Previous day’s thread: https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4209447/posts
Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA.
“Why Internet Trolls Do What They Do and How to Spot Russian Fakes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtBzvw0—0
“Here is the best-kept secret about U.S. military aid to Ukraine: Most of the money is being spent here in the United States. That’s right: Funds that lawmakers approve to arm Ukraine are not going directly to Ukraine but being used stateside to build new weapons or to replace weapons sent to replace weapons sent to Kyiv from U.S. stockpiles. Of the $68 billion in military and related assistance Congress has approved since Russia invaded Ukraine, almost 90 percent is going to Americans, one analysis found.”
https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1730119780873441750
Nothing Biden has done in Ukraine has been a “A strategic win for the USA.” The sanctions have resulted in a huge acceleration of the BRICS economic alliance. BRICS is now holding 32 percent of the world's GDP compared to 30 percent held by the G7 countries. In the not too distant future the US dollar will no longer be the reserve currency for the world. The repercussions from this alone will be far more devastating than the actual amount of money wasted.
“Of the $68 billion in military and related assistance Congress has approved”
The US spent over $100 Billion in 2022 alone which resulted in no actual benefit to the United States. Reliable totals for 2023 are not yet available.
We and our allies have given up our big economic stick along with squandering $100s of Billions, and wasted 100s of thousands of lives, and destroyed a country over what in reality was a failed power play by NATO. Anyone who had been following the situation in Eastern Europe for even just a few years knows that you have completely mischaracterized this situation.
This entire fiasco is close to collapsing. Zelensky is a corrupt NATO puppet who has been a traitor to his fellow citizens. He will be despised by future generations of Ukrainians, after he and his cronies escape to Ecuador or some other non-extradition country with who knows how many $Billions in ill-gotten gain.
Russian National debt was $271 Billion in October. That is a decrease of approximately $60 Billion from the year before, a decrease of approximately 20%. Our own National Debt went up around $2 Trillion in the same time period.
Russian National Debt
No matter how you try to frame it... Ukraine has been an economic, diplomatic, humanitarian, and military disaster for the USA. Your efforts to put lipstick on a pig are so ridiculous that it continues to damage your credibility.“Why Internet Trolls Do What They Do and How to Spot Russian Fakes” You label everyone who disagrees with you a "Russian Troll". I have been here over twenty years and do not remember ever posting a positive comment about Putin, communists or Russia. The closest that I have come has been to say that the community that my wife and I live in has been a dumping ground for Russians and Ukrainians that have come to this country for economic gain. The majority are good people, although I would not buy a used car from either group.