Comments by "Dale Crocker" (@dalecrocker3213) on "" video.

And of course not forgetting the substantial financial holdings of the Blessed Saint Zelensky, as revealed in the Pandora Papers.
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America and Russia will be responsible for peace in Europe - or lack of it.
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If the Ukraine conflict proves anything it is that Europe continues to exist militarily merely as a battlefield between America and Russia. It has no more say in its own security than do cows in a meadow.
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Spitfire Hunter Bricks and glass houses is exactly it. The elevation of Zelensky to sainthood when in fact he is just another crook is what concerns me. Our hearts and minds are being used as pawns in a dangerous game. If there was ever a time to stand back from sentiment and look at things pragmatically, this is it. Apart from the sheer hypocrisy involved we have to realise that the American deep-state warmongers are using Zelensky to taunt Russia into error, and our outrage at Russia's behaviour is also being weaponised in the same cause. We should not be concerned which particular coterie of oligarchs rules Ukraine. We should be concerned with our own national security - which means neutrality. If Russian money in Tory pockets is going to even the balance, then so much the better. But I don't think it will.
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@DavidMoxham957 I do assure you that my opinions spring forth unbidden from my very own head and are only submitted for consideration after fairly intense personal scrutiny. I am increasingly puzzled by this term "sovereign state." What does it even MEAN? Ukraine is basically a made-up country which was created somewhat haphazardly after the Soviet collapse. Its "sovereignty" is a matter of negotiation and now, tragically, a matter of settlement through extreme violence. Next time I have a chat with Vladimir Vladimirovich I will, however, acquaint him with you reservations concerning the policies he is following. He will doubtless be amused and might even suggest that threatening to allow your country to become a potential enemy nuclear missile base does indeed have consequences.
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@DavidMoxham957 You have descended into foolishness. As I said earlier the concept of sovereignty is a tricky one, as are all abstract nouns. It has become little more than a buzzword, really. I will say though that our thousand year history perhaps gives the English more right to claim it than does Ukraine's paltry thirty. I am no Putinist. I merely wish for peace and the best and quickest way to achieve it is for Ukraine to grant Putin his relatively modest demands. This is yet another shameful proxy war. Ukraine has been egged on by schoolyard bully America to take on the other schoolyard bully and now the rest of us are expected to gather round egging the poor little bastard on. Not me, mate. You mention pre-emptive nuclear strikes. You do realise don't you that the chief reason for Putin's actions is the entirely justifiable reluctance he feels for America, via NATO, to have a nuclear missile base with a seven-minute striking distance from Moscow?
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@rogerphelps9939 Any what?
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@son_of_stan It is no effort, but a pleasure and I really don't have anything better to do. What two accounts? I have a clone, who is not me, which I look upon as a great compliment. Perhaps that's what you mean?
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@thomasselle1110 I'm English and I don't - at least not politically. This notion of the Tories aligning with Russia is a bit of an absurdity though. One of the biggest contributors to Tory funds is a Ukrainian nationalist.
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@thomasselle1110 The Ukrainian concerned, Alexander Temerko, is a member of the Conservative Party and is thought to have donated around £1.6 million to party funds. He also paid close on £100,000 for a bronze statue of David Cameron to be placed in London's Carlton Club. He hates Putin, and recently described him as "utterly mad." He is also a keen advocate for a no-fly zone above his beloved homeland. I have no idea whether or not he anticipates a peerage as a consequence of his support. In the meantime he seems content with government aid given to his various business interests, especially those in the north-east of England.
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@thomasselle1110 I don't think that there can be any doubt that Alexander Temerko is a firm Ukrainian patriot, and therefore a nationalist in the broadest sense. He has strongly condemned the Russian invasion and comes from the Donbass area and bitterly resents the Russian occupation. He is on Ukraine's side, not Russia's, without question. He is also of course a firm supporter of the European Union and fought against Brexit. All this must surely counter-balance the ridiculous notion that Russian money influenced Brexit and still somehow affects British foreign policy.
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Why do you imagine the Kremlin has the slightest concern about what happens to Ukrainian refugees?
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Wise man.
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Biden did (or the American deep state did to be precise) by trying to get Ukraine into NATO and thus creating a potential base for nuclear missiles with a 7-minute flying distance to Moscow. The EU did by holding out the prospect of EU membership to the detriment of Russia's commercial relations with Ukraine. These attacks on Russian interests have been met with force, that's all.
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