Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Gravitas: No fast-tracked EU membership for Ukraine" video.

@emperortrajan3609 > It IS NATO that we need to blame not India and not the EU. Before Euromaidan, Russia, however, has successfully used political and economic leverage to dissuade Ukraine from signing the E.U. deal. In the months prior to the Vilnius summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a trade war with Kiev, blocking nearly all imports from Ukraine and cutting energy supplies to the country. In turn, this reduced Ukrainian exports by 25 percent and shrank the economy by 1.5 percent. Russia started a series of events that lead to Euromaidan UK left the EU and joining CPTPP has proven freedom of association.
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EU has rules for joining and Ukraine wouldn't get a free pass.
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@pieterveenders9793 NATO backs EU's Article 42.7.
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@CountryLifestyle2023 India's primary weapons are from Russia.
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@CountryLifestyle2023 UN's talkfest is useless, firepower is real.
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@CountryLifestyle2023 >India is claiming to stay neutral. India has its own interest against China. With Ukraine's issue, "The Quad" is dead. India will have to face China alone e.g. China's encircling India with pro-China countries.
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@pieterveenders9793 Norway has a comprehensive trade deal with the EU. Before Euromaidan, Russia, however, has successfully used political and economic leverage to dissuade Ukraine from signing the E.U. deal. In the months prior to the Vilnius summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a trade war with Kiev, blocking nearly all imports from Ukraine and cutting energy supplies to the country. In turn, this reduced Ukrainian exports by 25 percent and shrank the economy by 1.5 percent. Russia started a series of events that lead to Euromaidan The issue in 2014 is with "European Union Association Agreement", specifically EU's "Agreement Establishing an Association".
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EU has rules for joining and Ukraine wouldn't get a free pass.
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@Diablo Montana Romania's government has condemned Putin's demand to remove Romania's freedom of association. Sweden's government has condemned Putin's demand to remove Sweden's freedom of association. Finland's government has condemned Putin's demand to remove Finland's freedom of association. Estonia's government has condemned Putin's demand to remove Estonia's freedom of association. Poland's government has condemned Putin's demand to remove Poland's freedom of association.
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@Diablo Montana >I remember even Gaddafi saying the UN is useless and has allowed countless conflicts to occur. NATO STOPPED the bloody civil war in Libya. Putin STARTED the bloody war in Ukraine. On 16 August 2003, Libya formally admitted responsibility for Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockabie bombing) in a letter presented to the president of the United Nations Security Council. "On 10 March 2011, France was the first country in the world to recognise the National Transitional Council as the legitimate government of Libya".
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@ppvshenoy For Ukraine's Budapest Memorandum context, Russia, the US, and the UK confirmed their Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively abandoning their nuclear arsenal to Russia and that they would: 1. Respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the existing borders. 2. Refrain from the threat or the use of force against Ukraine. 3. Refrain from using economic pressure on Ukraine to influence their politics. 4. Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used". 5. Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against Ukraine. 6. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments. China and France gave somewhat weaker individual assurances in separate documents. Russia has exited Budapest Memorandum. The US and UK are fulfilling points 4 and 6 in accordance with Ukraine's Budapest Memorandum. Budapest Memorandum's security assurances are weaker than NATO's Article V and EU's Article 42.7. READ the Budapest Memorandum AGAIN!
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@ppvshenoy Both the United States and the Soviet Union had attempted to establish strong links with India following the Sino-Indian war of 1962, much to the disturbance of Pakistan especially since she was already in a military alliance with the United States. India had obtained substantial military and economic assistance from the United States towards the end of the conflict, but remained committed to the Non-Aligned Movement. Following the end of the conflict, Soviet offers of MiG fighter aircraft, as well as offers for transfer of technology and production facilities for military hardware confirmed India's preference for Moscow in terms of long-term security collaboration. In 1963, the US Navy deployed its first Carrier group in the Indian Ocean close to the Indian coast. However, since this was within a year of the end of the Sino-Indian conflict, where the US and Britain had offered substantial help to India, this was not interpreted as a diplomatic pressure or a show-of-force, and was in all probability training exercises to familiarise the navy with the Indian Ocean area. India had also at this time allowed the US to install intelligence gathering devices in the Himalayan peaks close to China, on the conditions of intelligence-sharing.
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@s_mubarik8086 > I bet that the west will be on it's toes.... Imperial China and Mughal Empire have hot wars with each other. i.e. Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal War of 1679–1684 The Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal War of 1679–1684 was fought between the Central Tibetan Ganden Phodrang government, with the assistance of Imperial China (Qing-era), and the Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh with assistance from the Mughal Empire in Kashmir. ----- In modern times, the Sino-Indian War between China and India occurred in October–November 1962. A disputed Himalayan border was the main cause of the war. There had been a series of violent border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when India granted asylum to the Dalai Lama
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@s_mubarik8086 >How many countries did china invade since her victory in the war against imperial western powers Sino-Indian War 1962, The main cause of the war was a dispute over the sovereignty of the widely separated Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh border regions. Aksai Chin, claimed by India to belong to Ladakh and by China to be part of Xinjiang
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@s_mubarik8086 >How many countries did china invade since her victory in the war against imperial western powers Your "against imperial western powers" narrative is bullshit.
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@vikramadi5436 >Yes Yes west has principles to destruct,damage non Western Countries Sheikhdom of Kuwait BEFORE WW1! Kuwait was founded in 1613 AD as a fishing village known as Grane (Kureyn). The region soon came under the rule of the Bani Khalid Emirate in 1670 after the expulsion of the Ottomans from Eastern Arabia (Lahsa Eyalet) by Barrack bin Ghurayr, Emir of the Bani Khalid, who successfully besieged the Ottoman governor Umar Pasha who surrendered and gave up his rule as the fourth Ottoman governor of al-Hasa. In 1752, Kuwait became independent after an agreement between the Sheikh of Kuwait and the Emir of Bani Khalid in which Bani Khalid recognised Sabah I bin Jaber's independent rule over Kuwait and in exchange Kuwait would not ally itself or support the enemies of Bani Khalid or interfere in the internal affairs of Bani Khalid in any way. ---- Iraq invaded Kuwait.
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@davelocktalk Australia has technology transfers from UK and US via the AUKUS agreement. India desired technology transfers from MRCA competition. Australia's ANZUS treaty does NOT include NATO Article V.
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@bhaskarmukherjee8710 >india does not need so called "west"to deal with China India is encircled by China e.g. pro-China Pakistan, pro-China Sri Lanka, pro-China Afghanistan, and pro-China Burma. Russia is economically weak to counter China's sphere of influence. The Quad has Australia, Japan, the US, and India.
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@peter.borneo4979 >Enjoy seeing how Putin has got NATO’s tails between their legs For Ukraine's Budapest Memorandum context, Russia, the US, and the UK confirmed their Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively abandoning their nuclear arsenal to Russia and that they would: 1. Respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the existing borders. 2. Refrain from the threat or the use of force against Ukraine. 3. Refrain from using economic pressure on Ukraine to influence their politics. 4. Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used". 5. Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against Ukraine. 6. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments. China and France gave somewhat weaker individual assurances in separate documents. Russia has exited Budapest Memorandum. The US and UK are fulfilling points 4 and 6 in accordance with Ukraine's Budapest Memorandum. Budapest Memorandum's security assurances are weaker than NATO's Article V and EU's Article 42.7. READ Ukraine's Budapest Memorandum!
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@peter.borneo4979 >They fled when Russia’s submarine emerged to save India. False. On 6 and 13 December, the Soviet Navy dispatched two groups of cruisers and destroyers from Vladivostok; they trailed US Task Force 74 into the Indian Ocean from 18 December 1971 until 7 January 1972. The Soviets also had a nuclear submarine to help ward off the threat posed by the USS Enterprise task force in the Indian Ocean.
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@garysondh5582 Reminder, Largest trading partners with India between 2019 to 2020 1 United States, $113.6 billion (India has $33 billion surplus) <------ Look carefully. 2 China, $81.87 billion (India has $48.65 billion deficit) 3 United Arab Emirates, $59.03 billion 4 Saudi Arabia, $26.71 billion 5 Switzerland, $18.11 billion 6 Germany, $21.9 billion 7 Hong Kong, $34.04 billion 8 Indonesia, $19.18 billion 9 South Korea, $20.5 billion 10 Malaysia, $16.93 billion
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@davelocktalk You stated, "Australia is in uk USA and Canada pact".
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@bhaskarmukherjee8710 Largest trading partners with India between 2019 to 2020 1 United States, $113.6 billion (India has $33 billion surplus) <------ Look carefully. 2 China, $81.87 billion (India has $48.65 billion deficit) 3 United Arab Emirates, $59.03 billion 4 Saudi Arabia, $26.71 billion 5 Switzerland, $18.11 billion 6 Germany, $21.9 billion 7 Hong Kong, $34.04 billion 8 Indonesia, $19.18 billion 9 South Korea, $20.5 billion 10 Malaysia, $16.93 billion From Trade Barrier Index (lower score = less trade barriers) New Zealand's tariff score is 2.92 Australia's tariff score is 3.03 UK's tariff score is 3.94 (post-Brexit, U.K. 'on track' to join CPTPP sometime in 2022) Japan's tariff score is 4.05 US's tariff score is 4.54 <------- Germany's tariff score is 4.88 (common with the EU's customs union) EU's tariff score is 4.88 Russia's tariff score is 6.16 China's tariff score is 6.8 India's tariff score is 8.18 <------- Both EU and US tolerate India's high tariff trade protection. The real dimwit is you.
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