Comments by "andy99ish" (@andy99ish) on "DW News" channel.

  1. According to this fabulous Ukrainian "logic" POTUS F.D. Roosevelt should be cancelled from history. As he sided with Stalin.
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  2.  @andypandy9547  Apparently you have missed the fact that Steinmeier is President of Germany. And the role of the German President is quite different than of a Chancellor.
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  3. Macron won. Lazy French have to work like most other people.
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  4.  @ericp1139  One can dislike Trump, but his mind is sharp. And I do have doubts that Biden is sweet and innocent, as the term "vanilla" suggests.
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  5.  @theshimario253  Apparently you cannot discern "sharpness of mind" and the content which this mind produces. To make that easier for you, let me illuminate you, that "sharpness" is a rather technical issue, not an issue of good or bad content. Actually intelligent foes of Trump all acknowledge his sharpness and superb communication skills.
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  6.  @kierenmoore3236  Is that so ? He won in Georgia, he won in Syria, he took the Crimea and yesterday the Ukraine offered neutrality.
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  7. Vance does not go against European allies. But against European political elites. Big, big difference !
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  8. You completely agree, because you are completely clueless. The EU imported massive amounts of gas from Russia till late summer 2022 and still does so, however at a much lower level. Let's see how this will work out in the next winter. And I wonder to which countries Western Europe, especially Germany, will export its goods ? Hint: globally there are not enough democracies around to absorb these exports.
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  9. Poland is very well armed compared to many other EU countries. And they were well armed before WW II. And their leader, Pilsudski, who has beaten the Bolshevik army in 1920 at the outskirts of Warsaw, proposed to the French to intervene into Germany as early as 1934. Given that Germany was disarmed back then, that would have been a kind of police intervention, saving millions of lives. It is rather France and Germany who need to catch up with reality.
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  10. A joint investigation should also include Russia.
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  11.  @ebhole  Strength is nothing if one never wins. Like the US.
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  12. LOL You are ignorant about how diverse the world is.
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  13. Your language is that of a diplomat. Kudos. And regarding the content I, as a European, am afraid that you are right. Selective idealism in the end is worse than candid realism.
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  14. Disarray in France, strikes in Germany. And fear of a banking crisis in the US. The White Man's world does not look well.
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  15. Like invading the Iraq in 2003 ?
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  16. This is a war which could have been avoided by statesmanship.
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  17.  @helios7212  1. Soviet -Afghan was not in the last 30 years. 2. Soviet-Afghan was in times the US enjoyed moral superiority. Thanks for proving MY point. 3. Wagner in West Africa is more accepted than French in West Africa. Get rid of that superstition that only the US are entitled to intervene abroad.
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  18.  @helios7212  While Russia is more brutal, the US is more thoughtless. Remember nation building experiments ? And if Gaza is any less bad than Grozny is rather debatable. On top Chechens now support Russia. Again you seem to be stuck in your bubble.
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  19.  @stc3145  Are you suggesting that non-democracies are indecent ? If so, most of European countries have an indecent past. And most of the world societies are indecent, as they do not place such an high emphasis on personal freedom. You end up at an narrower definition of decent humanity than British of the Victorian age had.
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  20. The West has managed to revive the Cold War by ignoring Russia's safety interests for decades. It has underestimated Russia's determination no to be pushed into insignificance. At the same time the West has overestimated its global influence. It is time to get realistic. We cannot put the world on fire because Ukraine wanted to join NATO.
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  21. So is it serious or funny ? Make up your mind. Stop trying to be 1000% correct.
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  22. What astra ? Whatever the military outcome, Russia will still be around and will still have her interests. The Ukrainian pre-war idea to ignore Russia's power and determination was naive and short-sighted. Instead of developing their young and unstable country under military neutrality the Ukraine pressed for NATO membership. The reason being their (understandable) fear of Russia. Yet by pushing for an insurance which is hostile to Russia they enacted a self-fulfilling prophecy. I do hope that deescalation will prevail. As all other ways will lead to much more suffering in the medium and long run.
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  23. "Trojan horse" - Is NATO at war with Russia ?
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  24. The founding myth of the USA is that of a legitimate rebellion. And only a brutal civil war could hold together the Union. The picture of a peace loving nation that many Americans hold of themselves, is at odds with its history.
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  25.  @Scaleyback317  You nailed it.
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  26. @Iflyfree always Oh, you are so brave ! Sooooo many exclamation marks ! We got the signal of your virtue. Alas: Standing up for what one believes to be reasonable is more courageous than being an armchair warrior fueling wars fought by others.
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  27.  @skytron22  Ever heard about the danger of escalation ? Actually this very video is about the dangers of escalation. Start thinking. The USA has done enough harm in the last two decades
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  28.  @davidreyes-dm5sk  Why are you confused ? There are the Good Guys. How to detect them ? The Good Guys are the ones we support. Because we are good. The other guys are the bad guys. They smell of garlic, beat their wives, do not shave, commit atrocities and drown puppies. God supposedly supports the Good Guys. However as that is not certain, better pray He will.
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  29.  @alexanderhowarth6460  Indeed. Word inflation is detrimental.
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  30. The issue at hand is not justice. But the EXISTENCE of the Polish republic. Once again Poles seem not to be able to govern themselves. And this time you have no Pilsudski as a backup. And not so far away is Russia, who most likely will advance this year, as the US will be occupied by the presidential campaign. So wake up and get your priorities right !
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  31.  @tianlezheng6829  As a European I have to agree with much of what you say. More generally I detest looking at the world like a soccer fan looks at soccer teams: I take no pleasure from the fact, that some other country does worse than mine in some respect and when it does better, I try to learn from it. Please explain what you mean by "ideological demonization" ?
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  32.  @kkaania  How do you know ? Lukashenko is verbally hostile to Poland. So it might be Belarus acting on behalf of Russia.
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  33.  @RobBCactive  It was ? Sure, the Ukraine proposed "food safety" and "restoring justice" to end that war. You must have a very low opinion about Ukrainian politicians.
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  34. Mr. Browder in essence calls for an act which would lead to a further erosion of the alleged moral superiority of the West.
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  35.  @Noble570  Which can never be paid back, at least to EU countries, as they will not import Ukrainian grain in substantial quantities.
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  36.  @zallyzally2698  Not really. Historical number. But apparently you do not know what has happened between 1480 and 1530.
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  37. Who actually cares what Macron says ?
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  38. ​ @lemonacidrounds7293  There was no "ancient Rome" as such. Republican ancient Rome (city and parts of the Appenine peninsular) was very different from the Roman empire of Augustus and that in turn was quite different from the Roman empire under Diocletian, in which Italy played a minor role. And finally it was the Byzantine empire which carried on Roman civilization. So Italy and the city of Rome despite being the cradle were losing significance within the Roman empire over the centuries. Contemporary Italy is a construction of the second half of the XIX century, set up some 1500 years after Italy has lost its prevalence within the Roman empire. The occurrences in this enormous time span have overshadowed the antique heritage.
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  39.  @prikipriki30  The point of leftism is nihilism. No sense of belonging to any nation, any culture, any civilization, any country, any society, any gender. The right wing at least offers something positive. Even it that is tainted by traces of savagism, it still is something. Much better than nothing.
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  40. ​ @prikipriki30  Cultural diversity is not a basis for coherence. And coherence is needed to hold societies and states together. It seems that the left has not yet grasped this very basic truth. Hence the ideas of the left amount to nihilism.
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  41.  @RZakelis  This is the destination of all of us. And Biden and many other statesmen are closer to it than Putin. Above all this is not Putin's war. but Russia's. So what is your point exactly ?
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  42. If proximity means nothing, why has JFK established a naval blockade around Cuba ? And risked a nuclear confrontation ?
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  43. US intelligence: The Japanese will not attack us (1941). Al Qaida is not a threat (2001). Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction (2003). After liberation from Saddam Hussein we can create a democratic nation in the Iraq (2003) and similarly in Libya after Khadaffi. Afghans trained and equipped by us will beat the Taliban (2021). Anyway Kabul is safe from Talibans (2021). And now: Ukraine will retake the Crimea.
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  44.  @blackpearl1-477  Not really. Since 79 years the US is nearly never winning, the SU/Russia is mostly winning and France does not count. Technological advantage is vastly overrated. It did not secure victory in Korea, nor in Vietnam, nor in Algeria, nor the Iraq, nor in Afghanistan, nor in Mali.
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  45.  @firedup692  Indeed ! I do hope that the Blessed Infant Greta will include the plight for fish living in captivity into Her Children's Crusade to the Benefit of Humankind and Fishdom.
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  46.  @Nobleheart111  1. Coordinates for Przewodow are wrong. By some 8 kilometers. And there are other villages at the coordinates you give. 2. Ukrainians are not denied taking part in the investigation. 3. The whole story is strange indeed. Maybe some Ukrainian local military unit fired that missile in the naive hope to draw NATO into war. Maybe it was a stray Russian missile.
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  47. Lavrov's international standing is way higher than Biden's.
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  48.  @JoeyBlogs007  Nonsense. He is part of the Kremlin.
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  49.  @helios7212  The US has lately done much more detriment than Russia did. Destroyed the Iraq for no good reasons, with hundreds of thousands of casualties. Destroyed Libya. Enabled ISIS. Destroyed Afghanistan. By doing so it has lost its moral superiority it once upon a time has held.
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  50.  @helios7212  Yes, hundreds of thousands. Yes, for no good reason. That is why the US' prestige has evaporated. You are woefully ignorant of that basic fact. And no, I take no pleasure from that fact.
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