... even in the UK and if I tell you the name of the game, boy (c). Just yesterday I pointed out the symbolism of Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska--far-far away from Europe (including 404) and near the Arctic. Now they hypothesize, while in reality, apart from the dynamics of SMO and Russia rolling out weapons which make combined West simply defenseless target, that this part of the planet matters. Oh, I can tell you--it matters a huge deal, big freaking beautiful deal:
An Arctic agreement between the US and Russia could revive energy collaboration between the two countries on a breathtaking scale. A deal would be massively lucrative for both sides. The Arctic contains an estimated 13 per cent of the world’s undiscovered oil, roughly 90 billion barrels, and 30 per cent of its undiscovered natural gas. Russia controls around half of that, with explorers pointing to 2,300 million metric tons of oil and condensate, and 35,700 billion cubic metres of gas. It’s a bonanza tailor-made for Trump’s America First. Parlay US expertise and capital into these frozen assets and the pay-off would be staggering. The shipping upside is no less compelling. The Northern Sea Route offers the promise of slashing shipping times between Asia and Europe by up to 50 per cent. As melting ice slowly opens the Arctic lanes, that cut becomes ever more real: less fuel burned, no queueing at chokepoints, and avoidance of piracy hotspots. Pair that with a fleet of US oil champions and Arctic logistics savvy, and Trump suddenly holds a commercial deal that has the feel of an irresistible boardroom trophy.
It is written by a lawyer infinitely removed from the realities of the Arctic Sea Route, hence he has no grasp of a significance of Russia's Atom Fleet (Atomflot) and technologies which go into it, including the effect of climate change on the ice, which stubbornly doesn't want to follow "melting" forecasts by "climate emergency" shysters from primarily West's "academe". As I wrote a couple days ago, I remind you again--THIS IS the factor which plays a huge role, together with Russia's newest weapon systems, in all this process around Alaska meeting. Read my lips--it is called Atomflot.
The incentives for both Trump and Putin line up neatly. For Trump, it would be another Trump ‘deal’ in which commercial muscle underwrites a political settlement. Putin would keep his territorial gains and reopen the Arctic to US investment, and Ukraine would be left to make the best of a settlement it didn’t shape. Britain and the EU would be reduced to a role of bystanders.
Why "would be", they already are despite me warning about inevitability of super powers finding some kind of modus vivendi, while the US is finishing Europe off (good riddance) not as a bystander but as a lunch, because US economic (gigantic) problems cannot be solved by means of a traditional method of imperialism--by unleashing war. The war "unleashers" in this case will be simply annihilated together with everything what is dear to them and there is a group of people in Trump Admin who recognized that they better find another solution, while reasonable Putin is still around.
1. That it lost the arms race by a knockout;
2. That it is just another great power among equals--this very small exclusive and prestigious club;
Per Europe, who cares--they wanted it, they got it. As one member of European Parliament told Russian MP--we have enough dogs and cops to keep Europe under control. For those who still don't understand, Orwell wrote 1984 and Animal Farm not about USSR--for starters he knew next to nothing about it--it was and is about Anglo societies. Today it is about whole of Europe. Oh, the historic irony! In the end, Europe achieved what seemed impossible even 10 years ago--it made Russians hate it.
