Youtube comments of R136a1 (@HR_8035_YEA).

  1. It was a reimbursement not a legal expense. Convict him and lock him up.
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  2. Moscow Mike is helping Putin every day he refuses to allow a vote.
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  3. A submarine looks small while diving into the depths of the Mariana Trench.
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  4. The interviewer needs to ask: "Why did Trump not build the wall in 2018 when he was President and the Republicans had a majority in both the House and the Senate?" "It was his main electoral promise. So why didn't he do it? And if he didn't do it then, why believe that he will do it if he's elected in November?"
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  5. Trump does not think his supporters are stupid. He knows it.
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  6. Would be interesting to follow up on how the Philippines and Vietnam fit into this.
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  7. If Russia had the military capable of doing so they would press on all the way through Germany to Paris. Yet some Germans want to try to appease them.
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  8. And without having to fire a shot.
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  9. Russia should withdraw before they lose their entire military.
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  10. Jail Trump now.
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  11. Changing the payment currency is already a breach of the terms of the respective contracts. Europe has no choice but to wean itself off Russian energy, no matter how painful that may be initially.
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  12. Amazing that she did not for a moment stop to consider the fact that her grandmother never rode the cc for 20 years before getting married. Deserves all the misery she gets as she brought it upon herself.
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  13. When your bluff has been called a dozen times already, how effective is it any longer?
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  14. If Trump was not an officer of the US then why was he receiving a salary?
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  15. You're right about Elon Musk. You ripped him apart. Great job Jake.
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  16. Even with all that she will still always be looking for the bigger, better deal and when she thinks she has found it she will test that branch for sure.
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  17. ​ @Sheckyize It's Russia that's done. And no-one can negotiate peace with Russia because they do not honour agreements.
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  18. The buffer zone needs to be inside Russia to protect Ukraine from future Muscovy invasions.
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  19. The Russian trolls are quiet. Taking time to decide what lies to tell.
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  20. Full respect for this man. The rest of the world should be doing more to help Ukraine.
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  21. The decisions to send tanks to Ukraine needed to be made weeks or months ago. The same is happening now with planes. Just give Ukraine everything they need to defeat Russia and do it now. Russia keeps escalating so that is the appropriate and proportionate response.
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  22. Good to see Trump post something sensible. Strength is the only thing Putin understands. Let's hope it works. Slava Ukraini.
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  23. Whatever the cost and however long it takes, we should help Ukraine defeat Russia. All we need is the will and political commitment and it will happen. The alternative is unthinkable and will lead to years or decades of instability, war and economic chaos in the world.
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  24. Macron has said he's going to get tough on the unvaccinated. Will that have an impact on Djokovic playing in the French Open?
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  25. ​ @anotheryoutubechannel4809 You just used Trump and truth in the same sentence. That's funny.
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  26. ​ @fuckgoogle2554  Well put. I wonder what Xi Jinping is thinking about this issue.
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  27.  @PetraKann  Even Putin appears uncertain of what this war is about.
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  28. As China is remaining neutral as claimed, when can we expect Xi Jinping to visit Zelensky in Ukraine to discuss the peace plan?
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  29. We should take this very seriously. The Russians have spent $1 billion developing this weapon. $990 million was spent on buying yachts and villas in Western Europe. $5 million was spent on creating a mock up of what it would look like if they had the technology to ever build it and $5 million was spent on hiring an advertising agency to come up with a sufficiently scary name.
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  30. It doesn't need to. Women are working 24/7 driving men towards MGTOW.
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  31. Excellent analysis of Trump. And why his next term is so terrifying.
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  32. ​​ @steviewonder5499 What did the US do wrong in Iraq and Afghanistan? They removed one of the worst dictators in history in Iraq. Have you forgotten the million deaths from Saddam Hussein's invasion of Iraq? His chemical attack in the Kurds? That's just two of his many crimes. Afghanistan was harbouring Osama bin Laden and the terrorist attack on the US was planned there in the training camps. Mullah Omar and the Afghan government were instrumental in those crimes. The US was acting in self defence. You have a very selective view of history. The US is far from perfect. But have a close look at the alternatives. Russia is attempting genocide in Ukraine and China is succeeding in genocide of the Uighers. On balance, the US has been more a force for good than bad over the past century. Given your user name I'm not surprised you're blind to that.
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  33. Well done Bulgaria. Your help will never be forgotten.
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  34. My experience is that Indians can't resist these kinds of temptations. Anything that will drop a few extra rupees in their pocket in the short-term, at the cost of the long-term, is irresistible to most of them. It's one of the main reasons India can never be a global economic power and can never be like China.
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  35. Why would any high calibre guy want a low value woman like her? I'm sure he will do much better and in due time realise he dodged a bullet.
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  36. MTG shot herself in the foot. Only 11 Republicans wanted to bring a vote to the floor. That's just over 5% of them. Let's not waste any more time on this mega Karen.
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  37. The ruble is falling so fast it's almost as if it's been thrown out of a window.
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  38.  @HladniSjeverniVjetar  His military can't handle it. His ego is irrelevant.
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  39. ​ @jojonesjojo8919 Who is in Russia's backyard? As far as I know there's only Ukraine defending itself. Russia can withdraw from Ukraine tomorrow and no one will be in their backyard. Supporting Russia at this stage amounts to complicity in their war crimes.
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  40. He should be addressed as indicted former president trump.
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  41. ​ @japanimated9683 Belief in a God without evidence is just an opinion too. If there is a God, how can you prove you're worshipping the right one?
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  42. Perhaps you could inform us about how many people agreed to answer your questions and how many declined. That would help us understand how representative of general public opinion the views expressed are. Did 5 people decline to answer or 50 or 500?
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  43. ​ @attasoa More nonsense from you. Russia needs to understand that it can never dictate terms to countries that are 40 times larger economically and at least 10 times more powerful militarily. Russia is being demilitarized. Two more years in Ukraine and it's game over.
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  44. Working as a Russian oil executive is almost as dangerous as driving a Russian tank.
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  45. Russia has already lost the war. The key factors are Ukraine's innovations in military technology and their increasing production capacity. Two and a half years into the war, who could have imagined Ukraine neutralizing Russias Black Sea fleet, their tank and artillery superiority and Russia still not achieving air superiority? If Russia was going to win, they would have won by now. Their situation is only going to get worse as they deplete their old Soviet weapons stockpiles. The only question left is whether Russia can remain intact once the inevitable occurs.
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  46. Until recently I had no idea Russians had such a deep love of pyrotechnics. Let's hope they get lots more in the coming weeks.
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  47. ​ @Uninspirational The jury already voted. Guilty - 12 Not guilty - 0 Sentencing soon...
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  48.  @ko.ala.b  Nonsense! Putin has repeatedly stated that he believes Ukraine is an inalienable part of Russia. Even though their borders were agreed by both nations following the collapse of the USSR. This speech is bang in target.
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  49. Sharp as a bowling ball.
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  50. If that's not a crime against humanity I don't know what is.
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  51.  @greattime860  ASEAN economies 3.6 trillion vs EU 15 trillion. It will be decades, if ever before ASEAN surpasses the EU. You lost all credibility.
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  52. She's "uniquely demented."
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  53.  @sinoroman  Russia will be defeated militarily and economically long before that. They are toast.
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  54. "Putin is just an old man with no plan who is about to kick the bucket." Best description of Putin I've heard. Thanks Lesia.
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  55. ​ @johneustrom275 The Austrian painter was also elected. Once you accept the idea that the government no longer has to abide by the law, you've already lost your country. You voted for a criminal. What did you expect?
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  56. Putin may unleash his most horrendous weapon: Kadyrov doing another Tiktok video.
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  57. This guy is at least 500km from the front lines. Russian lies and propaganda are neverending.
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  58. You're not in any position to determine how other people will vote.
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  59. Recently it was reported that German investment in China increased by 80%. Can we expect this to drop sharply now? If not, it's just BS.
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  60. When is China going to respect the sovereignty of Tibet? Invaded India only months ago. Their hypocrisy is staggering.
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  61. ​ @joane24 No, that's not integrity. Integrity is this situation is this: once you are sure that your date isn't working out, you be honest, tell them and end the date. Faking you're still interested is the opposite of integrity.
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  62. And that's before these most recent events. As a brand, Tesla is dead as a dodo.
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  63.  @planets9102  I think so too. If he's really smart, he would just take the Eastern parts of Russia that China has historical claims to. It's far easier. It would get him lots more resources and his prestige and status among Chinese people would be sky high.
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  64. ​ @guardsman2018 They prefer Russian war crimes and imperialism? Why?
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  65. ​ @abdirahmanahmadalifarah926 If he's spreading fake propaganda then you're saying he's telling the truth. But you're too thick to understand the meaning of your own comment.
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  66.  @Travelvision2020  Ukraine had more volunteers than they could use. Try again war crim.
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  67. Now we just need Xi to make a statement about Outer Manchuria and maybe Putin will start to think more clearly.
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  68. Maybe the Court could offer him a warm orange jumpsuit?
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  69. Fatah leader will not condemn terrorism. Speaks volumes about the Palestinian government.
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  70. How are Chad and Tyrone keeping up with all this? Imagine the drama, the STI's, the psycho behaviour, the false paternity claims, the false grape accusations? Chad and Tyrone are heroes. They are to men what Jupiter is to Earth, attracting and absorbing the impact of asteroid after asteroid.
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  71. ​ @Jmpr12 Then you have blood on your hands too.
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  72. ​ @AndresRuiz007 So they don't get killed or injured because of hamas terror and stupidity.
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  73. You're living proof that a woman can lift just as much as a man
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  74. ​ @account-369 That is not true. Also, the Russians living there had no problem until the Russian military and FSB organised their invasion. Igor Girkin Strelkov already admitted it in tv interviews. Don't be a hypocrite. Give up Serbian claims to Kosovo immediately.
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  75. It's always in the eyes and the tone of voice. Batshit crazy has become the norm these days. Thankfully, you can spot it within a few seconds and run the hell away from these psychos
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  76. I'm not do sure about that. Women often lie to the guy they're cheating with. If she gets caught Nick is at serious risk of copping a false grape allegation. When a woman is exposed and fears that she may be socially ostracized, she will say whatever it takes to get off the hook. Playing the innocent victim is standard procedure.
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  77. ​ @kevinlove4930 He's a former President. Much of the world is disgusted that such a prolific life time criminal is even allowed to run for public office.
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  78. Falsifying business records is a crime. Funny how he forgot to say that.
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  79.  @spelunkerd  China is no longer cost competitive like it was 10-20 years ago. I say that as an importer who has done business with the Chinese for years. Plus you have to factor in that a lot of Chinese made products have always been cheap junk that breaks almost as soon as you purchase it. Buying cheap Chinese goods is often false economy. Our business has been in the process of diversifying away from China for some time now. Many others are doing the same. The result will be the US becoming richer and China becoming poorer and less able to fund their military aspirations.
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  80. Excellent analysis. The USD will strengthen throughout this decade as US corporations reshore and boost America's economy.
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  81.  @tibor1234  Russia failed to capture Kyiv long before Ukraine gained access to large quantities of Western weapons. The incompetence of the Russians was evident from the very beginning. There is no disputing this fact.
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  82.  @Fantomas-dj7xq  Another Russian suffering from psychosis. Since March 21 Russia has lost 55,000 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory. The Lend lease program begins today. Lyman and the surrounding areas have just been liberated. Go and get diagnosed and stay on the prescribed medications. I'd give 100 million of your fellow countrymen the same advice, starting with dear leader.
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  83. NATO should intervene and defend Ukraine. Putin will not stop here. So act now or act later. Any sign of weakness will only embolden the dictator. Have we learned nothing from the 1930's?
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  84. ​ @Bigliever Looks more like we're fighting to the last Russian. Thank Putin and your own lack of thinking capacity when Russia is defeated and broken up.
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  85. He wouldn't have looked out of place in Monty Python's search for the holy grail.
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  86.  @lizmil  Both Bibi and Putin view him as a useful idiot. There's no bottom to Trump's stupidity, criminality and depravity.
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  87. ​ @aww7056 Let's see how much they love it when they lose their job. Because that will be the consequence of buying dumped Chinese goods.
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  88. ​ @testoftimegaming5219  It was not worse than Russia and at least it wasn't invading it's neighbours and killing civilians en masse.
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  89. ​ @jovanimoran1981 My interpretation is that Trump was bullshitting as usual.
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  90.  @michellelewis3063  Supporting Russia's war crimes and attempts to commit genocide in Ukraine is immoral. You need to go and have a long hard look in the mirror.
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  91.  @bogstandardash3751  I wonder how many of those men in her roster would be willing to be seen with her in public.
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  92. That was one of the most disgusting things I've ever witnessed. I wish Zelensky had reminded them both that Russia has hundreds of nuclear weapons pointed at the US and if they side with Russia while even one nuke remains aimed at America then both of them are traitors to their nation. Calling them both out for siding with their enemy of 80 years would have made them look even stupider.
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  93. There's nothing "artificial" about the default. If you have a contract where you have to pay in USD or Euros and try to pay in rubles, you have defaulted That you could not get USD or Euros because of consequences due to your previous actions is no excuse. It's a default plain and simple.
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  94. Watching those Russians fleeing across the Kerch bridge was like watching rats fleeing a sinking ship.
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  95.  @aww7056  No doubt that's true. But it comes with consequences. If you work in any industry where China is engaged in product dumping, your job is on the line. If China succeeds, your industry eventually collapses and then you are dependent on China for that product in the future.
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  96. ​ @DriveInFreak Mullah Omar was harbouring Osama bin Laden and there were numerous terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. What else do you want to learn?
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  97.  @pajsor  You are extremely biased. Serbs massacred tens of thousands of people on Former Yugoslavia. Do you remember the massacre at Srebrenica and the siege of Sarajevo and the "ethnic cleansing" that they engaged in. Serbs were perpetrating genocide for years before Belgrade got bombed. So stop your selective recollection of that war. As for Iraq, the US and its coalition of the willing only invaded after UN Security Council Resolution 1441, which was the final chance for Saddam Hussein to comply with 10 previous UN Security Council Resolutions. Those resolutions included chemical, biological weapons and the Iraqi government in its reports to the UN admitted possessing both chemical weapons and nerve agents. So even though no nukes were found, the basis of the invasion was justified. Stop telling a selective version of history and go back and learn the facts. If NATO is so evil, then how come everybody wants to join them? Think Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria etc. Are they all evil? If the Western world is so evil, why do migrants, refugees, etc all want to go there?
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  98. ​ @masterlightjames950 That's not what the pictures of the attack look like. Russians did it with the Khakova dam, so we can safely infer their intentions.
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  99.  @marioformosa4259  As the US has basically rebuilt Europe and protected it from Russia since the second world war it seems like a small price to pay.
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  100. They voted for Trump who was good friends with Pdf file Jeffrey Epstein. The hypocrisy and projection of these vile Trump supporters is out of this world.
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  101.  @GrandmaRose9000 No such government department exists.
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  102. ​ @danielkrcmar5395 You keep dreaming buddy. But just explain how Russia lost Kyiv when it was right on its doorstep. Same for Kharkiv. It had to withdraw from Kherson. And now the mighty Russian army is on the defensive, cowering in trenches barely 50km from the Azov Sea. You can talk as much BS as you like but there are factors that make Russian defeat absolutely certain. Ukraine has only been gifted a small fraction of the weapons it could be given and even with that Russia has been steadily losing ground for over a year. This inspite of having a 10:1 artillery advantage, a much larger air force, etc. If Russia couldn't press home their many advantages then, what hope do they have now? None. You are witnessing the demilitarization of Russia. They will not be able to hold their own country together within 12-18 months never mind defeat Ukraine or pose any sort of challenge to the West. And we have reached this position with the West only donating largely obsolete equipment that was ready for decommissioning. Russia is on the brink now. Even before the first F-16's and Gripens have arrived. But you keep talking your BS until the Russian collapse comes. You have a few months at best and then reality will sink in. That will be a far more dominant and assertive West.
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  103. Putin is showing us how to start WW3.
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  104. So about as truthful as every other Russian statement.
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  105. ​ @MarincaGheorghe Hamas is the government of Gaza. Palestinians have a history of choosing terrorists as their government going back many decades. The distinction between the government of Hamas and the Palestinian people is far from clear. I have seen dozens of interviews with Palestinians and not even one has criticised the Hamas terrorist act of murdering 1300 Israeli civilians. So it seems to me that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians support their governments terrorism. What I see is a lot of crocodile tears.
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  106.  @dalecrocker3213  How is a year of drinking vodka going to help them?
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  107. Modi: "The age of expansion is over." But silent against Russian expansion in Ukraine. Hypocrite.
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  108.  @Myspecialrussia  Yes. The indifference of so many Russians to the suffering their country has caused in Ukraine is disgusting.
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  109. We'll done Turkiye and congratulations to Sweden and Finland.
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  110.  @niwreyentihw1496  Women sexually objectified themselves. If you are in any doubt about this just have a look at only fans, Instagram, tic toc for starters. A heck of a lot of women have put a price tag in their sexual value. Take it up with the sisterhood.
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  111. Just phase out all Chinese products over a 2-3 year period. Give local indistries time to replace Chinese imports.
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  112. He lied on his Travel Declaration. He even admitted it. Don't deport him before prosecuting him for this offence. He should serve some jail time before being sent on his way.
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  113. Your comment is a load of bollocks.
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  114. ​ @matthewk9563 The Russians are being hypocrites as usual. During the Vietnam war the Soviet Union loaned planes and pilots to the North Vietnamese. If Russia is not the successor state to the Soviet Union it should vacate its seat as a permanent member of the UN Security Council immediately.
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  115. He certainly doesn't mention it in this video. But I think it's common sense to understand that the US would lose almost all their influence in short order.
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  116. And that plan is doomed to fail. Loses election Nov.5 Sentenced to prison Nov. 26 Wearing his orange jumpsuit Dec. 1
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  117.  @heyheyyoyo3583  Unfortunately it's not just loony leftists. We now have a section of the Republicans on the loony right that also embraces Russian style fascism.
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  118. NATO stopped them from committing genocide. What a bummer.
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  119. ​ @mengreat6982  False equivalence and whataboutism. Troll.
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  120. India's response to Russian aggression is a disgrace. The G20 should never have been held in India.
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  121.  @abdullahmamun1346  It does benefit the whole world. Getting rid of dictators is a win for all.
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  122.  @joane24  I never said it ending a date should be done rudely. The discussion was about integrity. So read my comment again
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  123. ​ @elbibwen3019  No, they are a waste of time. Apologists for Russian war crimes can add nothing of value to your life. There is no justification for what Russia is doing in Ukraine. It's a breach of international law. It's a breach of the Budapest Memorandum. Stop supporting their war crimes.
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  124.  @2854Navman  Yes. The interviewer needs to ask if Mexico has paid. If not, why not?
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  125. Russian assets will be seized to pay for the re-build.
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  126. Same happened to me when I posted what needed to happen to Putler. YT are actively supporting the beast.
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  127. I have been thinking much the same. They will have a hostile population of 40 million. And millions of those people will have combat experience. NATO will keep supplying them with weapons. What a nightmare! The other thing I was thinking is that the insurgency would spread to Russia. I read there are 3 million Ukrainians living in Russia. The potential for some of these people to destroy critical infrastructure is enormous. I can see it happening as Putin has destroyed so much of Ukrainians infrastructure already.
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  128. Putin's legacy will be the break up of the Russian Federation.
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  129. Russia's commitment to any deal will be the same as it is to the Budapest Memorandum.
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  130. ​ @frankyb702 By blocking aid that promotes US national security that is supported by two thirds of the Senate and the Congress.
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  131. On the Rogan podcast Trump said presidential candidates should take an IQ test. So challenging him on this should be very easy.
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  132. That is an excellent point. Eventually, this must come to a head.
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  133. I'm no psychologist but I get a deep sense of grievance, victimhood and sociopathy from both of them. They know very well that Russia is murdering civilians including children but they are prepared to turn a blind eye to that suffering as long as it helps them strike back at their perceived enemies. There's a complete detachment to the pain and suffering Russia is inflicting. Hinckle reminds me of Ted Bundy. It also provides them with an income and a certain amount of fame , which they bask in. But that's all I've got.
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  134. Good interview and she let him answer without interruption. What a pleasant change from the norm.
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  135. Excellent comment. And to this day they refuse to acknowledge all the war crimes they committed in trying to achieve their goals. They're still crying about losing the war and trying to portray themselves as the victims. In the end they got a smaller Serbia after Kosovo gained independence.
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  136. Busy rewriting the pre-nup.
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  137. ​ @guta4202 Is he brainwashing us with facts? If you have a counter argument then go ahead and make it. What is he saying that's false?
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  138. Just saw Sonnenberg being interviewed on DW and they cut him off before he could spell out his findings. So it's good to see you making this information available.
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  139.  @annasimons389  Every woman living in the feminist western world already has stability by having a family with an average income man. But that is exactly the kind of man they consider beneath them. They all want to marry that top 1-5% income bracket. That's not merely wanting stability, it's gold digging. Amazing how some extra cash puts helium in women's legs.
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  140. Out of a hundred I presume.
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  141. You have no idea what socialism is and your comment is ridiculous.
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  142.  @isaakchatelet7260  Maybe Russia will learn there are consequences to their war crimes. Appeasement only encourages an aggressor.
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  143. What would be the consequences of using them? I can envisage retaliation by Ukraine. They have a lot of radioactive material that could be turned into dirty bombs. They also have decent missile technology. Russia would be well advised to never use nukes. Things could get very ugly for them.
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  144. ​ @springbloom5940  Russian war crimes and genocide in Ukraine are the only relevant factors in this.
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  145. ​ @ovekkjlstad7703 If he does I will be the first to praise him. But there's no indication of that and given Trump's infatuation with Putin I won't hold my breath.
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  146. @good Keep dreaming. I know that sector very well. China cannot cut off the West because they would be cut off from semiconductors and other Western high tech that they need Both the US and Australia have a critical minerals list that they are rapidly working on making independent of Chinese supply chains. I am astonished how Russia has gone from being an independent state, a superpower, to having to be dependent on China or others for their survival. In one month, you have gone from the 3rd most powerful country in the world to being a vassal state of China. And you Russian supporters seem happy about it. I doubt China can help you much as they will pursue their national interest, which is to weaken the West as much as possible, and at the same time weaken Russia as much as possible. Keep dreaming as you watch the collapse of your nation into serfdom.
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  147.  @ivanfomin1977  Well he's there defending his country. What are you doing? Playing with yourself in your mother's basement while your nation is at war. Coward.
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  148. Mexico is the US largest trading partner. Their relationship is only going to get stronger.
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  149.  @WorldWide-q8v  Ukraine didn't invade Russia. You're the one that needs to wake up.
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  150. I had no idea Russians love fireworks so much. May there be many more.
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  151. Excellent comment. It's obvious that US allies cannot rely on them. The stampede to nuclear weapons will begin soon.
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  152. ​ @allymac18 Europe can buy it from the US and donate it to Ukraine. It just takes political will and money.
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  153. Maybe Putin should have read it before invading Ukraine.
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  154. ​ @maplebacon1263 Sounds like it was based on ageism, racism and sexism. The results speak for themselves.
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  155.  @seanp9277  LOL. That is close to the dumbest comment I've ever seen.
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  156.  @charlielynes  Whataboutism and false equivalence.
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  157. The Russian supporters are crying hard about this video. Can't face the reality that Russia has already lost. My advice is to stop supporting Russian war crimes and try to become decent human beings.
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  158. Then buy shares in the company that makes them.
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  159. ​ @blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311 Don't you realise why that is? The Ukrainians have millions of men available under age 27 that have deliberately not been called up. At least they have options going forward.
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  160. I used to be reluctant but the past year or so I have started to speak bluntly to them whenever I see toxic behaviour. Idgaf what people think. I will happily wear the misogynist label to make my point.
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  161. ​ @alangaillard2988  Russia's war economy is looking more centrally planned by the day.
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  162. ​ @센터-x2x  You have no idea what you are talking about. And it is Russia who broke the Budapest Memorandum. It is Russia invading their neighbours. No need for Minsk if Russia just kept to its obligations and respected international law.
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  163. ​ AndrePepink Incredibly stupid comment. Putin himself stated that if not for the Lend Lease program Russia would have lost the war. As if you could possibly know better than Stalin.
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  164.  @babblo1389  And who is to blame for that? Russia! You must agree that Russia should pay war reparations to rebuild Ukraine.
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  165. There's an easy fix to the immigration issues if the respective governments have the courage to bite the bullet. Instead of importing labor and granting residency, just give 1-3 year work visas with no possibility of such a visa leading to permanent residency. This is done in the Middle East and other countries.
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  166.  @joejoejoejoejoejoe4391  Birth rates in Africa and in some other parts of the world are still very high. But Western societies that have succumbed to fmnism are doomed.
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  167. @Raging Radishes Lies. Russia want to clear the mines so they can attack Odessa by sea, not because they have some humanitarian goals in mind.
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  168. Look, another Russian troll repeating the same fake talking point.
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  169.  @eveleung8855  That explains why do many people are migrating to Russia, rather then the EU or US. Oh wait...
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  170. @good Rare earth materials are not that rare. They mostly are produced by China. Australia has huge reserves and the USA and Canada have a fair amount too. Everything Russia exports can be replaced. It may cost a little more initially. But new suppliers will quickly emerge to bring prices down again. You should really watch this video again and ask yourself what the future holds for Russia.
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  171. Better to overestimate than underestimate.
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  172. We asked the Ukrainians to do what we would never do ourselves: attack without air superiority and before Russian logistics had been comprehensively destroyed. The F-16's should have come months ago. The West has been hopelessly reactive over the past 18 months. What we need to do is clearly define what our objectives are and then arm Ukraine accordingly.
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  173. ​ @funbarsolaris2822  Whataboutism is not an argument. Neither is false equivalence. Each of those countries had different circumstances. But you probably never saw a murderous dictator that you didn't like.
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  174. Have a look at votes in the UN on the war. The overwhelming majority of nations voted in Ukraine's favour, a few abstained and only 6-7 voted in favour of Russia. This has happened every time a vote on some aspect of the war has occurred. So why don't you stop lying and stick to the facts?
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  175. The war will only end when Russia is defeated. So let's focus on supporting Ukraine to do that as quickly as possible.
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  176. Aid to Ukraine has been passed in the House of Representatives. Slava Ukraini
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  177. A 'peacemaker' who is perpetrating genocide against the Muslim Uighers and who is supporting Putin's genocide in Ukraine? You must have lost your capacity for rational thought.
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  178.  @seanp9277  With proper support from NATO Ukraine would already have won.
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  179. @SnoopyDoo Not even 10% of the weapons have reached Ukraine. Russia is effed.
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  180. That's being far too kind to them.
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  181. When you look like a witch 364 days a year how is one more day going to make any difference?
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  182. ​ @JakeBroe Let's hope so. I think at least 2-3 more need to be sunk to get the message across. Perhaps at least one of them could be Iranian.
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  183. This is sending the strongest message to Putin. The US and Europe have decided that defeating Russia in Ukraine must be achieved. This is a massive blow to Putin and Trump and the "uniquely demented" mTRAITORg.
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  184.  @livingtribunal4110  The Budapest Memorandum.
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  185. Your thoughtful and considered analysis absent any hyperbole makes this channel one of the best on the war in Ukraine. My thoughts regarding nuclear is that Putin and his generals know very well they can never win a nuclear war. Also, they would be factoring in the response that would come from China, India and othe countries that have been sympathetic to their goals. So we just need to give everything Ukraine needs to defeat Russia in a conventional war and Putin will be dealt with by the Russian people in due course.
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  186. ​ @jonlanier_ Trump was the one looking for a pay day since he's the one who proposed this deal.
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  187. ​ @DK-ev9dg It would be stabilizing the Pacific. And it would be even better if France joined since they have a big stake in the Pacific.
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  188. ​​ @stacey37m If it's Trump's plan then why doesn't he just announce it? That's what political leaders and parties do in the lead up to elections.
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  189. I've been making this same argument for the past 2-3 months. It's so good to see the gentleman saying what seems obvious. The tide had turned and that's before the Lend Lease program has even started. Russia is doomed.
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  190. ​ @DIREWOLFx75 Perhaps Serbs might learn a lesson from it: don't try to perform genocide on your neighbours. Russia could take note too.
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  191.  @dmitryk2058  I agree. But there must still be some things that may restrain him such as whatever value he places on his life and that of his family. His Generals may not be so willing to die in a nuclear exchange. Presumably, after working systematically to extract hundreds of billions of dollars from the Russian economy over a 25 year period, one would think he would like to enjoy those riches or at least pass them on to his family. Surely Putin must have a strong will to survive and benefit from his riches. Why else has he worked so hard for all these years?
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  192. A fairly significant amount of value add in lithium and rare earth minerals is in the development stage in Western Australia. I'd also add graphite to the list of critical minerals that Australia can supply for green tech. Several good projects are in the pipeline and Australian companies seem to have control of a large number of deposits in Tanzania and Malawi.
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  193. ​ @virik9903 NATO has been on Russian borders for years already. Stop making a fool of yourself.
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  194. ​ @stephenglover1818 Says the Putin bot. At least use your Russian name Igor.
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  195. What a ridiculous assertion to claim it could be construed by Russia as an escalation. Russia's Black Sea navy has been firing missiles all over Ukraine. All those ships are legitimate military targets.
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  196. ​ @John_Smith_86 Why are you using a generic Western alias? Are you not sufficiently proud of your Russian name and heritage? You can thank Putin for lacking the intelligence to foresee the results of his aggression.
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  197. Sounds like you took out the trash.
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  198. Russian pilots flew combat missions for North Vietnam during the war. Why couldn't US pilots volunteer to do the same for Ukraine? Russia could have been defeated long ago.
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  199. ​ @cmanlovespancakes Lend lease says otherwise. Left on their own, the Russians would be speaking German now.
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  200. Since China is aiding Russia's war in Ukraine it is clear that it does not respect Ukraine's sovereignty. So it must accept that its own sovereignty is also unimportant. If the people of Taiwan choose independence, China should respect their wishes.
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  201. ​ @ZAIN-uk3om  If the USSR could not withstand Western pressure and collapsed, how will Russia manage to do it? The USSR was far stronger than Russia and Russia depends heavily on western technology to run its military and its energy industries. Delude yourself as much as you like, but Russia has no chance of withstanding the sanctions and the pressure that it is under now. There is only one possible outcome: the collapse of Russia.
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  202. Yes and all Western countries were highly critical of China. We can easily recognise that China is the aggressor and India is rightfully defending itself.
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  203.  @praetorianblade6490  You are 100% correct in your comments. For millenia, across all races and cultural groups men have preferred to marry virgins for the reasons you have given and others. Only in the modern era in the western world we have been subjected to 50 years of lies and propaganda by the media and feminism to try and convince men that virginity doesn't matter. Trying to brainwash men into accepting sloppy seconds and even sloppy hundreths. Trying to convince men to raise bastard children. Hell no. It's all bullshit and the agenda is to destroy the West from the inside by destroying the cornerstone of every functioning and successful society: the family unit.
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  204.  @aymenaymen7533  NATO did not invade the countries that joined it. They signed up of their own free will. They never belonged to Russia. How can Russia concede nations that do not belong to it?How can Russia concede independent, sovereign states? I'd suggest you get a brain before you make inane comments.
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  205. I think we are very close to this already. Ukrainians have shown themselves to be extraordinary people. Their courage and their sense of humour is amazing. Once all those weapons come pouring in from the Lend Lease program, Russia is toast.
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  206. Yes, there is racism in the West and it should be called out when it happens. But I think it is something to that we can never wholly eliminate because all people have in-group bias. That is why we relate to and feel more empathy towards people who are more similar to us. I have lived in numerous countries and I have seen this everywhere. It's good that you are calling it out. Just be consistent and call it out everywhere.
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  207. Russia can end the war tomorrow just by leaving Ukraine. Does JR not understand this?
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  208. ​ @sabinbajracharya3815 The Nepali government could pass legislation to the effect that it becomes a crime to go and fight for Russia and prosecute returnees.
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  209.  @indiasuperclean6969  I was not telling you what to do. It was high level trolling. And yes it has a certain degree of truth. But if you are from Pakistan, maybe have a good look in the mirror.
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  210.  @pegasusapollosson3747  Brilliant comment.
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  211. In the Finland scenario, even if not all NATO members get involved, it's very likely that all those close to Russia will do so. I can't imagine the Baltic states, Poland, Norway and Sweden and possibly several others would refuse to help defend Finland. They would know they might be next on the chopping block. NATO may no longer exist in its current form but a new NATO type alliance would replace it. Russia will probably try something like this if Trump becomes US President again. But if not, it is very unlikely to try and even less likely to succeed. NATO could get ahead of this by giving Ukraine everything they need to defeat Russia. They could even get boots on the ground in Ukraine. That would be a convincing demonstration of their committment to stick together. And no, Russia is not going to escalate to nukes because they know that would be suicide.
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  212. He relies too much on Russian milbloggers as sources. So his analysis has that bias built into it.
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  213. Imagine if the Russian resistance had crossed the border into Russia from Finland. That would have added 1300km of territory thar Russia would have had to defend.
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  214. ​ @metigame1450  War criminals tend to support each other.
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  215. ​ @JJ-zr6fu No insults were given. T & V were both lying through their teeth. Now that's an insult.
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  216. If the SCOTUS gives Presidential immunity wouldn't that also mean the President can also take out any SC justice with full immunity? They should think this through very carefully.
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  217. Since Russia has so brazenly breached its promises under the Budapest Memorandum, the US should give Ukraine some nukes. let's start with 100 tactical nukes and say 20 long range ones able to hit all the major Russian cities and military installations. I'd love to see Zelensky telling Putin they will only be used if Ukraine faces an existential threat.
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  218. And their alternatives to coal from Australia are Brazil and Africa, which both present the same logistical challenges that PZ just described regarding oil.
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  219. In fairness to PZ, he merely underestimated Trump's mendacity and the gullibility of the US electorate. Most people outside the US are flabbergasted that a convicted felon is now the President.
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  220.  @andrew8168  Do you realise it's possible to tackle both problems at the same time? In fact, literally thousands of problems are being dealt with every single day.
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  221.  @YodiJohsonna  In your previous post you agreed with the OP that she may participate in it (304 phase).You claimed it was classy if she did not speak of it. No it's trashy whether you speak of it or not. You and every other women can 304 as much as you like. But you cannot expect men to respect you for it and certainly no man of any worth would give such a woman a long term relationship or marriage. Men decide what qualities we value in a woman and promiscuity makes a woman unmarriageable.
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  222. Very cogent guest. Have him on again.
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  223.  @alexchew2003  NATO was defending Kosovars from Serbian genocide. That is not a war crime. What about Serbian war crimes in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo? By supporting Russia's war crimes you are an accomplice.
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  224. Everyone who has voted Republican in the last two elections has aided Putin and Russia, even if it wasn't intentional.
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  225.  @santoriniblue8413  And when the bluff is finally called, what then? The West should just ignore Russian protests and do whatever it takes to help Ukraine win.
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  226.  @kayjr9795  That book has indeed been changed since it's inception. But even if it had not been changed, how would that prove that its contents were true? Do this: read the book first. Most of its followers have never read it. They just go by what their religious leaders tell them is in it. If you want to know all the false claims in it, you can easily google it. Do yourself a favour and open up your mind. Learn some science and logic and you will easily know that it cannot be the word of God. How can God get so many things wrong?
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  227.  @Rylus571  Now if we can just convince them that the next Ukrainian offensive will be on Vladivostok.
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  228. It looked like archival footage on loop.
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  229.  @vitigaymer1053  Not liberated, obliterated.
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  230. I think that's very likely if Ukraine appears to be close to a significant military defeat. Poland and the Baltics have good reason to believe they're next on the chopping block, so it's better to fight the war in Ukraine than on their own soil.
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  231. The only thing keeping trump in with a chance of victory is the archaic and undemocratic electoral college. After destroying MAGA in November the Biden administration should focus on getting rid of it so that real democracy prevails. You should never have a situation where a candidate that loses the popular vote by millions can be the President.
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  232. Towards fascism....
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  233. This is why we can safely ignore Russian threats to use nukes. The first place with a mushroom cloud over it would be Belgorod or some other Russian city.
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  234. They can if they can utilise their vast geothermal resources to get electricity prices down and if they can eliminate corruption. Let's hope they can do both because the Filipino people are fantastic and I hope their standard of living skyrockets over the coming years.
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  235.  @DarkoBukovec  That has got to be the stupidest comment I have ever seen on the internet. Imagine comparing breaking the law to save Jews from being murdered by the Nazis to Djokovic trying to get into Australia to win a tennis tournament! That is wrong on so many levels. By your reasoning every law should be broken for any trivial reason. You really need to think this through.
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  236. @good That is not dictatorship. You need to get a dictionary. The US and allies are perfectly right to tell China what the consequences will be. We are free to choose who we want to trade with and the circumstances of that trade. We are not obliged to deal with mass murderers like Putin or those who support him. Putin is committing war crimes against civilians as I type. You support this. I think it's time to end this conversation. You are not worth the time.
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  237. ​ @andy_s_8982 He was a laughing stock all around the world.
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  238. No. There's a definition of terrorism in the dictionary. Indiscriminately targeting and murdering civilians is terrorism. What Hamas is doing is terrorism. That if a fact, not a matter of opinion.
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  239. ​ @vack_blain  What use is a weapon that can't be used without committing suicide?
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  240. Stay safe. Russia must be made to pay for all their crimes.
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  241. Cut out all surveillance media too.
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  242.  @goenzoy  Is Russia respecting it's obligations under the Budapest Memorandum?
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  243. If you think they were unfair, provide some evidence. Otherwise you might as well be arguing for the existence of unicorns.
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  244.  @mac-xk1ec  Try making a relevant and intelligent comment.
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  245. ​ @gtaraya  Presumably that applies to Russian colonialism? If so, tell Russia to get out of Ukraine.
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  246. Different religions will have different demands from the government. If you're going to go down this path you need to do two things first. 1. Establish the existence of God as a matter of fact. 2. Determine which religion is worshipping the real God and which are false. It would seem much easier to proceed on the basis that there is no God, as there's simply a lack of evidence. And even if there is a God, we don't know which one is the real one. My suggestion would be to keep religion out of the law entirely.
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  247. What new pipelines?
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  248. ​ @Shiva_shankar-w8p  Then why haven't they done it, genius?
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  249. ​ @PranicEnergy Or invades it's neighbours like Tibet, Vietnam and India.
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  250. No, the war started when Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. If you support Russian colonialism then you have to support all colonialism including the colonisation of India.
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  251. The Mediazona numbers are interesting in the sense that over the course of the invasion Russia has lost around 50 soldiers per day over 400 days. But in the last 2 weeks, they have lost closer to 120 per day. That suggests the Ukrainian strategy of bleeding out Russia in Bakhmut is working. Another 3-4 weeks of the status quo and Ukraine will be in a far stronger position to launch their counteroffensive.
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  252. Please explain how you think NZ's fate is tied to Australia? As someone who has businesses in both countries I just don't see it. NZ has tied itself to China even more than Australia and it has severely damaged it's relationship with the US. NZ is on its own.
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  253. ​ @robertanderson5092 I think he meant the most effective lies, the ones that are most believed.
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  254. ​ @surose7506 In the same way they knew Russia was going to invade Ukraine and made it public in the days leading up to the Russian invasion.
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  255. And from a numbskull who bankrupted a casino. The audacity!
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  256.  @rajeshji2811  Rubbish. Stop spreading lies. Putin has never believed Ukraine should be an independent nation. Despite the borders being agreed to after the break up of the USSR. You are an apologist for the murder of Ukranian children.
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  257. Don't know how it was done but thoroughly enjoying the outcome. More fireworks inside Russia! Slava Ukraine.
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  258. ​ @insertname1841  It's international waters dummy. Every country has the right to sail there. UNCLOS already rejects China's claims. So they need to start respecting international law.
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  259. The collapse of Russian defences is slow at the beginning, but then lightning fast at the end. Kherson is a good example.
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  260. Excellent guest. Have him and on more often.
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  261.  @YodiJohsonna  Her participation in it proves she is not classy. She's still a 304, just one who has hidden it from public view.
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  262.  @Omgiamsotriggered  Think it through. If you never call their bluff they can use nuclear blackmail to take any country they choose. US surrender or Russia uses nukes.So are you going to surrender or are you calling their bluff?
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  263. ​ @johnadam2885 You have misrepresented what this video is about. It is Russia that has an unfit government. Your support of them speaks volumes in regard to your amorality.
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  264. Just accept the fact that everything is stacked in women's favour. Drop all your Disney fantasies and delusions and start playing the game as hard as women are playing it. Step 1: Get out of the Western world. Go some place where getting divorce graped is impossible. And where men are still in charge and make the rules. It will be some place that's still conservative. Step 2: Invite as many attractive women as you like on to your boat but the moment any one of them gives you trouble just toss her overboard. That's what she will do to you the moment she's not feeling it any more. Don't get attached. Now you are free of Western women's ridiculous demands and you can live a peaceful and productive life
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  265. They're refuse to use the word terrorism to describe 260 unarmed civilians being murdered at a music festival and babies having their heads cut off. Also all the hostages that have been abducted. If you think that is unbiased, you need to get a brain, and then a dictionary.
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  266. ​ @CAPSLOCKPUNDIT Have they captured copeyansk yet?
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  267.  @oldi184  Russia is insignificant to the west. You will see.
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  268. Exactly. They know their behaviour disgusts men but still do it and think they will be able trick the next guy that comes along. Hypergamy means lies, deception and manipulation are their modus operandi. Never believe a word they say. Closely observe what they do.
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  269. He seems to be playing checkers rather than chess and worse still, he's losing.
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  270. ​ @ismailyahaia3312 Ukraine did not start the war and they do not rely on Russia for any of those things. You are not exactly an intellectual I take it.
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  271. The Russian trolls are going crazy. They know they are going to meet the same fate when justice catches up with them.
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  272.  @markanthony3275  You made the plainly false claim that the Russian ruble is backed by gold. Then you have an irrelevant anecdotal account without any substantive evidence. The reasonable conclusion is that you are not very intelligent. If you want a real argument first prove your claim that the ruble is backed by gold. Come on genius let's see what you've got.
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  273. You thought wrong.
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  274. Maybe they can swap notes in how to further destroy their respective economies.
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  275. There's an easy fix to the immigration issues if the respective governments have the courage to bite the bullet. Instead of importing labor and granting residency, just give 1-3 year work visas with no possibility of such a visa leading to permanent residency. This is done in the Middle East and other countries.
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  276. The best I can manage is concepts of thoughts and prayers for them.
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  277. ​​ @MrGanjaBandits  I can't agree with you. Serbia only has a lot to lose if it wants to be belligerent with its neighbours. A Serbia that is democratic and peaceful with it's neighbours has nothing to fear and has a lot to gain. Your country just have to give up ideas of a "greater Serbia" which brought so much grief to the region not so long ago.
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  278.  @sanaf8367  That is a complete lie. The US invaded Iraq with a coalition that did not include Ukraine. Also, the US only invaded Iraq after 11 UN Security Council resolutions. And to remove Saddam Hussein's regime which had killed a million people in the war against Iraq, invaded Kuwait and gassed the Kurds. How can you think that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the same? Ukraine only entered Iraq in a peace keeping role to help facilitate the elections and support the new Iraqi government. It was a part of UN authorised activities. You should be ashamed of your lies and ignorance.
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  279.  @cooldad7297  NATO's military strength is about 100 times greater than Ukraine's and Russia can't defeat Ukraine even after nearly 3 years. Russia is now reliant on North Korea for weapons, ammunition and soldiers. Claiming that Russia could defeat NATO in a military conflict is like claiming a 10 year old child can beat Mike Tyson in a boxing match. It's so absurd that it's laughable.
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  280. ​ @ireneabdurrahman7852 They believed they could destroy Israel by military means. Hamas had never accepted Israel's right to exist. Several wars and dozens of terrorist atrocities later and they still want to play like they're the poor innocent victims. They just murdered 1300 unarmed civilians including babies with not the slightest bit of remorse shown.
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  281.  @JankoAcimovic  If the problem is the US and NATO, then why has Russia not attacked them?
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  282.  @SleeperS3  Yeah sure. Keep dreaming.
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  283.  @torrokasparov2210  It's very comparable to the USSR which ultimately collapsed under the weight of pressure from the cold war. That happened even though the USSR had more than 20% of global GDP and exported vast quantities of energy and grains just like Russia does today. Russia is , of course, much weaker politically, militarily and economically. It's economic output is less than 2% of global GDP. It also no longer has all the Eastern European countries which are now arrayed against them. I'd say history is going to rhyme within a few years. Putin will be remembered as the czar who brought about the dissolution of the Russian Federation.
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  284. @good What is a democratic dictatorship? Those two words have opposite meanings. It's an oxymoron. Whatever the West is, it's far more free and wealthy than Russia or any of the countries that support Russia. That is a fact you cannot dispute. It's why Russians and other third world citizens all flock to the West for education, work and immigration.
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  285. You have no idea what the word strategic means. Sweden and Finland joining NATO is a massive strategic defeat for Russia. Since March, Russia has lost even more ground than it has gained. Russia is heading for a nation defining military defeat in Ukraine.
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  286. What is stopping other countries from forming security alliances? The whole world is not NATO's responsibility. And if it did try to provide security to other countries around the world all we would here is complaints about how dare NATO be the worlds policeman.
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  287. Except for the fact that all of the one's left in the AO are vaccinated and have little or no sympathy for the joker. They are glad to see the back of him and can't wait to play tennis.
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  288.  @Factsagainstpropoganda  You have no idea. There is nothing particularly special about a resource based economy. If in doubt refer to resource rich countries like Venezuela and Democratic Republic of Congo. Russia has just accelerated its own demise by invading Ukraine.
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  289. With every word they prove that men are nothing more than a utility and that they are incapable of love. Once you know you're just a tool, a meal ticket to them, their allure vanishes forever. Then you have real freedom
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  290. By the same reasoning, do you think Trump should be in prison for his 34 felony convictions? Or does the law only matter when it applies to other people?
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  291. ​ @SeanWinters Democracy is better with more parties. Things only went downhill in Germany after it became a one party state. The US political system is clearly out of date. The two party system can't deal with the problems facing the US.
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  292. If Russia could do it, NATO would be forced to intervene. The security threat to Europe posed by such a scenario would be immense. They just couldn't allow it to happen.
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  293.  @saascarlson5597  All the African countries on the Security Council voted against Russia. So much for your delusional and racist dreams.
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  294. ​ @pedrososap  Russia is going to run out of weapons long before Ukraine runs out of manpower. Take tanks as just one example. They have already lost about 2500 and have only around 1500 left. At this rate they won't have the capacity to keep fighting effectively within a few months. We shouldn't underestimate Russia, but neither should we overestimate them.
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  295.  @vesnabrankovic788  Actions speak louder than words. Remember the Adria tournament? Now failing to isolate after testing positive in Serbia? He obviously has certain beliefs that contradict medical science and is willing to put other people's health at risk. You are only defending him because he is a Serb. The Minister's decision is correct.
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  296. Aid to Ukraine has been passed by the House of Representatives. Slava Ukraini
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  297. All answers must be in the form of a signed affidavit.
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  298. Why always the same list of demands? It's almost like you are dealing with terrorists. Never negotiate with terrorists. Ignore them. Let them shoot the hostage.
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  299. That is simply false. The US has vast quantities of military equipment.
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  300. Excellent comment.
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  301. How can anyone take this guy seriously? He reports Russian MOD propaganda as if they were facts. What a clown 🤡
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  302. To make things even worse for Russia, Lend Lease only starts in September. Within months Ukraine will have a well trained army and a practically unlimited supply of weapons and ammunition and guaranteed supply lines. Russia is effed.
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  303. True. Bullies only ever understand a punch in the face.
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  304. Russia may be moving towards AZE, but they seem to be moving towards Turkiye. I recall watching a video of street interviews with AZE people a few months back and asked who they prefer between Russia and the EU, a few said the EU. None said Russia. But the vast majority of them stated they wanted to be part of a Turkic block led by Turkiye. Is Turkish influence going to rise as a result of the latest events rather than Russia's? I ask as I don't claim any expertise on this subject.
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  305. ​ @mayankkumar6255 Countries do make sovereign decisions and the populace in the member states support being a part of the EU. You don't have a say in it.
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  306. ​ @theo3030 You're overstating the level of assistance Ukraine is receiving. They have their hands tied behind their backs. Once that changes, Russia will be in a world of pain. But you keep coping if it helps you.
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  307. The effect on the frontline will be almost immediate because Ukraine has been rationing their use of ammunition on the assumption that they may get no further help from the US. Now that they know more is coming soon, they can increase their use of ammo. Slava Ukraini.
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  308. Add in losing the European market.
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  309. Now that Putin has made his intentions clear Europe has no choice but to confront Russian aggression and wean itself off Russian energy. The new cold war has begun and it can only end after the Russian Federation collapses, just like the USSR. For Europe its a case of short term pain for long term gain. For Russia it's the beginning of the end.
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  310.  @buffuniballer  The UN does not need to approve it. Ukraine as an independent nation that has been invaded can get help from whoever it wishes to defend itself. Ukrainian skies are under Ukrainian jurisdiction. Russia can have no complaint about a no-fly zone.
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  311. ​ @SAMARTBO You can join Putin in the Hague as an accomplice.
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  312. The problem is that even if they're less picky they will resent you for it later. Believing that they really did deserve an uber Chad billionaire after all. Then they'll divorce grape you and hold your kids hostage with the full backing of the state. You'd have to be out of your mind to marry or co-habitate in the current legal environment.
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  313. What's the advantage of using digital transactions rather than cash? The government and the banks have complete control over you. And what will you do in the event of a natural disaster in which the electricity grid stops working for days, or weeks, or months?
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  314. @good You are the one supporting colonialism and mass murder in the present.
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  315. War criminals stick together?
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  316. Trump reminds me of Commodus in movie Gladiator. He is not a moral man.
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  317. The era of Russia being considered a superpower is over.
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  318. It is Ukranian and always will be.
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  319. ​ @ryansauchuk7290 If I was on that jury and facing intimidation, I can guarantee you I would convict as payback. Guilty on all charges.
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  320. It's much harder to fire a harpoon accurately in the dark.
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  321. The physicists version of Indra's net?
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  322. Fantastic analysis again. Recently I watched a video from Azerbaijan in which the interviewer asked random people in Baku if they would be in favour of joining NATO. A few said no. More said yes. But the majority stated they would prefer to join a Turkic security block led by Turkiye. Things are going to get very interesting at the first hint of Russian defeat in Ukraine.
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  323. Other nations are far too intelligent to fight that style of war. Russia is doomed to failure and disintegration when this geopolitical event ends.
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  324.  @FunkyFunky7345  That's what they said about the USSR. Where are they now?
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  325. Novo means new. So a lot of places start with that. Like Novo York.
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  326. ​ @dr3dnaut38 Falsifying business records. He was not convicted of fraud. Your talking points are irrational and meaningless. He broke the law in New York and now he's a convicted felon. Go and have a good cry.
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  327. That could be a prediction just a few months from now.
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  328. We can easily settle this matter by holding a referendum in Taiwan. If the Taiwanese people want to live in an independent Taiwan, then so be it. The first to recognise the result of the referendum will be Russia and all the people who support Russias invasion of Ukraine because they are not hypocrites, right?
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  329. Why don't the Democrats spring their own October surprise?
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  330. Are these young men against the war or against being personally mobilized? If it's the latter, I have little sympathy for them.
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  331. They want a retirement plan and to still keep riding the cc on girls night out and any other opportunity.
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  332.  @chriswhite318  In the event of Russia attacking a NATO member, Finland will do what's required.
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  333. Some of the European countries need to do a lot more. France's paltry $690 million is an absolute disgrace. The result is that Wagner/Russia is kicking the French out West Africa. Macron is pathetic.
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  334. The only country that has ever Invoked article 5 is the US. Perhaps you should show some gratitude. And as a member of NATO the US has treaty obligations to help other members if article 5 is invoked again.
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  335. ​ @umenhuman7573  Cease your BS. Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014. Ukraine has every right to fight for the return of that territory. Russia is a signatory to the Budapest Memorandum in which it agreed to Ukraine's borders and pledged to defend them. Russia alone is the aggressor here.
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  336. It's time the Western world drew some broader lessons from this war. The main one I believe is that we should stop doing business with dictatorial regimes that do not share our values on human rights and freedoms. When we do business with these regimes, we create wealth for them and enable them to oppress their own people and invade their neighbours. We need to find solutions to meeting our energy and material needs by working more closely together and excluding countries like Russia and China from being able to fully participate in our economies unless they improve their human rights record. We can do this by having free trade between countries that are democratic and have a high level of freedom. But other countries that don't should have tariffs imposed on their goods. We could start with a basic 100% tariff on all goods on China and Russia and slowly bring it down if they improve. It would give us a real pressure point and force them into change or remain in poverty. While we continue to reward them by giving them access to our markets, they have no reason to change. They are laughing at us. We are basically giving Russia and China the money they need to wage war on us in future. It's time put an end to this system and start putting a price on access to our markets. If they don't want to play, that's fine. There are plenty of other countries that would jump at the chance.
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  337. Shame on you for not condemning hamas terrorism. Journalists on the frontline take a risk. Sometimes it doesn't work out.
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  338. If NATO were to use even 10% of their air power, Russia would not have an artillery system left. Same applies to their defensive systems. The war would have been over months earlier.
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  339. ​ @mikegoetz3184 Has it occurred to you that governments enter into contracts? If they did so with this company they would have been required to honor the contract regardless of how many staff were coming into work. Would it also amaze you to discover they continued paying rent on the offices they leased? Even with no employees coming into the office.
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  340. ​ @jonathantoymaker Go have a good cry. If you had the gonads, you would be on the frontline facing Ukraine. But you don't.
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  341. ​ @irenemchugh What do you think anti-vaxxers want to do?
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  342. Let's get real here. At this stage the Russians would be hard pressed to conquer the Vatican even if it was located just 100km from Moscow.
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  343. ​ @Justvn4thGenTL  Provide evidence or your comment will be seen as BS.
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  344.  @ivanandreyev4420  You can have it both ways. You are criticizing both intervention and non-intervention. Which do you disagree with? Also, you should get your facts straight, NATO was not involved in Iraq or Afghanistan. Some NATO countries participated and others did not. Getting rid of Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, Mullah Omar and Slobodan Milosevic, were good things no? Or do you just love dictators and terrorists of all types, including Putin?
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  345. Lyman is going to be late liberated any day now. Cry Dweeb.
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  346. Maybe you should refrain from making such ridiculous comments. Australia is a staunch US ally. It has a formal military alliance with the US (ANZUS) and is also a part of AUKUS and QUAD. Australia is also in the process of buying hundreds of billions of dollars of nuclear powered submarines and other advanced weapons systems from the US. There are also several key US military bases located in Australia. China is an important trading partner for Australia but unfortunately for the Chinese, they need Australia more than Australia needs them. If you are in doubt about this just consider their failed trade war against Australia over the past few years. If Australia cuts off iron ore exports tomorrow, their economy will take a big hit. But China's economy will take an even worse hit. It would bring the Chinese economy to a standstill. As for Indonesia, they have a new government and it's not clear yet what their policies towards Chinese aggression will be. But they do have a dispute with China regarding China's refusal to accept the UNCLOS ruling that went against them.
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  347.  @myunghea1645  If Putin did not invade Donbass there would have been no need for Ukraine to be trying to recapture their territory. If you attack another country you should expect that they will attack you in return.
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  348. Strike the drone manufacturing factory in Belarus as retaliation.
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  349. It called for the release of hostages. But the hamas terrorists have not complied.
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  350. They would have to be very confident of a swift victory. In Ukraine the Dnipro River is proving difficult for both sides to cross. I think China would discover the Taiwan Strait to be far more difficult.
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  351. What a relief it will be a once he's finally behind bars.
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  352.  @nevermorengpinas7418  If Putin has a problem with the US and NATO then why did he not attack them? Ukraine is not a part of NATO, it never had been and was not going to be for the foreseeable future.
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  353. It's way too late for that. I held a referendum at my house over the weekend and as a result of that we have already annexed Russia. You need to find another country to Annex.
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  354. ​ @stephenglover8828 Still haven't gone to the frontline to give your life for Putin?
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  355. More examples of women proving that they don't care in the slightest for what men want. It's all me, me, me. But what's in it for the man? It's obvious they don't give a rat's ass.
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  356. Serbia was committing genocide against Kosovars. NATO just stopped them from doing that. If NATO is Serbia's enemy, then it should revoke it's application for EU membership immediately. Because almost all EU members are also NATO members. Serbia needs to make a decision. Does it want to be in the EU and therefore aligned with NATO or not?
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  357. And giving money to your employer.
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  358. ​ @Guvna_  No. They defended themselves from a barbaric invasion that's against international law and breaches the Budapest Memorandum. Try placing the blame on the aggressor.
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  359. @X.I_AMM You need to work on your reading comprehension. I merely pointed out that both were elected. That is not an insult to anyone. It is a matter of fact. You can try reading a history book, but then you may not understand that either.
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  360. Hypergamy driven consumption is largely responsible for the environmental crisis the world is facing.
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  361. He said it was untenable. Did you not understand?
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  362. That's 900 Zimbabwean dollars. Imagine what you can buy with just 1 one hundred trillion dollar note!
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  363. ​ @hyhhy  That would be the country that's had hundreds of nuclear weapons pointed at the US for decades. See if you can figure it out.
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  364. Tennis Australia is just a tennis association, nothing more. Their exemption proved to be worthless. The Australian government decides who gets into Australia and they were adamant that unvaccinated people could not enter Australia. If you're upset, write to Tennis Australia.
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  365. That bridge is more than 10 miles long. They're going to need a lot more smoke.
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  366. While I agree with your statement, there are no reformed 304's. Leopards do not change their spots.
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  367. ​ @Rareos Show me the NATO profit and loss statement. No. NATO is a defensive organisation that was created to counter Soviet and Russian aggression. Until Russia ceased its imperial wars of aggression and colonisation and Russification of its neighbours there will always be a role for NATO.
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  368.  @dalecrocker3213  In April 2022 when the Russian army was at the outskirts of Kyiv and Kharkiv and had at least 10 times the fire power of the Ukrainian military, why did they not capture both cities and win the war? If they couldn't do it then, how will they manage it now? Use your brain.
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  369.  @i.o4916  Spoken like a true garden tool and complete bullshit of of course. The very fact that she is concealing (lying) about her body count tells you everything you need to know about her character. She will continue to lie and cheat all her life. Because that is her basic character. She will inevitably cheat on her spouse and eventually divorce grape him once she is in a position to extract the maximum resources out of him. Why would a sane man take such a risk when far better alternatives are available?
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  370. Facts are decided by courts and juries all the time. Do you have an issue with them being arbiters of truth?
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  371.  @gordonlinton3555  Yes, USSR had around 25% of global GDP, while Russia has less than 2%. USSR oil and gas production volumes were as much as Russia today. The West is far larger as many of the former USSR, Russian colonies are now in the EU and are a part of NATO. If the USSR could not survive, how will a much weaker Russia?
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  372.  @ЕкатеринаРакова-ч5х  Tell me about Russian military aggression and colonialism. Tell me about Chinese colonialism and oppression. Does Tibet ring an bells? Do the Uighers have freedom or do they face genocide. If you want to criticise the West for past history, have a good look at your own and the nations you support. You are brazenly supporting the war crimes and genocide that Russia is committing in Ukraine right now. So how can you claim to have any morality? In your country you are not even free to say what you like without facing jail. In Russia just saying there is a war going on will get you up to 15 years in jail. If the West is so bad and so evil, why do almost all migrants want to move to the West? Why are they not clamouring to get into China or Russia or India? Because those countries are shit holes and even the people living there want to get out and live in the West. Why do the leaders and anyone wealthy enough to afford it from China, Russia and India buy homes in the West? Why do they send their children to get educated in the West? Why do their children want to remain living in the West rather than their home country? Why do they keep their money and wealth in the West? If life is so good in your third world shit hole countries, why don't you stay there? China and India are just cheap labour for the West. We can outsource those jobs to any other country we want and that is already happening. Stop and think. Why have China and India become wealthier and improved their standard of living over the past 20 years? Because the West created a world order that enabled that to happen and invested and partnered with you. Same for Russia up to 2014. Because of Europe partnering with Russia by investing and buying energy, Russia became richer. Now you want to shoot the very countries that helped you develop and grow. The world order has indeed been broken but not in the way you third-worlders think. It's not a multi-polar world. The new world order is one in which the rich Western countries no longer trust you or want to do business with you. You have alienated your customers. Without buyers in rich countries all your economies and your people will become much poorer. Westerners know that you hate them now. They have started to make the changes required to ditch China, India and Russia and only deal with friendly countries. That process will take years but it is happening.
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  373. No, he's not fine. You can see the crazy in his eyes and when he talks all I can think of is: bat shit crazy.
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  374. Exactly. Efficient use of resources is necessary to win the war.
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  375.  @highintensity415  Exactly. She was projecting.
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  376. ​ @JakeBroe Anders is always on the ball.
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  377. Wise words indeed. We should allow Ukraine to use Western weapons inside Russia but strictly for military targets. Russia can't have any cause for complaint.
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  378. ​ @grahortarg9933 Turkey can borrow money from international money markets. Russia can't because no one will lend them money. But you keep dreaming.
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  379. ​ @jamesgornall5731 More Russian BS.
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  380.  @tomstory8502  They could have gone to any number of Middle Eastern or other countries. Europe is a long way away. Since Putin destroyed Syria, maybe Russia can take a few million.
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  381.  @YodiJohsonna  The word classy used in the context in which you used it is completely wrong. A classy woman is NOT promiscuous. I'm sure there are some women who would not like their partner to have been promiscuous, but those women are few because men and women are attracted to different things. Men are generally repulsed by promiscuity in a potential mate, wheres women are mostly attracted to men who have had lots of partners. If you don't understand how attraction differs between the sexes then take the time to learn. You can disagree all you want but a promiscuous woman to most men is as appealing as a broke, ugly, 5ft tall, low status man is to most women. As a marriage prospect, she is a straight up no.
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  382. NATO is breathing a huge sigh of relief after seeing how incompetent the Russian military is. But it's still prudent to strengthen your borders just in case Putin becomes even more delusional.
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  383. You think the Russian's army will crumble that quickly? I thought it would take about a month.
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  384.  @visnjalivancic3953  If you think those were wrong, then how does two wrongs make a right?
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  385. Not just the US. Lots of other countries are doing the same.
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  386. ​ @J_S209 Lithium and rare earth elements processing is already happening in Australia and expanding rapidly. Things are changing fast.
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  387. Serbia had no business committing genocide in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. NATO defended the Kosovars. Nothing more.
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  388. Professor, why do you think Russia says such obvious lies? I can understand that it may benefit them to a domestic audience. But to a neutral observer of even moderate intelligence it comes across as being absurd. It makes the Russians look ridiculous.
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  389. It should be an automatic and instinctive first response.
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  390. ​ @QANews How do you negotiate with people who are doing everything in their power to kill you?
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  391. Ukraine preparing the way to Crimea more likely.
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  392. With 50+ HIMARS Ukraine could just take out all the Russian artillery and ammunition while staying safely out of Russian artillery range. After that, it will get much easier.
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  393. Soviet missiles were already in Cuba. American nukes are not in Ukraine. JFK told the Soviets any missile launched from Cuba would result in nuclear retaliation against the Soviet Union. So, no, it's not the same. I can see Russia's point of view in this regard, but since Ukraine is not a member of NATO and there are no American missiles in Ukraine the invasion is premature. There was plenty of time to talk before resorting to this. Besides, this is all a pretext. It has little to do with the real reason for the invasion, which Putin had made clear in his speeches. He does not accept the territorial independence of Ukraine. He views it as an inalienable part of Russia. That is the real reason this war is happening. The border was agreed to when the Soviet Union collapsed. Russia has no legitimate claim to any part of the Ukraine.
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  394. If one of these oil ships does indeed sink, how will the shipping company and the countries affected by the oil spill get the insurance payout? It will be under Russian jurisdiction I presume. So even if the Russian insurer has a trillion dollars, I don't think that eliminates a key part of the risk. Russia is the primary risk and it is a rogue state now. They do not adhere to any international laws or conventions that they don't wish to. My bet is no-one would ever get an insurance payout. How could port authorities allow a ship to dock with that sort of risk.
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  395. Australia appears to have set a precedent by allowing its drones to be used inside Russia. Let's hope NATO will follow suit.
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  396. But it wouldn't change your vote would it?
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  397. ​ @laurenswess532  Russia may be able to reconstitute some of those forces, but after being defeated in one BTG, how effective will those forces be? What they can't do is replace all the destroyed, damaged, abandoned and broken down hardware. Nor can they easily replace the frontline infantrymen that have been Killed, wounded or fled. Putin is playing poker and he's gone all in with no hand. It will end disastrously for Russia. Just give Ukraine every weapon they ask for and they will get the job done.
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  398. ​ @thewingedringer You just used them in the same sentence.
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  399.  @tarmaque  Russia did not win WW2 for the West. You need to learn about the Lend Lease program. Without that Russians would be speaking German now.
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  400. It may be abundant, but there are few deposits worldwide that are large enough and have a grade high enough to be economically viable to become a mine. And it take many years to discover such a deposit and build a mine. There is indeed a shortage of lithium and it is going to grow over the next few years. The price of lithium carbonate and hydroxide has increased nearly 1000% for good reasons.
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  401. Yes. And all the while being completely oblivious to their own TFS.
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  402. That looks like fun and you don't even need a visa 😂
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  403. Another "good will" gesture from Russia when they are facing imminent defeat. The only sensible course of action for them is to completely withdraw from all of Ukraine. That is the fastest way to end the war and the bloodshed.
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  404. A faster transition to green energy and thorium nuclear would make Russia irrelevant. Plus it would be great for the environment.
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  405. ​ @colincampbell767 I recall Trump saying he believed Putin over his own intelligence agencies. I have never seen such obsequious behaviour from a US President. It was disgraceful.
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  406. Russia has already attacked numerous Ukranian train stations. There will probably be an uptick in Ukranian attacks on Russia in August 24th as well.
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  407. Serbia is already as pro Russian and Chinese as possible. If it becomes an EU member it will have veto rights over all EU policy. That can never be allowed to happen.
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  408. At least Camelia would smell better than Trump.
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  409. ​ @mhlangamlungisi5108 They can't even maintain their energy infrastructure without SLB, Halliburton and other Western companies. They can't manufacture semiconductors. Their manufacturing base is miniscule for a country if that size. Russia is highly dependent on others.
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  410. ​ @msromike123 By "alarmist narrative" presumably you mean peer reviewed scientific research?
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  411.  @d.c.5033  So women are out here chasing after virgins? Thanks for the laugh.
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  412. ​ @Yoki-u8z Russia is pointing hundreds of nukes at America and have repeatedly threatened to use them. Those nukes have been pointed at you for 7 decades. How is that not your problem? Do you not understand who your enemy is? I will agree with criticism that Europe has not paid it's way in the past, but over the past year they have stepped up to the plate. Their contributions to Ukraines now far exceed that of the USA.
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  413. You're right. The power vacuum that a US withdrawal would leave is enormous and would be filled quickly.
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  414. ​ @cameronspence4977 He shouldn't have any say unless and until he is elected. Your comment is ridiculous.
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  415.  @lancemaleski6077  You're a liar and your misinformation has been reported.
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  416. You need to do much better buddy lest Putin has you defenestrated.
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  417. It will be far less than that. 2-3 Euro cents per kWh is trivial. Plus it will free Germany from Russian energy blackmail. Well done Germany.
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  418. Let me see if I understand this correctly: the Federal government shouldn't tell women what to do with their body but state governments should? So which branch of government should determine which religion citizens have to follow? Which political party they must support?
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  419. Past behaviour is a good indicator of future behaviour. Once a 304, always a 304.
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  420. Don't bet on it. A lot of weapons are pouring into Ukraine. Their firepower will soon match the Russians. Also, it just may end as a stalemate. In a way that could be considered a win for Ukraine.
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  421.  covid1234  You mean Putin has worked for the past 22 years to steal maybe $200 billion of Russia's wealth and now he wants to live out the rest of his days in a bunker? Seems like a pointless exercise to me. Also, how can he be sure the US nukes will not target his bunker and kill him and his family? So far, in this case, US intelligence seems to know a hell of a lot about Russia. Why would they not know where his bunker is and use the appropriate nuke to kill the son of a bitch?
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  422. He's awesome.
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  423.  @ZAIN-uk3om  Keep deluding yourself.
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  424.  @amber40494  With the Lend Lease becoming law, Ukraine now has virtually unlimited weapons and ammunition for years. Russia cannot win a war of attrition. It will find it very difficult to hold on to its meagre gains.
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  425.  @garypowell9071 D-day teaches us the same lesson.
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  426. Thanks to both of you for your support for Ukraine.
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  427. The words comparative advantage appear to be unknown in the maga verse. Enjoy paying far more for everything in future.
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  428. You should have tried the MAGA defense: " Your honor, it was a victimless crime. So I'm not guilty."
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  429. Totally agree. They were so desperate to have him in the tournament that they ignored two letters from the feds telling them having covid in the previous 6 months was not a valid reason for an exemption. They led Djokovic to believe he had done everything he needed to. The head of TA should be fired. He has put the future of the AO at risk.
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  430. Something is definitely off about Trump's support of Putin. Kompromat?
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  431. The US can continue to send weapons and ammunition to Ukraine via the Lend Lease Program. My understanding is that Biden can sign off on any weapons that Ukraine requires. This could keep them going until January 2025. Is this not currently happening?
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  432. It would be irrelevant. You have a new administration and it's up to them. Deflection is pointless.
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  433. ​ @EconLessons Jake Broe is a fantastic suggestion. He would be a breath of fresh air to the system.
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  434. Spot on.
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  435. Those bases are mutually agreed. That is not aggression. Russia is invading Ukraine and committing war crimes. What do you say about this Russian troll?
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  436. ​ @bilic8094 False equivalence by you again. The territory that Azerbaijan took back recently was occupied by Armenia. The new corridor that Azerbaijan seeks could be negotiated rather than requiring the use of force. Give up on Kosovo already. It has a an independent country. Serbia was a part of the Ottoman Empire for 5-6 centuries. It has no claim to anything.
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  437. Makes it all the more difficult to explain the price of eggs.
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  438.  @ricrhee  If that's the case, it will become almost impossible for Russia to transport oil and other commodities through the Black Sea. Insurance companies won't insure ships. Shipping companies and the captain's in charge will refuse to operate in such waters. Russia keeps shooting themselves in the foot.
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  439. Even a jumbo jet looks small when it's flying through the grand canyon
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  440. This is an underrated comment. Europe and the US basically appeased him and we know from history that appeasement always backfires. It's time to bite the bullet and confront Putin with boots on the ground. Ukraine deserves our full military support.
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  441. Well it's not nearly as appalling as TFS (Trump fellatio syndrome) that the magabillies are suffering from.
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  442. The letter the Southern Baptists sent to Mike Johnson seems to have done the trick.
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  443. There is massive global demand for the new Lada without power steering, ABS, air bags etc. I hear they have already received 2 orders.
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  444. Ukrainian soldiers are fighting to defend their homes, their families and their futures. They don't need orders from old men to do this.
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  445.  @JudeMalachi  If Putin tries nukes he's dead, his family is dead and his $225 billion is up in smoke. You would think he would have a more intelligent solution.
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  446. We did not kill 500,000 civilians. That is a ridiculous assertion.
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  447. Isn't obtaining a financial advantage by deception a crime in the US? How can this be legal?
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  448. I felt it 5 minutes after telling her it was over. Never felt so much relief and joy in my life.
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  449. ​ @TrevorCrook-c1s  Both are lies. Igor Girkin already admitted it all in televised interviews.
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  450. ​ @meme4one They can't keep building at the rate that they are losing equipment. Their economy is also in deep trouble. Russia is indeed done. The break-up of the Russian Federation is a certainty. It's just a matter of time now.
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  451. He wasn't an insurrectionist then.
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  452. Moscow is basically defenceless. If Russians were smart they would tone down their threats directed at NATO. Imagine what NATO air power would be able to do to Moscow.
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  453. What you call meritocracy looks a lot like Idiocracy. Trump is a DEI hire and so is most of his cabinet.
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  454. ​ @brandon3525 That was Putin seizing control.
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  455. ​ @Иоанн-э9н  The choice is withdraw now or suffer defeat on the battlefield. At least now Putin has a chance to survive because a lot of Russians appear willing to believe anything and everything that the state media reports. He could claim the "SMO" had achieved its goals and that would be that. But after defeat he is a prime candidate for defenestration.
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  456. We're in cold war phase two now. The outcome will be the same as the first phase. However, we must not make the same mistake as last time and allow Russia to remain intact after its economic collapse. Next time, we need to break up the Russian Federation completely and take all their nukes from them. Until then, there will be no peace.
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  457. ​ @narednikmajka2403  His points may be that China need to cross an ocean roughly 3 times further and Taiwan is heavily fortified compared to Normandy and China doesn't have the navy or the amphibious assault experience to succeed. With the US helping Taiwan, there is no hope for China. They know it too.
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  458. ​ @kthmalloy16 Who forced Russia to invade Ukraine? How did they do it? Ukraine is no-ones pawn. They are fighting for their survival. Your comment is an insult to their people.
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  459. US politics is baffling. I don't understand why the Democrats are not in favor of strong borders. I don't understand why the Republicans didn't fix the problem when Trump was in office or Bush or Bush senior. This issue has been going on for decades.
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  460.  @sinoroman  The US has defended Europe from the USSR and now Russia for decades. It has been mutually beneficial. Why did Sweden and Finland apply to join NATO? Surely, you cannot claim they were coerced by the US?
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  461.  @clarkkent4075  Take your medication. The hallucinations will stop.
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  462.  @clarkkent4075  Get to the front line hero and don't forget your tampons.
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  463. Let's see how much you're laughing when Russia is defeated.
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  464.  @jp3630  Nonsense. You will see how quickly it happens.
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  465. The suffering can stop immediately. Putin just has to withdraw his troops. It's that simple.
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  466. The recent aid bill includes a clause that the DoD must within 45 days formulate a plan to defeat Russia in Ukraine. It's the first time I've seen defeating Russia to be the goal. Let's hope they get their act together. Russia seems to have no problem saying their goal is to defeat NATO, including the US. They must expect the same in return.
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  467. The bill calls for "a strategy to hasten Ukrainian victory against Russia's invasion forces." This is the first the I've seen or heard the word victory being used. Great news! Slava Ukraini.
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  468. She could run for the Presidency as an independent like Ross Perot did. This would split the conservative vote and ensure victory to the Democrats.
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  469. ​ @indiasuperclean6969  That's some fine trolling. Far too close to the truth.
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  470. Former USSR nations chose to join NATO. They were not invaded. Isn't it their right to join in alliances as they see fit? Russia must learn to be a better neighbour if it wants to have security.
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  471.  @OldSaltyBear  When they ask, "so what do you do for a living?" I answer, "I'm a garbage collector." Has the desired effect.
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  472. That town is very important strategically as it is on a hill top overlooking the ground Ukraine is seeking to retake. Slava Ukraine.
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  473.  @myunghea1645  Russia should not have invaded. What part of that is hard to understand?
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  474.  @basiltozer9078  If it's of no importance, then why is Russia kicking up such a fuss about it?
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  475. He deserves a fate like Ceausescu. Televising it could help fund the reconstruction of Ukraine.
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  476.  @stephencalcutt8396  Gaining 50 meters somewhere near Vulhedar means Russia is winning? So what does losing ground in Kursk mean? The invader got invaded by a country far smaller.
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  477.  @touger9759  No counterargument? Just a very unoriginal insult? What does that say about you?
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  478. Trump is clearly mentally ill. Someone get him psychiatric help.
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  479. If you're experiencing delusions take your medication Otherwise, let's see you point to where Zelensky is making these two statements.
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  480.  @Nooraksi  Do inform us when the standard of living in Germany drops to below that of Russia. I won't hold my breath.
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  481.  @antixocialman  I agree. The problem we faced was not price, but no other alternatives. That is now changing. When we have more options to buy from Vietnam, India, Mexico, Bangladesh etc we will do so. That is getting much easier.
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  482. Add rare earths and an export tax on iron ore, say $50 per tonne and now you're talking.
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  483.  @reaperinsaltbrine5211  About 150 of those are basket cases. Other than China and India, all other economically significant countries are friends or allies of the US. I think they have it covered. If China wants to rely on its export income to come from Equatorial Guinea, Burkina Faso, Eritrea and others, I wish them well. I'm sure consumers in those countries are looking to buy a new $30,000 electric vehicle along with numerous other goods.
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  484. If your moral compass can't bring you to condemn what hamas did last weekend, you have no moral compass.
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  485.  @everready2903  When has appeasement ever worked? Learn from history. The only way to bring about peace is through confronting aggression. Russia is clearly not interested in a peaceful resolution. If they were, they would not have invaded Ukraine to begin with. The best form of defence is offence and that's the only logic that Putin understands. Your comment smacks of Chamberlain's "peace in our time". How did that work out?
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  486. I hope Ukraine sticks to hitting military targets. There are just so many of them. So let's not waste resources. There's also no reason to alienate some of the people in Russia who do not support what Russia is doing in Ukraine. Let's try and get as many people against Putin as possible.
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  487. ​ @marjoriebreslin2995 He inherited his money. If you want to see someone who is stupid, try looking in a mirror.
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  488. Once a 304, always a 304. What kind of a man wants his children to enter this world via a public toilet? Disgusting.
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  489. If only Trudeau had been thinking on his feet. He could have responded with, "no matter how much you try to keep things quiet the truth always gets out, like the genocide of the Uighers for example." An interesting discussion may have ensued.
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  490. All women have to do to weed out the bad men is keep their legs closed until marriage. If they just stopped chasing d and making it the number 1 priority in their life, the problem would be instantly solved.
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  491. Which value do you share most with them, a love of murdering civilians or graping women and children?
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  492. Well we know what Putin and Erdogan made a deal about. Now what's Erdogan giving Putin in return?
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  493.  @gbjanuary  They get the 'priviledge' of being sperm jacked and divorce graped.
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  494. ​ @fredgill487 No such thing. Russonazis, there's tens of millions of those.
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  495. ​ @kein370 They do not. You are lying.
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  496.  @sinoroman  Russia has minimal industry and key sectors of the economy are already falling apart under the sanctions. You are confusing small tactical gains versus a huge strategic defeat. You should be terrified. Soon Putin will not even be able to pay you one ruble per post.
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  497. When Russia loses, India loses too. India has lost so much respect over the past few months.
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  498.  @trevorbirkbeck4011  What will they be using as weapons, slingshots?
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  499. You know very little about India. It will never be close to the US.
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  500. Come on professor, they knew exactly where the money was coming from. If you were approached tomorrow with such a generous offer, wouldn't you do your due diligence?
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  501.  @trevorcrook5753  Russia has lost 45,100 square kilometres of land since March 21.
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  502. ​ @smmm5559 Saudi Arabia and Dubai get their wealth from oil and gas, which they didn't know how to extract without Western assistance. Malaysia has a broader economy but again depends on Western technology for its prosperity. Islam didn't help any of those places get wealthier, Western technology did.
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  503. At least Putin would have a date that is shorter than he is.
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  504. ​ @bbasleigh6149  When the leaders get together it's like the murderers club. Birds of a feather flock together.
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  505.  @livingtribunal4110  Ask yourself those questions and also where you left your moral compass.
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  506. The US is not in the same situation due to immigration.
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  507. He's blocking assistance to Ukraine right now. So what's the excuse?
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  508. Russia invaded Ukraine and commits massive war crimes and your conclusion is that the West lacks respect? Logic and rationality are not your strong points.
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  509.  @w0rld_d  You have made an assertion without providing any evidence. Which agreements have Western countries broken specifically?
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  510. Exactly. And when Trump was asked what would happen if Russia broke the ceasefire, he refused to answer. That proves beyond all doubt that there would be no consequences.
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  511. If Ukraine had the same military assets as Russia when this war started, they would have control of Moskva already.
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  512. The "analysis" provided on this channel and the pro Russian comments are comical. Day after day, all we hear is how Russia has killed a million Ukrainians and has yet another 2 million in a cauldron. We hear how Russia had got Ukraine exactly where they want them. Wake up. All the rationalisation of Russian failure is useless. The writing is on the wall. Russia is outmatched by Ukraine and are now headed for certain defeat. The Lend Lease program has not even begun and even now Russia is being smashed. Try to get some psychiatric help so you can face reality people.
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  513. ​ @peetky8645 It's money spent on US national interests. Have you forgotten the hundreds of nuclear weapons Russia has had pointed at you for decades?
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  514. Those guys are simps. Darius would do well to stay away from them. If in doubt watch undead chronic exposing the simpetry.
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  515. If it's working so well for them then why did the Soviet Union collapse 35 years ago? They lost all of Eastern Europe and much of Central Asia. The next collapse has become inevitable due to Putin's disastrous war.
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  516.  @vanhuvanhuvese2738  Believe what you like But I maintain that if the USSR could not survive a cold war with the West, neither will Russia be able to. Functioning like North Korea may not work in a country with the size and population of Russia and the culture is different too. Putin and his cronies will not be able to hold on to power as the standard of living declines.
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  517.  @ramonandrajo6348  History can tell us a lot. The last time a stand off between the West and Russia happened during the cold war. Even though the Soviet Union was almost as powerful as the West, it collapsed under the pressure. What we can learn from that is that the same thing will happen to Russia eventually. That is obvious because Russia is no where near as strong today as the Soviet Union was. And the West is considerably stronger. Result: inevitable Russian collapse. You may disagree but to those who have lived through it once can see the writing on the wall. It's goodbye Russia and for many of the same reasons that the USSR collapsed. It seems to often start with a disastrous invasion of another country.
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  518. ​ @Arniemosq  There is also the very real risk of getting boycotted in Western markets, which are far larger than Russia. I can't see many investors going into Russia for a long, long time.
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  519. If he had supported terrorism his reputation would have sunk like the Moskva. How do you justify the murder and kidnapping of civilians? What is right about murdering 260 people at a music festival? How have these atrocities helped the Palestinian people?
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  520. Jake Broe has a good video on this topic.
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  521. How did the US and its allies "sort of promise" to help Ukraine? They have sent them vast quantities of weapons. I don't recall the Ukrainian government claiming they had been promised protection. You are just spouting BS.
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  522. Making long eye contact is a sign of either attraction or hostility. If you're not a Chad, she will say you're creeping her out. Or she will feel that you're being hostile. Either way the man has to take a real risk and has no control over her response. About 65% of women have a diagnosed mental illness. Who knows how many more remain undiagnosed. That's bad odds for men.
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  523.  @brettmartino7117  If it comes close to Ukraine facing defeat several European nations will intervene militarily to prevent that happening. Poland and the Baltic states for sure and others who understand their national security is at stake. Russia can never win.
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  524. ​ @SomeCantHandleTruth A "referendum" held at gunpoint is meaningless except to supporters of Russia's war crimes.
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  525. ​ @SomeCantHandleTruth Russa will disintegrate just like the USSR at the end of this war. You can take that to the bank and not a Russian one where the depositers can't access their accounts.i
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  526. Here's the dictionary definition of terrorism: the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. I'm posting it for the benefit of Aljazeera since they still can't bring themselves to calling hamas terrorists. It's not a matter of opinion. It's a fact. Words have meanings and if we don't stick to those meanings communication becomes impossible. So Aljazeera, when are you going to start giving an accurate description of hamas? If you won't do it, you are just a propaganda channel aiding the terrorists.
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  527. Try and think rationally for just a moment. If Palestinians want to live in Gaza, then they are not living in a prison. They a living in a place of their own choosing. As for freedom of movement, no nation is obliged to allow citizens of another state to enter. Obtaining a visa to another country is a privilege not a right. Given the Palestinian history of hostility, aggression and terrorism, it's reasonable for Israel to carefully administer who can enter Israel. The events of the past days have justified that Israeli policy. Egypt can always open its border to Palestinians. Why are you and others not framing this as a prison created by Egypt? Doesn't fit your anti Israeli narrative?
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  528.  @YodiJohsonna  I'll end it here. But regarding your last sentence. Just ask the men that you know and trust like your father, brother, best make friends, people who will be honest with you. Ask them if they consider promiscuous women to be classy? Don't take my word for it. Find out if what I have told you is true or not. Knowing how men think will help you in future if you listen to what they have to say.
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  529. Palestine has never existed as a state. They refused the UN partition in 1948. Whereas, Ukraine and Russia agreed to their borders in the Budapest Memorandum. You have made a false equivalence. The land in question has been fought over for millenia.
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  530.  @fritterfoof5146  Capturing territory is one thing, but holding it is quite another. Russia's military is getting destroyed and their economy is not far behind. Ukraine is getting unlimited help both financially and militarily. In the end Russia will be driven out of Ukraine.
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  531. For 3-5% of the US military budget Ukraine have desyroyed 50% of the Russian military. Imagine how much money the US is going to save in future after Russia is completely defeated. They may be able to reduce military spending by $200 billion a year. Over 25 years that could save $5 trillion. I expect the Republicans would support such huge savings.
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  532.  @backinblack1982  No doubt many mistakes were made in Iraq and other places. But it gets tiring to see people pulling up absurd numbers like that. So their lies need to be challenged.
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  533. Exactly. We need to give Ukraine lots more weapons and somehow get them air superiority asap.
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  534. ​ @t.r.everstone7  How can you possibly be confident that the answers given are close to reality when you do not know what the real number is? It is impossible to know. You have far too much faith in your chosen field of study.
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  535. You didn't check the age criterion for the visa you applied for? Mate, that's on you.
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  536. The money being under discussion has already been identified and frozen. I'd be ok with it going to Ukraine.
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  537. It's time to resume sloot shaming them. Shaming language seems to be women's main weapon, and that suggests it works on them.
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  538. Lots of Serbian war criminals in that illegal enclave have still not faced trial. Think about it. 8000 Bosnians were massacred at Srebrenica. There would have been hundreds of Serbs involved in that slaughter alone. Yet only a handful have ever faced charges. No state based on in genocide can be allowed to be given credibility. After all the atrocities the Serbs committed they lost their right to claim any territory in Bosnia as their own. Give up the hundreds of war criminals and negotiate or go back to Serbia.
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  539. ​ @Иоанн-э9н  Your first point is critical and overlooked by many people. Russia is not the Soviet Union. This war is going to break it.
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  540. Putin sounded desperate. For a second I thought he was going to burst into tears. Things must be going really, really badly. He knows if the Russian military can't defeat Ukraine, he is a dead man.
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  541. Bingo.
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  542.  @Apollo-333  Trump will be in jail by then.
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  543. Finally, a comment about aardvarks. I hunted them on my last trip to Africa. But unfortunately came up empty handed.
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  544. ​ @Drew-gi5dw Trump has not stated that he would arm Ukraine to the teeth if negotiations failed. That is a figment of your imagination.
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  545. Russia will not be able to keep fighting sooner than Ukraine. Their defeat is practically inevitable. So it's they who need to beg for peace.
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  546. ​ @carlstevens781 To have the faintest shot of achieving those goals they will need a lot of Western military tech. At present the US won't even sell them f-16's. Maybe they should work on being more amenable to the West.
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  547. Australians voted for Abbott. They look like they're going to vote for Dutton. There's plenty of right wing loonies in Australia as well.
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  548.  @BojanBojovic  Good observations and no counter arguments forthcoming. That's how you know they have no intelligence response.
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  549.  @anthoantho1989  Thanks. Sometimes to troll them back I tell them they're losing the information war so badly that Putin is going to send them to a Siberian Gulag.
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  550. @Traiano Wellcome 100 % false.
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  551. Good job Lithuania. Now how soon can someone start seizing the sanction busting oil ships?
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  552.  @thehturt5480  Lies. Russia stole Crimea and sent the Tartars to Siberian camps.
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  553.  @generalsummer4727  What high tech products does Russia do well? I've never seen a Russian smartphone, computer, microchip, etc. Name the specific manufacturing industries Russia is going to make money from. You are a joker.
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  554. Anders Puck Neilson has an interesting take on it. But as a supporter of Russia's war crimes you probably won't like it.
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  555.  @randar1969  If it's not just archival footage that's being played on a loop, that would be the smartest thing to do with that equipment.
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  556. Audits are done by qualified auditors. Musk and his team would not know how to conduct an audit.
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  557. It's time to give Ukraine long range missiles to strike Moscow. For every drone or missile fired at Ukraine, at least 1 is fired at Moscow.
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  558. ​ @aliabazzi1198  Why has Serbia applied for membership then?
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  559. @mikegoetz3184  I don't know if that's worth it or not. But aid and cultural exchange has always been used to help the donor country gain influence. It's why France, the UK, China etc all spend money all over the world by having cultural centers and libraries etc. The US can choose to save that money. I really don't care. But they will also lose influence as a result. These strategies have been used by Republican administrations for decades. They did not regard them as a waste of money. Just keep in mind the fact that Trump communicates at the level of a twelve year old because he also thinks at that level. Trump's bullying tactics against Mexico and Canada have destroyed US credibility as a reliable trade or military partner. It's safe to say he's not a long term strategist. His latest foray into Middle East politics in Gaza is a perfect example. He's probably alienated every country other than Israel. Bibi can't believe his luck at having found such a shmuck to do his dirty work.
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  560. @mikegoetz3184  You in America DO want the fentanyl. If there wasn't so much demand for drugs in America there would be very little supply coming into the country. Stop blaming others for problems of your own creation. Get your own house in order before criticizing others.
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  561. The opposite is happening. Russia is losing combat power every day as their manpower and equipment are being depleted. Russia has no hope of winning this war.
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  562. ​ @margaritaviveros8017  It's obviously Russia's fault troll.
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  563. That's true but there some exceptions like UK and Japan and France to a certain extent. All have large navies that could ease the burden on the US.
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  564. ​ @theJellyjoker Don't you think the car manufacturers have already done that? Quality and reliability of supply are also key factors.
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  565. Trump will tell you that cow is not the chosen one.
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  566. He's definitely not shilling for Putin. You're another one who needs to learn some logic.
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  567. Russia has broken every agreement it has ever made Actions are required, not signed documents. Let's see Russia withdraw from occupied Ukrainian territory and only then can we begin to consider lifting sanctions.
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  568. Who does Russia blame for all the energy infrastructure damaged in Ukraine?
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  569.  @glintongordon6811  He only said that once there was nothing he could do about it. He's going to say the same about the liberation of Kherson by Ukraine in a few weeks.
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  570. Having witnessed Russia's performance in this war no-one is ever likely to underestimate their incompetence ever again.
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  571.  @romeisfallingagain  Putin is not accusing the US of being involved. You should try to learn to think rationally.
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  572. Years ago he predicted Russia would invade Ukraine by 2022.
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  573.  @touger9759  Who wouldn't be glad that a murderous dictator who has been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people was about to get his comeuppance? That's not bias. That's the normal human reaction.
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  574. ​ @markanthony3275 Your anecdotal account is meaningless in the context of Russia's economy. You're absolutely clueless.
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  575. How do you know?
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  576. Talk is cheap. Let's see if Johnson follows through.
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  577. Russia should not have invaded and annexed Ukraine. Ukraine is just defending itself. Also, how do you ferry water across a bridge?
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  578.  @oldworldpatriot8920  That's true. But at least he's making the right noises. Let's hope he influences Trump.
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  579. It was a simple misspelling. It should have been MGGA all along.
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  580.  @don8668  Exactly. She's been put out to pasture.
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  581.  @d.c.5033  Women decide if they want to be promiscuous or not. No-one forces them into it. It is a personal choice. Women are the gatekeepers of sex, but men are the gatekeepers of long term relationships and marriage. Women can do whatever they want. Just understand that choices have consequences. Choose wisely.
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  582. ​ @yomajo Australia can supply them with all the uranium they need and they have excellent an relationship between each other.
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  583. ​ @rainabee Someone who would have accepted Israel's right to exist and who renounced terrorism. That would have advanced a two state solution that may have brought peace to the region. But they keep choosing terrorists.
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  584. ​ @returnofCrusade It was an aspirational target not an obligation. And they weren't paying it to anyone. It was to be spent on their own military.
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  585.  @gearfriedtheswmas  Exactly. It's all projection. And they claim they are the relationship savants.
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  586.  @charlielynes  Don't be so ignorant. Whataboutism is not an argument in favour of anything. What has the West done to Russia that invites their level of hostility?
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  587. Because Trump made it so.
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  588. ​ @robertshelton3796 Do you think that allowing Russia and China to run the world will help to improve US border security, national security or prosperity? If you believe so, just explain how.
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  589.  @robertshelton3796  Securing your borders is a necessity for sure. But surely, your government and your populace can protect your borders and your national interest by supporting Ukraine and Taiwan all at once. The US can walk and chew gum at the same time, so to speak. Why frame it in black/white terms? Your concern for your borders suggests you are concerned to protect national interest. Doesn't it follow that helping Ukraine and Taiwan is also a part of protecting your national interest? Russia has been pointing nukes at you for 7 decades. China for 4 decades. It helps to know who your friends are and who your enemies are.
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  590.  @unclescipio3136  Great comment. Putin is not Russia.
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  591.  @upstreamer1661  Idiotic statement
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  592. Just give Ukraine ATACMS and other long range missiles. Make it clear to Russia that two can play at that game. Just 100 long range missiles can destroy all energy infrastructure supplying Moscow and St Petersburg. There is no reason to limit Ukraine. Let Russia suffer the same destruction.
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  593. They have lots of 18-25 year olds because they have not been recruiting younger men.
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  594. The kadyrovites are on the way to make some tik tok videos.
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  595. Underrated comment. They choose to be slores then are upset when men treat them as slores. Once a 304, always a 304. There is no 304 phase.
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  596. Ben Hodges is spot on once again. We need to give Ukraine all the weapins they need to defeat Russia.
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  597. And nuclear facilities.
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  598.  @Valysion  If that was even close to the truth, Russia would not have started the war and would not have continuously bombed civilians for the past few weeks.
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  599. Just because the UD and Russia want to use those weapons does not mean their use is not a war crime. I support prosecuting all war criminals, regardless of which side they are on.
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  600. Totally agree. It's reached a point where it's almost impossible to find a genuinely attractive woman. So many look like clowns and cartoon characters.
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  601. ​ @Ajay-vf6di  Russia invaded Ukraine, not the West. Try to learn how to reason.
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  602. If this happens will the US no longer have a Department of Defence? When Canada decides to annex the US will Congress be tasked with hiring soldiers, training them and organizing the war effort?
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  603.  @tstocker6926  Inflation in Russia is twice as high and Americans are at least 10 times wealthier than Russia. Also, the US is self sufficient in oil. If an emergency arose they could limit exports and always have enough. America may go into recession but Russia will collapse. Not for lack of money, but simply for not having parts to maintain your industries. Enjoy your collapse and lower and lower standard of living. I know I will, as I enjoy my second overseas vacation already this year. Yeah, life's hard in the West.
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  604.  @Baphomets_Kid  Russia took it from them in the mid nineteenth century. The Chinese have not forgotten. I wonder if retaking that land would be even more valuable than Taiwan at this stage.
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  605.  @dplocksmith91  I agree 100%.
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  606. Yes. The Soviet Union also had an economy of approx. 25%-30% of global GDP. Russia's share is around 1.5%. Putin's miscalculation is going to destroy Russia. It's only a matter of time.
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  607.  @robendert7617  US ammunition is not made in China. The military industrial complex is well and truly alive. Russia is doomed.
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  608. ​ @Pisatel1912  So sufficient to defeat the Russian army twice over?
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  609. ​ @yomajo Yes. Hamas and Iran desperately want to prevent the normalisation of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The timing of this attack suggests that is the main issue.
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  610. ​ @CanadaKonnect Not all women are like this but any woman who wants to do this can. And you don't know which woman may decide to do it to you or any other man.
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  611. Iran attacking Saudi oil infrastructure would be quite rational. Saudi Arabia is their mortal enemy. They would not want to be exporting zero oil while the Saudi's are exporting 10 million barrels a day at $300. All that money could be spent on weapons that tips the balance of power permanently in the Saudi's favor. Iran would also be at risk of a revolution, so the leadership may have little to lose at that point.
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  612.  @bilic8094  You will have explain how? As someone who has posted a lot of pro Russian comments, you are sounding very hypocritical.
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  613.  @bilic8094  Azerbaijan retook land that was occupied by Armenia. It has not taken any land. Do you understand this? Serbia was committing genocide on the Kosovars and NATO intervened to prevent it. You have only your murderous desires to blame for it. I take it you support that genocide? Like the one in Bosnia too. Do you support the massacre at Srebrenica or are you a denier?
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  614. Monaco? Are they bringing their Lamborghinis?
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  615. Look a channel where all the war criminals can get together and cry about Russia getting their asses kicked.
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  616. This guy must be senile. Russia would use any peace deal to re-arm and rebuild their military and invade again. The only solution to this that does not involve more war in the future is a full Russian withdrawal from Ukraine. Since Russia is not going to just wirhdraw, that leaves only one viable option: Russia must be defeated. So let's give Ukraine everything they need to get the job done as fast as possible to minimise casualties. And if Ukraine can't do it themselves, then let's step in and help them.
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  617.  @richardtaylor6341 Maybe it's your world view that's becoming rapidly dated, not PZ's.
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  618. ​ @Robert-xy4xi What happened to 3 days to Kyiv? From a 60km column of Russian tanks heading for Kyiv just 18 months ago, the Russian army is now cowering in trenches just 50km to the Azov Sea. And steadily losing ground. Cope hard war criminal.
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  619.  @teekay_1  How many is that compared to those that stayed? My point still stands. Only recently Ukraine announced it was dropping the conscription age to 25 from 27. It gives the options to lower it again as they need to.
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  620. Venezuela and Congo also have lots of resources. How's it working out for them?
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  621. I'm sure they don't want to have a collision at sea, even if the Chinese are being reckless.
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  622. ​ @robertfonovic3551 Are motorists not being bled dry now? Running an EV is much cheaper than running an ICE vehicle.
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  623.  make a wish  Countries make treaties with each other. That is how promises are made formal and legal. Show me the treaty or memorandum that proves your assertion? If you have that document, provide a link or at least what its name is so I can read it myself. You can't because it doesn't exist.
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  624.  make a wish  Just checked your claim. Gorbachev has said that no such undertaking was made. It was not even on the Agenda.
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  625. Autocratic states are not so great at adaptation.
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  626. ​ @user-sr6rm9yy1o Trump stands for family values? Keep the comedy coming. The rest of your post is BS too.
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  627. ​ @nicholascage7546 Then Palestinian supporters should stop claiming that it's an open air prison. You can't have it both ways.
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  628. ​ @stephenglover8828 Trust the Russian stooge, eh?
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  629. Does Tony Abbott ring any bells? There are plenty of MAGA types in Australia.
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  630.  @YodiJohsonna  Your comment borders on the. delusional. Observation of how women behave, not what they say, tells me everything I need to know about female attraction. The few trollops I see getting wifed up are with the lowest level of men. You see these miserable men being led around like puppies on a leash. So you may get lucky to get one of these s*mps. A man of high calibre has tons of options and quickly eliminates low grade women.
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  631.  @KingSobieski  During the cold war there were dozens of proxy wars fought between nuclear powers. Those powers understood MAD and still do.
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  632. The only reason Kosovo became a part of Serbia is because of Serbian aggression against its neighbours after the break up of Yugoslavia. Serbs killed hundreds of thousands of people in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. The war crimes included the massacre at Srebrenica and the siege of Sarajevo just to mention two. NATO finally intervened only when the Serbs started slaughtering Kosovars. To support Serbia in their aggression and war crimes indicates a complete lack of morals. NATO did the right thing and saved thousands of lives by putting a stop to Serbian ethnic violence.
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  633. Long range ATACMS mandated by law.
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  634.  @mowabb  They would be speaking German if not for the help of the US.
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  635.  @silveriver9  I'm quite sure social media is having no effect on Zelensky. If he puts down his arms his country will cease to exist and Russian tyranny will be threatening the other former Soviet countries. If you are a coward, so be it. But Ukrainians are clearly prepared to fight for their motherland. And if you bothered to do any research, there are many military analysts and former generals who think Ukraine will either win or that Russia will never be able to hold it. Appeasement has never worked. General Clark is right, it's easier to make a stand here and now.
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  636.  @androclesst.matthew5934  My pleasure. Their lies and willingness to support Putin's war crimes disgusts me.
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  637. ​​ @janewilkin1984  Why? They have not suffered even one casualty or loss of equipment. Meanwhile, Russia has 200k dead and wounded and is down to using tanks from the 1950's. NATO is laughing at Russia.
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  638.  @henrikandreason7261  International resolve appears to be strengthening. More arms are starting to flow to Ukraine If they can get access to those arms, it will make it much tougher for Russia. One thing that I have not seen much discussion about, but which I think is important is motivation. The Ukrainians defending are super motivated to fight to the end. Whereas I suspect many of the Russian soldiers dread being there and are just trying to survive. If this drags on for more than two weeks the Russian army will be a laughing stock and morale will plummet. I saw a couple of videos where an elderly man and one with an elderly woman confronting and berating Russian soldiers. The soldiers acted very professionally and listened but they had a look about them that said they knew what they were doing was wrong and just wished they were back home in Russia with their families. I think most of those soldiers do not want to kill Ukrainians and most Russians believe this war is wrong. It really is just Putin's war. It is a terrible mistake and I believe the beginning of the end for him. Even the people close to him must see that he looks a little crazed. The threats he's making to anyone who intervenes must terrify them because rational people know you can never use WMD's without full retaliation. I believe he will be overthrown or killed within the next 2-3 years, even if Russia wins the war.
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  639. What do you call Russias invasion of Ukraine, imperialism? Colonialism? Genocide?
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  640. BS.
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  641. Russia and the other dictatorships are not even close to a match against the US alone, never mind NATO and other allies. You appear clueless.
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  642.  @Davdit  Only after Serbia started it. Again, heed my advice: stop starting wars and oppressing your neighbours. You can't complain when you get payback.
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  643. Maths isn't your strong point I take it. Even if those assumptions are correct, that would be 100,000 Euros per Ukrainian life.
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  644. ​ @СерхиоБускетс-ф7я Including the Russian ones.
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  645. Do the people of the buffer countries have any say in the matter or is their sovereignty worthless?
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  646.  @obisanchez5286  What's the relevance to my comment? My point was that if Russia starts with nukes, it better expect to face consequences. In regard to your comment, as Western arms shipments into Ukraine have not been attacked by Russia so far, that means Ukraine is awash with weapons and they have reached where they are needed. Ukraine will put up very strong resistance and we are yet to see if the Russian military is up to the task.
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  647. ​ @GDM41  You mean in the same way as Serbia was never going to lose Kosovo? As soon as the Kerch Bridge is destroyed and the land lines of supply are cut, Crimea is isolated and lost.
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  648. ​ @Nick_S0 Only by leaving himself with nothing. No-one is scared of these tired, hollow threats.
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  649.  @relaxletgo7105  Peter can worry all he likes. But there is plenty of evidence that the Russians are down to about 1500 tanks. And they're losing about 200 a month even before a major counteroffensive. Peter has overestimated the Russians consistently for the past 16 months.
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  650. Exactly. The way I see it is that most Russian claims or accusations are confessions. There's a good chance Russia has lost 66000 Kia and wia.
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  651. It was child abuse. The school principal should be prosecuted.
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  652. He's right about one thing: the old world order is finished. A new cold war is now a certainty due to Putin's stated objectives and Russian aggression. The past 30 years enabled Russia and China to increase their wealth and standard of living by partnering with the rich Western countries. That era is now over. In future they will have to sell what they have to the third world countries who are friendly with them. The Western countries will have to source their energy and outsource manufacturing to reliable allies or bring a large part of it home. Result: far richer West and far poorer Russia and China. The West will also have to significantly increase their military budgets. So we will see a massive increase in Western military power.
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  653. Do you even know what NATO is?
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  654.  @clandes7ineindya154  A sizeable percentage of western females would correctly be categorised as misandrists, and miserable ones at that.
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  655.  @SuperSymbiote1  304's have to stick together I guess
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  656.  @RainerMichelle  Great news. I just wish their counteroffensive around Kherson is successful.
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  657.  RAMZAN KADYROV  Oh no, Kadyrov is going to make another Tiktok. That'll show 'em.
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  658. It's a critical relationship for both countries. I hope PZ is wrong and rather than a China collapse we see something more akin to Japanification. If China collapses, the Australian economy collapses along with it.
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  659.  @MojnMojn  $100 million was allocated towards that training recently. But it's quite probable the training has been underway for some time.
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  660.  @psychohist  Source please. I follow politics closely and have never heard Trump say that. Seeing is believing.
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  661.  @shsh-he5qg  Ask all the people Russia conquered and continues to conquer what it's like. Start with the Tartars from Crimea.
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  662. ​ @davemarten280 Sounds like you need a clearance from your mental health professional.
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  663. PZ certainly thinks the end of the world is.
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  664.  @ox5579  We have precessional armies and military alliances like NATO to deal with aggression like this. We just need our politicians to be willing to use them for a just cause. If we are not willing to use them now, what is the point of their existence?
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  665. Cope.
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  666.  @mycure0498  And Al Jazeera is very pro Russian. Just consider oil exports. Russian Ural oil sells for approx. $58 per barrel. But China, India and others are getting a $20-30 discount. The production cost is $40+ per barrel. The price of oil is trending downwards. So Russia is in deep, deep trouble financially.
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  667.  @julianpetkov8320  USUk junta? Way to out yourself as a Russian troll and lose all credibility.
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  668. ​ @timthetiny7538 Unlike Germany, Russia is energy and resource rich. A modest reparation tax on their energy and resources exports could help pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine without leaving Russians broke and hungry. The reparation tax could be about equal annually to what the oligarchs have been stealing from the Russian people. Their would be little to no difference to the standard of living of the average Russian.
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  669. ​ @Stonecold71 False. The US invoked article 5 because they wanted their NATO partners to help. No doubt the US could have gone it alone. But it is a fact that they chose not to. All other NATO members fulfilled their treaty obligations. Hundreds of European soldiers died fighting. At the very least you should acknowledge this fact and show some respect for their sacrifices.
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  670. That sums up what a terrorist organisation values most.
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  671. First you'll have to find him. Then you'll have to catch him. Bring a large net and several tranquilizer darts. I have a feeling he won't be caught easily.
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  672. That's why you shouldn't buy at all. The most sensible and safest assumption is that awalt and live your life accordingly.
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  673. That's a good analysis of Australia. Although we have a housing bubble, we have nothing like the sub prime issue that the US had in 2008. With immigration going bonkers over the next 2-3 years there's unlikely to be much of a shakeout. We certainly need to start value adding as suggested by PZ.
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  674.  @viktoriaurumova4608  Our hospitals are full, mostly by the unvaccinated. The ant-vax minority has been out spreading the virus via their protests for months. 95% vaccination rates here so there is little tolerance to those who are willing to get themselves sick and put a massive strain on our hospital system.
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  675. That would probably result in Israel intervening as it will never allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. And with good reason.
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  676. Yes. After he is no longer President.
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  677. Isn't Serbia just Ottoman (Turkish) ancestral land? It is if you follow Putin's "logic" and that's who they support. The same would apply to Kosovo. Serbia can't possibly have any claim to it.
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  678. Lenders have the right to assess credit risk as they like. If you try and force them into lending against their risk criteria, then you can be certain they will stop lending money.
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  679. ​ @Paul2nis  Both China and Russia voted against Russia this time.
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  680. Then move there like the millions of other migrants beating a path to Russia. 😅
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  681. ​ @timstapleman You are ill-informed. You need to read the NATO-RUSSIA founding act 1997. In that document it states that NATO and Russia do not regard each other as enemies. It makes clear that every nation has the right to enter into any security arrangements it wishes. That includes former USSR countries joining NATO. Russia cannot flout international agreements it has entered into such as this and the Budapest Memorandum as well. Russia is the sole cause of this war. Wake up and listen to what they are saying: they want control over all of the former states of the USSR and the Russian Empire. They are saying it repeatedly. This war is driven by Russian imperialism.
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  682. If Lavrov can appear on the BBC and say that Russia has not invaded Ukraine and that there is no war going on, the West should just say there are no sanctions going on either. Who can believe a word spoken by anyone in the Russian leadership? How will any peace deal even be possible?
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  683.  @electricgigolo  Ukraine holding on to Odessa is absolutely critical to the interests of all of Europe. If Odessa falls, Ukraine will be permanently destabilized and a millstone around Europe's collective neck. We need to help in every way possible.
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  684. Given that Ukraine is fighting against a country that has hundreds of nuclear weapons aimed at the US I'd say $100 billion over 3 years is a drop in the ocean. During that time the US defence budget was $2.5 trillion. So Ukraine got about 4% and all they got was largely obsolete weapons that were going to be decommissioned anyway. Ukraine has severely weakened the US' main military threat at a bargain basement price with not one body bag coming home.
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  685. Exactly. Let them keep guessing.
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  686. Unfortunately the Vogons won't wait that long.
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  687. He has the vocabulary of a ten year old. It's easy to understand if you're much the same.
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  688. For what, another government hand out?
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  689. The shark next door
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  690.  @jamesmedina2062  I have no idea what you are trying to say.
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  691.  Pablo Morales  What lies. Ukraine has been independent for more than 30 years, yet is still not a member of NATO. It was not likely to become a member of NATO in the foreseeable future. There are no NATO nukes in Ukraine. The USSR had missiles in Cuba.
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  692. I'm not saying the US did it, as I don't know obviously, but I agree it would be a brilliant move. Any prospect of Germany making a deal with Russia is out the window. Plus it would demonstrate to Russia just how quickly and easily the US could destroy all of Russia's energy infrastructure. There are only a few gas and oil pipelines that Russia relies on for practically all of their energy exports. If these were taken out like Nordstream, Russia would be destroyed economically. If the US also took out electricity transmission infrastructure, Russia would be in the dark and cold for years. There would be no manufacturing, no capacity to rebuild their military and no income from exports. All that Russian chest beating about how Europeans are going to freeze and what an energy superpower Russia is, and how they can hurt Ukraine by destroying all their energy infrastructure would come to a crashing halt. I wonder if the US just fired a shot across Russia's bow? If they did, Russia knows what's coming if they use even one nuke. It would make a perfect non-nuclear response.
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  693. Mentally ill.
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  694. Not that I'm suggesting it but you could start by feeding the counterfeit rubles into countries that do a lot of business with Russia and which have a lot of Russian expatriates due to the war. Once the fakes are detected, currency exchange of rubles would collapse and the ruble would be worthless outside of Russia. As a frequent traveler I have been surprised that rubles are still exchanged in many countries in Asia.
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  695. ​ @Владлен-ю9г Having a number on the books is not the same as having that many working tanks. Especially in a country with rampant corruption like Russia. At most Russia can muster 6000 tanks and over 4000 have already been destroyed or captured. Russian capacity to build or retrofit tanks is 20-60 per month. Just the last 2 days Russia has lost 40-50 tanks. Keep deluding yourself all you like. But look at reality, the Russian army has been going backwards for a year now. It is getting weaker by the day as Ukraine gets more and more weapons. Russian defeat is inevitable. Putin will face trial along with all his accomplices.
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  696. ​ @middle_of_the_road So why has Trump been doing business there for more than 4 decades? Are you saying he's stupid?
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  697.  @MrPickledede  She only needs to take 2-5% of the Republican vote away from Trump. That would be enough to ensure Trump or a pro Trump alternative is defeated.
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  698.  @islandwills2778  Those are war crimes. Also, has it not occurred to you that the same could be done to Russia? There are 3 million Ukrainians living in Russia. All it would take is a few partizans to blow up gas pipelines or nuclear power stations inside Russia and people in Moscow and St Petersburg will be facing an even colder winter. Just remember that karma can come back and bite you when you least expect it.
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  699. The prime suspect would have to be Putin. He has form, that's for sure.
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  700.  @jiridrapal7512  How would Russia ensure no nuclear fallout landed on a NATO country? Because that would most certainly lead to Russia being nuked. Also, how would Russia's friends and allies react to the use of nukes? I think China, India and others would withdraw all support from Russia immediately. Because they would understand that the risk of all out nuclear war had become extremely high. They would not want to die in the nuclear winter following an all out nuclear war between Russia and Europe/USA. The conclusion is obvious: Russia cannot use nukes.
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  701. Explain how?
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  702.  @cheztaylor8  That's not how I understand it. I don't hear any protests from the Australian government.
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  703. NATO is not willing to start a war with Russia. But if Russia attacks NATO, their military will be smashed in no time. Putin is terrified of NATO.
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  704. Ukraine defeated the Russian invaders around Kyiv. Try to spin it all you like but that is the fact.
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  705. But with no evidence. Just your belief and nothing else.
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  706. I hope Ukraine can send putin an early gift this year. Before the ruscists are on their highest state of alert.
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  707. So we now know that over the last 3 mobths Russia lost 66000 men and 7600 tanks and IFV's. Russian projection makes it much easier to figure out what's goung on.
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  708.  @VioIetShift  The financial sectors operate under different laws. NZ is a small market for the big 4 Australian banks. NZ may have some degree of reliance on Australia (how much is debatable ) but Australia doesn't need NZ for anything as far as I can tell.
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  709. ​ @Rob_F8F There are 22 million millionaires in the USA. Nearly 9% of the population.
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  710.  @КомментаторЮтуба-л1т  They have already taken them from stock. When an announcement is made, the weapons are usually already in the field. You think the US will tell you everything they are doing?
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  711. How does that letter exonerate Trump from falsifying business records?
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  712. Ukraines allies must provide long range anti-ship missiles to destroy those ships. What are they waiting for?
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  713. True. But independent voters who get their news from a broader range of media will see this. They are the ones who determine the outcome of elections.
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  714. Why did NATO bombard Serbia? Let me think ... maybe it had to do with Serbia killing 250,000 people in Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo and other parts of former Yugoslavia? Remember the siege of Sarajevo? Remember the massacre at Srebrenica? They are just two of the many war crimes you Serbs committed and in the end, you got what you deserved. So stop trying to play the innocent victims.
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  715.  @ndubuisionwubalili6021  Well Russia started the war so yes, they must have wanted it. They've had the Baltic states as close neighbours who are in NATO for 18 years and no issue. Ukraine has not invaded Russia and has been independent for nearly 30 years. So if we put aside Putin's pretext and read his writing and speeches, we can conclude he wants to Annex Ukraine because he does not accept that it is an independent state. It's pure Russian imperialism. Putin is a war criminal and will eventually be handed over to the ICC just like Milosevic and his fellow war criminals.
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  716. Yet you can afford a $4.5 trillion tax cut for your billionaires. Stop trying to be a superpower and cut your military budget by 80%. But understand that your power to influence events in the world will diminish significantly. And you can forget the USD being the reserve currency.
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  717. Your analysis has been correct so often . Can you give your thoughts on how long it may take before Russia runs out of tanks and other essential military equipment so that they can no longer fight the war. I'm suggesting that the West can keep providing Ukraine with its military needs. So Russia is likely to hit the crunch point first.
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  718. This guy is giving a very distorted view of the Philippines. I've been there 7 times. First, the infrastructure is only good in downtown areas like Manila, Makati or parts or Cebu etc. Overall, the infrastructure is very "third world." It looks run down, dirty, ramshackle. The streets are filthy. On my first visit to Manila I thought the poverty and filth were on par with parts of India. Those buildings are modern and clean only in 0.0001% of the Philippines. The internet is far worse in the Philippines and really bad out in the province's. As for food, this guy is straight up lying. The Philippines has the worse food in Asia and by some distance. Ask yourself why you do not see many Filipino restaurants in the US, Canada, Australia etc? There are lots of Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai etc. But virtually no Filipino. The reason is simple: Filipino food is awful by comparison. Yes, you can eat at upmarket restaurants in the malls every day but that will cost you about the same as eating in the West. The standard of accommodation in the Philippines is also far worse than Thailand and worse value for money. On the plus side, Filipinos speak English very well. Also, culturally they are more like westerners after having been a Spanish and then US colony for centuries. Your average Filipino will know western music, sports, movies and be far easier to relate to and communicate with. If you're a Christian, then the Philippines will suit you from that perspective as well. The Philippines is also extraordinarily beautiful. Sight seeing is always a pleasure. But most of the beaches, with a few rare exceptions, are over-rated. I say this as an Australian. So my standards are probably high. The best thing about the Philippines is Filipinos and the friendliness of their culture. They're just really friendly people and like to have fun. You will probably have a better chance of finding a high quality partner in the Philippines than most other countries. I have noticed a trend in the bigger cities where women are becoming a lot more femin**t. You see more girls with tattoos, coloured hair, body piercings. You see more obvious lesbianism etc. If you are really looking for marriage material you will need to get out of the big cities and stay in the smaller cities or provinces. If you do that, you have a reasonable chance of success. A lot of Filipinas will want you to spend a lot of money on her family. There are some who are only after your money. They will play the long game and try to lock you into sponsoring her family beyond your means. Of course there are exceptions to that, girls who will not put such financial demands on you. But you can expect that most girls see you as an ATM. Ditch those girls asap. There are lots of better options available to you. When you step off that plane forget everything you know about dating in the West. In RP you are the prize. Women will constantly be making eye contact, smiling and flirting with you. Everywhere! So take your time to find the girl who suits you best. If a girl you're dating gives you trouble or seems to be only after your money, just ditch her immediately. There are a million other girls who would be only too happy to replace her. Stay safe. The Philippines can be a dangerous place. Have your wits about you all the time. Don't insult locals or get into a fight with them. Good luck bro's.
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  719. Teachers are in big demand in Australia and New Zealand and many other places.
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  720. Relying on disengaged Russians to have any impact on the war is an exercise in futility. The most certain way to end it is with a Ukrainian victory. So we must give Ukraine everything it needs, including longer range missiles and aircraft. The longer we delay this, the more Ukrainians die. I do not want to hear more confessions from Russians murdering and torturing at will. What sort of human being can shoot a 5 year old girl in the head? The evil that has gripped Russia must be defeated. I would support NATO getting boots on the ground if that's what it takes.
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  721. ​ @rodgerdodger7257 Complete bullshit. If it was close to being true Russia would be in Kiev. Whatever Russians claim is usually a confession. We can conclude the opposite is true.
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  722.  @kencouch3328  There is no greater difficulty for an enemy to destroy your oil storage facilities than electrical infrastructure. A missile strike on either has the same effect. Oil refineries are sitting ducks. Your jerry can of gasoline will last you half a day.
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  723. He will get none of those. He's delusional.
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  724.  @glengarbera7367  Try to get your government to follow what Chile is doing. Canada has massive lithium deposits. The Aussie companies are trying to buy up as many concessions as possible.
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  725.  @Zehya8253  Amnesty international know nothing about fighting wars and defending a country. They got it wrong. However, Russia is using a nuclear power plant to store weapons and ammunition and have committed thousands of war crimes in Ukraine. Troll elsewhere Igor
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  726.  @mgronich948  Yes. But Europe collectively has an economy about 20 times bigger than Russia and it is more capable of adaptation. Russia is a one trick pony. As Senator McCain said, " it's a gas station with nukes". Consider this: the USSR, which was vastly stronger economically and had a huge industrial base, could not survive the cold war against the West, why would Russia be able to? Russia has no hope of winning against 40 nations, with a GDP about 50 times greater than theirs. Russia believed they were the wolf and Ukraine was the sheep. But now they are going to discover that the US/NATO and their numerous allies are the wolves and Russia is the hapless sheep.
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  727. Whataboutism is not an argument. If you think the US action was wrong you must also think that Russia invading Ukraine is also wrong. Putin is still a war criminal that needs to face justice.
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  728.  @SUPERBRETTASTIC5  The current government was democratically elected in 2019. So you're wrong.
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  729. Everything goes only in a full nuclear exchange. The context was if a tactical nuclear weapon was used in Ukraine.
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  730. ​ @IanMikrut You're the one crying in the face of facts being presented to you.
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  731.  @rimshot2270  They never suffered. Life has always been harder for men. The entire F movement is based on lies. I call them out on it every time. I wish all men would do the same as it will go a long way to shutting them up
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  732. ​ @returnofCrusade Unless you can provide evidence, I'll take that as BS.
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  733.  @aland6752  Fortunately, the US will do what's required with or without them. They will have plenty of support from Poland and the other nations that were Russian hostages prior to the collapse of the USSR. As US general Norman Swchwarzkopf said prior to the Gulf war: "Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion."
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  734.  @terjeoseberg990  They deserve nothing less
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  735. 49 foodie calls and what has she learnt? Simps are gullible. Give them nothing until they give you something of value first.
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  736. ​ @solman6466 58 days does not make those lots empty. It's typical PZ hyperbole.
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  737.  @torrokasparov2210  The USSR survived for decades with the communist model and competed with the West. What changed that they suddenly couldn't compete? A disastrous war in Afghanistan. Reagan boosting defence spending to put pressure on the USSR and oil prices dropped. As energy prices are cyclical, that is certain to happen again. All the parallels are there. The key parts of the current Russian economy are all controlled by the state through Putin's oligarch mates. The currency is 100% manipulated and the Russian trolls celebrate it. Capital controls are in place. So how much free enterprise is going on there in large businesses? Very little. You are effectively living in a command economy now. Yes private ownership is possible but only on the smallest scale. Your key industries are all government controlled. The collapse of the Russian Federation is inevitable as your economy and military spending is tiny in comparison to your adversaries. Enjoy the collapse. I know I will.
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  738. Enough to drive the Russian army out of Kiev and Kharkiv at the very least. No propaganda required.
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  739.  @sharknado623  Japan gets a lot of its gas from Australia. Some of that could be diverted to Europe if required. But of course it depends on the logistics.
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  740. Way too late for that. The Russians have been outsmarted once again. Slava Ukraine.
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  741. Fascinating to see the tactics by the Russian trolls on virtually dozens of Western media outlets. Now they're peddling the lie that Ukraine can't win; that their offensive is a failure. And they're doing it just when Ukraine has achieved their biggest breakthroughs. It tells me the Russian military is in a lot of trouble and a significant military defeat is coming soon. Their only hope left is propaganda to try to get the public in the West to stop Ukraine's offensive. It's never going to happen trolls. Russia is going to be defeated. We are resolute in our support for Ukraine and will keep giving them enough weapons to destroy the Russian fascists.
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  742. Watching this pro-war crimes channel and it's many supporters eat humble pie is giving me great joy. You supported all of Putin's crimes and cheered him on while swallowing all Russian propaganda as if was God's word. Now you are going to have to face your delusions. The West is not weak or withering. It has never been more powerful. It's Russia, India and China that are weak. Within weeks Ukraine will capture lots more key major towns and the Russian military will have completely collapsed. Only other demons side with the devil.
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  743.  @crystalbluepersuasion1027  China and Russia are allies of convenience for now But in the long run, China must have it's eye on the Russian far east. So much land, so many resources. I think the Chinese will be rubbing their hands in glee at the current situation.
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  744.  @Harrock  How well has appeasement worked in the past? I imagine Germans, of all people, would understand that if you appease an aggressor it only serves to embolden him to make further conquests.
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  745.  @MilanZimmermann  Seems Rogan may have been punched in the ring a few too many times.
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  746. Most probably bribes had a significant influence on those procurement decisions.
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  747. Have you noticed how females always use euphemisms to try to cover the truth of the situation? Sugar baby? You mean prostitue, right? Let's just call it what it is. Prostitution. Seems like about 90% of modern women choose it, in one form or another, as their preferred means of making an income.
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  748. Most of the deposits that are discovered will never become mines as they will not be economically viable. You need high grade, low extraction cost and comparitively low capital cost before you can build a mine.
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  749. Trump is mentally retarded like his followers.
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  750. ​ @southafrica8140 Supporting Russian war crimes reflects very poorly upon you. You should be ashamed of cheerleading the murder of Ukrainian children.
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  751. ​ @stephenglover8828 You're trolling for Putin again? You two should just get a room. It's lots of weapons and ammo FYI.
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  752. The same way we stopped the USSR.
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  753. In other words, you know that you bring nothing of value to a man. Females like you are getting a hard pass from men nowadays. Keep moving loser.
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  754. I can recommend ATP Geopolitics and Andrew Perpetua. Both channels are excellent.
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  755. Trump can never be allowed to be President again. He will set up gulags like Putin. Hope the Democrats have a plan to prevent Trump getting his hands on power.
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  756. Nice try Russian troll. Why aren't you on the front lines?
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  757. Only when he's alone.
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  758. Everyone except the two nations at war.
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  759. Reading all the Russian copium here is hilarious.
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  760.  @dontlaughtoomuch11  False equivalence.
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  761. They observe his actions, rather than believe his words.
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  762. It's not often that freedom, democracy and geopolitical interests align for so many countries, but here we are. Result: Humiliating defeat militaily and geopolitically coming soon to Russia.
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  763. @Elyshoey Is that because every sensible person he plays is afraid of the consequences of beating him?
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  764.  @pnduarte4696  The Russian Navy is hiding as far away from the reach of Ukrainian drones and missiles as physically possible. They abandoned Sevastopol long ago. Ukraine doesn't even have a functional navy. So I think you're the one coping hard.
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  765.  @EnterpriseKnight  The destruction of all Russian forces in Ukraine and the sinking of the entire Russian Black Sea fleet by NATO. Thereby bringing NATO into the war and leaving Russia two options. The first is to accept defeat. The second is further escalation with nukes, which would result is the complete annihilation of Russia.
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  766. We also don't know how much corruption has affected their military. Will we see tofu dreg military equipment? Who knows.
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  767. Yes. The Soviet Union also had an economy of approx. 25%-30% of global GDP. Russia's share is around 1.5%. Putin's miscalculation is going to destroy Russia. It's only a matter of time.
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  768.  @yurimuratov957  Yes. Do exactly what Reagan did to destroy the USSR. Ramp up military spending, isolate Russia and destroy their economy. Then watch them collapse. The USSR was far larger and stronger than present day Russia. So the outcome is inevitable but it may take a few years.
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  769.  @robc8468  India cannot be a reliable partner with Western countries because of their very close political support of Russia. If you're going to invest in a new manufacturing facility, it would make sense to build it in the US or as close to the US as possible in a country that is an ally of the US. India is not in contention. Mexico is an obvious alternative.
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  770.  @wd4440  I agree. It effects men less, but it still has some effect. The best outcomes usually involve first loves sticking together.
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  771. The megadoses of copium from the Russian supporters here is quite hilarious. Fellas, Russia is already defeated. Things are only going to get worse from here on in. Get used to living next door to the second most powerful military in the world - Ukraine.
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  772.  @miraphycs7377  Didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
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  773. The collapse of the Russian Federation is almost inevitable now. But how it unfolds is anyone's guess. You could well be right.
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  774. Ukraine will need excellent air defences or lots of aircraft.
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  775. A more accurate name for that company is Energy Blackmail for Europe.
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  776. If you bring her back to the states, you will be taking a huge risk. American women will indoctrinate her very quickly and pre-nups are often overturned by the courts. But if you move to a conservative country like the Philippines as an example, you can pick and choose just about any woman you want
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  777.  @gordonlinton3555  So did the USSR and look at what happened to that entity. Half of it is now a part of the EU and NATO, despite the USSR being vastly stronger compared to present day Russia.
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  778.  @ЕкатеринаРакова-ч5х  Add Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria. Plus the former Central Asian republics are no longer under Russian rule. And of course Ukraine is not there to help Russia like in the past So Russia in indeed far weaker than the USSR. Russian annual GDP is less than 2% of global GDP. The USSR's was more than 20%. There's only one possible outcome here and that is Russia collapsing under the pressure.
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  779.  @ЕкатеринаРакова-ч5х  The Central Asian republics may support Russia politically but they are not part of Russia like they were a part of the Soviet Union. That means Russia cannot use their resources, military, economic or otherwise to try to change the global order The Soviet Union had lots of allies. Way more than Russia has. That did not save them. Russia is screwed in the long run.
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  780.  @ЕкатеринаРакова-ч5х  That's called globalisation. The US outsourced. It did not forget how to manufacture and it can outsource to any other country it chooses. If Apple decide to manufacture an iPhone in Mexico rather than China, who do you think loses? Apple profits continue. Shareholders in the US still get their dividends and the US government still collects taxes. Mexico gets richer. China gets poorer. The US has the option to reshore or find other outsource countries. And you can bet it will be friendly countries. Just another thought, the strange thing is that the main beneficiaries of globalisation have been China and India and they now want to destroy that world order Ok. Do it. The West will get richer because many of those manufacturing jobs will return. China and India will become poorer. Who in their right mind makes an enemy out of their biggest customers, the US and EU? This applies to China, India and Russia. The level of stupid beggars belief.
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  781.  @davidsphere  All the blame is with Russia for invading Ukraine in 2014 and now. If Russia did not start wars against Ukraine we would not be in this situation. Call Putin and tell him to stop being such a C*nt.
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  782. It's clear that Trump suffers from some type of mental illness. He is unfit to govern. I predict his campaign is going to sink fast as many voters in the center are now embracing Harris.
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  783. The only way for peace to return to Europe is after Russia is defeated. Putin will not stop until he is stopped. We are dealing with Hitler 2.0.
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  784. Thanks for telling us about Russia. Whatever you Ruscists claim is actually a confession.
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  785.  @jinjin-yw6lt  Yugoslavia had already collapsed due to Serb aggression against their neighbours. Stopping the Serbs killing more Kosovars was a good thing. Why do you always seem to support war criminals?
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  786. I thought women were as strong and capable as men. Haven't they been telling us they don't need no man for at least 20 years. That being the case, the solution is simple. Raise an army of feminists and overthrow the Taliban. If men were to intervene that would be patronising. It would be oppressive to prevent women from demonstrating their equality.
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  787. ​ @kaahzvi5820 But with no experience at warfare. Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
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  788. Stop with the lies. Read the Budapest Memorandum.
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  789. Give it to Ukraine. These vehicles will get battle tested. It's a win-win for both nations.
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  790. How can NATO be accomplices to anything, when Russia is the invader? There is something mentally wrong with the creator of this channel. He seems perfectly at ease with supporting the crimes Russia is committing in Ukraine.
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  791. ​​​ @maggiebayka It's this kind of ignorance that leads people to vote for Trump. There are over 150 million American tax payers. If you multiply that by $3000 each that's $450 billion. That is about half of the US defence budget. Your claim is completely false. Also, that money spent in Europe is as a deterrent to Russia which has hundreds of nuclear weapons targeted at the US. So I'd say the money you spend in Europe is as much for your own national security as Europe's.
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  792. ​ @richardtaylor6341 Sounds like you're projecting.
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  793. What a moronic comment. Russians are the real Nazis as judged by their actions and ideology. Putin will suffer the same fate as Hitler. Russia will be totally destroyed and dissolved over the next few years.
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  794. Spot on.
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  795. Great news. Now when is Germany giving Taurus?
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  796. ​ @Stein871 More lies.
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  797.  @hankosaurus  I have no idea what a price on range anxiety is. You will have to be much clearer. As for cold weather, maybe you can ask people in Scandinavia and China about how their EV's perform in those climates. They seem to be choosing EV's even in cold climates. Sure there may be some circumstances where EVs are not the optimal choice, just like for solar panels. But at least 80-90% of people on the planet would find it cheaper to run an EV without problems. If you're in that small minority, don't buy an EV. But don't try and argue that your concerns apply to anything but a small minority of car users.
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  798. It's obvious to anyone with a brain that Russia wanted to seize Kiev and decapitate the Ukrainian leadership. That was the quickest way to achieve their goals. The fact is they failed. They were defeated and forced to withdraw. The whole world knows it.
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  799. You're so well informed that you don't even know that Monsanto ceased to exist in 2018. They were bought out by Bayer.
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  800.  @cccc2740  No, that is not hypocrisy. Before Feb 24 India only bought 2.5% of its oil from Russia. Germany and other European countries were getting up to 50% or so of their energy from Russia. They cannot stop overnight. It takes time to find alternative sources and that is what they are doing. It will happen.
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  801. And production. Best to start producing them in large numbers soon.
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  802. Well there's no denying that Ukraine is making steady progress in recapturing it's land. Russia is the party going backwards. If it takes a year to drive Russia out, the result is still the same. Your Russian cheerleading does you no credit.
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  803. Tofu dreg EV's.
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  804. Bingo!
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  805.  @epoxy1710  But Russia have lost 45,000 square kilometres of Ukraine since March 21. How can the Russian army be that incompetent? Maybe you can give a report on the failings of Russian equipment? Or would that result in you being hauled off to a Siberian Gulag?
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  806. In a few months we'll be reading about how this place went bankrupt. Go woke, go broke.
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  807. ​ @randomclick2826 There has been no real intent by Russia to negotiate. And Zelensky is confident he will get more and more weapons until such time that Ukraine wins. That outcome is certain because it is in so many countries interests that they will keep supporting Ukraine until Russia is defeated.
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  808. Just get updates from the Russian MOD. You will be at ease with their lies.
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  809. If Trump has any character he should withdraw from the presidential race just like Joe Biden did.
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  810. I would be shocked if Trump could point to Russia on a map of the world.
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  811.  @awr202  False equivalence. The US was never trying to annex territory in any of those countries. Afghanistan was invaded because of the attack on the WTC. Iraq to remove the murderous dictator who had already killed a million people and used chemical weapons on the Kurds in his country. Ukraine has a democratic government and has not attacked Russia. If you can't tell the difference between these wars that's your problem.
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  812. Are Russian people willing to die so that Putin and his oligarch friends and their families can live opulent lifestyles in the West, a place they claim to hate? Who will die for these criminals that have stolen $1 trillion from their nation?
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  813.  @eka9743  No-one in the west is asking China to stop buying energy from Russia. Even some European countries will continue to buy from Russia. The sanctions do not stop all energy purchases. But a sudden increase in China's purchases to a point where it is blatantly helping Russia get around the sanctions will be a different matter. Of course China needs to meet its energy needs. That is only common sense. I'm sure the EU and US have some red lines for China. It must have already been discussed.
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  814. I still don't understand what the claimed injustice is. The jury convicted on what seemed clear cut evidence. Should criminals not be prosecuted because they are a former President? Or because the timing of the prosecution is inconvenient to them? Where in the constitution does it write anything to support either of those views? Trump's legal cases take a long time because he keeps doing everything in his power to delay them. There is no injustice. Trump has been accorded special rights and privileges that no other defendant would have received. If anyone else reading this had committed the same crimes along with the criminal contempt of court they would be in prison now. There is a two tier justice system and it has been working in Trump's favor. Republicans need to stop with the lies and misinformation.
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  815. Lira is a traitor to the US and also to his adopted country Ukraine. He's also a narcissist and a hypocrite. Imagine aiding the Russian invasion of Ukraine and all of their war crimes. He could have avoided this by leaving Ukraine and going to live in Russia.
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  816. ​ @yoooyoyooo  That evidence along with the fact that Ukraine did not have the means to destroy the dam leaves only one possibility: Russia did it.
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  817. Around 10000 are coming over the next 3-4 months. Also, Lend Lease only starts on October 1. After that, Ukraine has practically unlimited weapons and ammunition and guaranteed supply lines. Russia is effed.
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  818.  @sankalp6872  It's also a no play for Putin and in a conventional war against NATO, he's toast. His position is far weaker than it seems.
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  819.  @MultiRose86  When China attacks India who will Russia support? Don't be naive. China is far more important to Russia than India.
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  820.  @xfactor6099  If you are prepared to refuse to see things objectively, you are in effect a supporter of those crimes.
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  821.  @xfactor6099  No. That is a rationalisation. Your name says everything about you. You are a Russian troll. You support the war crimes and genocide in Ukraine. There is nothing more to discuss with you. Objective observers will base their opinion on facts, not your lies.
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  822. ​ @sillysad3198 It could also make the situation worse.
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  823. It's fear of further devaluation. People don't trust the ruble to hold its current value.
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  824. Those things are not mutually exclusive.
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  825. Provide some evidence.
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  826.  @jomamma1750  History tells us that Russia was only able to avoid defeat by getting massive help from the US via the Lend Lease program. In this war it's Ukraine receiving that help. Russia has started a war it can never win and which will result in its own destruction.
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  827. The other observation is her absolute certainty that she is right. Modern females believe they can never be wrong.
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  828. Russia is being demilitarized. When this war is over Russia will be so weak that it will not be able to hold itself together. Putin will be remembered as the fool that killed Russia.
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  829. I've only ever heard him speak positively about India's future. And India is not in East Asia.
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  830.  @hamzaabdi6513  Don't worry about Western countries. We invented practically everything in the modern world and we will find ways to live well without Russian energy. Necessity is the mother of invention.
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  831. You are indeed wrong. The sanctions are working. They take time. But Russia is getting weaker every day. The Russian offensive has already stalled and they are effectively cut off from supplies in Kherson. Ukraine just had to hold on until Lend Lease and winter begin. Russia is effed.
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  832. ​ @BTinSF I have not heard anyone suggest the US has not done it's part. The US has been at the forefront of helping Ukraine and everyone who supports Ukraine is grateful for that help.
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  833. The US economy is doing well. They just posted 2.7% growth. Last month's employment figures were excellent and inflation is very low. And their economy is 20 times the size of Russia's.'
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  834. Doing nothing in response to the Russian drones hitting Romania didn't work. So why would the same response work after the second drone hit Romania? The correct response from NATO should have been to give Ukraine $1 billion more of weapons after the first drone strike. Followed by $5 billion in additional weapons after the second drone. Then $10 billion if a third drone strikes NATO territory. Russians only appear to understand pain. Such an approach would not involve NATO directly but would cause Russia significant pain.
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  835.  @mikhaillobach3152 Both the Russian military and economy are being slowly taken apart. When it's complete, the Russian Federation will cease to exist. Ukraine will be free, all of it.
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  836. I don't think men should do this as ghosting and going our own way is effective. But if we did do it, I'd go with, a man needs a woman like a dog needs a flea.
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  837. ​ @varun2250 It doesn't even make any sense.
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  838.  @varun2250  That's your way of admitting India has done nothing; certainly far less than Europe.
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  839. Born of a jackal
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  840.  @senorchurro6954  He invaded Ukraine dummy. Besides, he probably likes wearing dresses himself from time to time. He has that look about him.
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  841.  @60degreelobwedge82  Spamming the same comment everywhere doesn't make any of it true. No-one takes a former Trump advisors view seriously. What's Prigozins view? He's on the front line, so would know far better, right?
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  842. ​ @elliotlambert3817  Whataboutism and false equivalence in one sentence. Do better next time. Find out facts before you comment.
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  843. Lend lease most certainly will.
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  844. ​ @beachslap7359  That is the stupidest comment ever.
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  845.  @jewelv  Is that your way of saying he is suicidal?
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  846.  @goenzoy712  I never even mentioned either of those things. So perhaps you can understand my dismissing your comment. But now that you have posted your view of EU and NATO membership, I have to disagree with you. I think Ukraine becoming a member of both is a certainty. But neither will happen any time soon. NATO especially understands that Ukraine needs to be a member as soon as this war ends. The EU membership will take a lot longer, unfortunately. Support for Ukraine will not stop until Russia is defeated.
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  847. You made it sound like everyone was equally responsible for the violence in former Yugoslavia. That is not a fair assessment. Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia just wanted to leave peacefully. The Serb dominated Yugoslav army invaded all of them and supported the Serb paramilitaries to commit ethnic cleansing. If I recall correctly, only the Serbs committed atrocities such as the massacre at Srebrenica. The violence is Kosovo came after all of that and was inly stopped by the intervention of NATO. Let's put the blame where it belongs, with Milosevic and his dreams of a "greater Serbia" and the Serbian people who bought into that and were prepared to kill their neighbours.
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  848. The only way to prevent a world war is to defeat Russia. Any concessions given would only embolden Putin. Defeat Russia now or later. But that's the only way this stops.
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  849.  @Commievn  Nonsense. The UN vote directly contradicts the claim that I responded to. The claim that the world is not accepting the Western view was patently false and I gave the evidence to proved it. Try and stick to the topic being discussed rather than whataboutism.
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  850. If only the great powers have real sovereignty then why would the smaller countries support Russia's idea? The world majority is made up of small countries or countries that have never been great powers and never will. Aside from possibly the US, Russia and China every other country would be ceding their sovereignty in this world view. That's more than 6 billion people and 200 countries. Russia's position makes no sense.
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  851. He got better.
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  852. Everything that the Russians do to Ukraine will be done to Russia as well. So be careful what you wish for Russian war criminals.
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  853. Usually things are more nuanced than they appear. But there was simply no justification for a full scale invasion. Ukraine is not a member of NATO, it was not likely to become a member in the foreseeable future. There was plenty of time for further talks. Yet here we are. I think this has far more to do with Putin believing that Ukraine belongs to Russia. This is the primary cause of the invasion. It's clear he always intended to invade. All pretences regarding dialogue have vanished. This has been planned for years. That's why people are so angry. Putin has to be stopped now. If he succeeds in swallowing Ukraine, who knows which country is next. My bet would be Georgia.
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  854. Russia will run low on military equipment such that it can't continue fighting the war sooner rather than later. It's economy is in a state of collapse. Energy export revenue is down over 50%. Their budget deficit is staggering. The ruble is plummeting, and they are spending one third of their budget on the war. It's all completely unsustainable. The outcome is a forgone conclusion: Russia is going to collapse just like the USSR.
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  855.  @russki4780  Are you going to be in for a shock when the Russian army culminates and Ukraine had an abundance of offensive weapons coming in. Keep dreaming that only 1% of Russia's army has been destroyed. If that's the case, why are they bringing in T-62 tanks? Why using civilian drones? Ukraine is certainly getting battered by Russia's overwhelming firepower. But Russia is watching it's army get dismantled in the process. And the weapons have barely started to reach the Ukrainian army.
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  856.  @robertwisniewski2029  I'm not sure Putin could survive a full mobilization. It would be an admission that his so-called SMO had failed. Plus, what use are 3 million soldiers without proper equipment and training? Basically just cannon fodder.
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  857.  @robertwisniewski2029  Time will tell.
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  858. ​ @JohnnyinMN You should be in it as Trump's ever faithful girlfriend.
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  859. Then give Ukraine some nuclear weapons and let's see if Russia has the gonads to threaten the use of nukes again. Russia invaded Ukraine. They can have no complaints against any weapons given to Ukraine to defend themselves.
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  860. ​ @Stonecold71 Europe fought to help the US. Russia is the US' most dangerous enemy and has had hundreds of nukes aimed at you for decades. I did not suggest the US fight if Europe does not. That's a straw man you invented. The US should support Ukraine for two main reasons. It's in your own interests to do so and you should support your NATO allies because Russia is as much an existential threat to them as it is to you. Abandoning Ukraine weakens your NATO allies and it weakens the US.
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  861.  @Delgen1951  Provide evidence. Even if true, that is only one item. The US stock piled are vast. Enough to defeat the USSR twice over at least.
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  862.  @JzwiJzwi  He will be handed over by the next Russian government. The same way Milosevic, Mladic and Karadzic ended up in the Hague.
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  863. ​ @Narodov1 The US can't be a negotiator because it's a NATO member and has a security agreement with Ukraine. Appeasement leads to the aggressor becoming more aggressive. Have you learnt nothing from WW2? Russia has made it clear it wants all the former USSR Republics back under their control.
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  864. ​ @JMC-ul1sw Ukraine is not obliged to allow Russia to use Sevastopol. It is a sovereign nation whose borders were recognised even by Russia in the Budapest Memorandum. Russia has become a terrorist state. Ukraine should be given every weapon system they need to win.
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  865. In a nutshell: Serbian Nationalism.
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  866. One other thing. The Russian forces that have withdrawn from around Kyiv and into Belarus will most likely be out of action or ineffective for some time. How many is that? 20-40k?
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  867. It's even more special when the SMO is happening inside Russia.
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  868. General Putin's second battle, after Kharkiv, appears to be even more 'successful'.
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  869. There's a lot of push polling going on. Ignore the polls. Get out and vote.
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  870.  @sachin2842  More lies from Russian trolls
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  871. Why did NATO do what? Be specific.
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  872.  @thehturt5480  Yes stole. Russia is an imperial power. It has conquered dozens of people's over the centuries and waged genocide on them. Who occupied Crimea before Russia invaded?
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  873. Maybe there's a deal and the Dems have agreed to not remove him if he puts the bill to vote?
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  874.  @markfrombriz  Totally agree. We could follow a path similar to Indonesia. They banned export of unprocessed Nickel. Since then, billions of $ in Nickel processing facilities have come into Indonesia. Mexico has nationalised Lithium and Chile is moving in that direction. Maybe we could add an export tax to unprocessed green minerals. Just enough to make it attractive to invest in processing in Australia.
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  875.  @johnwalsh4857  Great question. Russia, with it's tiny $1.5 trillion economy and almost nonexistent manufacturing sector is somehow going to defeat NATO and allies with an approx.$50 trillion economy and huge manufacturing capacity. How exactly is this going to happen?
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  876. Deutsche Welle is reporting that Mike Johnson is saying a vote on the Ukraine aid bill is going to be put to a vote today.
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  877.  @MrBizteck  You might be on to something here... :-)
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  878. African dictators prefer other dictators. The people will be poor and starving. While the dictator and their new colonial masters will prosper. It's amazing how many people in the third world are cheering on colonialism and economic exploitation, just as long as it's done by Russia and China.
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  879.  @pajsor  The fact remains that the only way to stop the Serbian war machine was for those bombs to drop or the wars would have gone on. It is disingenuous to say that not one of the people who died in the bombings was responsible for Srebrenica or Sarajevo. What was left of former Yugoslavia was responsible as a whole. And the actual men who killed 8000 civilians at Srebrenica remain free to this day because courts in Serbia and the rump Srpska republics refuse to bring them to trial. This is tacit approval of their actions. I also saw on the news tens of thousands of Serbs marching in Belgrade in support of Russia. It shows that many there have not learnt any lessons from the past and are unrepentant about Serbian war crimes.
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  880. No. The sanctions force Russia to source what they need on the black market at highly inflated prices.
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  881. ​ adolft_official We have professional militaries that we spend over a trillion dollars a year on and we'd like to get some bang for our buck. Go and live in Russia if you love it so much.
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  882. ​ @alexwallachian7720  A number of Australian companies are working on phosphate and sulphate of potash projects at present. Within 3-5 years Australia is likely to be a net exporter as it is with so many other commodities.
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  883. The US could retaliate by allowing the arms given to Ukraine to be used inside Russia. On military and logistics targets only. And give Ukraine ATACAMS and other long range wrapons systems. This would enable Ukraine to destroy Russian logistics deep inside Russia and would nullify any advantage the Russians expected to get from a deal with NK. It would be a reasonable step.
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  884. Lyman is well over 100km to the Russian border.
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  885. ​ @thomasclementz8149 He never said anything like that. It's poor quality trolling like this that keeps your pay at one ruble a day.
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  886. Look at a map and read the Budapest Memorandum. It belongs to Ukraine.
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  887. I think it's well known how quickly a small tactical nuclear strike could escalate into full scale nuclear war. It would be very difficult to avoid.
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  888.  @dushandvr5765  Tennis Australia found a loophole for him via exemption that was meant to be for people who cannot get vaccinated due to health issues. The Australian government policy was always that unvaccinated cannot enter. He should just leave. He is not welcome in Australia.
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  889. I've never agreed with this. Those who remember history often try to recreate it in the present. Putin is an example.
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  890. Or tanks, artillery, soldiers etc. They will be defenceless, broke and at the mercy of their neighbours.
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  891. ​ @andy_s_8982 Because he didn't say that. Trump defenders all seem to have become mind readers.
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  892. It's not your money comrade. Try and take some back from Putin and his oligarch friends.
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  893. Very well written.
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  894.  @jebise1126  800 destroyed Russian tanks and thousands of other destroyed vehicles, along with Russia giving up their push towards Kiev suggests it was money well spent.
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  895. The Russian trolls are so deluded they actually believe they can defeat NATO in a conventional war. Be careful what you wish for.
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  896.  @MatejzKosic  The US saved Europe more than once. Be grateful they have not been isolationist or you may be speaking German or Russian.
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  897.  @yeshiyangzom8532  Who is forced to learn English? English language schools don't hold a gun to their students heads. People choose to learn English.
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  898.  @doginu  Keep dreaming. If the situation is so great for Russia's economy then why are you Russian's complaining about them? You should be asking for more. If the USSR could not compete with the West economically and militarily, how on earth can Russia even begin to? The USSR had around 20% of global GDP annually. Russia is less than 2% and falling. The US and its allies have about 50-60% of global GDP. Keep cheering. But what you are supporting will bring about the collapse of the Russian Federation. It is inevitable now.
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  899. Isn't Georgia concerned about being invaded again due to having so many Russians in their country?
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  900. ​ baileyboy73 baileyboy73  Serbia is about to find out that they cannot have their cake and eat it too. They are going to have to make a choice between the EU and Russia.
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  901. Let's hope the Chinese know the history of WW2.
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  902. How will they get there?
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  903. ​ @paulfelkner6749 You keep posting this but what is its relevance? Just because people speak Russian does not mean they aren't Ukrainian. Most of those Russian speakers are Ukrainian and support Ukraine in the war.
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  904. Jake Broe just posted a good YouTube just hours ago that showed video of demonstrations in Dagestan, Yakutsk and some other more remote regions of Russia. He makes excellent videos. I recommend you check him out.
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  905.  @Smooth17727  Give it up mate. You sound like a frothing at the mouth Trump supporter. You have about as much freedom in the USA as any human beings have had since we formed complex civilizations. If you want to know what a real dictatorship is, ask people who lived in North Korea, Cuba, or former Soviet Union. What you have a problem with is money politics. As an outsider it seems to me that you do not have laws in place that stop your politicians being bought. You can fix that.
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  906. ​ @ajayji-ce2mk The US has been borrowing for a century and it got them to the top of the heap. You can't argue with reality.
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  907. ​ @Dingleberry777  Says the dingleberry with no evidence.
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  908. He just repeated that it's impossible to cross the Dnipro River south of the dam.
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  909. It's always the same story. Men should do all the work, take all the risk and pay for everything. Men have to constantly work on themselves to become better. All women have to do is pick and choose who to get with. No investment, no risk and no need for any self-improvement because they are all already perfect. The reason women can end relationships so easily and be over it before they're even out the door is because of this lack of investment. Do not give them what they demand. If a woman is not investing more into the relationship than you are, just walk away. It can only end badly.
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  910. Another excellent presentation. It could happen a lot sooner than expected. If Putin thinks he's running out of options it could be a last desperate throw of the dice.
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  911. When they claim not to know the reasons why men are rejecting marriage, they are gaslighting us.
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  912. The probability of Putin falling out of a window and meeting his maker have increased dramatically.
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  913. Then sell all your euros and dollars for rubles. I'll bet you won't do it.
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  914. All complete Tosh. See the war for what it is: Russian imperialist expansion, grabbing as much land and resources, including human resources from Ukraine. Then on to the next victim. We see it clearly and will defeat Russia in Ukraine.
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  915. Cope. Russia has lost. More of Donetsk is being liberated as I type.
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  916. In my observations, I have noticed that women are not very good judges of character. You only need to ask a few of them about past relationships to realise they chose very badly. Believing themselves to be good judges of male character they will deem a man who is a little socially awkward or inexperienced or unattractive to be creepy and unsafe. But a man who is attractive and confident and charming, like say Ted Bundy, will be seen as safe. If only Alexander had been as handsome and charming as Ted Bundy, that girl would have let him pick her up from home. Mate, if you keep doing this content for a few more years, you are going to be black pilled af.
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  917. Why don't you leave the science to scientists? Otherwise get your research peer reviewed and published.
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  918.  @Rob_F8F  My pleasure. That number amazes me. It speaks to a huge level of inequality when you consider so many people living pay cheque to pay cheque.
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  919. I did some research into where the most survivable places would be in case of full scale nuclear war and my conclusion was East of the Andes in Argentina but north of Patgonia as it my get extremely cold there.
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  920. They are already in Ukraine.
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  921. ​ @JamesMorris-l8b You should take your own advice. Trump broke the law in New York. It's not up to you to determine their laws
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  922.  @OGDailylama  If that is true, then you must want more sanctions placed on Russia. We will oblige you.
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  923.  @nelayanpejuang4194  No-one can use nukes. It's mutually assured destruction. If it happened, you will be dead along with everyone else on the planet. Russia and China cannot win a conventional war. The are both heavily out-gunned.
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  924. ​ @jerrymillerstein He was indicted by a Grand Jury and convicted by a jury You're just making a fool of yourself.
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  925.  @hstad100  Thanks for the comment. I suspected as much, but have no direct knowledge of how things work there. They have so little military experience in recent times that it's hard to see how they would be competitive against any major opponent.
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  926.  @br0k3nman  I'm sure there's truth in what you are saying. But bigger projects, like a gas pipeline would be negotiated with Moscow. There's also the sense of grievance that China has with European powers regarding their century of humiliation. I'm sure the land they lost to Russia would be a part of that. There would be a lot of symbolic, as well as economic, value in getting it back. When the economy goes south or a leaders grip on power is beginning to wane they sometimes start a war.
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  927.  @ashroskell  Who took it personally? If someone attempts a juvenile and insult it's fair to point it out. Why are you invested in a conversation you were not even involved in? What has it got to do with you?
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  928.  @richardkey1678  Agree that Perun is exceptional.
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  929.  @richardkey1678  You're learning a lot more from Perun in that hour.
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  930.  @testtesting2868  He did receive a salary.
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  931. ​ @randomname3109 Russia is in no position to do anything about it. If they don't like it, they can always leave Ukraine. We need to stop worrying about what Russia thinks and do whatever is in our best interests.
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  932. That's a bold confession.
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  933. Get to the frontline coward. No-one believes MOD fairytales.
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  934. How much oil production is coming out if Guyana over the next few years?
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  935.  @bendover1525  You've been bent over too often it seems. No-one recognises that sham referendum. They were given the choice of joining Russia or becoming an independent state. Even Russia's "no limits" ally, China, does not recognise Crimea as being a part of Russia. The Budapest Memorandum sets out the borders. That referendum was legitimate.
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  936. Last I heard there was about 210k of them.
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  937. The judge is playing it smart. Just a few days and Trump's biggest fear will be realised.
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  938. ​ @thecomedypilot5894 You're the joke. The jurors heard all the evidence, you did not.
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  939. 500k troops armed with what, sticks and stones?
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  940. Russia would need a Marshall Plan for that to happen. Not likely in my opinion. More likely is that in 20 years hydrocarbons will be close to worthless and Russian population will be in severe decline. I expect Russia will naturally break apart just like the USSR.
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  941. Threats are always a sign of weakness. If Russia has the balls to attack NATO, just go ahead and do it already. Their underperforming military would be destroyed in no time.
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  942. It's not only a question of what NATO will do. Surely, it would result in China and India being forced to abandon Russia.
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  943.  @russellinka  What countries? NATO is a defensive organisation. If UN resolutions exist to take down certain dictators who were engaging in crimes against humanity, what is wrong with that?
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  944. That's a lie. He's been predicting around 2030.
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  945. Do commercial pilots have the skill set required to fly sorties over enemy territory, avoid advanced anti-aircraft missiles and complete their missions successfully? There may be a few who were previously air force pilots. But the rest of them would surely require a lot more training.
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  946.  @justanordinaryaccount9910  If most Russian military pilots don't have those skills, then it's obvious that the commercial pilots will also never develop those skills either. So Russia's airforce will continue to be impotent.
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  947. Ukraine is also demonstrating its ability to hit oil pipelines and export infrastructure. They are restraining themselves so as not to wreak economic havock on their allies. But if they're abandoned by the West it will be all systems go. They will have no other choice. I hope the West is paying attention.
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  948. Give them both. As many as we have available. Ukraine deserves far more support than it has been getting.
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  949. Ukraine has not technically agreed to join NATO. It's application was refused and there was no possibility of it happening in the foreseeable future. Ukraine will fight until the Russians leave, however long that takes.
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  950. Shamu doesn't date females larger than him.
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  951. Trump has been certain to win the Republican nomination for a long time. The real question is how it will impact voters in the Presidential election.
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  952. ​​ @markdalbey  A propagandist is engaging in information warfare and should be considered a combatant. Therefore a legitimate military target. Would we consider Goebbels to be a legitimate military target? I think yes.
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  953. It's also the only way to protect Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech, Slovakia, and all the other former Soviet Republics. It's the only way to prevent WW3. So let's give Ukraine everything they need to get the job done.
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  954. ​ @kappenmann12 A coalition of the willing does not require German participation. They may prefer to keep Germany out of it.
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  955. He spelt it wrong. But he is right that the mid-terms will not stop the Lend Lease operation. Surely, that is the main thing. Russia will capitulate long before the next US presidential election.
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  956.  @calmlikeabomb1984  Keep posting. Your main idea is what matters. People usually do understand the meaning.
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  957. If Trump's plan succeeds the US may soon be the world's leading manufacturer of horse drawn buggies. If it worked then, surely it will work now.
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  958. Serbia makes Kosovars who enter Serbia change their number plates. If it's ok for Serbia to do it, it's ok for Kosovo to do it. Once the Serbs started shooting at Kosovo officials they should have been arrested and jailed. The rule of Kosovo law must apply.
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  959.  @XYZOxyz  Your claim that Serbia withdrew it's EU membership application. Serbia applied for membership on 22 December 2009. Just withdraw and try to acquire a brain from somewhere.
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  960. You voted your way out of a dictatorship? I don't think you understand what a dictatorship is or how one operates.
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  961.  комиссар полиции обвиняет  Give it up and read some history. Crimea is a very recent addition to Russia. Russia is an imperial nation and has conquered dozens of different people's, including those that lived in Crimea. The rest is whataboutism.
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  962. They are running out of them. It's a process. No-one is claiming they will get down to literally zero tanks or zero artillery. They would be defeated long before that.
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  963. Good idea.
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  964. ​ @kairon5249  Ukraine had no power to refuse. Russia dominated all the other Soviet Republics.
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  965. Let them stay strong and independent. I'll remain free and indifferent.
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  966. If Russian power keeps declining a soft target might be outer Manchuria.
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  967. @michaelbarton4787  Even the Russian government admits North Korean troops are in Russia. How would you know better than them?
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  968.  @GigiDuruDuru  Defending against genocide is justifiable or do you believe otherwise? Are you denying Serbians were committing genocide during the Balkan wars? Defending civilians from Serb aggression was a just cause.
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  969.  @treakfly  You mean like the numerous scams in crypto markets? Lack of regulation is working a treat there isn't it?
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  970. False equivalence by a lazy "thinker" combined with whataboutism.
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  971. @subarnifallis7876  haven't heard that one :-)
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  972. ​ @miroslavdusin4325 Can you provide evidence of Russian's working better under pressure? I certainly haven't seen any.
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  973. As a very wealthy and industrialized nation, won't Germany be able to mitigate the effects of its aging, highly skilled workforce by sucking in highly skilled immigrants from all over the globe? Even if their skill level is a little below German level, additional training could bring them up to par very quickly in many cases. Isn't this how the US has been able to stay at the top for the past several decades? I predict Germany will find a solution. They are too smart and forward looking to sleep walk into economic decline.
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  974.  @brandonlyon730  Russian oil and gas exports will resume and part of that revenue should go towards rebuilding Ukraine and paying reparations to Ukrainian civilians.
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  975.  @terjeoseberg990  How about all the land West of the Ural mountains?
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  976. ​ @mintheman7  Drop the wolf warrior fantasy and start getting along with your neighbours, like you did before Xi Jinping decided to stir the pot.
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  977. Also because a large percentage of Russians support that greedy old fart. We should not absolve them of their responsibility for the war crimes being committed in their name.
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  978.  @robertshelton3796  Are you saying they have nothing to do with US national interests?
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  979. For the same reason he doesn't make videos about unicorns.
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  980. Stick to RT and the Russian MOD. They will tell you what you want to hear. Then go to the front line like a good Ruscist sheep.
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  981. Most Russian claims are actually confessions.
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  982. Correct. And Ukraine striking those military bases would be perfectly legitimate. Russia would have nothing to complain about.
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  983. The US has a huge problem as long as Trump keeps putting himself ahead of the good of the nation. His malignant narcissism and constant lies are destroying trust in institutions built up over centuries. How so many Americans can believe so many lies in the absence of any supporting evidence is truly staggering.
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  984. Actually only the US has invoked Article 5. Your comment is baseless.
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  985. Wrong. People choosing to boycott companies that do not reflect their values will make an enormous change. Lots of smaller companies will be thrown a lifeline.
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  986. The Russian troll army are losing their minds over this. Because they know it will destroy Russia over time. If the price cap is set at $50 per barrel, who will volunteer to pay more? Will India or China or any other country demand to pay $80 instead? Not a chance. Russia loses big time while every other country that buys Russian oil will benefit from this. Of course, Russia can just shut down the wells and destroy them permanently. That would spike oil prices but it would be economic suicide for Russia. I'm laughing so hard. What a grave Putin has dug for himself and for Russia.
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  987. Indians are delusional. Hundreds of those tanks have been destroyed inside Ukraine. But you keep buying them and I wish your turrets fly higher even than the Russian ones.
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  988. This guy is hilarious. Basically draws a line showing that the Russians are 90% surrounded at Lyman and then goes on to say that this gives them a gap to push the Ukrainians back. The level of wishful thinking is off the charts! That road out is a under Ukrainian fire control at the very least. The Russians in Lyman are done for. Toast. It's game over for them.
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  989. You're not setting the record straight. You are muddying the waters. Since Russia keeps sending reserves to fight Ukrainian advances, those rear lines will be severely weakened. Ukraine is doing well and their new tactics are proving effective. It will take time, but once the breakthrough comes, Ukraine will regain it's territory. Russia has serious logistics problems and they are only getting worse. If the Russians had any sense, they would leave now before the humiliating defeat that is on its way.
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  990.  Ann Santos  They won. Trying to defeat Japan by invading would have caused millions of deaths. They took the path of fewest casualties as horrible as it was.
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  991. If NATO countries just gave Ukraine long range weapons and permission to use them inside Russia, this war would end soon. To stop Russia, Ukraine needs to have the means to destroy the Russian military industrial complex. Ammunition factories, tank factories etc. Those targets are deep inside Russia. Give Russia a one month deadline to begin withdrawal or Ukraine gets the weapons to get the job done. NATO needs to grow dome balls.
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  992. China could also choose to restrict exports in retaliation to increases in tariffs.
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  993. Since the Russian government and populace both want war the only way this can end is by defeating Russia on the battlefield. Let's stop with the nonsense that negotiations might work. It's time to give Ukraine everything they need to win and untie their hands so they can strike military targets deep inside Russia.
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  994. In the world that Russia and India want, where might is right, what could they do? The US Navy is vastly superior to those nations. So all they would have to do is place one Carrier Group on either side of the Suez Canal and refuse to let sanctions busting ships through. I can imagine there will be lots of squealing, but not a whole lot more.
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  995. We're 45 days into this war and the Russians haven't captured Mariopul. How long will it takes to capture Odessa, if ever? Definitely not in time for the May Day parade. By then, a good chunk of the Russian fleet off the coast may be at the bottom of the sea.
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  996.  @azharuddinzahaur7683  Not true. But let's see how the food riots in the Muslim countries unfold over the next year. Imagine cheering on the country that is going to make your people go hungry.
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  997.  @meshowzaq6892  Let's see when the grain shortages begin. You are still eating last year's harvest.
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  998. The vote on Ukraine also suggests the MAGA extremists only have the support of about 55% of the House Republicans. If Trump is convicted there is a chance the Reagan Republicans may be able to regain control of the party.
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  999. Is the air pollution not bad enough as it is? The health problems will be devastating.
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  1000. They can. But why is Serbia applying to join the EU?
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  1001. God fights on the side with the best air force - Napoleon Bonaparte.
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  1002. Same thing happened prior to the Kherson counteroffensive. That turned out ok.
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  1003. ​ @drscopeify The opposite is true. The US system is too rigid.
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  1004.  @rc1983  Wouldn't it be good of the little dwarf had the balls to put his own life on the line.
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  1005. If Democrats can control the weather why wouldn't they keep sending more hurricanes so that it becomes impossible to vote in red states? How have people become this stupid?
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  1006. These are clearly war crimes. When is the UN going to take action against Russia? It's time to give Ukraine everything they need to destroy Russia and include nuclear weapons. Why should Russia be able to breach the Budapest Memorandum without consequences? Why should Russia be allowed to give Belarus nuclear weapons? Time to even out the playing field.
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  1007. Appeasement leads to more aggression by the aggressor. Your advice is not wisdom, it's foolishness.
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  1008.  @kubabadach8581  I think you must be replying to someone else. Re-read my post and check if your reply is to me or your understanding of my post. I agree with what you have written.
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  1009.  @kubabadach8581  Kosovo is an independent country now. Serbs just need to let go of the past. On the one hand, they argue Russians in Ukraine should be independent. But on the other hand the 90% majority of Kosovo should be a part of Serbia. The hypocrisy is astounding. If they had treated Kosovars better there would have been no conflict, so they only have themselves to blame.
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  1010.  @vesnatadic9740  You must be the most gullible person on the planet. Face the reality, Putin wanted to capture Kiev and Zelensky and replace him with a puppet government like Lukashenko in Belarus. It's all gone horribly wrong for the evil little dwarf.
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  1011. ​ @Robert-xy4xi The Iraqi military was far more competent.
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  1012. ​ @Robert-xy4xi More Russian lies.
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  1013.  @trevorcrook5753  The sanctions are having minimal effect on the West. Their effect on Russia has been immediate. But the most severe effects will happen over months and years. Let's see you make the same claim in 5 years. The sanctions put in place after 2014 resulted in a drop in annual Russian GDP from $2.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion. Those sanctions were mild by comparison. It will become economically impossible for Russia to support its military and hold on to any gains in Ukraine. Putin has started cold war 2. This is not going to end until one side breaks. The USSR collapsed and it was far stronger than Russia. All the West has to do is rinse and repeat and Russia will slowly either and die. Enjoy the collapse. I know I will.
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  1014.  @bobbyd6680  Good idea. Send a few decoys to get the smokescreen activated. Then fire the real missiles.
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  1015. Serbia is not likely to invade Kosovo. It's an intimidation tactic. They know Kosovo's neighbours will get drawn in and many of them are NATO members. The last time they invaded they had their asses handed to them.
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  1016. It's no surprise that a terrorist is also a liar. 260 murdered civilians at the music festival alone. Bring these hamas thugs to justice.
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  1017. Past behaviour is the best predictor of future behaviour. With so much paternity fraud being perpetrated by modern women, men are forced to select women with the lowest body counts as a form of self protection. There's no double standard at all because a woman always knows the child is hers. So a mans body count is irrelevant.
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  1018. Why didn't Trump pay the hush money out of personal accounts? Is it because he wanted to claim a tax deduction? Would that be tax fraud? Would it be a Federal offence?
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  1019.  @mikefish8226  It seems to be only Turks who think it's a possibility.
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  1020. ​ @lukedornon7799 Whatever it has cost the US has to been offset against the savings from not needing to decommission. I'd say it's money well spent. If Russia was allowed to just roll over Ukraine, it would have cost a whole lot more and resulted in even more Russian aggression.
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  1021. Wagner is approaching the outskirts of Moscow right now.
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  1022. Palestine is not a country and never has been. Palestinians have always rejected a two state solution. So what is the point of your question?
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  1023. The Trumptanic is well on the way to its watery grave.
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  1024. All the escalation has been by Russia. They are the invaders. Enrol in a logic course.
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  1025. Kadyrov should never have accepted Putin's Early Grave infused with polonium tea.
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  1026. ​ @SunriseLAW He's about to be imprisoned.
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  1027.  @richdobbs6595  Reagan increased military spending to 6% of GDP. That put enormous pressure on the USSR to compete. They couldn't keep up. If NATO countries bit the bullet and did the same, Russia's territorial ambitions would turn to dust. Russia is far weaker than the USSR was prior to its disintegration.
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  1028. Well said.
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  1029.  @pancake4061  Well I'm glad you said so. I misunderstood your comment. My apologies.
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  1030. Russia is a failed state. Their aggression will not end until defeated and disarmed. NATO cannot let the war go on as it has done. It should intervene to protect itself, Ukraine and global food security. Peace is impossible with the current Russian state. Time to bite the bullet and get the job done.
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  1031. ​ @Howardlifts Keep coping comrade. Russia is an economic, technological and military midget compared to the US.
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  1032. No. You misunderstood how English speakers pronounce the word "owe".
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  1033. False equivalence. The US only invaded Iraq after 11 UN Security Council resolutions. Also, the US did not try to annex. Iraq. Once Saddam Hussein was removed democratic elections followed. Russia's invasion of Iraq is unilateral and illegal.
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  1034. You're on a winner with that design. Get it back in stock asap.
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  1035. ​ @jerrymiller9039 Australia. They have numerous free trade agreements and engage with everyone.
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  1036. Threats are always a sign of weakness. Russia is terrified of NATO because they know their rag-tag military would collapse within days.
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  1037.  @monishboro8648  I know. Ukraine also does not want conflict with Russia. But here we are.
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  1038.  @monishboro8648  That's like saying India does want conflict with China because you refuse to give China the territory that they claim is theirs. Have you stopped, even for a moment, to ask yourself why all the former Warsaw Pact countries joined NATO? Answer: because they had suffered under Russian occupation and oppression for 50 years or more. They are terrified of Russia. Who are you or anyone else to try to force countries to live under Russian rules and occupation? The citizens of Ukraine have the right to choose who they wish to associate with.
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  1039. Coping hard.
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  1040. Ukraine is being invaded by Russia. It's Putin that needs to call the cease-fire. Stop Russia's war crimes immediately.
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  1041. Yes, it's harrowing but less harrowing than what the 1400 murdered Israeli civilians faced. Aljazeera is a disgrace. Not a single condemnation of hamas terrorism or their taking of hostages including children or their use of Palestinian civilians as human shields. Hamas is sick and so is Aljazeera.
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  1042. The West needs to give Ukraine the weapons they need to destroy Russia's ports and energy infrastructure. Russia needs to get a good dose of karma.
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  1043. If that's the case how do they get consent to do so from their shareholders?
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  1044. The repercussions of strategic attacks like these will be the eventual defeat and economic collapse of Russia.
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  1045. The Russian army is only withdrawing because they are facing imminent defeat in Kherson Oblast. No amount of spin and propaganda can change that fact.
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  1046. 100% facts.
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  1047. The Fox entertainment defense. Didn't work for them.
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  1048.  @KRYPTOS_K5  I suspected as much. Thanks for the information.
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  1049. The red button in his desk starts the microwave oven in the staff canteen.
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  1050. Now this is hypocrisy at its finest. Wake up Palestinians. This man and his terrorist group are your real enemies.
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  1051. Don't despair pro-Russians, war criminals, I hear your team will be regrouping soon: in Vladivostok.
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  1052. Imagine if you had a brain.
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  1053.  @jaarneal  Those tank numbers are the barest minimum because Oryx only count what they have photographic and geo-located evidence of. There are many more than that. Probably well over 2000. Plus lots trapped in Kherson that will be destroyed or gifted to Ukraine.
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  1054. Peter, do you think one of the outcomes of this war is that one or two other NATO members may seek to acquire nuclear weapons as a deterrent to Russia? If I was Poland, I wouldn't want to rely on falling under another nations nuclear umbrella given how slow the weapons shipments to Ukraine have been. Especially in regards to the French. It's clear they will only use nukes to defend France.
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  1055. People are criticizing both.
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  1056.  @Vazzini42  It is not misleading in the context that Russia with its current population wants to fight the whole of the Western world, not just the US.
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  1057.  @timthetiny7538  Ukrainian pilots are already trained. Switching to F-16 will be much faster than usual and they started months ago.
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  1058.  @MrThartofwar  Russia doesn't have anything first class. Even their trolls are 3rd rate.
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  1059.  @yurimuratov957  Giving Ukraine whatever it needs to defend itself against Russian aggression is the right thing to do. It's also in the West's best interests to do so. No matter how much you try to defend Russia or deflect, the reality is that Russia cannot win the war because NATO and allies are prepared to give Ukraine the weapons they need to stop Russia. Personally, I would like to see Ukraine given about 50 nukes. Just enough to completely destroy Russia in the event that Ukraine faced an existential threat to it's existence. The war would end in a matter of days with Putin shitting his pants.
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  1060. So Russia is arguing that it is not the successor state to the USSR at the UN and in the Security Council? It must be not be allowed to sit in place of the USSR.
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  1061. The US and NATO are already in their place: at the top. The Russian army is cowering in trenches desperately trying to hold off little Ukraine.
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  1062.  @dougdupont6134  How can an assessment of truth be made without taking facts into consideration? In court the jury is the arbiter of truth. They may not always get it right but that's why there are checks and balances such as an appeal process. You already live in a world with lots of arbiters of truth whether you like it or not.
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  1063. Can you stop calling it a hush money case? When you call it that, it sounds trivial. There's nothing unlawful about paying hush money and if that's all Trump did he would not be on trial. Start calling it correctly. It's the election interference case and falsifying business records case.
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  1064. Would like to know what sort of time frame PZ has on the war between the nutters.
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  1065. A sex worker wondering why the men she meets want sex from her.
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  1066.  @absalomdraconis  It may take 2-3 years. If Russia can be driven out sooner, awesome. But if not, Ukraine will have to play a long game.
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  1067.  @arturdobrzynski6531  That was not a security guarantee. But since you know about it, you also know how criminal Russias behaviour is in breaching the Budapest Memorandum.
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  1068. Economic coercion of Ukraine is a breach of the Budapest Memorandum. And here we have Trump breaching it live on tv. The US can never be trusted again.
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  1069. I don't know how you can equate contentment with boredom. Other than that I agree with you.
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  1070.  @fiveleavesleft6521  I agree, women find contentment very difficult. Regarding meditation and yoga, you're comment is applicable to the western world where yoga is virtually a form of exercise. But in India, I would guess that 10 times as many men practice meditation and yoga as women.
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  1071. PZ may be in the minority but that's at least in part because most Americans wouldn't be able to name even half the countries in NATO and could certainly not point out their location on a map. Ignorance has consequences.
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  1072. There is no way in the world that these critical resources can be left to China and Russia to process. So inevitably it will be done somewhere that is friendly to the US and other Western powers. I can see some of this playing out already with lithium and rare earth elements now being processed in Australia. Previously, they would have all been shipped to China for processing. Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Chile also spring to mind as potential alternatives.
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  1073. What happened to the Budapest Memorandum? Troll elsewhere.
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  1074. In Russia.
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  1075. Your lack of intelligence is shining through buddy.
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  1076. Did voting for Trump turn him into a wanker?
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  1077.  @eh1702  Excellent points. If the US intervenes they blame every death on them and if the US does not intervene then they blame every death on them. Who is killing the Houthis? There's never any mention of Saddam Husseins war on Iran that left a million dead or his invasion of Kuwait or his use of chemical weapons on his own people. Apparently, he was a saint and it would have just been rainbows and unicorns if he was left in power. They never ask, why is the Middle East such a basket case? Dictators and oppressive regimes everywhere and ongoing for as long as anyone can remember? It's like they never saw a dictator they didn't like, yet the west is evil. They deserve the government's they get because they don't have the capability or courage to build civil, democratic societies.
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  1078. What have cats ever done to deserve such punishment?
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  1079.  @davidsphere  That is such a weak response. I'll take it as a concession since you can't dispute that Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 and the past 8 years of conflict there has been Ukraine merely trying to recapture it's territory. You know, the territory that Russia, US, UK and Ukraine agreed was Ukranian in the Budapest Memorandum. Recall the referendum that was held in Ukraine and ALL regions voted to be a part of Ukraine? Overall, 92% vote in favour of being a part of Ukraine. You can't refute facts. Anyone can google it and verify my claims easily. The facts are not propaganda. They are facts, irrefutable.
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  1080. Neither country caved into his demands. You are a brainwashed cult member if you believe that.
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  1081. It's obvious Trump is a Russian asset. Putun has effected a pro-Ruzzian coup in the US. Trump is traitor.
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  1082. Jake Broe is right. The whole point of splitting the aid packages is to get money to Israel and to avoid giving it to Ukraine. It's a trap. The Democrats should just reject it and push hard for the discharge petition.
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  1083. ​ @dalecrocker3213 Mariupol. Hundreds of Children deliberately targeted and murdered. You are a supporter of the Russian war crimes. Shame on you.
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  1084. For several weeks now Trump has been complaining that he's cold in court. For Christ's sake why doesn't he just wear warmer clothes? If he can't solve a problem as simple as that, after a month, how on earth is he going to run the country? He's no rocket scientist. That's for sure.
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  1085.  @ronblack7870  That can only last as long as they have ammunition and the artillery barrels are as still in good shape. Also, they need to be able to get the ammunition to the battlefield and that is going to get increasingly more difficult. Ukraine has been very effective at targetting ammunition depots over the past few weeks and they are getting more HIMARS.
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  1086. The cancellation of his visa this time is on completely different grounds. Lying on his Travel Declaration didn't help him. It was not a mistake or human error, his manager definitely knew his travel movements.
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  1087. They hate the men who they depend on for survival every single day of their lives. I don't know what's worse, the arrogance or the ingratitude. Walk away men and let these dipshit 304s fend for themselves or die trying.
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  1088. Absolute nonsense. Most of their military budget is siphoned off by corruption. If your claim was true, why are they buying drones from Iran and shells from North Korea. Russia is dependent on Western technology as well. They're screwed.
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  1089. Before even taking office Trump is doing incalculable damage to the US. First he made the US an unreliable security partner and now he's making them an unreliable trade partner. It's not just Trump that's lost trust, it's the US electorate as a whole.
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  1090. You can't seriously believe the standard of living was better in 1900? You're going to find out the hard way that tariffs increase the cost of goods.
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  1091.  @Raikenbolai  So not denying the truth of my comment.
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  1092. Who are these people? What is the document we should read? As far as I know Trump has no formal policy on the war in Ukraine. You sound like another gullible supporter. P T Barnum had a saying about people like you.
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  1093. Let's call it a brain fart.
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  1094. I hope the flatulent fornicator hasn't locked her in the basement to stop her from leaving. When was the last time she was seen in public?
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  1095. As an atheist I find this deeply distrubung. All claims that God exists are nonsense and constitute blasphemy against my atheism. The penalties for these religious nut jobs should be severe.
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  1096. That's a small price to pay to defeat Russian aggression and imperialism.
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  1097.  @jmjones7897  Yes. It's the only referendum that matters there because it was free and fair.
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  1098. As much as I dislike Trump I think this is not a bad move. All he has to achieve is to divide the BRICS nations. Any split within the group will sink their challenge. The one most likely to crack first is China. They have the most to lose from 100% tarrifs. It would devaste their economy and pose a significant threat to CCP rule. Threats of tariff increases are a bit like Putin's nuclear threats. He doesn't have to use them as he knows most countries will still err on the side of caution.
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  1099.  @NK-ne9uf  The US military budget is more than enough to support Ukraine.
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  1100. They still don't understand that men no longer find them attractive. They're masculine, overweight, tatted, nose rings, multi coloured hair, duck lips, and lots more. Add boring, combative, narcissistic, solipsistic to the mix and it's not even close to being worth the squeeze. Men never asked for any of those things. Ladies, men are not afraid to approach you. You're just plain unattractive. It's not men who are at fault, it's you. Got it?
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  1101. They're not going to like the find out phase.
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  1102. ​ @Tree_a_Boar You forgot about fossil fuel subsidies.
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  1103. What women really want is a weapon that will give them the power to destroy any man, any time, for any reason. It's that simple. Women use words as weapons because they lack a man's physical strength. Their go-to tactic of choice is reputation destruction. That's why they are pushing the "believe all women" BS so hard. They want to have the power to destroy any man just by their words. Feminism is a supremacist ideology no better than racism. Reject any woman who is gives a hint of being a supremacist. They will try and hide it nowadays because they know men are on to them. Be careful out there fellas.
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  1104. ​ @japetbu3487 Also, Russia invaded Ukraine. It cannot order civilians to evacuate in 24 hours. Ukraine and Russia have a border mutually agreed upon in the Budapest Memorandum. Palestine has never existed as a state. They refused to accept the 1948 partition. They've always wanted to exterminate all the Israelis. Israel seeking to rescue hostages held by terrorists is perfectly justifiable. You are guilty of a false equivalence.
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  1105. That looks like fun and you don't even need a visa 😂
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  1106. The Chinese made it crystal clear that the Stans are now in China's sphere of influence and Putin must keep out. That is another massive strategic defeat for Putin. What an absolute disaster this war has been for Russia and the worst is yet to come.
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  1107. You voted for a convicted felon who has been bankrupt 6 times. What did you expect to happen? He bankrupted a casino for Christ's sake! American voters have been exposed as imbeciles and the same can be said for Fox "news".
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  1108. Why not Europe?
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  1109.  @manthanpatel6295  Well they did get 11 UN Security Council resolutions prior to the invasion of Iraq. And that was to remove one of the worst dictators in history. How many have Russia obtained prior to their invasion of Ukraine?
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  1110. Biden is still in office. He gets to take credit for that.
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  1111.  @lunachu8691  The collapse of the Soviet Union did not lead to nuclear proliferation.
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  1112. Greenland, Canada and now Gaza? Trump is beyond insane.
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  1113.  @huba987  I'm not sure if it would be the largest, but the reserves are very large and significant to Europe. A number of Australian companies operate there. I imagine the smaller one's share prices will be tanking tomorrow.
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  1114.  @andersgrassman6583  Yes. It probably hasn't even come into effect yet. I agree that older, wiser heads are a good thing. My point was mainly that Ukraine is not going to run out of soldiers any time soon, which is what the Russian propagandists have claimed.
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  1115.  @jthom5951  UNCLOS ruled against China. Instead of just quoting a document, give the relevant page number. As far as I am aware, it is international waters and numerous countries do freedom of Navigation exercises there. Put up a real reference and a real quote from UNCLOS that it belongs to China or stop with the BS.
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  1116. Putin is no different to Hitler. The war can only end with Russia being defeated. There is no chance of Russia choosing peace.
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  1117. So Russia is preparing for a war with NATO by losing a huge chunk of their military capability in Ukraine? Why that's ingenious but only to an imbecile.
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  1118. Immediately after the Russian invasion PZ was predicting a quick win for Russia. In doing so he greatly overestimated their capabilities like so many other analysts. The Russian military is second rate at best.
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  1119. So they haven't invented anything of note in around 2000 years or more? Got it.
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  1120. That makes their actions far worse. Instead of making the world a safer place they are cozying up to an indicted war criminal. Shame on them both and their brainwashed acolytes.
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  1121. So go on a peace miss it on to Moscow and convince Putin to stop.
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  1122. ​ @comicbookchris3509 No one here believes Trump will accomplish anything useful. They are just pointing out his lies and holding him accountable. You, on the other hand, don't care how much he lies or that he's a convicted felon and grapist. You are a cult member. As a cult member you have to defend even the stupidest and most criminal things Trump says and does. For example, taking over Gaza. Do yourself a massive favor and get counseling to help you escape the cult. If you're in doubt that you're in a cult just try reading some news and analysis from anywhere in the world from Europe to Asia to Africa and you will notice that almost everyone thinks Trump is a nut job. The US and especially gullible Trump supporters like you are a laughing stock. Get help.
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  1123. Have you seen the size of Putin? You nearly need a magnifying glass to see him.
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  1124. ​ @ilyake7862 But how would that matter since Russia does not recognise treaties and agreements it has entered into. The Budapest Memorandum being just one example.
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  1125. How will Russia gas get to India and China? The infrastructure does not exist for this to happen. The solution is to go hard on economic sanctions and even a complete trade embargo to cripple Russia. The faster it happens the sooner it will end.
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  1126. Trump is clearly mentally ill. Someone close to him needs to help him get psychiatric treatment. How can anyone vote to have such an unstable psychiatric patient be in possession of the nuclear codes? Are Republican voters totally insane?
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  1127.  @cccc2740  To defend its members against Russian aggression. Now we can see just how important it is. This is the fourth war of expansion Russia has started just this millennium. I thought Modi said "The age of expansion is over." So why no criticism?
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  1128.  @Shogun507  It is hypocrisy. You can check the definition in the dictionary if you need to. India has close relations with Russia and I don't expect that to change any time soon. But the US has close relations with the UK, France and many other countries. Yet despite these good relations, disagreements occur and we can criticise each other. The relationships still endure. It would be a good thing for both Russia and India if Modi did criticise Russia. Putin might listen to a trusted ally. Modi would get kudos from the West. The parties may come to negotiate a peace settlement sooner, with less loss of life. And Russia and India would continue to be close allies just as they are now. A good friend can tell you when you are doing something wrong. That is what friends do.
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  1129.  make a wish  Mike Baker does not represent NATO. Show me the treaty. Otherwise, put a sock in it.
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  1130.  make a wish  There is no point in reading it. There is no formal treaty to that effect. Another poster had also debunked it. Give up already.
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  1131. Taiwan needs to get some nukes. That is the only sure deterrent against Chinese aggression.
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  1132. NATO have way more flamethrowers. All different types that are more effective. Even if Russia ramped up their entire economy, they could still not outgun the nations they consider to be their enemies. So Russia's efforts are doomed to fail.
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  1133. I can't see how Russia can survive the sanctions in the long run. The USSR was far more powerful economically and militarily and still could not survive. The Russian Federation is doomed to collapse and disintegration in the next few years. The Chinese must be planning how to exploit that collapse to their maximum advantage.
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  1134.  @mountainmanmike1014  You really think someone who has just graduated knows how to drill an oil well in permafrost? I doubt anyone in Russia knows how to do it.
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  1135. I think it's possible. But over a much longer time frame. More like 10-20 years.
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  1136. Rupiah is the currency of Indonesia.
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  1137.  @palastine4palastinians  They refused to accept the UN partition in 1948. Participated in numerous wars against Israel since then. Committed dozens of acts of terrorism against Israelis such as the 1972 Olympic Games massacre. I'm keeping it brief. Once you embrace war and terrorism as your means to an end, you don't get to play victim when you lose. And now we have another act of mass terrorism. How can you justify murdering 260 unarmed civilians at a music festival? Or abducting, raping, murdering, mutilating and then desecrating the bodies of some of their recent victims?
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  1138.  @jelenapetkov9681  A very small minority, maybe 5% of the population is unhappy with the vaccination mandates. The other 95% vaccinated and going about their usual life. Nothing has happened to democracy here. You should focus more on the level of democracy in your own country. Who are you to tell Australians what our laws should be or who we should let into the country? Australian's are not meddling in Serbian national affairs.
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  1139. India has a lot going for it but it also has a few things going against it. Corruption is off the charts and it's practiced at all levels of society and the economy. Although it it self sufficient in food production, in future water scarcity could change that situation. The current government is doing a great job of alienating minorities that make up a significant portion of Indias population. This will have negative effects in the medium to long term. The West had best not rely on India for anyrhing.
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  1140. What blockade? There's no blockade just as there is no Russian invasion of Ukraine. We'll Lavrov says so, so it must be true.
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  1141.  @mosalethoba5267  Do you know what sanctions were placed on Zimbabwe and South Africa and why?
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  1142. Are not all other decisions made the same way? You elect a government and that government passes legislation. What was different about the EU? Do you want a referendum on every decision the government makes?
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  1143.  @Joker-yw9hl  That was not my question. My question was about the UK parliament voting to join the EU. The UK is supplying weapons and training to Ukraine. This could drag you into a war with a nuclear power. One that has already threatened to nuke your country. But the decision to help Ukraine was made without a referendum. No-one or not many people there seem to be complaining about it. If your parliament and government can make that decision without a referendum then why can't they also do the same about joining the EU? Where will you draw the line? Are you going to demand a referendum every time a complex decision needs to be made? One could also argue that the election preceding the UK joining the EU would be much like a referendum. I would expect that it would have been a massive issue throughout the election campaign. It sounds to me like you may need to make some significant changes to your political system. These are just my thoughts. I don't wish to argue with you. What's done is done now and the UK has to make the best of it.
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  1144. @Drew Peacock Her vast experience on the battlefront is obvious.
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  1145. Putin looks desperate. The thing that will eventually collapse Russia is not the oil or gas exports (as countries lacking any moral values like India will buy more as Europe buys less, while it's available). It's the export bans of critical parts for all Russian industries that they can't replace and/or manufacture themselves that will finally bring it all crashing down. Let's see how they're going after 2-3 years of war and no way to replace tanks, missiles, aircraft etc. I suspect Putin will be dead by then at the hands of his fellow countrymen.
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  1146. The Russians can build neither of those things. You have drunk their flavoraid.
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  1147. ​ @chillxxx241 The cost so far has been very small relative to the threat posed by Russia. The cost to Russia has been astronomical. It's hard to see how the RF can survive into the future.
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  1148. The EU is asking China not to help Russia avoid the sanctions. The sanctions do not cover all oil and gas exports or all trade. They are limited. Does that help you?
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  1149. Ah, so this is where the supporters of Russian war crimes and genocide gather. Still going on about how Bakhmut is going to fall any day now? It's been 8 months now 😅 Russia has proven to the whole world that's it's a paper tiger. It's army is a laughing stock. I'm looking forward to Russia's inevitable defeat and Putin facing trial at the Hague.
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  1150.  @yellowtunes2756  What happened to Grozny when the Chechens wanted to be free to celebrate their language, culture, traditions and politics? Your Disneyland version of Russia is complete nonsense.
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  1151. Peter, you should start a tour business: Hiking with PZ.
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  1152.  @oscarmlekwa491  Are you saying Russia can only defeat countries that are unarmed? Let's give Ukraine everything that Russia has, including nukes, and let's see how Russia fares then.
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  1153. As a brand Tesla is toast. Environmentally conscious customers abhor Musk's support of Trump and his recent actions. And Maga don't accept science. The Chinese will not buy either because of his association with Trump and tariffs. Tesla doesn't have a customer base. It's over. Hedge funds will probably short the company to death over the next few months.
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  1154. Experienced at what, getting drunk?
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  1155. Russians appear to suffer from some form of mental retardation. The only solution to the war is to give Ukraine every weapon they need to defeat Russia. The sooner we do that, the sooner the war will end.
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  1156. They hate men going overseas and getting much higher quality women. And the best part of it is that there's nothing they can do about it. Women created this mess now let them suffer.
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  1157. If that's what he meant, why didn't he just say that? So many mind readers...
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  1158. No. Biden left office with a strong economy, low inflation and the stock markets at record levels. Like your cult leader all you can do is lie.
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  1159.  @fabioribeiro5071  He already admitted he lied. He also admitted not being in isolation in Serbia after testing positive. How can you defend this behaviour?
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  1160.  @jinsakai9729  I know.
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  1161. The definition of genocide is far broader than that. You can google it if you want to know.
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  1162.  @adagietto2523  Sure. But it does have a very clear definition and some of the rhetoric coming out of Russia fits the definition. Even Putin's own words and writings in which he attempts to justify the war would meet the definition I think.
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  1163.  @roberttaylor5997  The profit motive will be sufficient to get the job done.
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  1164.  @roberttaylor5997  I doubt the buyer will agree to that. The US military industrial complex has it figured out. Leave it to them.
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  1165. General Hodges is spin on in his analysis, as always.
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  1166. Orban will habe to tell us when the EU invaded Hungary with tanks and crushed all dissent. If the EU is so bad, Hungary can always leave.
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  1167.  @johnwill8350  Modi will probably find it a lot better than his Tata.
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  1168.  @johnwill8350  You are probably right. But what if the new Lada comes with a pre-installed car bomb fitted under the driver's seat? Now that would be a killer feature. I can see it being very popular in Russia and Syria at least.
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  1169. China and India need to have a talk with Putin and tell him to stop threatening to use nukes. It's in their own interests to prevent nuclear war because a nuclear winter will kill everyone, even those who are staying out of it.
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  1170. If Russia is not stopped in Ukraine a much wider war is certain, probably leading to WW3. Let's hope Trump is less of a moron than seems obvious.
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  1171. Putin in a war criminal. Until he has expired there can be no peace. Give Ukraine everything they need to defeat the Russians.
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  1172. No-one should give a voice to supporters of terrorism. Hamas is a terrorist organisation. Aljazeera supports hamas. Conclusion?
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  1173. Lend lease starts on October 1. Six months after that, ask the same question. Your beloved war criminals in Russia will be begging for peace.
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  1174. The Moscow elites now understand that Ukraine can reach them at will. Fantastic. I wonder if there will now be an exodus by these people.
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  1175.  @bobcyr1815  BS. Ukraine is defending itself. Russia are committing massive numbers of war crimes. Your false equivalence just makes you look low IQ.
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  1176. Tell us about the 8000 men and boys murdered by Serbs in Srebrenica and the thousands killed in the siege of Sarajevo. Also tell us about the 250000 people Killed by Serbs in former Yugoslavia before some NATO countries intervened. Stop trying to play the innocent victims when you know perfectly well all the atrocities your people committed before Belgrade got bombed.
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  1177. And look at how they both ended up just a few years later.
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  1178. Prenups get tossed out by the court all the time. In some jurisdictions they're not worth the paper they're written on.
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  1179. Japan, Canada, China and the EU should coordinate their activities and all dump US bonds at the same time.
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  1180. Yes ofcourse. Why not?
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  1181. As an Israeli soldier you could probably guess what the consequences of such an attack on Israel would be. I'd say it would be bad for Hezbollah and for Lebanon.
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  1182. No. Turkey has not permitted it in accordance with the Treaty of Montreux.
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  1183. Trump is mentally retarded. He has an IQ bordering on being classified as an imbecile and the vocabulary of a 10 year old. He should be locked up for his own good.
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  1184.  @samgragas8467  No. It's over for Russia. NATO countries have 20 times the production capacity of Russia at least. We can produce as many weapons and ammunition as we need. Russia is being demilitarized. There are none so blind as those who won't see.
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  1185.  @mandabimaitra6886  You first learn what unilateral means.
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  1186. Trump is a master of projection. He's been mentally ill for years.
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  1187. Russian troll alert
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  1188.  Laxman Tiwari 🇷🇺  The Russian economy is in no position to give loans to anyone right now. They are going to collapse within a year or so.
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  1189.  @irongron  Perhaps English is not your first language. But that clearly was said in jest. What did he say just after that, "or .. .
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  1190. Maybe many of the assumptions we hold about Russia are just plain wrong. We thought the Russian military was modern, competent and powerful. We thought Russia was run with a similar level of efficiency and competence as most Western countries. We thought the FSB and other key state instruments were well run. It could have just appeared that way because there was in fact very little dissent inside Russia. We thought of Russia as being a nation state rather than a more fluid, mafia-like organisation. We underestimated the extent to which Russia appears to have been hollowed out by the corruption of Putin, the oligarchs and anyone else who could steal a piece of the pie. Perhaps Putin's leadership and strategic thinking skills have been vastly overestimated. People keep claiming to see some mythical 4d chess rather than failure and plain incompetence. None of this make sense because we have yet to clear away all our false assumptions about Russia. Maybe it would help to stop overestimating Russia and over analysing events. Start taking events at face value more often. If we do that it's obvious that Russia is far weaker than anyone could have imagined before the war. It's also obvious that Putin is very weak. Why else would there be any negotiation with Prigozin? If Russia was even close to being the power that they claim, there would have been no need for negotiations. Prigozin and Wagner would have been crushed like a bug. That would have acted as an effective deterrent to any potential usurpers in future.
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  1191. These attacks are coming from pro Russian sources from India. So let me remind people again, India is a Russian ally. The Modi supporters hate the West. Their media regurgitates Russian propaganda uncritically 24/7. Don't make the same mistake as with China by investing hundteds of billions of dollars and helping to build up their military so they can use it against us. See the fascism that has taken hold in India for what it is.
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  1192. @SeanWinters  You're wrong. Have a closer look at other nations political systems and you will quickly see that multiple parties horse trading over divisive issues often leads to a solution. The US political system can't cope with the issues the nation faces. It's tearing your country apart.
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  1193. @my.business  Innovation and data security, privacy etc are all possible together. That should be the goal. What good is AI if it doesn't benefit and protect people?
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  1194. Pager brand Nomorenutz has issued a product recall.
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  1195. I was just about to suggest Ukrainian drones?
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  1196. ​ @hamadaelwarky3640 Palestine has never existed.
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  1197.  @user-yq2wk6yg8s  That is a very weak argument. First it puts your own country into chaos. Second, it can easily lead to misunderstandings with serious consequences. Trump is too unstable to be a leader in any capacity. If no-one knows what Trump meant to say then he is unfit for leadership because clear communication is absolutely essential. Next time you apply for a job be sure to emphasise your poor communication skills and explain the benefits. And good luck getting the job because no employer will hire you.
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  1198. ​ @johanmetreus1268 Which democracies are doing that? Have a close look at the autocracies like Russia, China, Iran, North Korea etc and you will get a much clearer view of despotism.
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  1199.  @jamesmedina2062  The sooner the better.
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  1200.  @jamesmedina2062  Very good points. I agree with you.
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  1201. What if the buyers decide to smash the cartel?
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  1202. Your analysis sounds extreme. Based on what you have written your view is clearly on the fringe of the German political centre. Germany is not going to flip and side with Russia.
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  1203. A lot of Western women are putting the price up as the house burns. The worse the condition of the house, the higher the price. Men are not entering into negotiations.
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  1204. It's not their land. They have no right to terrorism.
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  1205. ​ @THEBEEEANSS As the temperature rises, what happens to their water resources and crops? Will their new air conditioners also take care of that?
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  1206.  @THEBEEEANSS  I don't recall mentioning either Africa or Britain. I was merely pointing out that your thinking on the matter is simplistic.
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  1207. Happy Independence day to Ukraine. Keep up the goid work Jake. You're a Ukrainian hero too.
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  1208. More Russian lies! You Russia cannot say a word of truth. There is no provision in the Budapest Memorandum requiring Ukrainian neutrality.
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  1209. Russia has never been in a war where as invader its opponent is being supplied unlimited arms by the largest and most powerful nation and military alliance in human history. It is hopelessly outmatched and faces far superior technology, training and tactics. Also, what is Russia going to fight back with? Much of their military equipment and infantry has already been destroyed or captured by Ukraine. Their combat power is less than 50% compared to the start of the war and as PZ stated, their capacity to manufacture the weapons they need has stopped due to sanctions. The writing is on the wall. Russia is heading for certain defeat. It's just a matter of time now.
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  1210. Ukraine will get a strongly worded letter.
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  1211. You can always tell ehen things are going bad for Russia on the battlefield. Their trolls become hyperactive on all Western media. Stop bragging trolls. Go to the frontline and show the Ukrainians what you're made of: shit.
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  1212. So Ray Dalio figured out how every powerful civilization rises and falls over a period of about 150 years? So how does he explain the Roman Empire? The British Empire? The Mongol Empire? The Ottoman Empire? And so, so many others. I call bs.
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  1213.  @Wyomingchief  Actually it's about half US and half Europe at the moment. Mostly what has been given to Ukraine is weapons that are obsolete and we're going to be decommissioned anyway. There's lots more in stock.
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  1214. Ukraine cannot survive as a state with Russia remaining in control of Crimea. That is non-negotiable. Russia is well on the way to defeat and nothing can really prevent that now. Within a few months the Russian military will be a tiny fraction of what it was 18 months ago. The Russian state will be broke and Putin will probably be deposed. For peace to prevail, Russia must lose and then take some time to reflect on it's crimes, like Germany and Japan did. Russia will not use nukes because its leaders know that would be suicide, both for Russia and themselves personally.
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  1215.  @Sirarthurjr  , I never made that claim. You Trump supporters keep proving you're not particularly smart.
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  1216. ​ @chasx7062  Not against Russian conscripts.
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  1217. They weren't done on the same day.
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  1218. There's nothing distressing about seeing the war criminal invaders meeting their doom.
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  1219. ​ @catinbootsnow4267  Australia does not manufacture cars. So they have to buy them from somewhere. There will always be more cheaper, lower quality cars sold than luxury, high quality cars.
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  1220. The Wests timidity is emboldening Russia further. The lack of action over the Belarusian helicopters will lead to Belarus/Russia doing something even more provocative. NATO leaders need to grow some balls and be prepared to shoot when provoked.
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  1221. If it is hard for a woman to watch a video tape of her boyfriend being violent to another woman, what is her reaction to her boyfriend being violent to another man?
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  1222. ​ @baronvonlimbourgh1716 Good point.
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  1223.  @burlbird9786  Serbian "ethnic cleansing" in Croatia and Bosnia certainly constitutes a form of genocide. They were attempting to do the same in Kosovo but NATO intervened and prevented them from doing so. Your attempt to play down Serbian war crimes reflects very poorly upon you.
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  1224. That says a lot more about you than about him.
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  1225.  @ArchonLicht  That would never be accepted as an excuse, especially after the recent meeting between the demented midgets. If China was going to do it, they would have done so already. That's just my opinion of course.
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  1226. How long until someone hacks onlyscams and posts all the data including personal info for all to see? It's a 100% certainty.
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  1227. Ukraine and Russia already had a deal. It's called the Budapest Memorandum. Any deal with Putin is not worth the paper it's written on.
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  1228. Ruski mir = hell.
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  1229. It's in our interests to do so and because of the Budapest Memorandum.
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  1230. Trump can't open his mouth with lies and misrepresentations. He will be in jail soon.
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  1231.  @AM-fs1je  Yes it would. I think Ukraine wants to allow as many civilians to leave Crimea as possible before they destroy it.
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  1232. Agree. I think it's a form of mental retardation. Russians and Serbs both seem to have it in spades.
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  1233.  @StonyRC  Time is very much against Russia both militarily and economically.
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  1234. All 3 of them are spies.
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  1235.  @sherrillwhately7586  We have no choice. Fight Russia now or fight later. It's better to fight while they are weakened. Don't give Putin a chance to re-arm.
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  1236. Trump wants to spend potentially trillions of dollars in Gaza after committing ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. Is this what you maga supporters voted for? Good housing in Gaza while US citizens remain homeless. Can you admit now that Trump is crazy? He's mentally deficient and the whole world can see it. Intelligent people would be regretting their vote for such a nut case.
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  1237. Fantastic analysis. With so many claims and counterclaims it can be hard to figure out what's going on. But this was a really good insight. When do you think the main counteroffensive will begin? And where will Ukraine likely attack. I think they will surprise Russia once again.
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  1238. Russia will run out if Ukraine is given weapons that can destroy the factory they're made in. Let's do it.
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  1239. How convenient the terrorists waited until after the Russian election. Very considerate of them. This screams FSB orchestrated false flag operation.
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  1240.  @glimpse.solo.72  From your whataboutism, it's clear you have no counterargument to my post. If you like you can talk all you like about NATO. But just don't try and claim Serbia was the innocent victim after all the crimes they committed in former Yugoslavia. Serbs slaughtered 250,00 people and have the audacity to try and play the victim card.
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  1241. NATO must get boots on the ground and planes in the air.
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  1242. Yes.
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  1243. How gullible do you have to be to believe Russian propaganda? Either that or they're on the Russian payroll.
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  1244. The proceeds to raw dog her.
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  1245. ​ @rastaman5354 The people behind the attack have already taken credit for it. Maybe you can take a wild guess genius?
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  1246.  @garyowen4112  Maybe something was learnt from past mistakes and now they have become quite good at it. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a mole in the Kremlin. My bet is that it's Lavrov
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  1247. It's almost like he's inviting a pre-emptive first strike. He better hope his words are not being taken seriously.
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  1248. Who trusts Putin to abide by any peace agreement? So how will it be enforced? The only way to stop Russia from breaching any peace deal will be to have NATO forces stationed on the border between Ukraine and Russia. Isn't that what the Russians claimed they wanted to prevent by invading Ukraine? In my view the only long term solution is to defeat the Russian military comprehensively over the next few months. Russia will only stop it's aggression when it no longer has the military capability to invade its neighbours.
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  1249. ​ @Mathias_1998_  Certainly none of the right wing nut jobs. As for normal people, I think she's likely to get plenty of votes. Even Hilary Clinton won the popular vote against Trump.
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  1250. The notion that Russia can attack any NATO member without being crushed is naive to say the least. Russia has been threatening NATO for nearly 2 years but can't even deal with Ukraine. I put it down to low IQ among Russia and their supporters.
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  1251. Where are the Russian bots claiming it's all a bunch of lies?
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  1252. If Kosovo is a part of Serbia, then Serbia is a part of Tukiye (as successor state to the Ottoman Empire).
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  1253.  @lokisg3  The CCP will have enough problems dealing with their own population over the next few years. Why not focus on becoming a better neighbour rather than threatening all the time?
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  1254. ​ @peterwulff469  Wrong. He will lose the war and he will accept it rather than self delete.
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  1255. Every Russian accusation is actually a confession. Putin and those who support him are mentally challenged.
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  1256.  @goenzoy  Your bias is irrelevant. Because you personally support Russia does not mean that the decision makers in Europe do. The weapons and funding keeps pouring in to Ukraine. Nations know their national security is at huge risk if Russia succeeds. So the support for Ukraine will continue.
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  1257.  @goenzoy712  Your personal bias towards Russia does not establish that Europeans are waning in their support of Ukraine. That is merely your belief, for which you have not provided any evidence. It's you who does not understand democracy. The overwhelming majority of people in Europe support Ukraine. Their governments reflect that support. As for the rest of your comment, you need to work on your reading skills as I stated no such thing. So I have no idea what you are on about.
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  1258. It's not just pissing you off, it's having the same effect on the rest of us. Whatsmore, it's stupid. The sooner Ukraine can destroy Russian military assets and infrastructure inside Russia, the sooner the war will end.
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  1259.  @DavidMarkovic646  No. But the Serbs certainly started it. Regarding operation Storm, Croatian forces were recapturing Croatian territory that the Serbs had previously invaded. The Serbs had "ethnically cleansed" those regions. Croatia had a right to retake their land just as Ukraine has a right to retake Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donbass and Crimea. Yes, atrocities were committed on all sides. But the Serbs attacked first and committed uncountable atrocities. Some retaliation occurred as you might expect when the Serbs lost. But nothing like what happened at Srebrenica. I note that General Mladic, convicted war criminal, is still considered a hero by Serbs. Perhaps, you should reflect on this.
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  1260.  @DavidMarkovic646  That is complete bullshit. That is like Lavrov saying Ukraine started the war with Russia. Bosnia just wanted independence. But Serbs wanted greater Serbia.
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  1261. The pilots are being trained in the US right now. Once trained and Lend Lease begins, they will get those jets.
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  1262. Surely it will not be practical for the Russian Black Sea fleet to escort civilian ships carrying oil and grain out of Russia. There's just too many ships that will need to be escorted and the Russian escort ships will be sitting ducks. Also, by being escorted by the Russian navy, those oil and grain ships will become legitimate military targets for Ukraine. Ukraine should follow through on this immediately. Russian economic collapse has been inevitable but this will just speed it up and help end the war.
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  1263. ​ @Immigrantlovesamerica The West is in no trouble at all. We would not fight a war the way Russia is fighting it. Western air power would obliterate Russian supply chains in no time. Stop defending Russian imperialism and war crimes. You're just making yourself look like a fool.
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  1264.  @suntzu6122  Who is we? Turks? Argentines? If you're American, just convert your US$ into a currency that is appreciating 10% against the dollar.
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  1265. Why are you posting this garbage everywhere. As I have pointed out to you, even if your assumptions are correct, that would be 100,000 Euros per Ukrainian. But go on, keep making a fool of yourself.
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  1266.  @alexsilent5603  Make it so.
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  1267. ​ @violetcookiewookie How, when they are the government of Gaza?
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  1268. ​ @johncale1849  Minsk is irrelevant. Russia needed to honour the Budapest Memorandum.
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  1269. A muslim mob searching for jews to kill. The depravity and cowardice of these beasts is almost beyond belief. Is Aljazeera supporting this too?
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  1270. Excellent guest. But wrong title. You can do better.
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  1271. ​ @AngryOlive_ No nation with 5000 nukes can reasonably argue that it needs to invade its neighbours for self protection.
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  1272.  @joythought  Yes. That path would far better than a collapse of China and the ensuing turmoil.
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  1273. So you're in favour of people being let into Australia after lying on their travel declaration? Is that right? If so, is it ok if they lie on their visa application? And also on their customs declaration? If so, what would be the point of having border controls at all?
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  1274.  @blairanderson5262  The court found that he didn't receive procedural fairness. I think mainly because the immigration officers gave him until 8.30am but then cancelled his visa at 7.42am.
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  1275. ​ @lilacer6841  I thought the USSR did that. Without the resources of the other Republics, it would have been impossible. But most of those other Republics are now in the EU and NATO. Dwell on the past as much as you like. But Russia cannot compete with the EU and NATO economically, technologically or militarily. Enjoy your decline into poverty and irrelevance.
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  1276. How much territory did the USSR gain during the invasion of Afghanistan and how much does it still hold on to? You need to expand your thinking. Gaining ground is not the same as holding on to it.
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  1277. The dependency went both ways. If Australia had retaliated by blocking iron ore shipments the Chinese would have been brought to their knees. Fortunately for Beijing, Australians understand that weaponising exports destroys your reputation as a reliable supplier.
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  1278. The real number of cases in Australia is at least double the reported numbers. Buying RAT's is virtually impossible and the testing centres can't cope with volume.
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  1279. So what happens if Biden does curl up his toes? Surely Harris couldn't win the nomination as she appears to be unelectable. Who else is in the running?
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  1280. How is this not a crime: obtaining a financial advantage by deception?
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  1281. ​ @hgv1883 Shoigu ate him.
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  1282. Not a civil war and the West is just helping Ukraine defend itself. Russians can always go home.
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  1283. The same with the LA Times. The billionaire owners want Trump to win. They control what's published. It's like a 1984 style corporate dystopia.
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  1284. You really think the US is waiting until China launches an invasion to make a plan for their response? I think this is highly implausible. The US already have multiple plans of action ready to go. Also, do you really think that China could catch the US and Taiwan by surprise? Chinas massive ship and troop build up will be as obvious as Russia's lead up to the invasion of Ukraine. An amphibious assualt across 130 km of ocean will be possibly the most complex and difficult military operation in human history and China has practically zero experience in this type of warfare. If China tries it, I would bet it goes far worse for them than it has for the Russians in Ukraine. If the US starts shooting at Chinese ships and targets Chinese mainland military and industrial infrastructure, it will be the end of China. There is no conceivable way China could win such a war.
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  1285. Putin had lost strategically already. That is a fact. Putin surely did not want Sweden and Finland to join NATO or for Kaliningrad to be isolated by the sanctions.
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  1286.  @aq_ahmed  Why don't you and your country fight the US? Why cheer on Russia? Is it a sign of your own, and your countries, impotence? Yes. That's why so many Muslims here cheering on Russia. Saddam Hussein had it coming to him. He was a criminal bastard who got what he deserved in the end.
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  1287.  @stevensoto1710  What you wrote has no bearing on my argument. Some European countries are dependent on Russian energy and are buying time to get new suppliers. But that is a separate issue The US Lend Lease program will continue until Ukraine wins. Plus many European countries will keep shipping weapons to Ukraine as well. Eventually, say 2 years from now or possibly much sooner, Russia will no longer have any leverage over Europe. But the war will go on until Russia is defeated. For the US and Europe, that is the only outcome that leads to stability. There is no way Putin can be allowed to win. Because we know it will only lead to the next Russian invasion. That can only be prevented by destroying Russia now.
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  1288.  @stevensoto1710  Based on your comment it's clear you don't know what OPEC is. Lots of other countries have resources besides Russia. Europe is not having issues with OPEC. Russia is the problem. You also have no idea what Lend Lease is and how it operates. Russia has only some countries in a difficult position because they were extremely short sighted. But now they know there is no way they can keep relying on Russian energy in the future.
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  1289.  @shadowbanned636  True. Not just Putin, but many members of the Duma and other senior Russian figures have made their intentions clear. We fight them now or we fight them later. Since Ukraine is doing the heavy lifting for all of us, I say give them everything. Hold nothing back. I believe Ukraine will win if we give them the weapons.
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  1290.  @mooch2oh6  My bad. Thanks for the correction. They will need lots of Western tech to achieve their goals.
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  1291.  @rccasual7525  The US is the centre of the world. Europe was for at least three centuries prior to WW2.
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  1292. That's a very reasonable analysis in my view.
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  1293.  @robertwisniewski2029  The US alone is already providing around $25 billion in military aid and in addition to that Ukraine can get whatever it needs from the lend lease program. Ukraine is only going to get more and more weapons. So if Russia doesn't have a rabbit up its sleeve, it's basically screwed in the long run.
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  1294. @somewherenicefarmstay6146  I agree. Forcing them to negotiate brings better results.
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  1295. Smart people want those things by voting for KH.
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  1296. The Russian MOD is going to have to prise those weapons out of the Wagner troops cold dead hands. This is not over.
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  1297. Then move there and enjoy their high standard of living. Let us know how it works out.
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  1298. You haven't made a valid point yet. So yes, you do need to go on. Nation states try to exercise influence and soft power through these kinds of programs. Previous Republican administrations all did it, including the previous Trump government. What you seem to be arguing for is to weaken the US internationally. These actions, along with the tariff bluffs, are turning the US from the most respected nation in the world into an international pariah. Other countries can no longer trust the US to uphold their economic or military agreements. Short-term, low IQ thinking seems to be a speciality of Trump and his supporters.
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  1299. ​ @AkenValle You're awfully proud of supporting Russian war crimes. You probably love Hamas and Hezbollah too.
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  1300. ​ @ЛарисаНапойкина You forgot to mention the collapse 35 years ago that resulted in you losing all of Eastern Europe and much of Central Asia. I wonder how many new countries will emerge from Russia within the next few years.
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  1301. Are you really so naive? Russia would use the ceasefire to rebuild their military and then attack again. This possibility could have been overcome with security guarantees. The point Zelensky was making to Vance was that Russia has broken all previous agreements and ceasefires, so what will make Russia uphold their part of the deal this time? A reporter also asked what the consequences would be and Trump gave a stupid deflection. Trump is not bringing peace, he is selling Ukraine out to Russia. Wake up already.
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  1302. The Russian trolls are going ballistic. They must have been told if they keep losing the information war, they will be sent to the front lines. Now the cowards are shitting bricks.
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  1303. Pager brand Nomorenutz has issued a product recall.
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  1304. The US deserves Trump. The rest of the world definitely doesn't.
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  1305. The war will end when the Western countries and especially the US stop turning a blind eye to the support Russia is receiving from the world's autocracies. As long as we continue to trade with them they will use our money to support Russia and build up their own militaries. Ban those countries imports and the war will end quickly.
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  1306. The mafia doesn't work that way.
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  1307. The Immigration Minister exercised the power he has to make decisions under the Migration Act. He does this every day of the week. What do you find surprising about this?
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  1308. Tom is a very shallow thinker who thinks he's much smarter than he actually is. Thankfully many of his guests are very high level thinkers.
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  1309. All Putin has left is hollow threats. He can't use nukes as that would amount to suicide for the whole of Russia. So let him flap his gums all he likes and just give Ukraine every weapon they need to defeat the evil little turd.
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  1310. ​ @Infopirates  Go and live there if it's so good. Don't be a hypocrite and live in the West.
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  1311. ​ @MissSarahGM The hamas terrorists are still governing Gaza and launching rockets at Israel. It can only end when hamas is completely destroyed. They can always surrender and Israel will stop. Blame the terrorists, not their victims.
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  1312.  Mozzarella Cheese 🔰  I'm just pointing out that Serbia has no claim to Kosovo. They are completely rabid on this issue.
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  1313.  @warlok007  100% spot on.
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  1314. Far more opportunities than in Russia and probably more than 90% of countries in the world.
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  1315. Chinese food would take on a whole new meaning.
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  1316. ​ @comicbookchris3509 Biden did not raise the price of eggs. Trump and his cult members keep telling this lie. And the lie that Trump will lower egg prices. Egg prices are determined by supply and demand. Bird flu caused a drop in the supply, therefore prices went up. Try and use whatever you have for a brain for once.
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  1317.  @explorelondon3695  Who suggested it was a magic wand? The technology is proven. It's just a matter of rolling it out.
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  1318. No wonder they're terrified of NATO. If the war was with NATO this would have been a turkey shoot.
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  1319. Why would China destroy its economy to help Russia? China will look out for itself. It has different interests to Russia.
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  1320. @IIOO Are you saying muhammed is God?
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  1321. It's hard to believe any US President would start a trade war with their 3 largest trading partners. That's $2 trillion of trade that's being affected. Economic lunacy if ever I've seen it.
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  1322. Normally I'd be against you shouting it. But in this case it needs to be shouted. It boggles my mind that there are still people out there who think appeasement can work. Surely anyone with some forethought can deduce that paying off an extortionist can only result in more extortion.
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  1323. ​​ @Ddsggcfg  Have you thought about it? Serbian dominated Yugoslavia had already invaded Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and were killing Kosovars. They had already killed at least 100,000 people before military intervention to stop them. Do not try to make out as if they were victims. Their entire leadership ended up being convicted of war crimes.
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  1324. You are lacking intelligence to fall for Hamas propaganda. There is video evidence proving the Palestinian terrorists caused the deaths at the hospital. Why would the US provide assistance to a terrorist government?
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  1325. They should start getting nukes as fast as they can.
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  1326.  @corinnem.239  Tell that to Ukraine and other countries that are at the mercy of larger, nuclear armed powers. The race is entirely foreseeable.
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  1327.  @vexversaa239  Yes. And before that, the Mongols. And before that, who? My point is that the Russian claim that Crimea had always been Russian is complete BS. They keep repeating this lie over and over again.
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  1328.  @lovemyjayde3441  Of course not. They are such honest and law abiding people.
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  1329.  @tim211292  SA is a real up and coming mining region. Copper and graphite spring to mind immediately. Renascour is going to process graphite from its deposit in SA. So that's great news.
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  1330.  @TheMechas56  You mean when Russia invaded Ukraine? Work on your reading comprehension.
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  1331.  @TheMechas56  Those nations that chose to join NATO did so because they had 50 years if living under Russian oppression. Sovereign nations choose the alliances and organisations they wish to join. Russia has no say in it. You have your 'history' all wrong. Read the Budapest Memorandum and the NATO-RUSSIA Founding Act before you keep making a fool of yourself.
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  1332.  @TheMechas56  Getting your information from YouTube? I lived through those years, so I know what happened. Nobody was forced to join NATO.
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  1333. It will be an economic bonanza for arms manufactures and the region's they are based in.
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  1334. ​ @drwinklepecker9298 Fall to whom? Which countries are capable of invading Australia? Only the US can project that sort of power.
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  1335. ​ @earthling4214 Those two things are not mutually exclusive.
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  1336. If by some miracle she was able to get Chad to commit, that would instantly prove that he's a fake Chad. In that instant she would lose attraction, kick his beta ass to the curb and begin searching for a real Chad.
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  1337.  @JustMeELC  True.
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  1338. Trump's election interference in 2016 is being exposed. He's nothing more than a conman and a criminal. Only the most gullible still think he's a credible candidate for President.
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  1339. Everything about Trump is fake. Get out and vote. As you do just think of the satisfaction you will get when Trump is behind bars after the election.
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  1340.  @diffrentperspective-z7t  Plenty of other options.
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  1341.  @dachochiyo3992  NATO has not invaded any countries in the Middle East. Get your facts straight before you post such drivel.
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  1342.  @virik9903 Ukraine is not a member of NATO genius. NATO countries have bordered Russia for decades. That's just the beginning of your ignorance. You are ignorant of many other facts as well. Such as: the Russia-NATO founding act. In this document both parties agree they are not enemies. If Russia had any concerns about other countries wanting to join NATO, they could have insisted on a clause prohibiting other nations from joining. But they did not do so. Russia cannot dictate how other sovereign nations decide whether to join international organisations. That would mean Russia had control over their sovereignty. As a sovereign nation, Ukraine is free to join whatever organisations it chooses. Russia has no say in it Imagine if China insisted that India could not join the QUAD because China felt threatened by such a decision? If China invaded India on those grounds, would you say they are justified in doing so? Is China the boss of India? Is Russia the boss of Ukraine? If Russia's invasion was successful, according to your "logic", shouldn't NATO invade Russia, because it is now closer to NATO territory? You really haven't thought through the stupidity of the Russian propaganda. Also, if you're going to peddle Russian propaganda you should at least know that Ukraine has applied to join NATO on several occasions and it's application was rejected every time. There was no chance Ukraine was going to become a member of NATO. But now that Russia has so brazenly attacked Ukraine and committed tens of thousands of war crimes, it is certain that Ukraine will eventually join. Russian aggression is also why Finland and Sweden have joined. Stop being so ignorant of the facts and stop supporting Russian war crimes by mindlessly repeating their propaganda.
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  1343.  @stevenreilly3963  Imagine putting up with her whining, nagging and manipulation for even five minutes. She is insufferable. That makes her 0/10. Physical appearance does not even enter into the equation.
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  1344.  @protorhinocerator142  Who will take the risk? I don't think there will be many takers.
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  1345.  @peterwaine923  Is that your way of conceding that you don't have a counterargument? Putin should not pay you even one ruble for that pathetic effort.
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  1346. NATO's weakness will only embolden Putin further. His aggression will not stop here. Imagine being so weak they don't even have the guts to ban Russia from SWIFT. Disgraceful.
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  1347. Yes. Can someone with a deep understanding of tech create a list of alternatives to US operating systems, software, social media, search engines, AI etc.
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  1348.  @robcooper5813  Agreed. Covid and the war in Ukraine has changed everything. We need to be far more self-reliant and co-operate more with other friendly democratic countries. Our lithium and rare earth industries are a good example of how quickly things can happen. I'm amazed that several downstream value added projects are already being built. The same can happen quickly with all the inputs needed for food production.
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  1349. ​ @AlmaVasquezjr Women weren't forced into work. They chose work over having a family.
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  1350.  @Chris-pq3wp  I know many women who had that game plan and ended up childless because they couldn't or wouldn't "settle" for men they perceived to be beneath them.
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  1351. Who is Vance to tell Europe what to do? The US is quickly becoming an international pariah.
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  1352. That is absolute nonsense. US has enough to defeat China ten times over in a conventional conflict.
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  1353.  @eluilus4017  How will you get it from Russia? If NATO stopped Russian shipments through Turkey, there would be no way to do it. If Russia can blockade Ukrainian exports, why can't NATO blockade Russian exports?
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  1354. Putin is like a spoilt child throwing a tantrum when he doesn't get his way. It's time to take the gloves off and give Ukraine everything they need to win.
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  1355. The Palestinians have not agreed to leave their land. So no plan is necessary.
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  1356. 42
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  1357.  @jawarakf  Can you Russian trolls get your propaganda straight. Are the Ukrainians left wing or are they Nazi's like Putin (the fascist, war criminal, dictator) keeps saying?
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  1358. That is what an apex predator looks like. Be alert when you're out in the wild.
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  1359. Chinese aggression needs to be met with a North Pacific Treaty Organisation: NOPTO.
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  1360.  @mikedx2706  May they have many more.
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  1361. ​ @FogHat-TapSnapOrNap The topic is Kash Patel. No-one needs to answer your deflection.
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  1362. Dweeb is a russkurwe. You may as well just read the Russian MOD daily fantasy.
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  1363. ​ @chadfranklin47 Did Russia take the matter to the UN? Did they get UN Security Council resolutions against Ukraine? No. They unilaterally invaded a sovereign nation against all international law. Supporting Russia makes you an accomplice to their war crimes. You are a sad and pathetic individual.
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  1364. No. Rupert Murdoch started this madness. Wherever there is media owned by him, the politics is absolutely toxic.
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  1365.  Pablo Morales  Nice straw man you built there. But what about the part where I stated they are not likely to be in NATO in the foreseeable future? If they do not have an application in and Germany has already said they would not let them in, then it's not happening ever or for at least a very long time. Your fallacious contention: they have never been in NATO but in future they will be. Illogical. Try again but do away with the straw man, it makes you look a bit dense that you have to resort to using it.
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  1366. Why do you continue to waste time with the so-called referenda. They are a sham and everyone with a brain knows it. The "results" are irrelevant. The liberation of Ukraine goes ahead irrespective.
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  1367. The sheer stupidity of this comment is beyond belief.
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  1368. That's called a straw man. I'm sure you're aware of this.
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  1369. ​ @dennisswiatek9565 I'd feel sorry for the residents of Belgorod.
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  1370. Reading the comments here is hilarious. A tennis player is denied entry into Australia in the middle of a pandemic because he is not vaccinated and suddenly lots of people are flinging out hyperbole like totalitarian, not a democracy, nazi and even one who wrote Auschwitztralia. You people have lost it completely. Everyone posting such drivel needs to get a sense of proportion or get some help with your mental health.
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  1371. Why are these farmers begging for government handouts? That would be communism or socialism. Don't they hate these things? Didn't they vote against any form of communism or socialism? If they lose their farms all I can say is ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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  1372. With lots of bluff and bluster.
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  1373. So the rumors of a Chinese sub being in trouble a few weeks ago turned out to be true.
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  1374.  @Eatfast  Which one is that? If you name the specific crime, I'll address it. But first tell me if you support Russia's war crimes in Ukraine. Specifically, targetting civilians and abducting children and taking them to Russia and executing civilians in Bucha and other places. Do you support those war crimes?
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  1375. @UC6sJNdN6P8RvlE90Jsd2ImQ That headline does not say they were going to nuke Russia. It seems to suggest arming Ukraine against the threat posed by Russia. Given what has just happened, maybe they were right?
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  1376. A referendum has already been held in Crimea, at the time of their independence. The people voted to be part of Ukraine. Post 2014 russification would render any referendum held now invalid.
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  1377. Source?
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  1378. ​ @StormShadowHarris  That's how you deter aggressors. Turning the other cheek only encourages more aggression.
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  1379. What double standards are being referred to? Russia bombed civilian infrastructure to freeze the Ukranian populace to death over winter in a country that they invaded without provocation. Ukraine did not attack Russia and murder innocent civilians. Israel was attacked by hamas and over a thousand civilians were brutally murdered. Israel is cutting off the hamas terrorists ability to keep fighting. Ukraine did not engage in terrorism. The hamas government are terrorusts. See the difference? Al Jazeera still can't say hamas has committed a massive act of terrorism. This is not a matter of opinion. It's a fact. Get a dictionary. Words have meanings. Hamas are terrorists hiding behind their civilians. They are responsible for every civilian death in the Gaza strip. Hold them to account.
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  1380. If the declaration is meant to criticise Russia, then why not specifically name them? I agree with Ukraine, the declaration in many parts makes it seem like borh parties are equally guilty for the war. But the fact us that Russia invaded Ukraine and is wholly responsible for the war. Facts matter, right?
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  1381. Good take the on the situation.
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  1382. The only way to stay safe is to join NATO. Let's hope Taiwan can join soon.
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  1383. ​​ @Jeremy_M_  Spot on. Most people are not aware that Putin did his master's thesis on energy and mineral resources. I'm sure there were many other reasons, but I believe none of those were more important than what you've written.
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  1384. ​ @youareliedtobythemedia  How can Russians claim it's a war crime while maintaining that there is no war going on? Just watch the BBC interview with Lavrov.
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  1385.  @ИгорьПанин-с6ь  There is some information on Google dated around May that they have agreed to it. My understanding is that before the war Ukraine was not a signatory to ICC.
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  1386. Lies. NATO intervened because Serbia was perpetrating genocide on the Kosovars. Serbia has only itself to blame.
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  1387. @Erik_Ice_Fang  That strategy was successful as Mexico is now the US' largest trading partner. Until Trump came along with his big mouth and dumb ideas.
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  1388. Should the President be a good communicator or should people constantly have to explain what he really meant to say?
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  1389. At this point a group of girl guides could take Moscow.
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  1390. ​ @robertokandal  Such obvious lies. The Budapest Memorandum sets out Ukraine's borders and it includes all of Donbass and Crimea. Those borders have been recognised by Russia, China, US and all the world. Russia has no claim to any part of Ukraine. It's invasion is a breach of international law.
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  1391. The Russian military is slowly being bled out. Just wait until the Lend Lease program starts and Ukraine gets its hands on virtually whatever it wants. Putin is going to be begging for mercy.
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  1392. @Anonymous Bosch More lies. Mladic and Karadzic are both convicted war criminals. Milosevic was on trial for war crimes and the case against him was iron clad, but he died before a verdict was reached. Hundreds/thousands of Serbs participated in both the siege of Sarajevo and the massacre at Srebrenica. These were war crimes and the perpetrators are still walking around free in Serbia and the Serbian part of Bosnia. Those are the facts. Indisputable and irrefutable.
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  1393.  @MatejzKosic  But I do agree on this point. Poland has been fantastic in this crisis and is emerging as a major power in Europe. We'll done Poland.
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  1394.  @gergelyszabadi8664  If you're lucky, maybe the Russian tanks will roll into Budapest and subjugate you like back in the good old days of the USSR. Maybe learn some history or ask your elders how much the Russian's oppressed your people after ww2.
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  1395.  @doginu  It's not just US GDP it's Europe, Japan, Australia, Singapore etc. Those combined economies are 25 times larger than Russia. You may have also noticed that China is not helping. And India just wants some cheap oil. As for your claim that Russian weapons are better, that is absolutely laughable. I have seen Western military equipment pitted against Russian since the 6 day war and the result is always the same: Russian equipment gets totally destroyed because it is vastly inferior. It has happened so many times that the only countries that buy Russian military equipment are those who can't get Western gear or who are allies or who are too poor to buy the best quality. But believe whatever you want. It's your delusion and you're welcome to keep it.
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  1396. Russia is heading for certain defeat. All they have left is their pitiful trolls flapping their gums.
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  1397. As sharp as a bowling ball you could say.
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  1398.  TCK  As long as it doesn't destroy you
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  1399. ​ @Anderson-f4t6c Whatever suffering the people in Gaza are going through now is the result of hamas barbarism. They need to stop blaming Israel and start blaming their own terrorist government.
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  1400. If Cohen lied about the phone call to Schiller, can't the defence just call Schiller to the witness stand and prove the lie? If they don't do this, the jury may infer that Cohen was bring truthful.
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  1401. Three million Ukrainians live inside Russia. What did the Russians think was going to happen, they'd just stand by while Russia razes Ukraine to the ground? I predict that within weeks key Russian gas and oil pipelines are going to meet the same fate as these buses. And there's nothing Russia can do about it. Karma is on the way and unstoppable.
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  1402. There is no way Russia can defeat and hold on to Ukraine. They are fighting for their lives and their freedom. When China invades India next time, you roll over and give them your country. Ukraine will prevail.
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  1403. Russia cannot survive this war without disintegration. We are watching their demilitarization and economic demise. Russians and their supporters are delusional. They seem to believe a country with an economy of $1.5 trillion can defeat an alliance whose combined economies are close to $50 trillion. The only thing Russia had in its favor when they started this war was the massive stockpiles of old Soviet weapons and ammunition. Once that's exhausted it is impossible for them to keep up with the West. Soon, even China will cut them off. Blinkens warning recently has put China on notice. The US and EU are their largest export markets by far. They can't afford to ignore the consequences of secondary sanctions. The only way out for Russia is to withdraw from Ukraine and seek peace negotiations.
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  1404. Why are you Republicans always telling the rest of us what Trump "really" means? Trump's words along with Project 2025 and the insurrection that Trump still supports make it clear what he and many of his supporters have in mind.
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  1405. If there's another Exxonn-Valdez type incident and the clean up cost is $US20 billion, how will the insurer be forced to pay out, no matter how much money they have? You're going to rely on a Russian court? Russia's lack of rule of law makes it a massive jurisdictional risk. How do you think the shareholders of shipping companies will react to the Board of Directors and Management taking on such a risk? In some countries taking such a risk may expose the Directors to personal liability.
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  1406. @fangurl33 Yes. Bullies never try and beat up those bigger and more powerful.
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  1407.  @whoisme678  I was thinking maybe toothpicks.
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  1408. Appeasement has never worked in the past. It tends to embolden the aggressor. The safer option is to confront the aggressor and deter them.
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  1409. Even if that was true it would still leave you in a worse position due to inflation and currency devaluation.
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  1410. Whether they had sex or not is immaterial. The real questions are, did Trump falsify his business records and was that done to illegally influence the outcome of the election. Stormy Daniels is just setting the background to the alleged crimes. I don't understand why so much focus is being placed on her testimony.
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  1411. Just today? I would've expected most days.
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  1412.  @Smooth17727  By writing that do you face possibly 15 years in jail?
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  1413.  @ivanandreyev4420  No, you got your facts wrong. The NATO alliance was not involved in Iraq or Afghanistan. You are still trying to have it both ways. Each conflict happened for different reasons, you are lumping them together to you to make some strange point, that the US and it's allies should either not have intervened or should have fought the perfect war, with no civilian casualties. You need to clarify what you actually are trying to say.
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  1414.  @solaroid4442  The US has been running deficits and borrowing for a century. My comment is an irrefutable fact. The US is also the reserve currency. Your comparison with Eastern Europe is irrelevant.
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  1415. India has a surprisingly low level of press freedom and without that you don't have real democracy. They're very poorly informed about international events and are brainwashed by their media and government in support of Russia. Their reasoning usually amounts to this: Russia has been our friend for a long time so we will not criticise anything they do. I've given the following analogy to many of them. Imagine if you discovered that your friend was a r*pist or a serial killer. Would you criticise your friend or remain neutral while your friend commits those crimes? Very few will agree that criticism is warranted. It's not easy to change tribal/caste mentality. Morality appears to take a back seat. India is no friend of the West and never will be. We should learn from our mistakes with China. Western countries and companies should not invest in India and expect anything different than we received in retun from China: hostility and aggression.
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  1416. The Western countries that they are increasingly hostile towards are their primary export markets. When their customers get tired of the vitriol and stop buying, then these 5 countries will be shitting BRICS.
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  1417. Albaneses needs to call in the US Ambassador and get a commitment that this coward will be prosecuted.
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  1418. Russia caused the catastrophe by invading Ukraine in 2014 and again in 2022. Let's stick to facts, not Russian propaganda.
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  1419.  @genebaughbba  Yes they did. Russia sending in soldiers that dressed as civilians and operated as paramilitaries is the same thing.
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  1420.  @genebaughbba  That is not true It's Russian propaganda. Why is it that Russian minorities in neighbouring countries should have the right to secede from those countries, while non-russian minorities within the Russian Federation have no such rights? Let's have freedom for all the minorities in the Russian Federation. Will Russians support secession referenda in other parts of Russia? Chechnya would be a good example.
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  1421. Will be fascinating to see what the real market value of his properties are when they're sold.
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  1422.  @SatumangoTheGreat  Putin has already demonstrated that he is acting rationally. He has blinked twice. He says that the sanctions are an act of war. But what did he do about it? Nothing. He did not start firing nukes. Because he knows what the consequences are The same can be argued regarding all the weapons being given to Ukraine. They amount to an act of war in his mind. But what did he do? Nothing. Because he knows the consequences. If the west stands down because of threats by Putin to use nukes, they may as well hand over Moldova, the Baltic states, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Georgia right now. Heck, they may as well all surrender. At what stage will the west stands up to the threat? Also, both China and India would tell Putin that they can't support him if he uses nukes, because the risk of escalation is too great. They could get destroyed without even being involved. Putin can't use nukes. He knows what is coming his way if he does.
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  1423. RFK is crazier than Trump.
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  1424. Trump has lost his mind. He is not mentally fit to be President. How can Republican voters not see how deranged Trump has become?
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  1425.  @eddieshredder5740  Japanese civilians were right behind their king and government, so may be you go easy on the stupidity.
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  1426. Has the abortion issue now gone away?
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  1427. Looks like someone took out the garbage.
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  1428. What table is being turned wumao?
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  1429. You should do it. Russia, China and every other former British Colony will get to think about what it means and ask themselves why they are supporting Russia or are neutral towards their invasion of Ukraine.
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  1430. Trump wants to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on Gaza rebuilding it with good homes while millions of US citizens go homeless. Is this what maga voted for? If you voted for Trump surely you must admit you were conned. He clearly has some kind of mental illness and needs to be removed before he destroys the nation.
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  1431. They are heavily out-gunned. So they are playing it smart tactically. Just like the Viet Cong did during the Vietnam war.
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  1432. Call Putin and tell him to get out of Ukraine.
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  1433.  @user-yq2wk6yg8s  Trump could tell his cult that he walked across the Atlantic to attend peace talks and they would readily believe him. He can change his position a hundred times and they will cheer every new position. Hawk tuah guy gets a cheer every time.
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  1434. Trump is the Neville Chamberlain of our time. His spinelessness has set the stage for further Russian aggression. Europe needs to start preparing the for the next Russian invasion now. The US can never be trusted as a security or economic ally ever again.
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  1435.  @danielwamriew9614  Then why complain about the sanctions? If Russia is doing well as you claim, then you should welcome the sanctions and even ask for more. The Ruble is not a free market currency. Russia has capital controls in place that artificially inflate the value of the Ruble on small volumes. That you don't understand this indicates you are not very knowledgeable. Let's see how Russia is going a year from now The last round of mild sanctions resulted in Russia's GDP dropping from $2.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion over 8 years. Good luck with your wishful thinking. But Russia, like it's predecessor, the USSR is toast.
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  1436.  @danielwamriew9614  You are free to delude yourself as much as you like But a small economy like Russia is not going to be able to match NATO and allies economically or militarily. Sanctions take time. Patience is a virtue. Let me know how it worked out for Russia in a few months and again in a few years, if it still exists. You doing business in Russia does not change the fundamentals of economics.
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  1437. Who wants to have yuan or rubles over USD? Now be honest.
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  1438. ​ @oveidasinclair982 He's even crazier than Trump.
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  1439. Currying favour with China will not do them much good if they get into a war with Iran. China just doesn't have the blue water navy that's needed to cone to their rescue, even if they wanted to. Iran has the drones needed to destroy a large chunk of the Saudi oil industry within weeks. The countries that need the oil had best start preparing for such a scenario. I'm thinking of the EU especially, and much of South East Asia and South Asia.
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  1440. Why has the DOJ not followed up on her perjury in signing off on the documents? If you allow criminals to get off, you will get more crime and that's exactly what's happening.
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  1441. They know better than anyone else what Russians are. This is the chance to destroy the beast once and for all.
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  1442. Yes. When Russia annexed Crimea with impunity, the effect was to embolden Putin. That's how we got to where we are now.
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  1443. I think that's exactly what Putin is thinking.
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  1444. You must be a Russian troll. Zelensky is doing a great job. Many generals are saying Russia can't win or hold on to Ukraine. They simply do not have the resources. Russia will not win and keep Ukraine because the Ukrainian people are prepared to defend their homeland with their lives.
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  1445. The really high grade material that goes into chips is produced by one mine in the US. If the US saves that higher grade for itself, every other country is at their mercy.
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  1446.  @ashroskell  You're free to do as you like. If you're smart you will know that the best commentator by far has been Anders Puck.
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  1447.  @ashroskell  No-one has been any more predictive. His analysis is excellent.
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  1448. Whataboutism and false equivalence are not arguments. If you believe the US wrong, how can two wrongs make a right? It's illogical.
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  1449. ​ @GongGhuru  So you admit Russian war crimes but have produced no evidence of US war crimes.
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  1450. Trump sided with an indicted war criminal. He is the modern day Neville Chamberlain. Peace in our time? Appeasement is what will lead to WW3.
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  1451. Free Siberia
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  1452. If Ukraine was given ATACMS it would shorten the war as they would be able to defeat Russia much sooner. It should be considered as humanitarian aid. Allowing Russia to wage war for years will just result in the needless deaths of many more Ukrainians. If Russia can use long range missiles to target Ukraine, then they cannot complain if Ukraine returns the favour. Give Ukraine a few hundred today.
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  1453.  @milomilo417  In 2013 Russia's GDP was $2.2 trillion. After the sanctions imposed after Russia invaded South East Ukraine in 2014 their GDP is now $1.65 trillion. The next round of sanctions and banning Russia from SWIFT will destroy them over the next few years. Once the full impact of the sanctions are felt Putin will be overthrown by his own people and handed over to the Hague to face charges for war crimes. Just like Milosevic.
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  1454. Let's call it what it is, surveillance media. It's purpose is not to connect people socially but to data mine their entire lives. It would be hard to think of a sicker or more twisted business model.
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  1455.  @ОльгаБредлер  Thanks for the link. I reported it as misinformation.
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  1456.  @goodlife6277  Russia started out controlling 10% of Ukranian territory and the main gains they have are around Kherson, which they took over at the beginning of the war while Ukraine was focused on protecting Kiev. Take a close look at the map of Russian gains in March and compare them to today. Russia has been steadily losing ground for weeks. Let's remember that Russia has had at least 10 times the firepower of Ukraine for the entire duration of the war. On that basis, the Russian military is a joke. Now that heavy weapons are starting to flow into Ukraine things are going to get significantly better for them. Each day Ukraine gets a little stronger and Russia becomes a little weaker. Until the tipping point when Russian forces culminate. That day is coming soon. You will be shocked, but it is coming. Time for you to face the reality that the Russian military is a paper tiger.
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  1457. Forgotten Kyiv, Kharkiv and Kherson already? Don't worry, Ukraine us going to give you a reminder, very soon.
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  1458. You will own nothing means corporations will own it and sell it to you as a service. That doesn't mean there won't still be stuff. It just means most people will find it cheaper to use a service than own the stuff. The WEF thinks this is the future. It will be only if consumer's choose to subscribe to that business model. It's a choice.
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  1459. Even if someone broke ranks it would only be temporary, just to get them through this winter. By the following winter alternative energy sources will be in place. Russia has completely destroyed its credibility as an energy supplier. No European country can ever rely on Russia again. The sanctions will remain in place for decades. Russia has basically committed suicide.
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  1460. Someone please tell her that when men say they love pussi, this is not what we mean
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  1461. Excellent analysis as always. But if NATO have been unwilling to get boots on the ground and face Russian aggression directly up to now, there's little chance they will have the willpower to do so in the foreseeable future. That means Ukraine has only one viable option: self reliance. Just assume NATO will never help them to win or be fully able to defend themselves. Start building nuclear weapons and build up their own domestic military capabilities with partners. At this point I think it's fair to call into question Article 5. I doubt it could be called into play effectively even if Russia used nuclear weapons against a NATO member.
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  1462.  @kencollins6324  I think it's a 50/50 chance that they will try. It will depend on how much military strength they have left and on how long Ukraine can hold out in Donbass.
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  1463. I don't understand Trump's obsession with rare earth minerals. Canada and Australia, both staunch allies, can provide everything the US needs for decades into the future. All that's needed is investments into mining and processing. Even $10-20 billion invested over the next 5 years would be sufficient. Thats chump change in comparison to the US defence budget or technology like AI or annexing Canada or Greenland or the war in Ukraine. Trump seems to have some sort of mental deficiency. He can't seem to weigh up the pros and cons of potential courses of action. Canadian and Australian mining companies would jump at the chance to supply the US with long term contracts and they would raise all the equity and finance needed. And they already have the technical know how.
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  1464. Those who sponsor hamas need to be taken out as well.
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  1465. The West has nukes too.
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  1466.  @americasfavoritebrazilian2399  China is staying out of it.
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  1467. ​​ @JasperinthePhilippines  Just helping out those who can read. That you felt the need to respond without addressing any of my points suggests some deep insecurities.
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  1468. That's what Mladic and Karadzic and Milosevic thought as well. Yet all ended up facing trial. The same fate awaits Putin.
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  1469.  @Issavibe3  He will be handed over by the next Russian government. How else will they get the sanctions removed? Putin will be a bargaining chip. His place in history as a war criminal, convicted of genocide will be assured.
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  1470. ​ @beny9360 A non- vote strengthens MAGA's control over the Republican Party. To them he's just a RINO. If he wants a Reagan type Republican Party it's in his interests to vote Democrat this time around.
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  1471. Are you saying it is not going to happen? Boy, are you going to be in for a big surprise.
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  1472. Of those 221 Republicans don't around 100+ support Ukraine? So there's stll 300+ votes in favour of supporting Ukraine.
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  1473. I understand it. But it doesn't change the fact that it's mentally retarded.
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  1474.  @aleksaradojicic8114  Trying to oppress Kosovars and commit genocide didn't pay off for Serbia. Maybe Serbs could learn a lesson from what happened and finally take responsibility for their crimes?
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  1475.  @hammergamingcoc2375  Go ahead, reject the principle of territorial integrity. But then don't complain when Pakistan comes after Kashmir and China decides however much of India it wants to take. They are both teaming up against you and Russia is now China's best friend. Ask yourself, who is more important to Russia, China or India? The next time China invades India you may find that your Russian friends are very quiet. Personally, I strongly support India against China and Pakistan.
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  1476.  @hammergamingcoc2375  You can have whatever view you like but once you argue that a nations territorial integrity means nothing, you are opening up a can of worms. My point to you is that your neighbours should respect India's territorial integrity. Both China and Pakistan would like to take large chunks of India for themselves so I would think that holding to the principle of territorial integrity would be to India's benefit. When the Soviet Union disintegrated, Russia and Ukraine mutually agreed to their present borders. Ukraine has been an independent nation since then and the current government was democratically elected in 2019. There is no justification for Russia's invasion. If you have any principles at all, such as believing in democracy or upholding agreements, how can you support this act if criminality by Russia?
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  1477.  @hammergamingcoc2375  What a load of bullshit! All that is being asked of you is whether you can distinguish between right and wrong. You side with a brutal dictator who has attacked a democratic nation. You are supporting the deaths of innocent Ukranians. You're a disgrace.
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  1478. They're in for a real shock when they discover their back up plan was only after a pump and dump.
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  1479. The NATO-RUSSIA founding act 1997 totally contradicts Sacks argument. He's relying on hearsay, while a document exists that clearly states all former Soviet Republics can choose to join any alliance of their choosing, including NATO.
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  1480. @JesusDiaz-o2t  You can Google it and read the document. Spare me the Russian propaganda as I have taken the time to read it.
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  1481. Given the unpopularity of avocados, farmers have virtually stopped planting them. In future there will be fewer and fewer avocados. But lots more bananas.
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  1482. At the very least there would be good reason to give Ukraine long range missiles that can strike deep into Russian territory. It would be full scale war at that point and there would be hundreds of legitimate military targets in Russia.
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  1483. ​ @BANN763 Absolute rubbish. Russia alone started the war in Ukraine. You're a liar.
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  1484. Attacks on oil infrastructure would also disable your vehicles.
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  1485. It is, however, crippled with a bureaucracy that is old and has a pro-soviet mindset. If they could just get rid of that mindset it position India far better for the future.
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  1486. Russia has already run out of quantity. They're doomed.
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  1487. So a small percentage of the population that regards themself as Russian wants to stay. Let them stay. But I'm willing to bet these people would support the forced expulsion of people who identify as Ukrainian. These people support the Russian military committing war crimes and genocide that the Russian military is engaged in. This is the first stage of Russification. A small minority drives out the majority with the help of the Russian army. Then more Russians are moved in after Moscow is in control. This is what ethnic cleansing and genocide look like. To the Russian supporters cheering this news report, there is nothing in this story that shows the majority in Severodonetsk or Lysychank as being pro Russian. The overwhelming majority, being Ukrainian, have already left. It appears a few hundred pro Russian's who support the war and, defacto, the killing of their Ukrainian neighbours, are the ones that have stayed. What is really telling is that it such a small percentage of the population.
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  1488. ​ @u2beuser714 Watch his previous video along with what was stated in the latter part of this video. I know you're a Russian supporter so some of it might be over your head. But at least try.
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  1489.  @knowledge3563  Which of their air bases will they explode next?
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  1490.  @yehudagoldberg6400  Russia would not dare shoot down a NATO plane over Ukraine. Putin is terrified of NATO and nukes are unusable for obvious reasons.
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  1491.  @danwright1794  It did establish those borders. Russia and Ukraine agreed to them. A referendum was held in Ukraine and every region voted to secede from the disintegrated USSR. Even the region's with majority Russians voted to be part of Ukraine. It was all good until Putin came along with his deadly nostalgia.
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  1492.  @chesterjade7630  Will a desperate man have his own family incinerated in a nuclear holocaust? I doubt it. His generals would shoot him as soon as he started thinking seriously about it. So I guess the alternative is let Putin do whatever he wants. Any time the west objects, he just plays his trump card and threatens to use nukes and the west backs down. So he's free to invade Poland? Germany? The Baltic states? Hungary? He and his Foreign Minister have both said they want all the former republics of the USSR to be in Russia's sphere of influence. When do you want to call his bluff? Or is it never?
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  1493. @Alpha Momentum Bhutan?
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  1494.  @roqsteady5290  Just hope Ukraine are finally getting the heavy weapons they need to succeed.
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  1495. Witnessing scenes like this is heart breaking. Can someone with influence get hamas to surrender and return the hostages for the sake of the Palestinian people?
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  1496. That's not a rookie mistake. India was pro- Soviet and still is but to a lesser degree. Increasing India's imports of Russian oil from less than 2% to more than 25% since the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a sure sign of where India stands. Prior to the BJP gaining power all of the Congress governments were very heavily influenced by Socialism and Russia by extension. Watch what Indians do, not what they say.
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  1497. Yes. Even 100 would have been enough to take out the main oil refineries and oil and weapons/ammunition depots. No fuel, no weapons/ammunition and you have no invasion.
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  1498. As Ukraine's military capabilities grow Russia's rate of losses is accelerating. This is going to continue. Russia is going to run out of something that's mission critical sooner than that article suggests.
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  1499. Is Trump a Russian asset?
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  1500. Someone should create an app matching these these fat feminists with cats.
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  1501. There's a good chance she is straight out lying . The tall, dark, handsome stranger is a figment of her imagination. On the off chance that he does exist and she had a date set up with him, the reason she flaked is because subconsciously she knows she's insufferable and not deserving of a high value man.
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  1502. With Ukraine now having access to virtually unlimited weapons and ammunition from their Western allies, only they can win this war. Russia has already lost 35% of it's forces in Ukraine and that's before the heavy weapons arrived. Russia is doomed. Putin signed his own death warrant.
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  1503. No, that is a rational mind. They know if they show any weakness it will embolden their enemies. Their objective is to create a deterrent. At least they are informing civilians which areas are being bombed. Unlike the Palestinian terrorists.
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  1504. Putin really is mentally ill. Imagine saying he supports nations choosing their own path, while invading Ukraine to prevent them from joining NATO. And, Russian weapons are decades ahead of their rivals? He lives in a fantasy world. Someone in Russia needs to step up and terminate him before this turns much worse.
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  1505. Go have a good cry. If Russia hasn't been able to win when it had all its military intact and when Ukraine was almost defenceless, it is never going to win. Russians and their supporters lack the intelligence to win, as your post demonstrates.
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  1506. It's safe to say that every accusation Russia makes about Ukraine is a confession. We have now discovered that Russia is running a huge body parts racket. Yet more crimes from the quintessential criminal state.
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  1507. Due from first week of June is my understanding.
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  1508. No-one wants the yuan or ruble or rupee. They want US$. Saudi Arabia will always preference the US because that is the only country in the world that can defend them in a war against Iraq. The US proved it's value in both Gulf wars. Where were China and Russia then? The lesson here is that if you want to be the world's reserve currency, you must first be a global superpower. Until then you can dream all you like, but Saudi Arabia is going to remain with the US.
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  1509. Wow, what a pos RF Kennady is. His father and uncle must be rolling in their graves.
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  1510. The look on TC's face when Putin answers about the dollar and inflation in the US. It was the moment he realised Putin is an idiot.
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  1511.  @mathssrilanka  Let me guess: genocide, genocide, genocide and supporters of genocide.
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  1512.  @CountryLifestyle2023  You're probably right. I have read some claims that the drones came in from the East. If that is correct, then it's very unlikely it was Ukraine at all.
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  1513.  @luzmoreno6076  Bullshit
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  1514. If the Russian supporters are so proud of Russia's achievements, why do they keep using fake generic Anglo names? Seems strange. I think secretly, deep down, they wish they were Westerners. It indicates some sense of inferiority.
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  1515. Absolutely true. This comment deserves 1000 likes.
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  1516. He's lying again. Trump is a compulsive liar. Let's hope she sues him ang gets $100 million this time.
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  1517.  @MrGanjaBandits  That's a thoughtful response. I'm not sure who would want to attack Serbia or how Russia could assist them given that Serbia is practically surrounded by NATO countries. Let's just hope that peace prevails
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  1518.  @srcolesl  Read more carefully. I wrote Serbs wanted a greater Serbia and this was the cause of the Balkan wars. Whether you call that entity Yugoslavia or Serbia is immaterial. Serbs attacked their neighbours. The chronology is as follows: Serbs attacked Slovenia and Croatia, then Bosnia, then Kosovo. Only after 200,000 people were already dead and Serbs committed war crimes such as the siege of Sarajevo and the massacre at Srebrenica and were butchering Kosovars the US and some of its European/NATO allies intervened militarily. They stopped Serbian genocide. Their actions were absolutely justifiable. I don't know how you imagine Serbia being an EU member when you earlier stated that Serbs hate NATO. Are you aware that 21 of the 27 EU nations are also members of NATO? You basically hate around 80% of the EU members and love Russia, which is now in a proxy war with NATO. How do you imagine this working? My suggestion is to stay out of the NATO dominated EU unless and until you share their values. You cannot both want to be in the EU and hate NATO and have Russia as your primary ally. Serbia is going to be forced to choose between Europe and Russia. You can't have it both ways.
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  1519.  @MrGanjaBandits  I understand what you are saying. But the Serbs in Bosnia can never be allowed to have an independent state or to join Serbia because Srpska Republika is the product of genocide. The non Serbs were "ethnically cleansed", and that cannot be allowed to stand. Serbs are just going to have to live with their neighbours. That means re-integrating back into Bosnia. Also, all the war criminals there will need to stand trial. There must be hundreds who participated is the massacre at Srebrenica that have never faced justice. I support prosecuting all war criminals irrespective of their nationality or politics.
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  1520.  @srcolesl  People know what happened there. All I am writing is facts. The amount of investment in Serbia is a tiny proportion compared to total investment in Europe. Serbia is not a particularly attractive investment opportunity. Ask Rio Tinto how their investment turned out. Serbs lost Kosovo because they were brutally repressing the 90% Kosovar majority. You got what you deserved. There's a lesson you can learn from this: don't oppress minorities that live in your country and don't attack your neighbours. Kosovo is never coming back to Serbia. Get over it, accept Serbia's role in it and move forward.
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  1521.  @MrGanjaBandits  My take is this: once Milosevic started the wars, all hell broke loose and there was a lot of vengeance being extracted after what the Serbs did. I do not condone it. As I wrote earlier, all war criminals should be prosecuted. I also support people being free to return to their homes, where they should be able to live freely and peacefully. As for Kosovo. The Serb minority repressed the Kosovars. If they had treated them better, Kosovo would still have been a part of Yugoslavia. What would happen after Yugoslavia ended, would have required negotiation. I have often heard it said that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. But I think the opposite is more accurate. Old maps and ultra-nationalism make for nothing but trouble.
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  1522.  @srcolesl  I never made any claim regarding the level of democracy in Serbia compared to Bosnia or other Balkan states. I will take your word about investment in Serbia compared to other Balkan countries, but that's not exactly the highest standard of comparison. No doubt, China and Russia would both like to use Serbia as a Trojan horse inside Europe. So I could see the Chinese in particular investing something there. If Serbia is democratic as you say, I suggest having a referendum to decide if you are going to join the EU or stick with your Russian mates.
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  1523. No Malvern Star has had that many kilometres ridden on it
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  1524. Facts.
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  1525. For prison.
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  1526. After the last round of sanctions, Russia's GDP dropped from $2.2 trillion to $1.65 trillion and those were mild compared to what is in the pipeline. Add in Russia's foreign reserves being frozen, plus an ongoing and very costly war which will likely be followed by an even more expensive occupation and I'd say Russia is intercoursed. A huge number of your most talented people are fleeing the country. They know what is coming. I used to think Putin was smart, but the invasion of Ukraine is a strategic disaster. Putin has clearly lost it and wiser heads should now terminate him.
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  1527.  @DNA-dc7jz  Would be great to get some thorough research on how both work, but that would not be allowed in the current political climate.
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  1528. That is not logical. The Israel/Palestine issue is far more complex. The Palestinians and their allies keep losing territory after starting, then losing wars against Israel. They are not the innocent victims you portray them to be. How can you bring yourself to support the terrorist actions by Palestinians over the past 48 hours? Do you support them murdering 260 people attending a music festival? All of them clearly civilians? Do you support them kidnapping civilians and taking them to Gaza as hostages? In 1948 the Israelis accepted the partition and two state solution, but the Palestinians rejected it. They calculated that they would be able to destroy Israel. Waging wars and numerous acts of terrorism are not the actions of victims. The Palestinians are as much, or more, aggressors, than they are victims. Their aggression just lead to defeat.
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  1529. We need to rebut this argument that the US can't afford to support Ukraine. Probably 50% or more of Russian military power has been destroyed in 18 months for just 3-5% of the annual US military budget. If Russia is defeated by Ukraine, the US will be in a position to save possibly $100-$200 billion a year in future on defence spending. But if Russia succeeds in Ukraine the US and their allies will have to substantially increase their military budgets. Worse still, a Russian victory would likely embolden China to invade Taiwan. What will the cost of that be? A US intervention will cost in the trillions of dollars. The small investment in Ukraine is the best money the US has ever spent on defence. Do Republicans who are against helping Ukraine understand the concept of false economy? They're not saving money. In the long run it's going to cost many times more. And I'm not even getting into the moral reasons that Ukraine deserves support.
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  1530. Huge cope buddy. Joining NATO was not even on the agenda in Sweden and Finland until Russia invaded Ukraine. Once again Putin is shown to be not very intelligent. This outcome was entirely predictable to anyone with a brain.
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  1531. It's obvious that Djokovic lied on his travel declaration deliberately. Why? Because if he answered truthfully, the next question in the drop down box would have been: Which countries have you travelled to and on which dates? Basically, it would have opened up a can of worms. The immigration officials would have asked, how could you travel when you were supposed to be in isolation? Djokovic and his manager dodged this by lying. Deport him already.
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  1532.  @Sekir80  My friend, nobody can predict what will happen. I'm just of the view that if you allow yourself to be intimidated by a bully like Putin, that intimidation will never stop. He views appeasement and negotiation as signs of weakness. So I think the solution is to confront him with strength. I believe it's the only way to stop him.
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  1533.  @Sekir80  No offence taken. Everyone has their own opinion. We never know if we are right until much later and let's face it, who is always right?
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  1534. No-one is provoking Russia. Your comment makes no sense.
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  1535.  @Osskibosskiposki  And how much CO2 do their oil exports emit?
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  1536.  @Osskibosskiposki  But once you export that oil and it's used, there is a significant amount of CO2 going into the atmosphere, right?
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  1537.  @Osskibosskiposki  And? Well if you produce the oil, you have to take equal responsibility with the users for the CO2 emissions. Your environment credentials are not as good as your original post suggests.
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  1538. Like agreeing not to create a BRICS currency?
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  1539. Shout out to Bill Burr
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  1540.  @BobStein  We know what happened in the lead up to WW2. The consequences of appeasement and refusing to confront fascism are imaginable.
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  1541. ​ @davidthenotorious3600 No collapses in sight. Russia's economy is toast.
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  1542.  @davidthenotorious3600  You haven't made one sensible comment yet. Putin should just send you to the frontline and save himself a potato.
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  1543. If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, it will only encourage him to continue Russian aggression and annexation in future. Stop him now or face more wars in the future. Personally, I'd go with a nuclear first strike that decapitates the entire Russian leadership. It's the best way to prevent a Russian first strike, which I think is getting close to inevitable.
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  1544. Dweeb was too gutless to allow comments on his previous video. Too scared to have his Fantasyland beliefs that the Russians are about to conquer all of Ukraine challenged and laughed at. Made a total dickhead of himself in that one . I'm starting to believe 95% of Russians are batshit crazy and have constant delusions of grandeur.
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  1545. Trump doesn't even have a concept of a plan for what to do about the war in Ukraine. He was just bragging that he could solve it in 24 hours. He thought it made him sound good and it got attention.
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  1546. ​ @sablisk3570 I believe Singapore has a higher population density. It's about 734 square km and has nearly 6 million residents. It seems to be doing ok for an open air prison. Culture, education, intelligence and hard work appear to make all the difference.
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  1547.  @DoctorM42  Agreed. Power is everything to them.
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  1548. ​ @JakobIlar To suggest that words have no consequences is ridiculous. Get an education. There has never been an absolute right to free speech.
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  1549. Youtube censorship is disgraceful.
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  1550. Ignore the Russian trolls. Russia is losing on the battlefield, so all they have left is spreading lies via their information war. Ukraine is slowly but steadily gaining ground. The Russian collapse and defeat is inevitable. But it will take time. Let's keep giving Ukraine all the weapons they need to get the job done.
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  1551. They have no other option.
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  1552.  @olukayodeogunsanya3577  Because it is so afraid of Russian aggression that it applied to join.
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  1553. @stevepi1  Ukraine still exists and is holding it's own. Appeasement of Russia and rewarding their aggression will have the same results as in WW2. If the US had not slow-walked military aid and if the Republicans had not blocked assistance for 10 months Ukraine would be in a far stronger position.
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  1554. ​ @ezwansafri8006  It's of far less strategic or economic value than Kyiv, Kharkiv and Kherson, that's for sure. Yet Russia was forced to withdraw from all of these.
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  1555.  Panzai .Joe  Yes it matters. It is hypocrisy to apply for membership of the EU and gain financial benefits, while at the same time the Serbian public says they hate NATO and support Russia. You can't have it both ways. All we are asking for is honesty and consistency. Serbia is clearly not neutral. They support Russia. That's their choice. But do the right thing and withdraw their application to join the EU.
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  1556. Russia crossed the red line in Feb. '22. Since then they have consistently escalated. The West and Ukraine have a free hand to do whatever the need in defending Ukraine.
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  1557. Can we now declare Russia to be a terrorist state? They cannot be allowed to be a part of the UN. Those supporting them are almost as bad as they are.
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  1558. Why is this happening? Answer: Putin. For the past 20 + years he and his oligarch friends have stolen $1 trillion from the Russian people. That is the primary reason the Russian military is in such a poor state. The other critical reason is the appointment of Putin friends to senior positions for which they do not have the skills, such as Shoigu for example. I see many Russians who support Putin saying they need a strong leader to have a strong country. But the corruption of Putin and his government has had exactly the opposite effect. What Putin has done amounts to treason. He is a traitor to Russia. He has made Russia weak, a laughing stock to the whole world. Don't you Russians think it's time to eliminate this traitor?
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  1559. That was exactly what I thought.
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  1560. And Venezuela too.
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  1561. A fisherman that catches 100 fish is a master fisherman. But a fish that's been caught 100 times is not a very smart fish. Worse still, that fish has been tossed back into the water 100 times. That must be a very undesirable fish.
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  1562. Destroying weapons and munitions is exactly what is going to win this war for Ukraine. They are not nearly as easy to replace or get to the front lines as you think. Slowly but surely the tide is turning in Ukraines favour and those Russian forces in Kherson have no hope over winter with their supply lines strangled.
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  1563. Make Orban Go Away
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  1564. How do you deescalate against a nation that has stated it wants Ukraine and all of Eastern Europe under its control? Russia started this war and has given no indication it wants peace. What you are proposing is appeasement. Have you learnt nothing from WW2? It's naive beliefs like yours that will lead to a far bigger conflict.
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  1565.  @pedropalotes7638  There is a quid pro quo for sure. In time we will find out what it is.
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  1566. Absolutely 100% true.
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  1567. The Russian military is hiring infantrymen and tank drivers and best of all its employment for the duration of your life. Seems like it's a good fit with what these young thugs are looking for.
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  1568.  @watchman835  I buy quality over cheap Chinese junk every day. Once you don't have a job, even that $5 will seem expensive. And if it's not your job that's lost, it will be many others around you. The economy will be devastated. I see so many Americans decrying the hollowing out of the middle class, the resulting economic calamity, the homelessness. But these things happened precisely because of outsourcing to China. So buy your $5 Temu crap by all means But look at the consequences all around you and understand their source.
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  1569.  @craiggillett5985  What you describe is exactly the problem. Products are being dumped on the NZ market at below cost price. But that is unsustainable . Once local NZ retailers close and massive job losses result just remember that it was your choices that led to that. Half the shops in the mall will close. What little NZ manufacturing currently exists will come to an end. Your tax base will be eroded along with your balance of payments. Aside from agriculture and tourism (very expensive tourism) your economy produces nothing of value to the world. You will be a vasal state of China.
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  1570. Russia can just leave and there will be peace immediately. Now that's a plan.
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  1571. ​ @pgr3290 Russian propaganda has been hard at work creating and amplifying those divisions. They've been at war with the democracies for years and it won't end until they're finally confronted and defeated.
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  1572. They will disintegrate just like when the USSR collapsed.
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  1573.  @pocolol8424  A coalition of more than 30 rich developed countries including one that has had the largest military industrial complex in history can easily give Ukraine the weapons and ammunition it needs to defeat Russia.
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  1574.  @tonihil  Plain Russian propaganda. Russia can never use nukes because that would amount to suicide. Criminals like Putin and his cronies, who have stolen hundreds of billions of dollars from the Russian people, want to live to enjoy their ill-gotten gains. All this talk about nukes is just being done to deter the West from helping Ukraine more. The fastest way to achieve piece is to give Ukraine all the weapons they need to smash Russia. Only then will they come to the negotiating table.
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  1575.  @wlados22  That never happened. It is just more Russian lies. Spare your BS comrade. No-one believes it
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  1576.  @Bryankips  No evidence. But Putin and his oligarchs have stolen hundreds of billions of dollars from Russian taxpayers. Plus they murder anyone who speaks out about their criminality.
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  1577. He's a six times bankrupt business man. So we can safely say his business acumen has to be called into question. Trump bankrupted his casino Business. A casino! How can anyone be that incompetent.
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  1578. Lies and more lies. Funny how he never mentioned the Budapest Memorandum or the NATO-RUSSIA Founding Act, which specifically states every nation can choose its security alliances. Putin is a pathological liar. He needs to face trial for all his war crimes.
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  1579.  @dacorum8053  That is a complete lie. There was no coup in Ukraine. NATO broke off the agreement after Russia invaded Crimea. All you have is lies. What concerns could Russia have had since the Act states clearly that every nation can choose its alliances??? That means Ukraine was always free to join NATO if it so chose! You Russian supporters are far too lacking in intelligence to construct a coherent argument. You conceded and don't even understand your concession! Dope.
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  1580.  @dacorum8053  The NATO-RUSSIA Founding Act clearly states every nation can choose its alliances. So Ukraine was always free to choose to join NATO. There was no coup in Ukraine. The pro Russian leader had dozens of people shot in the maidan and then fled to Russia to avoid the consequences. No-one believes your lies and propaganda.
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  1581. It's obviously a Russian false flag operation. They have done it so many times now that it's getting old. If Ukraine could assassinate someone in Moscow, they would at least hit someone valuable, like Putin or Lavrov or Medvedev or a member of the Duma. Anyone believing Russian lies is an absolute moron.
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  1582. Great news! China under Xi is a threat to the entire free world.
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  1583. You still believe the Russian MOD propaganda? Based on that I would conclude both towns are just about to be liberated by Ukraine.
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  1584. Russians are always projecting and confessing. They should be more concerned about China retaking large chunks of Eastern Russia.
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  1585. Trump is mentally ill. It's so obvious every time he opens his mouth. He should be locked in a padded cell.
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  1586. ​ @exgeneralmilitarytalkjmds Perfect way to commit suicide.
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  1587. That deal is not very clear. As Ukraine has a capitalist economy, they would receive royalty payments from mining companies. In other countries that can be as little as 1-2% of the total revenue from a mine or oil field or gas field. It would take an eternity for that to add up to $500 billion.
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  1588. If your youth don't go you will be living under Russian rule as a second class citizen. Be careful what you wish for.
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  1589. The response from the Russian trolls is a dead giveaway. Russia is very worried that they have no way to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Let's see what lies they come up with to explain the Ukrainian flag flying over Kherson in September.
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  1590. What effect will this have on Canada? Minimal I'd expect. The allegations made by Canada are extraordinary. They better have the evidence to back up their claims or they are going to look like jackasses. But if India was involved, it's going to be a terrible look and severely dent India's global standing. Since none of us have seen the evidence, we can't know who is telling the truth. Will be interesting to see how it pans out.
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  1591. If China has been on top these past years, why hasn't it been able to take control of Taiwan? The factors that enabled China's rise over the past 30 years are over. The Japanification of China is well underway.
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  1592. ​ @JoeRogan-DaveSmith2028 The US would not have a say in the matter. Not even one month of Trump chaos and no one in the world trusts the US any more.
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  1593. ​ @JoeRogan-DaveSmith2028 The US would not have a say in the matter. Not even one month of Trump chaos and no one in the world trusts the US any more.
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  1594. ​ @AK255. Do it. YouTube will suffer a massive loss of profits and sack thousands of US workers.
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  1595. I'll give you 4/1 if you can prove it.
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  1596.  @toddp.226  Yeah I'm sure you will.
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  1597. I have made similar comments elsewhere. Get the new HIMARS that have just arrived and hit as deep into Russia as possible. But only legitimate military targets.
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  1598. ​ @Hope-kx9lz Whose puppet is he? The Russians have an excellent Muppet, I mean puppet, in Trump.
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  1599. There's no need for a full scale invasion. Targeted strikes and cutting off food, water and all other services will have the desired effect.
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  1600.  @kensliye94  I was referencing his own material. You're not the sharpest tool in the shed are you?
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  1601.  @davidjones3712  If sanctions didn't work, apartheid would still be in place today.
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  1602. That's the unfortunate price countries are forced to pay when invaded by a nation run by a genocidal maniac. The fastest way to end this war is get NATO boots on the ground and planes in the air and push those murderous Russians over the border.
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  1603. ​ @philcurtis314 You don't seem to understand how tariffs work. A typically gullible cult member.
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  1604. ​ @JohnSmith-ms2cl I remember gas. It was around 45 cents back in 2000. Now it's around 85-90 cents and that's nearly a quarter century later. Still half the price of petrol.
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  1605.  @JohnSmith-ms2cl  No you don't. You use maybe 10%-15% more. You save a fortune in fuel.
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  1606.  @JohnSmith-ms2cl  You don't use your brain much. In Melbourne, lpg is less than 90 cents. It's probably similar in other major cities and towns around Australia.
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  1607.  @JohnSmith-ms2cl  Is that your way of conceding that you're wrong? Whatever issues Melbourne faces has nothing to do with our discussion.
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  1608.  @trishit4vfx  So you say what is being done in Ukraine is a barbaric act of terrorism. Yet, you support the people who are doing those vile acts. If one of my friends was committing acts of terrorism, I would be prepared to criticize him and ask him to stop.
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  1609.  @trishit4vfx  That's a lot of whataboutism. But you did not address what I wrote. Try re-reading it. How can you say that you agree that what Russia is doing is barbaric and an act of terrorism and remain neutral? That seems to require quite some mental gymnastics. If you see a man raping a woman and you think, hey this is barbarous, it's a heinous crime. How can you remain neutral?
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  1610.  @trishit4vfx  I agree that is not how you put it. I was just trying to show you the logic of your argument. Anyway, I do not wish to harass you. I have a lot of respect for India and it's people. Just wish your government would take a stronger position.
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  1611. Ukraine is being resupplied with advanced western weapons. Russia already lost 35-40 Battalion Tactical Groups even before the new weapons arrived to help Ukraine. This is now a war of attrition and Russia cannot win such a war. Putin is a dead man walking.
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  1612. Those Russian pipelines are bound to get destroyed. Hopefully it can be done before winter so the Russians can freeze in the way they have been threatening Europe. Karma is coming.
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  1613. Russia is sponsoring terrorism all over the world.
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  1614. Exactly.
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  1615. ​ @thedeal86 All NATO members have a veto. Russian aggression is being countered. What's wrong with that? If Russia stopped invading it's neighbours and trying to expand its territory there would be no need for NATO. Destroying the genocidal Russian regime is a perfectly legitimate goal. The best thing is that Russia has now so weak that it is going to be crushed. I've got my popcorn ready.
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  1616.  @rawnukles  Stop with the lies. No-one is buying your propaganda. This war was started by Russia. Igor Gurkin admits that he and other FSB operatives started the war. You can easily find videos on YouTube in which he freely admits it. The local Russian population did not want to do it themselves. Ukraine has the right to self defence against Russian invasion and war crimes. If not for Putler being a war criminal, none of what you described ever would have happened. Russia started the war. Own it. As a Russian supporter, you are also partly responsible for the war crimes being committed in Ukraine, including that girls death. Take responsibility Russian troll.
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  1617.  @Matt-yg8ub  Absolute nonsense. Russia has no intention of leaving. Hence the bogus referenda designed to annex territory they have occupied. Russia can leave tomorrow and sanctions would be eased.
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  1618.  @Matt-yg8ub  Anything is possible with Russia except strategic nous. Russia was naive enough to believe it could capture Kiev quickly and decapitate the Ukrainian government. It was also naive enough to not foresee that a full scale invasion of Ukraine would be perceived as an existential threat by many EU/NATO countries and that it would result in Europe uniting against Russia. It was naive enough to not foresee Sweden and Finland joining NATO. I don't think you have grasped the situation fully. Putin has fallen into a trap that he created. Now the US and their NATO allies can field test every weapons system they have while at the same time bleeding the Russian military to a slow, torturous death. This is a US wet dream come true. A proxy war against Russia with a very willing and capable military doing the US' bidding. Putin and whoever else is doing the strategic thinking in Russia must be dumber than a bag of rocks.
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  1619. ​ @DaniMagnes So much wishful thinking.
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  1620.  @davidc9214  India has chained itself to Russia's sinking ship. No-one will ever forget India's overt support for Russia. All that third rate Russian military equipment India has bought means India loses big time. The level of stupid in supporting Russia against countries that buy 70% of Indias exports will cost plenty.
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  1621.  @prst99  The US is used to dealing with those things. What would India do, ban trade with the US. Go ahead. Do it. Include Europe and 70% of their exports are up in smoke. Russia, China and India want to change the world order. But they haven't fully considered how badly it could go for them. Especially China and India. They are far more vulnerable than Russia.
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  1622. They always deliberately omit the fact that grandma was a virgin. Men will not pay for used up coochie.
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  1623.  @bojanvukobradovic2504  Try to make some sense for a change.
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  1624. You can take anything Prigozin says with a pinch of salt. In that interview he also stated that the best military in the world is Wagner, the second best is the Russian army and only then that Ukraine was one of the best militaries in the world. Most of what he says is self serving or designed to kiss Putin's ass.
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  1625. ​ @northman7946  NATO does not need to get involved because Ukraine can defeat Russia on its own, with Western military aid. NATO also does not want to destroy Russia and box them into a corner where nuclear weapons become a serious consideration. The Russian military is far, far weaker than anyone imagined before the start of this war. But you are free to believe whatever makes you feel better.
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  1626. This channel has been shamelessly cheerleading the Russian invasion and the war crimes committed by Russia since day one. It should be banned as a terrorist mouthpiece.
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  1627. Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia and a handful of other African and South American countries could form an OPEC type organisation and control the minerals that are essential to the energy transition. I'd love to see it.
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  1628. @Steven Strain If everything is digital then the people who control that digital system ultimately have the control, no? You think every government in the world is democratic and the rule of law applies? Think what the Chinese government or the Russian government could do to a critic's bank accounts. They could freeze accounts or cancel them. What then? There's lots more countries that would use these methods to oppress their citizens and as tools to control dissent. You should consider carefully my other point too about emergency situations like earthquakes, typhoons, floods etc. No electricity means no access to money.
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  1629. Yesterday Ukraine destroyed 33 Russian artillery systems. Russia is in real trouble. All they have left now is lies and propaganda.
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  1630.  @donaldmackerer9032  Escalate to de-escalate. Sound familiar?
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  1631. More evidence that smoking can be harmful to your health.
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  1632.  @hyhhy  You Russian trolls are always pushing that line with little success. Russia stands no chance against the US, never mind all of NATO.
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  1633. Russia is doing a great job of mocking itself.
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  1634. I don't know if it's a week old or not. But I do know that is demonstrates how quickly and effectively Ukrainian soldiers know how to eliminate a cockroach infestation. You saw it with your own eyes Igor.
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  1635. This scheme was nothing less than an attempted coup d'etat. It requires a full national inquiry to get to the truth. The penalties should be at least 20 years in prison.
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  1636. How can you have peace and development when nations are not being condemned for invading their neighbours? You will get lots more war instead.
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  1637. The generals key words were," any time soon". So Russia has 6000 suicide pills. Using just one would be enough to bring about their complete annihilation.
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  1638. That appears to be enough to hold off 500,000 Russian troops.
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  1639. ​ @user-ty2uz4gb7v He's a mercenary. Now does it make sense to you?
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  1640.  @A5tr0101  He's the leader of a mercenary group. All he wants is more money.
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  1641.  @trevorbirkbeck4011  Ukraine has all the javelins and nlaws etc to make it a turkey shoot. The Russian army culminated in July. It's game over. Put up or shut up.
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  1642.  @kifayatullah6173  False equivalence and whataboutism.
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  1643. This is comedy gold. Trump has the vocabulary of a 12 year old and an IQ well below average.
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  1644. Trump lied. But only those fools believed his lies and acted on them. They deserve jail.
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  1645. The solution is simple: give Ukraine 100 nukes. Let Ukraine spell out the same nuclear doctrine that Russia has been explaining to NATO for the past year: we will only use them in the face of an existential threat. Then watch Russia withdraw their troops within a month. Russia needs to face the same dire consequences that it is dishing out to Ukraine before they will cease their genocide. If Russia is allowed to win this war it will just be a prelude to WW3. Ukraine must be given every weapon the West has to defend itself.
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  1646. ​ @rm4po4 Blatant lies. Igor Girkin already admitted in TV interviews that there was little to no support for Russia in Crimes and Donbass. You are just repeating easily disproven Russian lies.
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  1647.    A biolab did my covid PCR test recently. Any blood test requested by your doctor would be done at a biolab. Every country has dozens of them. So what is your point?
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  1648.  @Dopaaamine27  You've bought the Russian Kool-Aid. The propaganda being peddled by Russia is so ridiculous that only the most gullible will believe it.
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  1649. Serbian Nationalism dismemberment Yugoslavia. Learn some history before you comment.
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  1650. ​ @dennischavez7503 He's also alienating almost every potential Tesla buyer. Good luck with the MAGA mob buying an EV.
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  1651.  @Moonuuu  No it can't.
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  1652.  @Frankenspank67  The coverage is irrelevant. It's real policies that count. In 4 years of Trump what policies did India implement that would not also have happened under a Biden administration? All exactly the same.
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  1653. You know things are going really bad for Russia whenever their bots come out in force. Lies and propaganda is all they have.
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  1654.  @kubabadach8581  No problem. I figured it was just a misunderstanding. I agree with your thoughts on this matter 100%. Keep posting. Every little bit helps to fight Russian aggression and their propaganda war.
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  1655. Perhaps the Russians can start marketing it as RubleSoft, the softest toilet paper money can buy.
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  1656. It would be very difficult for Ukraine to assassinate someone of such high prominence inside Moscow. I think it's an FSB false flag operation to pin the blame on Ukraine.
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  1657. A serial liar and 34 time convicted felon didn't honor his word? Who could have predicted it?
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  1658. Ukraine is going to slowly strangle the Russians on the right bank of the Dnipro river. The Russians will not run out of supplies and ammo for a while, but once they do, it's game over for them.
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  1659. ​ @eeroala5132  You Russian trolls should be more concerned about the lack of democracy in Russia. Putin murders political opponents and journalists and sends dissidents to gulags in Siberia. You live under totalitarianism. Save yourself first.
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  1660. Excellent point at the end. Putin is running out of options fast. He will be out of chips by the end of summer.
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  1661. ​ @Duke_Romilar_III That's your opinion, not the truth.
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  1662.  @Duke_Romilar_III  The Polish people broadly support Ukraine. One or two exceptions do not change that. You should try to improve your thinking by understanding the difference between your opinion about something vs truth. Your opinion is nothing more than that, no matter how much you believe it.
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  1663.  @Duke_Romilar_III  Your attempt at creating division is not working. And yes you are an idiot if you believe your opinion is the truth. Take your low IQ and troll somewhere else.
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  1664. ​ @Kate-nr3fx3fi9o  They don't need to for a fraud to have have occurred. The court has already convicted. Game over.
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  1665. Whataboutism just makes you appear low IQ. Tell me, did Russia get 11 UN Security Council resolutions passed prior to invading Ukraine? The US did so and both Russia and China approved all of them. Stop giving support to Russian war crimes.
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  1666.  @GB-gf3dm  The US would pursue its national interests if a turnip was in charge. So the more sleep old Joe gets the better. I'm not concerned in the least.
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  1667.  @pompeythegreat297  Some things are entirely foreseeable. Anyone old enough to have witnessed the collapse of the USSR can see the writing on the wall. The USSR at least had a chance at success. Russia is far weaker economically, militarily and politically and the Western countries are far stronger than they were 30-40 years ago. Russia is doomed to failure. Anyone who is objective and has analytical skills can foresee it.
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  1668.  @pompeythegreat297  The writing is on the wall. If the USSR, with all its power, could not survive cold war 1, then Russia has no hope of surviving cold war 2. Russia may do ok while oil and gas prices are high and they can maintain production levels and sort of the massive logistical problems they face. But as soon as any of those circumstances change, they are sunk. And change they will. Their war will only hasten the switch away from carbon fuels. This was happening any way, but now Russia has accelerated the process. Within 10-15 years they will have nothing to sell that the world wants to buy.
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  1669. Germany is taking in migrants. Japan did not. I think Germany will fare better economically than Japan.
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  1670. No concern for the Ukrainian civilians they are murdering? Just happy to get cheap oil?
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  1671. This looks like an FSB false flag operation. It would be very difficult for Ukraine to get access to his vehicle to plant a bomb. This is Putin's chief ideologue and propagandist. Someone with such a high profile would have a security detail. Putin is trying to find a justification for a mass mobilization as the war in Ukraine is not going as planned.
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  1672. As Trump is a convicted felon, when will he finally be treated like a criminal? When will we see him in handcuffs being hauled off to prison, where he belongs?
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  1673.  @Mr.Funnyman273 Two thirds of both the Senate and Congress support aid to Ukraine. So the current situation is untenable. If you support Russia and it's war crimes you should have a long, hard look at yourself.
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  1674.  @Jp-eo8mx  Only if you believe what Putin says. Like Trump nearly everything he says is a lie. Only the gullible believe his words.
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  1675. Russia will never be allowed to win the war. If they succeed it will be the end of the current global order and a permanent state of insecurity and destabilization in Europe. That's something the EU, NATO and the US can't live with. I think it's a near certainty that several countries will get boots on the ground and planes in the air if the situation deteriorates for Ukraine. A full NATO response is also possible. Failure to defend Ukraine will look like a green light for China to invade Ukraine. So there's good reason for the US to keep supporting Ukraine. Even if Trump wins the election the US will continue to pursue it's vital interests. If Biden wins, Russia will be begging for negotiations within weeks.
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  1676.  @jerrypeukert5732  But Putin's already got Trump and Lukashenko up his ring.
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  1677. ​ @skippylippy547 No, you follow Putin's orders. Trump is a Russian asset.
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  1678. ​ @starship_01 Whataboutism makes you appear stupid.
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  1679.  @jxshziag742  Bullshit! Putin is terrified of NATO. He can never use nukes because the first one he launches would result in the complete annihilation of Russia and he knows it. Appeasement never works. Putin must be confronted now.
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  1680.  @papaofthejohns5882  Appeasement is far more likely to lead to nuclear Armageddon. Putin knows he can't use his nukes because of MAD. Putin has made it clear in several recent speeches that he wants all the former Soviet Republics to come under Russia's sphere of influence. Those countries want to be in the EU and NATO members. It's clear as day that Ukraine is the first part of his plan. He has said it himself.
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  1681. ​ @Robert-xy4xi The once mighty Russian army is cowering in trenches in terror as Ukraine continues to advance. Russia is the laughing stock of the world. Go and collect your potato and have a good cry.
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  1682. We know it's a lie because it comes from the Russian MOD. Remember, it's a crime to tell the truth in Russia. Why is the BBC reporting Russian propaganda? Such information should only be reported after it has been confirmed by credible sources.
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  1683. Ukrainians are traditional Christians as much or more than Russians. How Republicans can justify supporting the Russian invasion along with all the crimes they're committing is beyond understanding. How can so-called Christians in the US support systematic rape and torture? Kidnapping children? Dictatorship? No free speech or freedom of the press? Murder of political opponents and journalists? Ukraine has all the Christian values minus Russia's war crimes and amorality. I simply don't understand the support for Russia over Ukraine.
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  1684.  @RichardTaylor1630  Do you know what a typo is?
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  1685. The opportunity for the US to patch up the relationship with China is at its peak now. I'm sure there must be discussions going on in the background about how it could be done. Let's remember that it was the danger posed by the USSR that brought the US- China relationship closer in the seventies. I wonder if history is about to rhyme again. It would be a nice slap in the face to India as well. Let them hitch themselves to the Russian sinking ship.
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  1686. Please retract this report. It is total nonsense. Tennis Australia is not a government body. They cannot issue visa's or determine who may enter Australia. The Federal government wrote twice to TA informing them that having COVID was not sufficient grounds to gain an exemption. It is crystal clear from both letters that to gain entry one had to be fully vaccinated. TA appear to have given the players incorrect information. Even so, anyone with a brain would verify it with the relevant government department. Djokovic did not double check and is now suffering the consequences. I hope you will do a follow up story on whether Djokovic submitted a fraudulent COVID PCR test or whether he broke Serbian law multiple times in the days after December 16 by being in public while having COVID. One way or another, his reputation is in tatters.
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  1687. Trump is going to jail. The sooner the better.
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  1688. Imagine if your pizza was delivered like this? This is the future.
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  1689.  @kkarx  No it wasn't. It was a retreat when facing a military defeat. Ukraine did not have the means to blow up the dam as it was occupied by Russian forces. Cope harder.
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  1690. I think Trump being good friends with Epstein gives us a clue about what Putin has on him.
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  1691. Awesome video. Nice hat. Strength and honour.
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  1692.  @ninja-gaming8988  He can't do that. The fallout could end up on Russian soil, or worse still, on NATO soil. That will amount to the same as a nuclear strike on NATO. Russia would be destroyed within hours.
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  1693. ​ @RockStock6 Putin and members of his government have stated many times that they want all the former USSR Republics back under their control. Is that something, something for you? Appeasing an aggressor always encourages them to attack more. Your support of Russian war crimes is disgraceful.
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  1694. You believe Putin? You must be incredibly gullible. If Putin wanted to end the war he could have done so any time since his invasion started.
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  1695. Most EU members are also NATO members. Turkey adds nothing to the EU except problems.
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  1696.  @lukedornon7799  Whatever the numbers, the US is demilitarizing it's arch enemy for a bargain basement price.
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  1697. What a depressing analysis. Even if Biden wins the election we're going to get 4 1/2 years more years of Ukraine suffering death by a thousand cuts? The level of cruelty in this is almost beyond the imagination. Biden might as well be working as Putin's underling. If this is how it pans out the US will lose all credibility as a security partner and China will certainly invade Taiwan.
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  1698. A lot of text for not saying much. So what are your independent sources, genius?
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  1699. In what ways has Israel backed Ukraine that are concealed?
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  1700. You don't even know why he was killed and you are cheering on his murder? Get professional help. You need it sicko.
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  1701.  @childofeternity  So what do you propose? How can things be improved? I know bombing the f*ck out of Ukraine is not making the world a better place. Yet millions support it.
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  1702. Why would Trump want to destroy a system in which he is a billionaire? Why didn't he do it when he was President last time? Trump is in it for himself. His backers, who are also billionaires, are also in it for themselves.
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  1703.  @jgw9990  Inferior in what way? It's obvious the we have to switch away from ICE vehicles eventually. Even if you're a climate change denier you can't deny the fact that there is a finite amount of oil.
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  1704.  @jgw9990  The countries that made a commitment to it and adopted early seem to be doing fine. Have a look at the Scandinavian countries as an example.
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  1705.  @jgw9990  The US can do it just as well as they have.
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  1706. So Trump wants to spend hundreds of billions of dollars building good housing in Gaza. But not one dollar for homeless in the US. Maybe one of his maga supporters can explain his priorities? Are you regretting voting a mentally unstable convicted felon into office yet?
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  1707. I wish this channel would stop with these videos until after the dollar has been dethroned and we're on a gold standard. Seriously, episode after episode, for years on end making the same wrong prediction. At least have the decency to wait until you are proven correct before prattling on about this again
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  1708. ​ @RastaLlama Before the colonizers arrived what do you think the natives were doing, hugging trees and singing Kumbaya?
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  1709. If you put as much make up on a bulldog it would probably look about the same.
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  1710.  @paulmariu  How is the army advancing losers? Isn't it the one going backwards, consistently losing ground for the past year? Those strikes cost Russia a couple of billion dollars. Now go have a cry that the war criminals you support are getting their asses kicked.
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  1711.  @bryandimery6509  If Ukraine has already lost why has Russia not captured Kiev? Russia has lost 45,100 square kilometres of Ukraine since March 21. Russia is going to suffer a nation defining defeat in Ukraine.
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  1712.  @hogar1965  See a psychiatrist. You need help. The modern day Nazi's are Russian. As a supporter of the war crimes being committed by Russia, you are a nazi too.
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  1713.  @NYCGUY122  Putin and the oligarchs corruption has killed it already. Corruption killed the army and the navy and the airforce. From the top to the bottom, Russia is corrupt through and through. On the bright side, the result will be the defeat of Russia and the collapse of the Federation.
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  1714. At the moment the West if funding China's military by all the junk that we buy from them in the same way as Europe funded Russia's military by their energy dependence on Russia. The solution is to stop outsourcing our manufacturing to China. We can manufacture in the West or outsource some of it to other countries that are not going to wage war against us in the near future. Failure to act now will cost us big in the near future. We can claim hindsight to excuse Europe's failure with Russia, but knowing what we know now there can be no excuses for repeating the same mistake with China.
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  1715.  @dosa2990  You are delusional if you think that using nukes will scare NATO out of the war. It will have exactly the opposite effect. It will galvanize NATO and most of the world into a response against Russia. Russians seems to suffer this delusion that you can do anything with no response from others. NATO countries could not exist with a Russia that has used nukes against Ukraine on their borders. If Russia uses even one tactical nuke, world war 3 has begun. Try to use what little brain matter you have to see the world from your opponents point of view
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  1716. No. This is not confidence. They are hiding behind a computer screen using a fake user name.
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  1717.  @richdobbs6595  The USSR did need to keep up if they wanted to keep waging proxy wars and hold their country together. They failed. The USSR had 25%-30% of global GDP. Russia has about 1.5%. Putin is not just trying to stay in power. He is challenging the West, just like the USSR did. If not for that, I'd agree with you that staying in power would be easy for him. Although his ideological motivations are different, his goal of defeating the US/West is the same. He's doomed to failure.
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  1718. ​ @rajeshkumarm6441 Russia has already been doing so for the past year. But now Russia won't be able to export their oil and grain through the Black Sea. No more cheap oil for Indian war crimes supporters like you.
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  1719. It's one thing to look good on paper and quite another thing to deliver. This entire war has exposed Russia as a paper tiger. Just 14 months ago nobody could have believed Russia would find itself in duch a diabolical military situation. Turns out Russia is all show, no go.
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  1720. Russia is far weaker than the USSR. And the war in Ukraine is deleting their reserves steadily. It's just a matter of time until they collapse. It will happen suddenly, just like the USSR.
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  1721. The author of that analysis makes no mention of the attrition of Russian military equipment. At their current rate of losses, how long can they continue to field a modern military? It's clear they are already unable to sustain offensive operations on any large scale. How long before even defensive opetations are comprised? The West needs to give Ukraine whatever they need to win. Judt keep ratcheting up the pressure on Russia and they will crack.
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  1722. ​ @jenny6253 How is taking an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution different from supporting the Constitution? How can you not support the Constitution by preserving, protecting and defending it? Trump supporters will parrot the stupidest utterances that come out of that morons mouth.
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  1723. ​ @paoz5087  Both China and Russia are signatories to the Geneva convention. Article 2 defines forms of genocide. Clause (E) the deportation of children. Putin and his government have not even tried to hide the deportation of Ukrainian children. So this is a straightforward case of genocide. You will note that the Kremlin has not even denied the charges in the arrest warrant. Their stance seems to be, sure he's guilty, but he will never be caught. Xi associating with an indicted war criminal is not that surprising given his own genocide of the Uighers.
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  1724. It's just more evidence that Trump voters have a low IQ unfortunately.
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  1725.  @Mcorpmike  You mean lots more dead because of Putin's pipedream. This is all caused by Putin, not NATO.
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  1726. Why make a movie? Just get the gold.
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  1727.  @Yonni6502  And you have lost every ally that the US has because no-one will ever trust you again. The security implications of that are enormous. Don't forget that the US is the only NATO member that received help under article 5. You can bet that will never happen again. Maga are not very good at thinking through the long term consequences of actions.
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  1728.  @RCXDerp  It's not a dude
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  1729.  @RCXDerp  Women don't ask that question. They have a laundry list of demands. And what man calls himself pancake ffs
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  1730. ​ @PianoGamer64 Girkin/Strelkov already admitted the little green men were Russian military and the operation was run by the FSB. Russian trolls try to forget their own side admitted the invasion.
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  1731. I can't begin to imagine spending even one minute listening to these loons. At the first sign of crazy just leave. No explanation. Just leave.
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  1732. They actively vote against all those things. They chose Trump and Musk and the rest of the billionaires who want tax cuts and don't give so much as rats ass about giving them better jobs or health care. Also, take a long, hard look at those Maga voters. They're unemployable. Too stupid to help.
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  1733.  @jmolofsson  Russia will make a big mistake and then Article 5 will kick in.
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  1734.  @АнтонЕремин-ш4у  Those countries you mention are or were all run by dictators and war criminals. Are they the only types of government you support?
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  1735. Option 1 does not exist.
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  1736.  @Howardlifts  If ever Russia gets into combat with the US or NATO you will find out big time. Russia is bogged down after nearly a thousand days less than 100km from its own border. They would already be defeated if not for ammunition from North Korea and drones from Iran. Surely even a low IQ individual such as yourself can see that's pathetic. Go to the Frontline already you little coward.
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  1737. ​ @edwardmontoya50  It's a long walk from Guatemala. I'd be hungry too.
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  1738. Someone needs to ask lone skum what he finds amusing about russian war crimes such as those at Bucha. What's so funny about their torture chambers and targeting civilians with missiles? How would he feel if his children were in the firing line? What a douchebag.
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  1739.  @СергейМонин-д7с  Yes, it's all in your imagination. It didn't happen.
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  1740. ​​ @chriscoates2399  I don't think that will happen. The resolve of the Western countries has grown much stronger over the past year. Look at how comfortable Germany and France are with gifting weapons compared to then. I think there's a realisation that Russia has to be defeated before peace can return to Europe. No-one wants to live with a Russian dagger to their throat.
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  1741. The better question was why did you lie every day that you would testify? You lied at least 10 times, why?
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  1742. ​ @michellelewis3063 Except that no-one has placed missiles in Ukraine. And Ukraine's application to join NATO was rejected. Russia has no justification for the invasion of Ukraine. None. In defending them you are supporting their numerous war crimes. Have you no shame?
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  1743. ​ @MnemonicCarrier Russia is a terrorist state and anyone supporting them is a terrorist sympathiser.
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  1744. ​ @stevejones4275 Russia has been the aggressor for centuries. Ribbentrop-Molotov pact was responsible for much of WW2.
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  1745. @stevejones4275  Russia has centuries of invading and committing genocide on other countries. You Russians are not even proud enough to use your Russian name. All you trolls have generic Western names. Your massive inferiority complex is showing.
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  1746. The West is 50 times stronger than Russia. Kosovo is an independent country due to Serbia waging genocide on them. Suck it up. Serbia is surrounded by NATO countries and will intervene to defend Kosovo.
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  1747. Can Justice Merchan sue these Republicans and Trump for defamation? Being called corrupt without evidence is very damaging to his reputation.
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  1748.  @derekarnold3665  The only way peace and security can return to Europe is with Russia being defeated. Ukraine may not be able to do it alone. It's outnumbered and outgunned. NATO may be forced to intervene if Russia starts winning. The consequences of doing nothing may well be worse than putting boots on the ground.
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  1749.  @KayKay-iq8om  What is their alleged crime?
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  1750. @TheMrDudiness The US did not kill those people. The blame lies with the Baath Party and Saddam Hussein.
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  1751.  @JL-tm3rc  Saddam Hussein had already killed a million people in his war against Iran and he gassed the Kurds and invaded Kuwait. If ever there was a justification to go in and destroy an evil regime it was in Iraq. Spare me your defence of the Saddam regime. The world was a better place the day he died.
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  1752.  @JL-tm3rc  If I sell you a gun or a knife and you go on a killing spree, am I responsible for that or are you? The point you are trying to make is absurd. Lots of countries have bought weapons but not used them to kill a million people.
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  1753. ​ @ryanzheks3731 Russia will not defend them. They will use them as a pretext to wage war and will use those Russians as cannon fodder.
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  1754. They're giving an analysis of the risks based on their knowledge and experience. Given that Russia has invaded several nations in the recent past, I'd listen to them rather than some random nobody like you.
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  1755. Serbians protesting their right to oppress Kosovars. To this day they have no shame or guilt for their wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. They killed hundreds of thousands, and committed unimaginable war crimes, just as the Russians are doing in Ukraine today. If not for their wars and ongoing oppression of the Kosovars, they would still be living in a part of Serbia. But like Russians they blame everyone else for their own aggression and barbarism. They cry foul when the victims of their aggression defend themselves and especially when other countries help the victims. They have the same mentality as Russias, the same low IQ and a massive chip on their shoulders. They think it's their God given right to invafe and subjugate their neighbours. If they won't live lawfully in Kosovo then they should move to Serbia.
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  1756. Maybe China should start criticizing Russia's invasion of a sovereign state. Maybe China should leave Tibet and stop the genocide of the Uighers. Until it begins to respect human rights, maybe China should just shut the duck up.
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  1757. We should always be clear minded about India. It will never be a friend or ally of the West. They have already made it perfectly clear that one of their main objectives is to destroy the rules based global order. We should respond by giving them nothing. No preferential trade deals. No military assistance. Highly limited technology transfer. And no diplomatic support in their ongoing issues with their enemies, Pakistan and China. We can never trust India. The whole country and its culture is based on lies and deception. Just keep these words in mind: whatever an Indian tells you he's going to do, he'll never do it. And what he intends to do, he'll never tell you. Smoke and mirrors is all you get. Never trust India.
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  1758. Because people like you support leaders like Putin and Xi, who are presently both committing genocide. Putin in Ukraine and Xi in China murdering the Uighers. How can we get along with you when you support genocide?
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  1759.  @geeljire9247  That is a bare faced lie. Your opinion on the matter is irrelevant. By international law those settlers are non combatants and are protected under the Geneva Convention. How do you live with yourself justifying the 260 murdered music festival goers? You are mentally sick. Get psychiatric help as you clearly need it.
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  1760. ​ @Perspectiveon Isn't it true that you depend on the land of the free to make your stupid comment?
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  1761. ​ @BizQAC Absolute nonsense. 12 jurors found Trump guilty of these crimes. It would be practically impossible to stage a political verdict. Trump's legal team selected some of the jurors. Stop with the lies and delusion already. Face reality. Trump is a criminal.
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  1762. ​ @BizQAC That is a bold admission of your irrationality.
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  1763. Trump's legal team was arguing that he has absolute immunity. Your answer is a direct contradiction to that argument. Stick to your day job.
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  1764.  @timmytrex3316  Mate, you literally contradicted Trumps main argument. Just admit you're wrong. Assuming I'm a liberal just makes you wrong a second time. Is your ego so fragile that you can't admit an error when it's pointed out to you?
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  1765. Has Australia invaded the Solomon Islands? You need to learn some critical thinking skills.
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  1766. Apparently not even one NATO weapons shipment has been attacked by Russia so far. They fear it being seen to be a direct attack on NATO. All those weapons are getting through.
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  1767. Putin has made clear what his ambitions are. In a nutshell, he wants all the former Soviet Republics to be under his control. So Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the Baltic states. He seems as clear about his goals as a certain former artist born in Austria was back in the day. How well did appeasement work that time?
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  1768.  @pretentiousprogressive1949  Bucha and many other places and the filtration camps. Putin is a war criminal. Stop supporting his war crimes.
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  1769. Russia invaded Ukraine. That is clearly against international law and the UN Charter. Now Russia is going to get destroyed militarily and economically.
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  1770. ​ @eddieklotz9966 Quite the opposite. If Putin is allowed to succeed in his aggression he will eventually invade a NATO member state and full scale war will result. Appeasement of an aggressor leads to more aggression. That is one of the key lessons of WW2. Putin was planning the invasion of Ukraine for many years including the period that Trump was President.
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  1771.  @DarkArtsDeepDive  Clearly Russia is a threat to US and European interests. Don't believe the Russian lies that this war is about NATO. It is a war of imperialism and conquest. NATO is merely a pretext. Thankfully NATO was not disbanded.
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  1772.  @algoeagle7096  You're the one making idiotic comments. You're also the one showing your cowardly nature.
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  1773. Get up to speed.
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  1774.  @tipsysmichigander6483  You know they recently changed their name to Turkiye?
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  1775. The Ukrainian people will never accept political domination by Russia. Especially after what has happened over the course of the war. Zelensky could never agree to such a peace deal without being removed from office first. Why does anyone believe a peace deal with Russia is even possible? They break every agreement they make. Only a complete fool would believe them again after their breach of the Budapest Memorandum.
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  1776.  @kristofferlaw6991  The ignorance of the Russian trolls stands out when they champion the rise of the ruble. They never get or admit that their currency is being heavily manipulated. It's not a free market currency and until it is, it's true/market value cannot be determined. Russia will collapse just as the USSR did. But it will only happen after years of sanctions and after Sweden and Finland join NATO and all of Europe raises their military spending as per their recent statements. Once the NATO troops are increased and in position on Russia's borders their military spending will have to at least double or treble to keep up with NATO. They will manage it until oil price tank. As oil prices are cyclical, that is as sure to happen as night follows day. And when it does, it's check mate for Russia.
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  1777. You sound so gullible I want to sell you some Tupperware or aluminium cladding.
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  1778. After Biden's visit to Kyiv I expect weapons to flow to Ukraine very quickly. The US and their European allies appear to have finally grasped that Putin does not want an offramp. He wants to recreate the Russian Empire. The only way peace can return to Europe is with the defeat of Russia. There is no alternative. So we have to give Ukraine whatever they need to win.
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  1779. ​ @МируМир-к7у What are you going to do, bleed on him?
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  1780. You appear to know even less about Russian history. If not for the Lend Lease program, Russians would be speaking German. Stalin even admitted that Russia would have been defeated by Germany if not for the help the received from the US and UK. You Russians are very poorly educated it appears.
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  1781. That is one of the stupidest quotes I have ever seen. There is no evidence that Europe has that mindset. But it seems to impress people with little knowledge and poor education.
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  1782.  @Sibaram143multi  Another one with no original thoughts and just regurgitating mindless drivel. Try and think for yourself next time
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  1783. Putin is a war criminal and you are a supporter of those crimes. Zelensky is indeed a hero. He is leading his country to freedom from Russian tyranny and the whole country is behind him. After the sanctions take hold Russia will be poorer than Moldova. I recommend you cease your trolling and do something more practical like get in a queue to buy sugar.
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  1784. Shame on you for supporting hamas terrorism.
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  1785. Those men are the only child in their family. They are expected to be the bread winner for their parents and their wives parents. If they die, the family lineage is over. The last thing they want to do is go to war. Good chance there would be a revolution.
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  1786. Putin is escalating again with the North Korean troops. So why are Ukraine's hands being tied behind their backs? Everyone that's standing in the way of Ukraine's degence is now helping Russia. Someone wake Biden up.
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  1787. Sounds like they're going back to full communism.
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  1788. If only Joe Rogan had asked Trump to sit an IQ test. Pity Joe Rogan is too slow.
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  1789. If their nukes work as well maybe Putin making good on some of his threats wouldn't be all bad.
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  1790. What Russia is doing in Ukraine is genocide All countries are obliged to assist Ukraine. So let's get some boots on the ground and planes in the air and put a stop to it now.
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  1791.  @nachonightmare148  I'll have a look.
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  1792. Congratulations.
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  1793. All Russia has is lies and propaganda.
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  1794.  @ericvulgate  You can't tell lies when you see them? Being gullible is not something to be proud of.
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  1795. ​ @Pikaling3408 That's an appalling comment. The Taiwanese people do not deserve to be handed over to the murderous thugs running China. We should help countries to remain free and democratic.
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  1796. I think Trump has been dreaming about this night for along time. That's why he's in New York and not campaigning in swing states.
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  1797. The recent $61 billion bill states the DOD has 45 days to formulate a policy for Ukraine to defeat Russia.
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  1798.  @attilamarics3374  Read the bill.
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  1799. ​ @hemaccabe4292 No. China is in it for the long haul.
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  1800. India has tied itself to a sinking ship. When the Western countries stop investing and buying Indian goods don't cry about it.
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  1801.  @Aetriex  If you read my post carefully you will see that I wrote no such thing. I am saying that it would be a good deterrent to Russia if they knew Ukraine had the same weapons that Russia has. This would stop their sabre rattling and hypocrisy.
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  1802. ​ @igormatic805 A mentally challenged Serb has entered the discussion.
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  1803.  @vack_blain  How would you know? Putin is a scared little man. Just look at those huge, long tables he uses to keep his closest allies at a distance. No, Putin knows if he uses even one nuke, he is a dead man. The West will target him personally and our nukes are precision. We are not afraid of your empty threats. The time to destroy Russia is now.
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  1804.  @bbasleigh6149  China offered a lop-sided plan that would freeze the conflict and let Russia keep its ill-gotten gains. China is favouring Russia. That is why Xi did not go and visit Zelensky. Here's a peace plan for you: Russia leaves Ukraine and we immediately have peace. Stop supporting Russia's genocide of Ukraine and trying to blame others for Russian aggression and war crimes.
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  1805. Only after the sanctions are lifted. And that will only happen once all Russian troops have left Ukraine, all the Russian war criminals have been handed over and reparations have been paid in full. It's going to be a very long time.
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  1806. I'm surprised the Democrats are not calling Trump and Vance creepy. It's a more accurate description than weird.
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  1807.  @majorintel9623  Are Russians ready to die tomorrow? You must know that the only possible outcome of a nuclear exchange is that Russia will be totally destroyed. The West will survive. But Russia will no longer exist. Think long and hard about it. Because it is only Russians making these threats. The West has no intention of using nukes . So it will be Russia committing suicide.
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  1808. Virtually guaranteed.
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  1809. Anyone still supporting Russia after all these crimes must be considered an accomplice. Russia is no better than Nazi Germany at this point.
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  1810.  @wetguavass  The last UN bite was 143 in favour of Ukraine. 5 in favour of Russia. 37 abstained. Your IQ is lower than your shoe size.
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  1811. The West has lost whatever trust it had in India. Foreign investment that may have gone there will now go elsewhere. Modi has shackled India to a Russian sinking ship.😊
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  1812. ​ @goenzoy712 The EU can fast track their application if they so choose. You pro Russian, pro terrorist types hate that.
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  1813. I've never heard anything so stupid in my life. You said it yourself, it was an accident. Russian attacks on civilians are not accidental. They are deliberate and there have been thousands of such attacks. Your attempt to brush off Russian war crimes is disgusting.
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  1814. Your support of Russia makes you an accomplice to their war crimes.
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  1815. The DMZ should extend to the Ural Mountains.
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  1816. Imagine if Trump actually did fly to Russia and seek political asylum. That would be totally mind blowing.
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  1817. ​ @Reaper-cm4jr  It's human nature. Plus you can tell easily by looking at migration patterns. 99.99% of migrants are trying to get to democracies. How many are trying to get to China, Russia, North Korea, Iran etc? Also, Chinese who have the means are fleeing China in their droves and trying to get freedom in the US, Canada, Australia etc. There's your answer. If you want to live in an autocracy then go and live in one. No-one is stopping you.
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  1818.  @allannelson5806  Trump is a symptom of a deeper problems. Until they are dealt with, the people who voted for Trump will keep supporting him. I think you will find that the vast majority of Trump voters want more freedom, not less.
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  1819.  @ripdoff8549  Not a chance. $20 billion per day is $7.3 trillion a year. The entire Russian economy was approx. $1.5 trillion before the war and the sanctions. It's likely to drop below $1 trillion very soon. That means you are generating only 1/7th of the revenue you need to sustain the war and that's not counting all your other expenditure. Russia is going to be broke very soon.
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  1820. The Chinese are finding out that most of the goods they produce can be made elsewhere. China is no longer the cheapest place to manufacture. Wolf warrior "diplomacy" hasn't gone down too well with their main customers.
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  1821. Surrender? Why, so their men can be tortured and murdered and their women raped? You are a disgrace to even suggest it. Ukraine is going to win the war. There is no other outcome possible. The West will keep giving them weapons and training until they win. That evil midget must be defeated. Until he is, he will keep finding other countries to invade.
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  1822.  @JackiLuciani  And 😾tampering.
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  1823. Who would have thought years of fraud and sexually harassing women has consequences? Trump's not the sharpest tool in the shed.
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  1824.  @AUmarcus  Both as far as I know.
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  1825.  @jesan733  Let us know when they've achieved energy independence.
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  1826.  @jesan733  Maybe. But that's assuming that data you've provided is true. With the CCP there will always be doubts.
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  1827. If the US can't show that it's a reliable security partner smaller countries with the technical capability to make nuclear weapons will do so to ensure they can defend themselves from Russia. It's their only hope.
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  1828. China may well have the capacity to make plans for the long term but they still have the same weaknesses that all totalitarian governments have: The first is group think. Who has the guts to tell the emporer something that he does not want to hear? Who will tell him that he's wrong? Secondly, like Russia, there is massive and systemic corruption in China. So who really knows how much money has been siphoned off from their military programs? Is their military equipment going to be as good as their tofu-dreg infrastructure? Who knows. The other issue they face is inexperience. To believe they can succeed in such a difficult and complex invasion at the first attempt sounds like hubris. Especially if the US and Japan defend Taiwan. And let's face it, their most recent military adventure didn't go exactly to plan. If the Chinese have any sense at all, they would do well to keep the status quo. It's been pretty good to them for the past 25 years.
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  1829. Can we just nuke Russia already? They are practically begging for it.
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  1830. Putin has clearly lost his mind and everyone around him appears terrified of him. I doubt he is taking advice from anyone at this point. This can only lead to very poor decision making which will likely lead to nuclear war in the not too distant future.
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  1831. ​ @TheGreekCatholic You know what happens to countries conquered by Russia? The population is basically exterminated. Sent to gulags in Siberia. While Russians move into their homeland. That's what Trump and lowlifes like you are pushing for.
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  1832.  @dalecrocker3213  Why not just seize the capital and have full control of the country, if you're capable of doing so? The fact is Russia has failed massively. And their situation is far worse than when they invaded. Ukraine has invaded Kursk! Russia has lost its Black Sea Fleet. They've lost 2/3 of their tanks and artillery. Is all that part of the plan as well? You Russian supporters are muppets. Your mistake is that you think others are as gullible as you.
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  1833.  @SPENKER52  Russia's goal was to seize Kyiv in the first days of the war and install a puppet government. Since then the goals seem to have shifted many times. Now, the primary goal is regime survival and especially Putin's survival. You pro Russians are so doped up on propaganda you've lost the ability to think rationally.
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  1834.  @dpelpal  It's so unfortunate that it is still going on. I think serious peace negotiations might be possible if Kamala Harris wins the US election. The Russian leadership would know they couldn't keep fighting for another 4 years.
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  1835.  @Aaronsmith-cu8ii  Your analysis is lopsided. Russia has huge problems that will lead to defeat before Ukraine reaches that point. Russia has essentially been defenceless against Ukrainian drones for well over a year and the situation is getting worse quickly. As evidence just take a look at the Ukrainian strikes in the past 48 hours. Ukrainian drone tech, range and production increases make the war unwinnable for Russia. For all the NATO dithering they know they can't let Russia win without severe global consequences. So Ukraine will continue to get more support and will prevail.
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  1836. Russia is most definitely the enemy. They have hundreds of nuclear weapons pointed at the West and have stayed clearly they want to retake control of all of Eastern Europe. You are either a Russian agent or the enemy within that you speak of.
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  1837. That's a great article. Nails it. I would just add that Western corporate greed and political miscalculation has created the monsters that Russia and China have become. For over 25 years we were fed the story that if we just traded with those two murderous regimes, that they would somehow transform into democracies once they got rich. The people arguing this were mostly motivated by making money and acquiring cheap gas and winning political power. Turns out such regimes do not change. They just build up their economies via our trade and build up their military with our technology transfers. Maybe the lesson here is not to trade and share technology with undemocratic regimes. The price were going to pay for these mistakes is going to be enormous, perhaps even nuclear war.
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  1838.  @ASH9366  Yes Russian aggression. Are you do poorly educated that you do not know that Russia has invaded Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine twice in this century already. Russia is an imperialist, colonial power that is seeking to extend it's borders and subjugate Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine. That is a fact. Your opinion is useless in the face of facts and reality.
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  1839.  @j.erickson8571  Exactly.
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  1840.  @vaskodimoski5690  That is complete lies. Another poorly educated an ill-informed Indian. NATO has done no such thing. You sound like you don't even know what NATO is. Russia is currently invading Ukraine and murdering innocent civilians and India has supported them in the commission of those crimes. No international conferences should be held in India.
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  1841.  @atskj9996  Try and make an intelligible comment in future.
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  1842.  @isasaleh1508  Whataboutism and false equivalence and making factual errors makes your post a waste of time. Ukraine did not invade Iraq. It was involved in peace keeping operations that were approved by the UN Security Council after the war was over.
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  1843. ​ @ronsilva7394 Trump the Putin lover will lead you to WW3. Stop believing his lies. Escape the cult.
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  1844. Why is anyone still listening to what women say? It's always bs. Just observe what they do and the truth is quickly revealed. Start calling them out on their bs.
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  1845.  @RedorblueDontcareaboutyou  Are you not aware that WMD's were found in Iraq? Google it first before you make a complete fool of yourself. Also, has it not occurred to you that Saddam Hussein must have had WMD's? Otherwise, how could he have used chemical weapons against both Iran and the Kurds? Do tell, genius.
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  1846.  @biggrupr Two thirds of members of both the Senate and Congress support aid to Ukraine. The Senate has already passed the bill. However, the Speaker of the House is refusing to allow the Congress to vote on it. So the bill for aid to Ukraine has overwhelming support but Moscow Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House, is blocking it from going through on Trump's orders.
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  1847. ​ @shaneashby5890 Stop spamming this nonsense everywhere. US is merely serving it's own interests in Europe. If it reduces it's military presence, it also reduces it's own power and capacity to influence events that are in its national interests. It is not doing anything out of the goodness of its heart.
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  1848. That is straightforward corruption. If the law does not apply to Trump, then it doesn't apply to anyone else either.
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  1849. Liar. There are no NATO missiles in Ukraine. You are a Putin troll.
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  1850. Does the US have nuclear weapons in Ukraine? They don't even have them in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Why do you assume Cuba would want Russian nukes? At this point I think they would prefer US dollars.
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  1851. Peak woke has already come and gone. There is a lot of pushback against it now. The pendulum is swinging back to a more sensible centre.
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  1852. ​ @Brian-om2hh The US did. President Biden did not give his own money.
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  1853.  @GC-kw1gq  That is complete nonsense. Russia was determined to control Ukraine. Read the NATO-RUSSIA founding act. Both parties agree that every nation, including all former Soviet Republics that became independent nations, can join whatever security alliances they do choose. That is what sovereignty means. You are merely regurgitating Russian lies and propaganda as to their reasons for invading Ukraine.
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  1854. @t f It's the inevitable outcome of being cut off from sufficient supplies.
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  1855. ​ @nkosibless2253  Anyone with a brain knows that Russia is the aggressor. The war is going on in Ukraine, not on the outskirts of Moscow.
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  1856. ​ @patrickbateman783  No, Putin is a fascist.
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  1857. ​ @tiko3813  Which planet are you from? Is the war going on in the outskirts of Moscow?
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  1858.  @nkosibless2253  Also, there are far more Nazi's in Russia than Ukraine. The leader of the Wagner group, which the Russians are using extensively in Ukraine, had a huge swastika tattoo. If you hate Nazis and supremacist ideologies, you should really hate Russia.
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  1859.  @nkosibless2253  You can find those stats easily by searching google. Do your own work.
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  1860.  @kamalyandluri4298  There was no US led coup. It was a popular uprising. Ukrainians do not want to be under Russian rule. You are nothing but a Russian troll who is promoting the murder of Ukrainian civilians.
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  1861.  @NGoods2121  Watch the media. There is almost universal criticism of Trump's plan. If you're demanding to see street protests then don't be a hypocrite about it. Show me the street protests in China, Russia, India, Turkey. Where are they? I haven't seen one.
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  1862.  @amunra5330  Whoever has the most power makes the rules. That has been true for millenia and it's true all over the world. Russian imperialism doesn't seem to bother people from the third world. They often cheer it on. As long as it's not happening to them they're ok with it. India doesn't want a plebiscite in Kashmir and get their Russian mates to veto any attempt at a fair resolution there. China invades Tibet, Vietnam, and builds fortresses in the South China sea that destroy the environment and strike fear into their neighbours. They threaten Taiwan. But all these things are ok. You and others like you shy away at all criticism of those actions. You support vile governments like those in Russia and China blindly. What the war in Ukraine has taught us is that third world countries would love to be the ones on top putting their boots on others throats. The only thing that stops them is they are behind technologically, politically, economically and militarily. The West has plenty of faults but it's way better than the countries that you dare not criticize. If my statement is wrong, then why do seemingly all refugees and immigrants seek to go to the West and not one of those BRICS countries? Because life in those countries is shite. No freedom. No opportunity. No hope for a better life.
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  1863.  @David-gh6vp  The discussion is about the Soviet Union and Russia. China may get into a position where they can seriously challenge the West. But Russia is never going to have a realistic chance of doing so. They are doomed to failure in Ukraine and beyond.
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  1864. ​ @kinggooseman5373 The KIA is very close to estimates given by the Russian propagandists regarding the number of military related orbituaries in Russia since the war started.
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  1865.  @christopherknight921  It's everybody's business. If Ukraine is defeated Putin will keep attacking more countries.
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  1866. Your country does not have the same problems unless it is a one party totalitarian state that had a one child policy for four decades.
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  1867. Pigs are intelligent animals. They're certainly more intelligent than Lavrov and his subordinates.
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  1868.  @yurimuratov957  You don't know? Really? NATO will defend itself and destroy Russia by conventional warfare. Russia will be defeated within weeks. It's leaders will also know that nukes can't be used if they want Russia to continue to exist.
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  1869.  @yurimuratov957  That is dishonesty at it's worst. Both of those countries were run by dictators. In Hussein's case he had already killed a million people in the war against Iran and used chemical weapons against the Kurds. Gaddafi was a terrorist who oppressed his own people. In the end they showed him how much they liked him. And of course prior to the events in both those countries there were numerous UN resolutions. In the case of Iraq there were 11 UN Security Council resolutions prior to the invasion. All were supported by both China and Russia. So where are the UN resolutions condemning Ukraine? You pro Russians keep trying to equate Russia's genocidal attack, without any UN resolutions, on a peaceful, democratic country with US and NATO actions against murderous dictator's. Nothing could be more dishonest. And as Russia broke their undertakings in the Budapest Memorandum, why should Ukraine not get nuclear weapons as a deterrent? That is what they gave up as part of the deal.
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  1870.  @yurimuratov957  There were 11 UN Security Council resolutions against Iraq. All supported Russia and China. The legality of the invasion can be debated. But as the UN authorised all those resolutions and the Iraqi government failed to comply at least the US can make an argument that their actions were justifiable. Kofi Annan does not determine what is lawful or not. If you believe invading Iraq was unlawful, then you must also agree that Russia's invasion is an egregious breach of international law. Russia has not even bothered to ask the UN to help resolve their issue with Ukraine. They just brazenly broke international law and all their previous agreements like the Budapest Memorandum. And let's not forget their previous invasions of Georgia and Moldova. I also see many Russians following their government's lead by claiming that Ukrainians are not a real people and that Ukraine and it's people should not exist. So let's call that for what it is. Russia is waging genocide against the Ukrainian people. And here you are defending that. Trying hard to deflect and use false equivalence to justify that genocide. Read your comments and try to grasp the depth of your hypocrisy.
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  1871. The people of Belgorod are going to be pissed off.
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  1872. It shows your brain is fried.
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  1873. Knee pads manufactured in China no doubt.
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  1874. You know it's literally illegal to tell the truth in Russia. Those guys are just trying to save themselves from being sent to a Siberian Gulag. They will say anything Putin wants to hear. That's how Russia got into this mess in the first place.
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  1875.  @bighands69  India already had a supply of oil. They support Russia and do not give a flying fuck about the war crimes Russia is committing. Their support of Russia is their choice. But they can never be a reliable partner with the West. Any Western company building their manufacturing facilities there is asking for trouble.
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  1876. Russia has never been so isolated. That China and India have allowed such a statement to be issued speaks volumes. Your only friends now are Iran, North Korea, Belarus and Eritrea. Even the countries you think are on your side have not recognised the annexation of Crimea and the 4 recent Annexations. Not Serbia, China, etc. Think about what that means. Russia is a pariah state, a terrorist nation.
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  1877.  @far_centrist  The G20 issued the statement. If not agreed to by China and India, it would never have been issued. Russia is a pariah state. That is a fact. How many nations have recognised the annexation of Crimea or the 4 Ukrainian Oblasts? How many are voting on Russia's side in UN resolutions? Russia is going to lose the war and the whole Federation will dissolve over the next few years. Remember what happened to the Soviet Union? That is the future of Russia. Enjoy your decline. I know I will.
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  1878.  @far_centrist  You are absolutely delusional. Completely brainwashed by propaganda. What is Saudi Arabia or Turkiye doing to help Russia? Nothing. They are merely pursuing their own interests to make a few extra dollars. The West has never been stronger or more United. You are going to find out the hard way what happens when a small, weak nation like Russia puts itself in direct confrontation with the most powerful alliance that has ever existed. That is not speculation about Russia's demise. It is a logical conclusion based on relative power and historical precedent. You will see it come true soon enough. But keep cheering for Putin and his cronies as they steal hundreds of billions of dollars from the Russian people. You are so brainwashed that you support your own oppression. You also support the mass murder and war crimes that Putin is engaged in. That makes you complicit in those crimes. Death to Putin and all his supporters.
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  1879.  @far_centrist  One thing this war has highlighted about many Russians is that they live in an alternate reality. Example: China and India do not recognise any of Russia's Annexations or provide military assistance or vote in Russia's favour at the UN. Yet delusional Russians believe they have their support. Comparing Russia to the countries that have sanctioned Russia reveals that Russia's economy is about 20 times smaller, it's military budget is also about 20 times smaller ( actually the military budgets on the countries that have sanctioned Russia is about the same as Russias entire GDP). Yet the delusional Russian believes Russia can defeat that alliance both economically and militarily. Russia keeps losing ground in Ukraine. First around Kiev, the Kharkiv, then around Lyman, then Kherson. Yet the delusional Russians still believe they are winning the war. The same circumstances that forced Russia to withdraw from Kherson now exist in Crimea as a whole. It cannot be properly supplied or defended. But the delusional Russians still think everything is going well. Russia is being defeated by Ukraine. Yet the delusional Russians believe they can defeat NATO. You are so crazy, you actually believe you have been fighting and winning against NATO? Where have NATO's aircraft carriers and 20,000 war planes and millions of soldiers been hiding all this time? Sadly for you, Russia is being defeated by little Ukraine using old, outdated weapons, with practically no air force and no navy. The whole world is witnessing Russian impotence. Russians seem to have an extraordinary capacity at self delusion. You are an excellent example. Reality is already hitting you in the face with the losses in Ukraine. Unless your leaders snap out of their delusions, things are going to get much worse.
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  1880.  @far_centrist  Keep living in your fantasy world. Boy are you going to be in shock when reality sets in. You are going to learn a hard lesson about real power. Just do the whole world a huge favour. After Russia collapses don't try and move to the West to escape your plight. Stay in Russia and live with your fellow Russoterrorists. All we want is a big fence around Russia to keep the lunatics like you in the asylum.
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  1881.  @far_centrist  You are mentally ill. Get help and keep taking your medication.
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  1882. How exactly can Russia freeze the war? Ukraine knows that would allow them to rebuild and reinforce their defensive lines. NATO knows it too. It's never going to happen. Russia is going to be under constant pressure until they break.
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  1883. If you have eight 50 rubble notes you have eight sheets of low quality toilet paper.
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  1884.  @carpepoulet4943 Some of the main beneficiaries such as China, Russia and India seem rather hostile towards the US and the West. The US helped them raise their standard of living and in return they want to usurp the global order by war. They can go F. themselves and the US should do what is in its best interests with little to no regards for the consequences to those nations.
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  1885. It's a sure sign of desperation.
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  1886. There's no way to live in peace with these people. We need to give Ukraine absolutely everything they need to defeat these fascists.
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  1887.  @adamperdue3178  That is akin to saying Trump cannot appeal his defamation case without once again committing defamation. Obviously that is not how things work in the legal system. The right to appeal is just one of the checks and balances that exist. An arbiter of truth does not need to be so black and white as you think. Some issues are grey. We can't really decide. In such cases where there is a degree of uncertainty, the arbiter could conclude there is insufficient evidence to reach a conclusion. This happens all the time in courts. Not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. But many matters can easily be determined as truthful or not just on the basis of evidence and facts. Take Trump's claim that the last election was rigged/stolen. Without any evidence in support and lots of evidence to the contrary it would be easy to establish that claim to be a lie. In fact it has already been established in court. That lie led to people being killed and maimed. Should it be permitted to be told without consequences? Imagine if your partner was one of the victims of January 6. Would you be defending Trump's 'right' to lie? I'll bet you would be pressing for an arbiter of truth, a court of law, to be locking the instigator up.
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  1888. Just regurgitating Russian propaganda. No-one made Russia feel threatened. That is a lie. The invasion of Ukraine is pure aggression from Russia. It is part of their imperial agenda. Those nuclear threats are pathetic. Russia can never use nukes without being obliterated. Nuclear blackmail does not work. No-one is afraid of Russia. When Ukraine wins the war, Russia will collapse internally, just like the USSR.
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  1889.  @yous2244  Why would anyone want to watch their lies?
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  1890.  @maropenemphasha5403  Useless whataboutism. What war crimes are you referring to? Meanwhile you are supporting Russian war crimes in the tens of thousands. Get a brain.
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  1891.  @yous2244  They give propaganda. What happened to the redacted story claiming Zelensky had bought yachts? It was a lie. They removed the video without any apology for their lies. Russia is being demilitarized. Wake up and see reality.
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  1892.  @VodkaPandas  Zelensky buying yachts? More lies. As a paid bot no-one believes anything you claim. Russia is being demilitarized. There's nothing your lies can do to stop it.
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  1893. I am disgusted by Trump, MAGA and everyone that supports Russia. The EU must realise that the US cannot be trusted as a security partner. It's time to go it alone against Russia.
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  1894. ​ @remogatron1010 Yes. The have repeatedly chosen governments that engage in terrorism for at least 60 years. The vast majority of Palestinians support terrorism.
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  1895. The destruction of Mariupol is clearly a war crime. When are Putin and his henchmen being charged?
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  1896. All the weapons sent have already been paid for. They were built for killing Russians. So they are finally being put to good use. We'd happily spend 10 times more to defeat Putin and his child raping vermin.
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  1897.  @robendert7617  That is not true. Collectively the NATO countries have more than enough weapons and ammunition to enable Ukraine to defeat Russia. Russian stock piles or what is left of them are as old as the bible. They are next to useless in this conflict. Russia has used up a huge proportion of their precision missiles. Which they can't replace due to sanctions. If they had what you claim then why do they need to buy from North Korea and Iran? Why has the Russian "offensive" been going backwards since July? Why are they employing tanks from the 1960's? Russia culminated in July. That is the reality of the situation. Russia is scraping the bottom of the barrel already and it's very likely their military will completely collapse within 2-3 months.
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  1898.  @emilianstefan4424  The US has barely dipped into it's huge stock piles of weapons and ammunition. Blinking has consistently overestimated Russian military power. Just look at what is going on in Ukraine. Russia culminated in July. They are facing defeat within months, if not weeks.
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  1899. Medvedev is not very bright. He's just made an excellent argument for Ukraine getting nuclear weapons. He's made it clear that's what will be needed to stop Russia in future.
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  1900.  @renjiabarai6638  election interference case sounds just fine to me
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  1901. Russian imperialism will only increase if Germany keeps relying on them as an energy supplier. Stopping Putler is priority number 1. The new cold war will destroy Russia as the previous one destroyed the USSR.
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  1902. BB, do you really not know if Russia is bombing civilians in Ukrainian cities and murdering both civilians and captured Ukranian soldiers? I think there's more than enough evidence that both those things are true. The Russian government even admits to many of the war crimes they are committing. For example, the detention and transportation of childten for which Putin has been charged by the ICC. GL is indeed a Russian propagandist. He has done little more than regurgitate Russian talking points that deflect from their crimes and seek ti justify Russia's invasion and attempts at destroying Ukraine. He's also a lot less intelligent than he seems to think he is otherwise he would not be in the situation that he's currently in. He has only himself to blame.
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  1903. ​ @waynemartin5247 You don't even have enough intelligence to know what terrorism is. Go and get a brain and then an education.
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  1904. Yes. And who in their right mind would invade a country with thousands of nuclear weapons? How do you win that war?
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  1905. ​ @2020-Hindsight Those weapons systems need parts and some have kill switches. In the case of Virginia class submarines, Australia has no way to maintain them without ongoing support. If the US is willing to throw an ally like Ukraine under the bus and threaten to Annex Canada and Greenland, who can possibly trust them? Trump is trying to extort an ally that has been attacked for 3 years. What part of this don't you understand?
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  1906. How can the US and other Western countries sign that G20 declaration? Thst is disgraceful. And India is an absolute disgrace. This is why India must not have any power in the world.
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  1907. Trump is making it impossible for any country to be an all either economically or militarily. This was America's greatest strength and it has vanished within a month of his taking office.
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  1908. ​ @barbwired2361 Whatever happened to free speech?
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  1909. In the rest of the democratic world political parties announce their policies prior to an election. If this is Trump's/Republicans policy then they should announce it. Until that happens it's just wild speculation designed to take the heat off Trumps lack of policy detail. Only the most gullible would believe it.
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  1910. The only Slavs still supporting Russia are Serbs. If they had a border with Russia, they too would feel the Russian boot on their throats. They are clueless as to how eager the Russians would be to oppress them.
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  1911. Russia has already lost the war and they know it. All they have left is to terrorise Ukrainian civilians. Putin, his army and all his supporters are cowards and evil ones at that.
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  1912. This significantly strengthens Ukraines negotiating position as Russia now knows that Ukraine can take out their fuel depots inside Russia. No fuel means no capacity to continue the war. I predicted it nearly 2 weeks ago. I also think Ukraine is now in the possession of some very sophisticated anti-ship missiles and would not be surprised to see attacks launched on Russia's ships in the Black Sea and Azov Sea in the next week or so.
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  1913. ​ @scottyee707  There is no such treaty. Stop with your blatant lies. You are supporting Russian war crimes.
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  1914. You could always ask Australian Prime Minister Albanese if Xi still has his marbles. They met very recently.
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  1915. Are you saying that people in the west should have supported keeping Saddam Hussein in power? Do you really believe the democratically elected government of Ukraine is the same as that of a murderous tyrant like Saddam Hussein? Were you protesting and demanding the re-instatement of Saddam Hussein and his government?
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  1916.  @saviola5194  If the Russians in the south were on their side they would have captured Kharkiv, Mariupol and many other cities weeks ago. Putin has managed to get those people to side with Ukraine. What an imbecile.
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  1917. ​ @Sizt Things have already changed. The whole of Europe knows the US can't be trusted as a military or economic partner. You can unscramble an egg.
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  1918.  @slyleggs4344  No such agreement. Budapest Memorandum is what really matters. You take your blinkers off and stop supporting Russian war crimes.
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  1919. So what should be done, let Trump get away with any crime he chooses to commit because his supporters will go nuts? Does that mean he can sell US national secrets to Russia and get away with it? Who cares what the MAGA morons think. I've seen numerous interviews of them saying they would prefer a dictator Trump to a democratically elected Biden. They want Trump to be above the law. To hell with MAGA. Trump must face the law the same as any other citizen. If that doesn't happen, the law and constitution are already finished. Since when does the minority get to tell the majority how the country is going to be run? Trump lost the popular vote in 2016 and 2020. He would never have been President if not for the undemocratic electoral college.
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  1920. I think you mean Sun Tzu. But Lao Tzu is a better read.
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  1921.  @monkeeseemonkeedoo3745  Maybe. But how can you form a reasonable opinion about something without knowing as many of the facts as possible. Americans are particularly weak on geography. How can you understand geopolitics if you have little knowledge of geography.
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  1922. ​ @relicpathfinder2800 Isn't Hamas governing the Gaza strip?
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  1923. ​ @StealthTheUnknown Can you really be so gullible? Audits are conducted by auditors and they take weeks and months. Musk is not an auditor and neither is anyone in his team. How could they possibly have conducted hundreds of audits in a matter of hours and days? No wonder Trump says he loves the uneducated. They're so easy to con.
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  1924. Russia does not want peace. Are you really so gullible to believe in Russian economic propaganda?
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  1925.  @henrya3530  I thought that already happened long ago.
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  1926.  @arturobianco848  Thanks
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  1927. ​ @K-Man-k5n The capability to fight two wars simultaneously has been US military doctrine for decades. What Russia or China believe is irrelevant. This is a classic case of FAFO (f"ck around and find out). Why do you think the US military budget is larger than the next 10 nations combined.
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  1928. Ukraine should just use the Western weapons as they see fit. That would force the US to given in or withdraw weapons from Ukraine. They would never have the guts to do that. It would be a political nightmare for Biden. Plus it's against US and NATO's self interest to stop supporting Ukraine. Just do it Zelensky. The US will have to accept it.
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  1929.  @JustinWyllie  1. Macron and Merkel cannot invalidate an agreement to which they were not a party to. How could that even be possible? Their greed for cheap Russian energy doesn't change anything about Russia's obligations under the Budapest Memorandum. 2. There was no Western backed coup. That is a Russian lie. Ukrainian people wanted to be aligned with the West rather than Russia. Poroshenko fled to Russia. Since then Zelensky has been elected. That is proof enough regarding the will of the Ukrainian people. Also, just observe how hard they are fighting to avoid living under Russian rule. Also, there was a referendum held at the time of Ukrainian independence. It's the only legitimate one as it was not held in war time where the voters had a Russian gun pointed to their head. And, as you well know, every single Oblast voted in favour of being a part of Ukraine. That includes Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson. 3. Girkin/Strelkov has admitted in tv interviews, which you can easily watch, that he and the Russian FSB organised the discontent in Donbass. He stated that there was little to no support for Russia. So Russia sent in the little green men; that is the Russian military to take over. In a television interview in 2003, which you can also watch, Putin agreed that Ukraine was independent and he had no issues with their borders. In the NATO-Russia Founding act both parties agree they are not enemies. Russia has no issue with NATO including whether it expands or not. In fact, that document specifically states that every state can choose who it chooses to be allied with. There is nothing to debate. Russia has broken the Budapest Memorandum and international law repeatedly. You still have not addressed what gives Russia the right to do these things? Give it up already. Stop defending Russian aggression, genocide and other war crimes. If you keep defending the indefensible you must accept that you are an accomplice to the crimes being committed. Russia must leave Ukraine. The West will keep giving Ukraine all it needs to drive the barbarous Russian horde out. Russia has a choice to make. Get out of Ukraine or get completely destroyed, with the likely outcome that Russia ceases to exist, just like its predecessor, the USSR. I will not bother responding to your nonsense unless you can provide evidence of the legality of Russia unilaterally invading Ukraine and for breaching the Budapest Memorandum. Do you have such evidence, yes or no? If yes, post it. The rest of your drivel is of no relevance.
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  1930.  @JustinWyllie  You are trolling. Because you still can't explain: what is the legal basis for Russia breaching the Budapest Memorandum and for unilaterally invading Russia contrary to international law and the UN Charter? Just explain that first, otherwise there is nothing to discuss.
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  1931.  @Adam-pu6jg  Yes.
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  1932.  @JustinWyllie  You are so wrong. First, Putin's argument is a based on lies. Poroshenko forces fired on the demonstration killing many people. Poroshenko then fled to Russia. That is not a coup. But even if Putin believes it was a coup, what has that got to do with Russia? Ukraine is a sovereign state and a coup would be an internal matter for the people of Ukraine to deal with. It isn't a breach of the Budapest Memorandum and it doesn't give Russia the right to breach it either. To claim that as some sort of justification is just woolly thinking. It is completely irrational. Second, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a fact. It is not a matter of what my opinion or yours is or anyone elses. It's an irrefutable fact whether you agree with it or not. Russia cannot argue what you claim because there was no possibility of Ukraine invading Russia and posing a threat to Russia's existence. Seriously, who invades a country with 6000 nuclear weapons? That is absurd. You know it and so does everyone else with a functioning brain. Thirdly, you obviously do not know much history. Here you are supporting Russia's unilateral invasion of Ukraine while criticising the US invasion of Iraq. Let me clue you in on the facts. Saddam Hussein had already invaded Iran causing a war that killed a million people. He also invaded Kuwait. Ukraine has not invaded any of it's neighbours or posed a threat to any of them. Saddam Hussein also used chemical and biological weapons on the Iran and on his own Kurdish population. Ukraine has done none of those things. Yet before invading Iraq, the US obtained 11 UN Security Council resolutions against Iraq. All 11 of these resolutions were supported by all 5 UN Security Council members, including Russia and China. How can you believe the Russian invasion of Ukraine to be justified and at the same time believe the US invasion of Iraq was wrong when Russia acted unilaterally and without any involvement by the UN? Your position is illogical. Try at least to be consistent and make some sense. Your response clearly does not adequately answer why Russia has broken both the Budapest Memorandum and international law. For Russia to have any justification, at the very least they should have gone to the UN and made their case. Russia didn't do that because it knew very well that it had no evidence. All they have is lies and propaganda. And you are wilfully swallowing them.
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  1933. As the US is obviously no longer a reliable military ally their nuclear umbrella is now worthless. Several nations will likely acquire nuclear weapons in the next 2-3 years. I'm thinking Japan, South Korea, possibly Taiwan, Sweden, Finland, Poland just for starters.
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  1934. ​ @abysswalker1042 Unfortunately, I can't agree. I think Trump is a symptom. America has changed but it's electoral system has not evolved. The system seems incapable of resolving conflicts in society with give and take negotiations. The winning side just lords it over the other one. The best outcome now is for the US to split up into smaller countries in which the populace have shared values. Until then, I believe things will get worse as political reform seems impossible. Imagine how bad the next Republican after Trump will be. Vance gave you a glimpse into the future. It's total war in US politics. The billionaires will continue to fund both parties until everyone is a slave and begging for food. The break up can not come soon enough.
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  1935. Why stop at 250%? Might as well make it a million percent for all the difference it will make. Trump has obvious mental health problems that should preclude him from any position of authority.
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  1936. ​ @venkats0iitk  Why was Serbia bombed? Because of their brutal wars against Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and especially Kosovo. Getting bombed is what happens when you wage genocidal war against your neighbours. So spare us the poor Serb victimhood story. They started the wars and got only a small taste of the suffering they inflicted on others. Ask Serbs what they did in Bosnia. The siege of Sarajevo. The massacre at Srebrenica. Maybe you should shut up until you know the facts.
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  1937. Putin and numerous other Russian politicians have made statements that Ukraine and its people are not a real nation and people. They are also forcibly removing Ukrainians captured in the conflict to Siberia and other remote locations and rapidly "Russifying" those regions. How is it possible to view Russia's actions as anything other than genocide? We are witnessing the genocide of the Ukrainian people and sitting back and doing the barest minimum possible. Putin is a genocidal maniac and he is supported by many Russians who shares his views Time for the whole of Europe/NATO to give Putin an ultimatum to stop immediately or enter the war in defence of Ukraine. The cancer of Russian fascism must be defeated.
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  1938. Complete defeat for Russia is coming soon.
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  1939. The only solution that will leave us safer is the defeat of the Russian military. So why are we delaying giving Ukraine every weapon they need including planes, long range artillery, more drones, missiles etc? The Russian military is weak and stretched out. Now is the time to hit them hard and destroy as much of their fighting capacity as possible. Time to stop talking and start doing what must be done.
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  1940.  @sticky59  How naive to think capturing territory is the same as holding it. Russia will be defeated and forced to withdraw from all of Ukraine. It will be humbling for all of Putin's brown-noses as much as for him.
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  1941.  @kuyva5546  Lost because now the entire Western world wants Russia defeated and will achieve it through unlimited weapons supplies to Ukraine and never-ending economic sanctions. Former friends and business partners are now deadly enemies. And they are 50 times more powerful than Russia. Putin is an idiot and so is anyone else who thinks Russia is winning from their invasion.
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  1942.  @axeliav  Then enjoy the sanctions and the consequences that come with them. As soon as Europe has found new sources of oil and gas, and that will be within few months, Russia is going to be completely cut off from the West. Erdogan has just told Putin clearly that even Crimea must be returned to Ukraine. India has started to shift it's support. China is staying out of it and is doing nothing to help Russia. You are down to needing Iran and North Korea to help you.
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  1943.  @lisadean5014  The migrants have all heard how great the Russian economy is doing and they're all headed for the good life there. Do you know that the US has announced it is going to name an operation in Ukraine, which implies funding it long term as well? I hear it's going to be called operation bear trap. But you keep believing the whole of the West is going to fall to a third rate economic and military power like Russia.
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  1944.  @therevolution8611  It will snow? Just taking a wild guess.
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  1945.  @lisadean5014  That has to be one of the dumbest comments I have seen in my life. The US withdrew from Afghanistan when it chose to do so. The Afghan government fell to the Taliban. If the US wanted to stay in Afghanistan for the next 100 years it could do so easily.
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  1946. Russia is somehow managing to stuff up every aspect of their war on Ukraine. It's almost as if they have a reverse Midas touch, everything they touch turns to excrement.
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  1947. Putin is the indicted war criminal if I recall correctly. You should try to boost your IQ above your shoe size.
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  1948. Imagine all those years of training and hard work it takes to snap a pic of your fanny and post it online. Must be a least a 4 year degree.
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  1949. ​ @grtcara8386  With US dominance in the sky the Ukrainians would be able to mop up on their own. No need for any American boots on the ground. The Russians would be running away faster than Usain Bolt.
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  1950.  @rustyb6892  Absolutely correct. Giving in will only embolden and incentivise Russia further. It can only lead to more Russian aggression. The timid response of the West in 2014 sowed the seeds of this invasion.
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  1951.  @ЕкатеринаРакова-ч5х  Sanctions take time. That will all change as spare parts for critical machinery become unavailable. This will reduce all Russian outputs. It took 40 years for the USSR to collapse. Russia is far weaker. I think you have about 5 to 10 years at best. Enjoy the gradual decline into the abyss. I know I will.
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  1952.  @gordonlinton3555  That comment marks you as a mental midget. You know absolutely nothing. But it doesn't matter what you think. Russia is slowly but steadily going to be ground into the dirt until it collapses. I'm going to enjoy watching the collapse. Have fun genius.
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  1953.  @vanhuvanhuvese2738  Iran is not pretending to be a global superpower that is trying to change the global order. Russia will slowly decline until it collapses, just like the USSR. There is no other possible outcome. History will simply repeat. Why India wants to hitch itself to a sinking ship, I don't know.
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  1954.  @ЕкатеринаРакова-ч5х  I'm not sure what your comment really means. But Russia is certainty the enemy of civilization in it's present form. Just stop the war in Ukraine and get rid of the psychopaths that run your country and you will be seen in a different light.
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  1955.  @ramonandrajo6348  If you dispute that buddy, you can point out on the map where the Soviet Union is located. On my map it doesn't exist. Remember a guy called Ronald Reagan and the Stars Wars program? Trying to keep up bankrupted that former communist evil empire. If I'm wrong, you can always explain the real reason it collapsed. If I recall correctly, it all started with a disastrous invasion of another country. Sound familiar?
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  1956. ​ @MrBeagleblue 3 years of failure and you think others are coping? You Russians are even dumber than I thought.
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  1957. I'm guessing he didn't say anything about hamas terrorism, right? They just murdered 1400 unarmed civilians and are holding children as hostages. But not a word of that was spoken.
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  1958. The Russians know they're going to get overrun by the Ukrainian counteroffensive and that there's nothing they can do about it. So they're lashing out in advance. We need to give Ukraine more weapons to strike the launch points of these missiles. Even if they're deep inside Russia.
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  1959.  @shivmaple1013  No, your last sentence was a statement.
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  1960. ​ @EricLaracy Are you suggesting we nuke Russia and be done with it? Or are you suggesting we just hand over the Ukrainians to Adolf Putin?
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  1961. ​ @JOHNSMITH-if9jr  Total Bullshit. If that was the case they would not have invaded from the north and attempted to take Kyiv. Also, just because people speak Russian in the East if Ukraine does not mean they support Russia or want to be a part of Russia. Those matters along with Ukraines borders were settled in the Budapest Memorandum and the referendum held at that time. All Oblasts voted to be a part of Ukraine. Go fk off with your lies.
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  1962. That never happened Russian troll.
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  1963. They applied to join!
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  1964. Come on Canada hit them with across the board tariffs of 1,000,000%. Just to highlight what a clown tRump is.
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  1965. You guys still kissing Putin's ass? You're pathetic. He's a war criminal. Stop embarrassing yourselves.
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  1966. Excellent comment. So much is at stake here. Ukraine must win even if that means getting NATO into the war and triggering ww3. This does not end with Ukraine. It is just the beginning.
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  1967. They all think riding the cc is harmless fun because their solipsism prevents them from considering what men want from a long term relationship. But the truth is that the cc damages them for life and no man worth his salt will accept damaged goods. Turns out it's hard to have your cake and eat it too. Personally, I avoid these cc riders like the plague.
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  1968.  @davidsphere  If Russia did not invade Ukraine in 2014, none of that ever happens. So it's Russia's fault. War crimes? Have a look at the thousand war crimes Russia has committed in Ukraine and you support them.
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  1969.  @davidsphere  Let's start with the fact that Russia invaded Ukraine. If not for that fact, there is no UN report to be made Russia is at fault Give it up mate.
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  1970. Putin has used false flag terrorist attacks in the past. Peskov stated today that Russia is in a war against NATO. This looks like a pretext for whatever Putin has planned in the near future.
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  1971. There is no alternative other than to confront and defeat Putin. He was appeased in 2014 and previously and he just returned for more. The same would happen again. If there is any indication of Putin putting his nuclear resources on high alert, it may trigger a preemptive strike against Russia. I'm sure it has been war gamed.
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  1972. ​ @austinjennsen9108 You funded pursuing your own nation's interests and nothing else. Leave already and stop trying to extort Ukraine. Trump has convinced you gullible Maga mor0ns that your friends are your enemies and your enemies are your friends. Russia has hundreds of nuclear weapons aimed at the US numbnuts. Ukraine has been defending US national interests.
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  1973. ​ @catmo3462 Trump losing two successive elections and losing the popular vote three times might be an ever so subtle hint to the Republicans that the public isn't buying what they're selling.
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  1974.  @Fantomas-dj7xq  Yet Russia keeps losing ground, military equipment and credibility. Go and have a good cry. Expect more Russian defeats.
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  1975. Trump and Epstein were great friends for years. What do you think the basis of that friendship was? I don't know if Trump is a pdf file. But I do know that birds of a feather flock together.
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  1976. That is a first rate comment. It is the inevitable outcome of where this war is heading. It may be the single biggest strategic blunder in the history of the multiverse.
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  1977. Lies. It's been the Russians threatening it repeatedly.
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  1978. If even one of these strelas manages to hit a vehicle near the front of the Russian convoy headed ti Kiev, it would stop the rest of the convoy.
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  1979. His admiration of Putin, Xi and Kim proves he is an extremist. He's also a convicted felon. Therefore, he's completely unfit to serve as President.
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  1980. As Ukraine have only very few long range missiles, I think what they are trying to accomplish here is to scare Russia into moving all their military aircraft out of Crimea in the same way as Russia has moved its Black Sea fleet. When the offensive begins in Kherson Russia troops will have little or no air support. With bridges, logistics, ammunition, fuel and command centres destroyed the Russian troops will have no alternative but to mass surrender. Just a thought.
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  1981. That's just one reason why the Chinese Yuan can never replace the USD as the world's reserve currency. The CCP controls everything and can destroy anyone on a whim. And no-one trusts the CCP. The same applies to Russia and the ruble. Your BRICS cheerleaders (like this channel) never think things through. Like it or loath it, the USD is going to remain the world's reserve currency for decades to come and with that it will remain the dominant economic and military power in the world. Suck it up losers.
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  1982. ​ @musicclassic5938 Russia only has 20k tanks in your dreams. The West will keep supplying Ukraine with all the weapons they need to win. Russia if fu*ked.
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  1983.  @davefave4351  Pro-Russians are all a bit dim.
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  1984. A mutant is already running the Kremlin.
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  1985. ​ @poornalingam6261 It's a fact Putin is a war criminal. Your support of his crimes reflects very poorly on you.
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  1986. There was no peace deal on the table. Russia is the aggressor. They should get out of Ukraine. You should stop supporting the mass murder of Ukrainians.
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  1987. Tofu-dreg islands?
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  1988.  @totoshaebosha7983  She was not a civilian. Anyone who is part of Russian propaganda and calling for the extermination of Ukrainians is a combatant. And nobody knows who killed her. Could be the FSB under orders from Putin.
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  1989.  @totoshaebosha7983  What does that even mean? I already told you, Dugina was a combatant in this war. So even if Ukraine killed her, it was justified.
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  1990. 11 Germany has turned against Russia and will spend 100 billion euros on upgrading their military and significantly increase military spending in future. So Putin has re-armed Germany. That surely is a strategic disaster. 12 He has restarted the cold war. The USSR couldn't survive the first one despite being vastly more powerful than Russia both economically and militarily. 13 His war will speed up the transition away from carbon based fuels in the medium to long term. As that is Russia's primary export, it's basically shooting yourself in the foot.
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  1991. It's a trap. Jake Broe explained it very well. I recommend his channel.
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  1992.  @kwismwikama  You should really stop commenting. NATO will never invade Russia. It is a defensive organisation. It will only wage war with Russia if Russia attacks one of its members. Have you noticed that NATO has not sent troops into Ukraine even though they could absolutely destroy Russia right now in a conventional war. But they know Russia has nuclear weapons, thousands of them. Nobody in their right mind invades a country with that many nukes. It is impossible to win. NATO poses no threat to Russia and will certainly never attack Russia first.
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  1993.  @kwismwikama  Did I write that Ukraine were in NATO? Maybe you can re-read my post. My point to you is that NATO will never invade Russia or any other country with thousands of nuclear weapons. Therefore your speculation about how it may occur is ridiculous.
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  1994.  @kwismwikama  I think everyone on the planet already knows that.
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  1995. I didn't delete anything. YouTube censorship deletes comments.
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  1996. No one knows better how to identify Nazis than Jews. And they are saying the Nazis are Russian. You should shut up about things you know nothing about.
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  1997. Where are the women taking action to stop these false accusers? They are few and far between because they also want the power to be able to destroy any man with their words.
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  1998. ​ @sjh1898 Because hamas launch rockets from civilian buildings thereby making those buildings legitimate military targets. Go and tell hamas to stop being terrorists and cowards.
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  1999. ​ @emcproducer The airstrikes are targeting places where hamas has launched rockets from so those places become legitimate military targets. Take this issue up with the cowardly hamas terrorists.
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  2000. ​ @hamidhamidi3134 Muslim invaders have murdered hundreds of millions of Hindus over the centuries. They know all too well what happened repeatedly throughout their history. They know Muslim terror. So why should they not have an opinion?
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  2001. Ukraine is producing a lot more drones so that's likely to bring the crisis point much sooner. Russia is doomed.
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  2002. ​ @vihuelamig Exactly. Each person can decide for themselves what they can and can't do. Every little bit helps.
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  2003. ​ @soyousay7751 Russia has annexed all of the 4 Oblasts. So it most definitely does not have what it wants. It needs to gain thousands of square kilometres of territory to achieve even those limited objectives. But instead, it has been losing ground for a year now. It's military is now severely weakened. And Ukraine is going to finish it off soon. You can cope all you want by believing that cowering in trenches around Verbove constitutes some kind of victory. Russia was on the outskirts of Kyiv and Kharkiv, remember? What happened? Got your asses handed to you. Go to the frontline coward. Stop making a fool of yourself.
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  2004. Both China and India send approximately 70% of their exports to Western countries. Several of the candidates in the Argentina election have stated they will not join BRICS if elected. BRICS is irrelevant except as a talking point.
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  2005. 90% plus
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  2006.  @rami8896  Iran would never make such a deal with Saudi. They are mortal enemies. It's far more likely they will try to destroy as much Saudi oil infrastructure as possible. Saudi would never be seen fighting alongside Israel. The entire Islamic world would be appalled.
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  2007.  @Professor6756  None of these can project power more than 100km from their border. And if they used nukes, they would be annihilated. I'd be more worried about more Chinese incursions into India if I were you.
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  2008.  @andrewwotherspoona5722  If you believe the Russian numbers that the IMF are going on, that's up to you. Russia is running a war economy. That is unsustainable. The outcome is bound to be the same as the USSR. Collapse is inevitable. It's just a question of when.
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  2009. ​ @warfarenotwarfair5655 Trump and his cultists jump at the chance to criticize Canada and others as not being good allies but can't say a bad word about Russia, which has hundreds of nuclear weapons aimed at them. Apparently Canada, which has fought along side them in numerous wars = bad. But Russia which is aiming all their nukes at the US = good. FMD! The mental gymnastics required to be a Trump supporter must be brain shattering.
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  2010. She still hasn't figured out that Chad never commits, no matter how long she rides the cc. The lack of self reflection is astounding.
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  2011. So you are agreeing with Zelensky. Because I don't see any rebuttal of his statement. Yes. India is buying Russias blood oil.
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  2012. Indians will believe anything. They just can't face the fact that the billions of dollars they have spent on Russian military equipment is mostly junk.
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  2013. Yes. Thousands of small actions like this are happening all across the frontlines. If you listen to the phone intercepts of Russian soldiers you will know that they are terrified of Ukrainian drones. They have a massive psychological impact.
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  2014. NATO crazy politics? Another one who loves dictators like Putin and Xi? If China invades Taiwan, an oil embargo is the least of their worries. As for using nukes, well if China wants to be completely annihilated, that would be the way to go about it.
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  2015.  @Stefan-mm5hc  NATO is not provoking any such thing. Russia invaded Ukraine if you recall. Your comments are the clue that you favour Putin and Xi. Do you have any criticism of Putin or Xi?
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  2016.  @Stefan-mm5hc  Just so you know, China and Russia both voted in favour of 11 UN Security Council resolutions against Iraq. Including the one that specifically stated it was Saddam Hussein's last warning. Even they agreed Saddam was a threat to the world and had to go. Were you in favour of the blood bath of Iraq's invasion of Iran? Or gassing the Kurds? Or invading Kuwait?
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  2017.  @Stefan-mm5hc  China and Russia voted in favour of 11 UN Security Council resolutions on Iraq. How could they impose sanctions when they agreed with the US? The US got rid of Hussein because he was a threat to the whole region.
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  2018.  @Stefan-mm5hc  You really don't know which system is the better one between the West and China/Russia? Really?
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  2019. The dysfunction in US politics is due to a section of the Republican party being infiltrated by their main enemy: Russia. Trump openly called for Russisn help in 2016 and received it. While you allow foreign interference in your elections without any consequences it will only get worse. I think Russian interference in US elections is an act war. A response of some sort seems necessary. The crazy will only stop with the defeat of Russia.
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  2020. @Slava Ukraine It is actually impossible for Russia to win at this point. The West has made the decision that Russia must lose. Whatever it takes. Once that decision has been made there is no hope for Russia because the West is 50 times larger economically and at least 10-20 times more powerful militarily. The outcome is inevitable except to brainwashed Russian cheerleaders like you who base their view on the mistaken belief that Russia is a superpower. It is nothing of the sort. We are now entering cold war mark 2. Just as the USSR could not withstand the West, Russia too will inevitably succumb. What is happening on the battlefield today is of little consequence. What is coming in the months and years ahead is what matters. Worse still for Russia is that it has no meaningful, powerful allies who are willing to support it. China has made it clear that it is staying out of Russia's mess and India is just prepared to buy some cheap oil. To believe that Russia can win over a long time frame is like believing an ant can slay an elephant. Russia is an ant compared to the combined power of its enemies. The noose is already around Russias neck and it's going to be continuously tightened until Russia is dead.
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  2021. A lot of Russians support the war and a lot more want to just turn a blind eye. The majority Russian people are just as responsible for this war as their leaders
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  2022. I'm sure both of them appreciate your support
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  2023. Putin is a terrorist who leads a terrorist state. Peace can only return after Russia is comprehensively defeated.
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  2024. Paying hush money is not unlawful. Did Clinton falsify business records while making a payment?
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  2025. Ukraine did not go to war. Russia invaded it. Shame on you.
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  2026. Maybe a peace deal is possible. Russia withdraws from Ukraine, which then joins the EU and NATO. While Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia are removed from the EU and NATO and become a part of Russian hell.
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  2027. ​ @НинаХаванова  Russian troll trying to deflect from Russia's crimes. Go to the front line coward. How can you have time to watch YouTube?
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  2028. The decline will probably be similar to that of Japan. China has probably reached its peak or is very close to doing so. After that a period of stagnation followed by slow relative decline is likely. If it happens that way, we may avoid war between the US and China. On the other hand, they may think they have one last chance to grab Taiwan before the decline. Only time will tell.
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  2029. ​ @Jadefox32 Trump had 4 years to solve the immigration issues while the Republicans had the majority in both the Senate and the Congress. So let's stop making excuses for his colossal failure. There's no border wall and Mexico sure as hell didn't pay for one. Isn't that what Trump promised in the lead up to the 2016 election? Trump is a dud. A lying, vengeful, narcissistic, criminal dud. He's not competent to run a hot dog stand, never mind the country. Giving him access to the nuclear codes would be like letting a monkey fly a commercial airplane.
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  2030. Russia could fight NATO any time in these past hundred days. They are terrified of NATO, especially now that they can see how weak and ineffective their military is against an opponent that is 100 times weaker than NATO. Russia will continue to kick and scream but will do nothing.
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  2031. You're spreading Russian misinformation and promoting their terrorism.
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  2032.  @mekbebtamrat817  What an ignorant comment. Russia would have been defeated in ww2 without the US Lend Lease program. You have fallen for Russian propaganda. NATO and the US are shocked at how weak Russia is. The Russian military is a paper tiger. NATO would steam roll them in days. The only thing Russia has, and which it can't use without also being destroyed, is nuclear weapons.
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  2033. If Russia has all those troops, why have they not sent them to Ukraine and won the war already? Why are they getting Syrians, North Koreans and other foreigners? Why do they need drones from Iran? It's clear that Russia simply does not have those resources. Russia is in a no win situation now. Putin miscalculated badly and created a trap for himself and now there is no way out. The US and Europe are just going to bleed the Russian army until it has no more manpower and is out of weapons and ammunition. I'm still laughing at Putin's stupidity and the gullibility of pro Russian commentators.
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  2034. If the SCOTUS oversteps its constitutional power can the State of New York refuse to comply because their rights are being trampled?
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  2035. ​ @rouz0 Your whataboutism is disgusting. There is no comparison to Iraq or Afghanistan. Your comment demonstrates that you support the vile atrocities committed by hamas. In supporting them, you are complicit in their murders.
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  2036.  @bilic8094  So nothing has happened yet. And no answer to my questions regarding Serbian war crimes in Bosnia and Kosovo. Just a vague, evidence-free claim about Kosovo. Give it up mate.
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  2037. Another Indian brown nose supporting Russian war crimes.
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  2038.  @bigampo984  It's going to result in the destruction of the Russian Federation. Well worth the price.
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  2039. The clearest lesson of this war is that smaller countries cannot rely on any undertakings made by bigger countries. Russia, the US, UK, China, India, Germany etc can never be relied upon. The solution is for smaller countries to team up and develop nuclear weapons. Only that can save them now and in the future. If Ukraine had kept it nukes rather than believe Russian, American and British lies, they would not be in this situation now.
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  2040. Russian troll supports Serbian war crimes too. You're a disgrace.
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  2041. ​ @РазрывШаблонов-е6щ  Typical response that refuses to take any responsibility and keeps blaming others for Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Until Russian imperialism and the arrogant, entitled mindset is defeated no-one will be safe. Stop being a coward and go to the front lines.
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  2042.  @evolassunglasses4673  Wishful thinking. China is clearly not helping Russia and India's capacity to help is very limited. Russia is on it's own and is being systematically destroyed, both economically and militarily. Just wait until Lend Lease starts. Russia is going lose all that territory it gained and the Crimean Peninsula.
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  2043. Trump is right. His payment of hush money was election interference. It's astonishing to see him screaming his confession.
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  2044. This is what happens when a bunch of Communists takes control of a country. Mandela must be spinning in his grave.
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  2045. Since Russia has broken the Budapest Memorandum just give Ukraine a couple of hundred nukes to use as a deterrent to Russia's attempt at genocide.
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  2046. ​ @navinkumar6388  When did Ukraine join NATO genius?
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  2047. ​ @ionecuff6323 Yes there was. Another lie by another low IQ, low information MAGAidiot.
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  2048. ​ @ionecuff6323 Bullshit. The jury was polled. The media you get your news from is lying to you again. And you're lacking the intelligence to understand that.
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  2049. India too. Kashmir, Sikkim, and all the north east states hate rule from New Delhi. India has to station tens of thousands of troops in those regions to maintain control.
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  2050. Meanwhile the Russian military is doing its best to cancel the Ukranian people and their aspirations for freedom. Putin is not as smart as he is given credit for by some.
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  2051. India's BRICS partner one day, invading India the next. India has a strange relationship with China.
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  2052. That is more a reflection of your low IQ than of western media.
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  2053.  @NK-ne9uf  You sound like a Russian troll. I'd be more worried about how Russia is going to survive over the next few years, if I were you.
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  2054.  @johncameron6864  Typical whataboutism. Care to give some of examples of the US invading democratically elected countries who are living peacefully with their neighbours?
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  2055. ​ @kostaanestopoulos5189 Rather than proving your point, all you have done is proven your lack of intelligence. Correlation does not prove causation.
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  2056. ​ @kostaanestopoulos5189 Since when does correlation prove causation? Once again IQ45 supporters demonstrate their inability to think rationally.
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  2057. ​ @ricecrash5225  Russia has reduced its oil exports by close to a million barrels a day over the past few months. So I'd say it's your comment that's irrelevant.
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  2058. Nonsense. We invested heavily in Russia, helping them get their oil fields back into production. Lots of Western companies invested in Russia and helped their economy grow. We signed the NATO-Russia Founding Act, which states we are not enemies. The West was never going to attack Russia. But Putin had other ideas. His delusions of empire has lead to this catastrophic invasion.
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  2059. Putin must know any use of nukes will start a series of responses and counter-responses such that all out nuclear war is practically certain. The West can't just back down and do nothing because that would allow Putin to use nuclear blackmail repeatedly to get whatever he wants. The other thing Putin has to consider is if the West detects movements of nuclear weapons or them being placed on a heightened state of readiness, it may lead to the West initiating a preemptive strike. There is definitely a plan for this and it has been war-gamed. If Putin and his generals have any sense of self-preservation they should stay well away from playing with nukes.
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  2060. Who are you referring to?
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  2061.  @soaringbumnm8374  Ah, a moron.
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  2062. No. It's Trump showing the world he has severe mental health issues.
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  2063. I've thought the same. The Russians seem completely irrational and unable to grasp the implications of their threats.
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  2064.  @russellpengilley5924  Yes.
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  2065.  @Tree_a_Boar  They're still subsidies. If the producers did not get subsidies the cost of fossil fuels would be higher. Also, the price of fossil fuels does not take into account externalities. Maybe someone can do the research that takes into account all subsidies and all externalities and we can become better informed.
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  2066. Today would be a perfect day to destroy the Kerch bridge. Just to demoralise the Russians further.
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  2067. Great news. I wonder how long it will take for Taiwan to mass produce these drones. They could sure use a few thousand of them as well.
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  2068. ​ @AndyM_323YYY  The generic western name is always a dead giveaway but thankfully they're too stupid to know that.
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  2069.  @giovanni-ed7zq  music to my ears.
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  2070. I watched a video of hamas launching rockets from a building that was primarily a residential apartment complex. Minutes later Israeli missiles hit that same building. So Hamas is hiding behind civilians, using them as human shields. They are murdering Israelis and Palestinians alike. These protesters should be screaming for the blood of the hamas terrorists. That's what they would be doing if they cared about the Palestinian people. But no. They are blinded by their hatred of Israel instead. So hamas is free to sacrifice as many Palestinians as they like.
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  2071. Israel is not using white phosphorus. Stop buying Hamas propaganda. I watched a video of hamas launching rockets from the roof of a residential building. Minutes later, it was struck by Israeli missiles. As Hamas is using the Palestinian people as human shields, how do you propose avoiding civilian casualties.
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  2072. ​ @japetbu3487 Russia is committing genocide and it's being quite open about it. They have admitted taking Ukrainian children across international borders and that is defined as genocide. That is what Putin has been charged with by the International Criminal Court. Israel is trying to rescue hostages that are being held by a terrorist organisation that is using the Palestinian people as human shields. Are you supporting hamas?
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  2073. No-one ever asks Trump how a negotiated settlement with Russia would be enforced. They had no problem reneging on the Budapest Memorandum and did so without consequences. No one presses Trump on the foolhardiness of negotiating with a murderous dictator who has already demonstrated he does not adhere to international agreements and international law. To believe Putin will change his spots is naive at best. Putin's word to Trump will be of as much use as Hitler's word to Chamberlain.
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  2074. Let's give Ukraine long range missiles for HIMARS plus everything else they need. The faster Ukraine can win back their land the less casualties there will be. It's the humane thing to do.
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  2075. Military transport planes are fair game. No potato for you today Igor.
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  2076. Not even that. Systematic lies from Russia.
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  2077. He obviously misspoke.
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  2078. @maggiebayka  You're doubly ignorant in doubling down on what was obviously a false claim. The onus is on you to prove your original claim that every US taxpayer was paying $3000 to defend Ukraine. That's complete BS. Also, the money spent in helping Ukraine mostly stayed in the US. Ukraine received old US weapons, while new replacements are manufactured in the US for your military. It boosted both the US military and economy. If you're going to make ridiculous comments expect to be fact checked.
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  2079. Can we stop giving this narcissistic trollop publicity.
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  2080. ​ @kumarj4693 Stop lying. Russia's invasion is pure imperialism. By supporting their war crimes you make yourself an accomplice.
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  2081. Every accusation by Russians is a confession. By supporting Russia's invasion and war crimes you become an accomplice. Shame on you and your filthy lies.
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  2082.  @SterileNeutrino  You sound like a proper goose.
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  2083. HT has become nothing more than a mouth piece for the war criminals in the Russian government. FYI: the US just announced that it is naming the operation in Ukraine, putting it under the Department of Defence and appointing a 1-3 star general to run the operation. Lend lease also begins at the end of September. What does this mean? The US is in for the long haul. Years if required. Russia is heading towards a humiliating defeat. It's going to be fun to watch Putin and his poodles on trial for their crimes.
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  2084. Russia is lying as usual.
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  2085. Why are you Russians so ashamed to use your Russian name? Who says Ukraine is ever going to leave Kursk? They may choose to Annex it to protect the locals from the Putin regime.
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  2086. Putin is a serial liar and a war criminal. You have to be completely brainwashed or extremely gullible to believe a word he says.
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  2087. ​ @traumvonhaiti The Russian military is less than half the size it was before their invasion. They've lost thousands of tanks, artillery etc. The Russian Ministry of finance publishes monthly figures showing energy exports down approx. 70%. Don't they give you trolls that information? The world is witnessing the demilitarization of Russia. It's inevitable that at some point in the not too distant future that Russia no longer has the military capacity to defend its borders. Then it's game over for the evil Empire.
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  2088. ​ @calistusfrancis1340  Ask the children of the Russian leadership, the oligarchs and their children. Because they seem to mostly live in the West, get their education in the West and have mansions in the West and keep there yachts in the West. They will be able to tell you.
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  2089. ​ @Hendrix04974 It's Putin that doesn't want peace. Your victim blaming is despicable. Get your gob off Trump's knob for a change.
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  2090. Trump the traitor as usual. Lock him up already.
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  2091. It's the demise of a career criminal. Whatever happened to do the crime, do the time?
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  2092. ​ @irdorath356 To do the most damage to Russia would be to comprehensively defeat it. If that was the West's goal, they would give Ukraine everything they need to get the job done. Stop trying to muddy the waters by making it sound like the West is at fault somehow. Russia started this war and is continuing to commit tens of thousands of war crimes. They are wholly responsible for the murder of innocent civilians which they are deliberately targeting. Have you got a bad word to say about Russia? Or are you cheering them on as they commit their atrocities?
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  2093. The West will bring inflation down over time. But Russia will collapse economically. So it's all good.
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  2094.  @winkus8586  The Russian collapse is inevitable. It's just a question of when. I'd give them 2 years to run out of money and parts. Putin will be dead along with all his supporters.
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  2095. So a man who broke the law to get elected now wants to play by the law, right?
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  2096.  @jasonmcclatchie6877  China is already the dominant supplier of almost all processed minerals and they buy them from everywhere. They don't need Ukraine's minerals.
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  2097.  @erueru2014  Sure, a monopoly would be nice to have but it's not a necessity. Europe would be well advised to keep China out of Europe. No good will come of it. The EU needs to step in and make a deal with Ukraine.
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  2098. He's not a good man. He's sacrificing Ukrainian children. What a c*nt.
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  2099. ​ @warnpassion Listing a few countries that are not Russia is irrelevant. It marks you off as a useless Russian troll.
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  2100. What did the West do to Russia? Invested in Russia and rebuilt its energy infrastructure after the disintegration of the USSR. Spent hundreds of billions of dollars annually buying that energy and increasing Russian prosperity. Without Western investment and technology Russia would probably not even exist. The problem is not the West. It's Putin and his mafia who have stolen trillions of dollars from Russia's people and want war rather than peace.
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  2101. ​ @dfloper You're a liar and everyone knows it. Reported.
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  2102. Just invade Cuba and annex it. That's what a non rules based world order would look like. So full support can be expected from China, Russia, India etc. If they're not against Russia invading Ukraine how could they possibly object?
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  2103. You love that they killed tens of thousands of civilians? Get help for your mental illness.
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  2104. Criminals get elected President nowadays. The people who voted for Trump are cretins.
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  2105. Unfortunately this will energize every right wing nut job in Australia.
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  2106.  @BasilSoup-dx1fw  Biden has got the job done before leaving office. Give credit where it's due.
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  2107. One can only begin to imagine how many men the first Chick was banging in the 2.5 years she had the weekdays to herself. That simp needs to get checked for every std under the sun.
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  2108. What do you expect from corrupt Marxists?
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  2109. As an Australian, I do not care if Rio Tinto is denied a mining license. That is a matter for the Serbian government and people to decide. But when you throw out one of the three largest mining companies in the world it tends to destroy investor confidence. Attracting investment from other potential investors gets more difficult.
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  2110. Russia is trying to swallow a porcupine This cannot end well for them.
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  2111. ​ @M8Stealth  It would be far more costly in the long run to do nothing and allow Russia to genocide Ukraine. Is that what you are supporting?
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  2112.  @WorldWide-q8v  Spare me the Russian propaganda. Ukraine fought back against the invaders. No-one was shelling Donbass before 2014. Whatever went on with Biden etc in no way justifies what Russia has done. And that cnut Trump is corrupt as anyone. Withholding military aid to Ukraine at a critical time was absolutely disgraceful.
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  2113.  @michellelewis3063  It is not about one way of thinking. You are just a plain moron. That is obvious from your comment regarding the West and Ukraine. Ukraine is a free and independent nation and as such it can choose who it wants to have alliances with. It is clear from how hard Ukrainians have fought that they obviously do not want to be a part of any Russian sphere of influence. They want freedom from Russian barbarism. You are a Putin apologist supporting mass murder and rape of Ukrainians. There is no justification for Russia's invasion and genocide in Ukraine. Go and read the Budapest Memorandum. Russia has trashed it's undertakings and is now a rogue state. This war can only end one way and that is with the total defeat of Russia.
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  2114.  @gmw3083  China doesn't have the balls to confront the US navy. They claim the South China Sea is theirs, yet the US navy sails through it at will. And all the hapless Chinese can do is flap their gums some more. Last war I can recall China starting they got their arses kicked hard by Vietnam. And Vietnam had no assistance from anyone else. As for the Russia, it's been well over a year and they're still fighting for Bakhmut. I don't think anyone outside of Ukraine has ever even heard about it before. And you are talking about hopium/copium. Best you keep taking your meds.
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  2115. ​ @VangsoVangso-ti4ls Then take your own advice.
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  2116. Hate to break it to you buddy, but it's only Pakistanis and Russians kissing Chinese butt these days. Wait until he does a video about Pakistan. I don't think you're going to like it brown man.
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  2117. Another DEI hire?
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  2118. "Ethnic cleansing" is genocide. Russia is a genocidal regime. The UN is obliged to act. If it won't, NATO should because Russia will not stop until defeated.
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  2119.  @jamescostello5676  So that's your way of conceding you have no counter argument? Imagine being dumber than a bot.
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  2120. ​ @Hu23kx You were only saying that because you don't have the intelligence to understand that the only party that could blow up the dam was the one who had access to it (Russia) and who mined it (Russia). It was literally impossible for Ukraine to do it. Once again Russians and their supporters are shown to be thick heads.
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  2121.  @davidreichert4750  Maybe it was the tooth fairy, Santa Claus and the Easter bunny that did it? You Ruscists are not the sharpest tools in the shed.
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  2122. Deception is an integral part of female nature. When even their ovulation is concealed, how can you expect truth in anything related to the mating game.
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  2123. Are you going to vote Republican at the next election?
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  2124. ​ @Stein871 More Russian lies. It's all they have left. It's why they can't win.
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  2125. At this point Russia can ill afford a war with Bhutan.
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  2126. The US has around 2000 F-16's in storage in Arizona. Similar for most other weapons and ammo. Putin, in his wisdom, has got Russia into an unwinnable war. He is a failed dictator and the sooner he is dealt with in the traditional manner, the better for Russians.
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  2127.  @SomeCantHandleTruth  Russia is very weak compared to NATO but you keep smoking pot and believing otherwise.
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  2128.  @SomeCantHandleTruth  Written by someone who supports Putin's war crimes but lacks the courage to go to the frontline and become fertiliser. Which is all you're good for.
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  2129.  @pikachus5m166  PZ most certainly predicted a Russian win early in the war. He, like others, overestimated Russia. It's clear to everyone with a brain that Russia is a second rate military power. Their inability to conquer Ukraine in 650+ days is proof of that.
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  2130. The Russians have lied so often now that it's fair to dismiss 99% of their claims as propaganda. The only good thing to come from it is that Putin will resist a large mobilization as he knows how unpopular that will be. This means Russia will be short on manpower and will not rotate troops. The collapse of their frontlines is coming. We just don't know when.
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  2131. ​ @CherryBoyReloaded They weren't ahead of their time. They were just plain wrong.
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  2132.  @joane24  You are an idiot.
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  2133.  @swadeisno1  There must be very few people on the planet that feel different. We all just want the horror to stop.
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  2134. Ukraine excelling once again at giving Putin a another dilemma.
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  2135. Thanks for the 3 minute vids. They're perfect. Straight to the point.
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  2136.  @Bayomeer  False equivalence dummy.
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  2137.  @hg2.  Russians appear to be turning a blind eye as if the war has nothing to do with them. That is not good enough. If they are against it, get rid of Putin and create a government that is peaceful and respects its neighbours borders.
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  2138.  @hg2.  People in the West fought and died so that we have freedom. It was not handed to us on a platter. Russians have a choice. You can live under dictatorships or become free. That's up to you. Millions of Russians died defending your nation from Nazi Germany. If only a fraction of that number were prepared to fight and die for freedom, you would have it.
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  2139. Isn't raising money by claiming the trial was rigged a form of fraud? Are there no laws against this?
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  2140. Iran is really asking for a beating. I think they're going to get it.
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  2141. Fantastic news. Also, Lend lease hasn't even started yet and there are thousands more Ukrainian soldiers who will soon be completing their training and headed to the front lines. Russia has grossly overestimated its military capabilities. A day of reckoning is coming soon where they lose 20k plus troops in a day. How will Moscow spin that? It is clear now that Ukraine is certainly able to drive the Russian army out of all of Ukraine, including Crimea and Donbass. We must give them all the weapons and training to achieve that goal. Slava Ukraine
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  2142. See your psychiatrist and take your meds. Russia defeated in Kyiv. Defeated in Kharkiv. Defeated in Kherson. Started the war occupying 14% of Ukraine. Stretched that out to over 30% a year ago. But now lost vast swathes of territory and now down to occupying just 18% of Ukraine and losing more ground by the day. Now go see your doctor.
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  2143. At a 50% tariff many imports will become uncompetitive in the market and those goods and services will never be imported. So the government will not collect any tariff revenue from those items. To make up for those losses in revenue they will need to raise the tariff to 100%. But then the same thing would happen again. Many more goods and services would become uncompetitive and no tariff revenue would be raised. Then they would have to raise the tariff to 200% etc. Conclusion: tariffs can never replace even close the amount of revenue being raised by income tax. Trump is going to destroy the economy.
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  2144. Yes. It's the quickest way to end the war.
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  2145. Putin didn't show MTG his plans for invading Ukraine and all the other states he has invaded, yet those invasions still happened. She has the reasoning skills of a goldfish.
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  2146. What that woman is saying is basically to let Putin win because he can never lose. It is an argument that amounts to appeasement. History proves that appeasement doesn't work. In fact, it only emboldens the aggressor further. We have already tried appeasement with Putin and look at the outcome. Putin concluded that he would get away with invading Ukraine just like his previous invasions because he got little more than a slap on the wrist. He has made his intentions clear. He wants to set the borders back to USSR times. Note the Soviet flags on the invading tanks along with his recent speeches and writings. NATO needs to intervene and defeat Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine. That is the only way to stop a bully. That is the only logic Putin understands. He is Hitler mark 2 and will only be stopped the same way.
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  2147. Shame on the US and on Israel for supporting Russian terrorism and war crimes.
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  2148. ​ @truthmonster3290 As soon as Russia weaponized energy exports it ceased to be a reliable or viable supplier. Even the Chinese don't want more Russian energy so that Russians can never blackmail them over it in the future. Russia is finished. The world doesn't need those war mongers.
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  2149. Every news media in the West is showing it. But only people with very sick twisted minds are supporting hamas terrorism. I see a million people cheering for cutting off the heads of babies. Sick, sick people.
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  2150. If we're putting America first shouldn't we help Ukraine defeat Russia, as Russia has hundreds of nuclear weapons pointed at the US? Any American supporting Putin is a traitor, including Trump, Johnson and the entire MAGA crowd.
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  2151. This can be prevented in future by giving Ukraine the long range missiles it needs to destroy the military bases in Russia and Belarus that are being used to fire these missiles. What are we waiting for?
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  2152. So many comments about NATO. But the real reason for the war is Putin's belief that Ukraine is an inalienable part of Russia. He had made this clear in writing and in numerous speeches. If you are at all educated and want to understand the cause of this war you can watch his speeches and read his writings over the past several years. Don't take my word for it. Research it for yourself. This whole NATO excuse is just a pretext. If Putin is truly concerned about having NATO on his borders then why has he taken action, which if successful, will mean he has several NATO countries on his borders? That makes no sense. Also, NATO is no more a threat to Russia than Russia is to NATO. Think about logically, neither can launch an attack on the other because both sides have literally thousands of nuclear weapons. No-one in their right mind would attack Russia because it is impossible to defeat them. If NATO attacked they would be annihilated by Russia's nukes and vice versa. Plus, Russia has had quite good relations with many NATO countries. In particular, Germany. They have a lot of mutual interests and their energy partnership benefits both sides. Ukraine has been refused entry to NATO and Germany would never have permitted it because of their good relationship with Russia. There was no need for this war because Ukraine is not a member of NATO and most likely would never have gained membership. If you want to use NATO as a justification, then at least wait until it's membership into NATO has been approved. Putin's ego and territorial ambitions are the primary causes of this war. The blame must be laid squarely at his feet.
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  2153. The NATO-RUSSIA Founding Act 1997 contains clauses that explicitly allow any nation that was formerly a member of the Soviet Union to join any alliance of their choosing, including NATO. You can google it and read it yourself. So do not believe the repeated lies by Russian propagandandists that some kind of agreement existed that precluded Ukraine or any other nation from joining NATO. That is a blatant lie. Don't fall for Russian propaganda.
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  2154.  @karankapoor2701  Trump has been indicted by several Grand Juries. It has nothing to do with Biden. Everyone in India knows corruption is rampant there. Modi is using corruption to attack his political opponents.
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  2155. Being of German descent, does that mean Trump has a genetic predisposition to murder Jews? That moron and his followers never think things through to their conclusion.
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  2156. Telling the truth in Russia is a crime. That means everything they say is a lie. I wish the media would stop reporting, "Russia claims..." Who cares what Russia claims. The day before the invasion they were swearing black and blue that they had no plan whatsoever to invade Ukraine. A few months ago Lavrov claimed Russia had been attacked. Need I go on?
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  2157. ​ @kittyhawk9707 They fired on it. Piracy and war crimes is all Russia has now.
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  2158.  @ilyake7862  Yes. I don't recall stating otherwise.
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  2159. As the aggressor Putin can end this war any time of his choosing. His war crimes must not be rewarded.
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  2160.  @eveleung8855  Yes. Sanction China too if it breaches the sanctions on Russia. We can start by placing 50% tariffs on all Chinese imports into Western countries.
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  2161.  @winzfeld1  India will never be on side with the West. It is a Russian ally and has been for 50 years. Just treat it as such.
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  2162.  @cooljosh2307  All but India are rapidly reducing their purchases. They're doing it in a way that won't tank their economy. India, on the other hand, has dramatically increased it's purchases from Russia. See the difference? You can stop being so disingenuous. India is basically assisting Russia to kill and grape as many Ukrainians as they like. Shame on India. But then again, it is known for it's grape culture, so hardly surprising.
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  2163.  @EdgarSchnegg  Is it because you support Russian imperialism? Or because you support Russian war crimes? Or is it because you support Russian racism? Or is it all three?
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  2164. Add terrorism to that bill and it's a winner.
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  2165. ​ @Teslafan9519 That sounds like a recipe for economic collapse. If everything is getting cheaper, why buy it today rather than delay the purchase until it's cheaper? Deflation is far riskier than inflation.
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  2166.  @Teslafan9519  Food is only one part of the economy.
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  2167. ​ @Zelensky_Huilo  More Russian lies and propaganda.
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  2168. It's far more insane to keep trading with Russia when the money will be used by Putin to wage more war on Europe. As difficult as it is, Europe and its allies must starve Russia financially and the only way to do that is to cease all trade as soon as practicable. Putin has proven with multiple invasions that he is a war monger and there is no reason to believe he will ever stop while he has the financial means to do so. Who in their right mind gives money to an enemy waging war on him?
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  2169. Kherson is a part of Ukraine. Putin has no say in what happens there. He is a war criminal. It's time to indict him and his cronies.
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  2170.  @janhanchenmichelsen2627  At last, someone who knows their stuff.
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  2171.  @momobhai3792  Did that trade agreement go ahead? I recall strong support for India from Western countries.
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  2172.  @cccc2740  Germany is slowly learning it's lesson that you cannot appease aggression. I can understand that they were trying to bring Russia into the European tent so to speak. But clearly Putin had other ideas. So because Germany made mistakes, now you support Ukranians being killed? It justifies India now propping up Russia to help it commit war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine? At least Germans can say they never thought Putin could go this far. Indians have seen what is going on, and some like you, still appear to support it.
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  2173.  make a wish  You look pathetic trying to misrepresent what I wrote. Agreements between nations are formalised. No one person speaks on behalf of the West. How can James Baker speak on behalf of 20 different countries? To give such an undertaking, he would have had to be Secretary General of NATO and he would have given it in writing. As I have pointed out to you, the issue was not on the formal agenda of that meeting. Gorbachev says no agreement happened. Russia and NATO signed their Foundation Agreement in 2002 and there is nothing in that document to prevent the expansion of NATO. Go and read the document. If Russia had a concern about it, they could have added that clause. But they didn't. Stop making a fool of yourself by blaming others for Russian aggression and expansionism.
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  2174. ​ @Byzantina1204 Followed by the great depression and WW2.
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  2175. How do they make their Senate and House of Representatives vote secret? Democracies do not function that way.
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  2176.  @learn1thing  They also restarted the cold war, which means hundreds of thousands of extra NATO troops parked on their borders. Russia will somehow have to match this and they clearly can't afford it. The sanctions will go on as long as the cold war lasts. Russia will be broke for decades. They got all the NATO members to increase their military spending to at least 2% of GDP. Germany is increasing its spending from $43 to $100 billion So they have rearmed Germany. And what did they gain? Ukraine was not a part of NATO and was not likely to be in the future. Ukraine doesn't have nuclear capabilities and was never likely to have them If NATO wants to attack Russia now it will be even easier and they can just as easily use nukes as one month ago. Add to that the whole world now knows that the Russian military is a paper tiger. So what has Russia gained? Nothing as far as I can tell and in the process they have lost big time. The sanctions are going to cripple their economic and technological development. The brain drain combined with their demographic problem is going to make things even worse in future. Putin has made a catastrophic blunder by any assessment of the pros and cons
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  2177. So they're deceiving men into having sex. Is this not some form of rape? New meme: All women are rapists?
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  2178. That drivel you got from another YouTube channel. That pro-Russian has got everything wrong because he just repeats Russian propaganda. There is no Russian intelligence, only stupidity.
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  2179. ​ @maxbenneton2328 Under Trump the US economy grew at an annualized rate of about 1% p.a. The most recent data for the third quarter was 4.9% for Biden. Appeasing Putin will result in Russia attacking a NATO country to test the alliance. That will lead to WW3. But you keep believing whatever your cult leader says.
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  2180. He is clearly suffering a mental illness of some sort. The constant deflection, the gaslighting, the inability to ever take responsibility. I'm not a psychologist, so I won't try and guess what it is but there is something definitely wrong with him. A few weeks in a padded cell might do him a world of good.
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  2181. Why would the US want to assassinate Putin? His leadership is leading Russia into the abyss. I'm starting to wonder if he's an American asset.
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  2182. Good analysis. However this counteroffensive goes, the West cannot afford to stop supporting Ukraine. That is unthinkable. It would amount to Russia winning and being able to apply pressure to NATO for decades to come. Russia will have succeeded in creating a new world order and the West can't live with this. I predict that if Russia looks like winning that NATO will intervene to ensure Russia loses. There is no other palatable alternative. Russia has locked itself into a no-win scenario.
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  2183.  @AlbertKimMusic  That's just Russian propaganda. No-one was ever going to invade Russia. But now that everyone knows how weak they are, it has opened up the possibility.
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  2184. My guess is you have no idea. Russia would never strike the UK because of MAD.
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  2185. It will be very interesting to see the response to this announcement by Erdogan and Modi. Both made their views very clear and Putin has just snubbed them. And all these nuclear threats affect Turkiye, India and China. I expect Putin is going to be even more isolated than he already is.
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  2186. I agree with you. It would make no sense to tell the Russians what weapons systems have been given to Ukraine. Let them discover a few surprises on the battlefield. They will be dead before they know what's hit them.
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  2187. ​ @Алексей-м8р6ж  Soviet troops or Russian troops? Sadly for you, Russia is not a shadow of what the Soviet Union was and it never will be. And let's not forget the Soviet Union collapsed despite being far stronger than Russia. This will give you an insight into what awaits the Russian Federation. I almost can't believe Putin is so stupid. But he is and so are his supporters.
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  2188. He has stated that if Russia defeats Ukraine that it will not stop there. Ultimately leading to nuclear war. Helping Ukraine win should be priority number 1 for the whole world.
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  2189. It's nothing more than a distraction from Turkey's economic woes. All bark, no bite.
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  2190. Harris was the one damaging your democracy? Wasn't it Trump who still refuses to accept his defeat in 2020? Trump voter and rationality go together like oil and water.
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  2191. A lot of those farmers voted to have their work force deported. No bailouts for them once the shtf.
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  2192. They all know they're sitting on a gold mine and want to get the maximum price for giving up the gold. But few know that the gold mine runs out of gold at about age 35.
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  2193. Surveillance media has allowed Russian disinformation to take hold of the MAGA morons. It's going to destroy democracy if it's not regulated. Perhaps anonymity needs to be removed from all platforms so that only real people can participate? The current situation gives America's enemies a free hand at destroying it from within.
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  2194. You do. It may also help you with your spelling.
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  2195. It's not only France that Russia is at war with. They've been waging hybrid warfare against the US and the rest of Europe for many years. How the US can put up with election interference by Russia is beyond me. That alone is grounds for war to prevent it from ever happening again.
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  2196. ​ @Mike-up6hw  Those Russians came to kill him, grape his wife and abduct his children. Death is nothing less than they deserved. A few harsh words is nothing compared to what the Russians are doing.
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  2197. Lithuania should just deny that there is a blockade just as Russia deny there is a war going on. On the BBC Lavrov stated that Russia has not invaded Ukraine. He said it with a straight face. He was adamant. So give them the same type of reality-denying response. There heads may just explode when faced with their own stupidity.
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  2198. If Trump is convicted will he undergo a pre-sentence psychological evaluation? Or will it happen before entering prison?
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  2199. If Putin wanted to fight NATO and genuinely does not fear doing so, then he can just invade a NATO member any time he wishes to. So what's stopping him? Knowing that his second rate military would be completely destroyed within weeks? Yes, that's the problem. India must be concerned knowing all the billions of dollars it has wasted buying Russian military junk.
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  2200. If we don't laugh at the Russians what else is there worth laughing at?
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  2201. Almost all those far right voters seem to be based in former East Germany. Maybe German reunification was not such a great idea.
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  2202. Can 41% of women really be voting for a sex offender?
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  2203. The only advice she should be giving is on how to dodge a harpoon. It may be her only success in life.
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  2204.  @championknife  You still haven't posted your source. So we can take it you're lying and working for the war criminals in the Kremlin.
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  2205. Trump keeps saying the system is rigged but can't provide any evidence. He may as well be saying that unicorns exist over and over again. He's clearly not the sharpest tool in the shed.
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  2206.  @palastine4palastinians  Even worse, imagine putting yourself in that position as a consequence of your past actions.
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  2207. Excellent comment.
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  2208. ​@Jan Krynicky What problem will it cause the US? The problem is India doesn't want yuan and China doesn't want rupees. Heck, even Russia doesn't want to accept rupees for their oil.
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  2209.  @mosalethoba5267  I think you will find about 30 countries are sanctioning Russia. Included in that is Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. No. That is not a dictatorship. As far as I know they are all democracies. Should we not sanction a country that has invaded it's neighbour contrary to international law, and is committing war crimes and genocide? If someone robs you in the street, do you think they should be sanctioned in some way or just be allowed to get away with it and go about their business? If you were the one being attacked, your partner being r*ped, your children being bombed, you would be demanding that someone intervene to help you and that justice be done, wouldn't you?
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  2210. So Trump has been making America gay again all along. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I wonder what his evangelical supporters think.
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  2211. ​ @vokoloco There was never any such agreement. In fact, there is one that says openly that any country can join any alliance of their choosing. It's called the NATO-Russia Founding Act 1997. Russia started the war in 2014 by invading and annexing Crimes. Ukraine has been trying to defend itself ever since. You are a liar. Reported
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  2212. Trump says he didn't take a tax deduction. But he's a compulsive liar. I just don't believe anything he says unless there's corroborating evidence.
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  2213. Putin admitted that Russia has lost 54 tanks in his meeting with the Russian milbloggers. That's most probably an underestimate. The russkurwe are getting smashed.
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  2214.  @nasterfireguy4467  Russia lost 45,000 square kilometres of Ukraine since March 21. Russia has now admitted that it has culminated. This is before the new Western weapons have arrived, before Lend Lease program starts, and before winter. Get ready for a humiliating defeat for Russia. Shame on Russians who support Putin's war crimes.
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  2215. If the objective of this terrorist attack was to thwart the normalisation of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, I think it's going to backfire. The Saudis are looking for a security guarantor and, realistically, only the US can project the power required to protect them. Having Israel on their side would be an added bonus. This attack just emphasises the reality that the US and Israel are the most practical bulwarks against Iran, since Iran is backing both hamas and hezbollah. I think this will indirectly help Ukraine in the long run.
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  2216. China is cruising for a bruising. It's tiny, impotent little navy is poking the most powerful navy in history. This is going to end very badly for them.
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  2217.  @tuckerbugeater  Clearly Putin is not that smart either. Eventually he will overstep some NATO/European red line and he will find himself at war with 30 countries.
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  2218. Does he ever stop whining and lying?
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  2219. ​ @TheSyndicate09  You appear somewhat intellectually challenged. Nuclear blackmail can never be allowed to work because it will be repeated over and over again. Since you love Putin so much, why are you not on the frontline already?
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  2220.  @jimboswell4818  He only has to make a policy announcement. Is that so hard? Why is he not doing so?
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  2221.  @jimboswell4818  Your hearing him speak on it is not a policy document. Do you understand that some people want to read the policy for themselves rather than go on hearsay? There is nothing snide about wanting facts rather than hearsay.
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  2222.  @kilomike2781  Floating a trial balloon is not a policy. You are admitting the alleged policy does not exist. Let me know when it becomes Republican Party policy so that I can read the document. Until then, only the most gullible will believe it.
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  2223.  @jimboswell4818  You are not the sharpest tool in the shed. My tone was matter of fact. You have done nothing to back up your comment. Come with facts or get lost.
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  2224. Thanks for the laugh. Trump could always release his academic records or take that IQ test he suggested every President should take on the Joe Rogan podcast. Any guess why he won't do either?
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  2225. @BadwolfFPV  He only appears that way to his even lower IQ supporters. Just consider his absolutely stupid remarks blaming Zelensky for Putin's invasion. As I wrote previously he can always prove his intelligence but chooses to hide his academic records and will not do an IQ test.
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  2226. The defeated Russians left all their heavy equipment and ammunition behind. Lyman will fall within days. But you keep dreaming buddy.
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  2227. Dweeb gives away his usual pro Russian bias. What a cope: NATO trained, using NATO weapons. But not NATO. Just imagine if was actually NATO forces. They would be in Moscow by dawn. Wake up Russians. There is no way to win this war. Surrender while you still can.
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  2228. Yes. Good question.
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  2229. There is an easy way to stop the war. Give Ukraine 200 nukes. Ukraine can tell Russia they have the same doctrine as Russia. The nukes will only be used in the face of an existential risk to the Ukrainian nation. Now let Putin ponder whether it is prudent to continue the war or not.
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  2230. Pager brand Nomorenutz has issued a product recall.
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  2231. It's hard to build an empire when you're broke.
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  2232. When the billionaires own 95% of the media and spew propaganda 24/7 how is it possible to have fair elections? There seems little difference between the US and Russia. Both are run by and for their respective oligarchs. The illusion of democracy has been shattered. Elections will continue to be held but the Democrats will never win again. Project 2025 will ensure that. Trump has absolute power. There are no checks and balances that can constrain him in any way. This is going to end badly.
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  2233. It's child abuse. That teacher should be charged.
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  2234. The aftermath of the sanctions will be the collapse of Russia. As soon as Russia switches off all the gas they will permanently establish themselves as an unreliable supplier. There is no going back from that. Europe knows it must find alternative sources of energy. And the transition and away from carbon based fuels will accelerate over the medium to long term. Within 10 years Russias source of wealth will evaporate. Combined with its demographic problems and the brain drain out of the country and Russia will be finished.
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  2235. You decide which companies you invest in, right? If you're not happy with how a company is performing you sell your shares and so do other investors. In that respect, the marketplace is free.
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  2236. ​ @keys1420 You were funding the war in Afghanistan. Putin was still preparing for the invasion of Ukraine. Your belief that Trump is a peacemaker is delusional. It has no basis in reality.
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  2237. Coming from the people who massacred thousands of people at Srebrenica, that shows a breathtaking lack of self awareness.
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  2238.  @aymenaymen7533  NATO has never forced any country to join it. Those countries who choose not to join are free to make their choice. Like Sweden, Finland, Switzerland. They are not in NATO and that is ok. Be careful what you wish for. You may just get a world with no moral or political constraints. Since the US, NATO and their allies are by far the most powerful nations on earth, they will dominate the world. People like you are cheering on Russia only because you have no power and feel impotent.
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  2239.  @aymenaymen7533  You are supporting Russia. Imagine supporting the country that invaded its neighbour contrary to international law. Then destroyed it's cities and mass murdered civilians in their thousands. You want to talk about morality but you are supporting Russia even after what you have seen in Bucha? Men were tortured, had their hands tied behind their backs, made to kneel and then shot in the back of the head. Hundreds of them. Some of them were then run over by tanks. You support this and you have the audacity to talk about morality? You do not have any morality. You are a disgusting individual for supporting these atrocities and war crimes. You still only speak in generalisations about the West's supposed evils. Because if you start to get into specifics, you know you whole argument will fall apart. You support dictators in Russia and China. By doing so, you also support the genocide of the Uighers in China. Whatever the shortcomings of the west, we are way better in every way than the regimes you support. Let me ask you this, if the West is so rotten, do immoral, why does nearly everyone want to migrate there? Why are people not beating a path to Russia and China if they are so fantastic? If the West is so evil, why did Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Czech, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania etc all join the EU and NATO? They had a choice, they could have stayed in Russia's sphere of influence or neutral, but no, they decided to apply to join the West? Why? And what of Russian imperialism? Do you support that. During USSR times they organised dozens of coups in Africa, Latin America. They also invaded Afghanistan, Chechnya and numerous other countries. Look at their history over centuries.They are a violent imperial empire and you support them. And what of China? Tibet? Attacks on India, Vietnam, the build up in the West Phillipines sea? You support all these things? You are blinded by hatred. and still NATO has never invaded anyone.
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  2240.  @sinoroman  Russian borders have been secure since the signing of the Budapest Memorandum. Russia is the aggressor and you are a disgusting individual to support their atrocities.
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  2241. The Russians appear to support the war crimes being committed in their name in Ukraine. They just don't want to talk about it because they know it will make them look like pieces of excrement.
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  2242. ​ @america1stpatriot127  The last places that you will find liberty are dictatorships such as Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
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  2243. @Prashant Sharma This is close to the most delusional comment ever. Russias economy is absolutely sinking and India does not have the technical skills that are required to keep Russian oil wells operating. All India has done is attached itself to Russia's sinking ship. Congratulations, idiots.
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  2244. ​ @DmitryP-l1q  No. Ukraine is defending itself from Russian invasion and genocide. Helping Ukraine is indeed money well spent.
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  2245.  @DmitryP-l1q  Whataboutism and false equivalence. The two standard tactics of the low IQ Russian troll. Russia has invaded Ukraine contrary to international law and in breach of the Budapest Memorandum. They have committed uncountable war crimes, many of which they are not even bothering to try to cover up.
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  2246.  @jovanspasic3755  Just what I'd expect from a Serbian spastic.
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  2247. Most of their planes have been destroyed. If they escalate any further, the West will just give more weapons to Ukraine. Russia cannot defeat the West. It is a second rate military power.
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  2248. Generations of people who lived in freedom were the beneficiaries of defeating Hitler.
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  2249. Every time Trump peddles the lie that the previous election was stolen, both Fox News and Newsmax are fact checking and correcting him instantly. It must be hard for the MAGA's to stomach Trump's biggest lie being corrected. It's immediately obvious that he has no credibility and that he did in fact lose the election.
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  2250. If those weapons were not game changers, Russia would have occupied Kiev 3 months ago. Ukraine needs thousands of heavy weapons, not 50 or 100. Once they get those, Russia is toast.
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  2251. Indians who support this barbaric invasion have no morals. To actively increase energy purchases to help Russia commit more war crimes tells everything you need to know about such people. Before you claim hypocrisy, all of Europe and other civilized countries are cutting down their purchases and transitioning away from Russian energy. This takes time. But the process is well underway. India, on the other hand, supports the aggressor. The only saving grace is that it is clear India is hostile towards Europe and the US. One can see it in the comments and in their policy. When Russia loses, and they will, India will find it has tied itself to a sinking ship. Now that India has taken sides, don't expect the same relationship western nations. We know you are not our friends.
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  2252. Wrong. I'll tell you. Tibetans and Uighers. They are more than being threatened, China is committing genocide against them.
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  2253.  @NameRiioz  China is a threat to Tibetans, Uighers, the Philippines, India, Vietnam and numerous other countries. It's time to deal with China and their aggression.
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  2254. ​ @VIPER276 That is complete BS. After the war Stalin said that if not for the Lend Lease program Russia would not have defeated Germany. You are a troll and not a particularly intelligent one.
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  2255.  @birdyflying4240  No they are a special economic operation. I would be ok with Russia cutting off gas and oil to Europe. Their economy will collapse. Go and study history and see if you can figure out why the USSR collapsed. Russia as a whole is much weaker than the USSR ever was and Europe and the US are much stronger. Cold war 2 can only end with the collapse of Russia. If I was in charge of sanctions I would just cease all trade. Let's see who can withstand the pain the longest. China and India will be of minimal help to Russia as their economies would be devastated too.
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  2256.  @fengkuangyu7116  The Russian red line was a pretext. The US red line is there to reign in Russian aggression and war crimes. It's not that hard to tell the difference. The Chinese government seems to understand. They have stated repeatedly that they support international law. They support the territorial integrity of Ukraine. That being the case, it's reasonable to expect China not to help Russia avoid the sanctions.
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  2257.  @chrisronald2856  China can do as it wishes and so can the western countries. If China assists Russia in their clear breach of numerous international laws and the war crimes they are engaging in, then China can have no complaint if secondary sanctions are imposed on it.
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  2258.  @dreamnakerma718  Do as you wish. But don't cry about the consequences.
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  2259.  @chrisronald2856  If EU and US sanction China and you retaliate, who will be buying Chinese exports? China needs them to keep buying or your economy will collapse. The Chinese government is too smart for that.
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  2260.  @chrisronald2856  Do some research and see who your customers actually are. If we boycott each other's countries the West will be much richer and China much poorer. Unemployment in China will crush ordinary Citizens. Personally, I think it's in the West long term interests to cut off China.
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  2261.  @chrisronald2856  The EU, US and their numerous allies will do what is in their interests too. If that means sanctioning China, that is exactly what will happen.
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  2262.  @alberthenriette8976  If you are going to try some whataboutism, you should at least first learn some history. The red line in Iraq was UN Security Council Resolution 1441. It gave Saddam Hussein's government one final chance to comply with the previous 10 UN Security Council Resolutions regarding weapons inspections and disarmament. It was passed 15-0. China and Russia both voted in favour. When Saddam refused to comply, the US and its coalition invaded Iraq. Now, where are the UN Security Council Resolutions against Ukraine? What is Ukraine's crime? And who is Russia to breach all international laws and invade them and also commit the heinous war crimes that you can see on your TV?
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  2263.  @zjc8043  You will get your sanctions. The decoupling is going to destroy you. Enjoy the collapse of Russia. I know I will be.
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  2264. If you really believe Russian state media is more truthful and accurate than western media, you must have rocks in your head.
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  2265. If they were not there you would be witnessing a full scale war between Kosovo and Serbia and pethaps even Albania. NATO peacekeepers are doing their best to prevent that.
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  2266. Surely if the price of oil rises there's more incentive to produce locally.
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  2267.  @DefensePoliticsAsia  Since you're hunting at something, why not just say what you think is happening.
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  2268.  @MASC440  But if Russia steps up by mobilizing large numbers from Moscow and other big cities, that will probably trigger Putin's downfall. He's really dug himself into a huge hole.
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  2269. The dumbest trade war in history brought to you by the dumbest president in history.
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  2270. ​ @John-hu9qg Grozny was virtually razed to the ground by the Russians when they sought freedom. Ukraine defended themselves after Russia invaded Crimea and Donbass. Igor Girkin Strelkov has admitted that it was all Russian military and FSB. Local Russians had no problem living in Ukraine since the Budapest Memorandum. Now f. Off liar.
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  2271.  @yellowtunes2756  You are the brain washed one. If what you say is true, Russia would have free and fair elections and any group could vote at a referendum for independence and Russia would respect their choice. Russia is an imperial power. It conquers it's neighbours and murders and deports them to Siberia and Russifies those regions. You need to read some Russian history. You must be a paid Russian troll or wearing rose tinted glasses. And Putin and the FSB were behind several of those false flag terrorist attacks. Just as they were the first instigators of the invasion of Crimea and Donbass. You can watch the confession by Igor Girkin Strelkov.
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  2272. The only way to end Russian aggression is by defeating them on the battlefield. Putin has both stated and shown his intentions. He wants to take over not just Ukraine, but all the former states of the Soviet Union. Appeasement after his invasion and annexation of Crimea is how we got to where we are now. Further appeasement can only lead to more war. Let's give Ukraine everything they need as a matter of urgency.
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  2273. I have a lot of respect for Seba but I'm not sure this can happen as quickly as he thinks or will be as utopian as suggested here. Where will all the resources required come from? Already we face the prospect of shortages in copper, lithium, and other resources. Getting mines operational is very time consuming. A typical mine takes 10-15 years from discovering a resource to mining. This revolution is extremely capital intensive. So it will confer greater economic advantage to wealthier nations, corporations and individuals. That will also give them more power than they already have. It also requires advanced science, technology and engineering skills. So again the winners will be the advanced nations and the wealthy. UBI may or may not work. How will poorer countries fund it? Will the super rich be willing to fund it? If they refuse, they will be able to use their army of robots to suppress or eliminate the poor masses. No-one can predict the future but we have to consider all the possibilities and risks going forward.
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  2274. That was not the case next at all. Stop defending a mass murderer and war criminal.
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  2275. The Russian trolls are trying hard to deflect from this devastating news. They know Russia is finished.
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  2276.  @niblet112  To try and influence opinion in the UK. The dead giveaway is the emoji at the end of their comments comrade. Also, I never suggested they were intelligent.
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  2277.  SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION  If you don't post that are you going to be thrown out of a window?
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  2278.  @barbarathoas6283  It's dirt cheap in Russia. Go already.
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  2279. ​ @AZ-kr6ff Try harder vatnik. All your lies and support of Russian terrorism have been reported.
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  2280. Yes. Prigozin is a Putin mouthpiece.
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  2281. They will never recover. Their demographics were disastrous before the war. Now there is no way to recover.
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  2282. Most probably it will detonate when they try to launch. Result: thousands of dead Russians. They're probably also stupid enough to have dozens of other nukes stored nearby, causing a chain reaction.
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  2283. Putin invades a sovereign nation contrary to international law, his forces commit massive war crimes and target civilians, destroy civilian infrastructure and now he wants the rule of law to apply? NATO needs to get boots on the ground and planes in the sky and destroy the evil little dwarf.
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  2284. ​ @AllenKranawettrr Committing a war crime in Gaza does not constitute peace. It's extraordinary how you maga cultists will endorse every Trump brain fart.
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  2285. ​ @richardthomas5362 They have all been attacked by hybrid warfare and should act against Russia. Enough is enough.
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  2286. After Russia is defeated in Ukraine, India will not have a single worthwhile ally in the world. Congrats for chaining yourself to a sinking ship and isolating yourself from all the powerful nations.
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  2287. The hypocrisy of the Palestinians and their supporters is mind blowing. No criticism of the terrorist atrocities committed by hamas. Al Jazeera can't even bring itself to use the the word even after hundreds of unarmed civilians are murdered in cold blood, after those murderous hamas cowards have cut the heads off babies. But as soon as Iarael fights back and cuts the terrorists off, suddenly they want international law to apply. The people in the comments section are terrorist sympathisers. The Palestinians have waged wars and supported terrorism for decades. Every government rhe Palestinian people choose is pro-terrorist. That's not a coincidence, it's a choice. You reap what you sow. Own it terrorists.
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  2288. He is batshit crazy. All he does is regurgitate Russian propaganda. Appeasers will get us all killed by causing WW3.
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  2289.  @MarcosElMalo2  Ukraine's main supporter is the US. They have not had their energy affected by the war. The Lend Lease program will continue unabated for at least 2 more years. Putin went all in and now has no way out other than military defeat. Over the winter Ukraine will have a significant military advantage and will use that to maximum effect. Some EU countries wavering will have a negligible effect on the outcome.
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  2290. The barbarian Russian invaders are steadily being driven out of Ukraine. Stop supporting those war criminals.
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  2291. Very unlikely. The Russians hate giving any credit to Ukrainian military capability. They would rather claim it was friendly fire. So if they are admitting it was shot down by an F-16 then that's probably what happened.
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  2292. Very unlikely. The Russians hate giving any credit to Ukrainian military capability. They would rather claim it was friendly fire. So if they are admitting it was shot down by an F-16 then that's probably what happened.
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  2293.  @Freddymango  Have you not observed that over a year ago the Russian army had a 60km convoy of tanks etc right on the outskirts of Kyiv. But since then have lost that battle and the battle for Kharkiv and much of the region around Kharkiv and also Kherson? Now they're desperately trying to hold off Ukraine in empty villages barely 50km from the Azov Sea. They're going to attack NATO? Mate, get a f*cking brain. Even Poland, without NATO, is thinking, go ahead, make my day.
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  2294. The top 5 countries mine approx. 43% of all the gold in the world. Those countries would be rich. The countries that don't have gold will be instantly dirt poor. Conclusion: lots of wars.
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  2295. Hostile and uneducated. Sounds like he's talking about maga.
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  2296. ​ @Greenface35 That's not the point. The US isn't trusted any more. Shaking down and ally that's been invaded makes you an unreliable security partner to say the least.
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  2297. ​ @danaterry4975 It may in fact be literally impossible.
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  2298. ​​ @AkenValle And yet, Russia is still losing ground, even with a 7:1 artillery advantage and air superiority? Either the Russian military is incompetent beyond the imagination and/or you are the one who needs a brain.
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  2299. ​ @richy69ify But Biden has been tougher on Putin than Trump. You Trump supporters are not the sharpest tools in the shed.
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  2300. Once a 304, always a 304. And the they have the audacity to ask where have all the good men gone. Good men deserve far better than trash like this 304.
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  2301.  @ez6888  Losing on the lottery only costs a few dollars. Losing on a woman will cost you your life savings and possibly future income until you die. Any man marrying these Trollops is a fool.
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  2302. If Ukraine had the long range missiles to take out even half of Russia's oil refineries this war would be over in no time. Lets give them the missiles and let them use them inside Russia. 50 missiles will get the job done.
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  2303. Who prefers converting their currency into RMB and keeping it in a Chinese bank to USD kept in a US bank? Who trusts a communist party with their wealth? There is no chance the RMB will replace the USD. None.
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  2304. ​ @ChristopherFodor Your original statement was absurd. Yes, go to Donbass in Ukraine and see if life is better or worse for Ukrainians. Don't forget to have a few days in one of the torture centres and let us know how it was.
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  2305.  @ChristopherFodor  I have a feeling life would be bad for you no matter where you lived.
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  2306.  @ChristopherFodor  There is something not quite right with you. You come across as not being the sharpest tool in the shed. Stop and think about your original post. You're actually wondering if life would be better under occupation. The level of stupid in that is mind boggling.
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  2307. What is the point of interviewing a guest and cutting him off before he can provide the relevant information? Pathetic interview.
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  2308. ​ @cardndmch Who are these elites? Name them. What are their alleged crimes? Whataboutism is an argument made by morons. All the more so without any evidence.
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  2309. Germany's economy is 2.5 times larger than Russia's. So the impact is not equal. Russia will feel it much more.
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  2310.  @adagietto2523  Yes exactly. If you don't agree with Russia they must kill you. That is some insane logic.
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  2311.  @mac-xk1ec  If you have a specific point to make regarding history, then why don't you make it! Do you think people reading your comments are mind readers? Which part of history are you referring to?
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  2312.  @utrukkurtu7293  You should improve your comprehension skills before making an irrelevant comment.
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  2313.  @mac-xk1ec  It's good that you clarified what you mean. My meaning was clear: Russia is not Germany's friend. They are hostile adversary.
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  2314.  @mac-xk1ec  Do you actually have a point or just keep claiming you have some special knowledge that I do not know about? What are you trying to say? Your comments are incomprehensible.
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  2315.  @Le_Dislike_Button  Russia wants to smash the world order and freeze Europeans to death and you seem surprised that Europeans are prepared to make the sacrifices needed to defeat Russia. What did you think would happen, everyone would just put their hands up and surrender? You Russians are not very good at thinking things through, are you?
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  2316. US weapons manufacturers are willing to do so as part of the Lend Lease program. That will be enough for Ukraine to defeat Russia.
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  2317. ​ @joyaku3078  That is blatant misinformation.
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  2318. The voting system appears to be past its use by date. Get rid of the electoral college and create a national independent electoral Commission. One malicious actor has exposed the many flaws in the current system.
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  2319. It's a false equivalence.
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  2320. Ukraine is also getting assistance from non-NATO countries. It's not that much but tips the balance even further in their favour.
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  2321. I keep saying it: Russians are plain stupid. This will cause so much outrage that even more weapons will be sent to Ukraine. ATACAMS coming soon. Even more F-16's coming soon. God only knows what else.
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  2322. Trump has nothing. He's the one begging for this deal.
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  2323. That's perfect timing by Putin. Just as Ukraine is getting their hands on $50 billion of Russian money they now have a new weapons supply option.
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  2324. Talk is cheap. Seeing is believing. Let's see what happens in those regions over the next few days.
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  2325. He couldn't even stay awake at his criminal trial. It's time to retire him to an aged care facility or psychiatric hospital or a prison cell. He's far too mentally unstable to have access to the nuclear codes.
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  2326. ​ @skipperg4436  How did luck play a part? I think luck had nothing to do with it.
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  2327.  @rorychivers8769  They never seem to consider if Nukes are dropped on just the 5 largest cities in Russia, they effectively cease to exist as a state. And they should know by now, the West only uses precision weapons.
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  2328. Brazen lies! You trolls should at least try to make your lies seem plausible.
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  2329. There are consequences for every Russian atrocity. It looks like the US has agreed to give long range ATACMS to Ukraine now. Russia can't complain when those weapons are used to destroy its critical infrastructure over the next few weeks and months.
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  2330. Russian disinformation.
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  2331. I would add the following: just have a look at the reactions to this. Ukrainians are absolutely devastated. Russians are cheering. Russians have already made it clear that destroying the infrastructure of Ukraine is a key priority of the war. They've been hitting similar targets all through winter. Trying to freeze Ukrainians to death. The dam and hydro are critical to Ukraine's long term economic future. They need the water for irrigation and the electrity is essential. There is no way Ukraine would destroy one of their most important pieces of national infrastructure. They also did not have the means to do so. Russia did it with 100% certainty.
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  2332.  @knowledgeishalfthebattle  Really? So a former Trump advisor who appears on tv with Tucker Carlson is spouting some BS. Who could've imagined it. If that's the best source you can get, save your time and surrender to the Ukrainians now. Go and read what former General's like Ben Hodges are saying. At least you will get a dose of realism.
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  2333. ​ @adamc2378 Did the US force Finland and Sweden to join NATO? Can you think of a reason both have joined NATO recently? I doubt you have the IQ to find the correct answer.
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  2334. ​ @hendrikvanleeuwen9110 Does it follow that Palestinians have brought what will happen over the next few weeks on to themselves? Why do you support terrorism?
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  2335. That ad. could have ended with, 'Do you want your nappy changed now?'' and it would have been even better.
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  2336.  @jdg9999  Lies. There was no coup. Ukrainians clearly want to be a part of the West. Their choice is clear.
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  2337. If she wants to compare in business terms marriage for a man is like getting a job after jumping through multiple hoops only to find that you have to pay your employer for the privilege of working for her. And after she fires you, you still have to keep paying her for the next 20 years. How stupid do you have to be to accept such a deal?
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  2338. @John Smith Of which Ukraine was a very significant part. They should have got to keep at least 100 of those nukes. Now that Russia has breached the agreement, the west should give Ukraine 100 nukes in case they face an existential threat.
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  2339. @John Smith The Budapest Memorandum.
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  2340. The news today is that Russia is sending reinforcements to Bakhmut. Can't wait to find out where the real Ukrainian counter-offensive is going to happen.
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  2341. Perhaps the limitations for Russia are in tanks, shells, ammunition, etc rather than manpower? They may be pushing as hard as possible right now. To not be doing so would seem to be quite irrational.
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  2342.  @Writeous0ne  No. It is not simply a lack of soldiers. The Russian military is in unable to function against a semi-modern army. Imagine what NATO would do to them. That's why we have all the nuclear sabre-rattling, because the Russians know they would be obliterated in a conventional war.
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  2343. How can any advertisers continue to do business with X? Lone skum is going down after that disgusting comment.
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  2344. ​ @michaziomek Which studies? They're probably worthless because in the past 2-3 decades it has been almost impossible to study anything that might have the potential to cast women in a negative light. And being focused on money and resources in relationships would not be a good look. If a man has enough money his education is irrelevant to most women.
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  2345.  @abmuhumuza  Irrational reply. Lend lease will finally give Ukraine the weapons it needs to drive the Russian war criminals out of their country.
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  2346. India can do as it wishes. But it must expect that it will not be able to continue to have friendly relations with the US, EU and their allies. Just don't complain if you are hit with secondary sanctions and tariffs are raised on Indian exports. You have chosen your course of action and others will choose theirs. And please don't be hypocrites by coming to the Western world for education, work or migration. Since you are so enamoured with Russia, go there instead.
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  2347.  @srdjanpalibrk9124  That all sounds like a lot of whataboutism. Now tell me, do you support Russia's invasion of Ukraine or not?
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  2348.  @srdjanpalibrk9124  Lies. Slovenia and Croatia declared independence and were attacked by the Serb dominated Yugoslav army. You brush aside the Serbia atrocities as though they were trivial. They were not. Serbians engaged in genocide against their neighbours. That is what "ethnic cleansing" is. I do not know about investments made in Kosovo. It may be the case, but it also may be a legitimate investment. I have owned shares in companies who have operations all over the Balkans at various times. That's how capitalism works.
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  2349.  @srdjanpalibrk9124  The suggestion that Ukraine was created by Serbs is ridiculous. And no, I do not support any of those wars, with the exception of Serbia. That war was justified. Serbia had to be stopped and intervention should have happened much sooner. Self defence from aggression is perfectly justifiable and going to the aid of others who are being attacked is reasonable. Many of those wars you mentioned were during the cold and were proxy wars. US, Soviet Union and China were involved. So you can't really single out any one of them as being better or worse.
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  2350.  @srdjanpalibrk9124  What outrageous lies! Half the population of Croatia and Bosnia were Serbs????????? What a load of Bullshit! Bosnia was probably 40% Bosnian, 30 % Serb and 25% Croatian plus others. Croatia was probably less than 15% Serb. As for bringing up world war 2, if you're going to do that you must at least acknowledge the terror campaigns that Serbs waged on Croatians from the late twenties to the start of world war 2. The enmity between Serbs and Croats was caused by Serbs. It did not begin at the start of WW2. As for Ustasha, what on earth does that have to do with the break up of Yugoslavia? During WW2 every country conquered by Germany had a puppet government installed. They all had death camps just as Serbia did. The Ustasha were not democratically elected, so they were not representative of Croatian people. The uprising against them was led by other Croatians. Tito, ring a bell to you? You have been brainwashed with Serbian propaganda to believe you are the innocent victims. It is all lies. Serbian aggression has been the cause of so much horror. You should learn a lesson from history. Every time you attack your neighbours, they end up attacking you in return. But Serbs seem to have an incapacity to learn this lesson. You strike first and then when you get hit back in return, you cry that it's unfair and somehow convince yourself that you are the innocent victim. I see this mentality in Serbs and Russians is exactly the same. It must be some kind of Eastern Orthodox victim mentality. You have the belief that you are justified in attacking others and that those people have wronged you when they defend themselves by hitting you back. It's a kind of mental illness. But I have yet to meet a Serb who does not have it.
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  2351.  @srdjanpalibrk9124  What a strange response. Ukraine is NOT Nazi! That is Russian propaganda. The political arm of Azov won 2.15% of the vote in the 2019 Ukrainian election. There are less than 15,000 Azov members in a country of 40 million people. There are way more Nazi's in Russia. The idea that Serbs should have been stopped (not attacked), from committing genocide in former Yugoslavia is my view. It has nothing to do with brainwashing. The Serbian dominated Yugoslav army and the paramilitaries murdered innocent civilians at will. They "ethnically cleansed" the area's they invaded and took over. That is the definition of genocide. Every person with a moral compass will agree that this should have been stopped. The massacre of Srebrenica was just one of the many atrocities and the siege of Sarajevo went on for over 3 years. Of course I think NATO should have intervened far earlier. It would have saved a lot of lives.
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  2352.  @srdjanpalibrk9124  At least we can agree on something, the Slavs in the south are descendants of Ukrainians.
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  2353.  @srdjanpalibrk9124  It is unimportant. What matters is that I know enough about history and whether my facts are correct or not. Those events are all in living memory for many.
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  2354. @fishlips54  Bollocks! Real crimes were committed. He only avoided prison because he won the election. You still voted for a criminal. So you have no right to complain about illegal immigrants.
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  2355. You mean invaded. Russia is an invader. Let's get the facts right. I am looking forward to Russias complete collapse over the next few years as a result of their criminal actions in Ukraine.
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  2356. Best speech I have ever seen on this topic.
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  2357. ​​ @adrianog4148  It was our pleasure. Look forward to doing it again if you ever attack any of your neighbours again.
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  2358. That is what Russia does and then try to project their evil on to others. Shame on you for spreading Russian propaganda.
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  2359. Another gesture for his domestic audience. But Russia already has Nukes in Kaliningrad. So this adds nothing to the threat. More empty posturing. Small man syndrome.
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  2360. Stop blaming the victims. Stop supporting terrorism.
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  2361.  @vodekz1534  You can't get energy stability by continuing to buy energy from the country that caused the energy instability in the first place. Do you seriously think letting Russia get their way with Ukraine will give Europe energy stability? It will make Europe more dependent than ever before and it will embolden Russia to continue its aggression even more. You can only get energy stability by cutting Russia out of your energy supply chain.
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  2362. ​ @922claymont922 You loved his lies. Zelensky said thanks earlier in the meeting. You Trump supporters are as sharp as a bowling ball.
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  2363. Who would have had access to Dugins vehicle in Moscow to plant a car bomb? This looks like an FSB false flag operation authorised by Putin. It's the same MO he used to start the war in Chechnya. If Russians want revenge, take it out on Putin and his FSB accomplices.
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  2364. Ronald Reagan must be spinning in his grave. Trump is a traitor.
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  2365. ​ @Dr_MKUltra Leave Ukraine alone vatnik
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  2366. The war has nothing to do with NATO membership. It is a war of imperialism. Russia wants to conquer Ukraine and steal all its resources. NATO should get boots on the ground and just finish Russia off once and for all.
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  2367. ​ @account-369 Another twisting of history. The referendum after Ukraine became independent voted to be a part of Ukraine. You cannot invade a country, drive out millions of their people, then claim an unfair 'election' is somehow valid. You need a new user name. Just replace superb with stupid and you will have the perfect moniker.
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  2368. The US unravels? Keep dreaming. Russia will not survive the next few years. The sanctions will slowly strangle them like an Anaconda.
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  2369. Joker your videos are getting better and better. Keep up the great work.
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  2370.  @jetli740  Your maths is dumb.
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  2371. The war can end in one minute. Putin just has to give the order to withdraw. But he wants to be rewarded for his aggression and numerous war crimes.
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  2372. You're cheering on the destruction of your country. Don't complain when you become the victim of what you voted for.
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  2373.  @paulinewait6575  If you bothered to read, my response was a correction to an obvious falsehood by a previous poster.
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  2374. ​ @PerceivedREALITY999  More lies. Nothing would have stopped Russia in it's imperial quest to conquer Ukraine. The invasion was years in the planning. Go away terrorist supporter.
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  2375. ​ @PerceivedREALITY999  Russia has been involved in just as many if not more. Add in all the people Russia has conquered and subjugated over the past few centuries and Russia is a nightmare. We are discussing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and all their war crimes. It's happening today and you are supporting it. It has nothing to do with USA.
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  2376. ​ @elliotlambert3817  Complete BS. More lies and propaganda. At the time the Budapest Memorandum was signed a referendum was held in Ukraine. All Oblasts voted to be a part of Ukraine. The war criminal Russian called Igor Girkin has freely admitted in tv interviews that he and the Russian FSB coordinated the invasion of Crimea and Donbass despite their being little to no public support or governmental support for Russia in those regions. Your disgusting lies make you an accomplice to Russian genocide in Ukraine.
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  2377.  @mandabimaitra6886  You used the word incorrectly. NATO has done nothing wrong. It is a defensive treaty. The fact that you can't demonstrate what NATO had done wrong, and can only resort to generalisations, shows how ignorant you are.
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  2378.  @sebsebski2829  I don't think anyone really knows the numbers. But I would bet more than 90% of the civilian deaths were caused by the insurgents, the remnants of Saddam's Baath Party. These are the same butchers who killed a million people in the war with Iran and used chemical weapons on their Kurdish people. This is always conveniently avoided by these posters. Their intellectual dishonesty has them comparing Zelensky to Saddam Hussein.
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  2379.  @xfactor6099  Congratulations on the stupidest comment ever. The evidence is being gathered now. We will know the most salient facts soon. But it looks like the Russians have committed war crimes and we need to bring the generals and Putin to trial.
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  2380.  @sebsebski2829  There are lots of problems in the Western world. But nothing compared to the dictatorships of Russia and China just to mention those two. Believe me, if the topic is on issues in the West, I am prepared to be just as harsh on our shortcomings. As for war crimes, my view is that all war criminals everywhere should be prosecuted. The subject here is the Russian war on Ukraine and there are a lot of Russian trolls trying to deflect their aggression and the war crimes that are taking place. That must be stopped.
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  2381.  @xfactor6099  My name is a reference to quantum particles. Yours is obviously a symbol for Russia. Who is independent? The International Criminal Court. Let them investigate. Stop supporting the mass murder of civilians. Your people went house to house and took the head of each household out the front and murdered them. Only the Russian army could do this.
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  2382. Tying Ukraine's hands behind their back by not allowing them to use Western weapons in Russia is amoral. Russia is trying to perpetrate genocide against the Ukrainian people. Striking Russian military assets inside Russia is perfectly reasonable and proportional. The West needs to just stop with this BS and let Ukraine defend itself without restriction. I'm sick of these bedwetters who keep worrying about upsetting Putin. He's a mass murderer and war criminal and the sooner his army is destroyed the better. So let's get on with it.
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  2383.  @kvarnerinfoTV  Nuclear winter would kill everyone in the northern hemisphere most probably. Possibly everyone on the planet.
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  2384. He was not gloating about it. What he said was correct. Spending money on weapons that help Ukraine defend itself from the Russian invasion and the unspeakable war crimes they are committing is money well spent. What's wrong with wanting to see those invaders killed before they can kill more Ukrainians?
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  2385. ​ @NathanZar Congratulations on proving you are a moron. If Putin shat in his pants, you would believe it was a 4d chess move. Russians supporters are dumber than a bag of rocks.
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  2386.  @grubababa7855  If Putin shat in his pants you would probably be arguing that it's all part of the plan. Yet another 4d chess move. Face reality: Putin is not very smart and Russia is a shit show. The whole world is laughing at them.
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  2387. You are delusional. Have a close look at how quickly the US overwhelmed Iraq. Their military capability today is far greater.
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  2388. Correct. The shipments would go from Ukranian waters to international waters in the Black Sea and out to the world. An attack by Russia would be an attack on the nation's escorting those shipments and an attack on the countries receiving the grain. I don't think Russia has the capability to do it. It's just another part of their information war.
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  2389.  @rmrrao2675  Russia exports weapons to Pakistan and to China too.
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  2390.  Laxman Tiwari 🇷🇺  You realise your good friend Russia sells weapons to Pakistan and China? Over the past 5 years they sold nearly as much to China as India. Doesn't sound very friendly to me.
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  2391. @Nikky t Russia does not have a gold backed currency. That you believe that shows how brainwashed you are. The Rubles value is irrelevant since it is artificially inflated. It is not a free market currency. The Russian economy is being devastated and the cold war against Russia will not end until Russia collapses. Get ready for very severe poverty and a continuing decline in your standard of living. Stay positive while you are hungry. Remember you are starving so that Putin and his oligarch friends can live in luxury on their yachts. That would not be possible without your sacrifice, comrade.
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  2392.  @rmrrao2675  If another country attacks Russia and starts murdering civilians, then that country should be subject to sanctions. I would criticize any country that supported the aggressor.
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  2393.  @kstateberhanu6193  Let me get my crystal ball out... Donald Trump will be convicted and begin his prison sentence. Ukraine will start a major counter-offensive in around April. It will take that long to get enough soldiers trained and enough equipment. Pakistan and Bangladesh will collapse like Sri Lanka. India will stay exactly the same as always. Joe Biden will die and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as President. As VP she will appoint a transgender who identifies as a green circle. God help us all! The Whitehouse will release information confirming that we have been in contact with alien or multidimensional civilizations. If I get at least 4/6 right, do I get to be the modern day Nostradamus?
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  2394.  @inspiretrue807  It's the Russian cheer squad that is hypocritical af. They're just too thick to understand it.
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  2395. Every country that determines that semiconductors are important to their economy will side with Taiwan.
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  2396. After that any "peace" talks between Trump and Putin are irrelevant. The US has taken Russia's side. Trump snd Vance made the US irrelevant in so, so many ways.
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  2397. ​ @uqs57bju China does not accept UNCLOS. If it did, it would have accepted the ruling in respect of the West Philippines Sea.
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  2398. ​ @zerozen5483  That's what you war criminal mates were saying for weeks before the Russian collapse in Kherson. Ukraine kept you waiting until they were ready and in the mean time took back thousands of square km of territory in Kharkiv. You lot are dumber than a bag of rocks. Nothing else can explain how the Russian military, with 10 times Ukraines firepower, have managed to get your butts kicked so badly over the past 9 months. Believing that capturing Bakhmut, at such massive cost, in some way makes up for losing Kherson and Kharkiv proves how dense you Russians are.
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  2399. It's Russia who should be begging for peace because there is no way for them to hold on to their gains. They are politically, economically and socially isolated and with unlimited heavy weapons flowing in to help Ukraine, they are trapped in an unwinnable war. The war Putin has unleashed will ultimately destroy the Russian Federation just as USSR aggression in Afghanistan and many other places led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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  2400. Who could have imagined the US capitulating to Russia before Ukraine and all without a shot being fired. Trump and Vance are traitors.
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  2401.  @FluffyFriendArchet  When I lived in India, I had a close friend who worked for that company for some time as an assistant cinematographer. So I know they make wildlife documentaries. There is nothing that they could legitimately claim as a copyright infringement. So this is obviously a targeted attack on pro Ukranian YouTube channels.
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  2402. ​ @jdwfenton She couldn't possibly be a worse candidate than a 34 time convicted felon and adjudicated r*pist. You're broken.
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  2403. ​ @Robert-vo3ik All Zelensky asked was if Putin has never respected any previous agreements, what will make him respect a ceasefire? And when Trump was questioned about this by a reporter he gave some stupid answer about what if a bomb drops on his head. It was pure deflection. The question still remains: what are the consequences if Putin breaks the agreement? At the moment it seems none. So Trump and Vance are pushing a deal in which Putin is free to break his undertakings whenever he likes. Zelensky was being perfectly reasonable. Trump and Vance were like two vultures.
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  2404. Mostly they're just going to run away. This is not the Soviet Union army. This is Putin's incompetents.
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  2405.  @attilamarics4808  Believe whatever you want war criminal fan boy. But this war is only in it's early stages. Wait until Lend Lease ramps up. Do you not understand that the weapons and training from the US and NATO will not stop until Russia is defeated? What is so hard to understand about this? Do you not understand that Russia has an economy only 2% this size of Ukraines allies? And a military about 10% the size of Ukraines allies. There is no way in the world for Russia to win. Putin started this war, but Ukraine and its allies will decide when it ends. Go on, keep believing that an ant can defeat an elephant. Putin got himself into a trap and now the US and NATO are going to capitalise on his miscalculation by destroying the Russian military completely. It is death by a thousand cuts. Until Russia has nothing left but nukes. Which it can't use because that means annihilation for Russia. I cannot believe Russians are so lacking in intelligence that they cannot foresee the bleeding obvious. Russia's only hope is to withdraw now, with their tails between their legs. It's that or face complete destruction. Russian arrogance and grossly underestimating the strength of it's enemies will be its downfall.
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  2406.  @timonsolus  Putin has not ordered a full mobilization because he fears it will lead to a revolution with him being overthrown and killed. He did not order a limited SMO out of the generosity of his heart. At the least Ukraine can legitimately destroy military targets and infrastructure that assists Russia's war machine inside Russia. So fuel depot's, railway lines, electricity infrastructure, dams, etc. Anything that assists Russia in waging war is perfectly legitimate. Russia can have no cause for complaint. And cannot justify escalation of the war that they started.
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  2407. They've been fudging the numbers for years.
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  2408. ​ @kmg474 Why were the borders changed in 1967? The 6 day war launched against Israel. Start a war. Lose it. Lose some more land. You'd think they would learn from history.
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  2409. More war crimes that must be punished at the ICC.
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  2410. You should consider a job as a comedian. Russia's GDP is about 1.5% of global GDP. It is insignificant. The sanctions are destroying Russia. The inevitable outcome will be the collapse and break up of the Russian Federation.
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  2411.  @TommyTCGT  Russia is being demilitarized and close to being broke. You're well on the way to collapse like the USSR. Go have a good cry war criminal.
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  2412. Putin will be brought to justice after he is overthrown or Russia is defeated, just like Milosevic. Well done ICC.
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  2413. ​ @nonenone762 More evidence of the sheer idiocy of Russian supporters.
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  2414. Whatever Lavrov says is a lie. Russo-fascism is the cause of this war and it will be defeated on the battlefield in Ukraine. Why is India siding with the war criminals? What a national disgrace.
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  2415. Let's stop with this absurd claim that the people who just murdered over a thousand people in cold blood are somehow innocents. They have a historical pattern of rejecting proposals for a two state solution, engaging in war to exterminate Israel and numerous and frequent terrorist activity going back decades. Their plight is something they brought on themselves. Blame their people and their leadership. It is their karma for decades of violence and extremism. How do you justify murdering 260 unarmed civilians at a music festival? What has that got to do with their cause? What does killing women and children have to do with their cause? So far we have 21 dead Thai citizens and 18 held hostage. What did these Thai nationals do to the Palestinians? How do you justify this? Did they also oppress the Palestinians? Did the children who were murdered and beheaded also oppress Palestinians? If they weren't terrorists they would have targetted military installations rather than civilians and children. Your post omits all the violence and terrorism that successive Palestinian governments have embraced. Your support of the barbaric murders that the Palestinians have committed makes you a supporter of terrorism.
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  2416. @user-yq2wk6yg8s  But only after creating chaos and dilemmas in your own country first. And what basis is that for decision making and relationships with US allies? You think Trump can just change his tune every day and be considered trustworthy and reliable? He's an agent of chaos, always seeking attention. It's not possible to run US foreign policy on his whims.
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  2417.  @robertf1781  Much of the world is not free. China, Russia and Iran are just 3 immediate examples. But you appear to be on side with the repressive war criminals that started this war.
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  2418. ​ @frankarchuleta5427 That's what the isolationists said in the late 30's. How did that turn out? Russia has hundreds of nuclear weapons pointed at the US. If we're putting America first, then we should be giving Ukraine everything they need to defeat Russia. You're either a Russian troll or a traitor.
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  2419. ​ @DIREWOLFx75 Russia is being demilitarized, just in case you didn't notice. Everything you have written here is wrong. Nothing more than pathetic Russian talking points. Putin will soon send you to the frontline.
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  2420. ​ @HiwasseeRiver  What would you know about anything? Your comments suggest you can't run two brain cells together.
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  2421. Security guarantees for Ukraine? They're not worth the paper they're written on. What happened to undertakings in the Budapest Memorandum? Putun made it clear that he dieys not recognise the sovereignty of any of Russias neighbours. He's also a pathological liar. Ukraine should be given 100 nuclear weapons, along with delivery systems and launch codes. That will provide them with a security guarantee. Or NATO needs to get boots on rhe ground and destroy the Russian military completely. The war will not end otherwise.
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  2422. ​ @s0ycapitan That is a lie that supports Russia committing genocide in Ukraine. Reported.
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  2423. ​ @s0ycapitan Absolute lie again The Serbs had already invaded Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. And killed 250,000 people. You are an accomplice to the ongoing Russian war crimes.
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  2424.  @TrevorCrook-c1s  There was no coup in Ukraine. You are a liar. Prove otherwise. You can easily google or YouTube search interviews with Igor Girkin. Girkin admits that there was very little support for Russia entering the Donbass. But that his team of little green men took control. It was a Russian FSB operation. They had to force local administration at gunpoint. There was no coup in Ukraine. There was no genocide in Donbass. You are either a paid Russian troll or the most gullible person in the internet and too unintelligent to know it. Your misinformation and promotion of Russian terrorism have been reported.
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  2425.  @bryandimery6509  No. It shows how little you know of history. Ukraine is a sovereign state. Russia does not get to choose its alliances. If you had a brain you would know that from reading NATO-RUSSIA Founding Act. Russia is going to follow the same history as the USSR. Collapse and dissolution is on the way.
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  2426. ​ @Google_Does_Evil_Now Then run for election and do something about it. But if you can't find enough people to go along with your solution, then stfu and accept the result.
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  2427. If the US could make drones that are airdropped hundreds at a time like Rapid Dragon, they could glide to their targets over long distances.
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  2428. ​ @FlyEaglesFly2025 He did not come with demands. This was an ambush based on lies by both Trump and Vance. People like you are the reason the world no longer trusts America. You will soon have no allies.
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  2429.  @laurencesmith2199  A Russia that has just swallowed Ukraine whole could not be allowed. They would just regroup and attack again when ready. Better to just get boots on the ground in Ukraine and defeat Russia there.
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  2430.  @LutherusPXCs  Maybe because no-one can use them without being obliterated themselves. Russians keep pushing this idea that they can use nukes with impunity. That simply isn't the case. Russia would cease to exist.
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  2431.  @ZhovtoBlakytniy  So finally we have a Russian admitting that the invasion and genocide that Russia is perpetrating in Ukraine has nothing to do with having NATO on their borders. Putin is going to send you to a Siberian Gulag for this comrade.
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  2432.  @jamesmedina2062  It has effectively been closed off by Turkey. They can play the waiting game while Russia implodes.
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  2433.  @thetruth6099  Let them try and see what happens. You do not appear to understand who has real power in the world.
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  2434. How many Ukrainian civilians do you want to see killed? You sound like a real piece of excrement.
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  2435. It's inevitable because Putin will not stop in Ukraine. He's determined to test the NATO alliance.
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  2436. Lies. Even the Russian speakers want to be part of Ukraine.
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  2437.  @blanamaxima  Rubbish. Putin brought in his military dressed as civilians to agitate and create a pretext for the invasion. Russians in Kharkiv and other places are with Ukraine. If they were with Russia it and other Eastern Ukrainian cities would have fallen within days of the invasion. Russian speakers are fighting against Russia. Only a very small percentage of people in the Russian occupied parts of Ukraine support Russia.
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  2438.  @blanamaxima  The majority supported Ukraine. Then Russia invaded and drove many of those people out. That is the irrefutable truth.
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  2439.  @blanamaxima  The people who opposed the Russian invasion were too scared to protest, lest they be sent off to a Gulag in Siberia or shot on the spot. A few pro Russian supporters does not prove that the majority was in favour of the Russian invasion. Your claims are nothing but Russian propaganda.
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  2440. When Russia rearms and then attacks their next victim, what then? Weakness and appeasement increase the likelihood of a broader war.
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  2441. Wrong. Putin and the oligarchs are not suicidal. Russia will be defeated.
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  2442. So willing to put a price on themselves, but if you call them a Pro they'll lose their minds. It would be easier if they just walked around with a visible price tag.
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  2443. I've said it many times, Russians suffer from some type of mental retardation. Imagine believing you can hit soneone as much as you like but also believing it's wrong and shocking if they strike you back. Even a 5 year old child knows the world doesn't work like that.
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  2444. I'll keep saying it: Russians are just plain stupid.
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  2445.  AileDiablo  The Republicans have started pushing for a resolution that even if Russia used chemical or biological weapons, the US will intervene in Ukraine. All use of WMD are off the table unless Putin wants a full scale war with NATO. Putin needs to do the sensible thing: ceasefire followed by Russian withdrawal.
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  2446.  AileDiablo  Who said Ukraine is a part of NATO? Laugh all you want, but the US is drawing a line in the sand and if Russia steps over it, the US and NATO will enter the war. Then we will see who's laughing.
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  2447.  AileDiablo  Using nukes of any type crosses the line and the US will intervene whether you believe it or not. Ukraine want to join NATO and be a part of the EU. That is their choice. Russia invaded them, not vice versa. The US providing weapons to Ukraine is morally correct. The evil one is Putin and those supporting him, like you bro.
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  2448.  @zok8115  Ukraine do not have to win. They only need to get Russia bogged down until they receive the tens of billions of dollars of heavy weapons that are on the way. After that, Russia is in a worse situation than they were in Afghanistan. What we see is Russia progressing very slowly even against an opponent with far less fire power. Once Ukraine gets those heavy weapons, Russia is going to be in a no win situation.
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  2449. Trump will be way more orange after sentencing on November 26.
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  2450. If NATO is unwilling to put boots on the ground at the very least they should make Ukraine a no fly zone. Ukraine has already asked for this and it is a perfectly legitimate and lawful request. At least the Russians would not have air superiority.
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  2451. No. They're civilian. Putin has been targeting civilians in Kyiv for months. Long before the Patriot and other air defence systems arrived. So no to that as well. Putin is just a low IQ female dog. As that's what YouTube allows me to post.
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  2452.  @leojordano3074  Go ahead, mobilize. It will be an admission by Putin that Russia is in a war and that it is losing. Putin will be terminated within 48 hours.
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  2453. Since so many Indians support Russian imperialism and colonisation of Ukraine, they must also have no objection to British colonialism. To do so would amount to base hypocrisy. There is no need to return anything to India.
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  2454. You'd do better acquiring a brain and getting an education.
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  2455.  @RoonnyAudisho  Keep deluding yourself.
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  2456. It's hard to have sympathy for them. They are volunteers. They went to Ukraine to kill others. Their families and their town supports this invasion of Ukraine and killing Ukranians. They got their just desserts. I see almost no sympathy from Russians for the devastation they have wreaked, for the deaths of Ukrainian children. You reap what you sow.
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  2457. ​ @ikhsandd Hamas are terrorists. The state of Israel is not.
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  2458.  @jomamma1750  You can keep your delusions. But there is no way Russia can win this war. They are going to collapse under the economic and military pressure being applied to them.
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  2459. ​​ @willl7780  Russia invaded Ukraine and have been terrorising and oppressing that Ukrainians in that region. Ukraine has every right to fight to reclaim their territory and save their people from Russian mass murder.
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  2460.  @willl7780  The facts always sound crazy to Russian trolls.
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  2461. China is like the little boy who cried wolf. They will do exactly what they do everytime a US fleet sails through the West Taiwan Sea: froth at the mouth and do everything possible to get out of the way.
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  2462.  @singlendhot8628  India is largely irrelevant to anyone but their immediate neighbours and that has been the case for millennia. It certainly has no effect on East Asian security.
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  2463.  @petrushailombe5397 More Russian lies.
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  2464.  @Neilukuk  You're not the sharpest knife in the drawer are you? His point is that the Russian military has taken fully 2 months to capture the 35th most populated town in Ukraine. At that rate they may capture Kharkiv or Odessa by late 2173.
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  2465.  @isubtothebest6020  Whatever helps you cope.
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  2466.  @isubtothebest6020  The point if Afghanistan was to get rid of the terrorists who ran the government and kill Osama Bin Laden. That was accomplished long ago. The small territorial gains that Russia are making come at a huge cost. Just wait until the full impact of the sanctions and Lend Lease are in effect. Russia is screwed in the long term.
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  2467.  @isubtothebest6020  Any currency will get stronger with massive manipulation. You Russians all appear to be economically illiterate. Let's see the Russian government remove all capital controls and let the ruble trade freely and see what happens. It will sink like the Moskva. If the sanctions are helping the Russian ruble and economy then why not ask for more? Why is Putin crying about them?
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  2468.  Praveen Kumar  We know. That's why India is going to be treated as a pariah state by Westerners from now on. 70% of India's exports go to the West. When those exports run dry you can beg the Russian war criminals for a hand out.
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  2469. In case you don't know, all members of the EU have veto power over every decision. That gives all members a fair say in the decision making process. What could be more fair or free than that?
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  2470.  @petersilas4234  Serbia and Hungary have not been stopped from doing anything. They have been criticised for their respective positions. Being subject to criticism does not remove their freedoms. Both Serbia and Hungary have a segment of their society that is revanchist like Russia. This is the primary reason they have taken their respective positions.
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  2471.  @blobtv7444  No-one is going to freeze to death. The energy situation will be resolved. Europe will free itself from Russian blackmail once and for all. After that, Russia is effed.
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  2472. You can remove at least 6 zeroes and possibly 7 before you get to the true value of p.
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  2473. Igor Girkin/Strelkov has admitted in interviews that there was little to no support for Russia from the Russian speakers in Donbass and Crimea. He admitted that it was an FSB operation and that the little green men were Russian military. Others involved have also said the same. The Russian propagandists bank on people's ignorance when they trot this lie out.
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  2474. ​ @MrGtraynor Monsanto doesn't even exist anymore. That's a reflection of the nonsense of your comment.
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  2475.  @MrGtraynor  Takeover by Bayer.
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  2476. If you love Russia so much and hate the country you live in, then why don't you just pack your bags and go live in Russia? Don't be a hypocrite/traitor and accept all of the benefits of living in the West while all the while cheering for Russia and supporting their war crimes. If you go to Russia, you may get to kiss Putin's ass in person.
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  2477. The only plausible explanation is that Russians are just plain stupid. Anyone with a reasonable level of intelligence would understand that once the lie is exposed their credibility will be lost forever. Russians appear not to have an IQ level high enough to grasp this.
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  2478. YT is now helping Russia in concealing it's war crimes.
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  2479. If Trump wins non MAGA will have no influence on policy. He regards non MAGA as scum.
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  2480. Why did Trump's lawyers not object? Their incompetence allowed it to happen.
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  2481. Well said
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  2482. If Trump gave a speech confessing that he was a serial killer and rapist and that he sold state secrets to Russia and North Korea and was guilty of all the crimes he has been accused of, it would not make one iota of difference to those that voted for him. They would not be calling for his removal, they would be defending his every action. To his cult he can do no wrong. This applies to his cabinet picks and other appointees. Shows like this are a waste of time. They preach to the sane part of the electorate that would never vote for Trump.
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  2483. Can this interviewer be fired? She's constantly interrupting guests just as they are making their point. What is the point of asking a question if you are not interested in the answer? She is worse than useless.
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  2484.  @therussiantrollnetwork7464  Even Mariupol can't be called Putinville because it still hasn't been taken. You are a clown.
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  2485.  @elisoni2424  Who says Zelensky will honour any agreement? Since Russia can lie and break agreements at will, so can Ukraine genius. Nukes will be based in Kharkiv and Mariupol.
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  2486. Aljazeera is just repeating terrorist propaganda. May as well change their name to hamas "news" network. Still no correction or apology for their lies claiming that Israel bombed a hospital with 500 dead. Terrorists inside Gaza were to blame and Aljazeera supports them and their lies.
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  2487.  @YanatoCherizhosa  I did not say it was democratic. It is human nature to strike back at those who attack you. Have a good read of human history. We are a violent species. If you punch your neighbour in the face, the reasonable expectation is that your neighbour will return the favour. Serbs, along with the Russian cousins, seem to have this idea that they can attack their neighbours without consequence. When that is shown to be inaccurate, they squeal like stuck pigs. My advice was simple: stop attacking your neighbours. You will discover that living in peace becomes possible.
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  2488.  @djape1977  Romanians are not brothers of Serbs. They are NATO members and will resist Russian invasion. You Serbs are stirring up trouble again but just understand that you are on your own and practically surrounded by NATO members. If you have any brains you will shut up and stop antagonizing your neighbours.
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  2489. Giving up any territory to Russia will only embolden them to reconstitute their forces and attack again You really haven't thought this through.
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  2490. ​ @nocx4592  Could have just opened some sluice gates. But no. So it's clear they just wanted to destroy more of Ukraine. This war is genocide. That is the Russian aim.
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  2491. Bailing out farmers would be socialism and we know how much they hate that. No bailouts. Let them get what they voted for.
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  2492.  @jameshill4900  More Russian lies. Russia broke the agreement. Plain and simple.
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  2493. Who is even listening to what they want? First they need to show me they're not bat shit crazy. 99% seem to be failing that simple requirement.
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  2494. Correction: hamas launched a terrorist act, not a military action. That is clear from their attack on the music festival and their many other atrocities. That is not a military target. It's clear murdering civilians was their priority. Hamas are terrorists. Time to call them that Al Jazeera.
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  2495. ​ @cemasikoglu9597 It would still be suicide. If you let Russia succeed by using nuclear blackmail, then they will keep using that strategy until they get the whole of Europe.
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  2496. NATO just has to accept that Putin will never stop. The only option is to defend Ukraine and defeat Russia on the battlefield. But do not cross the border into Russia. Putin must not be given anything that he can spin as a victory.
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  2497. Immigration do not have the resources to check everyone who enters. Sometimes they just stamp your passport and wave you through, and sometimes they ask you some questions. If you can't provide evidence that you meet all of the entry requirements you do not gain entrance. Your argument is like saying if one person commits a crime and is not detected, then everyone who commits a crime after that should also be allowed to get away with it. Logic fail.
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  2498. ​ @bingobingo530  How did those people convince Putin to start the war? You see how ridiculous your comment is?
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  2499. I wonder if the interviewer has considered the possibility that as a Russian propagandist he may be considered as a combatant by Israel. The information war is as much a part of if the conflict as guns and tanks are nowadays.
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  2500.  @gyanendrakumar2350  Keep making a fool of yourself then. That's up to you.
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  2501. How will they get the oil? NATO controls Europe and Black Sea access. So the only option is pipelines and they only go to China and are already at full capacity. The rest of the world can't get the oil if NATO decides to prevent them. So what are the logistics?
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  2502. The village idiot backed down within days and being a one-trick pony he will try exactly the same kind of bluff against the EU. The world only thinks Trump and his supporters are stupid. They have lost all respect throughout the world.
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  2503.  @stiannunn5113  If your home is invaded I'm sure you negotiate what the thief gets to steal. Stop supporting Russian war crimes and terrorism. It's a bad look.
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  2504. ​ @СерхиоБускетс-ф7я Destruction of Turkey? You are certifiable, like so many other Russians. Turkey is a NATO member. Let's see Russia try it.
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  2505.  @СерхиоБускетс-ф7я  See a psychiatrist.
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  2506. The dictionary defines terrorism as follows: the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. Words have meanings. If we don't stick to those meanings communication becomes impossible. Hamas' brutal murders of 260 unarmed music festival goers is obviously an act of terrorism. Anyone who cannot agree on that is not thinking rationally. Anyone defending hamas' actions is supporting terrorism.
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  2507. Like other MAGA she believes listening to Trumps lies and the right wing media lies constitutes research. The level of stupid is off the charts. These nut jobs will only believe what their cult leader tells them.
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  2508. Great news. And Lend Lease (USA) starts today! Together with the Russian program, Ukraine will soon have the most powerful military after the US.
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  2509. Trump is mentally ill. He needs to be institutionalized. He made the same claim 4 years ago.
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  2510. Russia will never recover. Their demographics were already in bad shape before the war. Their economy is largely based on the extraction and export of oil and gas, and there may not be much of a market left after 2035. The sanctions will likely still be in place for many years. Russia is doomed. Putin will be remembered as the man who destroyed Russia.
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  2511. Not paying attention to what Trump signed is not a defence. And the witness has no knowledge of which checks he paid attention to and which he didn't. Her testimony does not help Trump one iota. Trump is guilty.
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  2512. Disgusting to see the Hindustan Times and so many Indians supporting the invasion of a free and democratic nation. The support of Russian imperialism, the destruction of Ukrainian cities, the indiscriminate bombardment that is killing tens of thousands of civilians and all the war crimes seem to be fully supported by a large section of India. What perverse sense of morality you all must have to support the aggressor against the victim. Do you also cheer on rapists, while they are raping their victims? As you support the atrocities going on in Ukraine, you are as bad as the perpetrators. Don't be hypocrites. Since you hate the Western world so much, do not come to any Western countries for studies, do not apply for work visas, do not apply to migrate, do not come for vacations. I can assure you that your support of war in Ukraine will not be welcome. Since you are so supportive of the barbarism of your Russian friends, go to Russia instead.
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  2513.  @sirfrancis9619  Maybe. But the Ottoman Empire lasted well over 600 years and only ended 100 years ago. The British Empire ended after WW2 and that lasted around 400 years Dalio is claiming 150 years. It's a long way off. I think he should stick to the stock market.
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  2514. ​ @m93p Russia will collapse long before 2025. Do yourselves a favour a leave while you still have something resembling a military left.
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  2515. how about a clenched hand with an extended middle finger?
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  2516.  @leenolan1469  There was no military coup. Just more Russian lies and propaganda.
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  2517.  @mikhaillobach3152  The ruble is not a freely exchanged currency. It's propped up by the government. That you believe what you have written shows how brainwashed you are. Russia's economy will be completely destroyed. It will take another 1-2 years. The Russian military is already close to culmination. You are in for a big shock when the collapse of Russia happens. It is inevitable.
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  2518. The Ukrainian army is just 40 miles from the Azov Sea. You Russians nearly had Kyiv surrounded 18 months ago. What happened? Won your way to back to Urozhaine? Once again, the trolling is such low grade. Pay peanuts and you get monkeys I guess.
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  2519. That is Russian misinformation and propaganda. It never happened. What did happen is the signing of the NATO-RUSSIA founding act in which both parties agree that every nation is free to join whichever alliances they choose. That includes Ukraine joining NATO.
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  2520. Your misinformation and propaganda supports Russias war crimes and genocide in Ukraine. Reported.
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  2521. YouTube is a disgrace. My comments get censored while the Russian propaganda that supports genocide remains. Shame on YouTube.
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  2522. Who is dictating anything to you? Each company chooses its own policies. You have the choice to deal with them or not. You have freedom of choice and so does the company, including it's shareholders and management.
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  2523. @Joscha Wexler Sounds like another way of saying the Russian army is almost useless.
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  2524.  @italiangypsy79  Russia is a vast country. They can't deploy all their troops to Ukraine. Without assistance Ukraine will almost certainly fall. But the Russian occupation is also doomed to fail. They can't control Ukraine. Especially once the sanctions start squeezing them
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  2525. That's what happens when you have a FTA with zero tariffs.
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  2526.  serriajohn  Yes, I know.
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  2527. Russia existed for the past 30 years without being at the mercy of NATO. They could overthrow Putin, install a moderate government, hand over Putin and the rest of the war criminals and agree to pay some war reparations and they would be out the hole they've dug for themselves. With their vast energy resources they could easily pay some amount of war reparations and still be far better off economically than continuing the war. Other than that I can't see how they can avoid defeat and the break up of the Russian Federation.
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  2528. Yes. The dictatorships and their supporters are all going to get destroyed militarily and economically. The world is going to become more democratic and fewer people will live under authoritarianism.
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  2529. ​ @saurabhyadav-zv3kl  Tomorrow Indians will weep for attaching themselves to the sinking ship that is Russia.
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  2530. There is already a new world order. Cold war 2 is just beginning. The biggest loser over the next 20 years will be Russia. Putin has shot himself in both feet.
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  2531. With 100000 North Koreans joining Russia just imagine how impressive their military parades are going to be!
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  2532.  @lucutes2936  The one that the massacre of Srebrenica was a part of. F*ck off war crim.
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  2533.  @vlajkodzudovic9957  Absolute bullshit. There were not even 500k Serbs in Croatia. The Serbs that left Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo did so only after Serbs invaded, murdered approx. 200,000 people but we're defeated on the battlefield. After the defeat of the Serb Yugoslav army and the brutal paramilitaries, your people fled like criminals running away from the scene of a heinous crime. Croatia , Bosnia and Kosovo did not invade Serbia. You Serbs are like little children. You can't take responsibility for your actions and constantly lie to shift blame. F*ck off liar. You are just another low life supporter of Serbian war crimes.
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  2534.  @shakuntalalivneh8742  You belief is completely wrong. Serbian leader Milosevic whipped his fellow countrymen into believing they could expand their borders with "greater Serbia" among many other things. Slovenia and Croatia decided to leave Yugoslavia as was their right under the Yugoslav federal system. The Serb led Yugoslav army them invaded Slovenia and Croatia. When Bosnia also declared independence, the Serbs invaded Bosnia. Google the Srebrenica massacre and siege of Sarajevo and you will see the sort of atrocities committed by the Serbs. You can also check their convicted war criminals, Mladic and Karadzic. Milosevic died during his trial. But would also have been convicted. You should learn some history and facts before posting absolute lies here.
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  2535.  @shakuntalalivneh8742  Get a brain. In Kosovo, the US determined that the Serbs were committing genocide and asked their NATO allies to help prevent it. So they helped to stop Serbia slaughtering the Kosovars who constituted 90% of the population. Your comments are completely ignorant. The product of a failed education and low IQ. Get lost with your lies. All you are doing is supporting the war crimes committed by Serbia. Go and watch what they did in Srebrenica if you have the courage to face the truth. See the horrors you are supporting.
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  2536.  @theViomax  I disagree. If they see genocide or mass murder going on next door, I think they should intervene. In WW2 if other countries had intervened to stop Germany and the Soviet Union dividing up Poland, they may have prevented a bigger war. Once tyrants like Hitler and Stalin think they can get away with one crime, it encourages them to keep doing more. Same with Putin in Ukraine.
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  2537. Which media are reporting this?
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  2538. ​ @dieselphiend More whataboutism. You support the murder of 260 unarmed civilians at the music festival? Yes or no? You support beheading babies? Yes or no? You support holding hostages, including women, children and babies? Yes or no? You support killing and holding hostages that have nothing to do with the conflict, such as the Thai and Filipino nationals? Yes or no? Stop deflecting and answer the questions.
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  2539. It would be found out quite quickly. Would China risk sanctions? So far they have played it safe. My bet is the risks are not worth it for China.
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  2540. Russia is committing genocide. It's time to intervene militarily to stop it. Putin and his henchmen must stand trial for their war crimes.
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  2541.  @idleishde6124  Which problems are the Europeans treating as being of no concern to them, specifically? Climate change? The EU has done a lot more than most other places? Poverty alleviation in the global south? Europe is a large contributor. What about India? What has it done to help alleviate problems in the world? It's hard to think of anything. All we have seen is lots of Indians and their media actively cheering Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Lots of hypocrisy is what I see. Absolutely zero willingness to face the truth: that their best buddy Russia has brazenly invaded their neighbour and is trying to commit genocide against Ukranians. They're not merely turning a blind eye to it, but actively assisting in the genocide by supporting Russia. There's nothing we can do about that except understand that India will always be hostile to the West and treat them accordingly.
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  2542.  @varun2250  I merely pointed out that your comment made no sense. And it doesn't. You then made a vacuous comment. You could not even provide one example. You sound like a bit of a dipshit. I can tell because you're just parroting what you have heard other people say. Other people who are supporting Russian war crimes. In future try to make an original and intelligent comment. If you're capable of it.
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  2543.  @deepikamakineni2615  Another Indian parroting the stupid remarks by their foreign minister that make no sense. Indians are turning out to be as mindless as Russians.
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  2544. Early grave.
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  2545. Keep dreaming orc. Europe is just fine. But Russia is getting its ass kicked by little Ukraine. Go have a good cry and then off to the front lines for you.
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  2546.  @ericberg2131  Killed by the baathists who have the same mentality as Putin and his cronies.
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  2547.  @kencur9690  The retaliation of course would affect Russia. Nukes are off the table and everyone in a senior military position knows it.
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  2548. Is your name an abbreviation of d*mb f*ck by any chance?
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  2549. ​ @natemendsen1629 Trump has given aid and comfort to convicted insurrectionists. So he's barred right?
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  2550. Trump is as much a criminal as a business man. He does not have the integrity you give him credit for. His admiration of Putin suggests he will sell Ukraine and the US down the river.
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  2551. That's a very disheartening analysis. Perhaps after the war in Ukraine is over, they can funnel weapons into Iranian opposition groups as pay back for the Iranian drones.
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  2552.  @askfaisalmuslim  Their hate is a badge of honour.
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  2553. ​ @mikefixac  Or accidentally hitting Belgorod. I guess they will never know until they have a go.
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  2554. Trump is on track to win the Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize. Extorting your allies is going to cost the US dearly.
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  2555. ​ @Chipolinou  Believing the lies you were taught in school is nothing to be proud of. Stalin himself said after the war that without Lend Lease Russia would have lost. I think Stalin would know better than you.
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  2556. ​ @kishanchali8752  Stalin himself said that without Lend Lease that Russia would have lost the war. Surely, no-one else is in a better position to know. Russia has been an imperial power and coloniser for centuries. Any Indian supporting Russia while being critical of British colonialism is a hypocrite.
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  2557. That BRICS thing is going to work out really well. Especially once China decides it wants Outer Manchuria back. I can just see it now. China invades Russia. India invades Tibet. Pakistan invades India. China invades India. Yep. BRICS is going to work out just fine.
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  2558. Totally agree. If we give Ukraine offensive weapons now, they will destroy the Russian military over the next few weeks. Ukraine we be free from their Russian oppressors and Europe will be safe. What the hell are we waiting for?
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  2559. Zimbabwe is an economic basket case. Rare earth metals aren't rare at all. BRICS is irrelevant.
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  2560. ​ @wolfthorn1  No, you lied, like every ruscist. The Budapest Memorandum and international law prove you to be a liar.
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  2561.  @laotzu2453  Unfortunately, when the Palestinians decided to become terrorists they lost sympathy. As you are against civilians being used as target practice, you must be opposed to Russia's invasion, right?
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  2562.  @DK-sg3oe  If this, if that. Look at what has happened to the Ruble already. If they keep trading it will drop to 1000 to the USD over the next few months. Enjoy being broke.
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  2563. Amazing that anyone can be that gullible.
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  2564.  @j.b.3502  Russia broke the Budapest Memorandum. Donbass is a part of Ukraine. The FSB orchestrated the conflict there. Russia is the aggressor and you support their war crimes. There is nothing to debate.
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  2565.  @j.b.3502  Ridiculous comment and completely false. Russia signed the NATO-RUSSIA Foundation Act and in it agreed that NATO and Russia did not consider each other as enemies. There is no mention in those documents that Russia has any objections to Ukraine or any other countries joining NATO. If Russia had any such objection they could have raised it then and insisted it become a part of the agreement. You are a liar and a supporter of Russian war crimes.
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  2566. 1+1 = 3?
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  2567. If Trump really wanted to strike fear into the hearts of his neighbours all he would have to do is threaten to deport 1 million magabillies into Canada and Mexico. Now that's what I call leverage.
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  2568. Tell that to the Baltic states and Poland. If Ukraine is defeated they have good reason to believe they're next. You want them to just wait and hope for the best? If NATO had made it clear to Putin that they would get boots on the ground and create a no fly zone in Ukraine, Putin would not have invaded. Appeasement never works. Have you learnt nothing from WW2?
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  2569.  @GDM41  Your comment is unintelligible gibberish. Soon Russia is going to get smashed on the battlefield. Just look at them fleeing like rats from a sinking ship in Zaporozhye, Kherson and Crimea.
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  2570.  @HungryWalkerSubcribe  When it detonates on the launch vehicle and kills 10,000 Russian troops we will all have a good laugh at the usual Russian incompetence.
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  2571. Maybe not the entire military, but at least 90% of it and that includes the one's at the top.
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  2572. Bullshit. NATO has not installed nukes in Ukraine. In fact, Ukraine had been rejected for NATO membership 8 times. Stop justifying Russian mass murder and war crimes.
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  2573. She's a liability. Biden should replace her asap.
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  2574. There are no excuses for ignorance about tariffs. Anyone can google what they are and understand the basics in less than 10 minutes. But Trump cultists believe anything and everything he says as gospel truth. Their suffering is going to be entirely self inflicted so it's very hard to have sympathy for them.
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  2575.  @cameronfreeman8495  Russia is stretched to its limits already. They can't even properly equip the conscripts they have already mobilized.
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  2576.  @60degreelobwedge82  It's not an analysis. He's suffering from relevance deprivation and trying to sell books to gullible Trump voters. Those one's that have fascist leanings, which is not all of them by any means. The closest assessment in the West is coming from the Institute for the Study of War. For the past year they have been consistently accurate I'm their descriptions of what is happening on the battlefield. The best count of equipment destroyed is coming from Oryx. From their numbers some rough estimates can be made of casualties of both sides. However you slice and dice the numbers, Russia has lost far more combatants than Ukraine. What you are citing is absolute BS.
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  2577. ​ @everTriumph  Can't agree with that. Putin and his oligarch mates have hundreds of billions of dollars stashed away. They want to live long lives and enjoy their stolen wealth. They are more terrified of nuclear war than anyone.
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  2578. Parroting Russian propaganda and supporting their genocide in Ukraine makes this channel look like absolute scum. Those supporting the murder of innocent Ukrainians are supporting genocide. Russian evil will be defeated along with all their supporters.
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  2579. ​ @volfi123 They are clearly not the same. Annexing Gaza is far worse.
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  2580. They could do it the old fashioned way like in WW2.
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  2581.  @chasseausanglier3390  NATO countries all have professional armies. We can send them to the front lines. It's going to happen because Putin is too low IQ to stop.
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  2582.  @MrManny075  How cold will it be in Russia during a nuclear winter? Your pathetic threats don't scare anyone. You realise NATO has thousands of nukes. If Russia launches even one, it is the end of Russia forever.
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  2583. That's why the rest of Europe can't rely on Germany and have to do it themselves.
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  2584. This partnership is going to end up like the one between Stalin and Hitler.
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  2585. JD Vance deserves his chance to run for President. Trump should do the honourable thing for once in his life.
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  2586. ​ @houm7571 If that was true, why bother with the agreements? Just admit that you have no counter argument to those agreements being voluntary.
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  2587.  @Stoich827  Putin is a coward and a war criminal. I look forward to watching his trial at the ICC.
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  2588. It's extraordinary that there are still Russian supporters defending this attack and trying to obfuscate such a disgusting crime in the comments section. Anyone supporting Russia after witnessing this is a cretin.
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  2589.  @teosandev6116  It's a tragedy that the US government is led by an FSB agent.
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  2590. BRICS should more aptly be known as BROKES. It's like a forum of all the broke countries looking to get a handout from other broke countries.
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  2591. Every US and European general I've seen days Ukraine will win with continued Western support. You trolls are laughable. It's obvious that Russia is on the ropes and terrified. So all you have left is the deluded hope that your lies will lead to Ukraine stopping their offensive. It's not going to stop until the Russian army is comprehensively defeated.
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  2592.  @watermelon_cat6056  It is whataboutism. The circumstances in those other countries are not the same. To suggest they are is false equivalence. Can removing Saddam Hussein after 11 UN Security Council resolutions be considered the same as Russia invading Ukraine without even going to the Security Council with a complaint? Of course not. Saddam Hussein was a dictator who had already killed a million people in Iran, Kuwait and his own Kurdish population. That is not the same as invading a democratically elected Ukraine. So yes, it is whataboutism. You need to learn to think more clearly. These whataboutism posters all have the same love for dictators. But ask them to take responsibility for the murders that those dictators committed and you will get nothing but silence. Learn to think in future.
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  2593.  @SuperGman117  It's exactly by not speaking out that they ended up living in a country where you go to jail for speaking out. Russians chose to allow themselves to be ruled like this. If the people revolt, the government will be gone. Freedom always has a price. The Russian people are not prepared to pay for it.
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  2594. Who, specifically, are the elites that he's referring to? What are the lies they are telling? Without clarification, it's impossible to know how to address what he's talking about. He makes the same mistake (deliberately) that the Democrats have indicted Trump. A Grand Jury indicted Trump in each case. Maybe he needs to start facing up to his own lies? In my experience in talking with others with similar conspiricist views, they're always vague and keep moving the goal posts. You can never pin down exactly what their claims are about who is doing what. He's a lost cause. Only a straightjacket and padded cell might help him now.
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  2595.  @Professor-Gerdes  If you pin them down long enough, you will get various answers. Such as: the WEF, jews, the deep state, etc. Every conspiracy theorist has a different answer. But the word "they" is preferred so that they don't have to explain their argument. The vagueness of their language also prevents them from fighting among each other.
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  2596.  @pamelajohnson2815  Handing the US over to Russia and his billionaire mates. If you've seen anything else you'll need to prove it.
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  2597. You're making an ass of yourself giving any legitimacy to the shamferenda.
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  2598. Russia has already lost the war. Putin knows it and he's just trying to stay alive as long as possible.
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  2599. ​ @tommyboym6563 If Trump wanted to find those votes and was not asking the election official to find the votes for him, then what is the purpose of that statement? What is the purpose of calling the election official to begin with? Trump could have just looked for the votes himself. In the context of making the phone call and making that statement Trump is clearly asking the election official to find those votes for him. Stop being so disingenuous. He is clearly guilty of trying to steal the election.
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  2600. That correlation goes way back to Soviet Union times. The invasion of Afghanistan being one example.
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  2601. Maybe you're the uneducated one. If Trump increases tariffs and deports 20 million people, what do you think will happen to the cost of living? More than 20 of the top economists say the KH economic plan is better. None agree with Trump. Surely you don't think you know more about the economy?
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  2602. ​ @ЕвгенийТокарев-ш8м  Whataboutism is all you Russian trolls have. So the comment is correct and you have no counter argument. You better pull your socks up Ivan or you will soon be fertilizer in Ukraine.
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  2603. Election interference is a serious crime. Prosecute. Revoke citizenship. Deport.
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  2604. Ukraine is waging war far more intelligently than Russia. I can only see things getting worse for Russia from here on in.
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  2605.  @ЭЮЯ-о3к  Remind me, what is the penalty for calling it a war in Russia? Everything approaching truth gets you jail time in Siberian Gulag, comrade. Keep cheering for your own oppression.
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  2606.  @GardeningZ  There's nothing stopping Xi from making the offer publicly. One day maybe you will wake up and learn that Ukrainians have agency.
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  2607.  @glimpse.solo.72  I'll take your whataboutism as a confirmation that you can't refute my argument. What about Jasenovac? Nazi puppet regimes all across Europe committed horrendous crimes and that includes in Serbia, perpetrated by Serbs. There's no point trying to deny that death camps existed in Serbia and were run by Serbs. You can google it for yourself. Google this: "Why is Serbia so reluctant to remember the Holocaust?" You can't exterminate 80% of the Jews in Serbia and at the same time complain about being victims of the same type of depravity. Making up fictitious numbers regarding Jasenovac doesn't absolve Serbs of their own guilt. And it can't be used as an excuse for the crimes Serbs committed in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo. NATO had to intervene to stop your genocide. To the present day there are millions of Serbs who deny Srebrenica and who consider the perpetrators to be heroes. Srpska Republica is an abomination.
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  2608.  @glimpse.solo.72  What crimes? You have to make your case. NATO defending Kosovars is not a crime. Serbia attacking the Kosovars was the crime. NATO assisted the US in Afghanistan to nly after the terrorist attack on the twin towers. The US invaded in self defence after being attacked.
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  2609.  @glimpse.solo.72  Chomsky has lost his mind if he believes that the Serbs did not slaughter 8000 Bosnians in Srebrenica. Is that what Chomsky claims? Are you denying it or do you at least acknowledge it as a matter of fact?
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  2610.  @glimpse.solo.72  Who I am is of no importance. What is important is that a state should not be founded in the 21st century that has ethic cleansing and genocide as its basis. And which has literally hundreds of war criminals enjoying protection from prosecution. Note, that not even one Serb here has acknowledged the murder of those 8000 Bosnians. Not even one, so far. From their silence one can only conclude that they support the genocide.
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  2611.  @glimpse.solo.72  Srebrenica is more than a tragedy. It's a war crime. Those who were involved should be brought to justice. All of them. What a pathetic attempt at an insult. But even in trying to do that you lack the intelligence to understand the meaning of my words. I wrote who I am is of no importance. Not that I am not important. But you are clueless to understand the difference. And why attempt to insult me just because I pointed out facts, which you have not even disputed? That only makes you look petty. No further discussion with you.
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  2612. That is close to the stupidest comment ever posted. It is a Russian war in Ukraine.
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  2613. The Ukrainians are defending their country and deserve support. While the Russians are invaders committed war crimes. Why should help the Russian propaganda machine? If you support the war criminal invaders, maybe you should stick to watching Russian and Indian channels.
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  2614. Russia has made it clear it wants all the former USSR nations back under their control. That has been one of their demands for the past 2 years. If Russia succeeds in Ukraine, NATO members are next in line. How much will it cost the US once article 5 is invoked? How much greater is the risk of the US being hit by Russian nukes? The money spent on Ukraine now is an absolute bargain. Do these Republicans not understand the concept of false economy? Do they really believe the US can just turn a blind eye to Russian and Chinese ambitions? Do they think isolationism can keep the US safe? Didn't work out that way 80 years ago and not likely to do so in the future.
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  2615.  @absalomdraconis  I would support that if NATO was getting the weapons to Ukraine. But it's happening far too slowly. For Ukraine to win I think they will most probably need sir superiority. That will take a long time. If NATO stepped in they would have it within days. Virtually all the Russian artillery could be knocked out in 1-2 weeks. That would de-fang the Russians.
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  2616. He's clearly mentally retarded. He belongs in a psych facility in prison.
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  2617. Russia is already using North Korean and Iranian weapons inside Ukraine. China knows that if it provides weapons that the US and Europe will sanction the hell out of them. And their economy is much more exposed to sanctions than Russias.
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  2618. No-one seems to be talking much about China's statement regarding the sovereignty/independence of the Stans. In my view it is a clear message to Russia to stay out of all of them as they are now considered a part of China's sphere of influence. Russia has become a vassal state of China now and can never be regarded as a superpower. Putin has done more damage to Russia in 6 months than NATO has in 30 years.
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  2619. Russia can't win from here. Ukraine is getting stronger by the day and Russia is getting weaker. It's only a matter of weeks before Ukraine get the upper hand and begin to drive Russia out. I expect the Russian army in Ukraine to collapse within 6-12 weeks.
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  2620. Surely an economic program that gets seeds to Ukrainian farmers for next season would not cost much and will be implemented. Ukraine and their allies are not going to just stand by and watch such a disaster unfold without taking action to prevent it.
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  2621. Trump is running scared. He's always been a coward.
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  2622.  @gandalfstormcrow8439  Russia claims a lot of things and they're 99% BS. Ukraine will recapture all of its territory in due course. While Russia is doomed to collapse. This is as certain as the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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  2623. We need to get lots of people to report all their videos. They are trying to silence all pro Ukraine channels.
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  2624. How long until we conclude that Putin is suffering from some type of psychosis? The world can't go on living life normally while a dictator with a serious mental illness is in control of 5,000 nukes. Putin is far more dangerous than Hitler ever was because of having all those nukes. It seems obvious that Putin has no intention of stopping with these annexations. He wants all of Ukraine and much more. This will only end in the same way as WW2.
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  2625. Yes, just like that wall the Mexicans paid to have built during his last term?
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  2626.  @daniell1483  The simple minded hatred of the US is a sure sign that they are not researching and thinking about the issues. I guarantee you that not one in a hundred of these people know about the numerous UN Security Council resolutions in relation to Iraq. They also don't know that all of those resolutions were supported by both Russia and China. The alternatives to US leadership in the world are terrifying.
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  2627.  @BrandyF2  Yes, I know.
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  2628.  @Mrmrunknown9992  Russia supplies China and Pakistan with weapons too. China buys nearly as much as India. The next time India and China come to blows, just see if Russia helps you. Also, about 90% of the weapons they sell India are junk. If in doubt have a long, hard look at all their destroyed equipment in Ukraine.
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  2629. ​ @luckyo11 With a large percentage of the population losing their life savings, who will have enough money to buy new housing?
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  2630. ​ @lproth Communists.
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  2631. Sounds like a dog whistle for genocide? Are you saying you want the obliteration of Israel? Don't be a coward. Say what you mean.
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  2632. That is a lie. No such assurance was ever made. You are a Russian propagandist.
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  2633. But we are prepared to give Ukraine all they need to defeat Russia. Putin is desperate and Russia will collapse in due time.
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  2634. The status quo cannot remain. Pressure will mount on Serbia. Serbs appear to be strongly allied to Russia and generally dislike the EU and NATO. As most EU members are also NATO members, I can't see how Serbia could be a part of the EU. They would just be a Trojan horse So it's time to end the accession process as there is no reasonable probability of success. Far better to invest money in countries that actually want to be a part of the EU rather than Russia.
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  2635. Who has said Ukraine will be operating only a half a dozen of them? Sounds like a straw man argument you've made there.
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  2636.  @JourneyToTheTruthandTR  That only gives a subsistence level of living at best. To fulfill their real potential they rely on Western technology like semiconductors etc. Russia will resemble North Korea within a few months, once they start running out of parts and money.
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  2637. If Hamas had hit only military targets inside Israel they could claim they are freedom fighters. But raping, murdering, mutilating and desecrating bodies proves they are just terrorists. Killing 260 unarmed civilians at the the music festival was an act of pure barbarity. Whatever suffering is going on in Gaza now can be laid squarely at the feet of the terrorists and all those who support them. If you support Hamas, you are partially responsible for the terrorism inside Israel and for the suffering in Gaza.
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  2638. ​ @donaldkasper8346 Specifically, what aid has been given to Ukraine via the EU and passed off as EU aid rather than US aid? If you can't provide evidence, let's call your post BS.
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  2639.  @donaldmackerer9032  You have completely misunderstood my post. I abhor MAGA. I know exactly how things have occurred during the war as I follow it closely. There is a claim being made that the US is giving weapons but the Europeans are claiming credit. That is BS. Everyone knows that the weapons transfers are happening in two ways. One is as you described and the other is European nations giving weapons that are not being replaced by the US. My point is that the US has received credit for its considerable assistance to Ukraine. The nature of the weapons transfers is not a secret. It's open and everyone knows the US has provided enormous assistance.
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  2640.  @donaldkasper8346  The US got credit for shipping those arms. No-one is denying US assistance as you suggested.
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  2641. I like the new format.
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  2642. Social media is destroying America. Russia and China can easily push their propaganda and nothing is in place to prevent them. Perhaps the solution is to end anonymity on social media? If you have to prove your ID before making a comment it will make it far more difficult for lies and propaganda to be spread. In the past we knew the source of all political speech. Why should anyone have the right to comment anonymously?
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  2643. ​ @bobgonzales9680 Worry about China brown nose. Thankfully, Russia is weak and incompetent like it's supporters.
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  2644. Lies.
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  2645. Crocodile tears.
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  2646. ​ @philippevermaut7103 Nonsense. If they're citizens of Ukraine they are obliged to defend their country in the same way as everyone else. If they don't like it, then return to Hungary. Orban is a fraudster and criminal.
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  2647. Serbs just need to stop attacking and killing their neighbours. Refrain from committing genocide against Kosovars and NATO will leave you alone.
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  2648. Hit Chinese EV's with a 100% tariffs. There are also sound environmental reasons for penalizing these imports.
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  2649.  @FabioCapela  Lots of Chinese vehicles use both nickel and cobalt. Especially the ones being exported to Western countries where range is a bigger issue. Where do they source that nickel and cobalt from? Indonesia and Congo. The mining and processing have virtually non-existent environment regulations and in Congo the use of child labour is common. Stopping those vehicles from entering the West is perfectly justified.
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  2650.  @arcsephiroth  Believe your fairy tales if you wish. Russia has been exposed as a paper tiger in Ukraine. China will be no better. You do know that every Ballistic missile is hypersonic, right?
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  2651.  @narednikmajka2403  The US Navy. How about if the US and its allies cut off the sea lanes that transport oil into China like the Malacca Straits and also cut off trade export routes out of China? How about if Taiwan or the US uses its missiles to destroy every major Chinese port in the first minutes of the war? China can start WW3. It just can't win it and it knows it. That's why it's all talk and no action.
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  2652. Looks like Trump and RFK jr are fighting for the batshitcrazy vote.
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  2653. Lol. Russia has been going backwards for a year now and only against Ukraine.
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  2654. ​ @kathevedientes5638  Serbs slaughtering Kosovars is against international law. NATO intervened to prevent Serbia committing genocide. That is well within international law.
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  2655. ​​ @SCVM__  Close to the dumbest comment I've ever seen. So Kharkiv and Kherson were a feint? But hasn't Russia annexed Kherson? Why would you withdraw from what you consider to be Russia? You Russians keep lying to cover up your failures. I'll say it again: Russians are just plain stupid.
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  2656. China's aggressive wolf warrior diplomacy and military build up in the South China Sea make good relations impossible. These problems only emerged after Xi became leader.
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  2657.  @gunsumwong3948  Australians do not care if China buys it or not. China's rise has already peaked and it is on the way down. Xi Jinping has made your country hostile towards investors and buyers. China needs to get rid of him and reset it's relationship with the Western world for its own good.
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  2658.  @gunsumwong3948  How do you know how many people support the government when it is a one party state and there are no elections? Also, anyone opposing the government is jailed? The CCP is a cancer. It's going to die soon. The first stages of China's collapse are beginning now.
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  2659.  @blardymunggas6884  China and Australia already do hundreds of billions of dollars of trade recently. If anyone is unreliable, it's Chinese people. Just ask anyone who has ever had to to business with them. Chinese are so crooked they lay in bed straight at night
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  2660.  @duyataksis5210  China already appears to be struggling to deal with Covid, it's debt crisis and it's demographic time bomb. Add in disinvestment by Western companies, rising wages and inflation and it's clear the rise of China has peaked and it now faces very difficult times ahead I do not need to cope as I am an affluent Westerner with full freedom, unlike Chinese who live under the thumb of communist rule. And I am not seething. That is your own projection. I am pointing out the significant difficulties that China faces. If they are smart they would avoid adding a conflict with the West to their many problems.
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  2661.  @gunsumwong3948  Australia's national interests did not change with the change of government. China is still a belligerent and hostile nation. If you are in doubt, just ask all the countries it has threatened in the past few years and see what they have to say. Thankfully, the Chinese Ship is beginning to sink.
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  2662. ​ @nuclearnadal8850 Ukraine is far worse. At least 500k people killed by Russian invasion and deliberately targeting civilians. I'll bet you were cheering it on. The same as you were cheering on October 7th.
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  2663. ​ @EM.K024 So you're saying Hamas is to blame because they invaded the homes of civilians to kill them and/or take them as hostages, right? No-one else can be to blame other than the attackers.
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  2664. ​ @EM.K024 Here you go again trying to blame the victims rather than the attackers. Hamas have bragged about murdering 260 people at the festival. You are a big time terrorist supporter. What a POS.
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  2665. ​ @GusLapchatiy Do not overestimate them as you are doing. Their power has collapsed twice in just over a century. So it seems reasonable to believe it can and probably will happen again.
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  2666. Time for all the Western countries to hit China and India with extra trade tariffs and increase them by 10%-20% each year. We need to encourage western companies to divest and move their manufacturing to friendly countries and/or to bring them home. Without those wealthy western consumers their economies will rapidly decline. China is shooting itself in the foot by siding with Russia.
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  2667. Maybe you should watch the video again. Russia is the cause of food insecurity and inflation in the global south. If you actually lived there on an average income that would be of concern to you. But you are just someone who supports Russian genocide in Ukraine from the comfort of your armchair.
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  2668.  @goenzoy712  You're just writing gibberish.Try and make some sense in future.
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  2669.  Андрей Тымко  Well said.
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  2670. ​ @Mossbeehave No brains either.
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  2671. Exactly.
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  2672. If ever you needed proof that Russia is a shitshow.
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  2673. That's about the going rate for that apartment. There is no shortage of alternatives.
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  2674. ​ @stephenglover8828 Direct that question at your pay masters in the Kremlin.
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  2675.  @stephenglover8828  You are very much pro Russian.
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  2676.  @JahNgomba-ir2zi  I believe it will happen next week and then be signed into law.
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  2677. For all practical purposes 99% of Russians live in a giant prison. What do they care if new management takes over? Their situation may even improve.
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  2678. Surely there would be retaliatory strikes against Iran. A few cruise missiles could damage their key oil pipelines and ports. That would put their oil exports out of business. Sounds like a very risky undertaking. But I could certainly see terrorists employing drones this way.
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  2679.  @bilic8094  Wrong. Troops were sent from Serbia. How did Mladic and his troops commit the massacre at Srebrenica? First they invaded. Then they massacred.
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  2680.  @bilic8094  He was a commander in the Jugoslav National Army. How does your comment change anything about the events in Croatia and Bosnia? Serbs started the wars and committed the war crimes working together. The JNA, the Yugoslav government and the Serbian public supported what the Serbs did in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. They still do as far as I can tell. Their only regret is losing.
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  2681.  @DavidMarkovic646  Yugoslavia was made up of Republics. Krajina is not a republic. Never was. It was a part of Croatia. Serbs were trying to take everyone else's land.
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  2682.  @DavidMarkovic646  Are you one of those? Because I am yet to see one Serb denounce him.
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  2683.  @DavidMarkovic646  You should get a brain. I see you still cannot acknowledge what the Serbs did. Still defending the indefensible.
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  2684.  @T1227trx  War crimes were committed on all sides but that doesn't change the fact that it all started with the Serbs killing their neighbours. Your neighbours retaliated. What did you expect would happen? You're like the Russians... Shocked that Ukraine is defending itself. Shocked that they dare send drones to strike Moscow. But a complete lack of awareness about why it's happening and who started the shit show.
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  2685.  @bilic8094  That is a misrepresentation. It is nothing like the USA. The US was formed by former colonies of the British Empire. They were not nations/states on their own. If Slovenia and Croatia could secede from the Austria-Hungary Empire, they could secede from Yugoslavia.
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  2686.  @bilic8094  The JNA could have withdrawn back across the borders to Serbia. And I am saying the JNA got reinforcements from Serbia. Those reinforcements are an invasion.
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  2687.  @MONSIEUR_FARFELU  I agree. If we look to history to see how the USSR disintegrated, I think that is how Russia will end up. The similarities are striking. Russia just started cold war 2 but with all its former Eastern European allies now arrayed against it as well as it's traditional western foes. This war is not only unwinnable, but almost suicidal. Putin will go down in history as the man who collapsed Russia.
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  2688. ​ @superdave8248 Co-habitation makes no sense either. In most jurisdictions the court will treat you as being in a de-facto marriage after living together for 1-2 years. Pre-nups are equally worthless. She can always argue she signed it under duress and the court will tear it up. Get all the facts before entering into a relationship with the government. And remember, the government changes and they can change your contract however and whenever they choose.
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  2689. Agreed.
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  2690.  @little_error295  What army? The Russian army is largely destroyed. Much of what's left is trapped in Kherson. Those reservists that are coming are little more than cannon fodder.
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  2691.  @yianpap6093  Better even than that.
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  2692. So Trump is the hawk tuah guy. It explains the Village People music at his rallies.
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  2693. Legalise drugs and tax them just like tobacco. Problem mostly solved.
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  2694.  @trevorcrook5753  Go have a good cry.
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  2695. Go to Russia and live under Putin's brutality.
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  2696. I think a message is being sent to Russia. Taking out energy infrastructure is not that difficult. It is even easier on land. Russia now knows that all their pipelines carrying gas or oil can be put out of action relatively easily. As can their nuclear power stations. That would mean total economic collapse and facing a winter where their populace is far colder than people in the EU. As a bonus, any thoughts the Germans may have had to cut a deal with Russia have just gone out the window. A win-win move by someone as long as they don't get caught.
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  2697. That is close to the stupidest that Ng I've ever seen written. You know Japan started the war against the US by bombing Pearl Harbour? They also invaded and took over much of Asia and committed massive war crimes. Just read up about their atrocities in China. Unit 731 should make some interesting reading. Japan got nuked for very good reasons.
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  2698.  @jsergiuiulian  Western decision making takes time because there are so many parties involved. But once they decide to defeat Russia it will be game over for the malignant midget and his minions.
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  2699.  @HappyJames12  Discussing foreign relations with Putin while out off government is a felony. Are you saying Trump broke the law again?
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  2700. ​ @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings You need to begin by defining your terms. Oxford English dictionary defines terrorism as: the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. Hamas killing unarmed civilians including children for their political aims is clearly terrorism. If Israel responds by targeting buildings where hamas launched rockets from, that is a legitimate military target. Israel is going out of their way to destroy Hamas with precision strikes to avoid civilian casualties. If you can't tell who is evil after one side murdered 1400 unarmed civilians, then you really need to get an education and work on improving your intelligence.
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  2701. They have a free press to expose government lies, unlike Russia.
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  2702. ​ @cratecruncher6687  I doubt it. He's unreliable and not to be trusted.
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  2703. I think Peter is being too pessimistic in this video. Firstly, Russia does not have millions of pieces of military equipment. It's probably down to its last 1000 usable tanks and less than 500 effective aircraft. It's a middle level power at best. If what Peter claims is true, why does Russia need ammo from North Korea and drones ftom Iran? And if he's right about the Western military industrial complex being able to provide lots of weapons and ammo in the second half of 2024, then Russia is in massive trouble because the West can produce orders of magnitude more than Russia. Also, it will all be modern and precision guided. Shortly after that, Russia would be overwhelmed. Also, Russia needs to have 10 times more than Ukraine because their weapons lack precision. A case in point is HIMARS vs regular Russian artillery. In July last year the Russians trolls were making fun of Ukraine regarding HIMARS. How could 18 HIMARS have any effect against thousands of Russian artillery pieces? Answer: longer range and precision. And that was without ATACMS. In the end, Russia has a lot of old largely usesless junk and Ukraine is getting more and more modern, precision weapons. Ukraine is getting stronger by the day and Russia is getting weaker by the day. Lastly, regarding Russia's military history. Yes, what Peter says is true. But it's against far smaller and weaker opponents who did not have the support that Ukraine has. Unfortunately for Russia, this time they are taking on a country that is being fully backed by the most powerful military alliance in human history. Russia is out of its depth here and has no hope of winning in the long run. I believe that Russia winning would be untenable for the US and Europe. If it looked like that was going to happen, there would be military intervention by either NATO or a coalition of the willing led by Poland. Europe is not just going to sit back and allow Russia to hold a dagger to its throat. That is never going to happen. Russia will collapse, just like the USSR, long before they ever conquer Ukraine.
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  2704. None obviously, since Russian propagandists claim Ukrainians don't exist. You ruscists are not very bright are you?
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  2705. I think Ukraine will try to repeat what they did in Kherson and Kharkiv. Exactly the same game plan. First strike down from Zaporozhye to the coast. Cut off the Russian land bridge. Then get to the borders of Crimea. Then, hope Russia is stupid enough to repeat what they did in Kherson. That is, send in lots of reinforcements into Crimea via the Kerch Bridge. If Russia falls for it, which is likely given how valuable Crimea is to them, then destroy the Kerch Bridge with a large chunk of the Russian army trapped in Crimea and unavailable to defend other parts of occupied Ukraine. Once that's done, Ukraine can pick and choose the weakest part of the Russian defence to attack and liberate those areas first. Leaving Crimea until the very last while softening it up all the while.
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  2706. ​ @Crokey  Under a Russian ruled Soviet Union you mean. Ukraine was not an independent country during WW2. Oh and who started the war? Remember the Ribbentrop- Molotov pact? So Nazi Germany and Russia/Soviet Union invade Poland and divide it and start the horror. You Russians really are low IQ and have no knowledge of history.
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  2707. It's not a hush money case. It's an election interference case and a falsifying business records case.
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  2708. I do not use FB or Instagram and have no intention of ever doing so. If you are on those platforms, cancel your account. Show them that cancel culture can work both ways. If you own shares, sell them. I do not even watch Tate's content. But his being cancelled is disgusting. He has the right to say what he wants. Without that right, democracy is dead.
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  2709.  @alexsilent5603  Russia can withdraw and it's all over. Time to bring an end to the genocide that you appear to support.
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  2710.  @alexsilent5603  No-one believes your lies. The true Nazi's are Putin and his supporters.
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  2711.  @alexsilent5603  Look in the mirror to see what a brainwashed person looks like.
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  2712.  @livingtribunal4110  Russia is absolutely doing the wrong thing in Ukraine. They are breaking international law, murdering innocent civilians, committing tens of thousands of war crimes, stealing thousands of Ukrainian children. That is why Putin has been charged with genocide by the International Criminal Court. Your comment is disgraceful. It reflects very poorly upon you that you support Russian war crimes.
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  2713. ​ @jesperlykkeberg7438 Take a close look at Ukraine and see what happens when Russia invades and you don't have a nuclear deterrent.
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  2714. ​ @anytika  Can you read the Budapest Memorandum?
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  2715. ​ @jean-fabl6187  Putin's Russia is definitely fascist.
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  2716. ​ @royevans4581  If Russia had honoured the Budapest Memorandum, there would have been no need for any other peace treaties. Go and read it Russian troll.
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  2717.  @johncale1849  You and Russia have no honour, and you are not very intelligent, to say the least. The Budapest Memorandum set Ukraines borders. Both Russia and Ukraine signed it. Russia broke the Memorandum when they invaded Ukraine in 2014. If not for that dishonourable act, there would not be a need for any other agreements. You Russians have got to be the least intelligent people on this planet. Understand that Russia has caused all this. Get the hell out of Ukraine!
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  2718. More misinformation from another Russian troll.
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  2719. Since Russia has broken the Budapest Memorandum the fair solution is to give Ukraine nuclear weapons. That's what they gave up and it's only fair they get them back. That one act will stop Russia dead in its tracks.
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  2720. ​ @donald2665  That is close to the stupidest comment I have seen. Russia has been waging hybrid warfare against the US for at least the past 10 years. Did you see Putin's comments defending Hitler and Nazi Germany. He is indeed the new Hitler. Why do the people of Ukraine not get to decide who they want to align with? Since when did you and the other MAGA Putin apologists get to decide they can't be a part of NATO and the EU? If Russia is so awesome, why don't you just go to Russia already?
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  2721. That's not how it works.
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  2722.  @tunneloflight  That will be extremely difficult to prove. It won't happen.
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  2723.  @tunneloflight  I expect similar. But there's always the concern that one juror won't convict. For all the speculation about the jurors in the media, I think no one has a clue what they're thinking.
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  2724. ​ @levlev25 Stop supporting the caveman!
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  2725. @cathyclarity6456  Praying to a god that does not exist is an exercise in futility.
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  2726.  @7mmScout  Yes, I 100% agree. The change is underway but it takes time. Australia should never have allowed itself to become so economically tied to China in the first place.
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  2727. Yes, Russia is in it for the long haul. It's obvious they can't get their way with Ukraine and be on good terms with the West. So the result is that we are going back to a cold war. Russia is going to use the old Soviet playbook. History tells us how that worked out. But let's be real here, present day Russia is far weaker than the former Soviet Union. The USSR had somewhere between 20-30% of global GDP, while Russia has about 1.5% now. It's energy exports are down nearly 50% according to it's central bank. That's just one example. Also, Russia is far weaker militarily as so many of the former Warsaw Pact countries are now NATO members. NATO has never been stronger or more United, especially with the addition of Finland and Sweden. Ukraine is also a handful on their own as the Russians are finding out. Russia have already lost around half their pre war military power in the debacle in Ukraine. This can only end one way: defeat and eventually the break up of the Russian Federation. We can expect a lot more proxy wars in nations that Russia tries to place military assets. The West will not just sit around and let Russia take control of Africa or Latin America or any other place of any value. I think you, and the Russians themselves, have overestimated how much support Russia has in Africa. Just google all the votes in the UN regarding the Russian invasion. It's clear that far more African nations lean towards the West. The ones likely to side with Russia are mostly dirt poor and looking for handouts. Unfortunately for them Russia is not in an economic position to give any meaningful help. 50,000 tonnes of free grain is worth about US$20 million. That's practically an insult. Russia can dream big just like they did in believing they would swiftly seize control of Ukraine. But in the real world they just don't have the power or the money to realize those dreams. Unfortunately, Ukrainians are suffering as a result of these Russian delusions of grandeur.
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  2728.  @spacetoxicology123  Not just any ship, but the flagship of the Black Sea fleet, the ship whose onboard defense systems were supposed to protect the rest of the fleet. That's why the whole Black Sea fleet retreated away from Odessa. Now, there is no possibility of amphibious assault of Odessa. Keep playing the event down but it just makes you look foolish. With all the weapons flooding into Ukraine, Russia is doomed to certain defeat. The balance of power is coming very soon. I'm getting popcorn and watching Russia get destroyed.
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  2729.  @lionelpinkhard6509 The lie on his travel declaration is blatant. There is even a warning under the question that states words to the effect that making a false declaration is a serious offence and the penalties for doing so. Yet, a false declaration was still made.
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  2730.  @lionelpinkhard6509  Sure. It's in the hands of the courts now. But the section of the Migration Act used by the Minister gives him extraordinarily broad powers. So it will be much harder for Djokovic to win this time. The Minister has also had 4 days to work on it. If Djokovic wins it will be close to a miracle.
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  2731.  @lionelpinkhard6509  He broke the law by making a false travel declaration. The Minister also uses his discretionary powers all the time. Sometimes they are used to overturn decisions to deport people from Australia. So it works both ways.
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  2732. Once Lend Lease starts the biggest constraint will be training. We need to really knuckle down on this.
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  2733.  @bcanuck  Would they take the chance of launching a nuke? They know their missile failure rate better than anyone. What is the probability of a launched nuke hitting its designated target compared to hitting Russian territory? If they manage not to nuke themselves all they will achieve is getting the West to nuke them in retaliation. Doesn't sound like much of a strength to me. The generals in the Russian military know launching even one nuke is suicide for 145 million Russians.
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  2734.  @OmarAhmed-jo1cf  Yes, China doesn't lecture dictators and human rights abusers on their policies. So the people who suffer most are the citizens of those countries because they are denied democracy, freedom and human rights. How evil of the West to attach such conditions.
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  2735. We're going to find out the real value of Trump's properties as they get sold off to pay his fines and other court judgements. That will settle the question of their real worth once and for all. The market will have the final say.
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  2736. ​ @SecondhandLegz  Venezuela is also resource rich and so is the Democratic Republic of Congo. Having resources does not magically confer wealth on a country. You have to have the capital, the technology, the business acumen and the customers. Russia needed the West to get it's oil and gas production to where it is now. But with the Western services companies withdrawing from Russia, along with the rest of the sanctions, those days are gone. You can look forward to declining production and export of oil and gas and other minerals.
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  2737.  @lilacer6841  Facts always seem like nonsense to you brainwashed Russian trolls.
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  2738. Content creators should sue YouTube for damages every time they are cancelled unfairly.
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  2739. Israel hasn't occupied Gaza since 2007 Palestinians keep supporting terrorist governments. Hamas started this. Killing 1300 unarmed civilians was always going to be met with a powerful response. If you don't like the consequences go and complain to the Palestinian government hamas terrorists.
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  2740. Yes. It really is that simple.
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  2741.  bruce parka  Maybe you're dumb enough to have figured it out wrong?
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  2742. Protest all you like. But the fact is that hamas have committed a heinous act of terrorism. Their barbarity in cutting the heads off babies and murdering unarmed civilians is the cause of this. The Palestinian people are suffering now because they chose and they support a terrorist government. They have only themselves to blame. And as for their children, they can blame their parents for rhe suffering they are enduring.
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  2743.  @spartakdauti9783 Since the beginning of the invasion Russia has clearly had far more firepower. That will most likely change as weapons flow in for Ukraine over the next few weeks and months. So Ukraine is stretching the Russians out as far as possible. They are inflicting as much damage as they can while trading territory for time Russia will continue to make incremental gains while they have such a big advantage. But every day Russia is getting a little weaker while Ukraine is getting stronger. When the tipping point is reached, the tide in this war will turn in Ukraines favour. You will know when that moment has come because Russia will start making peace overtures. It's coming as sure as night follows day. But the exact moment depends on how quickly Ukraines allies act and how fast the Ukrainians can be trained
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  2744. Yet Ukraine is still advancing day after day.
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  2745. That woman was instigating the mass murder of Ukrainians. She deserves no sympathy. You are the one lacking a moral compass.
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  2746.  @adadurraman9778  What sort of a referendum is held at gunpoint? And only after the war Russia started drove out millions of Ukrainians? The only genuine referendum was held when Ukraine gained independence in 1991. All the province's of Ukrainian voted by over 80% to be part of Ukraine. That was a free and fair election process with international observers and accepted by Russia. The Budapest Memorandum set out Ukraines borders and Russia is a signatory to that. So stop with your BS. No-one believes it. Everybody with a functioning brain knows that what Russia has done is illegitimate and illegal. That is why even Russia's closest allies have made it clear they do not recognise the fake results and Russia's Annexations. Those countries being China, India and Serbia. You are spouting total nonsense that even a 5 year old child can see through. You are making a fool of yourself.
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  2747.  @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368  Most of the men in Donbass were rounded up by the Russian invaders and forcibly sent to the front lines. Most of them are already dead. Effectively, they ethnically cleansed themselves. The remaining people will most likely flee to Russia along with the Russian troops.
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  2748. The Russian Lend Lease program has provided more weapons than the US one. Defeat is inevitable. They should just give up and go back to Russia.
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  2749. None of those were US allies. You're not making any sense.
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  2750. He admitted guilt. The MAGA crowd needs quit defending him at this point.
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  2751. With the Republicans becoming increasingly extreme, how can you keep voting for them?
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  2752. Medvedev is Putin's lap dog. You know what they say about dogs that bark. They have no bite. When Putin dies or is removed, Medvedev will be terminated or removed along with him.
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  2753. You realise Russia invaded Ukraine, right? Try telling Putin to stop invading other countries. That will go a long way to stopping WW3.
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  2754. Trump is a traitor plain and simple.
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  2755. This CIA guy has no idea what he's talking about. South Africa is not one of the richest countries in the world. Aside from China and India, almost all the richest countries in the world support Ukraine. China and India have abstained in most votes. But recently voted against Russia. Tom, you need to learn to think more critically rather than just lapping up what your guest says.
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  2756. It's time to give Ukraine long range weapons to take out Russian infrastructure that is being used to target Ukrainian civilians. Russia can have no complaint.
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  2757.  @msmithy7813  I am not the slightest bit afraid and nor is anyone else. We know Russia can only bluff about using nukes because the only possible outcome is the complete annihilation of Russia. Putin and his cronies have not spent the last 20 years stealing $500 billion only to lose it all by getting into a nuclear war. You Russian trolls should know that fear does not work on free people. It only works on brainwashed sheep like Russians.
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  2758.  @msmithy7813  BS. Russia will never do it. They are evil but not stupid. Putin is terrified of NATO. He knows Russia has no hope against it. That's why we get all these nuclear threats. It's a way to keep NATO out and it has worked. This war would end quickly if NATO intervened or just gave Ukraine about 100 nukes. Putin would shit his pants.
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  2759.  @perra5910  Delusional. Russia GDP per annum in 2013 was $US2.2 trillion. After sanctions it dropped to $US 1.5 by 2021. Those sanctions were very mild compared to what is happening now. Soon, according to forecasts by Russian banks, GDP will drop a further 15% followed by a slow decline for the next 10 years. NATO/US allies GDP is around $US50 trillion annually. Russias economy and military depend on Western technology they can no longer get as a part of the sanctions. So Russia's economy is likely to fare far worse than even those projections. Having resources does not make a country wealthy, if your are in any doubt, just have a look at the economies of two resource rich countries as an example: Venezuela and Congo. The Russian Federation is going to collapse and disintegrate just as the USSR did before it. It is now inevitable. But you believe what you want, whatever makes you feel better. I will enjoy watching Russia collapse and will have champagne on ice for the day that shithole country is finally flushed down the toilet.
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  2760.  @snowsnow4231  If the risk of dealing with the dollar is so great as you claim, then why do dictators such as Putin and others around the world stash there money and assets in the West? Why do all the Russian oligarchs have their wealth, their homes and their luxury yachts stashed in the West? Answer: they know that's the safest place to keep their assets. If you love Russia so much, convert your hard currency into rubles and go and live there. Don't be a hypocrite and preach one thing while you do something completely different.
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  2761.  @sinoroman  Russia is pulling the strings of gullible people like you. Russia cannot withstand the sanctions that are in place. Their collapse is inevitable and they will take their supporters down with the sinking ship.
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  2762.  @snowsnow4231  You are obviously a paid Russian troll. You don't even have the freedom to say that the invasion of Ukraine is a war. It may land you in jail for up to 15 years. So how can there be free and fair elections? Why is Navalny in jail? How many political assassinations has Putin arranged? You don't even have the basic concept of what democracy is. You are a brainwashed stooge. Putin is a dictator and yes, he and the oligarchs keep hundreds of billions of dollars in the West. How did a public servant like Putin come to control all this money? Corruption. Stealing it from the Russian people, like you. Support him and his war crimes. But don't cry when it all comes crashing down. Your comment proves that all the smart Russians have left already. Along with the demographic catastrophe Russia faces, it now has the biggest brain drain in the world. Enjoy your decline. It will be a joy to watch Russia sink into the abyss and people like you suffer from the massive drop in your standard of living until finally the Russian Federation collapses. I will drink to your misery.
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  2763. You are probably offered a cup of tea very frequently.
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  2764. ​ @MakeAmericaGreatAgain234 Trump is making Gaza Great Again. Building all that good housing in Gaza while half his followers live in trailer parks.
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  2765. @JohnSander-dg1rb Russia has been begging North Korea and Iran. And lucky for Ukraine, their friends have combined military and economic power at least 20 times that of Russia. Those powerful friends have decided that Ukraine must not lose. Russia is screwed. It's game over already. But they, along with their supporters, appear to be too stupid to understand that.
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  2766. I think he got one of those medals for each time he kissed Putin's ass.
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  2767. It's probably footage from a different time and place. Russians always lie.
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  2768.  @Adokebab  But the speech is right. Every country has been divided like this by the former colonial powers. You can live with it. Find a peaceful way to resolve matters. Or be in a state of perpetual war. I'm sure there are parts of Somalia where you have ethic/tribal minorities who would like to join their kin. Are you ready to give those territories up or is this just a one way street? In my experience, it's usually a one way street. People and nations are hypocritical. One rule for their people but a different rule for others. So many wars have been fought over this issue. Listen to this man. It will save a lot of bloodshed.
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  2769.  @ko.ala.b  Russian troll detected.
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  2770. ​​ @ishmaelwatson5535  Biden has already ready made it clear that the US will defend Taiwan. No doubt some of their allies will also join in the defence. China does not have the amphibious capabilities required to defeat Taiwan even without the US getting involved. With the US involved, China has no chance of success.
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  2771. Ignoring Russia's aggression only encourages them to go further safe in the knowledge that there will be no response. I suspect the real reason for the inaction is the upcoming US election. Once Trump is defeated Russia will face serious consequences.
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  2772. After Row v Wade, Trump is not being undercounted. Just look at recent election results.
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  2773. What Turkey got was already explained in the video. The EU is separate from NATO. Turkey doesn't come even close to meeting the entry criteria.
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  2774. From reports it seems all the men in Donbass have been forced on to the front lines as cannon fodder. I think whatever support Russia may have had there before the invasion has rapidly faded away.
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  2775.  @rogerjohnson2562  Let's hope. The other possibility is that most of them will be terminated during the conflict.
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  2776. ​ @mazlanmdzain2409 Use your brain if you have one. Ukraine and Russia have a border that was agreed upon in the Budapest Memorandum. Palestine has never been a state. They have refused many chances at negotiating a two state solution including the UN partition. Several Palestinian governments, including the current Hamas government refuse to acknowledge Israels right to exist. For 75 years they have tried to destroy Jews by violence and terrorism. Each time they fail, their situation gets worse. Like now. To compare the situation in Ukraine is false equivalence. It indicates you're not very intelligent.
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  2777. Youtube fascists are busy deleting comments.
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  2778.  @solomonokoli212  Even if it is not delayed, $13 billion a year is not a huge sum of money for countries of that size. China is also too smart to become reliant on Russia. It will keep it's energy sources diverse.
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  2779.  @armanicharles5336  We deal with winter every year. But Russia will be defeated. And we will never forget who their allies were. India and the Indians who support Putin's war crimes will never be forgotten as what they are: Putin's assholes.
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  2780.  @Abdullah_ibn_Sayyad  Russia is being defeated. Be careful that Ukraine and Putin's opponents in Russia don't respond by destroy gas pipelines to Moscow and St Petersburg. Do you not understand that whatever Putin does to Ukraine can be done in return to Russia? Go and kiss Putin's butt you war criminal.
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  2781. Delusional. Russia is running out of money and spare parts. It will soon resemble North Korea. But you keep dreaming...
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  2782. How will the oil get to them? It would take years to build the infrastructure. By then Russia will be broke and Putin overthrown and dead.
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  2783. I see the Indian bloodlust has not eased since the last time I visited this terrorist supporting "newspaper". Imagine cheering on war crimes against defenceless women and children. I now understand why India is one of the rape capitals of the world.
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  2784. ​ @niklasnorberg5071 All Russian lies. Go to the frontline coward
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  2785.  @stevensoto1710  Let me tell you what will be almost impossible: Russia surviving the Lend Lease program. Do you realise that Ukraine is going to be getting an almost unlimited supply of advanced weapons for as long as it takes to defeat Russia? That program has barely even begun. But within months it will be operating at maximum capacity. Those Iranian drones are not battlefield proven like the Bayraktars. The focus of the next phase of the war will be to take out Russia's artillery. That will include taking out ammunition depots and supply lines. Russia cannot hold on to the territory they have in the long run because they are going to be heavily outgunned in the next month's and years. Prepare for the collapse of the Russian Federation as that is now the only possible outcome of this war.
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  2786.  @eren3390  It's good they are developing their own weapons. But they are a long way behind the US and China at this stage.
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  2787. @ozt1194 I've not seen any evidence for that. But they certainly have a good military.
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  2788.  @russki4780  I know enough to know that Russia can't win in the long run. At best, they can have a few tactical wins and gain some territory. But it's only short term. The sanctions will not end. The flood of weapons to Ukraine will not end. The cold war with Russia will not end. You will end up like the USSR, a footnote in history and all because Putin overestimated your power and tried to create his place in history. In future he will be known as the imbecile who brought about the destruction of Russia.
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  2789.  @julianpetkov8320  You have lost your mind. You have no idea what a junta is and the claim that the US is a UK colony is so ridiculous that is makes you look like a clown. Will not bother replying to you in future as you are clearly a nutcase.
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  2790. Give him a fair trial. If he's convicted, hang him.
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  2791. Has it occurred to you that once you break it you may not be able to fix it again? There's no law of nature that guarantees things will get better after a crash.
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  2792. ​ @steverowe8351 Trump has changed for the worse. Project 2025 is real. The fascism is obvious.
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  2793. The US Navy sails through the South China Sea whenever it wants to and what does China do about it? Nothing. They tremble with fear because they can't do anything against US military power.
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  2794. ​ @aw299 Cope harder. Go to the frontline coward. Ukrainians will make a good Russian out of you.
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  2795. You have failed miserably in your learning. The heart of all these problems are dictatorial regimes that want to subdue their neighbours. The US is the most powerful force on the planet standing in the way of the dictators getting their way.
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  2796. ​​ @Memovox  It will happen before 2030. The USSR was far more powerful economically and militarily and could not survive a cold war with a united West. Russia is certain to disintegrate as well. Enjoy the collapse. I know I will.
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  2797. If the US takes over Gaza then the Palestinians will become US citizens no?
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  2798. Issuing threats is a sure sign of weakness. Putin knows his days are numbered.
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  2799.  @tfGypsyKing  Free and fair elections held in 2019. Selensky won. Putin is a crazed dictator.
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  2800.  @tfGypsyKing  Grozny. Aleppo. Afghanistan. Who is brainwashed?
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  2801. Did Ukrainians have trouble defining what a woman is? Is this what the war is about? If you have a problem with woke, fight it where it exists. Ukraine is not that place.
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  2802. If you follow Trump's logic. He declassified the documents and now owns them. If that's so he is then free to sell them to Russia, China, or anyone else. Is this his defence precisely because he has sold those documents? That would be the only way to get away with selling classified documents to America's enemies.
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  2803. And the Russians are only facing minimal force. When the counteroffensive starts I think lots of them will just drop their weapons and run.
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  2804.  @mzarkovic90  The West doesn't need to invade Russia to destroy it. We already know how to do it because we already destroyed the Soviet Union. Just keep giving weapons to Ukraine. Keep tightening the sanctions. Once Europe has sourced new energy supplies (in a few months), apply secondary sanctions to anyone who tries to help Russia. China is terrified of this and India can't afford it either. Then wait. Before long the Russian Federation will cease to exist.
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  2805.  @abdirahmanahmadalifarah926  You are living proof of the stupidity of pro Russian supporters. Propaganda is false. If you negate it by saying it's fake, then you are it's not false. So you are saying it's true. Get it genius?
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  2806. Nothing but lies from the Russians. They just can't help themselves. The claim that 90% of the people in Kherson Oblast support Russia is such an obvious lie. Russia is a cancer and the only way this will end is with them being comprehensively defeated militarily and economically. Give Ukraine every weapon they need to liberate their nation from these maniacs.
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  2807. The lesson from their mistakes has now been learnt. The EU countries know Russia cannot be trusted and is hostile towards them. There's no going back to before Feb.24. A new cold war has begun. Russia will collapse just like the USSR. It's inevitable.
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  2808. The less money Russia has, the less it can spend on killing Ukrainians. So it does help Ukraine. Especially in the long run.
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  2809. ​ @poopyanalbumhole  What is NATO doing to Russia? Ukraine is not even a part of NATO. Can you really be this thick?
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  2810. @smkh2890  Why did it not need an audit during Trump's previous term? Have you seen the programs with your own eyes or just willing to believe whatever lies Trump and Musk tell you?
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  2811.  @riclindsey329  Russia's defeat will be 100 times greater than 1905.
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  2812. The SCOTUS will delay giving immunity until after the election and only if Trump wins. They will never give such power to Biden.
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  2813. ​ @timmiller6868  But China, India and Indonesia all say they are neutral. Have a look at the votes in the UN Security Council and the General Assembly. In the General Assembly, 141 countries voted against Russia, 29 abstained and only 6, including Russia voted for Russia. Indonesia voted against Russia. If we take the abstentions as neutral and compare 141 vs 6, even in population terms that means about 95% of the world is against Russia. Stop your lies you Russian brown nose.
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  2814.  @louisecorchevolle9241  Complete lies. The US only invaded Iraq after Saddam Hussein ignored UN Security Council Resolution 1441. The final resolution, after he had ignored 10 previous ones. Also, Iraq did have weapons of mass destruction. They admitted it in their reports to the UN. It was about 2000 tonnes of chemical weapons as I recall. Comparing the invasion of Ukraine is disgusting. Where are the UN Security Council resolutions against Ukraine? What are Ukraines crimes? You are equating Russian genocide in a democratically elected, peaceful country with the removal of Saddam Hussein. Just stop and think about the atrocities that monster engaged in. 1 million dead when he invaded Iran. Thousands of Kurds gassed to death by chemical weapons. Also, the US never tried to Annex Iraq. As soon as possible, there were elections and a civilian government took charge. Stop with your nonsense false equivalence.
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  2815. That's the best summary of the situation in Ukraine I have seen. You're absolutely right about Russia. They have been completely exposed. As the late John McCain said about them, they're a gas station with nukes. They are clearly a long way behind the West and China in every conceivable way that matters. Western governments need to start thinking about what needs to be done to secure Russian nukes once the Federation collapses.
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  2816. @johnadam2885  You are brainwashed. Russia has an incompetent government that has greatly weakened the country. Ukraine is fighting for its freedom from Ruski war criminals
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  2817. How is Trump able to get people to lie for him so easily? His lawyer knows very well that Trump can testify but nods sheepishly and dishonestly to Trump's blatant and readily falsifiable lie.
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  2818.  @bens461  I agree. Australia is already well on the way to weaning itself off China. New markets are opening up for critical materials in the US, Europe, India and the rest of Asia and Australia is well placed to take advantage. We already have small Lithium and rare earths processing facilities operating and expanding here. There's a huge opportunity if the government can get it right.
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  2819.  @nikolaškorić90  Actually the massacre at Srebrenica was done by the Yugoslav Army. General Mladic was there on the ground when Srebrenica was captured. Mladic must have had the green light from Milosevic to perpetrate these atrocities. Also, the Yugoslav army soldiers who did the actual killing have not been brought to trial. 8000 Bosnian men were murdered. How many killers were there? If each soldier killed 10 Bosnian civilians, there must be 800 war criminals that have gone unpunished. That is a disgrace. The current government in Serbia would know the names of the killers but have done nothing to bring them to trial.
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  2820. The 3 largest powers in the world are all now openly expansionist. Smaller countries have few options open to them other than going nuclear and creating a credible deterrent to the big 3. These smaller countries should collaborate to achieve security.
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  2821. Paul, do you really believe a 50-60 Russian is as capable at waging war as a 30 year old Ukrainian? Most of those elderly Russians are alcoholics and barely capable of walking into their own grave.
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  2822.  @jorllx  Of what use us a weapon you can never use without being annihilated? It's only good for blackmail. Once the bluff is called, all Russia has is its conventional forces, which we now know are far weaker than anyone had imagined. Ukraine is going to win the war eventually.
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  2823. The only way to get real security will be to develop nuclear weapons and the delivery systems to completely destroy Russia should it ever try to invade again.
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  2824. Clickbait.
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  2825.  @Liboch  That is not true. The pro Ukraine populace has been driven out by the Russians. Russification is a form of genocide.
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  2826. They're mentally retarded. You can catch the gist of the degree of retardation by the comments made by their trolls.
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  2827.  @JBS2018  Thanks for the laugh.
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  2828.  @JBS2018  I'm still laughing.
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  2829. Peskov's comments that Russia is at war with NATO suggests an escalation of the war in Ukraine is happening soon. I would not be surprised if this is a false flag operation that helps Putin justify that escalation.
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  2830. Wagner captured Voronezh long ago and are well on their way to Moscow. They've split into several columns and seem to have good air defences. I'd say they have a 50/50 chance of success. Let's just hope there's a long and bloody battle for Moscow and that Ukraine can take advantage of that to drive out the Russian army from Ukraine.
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  2831. ​ @danwelterweight4137 That is close to being the most delusional thing I have ever read. China is far more dependent on energy imports and food production inputs. One carrier group placed strategically at the Straits of Mallaca and China is done. Within months hundreds of millions of Chinese will be dead without the US or anyone else needing to fire a single shot.
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  2832. They are hostages, not captives. You are a terrorist supporter.
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  2833. ​ @РазрывШаблонов-е6щ  You are mentally ill. Get help to deal with the massive victim mentality you suffer from. Russia attacks Ukraine and you claim you are the poor, innocent victims. Ty he sheer level of delusions is off the planet. The West will keep helping Ukraine until Russia is defeated. And that will happen no matter how much you rant and rave.
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  2834.  @dennis3351  Rubbish. Russia invaded Ukraine with Putin's little green men. Igor Girkin has already admitted it in tv interviews. He said there was no support from local Russian speakers. But the GRU, FSB and the little green men forced them into it. You can google the interview. Ukraine has every right to defend it's sovereignty. The Russian invaders led by the war criminal Putin started all this.
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  2835. In future every defendent should demand their trial judge treat them the same as Trump. Anything less would be an injustice.
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  2836.  @Imaxxd22  Because Russia is a mafia state in which Putin and the oligarchs steal most of the national wealth is another.
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  2837. It seems only fair after Russia's flagrant violation of the Budapest Memorandum.
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  2838.  @darthkek1953  Iran does not need them as no other nation is threatening to wipe it off the map. But that is what Iran is threatening Israel with.
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  2839.  @Infopirates  Why are you not on the frontlines? Too much a coward?
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  2840.  @Sloeber1970  I have only seen very brief clips of Mercouris and switched off. I'll have a closer look next time he pops up in my feed.
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  2841. So secret that it's on YouTube!
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  2842. ​ @VoiceChattin Use your brain. They are hostages being held by a terrorist organisation. You are sick in the head.
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  2843. You do not speak for New Zealanders. Your name suggests you're a brainwashed Indian stooge.
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  2844. ​ @wolfswinkel8906 3 years in and Russia bogged down in an unwinnable quagmire. But you keep coping if it helps.
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  2845. ​ @johnhermann7498 That never happened.
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  2846. Musk hasn't got close to what he deserves.
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  2847. Russia is China's little bitch. So it's good you've accepted it
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  2848. Trump is a DEI hire. US voters decided to include village idiots in government and here we are.
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  2849. ​ @jonnieboyization You're the one who has no idea what is going on. We have seen dozens of videos of Russian soldiers fleeing like rats from their trenches. Your theory is just wishful thinking. Everything about Russia is third rate, especially their military. How could they have gone from a 50 km column at Kyiv's doorstep to cowering in trenches near Verbove in just 18 months? They had 10-20 times the firepower of Ukraine. Yet here we are. 18 months of incompetence, inferiority and ineptitude is not about to change any time soon. Russia is going to soon face catastrophic defeat. The whole world is laughing at them.
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  2850. How does India fit into this while being pro-Russian? India has some big decisions to make.
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  2851. Putin has triggered cold war 2. No-one trusts Russia now. It will end with the collapse of the Russian Federation, just like the USSR.
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  2852.  @kagerouge9007  That's another issue.
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  2853. ​ @s-divana-vidnej  Lies Russian troll. They defended their land from murderous Russian invaders.
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  2854.  @j2ax136  No. The next Russian government will hand him over in exchange for lifting the sanctions. Just as happened with Milosevic, Mladic and Karadzic.
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  2855. Women mature faster than men only up to approx. age 16 and then they stop. Even 50 year old women still have the same maturity level as when they were a teenager.
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  2856.  @filipradisavljevic7980  It would be by that logic. But I'm not sure if native American tribes have the same concept of land ownership. They certainly didn't have nation states with fixed borders. Start working on your Turkish buddy.
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  2857.  @filipradisavljevic7980  You should spend more time learning Turkish. Erdogan has ambitions to re-create the glory days of the Ottoman Empire. And Turkey has far greater chance of achieving it over the next 30-50 years. Gorusuruz.
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  2858.  @Mickimoss  Hamas can't play the victim card after brutally murdering 1400 people.
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  2859. Good point. Authoritarian regimes can never be trusted to tell the truth.
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  2860. ​ @raymondmagorno5640  He's not saving the country from bankruptcy. Where did you get that crazy idea from? Trump's mob have just passed $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the very wealthy. The deficit is going to skyrocket. The economy is crashing and burning like a SpaceX rocket.
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  2861.  @bryandimery6509  Delusional. NATO and allies are 50 times more powerful economically and at least 10 times more powerful than Russia. You should stay away from drugs. They hamper your cognitive ability significantly.
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  2862. Absolutely spot on analysis. He is right about their being no benign Russia. It is an empire that can only survive by constant expansion. Europe has given Russia peace, investment, technology over the past 30 years that enabled Russia to prosper. It was a partnership that was mutually beneficial. What Russia has given in return is war. It seems obsessed with empire and former glory rather than prospering peacefully with it's neighbours. We are back to the cold war and it must continue until Russia collapses and disintegrates like the Soviet Union. There can be no peace until that happens because Russia does not want it.
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  2863.  @vladimirpaiz  Maybe you should look hard at the war crimes bring committed right now by Putin and his henchmen. And why no mention of the Holodomor?
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  2864. On Trump's next visit to Moscow he'll get even more tranny's than last time.
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  2865. I disagree. Putin may not care about people's lives, but he definitely cares a lot about his money and power and he may also care about his children. He has worked tirelessly for more than 20 years to enrich himself to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. All that effort would be completely wasted in the event of a nuclear war. What is the point of accumulating all that wealth only to die in a nuclear war that he starts? Putin is escalating to de-escalate. He is desperately hoping the West will back down. Which it won't. Putin will end the war once it is clear to him that winning is impossible. He can still hold on to power because he has complete control of the media and can frame a victory narrative irrespective of reality. He can imprison any far right opponents at will.
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  2866. Exactly. Ukraine has access to lots of nuclear materials.
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  2867. ​ @janpol466 It was a set up. They never had any intention of helping Ukraine. The US has just relinquished its role as leader of the free world. And no country in it's right mind will buy weapons from them or trust them ever again in future. This was a massive win for China.
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  2868. How can the speaker of the house have more power than the government and the entire Congress? He's the ruler of the house if he alone gets to decide which bills get debated and voted on.
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  2869. Trump has a knack for breaking up families.
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  2870. It's important now for Ukraine to make some more territorial gains like in Kharkiv. If they can do so it will have a devastating effect on the 300k reservists that have been called up by Russia. Imagine being called away from your normal life knowing you are being sent to a war zone where your side is getting slaughtered. The morale of these troops will be rock bottom. They will be fully aware that they are being sent to front lines that are collapsing. If Ukraine can gain more ground and destroy railway and other bridges, Russia will be forced to re-invade all over again. With worse equipment and low morale troops it will be a catastrophe for the Russian invaders. So let's give Ukraine everything we can, NOW!
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  2871. ​ @haydonditchburn2194 Actually Saddam Hussein did have WMD's. He used both chemical and biological weapons against his enemies. Why focus on the US when Russia, China and others have engaged in far greater atrocities. The US is far from perfect but it's unreasonable for you to expect them to suffer potentially millions of deaths by conducting numerous land invasions of the Japanese Islands. Perhaps it was unwise for the Japanese to start the war? In the case of Iraq the US obtained 11 UN Security Council resolutions before resorting to invasion. All of those resolutions were supported by both Russia and China. This contrasts starkly with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which was done unilaterally and without any evidence being presented to the UN detailing what Ukraine had done to justify Russia's invasion. And certainly no UN Security Council resolutions in support of Russia. Yet I'll bet you support Russia.
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  2872. Unfortunately, Trump has to do some serious damage and his supporters need to feel some pain before they will consider changing their votes. Yes, many innocent people will suffer. But there's no way around it. The greater the pain is now, the less chance of people voting for another cretin like tRump in future.
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  2873. A day or two before would be better. Give the voters some time to reflect on the success or otherwise of the SMO.
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  2874.  @stuglenn1112  It's you who is being absurd. Why would NATO put boots on the ground when Ukraine is demilitarizing the Russian military for them? For example: 2000 Russian tanks destroyed, abandoned or captured. NATO losses = zero. NATO hasn't even invested $50 billion into this yet. The collective annual military expenditure of NATO is well over $1 trillion. This investment into destroying Russia's military is a bargain. NATO is laughing at Russian stupidity. You Russians are not the sharpest tools in the shed are you?
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  2875. Looking for a husband while dressed like a 304.
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  2876. ​ @piccadilly171 Are you saying that they exterminated all the Jews who were there before them?
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  2877. I hope they can all be captured so we can get a hold of every Russian that committed war crimes there and put them on trial. Plus all that equipment and ammo is a bonus.
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  2878. Defence contractors in the US are companies listed on the stock exchange. Their goal is to make profits. But of course they also have to meet their contractual obligations. If the government thinks it can build something cheaper they can go ahead and do it themselves. But then you'd probably say it's communist.
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  2879. Russian lies.
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  2880. Staying motivated is easy for Ukrainians. They are fighting for their lives, their homes, their wives and children. This can only end one way: total defeat of Russia.
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  2881. Who needs a wall. The entire southern border should be lined with a million MTG scarecrows hectoring prospective immigrants. The look and sound of her would terrify the hell out of them.
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  2882. @Vim Fuego Mass murder and war crimes committed by the Russian military.
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  2883. Why are men still using dating apps? By now it's well known how biased in favour of women these apps are. Just terminate your subscriptions and all the apps will go broke. Then women will be forced to communicate with men face to face, just like they have for millennia before dating apps existed.
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  2884. Another Russian propaganda talking point that is clearly a lie. In the NATO-RUSSIA founding act, both parties agree that every country is free to choose their security alliances. Russia has no objection to the expansion of NATO. Russia also recognises the borders of Ukraine in the Budapest Memorandum. You must be a paid Russian troll to continually promote Russian lies and propaganda.
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  2885.  @jackalopewright5343  It's a war economy. 3 million Russians have fled. Close to 700k are casualties in war. Their sovereign wealth fund is evaporating. Interest rates are 21% and inflation is around 27%. A huge chunk of the productive capacity of the country is going on funding the war. If you think this is good, you have rocks in your head. Add in that all the data that Russia is providing to the IMF and others is most probably false. No amount of lies can prevent the inevitable collapse.
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  2886.  @jackalopewright5343  There were about 3 million Ukrainians living in Russia before the war. No-one is going to Russia for a better life or to enjoy their 'booming' economy.
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  2887. Great job Ukraine. I wonder if they will capture Prigozin during one of these operations. Would be good to see him stand trial for all his crimes.
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  2888. After retreating as far east as Vladivostok, the Russians will spring the trap and that will be the end of Ukraine. Get psychiatric help. You desperately need it.
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  2889.  @meonlineify89  Both had UN Security Council resolutions. They knew what was coming and it was justified.
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  2890.  @meonlineify89  More whataboutism. You must be a Russian troll. It's all you've got.
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  2891.  @bigdumbfatcat2869  You can't separate a fact from propaganda. And you don't know what whataboutism means. Try getting a brain, then an education.
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  2892.  Tom Goddard  Yes. I keep pointing out to the Russian trolls that the USSR had more than 20% of global GDP while Russia has less than 2%. Yet the USSR collapsed. They don't like to face the reality that Russia is doomed to collapse eventually.
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  2893.  @sys3248  You mean like the Budapest Memorandum? What about Russia invading another country being against international law? Nothing Russia does can be trusted and if Russia can break any agreement it wants, then so can everyone else. So you can take your agreement and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
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  2894. Your first sentence is nonsense and the second one proves the Minister's case.
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  2895. @Shang Yang Anti vaxxers like the joker have been out demonstrating in the streets and ignoring health measures for months spreading COVID. They are even having COVID parties. That's one of the key factors being the high case numbers.
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  2896. ​ @daniellarson3068 The mining companies just buy the politicians and nothing changes.
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  2897. Putin is not backed into a corner. His army can retreat into the vastness of Russia with no harm done to them. Only Putin's ego will be bruised and battered.
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  2898. ​ @stephenglover8828 The Russian troll is back to earn his potato from Putin. How about Russia leave Ukraine and stop killing Ukrainian civilians? Russia has invaded Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine twice just this century. How about the US defends its national interests rather than allow Putin the war criminal to keep waging war.
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  2899. Joe blogs has done excellent vidoes on the Russian economy. From recollection Russia is already spending more than 33% of it's annual budget on military spending. Energy exports have dropped by close to 50%. The budget deficit was about $US30 billion for the first half of the year. Yes, Putin is all in. But the Russian economy will be bust in about 12-18 months. If Ukraine is able to strile Russia's energy infrastructure, including the ports they use for export, Russia will be defeated within months. Let's give them the weapons to do that, NOW.
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  2900. Trump is a pathological liar. You can't believe anything he says.
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  2901. They had to board their plane at the airport. Cameras are everywhere. So of course they had them.
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  2902.  @stanfarshtei1291  Only in your deluded dreams. Russia can't even take Ukraine. NATO as a whole would destroy Russian conventional forces in the blink of an eye. No-one fears Russia's military after their debacle in Ukraine.
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  2903.  @kayjr9795  Wrong. You blindly follow a mediaeval book that is riddled with false claims. But you are too brainwashed to understand that. Even when it is proven false, you still will not accept it.
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  2904. ​ @geocam2  They can't use nukes without committing suicide. Putin is a coward. We know that by the length of his tables. He knows the next nuke would be aimed straight at him.
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  2905.  @joebish6629  Complete BS. You are brainwashed by Russian lies and propaganda. All of it has been debunked. But the weak minded keep believing the lies.
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  2906. This 4 4 4 BS started within minutes of the verdict. I corrected dozens of such posts. I believe it's most likely a Russian disinformation operation.
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  2907. What would a professor of political science know about what the outcome on the battlefield may be? The Germans really are trying to find every which way to appease Putin so they can keep getting their cheap gas. Shame on DW for peddling this drivel
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  2908. No, unless they want to drag NATO into the war. And Putin is terrified of that.
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  2909. Russia illegally invaded Ukraine.
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  2910. Ukraine will welcome him to face trial for his crimes.
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  2911.  @xabre9995  True.
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  2912.  @TheTechnoPilot  Yes. It appears most people are brainwashed from birth to adulthood by the prevailing culture and religion into which they are born. Once their belief system is formed, even in the face of overwhelming rationality, it becomes very hard to liberate themselves from those beliefs.
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  2913. The Russian trolls are terrified. They know D-day is coming soon and all pretense about Russian military strength will be over. All they have left is their lies.
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  2914. Do you Americans understand that Russia has been waging hybrid warfare against you for years?
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  2915.  @Name-cz5jj  That would not be communism. Countries have been forced to pay war reparations previously.
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  2916.  @JohnnyCrowell-l3n  Has he built it or not? That was his promise. And he was going to make Mexico pay for it. Has that happened? You are a sheep.
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  2917. BRICS is a joke. The two main proponents are totalitarian states where freedom and rule of law do not exist. Their economies are currencies are manipulated. No-one wants to invest in them and they have massive demographic problems. Both countries are sinking like the Titanic.
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  2918. It only makes sense if some of the most influential people in the Republican party have become compromised by Russia and/or are working as their assets.
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  2919. Just the usual Trump lies. Unfortunately, his cult are gullible enough to believe everything he claims without a shred of evidence.
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  2920.  @Ddsggcfg  The law? Simple. Countries have an obligation to intervene to prevent genocide. Serbian Yugoslavia was perpetrating genocide. You can't cry if you start numerous wars and then get bombed in return. Why did the Serbs, Yugoslav army and irregulars massacre 8000 civilians at Srebrenica and kill thousands in the siege of Sarajevo? That's just 2 of their numerous crimes against humanity. If you commit war crimes and genocide, you should expect to get a dose of your own medicine.
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  2921.  @Ddsggcfg  No. Let's start with China's genocide of the Uighers instead of bringing up ancient history. China is a brutal dictatorship that is an abomination to the world.
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  2922. ​ @carlmj16 Actually he lied about the border. Remember him saying he was going to build a wall and Mexico was going to pay for it? He did nothing to prevent wars during his term. Wars were going on in many places. His kowtowing to Putin encouraged Russia to build up its forces and invade Ukraine. And now he wants to appease Putin, which will only lead to more war. You are a very gullible cult member.
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  2923. That same company blocked ATP Geopolitics videos as well. He managed to get his videos unblocked.
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  2924. Someone push it back into the ocean please
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  2925. Ukraine must be given the tools to destroy Russian infrastructure that supports the invasion of Ukraine, such as fuel depots and refineries, ammunition depots, munitions manufacturing facilities, railways and other transportation, roads, bridges etc.
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  2926.  @StPiter111  Wrong. Individual members of NATO were involved in some of those wars. But that is not the same as NATO. You cannot think clearly. All of those wars could be justified in combatting tyranny. Donbass is in Ukraine. That is Russia invading Ukraine genius.
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  2927.  @thehturt5480  So that's your pathetic justification? When it comes back and bites you in the ass just don't complain about it and pretend you're the victims. Russia is going to lose this war and the long term outcome will be the disintegration of the Russian Federation. All those people Russians conquered deserve to get some vengeance.
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  2928.  No-name  What do you think is going to happen to Russia's hundreds of billions of dollars that have been frozen in Western bank accounts? And the oligarchs money and assets? I guarantee you they are going to be given to Ukraine to help rebuild. There is nothing russia can do about it.
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  2929. The walls are closing in on Putin and he knows it. He has only a short time left before he is deposed and terminated by his own people
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  2930. If Trump wins the Republican nomination, can he win over enough independent voters to have a realistic chance of winning the election?
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  2931.  @mariadamen7886  You also need to work on improving your reading skills.
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  2932.  @alohablues1  You're referring to the Budapest Memorandum. No, Russia can't be trusted. They will break any agreement whenever it suits them. That's why the only solution to this war is that Russia must be defeated.
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  2933.  @TheMechas56  If Russia had not breached the Budapest Memorandum there would have been no need for Minsk. You can't even spell it correctly.
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  2934.  @TheMechas56  That is complete rubbish. You are a liar and do not know anything about history. All those nations freely chose to apply for NATO membership. Just like Sweden and Finland.
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  2935.  @patb5266  Lol. NATO are not even in the war. Meanwhile Russia has lost 1900 tanks and that's probably an underestimate. Now that's what I call demilitarization. Add in the economic stress and soon Russia will collapse. I'll get a
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  2936.  @jedimaibam1660  So you don't have an argument and must resort to name calling. Poor you lacking brain power.
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  2937.  @Erthymologist  I know enough that Milosevic , Mladic and Karadzic ended up in the Hague. I also know that for all their early gains fighting against unarmed civilians, that once faced with a really army, the Serbs ran away in panic. Now tell me how much of "greater Serbia" there is? They even lost Kosovo. History may repeat but it sure does rhyme. Russia will be driven out of Ukraine and Putin and the his war criminal mates will be in the Hague in the not too distant future.
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  2938.  @prawnman  My comments are well informed. You may want to avoid replying if you have no argument to make.
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  2939. Russification is a form of genocide. Don't nations have an obligation to intervene to stop genocide?
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  2940. The Russian supporters never mention how racist these tactics are. So we have Indians, Chinese and Middle Easterners actively cheering on this blatant racism.
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  2941. ​ @Shadow-1949 Good idea. They could also secure Ukraine's borders with Belarus to help prevent an expansion of the war. That would free up Ukrainian resources.
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  2942. Save spots for Lavrov, Medvedev and all the other Russian war criminals.
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  2943.  @gbrown9694  Azov were never the government of Ukraine. Putin and everyone in his government should be hanged. Even that is far too good for them. What's it like being an apologist for a bunch of mass murderers?
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  2944.  @briancharters8720  You're going to be crying soon after the Russian pedoterrorist scum are routed once again.
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  2945.  @Ulvetann  Here's how. NATO informs Putin that on Friday at 09:00 it is taking control of Ukraines skies and that any Russian military assets inside Ukraine, further than 20 km from the Russian border will be destroyed if they are not withdrawn. Give him a detailed map of the exclusion zone. Putin is told that NATO will not come within 20 km of Russia's borders. But any Russian fire upon NATO forces will be taken out. Now let Putin decide whether to withdraw or watch his forces get wrecked by NATO. He can have no complaint, as only Russian forces inside Ukraine will be attacked if he does not withdraw them from the exclusion zone. Now where do I collect my prize and, more importantly, the money that goes with it?
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  2946.  @generalsummer4727  The West does not need Russia to build nuclear reactors and there's tonnes of uranium available in Australia and Canada. Several new mines can start tomorrow if needed. You Russian trolls are in for a big surprise when you finally wake up to the fact that you are not needed.
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  2947. Women instigate most divorces because they get cash and prizes for doing so.
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  2948. ​ @Lemingtona-x5g Iran is not democratic.
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  2949.  @Aaayhdjfyy  Who said Iran doesn't have a right to intervene? You will have to provide some evidence. If they want to send humanitarian aid and help their neighbours I'm all for it. But if they finance Hamas terrorists that kill 1400 unarmed civilians then they can expect a military response. Seems fair don't you think?
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  2950.  @jokerwick  To be a true democracy you must have a free press and freedom of speech. Just holding elections alone is not democracy.
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  2951. Ukraine could always renege on any deal on the basis that it was signed under extreme duress and therefore not binding. Russia reneges on agreements all the time and Trump is famous for it as well. So why would Ukraine need to stick to a deal? The next US Administration would readily tear up such an amoral agreement.
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  2952. At what point do you need a Warren Commission type national inquiry to reveal all the facts related to the attempted coup d'etat?
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  2953. Just wait until the gas lines inside Russia are blown up. I'm amazed Russians don't see it coming. It's going to be a cold winter in Moscow and St Petersburg. Even more so for the Russian occupiers in Ukraine.
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  2954.  @reljamrkic2663  Spoken like a true commie. Always accusing the other of your own deeds.
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  2955.  @eka9743  Bigger Russia will end up like greater serbia, in the dustbin of history. The Ukranian people have the right to choose how they want to live.
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  2956.  @dl7694  Who cares where you work. Necessity is the mother of invention. Russia needs the west way more than vice versa.
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  2957.  @oldi184  Keep crying as Russia goes broke and eventually disintegrates like the USSR.
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  2958.  @jp3630  Decades? Bullshit. Keep dreaming Russian troll.
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  2959.  Andre Oosthuizen  There are other options. Solutions will be found.
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  2960.  @view1st  Far better ti be dependent on the USA and other countries than Russia. Putin has proven that Russia can never be an ally or add to Europe until it is a full democracy. Putin effectively rules by decree. There is no rule of law. Russia is a mafia state. Who wants ti be associated or allied with that? Only other mobsters.
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  2961.  @Rudyjosephjr  If you want to live st subsistence level, maybe you can get by. But keeping up with other countries is impossible when isolated. China and India will not save you. They have their own interests to look after. The final result of this war in Ukraine will be the collapse of the Russian Federation. It will take time, but the seeds have been sown.
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  2962.  @view1st  What should I ask them? Don't bother trying to lump countries together. It's intellectually lazy. Make your point about each individually if you have one.
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  2963.  @honeyboy8534  Inflation yes. But Russia will be destroyed. Well worth the price.
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  2964.  @hhbeatmaker1  Ukraine's application was already rejected. That means Putin lied about that being the reason for the invasion. Yet all these Russian trolls are still on here spouting Putin's propaganda. Pathetic.
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  2965.  @abb7118  Never watched CNN. The situation in the war is one thing that can be disputed. But the strategic and economic impact on Russia is going to be devastating and that conclusion is perfectly rational.
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  2966.  @vasihussein8228  Or maybe they prefer to ally themselves with a democracy with all its faults rather than Putin's mafia state. Europe has woken up to the fact that Russia can hold them to ransom over energy any time it wants. And now they have decided to break that dependency. About time!
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  2967.  @dirkfolscher3001  Get some help. You need it.
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  2968. Relevance? Both have their own issues and interests and both depend on the west for large chunks of their income. Russia GDP $1.5 trillion and falling vs US + Europe + allies GDP $40 trillion plus. Who do you think is more important to China? India has a more complex story but still wants to maintain good relations with the west. Where do you get the idea that countries will sacrifice their interests to help Russia? You Russian supporters don't understand the implications of this line of thinking. In effect, you are saying that Russia has gone from being a superpower to now being dependent on China and India for their survival. If that is true then invading Ukraine was a calamitous mistake. When will you finally admit it?
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  2969.  @mzerk9324  Laughable. How exactly do you divert all that has and oil without building pipelines that will take years to build and tens of billions of dollars in investment? Who is going to invest in a country that nationalizes investors assets when they feel like it? Who will invest in a country with no rule is law that is run by Putin's criminal mafia? I will believe you only after you show me the finished pipelines. Long before then, Russia will be broke and on it's knees. Putin will have been deposed. Lots of countries are blessed with huge natural resources and yet remain dirt poor. Think Venezuela. Keep dreaming. The world economy is a lot more than Russian gas and oil. Who will run the risk of flouting the sanctions? China will only help up to the point of it being in their interest to do so. They will not put their neck on the chopping block for Russia.
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  2970.  @lemokolyon  So you have no refutation of my comment. Now that's a stupid comment. Go and have a look over his previous videos starting a month ago. From his commentary you would get the impression that Russia is slaughtering Ukraine. But the opposite has been proven to be true. I think Dimwit is a Russian propaganda operative.
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  2971. Maybe, just maybe, Palestinians are paying the price for their previous support of terrorism. It's a bit hard to feel sympathy for terrorists.
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  2972.  @groenmoetjedoen3481  India is neutral. They only have to ask one question: who will Putin ultimately support the next time India and China come to blows? There's no prize for answering correctly because the answer is obvious.
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  2973.  @groenmoetjedoen3481  BRICS is not an alliance. The respective countries have numerous territorial disputes with each other. China and India are far more likely to be at war with each other than cooperating together.
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  2974. ​ @ligametis Most Russian claims are lies and propaganda. Nobody wants to help Russia spread their bile except those that support war criminals.
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  2975.  @emilfilipov169  Not analogous buddy. Try harder next time.
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  2976. Ukraine have not lost the war. Defending your nation from invasion is not a provocation. Russia is going to lose the war and those that support it's war crimes will go down with it.
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  2977.  @virik9903  Bullshit. You are lying. Read the Russia-NATO founding act. Russia had no objections to other countries joining NATO.
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  2978. Add in his threat against Liz Cheney and it's game over for the orange turd.
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  2979. Very good interview. I think when Putin is overthrown he will become a valuable bargaining chip to the new management. They will be desperate to get the sanctions removed and return to a sense of normalcy where they can keep plundering Russia. I expect Putin and much of his inner circle and generals to be handed over to the ICC to face trial. Let's hope Putin is gone asap.
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  2980.  @gangella  False equivalence. Try harder Russian troll
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  2981. She's so special the blue bus will be picking her up any minute now.
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  2982. PZ has opined previously that inflation is baked into the system over the next several years while the US re-undustrializes.
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  2983.  @milicastanar9654  At Srebrenica, at least several hundred soldiers were involved in the actual shooting of the 8,000 men. How many have faced trial and been convicted? Zero. They are all war criminals. Your claim is false. If it were true, all of those soldiers would have been convicted of war crimes and their identities are well known as they were serving members of the Yugoslav army who acted on orders given by general Mladic. The rest of your comment is whataboutism and an unwillingness to take responsibility. Serbia was the aggressor, just as Russia is today in Ukraine. Your people wanted a "greater Serbia", much like Putin wants Novorussiya. Both were prepared to kill as many of their neighbours as required to achieve their objectives. Both play the victim card and try to blame their victims for the wars. How I wish Serbs would stop this victim mentality and face the true horror of what they did. Russia too must stop it's aggression and learn to get along with its neighbours.
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  2984. Chomsky is so far left he cannot come to criticize Russias invasion and their war crimes. You're badly misguided. And helping Russia.
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  2985. The tariffs would probably make it too expensive.
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  2986. ​ @simba8624  Still holding back after 16 months? Get real.
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  2987. Lies. These are in Poland only after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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  2988. ​ @LillyJacob-l6r Appeasement emboldens aggressors like Putin. Have you learnt nothing from WW2? Foolish arguments like yours will lead to WW3.
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  2989. ​ @Fload.Ritlhe Nonsense. The USSR left Afghanistan just as the US did. Russia does not have the military or economic power to hold their gains. You're spewing Russian propaganda.
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  2990.  @peterwaine923  Open my eyes? Since resuming their pause on July 16th Russian forces have gained 450.84 square kilometres. However, since March 21, they have lost 45,000 square kilometres. My eyes are wide open buddy. I can see what is coming from October 1. It will take some time to get all those US weapons into Ukraine and to train their soldier's. But once that's done, Russia will be smashed. The USSR could not match the West and Russia is far weaker in every way. Looking forward to your collapse. I will have several beers to celebrate.
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  2991. ​ @obicnikomentator5204  You can start by paying war reparations to Croatia, Bosnia and all the other nations you attacked. Then break up that entity based on genocide that you call srpska republika. After that, we can talk about why you were bombed and take it from there.
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  2992. Ask them. I can only speculate. I think the government is in favour of it because it will help their economy. But the majority of the people seem to be opposed. I could be wrong.
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  2993. Absolute nonsense! The only reason Israel invaded the Gaza Strip is to root out the Hamas terrorists that attacked it on October 7 last year Also, there are 1-1.5 million casualties in Ukraine compared to only 40,000 self inflicted casualties in Gaza.
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  2994. Increasing taxes on the billionaires to the same levels as in the 70's would solve the problem in the blink of an eye. Musk is part of the problem, not the solution.
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  2995. Men know they are lying about their past. We understand their doublespeak. So it won't help them in the end.
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  2996. @mikegoetz3184  He's lucky that a fair share of your population is at the eleven year old level. Tell me about the wall he promised to build and Mexico was going to pay for. He got that done, right? Why didn't he stop the fentanyl then? Buddy he's all talk. All show and no go as they say. With Trump it's one brain fart after another. There's clearly something not quite right with him. The Gaza brain fart is a perfect example. Don't tell me you support that? Is there anything he ever gets wrong?
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  2997. @mikegoetz3184  No. I'm witnessing the beginning of the end of the US. Once the rule of law and the constitution go out the window, it's the beginning of the end. A 34 times convicted felon and serial liar is not going to make things better. Get out of the cult and start thinking for yourself.
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  2998. ​ @michaelthompson9548 Their parents still support Hamas, they support the terrorists and they want to exterminate Israel. Their parents caused the situation out of their own hatred. Who else is to blamed for the predicament of those children?
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  2999. 100% facts. The corruption in this branch of the Russian military will far exceed every other branch for the reason you have provided.
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  3000.  @danielkrcmar5395  Russia is most definitely not more stable than it was even 2 years ago. Your claim is absolute nonsense. Russia has lost influence as a result of invading Ukraine. It's only real allies are Iran, North Korea, Eritrea and maybe a couple of of other banana republics. China has wisely stayed out of the conflict. According to the Russian Central Bank the energy exports are down close to 50% while expenditure is up by a similar amount. The ruble is toast as well. But you keep dreaming your fantasy dream all you like. There are a few raving nutters on the internet who don't want to grasp the reality that there is no way Russia can defeat the West. Just have a look at history. The USSR collapsed trying to compete even when it had 25%-30% of global GDP. And that was with all of Eastern Europe and Central Asia under their control. Present day Russia has about 1.5% of global GDP and the West has all of Eastern Europe as part of NATO. This fantasy world you live in is an impossible dream.
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  3001.  @danielkrcmar5395  I will admit I am wrong when Russia has full control of the 4 Oblasts they say they have annexed. They will never have that. So when will you admit you are wrong? Russia should already have those 4 Oblasts. In fact, as a so called superpower they should have seized Kyiv and all of Ukraine within weeks. That fantasy of yours never came true either.
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  3002.  @MaxCroat  No-one knows when Russia will collapse. But they are fully stretched in every direction. They simply can't sustain the rate of attrition their military is suffering at the moment. Eventually they will have so few tanks, artillery pieces and other equipment that they will no longer be able to make a meaningful resistance. The writing is on the wall. And ATACAMS only just entered the field. GLSDB will be there within weeks. F-16's will be there in months. There is no denying the fact that Russia is getting weaker every day and Ukraine is getting stronger. The war may ebb and flow but in the end the outcome is inevitable. Russia can't win. A more sensible leadership would have cut their losses by now. But that's hard for an indicted war criminal.
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  3003. ​ @onerimeuse  It's the best type of victory. Ukraine preserved their troops and equipment and captured lots of Russian goodies. I keep having to repeat this: Russians and their supporters are just plain stupid.
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  3004. ​@@Mclovin-tx9qjThey have plenty of Uranium but mining it is a political nightmare. It could be done but you need forward thinking governments that don't listen to the loony left on this issue.
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  3005. Why is Trump not in jail pending trial? He has breached his pre trial release conditions by committing the 10 criminal contempt charges in New York.
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  3006. When Russia disintegrates the smaller states will most likely get absorbed by China and Kazakhstan and Turkey. Holding one or two nukes as an insurance policy against Moscow might not be such a bad thing for the few that are not absorbed.
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  3007.  @davidrobert7180  You must have an IQ lower than 50. The US and NATO have not shed any innocent blood in Ukraine. That is all Russias doing.
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  3008. General Akhmedov needs to have a big meeting to explain what happened in the last meeting.
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  3009. Presumably your husband would think it's not in the interests of the US to ignore an expansionist Russia that has thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at you and is stating its objective is to dethrone you as the global leader.
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  3010. The Russian trolls come out sgain in the belief that their lies can somehow win the war. Bad luck war crims. Everyone sees through your lies and the West is never going to stop supporting Ukraine until Russia is defeated. Stop being cowards and go to the frontline so the Ukrainian army can make you good Russians.
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  3011. ​ @markcosenza3274 Your TFS is showing.
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  3012. Do feel proud of yourself in supporting Russian war crimes? You sad sack of excrement.
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  3013.  @rafaelborskie6995  Relative to their enemies they will be stagnating for years. Their enemies will be advancing technologically and economically while Russia continues on a long, slow and steady decline. Combine this with their demographic time bomb and brain drain and it's hard to see how they will be fine as you believe. Also, their economy is largely based on carbon based energy exports. Within 15 years or so, these will be stranded assets. Russia in a race against time as well as against it's enemies. If you look at their predicament objectively the only rational conclusion is that they are effed.
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  3014. ​ @cloudstrife5209 Ukraine has existed long before Russia. You are spreading Russian propaganda. Imagine if the US was invaded by the UK. But it used to be a part of the UK, so that's perfectly ok? Your comment is disinformation.
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  3015. ​ @ayoutubecommenter1827 Lies. Ukraine is a sovereign nation and can choose its alliances as per the NATO-RUSSIA Founding Act. This is misinformation that seeks to promote Russian terrorism.
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  3016. ​ @goodboy7721 Ukraine is a US ally. It borders several NATO countries. So Russia invading Ukraine is a threat to NATO. The US should defend its national interests. If it fails to help Ukraine, then it will show it's not a reliable ally. If that happens, many NATO member countries and others like Japan and South Korea are likely to acquire nuclear weapons as deterrents to Russia and China. The world will become a far more dangerous place. The US withdrawal from global security will leave a power vacuum that China, Russia, North Korea and Iran will seek to fill. It is definitely in the US interest to help Ukraine. Supporting a democratic ally is also the right thing to do. Have Americans forgotten that Russia has been pointing hundreds of nuclear weapons at them for decades? They are not going to stop trying to destroy the US anytime soon.
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  3017. Harris does not set prices at Costco. How uneducated can you possibly be? If Costco is too pricey go shop elsewhere.
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  3018.  Fun In Ukraine.  Russia lies. Nothing works as it should.
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  3019.  @selcukcilek555  Ask Russia if the billions of dollars in weapons already sent to Ukraine is just barking. Better still, wait until the Lend Lease program has been in operation for a few months and then ask them. Once the US operation in Ukraine is named and a general appointment, things will begin to get really tough for Russia. NATO is playing the long game. We already destroyed the USSR. We know exactly how to destroy Russia. Russia is in a no win situation. It's just a matter of time now.
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  3020. ​ @danielscalera6057  That is the most absurd lie I have heard from a Russian troll so far. Have a close look at Mariupol and Severodonetsk and compare them with any cities in the West of Ukraine. Putin has delusions of grandeur much like Hitler had. But his forces are third rate. All that will result from it is the destruction of the Russian Federation. Cold war 2 is here and Russia is far weaker than the USSR and the West is far stronger. A nation with a $1.5 trillion economy cannot compete with the combined power of nations with close to $50 trillion economies. There is only one possible winner in the long run. Russian collapse is inevitable, as night follows day. I know I will watch it with joy.
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  3021.  @danielscalera6057  The West has plenty of all of those things. That's in part what makes the West so wealthy. You live under an illusion because you have never lived in the West. If it's in such bad shape, then why is it that the children of Russian leaders and the oligarchs almost all got their education in the West and live there? Why are all those mansions and yachts in France, UK, USA etc? Even the Russian leadership loves the West more than Russia. Did you see that hissy fit Medvedev threw when his son was thrown out of the US? Poor kid, he has to go and live in miserable Russia. And not just Russians, but all the nationalities saying they support Russia, like Chinese, Indians, Middle Easterners, Africans. Why are they all desperately trying to get visas to the West? Why no one wants to go to beloved Russia? You are all a bunch of massive hypocrites. You hate the West, but you want to live there. The reason you hate it so much is because when you see the success and wealth of the West it reminds you of your own lack of success, your inferiority in so many ways: economic, cultural, political, social and technological. If it wasn't for the West, you wouldn't even be able to type your reply. You would have no computer, no smart phone, no internet. You'd be Living in the 19th century.
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  3022. Exactly. That is the best way to think of Russia. It's a gas station with nukes run by the mafia.
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  3023.  Hans Otto Kroeger Kaethler  Sounds like you're confessing to being an idiot.
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  3024. By his own definition there are also no Palestinian civilians. So let's not hear any complaints when Israel clears out the Gaza Strip.
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  3025. Your Serbian friends are cheering on Russia in Ukraine and support Russia going even further, into the Baltics and Poland. Why does that make you look like a Russian troll?
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  3026. What a buffoon.
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  3027. Have so many American supporters of Russia forgotten that the Russians have hundreds of nuclear weapons pointed at them? Those weapons have targeted the US for decades and numerous members of the current Russian government have threatened to nuke the US. The level of stupid among MAGA and the uninformed is staggering.
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  3028. The people who voted for him have become accomplices to his numerous crimes.
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  3029. Most reputable companies who deal with imports from China and other third world countries try to ensure they are not sourcing goods made by child laborers and slaves. They go to considerable lengths to verify their supply chains and the CEO and board of Directors are ultimately accountable. Can't we pass laws that require the Chip manufacturers have to verify the final destination of their products? Hold the CEO and Directors legally responsible and liable for damages. I have little doubt they would vet their buyers very carefully. We already do similar with dangerous chemicals and biological items.
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  3030.  @СерхиоБускетс-ф7я  There was no such agreement. Your whole post is based on lies. Read the NATO-RUSSIA founding act and the Budapest Memorandum. Russia's invasion has no justification. It is naked aggression and imperialism. Stop with your lies.
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  3031. Brilliant idea.
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  3032.  @The_Wolverine_Way  Understand now. Yes, you're right.
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  3033. It's like interviewing Germans in 1940. Only defeat of the kleptofascism can ultimately lead to peace. We know the Russian people are as much the problem as Putin and his henchmen.
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  3034. Apparently they ran out of tampons and this guy missed out.
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  3035. Add Poland, Sweden, Finland, Romania, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and others. Anyone else's nuclear umbrella is worthless. So you have to have your own.
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  3036. Yes. Get NATO into Ukraine and he will immediately stop or be defeated. It's that simple.
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  3037.  @charlesspeaksthetruth4334  My guess is he doesn't care about any of that. He's a Serb who is pissed that the US and NATO bombed Serbia to stop their orgy of violence in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. He supports the genocide that the Serbs were engaged in and also his Russian cousins murderous rampage as well.
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  3038.  @jawarakf  Well your name is certainly appropriate. Jay Son Wong again. The government in Ukraine has nothing to do with antifa. Putin says they're Nazi's. Both are lies You sound like a brain dead Trump supporter who has little understanding of the world, no analytical skills and believes anything he's told by his side of politics. And just to clarify, not all Trump supporters are brain dead. Many are intelligent people who can see the problems in society and think he's the better option. But unfortunately, you are not one of those.
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  3039.  @kabeerharrythakur8288  Strategically.
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  3040. Russification and depopulation of Ukranians to remote towns in Russia are clearly forms of genocide. Why is nothing being said about this in the media and the UN? Is it because it would create an obligation for the international community to intervene and stop it?
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  3041. Another Karen demanding a pussy pass. Cop handled it perfectly.
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  3042. Watch any video by Peter Zeihan. He can give you a few suggestions as to what is going on. Personally, I think it has to do with a combination of Russian imperialism and Putin's place in Russian history along with all the energy riches that were discovered in South East Ukraine. Putin is literally killing the competition.
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  3043.  @thomasclementz8149  You have a serious mental health problem. See a psychiatrist.
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  3044.  @k.s.4858  Sink. That's what happens when you hitch a ride on the Titanic.
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  3045. This is a good analysis and the situation will not be over until the 25,000 Wagner soldiers are disarmed. Let's see how that unfolds. And yet we will soon get the usual low IQ Russian supporters commenting that this is another 4d chess move by Putin. Failure after failure and proven incompetence is repeatedly celebrated as success by these Russidiots.
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  3046. So when are Putin and Shoigin going to be formally charged with war crimes? There is certainly a case to be answered. So let's start the proceedings.
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  3047. ​@Kinzhal Russia breached the Budapest Memorandum. If Russia had just stuck to that memorandum there would be no need for talks or the Minsk agreement or anything else. It's Russia that has caused all this devastation. Stop supporting their war crimes and genocide as you come across as an accomplice.
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  3048. ​ @MS-ns2pj He sure will. Just wait and see. There is no way out of this one. It's on tape. It's crystal clear that he is trying to influence a public official.
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  3049. ​ @leemorganio8156  Absolute rubbish. That is Ukraine and the grain that was grown there is Ukrainian. Russia can't resist committing war crimes and low life like you can't resist supporting them.
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  3050. ​ @leemorganio8156  Only Ukraine is affected as all that land including Crimea is Ukraine. Now F*ck off ruscist.
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  3051. The section of the Migration Act used by the Minister gives him almost God-like power to decide. Djokovic is facing an uphill battle. If, by some miracle he wins, I would expect a High Court challenge by the government. In the end, the government has to have control of the borders.
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  3052. ​ @KLRJUNE Stop lying.
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  3053.  @geckomat1987  Appeasement has never worked. Does anyone really believe Putin will stop after swallowing Ukraine? If he is allowed to get away with it, he will only become more adventurous. NATO will face him on the battlefield in Ukraine or in the Baltic states or elsewhere. He cannot use his nukes as Russia would be bombed into oblivion. Biden and his allies need to confront him immediately.
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  3054.  @user-oy9zy4ds9m  He can't use his nukes due to mutually assured destruction. And what when he decides to take back the Baltic states? Or Poland or Romania. Just sit back and do nothing? Appeasement only emboldens a bully more.
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  3055.  @dushandvr5765  Tell that to the other players who are all vaccinated. They are going to love playing the AO once that lying brat Djokovic has been deported.
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  3056. Russia will not use nuclear weapons. They know very well that 5 nuclear weapons striking their 5 largest cities would mean the end of Russia forever. For Russia to destroy the West they would somehow have to fire off hundreds of nukes before we fire 5. And ours will hit their targets.
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  3057. YT is a bloody disgrace. They're helping Russia commit genocide.
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  3058. On the bright side, just think of all the money he can make selling Trump branded orange jump suits. Made in China ofcourse.
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  3059. Every time he walks past a window today someone is getting thrown out of it.
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  3060. Parts of the Republican party have been infiltrated by Russia. That's been obvious for some time.
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  3061. Putin is a war criminal who is destroying his country. All he has left is lies and deflection.
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  3062. Putin and his foreign minister repeatedly lied about their intentions. They lie to their own soldiers. They are waging an unrelenting information war based on lies on social media. They lie to their own people about what is going on in Ukraine. You can't believe a single word coming from Russia and their army of trolls. They have nothing but propaganda and lies and have now been thoroughly exposed before the whole world.
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  3063. It's hard to believe people are here defending hamas holding children as hostages. If you're one of those you are sick in the head.
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  3064. Russia has hundreds of nuclear weapons aimed at the US and senior figures in their government have repeatedly threatened to nuke Washington. Being pro-Russian is traitorous.
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  3065. The sooner we give Ukraine more weapons the sooner the war will end. It's the best way to reduce the number of deaths and casualties on both sides. So let's ramp thing up.
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  3066. One of the key differences is that the DOD must make a plan within 45 days for how to defeat Russia in Ukraine. This is the first time that victory against Russia has been proposed. It will be mandated by law once passed by the Senate and signed by President Biden. I like that a lot more than the previous bill.
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  3067.  @leonarrrrr  Delusional. Even your own bankers recently said it would take 10 years before Russia's economic output reached the levels before the war. But they too are wrong. Russia is going to collapse like the USSR. Enjoy the collapse and all the poverty with it. I know I will.
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  3068.  @nicholasconder4703  Were only 3 months into this and the NATO heavy weapons have only trickled in so far. Once most of those weapons get to the front lines, Russia's losses are going to get much worse. It's entirely possible they simply culminate within weeks.
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  3069.  @nicholasconder4703  You may well be right. I have had similar thoughts but I don't want to count my chickens just yet. Sure hope you're right.
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  3070. If Russia had succeeded in capturing the whole of Ukraine, or even half of Ukraine, it most certainly would have been in Russia's best interests to do so Thankfully, they are not succeeding and Ukraine still has a realistic chance to win the war in the long run
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  3071. It's Putin's last roll of the dice. Once the EU switches suppliers that is the beginning of the end of Russia. Now there's no going back. Russia will never be a trusted supplier of energy. Invading Ukraine is the stupidest thing I have seen in my entire life. The final outcome will be the collapse and break up of the Russian Federation.
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  3072. I wonder what they discussed, which one of them had killed the most people? It's like Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy catching up for a chat. But of course Putin and Xi are murdering on a scale orders of magnitude greater than those amateurs.
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  3073. If only the Palestinians could agree on Israel's right to exist and stop with their genocidal 'from the river to the sea' nonsense. Continuing with their failed policy of terrorism over many decades is the height of stupidity. Peace will only come once they terrorism stops.
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  3074. ​ @thecactusman17 You will need to provide some evidence that the operational costs are far greater than the costs of the driver. It doesn't sound right.
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  3075. They're already behind Putin. The only way this war ends is if Russia is comprehensively defeated.
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  3076. What a train wreck. Who could stand being in her presence for even 2 minutes.
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  3077. ​ @andy_s_8982  With 34 felony convictions and dozens more that he's delaying until after the election.
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  3078.  @oo--7714  Who said anything about America rebuilding Ukraine? Work on your comprehension skills troll boy.
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  3079. China and India allowed the statement from the G20. That speaks volumes about the degree of Russia's isolation. No-one in the G20 will recognise Russias Annexations of Ukrainian territory. Russia is a pariah state. The only people supporting them are their fellow terrorists.
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  3080. Based on the information in this video women should not be allowed to vote or be in any positions of authority or power. We just need to get some uber Chad politicians to explain it to them in such a way that they feel good about it and they will readily agree.
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  3081. ​ @toraguchitoraguchi9154 You sound like you're the stupid one. The whole world watched and are disgusted by Trump and his vicious poodle.
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  3082. ​ @DaKevinnnn  So that's the excuse now is it? You clowns will say anything, no matter how absurd, to conceal the abject failures of the Russian military.
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  3083. Since the US is taking over Gaza, the only rational place for the Palestinians to migrate to is the US. Why should anyone else take them? The Palestinians will become the responsibility of the US.
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  3084.  @HooDatDonDar  What about them?
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  3085. The Russian trolls are out in force with their usual lies and propaganda. It's all they have now that they can see how bad the situation is getting for Russia on the battlefield. When the war crimed trials are held after Russias inevitable defeat I hope they also fave trial for their part in the attempted genocide in Ukraine.
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  3086. My thoughts exactly. He is really pushing people in the right places to consider it.
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  3087. Trump and the maga cult are too stoopid to understand tariffs, VAT and trade deficits and surpluses. The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
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  3088. @jenniferhutson8579  Yes. Aside from me you're the only other person making this point. He uses the term subsidy instead of trade deficit. it's infuriating to witness a spineless media never challenge him on this misrepresentation. A subsidy makes it sound like the US is giving a handout. His ignorant supporters buy into it and it fuels their anger.
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  3089. Why would the other players who followed the rules and have been vaccinated support the one anti-vaxxer who thinks he's above rules? I would think many of them would be happy to see him deported.
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  3090. Yes
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  3091. ​ @hermanwooster8944 How long will it take companies with factories in China to disinvest and build their factories in Vietnam, India or anywhere else? Can they manufacture their products to the same quality standards and costs as they did in China? You make it sound so simple and easy. But that's because you obviously have never run a manufacturing or import business. Trump supporters appear to be simpletons.
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  3092. ​ @joepublic8473 Your willingness to subject Ukrainians to Russian war crimes and genocide is a reflection of your poor character and lack of morals. It's nothing to be proud of.
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  3093. Excellent post. Putin has instigated the beginning of the end of the Russian Federation. It is inevitable now. Especially if Russia cuts off the gas to Europe. After that, there's no turning back for anyone in this conflict. Europe will want nothing to do with Russia for generations to come. I think we're well past the point of no return.
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  3094. You seem unconcerned at all that Russia has invaded and ethnically cleansed dozens of nations and ethnic groups over many centuries. Portraying them as the victim is intellectually dishonest. Russia's neighbours have a right to security, sovereignty and freedom. That's international law and it's in the UN Charter. Russia has no right to control 200 million people in Eastern Europe who want to live free of their tyranny. They want nothing to do with Russia. What you're proposing is a form of appeasement to Russian aggression. Have you learnt nothing from WW2? If living under Russian tyranny is ok for Ukrainians and others, it must be ok for you too. So don't be a hypocrite, jump on the next flight to Russia.
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  3095.  @kasper7203  Will the same UN process happen in Chechnya and all the other Republics that are part of the Russian Federation or it is just ethnic Russian majority regions that get this luxury?
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  3096.  @kasper7203  Unfortunately it would not be up to you. Russia wants Russians to have special rights that it will not give to Chechens or other racial and ethnic groups. So it just comes down to raw power and Russia is about to discover it is far less powerful than it believed thanks to two decades of Putin and his cronies plundering the nation.
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  3097. ​ @Princip666 Russia has lost 80% of its tanks and artillery. It has never been weaker. Chew on that troll.
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  3098.  @Princip666  You've won nothing and yet you're crowing about it. Devil worshippers like you will get your comeuppance in due time.
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  3099.  @Princip666  You've won nothing and yet you're crowing about it. Devil worshippers like you will get your comeuppance in due time.
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  3100. ​ @qetoun No. Fox news and all the other right wing media constantly lying for him won the election. On his own Trump is just another mental patient.
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  3101. ​ @MnemonicCarrier BS. More drilling took place during Biden's term. Facts are not a maga strong point to say the least.
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  3102. While India supports Russia committing all those war crimes in Ukraine, I doubt there's going to be much support from the US or other Western countries.
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  3103.  @Eatfast  So no answer to my question? Still won't say if you support Russia's war crimes. All you came with was a whataboutism and some attempt at false equivalence. You should demand your student fees back because you have not learned anything and don't know how to argue your point. You can't even name one specific war crime? Just throw out a list of countries, that's all you can do. Pathetic.
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  3104.  @Владлен-ю9г The inevitability of Russian defeat is obvious to everyone except their brain dead supporters.
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  3105. ​ @hughmungus2760  The only thing growing at 7% a year in China is repression.
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  3106.  @hughmungus2760  The only thing growing at 7% a year in China is repression.
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  3107. Dream on. China is not going to risk sanctions to help Russia. A Russian defeat will mean China can retake Outer Manchuria again. Imagine being so gullible as to think China is your friend.
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  3108. ​ @ronnymcdonald2543 Clown. Literally.
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  3109. Brent crude oil at $89 means Russian Urals oil is around $56-57. Take off $20 discount for India, China etc and Russia is getting $37 a barrel. It's breaking even at best or losing money on each barrel. What part of this do Indian supporters of Russian war crimes, imperialism and racism not understand? Russia is going to collapse economically and you geniuses have tied yourself to that sinking ship.
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  3110. The UN is irrelevant. There's nothing wrong with their support of Israel.
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  3111. Why are media so afraid to say it: Trump is a moron.
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  3112. ​ @ThomasTomiczek Total rubbish. Russia broke their agreement. You are a liar. How many potatoes does Putin pay you?
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  3113. Trump is a symptom of larger problems. Solve those problems and Trump will rot in jail for the rest of his miserable life.
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  3114. Yes, all. They just need to be given the tools to get the job done. So let's give them everything.
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  3115. ​ @ajlynch123 But you're ok with him sexually assaulting women. Is that in the Bible too?
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  3116.  @sandip870  So facts don't matter?
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  3117.  @sandip870  I do not recall writing that countries do not operate on self interest. Perhaps you need to improve your reading skills. But facts do matter. Russia unilaterally invaded Ukraine and is committing thousands of war crimes. India is actively supporting them. I've yet to see a coherent explanation of how Russia murdering thousands of Ukrainian civilians is in India's interests. I doubt very much you can explain it either genius.
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  3118.  @norwegianblue2017  The comment was about Trump. Let's face it Trump is a compulsive liar. That is a fact. Are you disputing it?
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  3119.  @ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP  Trump is a barefaced liar. He's been caught out time and again. Are you saying Trump is not a liar?
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  3120. It was just a simple misspelling. But being uneducted as they are, no one in the MGGA movement noticed. Make Gaza Great Again.
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  3121. When the war ends in Ukraine there will be no meaningful Russian army. The lesson they will learn is don't invade Ukraine.
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  3122.  @Gumdropnipples  I agree. But it needs to happen as soon as practicable.
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  3123. If the humans that came before is thought that way none of us would be alive today.
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  3124. ​ @Andy-sf6eu She was talking about obituaries in Russia. You Russian can't help yourselves. You are habitual liars.
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  3125. Mostly it's failed states who are looking to deflect blame for their failures on to the West. It's far easier to blame others rather than take responsibility for your own failures. It's also driven by envy and racism.
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  3126. Do Russia have an unlimited supply of long range weapons? All Ukraine have to do is destroy all the railway bridges coming into Ukraine from Russia and there is no way Russia can get those troops into the battle. Time to give Ukraine ATACMS and licence to hit inside Russia.
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  3127.  @yespeace2000  That's what I thought. And with the sanctions, Russia can't manufacture any more
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  3128.  @bighands69  Calling up more reservists will not magically fix their logistics problems or their other problems for that matter.
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  3129. The Republican Party exists in name only. In substance, it's the Trump Party. It's only a matter of time before they change the name. They've made it perfectly clear they don't want Reagan Republicans in their party.
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  3130.  @Bigbudd0045  Interesting views. Thanks for sharing. I can see Turkiye growing in power steadily over the next decades for sure.
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  3131.  @youareliedtobythemedia  At least Ukraine is willing to be civilized. When is Russia agreeing to the same?
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  3132.  @ИгорьПанин-с6ь  That I wholeheartedly agree with. The global institutions that emerged after the second world war no longer seem fit for purpose.
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  3133.  @timcoolican459  Maybe Russia should not invade their neighbours and start wars. Maybe you should check out what Russia has been doing the past few months in Ukraine. Whatever crimes some Ukranian soldiers have engaged in pales in comparison to what Russia has done. You support all these Russian war crimes, yet want to point the finger at Ukraine? The level of hypocrisy is astounding.
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  3134.  @timcoolican459  There was no Ukranian military build up. That is a complete lie. You are either a Russian troll or completely believe all Russian propaganda. The war crimes in Bucha for starters and the deliberate targetting of civilians are both war crimes. What happened in Bucha very likely happened all over occupied territory. If not for Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014, there would have been no need for Ukraine to try and recapture their territory back. What Russia is doing in Ukraine genocide. It is very similar to what Hitler did in ww2 and the justifications of it being given are also very similar. Congratulations on being a supporter of war crimes and genocide.
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  3135.  @nervura64  Close to the lowest IQ comment I have ever seen. If it's true, then why do the oligarchs, their children, Putin's daughter, Medvedev's son , Lavrov children etc all go and live in Western Europe? Why are their luxury homes there? Why are their superyachts there? Anyone wealthy enough or intelligent enough goes to the West. The poor plebs like you are stuck in Russia with no hope of a better life.
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  3136.  @freak777power  The Nazi leader is in Moscow. If you hate Nazi's take him out.
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  3137. I'm wondering if it could the work of disgruntled Russian pilots.
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  3138. Who are 'they'?
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  3139.  @AR15199  He is a liar. Before the war he said no invasion was going to happen and since then he had not said a word of truth. Your hero is a mass murderer and war criminal. Maybe your country is a basket case because people there have the same mentality as you?
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  3140. It's fascinating that so many comments here are about India getting cheap oil. Have yet to see one that gives a damn about the war crimes being committed by your good friend Putin. Are Indians ok with mass murder, rape as a weapon of war and the destruction of practically all civilian infrastructure in Eastern Ukraine? Are Indians now in favour of imperialism and colonialism, as long as it's being done by one of their friends? If you could power your vehicle's with the blood of Ukrainian children and it was just $20 a barrel, would you do it?
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  3141. ​ @redghost1567 Don't believe you. But even if it's true, Wagner do not need to go to Moscow. They control 90% of the supply lines into Ukraine now. They determine who gets supplies and who doesn't. Putin can fortify Moscow all he likes but only at the expense of the Russian military being destroyed in Ukraine. I hope Russia will get a long and bloody civil war. At least it might teach the average Russian that not being interested in politics doesn't stop politics catching up with you eventually.
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  3142. Ban China from SWIFT.
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  3143.  @thomastruong8382  Any opponent taking on NATO is inferior. If you don't know that you are living in Fantasyland.
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  3144. @Anonymous Bosch Complete lies. No one ever found Milosevic innocent. He is a war criminal and everyone knows it. But you Serbs are supporters of his war crimes and that's why you keep trying to deny known facts.
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  3145. It's amazing to see all these Trump supporters so concerned about the law when it applies to immigrants. But totally ok with voting a 34 time convicted felon into the presidency. No laws for Trump and anyone else that's on their side politically. The hypocrisy is staggering.
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  3146. Who thinks Putin has a much larger stash? Instead of rumours, do you have any facts?
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  3147. I hope you're not getting paid in rubles.
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  3148. Russia is a cancer. You either kill it or it kills you. From a broader perspective I think we are fast approaching a day of reckoning when we will have to confront the autocracy and fascism that is growing in much of the world, incuding within some of the Western democracies. Either liberal democracies will prevail or fascism will. It's clear that Russia, China and the current government of India, along with the other dictatorships around the world want to destroy the West. I think it's only a matter of time before this comes to a head. We have been trending in this direction for many years. The Western democracies have limited time to reconstitute their military power. Only a strong deterrent can stop another world war. If Russia succeeds in Ukraine it will signal weakness, the end of Western power, and it will be game on.
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  3149. More lies. Can you really be that stupid to believe this?
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  3150. I hope all you Indians who love Russia and hate the West are going to Russia for education, work and migration. Don't be hypocrites and try to come to the West. If you support Putin and his war crimes you are not welcome in the West. Go to Russia instead.
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  3151. @rayerickson7614  No-one is forcing you to take a vaccine. Having your head of Health and Human Services being an anti-vaxxer sends out a message that will potentially lead to many deaths and disabilities. It's not just about you. It's about public health in general. RFK Jr has no medical qualifications and I doubt you have any either.
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  3152. ​ @kurtwinslow2670 She's lying through her teeth about the border. She and her fellow Republicans are refusing to fix the issue for perceived electoral gain. But she screeches about it in every interview.
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  3153. Who cares what the criminal leader of the Republican party has to say. The Republicans have become the party of crime and insurrection.
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  3154. Biden should announce he can't debate Trump because of the gag order. Within minutes Trump will be posting that he's not prevented from debating by the gag order.
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  3155. ​​ @doginu  Australia Canada and other Western countries have all those minerals in abundance. Russia is going to be dirt poor and eventually break apart, just like the USSR. Only it will happen much faster because Russia is far weaker economically and militarily than the USSR.
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  3156.  @doginu  The Soviet Union had 20%. Russia has less than 2%. Yet the USSR still collapsed. Think about that for a moment. It's Russia's future.
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  3157. ​ @attilamarics3374  Was Kherson also unimportant? Russia has failed repeatedly over the past 14 months and only idiots think they're succeeding.
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  3158.  No-name  Many people do not care about your economic problems. Not their problem. They care about the Ukrainians suffering far more than about your petty woes.
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  3159. Probably about the same as men who did things simply because they wanted to please a woman.
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  3160. Probably about the same as men who did things simply because they wanted to please a woman.
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  3161. Removing fair comment posts just looks like misandry.
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  3162. Appeasement has never worked. It's what has brought the situation to this. Bullies only understand strength. Weakness emboldens them more. I know people are afraid of Russia's nukes. But that is a weapon he can never use without killing himself and everyone around him. Whether we like it or not, Putin will have to be confronted with more than just sanctions because he will not stop at Ukraine. He is an imperialist and his goal is to regain all the former Soviet republics one by one. We are already in WW3. Most people just haven't realised it. There can be no peace while Putin is still in power.
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  3163. ​ @DynoGreen313 Then unalive Putin.
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  3164. Russia will collapse at the first sign of real pressure.
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  3165. I believe the Russian kia is higher due to their callous disregard for human life. I think many of their wounded may have converted to kia due to being left to die or poor medical care. The Russians may buck historical trends and have a 1:1 ratio. We will probably never know the truth.
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  3166. NATO needs to give Ukraine missiles that can take out all the Russian fuel depots and refineries within 300km of the Ukraine/Russia border.
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  3167. Could Jack Smith withdraw half the charges and proceed with the other half. That way jeopardy would only apply to those charges that went ahead. If Cannon rules in Trump's favour, Smith could file the remaining charges and get different judge?
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  3168. Most discoveries of mineral resources never get developed into a mine. Even if successful it takes around 10-15 years on average. Don't hold your breath.
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  3169. If the Russians dropped him out of a plane at 35,000 feet on to Ukraine, the devastation would be equivalent to a 100 KT nuclear device.
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  3170. Who does musk think buys electric vehicles, MAGA voters? If I was a Tesla shareholder I'd be asking for his removal.
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  3171. The Russians don't want peace. They want Ukrainian territory. If they wanted peace they can leave Ukraine immediately.
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  3172. Did Putin submit to him or vice versa?
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  3173.  @israrahmad826  Whataboutism is not an argument. You would need to go through each case and explain what you think is a crime. Just lumping a whole bunch of countries together is done because you can't argue your point on a case by case basis. It demonstrates your inability to reason. I do not support war crimes committed by anyone. But you are here supporting two people who are both engaging in genocide. Xi Jinping is murdering your Muslim brothers as I type. And here you are singing his praises. Do tell, what is it that you like most about how Xi is murdering the Uighers and how Putin is targeting civilians, killing them and then deporting their children?
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  3174.  @unclesam8565  Xi and his government are perpetrating genocide on the Uighur minority. Go there and see for yourself.
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  3175.  @jeronimodennis-ef5lq  No. It's the truth. In the West there are literally thousands of media outlets and they can publish freely. But in China, only Chinese propaganda is allowed. Same in Russia now. And you are so gullible you believe the word of lying, authoritarian governments over the free press.
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  3176. What's causing the war to linger is Putin's stubborn refusal to understand he has already lost. If he had an IQ above 100 he would have withdrawn long ago.
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  3177.  @alexlazar4738  Thanks for the info.
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  3178. ​ @walterbrownstone8017 Hedge funds will short stocks in companies that have falling user numbers and revenue. That will rapidly accelerate those companies decline. In the end consumers set the value of everything.
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  3179. It's almost as if 50% of the population have an IQ above 100 and 50% have an IQ below 100.
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  3180. Tesla shareholders must be wondering how many Teslas can be sold to MAGA voters who don't accept the science of climate change. I can't see people on the political left buying them in future.
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  3181. It is extremely difficult to convince someone that they're wrong. A persons worldview is part of their identity. I don't think anything the West do anything to change the view of most people in Russia. The only way is to defeat Russia militarily. Drive them out of Ukraine but do not set foot on Russian soil. Putin must have nothing to show for the war. Then Russian people will begin asking what happened? Why is there no victory? Their loss of faith in the government story must be organic.
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  3182.  @mariyabiswas3391  Sounds like a good reason to invade Russia.
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  3183.  @musiconabudget3712  NATO has never wanted to invade Russia. It can destroy Russia economically like it did the USSR. You want nukes to be used? I hope you realise that you and everyone you care for will also die. Or you better have an amazing plan for how to survive a nuclear winter lasting many years. Imagine how cold it will be in Russia for the few who manage to survive the initial blast? Possibly 70 below zero and no crops for years. Good luck Vlad. You're going to need it.
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  3184. If the Dems sweep make sure all Trump's trials are held quickly. He should be in prison and facing at least 20 years.
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  3185. Trump is too stupid to learn.
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  3186. Your claim that the validity of the so called referenda are in the eye of the beholder does you no credit whatsoever. It is obvious that these shams cannot have any validity. You have Russian soldiers with machine guns looking over the shoulders of the voter. The Ukrainian population has fled due to Russian occupation or have been killed or kidnapped and taken into Russia. You really need to think this through.
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  3187. They make walking away from them so easy. The time is fast approaching when men should just stop doing all the work that keeps them alive and comfortable and let the ungrateful wretches fend for themselves.
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  3188. Afghanistan was for self def move. Yugoslavia was to defend Kosovars from Serb genocide. Iraq was to get rid of Saddam Hussein. Vietnam was a proxy war between the US and communist USSR and China so all parties were equally responsible. Syria is a proxy war between so many parties including Russia and the US. So how does any of that justify Russia invading Ukraine? The Budapest Memorandum and the NATO-RUSSIA founding act prove Russia has breached their international agreements.
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  3189. Even re-flagging ships to NATO countries would be enough to deter the russorerrorists.
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  3190. That would be a war crime. What sort of low life would want to starve a whole population to death. Get some psychiatric help. You desperately need it.
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  3191.  @lunatik3395  That's true. But I was pointing out to the OP that he is calling for Russia to commit further war crimes. I was pointing him out as a piece of excrement.
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  3192. What are those products and why do you think Europe profited illegally?
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  3193. BadgerIdiot would have been far more accurate.
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  3194. This is what happens when Democrats don't enforce the law. If Trump had been arrested and tried after the Jan. 6 insurrection we wouldn't be here. If the Dems get another chance, grow some balls!
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  3195. Sure, they're luring the Ukrainians in, just like in Kharkiv region. Will probably have the same result.
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  3196.  @devpav9880  I don't think the West think Russians are subhuman. But they have a fascist, dictator in charge and he an absolute piece of excrement.
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  3197. Very naive to think China wants to help them. A weak and defeated Russia would be a boon for China.
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  3198. I wonder if those drone boats coukd be engineered to make a dive about 500 metres from their target and strike it from underneath. This would eliminate the possibility of them being shot as they get close to their target.
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  3199.  @htown148  In two sentences you managed to contradict yourself. Is your IQ lower than your shoe size? Also, 50 countries are giving aid to Ukraine and they will never allow the war criminal Russians to win.
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  3200.  @dyadya2673  Try and figure it out genius.
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  3201.  @rohitparikh8132  It's insane to give in to a tyrannical dictator. If he gets what he wants now by using nuclear blackmail, he will only use the same tactics to come back for more later. Putin only understands strength. Showing him that you will stand up and beat him is the only thing that can make him stop. Appeasement has never worked. If you are in doubt, check some history. After Russia annexed Crimea, was Putin satisfied or did he come back for more? Does India give up it's territory to China and Pakistan when they attack? Or do you stand up for what is yours?
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  3202.  @navamsinna8492  Stop making a fool of yourself. Ukraine has been an independent country by mutual recognition for more than 30 years. The Budapest Memorandum and the referendum gives Ukraine full legitimacy. Russia has invaded them and murdered tens of thousands of Ukrainians. Stop supporting Russia's attempt at genocide of the Ukrainian people. You should be ashamed of yourself.
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  3203.  @jojonesjojo8919  Also, no-one showed up in Russia's back yard as you claim. Google the NATO-RUSSIA Founding Act and read it. Both parties agree that every nation has the sovereign right to choose its security alliances. That applies to all former USSR countries including Ukraine. Read the Budapest Memorandum as well.
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  3204. By 2050 Russia will no longer exist.
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  3205. They must be Russian drones because they all hit civilian targets, just as programmed.
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  3206. And while you are politely telling them the new rules and the Serbs start shooting at you, what do you do then genius?
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  3207.  @jovicatrpcevski209  If the Serbian people would just stop starting wars, there would be no wars left to fight in the Balkans.
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  3208.  @jovicatrpcevski209  Your solution is to bring back centuries of near constant warfare? The solution is to move all the Serbs to Russia. That would solve Russias demographic problems and leave the Balkans peaceful.
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  3209.  @jovicatrpcevski209  Read some history from the time Yugoslavia was formed and see that it is. The Serbs keep starting some oppression against their neighbours, who then respond by fighting back and defeating Serbs. Instead of a greater Serbia, the result has been a smaller and smaller Serbia. When will Serbs finally learn the lesson?
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  3210.  @user-zw8uc4rm1m  Lies. Serbia was perpetrating genocide on the Kosovars. Kosovo was and remains 90% majority Kosovar. Serbia has no claim to Kosovo.
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  3211. The circus came to town.
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  3212. ​ @Sec_coach The price of goods will rise significantly. Inflation will be out of control. You Trump supporters are such simpletons. If a product could be made in the US cheaper than a comparable import that would already be happening. You're a turkey voting for Christmas.
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  3213. ​ @ScotlandIsAwake  All you are doing is blindly following Russian propaganda and supporting their war crimes in Ukraine.
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  3214.  @Princip666  Everyone knows Putin and his oligarch friends have stolen hundreds of billions of dollars from the Russian people. They are your enemy. Trying to deflect here just makes you look ridiculous.
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  3215.  @milan51259  Russia cannot be negotiated with. They do not stick to their agreements. Now that we know how deeply entrenched Russo-Nazism is we are effectively dealing with Hitler and Nazi Germany. There is only one way to end this and that is to defeat Russia on the battlefield. That is exactly what is going to happen. Even if it means we have to give Ukraine $500 billion of weapons and it takes 5 years. But Russia will be defeated. You Serbs need to get used to living being surrounded by NATO. Russia cannot help you. Give up your delusions.
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  3216. ​ @philjameson292 The 3 most powerful nations in the world are now openly expansionist. Every smaller nation would be crazy not to develop a nuclear deterrent if they're capable of doing so. Some nations may need to work together to achieve that goal. The world is going to become a very dangerous place because of our modern day Neville Chamberlain.
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  3217.  @cheztaylor8  What's the problem with Ukraine defending itself and the Australian government remaining quiet? If you sell a product and it's re-purposed for a just cause, what is the problem?
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  3218.  @cheztaylor8  I do not understand your last paragraph at all. It makes no sense. You will need to spell out how any of my logic leads to your conclusions. Russia sells weapons to India who have used those weapons against both China and Pakistan in previous conflicts. Are you saying that makes Russia a party to those conflicts? Are you saying it makes Russia a combatant against China and Pakistan?
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  3219. In the dictionary next to the word delulu there's a picture of this dipshit.
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  3220. Is that the same BRICS that doesn't even have a currency? What actually does it do except talk?
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  3221. The Russians have tried to assassinate Zelensky on numerous occassions. Getting a taste of their own medicine is not an escalation.
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  3222. Do the Germans and other recalcitrant states not realise that if Ukraines defences collapse Russia will be on their borders within weeks and well positioned for their next offensive. Europe will need to increase spending on defence by hundreds of billions of dollars and the entire economic and power balance in Europe will have shifted in Russia's favour because they will control the Ukrainian food harvest and all the gas and oil in the East of Ukraine. Are European leaders st*pid?
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  3223.  @MrSergecj  Wrong. He is definitely bluffing. Because he knows Russia will be destroyed if it ever uses nukes.
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  3224.  @user-makar152  You should be terrified at such a world because Russia is very weak and so are its allies.
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  3225. Two have reported broken fingernails and one has reported to be depressed from terminating so many orcs.
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  3226. ​ @Robespierre-lI  If the main thrust of the Ukrainian counteroffensive was through Belgorod towards Moscow, Ukraine would be in Moscow within hours. It's also a critical supply hub. Losing it would be devastating.
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  3227. ​ @Lz-kj4uy Both China and India rely heavily on exports to Western countries. So no, they can't really do much to help Russia without destroying their own economic future.
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  3228.  @Buppasiri1  Russia is nearly out of everything, especially ideas on how to get out of the huge hole they dug for themselves. Meanwhile, Poland is arming itself to the teeth.
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  3229. If your intention is to start world war 3 then this idea may have merit.
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  3230.  @JD..........  More risky but with bigger pay offs for the winners. Rare Earth mining companies that have processing facilities in any Western country will do well. Just one example.
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  3231. Australia's top 10 trading partners: China: US$103.9 billion (25.9% of total Australian exports) Japan: $49 billion (12.2%) South Korea: $24.1 billion (6%) India: $14.8 billion (3.7%) United States: $13.7 billion (3.4%) Taiwan: $12.6 billion (3.1%) New Zealand: $9.1 billion (2.3%) Vietnam: $9.1 billion (2.3%) Indonesia: $7.3 billion (1.8%) Malaysia: $5.9 billion (1.5%) A huge percentage of trade is with Asia. Add the US and it's about 95% of all trade.
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  3232.  @jfarmer1711  It's the total two way trade as of 2022
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  3233. If Ukraine is forced to capitulate many smaller countries will collaborate to acquire nuclear weapons as their last line of defence. The world will become a far more dangerous place.
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  3234. She was involved in operation Lakhta. Just a couple of weeks earlier, Ukraine hit the Wagner group HQ near Izium. It was reported that the Wagner group leader, Prigozhin, was killed. He's was the leader of operation Lakhta. Coincidence?
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  3235. The attempts at deflection by the pro-terrorists is getting beyond absurd. They will clutch at any straw to avoid the obvious: hamas committed the most vile atrocities and are supported by the majority of Palestinians and by the Muslim world. Hamas and their supporters had no rules while murdering 1300 civilians and cutting the heads off victims. But now that Israel has hit back they are trying to play the innocent victim and making noises about human rights and international law. Here's some advice: you should have respected the human rights of your victims and international law. All you have now is crocodile tears.
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  3236. Here we go again with Aljazeera and it's terrorist supporters failing to condemn the brutal atrocities committed by hamas. Behave like savages then cry when Israel hits back proportionally. Then squeal like stuck pigs when the civilized world won't endorse your terrorist methods.
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  3237. They all have a few screws loose after a few loose screws
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  3238. Their military is getting targeted. And I doubt even Russians are so stupid not to understand they invaded Ukraine.
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  3239. It's not Trump's job to solve the issues. Neither Israel nor the Palestinians want genuine peace. Both sides want to win. Fighting will continue until they choose to stop.
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  3240. ​ @logoutandrew4569 Congratulations for voting for someone who said you have bad genes. Trump believes you're genetically inferior.
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  3241.  @SatumangoTheGreat  He has kids and grand kids and so do all the military people around him who would be asked to carry out those orders. I can see someone putting a bullet in his head before killing themselves and their family.
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  3242. During the previous period of Lend Lease in Ukraine not $1 of equipment was sent. I don't know if that was due to Ukraine not wanting to borrow or Biden refusing to authorise. But that's what happened.
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  3243. Zelensky = Churchill. Trump = Chamberlain.
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  3244. China lies about everything.
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  3245. ​ @Crow44195 No country has that right. You are an apologist for Russian war crimes.
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  3246. ​ @lissainlenoir The Japanese didn't surrender after the first one, so why do you think they would have surrendered after a demonstration?
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  3247. ​ @lissainlenoir Modern day Japan is very different to what Japan was in the 1940's. Your dad was fortunate. Ask the Chinese or anyone else who was conquered by the Japanese about how brutal they were. Read about Unit 731 in China before you tell us about how delightful the Japanese were.
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  3248.  @IFRYRCE  Doesn't the Supreme Court ruling override states that allow it?
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  3249. ​ @goenzoy But it imports many of the components which does have an effect. The components that are busting the sanctions may now be double and triple the price in USD.
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  3250. You can troll better than that surely. It's the same copy and paste the rest of your mates at the Kremlin are using. Sounds like you never saw a dictatorship or a war criminal you didn't love. Now show us a list of all the Russian imperial conquests or is that not a part of your job? Tell us about how many people were killed by Mao and Stalin and Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi and Milosevic and so on... It's at least 100 million. Probably double or triple.
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  3251.  @mirekslechta7161  Posting a list of countries is irrelevant. It does not prove anything. Take Iraq as an example. Iraq was only invaded after 11 UN Security Council resolutions that were all supported by both China and Russia. Refer to UN Security Council Resolution 1441. It was the one that gave Saddam one last chance to comply with the previous 10 resolutions. Saddam Hussein had already invaded Iran and killed a million people. He had gassed the Kurds in his own country and invaded Kuwait as well. The US instigated general elections and left Iraq as soon as they could. They did not try to annex it. Now let's compare that to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. No UN Security Council resolutions. Just a blatant attack with the intent of annexing the whole or part of the country. Yet you think the US was wrong but Russia is right? See how lopsided your thinking is? You can make a list as long or longer of Russian imperial conquests. The US, for all its shortcomings, has been more a force of good than bad in the world. And you would not have the standard of living or lifestyle if not for the US imposing a global order. Imagine leaving the world to be run by tyrants like Saddam, Gaddafi, Putin etc. The world would be constantly at war.
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  3252.  @mirekslechta7161  Iraq had chemical weapons. They are classified as WMDs. If you read the UN Security Council resolutions chemical weapons are specifically mentioned. If you look at your list, prior to the collapse of the USSR, you will notice that all those wars were proxy wars between the USSR (Russia) and the US. So both parties are equally to blame. It was a battle between capitalism and communism ( in other words, Russian imperialism, because that's what communism was back then ). Personally, I'm glad the West won. As a result of capitalism winning, China and India and many other nations have been able to pull themselves out of poverty and now have far higher standards of living. Are you going to make a similar list of a Russian world tour and add all those countries, plus Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and the various African countries where the Wagner group are acting as Russian proxies?
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  3253.  @peaked_aussie  When Ukraine defeats Russia they can get their kids back.
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  3254.  @GordianThoughts  Never got the impression Putin was suicidal. Russian nuclear bluffs are old hat.
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  3255.  @mdw90210  You must be a clueless Chinese troll. If Australia cuts off iron ore exports to China tomorrow, your economy comes to a full stop. If the Chinese trade war against Australia was effective then why did China lift the import bans on Australian products? Because China realised it was hurting them more than it was hurting Australia. Let me make this clear to you, if China and the US start shooting at each other, Australia will also be shooting at China. And who is the north that you refer to? You only represent yourself. And it's obvious you know very little about what you are writing.
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  3256.  @mdw90210  You must be a clueless Chinese troll. You know very little about China's reliance on Australia. If the iron ore exports stop tomorrow, China's economy is finished. Just so you know, if China and the US start shooting at each other, Australia will be shooting at China as well. If you seriously believe Australia will side with China, you are completely delusional. And who is this "north" you keep mentioning? You only speak for yourself. Australia has excellent relations with all their northern neighbours including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, PNG etc.
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  3257.  @МихаилЧерников-п2т  The moment Russia uses nukes they will also be annihilated. You Russians seem to have the delusional belief that nukes are a one way street.
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  3258. I have been arguing exactly this point for weeks. You're dead right. It would stop Putin dead in his tracks.
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  3259. I agree with you up to your last point. Did Russia come to India's aid when China attacked? In future, if there is a war between India and China, who will Russia support? Russia will do whatever it thinks is in its best interests and their relationship with China is more important.
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  3260.  @krishnkant9477  So is that all they did, just delivered weapons that you had already ordered on time. Ok. They didn't call a meeting of the UN Security Council? They didn't condemn Chinese aggression against India? Kept selling arms to China as well and helped them develop their nuclear subs and aircraft carriers that may some day be used against India... If India is happy with that, good for you.
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  3261. Trump voters can't afford to buy eggs.
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  3262. NZ is far to the left of the US politically.
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  3263. Unfortunately, Lend Lease has expired.
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  3264. When Ukraine is ready. Russia is locked into a war it can never win and it is slowly being bled dry. The outcome of this will be the disintegration of the Russian Federation.
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  3265. Countries affected by Trump's tariffs should ban or severely restrict US tech companies like fb, google, apple etc. Faangs plus Microsoft make up about 40% of the NASDAQ. That would cripple the US economy in no time. Let's see how the tech bros that support Trump like that.
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  3266. Putin is trying to escalate to de-escalate. But like everything else in Russia's disastrous war on Ukraine his moves are backfiring. Let's give Ukraine everything they need to drive the Russoterrorists out of their country.
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  3267. ​ @Living_Life242  They may sell US tech to their Russian friends.
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  3268. Australia elected Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison and without an electoral college that favoured them. We can chalk that up to the Murdoch factor. That's the same advantage that Trump has in the US. Having Satan on your side is a big help.
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  3269. ​ @josephdealoia5165 Yes they do.
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  3270.  @codematters7970  When a man lies on his Travel Declaration form to Australia he gets his visa cancelled . Minister of Immigration, Australia.
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  3271. ​ @pancakespancakes4781 You're a good little fascist aren't you?
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  3272.  @stephenglover1818  You're more likely from Moscow and living in Asia. Unfortunately for you, Russian supporters are known to be liars.
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  3273. ​ @buildmotosykletist1987 No dim wit. The importer pays the tariffs. Then passes it on to their customers. Can Trump supporters really be this stupid? You can Google the answer in 1 minute but choose to remain ignorant. I import goods for a living. Just so you know who is responding to your idiotic comment.
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  3274. ​ @jamikeljames5085 No. They will set up shop wherever it is cheaper to manufacture. That could be India, Vietnam etc.
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  3275. It's far more difficult and only a small percentage will get out. Peter Zeihan has some excellent videos on the problems of transporting over land vs via sea .
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  3276. ​ @briancarno8837  Your suspicion is wrong. No credible peace deal has ever been in the table. Russia has been trying to conquer Ukraine for 16 months and they have failed spectacularly. Putin is not interested in peace. He never has been. He wants conquest. Stop defending the 80,000 + war crimes Russia has already committed in Ukraine. Doing so makes you look like a pos.
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  3277. Not just Europe. Asian allies like Japan, South Korea and Australia have a lot of thinking to do. Trump has proven he will not honour any agreements. And will gladly exploit every opportunity to extort a nation in difficulty. He and Vance were like vultures yesterday.
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  3278.  @uglystupidloser  India is a member of QUAD now. So we can ask if India wants the other QUAD members to defend them in the event of an attack by China, is India also prepared to defend the other members? If USA, Japan and Australia choose to defend Taiwan, will India be there with them? I hope that QUAD develops so that the answer to those questions is yes.
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  3279.  @krishnaa9571  I did not suggest it was. I was asking hypothetically. It is possible it will develop into something resembling NATO in future, but that seems a long way off.
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  3280.  @krishnaa9571  I did not suggest it was. I was asking hypothetically. It is possible it will develop into something more substantial in future, but that seems a long way off.
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  3281. So has Aljazeera and the Arab mob condemning Israel now retracted their claims that Israel bombed a hospital? The video evidence is incontrovertible. Hamas rocket killed hundreds of Palestinians. Nothing but silence from the supporters of terrorism.😮
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  3282. Like all bullies, Putin is a coward. NATO needs to get boots on the ground and planes in the air and destroy the Russian military.
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  3283.  @khiem1939  100% accurate. No end until they fully withdraw from Ukraine and pay war reparations or let them collapse.
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  3284.  @danielwamriew9614  You should try to digest this: the USSR also exported oil and grains and had a far more capable military. They also had a GDP vastly larger than present day Russia. Also, the Eastern European countries are now with the EU/NATO instead of being under Russian control. How did that work out? The West has already defeated you once and this time we are far stronger and you are far weaker. Digest that. Put aside your supremacist arrogance and understand that in a long term battle against NATO and their allies Russia is doomed to collapse. Just like the USSR.
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  3285.  @danielwamriew9614  The ruble is heavily manipulated. It is not a free market currency. Therefore it's value is artificial.
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  3286. Pure speculation. Trump will be in prison by then. No bail because of his repeated criminal activity.
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  3287. ​ @chuckbbb3796 What rules are you referring to? I don't think any rules have been broken I would also remind you that your allies sprang to your aid after you were attacked on 9/11.
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  3288. ​ @chuckbbb3796 It is not a requirement. It was optional. So stop your BS.
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  3289. Cope. Only little Ukraine is kicking your sorry Russian butts.
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  3290. If the US and their allies withdrew from the UN, many vital programs would shut down. This would make the global south come to terms with the fact that most of the funding for UN programs comes from the US and allies. They will soon discover that Russia and their few friends have little to offer by comparison.
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  3291. Give Ukraine ATACMS.
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  3292. Spare US the TFS already.
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  3293. That Chinese official basically made the case for Australia to become nuclear armed without realising it.
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  3294. Absolute nonsense. Lithuania merely implemented the sanctions, which were a consequence of Russia invading Ukraine. Keep trying to blame the victim rather than the aggressor but just be aware that it makes you look none too bright.
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  3295.  @guidoulm1559  You date to talk about legality when Russia has invaded Ukraine in contravention of international law and broken the Budapest Memorandum and is engaging in mass murder and war crimes on a grand scale? Have you no shame, supporting the bombing and killing of innocent civilians? And you complain sanctions are against the UN Charter? You are mentally defective.
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  3296. Suicidal tendencies seem to be a Russian thing.
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  3297. ​ @L110508 Russia will cease to exist long before Ukraine. Consider what happened to the USSR after their disastrous war in Afghanistan. And the USSR was far larger and more powerful. Russia is being demilitarized and bankrupted before your eyes.
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  3298. Like most other wars it's largely about resources and territory. Russia has made it clear it won't stop at Ukraine. It wants to control all of Eastern Europe. The war won't stop until the aggressor is defeated and broken, like WW2.
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  3299. Pager brand Nomorenutz has issued a product recall.
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  3300. ​ @AhlamDaoud Having read the Koran and found it to be extremely hateful gibberish, I can tell you there's lots wrong with Islam. Most Muslims haven't read the Koran and have little idea what horrors it contains.
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  3301.  @observer3137  Do any of the companies involved have a proven technology for extracting the lithium from theses geothermal brines? Do any of them have the environmental approvals required to build a lithium mine? Do any of them know how to process the lithium to eliminate the impurities in these brines? Let me know when anyone has mined the first lithium there. I guarantee you it will be many years, if ever.
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  3302.  @JayMcKinsey  Refer to my previous post. Let me know when it's developed. Until then I will continue to doubt that any lithium mine will be permitted and built there.
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  3303.  @JayMcKinsey  Maybe you should read up on the size of the lithium market by 2025. It will be well in excess of 1 million tons per annum. That mine will be a drop in the ocean if it is ever built. My reading suggests there is some complex chemistry involved and that there is no proven technology that resolves the issues in an economically viable way. Does the company you are referring to have a DFS or BFS? I have seen many projects fail because of unproven technology. You let me know when Salton Sea lithium is powering millions of EV's as the OP claimed it would I won't hold my breath.
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  3304.  Wildfire  By vacationing in occupied territory they are clearly supporting the invasion of Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. This means they are ok with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and all the war crimes being committed by Russia.
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  3305. ​ @robbiekop7 All of Europe is under threat from Russia. If Russia is not stopped in Ukraine, the war will expand. Russia has made it clear they want all former Soviet Union territories under their control. Appeasement is not an option.
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  3306. What's shameful is your support of Russia's genocide.
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  3307. What's shameful is your support of Russia committing genocide.
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  3308. After years of taking hot loads to the back of the throat they still believe a good man would be prepared to enter into a relationship with them. Are they really that stupid?
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  3309. And other resources.
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  3310.  @branko9603  No. And why should it? If Russia succeeds in Ukraine it will fuel Serbian nationalism in Bosnia and other parts of the Balkans.
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  3311. Trump has not been charged for paying hush money. He's charged with falsifying business records. Try and keep up.
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  3312.  @langdonowen161  Get a brain and stop posting your drivel.
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  3313. A broken clock is right twice a day. Trump was President for 1461 days. He would have to have been right 2922 times just to be as effective as a broken clock. I can think of maybe 4 things he got right. It's hardly worthy of praise.
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  3314.  @spookylive2k  30 minutes later Russia ceases to exist.
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  3315. ​ @kartikeyatiwari2502 Stop being such a cowardly brown nose and go to the frontline.
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  3316. The Minister cancelled his visa on completely different grounds. He excercised his powers in accordance with the Migration Act. All perfectly lawful.
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  3317. And Eritrea.
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  3318. ​ @zeljkoc8878  Nobody died before the end invasion of 2014. If Russia could just stop invading neighbouring countries peace would exist.
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  3319. ​ @geneoh5048  Complete BS. Ukrainians made it clear that they wanted to be closer to Europe rather than Russia. The subsequent elections proved that. Zelensky win the last election, right?
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  3320. ​​ @geneoh5048  They all joined freely of their own volition. Next you will be claiming that NATO has forced Finland to join. You're a lying pos.
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  3321. Believing Trump's lies is not homework. You don't appear to even know the meaning of those words.
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  3322.  @luashelton9320  Fair enough. But you will have a moderate Congress and Senate. That will limit what they can do. Personally I don't think they're any further left than many governments of other Western countries that seem to do just fine. If Harris wins and goes too far left, she will be booted out in 4 years.
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  3323.  @ikiruyamamoto1050  I don't think it's bad policy to get ahead of a problem. Russia has made it perfectly clear that Ukraine is just the beginning. It's clear that Ukraine cannot defeat Russia at the current levels of support. And it makes more sense to fight Russia in Ukraine rather than inside NATO members borders. As for triggering WW3, that is just regurgitating Russian propaganda. They're never going to commit suicide by using nuclear weapons against NATO.
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  3324. Demilitarizing Russia is well worth the money. Why aren't you on the frontline? Coward?
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  3325. Western medicines are not sanctioned. So they should continue to be available.
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  3326.  @VioIetShift  They are separate companies in each country. What do you think would happen?
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  3327.  @TBiz81  what exactly is the point that you're trying to make that you think is case closed?
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  3328. If Ukraine surrendered, their men would be tortured and murdered and their women would be raped. Is that what you want? Shame on you for supporting the aggressor and blaming the victim.
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  3329. Russia will attack one of the smaller NATO countries and it won't be accidental. It's their main theory of victory against the West. They know they can't defeat NATO in a full scale war. But if they can attack one of the smaller NATO countries and cause a split in the alliance (which would happen if article 5 was not acted upon), then the NATO alliance will effectively no longer exist and Russia will have won. They only need a few countries to refuse to fight. Think Hungary, Slovakia, Germany. The test for NATO is coming soon.
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  3330. Still lying about the Palestinian rocket that killed people at the hospital car park. What a disgusting media outlet. Aljazeera terrorist support news network.
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  3331.  @LRRPFco52  I stand corrected. I just went off the numbers on google.
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  3332.  @July41776DedicatedtoTheProposi  You will have to take that up with them. But $2 million, even at a 5% annual return is $100k per annum without even dipping into your capital. So I would call BS on it.
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  3333. He's not safe anywhere.
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  3334. The comments here are ridiculous. Are Arabs unable to take responsibility for anything? Hamas started the war. Now someone else is to blame. This channel and many of its supporters are terrorist sympathisers. Arabs don't want peace. They want terrorism. They agree with the hamas goal to obliterate Israel. Lots of crocodile tears from Arabs
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  3335. ​ @HoxtonHotspur Get your gob off Trump's knob.
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  3336. Why Ukraine? They have their hands full defending themselves from Russian genocide. Hamas has just launched a massive terrorist attack. Who is going to support their terrorism?
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  3337. No one in the Republican party seems bothered that Trump is communicating with an indicted war criminal. Putin is evading justice for charges of genocide. Republicans are ok with this? WTF is wrong with them?
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  3338.  @Nick_S0  How many of those parties can have one of their spokespeople say that Russia invaded Ukraine and started a war without going to jail for up to 15 years? Russia is fascist as you are thick as a brick.
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  3339.  @КомментаторЮтуба-л1т  Lend lease starts in 2 days. Ukraine can get whatever Biden is willing to sign off. Much of Ukraines wish list is already in Ukraine or just over the border in Poland. They are not going to wait years to give more HIMARS to Ukraine. And they're not going to publically announce everything they are lending.
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  3340. It's easy to determine who did it. Just look at the reactions. Ukranians are devastated. Russians are rejoicing. That tells you all you need to know. You don't need a who benefits most type analysis.
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  3341.  @holtcrowder  Trump fellatio syndrome
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  3342.  @holtcrowder  Trump snowflakes are quick to dish out the insults but can't handle it when someone fires back. They're cowards just like their imbecile leader. He called Kamala all kinds of names behind her back but when he met her face to face he didn't have the balls to say it to her.
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  3343.  @holtcrowder  Trump fellatio syndrome.
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  3344. A new world order in which Russia is significantly weaker and NATO has never been stronger. Maybe you need to have a closer look at how weak Russia is now. Soon it will collapse just like the former Soviet Union.
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  3345. ​ @allencameron3419 What is the chance of Armageddon if Putin's bluff is not called? Just give him Ukraine, then the Baltic states, then Poland? Appeasement never works. It emboldens the aggressor. Have you learnt nothing from history? You sound like Chamberlain: a sheep in sheep's clothing.
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  3346.  @confederatenationalist7283  Wrong. The West won the cold war by confronting the USSR and by out spending them on weapons.
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  3347.  @OGDailylama  Who is we? You're a Putin supporter. You are the enemy. If you love Russia so much, then go and live there. Don't be a hypocrite.
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  3348.  @OGDailylama  How do they hurt you?
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  3349. A reasonable inference is that Trump stole the 2016 election. Can we stop calling him President or even former President? Convicted felon who stole the 2016 Presidential election Donald Trump. It's a mouthful but it's also true.
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  3350. Let's hope Ukraine can destroy Russia's key energy and military infrastructure with these drones. Russia will end the war when they no longer have the capacity to fight.
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  3351. All that money going to make Gaza great again while millions of Americans remain homeless and unable to pay their bills. Regretting voting for a convicted felon and compulsive liar yet maga voters?
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  3352. Still believe when he said Russia was not going to invade Ukraine? So what are you, gullible or stupid or both?
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  3353. Facts are not your strong point are they? More oil has been produced under the Biden administration.
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  3354.  @numalesoybea1348  They can't take out the Kerch bridge or other targets deep inside Crimea. ATACMS could be used to destroy rail bridges just inside Russia to prevent them getting troops, weapons and ammunition into Ukraine. They could also target fuel and ammunition depot's and anything else that helps Russia in their invasion. Those are all legitimate military targets even if they are inside Russia. Or we can just sit back and wait for more reports about Russians murdering civilians, raping women and children etc. Just give Ukraine what it needs to defend itself. ATACMS would be a game-changer.
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  3355.  @seanryan1606  Having a lot of soldiers on it's own does not mean anything.
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  3356. ​ @nwedrikkozijn  Get a brain. Then learn some history about why Afghanistan was invaded.
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  3357. So once oil drops to $75, with the 20% scumbag discount, Russia is only getting $60 per barrel. Transport costs have most probably risen, so they may be under water even at $75.
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  3358. @Thanasis Fotos Whataboutism and false equivalence. Get a brain.
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  3359. If Russia were to try to capture Kiev and two thirds of Ukraine as this suggests, it will turn into another Afghanistan for them. I doubt Putin is that stupid.
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  3360.  @persianman4857  Except Israel can bomb you whenever they feel like it and there's nothing you can do about it.
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  3361.  @circularlife5359  Libya under Gaddafi was waging genocide against his opponents. UN Security Council Resolution 1973 authorised a no-fly zone to stop the genocide The rest was a civil war. Stop supporting dictators committing genocide.
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  3362. If China intend to step up and defend their shipping routes theyre going to need two things: a powerful blue water navy and easier access beyond the first chain of islands. The latter could be achieved by regaining control of Outer Manchuria. I wonder if the current ruler of Outer Manchuria would be capable of defending it if the Chinese came calling?
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  3363. Rewarding Russian aggression will only lead to more Russian aggression in future. Has Stoltenberg learnt nothing from history? Appeasement does not work. In fact it has the opposite effect. Stop dithering on F-16's and long range missiles and let Ukraine fight Russia inside Russia and they will get the job done.
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  3364. You misspelled it. It's MGGA: Make Gaza Great Again. Meanwhile, millions of Americans remain homeless and unable to pay their bills. But don't worry there will be very good housing in Gaza. Trump says so.
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  3365. Yes. NATO will be affected in the event of a nuclear leak. Make it very clear to Russia that NATO will intervene.
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  3366. ​ @cdl0 China will go broke within weeks.
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  3367. ​ @bye7555 You appear to lack the intelligence to understand that he just disproved your point. That BMW is an ICE vehicle.
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  3368.  @bye7555  You specifically referred to an EV in your original post. Only a fragile ego has to defend itself after making a mistake. Dude, don't be such a snowflake.
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  3369. For a guy who migrated to Ukraine and said he was done with the US, he sure turned his back on Ukraine fast. I wonder where the traitor is hiding out now?
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  3370.  @Hannodb1961  There is no energy crisis in the West. That is Russian wishful thinking. Ukraine has a practically unlimited supply of weapons and ammunition as well as guaranteed logistics via the Lend Lease program. The public in the West is not getting tired of the war. With each Ukrainian victory they are becoming even more supportive. Russia is no closer to solving any of the problems that got them into this mess in the first place. So the rational conclusion is that things are going to keep getting worse for them. The bottom line is that it was always delusional for Russia to believe it could defeat a NATO-supported Ukraine.
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  3371. How can anyone be so gullible as to believe Russian propaganda?
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  3372. Russia is a terrorist state. Its war crimes must be punished. The trolls on here cheering on the murder of civilians are disgusting.
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  3373.  @zakjuly6721  It's a possible breakthrough technology of the future. The type you read about in science magazines all the time. But eventually most such breakthroughs never make it into production. If they do it's years later. So come back and tell us after there is a factory in China mass producing these and China no longer needs to buy chips from the US, Taiwan and elsewhere.
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  3374. @Thedude4777 Then go and live in Russia. Romania and Moldova should take this opportunity to crush Transnistria.
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  3375. Look at the situation in Kursk. You are a good example of why Russia can never win. Putin and his supporters are just not smart enough.
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  3376.  @mickser101  You think it's funny that a country has suffered so many casualties defending itself against a genocidal regime? You are sick in the head. Get psychiatric help.
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  3377.  @jerrymillerstein  Absolute rubbish. You're a serial liar, just like your cult leader. How do you get 24 people to agree that Trump committed crimes? They are all independent individuals who came to the same conclusion. You are brain dead. Seek help.
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  3378. With those numbers you would think Russia would have defeated Ukraine in 3 days. Russia is showing the whole world it's military is as dysfunctional as its political system and its society.
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  3379. Wasn't she invited to visit by the Taiwanese government?
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  3380.  @THE16THPHANTOM  Interesting. I guess we will never know until China gets into a major conflict.
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  3381.  @br0k3nman  Let's hope their pragmatism continues. The last thing the world needs is a war between China and the US.
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  3382.  @hjimenez26  All pro Russian I presume? Did they predict the Russian army bring driven back from Kyiv ? Did they predict them fleeing Kharkiv or bring driven out of Kherson? Did they predict the Wagner rebellion? Did they predict that the war would still be going in after 540 days? Pro-Russians have been claiming they're winning the war and that it would be over quickly for 18 months now. Their predictive skills seem more like wishful thinking combined with myths about the strength of the Russian military.
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  3383. Those friends are so far south they would have to cross several NATO countries to reach them. Those friends are more of a liability than an asset.
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  3384. Chinese are far more racist than Australians. That is a fact.
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  3385. Yes. Was the Indian government involved or not?
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  3386. More Russian lies. So many have been told by now, no-one believes a word of it. It was probably a kindergarten they hit.
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  3387. if, as hamas and their supporters claim, all Israeli are combatants, then it follows that all Palestinians are combatants too. No crying and whining about what Istael is about to do to the residents of Gaza. No playing the innocent victims. You are going to get in return what you dished out.
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  3388.  @GongGhuru  It's not just that you're not Saint, but in cheering on Russian war crimes you are showing that you are a piece of excrement.
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  3389.  @ЦиничноИнтеллектуальныенарезки  Let the Russian Empire first return lands to the Mongol Empire. Then we'll take it from there.
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  3390. ​ @ivancho5854  Your comment is the unrealistic one. China has nukes too. Russia will not suicide over the loss of Outer Manchuria. It's inevitable if Russia loses the war in Ukraine.
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  3391. ​ @davidmhale521 When Trump breaks the law in several states and grand juries in those states indicte him, there's no point whining about it. A jury of his peers convicted him in New York. Again, that's only due to Trump's own criminality. As for the assassination attempt, it was done by a lone, unstable, Republican supporting gunman. Trump is a common criminal. He should be in prison. Let's stop with the whining and the deflection.
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  3392. Musk is openly supporting Russia's genocide and war crimes in Ukraine. What a pos!
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  3393. If Trump is convicted won't it mean that he spends the next several months in jail because he will be in breach of his pre trial release conditions in his other criminal cases? That will surely affect his campaign.
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  3394.  @WalterBurton  My understanding of what Peter was arguing is that this is going to happen slowly over a period of several years. If he predicted it to happen by June, 2022, please provide a link or the title of that video.
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  3395.  @WalterBurton  You must be replying to someone else as I said nothing about Russian storage capacity. Think long term, like 5-10 years. The obvious outcome is a Russian collapse. Read some history about why and how the USSR collapsed. You will know what lies ahead in the future for Russia. Enjoy the collapse. I know I will.
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  3396.  @WalterBurton  Don't reply to me with crap someone else posted. If you're triggered somehow, deal with it.
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  3397. The Chinese government should first withdraw from Tibet and destroy their military islands in the South China Sea. Otherwise they just look like screeching hypocrites.
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  3398. Invading and murdering Ukraine is the basic definition of evil. Supporting it as you do is evil as well. Get a brain, then try to acquire some morals.
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  3399. I expect there will be some targetting of Russian energy infrastructure by opponents of Putin in the lead up to winter. Wouldn't it be funny if the residents of Moscow froze their butts off even more than Europe.
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  3400. ​ @JeffreySmith7777 You believe the President makes companies raise their prices? You are the dementia patient here.
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  3401. Putin is losing money on oil sales to India. He is only doing it to keep the wells running. Russia is being destroyed economically and is being bled out in the field. Get used to Russia losing this war and India being looked upon as. Russian ally and supporter of war crimes.
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  3402. Ural grade oil costs $58. Less $20-30 cheap Charlie discount. Putin gets $28-38. Production costs $40-$50. Russia is getting flushed down the toilet at this rate.
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  3403. @Ibrahim Özgür Sucu Absolute drivel. The matter of Ukrainian territory was settled with the Budapest Memorandum and the referendum that was held at that time. All parts of Ukraine, including Crimea elected to remain parts of Ukraine by an overwhelming percentage. Also , the NATO-RUSSIA Foundation Act makes it clear that the parties do not even consider each other adversaries. There is no objection to Ukraine or any other country choosing to join NATO. So this whole NATO story is a pretext. It's a lie. If Russia wants to start re-drawing borders based on the past they can lead the way by giving Manchuria back to the Chinese, giving the Kuril Islands back to Japan and they can also give up Kaliningrad. But I bet they would threaten to use nukes rather than return to those past borders. Russians have a very selective recollection of history. Russia can also lead the way by holding referenda in Chechnya, Dagestan and other Republics to see if those people want to secede from Russia. I'll bet they would never allow that to happen. Russians are massive hypocrites. They have to get out of Ukraine, all of it. Listen to your President, Erdogan. He made perfect sense describing what should happen if Russia wants peace.
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  3404. Another potential source of oil is Guyana. The multinationals are ramping up production quickly. Can that help Europe to any significant degree?
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  3405.  @megashadow3789  Who said anything about Americans? That's just whataboutism For the record, I would like all suspected war crimes to be investigated and prosecuted if there is evidence. I think Bush, Blair and Howard do have a case to answer regarding Iraq. I would have no issue with them being put on trial.
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  3406.  @megashadow3789  If the issue is about Ukraine, then stick to the issue. Going on about past historical events is whataboutism. It's a deliberate deflection used by people who cannot make a reasoned argument about the issue at hand.
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  3407. India has been pro Soviet and pro Russian since independence. If your enenmies enemy is your friend, then what is your enemies friend? India will sell US tech to Russia in a heartbeat.
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  3408.  @sinoroman  There are far more Nazi's in Russia than there ever were in Ukraine. Based of Putin's actions he is as bad as any nazi.
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  3409. Ukraine must be given everything it needs to defend itself against the war criminals that have invaded. I would give Ukraine nuclear weapons. Then they can give Russia the ultimatum: we reserve the right to use nuclear weapons if our nation's sovereignty is at risk. Then we will see if Putin has any balls.
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  3410. If ever you needed evidence that he has lost his mind, here it is. As if Russia is the only country with nukes. Someone inside Russia needs to terminate him before he starts ww3.
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  3411. The real issue that Russia faces is that the rule of law no longer applies there. Effectively, they have rule by Putin's decree. This makes investment into Russia going forward practically impossible. Putin has also proven that Russia is an unreliable energy supplier, that it will use blackmail and coercion to force buyers to do whatever Russia demands. China and India may be able to buy from Russia but it will be in relatively small quantities. I doubt they would be foolish enough to become energy dependent on such an unreliable supplier like Russia.
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  3412. ​ @markanthony3275 The ruble is not backed by gold. You are an eejit.
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  3413.  @CC-gt3ro  The western countries will funnel billions of dollars of weapons to the Ukrainian insurgency. Occupation will be prohibitively expensive for Russia and they will suffer constant losses. The sanctions being imposed now will cripple Russia's economy over time. When Russians have finally had enough they will depose Putin and Ukraine will become free again. Putin will be in The Hague facing war crimes charges if he survives at all.
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  3414. Lies. Milosevic and his murderous regime destroyed Yugoslavia.
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  3415. Keeping the Western world safe from the dictators, terrorists and war criminals that ran the nation's you listed. Seems you never met a terrorist you didn't like.
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  3416. The only hypersonic things coming out of russia are lies and propaganda.
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  3417. This is what you maga c*nts have foisted on to the world. Stupidity beyond belief.
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  3418.  @johnniemac173  That is a terrific post. Do you think Ukraine will settle for a return to the defacto borders before Feb 24? I have my doubts. Now that they have the upper hand so firmly, Ukraine may push to drive Russia out completely, including Crimea. With Lend Lease and all the Russian weapons they are capturing it seems likely they could achieve that goal. The added bonus would be the complete destruction of the Russian military. With the sanctions in place, Russia could not rebuild in the next couple of decades, perhaps never.
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  3419.  @milomilo417  If your comment is correct then Russia would welcome sanctions and being banned from SWIFT. It would enable them to smash SWIFT and destroy the USA and Europe economically. So let's bring it on as soon as possible. I have already given you the real world numbers from the last round of sanctions. When things get really bad for Russia economically, Putin will be ousted. He will be handed over to the Hague to face charges as a war criminal. Just like Milosevic.
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  3420. There's no way this is the end of it. Prigozin knows it too. He probably calculated that he didn't have the strength to topple Putin immediately. He has positioned himself as the only viable Putin alternative. Anyone with a gripe about Putin or his generals now knows where to enlist. Putin will use every minute to find a way to destroy Wagner before they can destroy him. The popcorn is only on hold temporarily.
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  3421. ​ @jeffrp8388 But he's always on his knees.
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  3422.  @lucks4fools978  That's not evidence mate. That's you bullshitting. Send me evidence that Zelensky is saying the Russian army is no threat. I want to hear him say it. Your claim is worthless.
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  3423.  @justmee8793  That has to be one of the stupidest comments I have ever read on YouTube. Zelensky is the democratically elected leader of Ukraine.He does not need to brainwash anyone Ukrainians are willing to fight for their freedom. It is every Ukrainians individual choice and they are doing an amazing job against a barbarous enemy. Stop supporting the mass murder of Ukrainians, the use of rape as a weapon of war and Russian imperialism and warmongering.
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  3424.  @ОльгаБредлер  Seriously? That's what you think constitutes evidence? You must be extremely gullible. There are some far right loonies in the West who support Russia. That loser is one of them. There is no such kill list. But in Russia we know for a fact that journalists are murdered by Putin's government. We know they use all kinds of evil methods to poison and murder their political enemies. Go troll some place else.
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  3425.  @Haunt888  Another pathetic Russian troll bringing up nukes. That is the surest sign of weakness. Russia cannot use nukes unless it wants to cease to exist.
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  3426. ​ @arthursmith6854 The West is not going to engineer a coup. It will be initiated internally by those opposed to Putin. So whatever he has to lose will not have any effect on the result.
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  3427. Guiliani should be in prison as well.
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  3428.  @BogdanPW641  I'll give you two. He lied on his travel declaration. He failed to isolate after testing positive to COVID. Still claim he didn't break the rules?
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  3429. Let him keep digging. He's getting closer to hell every day.
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  3430. He's hoping for a deal between Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US. That would be his ideal outcome.
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  3431.  @polentusmax6100  You need to improve your comprehension skills. Nowhere was it stated that it would solve the current problem. It's clear that this new cold war with Russia is going to go on until Russia collapses. It will take many years. But we can solve the current problems and work on long term solutions at the same time.
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  3432. Ukrainians know very well that Russia will not stop once they have conquered Eastern Ukraine. The rest of Europe knows this too. So you can expect to see troops from several European nations on the ground if Russia makes significant progress. Russia is locked into an unwinnable war. The smart thing to do would be to quit before they collapse.
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  3433. Is baby Don crying again? Can someone change his diaper, make him a bottle and put him to bed? It's astounding that anyone can think such a whiner can be a leader?
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  3434. The Russians tell so many lies, you'll never know.
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  3435. The US is never going to aid a country that has hundreds of nuclear weapons pointed at them.
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  3436. The audacity to ask Ukrainians to die so that Americans can have cheaper gas and Biden increase his chances of re-election. The US has lost the plot.
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  3437. Hope you're right.
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  3438.  @QuizmasterLaw  Read it long ago. Ukraine was not as well prepared as it could and should have been. But they have fought far more intelligently with the weapons at their disposal.
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  3439. More Russian propaganda. All they have left is lies.
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  3440. Did the blowing up of the Nordstream pipelines not give Russia a hint? The message was that Russian energy infrastructure such as gas and oil pipelines and electricity transmission can be taken out at will. Just a dozen special operations and Russia will be in the dark and cold even more so than Europe. And with no industrial capacity and no exports of oil and gas possible. Russians are so arrogant they don't realise that whatever they can do to Ukraine can be done back to them. I would think hard about using a nuke or taking out more of Ukraines electricity infrastructure. Doing so gives Ukraine and it's NATO allies the right to return the favour.
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  3441. Without an aircraft carrier group to defend them, those warships were basically sitting ducks.
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  3442. Anyone repeating Russian talking points is aiding and abetting the Russians in the commission of their war crimes. I regard them as accomplices.
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  3443. Indians are notoriously economical with the truth.
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  3444. ​ @sinisavukotic2316  It's called NATO.
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  3445.  @sinisavukotic2316  Keep dreaming. Remember the one that kicked your Serbian butts? You're still whining about it decades later. If Russia wants to take on NATO there has been both Ng stopping them from doing so. But Putin is afraid. Serbs are also afraid.
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  3446.  @bryandimery6509  Only to people who support murdering civilians and graping women and children. Like you.
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  3447.  @Kitiwake  Read the NATO-RUSSIA Foundation Act. They are not even enemies. No mention of Russia objecting to the Expansion of NATO. Russia has broken every agreement you can think of from the Budapest Memorandum, to breaching international law by invading Ukraine to breaching the UN Charter by annexing Ukrainian territory. You Russian trolls need to do a lot better. If you can't, Putin is likely to have you defenestrated.
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  3448. If that's true, you should be terrified because maga has the IQ of a door knob. Trump is failing spectacularly. Maga is the laughing stock of the world.
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  3449. ​ @anthonykaiser974  You're the one who could use some common sense and you're a disgusting human being for wanting to place 40 million Ukrainians at the mercy of war criminals and their genocidal regime. Shame on you.
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  3450. One law for Trump, another law for the rest of us. The courts have lost all legitimacy.
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  3451.  @CaptainRex-sl4xk  Appeasement will lead to a broader war just like 80 years ago.
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  3452.  @andrew8168  But won't.
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  3453. It's clear US national security is at risk. Are there no laws that can lock Trump up immediately until trial? He can never be President again.
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  3454. ​ @priyanshshrivastava9013 Get your head out of Putin's backside. You will see the world more clearly.
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  3455. ​ @60degreelobwedge82  Then why do you watch him? You could do something more useful and go to the front line but I doubt you have the gonads required to do so.
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  3456. It means you are willing to believe things without sufficient evidence.
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  3457.  @randilowery9669  You are the ignorant one. If we give in to nuclear blackmail, then Putin will use it repeatedly. So what will he demand next, all of Ukraine? Then the Baltic states? Then Poland? Putin has already proven that he is willing to invade numerous neighbouring countries. He has no respect for international law, peace agreements, human rights or any norms of civilized behaviour. We must face down his nuclear threat because the alternative is more war.
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  3458.  @djordjecvetinovic2169  If they want a world free of Nazis they should stop behaving like Nazis.
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  3459. It's a discussion that has to take place as Russia has made it clear it intends to attack other countries after Ukraine.
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  3460. You are a liar and supporter of Russian war crimes.
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  3461. I was half expecting her to spin her head around in a full circle and start speaking in tongues
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  3462. Putun proves every day that he is as bad as Hitler. This can only end with the complete destruction of Putin and the Russian military. There is no other way.
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  3463. Ukronatonazis is kind of a Russian troll giveaway. But perhaps I'm expecting too much intelligence from you guys. Ukraine is not going to invade Russia. They are just going to kick you Russian assholes out of their country. Russia can never use it's nukes as that is suicidal. No-one is afraid of your threats. You Russians are like barking Chihuahuas.
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  3464.  @bullockov7961  You sound like a girl. Very effeminate. Russia has engaged in imperialism for centuries and here you are cheering them on against Ukraine, a country that has never invaded anyone and is not even a part of the West. That's all we need to know about your low intelligence. You are a loser and a coward. If not, you would be on the frontline facing up to those brave Ukrainians. Go back to mommy and have a good cry like a little biatch.
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  3465.  @christianvachon2235  There was a referendum at the time of the Budapest Memorandum and every region in Ukraine voted in favour of bring a part of independent Ukraine. That included Crimea and Donbass. That referendum was legitimate because it was free and fair. The more recent "referendum" was not free or fair. It was conducted under Russian occupation and duress. Just like what they now plan to do in Kherson. So you can stop with your lies. Even China, your great ally, does not recognise the legitimacy of Russia's theft of Crimea. Do Chechens and other ethnic groups within the Russian Federation also get to vote on leaving Russia and becoming independent? No. I didn't think so. Russia will pay the price for this aggression by being destroyed both economically and militarily. In a few years it will be a distant memory, just like the Soviet Union.
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  3466.  @cameronspence4977  I wasn't thinking about the election of the speaker. I was thinking about the passing of the budget. Eventually a budget has to be agreed upon. Surely, those 300 + Congressman and women are going to insist on the $24 billion package for Ukraine being included. The tail can't wag the dog.
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  3467. ​ @stephenglover8828 You keep posting support for Russia's war crimes. Tell your pay masters Putin to stop being a criminal and hand himself in to the International Criminal Court.
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  3468. ​ @Pro_Donbass_Podcast They get it alright. Intelligent people know that appeasement of fascist regimes invading their neighbours only results in more war. Putin has ambitions to invade many more countries just like Hitler did. So it's better to defeat Russia in Ukraine. Stop supporting Russian war crimes.
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  3469. Any agreement made under such duress can never be lawful or binding.
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  3470. Blame Putin, he is the one who started this war.
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  3471. The war on men continues. It time to start fighting back.
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  3472.  @hammergamingcoc2375  The only person starting a war or likely to start ww3 is Putin and you support him. Yes, I agree, NATO is a disgrace. They should have boots on the ground defending Ukraine. All they had to do was tell Putin bluntly that any invasion of Ukraine would be met with a full military response and Putin would have had the good sense to back off. Nobody is asking India to intervene. But Modi could have told Putin what he was doing is wrong. It's just a few words. Not very difficult.
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  3473.  @hammergamingcoc2375  So you will support a dictatorship snuffing out a democracy with the loss of thousands of innocent lives? Well good for you.
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  3474. It's the displacement of millions of Palestinians that's bizarre. Do you support ethnic cleansing/genocide?
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  3475.  @nunliski  Go to the front line and fight for your beloved dictator and his oligarch friends. They could use a few more villas and yachts. Stop bothering us with your absurd assertions, which have no basis in reality, and go and die for your dictator.
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  3476.  @rodgerdodger7257  Go see a psychiatrist to deal with your delusions. One year ago you Ruscists were bragging that you would seize all of Ukraine. Now you brag that you might be able to defend a village of 500 with 50km of the Azov sea. Pathetic! The Russian military is the laughing stock of the world. And the word Russian has come to be an expletive.
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  3477. Spreading Russian propaganda makes you a part of the Russian war machine. You are therefore a war criminal. It will be far worse for you once you are arrested and face trial. Western Intel knows your identity. Dima is going to face the same.
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  3478. Your comment is nonsense. At what point do we become complicit by refusing to allow Ukraine to defend itself in the same way we would defend ourselves? Appeasement of Russia has allowed them to keep escalating the war. We now have North Korean troops in the war. Ukraine is being attacked by two nuclear powers.
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  3479. Those numbers are almost amateurish compared to Stalin and Mao. Even Saddam Hussein was well over the million mark and most Middle Easterners and Russia supporters seem to think the world would be a better place if he was not removed. The only reason tyrants that are supported by pro Russian trolls have not killed more is because they lacked the power to do so.
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  3480.  @philliptemple9841  The retreating Russians will turn their weapons against their officers once the counteroffensive begins
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  3481. Ukraine can invite anyone they like into their country. How can this be an issue when Russia is waging genocide on Ukraine? I'd be ok with 500k NATO troops in Ukraine right now.
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  3482. @JesusDiaz-o2t  First you make a false claim that the Soviet Republics were required to be neutral. Then you ask for a link to the document. How could you know what the document contains without first reading it? You can easily Google it. It's called the NATO-RUSSIA founding act 1997. It reaffirms the sovereignty of all relevant nations and sets the basis for the relationship between NATO and Russia. A fair reading of the document would be that NATO and Russia did not regard each other as threats as relations had warmed significantly from the cold war era. Russia signed this with no concern about which countries would join NATO. And likewise NATO signed it without concern about which former Soviet Republics would join Russia in any future alliances such as the CSTO. Now, if you have a brain, Google it and read it for yourself.
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  3483. @JesusDiaz-o2t  And if you bother to reply, be sure the quote the specific clause or clauses in the document that explicitly state that former Soviet Republics, including Ukraine, are required to remain neutral. If you don't quote the relevant clause number(s), you will be proving my point.
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  3484. ​ @misterx-gy3fg  How will overturning the Constitution and rule of law help you? How will political revenge and assassinations help you? Trump is a revolutionary and revolutions tend to have counter-revolutions. Be careful what you wish for.
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  3485. Did you miss the bit about Palestinians being forcibly removed? So you support ethnic cleansing?
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  3486. Why is Trump still free? He has broken the pre trial release conditions of his other 3 criminal cases? When is he going to be in jail pending trial? No one is even discussing this unequal application of the law. The US judicial system is a joke.
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  3487. Women sexpats has been a thing for years. I can recall seeing many older European women hooking up with African guys who were not even close to half their age on trips to Kenya in the late 1980's. When women travel, one of their main priorities is sampling the local men. That's why you never take seriously a chick who brags about being well-travelled.
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  3488. You will see how wrong you are if Russia is foolish enough to attack a NATO member.
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  3489. I've heard him saying it would happen before 2030. So he still has time on his side.
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  3490. Things cannot get back to normal. Because normal is what got us here in the first place. Europe must wean itself off Russian energy. If not, Putin will re-arm and attack again. That can't be allowed to happen.
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  3491. ​ @dnrdufty That McDonald's was closed. He literally faked working there. How stupid are you MAGA voters?
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  3492.  @TheBlueCream  It doesn't necessarily have to escalate to nukes. I'm certain the Russian military understands that in a nuclear war they would all die. Russia would face a choice: defeat and surrender to NATO or escalate to nukes and be wiped off the face of the earth. I think they would surrender. Look at history. Germany and Japan didn't do so bad after losing WW2. Their fate is a whole lot better than being annihilated by nukes.
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  3493. ​ @arturganczarski500  This is a great comment. I've noticed it too. Anyone with some axe to grind, especially Against West, has suddenly turned into a blood thirsty savages, cheering on the death of Ukrainians. The sheer level of stupidity and malevolence is extraordinary.
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  3494. Trump is a compulsive liar. Those Middle Eastern countries could come forward and announce their support if they really did support this type of ethnic cleansing/ genocide.
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  3495. Give Ukraine everything they need but don't make any public announcement. Let the Russians discover it on the battlefield.
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  3496. Use the US, Japanese and British naval superiority to cut off the sea lanes that China depends upon to get critical resources such as oil, gas and agricultural inputs etc. China is not Russia. It is not self sufficient in energy, materials and agriculture. It would capitulate within 3 months. China is far easier to defeat than Russia.
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  3497.  @rightlyso8507  Good way to demonstrate your low IQ and racism in a single post.
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  3498.  @kencouch3328  Expand on what you mean. WW3? I was just pointing out that destroying oil infrastructure isn't meaningfully different from destroying electrical infrastructure. At least those with solar power would still have energy.
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  3499.  @ffff7164  Destroying the oil infrastructure is no more difficult than the electricity infrastructure. Missiles are effective on both.
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  3500.  @viliamvacula8111  It allowed itself to become far too dependent on Russian energy, to the point that Russia could blackmail Germany whenever it wanted. And the situation only got worse after Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea in 2014. The writing was on the wall. But Germany ignored all the signs and put too many eggs into the Russian energy basket. Germany can diversify its energy sources and finally learn that Russia has always been an expansive, imperial power. That will never change. Build up your military so that you have a credible defence against Russia without relying on the US to come and save your backsides.
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  3501. ​ @RovertNosnikgdoh Fortunately the Australian political system is far more flexible and responsive to voters wishes. The teals breaking the deadlock over climate change is a good example. I would be surprised if something like this could happen in the US. It's blue or red and no shade of colours in between.
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  3502.  @RovertNosnikgdoh  If they manage to win a few seats for the sensible centre then I'm all for it.
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  3503. Russia is at war with everyone. They are not offering an olive branch, so what do you think is the alternative if Putin continues?
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  3504. The USSR has not existed for 30 years. No-one can occupy a country that does not exist. Get a brain. Then get an education.
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  3505. Seriously? Another 4d chess move you say? If Putin shat in his pants at the dinner table, you would think that's also a masterstroke of some sort. Try and get a brain from somewhere. It will make your life much easier.
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  3506.  @gorantomic7150  But he is willing to risk other people's health, like the French journalist and those kids he was photographed with hugging them and not wearing a mask. We know he knew he was COVID positive because in his evidence to the Australian court his lawyers said he was tested at around 1pm on December 16 and got his positive result around 7 hours later. What a fantastic bloke. Looks after his own health but quite prepared to kill someone else's kids.
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  3507.  @gorantomic7150  The French journalist has stated he was shocked to find out Djokovic was positive. Djokovic put his health at risk and did not even have the decency to tell him. Your hero also had no problem with breaking Serbian law in failing to isolate.
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  3508.  @Relja22  Deflection. Djokovic lied. It's simple as that. He also failed to isolate after knowing he had COVID. He broke Serbian law on this. Are you ok with that?
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  3509.  @Relja22  You are seriously ok with Novak exposing children to COVID? Do the children or their parents have a say in this? I do not care at all if he gets vaccinated or not. That's his choice. But he has no right to expose other people to COVID.
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  3510.  @gorantomic7150  Stop believing the Serbian media. Novak has lied on his travel declaration and he did not isolate after getting COVID. He went out and put other people, including children, at risk. He has admitted it himself. There is nothing for you to say
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  3511. @UC-eBprP3ofCS3m1Gdp2va1Q My closest friend chose not to get vaccinated. She has some hear condition and was afraid to get the shot even after talking with a cardiologist who told her there was no extra risk. So I am ok with people who don't want to be vaccinated. But Novak should have isolated once he knew he had COVID. I think failing to isolate was worse than lying on his travel declaration.
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  3512.  @nankhomakay7249  Absolutely agree. When my accountant does my taxes and I sign it, there's a statement to the effect that I am liable for any mistake. It's hard to believe his manager did not know where he had traveled in those 14 days.
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  3513. Pelosi landing is a huge loss of face for Xi Jinping. I wonder if his weakness will result in him being ousted in November? His repeated failures must surely have consequences.
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  3514. Is there any truth to the rumor that Russian propagandist Solovyov's son is returning from London to replace Shoigu as Minister of Defence? By all accounts he has a lot of experience in dealing with explosions in the rear.
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  3515. Men need to abandon social media and dating sites. Stop enabling these narcissists.
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  3516. ​ @sergeipetrov_rzn If you have even one brain cell left, do you think it might have joined NATO to protect itself from Russian imperialism after Russia invaded Ukraine (also a non NATO member)? You are an example of why Russia will never win a war against NATO.
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  3517. ​ @andrejslogyt7798 Do explain to us Russian troll how Ukraine is fighting against the Anglo Saxon political elite by attacking Ukraine? If they were, why have they not attacked the UK or US? You are another good example of why Russia can never win a war against NATO.
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  3518. Any deal that rewards Russian aggression will result in more Russian aggression. Have we learnt nothing from history? Appeasement only encourages the aggressor to repeat their aggression.
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  3519.  @natakhomyakova6996  More lies. You know no-one believes Russian lies. Do better or you may be sent to a Siberian Gulag.
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  3520. As soon as these 304's are exposed, the false accusations begin. Accountability is kryptonite to women.
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  3521. Appeasement has never worked. The response to Crimea just proves it once again.
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  3522.  @andrewcraig3369  Believe what you want. But he is terrified of NATO and knows he would lose a conventional war. He also can't use nukes under any circumstances. It would force NATO to enter the war. He could not nuke NATO as Russia would cease to exist minutes later.
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  3523.  @hobobobobo2065  I find that hard to believe without seeing the evidence. But yeah, Biden would probably be better off taking a nap and letting someone else run things for him (and I am not referring to Kamala).
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  3524.  @danwright1794  What truth? Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukraine is not a member of NATO. It's application was rejected. It was not likely to become a member of NATO in the foreseeable future or possibly ever. Yet this is the pretext being used by Putin. If NATO is the problem for Russia why not attack NATO? Seems odd to say you feel threatened by NATO, so you can reduce the threat by attacking a non-member, Ukraine. That is a bizarre argument to my mind. I think this has far more to do with Putin wanting to create some sort of Greater Russian ethnostate. If he can get away with annexing all of Ukraine, he will. But if he can't get away with it all, he may settle for the East of Ukraine, where the Russians mainly live.
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  3525.  @danwright1794  At the time the USSR disintegrated the respective Republics became independent countries. Russia and Ukraine agreed to their borders. Ukraine held a referendum on independence because they had many Russians living within their borders. A majority voted in favour of being a part of Ukraine in every region of the country, including where the Russians lived such as Crimea. No-one seems to have had an issue with this until relatively recently, when Russia invaded the south east of Ukraine in 2014.
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  3526.  @danwright1794  Maybe I didn't answer your question properly. Think of it like this, all the former USSR republics recognised each other's borders at the time. To this day I am not aware of border disputes arising between the various Republics (though I could be wrong as I do not follow it that closely). But we have seen a number of issues arise with minority rights. Mainly it's Russian minorities being supported by Moscow to break away from certain republics. There is also an issue between Georgia and Azerbaijan as well.
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  3527.  @danwright1794  Provide some info about that poll. I would be interested to see it. That sort of percentage would not surprise me with older people. But as an overall number, I'd be surprised. How would you conduct an unbiased poll in Russia?
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  3528.  @danwright1794  It wouldn't be surprising to see some Russian Ukrainians waving Russian flags. You could hardly expect all of them to be pro Ukrainian.
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  3529.  @danwright1794  Just to clarify my own understanding I did a little research. Seems that the borders were agreed to in 1994 in the Budapest Treaty between Russia, Ukraine and the US. So Russia has no basis for any territorial claim against Ukraine.
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  3530. The US can pull out of NATO but that likely means closing all of their military bases in European countries and losing influence in Europe. Let's remember that the only NATO member that has ever invoked Article 5 is the US. It won't be able to do that ever again.
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  3531. You will be waiting so long that Russia will cease to exist.
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  3532. Amazing to see so many people cheering on genocide. Are you all happy with Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children? Happy with all the rape and murder of innocent civilians? You lot are a bunch of sick f*cks. The same can be said for this channel.
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  3533. They're giving them political support. What's hard to understand about that? A few supportive words cost nothing.
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  3534.  @mattg6893  Same here. It's hard to keep up with everything.
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  3535. The war can end today. Russia can just leave Ukraine. Invaders should just go home.
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  3536. ​ @Princip666 They have needed to since 2014. Russia is a terrorist state.
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  3537. Ukraine is preparing the ground for their offensive on Kherson. Over the past week lots of Russian air defence systems have been taken out. Ammunition and fuel depot's have been hit. The bridges are being made impassable to heavy vehicles. And now Russian air power is being depleted. When the offensive begins, Russian troops will be cut off and with limited ammunition and supplies. They will soon face the choice of becoming prisoners of war or being dead.
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  3538. Putin is terrified. Only the weak make such threats. He knows he can't win a nuclear war and NATO is 50 times stronger in a conventional war. All that his speech will achieve is more weapons being sent to Ukraine.
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  3539. She's had her fun and now it's time to feed the cats.
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  3540.  @Crawdoodle  Bullshit. Go and read the stats. The Russian economy is in terrible shape.
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  3541. In many countries an attempted coup would be a capital offense.
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  3542.  @КРСАМР  You're the coward. Shouldn't you be on the front line? After 7 months, you're still sitting in mommies basement?
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  3543. ​ @theothertonydutch  Not true. Putin miscalculated by starting the war. But he knows very well the outcome of using nukes. He's terrified of death. You can see it in his behaviour with the absurdly long tables. That is not a man who has the balls to face death. That is a man who is a coward. This threat to use nukes is a key part of the Kremlin information war. Stop spreading their propaganda.
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  3544.  @kamipersonal2687  NATO did not invade all the former Soviet republics. Those countries chose to join NATO after the break-up of the USSR. They experienced Russian tyranny and oppression for much of the latter half of the twentieth century. The Budapest Memorandum settled Ukraine's borders and Russia, USA and UK guaranteed to protect Ukraines borders. Only Ukraine has honoured that agreement.
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  3545. ​ @UkraineRussia2  The flanks are also near Bakhmut.
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  3546. If so many Americans are disengaged from politics why doesn't the current government just refuse to hand over power if they lose the election? Shut down right wing media. Control the narrative until people wake up years from now and wonder whatever happened. Just say Trump was a traitor who was working as a Russian asset. If you really believe Trump is going to be a dictator and this is the last election, you might as well pre-empt that outcome. It's always better to have power rather than live under someone else's power.
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  3547. No. Trump has a track record. Taken in context it's reasonable to conclude he intends to bring an end to democracy.
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  3548. Is Trump a Russian asset?
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  3549. Putin just asked China for military and economic assistance. Things must be going really bad for him.
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  3550.  @cletushatfield8817  Oil is one example and a powerful one at that Give me some examples of India not being pro-Russian. They could just state clearly that they condemn Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. Have they done that? No.
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  3551. Yes it was a barbaric terrorist act. Just like the hundreds of barbaric terrorist acts Putin has committed in Ukraine.
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  3552.  @RayB1656  Fortunately for you, your leaders have far more brains than you. If Russia's oil refineries were destroyed Putin would huff and puff and then do nothing. Because he knows the consequences of using nukes.
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  3553. Poor little snowflake got triggered because someone pointed out that Russia is failing to achieve its objectives in Ukraine. How do I know? Because they have culminated. And Lend Lease has not even begun. The Russian military is an international laughing stock.
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  3554. ​ @tedl7538 Yes. And how can the US be the most powerful country in the world and at the same time also be the victim? You have to be a special kind of stupid to hold both those ideas at the same time. But that's Trump and maga for you.
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  3555.  @arlekino-vg4tf  After so many Russian lies no-one believes you. Russia is being demilitarized. The only way to stop that is to withdraw from Ukraine.
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  3556. The US, Japan, and other allies will defend Taiwan. There is no way China will be able to take over and get their evil little paws on those semiconductors.
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  3557. If Trump wants criminals and the mentally insane out of the country, why doesn't he just leave? It would be a step forward towards making America great again.
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  3558. But he's still the frontrunner in the Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize.
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  3559. Looks like he's doing what's required to enter into an insanity defence. It won't work. This criminal is going to prison.
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  3560. India should have secondary sanctions slapped on it.
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  3561.  @vatsalsingh1555  What ha Ukraine got to do with British colonialism in India? Do you realise that Russia is an imperial country that has colonised and oppressed it's neighbours? If you support Russia, you support imperialism, colonialism, and racism ( just witness how Putin is sending Asians to their deaths, while white Russians from Moscow are staying safe at home).
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  3562.  @AapkaArunendra  Europe is drastically reducing its buying of Russian energy. It is reducing to zero as quickly as possible. India has dramatically increased its buying of Russian oil since the war started. See the difference. India is basically happy to buy Russian oil no matter how many Ukrainian civilians Russia kills. India is actively supporting Russian war crimes. You will realise soon that India cannot pretend to be friends with Europe, the US and their allies. Don't cry when secondary sanctions affect 70% of your exports.
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  3563. Rebuilding Ukraine will be an economic bonanza. If African and Middle Eastern countries want that grain they should support Ukraine and NATO and tell Putin to F. Off. Just get Egypt to close the Suez canal to any tankers transporting Russian energy. Putin will allow that grain through immediately.
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  3564. What disgusting comments. The people supporting these attacks on peacekeepers are subhumans.
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  3565.  @BeogradskiKrajisnik  Those war criminals deserve to be wiped off the face of the earth after all the atrocities they committed.
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  3566. Have the policies of the respective parties changed? If not, what effect would that have on voters?
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  3567. Any voting to give Trump the nuclear codes is crazier than he is.
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  3568.  @GeoEstes  US Lend Lease program will not stop until Russia is defeated. Plus the US has announced they are naming the operation in Ukraine and a 1-3 star general is being put in command. The US is clearly in this for the long haul and so are the former Soviet states, especially Poland. That commitment is more than enough to defeat Russia in the long run.
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  3569.  @eka9743  At worst Europe will have a mild recession. But Russia will totally collapse. The world will be a much better place once all the Russian Federation republics are independent nations with their own destiny. No longer under the Russian boot.
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  3570.  @percival1217  I think the elephant will kill the ant and you think the ant will kill the elephant. Which one of us is dreaming?
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  3571.  @Mrac-zz8vh  Sure, Russia with it's 1 trillion dollar GDP is going to defeat the US, Europe, Japan, South Korea Singapore, Australia etc. Keep dreaming war crime supporter.
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  3572.  @percival1217  It appears you lack the intelligence to understand a metaphor.
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  3573.  @user1qaz2wsx3edc  For the US nothing much will change. They will remain top dog, while Russia continues to be destroyed.
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  3574. In asking for Russia to be brought to its knees , he's going get what he wished for. It will just take time.
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  3575.  @unarmeduim2150  No-one is 😭 Ng about Trump. They're just pointing out he's a convicted felon who has gone bankrupt 6 times and been adjudacated by a court to be a sex offender. These are the facts. No need to be such a snowflake about them.
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  3576.  @tomk3732  You must be on the FSB payroll. Ukraine does not have a regime. It is a democratically elected government. Russia has a regime. Putin is a dictator. Russia cannot have fair elections while opposition like Navalny are in prison. So let's at least get these facts straight. Racism is at the heart of the war being waged in Ukraine. The cannon fodder being used by Putin are Asians while the blue eyed, white boys are safely tucked in their beds in Moscow. Racial superiority is embedded into your Russian mir. With Russia losing the information war so badly, paid Russian trolls are surely at risk of being sent to a gulag in Siberia. Putin does not take kindly to failure.
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  3577.  @tomk3732  Every single thing you have written is a lie. But they're such obvious lies that no-one with a brain can possibly believe them. So this is not going to save you from being sent to Siberia comrade. The claim that Russia is more a democracy than Ukraine is straight up BS. Zelensky won in 2019 against numerous other parties including the Azov party, who only got just over 2% of the vote. So that also kills the claims towards the end of your drivel. If Navalny is supported by just 2% of the population then why jail him? Just let him run for office? Putin murders his political opponents. How exactly does democracy work given this fact? No, the US do not field their military based on race. Yes, lower income people are more likely to join the military like in other countries. But Russia is specifically racist. All those Asians being thrown into the war but not white Russians. The recruitment process is based on race because dead white Russians would lead to Putin being overthrown. The whole concept of "Russification" is racist. Russia is and has been for centuries, a racist country. As you support this, you too must be a racist. Also, the people on Donbass are not fighting for their freedom as they were never oppressed. The FSB cooked up the whole thing and started the war. Igor Gurkin has already admitted it . You can see his confessions on YouTube. It was all an FSB operation. Now those men in Donbass are also being thrown into Putin's meat grinder against their will. Russia is the new Nazi Germany. All this talk about Russian mir and not recognising Ukrainians as a people or Ukraine as a country. This only started with Putin. It will end badly for him, for Russia and for you personally. Do yourself a favour. Get a real job, something productive that helps people rather than spread lies for a mass murdering psychopath.
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  3578. This is Russian misinformation that promotes terrorism.
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  3579. ​ @geodive5542 If India was involved in the murder and Canada can prove it then it's India that faces a big problem. Don't forget that 70% of India's exports go to the Western world. They need the West far more than vice versa.
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  3580. If ordinary Taiwanese supported unifying with China, it would already have happened long ago. I don't think the ordinary people of Ladakh, Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh really care if they are a part of China. If the Indian leaders care about it, let them fight. Send Modi to the front line.
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  3581. ​ @panoscorfu1974  Lend lease.
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  3582. Agent Smith to Putin: "Your men are already dead."
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  3583. ​ @jimsmith4611 Not true. You keep re-electing them.
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  3584. ​Anyone who has lived in India knows it is never going to be a superpower. Only outsiders who have never been there and fanatical Indian nationalists believe it.
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  3585. Excellent analysis. Putin will be remembered as the war criminal who caused the break up of Russia.
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  3586. It's this kind of amorality that makes you and your cult leader so despicable. Russia has murdered and raped tens of thousands including children. Yet you support it. Probably call yourself a Christian too. Shame on you.
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  3587.  @DropdudeJohn  Yes. The length of the visa should be in the interests of Europe and the skill level of the job. Perhaps nurses or doctors could get a 3 year renewable visa as an example. But the understanding should be that those workers can earn and save money, but once their visa expires, they are returning to their home country to live. Their savings in Euros will go a long way towards living a good life back home.
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  3588.  @niriop  Yes. And a similar situation would work in Europe as well.
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  3589. You can download and read their 100+ page report. It's all there.
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  3590.  @msromike123  Using words like alarmist narrative doesn't help your argument. That's why you have peer reviewed scientific research. Other than that I agree with your view.
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  3591. ​ @Banc2008 Then Hamas will be responsible for their deaths. Palestinians civilians will have to rise up against hamas. It's their choice.
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  3592. The other players are all vaccinated and will be glad to see the back of Djokovic.
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  3593. They appear to be getting more battle dead than battle fit.
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  3594.  @markdalbey  You're entitled to your view. But I think they are combatants and therefore lawful targets. Just as Goebbels would have faced trial had he not self terminated.
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  3595. ​ @The_Lone_Aesir  Agree that we should not assume. But last year in around August the US announced that $30 million was being allocated towards training Ukrainian pilots. Since then, no news. It's possible that training has already taken place for a small number of pilots. Add in some volunteers and who knows what's possible.
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  3596. Spot on. His family are spreading ridiculous lies and the Serbian supporters are a disgrace.
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  3597. ​ @Robespierre-lI  The threat of using nukes is a key part of the Russian information war. You have fallen for it. Russia can't use nukes without committing suicide. So they're out of the question. If Ukraine needs to enter Russia to destroy fuel and ammunition depots, command centres, etc, I have no problem with. Putin will squeal like a stuck pig, but in the end he will do nothing.
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  3598. I agree with your comment but this did not start a decade ago. It is part of an ongoing process that has been happening since the early seventies at least. Just watch tv shows in the 80's and 90's. The propaganda of strong, capable woman married to a dumbass, useless man has been drilled into generations of viewers.
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  3599. ​ @saintgreen8682 Even a broken clock is right twice a day
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  3600. Conservatives could have voted Trump out and retaken control of the Republican party. But instead they voted for Trump and the magabillies. I have zero sympathy for them. They are just as bad as the magabillies they chose to side with.
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  3601. ​ @mseeross  Almost no-one in Donbass supports Russia. All the men were rounded up and used as cannon fodder on the front lines. They are dead and Russia quite likes it that way as they can now Russify that area with people who are not inclined to rise up against their masters.
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  3602.  @hansonagbomedarho  Try and make some sense. What you posted is gibberish.
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  3603.  @hansonagbomedarho  Your comment still makes no sense. Go back and read what you wrote. I'll only respond further if you post something that indicates some level of intelligence. There's no point in arguing with an idiot.
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  3604.  @hansonagbomedarho  Now I get you. You will make it far easier if you use complete sentences and punctuation. Putin will end up before the ICC the same way as Milosevic, Mladic and Karadzic did. So go and learn how their war criminal cousins ended up in the dock.
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  3605.  @AH-vm8yo  It is whataboutism when the subject matter clearly has to do with Putin's crimes. It's like an accused murderer defending himself in court by saying, "But your Honour, other people have committed murder too and not all of them have been charged and convicted." That's a confession of guilt, not a defence. The fact that not every criminal is convicted does mean Putin can be absolved of his crimes. Also, lumping together the names of several countries without any argument as to what crime they think was being committed and what the evidence is, makes it whataboutism. Unless a specific crime is mentioned and some compelling evidence is produced, it amounts to whataboutism. The threshold to convict a person for war crimes is very high. It's very unlikely that Bush or Blair would be convicted. If you want to make an allegation then be specific and provide some evidence.
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  3606.  @vikramk6592  NATO is a defensive organisation and has not committed genocide anywhere. Your comment without any evidence is plain stupid. Go and learn some history. Lazy thinkers like you conflate lots of different things and come up with ridiculous comments like yours. Meanwhile, Russia is committing genocide today and you appear to support it.
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  3607.  @vikramk6592  If you really want to ask the question of most murders in the last 20 years maybe you can have a look at the stats for female infanticide and abortion of female fetuses because of their sex in India. The stats speak for themselves.
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  3608. The Chinese economy is heavily dependent on rich westerners buying their exports. So they will do nothing to help Russia but the barest minimum. They know western sanctions would cripple their economy.
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  3609. Until now Russia has lived in peace with the West since the collapse of the Soviet Union. No-one in their right mind is going to try and invade a country with thousands of nuclear weapons. The West sought peace by investing in Russia and helping it rebuild its energy infrastructure. Russia has attacked Ukraine and keeps saying it's a war on the West. It's clear they are the aggressor. Invading multiple neighbours over the past 20 is a strange way to claim Russia is a peaceful country. You are supporting attempted genocide and war crimes. Give it up already.
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  3610. The more they give in to Putin, the worse it will get. It seems like nothing has been learnt from WW2.
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  3611. You are supporting Russian imperialism and colonialism. Ukraine did not colonize any country's in Africa.
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  3612. ​ @steephanroy8461  Whataboutism and irrelevance. Trying acquiring a brain before your next comment.
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  3613. Most Russian assets are not in the US. They're in Europe. Lifting sanctions would destroy the US relationship with Europe. I doubt even Trump is that stupid.
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  3614.  @AuroraColoradoUSA  He inherited over $400 million. What he's actually worth nobody knows. What we do know is that he has filed for bankruptcy on several occasions. Trump is not a self made man. That is an irrefutable fact.
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  3615.  @duncansmith7562  Russia has lost 45,000 square kilometres of Ukraine since March 21. You generic western name Russian trolls are failing miserably at your job. If I were you I'd be worried about falling out of a 6th story window or something similar.
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  3616. You will have to ask Putin that. I'd be surprised if anyone here is a mind reader.
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  3617. Awesome video. Keep up the good work.
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  3618. They married young. Most likely both were virgins and they bonded together. They were dependent on each other and society frowned on divorce. Basically they had no alternative, so they stuck it out.
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  3619.  @srcolesl  Serbs created the problem when they attacked their neighbours because they wanted a "greater Serbia". Own it. Blaming Europe for the wars Serbs started is getting old. If Serbia wants to be in the EU it needs to fulfil all of the membership criteria, just as every other member has done. You are not equal until you get this done and you will not get any special treatment. As an aside, why do so many Serbs seem to have a victim mentality? You start wars and when the war comes to your doorstep, you complain that you are the victims. I don't know how failing to take responsibility advances your future.
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  3620.  @KING-ef2wm  What question is that?
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  3621.  @srcolesl  You should learn Serbia's history in ww2. Plus prior to and after ww2. How many death camps were in Serbia in ww2?
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  3622.  @KING-ef2wm  How many Nazi/Serbian death camps were in Serbia during WW2? Since we are discussing a documentary about Serbia, let's answer that question first.
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  3623.  @KING-ef2wm  It doesn't need to as it has overwhelming political and public support. A referendum would be a waste of money. You only have one if the issue at hand is dividing the country. I have seen others claim 30%. Vucic wants in but you say that 60% don't. That's why you should have a referendum.
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  3624.  @KING-ef2wm  Besides how many Serbs died in the war, how many people did Serbs kill in that same war in the death camps in Serbia? If you want to talk about what was done to your people, you must also confront what you did to others, right? So I ask again, for the last time, how many death camps were there in Serbia in ww2? How many Jews, Gypsies, Croatians, and others did the Serbs murder? Spare me your pathological sense of victim hood and tell me about the war crimes and atrocities the Serbs committed? You cannot just have a one-sided discussion about what was done to Serbs. You also committed massive war crimes and atrocities both before the war, during the war and in your more recent history during the Balkan wars. I want to know about that, since you raised the issue of death camps.
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  3625.  @boombang857  That is absolute rubbish. Milosevic and his supporters instigated it. He, Mladic and Karadzic were the ringleaders and they all ended up at the international criminal court as war criminals. Stop living in your fantasy world and get some psychiatric help. How many Catholic churches and mosques did the rampaging Serbs destroy? How much ethnic cleansing and mass murder did they engage in? You Serbs really ought to learn that once you attack your neighbours and commit atrocities that it results in your neighbours fighting back and retaliating. Don't start fights you can't finish.
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  3626.  @KING-ef2wm  Already responded to his BS months ago. So try getting a brain. Stop trying to justify Serbian war crimes. Admit the truth. It can't be that hard.
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  3627.  @KING-ef2wm  Srebrenica massacre just for starters. Both Mladic and Karadzic convicted at the ICC. Milosevic was well on the way to bring convicted too until his untimely death. But you keep lying to yourself.
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  3628.  @KING-ef2wm  You are mentally ill. Get psychiatric help.
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  3629.  @KING-ef2wm  You're the one denying reality. No matter how delusional you are, facts remain facts.
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  3630. You can read his 100+ page report. All the numbers are in there. He is far more credible than all the online trolls like you.
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  3631.  @carlosc6440  No.All it takes is for Ukrainians to keep fighting. Russia is trying to destroy their nation, their people and culture. They are at risk of living in servitude under Russian boots forever if they lose. But they are willing to fight for their freedom and all decent people should help them to defend themselves from the mass murderers that have attacked them. I support giving Ukraine everything they need to defeat Russia. What about you, happy to let them die?
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  3632.  @sepxviii731  I want to stop Putin from perpetrating genocide on the people of Ukraine. You sound like you want him to succeed. That makes you a turd.
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  3633. Let's destroy that bridge as soon as possible. The Russian war criminals need to be stopped. Every civilized person would agree that the war crimes being committed by Russia must end immediately and Putin and his fellow war criminals must face trial.
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  3634. Can't the government use the Lend Lease program to provide weapons and ammunition to Ukraine if the Republicans stall further funding? A speaker of the House having so much power looks ridiculous to non Americans.
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  3635. ​@curiositycloset2359The media is owned by billionaires who are covering for him. Unfortunately, Trump really is as dumb as dog shit. And if the oligarchy didn't own the media he would be in prison, where he belongs.
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  3636. In shafting Ukraine Trump is throwing all of Europe under the bus as well. The US can not be trusted as an ally any longer. Europe needs to adapt and fast. Several more nations need to develop nuclear weapons as a deterrent to Russia now that the US nuclear umbrella no longer exists.
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  3637. ​ @60degreelobwedge82  Policy changes are always possible.
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  3638. ​ @mbmurphy777  Trump did not manage it. Russia spent the time from 2014 after it got away with it, to prepare for the next phase of the invasion in 2022. Every US administration since 2000 has got it wrong with Russia.
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  3639. ​ @ohiopigeon  The Budapest Memorandum. The Nato Russia Founding Act. If you read those Russia has no justification whatsoever for invading Ukraine. No mention in any agreement that: A) NATO and Russia are enemies B) That any nation is restricted from joining NATO Also, Russia already had NATO on its borders before invading Ukraine and now they have a 1300 km border with NATO in Finland. No-one was threatening Russia. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the collective West invested tens of billions of dollars and used their technical know-how to rebuild much of the Russian energy system that collapsed along with the USSR. It then purchased $300 billion per year on those energy exports significantly increasing Russia's wealth. Ukraine's application for NATO was rejected. These are not acts of hostility towards Russia. No-one in their right mind was ever going to attack a nation with 6000 nukes. This is pure Russian imperialism at play. Stop trying to place the blame elsewhere.
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  3640.  @XYZOxyz  Just plain wrong. Get the facts before you comment.
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  3641. ​ @productionkos8816 Another victim blamer. Shame on you.
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  3642. You are literally voting to preserve democracy and freedom. Trump is a fascist. He has every intention of following Orbans playbook. He will stack every layer of government with MAGA. He will shut down news media that criticize him. He will gerrymander electoral boundaries further. And he will stack courts with MAGA judges. If Trump wins there will never be another free or fair election again. Get out and vote for your freedom.
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  3643.  @carolrice2063  Be specific. What should I Google to find it?
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  3644.  @carolrice2063  Free speech has never been absolute. But Trump is going full fascist and you support it.
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  3645.  @carolrice2063  He said there should be no right to free speech for misinformation and hate speech. I knew you had misinformed me. You are a true MAGA. All you can do is lie. Meanwhile, Trump is threatening to cancel news media that criticize him. And you support that.
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  3646.  @carolrice2063  You are a typical MAGA idiot as I did not say either of those things. The electoral college is fundamentally undemocratic. The constitution can be amended by vote, if sufficient voters agree. You MAGA always lie and try to put words into other people's mouths. Trump is the one who said he wants to ignore the constitution. He is the one threatening to stop free speech and he is the one would said he'd like to be dictator for a day. Stop lying and start dealing with the fact that Trump is a threat to democracy and freedom. You vote for all the things you oppose. Typical MAGA low information and low IQ.
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  3647.  @carolrice2063  Take it up with YouTube.
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  3648.  @carolrice2063  Nothing is going to change There has never been a right to absolute free speech If you shout fire in a crowded shopping mall when there is no fire, you get prosecuted. Misinformation causes harm. Just like the Republican lies about FEMA and that Democrats control the weather People peddling those lies should face charges
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  3649.  @carolrice2063  Walz didn't propose anything contrary to the constitution. Jesus, you MAGA are stupid.
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  3650. @human being Russia has lost 45,000 square kilometres of Ukraine since March 21. You Russians are indeed delusional.
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  3651.  @ithararivari3703  Europeans are much richer and can afford it. Russians can't. If you know anything about cold war 1, you will know that the USSR ultimately collapsed because they could not keep pace economically. Now in cold war 2, Russia is alone, the Stan's are independent and the former Warsaw pact countries are in the EU and NATO. The economic imbalance between Russia and the west is at least 10 times greater. Russia will face hundreds of thousands of troops on it's borders and they simply can't match that due to their small economy. This is a certainly because currently NATO's entire east flank is exposed. This will be fixed asap and the pressure will keep building on Russia inexorably. Eventually Putin will be overthrown. I think this is the beginning of the end for him. And yet again, it proves that appeasement never works. Europe and NATO should have dealt with this in 2008.
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  3652.  @ithararivari3703  Even talking about nukes makes you quite insane. You better not be getting paid in rubles.
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  3653.  @ithararivari3703  The energy is still flowing and we have plenty of other options. To actually believe Russia can cope better economically than the EU and US is truly mind boggling. The brainwashing there must be out of this world. You actually believe Russia alone will be able to achieve what the whole of the USSR combined could not. Wow!
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  3654.  @d.c.5033  You did not even understand my comment. It's obvious that men pursue women more than vice versa. I was laughing at your suggestion that women seek virgin men.
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  3655. They think Putin should end the war by withdrawing from Ukraine.
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  3656.  @vitalys9986  Putin attacking Ukraine has nothing to do with Rishi. Putin needs to be terminated along with his sycophants.
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  3657.  @vitalys9986  You made a very poor attempt to deflect the blame for the war away from Russia and Putin.
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  3658.  @vitalys9986  Every nation manages to do thousands of things simultaneously. It's not a question of choosing between one or the other. Go through the UK budget and you will see all the different spending allocations.
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  3659.  @thevet2009  Whataboutism is your way of proving you have a low IQ. You MAGA people make the stupidest comments but hate being called stupid.
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  3660. The paid Russian trolls are going ballistic. They know Russia has basically culminated. Or as their MOD said in their usual style of bullshit, they are slowing down their pace of attack. That's like a snail saying it's slowing down. Russia has lost this even before Lend Lease started and even before winter has set in. Oh, the humiliation and shame on all Russians. A once powerful nation brought to its knees by corruption and delusions of grandeur. Russia had become a laughing stock to the whole world.
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  3661. No. I do recall US intelligence saying that the invasion was definitely going to happen.
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  3662.  @tluzanov  Russia can't use nuclear weapons without committing suicide. The West does not need to use them as they can defeat Russia in a conventional war easily. No-one is afraid of Russia. If it does collapse, that will be entirely due to Putin and his supporters war mongering.
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  3663.  @ghteo9766  Putin will not have a chance to start a nuclear war and he knows it. If he so much as makes one move towards launching a nuke against the West he will be obliterated in a pre-emptive strike. He is a coward who would never put his own life in danger. That's why you never see him anywhere near the front lines. He's always hanging out in his bunker. Why do pro Russians always appear to believe that the West will allow Putin to fire first?
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  3664. Also the occupation will cost billions every year while the insurgency will go on indefinitely. Putin has lost his mind.
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  3665.  комиссар полиции обвиняет  You are a liar. Checking your statement is easy. Crimea was historically Turkic. The Russians forcibly transported the Turkic people to Siberia and Russified the region. Russification is a form of genocide. That is how Russia has always operated:. conquest, genocide and racism. Stop with your lies.
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  3666.  комиссар полиции обвиняет  The people were Turkic. They were deported. Your claim that Crimea had always been Russian is absolute nonsense.
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  3667.  комиссар полиции обвиняет  Whataboutism. No-one in the US is making a claim that it was always European. The historical facts of European conquest of America is not disputed by anyone.
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  3668. No marriage. No relationship. No co-habitation. Or suffer the consequences.
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  3669.  @frankrenda2519  Saddam Hussein killed a million people in his war on Iraq. He gassed the Kurds. Your support for him is disgusting. He was a war criminal and mass murderer. Invading Iraq was justified and there were 11 UN Security Council resolutions prior to the US invasion of Iraq. Maybe you should just put a sock in it as you are making yourself look like an absolute moron.
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  3670.  @sanaf8367  You are the ignorant one. Do not rely on imprecise wiki articles for your history. It shows a distinct lack of intelligence. Ukraine was not involved in the invasion of Iraq. If you claim it was, prove it! Put up or shut up. After the Invasion and defeat of Saddam Hussein, on May 22 2003, UN resolution 1483 was supported by 14 out of 15 UN Security Council members including both Russia and China. Among other things it called for humanitarian relief and the reconstruction of Iraq. It was after this that Ukraine came into Iraq. It was done with full UN backing. To suggest that Ukraine was somehow culpable for the war in Iraq is absolutely false. To try and use this as a justification for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and all the war crimes Russia has inflicted upon the Ukranian people is utterly disgusting. You must be an FSB paid liar. Account created 6 months ago, just when the war began I see. I hope some justice is meted out to the likes of you.
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  3671.  @sanaf8367  The UN authorised Ukraine to enter in UN Security Council Resolution 1483. Stop your evil lies Russian troll. Only joined 6 months ago, just when the war started. Odd coincidence or paid propagandist?
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  3672.  @sanaf8367  Ask Russia. Troll.
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  3673.  @sanaf8367  Participating in UN Security Council Resolution 1483 to help with rebuilding Iraq and humanitarian purposes. The war was already over when Ukraine went in.
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  3674.  @sanaf8367  Complete lie. You are a born liar. No-one believes your lies. If it's true, prove it. I lived through it, so I know it is a lie.
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  3675.  @johnsmith-ce2tq  Lies, Russian troll.
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  3676. Putin must be defeated now, no matter how much sabre rattling he engages in. If he manages to capture the 4 Ukrainian Oblasts it will only embolden him. He will regroup, rebuild his military and a few years from now the war will resume with Kharkiv and Kyiv being next. After that, Poland and the Baltic states. As difficult as the situation seems, the only way for Europe to have peace is by Russia being comprehensively defeated. Just have a look at Putin's track record. It is obvious he will never stop attacking to get whatever he wants. Never!
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  3677.  @Sekir80  Inform Russia that Ukraine has invited NATO to enforce a no-fly zone. Such that hostile aircraft or missiles entering Ukranian airspace will be shot down. Inform Russia that no attack on Russian soul will take place as long as Russian anti-aircraft batteries do not fire upon NATO planes legitimately protecting Ukranian air space. Bring in Patriot and other defence systems to destroy as many incoming Russian missiles as possible The ball is in Putin's court now. He cannot shoot at NATO planes over Ukraine from Russia without the perfectly reasonable expectation that his anti-aircraft batteries will targeted and destroyed. Putin is a bully and like all bullies he is a coward at heart. You stop a bully by giving him a blood nose.
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  3678.  @jcgrx2251  That is true. But if the nukes make you back down now, then you are going to be backing down forever because Russia will always have those nukes. Does Putin get his way every time because of his threat to use nukes?
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  3679.  @jcgrx2251  I do not understand your meaning.
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  3680.  @Sekir80  I see enough parallels with Hitler. Appeasement didn't work then and I don't think it will work with Putin. Actually, we can see from the weakness shown after 2014 that Putin got an even bigger appetite.
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  3681.  @buffuniballer  I agree that they very likely won't intervene directly on the ground. But I think this is the wrong position. It will prolong the war and increase the suffering of Ukrainians.
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  3682. She is a war criminal too. Being part of the regime makes her an accomplice.
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  3683. She only lost by 316 votes.
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  3684.  @NoPe-no4sn  Re-read my post. I stated that they didn't. If they can't do even this basic step, BRICS is a load of sh*t.
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  3685. As a part of pre sentencing will Trump undergo a psych evaluation? Will his complete lack of remorse count as a factor in the sentence given?
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  3686. Only the Trump cultists believe being convicted of 34 felonies increases the chances of winning the election. They can't conceive how other, more rational, people see the issue.
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  3687.  @BobStein  I thiink we can all imagine another world war but with widespread use of weapons of mass destruction. There's nothing unimaginable about it and I don't think suggesting that possible outcome would be thought of as a straw-man argument by anyone. But I do agree that Putin is the most dangerous man in the world.
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  3688. @ACR909  No. Russia can't use nuclear weapons for the same reasons no other country can either. Russia would literally have been defeated by now if the West had provided significant support without restraints on Ukraine.
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  3689. @cooldad7297  When the US used nukes no other country had them. Now there are literally thousands of nukes around the world. Ukraine was not given everything it needed. And there were severe restrictions placed on them that amounted to tying their hands behind their backs. Russia has already lost the war. They used to be an army feared for their tanks and artillery. They've lost 80% of their tanks already. Ditto for artillery and they're begging North Korea for shells. The longer the war goes on the weaker Russia gets. It's already obvious that after the war ends Russia will have great difficulty surviving in its current form as it will be far weaker than before Putin's huge blunder.
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  3690.  @aqep  You will have to be specific about your allegation. I have no problem with NATO members or US servicemen facing trial if there is evidence of a war crime being committed. Perhaps there were. But they will be isolated incidents. Whereas Russia is committing war crimes by the thousands as a matter of state policy. Putin openly admits to abducting Ukrainian children and transporting them across national borders. That is clearly a war crime: genocide to be specific. I've found most Putin supporters are brainwashed and have a very poor understanding of history and that's why they spout lots of nonsense online. Their main defence of Russian war crimes stems from whataboutism and false equivalence. That is what you are doing as well. Even if there have been some war crimes committed by other nations, how exactly would that justify the tens of thousands of current Russian war crimes? How do two wrongs make a right?
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  3691. ​ @davidthenotorious3600 Invading Ukraine twice and 7 other wars in the past 20 odd years is proof that Putin is the problem. Your comment makes you an accomplice to Russia's war crimes.
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  3692. ​ @davidthenotorious3600 That is a lie. You are being notoriously stoopid.
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  3693. ​ @davidthenotorious3600 BRICS is irrelevant.
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  3694. ​ @davidthenotorious3600 More lies. Ukraine's borders were settled when the USSR disintegrated and the referendum determined the people wanted to be a part of Ukraine. Also the Budapest Memorandum. These lies of yours have been debunked a thousand times already. You are a war criminal.
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  3695. ​ @davidthenotorious3600 You are obviously brain dead.
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  3696. ​ @davidthenotorious3600 Russia is being demilitarized. NATO hasn't fired a shot. You must be notorious for your stoopidity.
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  3697.  @davidthenotorious3600  You haven't explained anything. You've been posting gibberish. Frontlines for you troll boy.
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  3698. As women as generally not as strong physically as men, they engage in violence through the use of words. If a man wants to hurt you, he may punch you in the face. But if a woman wants to hurt you she will say something malicious about you. She will seek to damage her victim socially and have that person ostracized. That's my two bobs worth.
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  3699. ​ @gumby2241 If you're an American supporting Russia, you are a traitor. End your hypocrisy and move to Russia.
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  3700. The talk is about freezing the oligarchs assets. Let's seize them, sell them off and use the money to help fund the defence of Ukraine, for humanitarian aid and eventually to help rebuild Ukraine. Imagine how P*ssed Putin would be to see his yacht sold and the money used to buy weapons for Ukraine. His head might just explode and the war would be over.
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  3701. Russia is the aggressor. Trying to deflect blame on the US is not working. Why are you not concerned China's annexation of Tibet and it's illegal fortifications in the South China Sea. China and Russia are the aggressors here. These are the facts.
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  3702. A few thousand are still in Belarus. Maybe they could overthrow Lukashenko?
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  3703. If it was so easy, they would already have done it. China's military have no experience and likely suffer from similar levels of corruption as the Russian military. Talk is cheap.
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  3704.  @Oda__Nobunaga  You are wrong. Taiwan is very well defended. China has almost no military experience. Especially at a very complex amphibious assault. A surprise attack is practically impossible. So Taiwan will get to use all their anti-ship missiles and from what Peter Zeihan says, perhaps they have enough time to assemble a few nukes. Very little chance of success. That's why they have not tried it already.
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  3705.  @Oda__Nobunaga  18 years
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  3706.  @scottsummers819  And unlike the US, which has had troops deployed virtually non-stop for 60 years, China's greatest military success in recent years has been running over Chinese protestors with tanks in Tiananmen Square. Doubt that's much of a preparation for seizing Taiwan.
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  3707. Russian propaganda. Russia has never proposed a peace deal acceptable to Ukraine.
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  3708.  @ikaustralia  I'm not wasting my time following up Russian lies. You can either provide the source or its BS.
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  3709.  @yellowtunes2756  Acceptable for Ukraine is the borders agreed to in the Budapest Memorandum. Those are internationally recognised by even China. Russia will be defeated.
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  3710.  @ikaustralia  Ukraine is a free and independent nation. They do not take orders from the UK. Your claim is just another Russian lie, a part of the information war.
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  3711.  @ikaustralia  Absolutely not.
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  3712.  @ikaustralia  You mean like the FT article dated 30th March , 2022 that stated: "Is Vladimir Putin open to a peace deal he can spin at home as a victory, as a way out of his ruinous invasion of Ukraine?" And:"Moscow has a history of treating talks and ceasefires as a military tactic — to gain time or divide opponents — rather than steps towards peace." But which you are trying to misrepresent. Every time one of you pro war crime ruscists makes a claim, it's always a distortion or misrepresentation. And I understand why. It's because telling the truth in Russia is a criminal offence. It's one of the realities of living in an autocracy. Putin and Lavrov have both made the claim that Ukraine started the war. Do you have any idea how a normal thinking person perceives such arrant nonsense? If you want to engage further, you will have to post specific quotes from articles with source, date and name of article. Otherwise it's just the usual pathetic attempt at lies and propaganda that Russians are famous for.
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  3713.  @ikaustralia  Showing a draft of a peace treaty proves nothing. I can draw one up tomorrow. It will be very one sided. Russia has made it clear on numerous occasions that it does not want genuine peace. When the war appears to be going well for them, they press forward. When the war is going badly, then there's talk about a ceasefire and negotiations. The latter is so that Russia can buy some time to reconstitute their forces. Also, you are deliberately avoiding the obvious: Russia can have peace today if they choose. All they have to do is leave Ukraine. Russia do not want peace. They want Ukraine. End of discussion ruski.
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  3714. At the start of the war I read there were more than 3 million Ukrainians in Russia. Most of those likely live in the Western parts of Russia. I knew then there was going to be a lot of partizan activity. Putin did not think things through and now he's locked into a battle to the death.
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  3715.  @Bigliever  Your previous comment and this one confirm without doubt your lack of thinking capacity. Keep digging. You can only make an even bigger fool of yourself.
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  3716.  @DoctorM42  It's only clever in the short-term. In the long run it will significantly exacerbate the demographic crisis that Russia faces over the coming years. Those far flung regions will be far weaker due to the lack of men of military age and become practically indefensible. China will be rubbing its hands with glee.
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  3717. Russia is so weak now that they can't help Iran in the way they could have 3 years ago. Putin has destroyed Russia.
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  3718.  @IanMikrut  Nobody cares. You're acting emotional like a woman.
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  3719. Talking about Bill Clinton with that massive phallic symbol in the background seems rather appropriate.
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  3720. The damage Trump has done to the US is immeasurable.
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  3721.  @h0lynut  More Serb lies. Serbian Nationalism destroyed Yugoslavia. Specifically, their dream of a "greater Serbia". Now you have a tiny Serbia and it will get even smaller if you attack your neighbours again. NATO, the US and your neighbours are in no mood to out up with your BS again.
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  3722. Russia is again wasting limited resources on attacking non-military targets. That's a surefire way to lose the war.
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  3723. Russia posting evidence of their war crimes. When is the ICC going to file charges?
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  3724. Who are these idiots giving money and validation to 304's on OF? Any guy caught doing this ought to be castrated.
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  3725. They are far more likely to have a war between themselves than with the US. The US could defeat all 3 even without their allies. Be careful what you wish for.
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  3726. Another predator. If men exploited women like OF, it would be illegal within days. We live in a sick society.
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  3727. The government does not control or own 65% of the media. That is complete nonsense.
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  3728. How does an armoured train make Putin more difficult to track? Does it just blend in with all the other armoured trains in Russia?
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  3729.  @steveosborne2297  I am no expert on it but I would think it would make him easier to track. There are some very sophisticated satellites spying on Russia and if they are specifically looking for an armoured train, I think their chances of finding it would be quite high.
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  3730. We had an opportunity to destroy the Russians at the end of WW2 and another following the collapse of the USSR and we missed them both. This time around we should sure we put down the rabid dog once and for all.
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  3731.  @-_Hatred_-  Stalin said they would have lost. I doubt you are in a better position to make that determination than he was.
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  3732.  @-_Hatred_-  You can always google it. You know Stalin was wrong? How on earth could you know better than the Soviet leader at the time? See, this is why Russia can never win the war. They, along with their supporters, lack the intelligence to win. It's your low IQ that lets you down repeatedly.
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  3733. Might just cure him of his thyroid cancer
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  3734. Lukashenko needs to be charged with the same war crimes that Putin is facing. How is he being allowed to get away without being charged?
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  3735. ​ @rphb5870 The Russian Federation will not even exist by then. Muscovy will be a small and insignificant nation under that will be under Ukrainian influence.
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  3736. If the nuclear power plant is blown up, aside from Ukraine, won't the next most affected country be Turkey? All the radioactive water has to flow through the Bosphorus right through the middle of Istanbul. Perhaps Erdogan needs to have a few words with Putin. I can see Article 5 being triggered over this.
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  3737. Brainwashed by Marxism and contemporary Russian propaganda makes their journey a waste of time. They should be in Russia telling Putin to put an end to Russian imperialism and colonialism. Then they should work on fixing their failed state.
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  3738. The Russians are done. Best money we ever spent. Both essentially true. Russia should stop invading neighbouring countries. Look at all these sick, mentally challenged people supporting Russia in its war crimes in Ukraine. There is something seriously wrong with all of you. Don't be hypocrites and live in the West or apply for visas to come to the West. Go to Putin's Russia since you love fascism and murdering innocent civilians.
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  3739.  @MajinLiveTV  Of course I'm just speculating. Who knows what the Chinese government is thinking. But a far weaker Russia will leave a power vaccum that opens up this possibility.
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  3740. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation = NATO. Now which of those countries are in the North Atlantic?
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  3741.  @AJWRAJWR  Exactly. These Russian apologists keep bringing up NATO, but Ukraine is not a member, never had been and most likely never would have been. I'm starting to think that a lot of these posters are just revelling in seeing westerners, white westerners, getting slaughtered.
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  3742. You can start with policies that benefit working class voters. I propose a tax-free threshold of $75,000 on income tax. A capital gains tax that also applies to deferred capital gains of 50%. And a national minimum wage of $25. End the woke will also help a lot.
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  3743. India can't obtain weapons and ammunition from Russia now and in the foreseeable future. So they need to build their bridges with Western nations so they can buy from the West. It has already started.
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  3744. ​ @stevepi1 Try pressuring the aggressor, Putin.
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  3745. @brandonhallam51  The US has only intervened in Europe when it has been in its national interest. Being the global superpower allowed the US to dictate security arrangements in Europe. The US and Europe have a mutual enemy: Russia. If you're in doubt, just think of the hundreds of nuclear weapons aimed at you. The US has just lost its leadership role as no one can trust a country that turns on its allies.
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  3746. @stevepi1  Not a flawed assumption. It's understanding what lessons can be drawn from history. You are the one making all kinds of assumptions. Appeasement rewards the aggressor and emboldens them to continue doing what brings them rewards. Putin has already launched several invasions. None were punished. All resulted in him gaining something. So he continues invading. These are the facts. Your opinion is irrelevant. The evidence is already in. If you don't understand this, you're not very bright. The dangers this time are even greater because of nuclear weapons.
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  3747. @stevepi1  Medvedev and others have stated several times that they're taking the war to Berlin, London etc. Putin stated he wants all the former Soviet Republics that are now NATO members to come under Russia's sphere of influence. It was one of his conditions in the lead up to the 2022 invasion. As a supporter of the Russian invasion, you are an accomplice to their war crimes.
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  3748. Trump's promised ceasefire failed because Putin refused. So rather than accept responsibility for his failure, Trump set up Zelensky to take the blame. The US has lost every ally in the world because they can't be trusted any more. And the defence industry is going to take a huge hit in lost orders.
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  3749.  @Broodplank86  Yes and it's not clear whether they will end up getting any sort of victory at all.
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  3750.  @MilanTheMan69  Has the new pro Serb government been overthrown by the West? No. Then what are you complaining about. Has Vucic been overthrown by the West. No again. Poor argument my friend.
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  3751.  @MilanTheMan69  Both Mladic and Karadzic were convicted. Milosevic would have been too if he had not died during his trial. Any person witnessing what happened, especially the massacre at Srebrenica knows it was genocide. When will Serbs ever admit wrongdoing? Never it seems. It's captured on film and still the pathetic denials.
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  3752.  @uhura647  I don't know if your claim of genocide is true. But what is the point you are trying to make? NATO is not the global police. If an issue like the one in Bangladesh occurs, why can't Asian countries intervene and fix the situation? Bangladesh is not on NATO's doorstep. And if NATO did intervene, you would be here whinging about it doing so.
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  3753. Trump supporters are morons.
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  3754.  @vorkutavorkutlag  There is ample evidence of Russian war crimes but you refuse to see. If you are genuinely religious you would not so casually dismiss such atrocities. God is watching your indifference to Russian war crimes and you will be judged accordingly.
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  3755. This can only end by the complete military defeat of Russia followed by war crimes trials just like after WW2. Give putin, Lavrov and the other cronies a fair trial. Then hang them. This will only be over with Putin swinging by his neck.
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  3756. ​ @jestice75 That's not a lie. It's an opinion. And he may well be correct. Nobody knows how many Ukrainians would have been murdered or sent to die in gulags. This is Russia we're talking about. Surrender or defeat means the same fate as the Crimean Tartars.
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  3757. The situation is probably even worse. Gazprom is government owned but Rosneft and Lukoil are privately owned. Except for Gazprom, Moscow doesn't get all the profits. It gets only the taxes on the profits. That's likely to be a lot less than $75 billion.
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  3758. Shame on those attending the BRICS summit and cheering on a war criminal. They are endorsing rape, mass murder and genocide. Disgusting.
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  3759. The Russian trolls are out in force. Things must be going really bad for Russia out on the front lines.
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  3760. ​ @thehappyclam3942 Only as a terrorist state.
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  3761. ​ @praveendreamer Nonsense. Russia cannot use nukes to win the was as this video explained. You are demonstrating your lack of knowledge of geopolitics and your gullibility in believing Russian propaganda. Russia can never win a nuclear war and they know it. Their threats are a form of information warfare. Nothing more. China will not help Russia in a nuclear war because they have different interests, one of which is not getting into a nuclear war themselves. Russia is trapped in an unwinnable war in which it is being steadily demilitarized. And it's all because of Putin's miscalculations and subsequent stubbornness to admit Russia can't win. The would be Tsar has no clothes. His time left is short.
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  3762. ​ @markopecinovic4475 Literally dozens of Australian mining companies are operating in South America. Their investments are welcomed by governments and create jobs and export income. Go suck on some lemons some place else.
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  3763. I agree.
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  3764. @johnbuterbaughsr.933  I hate lying Russian trolls who help Russia commit war crines and genocide. I suspect you are one of those trolls. If you feel the need to defend Russian atrocities maybe you shoukd go and live there.
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  3765.  @jomellon  Absolute nonsense. Russia is doomed to defeat and will ultimately collapse and disintegrate. Iran can do little or nothing to help and the same applies to China. The countries that matter, the rich ones who run the world have sanctions in place. Those sanctions will destroy Russia just as the cold war destroyed the USSR. All else is wishful thinking.
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  3766. Do young voters know that Trump stated Israel should finish the job. His family would love to build sea view condos in Gaza.
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  3767. @Zoran Djipanov What BBC propaganda specifically? Are you denying the massacre at Srebrenica? Are you denying the siege of Sarajevo? Are you denying that Mladic is a convicted war criminal for the above war crimes? Are you denying he took his orders from Milosevic? Are you denying that Karadzic is a convicted war criminal? Are war crimes proven in the International Criminal Court propaganda? Or can we call them facts? After all the war crimes being committed by Serbs, the US finally took a stand to prevent a genocide in Kosovo. If you support the Serb aggression you are a supporter of war crimes. In my generation, the Balkan wars were in the 90's and refer to the break up of Yugoslav.
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  3768. @counselthyself I guess that's your way of conceding defeat. FYI the real neo Nazis are the Russians invading Ukraine and murdering civilians. As one of their supporters you are an accomplice to their crimes.
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  3769. @counselthyself What coup? There was no coup. That is just Russian lies and propaganda. If you haven't noticed, Ukrainian have proven they prefer to be aligned with the Western world rather than Russia. If they wanted a pro Russian government they would have accepted it with the Russian invasion. Have you observed how fiercely they are resisting being forced into Russian Mir? Try and use your brain and stick to observing what is in front of you. Ukrainians want freedom from Russia. They want to pursue their own destiny as a sovereign nation. They have the right to choose the government they want and to become members of the EU and NATO. Russia is a signatory to the Budapest Memorandum. They agreed to Ukraines borders and the referendum that was held at that time confirmed that every Oblast supported being a part of Ukraine. Stop supporting Russias invasion of Ukraine and all the war crimes they are committing against Ukrainian civilians. If you support those crimes then you are an accomplice to them.
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  3770. @Zoran Djipanov Is whataboutism and false equivalence all you have? You really can't do any better? Let me provide you with some facts. There were 11 UN Security Council resolutions prior to the US invasion of Iraq. All of them were supported by every member of the Security Council, including both Russia and China. In their reports to the UN weapons inspectors the Iraqi government admitted to bring in possession of chemical weapons. So it is a fact that they had weapons of mass destruction. Iraq had already invaded Iran resulting in a war that killed a million people. They had already invaded Kuwait. And they had gassed the Kurds using chemical weapons. If it's all the same, perhaps you can tell me how many nations has Ukraine invaded? How many times has the UN Security Council issued resolutions against Ukraine? What steps has Russia taken to resolve their issues with Ukraine peacefully? What UN resolutions does it have to support its invasion? Also, the US did not try to Annex Iraq. They just eliminated Saddam Hussein, and his murderous regime. If you support Russia's invasion of Ukraine and defend their war crimes online then you are complicit in those crimes. I will not bother schooling you further.
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  3771.  @charlielynes No such agreement has ever existed. If there is one, just tell me the name of the treaty or memorandum and I will take the time to read it. You have fallen for Russian propaganda. I can prove it to you . Just go and read the NATO-RUSSIA Founding Act. In that document NATO and Russia agree that they are not enemies. Therefore, there is no need for Russia to have any concerns about which nations join NATO. If there was any agreement that NATO would not expand or if Russia had any objection to NATO expansion, the Russians would have insisted on this being included in the NATO-RUSSIA Founding Act. Yet they did not. That fact disproves your claim. You can go and read it yourself. Google is your friend. The agreement that is most relevant here is the Budapest Memorandum. Russia has demonstrated it's contempt for international agreements by illegally invading Ukraine.
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  3772. Zelensky will be around a lot longer than Putin, that's for sure.
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  3773. I take it she's paying you 50k up front and $500 a month.
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  3774.  @alispeed5095  You implement a very strict system that makes it hard for the criminals to get their hands on chips. Try getting your hands on some anthrax or other deadly substance and see if they will sell it to you. You will be thoroughly vetted and your application rejected because there are protocols in place. The political will is what's sorely needed.
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  3775. Putin has already blinked. He says the sanctions are an act of war, but he has done nothing about it. Also, providing massive quantities of arms would surely also be seen as an act of war. Again, he has done nothing about it. Conclusion: for all his huffing and puffing, he is terrified of a direct war with NATO. At this point it's obvious that the Russian militaries ability to wage conventional war has been greatly overestimated. All he has are nukes, which he can never use and he knows it. It's time to make it crystal clear to him that indiscriminate bombardment of civilians will cause NATO to enter Ukraine to defend them. Let him think about that.
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  3776. ​ @elguido He never said that troll. It's Russia who are responsible for all the deaths on both sides. Go to the frontline coward.
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  3777. Let's hope they try. It will provide a golden opportunity to destroy Wagner and overthrow the dictator Lukashenko. I think Poland is itching at the chance.
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  3778. The US and Japan would act instantly. China's other problem is that there's no way to catch Taiwan by surprise. They should have a close look at what is happening in Ukraine and take an L.
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  3779. @lati long An experienced fisherman can often tell if a fish is diseased or damaged
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  3780. Putin hasn't stolen $200 billion to end his own life so quickly.
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  3781. Russia can't use nukes without being completely destroyed. Be careful what you wish for.
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  3782.  @miroslavdusin4325  Your comment does not constitute evidence. And there's definitely a difference between the Slavic people who are Catholic and those that are Orthodox. The Orthodox one's seem to have a huge chip on their shoulders and an almost certifiable victim mentality. In the long run, Russia is doomed to certain defeat.
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  3783. He has been thoroughly discredited.
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  3784.  @operator9858  Demonstration of your own gullibility.
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  3785.  @skoopsro7656  That's exactly what I was thinking. "Accidents" are bound to happen.
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  3786. I agree except for the economic part of your comment. Russian energy exports are down 50% this year. They had a $30 billion budget deficit in the first 6 months of 2023. They can't borrow money and they can't access their frozen funds. Slowly but steadily they are being drained. If it keeps up long enough, the outcome will be the same as for the Soviet Union. Russia is in a trap of its own making and NATO isn't going to let it get out by pressuring Ukraine into negotiations. As long as Ukraine is willing to fight, they will get enough support to keep fighting.
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  3787. I agree except for the economic part of your comment. Russian energy exports are down 50% this year. They had a $30 billion budget deficit in the first 6 months of 2023. They can't borrow money and they can't access their frozen funds. Slowly but steadily they are being drained. If it keeps up long enough, the outcome will be the same as for the Soviet Union. Russia is in a trap of its own making and NATO isn't going to let it get out by pressuring Ukraine into negotiations. As long as Ukraine is willing to fight, they will get enough support to keep fighting.
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  3788. You have no idea. There is basically nothing meaningful that Xi can do without inviting retaliation. China is more dependent on the West than vice versa.
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  3789. We need Trump in jail.
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  3790. ​ @michaelfrock2473 McDonald's is a franchise. Who knows how many times the franchise ownership has changed. The IRS does not release anyone's personal information to the public. You're clutching at straws. Trump could release his tax and medical records. Why don't you bark up that tree?
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  3791. Hypergamy implies both promiscuity and disloyalty. AWALT
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  3792. ​ @bashiirleban9776 NATO has not encircled Russia. Putin is the aggressor and you know it.
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  3793.  @allencameron4741  Do you expect the Chinese to give you a vote on the war as well?
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  3794.  @apotk95  That may be so. I do not know enough about German immigration to comment. But they always have the option of creating a targetted immigration program that will get them the skilled workforce they need. That's up to the German people and their government to decide
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  3795.  @apotk95  My point was that once Germany has identified the problem they can solve it. That's up to them.
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  3796. I agree. The fact that they're counter attacking every Ukrainian advance suggests they have little in reserve and once Ukraine breaks through they will make steady progress.
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  3797.  @ciaranryan5265  The Russian army is getting beaten. You trolls are going down with them. Go collect your potato war criminal.
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  3798. You believe it only as long as you're not the one suffering the unjust peace. What you are proposing is appeasement. Have you learnt nothing from WW2?
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  3799. Then live with them. We'll add some more if you like.
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  3800. It will happen much like in former Yugoslavia. A new government wants an end to crippling economic sanctions. But the precondition to that is handing over war criminals to face justice. Putin will either be killed by the people who overthrow him or handed over to the ICC. I think a new government could trade him for the lifting of sanctions.
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  3801. Add in the DPR, LPR, Wagner and other PMC's and their KIA is at least as high as the Ukrainian numbers suggest.
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  3802.  @enricogattone432  There was another number I saw based on compensation payments for KIA and WIA but I can't remember where I saw it. It was recent and the numbers, from memory, were about 379k KIA and about 510K WIA. Close to 900k in total.
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  3803. Another Russian false flag attack.
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  3804. It's a crime against humanity. But the Russian cheerleaders don't care.
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  3805. @lesigh1749  Nonsense. Anyone with a brain knows that if you appease an aggressor they will respond with more aggression. We also know that Russia has made it clear it wants to retake control of all of Eastern Europe. Numerous Russian government officials have stated this and it was a part of Putin's conditions in the prelude to this invasion of Ukraine. The Russian state controlled media has also made this abundantly clear. What part of that do you not understand? Your disregard for the rights of Ukrainians and other Eastern Europeans to self determination is disgusting. You are an appeaser. You've learnt nothing from WW2. Like Neville Chamberlain you falsely believe that a document and a claim of peace in our time will deter Russia. You refuse to listen to what Russia is saying and doing. They have already invaded Ukraine twice, breaching the Budapest Memorandum and international law and the UN charter. They've also invaded Georgia, Moldova and others. Yet you keep defending their aggression. Your support for Russia makes you an accomplice to their crimes. Try and develop some morals and learn to think rationally before you comment in future.
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  3806.  @George-real  Lots of talk. But talk is cheap. Russia needs to put up or shut up.
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  3807.  @neric37  How long did the cold war last? The sanctions and military support will go on until Russia is defeated.
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  3808.  @henkkoekemoer5565  Reliable independent sources and it's more like 1300.
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  3809.  @alexanderbarkman7832  You're talking about inflatable decoy tanks, right?
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  3810.  @SupernaturalByDesign  Every Ballistic missile is hypersonic. Hence, hypersonic missiles have been around since the 50's.
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  3811.  @alexanderbarkman7832  You need to look up the meaning of hypersonic. It's going to be a great pleasure watching Russia collapse just like the USSR. That's what happens when you believe your own propaganda.
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  3812.  @SupernaturalByDesign  Yes, the Pentagon would tell you what their latest weapons technology is. Hypersonic literally means faster than the speed of sound. Nuclear missiles have always been hypersonic. Russia has claimed dozens of superweapons over the years and it always turns out to be propaganda. Believe whatever bullshit you want. In the real world Russia is sending T-62 tanks to the front lines because that's all you have left. All the money for modernising the Russian military was spent on yachts, vodka and cheap Russian hoes.
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  3813.  @xpact83  There's your problem: you don't know how to think.
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  3814.  @xpact83  You are mistaking some initial gains that Russia has made due to having superior firepower. But a few minor tactical wins do not mean you have won the war. See how it unfolds over time. Every day Russia grows weaker and every day Ukraine gets stronger. With Lend Lease, Ukraine will have a virtually unlimited supply of weapons for years to come. My view is that Ukraine just has to hang in there and eventually Russia will collapse. Just like the vastly more powerful USSR could not match the West, Russia will also be unable to. Cheer for the mass murder of civilians and the war crimes being committed by Russia, but it won't last. Enjoy watching the collapse of Russia. I know I will.
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  3815.  @henkkoekemoer5565  Then nothing can help you.
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  3816.  @williamdavis9562  You're placing a lot of faith in coincidence.
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  3817.  @williamdavis9562  You mean your opinion. You have no idea what was agreements were reached.
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  3818.  @williamdavis9562  No matter how much of a smart ass you try to be, it doesn't change the fact that what you wrote is nothing more than your opinion. You have an over inflated view of your own opinion.
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  3819. China is the largest buyer of Ukrainian grains. I wonder what they think about Russia destroying grains they need and driving up prices of grains sourced elsewhere. Putin is an idiot.
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  3820. Are you suggesting government officials should only make decisions based on court rulings? This is impractical as it would cripple the function of all governments. You're putting the cart before the horse. If someone is dissatisfied with a government decision they can bring the matter before a court. The Secretary made a decision based on the facts available to her. Many individuals have been convicted for the insurrection. Trump has stated he will pardon many of them if he is reelected. Is that not giving aid and comfort to insurrectionists? The decision is soundly based. If Trump doesn't like it, he can always take the matter to court.
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  3821.  @mintheman7  China's current relative prosperity exists because of Globalisation. They have been the largest beneficiary of the global order over the past 30 years. The US base in Okinawa has been there the entire time and there has been no threat to China. That ended with Xi Jinping starting his wolf warrior strategy and the harrassment of China's neighbours. If I was running China, I would have done everything in my power to maintain the status quo and ensure China became richer. That's what I would expect China to do. How is their hostility working out?
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  3822. That priest is your typical low IQ Russian. You win wars by staying alive.
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  3823. Isn't there a flood or other natural disaster happening in Perm Krai right now? Those soldiers are begging for a ruble as their families suffer. They should turn their guns on their commanders.
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  3824. Disgusting to see the Hindustan Times and so many Indians supporting the invasion of a free and democratic nation. The support of Russian imperialism, the destruction of Ukrainian cities, the indiscriminate bombardment that is killing tens of thousands of civilians and all the war crimes seem to be fully supported by a large section of India. What perverse sense of morality you all must have to support the aggressor against the victim. Do you also cheer on rapists, while they are raping their victims? As you support the atrocities going on in Ukraine, you are as bad as the perpetrators. Don't be hypocrites. Since you hate the Western world so much, do not come to any Western countries for studies, do not apply for work visas, do not apply to migrate, do not come for vacations. I can assure you that your support of war in Ukraine will not be welcome. Since you are so supportive of the barbarism of your Russian friends, go to Russia instead.
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  3825. He's still in Kiev. But only because the Russian forces sent to capture the capital were defeated in battle and had to make an ignominious retreat. It's obvious by now that the Russian military is practically useless. Better for Putin to surrender now and let Zelensky run Russia as well.
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  3826. I agree in general with your view but I believe there will be an intervention in Ukraine from a coalition of willing nations that will lead to Russia realising it can never win. That intervention will sharply escalate the war, with lots of nuclear sabre rattling, but ultimately Russia will realise it's over.
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  3827. I'd say he seems to live in the wilderness.
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  3828. Actually he said he's not a Christian.
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  3829.  @marcob.7801  Sure. But a little forethought can go a long way.
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  3830. Can't happen. The Serbian part of Bosnia was created by Serbs committing genocide on the Croatians and Bosnians who lived their by means of "ethnic cleansing". Serbia can not be allowed to gain from that genocide.if Serbs in that region of Bosnia want, they can just go and live in Serbia.
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  3831. The US will never back down. To do so would concede that Russia is more powerful than the US. What is the point of spending $800 billion a year and being the sole superpower if you have to bow down to a second rate Russia? If the US detects movements of nuclear weapons or heightened launch readiness levels, I think they will strike Russia preemptively. Putin and his generals need to factor this into their behaviour. They can bark all they like, but if they start to look like they are going to bite, the US will be forced to act. Talk is cheap.
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  3832. ​ @nkr1159 Well said.
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  3833.  @robertshelton3796  Ukraine is being invaded by Russia, a country that is pointing several hundred nuclear weapons at the US. Russia has made it clear that Ukraine is just the beginning. It wants all the former Soviet Union republics back.That is among their main demands.Several of these are NATO members. The US, being a NATO member, will be asked to defend these nations when Russia invades. It will be in a war against Russia. If Ukraine can defeat Russia or at least contain the war within Ukraine, the US will avoid going to war against Russia. It's hard to escape the conclusion that it is in the US' best interests to support Ukraine. Russia and China have made it clear that they want to dethrone the US as the global superpower. That includes de-dollarisation.The USD would no longer be the world's reserve currency. The US would have significantly less power and be far poorer if they succeed. You didn't answer my question. Will US national security be greater if Russia and China succeed? Will the US be better off by being poorer? Is that in your national interest? Will more totalitarianism and less freedom be good for the US? Thankfully your government and your military know what's in your nations best interests.
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  3834. I had to lol at "ridiculously powerful". Makes them sound like Pokemon. Let's hope they're all supermen and can drive the evil Russians out of Ukraine. Slava Ukraine.
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