Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] - page 197. (Read 73754 times)

If you think that Russia doesn't have basic human rights, all you need to do is search Youtube for all the Russian videos that show the freedom they have.

They even have democracy among their leaders. They elect a person to be in power, and so far Putin has been successful in being what the majority wants. All governments are at least slightly different in their election methods. If you don't like their methods, be glad you aren't in Russia.

The national political and military leaders who committed America to wars of choice in Vietnam, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq, did so as a rule because they were convinced the fighting would be short and decisive. American presidents, presidential advisors, and senior military leaders never stopped to consider that national strategy, if it exists at all, consists of avoiding conflict unless the nation is attacked and compelled to fight.

The latest victim of this mentality is Ukraine. In the absence of a critical root-and-branch analysis of Russia's national power and strategic interests, American senior military leaders and their political bosses viewed Russia through a narrowly focused lens that magnified U.S. and Ukrainian strengths but ignored Russia's strategic advantages—geographic depth, almost limitless natural resources, high social cohesion, and the military-industrial capacity to rapidly scale up its military power.

Ukraine is now a war zone subject to the same treatment the U.S. armed forces inflicted on Germany and Japan during the Second World War, on Vietnam in the 1960s, and on Iraq over decades. Power grids, transportation networks, communications infrastructure, fuel production, and ammunition storage sites are being systematically destroyed. Millions of Ukrainians continue to flee the war zone in pursuit of safety, with ominous consequences for Europe's societies and economies.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration repeatedly commits the unpardonable sin in a democratic society of refusing to tell the American people the truth: contrary to the Western media's popular "Ukrainian victory" narrative, which blocks any information that contradicts it, Ukraine is not winning and will not win this war. Months of heavy Ukrainian casualties, resulting from an endless series of pointless attacks against Russian defenses in Southern Ukraine, have dangerously weakened Ukrainian forces.

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US money is good everywhere. Nearly every country will take it either directly or exchange it to local currency. No other currency in the world comes close to the versatility of the US dollar. It doesn't matter where they buy something from... they all want US dollars as evidenced by the rising exchange rates.

You should really travel abroad, maybe to Russia which you're so fond of. Even Russians love US dollar, especially the benjamin variety.

US money is good everywhere. Nearly every country will take it either directly or exchange it to local currency. No other currency in the world comes close to the versatility of the US dollar. It doesn't matter where they buy something from... they all want US dollars as evidenced by the rising exchange rates.

You should really travel abroad, maybe to Russia which you're so fond of. Even Russians love US dollar, especially the benjamin variety.

Essentially, US money is really only good in the US. Oh, sure, some countries play around with the USDollar. But most of it goes to buying something from the US.

You seem seriously confused about what the fractional system is. You mean you get "fake" money and pay with "real money" or something like that? I would say you need to open a thread in the Economy section.

Other than that, opt-out. It is easier than ever to get out of the fractional system and into a real-no-multiplier money with bitcoin and others. Now, believe that if you are actually borrowing rather than lending, is much much worse.

Wrong! Of course, if BADeckerville happened to be a legal lending institution like a bank in the US, then you are right right. I mean, checks are treated as money. All those little pieces of paper on the floor of the stock exchanges are treated as money at some time in their life. The banks have been given legal permission to treat promissory notes as money... in fact, as newly created money.

The problem is that they are harming the borrowers when they require them to pay the loan off twice. But since the borrower doesn't realize what is going on, there isn't a whole lot he can say.

Search on "Tom Schauf, bank freedom."

In addition, the second payoff money is what the US and the wealthy use to direct US funds and armament to Ukraine. So, the common people are supporting the war without even realizing it, or realizing how.