Monday, January 26, 2015

Putin Draws Line In The Sand As West’s Major Oil Companies Push For War

"Shutting Iran out of SWIFT was a devastating blow to the Iranian economy, and denying Russia access to SWIFT could deliver a deadly blow to the already reeling Russian economy, suffering from the double whammy of US-led sanctions and oil prices cut in half over the last six months.
On The Verge Of War
The chief executive of Russia's second largest bank, speaking at the World Economic Conference in Davos, Switzerland, said, "If there is no SWIFT, there is no banking . . . relationship.  It means that the countries are on the verge of war, or they are definitely in a cold war.  The next day, the Russian and American ambassadors would have to leave the capitals."
If this seems like hyperbole, consider that one of the reasons Japan attacked Pearl Harbor was because the U.S., which was the world's largest oil producer at the time, had cut off oil sales to Japan — a move that clearly signaled which side of World War II the U.S. supported..."

at http://kingworldnews.com/putin-draws-line-sand-wests-big-oil-companies-push-war/

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