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St. Phatty
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The Cancer called Israel appears to be Metastasizing.
Israel Uses US Weapons To Blow Up US Humanitarian Projects in Gaza
FRIDAY, JUN 03,
In its May 2021 war with Gaza militants, Israel used American weapons to destroy U.S. humanitarian projects and damage an American-owned Coca-Cola bottling plant, according to a report by The Intercept.
Damaged or destroyed facilities included:
Hospitals, water treatment and sanitation facilities funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
A dozen factories built with USAID money
Dozens of schools operated by the U.S. State Department-backed United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
More than a hundred UNRWA facilities were struck, causing more than a million dollars in damage.
The impact is far more than financial. As The Intercept's Daniel Boguslaw elaborates:
In Khan Yunis, Rafa, and Beit Lahia, wastewater treatment infrastructure and water reservoirs funded by USAID, which the U.S. government spent millions to construct, were destroyed by aerial attacks that affected more than 300,000 civilians. Ninety-seven percent of the water in Gaza is contaminated, resulting in a widespread public health crisis, rendered even worse by the destruction of U.S.-funded water infrastructure. "
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-uses-us-weapons-blow-us-humanitarian-projects-gaza
Israel Uses US Weapons To Blow Up US Humanitarian Projects in Gaza
FRIDAY, JUN 03,
In its May 2021 war with Gaza militants, Israel used American weapons to destroy U.S. humanitarian projects and damage an American-owned Coca-Cola bottling plant, according to a report by The Intercept.
Damaged or destroyed facilities included:
Hospitals, water treatment and sanitation facilities funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
A dozen factories built with USAID money
Dozens of schools operated by the U.S. State Department-backed United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
More than a hundred UNRWA facilities were struck, causing more than a million dollars in damage.
The impact is far more than financial. As The Intercept's Daniel Boguslaw elaborates:
In Khan Yunis, Rafa, and Beit Lahia, wastewater treatment infrastructure and water reservoirs funded by USAID, which the U.S. government spent millions to construct, were destroyed by aerial attacks that affected more than 300,000 civilians. Ninety-seven percent of the water in Gaza is contaminated, resulting in a widespread public health crisis, rendered even worse by the destruction of U.S.-funded water infrastructure. "
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-uses-us-weapons-blow-us-humanitarian-projects-gaza
Not sure why the Coca Cola Company got lumped in with the humanitarian projects. It's as absurd as the scene from Dr. Strangelove
very common for any construction projects there to be "dual purpose". many of the tunnels Hamas digs/builds to enter Israel on terror attacks have entrances inside of "humanitarian" structures. cement & concrete block ends up reinforcing tunnel walls under ground.
Ukraine Passes Law Allowing Military to Shoot Deserters - Newsweek
The new ruling also allows commanders to fire at servicemen who are drunk while on duty.
www.newsweek.com
US Military has a few categories that will merit a death penalty much like the above. What does the Russian military do to deserters?Ukraine Passes Law Allowing Military to Shoot Deserters - Newsweek
The new ruling also allows commanders to fire at servicemen who are drunk while on duty.
Title 10 USCMJ § 899 - Art. 99. Misbehavior before the enemy
What I saw from some videos from foreign volunteers that they send you to the battlefield without any arms and you're just cannon fodder for the Russians.
Here a footage of a TOS1 attack
Given that the Russians are currently having difficulties replacing troops that have been lost I would imagine they would be reluctant to enforce a death penalty accept in really extreme cases. Given how much trouble I hear they've been having with getting troops that might even consider offering offenders more money. Then again since one of the problems is they haven't been paying the money already promised and the Russian currency has such poor value at the moment combined with how effective Ukrainians have been in killing Russian troops, getting offending troops to stay in service more or less is about the same as a death sentence. Not a very good time to be a Russian soldier at the moment.
Then again Ukrainian forces have been taking fair heavy losses comparatively speaking so enforcing a death penalty for them would also be kind of counter productive at the moment.
Then again Ukrainian forces have been taking fair heavy losses comparatively speaking so enforcing a death penalty for them would also be kind of counter productive at the moment.
Don't know what kind of news you're following, but first of all the ruble is getting stronger by the day.
And the progress is going steady for Russian standards.
And the progress is going steady for Russian standards.
Hempy McNoodle
Well-known member
I hear it's the strongest currency in the world right now. Can anyone confirm?
Russia's ruble is the world's top-performing currency against the dollar but traders are revolting against Moscow's capital controls
The Russian ruble is up more than 11% against the US dollar so far this year, topping the Brazilian real's 9% gain.
The Russian Ruble is only doing well in Russia and only because they're blocking Rubles from leaving the country while simultaneously demanding that their exports (primarily oil) be paid for in Rubles. Since they're blocking the Ruble from leaving and banks won't convert other currencies into Rubles it's creating a scarcity of Rubles outside of Russia artificially inflating the value. With the inflation rate in Russia being more then double what it is in the US and still rising there is a lot of pressure motivating Russian citizens to find ways around the controls keeping Rubles in Russia, once that happens the artificial performance you're quoting will burst like a bubble. Additionally they've only been able to pull this off because some countries are still taking in Russian Oil exports and paying in Rubles. Not because they want to but because they weren't prepared to be suddenly cut off from Russian Oil. All those countries are actively working on alternate sources for their energy needs and as a result Russian Oil exports are projected to decline by 66% later this year. Once that happens the true value of Rubles on the world market will start to be reflected which currently is at 1 Ruble = 0.017 US Dollar. So yeah since they're all sitting in Russia and going nowhere on paper it looks strong but that strength is not benefiting anyone, especially Russians.
Hempy McNoodle
Well-known member
You wouldn't happen to be talking about Germany. Would you?
They are one of the countries actively working on cutting their reliance on Russian oil according to reports although they aren't the only one. Giving Germany's track record this years so far of talking a good talk but not living up to their talk I'll believe it from them when I see it. I can't give you a comprehensive list of all the countries because I haven't been looking into it or following it that closely when I see talk of cutting dependency on Russian energy exports it's usually just expressed as something the EU is working towards rather then talking about it from the point of specific countries. That being said I have picked up on the notion that Hungary is the one most dependent and therefore will have the hardest time but that probably doesn't matter much because I have seen it said that Germany and Italy are the biggest importers of Russian energy making up about 70% of EU's importing from Russia.
Hempy McNoodle
Well-known member
So, do you remember President Trump making a big deal about Germany getting oil from Russia while they pay far less to NATO than the US (essentially a sign that the Nazis won WW2). It's not that they weren't prepared. They actively resisted and were very unhappy about Trump spotlighting the issue for the world to see. They did not want people to know about that. And, here we are now, lol.
Different times, back when all that happened relations between Germany and Russia were pretty good, they had negotiated a new pipeline, there was no way to know that Russia was going to invade Ukraine again. You're delusional though if you think the world had no idea about Nord Stream 2, you don't hide a pipeline going from Russia to Germany by just not talking about it. They were mad at Trump because he put sanctions in place to penalize anyone that helped Russia build that pipeline.
Nord Stream 2: Trump approves sanctions on Russia gas pipeline
The Trump administration fears the Nord Stream 2 project will increase Russia's influence in Europe.
www.bbc.com
Hempy McNoodle
Well-known member
They have been pushing Ukraine to join NATO for almost ten years now! No way to know???
"C'mon, man!"
- Joe Biden
That must be why every country in the world (at least most) are charged in USD to buy from China.
the asassination of palestinian/american citizen journalist shirreen abu akleh by israeli forces has been confirmed by multiple sources at this point. the US government is "still looking into it"
here's journalist Abby Martin pressing piece of shit US Sec Blinken on the subject while he attempts to downplay it. zero repurcussion for the saudis killing jamal kashoggi, zero repurcussion for israel killing shireen. these are quite literally our strongest allies within the region. israel gets $3+ billion per year from the US. what's the saying? you are the company you keep? these people don't give two fucks if journalists are killed. in fact the US ruling class probably secretly celebrate it.
here's journalist Abby Martin pressing piece of shit US Sec Blinken on the subject while he attempts to downplay it. zero repurcussion for the saudis killing jamal kashoggi, zero repurcussion for israel killing shireen. these are quite literally our strongest allies within the region. israel gets $3+ billion per year from the US. what's the saying? you are the company you keep? these people don't give two fucks if journalists are killed. in fact the US ruling class probably secretly celebrate it.
Brother Nature
Well-known member
"The only good Indians are dead Indians."
Some things never change...
Some things never change...
