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[–] simplymath@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unless you think Russia is capable of hacking google maps...

Here's an oil field owned by Halliburton in Ukraine. https://g.co/kgs/F7e761g

For those of us not old enough to remember, Halliburton got famous for being deeply connected to George W. Bush's Vice President, Dick Cheney, and profited massively from the Iraq war.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] simplymath@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] takeda@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, it is to increase internal gas production as they don't want to purchase gas from Russia (which they stopped in 2015) as well as from Europe. Ukraine currently is not exporting any gas due to war as it needs to make sure they have enough.

Maybe they hope they will make a killing once the war is over, but they are not making money "pumping gas out of Ukraine" right now. So the war actually is standing in the way of their profits.

[–] simplymath@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My Lord. Type "Halliburton oil Ukraine" into Google maps and look at the god-damned oil field that's owned by a US company. Or look at how the US has has record natural gas exports every year since 2014.

Or look up how the US weapons weren't given to Ukraine. They were sold and those loans must be paid back. Britain and Russia didn't pay back their WW2 lend-lease debts until 2006.

The US is making a killing on this conflict. Ukrainians are also dying for their nation, but two things can be true at the same time. Anyone who isn't a moron can see that.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)