jimukr104 said:
Hencredible Casanova said:
Kosko - Syria is not a pussy paradise (Muslim country). This is a game forum. How this power struggle affects the behavior of women that live in one of the last European holdouts from significant western influence is the primary concern IMO.
Agreed..and this conflict and its WW3 possibilities affects multiple Pussy paradises like Russia, Poland, Romania, etc. Who knows might be a lot of lonely women in these countries after this Apocalypse!
Poland and Romania are already done. They are pro-western and pro-American societies (both being NATO and EU member states). According to Roosh and others, there are already signs of degradation among women in parts of these countries (at least in Poland), so the cancer is already present as far as how women take care of themselves.
Interestingly, being an American is mini-celebrity status - or at least looked well upon - in many parts of the world, including this one.
Don't hold your breath on Ukraine.
jimukr104 said:
Hencredible Casanova said:
soup said:
Hencredible.. this isn't about keeping pussy pure, it's about money.
To the governments involved and big business, sure.
But to the guys on the forum, I think it's about pussy primarily.
I don't think there'd be this level of engagement if Ukraine wasn't a place with high quality women.
Well I don't want my flat in Odessa to become a scene from Stalingrad.
Yes if Ukraine goes west..its the end of Pussy paradise in Europe. Russia might even make it harder to get visas.
Well, the fact that you have financial interests at stake in Ukraine, and being married to an FSU gal, your treasonist posts somewhat make sense haha. I think you're the exception rather than the rule among Russophiles on this forum. That's why I repped you the other day.
Just don't let your deep biases cloud objectivity my friend.
If you look at the the situation from a western pov, Russia is done. Look at the arc of modern Russian history and it's easy to tell.
Outside of the energy sector, Russia is in a much weaker geopolitical position - by every metric - as a successor state to the USSR, not just to the US but even within its own region.
There are many Americans alive today who vividly remember participating in "bomb drills" while in grade school out of fear of the Soviet nuclear threat, especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
At the time, the USSR was a fundamental threat to the American way of life - a place that has historically emphasized the primacy of the individual over the interests of the state.
The Soviet model being widely exported among societies throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and even the Americas (Cuba, and even Chile before a successful CIA coup ousted its Communist leader) was simply unacceptable if the US wanted to maintain its status as a cultural, military and economic world leader.
Think of how far we have come since those times. Today, anywhere Russia looks in its neighborhood there is the projection of American power. Only weak states like Belarus (which is popularly referred to as "Europe's last dictatorship") and Armenia (which has long held Russian bases on its soil to protect itself from its arch-enemy and regionally powerful neighbor, Turkey) are completely within Russia's control and influence.
Russia has fallen so hard that even its invasion of a territory where it holds military bases, was historically Russian territory, and where the majority of people are ethnically Russian and support being part of Russia is an international issue that calls for the strongest punishment and which Russia has to be careful in treading.
That is quite a distance!
It's also hard to tell what Putin's end game is. Sanctions could prove crippling to Russia's economy, especially if our Euro partners get on board, turning Russians (both ordinary people and oligarchs) against Putin.
If Crimea joins Russia, then Ukraine is free to join the EU (which requires that there are no territorial disputes between two sovereign nations, which is why Georgia is unable to join - Russia's occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia) and NATO.
More problems on Russia's doorstep and a Ukraine that so far seems more than willing to join the West, evidenced by the billions of dollars in loan packages being assembled by the EU, US, and IMF.
I think if we're being honest we have to accept that Ukraine is going the direction of Poland and Romania by and large. It's not a matter of if, but when and how. Just giving the real deal Holyfield so that you don't get taken by surprise.
Vicious said:
As predicted the Russian economy is taking a heavy hit.
The growth was already panning out since a few years back. Consumer confidence is shot. Even China is backing off, general capital flight is under way.
The most damaging aspect though is a continued brain drain. The country has problems holding onto its best and brightest.
Absolutely. Though Russians have pride in their high culture (i.e. literature, performing arts, etc) the most anti-Russian (government) people I have met are none other than Russian immigrants and Russian-Americans.
That's another metric by which Americans can say they won the Cold War and are continuing to win against Russia, not just among ordinary Russians but among oligarchs as well (who live and raise their families in the West).
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