aviator_fan
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This is exactly the point: we are good to call out western hypocrisy but forgive (subconsciously) the misery inflicted by arab leaders.Ukraine can get fucked for all I care. Nothing infuriates me more than western hypocrisy.
But there are no winners in this. Ukraine/Russia account for almost 25% of global wheat production.
Arab and muslim countries that don't have agricultural resources are highly dependent on the wheat production from Ukraine/Russia. Turkey , Egypt, Lebanon import more than 50% of wheat from a combo of these countries (Turkey is 70%). All of Lebanon's refineries are geared for Russian oil: their diesel production has pretty much become 0.
What this means, the arabs and muslims in the less well off countries will have their already miserable lives become more miserable as food supplies are cut-off. And much like oil markets, it won't be localized to them. Food prices in Pakistan will go up even higher.
So while its easy to write this off, nobody escapes the consequences and the hungry will get hungrier around the world. No other wheat country can compensate for the drop in production.