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Comment #1: For article 5 to be applied, it is important to establish who threw the first punch. The original aggressor cannot invoke Article 5. Only the original victim can and only if it is a member state of NATO. If it can be proven that Poland supported Ukrainian military in its war against Russia and then Russia destroyed Polish military, manufacturing, logistic, or intelligence facilities used by the Ukrainians in this war, then Poland is the aggressor and Russia is defending itself. The fact that Poland was helping and defending Ukraine does not matter because Ukraine is not a member of NATO. Hence, Article 5 does not apply.

Comment #2: Already in 1980s, we knew that one of Russia’s preferred routes for attacking western Europe would be through Scandinavian countries. In such case, Finland would be a first victim and could not stay neutral.

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Comment: Thank you JP. A great episode and right on time. History tells us that Christianity was always becoming more popular during wars, periods of violence and moral collapse, and periods of Christian persecution.

Comment: I want to comment on Trump’s speech about “communism and socialism”. Trump seems very comfortable speaking to people who operate at his level and you can see it looking at their reactions. This, however, is not politics, this is called manipulation. It only works, when the listeners operate at or below the level of the speaker.

Now, on the topic: Communism and socialism are not the same thing. Socialism is a social and economic system in which people (at least in theory) are the beneficiaries. Communism is the power structure that allows this system to be implemented and controlled centrally. In essence, communism is the totalitarian and repressive power system, while socialism (in theory) protects the consumers. Capitalism, on the other hand, is a system that benefits private owners and investors at the expense of the consumers (the working class). Each system can be abused, and it happens more than often. Each system represses its opposition. Somehow, it always ends up that way.

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Comment: So, we support the Palestinians who oppose Israel’s invasion, occupation, and annexation of land and, at the same time, we don’t support the Ukrainians who oppose invasion, occupation, and annexation of their land. Instead, we support Russia that is performing the invasion, occupation, and annexation of land. This reflects my feelings, as well, and it is a dilemma worth debating, to clear the picture. The sovereignty of Ukrainians should be as important as the sovereignty of the Palestinians and Lebanese, … and Iran. I need some clarification here, and some consistency. What I get from both sides in these conflicts is propaganda. What happened to laws, principles, and moral integrity?

jamisonxmacabre: I don’t support Ukraine because the country is run by anti-democratic zionist demons that refuse to hold an election because they would promptly lose it.

My response: You could as well say, “I don’t support Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran because these countries are run by antisemites, religious fundamentalists and/or terrorists”. But this is not the point here. Regardless of how we see their governments, these nations are subjected to violence, theft, forced displacement. and/or extermination. Please see the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 1 and 2) HERE.

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• Prof. John Mearsheimer : Making Sense of Iran’s Victory
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