Yup, less impacted at the very least. But it should be said that it’s mainly the US (and European, and Russian) arms and oil corporations who will benefit from this war fueling their profits. The simple citizens on the other hand? Hmm… they’d probably prefer if all those hundreds of billions went to social and infrastructural projects, instead of going towards super-expensive oil and gas, and a new armament race.
He is writing uncorroborated nonsense and doesn’t understand the deeper geopolitical situation. This is not in any form or way a “win” for the US. Sanctions are not free, but very costly. It is loss, loss all over the place, including very much for the US. The US wanted to pivot to Asia, now it can’t. This is a new Cold War and so far everyone but China has lost and will continue to lose (and arguably even China is uncomfortable now). To say the US has a “win” is completely idiotic. This is a nightmare for both the West (including the US) and Russia as well as obviously Ukraine.
And the costs will only increase…
There goes my summer holiday…Oh well…
Somewhat inaccurate on who set the precedent, that was Stalin’s USSR. Only their decision to boycott the UN allowed the UN to participate in the Korean War. The UN has been dysfunctional from almost the first. But I don’t think the veto is the heart of the problem, because the veto reflects an underlying reality of the power balance.
Yup, but there will be profiteers from this, and it’s obvious who they are.
Oil and gas producing countries not part of this conflict comes to mind. Such as Saudi Arabia and the Emirates. They are already now signing deals with European countries. I hate it, but it’s a ripple effect.
Honestly, I think the place that the QUAD occupies in your mental landscape is out of all proportion to American reality. I guarantee you that most State Department employees would have to think for a while to recall what it is. The US already has strong bilateral ties with Australia and Japan, the various iterations of the quad have been an attempt to involve India - an attempt that is largely viewed as having failed even before India’s current position on Ukraine.
… and the weapons merchants. They can look forward to contracts of thousands of billions worldwide, and especially in Europe.
Back in the early 80’s, a comic troupe at my high school did a ‘Visit Russia Before Russia Visits You’ skit.
Alberta’s provincial budget has gone from absolute shamble to modest surplus in just 4 months, to much chest-puffery.
Hehe, Well, the Norwegian state earns silly money as well but would really like not to.
Dmitri Trenin warned of this. He said that the new foreign policy of Kreml was to gather the Russian speaking people and territories and that this was the new aim of Kreml for the coming years.