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Honestly, the video could be summed as
"yeah, oil was one important part of it, but though not the only one, geopolitical interests in mind (Saudis, Israelis, Iranians all wanted to whack Iraq, and U.S practicing shock doctrine)"
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Ukraine? Ukraine isn’t poor, it’s over exploited!
I think this is more indicative of what he thinks his voters want than the actual intentions. Tbh I think a genuine concern over resource access is giving hawks too much credit. I don't think they care about anything beyond millitary contractors donating to them and their campaigns.
Yeah they've been pretty honest about why they're supporting Ukraine: to dunk on Russia and contain any future expansion.
I still think the latter part is unlikely, but damn, if this is the best NATO can do, maybe Estonia should be sweating...
"If Ukraine didn't exist we would have to invent a Ukraine"
“You see, it is a core western belief that we respect other people’s property.”
What minerals? That does not sound rigth. And isnt refining caрacity the main reason china is the main suррlier of rare earths? So even if there were those mineral there whould they be useful without chinese refineries?
fools. What do you think I was doing? You’ve doomed us all with my laptop…