Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "AFP News Agency" channel.

  1. Totalitarianism, here we come.
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  2. This time around, Turkey doesn't want to stage any protests because that would ruin their tourism business. Iraq has nothing to lose in that respect.
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  3. I don't think you get your seventy-two virgins by watching on the sidelines and then dying of famine when the nuclear winter sets in.
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  4. If Neo-Nazism and Russian patriotism are one and the same, sure.
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  5. Ahem, these people are clearly not buying Putin's war propaganda.
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  6. Unlike Taiwan, they're not jumping for China to get involved.
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  7. Is Putin listening to himself? Putin's little military adventure in Ukraine has led to unacceptable civilian victims.
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  8. The .303 bullet from that Lee-Enfield will pierce practically any type of body armour. The same goes for helmets.
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  9. "From now on, we'll threaten with nuclear war twice a day, because once isn't cutting it."
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  10. Simply put, the countries on Russia's doorstep want to join NATO because they don't want to be forcibly joined to Russia.
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  11.  @pyotrbagration2438  That's the assessment of both UK and US military intelligence. Feel free to introduce other credible sources.
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  12. The foot-in-mouth syndrome is strong with Musk.
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  13. ​ @gmanno  Not only that, Frida Kahlo would be so jealous of his unibrow.
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  14.  @generalstack6540  No, the Taiwanese are not. Educate yourself about TMSC, for instance.
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  15. I'm no Muslim and I have sympathy for Palestine. Just none whatsoever for Hamas.
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  16.  @muhammadahmed8022  I can't make head nor tail of your comment.
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  17. The PM drives his own car to pay the king an official visit. That's down-to-earth Netherlands for you.
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  18. Could it be your own gender fluidity is making you make such a claim? Sexual orientation and gender fluidity are two altogether different things.
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  19. It's like Russia is reverting back to 19th-century Tsarist times, when conscription lasted decades, even a whopping 25 years.
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  20. That's an exercise in futility. The US will vote against it once more and, if it were to pass, veto it.
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  21. I can't help but notice that you kept mum about Erdogan's economic record. His empire is a giant with feet of clay.
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  22. This is a demonstration of coup fanboy and fangirl power.
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  23. Long Covid.
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  24.  @piotaape6171  I asked the medically-challenged Putin fanboy/fangirl a question. Butt out.
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  25. What's your diagnosis?
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  26. It is a Mickey Mouse band-aid on a gaping wound that's gushing arterial blood.
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  27.  @The_Ballo  Yeah, the Russians should take better care of their fallen.
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  28.  @pyotrbagration2438  400,000 casualties on the Russian side. That says enough.
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  29. A coronation is a very good excuse for pomp and circumstance. The public needs occasional infusions of national pride. And soldiers must parade now and then to strengthen their esprit de corps. The French, who sent their royals to the guillotine, still parade like no other on Bastille Day, don't they? In their case, who would you like to blame for the expense?
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  30. But Allah is supposed to be the same Abrahamic deity that Jews and Christians pray to. If you can't agree on how to share, I think Judaism, the oldest religion of the three, has dibs on him.
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  31.  @CheatertrollOne-te4xo  Guterres was pretty clear on what he thinks of Hamas. Israel got mad because of its sense of entitlement.
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  32.  @blankscreen3702  The US is in a very clear minority there.
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  33. I thought you didn't like autocracy and curtailed freedoms. You learn something new every day.
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  34. Autocratic birds of a feather flock together.
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  35. Rest assured, there were a lot of protests when Serbia was bombing.
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  36. Who else thought of her getting the MBS treatment, like Jamal Khashoggi?
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  37. She's incompetent because she pointed out Trump's mental incompetence?
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  38.  @clickbait9744  So, you'd rather tolerate your own to die in terrorist attacks and battle for all perpetuity?
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  39.  @thewedge8823  Are you denying that Zhirinovsky was a veritable Neo-Nazi? Don't upvote your own posts. It's sleazy.
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  40. Aren't you easily misled.
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  41. If there are 20 Russian generals in Ukraine, a fourth has died already. To say they've been decimated would be a gross understatement.
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  42.  @saarbrooklynrider2277  Who says they're asylum-seekers? For all we know they're dual nationals, students, foreign residence pass holders, etc. Besides, I expect Russia's brain drain is at full tilt now. If Russia wants to rid itself of the young and the gifted, they're welcome to it. It's their loss and our gain.
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  43. This war has turned into a war of attrition ever since Bakhmut. The point is to inflict maximum losses on the enemy while incurring the least yourself. Ukraine has mastered the concept. Russia has mastered the reverse.
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  44.  @rosaelinav8036  No need to differentiate between Biden and the United States, or Trump for that matter. It's all the same to us.
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  45. Had you posted this a few days earlier, you would've competed for the Conspiracy Theory of 2023 prize.
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  46. You made sense till you brought up Trump.
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  47.  @ruotuz  You're not on to anything new. The Syrian Civil War was already well on its way before the Americans started arming the opposition. One of reasons behind the civil war was the lack of democracy. Nothing seems to have changed in that respect.
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  48.  @ruotuz  Don't drag the US into this -- you're automatons that way. If you want to deplore atrocities in Syria, try blaming Assad's regime, Russia or Turkey.
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  49.  @pohatuthereactor1693  Gaining formal independence and being ruled by Beijing's communist autocrats are two different things. The latter isn't working out so well for Hong Kong, is it?
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  50. Taiwan be damned, eh?
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  51.  @kremzle5688  I bet somewhere where the nuclear winter sets in. On earth, in other words. It would be interesting to observe if our starving "Philip" resorts to cannibalism or falls victim to it.
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  52. Propping up a moribund repressive regime isn't quite right either.
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  53. I fear you'll have to fight your colonial wars elsewhere. No suck luck here.
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  54. You've got the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance mixed up. Putler's Russia is analogous to the tyrannical Galactic Empire -- the Dark Side -- since he's an autocrat as well.
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  55. Head-on? Winning? The self-delusion is strong with you.
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  56.  @iiMubarak  You're about to be proven wrong. The UN General Assembly will vote this week on a draft resolution that condemns the invasion. It's estimated that two-thirds will vote in favour, while abstainers will outnumber those who're against. It was no different when Putin took Crimea.
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  57. 0:23 That's a Nokia 880, the sister model of the very popular Nokia 2110i.
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  58.  @Tillu_dream16-39  You're asking a known troll to substantiate his claims? I can't think of a worse waste of time.
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  59. China loves cheap Russian resources all right. Or should I say cheap Ruxian resources, from China's northernmost province, where a certain Pu Tin is regional governor.
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  60. Putler is desperately trying to make hay.
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  61. It will come down, as will Russia's earnings.
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  62.  @tonyatgoogle6076  Whataboutism, here we come.
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  63. More like a riot.
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  64. I hope Putin paid tribute to Russia's biggest submarine, the Moskva.
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  65. True dat. A fallen soldier can't fight another day.
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  66. Putin values your input.
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  67. You'd think Putin would prefer to recruit for his CSTO and Eurasian Union, but no, he's distinguishing himself as NATO's and the EU's most productive recruiter. So selfless!
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  68. No can do. His table is just too looong to transport.
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  69.  @tomweiss9600  What, Bakhmut and Avdiivka? Both still pale in comparison to recaptured Kherson, which is nearly ten times larger than Avdiivka going by population size.
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  70.  @frenkieschinkels6597  So, what's the explanation for your naivety then? Do you realise that this isn't the first time the Taliban rules the roost in Afghanistan? That first time reads like a horror story.
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  71. Are you a millennial?
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  72. You're at the wrong address with your conspiracy theory. This is about Assange.
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  73. Putin and Kim have much in common. Height, for starters. Or is Kim wearing his elevator shoes again?
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  74.  @AnnaAnna-gt6eh  Wandering or wondering? I suppose my ancestors made tools, garments and shelters to survive in one of the most forbidding climates in Europe.
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  75. Aren't you sticking around for money and a better life? It works the other way around, too. You can move to a poor country with less-than-ideal living conditions.
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  76. Next, you're going to tell us that the Stern Gang wasn't a terrorist organisation either, because they fought the British to achieve independence, too. Oh no, they referred to themselves as terrorists. Confusing! P.S. You may want to refer to the terrorists as Hamas. Israel was more than the Stern Gang, too.
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  77. Monoglot much?
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  78.  @ruotuz  The US didn't bring any kind of democracy to Syria, not intentionally nor unintentionally. How you arrived at the latter will probably forever remain a mystery, because I suspect you'll never be able to explain it in a humanly intelligible manner.
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  79. This has very little to do with democracy. Syria is ranked 164th in the Democracy Index. That's three rungs up from North Korea, which occupies the bottom spot.
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  80.  @vrsimulo1234  The Dutch are great believers in the rule of law. So, what's the charge?
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  81.  @pohatuthereactor1693  I'm a Hong Kong resident. I find it amusing that you're trying to lecture me.
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  82. Is the odd political assassination still allowed in Putin's book?
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  83. The wheels have come off this tandem.
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  84. Life is for the living.
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  85. I disagree. One is a Chihuahua and the other a Bernedoodle or something.
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  86. Give it time, and Serbia will overtake Russia.
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  87. He's stuck "liberating" Ukraine. It appears the Ukrainians are none too keen.
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  88. You like to generalise.
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  89.  @iiMubarak  You truly are a gullible fool. We were in Afghanistan to build girls' schools and in Kosovo to police Kosovar extremists, so they wouldn't take their revenge on Serbian civilians. Try to get it through your thick troll skull that not everyone is American. It's the whole world against Russia, so don't be so one-sided.
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  90.  @bag3lmonst3r72  Oh, Lavrov is aware how his speech was received.
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  91. It follows you should leave NATO as well.
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  92.  @shenoyglobal  The AK47 doesn't have better range than the M-4. In fact, the 5.56×45mm NATO outranges the 7.62x39mm. In Afghanistan, the Taliban switched to shooting with Dragunovs and PKMs at US soldiers. The latter couldn't respond effectively because of the inferior range of their M-4s. I'm sure the militants in Kashmir would do likewise once they realise the villagers are armed with AK47s. When the defenders have been eliminated from afar, or have expended their ammo, they'd swoop in for the kill.
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  93.  @shenoyglobal  I don't know if you ever served in the military, but I do know from personal experience that you rarely if ever use automatic fire in combat. I was issued with the selective fire version of the SLR, the FAL, which, according to my instructor, became a light anti-aircraft weapon on auto. You really had to fight muzzle climb with such a powerful round. You can step down from a battle rifle to an assault rifle that fires an intermediate cartridge, but then range becomes an issue. If it was an issue for US soldiers in mountainous Afghanistan, I can picture it being a problem in Kashmir as well.
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  94. The evidence suggests otherwise.
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  95. She's brown. You didn't get the memo?
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  96.  @taha.Rabeeah  That's too weird for words. Serbia was conducting ethnic cleansing in Kosovo when NATO put a stop to it. For sure Serbia was acting alone. Even its great friend Russia joined the chorus and made madman Milosevic finally see the light.
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  97. America did pioneering work in cell phone technology, but I remember the days when Americans were absolute laggards in the adoption of smartphones.
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  98. Um, Trump's recent performance hints at dementia.
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  99. ​ @gilanthegrey  Feel free to elaborate on your "charge". The what, the when and the where, please.
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  100.  @tonyatgoogle6076  I'm not. You can stop your eternal whatabouting.
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  101. She's academically schooled and professionally accomplished. You, on the other hand, suggest yourself that your head isn't worth much.
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  102.  @Anonymous-nz4li  I have a hunch Putin and Navalny will be trading places soon enough.
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  103. Same Abrahamic god, Mr. Biblebanger. Copts, who're Christians, even refer to their god as 'Allah'.
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  104.  @umnayazhopa  To the ever-dwindling temporarily occupied territories? Sure, why not. May they soon be liberated, like the others that went before them.
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  105. I'm confused. Russia won no medals in Beijing.
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  106.  @jackthenap3609  Oh, you think it's an admirable quality that a politician says one thing and does another.
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  107.  @Neojhun  Decimation is 1/10th -- this is much worse. I wouldn't count the Chechen "general" as one, however. The 36-year old was leading a regiment, a job that is usually reserved for a colonel. I guess he encountered real soldiers.
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  108. If the US were to match the military aid it has given to Israel in humanitarian aid to the Gazans, the latter would develop an obesity problem.
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  109. Prostate surgery commands a lot of attention if said prostate is royal.
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  110. The Azov Regiment is part of the National Guard of Ukraine. Not the International Guard. It's "Ukraine" by the way, not "the Ukraine". We could also restart referring to Israel as "Palestine", too.
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  111. Looks like you're not getting your wish, little buddy.
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  112. That would mean Israel would have to give the Palestinians citizenship rights. Israel most definitely doesn't want to do that, and it's a foregone conclusion that the Palestinians won't give up their desire for an independent state. Hence, the two-state solution.
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  113. You're just not very observant. Try these quotes for size: “If there is a hell on earth, it is the lives of children in Gaza” On the Israeli evacuation order: “extremely dangerous – and in some cases, simply not possible”, "a dangerous new low” On Israel blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza: “Even wars have rules” "We must never forget the human suffering that persists throughout the occupied Palestinian territory" "I recognize the legitimate grievances of the Palestinian people" "We already have reports of Israeli missiles striking health facilities inside Gaza as well as multi-storied residential towers and a mosque."
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  114.  @insanekos1  You need that much copium?
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  115.  steven-gd6hp  I checked: 1/100. Not very encouraging.
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  116. Was anyone looked at what odds the betting companies give?
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  117. Navalny's predicament reminds me of visiting East Berlin during the dark days of the GDR. It was impossible not to incur a fine for some imaginary traffic violation.
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  118.  @ifumie3267  In COIN, air power is key, especially in a rugged country like Afghanistan. The Taliban's newly-inherited air force is practically unserviceable. China won't be able to make a difference unless they go Soviet on Afghanistan. And we all know how that would end.
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  119. You should try to find out if Putin is in the market for a boyfriend.
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  120. Whenever one of Putin's toys is sunk, Putin throws his other toys -- missiles -- out of the pram. It's a recurring theme with him.
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  121. Hell hath no fury like a Putin scorned.
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  122. Rather, you should concern yourself with Putin's impotence -- his impotent rage, that is, because that's all this is.
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  123. Two-state solution, dum-dum.
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  124.  @AnnaAnna-gt6eh  Unless you're a one of the very few indigenous Europeans remaining, your ancestors have made their way to inhabited lands to eke out a better living for themselves. It's what we humans are programmed to do.
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  125. Take care? The Taliban are going to extort aid from both in exchange for not sheltering their militants.
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  126.  @s3ra9h1m  What was missing from the definition? Violent uprising against the authorities -- it all checks out.
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  127. The statute of limitations on insurrection is three years?
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  128.  @pohatuthereactor1693  Bollocks. You're a poser.
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  129. You could've fooled us.
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  130.  @Issacandjacob  Your biblical mumbo jumbo doesn't pass muster. Why would I need to cope? It is what it is. I have no dog in this fight.
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  131. Too bad for China, even money can't buy you good engines.
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  132. It would be prohibitively expensive to have a general election whenever the Tories deem their PM a failure.
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  133.  Kirin Sama  You assume too much. Afghanistan was regarded a failed state under the Taliban the first time around. This time around, why would it be any different? The Taliban are not into power-sharing, so those who actually have a clue of how to govern a country are sidelined. Afghanistan is the land of the one-eyed, where the blind are kings.
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  134.  Kirin Sama  Failed states are just that, failed, no matter whether they're independent or not.
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  135. More like a failed state.
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  136.  @pasofino2199  Sure, thanks to their superior equality, the troughs of the Communist pigs never run empty. It's very clear that Russia's motive is preventing regime change. KGB-Putin doesn't have an altruistic bone in his body.
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  137. The moral of the story? Steer clear of populists.
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  138.  @ameyapotdar461  Are you quite sure? Just the day before yesterday, Russia whined that EU sanctions that forbid Russians from bringing in their cars amount to "racism". It appears Homo Sovieticus is a thing after all!
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  139. A bot with a faulty projector.
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  140.  @seppeichman9413  I'm really curious as to which weapon you handled. My former employer was subcontracting for SAAB, who developed the whole thing.
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  141. The NLAW has been in production since 2009 only. It has a magnetic sensor in addition to an optical one, so no, flares won't throw it off.
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  142. Not quite. One is a vassal, the other his lord.
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  143.  @Intel-i7-9700k  NATO funds? NATO has a fairly limited budget. Members are chipping in directly, or jointly through the EU. For your info, 'facing head-on' means 'facing directly'. Putler's Orcs have yet to meet their first NATO soldier on the battlefield in Ukraine. Business as usual? Russia is jury-rigging rusty tanks from the 1950s and begging starving North Korea for ammunition. Russia reinventing itself economically? Putin has been promising for decades to diversify the Russian economy, but to little or no effect. Russia remains a gas station masquerading as a country. And the gas station lost its best customers, leaving only a few moochers, who pay 50 cents on the dollar. I am having a laugh, both at your pitiful denial and Russia's misery.
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  144.  @mera1379  Yeah, that's what they used to chant before my grandpa put his Maxim to work.
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  145. Russia is selling crude oil below cost to China. How is that a win?
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  146. Yeah, Khrushchev and Castro dared.
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  147. Both are crony-capitalists by today's standards.
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  148. But with feet of clay. And he's not exactly a giant either, as the idiom insists.
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  149. Glory indeed. Two out of the five BRICS countries have to arrest Putin on arrival and ship him to The Hague to stand trial for war crimes.
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  150. Duh, they're smirking at him. A vassal came to pledge allegiance. And for your info, Putin isn't into LGBT stuff, at least not officially.
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  151. The aviary variant of kopi luwak, in other words.
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  152. The difficult time is entirely Putin's doing. He's expecting to be rewarded for it, too.
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  153.  @iiMubarak  The results are in. 141 of the 193 sovereign nations of the world condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A pitiful 4 countries -- Syria, North Korea, Belarus and Eritrea -- supported Russia. It truly is world vs. Russia.
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  154. I'm hoping she's the one who signs Putin's extradition order to stand trial in The Hague.
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  155. Why do the Dutch get to name the storms nowadays? It's not just this Henk, but Gerrit as well.
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  156.  Anthony Mcdonnell  I'm of mixed origin as well. My mum's Finnish, so I was invited to do my mandatory military service in Finland. I could've dodged it by giving up my Finnish passport, but I thought an all-expenses-paid arctic survival course was too good to miss. I survived and even stayed on as an instructor, till I was asked to apply for service in Lebanon. I did and to my surprise, got selected. My experiences of the Hezbollah are purely local. No one there was in doubt about who the aggressor was. The Hezbollah kept the IDF at bay when our rules of engagement stopped us. Occasionally, they'd use us for target practice, but we knew there wouldn't be any major escalations. The IDF, on the other hand, was entirely unpredictable. I have a scar to prove it ;-)
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  157. It's a token effort, nothing more. Iran can't afford to prop up Lebanon's economy.
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  158. Maybe not militarily, but politically and economically it's a bitter defeat all right.
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  159. 0:03 That's two Maxim guns, dating back to 1884.
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  160. I wouldn't hire the engineer. The back blasts of the rockets would (or did) set the car on fire. Unguided rockets are always inaccurate, but the shortness of the launch tubes suggests that these particular ones are wildly inaccurate. Their diameter suggests that the rockets carried smallish explosive charges, so even if one hit its mark, the effect would be rather limited.
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  161. Thirty years ago, I was there too, wearing the same blue beret. Nothing has changed.
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  162. What's the charge, Carlos from Deutschland?
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  163. 0:40 nakkipipo!
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  164.  @Austine1452  Pitcairn Islanders out, too.
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  165. Home insurance?
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  166. Numero uno in kitschy long conference tables, sure thing.
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  167. Oh dear. Putin hasn't many friends left and this one is dissing him.
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  168. How fitting. Putin pays homage to a Neo-Nazi.
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  169. Aid-washing, the term goes.
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  170. You'd think Israel had a hand in it, but keep up the pretence.
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  171. Previously, China was just fine with NATO kicking the Taliban's butt. In fact, China counted on it. I smell opportunism.
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  172.  @yokartik  Nah, 'coopetition' is the way to go. Russia has been self-sufficient in its arms production and look at where it got them. Jack-in-the-box tanks and missiles that more often than not miss their mark. Good luck following in their footsteps.
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  173. Explain. We've spoken out against Israel's totally disproportionate use of violence, voted -- twice -- for the ceasefire that the US vetoed - twice. Does it mean we've been been automatically expelled from "the West" so that your wonky narrative still holds true?
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  174.  @25baam23  Can you rewrite your comment in English?
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  175.  @MoskusMoskiferus1611  I understand that when the Messiah arrives, the Jews have promised to ask him if this is his first visit.
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  176. Just neutralise a threat, which is Hamas. At the end of the day, if Israel plays its cards right and restarts the stalled peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, they'll do the Palestinians a favour as well.
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  177. You'd hope the Israelis understand that "rehab" is needed afterwards, meaning serious diplomacy. If there's just a "surgical" intervention without any diplomatic follow-up, a new Hamas will spring up and our kids get to enjoy an encore.
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  178.  @stuartwray6175  Cyprus isn't. Lol.
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  179. For a Brit, your writing is atrocious.
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  180. Being extremists, I suspect they're ranting and raving at the "injustice" of the US questioning their actions.
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  181.  @JoeyP946  Shoo then.
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  182. Take your stereotypes where the sun don't shine.
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  183. Adherents of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a.k.a. Pastafarians, are incredibly brave as well. Utterly undefeatable, too. Don't we love sweeping statements.
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  184. The obvious eludes many -- you for instance. I see all this as an concerted Iranian effort -- Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis. The countries they hail from -- Palestine, Lebanon and Yemen -- are all victims.
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  185. That would be the Hezbollah. If you can't keep Lebanon, Hezbollah, the Palestine Authority and Hamas apart, I'm afraid your IQ is below average. Well below average, in fact.
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  186.  @alrent2992  I'm more concerned about Putin's less-than-ideal retirement options, from bad to worse: a) cell in The Hague; b) incarceration in chilly Siberia; c) voluntary euthanasia; d) a long fall followed by a sudden stop.
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  187.  @ГалинаПанькова-м7г  Sorry, try English or stick to VK.
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  188. You'd think the Russian OSCE SMM monitors, who were there observing with monitors from 56 other countries, would've noticed such shelling of civilian targets, but miraculously, no, nothing was reported to that effect. I know: Moscow propagandists made it all up.
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  189. ​ @frenkieschinkels6597  Woah, are you a fundamentalist? I think you just made a number of watchlists. Good luck travelling when the pandemic eases.
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  190. I hope he'll -- rightfully -- drag down Trump with him.
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  191. Funny that this comes as news to you. Ukraine has been establishing closer ties with the EU for over twenty years. Euromaidan, does that ring a bell? It started off this whole thing. I think you epitomise the part of the UK that doesn't really have a sense of solidarity with Europe. And you try to disguise it with your the anti-EU sentiment, which is a symptom rather than the cause.
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  192. You're exaggerating. You don't have a heart.
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  193.  @GusMac6129  Why are you repeating after me? Duh. Obviously, Orban is not going to publicise Putin's bribery. File away. Who cares about your personal BS register.
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  194.  @GusMac6129  Hungary isn't getting any of Ukraine's €50b no matter what. Orban is getting Putin's bribe, however.
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  195. I wouldn't call France's support for Israel -- if you can call it that -- uncritical of the Israeli excesses we've seen recently. France has consistently voted for a ceasefire, in stark contrast to the US and the UK. I don't know if facts mean anything to you.
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  196. The whataboutism is strong in you.
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  197.  @ssuwandi3240  She's the type of refugee all developed countries hope to land.
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  198.  @reallymakesyouthink  I suppose you're right, even the practically non-existent opposition sucks to some degree in Russia. But everything is relative. Putin takes the cake.
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  199. Putin hoped and prayed that the world would forget about Navalny, but no such luck. On the contrary, Navalny was attracting more and more attention. So once again, Putin went for his dog-eared KGB handbook, which isn't very imaginative in these matters.
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  200. You've been whatabouting about Navalny for days, so don't play silly buggers.
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  201.  @bystra2248  I think that summed it up nicely, Botty McBotface.
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  202.  @donotneed  Don't flatter yourselves. Russia isn't even defeating one country, Ukraine.
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  203.  @onepartofone  Can I ask you about whataboutism? What about it is so great? It's like an admission that Russia sucks, but...
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  204. Don't let extreme nationalism get the better of you... again.
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  205. It's another matter altogether if Navalny would've agreed to being exchanged and thus, banished from Russia. After all, he returned voluntarily after Putin's botched assassination attempt.
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  206. That'll split the far right's vote nicely.
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  207. The problem is that Russia has no bargaining chips apart from the morally weak "we'll stop bombing your citizens and hospitals" and "we won't sabotage your nuclear plants".
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  208.  @p662  And water, is it still wet?
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  209. ...quiet? No, that's wishful thinking.
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  210. I noticed same. Russia has lost Kazakhstan, too. Will Belarus be next? No use hanging out with incompetent losers.
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  211. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Both live up to the credo.
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  212. Putin sure feels a polar wind blowing down the back of his neck. It won't be long before he needs asylum in China.
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  213. You're very generous. The seeds for the Taliban's comeback were sown by Trump. Biden's crowning achievement was not ruining the harvest.
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  214. Rather, Russia will self-destruct. Separatism is never far off in Russia, considering it hasn't properly decolonised.
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  215. Maybe they'll stand up for the budding Ural Republic and Idel-Ural State, both soon-to-be additions to the United Nations.
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  216.  @syed8680  I've made it very clear to you that I'm not American. Moreover, I suggest you look for a video that deals with American civil rights and pose your question there.
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  217.  @syed8680  Practically all religions claim that competing religions are heresy. And there's a myriad of religions, big and small. What makes Islam's claims more credible than those of the others?
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  218.  Lamia HM  That's open to interpretation. You're in essence no different from the rest. All four Abrahamic religions subscribe to the concept of a succession of prophets revealing more and more about God. The Baha'is are very explicit about it, even more so than you Muslims. So, in summary, you Abrahamics disagree amongst yourselves as to who's a prophet and who came last. To an outsider, it looks like yours is a tree that keeps producing more branches as it grows in height. One branch doesn't really differ from the next, yet they keep coming.
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  219.  Lamia HM  But your lot invented Islam, didn't you, after Judaism and Christianity. I'm sure the latter two consider their religions ne plus ultra as well -- and everything that came after is heresy in their book, too. Instead of being jealous, you should be flattered that the Baha'is built upon Islam -- just like the Jews and Christians should be flattered about Muslims so readily borrowing from them.
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  220.  @syed8680  It's Pakistan that played a double game with everyone. I suppose the USA and India drove you into the arms of Al Qaeda, too. Osama bin Laden hiding right under your noses -- sell that one to someone who buys malarkey.
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  221.  @syed8680  "The West" is a very loose description. Please be more specific, because I don't know if I'm included. G7, NATO, EU or what? I assume you're Pakistani. Pakistan explicitly approved the ISAF mission to Afghanistan. And speaking of poking noses into other countries' business, Pakistan is a repeat offender. Pakistan has been a decisive enabler in the tragedy that is unfolding in Afghanistan.
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  222.  @syed8680  I'm neither American nor a fellow Christian of Biden's, so you're barking up the wrong tree. Off you go, teach your fellow Muslims in Afghanistan to respect human rights.
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  223.  @syed8680  Who's to say who's the last prophet? The Baha'is have them, too, and they're clearly later arrivals. They go on about universal peace, too. You really need to stress your unique selling points, if any.
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  224.  @syed8680  You'll have to go and educate the Taliban about proper Abrahamic behaviour then. They think of Afghan Shia Muslims as infidels and kill them indiscriminately. I don't find that very respectful. Also, if we apply your logic further, the Baha'i faith cancels out Islam. After all, it's newest kid on the block.
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  225. Enjoy your Schadenfreude. Except for that, there's nothing for the civilised world to be happy about. Afghanistan is now officially a shithole again.
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  226. Not really. If you suspect you're facing MANPADS, you fly higher, out of their reach. That's what the Soviets did, and their losses dropped dramatically, but at the cost of effectiveness. But nowadays, with precision-guided ordnance being the norm, effectiveness isn't greatly compromised either.
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  227. Bollocks, they have very limited capabilities. The Humvee, no matter how plentiful, is not the military equivalent of a multi-function kitchen tool.
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  228.  @FauziahAbdullah715  Boring? I didn't know it was exciting to have an imaginary friend in the sky. Well, maybe to a child.
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  229.  @FauziahAbdullah715  Ah, you're conceding that there's no logic to it. Medieval fairy tales, the lot of them.
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  230.  @FauziahAbdullah715  So, the Abrahamic deity known in chronological order as Yahweh, God and Allah, once in a while changes tack, abandons his faithful and starts looking for new followers? Then I've got really bad news for you. The Baha'i Faith is the latest upgrade. Consider yourselves obsoleted.
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  231. ​ @FauziahAbdullah715  But the thing is, whose side is Allah on? The same old geezer is known as Yahweh and God to Jews and Christians respectively. I think you have a custody battle on your hands.
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  232. If you want to provoke a hostage crisis, yes, by all means, starting bombing.
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  233. Russia, the wannabe/hasbeen superpower. Fixed it for you.
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  234.  @ctherats6023  Let me guess, Russia's major arsenal is the WW2-vintage T-34 tank that they managed to drum up for the Moscow Victory Day parade. I have a feeling that one, too, will launch its turret sky-high. Won't be long.
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  235. Neville Chamberlain did, but ever since, appeasing aggressors has been frowned upon. Maybe you can explain why.
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  236. You're reported for hate speech.
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  237. Now that you mention it, Saudi Arabia just got an earful at the UN because of its piss-poor human rights record. No-one's surprised, so it's not considered news. Maybe you should blame the media instead? You could've easily fact-checked your claim, but you chose not to. Why's that?
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  238.  @pippipster6767  Here's one that thinks the UN is a court of justice. I wish it was, but it's not.
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  239. You must think the UN is a world government. I wish it was, but it's not. All the world's countries are represented by ambassadors, appointed by the countries themselves. If they want to elect theirs instead, no-one's stopping them.
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  240.  @AdamAdamHDL  It's been rejected because of the terms on offer. Israel's one-sided offers. The PA is rather clear about its favourable stance towards two states, and that's a fact. Let's assume you're offered a position as a seamstress in a sweat shop. If you don't accept, are you a malingerer who absolutely refuses to work?
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  241.  @AnnaAnna-gt6eh  You are an odd one. I have no problems with Christian customs. In fact, I like the bit about doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. That's something you should take to heart. Thanks for the good luck wishes... I guess. Did you think I've bought a lottery ticket for Vikinglotto or something?
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  242. What are the Taliban dependent on? On China and Russia, now that the Taliban have pledged to stop growing opium poppies?
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  243. That's a mirror moment for you then.
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  244. Make sure Beijing hears you.
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  245.  @ikaewa9934  Which part of "Says who?" don't you understand? And what's my connection with Trudeau or Macron? Now you appear a gullible fool.
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  246.  @ikaewa9934  You're not answering my question. Ukraine has not agreed to being a buffer state and no one in the West has twisted their arm to become one. So you must be peddling Russian propaganda. By the looks of it, you may be a silly conspiracy theorist as well. Not worth my time.
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  247. Says who? You appear to be trolling for Putin.
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  248. Putin is sitting on the largest nuclear weapon stockpile in the world. And he's already threatened to use it. Twice.
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  249.  @navinkumar6388  OK, then you're referring to yourself with the "royal we". Megalomania much?
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  250. Just speak for yourself. Don't childishly pretend that you're an opinion leader.
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  251. Tried? All three most definitely struck targets inside Russia. Both Charles XII and Napoleon even had Russia suing for peace. You'd better explain yourself.
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  252. Long-range missiles will still rain down on your precious Orcs, fanboy.
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  253.  @aloksen626  There they are again. Nukes, every Putin fanboy's wet dream.
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  254. Long-distance? I know what you're getting at. The Olenivka prison is just 15 km from the front line. Russia is desperate to implicate the HIMARS, in the vain hope that the US will stop supplying them to Ukraine. Even Soviet-era 122 mm howitzers have the necessary range.
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  255. If you care to elaborate, how exactly is Macron indebted to Russia? It can't be Russian gas supplies -- France isn't critically dependent on Russia as a supplier.
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  256.  @Ryanlexz  How funny, you're actually proud that Russia is being supported by Kim Jong Un, who thinks nothing of holding the world to ransom, Russia included. Russia must be utterly desperate to have friends like that.
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  257. The pen is no longer mightier than the sword?
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  258. You missed that she's not Afghan.
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  259. It's a creaky old duopoly with a creaky old electoral system that favours creaky old candidates.
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  260. You've got David Cameron as your top diplomat now, so I wouldn't be talking if I were you.
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  261. Isn't it great that Trump has discovered high-capacity adult nappies? You and your gerontocrats...
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  262.  @SpenzOT  The old far-right/far-left switcheroo. You're all wingnuts. That suffices.
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  263. Spades need to be called spades.
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  264. Did denazification fail in former East Germany?
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  265. Like The Terminator, they'll be back.
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  266. There's no risk whatsoever that Ukraine will become Russian. Putin has made sure of that. And why are your rooting for the Russian oligarchs? They owe their riches to Putin and Putin alone.
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  267. Not quite. Russia's arms exports have imploded, and it was ranked second in global sales. There's another goose that laid the golden eggs that Putin killed.
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  268. The Yemenis are occupied with fighting a civil a war, sport.
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  269.  Quack  Have you tried a chatbot? I hear the AI-driven ones are really clever.
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  270.  Quack  No, I'm still going on about your craving for attention and how you could alleviate your loneliness.
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  271.  Quack  Have you tried ordering from an Asian mail order catalogue?
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  272.  Quack  You're desperate for a penpal. I'm not it.
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  273.  Quack  OK, theorist.
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  274.  Quack  No, I don't. Try your luck with conspiracy theorists. I'm sure they'll oblige you.
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  275.  @Issacandjacob  I'm making an observation here, boyo.
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  276. Oops, you got reported for hate speech.
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  277. So, you have an intifada going, too. Tell us more about your city.
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  278. Sorry, but many Palestinians descend from the ancient Israelites. Religious influences have waxed and waned in Palestine, with Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity and Islam dominating in turn, often as a result of mass conversions. The people and their descendants practising said religions have to a large extent remained the same over several millenia. So, what should be decisive in assigning land rights? Genetics or religion?
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  279.  @piotrkijak1774  Yup, there will be a string of court cases, and PiS will occupy a whole wing in prison.
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  280.  @onizuka88088  One swallow does not a summer make.
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  281.  @onizuka88088  There's nothing wrong with third world countries being able to defend themselves -- did I suggest otherwise? Russia caters to the low to medium end of the arms market, but in the process, ends up with low to medium end arms itself. So, you're suggesting that Russia is adequately equipped for guerilla warfare. No doubt, but that's not the only game in town.
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  282.  @onizuka88088  Thanks for illustrating my point. Russia is relegated to producing endless upgrades of Soviet-era kit. Why? Because developing countries are in the market for bargain basement stuff, and those are the customers the Russian arms industry can expect to get interested. And without exports, there's no Russian arms industry.
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  283.  @onizuka88088  There's plenty of foreign pressure for Russia to upgrade its armour -- meaning MBTs -- and to produce viable stealth aircraft. So far, it has failed in both.
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  284.  Mallakian  Russian weapons programmes tend to get endlessly delayed and/or cancelled altogether.
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  285. Let's see if they really do it. Russian weapons programmes have a low survival rate.
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  286.  @neelpatel9834  There's the "indigenous" Kaveri engine, under development since 1989, which still fails to meet expectations.
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  287. The same goes for Chinese and Indian jet engines.
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  288.  @adithyadanaj9768  That doesn't bode well either. The "indigenous" Kaveri jet engine is a case in point.
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  289. You rejected the Su-57. That doesn't bode well.
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  290.  @jackspring7709  You seem all out of arguments. Empty vessels...
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  291. A nation hardly chose him. 24% of the electorate did, and many in protest. Protest voters aren't the most loyal kind. 37 seats out of 150 is a far cry from a majority. Given Wilders' limited appeal among protential coalition partners, it looks bleak for him. Four more years in the opposition is my guess.
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  292. So, centre-left, centre and centre-right are all far-left in your book. That just underlines that you're far-right. Guilty as charged, in other words.
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  293.  @pranawkumar510  You know what exactly? It would appear you don't know what 'liberal' means in a Dutch context.
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  294.  @pranawkumar510  In fact, Wilders would very much like to form a coalition with the Dutch liberals, but they're not having any of it with Wilders as PM. It pays to know the lay of the land when you comment, Mr. India.
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  295.  @Carla123-  What is the UN but all the countries in the world? You're ultimately responsible as well.
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  296.  @blankscreen3702  No, I copied it only once and for you only, because I caught you posturing twice.
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  297.  @blankscreen3702  More posturing.
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  298.  @blankscreen3702  Now you're just posturing.
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  299.  @Gucci05xx  You need to look up "odd" and explore all its meanings.
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  300.  Kirin Sama  Naively, you think governing a country "islamically" is some guarantee for success. The problem with the Taliban -- based on their five years in power -- is that they have no idea what good governance amounts to. Their ministers were incompetent -- or just absent -- and they couldn't provide even basic services to the populace. Their regime was marked by brutality and totalitarianism -- in fact, it's more accurate to speak of an occupation under the Taliban than under the Americans. If it's any consolation to you, Afghanistan technically remained a failed state under Karzai and Ghani, but what we'll see now is an already severely troubled country going from bad to worse. At least the Americans and the international community as a whole pumped in money to keep the economy going. Now, the economy is grinding to a halt, and the Taliban are going to face an angry urban population with nothing to lose.
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  301. We're seeing crocodile tears. I don't blame them for anything except their polite insincerity.
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  302. There has been the odd challenge, but to put things into perspective, co-operation with Russia is practically impossible.
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  303.  @ahmedsuleman7334  Iran hides behind its proxies. It can't afford direct confrontation. In other words, nothing will change.
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  304. China won't do anything. It will just deplore the situation.
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  305. China is just playing holier than thou.
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  306.  @nehronghamil4352  So far, you haven't posted a single comment in this thread that is relevant to the vid or the OP. Fact.
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  307.  @nehronghamil4352  Trouble finding the right reply button? I see you're also wholly incapable of discussing any topic without deviating from it 180 degrees.
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  308.  @nehronghamil4352  This vid is about Cuba, smart-arse. If I mention that so-and-so is in prison, do I have to mention all the other criminals locked up there as well?
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  309. @Duke Wayne You're mistaken if you believe that my condemnation of the Communist regime in Cuba automagically makes me a fan of US foreign policy. There was a hint to that effect in my earlier comment, but I guess you missed it in your excitement to engage in some Communist-style whataboutism.
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  310.  @sorrowinchrist3387  Nope, by his own admission, Djokovic "gave wrong information." If it transpires that someone lied in their application, Australia has the right to revoke an already issued visa.
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  311. ​ @sorrowinchrist3387  I didn't suggest that a crime occurred, but apparently there were sufficient grounds to revoke his visa. Djokovic only has himself to blame.
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  312. You need to pay more attention, missy. Djokovic's crime wasn't refusing the jabs, but declaring wrong information in his visa application. He admitted it, too.
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  313.  @tigranohanyan3321  OK, you're upset because I ruined your fanciful theory. It's rather fanciful, too, that that makes me a Democrat. I'm not American, you little country mouse. This is the big wide world and not your precious bipolar Murica.
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  314. But Djokovic admitted that his visa application was untruthful, so it's on him. There goes your conspiracy theory...
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  315. No human rights were harmed in the making of this drama.
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  316. Maybe you should concern yourself with how to elect a president who's not well above retirement age, Democrat or Republican.
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  317. Your Nazi narrative isn't gaining any traction, no matter how hard you try.
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  318. Maduro and Milei are two of a kind. Populists the both of them, one far-left and the other far-right. The horseshoe theory isn't far off.
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  319. Yes, you could call Milei's economic policies "innovative" in the sense that they haven't been tried before. For a good reason, too.
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  320. I wonder if he had their designer executed after watching The Dictator.
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  321. Misery loves company, eh?
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  322. Why? Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Christmas traditions and the Gregorian calendar, both of which predate Thanksgiving. Next, you're going to tell us that Pope Gregory XIII was a time-travelling CIA agent.
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  323. On June 28 this year, the Ukrainian parliament voted in favour of moving Christmas to December 25. The vote was preceded by Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church deciding same. So, what was undemocratic about all this?
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  324.  @Aria_6743  3,000 years? I think you're off by a millenium or so.
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  325. @@user-xd1jk6mq7g Moscow is the future capital of Muscovy. The question is, what will they do for money?
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  326.  @Muirton66  Basic grammar police in this case. Your conjugation challenges may be linked to your dementia.
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  327.  @Muirton66  That's your dementia speaking. BTW, it's *forgotten. Forget-forgot-forgotten.
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  328.  @seppeichman9413  You're confusing it with something else. I first handled one in 2009, and it was from the first production batch.
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  329.  @AldoSchmedack  Don't forget the LDPR in the Duma. Nazis the lot of them.
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  330.  @47ALTAIR47  You're comparing apples and oranges. The weight of your Kornet-M is five times that of the NLAW and it needs a crew of two to operate, whereas the NLAW gets away with one. Besides, a 8 km range is excessive when targeting MBTs. In an anti-ship role such a range makes sense, but not otherwise.
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  331.  @Travi_mol  I'm sure Putin has a nice dacha prepared somewhere in Inner Mongolia, for when the excrement strikes the ventilation unit. There, he can ride horsey bare-chested to his heart's content.
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  332. He's so powerful he's about to be appointed regional governor of Ruxia, China's northernmost province. He'll go by the name Pu Tin from now on.
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  333. Joe doesn't have a warrant for Putin's arrest. 124 countries do, but not the US. You need to up your botting game, or you'll get your call-up papers for Ukraine.
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  334.  @duinay3  Gruesome as it was, the Americans' ill-treatment of native Americans is ancient history. They build no colonial empire in Asia either. Russia, however, is very much at it -- as we speak.
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  335.  @duinay3  The Russian Federation is the successor to the Soviet Union, which itself succeeded the Russian Empire -- a through-and-through colonial empire that didn't shy away from extreme brutality in order to expand. None of the three ever properly decolonised. In fact, Putin deplores that Lenin and his Bolsheviks didn't fight on in WW1 and in consequence, lost parts of the former Russian Empire. Also, Putin compares himself to Peter the Great and vows to win back former Russian lands. Imperialism? You betcha.
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  336.  @Intel-i7-9700k  You're making it up as you go along. There are many more donors than NATO countries alone. Finland and Sweden are cases in point -- both donated generously to Ukraine before they applied for NATO membership. Non-members Australia, Azerbaijan, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Korea have proven generous donors, too. So, in February 2022, there was clash between NATO and Russia? Were was this battle fought and what were the casualties like? How many paper cuts on NATO's side? Russia has not been developing nicely. Its oil and gas revenues are seriously down, as per its own admission, by a whopping 47% year-on-year. Cheap copies of Starbucks and McDonalds don't make a diversified economy. It's not a guilty pleasure to laugh at Russia's misery. Schadenfreude is warranted when the misery is self-inflicted.
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  337.  @fullcircle4723  Duh, US treasury bonds.
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  338.  @fullcircle4723  Uh-oh, China is suddenly $859.4 billion out of pocket.
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  339.  @alexisfrancis8562  I have a masters in history. And another in political science. You?
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  340. ​ @alexisfrancis8562  You don't get around much, do you?
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  341.  @greatman5836  The USA according to alexisfrancis8562 and greatman5836 perhaps. None of my beeswax.
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  342.  @thewedge8823  Aw, I insulted your hero and now you're mad.
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  343. Minimum Viable Product? Not so sure about his viability.
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  344. Not in Russia. Russia is on its knees. Militarily, economically and vis-à-vis China.
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  345. You've got it backwards. Here, Xinnie the Pooh is welcoming regional governer Pu Tin of Ruxia, China's northernmost province. If Mo Di plays his cards right, he can land the governorship of China's future southernmost province, Tianzhu.
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  346. Newsflash. The Anglo Saxons effectively disappeared in the 11th century, after the Norman Conquest. You're a millenium behind.
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  347. The real Hongkies don't like you very much, do they? They fled mainland China, only to have mainland China flee to them.
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  348. In neighbouring Mongolia, for instance. Or if Putin doesn't fancy being held in a yurt, there's Japan and South Korea nearby, too. In fact, if Putin wants to turn himself in, he's got 124 countries to choose from. The man is spoilt for choice!
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  349. If the Krembots don't post their drivel, they get to try if their sword is mightier than their pen after all, in Ukraine.
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  350. You're welcome. A wealth transfer from Russia to India can't be a bad thing.
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  351. The ICC is nearby, in Mongolia, Japan and South Korea. Rest assured, the ICC has made it easy for Putin to turn himself in. 124 countries that he can surrender himself to.
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  352. What has he won? The governorship of Ruxia, China's northernmost province?
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  353. Poverty and slavery, more like.
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  354. Ruxia's governor Pu Tin then. Satisfied?
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  355. US? The US is not a member of the ICC. Putin has an arrest warrant out for him in 124 countries, just not in the US.
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  356.  @mera1379  I paraphrased what the OP wrote. Don't you know English either?
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  357. So what you're saying is that Russia and China should kowtow to the world. Okay.
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  358.  @rakeshkrishna4661  Ooh, do you kiss your mum with that mouth? Your interpretation of loyalty is interesting. You feel that you owe the USSR, and Putin, whose crony-capitalist autocracy is ideologically far removed from the USSR, gets to collect on your debt. I think you just need a master to bow down to. I suppose you're at the right address, because Russia was and remains to this day one of the worst colonisers in human history. But it will all come tumbling down, and you'll need to look for yet another master.
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  359.  @rakeshkrishna4661  You're making excuses, and very poor ones at that. Cowardly Putler did send his stooge, Lavrov, a.k.a. Comical Ali 2.0, to G20 to be humiliated in his stead. It's funny how you're still beholden to Russia, as if it still were the Soviet Union. We're witnessing the death throes of the Russian empire, a sinking ship, and you want to cling on to it for dear life.
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  360.  @rakeshkrishna4661  What are you on about? Putin did not dare to attend G20. No balls, in other words.
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  361. ​ @rakeshkrishna4661  So, you're suggesting that Putin is intimidated by the West. Okay, I'm not surprised, he's fighting a losing battle after all.
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  362.  @technicalars5378  Math isn't your strong suit.
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  363. Is that why Modi wasn't invited? He didn't agree with the Western dress code?
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  364. Alas, China isn't among the 124 ICC members. Don't you worry, Putin has carefully memorised all the countries where he's still welcome (there's far less to memorise that way).
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  365. I thought India liked democracy.
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  366.  @sassiebrat  Neutralising Hamas. Try to keep up with the news.
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  367.  @sassiebrat  Besides having a penchant for violence, you have another problem, an intellectual one. Israel's beef is with the Hamas, but I realise that's too challenging a concept to grasp for someone of your modest intellect. Try this for size: there are many Christians living in the West Bank, who identify as Palestinians. They're not in the least bit enthused by jihadist Hamas. Since we're grossly generalising, can we generalise that Christians are the problem, too?
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  368. You have a penchant for violence, don't you?
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  369. Are you sure it applies here? The video mentions the protestors voicing their support to the Gazans, not to Hamas. The majority of the Palestinians in the West Bank supports Fatah, which is not on friendly terms with Hamas either.
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  370.  takethetrashout7195  "Final solution" -- was that a Freudian slip?
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  371. The West Bank is Fatah, not Hamas. Fatah tried in earnest to negotiate a two-state solution with Israel, but Netanyahu wasn't having any of it. In fact, Bibi thought it fun to give Hamas a boost in order to undermine Fatah. The rest is history. Hint: foot-in-mouth disease is easily cured with self-education.
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  372. Make whataboutery a legitimate argument.
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  373. This is too painful so you want people to look elsewhere?
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  374. There-there. We're getting your prescription filled.
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  375. For your info, Putin wants to subjugate the Ukrainians just like Israel is subjugating the Palestinians. You're on to a false equivalency, in other words.
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  376. Yeah, Iran fights Saudi Arabia to the last Houthi.
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  377. We're watching the dying embers of the Russian Empire.
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  378.  @nikolapantelic75  If Putin's plan is to get Milosevic's old cell in The Hague, that may very well work out.
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  379. For the same reason that Iran doesn't dare attack US territory?
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  380. Trump deserves kudos, too.
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  381. The World Police is tied up. By vetoes to and fro.
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  382. One party does not an alcoholist make. I guess you don't get many invites to parties.
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  383.  @iiMubarak  We people haven't been bombing anyone since 1944, and that was to discourage marauding invaders. So far, you've shown that you can blindly regurgitate Russian propaganda and you've tried your hand at whataboutism. Now how about trying to defend your viewpoints with cold, hard facts?
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  384.  @iiMubarak  You're merely proving that you can blindly regurgitate Russian propaganda.
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  385.  @AndrewDavidson-qu2qs  So, you must be thrilled that Russia accounts for close to half of Europe's landmass. Should you try to kiss up to Russia to spite the EU? You tried with the likes of Hungary, but even Orban wouldn't take the bait.
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  386.  @marian5249  Take my advice, don't travel by air, or you'll get feathers on your back all right. But remember to oppose the war, or you'll be headed down, not up.
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  387.  @marian5249  Say goodbye to air travel as well, unless you want to end up like Prigozhin.
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  388.  @marian5249  Why, do you think I rejoice when Russian planes drop out of the sky? It's always deplorable, even when Putin had Prigozhin blown out of the sky.
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  389.  @marian5249  I am not what? I wrote that you are in luck, because you evidently like to celebrate heroic pilots who successfully bring down malfunctioning aircraft. I'm afraid you'll get many more opportunities to sing their praises, as Russia's airlines are running out of spare parts, and, interestingly, have no access to software updates. Your reading comprehension needs work, by the way.
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  390. You're in luck. You'll be treated to a lot of pilot heroics as Russia's poorly maintained air fleet starts malfunctioning en masse.
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  391. Agreed, but the Putin regime that condemned the Russian aviation sector 👎
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  392.  Zim Bum  Funny you should say that. The UH-60 Black Hawk in this video has already been copied by China. Google the Harbin Z-20.
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  393.  Haider Ali Ibn Akhlaq  Sorry, the Chinese beat your guy to it by well over a millennium. In 559 AD, Emperor Wenxuan thought strapping prisoners to kites and launching them off a tower was a fun experiment. And they couldn't have been Muslims, because Islam hadn't been invented yet.
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  394. More likely, a Taliban fighter is holding an AK-47 to the pilot's head. US-trained pilot, that is.
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  395. Not a Catholic, but could we have a youngish pope next time? Jesus wasn't that old and isn't this chap his earthly placeholder?
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  396. Can't wait for Elon Musk to make fun of Russia's space boss Rogozin.
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  397.  Anthony Mcdonnell  Having served there as a UN peacekeeper, I still wouldn't know if the Hezbollah is a force for good or bad. It's a bit of both, I guess. The locals supported them and hated the Israelis, that's for sure.
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  398. Are you his prophet?
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  399.  @shenoyglobal  So, you claim that Kashmiri militants unable to adapt, unlike the Taleban. Doubt it.
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  400.  @shenoyglobal  Sure, that's the same cartridge as on the M-4's. The INSAS fires the same cartridge, too. The point here is that the Dragunov and PKM have an effective range of 800 to 1000m, as opposed to the M-4's and the AK-19's 500m. If the militants start shooting from, say, 750m, the villagers would hard-pressed to hit them. With the AK-47, which has a range of only 350m, it's nigh impossible.
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  401.  @pvskrao  You're making an awful lot of sense. The Lee-Enfield is probably the best all-round military bolt-action rifle ever conceived. The Canadian Rangers only recently gave up theirs, not because it was obsolete, but because spare parts couldn't be had any longer. And they adopted another bolt-action rifle to replace it.
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  402. Let me guess, binary thinking is your thing.
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  403. They decided to tone it down a bit then. In August, Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov let slip that they had decided to make Putin win with over 90% of the votes. Modesty, even in small quantities, is an admirable trait.
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  404. We witnessed the costliest ego boost in human history.
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  405.  @alchemist7525  I know. Europe cringed when Baby Bush said that.
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  406.  @alchemist7525  Perhaps, but it's cultural misattribution. That's almost as bad as cultural appropriation.
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  407. @Taha Yaseen FYI, the Americans never got to enjoy the crusades. The fun ended well before Columbus discovered their continent.
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  408.  @andyn6266  Duh. Trump couldn't keep Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley apart. If that isn't a senior moment, I don't know what is.
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  409. In the primaries, yes, but Trump is unlikely to unite the Republican Party behind him. A lot of Republican votes will go to... gasp... Biden. It will be LOSE-lose, or a matter of minimising the damage.
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  410. Russia is a complete toady.
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  411. You could've fooled me.
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  412.  @manuvincent9793  Those were Al Qaeda's Saudi urbanites rather than Taliban shepherds.
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  413. I'm no Biden fanboy, but that sounds about right.
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  414. Hedging your bets?
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  415. Fat chance. Civil war is next.
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  416. Actually, the Red Army used radio-controlled mines for the purpose. A three-note chord broadcast on a specific frequency would set them off. The Axis quickly learned to saturate the airwaves with quick-paced music, which prevented the Soviets' radio signal from getting through as intended. The broadcasts were stopped when the batteries of the mines had run out.
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  417. US help may be worse still.
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  418.  @Willy_Tepes  "Most conspiracy theories are true" -- I'm busting a gut! Since you're so bright, explain why there's often a wide variety conspiracy theories about one and the same topic, all of which contradict one another? Clearly, they can't all be true. Or is there a double conspiracy at play, where the conspirators float zany conspiracy theories, just to muddy the waters?
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  419. You mean all anti-vaxxers are conspiracy dupes?
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  420. The only hypocrisy I see here is Putin presenting himself as a peacemaker. He's a warmonger of the first order.
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  421.  @chutindrachodi4764  I can taste the salt in your tears.
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  422. Putin thinks he's helping the Palestinians, but his anti-Midas touch is achieving the opposite.
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  423.  @truepath507  Above all, the US should refrain from vetoing every single UN draft resolution that tries to call Israel to order. It's Israel's belief that they have a carte blanche. That only serves to perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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  424.  @anonimus8870  I don't watch CNN, I find it too preachy, like US news channel in general. I know from personal experience that retribution by Kosovars was a serious concern after the Kosovo War. We could've done better, but we kept a great many ethnic Serbs safe, sometimes even by resorting to deadly force. At other times, despite all our reassurances, the Serbs fled nonetheless. I hear some have since returned.
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  425.  @taha.Rabeeah  I say it again, you're too weird for words. Who do you think "we" are? From the spurious accusations in your word salad, I'm inclined to think you're afflicted with paranoid schizophrenia.
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  426. I see you're a fan of Hong Kong's draconic national security law. Please stay out of the West.
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  427. ​ @rusosure7  Another viewer just identified one of the destroyed APCs as a BMP-3. Ukraine has none. Since we're playing around with nicknames, how's "rusunsure0?"
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  428.  @rusosure7  Russia's doing the invading. But please go ahead imagining otherwise. It may comfort you in your despair.
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  429. It must be a gender thing with you.
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  430. It's the Azeri interpretation of what constitutes a war criminal that worries us.
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  431. So you're a fanboy of coup plotters.
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  432. Tell your handler that no one believes your lies. You need better material.
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  433. ...is getting more and more improbable by the day. There, I finished your sentence. You forgot the period, didn't you?
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  434.  @dianecameron137  I'm puzzled as to what point you're trying to make. It's a fact that Assange is indicted on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of hacking. The combined maximum sentence for all these charges is 175 years. Why would they be any different if he had turned himself in earlier? None of these US charges relate to the time he's been evading justice or serving time in the UK for breaching bail and while awaiting extradition in custody. I'm not passing judgement, I'm making a factual observation, so you can leave off the straw man attacks.
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  435.  @dianecameron137  Are you sure about that? Had Assange been convicted on all the charges, he could've gotten a 175-year sentence. Your math doesn't add up.
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  436. A bankrupt ideology?
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  437. Afghanistan is its own worst enemy.
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  438.  @sherifnabil50  Turkey, least amount of inflation? What alternate reality do you live in? Turkey's inflation rate was 44% this April, while that of the Eurozone is 7% and dropping. You're trying to pass the buck. The whole world is agape at Erdogan's ill-advised economic policies, which fly in the face of common sense. It seems your great hero is also trapped in an alternate reality.
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  439. So, what you're saying is that China drags us all down by setting a bad example, and we're foolish enough to follow it.
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  440. Actually, Apple famously resisted efforts by the US justice department to open the encryption of iPhones used by suspects in criminal cases. The courts eventually deemed these demands unconstitutional. Keep up with the news!
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  441.  @Phill-l9y  Perspective eludes you. The Chinese government (read: the CCP) can force Chinese companies to hand over their subscriber data. Once they have it, they can use it for whatever purpose they see fit. Western companies can't be ordered around like that by their governments, and said companies have to abide by strict privacy laws. In China, the government can even overrule the constitution if they so choose.
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  442. Well, the US is supposed to be a beacon of freedom. I would hate it if my country were to emulate China.
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  443.  @seans6034  Nope, Android. Try to come up with a more intelligent reply.
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  444. The final assembly of iPhones is done in China. Don't exaggerate its significance. It adds relatively little value.
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  445. Should of [sic], could of [sic], would of [sic]
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  446. Don't you hate being on the wrong side of history all the time? First your "neutrality" with regard to Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, now Israel's totally overblown reaction to Hamas's terrorist attacks. Then you wonder why India wins no support for a permanent seat in the UNSC.
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  447. He has, too. Try to be more observant.
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  448. The UNGA has been very clear in condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine and calling for a withdrawal. Keep up with the news.
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  449. Isn't AFP Western in your book?
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  450. You're right, but your sole warmonger is in the Kremlin (which is on the European continent), the one that's also known as the Kremlin Gremlin.
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  451. What a joke you are. By starting an illegal war of aggression of a magnitude that Europe hasn't seen since WW2, Russia has shown that it's not peaceful, period. Also, Russia's economy doesn't amount to much. Remember, we're supposed to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, and that's basically all that Russia has going for itself. Flogging our wares to Russians would be OK as such, but they do need to afford them, too.
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  452. You and Orban clearly don't understand, that much is certain.
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  453.  @kaichodesuwa  Are you new to YouTube? Thanks to our resident Krembots and wumaos, like this presumptuous "Tony At Google" character here, whataboutism is has become so commonplace in YouTube discussion forums that just about anyone who's perused them for more than fifteen minutes is painfully familiar with the concept. Again, your pal here didn't manage a relevant reply, and therefore, he has produced no argument worthy of a rebuttal. I think you should give him some TLC, because he's crying out for attention.
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  454.  @tonyatgoogle6076  You answered my assertion with something totally irrelevant. Which part of 'diversionary' don't you understand? 'Cowardly' fits you like a glove. You don't dare to confront to the topic at hand, so you conjure up another.
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  455. ​ @tonyatgoogle6076  Whataboutism is not a comeback, so I don't need any other comeback than noting that you're cowardly engaging in diversionary tactics. Whataboutism.
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  456.  @tonyatgoogle6076  Whataboutism is not a valid debating technique. It's a logical fallacy. If you'd enroll in debate class you would learn that.
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  457.  @tonyatgoogle6076  I'm afraid you're making even less sense than before. Isn't there a British Council in your vicinity, where you could sign up for English class? Enrolling in debate class wouldn't hurt either.
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  458.  @Palestine4Ever169  Duh, I am referring to my duly-elected "gov". Do you think I have a personal seat at the UN?
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  459. ​ @Palestine4Ever169  We're getting sidetracked (colour me unsurprised), but I do believe that we're Western and we've been critical of the disproportionate and indiscriminate violence that Israel has unleashed on the Gazans. Twice, we voted for a ceasefire at the UN. In other words, you're grossly generalising.
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  460. Tell me, was Saleh al-Arouri Lebanese? They had a foreign terrorist in their midst -- a terrorist leader suspected of masterminding a major act of terrorism. It shouldn't have come as a surprise.
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  461. Lebanon shouldn't harbour terrorists.
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  462. Woah, your Caps Lock got stuck there.
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  463.  @A.76-v4z  Hint: the internet is a treasure trove of information.
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  464. FYI, it's the Flemish rightists who want to get rid of them and the Walloon leftists who want to keep them.
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  465. Did they collect the dead fish afterwards?
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  466.  @alexkessel5980  Sure thing. I'll also keep conversing in the other three languages I'm conversant in. I suggest you keep to your safe space, VK.
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  467.  @alexkessel5980  Now there's less reason than ever to learn Russian.
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  468.  @alexkessel5980 Alex, puh-lease tell your troll factory manager that you need English classes.
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  469. Hasn't NYC been diverse from the get-go? Who would you kick out and who could stay?
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  470. So, you implicate all these civilians in starting a war. What if it came as a total surprise to them?
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  471.  @marymary9814  I understand that you desperately want to prove that the US sucks more than China, but that's no concern of mine. Perhaps you can find yourself an American to decide the matter? Criticism towards China's human rights record vis à vis the Uyghurs and in general is hardly a US-only affair. But to stick with the topic at hand, I was actually alluding to China's abuse of its economic power, like the already infamous Belt and Road Initiative, which entangles poor countries in debt, ripe for exploitation in true neo-colonialist style. Then there are the lavish state subsidies to China's corporate behemoths -- Huawei is a perfect example -- to ensure market dominance at the expense of their non-Chinese competitors. I disapprove of the US counter-measures, but I understand why they acted. And again, it's not just the US, but practically all developed countries are now banishing Huawei from their domestic networks. The saddest part is that in Huawei, the CCP crippled a world-class company. Actually, I have visited Xinjiang. Exceptionally, we were accompanied by armed guards wherever we went, and I've travelled far and wide in China, everywhere else without armed escorts. Very suspicious, but at any rate, not exactly conducive to gauging the happiness of the Uyghurs. If you decide to respond, try to steer clear of clichés like past European colonialism or the Opium Wars -- FYI, we weren't complicit in either.
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  472. But who's going to make China play fair?
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  473.  @16Tooth  Let's see when the video has been deemed authentic by independent investigators. Hamas and Islamic Jihad rockets suffer from a high rate of failure, so there's plenty of footage around of misfires.
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  474. Because there's no independent verification?
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  475. Funny, there's no clear unanimity in the so-called "West" with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Europe has consistently hammered on the necessity of the two-state solution. The US, not so. The question you should pose here is why the Arab countries are so frugal with their aid to the Palestinians.
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  476. You're misrepresenting facts. Palestine supports the Palestine Authority, which is not on friendly terms with Hamas.
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  477. *Etched? Putin is known to keep his guests waiting, Erdogan included. Payback time?
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  478. Spill it out, what's your conspiracy theory? You should know that there are extra points to be had if a blood-drinking, shape-shifting reptilian appears in your story.
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  479. Leave the Finns out of it.
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  480. Trophy will make short shrift of it.
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  481. It's a good thing that your cowardice doesn't rub off on the Ukrainians, but I hope your Orc friends are paying attention.
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  482. China has to come to terms with the fact that its Covid stats are distrusted all over the world.
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  483. @LEX 26 Sure. It's widely known. One of the ironies of history.
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  484.  @jackthenap3609  Oh, and how is polarising a people a good thing?
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  485.  @jackthenap3609  Zhirinovski sure made for interesting soundbites. Full of threats of rape, murder and nuking foreign cities. He put all his fellow Fascists to shame, past and present. If that's what Russian patriots wants to be associated with, they're welcome to it. We don't think very highly of Russia any way.
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  486.  @ronr6605  Okay, you are a Kremlin apologist. Say no more.
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  487. Molotov cocktails don't compare to white phosphorous munitions. Molotov cocktails are good for burning abandoned tanks with their hatches left open, but apart from that, they're of little use in combat. White phosphorus is carried inside bombs or shells over much greater distances and in higher volumes, too. Burning petrol is fairly easily extinguished, but if you get splattered by WP, you'll have dig out the fragments one by one with a knife, because even after dousing with water, the phosphorus will simply reignite.
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  488.  @constitutionloversue  If you're not a weirdo, you certainly are very confused. Why suddenly bring up masks, shots, the UN and NATO? And where do you think I'm from?
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  489. ​ @constitutionloversue  You can pretend to be whatever you see fit, but in international usage, the terms democracy and republic aren't mutually exclusive. This is a French news channel and, as it happens, France is both a republic and a democracy. If you want to stick to your guns, stick to US channels where you won't be labelled as a weirdo.
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  490. Get with the times.
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  491.  @greedycat4026  Check again. Norway has a border with Russia. You're quite the conspiracy theorist. Tactical nukes could not be placed in a NATO country without publicity. Such a proposal would have to be put to parliament, which means it would no longer remain secret. If parliament were bypassed, a whistle-blower would surely leak the information, and an outraged parliament would send the cabinet packing after a no-confidence vote. Failing that, the electorate would send the responsible MPs packing come next election. Are you new to politics? Again, there never was a plan to put missiles in Ukraine, like Russia tried in Cuba. Not only is that a flawed analogy, but also, you're accusing NATO of something for which there's a Soviet precedent. Oh, the irony.
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  492.  @greedycat4026  It depends on your definition of a "matter of time". Poland and Czechia have been NATO members since 1999, but they've yet to get "NATO missiles". The same goes for the countries that joined after them. What's more, Norway is a founding member of NATO and has stipulated that they're not accepting nuclear weapons or NATO forces on their soil in peace time. It looks like Finland and Sweden will follow Norway's example. In summary, you're full of it.
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  493. Which missiles and where have they been deployed?
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  494. It's like you're in a cult or something.
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  495. Nothing is real, eh?
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  496.  @keithsteele5580  It's interesting to note that Australia's military were happy with the French subs until the politicians decided otherwise. They even forgot to brief the military about their intentions.
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  497.  @dandankokorohikareteku2620  Rude.
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  498. You had a unique ballot paper. Or your memory is shot.
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  499.  @adgeyuk9803  What facts? Ireland's consitutional referendum isn't even remotely connected to the EU. You've developed a bad case of paranoia.
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  500.  @adgeyuk9803  A bitter Brit chimes in. There sure are many of you, but fewer and fewer of you celebrate Brexit any longer.
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  501.  @ChrisChiuDaily  OK, I have a double masters, in political science and history, from a 600-year old university that ranks in the top 50 worldwide. And a batchelor's in military sciences. You start.
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  502.  @ChrisChiuDaily  First, can you specify which level of education you do have, so I can adapt my response accordingly?
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  503.  @ChrisChiuDaily  So you have zero academic qualifications? And you tell me, with my three degrees, to study more?
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  504.  @ChrisChiuDaily  Still more? OK, let's compare academic degrees. You start, friendo.
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  505. I wish China could apply its staunch morals to Russia's illegal war of aggression in Ukraine, too, but no such luck.
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  506. Israel is held hostage by religious extremists. And they're not Islamists.
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  507. Desperation setting in? Have you received your call-up papers yet?
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  508. Here, have some copium. You look like you need it.
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  509.  @gadsdenflyer7353  Cute. Childish, but cute.
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  510. I guess some kind of gesture is needed to make it known that coup d'états are a definitive no-no.
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  511.  @electricdonut8592  Right-o, jack-in-the-box tanks and missiles that more often than not miss their mark are "great". Soon it won't matter how "great" Russian weapons are, because they can't be produced any longer. Customers like India are already cancelling orders, because they don't trust Russia's ability to deliver.
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  512. It doesn't bode well. Turkey has never produced a modern fighter jet. I'm sure Erdogan, if he manages to stay in power, will sooner or later fall out with Turkey's project partners, sparking more weapons embargoes and causing one delay after another. We've seen it all before with other Turkish weapons programmes. When will Turkey learn that Erdogan is an unacceptable liability?
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  513. Nope, who gave you that idea? Netanyahu? I suppose he would too, being a founding father of Hamas.
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  514.  @milhouse14  If anyone was one, Jesus was a messianic Jew.
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  515.  @miabartini6056  Good luck joining Putin's Euroasian Economic Union then. It's a better fit for you in all regards, subpar economic performance included. And blaming others is par for the course.
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  516.  @miabartini6056  You're funny. The IMF considers Serbia a developing country. EU membership has worked out rather well for the Baltic states, to name a few examples. They're not exactly behemoths population-wise. Of course, you've got to be industrious and clever, since the EU only gives you a leg up. Serbia will blame anyone but itself for its failures.
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  517.  @miabartini6056  I understand your bitterness. Serbia need not apply.
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