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Explain Like I'm Five

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[โ€“] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oil reserves got low enough that the stock market was about to react. He's only capable of looking at short term consequences and running out of oil reserves would have an obvious, immediate effect.

[โ€“] TheViking@nord.pub 3 points 2 days ago

I thought he was more enthusiastic about the World Cup. So he simply decided to put the war to an end, meeting his demands half way.