Syria II, protesters demand the President leave, and they will take over the government.
An agreement for new elections is reached, which the protesters first agree to, then renounce.
In both cases it results in a standoff, then someone starts shooting protesters.
There is no evidence it was the government. It was snipers, not troops with tanks clearing the streets.
It could not be the President, it would have to be the chain of command down the army or police, which means dozens of people would know. Only the President is being charged.
As for his wealth, only the rich can run for President. Rommney, McCain, Gore. If they have any chance of being elected, they will have rich friends, who will demand to keep their wealth.
As for crime, Our Governor, his son, three Insurance Commissioners, a Congressman, and our Parish President, were all sent to Federal Prison. Now it is the Mayor of New Orleans on trial.
I think this is the third overthrow of government since 1993. The last government got out of jail on this overthrow.
Everyone over 21 was born in the CCCP.
The IMF bailed out the last two governments, conditional on reforms being inflicted, they were not.
The IMF wanted them to raise taxes, the price of gas, cut wages, and give the money to the IMF.
Obama is offering a billion, which is a loan guarnity, for another IMF loan. it is for gas subsidies, the same thing the IMF said they had to end.
What Putin offered $15 Billion for was to make the payments on Euro Bonds, that had put the country in debt, and were now due. Debts to the IMF were above that.
It was sub prime lending to countries that had no way to pay. The first two governments rode the gravy train of easy debt. then with cheap gas, they still got $5 Billion behind to paying Russia, who has still not cut off the gas.
Ukraine is in $35 Billion debt, and needs another $35 Billion just to function for the next two years. They have no way of paying it back. They have no way of becoming self supporting.
This was the same, "Indebted Nation" they ran on the colonies, and ex colonies, to reduce them to donor slaves.
Russia's offer was to buy them out of indentured servitude, which becomes eturnal at interest.
When the USSR broke up, they dumped the basket welfare cases, and kept the natural resources. In some places they leased a navel base, spaceport, and disposed of the atomic bombs.
A Free Ukraine is not going to compete with Germany in industry.
For twenty years the west has been providing cheap debt, which eastern Europe took just as they took CCCP welfare.
Guess what, eastern Europe has no intention of paying it back. They understand it as a bribe, which calling it a gift is questionable, so call it a loan, but never try to collect.
There are also huge roadblocks to doing business in eastern Europe. Where they privatized industry, you also had to take lifetime employees that did not work, and pay other people you never saw, plus bribes to get anything done, or permits to do it yourself. Then you would have to pay Unions who did not do the job.
Russia is better to invest in. You cannot buy them, but they will let you join the gang. Everywhere, play by the local rules. Never bribe anyone, because the US says no no. Marry a local who is related to the top person to bribe, and it is all family.
The Russian speaking part of Ukraine is better. More industry, tourism, the lease for the Navel Base, where the west is rural, agracultural, Ukraine speaking, and no one except them speaks Ukraine.
Economics will win. the south and east is worth it, the west is a forever welfare case.
Czechoslovakia was an industrial powerhouse in the west, the Skoda works, glass making, lots of very old industry, and the east was hillbilly Slovacia, now their own Free Country. Ukraine is the same.
Yugoslavia was partitioned by language, religion, culture. Ukraine is next.
The EU knows that with membership, they will also get migration, and no one wants Ukranians.
The US wants to locate a missle base. They are not willing to pay the $100,000,000 a day it would take to keep the Ukraine running.
Russia is about to raise the price of gas, in West Ukraine, and lower it in the south and east. That alone will tilt the economy toward higher incomes, and cheaper production.
The value of Ukraine money was based on endless loans and Russian lease payments. it is about to become worthless. Russian money will retain value.
Ukraine just passed a law that outlawed Russian language, told them to all learn Ukraine.
Russian speakers, with Russian money, a stronger economy, this war is over.
Also, getting out of Afganistan is through Russia. or going to Pakistan. We need Russia. Supply in Afganistan is by leased Russian helicopters, that can fly much higher than ours. Our fuel supply comes through Russia.
Sanctions can backfire.
Since the Soviet Union broke up, and the Cold War ended, the sole stupid power has destroyed it's economy, invaded countries without cause, killed millions, spied on our allies, and acted the role of the world bully.
Our actions in Syria are State supported terrorism.
We are a Thuggery, and a loan shark, It takes endless war to keep our economy running.
Repent! The end is near!
04 Mar 2014, 4:39 pm
