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Russia Voices "Disgust" At New US Sanctions, Warns "Won't Go Unanswered"
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as come out swinging after US issued a new round of sanctions against citizens and companies of the nation:
- RUSSIA WON'T LET SANCTIONS GO UNANSWERED: INTERFAX
- RUSSIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER RYABKOV VOICES "DISGUST" AT WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT ON NEW U.S. SANCTIONS -INTERFAX
As we await the European Union's reaction (which the US has said is imminent... hopefully)...
- *U.S. OFFICIAL CONFIDENT EUROPE WOULD JOIN SECTORAL SANCTIONS
it is the blowback from Russia that is most importance - despite constant protestation by talking-heads on mainstream media channels that any sanctions on Russia will have no impact on US business...
More sanctioned firms and individuals are responding:
- *ROTENBERG'S STROYGAZMONTAZH SAYS U.S. SANCTIONS NOT LEGITIMATE
- *STROYGAZMONTAZH SAYS BUSINESS WON'T BE AFFECTED BY SANCTIONS
And here is Jack Lew's remarks...
And this is what Jack Lew had to say...
Statement Of Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, 4/28/2014
“Russia’s dangerous and inflammatory actions against Ukraine are illegal and illegitimate.
Since Russia has refused to follow through on its Geneva commitments,
today the United States is following through on its statements – we are
imposing additional costs against Russia, including sanctions on
individuals in the Russian leadership’s inner circle and 17 entities
closely linked to previously sanctioned members of the inner circle.
Today’s targeted actions, taken in close coordination with the EU,
will increase the impact we have already begun to see on Russia’s own
economy as a result of Russia's actions in Ukraine and from U.S. and
international sanctions.
Russian economic growth forecasts have dropped sharply,
capital flight has accelerated and higher borrowing costs reflect
declining confidence in the market outlook. Our goal continues
to be for Russia to deescalate the situation so that additional
sanctions are not needed. However, we are resolved to continue to work
with our international partners and take the steps required, including
action against individuals and entities in specific sectors, if Russia
continues to press forward.”
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it seems they are not quite in unison with the "anal - ysts" of the Wall ...
Thinking outside the box, ...All these Sanction actions sets up Washington to clamp down harder on its American Citizens utilizing the NSA, NDAA Law, prohibiting public protests, Homeland Security, Fema, CIA, FBI etc....Maybe even reinstituting the Draft. p.s. Can't blame this on Bush....You get all the credit on this one, President Halfro, Puppet in Chief.
By the end of May it will be clear to the world that Europe and China face two decades of competing for Russian gas.
Putin is forcing the US to make a decision... convert shale gas to LNG to save Europe from a depression or watch Europe to move closer to Russia.
That will never happen... The logistics are not there, after transport costs the price would be much higher than what the EU is paying today... Russia will stop sending gas to the EU once infrastructure is completed to China and India, but that is some time off. In the mean time we have a Mexican standoff... The sanctions will only accelerate the process of the BRICS dumping the USD for trade and FX...
I wonder what Russian is for "nail gun"
is it important to you?
better worry about your own country.
Given I am an American citizen, but a German resident, I need you to specify which "own country" you are referring to.
Better watch out, we have tortoise eating cattle in Nevada we'll send your way.
Very misleading set of articles on sanctions. If capital mattered at all, can you imagine the killing Putin could make through proxies in the options and swaps markets? Capital, when you have POWER is completely irrelevant. All that matters is cash flows. And power controls all cash flows inside its area of control. All of them.
Check pilotsandpaws. Hundreds of stray dogs flown around tbe usa on any given day for free by private pilots.
"stroitel'nyy pistolet" literally "construction gun"
Putin won't stop sending gas to EU unless circumstances force him to. They are paying customers and he has no beef with them, he knows that the US is behind all of this BS. He will be much more diversified and less susceptible to Western games once the China and India pipelines are complete.
The US sanctions are suicide, it wants its war.
This is just theater. In the shadows, I bet TPTB are actually supporting Putin on this because he is effectively driving the cost of ALL energy UP in a world wide recession when the price of energy should be dropping. What's best is TPTB can use this "War Premium" to blame Putin, deflecting the world from their own disasterous Ponzi economics, plus giving a boost to the MIC funding. The sheeple will bitch and moan about paying $4/gallon plus when they fill up, but will blame Putin for it so they ultimately go along, allowing the cost ratchet effect to florish. So the real puppet masters get rich on the redistribution of wealth from the middle and lower classes, and TPTB funnel revenue back to the Security State to keep the same sheeple in line. It's great being a sociopathic banker.
Transport costs of NG from USSA to EU is approximately $6 per 1 m cu ft.
Required US selling price to make current operations profitable is also around $6 per 1 M cu ft.
Required FOB cost for a Euro area delivery is therefore around $12 per 1 m cu ft.
Russia can beat this price.
EU needs to contemplate the fact that USSA has invested over $5 billion USSA "Fiction Buks" to make EU less competitive in world markets and decrease consumer discretionary spending in EU.
World needs to acknowledge that USSA actions are unilateral. There is no UN resolution mandating sanctions against Russia. There is no state consensus on this action.
This action is occuring because Kerry said so (Obummer was out golfing at the time). Rest of world needs to contemplate a unipolar world in which one state is free to print unlimited Fiction Buks, FUCK THE EU and anyone else they choose to fuck over, and manipulate the global financial system in pursuit of its own interests.
The USSA does all of this, shoves NSA up your anal cavity, inspects your groin on a regular basis, lies without any MSM check or exposure, and calls the outcome "Freedom."
In 1776 these same actions triggered a revolution.
Today it's Who is on Dancing with the Stars?
Shale gas is long term disappointment and hell damage to environment.
Like modern farming which only mines the soil and poisons.
I learned better......
btw Oklahoma been fracking like crazy and huge increase in earthquakes..
The environmental devastation of fracking will come back to haunt the short-sighted US in the very near future.
"My serfs, I have discovered a large number of Russian troops here in USA. We must fight! I am starting the draft tomorrow by EO! You must all surrender your weapons so I can fight these Russian infiltrators!!"
"To help fight off the (Russian/Chinese) alien invasion, all gun owners are asked to immediately donate ALL their firearms to the local law enforcement. Refusal to comply is treason."
Jacob J. Lew 2015
The sanctions seem more like the US Treasury "diving for dollars" than any sort of coherant response to some alledged issue
I suppose we can consider ourselves lucky to be witnessing a near repeat of 1933-1939.
The demonification of _____
The boycott of _______
The starving of ______
The freezing of ______
Now all we need is a bank and a bush...
or something like that.
ori
Last time though ORI they had gas to play war games. This time, I have a feeling no is going to be that lucky. They will all leave their carriages and honour their feet to walk the road whether they want to or not.
The logistics of 7.2 billion demands it and I've never met anyone that's won a full glass of water with an empty cup.
True CPL, but there are all those black projects.
Heck, if I have the answers to the world's energy problems, you think they don't? ;-)
ori
You and I can see that there are sixty ways to cook a potato, they don't though.
Look at them, complete and total disorganized mess. They've practically taken every wrong step to get a project done. Not some of highlights of poor project management. All of them.
This is what makes me shake my head every time. They think they get to keep it with the state of affairs at cost to everything else. That's how stupid things are. The world managed by delusional fanatics bad at math, lousy at budgeting resources assuming that there is a uhaul behind the hearse.
It does make for great theatre though. Personally I'm waiting for them to finish themselves off, we won't have to lift a finger because they are all doing for us all by themselves. So don't help them or offer suggestions, they won't listen anyways. Let it break. We as engineers KNOW how to rebuilt it. And we don't need them to do it, because it's our job to build stuff.
Their job sole job in life, by optics, currently is to break things, lie and wreck themselves. Our job right now is just stay out of the way and witness stupidity as the future example in order to teach how not to do something. It'll be much easier building something that lasts when no one is wrecking it while we are building.
So, If they settle down. Great, we can get started. If they don't, fuck'em. We all wait longer and watch the show.
You see how vicious the white house is getting boys? This is NOT just about a tussle between ukraine and russia. Its about something running much deeper than the moronic american public understand or appreciate. Now they trot Lew out to pour lemon juice in the paper cut. There's nothing like a jew jawboning the leader of a powerful country that has historically resisted the central banking cabal, and it irks. This is more psyops attacking the leaders of industry in the country, hoping to wear them down and have them turn on putin. Those bastards who are brainstorming and executing this evil plan make me sick.
You forgot to put,"At the time of greatest danger,the safe havens for refugees was cut off".
A friend of the family is alive today because her parents escaped to the Shanghai International Settlement where there were no passport controls in the 1930's,about the only place at the time.
Fuck Jack Lew, and the idiots pretending to lead, and the arrogance of the U.S.
no worries. makaka is flying over malacca. makin da waves. but everyone is laughing.quietly,out of sight. for NOW.
No money, no funny
Russian economic growth forecasts have dropped sharply,
capital flight has accelerated and higher borrowing costs reflect
declining confidence in the market outlook.
Is capital flight SecTres doublespeak for russians dumping dollars?
Yep, their USD are fleeing rapidly. Cash for condos!
That rhetoric is a mere morsel in the one-sided, brainwashing smorgasbord known as american news
They are like squabbling children but forcing the rest of us to war
...with huge institutional inertia.
Dangerous times.
Sometimes you just have to keep pushing to get what you want. And in this instance, war it will be.
Well actually, what they're doing is showing to the world that if anybody in the world has money in Switzerland that they can just take it.
It's not anymore a matter of taxes, they can actually take it!!!!
AND THAT THE SWISS CYPRUS MOMENT!!!
so if Putin has 1 swiss frank in a swiss bank account, and they steal it ALL HELL WILL BREAK OUT!!
There's no war coming, just a few blowhards having a pissing match. Neither side has the balls for one. Just ignore all news and keep buying the market. I liearned my lesson the hard way, enough of getting slaughtered on the short side because of fundamentals. Trade what you see happening, not what you think should be happening.
I love the Tyler's for keeping real issues to the forefront but the incessant the sky is falling calls are getting tiring, especially when it's bloody obvious by now the FED will never allow this market to go through a major correction.
taraxias, take some of the sure-thing market profits and fix your teeth.
He's right. Look at the evidence around you. The Fed only controls 1/3 of the bond market, and has completely corrupted it. China sells treasuries, and Belgium buys them. The doomsday that was Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, never materialized. The world's CBs are doing everything they can to control 51% of the bond market, because they believe their ponzi will be self-sustaining at that point with their printing presses. Soverign govts are completely bought by the CBs because the CBs are monetizing their debt, so the govts can spend to provide the basics to the sheeple, while expanding the security state to make sure they never revolt. The only thing that will blow this up is a full blown trade/currency war, and that is just starting to show itself as Russian/China/Brics line up on one side and the USSA/West on the other. But even that is far from certain, and I bet neither side really wants the destruction that a full trade/currency/cold or maybe hot war will cause. It will never break until the masses are starving in the streets. We are a LONG way from this going full retard.
Exactly how are they forcing the rest of us into war?
Shouldn't the folks that live there take the initiative for their own outcomes?
And if they are underarmed, or ill prepared to defend themselves, how is that my issue?
This nation has a 2nd Amendment for a reason. It's so that we can defend ourselves against enemies both foreign and domestic.
No one says it would be easy, but nothing worth defending is ever easy.
Those that have enjoyed their "disarmed peace dividend" for all these years now have a price to pay.
There is a lesson there for those that are paying attention.
We need to let the rest of the world sort their issues out.
But if they cross the line and mess with the US we need to hit them where it hurts and fast. No sending Kerry to bend over and compromise.
Rest assured, we are not being forced. It's what some of the leadership in this country wants to.
If we are at war, they can certainly refuse to pay off all those Treasuries owned by our enemies, right?
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If we are at war, they can certainly refuse to pay off all those Treasuries owned by our enemies, right?
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Who's gonna trust you when you stiff just one bondholder?
Don't worry Mr. Ryabkov. you're alone in your disgust of the U.S gubermint .
" your not alone"
There fixed it for ya...
Saved me the post.
Actually 'You're' is short for you are and 'your' is the possessive form of you. But otherwise you are right, I meant to say you're not alone.
**Duped**
Edit: Should read "You're not alone". It's early and I'm hung over.
Welcome to Monday Doc!
pods
I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog (the eu) too!
Who Nuland has named "Fuck".
"Fuck, the EU dog." -- Nuland
Vladimir "Crocodile Dundee" Putin says "you think those are sanctions, (starts turning the Gas Valve), let me show you sanctions"
Call that a noife? That's not a noife.
This is a noife.
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Fuck the maggot Lew!
this shit is serious only when the Russians turn off the gas.
Putin won't squander that trump card until it really matters.
they must think that they can bring Russia to heel before next winter.
I don't think they think at all.
If he does it in the summer, then it'll be mostly a 'pffft.' But if he does as the european winter sets in....
So, in this case, follow the mercury.
He will to sell to any buyer. Childish "sanctions" are but a minor cost of doing business.
Uh Oh! Sanctions are not doing much.....TO THE DOOMSDAY GOLF CART! SET UP COMMUNICATIONS AT THE 16th GREEN! DEPLOY THE COCKTAIL WEENIES!
DEPLOY THE COCKTAIL WEENIES!
Near spit out my coffee ROFLMFAO!!!!
It seems the US is doing everything possible to knock the reserve out of our currency and pushing the BRICS to get their own SWIFT system off the ground. Stupid is too kind a word for our fearless leaders.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/south-africa-lobb...
The Owners of the US want the reserve knocked out of our currency.
They are ready to move East.
If I were Russia I would start threatening a palladium export ban (not actually do it) to force prices higher.
(Palladium used in pollution-control devices for cars - Only produced by South Africa and Russia)
Palladium is also produced at the Stillwater mine in Montana
How much of world supply? Western needs? US needs?
What are reserves there?
OK. didn't know that.
Stillwater Mining Q1 palladium, platinum production rises http://seekingalpha.com/news/1680913-stillwater-mining-q1-palladium-plat...Next move for gold (and palladium): RBC expert http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000269873
Yes, Russia, ban Palladium.
I will make many Ferns.
Is 0bama trying to get us into a war? He said he could be more flexible after the election, does this mean he will start one, then surrender?
What kinda of morons would elect this crack-smoking homo to the Presidency?
Talk to the folks at the CFR and you will have your answer.
Fred123
"What kinda of morons would elect this crack-smoking homo to the Presidency?"
The 99%?
Given the choice of Obummer or McInsane is it any suprise what wo ended up with?
Charles Manson 2016. Why vote for the lesser of two evils when you can have the real thing.
This situation is complete madness. The Global Criminal Oligarch Cabal Bankster Intelligence Crime Syndicate / Elite will never relinquish power. Ever. At least not voluntarily.
The Criminal UNITED STATES, CORP. INC. are going "all in." East (Russia, Putin, etc..) Vs. West (NWO, Bankster, CIA, MIC Crime Syndicate).
Well this should be as effective as sanctions against Iran. #Redline #WristSlap
Pffff US doesn't give a shit if the gas gets turned off. We've got plenty. But turn off gas and oil sales in "USD" .... d'oh!
"Pffff US doesn't give a shit if the gas gets turned off." ... "Fuck the EU"
You know, it sickens me to see all these orc neocons being referred to as Americans and all of this shit being called American policy. IT IS NOT.
As was pointed out to me recently for using that very term, what we have today are not neocons, but neodems. Same, same as before, but with zero restrait or clue what they are doing.
Neoclowns would be appropriate excepting that they are causing the murder of millions.
It's like when they use the term "It's in America's best interest".
The pot calling the kettle black. Oh! Is that a racest comment?
"""somehow"""all of this is being used as an excuse to buy stocks above the ask, and sell gold.
Gee, I wonder who it is that could be doing that?
/My time. It is coming.
Sanctions on Russia
Wait till all the BRIC worms turn............sanctions on the west and watch as the west goes down the tubes............
The west should only throw stones if they are not guilty...................what's the saying...........something about he who cast the first stone.............the more this goes on the more you realise that nothing has changed in the last few centuries................so much for advanced econonies and a better way of life
Those that lived years ago untill they hit about 40 but paid no taxes ...............had a better standard of living than those alive today and pay taxes but............live longer and work longer (so they can pay those taxes)
Talk about a fucked up world we live in
Up the price of gas and demand payment of gas for gold delivery. That would send the US and Europe reeling,
@yogibear
On a warm summer's evenin',On a train bound for nowhere
I met up with the gambler.
We were both too tired to sleep.
So we took turns a-starin'
Out the window at the darkness.
When boredom overtook us,
He began to speak.
He said, Son, I've made my life
Out of readin' people's faces.
Knowin' what the cards were
By the way they held their eyes.
So if you don't mind my sayin',
I can see you're out of aces,
For a taste of your whiskey,
I'll give you some advice.
So I handed him my bottle,
And he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette
And asked me for a light.
And the night got deathly quiet,
And his face lost all expression.
He said, If
You're gonna play the game, boy,
You gotta learn to play it right.
You've got to know
When to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run.
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done.
Now every gambler knows
The secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
And knowin' what to keep.
'Cause every hand's a winner
And every hand's a loser
And the best you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep.
And when he finished speakin',
He turned back toward the window,
Crushed out his cigarette
And faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness,
The gambler he broke even.
And in his final words I found
An ace that I could keep.
You've got to know
When to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run.
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done.
You've got to know
When to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run.
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done.
You've got to know
When to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run.
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin'
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Perhaps the crony capitalists and their political minions believe that the only way to top being "really good at killing people" with drones is to murder millions.
No law, no morals, no ethics and no accountability, for "Just Us".
The beltway buffoons actions and statements are imitative of unpleasantly plump teenagers strutting around acting and thinking that they are experienced combat soldiers and leaders because they know how to play a video game.
Actionable Message Delivered to both Putin & Obama -- huge truth opportunity
Dear Leader:
The people of the USA are severely deceived by omission. Please show/tell them these compelling histories of theirs. Massive deceptions by omission are done to the USA people -- this status quo is, effectively, “The Big Lie”.
The Public Be Suckered
http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1230886
MISPRICINGS CAUSED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. Look and See.*
http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1241650
Signed,
DOGGONE, Ph.D.
PS I have tried hard to show/tell the people, but my 'voice' is negligible.
What does this last sentence mean ?
" However, we are resolved to continue to work
with our international partners and take the steps required, including
action against individuals and entities in specific sectors, if Russia
continues to press forward.”
Are they going to attempt to suicide them ? May be Putin should send someone to shoot the black asshole's dog as a warning.
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What does this last sentence mean ?
" However, we are resolved to continue to work
with our international partners and take the steps required, including
action against individuals and entities in specific sectors, if Russia
continues to press forward.”
Are they going to attempt to suicide them ? May be Putin should send someone to shoot the black asshole's dog as a warning.
May be Putin should send someone to shoot the black asshole's
Should have left the sentance as above.
WTF has the dog done?
LOL
"Are they going to attempt to suicide them?"
?? http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/crisispreventionandrecovery/focus_areas/rule-of-law/global-focal-point-for-police--justice-and-corrections-/ ??
He needs to be especially careful if he is playing with any nail guns, the amount of people accidentally shooting themselves seven or eight times with those is incredible..
The West is being run by criminally insane political madmen hell-bent on starting a war Russia. Obama and Kerry are both out of their depth and probably not taking the decisions. It's all exactly as the neocons set-out under GW Bush. Western old MSM is egging them on and acting as the conduit for anti-Russian lies and propaganda to prepare the citizenry for war with the "bad guys".
If they succeed against Putin, next will be China. Then, the whole world will be run by criminally insane madmen and banksters. The cost of this madness will cause Western economies to collapse even faster than now and the door will be open to introduce a hard line domestic corporatist/fascist police state. If they lose, we won't be here talking about it. The risks are enormous. Not one single action in all this has been subject to any sort of democratic scrutiny or accountability.
Accept our installed coup, or we'll keep targeting select indivuduals through "sanctions". If there was a GUN involved it would simply be called "robbery" or "extortion at gunpoint".
Don't worry, there will be. A BIG ONE!
"What kinda of morons would elect this crack-smoking homo to the Presidency?"
It's common in Illinois. They want liars and criminals. Look of how many state governors ended up in jail.
Illinois will soon have the highest taxes in the country. Obama wants to turn the rest of the country into Chicago.
The Canadians sanctioning themselves out of a rocket launch is no different to this. The US seems to be intent on sanctioning itself + currency out of the energy market. And Europe too. Hey, Europe... isn't that right? Europe?
*crickets*
..... any chance the S-400 and TOR M2 SA 15D systems are available for import???
I mean seems to be covered .....
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
..... ya' know to keep the pests out of the garden..... 'suppose they take master card??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lcnaucpsd8
"Wag the Dog"
When was the last time we had the Treasury Sec. delivering harsh statements to another Nation State. I know the Treasury carrys an enormus amount of fatness but damn this knid of stuff was previously the job of the executive. At tleast thats the way I rember it, please correct me if I'm wrong.
Know your enemy
AD
It was when Timmy told China to stop manipulating their currency.
I understand the audience was responsive and burst into laughter.
Hope Russia finds a serious retaliation mechanism with China.
And close the US out of Afghanistan evacuations routes for this summer.
After a US/PNAC coup in Ukraine, the whole thing is UTTERLY DIGUSTING.
And Kerry's last speech really gross.
As to Eurpe, really time to move this thing to a "measured" transatlantic crisis, and stop whatever translatlantic treatee negociation is on going.
Ameweeka is truly dying, and it isn't a pretty sight.
The amount of stupidity and naivety on this forum is astounding.
The idea that China and Russia are best friends is laughable.
If the West says to China, "hey yellow man, half of Russia ---- the one with the insane amounts of oil and gas is yours, because after all you have a lot of yellow skinheads living in Siberia, and they sure do deserve their Crimeea moment, after all the Russia's white man oppression ---- is yours for the taking", I bet China becomes best friends with the West.
China is actually best friends with the West. All the children of the mega rich and all Communist Party Members are educated in Western universities.
Also all the billions they stole from their citizens are hidden in Swiss banks and other "safe-havens" controlled by the West.
You must be some limps dicks here on Zerohedge, to actually root so much for Putin. A small, bald midget, that likes to ride horses naked and tries soo hard to hide his homosexuality.
How the hell you people think Putin is anti-NWO is beyond reason. Putin is just a puppet of the NWO just as Barrack Obama and David Cameroon are.
You people are like all the Ed Snowden groupies that really believe the mainstream media story on him being a whistleblower and not some psy op done by the CIA.
To actually think that Washington Post and The Guardian, and now CNN and NY Times made him famous, and yet somehow he needs to be viewed as a hero and a whistleblower is stupid.
The MSM never make anti-system guys and real whistleblowers heroes. NEVER.
Calm down a bit.
First I never said Russia and China were best friends, but I also know that 1 : chinese (not all of course) despise Americans much more than they do Russians, and indeed they will overall back up Russia in this thing.
But anyway, the US is so bipolar and full to the hilt of propaganda, utterly vulgar, so no reason to bother.
No modern war without air support.No air support without ground troops to prevent deployment of MANPADS shoulder fired systems.No ground troops because of deployment of nasty minefields.NATO is not interested.America is broke and would any rate need to invoke the draft which would make the Rodney King riots seem like a weekend picnic at the coast....
You missed -
No air support without lots and lots and lots of avgas.
No avgas in Euroland unless bought from outside supplier.
30% of Euroland energy needs supplied by Russia.
Ergo in the attempt to waste Russia from the air the USSA will need to enrich Russia.
Where is Milo Minderbinder when you need him?
The west spent 50 years trying to convince Russia to open up, trade and deal with the west, some moron has convinced Russia it has made a mistake within 1 month. Other countries with internal disputes are also watching with great interest and will be thinking about how to reduce their reliance on the west in the future.
Spanish Ambassador to Russia Jose Ignacio Carbajal has given an interview to Interfax in which he speaks about the situation in Ukraine, the possible third phase of sanctions against Russia, and separatist trend that has lately come to shape in Europe.http://www.interfax.com/interview.asp?id=497752
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WHAT IF ... ?????
What would happen to the U.S. dollar if, tomorrow, Putin announced that ALL future oil and gas sales from Russia could be purchased using ANY CURRENCY?
It seems to me that the "petro-dollar" would collapse. After all, why would ANY country henceforth need to purchase U.S. dollars (as they currently must do for purchases), when they could use their own currency AND save money by not having to pay to convert their currency into dollars (FOREX)? The demand for U.S. dollars would drop dramatically and the U.S. would be F&%$ed.
NOTE: Technically the "United States" is the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT only, which is in fact a coroprate TRUST created by the various states through their ratification of the Constitution. The GRANTORS were the states, with the U.S. government as the TRUSTEE and the PEOPLE as the BENEFICIARIES.(Whether one accepts the argument that the U.S. governmentin 1871 was taken over as a PRIVATE CORPORATION incorporated in Delaware and headquarted in Scotland is a matter for another discussion.)
There was NO such entity as a "U.S. citizen" until the 14th Amendment.The TWO requirements for U.S. citizenship are that: (1) a person be born (or naturalized) in the U.S. AND (2) be subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. government. LOOK IT UP FOR YOURSELF !!! Prior to the 1870's people used to call themselves a citizen of their state OR an "American citizen" - NEVER a "U.S. citizen" as that term did not even exist.
When a person states that he is a U.S. citizen, he is voluntarily confirming that he is UNDER THE JURISDICTION of the U.S. government (as a corporate entity) and is waiving his natural rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Again, see CONDITION #2 above: one is declaring that the U.S. government has jurisdiction over you! And even today (according to Supreme Court rulings) a man or woman born in America can be a "citizen of a state" WITHOUT being a "U.S. citizen"; and even that a person born in America can be NEITHER a "state citizen" nor a "U.S. citizen"; and thereby is NOT bound by state or federal statutes, but ONLY by the Common Law. That man would be protected by the Constitution but NOT subject to it or any state or federal statutes; AND would retain ALL of his natural rights under the Common Law.
That is why I paid NO federal income taxes for many years, but paid state income taxes in Virginia and later Massachusetts. Further, I received tax refunds from the IRS every year on federal gasoline taxes I paid. And it was all entirely legal! As for my U.S. PASSPORT, that was also easy. In fact, any American can apply for a U.S. passport as a "state citizen but NOT a U.S. citizen" - there is even a BOX on the passport applicatiion form to check! The key is knowing that the term "United States" has at least 3 different legal meanings (according to the Supreme Court) and perhaps as many as 6 different meanings (according to some legal scholars).
Since the 1970's I have NEVER called myself a "U.S. citizen"; only an "American citizen".
Yeah, I'm sure Putin wants to trades his oil and natgas with Bolivian currency or Zimbabwe currency or Indian ruppee, instead of euros or USD, because, yeah, the Bolivian peso buys you soo much of german technology for example, that is highly needed in Russia to modernize the country.
Yeah. For sure.
Sarcasm off.
I know of only two : "United Slaves" and "United Swines" what are the orthers ?
apparently an intercontinenal missile from russia did a trip in direction of USA, a RS-24, it did changed direction only at 500 km of the coasts, meaning that the missile shield has failed