LONG brutal article on our current foreign policy mess...

[HFNY]

No I read ZH but I don't see it materially affecting anything much over the next few years. Of the top 15 economies in the world, nearly all are solid American allies and it appears that the Bernanke / Wall Street / Obama / Yellen cabal is mostly finished devaluing the dollar (which partially created the incentive for other countries to seek currency agreements with China).

Russia may not even be in the top 10 of countries by GDP anymore since their economy is contracting and if the dollar continues to strengthen, lower oil and nat gas prices will hurt them even more. China is undoubtedly a power but as noted before, their growth is slowing and the bill for their aging population will be increasing since their working age population peaked in 2010:

icis.com/blogs/asian-chemical-connections/2014/05/demographics-guarantee-china-property-crisis/

I can't blame China and other countries not in the USA orbit for seeking out currency swap agreements but if we get a new president willing to tackle the structural problems in the USA (corporate tax reform, personal income tax reform, consolidating poverty programs and / or giving more power to the states, etc etc), our economy will become stronger and so will the dollar.

It's happening. Too bad you're missing it.http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-...-chinarussia-complete-currency-swap-agreement

 

[jecornel]

one day you will be dead, and none of this will have mattered....moveon.org

 

[CuntWaffle]

one day you will be dead, and none of this will have mattered....moveon.org

classic libtard response

 

[PurpleJ]

one day you will be dead, and none of this will have mattered....moveon.org

I can say the same thing about the environment or Iraq.

I guess stuff like this only matters when it affects you... Pretty selfish world view, if true.

 

[PurpleThrobber]

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.

The Germans are 0-2 since 1914 but covered the halftime prop bet in each contest.

 

[RaceBannon]

Down goes Libya

 

[PurpleJ]

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.

The Germans are 0-2 since 1914 but covered the halftime prop bet in each contest.

Gotta stop scheduling ranked powerhouses like the US and England.

 

[GrundleStiltzkin]

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.

The Germans are 0-2 since 1914 but covered the halftime prop bet in each contest.

Gotta stop scheduling ranked powerhouses like the US and England.

Anytime you fight in Russia in December is special.

 

[RaceBannon]

Germany loses world wars but dominates world soccer

Coincidence?

 

[oregonblitzkrieg]

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.

The Germans are 0-2 since 1914 but covered the halftime prop bet in each contest.

Gotta stop scheduling ranked powerhouses like the US and England.

Germans are like FSU and Ohio State. They schedule creampuffs like France, Benelux and Poland during the regular season. By the time they get to the end of the season with a stainless record, they get slammed by SEC champion Russia and the US and England from the PAC.