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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 37 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Keep bombing the oil Zelenskyy it is time to go green

[–] BiteRabbit@reddthat.com 1 points 7 hours ago

People aren't paying close enough attention to the oil oligarchy, and the known, and not puppet/fall guy white supremacists dispite the knowns 1) that modern war is a result of oil control, and 2) that indigenous people were offed for their land rich in oil deposits. To this day evangelical churches are located at oil deposits (see book 'Annointed with Oil' (this kind🛢). Oil Tycoons funded churches to get colonizers to live next to the filthy oil wells, and the churches preached the benefits of oil to benefits their expansion. Koch refineries NEVER stopped churning in Russia. And at the very beginning of the Urk/Rus spit: 1) Methane deposits were "discovered" on the coast of Crimea and Hillary spoke about Crimea and Putin in her run for president against Trump and 2) A Koch NGO wrote a letter essentially saying that perhaps the conflict shouldn't happen, just after it began. Like as if Kochs themsleves had cold feet. And the Kochs are the brain child of ALEC, and a Koch ran for president in the 80's under the libertarian party and was deeply embarrassed in his efforts. Now put two and two together. Lots of Europe was buying piped in "natural gas" (is literally just methane) from Russia. And then they discover methane closer to home. US helps Zelinski get into office. The 1st thing Russia did was build a engineering feat of a bridge to Crimea. And then the US fuels the fire, then steps back and profits from war (NATO's weapon supplier of choice) that is now too far along to end. Meanwhile Israel decides to be advantageous and begins their invasion and take over of whatever they can. And Ukr per Zelinski want to be like Israel. And somehow they are using red scare to fuel Russia attack, yet Russia hasn't been communist for decades. And look up Larry Summers wiki. He was in the White House advising Russia on what oligarchs will get what soviet socialized industries, and was at Harvard (another place that should be met with A LOT of scrutiny) to influence Facebook's ownership. Of which FB has been sucessfully sued by the Rohindya people for genocide mongering (same playback as Rwanda's radio station, may I add) and which Kenyans are following in the same suit currently. Then theirs Clinton and Monica, and his midnight call to Benjamin Zion Wattenberg, who wrote the birth Dearth and is one of the most influential and openly modern eugenists of of time because of that book. People need to step back, and realize that the stories your being fed, are just that. You are supposed to be overwhelmed and not look deeper or connect the damn dots. And it works for as long as you and society as a whole wants to be entertained. And don't even get me started on the "cold war". 🙄 Who profited/benefitted and what was actually achieved. Those are the only questions you should be asking about anything. Stop being force fed BS, and then in your own ignorance, complimenting the chefs. Our problem as a people is their are too many useable idiots amongst us. ZOOM OUT. Think like an oligarch. He isn't being entertained. He is using our mass ignorance as his elevator. FFS. If the majority of people can't tell what's BS at this point, we're F'd. Enjoy willfully oppressing your own children, and the earth.

Sorry, (not sorry) but this rant apparently needs to happen.

READ, contemplate for yourself, and know thy enemy.

[–] thatOneGuy@aussie.zone 13 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Their ability to bomb* the oil depots is probably related to their starlink/starshield access. 🥺

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Starlink bandwidth cap affected air defences of Kyiv

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Did you read the article? It specifically says that's not the case and so the Starlink disruption does not affect that.

[–] thatOneGuy@aussie.zone 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Did you?

Overnight, Ukraine’s military reported that, without explanation, the Starlink satellite communications system, produced by Musk’s SpaceX but managed by the US government, was no longer working at speeds greater than 100mph.

That effectively rendered most of the drones used by Ukraine to strike behind the frontlines inoperable…

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, the quote you posted supports my comment. The frontlines are in Ukraine, not in Russia. The quote you posted refers to operations inside of Ukraine. If you thought that "behind the frontlines" means "in Russia", the article clarifies below:

But, ironically, it would have no impact on Ukraine’s deep strike bombing of oil refineries because Kyiv is banned from using Starlink to hit targets inside of Russia.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

FWIW, leading with that quoted sentence instead of a "Did you read the article?" would have worked out much better to correct the assumption.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 hours ago

It would, my bad, I was on mobile then and already closed the article when I went back here to read comments.

[–] Saryn@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

"Did you read the article?" they asked without having read the article.