Germany wants to #SanctionTheUS for being involved in the destruction of #NordStream2
— UkraineNews (@Ukraine66251776) September 30, 2022
Wolfgang Grupp, owner of Germany's largest clothing companies, Trigema, calls for withdrawal from America following terrorist attack on pipelines #NordStreamSabotage #SanktionengegendieUSA pic.twitter.com/LsCjUJ7mYh
Where is dignity for Germany ?
— Angelo Giuliano / living in (@Angelo4justice3) September 29, 2022
Humiliated in WW2, occupied by the US all along, they were spied by NSA, they have been bowing to the US like a lapdog all along & now they have to swallow the fact the US has blown their gas pipeline and given the last blow to its economy
ノード ストリーム 1 と 2 の破壊工作は、ドイツ産業を完全な崩壊から守るために、ロシアと和平交渉をしたいというドイツの願望を狙っています。この解決策を見つけるという目標が、ドイツが Leopard II 戦車などをウクライナに送ることを拒否している理由です。The sabotage of Nord Stream 1 and 2 targets the desire of Germany to negotiate peace with Russia in an effort to safe the German industry from total collapse. This goal to find a settlement is the reason why Germany is refusing to send Leopard II tanks etc. to Ukraine.
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) September 28, 2022
This attack opens the door for Russia to respond by sabotaging submarine Internet cables. Russia has a local Internet. The impact to Russia would be minimal. The US would suffer huge economic damage. Germany is at a crossroad. Will Scholz allow the US Govt to ruin Germany or not?
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) September 28, 2022
— Daniel Burke − Exonerate LaRouche (@Burke4Senate) September 28, 2022
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Nord Stream explosions are a ‘tremendous opportunity’ – US
Washington can now step in as Europe’s top supplier of LNG, the Biden administration explained
The US views the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines as a “tremendous opportunity” to wean EU states off Russian energy, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters on Friday.
With winter approaching, Blinken said that the US wants the bloc to use less fuel.
Washington has for years been trying to convince EU leaders to swap Russian gas for its LNG.
The severity of the damage to the undersea conduits now means that the bloc is “indefinitely deprived” of Russian gas via this route, Russian energy operator Gazprom stated on Friday.
Speaking to reporters in Washington, Blinken boasted that the US is now “the leading supplier of [liquefied natural gas] to Europe.” In addition to shipping its own fuel to Europe, Blinken said that the US is working with European leaders to find ways to “decrease demand” and “speed up the transition to renewables."
“It’s a tremendous opportunity to once and for all remove the dependence on Russian energy and thus to take away from [Russian President] Vladimir Putin the weaponization of energy as a means of advancing his imperial designs,” Blinken declared.
The US likely stands to gain the most from the destruction of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, which were damaged by a series of explosions off the Danish island of Bornholm earlier this week. Washington has for years been trying to convince European leaders to swap Russian gas for its LNG, and the severity of the damage to the undersea conduits now means that Europe is “indefinitely deprived” of Russian gas via this route, Russian energy operator Gazprom stated on Friday.
In a speech on Friday, President Vladimir Putin blamed the explosions on “the Anglo-Saxons,” a Russian colloquialism for the US-UK transatlantic alliance.
“It’s obvious to everyone who benefits from it,” Putin explained. “Those who benefit are the ones who have done it.”
While the way is now open for the US to sell its more expensive LNG to Europe, the shortfall cannot be covered overnight. US exporters warned throughout the summer that they will not be able to ship enough gas to meet demand on the continent, and many of Europe’s import terminals are still under construction or in planning.
Meanwhile, energy bills are skyrocketing across Europe. In Germany, which faces the prospect of rapid “deindustrialization,” protesters took to the streets to demand the re-opening of Nord Stream 2 just days before the explosions. Food shortages have been predicted in Germany and firewood is in hot demand across the continent as citizens struggle to heat their homes.
“There’s a lot of hard work to do to make sure that countries and partners get through the winter,” Blinken said, suggesting, as EU leaders have also done, that Europe work to “reduce demand” for gas.
“And here is the motive. Only Ukraine has nothing to do with it. In the context of US energy interests, we must say that, under pressure from US officials, Kiev politicians constantly put conditions on the Russian side on the verge of blackmailing gas transit.” − Zakharova
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