn't mean they will always be like that. I think the problem is mainly Erdogan, not Turkey. And Erdogan won't be the supreme leader forever.
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  1916. It's okay, the problem is not Turkey it's Erdogan and he won't be there forever.
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  1917. Then why are the EU taking in massive amounts of Muslim refugees and allows them to join European countries government bodies? Plenty of governments have Muslim mayors, ministers and all in all kinds of government positions these days. How many Christians or Jews does Muslim nations have in their parliaments?
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  1918. That's irrelevant there is nothing stated anywhere that you cannot join if you are a Muslim nation.
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  1919.  Zaydan Naufal  LOL are you trying to prove that the EU has some sort of Islamophobia based on the color of their flag???! Okay dude. Considering how many Muslim refugees the EU has taken in from all over the Middle East it doesn't seem like they have any problems with Muslims. but yeah They have a blue flag so they must be secret Muslim haters.
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  1920. Huge power spike economically? Turkey has a worse economy than Spain even before they got their inflation and Spain's economy is considered very bad based on European standards. It will be a nice addition geographically but Turkey's economy is very weak and they won't contribute much to the EU market. Turkey wants to join to gain free access to the European market. Erdogan is free to create his own "Turkic Union" if he wants but I seriously doubt it will rival the economically benefits of having full access to the EU market. I don't fully disagree with all your points I just don't think adding Turkey will add much to the EU economy - it's a weak economy.
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  1921. I think it's possible, maybe not now but when Erdogan is gone and if Turkey goes for a more secular type of government with less infringement into Turkish people's freedoms, solves it's border disputes with Greece/Cyprus and stops oppressing minorities, why not? Right now it's not realistic but in 20 years who knows? It all depends who comes after Erdogan.
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  1922. And what other means of energy would that be? Wind and Solar? Sorry but with today's technology there are no viable energy options. Wind and solar doesn't come close to fossil fuel and nuclear power.
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  1923. Not really, they will open up nuclear plants and burn coal.
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  1924. Green energy has no future with current technology it's time to face the hard reality, the most reliable energy will come from nuclear power and Germany has already started building those. Also if shit hits the fan Europe is loaded with Coal and while not very good for the environment it's better than freezing to death. There are alternatives they are just not very clean but right now the green agenda can sit on the side until the energy crisis is over.
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  1925.  @prolink9590  Europe will finally throw the green agenda in the trash and open up their nuclear power plants and start burning all the vast coal from the coal mines scattered all over Europe that the greenies shut down.
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  1926. Yep that is the truth. Compared to other western Nations Ukraine's far right movement is pretty small. In my country (Sweden) the Far right party received 17.5% of the votes, in Ukraine they got 2%.
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  1927. Didn't the guy say they only received 2% of the vote and has no seats in parliament? And they are only expected to be 10-20% out of a 1000 man regiment that would make them 100-200 men strong in an army of 250k soldiers. Doesn't sound like a large influence to me neither in Politics nor military.
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  1928. Well the topic here was are they Nazis or not I am not sure Nazis would look up to Israel. Are they right wing? Sure but you will find plenty of right wing leaning groups in all countries.
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  1929. Yeah there are about 100 Nazis in the Ukrainian army fighting Russians. Big deal.
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  1930.  @greed864  Per capita who knows really, I am pretty sure you can find bigger far right extremists in US than KKK if you put some thought into it. I am not American and it took me about 2 minutes to think of one, AB Aryan Brotherhood. Now these guys are true Nazis and they are estimated to have 15,000–20,000 members at least according to the Anti-defamation league. Like I said I am not American though I am sure you can find plenty of other organizations that share ABs ideology.
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  1931. you fail logic.
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  1932. There is a big difference between Nazis and Racists though.
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  1933.  @jasonpark4293  They are part of the Ukrainian army that's where they get all the equipment and ammunition that is normal. What, you think that as soon as you retire you get to keep all the equipment you used in the military??! Oh you are going to retire from being a tank driver? Oh well I guess since you were driving this tank it's yours now... That's not how the army works man 🤣🤣🤣. Army equipment is not personal property not the same thing. Otherwise we'd have a whole population of retired veterans with private jet fighters and tanks all over the world. If you drive a tank in the army and you retired you will be replaced by another soldier who is going to drive that tank. Do I really have to explain this???
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  1934. Because it's Russian propaganda calling them Nazis the EU does not trust Putin
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  1935. ​ @Xsomono Just look at it this way through the lens of political theory realism, "Decision-makers are rational actors in the sense that rational decision-making leads to the pursuit of the national interest. taking actions that would make your state weak or vulnerable would not be rational". Disbanding and prosecuting Azov would weaken the state as they need every man they can get fighting the Russians and lower western support for the Ukrainian army if they would admit their soldiers have committed human rights violations. It's in the Ukrainian state's best interest to support Azov as they are doing a good job holding off the Russians. Why is the US allied to the Saudis even though they are probably one of the worst when it comes to human rights? Because they share a common enemy, Iran. They have a shit ton of oil that the US needs and can get at a discount. Is it correct to ally with the Saudis from a moral perspective? No. Then why? Because the alliance makes the US stronger and gives them a presence in the middle east to counter their enemy, Iran. Getting cheaper oil is not a bad thing either. Of course there will always be a balancing act about pros and cons but right now Azov has more pros than cons for the Ukrainian state so they will continue to support them. Perhaps after the war there will be more cons than pros and they might change their stance. But for now not supporting them would make the Ukrainian state weaker and would not serve Ukraine's national interest and would therefor not be a rational decision. Obviously this is one of many political theories but sometimes acting morally is not in the best interest of a state and it's better to come at it from a rational approach. Not always but in this case it can make a good example to explain a state's behaviour, In my opinion anyway.
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  1936. Bro you know Zelenskyy is Jewish right?
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  1937. First off Zelensky banning leftist opposition NOT TRUE. Second PUTIN friggin poisons or assassinate any opposition no matter left right centre doesn't matter. If you want to believe a dictator be my guest just don't expect the rest of us to.
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  1938.  @joaoruiz2577  It sounds like you are just repeating Russian propaganda. The only ones claiming the Ukrainian government is being run by Nazis is Russia and it's just simply not true, the right wing nationalists only received 2% of the vote and does not have any seats in the Ukrainian parliament. What other conspiracy theories are you into?
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  1939. As soon as I saw you say "Russian side of Ukraine" I knew this was Russian propaganda. There is no Russian side of Ukraine, Ukraine is Ukraine. It's divided East, West, North, South. There is no such thing as a Russian side. Troll.
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  1940. Hello Putin.
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  1941.  @othalabro8663  The way Putin defines Nazis is anti-Russian. In the west we would call them Nationalist right wingers. They would still be considered extremists but not Nazis. We associate Nazis with antisemitism and these guys fight with Jews in their regiment and fight for a Jew. Their leader is even in this video saying he is looking up to Israel. Basic Nazi 101 - hate Jews. These guys are not Nazis, sorry. Only one calling them Nazis is Putin.
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  1942. It matters little to Putin, he would simply just fabricate another excuse to invade Ukraine. If it's not about Denazification it's about something else. But yes it's an interesting point. Also one of his main motivations was to prevent NATO surrounding Russia. But a possible result of the invasion is Finland joining NATO which also borders Russia so the invasion would be very counter productive in this regard too.
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  1943.  @troublemaker1778  Well to be fair plenty of people even in the US congress and Senate, especially on the Democratic side has shown admiration for figures such as Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. A notable example is Bernie Sanders who almost won the nomination to be the democratic candidate twice. That's the same guy that spent his honeymoon going to the USSR back in the day.
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  1944. They are not Russian based, sorry. Don't worry I am sure your regime will ban youtube soon then you can use the Russian version where everything is pro Putin.
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  1945. Who cares about Asov they are a regiment of 1000 soldiers in which about 100-200 identifies as Nazi in a 250k Ukrainian army that is 0.0004%. Big deal.
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  1946. What?! A democratically elected leader has been receiving donations from rich people? Say it ain't so? I cannot think of any example anywhere else in the world where this has happened before 🤣🤣🤣. We can always speculate in various conspiracy theories but just remember these kind of theories exists everywhere. Even in the US plenty of people call Joe Biden a puppet, is he one though? Maybe he is maybe he isn't. Whatever Zelenskyy is he was elected by his people to lead his country and he is doing a great job, he has a sky high approval rating by his people and after every speech he has in the west he receives plenty of support in terms of money and supplies. Is he faking it? perhaps. Is it working? Yes. Isn't that what politics is all about at the end of the day? "An honest politician is an oxymoron". by Mark Twain.
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  1947. Oh the same Svoboda and Right sector that got 2% of the popular vote in the 2019 elections and has no seats in parliament? Yeah that sounds like really influential parties with massive government control... did you watch too much Russian television or are you just stupid?
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  1948.  @ThomasTomiczek  Really is that why he is bombing civilian targets with cluster bombs?
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  1949. Hello Putin
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  1950. We can only imagine what would make them admire Japan and Israel, I am sure there is more than one reason. Just the fact that a supposed "Neo-Nazi group" is admiring Israel is kind of funny by itself
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  1951. If you go by his video it's 100 soldiers out of a 250k military that's 0.0004%. Israel is not going to bother about every single individual Nazi in the world they would love to but they don't have the resources to go after them all. Besides the way we associate Nazis are with antisemitism and the Azov regiment has Jews and are fighting for a Jew so the term Nazi is coming out of Russia, in the west some of these guys would probably be defined as nationalists or right wing not Nazis. The video even states their leader looking up to Israel. If you are a true Nazi you don't say things like that. That's just Nazi 101.
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  1952. There is a huge difference between a Nazi and a racist though and the claim from Russia is that they are Nazis not racists.
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  1953. That happens in every fcking country in the world... racism is everywhere unfortunately, not just in Ukraine
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  1954. I think everybody is an exaggeration, more like the liberal body of the EU has a problem with them. Conservatives and most citizens in the EU has little to no interest to dictate political reforms on a country that is not their own.
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  1955. Relax man Turkey is not Erdogan. He has been in power for 20 years and he controls the Turkish parliament and the Turkish courts. Once he is gone which might happen sooner rather than later due to the elections Turkey could potentially get a new leader that's more interested to lean west.
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  1956.  sherlocat1946  Relax, Turkish politics is Erdogan. The guy has been in power for 20 years. If the next dictator in line for a 20 year run is western friendly then things can change over night. Election is coming up soon and Erdogan's numbers are looking really bad. Who knows?
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  1957. Doesn't matter even if he wins he has no reason to block NATO anymore. He is just trying his best to win votes for the election. Don't be surprised if Sweden and Finland is welcomed shortly after election, even if he wins.
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  1958.  @xerzy  The same militia taking orders and receiving weapons from a Jew (Zelenskyy). Yeah Nazis taking orders from Jews and Jews sending weapons to Nazis that sounds so very logical to me surely cannot be part of some Russian based propaganda????????!
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  1959. Of course they are stalling Russia! Ukraine isn't even in the top 40s in the world when it comes to military spending! The fact that they haven't lost their capital after a month fighting one of the biggest military super powers of the world is a very big surprise. Lasting more than a week is a miracle in itself.
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  1960.  @Paul_Davies  Why do you need to talk about it? Just use logic. You are basically saying Putin is right Zelensky (which by the way is Jewish) is supplying Azov (which you claim are Nazis) with guns so they can fight for him. So Nazis are fighting for a Jew that is sending them weapons. Yeah highly unlikely, real Nazis would not side with Jews and real Jews would not arm real Nazis. Use your head.
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  1961.  @tigerii10.5cmpog4  They have a website
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  1962.  @Tjalve70  Turkey knows but they don't care this was never about Extradition Erdogan got Biden's support to buy F16s just hours after signing the deal. This was never about Sweden or Finland just American and Turkish Bazaar.
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  1963. Nothing has changed, Turkey got F16s that's what this was all about.
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  1964.  @tuomastt  He got his F-16 fighter jets and he can pretend to the Turkish public through state media he stood up to NATO. Dictators always need to act like strong men.
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  1965.  @jupiterbirlesikgezegenleri9884  Erdogan knows he won't get any extraditions through and the white house just magically announced they support Turkey buying their F16 that they have been blocked to do just hours after Erdogan signed the deal. This was never about terrorists it was about weapons all along, Erdogan got his weapons now he announces victory in Turkey for his victory lap and Sweden and Finland stand there confused why he accepted when they refused all demands except selling Turkey weapons. LoL. Sweden and Finland lifted the arms embargo and promised to take Turkey's concerns seriously. Other than that no changes.
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  1966. It depends on geological factors if renewables are feasible or not in my country 54% of all electricity produced are renewable which sounds great but actually 45% of that is generated by hydropower, we're lucky we have a lot of running water. We have a lot of investment going into wind and sun but honestly they are just trash so much money and taking up so much space and still stuck at 9% and we get a lot of power outages in areas that depend on those sources of energy because the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. Hydropower and nuclear you know what you get and Nuclear you can always crank it up or tune it down depending on needs. Anyway TLDR If your geology allows for hydropower then you are sorted and can probably close a few nuclear plants. If you are expecting wind and solar to replace your nuclear power you are delusional, maybe with better tech sure but as it stands now it's so unreliable and very ineffective.
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  1967.  @paddington1670  I love nuclear I must say though Hydro is pretty good if your geology allows it, Swedish here, 45% of our energy is from Hydro. Our wind and solar panels are shit though, people were so excited about them and whole areas went fully solar and wind. Now they regret it because they will get a power outage when the sun stops shining or wind stops blowing. Hydro is consistent and nuclear you can crank it up or turn it down when you need to. Nuclear is great and we shouldn't shut them down, the excess energy we get it sold to Germany - even if we don't need the extra energy we can sell it and Germany needs all help they can get - win-win it would seem. The greens don't agree though obviously.
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  1968. And now they are Effed because of it. When you trade the needs of your citizens for ideology...
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  1969. Move out of Stockholm, the housing que is just a couple of months outside the capital.
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  1970.  @upcom1ng116  You will be happy to know then that the money they lost is going straight into the banks pockets instead with higher interest rates on house loans. Because banks are not greedy at all, right?
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  1971. Because communism is so much better, just look at China they are doing gr... ehm well surely North Korea are really looking go.. ehm oh oh Venezuela? No can't have them. Ehm Cuba? Well damn we have no good examples here.
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  1972. As a fellow Swede that grew up in Stockholm I think you'd have to make a difference where you actually get the house or apartment. The average price of an apartment in Malmö is 33.000 SEK per square meter while in Stockholm the average price is 82.000 SEK per square meter. The national average is 45.900 SEK. Obviously if you want a home in a city like Malmö then it is not really that bad as it has some of the cheapest homes you can find in Sweden. But try your luck in a more attractive location like Gothenburg or Stockholm and it is a whole different story and you will have to pay twice or maybe even triple of what you would have to in a city like Malmö. Right now I live in a small city in China and even here the price of a home is higher than in Malmö. In any case getting an apartment at 30 with no loans is an achievement in itself just saying it is well below the national average when it comes to home prices. Even if you do have the financial know how getting an apartment in say Stockholm is a whole different story.
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  1973. No you won't unless you have the cash for it. Interest rates going up means getting a bank loan with a higher mortgage.
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  1974. prices are not too bad if you start looking outside the capital (Stockholm). What you can find in Stockholm you can find in another city for half the price.
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  1975. Unfortunately there is no correlation between having high IQ or being "smart" and the housing market of your country.
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  1976.  @MadSwede87  What he said about Stockholm is true, the waiting queues can easily go well beyond 15 years.
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  1977. Actually the Swedish home ownership % is lower than the EU average. The EU average is 70% and Sweden is at 64%.
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  1978. If you buy with CASH yes, if you need a loan then NO. The increased interest rate will make your monthly mortgage payment a lot higher than it was 6 months ago. It is suggested to wait, that is why the prices are dropping because the loans to buy a house just got more expensive.
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  1979. Always the same story, the "reds" will say it's the fault of "Alliansen" and "Alliansen" will say it's the fault of the "reds". It would be great if either side would just try and make the country better instead of trying to blame the other side for everything that's not working.
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  1980. Sweden has a very small imprint on the global market, Sweden's economy could be totally erased and the world would not notice. A crash in the US though yeah that will ripple through the whole world.
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  1981. Housing prices in Sweden are not too bad compared to the rest of the world. And even then it's only expensive in Stockholm or perhaps Gothenburg, you look outside those cities and you will realize it's not really that expensive.
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  1982. Still they want easy to access EU visas and entry into EU markets. They want the benefits of the EU without becoming members :p.
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  1983. Who cares, anyone that doesn’t agree with Erdogan gets a terrorist label in Turkey.
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  1984. There are pros and cons with everything. Helps economy but increases crime rates and it is a lot easier for islamic terrorists to operate in Russia.
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  1985. Diversity is just made up by major companies to import cheap labor to increase their profits.
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  1986. True but on 12 March 2024, the European Parliament passed a resolution confirming Armenia meets Maastricht Treaty Article 49 requirements and that the country may apply for EU membership. Georgia has also been granted as a valid candidate. It's all political more than anything geography doesn't mean much. It should but it doesn't.
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  1987. Nah, EU already has enough countries to keep on life support nothing bad against them but we have been pumping cash into failed states like Greece that just ends up teaming up with the Chinese to block EU legislation the CCP does not like in exchange for loans. Not a big fan of adding more of those countries.
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  1988. Maybe from a military or political standpoint. From an economic standpoint not really, they don't add much and will be a net negative.
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  1989. Why would you listen to the Russian president, he said originally that they did not invade at all it was just a military exercise remember? There are plenty of sources of information out there to find out what's going on why would you pick the one which everyone knows is lying?
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  1990. What is "modern media"? All media sources in the world EXCEPT Russian state-owned TV?
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  1991.  @evolassunglasses4673  There was never any urgent need for them to move East, the Russian advance stopped quite a while ago there and even in the South it has reversed. I could see the logic if the Russians kept gaining ground to the East and South but they didn't. Now the troops have been sitting in Russia for 10 days giving Kyiv plenty of time reinforce the East in preparation.
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  1992. Don't think they need to, they just rebuild the dam and make sure no water goes into the region and it will be a huge money waste and burden on the Russian economy. That region is a logistic disaster for the Russians and cost them huge amount of funds to make life sustainable, better to leave it be and focus on holding off any Russian advancement into Donbas.
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  1993. news
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  1994. I don't think we should stare too blindly at Russia's "official" reasons for going to war there was a lot of natural resources discovered around that area and in Crimea so as much as Putin is repeating the good old NATO enemy and Nazis there are plenty of other reasons for him to focus down on Crimea and eastern Ukraine. Also I think there is a difference between what Putin and his ever shrinking circle of elites feel like is a do or die situation for them and the Russian public in general. Even if Putin wants to fully mobilize does not mean Russians in general will go along with it. Russia's air capabilities has been severely limited by the use of stinger missiles and Anti-air systems from the west. On paper it looks like Russia has the edge but on paper they had an edge in the Kyiv region too and they just could not get things done. It's hard to factor things like Morale and Discipline of soldiers into the equation too, I mean even if you have the most expensive modern equipment in the world it won't matter if your troops will drop the gear and run away as soon as they get fired upon.
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  1995. Zomg I HATE when others talk about politics in my country. - *Goes on talking about politics in other countries*. You can throw punches but you can't take them. Don't worry you are not alone plenty of people like that out there.
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  1996. Which nation is "Mighty Russia"? is that the name of Russia in a parallel universe that's actually winning a war?
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  1997.  @paul1979uk2000  Yes Europeans will complain and pay the higher price we're fine we will just b1tch a bit, the third world people will die from higher prices.
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  1998. ​ @kevinb5621  Yes of course, it's never cold inside in Scandinavia. Even if it's -30 people will walk around their house with t-shirts.
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  1999. Because when it's -25 outside and you don't have heating you freeze to death. Are you willing to freeze to death while your leaders use jets to go everywhere and spew bullshit about green policies? No thank you.
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  2000. From a fellow Swede, not all European countries are as well off as Sweden and Sweden has almost 3x higher electricity use per capita than countries like Italy or Spain. Gas is a cheaper way to get heating and electricity. So it's not because we're smarter it's just we waste a lot more energy than our European counterparts and are willing to pay extra for the convenience of other energy sources over gas. In Sweden many people keep the heating on while they go to work so they can get home to a warm home in winter, in other European countries a lot of people doesn't even turn the heating on even during the winter.
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  2001.  @anthonydyer3939  Germany has already announced they will open up nuclear power plants and they got a shit ton of Coal to burn if they need to during winter. Solar and Wind is not very reliable or effective with today's technology.
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  2002.  @Cam-sl8ve  Why would Germany waste time and money on solar or wind, 70% of France's electricity is nuclear and Germany has a shit ton of coal they can burn. Nuclear and Coal is what Germany are going to use. Solar and wind is not as effective and very inconsistent, a day with no sun or wind and production drops massively. Nuclear and Coal you can regulate up and down dependent on your needs. Obviously Nuclear will take time but Coal they have plenty of and I would not be surprised if they ditched the Paris accords to survive the winter.
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  2003. No, Erdogan is acting for an Oscar so he can milk the US to give him his F-16s in a deal to let Sweden in.
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  2004. Well while we wait for you to deliver we'll make ourselves comfortable around the campfire using certain books.
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  2005. If you claim Sweden is against then you should also say Sweden is against all religion, you may burn any holy book in Sweden, not just the QUran.
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  2006. It's not Turkey, it's Erdogan.
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  2007. There was a time in Turkey before Erdogan came to power when they were actually quite decent.
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  2008. Erdogan doesn't care he just plays dumb to get F-16s from America in a deal to let Sweden in.
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  2009. There is no Palestine though. No such country.
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  2010. ​ @ShrexyBae  Men have been trying to get into women's restrooms and showers for as long as they have been around for obvious reasons, now some of them are very excited, all you have to do is to say you identify you are a woman and you get a free pass. I am guessing a lot of guys would feel "most comfortable" in the girls restroom but they are not allowed to. This is to give women a safe space. It's all fun and games to mix until somebody gets raped. Stop playing silly you know exactly what he means but you are pretending like you don't. Most Women don't like to share restroom with men, yes that includes men pretending to be women.
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  2011.  @cc7942  LOOOL, well if you compare it to China then most countries has a pretty independent juridical system I guess... Fair point.
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  2012.  @0887x  Of course they can it's called an extradition treaty/agreement. The US claims she violated the Iran sanctions - I would not worry too much, the juridical system in the US is unlike China, independent from the government. If she did nothing wrong then she will be cleared in court, no problem. She is only in trouble if she actually did something illegal.
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  2013. ​ Darlene Sjostrom  Of course it comes into play. IF there is no evidence and a "lack of crime" then it's obviously 100% politically motivated and should be refused. If there however is strong evidence that suggests she did in fact commit a crime then it will be just like any other extradition between Canada and the US. In any case I think she is lucky she got arrested in a country with independent courts unlike the Canadians that were arrested in China. She is out on bail in her own house while they could very well be put through torture for all we know.
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  2014. ​ Darlene Sjostrom  The judge who is going to decide the outcome will not care about feelings though - most likely he or she will be interested in facts that can prove if she committed a crime or not. Canada has economic sanctions against Iran in place as well so it is illegal in both countries, even if they didn't exceptions do happen from time to time depending on the relationship between the countries that are extraditing an individual. I understand this incident has put Canada in a tough spot but the law is the law it's supposed to be blind - it doesn't matter if you are a billionaire, homeless, police officer so forth. If you are found guilty in a court of law then you will be punished regardless of position or social status, that's how it's supposed to work anyway.
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  2015. Japan vs China. Nobody else cares tbh.
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  2016. Why? Scientists says it's safe to release it? Why should the Japanese ignore the scientists because China has political issues?
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  2017. Greenpeace? The same organization that says cows farting is a big threat? Oh wow I am so worried right now. LOL.
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  2018.  @alexliao-s5x  yeah "free media is a joke" it's much better with controlled media, let one guy control ALL media - what could possibly go wrong?
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  2019. It's just politics. nothing else.
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  2020. Also burning books falls under freedom of expression, not freedom of speech. Freedom of speech involves what you say or write. Burning a book is an action so it cannot be classified as speech.
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  2021. LOL good luck people have been burning bibles for 200 years in Sweden. Also Sweden is mostly an atheist country anyway so most Swedes will probably support you if you burn Christian symbols.
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  2022. I didn’t know Muslims respected non-muslims. We’re all infidels in their minds anyway.
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  2023. Sure you do is that why the population in Muslim countries are 99.5% muslim? What happened to your jews? What happened to your Christians? You talk much but actions are a lot different.
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  2024. Nobody in my Chinese wife's family has ever paid tax I am a foreigner and they think it's so funny I am the only one paying taxes. It's pretty simple really if you get less than 5000 RMB per month (around 730 dollars) you pay no tax. Number one, on the countryside the average salary is below 5000 RMB so they don't pay tax anyway. Number two, the people that do can circumvent this very easily. One way is that your company will register your salary as for example 3000 RMB which they pay to your account and then give you the rest in cash. Another way is the company will register workers that doesn't exist, for example you get 14000 RMB salary so you need to pay tax. What you do is your company will register your mother and your spouse working for them and write down their accounts. When it's time for your salary they will send 5000 to you 5000 to your spouse and 4000 to your mother. Companies will always do this because it's cheaper for them imagine if they pay you 14.000 rmb and the government takes 2000 (just an example) and you get 12.000 RMB after tax. What they do is they offer their employee 13.000 RMB but they pay no tax, the employee gets 1000 RMB more every month and the company pays 1000 RMB less in salary. It's a win-win and that's why everyone does it. I remember asking my wife once if she felt bad she was not paying taxes and she just told me that money is going to the police, the military or into corrupt officials pockets anyway so she does not feel bad, which I guess in China's case is true.
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  2025. Because the government took over all profitable companies so basically they own the company assets.
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  2026. I like how the EU labor agreement is explained to be that companies can pick the best and brightest people from all over the EU to other countries and then it transitions over to the UK and truck drivers. The reason UK had such a high demand was not because the UK lacks truck drivers it's because it's so much cheaper to hire truck drivers from outside the UK so you can circumvent all labor laws and salary requirements you would have to abide by if you hired UK truck drivers. So yeah prices will surely rise as a result but hopefully this means less people unemployed in the UK as UK companies will finally start to hire locals instead of bringing in people from Romania ignoring all labor laws and giving them a rock bottom salary. It's a bit tragic and comical that following labor laws and providing a fair salary for your own citizens is actually a bad thing for the economy. Globalism in a nutshell.
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  2027. The EU isn't all about the economy, if it was then the UK would not leave. The reason countries stay in the EU is for the economic benefit nobody wants to be told what to do by some far flung un-elected bureaucrats in Brussels
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  2028. It is enough for the big donors to get out.
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  2029. Iraqis need little excuse to act like this. It’s not the first time they attack an embassy and it won’t be the last. A culture of violence unfortunately.
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  2030. He should have paid Oprah a million to endorse him instead like Kamala, worked out so great for her.
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  2031. Why would he be haunted by it? He probably saved many members of that community future problems and possibly saved lives. He should be proud he did his community a service.
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  2032. The public should not have access to these kind of dogs. If they do then at least restrict it to a community. let all the Rottweiler and pit owners live together and they can get bitten daily for all I care. Just keep those dogs away from the rest of us.
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