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#AMGrind News of the Day... We're talking the MUGA movement, "Make Ukraine Great Again"...
Military Comparison (light on the troop numbers, but otherwise looks accurate): .statista.com/statistics/129…
Casualties (Dead, Wounded, MIA) - 500K total per NYT... They are probably light on the Ukraine portion, heavy on Russia, but any way you slice it, it's bad news bears. google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j…
And a human trafficking crisis is underway in Ukraine... State Department Assessment, effectly, Ukraine isn't prosecuring these crimes because of the war, and likely corruption: state.gov/reports/2023-t…
Estimates on Child Trafficking: globalinitiative.net/analysis/ukrai…
And finally, Ukraine is no longer a democracy, so if we're not fighting to "save democracy", then we need to reset and understand the objective. Zelenskyy canceled elections AGAIN... yahoo.com/lifestyle/ukra…
RFK reminded me of what the Neocons are really focused on the Project for a New American Century, which is why they'll argue we MUST win this war. Well, I think it's time we step back from the brink.
Global economic impacts of Ukraine war:
- Disruption in international trade, especially in key commodities as Russia is a major supplier as is Ukraine
- Grain prices and energy prices for same reasons
- Drain on treasuries to fund the various military industrial complex entities around the world
- Reduces focus on domestic and economic issues
Ukraine is driving Russia and China closer together, and India has become more closely tied to Russia for energy = BRICs is growing, now has more countries than NATO. economicsobservatory.com/the-brics-coun…
Labor Participation Rate or Lack thereof is a huge risk to Western civilization and our economic prospects going forward.
tradingeconomics.com/united-states/…
The death of meritocracy. steemit.com/education/@cup…
While I think the reality is somewhere in between this 👇🏻 and the NYTimes reporting. But anyway you slice it, Ukra cannot win unless NATO puts 100’s of thousands , perhaps as many as 3 to 5 million men on the ground to get to Moscow.

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