Comments by "Mark Armage" (@markarmage3776) on "Джон Миршаймер: Израиль-Палестина, Россия-Украина, Китай, НАТО и война | Лекс Фридман Подкаст #401" video.

@ronin1648 Yes, and Russia is not the only one who feel that way. There is this man child country that doesn't just consider a border to be their safe zone, but they declare an entire hemisphere as their safe zone. Which country is that? Oh, right, it's the US. Homie, show some respect to our Imperialist Homeland.
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Yes, pal. Overwhelming evidence that US is pushing for Ukraine to join NATO. Starting from all those speeches in 2008 saying that Georgia and Ukraine should join NATO, to the coup in 2014, to the training of Ukrainian troops annuallyby NATO, supply of arms to Ukraine, to the outright rejection of negotiation before the invasion, that's when Russia asked them to negotiate about Ukraine neutrality, this is admitted by NATO general secretary. And then to the US and British rejection of negotiation in Turkey on March 2022. Only a blind man can miss all of those evidence.
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Actually no. MIlitary power is strongly attached to production power. And production power overweighs what is called "economic power". Do you still think the US is the most powerful country in the world because of GDP? I have an advice for you, go study what those 3 letters actually means, how it's actually calculated, you'll see how dumb it is to even use that measurement system.
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@jimgraham6722 That has nothing to do with your original comment. That reserves of Plutonium by Japan is considered as an aspect military power. Nuclear bomb and nuclear reactor functions in the same principles. But another aspect you have to consider is how capable is Japan military even if it has nuclear weapons. Are they gonna launch a nuclear weapons if China invade some of their islands, but not the home islands?
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@jimgraham6722 What do you mean. The Japanese capability to develop Nuclear Weapons very quickly is a military capability. Their nuclear infrastructure is not just a civilian infrastructure, it's also a military infrastructure
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Yes, it means recognizing those pesky unalienable rights to the people that actually have the claim to those territory. Can you imagine, the occipied wants to kill the occupiers? Unimaginable, the horror.
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Based on the number of casualties and how the people is not united at all, of course it's a defeat. If in a war, the situation inside your country become so bad because that war, it means you can't sustained that war. Is this too complicated for you?
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All your argument fell apart with that first line about veto power means there's a hierachy. A hierachy in voting power doesn't mean a hierachy in power. UN is not the world government or world law enforcement. Do you even understand what that veto power does? Go back to school, hombre. I'll pick another point of yours to dismantle. Number 4, Putin did launch an attack on the West NATO expansion, he said it continuously in the 30 days before the invasion, he even offered negotiations, confirmed by NATO secretary, you just didn't listen.
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I think your mind is so opened that your brain sort of fell out. What are the blind spots? Is it a really a blind spot on his argument or is it a blind spot on your knowledge of the world?
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Okay, so Muslim people being oppressed and occupation behave a bit more radical than Christian people under oppressed and occupation. Would that make it okay for me to oppress and occupy you? Do you even listen to yourself, homie? Higher than any religion, it's the Universal Human Right of self determination, which deems that you're not allowed to oppress and occupy other people.
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@schatzdaniel The "oppression" of black people in the US is no where near the oppression of the Palestinians in Gaza, homie. Seemingly you have a trouble understanding reality. There is no Christians state being oppressed to the extent of the Palestinians. Are you clear about that? ZERO. That's why Israel is the last standing Arpatheid state. If there exists a Christian group of people that is being oppressed to that extent and they want to fight back, that's completely fine. Do you even understand this concept of the "aggressor" here? You occupy and oppress someone, they'll fight back however they see fit because you're violating their basic unalienable human rights, and you no matter what is the aggressors. Until you stop all or most of your illegal inhumane behaviors can you claim moral authority here.
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What do you mean at odds? Of course the Zionists conquered Palestine. For 400 years, Palestine lived under peace as a part of Ottoman Syria. After 400 years, they are the naturalized occupants of that territory.
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If you provoke a country by putting weapons near it and then point those weapons towards it, it will react. Like how the American Imperialists reacted in Cuba 1963, please study some history. It doesn't matter what Hamas charter says, it matters what they do, and compare to the Israelis army number of victims, Hamas looks like amateurs.
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@dkstewy Those weapons are in Italy and Turkey, homie. What are you talking about? The Aegis missile system is capable of both defense and offense. Please go learn some math. I don't care whether you know some Ukrainian friends, there are countless more Ukrainians that you don't know, issues that unless you read up about the world, you won't know. So please, homie.
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@dkstewy And I would write back that you're an ignorant little man who doesn't understand much about weapons or missiles. The missiles in those countries shall not magically disappear because you claim so. It's literally on NATO website, don't by afraid of knowledge, homie.
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Well, homie. You Imperialists can get Finland, it's not that worrisome of a place considering it's filled with forrests, no roads, lack of infrastructure. But not Ukraine. Please, homie, dummies have to go study geography
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Oh, yes. Finally Lex managed to get an actual expert on this matter. Jeffrey Sachs is next. The US Imperialistic mindset has to go.
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Because like you, he's a fragile snowflake afraid to be confronted with the truth?
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@danielbwest 1823, James Monroe. It's literally called the Monroe Doctrine. Man, I thought you Americans suck at International geography and history but you suck at American geography and history as well
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That's because you're a vulnerable human being, homie. But to humour you, I will wreck your belief right here just for fun. Go ahead, ask one question that is of opposing view, and please do your research beforehand because the propaganda ones are just too easy.
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You can go there and see for yourself, homie. Those regions are filled with Russian people, historically under Russian control.
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