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lapfog_1

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6. natural gas... as in two pipelines worth.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 25, 2023, 01:37 PM

Jan 2023

They need it to power their industry (and heat their homes). Germany has done a lot with both wind and solar, but as 1 poster keeps posting here... it's not enough. And after the fall of the Soviet Union, they decided to go with pipelines to plentiful Russian gas... and not LNG terminals in the Baltic. Back when "Russia" was going to be another democracy and part of Europe, this might have seemed like a good idea. But then this little KGB officer came along, desiring a return to Soviet era "greatness" and... oopsie.

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Germany & U.S. Agree on Tanks for Ukraine, German MP Accuses U.S. of Pushing Berlin into Proxy War [View all] Uncle Joe Jan 2023 OP

Being pushed into a proxy war? Better to keep actual combat at arm's length than outside your Martin68 Jan 2023 #1

US voracious predator, Russia misunderstood victim BeyondGeography Jan 2023 #2

sorry - the german MP is just wrong lapfog_1 Jan 2023 #3

I wonder what Putin has promised Germany? Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #5

natural gas... as in two pipelines worth. lapfog_1 Jan 2023 #6

Yep it is all about Nord Stream. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #7

Confirms my belief the US had to lean on Germany to do the right thing here. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #4

It's not clear that her opinion is remotely in the majority. xocetaceans Jan 2023 #8

I am not going by what anyone is saying. I am looking at Germany's behavior. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #9

Fair enough. xocetaceans Jan 2023 #10

I look at behavior. Talk is cheap as my grandmother used to say. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #11

Clearly, there's a lack of appreciation for Germany's politics, of military matters, and xocetaceans Jan 2023 #12