This is absolutely about natural resources.
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Absurd. Russias land mass is 11 time zones, from the Baltics to Alaska. Chocked full of natural resources. Russia is self sufficient, it has everything the west needs, food, grains, wheat, gas, diesel, oil, NG, water, metals, commodities. They are in need of nothing.
What they want is CONTROL of those gas & oil reserves. They don’t want a competitor selling energy to Europe. This whole war is about oil.
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The last time there was a local tyrant who invaded his neighbor over oil rights, there was an international coalition that kicked his ass back to Iraq. The only mistake was that we didn’t round him up.
Absurd. Russias land mass is 11 time zones, from the Baltics to Alaska. Chocked full of natural resources. Russia is self sufficient, it has everything the west needs, food, grains, wheat, gas, diesel, oil, NG, water, metals, commodities.
Yes, Russia is the biggest country in the world. All that wealth and an economy less than the size of New York. Ukrainian land and what is beneath it it are worth trillions. Any dime bag Russian mafia would try to steal it given the chance. Putin’s kleptocracy always is in need of more assests to strip. Just today there are reports of Ukrainian grain stolen form Kherson by the Russian army and sent for export via Crimea. You are supporting raw banditry like that, FRiend.
BTW, thanks for taking your mask off. I’ve noticed many Putinists have a personal connection to Russia. I’ve noticed that Putinism is like some religions in that the “converts” are the most radical.
What lunacy you spew. Where did you get the notion Russia is self-sufficient? It’s OK in food and fuel, but it has no other meaningful abilities. It’s industries have largely shut down due to lack of critical technology imports. They can’t even seem to make ball bearings. (These closures have been publicly announced on Russian TV.)
Russia possesses no high-tech or service industries and exports almost nothing in either.
As for agriculture, Russia, prior to 2014, imported a significant amount from the EU. It banned them all after the annexation of Crimea and is self-sufficient in everything except fruit, nuts, and berries. (Russia is far from tropical.)
The EU and US are self-sufficient in food production. We do not “need” Russia’s food.
As for fuels and minerals, The US is pretty much self-sufficient in most, but most of our imports of either do not come from Russia. The US is the largest producer of oil and natural gas. (At least it was prior to the installation of Biden.) The US has large deposits of rare earths (which is a misnomer since they are not that “rare.”) and minerals.
The EU has cut Russian imports of fuel oil and natural gas significantly in only a couple of months. They have many options other than Russia to satisfy any “need” that arises.
The US needs almost nothing from Russia. (Russians like to brag that the US needs their rocket engines but SpaceX can now supply that.)