The U.S. essentially violates international law to retain hegemony.
[Blowing] up two gas pipelines in several places and in hostile waters ... involves more than a handful of mini-submarines and a great deal of luck.
Joe Biden’s words come to mind that, if hostilities begin in Ukraine, Nord Stream 2 will come to an end.
[F]or the U.S. itself, securely sheltered across the Atlantic, the situation promises significant gains.
For weeks, Germany has been competing for Olympic gold in the sport of omission, obfuscation and obstruction.
The U.S. needs a good reason to shut down Nord Stream 2, because everyone in the West realizes that all is moving toward its logical conclusion: The pipeline will be certified in Germany shortly.
[T]he Nord Stream 2 agreement between the U.S. and Germany shows that the U.S. can ... strengthen its alliance by changing its mind.
The attempt to somehow find common ground, relying on certain principles and forgetting about disagreements, was not successful for Biden.