ExactlySeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:44 pmIf it means so much to you, how about you offer up your kids to go fight?
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Russia has destroyed three full inventories of military equipment. How much more do you want to prolong this war? Like I said to Klamala, you offer up your kids to go fight if you believe so much in Ukraine.UNI88 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:39 pmYou're assuming that these men won't fight and die if US aid is stopped. It's entirely possible that they see this as a fight for Ukraine's very existence and that they'll server their country and fight anyway.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:20 pm
Only guys who've never served and have no skin in the game are alright with sending hundreds of thousands young men to their death to sharpen a country's military and industry.
Klam Romney.
More could die without US assistance than with it.
https://news.yahoo.com/no-direct-threat ... ATO%20Ally.On 23 January, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that he saw no direct or imminent threat from Russia to any NATO member state, though the Alliance has increased its vigilance to prevent an attack.
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They’re adults. That’s their choice. And we’re not Russian.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:44 pmIf it means so much to you, how about you offer up your kids to go fight?
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How badly do you want to damn the the Ukrainian people to genocide and the nation of Ukraine to a paragraph in history books?SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:58 pmRussia has destroyed three full inventories of military equipment. How much more do you want to prolong this war? Like I said to Klamala, you offer up your kids to go fight if you believe so much in Ukraine.UNI88 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:39 pm
You're assuming that these men won't fight and die if US aid is stopped. It's entirely possible that they see this as a fight for Ukraine's very existence and that they'll server their country and fight anyway.
More could die without US assistance than with it.
https://news.yahoo.com/no-direct-threat ... ATO%20Ally.On 23 January, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that he saw no direct or imminent threat from Russia to any NATO member state, though the Alliance has increased its vigilance to prevent an attack.
Cutting off aid is more likely to bring the eventual end of Ukraine then it is to bring peace.
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Oh. Guess Ukrainian freedom doesn't mean that much to you after all.kalm wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 5:12 pmThey’re adults. That’s their choice. And we’re not Russian.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:44 pm
If it means so much to you, how about you offer up your kids to go fight?
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Dude, they've lost already. The longer this drags on, the less there will be of Ukraine. This is why it's important to remember the US and the UK have scuttled multiple peace talks and one deal.UNI88 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 5:40 pmHow badly do you want to damn the the Ukrainian people to genocide and the nation of Ukraine to a paragraph in history books?SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:58 pm
Russia has destroyed three full inventories of military equipment. How much more do you want to prolong this war? Like I said to Klamala, you offer up your kids to go fight if you believe so much in Ukraine.
https://news.yahoo.com/no-direct-threat ... ATO%20Ally.
Cutting off aid is more likely to bring the eventual end of Ukraine then it is to bring peace.
Once again. When you have no skin in the game, you're sure quick to sacrifice other's children.
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Of course it’s important. That’s why the west should keep providing them with aid. Democracy and honoring alliances matters.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:21 pmOh. Guess Ukrainian freedom doesn't mean that much to you after all.
We’ve given them way less than we have Israel. Why do you hate Palestinian children?
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SG,SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:58 pmRussia has destroyed three full inventories of military equipment. How much more do you want to prolong this war? Like I said to Klamala, you offer up your kids to go fight if you believe so much in Ukraine.UNI88 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:39 pm
You're assuming that these men won't fight and die if US aid is stopped. It's entirely possible that they see this as a fight for Ukraine's very existence and that they'll server their country and fight anyway.
More could die without US assistance than with it.
https://news.yahoo.com/no-direct-threat ... ATO%20Ally.On 23 January, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that he saw no direct or imminent threat from Russia to any NATO member state, though the Alliance has increased its vigilance to prevent an attack.
I’ll ask you as you seem to be the most knowledgeable and real person on this thread
What’s the U.S. end game strategy with Ukraine?
I’m of the opinion that giving more and more aide isn’t going to defeat Russia
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What a pinhead. Look at the title of the thread - pinche bavosoCaribbean Hen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:11 pmWhat the heck are you even talking about… you sound like Biden at his yearly press conference…. Dazed and confused
First of all, nobody has invaded the US since when? Never
Do you think this younger generation is going to fight?
Do you believe the military is stronger now then it was 30 years ago? It’s not
The Ukraine is not gonna defeat Russia the way we’re trying to go about it now, so what do you think is going to ultimately happen?
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The thread was started when?houndawg wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:45 pmWhat a pinhead. Look at the title of the thread - pinche bavosoCaribbean Hen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:11 pm
What the heck are you even talking about… you sound like Biden at his yearly press conference…. Dazed and confused
First of all, nobody has invaded the US since when? Never
Do you think this younger generation is going to fight?
Do you believe the military is stronger now then it was 30 years ago? It’s not
The Ukraine is not gonna defeat Russia the way we’re trying to go about it now, so what do you think is going to ultimately happen?
All this time and no ideas
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Yet another Red Herring from the King of Gotnuthin.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:58 pmRussia has destroyed three full inventories of military equipment. How much more do you want to prolong this war? Like I said to Klamala, you offer up your kids to go fight if you believe so much in Ukraine.UNI88 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:39 pm
You're assuming that these men won't fight and die if US aid is stopped. It's entirely possible that they see this as a fight for Ukraine's very existence and that they'll server their country and fight anyway.
More could die without US assistance than with it.
https://news.yahoo.com/no-direct-threat ... ATO%20Ally.On 23 January, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that he saw no direct or imminent threat from Russia to any NATO member state, though the Alliance has increased its vigilance to prevent an attack.
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In the last 2 years have given and/or approved 113 billion for Ukraine.kalm wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:32 pmOf course it’s important. That’s why the west should keep providing them with aid. Democracy and honoring alliances matters.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:21 pm
Oh. Guess Ukrainian freedom doesn't mean that much to you after all.
We’ve given them way less than we have Israel. Why do you hate Palestinian children?
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/us ... r-AA1n15Zd
Us aid to Israel is 4 billion a year through 2028.
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Money well spent to degrade our enemy.BDKJMU wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:55 pmIn the last 2 years have given and/or approved 113 billion for Ukraine.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/us ... r-AA1n15Zd
Us aid to Israel is 4 billion a year through 2028.
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Yeah that’s why Russia’s economy is defying expectations right now. US pissed away 100+ billion for a war that Russia is going to win anyway..houndawg wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:00 pmMoney well spent to degrade our enemy.BDKJMU wrote: ↑
In the last 2 years have given and/or approved 113 billion for Ukraine.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/us ... r-AA1n15Zd
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Russia only wins if Gutless Mikey Sock-Puppet reneges on his deal - have I not been telling you feebs for weeks that Mighty JoeB was going to close the border and deprive his opponent of his only issue to run on? Party over country.... typical conkfuck traitor..
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Right now being the key word. (You really should hesitate with that quick dunce emoji trigger finger.)
The good news, however, is limited to the short term. In the medium term, the economy is threatened by a series of “time bombs”, to use the words of Russian economist Alexandra Prokopenko.
The first is the exodus of talent. The tight labour market is also due to the emigration of qualified workers after the Ukraine invasion. According to an estimate by Re: Russia, an independent publication, between 800,000 and 900,000 Russians have left the country since February 2022. They include many highly skilled workers, notably in the tech industry, and employees of foreign-based firms or organisations. That will, over time, affect the economy’s growth potential.
The second threat is the ailing rouble . The Russian currency is down 30% since its January high. Its fall has accelerated since the June mutiny of Putin’s former ally Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner mercenaries. The Bank of Russia has been unable to stem the slide even after raising its key rate from 7.5% to 13% this year.
Russia’s prospects when military spending starts shrinking are dire. The partial circumventing of sanctions does not make up for the loss of technology transfers from Europe or the United States. Shrinking public investment in schools and education, due to the priority given to the military, will add to the loss of productivity over the medium and long term. And in a country where life expectancy at birth is already below 70 years – compared to more than 80 years in Europe, 78 years in China and 76 years in the U.S. – reduced investment in the health system will aggravate the country’s terrible demographics.
Worse still, Russia will emerge from the current moment as a financial vassal to its big neighbour. The economic boom comes at the price of growing financial dependence on China. Trade between the two countries has soared as Beijing has bought much of the oil Russia can no longer sell to Europe. And the yuan has replaced the dollar as Moscow’s currency of choice.
Russia is displaying all the problems of an “emerging” economy with the growth rate of a mature industrial one. And it is forced to rely on a currency that is not fully convertible, managed by another government to suit its own interests. Those may prove, over time, the most potent economic and strategic time bomb.
The economy is already showing strains and the IMF expects GDP growth to halve to 1.1% next year. Putin may be tempted to double down and keep spending, especially because he will seek re-election in 2024. Even though there is little doubt about the outcome, more spending on pensions and social services would still help buttress his standing. Forcing the economy to run at the current pace will, however, exacerbate its current problems and only delay the major bust that they will trigger.
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The simplest answer. Some form of economic imperialism. Control Ukraine and then allow the multinational corporations to move in and start exfiltrating money from Ukraine.Caribbean Hen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:31 pmSG,SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:58 pm
Russia has destroyed three full inventories of military equipment. How much more do you want to prolong this war? Like I said to Klamala, you offer up your kids to go fight if you believe so much in Ukraine.
https://news.yahoo.com/no-direct-threat ... ATO%20Ally.
I’ll ask you as you seem to be the most knowledgeable and real person on this thread
What’s the U.S. end game strategy with Ukraine?
I’m of the opinion that giving more and more aide isn’t going to defeat Russia
It's been the US plan for Russia since Gorbachev. When Putin put a stop to that, he became the villain.
Back when Clinton illegally went after Serbia, to paraphrase, he essentially said business couldn't be done because of the conflict. He didn't give two shits about lives, just that the people he represented could make money. That's why Serbia had to be slapped around.
This is all about gaining economic control over that area of the world.
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Good ol' SlappyG, change the subject on a seconds notice.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:20 pmOnly guys who've never served and have no skin in the game are alright with sending hundreds of thousands young men to their death to sharpen a country's military and industry.kalm wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:55 am
You don’t negotiate with authoritarian aggressors. Much less compliment or encourage them.
The expense is a red herring. It’s cost us comparatively little in aid to seriously diminish Russia’s military capability.
Only Russian loving, democracy hating, sheep see otherwise.
Klam Romney.
When your country is invaded, you fight. Simple as that.
But you know whats funny? I'm areligious and never paid much attention to the subject, at least when they aren't trying to force-feed me their superstitions, but I sure do remember that back in the day the churchy types were opposed to the idea of sitting still while godless communists overran a smaller, weaker, christian, neighbor. Yes they were, and being accused of sympathizing with them could ruin your life - and the people doing it were the same crowd bending over for Vladimir Putin today. God-fearing christians
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Nobody can belabor the obvious like good ol' SlappyG....SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:49 amThe simplest answer. Some form of economic imperialism. Control Ukraine and then allow the multinational corporations to move in and start exfiltrating money from Ukraine.Caribbean Hen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:31 pm
SG,
I’ll ask you as you seem to be the most knowledgeable and real person on this thread
What’s the U.S. end game strategy with Ukraine?
I’m of the opinion that giving more and more aide isn’t going to defeat Russia
It's been the US plan for Russia since Gorbachev. When Putin put a stop to that, he became the villain.
Back when Clinton illegally went after Serbia, to paraphrase, he essentially said business couldn't be done because of the conflict. He didn't give two shits about lives, just that the people he represented could make money. That's why Serbia had to be slapped around.
This is all about gaining economic control over that area of the world.
4,000 years ago somebody said that all wars are fought for money - nobody is disputing that nothing has changed.
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This is one of your better posts.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:49 amThe simplest answer. Some form of economic imperialism. Control Ukraine and then allow the multinational corporations to move in and start exfiltrating money from Ukraine.Caribbean Hen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:31 pm
SG,
I’ll ask you as you seem to be the most knowledgeable and real person on this thread
What’s the U.S. end game strategy with Ukraine?
I’m of the opinion that giving more and more aide isn’t going to defeat Russia
It's been the US plan for Russia since Gorbachev. When Putin put a stop to that, he became the villain.
Back when Clinton illegally went after Serbia, to paraphrase, he essentially said business couldn't be done because of the conflict. He didn't give two shits about lives, just that the people he represented could make money. That's why Serbia had to be slapped around.
This is all about gaining economic control over that area of the world.
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I choose him for a reason!kalm wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:06 amThis is one of your better posts.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:49 am
The simplest answer. Some form of economic imperialism. Control Ukraine and then allow the multinational corporations to move in and start exfiltrating money from Ukraine.
It's been the US plan for Russia since Gorbachev. When Putin put a stop to that, he became the villain.
Back when Clinton illegally went after Serbia, to paraphrase, he essentially said business couldn't be done because of the conflict. He didn't give two shits about lives, just that the people he represented could make money. That's why Serbia had to be slapped around.
This is all about gaining economic control over that area of the world.
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Well in that case I take it back.
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and do you think their is any realistic chance of that happening using current strategy?SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:49 amThe simplest answer. Some form of economic imperialism. Control Ukraine and then allow the multinational corporations to move in and start exfiltrating money from Ukraine.Caribbean Hen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:31 pm
SG,
I’ll ask you as you seem to be the most knowledgeable and real person on this thread
What’s the U.S. end game strategy with Ukraine?
I’m of the opinion that giving more and more aide isn’t going to defeat Russia
It's been the US plan for Russia since Gorbachev. When Putin put a stop to that, he became the villain.
Back when Clinton illegally went after Serbia, to paraphrase, he essentially said business couldn't be done because of the conflict. He didn't give two shits about lives, just that the people he represented could make money. That's why Serbia had to be slapped around.
This is all about gaining economic control over that area of the world.
If not, what needs to change ?
If so, Ukraine becomes totally dependent on the USA like a Puerto Rico without the palm tress and we will be paying for their snap cards for 50 years
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I do not think the current strategy will work. For some reason, Russia was underestimated militarily and industrially and they now have both those sectors humming. Putin holds all the cards right now and I think he'll require a huge chunk of Ukraine to be incapable of damaging Russia.Caribbean Hen wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:45 amand do you think their is any realistic chance of that happening using current strategy?SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:49 am
The simplest answer. Some form of economic imperialism. Control Ukraine and then allow the multinational corporations to move in and start exfiltrating money from Ukraine.
It's been the US plan for Russia since Gorbachev. When Putin put a stop to that, he became the villain.
Back when Clinton illegally went after Serbia, to paraphrase, he essentially said business couldn't be done because of the conflict. He didn't give two shits about lives, just that the people he represented could make money. That's why Serbia had to be slapped around.
This is all about gaining economic control over that area of the world.
If not, what needs to change ?
If so, Ukraine becomes totally dependent on the USA like a Puerto Rico without the palm tress and we will be paying for their snap cards for 50 years
The only way I see anything but the inevitable happening is if the neocons quit pushing the war and let E Europe chill. If the US stays out of their business, Europe will find a way to cooperate. The US may not get to dictate who gets to do what in Ukraine anymore, but you know the monied interests will find a way in, especially if they promise to rebuild Ukraine.
I find it interesting that the US threatened Russia over Nordstream and then blew it up, then became a huge supplier of natural gas to Europe, but yet, people will deny the US is involved in anything more than supplying money and equipment.
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Well you know what they say about a broken clock. Just need that other one to come around soon.kalm wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:06 amThis is one of your better posts.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:49 am
The simplest answer. Some form of economic imperialism. Control Ukraine and then allow the multinational corporations to move in and start exfiltrating money from Ukraine.
It's been the US plan for Russia since Gorbachev. When Putin put a stop to that, he became the villain.
Back when Clinton illegally went after Serbia, to paraphrase, he essentially said business couldn't be done because of the conflict. He didn't give two shits about lives, just that the people he represented could make money. That's why Serbia had to be slapped around.
This is all about gaining economic control over that area of the world.
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