There was a discussion in this thread of this very scenario happening. It can quickly snowball, potentially forcing an immediate decision by Russia. Any such decision could take a variety of forms. Some productive, some counter productive.
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There was a discussion in this thread of this very scenario happening. It can quickly snowball, potentially forcing an immediate decision by Russia. Any such decision could take a variety of forms. Some productive, some counter productive.
Without consideration of the population of these various countries the data as shown is beyond worthless. It goes all the way to highly misleading.Every country has a certain level of corruption. Nothing new with the following story. Meanwhile in Russia if you are corrupt they give you a medal and promote you.
Zelenskyy’s corruption fight continues
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired six deputy defense ministers, part of an ongoing crackdown on alleged corruption in the government. Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov was dismissed two weeks earlier after a procurement scandal. The sackings come as Zelenskyy is in New York, asking the West for more support, and just as Congress plans to debate U.S. President Joe Biden’s request for up to $24 billion more in backing for Ukraine. A firm stance from Kyiv against graft could help that case. Despite the political upheaval, Ukraine made progress on the battlefield, capturing the village of Klishchiivka after months of fighting.
We say, "figure don't lie but liars figure". The Kiel Institute chart is an example of Figures Lying!
Now for something at least a little closer to truth. To get the full truth we would also need to take into account the wealth distribution in each country, but that's a project i won't embark on unless I am being paid. Nevertheless we can get a much better idea of the relative contributions to the war by country if we consider the per capita contribution relative to the per capita ppp GDP in each country. The picture then painted becomes VERY different.
I calculated (using World Bank 2022 or 2023, data) the U.S. dollar equivalent per capita contribution to the war relative to per capita ppp GDP in each country. As an example the per capita contribution in Poland is 84.7$ and Poland's per capita ppp GDP (World Bank data) is 37,000. Therefore Poland's war contribution per capita relative to their per capita ppp GDP is 84$/37,000$ = 0.0023 . In other words the per capita contribution of each person living in Poland is approximately 0.23 % of there purchase power adjusted GDP. In the data below, to facilitate easy country by country comparison, I've scaled the ppp-GDP-adjusted numbers up by 10**3.
So, here we go:
Norway 10.9
Denmark 10.6
Germany 4.1
Poland 2.3
Netherlands 2.1
United States 2.1
UK 1.9
Does anyone find it as curious as I do that the two, by far, most socialist countries are five fold more generous in their support for Ukraine then countries like the U.S. Not only that, but the wealth distribution in both Norway and Denmark is far less skewed than in the Country with by far the most skewed wealth distribution. This suggests that the average U.S. citizen is more generous than the data, which does not take wealth distribution into account, would suggest.
I don't know about you, but I found this data far more revealing than I would have guessed. I didn't attempt these calculations for Ukraine as their contribution to the War is incalculable in both Treasure and lives. (As you would expect recent figures for ppp GDP per capita in Ukraine is small.) Ukraine needs help! And it needs it now; not tomorrow. We should do all we can if we care about those who are fighting a war for all of us lucky enough to live in the modern democracies.
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That could have been Trump. I am remembering now what Trump said about those soldiers who died in Normandy. He might as well have called them "suckers", because what he actually said amounts to the same thing.
Let’s make it clear. The Ukrainians are not using BUK S-300 Russian missiles — because these missiles are next to useless for air defense. The market appears to have been hit by a BUK S-300 missile - Russia has converted these missiles to use them to target civilians.
Is it really this hard for you to understand basic explanations?
Yes, that's what was in my mind choosing the word. Perhaps in the future this time will be know as a golden age of narcissists. Of course they have always made history unpleasantly extreme.
The mangy haired weasel, loser of the garden clipping war speaks. Nobody cares.
They are in the middle of a war for their survival. Delaying elections is normal. Polling stations are just targets for Russia right now.
TL-DR as I often do with many of your posts - because the way I see it is Ukraine is up ..... creek without a paddle if the U.S. stops all funding. Not if Norway does the same.
Saying otherwise would be ... misleading.
Umm country invaded by dominant next door gangster bully neighbor, citizens being targeted and killed, whole Villages destroyed, children orphaned or just taken against their will out of country, Ports to export grain attacked, fraud elections held in the east .... but you want national elections. Hahahahahahaha