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| The Long Distance From Ear To Brain |
Two of the longest distances are the distance from eye to brain and the distance from ear to brain.
Yes, it's many long years in distance because the trip is often taken on Highway 61, so, in this opening up of today's post, let's bring the Dredd Blog history of oil wars up to date once again.
One reason for doing that is to inform readers that the Ukraine / Russia war is an oil war which the current administration is trying to "settle" differently (CNN, Hegseth rules out NATO membership for Ukraine), and I do mean differently:
"European nations must provide the 'overwhelming' share of funding for Ukraine, the new US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said, as he signalled a drastic shift in Washington's position on the war."
(BBC, Hegseth sets out hard line on European defence and Nato). But first, let's get up to date with a quote from a decade old Dredd Blog post:
"In closing for today, (more in future posts), let's bring oil wars up to date:
When Russia seized Crimea in March, it acquired not just the Crimean landmass but also a maritime zone more than three times its size with the rights to underwater resources potentially worth trillions of dollars.
Russia portrayed the takeover as reclamation of its rightful territory, drawing no attention to the oil and gas rush that had recently been heating up in the Black Sea. But the move also extended Russia’s maritime boundaries, quietly giving Russia dominion over vast oil and gas reserves while dealing a crippling blow to Ukraine’s hopes for energy independence.
Russia did so under an international accord that gives nations sovereignty over areas up to 230 miles from their shorelines. It had tried, unsuccessfully, to gain access to energy resources in the same territory in a pact with Ukraine less than two years earlier.
(In Taking Crimea ..., emphasis added). Our current oil-based civilization has been warring over oil for over a century because of the mindset of Oil-Qaeda, the current "Jim Jones" that is deceiving and leading us toward mass suicide (MOMCOM's Mass Suicide & Murder Pact - 5)."
(The Peak Of The Oil Wars - 10; cf The Peak Of The Oil Wars, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16).
The current Secretary of Defense points out that battle lines are being redrawn and the US seems to be intent on working out a deal with Russia so as to substantially weaken the old deal with NATO (Selecting A Leader From The Asylum).
The next post in this series is here, the previous post in this series is here.
Once upon a time ...
"In just one speech by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week, the most powerful member of NATO has thrown the world’s biggest military alliance into disarray, raising troubling questions about America’s commitment to European security.
ReplyDeleteHegseth told almost 50 of Ukraine ’s Western backers on Wednesday that he had joined their meeting “to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe.
The United States faces consequential threats to our homeland. We must — and we are — focusing on security of our own borders, he said" (AP News).
That highway from the ear and eye to the brain contains a town called Amygdala Village (Link).
ReplyDeleteThe oil barron "T Rex" was the previous Secretary of State who began discussion of an oil stealing deal between US and the Kremlin. The current puppets in that ongoing domination of oil scheme are deciding Ukraine's future from a mid-east oil domination kingdom (without Ukraine's input (Oil-Qaeda & MOMCOM Conspire To Commit Depraved-Heart Murder- 6).
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