Why are countries that do not want to be taken over by the Western powers labeled “enemies”.
The immediate movement towards Russia by NATO after 1991 doesn’t look like a “friend” & and the intent to take Ukraine and Georgia was became a definite in 2007, a red line for Putin.
Weapons that could handle nuclear war heads were already in Romania. PNAC, plan for the unipolar, one world government, was inaction since the mid 90’s. Serbia bombed for many days straight & end with Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo. ( 950+ acres) No votes taken there as to whether the people wanted complete separation of that part of Serbia. The Civil war was once again manufactured. All this will bankrupt US as conquest overextending did to so many other empires.
“Tel Aviv on the Med as well as in Tel Aviv on the Potomac”!!! I have duly updated my map, replacing Paris on the P with Tel Aviv! Reading Mark ensures the constant updating of all systems geographic, historic, philosophical, ethical and…on it goes!
"China’s strongest card is probably Trump’s need to restore sanity to US fiscal policy ASAP. The challenge in negotiations will likely be finding a way to fix the looming US fiscal crisis while also accommodating China’s need for domestic stability. Both countries have strong incentives to reach an agreement." Great observation!
The most daunting part of reaching an accord may well be the extent of government control of the economy in China and its fear of losing that control. Its inaccurate reporting of its economic numbers, its enabling of market manipulation (which to its credit it has addressed to an extent), its currency manipulation (which it is still engaging in) and its continuing debt crisis around local governments and real estate are not things it will welcome foreign prying into. It has already rejected IMF proposals to help with the debt problem - probably wisely. Then there are the larger Chinese issues of declining population (with therefore a contracting industrial capacity) and lack of an internal or other external market for consumer goods that could replace the U.S. On the U.S. side as you note there is the fiscal debt issue with its Treasury Bond liquidity / interest rates subsidiary issues, the possibility of not being able to import critical goods, and being subject to currency manipulation by the Chinese.
As Trump has often said, it is not China's fault that this situation has arisen; it is that the West encouraged China to take advantage of it through never enforcing a level playing field. Still, after all this time, it will take risking a measure of honesty with itself (if not transparency to the rest of the world) on the part of the Chinese government, as well as at least a temporary suspension of the "China is our enemy" attitude of the U.S. oligarchy and bureaucracy, to enable a potential agreement.
She sold short term debt the entire time she was in there. However, the last couple of years the short term debt she sold was at much higher rates than the long term debt she COULD HAVE sold (the yield curve was inverted at the time). There was no apparent reason for doing that other than incurring more interest expense short term and then forcing a refinancing of that debt within two years by the Trump admin.
Well said, diss. I read with incredulity the moves Yellen was making and it appeared to me it was purposeful and with intent. In my view she was attempting to weaken this country and for what reason, who would benefit? I think we know the answer to that.
I always wondered how is it we just get out of Covid and get into a war in Russia - what the heck
One may infer from the writing this was planned because the US saw the timing as ripe as Russia was weakened by Covid - well I thought it interesting
"That may, in fact, be what is now happening. The moment of truth for Russia on China is being accelerated by two factors. First, the COVID-19 pandemic, which has significantly widened the power disparity between the two Eurasian powers. Whereas China has seen historic growth over the past year, Russia has experienced a severe contraction, which is likely to prove sustained. The effects can be seen not least in Russian budgetary debates, where for the first time the momentum seems to be shifting to advocates of tapping Russian reserve funds to provide stimulatory spending on infrastructure, likely at the expense of defense."
Your link - thanks appreciated
article by A. Wess Mitchell that appeared in the National Interest in August 2021. The article, A Strategy for Avoiding Two-Front War,
IIRC the at times tedious Mercouris dispatched Mitchell’s article in a couple or so programs ago. More delusion. Covid and now Russia/Ukraine? Excess mortality. Basta cosi.
Eye opening. It seems the Heritage Foundation has had a quite significant effect on the Trump admin personnel and policy. Concerning isn't a strong enough word.
All I can say at this point is with the number of moving parts approaching warp speed, if the POTUS manages to pull a rabbit out of his hat, then he will unquestionably be the most brilliant man that ever occupied the Oval Office.
"Free association is the expression (as by speaking or writing) of the content of consciousness without censorship as an aid in gaining access to unconscious processes."
Perhaps you need to beef up your understanding of the English language.
Why are countries that do not want to be taken over by the Western powers labeled “enemies”.
The immediate movement towards Russia by NATO after 1991 doesn’t look like a “friend” & and the intent to take Ukraine and Georgia was became a definite in 2007, a red line for Putin.
Weapons that could handle nuclear war heads were already in Romania. PNAC, plan for the unipolar, one world government, was inaction since the mid 90’s. Serbia bombed for many days straight & end with Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo. ( 950+ acres) No votes taken there as to whether the people wanted complete separation of that part of Serbia. The Civil war was once again manufactured. All this will bankrupt US as conquest overextending did to so many other empires.
“Tel Aviv on the Med as well as in Tel Aviv on the Potomac”!!! I have duly updated my map, replacing Paris on the P with Tel Aviv! Reading Mark ensures the constant updating of all systems geographic, historic, philosophical, ethical and…on it goes!
"China’s strongest card is probably Trump’s need to restore sanity to US fiscal policy ASAP. The challenge in negotiations will likely be finding a way to fix the looming US fiscal crisis while also accommodating China’s need for domestic stability. Both countries have strong incentives to reach an agreement." Great observation!
The most daunting part of reaching an accord may well be the extent of government control of the economy in China and its fear of losing that control. Its inaccurate reporting of its economic numbers, its enabling of market manipulation (which to its credit it has addressed to an extent), its currency manipulation (which it is still engaging in) and its continuing debt crisis around local governments and real estate are not things it will welcome foreign prying into. It has already rejected IMF proposals to help with the debt problem - probably wisely. Then there are the larger Chinese issues of declining population (with therefore a contracting industrial capacity) and lack of an internal or other external market for consumer goods that could replace the U.S. On the U.S. side as you note there is the fiscal debt issue with its Treasury Bond liquidity / interest rates subsidiary issues, the possibility of not being able to import critical goods, and being subject to currency manipulation by the Chinese.
As Trump has often said, it is not China's fault that this situation has arisen; it is that the West encouraged China to take advantage of it through never enforcing a level playing field. Still, after all this time, it will take risking a measure of honesty with itself (if not transparency to the rest of the world) on the part of the Chinese government, as well as at least a temporary suspension of the "China is our enemy" attitude of the U.S. oligarchy and bureaucracy, to enable a potential agreement.
For reference regarding the short term debt topic. https://reason.com/2025/01/10/janet-yellens-short-term-thinking-could-cost-the-u-s-big/
She sold short term debt the entire time she was in there. However, the last couple of years the short term debt she sold was at much higher rates than the long term debt she COULD HAVE sold (the yield curve was inverted at the time). There was no apparent reason for doing that other than incurring more interest expense short term and then forcing a refinancing of that debt within two years by the Trump admin.
Well said, diss. I read with incredulity the moves Yellen was making and it appeared to me it was purposeful and with intent. In my view she was attempting to weaken this country and for what reason, who would benefit? I think we know the answer to that.
Yeah, that's the general idea. That it was deliberate.
RE: Extending Russia
I always wondered how is it we just get out of Covid and get into a war in Russia - what the heck
One may infer from the writing this was planned because the US saw the timing as ripe as Russia was weakened by Covid - well I thought it interesting
"That may, in fact, be what is now happening. The moment of truth for Russia on China is being accelerated by two factors. First, the COVID-19 pandemic, which has significantly widened the power disparity between the two Eurasian powers. Whereas China has seen historic growth over the past year, Russia has experienced a severe contraction, which is likely to prove sustained. The effects can be seen not least in Russian budgetary debates, where for the first time the momentum seems to be shifting to advocates of tapping Russian reserve funds to provide stimulatory spending on infrastructure, likely at the expense of defense."
Your link - thanks appreciated
article by A. Wess Mitchell that appeared in the National Interest in August 2021. The article, A Strategy for Avoiding Two-Front War,
Interesting that Mr. Mitchell’s article you reference doesn’t show up as a publication in his Wikipedia page.
Actually it is in footnote 41 at his Wiki page.
Ok. I never read footnotes from Wikipedia goofs.
possibly trying to hide it?
here is the link Mark provided
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/strategy-avoiding-two-front-war-192137
IIRC the at times tedious Mercouris dispatched Mitchell’s article in a couple or so programs ago. More delusion. Covid and now Russia/Ukraine? Excess mortality. Basta cosi.
https://youtu.be/NSWMEc8J88Y?si=Iwj6IGi3jfhPxNcG
Thanks. Here's the link for the article version--faster to read through:
https://journal-neo.su/2025/04/08/worst-case-scenario-trumps-tariffs-walling-us-off-ahead-of-wider-world-conflict/
Eye opening. It seems the Heritage Foundation has had a quite significant effect on the Trump admin personnel and policy. Concerning isn't a strong enough word.
Major Neocon site. It seems most "Think Tanks" are heavily neocon and pro-Zionist. Money link I imagine.
All I can say at this point is with the number of moving parts approaching warp speed, if the POTUS manages to pull a rabbit out of his hat, then he will unquestionably be the most brilliant man that ever occupied the Oval Office.
Free Associating?
"Free association is the expression (as by speaking or writing) of the content of consciousness without censorship as an aid in gaining access to unconscious processes."
Perhaps you need to beef up your understanding of the English language.
Jerk free zone.