Comments by "irresistablejewel" (@irresistablejewel) on "The End of Ukrainian Agriculture || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. Time will tell; but Peter is wrong on a couple of points: actually the grain deal (free passage) expired and Russia won't renew it (claiming Western weapons are being brought in on grain ships and the grain corridor is being used to launch attacks on Crimea); the destruction of cargo loading/ unloading facilities, particularly in Odessa, is new; but the result is the same. It has been reported that these grain shipments were estimated at 97% EU/ 3% Africa and Russia (largest grain exporter in the world) says it will cover the 3%. Recently Russia crossed off a lot of African debt (reports vary between $20-30 Billion), while China is building infrastructure; this seems to more attractive to some African countries than Western imperialism and after the destruction of Libya it's really no surprise that Blinken's trip to Africa (last August, to counter Russian influence) didn't go too well. The CRIBS held a summit in South Africa (and Putin didn't attend); some African leaders then traveled to Moscow and they have a peace plan; already China has proposed a peace plan and while the (mainly American) media seems to hold the position "if you're not with us you're against us" it seems clear a lot of countries are neither. The Chinese have already said, "do not try to involve us in American power games" they have good trading relations with Russia and Ukraine, they say, war is bad for business. A lot of Africa isn't interested in American interests (they were fairly blunt regarding that) and there seem to be more and more trade deals emerging that don't involve "the West". If the above is true then the blockade of Ukraine grain shipments is really another problem for the EU; as is the loss of Russian gas and fertilizer, plus another refugee crisis. I don't know who thought trying to sanction an energy and food exporting superpower would ever work, but India and China seem to have benefited (and they can refine Russian oil and sell it to the EU thus avoiding sanctions); while Africa will benefit from less debt and improved infrastructure. It would seem to me that it's "the globalists" that might run short of friends, as diverting billions (of public money) when there is homelessness; growing poverty and civil unrest brewing (while claiming they care) sounds rather hollow. Talk of war criminals when America doesn't recognize the international criminal court seems to be a trap for fools. So I believe the Chinese and Russian "soft power" approach is a better deal for Africa; than what America has been doing and Russia can pick up the 3% shortfall in grain. In my opinion America is playing Europe, the result will be loss of the petrodollar; a multi-polar world (and the globalists did that to themselves) or thermo-nuclear war.
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  2. It has been reported that Ukrainian grain was 97% to the EU/ 3% to Africa (and Russia says it will cover the 3%). If that's true then the media are playing games. If you want to run a Russian naval blockade in the Black Sea, good luck! I doubt you'll even see what hit you.
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  3. I find it odd that American troops occupy around 20% of Syria (the oil fields) but that A-okay.
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