Comments by "Edward McLaughlin" (@edwardmclaughlin7935) on "Why Nato needs to be prepared for an Arctic showdown" video.
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Looking at your map, it seems fairly natural and in order, that Russia should be so active in the Arctic. Millions of square miles of Russian territory lies within the Arctic circle, and its entire northern shoreline meets the Arctic Ocean. So what that the Arctic and the North Atlantic are next to each other? Russia makes no claim to have an interest in the North Atlantic, beyond its right to traverse international shipping routes?
"We are, dare I say it, at war with Russia..." Well why? Why on earth are we in any way involved in NATO's thrust eastward, encroaching on Russia's borders and challenging their security? The Western narrative has it that Russia is the aggressor, but just imagine how the US would react if Russia were to set-up military bases in Mexico, with missiles sited within minutes of US strategic assets? How would that be treated?
What gives the UK the right to regard the far north 'as our backyard', while China is regarded here as pushing its nose in by its use of Arctic shipping routes, and in working with Russia to gain access to resources?
The way that climate change is over-stated here is also something of a giveaway. The truth is that the climate is not changing very much at all at either pole.
Finally, since you used a short clip of footage from what looks like the Nordstream pipeline destruction, it seems appropriate to ask the question: who did that then?
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