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"It's just business" is also how the USA got interested in protecting Germany's energy independence against German political decisions right when the USA starte
by iSnow 6y ago
"It's just business" is also how the USA got interested in protecting Germany's energy independence against German political decisions right when the USA started to have an abundance of fracking gas.
The pipe is still a huge problem as it allows Putin to rule over a rich Russia, but the way the last USA hamfistedly tried to strong-arm German politics didn't do any good to US/German relations.
- avmich 6y ago"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." That is, in this case it's so convenient that high goals of protecting democracy align with economical goals of improving exports, it's hard to resist. Pity this "after everything else" keeps painting Americans in a way which limits those same American's goals. It's hard to see behind immediate benefits. Those of us who can and do resist silly temptations, should be supported.
- iSnow 6y ago>It's hard to see behind immediate benefits. Those of us who can and do resist silly temptations, should be supported. Very true, and this is why I am equally skeptical about the German determination to get this through, come hell or high water.