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Putin is the bad guy.
Wonder if he stayed at the same hotel where trump's hookers peed.
Fake news in reply to facts. Sad.
I also think we should be talking to Ukraine about what a "saving face" peace looks like.
Yeah, and we know that all too well from Vietnam, hey?
This is one of the more optimistic state-of-the-war summaries I've seen. If the West can give Ukraine the means eliminate Russia's artillery advantage, they will be able to drive them out of Donbas.https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1543491060684492800
The winners in this all are still China and Saudi Arabia. In the early 70's we had an economic crisis spurred by the worlds reliance on Saudi oil. When the Yom Kippur war occurred, Saudi Arabia cut off their oil, and we had oil shortages and rampant inflation (blamed on Carter; even though the major causes occurred under Nixon). Our solution then was to cut a back room deal with Saudi Arabia, where we would guarantee oil purchases at largely whatever price they set, under the agreement that they poured that money into US treasuries so we could continue major deficit spending. Since then Saudi Arabia to reasonable extent can hold us hostage.Fast forward almost 50 years. Ukraine/Russia crisis. Loss of Russian oil, in combination with global supply issues cause oil shortages, and mass inflation (blamed on Biden: even though the major causes go back likely multiple presidencies). China and Saudi Arabia hold all the cards to limit damage (as well as Venezuela and Iran). It took us 30 years to learn of the backroom deals from the Nixon era, I fear what kind of backroom deals are being done now.
Only if the policies of multiple Presidents caused global inflation. The European Union was at 8.1% through April. https://inflationdata.com/articles/2022/05/21/worldwide-inflation-by-country-2022/#:~:text=The%20World%20Inflation%20Rate%20The%20average%20inflation%20rate,from%204.35%25%20in%202021%2C%20and%203.18%25%20in%202020.
A Russian parliamentary member just threatened Alaska.
an additional $820 million in aid to Ukraine, after $1 billion three weeks ago and $1.3 billion last week. Zylenskyy calling for $750 billion to rebuild. Is Ukraine going to become the new Israel?
Paying for this proxy war is far cheaper than being involved in it... plus the world will continue to exist (great bonus!).The war in Afghanistan cost tax payers $300 million dollars a day. We're getting a great 'bang' for our buck! If we'd have just given everyone in Afghanistan $50,000 instead of blowing them to high hell for two decades, they and we would all probably have been better off.Ukraine wants a billion a month? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, give em dat aid baby!