@iammikegoldberg @isabenisa @Lilith_Atheist Exactly what it is now in russia...

@SloopyTexas @StucknDaMid @guycole @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland 8/8 .....just a drop in an ocean for the US and they should rather be reorganized in order to become again beacons of democracy, liberty and justice as values that the US stands for (if it still applies). Sorry for the long answer, but it is an interesting subject. --------------

@SloopyTexas @StucknDaMid @guycole @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland 7/n. ....hand outs and I don't think that those radios were exactly what they should have been, but a broken thing should first be repaired, not discarded, especially when we talk about killing symbols which send a worrying message. The funds they needed, i guess, were......

@SloopyTexas @StucknDaMid @guycole @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland 6/n. ....anymore, but it has any resources it can need and even clients for them. The moment isn't the best one for it, but it also learns from mistakes and russians can bear much more misery than the Americans if needed... Returning to our subject, I don't agree with .....

@SloopyTexas @StucknDaMid @guycole @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland 5/n. ...They all generate tangible results back home to you, but all these need also the acceptance of the majority of the population. Afghanistan is the best example to understand that military power, hand outs and trade are just not enough. Russia isn't "the red bear" .....

@SloopyTexas @StucknDaMid @guycole @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland 4/n. ...practically expect. US did obtain rights of exploitation of resources, infrastructure works, weaponry contracts, authorisation for military bases, access to markets, (although American products aren't always the best or the cheapest, like cars for example), etc. ....

@SloopyTexas @StucknDaMid @guycole @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland 3/n... rises. It will not fund those programs, be sure of it. Neither russia, but they will fund others that will undermine the image, the interests and the principles that built US. US did receive a lot "of substance" in return, but not what common people would...

@SloopyTexas @StucknDaMid @guycole @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland 2/n. the world (and most of them not covered by US exports). The $ tends to become vulnerable, although I see attempts to revigorate the petro-dollar. The world changed and it will change more. China has learnt how things evolve and with less and less small steps patiently...

@SloopyTexas @StucknDaMid @guycole @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland 1/n Well, mate, here is where you're wrong. Not the handed money made US strong, nor the military power, but the values they stand for,carried by the capital and the innovation that goes with it, secured by the projection of force and lubricated by the 20 trillion $ all around...

@CanadianKobzar Post scriptum: pretty long ago, though.

@SloopyTexas @StucknDaMid @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland I agree with your statement, but, although it might seem to you that we entered a new era of fairness and democracy, but things are foggy again and, not far from the former iron cortin, the same tyranny but with different doctrine rises.

@StucknDaMid @SloopyTexas @guycole @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland I'm not trying to make you support anything, so I'm not... failing. As a filo American I'm just sorry to notice that US is fading and its place will be silently covered by China, even amongst the only reliable allies it has. You could say, though:"you're not right because..."

@StucknDaMid @SloopyTexas @guycole @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland Nevertheless, I don't think it's a bad idea to audit the way public money are spent, I just say that some things are more complex than they meet the eye and US failing to project stability, economic power and safety will make them crumble under the weight of its own dollar.

@StucknDaMid @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland US is an interventionist and, as long as your economy needs thousands of billions of $ rotating around the world, it needs a friendly and secure environment. You can quantify it by the spread of US businesses on the globe, businesses that feed the home economy in most cases.

@SloopyTexas @StucknDaMid @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland Failing to understand a phenomenon doesn't make it a myth. Those two radio stations had an important impact in the cold war. Always remember that a tool is far more useful and effective in the worksite than on the store's shelves. +Those stations didn't make Europeans hate US

@SloopyTexas @guycole @StucknDaMid @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland I didn't say that the US was making it completely right...

@StucknDaMid @KareemRifai @EmmaVigeland It's improving the image the US has in order to not have to resort to aggressive and much more costly actions for the same results. Take notes from China which is getting US discarded everywhere.

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@RpsAgainstTrump I guess steel producers will head towards Europe and this might lower our steel prices. What a good idea, since we don't want to take anything from russia and our main alternatives were China and India...