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What a fantastic channel. No fluff, no emotions, no narratives. Just facts.
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Now if only they could learn to use another fantastic invention. It's called the toilet.
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Just another example in a long line of examples. "Where the Russians go, misery follows."
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@t19-k4z Yea they've benefited so well that all the nations under French money policy are all lagging behind their neighbors who aren't. In many cases by massive amounts. The regime in Paris conducts it's business in such a way that France should be a pariah state on the world stage.
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@t19-k4z So you're saying France spending it's energy in this region was altruistic? Seriously?
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Thankfully it looks like those days are over as France is losing it's power and prestige on the world stage. It's getting harder and harder for them to push through their will in Africa. The tide is turning.
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What Europe wants and what Europe is willing to pay for are two different things.
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Sad that this channel grew with analysis and has now switched to narrative crafting. Don’t think your fans don’t notice bro
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@t19-k4z It's about as true as gravity being real.
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@raeraesocraycray7702 As weak as Africa's leaders are France is losing it's influence worldwide and other players who perhaps offering to treat them a tad bit better are moving in. China, Russia and Turkey have of late been trying to chip away at France's influence in different nations. The most notable ones being Turkey in Libya and Russia in Mali. This is a slow process which has begun and is like a train. It will be hard if not impossible for a waning power like France to stop. No one will have to "buy" themselves out of anything.
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@dongately2817 Hard to find a place which was unfortunate enough to fall under Russian influence that isn't in chaos.
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@Marc Andrassy You don't know much about this channel do you?
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@rudrakshsinghkatal5609 There are very few groups of people on this planet who randomly defecate in the middle of a street. Even the poorest nations, even nations from 1000s of years ago put some thought into the sanitation of their bodily fluids. So unless I'm from India or a surrounding nation with the same culture a India (Pakistan, Bangladesh so on and so forth) there is no chance I defecate in the street. However I'd imagine some guy named Rudraksh Sighn Katal has a very high probability of doing so. You know I'm right.
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@Lee Haseley, I'm shocked that you're shocked. Australia since it's inception has been and will probably always be the most destabilizing factor in that entire region.
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@Aditya Kelkar My statement would ring true in the 1800s, 1900s,2022 and probably 100 years from now.
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@akhileshkumar-xm7ie It's not simply about a toilet. Humans looked for ways to dispose of their bodily waste in an efficient matter 1000s of years before the invention of a toilet. They'd set designated areas with holes in the ground. No other group of people on this planet would simply walk around like dogs and defecate anywhere they felt like it. Don't give me this jive about how much things cost. There are and have been nations 1000x poorer than India who never had this problem. Digging a hole doesn't cost anything. It isn't simply a problem of technology or economics. It's a problem of evolutionary instincts. It should be studied why there is one group on this entire planet who has behavior that no other group has.
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@leehaseley2164 Benjamin isn't really being abusive to others. He's simply embarrassing himself with his inability to articulate his point of view. No need to stop him from doing so either.
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@irasingh2498 If it's some Indian dude, I think I'll pass. I'm not about to get geo political information from some dude who probably defecates on a side street. Thanks for the information though.
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@ramr7051 Read the comment again. It's more so pertaining to quality not quantity. Considering your level of comprehension when reading something, I'm surprised you know how to spell the word "dumbass."
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@natashagupta4691 I don't think people will be flocking to some Indian dude's channel for rational insight on geopolitics.
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@Big Ghoulish Boi, some people tend to do it more than others. Since the day Australians set foot in that region everyone in that area as suffered terribly. The chickens will come home to roost one day, I'd imagine it will come with a lot of Chinese support.
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@abhishekrana7986 Interesting that the place they were invented is also the place they're barely used. So if it is true that they were invented there, that means you've had them for a longggggg time. Yet hundreds of millions to this day aren't using them? What does that say about you?
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@benjaminr8961 So my intelligence is being questioned by a person who hasn't mastered basic grammar? Hmmm, now I've seen it all.
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Wow this channel is getting more and more main stream mediaish by the day Cold analysis? Gone Narrative crafting? Check
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@benjaminr8961 You really have no proper argument to make do you? lol So please, continue with the adhoc attacks. I honestly find them amusing.
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@benjaminr8961 Repeating yourself doesn't really help your cause my man.
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@t19-k4z That absurd ideology being greed?
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@Markus Z, without French influence there would be less destabilization. France needs to keep these nations destabilized which is why they spend so much money funding warlords and terrorist organizations. Then they come in as the saviors. They recently tried this in Libya to try to get back some of their influence there. They funded a warlord to topple the internationally recognized government there. The warlord failed but it destroyed the country and it's already fragile infrastructure. No France-=Less money for terrorist organizations and warlords=less destabilization.
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I have no horse in this race but it appears Victor Hugo might have had an eye condition where he couldnt' see grass.
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@captainkide575 In the world of international politics that is no way to treat a "powerful ally" something from Australia's point of view France is not. Australia is completely and utterly nervous about Chinese aggression in the region and obviously France isn't a nation which can protect it. They saw an opportunity to get more protection from the United States and they took it. I doubt it was a difficult decision considering the deal with France was supposed to be 30 billion and ballooned to 90 billion and the time frames changed. France has a habit of pulling this bait and switch tactic and smaller nations which it can then bully into paying. We've seen them do it multiple times to many countries such as Egypt and Greece. Australia on the other hand had other options and refused to be robbed by the French. Complete and utter miscalculation by the French on this issue. It goes back to a simple point which if not addressed will lead to France being embarrassed more and more on the international stage. You can't be a third rate power but still do business under the assumption you're a first rate power. If so, these things will continue to happen.
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@recker6433 Probably because a lot of Indians moved there lol Maybe India should pass more such laws.
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@aniketshaw7283 I'm sure you made the toilet 1000 years ago, the trouble is it's been 1000 years and most your people still refuse to use it lol
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@stilxfound3813 If that is true why aren't they using that amazing system now? Why are hundreds of millions of people still defecating anywhere they feel like? It's a simple question really.
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@gamersplatform1574 You're like the 10 person who said that. My question to that is, if it was invented there so long ago, why aren't the people using it to this day? That makes the situation worse no?
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@Edward Decker, I've seen a lot of emotional rants filled with cliches and empty rhetoric but I haven't seen one as prolific as yours in a while. Well played my man, let it all out lol
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@benjaminr8961 Well that was the justification used to help slaughter hundreds and thousands of civilians in Timor. Interesting to see there are still people who back this policy. On a scale of 1-10 just how horrible of a human being are you?
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@benjaminr8961 Most people with a lost cause would tend to agree with that statement.
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@BigSac, Not saying what you're saying isn't true but it's certainly hard to believe and I'll explain why. The reason the Russians built such a vast war chest was because they were trying to sanction proof their nation knowing this day would come. Why would they go through all that trouble only to keep it all outside of their own central banking system where it does them no good. If they do have some outside of the country, I'd imagine they've strategically placed it in places they can access it even in the case of sanctions. Places like China.
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@wumaobot For sure. But if you look at the amount of civilians who died, America's invasion was like a pat on the back compared to Russia's. What the US did in Afghanistan was horrible and I was against the occupation of those poor people from day one. But please don't compare the brutality of this compared to the brutality of the Russians. It doesn't even compare.
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@Youtubegoblin23 Because if Poland falls, the Russians are at your border and your defense forces are a joke. Yet you're sitting here talking about how you won't defend Poland because they're right wing. lol It's this type of thinking that probably caused Germany to shut down it's nuke reactors. Blind ideology.
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This bullying a nation out of natural resources on their shores reminds me of what the EU is trying to do to Turkey right now.
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@Joelcohenx. The geography is complex yes. But that doesn't mean this conflict is complex. You have an apartheid state and people who are being crushed under this apartheid system aren't happy. It isn't complicated.
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@tusharverma4202 What a strange insult, what is it with you Indians and these really odd insults. But if you must know, I was raised by a mom and dad. They weren't leftists lol
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@akashpramanick3928 So basically you've had a toilet for 5000 years and still haven't thought of actually using it? Interesting.
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@Pazzystar No it's not lol
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Another fantastic video. Perhaps except for the insane amount of trolls in the comments sections having emotional metldowns.
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@Carrots, as the Chinese threat (from the Aussie point of view) got more real. It wouldn't make much sense to ally yourself so heavily with a nearly powerless third rate power like France.
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That should be a fear for any nation building a new military industrial complex.
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@Hollywood2021 So if I came in your house, took all your money and massacred your family while causing a distraction to get away. The world will see that as "me outsmarting my competition." Interesting worldview you have.
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@Nicolas, they're still not even close to being equal. In the international arena fear still wins by a long shot.
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@DeadKraken Europe can't be energy independent because they don't have enough energy. They have to purchase it.
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@yuvalgabay1023 So you believe South Africa have stayed an apartheid state? Is that your argument?
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@GlassyChap, the largest and only internationally recognized Kurdish administration is the government Kurdish regional government in Northern Iraq which has excellent relations with Turkey. It's mostly the insurgent groups Turkey has issues with, not to mention the Kurdish regional government has issues with the same groups as well. Which is why Turkey trains the Kurdish forces of this government to combat these groups. So no, hell hasn't frozen over. Assume your knowledge of events in this region don't come exclusively from CNN which has a nasty habit of pushing through false narratives.
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@deerajsinghbhau8 Wasn't a rant, I merely pointed it out. And then a bunch of people decided they wanted to have that conversation. I am polite, I will respond to anyone who wishes so. The ranting was mostly people crying about my comment.
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@rohanthakkar9119 Again if you invented them that long ago, why don't you use them? It makes the situation even worse no?
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@nishant17285 So why aren't you using them now then?
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@kuldeepchauhan2806 I don't buy this argument, never did. There are nations 100x poorer than India and their people aren't defecating in the streets. Poverty is not the common denominator here.
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@Attack On Titan : The Final Season I've seen videos in major cities where people are defecating on the train tracks. As far as it only being village side, that is false but even if true it's still terrible. I've been to villages in Africa 1000x poorer than India. Those people don't randomly defecate anywhere they feel like it. They dig holes in the ground and have designated areas where to "go."
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@Attack On Titan : The Final Season The point was being made that something can be learned from that nation. My contention is, a nation which hasn't figured out how to dispose of their bodily waste doesn't have much to teach anyone about anything. Especially something vastly more complex than that.
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James Matthews Not sure what that has to do with people defecating all over the streets lol
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@stickwatch5163 Some stereotypes are true no?
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@Sachin Kapse, This is true. Which is why I've always advocated not allowing as many Pakistani and Indian immigrants to come her. That would solve the problem of street defecation in California.
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@Romeo.G. I'm not sure I'd blame the Greeks so easily. This oddly reminds me of Ukraine, with someone else pulling the strings. Greece to be the sacrificial lamb like Ukraine was. Don't be shocked if this is the next conflict to be flooded by weapons.
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@chrismavroudis2330 Reuniting the island would be insanity when one side has shown it's willingness to massacre and ethnically cleanse a small minority group on the island. What sort of guarantees would this small vulnerable group have that they won't be massacred again by the majority? Best bet, formalize the partition and let each side go their own way. Only thing that makes sense at this point. The unification ship sailed with ethnic cleansing and massacres.
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People like Douglas Mcgregor are an amazing resources especially when dealing with a global issue that has more misinformation about it than one can keep track of.
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@Shawn, lately France has had an amazing ability to always back the wrong horse in international conflicts. Not sure if it's chutzpah or good ol stupidity.
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@dorianodet8064 Under-discussed because 99% of mainstream media outlets ignore France's crimes in Africa.
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@SD-SD-SD Have your fingers gotten tired from posting all these troll posts?
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They prefer to keep their people dumbed down and arguing over nonsense while they play the Empire from starwars.
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@tomo_xD The line was actually created by a Greek politician. He said in WW2 the Germans came with tanks, in 2010 they came with banks. Either way just because colonization did happen before the advent of tanks, it's still a good line.
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@TheIfifi I'd imagine you can say the same about a person who is tries to be the arbiter of what is and isn't wisdom and intellect. If I refused to go into a tank filled with alligators you're probably one of those rocket scientists who would say "well not all alligators bite."
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@sharefactor To be fair he's taken a lot more seriously than Macron who over the past few years has been an international whipping boy. Everywhere the guy turns he gets slapped, literally and figuratively.
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A country which has the highest inbreeding rates on the planet has turned into a failed state? Hmmm, what took them so long.
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@benjamindavidovichwaals2899 Comparing Europe's reach during WW1 and WW2 to today is kind of a stretch. Europe's nations were world super powers with global reach around that time. Today they are not.
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@DeadKraken Humans are nowhere near being at a point where we don't need fossil fuels. Also the idea of Ukraine in the EU is a pipedream, Russia invaded Ukraine in part so that won't happen. Even if Ukraine were in the EU, Ukraine doesn't have enough fossil fuels to make the EU energy independent. Fact of the matter is, EU won't be energy independent.
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@Constantius, Yes this is all very likely to happen. About as likely as Puerto Rico invading and occupying the United States.
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It's surreal how France always talks about democracy and human rights while at the same time exploiting the living hell out of these nations and making sure they never have a proper democracy for themselves. In many cases they kill their leaders who don't do France's bidding or fund terrorist organizations to terrorize the governments of those they can't control. It's pure and utter madness and this truth must be taken into the light worldwide. France must be shamed into leaving these nations alone.
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@Sava.S Making mistakes in history which is relatively recent and might have some connection to today is one thing, it's another thing to harp about something from 2000 years ago which has zero relation to anything today.
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@rojvankoc7252 The ability to project power makes you a super power. Having nukes isn't enough. North Korea has nukes, no where near a super power. Pakistan has nukes, nowhere near a superpower. Israel has nukes, no where near a superpower. South Africa has nukes, nowhere near a superpower. If you believe America to be a super power, then you must believe the Soviets were as well because for a decent stretch they basically carved the world up between each other and balanced each other out. Soviet Union was broke, which is why they didn't last long. But again money isn't the ultimate determining factor in being a global power, military prowess is. Money will just help you stay at the top longer.
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@rojvankoc7252 No nation lasts forever, the Chinese included. If your contention of being "where it has been for a thousand years" is the same ethnicity being in that same geographical region. I'd imagine there are other places who've been around for thousands of years as well. You're literally debating around in circles. Quick question, were your parents cousins?
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@Vroomfondle1066 It's possible but if I'm from east Timor, the alternative couldn't be much worse.
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@zerg230 I'm not sure about the UK but France's history of aggression and crimes makes the United States look like choir boys.
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@wallmuncherof85 apartheid states don’t function like that
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@Omkar-vj2md Name one thing I said which isn't absolute fact and a fantasy.
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@headhunterkonyak4337 I have no issues with India's non compliance. India is an independent nation and they can take what ever stand they wish are in their interests regarding sanctioning or not sanctioning Russia. Are you people dull or something? Do you even read what you're responding to?
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@oppertunist-trader So you're saying you're not bias? How about you be completely honest and answer one simple question. Have you or have you not noticed a person defecating on the street, train tracks or the beach? A simple yes or no. I don't expect you to actually tell the truth but I'm hoping you might be a rare exception.
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@davesprivatelounge It's risky pending on who you burn. There isn't too much of a downside for OZ pissing off Paris is there? Aside from causing a hissy fit what exactly can the French do?
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@GL-iv4rw Slavs aren't Western.
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@Lobos222 After what the Australians have put them through, I'd imagine if China did it's worse they probably wouldn't even feel it. I highly doubt China will push a policy that kills 1/3rd of their population.
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@cardenova You sure about our government bluffing about sanctions? Lately they seem to hand them out like candy even to friendly nations who "get out of line." Not sure why India would be any different.
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@Larbi Slimane, I'm no expert on this topic but I did follow their incursions into Syria. They literally cut through Syria like a hot knife through butter with very little opposition. They are as we speak occupying every single piece of land they've entered with again very little opposition.
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@valmiro4164 I'm not even sure China could be as destructive in Africa as France has been. Even if they tried. Hell few nations could stoop to the level of evil that the regime in Paris seems to find so normal.
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@valmiro4164 Yup that Frenchie attitude seems to be all over this thread. It's surreal.
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@TheThreatenedSwan So are you arguing that they should be robbed by France because of this? If my neighbor was an idiot, would it be okay for me to sneak into his house and rob him? Is that the argument you're making?
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@Andy Elliot, No one is going to put any meaningful sanctions on China over this. The Chinese seem to know just how far to push without losing anything. Their support for Russia is fairly limited (with the end game of making Russia beholden to them) without going too far with that support that it would hurt their worldwide export business.
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They're claiming the waters not the islands.
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@Hollywood2021 So you'd feel better if I said I bribed 15 thugs into doing it for me? Make the analogy fit better? Would you still say "I was outsmarted" after your family is slaughtered? I doubt it, you'd be crying bloody murder. Types like you are never intellectually honest unless something affects you directly.
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The words capable and French military should never be used in the same sentence.
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@NPJGlobal I'd imagine they'd both agree with me on the state of modern France and it's military prowess.
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The western Europeans generally view eastern Europe as a simple buffer between them and chaos. They view them as children who need to be controlled. This fact has not gone unnoticed in eastern European capitals.
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@Sevan59 Australia dumped the French deal because a much better deal came along.
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@Briselance Even at the worst of their abilities they probably wouldn't be able to cause the level of damage France has. Pointing out to someone who might commit a crime doesn't excuse a person from the crime. China and Russia are both entrenched in many African nations and these nations don't see the same level of destruction and destabilization as they've seen from France. So it's a bad argument in theory and also a bad argument in practice. Even if it were a good argument, you're essentially saying France's standard is that they treat people better than Russia and China? Wow Sad part is, they're worse. Much worse. The world is quite lucky France is a weak and waning power that is only able to cause this level of destruction in one small corner of the planet. Imagine they had the power the United States has? Terrifying prospect, thankfully they're going in the opposite direction.
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@David Glickman, the Naval capabilities needed to surround a place like Crimea while it's occupied by a force like Russia is something few nations have. Aside from America, I'm not sure there is a nation with the naval and logistical capabilities to pull it off. If Ukraine wants Crimea, it will have to go with a land invasion and take it by force. Which at this point seems nearly impossible. Things change with time though so we'll see.
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@ramr7051 I know you were referring to the OP, no where in my statement did I allude to the fact you weren't referring to the OP. My point still stands.
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@eddiemitza2544 Yes Afghanistan hasn't been stable ever since the two superpowers of the world started meddling in their affairs. Post Soviet and American attention Afghanistan was doing quite well in the 60s and early 70s.
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@xmurshedz I'm not sure I'd call what happened in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan "imperialism" in the old sense of the world. Those events were something far worse and much darker than old school imperialism. Imperialism basically hurts one group while bringing their resources home to your own people. Those events you speak of not only hurt the poor people who are occupied but it is also designed to rob the middle class tax payers of the host country to redistribute that money into the pockets of the elites. They're killing the people they occupy and robbing the people in who's name they claim to be occupying. It's quite genius in an evil sort of way if you think about it.
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@ioeuropaganymedkallisto7204 They certainly don't want a war because for them war is bad for business. They do however enjoy seeing tensions between Russia and Nato and I'd imagine. It makes drawing concessions from Russia easier for them.
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Very perceptive.
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@Michael Dermenjian, You're absolutely right they are guilty of massive warcrimes from well over 100 years ago. I'm sure we'd both agree that war crimes are a terrible thing and it's a good thing to at least acknowledge such war crimes. So my guess is that you feel the same way about Armenian invading it's neighbor and ethnically cleansing 850,000 civilians in the 1990s. Unlike war crimes from 100s of years ago the war criminals guilty of these crimes are still alive and should be bought to justice. You seem like a person who is not a fan of crimes against humanity so you probably back this idea 100%. Right? I really don't think you'll be one of those hateful racist warcrime deniers.
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@kostasdinos8982 I'd imagine the Greeks are using Hitler's strategy of appeasement no? The more the Turks as the negotiate the deeper the Greeks go in with their demands of how much territorial waters their islands have. I'm thinking the Turks have had enough.
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@TheIfifi It's possible to be well informed and prejudice based on said information lol
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@SkepticShphere Yet this guy has nearly 1 million subscribers from all over the world and growing. It has one million subscribers because a cold hard Machiavellian view of geo politics is appealing to many people. It really isn't for wide-eyed overly emotional ideologues. I'm thinking you stumbled into the wrong channel my friend.
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@SD-SD-SD Funny I always notice such a mindset from the EU. Nothing is ever their fault either.
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Using Tiny islands to block an entire nation out of a body of water on which it has the largest coastline is not "maximalistic" I'm afraid to know what your defintion of maximalistic is.
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Not sure what freedom for Palestine (which I agree with btw) has to do with this video.
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@Miachael Weston. "Historically" the Jews have always backed the Ottomans. It is only recently that this hasn't been the case.
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@carcotasu081 What has to happen to a society for them to think that the ability to defend your family is a "problem." Then again most of us do live in societies where we have to pretend things like boys are girls and women are physically as strong as men. Sure, why can't we simple also pretend that having the ability to defend your family is a bad thing.
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I've been following this amazing channel for a long time. The major reason I believe it took off was the fact that Shirvan is rarely interested in who is right or wrong in his videos. He just gives all the facts and why nations behave the way they do. This video was quite disappointing as the video was made to push a specific narrative via cherry picking facts. It is rare that Shrivan would talk about a conflict without mentioning who sparked it. One example being the 1967 war when he failed to mention Israel actually started that conflict in a surprise attack. I myself am neutral in this Palestinian/Israel problem. But knowing what I know about the conflict this video was nowhere near the quality you'd expect from a CaspianReport video. I get it, Israel and your home country are allied. But at the end of the day you're making videos for mass consumption here, don't make your biases too obvious.
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Yapsie Doodles, the Syrian conflict wrecked Turkey. What in the world are you talking about. Unless you assume a destabilized border and 5 million refugees running around your country is something that "works well"
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@Daha Solomon, to be fair it is more so Saudi Arabia and the UAE trying to resume dialogue with Turkey which is probably due to their hardpower. Egypt on the other hand you are right, they don't seem to affected by it and are playing hard to get with Turkey chasing them for better relations.
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@JackDonith, You do realize you're referring to a period of nearly 50 years. In 50 years nations can switch between hard and softer power more than 20 times. From 2000-2014 they were full on soft power. It's a rough region and the policy failed so they went with what works. As far as the detailed history of Cyprus you're right most people including me don't know, it isn't exactly an important enough place for people to study. Most people know the gist of what happened. The Greek Cypriots tried to ethnically cleanse a small minority group on the island, the Turks freaked out and invaded the island stopping the ethnic cleansing. Not a very complicated issue.
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@johnalexander5789 France won't interfere if this happens unless America is there to carry the burden of the operation. Greece will again be left to her own devices. France won't mind as it will be busy counting the billions of euros worth of equipment it sold Greece.
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@a.b.6233 Many nations no longer believe the NATO pact to intervene will be observed.
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@mrworldwide7387 One doesn't need to be a Turk to realize the Greeks are playing with fire in the Eastern Med sea.
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The older ones are dying. They're in their last gasp. The regime in Paris is in full panic mode about their influence waning in Africa. I'd be shocked if in 50 years this situation didn't vanish.
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@Brian Mwaura, not sure Turkey would allow Iranian gas to go through Turkey to Europe. Especially not without obtaining massive concessions from Iran first. Those two nations aren't exactly on the best of terms. The most logical solution would be getting Israeli gas into Turkey and tying that into Turkey's pipelines with Europe. This would be difficult given Israeli Turkish relations but it's not an impossible ask like the Iran Turkey Europe gas deal.
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@Avaricumstudios Yes, when the reward is money it gets the ball moving, which is why I said the Turkey Israel deal might work. The Iran Turkey deal however is something more tricky than money can buy. Not to mention America would do anything in it's power to stop it. To buy gas from one nation under sanctions so another nation under the same sanctions can't sell it is an odd situation no?
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@marihanderkhan5663 These are things Germany must plan for, for years. Until then you're stuck with Russian gas.
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@Avaricumstudios Why would they do that when they have other options?
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@Avaricumstudios No one does propaganda for the sake of propaganda. They go through that process because they have an interest do to so. So again, why would they go through all that hassle when they have zero interest to do so and other options? You sound quite insane.
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@Avaricumstudios They must have had some geo political interest in sanctioning Iran no? So why exactly would they forgo that interest just to look pretty to others? Like you said American geo politics is disgusting so you're essentially contradicting yourself. What you're saying makes absolutely zero sense. It feels like you have desired outcome and will look to find reasons (no matter how ridiculous) to fit that outcome. Plainly put, it's simply not going to happen. Iran is a pariah state not only because they've come under the crosshairs of America. Everyone has a problem with Iran and no one trusts them. Poor nations don't trust Iran, rich nations don't trust Iran. Nations allied with America don't trust Iran and nations which are anti American don't trust Iran. You see a trend here? No one is going to willing take any option which will help Iran if they have other alternatives which will serve the same interest. This idea that a person who doesn't seem to understand the relationships in the region trying to talk geo politics is rather laughable.
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@Sacedceltic, over the past 30 years. How many of those years was the interest rate over the rate the French pay these nations? So basically you rob them 99% of the time and then claim you're a good guy because of that one time they benefited from the arrangement? That's wonderful, how about you extrapolate your ideals to a business deal between us. You send me 100 dollars every day of the month. And for one day of the month I'll send you back 110. If you think France's deal with AFrica is so good for Africa, you'll take this deal with me no? Also if the regime in Paris would be so delighted to get rid of this burden of Africa, they wouldn't be fighting tooth and nail to keep their influence there. Don't kid yourself. France needs to be sanctioned and made a pariah state on the international stage until the regime in Paris stops it's exploitative and anti democratic policies in Africa.
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@sacredceltic Maybe because they were bullied into it? Wouldn't be the first time no? See believing something you want to believe and then cherry picking facts to force fit your emotional point of view isn't exactly a rational way to do things. Just sayin... This literally reminds me of this Russian dude trying to convince me that Russia is trying to save Ukraine. He argued just like you lol
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@sacredceltic You can't wait to see how they will fare financially once they replace it with anything else? Hmmm It almost sounds like you're hoping they fail and people starve to death. Why? So you can feel better? Not surprising that you'd be the type of person who would actually defend the misery France is causing in this part of the world. Hell you'd probably try to defend France's past genocide in Algeria too, somehow telling me slaughtering their men women and children was "good for them." Well done my man, well done.
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@voidvector The average interest rate over the past 30 years has been between 7-9 percent. So essentially France is getting 7-9 percent(on average over 30 years) and then giving these nations .7% of it. And this moron earlier is essentially saying this is a good deal for Africans lol
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@voidvector I wish someone had been giving me their money so I can invest it somewhere and only have to pay them .7% interest. That is straight up highway robbery lol 200 million poor people being robbed blind :O(
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France would just start a civil war in that country through terrorist organizations they've been funding and drive the country into the gutter with millions dead. So yea, no one will be taking those bastards to court anytime soon.
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@Jacob Bernard, You mean for European stability. European military autonomy will mean nothing for the rest of the world.
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@Crimea, "The biggest mistake." Seriously? You do realize America is a global power with 100s of other more important things going on. Was what you said a mistake? Probably. But the biggest mistake we've made? Not by a long shot, get in line. I'd imagine things like the war in Vietnam, failed invasion of Cuba, invading Iraq, destroying Libya, leaving Afghanistan with our tail tucked between our legs are near the top of that "mistake" list. What you're saying wouldn't even make the first 10 pages
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In a way yes but not as controlled a colony as these African nations. Due to the fact the Europeans still have control over their currency. These nations have no control over the CFA. If America controlled the European central bank it would be an apples to apples situation. It doesn't.
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@arty3738 If the Russians said the world isn't flat, it wouldn't make it false just because the Russians are saying it. It isn't simply the Russians saying this, most of the world knows this to be true. It's been true for a long long time.
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@Purple_flower09 Something doesn't become propaganda just because it challenges your worldview.
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@Yannister CFA was made to look like an option but was made an obligation because France would literally get rid of any government who was opposed to it. Anyone who leaves suffers. Either from internal chaos, economic attacks or terrorist attacks. Claiming it's optional is like claiming businesses who pay the mafia is also optional.
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@DrewNguyen_99 USA is more deadly for sure but no one denies it. France however likes to pretend it isn't deadly while doing all this nasty stuff.
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@Yannister Optional yes. Just like the Mafia in the 1930s which made it optional for businesses to pay them protection money. Not to mention over the decades anytime a government even hinted there was either a coup, civil strife or a string of terror attacks in that country. Yes yes, very optional. The options given to the country where, either you stay in or people die.
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France will be France, they'll throw a hissy fit and then realize no one cares. They pulled their ambassador from America, American strategists probably rolled their eyes.
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@Altrantis You literally sound like a lawyer working for the arms industry who was making these subs lol Also this wasn't about France selling or not selling the Aussies Nuclear subs. The Aussies had 101 reasons to scuttle the deal and go with someone else and they did it.
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@Bananesanane5152. Bulgaria is a bad example as it's one of Turkey's weakest neighbors but yes, in theory if they sneeze Turkey might get a cold.
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@AfroAsiaticLanguages Not sure what events from over 2000 years ago have to do with anything today.
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@MyOrangeString Not when they're done by a delusional government which believes it has 100x more weight than it actually does. How many moves by the regime in Paris over the past 5 years that literally made everyone simply roll their eyes? Reminds me of last year when the French Navy was sent into the eastern Med Sea in a show of force meant to intimidate. The opposite happened and their navy had to leave the area with their tails tucked between their legs. As I said in an earlier comment, you can't be a third rate power and try to act like a first rate power. All it will do is embarrass you.
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@Cesar Gonzalez, I'm fairly sure Greece was mostly a bystandard in the Cyprus war no? They pretty much watched it on TV like the rest of the world.
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The term superpower is thrown around very loosely. To be a superpower you need the ability to throw your weight around every corner of the globe. Turkey has the potential to turn into massive regional power, global superpower is simply not in the cards for them. In fact once the United States wanes, I don't think we'll ever see a true superpower ever again. The level of technological superiority you need to be a superpower will be difficult to attain because most of the planet is getting quite advanced.
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@rojvankoc7252 Turkey won't be a super power but not because they're broke. We've seen broke super powers before. Remember the Soviet Union?
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@rojvankoc7252 I don't think anyone claimed that ended well or that there aren't plenty of more powerful nations than Turkey. Are you feeling okay? You sound delirious.
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@rojvankoc7252 Really by claiming a super power has to be rich? Or by talking about a plethora of other nations when the topic is about one specific nation? I don't think Turkey will be a super power either. But watching how emotional you are over this topic is kind of funny.
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@rojvankoc7252 Is there something written that I'm unaware of that all superpowers last forever? As far as France "falling off the list," they've been nowhere near that list for a very long time. Israel and Japan have zero interest in being an international power nor do they have the ability to project power like one. America is a super power but waning. China is a regional powerhouse. Russia is a regional powerhouse but waning. Great Britain is behind those three and waning faster than all three. In 50 years there will be no superpowers. Only regional powers, it's possible the world never sees another superpower ever again.
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@YG-fm2wv Yes they have insane inflation with their economy in the toilet, yes their democracy leaves much to be desired. But Kurdish genocide? Seriously bro?
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@robertevans2450 They'll be more than happy if their plane which is in the works is slightly better than an F-16. So them being caught on radar is a given and they know that. As far as engines they're far off making engines capable of supercruise. But they've got options in buying the jet engines.
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@robertevans2450 It's fairly obvious to anyone watching this from outside that their economy is in shambles. 1. I have no idea how that will effect their building of this plane. Neither do you. 2. Not sure what any of that has to do with how this plane will perform. You seem emotionally invested in this, it's strange.
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@Andrew, It's youtube's Soviet Union type terms of service which force this.
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@JoseJBronze Funny how some people still think critique of the Soviet Union equates to critique of modern Russia. You do realize it isn't 1985 right?
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You feeling okay Jose? Why not try tackling the point instead of talking about RT which has absolutely nothing to do with my statement. Stop listening to those voices in your head my man.
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@Collin Marshall, Actually it was America who helped France overthrow Gaddafi. God knows what they offered Obama in return for that help. France has a weak military and was not up to the task, so they had to throw something America's way to get them to finish the job.
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@jasonmaguire7552 Zimbabwe is essentially the worst case scenario. But if you look at the situation on average the nations within the CFA have lower living standards and lower economic growth than those outside of the CFA. Just because that continent has trouble getting certain things don't doesn't automatically make it okay for France to rob them for so long. You're using the logic of a sociopath. The idea that they're helping their victims.
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@Grine, You say "without much of a problem" but France engineered one coup and attempted another which failed. Not to mention the insane amounts of money they're funneling to terrorist organizations and warlords to destabilize and punish the government. Mali essentially went with Wagner to ward off French funded warlords. Once France stops destabilizing that country they won't feel the need to bring in groups like Wagner. Also as bad as Wagner is, it's still nowhere near as dangerous as having France in there. Last I checked Wagner hasn't slaughtered millions of people in that region.
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@wilhelmbittrich88 It's a dying power only able to impose it's will on poor African nations with no weapons. The rest of the world laughs at them when they attempt power plays. It's getting so bad that even these small poor African nations are starting to stand up to these thieves.
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You might want to research the matter a tad bit more.
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This channel is truly a gem in the youtube universe. This guy's documentaries should be spread far and wide. So much better than the B.S. childish talking points that are thrown at us by mainstream outlets like CNN and the BBC.
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@yuvalgabay1023 I'm asking a simple question. Do you believe South Africa should have stayed an apartheid state? Yes or no.
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@ few rational people are okay with the support Israel gets. Resistance against it is growing, it isn’t sustainable
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@Thomas Punt, there was a time which lasted quite a while that America's military might and being under said military might felt like a warm impenetrable blanket. Those days are gone, nations like Poland are getting nervous and thinking the day might come where they have to fend for themselves.
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@chickenfishhybrid44 Poland isn't stupid enough to believe the situation of the United States defending them will last forever. I do agree about an EU army being a childish fantasy.
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@chickenfishhybrid44 I don't think anyone claimed anything was a "forgone" conclusion. I also don't think most rational people believe Poland shouldn't find a way to defend themselves when it's more often than not such protection won't last forever. It's not a forgone conclusion but very likely protection from half way across the world won't be indefinite. Crack open a history book for god's sake.
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@chickenfishhybrid44 I'm fairly sure you responded to me, so it's fairly obvious who I am or am not debating with. This idea you have that the United States will continue to protect Poland till the end of time is nothing short of childish delusion. You're debating against people assuming it's a foregone conclusion that the United States will stop defending Poland in the near future. No one on this thread actually claimed that. You're literally trying to debate a ghost then claiming other people are. Honestly at this point it feels like I'm debating some inbred refugee.
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@briangbur8743 Not sure I'd call them neocons. They're simply people who think what the media tells them to think. Remember the movie don't look up.
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Not one of the prime movers, theeee prime mover. They basically begged Obama to do it. Obama said he'd help but he'd lead from behind. Then after 4 days the French military was essentially tapped out and ran out of munitions and America had to step in and Finish it off. God knows what they offered Obama in return because France knew it wouldn't be able to handle the job itself.
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@timmocnik3458 You sound like -a gender studies student. What random person said made complete sense. The only people who seem to take issue with it are people who are triggered by reality.
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@0jabsroomer To be fair you really can't blame them, most rational nations would behave this way dealing with what they're dealing with. When a nation breaks all the treaties it signs and arms islands which were given to them under the condition they wouldn't be armed, which also happens to be half a mile off your coast. Yea, I can imagine you'd be upset.
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I'm not sure it gets more conventional than that. People just don't like to say it out loud but it is conventional wisdom.
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@Bj0rn, that's an interesting take on the situation.
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@Philip Mulligan, Their economy is in a serious and dangerous downtrend for sure. One that could set them back a decade if not managed properly. However I don't think bankruptcy is within the realm of possibility.
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@Drone Strike, Forget kicking them out of Nato, if they even tried to leave Nato the leader of that country would probably get killed and replaced with a new government. They're stuck in Nato, even if they want to leave. Look at map my friend.
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@Kgi135, within 25 years the French will be pushed out of all these areas.
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@डॉ. स्टीवन अजीब They always come to mind when the subject of India comes up. I'm still blown away that a nation still has over half their population defecating on streets. It blows my mind.
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Casanova You expect anyone who has seen India believe in those numbers? It's as ridiculous as believing Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Fake news.
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@suyashverma2338 Anyone who has been to India knows what you're saying is fake news. People are still defecating all over the place like it's going out of style.
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@akhileshkumar-xm7ie No other group of people on the planet defecate anywhere they feel like it. That isn't what I'd call developing. Humans generally got rid of this problem when we were still living in caves, hundred and thousands of years ago.
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@riscnx Picking a designated spot to defecate where it will either be deep in a whole or covered up with something is a lot more hygienic than randomly defecating anywhere you want like an animal. If this wasn't the case the vast majority of humanity wouldn't be using this practice since the caveman days. If you want to compare, why not compare a poor person in Africa for example who earns less than any Indian but still doesn't run around defecating in random places.
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@stilxfound3813 India is far too corrupt to have been organized enough to industrial properly during the industrial revolution. Unfortunately Indians spend more energy robbing each other than producing. I think you know I'm right.
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@jeanniemaycrawford4466 Yea because pointing out that defecating in the streets is disgusting is racist. I guess I wouldn't be racist if I was like "wow you guys defecate on the streets, that's amazingly awesome." lol Don't be intellectually lazy.
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@stilxfound3813 What does the history of the United States and Europe have to do with you defecating in the streets?
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@radhika00240 Of course it didn't happen because you guys don't use toilet paper. I've seen the videos of people defecating in the street, not washing their behind and simply pulling up their pants and walking away like nothing happened lol Thank you for proving my point.
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@pqr6614 Again, if that is the case why are people still defecating on the streets?
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@ashishraul1991 I'm on interested in western propaganda. Also the fact Indians defecate in the streets at crazy rates has never made it to the mainstream media here. It's anyone who's bothered to look it up that was left shocked about it.
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@sanketjamdade5612 You pity me for having pity on people who still defecate in the streets? Seriously? I'm sure just this week you've probably seen someone do it. Did you simply block it out of your memory banks?
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@deerajsinghbhau8 Was that supposed to be some odd Indian insult? I am not offended by it. As long as you don't move to the west and defecate in my garden I'm happy.
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white population is threat to our peace They're not my community. Is it your contention that someone has to be white to believe that defecating on the street is disgusting? Wow you must have a horrible opinion of anyone who isn't white. Inferiority complex much?
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@tuxsharx The British stole the wealth of a lot of nations. Most of those nations don't have issues of their people defecating in the streets. It seems only Pakistan, India and the Bengali nation are the only ones suffering from this problem.
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@kicksomeup6998 People do that, it's called a bidet. But that is very advanced when we're talking about people who literally defecate on streets and don't even attempt to clean themselves.
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@Soul_2050 Hard not to think of toilets (or lack there of) when someone mentions India.
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@seadragon610 I didn't realize we were talking about "ancient India." I thought we were talking about hundreds of millions of people defecating in streets beaches and train tracks today.
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@СоветскийСоюз-ф7к How does you defecating on the streets make me racist?
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@deepalall647 Even if I became homeless I don't think I'd be defecating in the middle of the street like an Indian. lol I'd go dig a hole somewhere.
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@oppertunist-trader How about in the year 2022?
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@oppertunist-trader Actually during the cold war era the world had two super powers. That is what caused the cold war you genius lol I love the way you guys debate. You literally take out a shotgun and shoot yourselves in the foot. Over and over and over again lol
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@toomuch82 That is a fantastic idea.
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@justarandomdortmundfan1097 Not a troll, I made one comment and found it interesting the sh!t storm it created. My apologies for not responding to your earlier comment. I've had way too many relies, the few I looked at were all utterly ridiculous. Hard to get to all the people defecating in the response section.
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@noone4617 What does colonialism have to do with people defecating people on the streets?
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@lolololololol369 Yes and oddly enough people aren't using them.
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@yarumillai6180 Relax Patel, I'm sure you've realized after one my simple comment I've gotten nearly 200 responses from triggered Indians. My apologies for not being able to respond to every single one of those emotionally riddled ridiculous posts, which in most cases make absolutely no sense.
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@not a gud guy Yes this is true, they have access. That makes the problem worse because even though they have access they aren't using them. They prefer to defecate in the streets which is insanity.
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@AshutoshTiwari-gc8ct No person from a civilized country would got to India for any reasons. Remember it's the Indians coming here, not us going there. Even Indians don't want to live in India. .
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@hoonan1874 So you're telling me that after all this time India has gone backwards since then? Wow. Quite an admission.
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@funandgamingbyfighter0009 So if you've had them for that long and still aren't using them. What does that say?
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@mylet2658 Yea there are plenty of homeless Americans using outhouses and honey pots. But they're not walking around defecating anywhere they please like dogs. Hell even my dog is picky about where she defecates and knows where not to lol
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@Acelrock No, I'm not. But you sir have probably defecated on the train tracks in the past 6 months lol
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@theeternal6890 That is like the 10th time I've seen this comment. If you've known about toilets for 1000s of years, why aren't you using them now? Most civilizations go forward not backward lol
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@theeternal6890 I believe you that there are lots of toilets, my question is why aren't people using them.
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@snehagaming3777 So if the first toilet was invented in India and the toilet has been in India longer than anywhere else. Why aren't today's Indians using them?
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@snehagaming3777 So you're essentially say people who don't use toilets are "way too low." Yet they constitute a huge proportion of the population? That means one thing. The people who are "higher" are actually "even more low" since they haven't rectified the situation for the people in poverty. All the arguments you've made so far make India look even worse. And no the world doesn't revolve around the USA and Europe. In fact in most places around the globe you don't have people defecating on streets and beaches. Only India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. You guys are special I guess, different from everyone else on the planet in that regard.
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@snehagaming3777 Personally insulting me doesn't change the point I made does it? Nor does trying to change the subject. And no we're not arguing, you are not a rational human being that can be argued with.
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@userunavailable__ As if I really need update advice from someone who defecates in the middle of the street.
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@unapologetic906 Not sure how that crude insult changes what I said.
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@aniliebe This is true. But those people pooping in the streets in California literally make up like .002% of the population if that. Now imagine a country where more than 50% are doing this. So essentially you're telling me you're saying most of India is on par with literally the worst part of America?
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@mittalsingh9384 I completely get your point and yes my society does have all these problems, unlike you I can admit these problems. You can't solve a problem till you admit it. But I don't see how my society having crazy problems like high crimes, insane younger generations, a society which doesn't know the difference between a man or a woman has anything to do with the fact your people defecate in the streets. If my society was 1000x worse than it is, would any of that change the fact a majority of your people defecate in the streets? I'm trying to understand your logic here.
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@futurecorpse4935 So you're saying they have a toilet and you don't?
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@aarthirajaraman7453 Sure they do bro. I also wish they would use them.
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@SunnySunfl0werz-03 so people in the west lack a father. People in India lack a toilet. Sure lacking a father is worse but I fail to see how that changes the fact you defecate on the streets.
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Or perhaps it indicates a video in which he is explaining to us the view points of the parties involved. Are all Greeks like their government this aggressive? Shoot first ask questions later?
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@SD91, While I believe their occupation of Syria to be a bad thing. I'm not sure on what planet you believer the stronger side gets occupied and the weaker side does the occupying. Interesting indeed.
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@asasbs1411 So is it your contention that Afghanistan is the most powerful nation on the planet? Or maybe, just maybe the geography of the place made it difficult for occupiers? Syria doesn't have Afghanistan's geography and is obviously quite easy to occupy.
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@asasbs1411 Absolutely but at the same time you still haven't been able to account for your first statement which to be fair was quite insane.
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My how times of changed. If Poland is able to get this ambitious plan off, they'll probably have enough might to conquer all of western Europe. That isn't saying much though.
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@saucesriracha3763 Make an argument.
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When it comes to building military production infrastructure 20 years is "over night."
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Depends on how bad it gets and how long it continues. Right now, it looks like they'll still be projecting power for a while. If this inflation gets worse and lasts a few years, then no.
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@General Electric, England too was once what America is today. However unlike France England understands it's role in the international system and plays within that role. France is that former bully that everyone now laughs at when it tries to project power.
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Societies which brag about how open and free they are, are anything but. I am in the United States, where we always talk about how free we are. Yet we are the most surveilled society on the planet outside of China. Hell, the government is probably going to have a log of me making this post. Freedom in the west is done, dead and dusted.
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Just leave it to CaspianReport to give us the most unemotional fact based analysis on another extremely important topic. World needs more Shirvan, less mainstream media.
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Great video but it seems like the tide of war has turned in the last 10 years. Ethiopia literally just deployed a ton of drones it recently purchased from Turkey and China, changed the face of the battlefield.
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2028end0. Incase you're interested in facts. He actually converted a museum which used to be a mosque and before that was a church like 600 years ago into a mosque.
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We push around the planet. France pushes around a few poor nations who can't fight back. Difference is America for all it's evil isn't as terrible as the regime in Paris. Imagine France had America's might? The world would be fuked lol
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Underrated comment.
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The difference is the Euro and the Pound have independence and can set monetary policy. The nations in the CFA can't. Not to mention that if the ECB decided to stop pegging the Euro to the dollar America wouldn't fund warlords and terrorist organizations to create chaos in these nations. It's really a strange analogy you're trying to draw. Most of these nations are kept in the CP through threats. Some come back to as a way to appease the pain the mafia boss is putting on them.
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@ednabirkdale7403 According to which metric? They're slowly being pushed out of North Africa. In the Caucasus theatre where they had influence in the Armenian and Azeri disputes, today a war has started there and the winning side basically gave France the middle finger when it wanted to talk. Recently they tried an American style powerplay in the eastern med by sending their Navy into try to intimidate Turkey to get out of Greece's waters. What did Turkey do? They doubled down and sent more ships into the region and Macron had to pull her Navy back tail tucked between their legs. You should never go with a show of force if you're not prepared to use force. Don't think other nations didn't notice what happened here. Few nations fear France and less and less respect France everyday. Is this what you call France's influence on the global stage increasing? In 30 years France won't have any say in anything outside of the European Union. It will be a region power, nothing more. Hell that may even be the case today.
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France: Third rate power which believes and behaves like a first rate power. This behavior puts them in a position to be embarrassed again and again. Australia was right to push them out and bring the Americans in. France cannot, in anyway, shape or form help defend Australia.
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@Altrantis Paper tiger perhaps? The simple reality is it doesn't have the ability to project power. Don't think people forgot the Libya operation already. France wanted to take the lead in that operation, after a week it's military was exhausted and America who was "leading from behind" as Obama said had to step in and do the job because the French military simply wasn't up to the task. 4th largest military? Perhaps but who cares how large it is when it can't get a job done?
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@Mira Moche Propaganda is false information. Calling factual information propaganda is itself propaganda. This was an anti-French video. But it was also a factual video.
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@Mira Moche So that is what you do? When someone confronts your world view you have an emotional meltdown and start screaming idiot? Is that your argument here? Well done skippy And remember if it weren't for us you froggers would be speaking German lol Waiting your next emotional rant with little reason and logic.
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@Inimicus, imagine what else your government has been up to which hasn't been put under a microscope yet.
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@InimicusXII The major difference being most other western nations aren't situated in a geography where most of their neighbors are small and poor. Less chances to do these types of things. You do see it though far off their shores. Look how France is using Greece to do to Turkey what Australia did to Timor. Unlike Australia their policy doesn't seem to be working.
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If you look at French actions over the past 10 years, watching them fumbling around trying to gain global influence has been nothing short of delusional on their part. France would be better served to understand their role in the international system and work within that understanding. Instead of attempting hardball tactics only to have it blow up in their face. You can only do this so many times before you become a laughing stock on the international stage anytime you try to push something. France will always be outproduced by Germany and out influenced by England. Hell even Turkey is starting to score goals on France when they butt heads. So the idea of French hegemony is ridiculous, even talking about it makes me laugh.
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@S.J. Whit, Good comment. I was thinking the same thing. I'm going to go out of my way to use that phrase lol
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After being bullied this terribly by Australia, if I were the president of Timor the first thing I'd do would be to invite the Chinese to build a military base looking straight at Australia. Seems like they deserve it. Maybe they too can get a taste of what it feels like to be bullied by a wealthier more powerful nation out to steal their resources. Obviously they'll be screaming bloody murder when it's done to them.
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@Arvind Talukdar, No article 5 will not be triggered. How do we know? Because Turkey has already been attacked in Syria.
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@Paul Routh, Russia doesn't have the stomach or the stamina to even try occupying Poland. Poland should still prepare themselves for anything though. The real threat to Poland actually comes from the west but not in military form.
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@NadeemAhmed-nv2br If such a decision is put forth, I'd imagine the Pollacks would opt for sovereignty even with the threat of Russian incursion. If the EU takes such a step Poland essentially becomes occupied by Germany. With the sovereignty option at least there is a probability that Russia won't invade them, a very large probability at that. Long term I doubt it will matter much, the EU will collapse just like the Soviet Union did.
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@KeyserFHT Oh so your entire argument is based on two things. You live in Poland and I must be on the Kremlin payroll. Wow that's one hell of an argument, I'm completely convinced. lol
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@KeyserFHT Based on an adhoc attack which itself is based on nothing? You really are a terrible debater. You haven't addressed even 1 of my points. You literally just shout "I'm Polish listen to me, if you don't agree with me you work for Russia." That's pretty childish.
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@paul1979uk2000 I'm sure that plays a role but for the most part Eastern European nations want to join the EU because they're dirt poor and mismanaged and hope some help in doing things right will benefit them.
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@paul1979uk2000 You do realize Poland and Hungary have issues with the EU due to the EU's own authoritarianism no? Also Poland and Hungary aren't dominated by Russia not because of the EU but because of Nato. The EU itself has no ability to defend itself, it's Nato (USA military might) which keeps Poland and Hungary out of Russia's orbit. The EU does not offer any sort of physical security. What those mighty armies of Germany and France are going to defend Poland? lol
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France might turn a bigger profit if they sold India toilet bowls. God knows they need them.
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@Hwje1111 Yea because trying to stay out of a conflict is such a Nazi move right? lol
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Feels like an extremely invested yet small group of people. Every time I see a video about Turkey I see them in the comments section. It feels like it's a religion for them lol
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I'd love to live long enough to see the day where France gets colonized. It's going to happen but I probably won't see it.
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@t19-k4z It was probably more about exploiting people under the guise of ideology. If they believed in a universalist idea they wouldn't have done such terrible things to these people over and over again.
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@Briselance Some are better some are worse, what's nice is to give them the opportunity to decide which to be. It's almost like the argument you're making is that because some other African nations aren't doing well that somehow gives France the right to rob these nations? Is that the argument you're making?
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@Briselance Worse, a lot worse than any modern colonial power. Just ask the people living in these nations. In a perfect world France would be an international pariah on the international stage and their regime in Paris sanctioned for crimes against humanity. Not to mention reparations for the huge sums of money and resources extracted from these nations. But they're black who cares right? I love your mind set, I really do.
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@skeletorlikespotatoes7846 If that was the case you'd think a world power would figure this out and disengage? Well England eventually did when the cost to benefit ratio didn't make sense anymore. France however has been very prolific in controlling and exploiting it's former African colonies. Nor have any of these nations under the French boot benefited in any meaningful way. It's essentially been death, destruction and poverty the entire way. Germany really doesn't fit into this conversations because they were never really a large colonial power.
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@skeletorlikespotatoes7846 Once that level of colonial corruption sets in, it's hard to get rid of. Getting rid of France is probably step 1 to recovery. Getting rid of corruption is step 2 (which will take longer) But you can't start step 2 until you complete step 1.
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@mathieuraymond9356 There were obviously places where England slaughtered the inhabitants and no one is excusing that. What we're primarily discussing here are their behaviors in Africa. Secondly I can't believe you said something like "France developed the countries." France did nothing to developpe any of these nations, all it did was kill it's people, destroy their culture, foster corruption in officials and steal resources. Not to mention all the slaughtering France did the millions it killed during it's genocide in Algeria (which wasn't that long ago.) Fact of the matter is, these nations eventually have to stand up and kick France and it's influence out of their nations. It's a lot like killing cancer. To be healthy it must be done.
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@mathieuraymond9356 Really, you're going to turn into one of those war crimes deniers? You probably think the holocaust was made up too. I didn't think I'd come across a real live one like you here in these comments sections.
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@Marianofortepiano When you do terrible things, it makes sense people will call it out. France is no stranger like any other nation to spit on others when they do terrible things. So it's okay for you to spit on everyone but it's a huge problem when you're spit on? You're not special. Also are you seriously going to claim France brings benefits to Africa? That would be like me going to my neighbors house, stealing everything, killing his family and then saying i'm a positive influence because I then gave him a loaf of bread. Then I can complain no one talks about the good things I did for my neighbor. Do you not realize how insane your post is?
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@joey199412 The European Union will collapse long before his grandchildren even understand the concept of what you're claiming will happen.
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@wertyuiopasd6281 Yea and that third party offered a better deal.
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@MrRikouz If it wasn't a better deal It's doubtful they'd go with it. Not to mention doing a deal with a global power is always better for your security than doing a deal with a third rate power which has no ability to project any sort of power that far from it's shores. You can have an emotional meltdown over this but pulling out a deal with France which is a country known to screw nations over in military deals can't be a bad thing. Second rate equipment at huge cost isn't usually a good way to go.
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@MrRikouz Australia has no means with which to defend itself. Australia is in an area with expanding Chinese influence which it simply cannot withstand. Obviously it's going to buy defense and it's going to have dependence on others. Who the hell do you think Australia is?
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@MrRikouz I don't doubt that Australia is a country known for incompetent decision makers. But that doesn't change the fact that Australia must go with a deal where protection from a superpower comes with it. China will eventually gobble you guys up, it's that simple.
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@MrRikouz Trying to appease China would have been one way to go, I won't argue against that policy. But Australian leaders seemed too proud to bow to China and went the other route. And if you're going to go the other route, America is really the only option here. Not France who can barely defend itself let alone Australia.
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@MrRikouz If Australia wanted the go the route of being protected, it would make sense to pick the United States over France no? Also France doesn't have the ability to defend itself, many of their X generals have come out and said France only has about 4 days worth of munitions in a war. 500000 nukes isn't going to solve that problem. This isn't any sort of phobia, this is a case of reality. A simple reality for what ever reason you seem to have trouble accepting.
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@MrRikouz If the Aussies are hell bent on "buying" protection. Better to pay a high price for American protection than paying a high price for French protection which will never come.
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@Goncalo Teixeira, when blind ideology becomes the mechanism through which decisions are made at the expense of reason and logic, that civilization is doomed.
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lol
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@mrslowne6103 And who exactly would be funding these "anti France" bots. France isn't important enough on the world stage for anyone to spend that kind of money. The question you should be asking yourself is why do so many people around the world feel this way about France?
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@mrslowne6103 Was France opposing war when it destroyed Libya along with the United States? Oh so France opposed war once, so we should completely ignore everything else it did and does? Bush was a psychopath for invading Iraq and should be in jail. Just like many members of the French regime should be in jail for what they've done in Libya, Algeria and literally most of Africa. You claiming France's role in Africa is causing stability is just as insane as Bush claiming the invasion of Iraq freed the Iraqi people. The sheer insanity of these statements makes me shake my head. When put under any sort of microscope the arguments that war mongers like you make fall apart.
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@pierren___ Sure they do. Just like how France holds on to their reserves to help them right? What kind of nonsense is this? Do you also believe the earth is flat and the moon doesn't exist?
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@markusz4447 Yes but it surely makes it worse. France has been known to be in bed with shady terrorist organizations for their interests. Kind of like when that large French company got caught in Syria funding ISIS with the French government trying to cover it up. They were literally convicted in court for it. That is how the French establishment with help from the regime in Paris conducts it's business. They should be put under sanctions in my opinion by the rest of the world.
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@M414-q6o Difference being France is a dying and waning power, so all these shenanigans probably won't work. They are slowly going to get kicked out of Africa and they seem to know it. Why do you think the leaders of this regime are having a meltdown over it.
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@Wizzzer1337, they can only profit so much here. Greece is dead broke and Turkey produces most of it's own weapons. They will however find other ways to profit. Such as America turning Greece into a network of military bases, Greece will allow this as they see it as protection.
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The Monroe Doctrine has already failed. The moment China was able to put up duel use ports in South America the Monroe Doctrine died. Nor was it a spectacular death either. It went quietly into the night.
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No one outside of Tallin and Vilnius knows or cares to know how these irrelevant corners of the world are spelled. Also eastern European nations have a negative view of Russia because they're terrified of Russia, who can blame them considering the history. So it was only natural for them before the war in Ukraine to bring Russia into the European fold which would make them A LOT less likely to show aggression toward them.
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@mikevarga6742 Irrelevant to 99% of the planet. Your emotions on the issue won't change this reality. This has nothing to do with a Brit point of view, you can take a poll of the entire planet and you'll find this to be the case.
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@Kyle Prather I'm not really sure Iraq is in better shape post intervention. In fact I'm fairly certain it is far worse off. It's more fragmented, it's lost most of it's best and brightest either due to brain drain or death and has been in turmoil since the invasion. The limitations you speak of isn't with the military. The military knows how to do their jobs, they've been built to defeat armies. Something they're extremely efficient with. The real limitation is policy makers trying to turn an army which was built to fight wars into a police type occupation force. It simply doesn't work.
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@Kyle Prather It's been 20 years since the invasion. Their economy is dead, over one million civilians are dead, social cohesion has been destroyed. There has been nothing but misery and instability there. This idea that it's "too soon to tell" if the invasion helped them or hurt them is insanity. As far as dictators backed by the west being powerful in that region are a thing of the past. Iraqi and Syrian regimes will an extremely hard time regardless of who is backing them if they don't have good relations with their immediate neighbors. Lets assume for a second a dictator emerges in Iraq which is anti Iran and completely backed by the west. That regime will have very little wiggle room if for example lets say Turkey decides to destabilize it. The world is changing and it is changing VERY FAST. Invasions and occupations under the guise of freedom and democracy simply won't work. America will eventually realize it is not in the interests of it's citizens to go on these adventures and public pressure will eventually put an end to all this nonsense. Once that happens this idea of "being backed by the west" becomes irrelevant. Because without America no western nation has the ability to project that kind of power that far from it's shores. Who is going to do it? France? lol
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@Kyle Prather I can't think of any instance under which one can claim the American invasion of Iraq was a good thing for the Iraqi people. They've literally had nothing but death and misery for the last 20 years, not sure a bit of unlikely upside 20 years from now will erase that. Besides there is a very high probability Iraq in it's current form won't even survive as a state. As far as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE stepping up and making the presence felt in the region even more would be asking some of the most evil regimes in the world to spread their influence. Sure they throw their weight around these days basically bribing more powerful nations like America to protect them but once that western protection is gone (and it will be someone soon) these nations are dead in the water. Even though they have the most advanced weapons money can buy, their military prowess is below third world standards. Without superpower protection regional rivals like Turkey or Iran would steamroll all of those gulf nations on a weekend. By then the world will have probably switched to cleaner energy so these nations are going to look like Somalia in 100 years. Which will probably be a good thing for that entire region as they won't be spending trillions pushing insane ideologies which cause chaos. On the topic of France, you seem to think too much of them going forward. Once their perceived military might is exposed and America pulls out of the middle east and Africa, France will be pushed out of Africa. The French economy (in it's current form) cannot survive without the neo colonization of these African nations. France will not be able to exert any influence on any of these nations in anyway, shape or form in the future. Russia is another dying power and once the world switches to renewable energy in 50 years or so Russia will go into an economic meltdown and break up. Your comments about China I agree with, it's possible they might turn into the major player in that region if only to secure trading routes.
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@Kyle Prather Yes money talks but what happens under these two conditions. 1. The United States eventually completely pulls out of the middle east. If it isn't politically viable no amount of bribes from the gulf nations can bring that big military machine back. 2. What happens when they start running out of money because the price of oil is tanking due to all the renewable energy which is probably coming down the pipeline in the next 20 years? Balkanization is horrible and it's horrible for Iraq. Which is why the invasion really screwed that country over because it was the invasion which opened up the divisions which will cause the balkanization of Iraq. No matter how you slice it or dice it everyone lost out in the war. Iraq's neighbors, the Iraqi people and the American tax payer. The only winners were Saudi Arabia which got rid of a rival and the military industrial complex which had billions of dollars funneled from the taxpayers into their pockets.
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@Kyle Prather Considering what the people have been going through for the past 20 years? Yea, Saddam wasn't just better he was 1000x better. You can't just assume because someone is a tyrant that invading that country and making the lives of people 1000x worse than the tyrant did is actually helping them. As far as people wanting or not wanting someone, there is always a segment of society which doesn't want their current leaders. Invading the country or giving resources to said groups to overthrow a current government isn't really a good thing to do. Simply claiming Saddam was a Tyrant doesn't even come close to the amounts of people who have died since the invasion, the damage to the economy, the loss of brain power due to brain drain and the soon to be Balkanization of the country. Saddam on his most prolific Tyrant streak wouldn't have been able to do this much damage and kill this many people even if he tried.
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@Kyle Prather Governments don't happen in a vacuum, it's essentially a group of humans deciding how their society should be governed. This idea that democracy is a one size fits all solution is extremely naive. Evolutionary biology is always at play and different people evolved with slightly different evolutionary instincts plus extremely different cultures and ways of thinking. For some groups of people society simply cannot function with certain types of governance. Most Arab nations will surely always have authoritarian governments because that is the only way to keep stability there. That is what works for them. Under Saddam for example Iraq had: 1. A decent economy (relative to middle eastern standards) 2. High quality of life (relative to middle eastern standards) 3. One of the best educational systems in the entire region and a literacy rate of over 95%. 4. Iraq a fully functioning modern healthcare system where everyone was insured. 5. The nation had stability, you didn't have to worry about being blown up in a car bomb while walking to the grocery store. Iraq for 20 years since the invasion. 1. Economy is shattered and 70% of people live under the poverty line. 2. On the quality of life index Iraq plummeted by 70 spots, meaning 70 nations which had a lower quality of life than Iraq now have higher. 3. Their educational system is in tatters and literacy rates among people under 25 is only 72% 4. There is barely a functioning healthcare system and the few good hospitals are so expensive only the rich can afford it. 5. Zero stability with all the infighting between the difference groups, you simply know know when you go to the grocery store if you're going to make it home. When looking at these aspects of life, I find it extremely insane when people are still claiming invasion might be a net positive for these people. The invasion was a crime against humanity, it was no different than me walking into your, murdering half your family and forcing the other half into a life of poverty.
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@Kyle Prather When you say it was never good, it's all relative if you remember. Also those times you're referring to was when we the United States forced the world to put an embargo on them right after the first gulf war. Even during this embargo they were in better shape than they are today. Also this sharia law thing is far overblown, less than 2% of Muslims worldwide live under such a thing. You only really see Sharia law in those gulf nations we talked about earlier and the unfortunate really poor nations which have fallen under their influence (Taliban and ISIS being two prime examples) No one anywhere really wants sharia law, it's something the scare mongering media took and ran with in the early 2000s. If we simply stepped back and let the gulf nations collapse, the idea of sharia law anywhere on this planet would vanish in 50 years.
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@Kyle Prather This isn't about being biologically more inclined to live under tyranny. This is about different groups of people going about different ways to organize their societies in ways that work for them. It would be ridiculous and arrogant for group to assume what works for them will work for everyone.
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@Kyle Prather Yea what you're saying makes sense. It's hard to be the salesmen of a certain way of life when you have guys with rifles walking around someone's village.
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@massivereader And you believe the Russians have the stamina and the energy to push that far? They're having trouble securing places right across their border these days. Would they like to move into all the places you've mentioned, for sure they would. They've had that habit since their formation. Is it likely or even possible? I'm not so sure.
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Egypt has a huge military and has recently purchased lots of high tech equipment. The question is, does it have the ability to actually wage war? Or is it another Saudi Arabia with a lot of fancy toys with no one that actually knows how to use them. Aside from some missile strikes and air raids, does Egypt's military have the ability plus the logistics to actually move on Ethiopia? I highly doubt it.
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@Michael VPS having your people freeze to death in the winter only to help globalists stoke up tensions for a war you don't want isn't an irrational move on the part of the Germans. Also last I checked no Nato nation is being attacked.
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@funbun420 You might want to read my comment again skippy.
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@Sebastian Bass India has legitimate grievances with American foreign policy? It will have to get on a LONG line LOL
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@kebman It never should have been the duty of the American tax payer in the first place. But you know the old saying, if you break it you buy it.
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@TheSwedishHistorian. Yup, if you pull out all the emotions and simply look at the chessboard. Hamas just took Israel's rook and is now eyeing it's bishop.
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Well civil strife has already started in their country and terrorist organizations and warlords suddenly have a lot more weapons and funding than they should.
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@105 031. The Russians see Crimea is a life or death geo strategic asset. They will literally do anything to hold it.
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@AM-mu2kv If you go back far enough this is absolutely true. Crimea is native Tatar territory. It's odd how two sides who don't really even own the place are fighting over it. The problem is how many Crimean Tatars are actually left, especially after the Russian meted out insane ethnic cleansing campaigns against them in the past? The sad reality is that now the Russians have Crimea and I don't think they'll ever give it back to anyone and will resort to anything including nukes to keep it. Crimea is now Russian territory and will probably remain so. :O(
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@IusedtohaveausernameIliked Bluster is one thing, all strong men are known for it. Crimea is another matter all together. It isn't an issue which is grandstanding for one man. The Russians (Putin or no Putin) believe it's strategic importance to be a matter of life and death for Russia. So again, they will defend it at all costs. Again don't listen to what they say look at what they do. They have a full blown war going on in Ukraine proper, they are losing ground in many areas yet most of their military resources are still going to defend Crimea which isn't really under threat right now. Putin or no Putin, Russia won't give Crimea up without a serious blood bath and possibly WW3.
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@sepulturaoftheforest2869 I don't think anyone claimed either of these nations have super charged economies. They do however possess more than enough military might to exert influence in their regions.
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@pukel95 Pushing a narrative and giving analysis of a situation are two very different things. If you don't understand this difference, why even bother having this conversation?
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@KR, Yes they will eventually leave them alone. Not because they want to but soon they will have no choice. France is slowly being dislodged from North Africa as we speak. This will spread to other nations as well. Also I wouldn't talk about "Europe" leaving Africa alone. The vast majority of European nations do nothing in Africa. It's mostly France, England and Italy to a much smaller degree.
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@HisShadow, the devolution essentially happened in the nations which have extremely high inbreeding rates. Successive generations of genetic damage took it's toll. You'll notice the few Muslim countries where inbreeding isn't very common are the ones which aren't always in chaos.
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@Ellinon_Vasileus You can use all the cheap rhetoric you want but you do realize in many instances around the globe where one nation has a small island off the coast of another nation, they don't call a continental shelf on it, it's called good neighborly relations. But you can continue to push your neighbor as far as you can push your neighbor. Just don't come crying to the rest of us when one day they decide to push back.
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@Ellinon_Vasileus You can claim a person is hypocritical and full of lies but you do realize you have to actually establish why that's true. You simply can't have an emotional meltdown, throw baseless claims and expect to be taken seriously. My point still stands, if you guys want to continue what you're doing, knock yourselves out. I'm merely saying don't come crying to us when your neighbors decide to push back. You want war? Great, go fight it. You can't expect the world to pay your bills and fight your wars, just sayin....
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Europe's soft power isn't nearly what it used to be. Their level of influence around the world is drying up by the day.
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So that is one how excuses plunging 200 million people into poverty and starvation? Not to mention the mass slaughter of millions? That would be like me shooting you in the head, slaughtering your family, robbing your house and then claiming I shouldn't be judged for it because anyone else with the opportunity would have done it to you. That may or may not be true but it doesn't make it right does it? France must one day account for these crimes.
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@Rico Germany's best bet is to finance Poland's military into getting even bigger and stronger, much like a buffer. No chance Germany will be building up a suitable military force anytime soon (if ever)
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@sssd3461 People don't change overnight. If you can't understand why Germany cannot be a military powerhouse, It's not my job to work around your stupidity.
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@sssd3461 Demographic collapse for starters. A culture which has completely and utterly emasculated their men. An entire generation of men who will outright refuse to go to war. The psychological scars of wars past and the fear of anything militaristic. The reality is in the future Poland will probably be the one defending Germany. Not the other way around. Unless you're going to tell me all the migrants who flooded Germany and will probably be a majority at that country will build a high tech military for them? Is that your contention?
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@wilhelmbittrich88 So let me understand your logic here. Africans are dumb so France should manage their money. Africans deserve to be robbed by France due to their shortcomings I prefer Africans to be to be robbed so my investments in France can grow. Do you have any idea what a sociopathic lunatic you sound like? Are people around you on a daily basis aware of these ideas you have and your character? If not, they should be.
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@nailil5722 The French are lazy and don't produce as much as the Germans. The only reason they're considered a first rate nation is because of all the wealth they extract from Africa. Once that ends, France is in trouble. Which isn't far off away btw.
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@Nub, I think well before this conflict ever erupted Europe's influence on the geopolitical chess board was very weak. This conflict simply highlighted how much influence they've lost globally. No one really cares what they think. Look at the conflict in Ukraine for example. It's basically a show run by America and the Russians. With the Turks and the Chinese nibbling away at the edges. Europe is nowhere to be found aside from begrudgingly cowering behind America's back.
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@kaniel_outis1 Powerful yes, when compared to small impoverished islands in your periphery. When a heavyweight shows up? Not so much.
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@georgedevries3992 The OP is surely ridiculous I'll give you that. Although your contention of the opposite happening might be even more ridiculous.
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@MegrelMamba Actually no, those areas were invaded and occupied by the Greeks. Historically the inhabitants were indigenous Anatolians, groups like the Hittites and what not. Until they were occupied by the Greeks. And then they were occupied by the Turks.
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@saucesriracha3763 I'm not from France or any nation France has a problem with, why would I be bias. France by the public admission of their own army officials only has enough arms to fight for about 4 days. We saw how their military crumbled when they took the lead in the invasion of Libya (a weak nation) and America had to step in and finish the job because the French military's capabilities collapsed after 3 days. Bias is simply not looking a the reality of a situation. Join us in reality my friend.
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China doesn't monopolize the monetary system of any nation. Nor does it ever do it by force like France.
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@londoncrow500 Depends on your point of view, completely and utterly putting your safety in the hands of others could in theory lead to a point where you can lose your freedom. (which often happens if you study history)
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@londoncrow500 The United States current government is slowly but surely turning authoritarian. Your statistics show this. The people want their guns to mitigate how far the government can go. If we weren't dropping in freedom indexes so quickly, if our freedoms weren't being stripped away daily, if the people didn't feel like the government doesn't care what the people think, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
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@londoncrow500 I think first we need an independent media which for all intents and purposes we simply don't have.
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@Yaboychad They don't have the same gun culture we do here in the United States. I doubt there is much of a demand for it either.
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@Lord_Nordan Interesting, I hadn't noticed that. Maybe he sold the channel? Or he just hired someone to narrate?
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@ANGEL9837354 A peace treaty set in iron clad to hold the peace being broken isn't exactly what I'd call a rational step. I honestly fail to understand what Greece hopes to achieve by sparking a war.
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One of their biggest problems has been the fact it's too centralized. You do understand what centralized state power means right? Every little decision made in that country flows through Ankara.
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@smyrnianlink So you're basically agreeing with me that Turkey is highly centralized? For some nations centralization works or other nations decentralization works but that isn't what we're debating here. The debate is if Turkey is centralized or not. It most certainly is.
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@smyrnianlink Yes English may be a poor language but you could have done a much better job at articulating yourself. You literally said one thing and now you're saying you meant something else. I don't think it's wise to have an emotional meltdown over an issue because you had trouble properly articulating yourself. Perhaps sticking to your native language might avoid these problems?
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@Roan Westraat. Poland is always nervous. Can't say I blame them either being sandwiched between the Germans and Russians for all these years and all the terrible experiences that came with it.
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@maxscania I don't think they even need to make an argument. They found a better deal which they believe is in the best defense interests of their nation and they took it. I'm actually quite shocked they even considered making such a large deal with France in the first place.
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@maxscania Which part of making an arms deal along with a geopolitical commitment to a nation which can't project power in your region didn't you understand? This isn't a rocket science my man.
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@maxscania I think you're quite confused as to what exactly you were originally responding to. You might want to scroll up to the comment you actually responded to. And yes, it is embarrassing for you but a type of embarrassment you're incapable of comprehending.
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@maxscania You do realize I replied to your comment and not the OP's right? My reply to you had nothing to do with the original post's views. In fact the point was the original post's views are irrelevant. "@Mo Z I don't think they even need to make an argument. They found a better deal which they believe is in the best defense interests of their nation and they took it. I'm actually quite shocked they even considered making such a large deal with France in the first place." You actually responded to this post above by me with complete and utter nonsense. I'm hoping English is your second language and this is why there is such a huge disconnect with what I'm saying and what you're replying to. It's either an English problem on your part or you're so irrational that continuing this conversation with you would be insanity on my part.
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@maxscania Don't apologize for being harsh. Apologize for being stupid.
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@Mira Moche No they can't leave the CFA if they want. Others have tried with horrible consequences. Perhaps they're terrified because they've seen what does to other nations who do it. Warlords and terrorists get funded to the gills and the country is destroyed. France rules this area through fear and corruption.
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