Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has frequently brought up Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as a reason to continue fueling the proxy war.

“This war is about money. People don’t talk much about it. But you know, the richest country in all of Europe for rare earth minerals is Ukraine. Two to seven trillion dollars’ worth of minerals that are rare earth minerals, very relevant to the 21st century,” Graham told Fox News host Sean Hannity in November. “Ukraine’s ready to do a deal with us, not the Russians. So it’s in our interest to make sure that Russia doesn’t take over the place.”

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    So. All Putin has to do is say. “Don’t send any weapons to Ukraine and when we win, Russia will give you their rare minerals”, and Trump will roll over like a dog begging for a treat. Not that Trump ever knew right from wrong…

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        Well recognized! And yes. Compared to a lot of story types that try to avoid Mary sues, it’s nice to just give in occasionally. 这一世我要当至尊 is pretty fun overall, even if it gets a bit too DBZ levels of ridiculous in terms of strict power scaling definitions that it immediately ignores anyway.

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          Yeah i like the genre because it’s an unashamed epic power trips. I blame the western fantasy which degenerated to shitty gritty dark low fantasy and/or pointless strings of long action scenes and keeps at it for over 30 years.

          Btw i recognized the nickname because i currently read the Eternal Supreme :)

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    America is the enemy. Smaller states need to work closely together to resist the wanker states like Russia, America, and China.

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      If you aren’t Russia, China, USA or (to a lesser extent) Iran. Your only choice is which sphere of influence you want to fall under.