Comments by "Paul Gibbon" (@paulgibbon5991) on "Jake Broe" channel.

  1. @@canislupuscanus Okay. So explain in detail what makes Russia any different, beyond the fact that they enslaved, annexed and subjugated their neighbours rather than distant lands? You are aware that Wagner has been stirring and destabilising countries in Africa for decades now, Y/N?
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  2.  @calebmauer1751  Was there the sound of an off-camera pistol being cocked during the second video?
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  3. "The tighter you close your fist, the more slips through your fingers."
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  4. Quoting Voltaire.
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  5. Can we fast-forward to the bit where the dictator shoots himself? Please?
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  6. Touch what? The deliberate destruction of a dam that was entirely secure, as an act of terrorism? You have no point to make, just a random hateboner against environmentalism. Fall silent.
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  7. The propped-up strongmen do.
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  8. Wasn't that an episode of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure"?
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  9.  @donaldcarey114  Russia is already deep in the grip of the Nazis, or something so close that the difference is purely academic. Until they demilitarise, undergo regime change and show signs of having decisively shaken off the dreams of empire, it would be foolish to give them any slack. At best, armed neutrality, a cage of NATO states and a demilitarised zone.
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  10.  @Snugggg  A big difference there was that the German people were very receptive to the Allies. Before the invasion, there were contingency plans for managing an implacably hostile population that would be mounting constant guerrilla attacks on the occupying troops, but that largely failed to materialise. Japan was also relatively receptive, largely due to the shock of the A-Bombs (without them, combined casualties for a land invasion were estimated at 4-16 million). Russia...has not yet entered the hangover phase of imperialism.
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  11. The really clever part is that they're not just debunking the Russian lies, they're doing it in a way that makes Russia look stupid. Not to mention, the timing of the raid into Russia cut short Russian smirking about Bakhmut.
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  12. The risks are that certain German politicians will lose the easy money from Russian gas.
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  13. Even apart from the barbarity of such an act, it makes no sense on a purely logical level. The moral high ground is a priceless weapon for Ukraine in this war, and intentional attacks would dry up support very quickly. Of course, the oligarchs are up to their necks in supporting Putin or lining up their own palace coup, and should not be counted as civilians.
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  14.  @ivantchakalski4102  Botski reported.
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  15.  @CountScarlioni  British people also know what it's like to live in a country under constant attack and threat from a fascist dictatorship.
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  16. Obvious concern trolling is obvious.
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  17. Well said. You can also tell them that the terrible budget of Liz Truss during her very brief run as Prime Minister cost us more than what we've sent to Ukraine.
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  18.  @rickmoore3730  If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten.
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  19.  @marymarlow3646  "Look, we're never going to USE these things, they're just there to threaten people with. So how about we split this year's upkeep budget between us, and get a new villa each?"
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  20. ​ @geofwassell  How dare we hold the Tories to account on their callous and inept handling of the pandemic. How dare we demand justice for those who died needlessly. How dare we demand justice for the dodgy PPE contracts to the Oxford Chums that cost us billions. How dare we be repulsed by language like "they were going to die anyway".
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  21.  @geofwassell  To say that we can't hold our leaders to account because of a crisis is silly. There's always going to be a crisis somewhere. The pandemic showed systematic flaws within the government and massive incompetence among many people who still hold office, yet you think if those errors stay unexamined and uncorrected, then they'll deal with a new crisis better than that one? That's very naive. Also, there's a difference between "mistakes" and "malicious incompetence and cronyism".
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  22.  @geofwassell  We can do both, and to argue that corruption should be swept under the rug because of some vague "terrorism" threat that will never entirely be dealt with is...ultra convenient for the corrupt and those who wish to cover up that corruption.
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  23.  @VilkatisJanis  I think / hope that in the future, we'll have an international system for monitoring the health of a democracy, with clear rules for taking action to isolate and reform those who show signs of slipping into strongman worship and nationalism. We could all see the rot setting in in Russia, we could all see what Putin was doing, but the leaders plugged their ears because they didn't want to lose votes by eschewing cheap oil.
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  24.  @rickjames18  The problem is, the Trumplicans have never been the majority of their party--but they don't need to be, when the majority has routinely bent the knee to the worst elements of their fringe.
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  25.  @frankv.2124  Worth noting that the Siberian reinforcements were originally there to guard against a feared invasion by Japan. A single spy confirmed the Japanese had no intent of attacking, freeing up the troops. Funny how history can turn on such tiny things.
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  26. Here's how Russia works-conquer, sabre-rattle, THEN cry for peace. If anyone in the West rolls over and lets you keep some of what you stole, the war was a net success, and you can come back for the rest later. If botskis are calling for negotiations now, that means Russia fears losing more of their stolen land in the near future.
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  27. The reason is simple. Gazprom.
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  28.  @Pippie5555  That's why either Russia needs to be excised from the Security Council (I can think of another ex-USSR nation that's far better qualified) or the UN needs to be dismantled and rebuilt0--like the League, it may have simply outlived its value. We got too comfortable with Russia and China (and the US to a much lesser extent) using it to investigate and exonerate themselves.
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  29. There is. Donate whatever you can easily spare. Message your politicians. Shut down vatniks whenever you see them on social media.
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  30.  @irishcanuck9489  What if I told you that it's possible for a terrorist organisation to be evil, and also possible for the government of a colonising apartheid state to be evil too?
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  31. The Russians control the dam, and have for some time.
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  32.  @sharon_shaw  Like every Russian propaganda tactic, saturation is more important than anything. The aim is to give an impression to mainstream media that things aren't going well, as a stepping stone to attacking Western support.
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  33.  @mrq6270  Tis but a scratch.
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  34. And Hitler loved dogs. Prigozhin was entirely evil and actively worked to make the world a worse place. He got what he deserved, don't be charmed because he had slightly better PR.
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  35. Look at what they've done, and all sympathy for the orcs will quickly evaporate. They deserve nothing good.
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  36.  @Lorenz1973  Stalin called it "Creating Facts".
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  37. Vote, and mobilise everyone you know to vote.
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  38.  @zanizone3617  Just remember--just because something's pathetic doesn't mean it can't be dangerous.
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  39.  @seth1455  They always have been. It's genuinely impressive how they've been satirising and lampooning the Russians to make them look grotesque, while also getting small-scale stories of human interest and the innocent casualties of war out there to make sure they look better than the Russians (I'm not saying that's a BAD thing or that they aren't actually better than them, but it still needs to be communicated--compare it to Chechnya where interest was lacking because the West saw so little of the Russian atrocities). Right now, the Russian army does appear as a faceless horde of savage invaders worthy of Call of Duty (or CoD: Zombies), and their purely negative campaigning is having less and less effect. Volunteer movements, from aid drives to donors to informal anti-disinformation groups like NAFO make this feel more and more like a war we all have a stake in.
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  40. As they should. The message has gone out that against the biggest threat to Europe, German weapons and politicians cannot be relied upon. Cut those contracts, make the defence industry put pressure on the Quisling.
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  41. All of that could have started vastly earlier than it did. No excuses for foot-dragging.
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  42.  @MikeKayK  It's easy. Just take the brakes off, stop Scholzing around, and give Ukraine everything they need to obliterate the orc horde. It should have been there a year ago.
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  43. Take that logic one step further, and suggest to them that Russian now belongs to Mongolia, courtesy of the Golden Horde and its successor states ruling those regions for centuries.
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  44. I'm sure someone that looks like him would do it!
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  45. Pay no attention to what Russia says, but watch which laws they're passing.
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  46. God is welcome to step in and help to stop the modern face of evil any time that He feels like it. Till he gets off his arse, better to put faith in military hardware and battle strategies.
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  47. But they have the word "hypersonic" in them, which sounds scary and lets Russia claim to have at least one high-tech weapon.
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  48.  @dominicjohnson307  Nah, let's do what we should have done a year ago, and take the fight to the terrorists.
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  49. The exit from Afghanistan was scheduled and set in motion by the Trump administration, Biden merely followed through.
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  50. Remember that Russia thinks that Westerners will over-identify with the donated vehicles and get angry that they were "wasted". It's not just gloating, it's a very calculated strategy to attack war support. The problem isn't that they got destroyed, it's that Ukraine doesn't have hundreds more ready to go because we Scholzed around for too long respecting Russia.
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