Thread: Economic sanctions

I'm not here to butter your ass gentlemen- just the facts. Your side is not 'winning the war', the sanctions are not working as anticipated, Russia's financial position is strong, Ukraine is losing territory, Europe is suffering- to some extent we all are. How long is this sustainable? Another Afghanistan, or Vietnam? Who benefits- certainly not your Ukrainian jackboot mates.

Originally Posted by sabang

I'm not here to butter your ass gentlemen- just to post a load of propaganda bullshit

FTBFY.

Originally Posted by sabang

I'm not here to butter your ass gentlemen- just the facts. Your side is not 'winning the war', the sanctions are not working as anticipated, Russia's financial position is strong, Ukraine is losing territory, Europe is suffering- to some extent we all are. How long is this sustainable? Another Afghanistan, or Vietnam? Who benefits- certainly not your Ukrainian jackboot mates.

Which country started this war?

Originally Posted by sabang

I'm not here to butter your ass gentlemen- just the facts. Your side is not 'winning the war', the sanctions are not working as anticipated, Russia's financial position is strong, Ukraine is losing territory, Europe is suffering- to some extent we all are. How long is this sustainable? Another Afghanistan, or Vietnam? Who benefits- certainly not your Ukrainian jackboot mates.

Your comment not only lacks perspective but is such a reductive muddle one might suspect you are re-entering your adolescence.

The NATO intervention in Afghanistan achieved its aim and largely eradicated AQ and killed its leader responsible for the US attacks. The point recognized by all is that no democratic government can function there and the exeunt was a pragmatic acceptance but the fact remains, if the Taleban permit a repetition of their state sponsored attacks on the West then they will once again be deposed but this time their destruction will be a tad more focused.

but back to Russia. Putin’s economy is smaller than Italy’s and it is decreasing all the time the sanctions remain in force. Oil and gas prices will reduce with increased global supply and the West’s economies, accounting for 30% of the global total, will continue to thrive while Putin will wither on the vine of his isolation dependent upon the sale of his energy supplies to peripheral economies such as India and the SE Asian minnows about to feel the ire of Uncle Sam. India accounts for a mere 2.5 % of global GDP in case others are still inclined to post irrelevant drivel about the importance of wobbleheads and their nazi leaders.

Vietnam has as much relevance to the current real politik as you have Sabang to considered opinion.

Putin’s gangster crew thought their invasion would end in victory with the total capitulation of Zelensky’s government within 48 hours of its launch.

I rather think the current status quo indicates who the winner is, you idiot, and in case you have been sucking on the soma of your delusions Russia will not return to the global economy until it pays reparations for the reconstruction and return of the Donbas etc.

Russia is irrelevant to the world, the West is not and the West will determine the outcome of his invasion in much the same way the West destroyed Russia’s communist fantasy.

It’s all about the money and freedom, and Russia is a busted flush.