Posted on 06/20/2024 10:01:49 AM PDT by Phoenix8
Economics professor and author Jeffrey Sachs has spent too long in the geo-political arena to take the official US policy on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at face value. He calls for negotiations in regards to Vladimir Putin’s recent ‘peace’ deal, which demands that Ukraine hand over large swathes of land to Russia.
Although Jeffrey comes armed with a litany of crimes to lay at the doorstep of the collective west, Piers Morgan presses him on the central issues. Isn’t it strange that Putin hasn’t invaded a NATO member? And why doesn’t Sachs hold Putin to the same standard of conduct as the US government?
00:00 - Introduction 01:50 - Putin's plan for peace 08:20 - "The US started this!" 15:10 - NATO encroachment or Russian propaganda? 21:30 - American Interference 27:20 - Will joining NATO save Ukraine?
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What we are seeing of course is what we see so often— we have to make the best of a bad situation because it’s too late to do the right thing.
Yes they did. However Germany didn't blow up Nord Stream II, America did and torpedoed Germany's economy. Germany didn't impose sanctions on oil and gas that choked Germany out, America did. Given how crappy the U.S. treats its own citizens why did the Germans think that they would not get a dose of the same medicine? Also, Germany is NOT a sovereign country, they are a bitch proxy state, as past and recent history proves.
Nordstream didn’t “torpedo” the German economy.
An exercise for you - do the work - what financial effect did the switch from Russian NG to LNG have? What effect did this, the provable financial difference, have on German GDP?
Dont just say things, prove them.
If Germany is a “bitch proxy state” then so is every country on earth. Thats a bizarre statement.
LNG is expensively liquified with refrigeration and delivered via ships, not pipelines and is inherently more expensive than a dedicated NG pipeline. Germany’s energy costs went up with LNG.
bump for later
“Germany’s energy costs went up with LNG.”
Yes, but by how much, and how significant was that vis a vis its GDP?
Go figure it out.
You have said on this forum that you lived in the US for ~40 years and raised a family there. Not trying to bust your balls but I’m curious to know why you never got American citizenship during that time. Why didn’t you?
Unfortunately, I think he is right.
Still, it might not have been the best tactic: if your allies or proxies fear you, they will desert you in a conflict as soon as the going gets tough.
It is a cruel irony that you can enslave or annihilate someone (or a people), but you will never be able to force them to love, or merely to appreciate, you.
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