Posted on 03/27/2022 2:21:37 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
In the last 48 hours, three men died in different parts of Sri Lanka while waiting in line for fuel. Two were in their seventies, and one had long-standing health problems. The third man reached the end of the line and managed to fill three cans, only to collapse as he was carrying the third can to his vehicle. The men died before they could be taken to hospitals. The long hours of waiting proved too much for their frail bodies. Many others like them have fainted in queues for fuel and food across the island nation.
The desperate lines and tragic deaths show the long-reaching impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sri Lanka’s precarious developing economy has trade and tourism ties with both warring countries, which is now proving vital to the cash-strapped country. The island’s 22 million people seem to be caught in the war’s global stranglehold.
Economically troubled even before the coronavirus pandemic, Sri Lanka has seen its foreign reserves plummet so direly that it can’t afford imports of essentials from other countries. The riptide from the Ukraine crisis only exacerbated the South Asian country existing gaping deficit.
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Greg Gutfeld has the best take on this for Americans.
This misery and violence and destruction would never have happened under President Trump.
Thank the Democrats for this.
Can’t wait to sit in line waiting to use a charger on the electric car I’ll be required to drive in the near future. Imagine people sitting in their cars, waiting to charge their vehicles, while groups of organized gangs make their way methodically down the line, robbing, and beating people along the way. I can see it happening, and the cops not doing a damn thing about it.
The Lord forgive me for the folks I’ll have to kill waiting to just charge my EV!
So this is why they leased the Hambantota port to the Chinese. They are out of money because of corrupt politicians.
Sri Lanka made two lethal errors. They signed on with Communist China, and they signed on with the green agenda. Both decisions cratered. The Ukraine fiasco is the east of their worries.
It will be cheaper to charge your EV at home. But electricity rates are already surging upwards, so get ready.
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