3 ms·
Its Germans that are going to be in the cold, taking the inconvenience and difficulty to help sanction Russia via Swift with all EU member states, and disrupt t
by vmception 5y ago
Its Germans that are going to be in the cold, taking the inconvenience and difficulty to help sanction Russia via Swift with all EU member states, and disrupt their ability to purchase gas from Russia.
US is specifically avoiding anything that would cause economic distress to Americans, this is in the President’s speech, and it is because the party will decisively lose politically later this year if there is more distress.
Big win for US intelligence for sure!
Messing with the fossil fuel markets is definitely what is required, amongst other things.
- scaramanga 5y agoClimate change already requires that. So this gives us an interesting flavour of how seriously they are taking our most important threat :)
- bluepizza 5y agoMaybe the Germans shouldn't have relied on a corrupt kleptocracy for energy.
- g8oz 5y agoRight, better to rely on Middle Eastern despots.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoHas the Middle East been pointing missiles at Western Europe for 6 decades?
- ant6n 5y agoWait, Middle Eastern despots produce renewable energy?
- vmception 5y agoFalse dilemma And the person you replied to oversimplified the outcome as well