Comments by "andy99ish" (@andy99ish) on "UATV English" channel.

  1.  @singlewhitefemale1707  You basically transfer US taxpayer money to your weapons industry. Nothing bad about that, but no title to boast.
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  2.  @souldoc123  I can remember that in the Lithuanian SSR public writing was first in Lithuanian, then in Russian. The Soviet Union was awful but not nationalistic. The Russian Empire was also not markedly nationalistic. And if there were periods of nationalism - decide if you want to copy the worst moments of Russia OR be European.
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  3. So far the Ukraine is super poverty.
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  4. No one can win that war. Taking pleasure at the enemies' pain will not suffice to reach a sustainable peace.
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  5. "to ban the Russian Nazi language": And you pretend to share European values ?
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  6. Ukrainian propaganda is as Soviet style as Russian propaganda is.
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  7. So you are praising aggressive nationalism ?
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  8.  @manometras  Apparently you do not know that there are multilingual countries. And the reasoning that speaking the minority language is "disrespectful" to the main language/ethnic group is a third-world argument. NATO was not established to protect such thinking and acting.
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  9.  @fidenemini111  I am not Russian. Actually my ancestors have more often fought Russia rule than prospered under it. Now I will use "chauvinism" in the meaning of "aggressive nationalism": I know that Russia had also times of chauvinism. But to counter it with the same is not a solution. Even worse is hatred (as displayed in some postings here, like "Org language Russian"), or chauvinism that there can be only one language in a country. West Europe has learned these lesson, finally, after horrible wars. So as a Westerner I try to explain that there is a difference between wanting to uphold one's sovereignty and chauvinism; between being wary of Russian imperialism and hatred of everything and everyone Russian. Edit: That Russian phrase you provided, as translated by google seems to indicate to something I would call "big power arrogance". If so, Russia displays it rather nonstop. Just as the US does. That is why e.g. Cuba has to be careful not to provoke the US and small countries close to Russia should be careful too. That is just a demand of realism. In other words to wish Russia away is utopian. To see NATO as some insurance against reality / a free ticket to provoke Russia is dangerous too.
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  10. The West does not want Russia to overrun the Ukraine. But nor does it want Russia to suffer a catastrophic defeat. The experience of what had happened after the Middle East (Iraq, Libya) was destabilized is too painful. Many Ukrainians will dislike this. But it is more ethical to explain this than to delude them.
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  11. Zelensky should rather prepare Ukrainians to understand the overall situation: Namely that the West is willing to support the Ukraine to acquire a strong position in peace negotiations. But at the same time the West wants to avoid a catastrophic defeat of Russia.
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  12. Sooo convincing what a POW says. Ukrainian propaganda has the same roots as Russia propaganda - namely Soviet propaganda.
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  13.  @SlavaUkraini2025-n3n  Indeed. And the measure % of GDP is a most valid one. On top I'll reiterate point, which is not in opposition to yours: Just as Secretary Blinken underlined, aid to the Ukraine is a big win for the US weapons industry.
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  14.  @WorldCitizen0000  You are not a "World Citizen". Let alone European. It takes more to be an European than to dislike Russian imperialism. Much more.
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  15. Estonia should be warned that NATO is not an insurance to cover aggressive nationalism.
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  16. And you Kurds too ! ooops...
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  17. Did you support the Kurds too ?
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  18.  @meow2u22  Do not use terms you do not understand. Even if the sound fashionable. My previous posting is 100% related to the video.
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  19.  @moneymay6324  Aggressive nationalism is to be found in many countries neighboring Russia. The Ukraine today cherishes the UPA which is responsible for the horrible Volhynia massacres of 1943/44. Latvia is infringing the rights of its substantial ethnically Russia minority which has been living there since ages. See, only fools would think that Russian imperialism is the only problem.
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  20. Slogans, slogans, slogans.
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  21.  @robertjustinoff845  So multilingual states are not countries ? Hear, hear ! So neither India, nor the UK, nor Canada, nor Switzerland, nor China, nor Spain are countries according to your Fabulous Logic.
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  22.  @robertjustinoff845  According to me Basque people are one of the peoples of Spain. And Native Americans like the Navajo nation are part of the USA. And Scots are one of the people of the United Kingdom. Most Tajiks live in a country named Afghanistan, and many in Tajikistan. To think that in one country there can be only one ethnic group is hallmark of ignorance about the world we live in. To claim that this should be so is hallmark of primitive nationalism.
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  23.  @robertjustinoff845  There is nothing wrong with empires. Apart from Russia the USA is an empire and so is China. There is nothing wrong with countries being the result of imperialism/ colonialism: Australia and New Zealand is the result of British imperialism. All American countries are result of European imperialism. The vast majority of African countries are that. According to De Gaulle (1958) France stretched from Dunkerque to Tamanrasset. According to Mussolini Italy was the reincarnation of the Roman Empire and included parts of Libya and Tunisia. Historically the Grand Duchy of Lithuania included what today is Belarus and the Ukraine. See, there is nothing to gain from trying to define a legitimate state by nationality, ethnic groups, languages, or the absence of being an empire/ex empire/ex colony.
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  24.  @robertjustinoff845  With the exception that a head-on confrontation will not work.
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  25.  @robertjustinoff845  WW I was a massive catastrophe with tens of millions of dead and immeasurable economic detriment. And a follow-up war with even more millions of dead and even more detriment. The next confrontation will lead to nuclear war. But you will be happy that some countries will be "liberated". Because in your nationalistic mind there is no greater problem than having to take into account that there are other nations and countries around. When you talk about liberty you mean being free from reality.
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  26. Nonsense. 1) The EU is not a military alliance. 2) EU members have no legal nor moral obligation to help one specific war party in wars between non-EU members.
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  27.  @BenjaminVestergaard  You indeed did not mention it, yet we all know that what the Ukraine needs most, is weapons. Disqualifying a democratically elected government as being "rogue" because it dares to care for its interests is precisely why the EU is widely perceived as being arrogant.
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  28.  @BenjaminVestergaard  Let's be fair: Solo vetoes were also used by the USA. And its then rival was the Soviet Union. Not Russia. But yes, a one-party veto possibility will render dysfunctional any system in the medium run.
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  29.  @BenjaminVestergaard  So we agree on the main issue. Thanks for a civilized debate !
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  30.  @BenjaminVestergaard  Good points, which I never have considered. Let me add that introducing a veto right in the parliament of once mighty Poland-Lithuania in the 17th century brought that empire down.
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  31. Slogans, slogans, slogans...
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  32. Your statement sounds like naivete.
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  33. It seems Germany has discovered another "lupenreiner Demokrat" in the post-Soviet region.
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  34. LOL
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