Agrees on how awesome it is how quickly the world has denounced these actions in every day ways.
I think what still kind of bothers me though is we have the opportunity to cut the head off the snake and we are not doing it. Stopping the import of Russian oil both here and abroad would be an immediate game changer. I am sure under the circumstances if the US and other oil producing nations ramped up production we could bridge the gap until this tumbles down on Putins head and he is removed from power by whatever means necessary. At the end of the day, when it comes to climate change etc, does it really matter of the oil is drilled in Russia, Camada, the Us or wherever else? Especially when it is all making its way into our cars and other fuel consuming mechanisms anyhow. If it stopped the killing of innocent people immmediately, in my opinion it is worth revising policy decisions and making adjustments even if only in the short term to get things under control over there.
I know for me, I figure gas is going to keep going up in the short term either way so I’d rather it not be financing Russias war in the meantime.
If China wants to prop Russia’s failing economy up, I say we make then extend the resources to do it in a BIG way, and I dont think Putin would be able to justify a country saying “we dont want your oil anymore” as a declaration of war. I mean he would probably try, but I dont think he would find much support from other countries on that either.
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