Comments by "William Davis" (@williamdavis9562) on "DW News" channel.

  1. Mo is completely and utterly right in his reasoning. The journalist tried his hardest to spin the issue, to play with words and push false narratives (this is what they're paid to do, they're professional liars) and Mo completely shut him down lol
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  2. Regardless of how you feel about the Russia/Ukriane conflict it's hard to be shocked that your average Serbian citizen is backing Russia. They're obviously going to back the nation that always backs them.
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  3. Except Egypt doesn't have a legitimate government. This dictator took power by force recently (with Washington's help) In rhetoric our leaders love to talk about democracy. Privately they aren't big fans of democracy. Especially if the democracy produces leaders they don't like.
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  4. @Ironknee6879. That my friend was a Stalin special.
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  5. @MS3300, Turkey was going to ratify Finland either way. The issue was Finland coupling their Nato bid with Sweden's. Now that Finland has come to their senses and decided to join Nato alone they won't have any issues. Sweden however, I wouldn't hold my breath. They wont' be joining anytime soon considering what they've done to the Turks.
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  6.  @Dan-zu5fd  They're not asking people and individuals of certain ethnic groups to leave. They're asking governments who are plundering their resources to leave.
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  7.  @egeaydn2794  I'd imagine the vast majority of people making statements pro Canal and anti Canal have no idea what they're talking about. The pro canal people are only pro canal because they're pro AKP. The anti canal people are only anti canal because they're anti AKP. This canal for better or worse will affect the nation far more than any short sighted political belief either side currently has. I don't know enough about the canal to know if it's a good thing or bad thing. What I do know that a project this large should be discussed with some intellectual honestly which I simply don't see. You strike me as the kind of person who would be for this canal if your "tribe" was in power.
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  8. @Tfhmobil, Because the illegal militia groups which they funded ethnically cleansed 800,000 Azeri civilians in the 1990s. I'd imagine they feel their victim will behave the same way in victory they did.
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  9.  @evanstential  These shows will never allow anyone on who forms an actual opinion on their own. Only people who are really good at reading from the pre-approved script.
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  10. Actually they're doing nothing smiliar to what the Amenians did to them in the 1990s. Armenia invades Nagarno Karabakh in the 1990s: Ethnically cleanses 800,000 civilians. Azerbaijan reinvades Nagarno Karabakh in 2020: 20 civilians die. Nothing near the same thing.
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  11.  @draganlj7782  You're basically repeating what I said. But if you read the comments section or watch the video people are shocked, which is quite ridiculous. I'm thinking you didn't read my post, or you simply didn't understand it.
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  12.  @akhagop4123  Is this your way of rationalizing illegal invasions of another nation's internationally recognized territory not to mention trying to rationalize the ethnic cleansing of over 800,000 civilians? Why are all you genocide/warcrimes/ethnic cleansing deniers all using the same exact arguments? You all go to the same seminar or something?
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  13.  @AntiNatalAtheist  Both those nations fell into troubles because they printed far too much money. Turkey isn't printing money. They're refusing to raise interest rates which is a completely different experiment. People will suffer but I'd imagine economists will be highly interested to see how this plays out.
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  14. @Hurri, Actually France has more laws which prohibit freedom of expression than every single country you mentioned combined. So what exactly are you on about?
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  15. @Mika Hamari, If Turkey were acting in Russia's wishes in their Veto for Nato, why exactly would they give the green light for Finland? From Russia's point of view they don't really care about Sweden in Nato, it's Finland joining that terrifies them because of that huge border they share. Think before typing.
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  16.  @valevisa8429  Interesting enough I used to vote more in my 20s than I do now lol
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  17. She wasn't invited by Europeans to be in a position of power either. Never won a public election, yet she is a major leader in the EU. In essence inviting herself into leadership lol
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  18. Yea sending deadly drones to blow up your military hardware makes a fantastic friend right? lol
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  19. Imagine being preached to by a known war criminal lol
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  20. @Netizen Capet, You think that regime cares about the constitution or even people's freedoms?
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  21. @Hostilerespite. No, it's all due to Sweden financing armed groups which are blowing up schools and hospitals in a Nato member state. Then trying to join Nato. Awkward situation to say the least.
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  22. @Mantas Siauciunus, what energy independence are you talking about? They switch dependence from one to another, which won't do them much good either considering they're paying sky high prices for it.
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  23.  @anneneville6255  It's both. People under estimate the cultural ties between Serbia and Russia.
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  24. @Shubham3578, Why is it in every thread I see Pakistani and Indian trolls running wild. Any video about Turkey either brings out the Pakistani troll who is like "Turkey is great India sucks. Or the Indian who is like Turkey sucks so does Pakistan." The reality is I doubt anyone in Turkey is interested in what Pakistan or India do. So relax.
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  25. @B Qinn, No they can't. Europe has been dead for a long time, people are only now starting to notice.
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  26. @Gecce5412 I fail to see what Armenia invading it's neighbor's internationally recognized territory and ethnically cleansing 800,000 civilians has to do with Turkish nationalism.
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  27.  @marybailey7881  It's gotten worse in the past decade.
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  28. Why do you want to kick Macron out?
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  29.  @jayanttidke644  Well that is quite callus. Inflation rates here in the United States are quite bad and are only going to get worse. So when the poorest in our society start to bear the brunt we're supposed to just assume we deserved it because we elected Biden into office? What about the people who didn't vote or those who voted for someone else? Do they all deserve it too? Or are you simply getting a sadistic pleasure out of watching poor people suffer?
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  30. Yup. Or are you referring to when Biden and Macron meet up?
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  31. It was hard for a nation which savagely attacked it's neighbors' internationally recognized territory, ethnically cleansed 800,000 civilians and illegally occupied said territory for over 30 years. Few nations would be okay allying with a nation like that, Russia and Iran were some of the few who didn't seem to care. necessity is the mother of invention.
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  32. @Jordan Pollard, the reason they don't do that is that it would set a legal precedent. Would you also be willing to apply the same logic to the breakaway regions in Ukraine?
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  33.  @skytron22  Consenting partnerships? Tell that to the nations who've had their governments overthrown for simply attempting to shut down US bases.
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  34.  @manan007  That is an extremely childish claim. This has a lot more to do with French behavior in Africa than it does with Russia.
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  35. Most irrational people would hate to have a friend who tells them the true instead of going with the pre-approved lie.
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  36.  @widaa911  An outspoken African who wouldn't bow to him? Probably not.
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  37.  @STBill  Being voted into office doesn't make it okay to cut interest rates when you have run away inflation. I like Turkey as a country but don't really have an opinion pro or anti Erdogan. But again cutting interest rates with run away inflation is like kicking poor people in the teeth.
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  38. It isn't going to matter, he is going to stay. That is how the leaders of the EU want it. If they got their way another few million just like him would appear on your doorstep.
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  39. Are European banks safe? HMmm let me take a stab at that. Long term? No not safe. Short term? No not safe.
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  40.  @frankthetank5708  You mean the 5% the uranium was worth? How about the other 95% that did go to France?
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  41.  ryanpatrick4920  If Turkey's economy sank 1000x worse than it is now they'd still have enough economic might to wield influence over this small impoverished part of the globe. Fact of the matter is when Russia's attention elsewhere the Caucasus is now Turkey's backyard, they pretty much call the shots there. That is the reality of it regardless of your emotions on the issue.
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  42. I'd imagine living in most places at war would be better than living in Pakistan without a war.
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  43. @Nick Panoutsas, One doesn't need to be Turkish to be against a country which did what Armenia did in the 1990s.
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  44. @Emeliosolli5773. Their reasoning for the veto is quite legitimate so I doubt it will be denied. It is hard to argue against what they're angry about. The insanity of Sweden in what they have done is mind blowing.
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  45. Don't show up to vote. Complain about the result.
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  46.  @AORD72  Get rid of the second most capable army in a military alliance? Real smart.
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  47. @Marc Hart, If only life were that simple.
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  48. @Seargantmagor, Odd you'd make a moral argument in favor of the Armenians. When anyone who looks into this issue sees an interesting compare and contrast between the two sides. 1990s; Armenia invades the region and ethnically cleanses 800,000 civilians. 2 years ago: Azerbaijan retakes the region, less than a few dozen civilians die. Interesting compare and contrast in the difference of behavior between the two sides. Just sayin.....
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  49. @Mikayelhovhannes, YOur nation legitimately invaded your neighbor's internationally recognized territory and ethnically cleansed 800,000 civilians. And you think others are "hungry colonizers" Seriously? Also Armenia is a small landlocked nation with barely any allies. If you guys don't stop making aggressive territorial claims on all your neighbors, this economic miracle you speak of will be impossible. Armenia will always be the poorest nation in that region if it doesn't learn to get along with its' neighbors.
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  50. @Wokeaf5339. Why can't France, UK and Germany integrate their immigrants? Something like 5% of Turkish citizens in America actually bothered voting in their native land's elections. See something wrong with this picture?
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  51.  @Vatnik_tschistilka  The idea of these two nations joining Nato is pure and utter insanity. That's WW3 right there.
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  52. @Yabutmaybenot.6433. The vast majority of nations on this planet do not recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization. As far as how Erdo treats Kurds, he isn't stuffing them into concentration camps like Israel does to Palestinians.
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  53.  @frankthetank5708  Really? The gold and Uranium looted from doesn't end up in France? How does it end up in their nuclear power plants then? What in the world are you talking about. Why are you ranting and raving about Greece and Romania?
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  54.  @alaincartier8919  So according to some ancient claim you think it's okay to invade your neighbor's internationally recognized territory and savagely ethnically cleanse over 800,000 civilians? Interesting logic.
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  55. @Ezekiel as terrible as this dude's economic policy is, I'd imagine having a bad elected leader who you can vote out is still 1000x better than being ruled by an unelected government that took power by force and cannot be voted out.
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  56. @Petar Simovic, They're still vetoing Sweden. Those pesky facts must be really annoying for your premise lol
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  57. @Robert Lundkvist, Finland isn't an issue, they can join immediately if they want. They're just not because they're saying they have to join together with Sweden. The problem is of Sweden financing armed groups which are blowing up schools and hospitals in a Nato member state. You can see how awkward it is to join a military alliance while at the same time helping people blow up schools and hospitals in a member state of said alliance.
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  58. @Mrnarason, Not if they continue their aggressive territorial claims on 3 out of it's 4 neighbors.
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  59. I can't believe this reporter called it a "momentous occasion." Has this guy been living under a rock? Turkey was going to give the go ahead for Finland, they've been vocal about this for more than 6 months. The issue was Finland coupling in their bid to Nato with Sweden's bid which was holding them up. Now Finland did what everyone was saying they had to do and is applying to Nato on their own and they will be approved. For Sweden it won't be so easy if even possible.
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  60. That's the idea. They essentially kill 2 birds with one stone with this move.
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  61.  @sampohonkala4195  They'll be in very soon. Nato provides extra security for Finland and Finland brings amazing strategic depth to Nato due to it's geography. All the emotional nonsense about how they wanted to walk with the Swedes no matter what was never going to last.
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  62.  @vruyrmovsisyan6259  How? Name one country which doesn't officially recognize Karabakh as part of Azeri territory.
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  63. @Ray Katout, this may seem simplistic but there is a lot of truth to this. The entire French elite and ruling class is having a hard time coming to terms France is no longer a great power.
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  64. Another round of ethnic cleansing? You referring to when the Armenians ethnically cleansed over 800,000 Azeri civilians in the 1990s? I don't think the Azeris are as brutal as the Armenians were in the 1990s.
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  65.  @furn6341  They've been there for more than 1000 years. According to your logic 80% of the world population would have to be moved.
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  66. @David Ray. Sweden trying to join Nato while at the same time financing an armed group which is attacking a Nato member is very awkward. Pointing this out isn't a "bad negotiation position either." It's simply stating the obvious. Regardless of how poor they're getting I don't think they enjoy seeing seeing their schools and hospitals blown up courtesy of Swedish funding.
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  67. The economist not only gave an answer but then topped it off with "this can't be fixed until a new government is in." So obviously the picture you're trying to draw is rather ridiculous.
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  68. Unfortunately Venezuela doesn't have a nation like Germany pouring billions of euros into their banks.
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  69.  @sferris33  They're a great fit for Nato, they actually have a functioning military unlike the entire EU. But you're right that they're no fit for the EU. But that doesn't matter at this point does it?
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  70. @Emmanuelonuoha1880. I'd imagine the Azeris agree with you. When the Armenians invaded this region in the 1990s they brutally ethnically cleansed 800,000 civilians. When Azerbaijan reinvaded in 2020 roughly 20 civilians were killed. Looks like the cycle of hatred and ethnic cleansing is over with the Azeris showing restraint. The type of restraint which wasn't shown to them in the 1990s.
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  71. @Simsil Pasic It would make sense to provide the context under which Erdogan had to flirt with Putin. It begs the question if the larger members of Nato are loyal to specific Nato members. Lets not forget the oddity of other Nato members refusing to sell Turkey air DEFENSE systems. Odd that their "allies" wouldn't sell them air defense systems and they had to purchase it from Russia. What ally would deny their ally a defensive system. Makes you wonder who was "disloyal"
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  72. I'm thinking perhaps Armenia took itself for a ride. The Azeris tried to negotiate for 30 years to get their internationally recognized territory back, Armenia had zero intention of negotiating anything. It is what it is.
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  73. @ferzy09 Yes it's an extremely strange relationship Turkey and Russia have. Some places they fight like cats and dogs other places they cooperate. Real politik at play.
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  74. All authoritarian super states must be complex. How else would they dope millions of people into it?
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  75.  @vruyrmovsisyan6259  You simply can't invade your neighbor's internationally recognized territory and ethnically cleanse over half a million civilians and expect no one to notice. And then try to rationalize this brutality and breach of international law by some subjective claim from 4000 years ago. It's insanity.
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  76.  umbrellastudio7481  Germany in one instance was directly slaughtering of civilians. This time is aiding and abetting slaughtering of civilians. Don't think this isn't something people have noticed.
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  77.  @b.benjamineriksson6030  Seems it is a bit late for that. They're more likely to send you packing in a few decades lol
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  78.  @harmless6813  You think it's more likely that someone would blow up their own pipeline which they could simply shut off? Or someone who said they were going to do it?
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  79. @SFSarkis, The Azeris offered to return the captives in exchange for Armenia giving them maps of all the mines they planed in civilian areas. The Armenians refused. Apparently the prospect of killing more innocent civilians with these mines are more important to them than getting their soldiers back. Also a group of people's freedom doesn't start where half a million people are ethnically cleansed. Try not to be so evil.
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  80. @Tim Vantarn, that isn't how Washington sees it. "Either you're dependent on us or you're against us."
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  81. @Sot11cat, If you'd bother to pay attention to what is happening in that country it's actually the other way around. Vetoing Sweden and Finland is a huge headache for the government but they have no choice because elections are coming and the people are putting intense pressure on the government to veto Sweden. It's an awkward situation considering Sweden is trying to join a collective defense alliance while at the same time financing armed groups which are blowing up hospitals and schools in the country which is part of said alliance. Needless to say they aren't happy.
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  82. @Finnstigator, this is probably why Turkey will probably lift the veto Finland. Sweden though, yea they're not getting in.
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  83. If that guy thinks he'll be joining Nato or joining the EU he is absolutely off his rocker.
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  84. THat might have been possible while the Azeris were trying to negotiate for 30 years. Today I doubt it, total victory usually brings total demands.
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  85.  @NoSupports  Or maybe they just don't agree with your version of how their country could be run. Call me crazy but I'd imagine someone living in a country might have more of a stay in how their country is run rather than some dude over seas named fedsycss? Maybe? Me personally I find this election fascinating. Or maybe as an American I'm shocked to see an election which is tight and doesn't seem to be rigged. Who knows.
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  86. He was like a robot, he just keep repeating the same sentence his overlords said he was allowed to say. "israel has a right to defend itself." lol
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  87. :Mic Drop:
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  88. There would probably be less panic among the population if they didn't put Biden out there to make this announcement. People simply don't trust him and if the situation isn't that bad, they'll just assume it is because he said it isn't.
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  89.  @jamess359  Partially to blame yes, revising that regulation didn't help. However it probably plays in less than 5% of the cause nor are we sure with if those regulations in place would have stopped the run at SVB. Considering that regulation prohibits risky bets, SVB made a huge bet on bonds which the wording of the legislation doesn't consider risky. The biggest problem is the amount of money we've printed in the past 3 years and the near zero interest rates for so long. This led to massive inflation and the Sanctions on Russia didn't help that either. But you know how this game is played, the people in power will always look for a convenient scape goat.
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  90. This might be the most idiotic geo-strategic blunder I've ever seen. So Putin (the only guy who can defend Armenia) now can't even visit Armenia. Hmm, I wonder how far Putin will go out of his way to help Armenia out considering he can't even go there. Interesting.
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  91. @Nobody Special. You know what is also disturbing. Sweden trying to join Nato after financing an armed group which is attacking a Nato member. I'm sure you can see how this is an awkward situation.
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  92. @Elenika 1, None of that will matter. Sweden will never get far enough in their membership bid to get ratified. They will for all intents and purposes be left out in the proverbial "cold" for a very long time.
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  93. That's the idea.
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  94. Azerbaijan stepped in to fill the void for the gas. I'd imagine now that Iran's bluff has been called they will be sticking with the "technical issues" story and have it magically fixed very soon. Considering they're the only ones who lost revenue during this adventure.
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  95.  @issith7340  You mean they're trying to steal it from multi national corporations. Greece and Cyprus are both banana republics in no position to exploit those fields.
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  96. Is it just me or did this lady seem super happy and excited that inflation in Turkey is getting worse? Already poor people suffering even more? Wow that's fantastic. Mainstream media 😒
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  97.  @quettagladiator5272  One needs to be a Putin bot to point out the obvious fact that Germany got screwed? Seriously? Or are you a bot yourself who uses that phrase over and over and over again?
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  98.  @protonneutron9046  He is blathering on about how ridiculous France has become.
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  99. @Abanerjee5066. Actually it isn't a problem at all nor was it turned into one. No nation actually sanctioned Azerbaijan or took action against it due to it's 2020 military intervention. Because the intervention was within international law and they were enforcing a plethora of UN resolutions. A few ridiculous media outlets crying foul doesn't change the end result reaction of nations to this.
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  100. Wait till the next round of elections, the EU will have a few more Hungary types in their midst. A lot of people are sick of the EU/Soviet Union 2.0.
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  101.  @ThumperX9  The reasons Turkey isn't allowing Sweden into Nato aren't going to go away after the elections. Nor will they go away if a new government comes into power. Sweden will be on the outside looking in, that is until Turkey extract's it's pound of flesh from Sweden. People underestimate how angry the Turks are at Sweden.
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  102. That makes zero sense. Finland being in Nato is 1000x worse than Russia than Sweden due to the huge border. So if it's Putin's choice, why is Finland being allowed in you rocket scientist? Do you even think before coming up with these theories? lol
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  103. First off Nato doesn't sell the f-16. The United States does and he has already made clear to Turkey that if they veto Sweden the F16 deal won't happen. It didn't work. The anger the Turks feel toward Sweden is greater than their need for f-16s I guess.
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  104.  @neptunefog6082  They wouldn't have this problem if they weren't so damned aggressive against every country in their vicinity.
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  105.  @ulvi5514  I'd imagine they should have thought about that before ethnically cleanse 800,000 civilians in the 1990s .
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  106.  @filipe5722  Maybe that is how it is supposed to play out. There has to be some penalty for ethnically cleansing over 800,000 civilians no?
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  107. If buying oil from terrorists was so strange, most nations on earth wouldn't be guilty of it. Sweden trying to join Nato however is rare. You don't see everyday where a country tries to join a military organization while at the same time funding armed groups which attack a member of the organization.
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  108. Freezing assets has nothing to do with trade or an obligation to do so. Threatening smaller nations to go along with the sanctions is a lot like the mafia taking protection money from small businesses. The trade part you're right, that is legitimate, no one is obligated to trade with anyone else. But you should also understand everything else that has come with these sanctions like the few I highlighted. What people wanted was a rules based international order. Not a mafia type situation where those with bigger guns can do XYZ and everyone else can't.
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  109.  @_AbrahamL  Yes those Russian military bases in Armenia are just for show right? And Russia in 2020 just happened to step in and force Azerbaijan to stop the destruction of the Armenian army because they felt like it right? lol
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  110.  @lukaszstepien1772  Maybe the fact it is an ethno state that has territorial claims on 3 of it's 4 neighbors might be a problem too no? Not to forget it wasn't too long ago it invaded it's neighbor's internationally recognized territory and ethnically cleansed 800,000 civilians? That might be a problem too no?
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  111. @Giorgis Maximos, so you feel asking a nation to stop financing armed groups which attack you, to join an organization in which you have a veto is a "reward" Interesting.
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  112.  @4grammaton  Well they are a gamble when you're leveraged to the tilt and dumb every penny you can leverage into bonds at a time when interest rates are at historic lows and inflation is out of control. That means increases in interest rates which means the value of your bond is less. Normal bond investing is safe, the way SVB did it was insanity
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  113. Dab Dab Goose, If Hungary is the only one, it will withdraw it's veto of Finland. Finland is pretty much a done deal. Sweden however will probably be left out in the cold. To be fair though Sweden kinda asked for it
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  114.  @bumbalaridesmtb4910  That's odd considering I know like 3 people who moved there since 2020. When your friend tells you "I'm moving to Turkey" you're like "WHAT!!!!" Then you do a bit of research and you're like "yea, not a terrible idea"
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  115. @Janverbanck, Why would you like or dislike the idea of something which is never going to happen under any circumstance? They dont' want EU membership, the EU doesn't want them. It isnt' going to happen. This is essentially their way of saying "we don't want Sweden in Nato no matter what." This is an issue for Turkey and the United States to solve I guess. EU nations don't have any sort of leverage on anyone to push anything through, they'll just watch as Washington deals with Turkey and accept what ever outcome it garners.
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  116.  @zeissiez  Savage lol
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  117. @Eddie, the "contract" had escape clauses. France has no legal recourse here. Even if they did, how would they enforce it? The Aussies, United States and UK would simply laugh in their faces and France complains some more.
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  118. @Lost on Earth, Actually the Peshmerga are helping Erdogan find the PKK hideouts. The PKK is also attacking the only Kurdish government around. Not to mention the hundreds of millions of dollars they get from Sweden to not only attack the Kurdish government in northern Iraq but also attack citizens of a nato country. You can see how it's quite awkward now for Sweden to want to join Nato or claim to be on the side of a Kurdish state. Sweden has really backed itself into a really bad corner here.
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  119. @Jay Cristoval, so essentially you're saying you want to protect democracy but only if the people there vote for who you want them to vote for? Interesting.
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  120. They were very open for a long time that they'd have no problem with Finland's application as long as it wasn't a joint application with Sweden. It was only a matter of time until Finland realized it can't risk it's entire security posture due to Sweden's insanity.
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  121. @Richard Bayer, that is exactly how it is going to be. Turkey won't let Sweden into Nato without extracting a pound of flesh. F-35 or no F-35 that won't change. America won't give Turkey the F-35s, Sweden joining or not joining Nato. Those two things simply aren't connected.
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  122. Probably not, unlike the Greeks the Kurds actually fight back and don't immediately surrender.
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  123. @Alex Xela, I'd imagine it doesn't even begin to balance out 99% of the news which is "how the Greeks view the conflict in the East Med" we've been watching. It's generally a decent idea to view a conflict from both sides. That is unless you're party to one side which then obviously you'd want 100% coverage of the view of your side. Is that what you're advocating? You're not happy with 99% you want 100%?
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  124.  @kuil  It is unfortunately the reality of the situation. Without cheap inputs you cannot have competitive outputs. It's like gravity, you really can't fight it.
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  125.  Roger Dodger  He's actually Georgian. If he was Greek he wouldn't be working lol
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  126.  @SeeLasSee  He believes lowering interest rates will stifle growth. He also believes that the nation needs inflation to devalue it's currency so they can export more manufactured goods. Not many would agree with that course of action for that country including me. Lets see how it plays out for them. This is an extremely interesting case for any economist, something like this has never really been tried at this level.
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  127.  @fatihsahin5255  You're looking at the situation wrong as well. Are you seriously going to compare the good will of the Somali people toward Turkey to the hatred the Taliban has for Turkey? This is a dangerous situation for you guys, I wouldn't trust the Taliban as far as I could throw them. Any nation which has it in for you guys is going to sit down with the Taliban, throw a bunch of money at them to attack your guys.
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  128. @Space Lemur, this guy never had credibility to begin with, not even with his own people. He's simply a Putin installed strongman hated by his own people.
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  129.  @فلسفةكاتب-خ1ب  Egypt as a massive amount of weapons but it has an extremely inefficient military which really isn't capable of fighting a proper war. Egyptian soldiers are more adept at selling veggies at the market than fighting wars. There are only really two nations in that entire region capable of fighting a large scale war. It's Israel and Turkey. To a lesser extent Iran.
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  130.  @billhicks808  One of AMerica's main strategic goals have been to keep Russia and China forming a strategic partnership. This has been in play since the Nixon administration. Does this make our government nervous? You can bet your bottom dollar it does. This is what years of mismanagement in foreign policy brings you.
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  131.  @billhicks808  Having economic relations doesn't stop two nations from being geopolitical adversaries. Which China and Russia have been for a VERY LONG TIME. Which again was American foreign policy objective #1 to widen that rift since the cold war. This isn't complicated stuff we're talking about here. Very basic.
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  132.  @kingleno3041  The problem is for poor people who can't afford food "really" Can you really be that callus?
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  133. @Netizen Capet, the crazy part is this is the deal which was on the table before the war started. This was also the deal being negotiated a tad bit after the war started which America and Boris Johnson strong armed Zelensky not to take. People need to understand the globalists are no friend of Ukraine, they want this war to last as long as possible.
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  134. I don't think it's simply a matter of trust. These nations also see France is a decaying third rate power and realize dragging France around with them gives them no benefit.
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  135. @JL Diaz PMP, that's the part that struck me as odd. Watching this kid overjoyed because people are suffering is insane. I guess it shows that we humans still have a lot of evolving to do.
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  136.  @hr6439  Sitting on land stolen by natives in California. Giving people half way across the world lectures on who should own what there and telling them to continue fighting and dying while they grab popcorn and watch it on T.V. Gotta love humans lol
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  137.  @Saa5962Sab  Leaving a country with high inflation is a good idea. Going to a country which is in the beginning stages of deindustrialization is insanity. So the ones that actually go to Germany will probably be the dumbest ones of the bunch. Good luck Germany, as if you didn't have enough problems to deal with lol
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  138. They can't rethink it. It's a collective defense organization where every member has to step up and go to war if any member is attacked. If you bring in members who even one member isn't willing to defend, it undermines the entire premise of the organization.
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  139. @Amir Savarian, the west will do nothing because it's awkward for any government to back the side which invaded their neighbor's internationally recognized territories and ethnically cleansed half a million people.
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  140. I think Putin is probably thinking "Bold words from a man from a temporary country." lol
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  141. @Patrick, Without American hard power, the EU is an inept sitting duck. It will be pushed around by neighboring powers. EU leaders understand this so no matter what America does, the EU will do anything to maintain good relations. This idea of an EU army is a pipedream. A joint military made up of a bunch of inept individual military forces will still be inept.
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  142. I'm not exactly sure the OP's statement made sense. So according to his logic, Sweden should try to join a collective defense organization while at the same time financing armed groups which are blowing up schools and hospitals in a member state of the same organization? Seriously? And your solution is for them to be allowed into the defense network and that will somehow magically make them stop funding armed groups which are blowing up these schools and hospitals? Interesting. That is like saying they should have made Bin Laden a Senator and he would have stopped bombing American targets. This is literally one of the dumbest things I've seen in a while.
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  143. @Remi Paul, There is something in this war more sinister than simply trying to sell weapons. Yes selling weapons is also in the equation but there is a lot more to it.
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  144.  @harukrentz435  Ukraine does need a means to defend themselves no? Peace efforts are great, at least the Turks are trying to stop the war instead of fanning the flames of it. But incase that does fail, Ukraine will need to defend itself.
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  145.  @mohamedmabrouk2797  In 99% of cases the exchange rate falls because of cheap money. The OPs comment is a simple reflection of reality. It's like gravity you can only fight it for so long but it always wins.
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  146.  @AKH02  So you want everyone else except Armenians to simply vanish from that region? Interesting point of view. If there is one guy in the room fighting with 4 other guys. If those 4 other guys aren't fighting with each other. You know who the problem in that room is.
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  147. Failed for decades? Interesting. You might want to compare where they are today compared to where they were 20 years ago. If your statement said the Turkish government has failed miserably for 5 years now, I'd be in full agreement.
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  148.  @rain2489  No it doesn't "sound" like genocide. What is going on there is quite literally the textbook definition of genocide. The case being made easier by the comments of top Israeli officials who are literally laying out their intentions in public.
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  149. ​ @thegreatdane3627  "The vast majority are doing just fine." Odd, the same thing was said in 2008 early on until it became clear most of the large banks needed intervention to not go bust. Government loves saying "all is well, don't panic." lol America will in one way shape or form survive all this long term. Europe? Dead man walking. Best they can do is continue to prolong the inevitable.
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  150. Too much of either isn't good for you.
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  151.  @Memnonite  The French military including it's Navy is nothing but a huge paper tiger.
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  152. @Alex Simpson, The guy who put this segment together probably got fired lol
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  153. I guess they're welcome to do that.
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  154. The Turks would probably prefer that. The seem to have zero interest in words like "credibility" what not what when it comes to European nations. Sweden stepping back would probably be a huge win for them, one less headache to deal with from their point of view.
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  155.  @marekburniak1997  To be fair Finnstigator has a point. Finland has not been sending any weapons to armed groups nor has it been financing them. It's Sweden that is doing that, not Finland. Finland unfortunately just got caught up in this entire mess.
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  156. Except they approached him asking to mend ties.
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  157. @Jesus Aguilar, What you fail to realize is they have no choice. You're literally talking about an area of the world which has pissed off most of the globe and has no means to defend itself.
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  158. @Labcat647, They have no interest in joining the EU. They simply don't want Sweden in Nato, making demands on things they don't even want makes that fairly clear. Well clear to rational people at least.
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  159. The vast majority of nations on this planet do not recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization.
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  160. Their polls are surprisingly accurate. They predicted the last midterm elections to the T when Erdogan lost control of the major cities. Perhaps the poll companies are doing their job instead of pushing a narrative unlike here in AMerica? Who knows. This is an interesting election for sure.
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  161.  @Simitenbiri  The total number is actually 800,000.
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  162.  @xfactor6099  Difference being these nations don't go half way across the globe to start conflicts. So it goes beyond hypocrisy.
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  163.  @cianmcguire5647  There weren't 800k Azeris in Nagorno Karabakh but you seem to forget the Armenia also invaded 7 surrounding regions of that area which accounted for about 20 percent of Azerbaijan's total land mass. Areas with huge Azeri populations. Amounting to slightly over 800,000 Azeri civilians. Who were all brutally ethnically cleansed. You seem to have no problem with this yet have a problem when in a huge war about 2 dozen civilians get killed. 800,000 people...eeee no problem. 2 dozen civilians dying ETHNIC CLEANSING. Do you have any idea how callus and idiotic that sounds?
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  164.  @cianmcguire5647  Can you really compare the two? First the sheer difference in numbers is absolutely staggering. Second unlike the Armenians did in the 1990s the Azeris aren't wholesale slaughtering entire villages of civilians right now. From an onlooking third party I find your position on this surreal. You're comparing a massive mass slaughter and ethnic cleansing campaign to a situation today where a huge war happens and about 20 civilians die. You're also comparing an illegal occupation of 50sqkm to an illegal occupation by Armenia of literally 20% of a large nation for 30 years. Is what is happening now awful it is, but I find it odd you fail to see the simple reality in who caused this situation. This is a horrible situation for sure but ignoring the madness of what the Armenians have done to lead to this situation is in itself madness. Personally when the 2020 war started I was afraid the Azeris were going to do to the Armenians exactly what Armenia did to them when they invaded the area, essentially start slaughtering civilians like cattle. In fact I would have bet money on this happening. Thankfully they showed restraint and avoided civilian casualties during the war. Bad judgement, illegal invasions, massive ethnic cleansing and a refusal for negotiate when they had the upper hand took this conflict to this point. But again thankfully like in most cases like this you aren't seeing revenge killings.
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  165.  @sampohonkala4195  Everyone knew this was coming. Turkey said a very long time ago they had no issues with Finland joining. The problem was Finland was refusing to decouple their Nato bid from Sweden's, claiming both of us or nothing. That was never going to work. 1. Turkey's issues with Sweden are far too problematic. 2. Finland can't risk it's future security because of Sweden's mistakes.
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  166.  @seppo8383  Yea Turkey has no problems with Sweden or it's Nato bid. It threated to veto Finland because it was applying to Nato in a joint bid with Sweden. If Finland applies without Sweden they won't get vetoed because as you said Finland and Turkey have no issues.
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  167. @DavidAMF, I'm not sure about Finland but everyone knows Sweden won't adhere to the terms they agree to.
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  168.  @UkraineNeeds  It isn't a whataboutism when those events are at the core of this entire conflict. This entire thing kicked off because Armenia invaded Azerbaijan and ethnically cleansed 800,000 civilians. Thankfully the Azeris aren't behaving like the Armenians when they have the upper hand now.
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  169. @Christophe Sullivan, That is a short sighted view. Eventually this war will end but Poland and Hungary standing up to the EU's bullying on issues like migration and woke culture won't go away anytime soon.
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  170. @nickle_eye "Genocidal dictator" Seriously? Lets have a compare and contrast of the situation Armenia invades this territory in the 1990s: 800,000 civilians savagely ethnically cleansed Azerbaijan recently retakes this territory: A few dozen civilians die. Pretty huge difference in behavior no? ANd you're calling them genocidal? lol lol lol You should be on a show called "when cognitive dissonance goes wrong."
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  171.  ryanpatrick4920  This is like the 50th time I've seen this exact post from you. Are you insane or just a bot? lol
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  172. @Buck Benelli, Except for the fact they have invested heavily in Solar and wind. Do you just randomly blurt out the opposite of reality often?
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  173. If he loses the election he'll have no choice. The establishment there isn't as mature as the one here in America where they can easily rig elections or have the entire media establishment attack one guy.
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  174. @Pe Ter, it won't be the same. All would be so much easier if Sweden wasn't so gun-ho in financing terrorist organizations.
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  175.  @XanaduRising  If a major war breaks out it won't matter. At this point I dont' think Nato as an organization will survive a war. Not all members are equipped to fight a war. Those that are will take part and those that aren't won't.
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  176.  @mapa174  Who cares what he is, his entire post really makes no sense.
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  177.  @mattia8327  Again it's nowhere near their problem with Finland joining Nato. Simply looking at a map will explain this. So again, if according to your logic Putin has the ability to make Erdogan veto Sweden. Why exactly wouldn't he have Erdogan do the same to Finland when Finland joining Nato is 1000x more dangerous for Russia. Explain that to me please.
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  178. Actually on this issue he has been quite predictable. His people simply do not want him to give a pass to a country which is financing armed groups who blow up schools and hospitals in their country. It was quite "predictable" how this would play out when Sweden tried to join Nato. The fact Sweden's cultural marxist elite don't understand how the world works is rather odd.
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  179.  @sloo6425  Build a new Canal? On someone else's territory? Seriously? lol Instead of all that, why not simply pressure Sweden to stop financing armed groups blowing up schools and hospitals in a Nato member state? Might be easier?
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  180.  @DgurlSunshine  This has to be one of the most ridiculous comments I've seen in a long time. My wife and I have a summer home there. Here in Philly we're terrified to be walking the streets at night. In Turkey my wife goes for random walks in the middle of the night without a second thought. How uninformed do you have to be or is it simply that you're simply a malicious person?
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  181.  @GowthamNatarajanAI  He isn't joking, he's absolutely right. I live in Philly and we have a summer home in Turkey. It's 1000% safer. One of the few places I don't mind my wife randomly going for walks in the middle of the night. The violent crime rate is literally non existent where we stay. Compare the numbers to any American city.
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  182. @Thor I'm fairly sure none of those nations will be needing or expecting you to defend them. The other way around is a lot more likely.
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  183.  @thor.halsli  Unfortunately world military strategists don't make decisions based on the emotions of Thor from youtube. So no, Turkey won't be out of Nato and for all intents and purposes Sweden probably won't get in. Me personally I'd like to see Sweden in Nato as it would be nice to have them under the umbrella as well. Too bad they shot themselves in the foot with their childish foreign policy decisions. Sweden isn't important enough to cry over it though. As long as Finland gets it Nato reaches it's geo strategic goals due to Finland's huge border with Russia. And there is now way any rational person in their right mind would trade Sweden for Turkey in a military alliance. That is like trading a Ferrari for a Honda Civic before a car race. And you're right, those 5 don't have zero weight, I should have said they have near zero weight. This is how life works, what you put into an organization determines how much influence you have over said organization.
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  184.  @thor.halsli  Kindship is one thing my friend but building an alliance for the sole purpose of winning a war is another. Peace from the not so frozen plains of America.
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  185. @BD, Their banks aren't collapsing bro. Nor do they have skyrocketing inflation and political instability. Facts>Feelings.
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  186.  @harukrentz435  Unlike the EU most rational nations around the world use renewable energy as an addon instead of wild rhetoric about being "carbon free soon." So yea, I'm sure it will work like a charm in those winters like you said.
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  187.  @tanura5830  Yes when it suits them Nato has absolutely zero interest in human rights. But with that said Nato membership is not the same as EU membership or visa versa. The three strongest militaries which keep Nato a viable force are not even in the EU.
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  188. Really? Humans moving from one place to another over 1000 years ago? Who would have thought lol
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  189.  @balung  Yet they way they're being treated hasn't changed much. Yes the world has changed but the old habits of how Europeans are treating Africans needs to change too. By force if neccessary.
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  190. They've been saying for well over 6 months now that they have no issues with Finland's bid. Their problem was on Finland insisting that they'll only join if they send their application together with Sweden. Eventually the Finns realized the Swedes have no choice and decided to join on their own. So this really wasn't Erdo's decision to make, it was Finland's.
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  191.  @dasbubba841  I'm not sure if guaranteeing your security in the past gives any nation the right to fund terrorists on your border. Silly bubba, one doesn't need to be a Turk to understand that if I helped you with something 40 years ago it doesn't mean I can come punch you in the face today. Most rational people would understand this....But obviously not all people are rational.
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  192. @Orpheus, Europe really isn't in a position to not be dependent on larger powers. It will in one way shape or form be the lap dog of one of those powers. It just has to decide which.
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  193.  @jinghe5802  Seriously?
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  194. Kiki, they will do nothing. They'll just rearrange and make sure it's harder to catch them next time.
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  195. @JackJohnson2101, are you referring to Trump vs Biden?
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  196.  @garym.5931  While harping on events from well over 100 years ago, I find it strange you completely ignored the fact the not too long ago Armenia invaded their neighbor's internationally recognized territory and brutally ethnically cleansed 800,000 Azeri civilians. Just details right? A bit less than a million people? Meh who cares right?
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  197.  @sagisli  Yes huge helping hand we gave them. But making sure they didn't sign a peace agreement not too long after the conflict started. Now their entire country and infrastructure is completely destroyed and their country depopulated. Real helping hand. Like some of our Senators said in public. "This is a great deal for us, we get to hurt Russia and kill Russians without risking any American lives." So hundreds and thousands of Ukrainians have to die for this, who cares right? Yea, real helping hand we've been giving.
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  198.  @SW-fy8pq  It has everything to do with China. This guy is basically saying that since you shut us out of an alliance against China, we'll go help China. I don't think this will happen though. France tends to like to do business with very small nations that it can increase prices on and then bully them into paying. They tried this on Australia and it backfired. I highly doubt they'll be able to come to terms with the Chinese because it will be the Chinese bullying them. I'd imagine France will take this out on some poor African nation or perhaps bully Greece into paying for more overpriced warships.
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  199. There is no line between the two anymore. And that seems to be the problem.
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  200. I'm not sure anyone forced Sweden to send hundreds of millions every year to finance an armed group which attacks a Nato member.
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  201. lol
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  202. There is nothing for the UN mission to do. Now or earlier. Well maybe back in the 1990s it would have done some good when Armenia was mass slaughtering Azeris to the tune of ethnically cleansing 800,000 of them. A UN mission then might have helped. What is the point in this recent conflict?
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  203.  @Julia-Richter  How exactly is Nato going to admit a nation which is in a collective defense organization with Russia?
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  204. Only a matter of time until the authoritarian regime in Paris cracks down hard on these protestors for the crime of trying to demonstrate. Assuming they haven't already.
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  205. @New World Anarchy, It's actually going the opposite way the past few weeks.
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  206.  @husbanana  I see what you're saying here but the reality on the ground doesn't support what you're saying. Armenia invades Nagorno Karabakh in the 1990s: 800,000 civilians are brutally ethnically cleansed. Azerbaijan invades Nagorno Karabakh in 2020: Less than two dozen civilians die. A huge military operation where less than two dozen civilians die? You're calling this brutal and inhumane? The guys literally went out of their way to keep the civilian casuality count down. They took 8 entire regions. Our military in Iraq would kill more civilians than this taking one neighborhood. I fail to see how your rhetoric fits in with the reality on the ground.
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  207. @Short Cut TV, sorry but the idea of Europe protecting people's freedoms and peace is like the fox guarding the hen house. The insanity of such a statement.
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  208. The trouble is Europe is in no position to move anything anywhere. I'm also fairly sure they're not exactly welcome in Africa either. France right now is slowly being kicked out of all its' colonies there. Africa has zero trust in Europe. Europe has burned so many bridges that it's pretty much stuck with either being China's economic vassal or America's political vassal. Pick your poison my man.
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  209. @Slajen, Do you believe financing armed groups which blow up schools and hospitals in a Nato member state while at the same time trying to join Nato is a wise thing to do?
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  210. @Mr Sporty, on this front hope is really all France has.
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  211. @S Sir, Orban's country isn't being attacked by an armed group being bankrolled by Sweden. Orban's country hasn't had 30,000 of their people killed by an armed group being bankrolled by Sweden. So by placating them, you mean simply asking Sweden to stop funding armed groups which attack a Nato member? What kind of insanity is this?
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  212. They don't even need to unite over everything. If they unite to get rid of the French, that will be enough.
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  213.  @NouraZahle  Well they have no problems erasing their ethnic cleansing of 800,000 Azeris in the 1990s.
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  214. @Rene Kuipers, they don't want money. They want Sweden to stop financing armed groups which are blowing up hospitals and schools in their country. Their veto of Finland however is strange.
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  215. How exactly will they do this? Wishing something doesn't magically make it a reality. European nations are second tier powers at best (In most cases 3rd and 4th tier) and will act in accordance to this reality.
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  216. @Hasn2241, Don't be ridiculous. It's fairly obvious what is happening. They're essentially letting it be known they are dead set against Sweden in Nato. Asking for things they don't even want, like EU membership makes this clear as day. If even if the EU caved and said yes, they'd have no interest in joining and would simply come up with another demand they hope will not be met.
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  217. @Sfbuck415, I didn't realize this video was about MBS and the Canadian prime minister.
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  218. @Vinith Gowda, your comment would make sense if you can name one church he converted into a church.
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  219.  @edwardvalivonis23  He already did and it looks like he is going to get away with it.
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  220.  @paulheydarian1281  Not nearly as bad lol
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  221.  @jank6340  That's the million dollar question. Turkey will eventually allow Sweden in, after extracting a pound of flesh by making ridiculous demands in an effort to to punish Sweden for the past. Sweden will eventually realize they have no choice and will give in to these demands and join Nato. Will Biden then give the F-16s? Not sure.
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  222. Sweden joining is a pipe dream. That ship sailed the moment their government saw fit to finance armed groups blowing up schools and hospitals in a Nato member state.
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  223.  @djabrayilmagerramov6731  It isn't just about the Azeris, you'll never see DW paint a full picture on any story. Their first reflex is to paint false narratives. It's what they do, it is in their DNA.
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  224.  @tsifty1  Was there a few months ago, had a fantastic time. You don't have to come if you want to, in fact the rest of us tourists prefer people like you stay away.
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  225.  @st.george007  So you take exception to the fact they don't want a country in the collective military alliance they're in that happens to be financing armed groups which are blowing up hospitals and schools in their country? What is your alternative? Should they cheer on the hospitals being blown up and congradulate the nations financing it? I'm simply trying to understand your point of view here.
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  226. Very insightful comment. Both France and Germany will be on their knees soon.
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  227. @TubalCain, Not really. The positions of the two sides are nearly impossible to reconcile. Taiwan isn't some micky mouse state that is willing to be gobbled up into the mainland. China isn't exactly prepared to simply let go of their legal claim to Taiwan either. This is going to end in conflict. Hard to say when though.
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  228.  @edfast5893  This is probably the worst of it. And having the ability to make everyone become emotionally attached to the idea of doing it too.
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  229. @TCK Or they can simply veto the entry of a country into Nato which has been financing armed groups which attack a Nato country.
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  230.  @angelapiliposian7317  Do you also approve of Armenia invading other nation's internationally recognized territory and ethnically cleansing 800,000 civilians?
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  231. @Harry Papas, viewing how the other party sees a conflict is such a terrible thing?
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  232.  @keystone859  I don't think they're claiming they have rights to any of these islands. They're saying the Islands can't be used to lock them out of a body of water on which they have the largest mainland coastline of any nation. Talk about not seeing others point of view, didn't you watch the video? lol
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  233. @Svensozine, They don't want to join the EU. Making ridiculous demands on things like that means one thing, they'll use any excuse in the book to keep Sweden out of Nato. If you're a Swede who doesn't want to join Nato, it's a win win situation for you. You even thinking they'd want to join a sinking ship called the EU (soviet union 2.0) is ridiculous at this point.
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  234.  @nonamenoname2767  Russia's major fear was Finland joining, it happened already. Sweden also joining makes no difference to them one way or another. Finland joining already put them in a near checkmate position, their border with Nato just got HUGEE. Sweden joining or not joining won't change anything.
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  235. @Mandar P, I don't think the United States is too interested in how a third rate power like France feels. Without the United States, France and the entire EU are simply sitting ducks and they know it. France will pout but will eventually come back with cap in hand and ask to play nice again.
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  236. UN Mission would have been critical in the 1990s when Armenia was ethnically cleansing 800,000 civilians. What is a UN mission going to do now? No civilians are being attacked.
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  237.  @delta_glider4362  I see you've been reading that how to deny ethnic cleansing guide book a lot of different groups use. Step 1. Claim the numbers are inflated.
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  238.  @anonymousman2521  The level of delusion in that government thinking France is going to step in militarily and support them is insanity. France can't help but even if they could (big if) like you said how are they going to get there?
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  239.  @rabenfedersonnenhut  A foreign nation comes and blows up a piece of Germany's vital infrastructure and you say you're not in the blame game. This is true but it's also the reason no one believes Germany is a sovereign nation anymore.
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  240.  @accent1666  Did you seriously just ask that question?
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  241. Well we as a society collectively voted for this. Not sure the government cares about the uproar at this point either.
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  242.  @bonnierussell9798  I'm not going to argue pro or anti what is going on in Ukraine. But I would like you to articulate to me how exactly is a situation that keeps Ukraine fighting longer makes us safer? It's a nice feel good talking point but I'd like to actually know how it works.
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  243.  @Tmb1112  Names generally don't get that distinction. For example my name is William. If someone kept calling me Billiam because that is how they say William in their language I'd be hella annoyed. It takes a certain level of douchebaggery to not respect the name with which an individual or a grouping of individuals would like to be called.
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  244.  @nextchapter9883  Yea, what every politician wants. To anger their voters due to lack of heating in the winter. Well played.
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  245. @Mikedevlin2048, Nato wouldn't work with a majority vote. You do realize each nation has a legal obligation to go to war to protect any member of the organization. Once you put this to majority vote, article 5 (which makes Nato what it is) becomes irrelevant. This move would scuttle Nato.
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  246.  @surojeetchatterjee  Any nations with duel citizen agreements allow for citizens of both nations to vote in both elections. This is the case for all nations with such agreements around the world. You expect Germany to literally break the international law on this matter?
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  247. It's too late for France anyway. They're still going to die a slow horrible death. Unlike Germany, a large chunk of France's wealth comes from their neo colonies in Africa. Colonies from which they're being kicked out one by one.
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  248. The EU has no interest in Turkey and Turkey has no interest in the EU. Turkey is simply trying to make Sweden's entry into Nato as difficult as possible. Nations are more likely to leave the EU than enter it at this point.
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  249. @RBD, I don't think anyone is claiming it will.
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  250. It's in Russia's interest to keep these two nations squabbling. Divide and conquer. France? Dude France doesn't even know what France wants. And frankly no one cares what France thinks. Why even mention them? They're a dying 3rd rate power soon to be 4th rate. Azerbaijan's military could probably defeat theirs lol
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  251. Yes and they want war.
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  252. @Cnac137, the role of the UN in this instance is essentially to support Azerbaijan who's internationally recognized territory was invaded by a foreign power who ethnically cleansed 800,000 of their civilians. In the entire 2020 conflict in which Azerbaijan enforced UN resolutions by taking this territory back, 20 or so civilians died. Calling that a genocide is pretty ridiculous.
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  253.  @peacehero4194  How Europeans and American would react to that situation? Well the way things are going we're soon going to find out.
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  254.  @ubroc  For sure, international borders should always be respected. This should also apply to everyone. Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Somalia ,Yemen all had international borders. Perhaps you can see the problem here with how rules are applied.
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  255.  @ingridjernej6361  Oh I'll agree with you that there are massive problems in the USA. We can talk about it for days upon days. But lets be realistic, SA's problems are a bit worse no?
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  256. @Omega0850. The elites and DW aren't worried about Russia turning Germany anywhere. They're worried about the German people supporting parties who believe taking sides in this war is hurting Germany's core interests. That is the debate.
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  257.  @thomasdonovan3580  This legit made me laugh
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  258. @Wolf 90, Or maybe he is next to a man who's population is so angry at Sweden that there is no way he can let Sweden in without his people freaking out.
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  259.  @delta_glider4362  One military exercise doesn't change the fact Armenia has an official military alliance with Russia. Not to mention the fact it is literally hosting Russian military bases.
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  260.  @lukaszstepien1772  That isn't a very good argument. Unfortunately for you Facts>Your feelings.
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  261.  @lukaszstepien1772  Yes but you're wrong. Might be nice to try to at least explain your point of view. But I understand, your answers are so insane they would be nearly impossible to defend or rationalize.
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  262.  @DipakBose-ge1hm  If Armenia stopped being an ally of Russia in 2018, why did Russia instep in during the 2020 conflict and stop Azerbaijan from completely destroying the entire Armenian army which it had surrounded? Why would Russia do that if they werent' "allies" Then again the way Armenia has been acting the past few months, maybe Russia regrets saving them in 2020. Who knows.
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  263.  @TigranHakobyan-jh8ue  Yea that is generally what happens when you make territorial claims on every single one of your neighbors except 1. Then actually invaded one of those neighbors and ethnically cleanse 850,000 civilians. Usually not a great way to make friends.
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  264. Good point. I wonder if they're now going to hand over those responsible for the ethnic cleansing of 800,000 Azeri civilians in the 1990s that they are harboring.
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  265. It's an extremely irrelevant part of their policy. Who really cares about that sh!tfest between those two toilet bowls of a nation.
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  266.  @ElemXCR  They're clear that they have no issues with Finland in Nato. Sweden however is awkward. It's hard to join Nato while at the same time funding armed groups which are attacking a Nato member state.
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  267. What an odd segment that harps on the strangest aspects of this conflict. The entire globe recognizes Azerbaijan's sovereignty of this region in dispute. Armenia being prepared not prepared or recognize the obvious isn't really news is it? Do the Azeris really even care what the Armenians recognize or don't recognize considering they're in no position to do anything about it? Strange stuff.
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  268. @Brendon Lyons, this might be wishful thinking but I don't think the Russians are going to go through with it. The globalists however will do anything in their power to get this war. Lets see how it plays out.
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  269. @Appletee6741, This isn't that complicated. He isn't bargaining. He is basically letting it be known he doesn't want Sweden in Nato. He literally made a request on something he doesn't even want for god's sake. How much more obvious can it get? lol
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  270.  @ulfosterberg1979  How so? If you're referring to his domestic policies maybe you're right. If you're referring to how he is treating Sweden, you're smoking some really good stuff.
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  271. @Thepeff, I was in college at the time and that era was a real eye opener for me as to how the world really works. I've been skeptical of our government and media ever since.
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  272.  @evaluateanalysis7974  They've been openly funding groups which have been blowing up schools and hospitals in Turkey for quite a while now. I wont' get into if what they did was right or wrong, that is a different debate. But trying to enter a collective defense organization while actively funding armed groups who are attacking one of the members of said defense organization is an awkward position to be in. But this is what happens when you have delusional woke governments making decisions.
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  273. Do you blame that guy for coming to benefit or do you blame your leaders who allow him in? It's an interesting question.
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  274. ​ @XanaduRising  You do know how strawman arguments work right?
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  275.  @ameyas7726  And Scholz said Israel should keep doing what it is doing, essentially targeting women and children. This is why they talk, because they disagree. Scholz is supporting genocide and Erdogan wants people stuffed into the world's only concentration camp to be treated fairly. Again they disagree and they should keep talking.
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  276. @Tommy Tam, So true. I also get the same feeling when Biden meets with Macron and that little man who is president in Canada.
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  277.  @RuLeZ1988  How exactly are they being aggressive? What sovereign nation have they invaded in the past 70 years? What are these delusional talking points people seem to have? Has society as a collective legitimately decided that facts don't matter and emotions do?
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  278. @CJ Tymczak, I'm no fan of this dude but you should realize he was elected and if his insane economic policy doesn't work well, he will be voted out. Ridiculous claims like dictatorship don't really apply here.
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  279.  @nerrler5574  Their democracy was a lot worse when they joined. Please do a bit of research before making such insane claims.
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  280.  @Pointi69  Nations trade with nations who are against them all the time. The point the guy here is making is the false morality the EU pretends to have in it's relations. You have to say he has a point. As far as "our money" are we discounting the billions and billions France steals from Africa every year? Seems like it is their money you're threatening them with. Not that any of this matters anymore, the EU is a dying an decaying region of the world no one takes anything they say seriously anymore. If you want a deal with the EU, call Washington, they run the EU.
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  281.  @1001Balance  Let me get this straight. You claim nations like France want transparency yet do everything in their power to install non transparent corrupt leaders? Then when the people overthrow those corrupt leaders nations like France then threaten them with military force? Interesting indeed. You might as well club a baby seal and push an old woman down the stairs at the park.
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  282.  @beautifulempatheticliberal5204  Apparently the leaders you constantly elect don't agree with you.
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  283. Armenia invades Azerbaijan and ethnically cleanses 800,000 civilians. DW: Nothing to see here Azerbaijan is trying to disarm (On it's own territory) the groups who took part in the ethnic cleansing DW: Ethnic cleansing. Then the legacy media wonders why no one trust them anymore. DW, please tell the truth just one. On any issue. Just once please I'd love to see you tell the truth on any matter. This conflict, the SYrian conflict, the war in Ukraine, who bombed Nordstream. Something, anything. Just once, please just tell the truth lol
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  284.  @gaborrajnai6213  Well that is actually quite simple. Armenia invades Nagorno Karabakh and they ethnically cleanse 800,000 civilians. Azerbaijan reinvades Nagorno Karabakh and less than 20 civilians die. You tell me. The Azeris are in power, they won the war. Civilians weren't massacred. Facts>Your feelings.
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  285. @Heros Armenia will be fine once they stop wanting to invade their neighbor's territories and ethnically cleanse their people. But if this mass delusion of thinking they have some racial superiority over their neighbors, your prediction will probably come true.
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  286.  @D-E-S_8559  No because Turkey has no interest in joining the EU and the EU has no interest in taking in Turkey. All this has nothing to do with EU membership. It has everything to do with Turkey wanting to drag Sweden through the mud. Even making requests on things they dont' even want to keep Sweden out of Nato. The only way to convince them is through Washington, as EU nations are far too impotent to change the behavior of many nations. The question is, what is Washington willing to do and what can they do?
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  287. The difference is at least Xi humored him. Putin straight up laughed at him and embarrassed him.
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  288. @M Berg This isn't the first time either. This guy has a long list of delusional moments which make people scratch their heads. Moments much worse than these BTW which completely embarrassed France.
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  289. @Zorbec Legras, France has become such a joke on the international stage that I don't think even the Iranians would want to work with them lol
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  290.  @alonglostmemory1908  And in more recent times without America the French would be speaking German. Be more humble.
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  291. @SeanRcope, You know what for people who pay attention to their policies it isn't the first time for most. The effort they put in to try to stop the Ukraine war right when it broke out was quite good. They actually got Russia and Ukraine to sit down and talk and come to an agreement. Then Boris Johnson flew in like Homelander, (god knows what he threatened the Ukrainian officials with) and bam the peace talks were called off. 500,000 dead people later they're thinking of sitting down and talking again.
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  292.  @HereticDuo  Maybe you're a Swedish bot? lol Turkey is too poor to hire bots. But if Sweden can set aside over 350 million dollars in their yearly budget for terrorist organizations it can probably afford bots as well.
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  293.  @MetroidRTX  Not all systems can thrive in all places. The assumption that if a system is good for country A it will be good for country B is quite insane. You have the pure capitalism fanatics claiming any form of socialize can't work in any society. Pure insanity. More than enough evidence of those rare nations who make it work and make it work well. Then you have the world socialist crowd who think just because it works in one place it can work everywhere else. Even worse insanity considering there is more than enough evidence to suggest it fails more often than it works. Each nation must find it's own balance for it's own needs. It's geography will be different, it's population will be different, it's natural resources will be different and it's population's culture will be different. What works in Sweden simply cannot work in America and what works in America probably won't work in Sweden.
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  294.  @kidkique  Government going to war, breaking the law by not getting permission from congress and letting the American people know. And it's this kid's fault for helping people find out the government is breaking the law? Hmmmm Strange world we live in, where we excuse the law breakers and arrest the people who bring it to light.
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  295.  @NinjaXryho  The CSTO is under no obligation to protect a piece of territory one of their member states illegally invaded and occupied.
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  296.  @NinjaXryho  Yes they stood by they were party to the ceasefire treaty because Azerbaijan was enforcing what was in that treaty. Or were you expecting Russia to go to war with Azerbaijan only because Armenia didn't adhere to the tenants of the 2020 ceasefire treaty?
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  297.  @rodolphendessabeka8721  Unlike the Chechen wars (which was a huge crime against humanity) Russia was actually forced to fight the Ukrainian conflict. In one instance they're wrong and in the other they're right. What the media has been spoon feeding us here in the west about the Ukraine conflict is so detached from reality that it's scary. But don't lump in the Chechen wars into that context please, that was an entirely different animal.
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  298.  @pluribus_unum  You'd like to think that. But reality>emotions.
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  299.  @pluribus_unum  Sure they didn't. Just like Iraq had weapons of mass destruction I was told many-a-time.
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  300.  @pluribus_unum  I don't doubt that you don't like to think at all. But it was patently obvious even before you told me.
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  301. @CHMichael, After watching all these news outlets delve into nonsense on this issue I notice a guy in the comments section hit the nail right on the head. It doesn't really seem like this guy has that much love in the country. The problem more so seems to be that people find the alternative worse.
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  302.  @Cubicle1  China would be hurt massively but they wouldn't crumble. Europe on the other hand would be up sh!t's creek without a paddle. Thinking the power dynamics between the two parties are equal is being detached from reality.
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  303. You know a society is in for a world of hurt when they're voting in people because they're "beautiful" lol
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  304.  @amadeuz8161  It doesn't look like they're bargaining. Their position is quite simple. They will veto any nation which is financially supporting armed groups which are blowing up schools and hospitals in their country. Hard for any rational person to find this as an unreasonable stance.
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  305. @Javanava8925. The EU will have collapsed by the time these nations join. The level of delusion is quite interesting to see.
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  306. @Jonathan Hampshire, when an organization is this corrupt all they'll do is fine a few low level scapegoats and change the rules so they won't get caught next time. No, it's not a positive thing. Especially when they're trying to deflect their own corrupt by pointing the finger at the people who bribed them.
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  307. Al Bundy, We're about to go through the same exact thing here in America although not nearly as severe.
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  308. @Pilep5. Armenia's territory isn't being taken or under attack. What in the world are you talking about.
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  309.  @BrightWendigo  Yea I'm going to have to say no on that. Aside from a few paid off politicians spouting nonsense, the state department has much deeper relations with the Azeris.
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  310.  @user-zz8lb6bd7p  The metric is in your statement. "over market price."
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  311.  @thsimpsonsguy  Isn't Sweden one of the worst offenders of this? Wasn't Sweden recently blocked from joining Nato because it was financing armed groups which were blowing up schools and hospitals? I'm fairly sure most European nations don't go that far in hurting people. So as a Swede, apologize for the Swedish government's actions instead of apologizing for the actions of other European nations.
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  312. @Willie Wonka, They probably had a deal with Washington to do this. It's obvious Washington wants to keep this war going for as long as possible, perhaps they know how bad Russia is struggling and wanted to use Egypt to arm them a bit to keep the war going? Who knows. Nothing would shock me at this point.
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  313.  @TenTenJ  You don't win democracy by trying to reverse elections in which the people have spoken.
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  314. You think either statement would have made a difference?
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  315.  @UsnRoberts  It's hard for a nation to not veto another nation which supports a group they consider terrorists. Not to mention that group having killed 30,000 of their people. This isn't a matter of nations wanting or not wanting something. It's a matter of not wanting to be legally bound to defend a nation which has financed the death of tens and thousands of your citizens. I'm sure if Sweden apologies and gives guarantees it will stop financing this group, Turkey will withdraw it's veto. This idea that supporting terrorism is more important to Sweden than joining Nato is ridiculous. Sweden will relent and Turkey will be pressured into accepting.
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  316. @Katy Newt when you have an organization where each member is legally committed to defending another a veto option for each nation is a must. But you're right from what I'm reading Finland is fine. It's Sweden that is in trouble here.
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  317.  @thomaskristensen9814  I'm fairly sure he isn't spreading the idea that not working is a good thing.
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  318.  @أميرةفرجمحمدحسين  Turkey had serious inflation problems well before the Ukraine war.
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  319.  @Sharyf  So your solution to a guy killing his own people is going in there and killing 100x more than he was killing? Seriously? That is like me going into my neighbor's house to stop him from beating his wife. Killing him and then beating his wife and kids 1000x worse than he was.
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  320. @Eric, I don't think they have any issues with Finland joining. Unlike Sweden Finland hasn't been giving hundreds of millions of dollars to an armed group which attacks a Nato member state. It's awkward for Sweden to even ask for membership in a defense alliance after helping attack a member of said alliance.
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  321. @Carl Ruffier Even his own people can't say anything to his face. He is always behind a wall of paid guards. Makes sense considering his own people wnat him dead.
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  322.  @prometheusunbound-u3c  Nothing you're claiming actually happened.
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  323. @PeteBooty-Juice This is how the people feel. However the psychos in charge of our foreign policy never saw a conflict they didn't want to get involved in.
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  324. "Reduce our dependencies" How exactly is Europe going to go about doing that? Magically make energy European industry needs appear?
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  325.  @billhicks808  And you're willing to fight to the last Ukrainian in the slim chance that can happen right?
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  326.  @billhicks808  On a side note, you can be anti-Russia/China without going full retard.
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  327. @Epic Super, this isn't the first time Macron has been slapped in the face. I'd imagine he is starting to get used to it.
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  328. What exactly can the border internationally community do for Armenia? Especially since in every conflict they've had with Azerbaijan they were legally in the wrong. Few nations would protect the side which invade's it's neighbor's internationally recognized territory and brutally ethnically cleanses 800,000 civilians. Only Russia was willing to actually back that type of behavior by Armenia. Well looks like now the Russians wont' be keen on backing illegal invasions and ethnic cleansing in that region anymore.
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  329.  @veritaspk  There is really nothing for anyone to protect. The conflict is essentially over and Azerbaijan showed insane amounts of restraint. They took over 8 entire regions, huge swaths of territory in a fairly blood war and managed to keep civilian deaths under 2 dozen. That is quite an accompllishment.
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  330. So if you support a country which wants to illegally annex another nation's territory. You won't be surprised when people start supporting Kashmire joining Pakistan then? How Pakistan wants Kashmire is exactly how Armenia wants Nagorno Karabakh.
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  331. @Andre Koniger, at this point you should be more worried about France's adventures in Africa than joining an American adventure.
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  332. @Jaime Laureano, If it's just European nations it won't work. There won't be one member with any serious military capability.
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  333. @AW, The Turkish economy is one of the more reliant economies on imports that you'll see around. The main import isn't luxury items, it's energy. A nation in the modern age cannot function without energy, that is where a bulk of the money for imports go and that won't be changing anytime soon. Zero interest and heavy tariffs will destroy the country. There already isn't enough production in Turkey and you'd legitimately shut down the little production they do have by heavily taxing tariffs. Where do you think the machinery for factories come from? Laptops? Computers? Chips? The idea for being self sufficient is great but it's something that has to be done gradually.
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  334.  @bigdcalilove2634  Foreign governments pillaging resources isn't diversity. What if some random government of a random country came to France and started stealing all of it's natural resources by force. No one would call that diversity. You need to make better arguments.
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  335. @Alvin Files, you might want to do a little more research on the matter.
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  336. @VJS The idea of a European Armed Forces is pure fantasy.
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  337.  @doreeneclose6295  It's hard to apply international law on country A and ignore it for country B, then it turns into the wild west which it is today. I doubt Russia will agree to any of it unless the United States is punished for Iraq and Afghanistan or France is punished for Libya.
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  338. @Paul Kobres, I'd imagine that is a tradeoff they'd be willing to make. If Nato pulls back to where they were in the 1980s, Russia would pull their nukes out of that area and possibly even give more concessions.
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  339. @Kieran Clarges Yet that doesn't stop them from sending high tech military equipment to Ukraine. Equipment which the Ukrainians are telling us is blowing up A LOT of Russian equipment. Obviously they're scared of Russia right? I mean the fact Sweden is given hundreds of millions of dollars every year to an armed group which has been attacking a Nato nation for a few decades now can't possibly be it right?
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  340.  @williamvelazquez2059  RT movies or not it's an interesting question being posed. Lets not forget how American reacted during the Cuban missile crisis and rightfully so. Not sure how this situation is any different than that but the roles reversed.
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  341. @Stefano Movilli, At what point did you find out that they're spending more energy on this than other matters you feel are more pressing? Apparently you feel if a nation has inflation nothing else should be worked on? Or do you simply believe certain races aren't capable of doing multiple things at once? If that is the case, please expand on this idea for us.
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  342.  @florencioigual  You might want to brush up on your French history. If someone made a list, it would be too long for a youtube comments section.
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  343.  @nonamenoname2767  Perhaps Turkey closing the straits to commercial traffic which would bankrupt Russia within a month? Not sure Putin would take that trade off to cut some wheat and gas. The only people Putin has by the balls with gas and they have no leverage in return are nations like Germany.
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  344.  @steveb796  Funny they were saying the same thing in 2007.
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  345.  @LancasterSupremo  I think the question is if people suffering makes you happy. That is the entire premise of this thread.
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  346.  @erlich85  I'm not sure what hating Erdogan has to do with gaining joy out of the suffering of poor people. Erdogan is fine sitting in his palace, it's poor people who can't afford food who are suffering. Being happy about this situation makes anyone a terrible human being.
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  347.  @naveedzain9132  It doesn't seem like he'll be happy unless people are starving in the streets.
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  348. To be fair this isn't the first time Macron has been humiliated, I'd imagine he is getting used to it. Nor do I suspect it will be the last time.
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  349.  @ruffnor  I spend about 3 months out of every year in Turkey as a tourist. What this guy said is no a lie, inflation is that high. Perhaps not 150% but 70% is not a stretch.
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  350.  @faitfulfist4426  I'm not sure what that has to do with Sweden and their actions keeping them out of Nato via Turkey's veto. Turkey isnt 'in a position to punish America like that, America is a super power. Sweden however is a different ballgame.
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  351. @Valhir, I don't think they'd need to go with a false flag considering the groups who do this try it quite often. And have been doing so for about 30 years now.
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  352.  @TheMrN4R3K  Because it's hard for any rational person to support the side which illegally invades it's neighbor's internationally recognized territory and ethnically cleansed 800,000 civilians. Call me crazy but that doesn't sit right with most people. The only people who seem to be okay with behavior like this are the Russians (obviously), Iran and India.
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  353.  @surojeetchatterjee  So you supporting invading another nation and ethnically cleansing all their people? Basically what you're saying is people should support Pakistan if it ever invaded Kashmir and slaughtered all the Indians there? Because essentially that is what you're doing by claiming you support Armenia against Azerbaijan.
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  354. No.
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  355. @Rich Dobbs, they have the same percentage of renewables as Germany. Still doesn't help when a main supplier stops supplies. Turkey however fares better when Iran cuts supplies as Azerbaijan can simply cover that loss in a matter of weeks. What happens to Germany if Russia cuts off supplies? Even if it slows down a bit Germany goes into panic.
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  356.  @Ok-kr4vt  When?
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  357. @Nicolas, If my name is Steven, I am within my rights to ask people to call me Steve regardless of what language they're using. Obviously it's up to them if they want to be polite enough to do it or not. So no, they don't get to decide. But they do get to ask for it.
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  358. @KB Peters, I don't think they had many issues with Finland from the start. It's Sweden which is the major problem for them. Asking potential members who want to join Nato to stop funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to an armed group which is attacking a Nato member state is not blackmail. The fact this conversation is even being had shows the insanity of how international relations work and how naive and ridiculous nations like Sweden have become.
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  359.  @wma2140  Who is Macron to invite anyone anywhere? That tin pot leader of the authoritarian regime in Paris has very little influence around the globe.
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  360. @Ph11p3540. Don't you think it's a bit awkward to join a collective defense organization while at the same time financing armed groups which are blowing up schools and hospitals in a member state of said organization? Anyone who follows what is going around the world knew it was going to be trouble the moment Sweden put in their application.
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  361. Difference? It is only going to help drag out this war. They're all eventually going to get blown up. The Ukrainians don't have the training or other logistics needed to make these weapons as deadly as they're supposed to be.
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  362.  @williampower6534  What genocide, during the entire 2020 war like 20 civilians died. What are you smoking? The only genocide in this region anyone is aware of is when Armenia illegally invaded Azerbaijan in the 1990s and ethnically cleansed 800,000 civilians. You don't call that a genocide but claim 20 dead civilians in a warzone genocide? Seriously?
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  363.  @the_truttth  Russia changed yes but it didn't cease to exist as a country did it? That is the road Armenia is on right now. I'd imagine people living there are terrified.
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  364. European Parliament lectures the entire world on democracy and corrupt. While at the same time they have little interest in the will of the people and have a lot of interest in being corrupt. You really can't make this stuff up if you tried. The EU Parliament is a joke, citizens in EU nations know it and the world knows it.
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  365.  @edwintomy6921  Have you seen western media coverage about the canal or have bothered to check? I agree that no western nation will come out as strongly against the canal relative to Russia (for obvious reasons.) Although I'm not sure if these people's questioning of the west's intentions are misguided or "obsessive" as you put it. In case some haven't been paying attention there is a pretty good track record behind that. I know it isn't easy for everyone but lets try to be a little realistic once in a while.
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  366.  @egeaydn2794  You say it's not progression but regression. It would be wise for you to explain why, instead of simply making statement's we're simply supposed to take at face value.
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  367. Buckle up my friend it's going to get worse. If this guy keeps cutting interests rates I wouldn't be shocked to see the dollar to 25 liras.
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  368. You'd think that would have taken place during the military operation no? When tons of bullets were flying around and barely any civilians were killed or injured during an entire military operation?
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  369.  @Jules-z4e  Except for regime change in Libya for France which the French weren't able to do themselves.
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  370. lol
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  371. @MarcVerstraeten, Finland yes. Sweden? That is rough. It's hard to join a military alliance when you've been spending hundreds of millions to fund an armed group which has been killed citizens of a member of that alliance.
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  372.  @SorbusAucubaria  I don't see how that is different than rigged elections.
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  373.  @ingabaranauskiene5889  Except when they illegally topple goverments that were elected. (2014) Or like recently when they cancel elections. Just sayin..
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  374. I'm not sure in this instance they want "more." They simply want control over a piece of territory which legally is theirs no?
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  375.  @Tech9Admin  I think what they want is fairly open and clear. They want Sweden to stop financing armed groups which are attacking a Nato member state. And maybe a public apology as well.
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  376. Hard for them to take care of themselves when a nation like France is stealing their resources and rigging their elections.
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  377. Seems like every segment of society in France ends up protesting the regime in Paris. The upper middle class and middle class ethnic French with the yellow jacket protests which crippled the country. Everyone protesting the pension laws. Now the underclasses and left wingers rioting. Rarely do you see an entire society and all it's different parts protesting a regime.
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  378. There are a lot of things Europe can't "afford to do" but have been doing A LOT of lately. I think a lot of it stems from the mass delusion the ruling elite seem to be under not understanding they are no longer the center of the world. Forget not being the center of the world, they're not even 10% as relevant on the international stage as they seem to think they are. This is a very dangerous mindset to have, not knowing your place in the pecking order leads to some very damaging decision making.
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  379.  @Gourat1198  It's highly possibly that both of you are right.
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  380.  @Elshadcan  The conflict is actually over and I doubt it will flare up again. Those nationalists you refer to dont' have the ability anymore to claim any territory from their neighbors. They've basically been defanged. It's over.
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  381. @Mary B, Don't 'you find it awkward that Sweden is trying to join a join defense alliance while at the same time financing armed groups which are blowing up schools and hospitals in a member of said alliance?
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  382. @Lucky Charm, Yes they can do that, if they can swallow being pushed around and bullied by the Chinese.
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  383. Yes and what happens if they fall into Chinese hands and you have horrible relations with China? Then what? I'ts not like France has the military power to effect any of those outcomes so they're hedging their bets.
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  384. @Leon Ramkumar. It's easier to find people to sell oil to than it is to find people to sell you oil. There are more consumers than producers when it comes to energy. And when a producer knows you're hard up, they can charge you anything. The problem Europe has is that most of their other avenues for fossil fuels are essentially nations they have really really really pissed off in the past. So yea, it won't be easy for them. Nor will America natural gas companies have mercy on them as they have shown.
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  385. All that has already been done. lol It simply isn't enough for them to accept Sweden funding armed groups which blow up schools and hospitals. That is a tough pill for anyone to swallow.
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  386. I guess in the same way France, America and England can condemn Russia while having done the same thing multiple times in recently memory.
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  387. @Nope So they won't trade with any society that doesn't believe men can get pregnant? Hmm who will they trade with?
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  388. They have no interest in joining the EU. They don't want to be bound to defend Sweden and they'll do anything to drag this out. Even resorting to make requests of things they don't even want.
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  389. @Lithuania wasn't illegally invading it's neighbor's and ethnically cleansing 800,000 civilians leading to bad blood which won't go away easily. Not is it landlocked, surrounded by nations it is making territorial claims on all the time. Bad analogy.
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  390. @VP you weren't far off
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  391. @Asau Pengabang, if that were true Macron and the Canadian Prime minister would be there supporting this meeting.
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  392. France is not only insignificant in the eyes of these three nations. Other nations are starting to understand the reality that France is a third rate power. France can only really exert influence over impoverished African nations and that I'd imagine will come to an end soon as other growing powers are moving in to push France out. I'd imagine this will be a good thing for the people of that region as well.
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  393. @BNL BNL, not going to happen for a plethora of reasons.
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  394. @Donalexey, Yes and no.
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  395. @MG Legal ramifications? And who exactly will enforce these ramifications? If International law were always upheld and enforced, France would be paying African nations half their GDP in genocide reparations.
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  396.  @pekranevikrane  Yes it's easy to pay less when you rig the elections, bribe officials and continue on stealing resources. It's no wonder there was a coup lol
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  397. @Shane Anderson I doubt this is any sort of peaceful relationship. This was done out of necessity for both sides. (Saudis being more in need) The Saudis need Turkey's military tech and military protection, now that Washington has thrown them out in the cold. The Turks need cash. Once one side doesn't need what the other side has to offer, the relationship will fall apart. These two nations are bitter rivals.
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  398. @Natnael Eyasu, MBS is there to basically bend the knee and bribe the Turks to restore relations. Not sure he's in any position to make demands.
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  399. @Devin Butler, The problem is Europe is a dying and decaying region that cannot be "self sufficient." They have no choice but to bow to the demands of America and China.
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  400. At this point it's fairly obvious ECOWAS is essentially a tool of the French to continue their stealing of resources.
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  401.  @luisekjeldsen1515  It makes absolutely zero difference to me personally. I'm just curious how these things shake out. The issue isn't Sweden joining Nato, the issue really is how many pounds of flesh Turkey is going to extract from them.
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  402.  @GaSLAPENnu  You're behind a computer screen too, so what makes you so all knowing about politics? You literally make simplistic talking points which throw all nuance out of the window. You ask questions a 12 year old would ask.
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  403. That is the idea. They don't want EU membership. This is simply their way of saying they're digging their heels in over Sweden. Which makes sense if you really think about it, it's awkward for Sweden to try to join a collective defense organization while at the same time it has been financing armed groups blowing up schools and hospitals in a member of said defense organization. Nations are sensing the EU's weakness and don't mind dragging them through the mud.
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  404. @Nrspeed1407. I wouldn't be surprised. They don't even want EU membership, at this point it's clear they'll keep making demands they know can't be met. They've made it clear they're going to dig their heels on over Sweden.
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  405.  @marczhu7473  They've literally pissed off the entire world, what backup plan? Everyone wants to extract a pound of flesh from them. I honestly do not envy the position Europe finds itself in. The next 100 years is going to be very ROUGH.
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  406.  @basbekjenl  No one has your back my man, you're a colony. All is good as long as you do as you're told.
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  407.  @harmless6813  Why would anyone pay penalties to anyone when they no longer have diplomatic relations, no longer trade and no longer have any contact? Who was going to enforce said penalties? So you think he blew up his 20 billion dollar pipeline (which he could have just shut off instead) to get away from some small penalty he wasn't going to pay anyway? Do you also believe in the tooth fairy?
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  408.  @brucel7430  Seriously?
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  409.  @brucel7430  It's an odd question considering the sheer amount of things out there which answer the question.
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  410.  @brucel7430  This really isn't an issue of views and opinions. It's an issue of reality. Especially in the backdrop of the Biden administration blowing up the pipeline which was Germany's main energy lifeline. And that isn't even getting into the fact it turned into one of the largest ecological disasters in human history. Caused more emissions in one single blow than every American driving an SUV for the next 70 years. So no, this really isn't about "view points and opinions." It's about people being seriously angry at a chain of events.
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  411. This comment legit made me laugh lol
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  412.  @razorsharpview9090  To be fair there is no such thing as reliable allies. As situations change so does the behavior of nations. As an earlier poster said, the safest bet is not to rely too heavily on anyone for your protection.
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  413.  @jora5483  The OP is an Armenian you genius lol
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  414. Except it isn't their land.
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  415.  @dzurfluh2156  When comparing the two groups or governments I think we also have to look at the 800lbs Elephant in the room instead of using rhetoric. In the past few decades the Azeri's haven't invaded anyone's internationally recognized territory and ethnically cleansed close to 1 million civilians. The Armenians have. The issue isn't really about Putin handling or not handling democratic governments. The issue more stems around cold hard geopolitical considerations. Blaming Putin or anyone else for Armenia's insane geopolitical blunders over and over again is quite strange.
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  416.  @dzurfluh2156  So you're saying it's okay to invade another nation's internationally recognized territory and ethnically cleanse 800,000 civilians? That is your argument as to what makes it okay? Hmmm
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  417.  @luiza7453  Yes I agree with you the Turks are denying it. I do find it interesting that you'll berate them for denying a genocide over 100 years ago, yet you'll deny one that happened just a few decades ago where the people guilty of doing it are still alive and evading punishment. Don't you find that strange? How you'll push for one from 100 years ago to be recognized and deny one that happened when I was in grammar school? On a scale of 1-10, how horrible of a human being are you?
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  418.  @delta_glider4362  If you'd like I can explain that. Nagorno Karabakh itself only had about 40k Azeris. But you forget Armenia also invaded the 7 regions around Karabakh. A huge territory which account for about 20% of the Azeri land mass. And yes over 800,000 Azeri civilians lived in those regions which were brutally ethnically cleansed by the Armenians. So it's kind of rich that you're claiming ethnic cleansing now when in a huge war only about 20 civilians were killed. So you're saying brutally ethnically cleansing 800,000 civilians is fine? But when about 20 die in a huge war it's ethnic cleansing? Is that your position? Are you people insane?
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  419. @MrJdsenior, What you're proposing is impossible. It's huge multination corporations who are pushing this war and you're asking for multinational corporations like chip manufactures to be shut down on behalf of the war? Think about that for a second. Some of these chip companies can shut down the government before the government can shut them down
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  420.  @CHINAISDEVIL  This just might be one of the dumbest things I've seen written on youtube in a while. Calls for full scale embargo, while using a computer made in China, a phone made in China, shoes made in China and half the home appliances made in China. Good luck man lol
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  421.  @UkraineNeeds  There is something called internationally accepted borders in the modern era. Imagine every disputed them based on some vague historical claim and starting invading their neighbors and ethnically cleansing hundreds and thousands of civilians like the Armenians did? Think of the chaos. No rational group of people are going to be making these kinds of arguments.
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  422. This is so interesting considering the situation. Turkey no longer has any interest in EU membership yet makes EU membership a part of lifting it's veto on Sweden? That's basically saying one thing, they simply don't want Sweden in Nato. They're making demands on things they don't even want.
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  423. Why China's long term economic prospects (although not good) are still 1000x better than Germany's.
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  424. @Humperdoo Saves, So all this has nothing to do with the awkward situation of Sweden trying to join a collective defense organization while at the same time financing armed groups which are blowing up schools and hospitals in a member said of said organization? Sweden better hope Turkey isn't democratic at all, because even if it's a tad bit democratic no government can allow Sweden into Nato and not lose the next election.
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  425. @Pharisaer Watch, the difference being they're doing these exercises in what they and the UN deep with in their maritime borders. Not half way across the globe. Lets be a little realistic here. With this level of irrational and delusional thinking we're going to sleep walk into another war.
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  426. @Gustaf HauRuck, that's a scary situation in the long term. What it usually ends in is leaders who don't face consequences, who aren't battle tested and continually make really really bad decisions. Watching Sweden grapple with a generation changing decision like joining Nato come up, only for them to get vetoed due to their own stupidity is I guess proof that what you're saying is for real.
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  427. Thinking that is even possible is pure and utter delusion. Now if it were possible they'd be able to join (which is impossible) it might even even be worse if they did join. Russia and Iran would immediately stop all trade with Armenia. The other 3 nations a landlocked Armenia borders will also shut down all cross border trade because Armenia has territorial claims on all three. The country would legitimately collapse in about a month. America won't start ww3 over it and there is literally nothing the EU can do about it.
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  428.  @Abonaif-c6x  I don't think he was crying. Simply making a statement.
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  429. I'd imagine the foreign minister has bigger issues to worry about than the actions of a few war criminals in Yerevan.
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  430.  @aartur1254  Except they aren't the ones who invaded another nation's internationally recognized territory and set up illegal militia's that ethnically cleansed 800,000 people. Facts>Your feelings.
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  431. @Canadiandude24. Yes being close to the Justin T regime has helped so many nations across the planet lol
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  432.  @A.A1891  What you're saying may or may not be true, I won't debate that. But the last thing either of those nations need is some genetically damaged inbred from too many generations of inbreeding to give them advice on how to live.
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  433.  @ИванИванов-е9щ1в  I don't understand that jibberish. Sorry.
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  434.  @solarlux7856  Some have the ability to broadcast their lies at higher rates.
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  435.  @mrutik77  Where I get that number is quite simple. Actually I thought the number of Azeris in Nagorno Karabakh proper was 40,000. With that said, you fail to realize that Armenia not only invaded Nagorno Karabakh but also 7 surrounding regions in the 1990s. Those regions were huge and accounted for nearly 20% of the entire state of Azerbaijan. A huge area where over 800,000 people lived. After the war there wasn't 1 left. What happened to them? They just vanished into thin air? It's almost like the Turks trying to explain where all the Armenians in their country magically vanished to. It really isn't a winning argument. I find it surreal that all genocide/warcrimes/ethnic cleansing deniers all use the same exact playbook to deny their crimes. Do all you guys go to the same seminar or something?
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  436.  @mrutik77  I see you've been going to those "How to deny genocide,warcrimes,ethnic cleansing seminars. Argument 1: It never happened lol Yea those 800,000 civilians who were living in those areas simply never existed right? lol
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  437. @Jemi Tipene, The EU has burned so many bridges that there is no way that will happen. They'll pay market price and have the oil shipped to them via the sea routes like every other nation the Saudis sell to.
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  438.  @bonnierussell9798  Insurance doesn't hike up inflation. Expanding the money supply does. Inflation is just a symptom of that disease. If bank failures continue we already know the playbook the government has to stop it. They will expand the money supply and pump it into the banking sector to save the banks. Which like the OP said will cause massive inflation. Which is just another way to tax the public.
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  439. @Keith Kuckler, With elections looming I'd imagine Erdogan will be under massive pressure from his people to not let Sweden off so easy. From their point of view, how can they not veto a nation which has financed a terrorist organization that has killed more than 30,000 of their people over the past few decades. Think about that for a second. Surely vetoing a Nato expansion is a big deal but politicians as you know also need to think about domestic elections. I would not be shocked if he did Veto Sweden.
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  440. After Armenia had military drills with America not too long ago. Iran is having second thoughts. After seeing how Armenia is now treating Russia, Iran is having third thoughts.
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  441. @Helen Dimakakos, Or maybe they don't want a nation which financially supports an armed group which attacks a Nato member to actually join Nato. Crazy right?
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  442. If a large conflict erupts and your government isn't careful, your country will be caught dab in the middle of a very destructive conflict. :O(
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  443.  @wilson0347  I wonder if the people on the losing ends of their interventions in Nagorno Karabakh, Syria, Iraq and Libya thought it was all a joke.
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  444. @Marvel Ervin, he is selfish because his people are angry that Sweden has been financing armed groups which are blowing up schools and hospitals in Turkey? Seriously? Children being blown up is your definition of humanity's progression?
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  445. @Satt M, so you're more worried about the briber than you are about the people taking the bribes? Are you insane?
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  446. @George Koroneos, I don't think Russia likes the idea of a costly intervention and occupation of Ukraine. They're essentially hoping for assurances that Nato won't move closer to their borders. I'm no fan of Russia but this isn't an irrational request.
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  447.  @ukchatman4920  Except that isn't how the world works.
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  448.  @Blitzkers99  We know what the Indians can't provide Armenia with. Toilets lol
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  449.  @Blacksaintknowpercapita  I wasn't saying it was your problem. I was taking a jab at Pakistan.
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  450. @Taner, when the government tells you what an interest rate is, you have a baked in conflict of interest. We have the same issue here in America, our government tells us interest rates are at 5 percent when everyone knows it's closer to 20-30 percent.
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  451.  @seimassmirda  It's funny how when societies which haven't lost their minds give sound advice you automatically counter it with a 3rd grade talking point. I doubt Putin is hiring Indian bots lol Your society is being torn at the seems, your entire economic structure is looking to crumble in the next decade and you're still spouting pre approved talking points like a robot. This is surreal.
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  452. So Europe shouldn't trade with France either? You know because of the entire authoritarian regime there and all.
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  453. And who is going to come remove it? France? lol
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  454.  @ammoshos  I'm not too sure about Syria and Libya but in Cyprus they weren't the bullies. They went to save a minority group on an island who were able to be ethnically cleansed by bullies.
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  455.  @Nickel_Eye  I don't remember anyone claiming the dude has democratic values or that he'd never hurt a fly. The only thing we really have is obvious evidence to go off. Armenia invades this region in the 1990s: 800,000 civilians get ethnically cleansed.. Azerbaijan invades recently invades the region: A few dozen civilians die. Pretty big compare and contrast there no?
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  456.  You Tube  A country asking other nations to refer to the by the same name they refer to themselves is a sign of corruption and absolute power? Hmmm. Please elaborate.
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  457. So they try to get back at Azerbaijan by putting forth a situation where Azerbaijan gains more of gas sale market share in the region? Well played Iran, well played.
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  458.  infodope  Drop in the bucket for Europe but a lot of cash for the Azeris.
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  459. @Culture Gylex, Your analysis would have been spot on except for one simple detail. It was the Saudis who approached the Turks asking to mend ties. Once Biden made it clear they will not protect Saudi Arabia, they panicked as they don't have the ability to defend themselves. Erdogan will certainly extract a pound of flesh from the "prince" for the price of mending ties. Who knows how much money the price will use to bribe his way into the good graces of Ankara.
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  460. So you're saying every country which backed America's wars in Iraq and Libya should have been impacted negatively as well? Or do the rules only apply when you want them to?
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  461. @Angelo Moshos, last I checked the Germans aren't supporting the Greek Cypriots are they?
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  462.  @accent1666  You seem pretty proud of the fact that millions of people's lives (probably for a few generations) were destroyed. Do you also strangle puppies for fun on the weekends?
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  463. @John Vitalis, This armed group everyone is upset that Sweden is funding also happens to be attacking the only Kurdish government on the planet. When you say supporting Kurds, do you also mean supporting armed groups which attack the Kurdish government too?
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  464. @J GW, Except France cannot safeguard it's interests on it's own. So it really has no choice.
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  465. This comment legit made me laugh. Nuland is the ultimate Karen lol
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  466. @David Thompson, is this before or after Sweden tries to join a group of friends while at the same time paying people to beat up the little brother of one of the members?
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  467.  @DabDabGoose  Or it's suspect that the two leaders who don't go along with the crowd tend to get singled out as "undemocratic." Not sure exactly how Orban is undemocratic though. He is one of the few European leaders that doesn't ignore what his people want. At this point it feels like the word undemocratic has turned into a weapon by the globalists to chuck at anyone who refuses to do what they want them to do. "listen to us and now your own voters. If you do listen to your own voters you'll be undemocratic." This is essentially the message being sent and it's entirely ridiculous.
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  468. @Wrightvcv2249. The EU doesn't want it and Turkey doesn't want it. This is just him basically saying he will veto Sweden no matter what. What makes people think they'd want to join a sinking ship like the EU? EU is more likely to deal with nations leaving, not nations entering.
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  469.  @angelobucciarelli4848  Except they're not. They literally have zero interest in it. They will use it as a political tool from time to time.
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  470.  @hitrapperandartistdababy  Still doesn't change the fact it's an authoritarian sinking ship. The Brits leaving before getting favorable trade deals with other nations before leaving the EU is what hurt them.
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  471.  @angelobucciarelli4848  That isn't exactly how it works. Then please explain to me why the EU continues to say Turkey is in accession talks if they have no interest in taking them? The fact is neither side wants to be the one to break off ties. Yet neither side wants it. This isn't that complicated. Assuming you can think mor than one move ahead in chess. lol
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  472.  @angelobucciarelli4848  Also why do you keep saying "you." I'm not the one trying to join the EU. In fact my country has made every state in the EU a vassal state. Why would we want to join our vassals?
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  473.  @angelobucciarelli4848  Yes because Europe has such strategic autonomy right? lol Who is dreaming now?
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  474.  @angelobucciarelli4848  Also if Europe wasn't vassalized why are EU leaders like Macron constantly complaining about how Europe needs more freedom in decision making when it comes to foreign policy? Is he just just delusional complaining about nothing? The two leaders in the EU which have the ability to take foreign policy decisions on their own might be Meloni of Italy and Orban of Hungary. And that is a big maybe with Meloni, it remains to be seen.
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  475.  @angelobucciarelli4848  "You Turks" Last I checked that comment doesn't apply to me. Is that how you debate? Assume someone who doesn't agree with your false narratives must be like ethnic group X? Do you have any idea how insane that is? Macron wants an EU policy because he is tired of the EU's foreign policy being dictated by Washington. He has been pretty clear about this. He isn't the only person in Europe grumbling about this either. It's a well known thing that Europe's foreign policy has been vassalized. You're debating against something most everyone agrees with. You might as well try to debate against the fact the earth is flat. You can try, but you'd lose the debate. Just like you're losing this one. Up your game bro, this is getting ridiculous.
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  476. Why would either of those two join a sinking ship?
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  477.  @adermm  What you need to do is learn how to get along with your neighbors. Hint, invading their lands and ethnically cleansing half a million of their people is not a good start.
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  478.  @jora5483  Why so they can live in squalor and misery like people in Iran? Pretty raw deal no? Would you want to be ruled by genetically damaged inbreds?
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  479. It won't work like that. It's a delicate thing when every single member is legally bound to go to war to defend another. If they aren't all on board, article 5 becomes toothless and brings the entire organization into question.
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  480. No one noticed because EU politicians are known to say things which are blatantly false. They're just used to doing it with no one caring. So how can you blame her?
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  481. Hamas is viewed as a terrorist organization by a minority of nations. This trope that they're viewed that way by in large is a false narrative.
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  482.  @战忽局油管分局  Sorry dude I don't think people would be willing to replace one aggressive hegemon for another.
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  483. @S Are you referring to the bribery scandals at the EU parliament?
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  484. @Hodge, This comment straight up made me laugh
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  485. @Marc They've been doing it for a few years without many problems. Also don't say west. You mean America. Europe is just a landmass filled with vassal states.
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  486. I could be wrong but I'd bet Armenia just signed it's own death warrant.
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  487. @Yudufa, The globalists don't have interests in Armenia and Azerbaijan. That is why. So both were left at the mercy of the Russians for a long time. Now that the Russians are occupied elsewhere, well they had to sort their problems out with each other (which they recently did)
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  488.  @FOREVERLOST-k1  So you have to be a Russian ally to want France to stop stealing Niger's resources? Hmmm interesting.
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  489.  @poweredbynato6313  He is so smart that he had a journalist in a powerful regional power's soil hacked to death in the embassy. Then he had to bribe them to be friends again because he needs the protection. Very smart.
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  490.  @daviddmonte  Yes so much corruption that the guy being accused of it missed winning the election by half a percentage point. Righttttt lol Who cares about logic and reason when you have a perfectly fine narrative to push in the face of all facts right?
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  491.  @antoniousai1989  Makes sense to go to the place who ruined your nation and stole all it's resources I'd imagine. At least that way you can get a small piece of it back? lol
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  492. @LightxHeaven, the sooner the French realize they're simply a regional power and not a global power. The sooner events which embarrass them will stop. This is all getting extremely ridiculous now.
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  493. America is trying to contain a growing China. You think they're going to care about the feelings of some third rate has been power like France? Sorry but that isn't how the world works.
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  494. @@brilliant7345 North Africa? Really? You might want to see how nations like Libya are doing. After another French intervention with help from big brother.
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  495.  @cageybee7221  It isn't his ears he doesn't trust. It is the sounds coming from a modern politician's mouth. People's level of trust in their elected officials is in the gutter. People's trust in Biden is probably even lower than that. So even if their money is safe, him coming out and saying it makes them doubt it. This is our new reality.
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  496.  @paulmayson3129  I'd imagine the Greeks don't agree with you.
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  497. @Ravi Singh, I'm not sure what "religious fanaticism" has to do with this. Cheap rhetoric aside I'd imagine Turkey's legal framework to be A LOT more secular than India's very example. But I do agree with you about Pakistan but don't assume other nations around the world are as insane as the inbreds in your region.
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  498. @Orion Federation, good luck trying to take it.
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  499. @Duncan Stewart, You also forgot to mention it is a fast decaying third rate power which still tries to act like a first rate power. This has a destabilizing affect in many places. France needs to sit down and stop causing so much trouble.
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  500. @Tranquil Eagle, even if the opposition wins the election Sweden is going to be frozen out of Nato. The issues and problems between the nations cut much deeper than party politics. It's simply an awkward situation for Sweden to be attempting to join a collective defense organization while at the same time financing armed groups which are blowing up schools and hospitals in a member of that same organization. It's just strange all around. Not sure what kind of children are running Sweden but Finland was smart to decouple their Nato bid from Sweden's.
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  501.  @safuwanfauzi5014  That's a fairly childish version of events.
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  502. @SparkJoy who funds them constantly changes based on who they're fighting. If the Turks take over defense of the airport in Kabul, you'll see most of the Taliban's funding and weapons come from France.
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  503. @Michael200 if a Nato member being an ally of Russia was a race, Germany would be FARRR in the lead.
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  504. The globalists basically took their strategy in America and moved it to Germany. Try to discredit anyone against the policies of the ruling elite by claiming Russia has their back. No evidence needed. It always starts with "intelligence agencies have learned." lol Yes what the media has told us about what intelligence agencies have learned has been so accurate since the weapons of mass destruction they had learned about leading up to the Iraq war. Anyone dumb enough to even consider believing the same lies over and over again deserves this type of leadership and media .
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  505. And then the mainstream media is left wondering why no one trusts anything they say anymore. Talk about stretching a narrative to it's breaking point.
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  506.  @thor.halsli  1. I doubt you speak for the military establishment. 2. Your "sister" nations don't have any sort of military power which would enable them to protect anyone far from their shores. Nato only has three members with the military capability to defend other members. Your nation and your sister nations aren't any of them. Which is also why these nations have zero weight in Nato.
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  507. @VGK4EVER. American strategists have zero want or use for an alliance with Armenia. But they will use them as a pawn to annoy Russia in Russia's own backyard. In the past 10 years they've shown they'd much rather play ball with Azerbaijan.
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  508. @Sea Horse, This comment legit made me laugh.
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  509. @Samangharibi5061 Except there is a Kurdish government. Ever heard of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Northern Iraq? They have a lot of oil, aren't sending it to Sweden and they too are really mad that Sweden is financing armed groups which also attack their government. The fact people live in alternate realities is quite frankly terrifying.
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  510.  @roenin  Well Finland isn't supply hundreds of millions of dollars to armed groups who attack a Nato nation like Sweden. So yes Finland probably won't be vetoed. Sweden however, they're up sh!t's creek right now.
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  511.  @diako8263  Having Kurdish ministers isn't an issue for anyone. Having ministers who are tied to international terrorist organizations is a problem. Regardless of their ethnicity.
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  512. Many large famous nation's products have found their way to Russia. Many times with the company's knowledge. Nothing will be done about it. If you think something will be done, you have absolutely no idea how the world works. Large corporations pushed this year (yes they're that powerful) and you believe that a large multi-national is going to be punished on behalf of this war? Are you crazy?
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  513.  @blackwatertv7018  So you don't find it strange that Sweden is trying to join a collective defense organization while at the same time funding armed groups blowing up schools and hospitals in a member state of said collective defense organization? Awkward no?
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  514. I have no thoughts on the matter for one simple reason. No one cares if the EU screams or if the EU stays silent. No one's actions are determined by how they will react.
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  515. @Opponens Periculo, all that is window dressing. Many nations are doing the same and Turkey isnt' reacting like this. Everything stems from one single issue. Sweden financing armed groups which are blowing things up in a Nato member state. Full stop. With this in play Turkey will nitpick at any little thing to keep Sweden out. No government can approve Sweden without extracting a pound of flesh because they will face massive public backlash and lose the next election.
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  516. @Pat Verum, I didn't realize Nato had religious requirements. I also didn't realize that dictators had a habit of winning and losing elections.
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  517. @Joan Jenny Sweden is getting blocked because apparently they've been financing an armed group which has been attacking a Nato member. So yea, the spotlight is on terrorist and apparently those who fund them. Finland is fine, unlike Sweden they're not sending hundreds of millions to help kill citizens of a Nato country. They won't get vetoed. It's kind of hypocritical to try to join a military organization after spending so much money to kill the citizens of a member of that organization no?
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  518. Ukraine is corrupt to the core. The guy probably bribed someone to leave.
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  519. @CC Finland is far more important for Nato than Sweden. So it seems like a done deal. Finland in, Sweden not.
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  520. @Panama-Canada they'll whine some more, throw a few hissy fits until they realize no one cares. Then they'll come back to the table with hat in hand.
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  521. @KB GAN, their issue is they consume far more than they produce. They've had inflation issues long before proxy wars.
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  522. Love this comment lol
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  523.  @Matthew_Loutner  Also the same thing in 1 million other instances war didn't break out.
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  524. @Duncan Stewart I'd imagine the French are the last people who can successfully mediate this. They don't have the clout or international respect to mediate such a thing. It's either going to be the United States or if it has to be a European power it will be England. The idea of France mediating this is ridiculous.
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  525. @Jonesjones, If that was the case Finland wouldn't be in Nato. Finland joining Nato really put the Russians in a bind. After Finland joining Sweden joining or not joining doesn't really mean much to the Russians. This has to do with how angry Turkey is with Sweden over certain things. They're simply not going to budge easily. Making the EU request is proof of how much they've dug their heels in. Making requests on things they don';t even want. Just to drag the process out.
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  526. So Armenia should continue invading other nation's internationally recognized territories and continue ethnically cleansing people? Seriously? That is what you want them to do? My god.
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  527. @James Gray, to be fair you'd need to understand their options when they did vote. A lot like when we were stuck with either Trump or Hillary. Damned if you do damned if you don't lol
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  528.  @MBBurchette  I'm not sure the Navy will risk it's battle groups by getting too close to the shores. China cannot take on the US navy in the open ocean, they'd get slaughtered. But the US navy wouldn't do very well getting too close to the mainland. Losing 4 or 5 aircraft carriers for Taiwan isn't exactly a trade the navy is probably willing to make. We'd probably use our Navy to block all of China's shipping lanes and choke their economy out. Not much they can do to stop that. No way we'd go in guns blazing into the Taiwan strait.
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