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That reminds me how impressed I am that the West does not buy oil and natural gas from oppressive regimes.
by nmqha 3y ago
That reminds me how impressed I am that the West does not buy oil and natural gas from oppressive regimes.
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- Jenepas 3y agoWhat's funny is that there was no interview where German foreign minister was ever asked how she felt funding the terrorist regime of Qatar after ditching Russian oil? (that too not completely) Nobody from DW news would ever raise the issue of Germany buying gas from a brutal terrorist regime!
- foogazi 3y agoLesser of two evils ? Even Ukraine keeps the Russian pipelines flowing
- mensetmanusman 3y agoThe lesser of two evils. One way to think of this is how human moral frameworks change under extortion. If someone says they will kill your family unless you steal gum from the gas station, almost every moral framework posits that you steal the gum, not because your intention is to steal the gum, but because your intention is to save your family. Russia and Qatar are vastly different extortionate threats to the EU, therefore, it's reasonable that the decisions landed as they did. "Don't buy gas from bad man" is not naively the operating principal here.
- Jenepas 3y agoSome would argue that with Qatargate and the ensuring mass genocide of Yemenis perpetuated by Qatar as shown to the US Committee on Foreign Affairs https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115hhrg26427/html/CHRG-115hhrg26427.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115hhrg26427/html/C..., Qatar would be considered an equal if not bigger threat! Lest I bring in Qatar's active antisemitism and support for Hamas and Al qaeda for killings of dozens of innocent Israeli folks?