Comments by "Dale Crocker" (@dalecrocker3213) on "Putin is watching the clock- anxiously" video.

  1. Sentimental support for Ukraine and irrational fear of Russian expansionism are the barriers to peace, as they always have been. This war has been about resources - not about morality. Ukraine is sitting on uncountable trillions of dollarsworth of rare earth minerals. Compared with this fact buzzwords like "sovereignty", "democracy" and "aggression" fall by the wayside. Russia has rights over many of these resources. Russian companies own much of them, especially in the eastern part of Ukraine. They have been invested in by Russians and worked largely by Russians. The insidious attempts by Western agencies to wrest them away are what has caused this dreadful, needless war. Trump and Putin are both eminently pragmatic men, each with their fair share of cunning. A deal is entirely possible which will be satisfactory to both of them, and which will bring peace. To this end, sentimental support for Ukraine must be put to one side, and fear of Russian expansionism given a great deal more rational consideration than has been the case until now.
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  2.  @paul8161  Russians actually own a considerable portion of Ukraine's resources, having mined them, invested in them and used Russian labour to work them for decades, if not centuries. It is the prospect of having these resources taken away from them and sold off to Western companies which is the main reason for this war.
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  3. Why?
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  4. @ What is?
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  5.  @mikethespike7579  Russia is merely protecting existing interests. That is not expansionism. Ukraine was offered the opportunity to grant regional autonomy to the disputed regions, but refused because Western agencies were still insisting on taking over the mineral resources there. It's NATO and EU expansionism which has caused this war, not Russia's reaction to it.
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  6. I's not just your dog that's barking, is it?
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  7.  @pgr3290  Check Weeb Union and DPA. They balance claims from both sides.
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  8.  @barrybrodin7085  Name one.
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  9.  @barrybrodin7085  Name one lie.
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  10. @ Could you perhaps name one?
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