Recently, Yahoo Finance had a headline on YouTube: Oil prices tick up over Red Sea attacks, disruptions. In the video, they talk about the effects of the war between Israel and Hamas and how it effects oil prices. In particular, oil prices have been going up recently, given the
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Thanks for your easy-to-read, and entirely plausible analysis. It helps audiences gain another important sense of perspective on what we see unfolding, and we therefore gain further discernment. Apart from the tyranny of distance, another reason the sailing route around Africa wasnβt / isnβt ideal is because of the aptly named βSkeleton Coastβ ( Namibia) and the βWild Coastβ ( past the Western βCape of Storms β & East Cape/Transkei of South Africa) These treacherous seas were often lethal to ships. If they had made it to the LourenΓ§o Marques port of Mozambique, they then had to contend with piracy up the east coast of Africa. (Still a menace today!) Then it was repeat it all again on the return voyage! We really have no idea how important strategic infrastructure is to maintaining the lifestyles to which we have grown accustomed. We are going to find out in 2024, however!
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Great article! I received this in my email inbox from being subscribed to Matt Ehret, and am a big follower and fan of Matt Ehret. Now I discovered you!
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I like your analysis , can you contextualise it in terms of the following article which seems to postulate the idea of a canal parallel to the Suez canal , namely proposed Ben Gurion canalhttps://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-destroys-gaza-control-world-most-important-shipping-lane/5842081
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Wow that was a great and clear resumè but of course I don't agree with the black legend that England
dominate the seas since the Great Armada failiure it took them wait until Trafalgar , Or how do you think what happened in Lepanto? Please contact the Spanish Armada Museum, their investigations
and the full arquives that are in the Alvaro de Bazan deposit. mind you you will be astonished,
My late husband, an historian, had to go there to find the extensive documentation.
My late husband was a mountaineer and topographer in several expeditions Fitz Roy Mountain and also the Continental Ices they had to listen the advices of the Wellington Island.
The sea was so difficult that people fabricated a sewed with a special roap caulked so they only used
in the fiords they were unsowed and cross the land on foot and sew them again, and so on because the outside Pacific Ocean was so dangerous, they were called DALCAS.
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great read! Serious question though: as I've always understood, when a country defaults on its IMF-debt and pisses off the Empire's bankers, it will get sunk into perpetuous misery. Civil war will ensue with a western-backed military take-over waiting in the wings, followed by a questionable independence for its nation. So how can in this case Egypt become 'free from western-economic handcuffs' if it will default on its debt?
Matt . I like analysis but can you contextualise it taking the plans for the Ben Gurion canal as indicated in the following linkhttps://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-destroys-gaza-control-world-most-important-shipping-lane/5842081
This is an extraordinary piece of analysis. Wunderbar! more please...
Terrific geopolitical analyses!
An important detail wrong: silk comes from silkworms that feed on mulberries, NOT from butterflies.
Otherwise, great job!
Another point - this reminds me of the Evergreen blocking the Suez Canal - another halt in that trade route.
I had thought these bumps were just to increase prices, but maybe a trade-route-war is also included.
Interestingly, empires aside, it also seems to help the corporations to increase prices, perhaps.
Thanks for your easy-to-read, and entirely plausible analysis. It helps audiences gain another important sense of perspective on what we see unfolding, and we therefore gain further discernment. Apart from the tyranny of distance, another reason the sailing route around Africa wasnβt / isnβt ideal is because of the aptly named βSkeleton Coastβ ( Namibia) and the βWild Coastβ ( past the Western βCape of Storms β & East Cape/Transkei of South Africa) These treacherous seas were often lethal to ships. If they had made it to the LourenΓ§o Marques port of Mozambique, they then had to contend with piracy up the east coast of Africa. (Still a menace today!) Then it was repeat it all again on the return voyage! We really have no idea how important strategic infrastructure is to maintaining the lifestyles to which we have grown accustomed. We are going to find out in 2024, however!
A history prof told me fifty years ago that if you don't understand an event in history, look to
see who profits from the event. There's always someone profiting...Great insight and analysis-thanks!
Great article! I received this in my email inbox from being subscribed to Matt Ehret, and am a big follower and fan of Matt Ehret. Now I discovered you!
To add one more supporting point, China recently took over Haifa's port... (that this is a trade route war)
https://circuit.news/2023/05/08/tech-driven-chinese-port-in-haifa-aims-for-interconnected-mideast/
I like your analysis , can you contextualise it in terms of the following article which seems to postulate the idea of a canal parallel to the Suez canal , namely proposed Ben Gurion canalhttps://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-destroys-gaza-control-world-most-important-shipping-lane/5842081
Wow that was a great and clear resumè but of course I don't agree with the black legend that England
dominate the seas since the Great Armada failiure it took them wait until Trafalgar , Or how do you think what happened in Lepanto? Please contact the Spanish Armada Museum, their investigations
and the full arquives that are in the Alvaro de Bazan deposit. mind you you will be astonished,
My late husband, an historian, had to go there to find the extensive documentation.
Good Luck, specially the investigation expeditions, like the heroic travels of Ladrillero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ladrillero with winds that go up to 260 Kms hour.
My late husband was a mountaineer and topographer in several expeditions Fitz Roy Mountain and also the Continental Ices they had to listen the advices of the Wellington Island.
The sea was so difficult that people fabricated a sewed with a special roap caulked so they only used
in the fiords they were unsowed and cross the land on foot and sew them again, and so on because the outside Pacific Ocean was so dangerous, they were called DALCAS.
I hope you find it interesting
This is a fascinating geopolitical analysis and insight. I very much enjoyed and certainly benefited from reading it. Thank you!
I got here from a link your father provide on Joe Langeβs recent excellent report:
https://badlands.substack.com/p/a-seismic-shift.
Well done, young man! β€οΈππΊπΈππ
Here in Europe you can still find many medieval castles that were conveniently build right on top of critical trade routes.
Not much has changed since then. Everybody wants a piece of the pie.
great read! Serious question though: as I've always understood, when a country defaults on its IMF-debt and pisses off the Empire's bankers, it will get sunk into perpetuous misery. Civil war will ensue with a western-backed military take-over waiting in the wings, followed by a questionable independence for its nation. So how can in this case Egypt become 'free from western-economic handcuffs' if it will default on its debt?
Great article that makes a valiant attempt to simplify the geopolitics playing out over control of the Suez Canal.
I think your whitewash of the colonisation of North America is just that, A whitewash of genocide perpetrated by Europeans.
Matt . I like analysis but can you contextualise it taking the plans for the Ben Gurion canal as indicated in the following linkhttps://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-destroys-gaza-control-world-most-important-shipping-lane/5842081
Yes, and Ben Gurion canal?