Indus
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You seem to forget women will let you handle their baby but you need goggles and a blowtorch to get their iphone from them!
You seem to forget women will let you handle their baby but you need goggles and a blowtorch to get their iphone from them!
This is fundamentally flawed because for the most part the us govt does not get the direct revenue (they get indirect via taxes) AND they do not set the prices.Uh oh:
Europe accuses US of profiting from war
EU officials attack Joe Biden over sky-high gas prices, weapons sales and trade as Vladimir Putin’s war threatens to destroy Western unity.www.politico.eu
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If true, well ...
Ex-US Marine General Among Russia's Wagner Mercenaries: Founder
Barron's|19 minutes ago
The head of the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Friday that a former US Marine general was working for the group.
.... somebody's got a prison cell waiting.
Ex-US Marine General Among Russia's Wagner Mercenaries: Founder
The head of the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Friday that a former US Marine general was working for the group.
.... somebody's got a prison cell waiting.
Indus
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If true, well ...
Ex-US Marine General Among Russia's Wagner Mercenaries: Founder
Barron's|19 minutes ago
The head of the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Friday that a former US Marine general was working for the group.
.... somebody's got a prison cell waiting.
I dunno could it be..
Mike Flynn??
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Prison cell? Gitmo4life.If true, well ...
Ex-US Marine General Among Russia's Wagner Mercenaries: Founder
Barron's|19 minutes ago
The head of the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Friday that a former US Marine general was working for the group.
.... somebody's got a prison cell waiting.
Just follow the war closely.
Look at the aftermath of Russian occupation. Look at the horror they inflict daily with their missiles.
You will realize a fundamental truth. The Russian military is no longer human. They are not even animals. They are monsters. They gifted their souls to Satan for the glory of Putin.
You should not feel empathy for monsters.
Being better then them is having empathy for Dagestan's civilian population being caught in Russian tyranny without means to escape.
Being better then them is having empathy for African's civilian population being caught up in Russia famine, created to glorify Putin and pressure the world.
Being better then them is having empahty for Ukraine's civilian population, inflicted by daily terror and a genocidal plan to exterminate all of them with the Russian frost.
Russian military soldiers not reluctant pawns. They all have means to escape. They choose not to. They choose to inflict horror. They choose to inflict genocide. They choose to gift their souls to the devil. They are soulless monsters, no pawns, and not human.
Destroy the concept of the Russia. Let the federal subjects of Russia go free. They are only held together by the secret police, by horror writ mass. Put down the monster that is Russia and end the horror if its existence. Putting down the greater monster starts by putting down every monster in Ukraine.
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I must have missed the mass Russian demonstrations after their invasion of Donbass, Crimea, Georgia, etc.
Where were they last year when Putin was organizing and the Biden was warning us all?
Nowhere.
That's why they are now in trench freezing their asses off as they wait to get fragged.
They still have the option for surrender before that...
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That doesn't even make sense since Europe isn't even in the top 5 for US exports.Uh oh:
Europe accuses US of profiting from war
EU officials attack Joe Biden over sky-high gas prices, weapons sales and trade as Vladimir Putin’s war threatens to destroy Western unity.
Oil imports and exports - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
U.S. crude oil imports sources including OPEC and Persian Gulf, and top five source countries of U.S. oil imports and destinations of U.S. crude oil exports.
Add to that high energy price hurts the US economy. Any money that's being made by the oil company is jsut a fraction that is being lost by the overall economy with increased prices and lowering demand. You think the US wants high inflation for the sake of oil profits?
If he wasn’t obviously a coward that’s where he’d be.
Not definitive, but is on the political backlog after certain recent events... Been seeing texts about an alliance between Central&East Asia for Siberia.
Sentiment towards west powers are more trustworthy than a dying power. Apparently, forcing certain big power ethnics to fight in Ukraine is 100% dick move. Didn't have Russia going mafia and doing an offer you can't refuse towards Kazahkstan, China, and Japan civs.
Sentiment towards west powers are more trustworthy than a dying power. Apparently, forcing certain big power ethnics to fight in Ukraine is 100% dick move. Didn't have Russia going mafia and doing an offer you can't refuse towards Kazahkstan, China, and Japan civs.
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Doesn't matter apparently Russia messed up huge this month. Basically ending any continued capability of central and east asia to have Russia as a safe neighbor. [Yeah, we definitely don't trust you after this moment.] All investments in Russia basically are null and void, that didn't get nuked by sanctions or held off. The only way to protect investments is to actually physical get it or it is just an NFT.
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Where are you getting this analysis from? If you're the one making the leap that Russia is going to be invaded by it's neighbors then my comment about your track record stands and it does matter because your ability to analyze data is shit.
No, this idea has been around for awhile since 2014. However, it was exclusive to China only. The most recent take is Kazakhstan, China, and Japan since they have the most assets in Russia[Siberia]. Which so far hasn't filtered out of the deep yet.
Two scenarios specific to China:
China ignores Russia's demands => Gets all assets destroyed (Kazakhstan and Siberia assets specifically)
China falls inline with Russia => Has to get involved with Ukraine and Japan. Troops in enemy territory.
China however has maneuvered to make Japan a partner rather than a threat. Which means the plan has defaulted to that of Russia will eventually attack China assets local to them. This also has gone to warm-cold conflict with Russia conscripting Chinese in Siberia. Admin regions of Siberia have been leaning towards tighter Beijing connections slowly since 2012, and aggressively in 2021+.
Kazakhstan and Japan have their own issues which spun up post-Ukraine invasion and not big on news pre-Ukraine invasion. The pot has been indicatively tipped and the group does not want to be held hostage by Russia now or later like NATO/EU is. It won't be a blitzkrieg unless the resources are in imminent danger.
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Indus
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You hit the least common denominator right there of fact. But when their minds are already made up.. it's hard for them to see the truth when their mind is already filled with misconceptions.
Never become desperate enough to trust the untrustworthy.
Two ideas with the earliest Chinese-specific and the Kazakhstan and Japan-inclusion.
1. The 2014+ discussion by analysts was a full take over of Siberia by China.
2. The most recent going around in the ring is to protect assets by all three: China, Kazakhstan and Japan. Of which, the invasion part is mostly to protect resources and existing businesses used by all three. Of which, China on average is a big importer of Siberian goods in Urals, Siberia, Far East districts. China has been operating in pro-western interests of recent. They need token western powers involved for something in the aftermath.
If there is an invasion then it would be to protect assets: Chinese/Kazakhstan/Japan business within Siberia.
The aftermath is likely to split Siberia away, while the 2014 plan was to be governed under China fully. Given the pro-western movement of China it will have to support an independent Siberian Democratic state.
However, China's business is to get Vlad's control away from Siberia. Thus less likely to suicide vest their economy like they did with Ukraine and EU and everyone else. Russia retreats from Ukraine, only to start a fight against China or Japan. Which is going to harm investments on increased exports from Siberia. Russia is completely willing to do this, they have nothing to gain and everything to lose.
The alliance is in the new agreements in the Kazakhstan(late September 2022 K-C) and Japan(early November 2022 J-C). Each agreement has a low key security arrangement to protect each others goods. If Russia does something to one's economy, all of them have to react to protect each economy. They are prepared for an eastern front action by Russia. It is also heavily implied they will do the actions pre-emptively. So all three will rush to get their goods secured sooner than later when they get blown up. This is collaborated with the Russian Defense Ministry pushing anti-CCP propaganda lately. They are already gearing up for the next enemy aka China.
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No. Rather, Ukraine was manipulated by the West in 2004 onward through the color revolution and NATO enlargement. The goal of the latter is not to give Ukraine the right to self determination but to use that as a pretext for containing Russia. That's why the U.S. has over 700 military bases and installations worldwide, and according to one of its former Presidents, the most warlike in modern history:
Jimmy Carter: US ‘Most Warlike Nation in History of the World’
The only US president to complete his term without war, military attack or occupation has called the United States “the most warlike nation in the history
www.counterpunch.org
Around 400 of those are even used to encircle China:
Recall that when the Soviet Union fell apart, the West guaranteed that NATO would not advance one inch forward:
How NATO's expansion helped drive Putin to invade Ukraine
Here is how the history of NATO, Russia and Ukraine got so complicated.
www.npr.org
But the U.S. reversed that during the late 1990s, as part of aggressive policies towards other countries, prompted by Reagan's "evil empire" speech. Kennan, who actually formulated containment policies against the Soviet Union, correctly predicted that by doing so it the West would meet the ire of nationalist countries like Russia and even China:
Opinion | A Fateful Error (Published 1997)
George F Kennan Op-Ed article contends that expanding NATO would be 'most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-cold-war era;' maintains that such decision would inflame nationalistic, anti-Western and militaristic tendencies in Russian opinion and have adverse effect on...
And that's precisely what happened.
One question that wasn't answered: if NATO was meant to counter the Soviet Union, and given the fact that Russia wanted to even join NATO, then why did the U.S. insist on not only NATO enlargement but even a pivot to the Middle East through Bush, and later a pivot to Asia through Obama? Why was the U.S. and its chamchas so keen on containing not just Russia and China but even other members of BRICS and emerging markets? Might it have to do with the idea of a grand chessboard strategy
Ukraine is a Pawn on the Grand Chessboard
Alienating Ukraine from Russia while ignoring its security concerns has been a lasting goal for the US hegemony. How did Zbigniew Brzezinski's theories affect the decision-making process and strategic planning of consecutive US administrations?
english.almayadeen.net
and the need to use a combination of neoconservatism (backed by American exceptionalism) and neoliberalism to make sure that other countries remain in the orbit of U.S. influence or are contained?
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Remarkably insane. Work on controlling your emotions and improving your reading comprehension.
The post is not meant to be chronological but to show various points about by argument. The Shah and his murderous police force were supported by the U.S. So was Pinochet and many more:
As for sovereign debt, the only thing you got right in your post is your last sentence. I completely agree.
Krugman and the Pied Pipers of Debt
Investors are celebrating an incipient “recovery,” but the interventions that were responsible for it are sowing the seeds of a more violent contraction...
seekingalpha.com
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Uh oh:
Europe accuses US of profiting from war
EU officials attack Joe Biden over sky-high gas prices, weapons sales and trade as Vladimir Putin’s war threatens to destroy Western unity.
In addition to that:
Defense contractors eye long-term profits from Ukraine war
A new proposal would slash protections against price gouging and ratchet up weapons production well past Kyiv’s needs.
responsiblestatecraft.org
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Ukraine is suffering also because it was being manipulated by the U.S. Hence, the color revolution and NATO enlargement.
Russia attacked because it wanted to reverse those two things and because it knew that the U.S. and many other countries would not retaliate. That's why the West has been doing little except send aid while its citizens complain that they need the aid for themselves. That includes more Americans who are suffering economically.
Meanwhile, Russia is holding on to areas dominated by Russians because if it attempts to go beyond that it will lose support from many countries that have been neutral since, including China. Meanwhile, the U.S. has failed to coerce countries like Israel, Saudi Arabia, India, Malaysia, and Singapore to side with it.
There is also context to lack of support for both Ukraine and the U.S.: not only has it been known that the West was manipulating Ukraine (and even other countries to get rid of political leaders critical of the West and to prop up puppets favoring them), it is also led by a country that is one of the most belligerent in the world:
Jimmy Carter: US ‘Most Warlike Nation in History of the World’
The only US president to complete his term without war, military attack or occupation has called the United States “the most warlike nation in the history
www.counterpunch.org
That's the main reason why many want to remain neutral, but at the same time have been answering back because their economies have been growing stronger:
BRICS - Wikipedia
Emerging market - Wikipedia
There is one more point, but I don't know how relevant this is, but it appears that there is an unsaid belief that the West is exceptional, especially the U.S.:
American exceptionalism - Wikipedia
and that those against them are so because they are not "European" and never will be:
That is, they are dominated only be violence and death, and with that the implication is that they are barbaric and can never be part of the West because these are part of their "culture".
The West, in contrast, follows a "liberal, post-modern life." In wonder what that means. Also, what does this actually mean about Ukraine?
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You need to factor in the ff.
Russia and China are part of BRICS and forty countries that are set to take over the global economy. One of the major trading partners of the U.S. is China. The latter is a major trading partners of many countries in the region.
The U.S. has a military that is many times larger than those of others. It has been using that military plus foreign policies to coerce, destabilize, and intervene in various countries for decades. Freedom and democracy are facades because it will deal with whoever gives it advantages. That's why its major trading partners include not only China but even Saudi Arabia. The latter is also a major trading partner of the EU, which basically follows what the U.S. wants.
More countries have been answering back at the U.S. and want to remain neutral. During the last few decades they have also engaged in bilateral trade, forming their own economic blocs, and even slowly moved away from the dollar for not only trade but even to buy oil.
This works against the U.S., which needs ever-increasing debts to cover its spending, and that includes spending for a very expensive military. Its citizens are hopeless because their government works for the rich, and the rich earn from arms sales to other countries plus onerous foreign policies that allow them to exploit resources and cheap labor in the same. That, in turn, requires U.S.-friendly politicians and oligarchs in the same countries.
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