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Originally Posted by gauravdgr8 On the contrary Europe and US both imported higher quantity of NG and Crude from Russia in March.
What US has been doing off late is giving China a free hand against India, so that India ups it's military spend. The only aim of US is to make the world fight and keep its arms lobby rolling. Aptly clear in the last 20 years.
What US did in Afghanistan, it is no more a trusted ally and the world knows that. Primarily the reason Macron and Scholz are still talking to Putin and the Saudis didn't answer Bidens call.
Biden only wanted his interests safe in Ukraine and kept on pushing Russia until this. |
The import fluctuations are normal. Europe was importing less NG for the months of December to February. Furthermore, Europe has enough reserves for the rest of winter. They are actually building their reserves for next winter. They have 6 months to prepare for next winter. This is all part of the preparation, so yes, this could entail importing Russian oil in preparation for the possibility of total war in the future.
There is no doubt that the US exit from Afghanistan was a shamble. However, Afghanistan was in the periphery of US interests. Al Qaieda was long since gone and Afghanistan had no economic or cultural connection to the US. In contrast, the US has maintained a significant presence in Europe for over 75 years.
As far as the US pushing Russia to invade, well, whose decision was it in the end to do the attack? While questioning America's power, you are also giving it too much credit for its ability to manipulate Russia!
Finally India will have to make a choice on how to deal with China. The fact is India's special relationship with Russia is over. Russia sells the same weapons to China. Russia is a transactional partner. Furthermore, it is going to be doubtful if Russia will even be able to meet its export commitments moving forward. On a military to military or people to people level, there is already much more coordination between the US and India. The US supplies India with significant intelligence information on China's border movements. The US and India have had many joint land, sea and air exercises. The LCA and the planned MMRCA will use US engines. Then there is the fact that there are some 2 million Indian diaspora who live in the US and are part of the process that is gradually changing American society and government so that it is more in tune with India and Asia in general.
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Originally Posted by NH08 Yup. Russian missiles are useless, just talk and no show.
By the way, more than 4 million Ukrainian people have fled Ukraine and more than 6 million have been internally displaced. That is roughly 25% of entire Ukraine's population. All these people were not afraid of missiles as these were useless and left their home for some picnic in Poland, Hungary, Romania etc. Pictures showing devastation in Ukrainian cities are fake, just Russian propaganda.
Sure we are. |
It is easy to destroy civilian areas. What is clear is that Russia has been unable to subjugate the Ukranian military despite vastly outnumbering them and having far more advanced weapons. The Germans defeated the French and British in 1940 despite the Germans being outnumbered and outgunned. They made up for it with better tactics, communications and coordination. The same seems to be true (so far at least) in the current situation. The US has just announced that it will start supplying Ukraine with heavy artillery, tanks and other longer range standoff weapons. Ukraine may still lose the war, but for Russia, it is going to be meat grinder that is going to suck their resources. In a year, Europe will be able to cut off as much as 75% of Russian gas. This will be another death blow to the Russian economy. Russia today is like Germany in 1944 -fighting battles on multiple fronts against powers that are much larger that it militarily and economically.
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Originally Posted by Aloneatma Petro Dollar.
If anything can bring USA down from its pedestal, it's the petrodollar. If Russia and China start dealing in Ruble and/or Yuan it will threaten the US presence as a superpower. The petrodollar is kryptonite for the US. US knows it and so do Russia, China and India. |
LOL, I'm not too sure what you mean by that. The Rouble and the Yuan are not fully convertible and are not accepted much outside their respective countries. Take China. Its GDP is around 20% of the world economy. In contrast, the Yuan constitutes less than 2% of world reserves. Does anyone here think that, say, India will use the Yuan? LOL. Local trade between say Russia and China could be in their local currencies (effectively barter trade), but I suggest one look at the volume of trade between these two countries. It is puny. So yeah, they can dream about displacing the dollar, but is not going to happen anytime soon. In the end, the value of a currency is rooted in the economic, social, cultural and political system of the said country. Russia is a minor player in these respects. Conversely while China is an economic giant, it has little or no influence in social, cultural and the political spheres. Does anyone say in India believe what the Chinese Communist party says or how it sets the value of its currency? Would you be willing to covert all your money to Yuan?
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