When the only tool you have is a hammer (sanctions), every problem looks like a nail. So it hasn't worked the last 6 times we did it. Maybe the 7th time is the charm.
No, you c'mon. You are getting your info from the same people that told us Russiagate, Hunter's laptop was fake news, "safe and effective" vaccines, masks will save grandma, Chinese wet markets, plumbing issues in State Farm Arena, Ghost of Kyiv, Snake Island, the ruble will become rubble, Putin has blood cancer/Parkinsons, and so on and so on and so on... but you are still holding on to this narrative that Russia is losing and/or going broke. That narrative is simply detached from reality and you should know that these peddlers of lies cannot be trusted.
Don’t feel bad. Lead time on one of my key catalysts from Germany is 25 months right now. And it is not due to Pootin’s war, just overbooking at the plant. Need a bigger warehouse in Texas. On another front I ordered 30000 lbs of alumina beads 5 months ago, to be produced in the US and delivered June 10 in drums. Funny thing is, after several weeks of “wait one more week” come to find out they have it in supersacks but still waiting for the steel drums from Greif to put in in. Meanwhile a customer in Dallas area in turnaround can’t start back up without 3000 lbs I don’t have yet. But just picked up 6000 lbs in bags on a hotshot this morning and will be drumming it here at 7 AM tomorrow morning. Life is good!
Well I completely understand and agree with that. They lived in 70+ years of terror and lost tens of millions in the process. My main point with you is what you said in your first post:
The Russian people were not the main drivers behind the Russian Revolution, so not "they". I've gone over this before, look at who ended up leading the USSR in the aftermath and look at who was responsible for financing Lenin.
How much of our manufacturing is in China? You really think we're going to pull a stunt like that with China?
The irony of Lenin‘s rise to me had always been that it was the Germans who transported him to the borders of Russia in a sealed railway car in a successful bid to get Russia out of the war so they could put everything into the Western Front. A very cautionary tale about unintended consequences from a decision to gain a short term goal. Sort of like if the Democrats succeeded in eliminating the filibuster right now before the Republicans come to power.
A job candidate will, in my mind, look more qualified if they can educate the employer on why they are right for the job based on their own experience and background rather than saying, "you need to go talk to these people and let them explain to you what their former employees did and why they are good for the job."
I'm sorting through the info that makes sense. Eat the meat and spit out the bones. Nothing coming out of Ukraine or Washington makes any sense. The maps, the Russian ruble, the economic disasters in Europe and here at home... all indicators point clearly to Russia not losing or being affected, but actually shows The West being destroyed. This cannot be refuted.
The one thing that would immediately cripple China? If every American simply stoped walking into Walmart or ordering from Amazon anything and everything that said „made in China“. We are our own worst enemy and have bankrolled our own adversary just for the luxury of buying a cheap 19.99 vegetable slicer at Walmart
You still didn't address the questions I asked. There are biases against veterans coming out of the service when they are looking for employment. They can try and educate the person interviewing them all they want. But if the interviewer doesn't believe then due to a preconceived stereotype then it's useless trying to "educate" them. Plus most interviews have the same set of useless questions and aren't an opportunity to educate the employer.
You're asking the wrong question. The question should be do you think China would try to pull a stunt like that? Their manufacturing prowess will be for naught if they don't have anyone to sell to.
