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Seymour Hersh is like a lot of other former big name journalists who are trying to remain relevant and make bank by serving authoritarians and oligarchs.
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For Those Who Might Be Wondering Why We Might Be In Ukraine
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Seymour Hersh is like a lot of other former big name journalists who are trying to remain relevant and make bank by serving authoritarians and oligarchs.
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Seymore Hersh is a leftwing Democrat, you idiot.
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This from the Business Insider four days ago:
Aug 16, 2023, 2:27 AM PDT
Russians got richer last year even as the war in Ukraine raged on, while the US and Europe lost trillions of dollars, UBS reported.
Russia added $600 billion of total wealth, the Swiss bank found in its annual Global Wealth Report, published Tuesday.
The number of Russian millionaires also rose by about 56,000 to 408,000 in 2022, while the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals — people worth over $50 million — jumped by nearly 4,500.
But the US lost more wealth than any other country last year, shedding $5.9 trillion, while North America and Europe combined got $10.9 trillion poorer, UBS reported. There were also 1 million fewer American millionaires by the end of 2022, although the US still accounted for over 50% of the world's ultra-high-net-worth individuals, the bank said.
More here: https://www.businessinsider.com/war...lionaires-billionaires-uhnw-wealth-ubs-2023-8
The Biden sanctions on Russia have failed. The Biden economic plan here at home has failed. Tony Blinken's war in Ukraine has failed. Biden has squandered American prestige and our military power with his foreign policy failures that now threaten unity in the free world.
Russia got richer even as the war in Ukraine raged on last year, while the West shed trillions of dollars of wealth
George GloverAug 16, 2023, 2:27 AM PDT
Russians got richer last year even as the war in Ukraine raged on, while the US and Europe lost trillions of dollars, UBS reported.
Russia added $600 billion of total wealth, the Swiss bank found in its annual Global Wealth Report, published Tuesday.
The number of Russian millionaires also rose by about 56,000 to 408,000 in 2022, while the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals — people worth over $50 million — jumped by nearly 4,500.
But the US lost more wealth than any other country last year, shedding $5.9 trillion, while North America and Europe combined got $10.9 trillion poorer, UBS reported. There were also 1 million fewer American millionaires by the end of 2022, although the US still accounted for over 50% of the world's ultra-high-net-worth individuals, the bank said.
More here: https://www.businessinsider.com/war...lionaires-billionaires-uhnw-wealth-ubs-2023-8
The Biden sanctions on Russia have failed. The Biden economic plan here at home has failed. Tony Blinken's war in Ukraine has failed. Biden has squandered American prestige and our military power with his foreign policy failures that now threaten unity in the free world.
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Trying to make his bones on a conservative platform. Gotta give the audience what they want, just like the propoganda network- they knew they were lying about the voting systems but didn’t want to lose their ratings.
When the crazy right wingers, yourself included, what a bedtime story- you know where to go.
Wow that site has a global editor in chief who has investments that violate the conflict of interest policies.
I’m certain there is great stuff you can glean there, especially when it sheds a bad light on his investments.
Is there any source that you cite that doesn’t have conflicts of interest?
Guessing the answer is no.
You live up to your name Wrong guide when the clear biases are posted on the sites- just you don’t bother to check. Or it says what you want it to say so you don’t care- hoping no one will look and just trust your garbage.
Please, give us another…
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Anthony Blinken and his ilk won't say it in public, though. I wonder what John Bolton thinks of Ukraine at this point?
From Zelensky's point of view, a peace deal at the present time would be on very unfavorable terms, seeing as the Russian military controls nearly all of the Black Sea coast apart from west of the Dnieper around Odessa. At which point do NATO (especially the US) drop Zelensky like a stone? I think it will happen before the 2024 presidential election. If not, it will be bad news for Biden and the Democrats.
I wonder what you would have said over 50 years ago when Seymour Hersh was exposing the Nixon administration's secret bombing of Cambodia and Laos at the time of the Vietnam War? Just remember how that war ended.
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he real question is will Putin want to make a deal unfavorable to him? He holding all of the cards right now. I don't think he wants anything to do with ruling Western Ukraine. He already has control of 90% of what is valuable in Ukraine. I think he'll take Odesa and everything east of the Dnieper, keep Crimea, and demand that Ukraine be declared a neutral state.
Both sides have to be heard and understood. The Russians, having been invaded 7 or 8 times in their history and most recently from the west which resulted in 25 million of their citizens dead, are entitled to a certain amount of historical paranoia. So the question of a hostile NATO army on their borders isn't going to sell in Russia. We wouldn't tolerate such a force on our borders. Putin is planning on calling up another 400,000 men. Russian lawmakers have passed new laws that streamline their mobilization process. Meanwhile here in the US, our military is being degraded to the point none of its branches are meeting any of their recruitment goals. It is shrinking in size and depleting its war stocks to dangerous levels. While the Russian military grows to a size we haven't seen since the 80s our Commander in Chief plays in the sand on the beach.
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Refute the facts asserted in the article or shut up.
lol, Russia has not gotten richer you dumbfuck.
The Russian economy is down 65%, the Ruble is sinking faster than they can bail it out. As I said a long time back, you can't refute falsehoods!!
Nor can you educate the fucking idiots like yourself who only believe "alternate facts" such as yourself.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...silient-last-year-now-the-pain-is-setting-in/
"With defence spending booming, China onside and murky deals filling gaps left by sanctions, the Kremlin believes it can weather a damaged rouble, but will Russians stomach welfare cuts if they come?"
https://www.theguardian.com/busines...-on-re-election-but-cost-of-war-can-only-grow
https://www.economicsobservatory.co...-state-of-the-russian-economy-under-sanctions
https://markets.businessinsider.com...s-current-account-ruble-energy-exports-2023-7
Take your own fucking advice wrongway and shut the fuck up!!!!
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The Russian economy has suffered of course, but western economies have suffered more, especially due to the fallout in their global reach and due to greater austerity being passed on to ordinary people. The coup in Niger is a setback for the west, so is Saudi Arabia and Iran on diplomatic terms, so is Saudi Arabia doing deals with Russia and China to cut oil production and force prices up, and so is Russia getting closer to China in geopolitical conflicts. All bad miscalculations by the warmongers here in the US. They must wish that Henry Kissinger was decades younger.
Time is also not on Ukraine's side in this war, especially as they keep demanding more weapons all the time. That cannot go on indefinitely, and with the 2024 election and its primaries, campaigns etc. not that far away, expect something to happen soon.
And the Express and Guardian? Britain is a basket case at the moment. Ridiculously high inflation on food and energy for ordinary people over there, a non-existent opposition and a zombie government. Yet the British establishment still puff out their chests in terms of posing as imperialist grandmasters in foreign policy. Embarrassing on their part.
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Where, justify that with some hard evidence. (2022 GDP $25462.70 Billion USD a record, the 2023 GDP is expected to be 25896.00 another record)
who's global reach has fallen? Russia? Well yes it has
This is true in the sense of the risk of losing outside support, but I can attest the ordinary Ukrainian is not going to give up,even if the West ends the supply. That is the problem Putin faces, he pissed off the whole country and it will be generations before they forget.
Yes the West chickened out, the Western military doctrine knows what (equipment) is needed for success, and this piecemeal approach has hurt the Ukraine counter attack.
You seem to think only America is giving weapons and assistance. Sorry but if the US bails, that does not mean the rest of the world does, and I can guaranty the US arms-manufactures and exporters will sell to Ukraine, regardless of which party is in charge. Profits and employment rule.
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How? They are now closer to China, with both of them realizing that they have little chance in the long game against the US unless they stick together. Russia/China also have bigger influence in Africa and the Middle East than before, even in South America with BRICS. Most of the world is not following sanctions on Russia, outside of North America, Europe, Japan and Australia. Russia is one sixth of the world's land. It is vast. They have land borders with China, which has land borders with India. You don't isolate a country like that.
Give up what? Russia has controlled nearly all the Black Sea coast now for quite some time, which is the most important thing in geopolitical terms. I doubt the Russians currently give any serious consideration to invading the whole of Ukraine anymore. It might even be better for them to leave the Ukraine regime as the EU's problem going forward.
How many people have died already, and for what? It's like trying a 21st century version of WW1.
America is the boss of NATO. That's the reality. America uses NATO to wield the continent of Europe to its control. Germany look especially bad right now. Previously, they had trade with Russia for lots of cheap gas. Today, that deal is over, the US pushes fracked liquified gas on Europe, and Germany faces a future of deindustrialization on a capitalist basis. This basically means that, going forward, tensions between America and Europe are going to increase. The French are already speaking out much more openly, saying that Europe mustn't get dragged into America's upcoming war in the Far East against China.
When there are FACTS, I’ll consider them. Mostly just a couple quotes and then a bunch of opinion.
If you call those facts, then wow- your education was lacking!
Instead of scheming how you were going to take some poor kid’s lunch money…maybe going attention in class was important.
Maybe if Florida’s third senator wasn’t holding back military promotions…
Russia was in the G7 prior to their invasion of Crimea. They are out now. China has never been in the G7. So you said Russia has extended,and the West fallen. Your reply doesn't show that. Is the Ruble the worlds currency,is the Yaun?
Well who cares if Brasil doesn't, they supply what again. Really,what matters is those who can supply Russia with the required war material,can't. This is not a Math equation where if one plus half the worlds 194 countries agree then they can declare a winner.
No one is trying to isolate them,we are trying to tell them they have to respect legally agreed to borders.
Their fucking country. That's what they are not giving up!!
Not to Ukraine, it's their lands, homes, culture, it's a long list and it has nothing to do with a sea corridor. Which is controlled btw by Turkiye
Well then maybe you should try and learn a bit more about what the Russian's think and say in public. That information is readily available on a thing called the internet.
Oh so your saying WW 1 was a bad thing! Next you'll be claiming WW 2 was a mistake and we should have just let Hitler and cronies win.
America is not the boss of NATO, they are the largest contributor, but not in charge, no matter how much you feel they are.
Are you going to back up your claim that the Russian economy has done better than Western ones, or are you just moving goal posts?
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Meanwhile:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/20/europe/netherlands-denmark-f-16-fighter-jets-ukraine-intl/index.html
Slavs Ukraini!!!
Meanwhile:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/20/europe/netherlands-denmark-f-16-fighter-jets-ukraine-intl/index.html
Slavs Ukraini!!!
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US intelligence says Ukraine’s offensive a failure
Ukraine misfires on taking southern town of Melitopol while signs grow of what could be a decisive Russian offensiveBy STEPHEN BRYENAUGUST 19, 2023
The US intelligence community says Ukraine’s offensive has failed by not reaching its stated objective, to take the city of Melitopol.
According to a report in the Washington Post, Ukraine has sought to cut off Crimea from Russia’s army in southern Ukraine. In parallel to that, Ukraine, with US and British help, has been attacking the Kerch Strait bridge that connects Russia to Crimea. While these attacks have damaged the roadway of the bridge, it is still in use.
In fact, the critical fighting is around the village of Robotyne, which is more than 5o miles (80.5 kilometers) from Melitopol. Here the Ukrainians have committed their best-trained strategic reserve forces, including the Ukrainian 82nd Airborne.
Using Western equipment – British Challenger II tanks, Marder (Schützenpanzer Marder 1) infantry fighting vehicles, US Stryker eight-wheeled tanks, Bradley Infantry fighting vehicles and US-built Mine Resistant Ambush Protected heavily armed transports (MRAPs) – the objective was to break through Russian defenses and race to Melitopol.
More here: https://asiatimes.com/2023/08/us-intelligence-says-ukraines-offensive-a-failure/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...litopol/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Well, now it isn't as if nobody knew this was happening or hasn't been saying so for months now. For all practical purposes, the war in Ukraine is lost. The Ukrainians, as I have said for months, have not successfully penetrated to any large degree the Russian security zone in front of the first of three layered defensive lines. They, the Ukrainians, have sacrificed in a year and a half more men against that defensive line than the US lost in the entirety of WWII in Europe. Americans are not aware, thanks to a media devoted to protecting bad Democrat ideas, of the scale and ferocity of what has taken place in Ukraine. It is a human tragedy. We did this because a handful of radical people in the White House and the State Department ignorant of history and economics, who know nothing about the people of Europe, the Russians, or Ukraine, had a monstrous idea about how to degrade the Russian military and take down Vladimir Putin using lives other than our own. Joe Biden wrote some checks here that can't be cashed and the reality of having to make a payment of our own in blood could be right around the corner.
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Refute the facts stated in the article or shut the fuck up. You're nothing but an unread dunce.
Again, present something with some bona fide facts and not the Mike Lindel version of facts, and it will be considered.
Just because you find some alt right guy willing to claim anything and write it down- doesn’t make it factual or worth investigating by sane folks.
But it looks good on you!
You sound like a scratched vinyl record.......all your "facts" have been refuted you fucking dipshit.
Just wants his “sources” to get more clicks so they can get more ads. His stuff is all just click bait. Most people know to avoid click bait, but not wrong misguided.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn rightguide is Jim Holt....lol
Oh mah gawd. Really? JimGuide?
