• plyth@feddit.org
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    21 hours ago

    What’s there not to understand? The link shows that there are people thinking about how to break up Russia and if you look at American foreign politics it’s clear that countries cannot rely on the US not attacking them.

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      16 hours ago

      The fact you think the US would invade Russia for natural resources is inconsistent with reality

      If the US had any desire to invade, they would have done so in 1991

      They didn’t because of many reasons, but the simplest to understand is: nukes

      You’re trying to argue natural resources would drive the US to do so, but that’s entirely irrational. If the US were is invade any major country for natural resources, it would be Canada. They have far more than Russia, with much less of a military, and no nukes

      There is no situation where the US would attack Russia for natural resources. It’s not in their interest, even ignoring negative externalities from other countries

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        10 hours ago

        The fact you think the US would invade Russia for natural resources is inconsistent with reality

        The US wage illegal wars and military operations and do regime changes for resources, like Iraq, Venezuela, Argentina.

        The US financed NGOs. It looks like bringing freedom until one remembers the homeless and uninsured in the US. Yeltsin was supported against the Communists. The US almost were im control.

        There is still an invasion looming because how else can the US contain China? That makes Nato rockets in Ukraine tricky.

        but the simplest to understand is: nukes

        Which is changing with SpaceX Starshield.

        If the US were is invade any major country for natural resources, it would be Canada.

        Canada is part of the Western sphere. No need to invade. They can get controlling stocks in companies. Many international mining companies are based in Canada.

        There is no situation where the US would attack Russia for natural resources.

        Not a direct attack but the North Stream pipeline explosion allows the US to sell expensive fracking gas to the EU.

        The US don’t fight for the resources but for the influence. They don’t need the oil in the middle east for themselves.

        They need them for sanctions, like the ones against Iran and Cuba. China cannot be isolated if they have access to Russian resources.