the horse has (already) left the barn from the Free Dictionary:
It is too late to prevent, change, or rectify some problem or situation, as the ill effects have already been wrought.
Last week Michael and Richard described the US as a pentagon economy in their 45 minute conversation with Nima entitled "Why are China and Russia the US No. 1 Enemy?". However, what inspired this week's topic was Nima's conversation with Dmitry Orlov with whom I'm not familiar. Dmitry Orlov was born in Leningrad, USSR, into an academic family, and emigrated to the US in the mid-1970s. He holds degrees in Computer Engineering and Linguistics, and has worked in a variety of fields, including high-energy physics, Internet commerce, network security and advertising. I found his comments and observations on target: The US continues wars until they are not profitable, for example we left Afghanistan because Fentanyl replaced heroin, The MIC isn't about winning wars, it is about maximizing profits, and many more.
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The U.S. finally suspended military aid to Ukraine today.
In one important way, this happened too late.
NATO is preparing everyone for lowered expectations.
This was an especially well-informed discussion of American politics, which isn't common these days. There is also a bit of discussion about international politics: Ukraine, the Middle East, Spain. Some of it was great, other parts not so great. Long having been a watcher of the two Alexes, I was wondering about their take on American politics. I guess they let this guy Barnes speak for them. It is long: 2.5 hours. Below are some critical notes.
Wars are largely created to enrich the elite at the expense of everyone else. The cost can be measured in lives, money, environmental destruction, social and mental health, and much more, as the oligarchs count their profits. Yesterday used to be Armistice Day, the end of the war to end all wars, but now we honor war and warriors, not peace.
This year we celebrate the 105th anniversary of the signing of the World War I armistice that ceased hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918. With this instrument, nations still recovering from the dreadful nightmare of WWI, one of the deadliest conflicts in human history, collectively embraced peace as a universal principle and called for an end to all wars. Armistice Day was initially designated as “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated."
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While Hamas et al. are in the third day of fighting, some Ukrainians are going off-script:
Russia Seeks to 'Frame' Ukraine with 'Trophy' Western Weapons in Gaza: Kyiv
Not only is this an admission that the Russians have been capturing gobs of Ukrainian weapons, but it's a suggestion that great US gifts of weaponry to Ukraine are going to find their way to the Middle East.
If you read nothing else this week on the events in Canada, I hope you will read Max Blumenthal's piece at Consortiumnews.
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/09/27/honored-nazi-exposes-canadas-longs...
So pay clear attention to the story told by Alex Christoforou here:
We all know why Ukraine won't get into NATO now - because they are at war. Thus if they got into NATO now then NATO would be immediately at war with Russia. Even Democrat/Neocons on the cable news admit this.
