The Briefing Room
General Category => World News => Topic started by: Elderberry on March 25, 2021, 11:24:41 am
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Radio Free Europe 3/23/2021
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built from Russia to Germany is against the European Union's own interests and warned Berlin of possible sanctions over the project.
"President (Joe) Biden has been very clear, he believes the pipeline is a bad idea, bad for Europe, bad for the United States, ultimately it is in contradiction to the EU's own security goals," Blinken said on March 23 as he met with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels.
Germany is pushing for the pipeline's completion despite sustained U.S. opposition for over more than a decade.
U.S. officials argue that the pipeline, which is intended to transport 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually directly from Russia to Germany across the Baltic Sea, will make Europe too dependent on Russian energy supplies. It will also bypass Ukraine, a Western ally, potentially depriving it of valuable transit fees.
More: https://www.rferl.org/a/blinken-warns-germany-possible-sanctions-nord-stream-2/31165231.html (https://www.rferl.org/a/blinken-warns-germany-possible-sanctions-nord-stream-2/31165231.html)
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Methinks that Mr. Blink is gonna be told to butt out on this one...
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Methinks that Mr. Blink is gonna be told to butt out on this one...
They'll tell him to blink off.
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Germany would accept a command from Trump to stop colluding with the Russians, because of NATO, and Putin had to swallow it because Russia had not hold on Trump.
Never did.
Russia owns Hillary, Obama, Biden and the rest of the crew like no other foreign leader except Winnie the Pooh. So Russia will tell Germany to ignore the senile old man and make Russia their sole provider. And Germany will obey.
But, since Germany wanted Trump out, who cares what happens to Germany?