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2022-02-07 Europe

EXPLAINER: What happens to Europe's energy if Russia acts?

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 They dug their grave. Let them lie in it. Fuck Europe. They are not friends. They are adversaries and have made that repeatedly clear ever since they refused to carry their fair share of the load. They can freeze in the dark with their solar and wind power. Their environmentalists will be ecstatic about the divine punishment handed out.

USA out of NATO!

Posted by Sheter the Lesser9291 2022-02-07 01:49|| 2022-02-07 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 WHAT CAN THE US DO?

Negotiate a decent agreement that finally lances the Ukrainian boil and accepts Russia's legitimate security concerns. This is by far the best outcome for the US.

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-07 01:55|| 2022-02-07 01:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey Euroistas buds, this one is for you !

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-07 03:32|| 2022-02-07 03:32|| Front Page Top

#4 with its gas already sapped by a cold winter last year, a summer with little renewable energy generation and Russia delivering less than usual. Prices have skyrocketed, squeezing households and businesses.

"Bad Luck™"

Posted by Frank G 2022-02-07 06:45|| 2022-02-07 06:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Reality: The things that don't go away just because you refuse to believe in them.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-07 06:47|| 2022-02-07 06:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Let's see that vaunted European "soft power" and suave diplomacy...

Posted by magpie 2022-02-07 14:26|| 2022-02-07 14:26|| Front Page Top

#7 File under - Not My Problem

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-07 15:48|| 2022-02-07 15:48|| Front Page Top

#8 How are U.S. imports of Russian oil going? Not on the list of sanctions? Oh?

Posted by European Conservative 2022-02-07 16:29|| 2022-02-07 16:29|| Front Page Top

#9 U.S. imports of Russian oil going? Not on the list of sanctions?

If I understand correctly, an unnecessary 8% of American imports because a certain American president and his staff range from incompetent to venal to vicious.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-07 17:01|| 2022-02-07 17:01|| Front Page Top

#10 With Brandon (sun)down(ed) and out, and the Germans nowhere to be found, Macron is stepping up and negotiating directly w Putin now.

Они на "Ты":

Sitting down for the talks in Moscow, Mr. Putin addressed Mr. Macron using the informal Russian word for you, typically reserved for friends. The two leaders sat at separate ends of a long oval table.

“I understand that we have a common concern about what is happening in the field of security in Europe,” Mr. Putin said.

French officials say Mr. Macron’s history with Mr. Putin allows him to play a unique role in mediating between Russia and the U.S. In a phone call with Mr. Macron last week, the Russian president described the Frenchman as a “quality interlocutor,” according to an aide to Mr. Macron.

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-07 18:52|| 2022-02-07 18:52|| Front Page Top

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