Am 20 Jul 19  01:55:34 schrob Lee Lofaso an Gregory Deyss zum Thema 


LL> In America, people have the freedom to express whatever they want.

... unless it's on the radio, on TV, in newspapers, ...
In the press fredom index 2018, the USA are number 45, that's worse than South 
Korea and Romania.

LL> After Germany and Russia made a deal to build a natural gas
LL> pipeline, Trump criticized Germany for not agreeing to buy
LL> natural gas from the US.  As if Trump had ever offered Germany
LL> any kind of deal.

I remember a video where he asked Merkel three times if she wants to make a 
trade agreement with the US. And she told him three times that Germany cannot 
negotiate in its own, he needs to make an agreement with the whole EU, because 
it's a single market. :-)

>> Donald Trump suggested to the German Chancellor, that he thought
>> that it was a bad idea, because of being dependent to Russia.
LL> It is a bad idea.  And worse, when you think it out further.

Don,'t think further, get some facts straight, first. The new pipeline is in 
addition to those that have been used for decades. Currently every pipeline 
being used is either using Belarus or the Ukraine for transit. Nordstream as 
well as South Stream would bypass 3rd-party countries and directly connect the 
EU to Russia. The Ukraine usually is "a bit behind schedule" when it comes to 
paying gas bills, so Russia is looking for a way of prividing gas to the ones 
who pay, but not to the Ukraine, which means it needs a new pipeline. Because 
whenever they shut the pipeline to the Ukraine down, the EU got their gas from 
somewhere else. And of course, for the EU it's better to have a reliable 
source, so the idea is to bypass the Ukraine.

LL> Which explains why England chose Brexit over the EU.

England voted for Brexit because they cast the votes without thinking about the 
consequences. Moreover, England does have very little oil and gas, it's 
Schottland that has it. Once Brexit is complete, Schottland may join the EU on 
its own and England will then have to import natural gas and oil from the EU.

LL> With
LL> Germany dependent on Russia for keeping their houses warm in
LL> winter,

Not really. The Netherlands and Denmark have no problem compensating for Russia 
shutting down the pipeline.

LL> and the rest of Europe dependent on Germany for keeping
LL> their houses warm in winter, what do you think will happen when
LL> Russia turns off the tap to Germany?  Lights out in Ukraine,
LL> hello Russian soldiers.  Lights out in Poland, hello Russian
LL> soldiers. Lights out in the Baltics, hello Russian soldiers.
LL> Just like old times.

Poland joined the NATO in 1999, the Baltics in 2004. I don't think Russia is 
considering invading NATO members to be a clever move.


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