Re:Germany has seized control of Gazprom Germania
by ericmay on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @07:56AM
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And what about Crimea and previous Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014 when Merkel was in power?
Calling this a “left” thing is really asinine when that’s just who happens to be in power at the time. Do I get to blame terrorism, record debt, and COVID-19 on the U.S. and European “right”?
I’m constantly surprised at the lack of critical reasoning skills when it comes to government or world events. Otherwise intelligent people just absolutely turn off their brain when it comes to this stuff.
You are probably correct that the war would not have happened. Merkel’s Germany would have stood by and refused even more adamantly the right of Ukraine to exist as a sovereign country. Likely it would just be part of Russia now with no war at all. In fact, that’s what Russia counted on while Putin has for years cozied up to Germany and convinced them to strategically rely on Russia to supply them with natural gas, so then they could hang a sword over the head of Germany while they start snapping up the territory and lives of other people.
Calling this a “left” thing is really asinine when that’s just who happens to be in power at the time. Do I get to blame terrorism, record debt, and COVID-19 on the U.S. and European “right”?
I’m constantly surprised at the lack of critical reasoning skills when it comes to government or world events. Otherwise intelligent people just absolutely turn off their brain when it comes to this stuff.
You are probably correct that the war would not have happened. Merkel’s Germany would have stood by and refused even more adamantly the right of Ukraine to exist as a sovereign country. Likely it would just be part of Russia now with no war at all. In fact, that’s what Russia counted on while Putin has for years cozied up to Germany and convinced them to strategically rely on Russia to supply them with natural gas, so then they could hang a sword over the head of Germany while they start snapping up the territory and lives of other people.