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In reply to the discussion: Krasnov Fucked Up [View all]lostnfound
(17,094 posts)34. Kabuki theatre, easily could be prearranged
putin is a strategic thinker. US bombing Iran with enough time for Iran to move whatever it wanted to move, drives internal politics in direction of hardliners and anti-American sentiment.
Trump cares not a whit about U.S.. They all care about money and power.. Iran pulls closer to russia and it gives excuses for everyone to take actions they wanted to take. They all make money through advance knowledge of oil market shocks.
I suspect we are seeing kabuki theatre. I dont believe trump takes foreign policy actions that are against what putin wants.
Total distraction from budget bill about to pass. Netanyahu stirs up hardliners, Europe driven further from US alliance. They all make money through advance knowledge of oil market shocks.
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Yep. There was endless bullshit right wing propaganda about the US losing energy indepence under Biden
progressoid
Jun 23
#27
Kraznov does not want cheap oil, and if he did, the US petrolum companies do not want cheap oil ....
marble falls
Jun 23
#3
No. He wants to be seen as wanting cheap energy because that is what he and his noncritically thinking supporters want .
marble falls
Jun 23
#24
They create their own bottlenecks by 'maintenence' on four or five refineries at a time and raise prices over headlines.
marble falls
Jun 23
#32
Agree. I'm horrified this administration is anywhere near the Treasury with his crypto crap. Book
txwhitedove
Jun 23
#20
We were bamboozled by the oil companies into tolerating frack oil as a necessary evil ...
marble falls
Jun 24
#38
"this showed that while the easy was mostly gone there were huge deposits untouched."
BumRushDaShow
Jun 24
#39
Isn't it amazing how effectively big oil flipped that image of easy oil to no oil and then become the biggest oil ...
marble falls
Jun 24
#41
I also think he'll be sorry he chose to side with Bibi instead of putin... in regards to Iran.
liberalla
Jun 23
#19
He wants to replace the dollar with crypto. Pretty obvious but not (as usual) well thought out. n/t
Evolve Dammit
Jun 23
#29