Comments by "GH1618" (@GH-oi2jf) on "WION" channel.

  1. I don’t believe anything Zelensky says.
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  2. It could be just a matter of tactics. Perhaps Russia does not want to destroy the entire city. Perhaps they think that Kiev will have to surrender in due course. There may be no necessity to capture the city.
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  3. Every nation should recognize that Crimea is legitimately part of Russia. That would help the peace process.
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  4. It was an inappropriate remark. Inappropriate even to think it. Russian leadership is not our (in the USA) business. This war started, in part, because the US meddled in the internal politics of Ukraine, where we likewise have no business. US policy led to this war and has caused much suffering.
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  5. There is no question that the aspirations of Ukraine for NATO membership, and the promotion of such by NATO, were the primary motivating factors for Russia to attack Ukraine. This war was predicted years ago by Prof. Mearsheimer and others. Furthermore, the arming of Ukranians by the west has made the war much worse than it might have been.
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  6. I am a US citizen. I’m fine with India’s position on the whole affair.
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  7. No, do not send more advanced weapons to Ukraine! End it now before the whole country is leveled.
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  8. NATO has lost its collective mind. Their spokesman said at the outset that Ukraine was not NATO’s problem (correct), then proceeded to pour arms into Ukraine to turn the conflict into a proxy war with Russia, greatly increasing the death and destruction and upsetting the global economy. We have not seen nuclear brinkmanship like this since the Turkish-Cuban Missile Crisis. The West has gone mad.
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  9. There is a gang around Zelensky. He is just the mouthpiece.
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  10. It is in China’s interest to fnd out what happened.
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  11. I have no confidence in Biden’s handling of this crisis. His policies led to it.
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  12. The Ukranians have not done well for their children and grandchildren by provoking this war.
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  13. Russia does not want a long border with NATO. It is clear that the aspirations of Ukranians for NATO membership, together with NATO willingness to entertain the idea, precipitated this crisis. Poor relations between Ukranians and ethnic Russians in the east were also a contributing factor. I said years ago that the West ought to stay entirely out of relations between Russia and Ukraine. They are cousins. Ukraine is in the Russian sphere of influence. Had we told Ukranians long ago that they were on their own and should try to get along with their neighbors, perhaps this war would have been avoided.
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  14. This is hogwash.
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  15. Fair enough. How about endng transfer of weapons from NATO soil to Ukraine?
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  16. She left out that Poland is sympathetic to Ukraine because they are related. Poland invaded Kievan Rus in the 14th century and ruled Kiev for about 300 years.
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  17. I didn’t know the USA could do that, but it’s the right thing to do. All arm sales to Ukraine should be blocked. All they can do is prolong the war and suffering, and risk a wider war. Ukraine must never be allowed in NATO. They want a war between NATO and Russia.
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  18. Trump is an enemy of the Republic. He attacked (through his proxies) the Congress of the United States. Why don’t you wish for Eisenhower?
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  19. Zelensky is a clown, but a dangerous one. He hates Russians and wants the world to hate Russians as well. I don’t hate Russians. There is no reason for Russia to be an enemy of the United States today. For the past quarter century or so, we have made them our enemy through the policy of our Executive Branch. I think President Biden is nostalgic for the Cold War.
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  20. I don’t see why he would. He is getting much of what he wanted, even though the cost may be higher than xpected.
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  21. I blame NATO, but there was nothing wrong with its original purpose. After the beakup of the Soviet Union, NATO embarked on a new mission. That’s when they went wrong.
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  22. Likewise if NATO countries stopped supporting Ukraine.
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  23. If the USA did block the fighters, it is the first good thing they have done in this whole affair.
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  24. irrelevant
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  25.  @worldwatcher5787  — It is extremely rare for an airliner to get lost. It seems that a rogue pilot went to some effort to ditch it in a place where it is hard to find. So what is the problem? It is that the entire plane is lost. That problem could be solved at modest cost. An airliner just needs to broadcast its id, position, velocity, and time every few minutes, by a means which can be received when transmitted over the oceans and in other remote areas, and which cannot be turned off. That would be a modest amount of data, and occasional loss due to interference would not be a critical problem.
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  26. China is trying to encourage peace. Biden wouldn’t understand that.
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  27. It should be off the table permanently.
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  28. Let’s hope there is a truce, but there are elements in Ukraine who want war and who want the NATO powers involved.
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  29. This is recklessness. All it can do is make the war longer and bloodier. President Biden contributed to this war by his mishandling of relations with Georgia and Ukraine years ago, and he is compounding his errors today.
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  30. That was reversed.
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  31. What we need is for NATO policy to separate from US policy and force an end to this war by stopping arms shipments.
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  32. no
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  33. Absolutely NATO should have said no. Are you serious? Ukraine should never be a member of NATO. We knew many years ago that talk of NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia would lead to war.
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  34. We say “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”
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  35. Zelensky is a dangerous man. He has been trying to get the United States directly into a war with Russia. We (in the US) are in too deep already. We should not be providing any arms at all to Ukraine.
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  36. Ukraine is nation i Europe harboring neoNazis.
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  37. They should both go to jail.
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  38. Here’s a question: Are you getting the therapy you need?
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  39. Blame Zelensky for not understanding the limitations. Blame him also for not understanding Russia. Eastern Ukraine is part of Russia, historically. Poltava is where the Russian army of Tsar Peter defeated the army of Charles XII of Sweden. Russia has been invaded by many armies: Mongol, Polish, Lithuanian, Swedish, French, German. This is central to their thinking.
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  40. Where did Ukraine go wrong? Refusing to live in peace with their neighbors, like many European groups.
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  41. Assistant Director Halls was acting as weapons handler at the time of the incident. He handed a loaded revolver to Baldwin, declaring it “cold.” He has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.
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  42. The world should be concerned about the consequences of war, but should not be concerned at all about Ukraine’s desire for NATO membership. This is where NATO nations went wrong. Zelensky wanted war with Russia and hoped NATO would take care of Russia. His ploy has failed and Ukraine is a mess. Many innocent people have died.
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  43. Her use of American clichés is a little off.
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  44. All rational people are grateful that Ukraine does not have nuclear weapons, because they are crazy enough to use them.
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  45. A320s have also crashed.
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  46. The US foreign policy establishment must love war, because they created this situation.
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  47. I don’t see why this was a disaster. It is routine for royals to visit countries which recognize the Queen as head of state. If a country wants to become a republic, they may. Why should this channel take a position on what Jamaicans should do? It is in their hands.
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  48. One-fifth of all commercial aircraft are B737s. Crashes are extremely rare considering the many thousands of flights every week.
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  49. Anybody who thought that the USA would directly fight Russians on behalf of Ukraine was fooling himself. Zelensky is a fool.
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  50. President Biden is an idealist. I wish we had more realists in US government.
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  51. No, we (in the USA) have being doing well except for the foolishness of getting involved with Ukraine. Biden did one great thing — he defeated President Trump, who is an enemy of the Republic.
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  52. “Evergreen” is the name of the company, not the ship.
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  53. No, President Biden will not get involved in this. You are just making that up.
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  54. hypocritical
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  55. Certainly India should be neutral.
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  56. Not likely. Wait for the analysis.
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  57. Ukraine is not a democracy. I sympathize with the plight of Ukranian noncombatants, but the notion that they are a democracy attacked by an imperialist neighbor is simplistic.
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  58. I don’t know if that is true, but it certainly seems the case that the USA wants to keep Russia as a permanent enemy. Thirty years ago we had relatively good relations with Russia, and it has been all downhill since then. Biden has been in the thick of it throughout. I am a US citizen. Russia is not my enemy. I am more worried about Biden’s brinkmanship than I am about anything Putin has done.
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  59. Only NATO countries can decide what other countries may become members.
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  60. No, it is not a MAX.
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  61. baloney
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  62. It could only have happened with support from the other NATO nations.
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  63. Ukraine is a problem for the world. Zelensky has been trying to start World War 3.
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  64. No. Trump is irrelevant to the discussion. Both major political parties in the USA contributed to this foreign policy fiasco, from the mid 1990s on.
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  65. Not likely. Just move on. If Jamaica wants to ditch the monarchy, I’m sure they will be allowed to leave, but don’t think you can demand payment. World history is full of injustices. It is not possible to balance the books. Look forward, not back.
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  66. There are “butchers” in Ukraine as well. President Biden is a warmonger. He helped provoke this war and he has made it far worse by supplying arms to Ukraine.
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  67. Longevity in office has nothing to do with Naziism.
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  68. That is true of all nations. The problem is that US leaders have not acted in the best interest of the US people. Not only Biden.
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  69. The west? Why? Let Ukraine demand reparations from Russia. It isn’t my (US citizen) business, but I will guess at the terms. 1. recognize that Crimea is Russian. 2. Recognize any other eastern province’s right to join Russia. 3. Give up any idea of joining NATO or any other western military alliance. 4. Protect the rights of Russian language speakers in Ukraine. 5. Work with Russia to eliminate Nazi elements in Ukraine.
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  70. No, this is not the model that was grounded. Those planes have been returned to service in most jurisdictions.
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  71. This semantic argument is being beaten to death. Everybody knows it was a real gun provided by the props department.
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  72. According to Aviation Safety Network, there have been 52 hull-loss incidents of Airbus 319/320/321 models.
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  73.  @n.v.9000  — NATO borders were more secure before Poland was admitted. Poland is partial to Ukraine because Ukraine was created by Polish invasion of Rus in the 14th century. Poland and Lithuania ruled Ukraine for about 300 years.
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  74. President Biden is a warmonger. I won’t say “criminal,” but Biden’s Ukraine policy led to this war, and he has been arming Ukranians for it for a long time.
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  75. Of course they will join Russia. Ukraine won’t defend them against attacks from Ukranians.
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  76. You don’t know the meaning of “extradited.”
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  77. This war has been brewing for much longer than two years.
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  78. Who are “we”?
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  79. Perhaps. Russia’s demands are reasonable, but contrary to Biden’s policy.
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  80. The west, of course, has carved up nations into separate parts whenever that suits them. The USA is shameless regarding its double standards.
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  81. Biden helped provoke this war, and he’s loving it.
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  82. It isn’t, but it is structured to defend NATO countries. It cannot get involved in Ukraine without fisking a wider war. NATO is already more involved than it should be, in my opinion. This is an extremely dangerous situation.
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  83. If you want to charge that you have to be able to prove it.
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  84. Arming Ukraine is reckless.
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  85. Likewise US/NATO behavior.
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  86. India is not a member of NATO. They can’t be a traitor to a club to which they do not belong.
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  87. That is lesson Russia learned. NATO promised no eastward expansion after unification of Germany, then reneged on the agreement only a few years later.
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  88. I read that al Qaeda sent some fighters to help.
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  89. I wish Ukraine would stand down.
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  90. The case is dripping with irony.
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  91. Trump is a neofascist who attacked the Congress of the United States. He was an aberration in US politics. Get over him. Both Democrats and Republicans have contributed to ruining relations between the USA and Russia. We need a statesman for our next President, should we live so long.
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  92. The 737-800 is a reliable plane, despite this crash. There are thousands flying and crashes are exceedingly rare. Lets wait for the analysis of the crash.
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  93. A worldwide radio system to capture hundreds of signals from thousands of flights in real time would be hugely expensive and less reliable. Nearly all the daa are just thrown away, but when you need it, you want every detail, accurately. A data recorder is relatively inexpensive, reliable, and requires no administration. You are proposing to fix a problem that doesn’t exist.
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  94. One-fifth of the world’s airliners are B737s.
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  95. If Ukraine were in NATO, they likely would have provoked war with Russia anyway. Ukraine wants war with Russia, at least certain people in Ukraine do.
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  96. It isn’t a question of smarts. It’s just leverage. The US is in no position to influence China on this matter.
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  97. No. He peformed one great service for the United States in defeating our neofascist President. And he has done well on domestic issues.
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  98. You cannot know how your individual taxes are spent, because money is fungible. You can know the federal budget.
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  99. It is not.
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  100. Most commercial aircraft are Boeings.
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  101. The United States is not a direct participant in this war, despite providing support.
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