> sword that Russia has dangling over a part of continental Europe Ah, those mean Russians, force-feeding the poor Europe their poisonous gas. Reminder: the We

> sword that Russia has dangling over a part of continental Europe Ah, those mean Russians, force-feeding the poor Europe their poisonous gas. Reminder: the Western European countries voluntarily entered into this relationship and have been buying the gas for many decades. They are absolutely free to buy their energy from anywhere else in the world. Case in point, that's how France currently gets 25% of their natgas and they have been happily living with this "dangling sword" for 45 years, why would they do that?