Comments by "zjeee" (@zjeee) on "The 3 great MYTHS of the UKRAINIAN WAR - VisualPolitik EN" video.

@SpiritusMundi4 That's because they don't have the capability and they do not dominate the airspace. They have no problem sending rockets into civilian areas but somehow they are showing restraint by not using their airforce out of goodwill? You confuse goodwill with inability, Russia does not possess the ability to use their air force as they would be shot down and it would be too costly before air dominance would be achieved which is looking very unlikely to be possible.
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@adarshkeshri9888 Sorry but you are a bit silly of course the EU is not cozying up with NATO adversaries because most EU nations are also NATO members. It's not like the EU is under influence of NATO it's that the majority of EU nations are also NATO members. It's like you have two groups, group X and group Y and both these groups consists of the same people and then you claim that group X is influencing group Y in it's decision. This is a silly point because the people are the same so what you are saying is that the people in group X are influencing THEMSELVES into making decisions?
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How could the EU/NATO intervene? NATO is a defensive alliance - Ukraine is not part of NATO how and why would they justify an intervention? That's well beyond the scope of a defensive alliance to intervene when a non-member is under attack. The EU is not a military body it's mostly a union focused on Economic co-operation so I am really not sure how anyone could expect a military intervention from the EU. How many times did you see the EU intervene somewhere military? Yeah that's right - never. I am not sure what the problem is about taxpayer money going into weapons, you do realize it's waaaaaaaaay cheaper to spend money to give Ukraine the ability to stop Russia here and now than it is to have an all-out war with Russia in the future when they beat Ukraine and decide to take the Baltic states? It's better to spend a little tax money now than to have to spend 100x times more in 5 years and end up in a war. The truth is Ukrainian and western interests align, they both want to stop Russia in Ukraine. The west can do so without going to war and Ukraine needs the money/weapons to stop them. It's a win-win situation - west is happy Russia is stopped without having to go to war, Ukraine is happy because they get to secure their independence. About Ukrainian leadership I am sure they made some mistakes but they are holding on after months of Russian onslaughts which is a miracle in itself considering Russia is a military super power (They are supposed to be anyway I guess now we have to rethink if that's true or not) so I think they are doing alright.
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So basically you are not allowed to criticise a warmongering expansionist nation because you don't agree/believe their "excuses/reasons" for starting the war?
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@123321ps I think it's better if you use CCP instead of China, Taiwan is already owned by Chinese - just not the CCP kind of Chinese. Nobody is disputing that Taiwan is Chinese it's just a question which Chinese, the CCP or the republic of China. Both of them are Chinese, just different parties.
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Ukraine can go and surrender tomorrow if they want, nobody is forcing them to drag out the war that is their choice regardless of how much supplies and aid they get their fate is in their own hands.
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Russia is in no way shape or form able to meet the requirements to join NATO and EU in the first place.
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The US has never invaded Cuba. They did back Cuban rebels trying to overthrow the Cuban regime yes but calling that a US invasion is stretching it very far my man. The US and EU support groups that wants to overthrow the government in Iran, does that mean that the US and EU have invaded Iran? No not really.
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So the Bay of Pigs invasion was conducted and performed by US soldiers and the US military? I am pretty sure it was conducted by Cuban rebels.
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@TheFrmx They would have loved to but truth is they lack the military competence to imitate the US
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@har7102 You can put into the constitution that you will be the richest country in the world, doesn't mean it will happen no matter how hard you try.
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@coajdka Perhaps but if you do happen to win it will be on a mountain of dead Russian soldiers. Whatever happens Russia will be weakened, which is a good thing then they might stop invading their neighbours for a while at least.
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There's always a choice, Ukraine made the decision to resist.
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That's not how it works, just because you WANT to join doesn't mean you can join. Membership has to be accepted by all other members and there's plenty of reservations about letting Ukraine in as it would provoke Russia. Just look at Sweden and Finland that should be an easy slam dunk for NATO but even such a simple no brainer yes is being negotiated
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I am not sure 1 counts as a US invasion, I mean yeah I guess they backed the Cuban rebels with arms and training (I guess?) but it certainly did not send US soldiers to Cuba.
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@1984-g3f Israel has nothing to do with NATO, it's the US that dreams about expanding NATO into Asia and the middle east but so far their European counterparts have rejected such ambitions. The US have already established an "Asian Nato" in the Quad.
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@RUTHLESSambition5 The only ones talking about Nazis are the Russians, why should he further Russian misinformation as truth? It's a Russian talking point there is no need to put much thought into it.
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Oh, I didn't know the bay of pigs invasion was conducted by the US military with US soldiers, that's a new one.
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@linusgallitzin That's how national sovereignty works there are plenty of nations with groups that wants to separate or become independent. It's irrelevant, the Ukrainian government are well within their right to defend their territory. Some groups in Catalonia wants to become independent of Spain that doesn't mean it gives France the right to arm and send in troops to help Catalan fighters to kick Spain out of Catalonia.
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@zeanu2015 Those interventions were UN sanctioned and voted for by UN members, this includes NATO enemies such as China and Russia.
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The longer the war goes on the more equipment and soldiers Russia lose so yes, I am pretty sure the west would love a long war. If Russia starts being more successful and gain more territory then the west will just send more equipment to even the playing field. The US sent 4 old version Himars, NATO has 47.000 modern Himars there's plenty of equipment left to send to Ukraine if Russia should start gaining territory rapidly. Right now it's a stalemate which is perfect for the west as it maximizes Russian casulties.
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I am pretty sure the only thing he said is that the US did not invade Cuba. Which is true, the US backed Cuban rebels in their coup attempt to throw the Castro regime out yes but calling it a US invasion is stretching it quite far. There were no US military or US soldiers present that doesn't mean that the US didn't provide training or weapons to the Rebels but that's not a US invasion.
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The US backed Cuba rebels in their attempt to overthrow the Cuban government, yes. The US did not send it's military or US soldiers to invade Cuba. There is a difference - you can call it a US backed coup attempt but a US invasion is stretching it.
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@dusanvukovic4529 You can blame the UN for that it was voted there would be intervention and the UN peacekeeping force requested NATO assistance. You should blame the countries that did not vote no to the UN resolutions. And yes those countries involve NATO enemies such as Russia and China so you are all out of luck, nobody in the UN voted no to intervene in the Balkan genocides.
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I might be wrong but I think Ukraine had the nuclear weapons but lacked the launch codes and keys to actually use them? Even if they decided to keep them they would not be able to use them?
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Yeah the US and NATO should have totally just given Putin half of Europe, how could they not do something like this? LOL.
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