Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Armenia votes to join International Criminal Court, angering Russia I DW News" video.

  1. It's not up to NATO to see to it that international law is being followed. That would be the UN itself.
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  2.  @davidyolchuyev2905  Coercing the victim group to flee and preventing its return also fits the definition of ethnic cleansing. If Azerbaijan denies them re-entry, it's ethnic cleansing all right.
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  3.  @ВикторДенисов-е2л  Please tell us more about the financial transactions involved in Russia gaining ownership of the Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine. When were they transacted, between whom and what were the prices agreed upon? After all, we have all those for Alaska. Or could it be you've committed a grave inconsistency fallacy, also known as a false equivalence?
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  4.  @ВикторДенисов-е2л  Your imagination is getting the better of you. The Treaty of *Nystad concerned only parts of then-Swedish Finland and the Baltic states. As for Finland, the territories in question are within Russia's borders as we speak. How you think this somehow would render the whole of Finland Russian is beyond me. Moreover, the Treaty of Nystad marked the end of the Great Northern War, which had proved nothing short of a disaster for Sweden, squashing its imperial aspirations once and for all. Defeated and isolated, Sweden was in no position to negotiate a "business transaction" in good faith. Russia did make payment for its gains as per established custom at the time -- likewise, German states had paid Sweden for regaining their own territories despite the fact that Sweden could no longer hold them. History sure is fun. We're discussing the end of the long-gone Swedish empire, but we're witnessing -- live -- the death throes of the ever-declining Russian empire. History in the making, in other words. Yet you're harbouring delusions of resurrecting it to its former glory. Not only are you delusional, but also, you're a walking anachronism.
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  5. Now there are not 123, but 124 countries with a warrant out for Putler's arrest.
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  6.  @dogzdigital  You're confused. Armenia got into bed with Russia and now it's very publicly rueing the decision.
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  7.  @felipe-vibor  Israel has fought many proxy wars against Russia, dum-dum. And if Russia were to attack Israel, like it has attacked Ukraine, you can bet your bottom dollar that Israel would resist. If there's a lesson here it's that Russia has grossly overestimated its military prowess and the capability of its weapons. In view of that, Israel not a country Russia wants to tangle with.
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  8.  @Ha15679  Cause and consequence elude you.
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  9.  @germanshepherd4521  Here's a little more education that you've apparently overlooked: "In 2013, the chief commander of 102nd military base Andrey Ruzinsky [in Gyumri, Armenia] said in an interview that "If Azerbaijan decides to restore jurisdiction over Nagorno-Karabakh by force the [Russian] military base may join in the armed conflict in accordance with the Russian Federation’s obligations within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).""
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