“” “” But to say this is purely a commercial decision over which the US should have no say is absurd, given NATO still exists.”” “”
How would you feel if Germany would sanction GM over auto-export to Mexico and Canada? They might say selling substandard vehicles to either nation is a crime against humanity and that they need to import Volkswagen instead.
That is exactly how it feels in Europe.
Germany is involved in US defense against an attack from Mexico or Canada? I did not know that!
Look, trying to act as if NATO and what that means regarding German energy policy with Russia doesn’t have a part in this discussion is absurd. It’s a bigger discussion, obviously. You can’t treat this as a simple commercial transaction, which your cars analogy attempts to do.