Comments by "David Glickman" (@live_free_or_perish) on "FRANCE 24 English" channel.

  1. It makes sense. Ukraine lost Crimea due to Russian infiltration, why should the Baltic nations put themselves at risk? It's a smart move.
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  2. If Putin thought the world reacted to much over his invasion of Ukraine just imagine the reaction to striking against Finland or Sweden. Most people I know couldn't find Ukraine on a map before the war but they all know Finland and Sweden. The bond between those nations and the rest of Europe and the US is VERY strong.
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  3. If I was Moldovan I would want to merge with Romania. Countries outside of NATO are all vulnerable to attack and Moldova has a small, practically unarmed, population. Putin could take over very quickly if he wanted to.
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  4. Ukrainian ingenuity triumphs.
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  5. So wrong what Turkey did (and is still doing) in Cyprus. Don't know how such an a violation of sovereignty and the ethnic cleansing that followed was allowed to happen without consequences.
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  6. Ukraine has to push Putin's army out completely. Now we see what happens in occupied villages and towns.
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  7. It all depends on whether erdagon rigs the vote. And if there is a peaceful transfer of power.
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  8. Why is Erdogan in Turkey the only country taking advantage of the situation? What gives them the right to make demands?
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  9. Hard to believe we allow this in the free world.
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  10. Impressive piece of Russian propaganda. I wonder how they got this normally unbiased channel to stream this video.
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  11. Ukrainians are so strong. Great respect and admiration 👏
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  12. It's a war, what did lavrov expect?
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  13. This is a necessary program to refute the enormous amount of disinformation online. Well done 👏
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  14. Americans have a short attention span. In a few weeks they will be watching cat videos again 😒
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  15. What an absurd law. Telling people what they can wear? In a free country? Doesn't seem very tolerant.
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  16. If Putin calls her a spy her punishment could be really harsh
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  17. Demilitarization would be suicide for Ukraine. Putin will try again if he doesn't succeed this time.
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  18. Ukraine has to disrupt supply lines just over the border. Makes no sense to prevent Ukraine from doing what's necessary. I sure hope whatever Ukraine is getting in return for this limitation is worth it.
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  19. Finland and Sweden are "de facto" already part of NATO. just not formally.
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  20. If and when Ukraine starts pushing Putin's army out of Ukraine he just might lash out against those he views as responsible for his defeat. Better safe then sorry 😐
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  21. That's all we need, a right wing government in France. What is the world coming to?
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  22. I don't know why they bother. The whole world knows its a shame. What's the point?
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  23. Russia doesn't care about the local population. Pretending that concern for people means Russia didn't do it is absurd.
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  24. There needs to a new NATO with only those nations that share the same values in government, freedom, democracy, and support nations in the free world under threat.
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  25. Orban is Europe's version of Trump.
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  26. Basically correct. Free world vs. tyranny. Obvious comparison of Putin to Hitler.
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  27. Finland and Sweden in NATO was inevitable. Also unrelated and not mentioned despite the title of this video: No one is going to invest in Russia after seizure of foreign assets.
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  28. Sounds like a good man. Respect.
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  29. Content doesn't match title 😡 so annoying!
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  30. This is why there is no progress in peace talks. Most of the world isn't interested or doesn't want to acknowledge that Israelis are also casualties of the conflict.
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  31. I hope Europe remembers the enormous amount of money they received through the Marshall Plan. Pay it forward.
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  32. Whoa, Putin's bots jumped on this one fast.
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  33. Anyone worried about right wing extremists in the Azov battalion can relax. They were all located in areas like Mariupol that have been captured by the Russians. I doubt many will survive this war.
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  34. Bolsonaro is the Brazilian Trump. Just about anybody would do a better job 😒
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  35. Of course we would help defend Taiwan. It's a free and democratic nation and a friend in the Pacific. We have strong social and economic ties with Taiwan. It's only news because he actually said it publicly.
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  36. Bad move by China. Just proves that we are vulnerable and creates a new incentive to de-risk. Full decoupling isn't practical, but de-risking is necessary.
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  37. I hope Europeans understand these people are way out of the mainstream, but yeah, it is a bit embarrassing 😳
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  38. France. Respect 🙏
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  39. It's definitely a possibility. It would set a dangerous precedent.
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  40. Supported brexit 🤔
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  41. What would France do if a neighbor country slaughtered over 1000 people and kidnapped 200 French citizens?
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  42. Poor excuse for a democracy 😒
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  43. Stoltenberg is correct
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  44.  @ericp1139  try living in Russia or China.
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  45. I don't know where those statistics come from. I've never met anyone that believes in creationism and everybody I know believes in evolution. Of course I know there are lots of people who believe that nonsense but nowhere near as many as they claim.
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  46.  @vonliz8223  the video makes it look like people in the Donna's region want to be part of Russia but people in areas liberated by Ukraine say it was a terrible experience. Civilian deaths happen in war but Russia doesn't care who gets killed.
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  47. Carpe diem!
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  48. Not looking too good for Putin's army. Ukraine has no choice but to push him out after seeing what happens to Ukrainians in occupied territory. Slava Ukraini!
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  49. Koll ha cavod 😌
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  50. OMG, the comments are bizarre. A lot of tinfoil hats out there 😅
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  51. How strange they care so much about what people wear. Conformity isn't really valued that much in most countries in the free world.
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  52. Yes they are winning, but not without pain and suffering. The loss of energy infrastructure will be terrible for them this winter.
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  53. Idiocracy
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  54. I sure hope Ukraine picks up the pace with counter attacks. It's a race against time.
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  55. It's not political violence in the US. It's mentally unstable psychotics.
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  56. Erdogan is too close to Putin. Very suspicious of their motives. Maybe Turkey should not be in the alliance at all 🤔
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  57.  @jacer5677  I believe it is a false narrative and I am expressing my opinion.
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  58. Not a lot of views for fact checking but it's essential. I think people don't like to have their beliefs challenged. Kudos for making these videos regardless 👏
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  59. Bad enough Hungary and Turkey are in NATO. Don't need unstable countries that can't stop fighting each other.
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  60.  @omarnumbawan  the Hiroshima bomb was over 13 kt TNT but small tactical nukes can be as small as 1 kt TNT.
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  61.  @ALROD  I'm afraid America is moving in that direction. It's a popularity contest. Not that many people seem to care about how competent they are.
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  62. Putin is a smooth operator. Will be interesting to how that piece of propaganda is received.
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  63. Evil Putin 😈
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  64. What does Rwanda get out of this? The whole thing is bizarre. How did they come up with this?
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  65. Ukrainians continue to surprise me with how well they adapt and even thrive in this dangerous world they live in. We can't let them down. They deserve all the support we can give them. Slava Ukraini! Heroyim Slava!
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  66. A sad day for Ukraine. Those guys are in for a world of hurt now that Putin has them. They will shot or imprisoned for life if a prisoner swap doesn't happen.
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  67. Seems like it's a choice between extremes. Where are the moderates? The same situation is happening all over the world. Not fair to those of us that just want someone competent to make thoughtful and reasonable decisions.
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  68. He is correct, I agree. Stop telling Putin what we won't do - let him know nothing is off the table
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  69. Europeans must think we are crazy. Like the "wild west" never ended. What can I say? It's an American tradition. I used to own an AR-15 for no special reason. It was light, easy to use, and looked cool. It was like the rifle I learned to use in the army. I got bored with it after a while and sold it back.
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  70. No, my ancestors and their fellow citizens fought for a free and fair democracy in Israel. They did not fight for an autocratic theocracy controlled by the religious right.
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  71. Their version of Trump 😒
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  72. The religious right in America would do what Egypt is doing if they had the power. Why must people insist on silencing people they disagree with?
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  73. ​@joshj6615 de-risking only affects a small fraction of total trade. The vast majority of products will continue to be traded.
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  74. Baffled that Putin makes up these absurd accusations and thinks the world will believe him. He doesn't get a pass for this. He needs to be called out for this 😠
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  75. Ukrainians👍
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  76. I wonder how the Roma are treated in Russia...
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  77. Israel has to choose: allow a Palestinian state or give them the right to vote. What other options do they have?
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  78. Hopefully, we are waking up to this reality. The free world has always been slow to respond to emerging threats.
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  79. Like nails on a chalkboard when people mispronounce that word.
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  80. Confirmation bias - people will believe information that confirms the worldview they currently have.
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  81. People say we need Turkey because of their strategic value, but if Turkey is allied with Russia, that means nothing. Remember that Turkey sided with the central powers in WW1 and the Nazis in WW2. With friends like that who needs enemies? Remove Turkey from NATO now!
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  82. Thanks for the explanation. Not surprised, China is clearly not neutral.
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  83. Indoctrination to produce more cannon fodder.
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  84. Most Ukrainians that speak mainly Russian come from southern Ukraine that Putin's army has destroyed and forced men to fight for them or get shot. I wouldn't condemn them for leaving.
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  85. Remember the Holodomor, the first genocide against Ukrainians.
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  86. Yeah, that's my take on it too.
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  87. I wonder how long it's going to take for Putin to realize he can't defeat Ukraine. As long as they don't have to put boots on the ground the West is going to keep supporting Ukraine. The Ukrainians are fiercely determined to fight and will never give up as long as they get support from the West. The only thing that Putin has done is to make Russia poor and weak.
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  88. 😆
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  89. What a waste. Putin must be defeated completely so he can't do this again.
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  90. I'm a secular atheist myself but I don't understand why it's so important to ask people to conceal the customs of their religion. People wear a wide variety of clothing anyway, usually expressing some personal style and we approve of that diversity. And yet if that style expresses personal beliefs that are classified as religious then it's forbidden? I understand the desire to integrate people into the culture but a completely homogeneous society is probably unattainable anyway (and perhaps not even desirable)
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  91. I thought erdagon would rig the election, but now I'm thinking Putin will be the one rigging the election 😮
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  92. 😆 yes, we've heard it all before. Do you really think anybody takes you seriously? 🤣
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  93. 🤣
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  94. Yep, it's all about getting more clicks.
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  95. So.. it's a democracy without freedom of expression? I'm not sure how that works.
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  96. 😆 good one 👍
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  97.  @glenngilbert7389  and that would justify an attack against French civilians? France would accept revenge as fair play?
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  98. Putin can't win in a fair fight
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  99. @azyx100  de-risking only applies to items that give China a military or strategic advantage. Unless you are a producer or consumer of those items, you won't be affected.
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  100. Solomon islands will fall to China. Resistance is futile, they will be assimilated.
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  101. Agree completely !
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  102. Erdogan is suspiciously close to Putin. Maybe Turkey doesn't belong in NATO anymore.
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  103. @ZDF  I hope so. It's hard for us outside Georgia to know for sure
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  104. Ukraine has emerged as a transformed nation. Ironically, Putin has unified Ukraine and made them better than they were before
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  105. Europe is now drastically reducing it's use of hydrocarbons. This is what we are being asked to do. Let's see how it works out.
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  106. I thought Turkey was a democracy. What's going on?
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  107. I think the Georgians are split on what they want to do.
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  108. ​ @AbuBawa-sw1ut  like Cain and Abel
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  109. An alliance of dictatorships. Deja vu.
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  110.  @Peyp59  not a big fan of Greek politics either 😒
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  111. Russia is regressing. It's like some third-world country that can only sell oil and happens to own nukes.
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  112. I guess they dont value freedom and democracy very much. Either that or Putin has succeeded in his efforts to infiltrate, destabilize, and engage in successful covert influence campaigns.
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  113. Ironic, it used to be the far left supported the USSR and now it's the far right supporting Russia.
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  114. Maybe Georgia should ask the escaping Russians to join them in pushing Putin's army out of the territory he took from them. If they are going to live in Georgia they have to prove their loyalty.
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  115. Ukraine can't afford corruption right now. It's important to put a stop to it as much as possible.
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  116. I wonder if the French population shares his concerns about diminished Western influence.
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  117. That ship has sailed. Turkey is already aligned with Putin.
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  118. Russians are so deeply brainwashed that they can never acknowledge the truth. Everyone with an open mind has left.
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  119. Trump has no political convictions. He just wants power.
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  120. Putin's bots really dont like this guy. Looks like a platoon of them were dispatched to comment here.
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  121. Ukraine has to take back all of the land taken from them. "Negotiated settlement" is surrender. Not gonna happen.
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  122.  @yusuf3005  translator isn't working, sorry I don't understand.
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  123. Tyranny or freedom? Economic growth or poverty? It's not a tough choice. Of course they want to be part of the free world.
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  124. This is how Putin can win. Open societies are susceptible to deceit
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  125. 😆
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  126. So there is no right or wrong?
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  127.  @hayashi4  correct. China uses those to make components for weapons they will use against their neighbors and blockages of shipping lanes use for global trade. Justified IMHO.
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  128. Dont blame CNN, this was all Clarissa Ward creating drama for ratings
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  129. Nixon, a republican, was naive when he opened relations with China. He thought trade would improve relations. China took advantage, and here we are.
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  130. If the free world abandons Ukraine, then Putin will probably go after the Arctic next. He won't risk article 5. He will go after easy targets first.
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  131. Europe will be using a lot less hydrocarbons because of war. Opportunity to experience reductions advocated by environmentalists to reduce greenhouse gases.
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  132. "Find a way to get along" = "find a way for China to pursue its imperialist goals"
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  133. Putin's bot army is out in force. The trolls jumped on this one right away. They're desperate to stay away from the frontline.
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  134.  @frankart8175  is that what kabala was doing?
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  135. Tyrants can get whatever they want from Trump by stroking his ego and a little cash on the side
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  136. Not surprised. Wherever there is corruption and rule by force it's an invitation for Russia and China to step in.
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  137. This is the Putin that Orban and Trump want to be their bestie. Putin's paid bots in the comments are working overtime to pretend this didn't happen.
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  138. French pundits have picked up the bad habits of US pundits. All that bickering and petty scolding.
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  139. The influence war is fierce in Moldova. Putin will try to infiltrate and destabilize Moldova. I hope the free world is paying attention
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  140.  @appletree6741  and vice-versa
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  141. At least Trump isn't totally brain dead. That's the first sensible statement I've heard from Trump.
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  142. ​ @Charles-yq8vv nailed it. Perfect response 👌
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  143. Yep 😁
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  144. The difference between laws like this in the free world and Russia's laws is the in the purpose. In the free world, those laws just let people know where the information comes from. In Russia, it's a tool to control the narrative and eliminate the opposition.
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  145. An excuse to grab more power. Warning sign for a failing democracy. The stronger Orban becomes the more difficult it will become to restore real democracy and freedom.
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  146. Ukraine needs to be more active in the information war. Putin's paid trolls have invaded social media and are meeting little resistance.
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  147. @marioformosa4259  just not Russian vassal states controlled by Moscow
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  148. Brave woman. Wouldn't surprise me if Putin sends his agents against her.
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  149. Crimea was originally taken from Turkey by conquest and then Russia deported the indigenous Tatars and replaced them with Russians
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  150. Extreme left does the same thing.
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  151. If a police state can't stop terrorists, think how much harder it is for open societies in the free world
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  152.  @zdenekcanada5408  from what I've read and seen in the media (who knows how accurate) they have tactical nukes with much less power than Hiroshima size.
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  153. The Trump cult doesn't care if he commits criminal acts, they would vote for him even if he was convicted of murder. They think he is a god.
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  154. If he didn't give in to Putin, he isn't going to give in to France or the EU. There is a need for an app like Telegram. If they stop him, someone else is going to build an app just like it.
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  155. Young people will never understand how devastating that was. Just look at how few views this video got. How easily we forget.
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  156.  @SB-lj7eq  true
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  157. I disagree. If anything Germany is the least likely to repeat the past because it was so painful. I think it might even be cathartic for Germany to fight for freedom and democracy and against autocracy in the world. The same is true for Japan. It's time to reclaim your agency and leave past behind.
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  158. She supports Putin, is that what France wants? Did not see that coming 😒
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