Subj : Re: Shame on Zelenski
To   : Mike Powell
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Tue Mar 04 2025 08:49:42

 MP> > We could fight Mexixo. Mexico isn't Russia aka the world's biggest
 MP> uperpower.
 MP> 
 MP> I thought the USA was the World's biggest superpower?  Russia hasn't
 MP> looked too superpowerful against Ukraine.

It's debatable, but we'd be debating with potentially faulty information that pertains to nukes, manpower, etc.

 MP> > And suppose we did have to fight Mexico for our land: Whatever money we 
 MP> > we'll borrow it from the world bank. The day that America goes around
 MP> > panhandling for money to fight a battle they can't win, is the day that
 MP> meric
 MP> > died.
 MP> 
 MP> World Bank?  You do realize that America owes a whole bunch of money to
 MP> individual countries, like Japan, China, Canada, and the UK, right?

It's my understanding that the USA has a debt to pay, which means that we are in no position to provide financial assistance to other countries right now. Perhaps they should check back with us after we've paid off our debt.

 MP> What Trump is trying to do is to broker an unenforceable cease-fire so
 MP> that the US military industrial complex, in turn, can supply a whole
 MP> bunch of weapons.  He is not trying to broker "peace."

It is/was my understanding that Trump wanted to put US mining companies inside Ukraine, which would deter Russia from attacking Ukraine because it would then equate to an attack on Americans.

 MP> What is much more likely to happen is that the EU and Canada (and maybe
 MP> China) will fill the void here and the USA will eventually become
 MP> irrelevant.  We might even become piriahs, like Russia, with no allies.

There are a lot of what-if's to be concerned about, but what we've been doing isn't satisfying the American voters and that is why we are now traveling this route.

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