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| The Long Distance From Ear To Brain |
Two of the longest distances are the distance from eye to brain and the distance from ear to brain.
Yes, it's many long years in distance because the trip is often taken on Highway 61, so, in this opening up of today's post, let's bring the Dredd Blog history of oil wars up to date once again.
One reason for doing that is to inform readers that the Ukraine / Russia war is an oil war which the current administration is trying to "settle" differently (CNN, Hegseth rules out NATO membership for Ukraine), and I do mean differently:
"European nations must provide the 'overwhelming' share of funding for Ukraine, the new US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said, as he signalled a drastic shift in Washington's position on the war."
(BBC, Hegseth sets out hard line on European defence and Nato). But first, let's get up to date with a quote from a decade old Dredd Blog post:
"In closing for today, (more in future posts), let's bring oil wars up to date:
When Russia seized Crimea in March, it acquired not just the Crimean landmass but also a maritime zone more than three times its size with the rights to underwater resources potentially worth trillions of dollars.
Russia portrayed the takeover as reclamation of its rightful territory, drawing no attention to the oil and gas rush that had recently been heating up in the Black Sea. But the move also extended Russia’s maritime boundaries, quietly giving Russia dominion over vast oil and gas reserves while dealing a crippling blow to Ukraine’s hopes for energy independence.
Russia did so under an international accord that gives nations sovereignty over areas up to 230 miles from their shorelines. It had tried, unsuccessfully, to gain access to energy resources in the same territory in a pact with Ukraine less than two years earlier.
(In Taking Crimea ..., emphasis added). Our current oil-based civilization has been warring over oil for over a century because of the mindset of Oil-Qaeda, the current "Jim Jones" that is deceiving and leading us toward mass suicide (MOMCOM's Mass Suicide & Murder Pact - 5)."
(The Peak Of The Oil Wars - 10; cfThe Peak Of The Oil Wars, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16).
The current Secretary of Defense points out that battle lines are being redrawn and the US seems to be intent on working out a deal with Russia so as to substantially weaken the old deal with NATO (Selecting A Leader From The Asylum).
The previous post in this series is here.