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“I sleep” meme format, with top text “israel uses U.S. weapons to kill over 31k, wound 75k, and displace 1.9M” next to a picture of Shaquille O’Neal asleep with the caption “i sleep”, and bottom text “ukraine uses U.S. weapons to strike russian energy infrastructure, raising oil prices” next to the same image of Shaq but now solarized and with glowing eyes and the caption “real shit”.

Beneath the meme is a screenshot of the first two paragraphs of this reuters article, which are:

March 22 (Reuters) - The United States has urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, warning that drone strikes risk provoking retaliation and driving up global oil prices, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The attacks helped boost oil prices that have risen nearly 4% so far since March 12, when Ukraine first started targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure. A further rally in gasoline prices in the United States would weaken President Joe Biden ratings and undermine his re-election chances.

the words “driving up global oil prices” are highlighted.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
    19·
    8 months ago

    I said before, if the US chooses to not provide aid to Ukraine, they leave Ukraine less choices. And one choice will be hitting oil infra (cheap, low risk and relatively low efford for Ukraine, very difficult and expensive for Russia).

    So if the US wants to steer Ukranian military efforts, they can do so by providing the Ukranian military with means to dominate the battlefield. And even then, forcing the Russians to dedicate air defense to these maaaaaassssiivveee installations weakens their front line air defense.

    Also the US is currently (one of) the biggest exporters of oil and gas. I imagine they are very heartbroken when making more profit on these exports.

    • ickplant@lemmy.world
      61·
      8 months ago

      Is democrats all want the aid for Ukraine to pass. It’s the republicans you should blame, not “the US”