@camlok,
Quote camlok:
Quote:Korea is a perfect example of what happens when the terrorist USA gets its claws in you.
Yes, you get massive prosperity, a First World standard of living, 11 extra years to live and a GDP per capita that is
25 times higher than the people who chose to go with Russia.
Quote camlok:
Okay, let's see how Indonesia is doing after it threw it's hat into the Western camp. Let's see the GDP per capita:
Wow, for the past 36 years, Indonesia has had very fast growth rate per capita, about 3.6%. That's excellent. And does Russia have allies whose economies blossomed when they entered the Russian economic orbit? No, Russia has former allies whose economies blossomed when they got free of Russia. Note Poland and the Czech Republic, who left the Russian economic orbit in 1991:
Poland's economy zoomed right up once it got free of Russia.
The Czech Republic did even better once it got free of Russia. So did almost all of Eastern Europe. They all got better as soon as they were able to pry the Russian albatross off their neck. That's why they all applied to NATO-they didn't want Russia back. For reasons that are quite obvious to anyone except one who is dedicated to advancing the Kremlin viewpoint on the internet.