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Alleged Iranian drone struck Azerbaijani airport … this makes no sense to drag in more countries into this war.
Zerohedge had the same article this morning. Looks like China has a "cheap oil" problem". Good for them.China is Scrambling
The men in Zhongnanhai do not rattle easily. Decades of patient statecraft, a foreign policy built on studied ambiguity, and an economy engineered to absorb external shocks have granted Beijing’s leadership a remarkable tolerance for turbulence. Operation Epic Fury, the American-Israeli air campaign now dismantling Iran’s military architecture, has produced something unusual in the corridors of Chinese power: visible confusion.
Third, the energy math turns against Beijing. China bought 1.38 million barrels per day of Iranian oil last year and takes over 80% of everything Iran ships. Half of China’s total oil imports pass through the Strait of Hormuz. With Ayatollah Khamenei now dead and Iran’s military leadership weakened, the Gulf’s strategic balance shifts decisively toward Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, whose energy ties with the United States are strengthening. China’s old selling point was very simple and transactional: we buy your oil and never mention human rights. That pitch loses its utility when Gulf producers already feel protected by an American security guarantee that just proved, on live television, that it works.
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A good read for some of you folks. Trump going into Iran militarily has set China back on its heels .
It looks like Iran is lashing out at all it's neighbors? Maybe the plan is to set the middle east on fire before they are wiped out? I have to say that Trumps actions in Venezuela may protect us from an oil shock if the middle east does go up in flames.Attack on Azerbaijan sounds like a classic false flag.
After the collapse of Soviet Union there was a vacuum. And it has been abused by the likes of fucking Gulenists and Wahhabi cults.Attack on Azerbaijan sounds like a classic false flag.
Attack on Azerbaijan sounds like a classic false flag.
It looks like Iran is lashing out at all it's neighbors? Maybe the plan is to set the middle east on fire before they are wiped out? I have to say that Trumps actions in Venezuela may protect us from an oil shock if the middle east does go up in flames.
Aye.I can't help but wonder if that wasn't the plan to secure Venezuela before Hormuz got closed.
It actually makes a lot of sense if you are looking at all these events as being connected theaters of a slow burn ww3.
Iran shot a ballistic missile at turkey too (that the US chose to shoot down).
If we were trying to make Iran look bad and drag others into this mess on our side it would have been super convenient to NOT intercept it and just let it do its thing.
We could have done nothing and let another ally join against Iran but we didn't.
So why would we false flag attack Azerbaijan to get them into this conflict against Iran?
After the collapse of Soviet Union there was a vacuum. And it has been abused by the likes of fucking Gulenists and Wahhabi cults.
Influence of Turkey, Russian and Saudi islamists have been enormous and reached to concerning levels.
Iran is the public enemy number one and there has been a very bad media coverage of the ashura and shias. Image of the non-existent Shia has been significantly damaged. Most people look shias as backwards stupid spies for Iran.
While the sunnis are borderline extremists and radicals in their beliefs.
The current situation is seriously concerning.