| Yes. Or that it was sabotaged with our blessing. It was a Keyser Soze move that basically destroyed Russias bargaining position. At the same time, it was an enormous fuck you to EU citizens and, in particular, Germany: "Oh yes you will buy our gas ..." It appears to be panning out in a non-destructive way for the EU citizenry as they muddle through this winter but it was not obvious that would be the case and this (relatively) benign outcome could not have been predicted. If I were an EU citizen (particularly a German) I would be upset. Even as an American I am disturbed ... EDIT: You know that thing ... that crazy thing that Dick Cheney said in that interview[1] ? About how there is no reality and reality is whatever we say it is: "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality." ... every day that goes by I become more and more convinced that he could be right. NS2 sabotage makes it hard to argue with him. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/04/were-... |
There is an argument going on in the thread about empires size and distance from the capital.
The person who makes out the US is an empire which controls a bulk of the globe is getting down voted - I think you are needed there.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34275668