The Ukrainian crisis has nothing to do with Ukraine. It’s about Germany and, in particular, a pipeline that connects Germany to Russia called Nord Stream 2. Washington sees the pipeline as a threat to its primacy in Europe and has tried to sabotage the project at every turn. Even so, Nord Stream has pushed ahead and is now fully-operational and ready-to-go. Once German regulators provide the final certification, the gas deliveries will begin. German homeowners and businesses will have a reliable source of clean and inexpensive energy while Russia will see a significant boost to their gas revenues. It’s a win-win situation for both parties.

The US Foreign Policy establishment is not happy about these developments. They don’t want Germany to become more dependent on Russian gas because commerce builds trust and trust leads to the expansion of trade. As relations grow warmer, more trade barriers are lifted, regulations are eased, travel and tourism increase, and a new security architecture evolves. In a world where Germany and Russia are friends and trading partners, there is no need for US military bases, no need for expensive US-made weapons and missile systems, and no need for NATO. There’s also no need to transact energy deals in US Dollars or to stockpile US Treasuries to balance accounts. Transactions between business partners can be conducted in their own currencies which is bound to precipitate a sharp decline in the value of the dollar and a dramatic shift in economic power. This is why the Biden administration opposes Nord Stream. It’s not just a pipeline, it’s a window into the future; a future in which Europe and Asia are drawn closer together into a massive free trade zone that increases their mutual power and prosperity while leaving the US on the outside looking in. Warmer relations between Germany and Russia signal an end to the “unipolar” world order the US has overseen for the last 75 years. A German-Russo alliance threatens to hasten the decline of the Superpower that is presently inching closer to the abyss. This is why Washington is determined to do everything it can to sabotage Nord Stream and keep Germany within its orbit. It’s a matter of survival.

https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/t...e-its-about-germany/

more interesting when you go to the UNZ website and read about UNZ

harvard, Cambridge, Stanford Physicist, turned financial, turned blogger.....

confuses me

based on the address provided, sure looks like a bunch of shell companies that have been established. most have been suspended by CA for various reasons

I like seeing other opinions. I have the sense that the public is being mass manipulated. Maybe always has been. I trust nothing that the main stream media promotes

The article also glosses over the now several attempts Putin has made to use oil as leverage to control decisions by western European powers and to punish Ukraine for not ceding control over its pipelines to Russia. It's kind of hard to overlook that and still sing Kumbayah about a pan-Eurasian free trade zone.

Russians and Germans living together in peace and harmony…

Another damn Ukraine thread.

What is the reason this couldn't be posted in one of the two main war threads or the several subtopic threads?

Now to address the opinion piece. Got it the US made Russia attack Ukraine so Germany will buy more US LNG even though we don't have enough LNG liqiudificaion plants or ships to meet the German/EU demand. Makes perfect sense if you think about it. What really drives it home is that Biden is one of the smartest people on the planet (besides Hunter) and that we all know he's fully capable of pulling off this scheme.

ETA - A quick check of the archives shows these guys are great reading. They solved the COVID question long ago. It was a US bioweapon that we used to frame China for some reason (I stopped reading it). Maybe this ties the US/Illuminati bioweapons labs in Ukraine to the COVID situation?

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True, but at least the OP had the courtesy to post links.

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Originally posted by oldbill123:
I like seeing other opinions. I have the sense that the public is being mass manipulated. Maybe always has been. I trust nothing that the main stream media promotes

you're right to be suspect. as we stated in the other thread -- propaganda / misinformation has always been around -- the 'shaping' of opinion by the forces in conflict

remember the Pat Tillman narrative that fell apart under investigation

the Jessica Lynch story ended up being quite different from the original reports

even the 'Lone Survivor' story as popularly told has some holes in it apparently

etc etc

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