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WarGamer

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4. true...

Reply to former9thward (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 23, 2023, 05:15 PM

Dec 2023

Long ago, I warned that the worst aftermath of the Ukraine War won't be what happened on the ground in Ukraine...

The invasion by Putin and the Western reaction has done more to bifurcate the planet politically... than any other event in the last 75+ years.

Russia was moving closer to the EU, Iran was settling down, the Israelis and Saudi Arabia were shaking hands and Turkey was solidly a member of NATO.

Now you have a more rigid axis of non-US nations picking sides and aligning against the West... this has set back Global relations decades.

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Russia's economy is going strong despite sanctions from the U.S. and its allies. [View all] WarGamer Dec 2023 OP

This feels suspect. Bristlecone Dec 2023 #1

Some articles out there explain more deeply... WarGamer Dec 2023 #2

We heard that Russia's economy was great for decades, then learned it was all lies. yardwork Dec 2023 #5

The sanctions have caused Russia to economically unite with China, India, Iran and other Asian nations. former9thward Dec 2023 #3

true... WarGamer Dec 2023 #4

Deliberate chaos and disruption created by sociopaths. yardwork Dec 2023 #6

Russians GDP "growth" is from 100% additional war time borrowing NPR and Reuters leave that out uponit7771 Dec 2023 #19

China and India. roamer65 Dec 2023 #7

a BIG part of it, indeed. WarGamer Dec 2023 #8

Which is it? One day it's dire news for Russia Deuxcents Dec 2023 #9

Depends on the news source... WarGamer Dec 2023 #10

I'm reading articles posted here. Deuxcents Dec 2023 #12

Perhaps war is good for the economy... Chainfire Dec 2023 #11

This is why Trump absolutely can not be reelected. I have asked this question elsewhere: ck4829 Dec 2023 #13

Don't know how true all that is, but we do know Pepsi and Hershey's are still doing business Liberal In Texas Dec 2023 #14

Keep dreaming. BannonsLiver Dec 2023 #15

It is an unsustainable war economy. JanMichael Dec 2023 #16

Article makes clear RUs economy is very fragile Kaleva Dec 2023 #17

Beneath NPR, This is a factless opinion piece not worthy of print uponit7771 Dec 2023 #18

It's a shame to contradict the OP's doomposting about Ukraine, but Foreign Policy magazine has a counterpoint: Emrys Dec 2023 #20

Trickle-down theory, Russian style? DFW Dec 2023 #21

The article clearly states it's a war economy, not a "float all boats" type of economy. WarGamer Dec 2023 #22

I'd say somewhere between juiced and fake is probably accurate. n/t DFW Dec 2023 #23