I was unaware that Bush/Baker agreed to not extend NATO past the East German border. Once NATO expanded east they denied that but when classified security documents were finally released it showed that was in fact a lie.
Not justifying anything with Putin whatsoever, but if you dive deep into the history of Russia after the USSR breakup, we lied to them and f'ed them over countless times. Starting with Clinton and plenty during GWB. This continued with Obama. This is honestly a failure of epic proportions. We had an opportunity to create an ally out of an enemy just like Germany and Japan. For some reason, we didn't do this.
Didn't realize. DEO and BUD are the names I like in that space but I don't like the debt. You know quite awhile back there was even rumored talk about taking over KO...can you imagine.
I saw a video where Putin claims he asked Clinton to allow Russia to be considered for NATO membership
I believe Boris Yeltsin asked for the same. The path to creating an ally was easily achievable during BY's time. Russia was broken in everyway possible. They needed help with everything. Don't get me wrong, we did a lot to help, but not like Germany and Japan and truly partner with them to rebuild and bring them into the fold as a stable, prosperous western-like nation.
Yup it appears the groundwork was laid years ago and may have been beyond any current administration to stop.
Russia would have been kicked off SWIFT were it not for Germany and to a lesser extent Italy that were holding off. Everything in this world is not the fault of this administration.
you think the opposite isn’t true? Don’t be so naïve. Never thought I equips see the day that people are sympathetic to a communist country invading another democratic country.
They are following their leader instead of the best interest of our country, USA and Democracy.
Strong move in the market. Going long into the weekend is something you never know but it would take a 180 of yesterday in the afternoon. That was like a 7% move trough to peak, can we see a move like that or in that vicinity peak to trough two days in a row? Anything is possible but doesn't mean probable.
Ummm to what degree has the UN Security Council been stymied by Russia, China...when solving world issues- and sometimes the French (lol).
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I hope those stats are accurate but there hasn't been real confirmation though I also read that the 74th brigade of Russian troops surrendered to Ukrainian forces saying they didn't know they were entering Ukraine to kill but to gather information.Russian armed forces hit by huge death toll as Putin dealt major blow
RUSSIA has lost more than triple the amount of military personnel compared to Ukraine after it "failed it deliver", Ben Wallace said.www.express.co.uk
Ukraine claims 800 Russian casualties, 1 surrendered Russian platoon, in Day 1 of invasion
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Ukraine's Defense Ministry said early Friday that since Russian invaded the country Thursday morning, Ukrainian forces have inflicted about 800 casualties on Russian forces (perhaps including wounded soldiers), destroyed more than 30 Russian tanks, seven Russian aircraft, and six helicopters, CNN reports, noting that it is "not able to independently verify Ukraine's figures."
The ministry claimed later Friday morning that Ukrainian air defenses had stopped "two deadly presents from our 'brothers'" from hitting Kyiv, and said Ukrainian forces had destroyed a bridge over the Teteriv river to keep approaching Russian armored units from reaching the embattled capital. Ukraine's Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper confirmed the bridge's destruction.
On Thursday, Ukraine's top army commander and ambassador to the U.S. both said a Russian platoon from the 74th Motorized Brigade surrendered to Ukrainian forces, saying they never believed they would be asked to kill Ukrainians.
Moscow and Kyiv are fighting a propaganda war as well as a military one, so take all official prognoses of the war with a grain of salt. At the same time, while Ukraine is significantly outmatched militarily by its larger, nuclear-armed neighbor, military analysts say the first day of Russia's invasion did not go as well as the Kremlin had planned.
Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, a former U.S. Army commander in Europe, explained on Twitter that Ukraine has advantages Russia does not, like a supportive population and clear believe in their mission. "The Russians currently have an advantage in resources," he said, but their "training sucks," their logistics and intelligence are "clumsy," their soldiers are "mostly 1-year conscripts, not professionals," and "their officers — for the most part — are terrible."
Ukraine's armed forces was similarly "poorly led, trained, and disciplined" when he first served with them in 2004, Hertling added, but "they have improved, significantly," since then. "There are historical examples where a force with superior will can defeat a force with superior resources," he said, and Ukraine will at least put up a long, tough fight.
I hope the Russians are taking a beating.
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Yes, probably cyberattack but the Free World needs to counterattack. Freezing his assets might stop his aggression.I have to believe Putin will respond:
US, Europe step up Russia sanctions to target Putin directly
The United States and European allies are stepping up sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by adding measures directly targeting President Vladimir Putin and his top diplomat.
I hope you are wrong but I fear you are right. I can't believe this POS has done this.I have to believe Putin will respond:
US, Europe step up Russia sanctions to target Putin directly
The United States and European allies are stepping up sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by adding measures directly targeting President Vladimir Putin and his top diplomat.
They're also reporting that Russia's military and cyber sites are now offline either voluntarily to prevent any cyber attack or due to a cyber attack. Interestingly enough, the cyber expert being interviewed said Russia has formidable cyber ammo but that the U.S. is far ahead of their cyber offensive capabilities. Frankly, that surprised me.
Like the saying goes "you don't go broke taking profits"....even if things were to go higher, you made your gains and then look for the next thing or maybe even come back to the same thing in the future. Volatile market like this can always bring those kind of opportunities as well. In the end, green is always better than red.
Yeah, I got greedy over the last 2 years and missed opportunities to lock in big profits. Won’t make that mistake again.
Also just like you don't buy all at once, you don't have to sell all at once either. If you want to keep part of a position and see where things go you can do that but at least locked in some gains. I mentioned on here I did that with MSFT and AMZN recently. Sold some then waited to see if either or both might break some resistance levels and after some time it didn't seem like they would so on a strong day I ended selling the rest of both in just about the same area as the first lot. It ended up being in the same area but I waited to see. Trailing stops are something to use also, maybe in a less volatile market, to try and potentially maximize gains.
LOL…my wife asks me the same question! I’ve got a ton of flexibility. I’m also incredibly efficient and will work at odd hours if I’m awake and bored. And you won’t hear from me as much during fishing season.
