Comments by "Stephen Hill" (@stephenhill545) on "Sir Richard Shirreff - Escalation is Putin's Default Strategy; Might that be Driving us Towards WW3?" video.

  1. Large parts of the west support Putin. Manuel Schwesig, Minister of Mecklenburg, visited Ukraine and came back saying Germany should help Ukraine all it could, and was hevily criticised in Mecklenburg for saying that.
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  2. ​​ @gungnir3926  not quite, a lot of wars are caused by rulers seeking to divert eyes from internal societal tensions, like Russia now.
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  3. Watching your propagandists, I doubt you can see anything at all.
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  4. ​ @Samo-tm3xr  the illiterate will not be drafted, don't worry.
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  5. ​ @philippealexis  thought experiment. Why would he have bases in Kaliningrad?
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  6. Yes, the far right and far left encompass about 25 to 35% of our populations, and Putin appeals to both.
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  7. The Chinese look a bit mankier.
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  8. ​ @klaasvakie It's surface fleet is better than Purin's.
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  9. ​ @mirekslechta7161 The German government budget is 1.6 Tr. dollars, the Russian one is 0.55 Trillion. It is a question of priorities, not resources.
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  10. The cold war never ended in the minds of some rather influential Russians.
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