Quote (Crunkt @ Feb 7 2024 04:57am)
Would you answer yes or no to the following question:
Is Russia an enemy to The Western worlds free market and democratic freedoms?
What kind of a statement is this ? Russia was isolationist until the west butted in. You dont see Russian drone sites all over the world, you see US ones. You dont see nuclear missiles in Cuba but we do see them in Turkey etc. If Russia was a threat to the US it would have missiles in Cuba, Mexico etc etc. it does not. Russia is not the peer competitor, China is. The US has basically contrived to make Russia an enemy, and worse, has shoved Russia in to China's arms (stupid). In terms of an enemy of the free market - under this current administration, the united states of america is the no.1 enemy of the free market, as it continues to de-globalize and seek conflict. If you remove trade relations and impose sanctions with countries you are basically removing all the fail safe's against war. Weaponizing the dollar was a monumental long-term own goal with the expectation that if this continues, countries will stop using it. combined with breaking out of weapons treaties we are on a one way trip to a F around and find out scenario. That is exactly what the US is doing at the moment. Common sense and a degree of restraint is non existent.
It is in the entire worlds interests for there to be no wars, to have globalization (international trade). That was great for everyone but is being eroded, mainly by US foreign policy.
it is ironic you speak of democratic freedoms when the US is funding Israel which is busy ethnically cleansing Palestinians and using US weapons to do so. The right thing to do would be to sanction Israel, which Yemen tried to do, and for that it was bombed by the US and England. South Africa embarrassed the entire world by winning in the international court (read: Israel misbehaving but green light from the US to commit genocide) and in response the US and England threw their toys out of the pram and de-funded the UN relief agency. We then had 3 americans killed in jordan and a disproportionate response, advance to war, do not pass go do not collect 200.
TLDR: Russia is an enemy to the western world's free market, but not of its own accord. The west decided to make Russia an enemy and has taken steps to cement that. Russia would much rather get along.
This post was edited by ferdia on Feb 7 2024 04:05am