Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Jake Broe" channel.

  1. Speaker Johnson needs to be removed from office. Where are the courageous Republicans who will vote with Democrats to make this happen? Democracy world wide, including in the USA, is at the mercy of just 3 Republicans doing their duty. Democracy is not an affair for cowards. If they are all scared of Putin or Trump, they should say so and step down. They are there to serve the American people, not kowtow to dictators.
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  2. That tunnel accident is a VERY big problem for Russia. There was a fire in the Mont Blanc tunnel some time ago that included a fuel truck. It took THREE YEARS to repair & modernize the tunnel.
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  3. About the killing of these Iranian generals, that was NOT in the embassy itself, but in a consulate that happened to be next door. Attacking the embassy itself would have been an outright declaration of war, a consulate does not have such status.
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  4. Seeing these well-fed, well-paid liars say "We didn't want this", "We are polite", "The territories that are now ours" makes my blood boil. May they have to eat those words.
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  5. Same for other nations that got in on the Marshall plan. Like my country. Ever visited the center of Rotterdam that had been leveled by the Germans? It is beautiful now, and very expensive. Unlike nations that had to depend on Russia for rebuilding. Even in Leningrad St Petersburg the scars of WW2 can easily be seen by satellite. Whole city blocks that have been left fallow and where old structures can still be seen from space.
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  6.  @davereynolds3403  We want freedom, not slavery.
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  7. Nothing wrong with crying. Real men cry when appropriate.
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  8. I heard that the daughter was advancing herself as a minister, criticizing e.g. the minister of defense. That might mean that people in the military hierarchy might be interesting in her death. That would also mean they got the one they wanted.
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  9. US citizens thinking The Netherlands gave a small gift to Ukraine, remember that the Netherlands has a population of only 17 million. So this is like the state of Pennsylvania or the state of Illinois giving Ukraine 20 F16s and 3 billion dollars in 2024 (that 1.1B€ + 0.4B€ is on top of 2B€ already allocated for 2024). Shame on you, USA. You must do better.
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  10. Please vote blue or not at all. As you can see right now in Congress, MAGA is determining the policies of the Republican party, and no Republican dares to take a true stand against them -- except in empty words. A Republican vote is a vote for Putin.
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  11. The Netherlands had a street organ playing the Ukrainian anthem continuously for hours in front of the Russian embassy...
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  12. Goosebumps when those soldiers started playing. Glory to Ukraine!
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  13. The May parade last year was something to behold. The infantry was either women, old veterans or cadets that were still in training. Some light vehicles. ONE tank, a T-34. Plenty of strategic missiles, as those are not being used in Ukraine. The veterans and cadets are probably now in Ukraine, permanently.
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  14. The days of Israel staying neutral in this conflict are over. Israel knows who is responsible for 7-10, and the rain of rockets from Lebanon.
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  15. I think it is safe to say that Inflection has occurred. I loved seeing that soldier walking up to his Babusya with that huge spring in his step! He is proud of who he is and what he is fighting for. And those pundits squabbling amongst themselves, soldiers refusing orders and begging their loved ones to tell the Russians about the blood baths they are forced into clearly show that Russia can no longer keep this fight up. Knowing that the leader of the "liberated" Donetsk has already fled the country, they no longer believe in this war either. This will soon be over, especially if Ukraine manages to push into the ground taken from them in 2014. I think we will be amazed at how quickly that will be.
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  16. "It will never be rebuilt while in Russian hands" That is absolutely right. It is easy to still find scars from WW2 in e.g. St. Petersburg and Volgograd on satelite images. If that is how neglected their most famous cities are, Mariopol only has a future in Ukrainian hands. A look at the remnants of e.g. Grozny still shows shocking damage.
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  17. ​ @andrewcrowder4958  Another huge FU is that the new Dutch ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense have already visited Kyiv and met Zelensky to express their enthusiastic support for Ukraine, only 4 (!) days after their installation. Literally the very first opportunity they had to travel there in their new role, after the obligatory debates that surround the transition of power.
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  18. It would, but I think it more likely that he ends like his pal Ghadaffi.
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  19.  @spxram4793  The government that replaces him must focus MASSIVELY on education.
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  20. "Musk has done a great job cultivating the cult of personality" Scary. Very scary. This is a dangerous man.
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  21.  @robinmuirhead1158  Neither could her husband. Happy Valentine's day, M Traitor G!
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  22. She just told the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of US's closest ally to do something I can't repeat in the comments! It may well be that the US Ambassador to the UK will be called upon to answer for her words to Cameron.
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  23. And that they send Tomahawks.
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  24. This is an excellent refutation of all the claims and doubts made by Russian bots. It is also a demonstration of how fools can in 1 minute ask questions than a wise man needs 38 minutes to answer.
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  25. History will not be kind to Trump. Though he still has a chance to rectify his mistakes. For now he has mainly damaged the USA itself, not yet Ukraine. The USA is getting what it voted for, so i don't care much what Trump does there. But Ukraine did not vote for Trump, and shouldn't suffer as a result of his election.
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  26. Still, it is a great negotiating stance. Even if Zelensky were forced to agree with this freeze on his terms, it would be a win for Ukraine.
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  27. The Republicans are outrageous hypocrites. Zelensky was doing a state visit, and his visit to that ammo plant was totally appropriate. Unlike Viktor Orbán's visit to Trump two months ago to discuss the Chinese peace plan with a presidential candidate instead of the actual president. If anything was an attempt at election interference, that was it.
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  28. I know it is an aside, but it is crazy that a single man can stop legislation from being passed in a democracy. Mitch McConnell has killed numerous laws that had majority support by simply not scheduling them for a vote. The USA is, as a democracy, sick. It MUST be possible for a simple majority (or better still, much less) of the Senate to force the speaker to schedule a specific vote, in order to be called a democracy. In my country (NL) a single member of the Senate can call for a debate on an issue, and during that debate a motion can be put to the vote with the support of 4 other senators. Such a motion can force the speaker to schedule a vote on proposed legislation. Also, the speaker is replaced when he/she has lost the confidence of a simple majority of the senate. Also other mechanisms to subvert democracy, like the fillibuster, are not allowed in NL. The speaker assigns limited speaking time to each speaker, and will cancel someone's opportunity when he/she goes off-topic.
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  29. Don't worry, I am sure the USA will be well rewarded for their support. Remember, Putin is also messing things up in the USA. This also is their fight, apart from the responsibility they have for the Budapest Memorandum. But also I imagine there will be very warm economic relations between Ukraine and the USA from now on.
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  30. Johnson makes my skin crawl. It starts with they way he does not look people frankly in the eye. He is a weasel, and a liar. I pray these traitors will be removed from Congress at the earliest convenience, and that more are removed from Congress due to recalls / forced to step down, so that aid to Ukraine can be unlocked before 2025.
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  31. About the oil washing up on Crimea but not Turkey, the winds in the Black Sea are currently southerly, and will continue to be so for the next week. Looks like God is returning the oil to sender.
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  32. Excellent point. I am surprised Jake didn't mention that, knowing he has lived in South Korea. But then, it had slipped my mind as well.
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  33. Hungary has very bad memories of Stalin & Khrushchev. Something has gone seriously wrong with their education system to now fall for a person who admires Stalin.
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  34. I don't want to burst your bubbles, Mr Representative and Jake, but the next election will not get rid of Trump. He tried to stay on the last time, and that was a rehearsal for this time. The last time, the remaining integrity and courage of the Vice President saved the day. This VP will behave differently. Also, expect the voting system to be silently rigged by Maga. After the declaration laat summer that the President is above the Law, the USA is not a democracy anymore.
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  35. I am worried and shocked about this US fiasco. First of all, it is an outrage that Trump is on the ballot. He is a convicted felon, fraud, rapist, insurrectionist. Second, the media is an outrage. It spins outrageous lies in such a way that it sounds sensible. They completely fail to fact-check Trump and give a platform to the other side. Third, the voting process is a shame. It is unbelievable that some can loose the popular vote and still become President. That is NOT democracy. Fourth, the judicial system is a sham. Trump and his supporters commit crimes in open view, and are not held to account. US, you have lost all respect of the free world.
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  36. The Republicans attached the border issues to the Ukraine aid as a cynical plot to stop aid. However, it massively backfired when Biden called their bluff and started working with them to get the aid released. Now, it looks like the Republicans are against better border protection and against aid for Ukraine. Some Americans will not care about this, but many will and will see the duplicity of the Republicans. This is yet another nail in the coffin of the Republican Party.
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  37. If Trump does go forward with that stupid Gaza idea, he can a). kiss his Nobel peace prize goodbye, and b). expect to end his days in The Hague. It would make him a world-class war criminal, and ICC will have a warrant out for his arrest that doesn't expire, ever.
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  38. Jake Sullivan changed his mind? That is WONDERFUL news! I was praying for him to get out of the way, but this is even better!
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  39. Biden is probably hoping that this conflict would remain quiet so that it would not interfere with the elections. However, he and his Security Advisor did not take into account that the one who started the war in Ukraine, also backs the candidacy of Trump. If there is any way in which the war can influence the elections to benefit Trump, Putin will try to trigger it. I sure hope that Harris wins, and that right after the election Biden will put support of Ukraine in overdrive.
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  40. Sounds like Putin has worked hard to remove all agency from his people. That would also mean that education in Russia must have been very, very bad. Russia will have a very hard time rebuilding its society: the current generations just don't know how to think or act for themselves.
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  41. "This is how dumb the Russians are" No, that is not stupidity, that is entitlement. The Russian guide assumed that when he says something, it is accepted as Gospel. That is how dictatorships operate. You see the same behavior with Magat officials in the USA.
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  42. That Ukraine is now targeting the oil depots etc is partly due to new drones coming on line, and partly a middle finger to the West who discouraged such actions, but then failed to reward Ukraine for keeping back. The West has not fulfilled its commitments, while Ukraine is fighting for its life. Now the West has lost the right to pressure Ukraine to hold back, and if actions that hurt Russia also hurt Western interests (like increasing the oil price), that is just too bad. Ukraine should offer thoughts and prayers for those impacted.
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  43. The USA is absolutely INSANE to put the NATO nuclear shield in doubt. INSANE. It directly threatens world peace, as the general says.
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  44. "We need to know the end game and the strategy" Why does Johnson expect the President of Ukraine to reveal these deep secrets to him? He has no clearance for those secrets, and certainly not the rest of the traitor caucus who he will probably reveal these plans to -- if not directly to Putin or Trump.
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  45. In my own country, a vote is always preceded by a debate, and during that debate any Representative can table an motion for e.g. an amendment, which would need to be voted on if it has enough signatures in support. Then this obstruction by Johnson would backfire, as aid to Ukraine would be added in the amendment. The USA really needs to look at its procedures and processes in the House and the Senate. The power the speakers now have is FAR too great. Witness not only this obstruction, but also the obstruction by McConnell to put democratic bills up for a vote, and of republican committee members failing to appoint democrat nominees for important positions for reasons that have NOTHING to do with the individual being proposed. The power that individuals hold in the US political system to obstruct the desire of the majority is undemocratic.
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  46. Mike Johnson and all other MAGA people: this is what you support by your actions.
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  47. This visit is at least as historical as the visit of Reagan to Berlin. In Reagan's case, the goal was to pressure Gorbachev in a speech: "Tear Down This Wall". For Biden, just being there was enough to humiliate Putin.
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  48. Your comment about the pope may not have been politically correct, but I do agree. He has sided with the enemy of his purported boss.
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  49. NATO has always operated under the assumption that the USA is the arsenal of democracy. That is why we European countries routinely buy US-made weapons. Because we depended on the ability of the USA to resupply quickly if necessary. Now, that will be over for ever. The EU will invest in its own military-industrial complex, and will no longer depend on the USA. Because it has proven to be unreliable. MAGA treason will have dire consequences for the USA. The only reason US weapons became so good is that all of NATO paid for their development.
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  50. Zelenski makes a very good point: the money that Putin makes corruptly, he uses to disrupt free nations all over the world. The rise of the MAGA movement that tries to destroy the USA was funded and coordinated by Putin. The Brexit movement that massively hurt the UK was funded and coordinated by Putin. The only way to stop that disruption, is to defeat Putin, the sooner the better.
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  51. "I will sacrifice anything for the people of Russia" I have never before seen a more brazen application for the Presidency of Russia.
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  52. My prediction about the future of Russia: Putin will be replaced by another dictator, but that will trigger a power struggle within the Russian leadership, and the various republics within Russia will start to protest and break away. Putin's war will be the end of the Russian Empire.
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  53. The de-russification of Ukraine has been guaranteed. There can be no peace between Russians and Ukrainians after Bucha and Mariupol, let alone their more recent war crimes. I am sure the Ukrainians will be tolerant towards people of Russian ethnicity who have lived in Ukraine a long time, but they will have to become Ukrainians. I don't think speaking Russian will be tolerated in Ukraine anymore. Putin, through his foolish & barbaric invasion, has caused that which he said he tried to prevent.
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  54. Putin is in a panic. He is pulling all the stops to try and prevent Ukraine aid. And Republicans are betraying everything they say they believe in.
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  55. Freedom of speech is only an issue in countries that have the Rule of Law. As the MAGAts want to do away with the Rule of Law, their opinion does not count. In fact, it should be a sign that Telegram is valuable for those who undermine the Rule of Law.
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  56. Russians are mad. Instead of breaking the Ukrainian spirit, they are engraving a deep, deep hatred against Russia into the Ukrainian spirit that will last for two generations at least.
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  57. "How often have you been invaded" What a weird question. And the answer is simple: ONCE, IN 1066. Great Britain has never been invaded militarily since then. Though we can debate whether 1066 was a proper invasion, as William the Conqueror did have a claim to the English throne.
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  58. Good idea not providing refuge to a Russian escaping conscription. Let them take up arms against Putin instead of running away, bloody cowards. They should learn from how Ukraine deals with dictators.
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  59. Nadezhdin is right when he says the Ukrainians are Russians. But he is mistaken if he considers himself a Russian. Russia is the region in western Ukraine around Lviv. The region around Moscow is properly called Moskovia. Some Tsar appropriated the name Russia in the 18th century (he also called himself the Tsar of Germany), but many maps kept the ancient names until well into the 19th century. When this war is over, we should correct this delusion of grandeur and restore the proper names.
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  60. Thank you for reminding us all of the lies coming out of Lavrov & Putin's mouths before the invasion. This infamy by itself should be enough to NEVER AGAIN negotiate with Russia until they repent of this war. Retreating is not enough, they must acknowledge that this invasion was WRONG and make reparations. Until then, NO DEAL.
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  61. I sooo look forward to a period in which Putin's regime no longer interferes in our politics! I will be boring, but I so long for it.
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  62. I am so disgusted with the American People. I will not accept any excuses. They either voted for Republicans even when they knew what type of people they are, or they didn't confront the stupid ideas of those who vote Republican strongly enough.
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  63. I am outraged by the US betrayal of Ukraine. Shame, Americans. Shame on you. This will not be forgotten. And don't dare to say "that is not us, those are the MAGAts". There is much Biden & the Democrats could have done to break through this Maga blockade, including prosecuting the MAGA congress-people for their complicity in the 6-1 insurrection and other crimes. Democrats still play this game with their gloves on, and Ukraine is suffering as a result.
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  64.  @TheAmericanDreamLives  The spell that Fox has over its marks is weakening. More and more are waking up to the fact that it is lying to them. But sadly, the spell is still quite strong -- witness the large number of marks that still support Trump. In most democracies, Fox would have been banned long ago (in many, it is). Media companies should not have a license to lie. The USA has taken the right of free speech too far. It should not cover huge companies, it is intended to protect individuals.
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  65. 7:42 "They legally annexed the territory": NO, they annexed it illegally. They did adopt some laws that permitted them to do this according to Russian law. However, Ukraine still has jurisdiction there according to international law, so these laws are not worth the paper they are printed on.
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  66. The Stalin worship in Russia really amazes me. Don't they remember the dark days of his rule of terror? Stalin caused more Russian deaths than Hitler. Stalin made a pact with Hitler in 1939. The Russian army did so badly in 1941 because Stalin had murdered all good officers. And Stalin caused the Holodomor genocide in Ukraine.
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  67. Nice of the Economist to put the blame with Europe, while the USA is also VERY slow in giving Ukraine what it needs. If not for the USA, F16s would have been given to Ukraine at least 6 months earlier. But as you say, Ukraine is wipping Russian but all over the front line, trading tiny bits of worthless land for mountains of Russian dead.
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  68.  @Duke_Romilar_III  In my country, the vast majority of the damage done by the war was repaired before 1958: the rebuilding years. It seems to have been a wonderful time of hope and optimism (I wasn't alive back then).
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  69. Shoigu saying "we have no other option" is deeply offensive. When he stands before the ICC (or God, if he doesn't survive coming the regime change), the Judge will put those words to the lie.
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  70. That these billionaires chose the sides of dictators make them a danger to the People. Also, in the social media we see a war between the billionaires and people who value (real) freedom. The big war of our age will be to retain our democracies, and the enemy will be the ultra-rich. In the USA, the rich are winning at the moment, but recent events are helping to turn that tide. Note: I am all for private riches. But when billionaires use their power to mis-inform people to get them to vote against their own interest, and pressure governments to drop support for Ukraine, they have crossed the line and made themselves enemies.
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  71. "This is why Musk bought Twitter" That, and to flood the nation with ultra-right misinformation come election time. Expect to see MUCH more misinformation than in 2016 during this year.
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  72. Love the ET meme!
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  73. The thing that clinched the question whether this were infiltration attacks or ATACMS rockets, was that that airfield was attacked during daylight. No way that a commando team would try that during daylight.
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  74. Moscow Mike is the very definition of what the Bible calls a Wolf in Sheep's clothing.
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  75. That Russia is withdrawing its troops from NATO border puts the lie to their nuclear threats. Because Russia can be damned certain that if it explodes a nuclear weapon on NATO soil, NATO will invade it and decapitate Russian leadership all the way to Moscow. Prigozhin has shown it can be done, easily. In spite of all the rethoric, Putin knows he has nothing to fear from NATO as long as he doesn't attack us first.
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  76. "You have to have military allies for it to be a world war" That is a great comment! That one needs to be on T-shirts.
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  77. Rodents burrowing can definitely have caused the dam to collapse. Not mice, but more likely the Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus -- an invasive species from the Americas. These need to be actively hunted / trapped to keep them from undermining dams, and the damage they do needs to be repaired.
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  78. Russia performing acts of piracy on the Black Sea makes me very angry. NATO should start policing it.
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  79. The Republican party is corrupted through and through. And Moscow Mitch has long been working to corrupt the Judicial, so this corruption is not punished as it should be. The USA has a long process of de-corrupting ahead of it. And some Americans claim they will not help Ukraine because it is too corrupt... Projection is all these cowards have.
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  80.  @JensPeterLiljegren  bs yourself. The two buildings are not part of a compound. Just two separate buildings standing by a public road. There is gating around the embassy, but that does not include the consulate.
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  81.  @JensPeterLiljegren  Terminology is important, my friend. A diplomatic mission includes both embassies and consulates. The Embassy is legally considered a piece of Iranian (in this case) land, and an attack on it is an act of war. A consulate does not have that special status. So, IF Israel did this attack, they attacked a piece of Syrian ground where a number of terrorists were meeting with some officials from the Iranian army. Not with diplomats (diplomats also have special protection). Just like Israel has done dozens of times already (except that the generals were Iranian).
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  82.  @JensPeterLiljegren  I checked, the special protection afforded a diplomatic mission only applies to the receiving state of the mission. So, the Geneva Convention prevents Syria from attacking the embassy, but it does NOT forbid Israel from attacking an embassy in another nation. It is Syria's job to protect the mission, not Israel's. You were right about a consulate being part of the mission, but wrong about it being illegal for Israel to attack the mission in Syria. There is no mention of the diplomatic mission in the Geneva convention about conduct during times of war. An embassy does NOT have the same protection e.g. a hospital has. Which is why at the outbreak of war, diplomats usually leave a country. And even a hospital loses its protection as soon as it is used by enemy combatants. There were enemy combatants present in the consulate, which made it a valid military target from Israel's point of view.
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  83. Great point about Loss Aversion. Which is why we should switch the narrative not to what it costs, but what it benefits the West -- in particular the USA. Benefits of Ukraine beating Russia include: * No renewal of the Cold War * Prevents nuclear proliferation (if Russia wins, all nations will want nukes) * Preempts the Russian invasion of the Baltics and other East-European nations. * Shows China there is nothing to gain in invading Taiwan, and a lot to loose. * Enormous boost of American arms sales (already achieved). * Stability in the world food supply. * Creation of a strong, rapidly developing economy that will be indebted to the USA, and will want to repay that debt. * Reduction of the corrupting influence of Russian money in US politics. * Return to Rule-Based International Relations and international stability, which is good for trade. And we can go on a very long time.
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  84. Solovyev is a marked man for terrorising the world.
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  85. The Russian queen of lies must realize that if Russia were ever to use its nukes in an aggressive attack, that would be the end of Russia. MAD is still a thing.
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  86. The forced conscription of the men from Donetsk is genocide. The Russian people will discover what it means to reap and to sow. Probably, there will be a long period of violent civil war on Russian territory after this, to restore the balance of the Universe. Meanwhile, Ukraine will be rebuilt and prosper.
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  87. The USA has by far the largest military-industrial complex. Most EU countries have no military industry anymore, military supply companies having gone out of business due to competition from US companies. The past 30 years, European governments though the military industry no longer was a priority that required government intervention to preserve these companies. So to complain that the EU could be doing more is true in part, but most of our military industry is already producing as fast as it can. And why invest if US companies are going to flood the market soon anyway, when this war is over? But things are (slowly) changing. The EU is making a strategic decision not to depend on the USA anymore. That will mean the USA will get some formidable competitors in the weapons market, and will be hit economically as a result.
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  88. I think that Putin has started to realise that by helping Trump get to power, he made Trump much more powerful than himself.They no longer need Putin, nor do they have anything to fear from Putin. They are beyond his reach now. Perhaps he bet on Trump being too dense to turn against his former master, but i suspect that Maga is now waking up to the same fact. Whatever Poetin formerly used to control Maga (money and/or information) has lost its hold.
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  89. Awesome clip by that Dagestan man. This is how the Russian federation will collapse: the other federations will stop sacrificing everything so that they can live the good life in Moscow.
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  90. Seconded! 75% van Nederland staat achter Oekraïne.
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  91. When this war is over, the world will start hunting down Wagner as a terrorist organisation.
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  92. Russia knows that the only thing they can use nukes for, is to threaten other nations. This is the reason we can not give in to it, or all non-nuclear nations will lose their freedom.
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  93. Russians are completely blind that when they are upset about Trump threatening them, what they have been doing these past 3 years is way, way worse. Seems they don't understand the fundamental rule of Humanity: Do to others as you would have them do to you. Russia needs to dissolve.
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  94. Zelensky (and all of the western world) should dangle the bait of a Nobel Peace Prize in front of Trump. That is something he is sensitive to. And seriously, if he succeeds in letting Russia back down and withdraw from Ukraine, he will truly deserve that prize. This is his best bet to get it.
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  95. I am pretty left-wing (not an extremist though), and I fully support the war in Ukraine. Russia is seeking to enslave the Ukrainians, and they have every right to defend themselves against them. Most nations have had to fight tyranny in their history, once or several times, in order to become and stay free. Most nations have had help from other nations during those struggles. Such as the Americans who got help from the French and Dutch during their war of independence, and the English who got help from the Dutch in their fight against the Spanish Armada. We should all support Ukraine, in the hope of not having to repeat that fight ourselves if Ukraine falls. "Together we Stand, Alone we Fall".
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  96. I can't stand watching Olga S. She is dead inside and it shows in her eyes and facial expressions.
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  97. These idiots know that their lives are forfeit if they nuke Yellowstone to trigger a supervolcano, right?
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  98. That one remark by Dump has permanently damaged US prestige and interests all over the world. Europe will no longer rely on the USA for their supply of military hardware. This will hurt the USA like you can't imagine. This one remark has undone all the free advertisement from the great performance of US weapons in Ukraine.
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  99. Historically, Medvedev is absolutely right in saying that Ukraine is Russia. However, he is very wrong in supposing that he is also in Russia. Historically, he is in Muskovy, and his empire should be called Muskovy. But aside from that, his speech does announce their intention to do genocide, and they must be stopped.
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  100. "There has not been a war between Nato members in 80 years" There has been at least 1 "special military mission". Remember Cyprus, where Turkey and Greece fought each other? There are still the occasional confrontations between the two.
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  101. Putin is awaiting the outcome of the elections for the EU parliament and the USA presidency. If those go against him, I am pretty sure Putin will back down -- or be forced to back down. "Help me, Donald Trump, you are my final hope" -- Putin
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  102. I am getting fed up with all these idiots calling for nuclear strikes. I am against capital punishment, but part of me wishes that threatening a nuclear strike would be punished in that way. The threat itself is an act of terrorism, and all these bloggers and TV anchors promoting a strike should be punished most severely.
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  103. Trump bemoaning destroyed cities is so hypocritical. He is in the f-ing construction business. He should be jumping at the opportunity to rebuild those cities. That would be an excellent grift for him: send aid to Ukraine to rebuild it, provided the work is done by his company. Anything that can be built can be re-built. Houses are not irreplaceable works of art.
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  104.  @peterk3945  Don't bet on recovering your money. This is why the Swiss still have absolute bank secrecy: to protect the money dictators stole from their countries. You will never know where most of that money went. EXCEPT if you are able to arrest him and his accountants and force them to co-operate. But my guess is that he will flee to Russia as soon as an election looks to go against him. There are consequences to electing corrupt leaders...
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  105. It isn't that Biden lacked creativity. He lacked a spine. That being said, it is yet to be seen if Trump has one regarding Ukraine. But the signs so far are pretty good.
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  106. "A civilian logistics company" Hey, I have an idea for a name! Let's call it "Beethoven".
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  107. Not just Trump, all MAGAts. We are now seeing Trump rule the country through his minions in Congress. Please either vote Blue, or not at all. But definitely vote in the primaries, against the Trump endorsed candidate.
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  108. The Mullahs don't fear Israel enough yet. But they will. They will.
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  109. Great stuff, this discussion about long-range weapons. Ukraine needs to be able to hit back to any (non-nuclear) attack the Russians launch, otherwise these will never stop.
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  110. "us democracy stands alone" Well, the US voters voted for the Felon. We internationals will not oppose that. The USA will need to lie in the bed it has made, and experience the consequences of having the country run by literal crooks.
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  111. Sadly, Johnson is a dictator in Congress. He has a LOT of power. This is a major flaw in the US political system, the power these speakers have to determine the agenda. Where I live, the agenda for Parliament is determined by Parliament itself. Parliament can decide to put motions or debates on the agenda. The threshold for a motion is very low, only two signatories are required to put it on the agenda and have a vote on it. That is democratic: it is always the safe option to discuss something and vote on it, even if may be a waste of time. And if the issue is very clear, it can be dealt with very quickly by a count of hands. In the USA, the agenda is determined by the Speaker and ONLY by the speaker. If he wants to ignore an item, he can do so. Which is NOT democratic. As we see here, a bill that would likely have the support of the majority of Congress is blocked by a single man. That is minority rule, an abomination in a "democratic" country.
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  112. About the Kazan building strikes: personally, I think it most likely the drones were intended to hit something else but the route planner overlooked that building when setting the waypoints for the drones.
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  113. Love how that soldier in the back just keeps loading her magazine. Angels of Death to the rapists!
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  114. The Russian army is a joke. It is killing more Russians than anything else. I do not understand why these men don't mutiny.
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  115. Eh, no, VE day is not celebrated by all other nations on May 8th. In the Netherlands it is celebrated on May 5th, the day the German forces surrendered to the Canadians in the Netherlands and in Sweden and Norway. For most other European nations, the war ended on May 8th 23:01 CET -- which happens to be May 9th 00:01 Moscow time -- and also in Ukrainian time.
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  116. Republicans are cynical liars. They are NEVER going to allow aid to Ukraine. They claimed they wanted border measures, Biden gives it to them, and then say NO. They don't come with proposals to improve it, they don't say what they want instead, they just say NO.
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  117. While Zelensky is doing what he should in buttering up Trump, the world is DISGUSTED with the orange tyrant. And we do remember that this is exactly what the majority of the voters of the USA wanted. And that almost no-one in Congress is taking a stand against this. We will remember a loooong time.
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  118. About Ukraine being dependent on the goodwill of a third nation: That is why Ukraine needs to be in NATO.
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  119. There is a difference between Yalta and what Trump & Putin may try. That is that in 1945, Stalin actually conquered the lands that became the eastern block, and Germany had conquered them before that. So these nations that were divided, were at the time NOT sovereign. If Putin wants to repeat the same, he has quite a bit of fighting left to do. As they say in the Netherlands, you should not sell the bear before it is sh0t.
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  120. The problem with the "Monroe doctrine" is that it has already encouraged two world wars, and that if isolationism is pursued again, it will cause world war three. And that will definitely affect the USA.
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  121. The good thing about this war is that FINALLY people understand what type of regime is ruling Russia, and their tactics. If they are allowed to win in Ukraine, it will never stop. They will need to be confronted and pushed back. No favours. No deals. No off-ramp. They made their bed, they lie in it. Putin is the most visible representative of satan on earth. His goal is to kill, steal and destroy, making mankind into slaves.
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  122. "Either this attack was deliberately timed or this was the luckiest strike in the world" queue add for Lucky Strike
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  123. Somehow I don't think the Finns will let this attack on their infrastructure slide. I understand the ship is already arrested, and expect severe consequences for the ship (auction) and the crew (prison sentences). The no-anchoring areas are clearly marked on the relevant maps, they have no excuse.
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  124. About the reason for the pipe line: At the time there was an explosion of trolls blaming the USA for it, so that points to Nielsen's argument. Many of the knuckle-draggers believe them.
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  125. Thank you for your words of hope. Democracy may look weak to the dictators, and those who want "strong leadership". But dictators should remember that every single democracy that exists today, has had to defeat a dictator in order to exist. Most more than once. "Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture."
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  126. It is not appropriate to compare actions by pro-Putin republicans with Chamberlain. We have already had our Chamberlain moment, in 2014 with the Minsk Accords. It is literally insane to have talks with Putin about peace, and those who propose it are literally insane. "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
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  127. ​ @gordo4559 act, people. If you don't, the USA will soon be like Russia, where only the rich and mighty have rights and the rest are no more than sl@ves.
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  128. I have heard that Russia has escalated the use of chemical weapons (tear gas, I understand) against Ukrainian defenders this year, the number of total incidents spiking from 600 to 4000 since last winter. Also Russia has itself routinely been using thermite bombs against both defenders and civilians. That makes me understanding of dracaris drones by the Ukrainians.
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  129. As an EU inhabitant, I am disgusted by Orbán and his stupid slogan. The EU is great, and nothing he does will make it any greater. Welcoming Ukraine, that will make it quite a bit greater. And for those worrying about corruption: Ukraine wouldn't be the most corrupt country in the EU. In fact, its entry would probably trigger a great boost to anti-corruption systems in the EU.
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  130. All post WW2 Republican leaders: Eisenhower, Reagan, Nixon, Bush sr, are turning in their graves. They would loudly condemn Republican behaviour right now. The GOP has become evil.
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  131. Re: closing off the Baltic sea for Russian shipping: that would be an official Act of War, would declare open hot war, between NATO and Russia. Even during the cold war, that never happened. At this time, that is obviously a step too far for NATO.
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  132. "leaked DOJ indictment" It is my understanding that indictments in the USA are usually public, as are court proceedings, unless expressly sealed by the relevant authorities. Justice is done in the open in the USA. So, claiming that the indictments was "leaked" is at least asinine and at worst a conscious violation of the Truth.
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  133. The map you show around 12:00 is wrong: the eastern block was significantly larger. What are now the separate countries of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia - Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia & Montenegro used to be Yugoslavia, which was definitely part of the Eastern Block. The map shows also Kosovo as a separate entity, which it isn't anymore. It has been gobbled up by Serbia.
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  134. Depleted Uranium is NOT the densest material on earth. That honour goes to Osmium. Even Tungsten is slightly denser than Uranium, as are Gold and Platinum. However, Uranium has the nice (for munitions) characteristics that it is pyrophoric, i.e. it burns readily when exposed to oxygen. It is also self-sharpening. This means that when penetrating a tank, it keeps a point longer than tungsten. Tungsten instead spreads over a larger surface (mushrooming). This gives DU greater penetration than Tungsten. When it has broken through, the Uranium bursts into flame, increasing the likelihood of igniting the munitions inside the tank. With Tungsten there are only the red-hot drops of molten tungsten & steel to cause fires.
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  135. There is a way to get break-away Russian republics to hand over their nukes: Offer them a tonload of $$$ AND a NATO-like guarantee of protection in case of nuclear aggression. That is what was lacking in the Budapest memorandum: a GUARANTEE against nuclear aggression by the signatories. Now it was just a promise that the signatories would respect Ukraine's integrity, without any sanctions if anyone didn't. <edit> I said NATO-LIKE because to become a member proper of NATO, one would first need a stable government.</edit>
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  136. ​ @Anonymous-qw  You should take some reading lessons. There were no guarantees (with sanctions) in the Budapest memorandum. Only a promise not to invade. Keeping and maintaining nuclear weapons is NOT cheap, so any nation would be glad to be rid of them if it can trust its allies.
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  137. Totally agree with your analysis. Especially with your bit about having everything to lose. Some argue that Putin needs an "off-ramp" to prevent nuclear escalation: as the Dutch say, "a cornered cat makes unexpected jumps". However, Putin already has an excellent off-ramp. He is a dictator with absolute power over the media, the army and the intelligence organizations. He can just call Victory, stop the war, and tell every Russian how great it was. He can stage a liberation of Kyiv. He can call in an actor to impersonate Zelensky being dragged around in chains or even executed. He can claim his forces destroyed all "satanic nazis". And then he can anoint his successor and retire to enjoy his riches, protected by his own private army. Putin doesn't need to win this war. He wants to win it, that is all.
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  138. I do not know exactly how, but it seems that Putin is exerting control over the Republican Party. Probably a combination of money and blackmail, and direct intimidation within the party. Unless "good" republicans stand up and expose this control, they can not be trusted. I beg you to not vote Republican, any Republican, this election. Your democracy is at stake.
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  139. Macron made no effort to give up on Taiwan. He didn't say that. He said that we should be careful that the current pissing contest between China and the USA doesn't drag us all into a world war. He is probably responding to a group of USA Republicans & media that try to deflect attention away from the war in Ukraine towards tensions in the Taiwan straight, saying that China is the real enemy, not Russia. Which I agree is a very dangerous development. This is not the time to provoke China by acknowledging Taiwan more than we used to. However, it IS the time to show preparedness to defend the people living in Taiwan. Thus I do disagree with Macron, but I will not accuse him of "giving up on Taiwan". Because that is not what he said or implied.
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  140. ​ @NickSteffen  I think it is very sensible for Europe to invest (heavily) in its own military capabilities. I agree with Macron on that point. The possibility of the USA suddenly abandoning NATO if a Repuglian president is elected next year is very real and very scary. That is not tunnel vision. Also, that same group of Republicans and their propaganda media are giving far too much attention to the China situation, in an effort to draw attention and resources away from the real shooting war that is going on in Ukraine. That is because these traitors support Putin. Macron is worried that these people will provoke a war over Taiwan in order to help Putin, and I think he is spot-on.
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  141. I feel for these Russian soldiers. I pray that they will rise up against their slave drivers and regain their manhood. For if they attack and try to kill Ukrainians, they will die as slaves and murderers. It is better to die as free men fighting against oppressors.
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  142. "Putin not happy with how the interview came out" This is proof that Putin was not personally involved with this interview, but that Carlson was talking to a body-double. That body-double was out of his depth, but Putin can't admit that. So he is trying to blame everybody else.
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  143. It was lucky "Putin B" visited the city in the dark. That way, the rubble of all the destroyed houses can not be seen in the distance, only the bits that are cleaned up, rebuilt and lighted.
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  144. Jake Sullivan needs to be fired ASAP. His mishandling of the Ukraine war has emboldened dictators world-wide.
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  145.  @ianlouden7939  For one, the embargo on Russian Swift payments?
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  146. ​ @ianlouden7939  You are confusing LPG and LNG. LPG is an automotive fuel that is getting less popular, whereas LNG is natural gas in a form that can be transported by tankers. In the context of the Russian war, we are talking about LNG. LNG is mostly methane, LPG is mostly propane and butane. LNG is what comes out of the ground, LPG is a by-product of oil refinement. LNG is liquified through cooling and kept liguid through evaporation, LPG through pressure though cooling is required while liquifying it.
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  147. The disgusting way in which the Republicans play politics with live-saving aid to Ukraine is sickening. SICKENING. If ONLY THREE republican congresspeople had any integrity, Ukraine aid would have passed already. Because the Speaker is a servant of the House, not vice-versa. SHAME ON YOU, USA, for voting for these traitors.
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  148. You did not mention that Elon closed a contract with the Pentagon to provide Ukraine with Starlink systems for military use on or before 1-6-2022, while the failed attack happened in September 2022. So what he did may well be in breach of his contract. And that fact that he closed this contract puts the lie to his "pacifist" pro-peace arguments. Musk is a traitor.
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  149. Jesus gave us guidelines to judge wether someone is a Christian or not. Speaker Johnson fails those tests. He is what the Bible calls a wolf in sheep's clothing, a servant of evil.
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  150. I like your examples of possible NATO actions in sanction of nuclear weapons. Personally I think the ultimate pressure on China & India, plus the no-fly zone are the most plausible at NATO level, but I also think Poland will send some of its troops to actually fight, outside NATO. And, I think that finally the UN will strip Russia of its seat on the security council. The purpose of the SC is to prevent the use of nuclear weapons, so if Russia uses them, there is no longer any use in keeping it there. That means we will see a flurry of resolutions and perhaps even a UN peace force stationed inside Russia after Ukraine has reconquered its territory.
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  151. For those who think Germany & the EU is not doing as much for Ukraine as the USA, we need to look at how much of their GDP they give. The total USA assistance to Ukraine ranks only 16th with 0.33% of GDP in support. Germany ranks 9th, giving 0.542% of GDP. Norway ranks highest, giving 1.708% of GDP to date. To be on par with Norway, the USA would need to give almost 400B to Ukraine. And then take into consideration that much of USA's support is actually going to American companies, as are significant parts of the support by other nations, and we see how little the USA is doing compared to other free nations.
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  152. "Russia is fighting for all of humanity" Right. As if LGBTQ+ is the biggest threat to humanity. I know a few LGBTQ+ people, and none has ever done anything to harm me. Aggressive dictators are a far greater threat to me personally: Putin's war has cost me a lot of money through the inflation and shortages it caused.
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  153. A more accurate description of the "Deep State" is anyone with big money that uses that money to finance & influence political parties or individual politicians.
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  154. People forget that the Soviet regime was arguably worse for its people than Hitler's third Reich. We should have listened to gen. Patton, who thought we should invade the Soviet Union after defeating Hitler.
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  155. If those Serbians want any honour, they need to get the F out of Ukraine.
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  156. May God have mercy on the USA, for their failure to supply Ukraine these past 7 months. The Russian advances we now see, and the ruins they leave in their wake, are the DIRECT result of what Trump and his servant Johnson have done. They blocked crucial aid.
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  157. I don't know what it is with these propagandists like Olga and Tucker. They speak with this weird, unnatural expression. Personally I believe it is because they are lying all the time and they have trained themselves to keep their face neutral when they do it. It really puts me off.
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  158. Fico may be doing Putin's bidding, he is also grandstanding in order to get more aid because Ukraine is so hard on him.
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  159. The speaker in the USA has too much power. The job of the speaker is to facilitate the will of Congress. It MUST be possible for the majority of Congress to force his hand.
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  160. Re: European defense spending: the problem Europe has right now is that it takes time to build up military production capacity. And, the political will to finance that capacity for multiple decades. Up to now, many politicians hoped we would return to normality within a few years. Hopefully, that pipe dream is now shattered, and we will see some serious commitment to new ammunition factories and other strategic production capabilities. We are going to need new semi-conductor fabs pretty soon...
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  161. Good to see that hunting season is still open on Russian artillery systems. During the offensive, they will be the biggest enemy.
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  162. It makes sense for Russia to attack on all fronts, though it defeats conventional wisdom. Ukraine has excellent intelligence and its artillery out-ranges and out-performs Russian artillery. If Russian troops were to really concentrate to achieve breakthrough, it would be Himars time...
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  163. I fully agree you won't watch the beheading. I won't watch it myself, as I know it would affect me.
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  164. You are very right in pointing out that nobody knows what Republicans want. They never say what they want in concrete or exact terms. I doubt Republicans know themselves what they want with the border. The only say what they don't want, never what they do want. Or they say they want things that are either illegal or unpractical, like Trump's border wall. And that also put LOADS of money in the pockets of their friends, like, again, Trump's wall that made some people extremely rich for no practical purpose.
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  165. What that stork is doing, is part of their mating ritual...
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  166. In all likelyhood, the FT published a piece of Russian misinformation. The US media does that often, traitors that they are.
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  167. That Russian soldier making his will is very, very sad. The idiot thinks his god will condone someone who enters a peaceful country, that poses no threat to him or to his family, in order to k!ll and destroy. Perhaps his "god" may condone it, but that will not be the God who will judge his soul.
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  168. "As long as you can find enough canned food and bottled water" Russian soldiers only need Vodka to survive.
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  169. "these are the most complicated machines in the world" No, not by a long shot. The most complicated machines in the world, by far, are the wafer steppers produced by ASML.
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  170. This war has really exposed the deep darkness of the Putin regime. It must fall. It is trying to replace civilisation with mafi-run slavery. Thank God Ukraine has the balls to stand up to these thugs. And as always, when you stand up to bullies, they flee.
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  171. 10:19 I disagree the mother is after the money, she accuses Putin of not telling her what happened to her son in order to save paying compensation. So according to her the money motivates Putin. She just wants to know where her son is.
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  172. Jake, the budget thing is not as bad as it seems: there is no funding for Israel either. The house Republicans will buckle under the pressure to help Israel, and the Senate and/or the President will reject funding for Israel without funding for Ukraine.
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  173. To nuance the "weakness" of Biden's sanctions, I have a strong suspicion that the big corporations in the USA deliberately raised prices to damage Biden. They would have done that even more if they had more excuses. We have to recognize that these past 4 years there have been organized & systematic attempts to undermine Biden.
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  174. "Nobody is going to change their mind in 2024" I disagree with that. The crimes of Trump, and the behaviour of the Republicans in e.g. abolishing abortion are certainly causing Americans to change their voting habits. More and more Americans are starting to see that the GOP is no longer "their" GOP.
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  175. True, but WW3 is also rapidly approaching. Just like in WW2, the USA is too great a threat to the plans of Xi to leave it alone. It may take a while, but just like in WW1 and WW2 the USA will eventually be dragged into it. Those too foolish to learn from history will repeat it.
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  176. The Thief (Devil) comes only to kill, steal and destroy. And then lie about it. Russia is demonstrating what the Devil himself is capable of.
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  177. Re not finding a quote by Scholz: that is not necessary. The government speaks with one mouth, so if two government ministers say that Germany will not block tank shipments, Germany will not block tank shipments. Those ministers are the ones who are actually responsible for those departments, and they have authority to say such things. Scholz will be able to hide himself behind his ministers, which is cowardly, but he has no authority to overrule the words of his ministers. He is prime-minister, i.e. primus inter pares, first among equals. He is NOT a king or president who rules over his ministers. If he tried that, he would probably be overruled by Parliament, which is where the real power lies.
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  178. By calling a Parliamentary election, Macron does not lose his job as President. That is a separate election, unrelated to the parliamentary election. Macron will remain in power.
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  179. "But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death." Speaker Johnson claims to be a Christian. But that is also a lie. The Bible has already told us where he will go. Because the Bible doesn't make exceptions. Those who think it is OK to lie in some deluded attempt to "build the kingdom" deceive themselves and will find out the hard way. According to the Jesus, the Devil is a liar and the father of lies, and those who try to achieve their goals through lies do the Devil's work.
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  180. This again puts all those idiots clamouring about Taiwan into perspective. I believe it is a ploy to reduce support for Ukraine, by scaremongering about Taiwan. It is FAR more likely that China would take back outer Manchuria, than that it would try and invade Taiwan. For one, I doubt the west would hit China with sanctions for that. It would probably get even less of a response than the 2014 occupation of Crimea by Russia. A slight tap on the wrist, that would be all.
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  181. Personally I feel sympathetic towards this man. It is very brave to so stand up against Putin. I hope his example will cause many more to stand up like him. With that regard, it would be unwise to throw the book at this man, unless it can be proven he participate in personal crimes against human beings (rape, torture, murder). Let Russian soldiers know that there is a way out of their misery that does not involve shooting themselves.
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  182. I am deeply disappointed in Scholtz. He is appeasing the AfD, trying to keep them from growing. That is STUPID. Instead of appeasing them, he must confront them strongly, targeting all the ways in which they lie to the voters.
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  183. Excellent commentary as always. Russia has sown death and destruction. They will reap it in spades.
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  184. Gazprom may have made a tonload of money the last half-year, but this year it is making the last money it will ever make. To say that the EU will get even with Gazprom is an understatement.
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  185. Same in the USA. It is that the majority of Congress is either OK with that vote being blocked or too scared to show dissent. The UK has recently demonstrated the same cowardice and party-over-country mentality during the Johnson regime, when he destroyed the UK's future through Brexit and turned it into a police state where the government is above the Law and citizens no longer have the right to protest.
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  186. Absolutely. After what Putin did with the Minsk accords, no western nation will ever again make an accord with that individual. The west may seem naïve in how it deals with dictators, but we are not stupid. Rather, Minsk was the last chance Putin will ever get to make peace. The next step for him will either be a short journey from a window, or a long stay at the ICC.
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  187. Russia: Putin stays in power for the rest of his life. Ukraine: Those terms are acceptable to me.
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  188. While I agree that the Biden administration is not directly condemning the attacks on refineries, BUT THEY ARE STUPID in communicating so weakly. For crying out loud, when a Republican lies to your face and misrepresents what the Administration does, CHALLENGE HIM DIRECTLY AND SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT! This weak, noncommittal approach has characterized all of Biden's handling the situation, and with its weakness, encouraging Putin. IT MUST CHANGE. Obviously, Americans need to vote blue to avoid becoming like Russia themselves. But FOR GOD'S SAKE, dare to show some muscle and resolve.
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  189. If simple drones can make it through so easily, just imagine how proper cruise missiles would, if equipped with back-up inertial navigation for when GPS is jammed. Looks like Russia is not worried at all about a possible NATO nuclear strike. Which once again proves how much the Kremlin lies. It knows NATO is defensive only and would never attack Russia unless Russia strikes first. It knows it has the monopoly on being an aggressor state, and makes full use of it, forcing other nations to invest heavily in defensive measures while not doing anything for itself. This also means that Russia knows it is defenseless against nuclear retaliation for e.g. a tactical strike. Which means that Russia will reserve the use of nukes for self-defense ONLY. It does not want to provoke retaliation, because it knows it can not defend itself against that. So there is a simple solution: bring the war to Russia itself, retaliating for strikes against Ukraine. Using pin-point strikes, take away its offensive capabilities. Such retaliations do not threaten Putin himself, so will not cause him to launch a nuclear strike.
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  190. Even destroying the Camden factory will not work. Factories can be rebuilt or replaced, as long as the plans & machining programs are preserved.
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  191. Imagine Zelensky being required to meet with the USA for peace talks. It only took a very short time for the Trump regime to become enemies of Ukraine, and by extension the rest of the free world.
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  192. When stating a country give Ukraine X-amount of aid, perhaps you could add how much % of GDP that is. That makes it easier to properly value the contribution of a small country like Belgium or small and poor countries like the Baltic states. For example, 611M€ is just over 0.1% of the Belgium GDP given over 1 year. This is comparable to total American aid of 0.32% of GDP given over two years. The past two years, Belgium already gave 0.29% of GDP, so Belgium is well on track to out-give the USA.
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  193. "To prove his ... ... ... vitality?" Well said!
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  194. The fact that Russia has doubled down on its attacks even when US help to Ukraine was stopped for 7 months, disproves the claim that stopping aid would reduce the number of casualties in this war. But hey, what does reason mean these days.
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  195. Don't count on European help in saving the USA. We remember Trump's previous term and are disgusted that he was reelected. The US voters need to feel the consequences of their stupidity. Typical case of FAFO 😢. I recommend looking at how Ukraine protected its democracy in 2014.
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  196. "I don't think there are enough Trump voters to save this company [Tesla]" Somehow, I can't imagine a Trump voter buying a Tesla car. They want petrol cars. The bigger the better.
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  197. Once Harris is President, we can start to work in earnest on defeating Putin. And defeating Putin will take the wind out of the sails of many corrupt leaders all over the globe, and many of the aggressive pressure groups that destabilize our nations. But first, VOTE BLUE, AMERICANS! Don't think Trump will only hurt nations outside the USA. He will transform the USA itself into a Kleptocratic hell hole just like Russia, where might makes right and all the money of the government is stolen to build palaces and yachts.
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  198. "Guys, I didn't promise you 300,000" She DOES represent the people who promised that money, and she should take the complaint of these men seriously instead of refusing responsibility. I hate bad leaders who refuse to take responsibility.
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  199. Macron has been accused of courting dictators previously with regards to Ukraine. However, if you look at what he actually said and did, he is just keeping channels of diplomacy open, without compromising the status of Ukraine. There is a group of commentators who trigger at any attempt of diplomacy without understanding what actually happened, and/or who are very anti-French. France is unwavering in its support of democracy across the globe. Macron just likes to emphasize the rewards for behaving well, instead of the punishment for behaving badly. You can argue whether that is a fruitful approach with dictators, but it does not compromise world security. He is just playing good cop and lets the USA play bad cop. But he is still a cop.
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  200. My heart breaks for those boys. People don't get how evil the Russian government is. This is the difference between a dictatorship and a democracy. In a democracy, there is the Rule of Law. In a dictatorship the government can destroy your life without any recourse. Which is why it is so dangerous that e.g. Trump and Johnson / Truss / Sunak don't care about the Law.
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  201. Love the bagpipe piece. Afaik it is an old Breton folk song (Son ar chistr) that was a hit with Dutch lyrics in my youth ("Zeven dagen lang" by the band "bots").
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  202. The murderer Putin should know that when you blow up an apartment building, wars are started against you.
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  203. The West tried to have a positive-sum relationship with Russia, but Putin did not want it. Until Putin is gone, there will only be a negative-sum relationship between the West and Russia. And we will prevent anyone from establishing a positive-sum relationship. China needs to tread very carefully if it does not want us to sanction it. And it doesn't, if it knows what is good for it.
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  204. I really wonder when the Russian soldiers will mutiny in earnest. That seems to me the most likely outcome of this war: soldiers get tired of being slaughtered for nothing, and turning against their leaders if they oppose them.
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  205.  @blackterminal  It makes little difference whether she believes it or not. I believe she doesn't believe it, making it worse for her. She has that same highly-trained dead look on her face that other known professional liars have, like Tucker Carlson. She will rot in prison for threatening terror attacks.
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  206. This is a very interesting interview!
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  207. "If you are not American, none of this will make any sense to you" Maybe, just maybe, that is because it doesn't make sense. Americans may be jaded about political dysfunction, but this is not normal for a democracy. In fact, if a minority can stop the operation of the government, it isn't a democracy. Americans have been gaslit about their country being "the best democracy in the world", but in objective truth, it isn't. There are many countries that are much more democratic than the USA. But sure, some dumbass will shout "that is socialism" and think that is all that needs to be said. But he confuses "socialism", whatever he may mean with that, with a functioning democracy. The USA is a dysfunctional democracy that is sliding towards a fascist dictatorship.
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  208. While it is certainly a problem, the impact of drill heads freezing up is not that great. Drilling a new hole is no big deal. Having to write off a pipeline is another matter entirely. But somehow I get the impression that the Russia - EU pipelines will not see much use anyway going forward...
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  209. It is good to talk about what DeSantis is up to. If the USA steps back from supporting Ukraine and NATO, there will be a third world war. And it will embroil the USA. Russia and China will gang up against US interests. Allowing it to develop, would be disastrous also for the USA. The traitor caucus pulled the exact same trick before WW2, and did it stop the USA from getting involved? No it didn't. With this type of conflict it is MUCH better to nip it in the bud before it has had time to escalate, than to allow it to bloom. I pray to God that the traitor caucus will loose all legitimacy before the 2024 election. And I may add that Reagan, Eisenhower, Nixon and Bush Sr are all turning in their graves seeing what their potential successors are proposing: the exact opposite of what these men stood for. I never expected to see the day that Republicans were appeasing evil dictators oppressing free people. Shame on the Traitor Caucus.
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  210. Those men are very right to fight the police. Their lives are at stake. As that brave man at the end makes very clear. BTW, I was struck by the difference between that MAN and the various hoods & cowards we see on the Russian side.
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  211. That Russian mom is scared for het son. It shows the power of Russian propaganda. Otherwise they would be thankful he is now safe.
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  212. "The rest of the world goes to war without the USA" Please remind your viewers that this is exactly how WW1 and WW2 started. With US isolationism, only to be dragged into the war at a later point. In WW1 it was a combination of the sinking of the Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare along its shores and the Zimmerman telegram, in WW2 it was Pearl Harbor. Should WW3 start, it will most likely be an attack on Taiwan by China that the USA simply can not ignore. Or, the USA may even enter WW3 on the side of the dictators...
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  213. 21:38 "Le Figaro" is a leading newspaper in France, the tweet is quoting the source of the news item.
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  214. History will not look kindly on the West's long reluctance to give F-16s to Ukraine. May God have mercy on us.
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  215. Hopefully, the full-on Dutch support for Ukraine will shame Germany into doing the right thing. The Germans consider the Dutch as their little brothers, so this must sting.
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  216. All over the free world, rightwing fascists blame immigrants for all the wrongs of the country, knowing that is not true. And when they get into power, they usually increase immigration. Because they know that they can blame them the next time and cause people to vote for them. Immigration is a red-herring that is used to make people vote against their own interests.
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  217. Mike Johnson is a sickening hypocrite. Don't believe for a second he is a christian. He does not act like a follower of Jesus does.
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  218. Excellent point, and very true. Same for Netherlands, though we also love the EU because we do a lot of trade & transport.
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  219. Russia and China are the last true empires (one can debate about India and Indonesia). Empires are by definition oppressive to at least part of their own citizens, and they have no right to exist anymore. There should be no nations on this planet where a powerful group oppresses other groups of people. Both Russia and China need to be broken up into nation-states. Then the people in each new nation can find their own path forward. For Russia, as Jake says, the break-up is in sight. China has its own problems, it will be interesting to see what happens there.
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  220. Love that woman addressing her captors. Putin is doing a great job keeping his people happy.
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  221. Question: is the UK doing something similar right now? The pound has been pretty constant after taking the Brexit hit in 2016. However, the UK is import-heavy and greatly hinders its exports, so you'd expect the pound to drop. Brexiteers like to point to the constant pound to say the UK economy is doing fine, but to me it looks like a ticking time-bomb.
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  222. The traitor Caucus is being exposed for all to see. This is very damaging to US interests world wide. E.g. NATO is preparing itself for eventuality that Trump or another MAGAt comes back in power. Me, I am praying this will not happen. To imagine the world's most powerful military in the hands of a dictator is the stuff of nightmares.
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  223. Putin and his cronies will be lucky if they end up at the ICC. Personally, I think Scheveningen prison is far too good for them. Let them stand trial in Kyiv.
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  224. Good old Reagan has some great Soviet jokes. Well worth a watch on the 'Tube. While he destroyed the US domestically by putting in place policies that unbalanced the employer / employee and rich / poor balance, he did his foreign relations right, and the world (well, me for one) is grateful.
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  225. You missed that the new Dutch ministers for Foreign Affairs and Defense have formally visited Kyiv & Zelensky only 4 (!) days after their installation. That is a very strong signal of continued, enthusiastic Dutch support for Ukraine, even tough a Putin-favorable party became the biggest in the election. I have never even heard of a newly-appointed Dutch minister visiting a foreign nation so quickly after installation. Ministers usually have many more urgent things when newly appointed. This visit to Kyiv is unprecedented and a clear demonstration of where Ukraine stands in the priority list of these ministers: the #1 spot. The Putin Puppet was forced to drop all his extreme plans, and is forced to continue supporting Ukraine, because that is what 75% of Parliament wants.
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  226. The populace not linking Putin to the failures in the war, puts the lie to those in the West warning that Putin is backed into a corner from which he can become dangerous. As long as Putin can blame others for his failures, he has nothing to fear from stopping the war today.
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  227. God, those Finns are tough.
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  228. Shocking news about Mariupol. This is no longer a war crime, this is genocide and must be treated as such.
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  229. Trump's ploy is to convince the MAGAts that Trump is winning, so that they will suspect foul play when he looses. And will try to "stop the steal". It is a very cynical ploy that may well work. The ONLY thing to do is to vote blue in number too real to steal and too big to rig.
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  230. People like Simoyan are demon possessed or sick in the head. Probably both.
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  231. When a woman starts singing like that close to me, my response is much like that of her doggies ;-)
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  232. You are totally right with your assessment of the political game being played by the Republicans. The Republicans are an enemy of Democracy and peace. And if allowed to continue, they will cause a third World War. Vote Blue, people!
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  233. "I will never understand it" This is true evil, inspired by the devil. There is no rational reason for it. Those self-styled "christians" who stop aid to Ukraine, they should know that they directly support the work of the devil, and that they will be Judged accordingly.
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  234. Russia is hardening its heart. That should be a warning to the Russians. The harder you persist in doing evil, the surer your destruction will be. At some point, the measure of evil is full. This will end very badly for the Russians, unless they save themselves by deposing the tyrant.
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  235. The contrast with the Ukrainians caring for stray animals, and the Orcs taking joy in hanging animals, really shows the difference between these two armies.
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  236. We should not worry when there are reports of corruption, with consequences for those responsible. We should worry when there are no reports of corruption, or when there are no consequences for higher-ups.
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  237. Republicans can lose their majority not just by republicans resigning, but also by them crossing the isle (i.e. switching their allegiance). Sure, that would be the end of their political career, but only after their term ends.
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  238. "This wonderful country once called Ukraine" That country was also the original Russia, until the Moskovites appropriated that name in the 18th and 19th centuries. We shouldn't call Moskovy "Russia" anymore, Russia was western Ukraine, the region around Lviv, in the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, and there are map calling it as such made in the 18th and 19th centuries. Which, coincidentally, includes that map on which Putin failed to find the name Ukraine although it most definitely was there. That was a 19th century map. If he had looked carefully, he would have seen his country marked as Muskovy.
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  239. Good point about Ukraine using their civilian nuclear program to develop a (dirty) bomb and retaliate. However, I don't think a man like Putin is capable of understanding that if HE does something nasty, someone else is free to do the same to him. It is a trait of fascism: I can do things to you, but you can't do them back to me, because you are not worthy.
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  240. If Russia continues demolishing Kharkiv, Ukraine has the legal and moral right to enter into Russia and establish a buffer zone there.
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  241. So Jake, you have discovered why the Zionist movement started in the 1890ies. The movie & musical Anatevka / Fiddler on the Roof plays in the context of the Pogroms. It doesn't focus on it, but you can see some snippets that only make sense if you know this. Like the Rabbi's blessing for the Tsar: "May the Lord bless and keep the Tsar -- far from here". In the end, the village Anatevka is destroyed in a proper pogrom, and we discover that the movie is a memorial to the old village and the life they had there. The literary work on which the movie is based, was written by a Jew from the Kyiv region who lived through a Pogrom.
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  242. I love how you ridicule the Putin accusations against Zelensky. To add: one has recently been at the ICC, another will be there at some point (if he lives long enough). But Zelensky visited as an honoured guest free to leave as he pleased. Putin will be handcuffed when he visits.
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  243.  @chriswinstanley6824  She still is someone who is allowed to write the laws of the country, and is part of committees that do oversight of the government. She is a disgrace to the USA, not just Georgia, the whole country.
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  244. Words fail me to describe the treason by Trump. He took the world one giant leap close to WW3. His name will forever be associated with these shameful acts. May God and plain old courage save us from these dictators. They can only win if we give up.
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  245. That commander charged with blowing the ZPP should be aware that his ass will be hauled before the ICC and he will never get out of prison, ever again. Same for everybody in the chain of command.
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  246. As you say, nothing is certain until it is officially denied by the Kremlin. It NEVER acknowledges its misdeeds. I am looking forward to vacationing in Crimea, when it again belongs to Ukraine.
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  247. This is quite a strong indication that Carlson didn't interview the real Putin. The doppelganger was out of his depth, and now the real Putin is angry with him -- but trying to hide it from the public.
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  248. Interesting to see the Russians admit their involvement in the Transnistrian "uprising". Previously these were the same "little green men" that occupied Crimea. The best way for that "crisis" to be solved is their surrender.
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  249. "Only having one chamber" Many European countries have a 2-chamber system. (12 out of 27 EU nations), including France, Germany, Italy, UK, etc. However, those two chambers usually do not have the same rights. The upper house is usually used to check the quality of legislation, not so much its political direction. Either the country has a method to overrule the upper house, or it has recurring discussions to remove it if it gets too political. It is accepted that the lower house has the biggest mandate. But the US situation where the Senate is involved in many executive functions like appointing officials is crazy. Our fail-safe against government misconduct is that Parliament can remove the government or a specific minister with a simple majority. The US situation where the President is both the Head of State and the Head of Government is not common in Europe. The Head of Government is the Prime Minister, not the President. Which is why in Europe you will NEVER see a minister say to a Parliamentary Committee "I have no time for this", like Bill Barr infamously said. If he'd have done that in Europe, he'd be without a job as soon as Parliament could be convened to debate a motion of No Confidence. And because these committees have real power, their witness interviews are not performative drama pieces. They ask real questions and listen to the answers. If someone doesn't show up or refuses to answer questions, they get sent to prison until they do. Even if he is the head of government. I have seen Prime Ministers sweat like a pig in front of such a committee, singing like a budgie. A Parliament is a much better reflection of the Will of the Voter than that single President. That is why Parliament should have (much) more power than the President. Trump has proven that the "three co-equal branches" thing doesn't work. Parliament, specifically the lower house, should be primus inter pares.
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  250. NATO is not as important in the Ukraine war as it thinks it is. Ukraine will fight on regardless of the support it gets, and they will never give up land for a promise of NATO membership that is dependent on ratification by Hungary and Turkey.
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  251. The point about the gas is that Europe was already planning to move off fossil fuels. Russia is helping us draw this forward. It will hurt in the short term, but will help us in the long term.
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  252. You are too generous. Kennedy isn't misguided, he is corrupt. He is paid to say these things and he is happy to oblige. I don't believe for a second that those right-winger Trump propagandists aren't fully conscious of what they are doing. But they want the money and the power, that is why they sell their soul to the devil.
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  253. I sure wish more American leaders understood the urgency and importance of what is happening in Ukraine right now. If left to fester as it currently is, it will dominate world history for the next 10 years. And the current politicians will only be remembered for what they failed to prevent, like Chamberlain and the "isolationists" in the US. Using hindsight, it is easy to predict that this will escalate just like the previous 2 times the USA became isolationist in the face of growing international tension aimed against its allies. History repeats itself if you fail to learn its lessons.
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  254. Stripping Hungary of its voting rights is difficult, because there is no legal framework to do so. The EU is a federation like the USA, except that the member states are absolutely sovereign. The EU has no authority over any member state, and work only gets done with the agreement of each member state. Several EU members have been pushing towards more authority for the EU, for instance to allow decisions to be taken by a majority of states instead of unanimously, which members than would be required to follow. Other member states have been strongly against that. Stripping Hungary of its voting rights would mean a radical step towards more authority for the EU. Such a step would, ironically, require the agreement of Hungary. This is why the EU is politically weak, while it is economically very strong. For this reason, some believe that the feet of mixed iron and clay that Daniel saw in his vision in the Bible, belonging to the statue of the empires of the future, represent the EU. But this shouldn't matter too much. The reason aid through the EU is better than individual member states is because of the ECB, which could manage large sums of money given to Ukraine better than member states. Also it allows member states to hide anonymously behind "The EU" and not risk being targeted directly by Putin.
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  255. Putin doesn't care about solving structural problems. He only cares about surviving for another day.
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  256. I wonder why Gen. Milley opens his mouth. He states facts that are widely known, but he adds no conclusions or recommendations. What is the use? My guess, he likes to hear his own voice or see himself on telly.
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  257. "That train is better than anything we have in the USA" All is not well in the USA. Regular & affordable train services are a great enabler for poor people, but also help in getting people out of their cars. Train transport is much more efficient than car transport.
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  258. Legalizing canabis is a great idea. But then, I am Dutch.
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  259. It isn't true that all NATO forces are subject to American control. The French forces are exempt from this rule. So this does not apply to France -- but I don't think the French will want to press the issue.
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  260. An employee of a company has qualified immunity as long as he is following company guidelines. Such a trial could become VERY dirty, and all Tucker has to do is show emails where he is instructed to persist in the lying. Tucker was NOT the only one spreading this lie, many other hosts were doing it as well.
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  261. In previous Chechnian attacks, those attacks had been inspired & led by FSB agitators who had infiltrated the terrorist organisations. The FSB is a specialist in infiltration, agitation, false-flag operations etc. In this case, I believe the FSB had prior knowledge of the attack, and purposefully did nothing to prevent it and kept other first-responders away. That is the easiest explanation for all the details we know, and according to Occam's Razor, thus the most likely.
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  262. 12:00 -- totally agree. Ukraine is destroying the Russian will to fight, the blame game among Russian leaders is starting, and the bankruptcy of the Russian army is made obvious for all to see. Minorities who were bullied by Russia will try to take advantage of this, civil wars will erupt.
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  263. About the relation Putin - Trump: I think Trump is starting to realize that he doesn't need Putin anymore. He is now in charge, permanently, and Putin will need to submit to him. I don't think Putin is able to do that.
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  264. ​ @pavel9652  You need to start watching commentators that actually know what they are talking about. Just the difference in morale, by itself, means that when the Ukrainians apply serious pressure the Russian defense will collapse. These terrorized Russians are more than likely to shoot their own officers if they try to stop a retreat. There have been far too many "experts" predicting that the war would last a week, that they wouldn't be able to keep Odessa, or that there would be a stalemate a year ago, or that they couldn't possible take Kherson, etc, etc, etc. They were wrong all the time. And they are wrong now as well. This war will have two possible outcomes: a total defeat of the Russians, or a total defeat of the Ukrainians. Those who argue for negotiations and cease-fire at the current lines are crazy idiots at best, or traitors working for Putin at worst. Because that has been done before, in 2014, in the Minsk accords. Putin wiped his bottom with that accord, and he will wipe his bottom again with any new accord. The definition of madness is repeating the same action and expect a different result. Seeing how things are going, my bet is on a total defeat for Russia. Time is working in favour of the Ukrainians.
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  265. It isn't just that the Russians lost half their tanks, they lost the best half of their tanks. In war, you deploy your best stuff first. Because he who strikes hard at the start, may not have to strike again. Ukraine, however, is only now slowly getting the good stuff. Russia doesn't stand a chance.
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  266. Accusing Ukraine from waging biological warfare (which would be a war crime) because your soldiers are getting Cholera from the drinking water you (don't) provide them. Sounds like something the Russians would do.
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  267. All the best, Roman! I know you want to do more, but you have done enough -- for now. Get well soon, and make sure you are recovered to enjoy the victory celebrations that are to come!
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  268. "They are neighbours -- they share a border" For now, they do. It seems Putin has had to promise giving that borderland to China.
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  269. Spread the word and combat the misinformation & populism that feeds off selfishness. Humanity only works when they work together. People who appeal to selfishness will only help themselves, not those who vote for them.
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  270. There is one benefit to the misbehaviour of the MAGAts. It will convince more people that they should not vote for these idiots, because they refuse to do their work.
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  271. The US has also been saturated with Russian disinformation for decades. It desperately needs reforms.
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  272. I guess the media & commentators are comparing the current counter-offensive with the autumn counter-offensives in Ukraine. But without understanding that we only knew about the autumn offensives after Ukraine had broken through the Russian lines. I.e. after the Ukrainians had been shaping the battlefield for who knows how long. We only saw phase 3 (exploitation) of the autumn offensive, whereas we are now following the offensive from phase 1 (Preparation).
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  273. The time is past that Putin could intimidate or manipulate Europe. People are wizening up to his tactics, and are rejecting his right-wing extremist sycophants. It is especially satisfying to see the Netherlands giving more and more strategic stuff to Ukraine, when a Putin Puppet won the November election, and his coalition government started to govern over a week ago. The new secretaries of Foreign Affairs and Defense wasted no time in visiting Zelensky, they left for Kyiv 1 hour (!!!) after finishing the transfer of power (which includes several days of debates about the plans of the new government), assuring Zelensky of their increasing support.
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  274. I love how those soldiers are angry with their commanders. But to be fair, there is no reason those troops have rifles and a lot of ammo. Grads are kept far behind the first line. Otherwise they would have been taken out with artillery, not himars.
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  275. Russia giving nukes to Iran? I don't think China will be too happy about that... Nor will the rest of the Middle East, including Israel. It might in fact destabilize Iran even further and cause the Mullahs to finally be driven off.
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  276. Love that clip with the puppy. When we get home after e.g. our holidays, our cats are angry with us. It takes a day or so before they accept us back into their home.
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  277. The USA had a lot of remaining good will for their role in ww2. That is now gone, probably for good. Trump and those who allowed him to be elected, which includes the democrats, are the worst generation the USA has ever seen. But, please, go ahead and prove me wrong.
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  278. When discussing Russia's economic performance, do take into account that there are no reliable figures coming out of the Kremlin. Russia's GDP is about as reliable as Trump's balance sheet.
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  279. You are totally right. The Republican hubaboo about "The Border" is a cynical red herring, an excuse for not aiding Ukraine. Americans, take note! The Republicans are aiding Ruzzia because they like Kleptocrats and want to be Kleptocrats themselves. Vote for Republicans and you vote for having the same misery Moscow is experiencing right now, with everything going to pieces.
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  280. I think the Ukrainians are fighting in Severodonetsk because it is an excellent killing ground, where they can make a lot of Russian casualties without suffering too much themselves, and at the same time seriously hurt Russian morale.
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  281. Let's be VERY clear about this. If Russia bombs anywhere inside NATO territory, that WILL be an A5-triggering event. On the other hand, we should not be afraid of Russian reprisals if someone destroys the Kerch bridge. There have been many attacks already on Russian and Belarussian soil by unknown groups or individuals, without escalating the war. Putin, and those around him, know the consequences of further escalation. Putin understands strength. He does not understand diplomacy.
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  282. That, and that a LARGE part of the Soviet army was in fact Ukrainian.
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  283. 8:25 "It is orange" No, this looks like a test sample. It has special markings to better track it optically, spread over the various stages of the missile. That is something you do when testing the system, not for actual strikes.
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  284. The thing that disgusts me the most is that the orange tyrant was helped into power by people who think they are Christians. But Trump and Christianity do not go together.
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  285. The Immigration debate as held in the USA is incredibly cynical, certainly the Republican side of it. I think the Democrats are more forthright, and they probably will allow more legal immigration into the country. But they definitely won't solve the illegal side of things, as you say. But making employing illegal immigrants a crime in itself is more difficult than some may think. Proving that someone is being employed is difficult when there are no contracts and only cash payments. You'd have to catch them in the act. That would require huge amounts of police officers to knock on doors and raid farms and factories. With a HUGH risk of corruption and payoffs to get forewarning of those raids.
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  286. My God, the Russian army committing war crimes against their own people. That is awful. Obviously, they are blaming the freedom fighters for this, and some will believe it, but the truth will overcome those lies. And those who committed them will be judged and condemned by Russian courts.
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  287. "It looked like the morning after a rock concert" That must be one of the worst insult General Hodges can imagine ;-)
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  288. No patriot can vote for the GOP until the GOP holds MAGA traitors responsible and kicks them out of the party. Reagan is turning in his grave seeing people who pay lip-service to him, working to resurrect the Soviet Union. By failing to impeach and denounce Trump, they have betrayed the Constitution. Even today, they keep upholding Trump as he keeps tearing down the Constitution. Their failure to denounce criminal behavior by their own party members is a crime: aiding and abetting the enemies of the Constitution. Seriously, no-one who loves the USA can vote GOP anymore. There are no good republicans, except a very very few like Liz Cheney who openly attack Trump. By seeing how she is treated, we can see how rotten to its core the GOP has become.
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  289. Since the last quarter, CNN is no longer left-leaning. Ground News probably needs to adjust its rating for CNN.
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  290. Happy independence day! I love it when the Russians are being humiliated on every turn. The tides of war are shifting ever more against them. Soon it will flush them out of Ukraine, after which Russia will need to reconsider its own future. As Kasparov says, the days of empires are over.
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  291. Calling Avdiivka is a bit of a stretch, 2020 population some 32k people. And as it is part of the Donetsk conglomerate, I would call it a suburb.
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  292. "War is the natural state of man" That is a satanic idea. God's "natural state" of man is that swords are made into plowshare. That it isn't, is the result of the fall of man -- i.e. satan's influence on men.
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  293. Yes, Sir! Vote Blue, the other party is in bed with Putin.
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  294. I wonder what Carlson has to say about the Russian police arresting a journalist.
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  295. "Donald Trump has made a pact" Yes, with the Devil. Anyone supporting Trump is supporting the work of the devil. And you will be judged accordingly.
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  296. About the start of spring: there is the meteorological spring and the astronomical spring. The meteorological spring starts at March 1st, the astronomical at March 21st. This is also a thing in the USA, e.g. NOAA has a great article on it. From a military & sociological perspective, the meteorological period is most important as it reflects weather patterns. Who cares the nights are still longer than the days when the first flowers are out, birds are singing, the snow is melting, and the Russians are sinking in the mud.
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  297. I hope the American viewers see the similarities between how the fascists are treating these protesters now, and how the Trump administration's little black men treated protesters in 2019. You came very, very close to being just another fascist dictatorship. And you are still not out of the danger zone.
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  298. These testimonies are evidence of genocide. Another reason why Ukraine will NEVER discuss surrendering land to the Russians, as they know what happens to the civilians there. And idiots who rather discuss peace terms than give Ukraine the weapons they need share in the guilt.
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  299. Russia thought that refreshing the Israel - Palestinian conflict would help them. But that backfired spectacularly, as that conflict is now used to twist the arm of MAGA traitors to accept 61B$ (!) in military aid.
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  300. There are probably no happy videos of returning Russian POWs because they had it better in Ukrainian captivity.
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  301. Great item about how to give to the cause. There are many worthwhile projects asking for money, but I bet there are a lot of scammers as well. You can't go wrong with the ones you mention, or other causes mentioned by people like yourself, Rehi and Starsky. And Zelensky himself!
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  302. Excellent video! From a strategic sense, Putin lost the war as soon as he broke the Minsk accords. I don't think the West is going to agree to another such accords, Putin having proven that he only uses them to buy time to regroup & rebuild his army. Even if he had succeeded in overthrowing Zelensky & taking Kiev, the Ukrainians would not have accepted a Russian puppet, having run-off the previous one a decade ago. And Russia does not have the manpower to occupy Ukraine. What Putin did achieve: 1). The west, his greatest financier, is now strongly motivated to move to a green economy, cutting their dependency on Russia. 2). The nefarious influence of Russian black money in western democracies has been laid bare and will be eradicated. 3). Western business has pulled out of Russia and will not return as long as his regime lasts. 4). This also means that Putin is no longer able to maintain his oil & gas infrastructure, witness e.g. the recent explosion of a gas field. 5). NATO is more powerful than ever, and all its members are renewing their militaries. 6). The myth of the power of the Russian army has been exposed once and for all. 7). Putin has lost his position among the G7 & G20. 8). Putin's imperial ambitions have been exposed. To project the results of this ill-judged war: 1). Ukraine will recover the lands it lost in the Minsk accords. 2). Ukraine will become a member of the EU and NATO. 3). Russia will suffer greatly, leading to unrest & perhaps civil war in Russia. There may well be parts of it that go independent. 4). Belarus will probably depose its dictator and turn away from Russia. 5). The Russian economy will suffer for decades because of the men killed in the war, combined with a stark decline in population. Putin has destroyed Russia.
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  303. About the "land corridors": this was in the Dutch news a long time ago. Also the railway through the Baltic states that is nearing completion is part of these corridors.
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  304. Kennedy is a demonstration of how deeply Russian money has corrupted the USA.
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  305. Poland recently got rid of a very corrupt government. I can imagine that they put a lot of corrupt people inside the civil servant organisations, like Trump did in the USA. That means Tusk may be facing a lot of obstruction from the civil servants, which reduces his ability to deal with these situations. This may take some time to resolve.
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  306. Powerful stuff, Jake! The devil is trying to cause another world war, by letting the USA play the same role it played before WW2: isolationist. Thankfully, many have learned from history that when a dictator is flexing his muscles, that requires a strong response. Reagan knew this like no-one else. And the majority of the American people remember. Republicans are forced to chose between being wiped out at the election, or to stop kowtowing to the dictators.
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  307. The problem with Israel v Palestinians is that if the Palestinians had the same rights as Israelis, Israelis would be massacred. As long as Palestinians are treated better by Israelis than they would treat Israelis, Israel is doing pretty good.
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  308. As Cheney said, the day will soon come when Trump is gone and when the MAGAts are gone, but the stench of them will cling on to the Republican party for decades.
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  309. Powerplants are dual-use objects, used for both civilian and military goals. And I am all for eye-for-eye, tooth-for-tooth in international relations.
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  310. How long will it take for these force-conscripts to rebel against their slave masters?
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  311. The problem with pilots is that they usually are pretty smart. And if enough pressure is put on them, they will take their plane to the other side and disappear.
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  312. About Geert Wilders: he has only 25% of Parliament behind him. That, sadly, makes him the biggest party in the Netherlands, but rest assured, IF he succeeds in forming a government (which is far from guaranteed), as soon as he fails to support Ukraine, his tenure is over. There is STRONG support for Ukraine in the Dutch Parliament. Which is also why Rutte is allowed to make this deal, and Wilders will not be able to cancel it. I am definitely rooting against him, I do not trust him nor do a LOT of Dutch people. That he got this far is for a large party due to Russian agitation and misinformation.
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  313.  @mikahamari6420  Exactly! There will be no going back to the situation before 2022 for Russia. The West will never again trust Putin or his direct successors. He didn't only attack Ukraine last year, he also attacked the West and tried to blackmail us, using energy, nuclear weapons, and manipulating our political systems. No, the West is done with Russia.
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  314. MJG is a stain on humanity. I can't believe the USA voted such a fascist into power. And it reflects VERY badly on the USA as a whole.
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  315. By slow-walking aid to Ukraine, Ukraine has no option but to develop its own weapons industry. Thus the USA is creating a big competitor.
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  316. Re Body Doubles: One has to wonder how many of those Doubles have already been eliminated...
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  317. The most encouraging news is how the Russians abuse the insurrectionists. That will make it much easier for Ukraine to make those regions Ukrainian again. Those insurrectionists will learn the lesson that they can just live their life as usual under Ukrainian rule, but that Russian rule will only bring poverty, slavery and death. Except for their leaders, which is why this rebellion was started anyway: corrupt leaders using lies to gain power and money.
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  318. Shameful government bashing by these pundits. However, the government has said that all deposits are fully guaranteed, using a system that was setup by Obama and which Trump did not have the time to torpedo.
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  319. Sadly, this war was started to divert negative attention from the domestic situation inside Russia that would have put pressure on Putin to improve the economy. Like many dictators before him, he thought that pressure would go away when he created an external threat and dealt with it forcefully. We are seeing the dying spasms of the Putin dictatorship. Pray for the Russians that they will have a good government when the dust settles.
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