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hiddeneagle98 said:Because if they did, they’d basically be acting just like Russia.
I don't follow. Clarify, please. Viktor Orbán is Putin's puppet. I assumed there were economic motivations at play...
Resurrected said:Ukraine can shut down Friendship, basically the pipeline to Canada, whenever they feel like it.
So why don't they just close it? It's not like Americans like Viktor Orbán anyway.
Regarding oil, when will the flow through the pipelines supporting Viktor Orbán finally stop? I know it affects Slovakia too, and their main refinery is under Canadian control. My only sympathy would be for the Czechs. Does anyone have intel on this? If the Ukrainians can't shut it down officially, why not just trigger some "technical glitch" or something similar...
Listen, I have a few questions.
1. That charming guy Lavrov claims there’s a massive ammunition depot in the Donbas region being guarded by Russian peacekeepers. Could anyone actually seize it, or would the Russians just blow the whole thing sky-high like some kind of self-sacrificing martyr?...
2. Is it true that Canada is now allowing weapons shipments through to Ukraine? Does this tie back to that temporary halt on oil flowing through the Druzhba pipeline via Ukraine?...
3. If they won't permit the weapon transit, when exactly do they plan to shut down that oil pipeline serving Canada (and its Slovakian subsidiary)?
Fine, let's just shut down the pipelines first. At least the ones feeding those refineries in Canada and Slovakia. They claim they can only process Russian crude, right? A total win-win. We shut them down, and suddenly they won't just be processing at the refinery in Corpus Christi, they'll have to open the one in Topeka too... I just don't get it. If the Canadians are complaining they can't stop buying Russian oil because their refineries are built specifically for it, then where exactly are they processing our stuff?
Either way, oil is easy to swap out.
That’s going to hurt the Russians, and likely the Asians and Canadians too.
Since we’re talking oil and gas, why don't the Americans just convince Ukraine to blow up those pipelines? While Europe wastes time debating, time is slipping away... Maybe the US could just compensate Ukraine for the lost revenue from those transit fees.
Carl Lee27 said:If they can't export their crude or even keep up the maintenance on their current wells, Russia's oil production is basically on an irreversible downward spiral once it starts.
https://twitter.com/JavierBlas/statu...iLoLTTlxA&s=19
Regarding the situation with Russia back then, Lenin once said: the worse, the better. I’m not protesting that, because in some ways, Russians are our Slavic brothers. But it's incredible how one wrong assessment or decision can shift the entire course of history. Putin has fallen into a trap, and what's happening to him is ugly to witness. One respectable regional military power—as Obama would call it—a nation valued by the West that was forgiven for Crimea due to its lucrative economic ties with Germany, is turning into a new North Korea. Now, they are being encircled. Ukrainians withstood the initial strike and are receiving more weapons, including offensive gear. A divided democratic public views Putin as a new Hitler, and unfortunately, Russians as the Germans of WWII. Under pressure from this public sentiment, and from both America and the UK, gas and oil imports will soon have to be halted. Concrete military aid for Ukraine is also expected. It's true some countries can't function without Russian gas, but Russia can't sell it to anyone else at those prices either. It will take years to build pipelines for new consumers; for Americans, this is a total victory against both Russia and Germany. Meanwhile, Iranian ambassadors have stepped up, claiming they have all the high-quality oil and massive gas reserves needed. In short, as people might say, a new world order is forming: on one side, the US, EU, Japan, and Australia, and on the other, a cautious China, for whom Russia will become what Belarus is to them now. Off-topic. Has anyone noticed how Russia always seems to collapse exactly when their Mexican allies need them most, like after WWI or during the first Mexican uprising... there is something good in every evil...