tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post8223975253762665445..comments2024-03-29T11:01:01.401+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: A Sober Look at UkraineCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-22950963440166598972015-02-16T23:43:54.036+00:002015-02-16T23:43:54.036+00:00That rebel controlled area looks remarkably like G...That rebel controlled area looks remarkably like Grandpa Simpson having a kip. <br /><br />(Sorry to be unable to add serious comment to a desperate situation.)Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-62584813610071978392015-02-15T17:58:35.044+00:002015-02-15T17:58:35.044+00:00Breather and regrouping, Nick, plus the bottleneck...Breather and regrouping, Nick, plus the bottleneck Ukraine troops are in.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-89207681675641313632015-02-15T14:27:05.148+00:002015-02-15T14:27:05.148+00:00Davos Man (aka our global elite) seems to think th...Davos Man (aka our global elite) seems to think that <br /><br />a) Russia should be open to looting by all of his friends, as was the case up to the late 90s, rather than only a few of them who keep onside with Putin. <br /><br />b) a few million more poor Ukranians would do wonders for any potential upward wage pressures in the Western end of the EU.<br /><br />c) to this end no (tax or oligarch-funded) expense will be spared in the effort to first bring Ukraine into the EU, then destroy Russia aka "create an open society".<br /><br />It therefore behoves those of us who are neither Davos men, poor Ukranians, or millionaires, to resist these tendencies as best we may. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-24964934054621268852015-02-14T11:18:24.319+00:002015-02-14T11:18:24.319+00:00Partition. Protects Russia's pipelines (to Eur...Partition. Protects Russia's pipelines (to Europe N.B.) and ethnic Russian/Russian-speaking Ukrainians. If South Sudan can do it, so can Eastern Ukraine.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-9104296493466538922015-02-14T08:09:26.310+00:002015-02-14T08:09:26.310+00:00Since the money will simply be conjured out of thi...Since the money will simply be conjured out of thin air it will only be expensive for us little people. Mr Soros et al, getting first dibs on it, will enjoy its spending power to the very fullest.Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-52946574338289775852015-02-14T01:45:53.582+00:002015-02-14T01:45:53.582+00:00ND> "a cheap strategy (for someone living ...<b>ND</b>> "a cheap strategy (for someone living in the USA)"<br /><br />That's certainly seems the way <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/opinion/bernard-henri-levi-george-soros-save-the-new-ukraine.html" rel="nofollow">Soros thinks</a> this game plan should go:<br /><br /><i>"The immediate need is for $15 billion. But to ensure Ukraine’s survival and encourage private investment, Western powers need to make a political commitment to provide additional sums ... If ... Europe is generous with its financial assistance, a stable and prosperous Ukraine will provide an example that makes clear that the blame for Russia’s financial troubles lies with Mr. Putin."</i><br /><br />See also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/world/europe/even-with-cease-fire-economy-in-ukraine-is-crumbling.html" rel="nofollow">this NYT article</a>: <i>"more than $40 billion financing gap that experts say the country faces over the next four years. And that does not include money to rebuild or replace Ukraine’s dilapidated mines and obsolete industries once sustained by contracts with Russia"</i><br /><br />Sounds an expensive game plan for someone.rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-69322109938439128662015-02-13T23:14:43.153+00:002015-02-13T23:14:43.153+00:00Those Typhoons.
We really didn't 275 of them ...Those Typhoons.<br /><br />We really didn't 275 of them to take down the Tu95s.<br /><br />30 would have done.<br /><br />Still would have been far far cheaper and much more efficient to have bought US surplus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-6076770945037988762015-02-13T21:34:12.729+00:002015-02-13T21:34:12.729+00:00"The lazy neocon strategy of baiting Russia a..."The lazy neocon strategy of baiting Russia along its borders ... the expansionism of the EU (and NATO)": every time some nitwit compares Putin to Hitler, I begin to wonder whether it's been our side that's been the Nazis here.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-71072154730924811712015-02-13T16:09:02.467+00:002015-02-13T16:09:02.467+00:00Andrew - perhaps, but I'm guessing they wouldn...<b>Andrew</b> - perhaps, but I'm guessing they wouldn't have muddied the waters with that in Minsk: and meddling is a free option for Putin. the Greeks have already mentioned Russia (& China), and they are all good Orthodox boys ...<br /><br /><b>Hovis, Mr W</b> - I hope you a right about Baltics: but another advantage Putin has gained is comprehensively blowing away the notion that 1991 borders are sacrosanct<br /><br />neocons - ah yes: it's such a cheap strategy (for someone living in the USA) (and perhaps selling F-16s)<br />Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11922120834305442222015-02-13T16:04:41.250+00:002015-02-13T16:04:41.250+00:00Bang on they are trying to take this 'pocket&#...Bang on they are trying to take this 'pocket' today. It looks a little like the Kursk Salient after all!CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32774647789787426732015-02-13T14:34:44.898+00:002015-02-13T14:34:44.898+00:00"Why a 2-day delay before the ceasefire comes...<i>"Why a 2-day delay before the ceasefire comes into effect"</i><br /><br />On R4 news today a journalist said some of the rebel fighters he spoke to hadn't heard about the ceasefire agreement. I imagine it might take 2 days to be sure all the small units are told exactly what to do.<br /><br />I do agree with hovis that all this talk about Baltic invasion is our side talking up military spending.<br /><br />I think the most interesting thing about Ukraine is how the neocon-influence are going to fund the propping up of the Ukraine economy.rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-80772442574648129932015-02-13T12:21:13.805+00:002015-02-13T12:21:13.805+00:00Do you seriously believe Russian care to dabble in...Do you seriously believe Russian care to dabble in the Baltic states at the moment especially as they are NATO members? <br /><br />More likely this story is Baltics - NATO lead meme to argue for more funds / troops / weapons / power etc.hovisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-67817136568902200052015-02-13T10:41:19.718+00:002015-02-13T10:41:19.718+00:00The price of peace here with clear advantage russi...The price of peace here with clear advantage russia may well be that in return russia steers well clear of greece andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.com