Bill, your logic is a bit tortured. What you are skipping over is that it was Russia that invaded Ukraine for no justifiable reason. And that the deaths on the Russian side are soldiers who invaded a sovereign land, whereas the Ukrainian deaths being mourned are civilians, including children, killed by apparently targeted Russian strikes. Plus, giving examples such as China, India and Mexico is not impressive from an ethical perspective.
Both Donetsk and Lugansk had voted for independence from Ukraine in 2014 after a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the democratically elected president Viktor Yanukovych. The new, U.S.-installed Ukrainian government then launched a war against the provinces to crush their resistance to the coup and their bid for independence, a war that is still going on eight years later at the cost of thousands of lives with U.S. support. It is this war that Russia has entered.
No. Don't you find it odd that there has been zero diplomacy from the West? No to NATO and no more killing of Russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbas Region seems like a good alternative to having your entire country leveled. Let's be honest, the West can care less for the Ukrainian people. If they cared, they would have resorted to diplomacy prior to Putin's invasion. They had their opportunity and they purposely ignored it.
Were's the self-proclaimed leader of the free world; the U.S. Government? They got the proxy war they wanted. I'm no Trump fan, but I think we would have been the adult in the room and prevented this from happening.
What would you do if New Mexico voted for independence from the US and wanted to join Mexico as one country? The Soviet Union occupied many countries for 50-70 years and imported there Russian speaking "minority".
How do you think the U.S. Government would react if Russia was meddling in Mexico like they've done in the Ukraine? Rules for thee not for me. We have a whole class of Politicos propagating this illogical nonsense. This looks like a sure sign of an empire on its way out. All I can say is, "Good Riddance."
If New Mexico seceded and vowed to remain sovereign I'd relocate there. Russia's not looking to annex the Ukraine. This is yet another example of Neocon regime change shenanigans blowing up in their face.
You still have no satisfactory justification for Russia attacking a sovereign country, including its west and capital, or for targeting civilians. Just because the west can be hypocrites doesn't by extension mean that Putin can't be evil.
Russia has NOT ENTERED any WAR .. this is a 'Special Operation' neyt don't you get it comrade ve want to get our bread basket back under our (Mafia) control and you are supporting us nicely with your distorted perceptions of righteousness 'spuhsebuh'
Think about this for a moment if you have anything but grey matter between your ears. One can love American and abhor the U.S. Government. Our Founding Fathers would look at a Statist, War Mongering, Neocon miscreant such as yourself and conclude that their experiment most definitely failed. Congratulations, you won!
We're not that different. I ditched the Tribes decades ago once I realized they were working to my detriment. Classical Liberalism, not the faux Liberalism emanating from MSM, is still the best path to happiness and prosperity. I learn heavily towards Laissez-faire capitalism, small government (Night Watchman), and neutrality. Our Founding Fathers new this and as a country we've completely abandoned it. Like you, I completely despise the U.S. Government; I'm just of the mindset that neither Tribe has the desire nor leadership capabilities to right the Titanic.
Voting for either part or even Libertarian is taking a hand in one's own demise. The two party system exists to regulate who can run for office. The Libertarian party is used as the spoiler.
Not to mention the CIA and America armed the facist who are not in power to stage a coup installing a pro USA and NATO government so much for meddling in elections.
As a devotee of you, Bill..I agree with Gary -It seems to me that 'the invaders are clearly the bad guys'. Granted, most likely the invaded are not lily white [no matter]. Their beautiful cities and their homes, hospitals and all things that provide for a stable, sustainable nation are BOMBED TO RUBBLE. X million men, women, children, old folks and their pets are not refugee's
Your last para is a disgrace. Biden may have deficiencies but who hasn't. Trump is brain dead and USA voters said better a person with a brain than one with none. Whose side would Trump be backing - the free world would have lost its leading beacon of light and who then would stand in the way of tyranny.
Message from an Australian who thinks about who should be running the biggest show on earth. The second world war taught Australians the benefit of what it is to have the best ally in the whole world. Lets hope Americans don't revisit and play any hand but not Trumps.
sadly PG V you continue to mix and match truth with fiction so some of your tirades make some sense but then you have a brain snap and go off the deep end .. Biden is an 80 year old grandpa who would rather be at home retired but you with your radicalism destroy everything sensible and putrefy the truth by your exaggerations but thank God your are NOT the average Yank and your hate for Biden and Love for Corruption/TRUMP is a clear flag of your hypocritical belief that you are somehow a proud defender of the faith .. when in fact you are the CAUSE of what Putin is doing as you use the same hate (blended truth) to promote your arguments .. take your Med's old boy and don't be such an assh***
take your med's old boy you're just pissing in the wind that your hero has been demoted and now you wanna attack everything that contradicts reality .. suck it up you lost you loser! now go and rebuild your V-toc deadhead!
Read up on History from an accurate unbiassed HISTORIAN. How as you claim, has the USA saved Aus from CHINA. I haven't witnessed any conflict unless you believe different views constitutes war. As for the Second World War, I think you should observe USA's history in that War from which it made billions of Dollars on each occasion - the price of war. The USA entered the Second World war when Pearl Harbor was bombed and not before. Australia, per capita, committed huge personnel ie numbers to both wars yet entered at both outbreaks. No adverse impacts drew us into these two wars. Aus experienced no landings on its shores from the first WW and several years elapsed before any impact on Australian shores in the Second WW. The USA learnt a very valuable lesson the second time around which was simply if you go to War don't arrive late on the scene and fight on any land but not on USA soil. Every time Australia was called on by the USA we stepped up to the plate and I reject your blinded comments about the USA being the Be all and end all of the World. What world are you talking about because countries like Russia and China and there are many others who certainly don't share you biased view. Look what transpired with "weapons of mass destruction" which drew Aus into a falsely premised war which even your ex General Colin Powell (his political rank I don't readily recall) said " he would have to live with that decision for the rest of his days" I do admire Powell because he wears the ticks and the crosses like a man of honor. Many USA lives were lost including those of its allies - Australians among them. Again its obvious to me and I am sure others you are blinded by the king of Trumps. I'll let historians eventually rule on Trump tri-umps and failures but if I'm not mistaken at his urgings many of his supporters committed high treason when they stormed the White House. God forbid Australia ever elects such a person whose only claim to real success was his golfing game improved while he was the absentee president of America. I reassure those who may read this, will accept I caste my vote in any election on who will deliver for the greater good of Australians and in the wider sense for the greater good of Mankind.
I visited Melbourne and Perth in the late 1950's while in the Navy. The best Country I have ever visited. The beer was outstanding. The people were loving and likeable. The dialect was a little hard to get used to. I was there nine days, with Shore leave every day from 0900 to 0800 the next day. It was Summer there. I was there from Dec. 27 thru Jan. 6. The Australian people would call the ship every morning and ask them to send 4 or 5 'Yanks' to X address for a party. The first day my friend and I went sightseeing at the Beach. A young lady took us in tow, and I asked her where I could get a cup of coffee. She took us to a Milk Bar. My first exposure to Expresso. After leaving Hawaii, we were not allowed to have US Money. We were paid in script: Military Pay Coupon, MPC. I exchanged $20. MPC for Australian Currency. When I left, I changed my money back to MPC. I received $19.00 MPC. No one would let us spend any money! Women 'trained' to Melbourne from I don't know where. The second day my friend and I went sight-seeing downtown Melbourne. A cab came by and stopped. A shipmate said get in we're going to a party. We went to a residence in East Malvern. That's where I spent the next seven days and nights.
I said all that to get a point across. At that time Australians loved America, the USA. I have read someplace that at that time Australia was the only Country that loved the USA, because the rest of the Countries all owed money to the USA. You are a Historian. I will let you find out if that was true or false. Just Saying! Florida Jimmy.
Hi Jimmy, I'm a Melbournian and appreciate you kind words on you Australian experience. We believe in Democracy as does your country. Wars come at a human cost to both sides but my guess is the greatest cost is to the defender not the aggressor. Ukraine is an example as are most who fight/defend for just causes. I'm sure we borrowed from the USA in the second world war and likely the first as well. I have never researched the topic. My only comment is that be careful who you sell product that do you harm. In short, there are countries who should never be supplied no matter what the profit. When Europe in particular becomes so dependent on Russia, the very country they have concerns about, then to a large extent they should blame those that made such decisions. We in Aus have made mistakes. One instance - our trade reliance on China. There should be less reliance on profit and more on fostering relationships with like minded nations. If this was the case the trade sanctions on Russia would impact and not rebound on the citizens of America. We are by no means a big populace but we can and have punched above our weight when it comes to world conflict. Out ties with the USA are strong and will remain that way. We in Aus should never forget our origins when the Brits arrived and dumped their convicts on these shores completely ignoring the first Australians. We share historical similarities with our USA cousins and both made tragic mistakes towards our indigenous brothers. My son in law is an American who lives in Aus and has been very successful because he was welcomed and put his shoulder to the wheel. Let our two nations be exemplary in the way we solve the issues facing the world which in my view is emphatically Climate Change.
Take a rest PV G. All battles won does necessarily lead to a war that is won, as demonstrated in VN and Afghanistan and more. Raped then murdered young girls has little to do with winning battles.
French Indo China, McNamara Domino Theory, you claim to be the history buff, I don't know what you did in country but guessing in the rear with the gear.
And The Originarios will keep coming. Their culture will not let them stop "reclaiming their land." The idea is ingrained in them as much as breathing is . . . it's automatic.
In order to deal with them, Bill, you will need a standing army to repel them and Argentina, which will eventually side with them and not you . . . unless you can print money like the feds.
You had your fun and you got to experienced life in the pampas. It's time to find another Shangri-La. But always remember, just as every one does not want a democracy, not everyone wants to be "civilized."
There are no good guys, or bad guys. We all slide up and down on that scale. In war, and politics, we have propaganda. Nothing to do with right and wrong.
Americans are "Defenders of Freedom and protectors of human rights?!" Try telling that to any black American! How about the Native Americans? Or the LGBTQ "community." You must be thinking of a different America than the one I know!
Every red state in America has been going Hell-bent to deny voting rights to blacks and hispanics. America as a whole has fuc*ed-over the Native Americans since day one. This is THEIR land! They were here, first! Yet, even today -- after America slaughtered millions of Native Americans in their attempted genocide and tried to destroy their languages and cultures by stealing their children from them and imprisoning them in their "residential schools" where they were raped, beaten and murdered -- Federal, State and local governments, in conjunction with farming, ranching, and corporate interests are STILL screwing the Native Americans. And, regardless of whether you're pro-LGBTQ or anti-LGBTQ, they are PEOPLE! They are human beings and children of God! If they are to be judged, it is God who will judge them, not the fuc*ing Republicans!
I understand that you're one of those "America, my country, right or wrong" types, and anyone who disagrees with you, you label as an America Hater. So be it. But, you also fancy yourself a student of history. So, why the hell don't you look at the history of race relations in America and how America has treated gays, lesbians, etc. before you spout off some nonsense about America being "Defenders of Freedom" and "protectors of human rights?!" The only people whose freedom and human rights America protects is white-skinned, Christian, heterosexuals. Everyone else can go get fuc*ked, because that's the "American Way!"
Women, Children, Old people, and innocent people sometimes die in Wars: from Caveman days to the present. Women and children get raped: that doesn't make it right PGV. There are Bestial people on both sides, including us. I had a friend that showed me a picture of his son in Nam with about four sets of ears on his belt. I almost lost my stomach contents. He was happy and proud of his son. It was like a deer hunter showing off a set of Antlers.
I agree with you most of the time. Ukraine and Russia War is not like Vietnam. The French finally gave up and left and LBJ put us in there. We had no business taking over from the French. The way I see it, it was a Civil War between North and South: with China backing up the North.
I have oodles of Vietnamese friends. I even attended a Vietnamese CMA Church that met in my Church Building after we finished our Service. They were even trying to teach me the language. I would defend any one of our Vietnamese people in the USA. Plus, they are really good at doing what they do.
We had no business in that War.
Ukraine and Russia are a different situation. Ukraine and it's breakaway Southern and Eastern cities or districts or whatever, may have been a Civil War because they were part of the Ukraine Nation. Russia recognizing part of Ukraine as Sovereign Nations does not give them the right to attack Ukraine and commit the terrible atrocities they have done there. In the case of RUSSIA, a Sovereign nation attacking UKRAINE, a Sovereign nation is a War. If Russia is not stopped there, I believe they will continue on to the West and the North. I do not support boots on the ground in Ukraine by us or NATO. I do support us and NATO supporting Ukraine with military assistance and refugee assistance. The Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock was 2 minutes till MIDNIGHT in 2021. It is 100 seconds till MIDNIGHT now: that's 1 minute and 40 seconds. What is Madman Putin and Rocket-man going to do then? I think both of them are Medically and Mentally damaged. Thank the Lord I am a JESUS FREAK and know where I am going. Just saying! Florida Jimmy.
I love you Bill! I have been reading you daily and religiously for past 20 years. But your views (and Tucker's for that matter) on Ukraine and Russia are very simplistic. They are frankly BS. I am from Eastern Europe.
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I think you realize your days as a rancher in Argentina are numbered.
Let me break it to you: pretty soon most expats (aka Gringos) will be leaving in a hurry such paradise places as Nicaragua, Ecuador, Mexico, Argentina and maybe even Costa Rica and Panama. Where will they go? Good Ol USA. Take it from one dumb Polack.
Do the atrocities with respect to Russian acts, cluster bombs and more/worse compare to the same as executed by the US? I guess so far there is no Agent Orange or Napalm to compare although My Lai, other villages, Cambodia carpet bombing do colour the image somewhat.
Crocodile tears are to be seen on US media anchors. How short their corporate memories are. We need Walter Cronkite back in the chair methinks.
Thank you again Bill Bonner.Is there a high school teacher/professor out there brave enough to post this in his/her institution?This kind of article needs so desperately to be read by the younger generation.Of course the rest of the world would benefit enormously as well,but I don`t think msm will post this.So sad.
Another great one Bill! The unintended consequences from our oxygen deprived virtue signaling Politicos is going to make the covid fiasco look child's play. Weaponizing the dollar and thus jeopardizing its status as the world reserve currency and sending high tech military weapons to one of the most corrupt governments in the world. What could possible go wrong. Hopefully the blast will be economic as opposed to thermal nuclear.
I think the USA is probably second to Russian Confederation as Corrupt Government. What difference does corrupt government have to do with slaughtering civilians? The people themselves are not corrupt.; just like the people of the USA are not corrupt. Florida Jimmy.
Sorry to hear about Carlos. The cattle rustling, encroachment, etc. It might be time to call in a Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western type gunslinger.
On the Russian front, USA proves there's nothing dumber than getting involved in foreign entanglements. Ukraine upon independence from the former USSR democratically elected a pro Russian government. Russia took of the duty of running the welfare state that is an independent Ukraine. In comes the CIA funding a Fascist (yes their flag is emblazoned with a swastika) militia staging a coup the result is a pro USA government. With this brilliant move USA takes over the cost of funding what has been designated the most corrupt government in the world.
Harken back to the Ukrainian people it seems genetically they share all the same DNA as Russians. On the surface this makes sense because Ukraine translates to Border Land.
I'm no Putin supporter but it makes sense to understand what one is getting involved with before plastering the Ukrainian flag on one's FB profile or on the bumper of one's vehicle. As Americans we love to route for the underdog even when they are dogs of sorts.
From Putins perspective the USSR was Russia as such promise made by the West should still be observed. Ronald Reagan's famous "ear down this wall" speech sounded great but behind the scenes it was not mentioned the USSR allowed Germany to reunite because America promised not to add any Eastern nations to NATO.
This is how government works in USA the president is held up as a hero when in fact most times the problem solved was created by the USA to start with. The Cuban Missile crisis was not started or ended because Kennedy was tough on the Russians but because he agreed to remove the nukes we set up in Turkey if they removed the nukes they set up in Cuba in response.
Sadly for USA we have already set the ground work for WW3 this time around there's not going to be any restraint everyone has nukes and most would have no compulsion using them on USA because we are the bully all over the world.
Media is amazing Trump had most of the nation believing the media is mostly fake news and yet the very same people now believe CNN, MSNBC, etc and every news reel from Ukraine is truth.
Russia has a good reason to invade Ukraine it was never a independent nation in all of history save for a couple months after WW1. It is the border lands of Russian and always has been. Nato was created as a deterrent to Russian communist expansion. Nato was still born when the USSR dissolved. What better why to stage a war and a great reset then create a pro USA government in the borderland of Russia and then station Nato troops on the border. This would be akin to Canada electing a pro Russian government and stationing Russian troops on our Northern border.
Russia would defend Egypt on any given day, and that says a lot. Just like NATO “supposedly” protects its members, Russia protects Egypt and The Great Pyramids.
What does that have to do with anything? Well, Russia has a lot more support than people want to believe, and no, sanctions are not going to destroy one of the top armies in the world. 😂
Egypt buys weapons from both the USA and Russia. Russia is a larger supplier. Also, samples of the USA weapons that it buys are sent over to Russia for inspection, analyses, and scientific military study.
Satan’s deceit, division, destruction and death is prevalent these days. Lies, lies and damn statistics. Everybody should be skeptical of anything they read or hear from the media, social media and politicians. Ponder what we have lived through over the past several years.
I would never have guessed that an exaggerating lawsuit happy businessman/TV celebrity would be more honest than our so-called political leaders and press. Hey, he has to be villainized and destroyed or he will expose the corruption of the establishment. The corruption is so stunning and pervasive that it can hardly be believed. Lies, lies and damn statistics. Accountability is unlikely. Deceit, division, destruction and death is prevalent these days.
Hey, let’s turn the world upside down with a pandemic. We will use a not very lethal virus to get the whole world panicking. The people will give up their liberty to “trustworthy” government. The government will save us. Lockdowns, ineffective masks, vaccine mandates, censorship, to hell with the rule of law. Supply chain shortages, unemployment, stimulus money, printing, printing, printing currencies around the world. Good is evil, evil is good. Lies, lies and damn statistics. Accountability is unlikely. Deceit, division, destruction and death is more prevalent these days.
Hey, let’s start a war to cover up our corruption and increase power. This could go a long way toward solving our population problem. We have destroyed the global economy and the monetary system is about to collapse. Let’s use Putin, an easy to hate villain. We will poke him a few times and once he retaliates, the West will rally against him. Putin will be the scapegoat for our failure. Putin won’t cooperate with our plans so he has to go. We keep getting richer and more powerful. Regulate. (We can stop pretending there’s a climate crisis.) Great reset. We’re glad that we’re not regular people. New World Order. Lies, lies and damn statistics. What’s accountability? Deceit, division, destruction and death is prevalent these days. Hail! Father of lies.
Yes Bill, The Originarios, the Russians, The Chinese, the Bidens....all sick, demented cultures that continue to act like humans. It's who those damn humans are.
I'm so happy to live in a country where we all get along, and despise the conflicts of others.
Maybe some of these dear readers that promote the "END" of the war by assassinating A world leader, with more weapons of mass destruction than most nations combined, are correct.
Maybe we could just have a little nuclear conflict and life could get back to normal. Just maybe if we melt parts of Russian where Putin hides, Parts of Argentina where the Originarios hide, Parts of China where Xi hides and parts of America where the Bidens hide, maybe, just maybe, mankind can go on working, taking care of his family, paying taxes and enjoying the fruits of his labor....Hey, You Never Know!!!
Yes, and then we can change the national anthem to the Disney Junior theme song “Muppet Babies”, then we can all strip naked, hold hands, make a big circle and sing, “We Are The World” afterwards!
Oooh! Guess I struck a nerve! I LOVE it when bigotted racists resort to impotent sarcasm because the ARE bigotted racists and can't make an intelligent comment!
the largest know Gas fields are located in the Timor Sea just north of Australia .. production is ramping up and tankers will be unloading in Greece and Italy don't worry the heart of Europe keeps beating and the blood/energy will flow from other directions and the shape of demonic -ocracy will finally collapse into it's own cesspool of greed hate and lust for more of all .. bring it on .. especially send all the LGBTQ freaks to the front lines so they can defend their beliefs against someone who is really scared of their demonic self infatuated life styles .. yep the freaks and the haters are made for each other .. then those remaining originaros can get on and rebuild a better world .. is it time to go home yet Bill?
Bill, I love your writing, especially about the Ranch. I have told you before, I think, the only way you are going to beat the Originarios is to become an Originario. I offer a plan. Buy up all the remaining land to the Chile and Peruvian Borders from Argentina. Then make an Originario Country, State or Providence. Then hold an election in Originario Land. Become the Ruler, Padron, or whatever. Promise them all a piece of land they can call their own with title to it. You are a good man. You would make a good Originario Leader! Just Saying! Florida Jimmy.
Bill, you write: "We are invited to mourn the dead Ukrainians as if they were dear friends. But when we are told of Russian casualties, it is with a tone of delight. Ukrainian lives matter; Russian lives don’t." Let me tell you, the cynic: when an aggressor targets and kills civilians, I mourn the dead. When invading Russian soldier get killed by a defending Ukrainian soldier or even an armed Ukrainian civilian, do you want me to mourn the same way? You always write about problems and the culprits; never do you offer constructive or practical solutions.
Bill, your logic is a bit tortured. What you are skipping over is that it was Russia that invaded Ukraine for no justifiable reason. And that the deaths on the Russian side are soldiers who invaded a sovereign land, whereas the Ukrainian deaths being mourned are civilians, including children, killed by apparently targeted Russian strikes. Plus, giving examples such as China, India and Mexico is not impressive from an ethical perspective.
Both Donetsk and Lugansk had voted for independence from Ukraine in 2014 after a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the democratically elected president Viktor Yanukovych. The new, U.S.-installed Ukrainian government then launched a war against the provinces to crush their resistance to the coup and their bid for independence, a war that is still going on eight years later at the cost of thousands of lives with U.S. support. It is this war that Russia has entered.
And this required attacking Kyiv?
No. Don't you find it odd that there has been zero diplomacy from the West? No to NATO and no more killing of Russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbas Region seems like a good alternative to having your entire country leveled. Let's be honest, the West can care less for the Ukrainian people. If they cared, they would have resorted to diplomacy prior to Putin's invasion. They had their opportunity and they purposely ignored it.
Were's the self-proclaimed leader of the free world; the U.S. Government? They got the proxy war they wanted. I'm no Trump fan, but I think we would have been the adult in the room and prevented this from happening.
What would you do if New Mexico voted for independence from the US and wanted to join Mexico as one country? The Soviet Union occupied many countries for 50-70 years and imported there Russian speaking "minority".
How do you think the U.S. Government would react if Russia was meddling in Mexico like they've done in the Ukraine? Rules for thee not for me. We have a whole class of Politicos propagating this illogical nonsense. This looks like a sure sign of an empire on its way out. All I can say is, "Good Riddance."
If New Mexico seceded and vowed to remain sovereign I'd relocate there. Russia's not looking to annex the Ukraine. This is yet another example of Neocon regime change shenanigans blowing up in their face.
You still have no satisfactory justification for Russia attacking a sovereign country, including its west and capital, or for targeting civilians. Just because the west can be hypocrites doesn't by extension mean that Putin can't be evil.
I believe the keyword is "occupied". Just saying! The Soviet Union, USSR, no longer exists. Florida Jimmy.
Soviet Union no longer exists. Soviet imported "Russian speaking minority" does. And this is an excuse Putin uses.
Russia has NOT ENTERED any WAR .. this is a 'Special Operation' neyt don't you get it comrade ve want to get our bread basket back under our (Mafia) control and you are supporting us nicely with your distorted perceptions of righteousness 'spuhsebuh'
Think about this for a moment if you have anything but grey matter between your ears. One can love American and abhor the U.S. Government. Our Founding Fathers would look at a Statist, War Mongering, Neocon miscreant such as yourself and conclude that their experiment most definitely failed. Congratulations, you won!
We're not that different. I ditched the Tribes decades ago once I realized they were working to my detriment. Classical Liberalism, not the faux Liberalism emanating from MSM, is still the best path to happiness and prosperity. I learn heavily towards Laissez-faire capitalism, small government (Night Watchman), and neutrality. Our Founding Fathers new this and as a country we've completely abandoned it. Like you, I completely despise the U.S. Government; I'm just of the mindset that neither Tribe has the desire nor leadership capabilities to right the Titanic.
Voting for either part or even Libertarian is taking a hand in one's own demise. The two party system exists to regulate who can run for office. The Libertarian party is used as the spoiler.
Not to mention the CIA and America armed the facist who are not in power to stage a coup installing a pro USA and NATO government so much for meddling in elections.
As a devotee of you, Bill..I agree with Gary -It seems to me that 'the invaders are clearly the bad guys'. Granted, most likely the invaded are not lily white [no matter]. Their beautiful cities and their homes, hospitals and all things that provide for a stable, sustainable nation are BOMBED TO RUBBLE. X million men, women, children, old folks and their pets are not refugee's
Your last para is a disgrace. Biden may have deficiencies but who hasn't. Trump is brain dead and USA voters said better a person with a brain than one with none. Whose side would Trump be backing - the free world would have lost its leading beacon of light and who then would stand in the way of tyranny.
Message from an Australian who thinks about who should be running the biggest show on earth. The second world war taught Australians the benefit of what it is to have the best ally in the whole world. Lets hope Americans don't revisit and play any hand but not Trumps.
sadly PG V you continue to mix and match truth with fiction so some of your tirades make some sense but then you have a brain snap and go off the deep end .. Biden is an 80 year old grandpa who would rather be at home retired but you with your radicalism destroy everything sensible and putrefy the truth by your exaggerations but thank God your are NOT the average Yank and your hate for Biden and Love for Corruption/TRUMP is a clear flag of your hypocritical belief that you are somehow a proud defender of the faith .. when in fact you are the CAUSE of what Putin is doing as you use the same hate (blended truth) to promote your arguments .. take your Med's old boy and don't be such an assh***
This outburst proves to me beyond doubt your opinion is not worth a pinch of
take your med's old boy you're just pissing in the wind that your hero has been demoted and now you wanna attack everything that contradicts reality .. suck it up you lost you loser! now go and rebuild your V-toc deadhead!
Read up on History from an accurate unbiassed HISTORIAN. How as you claim, has the USA saved Aus from CHINA. I haven't witnessed any conflict unless you believe different views constitutes war. As for the Second World War, I think you should observe USA's history in that War from which it made billions of Dollars on each occasion - the price of war. The USA entered the Second World war when Pearl Harbor was bombed and not before. Australia, per capita, committed huge personnel ie numbers to both wars yet entered at both outbreaks. No adverse impacts drew us into these two wars. Aus experienced no landings on its shores from the first WW and several years elapsed before any impact on Australian shores in the Second WW. The USA learnt a very valuable lesson the second time around which was simply if you go to War don't arrive late on the scene and fight on any land but not on USA soil. Every time Australia was called on by the USA we stepped up to the plate and I reject your blinded comments about the USA being the Be all and end all of the World. What world are you talking about because countries like Russia and China and there are many others who certainly don't share you biased view. Look what transpired with "weapons of mass destruction" which drew Aus into a falsely premised war which even your ex General Colin Powell (his political rank I don't readily recall) said " he would have to live with that decision for the rest of his days" I do admire Powell because he wears the ticks and the crosses like a man of honor. Many USA lives were lost including those of its allies - Australians among them. Again its obvious to me and I am sure others you are blinded by the king of Trumps. I'll let historians eventually rule on Trump tri-umps and failures but if I'm not mistaken at his urgings many of his supporters committed high treason when they stormed the White House. God forbid Australia ever elects such a person whose only claim to real success was his golfing game improved while he was the absentee president of America. I reassure those who may read this, will accept I caste my vote in any election on who will deliver for the greater good of Australians and in the wider sense for the greater good of Mankind.
I visited Melbourne and Perth in the late 1950's while in the Navy. The best Country I have ever visited. The beer was outstanding. The people were loving and likeable. The dialect was a little hard to get used to. I was there nine days, with Shore leave every day from 0900 to 0800 the next day. It was Summer there. I was there from Dec. 27 thru Jan. 6. The Australian people would call the ship every morning and ask them to send 4 or 5 'Yanks' to X address for a party. The first day my friend and I went sightseeing at the Beach. A young lady took us in tow, and I asked her where I could get a cup of coffee. She took us to a Milk Bar. My first exposure to Expresso. After leaving Hawaii, we were not allowed to have US Money. We were paid in script: Military Pay Coupon, MPC. I exchanged $20. MPC for Australian Currency. When I left, I changed my money back to MPC. I received $19.00 MPC. No one would let us spend any money! Women 'trained' to Melbourne from I don't know where. The second day my friend and I went sight-seeing downtown Melbourne. A cab came by and stopped. A shipmate said get in we're going to a party. We went to a residence in East Malvern. That's where I spent the next seven days and nights.
I said all that to get a point across. At that time Australians loved America, the USA. I have read someplace that at that time Australia was the only Country that loved the USA, because the rest of the Countries all owed money to the USA. You are a Historian. I will let you find out if that was true or false. Just Saying! Florida Jimmy.
Hi Jimmy, I'm a Melbournian and appreciate you kind words on you Australian experience. We believe in Democracy as does your country. Wars come at a human cost to both sides but my guess is the greatest cost is to the defender not the aggressor. Ukraine is an example as are most who fight/defend for just causes. I'm sure we borrowed from the USA in the second world war and likely the first as well. I have never researched the topic. My only comment is that be careful who you sell product that do you harm. In short, there are countries who should never be supplied no matter what the profit. When Europe in particular becomes so dependent on Russia, the very country they have concerns about, then to a large extent they should blame those that made such decisions. We in Aus have made mistakes. One instance - our trade reliance on China. There should be less reliance on profit and more on fostering relationships with like minded nations. If this was the case the trade sanctions on Russia would impact and not rebound on the citizens of America. We are by no means a big populace but we can and have punched above our weight when it comes to world conflict. Out ties with the USA are strong and will remain that way. We in Aus should never forget our origins when the Brits arrived and dumped their convicts on these shores completely ignoring the first Australians. We share historical similarities with our USA cousins and both made tragic mistakes towards our indigenous brothers. My son in law is an American who lives in Aus and has been very successful because he was welcomed and put his shoulder to the wheel. Let our two nations be exemplary in the way we solve the issues facing the world which in my view is emphatically Climate Change.
Take a rest PV G. All battles won does necessarily lead to a war that is won, as demonstrated in VN and Afghanistan and more. Raped then murdered young girls has little to do with winning battles.
I hear your position and you have heard mine.
French Indo China, McNamara Domino Theory, you claim to be the history buff, I don't know what you did in country but guessing in the rear with the gear.
Another one who needs to take a rest...LOL
And The Originarios will keep coming. Their culture will not let them stop "reclaiming their land." The idea is ingrained in them as much as breathing is . . . it's automatic.
In order to deal with them, Bill, you will need a standing army to repel them and Argentina, which will eventually side with them and not you . . . unless you can print money like the feds.
You had your fun and you got to experienced life in the pampas. It's time to find another Shangri-La. But always remember, just as every one does not want a democracy, not everyone wants to be "civilized."
Well said, on the money. Sounds like the pampas aint too far off the native Africans.
There are no good guys, or bad guys. We all slide up and down on that scale. In war, and politics, we have propaganda. Nothing to do with right and wrong.
I didn’t say that. You should check your anger before judging.
This guy is always right. Just ask him.
how very considerate of you .. it;s not about being wrong but talking like an asshol* will never convince anyone of anything ..
I was wrong one-time, but then I found out "I just thought I was Wrong." Laugh out loud! Florida Jimmy, the old Clown.
What you read into it. No one likes this.
Awright, PG V, I gotta' chime in here!
Americans are "Defenders of Freedom and protectors of human rights?!" Try telling that to any black American! How about the Native Americans? Or the LGBTQ "community." You must be thinking of a different America than the one I know!
Every red state in America has been going Hell-bent to deny voting rights to blacks and hispanics. America as a whole has fuc*ed-over the Native Americans since day one. This is THEIR land! They were here, first! Yet, even today -- after America slaughtered millions of Native Americans in their attempted genocide and tried to destroy their languages and cultures by stealing their children from them and imprisoning them in their "residential schools" where they were raped, beaten and murdered -- Federal, State and local governments, in conjunction with farming, ranching, and corporate interests are STILL screwing the Native Americans. And, regardless of whether you're pro-LGBTQ or anti-LGBTQ, they are PEOPLE! They are human beings and children of God! If they are to be judged, it is God who will judge them, not the fuc*ing Republicans!
I understand that you're one of those "America, my country, right or wrong" types, and anyone who disagrees with you, you label as an America Hater. So be it. But, you also fancy yourself a student of history. So, why the hell don't you look at the history of race relations in America and how America has treated gays, lesbians, etc. before you spout off some nonsense about America being "Defenders of Freedom" and "protectors of human rights?!" The only people whose freedom and human rights America protects is white-skinned, Christian, heterosexuals. Everyone else can go get fuc*ked, because that's the "American Way!"
just to full of your own vindictive bullshit ..
Women, Children, Old people, and innocent people sometimes die in Wars: from Caveman days to the present. Women and children get raped: that doesn't make it right PGV. There are Bestial people on both sides, including us. I had a friend that showed me a picture of his son in Nam with about four sets of ears on his belt. I almost lost my stomach contents. He was happy and proud of his son. It was like a deer hunter showing off a set of Antlers.
Just saying. Florida Jimmy.
I agree with you most of the time. Ukraine and Russia War is not like Vietnam. The French finally gave up and left and LBJ put us in there. We had no business taking over from the French. The way I see it, it was a Civil War between North and South: with China backing up the North.
I have oodles of Vietnamese friends. I even attended a Vietnamese CMA Church that met in my Church Building after we finished our Service. They were even trying to teach me the language. I would defend any one of our Vietnamese people in the USA. Plus, they are really good at doing what they do.
We had no business in that War.
Ukraine and Russia are a different situation. Ukraine and it's breakaway Southern and Eastern cities or districts or whatever, may have been a Civil War because they were part of the Ukraine Nation. Russia recognizing part of Ukraine as Sovereign Nations does not give them the right to attack Ukraine and commit the terrible atrocities they have done there. In the case of RUSSIA, a Sovereign nation attacking UKRAINE, a Sovereign nation is a War. If Russia is not stopped there, I believe they will continue on to the West and the North. I do not support boots on the ground in Ukraine by us or NATO. I do support us and NATO supporting Ukraine with military assistance and refugee assistance. The Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock was 2 minutes till MIDNIGHT in 2021. It is 100 seconds till MIDNIGHT now: that's 1 minute and 40 seconds. What is Madman Putin and Rocket-man going to do then? I think both of them are Medically and Mentally damaged. Thank the Lord I am a JESUS FREAK and know where I am going. Just saying! Florida Jimmy.
tell the 248,000 folks who got murdered in your wonderful paradise about YOUR humanity ..!
I love you Bill! I have been reading you daily and religiously for past 20 years. But your views (and Tucker's for that matter) on Ukraine and Russia are very simplistic. They are frankly BS. I am from Eastern Europe.
P.S.
I think you realize your days as a rancher in Argentina are numbered.
Let me break it to you: pretty soon most expats (aka Gringos) will be leaving in a hurry such paradise places as Nicaragua, Ecuador, Mexico, Argentina and maybe even Costa Rica and Panama. Where will they go? Good Ol USA. Take it from one dumb Polack.
Most are heading to Puerto Rico the land of billionaires and no Capital Gains taxes.
Do the atrocities with respect to Russian acts, cluster bombs and more/worse compare to the same as executed by the US? I guess so far there is no Agent Orange or Napalm to compare although My Lai, other villages, Cambodia carpet bombing do colour the image somewhat.
Crocodile tears are to be seen on US media anchors. How short their corporate memories are. We need Walter Cronkite back in the chair methinks.
Thank you again Bill Bonner.Is there a high school teacher/professor out there brave enough to post this in his/her institution?This kind of article needs so desperately to be read by the younger generation.Of course the rest of the world would benefit enormously as well,but I don`t think msm will post this.So sad.
Another great one Bill! The unintended consequences from our oxygen deprived virtue signaling Politicos is going to make the covid fiasco look child's play. Weaponizing the dollar and thus jeopardizing its status as the world reserve currency and sending high tech military weapons to one of the most corrupt governments in the world. What could possible go wrong. Hopefully the blast will be economic as opposed to thermal nuclear.
I think the USA is probably second to Russian Confederation as Corrupt Government. What difference does corrupt government have to do with slaughtering civilians? The people themselves are not corrupt.; just like the people of the USA are not corrupt. Florida Jimmy.
Sorry to hear about Carlos. The cattle rustling, encroachment, etc. It might be time to call in a Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western type gunslinger.
On the Russian front, USA proves there's nothing dumber than getting involved in foreign entanglements. Ukraine upon independence from the former USSR democratically elected a pro Russian government. Russia took of the duty of running the welfare state that is an independent Ukraine. In comes the CIA funding a Fascist (yes their flag is emblazoned with a swastika) militia staging a coup the result is a pro USA government. With this brilliant move USA takes over the cost of funding what has been designated the most corrupt government in the world.
Harken back to the Ukrainian people it seems genetically they share all the same DNA as Russians. On the surface this makes sense because Ukraine translates to Border Land.
I'm no Putin supporter but it makes sense to understand what one is getting involved with before plastering the Ukrainian flag on one's FB profile or on the bumper of one's vehicle. As Americans we love to route for the underdog even when they are dogs of sorts.
From Putins perspective the USSR was Russia as such promise made by the West should still be observed. Ronald Reagan's famous "ear down this wall" speech sounded great but behind the scenes it was not mentioned the USSR allowed Germany to reunite because America promised not to add any Eastern nations to NATO.
This is how government works in USA the president is held up as a hero when in fact most times the problem solved was created by the USA to start with. The Cuban Missile crisis was not started or ended because Kennedy was tough on the Russians but because he agreed to remove the nukes we set up in Turkey if they removed the nukes they set up in Cuba in response.
Sadly for USA we have already set the ground work for WW3 this time around there's not going to be any restraint everyone has nukes and most would have no compulsion using them on USA because we are the bully all over the world.
Media is amazing Trump had most of the nation believing the media is mostly fake news and yet the very same people now believe CNN, MSNBC, etc and every news reel from Ukraine is truth.
Russia has a good reason to invade Ukraine it was never a independent nation in all of history save for a couple months after WW1. It is the border lands of Russian and always has been. Nato was created as a deterrent to Russian communist expansion. Nato was still born when the USSR dissolved. What better why to stage a war and a great reset then create a pro USA government in the borderland of Russia and then station Nato troops on the border. This would be akin to Canada electing a pro Russian government and stationing Russian troops on our Northern border.
Russia would defend Egypt on any given day, and that says a lot. Just like NATO “supposedly” protects its members, Russia protects Egypt and The Great Pyramids.
What does that have to do with anything? Well, Russia has a lot more support than people want to believe, and no, sanctions are not going to destroy one of the top armies in the world. 😂
Why would Egypt buy weapons' from USA and not from Russia?
Egypt buys weapons from both the USA and Russia. Russia is a larger supplier. Also, samples of the USA weapons that it buys are sent over to Russia for inspection, analyses, and scientific military study.
Yes, the US considers arms deals between Russia and Egypt a national security issue, for a while now.
Always marching to the same beat of the drum though, if you don’t behave, “sanctions” are coming your way, we say. Are we going to sanction the world?
Creating more division than unification, but I’m sure there’s a rational explanation out there that the media can politically and correctly explain.
Russian fiasco in Ukraine is really not good for Russian arms exports.
US is much more advanced in electronic warfare.
Satan’s deceit, division, destruction and death is prevalent these days. Lies, lies and damn statistics. Everybody should be skeptical of anything they read or hear from the media, social media and politicians. Ponder what we have lived through over the past several years.
I would never have guessed that an exaggerating lawsuit happy businessman/TV celebrity would be more honest than our so-called political leaders and press. Hey, he has to be villainized and destroyed or he will expose the corruption of the establishment. The corruption is so stunning and pervasive that it can hardly be believed. Lies, lies and damn statistics. Accountability is unlikely. Deceit, division, destruction and death is prevalent these days.
Hey, let’s turn the world upside down with a pandemic. We will use a not very lethal virus to get the whole world panicking. The people will give up their liberty to “trustworthy” government. The government will save us. Lockdowns, ineffective masks, vaccine mandates, censorship, to hell with the rule of law. Supply chain shortages, unemployment, stimulus money, printing, printing, printing currencies around the world. Good is evil, evil is good. Lies, lies and damn statistics. Accountability is unlikely. Deceit, division, destruction and death is more prevalent these days.
Hey, let’s start a war to cover up our corruption and increase power. This could go a long way toward solving our population problem. We have destroyed the global economy and the monetary system is about to collapse. Let’s use Putin, an easy to hate villain. We will poke him a few times and once he retaliates, the West will rally against him. Putin will be the scapegoat for our failure. Putin won’t cooperate with our plans so he has to go. We keep getting richer and more powerful. Regulate. (We can stop pretending there’s a climate crisis.) Great reset. We’re glad that we’re not regular people. New World Order. Lies, lies and damn statistics. What’s accountability? Deceit, division, destruction and death is prevalent these days. Hail! Father of lies.
Come Lord Jesus I pray.
Yes Bill, The Originarios, the Russians, The Chinese, the Bidens....all sick, demented cultures that continue to act like humans. It's who those damn humans are.
I'm so happy to live in a country where we all get along, and despise the conflicts of others.
Maybe some of these dear readers that promote the "END" of the war by assassinating A world leader, with more weapons of mass destruction than most nations combined, are correct.
Maybe we could just have a little nuclear conflict and life could get back to normal. Just maybe if we melt parts of Russian where Putin hides, Parts of Argentina where the Originarios hide, Parts of China where Xi hides and parts of America where the Bidens hide, maybe, just maybe, mankind can go on working, taking care of his family, paying taxes and enjoying the fruits of his labor....Hey, You Never Know!!!
Thanks Tom for your note. Let us not forget “the beat here is money”.
Watch last night's 60 Minutes from Ukraine. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-russia-60-minutes-video-2022-04-10/
Saw it. Wouldn't it be nice if America had a president like Volodimir Zelenskyy?!
Yes, and then we can change the national anthem to the Disney Junior theme song “Muppet Babies”, then we can all strip naked, hold hands, make a big circle and sing, “We Are The World” afterwards!
J/K 😂
Oooh! Guess I struck a nerve! I LOVE it when bigotted racists resort to impotent sarcasm because the ARE bigotted racists and can't make an intelligent comment!
the largest know Gas fields are located in the Timor Sea just north of Australia .. production is ramping up and tankers will be unloading in Greece and Italy don't worry the heart of Europe keeps beating and the blood/energy will flow from other directions and the shape of demonic -ocracy will finally collapse into it's own cesspool of greed hate and lust for more of all .. bring it on .. especially send all the LGBTQ freaks to the front lines so they can defend their beliefs against someone who is really scared of their demonic self infatuated life styles .. yep the freaks and the haters are made for each other .. then those remaining originaros can get on and rebuild a better world .. is it time to go home yet Bill?
Bill, I love your writing, especially about the Ranch. I have told you before, I think, the only way you are going to beat the Originarios is to become an Originario. I offer a plan. Buy up all the remaining land to the Chile and Peruvian Borders from Argentina. Then make an Originario Country, State or Providence. Then hold an election in Originario Land. Become the Ruler, Padron, or whatever. Promise them all a piece of land they can call their own with title to it. You are a good man. You would make a good Originario Leader! Just Saying! Florida Jimmy.
Bill, you write: "We are invited to mourn the dead Ukrainians as if they were dear friends. But when we are told of Russian casualties, it is with a tone of delight. Ukrainian lives matter; Russian lives don’t." Let me tell you, the cynic: when an aggressor targets and kills civilians, I mourn the dead. When invading Russian soldier get killed by a defending Ukrainian soldier or even an armed Ukrainian civilian, do you want me to mourn the same way? You always write about problems and the culprits; never do you offer constructive or practical solutions.