Comments by "William Davis" (@williamdavis9562) on "Good Times Bad Times" channel.

  1.  @G_N_A_N  It's trash because the people always use economy as the reason to bash Turkey are comparing to the highest income economies of the world. Compared to them yes it's trash. But I'd imagine Turkey is headed in the right direction and will probably pass up many legacy brand nations which are all decaying. There is a reason why hundreds and thousands of westerners with enough money are moving to the coast of Turkey.
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  2.  @Captain-F-g7x  No nation will simply say we want peace and not use force (if they are in a position to do so) to push their interests forward. Humans are humans. We were like this 10,000 years ago we're like this today and we'll be like this for a very long time.
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  3.  @orbit1894  Is he really? Or is it just a bunch of cheap rhetoric which would completely crumble if put under a microscope?
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  4.  @imperator791  Most people don't seem to understand the geography part of this equation. Hell even the Armenian government seems to overlook this with the hopes that the EU will step in and help them. Russia is the only game in town for them.
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  5. I'm fairly sure there are no middle eastern nations which would have the second largest and deadliest military force in Nato.
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  6. A hard invasion of a country on some flimsy lie which then led to the destruction of a nation not to mention the death of over 1 million civilians will generally lead to some flak. Yes Russia, SA, UAE, Iran, Turkey and Russia have been doing terrible things in the middle east, that I agree with 100%. But again it will take a lot to top what the US did in Iraq. That event changed the way the world looks at the American government, it has also changed the way we Americans ourselves look at our government.
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  7.  @nilotpolshankarison5438  I'm not a big fan of fake news outlets like BBC and CNN. As far as India transforming, I'd like to see their people and their mentality transform first. Which will take 100s of years before they learn how to interact with the rest of the world in a civilized manner.
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  8. You can't sign a ceasefire agreement when you're getting wrecked and then simply ignore what you signed. That is a dangerous thing to do for any nation. The only nation I can think of which constantly does this and gets away with it is Israel. They are the outlier obviously, for most nations a heavy price is paid if you continually sign such things and ignore them.
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  9.  @gjc1  So your entire argument is that anything you disagree with is spurious? That is one hell of an argument lol
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  10.  @mikeny5020  Considering their policies it feels like they're going to destabilize that entire region.
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  11.  @necesitoMuchodiNero  Why not? Because it wouldn't make any sense for them to do so. What they'd get in return in relation to the resources they'd have to throw at it simply doesn't add up. You can't be a world superpower if you don't have an extremely large blue water Navy. Turkish defense spending isn't even interested in spending on a blue water Navy. They're building their Navy for the Med Sea. Which they obviously want to dominate the East Med. This notion of super power is ridiculous. In fact when the USA falters in their super power status, I'm not sure any nation will take up that status. Super powers are rare in human history and will probably continue to be. We'll see a lot of extremely powerful regional powers, which Turkey can obviously achieve.
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  12.  @lou6749  Not sure how that has anything to do with the point I just made.
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  13.  @jacobjonm0511  It seems you got your wish bro. The being a donkey part.
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  14.  @jacobjonm0511  Let me take a wild guess. Anyone who doesn't agree with your insane views must be from ethnic group X right? The level of cognitive dissonance is quite strong ha? lol
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  15.  @nazeemsultan123  Their gas finds will help them but the amounts they found won't be a game changer. I'd imagine they're going to continue searching, if they hit a big pocket of gas however it will change the power balances of that entire region.
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  16.  @argosime  Actually they burned through Qatar's forex reserves lol
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  17. @Zionismisterrorism8716. Russia is obviously in a tough spot and it is busy. But to claim it completely lost power is a tad bit of a stretch. They still have more than enough to scare nations like Georgia. If Georgia tried to take back the enclaves in the north, they'd get wrecked. Nor would they get much support from the west as it wouldn't be as easy to funnel weapons in there like it is with Ukraine due to the geography. Georgia isn't stupid, in fact most the nations in that region are quite aware of what they can and can't get away with. Well except Armenia which seems like a batsh!t crazy country.
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  18. @Rui Correia, I doubt this dude they call Mustafa Kemal could have imagined that Europe would descend into the Soviet Union 2.0. Europe's ideas? What exactly are those these days? For governments to enact policies not caring if their people want it or not? For the EU superstate wanna be to simply ignore the will of voters in nation states by holding referendums over and over until they get the desired result? Are these the ideals you're' 'referring to? I live in Turkey 6 months out of the year and trust me this country has A LOT of problems. But the last thing this country needs is to go down the road of more authoritarianism by following "Europe's ideals." I would prefer a country where the will of the people actually matters, not some cheap knockoff Orwellian state from 1984.
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  19.  @georgedevries3992  If that were enforced Nato would have like 3 members left lol
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  20.  @deprogramm  They were actually far worse. You do realize it was a military dictatorship right? They're not very good now but they're still 1000x better than what they were in the 50s. Crack open a book for god's sake lol
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  21.  @georgedevries3992  Improving? You mean like Canada and their draconian crackdown on protestors? I'm fairly sure in Hungary and Canada you don't get your assets frozen for disagreeing with the regime. The examples and the list can go on and on. Also presidents of nation's don't magically turn into dictators because a few billionaire bankers don't like their policies and have their news networks call them dictators. Both of them are populists (along with italy now) who actually are doing the bidding of their people and this is driving the globalist elites mad. I mean the idea of a leader doing what their voters actually want? Insanity right? Lets call them dictators lol
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  22.  @deprogramm  I'd imagine the same could be said of a lot of nations. Two major factors contribute to this. How beholden nations are to members of an alliance. When you're a banana republic you have no choice but to go along with anything you're told to do. Lets make no mistake, in the 1950s Turkey wasn't exactly an independent nation. Washington completely and utterly dominated their policy. Second factor being the outright fear of the Soviet Union. Aside from the Baltic states and a few other eastern European nations, it isn't as if most nations feel a threat to their existence from Russia. This really changes the equation and gives nations more flexibility and maneuverability in their foreign policy. Cheap rhetoric rarely gets to the core of an issue.
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  23.  @deprogramm  They fell into our laps because of everything you mentioned. Their utter fear of the Soviets. This then gave us an opportunity to set up shop in their nation and yes we did dominate every single aspect of their policy. Any politician we didn't like was immediately either thrown in jail or pushed aside. This was what the cold war was like, we had to do what we had to do to make sure the Soviets didn't expand. As far as the alliance, it's all in name right now. Not really much of an alliance left if you look behind the curtain. Also how much of an alliance is it really when member states are arming and funding armed groups who are blowing up schools and and hospitals in other fellow member states. Again reality is reality.
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  24. ​ @douglassantet647  Turkey and Russia have massively conflicting interests. Yet at the same time it isn't in either nation's interest to "clash." Which is why they can be fighting a bloody proxy war in one place as bitter enemies and collaborating in another. America's unreliable and unpredictable foreign policy has forced both nations to find a way to get along. It is one of the strangest relationships you'll find in international relations.
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  25. @Michael dy, That is another trope being thrown around which is completely detached from reality. Turkey is still secular, I live here 6 months out of the year and have been doing so for the past 20 years. This idea that the country is turning to Sharia laws is what people would call "fake news." There has not been on such law passed in the past 20 years. Not one.
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  26. So another hard line "musalman" will make you happier? lol
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  27.  @Aydemir18  Sure he is. Also are you aware of what the word secular means?
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  28.  @Aydemir18  Secularism is a political philosophy and a way to organize society. It isn't a description of a person. I'd imagine your schools taught you that right? People aren't secular, systems are secular.
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  29. @Jameswyre680, I'm wondering how society got so dumbed down that they'll repeat cliches they've heard even though it makes absolutely no sense. How exactly can this guy be a dictator yet at the same time also be a guy who is about to lose an election. Not to mention his party recently in the midterm elections lost and lost really bad. Think about that for a second. You actually know what the word dictator means right and how elections work? I'm no fan of this dude and hope he loses the election. But that really doesn't excuse people from saying the most ridiculous things which crumble like feta cheese when put under a microscope. "He is a dictator, he will probably lose the election." I see this a lot in the comments section. The lack of self awareness is surreal.
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  30.  @matikhorasani3842  Are you basing this off numbers, such as what percentage of the GDP comes from tourists and people escaping war torn countries? Or are you basing this off going there and seeing some tourists spend money somewhere? I'd imagine this is probably it because that is what you claimed to have based your theory on. The fact you don't even realize how ridiculous you sound is quite scary.
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  31. We had one, his name was Biden. He won. Lets go brandon.......
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  32.  @handlemonium  He is most likely going to be a lot more left wing on economic issues. Probably going to want less privatization and more government control over industry. (Which I'm not completely against on principle but I doubt it would work in a highly corrupt country like Turkey) And just about as authoritarian as Erdogan on social issues. The thing in Turkey is, there are no liberals. Everyone wants to smash their enemies via the power of the state lol
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  33.  @newwonderer they had a very high standard of living before they were bombed into the Stone Age for no reason
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  34.  @Muhammad_Ahmad_  it wasn’t a nato operation. Most nato states were against it. It was a French operation. France was too weak to get it done so the begged the Americans to do it for them
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  35.  @live_free_or_perish  Is that why their population in certain countries is exploding? Because they're being killed? I really wish you would stop with orientalism of speaking for these people. I'm no fan of the cultural marxism of the left but this is one instance where white privilege is actually real. People like you thinking you can speak for millions of others based on your own perception of their reality
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  36.  @chaosXP3RT  They're in the news quite often.
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  37. Not that it makes the situation any better but technically the United States only recognized the PKK as a terror organization and not the YPG. It's this technicality they use to be legally able to work with the YPG. They call it rebranding. It doesn't make it right but don't spread false information like the United States branding the YPG a terror group. That is flat out false.
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  38.  @Karakulak1071  so then you agree with me that your original statement was false?
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  39. @Maurvir3197. You're right about France and Germany. The fact they're trying to enter these talks are ridiculous, they don't have the ability to force any sort of outcome on either party. No full peace treaty between these two nations will hold weight unless Russia, Turkey and Iran are also party to the deal. All are close enough to project power into that region and have interests there. Also the Azeris don't need to negotiate a trade corridor. It has already been negotiated, it is part of the 2020 ceasefire agreement Armenia and Azerbaijan signed in 2020.
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  40.  @melanieenmats  Do you have any sort of evidence that without voters from Europe he wouldn't win the election? Also if those people are Turkish citizens and they're voting, it means that country believes all it's citizens should have a right to vote, it would be very insane and undemocratic for you to decide for them which of their citizens can and can't vote. I've lived overseas for a short stint and voted in the American elections, the elections or my choice in them should not be in question because it is my right to vote in my nation's elections even if I am overseas. You can throw out terms like white knight or anything but your critique is nowhere near rational. In fact it feels like you have a sort of god complex where you feel it's up for you to decide what group A does or doesn't do. Reality>Your emotions. Your talking points make absolutely zero sense when broken down with reason and logic. Your emotional appeals about white knighting and what not won't change this fact.
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  41.  @Polo-rn8ly  People in the west completely underestimate how far we've pushed them, the extent of the lack of trust they have for the west and their resentment for how they've been treated. If the sh!t really hit the fan, I'm not sure Turkey would lift a finger if they were in a position not to.
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  42.  @notmyself2533  I see you're not a fan of people voting to choose their leaders. Based on things like the religion of the leader or perhaps their ethnicity as well. I remember some German dudes from the 1940s having this same type of philosophy.
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  43.  @Cdkmedia  Seems like my comment triggered you. Why is it that the most piss ant nations seem to have the most nationalist people. Screaming how powerful they are. "Greece is by no means weak." Seriously bro? It's a small banana republic ruled by foreigners.
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  44. @lggxzy. The Azeris offered them very favorable terms in the early 2000s. They'd keep Karabakh and then like another 40% of 7 other regions they occupied. They refused it like idiots.
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  45.  @TheSilentpigs100  You might want to go read up on what was actually being negotiated all those yeras.
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  46.  @yyu7777  Except Armenia was the side which rejected the deal these guys are talking about.
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  47.  @cmatthew2719  Yes but the UN doesn't allow for brutally ethnically cleansing 850,00 civilians after illegally invading another nation's internationally recognized territory. That is essentially the action you're doing intellectual backflips to defend here.
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  48.  @josipag2185  Did you show the same concept with Armenia illegally invaded Azerbaijan in the 1990s and brutally ethnically cleansed 800,000 civilians? Or was that just "cool" in your book? You're lucky the Azeris don't think like you do and didn't treat the Armenians "the same" as the Armenians treated them. Also it is irrelevant to drag Iran into this, considering Armenia is taking steps to try to get closer to Nato, Iran is going to dump Armenia.
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  49.  @josipag2185  I fail to understand your logic. You seem okay with murdering people and forcibly removing them. but you have a problem with a conflict in which barely any civilians were killed? Are you saying that mass slaughtering civilians is better than not slaughtering them? Is that your argument?
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  50.  @LuisAldamiz  The problem is more so Armenia tried to keep an unsustainable illegal occupation going against a much stronger foe.
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