Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "FRANCE 24 English" channel.

  1. So, not everyone's a traitor in Vance's extended family.
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  2. I'm sure Russia's political establishment does worse, but manages to keep a lid on it.
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  3. The unelected criticises 'the unelected'?
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  4. Can't win them all, but maybe this is sufficient warning... for the likes of Trump.
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  5. You don't say. There haven't been border controls between most EU members for nearly thirty years.
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  6. "Day of infamy" gains a new meaning.
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  7.  @lappo2534  Let us help you with that straitjacket. We don't want you to hurt yourself.
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  8.  @Pythoner  Your laws bend every which way that suits Pootie-Poot.
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  9. Russia loses yet another opportunity for hybrid warfare and there's the little matter of Russian ineptitude as well. Russia's failing grid could've caused blackouts in the Baltic states, too. It's like they've cut off a gangrenous limb.
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  10. I have a higher opinion of the Brazilians.
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  11. Kenya is literally cool.
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  12. Lech Walesa has his work cut out for him again.
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  13. I wish they'd done Monty Python's Fish-Slapping Dance instead.
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  14. Trump's toadies do damage control.
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  15. The coping is strong with this one ⬆
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  16. Wow, another colour revolution.
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  17. It must be a fluke then that Europe tends to dominate all manner of indices that measure human achievement and progress. Perhaps you don't want to improve yourselves? If so, isolationism will serve you well.
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  18. Uh, NATO exercises all the time, usually in Europe, however.
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  19. Some Lebanese have a working sense of self-preservation.
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  20. Israeli developers and realtors are following close behind.
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  21. None of the three Baltic states has bought electricity from Russia since 2022, dum-dum.
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  22. Poor Pootie-Poot. It's not just South Africa -- he's has to give a whopping 123 countries a miss for the very same reason.
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  23. The Kurds are certainly worthy of our support. I joined my cousin, a professional videographer, on a trip to Iraqi Kurdistan. As a former drill instructor and active reservist, I felt I had nothing to teach them.
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  24. And now Finland needs to remilitarize Åland. The islanders, being more Swedish than Finnish, could use some encouragement from Sweden.
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  25. Different strokes for different folks. Over 8% of Sweden's population identify as Muslim. Sweden had better learn to live with the sensibilities that come with it.
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  26. The theocrats are setting themselves up for a similar fate.
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  27. Birds of a feather flock together, eh?
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  28. Orban stretches the bounds of opportunism.
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  29. Weird and weirderer had an online chat.
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  30. I don't see it, but do let us know when the US illegally invades Cuba. Then we can revisit your claim of irony being involved.
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  31.  @luminon9635  You'll find that Sweden's neighbours aren't enthused by the idea that Sweden uses them as shields. In the interest of continued Nordic co-operation, Sweden needs to pull its weight.
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  32. Nobody foresaw China countering with tariffs of its own -- except everybody.
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  33. You notice wrong. There's the centre, too, as in RE, which is currently in power (how did you miss that?) and the centre right, represented by LR. The far left, that would be FI. You should pay better attention.
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  34.  @lg2058  Nah, the scruffy teddy bear has lost its best customers. Its new customers pay 50 cents on the dollar.
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  35. Who says they're welcoming them? I know Lebanese who call Hezbollah a cancer.
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  36.  @sionrouge1697  So, betrayal is hot now. Got ya.
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  37. Denial, the first of the five steps of grief.
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  38. So now Finland blew up NordStream. Your conspiracy theories get wilder by the day.
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  39.  @vlatkoangelov5954  It's abundantly clear which one is the moral superpower of the two.
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  40. I'm not sure Putin understands English that well.
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  41.  @awex7  Didn't you try that before with a less-than-ideal outcome?
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  42. RN's ultra-nationalist elements can't wait till after the elections.
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  43. Your nuclear sabre-rattling never gets old, does it? It's desperation speaking.
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  44. So, you're saying that humanity has lost credibility. In they eyes of whom exactly? Sometimes your lot forgets that you're part of this world, too, and hence, of the UN (note that I'm conveniently assuming you're not an extraterrestrial).
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  45.  @Andy.p-v3d  As in crushing invading Orcs? Sure thing, that takes soldiers and artillery. Now there'll be NATO air power as well. Putin is crying himself to sleep tonight.
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  46.  @Nobody-Nowhere  The whole point of NATO membership is that Finland could pick its preferred alliance without duress. 1941 was dictated by events. It was a matter of either submitting to Stalin's murderous subjugation, or fight back.
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  47. The frequency with which Russia engages in nuclear sabre-rattling is indicative of its weakened state. Still, we should prepare for the worst. As we say here, a cornered cat makes strange leaps.
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  48. Don't walk and chew gum at the same time. You'll trip or choke -- one or the other.
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  49.  @MJMilano7  If that's true, it's weird that the money flows the other way.
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  50. Ask your MP?
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