[FreedomNotSafety]

Can someone please explain how this pipeline threatens the US? Or is Cruz shilling for higher natural gas prices?

“Time is running out to stop Nord Stream 2,” Cruz said in a statement to RFE/RL in October. “In a few short months, Russia will have completed its natural gas pipeline – putting President [Vladimir] Putin in a position to further expand his military, exploit our European allies, and threaten U.S. energy security.”

Would any company not government sponsored want to own and operate a Ukrainian pipeline?

[Pining_4_TX]

You have to wonder what kind of foreign money and/or deals politicians are getting when they “care” so much about these countries that have nothing to do with US interests.

[hinckley buzzard]

This pipeline challenges a concerted marketing effort by the US to sell LNG to Europe. If successful it also makes Europe dependent on Russian gas and renders them vulnerable to pressures Russia may exert in the service of interests hostile to the interests of America.