Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "Nightmare Scenario if Ukraine is Abandoned by the West" video.

  1.  @GeoEstes  : Point to the bit where it says the opposite? Coz’, I’ll do you one better, son. I can’t even be bothered to look it up. Setting aside the fact that it’s a moot point, hurled into the air like all the other chaff, to distract the adults in the room, why in the hell should I do your homework for you? I’ve already explained that I could put you in a room with Vladimir Putin himself and have him admit that he’s a liar, a gangster, a sociopath and an empire building wannabe Vlad The Impaler, and you’d STILL make excuses for him. Is Ukraine a sovereign, independent state? Yes. Did Vladimir Putin sign documentation recognising that fact? Yes. Is he breaking his own word, international law and the laws of God and humanity by attempting the largest heist in human history? Yes. All the rest is twisting the table cloth and crying like a child with hurt feelings. The art of never losing the game? DON’T PLAY. There endeth the lesson.
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  2.  @GeoEstes  : Yes it does. Please stop lying for Putin.
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  3.  @GeoEstes  : Not my responsibility to explain how grammar works, son. My experience is that people who think they see the opposite of reality in the fine print cannot be persuaded by mere logic. Reality doesn’t change though. But, it’s pretty rich coming from a Putinista. Putin’s word has been completely worthless, so pointing to documents like some aggrieved party, effeminately victim posturing, is laughable. Putin said he had, “no intention of invading Ukraine,” ON THE DAY he invaded Ukraine and several times in the prior week! Russia violated 23 ceasefires with Ukraine, prior to the invasion. Diplomatic agreements are for civilised nations who obey the rule of law. Russia doesn’t qualify. Yet we honour our agreements anyway. Be grateful for that and don’t tempt us to justify ACTUAL deal breaking, kid.
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  4. Thank you, Jake. As always. Ukraine will win this war.
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  5.  @GeoEstes  : P.S. And I’m not aware of having, “insulted,” you at any time, kid. That’s just your pride messing with you. It’s how the insecure respond to being wrong.
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  6.  @antimatters6283  : Pretty much agree with that last comment.
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  7.  @GeoEstes  : Awe, don’t leave me hangin’, son? I was enjoying myself. The Vatniki are sending us their best, are they?
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  8.  @antimatters6283  : Exactly. 👍
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  9.  @AltaMirage  : He’s a Vatnik.
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  10.  user-os1gu5qb3c  : Moreover, that remaining population will be over 50% past retirement age. Wars cannot be won with such populations. Meanwhile, another million or more young Russians will flee the country again at the next draft, like last time. Only, this time, it will have been harder for them to do so, meaning they will be the ones with money, brains, qualifications, etc. We’ll keep collecting up Russia’s best and brightest, while Russia will sink into the quagmire of irrelevancy. And no one who has lived in a prosperous democracy ever wants to go back.
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  11.  @GeoEstes  : Thank you for making my point, son. I told you I didn’t even bother to look it up, and you hear the opposite of reality. There is no reasoning with Vatniki. After all, that’s not what you’re paid (or is it, “programmed?”) for. What is your point? Did you even have a point? You expecting Zelensky to slap his forehead and say, “Oh, sorry. I missed that Wikipedia page! Well, that’s alright then, Vlad. Be my guest and march into Kyiv.” What are you? 10 years old? Do at least TRY to sound like a grownup?
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  12.  @Thetequilashooter1  : The truth is that it’s worded in such a manner that it can be interpreted how the western powers decide. As with all politics, splitting hairs over the fine print is to miss the point. The people with the largest economies win wars, period. Von Clausewitz knew that, and nothing’s changed. There are literally countless treaties, agreements, ceasefires, promises, speeches, undertakings, etc, that Putin has signed, stated out loud, given his most solemn word on, that have been utterly meaningless when the rubber hit the road. Everyone, even the Russians, knows that. Our enemies are frequently surprised at western sincerity when we do keep our promises, which is (historically speaking) more often than not. They don’t understand the value of honesty, integrity, trust, etc. But that’s why Russians who fled the draft don’t want to give up their freedoms and luxuries in the west and return home, and why western civilisation enjoys a far higher standard of living and people like me are free to say that Putin is a blight on the arse of humanity, without fear of reprisal, losing my job, becoming a pariah in my neighbourhood, or that knock on the door in the middle of the night, let alone the bullet in the brain pan right in front of the Kremlin, just to make a point. And the reason we have our luxuries, our freedoms and our healthier, more fun lifestyles is because our trading partners are based all around the world, working within a rules based system, wherein the rule of law ensures trust. What’s Russia got? A declining standard of living, drones flying into Moscow, paranoia and a depoliticised population afraid to even talk politics, who face 15 years hard Labour for holding up a blank piece of paper in front of a camera? An aging, declining population and a permanent dread of tomorrow? You can keep it.
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