Comments by "David Ford" (@davidford3115) on "Is INDIA becoming RUSSIA’S BEST PARTNER? - VisualPolitik EN" video.

@nid-jk2vx I don't disagree that the US had made bad choices with regards to Pakistan. But if you are not willing to bury the past, then it WILL come back to hurt you in the future.
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Pakistan has been playing both the West and China for fools. It was the Pakistanis who supported the Taliban the whole time, even sheltering Osama Bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri. I do agree that India has tried to play the same role they always have since WW2 as the neutral third world power. I give them credit for being consistent. The more interesting and I would say laudable action is ripping of Russia by demanding a 30% discount on oil. Allies don't exploit their friends like that.
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@nishantmaderna6295 Old biases die hard. You may have papered it over for the foreign audience to see, but internally when nobody is watching, those old bigotries reveal themselves. Some of us see what goes on when you think nobody is watching.
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@sharathnair642 Not Highschool drama? You clearly have not been paying attention. World leaders are nothing more that glorified drama queens. It is neo-feudalism of a different kind, with all of them strutting about like peacocks! I understand India's historical neutrality, advocating for the Third world. But I also point out that Switzerland, Austria, Finland, and Sweden have also traditionally held that neutral stance as well. And all of them have moved away from that stance because they know it is no longer a tenable situation.
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@AmitCYT That is the image you choose to show the world. But behind closed doors when you think nobody is watching, the truth is revealed. Some of us know what goes on when you THINK you have privacy; your true colors are revealed.
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Russian nuclear subs almost started WW3 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was the level-headed Vasily Arkhipov, admiral in charge of the whole fleet that countermanded the order to launch nuclear torpedoes.
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@ARVINDKUMAR-dt1iy And so quickly you forget about OTHER colonial powers in the world. Have you so quickly forgotten Japanese colonialism? How about Chinese colonialism BEFORE the 1700s? Zheng He's "treasure fleet" was all about projecting power and colonizing for China's emperor. Or how about the Muslim colonization of Iberia by the Moors? Or the colonization of Africa by the Arabs? Spare me your moral outrage, you are just grandstanding for your own ego.
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@AmitCYT That was not an argument, that was an ad hominin personal attack. It is the act of someone so desperate they have lost the debate. Saying someone needs to see a psychologist is a typical response from a petulant man-child (or woman child as the case might end up being). "When the argument is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser," -attributed to Socrates. "When your argument is weak, abuse the Plaintiff," -Marcus Tullius Cicero "I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher
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@shashwatmaurya8599 Wow, talk about a response similar to petulant child. You would cozy up to China just to spite the West? Me thinks you are an Anglophobe. You gain nothing but doing that.
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@sharathnair642 Wow, high and mighty yet completely ignorant of your own history. All of the little Rajah principalities fighting amongst yourselves is precisely WHY the British conquered you. The unity against Alexnader the Great having been lost forgotten. Yes, your values are different. But not so different that one cannot understand them clearly. Again, your own history has shown that when not presented with an outside threat, you are more than happy to fight amongst yourselves. As far as the "Third World", the video even points out that your own leaders coined that term to describe their position of neutrality. While I disagree with neutrality for its own sake, I can applaud the message of empowerment and self-determination that India has wanted to champion during the Cold War.
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@mr.nobody125 You are fooling yourself if you think you can stay out of war forever just by staying neutral. Sooner rather than later Red China will decide it is time to pluck the feathers of the Peacock of South Asia. And no, you will NOT lose your momentum by picking a side, that is a strawman argument. "War cannot be avoided, merely delayed to the advantage of one side," -Carl von Clausewitz.
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Well, and India is ripping off Russia by demanding a 30% discount, so they are clearly not doing Russia any favors. The way I see it is that by India taking Russian oil at a discount rather than from other oil producers, it is effectively just moving around the deck chairs. The added benefit is that Indian demand being removed from the equation helps to keep things form being FAR worse.
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@garyish Except, they ARE ripping off the Russians. The buyers' market is just a flimsy excuse by people who are not looking at the whole picture. Russia should be getting a premium for their oil, but they are NOT. Anything less than full price on the open market is a net loss for Russia.
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@garyish You have never heard of Rabbit Starvation, have you? Sometimes nothing at all is better than a sub-par diet. India buying Russia oil at a steep discount is just that, rabbit starvation. The prices that India is demanding is just barely above cost of production. And bulk will NOT make up difference because as the video points out, the gains selling to India does NOT make up the losses from elsewhere. Seriously, did you even watch the video in its entirely or are you just commenting to troll because you have nothing better to do?
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@garyish Wow, the analogy went completely over your head, didn't it? I didn't call Russia a rabbit, I was saying that its oil revenues were akin to eating rabbit. And no, some revenues is NOT better than no revenues. As you even concede, they could refuse to sell if they are taking a loss. You in effect proved my point.
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@garyish Just because YOU don't think it is an appropriate analogy doesn't mean I am wrong. The parallels are undeniable. Again, you have not even bothered to watch the video and EVERYTHING I have said is pointed out. And all of your talking points are debunked if you even bother to watch and do your due diligence.
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@garyish Starting at 8:30 in the video, they cover ALL of this. Again, you prove that at best you were not paying attention and at worst not even bothering to see what the video even had to say. And yes, Russia being the beggar can't be choosy. Which is why the Indians are taking them to the cleaners.
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Everyone is motivated by money in some fashion. Some are just more honest about it than others.
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@jont2576 I think you greatly underestimate the love of gold. Mammon's charms make even the most reasonable and principled men succumb. Just look at Washington DC. Rand Paul is about the only man in that city to remain untainted by the corrupting influence of money.
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India is demanding a 30% discount on oil from Russia. And since Russia has no other options, they comply. India is NOT experiencing the oil price crunch the rest of the world is experiencing.
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@adurpandya2742 And you think Putin cares about any of that? It is Putin who chose to invade Ukraine. It is Putin who chose to engage in oil brinksmanship. It is Putin who could end all of this today if he just pulled back his army. Put the blame for all of those deaths squarely on whom it belongs: the Napoleon Complex in the Kremlin.
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@adurpandya2742 There you go again shifting the blame. Exxon leaving was a direct result of Putin's war of aggression. He is responsible, not western companies. Also, there are NOT billions of people in Russia's Far East territories, much less Sakhalin. There isn't even a billion people in all of Russia! Nor is there a billion in the US. Your hyperbolae undercut your argument. Further, it is quite clear from the conscription and mobilization that Putin doesn't give a dead rat's butt about the people of Sakhalin. He is clearly an ethno-nationalist and couldn't give a damn about the Asiatic peoples of his Far East territories. I will point out that those people would be living a VASTLY different lifestyle if Sakhalin Island was under either Japanese or South Korean jurisdiction
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@madpete6438 Oh, they ARE doing something, just not as loud and boisterous. They are demanding a 30% discount on Russian oil. They are ripping him off at the same time they are throwing a life-line.
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@madpete6438 Does not surprise me. I have found that Indians have their own haughtiness, though they try to deny it. It just manifests in a way less obvious to Americans or many Europeans. If one is familiar with East Asian concepts of "saving face", it becomes MUCH easier to spot Indian arrogance.
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@nishantmaderna6295 More lies and myths to sooth your own ego huh? The easiest person to fool is yourself. "Belief in myths allows for the comfort of opinion WITHOUT the discomfort of thought," -President John F. Kennedy.
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@AmitCYT Not really, Sure you can attempt to turn it in your favor all you want, but I am pointing out objective facts, while you are engaging in guttersniping. But then that is not surprising considering the cultural Marxist ideology you are espousing.
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@prajjwal1010 When someone makes a moral argument about and against the West, don't be surprised when the response (ie clap back) is in kind. If you can't understand that, then you have lost the plot.
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@shobhanamishra8259 And the details of that case showed that he had a lethal dose of fentanyl intoxication and recent methamphetamine. Your narrative is a complete lie.
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@harshdata5784 And your post shows you are a pigeon knocking over the pieces of a chess board thinking it is accomplishing something. The highest virtue in debate is by quoting a well-known source. If you can't understand that, then you have no business even trying to engage in a debate.
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@akarshchandrashekar552 American has gotten over its historic exploitation of minority populations. Yours has not. Even the Japanese treat the former burakumin "untouchable" populations better.
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@Reeshi Tas Considering that India is demanding a 30% discount on oil from Russia, I don't blame them for ripping off Putin. Further, if India takes Russian oil at a steep discount, it relieves pressure on the price of oil from other locations.
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The enemy of my enemy can be an ally. if China chooses to go to war with India, it would be of great benefit to India if the West opened a second front with China to divide their power. India cannot face the Dragon on its own and hope for a certain outcome.
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"Lastest technologies"? Have you not seen how Russia's most advanced MiGs and Sukhois have performed? Have you not seen how their beloved T-90 has fared? And as I recall, India is greatly disappointed in the carrier Admiral Gorshkov they received. Make no mistake, with Russia you get complete garbage.
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Yeah, India is ripping off Russia by demanding a 30% discount on oil. Energy security has nothing to do with it, they are being opportunists, not that it is a bad thing. I actually applaud them for ripping off Putin.
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