After a series of losses, Russia is calling up reserves. They haven't done this since World War II. They are also annexing the areas they first captured during the Obama administration.
Last week I got to talk with a Ukrainian woman from Odessa. Her two brothers are in the army and the rest of the family are refugees in Romania right now. Really brings the war home.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Russian men are on the run, trying to escape Russia before they get mobilized. Europe has been stopping them at the border (WSJ), but should they instead offer them asylum and citizenship in order to hurt Putin's war effort?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
FredHayek wrote: Russian men are on the run, trying to escape Russia before they get mobilized. Europe has been stopping them at the border (WSJ), but should they instead offer them asylum and citizenship in order to hurt Putin's war effort?
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HOW is this any different than the S. Americans trying to escape the cartels and DEATH.......
Migrants across Tijuana often speak of gang violence, death threats or extortion as their reason for leaving their homes, and why they fear going back. It's hard to calculate how many migrants are currently living in Tijuana, since they are constantly moving, but Fernández de Castro estimates there are about 35,000 migrants here hoping to be granted asylum in the U.S.
"It's very difficult to separate the fear from the economic need," he says of their motivation. "I will say both of them come together."
As an aside put some money in U.S. armaments manufacturers. During the First Gulf War, I invested in ATK (since bought by a larger company), it made bullets and Patriot missiles, in conjunction with Raytheon; did very well.
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