You don’t have to be a Russian propagandist to tell which way the wind blows. The international community is pretty bad at doing two things at once, which is why you barely heard about all the wars in Africa while Ukraine was happening. It would make sense that divided attention would help Russia.
One thing that scares me is that this could lead to China thinking it’s the right time to attack Taiwan, creating further global conflict
Agreed except about attacking Taiwan, I don’t think they could prepare and do it in time.
tbf, I don’t think there’s much doubt in anyone’s mind. A missile can be in place A or place B, but it cannot be sent to both.
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We need a Schroedinger’s missile
You can send it to place A and launch it directly at place B
He’s stating the obvious. I already see more headlines about Israel and Gaza than Ukraine. Even the daily article with Ukraine updates was axxed and replaced with Israel+Gaza updates. The Ukraine war was in people’s minds for so long because it had a direct impact on prices (mostly food). Now that the prices are going down, Europe has built up a stock of weapons, and fighting might slow down in the winter, there needs to be another shiny conflict the world can feast upon and Hamas delivered it on a silver platter.
Just like climate change, until there’s something happening right at our door, we (people) won’t give two shits about what’s happening abroad.
Oh, the middle east situation already impacts gas prizes here (EU). With the Russian gas dropped from the market and dependance on LNG import, the closure of even 1 source (at the Israelian cost) is enough to drive the prizes up. (Hopefully temporarely)
However, Russians invasion in Ukraine is on the same continent, which poses a way bigger problem for NATO and EU. The middle east problems ‘just’ impact fossil fuel prizes, Russia is a direct issue for our safety.
