Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "DW News" channel.

  1. @HealthExposedUK Which part of "representative democracy" don't you understand? Referendums are organised when the opinion of the electorate is sought on a matter of great importance. That happened in the UK with Brexit, right? Myself, I voted in a referendum about joining the EU. Parliament acted in accordance.
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  2. Orban's and Poland's relationship had already soured over Ukraine.
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  3. You're the type that can't walk and chew gum at the same time, right?
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  4. A Singaporean developer will snap it up. It won't go unfinished for long.
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  5. One of those volumes speaks against India deserving a permanent seat on the UNSC. India has a wet noodle for a backbone.
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  6.  @krollpeter  But in a way, Xi is digging his own grave. Directly or indirectly, he's ruining world-class Chinese companies, who'd do much better without interference from the CCP. There would be no Huaweis and Tiktoks getting the boot in the West. I bet the newly-affluent Chinese, who've tasted international success and yearn for more, are growing uneasy with Xi driving away their customers, one by one. China's social contract is unraveling.
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  7.  @catbertevil750  High on drugs? Clichés won't cut it if you want to insult me. Chinese law requires even publicly-traded corporations to form party committees and have CCP members on their board of directors or in their executive team. We also know how the likes of Jack Ma go missing when they don't toe the party line. What was so wise about Fosun paying extra for a distribution agreement that covers Taiwan, a market they can't touch? Financially, it makes no sense whatsoever, so it must be political. You apparently know zilch about commercial agreements. There is no international law that forced BioNTech to lump Taiwan together with China. The poor sods just didn't realise their mistake when signing. Fosun's political commissar must've broken out the champagne in anticipation of a promotion to the higher echelons of the CCP.
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  8.  @davidnoelfranks1124  General Winter favours troops that are well supplied. The Russians' supply problems are endemic.
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  9. Other states should follow suit.
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  10.  @24hours24kynta  Neither China nor India elected to come to Russia's support at the UN. But they're with Putin all right, when cheap Russian resources are up for grabs. China and India can dictate the prices, and Russia just has to grin and bear it. Oh, the irony. Putin wanted to recolonise Ukraine, but turned Russia into a neo-colony, with respect to China in particular.
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  11.  @maddoo23  OK, wumao.
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  12.  @oppenzhumer  The Mickey Mouse Club has to approve as well.
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  13. Coalition governments, which are considered the norm in top democracies, must be news to you.
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  14.  @user-bi4nm5zp7f  OK, conspiracy theorist. You've had your daily fix.
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  15. You're right. The loss of exports to Russia hardly matters.
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  16. Remember, RT is your safe space & echo chamber.
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  17.  @viralkenyan6249  Shadow boxing with a pretend adversary is heroic now? No-one's respecting Russia right now -- or otherwise. Russia is an international pariah. The UN couldn't have been clearer on the matter.
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  18. Go directly to your safe space. Do not pass go, do not collect real information.
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  19.  @palar4195  Now you're just being silly. The border wall will cover a short stretch, and it serves to discourage Russia from using asylum seekers as a weapon, like Belarus did against Poland and Lithuania. Don't thumb up your own comments. It's seedy.
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  20.  @strongfoot2009  Kissinger may be old and frail, but his self-confidence isn't fragile, unlike yours.
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  21.  @TheRealBillBob  So, in Ukraine, 3 days became 590 days and counting. If Russia's estimate for "swallowing" Latvia is 2 days as you say, in reality we'd be looking at 393 days and counting. Since Latvia is in NATO and NATO is obliged to come to Latvia's aid, you'd think NATO's overwhelming reinforcements would make it to Latvia in far less time. In fact, I think that on day 393, NATO would be mopping up after the conclusive Battle of Vladivostok.
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  22. It is rather intriguing that one of the last vestiges of British colonialism is right next door to Britain. Oh well, nothing Brexit won't solve.
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  23. Shouldn't you be addressing Putin? You're blaming the victim.
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  24. Why? Germany has a rather restrictive and responsible policy with regard to sales of military equipment. Uniquely, half goes to EU, NATO and NATO-equivalent countries (Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Switzerland). I don't think you're going to bag a Pulitzer Prize with this one.
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  25. She took out a personal loan from the EU, too. Now she's complaining about having to pay it back.
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  26. OK, Putin fanboy.
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  27.  @springbloom5940  Hey, don't bite the hand that feeds you! Prigozhin, who said as much, is ultimately your employer at your Saint Petersburg troll factory. It's not just about your continued employment, but Prigozhin has a violent demeanour, too. He thinks sledgehammers are instrumental in conflict resolution.
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  28.  @ЯБезымянный-о5ф  Easy. The UN General Assembly. The UNGA condemned Russian aggression against Ukraine in no uncertain terms, calling for an immediate and complete withdrawal. Educate yourself.
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  29. The Brits have effectively rolled out the red carpet for illegals. The French aren't as accommodating.
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  30.  @serglet8236  Nonsense. The tsars, during whose reign the Russian Empire was formed, were insistent on Russia being recognised as a colonial power right alongside the other colonial powers of the time. Not only that, Russia employed some of the most gruesome methods to subdue the local populations -- even genocide. In the colonial age, there was no "West" as we know it now. Most of what are now considered Western countries didn't engage in colonialism. In fact, some were subjected to it themselves.
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  31. NATO's Article 5 implies that defending the Baltic States is not a matter of belief. NATO is duty-bound to defend them, just like any other member that is subjected to an attack. If you're not sure, you should start making your exit from NATO.
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  32. Not only that, Putin practically killed off his anti-NATO competitor, the CSTO, by flouting its Article 4, the collective defence clause, and leaving Armenia high and dry. Putin is a gift that keeps on giving.
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  33. So, you still believe in fairy tales?
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  34. @@ummerrahh The energy foible that's still dragging Germany's economy down is a temporary setback. In fact, it makes Germany speed up its progress towards a carbon-free future. But no worries, if you enjoy watching economies tank, there's always Russia. Unlike Germany, it won't disappoint.
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  35. GMLRS means one rocket, one hit. Russian MLRS means hundreds of rockets, one hit. Maybe.
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  36. It didn't occur to you that Putin could stop the war overnight? Odd, that.
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  37. @MSD Group If you're going to spam the same comment all over the place, you should ask one of the translators at your troll factory to proof-read it first.
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  38. I know what CCP apologists like you do. No lengthy explanations needed.
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  39.  @abijitguptatrading  You should really try to kick this blame game habit of yours. It's not doing you any favours. Whenever you're faced with a mirror moment, you blame "the West". You'll draw the wrong conclusions and fail to better yourselves.
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  40. Priceless.
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  41.  @iamhardwell2844  If the separatists wanted freedom they'd bet on Ukraine. Russia is a sure bet on dictatorship.
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  42. Don't you think Russia would veto such a move?
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  43.  @Arch497  Don't be silly. The Vietnam People's Air Force operated the MiG-17, MiG-19 and MiG-21 during the Vietnam War. And with some measure of success, too.
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  44. Dictators find solace in like-minded company.
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  45.  @JohnSmith-ux3tt  You think Trump a diplomat? He doesn't know the meaning of the word. Last time, he fired all the US ambassadors and kept forgetting to appoint new ones.
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  46. @Clec Torres It's not colonisation; it's decolonisation. And besides, NI voted to stay in the EU.
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  47. So are you saying that India is like a house of cards? If foreign media blow at it, it will come tumbling down? You need to work on your national ego.
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  48.  @hydrohasspoken6227  A Ukrainian will think no price is too steep, while a Russian mother will wonder what exactly was gained when she's handed an urn with the ashes of her son.
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  49.  @TheLegendOfNiko  Every country has the government it deserves. About time the Russians think hard if they deserve better.
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  50.  @toushiqurrahman  A generation of Afghan girls got an education. Their daughters won't be so lucky.
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