Comments by "Paul Gibbon" (@paulgibbon5991) on "Russia Just Received a TON of Bad News" video.

@johanstinson Thing is, the Western coalition was the instigator of the Iraq war in that case, and it makes perfect sense to protest against a war that your country is starting. In this case, being anti-war NOW usually translates to "Ukraine should stop defending themselves and let Russia keep some of the land / people they stole so they'll go home happy". And that is appeasement--and both history, and Russia's conduct in Chechnya and other places, tell us loud and clear that appeasement does not ever work. It just kicks the can down the road til Russia rebuild their army and come back for the rest. Suing for peace now is also a statement that Russia's tactics (nuclear blackmail, sham elections, murderous attacks on civilians, campaigns of rape, astroturf insurrections and false flags) work, and are things that will get you what you want if you use them in war. That's a horrible precedent to set across the entire world, and absolutely will make the world a more dangerous place.
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@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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@itsallminor6133 Oh dear, you were doing so well, but then you said "zelenksy regime" and revealed yourself as a botski posting from a Moscow troll farm. Report lodged, may you soon be drafted.
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@daydays12 It's a botski. Report and move on.
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Russia had that since 1991, but still chose to get drunk on nationalism. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
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@ThePawel36 Perhaps, but not in this generation. If Putin or someone like him remains in power, the best option is for Russia to simply be locked out of the civilised world for decades to come, and left to rot. Because Russia didn't just use globalism to profit, they used it to actively export tyranny, instability and sectarian division.
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That's disingenuous, the money and weapons were already heavily monitored and accounted for. He was leaving his options open in case he decided to go with the Russian propaganda narrative of Ukraine stealing it all.
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@larsord9139 Given how cozy Trump was with Putin, and how many fringe QHeads in the Republicans are pro-Russia, it was an entirely sensible fear.
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We live in a post-shame age in politics, so if he wants to reverse it, he will and the voters will have collective amnesia.
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