I think they collectively feel they’re not going to have to pay for the war crimes/escalations. The civilian/infrastructure strikes are just one step. We strike back on their soil in the same fashion and I think that they will take it to the next step. They’re going to escalate further than we will. So they’re being more brazen.
It’s more of the optics of offering a minimal increase after an ass kissing trip, then a much larger cut within months.
But as you said it’s all in their best interests. We shouldn’t expect states to do otherwise. Just like we shouldn’t have expected them to take a proposed price cap on a member without a response when they don’t have to do that. It’s all so stupid.
Russia in opec+.
They’re all aligning with one common goal. Keep control of the most important market in the world. They have experienced people in charge that treat this as the most important thing for their countries. We have people that downplay its importance while focusing on rainbows and unicorns. Stupid.
https://twitter.com/javierblas/status/1577578162539692032?s=21&t=0aMLMkvVnRlHKN5dm1KesQ
If it wasn’t affecting the global economy so much, this comedy of errors would all be funny. It only gets worse from here. Wait for our gas export ban, coming soon. The people in charge will be surprised by the effects.
I get your sentiment, but have problems with these guys jerking us around. Of course if we were taking more advantage of our own resources we wouldn’t be so vulnerable.
I was really hoping the Euro/Germany energy crisis would be wake up call. Today’s reactions to opec cuts are pretty discouraging on that front.