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Don't forget stealing Europe's industrial base! https://www.wsj.com/articles/high-natural-gas-prices-push-european-manufacturers-to-shift-to-the-u-s-1166370759
by dilap 4y ago
Don't forget stealing Europe's industrial base!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/high-natural-gas-prices-push-european-manufacturers-to-shift-to-the-u-s-11663707594 https://www.wsj.com/articles/high-natural-gas-prices-push-eu...
Honestly as evil as it is, for once the US foreign meddling seems to make sense from a purely strategic standpoint.
(By contrast, not sure what Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan etc gained us (unless you happened to be a military contractor or weapons manufacturer).)
- lm28469 4y ago> By contrast, not sure what Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan etc gained us (unless you happened to be a military contractor or weapons manufacturer Pretty sure it's a big point, gotta keep the war machine running
- hacknat 4y agoIraq made some sense if you see it as a war to make sure no major energy-capital flows went through the Euro (Iraq started selling their oil in Euros in the late 90s). The US war machine wants to go to war with everyone, from time to time American economic interests lets them.
- dilap 4y agoAh, interesting, thx!
- SanjayMehta 4y agoIraq: Saddam wanted to move to the Euro for his oil trade. Libya: Gaddhafi wanted to move to a gold backed African Lira. Afghanistan was initially due to 9/11 and then became a weapons testing ground. Syria: "We're keeping the oil." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/keeping-oil-syria-trump-considered-war-crime/story?id=66589757 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/keeping-oil-syria-trump-cons...