Subject: Re: A Complete Strategic Defeat
I could believe Putin engineered it all, to raise Russia's energy income,

I don't think so. Putin would not have cared about what happened in Venezuela or Panama. Neither would "Bibi". This is all too well coordinated to be an accident. And Trump the Conqueror, loves to brag about all the tankers on their way to the US to load, because the Strait is closed.

It may make you feel dirty to admit it, but Trump had some very good advice about creating a crisis, for the benefit of big oil. Bush 43 was a dunce too, but well connected in the oil patch. He created a crisis for their benefit too, by taking Iraq off line.

Steve