LONG brutal article on our current foreign policy mess...
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MikeDamone
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Bush's fault?
CuntWaffle
New Fish
That's your source?
GrundleStiltzkin
New Fish
The author is plainly uncomfortable with a man of color being President.
MikeDamone
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Well written article. But most people would rather hear a few sound bites than spend the time to actually understand shit.
Hi OBK!!
Hi OBK!!
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Bush lied, people died
No justice, no peace
1,2,3,4 we won't fight your fucking war
Kill the ragheads
We're here, we're queer, and we want Mora as the Husky coach! (circa 2007)
allpurpleallgold
New Fish
tldr
MikeDamone
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Know justice, know peace.
CuntWaffle
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Good read and did a very good job at condensing everything down. It is really astonishing how people don't realize how badly Obama has fucked us over internationally.
MikeDamone
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But the Bush Doctrine!!!!
CuntWaffle
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I tried explaining this mess to a big time Obama supporter recently and the response I got was:
"I don't care about other Countries, I care about what he is doing in our own"
These are the kind of people we have voting. Christ.
"I don't care about other Countries, I care about what he is doing in our own"
These are the kind of people we have voting. Christ.
sarktastic
New Fish
too stupid, couldn't read?
CuntWaffle
New Fish
I think it is more along the lines of doesn't want to read the truth. It is like the lump on the breast that all of a sudden has "always been there, not an issue".
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HFNY
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The Libertarian in me wants to GTFO in all facets but the practical side says to work with the non-crazies in the region (the Kurds, Israel, and......oh wait that's about it). I wish the Germans would sack up and carry more of the load but they continue to hide behind American power.
Lower oil prices would take the sting out of a lot of the wallets of the crazies who fund the crazies who do the fighting.
Lower oil prices would take the sting out of a lot of the wallets of the crazies who fund the crazies who do the fighting.
oregonblitzkrieg
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Allowing German power to be unleashed might not be the best thing to do. Having them as a little brother keeps them under control and allows us to sublimate their tendency to want to dominate everything around them geopolitically. It also enhances the perception of our status as a superpower to have such a powerful country stuffed in our back pocket.
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HFNY
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Decent point though I wasn't thinking that they would be "unleashed". Special forces would be nice so that our's don't get too strained or they could chip in some billions to fund the Peshmerga. Heck, since we're still running massive deficits, they could even throw the billions our way for us to disperse.
sarktastic
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What about oil priced in rubles/yuan?
HFNY
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Oil is globally priced in dollars (like a lot of commodities). The Chinese are hoping to get some commodities eventually priced in yuan but I don't see that happening, at least in the next few years.
With the USA ending tapering and then likely to raise rates in early / mid 2015 and the Chinese growth slowing (as well as having a population aging much faster than our's), I see the yuan weakening relative to the dollar. I'm not a FX trader though.
With the USA ending tapering and then likely to raise rates in early / mid 2015 and the Chinese growth slowing (as well as having a population aging much faster than our's), I see the yuan weakening relative to the dollar. I'm not a FX trader though.
sarktastic
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It's happening. Too bad you're missing it.http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-...-chinarussia-complete-currency-swap-agreement
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