I wrote about how the war aims were about gas - because the denial of the European gas market to Russia was seen as a strategic objective in this "unbalancing". Nordstream blew up, Russian gas and oil were sanctioned, and Europe and the UK went hell-for-leather for windmills, solar and deindustrialisation. This quixotic mess has all unravelled of course. And here we are. I said in fact it was not just about gas (on Feb 19th 2022), but also a battle of "bullshit versus bullets" - meaning the fantasies and propaganda of the liberal West versus the proven industrial and military power of Russia backed by near limitless mineral resources.