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Your prediction of a direct military conflict between the UAE and Turkey is quite ridiculous. The UAE will continue to poke Turkey in the eye as long as it feels it is protected by the United States. Once the UAE feels that protection is waning, they will simply bribe Turkey to leave them alone. The gulf in military strength between these two nations is far too great for the UAE to take any chances of it happening.
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@Moris this is true however I think the Qatari government is well aware that if hostilities ever erupted, the United States would side with Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Bringing in Turkish military bases in Qatar was basically a way to hedge all their best and plan for every possible outcome. It was in a way a stroke of genius on the part of the Qatari strategic thinkers. For Saudi Arabia and the UAE to make a physical move on Qatar they'd basically have to convince both Turkey and the United States to walk away. No easy task convincing both. Which basically means Qatar is safe.
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@gizlihesap1567 Lets assume the United States or any other superpower didn't exist. You know what the middle east would look like? Not much different, it would be run by different despots who abuse their people. You really going to blame the Arabs nature to oppress each other on others? Be realistic Mr. Hidden Bill.
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@MinoanGR, the Greeks capturing Constantinople would be an amazing military achievement. An achievement on par with Haiti occupying Washington D.C.
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Qatar has a small population which in the end is very comfortable and highly unlikely to start a revolution against the monarchy. Saudi Arabia however has been a revolution waiting to happen since it's inception. Context matters.
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@gerassimos.fourlanos If you're all about self determination you believe Northern Cyprus should be recognized as a nation? Or are you a hypocrite that throws out catch phrases you really don't believe in?
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@AntiquityCar. That reflex in the Arab world over Turkish influence is basically a trope that is confined to the autocrats ruling those countries. Your average Arab I'd imagine looks at Turkey and thinks "if they can pick their own leaders there, I think we can make this happen here." This is what terrifies the kings and dictators of this region.
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@kubilaykara3167 I'd imagine the Turkish economy does suffer as you said from horrible policy from government officials but lets be more realistic. I've spent enough time in Turkey to know that the vast majority of people doing business in that country are themselves corrupt to the bone. It quite simply hurts efficiency and productivity to have a population that naturally corrupt. I'd have to deal with 1000 Turkish businessmen to come across one who isn't corrupt. If you extrapolate such things into a wider economy it starts to make sense why the markets there are so fragile.
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@kubilaykara3167 In general terms if you have a corrupt population you tend to have corrupt leaders. I don't think party X or party Y being in charge has anything to do with any of that. This country has had massive corruption issues when centrist parties were in charge, when right wing governments were in charge, when left wing governments were in charge and when the army was in charge, when secularists were in charge and when islamists were in charge.
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@kubilaykara3167 The leaders of a nation aren't from mars. Again if the people are corrupt and their leaders come from the people, their leaders will be corrupt. I'm not sure I've met many people from Turkey who weren't corrupt. Even the language used lends itself to how people feel about corrupt characters, they tend to glorify it. They call them "tuttugunu kopartan" as a compliment. Don't forget this is coming from a person who actually likes your country. But it is good to tell the truth about it as well.
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@DarkAngel-pt1cq This idea people are throwing around that Turkey is going to beg for a 10 billion dollar investment is nothing short of ridiculous fantasy. Reality is the UAE got nervous about American protection and basically went to Turkey with hat in hand saying "can we please be friends now."
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@kubilaykara3167 People do support political parties like sports fans, I agree with this 100%. But that isn't what is causing the corruption. A corruption society begets corrupt leaders. This is what causes the corruption. Riza who owns the bakkal down the street is just as corrupt as government officials. The difference is he doesn't have as many opportunities to be as corrupt on the scale they do.
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@Janus Jones, wanting to forge between relations with people who (in their opinion) have something in common doesn't sound very "misguided" to me. You and I can make arguments that they do or don't share XYZ but in the end I don't think that's up to us to decide. If these groups of people want closer and warmer relations, more power to them. Us telling 4 guys who want to be friends, screaming at them saying "you have nothing in common" would make us look like the lunatics no? And yes, in a way I basically just called out your insanity.
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@torelloBank Yes but they aren't genetically damaged from 1000s of years of inbreeding. They're also not likely to starve to death once the world gets off oil.
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@prajodcp7145 Turkey isn't Iran or an Arab nation. Their leaders don't get "toppled" they lose elections and a new guy comes in. I'd imagine the voters of that country will decide who will and won't serve as their leaders. With that said Erdogan will probably lose the next election, his economic policies of late have really hurt the middle and lower classes. But your use of the word "topple" really shows where your head is at and what type of backward society you come from.
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I don't think anyone is insane enough to invade Vietnam. With that said though it doesn't mean that China wouldn't be willing to fight a naval battle with them to control the seas.
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@xmyvibex Biden pivoting to Asia and then pulling out of Afghanistan scared the living daylights out of the UAE. They simply do not have the ability to defend themselves. Poking the largest and most powerful military in your region at a time America might leave you high and dry is a dangerous situation for the UAE. This was basically a bribe and to use a wait and see attitude about American foreign policy. I don't think it will work though, if America ever does fully leave the region and leaves it to it's own vices, I don't foresee Turkey not holding a grudge against the UAE. They'll have to spend a lot more than 10 billion to erase that level of anger.
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I'd imagine the will of the people to be better than a tyrant. I could however be wrong considering I don't live in any of these nations. But from my worldview I think any group of people deserves to elect their own leaders rather than have one imposed on them. Regardless of what we in the west might or might not think about their choices.
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@gizlihesap1567 Did Saddam also work really hard so he can be killed? Was it all part of his master plan? lol
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@monarch8480 Yea Gryos has nothing to do with lamb like hamburgers have nothing to do with beef. Well played Chris, well played.
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@Christoforos, I don't think England running around the world taking things from third world nations and brutalizing them while claiming Islands half way across the world might not be the best example of how to behave. Just sayin....
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@karankapoor2701 Regardless of what we believe Morsi is or isn't doesn't change the fact the majority of voters in that country voted for him. I can't ever imagine a foreign power coming to my country here in the United States and telling us our elected leader can't be in charge because of x,y and Z. It's insanity. I don't need to know anything about Egyptian politics to know that the Egyptian people should be respected enough to pick their own leaders.
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The video was about the two sunni blocks. Talking about Iran would make this a much different and MUCH longer video.
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@vs1279 Nice rhetoric and like I said you're more than welcome to go after what ever foreign policy you wish. My point is simple, don't go picking fights with neighbors while expecting everyone else to jump in on your behalf. If you want to antagonize your neighbors to a point a war will break out, great.... Go fight that war yourselves, have a grand ol time. Just don't expect everyone else to send their hard earned tax dollars and young men for your adventures. What part of this triggers you?
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@yoga Tonga, you're the first person I've ever seen call him Erdoganishvili. It's quite genius, with your permission I'd like to use that lol In the end the dude is an ethnic Georgian, that kind should be his name
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@zhufortheimpaler4041 Turkey doesn't have tiny islands off the coast of Bulgaria and Georgia which it then uses the 12 mile territorial rule and try to landlock those nations. Your analogy is highly flawed. Find a better one.
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@Ronin Dude, a larger and more consolidated Turkic world would be more difficult to contain than Iran. Secondly America is already poking Russia in the eye by messing around it's western borders. Also walking directly into their backyard (the Caucasus) would ignite a massive response from the Russians. These things get rather complex. America won't directly put their finger into the Armenian Azeri conflict. It's almost as if it's a gentleman's agreement with Russia.
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@Konstantinos, where were all nationalistic hard fighting Greeks like you when Cyprus was invaded?
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@binabdoh6436 I'd imagine those who benefit from that corrupt regime would love them. I'd imagine those who dont' benefit would be scared to speak up. So yes, in a way what you say makes sense. Unfortunately it doesn't make any headway in dispelling my earlier point.
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@Joe Curran Qatar doesn't have to be a democracy to funnel billions of dollars into democratic movements because it suits their interests to do so. You are correct that this video used some pretty broad brushes which gave off the wrong impression. But again in issues this complex it would be impossible to be precise in such a short video.
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@Cory Forbes, following Turkish politics I'm not entirely convinced much would change on that front. A nation's geo strategic realities are their geo strategic realities. Those realities don't go away after an election.
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Yea that part of this video was rather strange to hear.
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@gerassimos.fourlanos I'd gander a guess that you're from somewhere in eastern Europe as your emotions don't allow you to see the difference between a question and a "personal attack." I'm hoping English is your second language, if not, it's fairly obvious it isn't possible to reason with you. Especially not when you have a melt down over being asked a simple question.
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@konstantinosvoultsopoulos8763 Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound?
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This idea that most EU nations are well functioning democracies with protections for freedom of expression is a joke. It's mostly a collection of states with rising authoritarianism tendencies.
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@B Nizzle, Putting forth an aggressive foreign policy on the basis of another nation helping you incase something goes south is a very dangerous foreign policy. What happens if Turkey reacts and nations like America and Germany decide not to intervene, then what? Cyprus all over again?
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@Dat Tax Pony, That isn't how it works. I don't think the essence of the treaty was made to cover building military bases in hotspots and then pretending your nation got attacked because said base was attacked. I'd imagine only America could galvanize Nato under such circumstances. Secondly If Saudi Arabia invaded Qatar the last thing they'd do would be to attack American or Turkish bases. Not to mention that even if Turkey weren't in Nato, their presence there is enough to deter the Saudis and the UAE. Both those nations are rich while Turkey is relatively poor, but the gulf in military prowess is just as steep in Turkey's favor. So no, Nato won't get involved and article 5 won't be in play. But it doesn't matter because taking on Turkey without Nato is enough to deter the Saudis.
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A 10 billion dollar investment from the UAE is too small a sum to call it a savior. I don't think you realize how large the Turkish economy is and what a small dent 10 billion dollars makes in it. Turkey has real economic issues it must confront and a measly 10 billion dollars won't solve it. For the UAE's part, watching Biden pull out of Afghanistan and then shift his focus to Asia sacred the living hell out of them. They're basically trying to bribe Turkey to hit not them hard once America fully disengages from the middle east. I'm not sure it will work though because the hostilities between these two sides run rather deep, especially considering the amount of money and effort the UAE used at every turn to try to trip Turkey up. We'll see how this plays out. I think Turkey will milk the UAE for as much as they can while the Turkish economy recovers and once fully recovered they're going to hurt the UAE pretty bad in the next 20 years.
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@VS, Greece as a nation state can be as aggressive as she wants against her neighbor, this is her right to do so. But what you can't do is pretend to be the innocent one here. Greece is using islands the size of my backyard to block a huge nation out of an entire body of water, a body of water on which they happen to have the largest continental shoreline. Again, Greece is more than welcome to do as she pleases with her neighbors but don't do that and then run around claiming you want peace. You're trying to push them into a corner, they will react. Dont' expect the rest of the world to be shocked when they do and when they do, I hope your leaders are smart enough to be prepared to deal with it.
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@kasadam85 My family has been in the United States for a few generations now but we're originally from the North Caucasus. My great grandfather and his brothers came here to escape communism.
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@kasadam85 Georgia is in the South Caucasus, so no I'm not Georgian.
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@lb3843 Turkey's central Asian admixture is less than 15% even though they'll tell you it's over 80%. Also as far as Erdogan being a good or bad president for people in Turkey, I'd imagine that is for them and their voters to decide, not us.
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@prajodcp7145 Again, leaders in such nations aren't "toppled" Also if they were as good at election fraud as you claim they are, why exactly did their ruling party lose the all important midterm elections not too long ago? What they decided they were tired of cheating? lol Logic bro, logic. I know it's a hard thing to grasp for genetically damaged inbreds.
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@Xk11, So you're saying you're like the Native American Indians in America or the aboriginal tribes in Australia. I'm not sure it ended too well for them.
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@Sylvain Duret, In international politics nations generally side with the side which will win. It's kind of how it's been and will always be. Nations like France will stand with Greece until it is no longer in their interests to do so, then Greece will be fed to the wolves as per usual.
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@obabas80 I don't think Greece will be "falling" anytime soon. More so a bloody nose.
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@saman335 And they are now ruled by their former servants. I can't imagine they're happy about it lol
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@saman335 Except everything I said was absolutely based on fact.
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@Qrsx66, Armenia wouldn't be able to afford one fighter jet, how exactly is that going to help Greece?
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@giorgosx5838 So true, I've always wondered why Greeks in the 1960s and early 1970s were so proud and excited at the prospect of ethnically cleansing a small minority group on Cyprus.
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@giorgosx5838 Although their real reason for invading the island probably wasn't simply to protect a minority on the island, you have to admit Greek Cypriots trying to go full Hitler mode and ethnically cleansing an entire minority group off the island surely gave them the pretext to do so no? I'd imagine back then they were also under this false illusion they can do anything they want and large powers would protect them, as we now know how wrong they were. I have a feeling this maritime dispute will eventually end the same way. It's surreal how a nation can continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. Einstein's definition of insanity at it's finest.
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@giorgosx5838 Funny in that entire wall of emotional text no one will fully read I'd imagine you completely left out the fact that a massive Hitler style ethnic cleansing campaign was afoot in Cyprus. A majority group trying to exterminate a smaller minority group. Not exactly a good look, especially not when you're writing walls of text defending said massacres and ethnic cleansing. Not cool man.
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@giorgosx5838 Yes 3 genocides do ring a bell. Which is exactly why you won't see me in a youtube comments section trying to glorify actions which led to the slaughter of innocent people. Something you're doing right now. You need to take a long long look in the mirror friend and ask yourself what kind of human being you are.
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@Bernd Turkey is already at war with the Kurds in Syria and Iraq. How is your master plan coming along? lol
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@Evilkabuki, like they fought in Cyprus?
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@Iris and you forgot to mention these sanctions were being pushed by Greece and were rejected by the EU. Meaning they never came into force because too many EU nations disagreed with them. Funny how people leave out those "pesky facts."
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@Tsubadai Khan. 1. I don't think these officers have too much contact with the Qataris. 2. When they do have contact, I'd imagine they wouldn't treat people protecting them like they would with a Pakistani guest worker. My guess is a lot of butt kissing, which probably confuses the Turkish soldiers because that master and servant dynamic doesn't really exist in their culture.
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@johnloughner6572 I'd imagine they would love to be doing what you're claiming they're doing. Unfortunately if you look at a simple map of Syria, you'll see the areas the Turkish military entered has no oil deposits. Hard to make oil magically appear where it doesn't exist, let a lone getting "a shit load" of cash from said non existent oil.
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@nickntounis6780 I find it odd that you're bragging about the one thing that is keeping your nation from expanding it's economy. You do realize it's that "powerful currency" you're using which makes your nation unable to export which means it can't produce. Oh the irony that you'd be bragging about that. Drop out of the Euro and use your own devalued currency and produce your way out of this mess.
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Until the 1900s a regional hegemon has always risen to rule that region. I'd imagine given enough time history will repeat itself, especially when oil becomes irrelevant and major global powers have zero interest in that region. Turkey and Iran will probably fight over which of them will control that entire region.
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@Fightclub, I don't think one needs to be a war expert to know how this conflict would turn out.
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@Tormund Gaint, so true. Italy is a second rate power but to their credit they understand this and act according to their role. France on the other hand is a waning second rate power yet still prance around acting like a first rate power. It's quite odd.
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Was he stressed out about the fact German tax payers had been robbed to pay for all those flights he was taking?
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Actually Anatolia was inhabited by indigenous Anatolian tribes like the Hittites and other various ethnic groups. They were then invaded, conquered and assimilated by Greeks. Then the Turks came, invaded, conquered and assimilated them. According to your logic it's okay to invade, conquer and assimilate people if you're Greek but not okay if you're Turkic? If so can you kindly explain why this is so? Do your homework before making ridiculous claims.
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@jimb8296 Oh I get it, so when the Greeks "colonized" Anatolia it was completely and utterly empty? Just like when America was discovered no one was here? Be a little realistic here Jim and stop making tall claims that no rational person will buy. So again your contention is that when group A invades, conquers and assimilates people that land is theirs. But when group B does it it's bad. You're going to have a hell of a hard to talking your way out of that one. The level of cognitive dissonance you're displaying is quite scary.
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I'd imagine groups like the Hittites and other groups would disagree with you. But it's a general theme with all invaders and conquerors, they love to make the argument that no one was there before them.
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@MinoanSitia I'm not exactly sure what Haiti recognizing Greek independence has to do with my analogy. Or do you truly believe Greece militarily capturing constantinople is something even remotely possible? If so, I have some Atlantic Ocean front property in Moscow I'd like to sell you at a very very cheap price.
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@MinoanSitia I took a shot, if you're willing to believe all the other insanity you're spouting, I figured maybe I could make you believe an Atlantic Ocean front property for sale in Moscow lol
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@MinoanSitia So let me get this straight, you're claiming that your nation is strong and you're prepared to fight your neighbors? You're well within your rights to anger your neighbor with aggressive moves and breaking treaties, if you want to do that more power to you. What you can't do is grandstand, make aggressive moves and then expect the international community to defend you when your neighbor reacts. As long as you're prepared to stand behind your own actions, you're free to do anything. But I have this sneaking suspicion that isn't exactly how this is all going to work out.
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@MinoanSitia Well that's a hell of a way to run away from a debate you can't seem to win. Call your opponent names and take off. Well played
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@Wendell MVA, it would be absolutely insane for one nation to risk their treasure and their young men because a member nation in an organization decided to use islands as a weapon against their neighbor and their neighbor reacted. Greece is well within her rights to get aggressive on her neighbor if she wishes to do so but not within her rights to drag a ton of other people into her adventures.
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@Nolwn They're playing a dangerous game, one I'd imagine they will pay a heavy price for eventually.
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@Elias Papadopoulous. The grey wolves as an organization have been non existence in that country since the 1980s. The only nationalistic party (largely a watered down version of nationalism) the MHP barely gets 10% of the vote. What in the world are you harping about? As far as Golden Dawn, if that is the type of government the people of Greece want, that is what they should have. They shouldn't use undemocratic methods like jailing their leaders or putting pressure on the party to prevent people from voting for them. You know the power bases of the nation are worried the people will vote for an ultra nationalist group or even a fascist one and therefore are forced to use undemocratic methods to prevent this.
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@gerassimos.fourlanos I asked you a simple question about self determination and you had an emotional meltdown. Now you're going to play the "I'm rational card." A bit late for that bro. Take those debate tactics to people of your region where emotional meltdowns are the norm.
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@nickchristoforou7850 That doesn't answer the question of self determination which an earlier claimed to support in theory. First learn how to follow a debate before going off on some random tangent riddled with emotional nonsense.
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@leosword7142 If I were to disguise myself, it certainly wouldn't be as a Englishman with bad teeth. Try again with your overly emotional conspiracy theories.
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@leosword7142 Sure you aren't Leo.
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@konstantinosvoultsopoulos8763 What is it with you overly emotional people and your infatuation with where a person is from relative to their views? I'll give you two guesses. I'm from a place who's job it will probably be to spend billions and bail you guys out if you piss your neighbors off so much they attack you.
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@allistaircampbell9282 How can it be "over inflated" and little at the same time? Over inflated insinuates it's bigger than it's supposed to be. Learn how to communicate properly.
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@allistaircampbell9282 You do realize nothing you're saying makes any sort of sense right?
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So according to your logic it's okay to break treaties you've signed because you've been doing it for so long you should continue to be allowed to do it? Seriously?
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Interesting list. The fact China was on the list was strange and the fact India was number 2 was quite laughable. Dude these people still defecate on the streets, they have a long way to go before they're a "feared military power"
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@jakesmall8875 The E.U. doesn't have the ability to defend itself. I don't see this changing anytime soon.
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@jakesmall8875 YOu're seriously going to compare America's industrial capacity before WW1 and WW2 to Europe's current problems? Are you serious? No that can't change fast, not for those legacy European nations.
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@Haebris, Good question. I'm not sure if China wants to see Russia crash because then all of America's attention will be shifted to China.
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@skrap5008 I have no horse in this race but I think the events were a tad bit different than you're portraying. It was more like. Turkey: Mister Papadopoulos can you please tell the Greek Cypriots to stop trying to ethnically cleanse the small minority on the island. Papadopoulos: No I don't think I will, in fact I'll pressure them to do it faster. We'll keep going till they're all dead. If you don't like it, do something about it. Turkey: Okay I'll do something about it. Papadopoulos: Oh sh!t.
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@skrap5008 So we're basically just going to ignore the insane ethnic cleansing that took place on that small island? Nice and convenient. Btw why exactly would some random alliance between two weak and poor nations in the Aegean Sea put my horse in the race?
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@spoonm1237 So basically you're saying Greece has military advantage. They can use this military advantage to push their neighbor into a corner. Okay sounds great. So you'll be okay with the entire world just leaving you two guys to come to blows without coming to your aid? If so, remember this post.
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@spoonm1237 Again you can't do what you're doing and at the same time pretend you're just simply hanging out and getting attacked. Stop being ridiculous please.
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I'm not sure it's a wise move for anyone to migrate to Sweden at this point. They've tried to join Nato, are going to get rejected and will have to deal with a hot skipping mad Russia. Not sure that is a country anyone should be keen on living in long term, it will probably become a suburb of Moscow in the next 15 years.
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Will they defend those Greek islands with the same ferocity and bravery they defended Cyprus with? lol If so, you guys are in for a long night
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@Relaxeduniverce I'm not sure how that has anything to do with my comment about Cyprus. So again you're claiming that the Greeks will fight with the same bravely and ferocity for those islands as they did on the Island of Cyprus?
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@Relaxeduniverce Sure they were, which is why there was literally zero resistance to the landings. Don't irritate your neighbors if you don't want war. Don't go to war if you're not willing to fight the war.
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@Relaxeduniverce As long as you're willing to fight it yourself, more power to you.
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@Ianmudo, I'm fairly sure the Turks would prefer no one to lift a finger to help either side and to allow the two sides to settle the issue on their own.
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