Talking about Syria,
Biden has been talking to Qatar about building a gas pipeline across Syria towards Europe!https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/qatar-says-it-cant-replace-russian-gas-supplies-europeQuote:
"As a reminder, the main reason (as even the FT conceded some time ago) behind the on again, off again western incursion into Syria and Qatar-funded attempts at revolution, had little to do with installing a democratic government, and everything to do with removing al
Assad's pro-Russia regime so that Qatar could safely pass a pipeline through Syrian territory, which would then proceed toward Europe
(Putin successfully quashed this ambition). Which means that any Qatar gas sent to Europe will have to come in LNG format, carried by ships (see "Biden Officials Talking to Qatar About Supplying Gas to Europe").
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-22/biden-officials-talking-to-qatar-about-supplying-gas-to-europe?sref=6uww027M
"Speaking to reporters at a gas conference in Doha, Qatar energy minister Saad al Kaabi said that Qatar wants to meet European Union requests for additional supplies of liquefied natural gas,
but that most of its exports are already tied to long-term contracts."
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Qatar's bottom line: “no country can replace Russian supply to Europe” and that is music to Putin's ears, because having grasped long ago that no matter what he does, there is little Europe can counter unless the continent also wishes to effect economic suicide. The Russian president just called the Western bluff which warned day after day about "devastating sanctions."
