lucidity
4th November 2016, 19:58
I love this story... The fact that France is outraged, that's a sincerity signal,
in other words, France is upset at Poland for "letting the cat out of the bag".
See here:
https://www.rt.com/news/365341-france-poland-mistral-conspiracy/
In my humble opinion:
France has probably cooperated with Russia in selling the warships to Egypt.
Here's why:
The building of these warships was a huge economic lifeline for French shipbuilding.
Naturally the french want more orders like this in the future. Breaking the Mistral
deal could signal the start of the decline of the french shipbuilding industry.
So of-course, the french might buckle to NATO pressure and not deliver the warships.
But they want to keep the Russians happy... I'm guessing the suggestion about selling
the Warships to Egypt was Russia's idea.
Remember that US has recently created all kinds of problems for Egypt.
Egypt will naturally seek friends elsewhere (Russia, China, Syria, Iran... etc).
Egypt _may_ have bought the Warships with money supplied by Russia.
Bare in mind that France settled with Russia by giving them a few billion euros compensation.
So it looks like a money-go-round:
France gives a few billion to Russia (compensation for non-delivery)
(potentially .... Russia gives a few billion to Egypt - the purchase money).
Egypt gives a few billion to France (the purchase money).
Result: France gets it's few billion back.
(Obviously, France doesn't want to lose a few billion in compensation)
Russia gets it's warships handed to an ally (not a NATO country)
And now we hear that the warships have been sold to Russia for one euro.
looking at this post hoc, i get a feeling that it was somehow inevitable.
because of-course, these players are simply protecting their own
current and future interests.
I'm pretty sure, that if there's a war, those warships will be fighting on
the Russian side... even if the ships are 'nominally' sailing under an
Egyptian flag.
I suspect this wont be the last we hear of this.
Time will tell.
in other words, France is upset at Poland for "letting the cat out of the bag".
See here:
https://www.rt.com/news/365341-france-poland-mistral-conspiracy/
In my humble opinion:
France has probably cooperated with Russia in selling the warships to Egypt.
Here's why:
The building of these warships was a huge economic lifeline for French shipbuilding.
Naturally the french want more orders like this in the future. Breaking the Mistral
deal could signal the start of the decline of the french shipbuilding industry.
So of-course, the french might buckle to NATO pressure and not deliver the warships.
But they want to keep the Russians happy... I'm guessing the suggestion about selling
the Warships to Egypt was Russia's idea.
Remember that US has recently created all kinds of problems for Egypt.
Egypt will naturally seek friends elsewhere (Russia, China, Syria, Iran... etc).
Egypt _may_ have bought the Warships with money supplied by Russia.
Bare in mind that France settled with Russia by giving them a few billion euros compensation.
So it looks like a money-go-round:
France gives a few billion to Russia (compensation for non-delivery)
(potentially .... Russia gives a few billion to Egypt - the purchase money).
Egypt gives a few billion to France (the purchase money).
Result: France gets it's few billion back.
(Obviously, France doesn't want to lose a few billion in compensation)
Russia gets it's warships handed to an ally (not a NATO country)
And now we hear that the warships have been sold to Russia for one euro.
looking at this post hoc, i get a feeling that it was somehow inevitable.
because of-course, these players are simply protecting their own
current and future interests.
I'm pretty sure, that if there's a war, those warships will be fighting on
the Russian side... even if the ships are 'nominally' sailing under an
Egyptian flag.
I suspect this wont be the last we hear of this.
Time will tell.