Nessel

German autism makes them natural extremists. Whatever 'the thing' is in any given historical era - Protestant Christianity, imperialism, nationalism, national socialism, environmentalism, multiculturalism - they always conclude that if a thing is good, they must goodthingmax until the blood flows. Deep in the German volkgeist is an urge to turn every ideology into a war crime.

The AfD is still kvetching about the nord stream pipeline. Building it & becoming dependent on RU gas imports AT THE SAME TIME AS RUSSIA HAD ALREADY INVADED EUROPE AND EUROPE BEING MILITARILY DEPENDENT ON THE US was complete madness. It backfired monumentally as expected. Does it really matter who blew it up? No. The real issue is that this pipeline created a single point of failure for the German and wider European economy while it was already clear that many state actors would be motivated to weaponize it, with Germany having absolutely no credible way of doing anything about it. Only someone in complete denial about the geostrategic realities Germany found itself in during that time, or someone deliberately trying to weaken us could have thought this was a good idea. How about you call for an inquiry how this project that from the very beginning posed a huge risk for German and European security and sovereignty was given the green light instead?