This is an absurd nitpick. First, nobody would read the claim as a literal one that Putin blew up the relevant gas infrastructure, especially since the backgrou

This is an absurd nitpick. First, nobody would read the claim as a literal one that Putin blew up the relevant gas infrastructure, especially since the background assumptions to the Western reaction include one that Putin would be willing to continue selling. If he weren’t there’d be no debate on energy sanctions. Also gas continues to flow through Ukraine as any fule kno. Second, a further ‘important technicality’ is that even if the West (quite correctly) blew up Nord Stream II, it wasn’t in use, so its destruction didn’t disturb energy flows. Third, Western interventions would also be described as ‘wreaking havoc’, so this isn’t the gotcha proving Western hypocrisy you think it is. And even if it were, the answer is to consistently oppose, not acquiesce, to imperialist aggression; many people are capable of opposing more than one thing.