Sales were “consistent with routine forensic investigation in an area of this size”, they said, but "based on a number of factors we made the decision in mid-2023 to cease sales of HID products in the region ".
Meanwhile, the “green, climate-friendly” US is hitting record oil and record gas production. Pointing at this is deflecting from the real issues: while OPEC has cut production recently, the US is happily filling the void.
That’s the problem: oil’s strategic value makes it impossible for any one party to enforce lower production and higher prices. Any solution needs to consider all stakeholders and set aside moral grandstanding.
The problem is that the West has decided to associate democracy with liberal ideals… And then proceeds to support Israel, which democratically decided to not support those ideals.
Democracy and liberal ideals are not the same thing. One is not required for the other.
The US constantly and persistently butts it’s head into foreign elections with millions of dollars in funding in one hand and CIA agentsthousands of unmarked weapons useful in a coup in another, and you’re crying about enemies of democracy?
The greatest enemies of democracy are the countries who lead the spread of democratic ideals today.
I, too, revel in Japan’s tragedy. Japan turned down aid from both the PRC and ROC, only for American aid to arrive too late to matter. They brought a great deal of suffering upon themselves despite their neighbours being eager to help.
Ukraine serves their own best interest by making Russia seem incompetent (we’ll be in Crimea by 2024, right?) while simultaneously making themselves look as though they are perpetually short on supplies.
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