and at the same time the west has one hand tied behind its back with;
Major food crisis world wide and with spiralling food costs.
An Energy crisis in Europe. [where firewood is the new status symbol ]
While the US strategic petroleum reserves fall to a 35 tear low
While nearly at war with Russia and China
While just emerging from the effects of a pandemic
A polarised political America
We can go on but you would have to be an utopian optimist to believe that things will get better.
But I suppose faith is a very powerful thing.
