Comments by "William Davis" (@williamdavis9562) on "Mapping the rise of Turkey’s military reach" video.

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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@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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Another fantastic video. Perhaps except for the insane amount of trolls in the comments sections having emotional metldowns.
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That should be a fear for any nation building a new military industrial complex.
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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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@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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@SD-SD-SD Have your fingers gotten tired from posting all these troll posts?
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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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@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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@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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They're claiming the waters not the islands.
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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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@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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Not sure what freedom for Palestine (which I agree with btw) has to do with this video.
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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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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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@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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@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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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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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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@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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@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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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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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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@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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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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@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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@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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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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