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by jplayer01 2368 days ago
> Did you really just post that under an article about how the US is undermining European politics?

Keyword: Undermined. I feel like you're arguing in bad faith here. I don't see the US undermining anything here except a project that would've made Russia richer and further increased Germany's gas dependence, and by extension political dependence, on Russia. I'd say the project itself was undermining the EU solidarity and unity, and that halting this project is ensuring that Russia doesn't continue to gain more influence over European politics.
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Tomte 2368 days ago
> and further increased Germany's gas dependence

It doesn't, though. If Russia starts playing games (or just raises prices), Germany can immediately import American LPG, practically within weeks. There is no dependence on either Russia or America, and that's what makes America work against it. They want Germany to become dependent. On them.

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jplayer01 2364 days ago
It works the other way too. Germany can't afford to be hard on Russia and it's no accident that Germany (and by extension the EU) has been utterly ineffectual in the Ukraine situation. And going by how much has Germany gets from Russia, I highly doubt it could be quickly made up for by imports from the US. But even then, that'd just increase our dependence on the US, which at this point has also proven itself to be totally unreliable as a partner. It would also weaken our geopolitical position vs the US as it increasingly abuses its position on the world stage. Germany should be striving for energy independence from both of these awful countries.
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pgeorgi 2368 days ago
> Keyword: Undermined

The independence of European politics from US influence is really impressive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident

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LargoLasskhyfv 2366 days ago
[1] https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2005/pinter/256...

(Dieser Link wurde Ihnen vom Privatinsitut für höhere Hirnhygiene zur Verfügung gestellt. Schönen Tach noch, juten Rutsch, usw. etc. pp.)

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LargoLasskhyfv 2366 days ago
Ahem! May i point to this little gem?

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL_GShyGv3o (Victoria Nuland saying what she thinks of the EU)

Furthermore... in all of the cold war the Soviets never failed to deliver, why exactly should Russia do so now?

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