#pakistan will now have to #ration their #gas #supply due to #shortages https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/pakista.. I wonder whether #china or #russia who they have become good friends with will help? Or will it again be the #west ? The new #uk #pm is already wanting to send #aid to #pakistan , because...? I struggle to answer the question, given how much they hate and ignore us. If they would stop #raping our #children , that could be a nice gesture.
#putin is suggesting that the #west wants to #destroy #russia https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/putin-.. This is clearly a dumb #narrative , the #eu were very happy with the previous #arrangement , why would they want a #regime change? It was *him* that #triggered this #war in #ukraine .
#jordanpeterson raises a great point about why he would #bet on the #west over #china 's #ccp https://youtube.com/watch?v=4De8xhcknGE His main point is that the #diversity of #thought allows for #mistakes to be easily #recovered from.
As this #article points out, a large amount of the #world is #refusing to #sanction #russia - if anything the #us and #west is actually becoming more #idolated https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/w.. This entire thing may end up #backfiring ...
#india #buy #russia 's #cheap #oil , despite #warnings from the #west https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/i.. They are also a massive #importer of #russian #weapons - let's see how well that works out for them.
So #china is now rattling off about #taiwan again: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/c.. The problem is the #west cannot #afford to #fight #russia and #china at the same time. I think they realise this and may seize the #opportunity ... Problem is, #china 's #ccp are ill #prepared to take #advantage of the current #geopolitics - they would need a #force of something like 1 million #soldiers to take #taiwan .
Well shit, looks like the #eu are actually going to cut #russia out of #swift https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/c.. This means they are likely to #retaliate by cutting of #gas and #oil to all of the #west , whilst getting more friendly with #china .
Apparently now #northkorea have a #hypersonic #missile - I'm sure this has nothing to do with #china 's #ccp https://www.lotuseaters.com/north-korea-.. Bare in mind that not even #russia has one yet. I believe the #west will quickly full behind if we don't start large #military #investment really quickly.
Worth a #read of the crazy #games #china 's #ccp are playing with the #west 's #markets https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-..
#russia 's #putin is now talking of " #redlines ", adopting #language used by #china 's #ccp https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/p.. Even so, it appears the #west and #eu refuse to take #russian #threats seriously - perhaps the #emperorhasnoclothes ?
#china 's #ccp have demanded that the #us end all #contact with #taiwan https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/c.. To that I suggest they tell their story walking. The #us and #west are well within their rights to *speak* to any #country they like.
#china 's #ccp are *really* looking to #decouple from the #west and #us #economies https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/f.. This in itself will have *massive* #consequences for both economies.
#crypto #regulation in the #west incoming - you have been warned: https://www.reuters.com/business/g7-fina.. Now #centralized #banks want a bit of that action, after even #paymentprocessors have been tangled up in it.
Seems like the #us and #uk are #poking #russia in #kaliningrad https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/u.. It's common #knowledge that #russia also does the same to the #west - by sending #reconnaissance #aircraft to #scotland regularly for example. It really does feel like #russia is a sleeping giant when it comes to #global #threats - but in this #climate I still think they #align better as an #ally ...
The problem is with dismantling the #spaceforce , #democrats , is that if other #state #actors have a #military presence in #space - the #us and #west *must* also: https://timcast.com/news/democrat-lawmak.. How the fuck do you think #gps works? Or #satellite #communications ? What do you think will happen if these things are targetted #strategically ? Perhaps we need to reframe this in terms of a #twitter #outage to make them care...
I think we are starting to see these large #financial movers begin to pick a side in the upcoming #coldwar with #china vs the #west https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/blackr.. #blackrock appear to have found their side, #investing *more* into the #chinese #economy despite the #property #market #bubble ! Time will tell how successful that strategy will be. I really suspect it will not be smooth sailing for the next few years...