The White House unsuccessfully tried to arrange calls between President Biden and the de facto leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as the U.S. was working to build international support for Ukraine and contain a surge in oil prices, said Middle East and U.S. officials.
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The Saudis have signaled that their relationship with Washington has deteriorated under the Biden administration, and they want more support for their intervention in Yemen’s civil war, help with their own civilian nuclear program as Iran’s moves ahead, and legal immunity for Prince Mohammed in the U.S., Saudi officials said. The crown prince faces multiple lawsuits in the U.S., including over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Not even pretending the military aren't mercenaries
We're at a "pick your poison" scenario. The West will either have to repair its relationship with Russia after the Ukrainian situation calms down, cozy up to other oil-rich shitheads like the Saudis, or re-industrialize.
Yeah. Saw an article earlier today lamenting the state of mask manufacturing in the US, how it got outsourced to China, came back a little bit when the WuFlu arrived and now is getting outsourced again so all the little pop-up mask factories are on the verge of shutting down again.
If we'd stop outsourcing everything then these problems wouldn't be as bad. Trade with other places, sure. But if you're relying on other countries to supply things that you think you'll need (oil much moreso than masks, of course), you're now tied to the fate of that other country.
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Not even pretending the military aren't mercenaries
We're at a "pick your poison" scenario. The West will either have to repair its relationship with Russia after the Ukrainian situation calms down, cozy up to other oil-rich shitheads like the Saudis, or re-industrialize.
Please God, this.
We never should've de-industrialized in the first place.
Yeah. Saw an article earlier today lamenting the state of mask manufacturing in the US, how it got outsourced to China, came back a little bit when the WuFlu arrived and now is getting outsourced again so all the little pop-up mask factories are on the verge of shutting down again.
If we'd stop outsourcing everything then these problems wouldn't be as bad. Trade with other places, sure. But if you're relying on other countries to supply things that you think you'll need (oil much moreso than masks, of course), you're now tied to the fate of that other country.
the globohomos want EVERYTHING exported until it effects THEM. FUCK GLOBOHOMO yes im GLOBOPHOBIC, how could you tell?