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minus-squarelennybird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·12 days agoSomething still doesn’t fully add up in all this. Krasnov is obviously still in the pocket of Putin, so what is Putin’s game here with respect to Venezuela and Iran? Do we even know Ayatollah is actually dead? What’s going on with Maduro?
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-212 days ago Grab all the Venezuelan oil first to protect the USA from rising oil prices at home, then fuck up the middle east, putting prices through the roof and disrupting oil supply to China and Europe, and wait for everyone to come begging for American and Russian oil? Take this with a huge pinch of salt. I’m just playing along here. I don’t know whether this is at all plausible.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoDidn’t the US oil companies say they have no desire to mess with oil in Venezuela?
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoThey change their mind at $100/barrel. But more US production is also likely. EU again choosing the suicide pact.
Something still doesn’t fully add up in all this. Krasnov is obviously still in the pocket of Putin, so what is Putin’s game here with respect to Venezuela and Iran?
Do we even know Ayatollah is actually dead? What’s going on with Maduro?
Take this with a huge pinch of salt. I’m just playing along here. I don’t know whether this is at all plausible.
Didn’t the US oil companies say they have no desire to mess with oil in Venezuela?
They change their mind at $100/barrel. But more US production is also likely. EU again choosing the suicide pact.