On this day forty years ago? Yep, good ole Russia in the news

[geetrue]

A better list to shine the right light on things would be a list of countries that are better off democratically, finacially, population wise, imports and exports and even respected more, because of the good ole USA vs Russia.

America's sacrifice is marked by a cross on the graves of the men we left behind in Europe and outside Washington, DC

Just color USA blue and Russia red.

(A) Afghanistan (Kabul) (AS) Albania (Tirane) (EU)Algeria (Algers) (AF)Andorra (Andorra la Vella) (EU)Angola (Luanda) (AF)Antigua and Barbuda (St. John's) (NA)Argentina (Buenos Aires) (SA)Armenia (Yerevan) (EU)Australia (Canberra) (AU)Austria (Vienna) (EU)Azerbaijan (Baku) (AS)(B) Bahamas (Nassau) (NA)Bahrain (Manama) (AS)Bangladesh (Dhaka) (AS)Barbados (Bridgetown) (NA)Belarus (Minsk) (EU)Belgium (Brussels) (EU)Belize (Belmopan) (NA)Benin (Port-Novo) (AF)Bhutan (Thimphu) (AS)Bolivia (Sucre) (SA)Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (EU)Botswana (Gaborone) (AF)Brazil (Brasilia) (SA)Brunei (Bander Seri Begawan) (AS)Bulgaria (Sofia) (EU)Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) (AF)Burma/Myanmar (Yangon) (AS)Burundi (Bujumbura) (AF)(C) Cambodia (Phnom Penh) (AS)Cameroon (Yaounde) (AF)Canada (Ottawa) (NA)Cape Verde (Praia) (EU - Portugal)Central African Republic (Bangui) (AF)Chad (N'Djamena) (AF)Chile (Santiago) (SA)China (Beijing) (AS)Colombia (Bogota) (SA)Comoros (Moroni) (AF)Congo (Brazzaville) (AF)Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) (AF)Costa Rica (San Jose) (NA)Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) (AF)Croatia (Zagreb) (EU)Cuba (Havana) (NA)Cyprus (Nicosia) (AS) and/or (EU)Czech Republic (Prague) (EU)(D) Denmark (Copenhagen) (EU)Djibouti (Djibouti) (AF)Dominica (Roseau) (NA)Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (NA)(E) East Timor (Dili) (AS)Ecuador (Quito) (SA)Egypt (Cairo) (AF)El Salvador (San Salvador) (NA)Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) (AF)Eritrea (Asmara) (AF)Estonia (Tallinn) (EU)Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) (AF)(F) Fiji (Suva) (AU - Oceania)Finland (Helsinki) (EU)France (Paris) (EU)(G) Gabon (Liberville) (AF)Gambia (Banjul) (AF)Georgia (Tbilisi) (EU)Germany (Berlin) (EU)Ghana (Accra) (AF)Greece (Athens) (EU)Grenada (St. George's) (NA)Guatemala (Guatemala City) (NA)Guinea (Conakry) (AF)Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) (AF)Guyana (Georgetown) (SA)(H) Haiti (Port-au-Prince) (NA)Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (NA)Hungary (Budapest) (EU)(I) Iceland (Reykjavik) (EU)India (New Delhi) (AS)Indonesia (Jakarta) (AS)Iran (Tehran) (AS)Iraq (Baghdad) (AS)Ireland (Dublin) (EU)Israel (Jerusalem) (AS)Italy (Rome) (EU)(J) Jamaica (Kingston) (NA)Japan (Tokyo) (AS)Jordan (Amman) (AS)(K) Kazakstan (Astana) (AS)Kenya (Nairobi) (AF)Kiribati (Bairiki) (AU - Oceania)Korea, North (Pyongyang) (AS)Korea, South (Seoul) (AS)Kuwait (Kuwait City) (AS)Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) (AS)(L) Laos (Vientiane) (AS)Latvia (Riga) (EU)Lebanon (Beirut) (AS)Lesotho (Maseru) (AF)Liberia (Monrovia) (AF)Libya (Tripoli) (AF)Liechtenstein (Vaduz) (EU)Lithuania (Vilnius) (EU)Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (EU) (M) Macedonia (Skopje) (EU)Madagascar (Antananarivo) (AF)Malawi (Lilongwe) (AF)Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (AS)Maldives (Male) (AS)Mali (Bamako) (AF)Malta (Valletta) (EU)Marshall Islands (Majuro) (AU - Oceania)Mauritania (Nouakchott) (AF)Mauritius (Port Louis) (AF)Mexico (Mexico City) (NA)Micronesia (Palikir) (AU - Oceania)Moldova (Chisinau) (EU)Monaco (Monaco) (EU)Mongolia (Ulan Bator) (AS)Montenegro (Podgorica) (EU)Morocco (Rabat) (AF) (including Western Sahara)Mozambique (Maputo) (AF)(N) Namibia (Windhoek) (AF)Nauru (no official capital) (AU - Oceania)Nepal (Kathmandu) (AS)Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague) (EU)New Zealand (Wellington) (AU)Nicaragua (Managua) (NA)Niger (Niamey) (AF)Nigeria (Abuja) (AF)Norway (Oslo) (EU)(O) Oman (Muscat) (AS) (P) Pakistan (Islamabad) (AS)Palau (Koror) (AU - Oceania)Panama (Panama City) (NA)Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) (AU)Paraguay (Asuncion) (SA)Peru (Lima) (SA)Philippines (Manila) (AS)Poland (Warsaw) (EU)Portugal (Lisbon) (EU)(Q) Qatar (Doha) (AS) (R) Romania (Bucharest) (EU)Russian Federation (Moscow) (AS) Rwanda (Kigali) (AF)(S) Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) (NA)Saint Lucia (Castries) (NA)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) (NA)Samoa (Apia) (AU - Oceania)San Marino (San Marino) (EU)Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome) (AF)Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) (AS)Senegal (Dakar) (AF)Serbia (Belgrade) (EU)Seychelles (Victoria) (AF)Sierra Leone (Freetown) (AF)Singapore (Singapore City) (AS)Slovakia (Bratislava) (EU)Slovenia (Ljubljana) (EU)Solomon Islands (Honiara) (AU - Oceania)Somalia (Mogadishu) (AF)South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein) (AF)Spain (Madrid) (EU)Sri Lanka (Colombo) (AS)Sudan (Khartoum) (AF)Suriname (Paramaribo) (SA)Swaziland (Mbabane) (AF)Sweden (Stockholm) (EU)Switzerland (Bern) (EU)Syria (Damascus) (AS)(T) Tajikistan (Dushanbe) (AS)Tanzania (Dodoma) (AF)Thailand (Bangkok) (AS)Togo (Lome) (AF)Tonga (Nuku'alofa) (AU - Oceania)Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain) (NA)Tunisia (Tunis) (AF)Turkey (Ankara) (AS) & (EU)Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) (AS)Tuvalu (Funafuti) (AU - Oceania)(U) Uganda (Kampala) (AF)Ukraine (Kiev) (EU)United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) (AS)United Kingdom (London) (EU)United States (Washington D.C.) (NA)Uruguay (Montevideo) (SA)Uzbekistan (Tashkent) (AS)(V) Vanuatu (Port-Vila) (AU - Oceania)Vatican City (na) (EU)Venezuela (Caracas) (SA)Vietnam (Hanoi) (AS)(Y) Yemen (Sana) (AS)(Z) Zambia (Lusaka) (AF)Zimbabwe (Harare) (AF)

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by geetrue

A better list to shine the right light on things would be a list of countries that are better off democratically, finacially, population wise, imports and exports and even respected more, because of the good ole USA vs Russia.

America's sacrifice is marked by a cross on the graves of the men we left behind in Europe and outside Washington, DC

Just color USA blue and Russia red.

(A) Afghanistan (Kabul) (AS) Albania (Tirane) (EU)Algeria (Algers) (AF)Andorra (Andorra la Vella) (EU)Angola (Luanda) (AF)Antigua and Barbuda (St. John's) (NA)Argentina (Buenos Aires) (SA)Armenia (Yerevan) (EU)Australia (Canberra) (AU)Austria (Vienna) (EU)Azerbaijan (Baku) (AS)(B) Bahamas (Nassau) (NA)Bahrain (Manama) (AS)Bangladesh (Dhaka) (AS)Barbados (Bridgetown) (NA)Belarus (Minsk) (EU)Belgium (Brussels) (EU)Belize (Belmopan) (NA)Benin (Port-Novo) (AF)Bhutan (Thimphu) (AS)Bolivia (Sucre) (SA)Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (EU)Botswana (Gaborone) (AF)Brazil (Brasilia) (SA)Brunei (Bander Seri Begawan) (AS)Bulgaria (Sofia) (EU)Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) (AF)Burma/Myanmar (Yangon) (AS)Burundi (Bujumbura) (AF)(C) Cambodia (Phnom Penh) (AS)Cameroon (Yaounde) (AF)Canada (Ottawa) (NA)Cape Verde (Praia) (EU - Portugal)Central African Republic (Bangui) (AF)Chad (N'Djamena) (AF)Chile (Santiago) (SA)China (Beijing) (AS)Colombia (Bogota) (SA)Comoros (Moroni) (AF)Congo (Brazzaville) (AF)Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) (AF)Costa Rica (San Jose) (NA)Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) (AF)Croatia (Zagreb) (EU)Cuba (Havana) (NA)Cyprus (Nicosia) (AS) and/or (EU)Czech Republic (Prague) (EU)(D) Denmark (Copenhagen) (EU)Djibouti (Djibouti) (AF)Dominica (Roseau) (NA)Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (NA)(E) East Timor (Dili) (AS)Ecuador (Quito) (SA)Egypt (Cairo) (AF)El Salvador (San Salvador) (NA)Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) (AF)Eritrea (Asmara) (AF)Estonia (Tallinn) (EU)Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) (AF)(F) Fiji (Suva) (AU - Oceania)Finland (Helsinki) (EU)France (Paris) (EU)(G) Gabon (Liberville) (AF)Gambia (Banjul) (AF)Georgia (Tbilisi) (EU)Germany (Berlin) (EU)Ghana (Accra) (AF)Greece (Athens) (EU)Grenada (St. George's) (NA)Guatemala (Guatemala City) (NA)Guinea (Conakry) (AF)Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) (AF)Guyana (Georgetown) (SA)(H) Haiti (Port-au-Prince) (NA)Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (NA)Hungary (Budapest) (EU)(I) Iceland (Reykjavik) (EU)India (New Delhi) (AS)Indonesia (Jakarta) (AS)Iran (Tehran) (AS)Iraq (Baghdad) (AS)Ireland (Dublin) (EU)Israel (Jerusalem) (AS)Italy (Rome) (EU)(J) Jamaica (Kingston) (NA)Japan (Tokyo) (AS)Jordan (Amman) (AS)(K) Kazakstan (Astana) (AS)Kenya (Nairobi) (AF)Kiribati (Bairiki) (AU - Oceania)Korea, North (Pyongyang) (AS)Korea, South (Seoul) (AS)Kuwait (Kuwait City) (AS)Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) (AS)(L) Laos (Vientiane) (AS)Latvia (Riga) (EU)Lebanon (Beirut) (AS)Lesotho (Maseru) (AF)Liberia (Monrovia) (AF)Libya (Tripoli) (AF)Liechtenstein (Vaduz) (EU)Lithuania (Vilnius) (EU)Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (EU) (M) Macedonia (Skopje) (EU)Madagascar (Antananarivo) (AF)Malawi (Lilongwe) (AF)Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (AS)Maldives (Male) (AS)Mali (Bamako) (AF)Malta (Valletta) (EU)Marshall Islands (Majuro) (AU - Oceania)Mauritania (Nouakchott) (AF)Mauritius (Port Louis) (AF)Mexico (Mexico City) (NA)Micronesia (Palikir) (AU - Oceania)Moldova (Chisinau) (EU)Monaco (Monaco) (EU)Mongolia (Ulan Bator) (AS)Montenegro (Podgorica) (EU)Morocco (Rabat) (AF) (including Western Sahara)Mozambique (Maputo) (AF)(N) Namibia (Windhoek) (AF)Nauru (no official capital) (AU - Oceania)Nepal (Kathmandu) (AS)Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague) (EU)New Zealand (Wellington) (AU)Nicaragua (Managua) (NA)Niger (Niamey) (AF)Nigeria (Abuja) (AF)Norway (Oslo) (EU)(O) Oman (Muscat) (AS) (P) Pakistan (Islamabad) (AS)Palau (Koror) (AU - Oceania)Panama (Panama City) (NA)Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) (AU)Paraguay (Asuncion) (SA)Peru (Lima) (SA)Philippines (Manila) (AS)Poland (Warsaw) (EU)Portugal (Lisbon) (EU)(Q) Qatar (Doha) (AS) (R) Romania (Bucharest) (EU)Russian Federation (Moscow) (AS) Rwanda (Kigali) (AF)(S) Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) (NA)Saint Lucia (Castries) (NA)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) (NA)Samoa (Apia) (AU - Oceania)San Marino (San Marino) (EU)Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome) (AF)Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) (AS)Senegal (Dakar) (AF)Serbia (Belgrade) (EU)Seychelles (Victoria) (AF)Sierra Leone (Freetown) (AF)Singapore (Singapore City) (AS)Slovakia (Bratislava) (EU)Slovenia (Ljubljana) (EU)Solomon Islands (Honiara) (AU - Oceania)Somalia (Mogadishu) (AF)South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein) (AF)Spain (Madrid) (EU)Sri Lanka (Colombo) (AS)Sudan (Khartoum) (AF)Suriname (Paramaribo) (SA)Swaziland (Mbabane) (AF)Sweden (Stockholm) (EU)Switzerland (Bern) (EU)Syria (Damascus) (AS)(T) Tajikistan (Dushanbe) (AS)Tanzania (Dodoma) (AF)Thailand (Bangkok) (AS)Togo (Lome) (AF)Tonga (Nuku'alofa) (AU - Oceania)Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain) (NA)Tunisia (Tunis) (AF)Turkey (Ankara) (AS) & (EU)Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) (AS)Tuvalu (Funafuti) (AU - Oceania)(U) Uganda (Kampala) (AF)Ukraine (Kiev) (EU)United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) (AS)United Kingdom (London) (EU)United States (Washington D.C.) (NA)Uruguay (Montevideo) (SA)Uzbekistan (Tashkent) (AS)(V) Vanuatu (Port-Vila) (AU - Oceania)Vatican City (na) (EU)Venezuela (Caracas) (SA)Vietnam (Hanoi) (AS)(Y) Yemen (Sana) (AS)(Z) Zambia (Lusaka) (AF)Zimbabwe (Harare) (AF)

Somebody had to make a start

[Digital_Trucker]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Somebody had to make a start

This would actually be a proposition, rather than a look back. If the US and Russia both spent as much time and effort furthering the progress of the rest of the world as they spend posturing and bickering with the rest of the world, we'd all be better off. What's been done is done and can't be changed, why don't we move forward?