RE: China to attend Saudi Arabia talks on Ukraine4 Aug 2023 18:40
Seamus, this is how the power of global economics works. Have a war, cause food shortages etc, out comes the begging bowl, power politics at play by those who see themselves as the dominant nations, the oligarchs buy up the distressed assets in whatever country they can grab them from, make a killing, and invest some of their wealth back in to the countries they've been at war with! Just a merry-go-round of power play politics. How do you think the source I mentioned made their money?! The difference this time around is that we've got the saber rattling of the threat of nuclear action, and two President's of the US and Russia who are both loose canons. Wierdly, I'm not so worried about Putin, because I'm not sure in all honesty he wants to see his own homeland destroyed, as I am about Biden, particularly when you look at the pull out of Afghanistan, he simply didn't care, it was about saving money in the end and not lives, and now his patience is running thin in the same vein with Russia, and he's coming up for election and he'll be keen to prove himself for the backing of his people. He'll be a hero in the eyes of the US if he solves this issue, but at what cost?