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

  1. 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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  2. The murderer Putin should know that when you blow up an apartment building, wars are started against you.
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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5.  @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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  6. This is a very interesting interview!
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  7. "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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. "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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  13. 21:38 "Le Figaro" is a leading newspaper in France, the tweet is quoting the source of the news item.
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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. Love that woman addressing her captors. Putin is doing a great job keeping his people happy.
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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. God, those Finns are tough.
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  28. Shocking news about Mariupol. This is no longer a war crime, this is genocide and must be treated as such.
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  29. 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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  30. People like Simoyan are demon possessed or sick in the head. Probably both.
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  31. When a woman starts singing like that close to me, my response is much like that of her doggies ;-)
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  32. 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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  33. "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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  34. 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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  35. 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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  36. 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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  37. 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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  38. "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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  39. 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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  40. 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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  41. 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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  42. 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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  43.  @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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  44. 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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  45. 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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  46. 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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  47. 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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  48. 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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  49. "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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  50. 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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