HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jbrownesq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jbrownesq</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NordStreamPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NordStreamPipeline</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a></p><p>Very true.</p><p>No, as the detective's and investigative reporters' credo goes, "follow the money," or more sophisticated, "cui bono?" </p><p>Who always wants to sell more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a>, apart from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OPEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPEC</span></a>...?</p><p>My guess remains <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a>.<br>For them, wars are doubly beneficial: more fuel sales at higher prices.<br>To knock out cutthroat price competition? --A blast! (pun intended) </p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Ruth_Mottram</span></a></span></p>