Seriously both countries could use the economic benefits from Russia placing troops there and the local citizens would strip them bare of anything valuable they brought with them. I say go for it!
We haven’t even cut off from Russia yet. How is this even possible? I thought Biden said they would not allow this kind of gouging.
The US has some control over oil companies' price gouging at the pumps but no control over what countries and companies are paying for oil on the international market.
Your mistake was putting your trust in Biden. He's going to fuck this up like he's fucked up everything he's touched.
I thought we already installed a puppet down there? Or tried to anyway. Wasn’t that the most recent oil-rich country we decided needed our help without them asking?
Venezuela's entire oil industry has fallen into disrepair. They can't just flip a switch and start selling the world oil again. They do have the largest oil reserves in the world but that oil is very thick and almost tar-like. Not the sweet honey crude that is sought after. It was American-based companies that owned and operated the refineries down there. And they had the technical expertise to refine that oil. When the previous Venezuela president kicked out the American companies the ability to refine that shit went with them. Right now Venezuela is importing gasoline and other refined oil products. That's how fucked up they are.
So commies cant have rich dictators? Interesting. China leaders wealthy. Every fucking communist dictator has rapped their people for the sake of a few. Putin is a born and bread Soviet that's now a autocrat trying to rule over the people he perceives as weak.
Ah...I think you mean "bred". If he was "bread" would that make him the croicommiesant of chaos? Joking aside, all authoritarian leaders of all political persuasions exploit their people while claiming to do it for their own good.
That's kind of like saying Trump's religion is capitalism. The only religion that kind of swine has is worship of themselves.
auto correct is a pain in the ass. Oh I get it that and agree...China a communist country has more billionaires than probably USA. Yes, Most communist dictators are super wealthy. I have in-laws from a communist country and are now US citizens, they escaped oppression.
It's just interesting that the prices didn't drop hardly at all when they couldn't give oil away at the start of the pandemic. There were barrels that were selling for basically nothing.... did we see those savings? Nope.
