Utopia Talk / Politics / Blame Trump for oil prices?

Habebe rank	Fri Mar 27 05:57:58 Absolutely this war is impacting energy prices. He has also done things to mitigate it, waived sanctions, opened up venezuela, pushed for US to drill baby drill etc. The Ukraines response? Blow up oil refineries. I mean, I get it, they don't want the Russkies to profit with this price spike, but they also know they also know this is throwing fuel on a fire.
Sam Adams rank	Fri Mar 27 06:20:03 Blowing up important russian refinerys is always a good idea.
Sam Adams rank	Fri Mar 27 06:23:31 Basically here is your pyro flow chart. Should I set x on fire? Is x Russian? Yes... Set on fire. No... Continue flow chart to other steps.
Habebe rank	Fri Mar 27 07:17:26 Is the timing the best?
Forwyn rank	Fri Mar 27 07:59:41 While I am critical of pre-war Ukrainian government and their justification to prevent the secession of eastern states, all else equal, they should absolutely strive to prevent excess profits from flowing to the Russian war machine if they want to force the best concessions. That's just a strategic fact
jergul rank	Fri Mar 27 11:22:49 The problem here is externalizing costs. Ukraine does not care about energy prices because it is not footing the bill. Western support is warping Ukraine's cost benefit analysis. Hungary is playing this correctly imo. Dont blow up things we need or there will be a price to pay. The cost is not longer externalized. Ukraine has to decide if it wants to pay the price. Somthing to think about the next time interest rates increase to dampen inflationary effects of increased energy prices. As to the actual damage. Russia is repairing things faster than Ukraine can break them. Nice touch using Polish and baltic state airspace for some attacks though. Given that targets are right by the border. Perhaps Russia will be incited to interdict drones in those neighbouring countries. That would work great for Ukraine, but for nobody else. Long term? Its reaching a point where Russia may not be able to afford having an Ukrainian State on its frontier. Not without a proper and permanent regime change. That is why the hype is causing issues. The war was never existential for Ukraine. But it might become existential.
Sam Adams rank	Fri Mar 27 12:28:45 "Russia is repairing things faster than Ukraine can break them." "Its reaching a point where Russia may not be able to afford" Lol jergul thinks jergul is full of shit. Literally a paragraph apart.
jergul rank	Fri Mar 27 12:32:46 So sad that sammy does not understand that words can have different contextual meaning. But I suppose I can afford to offer him the chance to reread and try to understand #reedingizherd4sami
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