No sure why you responded to me.
PJL said that Russia needs the money and would not shut off the gas to Europe for that reason.
I posted that in 2009 they did exactly that during the winter. That was during the world wide recession due to the financial markets collapsing. Russia was needed more money then than they do now.
Russia needed the Ukraine to use their pipelines to the nearest port. The Ukraine taxed Russia for the use. Russia could easily have passed on the tax to the Europeans but they decided to play hardball.
This is exactly the kind of position they could take again if they had a crush up with the EU or NATO.
The reason the Russians had so many casualties in WWII is that their military was largely untrained, poorly armed, and it was treason punishable by death to surrender!
So the Russians simply killed people in large numbers throwing themselves at German's on the Russian front to the slaughter. Nothing at all to brag about but typical of Communists who treat human beings as disposable State Property.
And I fear the Chinese CCP will do the same thing with their standing armies given the chance no matter how many die!
carolina73 (07-26-2021),DGUtley (07-26-2021)
Actually it was you that was trying to give all the credit to the Russians.
We had Great Britain, Australia and Canada fighting with us against Germany. We also had a two front war saving China's rear end from their humiliating losses by Japan. A little Island destroyed the mighty China empire. LOL.
Russia doesn't deserve all the credit at all ......but they do deserve every bit as much credit as Americans continually bestow upon themselves . .......why then has the US been dominating for the last 70 years ? ....and doing their utmost to keep all countries down and under control ?......(and made such a mess of everything in doing so). It was foolish to deny Russia all these years .....foolish , unjust and wrong .
Last edited by PJL; 07-27-2021 at 12:07 AM.
If the EU stops acting like a bunch of hostile idiots towards Russia, Russia will have no reason to play hardball. It's really that simple.
NATO is a dinosaur that serves no purpose except to encircle Russia and keep military contractors rich. It should be abolished.
I'm glad to see increased cooperation between Germany and Russia. I enjoy seeing the US political class and the NATO bureaucracy fail in their attempt to dominate Eurasia.
Power always thinks it has a great soul, and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak. And that it is doing God service when it is violating all His laws.
--John Adams
Yes, the Soviet communists were willing to send as many slaves into the meat grinder as it took to beat back the Germans. But instead of letting the Germans destroy the Soviet cancer, which would have been in the best interests of Americans and western civilization, corrupt politicians in the UK and the US sacrificed hundreds of thousands of brave young Brits and Americans in defense of Soviet cancer. Patton quickly realized the folly of siding with the Russians after arriving in Berlin.
Power always thinks it has a great soul, and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak. And that it is doing God service when it is violating all His laws.
--John Adams