Originally Posted by
Grumble
Russia just lost one of their biggest weapons suppliers and China has now lost 20% of their energy supply.
I don't agree with this. Sure, we took out 20% of China's oil, but it will cost us 20% of the S&P.
We also just depleted our stock pile of cruise missiles. And over the next 6 months, we will diminish out supply of Patriot missiles. The only way to replenish those is to deficit spend... which hurts us and strengthens BRICS.
Originally Posted by
Grumble
BRICS is dead, the petro dollar is secure, and Russia is now coming back to the table.
While Russia might fold, we are allowing Iranian oil tankers to pass and are lifting sanctions on Iran and Russia. That will strengthen the BRICS. It will take us longer to recover from this operation than it will take China to pay a bit more for oil.