Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "VisualPolitik EN" channel.

  1.  @evanzhang3801  🤣🤣😍 OK. Poetry? The Internationale? Now you are just messing with me. You had me going. Good one.
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  2.  @evanzhang3801  That may be. Too bad the CCP does not feel that way. Threatening all its neighbors is not the way of peace, or a way of building a fruitful future. Xi has turned countries against it. India and Japan are now closing markets. US, Japan, and South Korea pull their companies out of China. WHY?? Simple, because each of those countries feel threatened and attacked. The EM radiation attacks on American diplomats is unacceptable. A storm is brewing, and it is already descending on China. China will lose its wealth and prosperity. Poverty and misery are coming. And, it is all the doing of XI and the CCP.
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  3. True. But, this video did not get into the real problem the oil countries will face -- Peak Oil Demand.
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  4. Samsung is moving out of China. Why is that?
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  5.  @udhayakumarMN  True. Yet, Japan is withdrawing companies from China. China is attacking the EEZ fishing areas of Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and other members of ASEAN and RCEP. I guess its complicated.
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  6. I haven't the time or the energy to explain all the things you got wrong, or only half right. First, try to understand NATO, and what it did for Europe. Next, understand what China's threat is. You didn't address that at all, except to ignore it.
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  7. One major problem, IMO, is that I think India uses Russian military combat doctrine. I do not think Russian military doctrine is very good. Not mobile enough, and inhibits initiative by troops engaged in battle. Now if they learn US or UK battle doctrine, they will be much better.
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  8. Russia may be militaristic, but it is not a martial culture or society. Militarism is political. Martial is cultural. For instance, take Rome, under the Republic. They had the Campus Mars in the center of Rome, where the Romans practiced and trained for war ALL THE F**KING TIME. That is why they could lose battle after battle to Hannibal, and still field armies. Frederick the Great established a martial culture in his army. They studied arms, tactics, and strategies. They changed any when it was called for. The United States has a martial military. Warfare us studied and analyzed all the time. It's theory is taught at The Naval War College and West Point. The US has changed its doctrine over last few decades, based upon the outcomes of wargames, and analytical study. Russia on the other hand, talks a good game, but the results show they don't study war, and they don't understand how to strategize and perform. Basically, the Russian military is incompetent, and they don't know what they are doing.
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  9. I think there is something in the water in the Balkans They are all crazy.
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  10. I suspect India will regret supporting Russia's atrocities of rape, torture, and murder. I used to admire Indian government and culture. No more. Self serving. Callous, and morally bankrupt. And, Indians defend it. I have not heard ONE Indian disagree with Modi's Russian policy. India makes my stomach turn.
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  11.  @Ray-pk7fe  Since India supports the war crimes of Russia, India deserves no help from us when confronting China. Even though we have common cause there, I would not aid India in any way.
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  12. Yes. This is an obvious development. The fact that Europe could pivot so fast to getting gas from other sources is not too surprising to me.
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  13.  @tsubadaikhan6332  I think it would be -- PHAUKUS. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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  14. Ain't going to happen. Russia & China have troubles all their own. Economies must be strong if their currency is to be strong. Russia is collapsing because of war. China is collapsing because of monumental stupidity. No other currency has even a chance. This is a silly question and a clickbait topic.
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  15. Usually VisualPolitik does a better job. You usually do pretty good research. This time -- you were sloppy and inaccurate. You need to do better work.
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  16.  @touooo4914  Yes, why do you ask?
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  17.  @touooo4914  Yes. why do you ask?
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  18.  @touooo4914  A friend of mine took my pic at a coffee house. And, she is good with a camera. On China, I like "Lei's Real Talk". On military matters, I do mostly my own analyses.
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  19. India's slavish loyalty to Putin is why the US must not sell any advanced equipment to India. India would share sensitive info to Russia in a heartbeat. I regret that we sold P-8 Poseidon's to India.
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  20. India purchased P-8 Poseidon's. Extremely capable anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Expensive, too,
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  21. Mearsheimer is nothing more than a Putin apologist.
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  22. You really don't understand what is going on, do you??? The trade war was overtaken by geopolitical issues. It is no longer about trade. What is wrong with China will not be fixed, cannot be fixed, by tariff agreements. 1. China's claims of sovereignty over the SCS, is really an attempt to gain economic control of the entire region. The countries of the region rely on maritime trade through the SCS, and if China can exercise sovereignty, then all the countries will become vassal states. That is what is really at stake. Don't you see that?? It is obvious. 2. China is bullying nations all over the world. Hostage diplomacy with Canada, and Australia. 3 Bully Australia, and India. Even threatening war with America. 4. Threatening war with Taiwan. 5. Threatening war with Japan. 6. Invading the EEZ zones of nations around the world, stealing their fish -- Argentine, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Indonesia, Japan, etc. Nations are upset. Violence has happened. Boats sunk. Sailors killed. n All these issues go way beyond the petty concerns of a trade war. The Quad has grown, and will likely expand into a defensive alliance against China. You don't mention these things. Are you sleeping??
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  23. As a case in point, I bet no one at VP knows the difference between a Socialist and a Progressive. Or, know how each came into being. if you have a clue, take a stab at defining them (going to Wikipedia is cheating) (so few know this, I would not be surprised if Wiki has it wrong. I will have to check, now that I raised the question.)
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  24. Colossal failure.
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  25. You are making that up. We have known for 10 years that China was our big challenge. We knew it was building up its navy. We knew it wanted Taiwan and the SCS. China has already stated it wants Siberia -- but that is not our problem.
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  26.  @testphone8379  Ancient Rome disagreed with you. Rome conquered Greece and Anatolia strictly for self defense. Or, at least, that is what they said. The US conquered the Pacific in WW2 in self defense. And we kept the important bits, because you never know when having it will come in handy. Besides, where would you rather we fight?? On our land after an invasion?? Or on somebody else's land to prevent them from invading us??? See, I knew you would see it the American way.
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  27.  @kineticstar  Yep. Two years ago, in The Global Times, China said that it wants its Siberian lands back, that Russia took in the 1850's. China said it wants Vladivostok back. Look on an old map of China, China claims a lot of Siberia. PLUS --- China claims it is an Arctic power? It has not Arctic shore?? So, how can that be ??? Simple, China plans on getting sea front property on the Arctic by taking Siberia.
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  28.  @KrissowskiM  Interesting. I always put Poland in Eastern Europe, with Germany in Central Europe.
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  29.  Doktor Doof  The Brits. Who else?
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  30.  Doktor Doof  Don't forget, the Brits just gave Stalin their net engine after WW2.
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  31.  Doktor Doof  Nope. US was really pissed at UK when they gave Stalin jet tech. The spies that gave US nuclear secrets to Russia were tried and executed. A left-wing Labor government took over in UK after WW2, and many of them had kind thoughts about Communism and Russia.
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  32. Wahhabism holds that other Suni are heretics. So, there are really THREE branches of Islam, Shia, Suni, and Wahhabi. Wahhabi is the branch that rules Saudi Arabia. Wahhabism is the religion of Al Qaida, ISIS, Taliban, Al Shabbab, and most Islamic terror groups They rose from the Islamic madras schools financed by Saudi money throughout the Muslim world. All the terror groups from Pakistan to Nigeria, from Ethiopia to Syria, got their start in the Saudi financed madrasas. Is Saudi Arabia really our friend??? IMO, no.
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  33.  @tamjidislam5558  Technically, you are right. Wahabbism does claim to be Suni. However, it is so strict, that it condemns all Suni who do not accept Wahabbism as heretics, and says they should be killed. Wahabbism is less tolerant of Non-Wahabbi Suni, than it is of all others. Because of this obvious division between Wahabbi Suni, and non-Wahabbi Suni, I identify Islam as being divided into Wahabbi, Suni, and Shia. For instance, Wahabbis desecrated the tombs in the Garden of The Prophets. Regular Sunis opposed this, stating it was blasphemy. But, the Wahabbists persisted, removing any imagery on the tombs, though they were put there by the earliest Muslims, who knew Muhammed personally.
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  34. This is silly. China does not have the resource to mount an amphibious assault on Taiwan. 1. 120mi separates them. That becomes a killing zone for the thousands of HF 2&3 missiles Taiwan has. 2. China's cities are just as vulnerable to Taiwans missiles. 3. Can china economy withstand the loss of trade when the area becomes a war zone and shuts down all the ports?
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  35.  @ericcartmann  Caesar did NOT start as a troop in the Roman military. He was came from one the oldest richest patrician families. He was never a legionnaire. He only commanded legions. He never served as a soldier. I also disagree with your assessment of American decline.
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  36. That is a remarkably brief, but accurate, description. Well said.
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  37. You sure got that wrong. Putin has invaded, and it looks like he wants the whole of Ukraine.
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  38. Your mindless lack of analysis shocks me. Lockheed lobbyists are paid millions. If they haven't given you millions, then you have been cheated.
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  39.  @bctvanw  Interesting. Are the Paiwan related to the Polynesian people? Also, what percentage of the population of Taiwan is Paiwan?? Thanks.
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  40.  @morrischen5777  Thanks. I did not know any of this.
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  41.  @killrlj  Ah, yes. Johnny English - the hero, the man. The role model for all of us.
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  42. Oil is losing its position as a strategic resource. By 2040, no one will care what happens in Arabia, as long as it stays there. I suspect that Arabia will oust the Saudi family in the next 20 years. Since Islam teaches violence and revenge, under the guise of "righteousness", there will be bloodshed and horror beyond belief. Possibly millions dead. Who will stop the killing? No nation or leader will want to get involved With climate change, other nations will have their own huge problems to deal with.
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  43. China has TWO big problems if it is so STUPID to attack India. 1. India would shut down the Indian Ocean to China's maritime trade. No oil from the ME, and no exports to Europe. Both bad for China. 2. The LAC is far away from China's people and production. That calls for overland logistics of over 1200 miles. India could inhibit re-supply by destroying bridges, which is easily done with smart bombs. India, meanwhile, has much easier access to the LAC India could supply troops more easily.
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  44.  @周雨-b6f  India has the power to shut down China's trade through the Red Sea. Don't believe the pro-China propaganda. 1. China's navy does NOT have the ability to project power. It's fleet is mostly for coastal defense, and cannot project power to the Indian Ocean. They don't have the range, or the bases to refuel. 2. India has bases in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, which enables them to control the Malacca Strait very easily. 3. India's land based Air Force, by itself, can control the sea lanes of the Indian Ocean. 4. China has NO BASES to support air or naval operations in the Indian Oceans. In case of war, China is locked out of the Indian Ocean, and any maritime trade to China is EASILY stopped by India.
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  45. So, Saudi Arabia is following the example of China -- and will build mega-ghost cities. This is ridiculous. The strategy of "Build it, and they will come" is great for a Robert Redford fantasy movie. I don't think it is good for the real world. By not having a strong private sector, Saudi Arabia will throw their capital away on pie in the sky projects that are doomed to failure.
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  46. Can't you keep your story straight??? First, you say how the fighting has become stuck, with neither gaining much ground. THEN, you describe the Russian efforts using "action" verbs -- as if Russia is somehow winning ---- when you JUST said they weren't. THEN you say Ukraine's morale is low -- Implying Russian morale is high (which it is not). I am sure both sides are miserable. Then you IGNORE casualty reports. In this war, Ukraine has done much better at not sacrificing its troops needlessly, while Russia does it all the time. You need to study and learn more about combat before you make the asinine statements you have made.
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