Ukraine invasion

[General Zod]

You'd think they'd be at the top of the list, especially after everyone else has bailed them out of so many shit storms.

You underestimate French arrogance.

 

[Cool 'Horn Luke]

You underestimate French arrogance.

Nah, I'm not (lol). Would it help to say I was TRYING REALLY REALLY hard to be nice?

 

[msharley]

You underestimate French arrogance.

Last gun show?

Saw a used French Rifle....

Only dropped once!

 

[Cool 'Horn Luke]

Last gun show?

Saw a used French Rifle....

Only dropped once!

I would've assumed it'd never been picked up

 

[benenglish]

Kinda nice that the Ukes & the Rus paused the war so we could continue the arguments here....

Some, (as in this under-4-minutes vid) are predicting that will change soon...ish?

 

[wiredgeorge]

Mud 6-8' deep? Is that really possible?

 

[seeker_two]

Mud 6-8' deep? Is that really possible?

Ask Napoleon and Hitler....

 

[oldag]

Last gun show?

Saw a used French Rifle....

Only dropped once!

I think that was
Never fired. Only dropped once.

 

[easy rider]

Amusing.

Should we be there? A question I've heard many times since the Viet Nam war.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Ben,

Thank you for the video.

I hope you make them available as they come out.

 

[benenglish]

Ben,

Thank you for the video.

I hope you make them available as they come out.

OK.

 

[ian]

You still miss the big picture. We have that much debt because we don’t have the money that we are giving away. I’m just speculating here, but you may be wondering why both the Fed and Treasury were so weak on our inflation issue, and the reason for that may be that inflation makes debt easier to pay for. So while you say “it’s only a few dollars” or however exactly you said it, the real value or every dollar you have has declined significantly over the last 2 years in order to make our debt more affordable. Now, let’s look beyond just what is happening now. When this war that Biden told Putin he could have finally comes to an end, we will also spend more money to rebuild ukraine. We will likely continue spending more money to ensure that our puppet government that we have there remains in place.
Then there is also the cost of neglecting things here at home, especially being in a border state, as an example since that was brought up. The cost of not securing our border comes with increased crime, meaning more work for law enforcement, increased healthcare costs, backed up healthcare systems, etc.
The 2nd and 3rd order effects matter, even if people who just love being involved in war don’t want other people to think about them. It’s not just “small potatoes” like you’re suggesting. Every bad financial decision made with tax dollars is brushed off as “small potatoes”, to the point where we are buying many bags of small potatoes.

You are missing the big picture.

List a few of the top things US spends money on.

List what you spend time complaining about.

Do you see it yet?

 

[ian]

Maybe one day we can have AI assisted negotiations. They can quickly account for each sides wants and historical context. I would be interested to see what AI would recommend for this situation.

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The AI would give all the land in the world to AI programmers.

 

[ian]

Maybe we should offer France to Russia instead of Ukraine.

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Putin should lose something and not get free land for his poor behavior. You don't give a bratty misbehaving child some candy for being a $#!+head.

 

[Axxe55]

Putin should lose something and not get free land for his poor behavior. You don't give a bratty misbehaving child some candy for being a $#!+head.

seems to be the new american way of handling problems it's what parents do with their children theses days!

 

[studenygreg]

Putin should lose something and not get free land for his poor behavior. You don't give a bratty misbehaving child some candy for being a $#!+head.

It was a joke. Simmer down. Geez. Damn this thread is full of sensitive people.

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[cycleguy2300]

It was a joke. Simmer down. Geez. Damn this thread is full of sensitive people.

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[Johnny Diamond]

LOL.

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[benenglish]

And part 3. I think he said this would be a 3-part series so this should be the last. But I'm not sure of all that.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

I watched all 3 videos.

I found them to be some very interesting speculation.

Thanks Ben for making them available.

Currently I'm reading "The New Tsar": The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin,' by Steven Lee Myer

I think you'd enjoy it!