Comments by "duncan smith" (@duncansmith7562) on "UN member states vote for resolution calling on Russia to leave Ukraine | DW News" video.

A third of the world - India and China. Those 2 countries abstaining, but happy to trade and work with Russia, means half the globe is absolutely fine with Russia
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@Lenser the economies of the West are sustained by mountains of debt. having the credit card with the highest limit doesn't mean the West is so much richer.
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the West has tried nothing but economic pressure on Russia, and failed.
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that's the point! The West is reduced to optics, superficial nonsense that achieves nothing, because the West can't change anything of substance any longer, hence the frustration of the West to see its power and influence go down the drain.
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@silviadunderdale9400 on the contrary, i awaken the deluded and the dreamers with the truth. take note of what i say and you will understand the world a lot better.
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@rememberalamo7994 and all of Latin America, all of Africa, almost all of Asia, just they think it is easier to keep working and trading with Russia but placate the West with a meaningless vote at the UN.
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@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756 the terrorist state would be the one that blew up Nordstream...USA
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@tin-n-tan barely affected any Western country in any way? it's plunged millions into fuel poverty, ramped up inflation and left the West with no weapons! the Russian losses in this war are not hundreds of thousands, so quit the babyish exaggeration games and get real. demilitarization of Ukraine is the aim, and that is being achieved.
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@tin-n-tan so if USA has more weapons than the rest of the world has sand, why does Ukraine keep begging for more, and USA refuses to send more? Why are all those artillery shells the USA has, you claim, not in the hands of the Ukrainians?
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@tin-n-tan which is a lot more than NATO can provide at the moment!
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@wordscapes5690 the usual failed response...sanctions....the West is left with absolutely no other way to persuade anyone. it's pathetic.
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@CaptainChaooooos same was said about Assad
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So Biden convinced Lula to vote at the UN for a meaningless resolution, but failed to convince Lula to sell any weapons for the NATO war effort! Big win for Russia!
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@caribou6172 you are ignorant of the rapid progress China has made in all spheres of its economy. Who do you think purchases most of the US's debt?
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@jirachi-wishmaker9242 exactly. the aim of the EU is to spout out words to make it look like they are boycotting Russia, but then to import Russian refined oil in blended imports through the backdoor. The usual Western hypocrisy that impresses only fools.
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@gerrya4818 you are delusional and lying. If the aim of sanctions were supposed to take effect over a long time, why Biden's boast of making "the ruble into rubble"? The aim was to cripple the Russian economy so that Russia could not fund its war machine! And this nonsense about relying on Western tech, what makes you think Western tech can't be imported from friendly countries? Let me guess, you think you can ban Western tech from being exported to places like UAE, Turkey, Mexico? If the sanctions are working as intended, why is the EU now figuring out its TENTH package of sanctions? Sanctions package number 10 = the first 9 have failed!
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@gerrya4818 what makes you think fan blades for airplanes aren't exported to UAE, or Turkey, and then re exported on to Russia? Your faith in the efficacy of sanctions is pathetic. Russia has been sanctioned since 2014, and Iran for like forever, yet between them Russia and Iran can bring down the Ukrainian power grid tomorrow!
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@gerrya4818 sure it does. you in the hangar monitoring cargo flights from Dubai to Irkutsk with your clipboard? you are so naive to think sanctions can't be circumvented.
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@gerrya4818 UAE and others risk sanctions because they know sanctions don't work! Only the idiotic West thinks sanctions, it's only weapon, actually works. anyone caught will get the same treatment as Russia? Russian economy predicted to grow this year! Maybe sanctions help the economy! so, to prove my point, let's talk through your sanctions busting pharma operation! You receive a pharma order from the UAE. What exactly would make the order look "suspicious" and what exactly would pass the "suspicion test" and get the green light? enlighten us!
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@gerrya4818 so, the IMF prediction of modest growth for Russia was made by a bunch of fools, no financial experts in the IMF team?
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@gerrya4818 what a supremely rich country Russia is! sanctioned to the hilt, GDP plunging, but somehow has the reserves to keep going for another year!? Ukraine wishes it could keep going for another week without begging! you are starting to make my point for me! Not many countries in the West have reserves like that! And in a year's time, you'll be saying the same thing, "oh, one more year and Russia is toast". yeah, right.
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@gerrya4818 it comes from all over the globe and it can get to anywhere on the globe. Globalism ended sanctions as a weapon.
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