RE:down the road ..The "Allies" (Britain and America) have no reason to hasten the end of this war IMO. They have the Russians on the ropes and realise now that they never were the threat they thought they were. Putin has to go is a precondition, and only the Russians themselves can do this, but with so much misinformation this will take time. Meanwhile oil inependency will begin to kick in before the next general election in botcountries. So, we have at least 2 years during which VET will continue to blow the doors off with buy-back, debt reduction, expansion and dividend increases. History will prove this was the time to be buying this puppy.