How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is

Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by hef19898 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:09PM (#32664238)

All the time during the cold war the rather close economic ties between the west and the USSR (grain, gas...) helped to keep communication channels open and reduce the risk of the cold war turning into a hot one in Europe. Not seeing this is quite, well, short sighted.

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Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by ChuckNorris89 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:18PM (#32664410)

Grain and gas trade didn't prevent WW3, but fear of mutual annihilation from nuclear weapons did. Same how current grain and gas trade between Russian and the west didn't stop it invading Ukraine.

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Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by hef19898 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:27PM (#32664549)

Sure, MAD helped. As did all those wars in Korea, Vieynam and Afghanistan (there was one involving Russia way beforw the US went there, based on the ignorance of history in this thread I thought it makes sense to add). More than one thing can be true at the same time, especially in a complex world

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