US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has threatened to levy sanctions against Germany over the Nordstream 2 pipeline project. Nord Stream 2 is a gas pipeline that will transport gas between Russia and Germany which is then routed throughout Northern Europe. While this project is new, Northern Europe has had approximately one third of its gas supplied by Russia for many years without incident. Blinken's threats are no less than an attack on Germany's national sovereignty and, because Germany is the top dog of the EU, on the sovereignty of every nation in Europe. As a sovereign nation, Germany has the authority to determine the best path to support its strategic interests. The standoff between these two allegedly allied nations bares out a reality that many US allies avoid. The United States is a brutal empire that will turn on any ally that refuses to follow its dictates.
Well said sir, I couldn't have said it better myself. As Jimmy Does always says, internally America is a rapacious oligarchy, but I add externally, that oligarchy uses the tools of the state to exert itself as a rapacious Empire.
Well said sir, I couldn't have said it better myself. As Jimmy Does always says, internally America is a rapacious oligarchy, but I add externally, that oligarchy uses the tools of the state to exert itself as a rapacious Empire.
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