Category: Politics

On September 22 2022, four underwater blasts in the Baltic Sea blew up the Nordstream pipelines. The pipelines delivered natural gas from Russia to Germany. Every American President from Bush through Trump opposed Germany’s reliance on Russian gas. Germany, determined to wean itself from nuclear power and coal, nevertheless, felt compelled to purchase the gas and was confident that Russia would honor its contracts regardless of international politics. Then Russia invaded Ukraine and revenue gained from gas sales funded their war effort.