Disruption!

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From "The Post" by Aris Roussinos. The tip from Esteban.

And as thoroughly germane to the current Ukraine Conflict!

As it was during the time of Xerxes as it is now!

"Ukraine’s bloody spring will gift the world a hungry winter"

SUPPLY CHAIN BLACK SEA EXPORTS OF GRAIN DISRUPTED!

"An impending wheat crisis could push millions into starvation"

Consider strictly this one paragraph as extracted.

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"Complex, fragile international supply chains are nothing new. During his invasion of Greece in 480 BC, the Persian emperor Xerxes I observed from the heights of Abydos on the Hellespont [Dardanelles/Bosporus] the great convoys of ships carrying grain from what is now southern Ukraine to Athens, to feed a city which could not feed itself. Likewise, Imperial Rome relied on Egypt’s rich supplies of grain to provide the daily dole of bread that kept its population content; it’s strange to think that Rome’s breadbasket [Egypt] cannot now feed itself, and is utterly reliant on Athens’ Black Sea breadbasket to keep its vast population [Egypt] from hunger and revolt."

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Massive shortfall of grain exports the Black Sea because of the Ukraine Crisis will create shortages AND higher prices world-wide. Potential for political upheaval massive. A double-whammy.

See previous and recent blog entries as having taken note of this dilemma and risks:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/03/blocked.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/03/flash.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/03/ss-helt.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/02/odessa.html

With a single glance Xerxes would have understood the situation and geo-political ramifications well?

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