The G7 leaders are making an analogous boast in regards to the struggle in Ukraine. In an announcement issued in late February, the G7 reaffirmed the West’s unwavering dedication to supporting Ukraine in its battle to defeat the Russians.
As video photos present, the struggle has wrecked lots of Ukraine’s cities and infrastructure. The G7 estimates the price of rebuilding Ukraine to be about half a trillion {dollars}.
Who can pay for the damages? The G7 says Russia can pay. “It isn’t proper.” The G7 stated, “for Russia to determine if or when it would pay for the damages it has prompted in Ukraine . . . Russia shouldn’t be in a position to indefinitely delay fee it owes.”
That is simply bullshit. Nobody believes the Western powers can shake down Russia for half a trillion {dollars}. Even when it have been doable, forcing Russia to pay a invoice of that dimension would destroy the Russian economic system. Who desires that?
Apparently, the G7 leaders do not know what occurred when the Western allies pressured Germany to pay struggle reparations on the finish of the First World Conflict. Germany tried to pay what the Allies stated it owed, however its efforts helped set off hyperinflation that worn out Germany’s center class. German bitterness in regards to the Allies’ reparation calls for helped set the stage for Hitler’s rise and World Conflict II.
Ukraine’s struggle with Russia is a unnecessary disaster. Individuals are being lied to in regards to the battle. Neither the Russians nor the Ukrainians are telling the reality about their casualties, that are seemingly a lot increased than the determine of half one million that the press reported final August.
Individuals are additionally being lied to about how the struggle goes. Ukraine is shedding this struggle, and President Zelenskiy’s vow to take again Crimea is nearly clinically delusional.
This struggle wants to finish now whereas Ukraine can nonetheless get affordable phrases. America must cease pouring cash down the rat gap of Ukraine’s corrupt authorities. Suppose this struggle goes on for an additional 12 months or two. In that case, it would significantly injury the American economy–not to say the likelihood that the Ukraine debacle plunges the U.S. into struggle with Russia.
