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#3 | Posted by Zed
You are spot on. The Ukrainians made a record of what happened last time the Russians conquered them and the aftermath of WWII directly after they became an independent nation. I can't find a link to them but I know they are out there with subtitles. There is no doubt what the Russians would do AGAIN and perhaps even worse this time.
There is a good series from George Mason University available on YouTube. The Channel is "Russian and Eurasian Studies at Mason". Recommended watching for effet at a minimum.
What is happening at Boeing is what happens when accounting runs the business and pushes out the engineers. This happened post merger with McDonnell Douglas. The joke for years was McDonell bought Boeing with Boeing's money. I had a great Uncle retired at the point of the merger who was a high ranking engineer at Boeing. His take was it was a disaster and now we see it on full display.
An older article now at Quartz but a read and how they culminated in the 737 MAX issues.
Isn't that one of them "Law and Order" states? They can't even fund the PD to the point they have a safe HQ?