Oh, it is the mines treaty.

Yeah, it is great to not use (anti personnel or otherwise) mines, until you find yourself in an actual war, then those things are extremely useful, as proven again and again in Ukraine.

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      Just because USA made sure yetsin stood, made sure putin is his successor, does not mean they have to admit any responsibility when things go bad. Fucking everyones business up does not mean I have to held liable for consequences. With great power comes no responsibility. Oh BTW Russia is bad for making Trump the president

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      The “success” of the post-Soviet Baltic states is the ultimate case of “line go up thinking.” Yes, they had a massive brain drain and QoL factors all caved out, but they got “fiscally responsible” and the GDP per capita shot up due to mass wealth concentration.

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        The Baltics managed to achieve a high GDP per capita in a less direct way than the Gulf slaver states. If you just don’t count poor people, then your GDP per capita is going to enormous. In case of the Baltics, those too poor to benefit the stats just happened to leave the millisecond they had the chance to.