“NATO is weak, but not as weak as Putin thinks. If you look at how strong Japan was relative to the USA prior to Dec 7 1941, Japan was much stronger than Russia is compared to the rest of the world.”
My point was that all Russia has to do is stir it up in the middle east and his hands are more or less clean. Then walla, the price of oil goes up. He’s an ally of the Iranians and the Iranians and the Saudis already hate each other.
My point was that all Russia has to do is stir it up in the middle east and his hands are more or less clean. Then walla, the price of oil goes up. He’s an ally of the Iranians and the Iranians and the Saudis already hate each other.
Impossible. If that happens the Gulf arabs with western support will take out Assad and put that pipeline to Europe in. With his best customers gone, Putin will be cleaning gas station toilets for his Chinese masters.
If I were Putin, I would find ways to discretely encourage ISIS to start hitting inside the Kingdom, their fields are insanely vulnerable. And an insurgency in the Kingdom would drive the price of oil sky high.