I thought Venezuela nationalized all of its oil infrastructure 20 to 25 years ago. And everything that I’ve read about it since then is that infrastructure has deteriorated significantly because of the absence of western oil companies there to maintain and develop it. Was that exaggerated?
If not, won’t it take some time for them to modernize and get full production
going?
What’s a realistic lag time before Alberta starts feeling the pinch?
Excellent question - I’d guess a couple of years if infrastructure is in moderate shape, more if very deteriorated. That is also predicated in companies finding a way to justify going in. Trump saying it and boards being willing to start spending capital are two different things.
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I did see at least one report, I think it was the BBC, that stated Trump and Putin were discussing how they would divvy up Arctic resources.
It’s not crazy to think that Trump would position a lesser of two evils for Canada. Either join us or I’ll leave you to the Russians and you can see if you like them better.
Can you link the report please? BBC or wherever you read that.
Florida republicans are falling over themselves to praise this. Most Venezuelan migrants live there and of course they’d also love for Cuba to be next.
A Venezuelan here told me “keep your politics out of this, white girl.”
He heard me say Trump doesn’t give a crap about the Venezuelan people; he’s only out to benefit himself somehow.
Might as well, just ask China for a security guarantee.
It might be the only way that Canada can prevent US and maybe Russian aggression.
I’m not sure that sentences is as insane today as it would’ve seemed three weeks ago.
I think we're going to see a push for a lot of smaller countries to get nukes for themselves. With both Russia and the USA being aggressors on the world stage i only think it makes sense, you're never defending yourself in a conventional war so MADD only makes sense.
Cheering on an illegal war is exactly what Trump wants and why he attacked and captured the head of an illegitimate government, without the proper approvals. Its to acclimate people to the idea. I would also have a hard time being convinced that this will help the people there, especially after the US steals their natural resource.
I would have thought the lesson from Iraq was clear, the easy part is toppling the Government, Hussain was also hated, the problem is after you have done that as chaos and anarchy rule people start to blame you for chaos and anarchy, then the IED's and drone strikes start, the idea of a drone fueled guerrilla war should be horrifying for the US frankly, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan all started like this
As to oil exports, again as chaos and anarchy take hold the easiest target to hit is an oil field, impossible to protect, I suspect Canada has way less to worry about than we think
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My guess this was about a regime chance in disguise of drug trafficking. No different than what George Bush JR did with Saddam Hussien in Iraq saying it was about yellow cake and WMD.
So F'n Marjorie Taylor-Green had a better response than PP. Not shocking I guess. But it was also better than Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister (what a weak comment).
I did see at least one report, I think it was the BBC, that stated Trump and Putin were discussing how they would divvy up Arctic resources.
It’s not crazy to think that Trump would position a lesser of two evils for Canada. Either join us or I’ll leave you to the Russians and you can see if you like them better.
I think the fear of Russia is (still) massively overblown. They can’t take a small country next door like…ever.
What I believe to be true, is that Trump doesn’t want a destabilized Russia. Which would mean the Chinese move in, and take over Siberia.
What he wants is a strong enough Russia, out of his sphere, along with China.
Its what this is all about
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Yes, this is all illegal. It ignores international law and contradicts everything that is preached regarding upholding the sovereignty of nations, etc. The only thing I disagree with is the notion that this administration is doing something unique or different from what every other American administration does. Imperialism is America's business. Might is right. Rules for the rest but not the west. Funding uprisings and putting an America-friendly leader in place after toppling a foreign government that isn't, IS their playbook. Lipstick on a pig is still a pig. This time though, America decided to not go through all that trouble of inciting uprisings first. They just straight up went in, plucked out the leader themselves and will run that country themselves right away to control the oil reserves. Over time, we'll hear more and more about how bad and evil Maduro is and was, just because.
I would imagine there are a lot of nervous people in Taiwan today.
The USA would probably intervene. They would never let China to take full control of the Semi conductor fab industry. Especially TSMC,UMC and Mediatek.
