I'm listening to the President speak and he finally stated the obvious but no one is hearing it.
Further sanctions against Russia...which are going to happen...will negatively affect the world economy.
Globalization is dying. China's economy is faltering. Venezuela is almost in full scale civil war over economic conditions. Egypt, Syria, Libya and Ukraine revolutions were about the economy and if you're watching the Gulf States in the Middle East then you know that they're scared shitless because they're buying riot control vehicles like penny candy.
Its about the economy stupid.
Yeah. I'm gonna say it. Shit is gonna get real.
Further sanctions against Russia...which are going to happen...will negatively affect the world economy.
Globalization is dying. China's economy is faltering. Venezuela is almost in full scale civil war over economic conditions. Egypt, Syria, Libya and Ukraine revolutions were about the economy and if you're watching the Gulf States in the Middle East then you know that they're scared shitless because they're buying riot control vehicles like penny candy.
Its about the economy stupid.
Yeah. I'm gonna say it. Shit is gonna get real.
It all about the rich sweet oil and gases reserves for USEU and Russia
ReplyDeleteIf you listen carefully, they aren't sanctions on the countries involved, but individual people and a small number of entities they transact with to launder money, etc. outside of the hot zone.... This means the sanctions are basically a BS show of soft power, since they are not blanket sanctions, like we have on North Korea and Iran. . .
ReplyDeleteIn short, Putin can circumvent the sanctions by routing "business" through third party entities, or front companies in other countries (like Greece, Cyprus, Czech Republic [or anywhere there is a large Russian ex-pat population]). . . (Much like the Libyans used to do in the 80's and 90's...)
In short, we are all basically letting them have a free pass. . . Since Ukraine is not an EU or NATO member, there are no Article 5 issues at stake, so it makes it easy for the EU to also largely do nothing. . . More so, since Russia provides a big chunk of energy to them. . . Its a face-saving political gesture at best, a weak platitude at worst. . .
If someone remarks about "peace in our time," I'd start investing in defense stocks. . .