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ToreBear said:You are as far as I can see arguing that Ukraine should be left to the Russian sphere of influence, and that "the west" had no business there.
Buffalo Soldier said:Congrats to Foxy for the worst ad hitlerum of the thread (and far beyond) btw.
ToreBear said:Shoch and awe under Jeltsin. What?
Russia recovering. From what?
blabla ...
If I didn't jump into correct things before, it might be that I took time to study the situation.
Perhaps the first two points which you seem to assume is something generally known and accepted might be a good place to start?
blutto said:...as per the agreement made during the period of negotiations that lead to the re-unification of Germany...the agreement which was made between Russia and Bush the Smarter was to ensure Russia that NATO ( the US proxy in Europe ) would not expand into former Warsaw Pact countries...
...now if you look at a map you will see that NATO has indeed expanded into space it had agreed not to....and btw did so almost immediately after the agreement was signed ( Russia was weak at the time and run by a drunken buffoon so NATO did more or less what they wanted...unfortunately for NATO/US/IMF times have changed and its a way different ballgame...the bottom line is all this gnashing of teeth is just a spectacular display of hypocrisy for the benefit of the ignorant great un-washed at home...no one with even a scintilla of intelligence or a basic understanding of recent history would fall for such audacious bull-$hit... )
...so if one is to believe that agreements should be honoured then yes the Ukraine should be within the Russian sphere of influence...but if you want to ignore the rule of law don't get all sanctimonious if others do the same....
Cheers
FoxxyBrown1111 said:You start with Naomi Klein. A very easy to understand writing style... then you indeed study... then you come back. Ok?
ToreBear said:Wow Foxy!
(1) Just for your information. The loans to Greece made sure that German banks would not go bankrupt and need a bailout(not loans) due to their exposure to Greece.
(2) Also no doubt the loans helped to pay off the depth for the German Leopard 2 tanks that bankrupt Greece had bought, or that sub contract, that was a tad shodilly built.
(3) Those loans were in fact saving German taxpayers from loosing a lot of money.
(4) You should get of your high horse. Germans were part of the problem. Germans had no problem bribing Greek officials to get contracts. Even in Norway, Siemens were paying out bribes. It took a whistle blower to blow the lid on the scam.
(5) Now you seem to blame everyone for everything, and view the Russians as innocent of everything and subject to a western plot. To me this is just strange.
ToreBear said:I got the idea from a quick look on her WIKI.
The thing you have to understand is that this was the IMF economic paradigm at the time. They actually thought this uber liberalism was in the best interest of the countries. They ruined several countries with that idiotic Friedman theory. It was even the basis for the 2008 Financial crisis. And I'm still not sure they get it, since his theories are so ingrained in right wing economic thought.
It was not some plot to bring Russia down. It was incompetents thinking they were helping Russia.
Add to that a lot of theft, greed, corruption, incompetence, and you had oligarchs and a ruined economy.
Not familiar with the term? It's an ad hominem, but with a reference to Hitler. So just what you did. It is a popular technique with a lot of populist media and politicians. (I could also have refered to Godwin of course).FoxxyBrown1111 said:..........
P.S.: Never ever get me into the corner of this guy! I take that as a personal insult. Because of him, we are used as the all time pay daddys for everbody as "redemption"... If you didn´t understood my post:
I explained the situation, what people think over here, what might happen... Hope you got it. Thx in advance.![]()
Buffalo Soldier said:Not familiar with the term? It's an ad hominem, but with a reference to Hitler. So just what you did. It is a popular technique with a lot of populist media and politicians. (I could also have refered to Godwin of course).
In general; it is one of the lowest arguments to bring into any discussion.
Also claiming that Obama was the first messiah in more than 50 years large crowds in Germany cheered for, is -as you know- a blunt lie. There's tons of them, from all sides of the ideological spectrum (commie, liberal, catholic)
foxxy, it was meant as a personal insult. i commend your wisdom and patience. as to the torebear fella, i'd ignore him altogether...i once had a whole bunch of interesting exchanges with him in the winter sport we both love, to my great surprise, he turned out a narrow-minded fanboy 'intellectualizing' any references to his compatriots possibly doping as anyone else did at the time. when i pressed his hypocritical facts into his face he called me.... (the P-word i d rather not repeat), which means 'the potential abuser of not fully grown human beings...'. obviously he'd done 'his own research' to identify me as suchFoxxyBrown1111 said:..........
P.S.: Never ever get me into the corner of this guy! I take that as a personal insult.w
The insiders are seemingly in disarray. Those who joined forces to oust Yanukovych are now competing for the spoils of power. Despite all the talk of revolution, too little has changed so far in the Ukrainian politico-economic system, which continues to be dominated by the oligarchs and their political proxies
At the moment, Russia does not have to and probably does not intend to move its military forces into south-eastern Ukraine. Contrary to Western expectations, Moscow is definitely not following the Crimea playbook there. Rather, it is satisfied with pro-Russian activists following the maidan techniques in multiple towns of the Donbass region, complete with seizures of government buildings, police stations, and security services headquarters.
ToreBear said:You are as far as I can see arguing that Ukraine should be left to the Russian sphere of influence, and that "the west" had no business there. This is something I feel strongly against. I think Ukraine should be allowed to choose it's own path.
As for this talk of imperialism. I don't think its conductive to understand this situation in regards to US imperialism. As for hegemony, Ukraine is not part of this hegemony. It is in this situation Russia which is the imperialist.
Instead of focusing on isms and zero sum games to explain US policies I think viewing each case as an individual case is much better.
python said:foxxy, it was meant as a personal insult. i commend your wisdom and patience. as to the torebear fella, i'd ignore him altogether...i once had a whole bunch of interesting exchanges with him in the winter sport we both love, to my great surprise, he turned out a narrow-minded fanboy 'intellectualizing' any references to his compatriots possibly doping as anyone else did at the time. when i pressed his hypocritical facts into his face he called me.... (the P-word i d rather not repeat), which means 'the potential abuser of not fully grown human beings...'. obviously he'd done 'his own research' to identify me as such
on a more interesting note...here's an article from an american think tank carnegie endowment, they call themselves non-partisan.
http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=55330
FoxxyBrown1111 said:Wow Tore. A double wow, if you will...
(1) Guess what? I got that a long time ago. But let me ask you: What in the hell do I or any other person of the "99% group" have to do with the well doing of banking cartells? I, and the majority of germans, are no shareholders, thus not feared a bit if the banksters would have to pay a price for their wrongdoings... When I talk of paying everybody, I mean the non elected EU burecracy, the banksters, the EU expansion (and all the ills that come with it), the ESF, ESM, EU subventions, and the hell knows who else sucks us to the bones...
(2) I am not for military. But for the sake of the discussion: What advantage has the german taxpayer for producing export goods, that he´ll pay the bills for? Exactly: He is double phucked...
(3) It's best to get unpleasant things over and done with... But that train has left, thanks to Merkel.![]()
(4) So you are from Norway... Ok, than it´s easy for you to have your positions. You guys don´t have to pay a penny for all these EU experiments...
Now who is sitting on the high horse?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway_and_the_European_UnionAs of 2009, Norway has chosen to opt into EU projects and its total financial contribution linked to the EEA agreement consists of contributions related to the participation in these projects (Schengen Agreement, Europol, EU Drug Monitoring Centre, Frontex, the European Defence Agency and the Union's battlegroups) and part made available to development projects for reducing social and economic disparities in the EU (EEA and Norway Grants).[2][7] EEA EFTA states fund their participation in programmes and agencies by an amount corresponding to the relative size of their gross domestic product (GDP) compared to the GDP of the whole EEA. The EEA EFTA participation is hence on an equal footing with EU member states. The total EEA EFTA commitment amounts to 2.4% of the overall EU programme budget. In 2008 Norway’s contribution was €188 million. Throughout the programme period 2007—2013, the Norwegian contribution will increase substantially in parallel with the development of the EU programme budget, from €130 million in 2007 to €290 million in 2013. For the EEA and Norway Grants from 2004 to 2009, Norway provided almost €1.3 billion.[8][9]
(5) I don´t. Why shall I repeat the things the one sided MSM press repeats until one vomits? If you need anti Russia propaganda, go read MSM. They give detailed details of how bad they are. No need I do it.
FoxxyBrown1111 said:Applause. You improve fast. Now to the bolded:
Not was, is ...
There was no incompetence. Their plan worked masterfully all over the world since Suharto, Allende, eastern europe, EU, Africa, New Zealand and more... Latest victims: Soon Ukraine and Venezuela.
ToreBear said:Yes it would be nice to let the banks sink and see what happens. But that wouldn't happen. The banks would suffer a liquidity crisis.
rhubroma said:Who is focusing on zero sum games? To the contrary, as soon as those same -isms and the Cold War mentality that's beyond its expiration date is given up by the Triumphateur, then I can better stand the attempts at implementing more democratic means as a resolution to conflict. When a new world order emerges that's governed by, as Buffalo Soldier has honestly advocated, a spirit of international cooperation and economic balance as the paradigm, this would be a real indication of "global leadership." Rather the instrumental denouncements against sovereign intrusion, when that's been common praxis, only resonates hypocrisy.
As things presently stand the desires of the people of Ukraine have little, if any, bearing on the matter. They have merely become pawns in the game of global power at best, economic expedients at worse.
Though perhaps its already too late.
FoxxyBrown1111 said:So what? Give the sovereignty of the money to the government and 80% of world wide problems are gone with the blink of an eye.
The whole Fiat money system is too complex to put it in a good short post. For more infos, read Dirk Müller and Egon W Kreutzer... Now there are others who fully understand this fiendishness system, but if you read & understand this two guys you pretty much have covered everything.
In a very short incomplete hammer-like-post: Basically banks generate money out of fresh air, lend it, and put interest on top of it. This system needs new debitors, expanding markets, and growth, otherwise it would crash. The owners of the money do NOTHING by earning the interest and get rich. The worst $uckers of mankind....
The "best" system greedy psychos ever invented. Sophisticated, evil and enslaving.
ToreBear said:So who is really the imperialist in Europe?![]()
ToreBear said:Could it be that the MSM is actually more right than wrong in this case, and you don't agree with them and think they are biased.
ToreBear said:As for read, I don't know what main stream media is to you?
please do not report me if i call this post nonsense.ToreBear said:The one playing games is Russia. Remember when Yanukovic won his election?
There were no US tanks on the border. No pro western armed "activists" occupying buildings, no threats. Yanokovic just said they didn't want to join NATO, and that was it. Everyone accepted it.
Russia is still stuck in a great power mentality, and it's smaller neighbors have to seek Protection from them by joining NATO and coseying up to the US.
Putin has repeatedly said the greatest tragedy in the 20th century was the disillusion of the USSR. He means it, and is doing as much as possible to correct this tragedy.
ToreBear said:The thing I would like to know is, who do you mean by they?
you whole posting was an evidence of drunk logic.ToreBear said:OK w My German is too suspect. It gets better when I drink. But when I'm drunk enough to get by in German, I'm not going to read anything, especially not German.
Good night.
