Comments by "Mark Armage" (@markarmage3776) on "AFP News Agency" channel.

@VinnyUnion Okay, hombre. How about a little dose of reality. Russia didn't send an invading force. The force they sent was more intimidating than occupying or invasion. The war hasn't started yet, hombre. Russia hasn't even tried to destroy that cesspool of a country. Look what the Americans did to Iraq, Russia is still showing extreme leniency.
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That's a shock, considering Ukraine has no artillery left. I mean, what did we expect this guy to say? He's biased, unqualified, having a conflict of interest all over this matter.
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Well, the West rejected the final deal. No NATO in Ukraine soil and no admitting them into NATO, what's so hard to understand about this?
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@jayyarbrough9902 Us sane people would prefer an intelligent, wise, reasonable dictator than a democratically elected idiot warmonger. Are we clear on that?
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@Ivan24524 It's just the truth, don't need to convince anybody to make it the truth. Have you found any WMDs in Iraq yet?
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@cherami8445 Yeah, they're calling in reserves. When they deploy that reserves it can be called an "invasion" force. Why don't you go learn some math, hombre?
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@joshuagafarov6583 If you're meaning the Ukrainian casualties, you're lacking a few hundred thousands. Wake up, homie.
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Actually the line is the key cities that hold 100 thousand people or more. You do realized Lyman is a wasted land with no people and no economic facilties, right?
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The guy is toast, he doesn't understand the economic reforms takes years. And whatever policies being put in shall need years to take action, especially with a broken economy like Argentina. And if you put people in poverty for years, they shall call for your head. I mean you elected a singer who doesn't understand economy to manage macro economic policies, that's insane. It doesn't matter if his dog name is Milton Friedman, he understand Friedman as much as his dog.
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@erf2324 Yes, in Argentina. And the clear reason why he taught at universities is proof of his incompetence, he couldn't get a permanent teaching position. And furthermore he work freelance for investing companies, meaning he has absolutely no idea any of this macro economics policy of countries actually works. Come on, homie. He literally ignored the far more successful model of economic growth by the Chinese for the last 50 years in favor of a failure growth model that ended in disaster for both US and Britain in the 80s and 90s. Not a very smart guy.
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@erf2324 No, he's an incompetent economist, big difference
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@themagneticeye1098 Right. A country with no production capability whatsoever, extremely reliant on the aid of another country that has very limited production capability has more artillery than the most capable arms production country in the world. You sir, are a true scholar, on the level of the brilliant investigators that found those WMDs in Iraq. What's happening in Avdiivka is that Russia is launching an offensive and then the propaganda machine lies about it to dummies like you. You can go volunteer in Avdiivka for the Ukrainians if you think they're winning. You'll likely be dead but with this level of intellect, I wonder if it's cruel to keep you alive. Sad.
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@oyeh8908 Not you again, the propaganda fed idiots sicken me. Come on, man. Learn how to think. Exactly what details in world politics make you think that you can just expand your military to anywhere you want? Marvel Movies?
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@jayyarbrough9902 First, Ukraine is not a democracy at all. Because in 2014 there is a coup against a Democracy recognized by the United Nations. Furthermore, that government started a civil war of 2 massive Russian origin people. So you need to go learn some math, little kid, some proper history as well. Watching your propaganda media is totally not qualified. Second of all, as Putin has stated and even offered to the US, the Nazi element inside the Ukraine government and the joining of NATO is unacceptable. These two things constitute an attack on Russia and it has the right to retaliate, and it did. I mean it's really hard to have a conversation with you, a person who has a fundamentally wrong understanding of history, geography, international politics. So I'll put it simply at this. You need a new world view, a world view that is acceptable to the rest of the world, not the world view made up by the US and then rejected by 70% of global population.
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Yeah, he is allowed to put Russian forces next to NATO countries, because NATO intentionally expanded toward his country first. Moscow stand still for 20 years while NATO keep expanding, that's unacceptable. I don't know where this delusion of having the right to put missiles next to a superpower, but it's not going to stand.
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@KharlHungus And NATO has the responsibility to deny entry to countries that they claim they will not admit into NATO. Get back to reality, kid. Any countries that poses a direct security threat to Russia gives Russia the right of self defense. Just like what America did to Iraq and Afghanistan, just more valid.
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@cellphone7223 I don't think you understand how economic works, what regulation means and what market demand is. You're like a cow regurgitating what's been fed down it's throat. Friedman would have been ashamed of you. No economy exists without regulation, that's a fact, regulation of the government is absolutely crucial in ensuring the viability of an "economy", because economy ties directly to human wellbeing, and when human wellbeing is not ensured, they revolt. Friedman argument of less government intervention applies to very specific types of intervention in the American economy. And even his policies include countless "regulations", for example regulations that you're not allowed to commit financial fraud, business fraud, securities fraud, that food providers must meet basic eatable and drinkable conditions. All of those regulations are to ensured that once the free market goes into operation, it doesn't lead to social unrest by causing harm. That's in the US, where there's a minimum living condition embedded within the structure of the country. Argentina is not the US, it's scenario is different, the policies are different, their corporation structure is different, their population is different. For example, if a gigantic, significant number of people is living in poverty, far more than the US in the 1980s when Friedman is alive. Suddenly taking away intervention policies directly affect their wellbeing, while the intervention of the "free market" takes far longer than the time those people have on hand. So if the free market takes 5-7 years to adjust and get the economy back on track. Are you going to let the significant pool of the population starve to death due to rising prices? You're trying to solve an infinitely complex problems with multiple moving parts based on a rudimentary answer Friedman give to a kid in 2 minute Q&A clip. Wake up. This is way over your head, pal, so stop regurgitating stuff you don't understand one bit.
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@darkseid6898 No, kid. You know nothing about economy in general. Please go back to school and study Friedman properly. Here's a clue, his answers in those 2 minutes Q&A clips online ain't solid material. That's the answers you give to a kid.
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@cmdrHeliaxx Sure. When will you, the brave hero volunteer over there to fight this tyranny? They're paying people to do so. Come on, hombre, or is it you're a little coward who is too afraid to look at reality?
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@fallencobra5197 First off, Russia did not take out the entire power grid of Ukraine, otherwise, you wouldn't be getting the propaganda news from the comedian headquarters. They took out some, not all, it's an extreme generosity. Originally he didn't send in 200k troops, and even now, he hasn't launched any notable offense with the further mobilized troops. He can mobilized 10 million men, doesn't matter if he doesn't use them for "invasion". Keep it real, hombre. It's not an invasion, because there's nothing worthy of value in the cesspool of a "country" except for the ethnically Russian people which has been living in the Eastern region long, long before the existence of his "Ukraine" made up country and thus, those regions are of those Ethnic Russian people, and thus are rightfully Russia. This made up country existed for less than 40 years, those territories have been of Russian control for nearly 1000 years. Go learn some math and spare us your ignorance.
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@fallencobra5197 What you pigs did in Iraq, that was an invasion. Killing nearly one million civilians, that's an invasion. This is no where near that. You clear on that, hombre?
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@rocky-zx6kq There's a slight difference. Because what the USSR did in Afghanistan and Kazakhstan was nearly 40 years ago. And USSR doesn't exist anymore. So no, For the last 30 years, US is still the most evil country in the world. Second best is Israel with it's systemic Arpatheid of nearly 2-3 million people.
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@matthewA2 How do I explain this to you simpletons? That's not how economics activity is measured. GDP isn't measured in dollars. It's measured in resources, in production capacity, in products. It's used to be measured in dollars with an assumption that America will act like a responsible "leader" instead of frat boy with the ego of a 3 year old, that's assumption is no longer true since 2003. That's how the Russian can spend less "dollars" and get way better results. Go study real economics, compared to the Russian economy, the American economy is a gigantic house of cards built on a bunch of debt and a pipe dream of hegemony, even a blind man can see it's going to fail. I mean the lack of understanding of anything by you "Westerners" sicken me. A more direct example, America sanction Russia and the life of American civilians got a lot more expensive. You see why, right? Or I need to spell it out further for you?
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@robofat Don't need to, the fact that you're still alive showcase it very clearly.
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@Ivan24524 So is it a yes or a no? Simple question, any WMDs in Iraq?
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@strasseristsgaming3995 I know you simpletons are slow but you need to catch up to reality. War is the mobilization of all possible means out resources to destroy and dictate the enemy. Now of course, the Ukrainians is doing that because they're weak and desperate, but Russia hasn't even come close. It's a war-like scenario, it's not a war. If it is a war, like World War 2, or World War 1, that cesspool of a country called Ukraine would've been wiped out already. You pigs murdered over 1 million people, mostly civilians in Iraq. Compared to that, Russia is still a saint.
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@6-dpegasus425 one hospital. Remember when you pigs carpet bomb an entire country in Iraq for 30 days straight? Why don't you go learn some math?
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@bug7767 And that's why you slow people need to go learn some math. You lack a basic understanding about anything connected to the real world. Stop chugging down an unhealthy dose of propaganda. It's gonna kill you, mostly mentally but that's porbably worse.
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@maacopvp4766 And let me guess, you get that number from "US officials". Have you found WMDs in Iraq yet, hombre? Dumb people sicken me.
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@yendevus1747 Actually it's Massachusetts but with the current policies, you're on point, it's a dumpster.
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@yendevus1747 Can't. I came from California but that place is even worse now. Sorry, buddy.
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@KillerT-Bone Because it would killed more Russians than necessary and kill countless Ukrainians civilians for very little gains. You need to go learn some history, some geography and some math. You're severely lacking in all sides. There is nothing worth of value in Ukraine that Russia hasn't taken yet except for Odessa, but that place has no value until there's peace and economic trade. So right now Russia established a sea blockade there. But the rest of the place is literally worthless, Kiev is a worthless piece of land, no oil, no facility, no resources. Why would Russia kill tens of thousands of people conquering something totally worthless? Now Russia is only using 15% of their power, 5% is a bit too low. But 15% of their troops are still dozens of thousands of people. So I'm so sorry that the Russian leaders don't share your contempt for human lives. They are holding back, kid. They're calling up reserves to be in reserves currently stationed at their own borders. They haven't even deployed the reserves into the battlefield. That is holding back. Now of course Russia can just kill nearly a million civilians like the American pigs did in Iraq. But unfortunately, they don't also share the Americans contempt for human lives. They can easily win in exchange for maybe a million civilian casualties and dozens of thousands of Russian soldiers. But they're too kind for that. You see, pal. Not everybody is like the American pigs, they don't go around killing people and civilians just because of their ego.
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@KillerT-Bone You've been living in this Hollywood fantasy for far too long, when you treat human lives as if they're figures. Wake up, kid. And no, Russia is not the second most powerful military in the world, it is the most powerful military in the world, based on production capacity and resources independence, it is the most powerful military in the world. You must still be living in a fantasy where military performance is measured by dollars being spent. But that's not real life, wake up, hombre. Simple test, you go volunteer for Ukraine , and you'll probably dead if you dare to go to the front or not, if Ukraine is "winning", pretty horrible odds, but like a degenerative gamblers, you're bad at math.
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@terrypennington2519 You can't propaganda your way into changing reality, dummy. Have you found any WMDs in Iraq? Just go volunteer overthere for the Ukranians, coward, it will show you the truth. But again, you pigs will never do that.
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@MiddleKingdom305 Your bad English indicates that even if you're Russian, you're a poorly educated Russian. So I highly doubt that you have any idea what's happening in the front. Russian civilians are the same as Americans civilian, they know very little.
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@emrysgeibhendach7572 Yes, you see, fighting an army armed by the Western pigs is a bit more difficult than murdering innocent civilians, don't you think?
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@arcaipekyun4232 Sure and you must get that number from the Ukraine defense minister or the "US State Department". Why don't you go learn some math, dummy. Have you found any WMDs in Iraq yet? An easy way to test your theory based solely on propaganda, kid. You go volunteer for this winning army in Ukraine, and you'll see the truth. You'll most likely be dead but you'll see. You cowards sicken me to the bone.
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@Triple_J.1 Sure. Anything to help you cope with reality, buddy. We wouldn't want to hurt a precious snowflake like you with facts and stuff. Why don't you go take a vacation at the Ukrainian side of the front line, the "winners" are taking volunteers. Here's the best wish for your safe return, probably in an urn.
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@grixiscontrol Buddy, the fact that you even typed that means you excelusively got your information from bad propaganda source. Buddy, game's over, one side is begging for aid from the Americns publicly and still not getting it.
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@aa6dcc Buddy, eventually you'll realize how isolated you really are on the global stage. Your kinds of cowards are increasingly becoming more and more irrelevant.
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@antonilwd Buddy, you can hang on to that fantasy, or you can get back to the real world and agree with approximately 85% of global population that this special military operation is understandable due to NATO being a threatening military alliance. Your choice, really, your kind is becoming increasingly insignificant so it doesn't really matter what you choose. Just have higher standards
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The Russian military showed far more leniency towards the Ukrainian army then the US ever did to any of it's attack. I don't remember the last time US army claiming Iraq military can just go home and they will not be hurt.
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