sexpuppy 发表于 2022-4-7 18:12
Putin isn't a good strategist and acts too rashly. US wanted a conflict between Russia and Europe to ...
Not sure what options he had. US has been planning for this for a long time...
US's superpower isn't really in the military (although super powerful in itself), but the US dollar. Because everyone trades oils in USD, it dominates the international currency. There is actually no way to destroy US without destroying global trade (for now). When US prints money, inflation hits EVERYBODY because countries need US currency to trade. Countries like China and Japan don't hold US reserve for fun or for investment... they have no choice.
This is why you see non-US aligned countries try to get away from USD now.
Yep, exactly this USD is the defacto currency is because of oil is priced in USD.
Any FX is always pegged against another currency. So when there is global downturn USD looks strongest.