I’m not sure if you are deliberately being obtuse for the sake if being contrary. Did you really not see Biden’s, Blinken’s, and Nuland’s promises to remove rhe pipeline?
If your reasoning is this twisted, have you ever considered what other of your core beliefs might be bunk as well?
Its not what we believe in America that counts—it what they believe in Europe and Russia that counts. If we betrayed Europe—they have a long memory and they are slow to forgive. What if Germany joins with Russia? What if they see the US as the enemy? What happens if the cash cow does dry?