Comments by "Peter Jacobsen" (@pjacobsen1000) on "DW Documentary" channel.

@infoseeker1187 "Why not russia?" In theory, Russia could become a member of NATO, but they first need to comply with the 5 basic requirements for membership: --New members must uphold democracy, including tolerating diversity. --New members must be making progress toward a market economy. --Their military forces must be under firm civilian control. --They must be good neighbors and respect sovereignty outside their borders. --They must be working toward compatibility with NATO forces. Russia appears to have problems with several of these requirements.
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@x-hale2899 "Stop coming here with your false terms." Those terms were copied from NATO's website.
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@masaudellafi2713 "what you can call it in Libyan case". I suggest you educate yourself on the 2011 War in Libya, but here are the main points: -Libya's UN rep. asked the international community for a no-fly zone. -The Arab League called for a no-fly zone. -Libyans in Benghazi marched in the streets for a no-fly zone. -Lebanon proposed a no-fly zone in the UN. UN Security Council approved. Not a single UN Security Council member voted against. -But who should enforce the no-fly zone? It's no good just asking for one, if nobody is doing anything about it. -A number of NATO countries volunteered under UN mandate. -Much later, many people around the world started accusing NATO of starting this, when in fact it was mostly Arab countries that took the initiative, and NATO just provided the muscle.
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@x-hale2899 "Europe needs to make own decisions. Orban is right about that." Orban can leave the EU and leave NATO if he wants to. Then he can make any decision he likes. He can even join the Russian Federation.
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Actually, immigration to rural areas by people from around the world who want to farm is not such a bad idea! I hadn't thought of that.
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@x-hale2899 "If you would scrutinize the points, you'd know they aren't true". Give us a few examples if you want us to believe you.
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@x-hale2899 "The Treaty states that NATO membership is open to ....." Yes, I am aware of that. What is your point?
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@x-hale2899 "by what metric or framework are we defining democratic values?" I'm not sure, but I would guess it involves free and fair elections of political leaders by a large proportion of the population.
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@x-hale2899 I was in the USSR, though only as a visitor. Yes, it was pretty grim. Now it's better, but Russia has a long way to go before it can hope to become a friend of Europe. Maybe Russia doesn't want to be a friend of Europe, and that's ok, too. Russia makes its own decisions.
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@x-hale2899 "USA is also the same country that went after countries for non existent "weapons of mass destruction" and prior to that used nukes on Japan." That is correct. What is the point you're trying to make?
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@teoengchin "Article 5 doesn't apply to member's territories outside of Europe or North America". I did not realize that, but it makes good sense.
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@kalwongkl "Enough said." Yes please, enough of your misinformed opinions.
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@DesmondRanking "What about serbia". Serbia appears to be making moves toward joining the EU sometime in the future. After that, they may very well join NATO, too. Some countries move fast, others move slow. It's fine, each country should move at their own pace.
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@mikhail7587 It was more democratic and more secular when they became a member. Once you're in, there's no real process for kicking you out. As for Cyprus, both Greece and Turkey became members at the same time, as a kind of compromise, even though their territorial dispute was not solved.
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2:35 The daughter takes private English lessons. That's ILLEGAL! (maybe the documentary was made before the ban).
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@x-hale2899 "Russia is not our enemy". Russia is absolutely the enemy of Europe! They have proven that over and over, threatening to take Berlin in 3 days, threatening the use of nuclear weapons against us, frequently threatening Poland and the Baltic republics, invading Ukraine just as Ukraine made moves to get closer to the EU and NATO, invading Ukraine AGAIN and waging a huge ongoing war against Ukraine. I think it will take decades before we can have any kind of relationship with Russia again, and certainly not as long as they occupy Ukraine.
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@cowubl "why nato bombed yugoslavia, afghanistan, iraq?" -Yugoslavia: Under UN mandate, not an action initiated by NATO. -Afghanistan: NATO Article 5: When one country is attacked (USA in the case, perhaps you remember September 11th, 2001), all other members will come to its assistance. -Iraq: Not a NATO action. As you may remember, two large NATO members, France and Germany, refused to participate. -In case you want to add Libya, that was also a UN mandated action, initiated by The Arab League, but European countries did the actual bombing.
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BlahBlah-kb1wf "why is it trying to go into the Pacific". NATO has many friends in the Pacific region. Those countries see the benefit of joining forces for mutual protection against bullies and aggression.
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BlahBlah-kb1wf "countries and even military blocs must consider the security of non bloc members". Certainly! NATO or other military blocks shouldn't go out and threaten other countries, but if a partner country feels threatened or bullied by a third country, it is fair for the block to send out a message that we will help protect that country.
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@Leslie-zn9ly "the South China Sea. Just curious what countries would it entail?" China, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Vietnam. All these countries surround the South China Sea, and all claim parts of it, mostly the claims follow the 200 nautical mile limit. China claims all of it.
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@rico8573 not what?
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@tommyboss4067 "Where do you get such information?" From the Chinese government's official National Map, which includes all of the South China Sea.
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@tommyboss4067 "I never heard any disputes on SCS territory between China and Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei or Malaysia". Thailand is not a claimant of any art of the SCS. Indonesia has had a few clashes with Chinese patrol boats in Indonesian waters. Malaysia and Brunei are the only two countries that so far have not had navy/coast guard clashes with China over this issue.
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5:53 Trash disposal. I sort my trash according to regulations, but my community only opens the doors to the trash cans for a few hours every day, just like in the video. That is so stupid! We can't organize our day around trash disposal, we have more important things to do.
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33:44 "Black swans supposedly stand for China's resilience, according to superstition..." This is a complete misunderstanding of Black Swan Theory. It has nothing to do with China or superstition, but is a theory developed by the risk analyst and mathematician Nassim Nicholas Taleb in 2001. It refers to an unusual, unexpected, and impactful event.
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