Opinion | Germany’s Energy Crisis and Surrender

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Mr. Putin won’t shut off Germany’s gas because it wouldn’t improve his position. He understands democratic society well enough to know that no elected government can be seen submitting to naked blackmail by a foreign dictator. In wrecking the German economy, Mr. Putin would only earn for Russia 100 years of German hostility, and we know how that goes.

opinion HolmanJenkins Replik auf eine Merkel'sche Politik, die keine wirklichen Probleme löste und unzusammenhängende Entscheidungen fällte., s. AKWs.

opinion HolmanJenkins Interesting viewpoint. However, I'm not sure that I agree. Putin has Germany in a headlock. What will he want in exchange for letting them tap out?

opinion HolmanJenkins I think all these conversations are cute but in reality did Russia ever have the gas? There is stuff out there that suggests some Western planners were doomed to discover the Emperor has no clothes (gas). Regardless, without the West’s tech, it will soon be gone.

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