Re: mafia shakedown

On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:17:50 GMT, "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
wrote:

I think it's reasonable to expect
that the US get something back in return

"Under the Marshall Plan, the United States contributed $13.3 billion
in aid--approximately $150 billion in today's dollars--to 16 European
nations between 1948 and 1951"

https://diplomacy.state.gov/online-exhibits/diplomacy-is-our-mission/development/the-marshall-plan/

whole war and people's interest in helping Ukraine
out wasn't all about the minerals

Russia's expansionism could have been about minerals also; keep in
mind how many children were stolen. 

The Art of the Deal is pure fiction when "It's a sh*t sandwich."