I think what you're seeing is a long-term, maybe a Neocon play to simply take Russia off the geopolitical map. And it looks like it might work. If American energy replaced Russian energy or some big portion of it that would be enough of a stimulus to the American economy forever. Forever. I'll bet our tax collections over time would pay for it. It actually looks like a reasonable investment. Now that's not saying go Ukraine and go buy us some energy business. But there is a scenario where the Biden administration took Russia completely off in the geopolitical map and replaced their energy business with American energy at some point. My economics degree tells me it's a good investment if it works

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