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The EU was also financing a war against a European country until about a month ago. At the tune of around 400 million EUR a week (correct me if wrong) in gas it purchased from Russia.

With Germany being by far the biggest buyer.

What's your point?

Germany was under a lot of pressure to end its reliance on russian gas and got a lot of flack for having allowed such high dependency. Its also a supplier of weapons and financial aid as well as a member of nato. As you can see even between allies there is a lot of critique. I suppose the question is, what is _your_ point?

I think the point is that's a little bit more complicated than you make it out to be. The USA is also "supporting the war effort" by buying fertilizer, etc from them.

Thats just whataboutism. Also the us of a is pretty much leading the effort for ukraine’s independence along with the uk.

If it is just whataboutism, then why bother.

India is a major US military equipment importer today by slowly pivoting from USSR tech & also a significant business partner to the US. Many multiples higher than its trade with Russia. Thats real $. We could similarly argue India is supporting the US efforts by supporting its revenue.

The German government screwed up royally and it’s probably one of the only things trump got right when he said it was stupid to depend on Russian gas.

They should never have phased out nuclear power.

Blah blah blah. Europe trades with Russia and it all that matters. Sugarcoating does not help. And India does not need it any less than Europe.

That's a bit uncharitable view considering Russia was getting $1B+ from EU block for gas via Nord Stream 1 every single week until very recently. Indian imports pale in that comparison, being a tiny fraction of that amount.

If you're gonna point fingers at least lets do it with the facts being straight.

Truthfully, diplomatic relationship isn't a black & white, zero-sum kind of game. The fact that US policies change so erratically gives a lot of countries low confidence from going all-in. The stake is population of 1.4B & a mostly modest per capita income. When you got mouths to feed, war in a distant land makes less sense.

Edit: typo

You know which Russian gas pipeline is still in operation?

The one that goes through Ukraine.

These things are a tad more complicated.

Does India imports more gas from Russia than EU?

So only financing wars against Middle-Eastern countries is fine?

I wasnt aware india is doing that but that should also stop.

I don't think India wages proxy wars in Middle east. They are geographically separate by at least a thousand miles.

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