Comments by "RiteMo LawBks" (@ritemolawbks8012) on "DW News" channel.

  1. It's great seeing Germany and the European Union taking the lead, and going to the Ukraine during the war to see the atrocities. I only wished they had stood up sooner before becoming vulnerable to Kremlin energy blackmail. At the end of this conflict, the balance of power in Europe and world affairs will be changed drastically. Modern warfare has already evolved and with the financial sanctions and other "soft powers" playing a significant role, Germany and the EU will be able to wage war on many fronts.
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  2. I understand that Ankara is looking out for its interest, but I'd be careful if I were Erdogan. The choice between Sweden and Finland's NATO membership versus Türkiye remaining in the bloc might result in the other members selecting Sweden and Finland.
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  3. Given the different wars, languages, nationalities, and centuries of political and religious changes, how do European children learn the map of the continent? Does anyone ever ask when did the US become a European country?
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  4. It would be better to give no response rather than giving China a mediator role it has no interest in fulfilling. The war is in Europe. How is China going to get Ukraine and the European Union to take any positions or decisions opposed by the US and Russia? China has existed for thousands of years. When have they ever intervened in a European conflict. They have to comply the same US/EU sanctions against Russia and won't risk conflict with the West or totally isolate Russia.
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  5. So you're not familiar with submarine-launched nukes that have existed for decades?
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  6. I wish them the best, but It would be better for science if they'd shared their findings with ESA and NASA. Neither ESA nor NASA or hostile to Russia or their cosmonauts on the ISS. NASA honored Soviet cosmonauts with a plaque during their moon landing, and the US space program have always had a great deal respected the scientific achievements of the German rocket scientist and the Soviets, who initially had the technological advantage in the early days of the space race. It would have been more beneficial to the international scientific community had Russia used their expertise and technological specialization, and returned a probe to the surface of Venus. Each space agency does have a technological expertise, and the Soviet/Russia space program has been the only nation to successfully land a probe on Venus. NASA is the expert at landing probes on Mars and exploring the outer solar system. NASA and ESA have jointly landed the first probe on surface of Saturn's moon, Titan, and worked together to develop and launch the James Webb Space Telescope.
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  7. Make sure they Polexit from NATO, too. They sound too proud to need US protection from the East.
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  8. I think we've finally come to the point when we can stop fearing Germany re-arming and taking a more assertive leadership role in European security. The US and UK are still security partners in Europe, but Germany is the most powerful country on the continent and along with NATO/EU should take the lead in the West's confrontation with Moscow.
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  9. The person behind the glass was trying to get a brain matter sample.
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  10.  Jack ripper  Shut off Germany? The US would create a pipeline crossing the Atlantic overnight to get to that market. It'll be another Operation Warp Speed for LNG.
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  11. Yea, why would India want to be the richest, most advanced, and powerful country to ever exist? The US has indoor plumbing, modern medicine, and enough oxygen supply for Covid-19 pandemics? Try to be more like Russia and Belarus instead.
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  12. I know many people are still crediting the White House and EU economists with designing the sanctions package, but Zelenskyy and his social media campaign are just as effective at rallying the world. I'm still trying to understand the strategic thinking of the Kremlin because this miscalculation has only increased the significance of NATO, and will only lead to a German/European Union superpower that buys more LNG from the United States.
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  13. If the conflict expanded to NATO, the full industrial capacity, civilian workforce, and economic might of North America and Europe could be mobilized to prioritize defense production and ration consumer goods. During the last mobilization in the 1940s, it only took months for US factories to be converted to war production. There's no reason the same strategy wouldn't work today with the mostly automated and highly productive manufacturing sector.
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  14. [ 1:15 ] I've got nothing but admiration and respect for Zelenskyy, but he's clearly in front of a green screen in this shot. I don't want him to risk himself by being a Russian sniper's target, so as long as he stays in front of the green screen and keeps updating the world from Ukraine, he'll win.
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  15. The US has been spying on Germany since before the first World War.
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  16. The Ukrainian and EU Flag match nearly perfectly.
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  17.  @the-random-earthcollection9263  Since 1945, control of the continent has been split between Washington, DC and Moscow. The US and Soviet Russia both rebuilt most of post-war Europe and formed new military alliance, but at this point the EU is fully capable of defending itself and has the second largest economy. The US will always have its individual trade agreements, security partnership with European states, but Berlin and Brussels should take the lead in military affairs. The Kremlin's public reason for opposing Ukraine's membership in EU/NATO is because they would have US troops and bases surrounding Russia. In reality, the Russian economy can't compete with the European Union. NATO membership also involves defense production (military-industrial complex) and military spending goals. With Ukraine moving toward the West, the Kremlin loses a potential market for selling its weapons. As far as "Cold War continuation," the US and UK are pivoting to the Pacific and Asia. This new tension in Europe is mostly related to each power protecting their business interests.
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  18. That's very impressive growth despite not being a true capitalist nation (actually not even close to being one) and not having control of the global currency. It mostly shows how the economic potential of China was held back by the Cold War, communism, and being partially cut off from international trade by the US. In the 70s, Japan was positioned to eventually surpass the United States and Soviet Union as the largest economies also. It's never good to announce your own nation as being the "next superpower," without expecting a response from the current title holder. During the first two decades of the 20th century, the US was able to quietly surpass the GDP of the British Empire and Germany. The role of replacing the UK as "world's policeman" seemed to have happened after 1918. None of this alerted the UK. They were too focused on Germany not having a Navy or a comparable empire that threatened Britain's colonies and trade. There's a good chance that India, Germany or a German-led European Union could be the actual sleeping giants, but most of the world is hyper focused on China and Russia.
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  19. Finally, they're ending the doctrine of vergangenheitsbewältigung ("struggles to overcome the [negatives] past") when it comes to foreign policy and the military. If they're the strongest nation in the EU, they should be the one most capable of deterring Russian aggression.
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  20.  Matias D.C  This is a serious discussion. You lose credibility with the obvious trolling that can't be supported with facts and evidence.
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  21.  @almcgeary8831  The CCP is the hostile adversary, not the Chinese people.
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  22. "Peaceful" means without bringing in the US and foreign powers.
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  23.  @krto7663  I'm not sure why you'd think an American would be need "cope," when we're still selling our bombs and weapon systems, regardless of whether either of them are NATO members.
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  24. Blaming Putin for his blunders and miscalculations has been known to cause windows in high-rise buildings to suddenly malfunction.
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  25. There's no reason to let ammo collect dust in storage.
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  26. The threat against the US aiding Ukraine is a diplomatic protest. At worst, it could lead to severing diplomatic relations between Moscow and Washington, DC. Russia isn't even fighting a legal war in Ukraine. If Russia were to attack American or NATO forces, then things would escalate very quickly. Just as Churchill said he cried tears of joy after Pearl Harbor because he knew the British Empire was saved at that point. An act or declaration of war would bring over 30 different nations from NATO and Pacific allies, so the war and Vladimir Putin would also be over at that point because Russians aren't going to risk a war with the US.
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  27. Are you one of the Russian bots working overtime to discredit any story that's negative about Putin?
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  28. China doesn't have herd immunity to the prior variants and higher hospitalizations.
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  29. If London wants to preserve its "United Kingdom," it should take the American stance on secession: "If you want to leave, fine! Bye, but the land, resources, and money are going no where without becoming a radioactive wasteland."
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  30. They've already begun releasing the first images. They are literally out of this world.
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  31. @Equa nimity They both won democratic elections. I'm not sure what your obsession with Zelenskyy is about, but he was more well known than Vladimir Putin in 1999.
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  32.  @waltlock8805  That won't happen. 1. NATO is a jobs program for US defense contractors. It's not the US solely protecting Europe. It's not a philanthropic NGO either. It's the largest military alliance in history and larger than the combined strength of every other national military combined; 2 It's a Cold-War alliance (Not WWII) originally meant to a) keep Germany from rearming and dominating Europe; b) keep Soviet Russia (Fmr. largest armed force in Europe) OUT of West Europe, West Germany, and West Berlin; and most important c) Keep the USA in Europe; 3. The US mobilized and arrived late for two world wars. The US and Russia are two largest militaries in Europe and haven't had a direct conflict; and have prevented another major European war; 4. They buy American-made products, surrender a great deal of sovereignty to the US, fought and died in the Middle East after 9/11; and are the coalition that makes the US President the leader of the Free World. Congress won't get rid of it, and neither will any US President make himself weaker. Europe will keep it because the US presence has made the Europe Union a stable superpower without the need for a large German-dominated European armed forces, which neither France, Great Britain, or Russia wants to return to Europe.
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  33. The UK is still America's closely ally, but since the GDP and power projection from Washington, DC, dwarfs both UK and EU, I'm not sure how America is relevant to the Brexit decision.
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  34.  @sasmalprasanjit2764  When did WHO make a political statement like that? They're doctors. Why would they care anything about xenophobia or racism?
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  35.  @liulaolao7269  I don't think you have the same description of the Great Leap Forward as they do. The Soviet Union went through revolution, purges, famine, gulags, Holocaust, holodomor, and WWII to become the second-largest economy and police state. There are better ways to become rich and prosperous because communism and planned economies never work. You'll find that out when China has its first major recession, which is long overdue.
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  36. The CCP is definitely not neutral. It also doesn't have muscle and political influence in Europe to bring either Ukraine or NATO to the negotiation table. The United States, European Union, United Kingdom, Ukraine, and Russia are calling the shots in Europe, not China.
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  37.  Seeyou Seemee  I'm familiar with NATO. It's America's biggest market for our military-industrial complex. Whether they want to be there or not, the stocks and job openings for Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and Bell Textron will reflect the good news.
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  38. Damn that heart. Why did he come back when he could've just made a deal with the Tsar?
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  39. Other than coming to America's defense after 9/11 and confronting Moscow, the main benefit of protecting Europe is that they buy US-made military equipment. It's essentially a jobs program.
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  40. So are they. The support the Israel government has provided for the US Republican party and interfering in our domestic politics have made me completely lose all respect for the "blank check" we give Israel, and the we get nothing in return but Intel and terror attacks.
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  41. I would look into how China managed to "escape" if a reliable and impartial study examined their pandemic response and results. I'm not claiming that the US, UK, and European Union have the best strategy. That's not the case, but they do have better transparency, and so does even Brazil, Ukraine, and Russia. The numbers from India and the CCP are uncertain, and just like the economic indicators and effectiveness of their vaccines, it's better to use other data and indirect indicators like (excess deaths) and hospitalization rates. Public officials have a political incentive to use stats that reflect them in the best light. That's why the independence and impartiality of researchers in the West is a check that holds governments to account.
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  42.  @marioformosa4259  Are you a CCP bot? The US just recently recognized climate change. Why would they build a high-speed rail if no one would use it? They're more focused on space.
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  43. The backyard snake can try its luck with my riding lawnmower.
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  44. I can respect projecting strength and power on the world stage and not getting bullied by the US, but is that supposed intimidate the country? NATO's defense spending is larger than the entire Russian GDP.
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  45. It just shows how weak the Ruble and the Russian economy are, and since McDonald's was never forced to shut operations in Russia, the unemployed workers would have lost employment due to no fault of their own. It says a lot about the weakness of the Ruble/USD exchange rate when McDonald's can close all Russian operations and still afford to pay all their Russian workers without any Ruble-based BigMac revenue. It's not affecting their bottom line now, but the short-term compensation should help their Russian employees until they eventually permanently close all of the Russian stores and it becomes McOligarchs.
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  46.  @Om999-  We've learned plenty over the last year including the following: 1. The fact that the virus rarely causes hospitalizations and serious disease in children; 2. at least ten different vaccines declared "safe and effective" against SARS-CoV-2, and the multiple strains of the virus; 3. no measurable benefits of using the hydroxy drug; 4. The fact that wearing only cloth face coverings is effective at preventing transmission of both the coronavirus and influenza; and 5. we can see the cyclical pattern of coronavirus is not identical to the flu; 6. We can see the impact of lockdowns; and 7. That it's possible to get "reinfected" with Covid-19 after recovering. Those are just a few, but it's without a doubt that we know much more now than we did one year ago.
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  47.  @hoang1730  Who said Türkiye isn't important? I'm an American, not an EU citizen. They are the ones keep you from integrating in Europe. I've got no problem with Ankara. Armenia, France, Greece, Sweden, Cyrus and the Kurds are US allies that Türkiye hates. The millions of Uyghurs that Xi is holding in prisons would like to see how powerful and important Türkiye is when they stand up to the CCP. The Islamophobia isn't only in the West.
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  48. So you already split up the United Kingdom? The US can move its permanent European aircraft carrier (Great Britain) closer to North America.
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  49. Doesn't matter. It's not relevant to what's happening in Ukraine in 2022. This is a war in Europe, so of course, they will have a different reaction with it happening so close to their homes. That tactic is called "whataboutism," and no Ukrainian will blame US foreign policy on what's happening now because it won't stop the war crimes.
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  50. Nope. The governments can't seize property in the West. The assets and proceeds still belong to the Oligarchs. They're just frozen. The Russian Central Bank's assets are also frozen, not seized. Russia and the private owners haven't technically stolen these planes either. They won't be able to be served and will eventually become death traps. It probably makes them feel like they're doing something to retaliate, but sanctions were designed to destabilize the Russian economy and cause a recession. That's all but assured now, and the West is aware of the costs associated with economic warfare.
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  51.  @claudiopereira9900  stop it botski
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  52. What are your cringe emojis for if you're stating a fact?
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  53. Now everybody knows what Biden and Congress gave Zelenskyy for Christmas. Some people can't wait to show off their new toys.
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  54. Hopefully, the tanks will contribute to Ukraine's success on the battlefields. Germany is also in the process of expanding its own military power. If the claim that the European Union is "German-controlled" is true, then the new global superpower will be in Berlin rather than Beijing or Moscow.
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  55. The defense contracts and new purchases of weapons system was the economic motivation for expanding NATO eastward. Georgia, Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, and most importantly, Germany will now be new markets for American-made weapons. Most of the older Soviet/Russia-made will probably be donated to Ukraine in exchange for the US-made newer technology.
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  56. Whoever made that thumbnail, should've realized that it looks like severed heads on dirt rather than trenches. There's already enough tragedies coming from Ukraine. We don't need beheadings as click bait.
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  57.  @Michael-yg4zm  America and NATO finished it. Putin blundered by starting a war that Russia wasn't capable of winning.
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  58.  @balajeepratham8200  India can be whatever it wants to be, but if you're going to be compared against America in a disrespectful manner, as if India is somehow superior, then you're going to get some hostile responses.
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  59.  @suburbanyobbo9412  If there is no timeline, the when was the 300 million doses supposed to be delivered since they've already been approved by drug regulators?
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  60. That's why the sanctions and economic warfare should become permanent. There's no reason Russia should return to normal relations and trade with the West.
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  61. Good job, Putin! How will your bots and troll spin this one? Was this always part of the grand strategy to open the EU market to US-LNG, while you pivot to Asia where they ask fewer questions about human rights and climate change? You didn't expect Cheniere Energy, Inc. of Texas, a company whose trade symbol is literally (LNG), to find a way to profit from the War in Ukraine?
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  62. Ammunition and artillery manufacturing is being ramped up in Pentagon-owned and contract manufacturing plants in the US.
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  63.  @tigerdyn  How can NATO drag Ankara down when it's part of the strongest military alliance in the world?
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  64. I wish it occurred much sooner, but I'm glad the West is no longer terrified of an assertive Germany and European Union. Moscow has been interfering in the internal politics of the US, EU, and UK with near impunity. The only advantage Moscow has comes from the fact that it isn't a liberal democracy with free media and an independent judiciary. The short-term market shocks, sanctions, and negative political coverage do make it harder for a politician in the West to remain in power, but the short-term pain is worth the objective of eliminating the Kremlin's ability to hold the West hostage.
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  65. Mainland China has made incredible economic growth. I'm not sure why they're risking complete destruction, economic ruin, and a direct war with the US rather than just maintaining status quo. They are powerful, but that military they bought from Alibaba hasn't been tested, and is not ready for a war with an actual superpower that's mostly known for war profiteering and imperialism.
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  66.  @12villages  You can appreciate the accomplishments of the Soviet/Russian Space Program, without downplaying the achievements of NASA, the US Air/Space forces, and its international partners. Both the US and Soviets specialized in different areas of space exploration and rocket technology. The Soviet Union was first to use rocket technology for peaceful purposes and develop the world first satellite, human in space, and space program. The US was much more militant and suspicious of Moscow's intention since the space race occurred simultaneously with the nuclear arms race and development of ICBMs.
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  67. Events would have unfolded differently had the Kremlin not made this conflict into a proxy war with the West. Even if Ukrainian had decided to seek an economic and military partnerships with the US and NATO, the majority of Ukraine would still have had closer ties to former Soviet Republics with large Slavic populations than to the West.
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  68.  @Andronichuk  It's a good decision based on ethical grounds, but doing business in Russia is getting too risky for Western-based companies. They can clearly see that the Russian government and corrupt oligarchs will start seizing foreign-own assets as retaliation and an attempt to counter the US-led sanctions and economic warfare.
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  69. It can be maintained. Pakistan is a nuclear power, too. The US and Russia are nearly touching in Alaska, and for forty years split Germany without triggering an unwinnable direct conflict. These border disputes between Indian and China aren't using firearms are military weapons (at least they weren't a few years ago). It's kind of hard to escalate to a nuclear war when they're still using sticks and stones to fight.
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  70. Since military training is always lagging, they should begin training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s now.
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  71. Welcome to NATO!
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  72. Yup. A nuclear retaliation after a conventional war battlefield defeat is "evil" and won't change the inevitable outcome.
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  73. They've tried it and it didn't turnout well for China.
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  74. A German-led European Union is usually overlooked as an emerging superpower. It's probably more suited than China to counter the United States hegemony and the unchallenged ability to project power around the globe. The biggest strength is that the US and EU are neither hostile competitors nor adversaries, and US foreign policy and security arrangements encourage the expansion of the EU versus the Truman Doctrine of "containment." The similarities, shared values, and foreign interests are what kept the early 20th-century relationship between the British Empire and the United States competitive but peaceful. You can never tell what could happen in the future, but I'm sure the US would much rather share a world with a capitalist and democratic superpower than a communist and autocratic one.
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  75. Good point. That statement should be retracted ASAP before the Russian tanks roll in on behalf of the "Russian-speaking Latvians."
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  76.  @iggy5347  Use numbers. Are you from China? Where are you from because you're not understanding english and using copy-paste like a CCP bot? I'm not in Australia.
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  77.  @iggy5347  China's largest trading partner are the United States and the European Union. We all know how international economics and trade work. You weren't using real numbers. You just said China has an 18 trillion economy. That's still smaller than the US and EU. It's the growth rates that made China stand out. That was from government spending and borrowed money. The growth has slowed down and now China is trying to reopen with millions of Covid-19 cases. The country clearly has problems and its too risky to bet on. It's being challenged by nearly every other major country because of Xi.
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  78.  @Alex-pj8nz  I don't get it. What rule are you talking about?
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  79.  @xosmokey  How is that related to my post? Did you read my comments as a review of EU membership procedure? I'll definitely look into the rules, but they aren't relevant to my post.
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  80.  @imagineai1035  The religion is an important part of who the people are, their heritage, and their humanity. If you can use it to help give them to strength to overcome this disaster, and not use it to condemn or alienate anyone, then use every tool available to get through this.
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  81. It's not the technicians fault. Russia could have shared the scientific information on how to not crash.
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  82. Imagine what would happen if Zelenskyy went rogue and took over all of Russia and West Europe with the new weapons systems. He might have the strongest and most-effective standing army in Europe.
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  83. They already have munitions factories now. Russians are too busy targeting civilian infrastructure.
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  84. He's a liar with no credibility.
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  85. The "NA" in NATO is "North Atlantic," and it was an anti-communist alliance that keeps the US in Europe to counter Moscow. The US and its Pacific allies are confronting Beijing, not NATO.
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  86. Screw Assange and Snowden. Navalny has balls to face the Tsar. He's not hiding in embassies or in exile smearing feces on walls playing crazy.
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  87.  @dukeofwellington8898  I heard that same claim made against Biden in the US. Now it's the WHO?
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  88.  @1j9hd97  Look up the definition of "truth." You're using an opinion as undisputed fact.
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  89.  @RS-vz8xd  I already watched it, and nothing being said here has anything to do with the PBS documentary. Nutcases are the ones making claims not backed by science, evidence, or data, and stating them as undisputed fact. I don't like the way the CCP handled it either, but making up conspiracy theories won't make them be held accountable.
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  90.  @RS-vz8xd  It's not controlled by the CCP. The US has far more influence on WHO, UNAids, and every other international organization. There's a smart way to contain China and its ambition to be replace the West's dominance. Making them out to be a boogyman and mad scientist is not the best way. We already know the virus originated in China. It was from unsanitary conditions, not a bio-weapons are something engineered in a lab. That's a waste of time and a distraction. That's like saying they have a futuristic weapon to travel back in time.
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  91.  @joethorn5015  The nuclear threats won't work. You're going to have to come up with something better or just admit the war is lost. Russia has lost wars before without using nukes and this looks like another repeat.
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  92. Fortunately, Sunak and the British government are on the right side of history and taking leadership.
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  93. 🤔🤔If only there was another nuclear superpower located on a different continent with decades of experience confronting Moscow and it had military bases, warships, aircraft carriers, submarines, and mutual-security agreements with nations strategically placed to contain Russia and China's expansion, then it could serve as a deterrent and an even bigger bully to stop Putin from acting with impunity. If such a nation existed with a direct hotline to the Kremlin, they could just pick up the phone and give vague threats to retaliate.
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  94.  @sabijsoti8169  👈🏾 Found another 🇷🇺🤖.
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  95.  @yannikoloff7659  We got rid of his Trump. The US isn't a Russian colony anymore.
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  96. I do wish you a speedy recovery. Fortunately, the worst of the pandemic in America has passed for now.
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  97. The solution for the liberal democracies should be the creation of Indo-Pacific NATO-like military alliance and trade organization with equal partners in a Anglo-American alliance and including the world's largest democracy, India. Despite the disagreement between the West and India concerning Moscow and the War in Ukraine, countering a more assertive CCP would be is a shared interest. Mainland China is definitely not an enemy. They're a geopolitical competitors and are returning to the status of being a hostile adversary of the US. If the democracies want US-protection and a lasting peace, they should unite. Without the US, Japan, and India in the alliance, the CCP would continue bullying the smaller nations and using economic warfare as coercion against nations in the Indo-Pacific.
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  98. Who? Are you being held hostage?
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  99. You don't know how satellites and Google Earth works, do you?
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  100.  @thisiscrazy4122  The number/stat to which you're referring is called "excess deaths," and most developed countries already have the figures available.
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  101.  @Om999-  Even if you're making fun of the statistics, it's coming from governments, NGOs, and hospitals, not the media. You also haven't provided any factual support of your claims. You're essentially implying that you have more credible data and information regarding the Indian pandemic than the people seeing it first hand.
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  102.  @Om999-  There's plenty of people who know what's going on. The pandemic has existed for over a year now.
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  103.  @adi6165  They don't have friends, so they have to say something crazy online. Otherwise, people would forget they exist.
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  104. So glad it liberated us Americans.
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  105.  @agffans5725  There are NATO standard, which they could have already been compliant with. It's obvious that it's philanthropic organization or charity. The military spending is more crucial than the troop readiness. The 2% GDP spending target will have some spending on good and services from US-owned companies. It will also help cover the cost of the mobilization of NATO troops and equipment in East Europe and now the massive Finland, Poland, and Baltic borders shared with Russia (Kaliningrad) and Belarus. No nation is completely self reliant on their domestically produced military equipment, neither is the US or Russia. The Pentagon purchase from European and British military contractors as well; e.g., BAE Systems and Airbus have Pentagon contracts. That's one of the reason it's economically harmful to Moscow having Ukraine and Georgia seeking trade and security arrangements with the European Union and NATO. Their equipment from Warsaw Pact/Soviet-era and military spending has to meet Nato targets.
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  106.  @vro1899  It's a negotiating tactic because the Sweden and Finland are terrified. If NATO membership fails, they could always do like Japan and South Korean and sign a mutual-defense treaty directly with the US.
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  107. It's not realistic. I'd rather leaders live in the real world rather than a utopian fantasy where war doesn't exist.
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  108.  Rosi skill  NATO is untouched and stronger than Russia. Maybe if Ukraine would have joined sooner, this would have never happened.
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  109. Most of the intelligence from Ukraine War, and the Kremlin plot to replace Zelenskyy, have been from British sources. The US has traditionally been in a leadership role, but I think the UK could be trying to avenge the poisoning attacks because they're even more anti-Putin than the US is.
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  110. Ukraine will eventually get the heavy weapons they need regardless of the protest from the Kremlin. Germany is the most powerful country in the EU. It shouldn't sit back and let the US, UK, and Poland take the leadership in arming Ukraine and defending West Europe.
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  111. There might be political disagreements regarding international trade and how best to counter higher-than-normal inflation rates, but the British economy is far "too big to fail." Unlike the Russian economy and natural-resource exporters, the UK financial sector and services industry is deeply intertwined with the world's largest economies. A steep decline in the UK GDP could trigger a global recession and further weaken the Pound. Despite the fact Britain leave the single market, it's still a vital economy that the US, EU, and Japan will attempt to rescue.
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  112. I was going to post a remark about how clumsy and foolish this fascist coup attempt was, but I'll withhold my remark. I don't know Germany well enough to give a confident answer. Germany is very wealthy with political dominance over Europe, and it has a highly educated population, but it's had that status since the nineteenth century. I just hope it would be nearly impossible for a country that big, influential, and stable to be overrun by thugs.
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  113. Russia promised as well.
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  114. You make a good point. I wasn't aware of that contract with the EU. I'm slightly biased, and although I'm American I'm still an Anglophile. It looks like the EU is trying to bully the UK.
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  115. As a fellow American, I agree. This is a US-Russia proxy war that Ukraine is fighting on behalf of the West. They've proven their capabilities, so it's in America's interest to ensure that Ukrainians are properly armed to defend their own homeland.
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  116. America supports Taiwan.
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  117. You are" Shanglow" for making that remark.
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  118.  @cypressfan5476  You can't expect me to take you seriously when you're talking in hypotheticals and opinions that you can't support with concrete examples. That might sound realistic and convincing to you, but it sounds like you're not familiar at all with geopolitics and Transatlantic relations. If you have claims that you can backup with historical precedents or actual examples, that would be different. It sounds like you're confusing your own opinions with undisputed fact. That's an opinion from you, so I'm not sure how you expect me to give input on something that only exists in your imagination.
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  119.  @MarkNOTW  You might to get a better source because Vladimir Putin has already confirmed. Since that's where you get your facts from, you might need to get your script updated.
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  120.  @Mars752  Anywhere near Poland is safe. I'm sure Putler's heart skipped a beat when he heard a missile landed there last year. He's pretends to be crazy, but he's not suicidal.
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  121. That's called economic warfare and capitalism. Businesses aren't supposed to be "nice." Are Russian troops nicely bombing maternity hospitals and killing Ukrainians who never harmed Russia?
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  122. The people of Estonia should be grateful that Luftwaffe retired the Stuka Siren. It'd be hard to tell which jets are the "good guys."
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  123. [ 1:00 ] Is his mask own properly?
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  124. You have to use actual physics and not sci-fi if you ever want that to happen.
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  125. The different forms of government are completely difference. The CCP is a police state led by a dictator. The liberal democracies of West aren't perfect, but the institution of 24-hr surveillance, censorship, show trials, Zero-Covid, One-child policy, coronavirus pandemic cover ups, one-party rule, and the Uyghurs concentration camps could only occur in Mainland China, North Korea, and possibly Russia, but definitely not in the US, South Korea, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the UK, and the European Union.
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  126. They should switch to American LNG and purchase more weapons from US or UK defense contractors. It will help compensate and alleviate the burden on the US and UK. Both countries have taken the lead in confronting Moscow and putting troops on the frontlines near the Russian border. The West is still hopeful for the day when Germany and the rest of the European Union can do the same. That would signal the end of the economic warfare between US allies and Russia. The emerging markets where the Kremlin is hoping for new customers and market access, won't be able to offset the loss of revenue from the world's second-largest economy.
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  127. Your method of predicting this and the Russo-Ukraine War seems accurate, but typically you can also link global conflicts to economic indicators like recessions, depressions, inflation, and for odd reason. The CCP is beginning to experience a slow down in economic growth that they've become accustomed to. For some reason things get crazy in the world during a lame-duck presidency or the first year of a new US administration.
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  128. 🇺🇦💙💛 Slava Ukraini 💛💙🇺🇦
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  129. ​ @iggy5347  The Indian Government is looking out for its own national interests and making rational business decisions and exploiting the market for inexpensive fuel. India is still mostly non-aligned in this latest "Cold War," despite having a border dispute with the CCP, being opposed to the use of force in Ukraine, and the historically friendly relations with the liberal democracies in the West. In the long run, the goal should be to incorporate India into the West and the global order. Eventually, it will re-evaluate its foreign policy and relations with the Beijing and Moscow. Right now, Washington, DC, and the European Union have offered India no economic incentive, infrastructure investment, nor mutual-defense agreements that would create a NATO-like democratic alliance in the Indo-Pacific.
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  130.  @iggy5347  A 2020 Yale study done in collaboration with China's prestigious Fudan University compared GDP data to the eventual numbers local officials submitted, and concluded that “the evidence is very clear that the numbers have been manipulated,” wrote lead author Frank Zhang
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  131.  @iggy5347  Assuming that China was accurately reporting its GDP figures back in 2008, the new estimate for 2018 would be $11.1 trillion, or only about 54 percent of the size of the American economy.
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  132.  @erickm3940  US would fight them regardless, but it's not dependent on Taiwan for semiconductors. Most of the semiconductors are assembled and tested in the US. Taiwan has the semiconductor foundries ("contract manufacturing") to supplement the chips made in the US and around the world. The technology is mostly own by American companies like Apple Inc, Texas Instruments, AMD, and Intel. If it were cut off, the US could reopen idled wafer fabs around the country. It would cost money, but the infrastructure is still here.
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  133.  @sy-xv7xs  World War III may have already begun. Hoping for peace and refusing to confront Russia, wouldn't have made Europe any safer. If most of the world is terrified about the prospect of two nuclear powers fighting each other directly, then they should have done more to deter Putin from invading a sovereign nation. Attacking Ukraine, as terrible as it has been, is completely different from Russia attacking a NATO country. The US wouldn't have a choice on whether or not to enter the country. Most of Europe will also be obligated to fight Russia.
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  134.  @effexon  There was another space movie called "Event Horizon." It didn't have a happy ending either.
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  135. Which country are you in?
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  136. I didn't know India was doing that. If other countries did that, we would conquer the virus. That's one if the reasons India should be on the UN council.
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  137. Go to a different media source, and you will find the same criticism of Moscow and Beijing. Someone has to hold them accountable since both countries have censored media and no free press.
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  138. Not even relevant. This is 2022, and this is about Ukraine, not Iraq. If the world didn't care in 2003, they won't care now. Slava Ukrainia!!!! 💙💛💙💛
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  139. I am from America. I support Egypt over Ethiopia, so I hope they attack your dams. They need water from the Nile.
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  140.  @SeattlePioneer  It's not too significant, but where did you get the 1880 GDP figure for the US? That was part of the period considered Pax Britannica, and the British Empire; more specifically, modern day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka hadn't been surpassed by the US. I intentionally left the time frames open to ranges of decades and gave a vague definition of "superpower," to account for the ambiguity of what was considered a single country, international influence, and how economic productivity was measured. Post-WWII, there were no questions or grey areas regarding the world power and size of the domestic economics.
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  141.  @ArtyFactual_Intelligence  At the end of the day, it's a democratic decision and majority wins.
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  142.  @hermanwooster8944  That's not an economic argument you're making. That's your political opinion, and it's got nothing to do with objective reality.
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  143. How are you able to freely talk about the government? They can't track VPNs?
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  144.  @o0o-jd-o0o95  I doubt they'd intentionally do it. Communism or not, they value the elderly and growing their economy. COVID-19 damages both.
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  145. That's a good point. As someone living in the West, I always wondered if our type of liberal democracy would even work in countries like Russia and China. They've always had strong autocratic leaders. Putin was instrumental in creating the bureaucratic oligarchy that Russia has become, and he's clearly skilled at presenting himself as the provider of security and stability, and using military conflicts to remain popular.
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  146. It's good to know Endiya is praying for India.
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  147. Maybe their cheap Russian oil will provide the relief because the West hasn't forgotten getting betrayed.
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  148. We (US/UK) should ask them to let us install another Shah that will give us discounted oil and oppose communism.
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  149. US, NATO, and EU are definitely big enough to contain the CCP. Why the silence?
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  150. What is that all about? Hungary is a questionable member of NATO as well.
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  151.  @dexter6205  The all have their individual domestic interest interfering with the unilateral response to Moscow. Germany was the most difficult, but now that Germany, NATO, and the EU are aligned, we're still getting push back from countries that really shouldn't be apart of a European alliance.
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  152. Are you sure you understand how international trade works? The US designs high-tech products and manufactures advanced components, like semiconductors, in the US. China does the final assembly because it's inexpensive. Eventually wages will rise and another country will become the new China.
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  153. Go to the local Ukrainian or Polish Embassy or consulate.
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  154.  @sheilabush7066  US foreign policy drastically changes with different administration. We went through a brief period of near fascism and appeasement of Russia.
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  155.  @sergueivergounov1961  Okay, Sergey.
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  156.  @timmy-wj2hc  Russia can't keep drones out of Moscow. You're embarrassing yourself comparing Russia to a real superpower when the expected lifespan of a Russian is quickly going below the 50s.
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  157. Back in my day, there were no "Euros."
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  158.  徐鋒  How much does the CCP pay bots to go create confusion in the comment section?
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  159. The expansion of the war in Ukraine and direct military conflict involving the US in the Pacific and Gulf is solely in the hands of Russia, the CCP, Iran, and North Korea. The rising international powers of the East have the right to challenge US foreign policy and create an alternative to American economic, military, and cultural hegemony. The wrong way to go about it is using military and nuclear threats against an already militant, paranoid, and hyper-competitive US and NATO. Rather than a resurgent Kremlin Empire or the CCP, a German-led European Union or democratic and capitalist Indian Superpower are likely the most realistic alternative to an international order dominated by Washington.
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  160. @@AdiMohan-kc9ur It should protect China's interests since it's nothing but Beijing's colony with no money.
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  161. 💙💛 Slava Ukraini 💛💙
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  162.  @RS-vz8xd  That's the risk the world took by trading with China. The WHO doesn't have authority to overrule Bejing. If they asked to inspect CDC, without White House permission they'd be rejected as well. We know China wasn't transparent. They've never been. It was the same with the '03 SARS. The WHO's role is to report the information given to them. If China doesn't share, that's China's failure not WHO. There was a similar problem in the US during the HIV/AIDS crisis. We knowingly shipped contaminated blood products around the world, but no international agency had the power to come in and make demands of the Reagan Administration. The CCP is screwed up, but it's still a sovereign country, and rather than blaming WHO, the international community should confront China under US leadership.
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  163. I can forgive the nonsense about Russia sanctions. Everyone makes foolish mistakes when they need cheap oil. Maybe the Indian government genuinely thought Putin is actually excited about Indian and China instead of desperately finding an alternative market. Regardless, I'm back on India's side. The CCP needs to be closed off from the international community, so it can deal with it's on delayed COVID-19 virus and pandemic, and rot and collapse from within.
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  164. It's a flawed argument to claim providing arms and financial support to Ukraine will expand the war. It's been almost eight years since Moscow annexed Crimea and armed rebels to fight in the Eastern Ukraine. The war escalated without any military assistance at all because Putin is the cause. An appeasement strategy with Putin will put the continent at the highest risk of total war.
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  165. Belarus is in no hurry to enter the conflict. Ukraine is the most deadly place on earth with a formidable armed forces and NATO weapon systems. The economic warfare and battlefield intel from the West should be enough to deter Belarus. If Putin forces them to join, they should not make the same mistake of underestimating Ukraine.
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  166. They have zip ties for babies to use as "chopstick training wheels?" I need those @ 2:34!
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  167. Germany had a lot of its full potential and influence held back. It's similar to how the economic potential of China was contained for decades.
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  168.  @gfys756  Even if the CCP owned most of the EU ports, which they don't, what are they going to do to compel the EU and Ukraine to change its decision? You think the CCP will risk losing access to the EU market like Russia has done? The EU is too big to be bullied by Beijing. US-China diplomatic relations are already at their lowest point, so I doubt they'd risk the possibility of the EU becoming as hostile as the US and Anglosphere.
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  169.  @southpole4776  Go look up the up the size of all the NATO GDPs. You haven't taken a single class on economics have you?
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  170.  AquestinO Saint  Oh my gosh. Are you one of the anti-media crazies? This is about economics and stocks.
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  171.  AquestinO Saint  You need to first define who is the "media," and what is the "lie" you're talking about.
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  172. status quo with democracy.
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  173. Was NATO attacked? They have the largest mobilization in Europe since the end of the Cold War. What do you mean does nothing?
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  174. De Gaulle used that to delay Britain's EU membership.
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  175.  @itsourlife  I'm sorry that you and your fellow Indians are having to struggle just to survive this pandemic.
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  176. By "China," do you mean the Republic of China based in Taipei?
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  177.  @kolawoleowoseni1647  Pictures don't move and they can't get images at night. They would need the exact time and date to get an image of what's supposed to be human bodies.
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  178.  อาร์ทิมิส อะโฟรไดท์ ไดโอนีซอส ซุส เฮร่า อพอลโล โพไซดอน  👍🏾 Thanks.
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  179. You have the perfect username, so that no one mistakes you for a serious commenter.
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  180. HIV/AIDS is different They can treat it now, but it's nearly impossible to eradicate.
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  181. Just say that you're clueless on international affairs and geopolitics than try to pretend you understand the strategy on why India matters. I'm not Indian either. I'm an American. We don't have a colonial past with India, so there no reason to pretend to give a politically correct answer. The reason we help them now is because we will need their help to confront China and isolate them. It's not only an act of charity. We have our own self-interest. Other than for our own benefit, we're civilized, rich countries. You'd have to be a heartless, barbaric fool to not help India when they have hundreds of thousands of doctors working in English-speaking countries to keep us alive and healthy. Long story-short, let the Prime Minister speak on behalf of the British Government. You only remind people of what's wrong with the West.
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  182.  @saba1030  Well said. Thanks for the information.
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  183. It's a proxy war against 30 countries but primarily the US, UK, and the EU. That's the purpose of the alliance.
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  184.  @sicko_the_ew  Okay. That makes a huge difference.
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  185. Texas sends warm wishes to whatever state you're in, too.
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  186.  @yungskoota5016  Russia can't use chemical weapons or any WMDs. That gives the US justification to strike any facilities in used in Ukraine. The only option is to use conventional forces and extend the war.
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  187. They finally stopped pretending that sanctions and losing the EU gas market only made them stronger?
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  188. I think you might be confused. I get that you hate the media and progressives, but this isn't the time to be waging a cultural war against a media company when there is a hot war impacting millions of lives.
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  189.  @milomilo417  Good for you. When you represent the majority of the international market, then Mercedes Benz will care. Right now, it should be obvious that they clearly don't want your worthless rubles.
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  190. They can't come for any enemies if they're poor and are at war with the entire Western world. This will be considered one of the biggest geopolitical and military blunders in history.
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  191.  @johndoe-ss9bz  The 90% is not accurate. The perishables good are made in the region, and the electronics are assembled mostly in China. The advanced semiconductors, microelectronics, raw materials, and sensitive components are designed and partially fabricated here and from a global supply chain. The US conducts freedom of navigation patrols on behalf of our business interests and the allies in the region. US-China relations have deteriorated to cold war hostilities. A lot of the economic policies and military drills in the Pacific will change to reflect the new relationship.
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  192. Neither the US nor NATO started the war. Putin miscalculated. You can't invade a sovereign country, and expect the rest of the world to appease another European dictator and promote unrealistic peace.
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  193. What happens if Ukraine get too strong, and dwarfs the militaries of Russia, UK, the EU/NATO, and the US? If Darth Zelenskyy gets addicted to power and toppling Goliaths and superpowers, no one would see it coming until it's too late.
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  194. This was clearly Ukrainian and US-led because they've showed satellite images of loaded bombers of the sites before the attacks occured.
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  195. The escalation already happen when Russia instituted another draft. Russia is the one prolonging the war and invading a sovereign nation.
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  196.  @hecticunit  That would be a great plan to surge the Ukrainians numbers, or give them the offensive weapons to eject Russian troops from the Donbass. A long-term strategy to rebuild and revitalize the weapons-manufacturing industry that existed in Ukraine during the Soviet era would make them less reliant shipments and NATO weapons and ammo supply chains and logistics. Putin is playing the long game, and waiting for the West to get bogged down with war fatigue or wary of discontent from the inflationary and economic pressures of supporting Ukraine for years. Ukraine has the manpower. They need the industrial capacity to manufacturer their own weapons and ammunition (inside or outside of their country), and have access to sell their grains and export natural resources to bring back national income. The ultimate goal of supporting Ukraine to victory is 1) the weakening of Russia's influence and war-making abilities; and, 2) recovering military and economic aid by rebuilding the Ukrainian economy and having access to a new market of 45 million pro-US and pro-UK consumers in Ukraine.
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  197. That won't change anything. It doesn't matter which administration is in power because none of them will allow Russia to act with impunity.
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  198. I'm assuming you think you know more about US national security and aviation safety than the Pentagon and FAA advisors who made the decision.
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  199.  @meganh9460  We were fine with Iran when they let us pick their Shah and kept the Soviet Union from interrupting the oil supply to the US.
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  200. If they attack the UK, then Russia would be at war with the United States and they'd lose that without the US using its own nukes.
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  201. How old are you, like six? The kind of wars you're dreaming of have become obsolete in the modern world. The Russian nuclear supply is meant as a deterrent against a first strike from the US. Regardless, of how crazy Putin would like people to believe he is, he's not going to use nuclear weapons on a country that never attacked them.
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  202. These freak accident are fortunately not targeting innocent civilian life.
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  203. In America, our virus voted to get rid of Trump.
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  204. With all the problems in the world today, why start a new European conflict that repeats all the mistakes from the past and only further isolates Russia? The new superpower to emerge from this conflict will likely be a Germany-led European Union that retires the official foreign policy of Vergangenheitsbewältigung ("the struggle to overcome the negatives of the past") and ends the dependence on Russia for gas. The US and post-Brexit UK (which is more than just our aircraft carrier) have security and trade interests on the European continent but aren't officially Europeans or part of the single market. If we can't make the UK into the 51st state, we'll have to create something like an Anglo-American sphere that could include India. That should keep the EU from trying to bully Britain for being independent, and it will be part of the pivot to Asia.
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  205. His game will end like Nikolai Romanov's ended.
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  206. Well said. Cutting Germany/EU's dependence on Russian gas will be one of the strongest weapons to protect the people of Ukraine. In the near term, energy sells to China and India won't be enough to offset the lost revenue from Europe.
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  207.  @SPIDERM0OSE  Russia is barely the second-most powerful military within the borders of the former Soviet Union. If they want to try and attack the UK, and get destroyed by all of NATO countries (Mostly US missiles), that's the Kremlin's choice. The benefit is that it will make the war decisions a lot easier for NATO without Ukraine being the proxy. As long as Russia's gas and natural resources survive, life will go on. Gazprom and Rosneft will become BP and ExxonMobil.
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  208.  @Baffuteagle  You're no where close to making a point. That was just a bunch of random words not relevant to anything I've posted. Next time, do better. I can't even give that a dignified response.
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  209.  @gandalf_thegrey  I'm not English and don't know what you're referencing. Maybe you should let Gandalf the White do the replies; at least the white wizard would be more timely.
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  210. 👍🏾
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  211.  @Anti-Peaceforcepolice  That's not the official pretext for war that Vladimir Putin himself claimed. Russia invaded to de-Nazify Kyiv and stop genocide against Russian speakers in Crimea and the Donbas. The status quo didn't change during the last twelve months, and Ukrainians never attacked Russia.
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  212.  @DonLicuala  It would be a lot better if you left the debate to mature adults and not trolls like yourself. If you aren't familiar with geopolitics and Russia, why wouldn't you just ask questions rather than posting far-Reich talking points on a German media channel as if they would care about your politics.
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  213.  @timothycain4512  America has been arming its allies since Lend-Lease in the early 1940s. There's nothing new about the US supplying weapons during proxy wars with Moscow.
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  214. Look at that video description. Germans aren't afraid to share an opinion and get straight to the point: "Right-wing extremists in Serbia are celebrating Putin’s war in Ukraine. They see NATO as the enemy because of its bombing campaign during the Kosovo War. Many Serbs have not forgotten."
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  215. If they're struggling this much with Ukraine, imagine fighting 30 countries at once.
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  216.  @johnnysgaminglab2126  I could careless. If you're that scared of war, then stop watching the news and go hide under a rock. Cowardice isn't contagious, so I'm not sure what kind of Kremlin script you're expecting me to fear. I was born during the real Cold War. This is just of panic of anti-war cowards afraid of Putin and are already prepared to surrender.
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  217.  @johnnysgaminglab2126  Also, please don't tag me again. I might seem happy to engage with the general public, but I still have a pair of testicles attacked and can't relate with you. Your balls are being stored in a frozen Siberian server. I don't want my notifications cluttered with Kremlin-backed spam, so fine someone else scared to comfort you. I'm just not afraid of a tyrant being humiliated by Zelenskyy and NATO. If you told me the US was getting ready to use nukes, that would be fearful since the American ones actually work.
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  218.  FUSION  That's more Kremlin-backed "whataboutism." It would be like refusing to address the Holocaust because of what Turkey did to the Armenians. Tell the Russians and Ukrainians dying now that as soon as the United States' foreign policy and military interventions are retroactively changed and redressed, then their human rights in the present can be reinstated.
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  219.  FUSION  You and the rest of the world had a chance back then to oppose the US. The US and the West or doing more than just talking, they're giving weapons and money to Ukraine. If the world didn't care enough about Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya when they were attacked, they won't care now. This is about Ukraine. If you want to fight the US go get a battleship.
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  220.    There's more to the supply chain, and there could be distribution centers within the EU. I can look for it, but the plastics and shipping containers would be included as well. The manufacturing facilities would require additional chemicals, not included in the list you gave.
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  221.  @williamgary7891  Why don't you go over there and let them take you instead hiding behind a computer? Just because you're a gun nut, doesn't mean everyone else would raise arms against their own country and get slaughtered. The US and Europe have the hard and soft power to confront Iran, but not individual citizens. Guns won't defeat a military with modern weapon systems.
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  222. Other than WWII, during what nuclear war that proven correct? Is this even a serious comment because there are so many Russian bots and trolls online saying the first thing that comes to their empty minds?
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  223. If China had transparency and credible data, then there'd be no need for the additional restriction in countries with vaccine-induced and natural herd immunity.
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  224. Rather than trying to prematurely confront a US-led military alliance in the Pacific, which would definitely result a humiliating defeat for Beijing and cause Taiwanese independence, they should just maintain the status quo. Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong were historically united as "One China," and separated by partially by American, European, and Japanese colonialism and political interference. Despite the very legitimate claims, the CCP has adopted a policy of regional hegemony, hostility, and forced re-unification. There wouldn't be a massive American military presence in the region wasn't rushing a military and economic confrontation with the West. Peace and prosperity should be the goal for the region, but China's regional hostility and unrecognized claims to most of the South China Sea and East China Sea will result in a NATO-like military alliance with the ability to cut off China from international trade.
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  225. The US isn't in the war, and it's an actual superpower that Russia is too afraid to confront directly. Just stick with smaller ex-Soviet republics. The US, NATO, and EU are too much for Moscow.
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  226. Are you in Chi-town? There must be a large Ukrainian population because Bush and Clinton were visiting this week to deliver flowers to a Ukrainian church in Chicago.
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  227. Justin Trudeau is a friendly Canadian, but he needs a little more bass in his voice when dealing with Beijing.
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  228.  @SnowCat6  Ruck Fussia!
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  229.  @tayler2396  Don't compare the US, a global superpower and dominate space power with these garbage nations like Russia and China. I hope their rocket explode.
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  230.  @MarkNOTW  They're already in Western Ukraine. The Russian fuel storages and ammunition factories are being destroyed within Russia. The cruise missiles aren't even effective enough to deter deliveries from the West.
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  231.  @dragons_hook  It was rogue missile defense/intercept from Ukraine, but I'm sure the world breathe a sigh of relief.
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  232.  @Mars752  He's not foolish enough to touch anything with an American or NATO flag on it. I can say that with confidence being thousands of miles away in Texas.
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  233. It spreads fast. In 6mos, give an update.
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  234. He won't leave unless he's sure he's safe and his money is safe. Russia is controlled by Oligarchs. They'll just get another puppet after Putin.
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  235. You sound jealous.
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  236.  @mabrenz_n5391  Obviously success. Because he'll be in history books as a successful world leader, and what will they say about you?
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  237.  @mabrenz_n5391  Won two elections, and his Veep is in office now. A sign of failure is planning a second term, losing, and then sending a cult to storm the capitol.
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  238. I appears that way, but I'm not sure how honest the polling is.
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  239.  Al 72  If he's the founding father of "Mother Russia," then who was Boris Yeltsin, the founding mother of Father Russia?
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  240.  @Slavaisusukhrystu  Safe from the West? We just want to buy their natural resources, not the entire country. The Soviet stockpile of WMDs and the Russian winter keeps them safe from the East or West.
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  241.  @Slavaisusukhrystu  There is some truth in it. NATO is hostile, but it's expanding mostly for economic reasons. That's more nation buying US-made weapons.
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  242. It doesn't matter because none of that is relevant to the present conflict. That's whataboutism and a distraction from the present. Russia isn't the US, and Russia doesn't have a Monroe Doctrine, so why would US foreign policy be mentioned when this is between Russia and Ukraine in 2022.
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  243. We're exporting MAGA fascism now.
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  244. The US and UK are already training Ukraine how to operate the weapons, on the condition they not be used to attack inside of Russia.
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  245. OPEC can't cause a recession or counter inflation. They can barely manage the global supply of oil products. A central bank can raise interests rates, cause a recession, raise unemployment, and decrease the demand for oil and other products within a month.
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  246. Thanks 🇮🇳. Good job!
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  247. I still say the German-led EU holds the cards. The CCP won't take a strong position unless the US is directly involved in the war.
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  248. Ukraine can negotiate with the tanks and armored vehicles being supplied.
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  249. The United States has the most influence and could destabilize the economy with secondary sanctions that force nations to decide to trade with either the US or Iran, but not both.
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  250. They have the right to exist. The CCP is a planned economy and communism never works. I don't know if they'll match the US in GDP, but mid-century the US would pass China again because it's a stable economy with predictable growth.
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  251. Beijing belongs to Taipei, too.
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  252.  @eonglee44  Define well. There are people from all over the world dying to get into the US. Looking at the state of the economy and COVID-19 outbreak, China is not doing well. There's not even enough females to keep the population growing.
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  253.  @eonglee44  Believe it or not, I have a lot of respect for China, its people, and its history. It's the oldest and probably most-influential country in the world. During the early 20th century, it went through a period of weakness, colonialism, and instability. It should be strong and rich since it has the largest population, but it's hard to recognize the country and appreciate its history and culture under communism. It's not my country, but watching films such as The Last Emperor, which was approved by the CCP and permitted to film in the Forbidden City, it becomes obvious how drastically China has changed. It's not just the government, but the culture, heritage, and open practice of religion. Every country deserves to be rich, but most economist already know communism and centrally planned economies doesn't work in the long run. If they did, the West would have adopted the model. That's why the CCP has allowed private businesses to operate. The problem will come when the inevitable recession and market correction happens in China. The economies of the US, Japan, South Korea, EU, and UK are free-market economies and work on business cycles. The government only controls regulations, taxes, and fiscal spending. A central bank controls interest rates, money supply, and how to respond to inflation and recession with monetary policy. Recessions and unemployment are painful, but they're required to make the economies more stable, productive, innovative, and robust. In the US, people will be homeless, suffer from unemployment, and exposed to violent crime, but they have access to the strongest and most stable economy and currency in the world. They also have the right to petition the government (and sometimes their employers) for change, and exercise free speech. When the recession happens in China and people are angry and in the streets, what will happen?
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  254. If it weren't highly illegal and unethical, I'd ship you the vaccines, testing, and therapeutics available in the US. There may be scholarly disputes on protection against re-infection and the impact of herd immunity, but there are no doubts about the lowered risk of hospitalizations, pneumonia, and deaths now that more treatment options are readily available.
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  255. World War II began in Asia before Europe.
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  256.  @fishlivesmatter  It's the most important part that matters in confronting Russia and China.
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  257.  @iggy5347  That's because unlike the CCP, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, the US global hegemony consists of allies that welcome and support America and Britain's historical leadership role. The US foreign policy and hard power is made unilaterally. There wouldn't be American regional dominance in Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific without the countries that have allied with the US and allow the US to have bases to counter China and other hostile adversaries.
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  258.  @iggy5347  The US and EU are stable economies. Why are you comparing that with the CCP. It's already slowing down and is near recession? The US and EU have been growing at the same rate for over a century. Even China uses US debt for security and the US dollar. Are you sure you understand how economics work?
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  259.  @rameshg2717  That's not dangerous. That's called economics. Russia is going to China and India because they've been kicked out of the second-largest economic market in the world: The European Union. The country already had a dying population. Now they've lost hundreds of thousands from war and dodging the draft. The petroleum and natural gas market of India and China combined won't replace the revenue lost and assets frozen from the financial sanctions and economic warfare that have ruined the economic prospect for Russia's future GDP growth. China is struggling to reopen in the midst of the world's largest Covid-19 pandemic. it's going to kill more people than that died in Europe, India, and the US combined. China and Russia are moving closer together because is because the West is more united and targeting them.
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  260.  @iggy5347  Australia is obviously not afraid of the CCP since they've critical of Xi and is preparing to send nuclear-powered subs to patrol the South China Sea. Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Australia, North Korea, and even India are uniting against China's regional dominance. Those countries are the reason the US has so much military power in the area.
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  261.  @iggy5347  What is China debt-to-GDP ratio? They have a debt bubble and empty cities. India is not China's largest trading partner. The US is China's most important market. The US isn't dying because it's population is growling from mass immigration. China and Russia are the ones closest to collapse. China and India were on the brink of an inevitable war due to border conflict. You must not be from the region if you don't know about China and border conflicts with every country in the region.
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  262. ​ @iggy5347  China’s GDP blackout isn’t fooling anyone There is diminishing faith in the few economic indicators that, after years of obfuscation, still see the light of day If you had paid a visit to China’s National Bureau of Statistics in the days following Xi Jinping’s election as general secretary of the Chinese Communist party in 2012, you would have found a cornucopia of economic data. The number of people employed in the outdoor playground amusement equipment sector, natural gas exports from Guangdong to other provinces, the electricity balance of Inner Mongolia. You name it, they published it, along with more than 80,000 other time series. But just one year later, those three series and thousands more were no longer updated. Skip to 2016, and more than half of all indicators published by the national and municipal statistics bureaus had been quietly discontinued. The disappearances have been truly remarkable.
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  263.  @hi4806  It's the United States. Go use Google instead of being CCP bot with wrong information.
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  264.  @kayrichard915 Mind your business, slore. I don't come to your street corner and tell you how to properly do a head job. Go talk to another street walker.
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  265.  @hi4806  lies
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  266.  @kayrichard915  Go away. You're cluttering up my notifications with nonsense.
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  267. Well said👍🏾. If you're in the Russia controlled by Putin and his oligarchs, be careful and pretend to love them.
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  268. I'm proud of India. That's unheard of in geopolitics. We can learn a lot from India.
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  269.  @PianistStefanBoetel  We're still mad a China. No fabs for them!
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  270. The UK is "dangerously vulnerable" to whom, the Death Star? The largest and most lethal military alliance is led by Anglophiles.
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  271. You're thinking of 2019. This was the closer one we were expecting to see first.
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  272. Send that message to Moscow because neither Kyiv nor the West cares.
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  273. US wasn't a party to the Minsk Agreement.
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  274. You can run, but you can't hide from Zelenskyy. Slava Ukraine!
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  275.  @Alex-pj8nz  What is with the rules comments? Are you reading my comment as encouraging fast track membership to the EU? It's more related to the military and sanctions. There's a war right now, and Europe is fighting it using his economic power. The rules and membership requirements are definitely European Union law but not relevant to my post. My office respond is "😶."
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  276.  @Alex-pj8nz  I'm talking bout taking the lead in confronting Russia with financial sanctions and providing Ukraine with weaponry. It might be a bit off-topic since I didn't watch the video but after the 2014 Crimean Annexation, the Malaysian Airlines attack, and Kremlin-backed positioning in Europe, the US had taken the lead in confronting Russia. Ukraine is not a potential "51st" US state either, but they are helped primarily by the United States. The German-led European Union is the superpower that should be helping them since it can do much more economic damage to Russia by cutting dependence. As far as the European Union entry procedures for new members, I really don't have a remark since it's not relevant.
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  277.  David Williams  I've got to mute. You sound like a 🤖. This is a post for actual human beings.
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  278.  @j-lgroen1239  I wouldn't mind being a pro-American bot, but I'd do it for free.
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  279.  @jasonkingshott2971  It's not a competition. I'm from America, so compare the UK's aid with the billions America has already sent. You'd quickly get dwarfed. You're on the same time as Germany and the EU. Get out of the Brexit phase and save the trolling and ballsy statements for the Russians. It's easy to attack another liberal democracy, so use that energy for Russia, India, and the CCP.
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  280.  @xRepoUKx  They're doing a lot better than they were in 2014. They've committed to investing $100 Billion into their armed forces and reducing dependence on Russian gas and energy products. I can understand they're not in a similar position as the United States, which can easily ban and embargo all goods and services from Russia. They'll begin outspending Russia and increase the size of their military. If they do have de facto control of the European Union, at the conclusion of the conflict, Germany will be a superpower comparable to the US, China, and Russia.
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  281.  @MichaelOinMunich  Disregard the cowards and pro-Putinist trolls who are already beginning to surrender before a war even began.
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  282. What did he do? Do you even know? I can you don't know.
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  283.  @jeromesolomon9093  China is not Iraq. It would take all the resources and allied support of the US to defeat them militarily or contain them economically. Trump was an isolationist afraid of military confrontation. What did he accomplish?
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  284.  @jeromesolomon9093  China's economic potential was artificially constrained by the US for decades. It was Nixon who opened China, not Obama. You can't attack them for being a US competitors. The US private sector does that. Their GDP growth, which is questionable, will level off before for the mid century and be surpassed by the US again. It's a communist system, and no where near as powerful as the US or Soviet Union. Taiwan is as close to Mainland China as Cuba is to the US. It's even part of the same country, but they can't retake it because of the US. The Obama Admin is the one that initiated the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. The reason I'm saying you're wrong had nothing to do with politics. US foreign policy with China and Russia isn't made by the president, and won't change just because of a new administration. That's why Russia-US relations never improved even though Trump was friendlier to Russia than Obama.
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  285. I could be wrong, but I think the problem with the male foreign-exchange students leaving Ukraine is because all able-bodied men were expected to remain in Ukraine and defend against the Russian Armed Forces.
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  286.  @BornInMetroBF3onPS3  They've already mentioned that the African exchange students, who are male, were given weapons and told to remain in Ukraine to fight. I can give you the link to the video when the students give their reactions after being told to remain in Ukraine. The legal process in most countries is that able-bodied men register with the military and be cleared before leaving the country. A "state of war" is an emergency. The government controls the border and decides who can leave. In the US, foreign nationals (male) still have to register for the Selective Service System. It's not just US citizens. Were you thinking that Ukraine has suddenly become hostile to foreigners? There's no other reason they would have issues with foreign men leaving the country.
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  287.  @Pointi69  You don't think Germany is capable of countering the influence of Moscow, Washington, DC, and Beijing? If that's the case, why have the EU or an increase in military expenditures? Are you still using guilt as part of foreign policy?
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  288. If they dropped grenades on civilians inside of Russia, and without declaring war, you could possibly have a point. It sounds like you're very confused and just want to be part of the discussion.
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  289. If you can't back up threats, you shouldn't issue them. The Kremlin has enough on its plate, and it's in no condition to confront another nuclear power with a much larger military.
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  290. America is waiting on our friends in China and Pakistan who are better than your space program.
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  291.  @timphillips9954  If you're not familiar with the US' role and its level of contributions to the war effort since 2014, then why post criticism? The US has given Ukraine nearly every weapons system requested and provided intel; it's funding the Kyiv government and humanitarian efforts; it's leading the economic warfare and financial sanctions regime against Russia; and along with Poland, it's managing the logistics of delivering the weapons inside Ukraine. The US, UK, Russia, and Ukraine were all part of the Budapest Memorandum that de-nuclearized Ukraine in exchange for security assistance. Despite the American contribution, it's not directly at war with Russia and still has to seek some approvals from the European host nations and NATO. There are still European nations opposed to the US giving offensive weapon systems they believe could expand the war.
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  292.  @halilibrahimkuplu6191  What criminals are you talking about, the rebels in Kurdistan or Sweden?
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  293.  @utahyono  Ukraine isn't in NATO. Did you read the post?
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  294.  @halilibrahimkuplu6191  Who said I was arguing? I didn't know what "criminals" you were talking about. I watched the video again and learn about the people Turkey accused of terrorism and awaiting extradition from Sweden.
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  295. They'd lose credibility from the viewers with critical-thinking skills. No one would watch if they reported opinions as undisputed facts.
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  296. I have a lot of respect for the wartime politicians and diplomats from Ukraine. Most of the world underestimated their chances of victory and their will to fight and defend against a military superpower that doesn't recognize their independence, legitimacy, and international border. They've made good use of the economic and military aid from the West, including the weapons systems and intelligence that has been provided primarily by the United States and United Kingdom. The Zelenskyy-led government and armed forces have proven they're capable of successfully defending their country without NATO troops on the ground fighting along with them. If Ukraine requests additional air-defense systems to protect its civilians, I personally believe we should provide it. At this point, failure, military defeat, ethic cleansing/genocide, and occupation isn't an option for our Ukrainians allies.
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  297.  Majed Talib  There was what in Syria?
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  298.  Majed Talib  That's all politics from the Kremlin perspective. Hardly impartial at all. Some of it might be true, but most of that is Russian disinformation.
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  299.  Majed Talib  If you were there, you'd know the legal justification why the US intervened, and why neither Russia or Syria has officially asked them to leave the country. Doesn't that seem strange?
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  300.  Majed Talib  why haven't they made a request? All they have to do is say you're unwelcome, so please leave.
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  301. He probably did think he was like Putin, but Putin know how to win elections (cheating) and is not as dangerous as Trump. Putin wouldn't let his supporters attack the Kremlin just because he lost. Putin's been in office 2000. He is popular enough to stay in power, and knows the system well enough. He'll be there until he's sure he's safe and no one will come after him and his money. The US just doesn't like his policies but they work with him because he keeps Russia stable, and if he left someone worst cold replace him.
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  302. It's not the same. When did the US ever try to annex land in the Middle East? I'm sure those countries would love to have American citizenship, but that's not what happened. Stay focused on the present, and stop using "whataboutism." It's not even relevant. Just because the US can get away with something doesn't mean Russia and China can do the same and get similar results.
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  303.  @PaLPfamilyplayz1626  It's not everywhere. You tell me what knowledge is illegal to obtain in the US that freely available to the rest of the world?
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  304.  @PaLPfamilyplayz1626  I was around then. You do know all of America knew that and the government couldn't keep it a secret. George W Bush and Tony Blair would have still gone to war without WMDs.
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  305. People a lot smarter than you have already researched and debated those topics. There's already a war on the continent. Why would they worry about appeasing "The East?" Putin leads an autocratic and criminal regime started the war. The choice of good relations with Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China versus ties to the Anglo-American democracies has already been analyzed. "The East" are the ones who have blundered and miscalculated by starting a war that makes the US more relevant than it's been since the Cold War?
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  306. If it were that big of a beast, it would have done something by now. The US military is experienced, has better technology, and what "checkmates" the CCP is that the US allies. That's why it's able project power in the Asian-Pacific without being based in the region.
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  307. The CCP is a corrupt regime with economic stats and data that no one believes.
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  308. Very good comment. Sad but true.
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  309.  @mikicerise6250  Might be a coincidence but wasn't the second to last Chinese Empress something that sounded like Xi? I'm sure the EU probably isn't bitter, but they would probably still be the second largest by GDP without Brexit.
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  310.  @mikicerise6250 It was Empress Dowager Cixi.
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  311.  @SeattlePioneer  It's not kidding. I have a genuine interest in the economics history and how the US became a modern version the British Empire, without colonialism.
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  312. They're trying to reopen their economy, so that they can meet growth targets in 2023. They're going to lose a lot of people.
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  313. I'm not sure when threats to use nukes on people defending their own lands became normalized. The nuclear option is a sign of desperation that wouldn't even change the situation on the ground. Russia would still barely be the strongest military operating within Ukraine.
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  314. That wasn't just Biden. That was from UK-US intelligence sources inside the Kremlin. Nuclear weapons are different because Washington DC and Moscow have a hotline and both track the movements of each countries nuclear warheads. When the nuke threat alert rises, like after 9/11, they talk to each other. Any movement of Russia's strategic and battlefield nukes is assumed to be direct toward the US and NATO.
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  315. It does matter about the politics. The US's foreign policy has always been to protect its national and economic interests. No one in their right mind would rely on the CCP to be transparent about anything.
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  316.  @ronanrogers4127  You're not making a point relevant to the balloon. Rather than addressing China, you're trying to re-litigate US foreign policy. It was in US airspace, so it doesn't matter what any non-American feels about a military decision that doesn't concern them. You don't even have say on US foreign policy. Unless you have international law supporting your claims, then you're essentially using "whataboutism." That's the same thing allies of Putin say to avoid addressing the war.
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  317. Yes, you are because governments in the West can't seize private property without "due process of law." That's the reason Russians kept their assets overseas. They're frozen assets.
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  318. Well said. It's easy for us to get overwhelmed and forget about war crimes and human suffering, but thanks for speaking and reminding us of the crimes against humanity.
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  319. Eventually they lose all control and then hyperinflation occurs.
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  320. You clearly don't know much about US-CHINA relations if you think any president would side with the CCP. This is a German channel. Please don't embarrass America.
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  321.  @jserna_teculutan8139  Biden didn't say that and has been anti-communist for his entire political career. China and Russia have been the main US adversaries since the 1940s.
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  322.  @jserna_teculutan8139  I did watch it, and Russia deserved the criticism. The only reason there's talk of Biden being soft on China is because of Trump getting humiliated and being the first president to openly show cowardice before Russia. You're just continuing a political talking point that was used to help Trump get re-elected, but it clearly didn't work. I'm not sure why you're still along with it because the election is over.
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  323.  @jserna_teculutan8139  Thanks.
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  324.  @hermanwooster8944  Which country are you talking about since the US clearly has a history of lend-lease debt forgiveness and rebuilding wartorn West Europe in exchange for access to the European market and a pledged opposition to communism. The only European nation that will be in economic ruins will be Russia. Even if a nation doesn't have the ability to immediately fiance weapons systems, it won't make any difference to the US government. Ukraine will be a new market of 45 million pro-US/UK consumers buying US goods, services, and financial products.
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  325.  @hermanwooster8944  That position is not based on any economic forecasts. You're nearly saying the exact opposite of reality. You do know there a war going on in Europe and even Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland have begun mobilization? Military spending skyrocketed over the past two years. I'm not an expert, but I do work for a defense contractor and can see the increase demand. I could forgive you if it were slightly true, but being willfully ignorant of obvious fact that military spending has increased, leads me to believe there is an ulterior motive behind your remark. I'm not attack your position, but do you have a credible sources saying that Europe can't afford new weapons because I'm not sure where you got the impression of military spending declining during a war and heightened alert?
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  326.  @hermanwooster8944  Stated that way, I can easily clarify my point. If I claimed all Soviet-era equipment can be quickly replaced by newer American-made, I would definitely be wrong. Saying that all the Eastern European nations that were 1) once part of the Warsaw Pact; 2) a former Soviet Republics; or 3) separated from Yugoslavia have the cash on hand to accomplish that in less than a decade wouldn't be realistic. It didn't come out clearly, but I only meant new equipment purchases and not the entire Soviet inventory.
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  327. This is why the US, UK, and Poland are taking the lead to aid Ukraine. Why sit down and have long debate when the tanks were needed last year?
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  328. He won his election. How did yours turn out?
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  329. That's Huawei, and the US used that line a few years back.
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  330.  @BeardofBeesPool  I just saw a bunch of heads on the ground and started thinking the worst. It was like they didn't even give them time to remove the helmets. I do need to stop drinking so much, too.
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  331. Where did you locate the contract? I wanted to review it out of curiosity.
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  332. The US is sending armed vehicles for now. There are Abrams tanks in Europe, but most are needed for the worst-case scenario and the conflict spills over to EU/NATO.
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  333.  @elliott7531  Hopefully, I didn't give the impression that Ukraine must have ONLY or PREFERABLY US-made tanks. I was mentioning the weapons depots and stockpiles of arms the US military warehouses around the globe in case of war. The US will contribute the funds, weapons, intelligence, sanctions, and soft power it takes to destroy the Russian forces occupying Ukraine. It also buys all NATO, Chinese, Israeli, Russian, and/or Soviet-made ammunition and weapons. Fortunately for the world, the US and NATO are not actively at war with Russia; so Zelenskyy and his generals are the battlefield experts and know the type of weapon systems needed. The war has made NATO more relevant than ever. It's never been a philanthropic organization or an American-led charity. Other than defense, it's been about marketing and standardizing the weapons systems and the defense sectors. The corruption that has plagued the Russian Armed Forces and its defense-production industry would have been exposed sooner in a NATO country.
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  334.  @RomanGoncharenya  Tell that to the thousands of Russian soldiers who've already died for underestimating him. Excluding US-NATO, he might have one of the most powerful armed forces on the European continents now.
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  335.  @polygonzero  True, but targeting a European head of state might be a line that even Putin doesn't want to cross. They could also have gained respect for him since he is putting up a strong fight and still wants to meet Putin face-to-face to negotiate. Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians have been using political assignations and poisoning for centuries, and Putin could find himself as the victim. With the economic instability and state of emergency in Russia, it's hard to predict how stable Putin's government is.
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  336. Better than being Moscow's puppet. Russia is Xi's poodle.
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  337. Wasn't the Germany government elected by the German people, and aren't the people the ones who'll ultimately hold them accountable? You just don't understand liberal democracies. If they didn't want to provide tanks, they have the power to say "NO!"
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  338. You mean "good' Asian. The communist and Indians are against Ukraine.
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  339. What is the name of the country with the most power inside the EU?
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  340.  @EdgyMemer_  Did the US abandon Indian last year during the COVID-19 pandemic when there was shortage of oxygen supplies? I'm pretty sure the West was the top contributor. What did China and Russia give? You should have noticed a swarm of CCP bots celebrating the tragedy.
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  341. The require hospitalization and possibly ventilation.
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  342. I'm in America and know about Bakhmut. Clearly you're not American.
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  343. Don't know what you're talking about,  @shattered115  Maybe you're not watching serious news. I've known about Bakhmut-Soledar battles, Wagner mercenaries, and the shelling of the remaining civilians since it began. It's probably not covered because there's been no significant change in the battlefield situation since the winter. The war of attrition doesn't need constant coverage. It's been more of a Russian morale booster than a strategic victory in large population centers in East Ukraine.
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  344. The media isn't battling. If you're going to be a CCP bot, at least know who are the fighters,
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  345.  @mynjeri5469  No. It's not. You're going to isolate the people and never win them over if you insult their faith. It's the government of Iran and not the religion of the citizens. It has just as much to do with faith as the Russo-Ukrainian War is about Orthodox Christianity. That's just an excuse from people too lazy to research the background facts. There more to story like the fact that the nation is having a proxy war against Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the United States and being subjected to economic warfare.
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  346. The sooner the trading relationship between the West and Russia ends, the better, There should be no European revenue going toward financing Russia's war in Ukraine. Since the sale of oil and gas will eventually be halted by Moscow or Brussels/Berlin anyway, the West should be planning for the inevitable. As long as Putin remains in office, the relationship between the West and Russia will return never return to normal. The Cold War doctrine of containment is the only option for preventing a direct war between the US and Russia. The financial sanctions and economic warfare should become permanent. Moscow needs the West a lot more as a customer than the West needs Russia. Putin's Russia has become a corrupt mafia state and is correctly described as a "gas station masquerading as a nuclear superpower."
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  347.  @lhmsc  China doesn't get involved in European affairs. That's a naive claim to assume the CCP foreign policy is identical to the West. That's something the US, Britain, or the European Union would do. The US, Russia, and Germany can stop it. The CCP won't do anything but issue statements of a peaceful resolution. They have to comply with the same US/EU sanctions imposed on Russia. China is not in nearly as strong as a position that far away from Asia.
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  348.  @realperson6713  I've heard of the 5K years of China's history. When have they intervened in a European war?
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  349.  @realperson6713  I don't think they're going to intervene at all. They're not nearly as powerful as you're making them out to be. The CCP could be useful to deter Russia from using nuclear weapons because they could be impacted by a NATO-Russia nuclear conflict. The CCP, India, and Brazil will remain mostly spectators. Whether or not they opposed Putin's aggression in Ukraine and the possibility of a long-drawn-out conflict won't change their non-interventionist stance. Although it's different situation in Ukraine, the unified response from the West should help deter Beijing from trying to take Taiwan by force. They should more focused on their confrontation with the United States rather than trying to mediate the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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  350.  @TheMolabola  That's a European-American mindset of resolving conflicts. The CCP won't act outside of the UN Security Council, and despite being the senior partner in the relationship with Russia, it's not going to isolate Putin. The Arab Spring and Syrian Civil War are examples of how China is a regional power and rarely intervenes wars and geopolitical crises outside of the Asia-Pacific region. The resolution of the Russia-NATO proxy war is ultimately up to Moscow and Washington, DC. At this point in the conflict, it's difficult seeing how Beijing will even be invited to negotiations. They do have a significant volume of trade with Moscow, but they can't force Ukraine to stop fighting.
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  351.  @THETRUTH-BR  That's a naïve stance of someone unfamiliar with China. It has a historic role of non-intervention outside of Asia. Other than being a powerful trading country and potential superpower, there's not a lot of soft or hard power options available to Beijing because it's no going to use military force or economic sanctions like the US, UN, and EU does. The geopolitically and diplomatically neutral states and NGOs are mostly in Benelux Europe, the Hague, Swiss, Finland, and UN organizations. The CCP is more aligned, economically, culturally, and politically with Moscow. It could influence its junior partner: Russia, but Beijing leadership have no credible leverage to bring Ukraine, US, EU, and NATO to negotiate any settlements of a European War.
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  352.  rui edc  There's an American proverb that goes, "F-around and find out." It the CCP or Russia touches anything with an American flag on it, they'll lose the entire hand. If you don't want Mainland China or Russia to become a radioactive wasteland, then don't toy with a nation that much more powerful. Unlike, Russia and China, the US has something called "allies." If Russia and China had real allies, they could be taken seriously.
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  353.  rui edc  If the US doesn't own the world, then prove it. No point in using tough talk when you too scared to confront the US.
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  354.  rui edc  This distant future fantasy talk is getting boring. If any of your opinions and claims were true and accurate, then you'd have valid examples. Right now, it's too premature to suggest either Russia, the CCP, or any other group of nations are comparable to the US hegemony. If you want a real life example of the nation that dominates global affairs, look at Ukraine and Taiwan. The future of both of those nations are dependent on who's in the White House, not the Kremlin or Beijing. That's real power projection and no other state can exert that kind of geopolitical influence.
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  355.  @only1anime89  No one cares. It's 2023. If you've got nothing relevant, then don't tag me. You might as well mention the Opium Wars of the 19th Century.
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  356. The thumbnail about the world running out of weapons is ridiculous. Ukraine has weapons systems from all over the world. Most of them are Soviet-Russia era, and without modification are incompatible with newer weapons from the West.
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  357.  @Ridgelinehunter007  I was only considering the hydrogen bomb as a payload. It can be launched from sea, plane, or ICBM. The numbers that the US and Russia have can never be completely stopped.
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  358. He's losing and so is the Russian economy. This is the biggest military blunder of the 21st century.
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  359. I got in trouble for posting that on social media. It sounds like common sense since they're in a hot war with Russia, but it's still considered supporting terrorism or targeting civilians on some websites.
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  360.  @ali09gaming58  Russia has become a CCP colony. When you can do anything without getting the permission of Beijing, then you'll have a point. Your soldiers don't even food made during this century. Soviet Union is dead. You won't probably won't even live long enough to finish reading this comment.
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  361.  @Herodotus__  Is this Russia's internet? Nope. This is America's internet and Google and YouTube are American companies. Stop being jealous and cope with being poor.
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  362.  @timmy-wj2hc  Russia can't even afford to feed their troops or pay their their trolls a living wage. This is a world ruled by the US, China, and the European Union. Russia and North Korea are both Chinese colonies.
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  363.  @ricardolevy885  Lies. Then how are astronauts getting to space then? The Russian space program was getting funded by the US until private US space companies replace them. Name your country. You won't because you live in a 3rd world dump with no space program.
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  364.  @vlhc4642  No they didn't, Ivan. Space X was already in existence. Look at the US space industry and economy, and look at the pitiful shape of Russia and their poor people. Stop comparing the richest country on earth to a county losing to Ukraine. Unless China helps Russia pay for the fuel, that rocket would likely crash somewhere in Siberia.
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  365. And 🇺🇲's got 🇨🇦's back the next time Xi decides to lecture J. Trudeau in front of the international cameras to give the appearance of bullying. We can't tolerate that, and I don't like hostility toward our very friendly neighbors to the north.
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  366. It could be different. I mistakenly thought that Poland and Hungary were similar and didn't fit in the EU, but now there more pro-Ukraine and anti-Putin than Germany. Poland's location and history explains why they take border integrity so seriously, but if they didn't want to be part of the European Union and NATO, they would have never joined.
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  367.  @titaniumskunkogkush4365  The US actually has nukes that actually work. Putin is still not suicidal or looking to get embarrassed by a country that has enough money to pay Russians to start a civil war.
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  368.  @ruhiraj2935  The US-UK are part of the Budapest Memorandum and hostile adversaries of the Kremlin. Why would they not do anything when they have the opportunity to see Russia from destroying itself, its reputation, and its economy? No one in the West ever claimed that Ukraine, as a non-NATO country, was ineligible for economic and military aid.
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  369. If that were true, then it wouldn't make any sense for the Modi Government to request emergency assistance from the White House.
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  370. The EU is prepared for that. They'll just ask the White House to get their friends in Israel to put another Iranian nuclear scientist out of service.
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  371. There's profit in nation building. Given the economic and military assistance, the US will likely take the leadership role in rebuilding Ukraine. The could he another "economic miracle" like what happen with the Marshall Plan, post-war Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.
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  372.  @missionpehlapageair1holypdf  Do you want me to ask the kid whether he wants to live in America or India because that's not even close to being a hard decision? Ask the Indian Diaspora in the USA whether or not they love living in America. They're likely the most prosperous and wealthy demographic in the country. They also can count, and know that gays are a minority and have nothing to do with the lives of straight people. If you don't like gay marriage, then don't get married to a person of the same sex. Learn to mind your own business. Most of the people complaining aren't straight or religious. They're closeted homosexuals.
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  373.  @missionpehlapageair1holypdf  I'm pretty sure you invited yourself into the conversation. You're the one not minding your own business. When you get running water, soap, and stop running having to bathe with animals, then you'll have a point. Right now, you live in a crappy, poor country but you're too busy trying to pretend you're not gay. We don't have bodies floating in rivers in America or cremation site with too many Covid-19 bodies that we burn to keep warm during the winter.. You need to worry more about having enough oxygen and not getting invaded by Pakistan and China. Stay dirt poor and quit being jealous of rich countries. You can't tell me about my own country because I already live here and know it's the best. The world is trying to get here, not to where you live with 2 million people riding on a train meant for 200.
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  374. The war will force Germany to be more assertive in foreign policy and security.Most of the world are assuming that China will rise as the next superpower. Once they're no longer dependent on Russian gas and oil, a German-led European Union with control over military affairs will be a superpower strong enough to confront Russia without the US, UK, and former Brit colonies.
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  375. In his attempt to re-establish the Soviet Empire and create another bipolar world order, Putin's geopolitical miscalculation and military blunder could enable the emergence and recognition of Germany and the European Union as a global superpower.
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  376. According to the literature, this vaccine and majority of the ones from the West have been effective at preventing coronavirus-related illness and hospitalizations.
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  377. Too bad that rhetoric will not work with Washington, DC. There'll be a NATO-like alliance containing the CCP in the Pacific.
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  378. What a woman. Good job, Chancellor.
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  379. What international law makes it illegal, and how does not defending yourself make any sense? They can't use tactical nukes because the US and NATO would wipe out all of the Russian forces in Ukraine. Apparently, the Kremlin took the US threats seriously.
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  380. That was the Soviet Union and the Red Army. Berlin and the German-led European Union is much more powerful, and Moscow is now weaker.
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  381. Are you calling Putin the rich person because it's his war? The US profits from the arms sales and a new potential market with 45 million pro-American Ukrainian consumers.
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  382.  @pakde8002  I'm not googling lies from bots and far-right nutcases.
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  383.  @RS-vz8xd  This is global pandemic. It doesn't have the signature of a lab. All of the evidence shows it originated from the meat market. If there's any credible proof it would be good to see it, but the lab release wouldn't explain it being concentrated in the Wuhan Meat Market, instead of the lab and family members of the Virology Lab scientists.
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  384.  @zedrhyx1788  The WHO doesn't have the authority to order a sovereign nation, and permanent member of the UN Security Council, to do anything.
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  385.  @jarvis_kjellberg  I refuse to respond to an old comment I posted 20 internet years ago. You've got to be a little more timely. If you want to argue about something relevant, go to a newer video.
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  386. He's a glorified bureaucrat who created a phony imagine of being a master strategist and the KGB version of James Bond. He's done a lot of damage to both Ukraine and Russia. It doesn't matter if he moves the goalpost to save face, life in Russia will be drastically worst because of Putin's military blunders.
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  387. That's an impressive pledge from Germany, and it's comparable to the leadership in confronting Russia that has been primarily from Washington, London, and Kyiv. Berlin and Brussels will be crucial in defeating Vladimir Putin. When the EU-Russia trading relationship ends, including the dependence on Russian gas, then Russia will no longer have enough government revenue to finance their war to exterminate Ukrainians.
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  388. Can you translate that to English?
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  389.  @tommyg3397  They need to put a spelling test in the comments. I wish we could help you, but if you can't even speak English, how are you going to troll for Russia?
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  390.  @tommyg3397  No. I'm at home, safe, and happy with my family. The parents of those 15,000 dead Russian soldiers or anyone living in Russia with the worthless ruble are the ones crying. They have my deepest sympathies. Writing is important to me, so my problem was this comment from you: "MERCENARIES for UKIS thousands sleeping and video shows Americans Brits and others leaving lol" ___________________________ 1. What was that about? 2. Did you try to proofread that at all? 3. Did it sound different in your head than the way you posted? 4. If you're trying to send a message to an English-speaking audience, don't you think it would help if you used English, no?
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  391. They both are two proud and closely related Slavic countries that don't want to fight each other. There's no way the Kremlin would ever be able to maintain control over Ukraine after this useless war based on a lie.
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  392. Are you really that confused? That sounds like the assessment of a three year old with down syndrome.
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  393.  @mauricemular6269  Some people take geopolitics and war seriously. Why would you comment on an international conflict you know nothing about? I wouldn't have insulted you had you said something that shows you know what's going on, but you said a bunch of nonsense. I don't think you could find either Russia or Ukraine on a globe, so why add unwanted input?
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  394.  @mauricemular6269  So it's the evil media now? DW and the BBC are dropping bombs? You wouldn't need to rely on the media if you had an education and knew what was happening. This is why you don't need to touch geopolitics when you're uninformed. I don't know what your true interest or career is, but stay focused on that, or something else simple, like gaming or trolling. Anything related to Russia, East Europe, or the Middle East takes years of learning. You're just naming random politicians, the media, and cringe emojis lime that makes you an expert.
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  395. I keep repeating it daily and starting to sound like a broken record, but the German-led European Union is an emerging superpower. Russia is using its energy resources to hold the EU hostage, but ultimately the EU will survive and transition to another source. Russia will have fewer customers, and its new trading partners will know what to expect when there is a dispute with the Kremlin. There's short-term pain for the West, but the Russian economy is virtually gone and they've lost decades of accumulated wealth and economic growth. This strategy of economic warfare has already destabilized the Russian economy and weakened the Ruble/U$D exchange rate. This miscalculation will end up hurting the Russian and Ukrainian people the most, but when the EU is less dependent on Russia for oil, the Kremlin and its corrupt Oligarchs will never have the opportunity to hold a superpower hostage again.
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  396. Can you keep your doomsday nonsense to yourself? Just because you're scared doesn't mean that the rest of the world has to be miserable along with you.
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  397. That would expand the war. The Russian people aren't the enemy of NATO or Ukraine.
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  398. Go help him return the body parts of Russian soldiers back to their families.
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  399. Trump is gone, but US is a liberal democracy with a constitution. Putin won't be see easy to leave. I'm sure he'd probably ask, "where am I going?" You have to wait him out and Xi Jinping out. They will stay in office for life.
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  400.  @bgdabg6769  Translate that to English.
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  401.  @hamish1309  Another Kremlin-🤖account. What politicians are you talking about? The ones from the United Russia Party you sent to Moscow?
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  402.  @alanlong1120  The war will be over long before this bear warms up and realizes that it invaded another proud and stubborn Slavic country that can't be conquered and will fight to the death.
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  403. He just violated Russian law on television. Why isn't he being impeached, removed, and imprisoned?
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  404. Why would want to be controlled by Moscow and Beijing. The US rebuilt West Europe and created NATO, so it's still the leader of European security.
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  405. Other than Putin's allies, who are the "Allied Troops" @ [ 1:03 ]? They're trying too hard to recreate the The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. There's no German Reich (Now 🇷🇺) expanding eastward (Crimea + E. Ukraine) or an anti-fascist alliance of the Soviet Union (🇺🇦) and Western democracies (🇺🇲🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦) to be the analogous to the United Nations (NATO).
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  406. I get the point about being concerned about the CCP, but Taiwanese people are Chinese. They were originally the Republic of China before the civil war and the communist took over. You could call the Beijing government illegitimate, but Taiwan, mainland China, and Hong Kong are people of China.
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  407.  Al 72  🇷🇺🤖
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  408.  @markopodganjek845  🇷🇺🤖
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  409.  Al 72  It's a great nation. You should be proud. They saved the world from fascism, but there are some problems with your current government.
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  410. No serious government is even considering that. If it were a bioweapon intentionally released, then the US would have already retaliated militarily against the CCP.
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  411. Russia is just barely the second-most powerful armed forces in Ukraine. Borders exists for a reason, and 27,000 Russians had to learn the hard way.
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  412. That's very true, and it changes perceptions about the pandemic.
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  413. At this point, the CCP has to be trolling. The convention for returning unauthorized surveillance equipment is that its taken apart, analyzed, and eventually returned to the home country in boxes.
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  414. I still can't tell what happened. Did they use fireworks to attack police?
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  415. There's no spray. With the latest sanctions, they can only get them in tablet form.
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  416. You need to provide more proof if you want to blame the CIA for regime changes in the Ukraine and Russia. Yes, this coincides with the recently inaugurated Biden Administration, but there was an even larger anti-government protest in White Russia ("Belarus") before the US election. The common link with Belarus and this protest could be the two governments response to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic problems. US foreign policy has never been to incite uprising and instability in Russia. Putin may be an adversary to the US, but he's predictable and the US has never supported removing him.
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  417. International trade isn't about preventing global hunger and famines. The West is in the process of ending trade with Russia. Putin wasn't very respectful when he decided to invade Ukraine and start a war targeting the civilian population.
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  418. By "Russia," you're including Ukraine and the rest of the Soviet Union. Russia isn't a superpower. The Kremlin announced their plans to take Kyiv on three days and de-nazify the Ukrainian Government. They've failed at that, and are now having to defend against economic warfare of the West. Russia is trying to get any win as a face-saving measure.
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  419.  @ekaterinaantropova1958  🇷🇺🤖
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  420.  @Bohemiane54  STFU
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  421. What are you talking about? The Central Bank manages the Euro money supply. I don't see how spontaneously printing money and lowering interest rates would benefit Ukraine right now.
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  422. Medvedev could cooperate with the West and the US much better than Putin. He didn't even use his Security Council veto to stop the Libyan no-fly zone.
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  423.  @asiankitchen5294  Now that there is another Cold War, and Hot proxy war, we'll have to wait and see what type of politician will run Russia.
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  424.  @antoniofrank546  Still better than getting them nuked back to the stone age. After Putin, they'll calculate the wealth of the oligarchs, and finally figure out why he decided to stay president for life. He lived a life more extravagant Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos.
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  425.  @nbgoodiscore1303  You've got a selfish and isolationist mentality like a rightwing American.
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  426. Re-read the title of the video. It doesn't sound like you're on topic.
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  427.  @southpole4776  It's 2022. You're trying to change the topics because you don't know economics. Russia biggest customer of gas in the EU. The sanctions are sending the Russian economy into a recession. Neither China nor India can replace that the EU. China has the third-largest economy. The US and EU are bigger.
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  428.  @southpole4776  There are some much smarter people analyzing this topic and geopolitics. Why don't you just ask for help? You're bringing up 2050 and Elon Musk. I don't know what you're talking about. China doesn't even know where its economy will be in 2050, so how are you able to get this type of forecasting? Japan probably thought they would still have the growth from the 70/80s, too. Europe and the US are old money, and the growth is stable. We can predict where the US will be that far in the future. Regardless of what happens in China, Russia is already screwed. It doesn't matter what strategy they use to bypass sanctions, the US and EU will keep plugging whatever loophole the Russians try to use. Russia is not only getting sanctioned, it is economic warfare. The US froze about $300 billion in Russian Central Bank assets and any type of international deals Russia arranges will be targeted for more sanctions or get sabotaged. Life is not good now for normal Russians.
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  429. That attack was definitely signed off by the White House.
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  430. [ 0:49 ] Great rendition of GSTK, but the guy with the shifty eyes could be working for the Kremlin. He supposed to be reading the music.
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  431. The US removed a fascist thug, and Russia still has one in power than won't leave.
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  432. A tragedy for Russia, but good news in the West. Russian troops can't occupy Ukraine if they're all dead.
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  433.  @syedmuhammadmustafa7684  Then go tell that to Israel. I doubt they need the media since blow up stuff in Iran and Syria with impunity. Stop being jealous because you're poor and going hungry.
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  434.  @syedmuhammadmustafa7684  Are you on Iran's internet? NOPE.
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  435. We've used Real GDP for decades to compare countries. The PPP doesn't make sense to compare the CCPs defense spending versus the US. PPP would only show that China is spending less as a percentage of GDP.
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  436. Is it obvious yet why the Kremlin intervenes in US politics to harm Democrat politicians and support isolationism?
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  437. Who said they were only sending two tanks. Did you misread the video title?
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  438. A demonstration bomb, like the Tsar Bomba, won't trigger another world war.
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  439. I mostly heard that from Russian bots and trolls over the past week or so. They constantly try to discredit news reports unless the coverage is favorable to Russia.
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  440.  @jasperedwards2713  This one is not on Ukraine. They are sending the ship to the Atlantic. It might hit an iceberg and sink.
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  441. What do you get from being 🇷🇺🤖 and troll? It would be better if you could write your own script.
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  442. You'd have to do more research by Googling the story. He was awarded by the Ukrainian armed forces, not the comment section.
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  443.  @Dowell318  You are much concerned about it than I am. The bigger problem is Russia invading a sovereign country and committing war crimes. That's a more important issue than the Ukrainians captured on Snake Island.
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  444.  @Dowell318  I can't even confirm what you're saying is even confirm that the details you're giving are accurate. I know there was a medal awarded but the details aren't publicity available.
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  445. Well said. The US should already be partially mobilizing like during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The worst that could happen is that the Kremlin is only bluffing, but there shouldn't be any type of nuclear surprise without a well-prepared NATO response.
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  446. How are NZ and India even remotely similar?
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  447.  @itsourlife  I really wish that I could do more, personally.
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  448. STFU
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  449. You're going to trigger a swarm of Russian bots and MAGA trolls with that comment. Be careful because they are on their way.
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  450. You need a collapse in financial markets, bank failures, deflation, and neither fiscal nor monetary stimulus from governments and central banks; and months later, you'll have the economic depression you're looking for.
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  451.  @jkc3738  Are you supposed to be a Han supremacists. It's no wonder Taiwan wouldn't want to be part of communist police that's racist against other Chinese.
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  452.  @jkc3738  Because it's 2022, we've known about the problems of communism and centrally planned economies for over a century. The CCP wouldn't call us a "capitalist pushover," because they're trying to implement a pseudo-capitalist model that looks like free market on the surface.
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  453. The UK is part of the AstraZeneca supply chain.
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  454. Sanctions against oligarchs and the central bank aren't theft. The ownership doesn't change, and Russia has the option to retaliate. They only freeze and secure the assets to prevent Russia from accessing the liquid assets. The West can't seize or nationalize them without compensation or civil forfeiture in a court proceeding.
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  455. It's not. There's one country that spends more on defense than the next ten combined. Global wars have become obsolete. Those claims are coming from the Kremlin and their trolls.
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  456.  @rasgeleisim  I'm not sure if the CCP uses "excess deaths" in their mortality statistics, buts it's the best way to see the true impact of the pandemic.
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  457. How would you know that if no one even knew the US was spying back then? With all the money the US spends on spying, why would you think they couldn't get in a Chinese system likely stolen from the West?
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  458. Let us know when that happens because if it were true, the CCP would have already tried. You're right China can't invade itself (Taiwan). That's because it would get destroyed and embarrassed by the US. That's the only reason they've been kept from taking part of China. If the US is able to project power from the other side of the world, then clearly the American bully and hegemony still exists. That would like China stopping the US from taking Puerto Rico.
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  459.  @Om999-  You're acting as if it's an Olympic competition, and there are "winners and losers." You should really cut the politics from this pandemic, and since neither of us are in the epicenter, let the data, facts, and information regarding the pandemic in India speak for itself. You went from asking questions and making statements that sounded as if you were genuinely interested in the scientific aspect of the pandemic to making remarks that are only political and have anything to do with science.
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  460. That's the risk of doing business in Russia. Offset the loss with Russian-owned assets outside of the country.
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  461. Good job, EU. They'll eventual surpass the US as the largest economic and military partner of Ukraine.
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  462.  @rk80175  There's a way to estimate it, but it requires a forecasting model either from the WHO, American CDC, Indian government, or a combination of all of them.
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  463. If the Ukrainian government wanted to cover up a lie to mislead their citizens, they would have done like Putin and censored the media.
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  464. [ 9:35 ] "Atom bomb" isn't synonymous with nuclear weapons.
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  465. 🖕🏾both of them. They deserve each other.
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  466. Since Russia is already blaming Ukraine for attacking Russian cities, the Ukrainians should start striking Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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  467. Both the anchor and Mark Zuckerberg are trying too hard to not be detected as alien cyborgs. Both of them have to be reminded to pretend to be breathing and look "warm-blooded."
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  468. That's part of the payment for accepting Marshall Plan aid and US protection.
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  469.  @linx8376  US has spied on Germany since before the first World War.
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  470.  @linx8376  That's just Cold War-style politics. China has its own problems. Even if there were no hostile US, there would still be tensions will the CCP, India, UK, European Union ("EU"), Japan, Vietnam, Australia, South Korea, and even Russia. The despite the spying, the EU is more aligned with the US. It needs China for economic reasons.
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  471. The US and the Biden Administration have already announced the US's commitment to providing India with the supplies, vaccines, and drugs they desperately need.
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  472. You don't have a right to slander vaccine makers, especially if you don't know what you're talking about. It's fine if you personally decide not to take it, but don't pretend as if you're an expert or even a doctor.
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  473. Fascists hate being unpopular and losing elections.
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  474. The same could be said about Moscow.
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  475. Winnie the Pooh was a lovable character. How did he get associated with a 24hr public surveillance and social-media police state. Even Winnie the Pooh knows communism, and whatever they call the system in China, will never work.
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  476. 👋🏾Why have you stopped moving? You're acting like a weirdo not moving, and why are you getting red-shifted? Technically, since this one is rotating, you'll get burned up in the accretion disk long before appearing frozen.
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  477. You really need to stop being so scary and not pretend to be a geopolitical expert. If you think Ukraine is just now getting lethal weapons from the US and NATO, then it's obvious that you're clueless about the conflict. Why not ask questions about what's happening rather than posting obvious lies that are pro-Kremlin (anti-American) talking points?
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  478. That's neither part of the US, nor was it ever considered a potential new ally. Syria and Russia failed their own people and should take responsibility rather than blaming their own civil war on the US. That would be like the US blaming Syria for the way the US government managed the Covid-19 pandemic.
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  479.  @Free_Muslim_Unlike_Slaves  That's actually six words, not one. Thanks. That was the best reply ever. It's obvious that they clearly don't.
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  480.  @vro1899  Doesn't that sound like a decision the NATO members would make.
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  481.  @IlltotheOne  China is the oldest country with thousands of years of history. When has it ever sent troops to the North Atlantic to project power? You're confusing the CCP with being imperialist like the US. They're trying to grow their economy and dominant their own region, not the world. The reason the US and British Empire could project power around the globe was because they had allies, colonies, and client states. China and Russia don't have enough allies willing to allow them to take over defense and security like the US does on nearly every continent.
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  482.  @hoang1730  Get off my post, you incel 🤖🇷🇺. You're neither American nor relevant. Go pick up someone of those Russian corpses in Ukraine.
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  483.  @hoang1730  You're calling me a clown, but you're "Joker" if you think I take anything you say seriously. You need to get a life and stop lurking in the comments. NATO has nothing to do with you. In fact you're a 🇷🇺🤖 spreading misinformation and are part of the problem that NATO is solving.
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  484.  @IlltotheOne  You're claiming to be supporting a Turkic Union or a modern Ottoman Empire-superpower, but you're also supporting the rise of the CCP. The same communist dictatorship that put Turkic/Uyghurs in Xinjiang "concentration camps." I agree that there's Islamophobia in Europe and Sweden, but where the concern for what Xi is doing to your own people?
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  485.  @tigerdyn  Then why is Türkiye in NATO? Are they just there to protect America, Canada, and Europe from Russia?
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  486.  @aslampervez2294  Germany is already under America, Britain, and France's "nuclear umbrella." The only country to ever use nuclear weapons during a war was the United States. They're only effective on the battleground when a nation has a nuclear monopoly. That's not the present situation with so many nuclear-armed nations it can quickly escalate. Any nuclear weapon launched from Russia will automatically be considered an attack on the United States. There's no tactical advantage of using them to pre-emptively strike a NATO country. The full-military response and retaliation from the US and other NATO countries would likely be to target all Russian force within Ukraine and destroy them using only conventional weapons.
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  487.  @Omega0850  They have a long history of not being expansionist. The West has tried to get the CCP to intervene in North Korea, Russia, and geopolitical crisis around the world. I know they do lie and hide information, but they've always said China doesn't interfere in the affairs of other countries and would like the same treatment. They do have a goal of regional dominance and having access to trade routes not dependent on chock points in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, but global dominance and hegemony is more of behavior seen from American and European powers.
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  488.  @felipe-vibor  The US status makes it impossible to remove.
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  489.  @user-dostiBaniRaheBus  Is that you got are lame jokes? Try again because that one bombed horribly.
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  490.  @karimtarig88  No it wasn't. Go away, bot.
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  491.  @saba1030  Are you from Germany because we need the update on those tanks Zelenskyy ask for?
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  492.  @karimtarig88  If you can't even speak English, why are you posting?
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  493.  @sicko_the_ew  When did anyone claim the UN was directly involved in the conflict? Most of the world are aware that both China and Russia sit on the Security Council, so they would have to either abstain or vote in favor.
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  494. Of course. Sanctions are a form of economic warfare. There's possibly an infinite number of different ways the Russian economy and its trading partners can be targeted by primary and secondary economic and financial sanctions from the US and EU.
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  495. He said "release the excess." That's neither scapegoating nor asking for something unreasonable.
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  496.  @rocklooney  That's not a point. Just political difference and the apparent killing of White farmers with impunity in South Africa that got you or anyone outside of Africa interested. If it weren't for that, I doubt you could even find South Africa on globe.
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  497. Understandable, but the CCP only has dominance over Moscow. Unless they dock an aircraft carrier in New York City, it can't bring either Ukraine, US, or NATO to the negotiation table.
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  498. Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China are technically one country. The problem with Taiwan is that the original Republic of China relocated there after the civil war. It's a small island, but Mainland China would lose and get embarrassed if they tried to invade because it's not as easy to take it as it look. Unless they get assurance that the US won't intervene, China won't try and take it.
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  499. The US isn't at war, and since you're not American, you can't speak for US foreign policy. The US has its on nukes and could crush Russia, so come up with another reason. No one is afraid of the nuke threat anymore.
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  500. EU has the larger economy.
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  501. That was 17 years ago. It's time to move on.
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  502. That's the risk foreign corporations took on by doing business with Vladimir Putin. Germany and some EU countries are finding out as well. If this is seen as a loophole to the economic and financial sanctions from the West, then they will amend the sanctions to penalize companies from the US, UK, and the EU for re-starting operations in Russia.
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  503. [ 2:05 ] Listen this obvious truth. I know she's just reading the teleprompter, but where has she been living?
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  504. Give it to Ukraine and Taiwan.
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  505. Is he keeping that hair up @ 2:03 with static electricity or is that the special gel from There's Something About Mary?
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  506. That was kind of good. I'm so jealous and pissed, but still able to laugh.
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  507. Has does the US put 40,000 Russians on the street when they can't even protect the US Capitol from fascists? That's a sign there is a problem with the Russian government.
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  508.  @Germanicus2415  What you claimed is even more simplistic. Are you another neo-fascist? It didn't work out to well last time for Germany. Are you going to repeat the same mistake advocate nationalism, so Russia can run half of Europe once again. Just stick with domestic politics. Leave superpower questions for the US.
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  509.  @andreleblanc7616  There is a method to the madness, but neither the US, Russia, or Ukraine would be willing to show their hand (cards). The US has more options available using its soft and hard power. If it gives Ukraine all the weapons in its arsenals and totally cuts the Russian economy off from international trade, the threat of adding more weapons, sanctions, and economic warfare loses its psych affect. The only deterrent to Russia would be a direct military conflict with NATO and complete economic embargo of all goods, services, and energy resources leaving Russia. It would be a containment policy on steroids and similar to what Germany tried and failed to do with Great Britain.
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  510. How do we know Putin is still currently alive. The only thing we get in the international media are pre-recorded statements.
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  511. There's no need to insult the EU like that. That was very offensive and uncalled for.
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  512. If he believed that, he'd wouldn't have backed down. Biden actually has European allies and domestic support, which makes him much stronger than Trump and his incoherent foreign policy.
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  513.  @grisall  I'm in the defense industry and don't agree with you. The US hasn't demobilized since the 1940s, and what you're considering a "cut" in defense is nearly totally related to the end of combat operations in Iraq. The political nonsense about "D" versus "R" is an indication that you don't have facts supporting you. By chance, the current occupant in the White House is "D." Do you see a cut in the military and isolationism, or the same military-industrial complex and an unmatched superpower?
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  514. [ 5:30 ] What is it about combs in Britain that makes them so underappreciated in 2022?
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  515. I don't think the Ukrainians care at this point.
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  516. You'll be on the right side of history. So many Ukrainians hate the war that's been brought to them, but it's given so many young men a new purpose in life. Be safe, and continue fighting for democracy and freedom.
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  517.  @malleus_malemaleficarus  Being a freedom fighter for another country? I wouldn't know how it feels because I've never left home to go fight and defend human rights in a different nation.
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  518. How would this work with the tradition of arranged marriages?
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  519. We'd have a repeat of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The US already has nukes that could reach China in minutes.
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  520.  @sunrae3971  Huh? Change the office building? What are you ranting on about?
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  521. ​ @sunrae3971  The US DOES protect its foreign interests in Europe and throughout the world. If it were to simply sit back as an isolationist nation and allow the UK economy to collapse and become bankrupt, it would be damaging to the financial sector, international trade, international monetary policy, and the markets for US Dollars-UK Pound Sterling exchanges. Despite being a sovereign nation with the sole authority to make the UK's austerity, fiscal stimulus, and monetary policy, Britain and the Bank of England ("BOE") will never act unilaterally. The UK is closely integrated with the economies of its main trading partners, so the BOE's inflation targets, interest rates, exchange rates, and economic-growth projections are nearly identical to the influential policies and targets set by the US Federal Reserve Bank, Int'l Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank. The GDP of the UK is well above three US$ trillion, so from the perspective of the US and G7 nations, the UK economy, Pound Sterling, and the Bank of England are TOO big to fail without negatively impacting the global economic situation and consumer confidence. In the past, the US has intervened around the world (including Europe), to protect both (1) the domestic economies and currency-exchange rates of its international trading partners; and (2) to implement policies beneficial to the US GDP, business interests, and the health of the domestic US job market. If the UK were to be bailed out by the US again, the negotiations and settlements will mostly be determined by the leverage of US corporations and special interests groups that aggressively lobbies DC politicians and diplomats to include financially beneficial terms in treaties and executive international agreements that make US corporations wealthier, more productive, and competitive against international rivals.
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  522.  @OmmerSyssel  You may have misunderstood the point and assumed I was mentioning a form of charity from richer nations bailing out the Bank of England. Are you familiar with the Bretton Woods system, and global monetary funds created after the Second World War? Also, you should be aware that the Pound Sterling and Euro are pegged to the US dollar. How do you think that system is maintained?
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  523. Wow. It's another CCP data and stat 🙄 miracle like in 2020. There were a little more than 100M cases and over 1M deaths in the United States. I don't wish death a misery on them, but there's no reason to keep fudging unrealistic numbers.
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  524.  @Crashed131963  I agree. It doesn't even have to be on the Polish side. Anywhere near Poland will deter Russia. The Poles are more likely to unilaterally enter the war without being attacked than abandoning Ukraine.
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  525.  @xuanwei3417  New Zealand has been considered the best.
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  526.  @1ACL  Was that supposed to be witty? Try again because anti-American post bombed.
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  527.  @1ACL  Friendly fire.
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  528. They won't fight NATO at all, and that's one of the reasons Russia attacked Ukraine now. Right now, there's no mutual-security pact that would bring North American and European armed forces into the war to defend Ukraine.
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  529. I wonder if there's any connection to sabotage of the Nord Stream I and II pipelines and infrastructure.
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  530. This is why the sanctions will permanent. There's no way Russia under Putin will ever have normal relations with the US again. The US position will simply be to arm Ukrainians to kill Russian soldiers and continue the economic warfare to destabilize the Russian economy. A Russia being contained like the former Soviet Union and cut off the West might be the best way to prevent the war from escalating.
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  531. That's been the case throughout human history.
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  532. Go try and get a travel visa to visit Russia. See if they welcome you as a Slavic brother.
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  533. NATO is involved by providing weapons, Intel, aid, and sanctions. Are you asking about NATO troops fighting within Ukraine? Ukrainians still have the advantage of defending their own land and already trained their soldiers. In order to expand the war or bring in the US, Russia would have to attack NATO country; or commit an atrocity that severe enough to force the White House to unilaterally intervene.
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  534.  @RAVI89RULZ  Is this even really a major conflict, or is it just the CCP using it as a distraction? If it's not likely to escalate into a military conflict, why should nuclear weapons be considered? The CCP has a much more hostile global competitor in the United States.
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  535.  @thuankhong  The same America that has the best COVID-19 vaccine and therapies in the world, and unlike China we use real data instead of faking deaths for other causes. There's going to be a lot of deaths in China not America. We already have herd immunity and multiple different ways to treat COVID-19, instead of locking up millions of people in their homes.
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  536.  @Omega0850  These are trolls and bots with bait comments to get swarmed by other Russian trolls. Don't waste time by giving them a platform to spread misinformation.
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  537. The threats are a sign of desperation, but there's been a reason nukes haven't been used in war since Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Russia isn't the only nation with WMDs. A NATO imposed no-fly zone over Ukraine and targeted bombing using US conventional weapons would seal the fate of Putin and Russian soldiers in Ukraine. I doubt even the CCP would support the Kremlin using WMDs on a country that never attacked Russia. That would be a humiliating end to Putin's regime and thousands of lives lost over the ego of one mad man.
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  538. That's life. Europe, Japan, and the United States are too big and rich for Russia to engage in an economic war and expect to win.
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  539. This was in 2014.
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  540. @rk choi Nothing to do with him. No one cares. Not even Germany cares.
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  541.  @itsohaya4096  I work in the US defense sector, so I'm highly biased.
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  542. LMAO. I missed that.
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