IMHO, we were dead set on supporting Ukraine. Germany and friends were NOT, because they were getting the gas from the Nordstream pipeline(s), and they didn’t want to jeopardize that. So, in order to “get them in line”, we blew up the pipeline, cutting off their gas. And shortly there after, the DID fall in line supporting Ukraine.
Ohhh. Another possibility just hit me. What if the government of Germany WANTED to support the war effort, but were afraid that if they did the gas supply would be cut off, and they would suffer politically at home. So, *WE* do it, and they are then free to support Ukraine?
So....do you think your reasoning justifies the U.S. military destroying a vital energy link owned by another sovereign nation? An attack we prosecuted without the accepted decency of first declaring war upon?
We be the ugly Americans, indeed.