@vanguard623456@SoulSloop99 Ukraine wanted to sell and china wanted to buy. Fare exchange isn't a robbery but the US like a whining toddler had to intervene. Hence the ploy.
@AAAJHSA@LawKmh31285 Saudi Aramco new china refinery just got it's first crude cargo shipment from Saudi Arabia this week. I'm gonna leave this right here but carry-on...๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
@Raitziger@POLITICOEurope@lianglinlin2026 You can't be serious. Look at which country started sanctions and restrictions. China is just giving back what's it's been getting but now it's a problem.
@KurtzPavel@GabeZZOZZ@AstroSterone during a 2020 dispute over US troop withdrawals, US officials reportedly warned they could restrict Baghdadโs access to funds held in New York, a threat that influenced Iraqi decision-making. Control
@KurtzPavel@GabeZZOZZ@AstroSterone Invasion isn't always about annexing territory but is definitely always about control. Iraq's oil wealth now sits in the ny federal reserve giving the US a powerful level affecting Baghdad's economic and political decisions. We are seeing the same thing play out in Venezuela.