Posted on 11/26/2020 3:39:40 AM PST by McGruff
Anther thing about Africa...
The Saudis have several times tried to bankrupt other oil suppliers so they could control the price. But, the market was never right for it, until now. With the dramatic fall in consumption and the dramatic slowing of the flow of money, there is an oil glut on the market. To further damage other suppliers, like Russia and Africa, the Saudis pre-positioned tankers at key locations so they could sell, and in some cases, give, the oil away to fill the existing tankage so their rivals had no place to store their product. This was aimed at hurting the Russians, Iran and the United States. Once traditional wells (non-fracked) are shut down they can be difficult or impossible to start up.
Africa was probably not a main target, but they got caught in the economic devastation and, according to Peter Zeihan, a geopolitical strategist, they likely will never recover. Incidentally, Venezuela’s oil is plentiful, but of a very low grade resembling tar. A refinery has to be specifically built to handle that grade and the US was the only country of substance buying Venezuelan crude. Since that source is cut off, US refineries are retooling for light, sweet fracked crude and will no longer be able to use Venezuelan oil. For all practical purposes Venezuela is finished as a nation. Those who could leave have left. The rest will starve in the millions.
Clyborn is unhappy that bidet is not proposing enough blacks for cabinet posts. I have solution. Remove our military from Somalia. Put clyborn in charge of a new cabinet post: African repatriation department. Then send him and his repatriated people over to their new home. Bon voyage.
Why were we EVER there? Pull every last soldier out right now.
I hate to bring it up but lets face it, if this election is allowed to stand as it is it only confirms the fraud and corruption which has been permeating this nation and appears to run rampant and before we claim to have the moral authority to tell another nation what to do it may not be a bad idea to first get our house in order. The halo this nation claims to have has become pretty tarnished over time.
30 Years of the US military there doing what? Time to come home, time to influence other nations to step up for their own 30 year CF.
Why would we ever get involved in that nightmarish country? And why would we ever import people from that miasma to the U.S.? The problem with Somalia is that it is peopled by Somalians. Of course it is going to be ungovernable.
If whoever Cara Anna is, they feel so strongly about the US being in Somalia, then she should be in the front line along with Liz Cheney’s relatives, the current Bush generation, and the never Trumpers. It would be the shortest occupation in history.
AMEN!! WE ARE FINISHED IF NO ONE GOES TO PRISON!
99% Muslim, 43,000 Somali refugees settled in US under Obama
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/99-muslim-43-000-somali-refugees-settled-in-us-under-obama
Wonder how many of them voted. More than once.
Wasn’t a democrat that got us into Iraq.....military industrial complex is what gets us into wars!!!
Why ever?
There was never a US national security interest in Somalia, we should have never gone there.
Until people learn that actions have consequences this crap will continue to go on, and before long the US will be no more than a shadow of its former self. What just took place during these elections makes Watergate comparable to a parking ticket. If these elections would have been fair and square and the socialists would have won, I would not like it but I would accept it. But what just happened was an engineered coup to take this country over by a bunch crooks and turn it in to something what it was never meant to be.
“what some experts call the worst possible time”
LOL. How could anyone possibly know that?
Now is always the worst possible time for whatever you dislike.
My work has been asking me to go to Djibouti 🇩🇯 , guess the Chinese have been setting up shop in that part of Africa...
Better late than never.
“ Africa was probably not a main target, but they got caught in the economic devastation and, according to Peter Zeihan, a geopolitical strategist, they likely will never recover.”
If Africa ever recovered (without the British), how would we tell?
As much as I sympathize with suffering people, and I do; America needs to stop trying to be the babysitters of the world. We cannot keep sacrificing our blood and wealth on these miserable places when there is a huge need in America for taking care of ourselves.
Let the chips fall where they may. train up warriors to kick the living crap out of any nation or group that threatens us, then move on.
Dumbya also brought in a lot of them.
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Reminds me of what Richard Pryor once said after he visited Africa.
Thank god my great granddaddy got on that slave boat!
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