tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post680905616178061780..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Supply Regions And Geopolitical PowerFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-79329950109420613692015-10-09T15:35:20.997-04:002015-10-09T15:35:20.997-04:00Here's a PS, Francis. From GoV today, this hea...Here's a PS, Francis. From GoV today, <a href="http://gatesofvienna.net/2015/10/gates-of-vienna-news-feed-1082015/#229945" rel="nofollow">this headline</a>:<br /><br />“Putin has been extremely concerned about the expansion of radical Salafism and Wahhabism into Russian heartland, potentially affecting the ideology of the growing number of Russian Muslims.”<br /><br />More evidence of Putin's limited objectives.Col. B. Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590364016079745156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-24965803510650101602015-10-09T13:30:31.754-04:002015-10-09T13:30:31.754-04:00I view Russia's interest in Syria (which is in...I view Russia's interest in Syria (which is in the Middle East) as much more limited to its wanting to preserve its naval base there. Yes, Mr. Putin is doubtless coordinating with Iran and its Hepzibah ally. But . . . and it's a big but . . . controlling anything in the M.E. would require a substantial military presence, an alliance with Iran, or a combo of both. That is an order of magnitude of recklessness that I don't see that Putin exhibits AT ALL. The Russians exhibit a great deal of caution when all is said and done which is in mighty contrast to the Chinese fire drill that American foreign policy is and has been. Zbigniew's Playhouse on a world scale. To say we've thrown our weight around in the post-Soviet world is an understatement and the money we've wasted in half vast military adventures thousands of miles from our shores is pathetic. We have been the proverbial loose cannon.<br /><br />Too, too many nations have an interest in M.E. oil. Any Russian moves to threaten those interests would be the equivalent of taking a stick to a hornet's nest.<br /><br />U.S. domestic foreign policies are determined by cowardice, weakness, lunacy, or some kind of globatlist/warmist/Agenda 21/UFO uber conspiracy. Ditto for Europe from what I can tell. Putin and the Chinese do well by way of contrast.<br /><br />I don't care for the modern practice of demonizing Russia (not your style, I hasten to note). And if we had a smidgin of confidence in our own free market system (much crippled by the thinking that cripples all socialist countries) we might be more of an example to Russia and Europe still and harness the power of entrepreneurs to make Russia into something other than a supply area. Instead, we are stuck in a "Game of Thrones" time warp.<br /><br />A sad alternative that has not been considered, at least not out there in public, is where the world takes over Middle Eastern oil and removes oil profits from the hands of savages in service to the most monstrous doctrine in all of recorded history, not counting feminist gender theory, of course. It's absurd that the civilized world has fawned over scum for decades and allowed them to distort our societies.Col. B. Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590364016079745156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-51733009391791041602015-10-07T16:44:09.296-04:002015-10-07T16:44:09.296-04:00I sometimes wonder when or if we will awaken to th...I sometimes wonder when or if we will awaken to the folly of the mercantilist mentality that drives the urge to empire. Must we agree with or dictate at gunpoint the political or religious beliefs governing those with whom we trade? <br /><br />All empires have followed a similar progression of ascent and decline/collapse. Ours is not exempt. If we are to dictate the political organization governing the peoples with which we trade, the inevitable reckoning is likely to exceed even our considerable capabilities. Indeed, the evidence is overwhelming us. From the cost in blood and treasure we are burdened with a debt which now exceeds $18 trillion and increases exponentially. The loss of our liberties has already exceeded the extent which drove our forefathers to the extremity of secession from a mercantilist empire.ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976785560712692275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-90918043717522258322015-10-07T14:51:48.024-04:002015-10-07T14:51:48.024-04:00If a supply region can only advance economically b...<i>If a supply region can only advance economically by departing from natural resource exportation, what happens when all supply regions advance?</i><br /><br />Strong economic incentives to improve material efficiency. :) Also, growing economic prosperity & stability.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915297057336831151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-22828092794277367122015-10-07T11:32:17.695-04:002015-10-07T11:32:17.695-04:00As usual, I tend to sidetrack on smaller items.
I...As usual, I tend to sidetrack on smaller items.<br /><br />If a supply region can only advance economically by departing from natural resource exportation, what happens when all supply regions advance?<br /><br />The word "sustainable" has been metastasized by the left to mean something else, but advancing all supply regions away from natural resource exportation doesn't seem to be sustainable long-term in the real sense of that word.<br /><br />Maybe we need to look toward stewardship models. Although, I suppose that as the supply regions came into shorter supply, demand would make their economics more supportable. Hm.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.com