[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Please please tell me how Russia is a threat to you... ...??

How many times have they invaded Britain , exactly ... They are no threat , they just want to be left to develop their country and utilise their resources.

They are only a threat when they are constantly prodded and probed by our friends across the water who think they have a God given right to rule the whole flipping planet.

They are also a threat when they decide to sell oil and gas in currencies other than US dollars, a bit like the other countries who tried to do this eg Iraq,Libya, Afghanistan, Syria they all seem to have found themselves bombed invaded and their leaders overthrown.

Anyone see a pattern emerging.... Probably half the reason Iran is under such scrutiny because it wants to set up an oil bourse that doesn't trade exclusively in USD .

Once China depegs it's currency from the USD it too will be a target for aggressive US sanctions / actions.

Bottom line is that the U.S. are only surviving by virtue of the fact that the rest of the world buys their debt by using the USD as the world's reserve currency. Once that goes the US will implode so trust me when I say that they will do absolutely anything and everything they can to maintain the status quo.

Question- in times of global tension where does all the money go where is it stored ?
Ans - in US Dollars






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I do agree with majority of your post regarding oil currency and have seen many programmes on this.But as i said none of this makes Russias arrogant invasion of a European country any better.It is too bold of a card to play and has ramped up East/West tensions beyond anything seen since the Cold War.Putin can't just go and Annex a European country by force and yes he does have influence over the rebels and alot of them are Russian special forces along with advanced AA weaponary which the Eastern Ukrainians would not have access to.

So far the West has'nt retaliated but Putin did'nt stop at Crimea,He is expanding his aggression further and further into Ukraine and if is left unhindered who knows where he will stop.

If he pushes further and further west and heads for Kiev which is not that far fetched as his momentum grows then the fighting will be fierce and America and very likely Britain,Poland,Germany etc will send troops in and it will be the start of a world disaster which could very easily escalate into a serious conflict bigger than any seen so far.So yes Russia is a threat to all of us.It played to strong a hand and was uncalled for.If the Ukrainian people want to be part of the EU or even Nato then that is up to them.Russias bully tactics should not be tolerated.I do believe that if the Eastern Ukraine wants to become autonamous then they should have a right to vote on that WITHOUT Russia influencing the vote with troops as they did in Crimea but if Russia gets greedy and pushes toward Kiev then we are all in trouble.