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That would likely hurt Germany (by reducing options).

A stronger Russia, weaker Europe, and changing climate hurt Germany considerably more in the long run.

(Shame our politicians can't see past autumn...)

So anything goes as long as Germany comes first? And really, is it in Germany's interests to support dictatorships as the wave of illiberalism rolls further west? How exactly?

Germany and it's neo empire, AKA EU, is spineless and pathetic and deserves to die the slow death it is facing while China and Russia crushes the last hope and light left in the world. Germany just can't help itself, time and again making the world a worse place. Germans truly learnt nothing, disingenuously saying "never again" while gladhanding with a authoritarian power openly engaging in genocide: https://neveragainrightnow.com/

Well since Russia is now the USA's largest external supplier of oil [1], perhaps they can get the ball rolling? No need to whine at the Germans.

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-24/russia-oi...

Who again is spineless?

Europe has consistently been a bigger trading partner with Russia: https://oec.world/en/profile/country/rus?subnatTradeValueSel...

And can't Germany do anything right without US holding their hand? But to be fair yes, Biden is equally pathetic and sad for gladhanding with Russia.

I don't think the USA is particularly reliant on any external supplies of oil these days, whereas the same cannot be said for Europe and gas.

Then surely it makes it even easier for the USA to decline said Russian oil?

Come, show those Germans what decisive, principled action looks like.

How will the US make up for that oil? Not through internal drilling and extraction as the environmental wing of the party in power would never allow it. Closer ties to Middle Eastern states that have their own terrible human rights abuses?

> perhaps they can get the ball rolling?

A European plane with European passengers was downed. No Americans. Putin would not have signed off on a similar operation with an American plane.

U.S. geopolitical focus is presently in the Pacific. Getting sidetracked with whatever is going on between Berlin and Moscow doesn’t serve our interests.

Your own article says Russia is the third-largest supplier.

Look at the red line at the end of the time series.

Yes, the graph shows it surpassed Saudi Arabia ... into third place, as the article said.

The US imports many times more from Canada.

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