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

  1.  @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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4.  @neptunefog6082  They wouldn't have this problem if they weren't so damned aggressive against every country in their vicinity.
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  5.  @ulvi5514  I'd imagine they should have thought about that before ethnically cleanse 800,000 civilians in the 1990s .
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  6.  @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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9.  @_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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  10.  @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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  11. @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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  12.  @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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  13. 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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  14.  @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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  15. @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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  16.  @zeissiez  Savage lol
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  17. @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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  18. @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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  19. @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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  20. 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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  21. @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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  22. Probably not, unlike the Greeks the Kurds actually fight back and don't immediately surrender.
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  23. @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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  24.  @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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  25.  Roger Dodger  He's actually Georgian. If he was Greek he wouldn't be working lol
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  26.  @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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  27.  @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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  28. @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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  29.  @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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  30.  @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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  31.  @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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  32.  @kingleno3041  The problem is for poor people who can't afford food "really" Can you really be that callus?
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  33. @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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  34. 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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  35. @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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  36.  @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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  37.  @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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  38. 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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  39. @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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  40. I think Putin is probably thinking "Bold words from a man from a temporary country." lol
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  41. @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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  42. 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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  43. @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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  44.  @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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  45.  @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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  46.  @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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  47. 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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  48.  @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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  49. ​ @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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  50. Too much of either isn't good for you.
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