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| Ukraine Is Hopeless ... but Not Serious |
| 2014-03-02 |
| by Spengler [PJMedia] There isn't going to be a war over Ukraine. There isn't even going to be a crisis over Ukraine. We will perform our ritual war-dance and excoriate the Evil Emperor, and the result would be the same if we had sung "100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" on a road trip to Kalamazoo. Worry about something really scary, like Iran. Ukraine isn't a country: it's a Frankenstein monster composed of pieces of dead empires, stitched together by Stalin. It has never had a government in the Western sense of the term after the collapse of the Soviet Union gave it independence, just the equivalent of the family offices for one predatory oligarch after another--including the "Gas Princess," Yulia Tymoshenko. It has a per capital income of $3,300 per year, about the same as Egypt and Syria, and less than a tenth of the European average. The whole market capitalization of its stock exchange is worth less than the Disney Company. It's a basket case that claims to need $35 billion to survive the next two years. Money talks and bullshit walks. Who wants to ask the American taxpayer for $35 billion for Ukraine, one of the most corrupt economies on earth? How about $5 billion? Secretary of State Kerry is talking about $1 billion in loan guarantees, and the Europeans are talking a similar amount. That's not diplomacy. It's a clown show. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #8 The problem is the immense damage done by Kremlin toadies, which is now coming due The other problem is the propaganda war of demonizing the western oriented Ukrainians as "fascists" by the Russian press - and the stupidity of the Russian population buying it hook, line and sinker. Its the latter that makes such military moves possible for Putin. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-03-02 21:26 |
| #7 I'm waiting to see if it takes Cuba invading Venezula to put them back in the news... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-03-02 20:26 |
| #6 It has a per capital income of $3,300 per year, about the same as Egypt and Syria, and less than a tenth of the European average. As long as people anywhere on this planet are willing get a backbone and lift themselves out of this type of the socialist, corrupt, government debt laden environment like the Russian style system that only provides $3,300 a year income, I say good for them. |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-02 16:25 |
| #5 ..maybe some new batteries for the "Peregruzka Button" are in order.? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-03-02 15:31 |
| #4 I guess this means we can all enjoy watching Putin kick Pres. Mom Jean 's ass w/out worrying about any geo-political consequences. Good deal. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2014-03-02 15:23 |
| #3 But of course the pro-western Ukrainian elements were only able to kick a Pro-Russian leader out of the country. Now they get to kick actual Russian ass. |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-02 14:43 |
| #2 That was the attitude back when the Nazi's started their invasions in the 40's... |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-02 14:41 |
| #1 Who wants to ask the American taxpayer for $35 billion for Ukraine ..or Detroit. Oh, wait, never mind. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-03-02 12:35 |