Win/Win

Gonz

Gonz

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I still can't get over reading this kind of thing from the Russian press. Some of you barely knew the wall existed so it may seem less unusual. Interesting little ditty on th afteraffects.

USA's victory in Iraq means that the American administration will be able to decide a lot of personal, corporate and national problems. If the USA wins the war, George W. Bush will most likely win the presidential election, while his team will rule American political and economic life. This implies huge economic profit, as well as the creation of the future society both within and outside the United States. If the USA wins the war, world prices on raw materials will drop, OPEC as a world economic subject will be destroyed, the growing competition of the European currency will be brought to nothing, and Europe will have to carry the burden of the economic crisis. Common American citizens will get something too, like low prices on gas, low tariffs and so on.

Let us pay attention to the Russian economy, to our consumers' interests in case if the Iraqi campaign ends up quickly. The collapse of world prices on oil will eventually lead to the economic recession in the Russian Federation. Both the economic and social situation in the country will be exacerbated a lot: tariffs will go up, relations between central and regional authorities will grow rather tense.

It goes without saying that Bush's triumph will immediately affect Putin's conduct. The Russian president is likely to show his ?devotion to American democratic ideals,¦ appointing pro-American officials for influential positions in the Russian government. Vladimir Putin will also accelerate the process of IMF's economic reforms, which will eventually divide the energy industry and the gas industry. The economic result of the new stage of plundering is clear: to impoverish Russian people again and to make the nation become extinct. The foreign policy of Russia will be characterized with continuing concessions for the American government. Of course, Russia will support the abolishment of the Security Council and of the United Nations Organizations. After that, Washington will wish to have its influence in Russia's Caucasus and Asia. the United States will make Russia break up and then move over to Muslim Iran.
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Pravda
 
Gonz said:
If the USA wins the war, world prices on raw materials will drop, OPEC as a world economic subject will be destroyed, the growing competition of the European currency will be brought to nothing, and Europe will have to carry the burden of the economic crisis. Common American citizens will get something too, like low prices on gas, low tariffs and so on.
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I thought this didn't have to do with oil? :confuse3:
 
I heard someone speculating that the Euro vs. Dollar was a major reason for our invasion before. I'm going to have to dig up some more info on that.
 
Go scour the anti-capitalist web sites. I'm sure one of them has that particular conspiracy theory covered. Yesterday I found one that gave Castro the hero treatment. It's amazing the bizarre shit that people can believe.
 
Gonz said:
growing competition of the European currency will be brought to nothing,
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Well, the bit of info I heard the other day was something about how oil has been traditionally traded in dollars and Iraq was going to sttart trading exclusively in the Euro.

I'll see if I can dig up a bit more, but I doubt I'll look at any anti-capitalistic websites.
 
and 'pravda' means truth....

Pravda Means Truth was the title of a Robert Heinlein essay from long ago concerning the overt lying that said publication engaged in during the Soviet era. Apparently, they could've taught the Iraqi (Dis)Information Minister a few lessons about propaganda. I don't know what they're like now, but I would take anything they write with a grain of salt-- or two, or three. Old habits die hard.
 
Pravda Means Truth was the title of a Robert Heinlein essay from long ago
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OMG, someone else who has read Heinlein's non-fiction! My sister says he's her favorite author, and she's never read a damned one. Sometimes a little conservative for my tastes, but some are almost frighteningly prescient.
 
I had the book Expanding Universe back in the 80's. Don't know what ever became of it. I probably left it behind when I moved from Gainesville back to Tallahassee. I'm not sure which essays you thought were conservative; I thought he was a Libertarian. I seem to recall that he had one essay that advocated a weird eye-for-an-eye sort of justice... It's been way long since I read the book, though.
 
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