i would actually prefer that as a global superpower we would be able to wield some modicum of soft power in the world
especially among allies
Lick, I know you’re not real good with timelines (nor the sharpest tack in the box). So you probably don’t know that the US has opposed these pipelines since their inception. The majority of that opposition was during your guys administration and about the time the Era of the Great Bendover began, give or take. Now quite possibly Ang was pissed that your guys NSA was caught spying on her??
It’s also simply fascinating that you think the US is truly going to get a major Euro ally and what? A top 5 world economy and largest in the EU? To not do this. Just disappointed in the total lack of anti Russian rage in this instance that’s not being directed at Ang by the US political left. I guess that’s just reserved for OrangeMan Bad. Vlad appreciates those Euro’s and the fact that the former Soviet states get no gas from these pipelines. Stalin and Hitler approve.
First I mean sure maybe we can't wield influence over Germany to have them diversify energy consumption but then maybe the Trump admin shouldn't have prioritized it.
The U.S. has little leverage to prevent the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project between Russia and Germany from being completed, two administration officials said, acknowledging the failure of a years-long effort to head off what officials believe is a threat to European security.
The massive $11-billion project is just weeks away from completion and has led President Donald Trump to call Germany “a captive to Russia.” He has criticized the European Union for not doing more to diversify imports away from the nation that supplies more than a third of its gas.
Senior U.S. administration officials, who asked not to be identified discussing the administration’s take on the project, said sanctions that passed Congress on Tuesday as part of a defense bill are too late to have any effect. The U.S. instead will try to impose costs on other Russian energy projects, one of the officials added.
The admission is a rare concession on what had been a top foreign-policy priority for the Trump administration and highlights how European allies such as Germany have been impervious to American pressure to abandon the pipeline. It also shows how the U.S. has struggled to deter Russia from flexing its muscles on issues ranging from energy to Ukraine to election interference.
