The Ukraine war is like a gigantic dinosaur, or like a big long snake. Chop off the head, and it takes a long time for some parts of the body to recognize that it is dead. So, it keeps on moving along like nothing happened.
Doug Casey on the Geopolitical Shockwaves of Russia's Victory in Ukraine
https://internationalman.com/articles/doug-casey-on-the-geopolitical-shockwaves-of-russias-victory-in-ukraine/
International Man: After spending over $350 billion—half of which is reportedly unaccounted for - the US government is finally pulling the plug on supporting the Ukraine in its war with Russia.
What do you make of this?
Doug Casey: It was criminally insane for the US to involve itself in a border war between two countries on the other side of the world. Not many Americans know that "Ukraine," which was previously always known as "the Ukraine," means borderland. It was just a region, like Kurdistan, with undefined shifting borders until Lenin created it in 1921.
Why, you might ask, would the West take a chance on starting World War III over the most corrupt country in Europe?
Several reasons. For one, Ukraine has been a highly effective laundromat. Gigantic amounts of American tax dollars disappeared into a black hole to re-emerge in the pockets of NGOs, masquerading as aid. For another, connected scumbags like the Bidens got fat. Scores of billions were redistributed to weapons manufacturers, military contractors, and God knows who else. And, of course, a large coterie of Neocons in DC have made careers out of trying to destroy Russia at any cost.
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Doug Casey on the Geopolitical Shockwaves of Russia's Victory in Ukraine
https://internationalman.com/articles/doug-casey-on-the-geopolitical-shockwaves-of-russias-victory-in-ukraine/
International Man: After spending over $350 billion—half of which is reportedly unaccounted for - the US government is finally pulling the plug on supporting the Ukraine in its war with Russia.
What do you make of this?
Doug Casey: It was criminally insane for the US to involve itself in a border war between two countries on the other side of the world. Not many Americans know that "Ukraine," which was previously always known as "the Ukraine," means borderland. It was just a region, like Kurdistan, with undefined shifting borders until Lenin created it in 1921.
Why, you might ask, would the West take a chance on starting World War III over the most corrupt country in Europe?
Several reasons. For one, Ukraine has been a highly effective laundromat. Gigantic amounts of American tax dollars disappeared into a black hole to re-emerge in the pockets of NGOs, masquerading as aid. For another, connected scumbags like the Bidens got fat. Scores of billions were redistributed to weapons manufacturers, military contractors, and God knows who else. And, of course, a large coterie of Neocons in DC have made careers out of trying to destroy Russia at any cost.
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