Syria/US of A/Russia question

[Commercialfarmer]

Supply is part of the answer, demand is the rest. The world's economy is on life support.

China had to take special measures/control of their market to stop the spiral into the abyss. We've been playing with monopoly money for how long now? EU is making deal after deal on how bad they are going to take it in the shorts on faltering socialist states it's propping up.

The glut of supply wasn't aimed at Russia as much as it was at all the over extended startup US fracking companies. Saudi flooded the market to squeeze them out and into bankruptcy. It's working on some.

 

[greybeard]

Saudis didn't even need to flood the market--all they had to do was just refuse to cut production like they had cut it in the past--in other words, this time, in the face of increased Canadian and US production shale oil, Saudi refused to prop up oil prices.

 

[Commercialfarmer]

Yeah thats true, but they're production wasn't exactly flat either. They're production is up around 5% more now over a year ago, which the upswing started at the end of last year as the markets were tanking so it seemed that there was a little purposeful acceleration- to my very untrained eyes.

 

[Bigfoot]

Train after train leaving Fort Campbell today, loaded with equipment.

 

[greybeard]

New wrench thrown into Syria/Russia/USA/ISIS mess.
Obama announces US "advisers" will be 'boots-on-the-ground' stationed in Syria with Kurdish anti Islamic terrorist forces.
This is a game changer in some aspects but not in the way the Vietnam escalation went. The special forces advisors are generally viewed by European pundits as being 'human shields' ..............to prevent Russian airstrikes against anti Assad forces in the country.
How far, we have fallen.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/01112015-u ... yria-oped/

 

[Supa Dexta]

http://mycatbirdseat.com/2015/11/putin- ... ated-isis/

worth a watch