Regardless of our position of whether to defend the world from communism or not, we can't even defend our own nation from the communists. I think that takes precedent.

That’ll make them more compliant show them the other side of the spectrum

That'd mean too much economic and social freedom for their people, thus they rely upon artificially shortening global oil supply to create an up-tick in revenue from their exports.

Namely, Russia.

More than half of their GDP continues to rely upon oil production. <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

We could focus on getting rid of our communists when we stay out of buissness that’s not our own

It was about 97% leading up to 9/11.

You were involved before 9/11

Big think. It's possible the reason why so many countries feel as if they can safely rely on the global oil markets is because the US is securing them. The perhaps unintended side effect of that commercial "pax americana" may be that the opportunity cost of developing energy self-sufficiency in most countries isn't adequate for them to shake free from the bonds of international oil.

Like when Dubai was like we got oil but didn’t know they had oil

Did I say we were involved before 9/11? Everyone knows we began funding the separatists fighting against the Communist, Soviet-puppet regime of Kabul in Afghanistan, nearly a year before the Soviets invaded on the false-pretense terrorists were flooding into the SU, Ram.

I said it as a statement

Build Sand Wall

As for the Communist threat, Menace, it isn't the same iteration as the past.

I really think the US should be helping Russia economically. Being the global hegemon is great and all, but it stifles innovation and progress

The threat we face in America is altruism.

You mujahideen funding idiots making your own killer

Literally training osama bin Ladin

Canada should annex russia

And just see if we die

Norway should annex Russia

Even better

We helped Russia economically by giving them foreign aid, and goods shipments after the collapse of the Soviet Union, extending into the early years of the Obama Admin.

Pathological altruism is indeed a key feature of their success, or rather, exploiting it.

Aside from that, our intervention in the Middle East caused a global oil shortage, shifting demand onto Russian exports, which jump-started their recovery process.

See here.

The communists don't need to be controlled or fought. They just need to be ignored, and they'll wander on home

Finland should annex Russia

Helped Canada become the amazing for the first act and shit in the second

@Miniature Menace yes

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?locations=RU

The Fins annexing Russia. <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

That’s a jump

Anyway, notice the uptrend beginning with U.S. intervention causing a global oil shortage.

https://images7.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED419/5aa8022593c41.jpeg

All of that revenue was from the artificially inflated value of oil, the result of the intervention, which thus increased the value of their exports and jump-started the economy.

That it is, Ram.

Farmers are fucking hardcore

I mean, look at Vietnam

They know how to handle a hoe

Have smarter people take the helm and stop acting like Finland is Poland