Opinion: Obama Prepares to Smash BRICS

[Zippyjuan]

The benchmark though was Monday, when the US imposed sanctions ... the point being that, so far, sanctions have proved completely ineffective.

Monday was the second round of sanctions. Their market dropped a lot after the first were announced on March 20th. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/u...nctions-against-russia-over-ukraine.html?_r=0 The index was 1233 then and is 1143 now.

 

[No1butPaul]

Monday was the second round of sanctions. Their market dropped a lot after the first were announced on March 20th. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/u...nctions-against-russia-over-ukraine.html?_r=0 The index was 1233 then and is 1143 now.

US response is only creating "minor irritants"

 

[Zippyjuan]

(duplicate- sorry)

 

[Zippyjuan]

You are right that the sanctions really aren't that significant on the Russian economy but lots of money has been fleeing the country.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101573528

While Russian President Vladimir Putin plots his next move into Ukraine, capital is fleeing Russia.
Russia's central bank this week confirmed that some $64 billion in assets held by Russians headed for the exits in the first three months of this year—roughly matching the total for all of 2013. The estimate of the capital exodus amounts to roughly 12 percent of Russia's gross domestic product.

That hemorrhaging is expected to continue if the turmoil in the Ukraine continues. Officials at the World Bank have warned that Russia could watch another $150 billion in capital leave the country if the crisis deepens. Since 2008, nearly half a trillion dollars has fled the country.

As the money flowing out of Russia is surging, the upheaval in Ukraine has put a damper on investment coming into the country. The cash squeeze comes as Russia's economy is barely growing, inflation is rising fast and the central bank has been forced to raise interest rates to prop up a sagging ruble.

 

[Natural Citizen]

The Return of “Star Wars”

I'll leave this to the imagination here because I've already spent a great deal of time explaining what is/will be happening on this front. Much has been mentioned regarding the beefing up of space programs/cyber security systems by BRICSA nations if they are to have any kind of viable mechanism for international electronic financial clearing. As far as Russia's defense of the Baltic pipelines supplying energy to Europe, we see in the article that Putin only mentions Germany by name. That's important looking forward.

Of course, while several nations are developing the capabilities only the U.S. has deployed them and it could be said that Russia may believe that a cold war may be avoided because of the developing capabilities of these other nations as a defense mechanism against the U.S. mafia style racket (TPP comes into play here) while the U.S. continues to outspend everyone else in the military spending department in a way that creates a new arms race.

I don't know. Much of this has been discussed in various places across the board so consider this just an update.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

If the plan is executed and successful, look for a 80% devaluation of the Greenback... we'll have to see what global operations the counterfeiting FIATers conjure-up.

 

[Natural Citizen]

BRICS building parallel IMF
Putin Signs Law on national card payment system
Frankfurt issues first bond backed by Chinese Currency
BRICS, Disillusioned with IMF and World Bank, Create parallel Monetary Fund (I'm going to share this particular source with the idea that it is educated propaganda relevant to the first link regarding a parallel IMF)

Issuance of bonds backed by the Chineses Reminbi in Germany and then flowing back to China in loans? Well, we'll need independent digital finance clearing for this. Right? It's interesting and certainly it's a bit more intricate but it's been discussed elsewhere here on the board in more depth.

We'll have to see if our elected ones pay attention to these international steps to bypass everyone with an international mechanism of clearing/trading. Should be simple enough to conclude by way of observation of the the context/content of political narratives/positions from them in the area of foreign policy during this time.

 

[boneyard bill]

The only thing the West could do is for Europe to refuse to buy Russian gas. That would definitely put a hurt on Russian finances. Problem is, it would also put a big-time hurt on Europe's economy so they're not going to do it. What this means, of course, is that the US is simply toothless in this contest. So why all the brash talk? All I can think of is stupidity.

Russia holds all the cards in Ukraine, so why make a big deal about it? We should be playing it down instead of playing it up. As it is we will look very foolish when our whole effort is seen to be ineffective. Look, we can't even sanction Iran effectively. How the hell are we going to sanction Russia. What we should be doing is saying, "Ukraine, Oh that. Yes, obviously part of Russia's security zone they'll handle it."

We can't do anything about it so why insist that we can. We should be saying we have no desire to do anything about it.

But, of course, the Ukrainian coup had "CIA covert operation" written all over it. So without us, there wouldn't even be any problem there to be addressed.

 

[AngryCanadian]

http://www.strategic-culture.org/ne...h-brics-during-his-last-few-years-office.html

This seems to come from a Russian propaganda site, but interesting theory nonetheless.

Russian propaganda site,
No its not.

 

[Demigod]

You know, the U.S. isn't the only country capable of pulling off a coup. This is something I've been monitoring myself.

You're the first person I've seen reference this. Definitely worth a rep there.

Pulling off a coup on a country like Ukraine is not that hard because Ukraine was hardly a country.As you could see on the other hand without direct intervention even countries such as Libya and Syria would have crushed their rebellions in a matter of weeks.Before the bombing started Gadafi retook most of the country and was going for Benghazi .

Also the USA is a big country and in general the population trusts and loves its government more than any country I have ever witnessed.I mean you sing your anthem or give an oath of allegiance on every event.The only 2 groups that could revolt the Mexicans and Blacks are so dependent on your government for everyday life there is no way for them to rebel.In my opinion the only way to directly hurt you is by infiltrating your political system,or the CIA decides that the USA has to go.

For example in Yugoslavia when everything was starting everyone was waiting for the army to say enough is enough ,do a coup and then arrest and execute most of the politicians.It never happened although in my opinion it would have been the right thing to do.But the army ended up being a paper tiger after decades of corruption and decadence,the officers sold them self's for rank promotion in the new national armies and UDBA ( the intelligence agency ) sold out for getting control of the new national governments ( every country after the break up was run by the local UDBA office and little has changed over the years ).

 

[Natural Citizen]

You know, the U.S. isn't the only country capable of pulling off a coup.

Just talking to myself for a minute here. I don't usually link to LewRockwell but sometimes they seem like they pay attention.

Just Imagine... If Russia had Toppled the Canadian Government

 

[thoughtomator]

Unfortunately for Obama, in the real world paper tigers don't beat BRICs.

 

[Dark_Horse_Rider]

are t.p.t.b. planning Japan into the fray with NK ?

SK is playing safer , with Seoul within easy shelling distance.

 

[Natural Citizen]

NATO pledges new funding for Ukrainian military...

NATO has endorsed new funding for Ukraine's defense in the form of “trust funds” to help with logistics and cyber defense, as well as command and control, according to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Continued - NATO pledges new funding for Ukrainian military


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