Robert Armstrong
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And it doesn't seem like that is a good signal.
I mean, I would likeβI'm basically trying to come up with a reason as to why, if you had no care in the world about morality or ethics, why it would still be a bad idea to go in and steal things.
That's what I'm trying to do.
That's what we're here to do.
Just to sort of zero in on the natural resources question, because that has been interesting to watch that play out in the markets, where it seems... It's so funny.
Wall Street seems to react almost in step with the way I react.
It's sort of like, oh my gosh, there's oil in Venezuela.
Oh, but wait...
It's going to take 10 years and cost $100 billion to get the oil out of the ground.
So, and that is kind of what's happened here.
And so the reason, I mean, I think a big question that people are trying to think about with this question is like, why?
what are the main reasons that we are invading?
Is it a geopolitical question?
Is it about Maduro and is it about socialism?
Or is it about the oil in the ground and the idea that we can take that?
Or is it about China and trying to keep them out of the picture?
Greenland, it's a similar thing happening.
There's sort of a geopolitical strategic incentive to have that land.
But then also they've got all of these rare earth elements