Comments by "Sam Miller" (@sammiller6631) on "Anders Puck Nielsen" channel.

  1.  @01101000011100100110  Sounds like you're spending time in other echo chambers. Vance also compared Trump to Hitler, but changed his mind after being offered a seat at the table.
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  2.  @e33d90  But is Russia pushing forward fast enough? It's been two months since Ukraine pushed into Kursk. If Russia doesn't push them out before the muddy season, Ukraine will have months of autumn and winter to fortify their position. Look what the Surovikin Line did to the previous counter-offensive. If Ukraine has six months to build a Syrskyi Line, that could strain any Russian push next year.
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  3.  @PsillyApeUSA  This war goes back to their history of 1917-1921 Ukraine-Soviet War. Ukraine was fighting the Red Army, the White Army and Poland (aka Ukrainian Death Triangle) without outside help.
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  4.  @LancesArmorStriking  People have genuine reasons for supporting Ukraine. Your refusal to even acknowledge that simple reality doesn't show an deep understanding of the issue. And because it's not based on a strong understanding, your conclusions are just as weak. How do you know when your opinions are grounded in emotion? Because no one is completely rational all of the time. Even ChatGPT "hallucinates".
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  5.  @harleyquinn8202  Russia's artillery has dropped significantly in two years. What's the condition of Russian artillery barrels after firing 60,000 rounds per day? Their firing rate is down by 75% now. It is safe to say that Russian advantage in artillery is not the advantage now as it was, thus the level of losses of Ukrainians is not as high now as you claim.
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  6.  @tylerisnthere2922  That grain deal ended 17 July 2023, so there was no "executive orders" there. It looked like a ChatGPT blurb fail. You didn't explain why the shipments aren't stopped since 17 July 2023.
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  7.  @davidcolley7714  You've run out of smart points to say if you have to fall back on old tired labels. Bandera has less impact than calling everyone a Nazi.
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  8.  @PeterPete  The Russian economy grew by 4% by extreme measures by the Russian Central Bank. The rouble is still between 86 - 100 roubles to the dollar.
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  9.  @altaimountain  "inflation is always a monetary phenomena" is an oversimplification. Simple models are opium of the mind in an increasingly complex world.
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  10. You can't claim 22 times more if Western countries lack the political will. Has the EU sent the million 155mm shells they promised last year?
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  11.  @tylerisnthere2922  You're not answering the question. Your "one quick google search" is like saying "water is wet"
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  12.  @markopodganjek845  "bank can print money and throw it from helicopter as FED is doing" is a meme. Have you not bothered to look deeper? The flaw in "do your own research" is that you will stop looking once you find what you want to see.
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  13.  @SparinHere  I can point to where Ukraine and Russia are on a map. They're the two largest countries in Europe. How can you miss that?
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  14.  @LancesArmorStriking  Are you willfully ignoring the Holodomor? Dekulakization? GKO Order No. 5859ss? Polish Operation of the NKVD? Katyn Massacre? Russian history has been brutal to their neighbors since the Mongols invaded Moscow. Even today, Russians talk about "the Tatar Yoke" choosing to be as vicious to others as the Mongols were to them.
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  15.  @christianlibertarian5488  According to other economists, Milton Friedman is wrong. Making "something always..." claims is questionable. Desiring an oversimplified model of the world does not help when the world does change.
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  16.  @wolfswinkel8906  No one is backtracking. Just because you don't agree with something doesn't make it "propaganda". Your all or nothing mentality shows what kind of person you are.
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  17.  @williamzk9083  Is the F-16 the only option? JAS 39 Gripen was designed to be used with invasion in mind with austere environments.
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  18. Russia is continually falling back in the Black Sea. Why can't the Black Sea Fleet push them back or at least stop the grain shipments?
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  19.  @terrysullivan1992  Putin can wait out two years by pulling back and refocusing efforts on attrition instead of taking territory.
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  20.  @LowenKM  The current aid bills only last for two years. Russia can hunker down for a slow war of attrition for two years. It won't be comfortable but they don't have many options beyond an European winter of discontent or a change in the White House.
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  21.  @David.C01552  Where's that world bank report? Why would "the 4th biggest economy,going past Germany and Japan" need to freeze bank accounts in Euros or dollars to avoid a bank run?
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  22.  @kalacaptain4818  welcome to economics, it's more philosophy than dismal science. People are not rational actors and should not be assumed such in economic models.
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  23.  @davidcolley7714  Ukranians who joined the Berkut lean toward Bandera. Bandera is overrated but propagandists need something to drag out of the dust bin. The future is not the past. The younger generation of protestors are not the same as those older members of the Berkut.
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  24.  @simonpriest4345  Russia & Ukraine are in a stalemate and have been for a while. How do you miss that?
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  25.  @e33d90  Russia moves forward and Ukraine pushes them back. That's called a stalemate.
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  26.  @LancesArmorStriking  "genuine reasons for not wanting to support Ukraine" boils down to simping for Russia. Genuinely not wanting to support Ukraine genuinely means not posting about it. Those I know personally who don't support Ukraine just go on with their lives. They don't feel a need to support Russia.
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  27.  @SparinHere  America is the third largest country (in both land and people) in the world. There will be a wide range of people and opinions, so why assume they're all the same because of "some YT videos"?
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  28.  @LancesArmorStriking  If Russia wanted peace, they would withdraw. Instead, they talk about Novorossiya and the Russkiy Mir. Listen to Vladimir Solovyov or Dmitry Medvedev, chair of the Security Council of Russia. Or Putin's own essay On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians
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  29.  @milanmarinkovic3016  European Union is still a major manufacturer. Germany is the third largest economy in the world and still has the largest manufacturing sector in Europe.
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  30.  @johnadam2885  If westerners are cowards, why is there an International Legion fighting in Ukraine? If Russians aren't cowards, why do they need blocking troops? Soviets had Order No. 227 and that culture continues with Russians in Ukraine. The Afghanis under Karzai were afraid to die, so Karzai was a poor choice. The US could have backed Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was a proven leader that kept both the Soviets and the Taliban out of the Panjshir, earning him the name of "Lion of Panjshir". bin Laden was so afraid of Massoud that 9/11 would be called off if they couldn't assassinate Massoud before 9/11. But Bush was too easily flattered by career politician Karzai. Massoud had an engineering degree, so he was more of a hard facts talker, which is how he managed to defeat the Soviets in the Panjshir.
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  31.  @milanmarinkovic3016  Why are you throwing out random memes about "Wolfowitz Doctrine" like they're bingo numbers? Have you also read Aleksandr Dugin's The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia from 1997? The ultra-nationalist and authoritarian ideology based on his idea of neo-Eurasianism which requires confronting the West, even if the West does not want war.
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  32.  @BratBugarin  If Russians are patriotic, why did so many leave during partial mobilisation?
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  33.  @r.s.4174  Germany is not deindustrialised. They're the third largest exporter in the world. China's ghost cities and tofu dreg construction is failing.
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  34.  @johnadam2885  The US is only spending 5% of their defence budget, so they can afford Ukraine. You should look at the actual numbers, not just your feelings.
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  35.  @jesan733  The Mountain Pass Mine in California supplied most of the worldwide rare-earth metals from 1965 to 1995. It turns on and off depending on whether investors get an immediate return on investment. The reason why China is providing the rare earth minerals now is because the Chinese government pays to keep their mines running. It's also cheaper when Chinese companies don't have to pay to clean up the highly toxic mining processes.
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  36.  @strapamotortoit  The Soviet Union accepted $11 billion in aid from US Lend-Lease, so how are they different from Ukraine?
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  37.  @ОнуфрийНечепуренко  the GDP of modern economies is not strictly services. Which would have a greater impact on the world if the US stopped its agricultural exports or stopped online pornography?
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  38. Claiming the Ukranians have a magic stealth drone from the Soviet era that can go hundreds of miles through Russia is Ghost of Kiev levels of theorycrafting all over again. It's simpler that the FSB attacked their own Russian bases to push the image as Ukrainians as out of control aggressors to increase support for the war by Russians (just like Putin did to increase support for the Second Chechen War when the FSB planted bombs in Ryazan and 3 other cities).
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  39.  @PeterPete  Yes, I want to deny that. The Russians are doing poorly compared with what their numbers on paper would suggest. Have you forgotten the 40 mile stalled convoy?
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  40.  @PeterPete  It's rough for Ukrainian soldiers in Avdiivka. Because war is always rough on anyone involved it. I doubt you would be able to handle it. Do you always surrender so easily?
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  41.  @qinby1182  Stop cherrypicking to spin a pro-Russia narrative. Most Western countries have debt below 80%. The ruble is no longer a convertible currency. Russian debt is growing every month the "special military operation" continues. The extreme capital restrictions from Russian Central Bank means you can't take your money out of the country and interest rates hovering around 20% are not sustainable in the long term.
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  42.  @qinby1182  Russia and Ukraine are at war, even if Russia insists on calling it a "special military operation". You can have a war and still sell pipeline gas. It's possible to say Russia invaded Ukraine because they wouldn't have to pay pipeline transit fees to Ukraine if it were conquered.
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  43.  @altaimountain  If you can't bother to spell "you" correctly, why should anyone trust you aren't being lazy with other details?
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  44.  @johnhildenbrand2642  Those "gargantuan sums" amount to less than 5% of the US Defense budget. Sending 30 year old tanks to Ukraine saves money because it's cheaper to ship old tanks and missles than it costs to decommission them. Nearly all that money "spent on Ukraine" is actually money spent in the US in American factories to refill American stockpiles with newer 21st Century equipment to replace 30 year old stuff sent to Ukraine. New tanks creates new jobs for Americans.
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  45.  @MaximumEfficiency  No, they work for the Heritage Foundation. Their Project 2025 is the new BlackRock.
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  46.  @ericp1139  Ukraine's allies are not broke. The US is only spending 5% of its defense budget on Ukraine aid. Germany is the 3rd largest economy in the world. The EU without the US is still 16 times large economy than Russia. Ukraine has been inside Russia in Kursk region for two months now. If Russia can't even control its own land inside its country, maybe it's Russia that is slowing down and losing momentum?
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  47.  @cameronspence4977  "neither side is technologically advanced enough to use them" is total bullshit. You don't need to be technologically advanced to use combined arms tactics.
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  48.  @romailto9299  Having nukes isn't better. Nukes didn't help the US win in Afghanistan, or the Soviets in Afghanistan during the 80s.
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  49.  @nikolaypetrov9789  where's the modern weapons? Where's the T-14 Armata? Where's the Su-57? Where's the combat ready force if it's relying on North Korea to supply it? They replaced General Armageddon with Gerasimov. That's a step backward.
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  50.  @hegulikekuli  Those NATO countries are actually OBLIGED by Article 3 to spend enough on their own defence, but how many are actually spending their 2% of GDP on defence? If they want Article 5 protection, they need to uphold Article 3 expenditures.
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