While there is plenty to criticize about our previous strategic decisions in this area, no gas has ever flown through NS2. There's a lot of bad faith arguments

While there is plenty to criticize about our previous strategic decisions in this area, no gas has ever flown through NS2. There's a lot of bad faith arguments going around here. NS2 was controversial in Germany from the start, it was a bad idea politically because it weakened the position of the eastern european states. But it was not the bogeyman than many made it out to be. Germany needs gas for heating, and heating is not optional. Heating is also expensive, and making it more expensive for strategic reasons is a very hard thing to sell.