Except Iraq is an independent country and not a colony/vassal of the US.
It's nominally independent like Poland in the Warsaw Pact. In reality, like Europe, it follows the commands of its overlords.
That's what a Russian would say, I guess.
That's what anyone who isn't a neocon would say.
Yawn. Did a New Guy™ take over the Antonio social media account at the FSB contractor's office?
LOL! Hard to believe that you don't realize that this sort of thing just makes you look absolutely ridiculous.
Allow me to repeat myself: Russia can't supply all of China's energy and resource needs. China imports Crude Petroleum ($150B) primarily from: Saudi Arabia ($24.7B), Russia ($23.8B), Iraq ($16.9B), Angola ($12.1B), and Brazil ($11.4B). Russia represents only 17 percent of China’s energy imports, but 35% of Russia's exports.
So there's an immense amount of room for growth, particularly if the Chinese start expanding the Siberian infrastructure for oil pipelines. I know that you want to cope in order to make yourself believe that you're going to be able to strangle China, but it ain't gonna work.
I always wondered why Russia secretly hopes "Taiwan does not lose".
Beyond parody.
But it is pretty obvious that if China succeeds in conquering Taiwan, its next target for expansion will be Russia. And while Russia can threaten nukes all it wants, it won't do shit as China conquers the whole Russian Far East.
I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you actually believe what you just wrote. Obviously, no one is attacking Russia in the east for those wastelands.
Sure, they'd take a lot of casualties, too (unlike the West), but the CCP gives 0 fucks about losing a little population.
Again, you pretend to oppose Biden and yet pretend that he is some sort of great humanitarian in the mold of Albert Schweitzer, rather than the bloodthirsty, cynical Machiavellian that he - and all your other politicians - are.
In reality, like Europe, it follows the commands of its overlords.
They don't listen to us and don't even like us. They just want the free money and help we give them. The moment they don't need us for pew pew anymore they'll kick us out like ingrates.
you look absolutely ridiculous.
Says the guy who talks like ChatGPT trained on Cold War commie propaganda pamphlets.
So there's an immense amount of room for growth
Not really, because of logistics. Russia's natural resources are spread out over a huge area. Some are by China and sold to China, some are by Europe and sold to Europe. Russia cannot simply or easily switch the Europe resources to China. How do you propose Russia sell natural gas to China without having any pipeline set up to do so? And not being able to simply build a pipeline to do so because the distances are so vast that it wouldn't be economical? Anyway I remember reading about this before so I just googled it. Article discussing the issues with Russia's pivot to China: https://www.csis.org/analysis/can-russia-execute-gas-pivot-asia
"Russia typically sells 160 to 200 bcm to Europe on an annual basis. With existing infrastructure, Russia could deliver 80 bcm to Asia.. Russia could expand its pipeline exports to China, although the big prize, Power of Siberia 2, faces uncertain prospects. Russia is unlikely to sell as much gas to Asia as it does to Europe now. But it could close the gap; it is possible to imagine scenarios where Russia sells 100 to 120 bcm to Asia by 2030. This would be a remarkable accomplishment given where Russia was a decade ago... China pays far less for Russian gas than Europe does. It even pays less to Russia than to central Asian suppliers... More importantly, Russia’s market share in Asia will remain small. China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan each got less than 10 percent of its LNG from Russia in 2021. Even when Power of Siberia reaches its full capacity, China might import less than 10 percent of its gas needs from Russia (Chinese demand in 2021 was roughly 367 bcm and is growing rapidly). Russia will never have market power in Asia, certainly not compared to its dominant position in the European market. The gas pivot from Europe to Asia will work, but it is not a one-to-one shift by any means."
Obviously, no one is attacking Russia in the east for those wastelands.
China has imperial ambitions and is hungry for resources. The Far East has a disproportionate amount of natural resources, which is why Imperial Japan originally wanted to conquer it.
the bloodthirsty, cynical Machiavellian that he - and all your other politicians - are.
You're talking about a man who walks into the bathroom and forgets why he went there.
It's nominally independent like Poland in the Warsaw Pact. In reality, like Europe, it follows the commands of its overlords.
That's what anyone who isn't a neocon would say.
LOL! Hard to believe that you don't realize that this sort of thing just makes you look absolutely ridiculous.
So there's an immense amount of room for growth, particularly if the Chinese start expanding the Siberian infrastructure for oil pipelines. I know that you want to cope in order to make yourself believe that you're going to be able to strangle China, but it ain't gonna work.
Beyond parody.
I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you actually believe what you just wrote. Obviously, no one is attacking Russia in the east for those wastelands.
Again, you pretend to oppose Biden and yet pretend that he is some sort of great humanitarian in the mold of Albert Schweitzer, rather than the bloodthirsty, cynical Machiavellian that he - and all your other politicians - are.
They don't listen to us and don't even like us. They just want the free money and help we give them. The moment they don't need us for pew pew anymore they'll kick us out like ingrates.
Says the guy who talks like ChatGPT trained on Cold War commie propaganda pamphlets.
Not really, because of logistics. Russia's natural resources are spread out over a huge area. Some are by China and sold to China, some are by Europe and sold to Europe. Russia cannot simply or easily switch the Europe resources to China. How do you propose Russia sell natural gas to China without having any pipeline set up to do so? And not being able to simply build a pipeline to do so because the distances are so vast that it wouldn't be economical? Anyway I remember reading about this before so I just googled it. Article discussing the issues with Russia's pivot to China: https://www.csis.org/analysis/can-russia-execute-gas-pivot-asia
"Russia typically sells 160 to 200 bcm to Europe on an annual basis. With existing infrastructure, Russia could deliver 80 bcm to Asia.. Russia could expand its pipeline exports to China, although the big prize, Power of Siberia 2, faces uncertain prospects. Russia is unlikely to sell as much gas to Asia as it does to Europe now. But it could close the gap; it is possible to imagine scenarios where Russia sells 100 to 120 bcm to Asia by 2030. This would be a remarkable accomplishment given where Russia was a decade ago... China pays far less for Russian gas than Europe does. It even pays less to Russia than to central Asian suppliers... More importantly, Russia’s market share in Asia will remain small. China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan each got less than 10 percent of its LNG from Russia in 2021. Even when Power of Siberia reaches its full capacity, China might import less than 10 percent of its gas needs from Russia (Chinese demand in 2021 was roughly 367 bcm and is growing rapidly). Russia will never have market power in Asia, certainly not compared to its dominant position in the European market. The gas pivot from Europe to Asia will work, but it is not a one-to-one shift by any means."
China has imperial ambitions and is hungry for resources. The Far East has a disproportionate amount of natural resources, which is why Imperial Japan originally wanted to conquer it.
You're talking about a man who walks into the bathroom and forgets why he went there.