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TexasTowelie

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Sun Feb 18, 2024, 04:41 AM Feb 2024

No More Russian Gas Influence on Europe - UATV English



The energy market of the EU has been the primary one for Russia for many years. And they planned to use it as a blackmail weapon in the context of a 'future war with NATO.' But instead, the European Union simply switched to liquified gas from other countries and green energy. What remains of the once horrifying Russian gas influence on Europe – learn in our report.
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No More Russian Gas Influence on Europe - UATV English (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2024 OP
Oops. Putin certainly miscalculated. captain queeg Feb 2024 #1
China has been using the same strategy and it is backfiring as well. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #2

Irish_Dem

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2. China has been using the same strategy and it is backfiring as well.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 08:55 AM
Feb 2024

China hoped to intertwine its economic situation with the US.

The US would be so dependent upon Chinese manufacturing they would have to let China do whatever it wanted in terms of global world order. The US would be forced to allow China to invade Taiwan and gain total control over the Pacific. The US would be forced to allow China to vastly expand its military and nuclear capabilities. China felt they had the US over a barrel.

However Joe Biden and other countries have figured out what is going on and they are doing some decoupling right now with China's economy. And greatly reducing US dependence upon China.

China of course is furious, they have long depended upon the US to indirectly fund their expansionist goal of becoming a global superpower.

So both China and Russia have badly miss calculated.

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