[tpm]

Sure, it's easy to dismiss anything as 'narrative, therefore nonsense'. I will give you another narrative to dismiss: oil-rich countries are waging wars more often than oil-poor countries, and they are starting them when the oil price is high. Russia is an oil-rich country. And there are several other reasons why things are the way they are.

[usrnm]

> oil-rich countries are waging wars more often than oil-poor countries, and they are starting them when the oil price is high

I'd really like to see some statistics backing that up

[tpm]

this seems like a good starting point: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/petro-aggression-when-oil...