Quote (Hamsterbaby @ 10 Apr 2022 15:12)
Just in from Taiwan News.
1. There are media in Europe , France and Germany who are saying that sanctions on Russia due to the current dependence on Energy are going to collapse a lot of small and medium businesses. Food pricing is raising in a ridiculous rate. Energy prices as well.
One Taiwanese family who is living in Italy are paying around 500 Euros a month (?) for the past month.
2. USA is earning a lot from this conflict , there were LNG ships (?) who are going to Taiwan and a few other countries suddenly changed course and are heading to Europe, panelist say that they can earn a lot more in Europe than providing to those Asian countries at the current moment.
3. USA is raising the pricing of oil and gas domestically, even though they have enough and is a oil producing country. So the oil and gas company is wining both domestically and globally.
4. One panelist is saying Zelensky is brutal because he is using war to get a fast track membership to EU by using the lives of his citizens.
5. Countries like Israel , China , India , Russia and a few OPEC country are now discussing expanding some currencies to buy Oil and Gas instead of just using USD. Proposed currency at the moment is Indian Rupee and Chinese Yuan.
6. One panelist was giving a " conspiracy type " comment that the USA is trying to make Europe fall with Russia. Europe would have to depend on USA oil and Gas production now and the price will be a lot higher. In regards to Russia the USA is thinking of sanctioning them back to the 1900s.
Once Russia is done, they will concentrate on China and put China back in its place. Because in Recent months India whom they though was a ally and partner since they are in QUAD are not standing in line with the USA. They will do India once China is done.
And when all the dust is settled, Countries like Iran, Pakistan and North Korea will be dealt with last.
What the United states is afraid of is a combination and a strategic partnership of Russia , India and China will be a economical , ideological and military threat they might not have the chance to contain in future if they are not being dealt with now.
Would like comments from my JSP D2 brothers and sisters
6. sounds like a conspiracy theory. The mutual economic dependence between China and the United States/Europe is so high that economic sanctions similar to those imposed on Russia would completely kill the Western economies.
4. is doubtful. I really don't think that there is appetite among every EU member to admit Ukraine when it is clear that Ukraine doesn't come close to satisfying all the usual criteria. These promises by EU commission president von der Leyen are just talk/symbolism if you ask me.
Quote (dro94 @ 10 Apr 2022 15:14)
Yep, if ISIS, Iraqi-Kurdish forces and civilians all had smartphones we would see 100x what we're seeing now. WW2 was the most brutal war in history by far and I doubt another war would come close to it again, imagine if they had smartphones...
The most shocking part of this to everyone is that it's happening in Europe which is considered to be the most advanced and stable region in the world, when it happens in Yemen or Syria then most people are less interested
Imagine a video of a soldier at Verdun during WW 1 being trapped in a shell crater with a leg wound, unable to escape because it's too steep and slippery, so he slowly drowns as the crater fills with rainwater...
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Apr 10 2022 07:32am