Posted on 01/28/2022 8:18:04 AM PST by Mariner
The State Department on Thursday unequivocally warned that if Russia invades Ukraine the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will sit unused at the bottom of the ocean.
The controversial pipeline has become the U.S. and NATO’s biggest bargaining chip in its attempts to preserve Kyiv’s sovereignty.
But reporters questioned the diplomatic agency on whether Germany, which would profit from the functioning pipeline, is on the same page when it comes to countering a Russian incursion.
"We continue to have strong, clear communication with our German allies," Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said. "If Russia invades Ukraine, one way or another, Nord Stream 2 will not move forward."
Her comments echoed those made by Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this week, but reporters pushed back on the ability to enforce this threat given the pipeline’s physical completion.
"It is not ready to be turned on," Nuland said. "It has not been tested, it has not been certified, it has not met the regulatory pieces that would allow it to be turned on both on the German side and the EU side.
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Wouldn’t you like to give Vlad five minutes behind the gym with winkin’, blinkin’ and nod?
Hard to think we are at the hands of such infantile maniacs but you are exactly right. They are drunk with power.
Reminds me of a guy I had to work for once that had to be the top nerd in high screwl and the one with the “Kick Me” sign hung on his back. When he got the chance he tried to extract his pound of flesh. That was entertaining. I took a bit for decent people who wanted to do their jobs to turn on him but when they did he learned the lesson about viscous compliance. We only did EXACTLY what he told us and he found himself in an army of one. That was fun! It got rid of him and I never shed a single tear of remorse.
It is really stupid to alienate the people responsible for your success. Even dumber to do it to the people responsible for your safety.
Diversity, aspiring to ever lower than average performance.
Yeah, as long as someone else’s blood is shed.
Only the best for them.
Well, don’t look now but that idiot just announced troop deployments to eastern europe. Fort Bragg is going to war and they are taking us with them.
PS
And all the reports today are oriented to defusing the situation, talks in Europe and a conciliatory tone.
This evening the fool craps his pants and escalates the situation.
I can almost guarantee that whatever they are thinking is foreign to any sane and honest person.
Oh bullshit!
Monger your fear with a little more credibility than that.
That is the only bright side of the matter.
Sorry, wrong. Jimmah is not even a close second. Plugs has gone waaaay behind him and is in a headlong rush to the very bottom.
Putin is rolling his eyes the way a grown man would do to a scrawny old man who tried to pick a fight.
This entire Ukraine thing is being done for one and only one reason. It’s a reason to blame all of this on Trump should he decide on 2024. It keeps impeachment on the front page when this all goes to shit under Biden.
Looks like a threat the Iranian ayatollas would be making.
Nuland: “Speak loudly, and carry a wet noodle...”
The Russians and Germans ARE defacto allies, the Germans think the Americanos are losers; the Russians deliver and the Americans bull$hit.
Hope y’all like Vodka.
Not quite.
The Germans agreed to not use the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, if Russia invades Ukraine.
Biden already shut down the Alaska pipeline.
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