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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:30:51 -0800
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On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:28:59 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

>
>
>On Thu, 9 Jan 2025, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>
>> On 1/9/2025 9:52 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>> On 1/9/25 16:42, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> On 1/9/2025 5:09 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>>> On 1/9/25 12:20, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>> Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money
>>>>>> =A0=A0=A0 https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/01/09
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Yeah, we knew that already.=A0 Uncle has given several hundred =
billion=20
>>>>>> dollars to Ukraine.=A0 Might as well set the money on fire and =
thrown it=20
>>>>>> in Atlantic.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Lynn
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Like your brilliant leader, Mr.T, you fail to =
understand
>>>>> how that works. We put billions in loans and war equipment in the
>>>>> hands of the Ukranians and they kill Russians. They did not invite
>>>>> the Russians to come and be killed.
>>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Vlad Putin the senior Oligarch of Russia sent them =
to
>>>>> take over the Ukrainian Nation, a nation recognized by the
>>>>> UN and other organizations. Russia under the Czars, under the
>>>>> USSR especially under Stalin was treated very badly so though
>>>>> they Ukrainians and the Russian are cousins they wanted to
>>>>> be separate from Russia.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0But the money is spent with our allies who buy from =
us
>>>>> or build their own war equipment. Our makers of war equipment
>>>>> make more tools of War and profit immensely.
>>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Over all the Rich get Richer and the Poor get Poorer
>>>>> which should make your pal of the billionaires much happier,
>>>>> but maybe we can keep the Ukrainians somewhat free.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0bliss - the hobbler would use a rifle for a crutch
>>>>=20
>>>> Got some real numbers proving that instead of a bunch of old =
platitudes=20
>>>> and pie in the sky wishiwashiness ?=A0 The loans are no good because=
 the=20
>>>> underlying collateral has been destroyed.
>>>>=20
>>>> Ukraine is a disaster and Europe knows it.=A0 We have sent blood and=
=20
>>>> treasure to a foreign power once again and are getting totally =
screwed.=20
>>>> The end result will be the same no matter what we do, Ukraine will =
be a=20
>>>> satellite of Russia.=A0 Any difference from that will end in nuclear=
 weapon=20
>>>> exchanges.
>>>>=20
>>>> Lynn
>>>>
>>>  =A0=A0=A0=A0Europe continues its support at higher levels than the =
USA.
>>>
>>>  =A0=A0=A0=A0My you are a fearful pessimist.
>>>
>>>  =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 bliss
>>
>> Yes.  That is why Berlin will be nuked first when Putin gets tired of =
the=20
>> nonsense.
>>
>> Why do you think that Putin has been living in his bomb shelter under =
the=20
>> Kremlin for two years now.
>>
>> Lynn
>
>This is incorrect. The moment Putin reaches for the button, his head =
will=20
>be served up to the Brussels Nobility by his brutuses. They want nothing=
=20
>more than get their toys back in europe. If putin were to reach for the=20
>button, they see a lifetime of isolation and starvation, so they will =
kill=20
>him quickly, apologize, and install a new leader.
>
>Putin knows this, which is why his position is getting weaker and =
wearker=20
>every day.
>
>First it was monetary support that was going to lead to nuclear war, =
then=20
>it was tanks, then it was planes, now I think it is long range missiles=20
>and troops of the ground.
>
>Putins threats are hollow, and slowly the politicians will realize this,=
=20
>and then the war will be ended quickly.

Hitler wasn't all that easy to kill, even by the military.

NATO troops on the ground might best be avoided, as might missiles
launched outside of Ukraine.=20

People who are panicked can do things that would otherwise make no
sense.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"