I think there are issues in the background that don’t hit the mainstream media.
1. Basil 3. The only developed central reserve with any clout to get on the train is the US. It risks dollar hegemony. That means power via economic means.
2. BRICS. The majority of major supporters of Russia are also BRICS members and have either been on the receiving end of sanctions or tariffs. Embridge has taken its maiden flight successfully and promises settlement of accounts outside of SWIFT. This is a bigger deal than most realize.
3. The return of an international gold standard outside of SWIFT. China has a settlement vault in Hong Kong, one planned in Saudi Arabia and other places. China cannot be toppled like Qaddafi was when he tried the same. The is a real threat to the Eurodollar system. It needs to be remembered just how much of the world is already in BRICS from a population % standpoint. And it is increasing. An easy way to see this is what gold and silver have done in the past year; it appears that there is an attempt to collapse the fiat monetary system.
4. There is a remote but real risk that BRICS and BRICS-aligned countries enter into economic warfare with the 5eyes and cut NATO off at the knees via critical resources, precious and strategic metals included. This in my mind is a certainty. It will include Mexico.
5. It is highly probable that Russia is taking the military and economic hit to reduce NATO’s reserves to the point that when it comes time to employ troops NATO can’t on a scale that manipulates the outcome. Russia may not be grinding down Ukraine but NATO as well. The nations supporting them have a vested interest in seeing this happen so they can move in on territory they have their eyes on. Not everyone views the lives of countrymen as important, important players view it as an inconsequential down payment to achieve the overall goal. And I am having serious questions about the EU caring about their own people and instead preferring to send them to war and allows the muzzies to further overrun them and defacto take over Europe while the historically valid national men die.
This banging of the war drums and completely ignorant statements by some here need to be adjusted to the reality of what is occurring. It is currently a two front war already occurring- military via proxy and economic against foe that is more than willing to take the hits for the overall goal. I haven’t even mentioned cyber. I feel like they are holding that in reserve. That’s a whole nuther can of worms from Russia, Iran and China.
But this post is too long and I suspect that most won’t read or consider it, instead choosing to beat their chest while the enemy works on multiple fronts to destroy our Waffle House culture.
These are some of the reasons we are about to go to real no bullshit war. Its economics and the power that goes along with it.