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EU also demands resources in exchange for military support such as the French+UK-led intervention into Libya. Saying US is an ally of Russia is a pretty big stretch, meanwhile the EU has members that are actually allied with Russia and lots of large Russia-aligned multinationals like Gunvor



To further expand on that, Europe gave aid to Ukraine as a form of a loan with the interest being paid back based off of Russian frozen assets.


I don’t get why you are downvoted.

Every war that the NATO countries somehow miraculously got involved in is an economic war for natural resources and control, and the big EU countries always take their share of the pie.

Ukraine’s resources, one way or another, will be split up between Russia, EU, and the US (or more precisely it will end up in the hands of the oligarchs and “black rocks” of these countries).


You mean the EU's war in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan which resulted in EU companies such as Exxon Mobile getting even richer off of the oil contracts?

Sorry I mean American's wars, not the EU's wars. The EU hasn't really done resource wars since the colonial times.


righhht https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/12900

france is involved in resource conflicts all over subsaharan africa bffr


Iceland was bullied into joining the EFTA purely due to the UK encroaching into their fishing grounds.


Ukraine's resources belong to Ukraine, and will return to Ukraine, as soon as Russia stops their unprovoked and unjustified assault.


I most certainly did not say who Ukraine's resources belong to, I'm saying that I predict that no matter how and when the war ends, I'm afraid the country's resources will be split up between the superpowers. It's not what I want, not what I advocate for, it's just what I foresee happening.


Shouldn’t America’s resources (money, military support, Starlink, etc.) then belong to America?


Of course? How is that even in question. The US promised protection to Ukraine for giving up its nuclear weapons, then freely gave much aid as it was in its mown interests to do so.


What natural resources or economic values was the Kosovo war in 1999 about?

What other incentives than control, resources or economics do wars in general have? Why do you hold the countries you mentioned to higher standards?


Like in serbia with operation "Allied Force"? You can question the official story, but that was not for control over natural resources.




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