Posted on 04/14/2014 12:55:16 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
In an interesting interview [link at URL] to the New York Review of Books, George Soros shared his ideas on many topics including Europe, Russia and the Ukranian crisis. He also presented his new book [link at URL] The tragedy of the European Union: Disintegration or Revival? Whether one agrees or disagrees with Soro's interpretations and arguments, it is hard to deny that the interview is extremely insightful and gives a lot of food for thought. I offer a discussion of the part of the interview devoted to Ukraine.
George Soros emphasized the necessity of a large-scale technical and financial assistance program for Ukraine.
... "Ukraine is a potentially attractive investment destinantion. ... The new regime in Ukraine is eager to confront that task," Soros said.
... Earlier George Soros called for an EU Marshall Plan for Ukraine. He mentioned that "Europe, true to form, demanded a lot and offered little... It's very important to respond, and to respond in the right way... Something like a European Marshall plan for Ukraine."
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Some experts allege that geopolitics is not Soros' area of [sic] expertise as a finance trader. This hardly holds as international finance requires profound knmowledge and understanding of international politics and geopolitics. That is why successful international financiers are usually well versed in many areas related to international finance.
The opinion of George Soros about a Marshall Plan for Ukraine is very appropriate and timely from the geopolitical and international finance points of view.
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On April 6, 2014, George Soros somewhat unexpectedly visited Ukraine and held a number of meetings.
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(Excerpt) Read more at euromaidanpr.com ...
Soros is on Obama’s personal board of directors
I dont know of any contact between Soros and Putin, but nothing that soros gets involved would shock me.
“He mentioned that “Europe, true to form, demanded a lot and offered little...”
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“On April 6, 2014, George Soros somewhat unexpectedly visited Ukraine and held a number of meetings.”
double nonsense
Soros and his ilk, acting through their own foundations, other foundations and NGOs, have established what amounts to an “international foreign policy cartel” where THEIR agendas obtain tax-payer funding via the “state department” wings of western national governments, and where with multi-government backing THEIR agendas become defacto arms of national governments’ foreign policies - as if they have “out sourced” foreign policy BUT in fact it amounts to a defacto takeover of certain areas of foreign policy by non-governmental actors - until things go wrong - as they have done in Egypt, Syria and now Ukraine.
Soros complains that “Europe demanded a lot and offered little.” What really happened was Soros and his ilk promised what was not theirs to promise, and in the process helped set up the Ukraine and the EU for failure.
Soros’ international meddling is the problem, more than the EU.
So do you decide who is a neocon and who is a conservative?
Soros makes his Billions by trading currencies, Worldwide.
The more volatile the currency market, the more opportunity Soros has to make a greater amount of money.
Hence, Soros does his best to create as much currency volatility as possible, without being thrown in jail.
Since you’re an expert on all things conservative, was Reagan a conservative or a neo-con?
Check out what Key Wiki says about Soros. Key Wiki is an excellent source for info on leftist individuals and organizations. The entry for Soros is very detailed and interesting. It’s long.
http://keywiki.org/index.php/George_Soros
George Soros (born August 12, 1930, as György Schwartz, in Budapest, Hungary), is one of the wealthiest people in the world (rated number 35 in 2010) and is a leading funder and organizer for progressive organizations and progressive causes. He is a proclaimed atheist.
Soros is the Chairman of Soros Fund Management, LLC and founder of The Open Society Institute. Soros claims his political activities are separate from the Open Society Institute.[1] He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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