US, Iran, and Russia joint naval exercise ..
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.Despite tensions between the countries, "in an unprecedented move, naval ships from the US, Iran, and Russia were participating in the exercise."
.Despite tensions between the countries, "in an unprecedented move, naval ships from the US, Iran, and Russia were participating in the exercise."
There are more than 16,000 sanctions imposed against Russia. Yet the Russian economy and war machine grew by 3.6% in 2023 and is projected to grow another 2.6% in 2024.
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How have 16,000 strategic sanctions issued by some of the most powerful economies in the world failed to derail Putin?
The most important fact about Putin’s re-election is that 88% of Russians voted, a much higher turnout than in any Western democracy.
Russians may not have had much choice of candidate but they had a choice of voting or not.
The massive turnout is consistent with Putin’s 85% approval rating according to the independent Levada poll.
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Instead of collapsing, Russia has become the focal point for a reorganization of global supply chains and their financing, and its economy is growing, rather than shrinking by half, as President Biden promised in March 2022.
The way to kneecap Russia, and as a bonus Iran, would is for the US to ramp up oil and gas production driving down their respective prices.Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:36 am .
https://asiatimes.com/2024/03/america-h ... -more-war/
The most important fact about Putin’s re-election is that 88% of Russians voted, a much higher turnout than in any Western democracy.
Russians may not have had much choice of candidate but they had a choice of voting or not.
The massive turnout is consistent with Putin’s 85% approval rating according to the independent Levada poll.
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Instead of collapsing, Russia has become the focal point for a reorganization of global supply chains and their financing, and its economy is growing, rather than shrinking by half, as President Biden promised in March 2022.
Europe paying the price of all this .. am astonished Europeans not revolting.
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If this were indeed the case, rather than a delusional fantasy, then there would no market for US govt bonds or, to be more accurate, the yield on such bonds would be rocketing upward.Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:57 am .
https://asiatimes.com/2024/03/putins-go ... ns-failed/
There are more than 16,000 sanctions imposed against Russia. Yet the Russian economy and war machine grew by 3.6% in 2023 and is projected to grow another 2.6% in 2024.
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How have 16,000 strategic sanctions issued by some of the most powerful economies in the world failed to derail Putin?
"Achilles' heel" of western financial system is the DOLLAR
World knows that Dollar is "dead man walking" and running away from when the music stops.
Putin hoarded GOLD .. and big Gold producer
Gold is borderless, international, has no serial number, untraceable, central banks have no control on it (to usurp), currency since Bronze Age
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Typhoon wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:51 amThe way to kneecap Russia, and as a bonus Iran, would is for the US to ramp up oil and gas production driving down their respective prices.Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:36 am .
https://asiatimes.com/2024/03/america-h ... -more-war/
The most important fact about Putin’s re-election is that 88% of Russians voted, a much higher turnout than in any Western democracy.
Russians may not have had much choice of candidate but they had a choice of voting or not.
The massive turnout is consistent with Putin’s 85% approval rating according to the independent Levada poll.
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Instead of collapsing, Russia has become the focal point for a reorganization of global supply chains and their financing, and its economy is growing, rather than shrinking by half, as President Biden promised in March 2022.
Europe paying the price of all this .. am astonished Europeans not revolting.
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Unfortunately, with the global warming zealots in charge in the Obama, pardon me, Biden admin this is not an option.
As for the Europeans, they are beginning to revolt. For reasons entirely unrelated to Russia. Rather due to the delusional edicts of their national governments and that of the EU politburo, pardon me, European Commission.
That''s rich. The Pomegranates had their asses decisively kicked by the Greeks.
Persian colonization good, Western colonization bad. Right.
Europe (and much later US), coming out of dark ages, dominated the world since, say, 1400 .. And the records too are clear
Looking at the too records, who is the "Gangster" ?![]()
Now joke aside, as said, "military means" as instrument of domination, rapidly losing traction, that trend accelerating ..
The future domination by any group will not come by military means, but by "leading in knowledge, science, cultural and social harmony"
There will be no more venues for "Gangsterism" as "material, hard assets, territory, etc" no venue for domination.
World is changing rapidly, we entering New Word, conventional wisdom & mindset obstructs seeing what's coming.
Suppose this was CS talkingHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:17 pmThat''s rich. The Pomegranates had their asses decisively kicked by the Greeks.
Irrelevant to history after Thermopylae.
The Chinese spent much of their history squabbling amongst themselves.
Both societies were static and, in the case of China, dominated by bureaucrats and thus did not capitalize on their [impressive] explorations and inventions.
PR China is currently reverting to historical form.
Persian colonization good, Western colonization bad. Right.
Europe (and much later US), coming out of dark ages, dominated the world since, say, 1400 .. And the records too are clear
Looking at the too records, who is the "Gangster" ?![]()
Now joke aside, as said, "military means" as instrument of domination, rapidly losing traction, that trend accelerating ..
The future domination by any group will not come by military means, but by "leading in knowledge, science, cultural and social harmony"
There will be no more venues for "Gangsterism" as "material, hard assets, territory, etc" no venue for domination.
World is changing rapidly, we entering New Word, conventional wisdom & mindset obstructs seeing what's coming.
The remarkable rise in the average individuals standard of living and quality of life was due to the scientific and industrial revolutions that occurred in the West.
Persia, China, and Russia had nothing to do with it.
Japan, unlike China, realized that if it did not want to become a Western colony, then it would have to rapidly modernize.
No one wants to live under a "New World Order" run by murderous autocrats and crazy theocrats.
noddy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:45 am
Im already comfortable with a war against Iran and Russia - seems almost impossible for it to not happen.
doubt China will go all in - they will play both sides and then step back, and stay on Chinas side.
India has already decided it wen too far towards the Russian side, is now moving back to the US side
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News ... tions.html
what you dont seem to understand is that all these non western countries have always been able to cooperate outside the western market , the west could maybe stop some things here and there but in the big picture....
the reason the non west cant setup good relations with each other has nothing to do with the west.
the only things bonding the non west is jealousy and anger at the west.
its not mutual respect and trust.
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How did Russia, which, as often observed in Western commentary, has a smaller GDP than several individual EU states as well as both Texas and California, manage to defeat an economic blockade imposed by a coalition accounting for over one-third of the global economy ?
This phenomenon has been well-charted as a policy question.
It is, in large part, a story of sophisticated Russian sanctions evasion and mitigation measures, including a wide array of parallel import schemes, a vast network of commercial proxies and cut-outs, alternative energy export pathways, and Russia’s success in offsetting Western pressure through deeper commercial ties with China, India, and other major players in the global south.
The disastrous failure of Russia sanctions offers a glimpse of a future for which U.S. policy, stuck in a staid 1990s mentality even as the world quickly passes it by, is not prepared.
Washington must finally wean itself off its worsening sanctions addiction and pursue a more nuanced, pragmatic framework for dealing with the rest of the world while it can still do so on its own terms.