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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by coliveira on Thursday October 26, 2023 @10:42AM (#38026233)
A lot of the US supposed growth is over the death of European economy. Just look at how many German companies are moving to the US and how much the Europeans are paying for US natural gas. The US won't ever say no to Saudi Arabia even as it commits war crimes in Yemen, but Europe is supposed to say no to Russia's raw materials.
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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by trynumber9 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @11:17AM (#38026714)
The US doesn't import much from Saudi Arabia. It is mainly for East Asia and Europe. Even tiny, little Belgium imports as much oil and gas from Saudi Arabia as the US does.

And the Yemen conflict is nearing a negotiated end. Soon you can stop worrying about Belgian economic support for Saudi war crimes.

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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by coliveira on Thursday October 26, 2023 @04:53PM (#38031559)
It seems that Russia is also close to a negotiated end, so US can stop worrying about it.
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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by trynumber9 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @05:52PM (#38032167)
Not even close. There are no negotiations underway for peace in the east. Between Russia and Ukraine about 3000 soldiers are estimated killed in the last week alone.

Meanwhile in Yemen the UN says fighting has subsided[0] and Iran and Saudi Arabia have begun rehabilitation of relations[1]. Comparing a frozen conflict in its negotiated end stages to an active war with thousands of casualties a week and hundreds of missile strikes on cities each month screams complete ignorance of the war you pretend to care about.

[0] https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15347.doc.htm

[1] https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-yemen-war-peace-talk...

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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by coliveira on Thursday October 26, 2023 @06:32PM (#38032533)
I thought Russia was on its last legs! The media tells me so since last year.
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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by trynumber9 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @08:05PM (#38033219)
So you don't care about Yemen, it was only a red herring. Well whatever your reason for raising the argument, it hasn't influenced western European governments like Belgium to prefer Russian gas over any other sources.
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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by coliveira on Thursday October 26, 2023 @08:49PM (#38033464)
> So you don't care about Yemen

Who said that? Please learn to read.

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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by trynumber9 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @09:51PM (#38033787)
You brought up Yemen but didn't know about the state of the conflict it speaks louder than words.
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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by coliveira on Friday October 27, 2023 @07:58AM (#38037355)
You're cherrypicking the facts you want. Learn to read and interpret text first and we can have a discussion.
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