He says that if Russia became the Eurasian hegemon and pulled Iran and China into its orbit, overland rail trade could bypass the sea, unify Africa-Europe-Asia into one economic bloc, and bankrupt the American and British imperial model.
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"Yeah, no, I think you're absolutely right. I think that if Russia wins this war, then America is threatened economically. We also have to..."
"...don't have to trade through the sea. You can just build railways throughout the Eurasian continent. And so Africa, Europe, Asia would all be..."
"...weapons to weaken Iran? Wouldn't you be better off destroying reservoirs, railways, energy infrastructure, okay? I don't understand what the purpose of an attack..."
"...negate the American maritime power and just trade amongst themselves using railways constructed by China. Alright? And there's nothing America could do about it,..."
"...Chinese are going to come in and build the ports, the railways, the high -speed networks, the mines, in order to extract value from..."
"...water Electricity you bomb power plants you bomb reservoirs you bomb railways and what you're trying to do is you're trying to force the..."
"...Okay. So you attack power plants. You attack reservoirs. You attack railways that bring food into the capital. And when you do that, these..."
"...world? Well, you have two options. I'm just going to build railways to unite the Eurasian continent, okay? And I'll transport my oil using..."
"...government okay also um transportation networks right these are roads and railways this is important because tehran is a city of 10 million people..."
"...the best in the world. And these skyscrapers, these high -speed railways, these airports demonstrate the superiority of Chinese culture. And Chinese, so we..."
"...You basically bomb power plants, you bomb reservoirs, and you bomb railways. And so you force the population into submission. And if you do..."
"...Belt and Road Initiative. And the Israelis and Americans are targeting railways built by, built with Chinese financing. China receives 50 to 60 %..."
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