Posted on 11/23/2021 3:11:05 AM PST by MtnClimber
Any Russian invasion of Ukraine will be bad news for energy-dependent Europe.
News reports from Europe indicate two potentially dangerous events occurring on the borders of NATO. The most glaring is the report of Russian large scale troop deployments near the Ukrainian border indicating a possible invasion in the next few months. The other report is on the smaller yet volatile migration movements along the Belarussian-Polish border. These two circumstances coincide with Europe’s weak energy situation and the global perception of American weakness created by the mismanaged withdrawal in Afghanistan. Although the risk of war in this region remains low, the possibility of a regional war during a time of European energy shortages would threaten the world with a global depression next year.
How could Ukraine spark a depression? The biggest impact on global markets would of course be related to oil and gas prices. Three of the primary pipelines that feed the European Union go through Ukraine and any invasion would likely stop hydrocarbon delivery for weeks in the best-case scenario. The effects of this on Europe would be compounded by Europe’s shortage of gas reserves. Additional consequences include potentially a new wave of refugees who would almost certainly head towards the already economically vulnerable Germany, triggering a major political crisis in the EU’s largest economy. The many follow-on consequences would spread beyond the Eurasian region and impact everywhere and potentially send the already fragile economy of the United States into recession if not depression. All of this depends on what actually occurs on the NATO-Russian-Ukrainian border region in the next few months.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Europe turned down Trump’s offer of shipping Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) in favor of the Russian gas pipeline. Why do leftists always make such stupidly bad decisions?
Not our problem now. Europe, for the sake of being anti-Trump helped move out of office. I have no sympathies for Europe with what is to come.
Poland, yes. They were firmly on Trump’s side, but not the rest of Europe
Joe Biden and Andrea Merkle gave Russia its choke hold on Europe.
If Russia invades Ukraine, Europe will do nothing,,,,and NATO will stand by and wath just like they did with the Crimea.
The USSR is about to be reborn.
All thanks to who?.....the DNC and Joe Biden.
The annexation of Taiwan by Red China is the second act of annexation.
Je Biden is about to get his ass handed to him.
If Russia invades Ukraine we will see $200 a barrel oil and natural gas will become unavailable.
And, poor people will shiver in the dark.
The Europeans hate Trump but will be shivering this winter without him in the White House.
You can’t fix stupid. It’s an international phenomenon.
Q: What to watch for if Russia invades Ukraine?
A: Tanks
Ukraine is game to you?
My takeaway. Biden is such a dangerous disaster.
Power rates have always been sensitive to natural gas rates because some power plants are fueled by natural gas. Then when Hussein was in the White House he forced a lot of coal plants to shut down and be replaced with natural gas plants -- making power rates even more linked to natural gas rates than before.
All while Biden is blocking some of the new drilling permits for both oil and natural gas.
Isn’t this the third or fourth time Russia is about to invade Ukraine...meanwhile our border is being invaded.
“You can’t fix stupid. It’s an international phenomenon.”
That’s a fact.
“...concurrent with a Communist Chinese invasion of Taiwan.”
I predicted that quite some time ago.
The idea of shipping LNG is supremely stupid. If the US and EU would just leave the Russians alone there would be zero issues.
The map labels Slovakia Slovenia.
Alexander Vindman appointed Ukrainian Field Marshal.
Russians in Kiev in 36 hours.
What does any of this have to do with Europe, or NATO?
Russia has nothing to worry about. “Brandon” will do nothing, period.
that was a classic
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.