Quote (Goomshill @ Apr 20 2022 09:04am)
Is the American government paying reparations to the Syrians?
We did major reparations in Iraq. Donald J Trump turned over all American assets in Syria to Vladimir Putin as his vassal.
Quote (ferdia @ Apr 20 2022 09:20am)
Superpowers never have to pay reparations because they can (broadly) do whatever they want. Only "defeated" opponents pay reparations. instead what is likely to happen here is that sanctions will exist for years afterwards.
in my opinion.
All those weird yachts with the custom leathers and woods will be auctioned to help out. Western nations will use this as an excuse to rob the Russian oligarchs of their football teams, castles, islands, and super yachts.
It will be of no benefit to the common person for sure. Butchers, carpenters, masons, etc, from Russia and Ukraine have no reason to be fighting each other.
But in short "The strong do what they will, the weak endure what they must". Russia is much weaker to NATO here and they underestimated their commitment to defending democracy in Europe.
Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Apr 20 2022 09:24am)
On the other hand Iraq just completed her reparations to USA for the 1990 Gulf war.
Iraq has completed payment of $52.4 billion to compensate individuals, companies and governments who proved damages due to its 1990 invasion and occupation of Kuwait, the United Nations reparations body said on Wednesday.
"With the final payment of compensation made on 13 January 2022, all compensation awarded by the Commission has now been paid in full," the Geneva-based body said in a statement following a closed-door meeting of its Governing Council.
Reuters.
You said one thing and quoted another thing.
This post was edited by Skinned on Apr 20 2022 07:25am