I read all the theories. All I can muster is 'oh no, not Russia's pipeline.' Seems like however you cut it, Russia did this to themselves by invading Ukraine. They were kind of on a more decent path towards meaningful integration for a minute. Would have been good for common Russians and everyone else if they'd stayed on that path. But, instead their leadership decided on extreme aggression.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't German and Dutch companies fund Nordstream 2? "Russia's pipeline" indeed.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Doesn't really matter who paid for it so long as it's intent is to send oil/gas one way and huge amounts of money the other way.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's infrastructure that Germany and the Netherlands funded. Why doesn't it matter?

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Because it wasn't blown up because of who funded it but rather who it benefits most. I'm not saying it's right but it's at least a save thought.

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

It does matter, as Germany is a NATO member, and the pipelines were critical infrastructure and blowing them up would be an act of war.

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

If America did blow up the pipelines, it would have been a NATO country blowing up critical infrastructure (an act of war) of another NATO country (Germany).

That would, in fact, be a very fucking big deal.