James GleickMar 22

Do you understand why Trump has lifted the oil sanctions that were punishing Iran, the country he’s bombing, and Russia, the country that’s helping it?

Do you understand why Trump is sending 5,000 Marines to sail through the Strait of Hormuz while complaining that none of our friends and allies will help him reopen it?

Here's the whole explanation.

https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian

March, 19-21: God is a comedian

A stiff drink is recommended

Gold and Geopolitics
Show threadtasketMar 22
@gleick This is a project to shift Europe (e.g. white nations) back to imperialism. That's why mine sweepers were sent away from the region and Iran's oil refineries were bombed: Create a surge in energy prices for Europe and force them to go abroad and take what they want.
Show threadspdrnlMar 22

@tasket @gleick Yes, the war on Iran is indeed turning "up the heat" in Europe.

And governments are not even asking to turn down the heating.

Or will Europe become a Russian vazal state?

@bert_hubert

Show threadDarwin WoodkaMar 22

@spdrnl @tasket @gleick @bert_hubert

Not likely. Russia is still only 146 million people no matter what Putin's fantasies are. He's killed a million of them just in Ukraine alone.

Show threadWesDym

@darwinwoodka The *RF* is 146M. Russia proper -- the much smaller part of the RF that's fairly reckoned as 'true' Russia -- is only around 46M.

The rest of the RF mostly hates them. Russia has to expend enormous resources to keep the rest of the RF in line.

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