Since the U.S. has turned out to be “not agreement capable” (I’d say “not agreement willing”), it was only a matter of time before conflict broke out in Ukraine. I’ve been asking myself, “OK, but why now?”
No doubt there’s more than one reason and the powers-that-be are stacking functions. It distracts from the injection debacle, preexisting economic problems, the shady connections between a certain leader’s son and the Ukraine, etc.
Now, one thing was easy to foresee (or to pretend is happening, as the case may be): If you impose sanctions that affect Russian oil and gas exports, energy shortages and a spike in energy prices will follow for the West. So are energy shortages and a spike in energy prices for the Western population one of the West’s goals here? Well, here’s one indication that might be the case:
And all with an oh-so-convenient scapegoat: the big, bad Russians.