Western Europe has spent 33 billion euros on Kosovo

[Crvena zvezda]

international community had spent more than 33 billion Euros on Kosovo province since 1999, or around €1,750 per person annually — an amount 160 times greater than the average assistance given to any and all the developing countries in the world.

I read this statistic on a Serb blog about 5 days ago. Yesterday, it was posted on Der Spiegals English website.

Confusion and Corruption in Kosovo: The Slow Birth of a Nation - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

This truly shows the idiocy of giving Kosovo independence or intervening in it. Every state in the Balkans (even Bosnia) has been given far less money from the international community (All the money given to Bosnia amounts to about 12 billion euros, to Serbia around 2 billion euros), yet they've achieved so much more in terms of development.

I mean according to the article it has a GDP per cpaita love then North Korea.

[Marcus Marulus]

It is amazing. USA spend billions of dollars to sustain the administrative apparatus and the armed units (police, the military etc.) of the quisling regimes of Iraq and Afghanistan, the EU and the USA pour billions of dollars into Bosnia, Kosovo etc. Why are they doing that?

We are not speaking here of some small amounts of "developmental aid" or something of the kind, but of the actual artificial sustaining of different entities that cannot be sustained from the domestic financial resources of those countries. There must be a good reason why puppets are of such a value to their masters, so that masters are ready to spend (or better squander) so much money on them.

Or maybe, seen from the perspective of the masters of the world, the money they have in their possession must continually be put into circulation. If it cannot be invested for further profit, it is better to give it away (even for financing administrative apparatus of different puppet regimes, for example), than to keep too big amounts of it. Because one of the basic tenets of the System is that the money be eternally in circulation....otherwise it loses value.

[Monolith]

Originally Posted by Marulus

It is amazing. USA spend billions of dollars to sustain the administrative apparatus and the armed units (police, the military etc.) of the quisling regimes of Iraq and Afghanistan, the EU and the USA pour billions of dollars into Bosnia, Kosovo etc. Why are they doing that?

We are not speaking here of some small amounts of "developmental aid" or something of the kind, but of the actual artificial sustaining of different entities that cannot be sustained from the domestic financial resources of those countries. There must be a good reason why puppets are of such a value to their masters, so as to be ready to spend (or better squander) so much money on them.

Or maybe, seen from the perspective of the masters of the world, the money they have in their possession must continually be put into circulation. If it cannot be invested for further profit, it is better to give it away (even for financing administrative apparatus of different puppet regimes, for example), than to keep too big amounts of it. Because one of the basic tenets of the System is that the money be eternally in circulation....otherwise it loses value.

Perhaps they are investing in future endeavors? Who knows... But you're right. If the capital isn't dynamic, its potential value remains unused, which means that the investor loses in the long run. But that is a game of high stakes, and only the most wealthy parties can participate.

[Susi]

I just totally spat out my tea at this one ,-,

Isn't there a better way to spend 33 billion euros?????

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Susi

Isn't there a better way to spend 33 billion euros?????

Yes..

barcosnautica.com - Sitges - Puerto de Aiguadolç

And I would still have 31.61 billion euros left.

[Tryggr]

Originally Posted by Mynydd

Yes..

barcosnautica.com - Sitges - Puerto de Aiguadolç

And I would still have 31.61 billion euros left.

You'd still have 32,99861 billion left.

The boat is advertised as 1,39 million, not billion.

Precio: 1.390.000 €

[Delbáeth]

How much is this in £ Pound Stirling?

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Tryggr

You'd still have 32,99861 billion left.

The boat is advertised as 1,39 million, not billion.

Precio: 1.390.000 €

That billion difference I call it spare change

Originally Posted by Delbáeth

How much is this in £ Pound Stirling?

1,390,000.00 EUR = 1,090,854.59 GBP

XE.com - Universal Currency Converter

[Delbáeth]

Should give that to Rangers F.C, they might sign some decent tallent! .