You guys really think that Biden has the balls to pull this? He and Obama sent blankets when left to their own. You really think OBiden would take this tact??? I say no way. The guy was scared to leave the basement.He Hate Me said:You are probably right that the EU will not reconsider its position on nukes, coal, or green energy. It is really silly to be that hard headed, but here we (and they) are.Doc Holliday said:Cutting gas means they EU will have to pump billions into green energy because EU is anti hydrocarbon, or they'll have to buy much more gas from the US. Probably both.He Hate Me said:Not sure how cutting gas and thereby highlighting the failure of "green energy" will advance the green agenda. But then again, I am surprised that people have bought into the green agenda as hard as they have.Doc Holliday said:Energy needs.ATL Bear said:What makes you think most of Europe plans on working with Russia in the future for its energy needs? Why do you think Russia's land objectives make it extremely difficult to get pipelines from other places East? There's no magic agreement that results in everything back to normal at the snap of a finger. Putin made the call to invade. The consequences are evolving.Doc Holliday said:So Russia destroyed their own $20 billion dollar pipeline which would make trillions over time, expand their global sphere of influence...as a way to attack the "free world"? How dare they blow up the pipeline that USA/NATO/EU has refused to open or use and has threatened to "shut down" as a threat to Russia.Sam Lowry said:A. RussiaDoc Holliday said:
What do you think happened with the Nordstream pipelines?
A: Russia sabotaged them
B: The USA sabotaged them
C. Some other nation or group sabotaged them
D. Miraculously it wasn't sabotage
Russia could just quit delivering gas any time they wanted without needing to blow anything up. Likewise, the EU can just quit buying gas if they decided it's better to freeze. So what happened here?
The chances of the EU agreeing a peace agreement very unlikely now that there is no gas.
Like burning one's own boats, it's a message of resolve from Putin to his people and particularly his military. It's also an implicit threat to Europe and other pipelines in the vicinity.
It's more likely the US or another country shut this off to cut Russia's future money supply.
Gazprom already halted supply of Nordstrom 1 at the beginning of the month. Nordstream 2 was never activated in the first place or in use when it was blown up. This forces an energy problem for Europe because now it's not an option.
Is every narrative "Russia does bad things. Bad thing happened, therefore Russia did it"?
Russia blew up their own pipeline but NOT the Norway-EU pipeline that's right next to it and just opened today?
Blame Putin, escalate the war, advance green agenda, make EU dependent.
Fear is the most powerful motivator.
I think this is what's going on:USA is now doing to Germany what Germany did to Greece, and really the entire EU, for the past 15 years - showing them, and not in subtle fashion, who really runs the show.
— FischerKing (@FischerKing64) September 28, 2022
Russia did this and will blame West. This is the first move on the Baltics. You will start to hear that Russia tried,but can't have the Baltics and Ukraine in the West.