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A "Marshall Plan" for Russia would have worked as well as the "Marshall Plan" for Afghanistan has worked over the last 20 years. You can't impose your system on
by spaetzleesser 4y ago
A "Marshall Plan" for Russia would have worked as well as the "Marshall Plan" for Afghanistan has worked over the last 20 years. You can't impose your system on people who don't want it. Do you think Russia would have handed control over to Westerners? And without control it's just an endless money sink. The oligarchs would just have become a little richer.
- avmich 4y agoJust to be certain, I'm sure the last 20 years put a long-lasting effect on Afghan people, won't be erased soon. We even see some effects in modern Iraq, where the period was shorter.
- spaetzleesser 4y agoThat effect is still in question. And the price tag was enormous.
- lapcat 4y agoI wasn't suggesting imposing a system on Russia or taking control, any more than the US imposed a system or took control of the UK after WW2. "The largest recipient of Marshall Plan money was the United Kingdom (receiving about 26% of the total). The next highest contributions went to France (18%)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan Moreover, Russia clearly did want and in fact received some economic aid under Yelstin.