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Re: by swader999 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @02:52PM (#34713874)
"There will no longer be a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it."
Re: by ceejayoz on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @02:59PM (#34713990)
There is no longer an Enron, either. No one blew up their headquarters to do it.
Re: by hef19898 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:14PM (#34714257)
Enron's accounting department kind of did, not physically but still.
Re: by ceejayoz on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:16PM (#34714287)
> not physically but still

That's precisely the point, isn't it?

"We will put an end to X" does not mean "we will physically blow up X". Pretending Biden had an "oops, we're gonna do a terrorist attack against Russian and German infrastructure and I said it out loud at a press conference!" moment and that there's no other legitimate explanation for the statement is just goofy.

Re: by swader999 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:29PM (#34714511)
It wasn't an oops moment, it was scripted. Watch the video carefully. He consulted his notes before saying it. This public announcement removed the requirement to notify Congress. Genius imo.
Re: by swader999 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:06PM (#34714108)
The original enron pipelines are still moving product. They still 'be'. Biden wasn't talking about Gazprom. His words are very clear and direct. They are congruent with his body language and tone. He looked down at his notes before speaking.
Re: by ceejayoz on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:09PM (#34714153)
Don't be disingenous. "We will put an end to x" does not mean "we will blow x up", and is common political rhetoric.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5567609899962902 "We will put an end to Abbott's attacks on educators, raise teacher pay, improve their retirement benefits, and fully fund our classrooms."

https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/larson-... "we will put an end to the decades of price gouging"

Again, "we'll bankrupt them with sanctions" easily falls under "we will put an end to them".

Re: by swader999 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:24PM (#34714438)
Nobody uses that rhetorical construct in regard to physical entities. Your anologies are disingenuous.
Re: by ceejayoz on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:38PM (#34714665)
Governor Abbott is not a physical entity? I suspect this is news to him.
Re: by swader999 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:54PM (#34714951)
You quoted "governor Abbott's attacks". Are you seriously trying to suggest a group threatened the governor himself? You're working too hard on this angle.
Re: by hef19898 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @02:54PM (#34713919)
And NS 2 ended, it was never certified. No need to blow it up...
Re: by peppermint_gum on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @09:55PM (#34719204)
>"There will no longer be a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it."

Conveniently for Russia, Nord Stream 2 still exists. Only one of its two pipes had exploded. Everyone forgets about it.