Why Russia is the enemy.. Remember Iraq?

[MisterBeale]

Impressive as always. One day though if you work really hard you might have an original thought of your own.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Please, by all means just keep showing the world you're incapable of having an original thought by stealing the work of others.

You and Biden have a lot in common.

 

[MisterBeale]

Impressive as always. One day though if you work really hard you might have an original thought of your own.

 

[MisterBeale]

You and Biden have a lot in common.

nah. . . you're the dodgy one. . .

 

[Big Bend Texas]

If you think your threats are the least bit intimidating you've got another thing coming.

Come and get it anytime you feel froggy little boy.

 

[gipper]

First the sanctions were UN, not US and they happened because Saddam was violation the cease-fire agreement he signed to end Gulf War One.

A distinction without a difference.

Yeah that justifies the mass murder of innocent children. Are you Maddie Halfbright’s illegitimate son?

 

[Big Bend Texas]

A distinction without a difference.

Yeah that justifies the mass murder of innocent children. Are you Maddie Halfbright’s illegitimate son?

What the hell?

There was no mass murder of innocent kids by the US/coalition.

Saddam however was averaging upwards of killing 50,000 or more of his own people every year.

 

[gipper]

What the hell?

There was no mass murder of innocent kids by the US/coalition.

Saddam however was averaging upwards of killing 50,000 or more of his own people every year.

So you too know nothing about the sanctions that caused all these deaths.

 

[Lesh]

Socks have been with us as far back as 2016

 

[MisterBeale]

So you too know nothing about the sanctions that caused all these deaths.

 

[DarthTrader]

Russia is an enemy of the free world ... so is China ,Iran, and N Korea .

Right now a lot of the world thinks the US is the enemy.

 

[The Original Tree]

Saddam didn't have WMD. What they did have was a threat to trade their oil in Euro's, instead of the USD. The WMD excuse was a lie. We all know that now. But it was the excused that allowed an invasion that overthrew Saddam and prop up a pro USD government.
Well, that's exactly what's going on in Russia right now. All the other excuses and propaganda about how Putin is a brutal dictator, how mean he is, is just propaganda. Fact is, no one cares how good or bad the people in Russia have it. We wouldn't even care if Russia was still a communist nation. (Which is not, because Putin is not pro-communism)

Like Saddam, Russia is threatening to drop the USD.

Russia Sold $5 Billion in May as Part of Oil Fund Dollar Dump​

• Finance Ministry plans to cut fund’s dollar holdings to zero
• Bulk of money converted to yuan; $1 billion changed to euros

Russia to consider ditching dollar-denominated oil contracts if faced with more U.S. sanctions​

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on Thursday said the oil and gas-rich country may soon be tempted to move away from U.S. dollar-denominated crude contracts if President Joe Biden’s administration continues to impose targeted economic sanctions.

“Well, ideally we would prefer not to move away from the dollar as it is an international currency used for settlements,” Novak told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to a translation.

The decline of the US Dollar is a necessary step to achieve The Great Reset and to move us all closer to a digital global 666 currency and economies.

 

[MisterBeale]

Socks have been with us as far back as 2016

Fact of the matter? YOU ARE AN NPC!

This? This is the pyramid of argumentation. . .

And? Since your entire ego, and your entire world view, pretty much comes from MSLSD. . . and? When I actually posted a link from the source that you get your talking points from?

Opinion | The U.S. made a huge mistake in the run-up to the Russian invasion

The U.S. refused to reconsider Ukraine's NATO status as Putin threatened war. Experts say that was a huge mistake.

www.msnbc.com

That caused you FUCKING MASSIVE cognitive dissonance, that WHOA, there might actually be some nuance to this issue, & you might actually need to deploy some critical thinking and admit I may have a point?

AW hell no. . . just resort to some name calling to protect your cognitive bias and your well constructed reality.

 

[DarthTrader]

Nope.... Russia is chasing NATO out of where they don't belong. For the past 10 years NATO Nations have been breaking the original compact that dates back 30 years. Crimea was taken when NATO convinced the Ukrainian puppet government to deny Putin his naval Base lease.

Ukraine has been encroached upon most likely because of recent agreements between Ukraine and NATO to establish military bases in Ukraine that include land-based rocketry pointed towards Moscow. Russia is defending itself right now. That doesn't make Putin a good guy but if you can't see this then you're just plain dumb.

It would be no different if China made an agreement with California and then suddenly started putting land-based rocketry all over the state pointed at Washington DC.

I think the bigger reason is the EU is pressed for members to float its unprofitable low-productivity pyramid scheme. Adding Ukraine would give them decades of more life...

 

[gipper]

Right now a lot of the world thinks the US is the enemy.

For good reason. When your government is constantly killing people and overthrowing governments, people tend to get angry.

 

[surada]

First the sanctions were UN, not US and they happened because Saddam was violation the cease-fire agreement he signed to end Gulf War One.

Really? Who was Saddam shooting at after Gulf War 1?

 

[MisterBeale]

If you think your threats are the least bit intimidating you've got another thing coming.

Come and get it anytime you feel froggy little boy.

Wow, you actually think a jokey meme is a "threat," he?



. . . you feel threaten by a cartoon eh. . .


Feel threatened by the neighborhood kids on your lawn too old man?

 

[DarthTrader]

For good reason. When your government is constantly killing people and overthrowing governments, people tend to get angry.

Eh, they didn't care about that so much.

France is scared shitless that they can be on the Dollar Chopping block....look what the US did to undercut their submarine deal to Australia.

France knows they only agree with the US about half the time, when will we nudge them with dollar weaponization?

Why do you think Macron is basically hugging Putin's ass right now?

 

[Juicin]

Saddam didn't have WMD. What they did have was a threat to trade their oil in Euro's, instead of the USD. The WMD excuse was a lie. We all know that now. But it was the excused that allowed an invasion that overthrew Saddam and prop up a pro USD government.
Well, that's exactly what's going on in Russia right now. All the other excuses and propaganda about how Putin is a brutal dictator, how mean he is, is just propaganda. Fact is, no one cares how good or bad the people in Russia have it. We wouldn't even care if Russia was still a communist nation. (Which is not, because Putin is not pro-communism)

Like Saddam, Russia is threatening to drop the USD.

Russia Sold $5 Billion in May as Part of Oil Fund Dollar Dump​

• Finance Ministry plans to cut fund’s dollar holdings to zero
• Bulk of money converted to yuan; $1 billion changed to euros

Russia to consider ditching dollar-denominated oil contracts if faced with more U.S. sanctions​

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on Thursday said the oil and gas-rich country may soon be tempted to move away from U.S. dollar-denominated crude contracts if President Joe Biden’s administration continues to impose targeted economic sanctions.

“Well, ideally we would prefer not to move away from the dollar as it is an international currency used for settlements,” Novak told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to a translation.

Yea but he was doing business in our dollars and then we cut him off

Cutting him out of swift is the first time in my life we have moved against the bankers.


This is the reverse of the usual pattern that you're describing. Which I agree with

 

[YoursTruly]

Yea but he was doing business in our dollars and then we cut him off

Cutting him out of swift is the first time in my life we have moved against the bankers.


This is the reverse of the usual pattern that you're describing. Which I agree with

Russia is backed by China and India. Plus the EU hasn't cut off Russian oil or gas. The Ruble value is climbing back up. So even if this war deescalates, Russia staying off the dollar, and other countries joining in, could be pretty devastating for the USD. Us going after Saddam and getting their oil back on the USD was just a warning sign for other countries.
We can't force this kind of thing on Russia. They have too many powerful allies. Like China and India.