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To my good friend, Ras.

Ras, as far as America is concerned in its immediate neighborhood, do you think Mexico or Canada has anything to worry about, as far as territory is concerned?
This isn't necessarily true with Canada, but it sure looks like they are trying to blur the lines between the Mexican and United States border. Hell, at one time, there was serious talk about blurring all of the lines in North America and having something similar to an EU here (the Amero, North American Union, etc). So in your attempt at humor, you actually put your finger on something that had already been written about and conceived nearly 20 years ago.


Ras, regarding Russia and the "Near Abroad," as they sometimes call it, do you think that any nations immediately surrounding the Russian Federation need suffer any anxiety?
What countries in particular are you concerned about? If you are talking the major countries in Western Europe, I don't see any need for them to be concerned, in fact, I can see them re-evaluating their alliance with the US and most of them will eventually pivot towards Russia. I don't see any conflicts in the Middle East or Far East. That only leaves the Black Sea/Caspian Sea areas with countries like Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Most notably, however, you have a history of American involvement in The Ukraine and Georgia (the Rose Revolution of 2003) which further complicate the issues. The Caucasuses are already a hot bed of problems for Russia even with out US intervention. And to a certain extent, the histories of Russia and Ukraine have been tense at times. But The US putting it's nose in these hundreds of years old conflicts doesn't stabilize the situation. In fact, it could put us on the brink of WWIII.
 
Ok please somembody else tell me I am crazy, did I not answer this already?? Am I the only one who :banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2: with this guy? If I had money I would be buying into metals, right now, am I selling off my stocks to buy in, nope. But as a 25 year old who makes less than 40k I don't have a lot of money to be spending so its a moot point. (and don't ask what my dad is doing because he still hasn't told me how much he makes after 25 years of asking)

By your sarcasm I guess you have been buying and selling low, I may have had my obvious pants pulled way up but that's the way it is. It allowed my dad to expand his portfolio during the recession, on what don't ask me he won't tell me. (one of those fatherly things- figure it out on your own with the advice I have given you)

Your first reply back to me after I asked you the question was this:

i am guessing you are talking about now, not 5-8 years ago. My dad would tell me to keep my investments diversified. (my dad has had a crap ton of financial advice for me, no two situations are the same, save money, for every dollar you spend save/invest 2, if you aren't certain its better to save than spend, if you aren't certain try 'paying' that money into another account for a year and see how it affects you) would you like me to go on?

Did you answer the stock market vs precious metals question here?

Your second reply was this:

If I could figure out how to multiquote I would show you where I answered it. Diversity. He has told me that when I have the money I should invest many things, at the moment yes metal is looking good. But wait till tomorrow or the next day. If you go all out for one investment you are more likely to get burned.

I am guessing this is not really about investing advice and more about the downfall of the American system which is happening according to you in T minus 10 minutes or something.....soon. I get it, you want Russia to nuke the States so your bud Putin can rebuild the world like he wants.

as much as this sounds like irrational nationalism on my part, what happened the last time the US went up against Russia (USSR)? Same things going to happen here more than likely. Lots of proxy wars, pointing and blaming, build up and maneuvering, but now just as then the rest of the world doesn't want Russia getting too much power. (what is too much, depends on who you ask) As bad as America is, nobody in their right mind wants Putin in charge of the lone super power.

You partially answer it here, but don't mention stocks as a buy or sell option right now or even go into detail why one is a buy and the other is a sell. Then you state the obvious about diversifying, and it looks good today, but what about tomorrow and all of this other obvious advice. I think most people are aware that things go in cycles and you shouldn't put all of your eggs in basket. That isn't like groundbreaking new info.
 
This isn't necessarily true with Canada, but it sure looks like they are trying to blur the lines between the Mexican and United States border. Hell, at one time, there was serious talk about blurring all of the lines in North America and having something similar to an EU here (the Amero, North American Union, etc). So in your attempt at humor, you actually put your finger on something that had already been written about and conceived nearly 20 years ago.



What countries in particular are you concerned about? If you are talking the major countries in Western Europe, I don't see any need for them to be concerned, in fact, I can see them re-evaluating their alliance with the US and most of them will eventually pivot towards Russia. I don't see any conflicts in the Middle East or Far East. That only leaves the Black Sea/Caspian Sea areas with countries like Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Most notably, however, you have a history of American involvement in The Ukraine and Georgia (the Rose Revolution of 2003) which further complicate the issues. The Caucasuses are already a hot bed of problems for Russia even with out US intervention. And to a certain extent, the histories of Russia and Ukraine have been tense at times. But The US putting it's nose in these hundreds of years old conflicts doesn't stabilize the situation. In fact, it could put us on the brink of WWIII.

I actually did not know that about the proposed Amerozone, but I fail to see how a collection of sovereign nations deciding to unionize is akin to seizing territory in Georgia and Crimea.
 
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The BBC, AP, and Yahoo is reporting that the Kremlin is sending in a humanitarian (invasion) force in "cooperation" with the Red Cross. No word yet if the Ukrainian authorities agreed to this.
 
Kind of damning that, now that their rogues are about to get the axe, Russia wants a humanitarian convoy to come in and help "folks." Something tells me that Russia's notion of a humanitarian aid project involves the rewriting of national boundaries.
 
Looks like Ukraine may allow an international coalition to come in and distribute the relief aid (US, EU, Russia) but I can't believe they would agree to let the Russians in given the nature of the situation.
 
Meanwhile, did most of this get cleared? One guy says he is willing to die. For what?

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNuFnk_06Fw[/youtube]
 
Looks like Ukraine may allow an international coalition to come in and distribute the relief aid (US, EU, Russia) but I can't believe they would agree to let the Russians in given the nature of the situation.

Getting an international relief effort with the Russians to come in is one thing.

Getting the Russians to leave afterwards is another...
 
Meanwhile the Kiev branch of the Red Cross says they didn't coordinate anything regarding this convoy.
 
Getting an international relief effort with the Russians to come in is one thing.

Getting the Russians to leave afterwards is another...

Well, it is "Novorossiya" afterall. An historical land settled by predominantly ethnic Russians since the ancient days of the 1930s.
 
Meanwhile the Kiev branch of the Red Cross says they didn't coordinate anything regarding this convoy.

Golly Jeepers! Wouldn't have guessed that!

"Hi, we're here from the Red Cross...no, that's not a tank, it's a chimney that happens to be attached horizontally to our wagon here...no, those aren't rifles our people are carrying, they are negotiation devices...of course we all wear the same clothing, have for a while now..."
 
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Really, are the Russians going to seek permission to send in more troops? If they want to, they'll just do it.
 
Really, are the Russians going to seek permission to send in more troops? If they want to, they'll just do it.

Create enough doubt in the minds of people, primarily Russians. In other words, maybe this really is just a humanitarian mission, and why is the EU and US standing in the way? Then, go in, have some Ukrainians resist, create some facts on the ground, and you then have Ukrainians shooting at Russians who are simply trying to help. Maybe the Russians do need to stay there to help.

That sort of nonsense, but it will be effective propaganda for some people, once again, particularly the Russian public.
 
Really, are the Russians going to seek permission to send in more troops? If they want to, they'll just do it.

I agree with prof, Putin is just waiting for the first 'accident' involving his troops, i mean peacekeepers, then it gives him the validation he needs.
 
A Kremlin spokesperson has already said if anyone attacks the convoy it will cause a serious "crisis". Also here is a picture of the rumored convoy;

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No telling what in the world is in those trucks.

"First wave of the attack came in disguised as commercial charter flights same way they did in Afghanistan in '80. Only they were crack Airborne outfits." Col. Andy Tanner, Red Dawn 1984
 

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